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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

the case Of this Philip La SeuE that he
is still in the custody Of the prison Of.
Gals at Tollon"
Most decidedly"
swell, Philip La Seur broke prise.
nearly FIVE years ago, and he has never
yet been retaken."
Impossible, escape from Toulon pris-
on! will not believe 1t. 1t is the most
strongly fortified Of any penal establish
ment in France"
Perhaps; but here Is convincing
proof Of 1t Look at this foot note, copied
from the register of Monsieur Lablanche:
Escaped from Toulon,' and under 1t ev-
cry year since is marked: This prisoner
is still at large Besides that" added
NJ. Cassagne, laughing, "the project re-
lated the history of this particular pris-
oner to my supposed wife, Madame Ores
son, as one of the most daring escapes
on record"
"Well, of course that settles IT," ex.
claimed D'Auburon. mo, don't want
any more proof. You overwhelm me as
1t is. But what is the next step which
you propose to takeT
II now intend to Hnd," replied M.
|
Phillip La Seur, alias Philip Graham,
late Of Toulon, and who may be, while
we are talking, at the present moment, In
Paris, and only waiting for this murder
to blow over to come forward and claim
his share of his aunts fortune"
But Who" remarked D'Auburon, may
not be in Paris at all but may perhaps
be In Rio Janeiro for all we know to the
contrary. You must not forget that In
these days Of lightning express trains,
and ocean greyhounds, one can travel q
good way in three weeks-especially II
one has money In ones pocket"
philip Graham never left Paris" an
swered the detective, "of that feel con-
WINGED. man who could escape from
Toulon Is too smart a fellow not ia
know he Is safest when he remains right
at home. Besides, when he committed
this murder he was in a condition OF
financial desperation. He did not have
plenty Of money, as you seem to suppose.
How do you know thatT
ut has since transpired that Madame
Roupell had, besides the loose bank
notes found in her escretoire, a consid
cradle sum of money In her chamber
|
night of the murder. l believe that muir.
derer was Philip Graham. believe he
took that money. l believe, II we wait
long enough, he will come forward and
declare himself, for the purpose of claim
ing his share Of Madame Roupell's prop
erty."
"Well, why not wait bit and give him
a chance"
Because, simpleton, justice won't
wait. If we don't prove she's altogether
wrong she'll have Charles Van Lith's
head under the az of her guillotine be.
fore two more months are passed. II
would be a poor satisfaction for hi.
friends IL we failed to avert such a calam
ity, and brought in our evidence In time
only to prove that the government had
killed an innocent man. The next steI
will be to call on Madame La Seur. II
Is not unlikely that Philip Graham, after
his escape from Toulon, went to see her. n
ITO be continued.)
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
But the dreamer woke.
Qlgl2aRZ5InRgG2


The Tartar lady uses a slice of onion
to perfume herself.
Italy leads the nations of the world
In the matter of theaters.
The Canadian farmer works from
twelve to sixteen hours day In the
busy season.
A very good horse can in ten hours
go sixty miles If the vehicle is light
and the turnpike good.
The art of glove cutting requires
great skill, and in France some of the
best workmen are paid 500 a week.
The wife of a farm laborer near
Exeter has given birth to her twenty
second child. All the family are alive
and well.
1t Is difficult In England to arouse all
interest in the preservation of forests
because of the universal substitution
of coal for wood as fuel.
Freckles may be hereditary. Cases
of freckles all over the body are men,
toned. Food Is not supposed to cause
them. Sun and wind make some faces
treckle.
DIR. H. Campbell Thomson of Eng
land has been making use of the cine
mntograph in nervous diseases, taking
pictures at the rate of sixteen to the
second, showing the movements of the
patients.
Municipal pawnshops have been
opened in Pekin for the relief of the
residents who have been heretofore the
victims of extortionate private estab-
lishments. The city charges are Is
per cent, while they have been paying
80.
The coal supply of the Philippines
has been found to be much larger than
was anticipated and of a uniformly
good character. II Is stated that
large vein crosses the entire group of
islands and it has been clearly traced
in one vicinity for twenty-five miles.
A girl named Gordon, working In
laundry at Ballymena, Belfast, Ire
land, was caught In a machine by the
hair and completely scalped. A doctor
ordered her removal to a hospital. The
scalp was also taken there, and DIR.
Davidson succeeded In sewing 1t on.
The girl is alive and making good
progress.
Little Mrs. Hunter had heard 50
many jokes about the brides who
couldn't market successfully that she
made up her mind that the first re-
quest she made of the market man
would show her to be sophisticated
housewife. "Send me, please" she
said, two French chops and one hun.
dred green peas."-Judge.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
UNCLE REUBEN AND EDUCATION.
Old Man Told "a Shrewd story to
illustrate "a Paint

