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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
Heads That Titles Turn.

In London society float about many funny
stories of people whose heads are turned by
the acquisition of a small title bestowed by
royalty in the progress of some official
function. One is told of the wife of city
magnate who bought country place and
was finally knighted. The lady was of
very humble origin, and her elevation was
too much for her. The clergyman of the
village-a scion of noble family-called
upon the new knight to congratulate him
and was kept waiting in the drawing room
for some 20 minutes. Then the door was
flung open by powdered turnkey, who,
ushering in the fat and forid mistress Of
the house, bawled out at the top of his
voice, 1.-The Lady Jonesl'
Not long ago the wife of another new
made knight was greatly aggrieved at re-
ceiving on the very day this dignity was
conferred letter naturally enough ad-
dressed to Mrs. So-and-so." She proceed
ed to indite a scathing answer to her limo
cent correspondent-an epistle written
throughout in the third person and begin
ming: Lady So-and-so begs to point out
that mistake has been made in the address
of the letter sent to her Lady So.and-so re-
quests that in future, etc.-London Letter.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
Two Ways of Saying a Thing.

The ancient Greeks had phrase which
they used in salutation-"Acts successful
ly." So much of our speech is common
place or severely practical that we wei
come any innovation that redeems it from
monotony. 1t is a long step from the
classic Greek to the descendant of a Vir-
ginia field hand as represented by my col
ored washwoman.
81 used to know some colored folks" she
said, who went to Chicago ter live. They
were good people when they got there, but
they may be worse yet"
Now this, told in her roundabout way,
was as clear to an intelligent mind as the
two crisp words of cur Greek friends, who
had in their day habit of filming people
for saying in three words what they could
have expressed in two. In each case it is
the departure from a common form that
lends interest to the words.-Mrs M. L.
Rayne in Detroit Free Press.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
no BE CONTINUED


The tests that have been made by a
street car company of Paris of a new
form of nailless horseshoes have been so
successful that the company has decided
to employ this shoe exclusively in the
future. The new shoe is made of Bes-
semer steel, and in appearance is similar
to the ordinary iron shoe, except that it
has bent lever that attaches itself half
way up the rear of the hoof without in
any way COMPRISING it.
A clamp incloses the hoof, parting the
two heels of the shoe, and is supported
on the top Of the lever, which wholly
sustains it, and thereby prevents COM
preston of any part of the hoof. The
shoe is also fitted with three small in
terror clamps, which penetrate the horn
of the hoof and prevent displacement of
the shoe without the preliminary raising
of the clamp. A number of private
firms in Paris have also tested the shoe
with success. 1t is considered by many
that this form of shoe will sooner or
later revolutionize the farrier's industry
Philadelphia Record.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

SUMMER SNOW for 80 years, the
one hardy peach; comes true from
seed-seedling peaches are lardi.
est. Stands 6 to 10 deg. more cold
than others; 36-yr. old trees SIN
bedr-BEAR WHEN OTHERS FAIL.
II interested in Trees. Fruits,
Roses, Ornamentals, ioT>ifs for Or.
chard Book, Guide, prices-will save
you money, and MORE: mistakes.
APolnter-Wheat soc. bu., annles
s.; SOC. apples otttpdy 81 wheat.
OLD OAK PROCESS Whole Root
trees are carefully pr0pagated re-
CARELESS OF cost by the one known
method that gives fruitful, long
lived trees. They Five lonoer and
bear better. SEQ. Norton. They
GROW -One customer planted
$500 Without oslna a Tree. You
can't get better at any price, nor
equally good for less money: ours
are the LOWEST PRICED Nurseries
in U. s. for good stOck-sent world
wide during SO YEARS.
Read the Thousands Of letters
from customers who order year af-
ter year. Men do not as a rule send
the second, the third, and even the
10th order, II not fairly dealt with.
YOUR 0RDER-we wantit, wheth-
er for one tree or one million. be-
cause we have the stock to fill IT.
1000 acres Nurseries. Tested, and
hardy, list Choice sorts II Sc, 900
acres Orchards In 81 States. We
ship everywhere, ship eli wInter-l
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
Looking For a Safe Place,

