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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

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THE Cruise of the Port Kingston"
by W. Ralph Hall Game, In addition to
describing the great earthquake and
telling something Of the history and
literature Of Jamaica, deals emphatical-
ly with such questions as mixed mar
rlages In the West Indies, the suggest
ed fusion Of white and black races the
negro marriage, the goddess in choco-
late" the pagan and superstitious be-
liefs Of the negro, and the strong caste
feeling among the people.
In an article on "The Art Of Conyer-
sation" In Harpers Weekly the writer
tells this delicious anecdote OF Carlyle
and Tennyson which can never be told
too often. All those literary pilgrims
who have wandered through the Car
lyle house on the Thames embankment
Will remember with what pleasure the
old Scotch keeper retells day after day ,
I'm this room 1t was that Mr.. CARLYLE
and Mr.. Tennyson spent a long even.
Ing, each smokin' his pipe and neither
OF them speakin' q word. And after
three hours, when Mr.. Tennyson rose
to go, Mr.. Carlyle said to him, IT'S n
grand evenin' we've spent, Alfred, a
grand eVenin',' and Mr.. Tennyson he
just said, too, "A grand evenin',' and
went out"
A book by DR.. John Duncan Quack.
enbos upon hypnotism as an agent for
reforming character and curing certain
Ills of the flesh is to be published soon.
This book will recall an experiment
tried some years ago In one of the large
universities in which a perfectly hon.
est man was hypnotlzed and the expert
mentors tried In vain to compel him to
commit forgery. This and other ex.
periments tend to confirm the view
which DR.. Quackenbos holds that the
determining factor In hypnotlsm is not
the will Of the operator but the char
acter Of the subject. at is not the
will of another that reforms and regen-
crates, 1t Is not God compelling wor-
thy action, 1t is the free man come to
his own assistance"
"The Royal Family by Pen and Cam.
era" Is a sumptuous record of the En-
glish reigning house extending over a
period Of fOrty-two years. One of the
prettiest portraits Of the Queen is that
in which she is holding the present
Queen of Norway in her arms as a
baby, the cap the Queen is wearing In
accord with the customs of the day he
Ing especially becoming. The thing
that is especially noticeable all through
the series Of portraits is that the
Queen has changed so little with the
years. As one of her bridesmaids de-
scribed 1t, calling at Marlborough
House on the silver wedding day of the
then Prince and Princess of Wales,
I'VE were all middle-aged women, but
the Princess looked as young and pref.
ty as she did on her wedding day."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
: MARCIA AND THE PAPERER.
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES


At 8 o'clock Of a rainy morning the
paperer's wagon appeared and dis
charged the usual load Of rolls of paper,
buckets of paste-set upon the middle
of the hall rug-step ladder and boards.
As a quarter past 8 the young fellow
who was to do the work rode up
through the mud upon his wheel, a
package Of lunch under one arm and
dragged white kitten under the other.
Mrs. Thomas, with a gasp of horror,
saw paper bundle and kitten all disap-
pear into her room, where the work was
to be done. Mrs. Thomas hated cats.
once she went to the door and spoke
TO the young man, but he did not an
swer. AS she was a gentle little wom-
an, she had not the courage to press
the matter-and, after all, what harm
could the kitten do2 Mrs. Thomas had
the feeling that she was monster Of
inhumanity-but cats did give her such
creepy feeling
At noon, when the family returned,
Mrs. Thomas mentioned the kitten.
Marcia started up at once.
Il will speak to him." she said. eTbe
idea OF bringing stray cats into peoples
houses this wayw
But 1t can't hurt anything" her
mother protested. I'm ashamed OF
myself for thinking of It."
ut is not the cat alone" Marcia re-
turned; "it's his rudeness. There can
be absolutely no excuse for that You
needn't be afraid, mother. | shall say
only what he deserves" and MarcIa's
erect young figure disappeared, leaving
her mother looking wistfully after her.
Sometimes she was afraid that Marcia
was growing a llttle-just a llttle-too
positive
In her mothers room the paperer was
working steadily. There was no sign
Of a white kitten. However, that did
not affect the principle of the thing, SO
Marcia spoke:
did you bring a kitten into the
house this morning?"
The paperer, apparently not hearing.
kept on working. Marcla's voice rose:
did you bring kitten in the house
with your"
Still the man did not notice her.
Marcia flushed angrlly.
Il should very much dislike to report
you," she said, but must request an
answer. Did"
Then suddenly the man turned and
saw her. He dropped his brush and
pulled pad and pencil from his pocket.
did you ask anything71 he wrote.
II am deaf"
Marcia took the pencil feebly. "Your
kittenf" she wrote
II put it in the woodshed," was the
reply. ut hasn't hurt anything, has
itT
Marcia meekly wrote, mo"
That was all. Marcia's family kind.
ly refrained from alluding to the incl
dent But somehow Marcia was not
quite so positive after that.-Youth's
Companion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
The Need of Common sense

