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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

- Christmas, Merry Christmas,
Is with us once again,
~ With memories and greetings,
With Joy, and with its pain,
A minor In the carol,
A shadow In the light,
A spray Of cypress twfning
With the holly wreath tonight.
And the hush is never broken
By the laughter light and low,
As we listen In the starlight
To the bells across the snow.
o, Christmas, Merry Christmas,
IT'S not so very long
Since other voices blended
With the carol and the songi
Could we but hear them singing
AS they are singing now.
Could we but see the radiance
Of the crown on each deaf brow,
There were no sigh to smother,
No hidden tear to dow,
A. we listen In the starlight
TO the bells across the nnow.
o. Christmas, Merry Christmas.
This never more can be,
We cannot bring again the days
Of our unshadowed glee, 4,
But Christmas, Happy Christmas, ~
Sweet herald Of good will,
With holy songs Of glory
Brings holy gladness still,
For peace and hope may brighten
And patient love may glow,
As we listen in the starlight
To the bells across the snow.
Frances r. Havergal.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
Above the forest mold.

And If you gathered some fair flowers
Ihat blossomed on your way.
You bore them to a fairer cline.
" here neither cold, nor care, nor Time
C3 Un plight them In their golden prime,
And ali! you brought, Old Yearl Old YearI
One tiny baby flower
To nestle on its mothers breast.
And close its blue eyes into rest
"nen song-birds seek their crade-nest
At twilight's shadowy hour.
ana now, Old Year, farewell to you'll
We grleve to lose you So
you've been a friend both tried and trr..
And as we bid you our adieu.
we give our heartfelt thanks to you.
And sigh that you must 90.
Helen Whitney Clark.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

and the pretty frame enhanced the gift.
She dressed hurriedly, and ran down
the stairs, to meet Eliza with gladstone
Christmas greeting, and to learn that
early in the morning a sick neigh Dor had
sent for Mr.. and Mrs. Winston. Before
breakfast there was an interruption. Ii
was Lucy. The Dallas driver was sent
some miles up country after some young
people, and Lucy had arranged to be
dropped here, the vehicle to call for her
on its return.
She was bubbling over with holiday
small talk. She exhibited d lace collar
Aunt Dallas had given her, "all the
STYLE" and ring her elder cousin, Kate,
had presented her.
"What did you get, Nellie?" she curl
ously asked-''nothing / supposew
"Oh, yes-something beautiful" an
swered Nellie. Come up to my room
and see."
"Humph-only thatp' shrugged Lucy,
as she inspected the portrait. 81 told you
they were mean. and poor!''
why, Lucy" said Nellie, 81 prize
poor ELIAS gift dearly"
swell, l wouldn't! l like jewclry
gifts, and that" and Lucy twirled the
cheap ring on her finger. Whats this p
and she pounced ON Nellie's other pres
emit.
only pineushion."
"Only A."
With scream of wonder and delight
and then with an envious frown, Lucy
CHANGED to undo ''the pincushion."
Inside, nestled the most exquisite little
gem of watch she had ever seen.
The happy tears rushed to gentle Mel
lies eyes. Her heart was full to over
flowing. And just then, from below
sounded the hearty, chuckling tones of
Uncle Hiram, returned:
Where's our little sunbeam? It's time
to find out how she's enjoying her Merry
Christmasr'
Grateful Nellie was down the stairs in
two jumps, her arms clasped about the
dear old fellows neck, as she sobbed joy
ously into his ear:
''Ohi dear, dear Uncle Hiraml I'm the
happiest girl in all the world. this Merry,
Merry Christmasr
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

You've sung for us the Christmas rnyme'
And rung for us the Christmas chlme'
And many JOY at Christmas Time
You brought with hearty cheer.
You crowned the woodland banks WIN
bloom
OF roses red and sweet
You gave the violets their perfume,
Ripened the cornheld's tasseled plume,
And filed the mill-wheels running hume'
To grind the golden wheat.
You brought the yellow dafodil
To blossom in the spring
Strewed cuckoo-howers on every nil,
And cat-tails by the ripping rill-
And taught the lonely whip-poor-will
His yesper song to sing
You turned the ivy's green to red.
The maple leaves to gold
Purpled the clusters overhead,
And showers of ripened nuts you shed,
When fallen leaves lay thickly spread
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