Old Man Told "a Shrewd story to
illustrate "a Point.
Made We squlrm some, didn't they,
Cynthy?' Uncle Reuben asked, sympa.
| thetlcally.
What do you mean, Uncle Reuben?"
Cynthia returned But under Uncle
Reuben'squizzical glance the color came
richly. She had been acquainted with
Uncle Reuben all her life.
Il saw ye sort Of wriggling inside
when Eliza Meadows talked about pre-
ferring music with a tune to it-some-
thing ye could grip on to, instead of
sonatas and symphonies that's what
We call them, amt 1t? Eliza Meadows
has done more good than any ten
women ye'd be likely to meet; she's
clothed the naked and ministered to
the sick till It's grown to be second
nature to her; but after all, l dunno's
sewing and nursing and things like that
teach We anything about music. And
then when Elviry Pratt talked about
the kind of pictures she liked, saw
We get holt Of yourself. l was real
proud of We the way We held in then.
Education" Uncle Reuben unused,
must be sort Of alarming anyhow
when We first ketch it. l don't wonder
it's kind of upsettlng"
"Alarming?" asked Cynthia. Hel
color had become normal again and
her dimples were creeping out
IIn0ln RanhaO noddad GCVo,
ing. Ye never can tell whether it's
going to strike out or strike in. If 1t
comes out free like measles, It's a
splendid thing all round, but If 1t
strikes In We never can see clear after
1t. There was Henrietta Bond, now.
Before she went to college Henrietta
was as bright and likely a girl as ye'd
ever see. When she came home she
was all changed; seemed as IL she
couldn't consort with anybody that
wasn't college grown. She talked about
art and philosophy and biology, but she
hadn't any Interest In cooking and sew
Ing found life terrible dull here-so
dull she couldn't stay. So she vent
away dunnO's anybody lamented
her. That's what call knowledge
striking In.
"Then there was Nellie Chester. TN
own up 1 hated to see Nellie go.
was afraid 1t would spoil her, like Hen
rletta, but bless We, she wasn't the
spelling kind. Everything she learned
just seemed to make life more inter-
esting. 1 declare I'd hang round for
half day when she was poklng under
stones for bugs-she made 1t all so in
teresting. And she'd name We pIce
books to read, and when she played
she'd play your tunes and her music
both-one as easy as the other. I tell
ye, when l see all Nellie got out OF If
| understood that education can mean
about as many different things as there
ire people that have It,"
Uncle Reuben Cynthia asked, do
you see any signs Of mine striking inpn
Youths Companion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
CHAPTER XIX.

"A comparison of this portrait with
the miniature In the locket," remarked
NJ. Cassagne, NOW convinces me beyond
a doubt that Philip La Seur and Philip
Graham are one and the same person.
His Bertillon measurements, which l
have carefully noted down, are at pres
ent Of but little use to us, but as q means
of Identification should we hereafter sue
coed in running him to earth, they may
prove invaluable. Beyond any question
whatever, we may now assume that Philip
Graham Is In some way connected with
the murder Of Madame Roupell."
Charles D'Auburon stared at his friend
in speechless surprise as he uttered these
words.
II think your experience Of yesterday
must have turned your head" he said,
at last. There has becA no eommuta-
ton Of Philip La Seur's sentence. Being
still = prisoner at Toulon, how Is It pos
sible for him to have been connected with
the mystery Of vileneuvs7 Ny dear
friend, l beg Of you not to think any
more Of this case to-day. You need q
rest. You have been taxing your brain
too much"
"And you, my dear Charles" retorted
Cassagne, have been taxing your brain
too little. You thisk that because there
Is no eommut9son Of sentence recorded in
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
TIE NEW CHINATOWN.
Oriental Quarter Arises on the Old
Site in San Francisco.

