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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
The Typical Brute,

It seems to be the hippopotamus.
The physiognomy Is most brutal,
There Is nothing to the face except the
snout and lower Jaw. which are out of
al proportion to the rest Of the crea-
lures anatomy. In the region Of the
head, where mentality is commonly
located-that is, above the ears and
over the eyes-there is less than moth
ing, an absolute depression. And
since the dawn OF time nobody has
ever heard of such thing as a train.
ed .hippopotamus. 1t Is the only
creature under heaven. perhaps, whose
hide is impenetrable to bullets. This
density of hide may be some compen-
sation for It's density or darkness of
mind. And yet this creature, so low
in the scale of mentality, can take bet
ter care of its young than all the doc.
tors and trained nurses, however wise.
This Is true OF all the lower animals.
proven time and time again by the ex-
perience of showmen and animal
trainers-and the hippopotnmus Is no
exception.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
Fairbanks Came Back.

Douglass Fairbanks Is quite certain
that there Is no great disgrace In
having 1t known that he comes from
the city. but at the same time he
hates to have that fact make him the
butt for all jokes his country cousins
may try to spring.
Only a few days ago young Fair
banks made up his mind to spend .
Sunday on some quiet farm where
no one would know him and whore
no would not be obliged to say q
word all day. II he didn't feel like
It. He picked out his place and late
Saturday night started for 1t.
Sunday morning he was up as early
as any one in the house.
Tho old farmer, who was just start
ing out to turn the cows into the
lane thought he saw a chance to get
across" with his favorits summer
boarder joke.
Going up to Fairbanks he said:
Been out to hear the haycock
crown"
And without batting an eye. Fair.
banks said: mo. I've Just been tying
a knot in cord Of wood."-TimA
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13

fairly satisfactory. These are jarring
and spraying.
The jarring method Of beetle de-
struction 10 based on the fact that the
beetles play possum" when. there IL
any disturbance near them. Earring IL
commenced just a. the blossoms are
falling. and Is repeated every day for
four or five weeks. or until no more
beetles are secured The method IL
to place q sheet or some other con.
tainer under plum tree, and then to
strike the tree q quick. hard blow with
. padded stick or mallet. Tho beetles
fall to tho sheet and may then be col
lected and destroyed. In large plum
orchards time is saved by rigging up
. sheet arrangement on a sort Of q
wheelbarrow. or by stretching sheets
on wooden frames. In a large orchard
In Georgia where peach and plum trees
were Jared sixteen times in the spring
over 100000 curculio beetles were
caught In this way. It is estimated
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
AUNT PAYSON'S
PIANO
BY ONALD ALLEN

Aunt Payson was village widow
who had reached the age of sixty. and
soon after her birthday the town was
electrified by the announcement that
she had received a legacy of $500. The
money had to be put on exhibition be-
fore the people would be satisfied, and
then 1t naturally followed that about
zoo OF the population called to advise
with her as to how to invest. She lis
tened to all. and after a month an.
nounced that she should use most OF
1t to buy herself a piano.
The village fell down at the an.
nouncement. All labor was suspended
for a day, that the thing might be
talked over. Individuals called, and a
committee called. but Aunt Payson
was firm.
4 know I'm old and poor and
humble and can't even play q jews
harp" she replied to all, but I'm 20
Ing to have a pianner. can't die
happy without one"
And she got one. Twelve plano
agents called at her house about
twelve times apiece before she made
her selection, but at last she struck a
tone that chorded with her feelings
and put down the cash. She could
have got q music teacher in the vii
lage. but she didn't want one. There
was only one tune she wanted to play,
and she could pick out the chords of
that by herself. No grand opera for
her.
For 50 long years Aunt Payson had
carried tune in her head. She had
got 1t down flne. She could hum It in
the dark and not skip a note. She
hummed It on her way to and from
church, and she found herself hum
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
DIFFICULT TO EXTERM,lJAIE
INJURIOUS PLUM CURCULIO
Two Methods EARRING and Spraying Bee Found
Fa1r1y Satisfactory Commercial 1ust
Fight This Enemy II He Expects to
Profitable Crops

