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The times., 1899-03-12
The Hest Do.

Yes, went 10 sac the bowwows, and I looked
al every one.
Proud dogs of every breed and strain that's un
dcrneath the sun;
But not one could compare with-you mag hcai
ii with surprise
little yellow dog l know, that never took
prize.
Not that they would have skipped him wher
they gave the ribbons out.
Had ihcIc been class TO fit hm-thOugh III.
lineage J. in doubt
No Judge al dogs could ccr resist the honest
faithful eyes.
or liat plam Ii,tlc yellow dog, that never took
pfizc.
Suppose lie wasn't trained to hunt, and neye,
killed 4 rat,
And isn't much on tricks or looks or birth
well. what of that!
That might be said of lots OF folks whom men
call great and wise,
As we'll as OF that yellow dog that never took
prize
II isn't what dog do. or who dog may be
lieve in me2
And by that test know there's not the com
peer meath the skies
OF that plain little yellow dog that never tool
piize.
Oh, he's the finest little pup that ever wagged
tail
And followed man with equal joy to Congress
or 10 jail.
I'm going to start special show-'twin beat
the world for size-
For faithful little yellow dogs, and each shall
have prize.
-IiLrpcr's Dazar
The times., 1899-03-12
The Reportcr's Idea.
(From the Detroit Free Press.

(trOm the Detroit + rec fEess-J
1t was early in the morning The racket
and bang of the printing presses came float
ing through the open window and the vete-
ran reporter lighted cigar and settled
down to wait for daylight so that he could
go to sleep. One Of the younger men was
about to put a book which he had been
reading into his desk.
What is it," enquired the veteran re-
porter.
.'One of Victor Hugo's stories" was tine
answer.
Victor Hugo. Hum
Don't you admire him."
Yes. sir. l take off my hat to Victor.
He was one OF the greatest space writer's
that the world has produced. Those French
noveists had the art down fine
But l never read anywhere that he was
a space writer He never wrote for SO
much a column
How do you know he never did? Didn't
he have to be paid for his work the same
as anybody else. whether it was by the col
umn or the page"
Still, you can't be sure
"Oh, yes, l can. l can tell II by the
style. have been in the business too
long to be fooled. It's common thing to
find lot of sentences. each paragraphed
all by itself. like this:
80 The night was dark
"a slender ray OF light shot across the
water
=. 1T proceeded from a boat
The boat came noiselessly up stream
+" Suddenly the light was extinguished'
Then came piercing Shrek -
That's merely popularity OF STYLE"
said the younger man.
Maybe 1t is.' answered the veteran re-
porter. But you can't make me believe
that anybody ever wrote tina. way unless
he was space writer
The times., 1899-03-12

sister Evangelina. who was clinging to his
blouse when he was drawn into the circle
He thought good while over the decision
submitted to him, his uncle in the mean
time rubbing his knuckles into his eyes
and crying. Then. when he had firmly
made up his mind. he raised his head.
strobe across the room to Mr.. King, placed
his arm around the neck of the American,
and said in Spanish: Il want TO go with
this man"
This was not the end of Mr.. Kings
troubles in getting the child away from
the island. After the parents had given
their consent it was revoked, the reason
given being that the child would probably
die of cold in the United States. Mr..
King. whose interest in the child had in
creased with the passing day, and who
was now determined to bring him 10 Amer
lea at all hazards, had to make a second
visit to the family. Permission was finally
given. ard so the very small boy with the
very large name was finally landed in
Uncle Sans territory.
Mr.. King, whose home is in Kansas City,
Missouri, debarked from Cuba about the
middle of December 9S, bringing the Gu
ban boy with him. The little fellow was
seasick on the voyage, but braced up as
soon as he reached the Florida soil. He
was taken to Kansas City and then brought
to Washington by his benefactor. The en-
tire northward trip was 4 constant pano-
rama to this child of the Havana streets.
He watched with eager interest everything
that any American did, and as far as pos
sible followed all examples set before him.
EmuInted n Toilet Scene.
This brought him into trouble at once.
Coming into Jacksonville, Fla. the conduc-
tor laid all his toilet articles out carefully
7 ba,,
he had finished his toilet and previous to
replacing them into their case he careless
ly placed them on the stationary wash
stand Franscico. thinking that he must
adopt the ways of his new found country,
picked up the conductors toothbrush and
proceeded to give his teeth their initial
scrubbing.
The conductor who had heard Mr.. King
talking in Spanish the night before turned
to him and said: Can that boy under
stand English" On being told that he
could not. he said: Il wish he could.
would like TO say few we'll chosen words
to him
Since Franscico has been in Washing
ton he has been making rapid progress
toward an American education. Although
he has never been to school he
has learned to count up into several
thousands to name the letters of the
alphabet. and to use many of the simpler
English phrases The credit for his men
tai advancement must be largely given TO
the sweet-faced little Sister OF Charity who
is called Sister Emma, and who directs the
boz in his studies.
tie will probably remain at his present
abode for two or three years when he will
be taken from that Institution and given
his choice of returning TO Cuba or remain
| ing here.
The times., 1899-03-12
FOOTBALL IN CHINA.
Giants Tni,e Part and n Game often
Lasts for Days.
Grom the New York Herl!dl

