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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
WHEN HUBBY HELPED
BEAUTIFUL MlxUP IN THE
KITCHEN, OF COURSE.
And Wifey's Period Of Rest Was Rude.
ly Interrupted az She Went to
the Rescue Of Her Llege
Lord

MY dear Olivia" said Pumperton,
firmly. as dinner ended. Il am going
to wash the dishes tonight. You are
to sit down In front OF the dining room
fire and rest. While we are without
maid 1t is only fair for me to assume
my share of the work"
Mrs. Pumperton smiled. Very well.
John. But as the hot water Is not
coming very we'll, you'll find it better
to set the dishpan, h. II full, on the
stove to heat up. Put some soap pow
der in it. The package is on the
shelf" And with sigh OF relief she
went into the living room and sat
down to rest.
Pumperton cleared off the table
without any serious accidents, then
set the dishpan over an open stove
hole to heat up. He took off his coat,
rolled up his sleeves and tied on a
large Bingham apron. Then 1t oc-
Cured to him that Olivia had told him
to put in some soap powder, SO he
took yellow paper box from the
pantry Shelf and poured in a generous
supply. The water by now was almost
boiling, but the soap powder obstinate
ly refused to dissolve; SO Pumperton
took kitchen spoon ard began to
stir in vigorously. Instead of becom-
Ing fine foamy soapsuds, the water be-
gan to thicken and thicken-and the
more 1t thickened the harder Pumper-
ton stirred.
At last Mrs. Pumperton, quietly
rocking and reading before the coy
open fireplace, was startled by an ag-
onized appeal from the kitchen.
"Olivia!" came her husbands call. Il
want you! Quick." She jumped to
her feet and hurried to the kitchen, to
see her husband perspiringly, but with
determined action, stirring a dishpan
full of white mixture, in which knives,
forks and china came systematically to
the surface as he stirred-all coated
alike with something like strained
flour paste.
She looked at the dishpan with a
gasp. What on earth is the matter ?"
she asked. What are you doing
there?"
Il don't know" came the discour-
aged response. What's the matter
with that soap powder Of yours? Look
what it's doing! How can any man
or woman, for that matter-be expect.
ed to wash dishes in that?"
She took one look at the white por.
ridge. then snatched up the package
standing open on the table. John
Pumperton," she said, calmly, II told
you to put little soap powder in that
water Instead you poured in good
half package of cornstarch, and made
pudding out of it!n
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
FROM MINING CAMPS

During a quarrel at miners board
and probably fatally wounded his
brother Patrick.
Henry Perman was rescued Sunday
from the Manitou mine, 20 miles from
Globe, Ariz., after having been en-
tombed for 81 hours.
The Boundary mines shipping dur
ing last week were the Cranky, Papa
tons; Mother Lode, 1886 tons; Rawhide,
$3.50 tons; Jackpot, 554 tons, making
a total shipment for the week of 1864
tons, or grand total for the year to
date of 432, 109 tons.
The decision of the British miners
federation to order the men to resume
work has brought intense relief to the
whole country. The termination of
the coal strike virtually amounts to
raising a ruinous siege Of the nation s
industries which has inflicted financial
loss far larger than would have been
caused by war of similar duration
against a great power.
A new record was made by the
CRANKY company during the past week
in the shipments of blister copper from
the smelter. During the past seven
days the copper shipped amounted to
439,5oO pounds, bringing the total
copper shipments for the year to date
up to 5,622, 500 pounds. During the
same period the smelter treated 23,s43
tons of ore from the company's own
mines, as well as 5ss tons of foreign
ore, making total for the week Of
24,431 tons, and a grand total for the
year to date of 100000 tons.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

