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days. It is situated 30 miles above Nor folk and Newport News, on the James river, and is about 70 miles below Rich mond. Old inhabitants say that it has shrunken within generation, but that it has now an area of HOO acres. It is two and half miles long, and only lit- tie more than half a mile in width. From the main shore it is separated by a narrow stream and some marshy low land, over which there is low wooden bridge. The whole place looks 'old- timey."
 The island is as barren of civilization as Palmyra of the desert, and the only evidences of it's former teeming habi- tation are the walls of the Ambler mansion-house, and the pitiful piece of tower of the first Protestant church built of brick in the new world. These objects of interest were pointed out by a young colored woman from the mainland. who also directed the trav- eler to the screened little acreage sur rounding the relics of the church and the long neglected cemetery. There are no pictures of these interesting ob- iects. but the tower is like any ordi- nary old tower, and the mansion remains are composed of the small bricks imported in those early days; about half of the size of modern bricks. The mansion is said to have been built with bricks which were formerly used in official and ancient structures. Ira dition has it that in this old mansion there resided a woman who declined the honor of marriage with George Washington.
 If this be true she must have almost hated herself afterwards when George became "frst in war, first in peace and first in the hearts of his countrymen. :"
 There is an association of ladies known as an association "For the Pre- servation of Virginia Antiquities" |" and it is this association which has sur rounded these sole relics with wire fences and thick wire screens. These ladies took this step only six years ago: rather late in the day for the pre- servation of these antiquities, for hogs, wild and tame, and other cattle have browsed about the tower and the walls and over the graves of the cemetery for many, many years.
 The ladies employ custodian, but he was not on duty when the narrator called. He is said to reside in little shanty there which is surrounded by heavy earthworks thrown up 40 odd years ago by confederate soldiers. By his absence he lost one fee of ten cents, which he is allowed to charge as part of his compensation for living there in the midst of squalor, dirt, malaria and musty "reminiscences.
 On reaching the north end of this historic island, work done and being
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done by the federal government was discovered. It saems that the island has been crlmbling so rapidly of late years that the Virginia senators have secured appropriations for the pur- pose of preventing the entire destruc- Stion of the island by the swift cur rent which sweeps unobstructed for eight miles, and fercely carries away tons of clay and sand. Ripraps and ietties along shore may divert the channel little, but if the island is to be fully protected it will prove to be a very costly proposition. The northern portion of the ruins of the town are said to be under water, and the covered foundations of former habitations can be seen from the side of rowboats. Alongside the north east of the island there are big blocks of stone just beneath the surface or the water. They are held together by cement, and evidently formed the foundation of some big official build ing.
 The biggest ships of the olden time used to come up the James and am chor at the wharves of Jamestown, but they could not do so now. ln- deed, when the capital was moved to Williamsburg in 1723 the channel was becoming yisibly more shallow. Thus was business affected in the begin ming of the decline of Jamestown. There were big financial and politl- oo1 ha4+Iac ;, 4b,,Sa davS nrecedinQ the removal of the capital; and tra- dition hath it that several hot-blood- ed Virginians emptied their guns at and into the bodies of each other. However, the inevitable came, the capital was removed, Jamestown slowly fell into innocuous desuetude, and Williamsburg fourished, We have seen just such riyalries and bat ties between rival towns, far in the interior of the new world, within our own generation.
 The brick church, of which only the tower is left, was built in 1888, when the colony was only 30 years old. Previously the people had worshiped in large wigwam made of logs. The new brick church was 56 feet long and 28 feet wide, furnished lavishly with donations from England; every thing in it being as rich and regal as the trappings and vestments of the best churches in the old coun- try. Gov. Dale wrote: 'There is some comfort in religion now" as though his religion had been no com
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20
RELICS OF VIAGINIA. To Be Preserved by Society,". of
 Patriotic Women. &.
Occupation of Jnmestosvn Island Dates Back Three Centuries old Church i'm Which Poca-
 hontas Worshiped.
Special Washington Letter.l