l had a really scientific man to see
me the other day, and in the course Of
our investigation Of a point we had
In common 1t was necessary to wash
out a bottle. The bottle was empty.
1t was a round, wabbly vessel, and he
had to hold it under the water a long
time 30 That it might get full enough
Of water to hold 1t down. asked him
why he did not fill 1t with water first
and he laughed and said he did not
think Of 1t. And that bears out my con-
tention that 1t IL not because a man il
as Clever as paint that he there
fore grasps "the common sense Of COM
mon things."-G. 81. R. Dabbs in Fry's
Magazine.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
OPPORTUNITY NOT ENOUGH.
You Must Know How to Act When
1t COnfrOnts YOu,

You Must Know How to Act When
1t COnfrOnts You.
There was young man OF Kansas
City who had the business intelligence
necessary to success, but he had little
opportunity to exercise 1t. He hesl-
tated one evening whether he should
take dinner at cheap restaurant or
should eat at one of the cafes patron
lied by the best people of the city. He
chose the latter, and this is what hap
pened:
Come over to our table," was the
invitation that came from a .riend, and
he accepted.
He was introduced to a widow who
owned a piece of ground lying close
to the business part Of the city but
which had never been utilized for
building purposes. He found m his
conversation with her that she needed
a steady income and finally told her he
would take a lease Of the ground for
30 years at S125 a month, and she made
the bargain.
On this lease he borrowed $25,OOO
and built an Office building that rents
to-day for enough to pay the interest
and give him a profit of $3.50 a month.
He has nothing to do but collect his
money, and the rental value of his
property increases daily, as the city Is
growing In that section.
The dinner in the first-class cafe
was the start; but, Of course, it took
business acumen and ability to carry
on the enterprise after he had 1t start
ed. The man dull OF comprehension
might eat in the cafe for months and
make no Roadway financially.
The young man who seeks to get
ahead must have something more than
opportunity. He ought to see the best
way to do things as we'll
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
.N~~N~~NN~

washington is bounded on the east
by the Capitol and ON the west by the
White House. Between them flows a
restless stream of sightseers. There
may be other districts of the national
capital worth seeing, but only a Wash
mgtonian knows it. The tourist has
time and strength only to hit the high
places. In New York there are prob
ably as many tourists as in Washing
ton, but with this difference, the New
Yorker does not mind mixing with the
tourist class. In fact, if the tourist
have money and fondness for Broad
way and contiguous resorts, the New
Yorker is more than willing, so Mr..
Tourist energies his identity with the
New York push" Neutrality-suspicious.
never let you forget you are tourist.
Resident women slightly raise their
skirts with an indescribable yet elo-
uuent air when they happen to rub
elbows with a mere tourist of the
same sex In a hotel or department
store elevator A Washingtonlan looks
straight ahead at nothing; the tour.
LIST Is known by the angle at which
Nhe crooks her neck.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
TEE BOOB
II Was the Right Kind and Assiste,
MALI.

