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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
INSTINCT OF BIRDS.
II Enables Them to Hide Their Nests
So SkilIfulIy That Enemies
Cannot Find Them.

The brilliantly plumed birds of the
tropical forests are exposed to many
dangers, and if they were not gifted
with queer yet useful instincts they
would fall ready victims to their en-
emies. Chattering monkeys and big
snakes steal and eat their eggs, while
their fiedglings are preyed upon by
foes on every side.
But it takes sly monkey or snake
to get ahead of the mother tailor bird.
She hides her nest so skillfully that
her enemies cannot find it, no matter
how hard they try. This she does
by using her long, slender bill as
needle.
With the tough fiber of a parasite
plant abundant in the tropics as q
thread, she sews q dead leaf taken
from the ground to living one near
the end of a slender and hanging
branch, and between these leaves she
builds her nest, where neither mon
key nor snake can approach, because
the branch will not bear their weight.
The Indian sparrow is equally inge-
NOUS. She makes her nest of grass,
which she weaves like cloth and in the
shape of a bottle. Then she covers
the outside with fireflies to scare away
the bats that prey upon her young
ones.
The oriole of North America makes
its nest of hemp, woven like cloth.
The pincpine of Africa is called the
felt bird, because it makes its nest
in the style usually adopted by felt
makers,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
LIVELY JUMPING JACK.
II You Follow Directions Here Given
You Can Duplicate the One
in the Picture.

Look at this picture and see if you
think you could make dancing jack
like it. Of course you can; all you
need to do it is a piece of very thin
cardboard, as thin as visiting card;
four large round matches, not parlor
matches, but the old-fashioned kind;
four pins, and little sealing wax.
First draw and color separately on
the card the body and head of the fig
ure, and then the two arms and the
two legs, and cut them out neatly.
Then place the body on the table, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23

in necklaces, bracelets, anklets and
wristlets made of small flint arrow
points. or of the dried seeds of juni-
per, pinion and other plants, or of
bones. Later they secured beads of
shell, turquoise and coral by barter.
But nearly all this primitive deco
ration received a rude shock of dis
appointment when the Mexican col
onist came upon the scene, with his
iron, copper and silver adornmentS
glittering in the sunlight. From
coveting the Navajo took to possess
sing by fair means or foul. He
would barter his skins or other
native possessions for the precious
metals, using brass and copper for
the making of ornaments, and iron
for tipping his arrows. Silver, how
ever, has never lost its charm for
him. The Mexican vaquero trapped
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
NAVAJO SILVERWARE
Some of 1t Is Artistic, All of 1t Is of
Interest.
How the Things Are Made and the
People Who Make Them-The
Present Craze for Indian
Trinkets.
Especial New Mexico letter.

TN the larger eastern cities much
interest is now being felt in
everything pertaining to the
North American Indian. The mu-
seums are charging their collections,
and many ladies are beginning to
wear various silver ornaments made
by the rude, aboriginal silversmith.
Already in New York alone one
Navajo silversmith is kept working
as many hours as he is capable, and
thousands of dollars worth of silver
ornaments are being brought in from
the Navajo reservation in New Mex
leo. The fad is now at its height.
Ladies are being photographed in
Indian costume, wearing necklaces,
bracelets, ear pendants and finger
rings of Navajo silverware. Gentle
men proudly show finger rings and
even bracelets which they brought
with them from a recent visit to the
far west.
Few people, however, know any
thing about how these things are
made, or of the people who make
them.
The Navahoes are a large tribe,
semi-nomadic, occupying a reserva-
ton in New Mexico and Northern
Arizona. Primitive peoples at an
early date felt the desire for per-
sonal adornment, with the Navajo
this found expression in painting the
body with various colored ochers
or clays, in fashioning garments out
of the skins of animals, in wearing
head dresses and other fantastic
ornaments made from feathers, and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
REAL PULLMAN CAR.
How Judges in Rural Mexico Travel
from One Place to Another to
Hold Court.

In some of the interior portions of
Mexico many primitive and curious
sights are to be met. A typical and
striking illustration of this is the pic
ture of a learned Mexican judge going
in his state coach to hold his court in
a distant town.
His vehicle is what can be termed
literally the original 'Pull-man COACH"
though decidedly void of the speed and
luxury of its present-day namesake.
The Roman chariot-like cart is COM
posed entirely of wood, the two wheels
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
How to Take Castor Oil.