q rom tire New \ UrA Hera!d.p
Cinnamon are generally not credited
with being quick to accept innovations. SO
that when it is said that Northern China
| boasts of several football teams a good
, deal OF surprise will be evinced. Yet foot
ball is no new game among the Celestials
at least among those of them who inhabit
Northern China, and has been in existence
number of years.
OF course the game is not played exactly
according to intercollegiate rules and a
basket. or something which looks like enc,
replaces the modern football The China
men. besides, have no goals, and the grid
iron is replaced by the streets of the tiwn,
in which the deadly combat is waged with
fifty lusty Celestials on side
There is not a man among them. how
ever, who is not feet high, and several
of them are 3 inches taller, while their
average weight is about 200 pounds. The
men who form the teams are inhabitants
of Northern China and are typical of the
race of giants produced in that part of the
world.
Lined up against them the knights Of the
gridiron of Yale or Princeton would appear
as team of pigmies, and the Chinese gil
ants would give the cOllegians battle
royal If they could be induced to appear on
an American football field. A club with
a collective weight of 1000 pounds could
carry everything before it
The main idea in the Chinese game of
! football. as in the American, is to carry the
wicker work basket into the opponents end
of the town, and this is often done bv
stealth as well as by brute force There
are no twenty minute halves hut the game
is continued until one side accomplishes its
purpose. and it often lasts for DAYS
The hundred combatants are scattered
over the town, and are each provided with
whistles, which they blow in order TO bring
assistance. When a scrimmage occurs the
/ Cinnamon give vent TO their feelings in the
most peculiar noises. frequently shrieking
with delight. Their yells of triumph which
resound through the air when the ball is
| discovered, are likened by one who has
heard them to the ''plaintive cry OF a pig
| that has been speared." The charging is
| generally done with the head.
| The only precaution taken by them on
| the football field is for the preservation of
| their pigtails, which are cared for as
though they were worth a thousand times
| their value. With this exception they
throw caution to the winds and devote
| themselves with all their strength to the
| play. Any game where brute strength is
required they would excel in.
| On the day when football match is to
| take place the streets of the town are
cleared and the non participants sit at their
windows to watch the game If 1t should
come their way. considerable quantity
of opium is given to the winning team
Illuminate Deprnvity.
Concerning wintry problems there is this thing
TO be said:
| The evening fires get hottest when tits time to
The times., 1899-03-12
PATHS Third Husband.
(From IIarrsr's Weekly

1t is a great tribute that Madame Adeiina Patti
has paid to matr imOny in leading to the altar a
third consort. Her first husband the Marquis de
Caux, whom she mIrr.i in :l56s had the indcli-
cacy to get a divorce from fer on account of her
attachment to Sgnor NicoIu This attachment
survived her marriage, TO AicOlini in 1886, and
continued until his death On January IS, ls9s.
II it had been her sole attachment, possibly She
would have felt indsposed TO form another, but
while one santed memery may do 10 cherish for
aye, two santcd memores make good pair to
draw to, and very possibly Madame Nicolini has
done well IN emphasizing the close OF her year OF
widowhood by a new alliance.
The times., 1899-03-12
Outside the Pale of Kindness

(From The Cleveland Flan Deacr)
1t the annual meeting OF the Back Bay
AntiCrlelty Society.
''Wc must said the eloquent chairman. both
Of whose swollen covered with plas-
tiers, I'VE must extend to every creeping thing
the gracious and loving protection OF our noble
organization.
At this point he interrupted. A tall. thin
man, in a red comforter and speckled mttens,
arose in the back part of the hall, and shrilly
shouted:
Always an forevermore exceptn the ding
blasted gToundhog!"
Then lie sat 1.Sn, amid loud and sympathetic
applause.
The times., 1899-03-12

around the world. A letter of this kind
was recently sent to a postmaster with
the suggestion that lit be sent around the
world so that it might bear postmarks from
Japan, China. India, countries in Africa.
and as many countries in Europe as pos
sible'
The times., 1899-03-12
Illuminate Deprnvity.