In reply to the following query: ST
nave green gage plum trees that are
full OF bloom at present, but every
year when they get about half size the
plums get wormy and fall of. would
like to know If there is any way of
preventing this" the Wallace.s Far
mer makes the following reply:
A little black beetle, which at pres
ent IL feeding on the leaves and bios.
SONS is the cause Of wormy plums
which drop OF. When the blossoms
fall this little beetle takes round bites
out OF the green plums. 1t is these lit
tie round bites that causes the lop-
sided and gnarly plums II the beetle
Is female. 1t will, in addition, make
crescent shaped cuts in the green
plums and insert eggs in these cuts.
These eggs hatch out into the dirty
white little worm with which all who
eat plums. cherries or peaches are "a
miliar.
The only way to prevent wormy
plums Is to in some way kill the
beetles before they have laid their
eggs. This is difficult to do, but two
methods have been found which are
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
DISCOVER NEW
LEGUME EFFECTS
8xperAments Made With TAnothy
and Oats In C0Mneetioa
With Legums Crop
at CornolI.

It b well known that = leguminous
crop. when vigorous and abundant. ex-
ercises q beneficial influence On the
soil and on succeeding crops. That 4
lesume may benefit nonlegums grow
ing with 1t. by causing the nonlegume
to contain 4 large quantity Of nitrogen
or protein, seems never to have been
ascertained.
Experiments have. therefore, been
conducted with timothy growing with
alfalfa. timothy growing with red
clover and oats growing with peas by
Profs. T. L. Lyon and G. A. Bizzell. Of
Cornell experiment station at Ithaca,
N. T.. to determine what effects were
produced. These show that the tim
othy and the oats contain more pro-
tein when grown with the legume than
when grown alone. The increased
protein contents Of tho hay crop thus
produced is a matter of considerable
practical importance. 1t indicates.
moreover, that the nonlegume receives
during the growth Of the legume .
larger supply of available nitrogen
than II grown alone. Other conclu-
sions drawn from the experiments are
reported in bulletin No. 294. which de-
tails the work done.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
When He Wants Grapes.

Champ Clark Is rather leery about
giving an opinion nowadays" said one
Of his friends in the house press gal
lery. He is running for president.
He is much given to saying that he
will not discuss subject that every
body else Is discussing.
"Mr. Clark reminds me of young
lawyer out west. The legal light would
not commit himself on any subject.
Two of his friends. Tom and John, un-
dertook to make him take stand.
They went to his office and incidental.
ly commenced debate whether or
not buffalo ate grapes.
"'Of course. he eats grapes said
Tom. l saw one climb twenty feet
into tree TO get bunch of grapes
What! A buffalo climb tree?
"'Yes.'
What do you think Of that propo-
sition-a buffalo climbing tree to
get grapes-judge?' said John to tho
lawyer, who had remained silent up
to that time.
Why, | don't know, but there's ne
telling what a buffalo will do when
he wants grapes was the reply
New York World
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13

the dry stufs from the plantation.
Then. too, senior. the labor is the
cheapest. Do you see in this picture
the mozos who work for me? All, but
they are contented folk, who will
work and work hard II properly han.
died. 1t is the Senior American who
would know how to handle these pa.
tent workers. Dangerous? Not at all.
and very temperate"
In the southwest they cut their eye
teeth on such tales and pictures long
since. The business Of marketing i'm.
asinary banana plantations and arid
wastes OF sand for sugar beet fields
mas languished there for years. It has
forced the promoter to penetrate far
Their northward with his thrilling. en-.
trancing and iridescent stories Of
wealth to be had for the asking. Pop
ular Ignorance Of Mexico has aided
them. Our estimate Of the Mexican
shrewdness has made the task of the
promoter easy. We think that be-
cause he cannot speak English flu-
emily he IL already delivered into our
hands.
For years the rubber forests were
the sweetest song sung by the sing.
ers that came up out of Mexico with
Turing tales of fortune. The present
high price of rubber that has followed
tho development of the automobile in
dustry will doubtless revive interest in
the rubber areas OF Old Mexico The
promoter with his photographs and his
heavily stamped credentials, with the
red and blue seals will again invade
the United States.
The Mexican insurrection has help
ed him In his campaign against the
hmid American dollar. 1t has aroused
an almost forgotten interest in the
country of the snake and eagle BAN
ner. Every one expects development
AZ soon as the muddled situation over
the country begins to clear up. People
are thinking Mexico and talking Mex
leo. Their knowledge Of what is go.
Ing on there is at the best half knowl.
edge. and the promoter finds the
ground already broken in which he Is
to SOW the seeds OF the lure of easy
wealth.
The recent troubles make good his
story OF reverses because of political
conditions. He Is a sort OF a hero
among the suckers whose names are
on his list. They listen open mouth.
ed to his tales Of guerrilla warfare
and appear to sympathize as he de-
scribes his arrest and deportation for
political reasons.
They decide to buy. Speculation"
they call 1t among their friends and
the immediate members of their fam
lilies. Some Of the lands that they
buy have been sold scores OF times to
different purchasers. Some OF the Mex
lean rubber plantations sold to Amer
lean investors have been surveyed
and found to be out in the gulf some
where to the north Of the Yucatan
peninsula.
The legitimate exploiters OF Mexico
have made the presence OF this horde
of smooth tongued adventures possi-
BILE. They are fattening In tho pub
licity given the real schemes of Mex.
lean development.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
Over and Over-A Thousand Times
Over.

