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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
PUBLIC WEDDING IN EARLY DAYS
Pronounced Husband and Wife with
the Utmost SOIemnity.

While in town the other day Hon. AL
len Weir of Olympia drifted into a rem
iniscent mood and told the following,
says S. L. Crawford in the Seattle Post
Intelligencer:
A lank raw-boned Georgian named
Shaw, who lived at Dungeness, in Clal-
lam county, in early days, was justice
of the peace. In the course. of his du-
ties as squire" many ludicrous incidents
happened. He was a very illiterate man
and talked habitually in southern negro
dialect. Upon one occasion Shaw was
called upon to off1ciate in performing
marriage ceremony, uniting his partner,
named Thornton, in wedlock with a fair
widow. The affair was public and excit-
ed much interest. 1t occurred on a Sun
day afternoon, when everybody for miles
around had come to town. Shaw had
creased his boots in honor of the occa-
sion, and wore his brand-new buckskn
''galluses' conspicuously. Before COM
mencing the ceremony he impressively
removed an enormous quid of tobacco
as a useless obstruction to free articula-
ton, hitched up his pants and sailed in.
Transfxing the culprits with his eagle
eye he sternly ordered them to stand up
which they proceeded to do in fear and
trembling. The large audience was on
tiptoe of expectation, and the breathesS
silence was broken by Shaw's pomp-
Gus inquiry of the groom as to whether
or not he intended to take this hyer
womern as his lawful welded wife," etc.
Thornton, who was little slow and had
the appearance of bashfulness, shifted
uneasily from one foot to the other, and
finally said that he guessed that was
the calculation" Upon receiving satisfac-
tory answers to similar questions from
the bride, Shaw stretched himself to his
full feet 2 inches of height, and, after
surveying the crowd impressively, pro-
ceeded to declare in awful solemnity:
Now, therefore, what me and God hev
jined together. let no man put asunder."
AS nobody offered to put them asunder
after that they at once began to ''live
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
HAD CoURTED THIRTY YEARS
A Marriage at Alliance, Ohio, That
Was of Romantic Interest.

Abram Maris, bachelor, aged go years,
and Miss Sarah B. Williams, spinster,
aged AZ years, residents of the Quaker
village of Damascus, Ohio, 1t is Just
learned, were married several days ago.
Very prosaic was the ceremony, and as
simple and quiet as it was possible to
make it; yet it was the elimination of a
courtship of 80 years.
For an even longer time, the conple had
attended the old brick Quaker meeting
house, and had met in the church Sunday
after Sunday. A smile and word at the
door was about all the courtship this re-
markable couple had done. Why they
did not mate while the bloom of youth
was theirs, was often asked among the
quiet folks of the community, but the rea-
son is known only to themselves. Both
Mr.. and Mrs Maris are known to be
among the wealtbiest members of the So
ciety of Friends in Ohio. They are away
now on their honey moon trip to Niagara
Falls and the summer resorts along the
eeashore.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
FISH PLENTY AT POINT ROBERTS
Several HauIs of 1000 Salmon Per
Trap Have Been Made.

Whatcom Blade: Mr.. and Mrs. c.. E
Curtis returned the other day from Joint
Roberts, where Mr.. Curtis has a branch
store. He says that several hauls of 1000
salmon per trap have been made this sea-
son. These fish average Is cents apiece.
so 1000 haul is quite a stake. Last year
the largest haul on record from a single
trap was made at Point Roberts, 2O.OO0
salmon being taken. Everything is live
ly at Point Roberts and Blaine. Customs
Collector Stenger says that while he was
stationed at Blaine an average of five
vessels per day cleared at the port Of
Blaine. George H. Waters. manager OF
the Curtis store at Point Roberts, count
ed 500 sloops and schooners in the vicinity
of the store at one time, and he gave up
counting without having completed the
inventory.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
TWO OXEN DRAeenD TO DEATH
Six Horses Plunge Down a Hill In n
Logging Camp.

remarkable runaway occurred at
Moore & Rice's logging camp at the head
of Lake Whatcom the other day, says the
Whatcon Blade. Six horses and three
yokes- of oxen were hitched to a large
log on downhill pull, the horses in the
lead. The driver dropped the lines a mo-
ment In order to arrange the oxen in
order; as soon as he dropped the lines
the horses became frightened and dashed
forward, breaking the log chain Just be-
hind the lead yoke of oxen The horses
plunged down hill at terrific rate OF
speed; one of the oxen was literally drag
ged to death over the down timber, skids
and trees; finally the yoke and chains be-
came 'snubbed" about a stump, bringing
the charging horses to an abrupt halt.
breaking the neck of the other OK. The
OK that was dragged was crushed to a
mass OF broken bones. and the other OK
was also terribly mutilated. Neither OF
the horses was seriously injured and no
other damage was done. Bob Truman.
who was in the city from the camp. de-
scribes the runaway as a most remark
able performance and frightful scene.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
THE FISH GROW BIG IN ALASKA
ST Malterner Caught 1900 Pounds in
mn Hour.

