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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
An Idol DESTROYED.

Ihere has been great deal written
about the wonderful memories of hotel
clerks, but lot me tell you it's all bosh. +"
SAID a well known member of the craft.
"Of course q clerk has to have a good
memory, but so has any man in bust
ness And it is quite true that training
ones memory in certain line makes it
more agile in that direction than the
memory OF man of different vocation
Is likely to be. But what I refer to is
the talk about the memory of the hotel
clerk being phenomenal, and, to prove
IT, citing instances how seeing a stranger
once the clerk recognizes and calls him
by name ten years later, though not hay
ing seen him in the interval. It's non
sense. And though the guest in oues-
ton may answer It's fact, he is but de-
celveG by the regulation trick. You
take sharp notice some time and Won
Will see man approach the counter.
IF that man has ever stopped at the
hotel before he will recognize the clerk.
And the clerk, seeing the spark Of recog.
milton in the eye of the guest whose
name he doesn't remember from Adam.
holds out his hand and grabs that Of the
guest, shakes it heartily as with the
other hand he shoves the register to-
ward him and gives him pen, at the
same time firing at him lot Of cues
tons such as We'll, where did Won
spring from this time? Where have YOU
been all this time? You are looking
well; family ditto? How's business?
Want room with bath? and SO on until
the guest has registered. Then the clerk
rings in the guests name before the own
er has time to see if it is spelled right.
It's simple trick; but its performance
not only causes tho one upon whom it is
played to feel more at home, but to mar
vel ever afterward at the wonderful
memory of the hotel clerk. Chicago
Post
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
80 : Powder
ABSOLUTELY PURE
Pedestrianisu. In Germany.

A German friend of mine 1,e ia soyne.
what OF humorist was bantering me
about the notorious aversion Of Ameri-
cans to walking, and he remarked that
no had heard it said that the average
American did not walk more than a mile
DAY. Of course I resented this gross
libel, and l asserted that the average
American thought nothing Of starting
out for a walk of five miles. I cited
with q good deal of pride the habitual
practice OF Julian Hawthorne of takinp
o mere stroll of twenty or thirty miles
whenever he has few moments to de-
vote to exercise. I spoke. too, Of your
townsman, Mr.. Slason Thompson, editor
OF The America, who is in the habit Of
walking ten miles day and running fif-
teen or twenty more.
My friend thereupon became personal
and ventured to intimate that I could
not walk five miles. OF course I accent
ed the challenge implied, and, peacefully
doddering imbecilo that was, I aotnallv
walked for four consecutive hours before
! learned upon demonstrating with my
humorous friend) that a German mile
was equal to four and half English
miles, and that in order to accomDli sh
the feat had undertaken should have
to cover twenty-five and q half miles
Germany would be veritable nara
disc, methinks, for Julian Hawthorne
and Slason Thompson. They would be
elected to the reichstag at the first con-
gressional election. - Eugene Field in
Chicago News.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
Information for the Bow.

The instruction that nursemaids art
able to impart to the greedy YOUNG
minds that are given into their charge i,
truly fearful and wonderful. AS 8
Coney Island boat was passing the Bar
tholdi statue 5-year-old youngster was
moved to ask the Milesian lady who at.
tended him:
"W'ot's that, Jane?"
"That's Liberty" quoth Jane.
"Wot's Liberty" he asked again
"W'y. just Liberty. Don't you know
w'ot Liberty ISL"
''W'o Liberty" he insisted.
"W'y, you goose" instructed his
teacher, Liberty is-wy it's-Free-
dom. And now you know, don't your
And Of course he did. Just wait until
somebody asks him.
There was more Of the same kind from
the same source.
"W'ots those, Jane?" he asked again.
with significant finger at the life pre-
servers overhead.
"Them's life preservers, said Jane.
"W'ot are they for?"
They're for when you fall in the
water and get drowned" she informed
him, land when you do they make you
float"
"After you're drowned?" asked the
boy.
"Oh, yes. I do wish you'd keep still
and not ask so many questions, you bad
boy"
But he didn't.-New York Evening
Sun.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
Foreign Comment on tho Fair,

