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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-11-28

reaching its destination about II O'Clock
at night and, returning, left Grangeville
soon after midnight, reaching Sites in
time for the morning train. The stage
for Grangeville now leaves early in the
morning and returns in the afternoon.
This necessitates passengers to and
from points on Camas prairie remaining
overnight at Stites.-News,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-11-28


Eric Jensen is in town from Grange
vile. He brings the report that pur.
suant to decree issued by Judge Steele
the county seat was removed to Grange
vile Wednesday. All Grangeville went
wild celebrating. The church bells
were wrung, anvils were fired and all
kinds of hilarity was the order of the
day. Owing to the fact that only the
frame of the new court house was COM
plete the records and county offices
were installed temporarily in the Odd
Fellows hall. 1t seems that there is
some Misunderstanding in regard to
finishing the court house and until that
is adjusted the county headquarters will
be in the hall before mentioned. Said
hall is already partitioned off into Of
fees, etc. 1t is a hard matter to Judge
accurately when the actual possess ion
of the new court house will take place,
as scme people who were adverse to the
removal are creating considerable
trouble trying to pick flaws in the lease
of the property to the county and are
also trying to make it appear that the
contract for the construction of the
building was faulty. 1t is confidently
expected that these matters will soon
be Strengthened up.
Since the rains have commenced the
stages betUsen Grangeyilte and Stites
have established a winter schedule.
During the summer the stage for
Grangeville left Sites on the arrival of
the train ct g o'chcck 10 the evening"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-11-28
METHODIST FAIR.

The ladies of the Methodist chnrch
will give fair in the 1. 0. o. F. hall on
Friday evening, Dec. S, 1902. All kinds
of useful articles will be sold, including
Christmas presents. A wheel quilt with
names on the spokes win also be sold.
An elegant supper will be served for Csc.
Attend, everyone, and help good cause.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1902-11-28

Money to loan on farm lands at s per
cent. A. F. PARKER. Grangsville, Ida.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
The GufIIOtine and Its Inventor.

the GU1lkOt1ne anu xtS INVENTOR
One of the most widely disseminated
of popular errors is that DR.. Guillotin
invented the grim machine which still
bears the name. The real inventor of
this sinister contrivance was DR..
Louis, a we'll known medical man and
permanent secretary of the Partisan
School Of Medicine, or Academic de
Medicine.
DR.. Guillotin, who died in 1914, ener-
getically but vainly protested against
the use of his name in connection with
this disagreeable subject-an evidence,
if one were wanted, of the great diff
Guilty there is of correcting a popular
error. Needless to say that the legend
that DR.. Guillotin was among the vic
TINS Of his friends ingenious and mer-
ciful instrument Of destruction is
wholly apocryphal. He died at good
old age and in his bed, surrounded by
his children, who, however, obtained
permission to change their name.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Outward Show In Italy.

All over Italy social life is character
lied by a great love Of outward show.
Here is an anecdote which Mr.. Luigi
Villari relates in italian Life In Town
and Country" to illustrate this national
feeling:
An American gentleman who was
spending the winter in Naples had
taken a fat in a palazzo, the first floor
Of which was occupied by noble fam
lily in somewhat reduced circum-
stances. He noticed to his surprise that
every day he met a servant going up
or down the stairs carrying pair of
carriage doors. At last the mystery
was explained. The said noble family
shared carriage with some other peo-
pie, but each had it's own doors with
the family coat of arms, to make their
friends believe that they both had
carriages.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
A Sad Story.

Fowling is now very little practiced
in the Shetland islands, although many
eggs are secured annually Many thrill
ing stories of fowling adventure are
told by the Shetlanders. A man who
had undertaken to climb certain
steep cliff was neither very expert
enced nor very brave, although he
boasted Of being both. He pushed up
ward, however, briSkly without look
ing behind until he had got up about
$50 feet, when he stopped to breathe.
The pause was fatal to his self possess
sion, and he called out in tones Of ter
ror, Men, men, | am going-I am go
ing" But he still held on for a little,
and it was not till he had shrieked
many times II am going that he did
fall headlong.
His comrades, having thus been
warned, moved the boat out of the way
SO that the poor fellow came sheer
down into the deep water Mighty was
the plunge, but at length he rose to the
surface, when of course he was in
stantly caught hold Of and dragged into
the boat. After many gasps and much
spluttering of sea water from his
mouth his only remark was: "Eh, men,
this is a sad story. have lost my
snuffbox. "-"Sketches and Tales of
Shetland"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Solving 1t.

