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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

The prodigal son, repentant, or at
any rate weary of the diet of husks
forced upon his kind by vigilant po-
lice system, had experienced change
of heart and joined the church. The
good sisters were discussing his desira-
bility
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

Mothers will find Mrs. Winslow g
Soothing Syrup the best remedy to
use for their children during the
teething period.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

HOWARD E. BURTON, AsSayoF and
Chemist, LeadviIle, Colo. Specimen prices
Gold, silver. lead, $1.OO; gold, silver, 100;
gold, SOC; zinc or copper, 81. Mailing en-.
velopes and full price list sent on appIiCa.
ton. Control and umpire work solicited.
References: Carbonate National Bank.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

An eccentric country squire agreed to
employ an equally eccentric rustic to
rid his mansion of its plague of flies,
the terms being board, lodging and beer
for three days.
At the end of this period there were
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

Trotter-During my travels in Italy /
was captured, bound and gagged by
bandits.
Miss Homer-How romanticl Were
they anything like the bandits in the
opera9
Trotter-No, indeed; the gags they
used were all new.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

"That clerk of yours seems to be a
hard worker.''
eyes; that s his speciality"
"What, working9"
HNo-seeming toll"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

The next time you have cold on the
lungs try rubbing Wizard Oil on your
chest and see how quickly it will draw
out the inflammation and break up the
cold.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

Artist-Have you noticed that long
hair makes a man look intelleetual3
His Friend-Well, I've seen wives
pick them off their husbands coats,
when it made them look foolish.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

Wife-The landlord was here today,
and 1 gave him the rent and showed
him the baby.
Husband-Next time he comes around
suppose you show him the rent and give
him the baby.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21
DR.. MARTEL'S FEMALE PILLS
Seventeen Years the Standard.

Prescribed and recommended for
Women's ailments-a scientifically pre-
pared remedy of proven worth. The re-
suit from their use is quick and perma.
nent. For sale at all drug stores.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

Bad Boy Getting in hard blow
There, take thatl
Good Boy folding his arms with a
meek expression) Mo, Tommy, 1 will
not hit you back, because I promised
never to strike a playmate; but Clicking
him in the shins) how do you like that
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21
Pettit's Eve salve.

No matter how badly the eyes may be
diseased or injured, restores normal con
ditions, All druggists or Howard Bros,
Buffalo, N Y.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

Part of Sixteenth street in Washing
ton is to have its name changed to CAV
enue of The Presidents"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

1t Is every woman's opinion that the
way to make wives more saving IL to
turn over all the money into their
keeping.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

No one can lay claim to being
genuinely old fashioned who doesn't
ne hair Oh.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1910-01-21

One of Ayers Pills at bedtime will cause
an increased flow of bile, and produce a
gentle laxative effect the day following.
Formula on each box. Show it to your
doctor. He will understand at glance
Dose, one pill at bedtime.
- Made Nv tlfe.y.C Aver Co. Lowell Msas,
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12
POISON IN MIDDLE AGES.

In the middle ages so little was known OF
toXicology that all sudden or mysterious
deaths We're attributed to poison, but in the
light Of modern knowledge many of these are
now easily explained by such diseases as ap
pendictis or gastric ulcer. Even the Borgias
can be ahsolyed from many of the poisonings
laid to their charge Nevertheless saws the
British Medical Journal, from cry early times
in Italy poison was a fayorite means of remoy.
Ing an enemy In England, France and Ger
many cruder methods Of vengeance prevailed
and il was not until the sixteenth century
that the Medici introduced poisoning ipto
France The fashion spread with terrible ran
idity and poison was employed in every ranE
Of society 70 set rid OF inconvenient pe-sons
The art introduced into France by Catberir.
de Mediei and her followers took root :,
deeply as to blossom later into the h;,sl
magic Of Louis XlV's reign
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

