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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
A Goddess of Liberty.

Ambitious Girl am not satlsn"
to be dependent on my father -
every cent need. wish to 90 =
dependent. n.
Mother-Should you go to earning
your own living, you would nave y
be the obedient servant OF any el y.
ployer you might have, always y y. -
beck and call, always ready TO 10 ~ ~
bidding of your superiors and hasiDS
not an hour to call your own. q
THAT would be horrid. wan '
be independent of pa, but III eaii a =
man master, and l shall wantmy wv
way in everything"
That's easy. Get married.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
The Simplicity of Calling Cards.

1t must be acknowledged that the
present styles in cards are in the
most refined taste. 1t seems almost
Incredible that within the memory of
the present generation highly glazed
card with a silver border was consid-
cred correct form and was used by
refined women of that day.-Phila-
delphia Times.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
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An interesting development in the
use of theater curtains, especially
against the spread Of fire, is now seen
in many theaters. Mr.. Charles ].
Phipps, F. s. A., the architect, for
instance, has always commended that
the value Of the proscenium wall in
theaters was nullified by the large
opening on to the stage being left
open and free from any protection.
The difficulty was to construct rigid
curtain that would withstand the
action of fire on either side for at
least a quarter of an hour or twenty
minutes. A curtain on the principle
of a revolving shutter had been tried
in London and the provinces, but Mr..
Phipps was the first architect to in
troduce into this country an iron cur
tain that formed one unbroken divi-
sion between the stage and the audi
forum and all practically welded in
one piece.
A curtain of this kind which costs
somewhere about f600 is erected at
the Prince of Wales theater. Tt is
constructed upon an iron framework
with sheets of boiler plate on either
side, the curtain being thus a double
curtain with an air space between Of
about FIVE inches. Thirty-two feet
wide and about 80 feet high it is
raised by means of hydraulic rams
on either side, the apparatus being
worked by small lever on the
prompt side of the proscenium. The
time taken in coming down is less
than half a minute. When the curtain
has descended, it rests upon a solid
wall of brickwork, cemented over and
brought up level with the floor of
the stage. 1t weighs some six TONS
Million.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

hetkiNSya7 etAArf&AA -
will necessitate goirlg
stairs, even if your suit d
all ON one floor. | know
where the wife actually
out of door exercise beMnS
breads going up and downtbesls;'
"She isn't obliged to. She 81 4,
the elevator. 1T is greatn;.,s
to conclude all flats are supnl;aa N
elevators. One of the finest
put up within two years IN III n!
in a high toned neighborhood H.
elevators, and / could mention osh,
AS for the cellars, they are there
the worst of it is you have I'd idss
their condition. You cannot ~,
sure, as in the small house That II
are all whitewashed every snrin,s,
that all the corners are fra Il.
filth, and as for the furnace ti,ahs,
is seldom right. Your raems !,
either too hot or too cold, unless 4
janitor is more of a model than ! II,
ever found. In the small house &
make sure of better light, better MI
tilation, more sunshine and best !
all, more freedom"
Leaving out these physical couss|
erations, the small house in the III
comes nearer the true ideal Of bon]
than the fiat. Edward Everett H,l
writes, mo home is a real one MIA
has not windows ON all four si1ss
1t seems to me Mr.. Hale does Dot i.
low sufficiently for that living Oh.
sideration which goes far town
making a home of even basenebI
but certain it is that the more WI
dows the more beautiful the ABA
for the to be home. 1t is a pity iii
through unavoidable circumstanc.
the word home in the city has ID
that significance it has in the coul
try. Through continual moyinl
home associations are constant
broken. DO you own your house
asked one friend of another. IN
fashion in houses, or rather in loo
ties, changes so often it is not desir
BILE to buy in the city. We havemo
twice simply on accounted the chan
ing neighborhood, though we lik
the house in each case"
This hardly accords with Hen
Ward Beecher's idea of hon
which could not be perfect IN
sweetened through and through vi
the experiences of the soul itsf
With a strong desire to establish
real home with an individuality
its own, many of these unfavora
obstacles could surely be remoF
but do you not know women "
shoulder the responsibilities Of
mense houses, burdening themsel'
with all the worry of letting
floors for the sake of living in grs
suite of rooms in a tony quarter "a
er than living in a small, unost
tatious house in quiet street
Brooklyn Eagle.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

