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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
MUST PROVE SHE Is ALIVE

Odd Predicnment of Young Woman
Who Wants to Marry in Germany.
1t is not often that DR.. ]. n. Hurry.
secretary of the State board of health,
is requested to aid officially in love
affairs and matrimonial plans, but just
now two young lovers, one on the other
side of the Atlantic, are waiting anx-
iously for word from the health boards
secretary, says the Indianapolis News.
Miss Jennie Burner, Of German de-
scent, whose home is at Anderson, Is be-
trothed to young man in the father
land, but before she can wed Miss Bur
ner must prove that she is alive. As
far as the records of Indiana are con-
cerned, Miss Burner never was born,
and it is impossible in Germany for
one to wed who was never officially
born.
Miss Burners friends have written
to her telling her that when she comes
| to Germany to wed she must bring q
legal transcript of her birth record. The
young woman wishes to go to Germany
soon, so she has appealed to DR.. x. M
Conrad, the health officer of Madison
county, to aid her in Strengthening out
the record of her birth. DR.. Conrad IN
turn has appealed to DR.. Hurry, anG
Dr. Hurry is sorely perplexed.
"Now, here's young woman wishes
to get married." said DR.. Hurry, as hC
scattered papers topsy-turvy over hi
desk and in other ways showed that h'
was severely agitated. But how's sh'
going to get married when she can
prove that she is alive? | have no rec
ord of her birth here. She was borl
in 1878 and that was before this de
partment began keeping birth records
You see, the laws of Germany ar
strict. For long time they have know
of the Importance of keeping birth rec
ords She may be able to get an aft
davit as to her birth. The laws o
Germany may admit that, but l am no
sure"
DR.. Hurry says the case of the Gel
man girl is only one of the many illui
trations of the Importance of keepin
accurate birth and death records.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
Miniature NIarveIs.

Almost any commonplace object mag
nifed under a good lens will reveal as
tonishing and unexpected form, struc-
ture and life. For instance
Insects of various kinds may be seen
In the cavities Of grain of sand.
Mold is a forest of beautiful trees,
with branches, leaves and fruit.
Butterflies are fully feathered.
Hairs are tubes filed with pith and
ornamented on the outside with scales
The surface of the human body is GOV,
cred with scales like fish. A single
grain of sand would cover 80 Of these
scales, and yet a scale covers about 6OC
pores. Through these narrow openings
the perspiration forces itself like water
through a sieve.
Each drop Of stagnant water con
tains a world Of creatures swimming
with as much freedom as whales IL
the sea.-Circle.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
Tho housewife. Folly.

One reason why the average woman
wears out and grows old and plain is
that, through a mistaken idea of duty,
she lays out for herself at the begin
ming of married life a scheme of duty
Of which every hour is filed with work.
This she follows religiously for years,
feeling that she has done her duty.
She. however, soon becomes merely a
machine. Can any woman keep bright
mss, originality Of thought or even good
looks with such a life? And, without
those things, how can she keep her hus-
hand and children full Of loving ad-
miration7 Constant association with
others of her own age, with her chill
dren and their friends, and an occa'
sional period Of recreation is what the
average woman requires to make heI
attractive
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

A politician had come to a western
hotel for one day, and he had taken
his dinner elsewhere with a friend
When on coming to pay his bill, he
found himself charged with days
board, dinner and all, he protested
vigorously. 1t was explained to him
that the American plan was based
strictly on time, and that If he chose
to eat elsewhere it was his own look
out. He paid the bill under protest
Then he asked if dinner were "stil
on" and, on being informed that II
lasted until nine in the evening, he
exclaimed:
I've eaten one dinner, but I'm going
to get my moneys worth out of this
house if I suffer all the torments o.
dyspepsia"
He then rushed into one of the
dining rooms, seized bill of fare ant
ordered everything he could think of
When he finally reached his limit the
waiter handed him check for 1886
Whats this for?" he demanded.
"Your dinner, sir"
But l have already paid for m!
dinner in my BILL" protested the in
dignant man. 81 am staying here OIL
the American plan"
"Then you should have gone int,
the other dining room," said the waite
quietly This is the European-plal
cafe"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
Butterflies.