81 Malterner, the Spokane man who
made his way to the Arctic ocean up
through British territory last year, is
now in Sitka, Alaska, in search of fur
Their adventure. In a letter to friend
he states that fishing in that vicinity is
fair. With ahook and line he landed in
an hours time 10 fish Weighing 1900
pounds. He also stretched out on a bear
skin measuring II feet by II feet 6 inches.
sound, Cooks inlet and the Alaska pc
ninsula with Professor Dyche of the Kan
sas state university. They will hunt the
Rocky mountain big horn and hope to Sc
cure specimen that is pure white. Car
ibou and moose will not be overlooked,
and 81 remarks in his letter that the
party will not climb trees to avoid the
bears unless they are forced to it. He
will return to Spokane in October.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
THEY MARRY AT AN EARLY AGE
Royalty Does Not Wait for the Age
of Judgment.


The members of the royal > families
usually marry at an early age, says the
Philadelphia Press.
The emperor of Austria married when
he was "A a bride of 16 years and four
months; one of his two daughters mar
rled at the age of 16 years and nine
months and his sons bride was only II.
The king of Belgium was yuth of 10
when he married a girl of II, and his
two daughters were married while mere
school girls in age q7 years..
King Christian of Denmark prudently
waited until he was "a, and then took
for a wife a princess of six months old
er than himself. His two sons followed
their fathers example and did not mate
until the age of rs and q respectively;
his daughter, the princess Thyra, was %
when she married the duke of Cumber-
land, but the Princess of Alexandra WAS
married to the prince of Wales at the
age of 49,
The German emperor was p, and MS
bride only three months younger. When
the king of Greece married he was only
%, and his Russian wife had only just
passed her 10th birthday.
The king of Italy did not marry until
he was a. which is mature for the sun
ny South, and his wife not quite 1612.
The king of Portugal was 22ls and his
wife almost q. The king of Roumania,
at ~, married u youiiS Sill Ai7iiiS Ao -
czar of Russia was 26 and his wife Y
when they were married. The king of
Sweden and Norway was 2S and his wife
81
Every one knows that Queen Victoria
was a few months under q and the prince
consort three months younger when the
royal wedding took place; the prince of
Wales was 81 years, A months; the duke
of Edinburg a few months short of 81,
the duke of Connaught very nearly 20,
Prince Leopold just over 20, the duchess
of Fife a little over %, Prince Alice 19,
Princess Helena %, Princess Louise q,
and Princess Beatrice 2S1a years
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
DO NOT LIKE THE NEW SYSTEM
Washington Stock Growers and the
Leasing of Railroad Lands.

Pasco News: Rowe Burger was down
from his Washtucna ranch Saturday and
was kept busy while here shaking hands
with his friends. He reports stock in
good condition, but says the new system
adopted by the Northern Pacific company
in leasing their lands is working great
hardship on small growers, as the COM
pany refuse to lease less than eighteen
section at $40 per section per year. There
is a better feeling springing up among
the small ranchers, and just what the
outcome will be cannot at the present
time be figured out. Betwixt the grass
hoppers and the warm weather, the set
tiers in the vicinity of Washtucna have
been busy guessing as to the outcome,
hut Mr.. Burger thinks crops will be a
good average. The farmers are too busy
to talk politics.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14

