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Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
ORIGIN OF "YANKEE DOODLE"
Tune Is Believed to Have PertaIned
to a Country Dance in a Ger
man Province.

Theories concerning the origin of
the air of Yankee Doodle" have been
almost as numerous as those touching
the birthplace of Homer.
One of the most interesting and, it
is thought, the latest speculation in
this regard comes from Germany. 1t
is commended that the tune originally
pertained to a country dance of the
district of the former province Of Kur-
Hesse, that it was called the
"Schwalm," and that the air was also
played as military march by bands
OF Hessian troops during the war of
the Revolution. In studying the
dances Of the "Schwalm," the German
authority was struck by their similar
ity in form and rhythm to Yankee
Doodle" II is assumed that, as many
OF the Hessians who served in Ameri-
ca were recruited in this district, they
carried Yankee Doodle" with them.
Yet, while this theory may be car.
rect as to the melody, it does not con-
vincingly explain its introduction into
America; for the air was played here
long before the Hessian troops came.
Mention Of it appears in newspaper
bearing date of September, 1868, and
1t is traditionally supposed to have
been brought to the attention of the
colonial army in 1855, when DR..
Schuckburgh. surgeon In the regular
British army, recommended it to the
colonials as lone of the most celebrat-
ed airs of martial music The Sun
day Magazine.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
FARE AT HARVARD IN 1850
Breakfast at Daybreak and Boiled
dinner Two Days In the
Week.

The students lodged in the dormi-
tories and ate at the commons The
food then partaken of with thankful
ness would now be looked upon as
prison fare. At breakfast, which was
served at sunrise in summer and at
daybreak in winter, there were doled
out to each student a small can of I'M
settled coffee, size of biscuit, and a
size of butter, weighing generally
about an ounce. Dinner was the sta
pie meal, and at this each student
was RECALLED with a pound of meat
Two days in the week, Monday and
Thursday, the meat was boiled, and,
in college language, these were known
as boiling days. On the remaining
days the meat was roasted, and to
them the nickname of roasting days
was fastened, With the flesh went al
ways two potatoes When boiling
days came round, pudding and cab
bage, wild peas and dandelions were
added
The only delicacy to which no stint
was applied was the cider, a beverage
then fast supplanting the small beer
of the colonial days. This was
brought to the mess in pewter cans
which were passed from mouth to
mouth, and, when emptied, were again
replenished. For supper there was a
bowl of milk and size of bread.
The hungry Oliver who wished for
more was forced to order, or, as the
phrase went, seize it," from the
Observation-Disclosures History Of the
People of the United States.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
The Limit,

Testing about railways of the south
is rather an overworked profession
Before mason-jarring the crop, how
ever, let Senator Burton of Ohio have
the floor.
speaking of railroads." he saws.
the ultimate word, in my experience,
was limited on which l travelled
In Georgia last summer. At a point
where we were making our greatest
speed, man stood at the side of the
track with a moving picture machine.
l leaned out of the window and called
to him, How are you getting on?'
He stopped turning the crank, and
spoke with an expression of deep dis
gust.
1T don't seem to be no use,' he
said. Hold your head still, please. I
want to get time exposure. Ely
erybody's.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
Making Good.

Wake up, GULL" says the burglar
shaking the man by the shoulder.
The man wakes up, and jumps up
too.
"Wha-what do you wa-want?" he
asks.
II went troo dis house las week an
got $40 an a bum gold watch" ex
plains the burglar, AN de papers
said dat you said your loss was s1OC
an joolry to de amount O. i've or six
hundred"
"Ye-yes?"
well, make good, sport. Me pard
ner dat was watchin' on de outside
made me cough up de difference be
tween what l got an what you said
1 got. Now, you got to make good
You can't beat me dat way."-Judge's
Library.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
Tribute to Painters Skill,

One of the still life paintings by
Jan van Huysen in the museum at
The Hague was recently injured, but
1t is believed that the perpetrator
was neither vandal nor thief.
The picture represents a basket of
fruit on which a number of insects
have gathered. On pale yellow APP
pie, which is the centerpiece in the
cluster Of fruit, is large fly, painted
so true to nature, so say the officials
of the gallery, that the canvas was
injured by some one who endeavored
to "shoo" it and brought his cane or
hand too close to the canvas. "A
tribute to the painters genius" says
the letter recording the fact, for
which the work had to suffer-"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
Financial Strineency.

l believe that money is gradually
becoming extinct. like the dodo or
"Do-do." 1t is vanishing off the face
OF the earth. Soon we shall have peo-
pie writing to the papers to say that
money has been seen at Richmond. or
the man who always announces the
premature advent of the cuckoo in his
neighborhood will communicate the
fact that one spring day he heard two
capitalists singing in a wood near
Esther.-The Green Carnation.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
The Only Role for Him.

