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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-16
Worth Their Weight In Gold.

l. N. Grigg, living near Oro-
fino, sold three hogs this week,
while not worth their weight in
gold literally, brought a hand
some price to their owner. The
three hogs were Is months old
and weighed 1850 lbs. and
brought $84.OO. This shows that
hogs are still a mortgage raiser
and for quick and easy money
are far ahead of anything the
rancher markets. Orofno Trib-
une.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-16

Mr.. and Mrs. T. A. Randall re-
turned to this place yesterday from
Almira, Wash, where they went
recently to live and, we understand,
will make their future home in Cot
tonwood. Mrs. Randall was for
merly Miss Maud Blackburn and
her many friends will be glad to
have her back again.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-16
Some Strange Facts.

The British government owns
more than 10000 camels.
The roads of Great Britain cover
a space Of 36a, 900 acres. !
Barcelona alone takes nearly
800, ,ooo tons Of British coal yearly.
Paisley was the first place to
make pocket hankerchiefs. That
was in r74a.
The first steel pens were. made in
England in 1920 The first gross
sold for $3.50
It is reckoned roughly that about
40, 600, 900 animals are Killed year
ly for their furs.
The Tene is said to hold Inore
different varieties Of fish than any
other inland British river.
Germany now has fifty7four
mountaineering clubs, with total
membership Of over AZ, 1000.
If the oceans suddenly became
dry it would take the rivers Of the
world $4,000 years to refill the. dry
beds.
In 1874 Dutch force from
Amsterdam, moving on skates,
utterly defeated large body Of
Spaniards,
In Bombay cotton mill natives
receive 10 Pense for thirteen hour
working day,
The Northwestern railway holds
the record in number Of engines
owned by any one British railway
company.
The Mediterranean is supposed
to be tideless, yet there are some
times four feet of tide in tile
Adriatic.
Northumberland and Cumbef
laqud contain the higest cultivated
land in England, and Devonshire
comes third.
Alligators will soon he extinct.
Two hundred and eighty thousand
alligator hides are yearly worked
into leather.
Upward of 10000, 900 sleepers
are used annually on the railways
Of the world, OF these the United
States uses is, ,ooo, 900.
All the gold, in. circulation could
be put in. a. room fortyrfve feet
long, twenty-five feet wide and
feet high
"A cubic foot OF mercury weighs
1850 ounces, a cubic foot Of
lithium only 500 ounces. Lithium
is the lightest solid known.
There are on an average ia
leaths yearly in the British Isles
rom lightning, SO from sunstroke
and 81 from exposure to cold.
The bishop of London spends no
great time in the planning of his
iermons-forceful though they are.
He writes them only on very speci-
Al occasions. Usually he selects a
text, ponders it for
moment, jots down the heads of
ais subject, verifies his quotations
md references in the space of few
minutes he has settled the whole
matter.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-16
News Around
The Stale
Items From Various Places Re-
produced for the Benefit of our
Readers-Stories Rehashed from
our Exchanges.


our Exchanges.
Mrs. Rose Mcfarland has sold
the Forest hotel to F. M. and
Bud Kays.
The wet weather this week
caused several slides on the
Clear water branch and delayed
the train several times.
DR.. B. L. Sleeves has purchas-
ed controlling interest in the
Weiser Signal and his brother
in-law, G. M. Hunt, has taken
charge as editor.
In the football game at Pull
man last Friday the w. A. c.
team beat the Idaho University
team by a score of 10 to 0. The
game was a fierce one through
out.
The heavy rains of the past
week has caused the Clearwater
river to come up so high as to
seriously delay work on the o.
R. & N. railroad bridge at
Lewiston.
John Thompson. nominee on
the Independent ticket in Latah
county for auditor and recorder,
defeated his republican opponent,
Axel Ramstedt, by a majority of
about 40 votes.
The Northern Pacific railway
is Nez Perce county's heaviest
tax payer and also it's most
prompt one. The company this
year paid taxes to the amount of
$14, ,819.64 on it's property in that
county.
G. w. Lough, who was kicked
on the head by a horse several
weeks ago at Clifford and later
operated on and had several
pieces of his skull removed. died
late last week at Lewiston from
his injuries.
The strong box of the Grange
vile stage was rifed at Sites
on Sunday night and about $50
A man was arrested
for the robbery but was later re-
leased as the evidence was not
to hold him.
The Chicago, Milwaukee &
st. Paul Railway Co. has filed
articles of incorporation at Wall
ace, Idaho, with a capital stock
of So, ,OOO,O for the purpose of
building $50 miles of railroad
across the panhandle.
The body of an unknown man
was found by the ferryman at
Almota Wednesday and appeared
to have been in the water about
three weeks. It is not known
who it could be as no drownings
have been reported lately.
Mrs. A. w. Pickens, of Guide
sac, was taken to Lewiston Sat-
lrday where she was examined
for insanity Monday and COM
nitted to the asylum at Orofno.
She is a dope" tiend and it is
said her husband is also addicted
to the use of the drug.
The fall term of the U. S.
federal court opened Monday at
Moscow and the first case up for
rial was that of Clarence Rob-
nett, of Lewiston, charged with
5imber land fraud. Several
'ther cases of this kind will be
tried during this term of court.
It is reported from Grangeville
hat A. V. McCarty, the stock ]
buyer, has in the past three
weeks purchased 1900 head of !
;attle on Salmon river at prices
angling from So. rs to 1925 per
pounds, 10000 head of {
,hnoya or - 4, -
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-16

