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Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27
GUM CHEWING.
A Russian Traveller who Will GO
Home and Tell About 1t.

A Russian Traveller Who Will Go
Home and Tell About 1t.
s. Hanfblum, so years of age, blonde
gray, whlskered. volatile, and all the
way from St. Petersburg. Russia, is at
the Brown Palace Hotel To the sur
Prise Of caller. who had never seen
the gentleman before. Mr.. Hanfblum
turned. and. with an expression of
delight upon his face, exclaimed:
"Ach, my friend! am fill wis dee
fight. You are re zhentleman from Mel.
boorn vich meet on re high mountain.
re peak of-vat you call heem? All!
Pike, re peak of Pike. Eet ees wis re
greatest pleaslr I see you"
When gently told that he was mistak-
en- he could hardly believe It,
"Ees eet pooseeb? Veil, eet ees re-
markable re acquaintance"
His accent and vernacular were pc
culiar. Sometimes he talked like
German, sometimes like a Frenchman.
His manner was wholly French.
Yes, sair," said he In answer to a
question. 81 am a resident of st. Pee
tirsbayrg. / wass born in Warsaw, Po-
land, but leev In Russia tairty
yairce. My name ees Jairman, but I
am not. Eet ees only re name vich ees
Jairman. Deed you noteece Eat name?
Hanf, you see, meence hemp, and blum
ees flower; Eat ees altogaythair, hemp
hover. Eat ees pretty, ees eet notT
1t was. and his visitor admitted 1t.
II haf been In America some weeks,
and haf noteeced many things to pleece
me and some vich do not. Now, Eat
seengular custom Of eating gom. Eat
ees re most remarkable. Eet ees not
faiar me to oonderstand. All re time
zey bite. bite, bite. chewing els gom.
So many. tool" And Mr.. Hanfblum
held up both hands and arms like pair
of exclamation points.
ION re car from Boofalo to Neeack-
ezra zalr wass young Teddy seeting In
front of me ating zis gom-wlsout stop,
sink of 1t! All re time! | ask: Vat
ees zis Eat re people all eatingT vas
told. lpalrchase some Of re leedle stoff
an put heem in my mouse-Pa-ah!
shpat heem out. Eet ees like medeecen
and worse. And eet ees so ogly! / von-
der so much as els measurable habeet,
and eet seemce to be re habeet dees-
feenkteef, nayceanol-ees eet zo?"
The impeachment was admitted with
grief.
And ees zair no r-raymedee, no cure
'or ices ter-raible sing? No? Eat ees
lad. Denver Post.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27
LIGHTS ON THELAKES
THEY FLASH WARNING MES.
SA0ES TO THE SHIPS.
Seventy Light Stations Serve to Gnide
Lake Michigan Mariners Through
Fog and etorm-How the Lights Are
Tended-code of Signals Used.

