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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

gained in s2S Z Y be- q ~
the auburn ringlets had uttered lit
tie shrek of delight when she found
for the first time in her life she tipped
the scales at over 100 pounds. The
youthful matron in black, who had
said all along that it was only her
mourning that made her look thin
ner, was triumphant when her avoir'
dupois was registered at i'll.
As for the fair creature with the
balloon sleeves and incipient crino-
line, she declared that she had never
before weighed within eight pounds
as much. When the latest young
lady got aboard, she said with anna
BILE resignation:
Put on that 5o-pound weight. I'll
need it."
So the iron disk representing 30
pounds was put on, and the register
was slid along by the girl with the
auburn ringlets. Strange to say, it
passed up to the very end of the bar
without making the scale drop
Guess you'll have to put on an
other so" giggled the unfeeling crea
ture in the balloon sleeves.
The latest young lady began to
look alarmed
1T isn't so," she exclaimed indig-
nantly Il don't weigh an ounce over
l79 pounds"
But the girl with auburn ringlets
had already added the extra 50-pound
weight, which caused the scale to re-
spond at once. 1t promptly regis
tered 2O2 pounds. The latest young
lady looked as though she did not
know whether to burst into tears or
to slap off the bonnet of the girl with
the auburn ringlets and stamp on it.
1T is cheat and horrid fraudr
she declared Then she raised her
parasol with an emphasis that nearly
broke one of the ribs and marched
away.
Just at that moment a colorea
waiter passed by with basketful of
napkins. The youthful matron in
black stopped him.
SIS this weighing scale correct9''
she said
"Yaas'm, he replied then, scratch
ing his head, he added. "Dey is heb
byweight scales"
What do you meanl" she asked.
''Dey is fer folks what comes here
fer health" he exclaimed. "Ebery
one weighs lot more on EN- than
city scales Dey is s'perior article
OBJ weighin machine2"
"Oh, see, said the young woman
in black. They are expressly in
tended to afford encouragement tc
invalids staying at the hotel"
"Yaas'm," responded the colored
man. Ten to thutty pounds with
of encouragement. Youse got the
idea. Washington Star.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

L. Ill
ROW back to its owner every oali
which strays from its proper court
into his court. The reply for the
courtesy is invariably, THANK your
The next step from this was easy
Not knowing your neighbours name
three times out of hundred you are
snable to call his attention in any
very graceful manner to your oall'
which has rolled into his court I'M
seen by him,
To shout 'Sayf' at him or Hill
is not dignified To call out Mister
or "Oh, misterl" is stiff. To yell,
"Oh, ma'am |" is dangerous, for she
may be miss or vice versa. So play
ers have fallen into the way in such
cases of shouting, THANK your with
the emphasis on you, at the same
time indicating the person addressed
by pointing with the racket
The player so pointed at under
stands that he is being thanked In
advance for returning ball whlch
he has not yet seen.
But the absurdity comes in when
the person addressed is so engrossed
in his own play that he does not hear
or heed the call at once, and then the
petitioner comes out in imploring
tones with this incongruous tumble
of words: Thank you. please!
Thank you, pleased"
And all over the lawn on crowd
led day this queer wall sounds from
morn to night; Thank you, please
Oh, thank you, please"-New York
| Herald.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

Four years ago pair of robins
built their home on the top of the
farm bell of w. H. Weemer in Don
egal township, and notwithstanding
that the bell was in daily use, they
remained and raised their family.
During the ringing of the bell the
female would remain ON the nest,
swinging to and fro apparently as
unconcerned as though she were
Matching in some secluded spot.
Whether it was the swinging that
pleased the robins or whether it was
the instinct implanted in the breast
of every migratory bird to return
each year to the same nesting place
must remain mystery, but it is q
fact that every year since the sup
posed same robins have returned and
built their nest on the same old bell.
-Greensburg Times.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
Authors For the Young.