Mr.. Pingry, who has taken
charge of the St. Albert hotel, has
remodeled the interior of the build
ing and treated it to new paper and
paint and has it looking pretty
good now.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-16

Mrs. Howell is having her store
building remodeled and enlarged
and expects to increase her stock
of goods materially in the near fu-
ure.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-16

Joseph Howell this week sold
three lots on the hill east of the
Catholic church to George Wagner.
the painter, for $225.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1906-11-16

1uSSudy anu taken TO the ponce
station to sober up. The squav
was of the Umatilla tribe anC
claimed a white man had pro.
vided her with liquor and got hel
drunk.
Another fire visited OrofnC
Saturday night and did damage
to the amount of $3,5OO. The
fire originated in the White
Front furniture store from a de.
fective flue and after burning
that building destroyed the Rey-
nolds hotel. Several other
buildings were threatened but
were saved after hard work by
the bucket brigade.
While stalking deer along the
Clearwater back of Grangeville
this week deputy game warden
M. S. Mason fell over a 15-foot
cliff and broke three ribs, besides
having his jaw badly bruised
and receiving other injuries.
The accident occurred about
noon Monday and the injured
man lay helpless in the rain until
Tuesday noon before discovered.
The heavy rains this week
have been general all over the
Pacific coast from Montana to
Mexico and all the country west
of the Rockies has been treated
to a generous soaking. At Walla
Walla and Pendleton the rivers
have raised so high as to put the
electric light plants at both
places out of commission and the
bad flood of last spring is apt to
be equalled.
Lee Phinney, the half breed
Indian who administered NOR
phine to drunken Jeff Letton at
.Culdesac on July 4th in sufficient
quantities to cause the latter's
death, was tried this week at
Lewiston and found guilty of
manslaughter. Phinney is a
morphine fiend and is thought to
be responsible about year ago
for the death of Annie Fairfield
and Billie Cox, near Culdesac,
during a drunken orgie.
Jesse R. Tucker, a man about
80 years old and a resident of
Reds prairie near Orofno, was
found in the road between that
town and the camp of the Gold
Creek Mining company, "a miles
lying dead under his
He had apparently had
a runaway as one of his horses
was found pinned beneath the
tongue. Tucker is
thought to have been dead
couple days before found.
It is reported from Culdesac
that Porter Bros. & Welch have
decided to move away entirely
the sliding hill that has been
Oothering them and for this pur-
pose have ordered a cotton steam
shovel and will commence work
On the hill as soon as the ma
chine arrives. Seven miles of
grade out of Culdesac is now
about completed and will be
ready for the rails by December
LIST. Work on the bridges across
he canyon above that place has
been commenced.
Sheriff Greene has left Grange
vile for Reno, Nevada, to secure
charge of Harry Shissler and
oring him back to Idaho county.
It is reported Shissler has been
staying at the ShissIer ranch
near Newsome most of the time
since his escape, and that he vis-
ted Lewiston during the fair dis
guised as an old man. Several
saw him who knew him
1t that time and it is thought he
eft about that time for other
points. Shissler was sentenced
o eight years in the penitentiary
,or killing Williams at Sites.
Mr.. Pingry, who has taken
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31

