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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
HOW TITUS" WAS WRITTEN.
Mrs. Kingsley Says the Story Came to
Her in a Dream.

Mrs. Kingsley Says the Story Came to
Her in a Dream.
"Of Titus it must be said that it
was the result of the belief of my
mother in me-" says Mrs. Florence
Morse Kingsley, telling in the Ladies'
Home Journal how she came to write
Titus, Comrade of the Cross" "a
favorite uncle wrote to me that such
a book was wanted, and said, Write it,;
you can do it. l did not believe that
l could, but my mother insisted. You
can, it is in you; write the book. 1t
will be a success That year I was
a very busy woman, for l had young
son, and Titus was written with
many Interruptions. l would go off to
write a chapter. be interrupted by a
baby voice, drop my pen, rush down.
stairs to see whether there had been
an accident of any sort, or whether my
little folk were having some special
good time in which they wished me
to join. While writing Titus l forgot
all about the possibility of it's being a
success or failure; only grew to love
the story. And yet it came to me in
an odd way. The hours were so filled
I'D that l seemed to have no time to
think, but l have always been in the
habit of waking early, and when the
sun was just rising those lovely sum-
mer mornings it seemed as though the
story of Titus came to me in a dream
and as if l were compelled to write It,"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The Amos, who inhabit the north
ernmost islands Of the Japan archipel-
ago, are the hairiest people in the
world Amongst them, the hair over
the shoulders and on the back and
limbs is sometimes so thick and long
as to deserve the name of fur. The
australians and the Todas of the Nil
gnerries are distinguished for their
hairyness. In Brazil there is a tribe
called the Cafusos, who possess hair of
a very extraordinary kind. 1t rises
perpendicular from the head in close.
curly masses, and forms a wig of such
enormous dimensions that the posses
sors must stoop low when entering
their huts.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The boom days of 1884 are being re.
peated in New Mexico to-day, so far
as concerns the live stock interests.
Within the past few days a number of
pasture leases have been closed on
land in the southern part of Colfax
county. Mr.. Mccormick, son of the
moving machine and reaper manufac.
turer of Chicago, in company with
other Chicago capitalists, has secured
10000 acres on the Olutton ranch,
south of Cimarron, and will stock the
tract with thousands of cattle. An.
other deal has been completed whereby
a stock man named J. H. Hicks of Arr.
iona has leased 100000 acres in the
Catskill country and will place about
5000 head of cattle thereon. A Mr..
Biglow from Texas has leased also
about $4,000 acres from the old Horse
Shoe Company and will stock it with
cattle. Thus the stock business with
other movements within the past wear
shows great advancement, and in a
short time will assume the enormous
proportions of years ago, when cattle
raising was the most profitable bust.
ness of the southwest.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
WINTER ON THE FRUIT FARM.
Things That Should Be Done During the
Quiet Months.

This period of the year has been
ouite appropriately called "our ground
hog DAVIS" by some, but with me 1t
means thine for preparation" as l
arrange and prepare material for an
other seasons labors so that when the
rush of fruiting season comes l have
many of the small as well as large de-
tails arranged.
This need not apply only to the fruit
Growers. but to the farmer as well.
EVERY farm should be equipped with
work shop, having a small stove there
in to heat it on cold or damp days. A
few of the most common tools of the
various trades should be kept in con-
yenient places so that most any SIM
ple repair upon the farm can be made,
and if ones tastes and ingenuity are
so inclined, some of the finer tools for
doing cabinet work, etc.
1t is not so much the cost of repair
as the time required in going to and
from some distant repair shop, which
is saved by having tools conveniently
at hand for repairing, though the old
saying that "a penny saved is penny
earned" applies also. AS l have a
great variety of tools l am able to
| make many useful articles for the
home, besides preparing material for
another season. l make most of my
crates, berry stands, stepladders, push
carts, etc, which need, but my fruit
packages 1 can buy at a local factory
for about what l would have to pay
for the material in the ''knock-down."
The crates and stands are different
from those in general use, besides are
| oh an6 0n6 hI1t
little heavier than the factory make.
use common lath for sides and bottom
of crate and one-half inch lumber for
ends. 1t takes four and one-half laths,
which, at 10 cents per bunch of fifty,
costs in exact figures 9-1O of a cent,
but allowing for waste, say cent; for
the ends, one-inch lumber ten inches
wide ripped into one-half inch stuff,
will cost about SIG per thousand. The
end pieces are S15xS1h square, so that
board ten feet long will make just
twenty-eight end pieces, which cost
about 1 cent per crate. So that the
whole cost of material for a crate is
not far from 2 cents; and as I cannot
estimate my time worth much during
the winter, do not figure it in.
Each strip of lath is smoothed off
| with a jack-plane, which gives the
crate a neater and cleaner appearance,
and cleanliness is profit in the fruit
business, as 1 have learned by expe-
rience.
For my picking stands I make q
frame 91a inches square of 5-8x11a-inch
strips, with four strips of lath for the
bottom. For handles 1 procure bales
from old pals, or else make them
from No. 8 wire, which are fastened
rigidly to stands. These will hold four
boxes or quarts, and 1 find them as
serviceable as any 1 have seen.-Epi
tomist.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The recent organization of the Amer
lean Dahlia society has served to call
renewed attention to the beautiful flow
err for whose cultivation the society was
formed. Professor Harshberger says
that, botanically speaking, the dahlia ID
an American genus confined to Mexico.
When the Spaniards first visited Mex
leo, they found the dahlia cultivated
in the gardens of the natives. 1t was
first grown in Madrid in 1888, and in
England in 1890. In the early part OF
the present century horticulturists be-
gan to produce the brilliant variations
in form and color of the dahlia which
as Professor Harshberger says, seem
ed almost like new creations" More
new varieties are likely to be pro.
dueed in consequence of the fresh in,
terest In the plant.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