The street near the Carthage fair grounds
was crowded with street cars, buggies and
wagons. In the midst of the hurry and
push an old son of Erin attempted to cross
the street. He was run into by a horse and
knocked down, but not seriously hurt. AS
sympathetic bystander helped him to a
place of safety and brushed the dust off his
clothes, he cautioned him thus: Pat, you
shouldn't have tried to cross in such a
crowd, old as you are. Always be on the
safe side" Faith" said Pat, IAN phwere
is the safe side? l thought this wan was.
Me ole woman was afther me with broom
sthick on the other. That was no safe
soide, sure. N-Tincirrnti Enuuirer
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
SHE IS FOND OF CATS.
Therefore Mrs. Edwards Kills Those She
Cannot Make Comfortable,

A peculiar mission in life is that adopted
by Mrs. Sarah j. Edwards, New York
widow, who devotes her time, money and
sympathy to making things pleasant for
cats. Mrs. Edwards is not rich, but what
money she has is cheerfully spentin philan-
thropic work among members of the feline
race, particularly those of the vagrant vari-
ETY.. Formerly Mrs. Edwards lived in a
comfortable house in the upper part of the
city, where she established an asylum for
unfortunate cats, which made such serious
mroads on her income that she was COM
PEELED to give it up and move to down
town fat. Here she still maintains in com
Portable security dozen or SO of her favor
lite animals and further exhibits her fond
ness for them in the pictures on the walls
of her rooms, which are nearly all of cats.
Mrs. Edwards is the founder of the Mid
night Band of Mercy, recently made ia
nous by the newspapers of the metropolis
This is an association of women who de-
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
Awoman's Work For the Brooklyn Bridge


1t is singular how much of woman's
work is a lost or unseen force. When the
great Brooklyn bridge was in process of
construction, Roebling, the engineer, fell
i'll, and after an accute attack of some form
of disease became hopeless invalid. In
this emergency his wife took hold of the
work. She was something of a civil en-
gineer herself, having rendered assistance
in his work before, but when his illness
came on she became a positive quantity.
She finished the plans he had outlined,
made the abstruse calculations he had
planned, supervised the work in his stead
and carried it forward to successful con-
clusion. Yet only to a few persons was
her connection with the bridge ever known,
and the only reward she ever received for it
was the empty honor of driving the first
team across the completed structure.-St.
Louis Globe Democrat
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

It will probably be matter of sur
prise to the general reader to learn that
the petticoat was first worn exclusively
by men. In the reign of King Henry
VII the dress of the English was so fan.
tastic and absurd that it was difficult to
distinguish one sex from the other. In
the inventory of Henry V appears a
''petticoat of red damask, with open
There is no mention of a
woman's petticoat before the Tudor Pc
riod. Exchange.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

The proof Of the merits of plaster il
the cures it effects, and the voluntary testi
monials of those who have used ALLcocK's
Porous PLASTER during the past thirty
years are unimpeachable evidence of its
superiority, and should convince the most
skeptical. Selfpraise is no recommends
ton, but certificates from those who have
used them are.
Beware of limitations and do not be de-
ceived by Misrepresentation. Ask for ALI
COCKS, and do not be persuaded to accept q
substitute.
BRANDRETH's PILLS never go astray.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
AND vTaon-.A pTrrrRrS

Many muscular men succumb to fatigues borne
ical strength. Muscle does not imply yigor In
fact, 1t is not difficult of proof that athletes dc
not live as long nor enjoy as good health as the
average individual who Is vigorous-that is to
say, whose digestion and sleep are unim paired,
whose nerves are tranquil, and who has no or.
ganic tendency 70 dise-Se. These requisites of
yigor are conferred upon those inherently weak.
wasting disease, by thorough, persistent course
Of Hostetter's stomrch 6itters, the leading ma
physicians OF eminence It will not endow Won
with the muscle of Corbett, but IL will infuse
energy into your system .and renew the active
and healthful performance Of It's functions. It
averts and cures malarial, rheumat tic and kidney
complaints, and oyercomes dyspepsia constipa-
ton, liver trouble and nervousness.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
august
| Flower

