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The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06
Select Good Seed for p,.o,,uv.

We know that great deal has been
said about selecting good seed for
planting, but the farmer needs great
deal OF admonition along this line.
1t is alarming to notice how indif-
ferent the majority of the farmers are
about their planting seed. Nearly
every farmer depends upon someone
else to improve cotton and corn, and
he will buy the seed for him, or plant
a very inferior quality of seed. No
one can realize, until he tries IT, the
difference there is in the yield be-
tween good seed and poor seed,
and each planter can, with but little
extra trouble, work his cotton aud
corn up to the highest standard to
quality of its kind.
The time to select your seed cotton
and corn is in the fall while il is In
the field. Then you can select the
very best, with but little trouble,
otherwise'you will be troubled in de-
termining the best, and will have to
guess at the most of it.
Before you go in the field to gather
your corn take saok and go over your
corn and select stalks that are devel-
oped best, and have two good ears ON
them. Men differ as to which ear is
the better, but think the bottom
one. BY this method you will have
the best ears in your field, and will
increase your yield anywhere from 25
to 30 per cent But you must do this
every year, or your seed will ''run
out" if you will allow the express
sion.
Before you have picked your cotton
go over the cotton, select the very
best stalks you can find. II there is
not but fifty or one hundred Of them,
mark them in some way, and after
about one.half OF the bulbs are opened,
pick them. Or, if your cotton is
pretty well opened before you pick,
you can take your sack with you and
pick the best balls of each stalk after
you have selected it, This must be
done early every year, and by SO do.
ing you will increase the yield Of your
cotton wonderfully. If every farmer
would select the best seeds, reduce
the acreage and increase his fertilizer,
he will be astonished at the result.
The above are not merely suggestions,
but is the actual experience Of the
writer. w. b. Lansing, in Home and
Farm.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06
The Ncwest Waists.

The white satin and white taffeta
silk waists will be fashionable again.
There is little fullness directly in
the front, but this is supposed to be
gathered in under the belt. Almost
all the waists have yoke effect and n
little lace edging around the front OF
the waist below the yoke. They have
elaborate collars OF the same material
as the waist, but behind the ears in
points so that they can be turned
over. These are edged with lace, and
lace bow is additional, but on many
Of the waists there is simply bow of
the same material as the waist, the
ends of which are trimmed with lace.
All waists are tucked aud corded,
and there is an infinite variety in the
widths of the tucks. Some are min
ute, others wide. There are even
some waists that show the old-fash-
ice,ed box plaits once gain, but these
require to be made carefully or they
will look bulky and clumsy. They
are at oil times trying TO stout fig
ures. A stout woman will do we'll, il
she has a silk waist made, TO have al
ways a boned and fitted lining. and,
besides, it is best to have three seams
in the backbone in the middle of the
back and one on either side. These
seams break the width. and, if suf-
fcient curve is given to the wide
seams, it really makes the figure much
more tapering than might be believed
possible.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06

One of the most helpful things /
ever learned in horticulture was about
pudding trees and oil sorts of plants
before setting them, writes II. f.
Van Deman in New England Home
stead. The first thing every trans
planted tree or plant must do before
it can grow in its new location is to
heal the wounds made upon its roots
and start rootle.s through which to
absorb moisture and food from the
soil The closer and more firmly the
earth is pressed to them the more
rea lily they can do this. 1t takes
time for the particles of the soil to
get into as close contact with the
roots as IL was before transplanting,
NJ matter how well the work is done.
This is whore pudding comes in. The
cost is nothing, except very little
work. 1t is done thus:
Near where the trees or plants are
heeled in, or the place where they are
to be planted. dig hole about two
feet in diameter and one foot deep.
Fill it nearly full of water. Into this
put mellow earth that is partly COM
posed of clay, aud stir it until it is n
mass of thin, sticky mud. As soon as
the roots are trimmed ready for plant
ing dip them into it bodily. If there
is any delay about planting aud the
mud dries so that it is not sticky,
puddle them again. When the mel
low soil comes in contact with these
muddy roots it will stick To them
ossly. These who have never tried
this plan can have no knowledge OF
the good that follows. 1 puddle al
most every plant that l set, and find
that it always pays. Cabbage and
sweet potato plants will start into new
growth almost without whiting, nc
matter what the weather may be al
the time.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06

