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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27
VIII Order No New Rifles.

Washington, Nov. 20.-Captain Samson, chief
as far as he knows in the sensational re-
port that the navy will order today 100 900
Lee rifles. The navy ordered 10000 rifles year
ago and these are being delivered, the first
consignment of 500 having reached New York
recently.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27
AN ATTEMPT TO BURN A HOTEL

Travellers Home in Cripple Cree
Fired in Three Places. -.
Cripple Creek, Col, Nov. Alan attenp'
was madeearly today to burn the ira
elers' home, a hotel in old town. Tue.
the fire was of incendiary origin wa
proven by the fact that oil had per
scattered about in at least three differens
parts of the building. The hotel was
not badly damaged, as the flames were
quickly discovered.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27
THE DIETRICH SYNDICATE DEAL
Has Possession of an Ohio Natural
Gas Plant.

Gas Plant.
Lima, Ohio. Nov. 22.-The Dietrich syn
dicare. of which e. C. Benedict. Cleve-
lands close friend, is president, has just
closed a deal by which 1t acquires pos
session of all the property of the Ohio
& Indiana Natural Gas Company. The
purchase includes the plant at Lima,
Dayton, Piqua, Sidney and Wapoconeta,
Ohio, and in many towns in Canada, and
several millions of dollars are involved.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27
New York n0nE S..

rev YORK, Nov 2L-Weeklv bonL 90
20 81 ,oa increase, S5OSi,65 loans. increose
oo'4DO; specie, increase, 81 OeG 5O: ,anoi t
sal ss7 s SSreo ciro oS6Oo deposits Increase
banks now hold 29SO5575 in excess a. re,, Inc
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27

Philadelphia, Nov. 2c.-Joe Patchen. the cele-
brated PAGER, made trial for the state record
today on the half mile track at Holmesburg
driving park and covered the distance in 2:O6st,
breaking the state record of 2:11.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27
Eiftx Armenians to Hang.

London, Nov 22.-The Chronicles Rome
respondent says: News has been received from
Constantinople that so Armenians were
demned to hang on Friday and that great agi-
tation prevails
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27

wilmington DEL, Nov 2O.-A slight earth
quake shock was felt this afternoon about 2
?. M several rocks we're knocked from the
walls cf Grace church and cracks made in sew
eral buildings. Ne III sew
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1896-11-27

A rich discovery of gold has been made heA'
Cape Colony.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-15

have always been our principal m arkets,
although small quantities are sh tipped
to Chicago, Washington, Cincinnati, etc.
New York always receives the bulk Of
the crop, especially during the first of
the season.
Complaints can be heard every year
that the crop is small or prices are low
or that Southern Florida will ship
ahead of us and capture all of the nigh
prices, or that the Northern States will
begin to ship before we are through,
but in the end we generally come out all
right. This year we shall probably
have a heavy yield and low prices, but
that will even things up and leave the
growers fair profit.
Between Monday and Tuesday night
of this week 543 bushels of strawberries
were shipped from Lawtey. If they
average Sc per bushel. fair average,
provided they arrive in market on time,
this will give over SO, DOC as net returns
for part week.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-15
Tobacco Culture:

1VUdCGU Ou1buI0s
Fl. S. Elliott, chief clerk of the bureau
Of information of the agricultural de-
partment, estimates that over ten thou
sand acres have been or will be planted in
tobacco this spring. OF this amount
Gadsden county will plant five thous-
and acres, and the many clubs and as
sociations will plant as many. Gener-
ally speaking this will be the first real
effort Of the farmers of Florida to grow
first grade tobacco. OF the 1000 or
more people who have obtained seeds
from the agricultural department., and
the many others who have secured seed
from the railroads and other sources, a
large percentage have had experience in
tobacco culture in other southern states
that will be of great assistance to them.
The clubs and associations have en-
ployed expert who will look after the
crops and mem bers Of the associations
Those who intend to grow tobacco are
chiefly Intelligent white men, who will
easily learn to handle the tobacco after
receiving instructions from the expert
during the different stages of growth of
the first crop. Men experienced in to.
bacco culture are scattered all over the
State, in many cases being side by side
with those who know nothing of the
business. All these will tend to reduce
tie number of failures. Mr.. Elliott i:
of the opinion that should fifty per cent
succt ed this year tobacco culture will
be placed upon a substantial basis, for
next year the failures should not reach
twenty per cent and should decrease
each year.
Tobacco of all kinds is in the seed
beds. In the southern counties plants
will be set out soon. In the northern
counties plants will not be transferred
to the field until April. The outlook at
the present is that the crop will be three
times greater than it has ever been in
this State. Previous to this spring the
greatest amount Of tobacco planted in
Gadsden county was 1900 acres. This
year the planting will be twice that
quantity. In Columbia county also the
planting will be twice as great as In any
previous year. These are successful
tobacco growing counties; the farmers
know how to handle the crop In all of
its stages, and they expect to reap
profitable crop.
Mr.. Elliott says the farmers should be
particular to save good supply of seed,
particularly of the varieties distributed
by the agricultural department., This
year the seed cost from 81 to So per
pound. Next year the same variety of
seed may cost $40 per pound, and may
be hard to get at that price.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-15
Money in Strawberries.


