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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
WERE CAUGHT IN RAPIDS
PARTIES LOSE THEIR OUTFITS
Half a Dozen KlOndikers Drowned
in the White Horse Rapids-
PrOspectors In the HOOtalinqua
Country.

Victoria, B. c., Dec. l0.-Five or six,
and perhaps seven, lives have been lost
in the White Horse rapids, Lewis river,
during the last two months, according
to John Hepburn, who has just arrived
from there. A boat built for four or six
men was found below the rapids one
morning, but there was no trace OF the
OCCUPANTS. They must have all been
drowned. Other parties lost their outfits
but managed to save their lives. There
is now little open water between the rap
ids and lakes, most of it being frozen
over.
At White Horse rapids there are about
80 people and there are 80 at the foot Of
March lake. There are at least loO more
hollow White Horse and many Others
have gone into the Hootalinqua country
TO prospect during the winter. Hepburn
had heard of no strikes being made Oh
the Hootalinqua or tributaries, put
man named Davis washed $1,000 from tn
r;ver bars last summer. Hepburn be
l;oves that rich strikes will be made Oh
the Hootalinqua this winter. -,
AT Tagish house the weather was pi'
terly cold, the thermometer registering =
doorees below. People were met maxim
their way down all along the route I
tho head of Lake Bennett. Among IN
cold seekers was woman who was pun
;ng her sled all alone, and she was mah
lake Bennett was still open 10 mii'
from the foot on November rs ana I'll
mercury stood at "a below.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
THE F|FIY-F|FTH CONGRESS
CROWDS IN THE CORRIDOR,
Both branches Called to order-sev-
enty-Five Senator'S Responded to
the Roll CaI,-3lO Member. In the
House.

Wednesdays session of the senate &C.
cupled less than an hour, the time prin-
eipally being consumed by the members
IN the presentation memorials, resolu-
tons and bills. A resolution presented
by Senator Allen of Nebraska, declaring
1t to be the sense of the senate that the
United States should recognize the politi-
cal independence of Cuba, was made the
subject of some remarks by the Nebraska
senator, in the course of which he criti-
eised the president for not carrying into
effect the pledge of republican party in
its last national platform, to recognize the
Independence of the Cubans. The session
of the house lasted only Is minutes. Mr..
Stone (rep.) reported the pension appro-
priation bill as the first Of the appropria-
ton bills.
Attack ON Pensions.
The house Thursday entered upon the
consideration Of the pension appropriation
bill. Several of the southern democrats
offered criticisms of various classes of
pensioners, and Private John Allen of
Mississippi, who led the assault in a
speech replete with his characteristic hui
NOR, presented series of amendments de-
signed, as he said, to correct some of the
glaring evils. They prohibit the granting
of pensions to widows whose applications
were not filed during their widowhood,
and the granting of pensions to widows
whose applications were based on mar
riages contracted after the passage of this
act and to permanently insane or idiotic
minors who had reached their majority
The northern democrats, however, view
with the republicans in their professions
of friendship for the soldiers, and one Of
them (Mr. Morton of Ohio) declared that
the republicans could not make the bill
too large for him. 1t was admitted OF
both sides of the house during the discus
sion that the $l40,OOO,OO0 carried by thu
bill for pensions would not cover the ex
penditures, but as congress would be IL
session, Mr. Cannon said it would be easy
to make good any deficiency that nigh
occur. No important measures were con
sidered by the senate.
Pension Bills Passed.
The house Friday passed the pension
appropriation bill without amendmen
and adjourned until Monday. The amend
ments offered by democrats to correct al
legged existing abuses were all ruled on
on the point of order that they were neN
legislation. As passed, the bill carrie
Sal .263. 800. The debate covered wild
range. 1t touched not only the questio
of our pension policy, but that OF civ
service reform and the receipts and eN
penditures of the treasury under tn
Dingley law On the latter question Nj
Dingley made an important statement
which he expressed the opinion that I'll
receipts would equal the expenditures b
fore the close of the present fiscal yes
and predicted surplus of $lO,OOO,Ot
next year. The civil service law was sa
agely attacked by several members, no
ably by Mr.. Brown trep.) of Ohio, al
Mr.. Linney (rep.J of North Carolina, al
was warmly defended by Mr.. Johnst
(rep,) of Indiana.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The largest stone bridge is at Lagang'
China. 1t crosses an arm of the emma
sea, is nearly six miles in length, is COM
posed entirely of stone. and has 'oo
arches, each 20 feet high. The largest
truss iron bridge in the world crosses the
Firth of Tay, in Scotland. 1t is ls,6iz iee'
IN length and composed of 50 spans. Inc
largest wooden bridge in the world Is
that crossing Lake Pontchartrain. neal
New Orleans. 1t is a trestlework II mie'
IN length, built of cypress piles, whiei
have been saturated with creosote oil t
Preserve them. The highest bridge IN tn
United States is over Kinzina creek, nea
bradford, Pa. 1t was built in 1882, ma
total span of 205l feet and is 3ol Zee
ABOVE the creek bed.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
NO DrFFERENcE.