OvSTs
ming 1t at funerals. She was hum
ming 1t on the morning her husband
died. That tune was "Old Aunt Nab
by" and within week after the piano
had been delivered she was playing
the chords and singing it.
At first the neighbors grinned and
giggled. 1t was SO silly! 1t was so
funny! But as the days went by they
ceased to grin and giggle. Aunt Pay.
son rose at six O'Clock in the morning
and bolted her breakfast and began
playing, and she kept 1t up until nine
at night and after. Over and over-a
thousand times oyer-that same old
song-same tune:
Go tell Aunt Nabby-go tell Aunt Nabby-
Go tell Aunt Nabby her old gray goose
The ono she's been saving-the one she's
The one she's been saving to make
feather bed.
She bought a COW. and she played
for the COW. and she thought It added
to the richness OF the milk. She got
hens aud played and sang to them.
and they certainly stood on one leg
and closed their eyes. and one could
almost swear that the tender senti-
ment struck to their very souls. Aunt
Payson figured she was the gamer by
at least six eggs day, and some Of
them were almost sure to be Of double
yolk.
The neighbors stood Aunt Nabby"
for q couple Of weeks and then dropped
in to suggest 4 change. The sugges
lions were not favorably received
They should have been born with an
ear for music. They should remember
what the Good Book said about envy
and jealousy. The singing and the
playing went on. The music reached
IL houses frst-hand, and was free to
all that passed up and down. One min.
lster called on Monday and the other
on Wednesday. Both to talk to Aunt
Payson about heaven, the heather of
Africa and Aunt Nabby." but they got
no opportunity. The music was going
when they arrived. it greeted them
without an interval as they sat, and
they were waited out of the house
With:
her old gray goose is d-e-a-di"
A mass meeting was called. There
was whereas" that the Pilgrim Fa-
Tiers had landed at Plymouth Rock.
and then resolved" that Aunt Pay.
son be notified. and 80 forth. She was
notified. She replied that II they
didn't like 1t they could lump 1t. The
trustees of the village. urged on by
the public clamor, offered to buy the
piano. pay the owner to keep STILL or
hire music teacher to teach another
air, but her reply was:
i've learned, and I'm not going to
lnlearn. promised my Joab on his
lying bed that I'd never forget him.
and I'm not 5cing to. There was hard
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
DesIccated Eggs.

Pennsylvania food experts declare
that certain forms of concentrated or
desiccatod eggs are decomposed and
unfit for human consumption and In
some cases produce ptomaine poison.
Ing.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
A Quaint Thouuht,

Miss Geraldine Farrar. seated in
her deck chair on the George Wash
ington, regarded a half dozen urchins
playing on the sunny deck, and then
said, with a pensive smile:
4 often wonder, considering what
charming things children are. wher
all the queer cd men come FRONT"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
Norway Spruce In Maine.


