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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
NEW YEARS IN MANILA

The Day Ia a Mixture of July
Weather, Music and Jam,
To occidental eyes New Years day
10 Manila Ia a strange ola podrida OF
Christmas, Easter and Fourth Of July,
says the New York Press. The day Is
ushered In with early mass. celebrated
In the cathedral, which is attended by
all the women attired in old clothes,
and the poorer class barefooted and
the wealthy In somber black, with
black mantillas or shawls, shrouding
their heads. But Immediately after
breakfast everybody begins to prink
and preen for callers. Raven locks are
plastered into elaborate coiffures with
cocoanut oil and crowned with red or
yellow blossoms, or In the case of
maiden who expects her lover to pay
his respects to her on the New Year
with the sweet starry flowers of the
tessamlne, which are called through
out the island the flowers Of San
Paqulta," who is the patron saint Of
lovers. Stiff, trailing skirts of gay bro
cade and antebellum cut are donned,
Wide flowing sleeves Of embroidered
pima gauze and ample neckerchiefs Of
the same filmy material are adjusted
and there is a tlnklIng OF many ban
gle bracelets as the fair ones seat
themselves to walt the arrival Of the
first caller.
His entrance is the signal for the
jam pot to be brought In. This takes
the place of the steamlng punch bowl
OF other lands, and is passed from
hand to hand, each one taking spoon
full. no more, and everybody using the
same spoon. 1t would be considered
an objectionable breach OF etiquette to
refuse to partake. The jam is follow
ed by coffee, which is served very
black and strong, and is half-sugar.
Strong black cigars are next produced,
and everybody lights up, including the
hostess. 1t is shock to the occident.
al mind to see young girls of Is or 10
puffing away at long cigars, but every
one smokes in the Philippines. The
Spanish women usually conflne them.
selves to cigarettes.
Many Of the callers bring their gui
tars or mandolins, and there is always
a little music. Some Of the convent.
bred girls are really excellent perform
ers on the harp or piano, but pianos
are always out Of tune, owing to the
damp climate. Impromptu concerts
are organized, and occasionally there
Is skirt dancing, in which the Filipino
women excel, many elderly danes who
are "heavy-welghts" executing the diff
hcult native dances with a grace, agil
ity and ease which would turn New
York or London music hall artist greer
with envy.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
A Happy solution.

There had been a long-standing diff
ference Of opinion in the Plunkett fam
lily concerning the dining table. Mrs.
Plunkett maintained that its legs were
too short, and ought to be heightened
at least half an inch.
at doesn't fit our chairs, Jared, and
you know It," she continued. "When
we sit down to this table we're too
high above 1t. You could have pieces
Of wood glued on the ends OF the legs.
That would be easier than TO saw of
the ends OF all the chair legs"
al don't agree with your proposition
at all, CordelIa." said Mr.. Plunkett.
II think the table is Just right. But
I'm willing to compromise the matter.
You have been wanting a hardwood
floor In this dining room for a long
time, haven't your"
~Yea."
well, we can have that new kind
Of hardwood flooring that is laid on
top Of the old floor. That will raise
the entire surface three-eighths Of an
inch or more, and that VIII raise the
table Of course, just 80 much. How
will that dot"
This seemed to be a fair proposition
and without a moments hesitation
MrS Plunkett accepted It as a salts
factory compromise
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
Rla.tlnr QUO eranlte.

One of the methods OF quarrying
granite is to dislodge huge sheet
from the surface of the formation
through the medium of a powder mine.
A large perpendicular shaft is hrst
blasted to depth Of about thirty feet.
At the bottom Of this and radiating
horizontally, like the spokes Of huge
wheel, long holes are drilled.
The extremities Of these holes, saws
Popular Mechanics. are then shot with
light charges of dynamite in order to
create chambers large enough to re-
ceive large quantities Of black powder.
This takes weeks Of ever increasing
charges.
Then the final charge is loaded The
now huge chambers at the extremitles
Of the spokes are packed with hun.
dreds Of pounds Of powder. NUMEROUS
electric wires attached, and the whole
mine tamped with fne material. A
mighty roar and rumble IN the bowels
Of the earth and the huge sheet Is de-
tached from the ledge.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
THE HEALTHY NATIVE,


