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San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

The promised surplus in the
state treasury as the result of
Hogg's economic administration of
affairs has not materialized, but
there is no doubt of the surplus in
competency that fingers around
the executive pOnderosity.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

The grounds hould be selected
the company organized, the work
cut out, and advertising begun
before Christmas if it is to be a
success.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

There is sheOl to pay in the strip,
beth literally and tiguratively.
The prairie fires are wiping out
tents, prairie wagons and forage,
as well as some lives, while the
knife and the gun are also doing
their own work of destruction.
Blessed is the man who has no
strip in his.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

itwould not be so bad, but it is a
land of drouth and dust, of blood
and bullets, of fire and famine, of
big promise and no outcome.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

. That promised land of the
boomer does not flow with milk
and honey as did the promised
land to which Moses led the Isra-
elites, II it even flowed with water
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

Announcements for State and County
,ficers ten Dollars In advance.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

The cotntry has an object lesson
in the Ohio campaign that it is
closely watching. If that election
goes in favor of Mckinley and pro-
lection it will indicate the trend
of public opinion and forecast the
conclusion of events in the next
congressional and presidential con-
tests,
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

The proposition of Garretson to
remove his furnaces and erect a
larger one out of the material at
such point as the city may desig-
nate, and his offer to demonstrate
the ability of his furnace to do its
work at the expense stated in his
contract, is at least worthy Of con-
sideratiOn.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

If the Galveston News and the
Fort Worth Gazette are both
Democratic papers, there must be
a chameleon character to the views
of the teachers of the Texas De-
mocracy that makes Democratic
opinion like the mind of James II
everything by turns and nothing
long.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

The time to arrange for fair
during the season Of 1894 is now
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

1t is easier to run in debt than to
pay spot cash and stear clear of
the man with bill in his fist, and
this is as true of a municipality as
it is Of the individual. Pay as you
go, or do not go. This is a very
safe rule in ali expenditures. Com
mercial exchanges are differently
heeled.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

E All contracts or hills must be ap-
,roved by the Secretary and Manager.
San Antonio daily light. [volume] (San Antonio, Tex.) 1886-1907, 1893-09-20

LOT OpeFdUlOnS IudG Jucy dSh' dSO
experience has taught the colon
lists that these South Africans are
no slouches at a fight.
When the Houston Post asserts
that no declaration of a state plat
form that is in conflict with the
national Democratic platform is
binding upon any Democrat, what
becomes of the time-honored I'M
mutable doctrine of state rights
Is the Post turned iconoclast in its
Democratic decadence?
There is a decided Discrimination
on the part of some of the Demo-
Gratis in congress to resent the at
tempt of Grover to force the incli-
nations of congress on the silver
question. This is natural, but it is
unavailing. When Grover accept
ed the nomination it was as Demo-
cratic dictator.
Iffigures do do not lie, and the
wires are correctly interpreted,
that international bicycle race, won
by Lesna, of Switzerland, was a
sumner. 1t does not seem credible
that he could cover over 432 miles
in twenty-four hours, an average of
is miles an hour for the whole
twenty-four.
The schools of this city should
not be dependent upon the action
of the council for their supplies.
These schools should be differed
directly by vote of the people and
the fund of the schools be in every
sense separate and distinct fund,
with its own custodian, disburser
and auditor.
There is sheol to pay in the strip,
beth literally and figuratively.
The prairie fires are wiping out
tents, prairie wagons and forage,
as well as some lives, while the
knife and the gun are also doing
their own work of destruction.
Blessed is the man who has no
strip in his.
The proposition of Garretson to
remove his furnaces and erect a
larger one out of the material at
such point as the city may desig-
nate, and his offer to demonstrate
the ability of his furnace to do its
work at the expense stated in his
contract, is at least worthy Of con-
sideration.
The cosntry has an object lesson
in the Ohio campaign that it is
closely watching. If that election
goes in favor of Mckinley and pro-
lection it will indicate the trend
of public opinion and forecast the
conclusion of events in the next
congressional and presidential con-
tests.
1t is easier to run in debt than to
pay spot cash and stear clear of
the man with a bill in his fist, and
this is as true of a municipality as
it is Of the individual. Pay as you
go, or do not go. This is a very
safe rule in ali expenditures. Com
mercial exchanges are differently
heeled.
If the Galveston News and the
Fort Worth Gazette are bott
Democratic papers, there must bC
a chameleon character to the views
of the teachers of the Texas De
mocracy that makes Democratic
opinion like the mind of James III
everything by turns and nothing
long.
| Cleveland forestalled the god
fathers of the press and the god
mothers of the sewing societies an
named his daughter before ther
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