A simple method of taking castor
oil, according to Medical News, with
out producing any nauseating effects,
is to instruct the patient to wash out
the mouth with water as hot as can
be borne, and then swallow the oil,
and follow this by rinsing out the
mouth well with hot water. The first
swallow of the water cleanses the
mouth, makes the membranes hot, SO
that the oil does not stick, and con-
sequently slips down easily,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
POPULAR SCIENCE
A Trick with Water Which, Although
Simple, Is Instructive as Well
Amusing.

If you place sheet of paper on a
the glass rapidly with your hand not
drop of the water will come out, and
the reason is because the atmospheric
pressure weighs down the paper and
thus prevents the water from over
flowing.
This simple trick shows the effect of
atmospheric pressure on water, but
here is another trick which shows
that similar result can be attained
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
PennsyIvania's Boy Nimrod

Walter Canister, for his age, is ac-
corded the honor of being the cham
pion Nimrod of Berks county, Pa. HA
has the distinction of shooting three
raccoons, one of them the heaviest
ever shot in the county. The coon
weighed 81 pounds, and was brought
down from a tree 100 feet high. Since
Master Canister was ten years old he
has bagged 81 rabbits, ~ opossums
and trapped IS skunks. He is now
about IA years of age.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
SOME OF THE THINGS l DO.

When play that I'm a bird,
Then l try to fly;
Lifting up my pinafore
High, high, high:
Spreading out my pinafore
Wide, wide, wide;
You might think it was wings,
If you truly tried.
When play that I'm horse,
Then l wear a tail,
Eat my luncheon from bag,
Drink it from a pail,
Smashed the cart up t'other day
Baby in it, tool
When he's scared and runs away
What's a horse to do?
When play that I'm a wolf,
Then howl and roar,
Shifting here, snuffing there,
Round the nursery door,
Daddy says he'll spank me soon,
If l still annoy;
Think perhaps, this afternoon,
I'll be a little boy!
Laura E. Richards. in Hurdy-
Gurdy.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
MEXICAN PULLMAN" COACH.
being sawed ends of the Brazil wood

being sawed ends of the Brazil wood
tree.
The car is used by judge living in
one of the mountain districts of north
west Mexico who prefers for his mo-
tive power two strong poems. The
country is billy and difficult to drive
over. Mules and donkeys have been
found balky and unsatisfactory to
manage. Finally man power was
adopted by the judge, whereby he
is certain to get to his district court,
slowly, but surely, time evidently be-
ing no object to the Mexican country
judge.-Detroit Free Press.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23


out in the glittering metal has ever
been his ideal of personal adornment
and he retains it to this day Silver
is the only coin they care to accept,
though the better educated now
know the superior value of gold.
There are some clever and skillful
;silversmiths among them-Peshlikais
as they call themselves. In crucibles
of their own manufacture they melt
the precious metal, using a crude and
primitive blast furnace, with charcoal
as fuel, and the molten silver is then
poured into moulds which they have
shaped out of sandstone or other
rock. They understand the art of
uniting two pieces of metal together,
for many of their ornaments are
hollow and globular, originally made
in two parts and then joined. Scarce
Iy man or woman of any standing
In the tribe does not possess a home
manufactured necklace of silver
beads or articles of some design,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23

Treatment by chemical rays has not
vet made so great progress in the Unit
ed States as in some of the European
countries. The therapeutic effects of
the violet and ultraviolet rays have
been shown to be remarkable, and in
France, perhaps, this form of treat
ment has reached the highest stage
of development at present attained.-~
Science.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1903-04-23
bachelor Life Kills Men.

Star, registrar general of vital sta
tistics for Scotland, declares his opin-
ion that bachelor life was more de-
structive to males than the most I'M
wholesome trade or the most in
sanitary surroundings.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-12-25
STORE is ROBBED.