"That the world is not SO big, after
ALL" Is a truism which has been num-
bered among the commonplace. Nov
ertheless, condemned as 1t thus Is for
ack of originality or brilliancy, 1t Is a
reflection which Is constantly impressed
upon the tourist. The Washington Star
ellis story illustrative of this fact.
The traveller from Washington was
sitting on the upper deck of a Rhine
steamer. AS the little paddle wheel
flOated near the city of Cologne he
gazed at the vine-clad hills with a rapt
expression.
Think of It'll" he unused. "What a
JOY 1t must be to have this splendor at
ones very elbow. Living in 10th street
may be luxurious in its way but 1 tell
you there ls an air Of peace about this
place that we haven't got.
His gaze was fastened upon a tall
man in a plaid ulster who was sitting
near by. Remarking upon his appear.
ance, he said:
"One thing the men know over here,
they know how to live. Look at that
middle-aged fellow. The very picture
Of rugged healthl No pale-faced ner-
vousness about him. His every line be
tokens tranquility of life that is way
beyond riches. Take me, for instance
nervous wreck at 45. This is my first
vacation in eighteen years. Dare say
he takes one three times year. Catch
one of my fellow citizens doing that
Find me ar american of his age look.
ing like that!"
At that moment the stranger turned
and nodded pleasantly. The tourist re-
turned the salutation and opened con.
versation.
"Das list sehr-" he began, in his
word-boOk dialect.
"Why not speak Engllsh?" asked the
other, with a smile.
you speak it?"
'Why shouldn't II" With that he
brought forth his card case and pre-
sented his card, and when the two com
pared notes they found they had both
been living in Washington for more
than FIVE years.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
Appreciated America.

The steerage passengers who sail
from America may be roughly divided
Into two classes-those who go home
because they have succeeded, and those
who go home because they have failed.
The children are always loath to re-
turn, says the author Of ION the Trail
of the Immigrant" especially those
who have gone to school In America.
Amushka, a bright 12-year-old girl,
goes from a Pennsylvania town to the
Frenczin district In Hungary. She ID
dressed American fashion," has gone
to the public school, and speaks En-
gllsh fairly well.
"Amushka Moya, tell me, do you like
to go back to Hungary
mo, stree. America is the best coun-
try. There we have white bread and
butter and candy, and can chew gum
to beat the band" and tears I'LL her
eyes at the memory Of the American
luxuries she has tasted.
One Of the returning, who had trav.
eled far, and had seen on that jour
ney the galleries of Paris, Munich and
Dresden, said:
II tell You, the finest piece Of statu
airy In the whole world is the Goddess
Of Liberty n Ncv York harbor."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
Legal Information
Observation-Disclosures


The United States Court of Appeals
for the Second Circuit in Hlllhouse v.
United States, 152 Federal Reporter,
1873, holds that automobiles come with
In the classification of Household eff
fects," under the tariff act Of July "a,
1897. This decision is largely based on
tho case of Arthur V. Morgan, 112 U. s.
495, Supreme Court Reporter, PAL, %
Lawyers Edition, S25, wherein the
United States Supreme Court held that
carriages were properly classified as
household effects"
If the conductor Of a street car,
while engaged In the prosecution and
within the scope Of his business In col
lecting fares, falls and refuses to give
a passenger correct change, and upon
request therefor draws a pistol and
fires at the passenger, but the ball
misses the passenger and strikes a
woman passing on the public street
through which the car is running, caus-
ing her death, the street car company
is liable, according to the decision Of
the Georgia Supreme Court In Savan-
nah Electric Company V. Wheeler, SO
Southeastern Reporter, 49,
A person may be guilty Of smuggling
even before he has passed the custom
lines on the docks Of an incoming
steamer, according to the decision Of
the United States District Court for the
Southern District Of New York in Uni
ted States " 21S1b Carats Loose Emer-
aids, 1853 Federal Reporter, 643. When
the proper customs officer examines an
incoming passengers baggage, and ques-
lions him whether he has any personal
property which he has not declared,
such passenger Is obliged to state the
truth, and when the examination Is
finished, and the passenger still has
precious stones In his possession with
out having admitted 1t, the act Of
smuggling is complete.
A number of southeastern railroads
gave notice of an increase of rates on
lumber in 1903. Before the rate be-
came effective, a bill was fled in the
United States Circuit Court to restrain
the establishment Of the new rate as
being unreasonable. A temporary in
junction was granted, but later dis
solved, on the condition that the rea-
sonableness Of the rate should be passed
upon by the Interstate Commerce Com.
mission. The commission found the
rates to be unreasonable. A supple
mental bill was then fled to obtain
restitution Of the excess of rates
charged In accordance with a prior slip
ulation that, If complalnants prevail, 8
decree Of restitution might be made
A decree was so rendered and affirmed
by the Circuit Court Of Appeals. Upor
appeal to the Supreme Court 1t wai
again affirmed Railway Co. v. Tiff, p
Supreme Court Reporter, TOO, 2O6 U. s
42S.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
THE oRHArnsr wnDDmo.


