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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
THE BOYS OF THE GRAY
ENCAMPMENT AT RICHMOND, VA,
JUNE 30.
The Feature VIII he theAC0rner-
stone Laying of the jefferson
Davis Monument.

Sixteen thousand of the men who wore
the gray In the great civil strife of gen
GRAFTON ago will assemble at Richmond
Va, on June 80 to take part in the sixth
annual encampment of the United Con-
federate Veteran Association. The pro-
gram arranged by the citizens Of Rich
mond and by the officers of the associa-
ton covers a period of three days, but
many of the old warriors will remain for
longer period in the city for whose final
preservation the last year of the war was
stained the bloodiest in the history Of the
nation.
Many of the old soldiers will make their
first visit to the former capital Of the con-
federacy since the ending of the war
Thousands of them formed the valiant
army which Lee kept between Grant and
Richmond for many weary months, fight
ing almost every day in the week, march
ing at night, and hungry all the time.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
GAVE A SUBMARINE DINNER rARr
One of the Most Singular Banuue =,
Ever Partalxen of.

Some time ago the labor of deepenirX
the harbor of Ciotat was complete
says Harper's Round Table. To cel
brate the completion of his labor. and
make the occasion memorable, the cd
tractor gave to the member OF his ST
and the representatives of the press
banquet unprecedented for it's original
lty. The table was set eight meters be
low the level of the sea, at the very sbo<
tom OF the harbor, inside the "caissont
in which the excavators had been al
work. and only the narrow walls Of thi.
caisson separated the guests from tins
enormous mass of water around and
above their heads. The new-fashioned
banqueting hall was splendidiy decorated
and lighted, and but for certain bnz.
ng IN the ears, caused by the pressure
Of air kept up In the chamber in order
to prevent the thrush of water, nobody
would have suspected that the slightest
interruption in the working OF the air
pump would have sufficed to asphyxiate
the whole party. After the banquet an
mprovised concert prolonged the festiv-
ity for several hours, after which the
guests reascended into the open air.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
WANTED ONE DAY OF FnEEpvm
Tired of Living on "CharIey Horse
Business" and "SOonay."

Say" said the man with the CORE #
clothes and the bowed back and horny
hands of farmer to the restaurant
waiter, have you got pig jowls and
greens here? An buttermilk? An corn
bread? An kin l shovel the truck in
with knife and take my coat OFF,"
The waiter told him he could be accom-
modated in all particulars.
The ex-farmer removed his coat ann
sat down opposite a man who looked as
If he might be willing to listen. and
explained:
ITS been two year now" said he.
"sence we struck gas on the farm. ana
/ amt had a square meal sence. Been
film up on Charley horse Rusies. soof1av
de allakazam, an all them French dishes
ever sence That's what comes of mar
ryin' a woman who believes in keenin,
up with the procession when Won eot
the price, as she puts it,
IT should think you would have PC
belled long ago." said the listener.
would, but, you see, about three veor
ago was SO deep in debt that I had ia
put the farm in her name 1 sneakad
away today an left her at one of them
fine hotels. I'm going to have a orgie of
old-fashioned vittels. sasprilly pop, an
mebbe beer or two, an go back an, tell
her what I've did, an IL she wants to
git divorce she kin git it, Old Ell will
hev he'd his day of freedom for a few
glorious hours, Observation-Disclosures
Journal
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
NO CALL FOR THE sHorsur
He Pulled the Tooth and Peace
Reigned Once More.