to avail herself of the good old leap
year privilege of proposing-with the
added incentive during 1912 of dodg-
ing the proposed new tax.
Several months ago Mrs. Charlotte
Smith of Boston suggested tax on
bachelors, but the Massachusetts,
legislature did not see it quite that
way and the suggestion was suppress
ed. Then came DR.. Bertha C. Down
Ing OF Worcester, Mass, calling for
tax on spinsters.
DR.. Bertha Downing believes that
women should wed, or pay a tax for
the privilege OF enjoying life Of sin
gle blessedness. She also blames the
tendency to intellectually among
women for the lack Of marriages. Her
tax, she declares, will make a girl
hesitate before she decided to reject
an eligible sutton for the sake OF her
books and independence. 1t will also
prompt her to avail herself of the lean
year privilege and do the proposing
herself. in case the eligible young man
is at all bashful.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
SILVER COIN MADE TO JUMP
Clever Little Trick May Be Per-
formed With Port Wine Glass, but
ConicaI Form is Easier.

Choose winegass of the conical
form, shown in the illustration, whose
greatest diameter is little larger
of the glass place silver quarter,
and above 1t the dollar, which Will
fall only little way into the glass;
1t will rest horizontally, like a lid
upon 1t. Now tell your friends that
without touching either glass or coin
you have 1t In your power to make
the quarter of dollar jump from its
position. All you have to do is to
breathe strongly on the silver dollar.
1t will rotate and so assume a yer.
teal position. At the same instant
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

Then few curious-minded persons
who do not know, inquire, "Haggis?
What is haggis?"
The answers vary from a kind OF
Scotch oatcake to hot d inks. No
body ever seems quite sure what bag
gis really Is. One hears vaguely from
guests at Scotch banquets that it is
a fearsome dish. There is a story Of
the elderly gentleman of rickety d.
gestion who, taking off his overcoat In
friends house, and smelling haggis
In preparation, remarked: "Eh, but
I'll be bad the morn" The POSSIBLE
ity OF refusing this dish apparently
never dawned upon him and, in a
sturdy sort of fashion. when one Is
hungry. the recipe certainly sounds as
though the compound might be fas-
cinating. Here is the recipe:
A pound each of liver, onions, tripe,
suet, and cooked pearl barley, and half
pound Of oatmeal with salt and pep
per. are put into sleeps paunch and
slowly boiled for four hours. That
Is all. in its beautiful simplicity. A
French chef In stuffy kitchen might
faint at the recipe, but a hungry
Scotchman thinks 1t is the finest dish
on earth
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

be divided by seven and the lesser by
three the quotient in each case will be
he same.
Some may answer correctly and
some will be caught, easy as the prob
lens appear.
Here are the answers:
!. The two numbers are and l.
2. The figure 5, the fraction 5-5 and
the decimal fraction g.
3. Eight cents and one-fourth.
Z. Twice 20 are fifty. Twice and 20
are 80.
B. The two parts are 35 and Is.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
Pacific Northwest

John S. Rogers, convicted of the
murder of Benjamin Goodman, a jew.
elry salesman, in San Francisco, No
vember IS, 1911, was sentenced to be
hanged May "a.
John J. Marble, formerly of San
Francisco, chief of the division of prose
tions of the interstate commerce com.
mission, has been appointed secretary
of the commission to succeed Edward
A. Mosely, who died last April.
A pardon has been granted to A. B.
A. Walton, one of three business men
convicted of robbing the Commercial
Bank of Toele, Utah, of $4,000 last sum.
mer by pretended holdup. The money
was returned and Walton, with s. Il.
Schaefer, the cashier, and G. II. Hig-
gins, another banker, were sentenced
to a year each in Jail. Schaefer and
Higgins were pardoned previously
"The furry about the celebrated
house resolution regarding military
posts has about subsidized here,' says a
letter received by former United States
Senator I. G. Powers at Helena from
Senator Joseph M. Dixon, written in
response to request for information
as to the possibility that the recon-
mendation of the secretary of war may
affect forts of the northwest.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
BRAIN EXERCISED AT HOME
Something Entertaining as Well az In
structive for Boys and Girls on
Cold Winter Evening,