Physical troubles of like nature COM
ing from different causes are often puz-
zle to those who suffer pain as to their
treatment and cure, as in the case OF ium-
bago from cold or a strain in some way
to the same muscles. The treatment OK
such need not differ one with the other.
Both are bad enough, and should have
prompt attention, as nothing disahles so
much as lame back. The Use OF 81.
Jacobs Oil will settle the question. It's
efficacy is SO sure in either case there y
no difference In the treatment and no
doubt of the cure.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The Mississippi river, from the source
u the Missouri to the Eads jetties, is the
longest river in the world. 1t is 43oo
miles in length, and drains an area oil -
$4,000 square miles The Amazon IS the
widest river in the world, and, including
me Benz, is 1000 miles in length, and
eralns 2,S30,OO0 square miles of territory
New Orleans has the largest custom
/ Aonse{n the world. 1t was begun in lS4s
and fhished in 1878. 1t is built Of
Vuiney granite, the interior being mn
Sned in finest marble. 1t has Ill rooms
estimated cost, $4.9OO.OO0.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

Louisville, KY, Dec. l2.-Billy Lake
land, the celebrated trainer, yesterday
morning closed deal for Hamburg, John
L. Madden's great two-year-old colt, who
will in the future carry the colors of w.
T. Powers, wealthy New Yorker. II Is
understood the purchase price was $780,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
TO educate Deaf children.

Washington, Dec l3.-The house COM
mittee on education has reported favorab-
ly the bill to aid in the establishment OF
homes in states and territories for teach
ing articulate speech and vocal language
to deaf children before they are of school
ire
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
A surprise Party.

whats Mrs. Breezely In such stew
aboutr
"she asked the pleasure of Lieut..
Sticks company to tea, and he appeared
on the scene with forty Of his mem
Detroit Free Press.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
W. Chances.

THE usual odds laid by an ac sn no,
Tue u are 1000 to that you do mol
a. from an accident in year.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
Gentle Hint.

Mrs. Citybred-Mercy! You don't
mean to say you stay here all winter1
7 should think you'd die.
Mrs. Countrycousin-oh. 1t isn't SO
had. We are not at all troubled by
v,s,tors from town.-Boston Transcript
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The largest inland sea is the Caspian,
between Europe and Asia, being 700 miles
long and 270 mide.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

II has been proven by actual test that
a;ngle towboat can transport at one
~ from the Ohio to New Orleans 2s,ooo
,r 81 coal loaded in barges. Estimating
in this way, the boat and its tow, worke =
Nv few men, carries as much freight eng IT., .
~ destination as 5000 cars and ivo ioeo
,oS manned by GOO men, could trans
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

San Francisco reports that carload of
tautog and egg bearing Holsters has ar
rived from Massachusetts and been de-
posited near the Farallon islands.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The largest park in the United States
is Paramount, at Philadelphia. It con-
tains 2740 acres.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

Some people go without what they
want In order to get something they
don't want.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

I believe my prompt use of Piso's Cure
prevented quick consumption-Mrs:L LII
" Wallace, Marquett, Kans.. Dec. IL. 's5.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
Try Seedlings Best tea and baking powder
Exnort. and imports Of Specie.

