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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

Some reformere at washington have
brought up the question of the aesira-
bility of changing the metals out of
which the minor coins Of the United
States are made. After some consider
alton OF the matter the house eomsaat-
tee on coinage, weights and measures
has reported favorably resolution au-
thorizing the secretary of the treasury
to make experiments to determine the
best materials for minor coinage and to
submit new designs for coins to con-
gress. AS the result OF it's deliberations
upon the subject, the committee has
reached the conclusion that the copper
cent Is undesirable because 1t becomes
dingy and dirty and by eorrosion pol
sonous. and that the five-cent nickel,
three-quarters copper, should be dis
placed because it ia too soft.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05
Uniformity in Dairy Products.

Any inhabitant of city knows that
price he pays for his dairy butter and
the price he pays for his creamery but
ter. This is so although he knows
that in many cases the dairy butter is
found to be of better quality, although
the creamery butter will average high
er than the dairy butter. He may ask
the retail merchant the reason that
creamery butter sells at higher price
than dairy butter. He receives for an
swer that the creamery butter is of
a uniform quality and the dairy butter
is not In other words, uniformity
has market value, and in the case of
butter it sometimes amounts to five
and ten cents per pound.
Dairymen should give this question
of uniformity due attention. Every
farmer that makes butter and every
factoryman that makes cheese should
progress toward uniformity of prod
ucts. Lack of this has greatly damaged
our markets both at home and abroad.
Not only so, but the public taste is
largely thing of creation, and it can
not be fixed in one direction if 1t is
continually being given all sorts and
conditions of products. How often
have we been cited to the corner
grocer that buys all the butter that
comes his way rather than offend his
customers! We are told that much
of this is so lacking in uniformity in
color, sailing, flavor and keeping quail
tiles that he simply throws it into a
barrel and sells 1t to some creamery,
man at very low figure to work I'D
into "ladle goods" where it will have
at least some sort of uniformity. OF
course much of this butter had really
a good flavor. was made out of clean
cream, SKINNED from pure milk. But
1t was unstable for the reason that 1t
was wrongly colored, wrongly salted.
and worked too much or too little.
What is the great cause of this lack
of uniformity? Primarily it is the
lack Of rules in making the butter.
Everything is chance. The butter
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

One SANDER directed against mis-
sionaries represents them 40 men of
an inferior grade who would make a
failure at home What a fine reply
to the insinuation is furnished by the
life OF a young English missionary
lately murdered In Africa! He gradu-
ated at Cambridge University with q
first-class in the classical tripos. with
in three months after beginning his
missionary work he had prepared q
handbook and vocabulary OF the Ian
guage with which he had for the first
time come in contact. The Bible,
hymns, a devotional book, and other
uplifting English, have been opened to
the natives through his labors. Now,
only ten years out of college, he has
finished his LIES task. Measure the
worth and the far-reaching results OF
such a career, by any standard, and
the conclusion can be reasonably Ques-
toned that declares such a life short,
or q failure.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

A Wyoming stock raiser, dissatisfied
with his surroundings and In haste to
be rich, recently sold his land and
started fer the Klondike. A few
months later French mineralogist
discovered near the despised ranch a
mine Of cobalt, rare and valuable
metal; The whole district promises to
become a new center of wealth. II
was upon land sold to enable the for
mer owner to start for the gold mines
Of California, that the great oil wells
of Pennsylvania were afterward found;
and both these incidents accentuate the
fact that we are continually within
reach of important discoveries and
great opportunities, missing them by a
hairs breadth OF impatienoe, failure
to observe or lack Of preparation.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

Scraping the lining Of chimney to
set gold and silver is form of min
ing which the books do not recognize,
but 1t may be profitable under certain
conditions. The chimney of the assay
once In Wall street, New York, is
nearly two hundred feet high. A new
lining of fire brick has been put in It.
VIE Old lining, over forty years old,
yielded almost fifteen hundred dollars.
There Were fifty-two ounces of gold
aAd eight hundred and sixty ounces
OF silver in the scrapings. Smoke which
has q market value through the de-
posts of precious metal 1t makes ought
TO be treated with great respect.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