An official roller gin test, conducted
under the direction of the Office of fiber
investigation of the department of agri-
culture at Cuero, Tex, upon Texas
grown Egyptian cotton, has just been
concluded with most successful and
gratifying results. For several years
experiments have been carried on in
Texas from Egyptian seed distributed
by the department with view to the
production in this country of Egyptian
cotton. A serious obstacle to success
has been the need of a proper gin to
separate the seed from the lint, the or
binary gin injuring the cotton to a
ruinous degree, but this has been over
come by special form of gin. The
engineer expert of the Agricultural de-
partment states that the cotton pro-
duced from the Egyptian seed planted
in Texas is stronger than the native
Egyptian, as is indicated by the yield
per hour in ginning. This was 7C
pounds per hour the first day and
rs 9-10 per hour the second day. The
lint from this test will be examined
and further reported upon.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

we're experience that has fallen to her as
the wife of man who has from his
youth been a soldier, fighter and
leader of men. Like most Cuban wo-
men, Mrs. Gacia is eminently domestic,
fond of her home and family, and even
her keen interest in Cuban affairs has
not led her into any active public par
ticipation. She lives quietly in cheer
full uptown street, and devotes herself
to her children, and waits with the
courage Of Spartan for the day when
Cuba shall be free and her husband
and father restored to his family. But
Mrs. Garcia herself knows full we'll the
horrors of war. She was with Gen.
Garcia during the ten years war. She,
with some women relatives of the gen
erals family, the children and trusted
old servants, attempted the plan of
keeping quarters within reaching dis
lance of the general, and yet beyond
the reach of the enemy. Their
house was burned over their heads al
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
MRS. DANIEL MANNING.

Mrs. Daniel Manning of Albany, the
new president general of the National
Society of the Daughters of the Ameri-
can Revolution, is the widow of the
late Daniel Manning, who was the Sec
rotary of the treasury during the first
administration of President Cleveland
She is in every way competent to fill
the high position with which she has
been honored. During her residence in
Washington her fine presence, her
graceful carriage, her graciousness, her
tact and her kindness won for her a
love that was continuous with her &C
Quaintance. She has blue eyes, chest
nut hair and gentle, handsome face
Mrs. Manning was born Mary Margar-
eta Fryer and her ancestors on he1
fathers side were Dutch. On her moth
er's side she goes back to Robert Liv.
ingston, first lord of the manor of Liv-
ingston, to whom was given the origin
al grant. Among her more famous an
cestors are Philip Livingston, who was
the second lord; Colonel Peter r. Liv.
ingston, Governor Rip Van Dam, Abra-
ham de Peyster, Olaf Stevenson Var
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The American is not entranced with
the idea Of soldering. He has been
described as warlike. but not military.
He will fight on occasion, but he never
thinks jof war as condition or occu-
patton or the army as a profession. He
becomes soldier when he deems it a
necessity and quits when he is no
longer needed. The "pomp and cir
cumstance of war; Is not attractive to
Americans, and especially when it is
kept up in time of peace. They are
not unpatriotic nor cowardly nor ham
pered with conscientious scruples.
They simply do not care about bearing
arms till the time comes.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
POLISHING PRECIOUS stones.
Brief Description of q Very Interest
ing Process.

