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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
Remarl,abla I,leas of beauty.

1t is remarkable to learn the extraordi-
nary ideas of female beauty which charac-
terize different nations. The ladies' of
Arabia stain their fingers and toes red,
their eyebrows black and their lips blue.
In Persia they paint black streak around
their eyes, and ornament their faces with
representations of various figures.
The Japanese women adopt the singular
method of gliding their teeth, and those
OF the Indians paint them red. In some
parts Of India the pearl of the tooth must
be dyed black before woman can be beau
tiful. The Hottentot women paint the en-
tire body in compartments of red and
black.-Yankee Blade.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
Dickens Children.

Venture to think that such child as
David Copperfeld is rare. The majority
are made of more commonplace material.
They would know better how to get OIL
with Mr.. and Miss Murdstone. Very few
boys-nowadays at any rate-would, even
at eight or nine years of age, be quite so
easily imposed on by waiter as to allow
him to eat their dinner without uttering a
word of protest. am very doubtful too,
whether many boys would have been quite
30 loverlike to Little Emily and have
found such intense delight in Mr.. Peg
otty's wonderful house by the sea at Var
mouth.
Still, one feels that David is real and
from first to last consistent with himself,
which, by the way, is more than can be
said for all Dickens Characterization Peg
gotty, to wit, who, when we are first intro
duced to him, is little more than half
witted, laundering lout, but becomes be-
fore the end of the story really magnifi
cent fellow.
Every one will call to mind many other
child characters in the writings of Dick
ems. No other male writer has given us so
many. In my Judgment, none of his chill
dren can compare with those of certain
female writers.-National Review.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
HANGING Sensations.

Captain Montague, who was partially
executed during the religious wars in
France, but who was rescued from the glib.
bet through the intercession of Marshal
Turenne, complained that, having lost all
pain in an instant, he had been taken from
y light, the light of which defied descrip,
ton. Comte la Flure, who escaped death
by the breaking of the rope, said that after
second or two of suffering a light
composed of various colors appeared, and
across it an avenue of trees whose leave
had all the colors Of the rainbow.
All accounts agree that the fear and hoI.
ror of hanging is quite momentary; that
there is little or no pain; that even that
little is almost Immediately succeeded by
pleasurable feeling and that the rest il
oblivious. Louis Republic.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
A PROSPEROUS EXILE
How "sosss sHeFAseo HAS MADE i
FORTUNE IN MEXICO.

Driven From Home. He struck bonanza
In chihuahua. Where He Rules Like
King--A Career of Romantic vIcissitudes
and Remarkable Successes.
The world has heard but little of late of
the man who 20 years ago was alternately
famous and infamous as the beautitier and
the boss of the Capital City of the nation,
Alexander r. Shepherd, formerly governor
Of the District of Columbia. Yet the career
of this American Baron Haussmann subse-
quent to his downfall has been as full of
romantic vicissitudes as n Haggard novel,
and now he is ''boss" again, in something
more than the political sense, and rules
with despotic sway over little city of his
own, which ne has built to protect some
fabulously rich silver mines near Batopilas,
in the canyon of Ell Fuerte river, amid the
mountain Businesses of the Sierra Madre in
the southwestern corner of the state of Chi
huahua, Mexico.
Practically an exile from his native land,
almost FIAT broke" Shepherd with won
derful luck found his way to Batopilas
just after one of the regularly recurrent
revolutions on which so many Mexicans de-
pend for fame and fortune. An American
citizen owned mine there which had been
seized by the revolutionists and held for
several months. They were finally driven
out by the government troops, but left the
mine in chaotic condition, the works de-
stroyed and the owner on the verge of bank
ruptcy.
This was Shepherds opportunity, and he
seized it with avidity. He made con.
tract to buy the mine for the sum of $780,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
The IYorla,s pnrlIamsnts.

The British parliament compares fa-
vorably in size with those Of other ma
tons. With GO members in the house
of commons and over 553 in the upper
house, it is far and away the largest III
the world. France comes nearest with
5S4 in the chamber of deputies and 300
in the senate. Spain comes next with
431 in congress and 1851 in the cortes.
Then comes the Austrian reichsrath
with 1853 and 245 in the lower and upper
houses respectively, followed by Ger
many with 1927 in its reichstag and So in
it's bundesrath. The United States has
1866 representatives in congress and ss
senators. London Tit-Bits.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