When the wintry gales howl over the
| great lakes and Ice foes dash against
shore and about the foundations of
lighthouses the lot Of the keeper is not
happy one. When cyclonlc storms
rage In spring or autumn, when the in
land seas are dotted with craft, under
press Of sail or driven by steam, then
indeed the men who are responsible for
the aids to navigation have no time for
idle dreaming. There was time when
the setting in of the winter would send
many keepers to winter quarters; when
lights would be put out for the long va
cation decreed by Jack Frost, but In the
ninth district-the one embracing the
LOO miles Of Lake MIchigan-that
time has passed.
Six hundred dollars year Is not a
big salary. 1t seems to be still smaller
when one considers the nature of the
employment, where difficulties and Of
ten dangers imminent and terrifying
surround. Lighthouse-keepers on the
sea coast or around the lakes face Der
lis landsmen are unacQuainted with.
~A "A'Sh Aoh0SmcA Cdu scarcely aD-
preciate, yet paternal government is
,fully advised" as they say in court,
that 500 a month Is a good salary for
such servants. Cold, possible prIvation,
possible loss Of life itself, are no reasons
Tor Increasing the stipend. Men will
serve for that salary and the law says
1t is enough.
or course. suitable quarters are pro-
vided for the keepers. But of all hap
penings to mortal man isolation, the
absolute severance of all communica-
ton with his kind, is the worst punish
ment. Isolation for the greater portion
OF the year is the portion of him who
keeps light. His home may be, nav,
frequently is. out on some jutting reef,
removed from land by several hundreds
or yards OF open water. When the
Dreezes blow too strongly he Is cooped
In his exposed dwelling as effectually
as would be the case If old ocean rolled
between him and the shore.
No lake In the great chain has as
many sail on its bosom as Lake Michi. |
gan. None has traffic any larger, IL as
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wondered whether one-leepad mon
bought shoes by the pair, Observes ase q
writer, rte, In the Atlanta Journal "
This reminds me of the entornr,.o =.
an Atlanta clothing man who # Is sat-, ~
was never known to acknowledge thot
ne aldn,t have anything possible cn a."
Toner might ask for. One dav n aus
Toner entered the store and asked q, tI ha
hau any trousers made especially e ne
tna men, Certainly" replIed
Tue merchant. what kind do ne',
want! Dress pants" said tb W ,: you
Al. me best you've got" Hurrving I"tn
the rear of the store the entonn lug ln'o
merchant snatched a pair Of trnn ,s,ns
ana shipped off the right leg with ouSer r.,
o. shears. Hastily turning undar par "a.
edges he presented them to the tue
toner. " the GUS
priceT' "hats the
Fifteen dollars"
leg off," p"'' Win the left
month later the merchant wou
road to recovery. VI the high
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meat. On the water 1t is different. as
lighthouse-keepers realize before MANY
winters have been passed In this sery.
Ice.
Away up on the south coast of the
northern peninsula Is a point on the
rock coast. Seul Choix, it is called. the
name having been given by the French
settlers years ago. On that point Is a
lighthouse with a fixed white light.
which flashes from Manistiuue on the
west to Squaw Island on the east. II
envelops in Its shaft of brilliancy that
other little sand and rock spit which
travels under the singular alias of
Whisky Island. 1t sheds Its light over
the direct course of vessels making the
dangerous straits east or west bound.
Not far from the stately dwelling
erected for the use of the keeper and
his family Is an old hutch. 1t Is lisman-
tied, wavering in Intention and wholly
dissolute. 1t is not tit habitatIon for
man or beast. according to the lights of
the civilized white man. Yet II was
for years the home of the keeper. Not
that the government houses Its ON.
ployes In such dlsreputable homes, Not
at all. 1t was the home of the keenar
from choice. 1t was not even the "onlv
choix." as the name OF the station
might indicate. but 1t was the choice of
Keeper Fountaine. Fountalne is an In.
dian, and the bright new brick honsa
erected for his use was too much for his
primitive notions of comfort.
So for years Fountaine and his squaw
and pappooses lived in the little hutch
which has since been turned into a
He built 1t and he loved II
and was loath to give It up even for
modern conveniences. In fact, too manv
modern conveniences almost made the
old Indian throw up his job. Now, how.
ever, with increasing years and an
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adult family. the old man has conclud-
ed to accept the inevitable and become
civilized.
Away up lying in the gateway be
tween the peninsula which forms the
eastern limits OF Green Bay and Wash
ington Island is small island called
Plum. 1t has range light to guide the
mariner in the difficult passage. Light
and fog signals are stationed there in
the Porte DIES Mort-gate Of death. 1T
is well named, for many ship has
foundered In the narrow. shoal-lined
passageway. Many deaths have hap
pened there and many more will prob;
ably happen in the future In spite OF
the precautions taken by the Govern
ment to protect the sailors.
The Code of SignaIs.
There Is a clearly defined code OF sig
nails for the use of all mariners ON the
lakes. Every light station has Its own
peculiarlties, every fog signal has Its
own notes. Bell buoys ring out warn
ings at all times and the flicker of gas
Jet sends vessel couple of points off
a bad shoal. The code is furnished to
all ship masters. and by referring to IL
they can identify any station or buoy.
Fixed red or fixed white lights dlsap-
pearlng and reappearing at regular In
tervals Of time. as prescribed by this
code, tell the story of the relative
whereabouts Of the ship.
White and red lights are the only
ones used at the stations. Some, like
that on the Chicago pier, revolve with
alternate red and white flashes. Inter-
walls vary even If lights are the same.
Gross Point carries double fash of
irregular intervals. Calumet pier head
shows a steady red light. Wind Point
has a revolving light and a steady red
showing south to cover Racine harbor.
Every station flashes Its signal accord
ing to the cipher fixed for 1t.
The same rules apply to the fog Sig
nails. If steam whistles the blasts are
one, two, three, ETC., long or short, al
ternately long and short, with intervals
between blasts fixed by seconds of
time. So when a ship master sees a
light flashing red across his bows he
counts the time until he Is greeted by
another fash. The colors and inter-
walls tell him which station he is near
ing. If the siren sings a particular
song he knows what direction to take
to avoid impending danger. Thus all
up and down the lake over its hundreds
of miles of navigable waters these sig
nails warn or cheer the men who sail
In ships.
An Accommodating ClOthier.
suppose great many people have
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