Torpid Thomas-What do you t'ink,
I'D pal? A swell guy approached
me yesterday an wanted me ter act
in movin' picture play.
Languid Lawrence-Sufferin' hobos!
An why didn't yer, yer idiot?
Torpid Thomas-There wuzn't no
sittin' part in the drama he wuz per-
ducin'.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
Sport.

We'll, BILL" said Dawson, as he me,
Holloway in the avenue, did you gel
any good hunting up in Maine?"
Fine" said Holloway.
How did that new dog Wilkins
gave you work." asked Dawson.
SPLENDID" said Holloway. Fact
Is, If it hadn't been for him we
wouldn't have had any hunting at all
He ran away at the first shot and we
spent four days looking for him.
Harper's Weekly.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
Cold STORAGE Variety.

Restaurant Patron-Why, these
eggs aren't cooked at all!
Waiter-rll swear they were in the
water three minutes!
Restaurant Patron-Perhaps- IT
takes that long to thaw them out.
doesn't III a.,
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
THE SPOKANE MARKET REPORT.
Prices to Producers.

The following list may be taken as a
fair standard of prices paid to local
producers outside of the city market
for the commodities named:
Fruits and egetables-P Potatoes, $40
las cwt; apples, 75c@$3 box; beets,
$1.75@2 cwt; horseradish, 15c lb; cab
bage, 1-4@1 Lee lb; wax beans, I4c
Id; leaks, 60c doz lunches; red cabbage,
&c ID; huckleberries, Zoe ID.
Butter-Ranch, 25c ID.
Hay--Baled oat hay, $50 ton; wheat
hay, $l6@20 ton; alfalfa, $14; timothy,
No. L, $23@25 per ton; No. 2, $20@23
per ton.
Grain-Oats, $1.45 ewt; barley, So
cwt; wheat, $1.25 cwt.
Hay and feed prices are Q b cars,
Spokane.
Poultry-Live hens, 13c lb; dressed,
l5@22c lb; live springs, 13c; dressed,
zoe; old ROSTERS, DC; dressed 14c; live
geese, 13c ID; dressed, 15c; live ducks,
young, Use; old, 18c; dressed, 1S@22c;
'ancy turkeys, zoe; dressed, use.
Fuel Prices.
Fuel-Tamarack and fir, Aft wood,
$6@65o; pine, Aft wood, $5.7506;
Coal-Carney, Sheridan, Tabor, 1915
ton; Rock Springs, $3.50 ton; Monarch,
$3.50 ton; Roslyn, $3.50 ton; Lille, $3.50
ton; Owl Creek, $3.50 ton; sawed tam
arack and fir, $2.75 rick; sawed pine,
$3.50 rick
Hides and Furs.
Hides-Green: Cows, SC lb; steers, Sc
lb; calfskin, 13c lb; Sailed: Cows. &c
Id; steers, &c ID; calfskin, 13c Id. Dry
flint, $14M15c Id; dry sheep hides, s(a
&c Id; bull hides, 4c 10; kips, &c lb; light
wool, 130 lac ID; heavy, merino, 10Gl3c
per ID.
Wholesale Meats.
Steers, 10Ml1l2c Id; hobs, 131ac ID;
short loin, Use Id; shoulder, 15c lb;
kinds, HOPPE hcl2; rump, 11@12Mc
Id; loin Of beef, 13@'l6c ID; rib roast,
15M16c Id.
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
A Medical comnromls.

You had two doctors in consulta.
ton last night. didn't your"
"Yes."
What did they say?"
well, one recommended one thing
nd the other recommended some
1ing else."
"A deadlock, chr"
mo. they finally told me to mit
emil"
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
Opuience.

Docs that calf belong to that COW ?"
Certainly"
Gracious! With milk getting so ex,
pensive don't see how she can AZ
ford to keen it."
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
Hides and Furs.
Wholesale Meats.
Pacific Northwest Wheat.