Why do all the world love Dickens
as they have never loved any other
writer9 Because his books make Us
gentler, kinder, Drawer for the read
ing, and they must be true because
of it. 1t is surprising how young
children understand and appreclaIe
him, and the treasure house once
opened they will wander at will I'M
til they shall become hopeless cynics.
1t is to be supposed that all glrls
are familiar with Miss Alcott's BOOKS
but many of them do not know MISS
Muloch, For good, wholesome views
OF life no writer has ever excelieo
such works as "A Noble Life, "A
Woman's Kingdom" and John Haif
fax, Gentleman. New York Times
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
Mon Arc Quicker Than women.

In spite Of the nonsense which is
written about the identity of the
mental characteristics of men and
women there is a marked difference
between the two sexes-a difference
not necessarily implying superiority
OF inferiority, but an essential dis
function in character. The possession
OF thefaculty of quick determination
is not as well marked in the case Of
the majority of women as it is in
men, and the question presents itself
whether this useful faculty is capa-
bic OF cultivation. London Queen.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
WINES AND OTHER LIKERs.
One ON Hiuself.

When Herbert Ward, the African
explorer, was last in New York, he
told good story, the point of which
was rather against himself. He had
been chatting some of the natives,
declaring that they were direct de
scendants from monkeys. alleging
their dark color as one of the evi.
dences. ''One old fellow went quiet
ly over to a captive ape, said he,
land turned back his fur Then he
looked quizzically at me. The apes
skin was white. New York Sun.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
Queer Russian Religious sects.

There are not less than Is. 900, 600
followers of insane and cranky no
lions in the empire of the car. These
communities of devout and deluded
beings are constantly being enlarged
in spite of all efforts made to the CON
trary by the government.
One of these sects is known as the
"Runaways." AS soon as they en-
brace the new faith they fly from
their villages and towns, destroy
their identity as much as possible and
henceforth live as savagea Phila.
delphia Press.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
School Punishments a Genera.,..

School Punishments a Generafi..
School discipline was maints;s,
a generation ago mainly by coe,r,a.
The rural pedagogue piled the sv;,ss
mercilessly. Ferules were IN y
slant use in the schoolroom Tbss
were many barbarous punishmorts
One of these savage marines |,
New Jersey devised a collar and ii
ter for lifting big boys off their fsssl
and nearly strangling them r.
also strung up small boys by 4.
thumbs until they were blue n Il.
face. One day he put demms
modest girl to shame for the trivia
offense of whispering. He called h,
to the platform and ordered an n
boys to file by and kiss her.
A few lads, giggling as they wen,
forward, kissed the poor girl wba
was blushing scarlet from morti6ca.
ton. Then a champion appeared Il
her defense. A tall, resolute boy i
stead of following orders and increas
ing her modification, made dssl
for the desk and assaulted the teach
er. A pitched battle ensued, in whicl
the teacher was defeated. His pes
tige suffered from this reverse. b
had to abandon the field.
The natural effect of brutality va
the conversion of country school
into breeding places for bullies Boy
who were logged for small misdt
meanors and tortured for mischief
GUS pranks grew up with hard, resen
full natures. Youths Companion.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

Ft11Au pfOteCClOu Is manlle2
would hardly expect 70 ia
also acts as cleansing ageflE
however, appears to We the fact. he
minute scales which 4pver the outer
portion Of the hair d he fastened at
one edge and free at be other, and
the free edges lie in be direction
away from the skin.
The surface of a ha& therefore,
is like that of a piece of fur or cloth
covered with nap. Rif bbed from
root to tip it is fetss1d 10 De smoother
than when rubbed in the opposite di-
rection.
This being the case, it is evident
that particles of matter in contact
with a hair must find their direction
of easiest motion to lie toward the
tip end of the hair and away from its
root. So by virtue of the peculiar
structure of its surface the hair
serves gradually to remove from the
skin which it covers all foreign par
ticles which may have found lodg-
ment there.
The oily secretion emanating from
the follicles OF the hair probably as
sists this action by gathering up the
fine particles of extraneous dust and
of scales from the skin, and thus en-
abling the hair to retain them, SO to
speak, in the grasp of its curious sys-
tenn of brushes.
Every movement of the hair, how
ever produced, must tend to set the
particles sticking upon it in motion,
and as we have already seen, that
motion can be in only one direction
Youths Companion.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
Factors In the Development of Beauty

Clean streets and pure air for our
towns. pure water for our reservoirs,
better light in cities, reasonable
hours of labor and freedom from
avoidable uncertainties of life and
income-these are all factors in the
development of beauty
While the world waits for cities
and corporations to move in these
masters there is nothing to hinder
each citizen from resolving himself
into a committee of one to do all in
his reach for his individual improve
ment and perfection. Shirley Dare
in New York Herald.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
Extreme Courtesy In a Studio.