New York, Dec II. = The exports of
specie from the port of New York for the
past week amount to S2l ,305 in gold and
$S0s,O29 in silver. The imports We're:
Gold 1926, silver $64,352.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The largest university is Oxford, in
England. 1t consists of II colleges and
five halls.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
=. waIIs of Japan.

Native and foreign investors no" r Hs
Nau the oil wells of JapaH ans
sa,S "a Considered promising
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

Magdeburg, Dec. lathe report of the
statistical association on the sugar crop
of 1898 gives Germany l,S05,0O0 tons,
Austro- Hungary $4,000 tons, and France
| 10000 tons.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17
Europe,. sugar Crop for 1905

nAnu for tracing and locating Gold or Silver
KILN Ore. lost or buried treasures M. ID.
AVOb FOWLER. Box 1857. Southngton, Conn.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

Fine clothes do not make the woman.
hut they sometimes break the husband.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

.KinS soiomon's Treasure" only Aphrodisisral
weeks treatment. Mason Chemical Co. p. o. Boz
f47, Philadelphia. Pa
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The largest passenger steamship ,o nl
commission is the City Oh rari'' i'
tons displacement
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1897-12-17

The use Of mourning envelopes does
NOT render a person liable to arrest for
blackmail.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-13
Opportunities in the Telegraph
Service.

Few people realize the growth of the
telegraph service in the last twenty years
or So or that the growth still continues
and that the service is attracting more at
tention every year from young men and
women who are debating the choice OF a
vocation. In 1875 the number of offices
in the Western Union service was 6, 800.
Now there are nearly $4,000. In addi-
ton to these the Postal Telegraph Co. has
5000 Offices The receipts of the West
ern Union Telegraph Co. are nearly S23,
900, 900 every year.
In the Western Union office on Broad
way, New York, 1900 wires enter the
operating room and 200 operators are
employed in that building alone. There
are probably ?, 500 commercial operators
at work in Chicago in the main offices OF
the Western Union and the Postal
Others are distributed among the branch
offices in the city and others, to the num-
Der of several hundred, are employed by
mercantile firms. The railroads within
Chicago city limits employ l, 600 more,
making total of more than $500 tele-
graph operators employed in the city of
Chicago alone.
The salaries paid range from SO pei
month for beginners to $125 for press
operators. All over the United States the
service and the number of employees are in
proportion to the size of the place. There
are over 81, 900 women in this country
who earn their living as telegraph opera
tors.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-13
Typhoid Epidemic at Maidstone.


Mr. Harold Frederic. the London,
England, representative of the New York
Times, says THE very striking repro
duction of the medieval plague-stricken
conditions at Maidstone is attracting con-
siderable attention. In this pleasant Kent
ish shire town of 30, 900 souls there is
raging an epidemic of typhoid fever.
Already 1900 cases have been reported,
and there is an increasingly severe proper
ton of deaths 1t is striking down the
well to-do people in larger proportion than
the very poor The shops are closed, the
church bells silenced, and nobody ventures
on the streets, except participants in the
funeral professions, the volunteer nurses
and the night watchers. Usually at this
time of the year Maidstone is the busiest
English centre of the hop trade, but now
the whole country side is avoiding it as it
would pesthouse. The contagion has
been definitely traced to that portion of the
water supply coming from the fields where
a squalid host of hop pickers from the Lon
don slums encamped month ago. Last
year, after personal inspection of the
Kentish hop district, wrote of the hor-
rible conditions under which this swarm of
imported pickers was lodged, fed and
worked 1t seemed to me to be the worst
abuse to be found anywhere in England,
and found that others had striven hard
to reform the conditions in the past. But
the Kentish hop growers laughed at them
as setimentalists, and continued to house
their pickers ike hogs Now that Maid
stone is reaping the whirlwind in grim
earnest it is probable that something may
he done
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-13
SHOES AND gloves.
The Largest Steamship Afoat.

