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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

1 ever saw. You've got the largest
acquaintance among nice girls l ever
heard of. 1 don't quite understand how
they can be really all they're said to be
If they let you hang around. They may
be all right at heart, but they're GER
tainly little weak in the head"
That's all right" said the bill clerk.
you can say all you want to about
me, but l want to tell you that l don't
stand for any funny business with re-
spect to this young lady. She's all right,
and you don't want to forget to re-
member 1t. I'm not fooling now"
Serious matter, is It'll"
you bet it is. She's the real thing.
She's a locker, and she isn't only a
locker, but she's there with the goods
in every other respect. If L Well,
I'll tell you. On the dead, there isn't
anything the matter with her, only
she's been taking lot of singing les
sons and she's little swollen on her
singing. 1 am, too. She's a singer,
all right only Well, some of those
pieces that she sings are fierce. DO
you know The Holy CityY"
ut seems to me dimly that I've
either heard of 1t or heard somebody
sing it."
That's one of the things she's stuck
on" said the bill clerk. 1.-The Palms
is another, and she sings 'Dearie.' Most
always when there's a bunch of COM
pany she obliges the lot with The Holy
City or the other thing. liked to
hear her at first, but It's getting old.
She sings 'Dearie' or Last Night the
Nightingale Woke Me- when call on
her by myself. Wen be sitting all COM
Portable and a nice line Of talk going
on when she'll jump up and say, I'll
sing to you And she does it I've
kind Of limited around that I'd sooner
visit, but 1t amt no use. Now, II we
was to get-well, If had to hear It
all the time would l get used to 1t? Her
folks seem to like 1t, and they've had
more of 1t than have. What would
you do7"
I'D reason with her." replied the
cashier. I'D say, Maud, darling, for
give me II tell you that the Partially
Of parents and friends has fostered In
you an unhappy delusion. You think
that you can sing, but believe me, you
can't You can't sing for sour apples
It's painful to listen to you Dear
girl, cut it out Be frank with her.
She'll appreciate it."
You're crazy" said the bill clerk.
'You asked me my advice" said
the cashier. You tell her what told
you and I'll bet she'll never sing to
you any more. It's the only way
know to stop EN-" Chicago Daily
News
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
NEW GAME ON TRAINS.

About Man with Cards and Far Too
Sure-ThinE Bet.
A forlorn Individual, with q "tele-
scope" grip in one hand and an empty
pocket book in the other, enlightened
the detectives at the union station the
other day concerning the latest wrinkle
In confidence games, according to the
Kansas City Star. The melancholy one
had just been relieved Of $50 by
couple Of chance acquaintance ON a
train.
"This is how it happened" said the
traveller: Il was coming from Okla
homa, and after leaving Fort Scott sat
In the smoker with a man who got on
at that station. We chatted a bit and
were watching a game of cribbage
among some travelling men across the
aisle when a man came through the car
with pack of playing cards in his
hand He stopped by the cribbage play
ers and asked them to buy the cards.
They refused, so he turned to our seat {:
Gentlemen he said, I'd like to
sell these cards. They are of unusual
ly good quality, and I'll sell them for
the price Of an ordinary deck
Let's see,' said my seat mate, TAX
ing the pack. I don't see anything re-
markable about these. They look like
ordinary 25-cent cards to me-
"'All right replied the owner Of
the cards in an offended tone; If you
can't distinguish the difference in the
quality Of cards, there's no use in nay
wasting time talking to YOU
"He reached fot the pack, and as It
was handed back to him one Of the
cards fell to the floor, apparently un-
noticed by the owner. My seat mate,
however, saw the card fall and said
banteringly:
Those cards may be extra Ane, but
I'll bet there is not q full pack there
''The owner Of the cards glared In
dignantly at my seat mate.
"'YOu say you willT he exclaimed
Now what will You bet on thatT
my companion had already covered
the card on the floor with his foot.
"'Oh, I'll call anything you've got
he laughed.
without more ado the card sales.
man lugged out a bundle Of bills and
announced that he didn't like to take
candy from infants, but that he would
bet a hundred, even money, that the
pasteboards In his hand composed a
full deck Of ffty-two cards, not count
ing the joker. This, Of course, looked
like Christmas expenses to us, who
know that one card Of the pack lay on
the floor.
am let you in on half Of the bet,
said my seat mate generously, and, of
course, jumped at the chance.
1.-THE money was posted, the cards
were counted and the deck found to
be complete. My seat mate and the
card salesman left tho train at the
next station. OF course, I see it all
nOw-that is, all but one thing:
why did 1t not occur to me that
there was something odd in q man
having 500 who had a moment before
been trying to peddle a two-bit pack Of
cardsT'
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