(lX 7 IRGINIANS are proud of
 v every chapter in the history
 of their state,' says Senator Daniels. There are some paragraphs in some of the chapters which are not so brilliant as othersS but, on the whole we are proud of every chapter in our history"
 The occasion calling forth the re- mark is the fact that Virginia is grow ing old, and has history of almost 300 years. On the 25th of May will occur the anniversary of the landing of Capt John Smith and his fellow-freeboot upon the soil of Virginia, and the be- ginning of the permanent establish ment of the first white colony in this republic of ours.
 On May 25, 1907, now 296 years agone, Jamestown island was occupied and preparations begun for own-building. This was 13 years before the landing of the Pilgrims at Plymouth, so there can be no doubt that this was the first permanent white settlement upon the land which now constitutes the United States of America.
 There are upwards of 15,o0O Virgin ians residing in the national capital, making their livings as federal office holders. That is to say, that some 5000 office-holders from Virginia support a colony of 15,OoO people, all of them in tensely loyal to their state, and proud of their lineage. Some 20 years ago there began an annual exodus from Washington to Jamestown to celebrate the anniversary; and there will be no hiatus in this procedure. The pilgrim ages will begin two days before the an- niversary, tens of thousands of Virgin ians will visit Jamestown, but the prin- cipal celebration this year will be in Richmond
 In order to describe this ancient To- cality the writer went to James town island, the trip occupying only two
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fort to him in the commodious log wigwam.
 But for the removal of the capital to Williamsburg there might have been a great educational institution at Jamestown, because Parson Blair, the Scotchman from the University of Edinburgh who founded William and Mary college, was assigned to the parish at Jamestown in the new brick church, just before the trans fer of the capital. He had for a short time been pastor of the parish of Varina, where Pocahontas was one of his parishioners. She was the wife of John Rolfe, an extensive to- bacco planter, and was known as Re- becca Rolfe; quite English, you know, as compared with her aboriginal name when she hurried into history by her rush to the rescue of Capt. John Smith. Parson Blair often said that if he had remained at James, town he would have founded the col lege there-an institution which has endured until this day, and will ever endure.
 The celebrated educational inatitu- ton was originally built of bricks made on Jamestown island. They were made in the style of the im- ported bricks, but were not import ed; neither were those which were used in the church at James town. Parts of the ancient structure remain in good state of preservation, ard the old church at Jamestown would still remain intact, if civilization had not deserted it.
 The ladies' association for the pres- ervation of Virginia antiquities re- gently held an important meeting, at which it was decided to memorabilia the Virginia legislature to make ap- propriations to aid them in tbeir work. They hope also to induce the Virginia senators and representatives to interest the congress, so that suf- ficient appropriations may be ob- tained to save from complete ruin this relic-remnant of the original set clement of the soil of the United States by the Anglo-Saxon freebobt- CTS; the aggressive ancestry of which we are all so proud; an an- cestry of Fl Dora9 o-seeking maraud- CTS who plunged way across this continent and blazed their pathway with the blood of innocent aborg- ines.
 But they had their good points; and, anyway, they made history which it might be well to preserve, even in relic form.
 SMITH D. FRY
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20
THE SIZE OF AMERICA.
Something of Natlon, According to Travelled Irishman'n
 Descriptions.

Col. Abraham Gruber is the master of more Irish jokes, it is said, than any other man iE town. In making d speech at re- cent public dinner he told this one, says the New York Mail and Express:
 "Micky Finnigan, who had been an American citizen for about year and had travelled about this continent considerably, returned home to Hibernia for a visit This is the way he described his new country to one of his relatives:
 thot if you wor to drag England thr-rough the shtates you wouldn't lave mar-rk in the dir-rt; an you could lose Oireland in one O them gr-reat inland oceans we hoy phwat we call lakes; an if yol had Scotland to get rid of, there are thousand corners you could hide her in, an nobody could tell where you had put her except, begorra, for the bad smell O the whisky"
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20
sicSrneaa mnae rhem Ganeromn.

