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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-09

end built up the great
business d which he is the head.
Push built the magnificent block
in which the hrsiness j. oon-
Quoted, Push is extending his
trade year lbg year, and Is giving
employment to added bfigades
Of men and g.omen;
Ii | were asked to iiiagnc sc
the cage 'd some frultless leagues
gnd tell why fhey do not sue
cged. We should say lack of push.
In fact, eyen the hest Of our
leagues have not enough Of it..
Hoy wide-awake We all should
bel What restless enthusiasm
ch facterize eil Of our work !
Time is Aeeting, Opportunities
are passing by, Duty heckons
US upon every hand, A hun
dred doors Of SERVICE stand wide
open, Oh, how can we be indif-
ferent2 How can we consept to
move alongin weary half-hearted
style. The demand of the hour
is for RusH, ,--Epworth Herald,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-09

OF $1,6p0,0OQ will be made,
Within the next yeaf this ought
to be thrown qpep to settlement,
1t contains atgut $4,000 acres
Of land and most Of it Is yalr
ulhle, There are gold mines
IN this Nez Eeraes reservation
hieh will pay ] think from the
sta7t and the farming land is Of
Lha finest"
Colonel Lape thinks it would
,e an excellent idea to offer al!
he Indians ip the northwest q
hance to take their allotment
N land and then colonize all
sho refuse 70 accept 2 farm
rem the gayernment on ore
eservation, This he thinls
onld ho a long step tqwaras
ivilizing and educating them
nd m llSiag them self-support-
,ng and useful memhers Of socie-
y. He finds that it is very
low work to improve the In
tians on account of the old bucks;
When they find one OF the young
er ones reading or studying they
oke fun at him and hold him
lp to ridicule.
"Wben the old bucks die off
he work OF the government will
be much easief,i' he said, "but
ii every Indian were offered a
issu and all those who refused
zHaassent to the res-
% accept 1t Nol5@ -.
rvation, the work would e cas-
er yet and it would take but a
comparatively small piece OF
and TO keep the disgruntled
ones"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-09
Subscribe For The Cottonwood Report.

The only nonpoItcal paper in Idaho Co. 1t is devoted
the interests and development of Camas Prairie and the
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-09
TT TAYLOR,
Attorns rnsy-at-Law
OottonWoD nrrn6.

OfEce in the Nuanez Building
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-09


70 years has been drawing from
the American people from &c.
O00,000 to $lQ,0D0,00O and re-
taini- 6 nearly 80 Ter cent of
the money, is now in full opera,
ton on our soil under the name
OF the Honduras National Lot
tery campany, It pretended to
remove toA-IIondpras, but its
main Offices are ir Port Tampa
City. There its tickets and ad-
vertisements are printed and the
money received from its patrons,
From that place lists of draw
ings, tickets and literature are
sent out and the prizes paid,
The lottery designs to make
this state its permanent home.
The change in the lottery laws
OF the state enacted by the legis-
lature at the last session makes
lis existence here permissible.
1t was believed when the lot
terry was driven out OF New Or
leans it would never again secure
footing On American soil. A
charter was secured from the
government Of Honduras, Land
was purchased at Puerto Cortez,
a small towu near the northeast
coast, and an office building
erected. But while this was be-
ing done to divert suspicion
rem their plans, much bolder
scheme had been determined
upon, Agents we're sent to
Florida and a tract of land was
bought at Port Tampa, small
village near the head of Tampa
bay, 250 miles southwest of
Jacksonville, Here a large brick |
building 1870 feet long and 45
feet.wide, was built and equipped
with a costly plant for printing
lottery tickets and litersture. A |
portion of the building was fitted
up for Offices and is occupied os-
tensibly by the Central Ameri-
can Express but in reality by
employees of the lottery.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-09
a. F. PARKER's LETTER.