My first impressions of the exhibition
are still maintained. Tho place is alto
gether too big and will assuredly be-fnap.
cially-a gigantic failure. The charge to
exhibitors and their assistants of So d2s.
3d. apiece for their entrance tickets is very
unpopular. There are something like Is.
600 Of these. SO that about G15,00O is made
by the transaction. True it is that the
promise is thrown out that two-thirds of
the money will be returned at the close of
the exhibition If the passes are handed in
again, but this assurance is generally taken
with an unusually large grain of salt as
this is not country for returning any
thing in the shape of that almighty dol
lar' it loves so we'll.
The most frightful thing in the entire ex
hibition-perhaps in the whole worlds
the gigantic gilded statue of Liberty It
stands at one end of lagoon and faces an
equally wretched figure mounted in what
is known here as the electrical car. For
grotesque renderings Of classical subjects,
these two figures, situated as they are in
the most prominent part of the grounds
to use an Americauism-take the cake
London Building News.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
Where Mr.. Curtis Learned to Writ,


Whatever my style of writing may be.
it is the result Of natural selection and
not Of special design. The first author
Who interested me deeply after "Robin-
sou Crusoe" and the usual children's
books of fifty or sixty years ago was
Washington Irving. Then came Walter
Scott and Charles Lamb, Keats, Shelley
and Wordsworth, then Bacon and Emer-
con, Burke and Carlyle. Thackeray and
Hawthorne. But rhetoric or compost
ton have never studied. My long con-
nection with the press has been of the
utmost service to me as writer. For
many years have been the chief editor
ial writer upon Harper's Weekly. a
paper which takes part in political dis
cussion, and the necessity of making nv
self Ineligible to the rapid reader in a
comparatively short space has been prob
ably the best training could have had.
Fortunately have no taste for what
seems to me the frequent extravaganza
Of newspaper writing, and therefore |
have easily avoided it. Every young
writer should remember that bigness is
not greatness, nor fury force.-George
William Curtis.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
The sultan,s Table Etinnetta.

The sultan never uses plate. He takes
all his food direct from the little kettles,
and never uses table and rarely knife
or fork-a spoon, his bread, pancake
OF fingers are found far handler. It re-
quires just twice as many slaves as there
are courses to serve dinner to him.
The whole household is at liberty to
take meals where it suits him or her best,
and thus every one is served with small
tray, with a spoon, q great chunk of
bread, and the higher ones only get the
pancakes.
Nearly one ton of rice per day is re.
quired for the inevitable pillaffe, 600
pounds of sugar, as much coffee, to say
nothing of the other groceries, fruit,
vegetables and meat. Rice and mutton
and bread form the greater part of the
food for the majority of Turks. together
with fish, sweetmeats, confectionery,
nuts and dried and fresh fruits.
That there is enormous waste and ex-
travagance in the kitchens is obvious.
and it is said that enough is thrown away
daily to maintain 100 families; but such
waste is perhaps not confined to a Turk
ish royal household, and might also be
found in kitchens nearer home.
The surplus is gathered up by the beg
gars. in whom Constantinople abounds,
and what still remains is eaten by the
scavenger dogs.
All the water for the sultan's use and
the drinking water for the household is
brought in barrels from two pretty
streams at different places in the Bos-
phorous toward the Black sea.-Ex-
change.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
South African Diamonds

Thirty-eight million carats of dia-
monds, weighing over nine tons, have
been found here. In the rough their
aggregate value was $3.50. 00O, 900, and
after cutting nearly $500, 900, which
is more than the worlds yield during
the preceding two centuries Of the
whole production not more than s per
cent. can be said to be of the first water,
IL per cent. of the second water and 25
per cent of the third. while the remaining
Do per cent. is called bort, substance
which. when crushed to a powder, is Of
use in the arts.-Cor. Pittsburg Press
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
A Terribly Mixed Up Parson.