it IS still true that Lincoln may have died al
the right time for his imperishabe fame He
had conducted an immense nation through the
most tremendous civil war ever waged ana
never committed a single serious mistake. He
did not possess Hamilton's brilliant genius,
but Hamilton never saw the future more sa
gaciously. He made no pretensions to Daniel
Websters magnetic oTatory, but Webster
never put more truth in oratorical form for
popular guidance, He possessed Benjamin
Franklin's immense common sense and that
twenty-five address on the battlefield of Get
tysburg is the high-water mark of American
sententious elOquence. 1t is fitting that after
such a career his own life should be the last
to be lost in that stupendous struggle. He had
called over 100000 heroes to lay down their
lives, and then his own life was laid down be
side the hGTblest private soldier or drummer
boy Of Gettysburg or Chickamauga"
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

offered the girl his heart and it eventually
was accepted. But Lincoln's happiness was
shortlived Anne Rutledge sickencd and died.
Lincoln was inconsolable
Following this bereavement he plunged
into politics and stateCraft and built the foun-
datlon for his later life. During this period
he met Mary s Owens He wrote love letters
to her, but later on frankly told her that,
while he was willing to keep his engagement
with her. Ii were better for her own sake that
she should not hold him. She accepted his
honest explanation and his second romance
withered and died
Still another woman who was instrument
tal in framing Lincoln's strong and impress
sionable character was Lucy Gilmer Speed.
Her husband owned the tavern at Springfield,
whittier Lincoln rode when the capital was
changed from New Salem, Lincoln became
their guest and throughout his remaining life
numbered them as his stanchest friends He
often descanted on the sound counsel and sis.
terly care bestowed upon him by Mrs SpC /.
Although he became at this time one OF
the foremost statesmen OF Illinois. lis pre-
yious experience caused him to doubt his
own heart He became engaged TO Mary Todd
After a brief period doubling his love he
broke the engagement 1t even has been
charged that he deserted her when she was
atured for the wedding. To his bosom
uleNUS, joshua r. ana Lucy speed, Lincoln
described the parting:
when told Mary l did not love her" he
said she burst into tears and almost spring
ing from her chair ana wrngins her hands.
rs If in agony, said something about the de-
ceiyer being himself deceived To tell YOU the
truth i was too much for me ! found the
tears trucking down my own cheeks | caught
her in my arms and kissed her"
So great was Lincoln's remorse that he
was watched by his friends lest he commit
suicide Here again came in the sound infiu-
.nce Of Mrs. Speed She and her husband
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12
WHY His Mother Mourned.

William NJ. Fogarty has a story
about a good old Irish woman whose
son was about to start for "Trip
around the world.
She had watched him prosper with
pride. To her he was a great man.
In her fond vision she could see all
sorts of terrible tidings coming to him
but she held her peace until he hao
started for the journey. Then she be-
gan to cry. A neighbor tried to con-
sole her, but to no avail.
I'm afraid he hasn't the money 10
get back" said the mother, weeping.
Hes got the money to go round the
world all right, but how will he ever
get back?"-Indianapo Star.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

reading every book he
could find. Later he en-
gagged in storekeeping
with a partner, but he
was not cast for a mer-
camille career.
When he first was elect
ed to the Illinois state
legislature in 1884 he met
and fell in love with pref
ty, authenticated Anne
Rutledge, daughter Of the
owner of the tavern in
which he lived. His pas
sion seemed hopeless, for
the maid Of II was
pledge to a young man
from New York. Yet Lin
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

made Lincoln one of their own FAMILY ohe
was sanity woman and through her ne
learned. even more than by his reading, the
story and the precepts of the Man OF Naza-
reth that in later years enriched his Voc'Du-
larry and did SO much to guide his conduct'
In two years Mary Todd became MS we
It was singular jest of fate that ne shouu
have won her away from Stephen A. Douglas
who was later to be his rival in the great anu,
slavery struggle that was ended only by NH
lions of armed men and that almost silnui-
taneous with its ending left Mary louu
widow
OF the union were born the sons hopert l."
willie" and Tad" Willie died III 'ne
White House February 20, lS62' ana lao'
or Thomas, died in Chicago July 49, lo'i' az
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12
Paradoxicai.