The study of the ways Of butterflies
will prove delightful pastime to the
boy or girl who knows only how to
capture the pretty creatures In a net,
to imprison and then to kill them. On
some golden afternoon, altogether too
beautiful to be wasted indoors, give
yourselves up entirely to the butter
flies. Follow and wach without star
thing them, and even in so short a
time you will learn enough to make
you wonder that any one caa pre-
sumo to call them aimless in their
cheerful, busy little lives.
The first butterflies that make their
appearance in the spring are the varl-
Gus dusky-wings, brown and black,
which blend perfectly with the hues
of the moist bare twigs and branches.
Then come the tiny blue butterflies,
heralds of the first violets; to be fol
lowed later by the gay swallow-tails
which are every color Of the rainbow
the pure white butterflies Of mid
June; the active little tawny and
black SHIPPERS; the coppers and the
brilliant angle-wings, which romp II
the sunshine on the hottest days.
Butterflies have a dainty way o
alighting for rest. A moth will com
to a sudden stop and settle immediate
ly, but a butterfly usually keeps it
wings more or less open while 1t sway
to and fro on some flower. If it
feeding, however, it will close its wing
tightly, back to back, and If it b
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

asleep, the wings will be packed away
into the smallest possible compass. The
Hesperini family with the fore wings
down between the hind wings, so that
only the hind wings may be seen.
Different butterflies manage their an
tenn3 differently. Some keep them
widespread, others tuck them between
the wings, and others again bring them
together beside the front edge of the
wings. This latter action means that
the butterfly Is sound asleep and per-
fectly comfortable.
The first morning thought of a but
terfly is to search for honey 1t probes
every flower it meets, and often works
hard for breakfast. The tiger swallow
| tails have passion for lilac blossoms
| they are capable Of gOrging themselves
to helplessness through their greed for
the sweets. If you will notice the road
side pools left by a summer shower you
may see focks of yellow butterflies
eagerly drinking, and a pretty sight il
Is!
Vanessa are all wonderfully friendly
and playful DR.. Abbott tells of the
red admiral alighting on his knee ont
day as he was writing, and, although
it occasionally few off to the bushes
near by, it returned from time to TIM
and was his companion for a great par
Of the day.
Would you not rather win the conf
dence of so graceful and exquisite al
insect and thereby study its pretty way
than wantonly to imprison It? Follow
the butterflies into the woods and fields
and you will see how they protect them
selves by mimicry, how they max
sounds by the motions of their wings
how many of them have all the variet
Of fight of the birds, and how mos
Of them are clever botanists, maxim
: the best sort Of teachers for your sun
mer holldays-Chicago Daily News.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

Tommy's maiden aunt had called
attention to some of that young mans
misdemeanors, thereby causing him to
be punished. Tommy pondered a
while, then asked, Papa, will little
sister Gladys be an aunt to my chill.
dren when 1 am MANI"
Eyes, Tommy" answered his father
much interested. "Why do you ask?'
"Cause she might just as well gel
married and have a home of her own
for | don't intend to low any aunts
to stay around my house, making
trouble for my children"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
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A DESPERATE CHANCE