his military studies at the Swiss federal
military school, and had come to America
to familiarize himself with our institutions,
and incidentally to get some notion OF our
agricultural theories and practices.
But he came of family that had for gen
erations given eminent soldiers to his ma
tive land, and the opportunity to see some
thing of actual wal fare aroused all his
military ardor and was eagerly embraced.
The year after his enlistment he, was made
captain of company in the Eighty-second
Illinois infantry, which he commanded at
Fredericksburg, Charlottesville and Get
tysburg. At the latter battle he was cap
tured and sent to Libby prison, where he
was held as hostage for the safety of Cap
tain Gordon of the southern army, who
was under sentence of death at the north
on the findings of court martial. Presl-
dent Lincoln suspended the sentence in
Gordon's case, but if it had been carried
out Captain Frey would undoubtedly have
been executed in retaliation.
After receiving the brevet rank of colonel
for meritorious services and being honor
ably mustered out of the service in thesum-
mer of 1865, Frey went back to Switzerland,
where he soon became prominent in pollti-
cal affairs In November of that year he
was made secretary of state for the canton
of Basel, and during the six succeeding
years held at different times most of the
important Offices of the cantonal govern
ment, including that of president During
that period he formulated a law regulating
labor in manufactures, prohibiting the en-
ployment of children, regulating that OF
women and practically abolishing night
work This law aroused much luminosity
at the time of its passage, but lin few years
Colonel Frey had the satisfaction of seeing
it adopted by the federal assembly and ap-
proved by the Swiss people.
Various other progressive measures OF
Importance owe their adoption to Colonel
Frey's sagacity and influence. 1t was
through his influence that the public
schools were freed from church control, and
he originated the compromise" which
saved the St. Gothard railway In 1882 he
was appointed Swiss minister to the Unit
ed States, which post he occupied with
| great distinction for five years, and which
he resigned in order to devote his time more
completely to political affairs at home.
Congress passed on his behalf a special act
enabling his son to be educated at West
Point, where he was recently graduated.
President Frey was born at Arlesheim,
| Basel, Oct. "a, 1885,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
An Old Man and stin older Watch.

A hale and hearty old gentleman
named Everett Howard, residing on
Chelmsford street, visited the city hall
the other afternoon. He exhibited a
curious watch. which he said was $50
years old, made by man named Howard,
in Liverpool, England.
1t has been passed from Howard to
Howard, and keeps excellent time. Ev-
erett Howard came to Lowell in 1913
and was married here in lS47, when he
resided on the Merrimack corporation.
Mr.. Howard was present at the col
lege in Waterville, Me-, when General
Butler graduated. The Towards are a
long lived race, Everett Howard having
sister aged seventy-six and brother
aged seventy-eight.
He is the youngest Of the family
Lowell [Mass.) News.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
DEALING m DRIED FLIES.


A Queer Business In New York That
Reaches to Mexico.
81 import anything under the sun thar l
can see money in" said down town COM
mission merchant in answer TO reporter
the other day.
Bought in anything curious iatelys'
asked the inquisitive visitor
well, no bric-a- brac or curiosities of
that sort. | dead in the plain, everyday,
homely products of nature. but l think l
have something here which will surprise
you for all that. What do you say to
box as big as Il bale Of hay, filled with the
compressed bodies Of dried aiesg"
Files" exclaimed the reporter. What
kindf Spanish fliesi"
Not particularly Spanish, Just Spanish
American. They're from Mexico, and in
clude any kind of fly that flies, and all
kinds of flies that fly, should say. James!"
to boy, bring a scoopful of those dried
flies for this young man to write about"
James went with grin to bale in the
warehouse behind the Office, and came back
with a shining brass scoop running over
with thin, dry fiat things, which on inspec-
tion proved to be flies of all sizes and col
ors, with sediment of broken wings and
detached legs
W hab aiC thC1 uShtu Vic EtpOTbcT
people buy them to feed their singing
birds. | sell them retail to the dealers,
who tell me they are especially good for
some birds at any time and for others at
certain times of the year"
II should say they would prove pretty
expensive diet. Just think of the time
and labor spent in catching so many fies"
"You forget, young man, that II Mexican
Indian is not a knight of Labor His time
is about as valuable as that of sitting
hen. Flies are thicker, too, in the tropical
valleys of Mexico than you have any idea
| of-something like mosquitoes in swamp
or, shall we say, as thick as blanks in a
lottery
WELL" continued the speaker, "the
Mexican Indian who can no longer sleep in
his hut or account of the swarms of flies
attracted by the filth which accumulates
about his front door sometimes is stung
| into desire for revenge on his enemies.
Revenge is sweet. and sweeter If there is
any money in it. He goes to the woods
and collects number of green twigs of a
certain tree These he lays in pile ON the
floor of his hut, with some dry twigs UNI
der them. Then from another tree he gets
gum, which he boils into thin strip
and spreads on the walls of his hut The
flies are attracted by it's fragrant and far
reaching odor. They gather to feed on it.
When the hut is black with them the In
dian sets fire to the twigs on the floor and
closes the apertures from the outside The
twigs emit an aromatic smoke which kills
the flies, and they fall to the floor in thou
sands. Then the natives wife dries them
while he goes to sleep again. New York
| Tribune
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
BESIDE the BAY or MONTEREY.

