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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
After Twenty Years
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He found her in simple morning
dress of black, which he decided was
more becoming, If possible, than the
white she always used to wear. Her
form had lost Its girlish slenderness,
but none Of its grace, and quiet dignity
now took the place Of youthful impet-
uosity. The hand she held out to him
was as white and beautiful as the one
that SO lightly waved him farewell
a farewell for twenty years, If not for
a lifetime. Her hair was loosely colled,
and several little curls strayed out to
remind him Of the days when horse
back rides and morning winds had
played havoc with pins and ribbons and
set wealth Of brown curls flying.
He had thought in those days that
eyes could not be more soft and
thoughtful, more bright and sparkling,
than hers were, but he saw now that
he had been mistaken; the years had
brought worthy tribute, and nobIer
soul shone through softened eyes. And
he saw in them the same little appeal
ing glance that he had seen there once
before.
Il hope am not too presumptuous,"
she began, "in asking SO busy a Judge
to take charge Of my little affalrsF'
He assured her that she was not; he
was resting from his heavy work this
summer and would be only too glad IL
he could be Of any service to her.
And 50 that whole morning, and
many others, were filed with business
details of more or less Importance. and
Judge Hamilton made several trims to
Mississippi to settle affairs there. On
one Of these trips he met Mr.. Barclay.
a lawyer who had very much admired
Mrs. Bryan, and very much more adj
mired her large property, and who
wished to relieve her of all anxiety
by settling the estate for her. He had
called on her several times to try 70
bring her to his way Of thinking. bnt
while his calls did not have the desired
effect, they did have the effect Of in.
creaslng his admiration for Mrs. Bryan
hundredfold, and the knowledge that
Judge Hamilton had, without any at
tempt on his part, obtained the man
agement of the estate and the CONF
dence of the handsome widow, spurred
his admiration into an angry passion
which he mistook for love, and his envy
Of Hamilton into a Jealous hatred.
In this frame Of mind he determined
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
vIoTORrA onosa N pawn.
Hero VINO won II Found Dyam9 b.
fore II Il aaal

Hero Who Won II Found D1amw mss
fore II IL aoid.
After q brief spell OF fame IL neeinn
to be the predoenned fate Of the Vie.
toria cross hero to sink into 1 posi.
ton so reduced that Il Is Impossible b
find his whereabouts.
Many are tho romanees which fafe
has woven around men who. after
daring feat Of arms have been reward
ed by a grateful sovereign with the
proudest pdEsesHion Of q soldier. Bnt
none Of them Is more pathetic than
that Of a distinguished ofiicer whose
Victoria Cross was to have been sold
next week in a London auction room.
Fifty years ago ne performed such
feats Of heroisni In the Crimea that he
received natior,s praise and crate
full queen pinned on his breast the
bronze cross that Is worth 30 little ana
yet is worth 80 much.
Afterward he rose 70 high rank In
the army and retired. Ten years aro
misfortune overlook him. and as last
resource he raised rev pounds 81
leaving his beloved cross in pawn
brokers drawer. Then he Departed
and nothing more was heard OF him.
A Victoria cross is never sold until
after the death Of the man to whom Il
has been awarded.
The auctloneers searched the gomer-
set house registers for days but the
gallant oficer's name was not to Be
found. At last, three days ago, his death
was presumed and the cross was adver
tised for sale. 1t was to have been sold
next week, but yesterday afternoon
quite by accident, the auctioneers heard
that the oficer was still alive. although
seriously Ill.
And so the cross viii not be sold.
Possibly a friend win recompense the
pawnbroker to the extant Of itn yaIue
and send 1t along 10 the officer IN order
that he may see It again before he Dies
London Mirror.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
LEADS IN HAVANA CIGARS.

