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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
HER REcoMMEEpATIoN.

The woman you want for that posi-
ton Is my cousin Mary" said Caroline
Worthy to the old friend who was shar- |
Ing train seat with her. .'rhe minute
You said It required womanly sense
and talent for emergencies. thought
of hcr."
Tell me something about her" The
answer sounded kind, but unconvlnced,
for the gray-haired principal Of the
KanevIlle School for Girls was used to
SLOWING for the prejudice Of loving
relatives.
what can tell when there are only
two minutes before have to get of
this train2 She's one in thousand,
that's all. You remember about my
Aunt Hannah and Uncle David, and
how they lived together slxty-four
years, and were beautiful lovers all the
timer They had one daughter, who
died when she was young girl, and
their dearest possession was portrait
Of her. They used to stand before It,
hand in hand, and talk OF her. I've seen
them do 1t often.
Last winter they both died, 10 neal
together that they were buried In one
grave, but for two years they had been
so feeble that my cousin Mary had
come from California to live with
them. That's how / came to know
what she is. and oh, her tenderness
and thoughtfulness and wise kindness
to those old peoplei can't tell you
anything about 1t.
Zone thing she did I'll never forget.
Uncle David died first, then Aunt Han
nah, and after Cousin Mary had the
dear old lady all ready for the grave,
she stood looking up at the picture Of
that little daughter who had died 80
long before that not one of us even re-
membered her.
"Then Cousin Mary said to me,
What win become Of 1t nowf 1t was
the dearest thing they had. I know
what to do with everything In the house
except that Then the next minute
she went across the room, lifted down
the picture, took It out Of tho frame,
and rolling It up, placed it-where no
one could see, under Aunt Hannah'a
head; and together they were laid to
rest"
The gray-haired principal was wip
Ing her eyes.
There, the train'C stopping and
haven't told you a thing. I wish I could
give you Mary's whole life history.
She"
II don't need It, Caroline" said the
other. "That woman could be trusted
to do the sweet and beautiful thing in
all the vlclssltudes Of life. I shall
write to her about the position to
nIght."-Youth's Companion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
OUR PAPER ARMY.

HE amazing statement is made that in spite
of all efforts to fill up the ranks the army
at present Is 10000 men short of the au
- thorlzed strength. There supposed to be
tHgNHINNs 10000 rank and file In the army, in
VSezSksAk Guiding the authorized additions to the
Coast Artillery Corps, but there is no
branch of the service which has the requisite number
Of officers In few months infantry regi
ment is to 60 Its tour of duty to the Philippines,
where 1t Is to remain two years Only those who have
two to be taken. This leaves exactly 136
who ready to go, less than the size of full
pany a war footing And only nineteen of these are
privates.
The men who have tried the service do not like it
when they many opportunities in civil life. The
assertions are aarmingly frequent is easy to de-
tect them and much difficult to fill up the ranks,
One artillery company contains few that If they
given the requisite number Of non-commissioned
places there would not be single private and there
companies in various branches of the service which
actually have privates at ALL In fact have only
skeleton army.
Nor would 1t be bad If the officers sufficient
for the service. Then could at least preserve
ganlzations which In time of danger could be
Allied up and be ready for service 1t is stated that there
is not single company in the service where the full
number of officers Is present Most companies COM
manded by leutenants many have only single officer
and some at ALL The number Of second euenants
than that of first ieutenants while the figures
should be reversed West Point furnishes annually only
few officers civil life and prvates commissioned
officers few more but not enough be secured In
way-Philadelphia Inquirer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
Won CouIa slip on the Edme

There was a tlme-centuries ago, of
course-when the learned men Of the
world really thought that the world
was square-not merely nat, but that
1t was a cube. The primitive geogra-
piers Of Egypt, Assyria and China all
taught that the world was a square
plane" One Of the most curious dis
coveries ever made In Central America
concerning Toltec beliefs, symbols, etc,
ls that they also had a similar idea
concerning the form Of what we now
speak Of as the globe" A writer on
the discoveries made among the monu-
mental ruins Of that country says
They (meanlng the Psruvians, Toltecs
and Quiches) believed the world to be
a cube, suspended from the heavens
By cords of gold fastened to each Of Its
corners"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
MOUNTAINS THAT DON'T EXIST.