Site in San Francisco.
San Francisco's new Chinatown
which has arisen on the ruins of the
old is ready for occupancy and is rap
idly filling up with merchants and
tradesmen who were scattered to the
four winds by the terrible earthquake
and fire of year and half ago. All
movements looking toward the trans
fer of the Chinese to a less desirable
part of the city failed utterly, and the
new Chinatown has risen on the site of
the old, under the shadow Of Mob Hill
and touching shoulders with the finan-
cial district. In the first flush Of hope
after the catastrophe several plans
we're evolved for moving Chinatown out
toward Telegraph Hill or to some suit
able part of the Mission district. The
site of old Chinatown was needed for
the expansion of the financial district.
One thing stood in the way Of this part
Of the "city beautiful" dream. Chi
nese firms and wealthy Mongolian indi.
vlduals owned much Of the property in
Chinatown. They were satisfied with
the site Of their quarter. 1t was near
the big hotels patronized by eastern
tourists, and 1t was not too far from
the water front whence their goods
came. The Chinese refused to sell and
stralghtway set about rebuilding.
There Is a reason why Chinatown
was rebuilt before the other parts OF
the burned area, even before Market
street had been repaved. The Chinese
property owners had no trouble In get.
ting ready cash. They did not try tC
1 borrow from San Francisco banks OF
even from New York money lenders
The first steamer to China carried long
letters describing the situation. In.
.losed were drafts on the treasurer OF
the company which backed the Sar
Francisco firms. The return steamer
brought the gold that was needed and
the Chinese could tell their contractors
to go ahead.
The building department and tn
health authorities insisted that the new
Chinatown be built according to law
and the new Chinatown has, of course
lost such picturesqueness as was found
in the dirt and the squalor and the
tumbledOwn effect Of the old buildings
TO Offset this, however, there will be .
heavy gain In healthfulness.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
Teaching the Drummer.

1t was the custom in the days of our
old navy for the men to bring to the
mast all the wornout articles which
were to be inspected, handed In and ex.
changed for new. The drummer had
applied for so many drum heads that
the commodore felt sure he was being
imposed upon, and one day set himself
to watch while the band was playing
AS one rattling martial air followed an
other his anger increased perceptibly
until he broke forth in uncomfortable
rage:
There, now, cOnfound you! 1 see
why you use so many drum heads.
Don't drum in the middle of it all the
time. Drum all over that drum, ted
you!"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
"1EAD1Na MAX" IN A PLAY.
Germ Nearly Always Misleading as
1t Is Commonly Used.


1t Is Commonly Used.
What Is more misleading than the
general term leading man" or "lead-
ing womanY' In nine cases out of ten,
20 describe the leading man is to de-
scribe the lover In the play, says the
Theater Magazine. In many cases he
Is not the leading man at all in the
true sense of the word, and there is sell
dom company organized in which
there is not an implied conflict Of in
terests over this question. Broadly
speaking, the most important CHI ac-
tiers In play are the lovers and the
villain-I prefer VILLAIN" to heavy"
and only regret that we cannot say
"villalnness"-the character that is in
troduced in every well regulated play
as the antagonistlc force to suspend
the interest In the foreshadowed hap
py ending when the lovers shall fall
Into each others arms. But the low
ers In the modern play are not always
the leading roles, the protagonists; and
the love story often Is but a shadow
graph against a more imposing back
ground of events.
In Camille" Armand and Mdlle.
Gautier are undoubtedly the leading
characters; but in His House in Or
DER and 1.-THE Hypocrites" quote
at random-they are not. Yet the
young fellow who plays the lover COM
placently calls himself the leading man
and why? In the majority of mod
ern plays the lover is merely the light
comedian, the old-style walking gentle
man and his sweetheart is the ingenue
NOT the leading lady by any process
Of sane reasoning. Yet these two
youngsters preempt an Importance to
which implicitly you must doff your
hat In profound respect or be run
down, while the elder persons and the
better actors, who assume much more
vital place in the events, are dismissed
with scant courtesy, as though they
were merely introduced to support
these simples.
A young fellow adopts professional
career, and because he Is tall and
handsome" he is, in year or two,
showed into the part of the lover.
Thenceforward he walks Broadway
with cane and white spats and calls
himself leading man, while the elder
actor who has learned his business
from the ground up and plays the In
trigant In the piece Is pushed into a
subordinate position by general consent.
"All the world loves a lover" mayhap,
but 1t does not follow that all the
world loves a bad actor In the role.
Booth, by contrast, made Iago stand
out In brilliant relief, though Iago was
an arch villain. Assuredly Booth was
a star Of the first magnitude and
Othello cuts tremendous figure as a
lover. But If l were to attempt q
classification, l would call that actor
the leading man and that actress the
leading woman who managed to make
their parts the most vital element of
the performance consistent with the OBJ
Ject Of the action or plot of the play,
whether they were the lovers or not,
and l would follow the German sys-
TEN Of calling the youngsters, whose
only function Is to overcome parental
objections or other lmpediments to the
ultimate end of their joint happiness
plain lovers.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