Miss c. G. McCLAvE, School.
Teacher. 753 Park Place, Elmira, N.
X. This Spring while away from
nome teaching my first term in a
country school 1 was perfectly
wretched with that human agony
Failed dyspepsia. After dieting for
Two weeks and getting no better, a
Friend wrote me, suggesting that
taKe August Flower. The very next
'aay purchased bottle. / am de-
lighted to say that August Flower
.nelped me SO that 1 have quite re-
covered from my indisposition." o
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

Sudden changes of the weather often
cause pulmonary, bronchial and asthmatic
troubles. "Bro,on's Bronchial Troches" will
allay the irritation which induces cough
ing, giving immediate relief.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

visitor-That painting is by an old
master, see.
Mrs. McShoddie (apologetically) -
Yes, but the frame is new.-New York
Weekly.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

The reader OF this paper will be pleased to
learn that there is at least one dreaded disease
that science has been able to cure in all fits
stages, ana that is catarrh Halls Catarrh Cure
Is the only positive cure known to the medical
fraternity: Catarrh, being constitutional dis
ease, requires a constitutional treatment Hall 8
Catarrh Cure is taken internally, acting directly
on the blood and mucous surfaces of the system,
thereby destroying the foundation of the disease
and giving the patient strength by building up
work. The proprietors have SO much faith in its
curative powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to cure Send
for list of testimonials. Address
7. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
~ Sold by druggists; rs cents.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

One Tuerk Water Motor, new, that will
develop from 10 to 15-horse power; can be
had at sacrifice by addressing
PALMER & REY,
Portland, Or.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
WATER ROTOR.

Until man is finally dead he should try t.
look alive
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

IT'S the accounts of s::Aae-door saloon that ar
kept up by double-entry system.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
800 REwARE-s1Oo.

The expert card-player often has a good dea
to answer for.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

A herb is said to have been discovered
in Yucatan which is q specific for in
sanity. New York Journal.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
PROOF OF MERIT.

Money talks" remarked the business man
capital; "but 1t doesn talk In its Sleep"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13
A POTTER PRESS.

Size, 33x4S inside bearers; table distribu
ton; bed springs; will print nine-column
folio or six-column quarto; a splendid all.
round press for country office; for sale
cheap; guaranteed in order. Address
PALMER & REY,
Portland, Or,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

OREGON, WASHINGTON AND iDsAo stat. Wa
rants wanted by H. e. NOBLE, Portland, Or.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

Try GERMrA for breakfast.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-04-13

Use Enameline Stove Polish; no dust, NO smell
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-22
A STONE WITH HEART OF FIRE.
The Opal, It's Attributes, and Modern Su
perstitions About 1t.

The Opal, It's Attributes, and Modern SUI
perstitions About 1t.
Now that opals have been restored to
favor, and it is understood that instead
of being omens of ill fortune they are
really lucky stones, it is easy to under
stand why supernatural agencies have
been ascribed to the fascinating gem.
and it may be of interest to learn some
thing of how to best preserve its brill
iancy and beauty. There is probably
no other stone SO susceptible to outside
influences as opal. The stone is a soft
stone, compared with other gems, and
the flashing of it's colors is due to the
refraction of light on the tiny scales
and almost invisible assures within the
ing the light and throwing out all the
varying hues of the rainbow.
The play of color is constantly chang
ing. Dizziness and brilliancy succeed
each other with the regularity of at
mospheric variations, moderate warmth
having a distinct Illuminating effect,
while much heat is capable of robbing
the stone of all it's beauty by drying
the moisture contained in the minute
cells 1t is curious fact, too. that
there are vapors emitted from the hui
man body in certain diseased condi-
tions that are capable of rendering the
stone dull and opaque. And the fad
ing of life and fortune and the fading
of the opal may be simultaneous, but
the stone is the innocent victim of the
condition of the wearer, not the cause
of disaster. Sir Walter Scott, in his
Anne of Geierstein," distorts the
properties of the opal to heighten the
uncanny element in his story, and to
carry out this plot makes use of the
supernatural. To this story may
be traced that ''uncomfortabl BILE
feeling about an opal which people
not at all superstitious in other
matters can not seem to shake off. II
man or woman attempts to wear one,
friends and acquaintance continually
bring up the old superstition until
the uncanny stone sometimes ceases to
delight. But it is time this old super
stition be sent flying after the old
witch and her broomsticls; for in the
old days the stone was highly priced as
an omen of good fortune.
Most of the finest opals come from
Hungary, but the principal vein has
been exhausted lately, SO that the gem
IN its finest variety is exceedingly rare.
The clear. bright opals with the lumi-
nous fire come from Mexico. Any opal,
and particularly the Mexican stone,
become dulled by washing the hands
with the rings on, and they lose their
brilliant play of color. The stones are
not durable like diamonds, nor will
they stand the same hard wear.-N. Y.
San.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-22
POINTS AND OPINIONS.