An English traveller in Spain writes
to London newspaper that he found
no unfriendly feeling toward Ameri-
cans among the people. The returned
soldiers have given favorable accounts
OF their late foes, and the writer de-
clares that Americans, for whom the
Spaniards seem to have real liking,
would be well received everywhere in
Spain. The people feel sense of relief
because of the end of the war and their
release from the burdens of an unruly
colonial empire. The politicians and
newspapers of Spain would represent
public opinion better II there were less
lliteracy. They would be compelled
to.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

The following extract is from let
ter written by Boston man to friend
abroad at the close of the civil war. It
Is not only interesting 1t itself, but it
makes us realize that the young recruits
of one war may easily be the veteran
commanders of another: "There have
been many cases of promotion for
merit which put people in different po-
sitions from any they ever occupied be-
fore. For instance, nearly opposite the
anti-slavery office on Washington
street is Collamore's glass and crock
cry shop. Behind the counter of that
shop, four ye1rs ago last spring, stood
a young clerk named Miles. He en-
listed, went out as second lieutenant,
rose rapidly by merit, in two years.
time commanded division, and In
three a corps d'armie. and is now Maj.
Gen. Miles, In command of Fortress
Monroe and in charge of jeff Davis!
Now you will see that 1t would be hard
for Gen. Miles to go back behind Col
lamore's counter. Gen. Miles.
/ should say, is but six and twenty
now"
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Going Gnodinp

The actual observance of Christmas
begins in parts of England on the 21st
of December, st. Thomas Day. Many
queer customs there prevail, among
which may be mentioned the practice
of going goodlng," which exists in
some parts of Kent, and is performed
by women. who present sprigs Of ever
green and Christmas flowers, and beg
for money in return. We believe the
term "going to a gooding," scarcely
requires Illustration. 1t means, simply,
going about to wish good even" or
simply good evening"
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business win pay unless conducted upon
eerfeet principles. But 1t depends large
ly upon the farmer. II he is made of the
right kind Of stuff and has a level head,
he viii make farming pay. The TWEEN
tieth century farmer should be unlike
those who have pegged away on the
same plans since Columbus discovered
America. He should be properly bal
anced as to brain and muscle, and
should use the former fully as much
as the latter. Farmers who are MAX
Ing their business pay are built this
way. No farmer of sound mind and
unimpaired health should fail at farm
ing, for it, more than any other occu-
patton, is suggestive of its own re-
qulrements preceding success.
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Mrs. Amelia D. Bars latest novel Is
called Il. Thou, and the Other"
1t Is said that George Moore has al
most finished sequel to Evelyn In
nes."
Dean -Farrar Is busily engaged upon
a new book, to be entitled 1.-THE Life of
Lives; orr Further Studies In the Life
of Christ"
Anthony Hope has just finished a
novel which Is devoted to a delicate
and penetrating study Of Disraeli. 1t
is<a new development In the novelist's
career and will be anticipated with
great interest.
Professor R. G. Moulton's method of
presenting In modern literary form the
several parts of the Bible appears to
good advantage in his est. John" espe-
cially in indicating the dramatic move
ment In the book of Revelation.
Eden Phillpotts' new novel, "Chil-
dren OF the MIST" Is a story of life on
Dartmoor, and extends over a period
Of ten years. AS In Lying Prophets"
Mr.. Phillpotts tried to draw a faithful
picture of girl, so In this book, we are
told, he has attempted to depict a boy.
Contrary to the experience of most
translators, whose fate 1t Is to reap lit
tie of honor and less of pay for their
painstaking work, jeremiah Curtin,
the translator of "Quo Vadis," is said
to have realized $685. 600 as his share of
the unprecedented sales of Sienkie-
wicz's masterpiece.
Edmond Rostand, author of "Cyrano
de Bergerac," has written to an Ameri-
can friend disclaiming the contemptu-
GUS references to the American nation
attributed to him by some newspapers.
In point of fact he has every reason to
feel amiably disposed toward Ameri.
cans, as he Is receiving large sums of
money all the time from the success of
the play and the book. The prose trans.
lation by Miss Gertrude Hall pays him
a royalty on every copy sold, and the
publishers announce the thirteenth
thousand already. The success of
Mansfield's production, moreover, "a
netting NJ. Rostand something like S1O0
q day.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