Perhaps no nation or religion enjoys
New Years day more than the Chinese.
They celebrate their feast in the early
part of February, and the festivities last
month. Beating of drums and firing If
Crackers, with decoration of bunting and
flags, usher in this day, when the people
visit their joss houses. worship. their
gods, and with oriental ceremony shake
hands with "A Happy New Year.H In
preparation for this event Chinaman
tries to square his accounts with all the
world, and Chinaman who owes debts
at the beginning of the New Year for
feits his right to be called gentleman.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
COMING OF The NEW YEAR.
We Should Enter 1t with Courage,
Hope and Resolution.

We ShOulO Enter III with AOura&ct
Hope and Resolution.
The homely maxim about not crying
over split milk contains one of the best
suggestions as to the proper spirit with
which we may enter the New Year. We
cannot change the past, but we can bend
all our energies toward making the flu
ture better than the past. The frame
Of repining and encouragement is fatal
to good achievement, but the temper of
courage, hope and resolution almost guar
antees it. We are all of us tempted to
a dismal mood when we reflect how differ
ent things would have been with us if
we had not made this or that mistake,
or met this or that misfortune. 1t seems
as If only narrow margin prevented our
being to-day in much happier conditions.
But there always is an illusion about
such reasonings The error we made was
probably the outcome of natural tenn
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
Omen coIxiIle Reserve.

ACKNOWLEDGEMENTS ",
Jones of Washington has inlI0's
a bill in the house to open 70 =
ment the remaining portion o.
Colville Indian reservation, u
state of Washington, containlns
100000 acres.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
An Advertisements,

"John," asked Mrs. Torkins, tearfullv.
do you remember the present Mrs. PAGE
gave me last ChristmasY
YES" replied her husband; what Of
it?" -
Il am almost sure have sent it to her
this year. Brooklyn Life.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
Failed To Scare Him.

His medical adviser You WOE - 4
long at this rate, young man. i~
burning the candle at both ends utu
Gayboy-Very we'll, doctor. n
the candle is burnt out I'll nsn'
gas.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
WHEAT REPORT.

Portland, Ore.-Walla Wans|
Tic; bluestem, 7Sc; valley, 75c.
Tacoma, Wash.-Steady, uncnp
bluestem, soc; club, 72c.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
Commission Adlourns.

Scranton, Pa.-The anthraei's
commission has held its last ~
of the year and adjourned % =
on Tuesday, January 6.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

New York.-The body Of
Ulysses S. Grand now lies ID
cophagus beside that in which ~
mains Of her husband rest
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
JEFFERiEs Us.
Champion Knocked Do,.,.
Put M.. 81 H

"ocked Down,
- Put Munros g.
Heiena, Mont Jack MI
teur champion 81 ne w.
was awarded the decis,or
pion Jas. J. Jeffriea aftes y
fastest rounds Of figbtIn.
in this city. Jefrries Ssa
forfeit OF $3.50 he wonls
any one in Butte within ~
Munroe had been IL trai I
past two weeks and accepssS 4
lenge. Munroe hit tie ~, ss.'
square blow on the point i
and sent him to his kness
It up with several upIv
nearly made the knoclr ,s =
Munroe was too shifty T..
and most of the blows y Z,
champion went wild
still aggressive at the sa II
fourth. YAu
F1tzsimmons feared for Il,
pion's reputation and bis ye's
be heard out into the aua,ss.'
for JEFF to rush him ana ~
out. Fitzsimmons knocked -
out in the first round. Jai,,.!|
ager posted a forfeit n "a
Fitzsimmons can knock an n
in four rounds.
Seldom has more enthus,..,|
shown here than at the tst,|
balcony and the gallery war !.
and men arose in their 81
cheered Munroe.
The champion was diss,.
over his failure to put Mr.
He did his very best IL dsl|
knockout, but the Butte man !,
to be SO disposed OF. He VA Y
the core and argued every nj
Jeffries. Munroe repeatedly Y
straight left to the Champion
and Jared it considerably.
blocked many vicious uppercub
The Butte man displayed M
ed cleverness and although i,
down several times, It was
through Jeffries great weigh
the punishment inflicted.
In the mixups Jeffries did /,
look an opportunity to roupd
before the third round was l
the smile had disappeared IN
ferries face and he went ii
determination to do his n,
Each time Munroe went to hi,
he took the count, but met al
big fellows rushes. 1t was
exhibition and the crowd v,
pleased. A little blood was
from Munroe's nose, while
was putting freely. Munroe i
er and has lived here two yel
holds the amateur champion
California.
Jeffries Explains II
"TYlis fellow Munroe is a to-
and no dub by any means.
cut loose on him, however. 4
not anxious to overexert m
account of the high altitude.
is entitled to all the credit
coming to him for making
showing, but l do not consi
much of a boxer. He can
whole lot and should make
good showing with such
Sharkey and Corbett."
Munroe tonight said his pu
going against Jeffries was !
fish his right to challenge
to a battle. Munroe recent
to Butte from British Colun
is working in the mines. \
the amateur championship =
California. At the ringside
he weighed As pounds less Y
fries.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26
FAREMELL 10 THE ol.D YEAR.