To the Farmers Review:-Much
has been written in regard to the
soil best adapted to growing pota-
toes. And most writers start off by
saying that sandy loan will pro-
duce tubers of better quality than
any other SOIL" There is more of error
than truth in this idea. In fact, it is
true only in this respect: That sand or
sandy loan soils, on an average, will
produce better potatoes than heavy
soils. The reason for this, however,
is not that the sandy soils are any
better adapted to produce potatoes of
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

u may be, as the Spaniard, who
wants to fight him says, that Sena-
eor Mason would not resent slap In
the face. but we don't believe he would
turn the other cheek. There are de-
srees Of courtesy to which a proud
and sensitive nature cannot submit
witnout a feeling of extreme regret
and humiliation. But there is a way
TO md out. Has it occurred to the
Spaniard that he might come north
and make the experiment?
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

Inc Russian government has decided
70 adopt the metric system. The Unit
ed States and the British empire will
thus soon be the only important coua-
tries which have not adopted the deci-
NAL system Of weights and measures.
AN imperial commission has also been
appointed at st. Petersburg to con-
slider the best means OF abandoning the
Russian calendar in favor of that which
prevails in other parts of the civilized
world.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05
Feeding Bantmas.

The feeding of bantam chicks is a
vexed question, writes VIM. Y. Fox in
Poultry Herald. One very successful
bantam breeder wrote me, last spring,
that he always fed crackers and milk,
exclusively, for the first month, and
then gradually put them onto grain.
He said he had just read an article by
me in which l condemned wet food and
he must differ with me, as he rarely
lost chicken by his method and could
do nothing at all with dry feeding.
Nevertheless, have tried all ways and
much prefer the dry method. The best
success I ever had was when l raised
only few and fed as follows: I fed
hve times day, some one of the fol-
lowing things, all they would clean up,
trying to give as much of variety as
possible: Pin head oatmeal, cracked
wheat, millet, bread or cracker crumbs,
corn bread or breakfast gems crumbs,
cooked potatoes, minced meat or meat
and vegetable hash; everything dry.
l had clean water and sharp, fine
gravel before them all the time and
after the first week they had a grass
run, so they got plenty of green food.
After they were four or five weeks old
l gave whole wheat in place of the finer
grains and did not feed so often. Do
not make the mistake Of trying to keep
your chickens small by starving them.
Until they are fully feathered, clear
onto the tops of their heads, feed as If
you wanted to make roasters of them.
Otherwise, lots of them will die, while
feathering. After this time, you may
be little less liberal, but it is much
better to keep the growing chickens
rather plump at all times. The proper
way to keep down the size is to breed
from the smallest, every year, and not
begin to hatch too early.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

II any Christian American has heart
to learn more Of the causes which cry
out from stricken Cuba for the ever
lasting Punishment of all Spanish au-
thority from this hemisphere let him
read the reports of our consuls, sub
mittsd to congress without word yes
tsrday. Here, written in words that
render the speeches of Senators Proc
tor, Gallinger, Money and Thurston
feeble and colorless, he will find the
tale OF Spanish infamy and impotence
told In horrible detail that admits Of
no question and awakes horror and de-
testation OF the race responsible for it.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05
There's one thing good to be said
q the battleship Texas. She has al
vays been able to rise to the occasion.

Members Of the Salvation Army win
rejoice to know that there are quite
e number Of converted vessels IN the
United States navy.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

TIE editor of the Voice. prohibitisn
paper, is as tickled as the daily news
paper that has beat on It's besotted
contemporary across the way. He
fnds that Cornell is nearly as intemp-
crate as Yale
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

MISS Hellpopper wants q court In
Oklahoma to change her name. II she
Is that Kind Of pepper there euSht to
Dc an easter way than that.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

The graduating class of the Pitts
ourg college Of Pharmacy consisted OF
thirteen Pharmacists and one pharma-
stster.-Pittsburg Chrenicle.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