LnGl1 III OpSldtlOi e.kiu SoSe 49, ,ss>f>1>
ance. In this line l once went td
western town to start upa remodel
mill, and about the first thing l figS
ured out was that in the proprietor
of the mill had struck "the mean
est man" went into his office for
match to light a lantern, and he
took the lantern from my hand and
went down to the furnace, lit it with
splinter and brought it back to me.
If he saw bent nail on the floor, he
would pick it up, straighten it and
put it in the nailbox; if the nail was
broken, he would throw itin scrap
iron box he kept near by. Once |
saw him pick up a single grain OF
wheat from the floor and throw 1T IN
the grain hopper, saying, 1t was IN
danger of being stepped on and
ruined
In mill operating the miller fire.
quently samples flour by putting an
ounce or more on paddle prepared
for the purpose and smoothing it out
with an ivory trier, and sometimes
these samples are dipped in water to
indicate color when the flour is made
into dough. Through familiarity with
this work millers oftentimes become
careless in regard to samples and will
scrape the remains of the dry flour
off the board on to the floor. and the
wet sample is of course ruined. When
began to sample the flour of the new
mill, he wanted to know if 'couldn't
Just as well put the dry flour back in
the chest and use smaller samples for
dipping l put him down in my
mental memorandum as bad and con-
stantly growing worse, and l insti-
tuted little inqulsition by testing
the flour oftener and using larger
samples and forced the punishment
to the limit.
''Late one evening the old man and
I were standing near the mill talking
when two little boys came from the
mill, and the smaller of the two was
crying bitterly. What's the matter
my SOM asked the old man. What
are you crying about?' I'm cryir
COS I amt goin to git no supper, sale
the little thing. And why are yor
not going to have some supper2' 'Co'
ma amt got no flour nor no money tx
buy it with, and they won't let u
have any at the mill Come back tx
the mill with me, and I will see abou
that, said the old man. And takins
them into the mill, he put as mucl
-four in their sack as the elder DO,
could carry, put their name on tn
order book for a sack next day ant
sent them away happy.
II looked at him in amazement ant
asked, Don't it break your heart t
do anything like that-saving as 20,
are?' My friend, said he, you mis-
judge me. If it were not for tn
strictest economy, Iwould not be abb
to do anything at all for the helples
and needy; I am to give to the 900
all save by frugality' I afterwar'
learned that of all the big hearts il
the place his was the biggest an,
whitest. The most generous man il
town, said all who knew him. st
Louis Republic.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
Using n Spade.

In working with the spade the pro-
portion of right handed men grasp
the spade with the left and push with
left foot and right hand, though,
when using an ak, the same individ-
uals would grasp farthest down with
the right. The Persians mount their
horses from the right side, which is
the different side from that mounted
by Europeans.-Chambers' Journal
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

There are IS, 900 Poles in the chief
American cities-24, 900 in Chicago,
10000 in Milwaukee, 5000 in Buffalo,
$500 in New York, 1000 in Cleve-
land, 2,700 in Pittsburg and 1900 in
Philadelphia.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

A large sea gull, it is said, has been
captured on the Lehigh river near
Catasauqua, Pa. 1t is of rare occur
renee for bird of that species to get
SO far away from the large bodies of
salt water.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

The most curious animal in the
world is the Ornithorynchus para
doxus of Australia. It is shaped like
an otter, has fur like a beaver, is
web footed like swan, has a bill
like duck, tail like fox, is am
phibious and lays eggs.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

tbs well to remember, for use in
cases of illness where the burning
thirst of the patient cannot be as
suaged by cracked ice or water, that
q teaspoonful of glycerin will afford
prompt and comparatively long re-
1iaf
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
seandinavians In the United States.

There are 1885, 600 Scandinavians
CSwedes, Norwegians and Danes in
the chief cities of the United States
81, 500 Tor just half of them in Chi.
cago, 10000 in Brooklyn, 10000 in
New York, $500 in San Francisco
and 4,500 in Boston. There are six
times as many Norwegians asSwedes
in Milwaukee and four times as many
Swsdss as Eorwegians in Boston.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
A New Idea.