A widow has never to- be mistaken
badge in the tiny white ruche which
she alone wears in her bonnet. This
important adjunct fits closely to the
head, is made of Grape, with fold or
two on the edge, while fat bow in
front makes it more generally becom-
ing. The strings should be of black
gros-grain ribbon. A widow may also
have overstrings Of white lawn, which
are hemmed and tucked, when she
dons the linen collar and cuffs, but for
three months not particle of white
shows on thoroughly correct deep
mourning garb. A widows Grape veil
is at least two yards long, with q
three inch hem at the back and from
five to seven in front. the latter hang
ing one-third longer from the top of
the head, and confined by folds across
the bonnet, held by small dull jet
pins on each side. At the end of six
months the veil is worn with the long
or end hanging in in the back and the
shorter one over it, with folds over
the top of the bonnet; face veil of
net is then worn with or without q
fold of Grape trimming. Ladies' Home
journal.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06
FOR Farm AND GARDEN.


Statistics tell us that the estimated
output Of butter per day in summer
for the United States is about 5000
900 pounds, aud in winter il amounts
to about 900, 900 pounds. BY thio
any farmer or dairyman can easily
recognize the advantages the produc-
tion of fresh butter in winter has over
the summer article, and there is no
question at all that those who see the
advantage aud are acting upon il are
making money.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06
Ad,nonishing Children.

'"The universal frailty Of our hu-
man nature, which dislikes to be told
of faults must be taken into consider
alton when we converse with our
grown up children" writes Kate Up
son Clark in the Woman's Home Com
panion. "After they pass the age OF
II or Is they usually betray greater
sensitivene ess ,than before to even rea-
sonable fault finding. By the time
they reach Is or 40 this tendency has
become marked trait They have
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06

then become substantially like tile
rest OF us. Even from the lips Of low
ing fathers aud mothers and In strict
privacy they want nothing but the
same sort OF honey on which our own
souls love TO feed. They wish no al
lusion made to the fact that they are
acquiring nasal tones; that their gait
is awkward; that their taste in dress
is uniformed and even bad; that they
have not good judgment in choosing
associates, and 40 on. Private dis
courses upon the wiles of the world
aud the weakness of youth and its
proneness to wander they wish none
OF. Whatever medicine of that sort is
to be given must be administered in
small doses, interjected with skill into
conversations upon ordinary matters,
and sugar coated, If possible, with
artful compliment, though IL should be
always deserved. Even the best and
dearest of our carefully brought up
young peope are likely to have their
year or moye of obstinacy and pig
headedness,' or their permanent
strenks of uureasonableness and con-
tumacy. Therefore they would bet
ter receive most of the telling strokes
that mold into shape before they reach
the age of IA. From that time up g.
the age OF what is called discretion,
which does not arrive with most of us
before 25 (if them, the youth, in judg-
ment and sense, is really not much
superior to what he was at from seven
to fifteen, but he has no suspicion of
this fact
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06

fence filled with weeds, briers, and
very likely with clumps Of poison ivy,
to menace unwary children, what an
annoyance such fences are. No plow
or cultivator can get at these angles,
and no one can blame the busy farm
er for not grubbing out the weeds
with mattock or hoe. He wouSA
have little time for anything else.
The remedy is for these fences to
give way to the march OF progress.
Like many other things that were
permissible in the days Of our grand
fathers, they have been superseded,
and the farmer who retains them will
surely be handicapped in the keen
race Of competition. No zigzag fence
should be replaced by its like, or evS
renewed. As old ones decay or be-
come useless, put them away entirely,
and replace with straight fences OF
boards or wire. This will do away
with the annual weed-seeding Of the
farm, give more land for cultivation,
aud impart to the whole place q clean
er and more thrifty appearance.
If for sale, such farm will COM
mand % per cent. more than its neighi
Dor of the zigzag field boundaries.
And 1t does not matter how much
land there may be. Even though the
fence corner angles are not needed
Tor cultivation, the annual renewing
OF the weed harvest will mean at least
one-third additional expense in work
ing the legitimate corps, just keep N }
weeds from ripening seed for few
seasons and Judge for yourself. =
Frank II. Sweet in the Epitomist.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06

Wee Edith was sitting near the
bank of one Of our large rivers, look
ing very disconsolate. "Oh, dearr'
she sighed, "the geography says thin
river empties ita waters into the ocean.
and I've watched here two whole days
and its just a. full as 1t ever Wa ~
Judge.
The star. (Reynoldsville, Pa.) 1892-1946, 1899-12-06
The Rail Pence,

It Is said that the day of the Vir-
ginia worm. or zigzag rail fence, has
gone; but there ARE vast numbers OF
those fences left, not,only in Virginia,
but scattered throughout the entire
country. With every angle Of the
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01
Suit for Damages.