Peaks that for Years HAD PIacsl
ON Canada's Maps.
BY far the neatest tale Of Canadian
mountaineering concerns Mounts Brown
and Hooker-myths now relegated to
the limbo of Mount Iseram, says Out
Ing. In its palmy days alchemy fos-
tered no such credulity as swaya some
scientific mapmakers. Unexisting
Mount Tlllman, Alaska, which had dec
Grated maps for fifteen years, whore
the writer in 1900 frst found a fiat
plain, or the rubbery height of St
Elias which has bobbed between $4,000
and 10000 feet (even Russell cheated
1t by sheer half mile), are not even
good Jokes beside the 1900 and 10000
foot mountains which from 1897 have
been engraved on each side Of the pass
at the head OF the Athabasca river,
with the Committees Punch Bowl"
between. Now, as a fact, the walls
of this pass are only few thousand
feet high and the punch bowl" Is
twenty yards widel
Neither the railway surveys, spend
ing 100000, nor George Dawson him
self, nailed the lie. That was done In
a library by Collie after two seasons
expeditions and a year Of worry. Ex-
cept the maps and a hint in Palllser's
Journal linking Brown and Hooker with
one Douglass, botanist, Of Douglass
fir Oregon pine) fame, no mention Of
them could be found In print until
Collie struck "Bancroft's History OF
British Columbia" There the botan-
lists diary was cited. Collie dug it out.
Douglass had crossed Athabasca pass
from Vancouver. In 1927, camping In the
eye Of the pass on Nay On the
north lay mountain, he wrote, (which
does not appear to be less than 10000
or 1900 feet high" But this three
mile sheer peak he climbed in single
afternoon" which," as Collie naively
observes, twas naturally absurd" The
chance say-so Of botanist, but geog-
raphers ate 1t alive A Prof. Coleman
had been in the pass five years be-
fore Collie. but finding no Brown and
Hooker, and seeing higher peaks to the
west, imagined they had been mislo-
Gated. But these peaks then had names !;
the Brown and Hooker business Is no
error, but a hoax. During the Klon-
dixie rush, when the writer was Just
north Of this region, trappers smiled
and shook their heads when you asked
| aho,,f provyn and Hooker Thav hrnxw
Geographers are more guileless.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
HIS AMIABLE WEAKNESS.
ooooooooooooooooooooooo

Horse trading is popularity supposed
to make severe demands on a mans
honesty. Abel Saunders found 1t so
when he attempted to dispose of the
live stock owned by his brothers wild
ow, to her advantage; for Abel had a
lively conscience.
"'Any out about this crltterr you
asked me-" he said to a man who was
considering the purchase Of the widows
gray horse. "Well, l never saw one
yet there wasn't some out about, same
as in folks, If you hunt for 1t long
enough. You ask me all the questions
you want, and I'll answer 'em true; but
I'm not a-going to volunteer informa-
ton. You can take him on my tell, or
leave him."
T5eEevffqlllawed. Ions, rllst, r Of ones
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
RAILWAY ACCIDENTS.

OF a single railway passenger lost his life
l in Great Britain In 1901 through a collision
I M L or a deraiment. One hundred and ten pas
sengers were killed in collisions and de-
kGWT11 railments In the United States in the same
kEk&1NRSh period. In 1905 accidents Of this class
killed thirty-nne passengers in Great Brit
ain and S41 the United States The returns for 1906
not yet available There were two very serious acc
dents in England loss of life in the United States
was probably greater than in any previous year.
AS result of the recent increase in fatalities there is
a growing demand that something be done to force
the American railway companies to take greater
lions against accidents They be made less frequent
az the British record shows Two horrible collisions
few weeks ago. each preventable and each due to dis
regard Of the signals to neglect to give the
warnings resulted in the death of than hundred
persons
Broadly speaking-for there are exceptons-colisons
are inexcusable since by the Of the block system
trains be kept far enough apart to prevent Them
signal automatically worked shows the engineer of
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
HOTEL ToR WORKING a1RLs.