Great Britain Imports More of Them
Than Any other Country.
El Tabaco reports the total export
Of Havana cigars last year as 256, T8S,-
029. 1t is generally assumed that the
United States is the largest consumer Of
this particular product. The fact is that
we took only a little more than 30 per
cent of the output, our purchases being
79,4s3, 125 cigars, an increase of about
100000 over the preceding year.
England buys more Cuban cigars
than does the United States. Her pur-
chases last year were o2,459, 1887 and
during the year 1905 were 90,505, e06.
Germany buys between 25,0o0,000 and
100000, and France takes from TO-.
100000 to 12,O00,0O0. Seventy five DIFF
ferent countries are included in
the list of Cuba's direct ship
ments. Turks, Koreans and Egyp-
tians Import them. The little is
land of Miquelon bought 1880 Havana
cigars last year. Paraguayans and Bo-
livians bought them. The Swedes, the
Danes and the Norweglans bought
them. They were sent to the African
possessions of England, France, Ger
many, Spain and Portugal. Havana
cigars went to Australasia, to China
and to Japan. The fragrance Of the
Cuban weed encircles the globe and
spreads from pole to pole.
Our purchases fall below those of
England by reason of our importa-
ton of large quantities Of Cuban leaf
for manufacture here. We bought last
year about 25.00OO00 pounds of leaf,
while England's purchases were only
about $4,000 pounds. Out of total leaf
shipments of 12,638,s36 kilos II ,413,37s
kilos came to this country. Cuban Gig
arettes find their largest foreign mar
ket In Colombia, to which country
5,969,24S were sent last year. Aneri-
can purchases were less than 100000.
Two hundred and ffty-seven mil.
lions of cigars may look like n heap,
but at that rate 1t would take the is
land of Cuba thirty years to supply
the American requirement for cigars
for a single year. We smoke nearly
s,O0o,000,0Oo annually. = New York
Sun.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
NEED NO EYES.

A MaFveHOusly Delicate sense 81
Touch In Wings of the Hat.
Bats are remarkably independent Of
the sore Of sight. A naturalist de-
scribes some experiments demonstrate
Ing this fact: Covering the eyes of a
bat with wax, he released the creature
In room. 1t first of all made its way
to the door, but Instead of striking
this lowered few inches of, slowly
making its way along the top edge and
down the side, apparently guided by
the incoming draft OF air. Next a
thorough exploration Of the room was
made, and throughout the examination
1t never once struck either chairs or
table and swerved aside when stick
was placed in Its path. As a result of
this experiment naturalists believe that
bats have an acute perception Of at
mospheric currents and vibrations resi-
dent in the nerves of the wing mem
branes.
This matter was thoroughly investi-
gated so long ago as 1893, when, by the
cruel experiment Of binding the ami
mails, 1t was shown that they could
cross a room across which silken
threads were stretched in such a way
Sas to leave just sufficient space for
them to pass between with outstretched
wings. They not only succeeded in
passing the threads without touching
them, but they avoided with equal ease
the walls and ceiling. Even when the
threads were placed still nearer to-
gether they managed by contracting
the wings to pass without contact.
Branches of trees were similarly avoid
ed, and when tired they suspended
themselves on the walls of the room as
easily as If they enjoyed the use of
sight.
From this 1t was inferred that these
creatures possess a marvelously deli
cate sense of touch in the wing men,
branes. But 1t Is also regarded as
probable that this is increased by the
expansion of the skin of the external
ear and by the development Of folds OF
skin on the nose and muzzle. In some
bats, indeed. a perfect rosette of such
skin is developed in the latter region,
as In the "leaf-nosed" bats, and it is
supposed that the additional lobe of
the ear, known as the "tragus," per
forms similar function.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
TYPICAL RUSSIAN HOME,
How the vtliaEer Lives In His Pic-
turesque Cottage.