sonville Citizen under date of April Sd,
writes as follows:
About fourteen years ago M. Knicker-
booker, Of this place, bought a few
Noonan strawberry plants of Judge w.
K. Cessna, of Gainesville. These were
the first plants raised here except few
plants of unknown variety that were
brought here by man from Chicago.
The first berries raised in the State were
grown at Orange Park and Mandarin.
Mr.. Alden and Mr.. Stafford soon Joined
Mr.. Kuickerbocker In his experiment
These gentlemen found that the soil and
climate Of Lawtey were particularly
well adapted to this business, and also
that the berries would carry well to
New York. From this small start the
industry has grown until about 100
bushels have been shipped in one week
in the height of the season.
Until three years ago the Noonan was
tie only plant raised. B. Ii. Alden ex-
experimental for a number of years
with several varieties, but no important
variety was added to the list of plants
available for use here, where we are so
far from the markets that only very
firm berry can be shipped in good order.
A few years ago the growers found that
the old stock was running out, the new
plants being planted from runners grown
from plants that had borne fruit They
then imported the improved Alabama
Noonan from Alabama, and the Lady
Thompson and Cloud. Each variety
hast its advocates, but the Noonan con-
tinues to be the general favorite, with
the Cloud as a close second.
Sever Il new varieties have been i'm
ported this year, and will be tried by
several of our leading growers.
In June and July the land on which
strawberries are to be raised is plowed
into beds ab out eight or ten feet wide.
These are then leveled and laid off into
rows about twenty-five inches apart and
the ants are set in these rows from
eighteen to twenty inches apart. AS
soon as the plants take root they are
fertilized by running drill along the
row and sprinkling the fertilizer in this
drill. This is next covered with hand
pillow.
The object to be attained is large and
thrifty plants so that they will be able
to protect their bloom from the cold the
following spring. To do this the plants
must be cultivated frequently with
hand cultivator, and the weeds must be
hoed off with hand hoe. They should
also be fertilized two or three times, the
last application consisting mostly Of
potash to make the fruit firm and sweet,
and also to give it a rich red color when
ripe.
About the holidays the patch ought
to be hoed and fertllized and then the
mulch applied. The mulch is either
pinestraw or wire grass, generally the
latter. About four large one-horse
wagonloads of wire grass are required
per acre. The mulch is sprlnkled
evenly over the plants and then pulled
through; that is, the mulch is placed
under and close around the plants so as
to keep the fruit off the ground.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1896-04-15