There was once an absentminded preach
er in Maine of whom a gossiping lady tells.
One Sunday he said excitediy at the close
of solemn discourse, 1.-The choir will now
pronounce the benediction and will sing
the Doxology." The choir failed to re-
spond beyond faint soprano giggle, and
the minister hastily exclaimed: mo, mol
should have said. will now sing the ben.
ediction and the choir will please pro-
aounce the Doxology." Before he could
hazard another attempt the quartet came
to the rescue with "Old Hundred" and the
parson sat down to recover his wits behind
the friendly shelter of the old fashion,;
pulpit. -Lewiston journal.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

The other day gentleman saw pro
fessional florist watering his plants il
the hot sun. and in surprised way in
quired if that wouldn't injure the plants
why. no." was the answer why no
now?' II supposed they had to be wa
tered only at night" said the amateur
"Do you drink only at night" asked the
florist. Are you only thirsty after the
sun goes down? That idea helps oul
business, for under it the flowers of the
ignorant would-be growers die, and we
get the opportunity of selling more Of
our stock. water my flowers when
they are thirsty, just as stock grower
waters his stock. "-Exchange.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
TRAvELING RISKS.

With the increased facilities for travel
and the great number of travellers, there
has been naturally great increase in the
risk of accidents.
Every one, who for any reason is COM
PEELED to incur these risks, should keen bv
him supply of ALLcocK's Porous Pas
TIERS, for they are a wonderful specific in
strains of the back or limbs, such as are
almost inevitable in case OF accident.
ANY one starting on long Journey
should have one as part of his equipment.
commuters on suburban trains hould keen
them both at home and in the office.
ALLcocK's Porous PLAsTERs haye-nauunuiu
need.
BRANDRETH's PILIs remove III In,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
Tho Proper Funot,on Of n Nou.n,,,,,


In its ambition to be everything and
to have everything the newspaper has
Travelled far beyond its legitimate bounds.
The complaint of the magazines indi-
Gates the outgrowth on one side of those
bounds; the more excited protests of an
invaded privacy point to another over
flow, and other burstings of limits are
heard from in other directions. The
original functions of a daily newspaper
appear to have been forgotten. Keen
competition among themselves has final
ly brought newspaper people to a condi-
ton of feverish anxiety in which every
thing within reach must be theirs.
Everything printable is printed. Moth
ing is so small that it cannot be stopped
to; nothing too remote and abstruse for
reaching after.-Noah Brooks in Forum.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

About 450 B. C. the Ionians first in.
troduced the present system of writing
from left to right. Previous to the
above date from right to left prevailed,
although the method called boustrophe-
don that is, alternately from right to
left and from left to right was some
what extensively practiced. The an
Gent Hebrew and Greek languages were
written from right to left until about
$50 B. c., when the form of the Greek
letters was changed from the unical to
tho cursive. and the manner of writing
changed from right to left to left to
right.-St. Louis Republic.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
Antiquity of tho Fan.

The antiquity Of the fan in the east,
particularly i'll Asia. extends far back
beyond tie possibility of ascertaining
its date In China and India the orig
inal mod'a of the fan was the wing of a
bird and 1t one time was part Of the en-
bleuis of imperial authority. =. Washing
ton Star
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
Uses of India Rubber.

A solution of india rubber in benzine
has been used for many years as coat
ing for steel, iron and lead, and has been
found simple means of keeping them
from oxidizing. 1t can be easily applied
with brush and as easily rubbed of.
1t should be made about the consistency
Of cream
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

The thickest octave volume in the
world known is the latest edition Of
Whitaker's Reference Catalogue Of En-
elish Literature" This book weighs
twelve pounds and is eleven inches in
thickness.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

Pieces of tin cnt and bent make false
back for pigeon holes where short en-
velopes and papers sometimes slip in too
far.
Have one pigeon hole always empty,
except as it contains such papers as must
be attended to before one or two suns
set.-Cor. Writer.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