A r p W z L L, Od
Year, farewell to
vou;
you've teen for
many a day
A friend most tried.
a friend most
true
And as we bid yor
our adleu,
We give our heart
felt thanks to
you,
And speed you on
your way.
We've had full many
a merry time
Since first we met
Old Year.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

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keep the cast On 10 "
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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-12-26

z ELLIE and Lucy Sherman We're
cousins, and attended the same
boarding school. Their parents
y had been abroad for a wear. AS
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-10-02
Horse With a Taste for News.

A horse feeding complacently ON
diet Of old papers was sight see,l ar
Eleventh and Grand avenue. A
stonecutter drove a horse up to ths
Star office and left it standing IN
front of one of the city's Carriage
cans. The horse had well-grooned
appearance. No ribs were visible or
would its appearance have attracted
the attention of the humane agent
The animal moved up to the garbage
can and began nosing its contents
The can was filled to the top with
papers. There were newspapers.
wrapping paper and paper of various
other kinds. The horse began nib
bling on a piece of old gray wrapping
paper. 1t appeared to be palatatle.
bite followed the nibble and soon
the horse was eating the paper as
voraciously as an Angora, goat. A
newspaper followed the wrapping pa
per. The horse appeared to relish the
different pieces Of news. When the
owner finally appeared the old roam
was just pulling from the bottom of
the can a luncheon paper with pink
string. The driver did not seem to
mind or notice the purloined meal Of
the horse, for he drove down the
street with the horse chewing the pa
ger. The horse appeared to relish the
breeze.-KansaS City Star.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-10-02
HOW MOUND BUILDERS LIVED.
Interesting Discoveries by an Ohio
ArchaoIoqst.

Interesting Discoveries by an Ohio
ArchaoIogIst.
DR.. G.. W. Mills, curator Of the State
Historical and Archaeological Society,
has just completed the exploration of
a large and important village site of
the Mound Builders near Bonneville,
and has made number Of discoveries
which throw light upon the life and
customs of that ancient people.
These discoveries have tended to
show that the mound builders did not
live together In one indiscriminate
tribal group, as had been commonly
supposed, but that they lived separate
ly in family groups, each with its own
dwelling and private graveyard.
The other thing which is no longer
to be doubted Is that the mound build
ers had q more or less perfectly or
ganized system Of trade which cover
ed almost the entire continent. In
recent excavations ornaments have
been discovered fashioned from ocean
shells, mica and copper, all foreign
to Ohio.
The village site which DR.. Mills has
just explored has proved to be one Of
the richest ever opened by archaeolo-
gists. The skeletons, pottery, orna-
ments and implements found formed
the basis of the archaeological exhib-
1t at the Buffalo exhibition.
This year, in completing the work,
DR.. Mills found thirty skeletons packed
in a space of thirty-flve square feet.
Others, evidently those Of chieftians,
were buried separately, and many of
them besides the usual ornaments had
at the head a bowl Of beautiful pot
terry.
There were one or more spoons Of
tortoise shells in each bowl and the
bowls had evidently been filled with
food at the tiaae of the burial. In
one of them q handful of parched
corn was found.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-10-02
ALL ABOUT BUTTONS.
Their History Traced from Time When
Wooden Molds Were Used.