sa
DEAR BERoRF:-Pepmit me t,
get at rest the exaggerated po-
tions which ssem to prevail il
your town rel4tige TO my con-
nection With Cottonwood post I.
office matters.
The matter is simply this
The powers thai be- requested
me to recommend some one az.
postmaster at Cottonwood, as {
change had been determined Or
This was last fall,
This responsibility vas nors
of my seekingi aud not caring
assume it | wrote Mr.. Walter l.
Brown, Mr., F, ], Hogan an
others Of your business men, j
regard TO the matter, Nj
Brown and Mr.. Hogan had tn
courtesy to answor my letters
o hers had not, and 50 the mat
ter dropped.
Finally after a Lapse Of tw'
or three months-dnring whicl
] mentioned the matter to every
resident of Cottonwood whom
saw--I received q letter signef
by several Of your resident bus
'...sss5s.,. nsss - ting me to re
commend Mrs, E, 80 d,>a J
the position, This N : - !,
Whether Mrs. HarhS -, =
not q suitable for the pcsitl5l
| do not know. Her name was
the only name recommen'ed b,
citizens of Cottonwood. Ha.
other names been suggested
should have them all in and lei
the rival candidates fight GU
their own battles at department
headquarters,
If there has been any Hdark
lantern methods in connection
with this business l have not
been a party to it, The parties
to whom | wrote on the suhjecl
were nnder no obligations te
keep silence, ] wrote them viii
the idea Of giving the matter full
publicity. The mayter was one
in which | had no shadow oi
concern whatever, 1t is perfect
ly immaterial to me who is the
incumbent Of the CottonwooG
postofiice. ! never have had q
complaint from there during the
terms Of Mrs. Turner or Mr.
Robbins,
am not aware that politics
enter into the matter, as some
may think, ! do not tnow
whether Mrs. Harbin is a demo
crat, republican or populist,
while Mr., Robbins, the gentle
man to be removed, is pro-
rounced and ardent democrat.
Mr., Robbins, by the way, is full
ly advised of the movement to
appoint his SUI cessor,
Fraternally,
A. +, PARKER.
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GRANeEvlLLE, Ida,
Feb. a, 1894.


We have talked to two thirds
of the business men of the town
thss week and we can't find the
"others" spoken Of in connection
with the names of w, l.. Brown
and F, J, Hogan. Who were
they Bro. Parker? We would
have been glad if Mr.. Parker
had named the parties who rec
omended Mrs. Harhin and those
to whom he talked SO freely
about the matter, that We might
see whether they are representa-
tive citizens of our town,
Mr., Robbins states, positively
that he was not advised that a
successor would be appointed
until he saw the advise IN the
Free Prss.
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THE LOTTERY,

The Louisiana State Lottery
company, expelled from New
Orleans December 3lst, last,
says the Florida Citizen, has
transferred its headquarters to
Port Tampa City. Fla. The
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24

snem a little-and really you cannot
blame her, for they submit uncom-
plainingly-and presently sends them
forth again radiant and rainbowlike
in their turn, SO that the avenue, the
only one which is so much "the" avenue
that one need not name it, will pres
emily be a sea of shifting cOlors, and a
ballroom or dinner table like bed of
flowers.
Yes, it will be ''colory" or color
ish" spring. Yet black loses not its
vogue Miss Helen Gould, in some re-
spects the most interesting unmarried
woman in the country, has worn at
Lakewood a pretty but simple gown of
black which any woman with as many
dollars as she has millions might
easily initiate. The material was ex-
pensive, but the skirt was plainly and
simply cut and almost devoid of trim
ming. a panel of velvet ran down one
side, barred at intervals By strips Of
the black silk held in place by tiny sill
yer buckles. The bodice was silk and
velvet with moderate sleeves, the vel
vet forming the high collar and a
broad strip down the front. To bal
Rnce the skirt panel on the left, n
heavy watch seal fell to the level OF
the right hip. Miss Gould. while by
no means a beauty, has fine. bright
and interesting face and will make a
very fine looking little woman. 1t is
pretty sight to see the interest with
which she devotes herself to the poor
children whom she has taken in charge.
Some aStonishingly strange effects
in jackets are shown this spring and
enthusiastically commended to Gus
toners. One of these which l chilled
fond anticipation by failing 10 admire
Is marked by these peculiarities: ex-
tremely small waist accentuated by
three big buttons; skirts cut away en-
tirely in front and hip length and quite
full on the sides and back; sleeves
skin tight from the elbow down. loose
and baggy above the elbow; wide
lapels reaching almost to the shoulder
tips, and under these a shoulder cape
with long points falling to the waist
line. This astonishing garment is
worn over perfectly plain sl1irt-not
TO interfere with its supposedly maScu-
line appearance-and opens low in
front, disclosing finely plated shirt
bosom :Tith many studs. 4 high collar
of the choker variety completes the
COSTUME
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
RELIGIOUS AND EDUCATIONAL.