The librarian in one of the great
New England colleges lately showed
to well known clergyman list of
it's alumni, boasting that he had OBJ
tanned an account of their present
occupation and homes. The great
majority had been poor boys, but
were now successful and prosperous,
having emigrated to the western and
middle states.
Very good" said the clergyman
dryly. Nov l should like to have
an account of the homes and lives of
the women-the mothers and I'M
married sisters-who worked and
saved, starving themselves some
times, to send many of these men to
college.
Every few poor men in New Eng
land have been educated or started
in the world without the long sacli-
fee of some such woman's life, and
some of them to my knowledge have
never repaid the sacrifice with love
and gratitude. In the villages of
New England, I'm sorry to say, are
occasionally found aged women
whose only happiness is in the far
away success of some ungrateful
brother or son. youths Compan-
| i'm
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
N FOR A FAyHE MAyps

Shall wish a lightsome heart care free.{
Dearest maybe, for thee?
81 All, mol not so!
Better that thou have trusting heart,
Bidding care depart,
Thus losing wool
Shall l wish for thee garden fayre,
Full of roses rare?
All. mol not SO!
Roses oftentimes have thorns concealed:
Though they fragrance yield
Yet cause they wool
will only wish one garden plot,
Maiden, for thy lot,
So low! so lowl
yiolets, within the pleasant shade
By their own leaves made,
Therein shall grow.
So the passerby shall fragrance win
From the flowers within,
So low! SO lowl
Though the dainty blooms be not in sight
Fresh as true delight
Shall he know.
Could any sweeter nosegay offerf
Fairer could proffer?
All, no! not so!
What can sweeter be thai heartsease
rare2
What can be more fair
Than violets o?
Helen Percy in Good Housekeeping.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

David Urch of Portsmouth is the
inventor of what he calls the "pen-
dulum propeller" to give auxiliary
power to sailing vessels. It is in
tended to be affixed to the side of anv
vessel having on board steam en-
CINE of any description, to give power
In Gains or light winds or when en-.
tering or leaving port. A trial of
the continuance was made in Ports.
mouth harbor on the fishing schooner
Comet, an engine of 5-horse power
being placed on her deck. The yes
sci steamed up and down the river
under perfect command, MAKING
three knots or more an hour The
invention is simplicity itself. It is
fastened to a vessels side, well up TO
the plankshear, with three bolts and
when not in use the screw can Ne
swung to the level of the rail ~,
higher, the chain being always at
the same tension. 1t is lifted NV q
small chain fastened to the Lower
portion of the pendulum. New
York Telegram.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
Never Lost by Politeness.


"A man never loses anything by
politeness, said a breezy little chap
to his companion on the Brooklyn
bridge promenade recently as he pc
litely raised his hat to a former col
ored coachman.
Scarcely had the speaker concluded
his words when a bit of paper fell
from his hat and was whisked away
over the railing and went floating
down to the river. Just my infer
nal luck" he remarked after a hasty
investigation, the benign expression
leaving his face and one of anger
taking its place.
THAT was $100 check, % he added.
my wife has warned me about car
rying things in my hat, and I lost il
all through bowling to that black ras-
cal of coachman. I had the pleas.
ure of horse whipping him once.
There's some satisfaction in that"
"And as you were saying" re-
marked the other, you have never
lost anything by politeness. You1
temper and your $100 check are
gomez
Eyes, and I'm off, too" said the
erstwise polite individual as he
turned in high dudgeon and retraced
his steps, muttering curses and male
dictions the while.-New York Her
aid.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
The Indian Hornbill.