Reports have been published of ex-
periments with the Canet Qulck-firing
held gun, which is to be the new wea-
pom OF the French artillery and concern
Ing which until quite recently the great
est secrecy was maintained. Judging
from these reports, the effectiveness Of
the gun must be truly wonderful. Twen-
ty-two shots per minute were fred Mt
one official trial, and two hundred dunn
my soldiers placed at distance of two
and one-half miles by way of target
were bowled down in one minute and
three-quarters. simultaneously ord
nance officers in England, putting a
new field piece made for the British
army through test, were delighted by
the almost incredible accuracy of the
weapon. First shot was fired with
out particular aim, and a telescope, hay.
Ing been focused on the point of Impact
OF the shell, was fixed In that position.
Each succeeding shell fred from the
gun-and there were many-exploded
within the field Of the object glass of
the telescope. Such are the pleasant
diversions of nations which have off,
cially accepted invitations to the Cars
peace congressman the most adyanc-
ed nations at that.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

In 1894, by act of Congress, Hon. Car
! roll D. Wright, the able Commissioner
of the United States Bureau of Labor
was directed to investigate all ques
lions relating to the effect of machin
cry upon work and labor. His report
recently published, has attracted wide
attention, and is likely to be appealed
to as an authority. 1t had long been
known that the Introduction Of ma.
chlnery lessons the cost of production,
and thus lowers the price of manufac-
tured articles; but ripple of pleased
surprise runs through the land when
the evidence of facts and figures seems
to demonstrate that the use of machin-
cry also increases the demand for labor
by creating new Industries. and raises
the rate of wages, while reducing the
hours Of toll and lessening much of its
severity. The use of machinery favors
overproduction; but this evil is general
ly short-lived and self-corrective. 1t
rarely affects many lines of business at
once. There are Irregularities in shop
and market from other causes; but tax
ing long and broad view, 1t must be
said that the comfort and welfare of
our modern populations have found
powerful auxiliary in the Harvesting
of natural forces to mechanism. 1t Is
true that the first effect Of labor-sav-
Ing Invention Is hardship through dis
placement of labor. But then follows
a readjustment under new conditions.
1t soon appears that new occupations
are brought to light. These call for
new hands. Some necessity of life has
been cheapened by the new invention
and Is better distributed, and labor has
found employment In the new condi-
ton of Industry. The introduction and
development of railroads is an obvious
All the earlier methods
of transporting freight and passengers
seemed at first driven to the wall. Soon
1t was found that the construction,
equipment and operation Of the new
iron roads gave employment to vastly
larger armies of workmen than the old
method of transportation. It then be-
came possible to carry a ton of coal a
nav IVA "a NNAt, anu JllC DTGIu-
stuffs and products of States far inland
were laid down In seaboard cities and
factory villages at a nominal cost. and
the demand for teams. to redistribute
goods and to take passengers to and
from the stations, soon silenced the
of horse-breeders and
wheelwrights. In turn. the output of
multiplied factories, whose raw mate
rial now came within easy reach, was
supplied with ready facility to the COM
fort and advantage of pioneer popula.
lions beyond the lakes and the Missis-
'ippi. The researches conducted by
Col. Wright are given In tables cover.
ng nearly seven hundred articles, and
contrast the results and cost of hand |
abor and machlne-work. They furnish
valuable contribution to popular edu. |
cation along the line of Industrial eco
lomics and general progress.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

A visitor from another planet, where
parties and elections are unknown,
might naturally ask on the day after an
American election, where are the ex-
cited, applauding, denouncing citizens
! saw in vast crowds during the week
before the polls openedT The quiet ac-
eeptance of fairly wrought defeat, the
return to ordinary rounds of duty,
whole nation stirred and then calm-all
this might seem inexplicable. The
story is told in word: the republic has
cherished the principle that the hon.
estly ascertained will of the majority
shall prevail.
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Drive AWAY Han OIond.