Patrick, thrifty tradesman in the
neighborhood of the Dublin docks, was.
the story goes man who never spent
a penny more than he needed to spend.
but he was nevertheless as good man
at the making of an Irish bull as any
who lived between Bantry and Bally-
castle.
Having one day occasion to send a
letter to place some distance, Patrick
called messenger and asked him his
price for going such a distanc
''It ill be a shillin'," said the man.
'Twice too much!" said Patrick. Let
it be siXpence."
''Nivver," answered the messenger.
''The way is that lonely that I'd nivver
60 it under a shillin'.''
Lonely, is it," said Patrick, scratch
ing his head. Faith, an ye're right
Now, man, I'll tell We what We'll do:
make it sixpence, an I'll go wild We to
lape We company"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05

A correspondent of the North China
Herald writes this dissertation upon
roast pig: How little western writers
understand the Chinese! Who has
not read and rejoiced over Lambs
Dissertation Upon Roast Pig?' 1t is
not everybody who has the chance
of seeing Lambs fascinating story
worked out in real life. In the begin
ming of the present Chinese year
passed through busy market village
where the people kept many pigs. In
the middle Of the night u fire broke
out in the market village and de-
stroyed the whole place. No lives had
been lost, but most of the pigs had
been roasted, especially those too fat
to run quickly. Roast pigs! Bur ling
houses! Lambs story in real life!
Quite naturally remarked that some
folk must have had splendid meal of
roast pork in those days. To my sur
prise the natives asked with disgust:
"a splendid meal! Who would eat
that sinking, smoky stuff? The
palate of the Chinaman absolutely re-
jects smoky roast pork! All that mag
nifcent epicurean description culmi-
mating in the one word 'crackling'-a
delusion, yarn, lie! l gloated over
that yarn when boy and grew ex-
cited as the story went from one page
to another. Now to find the whole
thing go up in smoker
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
The Strain ON the Eve.

There is no reason why muscle or
muscles Of the eye should not flag out
just as the muscles elsewhere do. Let
one bear weight all day long, does he
not attribute his consequent headache
to the heavy burden he has borne? It
seems without elaborate thinking we
could conceive of the results following
upon prolonged use of the eye. Nature
has done all she could to protect and
prolong the usefulness of the eye.
No earthly architect ever yet planned
q structure that would not yield, crum-
BILE and fall, and the house human, so
exquisitely uplifted in curious and
mysterious ways, falls and returns to
dust more rapidly and surely than need
be, for the reason that we do not real
ize how much one part is sustained or
overthrown by another. One tiny mus
Gle is potent enough to disturb the
whole economy, especially if intercur-
rent diseases exist in addition to "eye
strain"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05

At the mems service in a YORKSHIRE
parish the vicar tried to convey the les
son that the truest heroes and heroines
are those who do noble deeds in the
secret corner Of the home, where none
can see or applaud.
Few of you seem to Think he con-
Guided, that your wives staying at
home uncomplainingly to mind the chill
dren and prepare the meals are
heroines, and yet their touching devo-
ton to duty proves them to be so''
It certainly hadn't struck one old
farmer in this way before, and as soon
as he got home he promptly told his
wife that the vicar had called her
heroine.
whatever does that mean?' asked
the good lady.
"Oh, it means woman who stays in
t. house instead of goin' art to show
hersen," explained the farmer vaguely
'Then I'm not a heroine, an I'll
thang t. vicar to mind what he's say
in" snapped the wife. II go to his
church as much as t. other women do,
an he must be blind if he can't see me-
Why, I'd five different colors in t.
bonnet I wore last Sunday!'-London
Answers
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Tons OF Food For the Atlantic.