Publisher-You are Mr.. Edisona
Edison-Yes, sir.
Publisher-Mr. Edison, I'll give
you 81, 900 and royalties if you will
invent 1000 new excuses for dudes
who don't pay tailors' bills. I'll pub
hsh 'em at my own expense, and
we'll make une.-Harper's Ba-
Ear
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

The shah of Persia possesses "a
string of pearls brought up by the
divers on the Persian coast, each in
dividual pearl of which is nearly the
size of hazel nut.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
One WAY TO Sell Sugar.

Mrs. Grampus-That last slgai
bought here wasn't sweet at all. j
Grocer-No doubt when 1t toucl -
your lips it seemed by contrasS -, -
from sweet, but all the other lau -
in the neighborhood say IL u
sweetest sugar they ever tasteu ,v.ll
Mrs. Grampus-Do theys W.
you may give me 10 pounds.
At prize drill in Petersboro, NJ -
rev days ago the young women Mag
passed the young men both in mafsA''s
and In the manual of arms
Smyrna times., 1893-09-20
Bids for the Electric Light.

| Smyrna was quite alive on Wednes-
| day night with persons desirous of put
ting in the proposed Electric Plant,
one firm having nine representatives
here, very much the same as if it was
to be captured by numbers. The bids
placed before the Board of Commits
siOners numbered ten. Plans and
specifications had been furnished the
applicants, drawn by an electrician.
In order to combine the electric
plant with the water works it was
necessary to add two additional So
horse power single cylinder automatic
engines. The specifications called for
two dynamos, 900 volts alternating
current, to be run from each of two cir
cults, and 500 inCandeseent 16.c. D. and
90 incandescent 32.c. p. lamps; 81
HeliOs arc lamps for 10 ampere current t
for street lighting, to have weather.
proof heads.
The bids of which there were 10 were
read. Among the firms represented
were the La Roche Electric Works of
Philadelphia, tie Westinghouse Elec-
trio and Manufacturing Company of
Philadelphia, the Penn General Elec-
trio Company of Philadelphia aud the
Hutton Engineering Company of Bal
timore. After reading of bids and a
consultation by the board, it was found
that no bid provided for building and
that all bids exceeded the appropria.
ton Of $4,000.
The highest bid was $15, ,246, and the
majority ranged from $1O,5OO to $1I,.
600. The difference was caused by the
particular make of engine.
The representatives of the several
companies were given an opportunity
to explain their bids, but on motion
they were all rejected as exceeding
the limit $4,000, and not providing a
house.,
Another meeting of the Commission
ers was held the next morning when
they decided to leave off a boiler.
named in the first specifications as
they have sufficient now in the water
works, also engine, dynamo ETC., which
would lessen the expense between
$4,000 and $4,000 without any change
in the Nightingale arc and 26 incan .
descent lights for town. New specifica.
tiOns were thus made out to this effect
to be presented again to the bidders.
who will be given an opportunity to bid
on Friday night, 22inst
Smyrna times., 1893-09-20

fer of Hulburd from Philadelphia will
open the way for the transfer of Rev.
J. D. G. Hanna to the conference, as
DIR. Neely desires. There is much specu-
lation as to who will be the pastor OF
Asbury Church, Dr. w. L. S. Murray
saying it would be desirable to continue
his pastOrate in Dover. Rev. ]. H.
Howard is spoken of for Asbury. The
possible transfer of DIR. j.. l.. Hubbard
to the Baltimore Conference may bring
u minister of that conference to the
Wilmington Conference.
DR.. ]. P. Otis may be transferred to
the New York East Conference which
will be to him return home. Rev. 1.
Jewell would like transfer to the
Baltimore Conference if an exchange
can be made. Rev J. B. Quigg will
probably seek lighter work.
The names of the following ministers
are marked for change: V. S. Collins,
w. M. Green, J. T. Van Barkalow,
Asbury Burke, j. w. Easley, j. A.
Arters, DIR. S. S. Morris, f. s. Mace, J.
Conner, d. F. Waddell. The confer
ence will be held at Salisbury.
Smyrna times., 1893-09-20
The State Fair.