The Austrian Minister of Agriculture
has sanctioned an appropriation for es.
tablishing, at cost of 1000 forms
each, thirty-three stations at which the
army Is to supply guns and ammuni.
ton for driving away hall clouds. It ia
considered proved that the conclusion
and the clouds Of smoke rising into the
air affect the atmospheric state of hu.
midity
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large, and none Is trayersed as late In
the winter season. The ninth district
embraces all Of Lake Michigan, Green
Bay and tributary waters. The eastern
limit Is line drawn north and south
just east of Old Point Mackinac light
in Michigan. This winter lights blazon
she pathways Of daring mariners as far
forth as the straits, for the station at
keul Choix POinte has not been closed.
Men will go down to the sea in ships
even when Ice foes gather on the shoals
and follow the currents In the lakes.
These foes may be driven with irresist-
ible force inland or out into the open
waters, endangering the stanchest craft
ever launched. Wrecks innumerable
almost line the treacherous shores Of
Michigan, yet mariners still cast their
fortunes to the winds without even an
anchor to windward. II they must sail,
then they must have aids to navigation.
Hence it is that the keepers, aboriginal
and Americana strange assemblage
of terms, yet one much affected In po-
lite artlcles-are on duty when snow
drifts pile up about their houses and Ice
forms a long and safe bridge to the
land, possibly far distant.
A Dangerous D:strict.
There are many lights In the ninth
district. No lake in the chain Is so tur-
bulent and so treacherous as Lake
Michigan. Storms which would do but
little damage IL their forces were ex-
pended on broad Superior or Huron
when sweeping over Michigan lake
cause woeful disturbance to shipping.
Dangerous reefs abound In the tracks
OF shipping. Shoals protrude their
slime-covered noses to grasp the bulls
Of vessels which deviate from their
courses. Rocky beaches on which gal.
liant ships may founder and pound to
bits are thick from one end to the other.
The fate Of the Chicora, the stanch
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Tolling the, Church Bells.

This custom on the death of a dis
tlnguished person arose out of the pass
ing bell formerly tolled in the parish
church the moment any member Of the
passed away, to invite the
prayers Of all the other parishioners
for the repose of his soul, and also to
drive away wicked spirits, who could
not bear to hear the sound.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

The onslaught upon the cigarette is
telling little. There were 336.0OO.O 900
less OF them made by the manufacto-
ries last year than in the preceding
year. There might well be still fur
Their reduction.
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OFT Salt Nina.

cra ne SAT- p., mines of Wleliezka, no,r
T In4% Poland, were meptionod "ea y,
The f,rst O m nave ~ oeen worked since 124o
1es rs H hn map n of the mines was mad ' IT,
n noDo oy Martin German, a s naue IN
IN ov, surveyor The eight sbafrs 'u un,,,
H tn existence are from SO7 to " ass now nov.
Opep ia sn Az Ih Nod length of the levels ne
0i underground tram lines i''oo feet
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Beat the Circus,

Tickets were sold to more people for
a circus at Los Angeles than the tent
would hold. A man who had paid "a
for two seats which he could not get to
sued not alone for the return of his
money, but for 81 paid out in carriage
hire, and he won verdict for both.
with So more to cover the costs of the
trial
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

Formerly 1t required 200 Spaniards
to do the work of the Manila postoffice,
but now 1t takes only twenty Ameri-
cans. The Spaniard thinks of toll, but
the Yankee performs 1t.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

There is still demand for about
25,000,000 paper collars in the United
States each year. The paper collar is
the connecting link between collarless
barbarIsm and decently attired civili-
zatinn
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

Why should trades unions flourish
better in Great Britain than In this
country? No less than 1880 different
bodies exist In that country, with 12,-
607 branches. Is it because they are
more given to learning trades In the
older countries?
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

John Kendrick Bangs suggests that
authors readings be made feature of
the vaudeville shows. Good Idea. Ev-
cry author should have his turn.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-01-27

John Bull insists upon helping us dig
the Nicaraguan canal. He Is so earnest
about 1t, indeed. that he has already
taken off his coat and rolled up his
shirt sleeves, and it may require lot
of diplomacy to convince him that
Americans are equal to the job.