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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-12
NOD Sol Usefess, Either.

wildcat mining stocks are not alto
gether useless-or worthless, either"
said a New York broker who handles
cheap mining stocks the other day as
he hung up the telephone receiver.
Here's a man who just offered me $50
for enough mining stocks to have a
face value of $4,000. He wasn't par
ticular what stocks he got If they only
had a paper value Of $4,000. l closed
the deal and shall make money on it,
too. What did he want with such
stocksi Well haven't the slightest
donbt but that he lie getting ready to
50 into the bankruptcy court and wants
to show his creditors where his money
has been dropped We often get such
requests and are usually able to nu
them"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-12
CHAPTER XIV.

The launch gained the inner harbor,
and the white ships at anchor were seen
vague phantoms In the vapor-French
steamers, Italian barQues, and the small
or West Indian craft-an with their work
10 do and their way to win. Constable
heard one officer shout to another, in
curing If Saint Pierre was in the usual
place, or had switched sites with Hades.
The day was clearing rapidly, however,
and before the launch reached shore the
haze was so lifted that Peles could be
seen, floating q pennant of black out to
sea. In the city q large frame ware
house. was ablaze. The tinder-dry Struc-
ture was being destroyed with almost ex-
plosive speed.
swat for me here" Constable said to
the sailor, as the launch scraped the
Sugar Landing.
A blistering heat rushed down from the
expiring building to the edge of the land.
Crowds watched the destruction. Many
of the people were in holiday attire. This
was the Day Of Ascension, and Saint
Pierre would shortly pray and praise at
the cathedral. Even now the bells were
calling, and there was low laughter from
group OIL uhlueuSs was IL NOT good TO
live, since the sun shone again and the
mountain did not answer the sainted
bells? 1t was true that Pelee poured
forth a black streamer with lightning in
Its folds; true that the people trod upon
the hot gray dust of the volcanoes waste
that the heat was such as no man had
ever felt before and many sat In misery
upon the ground; true, indeed that voice.
of hysteria came from the novels, and tn,
breath of uncovered death from the by
Ways-but the gala spirit was not dead
The bells were calling; the mountain
was still; bright dresses were abroad
for the torrid children of France mus
laugh.
Constable fell In with the procession
on the way to the cathedral. Reachin
thOre, he climbed to huge bio<SG Of ston
IN the square, and hurled broadcast tn
germ of fight. Many had seen him b.
fore, when his face was haggard. n
was smiling now. There was color In hI
skin, fire in his eyes. ring In his voic,
Fear was not in him.
A carriage was not proeurable, 30 /
walked toward the MornS HorangS.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-12
FLo's PHOTOGRAPHS.

Her Boy Friends Were Away
Giving Her Their Pictures.
"Don't you think Kent Hampton's
last photograph is a splendid one" Flo
Davol asked, carelessly.
A swift color flashed across Rachel
Hills face. She tried to make her
voice Indifferent, but the hurt would
show q little.
II haven't seen It," she replied.
Haven't seen itT' Flo echoed. How
queer, when you are such friendSl I
have It somewhere here
She began hunting through the pho
tographs crowding her desk. They
were nearly all photographs Of boys or
young men, and Kent'S was clearly In
sight, as Rachel, with q lash of con-
tempt, saw at once, although it was
several minutes before Flo apparently
discovered It. Then she handed 1t to
Rachel. Her whole elaborate, over
dressed little figure betrayed her de-
light n her pretty triumph.
ut certainly is queer that he didn't
give you one" she repeated, "but the
boys are always giving things to me.
Really, 1 don't know what to do with
half Of them!"
AS Rachel walked home through the
September afternoon her eyes were full
of bitterness. Why was 1t, she wonder
ed, that girls like Flo got so much more
than their share Of good times and
things2 She would not have cared
about the others, but Kent Hampton,
who had been her playmate ever since
she could remember, and was going
away to college in two days. oh, Flo
could have had anything else If she
only had not spoiled that dear old
! friendship.
That evening Kent came over with
his chum-who was also Rachel's
cousin-Tom Calverly. Usually the
three had the happiest of evenings, but
this time something was plainly wrong.
The boys kept up their nonsense, but
1t did not Ego" as usual. Finally Tom
remarked of something:
"It's dead easy--as easy as one Of
Flo Davol's photographer, Kent"
Rachel grew red, then pale. II
should think you'd be ashamed" she
cried, facing them Indignantly.
The boys stared at each other In per
plexity.
ITO joke over a girl when you give
her your picture" she stammered. "It
IFS contemptible
Kent's lips frightened, but Tom whis-
tied softly.
Look here, Ray" he asked, don't
you know, honest"
"Know what?" Rachel inquired.
1.-THE way she gets those pictures.
She gets them by asking-that's how.
She asks so that fellow can't refuse
unless he's a brute. 1 guess have
half dozen Of hers somewhere round
Kent, here, is such a Sir Galahad he
burns them-says it's not fair to have
them lying round, even If the girl did
force them on you"
"OhW Rahel cried, softly.
But up in her room that night she
looked out with happy eyes into the
dark. It was so good to keep ones
friends on the old high terms-it wal
30 good to keep ones self-respecti-
Youths Companion.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-12
the sheer madness Of the compact flash