Great Importance Is attached to the
experiment OF planting Norway spruce
in Maine. This is the first attempt Of
the kind in New England. but expert.
mentors believe that the future sup
ply of the denuded states may be re-
placed In this way.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13

be properly fed in order to prevent
any bowel troubles. This rule will
hold good in taking young calves
through this period. and in fact will
apply to all kinds Of live stock. but
more especially to the young Of the
farm which are expected to turn in a
profit for the farmer the next year.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13
Buying Stock.

Before you buy foundation stock
make close study OF the breeds and
their adaptability and buy the kind
that are adapted to your needs. Do
not buy anything that Is sheen
simply because 1t is a sheep.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13

ly an evening for years and years thar
we did not sing this song together 1t
always bruGg tears to Joab's eyes, and
! know he was the better man for il.
| can't understand why you want me
to stop It,"
Time went on. Aunt Nabby" went
on. Language went on. The day was
close at hand when axes might have
been called into use to chop that piano
into stove wood, when a man who was
recognized as Abraham Goodheart, liv-
Ing In village seven miles away,
came driving along behind his old
white horse. Abraham was a widower
OF sixty Az he reached the house of
the Widow Payson he suddenly
checked up. There was the piano
grinding away, and there was the shrill
voice Of the woman trilling out:
Go tell Aunt NabDy-so tell Aunt
Go tell Aunt Nabby her old gray goose
by gum!" exclaimed Abraham as
he slapped his leg. by ginger!" he
continued as he drove nearer the gate.
What's the matter. Abe?" asked q
citizen who lounged forward.
It's that music. Never heard any.
thing like 1t in all my born days! BY
hockey, 1t just hits the spot! Who
lives here?"
THE Widow Payson. It's her play.
Ing on her new piano."
Widow. eh? How old?'
About sixty"
And she's got q piano and can play
and sing like that! Say. now, who'll
take me In and introduce mot"
It was like . sunburst through an
overcast sky. Abe was taken around
the corner and talked to- He was told |
that Aunt Payson was beloved BY all,
and that he was respected by many. |
Il It 20 happened that q marriage
came about, and that he took his bride
to his own house. the village would |
pay all expenses and buy him . new
buggy to boot.
"Nu6 said" was the reply ~ the
man walked into the widows house to
DO introduced. Within fifteen minutes,
his voice was Joined to hers in that
good old song:
Aunt Nabby,
Her old gray goose IL dead.
They sang 1t together . dossn times
"a score-a hundred. They chordsd.
They chimed. They harmonixed.
Within three days they were engaged.
md within \ fortnight Abraham bore
lis bride away. He pledged her his
solemn word that she need do moth.
ng from sunrise till bedtime but sit
md play and sing. He would have to
tut the wood. milk the COW and feed
he hogs. but during the intervals no
would stand at her elbow and sing
With her. II. after long, long years
hey tired Of Aunt Nabby," there
vas "Old Dog Tray" to turn to, and
here could be no shadow over their
happiness.
Before that "pianer" was loaded on
he wagon. never to be unloaded in
hat village again. Aunt Payson an
bounced q musicale. Her house was
llled. and the crowd overlooked into
he yard and out on the street. It was
farewell tour. Some good soul had
ffered to teach her at least ono more
erse Of her favorite and only. but she
elected the offer. and when all was
eady there was a grand outburst Of
ong and note:
10 tell Aunt Nabby-go tell Aunt
Nabby-
10 tell Aunt Nabby her-old-gray-goos
lis DEAD!
And then the piano was loaded up,
he bride and groom drove away, and
UGH solid, lonesome. mournful, un-
amy silence settled down on that
illage that for the next three months
hildren dared not cry out even when
hey were spanked.
Fairbanks Came Back.
-
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-06-13

And then the piano was loaded up,
the bride and groom drove away. and
such solid, lonesome, mournful, un-
canny silence settled down on that
village that for the next three months
children dared not cry out even when
they were spanked.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-06
UNDERWOOD
WINNER SAYS
Mr.. v. BROWN
us seen MANY DEMOCRATS
In His Travels Throughout
the South