When the government ship Dolphin wsa coming home from Cuba, carrying Secretary of War Moody, Senator Hale, of the naval rough weather was encountered Just pre- vious to the coming of the storm the stafes- men named had been discussing the pro- posed building of six battleships Messrs. Hale and Cannon succumbed to seasickness- When his suffering had become too intense to be borne any longer in silence 'Uncla Joe" called out to Secretary Moody: Say. Moody, if you will get us to shore quickly I'll give you six battleships next winter.s 'I will make better bill than that" ex~ claimed Senator Hale. "Ill favor 20 bat tleships if the secretary will only keep this ship still for half an hour. ."-Kansas City, Journal
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20

LOUISVILLE, KY For a year or more l have been suffering with severe pains in the small of my back and kidneys had tried a number of remedies but without relief. I decided to try Doan's Kidney Pills, and purchased two boxes, and am glad to state that after taking the two boxes of pills l was relieved of all pains, and have not been troubled since. Prior to taking these pills 1t was impossible for me to get g full nights sleep, but 1 am not experiencing any difficulty in this re- spect now. = Yours truly, JOHN E. KRA- MFR, 2423 W. Main s tre e (ForemAn American Tobacco Co.)
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20
What Everybody Says.

CHICAGO, ILL. = When l received the sample of Doan's Kidney Pills I was suffering terribly with my back was sick and unfit to do anything. The several remedies I had used, though highly recommended. did no good, but rather irritated the trouble and made me worse. Before l had used up the sample | was feeling so much better that I got more from the drug store. l could not sleep at night. Had to get up six or eight times, and the urine was so red, would almost think 1t was part blood = therewas athick sand, like brick-dust sedi- ment. 1 cannot tell one-half that I suf- fered, nor how good I feel now that 1 am cured by Doan's Kid ney Pills but here I am, sixty-six years old, able to do my own work, feeling well as I did twenty years ago, for which [ thank Deans Kidney Pills ten thousand times. - Mrs. K. T. GoULD. 914 w. Lake Street. Doan's Pilla cure when othere fail.
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20
Funeral sermon to Order.

The old Bridewell burying ground, which is now the subject of legislation in the Eng fish parliament, is the resting place of Mme. II. dramatists, who died in Bridewell prison, and left $50 for sermon to be preached at her funeral, on condition that nothing should be said of her but what was well
 The preacher got out of the difficulty neat ly by saying: "All that I shall say of her she died well; for she was born with the name of Creswel, she lived in Clerkenwell, and she died in Bridewell. ."-Chicago Post.
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20
Every one who uses Doan's Kidney Pills free trial has a good word to say for them -t that's why they arc most
 prominent in the
 public eye.

Aching backs are eased. Hip, back, and loin pains overcome. Swelling of the limbs and dropsy signs vanish.
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Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20

ABERDxEN, WASzs-- I had 8 bad pain In my back {; l could hardly walk or sit down. I could not write for sample, but got a ffty-cent box of druggist, and they have made me all right. No other med icine did me any good. - AUo. CARL SON. 65 1st St. East.
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20

It may bo foolish to struggle against the inevitable, but we all have more or less ad- miration for the man who refuses to let it knock him out in the first round.-Puck.
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20

Mrs Clubman-"W you be home early Jack?" Mir. Clubman-"We-ell, yes; but don't wait breakfast for me. Brooklyn Life
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20

Do not believe Piso's Cure for Consump- ton has an equal for coughs and cods--J. F. Boyer, Trinity Springs, Ind, Feb. Is, 1900.
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20

What ales the porter" "His young daughter wines all the time, and he is going home to liquor Princeton Tiger.
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20

Putnam Fadeless Dyes do not stain the hands or spot the kettle, except green and nurnle
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The out act is the gauge egass of tho inner characser.-Ram's Horn.
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20

The man who admits nothing has nothing to explain Chicago Journal.
Newport daily independent., 1903-05-20
Swallow Is a swift Flyer.

A swallow, at its best speed, can travel at the rate of 12s miles in aA hour.
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stops the Cough

and works off the cold. Laxative Brom0 Quinine Tablets Price 25 cents
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
Observed Washinston's Birthday.