~ONNNN~N@0~

Amos Chapman was fifteen years in
government employ as scout on the
plains. During his life of constant
peril and exposure, writes Randall Par
IRISH in "The Great Plains" one of his
most heroic deeds was performed while
he was bearing dispatches for General
Miles from his camp on Mcclellan
Greek to Camp Supply, Indian Terri
tory The dispatch party consisted of
six men. Early In the morning, after
hard nights ride, they were sudden
ly attacked near the Washita River by
band of over a hundred Kiowa and
Comanche warriors. Captain Dodge
thus describes what followed:
The first intimation of the presence
of Indians was a volley which wounded
every man Of the party. In an instant
the Indians appeared on all sides.
DismOunting and abandoning their
horses the brave band of whites moved
together for a hundred yards to a buff
| faIo wallow, a shallow natural depres-
sion in the prairie.
|
" wounded, worked hard and fast to
deepen this impression, and as soon as
it was sufficiently deep to afford some
cover, it was occupied, and the work
continued from within.
Smith had fallen from his horse al
the first fire, and was supposed to be
dead. Chapman said, Now, boys, keeI
those Internal redskins off me, and
will run down and pick up Smith, anc
bring him back before they can get me.
Laying down his rifle, he sprang ou
of the buffalo wallow, ran with al
speed to Smith, seized and attempted
to shoulder him.
at lay down." said Chapman. "ant
got his chest across my back and hi
arms round my neck and then got VI
with him. 1t was as much as l coulC
do to stagger under him, for he couldn'
help himself a bit. By the time ha'
got twenty or thirty yards, about fiji
teen Indians came for me at full spec
of their ponies.
The boys in the buffalo wallow open
ed on the Indians and Amos ran for Il
"When 1 was within about twent
| Yards of the wallow," he continued, "
} little old scoundrel whom l had fe
p fifty times rode almost on to me an
fred. fell with Smith on top of mi
j but as l didn't feel pain, 1 thought
y had stepped in a hole.
:? 'The Indians couldn't stay roun
there a minute The boys kept 1t rec
hot so 1 jumped up, picked up Smit
and got safe into the wallow.
"'Amos,' said Dixon, you are bad
hurt
"'No, am not said I.
"Why, look Mt your leg and Sui
enough, the leg was shot off just aboN
the e-joint, and 1 had been waikiki
. on he bone and dragging the foot b
!, hind me. and in the excitement l new
d knew it, nor have 1 ever had any pa
!" in my leg to this day."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
A Formidable Army.

The battle was going against him.
The commander in chief, himself ruler
of the South American republic, sent
an aid to the rear, ordering General
Blanco to bring up his regiment at
once. Ten minutes passed, but 1t didn't
come. Twenty, thirty, an hour-still
no regiment The aid came tearing
hack hatless, breathless. MY regi-
ment! Ny regimentl Where is 1t!
where is itT' shrieked the commander
General" answered the excited aid
"Blanco started it all right, but there
are a couple Of drunken Americans
down the road and they won't let II
90 by."-Argonaut
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

You want job, do you, young
man?' said the manager of the depart,
ment store.
Eyes, sir"
Are you willing to begin at the foot
of the ladder?"
mo, street" answered the applicant
That's the way my father began 25
years ago, and he's still carrying a
bod. 1 want something little higher
up than that"
So the manager, who hadn't encoun
tered that type of boy before, put hin
in the packing department, on the tor
| floor.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
catarrh Cannot Re Cured

with LOCAL APPLICATIONS, as they cannot
reach the seat of the disease. Catarrh is
blood or constitutional disease, and in order to
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally, and
acts directly on the blood and mucous surfaces.
Halls Catarrh Cure is not a quack medicine.
in this country for years, ard is regular pre-
scripton. 1t is composed of the best tonics
known, combined with the best blood puri-
The perfect combination of the two ingredients
is what produces such wonderful results in
curing Catarrh. Send for testimonials free.
F. ]. CHENEY CO., Props, Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
A Roy and q Ham.

In Idaho 4 boy named Willis Davis
was sent last winter to store seven
miles from home to buy a smoked ham.
He went on horseback and reached the
store all right, but he had only started
on his return when 1t began to snow.
When he had completed half the jour
rsy the horse fell into q raViHe and
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

you can't get in here on a half
ticket" exclaimed the doorkeeper at
the circus.
81 thought l could" apologized the
small-town citizen. 81 have a bad
eye, and l only expected to see half
the show"
Then you'll have to get two tick
cts" said the doorkeeper. IF you
only have one good eye it'll take you
twice as long to see the show"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

