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"EvlI Eye" Based on Fact.

Most people have heard OF the EVIL
Eye" and now we are informed by
Charles L. Smith. q noted New York
refractionist. that the superstition
arose because everyone. without know
ing 1t. has one eye that Is different In
power and activity from the other. He
designates It the dominant eye" and
according to whether 1t is the lett or
the right children will grow up left.
handed or right-handed. 1t Is sheer
cruelty. and may entail lifelong mis-
cry. to force a child to become am
bidextrous. Such course may result
in wrecking the nervous system. and
can only be cured by a reversal OF the
process SO that the dominant eye"
may regain natural and undisputed
sway. Men who are ambidextrous had
better keep strict guard over their
actions lest they should be credited
with the 'evil eye"
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ENDED THE SPELLING LESSON
Bobby's Education, Under Aunt's
Tuteiage. Afterward Proceeded
Under Different Lines.

Miss Thompson. whose form nature
has endowed with all.too-ample
curves. was giving her little nephew
q lesson in spelling the other day. He
had spelt be. be. and he. he. and
now she was trying to get him to tell
her what ME. spelt.
"Listen. Bobby" she said earnest
~. Then closing her lips she pro-
nounced the sound OF long m. and
opening them. the sound OF a long ..
"What does that spell?"
"Bobby looked at her and shook his
head. Again she tried. and this time.
while pronouncing the sounds. she Wig
orously tapped her own rotund chest
with her plump forefinger.
"Mmum. ee. What letters am ! say.
ing and what do they spell?" she
asked. still vigorously tapping her
chest
Il don't know what the letters are.
replied Bobby. watching the plump
foreangcr. but guess they spell
Fat"
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"Why. that two boys from home
wanted to give her a supper"
WELL" said Ruggles, III the an.
swer comes while you are at the club
I'll open 1t and give the orders. Think
she'll Gomez?
II do not" responded Dan rather
brutally. She's got others to take
her out to supper. you bet your life."
well. there's none OF them as rich
a. you are. ! reckon. Dan."
And the boy turned on him vio-
lently.
"See here. Josh. II you speak to me
again Of my money. when there's
woman In the question"
He did not finish his threat. but
snatched up his coat and hat and
gloves and went out Of the door. slam.
ming It after him.
Mr.. Ruggles' profound and happy
snore was cut short by the page boy.
who fetched In a note. with the Savoy
stamping on the back. Ruggles opened
1t not without emotion.
Dear boy" 1t ran. Il haven't yet
thanked you for the primroses: they
were perfectly sweet. There IL not
one of them In any OF my rooms. and
I'll tell you why tonight. am crazy
to accept for supper"-here she had
evidently struck out her intended re-
fusal. and closed with. I'm coming.
but don't come after me at the Gaiety.
please. I'll meet you at the Carlton
after the theater. Who's the other
boy? L. L."
The "other boy" read the note with
much difficulty. for It was badly writ
ten. He'll have to stop sending her
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ia Woman Had Done Il,

Trust the suffragettes to make CAPT.
tai out OF the merest indiscretion OF
mere man! The following Is an ex.
ample. taken from one OF their publ.
cations. the Newsletter. for January:
"A lovely little press item floating
up from Chatham Courthouse. Va.
made the editor laugh and laugh. It
said that a Juror sneaked out OF the
jury room while the rest OF the Jurors
were asleep. and went and MIXED hts
COW. He laid out to get back before
the others walked up. but somebody
saw him and told on him. and the
trial had to begin all over. II a won.
an Juror should do that out in Wash
ington or Idaho. wouldn't It be a
proof Of the incapacity OF the sex for
the duties Of citizenship?
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Syrian Peasant superstltIon.

A law suit for libel brought by an
apothecary in Pollau. in Syria. against
q young peasant reveals an extraor.
dinary superstition prevalent among
the country people, The believe that
apothecaries and doctors have the
right to kill at least one man and one
woman every year in order to mako
medicines out of their bodies.
An accidental movement Of the
apothecary at Pollau. Herr Kobermau.
ser. when giving medicine to a boy
named Putt led the latter to believe
he was going to be killed. He ran
away but got such a fright that he
fell i'll. The inhabitants believed his
story and boycotted the apothecary.
who was at length compelled to prose.
cute Putt was sentenced to fourteen
days Imprisonment. but his parents.
who had spread the story. were
acquitted on the ground that they had
acted in good faith.
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"sut l Am Thinking Of Getting Mar ried."