New York, Feb. 23.-Washington's
birthday was observed here by special
service of patriotic societies and many
clergymen made the anniversary the
subject of their sermons.
The Society Of the Sons of the Revo-
luton of the state of New York had
its 18th annual service in the Brick
Presbyterian church.
At Carnegie hall a patriotic mass
meeting was conducted under the aus
pieces of the West Side branch of the
\. M. G. A. Patriotic airs were rem
dered by the Seventh regiment band
and the New York festival choir Of 300
voices, the audience joining in the sing
ing Of the national anthems and the
Battle Hymn Of the Republic"
Booker T.. Washington was the ora
tor at memorial meeting held In the
Academy of Arts and Science. The
speaker devoted his address to con.
sideration of the race problem.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
AG ANXIOUS
The iMMEDLATE PAY
|zHT or e5soo PROMISED.
prelimlnary to Raising Of vene-
6eian Riockade-Mr. Bowen De-
cIined the Request-says Protocol
Calls for 80 Days Time-eermany's
Reason Unknown.

Washington, Feb 23.-The German
government, through its representa-
tive, Baron Speck Won Sternberg, has
made request for the immediate pay
ment OF $500 which, it was stipu-
lated in the protocol signed on Febru-
airy Is, should be paid within 80
days from that date, as preliminary
to the raising of the blockade against
the Venezuelan ports and agreement to
send the question of preferential treat
ment of the blockading nations to The
Hague for determination. Mr.. Bowen
declined to accede to the request, but
informed Baron Sternberg that as pro-
vided in the protocol, the money would
be paid to the German representative
at Caracas 80 days from February 10,
which would be on the 18th of March.
The reason that animated the Ger
man government In making the re-
quest is not disclosed here. The mat
ter has special significance perhaps
from the fact that the ships taken by
the Germans during the blockade have
not yet been returned to Venezuela.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27

Indianapolis, Ind, Feb. 23.-Major
General Robert 8. Foster is dying at
his home here. He commanded the
first division Of the Twenty-fourth
corps in the civil war and headed on
General Lee at Appomattox, causing
his surrender. He was one Of the
founders Of the G. A. r. and was the
first junior vice commander. He was
United States marshal for Indiana un-
der Garfield and is now Quartermaster
general Of Indiana.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
IDAHO NOTES.

There 10 Q movement on foot to To-
cate -four mill at Greer.
The work Of assessment Of Nez
Perez county commenced on Monday.
Lewistown wants a box factory and
there is certainly an excellent field
there for such an enterprise.
q. P. Atchison, Kendrick grain deal
err ia reported to have sold his ware
house system to the volmer-C learwa-
ter Grain Co.
The sugar bounty bill has passed the
house by almost strict party vote,
Galloway being the only democrat to
support 1t.
John Potter, the IA year old stepson
OF Willis Arnold, FIVE miles east OF
Kendrick, accidentally shot and fatal
ly wounded himself recently.
Machinery for the -four mill of the
Culdesac Milling company at Guide
sac is being installed and the mill will
be grinding inside of three weeks.
R. B. Brownell, senior member Of
the firm of BrowneH Brothers Hard
ware company, died very suddenly at
HALEY recently, supposedly from
strychnine poisoning.
Miss Winnie Chapman, the young
woman whose strange cataleptic spells
and apparent clairvoyant powers have
set all Dixie and the surrounding coun-
try to talking. is believed to be recov-
ering.
It Is reported that the Idaho Sugar
company will resist any efforts Of MIR.
Hansen and his Utah associates to &C.
quire possession of the beet sugar ma
chinery, which Mr. Hansen contracted
for, and which the Utah company pro-
posed to locate near Idaho Falls.
Manager e.. A. Blackwell of the Will
liam Howard Land & Lumber COM
pany says it is the intention to COM
mence the erection of their large saw
mil plant at Occur d'Alene as soon as
the preliminaries in connection with
the building OF the new electric rail-
road are more fully arranged.
Ruth, the year old daughter of Mr..
and Mrs. Frank H. Crane, Jr., of
Payette, died from injuries received
recently by falling into boiler Of hot
water which had been placed on the
floor for the purpose Of scrubbing. The
child was cooked so deeply that the
flesh came off with the clothing, ex-
posing the bones.
Advices from Thunder Mountain
state that considerable alarm is felt
with reference to the safety of Billy
4.obinson and Phil Creighton. They
were working at HOLSTERS camp on
South creek, and over month ago
started over the mountain to Jim
Hands camp on Beaver creek, expect
ing to be gone week. Nothing has
been heard from them since and it is
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
Riot at South Bend. Ind.

