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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22

raIismans and Luck-Bringers Are
Common with Profession

Burglars are firm believers in talismaas
and luck-bringers. Nearly every profess
stonal burglar has a small article upon
which he pins his faith and without which
he rarely sets out upon a "crib-cracking"
Job. One burglar, well known to the po-
lice, has for his talisman the shod hoof OF
donkey which once belonged to his
father, and so great is his belief in its
powers of protection and luck-bringing
that he has been known to turn back from
job he had intended to work because his
talisman had by some misadventure been
left at home. says writer in Tid-Bits.
The moon plays highly important part
In criminal superstitions. Not one burg
lar in so will venture out on a house,
breaking expedition on the night Of a new
moon; while the halo around full moon,
which is popularity but enormously sup
posed to foretell rain, is a sight which
gladdens the heart of Mr.. Bill Skies.
Some burglars have a lively horror Of GER
tain numbers, and will never enter a house
or a shop which is that particular number
In its street. The ominous numbers are
generally those of the policemen VINO were
the first to capture the burglars.
On the other hand, If burglar falls into
the hands of a policeman, but manages
to escape, the number of that policeman is
always favorite with him. and he will
feel easy in his mind when breaking into
premises bearing 1t. Even the most ex-
perienced burglar will turn away from the
house where he finds a black cat sitting
upon the doorstep. even If he has spent
days in learning particulars about the
house and it's inmates. To break into
premises under the nose of black cat
would be running deliberately into the
arms of the law. Neither will burglar
enter a house where the door-knocker Is
| muffled or draped with Grape.
Pickpockets are even more superstitious
than burglars. 1t is one of the elementary
rules of the "light-fngered fraternity
never to pick the pocket of a cross-eyed
or club-footed person. Finding a twisted
coin in a purse will frequently induce a
pickpocket to throw away the purse and
contents, for such thing, II kept. il
considered to assure nine months hard
luck or the thief's early arrest.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22
reduced and established. We
10 only in this way that we
prevent the state from being

IL only In this way that we
y prevent the state from being
run by. this pest.
Points of Introduction.
i The rapid spread of the Russian
thistle has been very largely brought
about by railways, and it is especially
along railway tracks and about freight
yards that we may expect the weed to
appear first. The most likely points
where the plant may first appear are
Spokane and Walla Walla, and the
immediate vicinity of these cities. How
ever, it must be borne in mind that
seeds or parts of plants on car wheels
| or break beams are just as liable to fall
OH at points far to the westward of
the cities named. SO that the weed may
appear first at the most unexpected
| points.
Another source of introduction is pos
sible by the way of Snake river. The
water from the irrigated lands of south
ern Idaho, where the weed is abundant,
finds its way to the ocean through that
river, so there is danger of seeds or
plants being carried many miles this
way, and. especially during freshets, to
find lodgment on the banks. We do not
regard this as a very likely avenue of
introduction, but 1t Is one that will need
guarding by farmers of Snake river
valley, and of banks of the lower Co
lumbia.
Other Weeds.
Ordinary Thistles - The Russian
thistle is not a thistle at all and does
not look like one.
Common Tumbleweed--This plant
quite closely resembles the Russian
thistle, but the latter may be disting-
uished by its slender sharp pointed
leaves, which later in the season harden
into spines.
Prickly Lettuce (also called Wild or
Chinese Lertuce)-Owing to the fact
that this plant was introduced in the
state about the time the Russian thistle
became notorious, the two have been
confused. The Pricl<ly lettuce has quite
large fiat leaves and milky juice, in
both which respects it is entirely diff
ferent from the Russian thistle.
For Public Information.
In case the Russian thistle is detected
in the state at any point it is of the
utmost Importance that the Experiment
Station be notified at once. Accompany
ing the letter should be a specimen Of
the plant so that the report may be
verified. The object of this is to enable
US to call public attention to the fact.
It is, however, specially urged that the
destruction of suspected Russian
thistle should never be delayed until
an answer can be received from this
station.
Mounted dry specimens of the Rus
sian thistle will be sent on application
20 the Agricultural college free
Of charge to all school districts,
'ailway section foremen, horticultural
societies, and other public officers or So
tieties who are interested in the sup
preston of noxious weeds.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22

They Do Effective Work and Re-
ceive scant Appreciation.