Mr., Wilbur Brown, who claims New
Orleans as his home port, but who is
as well known in every Georgia towE
as in the Pelican state, is in the city
upon business mission and, inciden-
Lily keeping a line on Georgia poll
tics, which he knows from long obser-
walton.
Mr.. Brown is an astute political fore
caster, and in reviewing the presi-
dental situation, from contact with
representative citizens over the state
he picks Underwood a winner for the
nomination. There is a general de-
sire to honor the brainy Albanian
Mr.. Brown thinks, not only in tho
South, but in other sections as we'll
and there is every reason to beliey,
now, he says that Underwood will b.
the democratic standard bearer in tn,
presidential campaign.
Mr.. Brown travels a dozen states
and forms this opinion from close OBJ
servation and talks with many demo
traits over the South.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-06

preference and wishes before acting
If it should take that position there
would be no occasion for holding Il
Gov. Harmon, in an in
terview in Washington the other day,
said that the democratic party was
bigger than any man or any hat
dozen men, and that when it meets
at Baltimore it will proceed to make a
platform and ticket which it thinks
are best for the interests of the Amer
lean people without regard to the
wishes of Mr.. Bryan or any other mon.
Therefore there is no occasion for
anybody to become alarmed by this
story which the Wilson people are pa
rading through the news columns OF
Of their papers that if Mr.. Underwood
is nominated Mr.. Bryan will bolt.
The wise thing for democratic vot-
ers to do is to study the candidates
and what they stand for, and to vote
for the nomination of the one that
seems to them to represent demo-
cratic principles and as a candidate
would have the confidence of the
people. We have no doubt that if
judged by test Mr. Underwood would
be CHOSEN to lead the party in t h.
presidential contest.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-06
HUDSON HAS
ENCOURAGING
REPORTS IN
FROM NORTH GEORGIA TRIP
Visited Several Counties In
That Section

Atlanta, Ga, April 5.-Tom G. Hud-
son, candidate for governor of Geor-
gia, returned to Atlanta yesterday at
ternoon after a brief visit to the coun-
ties of Catoosa, Murray and Whitfield.
Mr.. Hudson declares that his farme
friends in that locality are rallying t.
his support and that he has their as
'urances that they will carry all three
ounties in the coming primary
Mr.. Hudson will remain in Atlanta
for the remainder of the week. Next
Wednesday he will speak in Griffin
and has promised to be at Waycross
on the 18th of the month.
Mr.. Hudson declares that his cam
paign is in thoroughly satisfactory
shape and that the most encouraging
reports are being received from every
section.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1912-04-06
THE EFFORTS
TO BEAT
UNDERWOOD
WILSON PLANS WILL FAIL
Invent Too Many Schemes
Against Albanian
Savannah Morning NewsD

The opponents of Mr. Underwood
seem to think that any means are
permissible to beat him. The manv
angles at which they attack him and
the remarkable stories they invent to
create prejudice against him show
beyond question that the tremendous
strength he is developing is alarm
ing them.
Particularly active against him are
the supporters of Gov. Wilson. They
realize that unless they get Mr.. I'm
derwood out of the way their candl-
date is beaten. Hence the persistent
effort to create the impression that he
is Wall streets candidate. AS a mat
ter of fact they present no evidence
that Wall street has anything to do
with his candidacy. No single fact is
produced to show that Wall street
wants him 1t is simply a bare as
sertion that Wall street is putting up
money for his campaign.
But the very latest story is that I
Mr.. Underwood should be nominated
Mr.. Bryan would bolt the ticket Mr.
Bryan hasn't said he would, and, as
far as we are informed, no one is au-
thorized to speak for him There is
just about as much reason for saying
that he is against Gov. Wilson ds
there is for saying he is against
Mr.. Underwood 1t is admitted that
GEORGE Fred Williams, of Massa-
chusetts is in the confidence of Nj.
Bryan The other day he returned
from visit to Mr.. Bryan and at once
gave out a statement that the demo-
cratic party would make a stupendous
blnnder if it should nominate Gov.
Wilson, and he gave reasons for that
statement. There is just as much rea
son for thinking that he VOWED MI
Bryan's opinion as there is for saying
that Mr.. Bryan would bolt the ticket if
Mr.. Underwood headed it.
But the democratic party isn't going
TO wait on Mr. Bryan and find h $