The most painful strain in all the
hard times politics is the effort to make
a Moses of Tom Reed.-St. Louis Re-
public.
Smash the Mckinley law! 1t
raised taxes, emptied the treasury, and
stimulated monopolies only to add by
the reaction to the depression caused
by the republican silver panic.-N. Y.
World. EI.1..<.t
The word cuckoo" has been
gressional vocabulary. It comes very
handily to a member with an intel
lectual gap to fll.-Louisville Courier.
Journal. ,ar zee
Day by day the tariff agitation
approaches the definite result of tariff
reform. and day by day more of the UNI
employed 60 back to work as more fac
tories start up. It is bad for repub-
lican PROF hecies. but pleasant for the
people. Courier-JournaL
Boiled down to its real meaning,
all that the &. o. p. organs have to say
against Chairman Wilson, of the ways
and means committee, is that he knows
too much to be q congressman. He GER
tainly knows too much for the people
who are arrayed against him.-Detroit
Free Press
The republican cry of cuckoo" is
not going to disorganize the democratic
party. When Mr.. Cleveland meets the
party view Of what is right he can al
ways reply upon its support. When he
does this it will be more dangerous
than it is now for republicans who
ruffle the feathers in the cuckoo's nest
st. Louis Republic.
The democratic party has always
believed that the minimum burden OF
taxation is the best, and every citizen
can attend to his business better than
the federal government can attend to
it for him. Elected on that issue the
democratic party has proposed bill
which has for it's object the lessening
of the burden of taxation. Such bill
is the Wilson tariff bill.-Albany Ar
gus.
In the Hawaiian discussion in the
house Mr.. McCreary, OF Kentucky,
called attention to one fact in connec-
ton with the revolution" SO called.
which a good many of cur republican
friends seem to have forgotten. 1t was
the provision in the treaty submitted
during the last days of President Har-
rison's administration that the deposed
queen should receive an annuity of
twenty thousand dollars and the prin-,
cess of one hundred and fifty thousand
dollars. The putting OF such clause
in Che treaty was not only very like
m admissions Mr.. McCreary In
timated-that the dethronement of the
queen was a conspiracy and not a revo-
luton, but indicated that Mr.. Harrison
had q good deal of that Partially for
Queen Lii with which tho caricaturists
of the g. o. p. have sought to invest
President Cleveland Detroit Free
preas
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-22
A GOOD DEAL OF SMART LUGGAGE

A GOOD DEAL OF SMART LUGGAGE
terms with many distinguished person.
apes. and was, I must say, extremely
GOOD company. We went out shooting
for an hour or two while the light last
ed. and the more saw of him the bet
ter liked him.
But it was at dinner-time that he
nroved himself genuine social sue
cess. With his high-bred air, his court
lv address, and that precise. foreign
sounding, Highland accent of his, he
made a facile conquest of our assem-
bled friends and neighbors, and he had
something to say to each and all OF
them. Jane. l need hardly mention,
wore the family gems, with the beauty
of which he was, or said he was, duly
impressed. a.,
.sOnly 1 do think. my dear Mrs.
Moxou.n said he laughingly, while he
was wishing my wife good night, that
e ia rather unwise Of you to keep such
valuable stones in the house. You
-onoht to let your bankers take charge
of them for you. Barglaries are not
unknown even in the quiet regions OF
Yorkshire, SUPPOSE"
It must have been this speech OF ms
that caused me to have horrid n1gns-
nare some hours later. dreamt that
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-22