The State Fair held at Dover from
Tuesday to Saturday Of last week had
the misfortune to have threatening oi
rainy weather throughout, which NO
doubt materially affected the attend
ance and consequently the financial re.
suits. The attendance the first day
was about 1000, Thursday however be.
ing the fullest, with 5000 to 6,0O0.
The departments were all we'll filed.
The displays of fruits, vegetables and
grain were larger than usual, peaches
and apples being especially abundant
and Of splendid quality. There was a
hne display in the Ladies' department
Of every Kind ef Women's handiwork;
an attractive exhibit Of natural flowers:
a streamer made Of RAD rayelipRs bv
prisoners in Dover Jail, and an excel
lent assortment of bread, cakea. Dies.
preserves, etc.
There was a good exhibit Of horses,
cattle, pigs, sheep and poultry, and the
buildings devoted TO these were gener-
ally we'll filed with visitors.
The trials Of speed, that occupied tbe
afternoons, was good and tho chief a.
traction Of the visitors. The muddy
condition Of the track after Wednes-
Smyrna times., 1893-09-20
Transgression and CLEANSING

Presiding Elder Smith returned to
his residence in our town last week.
(having spent the summer in Oxfordl
and preached at the Methodist church
Sunday morning, the occasion being
his third Quarterly Conference. The
weather was delightful change from
the muggy temperature that had pre-
vailed for week, and the house was
filled. The Elder took for his text the
2nd verse of the Ii Psalm, Wash me
thoroughly from mine iniquity, and
cleanse me from my SIM" but the chap.
ter itself and its history behind it was
as much the basis of the sermon, which
in directness, clearness and aptness
was one of his most lucid discourses.
and as such claimed the undivided at.
tentiOn of the audience.
The psalm itself was the breathings
of contrition and penitence after being
led into sin ultimating in murderand
adultery. When the prophet Nathan
appeared before him and drew a paral-
lei showing the result of sin, ending
with "thon art the man." he did NOT
get mad or wish to take vengence on
him, but felt humbled in the Nervousness
OF his ottense and wilted like plant be-
fore blighting frost. This psalm was
the outpouring of heart full of con.
triton and humility, to be cIeansed. as
with hyssop. and with this spirit he
came out oft a cleansed and converted
man.
In dwelling on the passage where the
psalmist said he was conceived in sin
and shapen in iniquity, the depravity
OF human nature was admitted but a
remedy or antedOte was given in the
gift of His Son-the word made flesh
among men-and to voluntarily sin was
to invite the punishment that awaits
the sinful
The psalmist having acknowledged
his transgression and asked to be thor.
oughly cleansed from his iniouitv.
makes the declaration, "Behold. thou
deslrest truth in the inward parts; and
IN the hidden parts thou shalt make
me to know wisdom" The doctrine
which the preacher wished to enforce
was cleansipg-Yiz: having a heart
clean and free from intentional sin. He
did not claim perfection, that is free
dom from errors ofjudgement, temper
will &c, but the purpose was right
whatever might be faults of our nature
rising up to hinder us.
Regeneration was not cleansing, that
is, the kind of cleansing referred to
heFe, which meant a through and
through vcrk; nor was it a growth but
a work done in US, and at once, by the
divine hand. The growth eame after.
wards, when there was something to
grow.
Some thought this publication came
at the hour of death, others taught that
It came through purgatorial fires, but
the scriptures taught, as it was the
prayer of the psalmisf throughout this
chapter, that it was the act Of the in
dlvidual 10 sincerely repouDcing his
sins, aud seeking and feeling assured
be was living in divine form.
Smyrna times., 1893-09-20
For the Smyrna Times
Blaekbird Items