How the vtliager Lives I'm His Pic-
turesque Cottage.
The general appearance Of the village
is picturesque ana quaint, and the
white cottages give It a bright tone,
says writer in Sunday at Home. Lot
us 60 into one Of them. This one Is a
little larger than most OF the others,
and contains three rooms, Two Of them
are occupied by peasant family Of
SIX persons-four adults, boy Of l5
and small child. One Of the rooms
10 the kitchen and furnished with a
large stove surrounded by benches,
which at night are used as beds. Tho
only other furniture Is a table and a
few stools. Some kitchen utensils are
scattered about the door and the Ia
bic, and tho walls are plentlfully adorn-
ed with brilliantly painted lkons or re-
llgious pictures.
The rooms are lighted by small win
dcws Theoretically sealed, and the at
mosphere Is not Of the purest. The
third room is let to a ledger, candi-
date for holy orders, who is assisting
the local priest. When / arrived he
was busy cleaning his bicycle, which be
had hung up outside the door; even the
reactlonary orthodox church is not
wholly blind to the blessing Of civil
isation- This family has an allotment
Of about seventeen acres, for which
ES Ss have to be paid yearly in taxes,
including the lngtallments for the en-
dowment, but the latter will have been
repaid In full in seven years time. They
also own three horses and two foals, q
COW, a calf, three pigs and four sheep
Round the house is yard inclosed by
a wooden fence, and some sheds and
stables. The peasants food consists
chiefly Of kasha Ca sort Of gruel), black
bread, cabbage soup, and on rare occa.
sions little meat. They drink water
kvas Ia nonaicohollc beverage made Of
berries) and vodka, or spirits.
The mems clothing consists Of red
cotton shirts and jackets, and trousers
lnclosed in high boots or canvas leg
gings, with sandals OF vegetable FIBER
The women also wear cotton materials
and brightly colored handkerchfefs
These light clothes are worn even II
winter, for the lzbas are heated to 9
very high temperature, and for goinl
out Of doors thick sheepskins are don
ned, a most effective protection against
cold. It cannot be said that the Rus
sian peasant Is the cleaniiest Of NOR
tails, for although he has his week bath
on Saturday evening, be puts on thu
same clothes and the same rarely
changed linen again afterward. The
smell produced by a crowd of Russian
peasants In heated room is quite indie
scribable.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

to come to North Carolina and stay
until he could take Mrs. Bryan back
as his bride, and gain control of her
property-nnd this in spite OF the fact
that Mr.. Bryan had been dead but a
few months So he put up In the near
est village, hired the finest horse he
could find, and proceeded to keep the
road hot between the village and Mrs.
Edwards home. When he first came
Mrs. Bryan was surprised, but thought
10 more Of his calling than she would
of any other of her Mississippi neigh
bors; but when he came so often that
she could not fail to see his purpose.
she was shocked and repeatedly re-
fused to see him.
Barclay grew angry at this, and de
termined that what he could not ac-
complish by fair means he would by
foul So he called one night very late,
sent Mrs. Bryan word that he was
going to leave early next morning, and
begged most humbly that she would see
him Just for moment. She thought
he had given up and was really going
home, and in her kindness OF heart
decided that she would see him this
once. He soon got up to go, and asked
her to walk to the gate with him. The
night was warm and she went
Mrs. Bryan" he said, 81 have come
to make one last appeal to you. You
have refused to listen to me before.
but will speak now. This is my last
opportunity and you must hear me.
have loved you ever since l first saw
you"
"Mr. Barclay, this Is outrageousl
Will not listen to another word"
"You shall listen" he said hoarsely,
catching her roughly by the hands and
holding her In his grasp. you shall
listen to me and you shall marry me,
and the sooner you consent the better"
81 win never consent Release me
this instant"
Every well, then, you shall marry me
without your consent, and you shall
60 with me tonight. have carriage
Just outside the gate. and II you cry
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
THAT Nickel Saved Hi. Life.

When DR.. Briggs arrived at the
Meachem house he found his patient
In a comatose condition, which made
necessary several hours Of restorative
labor.
Now how did this happen7" be de.
manded OF Mrs. Meachem when the
trouble was over. did you give him
the powder leftT"
"Yes, sir"
"As much as would go on a dime
and no moreT
"Yes, sir. That is, we couldn't ind
dime, 80 / shook a nickel and i've
pennies out Of Willie's bank and gavO
him Just what they would carry"
Its lucky the nickel was there, %
that you didn't have to use i've more
copperA" remarked the doctor, dryiy.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

The earliest use e the expression.
ITO die In the uast ditch was made
by William Of Orange, the stadhoider
Of the Dutch Republic.
While be was carrying on his appar
emily hopeless struggle against Louis
XIV, Buckingham, who was urr,un
him to yield, asked him whethar IS dId
not see the utter ruin Of his country
that was impending.
There Is ono certain meanz," replied
William. ~by which can Be sure never
TO see my cOuntry's ruin wiiI dis a
the last ditchl"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

MOVING MYRA.