the house was being broke into, and I
was as thankful as always am, under
such circumstances, to be awaken ed by
Jane until made the disagreeable dis
covery that she had other reasons for
shaking me violently than tbr usual
one that [ had been shouting in nv
sleep. She was sitting up in bed, with
terrified countenance, and
John! joint" she exclaimed, do get
up and see what is the matter. I am
sure can hear somebody moving about
downstairsl"
The worst of it was that, after listen
ing for minute, was equally sure of
the same thing, and, without being
more Of a coward than other men, 1
frankly own that the idea of having to
sally forth unarmed and face a party
of burglars. who were in all probability
provided with revolvers, did not fas-
cinate me. Still it was obvious I could
not remain where 1 was and allow my
plate to be carried away; SO 1 slipped on
my dressing gown, clutched the poker,
in default of a better weapon. and made
for the back stairs.
1 will not deny that my descent was
somewhat unnecessarily noisy one, nor
will 1 pretend that 1 was greatly re-
heved to hear the sound of precipi-
lately flying footsteps beneath me. I
have always been told that burglars,
when disturbed, prefer running away
to showing fight, and / was grateful to
these nocturnal marauders for having
observed the rule of their profession in
that respect. OF course l was after
them like shot; but my agility is no
longer what it was thirty years ago,
and was only in time to ascertain that
they had escaped through the back
door, which sto cd wide open. An al
ready distant rattle of hoofs and wheels
convinced me that immediate pursuit
was out of the question. What would
have been the use of tearing, in dress
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-22
AN ENGLISH NURSE.
Duties That Are Assigned In variou,
Hospitals.

Duties That Are Assigned In Various
Hospitals.
The sentimentalist idea of nurses
occupation as consisting mainly in the
gentle smoothing of pillows is now
generally disabused. The work of
nursing proper demands muscle, pluck,
and endurance, deftness and sympa-
thy, but does not in itself involve any
serious strain to healthy and capable
women. The word nursing has come
to be synonymous term with over
work, because the hours of continuous
duty by night and day are very long.
and also on account of the amount OF
cleaning work, sweeping, busting, and
polishing which supplements attention
to the patients.
The intensity of work varies greatly
in different hospitals, and depends
much upon whether they are situated
in busy and densely-populated
centers or in quiet provincial
towns. Things adjust themselves,
however, with such nice econ
omy that, though other circumstances
may change from place to place, the
labor Of the nurse will remain just as
much as she can manage to get
through. In general hospitals, with
medical schools attached, where the
cases are acute and require much at
tention, the proportion Of nurses to
patients will be comparatively high,
and the greater part of the manual
labor in the ward will be performed
by ward servants.
In slow provincial hospitals or in
firmaries where the cases are mostly
chronic, the proportion of nurses ia
patients will be low, and all the time
the nurse is not actually engaged in
necessary attention to the patients
will be filed up in various other ways
The term nursing is an elastic one, and
can be made to cover such oc
cupations as scrubbing, sewing
washing bandages, and even cleaning
windows, as at Rhyl, in Wales. A
good example of what seems incredi
big low proportion of nurses to patient.
Iron County register. [volume] (Ironton, Iron County, Mo.) 1867-1965, 1894-02-22

Is afforded by . hospital at Harrogate.
in which there are two nurses to one
hundred and sixty beds, even suppos-
ing, as one is obliged, that the so-called
hospital is. in reality, to all intentS
and purposes convalescent home.
A nurse may generally count on be-
ing on her feet the whole Of the time
she spends in the wards-that is TO say,
ten or eleven hours, and even longer on
night duty, when the STATS are weak
and the wards small The prevalence
of the deformity known as fat feet
among nurses bears witness to an ex-
cessive amount Of standing and NOV
ing. In many institutions it is q canon
Of etiquette that the nurse may never
sit down in the ward, even should sho
have opportunity. Westminster Re-
view. ss