Just as reached the crest of the Cum
berland mountains l came to a nouns
taineer's cabin, with the husband and
wife sitting on log at the door, says
the New York Herald. The woman had
her jaws tied up and there was a wild
.ook in her eyes, and after passing the
time of day | naturally inquired what
was wrong with her.
Toothache. sah,' replied the husband.
shes had it nigh upon a week, but
shes been desperh today. We was just
wattin' fur sumbody to cum aJong.'
Cant 1t be cured?"
Reckon not, sab. Best way Is to null
1t out. I've got the pinchers here to do
It with, and l want yo' to help me
Bit
"Pll help, of course. but never pulled
a tooth for anyone in my life.'
That's all right. She'll lay down we're
on her back and I'll hold her down while
70 pull. I've tried 1t twice over, but
she gifts away from me-
Are you willing, ma'am?' l asked of
the woman.
I'm willin', of co'se," she replied a
she removed the bandage from her jaw.
This Is the tooth, right yere."
Yes, l see it,
Dye reckon yo' kin pull it?"
Il think l can"
WAL, now. don't make no mistake.
When 70 git hold don't
But, ma'am, you see
Cit hold" she interrupted, as she fell
over the log and her husband sat down.
On her and got firm hold of her ears
to hold her head.
Got to do it, stranger" said the man
as l hesitated. "She's got to that pass
whar she'll shoot If yo' don't. Clan on
the pinchers and bust sumthin'!"
IL was solid double TOOTH standing
alone, and got a firm hold, braced my
feet. and. with a twist and a pull had
1t out. Not even groan escaped the
woman. She rose UP, took the tooth
from the nippers and looked at 1t for
moment, and then turned to me with:
Stranger, l don't know how loud yo'
kin boot nor how fur yo' kin jump. but
from the way yo' fetched this tooth out
I'm willing to believe yo're a purity good
man. Jist sot down and talk with Jim,
and ~ hev smack ready in about five
minitSn'
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03


Nor was their adjoining neighbor. Mr.
Slndall. less prosperous. He had q
little place; fve acres all together
with him apples are best; the red
cheek. pippin and winesap are the
standards; could make fair living off
his place; dewberries paid best, got
1913 OFF IA square rods; yes, sir, less than
tenth of an acre; fine berries but after
two years old, run away with me-"
Mr.. Sindall thinks June is the best
time to. .prune; growing rapidly and
healing over quickly. Fruits the best
crop for small farmer
Here were tive small farmers, with
ne line between them, making a liv-
ing while our orchards grow up that
will finally grow into having money in
bank and that have better than that
now. contentment. So can others do
likewise, IL they will.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
REDUCED THE NUMBER OF SHEEP
Farmers VIII Do Well to Take Care
Of Their FlOcks.

| Of Their Flocks.
| Farmers will do well this year to take
care Of their hocks, says the PuyalluI
Commerce. The attacks made upon
| sheep and wool during the past by
| the free wool politicians and shoddy
| manufacturers have, during the past
two years just closed, reduced the num-
Der of sheep in the country about TO-
100000, or about 100000 per year, at
which rate, with the help of the sheep
killing dogs, which seem to have been
unusually ravenous these years, flocks
have become very much smaller than
five years age.
The low price of wool and the use of
shoddy. with the introduction of large
quantities Of inferior wool from Argen-
tine and the British provinces, have led
sheep masters to turn their attention
more to mutton sheep than to those
producing the highest grades of wool.
This tendency to produce good mutton
has led to the selection of the best
breeds for this purpose, and to the more
careful preparation of lambs and NUT
ton sheep for the market.
The care of the flock and the kind of
feed used have undergone a great i'm
provement.
In this regeneration of the herds we
have today a more vigorous and healthy
stock of sheep in all the sheep raising
regions than ever before.
This will be great gain in the coming
reinstatement of the sheep and his wool
to their proper places among the home
products.
The consumption of mutton is increas-
ing, and the man who now goes into
the sheep business is pretty sure to
come out well off, for free trade days
In the United States are over.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03