over Twenty Thousand Persons
Were Married in One Ceremony.
The biggest wedding ever known to
history was when Alexander the Great
and over 10000 Of his soldiers took
part In wedding in the court of Da.
RUS, king Of Persia, after the latter's
conquest by Alexander. Twenty thou
sand two hundred and two persons
were made husbands and wives in one
ceremony.
The facts are these: After conquer
Ing King Darius, Alexander deter
mined to wed Statiro, daughter OF the
conquered king, and issued decree
that on that occasion 100 OF his chief
officers should marry 100 women from
the noblest Persian and Medean fam
lilies. He further stipulated that 10000
of his Greek soldiers should take to
wife 10000 Aslatlc women.
For this purpose a vast pavilion was
erected, the pillars being sixty feet
high. One hundred gorgeous cham
bers adjoined this for the 100 noble
brldegrooms, while for the 10000 sol
dlers an outer court was lnclosed. Out
side of this tables were spread for the
multitude.
Each pair had seats and ranged
themselves in semi-clrcle round the
royal throne. AS it would have taken
several weeks for the few priests to
have married this vast number Of
couples had the ceremony been per-
formed in the ordinary way, Alexander
invented simple way out of the diff
Guilty. He gave his hand to Statiro
and kissed her, and all the remaining
bridegrooms did the same to the wom-
en- beside them, and thus ended the
ceremony that united the greatest
number of people at one time ever
known.
Then occurred FIVE days festival,
which for grandeur and magnifcence
never has since been equaled.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31


The Government is the largest lndi-
vldual purchaser of electric lamps in
the country. 1t buys $4,000 annually
Bavarla's chief manufacturing center
is Nuremberg, which, with the adjoin-
ing city of Furth, now has a population
Of nearly 100000.
There were 1850 foreigners at the
German universities during the winter
semesters, constituting 83 per cent Of
the total attendance.
Gelatlne dynamites are more difficult
to explode than the ordinary brands,
and require quintuple force caps or
double strength fuses to develop the full
force.
1t Is stated that Chinese officials are
to be sent to India to see how the salt
trade is handled in that country, with
the idea of adopting similar regulations
FOR China.
Students who have graduated In
Germany are being engaged for the
Hanyang (China) iron works and ar
senal to improve the quality Of the
arms being turned out there.
Electric light fittings have reached
the winter palace at Pekln, and brill
liant installation is expected there
shortly. Some rooms Of the building
have already been lighted by electricity.
Twenty years ago the fact was made
much Of that New York City boosted
one hundred banks and trust companies
To-day, however, the greater city has
no fewer than 212 institutions Of this
character.
The Chinese Board Of Agriculture Is
considering the ACCESSIBILITY of establish.
ing a department for the study and en-
couragement Of tea cultivation, with
branches in the provinces where tea is
now produced.
The electric tramways Of the City OF
Mexico have been chartered by com
pany with 100000 capital. Electric
light plants are being constructed al
Juchitan and Oaxaca, and light and
power plants on the Isthmus of Tehuan
tepec.
Armed robbery is still rife in the
Kweilin district Of China despite the
efforts Of the authorities to suppress 1t
Over four hundred executions Of offend
ers for this crime have taken place II
this district alone during the las
twelve months.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
SKIPPER HUNTS osTR1oHEs