ID
Beside the by Of Monterey.
When morn " on the mountains,
What joy to hear and know not fear,
The cry or seaborn fountainsl
Across the bay Of Monterey
The sea fog, thinly drifting,
The land reveals or shore conceals,
Soft scenes, like magic, shifting.
Beside the bay of Monterey
How sweet 10 walk at even,
When softened dyes from sunset skies
Steal up the sapphire heaven!
Along the reach of rocky beach
Oh, Joy 1t is TO follow,
Where blooms the sea anemone
In every wayeworn hollow.
On giant rock that fronts the shock
The spray wet grasses glisten.
Where breaks the wave on cliff and cave
The flowers bend and listen.
count the years by all my tears
And all LIES stormy weather,
Since by the bay Of Monterey
We wandered, love, together.
walk along the changing shore,
Oh, sad and strange it seemsl
And IL you hear the pillows roar,
You hear them but in dreams.
For you have slept now many day
Upon the shore of Monterey.
Sarah l.. Stillwell in Overland Monthly.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
Hair Restrained by Law.

Centuries ago for some reason it was
thought necessary to introduce kind Of
sumptuary law with respect to the length
of garments and the length of the hair
Men were forbidden to wear their hair OH
their shoulders and women to wear the
long plaits hanging loose. 1t was a mark
of distinction for maidens to wear long
hair, only the slaveborn having it cut
short; so it is not likely that women of free
birth were induced by any edicts to cut
their hair loose, but only to confine it
within reasonable bounds. Our forbears
must have been better provided with
natures head covering than we are. There
is, alas little occasion now for restraining
the abundance of women's locks.-Notes
and Queries,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

Raphael experienced temptations to
suicide. He himself says: II tied sthe
fisherman's cords which l found in the
boat eight times around her body and
mine, tightly as in winding sheet. l
raised her in my arms, which had kept
free in order to precipitate her with me
into the waves. y at the mo.
ment was to leap to be swallowed for
ever with her, felt her pallid head turn
upon my shoulder like dead weight
and the body sink down upon my knees"
New York Times.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
Wire as a strenrthsnsr.

The method of strengthening copper
steam pipes by means of coiled metal
wire has been quite generally adopted
in the Italian navy. The practice is to
serve the tubes with one or two layers
of wire wound under tension. The
method is not considered applicable to
other than straight tubes. The wire is
of sufficient strength to carry the full
load of steam, and the tension used in
winding is about II tons squareinch.
The wire is put on in two or three indie
pendent spirals, and the ends of each
are Independently fastened to the flanges.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
Column bus May Have Hummed ..Ta-ra-ra..

The words of "Ta-ra-ra Boom-de-ra"
were written by Richard Morton. and
the music was supplied by Angelo A.
Asher An interview with each of these
gentlemen supplied some interesting
facts about the production. MIR. Morton
is round faced. clean shaven man, APP
parently not yet thirty, with black eyes
and hair. How did you write 'Ta-ra-ra
Boom-de-ray
''ln the first place the music of the
song is about 400 years old 1t was car
ried over to America some years ago by
some einigrants from the east of Europe
What country can exactly claim it is
not known. But it seems to me that
Roumania is very likely the birthplace
of the air have heard several Cont
mental variety turns in London say
that 1t was an old peasant march with
which their boyhood was familiar. st.
Louis Post Dispatch.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
A Cucumber In n Bottle.

Henry A. Bower, of Adams township,
Hamilton county, in 1854 slipped a small
cucumber in glass bottle, and he permitted
the vine to furnish nourishment until the
cucumber had filled the available space in
side the bottle. The vine was then clipped
off, the bottle was filled with alcohol and
carefully sealed. The cucumber still re-
tains its original appearance, and it looks
rs perfect MS it did when bottled up thirty
eight years ago. Philadelphia Ledger.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
THE FEDERATION OF LABOR.
Its History Identified With That of Its
President, Samuel Gompers.

It's History Identified With That of Its
President, Samuel Gompers.
Samuel Gompers, who has been re-elect-
ed president of the American Federation of
Labor in the face of considerable opposi-
ton, has been prominent man in labor
movements for the past 10 years or more.
He used to be cigar maker and was al
ways active in his local union, besides be-
ing many times delegate to the Interna-
tional Cigar Makers union and serving a
term as its vice president. He was presi-
dent of the New York State Workingmen's
assembly twice and served two terms as
president of the old Federation of Trade
and Labor Unions. He is strong orator
and writer and is very conservative in his
opinions, opposing both strikes and boy
colts except as an absolutely last resort,
and having faith in the accomplishment of
results by strictly legitimate, peaceful
methods.
Mr.. Gompers is about 45years of age. He
was born in London, of German Hebrew
parentage, and was apprenticed to shoe.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

Clara-There! l knew it. He has pro-
posed this evening and she has accepted.
Dora-They are acting like other peo-
pie. Merely polite, that's all.
"That's only blind. Look at her
yachting cap
ats on hind side before"
Eyes. A man can't kiss girl under
one Of those peaks. New York Weekly.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

1t has been computed that in single
cubic foot Of the ether which fills all
space there are locked up 10000 foot
tons of energy which has hitherto es-
capped notice. To unlock this boundless
store and subdue it to the serviceof man
b a task that awaits the electrician of
the future
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
women's Patents.