Concerning wintry problems there is this thing
to he said
The evening fires get hottest when tits time to
60 to bed Chicago Record.
The times., 1899-03-12

IU"S-C.
This perplexed the mail men for while
but the chief puzzle worker translated it in
this way: IF. IL Adams. Jackson, Tenn"
The letter was delivered in due time.
Letter writer's do not always confine
their poetic efforts to the inside of the
envelope. Here is one address which was
promptly handled
Oh. carrier with the willing feet,
bcliger this Fiitieth Street
The number, thirteen tweni y-four
Tie town New York, and or the door
You'll find set in a silver frame
That which you seek-a persons name
James ipson Strong-who'd want better?
And MS TO him ! send this letter.
The dead letter Office receives &C mmuni-
cations from persons who write letters to
themselves and request that they be sent
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
A Bit of History.

St. Augustine, Fla, was laid out
in town lots in 1865 by man by
the name of Don Pedro Menendez
de Aviles. He arrived late at night
on a freight, and, finding the hotels
closed up, lodged under a tree until
morning, During the night dog,
belonging to an Indian chief, out in
quest of food found him and ate up
his boots. The boots hurt his feet,
but they seemed to agree with the
dog.
The next day Pedro, in his stock.
ing feet, proclaimed his king, Philip
the Second, monarch of all North
America. This was a bold stroke
in real estate. A number of his
countrymen joined him, and they
threw up sand fort and made other
arrangements to hold on to their
possessions until the price went up.
A party of Frenchmen with six
trunks full of books arrived on the
scene and tried to take the town,
but they had trouble with their
boats and finally quit-shipwrecked
beaten, and bankrupt.
The next winter all the boarding
houses in town went out of business,
and the settlement had to work the
lunch-counters Of the neighboring
Indians; but the Indians couldn't
catch fish fast enough to amuse the
appetites of the Spaniards, and
many went hungry three meals at
time.
After business picked up it was
decided to build a fort, and every
one out of work secured a job. while
they were at it they built good
fort with four dungeons SO dark and
dreary that prisoners refused to live
over twenty min utes after being
confined in them.
Our party secured admittance to
this fort, and it was noticed that no
one tried to dig out of any of these
dungeons with a thirteen-em rule,
or asked to be allowed to remain
aud look around but quickly fol
lowed the guide and his small
candle through the hole in the
wall back to daylight and fresh air.
Grafton N. d. REGARD,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
Low Grade ores.

The gratest profits in mining are
often made out of wgrade ores.
The Alaska -Treadwell has paid since
1891, $3,625,000 in dividends, and
previous to that date when known
as the Alaska Mining and Milling
Company, it had paid 100000.
The ore of this mine is very low
grade, never exceeding $3.50 a ton,
and often averaging for months but
a trifle oyer - a ton; but the con-
ditions are such that the maximum
of economy is possible.
The Homestake mine in South
Dakota has paid since 1891
$7,161,000 on ore that did not ex.
coed "a ton in value. The Quincy
copper-mine of Michigan has paid
since the year named $40, 100000,
treating ore carrying about three
per cent of copper. The Tamarao,
another Michigan copper mine, has
paid 5,580,000 in the same period,
treating similar ore, With few ex-
ceptions, this is the history of all
the best dividend paying gold and
copper mines throughout the world.
The Northwest Magazine.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
4 Word to Mothers.

Mothers OF children affected with
Group or a severe cold need not
hesitate to administer Chamber
lain's Cough Remedy. 1t contains
no opiate nor narcotic in any form
and may be given as confidently to
the babe as to an adult The great
success that has attended its use in
the treatment of colds and Group
has won for it the approval and
praise it has received throughout
the United States and in many
foreign lands. For sale by all
druggists.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
IN IMPORTANT FOOD
Id W.
Heavy Penalties for Selling
Articles of Food Containing
Unhealthy Ingredients.