the sheer madness of the compact fash
ed upon his reason. mo, no, Robert,
withdraw from it. 1 won't bet.
didn't know what 1 was saying"
"I'll sleep in that room, anyhow, If 1
die for it," returned Robert, his eyes
blazing. "I'm not afraid. You can
give me revolver and a BELL if you
like; yes, that's good idea-a bell.
Then, If anything happens, I'll ring"
he finished excitedly.
Don't be a fool, Robert" interposed
Kerr, who had drunk slightly less than
his friends; you know this is no mat
ter to be trifled with"
II don't care" returned Robert OBJ
stinately, a wicked look coming into
his eyes. 1--WE said I'm going to sleep
In that room, and by Heaven! I'm 60
ing to-"
For the last time, Robert, don't go
in," Trevelyan pleaded. Robert tight
ened his lips and entered, followed by
the other three. But in the light of the
lamp he carried his face showed pale
The memory of that shrek had made
them all sober now, and had it not
been for Roberts obstinacy, they would
all gladly have backed out of the whole
business
Robert placed the lamp on a small
table, then drew a revolver from his
pocket and placed beside it. Trevelyan
held large bell by the clapper. This
was also placed upon the table.
81 wish you'd let us stay with YOU.
old chap" he said, as he drew up a
dusty armchair, and threw a soft red
tablecloth over it.
Robert settled down comfortably.
snow, then, you chaps, clear out, and
don't talk any more. or you'll make me
nervous" he cried. "I'Il ring like the
deuce If anything comes, so you needn't
worry about me-"
Trevelyan and the others brought
chairs from a neighboring room, and
sat down in the corridor outside. For
a short time they kept up a desultory
conversation, but at length no answer
came from within. Robert was either
asleep or refused to answer.
Soon the other two allowed their
heads to fall forward, and Trevelyan
alone remained awake, grasping a
heavy poker. Suddenly he started vio-
lently. The lock had clicked. Some
one had locked the door.
Robert" he yelled, in sudden fright.
ARE you awaken" The other two
sprang from their chairs.
"Quick!" yelled Trevelyan frantical-
~ before they could speak. "Some one
has locked the door. 1 know what that
means. Down with It'll Quick Quick ~
And the three hurled themselves
against the door.
At the same moment a startled ex-
clamation came from within, followed
| hv the sharp crack Of the revolver.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-12

Mrs. Silas Bennett was a philoso.
pher On certain dismal occasion
some of the neighboring women were
condoling with her. With commend
able cheerfulness she replied:
ave raised four girls an three boys
expectin' every time they'd be twins and
red headed like their Grandpa Bennett
an yet they amt.
"An' I've worried constable over
smallpox breakin' out in my big fam
lily. So fer faint.
"Last summer durin' July an Au'
gust an mebbe part Of September
was real meloncholic, fearin' I'd got an
appendix, but l guess 1 amt.
AN through it all it never onct oc-
Cured to me that I'd be the one 70
fall through them rotten old meetin
house steps an break my leg In tive
places, but be-"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-12