There are held here many "confideW
dal weddings" as they are calleA
Nhen the ceremony Is kept unusually
quiet. But sometimes they are too con-
Rdential to please the relatives Of the
parties. The coercion of prospective
brides under such circumstances is a
proceeding well authenticated in fact
and fiction. A kidnapped bridegroom,
however, Is unusual, though he hap
pcned at st. Georges not long ago.
He was a gentleman of position, and
he wished to marry a lady who had
nursed him through an illness. There
was no cause or just impeachment save
social rank. The gentleman was de-
termined, and the lady seconded his
plans admirably. But the day and the
details leaked out, and before the time
fixed the bridegroom's male relatives
deployed strategically through Mad
dox street and surrounded the church.
He drove up in a hanson cab. With
his eyes fixed on the expectant bride,
he prepared to alight. An athletic I'M
Gle and a brother sprang forward,
thrust him back, with "Glad to meet
you, old fellow manner that deceived
the cabman, WHO obeyed the quick di-
rection he heard and drove the three
away. The lady, with tears in her
eyes, went into the vestry. There
will be no wedding" she said.
They've run away with him." And
that was the last st. Georges heard Of
them.-London Mail.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31

Mrs. URSULA NJ. Allen of Brimfleld
and Levi B. Chase Of Sturbridge were
married in Brimfield Wednesday, Oct
18th.
Mrs. Livermore has closed her
house in Brimfeld for the winter and
has moved to Springfield, whore she
will make her home with her daugh-
ter, Miss Jennie Livermore, on Ter
race street.
Porter A. Parker, 70, died at his
home in Brimfield Friday, October
10th, from Bright's disease. He had
been in failing health for some years,
but his last illness was of about two
weeks duration. The death Of Mr..
Parker removes one Of Brimfeld's
we'll and substantial citizens,
and his loss Is much felt. He was a
prosperous, up-to-date farmer, and
had lively interets in whatever was
progressive in public matters. AS a
citizen he was identified with those
activities which were for the promo
ton of town improvements, and his
hearty feeling and direct aid encour-
aged and supported the efforts of
younger men. The building of the
electric road was a source of keen en-
joyment to him, and he had watched
it's progress with great enthusiasm.
Though he held the Office of select
man at one time, he had been unwill-
ing to take town Office, which his
townsmen would gladly have given
him. Porter A. Parker was the son
Of Penuel Parker and grandson Of
Mai. Nathaniel Parker. Jr., who set
tied in Brimfield near the close Of the
revolutionary war. He was one OF
IL children, all but one of whom he
outlived. When a young man Mr..
Parker went to Worcester, where he
was for q good many years carpen-
ter and house builder. He returned
to Brimfleld about 1876 to look after
the affairs Of his father, who was in
failing health. He had previously
bought the Nathaniel Parker farm,
which was his grandfather estate,
and made this his home for the rest
Of his life. He married, November
%, 1877, Miss Angie McGregory of
Southbridge, who survives him. Be-
sides his widow, he leaves brother,
Joseph B. Parker, of Wakefield, who
is the last remaining of the family
of Penuel Parker. The funeral was
beld at the home Sunday afternoon at
Bso'0lock.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31

It is said that during the siege OF
Ladysmith in the Boer war the assault
column Of British, advancing in thick
darkness, climbed up an almost pre-
cipitous wall. Once or twice they were
family challenged. At last a Boer rec
ognized them and shouted to the sentry
to fire on the ''verdomde rooineks!' As
the crest was gained the fire broke out
A few of the attackers began to reply,
but they were stopped, and the voice
of the commanding officer was heard
to give the order. Elk bayopetsy'
That there were no bayonets did not
matter. The men, taking up the cry,
rushed ON the Boer gunners, who fed
at the thought of the cold steel.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
A Child of the Eternal.
BY soLoN L. GooDE.