Often of a cold winter evening boys
and girls like to spend the time in do
Ing something entertaining and instruc-
tive as we'll. A good pastime that will
prove instructive is that OF solving
problems. Distribute pieces of paper
among those present and tell them to
solve the following problems, the an
swers to which are given below:
l. What two numbers multiplied to-
gether will produce seven?.
2. How may four fives be placed SO
as to make six and a half?
g. If five times four are thirty-three
what will the fourth of twenty be?
4. What is the difference between
twice twenty-five and twice five and
twenty?
5. Divide the number fifty into two
such parts that If the greater part
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
SUMMARY OF news
FROM WORLD over
SHORT items CLIPPED FROM
DAILY PAPER DISPATCHES
DURING PAST week.
Review of Happenings in Both Eastern
and Western Hemispheres During Past
Week-National, Historical, Political
and Personal Events Told in Short
Paragraphs for Busy Readers.

The condition of the unemployed in
San Francisco has passed its crisis and
is now improving.
That its women graduates seldom be-
come old maids is statement issued by
the University of Wisconsin in the new
alumni directory.
Julius Sirmay, convicted of murder
ing Frank Karrick, a 14-year-old boy,
was sentenced by Judge Armstrong at
Salt Lake City, Utah, to be shot
May 20.
James L. Harris of Kansas City, Mo-,
who is in Chicago, after trip through
Missouri investigating summer beef
making prospects, says that high prices
of beef would remain for a long time.
The jury in the case of Miss Esther
Mercy in her SANDER suit against Miss
Marion Talbot, dean of women at the
University of Chicago for 100000 dam
ages, returned a verdict giving the
plaintiff judgment for $4,000.
A verdict of not guilty was returned
in the case of Paul M. Doyle, charged
with the murder of W. H. NJ Smith, ed
itor of the Truckee (Cal.) Republican,
at Truckee on February 7, last. The
jury was out four hours and five
minutes.
A son of one of the men associated
with Prophet Joseph Smith in the
founding of the Mormon church died
in Salt Lake Sunday. He was John w
Wicklie Rigdon, son of Sidney Rigdon
He was 50 years of age. He leaves a
widow and children in Los Angeles.
Consumers who saw hope Of lower ice
prices because of the thick and abun-
dant harvest last winter are doomed to
disappointment in Chicago. 1t may be
that the extra ice will be the direct
cause of raise in prices in Chicago.
Ice wagon drivers are demanding
higher prices.
Governor Johnson of California has
granted the request of the governor of
Washington for the delivery Of John
Ryan for extradition on a charge OF
wife desertion. Ryan is said to have
deserted his wife and two children,
leaving them destitute and going to
Los Angeles.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
Converts BattIeshlp Into House,

Mr.. Shelter Trust Stokes (ths
name Is coagulated under stress of
spaoe) is building house in Connec-
ticut, and 1t is going to be real old
fashioned. Most of 1t was built from
our battleship Wellington, which Mr..
Stokes bought for $20O,600. Now he
has bought Suffolk manor house of
the Tudor period. Half Of 1t is there
already, the other half will be there
In the spring. The combination
should be striking when Mr.. Smelter
Stokes has completed his freak house.
One of these days we may wake up to
find Westminster Abbey missing. And
to rediscover it as the dining room
with the Hippodrome close at hand
as the drawing room-in the splendid
home of another Mr.. Trust Smelter-
II that is his COMPOUNDED name.-Lon.
don Chronicle.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
As a Precaution.

A good story is told of the old jour.
nalist Frederic Guest Tomlin.
One day he found his office locked
and the Office boy missing.
When the boy appeared Tomlin re.
proved him for oversleeping, charge
which the boy tearfully refuted.
IT'S this way, sir" he said. my
uncle was hung at the Old Bailey this
morning, and, although we weren't on
speaking terms with him, I thought,
as one Of the family, I ought to be
there"
Quite right" said Tomlin; never
neglect your family duties; but when
another of your relations Is to be
hanged, please to leave the Office key
under the mat"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