the others. Sometimes he drives into
Buzzard's Bay with Mrs. Cleveland, Ruth
and Esther for the afternoon mail. This
Is always waiting for him at the postof-
flee in a brown leather mail bag, bearing
the initials G. c. in silver The bag is
tossed into the carriage and the return
drive is begun. after a stop of only a few
seconds
This little town Is situeted at the ex-
treme eastern end OF the bay, and Gray
Gables is at the western end, three miles
away. over a road deep in sand. A little
one horse railroad runs from the town
to Monument Beach. eight miles away.
and this road passes close to Gray Gables.
There is tiny pagoda-like station built
near the presidents home, and the four
daily trains go through the formality OF
stopping there, although passengers sell
dom alight. They know that it Is I'M
possible to get near the house. The
dead line" is vigorously enforced by two
secret service agents, one Of whom IS ON
guard in the day and the other at night.
This line is drawn across narrow "trip
of land, with a marsh on one side and
water on the other Just outside of he
line are the stables, and further off is Ire
lodge, where the Wrights and the house
servants sleep.
Visitors have a plenty Of preliminary
warnings not to approach too near the
house. Near the first bend CT the road
leading to the house is a sign which
reads: Fishing, building fires, or cutting
wood positively prohibited on these
grounds" Further on, and just where the
dead line" is drawn, are two little tow
ers, one on either side of the road. A
sign, which reads private grounds" is
located here, and at this precise spot can
be found one of the two secret service
agents every hour in the "a.
In the latter part of August Mr.. Cleve-
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
An English Joke,

Husband-What! You want more mon
ey! Why, only yesterday 1 gave you TO-.
Wife-Yes, but I spent that on new
bonnet.
H.-But gave 1t to you for food; you
can't feed yourself with a new bonnet.
WI can feed part of myself with it.
H.-Whatever do you mean, woman?
W.-Why. I can feast my eyes on it
London Fun.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14

Ire every ye1f IHeIl~ Startling IN
Lis who have no COWS of sny
s an Iowa writer in the Western
Ibis class will, as a rule. find 1t
interest not to stock up the first
4 the full number of cows they
keep. This is because it will
Il almost impossible to buy the
out of any herd. 1t is better
j herd of dairy cows-better for
Eeasons. First, by using males
Fed dairy breeds a better class
Nm be raised than can, as rule.
Used; second. they will be more
properly trained from calfhood
dty; third, they are more con-
nd contentment counts.
bottom of all successful dairy
ther conducted entirely on the
partly as associated dairying, is
1cation, dairy habits, and some
Smay be called dairy instinct.
IS said to be the sum of inherited
chis is doubtless the best defini-
lean be given of it. Hence the
n communities are those where
has been carried on for genera
Is, patience, painstaking, keen
on and steadfastness of purpose
Important factors in producing
Hts. If dairying is not thought
Eth your best efforts let it alone
cans. Let 1t alone If it is ink
you. Devotion and application
terprise begets a love for it, or
and if it does not, there is
B wrong.
a moral side to dairying. Reg
is are acquired. Men who keep
st be at home at milking time
la good place. Very few good
N are whisky drinkers. Dairy
hes, as a rule, furnish but little
for lawyers. Dairying is edu-
I'D elevating If intelligently fol
bis is especially true of home
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14

Got any more cigars like those you
sold me yesterady?" asked perspiring
citizen.
You mean dose fine Havana goods,
five for a shillingT" said the tobacconist.
with gratified smile. Louis, take down
from der shelluf a box Of dose cellerdor-
os."
The smoker grimly answered with .
smile, and then said:
"Just put one In my hat win your 1
read in the paper that cabbage leaf in
the hath prevent sunstroke."
And he got outside Just In time to be
missed by an empty cigar bcx.-Pick-
Me-Up.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
1fA1xxnsT1NG MACHINERY REPAIRS
Fart of the Annual Expenses
Could BE Saved.

Nor the past week or ten days every
tlacksInith in town has been busy re-
pairing and patching up the harvesting
rr0chinery which is now being used in
ho<Ine or will soon be put into the grain
1oI14 The amount of work-and ex-
ue65c--Which this annual overhauling
means IS no small item in the Palouse
coliHzry< and yet the greater part of it
& = UAqaIIed for, says the Palouse Repub-
Icen< Proper care of machinery would
prevent The warping, breaking and decay
Of most of the farm implements, and thus
save thousands of dollars to the farmers.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
rhe Ashmolenn Museum.

Oxford's Ashmolean museum, where are
kept the archaeological collections and the
university pictures. was struck by light
ming recently and set on fire, but the
damage was confined to the building, no
harm being done to the collections.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
Charity In New York.

1t is not generally known, except by
certain persons whose office it is to learn
of such matters, that the immense sum of
$s,5O0,000 is annually expended In charity
in the city of New York. That, at least,
is the approximate amount, estimated as
closely as circumstances admit OF on the
part of experts. There are about 5000 fam
lilies who are listed "givers'' to charity.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
ZION IN SOUTH DAKOTA
Unprecedented in
HE Jim River Valley.