II Was the Right Kind and Assisted
in Making Friends.
Il don't see how anything can hap
pen when you have only to step from
one train to the other at Terryyill,
junction, and Uncle George will NEE
you at Avondale," Mrs. Winthrop SAID
for the twentieth time.
"of course something will happen
Gertrude declared. "Olive is made thai
way. She can't cross the street with
out coming back with a story half g
yard long.
Olive laughed; she was not concern
ed about happenings. 1t was adven.
ture enough to be making her first Jour.
ney alone-only a twelve-hour one, to
be sure, but she was to have a chair
IN the Pullman and take two meals In
the dining car, and 1t was going to feel
so "grown-up" and luxurious
Gertrude's voice broke in upon her
dreams. Are you going to take any.
thing to read on the way?"
why, of course" Olive exclaimed.
Il almost forgot. I'll take the story
Sadie Allen sent me-"
She picked UP the book and nut II in
her bag, then stopped, hesitating. II
was one Of the llghtest popular novels
Mother did not like to have her girls
read books Of that sort, but it was part
OF Sadie's 17-year-old liberty that she
could choose for herself. 1t looked fas.
cinating, but-mother had done 50
many lovely things for her visit, sure
~ 1t was little to please her In this
Olive tossed the book gaily into hel
lap.
MY parting gift, momsle DEAR" She
declared. Il am going to read litera
ture!"
Five hours later the something haG
happened. The train had stopped with
a jolt, and the men had all hurried out
side, where Olive saw them gathered IL
groupA
A nervous thrill caught her. Sup
pose they should be delayed 30 Ions
that she would miss connections Their
she realized that a sweet faced lady
was speaking to her.
Il thought perhaps you would like
to know that the accident Is not seri
ous," she said, "but we may be de
tanned here couple of hours. DOM
you think, under the circumstances
that we might pretend that we are ac
quainted2 l am Mrs. Adams. My hus
band Is DIR. Adams Of Surry. This Is
a very small world, after all, and VIC
may find that we have mutual friends.
mot friends" Olive stammered, "but
I know who you are" As If everybody
did not know DR.. Adams of Surry
The lady, however, scarcely heard her
for with glance Of pleasure she had
recognized Olives book.
do you love that too2" she asked
"nhen I'm sure we need no lntroduc.
ton"
That night, at Uncle Georges, Olive
thought over the afternoon. She was
sure that 1t was the beginning of beau.
tiful things, and 1t was partly due to
her book. Mrs. Adams would have been
kind to any young girl travelling alone,
but all the charming real" talk had
started with that little volume of es-
says. The girls happy eyes grew serl-
GUS. Suppose it had been the other
book Youths Companion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
REv1vEs OLD THEORY.
Professor Claims Earth Is HoIIov
and Inhabited ON the Inside.

Professor Claims Earth Is Hollow
and Inhabited ON the Inside.
Under our feet, a few thousand
miles, more or less, there's land
where there are no RockefelIers, no
railroad rebate questions and no base
ball tail-enders, according to DR.. Or
Vile Livingston Leach, scientist and
investigator, of Auburn, R. L. To get
to this place, which is land of great
beauty, you have but to sail to one or
the other Of the poles, and quite with
out knowing 1t, your ship may go into
an opening as II into a gasllght globe
and come upon a concave land. Once
there, 1t may be that you'll never come
back The professor doesn't say much
about that.
Arctic explorers who have never re-
turned from the landsof Ice, mayhap,
are now sailing around In the sea that
lines the inner side Of the earth. They
may have found port and dropped
anchor and gone ashore.
Prof. Leach is very sincere. He
talks earnestly and with enthusiasm.
"The possibilities of a land inside
the earth was first brought to my atten-
ton when picked up a geode on the
shores of the great lakes. The geode
is a spherical and apparently solid
stone but when broken is found to be
hollow and coated with crystals. The
earth Is only larger form of a geode
and the law that created the geode in
Its hollow form, undoubtedly fashioned
the earth in the same way.
DR." Kane, the Arctic explorer,
found evidences of animal life that
could not be accounted for. These. I
am convinced, came from the unex-
plored country, reached only from the
poles, whence come the northern
lights"
Undergraduates of Brown Univer-
sity, with a scientific turn Of mind,
find time to drop in at Prof Leach's.
They are always cordially received and
sent away with something to think
about.
AS matter Of fact, this inner world
theory as exploited by Prof. Leach Is
an old one. 1t came into particular
prominence early In the present CEN
fury, when man named Sims. or
Simms, resident OF Cincinnati pub.
llcly advocated 1t SO persistently that
1t came to be known and r!dIculed as
Sims Hole"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
NEvADA's DIAMOND DRILL.