Roller and Harrow.-Science tells US
that minute bacteria, called "soil fer
ments," are what cause vegetable mat
ter in the soil to rot or decay, and
these ferments produce the food that
the plant lives on, and if ferment can
not work in soil containing so per
cent. of air, or until all surplus air is
excluded from the soil, 1t will be seen
how important it is to work out the
surplus air as soon as the pillow has
turned the soil over. Those farmers
who own rollers will do well to roll the
soil as fast as plowed, but the harrow
should follow the roller to create q
dust mulch, as the rolled surface will
assist evaporation and cause crust to
form should a rain come before the
harrow is used. But a roller is also
a poor tool to exclude the surplus air
from the freshly-plowed soil, as it
presses directly down and does not act
on any clod except the clod be on the
surface, and then the clod is often
pressed down into the soil and not
broken up. c. Norton in Kansas
Farmer.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05
Breeders of Holsteins Meet.

The annual meeting of the Holstein-
Fr1esian Cattle Breeders was held at
BUFFALO, N. Y, on March 16. There
were present and represented nearly
2OO members. The president, Watkin
q. Powell, called the meeting to order
and opened it with an address treat
Ing upon the objects of the association
ana the subject of improved stock
breeding. The most important work
OF the meeting was the signing of ar
tlcles OF agreement for the Union Of
the Western Holstein-Friesian Asso-
citation, whose delegates were present,
and which consists of a membership
OF about 200, thus consolidating all
herd-books in the United States and
avoiding the confusion of records. I'm
portant action was taken in the an
preparation of $1,000 in special prizes
at dairy tests at fairs during 1898. in
Guiding the Trans-Mississippi EXPOSE
ZION. An appropriation of $500 for
prizes for economic production of but
ter was made and 81, 45O for prizes for
officially authenticated Advanced Reg
1stry records of butter. The report of
the results of these tests made during
the past year was of the greatest in
terest and value from scientific stand
point, and demonstrated that the cost
OF producing a pound of butter from
Holstein-Friesian cows varied by ages.
from nearly five to nine cents. The
amount OF butter made by COWS in
these tests, including all ages, from
two to nine years, and during the
weeks test, was from 11.611 to 24.137
pounds.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

A Blind (oleomargarine) Pig.-They
have found a new kind of "blind pig"
in Brooklyn. Officers of the state dis
covered a large amount of oelomar-
garine being sold in certain district
in Brooklyn. They were quite unable
at first to trace the source of supply,
but suspicion finally fell on a respect
able looking house in a quiet neigh
borhood and with allth appurtenances
of comfort, such as lace curtains, etc.
A raid on the house showed that it was
an oleomargarine factory in disguise.
The proprietor was sent to Jail and at
last reports had failed to get bail.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

Some Chicago men purchase poor
horses, feed them on fattening foods
for few months and sell them for an
advance great enough to pay a good
profit on the operation.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

Do not turn the cattle onto the pas
ture too early. 1t is better to allow
the grass to get good start, so that
it will be less easy for the cattle to
eat it down to the roots. 1t is far bet
ter to feed them for some days longer
in the stable.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

Learn to run an incubator.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

Poultry and Plum Trees.-It is a good
plan to scatter trash, with a little oats
and corn in it, among the plum trees.
where the chickens can scratch at it
early In the morning. A flock of chick
ems can destroy more destructive in
sects than all the concoctions ever
made. This scattering should commence
two or three weeks before the trees are
In bloom, and continue until the pIums
are as large as peas. Plum trees should
always be planted in groups. For one
thing, they fertilize each other, and the
industry mentioned above can be fol-
lowed with ease. 1t is well known that
nature plants her plums in thickets.-
E. B. Heaton.
Meat for Hens.-Give the hens maat
often. Especially is this necessary n
the fowls are shut up where thew can
obtain no green food or animal food
A piece of liver now and then win NOT
cost much, but it will help out the
hens. The hen seems to demand some
animal food.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

1t does not pay to send poor horses
10 market. Say what you will about
the fat adding nothing to horse. the
TACT remains that fairly fat horse
Will bring bigger price and sell quick
er than one that is poor in flesh.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1898-08-05

For permanent pasture use a mixtura
% grasses.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-15
AMMUNITION WASTED.