Pilgrims years have multiplied and his locks white
He prays be child again for just single night
The road DER rough and hard and Steep
eventde draws and shadows round him
He the breast her who him BIRTH
ensned he dweh with childish mih
child behold dawn Gods have just begun;
whil of time is but a span, but lives forever
See you vista by the way the verdure the hills
Are lilies just sweet beside the sparkling rlls
paint with coo Of pure god7
Is sapphire of the sky as brilliant of olda
the peep th the clouds and hide from lovers
Just the odfashoned way it always used to do
songs birds those they used sng7
Do the jeweled ume the palace of the kng7
sands of have led thy journeys
bleeding hands cleared the path thro night stormy dy7
flowing rivers brink shadows deep is dressed,
veil that hides from view Eysian fields of
shalt be child again not for single night,
But ever the Eternaps child, amidst the living light
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
INj5r Cora GOOde

benefited as she was. Miss Goode Is
president of the Bryn Mawr Lawn
Tennis Club of Chicago. She writes;
Dear Mrs Pinkham:-
81 tried many different remedies 70
build up my system, which had become run
down from loss Of proper rest and unreaeon-
able hours, but nothing seemed to help me.
Mother In great advocate OF Lydia y. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound for female trou-
bles, having used IL herself some years ago
with great success. So began to take IL,
and in less than month / was able to be out
Of bed and out Of doors, and In three months
I was entirely we'll. Really have never felt
% strong and well as 1 have since.
No other medicine has such q record
of cures of female troubles as has Lydia
E. Pinkhanls Vegetable Compound.
Women who are troubled with pain
full or irregular periods, backache,
bloating Tor flatulence), displacement
Of organs, Inflammation or liberation,
can be restored to perfect health
and strength by taking Lydia E.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound.
Mrs. Pinkham invites all sick women
to write her for advice. She has guided
thousands to health. Her experience
is very great. and she gives the benefit
Of 1t to all who stand in need of wise
counsel. She Is the daughter-in-law Of
Lydia e. Pinkham and for twenty-five
years has been advising sick women
free OF charge. Address, Lynn, Mass.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31

Experiments have been made with
founders In order to determine whether
the wilderness Of the under sides Of
those fish is due to the exclusion of
light and the presence of color on their
upper sides to exposure to light. The
hsh experimental upon were kept ltv-
ing In a glass tank, having a mirror
placed beneath, so as to reflect light
upon the under sides Of the fish. One
Of these prisoners survived for three
years under conditions SO strangely diff
farent from its ordinary habits Of Lis
and all of them exhibited the develop
nnent Of spots of pigment on their lower
surfaces. The experimenters conclad-
cd that 1t Is exposure to light that
causes the coloration Of the upper
parts OF the bodies, not only Of houn-
ders, but Of other fish, and, conversely,
that it is to the comparative absence
Of light that the wilderness Of under
sides Of fish is due. They extend the
same principle to explain the colorless
condition Of the skins of many animals
that pass all their lives in caves.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
: An Arab Fanhin1 Yarn.

A fishing yarn from Algiers: Some
Arabs were fishing from a boat with
lines OF the coast when a dolphin sew
enteen feet long, eleven feet In circum-
ference and weighing four tons swal-
lowed one of the baited hooks and
dashed or at tremendous speed. The
fishermen paid out as much line as
possible and then made it fast. This
brought the dolphin up sharply, but
the strain snapped the line. The mon
ster then attacked the boat and cap
sized 1t, finging the fishermen into the
water. Other Arabs ashore waited till
the dolphin was clear of theImen and
then killed 1t with rifles"
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31

The shyness Of the summer trout of
the still springhole is due not entirely
to his keen eye trained by the Quietude
Of transparent waters. 1t is to be cred
tied more to his gregariousness. The
cool places and deeper pools Of the
trout stream are apt to be few and hive
the fish in schools. If the school num-
Der, say, fifty fish 1t means a hundred
watchful eyes and a collective shyness
adjusted to that Of the most timid fish
Of the fifty, whose sudden dash to safe
ty gives the warning signal to all. A
single nervous trout-and there are
usually several-is thus enough to scat
ter big school in flash and battle the
hopes Of the angler-Clarence Deming
In Outing Magazine.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
The Birds Bill Was Locked.

The BIRDS Bill Was Locked.
A curious bird tragedy is told about
In the London Field. A man found a
yellow hammer dead in his yard at
the foot of wall. The bird had flown
against it with such force as to be
stunned. Not only that, but the upper
mandible had been bent back, and in
the Strengthening out the sharp point
was driven down through the lower
bill and locked, thus booming the bird
to death by starvation. The man sent
the head to the Field. A good many
similar accidents have been recorded,
but it was always heavier bird, whose
weight made the springing of the bill
easier. A good many of the birds were
found in a starved condition, showing
that they died lingering deaths from
want of food. Birds that fly against
the lighthouses have the skull bones
crushed and die instantly, but others
are stunned only.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
Makes Homelv Women Prett,

No woman, no matter how regular her
features may be, can be called pretty il
her complexion is bad. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup aids digestion and clears sal
low blotched compilations by stimulating
the liver and bowels. Orino Laxative
Fruit Syrup does not nauseate or grippe
and is mild and pleasa t to take. Re-
member the name OR1No and refuse to &C
cept an substitute. Anders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
A Card.