They Do Effective Work and Re-
ccive Scant Appreciation.
The history of the struggling existence
and final starvation of many local papers
in prosperous mining localities is not a
creditable record for an industry so broad
and liberal in many other respects, says
tie Canadian Mining Review. Especially
il this true in view of the fact that tho
mines have been most faithfully upheld
and owe the large proportion of their
value and success to the very means which
has been neglected and unrewarded. The
report of mining properties, strikes of ore
bodies in mines, shipment from smelters,
value of ore and mill runs, has been most
faithfully made, to be copied by the met
ropolitan review in the centers Of capital
until tide of enquiry and investment has
been attracted to the locality and a gen.
eral condition of prosperous activity es-
tablshed by which hundreds have been
! benefited. In many cases this gratuitous
work. which has cost time and money, has
been done faithfully and impartially for
| those who have never contributed the
amount of an annual subscription to the
paper which has been the chief cause of
| their prosperity. The mining industry of
| Canada today owes its promising condi-
ton, it's general activity, the favorable
state of public opinion towards mining
the investment Of capital and the remark
able development now taking place more
( to the influence of the press than to any
one or all other influences combined, but
its return for all this benefit has, as
, rule been most niggardly and certainly
| unjust.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22
rHE NOTORIOUS RUSSIAN THISTLE
Every Western Farmer Should
Know the NOxiOus Weed.

The spread of the notorious Russian
thistle has beer so rapid during the
Dast three years that grave danger now
Exists Of it's introduction into this state,
It is barely possible that it may already
be introduced, but a very careful ex-
Elimination of the most likely point OF
Introduction, made during last Septem-
Der, failed to disclose its presence. Al
the present time it occurs in abundance
In the irrigated districts of Southern
idaho, and at various points through
but Montana, even to the western Dor
der of that state. Within year a small
patch of it has been discovered al
Pendleton, Oregon, but vigorous efforts
have been and are being made to extir
pate it there, with every prospect OF
Success. AS yet the weed has been de-
fected at no other points in Oregon
Owing, however, to the close proximity
of southern Idaho and Western Mon
tana, and from the fact that they are
In the highway Of trans-continental
Railways, there is a constant danger OF
the weeds being brought into this state.
In view of the threatening calamity
IT becomes the duty of every farmer and
Indeed of every citizen to know the
plant SO that the chance specimens,
certainly to be introduced now and
then, may promptly be destroyed. In
this lies the only possible way of saw
Ing the state from the great losses
which this pest has caused in Other
states. Where once the weed has be-
come well established it has been found
Impossible to eradicate it and it is only
Reasonable to suppose the same will
prove true here.
81 We are not calamity howlers and do
not for moment assert that the Rus
sian thistle if introduced into our state
would bring ruin in its path. But we
do say that it would cause serious loss
Conservative estimates place the an
$ nual loss caused by this weed in South
Dakota at five bushels of wheat to every
* acre of land annually, not to speak OF
the annoyance caused by it's spine tc
stock and to men. In the wheat lands Of
Washington the loss would in all prob
ability be just as great If not greater
1t is plain business proposition thai
1t is of the utmost desirability to pre-
vent this loss if possible and the only
possible prevention lies in the constan
vigilance and intelligent action of all
1uS VI " lOH nave dI
enviable reputation for foresight ant
energy, and no more important call ha
ever been made upon them for action
than this threatening invasion of tn
Russian thistle. 1t is not a demand
that requires money, but one that call
for intelligence to recognize and to des
troy an insidious foe, and it become
the duty Of every man interested in tn
welfare OF the state to know the Rus
sian thistle ana to help avert Its be
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22
! Advice Given by MIR. 1. X. FelcI
70 nm Inouirer-Italy of Amer
tca-Fruit and Flowers.