>hefits of irrigation in South Da-
5 fully exemplified on the great
<alzer farm, where are 800 acres
|Ech, in charge of Professors Ter
<ell and Houchin, says the Min
Journal.
Iear quite a block of the land
|gated, some by ditch and some
Ing, but this year no water was
natural rainfall supplying all
lure for this year for the crops
1sidered. But as compared with
Iat stand on land never irrigated
} In the ratio of at least 100 20 60
of irrigation-possibly even bet
8 wheat, oats and corn standing
nd wetted thoroughly last year,
Irrigated this season, are mag
me great lesson to be learned
ese living witnesses is that good
n is not transient in its effects.
a drink given to Jim valley Land
.tNPGh0O0 OA ~ OlAOW MAJ AAOd
h at least three years thereafter.
4 vastly enlarges the scope of an
wells usefulness, because, once
II gets his fields we'll soaked his
~ can enjoy the full flow each
nm, and after the limit has finally
3ched to which the water can be
it is evident that very
b quantities will suffice to keep
ered area moistened, even in the
Ia Kansas simeon. Under Iver-
<ota conditions, the, ground here
will next year, and
n after, produce from % to go per
ter crops without further irriga-
ID similar lands in the vicinity
'figated.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
The strength of london police,

The strength of the London police force
consists Of a chief commissioner. three
assistant commissioners, Eve chief con-
stables. 81 superintendents, 5s7 inspectors,
1884 sergeants and 12.754 constables, maxi
Ing a srand total of 1925 of all ranks.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
|nATION AND THE FARMERS
te d Neither Profit Nor Pleasure
in Litigation.

&fbitration is almost invariably prefer
able to litigation. 1t is not only the
4a1Itzt quickest and cheapest way to
Settle disagreements, but saves much
xe14<Iou and subsequent dissension, says
the VIc<oria Province. Were individuals,
cQfp0xotions and nations to arrange their
1I<o4te6 by arbitration instead of resort
Inc to navigation and warfare, the people
Wo<1I1 be- saved millions of treasure, and
Ms WcrId spared much shedding of blood.
A Heaccful settlement of difficulties is
4s1a1x followed by prosperity, while
6oi1& 10 law or war usually results in
I1as and suffering to both contestants.
Indeed. litigation and warfare are t:ue
f<IIc@ MI the dark ages, and so long as
<16> coutinue in vogue we may look in
vain for harbingers of the promised mil
|eo{6m Law fights may do for bulls,
bears md bruisers in the corrupt man
mace koWn," but they generally can and
QrEHt ~ be avoided among the peaceful
and [1dustrious, "God-made country"
HtfUere who wish to retain their homes
and fteir peace of mind should settle
their 1|sputes by amicable arbitration.
Truly here is neither glory nor honor.
profit uor pleasure in litigation, and the
Ie84 o&ople who profess to live con the
4@15<e* and according to the Divine or
1>< O. Kings, have to do Herewith the
1&[[@ N will be for their present end
<uIH|f Prosperity. Even in the most ag-
E<1/@f|1g cases Of trespass and the like
- 41<1 citizen should resort to the law
111 amicable attempts at settlement
1<< he'd. Indeed, and finally, what
ny be the provocation. do not get
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14
The American cling,

Denver Times: Visitors from the in
terror of the state report that the Amer
lean flag floats over nearly every country
home and mining camp. That speaks
very well for a community of lamar
chists.''
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14

land will leave Gray Gables to pay a visit
to Senator Villas of Wisconsin, who has
promised to give the president the finest
trout fishing he has ever had.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14

st. Louis bankers say that counter
transactions are liberal considering the
unsettled condition of affairs throughout
the country.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-08-14

is on hand they know that the newcomer
must be given the marble heart" other
wise the telephone.
Unlimited SecIusiOn,
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-30
RAILWAY ENTERTAINERS.
Their Delicate Tasks In tho Society OF
Capitalists From Abroad.