when in south American Ports He
Goes Ashore After Game.
There is no more ardent hunter and
sharpshooter among the deep-sea skip
pers engaged in the Atlantic trade than
Capt. A. LIE Sauteur of the British
tramp frelghter Coronda, which ar
rived the other day and IL now dis
charging cargo at the Bush docks, in
South Brooklyn, says the New York
World. When the Coronda Is lying in
the harbors Of South America, from
which ports she has just brought near
ly 100000 in gold for the United
States. Capt. LIE Sauteur engages
principally in ostrich hunts, and many
a bird has he bagged after days Of pa
thence and much expert stalking He
declares that it takes lot Of expert
enee to catch an ostrich mapping, and
1t Is only after the hunter has become
skilled that he becomes moderately
successful.
When the freighter Is not in port
where the South American ostrich
plains are easy Of access, Capt. LIE
Sauteur shoulders his rife and goes on
an alligator hunt. He has killed many
of the huge saurians that infest the in
land waters Of South America, and his
cabin, with Its trophies, resembles more
a hunters lodge than the room Of a
staid deep-sea skipper.
When there is no opportunity for
land shooting Capt. LIE Sauteur-who
lives in this city, by the way-shoots
at the flying fishes, and at this sport
he has become as expert as at the
shooting Of alligators and ostrlches.
For the flying fishes he used light
caliber rife, while for the alllgators
he uses a cartridge that penetrates
anything short Of armor plate.
In a twenty-foot launch which is
lashed on the upper deck Of the Coron-
10 da Capt. LIE Sauteur goes out along
the River Plate, when the tramp
frelghter happens to be in that locality
and does his marketing" This con
sists Of shooting game from the launch
along the shores Of the picturesque In
land rivers Of South America, or going
ashore and trading with the natives
for choice bits which later grace tn,
officers mess on the Coronda. There II
not a man who gets more out Of life
than Capt. LIE Sauteur, and he enjoy!
every minute of his existence, whether
on shore or strange lands, or whether
he Is aboard his vessel and plying be
tween the two American continents.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
soLvns sncRET o. w1RHInsa
B0y Says He Can Project POvves
without Use of Wires.

Boy Says He Can Project Povver
Without Use of Wires.
Harry NJ Grout, a high school bog
Of Spencer, Mass. says he has dlscov-
cred the secret Of transmitting electric
waves through the air without the aid
Of wires. He has been studying cleo
tricity for FIVE years and has already
become an expert operator with wire
less methods of communication, accord.
ing to the New York World.
He now lights dozen lncandescent
bulbs In different rooms In his house by
merely pressing a small lever in his
room and projecting the electric waves.
There are no connecting wires between
these different lights and the machines
which he operates Each light Is mere
ly connected with small battery Of
ITS own.
Just how the electric power which
the hundred-odd batteries in the oper-
ating room produce is made to travel
through the air young Grout as yet re
fuses to disclose. He declares that he
can now cause this wireless electric
power to be projected several hundred
feet and he further insists that when
he is able to own a dynamo and pro
duce sufficient electricity at once he
will cause 1t to perform all the maneu-
vers Of customary operation from the
shore or from his own room.
He asserts that when he has accom-.
plished this he will apply his tests to
torpedoes. The young inventor Is now
in communication with United States
weather observatory official in Had
dam, Conn, who has been studying
along similar lines with Grout and
whose first letter to the high school
boy said that the Connecticut man be-
lieved the two together would be able
to communicate with the planet Mars.
Young Grout admits that he believes
such a thing possible, and he also is
convinced that 1t can be accomplished
from what he has already discovered,
providing power enough can be obtain
ed to send the force waves such long
distance.
Many electricians have visited the
boy and have satisfied themselves that
he is actually causing electric power
waves to travel through his home by
merely turning on and off the lever.
The young electrician said: IL am
merely in the experimental stage of my
work and now, of course, am not willing
to explain just how can light the cleo
trio bulbs in my house without wires
1t is sufficient to say that | do hope
to do something more practical with
these power waves before spring.
can operate a motor at 900 feet and
feel sure that l shall soon be able to
put a motor boat through all kinds OF
PAGES from the shore within a short
time. When l have accomplished that
Of course the way will be open for sure
and safe propulsion and operation OF
other craft of greater or less size and
also of torpedoes in time of war from
the land"s
Grout is only 19 years of age. lie
became interested In electricity al
high school and Immediately branched
out beyond the routine work of which
his courses consisted. He has charge OF
the electric equipment of a large man
ufacturing concern In Spencer.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
vIoLnF EInIDs OF cAI1roRNrA.
sweet-scented Purple Flowers AZ
Their Best In February.