Dear me, have rubbed some of
the color off your picture onto my
wrapl don't know whether to feel
worse for you or myself. " said Miss
Harkaway to Sincere.
How much did the wrap costG'
asked the artist.
"A hundred and fifty dollars. said
Miss Harkaway.
Then feel sorry for yourself.
This is SIS picture, said Smeere.-
HaIper's Bazaar.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
One of the Woes of the Type rhumpers.

"Dearl" said the typewriter girl.
If there is anything I dread, it is a
new situation.
81 don't see why" said the girl
that lives at home with ma"
Because will have to get used to
a lot of new words. After one has
written from the dictation of one
man for long time she gets so ac
customed to his vocabulary that she
could almost find the words and let
tiers on the key board of the machine
with her eyes shut. lhave had three
places so far and in each one found
my employer had about 200 words
that he used in the regular course of
business and had certain way of
framing his sentences. To begin
with a new employer is almost like
learning new language.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

DR.. Wines had been formerly the
principal of boys school One day
he had occasion to ''trounce" boy,
and it is to be supposed did the work
thoroughly. The lad took his revenge
in way that the doctor himself
could not help laughing at.
DR.. Wines front door bore plate
on which was the one word, wines. =
The boy wrote an addition in big let
tiers, so that the inscription ran:
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
divorce In Various Countries.

A statistician who has been look.
ing into the matter of divorce has
found that the proportion Of divorces
to population is least of all in Ire
land-only one divorce to every 400.
600 inhabitants. In the United
States the proportion of divorces is
ominously large, ssh to every 1O0,-
600 of population. the largest known,
in fact, save in Japan, the figures
for that happy empire being 6os.4 5
divorces to every 100, 900 of popula.
ton.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
The Mothers Position.

Doesn't your mother like mef
asked young Mr.. Gilley in an effort
to ascertain why Miss Keedick had
refused him.
''Oh, yes, she likes you" was the
reply of the maiden, but she is al
ready married to papa. "-Harper's
Bazaar.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

The city Of New York, the popula-
tlon OF which is now beyond 2,O00,-
600, must within a very few years be
the second city in the world. The
next census viii most likely show its
population to be greater than that Of
Paris. This city is growing more
rapidly than any Of the other chief
cities Of the world There were but
@ 900 people here at the opening of
me century. New York Sun.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

a. '4cIB6 COulu uOb ullu
as impossible for the
% Get out or for the tenants
|of the house who were abroad to get
M It was about II o'clock. and there
were but few passersby.
The two men, who knew tenant
on the ground floor, got out by one
of his windows and promised to find
a locksmith. All the shops were
shut, however, and never sergent
de vile could be found. Failing to
find an officer they asked where was
the nearest police station. The one
in the Ternes had been shut up for a
couple of hours, the one at Batig-
nolles the same, and at the third they
were simply sent about their bus
mess. Meanwhile it was l O'Clock,
and g long line of benighted tenants
was drawn up before the fast closed
door. Their would bedeliverers were
beginning to lose courage when a
suspicious looking individual STUN
bled against them.
The artist, who had all his wits
about him, stopped the man quietly,
and taking off his hat said, II beg
your pardon, sir, but you don happen
to have jimmy and a set of false keys
in your pocket?' The man looked at
them suspiciously for a moment and
then whispered. rs it to crack a
crib2" "Alasl" replied the journal
ist, I'VE know of no one whom we
can rob at present. Our friends are
all at the seaside. And then the
artist explained to the night wander,
er what was the service they re-
quired of him. "All right, but get
the inquisitive people out of the way.
! don't want to give free lessons"
They returned to the house, and
the two friends announced that a
locksmith had been found, and
begged the benighted ones to make
way for him. They let him pass,
and the burglar opened the door in
the twinkling of an eye, amid per-
feet chorus of thanks. The two gen.
tlemen wanted to give the burglar a
couple of francs, but drawing him.
self up with dignity he exclaimed,
s'Sir, among pals"-Palk Mall Bud
get
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
Salaries of British Embassadors.