New York Pastor Has Quietly SUI
essded in Getting One Built.
While seventy-fve women's clubs in
their federated as well as their lndl-
vidual capacity have been talking about
the crying need for a working sirlE'
hotel and racking their composite
brains for feasible schemes to secure
the necessary money, the pastor Of
little church in Harlem Is busy building
one. says the New York Sun.
About two years and a half ago It
occurred to the Rev. H. M. TyndalI
that the broken stone and sand which
were the byproducts Of building exca-
vations In the city might be put to a
better use than that Of increasing the
size Of various dump heaps Why
shouldn't they be purchased, he rea-
Soned, for nominal sum By contrae-
tors who are putting up concrete build
ings and be used for his new plant
He determined to become the first Of
these contractors. His congregation had
already decided that the pastors pro-
ject Of hotel for working girls under
the auspices of the Peoples Tabernacle
at 50 East 1921 street was worthy Of
their support.
So Mr.. Tyndall bought the stone and
sand and collected force OF italian
laborers to turn It Into concrete. In
the intervals when he wasn't bossing the
mixing he was drawing pictures Of a
nve-story and basement building with
Seventy-nve rooms and a complete as
sortment of comforts and some lux
uries.
As fast as contributions came In the
work progressed and the building at 50
East 1929 street is now completed.
Moreover, although there has been no
source Of revenue but voluntary contrl.
buttons, there isn't the sign Of a lien
or mortgage anywhere in sight.
The seventy-fve rooms are bare Of
furniture and the eighteen front win
COWS present a blank and curtainless
glare to passers-by.
"Of course we are anxious to throw
open the doors of the new house." said
AAAs AJhOuh yColCANug AllGTuOOHt Dul
that fact won't influence us to change
our determination about going In debt
We have been prosperous beyond ouI
hopes In this undertaking. We have
succeeded In putting up a &75,o 900 build
ing for $21, 600, and / don't believe W,
will have to wait very long for the 81,
500 necessary for furniture. hav,
calculated that an average of $50 1
room will about do It."
While the hotel is designed primarily
for wage-earning girls, young womer
who are strangers in the city will &c
temporary accommodation provided
they can show credentials of respect
ability. Room and board will be fur
nished at from So to IS a week. Won
en- over 80 are reckoned as undesirable
inmates.
Questions in regard to dancing, care
playing and the entertainment Of mel
visitors have not yet been settled. The,
viii be taken up as soon as some phil
anthropie person or persons donate tn
furniture.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
Pressed Loaf Sandwiches.

A new and appetlzlng pressed sand
wich may be made by removing the
crusts from loaf of bread. either
brown or white, and cutting 1t in four
equal-slzed pieces. Spread each slice
thickly with butter, red peppers sliced
in lengthwise strips and plenty OF
cream or Neuchatel cheese. Now re-
shape the loaf by putting the slices to
gether again. Wrap in a heavy dry
towel, then in a wet one and put be
tween two boards on which three OF
four heavy fiatlrons are placed. Lei
the loaf remain weighted from six4to
ten hours; this will compress 1t into
solid mass three or four inches high
which may be sliced like cake. Nice
for picnic.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
e.. Of the Forrotten.

An antiquary once visiting Westmln-
ster Abbey found stone-cutter at
work, says the Washington Star, re-
cutting the name of Wilson, the great
singer of Shakspeare's day.
He began to tell the stone-cutter
about this man whose name he was
cutting, how he had been Shakspeare's
friend and Ben Jonson's and Kit Mar
loves, and how all those men loved
him and honored him.
The stone-cutter looked up from his
work, frowned, and shook his head.
at wish, sir" he said, wed knowet
ba was such a swell afore we run tina
there draIn-pipe through him"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
ODl0
1anQrffR

eNs1S-sr~--rs%eesn<7s~
Tho nxinust.
Grandma told me abenk 4.
Told me 90 couldn't doubt il
danced
Lone ara
How she held her pretty head.
How her dainty skirt she anrsaa
How she turned her YlttIe to-.
Smiling little human - -
Long aso.
Grandma's hair was bright and sunny.
Really quite pretty efrl.
Long ago.
Bless her why, she wears a can.
Grandma does, ard takes 4 nan
Every single day and vet
Grandma danced the minuet.
Long axo.
Now she sits there, rocking. rochine.
EVERY girl was taught to init
Long aro.)
Yet her figure Il 50 neat,
And her way SO staId and sweet,
can almost see her now
Bending to her partners bow,
Long ago.
Grandma says our modern jumping,
Hopping, rushing, whirllng, humping,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
Race suicide In the Aaiddls ola.