| Speech is but broken light on TIE
depth of the unspoken--George Eliot
1t has been proposed that an in
ternational salvation congress shall
take place in London, next July.
Two sentiments alone suffice for
man were he to live to the age of the
rocks-love and the contemplation OF
the Deity.-Dr. Watts
The latest statistics. compiled by
n Fournier de Fax, a French slatisti-
clan, give the number of Roman Cath.
olics in the world as $50. sec, 633: Protest
ants, 143, 237, 625; Greek Catholics, 49,.
DIG, 900.
The effective life and the receptive
life are one. No sweep of arm that
does some work for God but harvests
also some more of the truth of God
and sweeps it into the treasury of life
Phillips Brooks.
At Lucknow, India, where thirty
years ago so many Europeans Were
murdered during the Sepoy rebellion,
SO, 600 children, all of Hindoo and Mo
hammedan parentage, recently march
ed in Sunday-school procession.
The following is list of the dates
of founding the Oldest colleges in the
United States: Harvard, 1886; William
and Mary's, 1892. Yale, 100; Princeton,
1746; University of Pennsylvania. 1749;
Columbia, 1854; Brown University, 1869:
Rutgers, 1870.
God knows all. but his attitude lie
not the same to all His eyes are on the
righteous, that he may hear then
prayers and help them; His face is or
the wicked, that He may know and de.
feat their purposes, and bring their
work to nothing.
David ingalls,, of Springville, NY.
left an estate valued at about $500, 600,
the bulk of which was bequeathed to
charities The board of home missions
of the Presbyterian church receives
1900, 900, the board of foreign missions
$3.50, 900, and the board of relief $50, 600.
The will is contested.
During the last twenty years
little more than $53, 600, 900 has been
spent in restoring cathedrals and
churches in England, and more than
e4S, 600, 00G has been spent in building
uc" CHuTCHcS Ah AouoOh d1OAC ulOio
than 81, 600, 900 has been expended in
building and restoring churches
The Anti-Cigarette Smoking league,
started by Charles B. Hubbell, of the
board of education, in the grammar
schools of New York city, is having
quite success; and the principals Of
the schools and the boys themselves
show great interest in it The boys
pledge themselves upon honor not to
smoke cigarettes before they are TWEEN
ty-one years old. The league is spread
ing to the public schools in other
cities.
"A year ago 23o ladies in St An
drew's church, Kingston, Ont, were
given 81 each to turn to the best ac-
count and return the proceeds in JAN
nary, 1894. Monday night the cash was
summed up, and the trustees were
amazed to have s2,31s placed in their
hands. Mrs. Mackie, wife of the pas
tor, made the greatest gain. Her dol
lar realized $780, Rev. Mr.. Grant, as
An expression Of admiration of the
iady's success, wrote out a check for
1880 more The ladies will work the
scheme again, and have set 81, 900 as the
amount needed.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24

One might suppose that the prayer,
Of the just would be answered az,
that there might be no more friprSi,.
of founce and rufhe. One ode
garment for after-Easter festivities !
have seen which for pure frivolity OF
effect eclipses imagination II is a
skirt completely covered with narrow
ruifiing. with two black velvet bands
running up and down cutting sheer
through the maze Of futtering ruffles.
Over this is worn a-what shall
call it?-evening basque or coat
of the same soft creamy white
material. 1t is cut low in the neck
and, counting from the bosom to the
hem, has this remarkable series of
adornments, taken in order: A full
edging or tucker" two narrow ruff
fles; three narrow strips of black vel
vet crossing the white from side to
side; another full tuck or ruff1e. This
ends the collarette. Beneath this there
show upon the bodice six ruffics in
swift succession; then the heavy black
ribbon sash at the waist, with long
pendant ends; then two narrow strips
of velvet; two ruffles: a strip of velvet;
a ruffle; strip of velvet: rufhe; four
ruffies; four more strips of velvet al
ternating with four ruffies; and we
reach the edge, final ruff1e and the
limit of the enumerator's patience all
at once.
Such are the ways of freakdom.
They are not the ways of the lady who
Is really well dressed.
Green holds its surprising vogue of
the past few years in the spring color.
ings. Perhaps 1 should not term its
popularity surprising. Green lends it
self to wonderful variety of effects,
goes well with almost any color, and
is accommodating enough to suit va
riety of complexions remember to
this day the symphony in two greens,
light and lustrous silk and deep and
dark velvet perfectly combined and
fitted, in which Mrs. Langtry first ap-
peared in this country in a society
play:I forget what it was, but re-
member the dress. 1t was about the
beginning of the reign of green.
Even the seasons blues have usually
IN them some touch of green and gray.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
WIT AND WISDOM.