A hornbill is something like a big
nagpie in all its sly tricks and ways.
It catches little ball of food if
thrown to it with a sharpness and
precision worthy of a cricketer. On
one occasion, when Mrs. Rornbill had
made herself nest in a hollow in the
trunk of the tree in which was their
house and deposited her eggs in it, Mr.
Hornbill came and plastered up the
opening with mud, leaving only a
space sufficient for him to insert his
bill and feed the female and the nest
lings. He feeds them in a very af-
fectionate manner by throwing up
from his own stomach pellets of food
enveloped something like a sausage
IN 'gizzard sacs" formed of portions
of the interior lining of his own
stomach. This is perhaps more curl
Gus than nice.-Longman's Magazine.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

D. =
At that timeg5he uniforms of Fed
erals and Confederates were much
alike, and strange mistakes were
sometimes made.
AS General Cheatham was riding
cut one day, he met squadron of
cavalry coming down the road to-
ward his position He had no sure
means of knowing whether the force
was friendly or hostile. He resolved
to ascertain.
Riding up. accompanied only by an
orderly, to within few yards of the
troop, he asked:
what cavalry is that9"
Illinois cavalry, SIR" was the re-
ply.
ooh, Illinois cavalry, said the Con-
federate general. "All right, just
stay where you are"
The nlinoisans had no doubt but
that the officer was Federal They
obeyed his order. Cheatham looked
about for a moment and then rode
back to his own command under the
guns Of another Federal regiment,
who, seeing him come from the cav
airy troop, supposed he was lone OF
them. Youths Companion.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
A Gentle Hint.

The attorney had made a motion
for new trial in civil action, and
the judge looked it over carefully.
''Um," he said thoughtfully, 'um
This sets forth that the verdict was
unsupported by the evidence, was
contrary to the evidence, was against
the weight of the evidence, and that
the evidence was insufficient to sup
port the verdict as to any OF all of
the issues, because of errors of the
justice in admitting and excluding
evidence, errors of law in the in
structions to the jury, improper con-
duct on the part of counsel for the
caveator in addressing the jury and
in bills of exceptions.
Eyes, your honor" replied the at
torney.
"And do you believe it?"
Certainly do"
well, well" and the judge grew
sympathetic, its a pity that the
judge and attorneys and officials and
jury and witnesses in that court
don't know as much as you do. II
really is, because if they did it would
save me great deal of worry and
bother. Wouldn't you like to have
job as court instructor or some
thing of that sort2"- Detroit Free
Pr.nSS
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

INN0A5A1tEA i&tSp4tAs5 tiieAAN 1I1F ,'sE'7r
row opp osite Mail street. they both
wearsoiled aprons and preside over
travelling hotel, or rather the cul-
mary part of a hotel, for they do not
let rooms nor provide table d'hote.
One of these men is the professor of
dyspepsia, the other is his assistant,
a cook. Their stock in trade consists
of piles of yellowish white, consump-
tive looking pastry, made of grease,
gum and glue, cylinder shaped, con-
voluted and presenting inside hol-
low like hungry mans stomach.
They are labeled Zone cent, and
when a victim steps up and hesitat-
ingly purchases one the grimy cook
pours into the hollow some sticky,
musilaginous mixture, which is prob,
ably sweet enough to cover the
doughty taste of the pastry, and
sprinkling some powdered saccharine
over it exchanges for cent this sure
producer of the rankest kind of dys-
pepsia. New York Herald.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
Kite Flying In China.

1t would create a sensation in st.
Louis if Mayor Walbridge or Con-
gresham Joy were to appear in the
streets or on the roofs of their houses
flying kites, but this pastime belongs
essentially to adults in the orient.
When was in China, l was amazed
at first at seeing graybeards flying
kites. l never saw children playing
with them there, the nearest to a
''kid" at the sport being a young man
about 20 years, and he seemed awk-
ward and out of place The chief
pleasure of the kite flyer in China is
to engineer the toy so as to tangle I'D
and pull down some other fellows
kite.
The kites are shaped to resemble
birds, dragons, ETC., and are sent to
wonderful height. The American
boy isn't as much of kitebuilder as
he was. He doesn't sit for hours
whiting, scissoring and FASTING as
we of a previous generation did.
Kites are made in factories now, and
they can be bought SO cheaply at the
candy, toy and stationery shops for
a few pennies that no boy cares to
make one.-St. Louis Globe Demo
crat
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
A kitten In a FlywheeI.