When was in Colorado - +
ago. said New Yorker to Sun
er who once lived In Denver.
apparently no pretense at fniI,
morse racing. One always kuz
horse was going to win BY fho q
professional gamblers bet I11e
they bought pools on always won
once at race at Boulder III
Judges left their stand to bet % 4
named Master John that had IL
| heats. had already bought & 81 f 4
on the horse and was feellE1
| shaky, but their act reassured ma
ter John won the next two heats So1<I
ease that showed he had been puIIe1
the previous two. He stumbled. N
ever, in the fourth heat and cut ono ~
legs. When he came out for the l1I{I
heat, he could scarcely put the if{df
leg to the ground. It grew worse iIssfS
OF better as he iimped around the corr
out II was now the other horses furS
be pulled In and Master John won. ri
actually passed the line at the firlinh e
three legs, s47 77 81 81
People who went often to the races. ii
az all observing. finally noticed that fh1
horses which were backed by men *
knew to be gamblers invariably Wo1
Those given to betting naturally savaile1
themselves OF this knowledge and bac<6l|
the same horses. AS confined nv hat
ting TO pool buying, didn't know Whose
money was taking, SO saved my con-
science in that way. &
The gamblers finally tumbled ID o11<
game and put up a job on US. II waon:<
able TO go to the races the day they d<|s
SO profited by the experience
friends without loss. When they r&.
the track they found all the best k416yv1
gamblers in Denver betting vociferouHij1
on a certain horse. Accordingly they PIN
their money on that horse. To their Rreat!
surprise another horse won. Investf<a-
ton discovered that the gamblers eith-<
er made but small bets or only preteuded'
TO bet on the horse they appeared H.
back, while they had understudies who
put their money on the horse which prov<1
ed the victor. e
After that there was no mose 66ttiS1'
on certainty among the outsiders. IA
tney couldn't tell which horse the gam
piers reaiiy backed. One Of the outsldei@
at his last race in Colorado, however. ooH
IN the inside. He owed the driver ~ stl1I
OF the horses small bill for livery a u
he paid 1t he asked which horse was COIN
to win.
Charley Cook has got good horae
was the reply.
Charley Cook was the driver ~ ~
other horse. The outsider bought 4 no6X
on mat horse about double the sixa az fj1
Dill he had just paid. The other nor
won, OF course, and the outsider thu
gained several dollars by being hon1
and paying his debts
II don't defend the outsider. but tha ~
cident none the less illustrates the rtdl<
ulous rottenness of the Denver turf = 4 NJ.
time speak Of"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
FIRST PEACH TREE IN MONTANA
Rev. George Stewart Saw 1t Planted
Fine Crop Prospects.


It is learned that the efforts of the Ka-
miah Indians and white settlers to have
their part of the ensuing 100000 pay
ment made at their homes has been sue
cessful, says the Lewiston Tribune. These
Indians have heretofore suffered great in
convenience and expense in all having to
make the long trip to Lapwai. and it was
believed the government would remedy
the unnecessary hardship as soon as the
matter was properly brought to it's at
tention.
The Lewiston banks will not open for
business on the reservation during the
succeeding payments. The banks will
be prepared to handle the payment at
their home quarters, but this business
will not in any manner be sought or
solicited. Agent Fisher will also dis
courage and prevent as far as he can
any. outside bank from doing business
on the reservation and will caution his
wards against depositing with soliciting
banks.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03

Il y
why, you're a new man-they've shay
ed you out OF all recognition"
"Ye-e--he, he-es, the first time look
ed in the glass emily knew myself by my
voice" -Londen Judy.
Hell want to tell you something, Clara,
1 have wanted to tell it for a long time.
She'll think-that is, I have suspect
ed it.
He-Thank heaven, then you can't say
it is $50 sudden!'-Town Topics
1--WE seen the machine workers." said
Senator Sorghum's emissary.
How do they feel?"
Their enthusiasm is beyond measure. p"
mo 1t isn't. There is always one way
of measuring their enthusiasm"
How"
by the Observation-Disclosures Evening
Star.
1t was at state ball. The Englishman
and the American girl were talking over
some of those present, when the En-
glishman asked:
'That Is Lord B who has just pass
ed you. Have you met him.
YES" was the answer. land l thought
he was extremely dull
you surprise me-" said he. "He is one
of the most brilliant lights of our serv-
ice."
"Really?" she replied. "Then it is my
turned to be surprised. His light flick
cred so when he talked to ME that I set
him down as one of your tallow diplc,
mats. "-Harper's Magazine.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
At 1t ARain.

''Is there any particular nervous com
plant connected with your profession?"
asked the Cheerful Idiot of the rifieman.
There is the tennis arm, the bicycle face
and the baseball arm, and 1 thought
there might be something of the sort
among you gunners.''
sort"
''It is very queer" said the Cheerful
Idiot thoughtfully. Il didn't suppose
you could hit the target without taking
sharpshooting pains. "-Indianapolis Jour
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
MAKEMUD PROOF ARMOR'
sELF-CONTRoL FoR POLITICAL
CANDIDATES.
He VIII Teach Those I'm search Of
Elective Honors How to Con-
duct Themselves.