Word reached town Monday of the
holding mp and robbery of the r. Stub
bers store at Greencreek late Saturday
evening by masked highwayman.
Mr.. Stubbers and John Arneson were
sitting in the back of the store talking
when the door was heard swinging back
and forth. Stubbers arose TO shut it
and on passing in front of the safe found
himself looking down the barrel of re-
volver. The robber ordered him to open
the safe and shell out" which he did
without further parley. Arneson saw
the hold-up and ran up stairs to secure a
revolver but before he returned the rob-
Der had disappeared. Between $500 and
$400 were secured by the hold-up, who
is described as tall man dressed in
black and had white handkerchief COW
ering his face at the time Of the robbery
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-12-25
:. /. LOCAL NEWS . =
G. L. Palmer. Notary Public.

G. L. Palmer. Notary Public.
When in town go to Blackburn's liv-
cry barn.
Read the new ads. of Goldstone and
Brown & Brust this week.
Don't fail to see the new line OF holi-
day goods at Brown & Brust's.
Masks for the Christmas ball at
Clarke's drug store.
Everyone is busy these days getting
ready for Christmas.
W. L. Brown and E. NJ. Ehrhardt Wis
tied the county seat Saturday, returning
Sunday.
There will he Christmas trees tonight
at the Catholic, Baptist and Methodi So
churches.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-12-25
oranberries for sale at Goldstone's.

Geo. w. COutts, attorney at law and
justice of the peace, Cottonwood, Idaho.
Miss Anna Gerding returned from
Lewiston the first of the week to spend
Christmas.
The CHRONICLE is out a-day early this
week to enable the printer to enjoy his
Christmas.
Write for local testimonials of the
Sanders Disc Plow to the Eifel store at
Ferdinand, Idaho.
The weather menu this week has been
a queer one-raiD, snow, thaw and
freezing about every day.
John Aichlmayr called in Monday
and secured 1904 receipt from us and
B. Taeke did likewise Tuesday.
Frank Schmidt returned Saturday
from his visit east and reports having
had an excellsnt time while away.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-12-25
The Lone Star State.

Down in Texas at Yoakum, is a big
dry goods firm of which Mr.. J. NJ. Hal
Ter is the head. Mr.. Haller on one of
his trips east to buy goods said to a
friend who was with him in the palace
CIR, "Here, take one of these Little Ear
ly Risers upon retiring and you will be
up early in the morning feeling good. :"
For the clark brown" taste, headache
and that loey feeling DeWitt's Little
Early Risers are the best pill to use.
Sold by Clarke's Drug Store,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-12-25


w. w. Blackburn has opened the old
Cottonwood livery stable and will give
the best OF service.
Don't fail to visit Goldstone's and look
over the finest line of holiday goods ever
shown in Cottonwood.
Ii you are thinking of making anyone
Christmas present visit Goldstone's
before making selection.
The disc plow that gives the best sat
isfaction is the Sanders. For sale at the
Eifel store, Ferdinand, Idaho.
Willis Angel came in Wednesday
and had his subscription placed ahead
to Jan. l, 1905. Many thanks.
The Bon Bon candy store at Grange
vile will be able to fill your orders for
fancy candies for the Christmas trade.
Money to loan on farm lands at per
cent. PARKER & YOU'VE,
Grangeville, Ida.
Goldstone has the finest line of goods
for gifts and presents for Christmas and
New Year ever shown here. Look them
over.
Remember that Goldstone's big spe-
cial cash sale still continues and you can
get extra bargains in all lines for cash
until Jan. 1.
Geoege Lange is getting around on
crutches this week as the result of a
sprained ankle received by slipping on
an icy sidewalk.
DIR. Turner informs us that the opera
tion on VIM. Morgan, who is now lying
at the Cottonwood House, will take
place next Monday.
Joseph Nuxoll and Joseph Schmidt,
two OF Greencreek's prosperous farmers,
were in town Tuesday and left cash at
this office on subscription.
Fred Rustemeyer returned Sunday
from Grangeville where he has been en-
ployed for several weeks plasteriDg the
Bank of Camas Prairie building.
DIR. Blake was in town Monday from
Keuterville and deposited 81 so with us
on subscription. DIR. says things are
rather quiet up on the mountain.
If you want to raise good crops pre-
pare the ground for it by using Sand
ers Disc Plow. They cannot be beaten.
For sale at the Eifel store, Ferdinand.
Money. Farm loans. Low interest
and long time. Write or call on
j. B. RICE,
Westlake, Id.
Frank M. Roberts, who edited the
CHRONICLE during our absence last fall,
was in town Wednesday with Hills sur
veying party of which he is head chain
man.
About $50 belonging to the Catholic
church fund of Greencreek was included
in the amount secured by the robber
who held up the store there Saturday
night.
Mrs. b. Tafke, who has been con-
fined to her bed by sickness for the
past two months, is reported as being
much better and will soon be able to be
around again.
Once user of Sanders Disc Plow
always user. They are the best plow
ON the market and are being used every
where. Get one at the Eifel store, Fer
dinand, Idaho.
John Breen, one OF the pioneers of
this section who believes in patronizing
home industry, came in Saturday and
had his name placed on the CHRoN1oLE
subscription list.
FoR SALE.-Eight or ten full -blooded
Hereford bulls, last springs calves, also
registered and unregistered full-blood
large English Berkshire hogs. Address
or call on John Callan, Grangeville, Ida,
CATHOLIC CHRISTMAS SERVICE.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-12-25
COTTONWOOD

Services in Church of the Blessed
Virgin Mary, Help Of Christians.
On December %, at a. M, Low
Mass.
Dec. 25, at 10 a. m, High Mass and
Sermon.
Dec. 25, at Z p. m, Children's Enter
tainment and Benediction with the
Most Blessed Sacrament.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1903-12-25
CATHOLIC CHRISTMAS SERVICE.

Christmas services will be held in the
Catholic church at the following places
as follows:
GREENCREEK
Services in st. Anthony,s church.
On December "a, beginning at 9p. m,
Children's Entertainment.
Dec. rs at II M, Solemn Midnight
Mass.
Dec. 25, at a. m, Low Mass.
Dec. Is, at 10 a. M, High Mass.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-07-23

ing upon some one thing she will in
stantly know what the thing is, and
will name it. He states that she her
self will hold the crayon, and, blind
folded, mark the chess knights moves
with as much ease as she directs his
moves VIXEN he holds the crayon. She
does this, he says, by reading his mind
with a rapidity that keeps pace with
his own thought.
In brief, Mr.. Cotton says that Lola
can solve any mathema teal or chess
problem with which he himself is IA
miliar, and that she can describe any
object blindfolded that is within range
of her powers of description.
She has never been to school md does
not know how to read or write.
Mr.. Ctton says that he has been in
terested for many years in psychology
ical matters, and one day, watching the
baby-then four years o!d-at play, he
wondered if he could exert unspoken
influence over her. He mentally COM
manded her to take up certain toys and
lay others down, and the experiment
proved successful. Fearing to affect
her brain. he proceeded cautiously and
by degrees, in the meanwhile subject
ing her to medical examination to. be
certain that no injurious results had
followed. Lola is the only child of Mr..
and Mrs. Cotton. She was born in
Clarkville, Allegany county, n. Y.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-07-23
NEW MRS. VANDERBILT.
the yanlerbilts and Man
with . History.

William e. Vanderbilt and Mrs.
Lewis NJ. Rutherfurd, who were re-
Gently married in London, are pro.
nounced as handsome pair for their
age as could well be brought togeth.
er at the altar. Mrs. Rutherfurd's
second husband died two years ago
at Paris, and she but recently re.
opened her fine house near the man.
sion of the Castellanes in Passy. She
has lived abroad for many years, and
was married 10 years ago in London
to the late Mr.. Rutherfurd. She was
then the widow of Samuel S. Sands.
a wealthy New Yorker, and had been
the beautiful Anna Hartman. Mr..
Rutherfurd was one of New York's
best known society and club men.
He was a brother of Mrs. Henry
White. The new Mrs. William X.
is perfect blonde, with q very
handsome face, regular features,
bright blue eyes and pure golden
hair. She is immensely wealthy, and
is the owner of the beautiful Tran.
guilty farm, a fine estate in New
Jersey. She was one of the eight
children OF Oliver Hartman and one
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-07-23

andlearn how it can be done. FL.
A. A. Boyce, farmer living three
and half miles from Trenton, No.,
says: "A severe cold settled in my
kidneys and developed SO quickly that
1 was obliged to lay off work on account
of the aching in my back and sides.
For time was unable to walk at all,
and every makeshift tried and all the
medicine 1 took had not the slightest
effect. My back continued to grow
weaker until was unfit for anything.
Mrs. Boyce noticed Doan's Kidney Pills
advertised as a sure-cure for just such
conditions and one day when in Tren-
ton she brought box home from
Chas. A. Fosters drug store. followed
the directions carefully when taking
them and must say I was more than
surprised and much more gratified to
notice the backache disappearing
gradually until it finally stopped"
A, FREE TRIAL Of this great kidney
medicine which cured Mr.. Boyce will
be mailed on application to any part
of the United States. Address Foster
Milburn Co., Buffalo, N. Y. For sale by
Ill druggists, price so cents per box.
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-07-23
TWO SWEEPING CAPS.
Beauty, But for Practical Use
Tncy Are the Thing.

For the crown of cap No. l, cut a
piece of blue chambray 15A by 10
inches. The long side is the bottom.
Round the corners at the top. Make
a narrow hem across the bottom for
drawing strings. Then cut a piece
of white Swiss muslin 22h by 9H
inches. Basic a hem one-inch wide
around both ends and one side and
featherstitch it down with blue silk
on the wrong side. Gather the round
top of the crown and sew it to the
other long edge of the muslin, cover
ing the same with narrow seam COW
ering. Fold the muslin back just half
and run the narrow blue ribbon in
the bottom of the chambray to gather
it up. Cap No. 2, though not so quaint
and coquettish, is still very pretty
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-07-23
HAS MARVELLOUS POWERS.
Girl, II an Accomplished
Mind Reader.

o. a..
Lola Cotton is an extraordinary
child, though Lola does not realize
that she is different from any other
six-year-old girl.
Here are some of the things that she
can do, according to the New York
Herald:
Blindfolded and with her back
turned toward the other occupants of
q room she will name and describe.
dozens of articles selected by any per-
son present. She does this without
hesitation and with rapidity and
ease that astonish the listener. If she
had eyes in the back of her head the
answers could not come with more!sat-
isfactory clearness and accuracy in
nearly every instance where test is
desired.
Lola can give correct answers to
mathematical questions, both in arith-
metic and algebra, without an instant's
hesitation.
Blindfolded and with back toward q
blackboard she will direct what is
called the ''Chess Knights Tour" while
the person with the crayon moves it
swiftly from field to field until the en-
tire 81 fields have been covered in as
many moves, without recrossing, con-
GLIDING at the starting point. Over this
network of lines and figures little Lola
leads the crayon holder. This she does
without error, although the fact that
she starts from any field designated
makes it necessary that she should be
able to follow 4,096 combinations to a
successful finish.
How does Lola do the things that no
other six-year-old girl in New York
can do? -,
Does Lola know more than she will
tell? Or knowing nothing about it,,
does the secret lie in the unconscious
subservience of her brain to another's
controlling influence?
All that Lola does is performed in
the presence of her ia Their, j. l.. Cotton.
The questions answered by her are
asked by him, although suggested by
other people. Mr.. Cotton says that the
system is that of thought transfer
ence; that his blindfolded daughters
brain is in such marvelously intimate
communication with the workings of
his own that she can follow his
thought while his eyes move from OBJ
ject to object, and while they are rest
Williston graphic. (Williston, Williams County, N.D.) 1895-1919, 1903-07-23
Make the Baby Com Portable.

Don't make baby's dress too tight,
says a writer in Good Housekeeping.
any a baby frets and cries simply be-
cause the little arms are restricted,
or the neckhand is too tight. By
making baby's clothes large you will
save yourself much extra work and
many fretful days. Ny baby wore
her first dresses until she wore them
out, some being in use when she was
two and a half years old. No change
was necessary save in length of skirt.
i:ecently saw L big, overgrown baby
of six months whose yoke met only
at one button. I asked the mother
if 1 might loosen the clothes. I did
so and found that the sleeves, made
for small baby, now cut into the
fat arms. The baby at once stopped
fretting.