was seven-thirty, and the distance was
two miles to the plantation house. At
eight, or soon afterward, he would be
there-eight on the morning of Ascension
Day; at nine, in the launch again, speed
ing out to the smile Of the bridel
Twenty times a minute she required to
him as he walked. There was no waning
nor wearing-save a wearing brighter,
perhaps-of the images she had put in
his mind. The night had brought him
palaces and gardens and treasure houses
everywhere he turned, new riches broke
upon him. That her face had lain be-
tween his hands; that his hands had
brought that face to his own; that her
whispers, kisses, condolences, her prayers
and passions and coming years, all found
their center and origin In himself, like
bright doves that had a cote within his
heart-thess thoughts lifted the poor man
to such heights Of praise and blessedness
that he seemed to shatter the dome of hui
man limitations, and emerge crown and
shoulders into the illimitable ether.
The road up the morne stretched blind
ing white before him. Painting and spent
not a little, he strobe upward through
the vicious pressure of heat, holding hi:
helmet free from his head, that the ali
might circulate under the rim. At length
upon the crest Of the morne, he perceived
the gables Of the plantation house, allow
the palms and manEoes, gold-brown In thu
dazzling haze.
Pelee roared. Sulien and dreadful on
Of the silence voiced the monster, reused
to his labor afresh. The American begaI
to run, glancing back at the darkenini
north. The crisis was no
passed in favor Of peace. Tho holida.
was darkened. The Madame would fl
with refugees now, and the road to For
de France turn black with fight. Thes
were his thoughts as he ran.
The lights Of the day burned out on
by one. The crust Of the earth stretched
to cracking tension. The air was beet
ling with strange conclusions. In tn
clutch of realization, he turned one shin
ing look toward the sea. Decorations &C
cumulated into the crash Of q theusan,
navies.
On the porch of the plantation house
twenty yards away, stood the mother o
Lara, her eyes fascinated, lost in tn
north. At the steps he fell, caught he
skirt, her waist, In his hands Across tn
lawn, through the roaring black, he Dor
her, brushing her fingers and her fallel
hair from his face. He reached the curb
ing Of the old well with his burden, crawl
ed over, and grasped the rusty chain. IL
candeseent tongues Tapped the cIstern'
raised coping, and running streams Of re
dust filtered down.
1t was eight in the morning Of Asceu
sion Day. La Montague Peles was Civ
ing birth To Death.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-12
CHAPTER XIV.

When the launch entered the denser
cloud and faded from her sight, Miss
Stansbury retired to the cabin. Over all
her thoughts Of the unhallowed parting
from her mother the night before, and the
clean, valorous act Of her lover now, hung
the defined terror lest Pelee should inter
vene. She heard Macready's step at the
door; the calm voice Of an officer on the
bridge; the morning bells.
The pale winding sheet was unwrapped
from the beauty of morning. Through a
port-hole she saw the rose and gold on
the far, dim hills. Her eyes smarted from
WEAKNESS, but her mind, like an auto.
matte thing, swept around the great cir
cle-from the ship to the city, to the
house beyond the morne and back again.
She saw him In the launch, In the midst
of native groups on the shore, in the
plantation house, begging her mother to
listen, importuning Uncle Joey to take
her to Fort de France, returning through
the streets with people following-the
crowded launch, and then the joy of emp
ty arms filed. But sometimes Pelee
would burst into the deepening channel Of
thoughts, effacing the whole, and leaving
her, a shrieking, dishevelled creature, in
the midst Of 4 chaos which would not an.
swer. She went on deck. Laird, the first
officer, invited her to ascend the bridge.
He was scrutinzing through the glass a
blotch Of smoke on the city front. what
do you make Of it, Miss Stansbury?" he
asked.
The lenses brought to her a nucleus OF
red in the black bank. The rest of Saint
Pierre was q gray doll settlement, set in
the shelter Of little gray hills. She
could see the riven and castellated crest
of Pelee, weaving his black ribbon. 1t
was all small, silent and unearthly.
That's a fire on the Shore" she said.
Exactly" said Laird.
Shortly afterward the trumpetings of
the monster began. The harbor grew
yellowish-black. The shore crawled deep
er into the shroud, and was lost alto
gether. The water took on a foul look,
AZ If the bed of the sea were churned with
some beastly passion. The anchor chain
drew taut mysteriously strained, and
banged a tattoo against the steel-bound
eye. Blue Peter, dropping at the fore
mast, livened suddenly into a spasm Of
writing, like hooked lizard. The black
quivering columns of smoke from the fun.
nels were famed down upon the deck
adding SCOT to the white smear from the
volcano. Lara felt Macready pulling Al
her arm.
Eye mustn't go below, miss. Ye know
me ordhers."
She .rebelled with sudden vehemence
declaring that she would smother dow
| there.
"You can do no good here, sure. Don
make 1t crool fur ms7
Make haste below, mlss-squall com
ingP' commanded Laird. Gentleness an
jOllity were gone from the large red facs
She suffered herself to be drawn dow
the ladder, crushed by the officers words
and the iron fingers Of fear closing abou
her heart. A hot, fstid breath charge
the air. The water danced, alive with tn
yeast Of worlds. The disordered sky II
toned violence. Pelss had set the four
dations to trembling.
Lara drifted into the open polar region
| Despair. These men we're all his friend
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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1909-03-12
HOrrOrA.