South Bend, Ind, Feb. 23.-An at
tempt was made by a mob of $50 men
to wreck the power house of the In
diana Railway company and do injury
to the employees there. There were
seven men at the power house when
the attack was made. One, the watch
man. named DIETRICH, was thrown bod
lily through a window and seriously in.
jured. J. A. Ovitt and M. q. Essler
we're badly pummeled and gashed by
brickbats, stones and clubs.
They will be charged with conspir
acy, riot and assault with intent to kill
The hose was turned on the fire under
the boilers. Much damage was done
to property.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
To Lawton's Memory.
Geo. z. Bailey La Dead.

New York, Feb. 23.-George F. Bail
ey, who was famous as a circus man,
and was first the rival and then the
partner of P. T. Barnum, is dead at
the age of "a years. Death was due to
paralysis.
Mr.. Bailey is accredited by showmen
with being the originator of the Car
diff" giant and the "colored mummy"
Old showmen remember him best as
one Of the -Four Foot party" name
given to partnership Of four men who
created sensation in the circus world
years ago.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Luca

State of Ohio, City of Toledo, Lucas
County, IS.
Frank ]. Cheney makes oath that
he is the senior partner of the firm oil
F. ]. Cheney & Co., doing business In
the City of Toledo, County and State
aforesaid, and that said firm will pay
the sum of ONE HUNDRED DOL.
LARS for each and every case OF
Catarrh that can not be sured by the
use of HALLS CATARRH CURE.
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to before me and subscribed
in my presence, this 9Th day Of De-
cember, A. D. 1886.
A. w. GLEASON,
(SeaD Notary Public.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken inter
nally and acts directly on the blood
and mucous surfaces of the system.
Send for testimonials, free.
F. J. CHENEY & CO.. Toledo, o.
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
Prices Paid at Spokane.

Poultry and Eggs-Chickens, roost
ers, 10@11c; hens, 121ac per live VT;
young chickens, 1904 per doz; tur
keys, live weight, lac per ID, dressed
10000; eggs, fresh, 30@35c doz;
uucks, live weight, lie lib.
Observation-Disclosures, 10000 pei
cwt; onions, 50@75c per cwt.
Live Stock-Beef, live steers, $3.50;
dressed, So; cows, $3.50; dressed
$3.50; mutton, ewes $3.50 per cwt
dressed, 50; veal, dressed, 8@11c;
hogs, live, 5k@5%c; dressed, $4,000
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27

feared they have been caught in snow
slides.
A meeting of farmers Of the Clifford,
Myrtle and Melrose districts was held
recently, when organization of the
Mrytle-Agatha Tramway company was
completed and articles Of incorpora-
ton were drawn up and signed. The
capital stock was placed at $4,000.
The plan of the company is to con-
struct and operate a grain and mer-
chandise tramway from Summit. about
two miles north of Clifford. and located
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
SAM Lake Can collide.

Salt Lake. Utah, Feb. 23.-Two troll
ley cars collided on the South Temple
street line. Motorman Farrow was
probably fatally injured and the cars
badly smashed. The passengers es-
capped with q few bruises. A dense
fog prevailed at the tina
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-02-27
Verdict Of ManaIauuhter.

Charlotte. N. c., Feb. 23.-The jury
in the case Of Arthur L. Bishop, the
travelling salesman. charged with the
murder Of Thomas J. Wilson. rendered
verdict Of granddaughter. Immediate
ly after the rendering Of the verdict
Bishop was remanded to jail.