Is to Cut Through Gold Leads of
New Mining District.
The curiosity of Rhyolite. the CAM.
tai of the BullfrOg mining district in
southwestern Nevada, has been aroused
by the workings Of the giant irill In
the Rush mine on Bonanza mountain.
near the town, says the New York
Herald. To see a great steel rod, top
ped with eight lustrous black dla-
monds, bite into the solid rock in search
of gold is sight with which few but
Inhabitants Of well-establishsd mining
centers are familiar.
Fer0ad LAso the earth by a powerful
Usgine, the Arill is twisting It's way into
the sock farther apd farther each day..
IA will be driven down about 400 feet.
every fraction Of every inch being slow
ly worked through by the eight hard,
unyielding jewels at the end OF the
long rod. By the time it Is down its
full length new drill, capable oil per-
forating the rock for 1900 feet will
be ready for operation at the mine.
The diamonds that do the work are
clean-cut, fiawless black diamonds, each
about three carats in weight, and worth
about 1925 apiece. They are set in
the lip & the drill around the hollow
center of the rod. When brought into
the light by the lifting of the drill
they CLEAN and twinkle merrily in the
sun as though laughing in triumph over
the victory deep among the rocks.
In little book kept by Dan Mckee,
who went all the way from the Mon
tana mining districts to watch over his
pet, the big diamond drill, there are
more diamonds-$10,00 worth of them
waiting their turns at a rapid de.
scent thro lgh the tunnel bored by their
sister gems and a try of their own
at the rock wall far beneath the sur.
face. Lying there in their case, they
seem to say, smillngly: You've heard
that 1t takes money to make money?
Well, 1t takes diamonds to get gold"
As the precious gems cut into the
rock the hollow of the drill fills with
the finely shaved cuttings 1t is as
tightly filled with the cuttings as Is
the bowl Of an Irishmans pipe after
he has crammed 1t with tobacco. At
the end Of the days work the drill is
backed out and this pipeful Of cuttings,
called the core, is taken from it. The
core looks like long candle. AS it
comes out it breaks into lot of little
cylinders of rock cuttings. These cyl.
lnders are sent to an assayer.
The diamond drill thus enables man
to pierce a mountain to any depth to
determine whether or not gold lies hid
den beneath the surface. 1t saves the
time and much of the expense of tuu-
nelIng and shaft sinking and is much
more satisfactory In its results.
Great things are expected from the
new drill that is on its way to the
Rush mine to be used in boring more
than mile past the earth's surface.
1t is to be started from the west side
of Bonanza mountain. Boring through.
1t will strike the rich veins of the An
mex, Keystone, Rush No. l, Venture,
Denver and Peerless mines. At length
1t will fash into the sunlight on the
eastern side of the mountain above the
town Of Rhyolite.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
Agricultural Hints,

If you wish to raise a good crop Of
bachelors buttons, it will first be neces-
sary to see that there are no widows
weeds in the vicinity.
A good hayrake has about fifteen
teeth-dependent, of course, on the
age of the rake.
Do not drain off your swamp land
Plant tadpOles and raise frogs, and
ship the hops to Milwaukee. Here we
may say that the hop is somewhat
larger than the skip, though not so
large as the jump.-Lippincott
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
A NURSERY INVENTION.
Combined Bath and Cot Which Car
BE Carried About.

Combined Bath and Cot Which Car
BE Carried About.
An English firm has just patented an
original invention called the Bahfkot,
which is nothing more or less than
bath and cot in one and the duet, more
over, is so ingeniously devised that it
can be folded up into quite compact
form, and so carried about the house,
While for travelling it is likely to prove
an Indispensable nursery adjunct
A sketch has been taken Of this clev-
er contrivance, by which will be seen
the simple hammock-like arrangement
or rubber cloth, supported on a white
enamel frame. A tap is introduced, by
which means the water is easily drawn
Off, a good rubbing with a towel leav-
Ing the surface in a perfectly dry con-
dition, and quite ready for the recep-
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

"Such impudence!" she exclaimed
when he kissed her. "You seem to be
enjoying yourself"
Not at ALL" he replied, taking an
other, Eat least not as much as In
enjoying you."-Philadelphia Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
Passed the Limit,

II purchased these shoes here last
month, and 1 want to get them ex-
changed" began the man In the de-
partment store. you'll notice that the
patent leather has cracked"
"Oh, yes" exclaimed the clerk when
he had examined the shoes. 'They are
old stock. The patent has probably
expired "-HarpeI1 Weekly.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12
Certainly Would.