move in to town for the season.
AS fast as the berries are picked they
are carried into packing house to be
sorted. The overripe, deformed, or
bruised berries are thrown away. With
the gmedium-sized berries the quart
baskets are filled, and the large red ones
or "toppers" are placed on top. Some
markets prefer that the toppers should
be loosely placed on top, others that
they should be packed closely with the
reddest part showing. These quart
cups are placed in crates which hold
thirty-two quarts.
Three ways of shipping the fruit to
market are employed-by open express,
by small refrigerator boxes that 90 by
express, and by refrigerator cars.
During the first of the season the
berries are shipped by open express, as
the weather is generally pretty cool so
that they will carry we'll. The express
charges are S1.90 per bushel crate to
New York, and the berries will make
the trip in about sixty hours from the
time that they leave the depot hare
until they arrive in New York. This
year great deael Of complaint has been
heard that the barries have rived from
twelve to twenty-four hours late. The
express companies have claimed that
they have to transfer the berries at Jack
sonville and also at Washington. r. Fl.
Smith accompanied to Jacksonville
Car that was loaded entirely at Lawtey,
and he found that no transfer occurred
there. This car went through on time
and no complaint was heard.
AS the season advances the berries
have to be shipped on ice. Here the
small refrigerators come into play. In 1880
E. Bean of Jacksonville shipped the crop
that was grown at Mandarin and Orange
Park in these boxes. The principle in
volved In these boxes is that cold air
settles. Hence they have always been
built so that the ice was above and at
the sides of the berries in zinc pans, with
pipe leading out for the water to escape.
These boxes have always given good
satisfaction except for the rate, which
is about IL cents per quart.
In the latter part of the season the
crop is so heavy that it cannot be
handled in these boxes. Then the re-
frigerator cars are used. The first cars
used here were some that G. s. Darling
rented of the Florida Central and PENN
sular Railroad. These Mr.. Darling
fitted with an ice compartment extend
ing down the center of the Car. At each
side of this compartment tier of crates
were placed. This Car carried the
berries through in good ORDER to Savan-
nah, where they were transferred into
other refrigerators and carried to New
York. They generally arrived in good
order.
After this the California Fruit Trans
portation Company secured contract
from the Florida Central and Peninsu-
lar Railroad which gave it the exclusive
right to run cars over this line. This
displaced Mr.. Darling's Car. Since then
the American Refrigerator Transit
Company has secured the right to run
it's cars on this road. This yearit already
The Progress., 1896-03-28
CUSTAVE FLAUHERT.
Be Was Prssirr.ot aud Could Not Pm
i,. rife.


jog life,
This nausea at his Immediate SIR
roUnGin&s was always u characteristic
q FlauDcrt Du Camp tells I'D that a.
Cr0is&ct he dreamed Of travel IN the
cast, and in the east he longed pas
&tonatrly for Aomc, says the Fortnight
j. Review. The discomfort he felt with
everything around him was part Of the
desire for spaCiOuSncSS, for freedom,
that was the COnCOmitant Of his maladN.
before he was 20 this nausea at life
had already appeared. 1T is strange, y
he writes to Du Camp in 1916, that
should have been born with so little
faith in happiness. When | was quite
yCu2g | had complete preSentimcnt
Of life. 1t was like an od0r of unpleas
ant cooking escaping by vent hole.
know that it will make one yOmit." In
a letter written when he was less than
IS to Ernest Chevalier We get the same
curious mixture Of irony and disgust
the Gistemper of Rousseau mingled with
She l"ughter OF Rabelais. that we find
in his later life II disscct increasingly,
that amuses me, and when at last have
discovered corruption in what was
thought pure, when | have found gan
creme in some lovely thing, lift up my
head and laugh"
To Nine N-he wrote in 1876: II
have never seen an infant without
thinking that one day he would be an
old man, nor 4 cradle without dream
ing Of tomb. The contemplation Of
a woman gets me musing Of her Skele
ton. It is on this account that joyful
sights make me sad and sad ones
scarcely affect me. When |
had family often wished had it not
in order to be more FREQ, to go and live
in China or among savages. Now that
| no longer have faulty | regret 1t
and I cling to the walls where its
shadow still fingers Even on his
travels Ne carried the same tendency to
melancholy reverie and saw the world
abroad, as he has seen it at Nome, IN
der the same aspects Of irony and
stupidity. "The psychological, human
side is everywhere when one travels.
One falls in with some splendid things,
with existence dove cOloTed, brilliant to
the eye, as diverse as rags and en-
broideries. rich with uncleanncss, with
rents and laccs. And at the bottom
there is always the old immovable and
indcstructible rascality. That is the
base 1t was this ironic disgust at
life that made him collect all the in
stances he could find Of human i'm
bociiity for his dOssicr de la betise
humane. the material out of which
"Pouvard ct Pecuchet' was afterward
constructed.
The Progress., 1896-03-28

The new woman in Ohio finds that
her responsibilities keep pace with hcl
privileges. Some time ago Justice
Brown Of Cleveland decided that wives
are legally responsible for the support
OF their husbands and families, pro-
vidcd the husbands are unable to fur
nish support This is Ohio law, Us
the Justice sees it. His decision Is
based upon an act passed in 1881
Naturally it is attracting much in
tercst and comment. The ease was
that OF tailor who sued Marshall l..
Shay and his wife for So balance due
on a suit OF clothes. Shay once was
in active business aud finally failed in
it. The tailor was refused payment OF
his bill on the ground that Shay was
insolvcnt, His lawyers insisted that
Mrs. Shay, being the owner of prop
crtv, was Liable for her husband
debts. The court held the point well
taken. Many similar suits will I've
brought in Cleveland now. This will
cause the new woman to warn the
tailor who makes her boomers to make
no trousers for her husband on credit.
The Progress., 1896-03-28