"IH re attackT
'Not exactly; the fighting was ever. A
very short affair, Martin. They never
had a chance and as soon as two or three
had fallen and the rest saw me, they
threw up the sponge"
And the Colonel?"
"He fought well. He killed two of my
fellows; then a lot of them flung them
selves on him and disarmed him"
And you killed him in cold bloodT
The President smiled slightly.
But for your scheme should have
come back without blow" he continued |;
''but then l should have shot McGregor
jVTt the same"
Because he led the revoltw
Because" said the President, 'he has
been a traitor from the beginning even to
the end-because he tried ia rob me of all
held dear in the world. If you like,
he added, with a shrug because he stood
between me and my will. So l went up
to him and told him his hour was come,
and l shot him through the head. He
died like man, Martin; will say that"
Ito be continued.)
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
FiHh in IncIoged Wo+-

Many, not without education and a
general knowledge Of natural history
are mystifed by the presence of fisb
IN 1nclosed waters For many years
there was open-mouthed wonder over
the perch, Dream and crayrsh found in
the newly cut dams near the MarluarIe
river In New South Wales. In some
cases the water had scarcely settled ar
ter the rain had filed the dam when
the fish were observed and the Austra-
Han farmers started a theory of snon-
taneous production. This obtained and
gained wide credence until a sydney
professor CHANGED to pick up a wild
duck and found its breast feathers and
webbed feet well dotted with fertile
and almost Matched fish ova, on which
the spontaneous production" theory
was promptly withdrawn.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
A CuriOua Fact

Did you ever notice that the dummy
clocks In front Of jewelry shops are
always set at s:18T''
Yes, l have noticed that"
And do you know why these CLOCKS
are always set at that hourT"
mo. Why is itY'
Wen, some people hold that George
Washington was born at :1s, and that
the clocks commemorate that auspi-
clous moment Others hold that at
S:lS the writing Of the Declaration of
independence was completed. But thera
Is no truth In such ideas. We don't
need TO go so far back In order to find
out why all dummy clocks mark S.1Y
These clocks are all set at ths+ bonr
for the reason that such an arrange
ment Of the hands gives the most room
on the dial for the jewelers. name ana
address"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
CHAPTRR XIII