V. w. Kenney, telegraph operator
on the b. y. o. railIoad, at Chester
Pa, passed through this place on hiI
wheel this A. NJ, en- route for his home
at Laurel, Del.
A colored man named Wilson, from
near blackiston's, was arraigned before
Justice Deakyne on Friday last
charged with stealing a set of wheels
from VIM. Guessford, near Townsend
he was committed to New Castle iail.
Mr.. and Mrs. William Thesing held
an anniversary at the residence of r.
b. Simpler, where they were visiting
Saturday evening, it being their fifth.
All seemed to enjoy themselves, espe-
cially about 10 o'clock, when they
were invited out to partake of the
ice cream, cake, lemonade aud fruit
prepared by Mr.. Simpler. They left
for their home In Philadelphia on
Monday.
Mr.. and Mrs. David Keen gave u
surprise birthday party to their daugh.
ter, Miss Maggie. at the residence of
her brother near Blackbird, on Satur-
Soy SoynS sys9E5g hse EaS naos host ,sa Of
bhey we're ihViteQ oQb bQ tAQie laden
with refreshments. At fifteen minutes
of twelve the haRpy company started
for their fespe0iiVe homes after ex-
pressing themselves as having spent q
very pleasant evening.
Personal Misses Ada and Emma
Hayden and brother visited friends In
town Sunday. Mr.. and Mrs. ]. w.
BaFnett, Of Middletown, spent Sunday
at ]. @. Gibbons. William Fowler and
Mr.. Murrey, Of Kennedyville, Nd.
spent Saturday and Sunday With tbe
Keep brothers. Miss Matte Robinson
was the guest Of Miss Bertha HAYDEN
Sunday. Miss Elva Husebeok and
Miss Eva Bennett, Of Cecilton, Md. re.
turned home Sunday after weeks
visit 10 Mr.. J. u. shaw.
Smyrna times., 1893-09-20

Senator Higgins JONES Senator Gray
in supporting President Cleveland in
the effort to repeal the silver act, and
made a speech to this effect in the
senate last week. The New York
papers speak of it as a good speech.
THE Sherman act he regarded not as
the sole cause of the financial trouble.
but as a very potent one of them. That
act had been held up to public exeera-
tion, but the people should remember
that it had performed the in estimable
service of saving the country from the
free coinage of silver. Isolated free
coinage by the United States would, he
said. mean not bimetallism. but silver
monOmetallism, and that upon a stand.
ard Of bullion value of silver degraded,
deprecated and ever fuctuating silver
mOnometallism would bring unmiti-
gated disaster to all sections of the
country and to all classes of people
and good to none. ItWould drive out
gold and thus produce q violent con-
traction in the currency. He did not
see where free coinage of silver by the
United States alone would be any ad-
vantage to the silver mining interest
itself, or why, under it. the mines
would not be closed as much as they
were to-day. Believing ia genuine
bimetallism, he said no way of aebiev.
ing at steady parity between the two
except through the agency of the re,
sumption of the free coinage of silver
by all the nations Of Europe, together
with India and the United States
Smyrna times., 1893-09-20
The Last Series of Cheap-Rate Excursions
to the Worlds Fair via the Penn
sylvania Railroad.
ADDITIONAL DATES FOR THE POPULAR
EXPOSITION TRIPS.


EXPOSITION TRIPS.
AS the period of the existence of the
Worlds Columbian Exposition draws to
close the demand grows stronger for the
economical and satisfactory means of
reaching Chicago provided heretofore by
the Pennsylvania Railroad Company.
Recognizing the urgency of this popular
need, that company has fixed a few addi-
tional dates on which excursions of the
same character as the previous ones will be
run. September 10Th, 23d, 28th, October
I'd, 11th, 18th and 2lst are the days selected
from New York, Philadelphia and points
east of Pittsburg and Erie and north of
York.
The special trains will be composed of
the standard coaches for which the Penn
sylvania Railroad Company is noted, and
the arrival in Chicago at an early hour the
following afternoon obviously gives ample
opportunity for the securing of accommO-
datiOns at that place.
The trains will leave New York 900
A. NJ, Jersey City 9.12, Newark 925, Eliza
beth 9.32, New Brunswick 9.53, Trenton
1923, Philadelphia l1.30, Frazer 1900 p. NJ.
DowniRgtOn 1922, Parkesburg 12.4l,
COatesville I.02 Lancaster 1.25, Conewago
1;57, Harrisburg 800 p m.,. Lewistown
junction 4. 80, Tyrone 600, Altoona 70C
and Pittsburg 1910 p. m. The excursion
rate, good only on the special train and
valid for return within then days, is S2C
from New York, Sl825 from PHILADELPHIA
and prOpOrtionately low from other sta
tions. Return portions of tickets are good
for ten days.
These trains will be ran on fast schedule
and will be provided with all modern con.
veniences with the exception of Pullman
| cars.
Many expressions Of complete satisfac
tiOn have been made by people who have
availed themselves of this excellent oppor
tunity of visiting the greatest and grandest
exhibition the world has ever seen.