Editor Baileys fear that the Catholics
will swallow up the Protestants in
North Carolina recalls an incident that
the sainted Adolphus w. Mangum used
to tell with much zest. There was a
certain old time Methodist preacher who
made it a rule to preach vigorously
against dancing on the first Sunday in
July of each and every year. He
preached that sermon eight successive
year to one church with the exception
of one year when on another charged.
on a circuit in which there had not been
a dance in twenty years. Nobody need
ed admonition against dancing, but he
Numbered away against it and let sins
to which his congregation were inclined
escape his attention.
The pint of this story is in the appli-
cation on it,"
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-15
ABUSING THE CUBANS TOO SOON.

Everybody is abusing the Cubans. II
may be well to await full advices be-
fore hasty sweeping denunciations. The
Detroit Free. Press finds grounds for
its criticisms in the fact that in Cen
eral Skaters long list of killed AMI
wounded at Santiago, there was not a
Cuban's name. This is manifestly un-
fair. Does anybody suppose that II 4
thousand had been killed their names
would have been sent to America! why
are the names wired? To. let their
friends know of their injuries Or death.
As the Cubans have no relatives or
friends, why should the wires be bur-
dened with the unpronounceable names
of their killed and wounded?
1t may be that the Cubans are sor-
ry lot and are failing to measure mp
to their duty, but it is too soon to
judge at all, and unjust to judge harsh
ly upon the scant reports that reach us.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-15
WHAT OTHERS SAY.
MIR. ROOSEVELT'S NAVAL FORE
SIGHT.
New York Times.

New York Times.
Among the things not specifically refer
red to by the President as those to be es-
pecially thankful for. the foremost, i'll
naval estimation, is that Col. Theodore
Roosevelt was Assistant Secretary of the
Navy just before the war cloud broke.
Not because he was so full of fight and
willing TO see the war come. Better than
that. He had foresight for which Adj
miral Dewey will render thanks when he
hears of the Presidents proclamation.
When Dewey was almost out of ammu-
nition and it was not expected by any
body at the Navy Department that the
Asiatic squadrou would need any, Roose-
welt insisted that a large supply should
be sent to Dewey. He had to use some
argument to impress his ideas upon the
department. but to get rid of him and
accept the proposition, a supply of am
munition was forwarded long before war
was declared. When the assistant Secre-
tary went to Fort Monroe to see the
fleet there indulge in practice he asked
for a sham battle. to test the ability Of
the gunncrs to work the guns. Ammuni-
ton ran short and Admiral Sicard in
formed the Assistant Secretary that the
allowance for target practice had been
about used. Mr.. Roosevelt ut once sat
down and addressed letter to Admiral
Sicard, directing him to use ammunition
without restriction, and then he had the
satisfaction of seeing his order carried
out The naval affairs committee and
the appropriations committee later ON
asked where all the ammunition provided
had gone. Fired it away" was the
answer. And Mr.. Roosevelt insisted that
there could be no better use of it. Now
the navy department is insisting that
the advantages obtained by firing away"
ammunition is demonstrated. The guns
had been tested and the men who were
to use them had been permitted by liberal
practice to gain the accuracy for which
the navy is becommng painfully famous
in Spanish estimation.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-15
DEMOCRATIC NOMINEES.

FOR JUDGES SUPERIOR COURT
First District-George Ii. Brown, Jr.
of Beaufort.
Second District-Henry Il. Bryan, Of
Craven.
Fifth District-Thonas ]. Shaw. Of
Guilford.
Sixth District-Oliver FL. Allen, o.
Lenoir.
Seventh Distributions A. Mcneil
of Robson.
Eleventh District-W. A. Hoke. o.
Lincoln.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-15
THE BOSS STRADDLE.
Springfield Republican.


