The Emmett index. [volume] (Emmett, Idaho) 1893-1925, 1919-10-09
TALES OF TOWN
THE LITTLE HOMES

! They tell of m en- who from honest tot
have come to sleep in peace
In the safety Of their castles small
from labor surcease.
! or faithful wives who greet thei
lords with sweet and welcoming
kiss.
And ask no pay for days of toll but
just that simple bliss,
or children who one day will go out
from those humble cots,
And fight and win in the strife of life
! as destiny fixed their lots.
"fis not the homes Of the rich anc
/ grand that spell the nations fate
The little homes with their twinkling
lights are the bulwarks Of the
State"
Kansas City Star.
No man should ever feel too big to
perform the little duties Of life.
Every feather of the wings you
wear in heaven will have to be grown
on earth.
When wife goes into a house that
isn't kept very well she wishes hus-
band could be there to see it.
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A textbook on Americanism to be
used in schools has been prepared by
Bagdassar Baghdigan. Further COM
ment is unnecessary.
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A Columbia University professor
says meat eating is the curse Of Amer
lea. And when it is hooked up with
clothes wearing and coal burning, it
becomes one of the cursedest problems
we have.
Paris reports giver after the order
of Carnegie. His name is M. Cognacq
and he made his fortune in dry goods,
the cable says. He is a stranger to
US. Our friend Cognac was strictly
a wet goods proposition.
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The latest thing in the Terpsichor-
Fan art is said to be the Blister dance,
where you shake your shoulder blades
until you blister your ankles. 1t is
'aid to be a mild mixture of st. Vitus,
epilepsy and delirium tremens.
The dispatches say there are 10000
Ichool children in Washington for
whom seats can not be found. II they
lad the kind Of teacher who instructed
IS in Kansas As years ago, their seats
would soon be located, all right. II
Six Chicago girls have all Clipped
n and bought coat suit which they
wn and use jointly. That's an idea. ,
We will dispose Of few shares in our I
hird-term overcoat and see II we can !
rganize syndicate to own and oper- q
te another pair Of pants. 7
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A little girl, named Ethel, was pray /;
,g at bedtime, and ended her petit
on with this sentence: "And please, ;,
ord, make Ethel a good little girl"
nd then her little brother butted in ;,
it'll this: "And, believer me, Lord, it's :,
Ding to be some job.
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While we are deeply in sympathy =
it'll the spirit that would modify the u
'fensive and uncultured nature Of the ''
ord damn by failing it, how in the
orld would you qualify some Of the
OILS that are striking in a time like
is if you left off that en-? 7
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Two sailors at dog show were gaz-
& at a. valuable skye terrier, which
d so much hair that it looked more
e wooden mat than a dog. (Which
d is his head, Tom?" asked one,
flowed il l know" was the reply.
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u look which end barksl" r
A near-sighted preacher was hold
I revival meetings among the Ken
ky mountaineers. When the evan
list called for converts a gigantic
N in bare feet went forward to the
ar and knelt at the mourners bench
e converts big, bare heels stuck up
DOT from the floor. The near-sight-
preacher placed a hand on each
i and said, "God bless these two
lie boys
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woman went out to the barn to
things in order. In moving some
.es she saw q mouse run. She tried
spring away, but the next minute
felt il climbing over her knee. She
Ibbed it through her dress and
eeezing with all her might, yelled
help. Her husband, thinking she
being murdered, rushed to the res
Realizing the situation he assist
IN removing the seandalous intru-
Bat il wasn't 3 mouse. 1t was
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