This is to certify that all druggists are
authorized to refund your money If
Foley's Honey and Tar fails to cure your
cough or cold 1t stops the cough, heals
the lungs and prevents serious results
from cold. Cures la grippe cough and
prevents pneumonia and consumption
Contains no opiates. The genuine Is in a
yellow package. Refuse substitutes. An
deIs Jacobsen,
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
Don't Be Imposed Upon.

Foley & Co., Chicago, originated Honey
and Tar as throat and lung remedy, and
on account of the great merit and popu-
larity of Foley's Honey and Tar many
limitations are offered for the genuine.
These worthless limitations have similar
sounding names. Beware of them The
genuine Foley's Honey and Tar is in a
yellow package. Ask for it and refuse any
substitute. 1t is the best remedy for
coughs and colds Anders Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
THIRTY YEARS AGO.
items of local Interest taken from the columns
of The Press, thirty years ago.l
November 2. 1876.

"A. M. Bartlett has sold his farm on
Village Hill to Mrs. Margaret Soho
field of this village.
The partnership between Burden &
Gibson, of the Stafford Springs dye
works, is dissolved. and Mr.. Burden
will continue the business alone.
The dwelling of John D. Gaylord
in Ashford was burned Monday at
p. m. Loss $4,000; insured in Wind
ham County Mutual for $1,000. Cause
Children and matches.
Born-In Wales, October %, son
to M. L. Stebbins.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
A GOOD ecord.

F. Out of all the external remedies on tht
market we doubt If there Is one that hsl
the record of that world renowned porc
nRaster-Allcock's 1t has now bee1 B
be- for sixty years, and still continues tx
be as popular as ever In Going the great
work of relieving our pains and aches. y
is the remedy we all need when Suffering
from any form of ache or pain resulting
from taking cold or over-strai
A llcock's Plasters are sold fuggfsts
In every part of the civilized world
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
The LOGICAL oue.taon,

A little Philadelphia boy was taken
by his father for his first visit to the
ZOO. Stopping before an inciosure. he
asked, "Papa, what animal Is thatT'
Reading the sign tackled up to one
side, his father responded, "That, my
son, is a prong horned antelope"
kin he blow his horns?'' was the
question that promptly followed.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
Have You A
Sinking Fund ?

A sinking fund Is a money set aside for
payment Of debts that mature In the fu-
ture.
Every city has one.
e Every man should.
You may be free of debt.
But rainy day comes to all of US.
When it comes this sinking fund Is
your savior.
1t Is an easy thing to start.
AnSit Is a most pressing help In trouble.
Get one Of our Home Savings Banks
and start one.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
Doctors Said He Would Not Live

Peter Fry, Woodruff, Pa, writes
--...After=doctoring for two years with the
best physicians in Waynesburg, and still
getting worse, the doctors a 'vised me if
had any business to attend to T had better
attend to it at once, as I'could not posi-
bly, live another month as there was no
cure for me. Foley's Kidney Cure was
recommended to me by a friend, and /
Immediately sent my son to the store for
it, and after taking three bottles began
to get better and continued to improve
until I was entirely WE'LL" Anders Jacob
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31

Keep the bowels open when you have a
cold and use good remedy to allay the
Inflammation of the mucous membranes.
The best is Kennedy's RKative Honey
and Tar 1t contains M plates, moves
the bowels, drives out the cold. Is reli.
able and tastes good. "Sold by Anders
Jacobsen.
The Press. (Stafford Springs, Conn.) 1883-1935, 1906-10-31
BUILT UP her HEALTH
SPEEDY CURE OF MISS OOODE
she Il Made Wen By Lydia =. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound, and
Writes Gratefully 70 Mrs P1nkham.

For the wonderful help that she has
found Miss Cora Goode, 266 &. Chicago
Avenue, Chicago, ILL.,, believes 1t her
duty to write the following letter for
publication, In order that other women
aff1icted In the same way may be