Race Suicide In the Middle Glass.
''The sociologIsts lay the charge Of
race suicide at the doors of the multi.
millionaires," writes Anna StSese Rich.
ardson, in the Woman's Home Com.
panlon. "Why do they not investigate
the family conditions in the great
middle class, from which are drawn
our most successful womenl Here they
will ind the great source Of danger tC
the PRONUNCIATION Of the human race
To-day 1t is the young wonderland
the mature women-of the middle class
who are turning their backs on the
home wherein lies Americas hope Of
future greatness. And for what? tt
exchange the bIrthrIght Of womanhood
wifehood and motherhood for the mes.
Of pottage known as business career
Therein lies the nations greatest nen
ace-race suicide"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

"Can you give bondr asked the
Judge. "Have you got anythingf"
~Jedge," said the prisoner, esencs
you Ak me, III tell you. / haln't got
nuthin' In the worp 'cept the spring
chIlls, six acres O. no count land, Z
big family, a hope Of a hereafter an
the ole war Rheumatism. "-.Atlsnta
Constitution.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

convenient means Of reaching dirt in
the lower recesses of the ditch. The
shovel is supported from the handle by
an adjustable angle lever, 1t being pos
Sible to tilt the blade of the shovel at
any desired angle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

Early Greeks and Romans rode
horses bareback. They regarded It as
effemlnate to ride in saddle. The
modern saddle, with pommel, crupper
and stirrups, was unknown to the I'M
clients. Nero gave out fancy coverings
to his cavalry, and the bareback riders
Of the German forests used to laugh at
them. Saddles with trees came into
use In the fourth century, stirrups
three centuries later.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

es. lie II Ing a
ditch with an Or
binary shovel ell
tails almost as
much work as roll
ing a peanut with
a toothpick. In
this dltch-cleaning
shovel the shovel
proper is rounded
to correspond with
the contour of the
ditch nroVidinQ a
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
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the brush, causing 1t to revolve, thu
course of the brush closely stimulating
the movement of the hand or an ordl
nary brush held in the hand. There i
no scattering or throwing off of tn
lather, the latter working up in a com
paratively short time. The peculia
orbital motion of the brush gathers ant
works up the lather without Irritating
the skin. 1t is to be hoped at leas
that BARRIERS will adopt this novel shls
ing brush, and avoid the unnecessa
waiting for Next" There is no lin
to the speed of the brush, as it can
readily and quickly operated by hal
and conveniently applied to all pal
of the face. n
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

whats your fare" asked old Flint
skin Of his cabby the other day, and
was met with the stereotyped reply:
"well, sir, / will leave that to you"
Thank you, you are very kind" said
old Flintskin, buttOnlng up his pockets
and walking OF. You're tho frst per
son who ever left me anything yet
london Mall
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

sides Of the shell are spaced from the
wall of the receptacle, the sides Of the
shell being straight, while the walls OF
the receptacle converge. The bottom
Of the inner receptacle is perforated.
Cigar or cigarette ashes dropped Into
the holder drop through the perfora-
lions into the lower receptacle. If the
holder Is knocked over, which very fire.
quently happens, the ashes are prevent
ed from falling on the floor and in1ur-
ing the carpet.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

signed by a Michl-
gan m an. T b G
holder consists of
an outer receptacle
and an inner shell.
A rim extending
around the top of
the shell engages
with the mouth Of
the receptacle and
supports the shell
In position. The
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

the invention of
an Illinois man.
Its object Is to
dispense W / t h
h a n d rubbing,
commonly resOrted
to in order to rub
the lather In the
beard. The me-
chanism of the
brush IL enclosed
in a circular cas-.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