Portland Ore.-1rack prices; Club, soc
aisle; bluestem, s2mS3c; red Russian,
Use; valley, s2c; fortyfold, s0Ds1c.
Taeoma-Bluestem, sac; fortyfold,
s3e; club, s2c; red Russian, soc
Camas Prairie chronicle. [volume] (Cottonwood, Idaho) 1901-1917, 1911-02-10
OTHER MARKETS.

Dispatches concerning market quota
tons, conditions and phases are as fol-
lows:
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
GET HARLAN'S PLACE.
z. w. Lehman of St. Louis Most
FavorabIY Mentioned.

Washington Oct 16.-Frederick w.
Lehman of St. Louis, solicitor general
of the United States, leads the list of
probabilities for the succession to TIE
supreme bench in the place vacated by
the death of Justice John Marshall Har-
Ian.
Mr.. Lehman was one of the most
seriously considered men in connection
with the formation of the Taft cabinet.
He was regarded by Mr.. Taft as one
of the best equipped men in the couE-
try for the post of attorney general.
Later at the earliest opportunity to give
him a place of proper dignity and dis
tinction he was summoned to the Sec
ondary cabinet as solicitor general. IN
that capacity Mr.. Lehman handled,
alone and unaided. the great CORPORA
ton tax case and won it in the su-
preme court.
A lifelong Democrat, Mr.. Lehman
is the kind of Democrat that common
ly gets consideration at the hands of
Republican presidents. He bolted Bryan
in 1896, supported Palmer and Buck
ner, and has not been en- rapport with
his party since that time. The Bryan
program was too radical for him and
the Parker affiliation too conservative.
Mr.. Lehman is a citizen of Mis-
souri, and a native of Prussia, which
would make his appointment good poll
tics He is one Of the greatest lawyers
in the country. He has been president
of the American Bar association and
head of the ST. Louis public library
board, which built the splendid new Ii
brary il that city without a suggestion
of graft creeping into it.
With the death of Justice Harlan
there are only two Democrats on the
court, so it is generally believed the
new Justice will be of that faith.
Many names are mentioned in con-
nection with the place, including Attor-
ney General Wicxersham, Justice Hor-
ace E. Deemer of Iowa, Henry A. Wise,
federal attorney for the southern dis
trict of New York, Senator George
Sutherland of Utah, Senator W. S.
Kenyon Of Iowa and Justice Cullen of
the appellate court of New York.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
MAY GET ELKS
RumOr That Commercial Club
Will Leave Rooms.
President Kelley Says They Are
After New Home.

The Topeka Commercial club will
have new home in the near future
that is if present plans work ou.
Negotiations are on for the Elks' club
house 4 think in six MONTHS said
President J. Will Kelley, in speaking
before a number of officials of the Kar-
nival Knights organization, that we
will have home that will be attractive
for young men,"
There is great need for a new home,''
said Mr. Kelley later while speaking
with reporter. THE advantage the
club would have in having a home of
its own would be the stability it would
give the organization and the comfort
the members would enjoy.
Such building would be the com
mercial center of the city in perhaps
stricter sense than it is at the pres
ent time. Around the organization the
business interests would center.
No definite plan has been decided
upon, but we have been discussing rails
ing the money necessary to build Or
buy a home''
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
is THERE
Kansan Attending Meeting of
Penitentiary Wardens.
Will Read a Paper on "PrisOn
Recreation.

Omaha, Oct. 16.-A meeting of the
National Wardens' association begin
ming with the annual address of Presi-
dent Joseph f. Scott, superintendent
of prisons of the state of New York,
inaugurated today's session of the ma
tional prison congress which convened
here Saturday.
Following Mr.. Scott's address the
program was devoted to the reading
and discussion of papers, including one
by Superintendent A. H. Leslie of the
Allegheny county work house, 2hila-
delphia, Pa, on prison construction and
one on prison Recreation" by J. K.
Codding, warden of the Kansas state
penitentiary at Lansing.
Discussion was opened by General
Dementrio Castillo, warden of the Gu
ban prison at Havana
The morning session CLOSED with the
presentation and discussion of the re-
port of the standing committee on
prison discipline by Henry K w. Scott,
warden of the New Hampshire state
prison at Concord.
The afternoon program was devoted
to the National Chaplains' association
and opened with the annual address of
the president Rev. Charles NJ. Miller,
chaplain of the Western penitentiary
of PENNSYLVANIA. "The Passion for
Service was the subject of an address
bv Rev. E. B. Crawford of Omaha Rev.
Butt. chaplain emeritis of the Massa-
chusetts refOrmatory at Junction,
spoke on Putting Religion Where 1t
Should Be-"
A trolley ride over the city followed
the close of the sessions.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16