Does your wife ever tell you sns
has nothing to wearF"
Worse than that"
what could be worse than thatY
"She tells me she hasn't enough
clothes In which to do q Salome dancA
Houston Post
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-15
YES! MONEY BACK
Partisan Sage, the Hair Remover Is
Now Sold in America on Money
Back Plan.

Tried them all and failed, thous
ands of people will say.
Try the real Partisan Sage and sue
coed as thousands have done.
In Paris DR.. Sabourand discovered
the dandruff microbe and the way TO
kill it.
In Paris, women have most aDul-
dant, beautiful, lustrous and fascinat-
ing hair.
They know about hair and It's uls-
eases in Paris, far more than we 40
they have institutions where the STU
DIV of the hair is made a specially.
Partisan Sage is the only certain
destroyer of the dandruff microbe.
which is the cause of 81 per cent Oh
hair troubles.
Partisan Sage is such an extraordln-
airy and quick acting rejuvenator that
W. l.. Gokay who is the agent IN ben
nington guarantees it to cure dan
druff, stop falling hair and itching
scalp in two weeks or money back. Ii
makes womens hair lustrous and lux
uriant and drives away foul odors In
summer.
And a large bottle of Partisan sage
costs only so cents at w. l.. Gokay's
and at leading druggists all over Am
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The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-15
NORTH HOoSlck

Percy Haswell visited friends here
on Sunday
c. S. Haswell and son were in No.
Adams Friday
Charles Peacock of West Shafts
bury is threshing in town.
Joan McGrath moved into George
Herrington's tenement Monday.
Mrs. John Huntington and Mrs. Tru,
man Amidon were in town Sunday.
Ira Fisk who spent several days
last week in New York has returned
home.
Ella S. Clark of North Bennington
called on friends here and in Hoosick
Falls Monday.
C. B. Allen of the state line house
was in North Adams Monday and Fri
day of last week.
Stevens e Thompson's coal trestle
which they have been building is
nearly completed
The clambake on Wards lot was
largely attended and between four
and I'VE hundred We're led.
L. C. Haswell has returned to In
dian Orchard after spending two
weeks vacation at his home here.
Mrs. George Washington was in
North Bennington one day last week
to see her granddaughter who is i'll.
George Herrington's people enter
tanned guests from out of town Sat
urday and Sunday. All went to North
Adams Sunday.
The Grange picnic at Battlefield
park was, well represented. S. T..
of Wyoming county, tnis
state, came to speak He got left in
Troy so did not have time to speak as
long as he wanted to. He gave them
/ very fine speech.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-15