City Man Ito villager) Wouldn't it
open your eyes If you were to look
across at that lot there and see one
OF our city skyscrapers covering it?
Village Man-Wall, guess it would,
SEEM as I've got twenty head o. cattle
grain there.-The Bohemian.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

Maud-Your friend, Mrs. Winthrop.
Beach, seems to worry an awful lot.
Belle-Worry7 Why, she worries ev.
cry time the tide goes out for fear II
won't come in again.-Boston Tran
script.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

Congressman Hobson of Alabama,
famous as the hero of Santiago and
later Of several kissing campaigns, is
said to favor the establishment by the
government of an official weekly news.
paper for free distribution, for which
he wishes Congress to appropriate
$350,000. This periodical would con.
tain a summary Of the work of Con-
gress and all departments of the gov
eminent, so far as it might interest
the public. He says the journal is in
tended to form connecting link be.
tween the government and the people
and that the project grew out of his
having ascertaned that a vast amount
of valuable material did not reach the
people for whom 1t was intended. He
thinks the publication of such a paper
will remove distrust and suspicion and
create a renewed interest and conf.
dence among the masses in govern.
mental affairs.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

On the Great Day. when st. Peter
opens his book will the truth finally
come out about those great chances
Mother might have had If she hadnt
married Father3
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

In looking for the skeleton In a poor
mans house. go by the closet, and look
IL the pantry.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

Cy. Sulloway, of New Hampshire
still retains his place as the biggest
man in the House Of Representatives,
and so far no one has appeared that
may claim honor to second place ahead
of Ollie James, Of Kentucky. Sulloway
is something more than six and half
feet tall and weighs but a pound less
than $50. His breadth is proportionate
with his height, and he towers above
his colleague, Frank D. Currier, as he
does above most all the members of
the House. He is one of the members
who does not exercise his prerogative
Of taking his luncheon on that side of
the House restaurant where the sign
proclams "for members only" but
each day partakes of a sparing lunch
on the public side of the room, where
the motto is that anybody's money IS
GOOD.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

Pennies left in the boxes by rurM
route patrons for the purchase of
stamps from the carriers will be let
alone If the recommendations of
Fourth Assistant Postmaster General
De Graw and Superintendent Spill
man Of the rural delivery service Is
adopted. In cold weather 1t has al.
ways been a painful duty of the carri.
ers, this hunting around in the Ice
cold bottom of metal mail box with
bare hands. 1t has been said that
sometimes fingers Of carriers get so
cold and stiff that they are unable to
write out money order receipts. The
recommendation Of the two officials is
that patrons place small wooden box
in the mail box, and therein put all
the pennies with which they wish to
buy stamps or anything else. The car
rier could then, without removing his
gloves, empty the contents and go on
his way rejoicing, foiling the attack of
Jack Frost. If the pennies are not in
the box the carrier will not be re.
Quired to look for them.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

The United States Mint at ia go
phia during the year 1907 turned out
1S3, 59S,943 coins, representing a value
of SG3 ,263, 1O493, a considerable in
crease over the previous years output.
The total value of the gold pieces
coined was over $54,OOO,0OO, and of the
silver over $5,OOO,OOO, while pennies
and nlckels represented value of over
100000. In addition to the United
States coins, considerable work was
done for the Philippine and Panama
governments.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

The application of George NJ. Austh
of New York for a restraining order
against Secretary COrtelyou, prevent
ing him from allotting $21 100000 Of
Panama Canal bonds to certain ma
tional banks, has been denied by Judge
Gould of the Supreme Court of the Dis
trlct of Columbia. Austin charged that
the secretary had violated the law In
rejecting his bid for 100000 of bonds
and alloting the bonds to national
hanks and others at lower figure.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-12

Some of the government building
erected within a quarter Of a century
were designed by men who had rich
ideas in color, but who lacked in every
thing else. Consequently harmony and
artistic effects were not drawn upon
and these piles Of the crazy-Qullt Or
der are out of place alongside the new
ones which excel in artistic merit and
which are worthy of the capital of .
mighty nation.