We first make our ha bits, and than
our habits make us.-Anon.
Something every man has to part
with-a comb.-Philadelphia Record.
The man who is standing up for
you soon gets tired and sits down
Atchison Globe.
$50 he's going to marry Miss Gold
bird, eh? What sort of racket did he
work?" Tennis, l understand. De
troit Tribune.
From the Georgia Point of View
81 dom see no reason for folks tryin' to
End de norf pole" said Aunt Chloe.
Day amt no pussimmons grows dar. p"
Chicago Tribune.
He that is good infallibly becomes
better, and he that is bad will as GER
tainly become worse; for vice, virtue
and time are three things that never
stand still-Colton.
AT the Concert-"That sounds like
annie Laurie she is singing" We'll,
1t isn't" How can you be so sure?"
Because it wouldn't sound like it if it
were. Inter Ocean.
I'm many instances the man who
spends his life waiting for his ship to
come in wastes his time, because he
originally omitted to send any ship out
Milwaukee Journal
He that lays down precepts for
governing our lives and moderating
our passions, obliges humanity not on
~ in the present, but for all future
yeperatiouS- Seneca
Mrs Shortstop-Jacks said they had
quite spirited game yesterday. Mrs.
Neverplay-I guess like enough; Char
ley said they had about two gallons on
the grOun6s--Boston Courier.
-Veracity, true simplicity of heart
how valuable are these always He
that speaks what really is in him will
End men to listen though under never
such mpediments-T. Carlyle.
-Lady-Do you know how TO look
after bric-a-brac? New Servant-Yes-
sum; ] always put the broken piece.
in the fire, so the poor g-pickers won't
cut their fingers Boston Gazette.
-Watts-Do you always agree with
your wife when she makes an asser.
ton? Potts-Of course don't Do you
suppose l want the poor woman to have
no amusement at all? -Indianapolis
Journal
-Jess-Ethel and Jack are both
fighters; l don't believe they will ever
make a match Bess-Probab bly, Il will
be like most fighters matches: six
months of talk, and then all forfeit.
withdrawu---OnceA Week.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
DIR. j. p. BENNETT.
A Msgnincent combination for the People.

Magnificent Combination for the feopie.
A popular line OF Los latest spring at
fractions, AN unlimited variety in every
department of the store. The dete.mina-
ton ard ability to make the best prices.
We are Offering these inducements
with the best aud haudsomest spring
goods you ever saw: gu 'liti-s as you like
them; styles aud fashions the latest; as
sortment complete, and all right prices.
Don't fail to see our splendid stock and
take advantage of the Inducements offered
IN furniture, carpets aud drsperies of all
kinds. all the latest and incest styles Of
the season; honest goods that possess the
worth aud honest merit. Prices the
fairest you have ever known. We
guarantee profit aud pleasure TO every
customer, profit because our prices will
prove positive saving to the buyer,
pleasure because our goods cannot fail to
please in quality aud style. 1t is impos-
sible to make a mistake i'll your purchases
IL you select from Ross great furniture
and carpet emporium. the largest estab-
lishment IN the state.
dl03 mO-w1 g.
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or fancy that the Hghcer ana more
delicate shades will be favored above
the darker ones untiI-but yachting IS
long way off. The reddish browns in
their infinite variety can hardly hold
favor as the seasons warmth increases.
They are not SO generally useful as the
greens and blues in any case.
see no hint of the banishment Of
capes Lustrous ones of satin and silk
will be worn. with trimming of jet or
steel or even paste diamond" which
are becoming unaccountably frequent
in the embellishments of garments. But
better fitted for the younger and agile
viii be some of the myriad styles Of
mannish coat or jacket which invite to
activity by the freedom of movement
they permit, and which display a fine
form to such advantage.
ELLEN OSBORN.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
The Son OF His Father.

The new boy in the Sunday school
class of Washington church was SO
much nicer looking than the average
that the teacher became interested in
him at once, and proceeded to find out
who he was. He gave her his name
readily, but that did not convey a vast
amount of information.
do your father and mother live
here?" she asked.
"Yes'm. now they do, but we used to
live out west"
as your father in business here?"
Nom
Doesn't he do anything?"
THE newspapers say he don't"
''He must be capitalist then%
Nom, he amt; he's congressman
Detroit Free Press.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
SHE. DUPES THEM
The Spider and the Fly In the MIL
liners Parlor.
Glss Geuld'a Gown Of Black-Blondes and
Brunsttes-Ruf6es and Tucks-Ths
Question OF Coiors-Capes.
Wraps and Hats.
TCoPYRIGHL ls9l.l