The readers Of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there IS at least
one dreaded disease that science has
been able to cure in all It's stages. and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure IS
the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh being
constitutional disease requires a con-
stitutional treatment. Halls Cstarrh
Cure is taken internally acting directly
upon the blood and mucous surfaces OF
the system. thereby destroying the
foundation of the disease and giving the
patient strength by building up the con-
stitution and assisting nature In doing
its work. The proprietors have so much
faith in It's curative powers that they
offer One Hundred Dollars for any case
that it fails TO cure. Send for list OF
testimonials. Address
f. j. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists; 75c,
Halls Family Pills. 25c.
The Progress., 1896-03-28
CODFREY'S TANkARD.
historical Relic Sold Mt iuction In Lon
don Recently.

A curious historical relic was sold by
auction recently in London, says ths
Boston Herald. 1t is the large tankard
OF solid silver presented by King
Charles IT, to Sir Edmund Berry Cod
frey for his valuable services during the
plague and the fire of London, for
which he received the honor Of knight
hood in 1865. The tankard, which is
Of plain silver, has hinged cover and
weighs nearly thirty-siX ounces. It's
front is engraved with the royal arms
and the crest Of the recipient, together
with Inscriptions in Latin and engrav-
ings of scenes connected with the fire,
which are still in excellent preservation.
The engraving Of the pesthouse men
carrying corpses to the dismal plague
pit, and that of the crowded blocks Of
houses surmounted by flames, are very
quaint and curious. Sir Edmund who
was born in 1921, at Sellinge, in Kent,
was a timber merchant possessing
wharves at Dowgate City and at Char
ing Cross. He p.ospered, became JUS
tice of the peace for Westminster and
member OF parliament for Winchilsea.
In history, as no reader of Macaulay
and Green will need to be told, his name
is most famous in connection with his
mysterious murder, which was popu-
larry attributed to the zeal with which
he had devoted himself to unraveling
me Popish plot. His body was found in
a ditch near Primrose hill, face down
ward, and penetrated by his own sword
under circumstances which precluded
the idea of suicide or robbery. The ex-
element caused by this mysterious
event is indicated by the fact that when
the funeral procession left the city with
great pomp and pageant for the burial
ground Of st. Martin Sill the Field, it
was preceded by seventy clergy and fol-
lowed by upward of 1000 persons Of dis
0tinction.
The Progress., 1896-03-28
A Wasted Ten Dollar P(If

A thin plate Of silver has recently
been forwarded to the authorities Of the
redemption department of the treasury
at Washington in the surface Of which
ten dollar certificate had been pressed
in such way that it had become incor-
,porated with the metal. A statement
accompanied it to the effect that a work
man in silversmith's factory had &C.
cidcntally dropped the bill upon the
plate Of silver while the latter was pass
ing through rolling machine. This ex-
PLANTATION being satisfactory, a fresh ten
dollar bill was sent to the loser.
The Progress., 1896-03-28

Be sure You are right and then dc
not hesitate.
The Progress., 1896-03-28
CrOm W ellis NOse.

Oliver Cromwell was, unfortunately,
endowed with very big and painfully
red nose. This circumstance gave rise
to many nicknames. He was called
"the Almighty Nose" "The Nose Of
Old England" "The Copper Nosel
Saint" together with other names more
descriptive than polite.
The Progress., 1896-03-28
HOW ARE YOUR FENCES?
A Very Important Question with ;''rm.
crs ano Others just Now.