The life Of the district nurse 4 sci.
dom monotonouas but It ID often trying.
Fortunate Ia the nurse who han 4 sense
Of humor which Will stand the strain
Of circumstance. Many hard nlfua+
tion is relieved - the ability t. ~
the funny side Of it. A young nurna
tells this story OF one of her advon.
tu' y In the sIuma:
i climbed the dark staircase and
raped at the door, 1t was thrown
open, but the cordial greeting which
the nurse, BY experience, learns to *
pect, was not Forthcoming
Good landl' ahrisked the person at
the door. Good landi Jane. come
here and zee what they've sent us fos
nnrsel We ain't got no use cor
youp
There was no animosIty IN her tnne.
only kindly contempt, and I felt the
objection to me was one merely Of
inches and pounds. / knew that i was
small and pale. but / felt the cOurars
Of my conviction that / was capable
Of more than was apparent on the sur.
face. and calmly walked Ia.
You might just az wen 90 baclE.
insisted the woman. -You can't do
nothing here"
4 think Il win all be right" I said.
Il am able to accomplish anything That
Is required"
"But you ain. seen Myrni Ycn
couldn't bulge Myra tn0re'n II you was
babyl"
made my way into the inner bs1.
room. 1t seemed Oiled with women.
some Of a dunky hue. Ii the BED ~
Myra. ! had expected good deal.
but Myra far outdid my most genes.
GUS imaginingn
She was black a. coal ana the hug
est creature ever saw. she seemed
like a sick elephant. as nhs lag help
less with paralysla confens Is 1 IT.
tie CONSERVATION as l viewed the lnky
mountain.
II told You you eouldn't 40 notllint
with Myra." remarked the doof.o6. 3.
er, with q tinge OF triumph, which y.
viyed my assurances.
I approached the patient and innlis
hasty survey Of what waa to be- aone.
The poor thing naa evidently net besn
cared for for some days. mh1 arak
thing to do was to give her bath and
get hersinto clean clothes
The question Of moving SICK par.
son Is not 80 much 4 matter 81 muscle
as Of know how" and soon had
Myra over on her side. A long drawn
breath Of admiration went out from ny
audience.
Well, now, did you sverI sxcItfn
ed Jane. Then, raising her voice Is
some one IN the outer room, HLuf4
Lucy, she's histsd Afyra n
! had intended to can upon the IA.
merous relatives and friends for ID.
sistance, but the situation was foo
much for my vanity. Not f0r w0fidi
would have accepted help.
Usually / turn al mere npectA i5rs
out Of a sickrooln, but would mol
have parted with one Of my onlooksra
All through the performance I pldv6f
straight to the gallery, and never dId
feel 80 Y, sent az under that admIfini
gaze.
When Myra was at last clean and
comfortable In fresh sheets ana niRht
gown. Jane drew q long Sigh * "a
lief. "a
Il wouldn't have believed Il, 81.
said. "And she no bieger'n peanut
Youths Companion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
N LOVES KEEPING

Hold me little away from the world,
Dear armsi with your tenderest cinglng;
The bird with Its breast to the blue singeth sweet
But the stars answer Its singing
The cold lights but lure lead 3 asray;
The thorns In the red Of the Of May
Lead me to love, dear, and teach to pray.
Hold me q little away from the
Dear armsl with your m clasp and tender:
For the lights the heights through desolate nights
tempest Of tears splendor
Tis the CLEAN and the dream lead us asay
The Keen thorns have crimsoned the Of May
Lead me to love- dear, and teach to pray.
Ladies' Home Journal
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
THE FIRST MOTOR CYCLE.

The machine shown in the cut made
its appearance In 1885 and is claimed
to be the first motor cycle that could
reach speed Of fifteen miles an hour.
1t was quite complicated in arrange
ment, and the propelling power was
supplied by petroleum ignited in a mo
tor cylinder. At the time 1t appeared
the speed limit was three miles, and
there was so little inducement to per-
feet the invention that it was allowed
to pass without an attempt to popu-
Iarize it
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

One Of the possible explanations Is
that the American voteFs-those OF
them to the manner born-have really
outgrown the old-styie American polit-
ical campaign. Perhaps we do not SUI.
nciently take into account the distance
evolution has carried us since 1884
to 90 no farther back than that. Prob
ably the log cabin and hard cider cam.
paign Of the great-grandfathers would
now be an utter impossIbility. Certain
ly, II those sturdy old patriots who
swore by Andrew Jackson or Henry
Clay, as the case might be, and
Marched In procession an got up hoo
raws,
An tramped thru the mud fer the good
o the cause"
could come back and look around then
In the United States Of 1906, It isn't
the political apathy" alone that would
astonish then.-Hartford Courant.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

But" said the real estate man "you
shouldn't let this bargain get away
from you. Why don't you argue the
thing out with your wifeT"
"No use" replied Meekley my wife
has stubborn notions against It The
moment / opened my mouth she'd put
her foot down and"
THE zeal should think you'd
choke to death."-The Catholic Stand.
ard and Times
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
Happiness ana Jov.