The new North German Lloyds' steamer
Wilhelm der Crosse, which is the biggest
steamer ahoat and with the exception of the
Great Eastern, the biggest steamer ever
constructed, passed in at Sandy Hook, New
Jersey, on the night of Sept. 20. She broke
the record for the western passage from
Southampton which was held by the St.
Paul by twenty -six minutes Her makers
claim that she will prove the fastest steam
err aAoat as well as the largest.
This monarch of the seas is 64S feet
long, &c feet beam, 43 feet depth, has a
carrying capacity of II, 900 tons and a
displacement of $1,000 She has two
triple expansion engines, each working on
four cranks, with four steam cylinders of
the following dimensions High pressure,
so inches; intermediate, 898 inches; two
low pressure, 961 inches each. The pro-
pellers ae three bladed, p feet b inches
in diameter, with pitch of 32 feet 10
inches. They are built Of bronze, and
each weighs 26 tons. Bilge keels, at
tached to the hull on both sides Of the YES
sci, are expected to reduce the rolling mo-
ton of the vessel to minimum.
A departure from old models is made in
the arrangement for first cabin passengers,
their rooms being nearly all placed upon
the upper and the promenade decks. The
dining room is situated amidships on the
main deck, takes up the full width Of the
ship and seats $50 persons. There are
also four smaller dining rooms. Four
cabins de luxe have sitting room, bed
room. fitted with brass beds, and bath
room. The crew numbers $50.
She can accommodate 400 first class
passengers, $40 second class and 500
steerage. She is only forty eight feet
shorter than the Great Eastern was. Her
draught is four feet less and her gross ton
mage $500 less. Her horsepower, how
ever, is over $1,000 more. The White
Star Line is building a steamer which will
be longer than the Great Eastern.
The time of the trip was days, p
hours and Is minutes. The st. Paul s
best time was days and 81 minutes.
The fastest single day s run ever made
by an ocean liner before was made by the
Iucania, which ran 562 knots in one day
The new German vessel beats this record,
making in one day 564 knots.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-13
who Are the Happy 2


Millions of people are happy and don t
know it.
A majority of civilized mankind regu-
larry have nourishing, palatable food, at
least moderately good health, and safe,
comfortable shelter and facilities for taking
a bath. They have, besides, books and
periodicals to read, churches, theaters and
lectures to attend and now and then so
cial function that suits their taste, whether
it be church oyster supper or giddy
dance
Startling misfortunes, dreadful acci-
dents, irreparable losses or long and terri
bic illnesses do not often happen to the
individual. They may at long intervals,
but even here nature is so kindly and low
ing that she provides for the gradual
wearing away of even the most terrible
grief, the recovering from even overwhelm-
ing loss, if the person has pluck enough
to take the strings into his hands again.
What. then. is there for the average
person to be unhappy over? Nothing,
absolutely. The misery, the foolish hank
erings. the dumps and the blues we make
for ourselves, out of our own imagination.
II We had lots o troubles, lots o trou
bles, said he old farmer on his death
bed 'and most o EN- never happened
The person who has good health and Il
comfortable home Is therefore very happy
man He has no right to be otherwise
He may aspire and should aspire always
to higher and better things, or whatever
he thinks are higher and better things
But to sit down and fret and whine and
grow bilious because we have not already
what we want is not aspiring; it Is going
down into swamps. What we want we
have faculties within us for gaining. The
pleasant, healthy pursuit of rightful aim
or object or ambition is in itself happi-
ness. The race has progressed from bar
barism to civilization so far as it is yet
civilized-that is, by striving after devel-
ment and possessions it had not 1t will
still 90 on becoming finer and higher
through all eternity, obtaining new intel
lectual and other possessions for itself
Whatever right thing you want, 90 to
work and get it and be happy while you
are striving for it as well as after you
have it.
There is positive happiness in every
moment of life ordinarily a happiness
man in his ingratitude thinks little Of
1t is time we walked to the knowledge Of
it Who are the happy? Everybody is
hapDy.
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gDetrp
THE ANNUAL COMPLAINT.
pittsburg acknowledgements.