A half grown kitten became lodged
in the f1ywheel of an engine in
Portland, Or. The wheel moved SO
rapidly that puss could not escape.
Indeed it is probable that the poor
creature was soon unconscious from
dizziness.
A little computation shows the dis
lance the kitten travelled The fly
wheel makes $50 revolutions per
minute, and at every turn pussy
went II feet. The engine was in
motion 800 minutes and during that
time the kitten travelled very nearly
315 miles.
She was taken out nearly dead, but
soon recovered and was as lively as
ever. 1t was observed afterward
that she gave the fiywheel a wide
berth. Exchange.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

A strange arrival lately took place
at Barcelona. An old man of 80,
who had left the town in his youth
to seek his fortune in America, reap
peared with a suite of over 200 per
soma very large family. He had
been married three times and
brought back to Barcelona with him
16 daughters, of whom 6 were wild
ows and 8 married; 90 sons, some of
whom were widowers and Others
married; "a granddaughter, some
OF whom were married, and AZ grand.
sons, and among the rest 8 great
grandsons. These, with their wives
and husbands and children, made uu
the large family. Exchange.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06

Some years ago my father had a
pair of common white pigeons They
were very tame and became very
much attached to him, so much SO
that they were almost his constant
companions, accompanying him in
his walks or when out driving. They
would answer his whistle like dog
and would alight on his proffered
hand or enter his pocket if opened for
them. A skeptical friend thought
they would show the same familiari-
ty to any other person, and to give
them fair trial he procured suit
of clothes of the same color as that
which my father wore.
Arrayed in his disguise, our skep-
teal friend, initiating my fathers
whistle as nearly as possible, whistled
to the pigeons. Immediately they
left their perch ON the housetop and
flew down to the hand held out to re-
ceive them, but when they came
within few yards of it they sudden
ly checked themselves, fiuttered per-
plexedly for few moments around
our friend and then flew back to the
housetop. This was conclusive evi-
dence.-Cor. London Spectator.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
Found Only In Novels.

Some one gave me magazine the
other day that is published in Lon
don, and that is said by the publish
ers to be interesting, useful and prof
liable to women. CHANGING through
its pages my eyes were caught by
the words, "a bitter imprecation was
Kissed forth by the man brought to
bay Now, l have always had a
deep desire to hear some one hiss
forth an imprecation, especially a
bitter one. know such things may
be heard, because l have read of
them ever since I was 6 years old
and extracted 1.-THE White Squaw''
and other choice literature from the
"Raggedy Mans" room. have hunt
ed down the scornful curl of the lip
and the red pout of the neither lip,
the ashen face, the pallid brow and
the sigh that futtered Even the
ghost of a sardonic smile have
seen, but the Missed imprecation has
SO far eluded me.-Ella Higginson in
New Peterson.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
Robbing the Pawnbroker.

A man has been found who is able
to get the best of pawnbrokers. He
is a smooth individual, flashing dia-
monds aad fine clothes. He enters a
shop and offers to pawn a watch
worth about 5000. He agrees to let it
go up for $50, and the pawnbroker is
glad to get it at the price. While the
proprietor of the shop is getting the
money, the man cleverly substitutes
another watch exactly similar in ap-
pearance to the first one, but with a
possible market value of 50. He gets
tine money and vanishes One pawn
broker thus far has reported the
game to the police. 1t is not known
how many have been touched up in
this way, but it is thought that there
are a number of them.-Minneapolis
Tribune.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
coAins For Exhibition Only.