throw, Plank to Davis, making the
third out. No runs. One hit.
Athletics-Davis drove a hot liner
10 Doyle and sat down. Barry lined
terrific hit to Herzog which nearly
lifted the New York third baseman off
his feet. and was out. Thomas lifted
fly to Fletcher and retired. No runs.
No hits
Eighth inning-Giants: Meyers lin
ed out to Collins. Crandall went in
to bat in place of Marquard. Collins
also got CrandalFs grounder, retir-
ing the New Yorker at first. Devore
struck out for the fourth time. No
runs No hits.
Athletics-Crandall replaced Mar
guard. Plank famed on three beau
ties Lord lifted a foul which Merkle
muffed. Lord famed. OIdring was
out a first on a very hard chance by
Herzog- No runs. No hits.
Ninth inning-Doyle lifted a foul to
Thomas. snodgrass struck out. Muir
ray retired the side on hit to Collins,
who threw to Davis. No runs. No hits.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
RODGERS FLYING SOUTH
Aviator Spent Sunday at Vinita, 1878
Miles From New York.

Vinita. Ok, Oct 16.-Aviator c. P
Rodgers resumed his cross country
night at 7;40 this morning after rest
ing here over Sunday with 1914 miles
of his journey from New York to his
credit. He followed the tracks of the
Missouri, Kansas & Texas railway
expecting TO reach Ft. Worth, Texas,
319 miles away, before dark. He plann-
ed to make his first stop at McAilester,
Ok, 127 miles south.
Rodgers, on his sea-to-sea flight,
reached Muskogee at 9.o7 this morning.
His motor was missing badly and he
was obliged to alight. He expects to
resume his flight within thirty min
utes- He made the distance of 65
miles from Vinita in one hour and fif-
teen minutes.
McAlester, Oct. 16.-Aviator Rodgers
landed in a field one mile from Ne
Alester at 1855 D. m.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
TAFT IS SERVED PUNCH.
Flagship CalifOrnia's Crew Try West
ern Made Champagne.

San Francisco, Oct 16.-The enlisted
men on the flagship California drank
champagne to the health of President
Taft last night Several cases of Cali
fornia champag gne had been sent
aboard the flagship for the reception
for the president. But Rear Admiral
Thomas elected to serve punch and he
ordered that the champagne be served
at the crews mess.
Although other naval formalities
were duly observed, when the president
came, it was noted that the regulation
salute of twenty-one guns was not
fired. This, an almost unprecedented
breach of naval courtesy, caused con-
siderable speculation until it was
learned that the salute had been
omitted at the special request of the
president, who requested that no avoid
able noise made on Sunday.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
WON BY ONE PLAY
Snodgrass' Good Start to Second Gets
New York Victory.

New York, Oct, 1s=Before leaving
for Philadelphia today Manager Nc
Graw of the Giants told of the play
which he regarded as the climax of
the first game of the worlds series.
He said: t.The turning point of the
game was overlooked by nine-tenths of
the fans. It came in the fourth in
ming. Snodgrass was on first base
with nobody out and Murray at bat
Bender quickly got Murray in a hole
by pitching over two strikes.
Il was greatly in fear of a double
play, so standing at first base,
signalled for the hit and run. AS soon
as Bender drew his arm back Snod-
grass bolted for second. Murray
swung hard at the ball and it went fast
to Collins, but too late to get Snod-
grass at second, although Murray was
retired at first
"Now had Snodgrass not got the
good start to second. there would have
been certain double play, or at least
Snodgrass would have been retired
Then there would have been no op-
portunity for Snodgrass to score on
Collins tumble. 1 consider that this
play won the game for the Giants
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
ADVERTISING TALKS
WRITTEN BY
WILLIAM c. FREEMAN

The JEWELERS. CIRCULAR
WEEKLY in one of it's issues
said:
''The question of the SUP
PRESTON OF FRAUDULENT
ADVERTISING is being gener-
ally discussed among officers of
the State RETAIL JEWELERS.
associations of the country, and,
in fact, is one in which consider
able interest is being shown by
retail jewelers. generally"
Then it goes on to suggest, as
a tentative draft for a law for
all States, a form based on the
<conrfnue5 on Page Two
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16

Kansas City. Oct. 16.-The next an
nual meeting of the National Educa-
tional association viii be held in st.
Paul July to u inclusive. This was
announced here today by Prof. J. NJ.
Greenwood Of the executive committee
OF that organization.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
SOx OFF IN LEAD.
Cheney Gets Bad Start and Brown
Takes Place.