New York. June "a genial gentie-
man fresh from Frasave has opened up a
new Industry. He hasn't grown rich vet,
but he has hopes of the most Iuxuriant
kind. He has an office in the rear part
Of the top floor of West Twenty-third
street house, and the white painted door
is ornamented with this sign:
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03

Exr& Weeker Finds n wfde-Awake
boy on One of Them.
Ezra Meeker tells in the Tacoma
Ledger of a visit to two small farms
In the Yakima valley:
called to see Mr.. Jacobs today on
the e9hool section" tract of land as
II IA 3tcally designated. Mr.. Jacobs
Is ono ID the Small farmers" near Yak
ffo4 md / wanted to get the experience
or one of the successful small farm
ers' Nv he was designated by one who
knew hlm.
Some 9ne, I have now forgotten who.
148 Written IA book, Ten Acres
9[I0u&h,' but 1 have never believed Il
W4a Efue, as for a farmer, though of
course WOULD be good as to a gardener.
AIR. Iacobis was sick and could not
see me. SO Harry, his boy.snot fifteen
YEARS hid, went TO ''show us around
The Sharpless strawberry sells the
best be said, because it's big and is
best shipper. The blackberries? Oh,
NE cnopped them all out; seemed. the
harder Times got, the poorer the berries
son my yes, the dewberries do we'll;
feIf[1Ie hard to pick though; had ber-
rIea "a long as my finger.
What do we raise? Why. little of
SvefX<hing; of course all the garden
atuff We want and some to SELL this is
I14nscendent crab; sells we'll. Yes,
beors we'll; sells for so cents a box; 20
po<1IU box. We raise the black rasp-
berry because 1t grows better; red, fails
on Us some years. These are apples;
winter apples that's the best; the pip
PIN, III keeps best" and so the lad ans
~erea question after question about the
orchard or garden as intelligently as If
he had a head much older than 1t was.
Ies, 1 think it's all right to work
~e'Ye got to work these times to live"
Ihi< 10 response to the inquiry on that
Here was an Intelligent lad, willing
g. York; taking such an interest in
n4<1e affairs that he knew the name
n very kind Of tree in the garden,
<4V]6 tell which kind of fruit was of
19<I quality and which would sell best,
net Yet fifteen years old. This is the
14<sery for good citizenship and Mr..
11bis is rich in the usefulness of his
E&HIIy. growing up around him. The
zI11tnt signs of thrift were plain ey-
here about the premises and prov
Ihat small farming did pay for we
* wei told Beforehand that this family
led OF their eight-acre farm"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
i AND ORCHARD
y
rs AS ONE OF THE REG
LIAR CRoPs.
Visits the Small Farms
nkima Country-Out-
bok for Wool.

to eradicate the hot winds
nds which sweep over the
out the moisture from the
crops and sometimes in
losses. Every treeless
1bject to hot winds, while
regions never have hot
ID these western plains we
the winds. We must pre-
lowing of dry air. That
materially increase the
The air has been shown by
teriments made by Prof.
b we need not give much
ID to the projects which
Proposed for this purpose.
N construction of numerous
|onds. But If we cannot di-
|dryness of the air we can
Blowing over our crops and
h up. We must, according
sssey in the Farm Machin-
pr farms with enough trees
winds. Not only must we
of trees here and there and
|ides of our farms, but we
$50 many trees scattered
m that in the growing sea-,
will be no rasping winds
b the crops. The farmer in
Is away trees in order that
hble to grow crops, and the
the ground was a great la
B years of time and involv-
Expense. We in the west
at nature was kinder to us
rs great areas free from
ps and stones, and ready
W without an hours labor
he ground. We have boast
'ase with which a quarter
aw prairie could be trans
a farm, in less time than
clear a five acre patch In
nd Ohio. But nature does
us from labor to the extent
!. She demands something
While she allows US to
rod of the surface under
once, she is now demanding
mt trees. In the east there
men, 'woedchoppers,' rail
ere we are to grow a race
Not until we re-
aims by covering them with
A to stop the winds can we
g have really subdued the
8 mid-continental region.
way to check the loss of
our crops is to plant trees.
ant trees every year for the
I'd years. We must plant
7here throughout the state.
rmer become a tree-planter.
In trees as one of the crops
ut every season. Let him
eeds as we'll as trees. Let
nurseryman to the extent
himself with young trees
/.
doubt that there will be
will say it will not pay to
ny trees, and for such peo-
OF pay. But for the man
TX ahead ten years it will
quarter section of Nebras-
uld have at the very least
of timber on it; not all in
ut much of it so scattered
the sweeping winds. Any
d in which from one-fourth
of the land is covered with
able to grow crops in spite
rainfall. Let the trees fight
IS for US. Trees can entire
he hot winds of the state.
them at this commendable
work. Plant trees
hot winds. Let the trees
,ps from drying up.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03