Tons OF Food For the Atlantic.
Commenting on the tremendous
amount Of food consumed on the aver
age Atlantic liner nowadays, writer
in the Springfield Republican says: "At
8 comes the monumental breakfast; at
II the deck steward fills up the coma
tose figures in the morgue with their
beef tea from those thick, obese Eng
lish cups; at / the magnanimous lunch
con; at the sleepers assaulted by the
deck steward again; at the awesome
English dinner; at $3.50 trif1ing lunch
to ballast you for bed. Besides this bar
barrie mounds Of sandwiches, olives,
cheese, crackers, perpetually stare you
in the face in the smoking room. Food,
pursue the unwilling stomach in every
corner Of the place; food tasted, vast
ed, thrown away. There is one port
hole ON the steerage deck, from the
galley apparently, which belches it
forth in a continuous stream-half
we have left trail Of it across the At
lantic. If some one would only esti-
mate the tons of wasted food which
are annually thrown into the Atlantic
or could calculate how much cheaper
these steamship companies could give
us our travel if they substituted plain,
self respecting fare for this gilded glut-
tony, it would certainly be interesting
and worth while.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05

Two young fellows recently went
out on shooting expedition, driving
to their destination in q trap. They
had excellent sport, and toward night
fall they returned to where they had
hobbled their horse and were proceed
ing to hitch up when they discovered
that neither of them knew the way t.
do it. In about an hour they had mos
of the harness on; but, Try as they
would, they could not get the bit int
the horses mouth. AT last one of Their
sat down in despair, and his compan
ion said:
well, Tom, and what are you goin.
to do now?'
I'm going to wait till that brut
yawns," was the reply. And they die
st. Louis Republic.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Mark Twain's First Earnings.

Mark Twain was once asked by a
friend If he remembered the first
money ne had ever earned.
eyes," answered Mr.. Clemens, puff
ing meditatively On his cigar, 81 have
distinct recollection of it. When l
was a youngster, l attended school at
a place where the use of the birch rod
was not an unusual event 1t was
against the rules to mark the desks in
any manner, the penalty being fine
Of S. or public chastisement.
Happening to violate the rule on
one occasion, was offered the alter
native. I told my father, and, as he
seemed to think it would be too bad
for me to be publicly punished, he
gave me the S.. At that period of my
existence SIS was a large sum, while a
whipping was of little consequence,
and so''- here Mr.. Clemens reflective
ly knocked the ashes from his cigar
well" he finally added, that was
how I earned my first So
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
ST. Johns Eve.

Curious and quaint beliefs still pre-
vail in some parts of England concern
ing st. Johns eve. Lassies still place
their shoes, before retiring for the
night, at right angles, forming a T, re-
citing the lines:
Hoping this night my true love to see
1 place my shoes in the form of r,
under the idea that their future hus-
band will be revealed to them in
dreams. Formerly supper was placed
on the table with the belief that the
future husband would enter by the
open door. There is, too, q prevalent
idea that especially fortunate are the
children born on st. Johns eve, the
rhyme running:
Under the stars on the eve of st. John,
Lucky the babe that those stars shine On.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Curran Met His Match.

Curran, the famous Irish advocate,
was a master of repartee, but he did
not always score, though he enjoyed
en- encounter none the less if he was
fairly beaten. One day, in a gay mood,
he stopped and chatted with a certain
Father O'Leary. "Ah, father" said
the advocate, waiting for an opening,
chow I wish when 1 die that you had
the key to heaven"
"Why?' said the priest, for he guess
ed q trap was laid.
Because you could let me in.'
"Ah," said Father O'Leary, sit would
be better for you if had the key of
the other place, for then l could let
you out"
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
His Egg Sauce.