X. Felch, the Judge of poultry at
e Spokane poultry show. answers an
nuirer in the columns Of the Reliable
tuItry Journal as follows:
There are many things to think OF If
man wants to change his location.
he is well established, there is danger
his not holding his trade If he
&anges his location and he can not be
- careful when he Ia changing the
additions of life time.
But for a young man with reputa-
LON to make, who has time to become
IIentified with the place Of his adoption
II Is different. He has only first to be-
me acquainted with the location
here the conditions are favorable to
he prosecution of the calling or bust
<ess he is to become interested in and
(3arn what is the condition of the home
markets-for it is all important that the
1ome market should be f1rst-class, as
ne first step toward success.
The prime reason for my favorable
of the region west Of the
becky mountains is that there Is not
n city of any size but what her home
far exceeds her home
6roduct in poultry. That is my calling,
md as other men look through the
#koggles" of their business I look at the
Of poultry culture in my con-
liberation of locations. l am pretty
FIRMLY located and very largely inter
ested in poultry culture, but 1 will say
here that could 1 be assured that !
r<1rl6 FOL will n
Hope the full volume of my present
bnsiness I surely should migrate al
NICE; but what city l would make my
tome market I should have to deter
nine later, and should certainly do ii
III this way: There are a chain of cities
"a the slope and in the northwest that
me may well Neutrality-suspicious., Sc
title, Tacoma in Washington; Portland,
Oregon; Sacramento, Oakland, San Jost
valley, Los Angeles and outlining
owns. / should see all these places
nd gather all information l could ano
men select the best apparent home mar
ket for the next 10 years and locate in
81 near that city.
~ said in my previous article about
MY circuit that the western slope was
10 winter but in name, not in the sense
hat we, Of England, have it.
why do they not become exporters o.
eggs and poultry? you ask. Sure
enough, this is a mystery to me. The
hoom and the constant DINING into the
ears of everyone about the wonderful
<ruit productions has been so loud thai
b drowned the Growing of the cocks
md clucking Of the hens, perhaps. They
ave been constantly prospecting fol
Eold when there laid silver and dia-
monds at their feet in the shape OF
pouItry profits.
4 Can you, young man (you say you
nave no wife yeti, do better than to in
vestigate along this line? The eastern
hates are full, and the fight to the tol
round is no child's play. To take to a
lew country and grow up with it is
he advice of one grown old in the race.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22

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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22

Traveller at railway restaurant-These
sandwiches are fearfully small.
Restaurant keeper-What's the differ
ence? The train only waits here one min
ute.-Boston Globe.
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Mrs. Hector-I know what kind Of tenn
per you've got.
Mr. Hector-I don't doubt It. You've
tried It often enough.-Bosten Transcript
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-05-22

Dry goods, boot, shoe and hardware
houses of Kansas City have had large or
ders.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31

strument for this purpose when I was
compelled to drop my Investigations for
other work. 1t seemed to me that l
had made a discovery of some impor-
tance and, while not wishing to an
nounce it. / wanted to fix the date of
my discovery and therefore filed a
sealed package containing a full de-
scription, with illustrations, of my in
vestigations. in the Smithsonian insti-
tute. Just why or how ] do not know,
but the fact of my having filed this
package soon came out. and along
with the paragraph concerning the
wonderful DR. H. E. Liz and his dis
covery went another item concerning
the marvellous Professor Bell and his
discovery, which latter mysterious af-
fair had been sealed up in package
in the Smithsonian institute.
EUROPEAN SCIENTISTS CLAIM
THE DISCOVERY.
After travelling the rounds of the
American papers, big and little, the
two items duly took their way over to
England, and as 1t happened made
their appearance together. the one fol-
lowing the other in an issue of the En-
glish scientific publication, Nature. 1
think that the items must have been
slightly CARRIED and rendered obscure,
else the mistake which occurred could
hardly have been made. but at any
rate in the very next issue OF Nature
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31

tricity. But I have made no expert
ments whatever in the last four or five
years, whatever 1 may have done in
the way of thinking about the matter
Parenthetically, in view of all the dis
coveries which they have made con-
corning me, 1t has seemed to me not a
little curious that these clever news
paper men should never have suggest
ed to some scientific investigator the
possibility that the new X rays may
perhaps offer a solution to this intri-
cate problem of the transmission of
images. l make this suggestion seri
ously and commend it for considera-
ton.
But all this aside, the story which
have related of the famous hoax is
one which has always interested me,
for besides its personal bearing, it
seems to me not only a curious tale,
but one with a point. Whenever 1
read of the claimants to this and that
discovery or especially to some inven-
ton upon which another man has got
q patent, whenever l hear of the true
discoverer' of the Roentgen rays or Of
the electric light or the telephone or
some other useful device, a recur to
my story of the host of claimants who
arose to wrest from me the honors of
a discovery which l had never even
remotely claimed to have made, and
which has not been made to this day"
Which was the moral / referred to at
the beginning.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31