Their History Traced from Time When
Wooden Molds Were Used.
The original button was wholly a
product of needlework. but was soon
improved by the use of wooden mold,
over which a cloth covering was sew
ed. From this it was only step to
the brass button, which was introduced
by a hardware manufacturer in Bir-
mingham in 1889 1t took 200 years
to improve on the method of sewing
the cloth on the covered button; then
an ingenious Dane invented the &C.
vice of making the button in two parts
and clamping them together with the
cloth between.
In 1850 one Caspar Wistar set up the
manufacture of brass buttons in Phil
adelphia, and soon afterward Henry
Witeman began making them in New
York. The buttons Of George Wash.
ington and most of the continental
army were made in France. Connectl-
cut presently came to the front and
began making buttons of pewter and
tin at Waterbury, the present center
OF the button industry.
Buttons are now made of almost ev-
erything fromseaweed and cattle hoofs
TO mctner-of-pearl and vcgct able
ivory. Excellent buttons are made
from potatoes. which, treated chem
ically, become as hard as ivory.
Large buttons factories make their
entire product from various mixtures
Of gutta percha, skim milk and blood;
others from celluloid and horn. The
patent Office has issued 1855 patents
for making buttons.
The most important branch of the
button industry in the United States
is the making of pearl buttons, the
material being obtained from shells
gathered along the Mississippi river.
The industry has practically grown
up within the last ten years, and its
introduction is due entirely to J. F.
Boepple of Muscatine, Iowa, native
of Germany, who had learned the
trade abroad.
He saw that millions of dollars were
going to waste in the shells known as
"niggerheads, of which tons
were piled up on the banks
OF the river. Thousands Of people
are now employed in turning these
shells into buttons, the little plants
being found all the way from Mime
sofa to Missouri. Muscatine is still the
great headquarters of the industry.
1t has forty factories. The value OF
the shells has risen from so cents to
$50 hundredweight. And yet Amer
lean buttonmaking is in its infancy,
it's said.-Rehoboth Sunday Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-10-02
Roosfer in Harness.

A Minnesota paper tells of a giant
buff cochin rooster, owned by Mr..
Plumason, of Luverne, Mimi, says the
Youths Companion, (which has Deen
trained to trot in harness, pulling
a tiny cart in which rides the baby son
of it's owner. Golden Duke is the name
of this strangest of fowls. and it is
prize winner in its class as we'll as
freak. The big bird was broken tC
harness by the boys Of the Plumason
household, and now seems to enjoy its
work. 1t wears little harness and is
guided by reins, which it carries in its
bill. 1t is the master of several gaits,
and at the word of command given by
the small child who is driving it will
walk, run, trot or come to standstill.
At home in the country the big rooster
often pulls the cart and its occupant
for half mile or more without stop
ping"
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-10-02

was all right, but why had he beer
so quiet, SO sneaking about it.
I'm going to ask him for job.
said Dan. sullenly. Il gave him one
and he ought to do as we'll by me-
And Harold's small soul swellcd
with pride when he saw Dan behlnd
the counter pounding away with pes
tie, or soldering among the sirups.
His eyes gloated over the new sign
Harold Updike, Pharmacist which
cleaned above the entrance. He
bought a 'stepper" and got sporty.
Sometimes he even cursed his clerk.
He borrowed money from Tom Kelly.
who kept the saloon. and the business
went on. For while it seemed that
the place was small mint, but at last
the statesmen quit coming. Duns be-
came frequent. the bank grew
"srouchy" and. finally. small, fat
man in brown suit, came up again
from Hot Springs. Ito take charge.
II don't see how it failed" growled
Hal as he and Dan sat in the disor-
dered store at midnight after the in
ventory was made and the dreary
work was done.
81 don't see how it failed when
owned it," said Dan.
They were quite silent for minute.
What are you going to do, Up
dike?"
"Mnat are you going to do?"
"Oh, I'm going to buy the store back
again." said Dan, laughing.
You? Where did you get the
money!"
"Susie's dad, Hail." answered After
bury, we're going to be married.
There was tap at the window and
a merry voice called, Are you there
yet, Danny" But Updike lad his
hand on Dams arm as he started for
the door and said. will you give me
back my old job. DAM"
'N-no. Updike. Not this time.
think III run it myself"
And afterward, as he walked home
with Susie and her father, he said,
well. my conscience is easy. anyway.
Turn about is fair play. H. Raj
terry in the Chicago Record-Herald.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-10-02
HOW LAKES BECOME LAND.
Process of Drying Requires Years,
But is Ever In Progress.