Again heres sound of scrubbing.
Again the floors are bare,
And soap and whitewash odors
Are floating through the air.
There's, trouble in the kitchen,
Confusion in the hall,
For women are housecleaning-
They do it every fall.
A chunk Of soap and bucket
are lurking on the stairs
And woe to weary hubby
Who's taken unawares
There's paint in rash profusion.
But it is never seen
Untn the clothes are showing
Big stains Of brown or green.
Tacks here and there are scattered.
And words we can't repeat
Are heard when they are sticking
In some poor victims feet.
The furniture is shifted
To unaccustomed place.
And IN the dusk ii bruises
The unsuspeeting face.
ON elotheslines heavy carpets
In dusty silence hang
Put there for worried hubby
To pull and turn and bang.
In vain he makes excuses.
Complains Of pain in head.
For they must all be busted
Before he goes to bed.
There's little time FOR cooking.
Aud hungry wights must wait,
In spite of all their protests
Against a meal so late.
And should we ask the reason
ofanger 'mong the men,
We get this explanation
They're cleaning house again p
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-13
I week days only.
! To land Baltimore Passengers only.
Sunday Trnfns


On Sunday trains VIII leave Hien Station at $50
a. IN. and 2.S5 p m Westminster H." Il. IN. All D..
m arriving at Union Bridge at 1l.45 a. and 4.50
p m. Leave Bruceville CASA. III. an Union Bridge
at csc m. and 405 p. m, Westminster 732 a. IN.
and 4.S4 p. m arriving at Hllen Station at $40
m and 615 p. IN.
Frederick Division Pennsylvania r. R. DAILY ex-
cept Sunday. )-TTains for Frederick leave Bruce
vile at 1888, 935 and 1040 a. In and 5.SS and 63J
p. m. Trains for Taneytown, Littlestown and
Columbia leave Bruceville at 9.47 u. m. and 3.45
D. m.
Through trains for Hanover and Gettysburg and
points on Baltimore and Harrisburg Division leave
Baltimore, daily, except Sunday, at 7.22 a and
$50 p. m Through cars for Gettysburg and inter-
mediate points leave Baltimore also daily, exeePt
Sunday, ut l0.I a.
Passengers for and from Cherry Run. Williams
port, z. v and intermediate points, from and for
stations east of HagerstSyn change at Hagerstown.
Emmitsburg X. Il. Trains East will leave EN-
mitsburg daily except Sundays at $50 and 1000
m. and 255 and 45O p. m, arriving at Rocky Ridge
at $50 and 1880 a. m. and 3.25 and go p. m
Trains west viii leave Rocky Ridge, daily, except
Sundays at S.26 and 1910 m and 3.3l and ga p.
m, arriving at Emmitsburg $50 and lilo a. M and
4.0l and 7.0l =. m.
Orders for baggage calls can be left at Ticket
Office, No POS East Baltimore street Baltimore.
j. NJ HOOD, General Manager.
oct9 b. II. GRIswoLD, Gen1. Passenger Agent.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-13
TO CREDITORS.

This is to give notice that the subscriber
has obtained from the Orphans Court of
Carroll county, in Maryland, letters of ad-
ministration on the Personal Estate of
ANTHONY S. DILLER,
late of Hudson county, New JERSEY, deceased.
All persons having claims against the deceased
are hereby warned to exhibit the same, with
the vouchers thereof legally authenticated, to
the subscriber, on or before the 23d day of
May, 1898; they may otherwise by law be ex-
cluded from all benefit of said estate.
Given under my hand this 10Th day OF
October, 1897.
JOHN MILTON REIFSNIDER,
oot23 At Administrator Will Annexed.
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-13

William G. Timms, of Kent Island,
Md, by using teaspoonful of turpentine
in half pint of new milk saved his hogs
from cholera, even after several had died
from the disease. He drenched them
once day for three days
The Democratic advocate. [volume] (Westminster, Md.) 1865-1972, 1897-11-13

The total length of the world tele-
graph system has now reached 4, 90S, 921
miles, exclusive of 1870, 40 miles of sub
marine cables. OF this Europe has l, :
764, 100 miles; Asia, BOG miles;
Africa, 80, 400 miles; Australia, 217, 479
miles, and America. 2,516, 54S miles