One of the things which the legisla
ture of 1908 left undone, watch il
ought to have done, in the opinion OF
most people who have given careful
attention to the subject, was the re-
fusal to prohibit the trial by justices
of the peace of cases which come
within the jurisdiction of a city court,
and for the trial of whca city judges
are paid an annual salary by the
state.
There is no cause for complaint in
this city, or country, the principal of
tenders being st. Adams, Burlington.
and Rutland. According to figures
furnished by the state auditors of.
flee during the year 1908, 17S st. AL
bans cases were heard in city court
and POS cases before justices of the
peace. The salary of the city judge
is $1,000. In Rutland, during the
same period "A cases were tried be
fore justices of the peace and 1853 in
city court. The salary of the city
Judge is $500. In Burlington in 1905
1893 cases were tried before justices of
the peace and 6l0 in city court. The
salary of the city judge is $500.
The average cost to the state of JUS
tice of the peace fees in these cases
said to be 81 each, and it is asserted
that the number of cases heard before
justices of the peace has increased
since 1908. 1t may be claimed that by
the figures cited the additional cost
to the state does not exceed $1,000 but
the principle involved is an important
one, even though the amount involved
is not large If the Journal is cor
rectly informed, nearly every one of
Che 4S0 cases brought in justice courts
could have been tried in city courts.
The city judges were paid salaries for
the express purpose of hearing these
cases, and to try them elsewhere looks
like compelling the state to pay an un
necessary sum for the sake of aiding
certain individual justices of the
peace.
1t would seem reasonable to sup
pose that it would be necessary only
to call attention to such a leak in the
treasury in order to secure the legisla-
ton needed to stop it. The bill, how
ever, failed in the senate. 1t should
be re-introduced in the legislature OF
1910 and should become law. 1t is
not common sense or good ethics to
hire one man for a certain task and
pay another man for performing it
Montpelier Journal.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-15
ENGLAND AFTER SOUTH POLE
Expedition Fund Of 100000 Raised in
Short Order.

London, Sept. 14.-England's pride
stirred to its depths by the discovery
of the North pole by Americans has
taken material form and within a few
hours from the time Capt Robert
Scott, of the discovery expedition, an
nounced that he would find the South
Pole If 5000 900 be subscribed TO equip
the expedition. the money had been
found
And while Capt. Scott prepares his
men and his expedition, throughout
all of England there is the gravest
concern lest DR.. Charcot should APP
pear from the South Polar regions and
claim the honor of having been the
first white man there, forestalling the
English again
The English did not take at all
kindly to the fact that Peary sent
Capt. Bartlett back with n supporting
party before the pole was reached.
Peary kept Bartlett, British subject,
with nim as the last white man until
he had exceeded all previous Far
thest North" records and then ordered
Bartlett back.
The English papers declare they ac-
cept this as no compliment, avowing
that England is not used to being Sc
cond in the field of human endeavor.
They admit the fact that between DIR.
Cook and Commander Peary there can
be no doubt that the Stars and Stripes
have been nailed to the North Pole,
and they have been asking anxiously
if the French tri-color OF DR.. Charcot,
the English Jack or the American
Stars and Stripes are first to be nail
ed to the South Pole.
The answer nas been instantaneous.
I'm few hours the necessary 100000
was forthcoming.
Capt. Scott will start in July. with
two supply bases, one at Macmurdo
Sound and the other, If possible in
King Edward VII Land. He will at
tempt to reach the Pole by using pom
les, motor sledges and dogs. Lieut..
Shackleton, who holds the record of
being nearest to the South Pole will
not accompany him on tnis expedition
but other noted explorers will go.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-15
NOTICE

To the Taxpayers Of the Village OF Ben
nington
A Rate Bill has been placed in my hands for
collection us follows:
G5cents on the dollar for the Village Tax. 20
cents on the dollar for the Highway Tax on
the Grand List of 1909.
hereby demand payment of said taxes, and
notify you that will attend at the Bennington
County Savings Bank from 8 o'clock a. IN. un-
I'll 4 O'Clock p. IN.
There will be II discount of per cent. on the
Village Tax if paid within 20 deys.
G. II. DEWEY, Treasurer
Bennington, VT, July /, 1909.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-15
ATTRACTIVE LESSONS IN FRENCH

Mr.. Albert Cru, graduate of University OF
France and professor OF French at Williams
College will take charge during this Summer
of Professor de Pierpont's classes in Benning-
ton. For particulars write to Professor A. Cru
2 %. box. $40. Willamstown. Mass.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-15
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by Shurtleff Pharmacy.
The Bennington evening banner. (Bennington, Vt.) 19??-1961, 1909-09-15

John w. Titcomb is coming back to
Vermont and will be again eligible to
serve the state as fish and game com
missioner If his services are desired
when Henry G. Thomas of Stowe shall
retire. Mr. Titcomb has been at the
head of the fisheries bureau at Wash
ington for a number of years and pro-
badly knows more about fish culture
and propagation than any other man
in the country.