There is a balmy feeling il the air
which tells that spring, in fact, is not
% very far behind the spring OF the
almanac and the dressmaker.
For 1t is the dressmaker's time OF
harvest. AS Lent opened she was OBJ
sequious. She looked far ahead. She
Heftly suggested that it was good
time to make up the summers frocks.
She limited of the steady beating foot
sf stime and dilated on the folly OF
representation
With the near approach of Easter
the dressmaker is a changed woman
pr man. Her figure is drawn erect, her
lir is cordial, but full of business. 1t is
she who delays. She says: my dear,
Hear madam, we would SO gladly ac-
eommodate you, but" and shrug,
Imported with the gowns from Paris
straight, tells the rest.
think of her as the spider spinning
her web. and of the women that come
10 her as the flies that walk into her
parlor. She weaves her glittering
meshes and the sunlight is caught and
imprisoned in their sheen and glow.
Blue, gray and green and royal purple,
gold and clear red and the pink that is
In the girls cheek and the white that
shines in her bosom-all are here in
the sheening silks and iridescent vel
vets and Kaleidoscope cloths of her
fairy parlor just as they are in spi-
hers wcb on the low grass when the
dew upon it sparkles in the sun. And
the poor flies futter, fit, and from fur
ther off fit back again; and hover,
md wish, and hesitate, and-and-are
caught.
But the spider is dear merciful
creature, after all, and does not swal-
low her victims She only fortunes
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
YOUR WANTS SUPPLIED
3 Cts.
The Peoples Column.

The Want Columns OF a Daily Paper tel
you Were u pays TO advertise
~ yon have anything 70 BUY, SELL,
IhSCt OR RENT, try these columns
- Payable Strictly In Advance.
80 advertisement taken for less than lcc.
One line advertisements charged same
rate as two lines.
Prices given under classified heads in this
coiunin applicable only 20 local advertise
nients. No foreign advertisements taken at
above rates.
Answers 70 advertisements sent In care Of
tbe EAGLE Office should be called for &gitetn
Ten Gays after Insertion When advertisers
Wish replys forwarded 10 them stamped enyel-
opes must Resent
reference TO former advert iseTn, nts sbor d
give description aud date VI insertion or CO Y
OF the advertisements Should be sent
Not responsible for eltiseIaents given
or discontinued by telephone.
tiassihed advertisements will be Scents
Per line each insertion: average seven words
10 nIe. agate measurement.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
LILLE THE TAILOR

Has now opened a tailor STOP IN the old
court h0uss, second door from the cor
nor Of Firs; and Main II you want a
suit Of cloth. see Lille the tailor b-fofe
you buy elsewhere. lie vii givs pricrs
TO suit the tirnsz-
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
L. HOFFMAN.
80 =. Man 1frs-~f.

The olass, established Tsp4ir~r saa
.sisof in the city.
Clothes ciezssd and al kis,ds % repair-
ing. Clothes cut down 10 ST. Hy tzscss
are reasonable. All ~crk gSnTsstsed-
New suits made 10 order ~ psscSs 70 sui;
TIE r.l.ca
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
Her Fears Confirmed.

There are some towns in eastern
Massachusetts,, and not far from the
Hub either, wherein card-playing is
one of the things you had better not do,
ifyou are particularly concerned about
public opinion. a certain gentleman
and his wife who had settled in one OF
these townsand brought with them from
Boston love of whist recently gave .
whist party to some OF their neighbors,
who came as people doing something
daring. \ day or two later. one Of the
older ladies of the village extorted
from her daughter the confession tina.
she had been al the whist party. VIVA,
do they DO at whist parties?" she asked.
why, they play cards." was The re-
spouse. That's what I'd heard" was
the old lady's retort, but didn't be
leve it.',-Boston Transcript
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24

Bulliou-Well. old man, how's bust.
nesSe
Deadbroke (dejecteily)--o. terrible.
am worried To deaf All my vent
ares have failed.
Bullion-My dear fellow, don't worry
so You mustn't dwell upon your
losses
Deadbroke-Ah, that's just the
'rouble. l can't dwell on what I've
got let;-Brooklyu Life.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
PHYSICIANS.
DIR. ". L. PARE,
DIX. Il. E.VU4 COEE.

isu sIe- AID 'iiiGIsu- Diseases speciality
'ni' for iades during confiTsHsHf. strictly pr o.
vote When :" desired. also permanent homes pro
fiGed fcr children q hen cr-lses Letters Of Gue1-
;! Sohhd,hiis. aud H.ysfed FIVmyiiJ Home "a
To- Avenue. y iCh.t.. bais-ts
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1894-03-24
JOHN kEiI. The TAILOR,
zzs n Main Il

Salts made 20 order from tIs 20 up and
Ct guaranteed Cbosc< -sils e. %
Cleaning aH1 rspsiriuy p-stly 5ons.
Give tse call asd look - ssy samples.