an extensive study Of the subject to
discover what causes the condition
known as "a cold" what classes OF
people are subject to this condition
and who are most nearly exempt, and
why. His conclusions have just been
published in the European medical
journals.
This doctor acknowledges people do
catch cold. They sit in a draught or
60 out in frigid storm, and get
chilled and the cold did it-with some
encouragement and assistance Cold
alone cannot do it, and those who sub
ject themselves the most to cold are
least liable to colds. DR.. Zamarae
voices the following conclusions:
Occupations in which an individual
Is exposed to continued cold do not
cause any tendency to catching cold
and its sequences.
Persons whose occupations are fol-
lowed in confined places have a great
er liability to colds.
The occupant of the closed room
and steam heated apartment is very
susceptible in his infrequent trips In
to wintry outer air.
Work that is carried on under con-
ditions of alternating intense heat
and cold does not favor this suscep-
tibility, which shows that the human
being has the power of adapting him
self without injury to extensive losses
of heat. The limit beyond which the
action of low temperature disturbs
the normal functions of the body can't
be tested, because il the temperature
falls excessively low freezing occurs,
but not catching cold"
So 1t comes back to this-if you
wish to avoid the disorders and dis
eases that come from catching cold"
live as nearly as possible out doors,
and don't be afraid of the cold il yov
take 1t in large and frequent doses.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
RUSSIAANDTURkEY
WOULD MIX IN war
CAR CLAIMS The TURKS ARE
COVERING TOO MUCH OF
PERSIA'S DOMAIN.
Relations Between Russians and the
Ottomans May Reach an Acute Stage
Sultan Denies Charge Rus
sian Commission, However, Upholds
Contention of the Northerners.

London.-The relations of Russia and
Turkey, which a few weeks ago caused
the circulation of alarming reports,
may at any moment reach an acute
stage, and again the bone of conten-
ton will be Persia.
At the close of the Russo Japanese
war Turkey moved troops into the Per-
sian province of Azerbaijan, a strip of
which has been in dispute for upward
of 200 years.
Turkey claims this strip; Persia holds
it; but the ownership is to be de-
cided. The question has been the sub
ject of negotiations, but while these
have been going on Russia asserts that
Turkey slowly has been advancing her
forces until they have gone even be-
You'd the disputed strip, and now com
mand the western part of Azerbaijan
from Lake Urumiah to the frontier and
can attack the Russian province of
Erivan.
Turkey Denies Aggression.
Turkey denies any aggressive inten-
tions. She has informed the Russian
minister to the Porte that she has
troops in the disputed territory only as
a temporary expedient, waiting the out
come Of the friendly negotiations and,
if necessary, reference to The Hague
tribunal.
An Anglo Russian commission, on the
other hand, has reported that the Rus
sian assertion is correct, and has issued
a map showing that Turkey has taken
possession of about 10000 square miles
of Persian territory.
Turkey s frmness in supporting her
contention, and in not only placing
troops in the disputed strip, but
moving them forward, has given rise
in Russia to a suspicion that some
other power is behind the Ottoman
government. 1t is pointed out that
the acquisition of territory on the
Persian frontier might be accom-
plished as compensation by Turkey
for the loss of Tripoli and the power
that could bring about this exchange
would please Italy. Germany, which
DeIOFo Has lTleu TO secure cOnceS-
sions on Lake Urumiah, is the power
suspected.
The movement of Russian and
Turkish troops along the frontier has
given cause for frequent alarms lately
and Russia s action in taking lead
ing part in the effort to bring the
Turkish-Italian war to an end is said
to have been suggested by the fact
that in this frontier dispute she can
use an argument that will give a
weak power, such as Turkey, cause to
think before engaging against two
strong powers at the same time.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
Would Protect Indians.

Washington. = Systematic exploita.
tion of the Indians by politicians vir-
several miles above the st. Claire
tually was charged on the floor of the
house recently by Representative Ferris
of Oklahoma, democrat, in defending a
provision in the Indian appropriation
bill limiting drafts on the treasury of
the five civilized tribes to the necessary
expenditures for schools.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
The Jumping Coin.

che compressed breath at the bottom
OF the glass will cause the quarter to
skip from its position quite q dis
lance on the table. after which the
dollar will slowly go back to its for.
mer position. Sometimes this trick
may be performed with a little port
wine glass, but with the conical form
1t Is still easier.-Magical expert
ments
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
Kentucky for Taft.