Not long ago Russian Jew family
had a funeral, and before the cere-
mony took place the head of the
house visited local undertaken, say
ing, Have you a coffin with a NOV
able bottom2' He spoke in singu-
lar patois, and the undertaken had
great difficulty to comprehend his
intention. He wanted show" cof-
fin in which the body was to be tax
en- to the cemetery and lowered into
the grave. Then the coffin must be
drawn out of the grave, leaving its
bottom lid with the body in the
ground. The coffin was to be re
turned to the undertaken and the
man pay him for the use Of it. Poor
Russians, it appears, are in the habit
of burying their dead in that way,
and undertakers in that country
have a supply of show or ''remov-
able" collins to let. They are hand
some and costly ones too expensive
to be purchased outright by the poor
with elegant lining and heavy sill
yer trimmings The bottom is fas
tened to the body of the coffin with
springs that may be tripped, and
then it is released together with the
body The body is left in a plain
cheap box.
The Norwich undertakers had nc
such continuance, SO the poor Rus
sian consulted with his friends, whe
united with him in having show
coffin constructed and paying for it
It is to be used by them hencefortf
as a community" coffin. Norwich
Cor. New York Sun.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
Hygienic Value of Souns.

IT one would consult his health in
eating, soups would regularly apnear
u our tables at least once dav
there is not a sufficiently high est.
mate placed upon the hygienic oI1ai-
ltles OF soups. They warm the SION
ach and prepare it for the more solid
foods to follow. When weary and
tired nervously, they are the hest
tones and will often prevent severe
attacks of dyspepsia. One sbonld
never neglect them before hearty
dinner. Ii soups are taken before
meals, no pills will be needed after.
ward, is an old proverb. We are foo
apt to neglect the soup and resort to
the pills.-Yankee Blade. ~
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
An 1mpeaiment to Dancing.

Among a number of young men
who were recently visiting the city
was one who has a lively sense of
humor and an impeachment in his
speech. Agerman was given in their
honor, and the hostess observed that
this particular young man did not
dance.
II am surprised not to see you
dancing" she said. Don't you care
for it?"
"Oh, Yves" he replied.
'aThen why haven't you gotten a
partner and joined in the amuse-
ment2n
"Ww-well," he explained, sits
th-this way. Ih-h-have tried several
t-t-times. B-b-but b-by the thine ]
have succeeded in t-telling a gig girl
wh-what l w-want, th-the music's
s-s-stopped. Washington Star.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
Soldiers, Disgust of Cards.

Miss B. asked General S. of Louist
ana if it was true that many OF our
solid citizens. while soldiers, regard
ed card playing and petty pilferne
as among the accomplishments O
camp life. General S. replied; "a
base libel, madam-a calumny. True
they never left a friendless chicken
to nod on it's uncomfortable roos'
never suffered an overburdened ap
pie tree to break down from Its loaa
of fruit; never removed a bee gun
until the shades of night made tas
removal more to the comfort Of tnt
bees; never permitted the lacte e
fluid to sour in badly ventilated milk
houses, and never-no, never-lel9a
wounded shoat to bleed its younI
life away by the roadside, and as =
cards we give you our word lna
before the battles of Seven Pines 9
Perryville, of Murfreesboro, we sa'
cards strewn all along the road'
great was the soldiers disgust y
card Observation-Disclosures wa
Journal.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
A Contract In Egypt.

A music master received a conceS-
sion of all the sewage of Cairo. He
sold this concession to G. company
and retired to Italy with a moderate
fortune. The company built their
poudrette works to the south of the
city, and then under the terms of the
concession demanded that the whole
of the sewage be delivered by cart at
the works as there were no sewers in
the place. There were threats of an
appeal to the international courts,
but the affair ended, as usual, in q
compromise in which the govern
ment suffered. Engineering Maya
zine.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1893-10-06
Left Without Giving Notice.

Those unhappy housewives with
whom the maidservant question is
an ever present horror will learn
with mingled feelings of a domestic
incident in South Africa. General
Joubert, the Boer leader, told on a
visit to the United States of cook
who left his service suddenly with
out giving notice and without wait
ing to be dismissed. In fact, a lion
entered the kitchen and carried off
the cook almost beneath the eyes of
her astonished mistress. New York
G11n