J. R. Dodson, miner and labor
ing man, will bring suit against
Wren and Greenough, contractors
on the Clearwater extension of the
Northern Pacific. Mr. Dodson is
totally blind from an accident oc-
curing while he was working with
a rock crew on the construction of
the Northern Pacific. With two
other laborers he was sent by the
foreman to drill in some holes pre-
viously made by another crew.
While engaged in drilling, Dod-
son remarked that there must have
beeh lhhN left in the hole, as the
dFitl went down easy, After a few
taps the explosinn occufred, teafing
an arm off the ran holding the
drill and blowing both his compan-
ions some distance away.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01
Money Found in The Mail Bags,

cit seems almost Incredible that
in the neighborhood Of sac 600 In
actaul cash should have been con-
tided to letters during the last year,
and harder still to credit that the
most exhaustive efforts failed to
find the owners Of one, fourth of
that amount writes Patti Lyle
Collins in the Ladies Home Journal
for September. "The envelopes
which are addressed are kept on file
fof four years. blank ones not so
long, but in either case a liberal
margin of time is allowed for claim
ant to appear before the money is
fn9lly turned into the Treasury to
the crsdit Of the Postolfice Depart
ment. In addition to the money
contained in letters during the
same period, something like $10,-
600 was found loose in the nails
+ is OF ciallv stvled 90 sc manev :"
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01
Rich Surface Ore.
There was great deal of excite.
ment Yesterday in local mining cir

There was great deal of excite
ment yesterday in local mining cir
cles as result of recent assays Sc
cured on Imuaha orc The ore as
sayed was taken from The face Of a
ledge discovered on the Idaho side
by J. Moritz and Bert Riggs, of this
city, about one month ago.
A few days ago Mr.. Riggs arrived
from the district and brought with
him a small quantity of ore taken
from the ledge during the progress
of assessment work. The ore was
given to Killinger for assays and
the return received yesterday show
values of 10 per cent, copper, $4 in
gold and few cents in silver. The
aggregate value of the ore per ton,
as shown by the assay, is $44.
These values are considered by
mining men to be remarkable, in
the light of the fact that the ore
represented the extreme groupings
of a ten-foot ledge. This ledge is
located about 500 feet from the
Snake river, almost directly oppo-
site the original discoveries on the
Oregon side which are now under
bond to an eastern company. The
ore is richer than any yet taken
from the surface of the Oregon
property Lewiston Tribune.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01
THE "Ik1sH pUKE.n

Remember the Irish Duke" play
takes place on next Tuesday even
ing at the Odd Fellows new hall.
This new, grand and spacious hall
is to have new chairs. new stage
apparatus-everything new
The play is q magnificent ont
and it il said to be the Finest evei
put on the boards In this town. a
grand social hop is to be .giver
after the play is over, Splendic
music for both play and social hop
Reserved seats, so centsj children
25 cents.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01

INVENTED THE KpDAK,---It is not
generally known that North Da;
kota man, D. H. Houston, of Hun
ter, was the inAentor of the kodak,
the name being taken from the first
two syllables of the word Dakota,
transposed. Mr.. Houston sold his
invention to the Eastman people,
and now receives an ava m me
of 1915 a north from them a rcv-
alty.-Nortl west Magazine.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01
Alias Summons.

In the Justices Court of Cottonwood
Precinct, County of Idaho. State of
Idaho, before J. B. York, Justice of
the Peace, Samuel Goldstone, plain
tiff, VS.. j. G. McClintic, defendant.
The State of Idaho sends greetings to
J. G. McClintic, defendant
You are hereby summoned to appear
before me, at my office in Cottonwood,
in the County OF Idaho, on the 10th day
of November 1899, at 10 O'Clock d. m /,
in an action brought against you by
said plaintiff, to answer the complaint
of the above named plaintiff. Said
action is brought to recover from you
the sam Of slaT so for goods, wares and
merchandise sold and delivered to you
by plaintiff between the 14th day of
Matoh, 1899, snd the, beth day Of July
1909; and for the sum 81 SiG prjrniral
Of 4 pEoInissei3 npte ipage BY yot
August 24j 1898, in favor Of j. II, How :
ton; bearing Interest at per cent. per
month fron date until paid, which is
also prqyed for and for 50 attorney fees
provided foT in sail note, and which
note has becu assi gne'l 10 plaintifij and
for the further sum of $3.50 for medi-
cine and medical attendance rendered
and furnished by j, ". Turner and as
signed to plaintiff, or Judgment will be
taken against you for 1890 and $40
and interest on $40 from Augusta, 1898,
at per cent per saonth, and for So at
/ torney fees and 1885, together with
costs OF this suit, if YOU fail TO appear
and answer.
To the Sheriff or any Constable of
said cou ltY greeting:
Mae ter ! scr &c ar' Dire -" ~
GiS
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01