The following law was passed at
the last session of the Missouri
Legislature, taking effect August
20, 1899;
SECTION l. That it shall be unlawful
for any person or corporation doing bust
ness in this state to manufacture, sell
any article, compound or preparation
for the purpose OF being used or which
is intended to be used in the preparation
OF food, in which article, compound or
preparation there is any arsenic, calomel,
bismuth, ammonia or alum.
SEC ?. Any person or corporation
violating the provisions of this act shall
be deemed guilty of a misdemeanor and
shall, upon conviction, be fined not less
than one hundred dollars, which snail
be paid into and become part of the
road fund OF the county in which such
fine is collected.
The operation OF this law will be
mainly against alum baking pow
ders. But the manufacture or sale
of any article of food or articles in
tended to be used in food which
contains any of the substances clas-
sed by the law as unhealthful-from
arsenic to alum-is absolutely pro
hibited.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
For Sale

The following desirable ranches Will
be offered very low for short time only
town residence on two acre lot,
house % X 80 two stories s rooms,
not all completed, hall, pantry out
door cellar etc,
Barn for s horses, NOW room TOR
7 tons hay, chicken park and house,
rs fruit trees and plenty OF small
fruit for family use, fine water, well
walled up with rock.
This property viii be sold cheap
for cash, if taken soon.
A fine claim 6 miles north east
of town. 40 acres can be cultivated.
This will be sold cheap for cash.
24O acres adjoining tOwnsite, 70
acres in cultivation, fenced, water,
will sell cheap if taken soon.
800 acres, a large amount OF tim
Der, good house, good barn and out
buildings, hog pasture, etc, all
fenced,
400 acres Of fine farming land,
$40 acres in cultivation, all fenced
good buildings, many springs OF
pure water. Fine for stock or
grain. miles from town.
The DIRT will soon be flying on
the 0. r. & n. on the Cottonwood
route, and then the price of real es-
tate will more than double what it
is now, So if you want farm you
had better snap up some of these
mentioned above.
Enquire at REPORT office.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22

WANTED--We will pay 1890
week salary to either a man or
woman to represent the Midland
Monthly Magazine as a subscrip-
ton solicitor. The Midland is the
same size as MeClures or the
Cosmopolitan. 1t is now in its
sixth year and is the only Magazine
of this kind published in the great
Central West. A handsome premi-
UNI given to each subscriber. Send
10 cents for a copy of the Maitland
and premium list to the TWEEN
TIETH CENTURY PUBLISHING
CO.,. st, Louis, Mo.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
IMNAHA COPPER DISTRICT.
The Great Rush of ProspectOrs
Is Unabated.

ASOTIN, Wash, Sept. 16.-In-
teresain the Imnaha copper district
increases, and the number of pros
pectors grows larger Hardly a day
passes that one or more doesn t
outfit at this place for that new dis
trict, and others Quitting at Lew
iston pass through Asotin, bound
for the land of copper. The route
from Asotin. through Anatone on
to the Joseph copntry, is the most
practicable one and easy of access.
Now that the first payment has been
made on the hibbs group, which
was bonded to Boston parties for
100000, excitement becomes more
intense. 1t is safe to say that the
Imnaha district will be lively
camp all winter, as it is so situated
that it can be easily reached, and
with but few hardships to be over
come.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
A Home made Shelter.

An old man in the Olympic
mountains, Wash, is conducting
mining operations by means of an
oddly CONSTRUCTED homemade smell
ter that is worth desert bling. He
has has soooped out the earth, in
the shape OF bowl about four feet
across the top, and plastered the in
side with mud, and burned it until
it is as hard as as phalt. Into this
bowl he places quartz, which he
fl nds in the neighborhood, and over
this quartz he builds a fire. 1t is
only short time until the quartz
is consumed, and at the bottom is
found button of silver and lead.
He says that the returns from
this quartz were absolutely startling
and that the method of smelling
the ore was something he had never
heard of before. The old gentleman
has been experimenting for some
time to find out how to smelt the
ore, and the only way he could do
it was by building the fire above
and over the quartz. He had tried
putting the ore in pot and over a
hot. fire, but the quartz would not
be affected in the least. He had
also tried putting the wood under
the ore, but could do nothing that
way. 1t was only by accident that
he found that he could reduce the
quartz by putting the fire above it.
The Northwest Magazine.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
A Wonderful Cure of Diarr.
hOea.