1t Is poor town which cannot boast
OF something to the stranger within Its
gates The man in the anecdote related
by writer in the Yonkers Statesman
was hard put to 1t, but he succeeded
In unfolding the dignity of his native
heath.
This is one Of our greatest show.
places" said the resident, who Wss
taking a friend about his town.
why, 1t is only vacant Iot !" 80
piled the friend.
Certainly, but it's where tbo o,.
always performs when 1t comes IS
town." responded the proud cItIvoo
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
WHAT THEY REALLY SAID.
rime-WOrn Myths DisDelIed by MAJ
NWhn

Time-WOrn Myths DispelIed by Man
Who Reads Poetry.
In his dream, the poetry reader was
surrounded by flock of children, says
the Cleveland Leader. He recognized
them at once. They were characters
In familiar poems. And the nan arose
and said: Come hither, little ones
and tell me what l have long wanted
to know" And they came hither. And
the man said:
"Tell me this. All the real children
1 have ever known talked prose. And
not very good prose, at that. Honest
ly now, did you talk in rhymes? You
child--did you really say:
"You must wake and call me early,
Call me early, mother DEAR
and so onT
mo-" confessed the child. THAT
was Mr.. Tennyson's story. What said
was, Ma, now you set the alarm clock
for 6. Won't you, ma? Now, honest
I'm a-go'n' ter be May queenr"
"And you," went on the man, turn
ing to another little girl. Did you ad-
dress your erring parent in these must
cal numbers:
Father, dear father, come home with me
now,
The clock on the steeple strikes pr
"Naww responded the infant. 81
went to tn family entrance an ham
mered on tn little winder where ladies
rushes tn growler az tn barkeeI
stuck his head out an says, Where's
yer can, kidY An l says, I wantel
see tn old man. An out comes dad
stewed to tn eyelids, an cusses some
thin fierce. And says, Say, pa, you
better beat 1t fer home. It's aftel
closin' hours an mas havin' a fit.
That's all Their was to it."
did you" the reader went on, speak
ing to starved-looking infant with rec
hair-"did you ever say:
"Give me three grains of corn, mother,
Only three grains of corn.
1t will keep the little life l have
Till the coming of the morn"
But the child shook her head. "Divi
wan O. me liver talked po'thry," SHE
said. II was hungry, dye moInd, an
l says FIR tn love O hlven,' mother
amt there no pratles lift? It's starvin
1 am! An she says, 'Sorra a praty.
An yells TX a banshee, I'm that mad
AM"
Rut tho draomor uOko
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

Him. consulted a fortune teller to-
day and she told me that was in love
with pretty girl, but she would never
marry me. 1t looks like am up
against II.
She-Oh, not necessarily. No fortune
teller Is authorized to speak for me.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

Travers-Yes, met your brothel
when was in Arizona. He's a road
agent, believe.
Basterly-sir, do you mean to insult
mel My brother Is a real estate agent.
Travers-oh, beg pardon, but
knew It was something like that.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

"Oh" exclaimed Miss Gusch at the
art exhibition. Here's a clever thing
in oil-'when the Cats Away 1t isn't
signed; wonder who painted It"
Evidently a woman" replied Mr..
Shoude. Look at the mice; see what
a feroclOus expression she has given
them."-Philadelp Press.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
Possibilities of Prone,

"You couldn't interest that capital
LIST in your flying machIneP
'No," answered the inventor. 81 con-
vinced him that 1t was practical, but he
couldn't see it because there were no
provisions made for strap-hangins
passengers stap
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
Accounted For.