H.
Your loyalty to God is seen In your
love for men.
If you are right with God, He will
always be right by you.
Success is not in making mistakes,
but in making the most of them.
Better to believe everything in the
Bible literally than to believe none of
it vitality.
The saddest people are those who
are trying to pump happiness out Of
the cisterns Of amusement.
An Ignorant mans practice Of piety
does more good than the most learned
mans philosophy Of religion.
Some think that when they've round
ed off the corners Of rottonness they've
polished impurity into purity.
He Is proficient in self-denial who
can silence the mean things he had
thought Of saying Of another.
Nature provides that If we make life
a dream Of pleasure we shall awaken
by stubbing the toe on pain.
When you go out in another's wisdom
dressed, be sure that truth will blow
and you will stand fool confessed.
The church will have trouble IL
drawing men so long as it thinks morC
Of drawing them than Of helping them
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
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was badly injured, and, as he could not
make his way on foot and feared to
freeze to death, the lad dug his way
into snow bank.
AS the snow continued to fall for tn.
next two days Willie was buriel I'M
der six feet Of 1t and was kept snug
and warm. The only thing he had to
eat was the ham, and he chewed away
never wants to see another If he lives
to be hundred years old. He was
dug out on the fourth day and was
glad enough to get change Of diet.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
Holidays,

The little folks of China Land
Have holidays so strange and grand.
When comes the Feast of Lanterns, all
The people walk about and call
With gorgeous lanterns, shining bright
1t must be such a pretty sight
The Feast of Dragon Boats they hold
Beside the water young and old
Come out to see the dragon boats
Such odd and curious-looking floats
Race for prize. Another date
For celebrating is the fete
Called Feast-Day of the Moon, on which
Folks everywhere both poor and rich,
Eat little round cakes, colored red.
How queer! I'm glad we have, instead
Our good old days of Christmas cheer,
Thanksgiving, Easter and New Year,
The Fourth, and all the fun they bring.
l wouldn't change for anything.
Youths Companion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

A large decrease in the mailing Of
illustrated postcards is noted in Italy;
it is probably due to the increased
postal tariff on them.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

Virtue, TX Q
health, Is usually
unconscious Of it.
self.
The best way to
save time is to lose
some Of 1t in
prayer.
It's easy making
light of sorrow
when it's not our
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

When a vessel is on her trial trip
she runs four times over measured
mile, twice with and twice against the
tide. Her average speed is thus ar
rived at.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

What do you do when your wife at
home raises the storm signal?"
"Steer for the sideboard and put in
mort"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
VACANT coVERNMENT LANDS.

BLUE PRINT MAPS OF STEVENS
county showing all vacant government land,
$3.50. Township blue prints of Stevens,
Ferry, Okanogan, Douglas and Chelan coun-
ties, 81 per township. Frank r. Corbaley,
So, 5 Washington street, Spokane, Wash.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

TITn st. vitus Dance and Nervous Dis
eases permanently cured by DIR.
lUKlines Great Nerve Restorer. Send
for FREE 81 trial bottle and treatise, DR..
r.. H. Kline, Ltd, 9S1 Arch st., Phlla., Pa.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

The stopping of an express train re-
quires twice as much power as start
ing it.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

Somehow the average man never feels
called upon to repent until after he has
been caught with the goods.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

The average daily consumption Of
eggs in New York city is two for each
individual.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow's Sooth-
lng Syrup the best remedy to use for their
children during the teethlng period.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

Prison records show that more f.
male prisoners have previous records
against them than males.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
RAMS HORN BLASTS.

Warning Notes Calling the Wicked
to Repentance.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04

Your grocer returns your money II you don.
like it: we pay him.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1908-09-04
COFFEE

Schilling's Best is a BUSH
ness-like name; you know
what it means; and it
means what you want.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-04-25
BANANA PUDDING WITH SAUCE.
Dessert oeIieaey Both Appetizlns and
heaithful.