Among the patents recently taken out
by women are ones for new folding
bath, folding dish, cup and glass holders
for use on shipboard, improvements in
artificial eyes, new method of sounding
whistles and the like in combination
with bellows, and a regulator for slow
combustion fireplaces.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

The greatest naval review of modern
times was by Queen Victoria in 1854, at
the beginning of the Crimean war. The
fleet extended in an unbroken line for
five miles and comprised 300 men-of-
war, with twice that number of store
and supply ships. The fleet was manned
by 40. 900 seamen.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

1t is an old belief of native Hawaiians
that the spirits of their warrior chiefs
inhabit after death the bodies of their
favorite horses. There is fine white
stallion in Honolulu in which, it is pop
ularly believed, lives the spirit of BolSi,
who led rebellion in Tahiti years ago.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
Tho Moon Has No Erect.

In order to determine what influence the
moon has upon earthquakes. Captain De
Montessus has collected information of co.
900 earthquakes, and has. arrived at the
conclusion that our satellite has no effect
upon these phenomena.-New York Jour
II
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

ance with the reg
ular succession OF
events in that hap
py little country,
was working as a
farmland in Him
oils when our civil
war broke out and
enlisted as a pri-
vate soldier In the
northern army in
July, 1861. He had
CO m pl ted his
scholastic courses
in the schools OF
his native Basel
and at the Univer-
s,ss % lana and
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

A public speaker has humorously ad-
vanced the position that none but bald,
headed men and fat men are fit for heads
of families, as they are noted for their
meekness and sweetness of temper.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

Carpenter-What kind Of wings do you
want on your housef
--Why--er-"White Wings."-
Kate Fields WASHINGTON
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

A vine at Hampton Court, which was
planted in 176s, is believed to be the
largest in the world. It's branches ex-
tend over space of $500 feet. 1t usu-
ally bears upward of 1900 punches of
grapes annually.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
Hilarious Fun.

Traveler-If New York society consists
Of only 400 people, what do the million or
SO of others do for pleasure or recreationi
Mrs. Foreundred-Theyr read about what
we do.-New York Weekly.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

Salmon intended for smoking are first
scrubbed and dried, after which they are
hung up in the smokehouse, where slow
fire is kept burning. One week is required
Tor the smoking process
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
ne ROSE FROM THE RANKS.

Interesting Career of the New Presidential
the Swiss Republic.
Emil Frey. who has just been promoted
from the vice presidency to the presidency
of the republic of Switzerland in accord
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

The stock of paid notes for five years
in the BSRsss = England is about a, 745,.
600 in nunbey, and they fill 13,4o''
boxes, which. i placed side by sid
would reach "a niIIes
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16
Punctuation Very Old.

Punctuation was known and practiced
to some extent by the ancients. The
originator of the modern sIn6saa yasl
Aristophanes, a grammaris
andria, Egypt.-Philadell
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1894-02-16

Mrs. Newell
1on't forget to e3
you. The other day
some kind1ing wood,
thought of it constail
that night you kept say
"Givo me a dollars W
Music and Drama.
Awful and awfully, or
used in the sense afa ..vez
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1894-08-03

whom Express MeJ-rnger Ferguson
hBG fight, forced open 10 car IT dyna-
mite on the siie track below Eureka
= nd stole two biz dyuamite cafttiger,
Intended Tor heavy blast ny. Each
cnrtiidse was capable VI bafinR o.
pieces tons VI solid rock. They were
Ilacsd by the da,tardly bandiis on tho
rails, the intention being to destr0J
tie train and plumber tho richly laden
express car and probably the passeu-
gers. When the forward wheels OF tue
engine rolled on the cartridges There
was terrific explosion which
wrecked the machine. The eutire
train waB severely shaken, the win lows
broken and packages Of letters thrown
from the boKe, Ia the mail car The
ezpl sion toro q great hole In the earth,
broke the rails from the 90 struiuga nul
ilung the Ties In every direction. II
tore open one slide OF the dyua-
mite car aud exposed TO view tons u
powerful exploaive, yet for some unac'
couutAblo reason tue great mass, with
energy enough TO blow the entire city
oil ths lace Of the earth, DID not ex'
plOue.