Brief Description of q Very Interest
ing Process.
The first thing necessary in polish
ing a precious stone is to slit 1t; this
Is done by means of a. thin sheet-iron
disk, placed in q horizontal position
and made to revolve by very SIMPLE
machinery, says the Philadelphia
Times. Diamond dust is applied to the
edge OF the disk. and sperm oil is
dropped upon it from a can. If prop
cry managed very small quantity OF
diamond dust will last all day, and not
much of it will be lost In order to
prevent appreciable loss, table with
q raised edge all around it Is provided.
The diamond dust used in polishing
.tones is made from bort, or cheap,
coarse diamonds. After being slit, the
stone Is ground on horizontal wheels
Of lead, brass or iron, and sometimes
of wood. These wheels are called
laps" and the workman who cuts and
polishes stones is lapidary from the
Latin word lapidarius. Lapidaries ac-
quire great facility in shaping and
SIOACS, dAu lIOu 6lfCu pat
tern are able to produce any object re-
quired with great dexterity. Diamond,
emery, agate or corundum powder ia
spread on the laps; gradually the pow
der becomes imbedded in the laps and
the stone yields to them. The stone ia
held either with the fingers or by wax
in the hollow at the end of stock, and
is pressed against the revolving laps
For the last polish the laps are covered
with cloth, leather or hard brushes
The facets, or fiat surfaces which give
brillianey to transparent stones, are
cut by means of horizontal grinding
wheel by the side of which is placed an
upright, club-like piece of wood. Into
this heavy piece of wood, in different
places, rod is stuck, at one end OF
which the stone is fixed with cement
AS the wheel revolves the stone is
pressed against it and facet is cut
to make a new facet the rod holding
the stone is simply stuck in another
hole in the club-like piece of wood and
is thus given a new inclination or an
gle
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

1t is a great physical disadvantage
of the president of the United States
that his home and his Office are in the
same building. Ex-President Harrison
has pointed out how much good 1t
would do the chief executive if he had
to walk to his work every day like
other men. Even if he rode he would
draw breath of fresh air daily. Viewed
from this standpoint of hygiene it is a
barbarity that congress does not have
an office building erected for the presi-
dent some distance from the official
residence.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

Probably the child-wife of Cassius M.
Clay Is greatly shocked at the determ-
ination of the old man to get divorce.
She is perverse and tickle and has dis
graced him in many ways; but that he
should want to get rid of her is an
affront to her self-pride and her un-
conscious ignorance. Perhaps, howev-
or, the old man thinks that his threat
of divorce is the only means to get her
to live with him, for the two are a
pair in all essentials.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
PARTITION MUST COME.
why the Celestial Empire Bids Fair to


February Review of Reviews: The
situation on the Chinese coast that has
followed Germany's seizure of Kiau-
Chou has continued to hold the fore
most place in the attention of the
world. Nobody knows what will hap
pen eventually, but it is not likely that
the great game of Chinese partition is
to begin at once. In due time, how
ever, the Chinese empire bids fair to
go to pieces. We have been accustomd
in times past to think of the Chinese
as several hundred millions of perfectly
homogeneous people AS a matter of
fact, although they belong to the great
yellow division of the human race,
the diversities of type in the different
parts of China are greater than the di-
versities among white men of Europe,
and there is less connection and by far
less sympathy among them than among
the discordant population elements
that make up the present day conglom-
crate that we know as the Austro- Hun
garian empire There is an immense
range of dialects in China, and it often
happens that the people of one neigh
borhood cannot talk with those who
live in another four or five miles away
There is no such thing in China as a
pervasive national feeling or an inn
perial patriotism. The various pro-
vincial governments are not under firm
control by the central government, and
such military and naval forces as exist
are provincial rather than imperial
The Chinese of different provinces and
sections hate each other worse than
they hate the foreigners of other races
When the moment arrives for a par
tition of China upon plan that would
not injure European peace, the thing
can be carried out as easily as was the
German landing and conquest at Kiao.
Chou
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
The Eruption of a Volcano in Java.
MRS. MANNING.

A private dispatch from Java states
that a serious eruption occurred of the
volcano Lamongang in the district of
the Probolingo residency. westward
from the Jang mountains. The erup-
ton was causing great damage to the
plantations. and 400 acres of the gov
eminent estates had been destroyed. A
panic has seized the population. The
amount of personal losses sustained
has not been reported. Lamongang is
1850 meters high, and has been an
active volcano since 1859, although nc
serious eruption has been recorded
hitherto.-St. James Gazette.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