ut is a wonder that a hot-headed
man is generally thought to be one OF
mettle.
why wonder?'
Because metal is usually well tenn
pered."
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

tive cabin, set in the midst of a savage coun-
try, she created that noblest and best result OF
a good woman's heart, a happy home
The young Lincoln grew rapidly Always
an invidious reader, he ever found time for
reading In this pursuit he appears to have
been tirclcss, but it seems not to have caused
him to isolate himself from the social life of
his primitive ncighborhood. BY II he was six
feet four inches tall, His legs and arms were
long, his hands and feet big and his skin dry
and yellow His Eaunt face and melancholy
gray eyes were set in cayenOus sockets above
his prominent cheek bones. He was not, there
fore ladies man." but at the same time the
mysterious something that made him beloved
above the average of prominent Americans
stood him In stead. He was always popular
with his fellows, even rs spraddling boy
\ girl schcolmate has described him as he
appeared nj this early time;
Ills shoes, when he had any. were low
He wore buckskin brecchcs. linscy-woolsey
shirt and cap made of the skin of squirrel
or coon His breeches were baggy and lacked
by several inches meeting the tops Of his
shoes thereby exposing his shin bone. sharp
blue and narrow"
But this girl cared for him, even as, much
later in life she was proud to have known him
Trivial rs it may seem, the verse penned
by him when he was II, at the time OF his
sister Sarah's marriage to Aaron Grigsby may
give some insight into his lifelong estimate
of the attitude of man toward woman These
are the concluding verses;
The not taken
From Adams feet see:
So he must not abuse her,
The meaning seems TO be.
Tho woman was not taken
From Adams head know,
To show size should not rule him
IT'S evidently
The woman SHE was taken
From under Adams arm.
SHE must he protected
From injuries and harm.
II was after he had passed through many
OF his earlier vicissitudes that Lincoln encoun-
tered his first great romance The family had
moved from Indiana 60 Illinois. When they
migrated from New Salem Sangamon county,
Abraham. who has assisted his father step
mother ana tle rest Of the family 70 passahle
atluence remained behind He split rails he
travelled down the Mississippi on a house boat
and had his first elucidation OF slavery In its
most hideous forms and Of the uncertainty
and responsibility Of the negro race.
He returned TO New Salem and became a
clerk In drawing crowds OF villagers he
proved a popular acquisition. The job pc
tered out" and he was elected a captain in the
Black Hawk war. His was bloodless cam.
paign. but he came ont of 1t with honors and
increased popularity All the time he had been
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12
&;ZGNT6g52lRog
- 6 3. 2 - ,S

the sure treatment for all skin dis
eases. Behind our hundreds of masked
for testimonials there's this big Fact:
Not One Known Failure in Years"
II by chance your druggist doesn't
carry Stub-Roo Liquid, send one dollar
to Us for a big bottle of it, express
paid. Tell US all about your case
Today.
Stub-Roo Medical Co.
Duluth, MINI.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12
He KNEW HER

She-It's three o'clock, I'm going
to my dressmaker. | shant be more
than a quarter of an hour,
He-All right; don't forget we are
dining out at eight o'clock.
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12
LINCOLN MADE NO MISTAKES.

The Rev. Dr. T. L. Cuyler says II
the Homiletic Review; Terrible as
was the tragedy Of that April night
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

the age of IS years. Robert l" ths
eldest of the three sons, lives in Chi'
cago. He is president Of the Pullman
company and has enjoyed a highly
successful business career.
OF Iincoln's attitude toward the es-
timable woman who became his wire
perhaps as good an estimate as any
NAV be found in practically his last
words to her, spoken on the AFTER
noon of the day of his assassination,
as they rode through the streets OF
Washington.
He talked to her Of what 'hey
would do when his term OF office was
over and they could take up a quiet
life again.
Eve have saved some money, ne
said, "and ought to be able to save
some more. And with that and what
7 can earn from my law practice we
can settle down in Springfield or chi
cago and live cozily to a green old
age"
But God had otherwise disposed
Within "a hours the woman VINO, IN
the ultimate, had shared the triDula-
lions and the adulations of the great
emancipator was widowed and MS
sons and the entire nation were or
phaped
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12
TIL EARLZE5z
PHOTOGRAPH OFL.UYCQLN

coin loved and
W a | t e d a II d
h o p e d H., even
when his suit
appeared en-
tirely hopeless
Finally t h g
Low pr w g 4 I
away, promis
ing to c o m Z
back. Lincoln
re m a / n e d a
sta Ii c h true
friend. After a
while Il became
apparent that
the New York
or had deserted
his { ! a II c @ @
lhRn lincoln
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12
CANDID CLAIMS CONVINCE.