Senator proctor's Sunday speech nj
Rutland was highly ingenious disser-
tation When he said that Dewey's guns
disclosed great responsibilities which we
cannot shirk,'" he squnted toward i'm.
Derialsm. empire and pagans; when he
remarked, however. that lit is not best
for us or for them that these 10000
100 Philippines ''should be made part
If our body polite" he squinted back
toward George Washington, the fare
well address and pure Repubicanism.
But. finally. herolled his eyes all around
The heavens and the earth, and left every
one in mid-air by saying: thereafter
our flag will float over every sea, and
its stars flash in the morning sun of
every cline. and all our people-North
and South. East and West, born or
adopted-will be proud to avow their
citizenship" This last sentence may be
described as ia straddle MAGNITUDE"
if we may borrow from the French.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-15
ASA POPULAR LOAN" IT IS FAILURE

The New York Times says that the
popular loan is in no sense a popular
loan; that the S73.OOO,OOO taken in sums
less than $500 represent the aggregates
of subscriptions made by institutions us
ing the names of their employees and
others and the subscriptions of persons
taking bonds for immediate sale ut Il
premium, and that if instead OF permit
ting this, the bonds had been sold to the
highest bidders, the government would
have realized from five to seven million
dollars more than by the method pursued
Thus passes the glory of the only
achievement of this administration which
seemed not to be dictated by the money
power.
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-15
MIR. BAILEY AGAIN.

Says He Did Not Object to the Preach
ing by the Priest. and Only Made 1t
the Occasion for Denouncing the Pope.
TO the Editor:-I must give you credit
for more insight than your editorial III
the Observer of July ID would Indicate
You allege that | have denounced
Roman Catholic priest for preaching al
Camp Russell. | challenge you to pro-
duce your evidence. The fact is l have
done nothing of the kind; and that you
are avoiding the main question OF the
HYPOCRISY OF THE ROMAN
CATHOLIC CHURCH by dilatng upon
religious liberty. Let me call you to the
question.
| did not object to the preaching of the
priest. | made the preaching an occa-
sion for exposing the insincerity of the
Pope in the war. You say there is no
connection between the preaching Of the
priest in the camp and the attitude of
the Roman church. You ought to know
better You know, from the facts | have
given you if you did not know it be-
fore. that the blunders of the pope have
put the Roman Catholic church III q
very unhappy light before the American
people. And You ought to know that this
effort of the Raleigh priest is but
part of Il concerted plan 10 cover over
the pope's blunders. The visit of Cardi-
nal Gibbons to our President and his
press-dispatch statement Immediately
sent out. the numerous reports of the
number of Roman Catholics i'll our army,
and the Roman Catholic anxiety in gen
eral to get advertised as greatly inter
ested in orr army. are merely attempts
to make up for what the pope lost just
before the war was declared. Their pit
iful endeavors will never retrieve the
ground they have lost.
You ask me if | am tolerant. | toll
crate all sorts Of religions; believe in
soul liberty: but before the Almighty !
will not tolerate hypocrisy, and by my
leave the Roman Catholics shall not be
unmolested in their attempts to deceive
our people. The question is not one of
religious liberty: | do not object to the
preaching of the Raleigh priest any
where | have exposed and will CON
tinue to expose the hypocrisy of the Ro-
man Catholic church in the present war,
and if you are going to discuss this mat
ter with me, YOU must confine yourself
To the facts. | challenge you or any one
else to rcfute the facts | gave in my
letter to the News and Observer showing
the double-faced dealings Of the Roman
Catholic church.
T. W. BAILEY
The news & observer. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1894-current, 1898-07-15

The German press and German Off
cials have claimed all along that
English press associations SO colored
news ms to give Il false impression Of Ger
many's attitude. These declarations
scarcely square with recent events in
the Philippines. English press associa-
tons did not color the official report of
Admiral Dewey nor the communications
of the American consul. Both show that
the Germans at Manila have been Off
cious and discourteous. a little less in
science and somewhat nicer regard
for the prophecies on the part Of Ger
man naval officers would lend weight to
diplomatic assurances of distinguished
consideration.