Soak one cup stale cake crumbs in
two cups hot milk one-half hour, and
rub through q sieve: then add one.
half cup banana pulp. one-fourth cup
sugar. one.fourth teaspoon salt, one
tablespoon brandy. one teaspoon vanil-
la and the yolks Of three eggs slightly
beaten. Turn into buttered molds, set
molds In pan Of hot water and bake
until firm. Remove from oven. let
stand five minutes. turn out and serve
with this sauce.
Bring to the boiling point one-half
cup each OF milk and cream. Pour
slowly on to the beaten yolks OF two
eggs and two tablespoons sugar. Cook
over hot water five minutes, add one.
half teaspoon vanilla, two tablespoons
sherry. and pour over the stifliy beat.
en- whites OF two eggs.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-04-25
ORNAMENTS FOR mANrEL.
stafferdshlre Ware Leads In Popu
Iarity Just Now.


Mantel ornaments of Staffordshire
ware are being collected by women
who like the quaint old.fashioned
figures in which this china comes. A
single piece does not satisfy the aver
age woman. She wants half q dozen
or more, while lucky winner at
bridge" or one who knows where to
pick up odd bits Of this ware will
rejoice In q small army Of animals.
fat little boys and rudy checked girls.
1t Is fad to have at least one mantel
In ones country house literally packed
with staffordshire figures. There will
be cats of every hue, dogs that are fat
and woolly and dogs that are lean
and spotted. flower girls. boy peddlers.
men, women and horses In this china
ware army, which takes up the whole
mantel itself.
Very little Of this Staffordshire ware
10 really old, yet occasionally one does
hnd q genuine antique. 1t is imported.
however, and 1t 10 not common enough
to be tiresome as yet. The antique
shops carry pieces Of the new a. well
as the old. and they are ordering guam.
titles more to meet the demand the
new fad has created. For bridge
parties Staifordshire ware Is q great
favorite.
The Monte Vista journal. (Monte Vista, Rio Grande County, Colo.) 1888-1921, 1908-04-25
NEWS FROM THE MINES AND MILLS
Bio Horn Basin Gas Fields.

A steady roaring fame over nifty
feet high, has for the last nine months
marked the site Of a gas well near
Gray Bull, Bighorn county. Wyoming.
The report that the initial height OK,
the flame was seventy feet can not bel
verified, but that the well Is one OF re-
markable volume is certain. In dame.
ter II il i've and five-eighths inches; IN
depth, SOL feet; 1t is cased down for
500 feet; and was drilled for the Peay.
Hill OIL and Development Company by
Messrs. Henry Sherard and Philip
Minor, Of Basin, Wyoming.
No instrumental measurements OF
the pressure have been made. but,
some idea of it may be obtained from
the fact that the escaping gas has the.
power to lift large log chain com
posed of one-half inch iron. A rough
calculation. made in September. 1907,
three months after the well was
drilled, and based on the size OF stones
elected by the gas, indicated that the
pressure ut that time was more than
coo pounds to the square incn. Wheth-
err or not II is diminishing can not be
determined, for according to the most
reliable information Obtainable no
change has been detected up to the
present time HHHu
In view Of the wide distribution Of
the strata that contain the gas and OF
the signs OF gas at other places sug-
costing the further extent OF the gas:
i producing region, an investigation OF
| the field was made during the summer
| Of 1907 by Mr. Chester w. Washburn,
| a report Of which has been published
| by the United States Geological Sur
vey.
So far no use has been made of the
gas escaping from the Gray Bull gas,
well. Except in the city Of Basin,
which in 1907 had about 1000 inhab-,
tants, there will be little demand for.
gas for lighting purposes until the,
population of the district increases.
considerably. An important use
might be found in connection with
sugar factories, which are greatly.
needed to care for the sugar beets
grown on the irrigated lands in this
region. At present the nearest sugar
factory is at Billings, to which the
beets are shipped by rail 1875 miles at
a cost of cents per hundredweight.
AS coal is abundant and would be
cheap IL mined on large scale. gas
could not compete with IL except Very
close TO the wells. Fortunately the
productive well near Gray Bun is less
than 2,OGO feet from the Chicago. Bur
lington and Quincy railroad. near
which there is Il most excellent loca
ton for sugar factory or other in
dustrial plant.
Mr.. Washburn states that the con
dition on the east side Of the Big Horn
basin are very favorable for the pros
pector, and he Indicates the localities
where gas may possibly be found.