There's our belief We don't say
that One bottle of Stub-Roo Liquid
will cure Any case of eczema. But
we know that, Properly Used, We
have in
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

nation from de
structiOn.
She was good
to the Lincoln
orphans, whose
mother lay out
In the wild for.
est grave. She
gave them warm
c o I h | n & She
threw away the
m a t of corn
husks and leaves
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

on which they slept and
replaced it with a soft
feather tick. She loved
little ABE" and the lonely
boy returned her kindness
and affection. In a primi-
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

Sloan's Liniment is the best
remedy for sprains and bruises.
1t quiets the pain at once, and
can be applied to the tenderest
part without hurting because it
doesn't need to be rubbed all
you have to do is to lay it on
lightly. 1t is powerful prepa-
ration and penetrates instantly
relieves any Inflammation and con-
gestion, and reduces the swelling.
Here's the Proof.
Mr.. L. ROLAND, Bishop of Scran-
ton, Pa. says:--" On the 9TH Of
this present month, as l was leaving
the building at noon for lunch, I
slipped and fell, spraining my wrist.
l returned in the afternoon, and at
four o'clock | could not hold PEN
Gil in my hand. l returned homo
later and purchased a bottle Of
The Superior times. [volume] (Superior, Wis.) 1870-1912, 1910-02-12

T IS sober truth to say
that Abraham Lincoln
struck the noblest,
highest, hottest note In
the inmost native soul
~ tho A mprican DpODlp
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-25
HOMESTEAD FOR SALE

RAYMOND HOMESTEAD FOR SALE
The Homestead, which has n his
tory In connection with the. early devel
opment OF this section uf the country
ls located ut the Fair Grounds, on Il
plat of ground about 400 feet square.
A gray brick residence. in dimensions
37X50 feet, containing large rooms
l6 feet square. with IL feet ceilings.
unl1two halls each 10. feet vide. The
house was built nbont 1895 By Thomas
s. Raymond. who was then in the Leg.
islature ut Richmond. and who con-
structed the house after the Virginia
architectural style ut that time. The
life and history of Thomas s. Hay.
of Fnirmont. The elegant mansion
was sold during the war and has
changed hands three or four times
since. During one Of the recent own
somewhat changed by removing arch.
doors. but the general plan OF the
house. halls and rooms remain I'm.
changed. Around the house are very
desirable and necessary outhuilding$
on 4 reservation TO this kind A large
and we'll built barn. 33x4l feet, two
full stories in height. slate roof. n
three.story carriage and grain house.
In dimensions 27s%7 fnet. with large
two'story smoke house. l5x21 feet.
With cement floor and cement bnse-
ment. dining room and kitchen built
OF the same material rs the main
house. being In dimensions 27x30 feet.
with 4 cement cellar under both
rooms. The street car line Is con.
strncted through the rear OF the prop.
erty. Is in easy access to the city and
Is especially desirable for road
house. country club or for large
family who desires to keep horses.
cows Or automobiles.
Price and terms OF this property
will be made known on application.
LEVI b. HARR.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-25
4 lGIOuNlC.|.LNlAN No
EXONE|RATED D
3REFBsEps FIVE THOUSAND DOL.
LAR BRTBE-BAhk's DlREc.
I 5Ts TORS RSfCACLEpTO COURT.

pITTsDuRG. Pa. March :25.-The
grind jury report to-day recommend
ed that indictments be prepared for
Charles Stewart, Hugh Ferguson and
William Brand, charging them with
receiving $102; 500 from six Plttsburg
banks for the passage of the denosi-
tories ordinance for bribing other
councllmen. John Kline and Joseph
Wasson were unnamed because they
had confessed. Fhrther report is en-
spected this afternoon. Tie court or
dered the directors of the Farmers
Deposit National. the Columbia Ma.
3uonnl, the SECOND National. the Ger
man National. PlttshurE. the German
National, r,hileghenySs the Working.
mems Savings Trust Co.. Allegheny.
I'D investigate stile report Monday re-
FardinE the alleged payment OF the
money. Jacob sorfel. member of the
:.rtBix Six" common council. was ex-
sonerated. The, grand jury found that
! he refused five thousand dollars and
the money was diverted to the fund
1 for defense OF members caught In the
graft probe.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-25
Gen. ELLIOTT
AND capt D TAIN 4
jerks HERE. | !.
New Arn,ory viii
Get Attention,
Soon