Remember. that happiness Is one
thing. and Joy, which We often confuse
with 1t, another. We are 30 ant 10
take these words that differ, like fancy
and Imagination, merriment and glad,
ness, and use them lndiscrlminatelv in
our talk. But Joy is a serious, sober.
Inward thing. question II any but
God can create Joy. 1t springs from
the depths Of this mysterious soul
which only the finger Of deity can
touch. True joy Is often far too deep
for laughter; but often far too deep
for tears. But happiness is that which
happens to Us 1t haps on us, lights
on US from without. Joy rises In the
soul like a spring Of water. Happi-
ness comes like a swallow to the caves.
Joy grows from a hidden seed planted
within; happiness meets US like music,
like a friend. Hence to create Joy Is
the science Of God; but to foster hap
piness may be the art of man.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

"Plenty Of war in Warsaw" remark.
ed the near-humorlst
"Yes, and that other town is having
dead LODI Of trouble" responded the
almost wit as he proceeded to light up
an Ri Flor de Skunk Cabbage.-Hous.
ton Chronicle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

do you know Of anything that is
really good to preserve the complex.
ionr asked Miss Middle.
@Whyf" inquired Miss Knox. "ArS
you interested in somebody who haI
OneT'-Phlladelphia PresA
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

Bring to God your natural wants ana
your innocent desires as they rise Iii
your mindsi tell him your own wishes.
give up to his decision their disan-
pointment or satisfaction; ask with
this reserve-df It DO expedient for me.
And when, as assuredly will occur day
after day In your life. you find bless
ings coming down upon your head. you
see not how, dangers escaped imper.
ceptibly, temptations diminishing with
out effort see In It all the love Of God
watching over your own Individual in
terests, and hearing your specific petit
lions
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

the seed Of wen and evil doing spreads
In Australia there are leagues on
leagues covered and rendered useless
BY stubborn, gigantic thistles, and II Is
well known that all sprang from one
single thistle brought over By a
scotchman and planted in his garden.
Every single act Is a seed Of righteous
ness, or Of sin. Everybody is sowing
seeds, and It remains with us to see
that they are the seeds OF kindness
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

''Xou say you sit next to Smith h
geology and yet don't know himr'
mo; you see. we ara never awaks
long enough to get acquainted = stan
ford chaImrhl.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

1t is a legend OF Brittany that all
the harvests Of the land came from one
single wheat grain, brought In the
bsat Of a robin. It Is even thus that
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

Many a man would be unable to pad
die bis own canoe II he couldn't Dor
row some other mans paddle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08
Making the BEST OF one Anoth


We may II we choose make the worst
Of one another. Every one has his
weak points; every one has his faults;
we may make the worst of these; we
may tx our attention constantly upon
these. But we may alsS make the best
Of one another We may forgive, even
as We hope to be forgiven. We may
put ourselves in the place Of others,
and ask what we should wish to be
done TO us, and thought of us, were we
in their place. By loving whatever is
iovabIe in those around Us, love will
flow back from them to US, and life
will become a pleasure instead Of a
pain; and earth win become like heav-
en- and we shall become not unworthy
followers Of Him whose name Is Love.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

Loving Father, we pray that Thy
strength and goodness may be ours to
day. During the week that is past we
have mingled In the worlds stress and
strife. Now we seek haven Of peace
In Thee. Calm US in mind and heart,
Restore the powers OF the body and
the Joys of the spirit Let this be a
day OF gladness. Especially may our
home life be helpful and uplifting.
Bind heart to heart In true affection,
and keep US oil under the banner Of
Thy divine love. Guide us with Thine
eye. Amen.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

Grant us, 0 Lord, the grace to bear
The little pricking thorn:
The hasty word that seems unfair;
The twang Of truths well worn;
The Jest which makes our weakness
plain
The darling plan o'erturned;
The careless touch upon our pain.
The slight We have not earnedl
The rasp Of care, dear Lord, to-day,
Lest all these fretting things
Make needless grief, o, give, we pray,
The heart that trusts and sings.
Elisabeth l. Gould.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-05-08

It takes a man with lot Of bras,
t. dispose Of gold brick.