Louisville, Ky.-Returns from all ex-
cept 10 of the 11s republican county
mass conventions in the state indicate
that Taft supporters will control 10 of
the II congressional districts and the
state convention, and that "a Of Ken
tucky's delegates to the national re-
publican convention will be instructed
for Taft and two for Roosevelt.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
Sun Vat Sen Leaves Picking.

Nanking.-Dr. Sun Vat Sen, former
provisional president of the republic,
has sailed for WI Chang, accompanied
by his wife and daughters.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

A Columbia professor rebuked the
hidebound grammarian at studio tea
in New York with story.
GA lady, he said, chad rather
dissipated husband, and one evening
she said to a friend:
wish I knew where George was
"The friend, a professor s wife, said
primly:
:" Il presume, dear, you mean you
wish you knew where he is9'
emo, I don't, said the lady. I
know where he is. He is upstairs in
bed with bloodshot eyes and a terrific
headache. I want to know where he
was'.P
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

anniversary cele-
bration, the news
papers publish re-
ports of gather
ings and banquets
of Scotchmen in
which the name
"Haggis" occupies
a prominent place
on the monu
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
Scaling tho Peak,

Knicker-Is that Boston girl frigidf
Bocker-I should say so. When fell
lows call on her they tie themselves
together with ropes.-Harper's Bazaar.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

Church-Here s an advertisement of
a railroad s night trains. 1t says, You
go to sleep in Philadelphia and wake up
in New oYrk.
Gotham-Well, don t generally take
stock in railroad advertisements, but
guess that one s true, all right.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

A newspaper file patented by a
Washington man is equipped with wire
frame to hold a paper open for con-
venience in reading as well as to pre-
vent tearing il.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

posed new tax on
spinsters Leap
year commences
Immediately after
the stroke of 10
tonight and for
the next 366 days
every 8 p | n s t g r
NAV feel nj. liberty
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
Taft Has Utah's Endorsement.

Salt Lake City, Utah.-President
Taft was Endorsed for denomination for
president at meeting of the repub-
lican state central committee here.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

happening when
one sneezes and
sneezes. The COM
mon people, how
ever, are almost
unanimous in be-
lieving 1t does.
DIR. j. Zamarae, an
Austrian lung spe
cialist, has made
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

Weather reports are sent from Glib
raltar to London daily by wireless
telegraphy.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
PROPOSES TO TAX SPlNSTERS
Worcester, Mass, Woman Physician
Comes to the Front With Unique
Proposition Indeed.

Do you recognize the subtle asso-
clifton between leap year and the pro-
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

Bix-Does the climate out there agree
with your wife9
Dix-That s more than I could ex
peet of any climate
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
EXCLUSIVELY A SCOTCH DISH
To Many the Preparation Known ae
Ha00is Will Seem Fearful and
Wonderful Compound,

Every once in while, and particu.
tarly on the day after a Robert Burns
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
SAYS LIVE IN THE OPEN AIR
Austrian Lung Specialist Declares
People Who Do So Will Never
Catch Cold.

Catching cold" say most OF the
doctors, does not describe what is
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11
Pacific Northwest Wheat.

Portland.-Track prices: Club, 900
93c; bluestem, 97@9sc; fortyfold, 92@
93c; red Russian, Ole; valley, 93c.
Seattle.-Bluestem orc; fortyfold,
94c; fife, 94c; club, 94c; red Russian,
93c.
Tacoma.-Bluestem, Csc; fortyfold,
Ole; club, Ole; red Russian, sSc.
Rizyille.-Bluestem, sec; fife, roc.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-04-11

Dispatches concerning market quota.
tions, conditions and phases are as fol
lows: