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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
AVERAGE voCABU1ARrEs.

ANGAAGG VOCABULARIES.
NNF 300 cid spellings to be taboOed in the
MI Presidents Arst Order how many will the
NM second order include and bow much OF the
80 language will there be left in its received
Me11E&1N fern for Old-fashioned people to console
v@SGS@>N themselves with7 An uneducated mans
cabulaEy contains altogether, according to
tne authorities only 800 400 words. italian
operas require not 800 words the system of
Egyptian hierOglyphcs has but 800 symbols Well edu
Gated persons Of fair intelligence USE it is said not over
SUI or 1000 words. The Bible of 1611-cOmmonly
known as the King James or the Authorized Version
Poets, dealing much under distractions employ larger
vocabulary. Mten found 5000 words necessary for
the composition Of his poems Pope 11OOO and Shak-
speare, 10000 These large figures, compared with
the prOsy talk Of the average who gets along
fOrtably with 500 words.
Everybody knows II understands q great many words
which he never Dictionary words include long
hstneVer heard In speech and rarely in print
number Of words including scientific and art terms
which are not obsolete that by good authors
may reach 100000. Dictionary makers score point on
their rivals by introducing in large numbers rarely
technical terms derived from Latin Greek. Slang
cooQuialsmA hybrds special cOnages and seminatura-
lied words may be used to pad the list indefinitely Early
editions of Webster had but 10000 words but WOrcesters
has 10000, Websters Unabridged, 118OO0 and Web
SterS international Dictionary 100000 while the Ency-
cOpede Dictionary contains 10000 words or II com
pounds be included 250OO0 The Century Dictionary In
Guiding Herewith the CyclOpedia Of Names and Atlas
defines 100000 words and names. 1t should be added
however that Of this large total 10000 are to be cred
tied % the Atlas and number similarly large to the
CyclOpedia OF Names-Balttmore Sun.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
LUXURY OF OCEAN TRAVEL.

With Their Splendid Equipment the
Great Liners Are Floating Palaces.
There was a time, and not so long
ago, when crossing the ocean seemed
quite an undertaking, and the person
who had ventured twice or thrice was
brave III the eyes of his associates. But,
significant of the wandering spirit de-
veloped in America within the last dec
ade, a few days ago the writer was
speaking with a man, not a profess
sional traveller, who had made eighty
trips across and to the moneyed man
or woman of this century a record Of
from ten to twenty trips across is not
so extraordinary as to cause comment
The eight or ten days formerly spent
on the waves between here and Europe
have been reduced to a trite over six,
and during these six days the vessel is
not only in constant communication
with land, but every morning a paper
containing brief accounts of the news
features Of the world is printed and
distributed free of charge among the
passengers.
Because of their bulk and weight the
large liners are comparatively steady,
and few storms Of the summer are of
sufficient strength to roll or toss them.
The broad decks are like small streets,
and the dining rooms and saloons are
more like those of a metropolitan hotel
than a ship. In place Of the stuffy
little cabins of old-time ships, the up
to-date liners are equipped with rooms
en- suite, with baths, full-length mir
rors and wardrobes, and even the small
er cabins are provided with all the
furnishings Of a well-appointed bou-
doir.-Leslie's Weekly.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
CHOCOLATE INDUSTRY.

Use Of This Article Has Largely In
creased Of Late.
It Is a fact TO be gratihed about that
cocoa and chocolate are conducive to
health, because they are so delicious
that their lovers and users are grow.
ing in number so rapidly as to require
almost a daily revision Of statistics
says Cent Per Cent. If there were any
hurtful tendency accompanying their
use the country would be facing q con-
dltion bafiing all remedies, for the de.
lights Of cocoa and OF chocolate using
give them a hold upon appetite that Il
Is next to impossible to break, 1t does
not seem a long time since Rutherford
B. Hayes was president, and yet with.
in that short range Of time, the use OF
cocoa in one form or another has In
creased In the United States 1000 per
cent and the consumption Of cocoa and
chocolate by Americans has more than
doubled in I'VE years.
Not alone, however, Is the attention
challenged by the enormous Increase
In the use Of cocoa, but an even more
remarkable fact Is brought to light by
authorities on the subject. We refer to
the fact that study of the statistics
gathered by Higgins & Lee, less than
eight years ago the United States held
only fifth place as manufacturer Of CO
Goa and chocolate, England, Germany,
Holland and France taking precedence
In about the order named. Today we
hold first place, both as manufacturers
and consumers Of cocoa and chocolate,
by a comfortable margin, and are In.
creasing our lead SO rapidly that 1t Is
with the utmost diflculty that the
American manufacturers are able to
meet the demands upon them. In 1905
the United States consumed nearly
100000 bags of cocoa, or about one
third Of the worlds entire crop. Even
at this rate Of growth the industry
would be destined to become a com
handing figure in the commercial
world, but the consumption Of cocoa
Is charging with the population, and
at an increasing ratio; that is, more
people are using 1t, and present users
are consuming larger quantities.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
LincoIn,s bar RECORD.

In his twenty-three years at the bar
Lincoln had no less than 169 cases be-
fore the highest court Of Illinois, rec
ord unsurpassed by his contemporaries.
He appeared before the United States
circuit and district courts with great
frequency, he was the most lndefatiga-
BILE attendant on the Eighth circuit and
tried more cases than any other men,
Der Of that bar, he was attorney for
the Illinois Central Railroad, the great
est corporation in the State and one
which doubtless had its choice Of legal
talent; he was also counsel for the
Rhode Island Railroad and other cor
poratiOns and individuals with import
and legal interests at stake, me was
sought as legal arbitrator in the great
corporation litigations Of Illinois, and
he tried some Of the most notable cases
recorded in the courts Of that State
Frederick Trevor Hill in Century.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
OVER A CLIFF.


SSSSSSSNSNNrS~
To 80 out after game in the hill
country Of India means that the hunter
will find game, says Captain Glasfurd,
the author of rifle and Romance in
the Indian Jungle" One morning, fol-
lowed by his Shlkarees, or native hunt
ers, Captain Glasfurd was out looking
over a rough hillside for bear. He had
passed round the curve Of a high ledge,
when he found himself In front Of a
large, low-rOOfed cave. On the sandy
door Of the entrance to the cave were
the fresh ingOing tracks Of bear
Our position was a sufficiently haz-
RFdOus one, The ledge was extremely
narrow, Overhung by rock, and on the
verge Of a perpendicular face Of sand
stone. We began quietly retraclng our
way. But scarcely had we taken one
step when a horrible disturbance &C.
CURED in the depths of the cavern.
This fastened our movements; but our
haste was as nothing compared to the
rapidity of the eruption that was going
on behind us as the bear came yelling
and scrambling out of the cavern. For
me there was nothing but a swift whip
round to face this horrid denouement,
my rife not even permitted to reach
shoulder.
To right, blank wall of smooth cliff.
side; to left, a swift descent to the un-
known over the edge of the cliff, and
in front raging, roaring mass of black
hair shooting toward me with the speed
Of a runaway motor car.
"Bangi" goes my rifle, and the next
moment am enjoying a strange, slow.
moving nightmare, one of the most vivid
Of its memories being the smooth.
brushed appearance of the bears fore
head as her jaws closed on my right
thigh.
We bump and whirl swiftly down.
ward. A i-unconsciousness held me.
and then came shock. / saw the body
Of the bear hurled far from me into
space, and l realized that was clutch.
Ing at something.
1t was little tree that gripped in
the strength of despair. l was hang.
ing to it, head downward, on the face
of the cliff itself.
My Jat orderly's voice soon sounded
in my ear. The plucly fellow had
crawled down that awful slope and
managed to seize my hands. 1 was
somehow drawn upward to the ledge.
Then my gaze fell upon that solitary
sapling, rooted In some mere chink In
the rock. There was no other tree with.
In many yards.
Two months on my back afforded
scope for thought as to my extraordi.
nary piece of luck.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
-o@a-

Ing house bazed with nags and thrilled with the music
of buge and drum The blessing Of the volunteers the
prayers for their safety and the sad sad series Of sol
diers funeralsall these up to the mans memory
in the old pew.
Suddenly out Of this dreamland he is called by the
stir Of the cOngregaonand is conscious that he has
missed the good pastors But perhaps GOd Him
self has preached to him out Of fes grim strugge-in
the vision Of of his deep experiences and the
discovery that they are still potent to the will
and confirm the faith with their rich and tender mem
Ories.-Youth's Companion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

Do not despise the mystical and tran
scendental II you are to live Wisely
and with advantage, you must live
your life from above 1t ls because
we live our lives on lower and I'M
worthier plane than we might, that our
mind loses Its lucidity, that our con-
science loses Its discrimination, that
cur heart loses its freshness. 1t Is be-
cause life Is lived too low down that
we fan morally. There Is an ancient
story about a man who lived In q
swamp and prayed unto Jupiter 20 give
him health. Pray from the hiII-top.
and your prayer win be answered
Quoth Juplter.-ReY Thomas Yates.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

noble, DO you aspire to put into activ.
lty those God-inspired thoughts7 When
You have the Inspiration to make some
great sacrifice, and you know you ought
to make It. do you go forward and
make IT. You cannot accept any AMIR
nation Of the soul, that impulse which
always drives upward and forward,
without doing something, SO that Il
you think you are believing. and you
are not doing, then you are Of all men
the most deceived and miserable.
Doing inevitably follows believing. III
We love me, keep my commandment"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02


hcation for affirmative answer 1t has been amply
demonstrated that the electric locomotive capable
tanning and maintaining far higher speeds than this.
On the Zossen experimental road in Germany speeds Of
over 125 miles per hour reached.
The chief difficulty in the way of operating a com.
mercal line at such enormous veOctes aside from the
question Of cost has to do with the safety Of passengers
The rails and be built strongly enough to stand
the and competent push them this
speed available and methods Of transmitting
to the motors from overhead conductor have been per-
fected In fact the realization of tenhour train be-
tween New York and Chicago to require only the
devIsement Of protective block system which would
render practically impossible the terrible fatalities liable
to result from collisions derailmens these speeds
II the rolling stock could be made accident
proof and the road bed sufficiently straight and solid
do with the danger of derament there
ing in the way Of mlea-minute line, but its How
much heavier this would be than in the of fifty
mile per hour service is question which the early
construction OF such line to depend-New York
Globe
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
An Infant Prodigy.

Hercules was only six months old
when he uttered the first words under
most unusual circumstances.
he happened to be looking over the
side Of his cradle when he saw ap-
preaching two huge reptiles.
Great snakes |" he exclaimed, as,
reaching out, he took one in each club
by fist and strangled the life out Of
each twenty foOter.-Baltimore Ameri-
can.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
So Appropriate.

She had a formula by means Of
which she let her suitors down easy.
''Oh! no, Mr.. Blank, cannot marry
you, but 1 will be a very dear little
sister to you" she promised.
Later, she got married, and all the
rejected suitors were at the wedding.
And there was quite a sensation in
their ranks when the minister started
the service-"Dearly beloved breth-
rem l"-CleVeland Leader.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

How dark are the paths In which
Gods faithful ones are compelled to
treadl How fierce the fires in which
the pure gold Of their principle IL test
ed But when the patient feet have
plodded through the darkness, the glory
is the brighter for the gloom, and the
GOLD is FURNISHED by the fame into .
beauty unparalleled before. Not in ca
price of power, nor lessening Of love,
does the Father permit the trial Of the
child; but we wrestle with the angel ii
the dark, that with thews Of iron, We
may be the stronger at the breaking Of
the day.-W. Morley Punshon.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

No child goes to school In Japan un-
der six years Of age. Two hours .
week are set apart to teach the child
ethical knowledge and one hour for the
study Of etiquette to walk, bow,
pour tea and hold the hands and I'm
gers.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
Fitting.

On the evening Of the first Sunday
after their removal from their house
in the suburbs, which was the only
home the children had ever known, to
the top floor of a seventh-story apart
ment house, the family gathered
around the piano for the usual hour
of song, each member in turn, ac-
cordIng to time-honored custom, re-
Questing a hymn of his choice. When
1O-year-old Marjory's turn came she
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

De syle-So the affirmative side in
the debate "Are Brides a Necessary
Evil9" came out ahead; congratulate
you.
Gunbusta-Thanks; but want to
tell you conhdentially that we gave the
negative side $40 to let US win.-New
York Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

said: II think the most appropriate
hymn is:
I'm nearer my heavenly home to-day
Than ever I've been before
II think Of it every time 1 come up
in the elevator. New York Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

"why don't you get something new
TO talk about7"
what forP' asked the orator. -Peo-
pie don't fully understand what have
been talking about for the last ten
years. Washington Star.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

Here is a question that came up
among some people who were talking
down town to-day: Which is worse
to have some one around who Is will
ing but dumb, or some one who is un-
willing. but wiser
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

qualities that usually indicate character and prin-
clple But this proves nothing except Mt Hip
pies at simulaton-a success which Ia
not unique but which, the other hand II would be
contemplate to consider universal.
Speculations to neghbOrs', rivals and our
enemies sincerity will always be of the interesting
occupations Of mankind. Yet it is a courageous man
who makes rigid rules, who is prepared to condemn or
affirm general principles Mr.. Nipple refrained from
the Sunday newspaper-he proves a hypocrte but
that makes the Sunday newspaper neither better nor
Unfortunate indeed would be to weaken ones
capacity for belief in ones kind because knave had
measure of success-ChiCago Post
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

One of the jokes of this season Is
to decorate a house with golden rod
for a party, and find out when the
guests have arrived that half Of them
have hay fever.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
H1PPLE,s HYPocRrsY

HE damage effected by the late Mr.. Nipple ls
not confined to his depositOrs. The ex-
posture Of a hypOcrite always endangers the
faith in human nature Of the grudging and
the weak. Mr.. Nipple was able to deceive
his creditors by parading his religion, by
practIcipR with convincing oRtentation the
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

A man seldom realizes what al I'm.
principled scOundrel he is until he runs
for Office.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

Guard well thy lips; then none can know
Prov. xiii, 3.
What evils from the tongue may flow;
james ill.,, q, 8.
What guilt, what grief may be incurred,
Judges XII, 50.
By enc inOautiOus, Aasty word.
Marx vi, %, q.
Be slow to speak, look well within,
Prov.
To check what there may lead to sin;
james 1, Is.
And pray increasingly for aid,
Col. ".
Lest unawares, thou be betrayed,
Luke XXI, IA
Condemn not, Judge not"-nOt to man
james w., 2.
L. given his brothers faults to scan;
II Cor. w., 8,
The task is thine. and thine alone
To search out and subdue thine own.
John viii, 4.
Indulge no murmurings, oh, restrain
Cor. Z, 10.
Those lips, so ready to complain;
Lam. ill.,, %.
ANU a tHey cAn De numbered, count
Psalm, GILL, 2.
OF one days mercies the amount.
Lam. ill.,, %.
shun vain discussions, trifing themes;
Titus ill.,, o.
Dwell not on earthly hopes and schemes /;
-Deut vi, A.
Let words Of wisdom, meekness, love,
james ILL.,, 8.
Thy, hearts true renovation prove.
Luke vi, As.
Set God before thee, every word
Gen. xviii, 1,
Psalm cxxxix., 4.
Oh, cOuldSt thou realize this thought,
Matt XII, 35,
What care, what caution, would be
taught Luke XIII, 80.
The time is short" this day may De
Cor. vii, %,
The very last assigned to thee;
9 -Bph. ", To-
So speak, that shOuldst thou ne'er spenT
more, Col, w., g.
Thou may'st not this days words deplore
Rom. xiv. IL
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
M1LE-A-M1NUrE RA1LRoADuo.

cation Of the transportation business Of the
country, at least except in the case Of very
long hauls through thinly populated re-
gions. Will this transformation bring with
it the practical lmpossibillty Of mile-a-min-
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

away the faces changed the carpet into the
welremembered colOrs Of City years ago-and he was
In truth a child again.
His thought went back to the time when he was al
lowed to sit the fOosteO concession his short
restless legs He tasted again the luscious raisn which
found it's way from grandmOthers pocket to his mouth
and shifted the pungent sOuthernwOOd Of the Sunday
nosegay in a neIghboF's Bik.mtted hand.
1t in that pew that he FIRST realized to the full
the dignity Of trousers 1t there that he proudly
conscious Of the approving gRnces Of his friends his
first college vacation He recalled in the intoler
able length Of e'sermOn that Thanksgiving day!
The pew has sad memories well sweet ones Most
poignant Of them is that of his mothers funeral and
the awful Sunday after it. when could bear to
take her empty place and the emptiness Of it
endurable Close upon that time followed the Sunday
solemn profession there of the faith she
had loved so we'll
Then came the days of the great war; when the meet
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
The Sons Of Judnb.


Rom. xiv, IL.
The Sons of Judah.
The young minister, making his first
calls In his new parish, found himself
one lovely May afternoon upon a cor
ner Of the Bakers tiny front piazza
with old Uncle Jimmy" He hardly
knew how he came here OF course be
had not expected to find Dan Baker at
at home in the afternoon, but he had
eounted upon a call on his wife; and
instead, here he was upon a corner OF
the piazza with Mrs. Bakers father-in-
law, old, crippled Uncle Jimmy. Uncle
Jimmy's shrewd, friendly blue eyel
studied the young mans face.
Don't be put out" he said, cheerful.
ly. Dan and Fanny will be all right,
come Sunday. But there's a heap OF
things doing on farm in May, and
they haven't got time to talk religion
weekdays. You might take 1t out on
me, II you don't mind. I've got all the
time there is-sometimes, most think,
too much of 1t, and I'd take It real
kind Of ye"
1t was irresistible, even had the min.
lister wanted to resist. He led the old
man on to talk of his early life, and
the years before the rheumatism con.
Quered him. Uncle Jimmy told Of 1t
all freely, bis long years Of toll, and
then the defeated hopes and plans.
There was no word of complaint; in.
deed, his tone was almost impersOnal,
but at the end of the story he looked
up.
"Td admire to have you read to me
before you CO." he said. There's a
Bible on the table in the fore room"
The minister went into the "fore
room" and returned with the big fam
lily Bible.
'Have you any particular passage in
mind2' he asked.
Eyes" Uncle Jimmy answered, 81
have. For years I've had hankering
for some minister to read one of those
long chapters in Chronicles, say, about
the sons of Judah and the sons of
Levi, and all the rest of them. wres-
tied with 'em myself lot, but some of
the names is certainly a mouthful. I've
always wanted to hear somebody read
'em off slick"
Certainly l will read them" the
minister answered, surprised, but isn't
there some other passage that you
would like besides-somethin closer
to human life?"
The old man turned his wrinkled
face to the young one
"Well," he said, 81 suppose 1t does
sound queer, but mebbe there amt any
body can tell right off what will help
somebody else most. Now me, when /
get real down-hearted, l read over the
Sons Of Judah lists. say to myself,
Now here are all these people nobody
knows anything about They lived
their lives and passed away. Mebbe
some Of them were real prosperous
suppose they were; but mebbe some
were failures, like me. But God re-
members them all-every last man OF
them. Folks forgot them thousands OF
years ago, but He didn't forget. He
knew every one of them by name"
II tell you there are times when
there's a heap Of comfort in those lists.
God ain't the changing kind-He says
30. So 1 know that somewhere in His
lists old Jimmy Bakers name is put
away, safe and sure"
The young minister's firm hand
closed over an old, twisted one.
THANK you, my friend" he said
Youths Companion.
Dninr FnIInVKn ReIiavinr
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

Some men are never satisfied unless
they are on the wrong side
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02
THE FAMILY PEW.

\ ONE Of the most vivid of the emotions which
thrOnged upon the summer pilgrim to the
old home were those which awaited him in
the family pew Of the old meeting house
As he took hts seat there, and heard the
J familiar note Of the Organ and the clear.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-02

Doing Follows Believing.
When your heart thrills with the
thought Of being kind and loving and