A prominent Virginia editor had
almost given up, but was brought
back to perfect health by Chamber
lain's Collie, Cholera and Diarrhea
Remedy. Read editorial from the
Times, Hillstile, Va.
| suffered with diarrhoea for
long time and thought ] was being
cured. l had spent much time and
money and suffered so much misery
that l had almost decided to give
up all hopes of recovery and await
the result, but noticing the adver-
tisement of Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhea Remedy and
also some testimonials stating how
some wonderful cures had been
wrought by this remedy, decided
to try it. After taking a few doses
| was entirely we'll of that trouble,
and l wish to say further to my
readers and fellow.sufferers that
am a hale and hearty man to-day
and feel as we'll as l ever did in my
life. o. r. Moore. Sold by all
druggists.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
NOTICE FOR PUBLICATION.
Communication Proof,
Department of the Interior.

Department OF the Interior.
LAND OFFICE AT LEWISTON. Idaho,)
August IA, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the fol-
lowing -named settler has filed notice Of
his intention to make Iinal proof in sup,
port of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before Register and Re-
ceiver at Lewiston, Idaho, on Septembe her
30, 1899, viz:
ULYSSES 6. DICKSON,
for the lots 81, %, %, n, %, 26, 27 and
2S, Sec. 8, TIP. 80 ", r. 3 Z. Is. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
Frank A. Jones, Clayton Jones, Lea.
pool Elliott, Gronvil SciIar, all of Nez,
perez, Idaho.
j. B. WEST, Register.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
She didn't DO Il.

"Walk this way. Lady" said CLARK
Green to woman who WahVeu "
see some goods at the farther end OF
the store; and he started ahead OF
her, with head erect and how legs
wabbling.
She started, hesitated, and then
with flashing eyes exclaimed:
"You confounded, bow -legged
little demon. if | was man la
teach you better manners than tc
ask anyone, and especially a lady
to walk as you do"-Sandurn
(Minn.) Sun.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
NOTICE FOR PROOF ON COMMU-
TATION HOMESTEAD.
DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
/ .S-IA lL.I.rL.I. I-,I.r..r..... L.

DEPARTMENT OF THE INTERIOR,
LAND OFEICE AT LEWISTON, IDAHO,
August %, 1899.
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has filed notice % his
intention to make final roof in sup
port of his claim, and that said proof
will be made before the Register and
Receiver, U. S. Land Office, Lewiston,
Idaho, on October 7. 1899, viz:
JOHN NJ. COX,
for the NV. d Sec. SO, TIP. "a N, r. 2
E. B. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation of said land, viz:
George P, Johnson, Herbert =. Booth
Jervis r. Crawford, Stephen Badger, all
OF Nezperce, Idaho.
j. B. WEST, Register.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
Notice For Publication.
Department of the Interior,

Department OF the Interior.
Land Office at Lewiston IdahO,l
August 18th, 1895
Notice is hereby given that the follow
ing-named settler has filed notice OF his
intention to make final proof in support
Of his clam, and that said proof will be
made before Register and Receiver at
United States land office, Lewiston,
Idaho, on October Il, 1899, viz:
FRANK A. BOOZER,
for the NE. a OF Sec. 8, TIP. "a n, r |
+. B. NJ.
He names the following witnesses to
prove his continuous residence upon
and cultivation OF said land, viz: John
Livengood, Henry Fergerson, Frank J
Ingleharn, Nathaniel T. Wright, all OF
Nezperce, Idaho.
j. B. WEST, Register.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
FOR SALE,

A small stock of general merchan-
disc, also building, with residence
in the rear. Can be had at bar
gain. Inquire at this Office,
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22
oiesoyution of COpartnershiP'

Corroywoon, IDAHo, Aug, 81 I0g1; -
Notice is hereby given that the pa tho
nership heretofore ex BR Z q R@ Par tee
IS 18th this DAY dissolved by mutual eon Sc Ts
n 1r'i to q, II. Bash, who is hereby GUY i
authorized to receipt for sa'aG, ana d;d
accounts owing by said firm Wal DC pau
W ''''O W. II. BASH,
Roy DE PARTEE.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-22

WASrED--Several bright and honest
persons TO represent US as managers in
this and close by countries. Salary 5000
a year and expenses. Straight bona -tide
no more, no less salary. Position perm
anent. Our references, any bank in any
town. 1t is mainly Office work conducted
ut home. Reference. Enclose self-addr.
ressed stamped envelope. THE DoMIN
ION COMPANY, Dept. 3, Coicago.