The salaries of the British embas-
sailors are: To this country, $50, Wv
a year; to France, $45, 900; to Austria
$40, 900; to Turkey, $40, 200; to Rus
sia, $50, 900; to Germany, $50, 500; 20
Italy, $35, 900; to Spain, $s7, 500. Inc
British ambassadors have also official
residences.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

seems clear enough tnrouSH
confusion that the supreme az
the Chubras is Laljura or LADIES'
cod without form or dwelling place
A mound of earth surmountea =
n niece of stick and bit of clotu 1s,ts
+. fiao is this deity's shrine, and 10 II
nooiah is made and little sacrlnce
offered of ghee, or grain. 1t needs no
consecration, this simple shrine, ana
wherever the sweeper may be, II SICK
ness comes or a gift is desired, the
little shrine may be set up with its
oneer bit OF rag and stick, and the
worshiper's prayer is made. 1t Is
,,,rio,,s to note how this primitive
faith differs from Hindoolsm, ooIh
ancient and modern, as we'll as from
Buddhism.
The sweeper will have nothing to
do for instance, with the transmlgra-
tion of souls Once a sweeper, al.
WAYS a sweeper, and even the ideal
sweeper Pr Jhota, with his broom
Of gold and basket of silver, cleans
now the fourth heaven, the house OF
God, and sweeps the apartments OF
the highest" The good sweeper goes
TO heaven. however after death, but
in the heaven of the sweeper there Is
nothing to do but battle and sit at
ease. The bad sweeper, on the other
hand. goes to hell, where he is tor
mented by fire and wounds till the
deity is pleased to vouchsafe r<llef,
Between these two extremes is KIND
of purgatory, where the sweeper
who is not good enough for one place
and not bad enough for the other
undergoes a sort of probation which
either kills or cures him.
Of Balmik, the great leader OF one
sect of sweepers, and now himself,
like Pr Jhota, sweeper III the courts
of heaven, the accounts differ so
widely that it is difficult to identify
him. 1t seems clear, however, that
with the profession OF sweeper he
combined the recreation of poetry,
and there is some amount of evidence
in favor of his having been the au'
thor of the Ramayana. He is alter
nately represented as low caste
hunter of The Karnal Nardak and as
Bhil highwayman who was con-
verified by a saint whom he was about
to rob. There is legend, too, that
he laid down his life for the sweepers
of Benares and induced the people OF
that city to admit sweepers into their
presence, as they had never done be-
fore.
AS for Lalbeg, the other great
leader, he takes us back at once into
the days of Homelic myth. He was
born from the coat of Balmik and
sucked by hare-in proof whereof
Chubras to this day abstain from eat
ing hares. On the other hand, Lal
beg was also born from pitcher,
through the power of Abdul Kader
Jilani, and when the Prophet Elias
was turned into a sweeper for spit
ting on the saints in heaven it was
Lalbeg who relieved him. He was
born also to the barren wife of Shaib
Sarno of Mooltan, so that altogether
there can he no doubt of his exist
ence. Even a sweeper leader is not
born thrice for nothing. Major TEN
pie, it is true, denies the personality
of the man, deriving his name from
'Lal bhokh," or bhikha, the Rec
Monk-or more properly saffron col
ored monk-an abstract personifica
ton of the priest of the sweepers
and generic only Times of India.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

why LII ttSbf ~
well, you see, fhe ~
ton of the hypothenuse Nd.
entiated the parallelosram
that the consanguinity H.
late the ordinary effervesoeSs
so the government has doc;<'
send letters free"
The old man took off his H..
ously, shook his head and tbss
a long breath remarked.
well, boss, all dat NAV h
an / don't say it ain't. 81. Y
s'posen dat de ecksentricity q N
gregation transubstanshua,as =
nominiousness of dc puppend;ss.''
and sublimites de puspicuitv = ,
consequences, don't you ousl;s.'
dat de government would con 's.
cate dat dere letter. guess "a =
better put some stamps on anrSs
fer luck" -
And he passed solemnly On =
cinnati Commercial Gazette =
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

Maria de Medici, the wife of Louis
All, fond as she was of flowers, gen.
orally speaking, could not disguise her
repugnance to roses-even painted
ones.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

mrs. Botone-Why do you call nv
milliner snipe1 'A'
botone-On account of the length,
of her bill. Truth. IL
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

Why do you always speak i'll of
your friends?" ~
what would you havea l don't
know anv other persons. Figaro
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24
No PhIlanthropi.t.