A London curate the other day Re.
celved an astonishing answer to an
inquiry after practitioners health
4WeIl, air. said the parishioner, ssome
times feels anyhow. sometimes foeie
nohow, and there be times when / feels
"A stin as a himmidge."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

Mrs. Wayback-I notice these herr
marine torpedo boats are named after
StinGin' things mostly.
Mr.. Wayback-Ye don't sayi Won
der II any nv them are named Soap
Agent" Portrait Solicitor" ''Rheuma-
tiH Specialist" or Patent Churn Ped
Hlef PUCK.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

HANDY LID of the lid. The upper
section fits and revolves In the recess
and contains numerous round aper-
lures. In the recess in the outer sec
ton are triangular openings CORE
spending with the triangular sections
of apertures in the inner lid. Obvious
" when the inner lid Is revolved so
that the apertures are over the. open
ings in the outer section the fire will
be dampened. When the apertures dc
not register over the openings the stove
opening will be as efrectually sealed
as with the common stove lid. The
dampening is regulated by placing only
a portion of the apertures over the
openings in the lower section Of the
lid.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

In recent years we've heard 50 mueh
OF the man who has pulp
That the terms at last becoming some
what ranks
For the sake, then, Of variety
And Of having something new,
lei US speat nvvr Of the man who has :
''yank."
Army and Navy Life.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

ing. to which is attached the brush
and the handle. Outside the casing
is a small crank handle, which oper-
ates several gears within the casing
Movement IL thus communicated to
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

Do you remember that you once be-
iieved that II you could accomplish Z
certain thing. you could Be happy !
and do you recall that within a few
weeks after accomplishing II you wsre
&c unhappy as avar1
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

al noticed last night that you alluded
70 Dingletown as an earthly paradise"
ayes. They haven't single lawyer
there-and milk Is still I cents 4
ouart"-CIeyeland Plain Dealer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
FARM-YoUrH AT SCHOOL.

HE present country school building 10 q
structure in which children sit to study
books and recte from them 1t should also
knmus~@A be place in which children work with
iE1gNMENAn their hands Every school building should
KSGGAS2gJ have laboratory room in which there may
be few plants growing In the windows
and perhaps an aquarium and terrarum. Here the
children will bring their flowers and insects and samples
Of SOIL and varieties of beans In their
and other objects that interest Them here they may
perform their simple work with implements and tools
Even If the teacher cannot teach these subjects the
itself will teach The bringing Of objects
school would have tremendous influence the chill
dren patrons would ask what the Is for; in time
teacher would be found who could handle the subjects
pedagoglcaly. Now children carrying only books
to school day they will also carry twigs and po-
atoes and animals and stones and tools and conrvances
and other personal objectsL H. Bailey In the Century
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

Of q bills sh ie his e Aalsatn Rta55 G.t kind
of notion he has You're all right II
you keep going ahead, but II ever you
want to 90 back round anywhere, you
just allow a good twenty minutes fol-
it."
Hates to back, does he" said the
purchaser, regretfully.
Hates to! No, he admires tol" said
Mr.. Saunders. IT'S a kind of a good
plan when you're going on to harnes:
him in a little ahead Of time and lei
him back round in the yard a spell be
fore you start. He's a real careful
hacker. He'll go round and round, and
hardly cramp the wheels mite, and Il
pleases him, l tell your
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

Our idea of a perfect gentleman is
grocer, who. when faster steals a
piece of cheese, gives him a cracker to
eat with It.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

The exceptionally dull person usual.
ly emphazies it by trying to be "enter-
tanning"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

It takes woman to pick anarrs
With a neighbor and shift tho conal
quences to her husbands ahouldssk
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

Almost any man can make love easier
than he can make money.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
Ash Receptacle.

A real novelty recently Invented is
the ash-receiver and holder for cigars
shown In the Illustration below, de-
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
pitch-Cleaning shovel.

An Iowa man has designed and pat
ented a shovel that will be found ex-
ceedingly convenient for cleaning ditch
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07
Unique shaving Brush.

BARRIERS, and their patrons especial
", will welcome the novel shaving
brush shown in the illustration below,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-08-07

Some girls are like some dolls They
cry mamma" every time they are
squeezed.