"Well, ny man." said the visiting
physician of Dublin infrmary to a
patient. show do you feel this morn
ing?"
'Purty well, sorr,' was the reply.
That's right. I hope you like the
placer"
Indeed and 1 do, sorrv said the
man. There's only wan thing wrong
in this establishment, and that is
only get as much mate as wud feed q
sparrow"
"Oh, you're getting your appetite
are your said the doctor. "Then I'll
order an egg to be sent up to you
"Arrah, docther," rejoined the pa
tient, would you be so kind as to tell
thin at the same time to sind me up
the hin that laid it?'
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Elephants, Love For Ffnery,

Strange as it may seem, the elephan
is passionately fond Of finery and dc
lights to see himself decked out wit
gorgeous trappings. The native prince
of India are very particular in choos
ing their state elephants and will Civ
fabulous sums for an animal that e1
actly meets the somewhat fancifJ
standards they have erected. For thes
they have made cloths of silk so heav
ly embroidered with gold that two me
are hardly able to lift them-Pea
sons Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Moqui Village Criers.
carriages.

Among the picturesque features of
life in the MOqui villages are the town
criers, who take the place of the daily
newspapers in civilized communities.
There are two of these functionaries,
one representing the "hOstiles" and the
other the "friendlies.' the opposing po-
litical parties in the Tusayan villages.
Twice a day these officials ascend to
the housetops and, wrapped in their
scarlet blankets, their figures outlined
against the clear blue sky, call out in
long drawn, resonant tones whatever
announcement or record of town hap
penings may be in order.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
The Rose.

Old as the history of the world itself
is that of the queen Of flowers. The
ancient Greeks and Romans reveled in
roses. They were used lavishly at their
feasts. In the time of the republic the
people had their cups of falernian wine
swimming with blooms, and she Spar
tan soldiers, after the battle of Cirrha,
refused to drink any wine that was not
perfumed with roses, while at the re-
gatta of BaiR the whole surface of the
Lucrine lake was strewn with flowers.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
The Privilege of Possum.

A Georgia darby arrested for steal
ing a pOSSum from a white man said
to the judge:
Il don't count it no stealth tall, yo'
homer, kaze de possum wuz raise fer
de niger, DIES lax de mule wuz. Let
de white man take de turkey en- leave
de possum fer de niger is what I
saysv'
But" said the judge, 1.-The negro
frequently takes the turkey too?'
''Not dis season, suh." was the quick
reply. "Dey roostin' too high."-At-
lanta Constitution.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05

>S>NA%s
Tomboy done got er holt er him, an
wen we see de ole man grab up er
bresh an mex to'ds us we git f'om dar
Wen Crismus time gun ter git
close by, we all gun ter fix up TO dem
ole pussons. Day mex TO Crismus
marse he mex er long highferlutin'
speech an tell us dat longs we all
b'haved ou'se'fs purity we'll an wo'k
hard an mex er good crop, he gwine
gin Us er whole day TO ter frolic erroun'
an Joy vessels. Me an Jack an
Tom-dem wus de wife boys-slip
out'n de back do an des lit out. Down
at de fu'niss web dey ben er KILN
hogs we sot an rugged up er projick
To- ter wake up dem ole folks Tom
say, Jack, yo' mus be de ole Sandy
Claws, an we watch SOS we dom git
cotch UP wild Jack say. No, hain't,
nudder, ease yo' boys run an lef' me
an den ha' ter git out the bes' kin.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
A Black Eve.

Provided there is no abrasion or cut
of the cuticle, a black eye can be re-
moved in one night by an application
Of an ointment of black hellebore.
Rub some black hellebore powder up
with some lard and apply, leaving it
on all night. In the morning the dis
coloration has all gone ana the swell
ing also, only leaving a slight wrinkle,
which soon disappears by cold water
applications.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
1T MuddIed Him.

'It gets me-" confided the intoxicated
individual who was gazing into the
florists window-"it gets me! d'know
wezzer a chr chr chr zannemum looks
like a Skye terrier or wezzer a Skye
terrier looks like chr-chr- izZiannium."
But the policeman got him just then
and the problem ceased to get him for
the time being.-Baltimor American.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Sought Bargain In War.

Edward III. had just announced his
intention of beginning the Hundred
Years war.
But" sobbed Queen Philippa, "can't
you reduce it to ninety-eight?'
Maddened, however, by this request
for bargain, he rushed out at once
and pawned their crowns to pay the
troops.-New York Tribune
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Rung Her In.