"Why do people always seem to feel
sad when they think OF the days Of
their YOUTH"
at was in the days Of their youth
that most Of them got married. -
Houston Post
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

Visitors to Paris spend in that ole,
an average of s2OO,OOO,OOO a wear. ot
this sum by far the greater nort,o,,
comes out Of the pockets of AmerIcan on
The average number of visitor. ~ loalls'
Is $4,000 a month. " 1 "rlS
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

The snake-nut tree Is native Of
British Guiana. The kernel Of the nut
bears a marvellous resemblance to
eolled snake
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

When a woman is getting the wors,
OF 1t in an argument with a mon us "s'
says; Oh that's tust like a mani
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
An UntimeIy Thought.

l wonder what day of the week,
wonder what month of the year
Will it be midnight, or morning,
And who will bend over my bier?
What a hideous fancy to come
As wait at the foot of the stair,
While she gives the last touch to her robe,
Or sets the white rose in her hair.
AS the carriage rolls down the dark street
The little wife laughs and makes
cheer
But wonder what day of the
week,
l wonder what month of the year.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19

The man who can say yes" and mo"
at the right time has a sufficient com.
mand Of language.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-06-19
Old Favorites
Baby.


Where did you come from, baby dear?
Out of the everywhere into here.
Where did you get those eyes so blue?
Out of the sky as l came through.
What makes the light in them sparkle
and spin?
Some Of the starry spikes left in.
Where did you get that little tear?
l found 1t waiting when l got here.
What makes your forehead SO smooth and
high2
A soft hand stroked it as / went by.
What makes your cheek like warm,
white rose?
saw something better than any one
knows.
Whence that three-cornered smile Of bliss?
Three angels gave me at once kiss.
Where did you get this pearly carr
God spoke and 1t came out to hear.
Where did you get those arms and hands?
Love made itself into bonds and bands.
Feet, whence did you come, you darling
things?
From the same box as the cherub's wings
How did they all just come to be your
God thought about me, and so l grew.
But how did you come to us, you dear2
God thought about you, and so l am here.
George Macdonald
The Winslow mail., 1908-03-07
Frds and Consumption.

wills the keeper of the birds, is
left for Colorado. One lung gone. He
amt the first"
The zoo attendant relighted the
stump of his cigar and sighed.
Birds give men consumption" he
said. I've seen it proved. There
was Jenkins in Frisco, Black in New
York, and now there's Wilson here.
Why, wouldn't keep that there bird
house for twenty a week.
tits a bad thing to have birds at
your home, too Parrots is bad; ca.
naries is worse. AS for big aviaries OF
Is or 20 birds, why, you might as well
come here and take George Wilson's
job.
'Dr. Tucker Wise, our superinten.
dent told me, traced 80 cases of con
sumption to canaries, and a large
avairy was in his opinion the cause
of the death of an entire German fam
lily of II persons. Chicago Chronicle
The Winslow mail., 1908-03-07
Couldn't Fool Him Twice.

The heavy clouds were massing in
the west, the lightning was flashing,
and the thunder was rumbling ON
inously.
The fond mother gathered her young
hopeful to her, and tried logically to
calm his fears.
There's no danger, dear. God
sends the thunder storm to clear the
air. water the flowers, and make
things cool. You mustn't be fright
ened. 1t won't harm you, anu every
thing will be better when it's over"
The little chap listened intently,
and when his mother finished he look
ed at her quizically.
NO, no, mamma" he murmured;
you talk exactly the way you did
last week when you took me to the
dentist to have that tooth pulled"
The Winslow mail., 1908-03-07
Western Hustle.

In Salt Lake City were several firms
which mailed advertising circulars to
the farmers of the surrounding coun-
try when they had anything new to
offer, says the Saturday Evening Post.
A bright boy went to these men, and
offered to deliver 1000 such circulars
in the rural free delivery mail boxes
Tor five dollars Six different firms
accepted the offer. The lad then went
to the printer, and secured commits
sion of five dollars on the sale of the
$4,000 circulars. Next, he started out
In a rig which he secured rent free
from the livery stable in return for
mailing up signs advertising it. The
delivery of the circulars took him four
days, for which he had received $35-.
nearly nine dollars day.
The Winslow mail., 1908-03-07
MAJ IabQ

Shoop's Cough Cure. And it is
so thoroughly harmless, that
DR.. Shoop tells mothers to use
nothing else, even for very young
babies. The wholesome green
leaves and tender stems of
lung healing mountainous shrub
give the curative properties to
DR.. Shoop's Cough Cure. 1t
calms the cough, and heals the
,ensitive bronchial membranes.
No opium, no chloroform, moth
ing harsh used to injure or sup
press. Demand DR.. Shops.
Take no other.