4 40n heard the hum of the
In. ||l start a cooperative
68 Idaho drug store for
6II0o[ S11olies.
{Io 6 r. Libby for Spectacles.
q V8e t6s Eed Free.
nannner OF conveyancing at
he I<fk08f office.
(]ft3 x Kaesemeyer returned from
=. Iia 11inea Qn Sunday.
Fauef, ENVELOPES, inks and pens
" tH5 Idaho Drug store.
i C'oa1f6sis and other land business
I Ilransa6te1 AZ REPORT office.
E{I BFadford, foreman of Sweets
yliII UaHa}n town Monday.
ohafIas Howard took his depart
LIE lof z[6scow last Sunday.
M I0e ise chief engineer of Sweets
iaWn1iII VsAs in town Sunday.
The Idaho troops arrived in San,
LIN fasacisco last Tuesday eveneng.
u Mic B8ptists have rented their
Building for a mercantile business.
OF n. j Smith and George Thorn
borg aLafj This morning for Salmon
" peiZf3er was in town Tuesday
selling seeds and "Blue Mountain
The naptist services will hence
forth IS held in the Methodist
--ehnSeh
Th4 Enstoffice store is the only
place ID Cottonwood where you can
get ivory Soap.
E1ed Hall, recently from the
~ l0ndiEe is visiting brother who
JlliYes mean town.
H H. Nuxoll sold hay baler to
Henry BDgse, Frank Rad and Henry
Eprote tLls week.
ChafIes Carter and ye editor
: made i lying trip to Keuterville
Diasf Sunday afternoon.
NJ Eckert and wife are in Lew
IslQlf nfeparing to build their winter
i feaid6nEe for the family,
Attorney Goode was over from
yan H05lle Wednesday on bis way
i TO MoffpW on legal business.
Hfsd Herman, son of Charles
HeIuau editor Of the Uniontowr
:. asette YES in town Monday.
Qslehaatsd cAptqr Clipper plows
|l SAH h&Irows aHX Buckeye drills
As0 0h hend at I'M Nuxoll's'
HilI furnisK good f6.inch body
6a(s 8slivered in Cottonwood, fol
saQ pei cord. Joseph Schmidt.
Mrs. W. J. Smith entertained {
i8w iriends OH last Wednesday
Evening IN honor of Mrs. Startsel
s. VI. Cope, manager of the Bos
Raxsa At Grangeville, passed through
town on Sunday evening from Lew
Joe achoeber and family left fo
The P&iouse country on Saturday
nitexnQon for visit with relatives
Rn6 ffiends.
We lave fine residence propert,
ioA sails cheap, fine home, a littl
cash lakes it if taken soon. Bette
!, take it now.
i Ib 6arpenter firm of Woodring
y Son y Aeker commenced work OF
Di Inrner's drug store building
on Heanesday morning.
\ IN4 Baptist church has beel
I leased By Carter & Greving for
6NeftI merchandise store and vii
be eeenpied Immediately.
representative of r. G.. Du
8 Co.'s COMMERCIAL agency was
TOWN Monday looking up the busi
Ness e0nditioh of our town.
fhs fathef, .of sbsfiff Mchea
7'ta Iabt Friday afternoon Of ol
a| bSing about go years old, q
AZ lSaiaenCe of bis son, j. F. NJ,
Haaons Ccommdn u aDd wide tires
Es<ESts plows, harhpFs and geners
I1lza machinery and implement
4oaEht right, I Win sell them righ
s. Nuxoll,
Ha7ernick, PROPRIETOR
iEE Xhite Front livery at Levi
<Sn md the Boss Barn at Grang
vas in town Monday on h
N'tz % Lewiston.
have for sale fine farm
tV ores ] mile from Cottonwoo,
X H|fes in cultivation. all can
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01