Ny hands were full with my burden,
and before I could do anything saw the
musSle of his revolver pointed full-at
met Oh, mol At the SiEnorina
IF you move a step shoot her through
the heart, Martin" he said, In the quiet
est voice imaginable.
The SignOrina looked up as abe heard
his voice.
Put me down, Jackl It's NO use," she
said; II knew how It would be-"
did not put her down, but stood
there helpless, rooted to the ground.
whats the matter with herr" he said.
Fell and sprained her ankle" re-
piled.
"COme. Martini" said he, ''it's no 70,
and you know 1t. A near thing; but
you've just lost"
Let me put her down, and we'll have
fair SIGHT"
he shook his head.
"All very well for young men," he said.
"At my a8O II q man holds trumps he
keeps them"
How long have you been hsrsF'
About two minutes. When I didn't
So you at the bank thought something
was up, % l galloDsd On to her house.
No emo therel So l came On Acre. A
good shot, ehI"
In che bitterness Of my heart could
hardly speak. But l was not Eolng to
play either the cur or the fOOl, 10 1 SaId /:
your trick, sir, and therefore yOur
lead. must do what you tell me. Take
the revolver If you like" and l nodded my
head to the pocket where It lag.
D - =
"I bar a rescue" said l.
"TherS will be no rescue" said he
grtmly. ''The Colonel won't come.
Whose house is that2"
1t was my bOatmRn's,
Bring her there Poor child, che suf-
ters!"
We knocked up the boatman, who thus
did not get his nights rest after all. His
sStonishment may be imagined.
Have you a bsdI" said the President.
Yes" he stammersd. recognizing his
interlOcutOr.
Then carry her up, Martin; and you,
send your wife to her."
took her up, and laid her gently on
the bed. The President followed me.
Then we went downstairs again int the
little parlor.
Let US have a talk" he said.
The President sat down. l was sur
prised at his leisursly, distracted air.
Apparently he had nothing ia the world
to do but sit and keep me company.
IF your excellency," said l, instine-
lively giving him his old title, has BUSH
ness elsewhere you can leave me safely.
shall not break my. word"
Il know that, l know that" he an
swered. But I'd rather stay here; 1
want to have a talk. You see there's no
danger now. There's no one left to lead
them against me-"
Then the Colonel So"
Aes,' he said sraTely, he Is dead. I
| shot him"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

those fields over across the valley be.
long to the next country"
There is no Mayor in Petrella, there
are no public offices, there is no police,
there is no sanitation, but the torrents
OF rain and fresh mountain winds keen
the place fresh and sweet. Nobody Is
rlch' but nobody is poor. There is not
real SHOP only place where you can
Ouy some cotton, and another where
you can buy meat, fortune favoring. It
may well be called "the happy land of
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

at their head we saw the President, sword
finland, running like a young man and
reckoning his men on. Up the street they
swept. InVoluntarily we waited a moment
to watch them. Just as they came near
the bank they sent up a shout:
1.-THE President! the President! Death
to traitors I"
Then there was volley, and they clos
ed round the building.
Now for our turn, Christina" said 1.
She grasped my arm tightly, and we
sped across the road and into the wood
1t seemed darker than when came
through before, or perhaps my eyes were
dazzled by the glare of the street lamps
But still we got along pretty well, help
ing my companion with all my power.
Can we do it?' she gasped.
A clear quarter of an hour will do it,
and they ought to take that to finish of
the Colonel" For 1 had little doubt of
the issue to that melee.
On we sped, and already we could see
the twinkle of the waves through the thin
ming trees. Five hundred yards more, and
there lay life and liberty and love
Well, of course, / might have known.
Everything had gone so smoothly up to
now, that any student of the laws of
chance could have foretold that fortune
was only delaying the inevitable slap in
the face. A plan that seemed wild and
risky had proved in the result as efectual
as the wisest scheme, By natural prin-
ciple Of compensation, the simplest Obsta-
Gle was to bring US to grief. There's
many . slip" says the proverb. Very
likelyI One was enough for our bust
ness. For just as we neared the edge Of
the wood, just as our eyes were Eladdened
by the full sight Of the sea across the in
tervening patch of bare land, the Sig
norma gave a cry of pain and, In spite
Of my arm, fell heavily to the ground. In
q moment l was on my knees BY her side.
An old root growing out Of the ground
That was all And there lay my dear
girl white and still.
What is it, SWEET" Whispered.
MY ankle II she murmursd; "Oh, Jack,
IL hurts 30 r. and with that she tainted.
Half an hour-thirty mortal minutes 1
knelt by her aide ministering to her. l
bound up the poor foot and famed her
face with my handkerchief. In a few
minutes she came to, Blu tORly, poor child,
to sob with her bitter pain. Move she
could not, and would not. Again and
again she entrSatsd me to 90 and leave
her. At last persuaded her to try and
bear the agony Of being carried in my
arms the rest Of the way. l raised her
as gently a. could, Wrung to the heart
By her calamity Stihsd groan, and slowly
and painfully made my way, thus bur
dened, to the edge Of the wood. There
were NO Sentries in sight, and with a new
apaEm Of hope crossed the open land and
nsarsd a little wicket gate that led to
the jetty. A sharp turn just before we
reached It, and, ~ rounded this with
the signorinG lying yet in my arms, l
saw horse and q man standing by the
gate. The horse was hecked with foam
and had been ridden furiouSly. The man
was calm and cool. OF course he was
| 1t was the PrRaident
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