sweet-sconted Purple Flowers al
Their Best I'm February.
February is the height of San Fran
cisco's flower season, according to the
Chronicle of that city.
Just outside the city, near the "Hills
Of Eternity" are acres and acres Of
violets. One is led aside from the Gem
etery road by the fresh sweet breath
Of the violets, and following this de-
llghtful guide up the winding hill path,
comes suddenly In sight of the violet
farms. Here is one of the largest violet
fields in the United States-sixteen and
half acres of rolling hill slopes, all
rich green foliage buried In purple
bloom. Men are at work all the time
picking the flowers and making them
into punches which lie scattered on the
ground behind them. Here the street
vendors come early each morning for
their supply. An average OF 1900
punches is sold daily from this one
farm alone and there are dozens Of
small growers between San Francisco
and San Mateo.
The fields are divided into plots of
about Ave acres each by rows of shrubs
and small trees for protection from the
wlnds-here line of sllvery artichokes
and next a row of marshmallow trees
with their dainty pink flowers making
striking contrast with the violets.
From the middle of August until May
the vlolets bloom, but in January and
February the punches increase in size
as the season reaches Its height. The
fields are picked over every two days.
The culture demands a great deal of
attention, as the plants must be irri-
gated and cultivated carefully and the
field kept perfectly free from weeds.
All about Berkeley, Oakland, Ala.
media and the other bay towns, with
their suburbs, are extensive flower gar
dens and beds of vari-colored dahllas,
snow white Gala lilies and the pale
narcissus make vivid dashes of color
on the landscape. There, too, are In
Vulnerable hothouses. Coming In from
LllhhuISL INC OthCI uuy L COuuleu just
from my side of the car fifty-two hot
houses between Elmhurst and Melrose
The hothouses furnish to the San Fran
cisco flower market roses, carnations
fuchsias, rare orchids and all the ten
der flowers seen in such profuslon In
the florists windows Each grower has
one house devoted to greens, principally
the dainty fernlike asparagus we get
With nearly all flowers we buy.
On both sides Of the bay the japanese
are the most extensive and successful
growers Of chrysanthemums and carna-
lions. They are natural gardeners, and
certain flowers seem to respond more
readily to their work than to others
The flower industry brings an astonish
ingly large number Of japanese to this
country. There are a good many Chi
nese growers as well, who bring to the
market rare foliage plants, Alpine VIC
lets, lilies and the flowers peculiar t.
China. They furnish the Jerusalem
berries, curious member of the pep
per family. The largest grower of car
nations on the coast is a japanese neal
Oakland.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-07-31
Old FavOrites
WaIIia Wtnksa.

NNN~NOON

WHINE WAAZ1Ss
Wee Willie Wrinkle rims through the
town,
Up stairs and down stairs, in his night.
gown,
Tirlin' at the windows, cryin' at the lock,
"AtO the weans In their beds? for It's
now ten o'clock"
Hey, Willie Winkiel are ye comm ben?
The cats singin' gay thrums to the sleep.
In hen,
The doug's speldered on the floor, and
disna gle a cheep,
But here's a waukrife laddie that Wilma
ia asleep.
Onything but sleep, ye roguel zlow'rin'
like the moon,
Rattlin' In an arm Jug WI an arm spoon,
Rumblin', tumblin' roun' about, crawin'
like a cock,
Sklrlin' like nna-what-waukin' Sleep
In folk
Hey, Willie winkIel the wean' In a
creell
Waumblin' af a body's knee, like vera
eel,
Ruggin' at the cats lug, and ravellin' a
her thrums;
Hey, Willie Wrinkle, see, there he comes.
Wearie is the mither that has Q storie
wean,
A wee, STUMBLE stoussle, that Gamma rim
his lane,
That has a battle aye WI sleep, before
he'll close an ee;
But a kiss frae aft his rosy lips giles
strength anew to me.
William Miller.