General Charles d. Elliott. OF the
West Virginia National Guard and
Captain Jenks. of the United States
Army. are here inspecting the local
companies OF the Guard. Last night
Company II was Inspected In the
basement OF the court house and to-
night Company will he Inspected.
This afternoon the inspecting officers
went over the resimental headquarters
and the regimcntnl band
General Elliott and Captain .1enks
were surprised to find band of SOL
Giers that were so we'll drilled where
there are so many difficulties to over
come. The officers OF the local conf
panies and the men that compose
these companies nre us intelligent as
any set of men to be found In the Ma
tional Guard In any State where these
organizations are maintained. ~
If the local companies are to be
maintained there must be better quar-
CONTINUED on Page Fourl
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-25
Big Deal Closed
THREE 6tMtLLioN DOLLARS IN
5voLvED In DOWN STATE
.TRANSAcTlON. r

HUNTINGTON, w. Va, March 25.-
~ New York capitalists yesterday
closed u deal in timber and coal lands
$aggregatinE rbout 100000 acres and
In which three millions of dollars
changes hands. The land is located
on lie upper Big Sandy and the deal
was carried through 10y John Mayo
and Taylor Vinson. The concern In
Ftercsted rs the .BerwInd.White people,
and 1T is understood they plan i'm.
mense developments iii the. near. fiji.
5ture. The tract can be reached by
either the N. and w. or the C. and o.
The new purchasers now control the
PocahontaH and New River ConsoIl.
dated Coal and Coke Company and
Have large interests in West Virginia
and Pennsylvania.
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-25
BEGIN WORK
next MONDAY
FOUR STATES COAL COMPANY
WILL INSTALL FINE MIN
ING PLANT

Tho Four States Coal and Coke
Company will start work on It's big
mine on Teverbnugh creek about
three and one-half miles from Worth.
ingtnn on next Monday, morning. This
will be when completed one of the
best mines In the United States.
There will be two shafts and n slope
which will have n capacity of eight
hundred tons OF coal per day. The air
shaft will be put down under the di.
rcction OF Henry Neny. who was one
OF the thirteen that escaped In the
great explosion In Courier mine. Cher
bourg. France. several years ago. Mr..
Neny was In that III fatel mine TWEEN.
ty-Lwo days before the rescue party
reached him. The large shaft or the
hosting shaft will be put down under
the direction of James I-anahan. II
has not been decided vet rs to who
will construct the slope. Probably
this will be done by Neny and Lana
Ian working In conjunction. The
shafts will be sunk TO n distance be-
tween three hundred and fifty and
four hundred feet before the Pitts.
burg vein of coal Is reached. The
company will do the work itself and
will not wait on any contractors. Mr..
T.. F. Miller will have charge and will
tcontInueu or Faye Three.l
The Fairmont West Virginian. (Fairmont, W. Va.) 1904-1914, 1910-03-25
LARGE NUMBER
COKE OVENS
WILL BE CONSTRUCTED BY JAM.
lsoN COAL COMPANY NEAR
BARRAckvILEE.

The Jamison Coal and Coke Com.
pany is getting ready to build large
number of coke ovens at Jnmison
plant No. near Barrackville. The
material for the construction of the
ovens is being placed on the ground
and the workmen will soon start on
the work. The ovens will be built by
Contractor Stark. OF Greensburg,
Pennsylvania. who has the contract to
sink the coal shafts for the Jnmison
Coal Company. The coal owned by
the 1amison Coal and Coke Company
Is what is known ns the low sulphur
coal which makes 1t valuable as a
cnkinG conl. blIt In order to 4ave SUI
nerior grade of coke for the market
the company will erect n large coal
washer to leach all of the sulphur
from the coal before the ovens are
charged. This method of treating the
conl before 1t is made into coke elm
inntes I'LL of tho sulphur that Is objec-
ti0nable to coke consumers ~