West Side Ball Park, Chicago. Oct.
I6-First inning Americans: With Nc
ColIen out Lord walked and went TO
third to Cheney's error. Mcintyre sin
gled, scoring Lord. Cheney threw Bodies >
grounder wildly permitting Mcintyre to
score. Brown then replaced Cheney.
Callahan singled, scoring Bodie but was
caught stealing Tannehill famed
Three runs, two hits.
Second half-Cubs: Evers, Sheckard
and Tinker out on infieId plays. No
runs No hits.
Batteries-American Walsh and Sui
Ivan; National: Cheney and Archer
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
JOHN COOPER IS FINED
Judge Whitcomb Assesses $50 for Con.
tempt of Court.

In the second division of the Shaw
nee district court this morning Judge
Whitcomb fined John Cooper $50 for
contempt of court in relation to failure
to pay alimony in one of his numerous
divorce cases. Cooper will have to pay
the fine or go to Jail. He has five days
in which to appeal from the judgment
of the court.
Cooper said today that he intends to
appeal the case to the supreme court.
Weather Indications.
Chicago, Oct. 16.-Forecast for Kan
sas: Fair tonight and Tuesday. Cooler
tonight with probable frost
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
nOOK FOR FROST.
Weather Man Says There May Be Ono
Tonight.

Look out for frost tonight This is
the warning sent out from the office
of the local weather bureau. This
is chilly for an October day" said
Sunny Flora, the forecaster, this
afternoon, but wait. it's only two de-
grees below normal after all. For
the last IL months with the exception
of one month we have had weather
that has been above normal. The in
dicatiOns are that the thermometer
will register 40 degrees before morn
ing" The wind is blowing IA miles
an hour from the northwest. The
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16
MEET IN ST. PAUL

Place for National Educational Asso-
citation Session Chosen.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1911-10-16

Icontinued on Page Two.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-12-01
orloln Of the Word Quaker"

A London writer says that the
name quaker "sprang from the lips
II local Justice Shallow" This man
was one Bennett of Derby. The name
was a gibe at George Fox who once
declared in Justices court that all
ought to quake" at hearing the name
~ God The Society of Friends orig
inally called themselves seeker ,-...
more beautiful and also more oD'l0us'
hut much less picturesque term
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-12-01

Any play of Importance which is pro-
duced treating that vital subject OF inter-
minglng of the races, is bound to bring
forth storms Of comment favorable and
Otherwise from the pulpit. press and
public In this respect the play OF The
House Next Door" is no exception to the
rule. Columns have been written about
il: pulpit and press have discussed it pro
and con. The Gaiety Theatre in New
York and Powers Theatre in Chicago
were packed nightly during its long runs
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-12-01

in those cities to witness this much dis
cussed play. The question is one that is
as old as time. but still always new, and
second in Importance to none of the great
problems of the day. In treating the
subject in a light com sdy way. the author
has only pronounced the strength OF the
play, for wlile one laughs and is amused,
there is always a serious undercurrent OF
Importance of the project in mind which
in the subsequent ending of the play. has
brought the auditor an evenings enter
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-12-01
C forn tho Rr;lliant Comedy "The House Next Door

tainment. both of pleasure and mental
benefit. These qualities are undoubtedly
why the play has been the most success
full of all plays on this subject. and made
a treat to be enjoyed by all lovers OF plays
Of the best sort.
The play is on its first western tour
and is repeating its New York success
Press and public have been unanimous IN
their praise Of both play and players.
William v. Mong is seen in the role form
erly played by j. Dodson.
Rocky Ford enterprise., 1911-12-01

j We thankful"
said an inspired
apostle, writing
to Il company OF
early Christians,
W h o " e II ! II
stormy times OF
possible or actual
persecution were