A New York man has received a patent
for magnetizing box for hairpins. He
does not clearly state the object of his
invention in magnetizing the pins. but
it is presumed that the charged pins are
less liable to come out of the hair ana ba
lost. as they are all attracted toward
each other when in position. To remove
one of them 1t must be done against the
magnetic force which tends to keen II
in place by attracting 1t to the remaining
pins.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
A civ ChiIa,. Con.,..,

Aunt Mary-Do you know what kind
of birds those are?
Willie-No, aunty.
Aunt Mary-Now. just think a minute
Willie. What do they make chicken salad
of in the city? a
WiliIe-veal.-Harper's Bazaar.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03

The young duchess of Marlborough
has revived an old custom mentioned in
Thackeray's novels, that of having A
black servant carry her prayer books to
church. The duchess young Nubian
servant il picturesque sight.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03

The Baptists Of the United States have
more money invested IN printing and
publishing machinery than any other de-
nomination.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
kite. to Be Used a. Life savers.

Life savers are now experimenting
with a sheet iron kite. designed to enable
distressed ships to communicate with the
shore.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03
LIGHTS AND sIDELIGHTs.

Little Miss Nuffett sat on q tuffet
Eating ice cream and cake,
While the young man with her was all of
a Shiver
TIE think Of the cash it would take.
Law Bulletin.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-07-03


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Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-19
PICKED UP ABROAD.

The Parisians nickname the pawn
broker aunt" the Londoners call him
"uncle"
The British mint coins half ION o.
pennies, half-pennies and farthinRs
weekly.
Joseph Chamberlain, driving a horse
car, ran down Robert Salisbury, I'm
charge Of a donkey cart near BirminQ-
ham; no great damage was done.
In Scotland in the case OF domestic
servants engaged by the month a
months warning is required.
The veddahs. or wild hunters OF Cey-
Ion, mingle the pounded fibers OF soft
and decaycd wood with the honey on
which they feed when meat is not 10 be
obtained.
Admirers Of Rudyard Kipling may be
interested in knowing that a fatal fire
broke out recently in Rudyard place,
kipling street, Long lane, Bermondsey,
London
On the eastern coast Of Ireland it
rains on an average OF POS days in the
year in England about 80 days; at
hazan about 90 days, and in Siberia
only 60 days.
Ceredo advance. [volume] (Ceredo, W. Va.) 1885-1939, 1896-08-19
CHAPTER V

In another instant bugles were ringing
through the camp, with the hurrying
mass of mounted officers and the tramn-
ing of forming men. The house itself
was almost deserted. Although that
single cannon shot had been created TO
prove that it was not mere skirmishing
OF pickets, Brant still did not believe in
any serious attack of the enemy. His
position, as in the previous engagement.
had no strategic Importance to them.
They were no doubt only making u feint
against his position to conceal some adj
vance upon the center of the army n
mile or two away. Satisfied that he was
IN easy supporting distance of the di-
vision commander, he extended his lines
along the ridge ready to fall back in
that direction while retarding the adj
vance and masking the movements of
his chief. He gave few orders neces-
sary to the probable abandonment of
the house, and then returned TO it. Shot
and shell were already dropping in the
held below. y thin ridge of blue haze
sheathed the line of sllir1uish fire. A
small conical white cloud. like Il burst
ing cotton pod. revealed an opened bat
terry in :he willow fringed meadow. Yet
the pastoral peacefulness of the house
was unchanged. The afternoon sun Law
softly on its deep verandas; the pot
pourri incense of fallen rose leaves
haunted it still.
He entered his room through the
French window ia the veranda, when