Va uiy Ioou increase Z9ziiv4 ]Vg{l{z {I5
cattle. "
80 that. relying upon these experi-
ments. sheep must be considered as az.
cellent utilizers of food. as producing as
many pounds Of mutton. besides tbs
wool, from given quantity of food as
can De produced of beef: and as the
oest mutton brings as high price as the
beef. it would appear on this basis the
sheep would give the fleece as extra
proht over cattle. If this is not too IA
vorabie view. the sheep on suitable
lands must be considered among the
most profitable of farm stock. ia true
the dairy COW brings her profitable flow
OF milk to offset that ofweol: but the
dairy COW does not lay on fiesli-yhile
producing milk. as does the sheep While
producing wool. A fleece of five pdunds
OF wool grown in year REQUIRES only
daily growth of one-fifth of an 81
which can take but small porti
food to produce. The mineral M
taken from the soil by the fleece is
10 ounces per year, and if six hal
ton sheep represent COW, the
mineral constituents taken by q
fleeces would only be 90 ounce
about 10 pounds of nitrogen, viii
ordinary COW. yielding 1000 pou1 Ills 10.
milk would take twenty-six pounds Of
mineral matter or ash and twenty-five
OF nitrogen, OF forty-three times as much
mineral matter and thirteen tiiues as
much nitrogen as the feeces of the sheep,
-Stockman.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

The young man who has IN idea that
his father is an old fo3y and don't know
much makes u mistake that will some
day cause him bitter regret.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

Attacks, and all arrangements Of the liv-
er, stomach, and bowels are prevented,
relieved, and permanently cured.
They're the smallest, easiest to take,
cheapest and best. They're guaranteed
to give satisfaction, or money is returned.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
His Strong Point.

She-Why. you couldn't even buy my
dresses"
He-But | could borrow the money
from your father. Epoch.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

I :, maMWho shutters said yesterday that he
hopes the ce-Pre ident W II never be made
the subject OF any more assassinine rumors.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
August
Flower

"Ihave been afflicted with bilious.
ness and constipation for fifteen years
and first one and then another prep
aratlon was suggested to me and
tried, but to no purpose. A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the admira-
ton in which l hold it. It has given
me new lease of life, which before
was a burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merits should be made
known to everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and biliousness." TEssH
BARKER, Printer, Humboldt, Kas. q
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15

n FUIsL OIUMACH
ought to cause you no discom-
fort whatever. If 1t does,
thought there's any trouble
after eating-take DIR. Picrce's
pheasant Pellets. They're q
Z perfect and convenient vest
pocket remedy. One of these
tiny, sugar-coated, anti-bilious
granules at q dose regulates
and corrects the entire system.
Sick or Bilious Headaches, Con-
stipatiOn. Indigestion. Rjlious
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-12-15
Css Enameline Stove Polish; no dust NO \
A FULL STOMACH
TO Sold by druggists; rs cents.

Try GERMEA for breakfast.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-02
The PJucky spaniel,

Capt. Williamson was shooting In In
,dia with spaniel, which apparently
found some game which his master
guessed TO be hare. "The dog came
70 a stand over a bank, wagging its
tail, with ears up, and his whole frame
In a state of ecstasy. l expected that
he had got hare under the bank, and,
as the situation was in favor of getting
shot, ran toward him with more
speed than / should have done had 1
known that should find tiger sitting
up and staring Paris in the face; they
were not three yards asunder. As soon
as the dog found me at his side he
barked, and, giving a spring. dashed at
the tiger" His owner admits that his
own alarm was so extreme that he did not
observe the further demcanor of either
till he saw the tiger cantering away,
followed by the little dog barking. 1t
is, of course, just possible that the tiger
was nervous" and that the little dog
merely exhibited the iinpudencc hab-
itual TO little dogs, who know that they
can worry a horse or n bullock into
beating a retreat when quietly lying
down in q fcld.-Spectator.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-02
SAYINGS OF PHILLIPS BROOKS.