Their Delicate Tasks In tho Society OF
Capitalists From Abroad.
Hos tho entertainer of O railroad COM
pany," said ono man to another about a
third man Who had saluted tho speaker in
passing.
And whom does no entertain9"
Mostly men from tho other sido Of tho
Atlantic whom the company wishes to in
forest in its schemes or securities. Other
persons, too, If need be. Doubtless he has
work of other sorts ON hand, but no is
chosen primarily because no knows how to
entertain"
Tho entertainer Of % railway company Is
Well spoken man, who knows just what
to say and when to say It, He takes the
visiting capitalist in hand, introduces him
to the right people and sees that no does
not fail In with tho wrong people. Per-
haps he sees that tho stranger is made
comfortable mt some good club or even in
vited to fashionable houses, although tho
entertainer does not make use unnecessa-
rily OF what is known rs society in further
Ing his onds. There are still some rich
: Brltons who hope to be richer through
transactions in American stocks, bonds
and mortgages. There arc some amazing
ly green foreigners who have visions Of
sudden wealth to be had In such transao-
tions. For the most part, however, the
visiting foreign capitalist Is In seorch of
investments that will pay higher divi-
bends than Investments at homo. 1t is the
business Of the entertainer to mike such
men see his road as the managers wish 1t
to be seen. The task is delicate ono for
the visiting capitalist Is often shy and sus-
pioious Being great man Mt homo, he
would resent palpable attempt to maDip-
I'm, no. to- b. Il IL.
and be kept away from the wrong people,
the machinery that compasses oil this
must BIO kept out Of view.
Tho entertainer comes out in great form
when ho sends party of capitalists on o
tour Of inspection over the road. Some
such tours are historic, and when their
history comes to be written it will be
found vastly moro entertaining than the
list of distinguished guests givon to tho
press through tho agency of the entertain
er. That shrewd person sees that tho trip
is embollished with all the luxuries of the
table, solid and liquid, that tho right mon
encounter the visitors ut tho right places,
and that the proper statistics aro thrown
In the way of the strangers. There are n
great many clever persons employed in
managing railway system, and consider
able sums are expended by every company
for lubricating oil to keep engines and
other machinery in order, but there Is no
cleverer person and no moro efficient lu-
bricator than tho entertainer. 1t has been
said that ho could not stand tho test for
moral color blindness, but doubtless this
Is an tnvontion.-Now York Sun.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-30
The Expresses of Russia.

During tho eighteenth century no less
than four emprcsses held sway over Rus
STA, and ifperhaps the throne was uniustly
usurped in moreitha;i sone instance it can
MT least DO said Of allof them that they
reigned moro wisely than tho emperors Of
that period and TINT they have left names
moro famous than those of their male
predecessors and successors. With all her
many faults Catherine tho Great proved a
wise and powerful monarch, and much
that disiigured her history may BIO forgot
ten, seeing that she almost totally abol-
ished the custom Of subjecting oil Russian
prisoners to system of CHASTITY torture,
besides repeating many other cruel and
barbarous laws.
The Roanoke daily times. (Roanoke, Va.) 1895-1897, 1896-01-30
PASSING OF THE GYPSY.
Romany Ryes Gradually Disappearing
From the Haunts of Men.

Romany Ryes Gradually Disappearing
From the Haunts of Men.
Tho gradual disappearance and extinc-
ton OF that picturesque vagabond, tho
genuine, simon pure gypsy, has caused
much comment, but the reason for the dy-
ing out of the old raoo is somewhat diff
cult to find. There arc probably more
rowing, wandering vagabonds in tho world
today than over before, but real Romany
is seldom found even in England, where
he formerly fourished In this country
real gypsies wcro never numerous and arc
today less so than over before They are
occasionally met with, but tho bands arc
either very small, or are composed of horse
trading scamps and fortune telling STA
KRIS, " who havo not drop of tho Romany
blood in their veins.
In tho old days the gypsy impressed him
self and his personality on tho literature
and tho art of the countries in which he
roamed. 1t was n poor novel that did not
Introduce gypsy fortune teller, and q
poor play that did not bavo at least one
child stolen by gypsies, while tho artists
fairly reveled in studies and sketches Of
gypsy maidens. But the gypsies of today
do not indulge in any child stealing pro-
clivities, although thoy occasionally mako
: q "bluff" Mt telling fortunes. AS for the
children, they usually have enough of their
own not to bother their heads and risk
their liberty by stealing those of other
people.
A band of gypsios which appeared in tho
province of sQucbec the other day actually
tried to sell their own children, arguing
that times were so poor that they were no
longer ablc to provide for tho little ones.
So it can readily be seen that the day of
tho gypsy is past. II Ito ever had any use.
fulnoss, hc has long ago outlived it.
Troy Times.