Female rabbits breed every six
weeks or the year. excepting the
months of October, November and De-
cember. They drop from five to sew.
en- IN each litter, so the willing of from
1000 to 1000 jackrabbits each wear in
the neighborhood of Lamar does not
by any means rid the vicinity of the
pest, for the following year they are as
plentiful as ever. Five jackrabbits
VIII consume as much food as one
sheep, so it is no wonder that the farm.
ers want to get rid of the rabbits.
The quail is good friend the farm.
er, ana when Henry Lee sent to Cali.
fornia twenty-odd years ago for a GOV.
ey of the quail to be turned loose al
his farm on Wheat Ridge, near Den.
yer, he did wise thing. Last sum-
mer quail that had miscalculated its
course and killed itself by flying
against house and was picked up,
and its distended crop examined. Ii
was found to contain 101 potato bugs,
which the bird had taken for its morn,
ing meal. Perhaps no other bird that
trequents the farm pays a higher price
Tor the grain it consumes than the
quail. Living above the hedge rows,
groves and ravines, where insect enc
mes gather and Turk during greater
part OF the year, the quail not only
selzes large numbers of these enemies
daily during the summer months,
when they are abroad in the land, but
all winter through it scratches among
the fallen leaves and other rubbish for
nibernating insects of various kinds.
Beng timid creature the quail sci.
dom leaves cover to feed in open
helds' and, therefore, does little actual
harm in the way of destroying grain.
In fact, only the stray kernels that
would otherwise lie lost are taken. No
farmer should ki)l single quail; nor
should he allow them to be hunted on
his premises.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

Foreign dispatches state that the ref
erendum vote in Switzerland has re-
suited in popular approval of the pro-
posed state purchase of the railroads
of Switzerland at cost of about a
billion francs ($2OO, OO0,OOO. The vote
was 1884, LAG in favor to 177.13O against.
The bill thus Endorsed was passed by
the National Council by a vote of SO
to 2s. According to recent official re-
turns there are 1904 miles of railroad
open, for traffic in Switzerland on the
i've principal lines. The government
is projecting loan for the purchase.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
!: Farm Department.

q heavy limb, saw little on the I'M
dor side first, SO that the weight of the
Iimh as it falls will not split or peel
The bark. 1t is necessary to paint the
wounds made by pruning with white
lead and linseed oil, to which may be
added a little lampblack, if desired, to
give a darker effect"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
Fish wintering in Mud.

The superintendent of the Missouri
State Fish Hatchery was recently sur
prised. on draining of a pond contain
ing bass, to find very few fish in it.
At first theft was suspected, but closer
investigation revealed the missing fish
in condition of Information, or win
ter sleep, in the mud covering the bot
tom of the pond.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The daring that marks the true ex-
plorer is described impressively when
it is said of woman famous for her
travels that she never hesitated to go
even where it was not safe to take a
husband.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

People cry out, This is an unheroic
age!" and while they are yet speaking
some act of splendid daring, like that
of the Boston firemen who lately died
in the defense of property, puts them to
silence.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
THE WIFE OF GARCIA.
ONE OF ooTHAM's MOST POPU-
LAR WOMEN.
Home Life of the Great Cuban Leaders
spouse-An Her Hopes Are Conferred
In the Success of the New Republic of
Cuba.

o woman in the
Cuban colony in
New York is better
known and loved
than Mrs. Cslixto
Garcia, wife Of the
dauntless G u b a n
leader. Tall and of
commanding pres
ence, her fine, ex-
pressive face shows
traces of the Sc
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The bulldog is pet of many society
ladies of Washington, but we don't be-
lieve that accounts for the several sui
cides by ladies which have recently oc-
Cured there.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13
An Easy Method.

Bilson-That new cook of yours is a
very handsome woman, isn't she?
Jilsen-You bet she is. Why, all she
has to do is to smile at the potatoes
and they are mashed.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The Siamese make coins out Of
porcelain. One ought not to find 1t
difficult to break ten dollar piece
in that country.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

General Weyler is quoted as denying
that he had any mine laid in Havana
harbor. But the people will believe the
report of the torpedo in this case.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The prison doors have shut on Ac-
tor Radcliffe. In the language of the
scene shutters, he has been "closed in"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-05-13

The water in Havana harbor is so
bad that the people are led to suspect
It comes from the Chicago river.
The Lafayette gazette. [volume] (Lafayette, La.) 1893-1921, 1898-05-21
ABOUT CHILDREN

IN very interesting article in the
sunday Picayune on 1.-The New Ar.
titude Towards Children" ..Doro.
tina Dix" says:
10 every thinking person it is
painfully apparent that we take an
entirely different attitude towards
children now from that occupied bv
people in the past. There didn,t
seem to be any particular difficulty.
or furry, in raising children in the
days when most of US were BROUGHT
up. 1t was perfectly plain and
simple proposition, without anv
sterillzed milk or sterilized pbi)o.
sophizing about it. We were
dressed simply, reared plainly.
spanked when we were bad, kissed
when we reformed, taught obedience
10 our parents, respect for our
elders and had the fact forcib,v
impressed on our youthful under
standing that children were to be
seen and not heard.
How is 1t to-day? Children's
parties are only degree less elabo-
rate than their elders and the H+,1e
guests are keen critics Of the price
81 decorations. BY the time lit
lie girl has learned to talk she is
competent to discourse on fashion,