"And when you marry" she softly
said, II hope you'll remember to invite
me to the ceremony"
He looked thoughtful. 1T will be
awfully crowded. no doubt" he said,
''but I think l can ring you in some
how
clared the ring was an astonishingly
good fit.-Cleveland Plain Dealer.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
ScOrched.

Cannibal Chief-What was that /
had for dinner?
Cannibal Cookie was bicycle
rider, your excellency.
Cannibal Chief thought I detected
burned taste.
Cannibal Cookies, your excellen-.
cy. He was scorching when we caught
him.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Difference of Opinton.

How did that poem of yours turn
out?''
'Oh," answered the author, there
was the difference of opinion that
usually attends the production of a
masterpiece. The postmaster insisted
that it was first class matter and the
editor insisted that it was not
Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
The Woes of CuDid.

"Men is sho' fickle," said Miss Miami
Brown. "Dey goes back on you on de
slightes' provocatio
Whats been happenin'??'' asked
Miss Dina Jefferson Tompkins.
Mr.. Rastus Pinkley come aroun'
tryin' to kiss me. an, SO as not to seem
too willin' an audacious smashed
i'm wifi fiatiron, an jes' fob dat he
Tilted me."-Washington Star.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
They Felt Hungry.

She-Well, Clarence, dear, the situs
ton is not quite as rosy as it was pi'
tured to us before marriage, is it?
He-Well, not altogether so, love.
Shell wiSh-er-I wish
He-What do you wish, dearest?
She-I wish we had the rice and Il
old shoes they threw at us when v
were married.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Not Worried by Them.

Mamma-Johnny, when you told me
that that Sever boy threw stones at
you you did not tell me that it was
after you had thrown stones at him.
JOHNNY wasn't afraid of the
stones I threw at him, ma. It was
only the ones coming my way that /
was scarf Qf.-Boston Transcript.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Teaching Him a Lesson.

Thompson-Did your wife scold you
when you went home so late last
night?
Johnson-You don't know what it is
to have wife who was once a school
teacher. She simply made me write
hundred times on a slate. ST must be
home by 10 O'clock
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
One OF the Intelligent.

Have you any scruples," inquired
the prosecuting attorney, against in
ficting the death penalty in case Of
willful murder?"
''Ort I to hev 'em,' cautiously asked
the talesman, cor not to hey 'em, if I
don't want to set on the jury ?"-Chi-
cago Tribune.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05

It is remarkable how virtuous and
generously disposed every one is at
play. We uniformly applaud what
is right and condemn what is wrong
when it costs US nothing but the senti-
ment.-Hazlitt
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Plenty of Proof.

Alice-What makes you think your
new photographs are so horrid?
Gladys-Al my girl friends ask for
one, but my male friends don't.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
A Mean Rival.

Miss EstheteOh, just adore poets!
What sad, soulful expression Mr..
Longhan has.
Mr.. Smartchap-You would have a
sad, soulful expression, too. if you were
as far behind in your board bill as he
is.-New York Weekly.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Her View.

A little three-year-old miss while b
mother was trying to get her to sic
became interested in a peculiar moi
and asked what it was.
"a cricket. DEAR" replied her mot
er.
WELL" remarked the little lady, IS
ought to get himself oiled."-
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
TOOthache.

Dentist-Been suffering from tooth
ache, see.
She-Yes; haven't slept wink fo7
three nights.
Dentist-Is it back one or
She-No; it's my husbands tooth.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Raising His Salary.

"You told me last week that you
would try TO raise my salary" said
Briggs.
ooh, yes replied his employer.
''Well, I did. raised it after some.
trouble. Believe me, | had a very
hard time raising it this week.
The Wisconsin tobacco reporter. (Edgerton, Wis.) 1877-1950, 1902-12-05
Not a Bargain Day.

The Husband during the quarreD-
You're always making bargains. Was
there ever time when you didn't?
The Wife-Yes. sir: on my wedding
day