Eyer honor" protested the seedy
prisoner, "dis Is jist a case O. perlice
persecution. Dey'se tryin' ter keep me
down, yer honor. You amt goin' tee
let 'em keep me down. are yerT
Certainly not" replied the magla.
trats. I'm going to send you up fol-
ninety dayA"-Phlladelph Ledger.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
with Apologies to KipIinr.

''New York is to b,ve a new forty.
stery szyseraper."
Il thought it was to be thlrty-nine."
They concluded to add a fortieth"
"Why2"
That's another story."-CIevsIand
Plain Dealers
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Wise ohnPeron.

Eva-Yes, at first my chaperOn In.
sisted upon light in the parlor. Why,
Jack actually kissed her in mistake for
me.
Edna-GraciOus! And what did sha
say2
Eva-Nothing, only now she insists
upon the parlor being dark every night
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

A friend from the north had gone
to visit the colonel who lived In inc
Jwampy Mississippi River bottoms o.
Louisiana. There was no mosquito net
ting over the bed, and in the mornlns
when the negro came with the waVsl
and towels, the tortured visitor asKeu :
"Sam, why is it that you have no mos.
quito netting over the beds? Doesn ;
the colonel have any in his room
mo, subj" replied Sam.
at don't see how he stands II
"WeIl, subj" said Sam, Il reckon =
jes dis away; in de 70 part Nv de nignE
sub, de coloners mos centrally so UoA
icated dat he don't pay no 'tentioh "
the skeeters, an in de las part Nv -
night sub, de skeeters is mos gen rai !,
80 'toxlcated dat dey pay no 'tentloh "
de colonel. "-Everybody's.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Tho ununI Wnr.

(which hen Is it that cackles 90
much louder and longer than all ths
rest7" asked the farmers wife.
"It's that big Epeckled one over
there" said the hired man. -Ths one
that lays those meaSly little eggs about
the size OF a bantam's. detroit Fres
Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
The shreyEd nerrower.

Trimble came into my ONCE to-day
and asked me for So"
"Of course you refused him"
mo. let him have 1t Immediately.
He was smoking one of those reps
stogies and 1 wanted to get him OUT
and get the window open."-Cleveland
Plain Dealer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19
Failed to See the JoI-.

Il say, D'Orsay, have you ever heard
that joke about the guide in Rome who
showed some travellers two kinds of
skulls of St Paul, one as a how ond
the other as a MANI"
Jaw, deah boy-no-aw. let me haab
it"-Boston Transcript.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

If a doctor will look anxious Tl5n
alking with a woman patient II =
zones a mere matter of cohscie -.
With him how long he can sIrlis
risits out She thinks he SHOULD 49, -,
n coming when her condition Is -
alarming.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

Many young folks can't find anv-
thing to talk about until the old folks
have gone to bed. -
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1907-07-19

Yes" he said sravely, he is dead. I
hot him. =
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-03-01

Sir William CrOOles has discovered
how to get nitric acid from the air but
the discovery has long been looked for.
81 have before me-" writes CORE
spondent of the London Chronicle, "a
manual of chemistry in which l find
eulogy of nitrogen and its compounds,
such as nitric acid and the so called
compound ammonias. Whoever says
the inspired chemist, succeeds in pro-
ducing those bodies in abundance from
the nitrogen of the atmosphere without
the use of organic materials will not
only amass a princely fortune, but
must rank as one of the greatest bene-
factors of the human race, inasmuch
as such a discovery would open up an
almost infinite supply of matter for
the fertilization of the land"
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-03-01
$4,000 MysteriousIy Missing