NEVER fear to bring the sublimest
comfort to the smallest trouble.
This representative man is a man
who sees all material things only as the
means of spiritual culture, TO whom i'm
mortality is first fact of human exist
ence, to whom God is more real than
his brethren, to whom sin is the one
evil of all the groaning and complain
ing world.
IF anybody has ever felt that his life,
with its little woes, was easier to bear
because there were great men living
the same human life with him, he can
understand it perfectly. The men of
larger life of whom he knew never came
near him, never touched his life, never
spoke to him, perhaps never knew of
his existence.
ST. PETER felt dimly that the life of
Jesus was opening into something so
large that all which had gone before
would be seen to have been only the
vestibule and preparation for what was
yet to come. He vaguely felt that his
death, in whose shadow they were sit
ting, was the focus into which all the
lines along which they had travelled
were converging, only that they might
open into larger and more wonderful
fields of experience.
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-02

looks very nice in verse, but it is dan
gerous habit. 1t is one of the common
est causes of liver and kidney COM
plants. Yes; it is safe to say that the
people of America are being literally
rocked to death. In their hurry TO get
around quickly they are jolted on the
street cars, shaken up in the railroad
trains or in carriages driven over badly
paved streets, or by running up and
down stairs, and finally churn their sys-
TENS out of order in the deadly rocking
chair. In this way the whole body is
shaken up, and impurities that ought
to be removed from the system are cir
culated into every part Of it and stay
there. This lays the foundation for dis
ease. Among the most common signs
of i'll health that are brought on in
this way are loss Of appetite, sickness at
the stomach, constipation, severe pains
in the head, pains in the right side and
under the shoulder blades, general weari-
ness and debility. If You value your
health and life keep a sharp watch for
these signs, and when they become ap-
parent check the danger at once by the
use of reliable remedy. In this way
you can prevent the deadly effects of
these troubles"
The doctor was right. He told plain
truth. Now, see what some others have
to say:
Mrs. Annie Jenness Miller, who is the
acknowledged authority in America
upon the subject of dress, lately said
in the course of an interview: "What
makes women brilliant! Vivacity,
brightness and good health. Did you
ever see sickly woman able to enter
tain party of bright people! 1t is
impossible. Women must have proper
food, freedom from care and a good
friend in need. mean by that some as
sistance physically. All women feel de.
pressed at times, and all pleasure seems
gone out of life. On all such occasions,
and indeed whenever blue and worn out
she needs help. know because have
been in that condition myself. AT such
times am assisted by the best friend
that any woman ever had. 1t is War
ners Safe Cure. | mean it, and have
good reason to speak as | do. You think
that l am perfectly healthy woman
SO L am, but | take several bottles of
this great cure every season just as /
take additional care in the selection of
of tonic giving food. AS you know,
there are certain times when every
woman needs assistance. AT such times,
and before such times, there Is, so far
rs / know, but one thing that can help,
and that is the great cure have named"
This statement is fully endorsed by
the well-known physician, DIR. S. Clarke,
who declares: "1here was time when
any man or woman suffering from any
form of kidney trouble had cause for de-
spair. That time has passed away. For
the past eight years / have treated every
variety of kidney trouble in both men
and women, and DO not believe there
is a case so severe, no matter OF how
long standing, that il cannot be relieved
or cured by the careful and conscientious
use of Warmers "a e Cure and Warmers
Safe Pills"
These facts need no comment. Fol
low the valuable hints above given, and
You will certainly find life more enjoy
able,
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1893-03-02
A Plain Speaking Admiral

Gar Alexander of Russia was one day
compli menting Admiral F. on the
good order of his magazines, and OBJ
served: admiral, you are always
talking TO me of the English feet and
arsenals; / should be glad to know il
their storehouses can be in better or
cleaner order than these?" mo, please
your Majesty, they are not half so
clean; because, instead of being empty,
like these, they are filled with pitch,
tar, hemp, and naval stores of all sorts,
which gives them dirty appearance
and disagreeable smell" The same
blunt Admiral was asked, after the
Admiralty ditch and rampant were
filed up, what he thought the Car
Peter would say if he could rise and see
those beautiful alterations in the ex-
terror of his favorite Admiralty? "I
know not what he would say TO them" 1"
replied the ancient, "but / know well
what he would think if he saw the de-
serted and empty state of the interior. +"
After this the old tar had leave to go
md reside in the country.