Mr.. Toby had Slept off his intoxication,
and as was his habit, felt deeply asham-
ed Of himself. He did not join in the
frugal breakfast; but put the harness on
his little mule and was on the point of
going to plow in the cornfield, when
four mounted men heavily armel dashed
up the narrow road, and coming near him
leveled their pistols.
Put up yer hans" commanded the
leader, whom Mr.. Toby recognized as
An no foolin', neither" added a
lean pale-eyed villaniouS looking man
by the sheriff's side.
f Mr.. Toby, turning as white as a
ghost, did as they said. He flung up
both hands and held them high shaking
convulsively.
Nash heard the voices and ran out of
the cabin to see what was going on. and
at the first glance his eyes fell upon the
lean man who had brought the mysteri-
Gus package.
put up yer hams like yer daddy's a
doin'," the fellow snarled, covering Nash
with a pistol.
Of course Nash was terribly excited
In his confusion he stood stupidity gaz-
ing, his mouth gaping and his eyes di-
lated
UP wi them ther' hans. er, I'll blow
a hole in vel" the man insisted.
BY this time Phebe had come forth,
and strange to say she was not appar-
emily frightened. With that GOODNESS
ness and that swiftness of comprehen-
sion so often eyinced by women and
girls under circumstances which break
up the nerves of the strongest men, she
fixed her gaze on the cadaverous looking
villain at the sheriff's side.
What you doin here?" she exclaimed
in steady, contemptuous voice. Got
somethin' else at We wants me an Nash
ter bury fer ye?" Then turning to her
brother she added: Don't be skeered of
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31
MoHAMMEDAN1sMs TWO sEoTs.
Differnt Branches of Religion That
Believe Nothing in Common.


Mohammedans divide themselves into
two principal sects-Shiah and Sunni
the Persians representing the bulk of
the former, the Turks of the latter
The chief points in which they differ
are the condition Of the soul after
death and the succession of caliphs.
The Sunni belief is that there is one
immortal God, whose works are with
out beginning or end, and that he will
be visible to the souls of the blessed /;
while the Shiahs deny the immortality
of the soul and maintain that the CO.
existent principles of Zoroaster will
forever contend for the mastery. With
regard to the prophets successors, the
Sunnis claim that the lawful successor
of Mohammed was Abu Belxr and af-
ter him Omar, Osman, and Ali nephew
and son-in-law of Mohammed); the
Shiahs however, reject the first three
and hold that Ali was the only legiti-
mate successor.
Shiahs pray but three times a day.
and enjoin pilgrimages to Nejef, Ker-
bella, Kazimain, Meshed Persia), Sa-
mara and Kun, as well as to Mecca
and Medina Sunnis make pilgrimages
only to the two latter cities, and pray
five times a day. From this it can be
readily understood that the circum-
stances of the Turks being in possess
sion of the shrines of Nejef (Meshed
Aid Kazimain and Kerbela are most
displeasing to devout Shiahs.-Black-
woods Magazine.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-05-31
cENrENAR1ANs IN EUROPE

A German statistician has studied
the census returns of Europe to learn
few things about the centenarians of
the world He has found, for instance,
that high civilization does not favor
the greatest length of life. The Ger
man empire, with $1,000, 900. population,
has but rs subjects who are more than
100 years old. France, with fewer than
40, 900, O00 has 213 persons who have
passed their hundredth birthday; Eng
land has 146; Ireland, 5S7; Scotland, 46;
Denmark, 2; Belgium, 5; Sweden, 10;
and Norway, with 100000 inhabi-
tants, %. Switzerland does not boast
a single centenarian, but Spain, with
about 1S,OOOO0O population, has 4O1.
The most amazing figures found by
the German statistician came from
that troublesome and turbulent region
known as the Balkan peninsula. Ser
via has SIS persons who are more than
100 years old; Roumania, 1884, and
Bulgaria, 1852. In other words, Bui-
garia has a centenarian to every 1000
Inhabitants, and thus holds the inter
national record for old inhabitants. In
1892 alone there died in Bulgaria $50
persons of more than 100 years. In
the Balkan peninsula, moreover, a per-
son is not regarded as on the verge of
the grave the moment he becomes a
centenarlan. For instance, IN SerVla
there were N 1890 some 290 persons
between LOG and 115 years, 12S between
lis and 125, and Is between 126 and
l35. Three were between 135 and 40
WhoI is the Oldest person in the
world? The German statistician does
not credit the recent story about
Russian 100 years old. Russia has no
census, he says, and except in cases
of special official investigation the fig
ures of ages in Russia should be mis-
trusted. The oldest man in the world
is then. in his opinion, Bruno Cotrin,
negro born in Africa and now a resi-
dent in Rio Janeiro. Cotrim is $50
years old. Next to Inn comes probably
a retired Moscow cabman named Kus-
trim who is in his 140th year. The
statistician says the Oldest woman in
the world is 100 years DID, but neglects
to give her name or address, possibly
out of courtesy. or perhaps in view Of
the extraordinary figures which came
to his hands from the Balkans he
thought subject only 100 years old
was hardly worthy of particulars
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