. Jinks- Why don't you give Waite
a piece of your ninds
Fikins--Im not around capitali7t
ing idiots. Life.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

Then why did you become an.
gagged to him9 on'
IF | didn't. somebody else Uor,d -
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

A German savant declares that all
diamonds found on this earth came
from the moon on aerolites or mo
teorites.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

and my girth supported and sustain
ed by a lusty strap of leather As /
reposed at the rear of the carriage
which bore me away, could not but
pride myself upon my beauty and
perfect health. But my tranquility
received a rude shock when, upon ar
irving at the railroad station, the
hackman yanked me from my perch,
letting me drop on my end upon the
pavement with truly dull, sicken-
ing thud.
Save the breaking Of one of my
hinges, however, and the demolition
of the leather on one end which re-
ceived the blow, / sustained no detri-
ment from this downfall. Twas then
seized by one of the railroad en-
ployees and dragged across the depot,
relinquishing two of my casters in
transit, and given in charge of the
baggage master. BY him l was
checked and chucked onto a truck
for conveyance to the car. If I re-
member Alright, ] dropped off only
twice on the way, but | had become
used to falls by this time, and my adj
ditional contusions / hardly regarded.
Arrived at the car, I was seized by
two men, and away / few through
the air
When | landed my lock was broken
my remaining hinge shattered, and
the tongue of the buckle to the strap
which encircled me giving way my
lid came off, and my contents were
exposed to the vulgar gaze and run
ming over upon the floor of the car.
The clothing and things were forced
intome again and my cover forced on,
and what with the strap, few nails
and a few yards Of clothesline man
aged to hold myself together during
the journey. / will not weary by de-
failing my various trials. Suffice it to
say that what with knocks and falls
and divers other misfortunes / be-
came what you see me. What is
that you saya You see no trunkl
Only a handler Well, that is all
there is left of me. Boston Tran
script.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

shop last june, !
d Beauty, and in conse-
lsidered myself a joy for
Il complexion was faultless.
ii UNDERGONE veal color, and
tkles were polished like q
leather boot. My straps were
ANA their holes symmetrical
pund as the letter o, and my
ated inevitably in obedience
r. Of the key.
remember when ! left my
haa,l,o fiIJad ~ ,,o~a.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-11-24

J The r |
Y bottle
is mo |
|kpot Of
1.-THE 4
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fash
yis in the |
Matched '
nd spill
Jim the
imitation
Of incona
ing pins :
plebeian
visible s
now the
! fishers n |
| and gid
'%Not tfl |
more th |
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fish nett
artistic
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nensive |
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-06-09

1.-THE Peoples party could have Sc
cured five times the vote it did last
year but for it's utter incompetent
managers" says the National Econ
omlst of May &c. Perhaps so. How
would the Economist have managed
it? We have two specimens of its
campaign management. One was the
sending out of the Tillman Democratic
campaign cir cular, and the other was
taking $4,000 from tho Louisiana cam
paign fund without rendering an
equivalent. Don't the Economist mean
It could have secured five times as
much money out Of the campaign if it
had had full control of it? Honest
1njuni
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-06-09

KING Growers individualism 70.
ceived another setback in the decision
Of the United States Supreme Court
declaring the Chinese Exclusion Law
constitutional. Grover had better take
Governor Pennoyer's advice and ''at-
tend to his own business"
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-06-09

WALL STREET is giving us some good
object lessons on the unfitness of gold
as basis of our circulating medium.
A few more such lessons and the peo-
pie will be ready to demonetize gold.
The great West. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1889-18??, 1893-06-09

If THE producers of this country
knew how England was robbing them
through the characterization Of silver
they would not only throw overheard
the tea, but would confscate the ships
and wipe up the ground with John