A Very Important Question with ;'erm.
ers ano Others just Now.
Probably there is nothing that inter
ests the land owner more at this time
of the year than fencing. They are de-
,sirous OF securing the very best article
they can for the purpose they desire to
use it for and at the cheapest price
going. While this is good business,
price should not take the place OF
quality. In building a smooth wire
fence you do not build it for temporary
use but expect it to last you for years
ard to get this kind Of an article it
requires q certain amount of good ma
terial to make it.
The De Kalb Fence Co., of De Kalb,
H., has the largest and most com
plete line OF smooth wire fencing of any
plant in the country. We desire par
ticularly to call yoW attention to their
goods and write them for a catalogue
which they will nail you free.
No line of goods has grown sorapidly
in demand or gi''en such general salts
faction as thefe ncing manufactured by
this company. Their steel web picket
fence for lawn and yard purposes, their
cabled field and hog fence for farm use,
their cahled poultry, garden and rabbit
fence for it's use, are all they claim for
them.
You will hardly do yourself justice if
you do not thoroughly investigate their
lines before placing your order.
The Progress., 1896-03-28
Almost crazad,
THOUGHT HER CHILD WAS
GOING TO DIE.
From the Journal. Detroit. Mich.

From the Journal. Detroit. Mich
A very grateful mother Is Mrs "A. H.
IIartncss, Of G16 Grandy Avenue, W.
troit. for the wonderful cure WhlHh ne!
daughter has received by the use OIL
Dr. Williams Pink Pills. said MIS-
Hardness: Yes. my daughters life has
been saved by using Pink Pllls. thanhS
to a kind friend who recommended lhcNh
to me.
"Elanchc was sick for over three
years. She had the care or the pest
physicians procurablc. and no expense
or trouble was spared to give her rellei.
She was so thin that she was fairly SKIN
and bones. her digestion was out OF
order and she had the most awful head
aches. We gave UP all hope or her re-
covery. Her long, thin, Hst!ess lace
made me nearly half crazy. and we ana
every thing In our power TO give ner
strength and induce her to take an IN
terest in anything.
zone day friend told me about the
Pink Pills, and Mr.. Hartness went Gown
town and got three boxes. she had
taken about one box. when, 10 my
Amusement. one morning | herd her
playing on the piano. ! could hardly De-
lieve it, for it had been over year
since the piano had been opened.
Soon she began to take short rides
on her bicycle, and soon she went sing
ing around the house, our own happy,
hearty little daughter once more.
She thinks nothing OF spin on her
wheel over to Mt Clemens or Pontiac.
and Is as well as she ever was.
Il had girl living at our house who
The Progress., 1896-03-28

The Missouri ri-~r has not been
closed to navigation uis winter, ana
it is not considered at all likely now
that il will be. The river has only
been closed once in the past four
winters. Fifteen or twenty years ago
the river was invariably closed by lco
in December, and the records OF be-
tween twenty and forty years ago
show that it was never open during
one winter.
The Progress., 1896-03-28
Perfnmed Stove polfah.

Az excellent enamel stove polish is
made OF powdered graphite, which, with
natron soap and glycerin, is mixed into
a stiff paste. A few drops Of oil OF
sassafras are used to slightly perfume
the mixture.
The Progress., 1896-03-28

Do not fotce your neishbor TO bio"
out the lamp Of kindness.
The Progress., 1896-03-28
CRIPPLE CREEK Ell Il: e.:

nNNH For tracing ana 1scatng Gold or Silver
Kt}ttN Ore. lost or hidden treasures III, d. row
hVSS LER, Box 1877. Southington, Conn.
The Progress., 1896-03-28

Quenn Victoria has sixty-seven living
defendants. Some of them do not carr
a living.
The Progress., 1896-03-28

Mean men are very disagreeaole
but we can learn much from them.
The Progress., 1896-03-28

What foolish love letter the other
man writes.
The people's journal. (Pickens, S.C.) 1891-1903, 1896-01-16
From EfPicrS,

Christmas has come and gone,
and sociablos with now and then a
festive gobblor seems to have been
the order of the day. Drunkenness
seems to havo boon under par.
w. J. T.. Haynes, q we'll known
citizon of this community, died on
the 4th inst, of cancer Of the
mouth. lie was over sixty years
OF age and good citizen. Thus
one by ono our old vets embark on
the boat Of Sharon and passeth
into the shades.
A Mr.. Moran, of Mississippi, is
visiting the family of J. T. Kay.
At the tap of Uncle Sam 3 drum
for troops to protect our glorious
principles, Tho Pickons Guards
stand roady to 90. Lieutenant
Carpenter ana Corporal Warren
Jones seom to bo worry anxious to
sally forth and shed British goro
So let 'er roll.
Tho farmers arc in q better con-
dition and bettor spirits than fol
years and have already begun pre-
pairing for another crop. F.