But is Ever In Progress.
This continent abounds in rich agri
cultural fields and meadow lands that
but a few years ago were broad ex
panses of limpid water. How these
lakes have been transformed was re
Gently explained by Professor Greg
ory, Of Yale.
In the course Of a talk to the stu
dents of his class he spoke of the'way
lakes are filled on one side and drain
ed on the other by rivers, and called
attention to the rapidity with which
these lakes are filled up by the bring
ing down of sediment of various sorts
Rivers running into lakes are quite
dark. but those leading away are clear
showing that much has been left be-
hird.
The Mississippi carries yearly to
the gulf over 100000 tons Of matter
1t would take about days portion of
the burden to convert any one of the
many ordinary lakes into broad mead
ow lands
Some idea of the rapidity with
which lakes die under this process is
shown in the fact that seventy-three
out Of 149 lakes in the Swiss region
have disappeared since 1873. Lakes
die by either being filled up or drain.
ed off. The draining off results when
a river has worn gorge back so deep
that the water all runs out.
The Niagara river is doing it's best
in this draining by cutting as fine a
trench as could be made by an
engineer. It Is cutting back toward
Lake Erie at the rate of over four feet
a year, and in time will kill the lake.
Unfortunately, however, the lake is
destined to be drained through Chi
cago. Lake Tahoe, a beautiful lake
in the Sierra Nevada Mountains, is al
so one of those destined In time to be
killed as a result OF the draining pro-
cess.
Peat Is one of the greatest filters
and works more rapidly than any
other form of deposits. It is estimat'
ed that one-tenth of Ireland is peat
and over one-tenth of the State of In
diana was once peat bog.
The speaker called attention to the
Dismal Swamp in Florida, which was
once a vast lake, but is now a great
area of bogs and swamp, with only
little lake in one part. So rank is
the growth Of this peat in that hot
land that the surface of the lake is
fourteen feet higher than the level OF
the surrounding bogs, showing that it
has been literally forced up into the
air.
Lakes, swamps, bogs and then gar
den lands represent the stages in the
process of dying. Filling, draining
and encroachment Of vegetation repre-
sent the process that kills the lakes
in warmer climes, while the forces OF
the air are agencies in the cooler por'
tions of the country.
Prof Gregory closed his lecture
with an interesting account of the
way the lakes have disappeared in the
regions Of the western part of the Uni
ted States where only desert land Is
now found-Chicago Chronicle.
The Bamberg herald. [volume] (Bamberg, S.C.) 1891-1972, 1902-10-02

rience. Hundreds of dollars went to tho
doctor and the druggist. l was simply
a walking medicine chest and phys
ical wreck. Ny sister residing in Ohio
wrote ME that she had been cured OF
womb trouble by using Lydia r.
Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound, and advised me to try 1T: l
then discontinued all other med icines
and gave your Vegetable Compound
thorough trial. Within four weeks
nearly all pain had left me; rarely
had headaches, and my nerves were in
a much better condition, and l was
cured in three months, and this avoided
a terrible surgical operation: MRS
Ecx1s STEVENSON, $50 So. State st.,
Salt Lake City, Utah.-s5ooo forfeit If
asous testimonial is not genuine
Remember every woman IS
cordially invited to write to MRS.
Pinkham If there Is anything
about her symptoms she does not
understand. Mrs. P1nkhams
address is Lynn, Mass.