Cottonwood Graded Schools
Fall and winter term begins on
September II, 1899, ard continues
nine months.
MRS. EDITH B. CRAIG.
Principal.
MRS. CELEsTIA WISDOM,
Primary Dept.
Cottonwood report. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1893-1901, 1899-09-01

Two coed rniicp
81 REpoRz of3ce,
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
The RoYAll! q 8 n B
MEETING oFSPOCATIoNTAS COUN-
iES5S ssaN CILNIASTfNIGIi HIT 2fsssS

MEETING oF&POCAHoNTAS cOUN-
ssS3 CIIisI1ASTB NIGHT. Il; 81 s.
Pocahontast Council. NO. 4ss.. Royal
AAreanlm. held Ean imp and very
interesting I'M meetlngt last night, which
was attended by. M r Harry Kemp. spe.
cial Deputy Grand Regent, Who made
IN irr 1T ting Talk on the principles and
objects Of the order.
MIR. Kemp who has been In Is this
section three weeks making official Wis
its and otherwise Strengthening the
councils, handed i'm the nelnes of eleven
applicants for mem ership In Pocahon-
tbs Council. Securing new. and desir.
able additions to the several councils
has been q part of his work in N orfolls,
and we are Informed that he has been
successful to q degree that is highly
gratifying. Next week he Will go to
Portsmouth. 9
The meeting of Pocahontas last night
was enliyened by vocal music, in which
Mr.. Kemp and Mr.. Sherry acquitted
themselves with conspicuous credit. 3
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10


holders OF the w llough by Beach Com
pany arrangements were entered into
70 Issue 100000 in bonds to buy the
3Wlilloughbys Beach hotel and for. other
ipurp oses. This was what started the
Injunction proceedings. S. esS.
he plaintiffs charge that the action
of the 6 toclsholders of the Wllloughby
Beach Company Mt their last meeting
was taken in order to carry out the
original purpose Of the stockholders In
tho Hotel Willoughby Company (ex-
cept} 3. w. Leigh and T.. e. Nice Ieary)
to unload the Hotel Willoughby Com
panyS with its liabilities. upon the Will
loughby, Beach Company.
COST, $4,000.
The Willoughby Beach hotel property
is said to have cost $4,000, and it is I'M
derstood that it was to nave been turn
ed over to the sWilloughby Beach Com
pany for this sum-
NEVER WANTED IT.
The following parties are stoclzhold-
ers in the Willoughby Beach Company,
and not in the Hotel Willoughby COM
pany: Mrs. Cora M. Fender, j. L. VIII
liams & Son, H. l.. Page and S. G.
Collins. 1t is understood that the lat.
ter two parties are the only ones, who
oppose the contamination of the pro-
posed deal, and their reasons have been
hereinbefore mentioned.
The action is taken under the laws
protecting the minority stockholders of
q corporation from harmful action by
the majority stockholders.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
:3'rc,cpnonc conn.e,,o,,c hnr,o.,r.

4
Yesterday the Southern Bell Telc-
phone and Telegraph Company. inaugu-
rated long distance line connecting
Charlotte, N. c., with the system.
This new line has been in readiness for
a month. but owing to the pressure of
other business its final Inaugural ton did
not take place until yesterday.
In speaking with Virginian- Pilot
reporter last evening. Mr.. j. w. Crews,
the Norfolk manager, said 1t was the
custom Of the company, upon the open
ing of new line. to give spread or
banquet at the place where 1t was
opened. and on such occasions an In,
vitation to free talk is extended to the
public all over the United States. The
observer of Charlotte detailed rep
resentative of their paper to converse
with one from the y.rgInian- Pilot over
the new line at o'clock yesterday
evening. The line worked to perfection.
Virginian-pilot. (Norfolk, Va.) 1898-1911, 1899-11-10
a SON OF SCOTIA.
HE MAY BRING SCOTTISH IMAII-
GRANTS THIS WAY.

Mr.. Duncan Drysdale, quiet. unas-
Stunning gentleman from Edinburg,
Scotland, has been spending several
days in Norfolk and has formed very
favorable opinion,of this city and its
tributary section out along the Sea-
beard Air Line.
He is seeking a location and has
about decided to locate at some point
on the Scaboard Air Line. He has al
ready invested in n house and lot at
Peachland, N. G. Mr.. Drysdale expects
to be able to direct some lmmgra ton
from Scotland to desirable points along
the Seaboard Air Line. The sons OF
Scotia are very desirable accesslons to
any community.