Chicago. Feb. 26.-Although a score
of detectives are at work on the case
of the theft of $4,000 from the sub
treasury last Wednesday, today seems
as far from solution as the day the rob-
berry was committed. The general i'm
preston prevails that the thief must
have been a government employe, but
no evidence of a tangible nature has
been discovered against any of them.
George w. Fitzgerald, who was in
charge of the teller's cage from which
the money was distracted, disclaims
that he has any knowledge of how the
money disappeared and tells straight
forward story which he steadily adj
heres TO. {
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-03-01
NEW ENGLAND BRIEFS

There was presented in the Maine
senate a resolve for $500 to purchase
a herd of cattle for the Maine insane
hospital to take the place of that de
stroyed because they were afflicted with
tuberculosis.
The Wesleyan university athletic
council and the Trinity college graduate
and decided to resume athletic relations.
No mention was made of the past con-
ditions.
Thomas F. Jackson, aged rs, met in
slant death by a fall from fifth-story
window at Waterbury, Conn. His
skull was fractured and ribs crushed.
Joseph Turner, the first manufacturer
of razors in the United States died at
Worcester, Mass, of heart disease. He
was born in Sheffield, Eng, and was IS
years old.
The PenobscOt river is closed at
Bucksport Me. the harbOr being solid
" packed with drift ice.
An association of the alumni Of Clark
university of Worcester was formed at
Boston by a number of resident grad
yates. Charles E. Thurber was elected
president of the new association.
Colonel Fred E. Smith, president of
the Vermont Mutual Fire Insurance
company, died suddenly at his home at
Montpelier He was prominent in mill
tary. financial and insurance circles.
Heart failure caused his death.
What is claimed to be a new worlds
record for putting the eight-pound shot
was made at Medford, Mass, by w. w.
Coe of the Boston Athletic association,
his distance being 63 feet rs inches.
A resolution appropriating $4,000 for
the purchase of a silver service for the
United States battleship New Hamp-
shire was passed in the lower house of
he New Hampshire legislature.
At a meeting of the directors of the
Savings Bank of New Britain, Conn,
w. f. Walker, the defaulting treasurer.
was dropped from the board. The va
,ancy was not filed.
Frank Lewis, 81 years old, section
,and. was working on the tracks under !
/ bridge at Boston when train hit and
Instantly killed him.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-03-01
Last Years Charities.

Every year the statistician of a Chi
cago newspaper adds up all gifts and
requests to charity in this country for
the preceding twelve months Only
sums of $1,000 or more are counted and
only those gifts that have been an
bounced in the newspapers. The total
for 1906 is S1O6,OOO,OOO. This is the
highest since 1901, when the total was
$123OOO,OOO. elm these big figures no
reckoning is made of the humber gifts
which those who are not rich have
been privileged to make.
The united opinion. [volume] (Bradford, Vt.) 1881-1970, 1907-03-01
a WAR ON LOTTERY
Witnesses From Alabama Testify
Against Man at BOs on


Against Man at Bos on
Boston, Feb 26.-George Cole, after
n hearing in which witnesses were
brought to thts city from Alabama,
was held for the United States grand
Jury on a charge of having caused lot
terry advertisements to be transferred
to this state from Alabama in Violation
of the interstate commerce law Inc
hearing was before Commissioners
Hayes, who held Cole in $1,000 bail, bur
allowed him to go upon his persona
recogniZance.
Cole was arrested on Jan. q and MS
house in Somerville searched by gov
eminent officers. The officers also ar
rested at the same time Benjamin Nc
Elroy at Coles house, and the nearing
in his case will be held later.
The Alabama witnesses, who were
from Mobile, testified that certain adj
vertisement lists were printed in that
city and that boxes in which lists were
packed were sent to Cole and McElroy
In Somerville.
The case is one in proceedings in
stituted by the government in several
cities of the country for the purpose OF
preventing the Honduras Lottery com
pany from doing business in the United
States.