who know what lots of fun is. isn't
IT."
Near her Dan Blair's young eyes
were drinking in the spectacle Of
delicate beauty beautifully gowned. Of
soft skin. glorious hair. and he gazed
like a child at a pantomime. Under
his breath he exclaimed now. with ef-
fusion. You bet your life We are 60
ing to have lots Of fun!" And turning
to him. Miss Lane said:
six chocolate sodas running?"
"Oh. DON'T" he begged. mot that
kind Of jag"
She shook with laughter.
Are you from Blairtown. Mr.. Rug.
giles? don't think I ever saw you
there"
And the Westerner returned: well.
from what Dan tells me. you're not
You were Just about born and then
kidnapped"
Her gay expression faded. And she
repeated his word. kidnapped? That's
good word for 1t. Mr.. Ruggles."
She picked up between her fingers
a strand OF the green fern. and looked
at its delicate tracery as 1t lay on the
palm Of her hand.
II sang one day after missionary
sermon in the Presbyterian Church"
She interrupted herself with short
laugh. But l guess you're not think.
ing Of writing my biography. are
you?"
And it was Dams voice that urged
her. Say. do go on. was there
that day with my father. and you sang
simply out Of sight"
(TO BE CONTINUED)
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See Riches In swamps.

The Russian department OF agricul'
ture has founded at the Riga Poly.
technic . school for specialists in
swamp cultivation. The North Pc
chora expedition worked many years
with great success in the deserted
region of the northern swamps. and
proved that the swamps Of the Arch.
angel province are full Of wealth. and
that millions OF peasants. devoured
by poverty and hunger in their native
places. can fnd food and shelter In
the swampy regions after their cult.
walton. With small expense the
swamps can be turned into land COW
cred with rich grass.
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Ruggles. to whom she seemed To want
to address her conversation.
I'm simply crazy over these now
ers."
The older man. showed his pleas.
ure. MY choice again! Walked up
myself and chose the bunch. blame
me again: ditto dinner: mine from
start to finish-hope you'll like It. !
would have added some Montana peas
and some chocolate soda watcr. only !
thought you might not Understand the
joke"
Miss Lane beamed on him. Al.
though he was unconscious OF It. she
was not fully at ease: he was not the
kind Of man she had expected to sec.
Accustomed to young fellows like the
boy and their mad devotion. accus.
toned to men with whom she could
be herself. the big. blum. middle-aged
gentleman with his painfully correct
tie. his rumpled iron.gray hair. aSd his
Difference to her. though an unusual
diversion. was q little embarrassing.
"Oh. l know your dinner Is ripping.
Mr.. Ruggles. I'm on a diet Of milk
and eggs myself. and expect your
order didn't take In those" But at his
fallen countenance she hurried to say
"Oh. l wouldn't have told you that II
hadn't been intending to break
through"
And with childlike anticipation she
clapped her hands and said: We're
going to have lots OF fun Just think.
they don't know what that means here
In London. They say heaps Of sport.
you know" She initiated the accent
maliciously. Its just We Americans
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BABY'S HAIR ALL CAME OUT

when my nrst baby was six months
old he broke out on his head with little
bumps. They would dry up and leave
egain and It spread all over his head.
All tho hair came out and his head
was scaly all over. Then his face
broke out all over in red bumps and
1t kept spreading until it was on his
hands and arms. bought several
boxes Of ointment. gave him blood
medicine, and had two doctors to treat
him, but he got worse all the time.
He had It about six months when .
friend told me about Cuticura. l sent
and got bottle Of Cuticura Resolvent.
a cake of Cuticura Soap and box Of
Cuticura Ointment. In three days
after using them he began to I'M
prove. He began to take long maps
and to stop scratching his head. After
taking two bottles Of Resolvent. two
boxes Of Ointment and three cakes OF
Soap he was sound and we'll, and never
had any breaking out OF any kind. His
hair came out in little curls all over
his head. don't think anything else
would have cured him except Cuti-
rIlra.
II have bought Cuticura Ointment
and Cuticura Soap several times since
to use for cuts and sores and have
never known them to fail to cure what
1 put them on. Cuticura Soap is the
best that have ever used for toilet
purposes" (SignedD Mrs. F. E. Har-
mon, r. F. D. 2. Atoka, Tenn. Sept.
10, 1910. Although Cuticura Soap and
Ointment are sold everywhere. sam
pie Of each, with 32-page book, will
be mailed free on application to "Cuu-
cura," Dept L. Boston.
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eCopysash., lSlo. By Tho Bobbs- Merrill Coz
SYNOPSIS.

Dan Blair. the c2-year-old son OF tho
nfty-million- dollar copper king OF Blair
town. Mont. IL guest at the English
home Of Lady Galorey. Dams father had
been courteous to Lord Galorey during
his visit to the United States and the
courtesy IL now being returned to tho
young man. The youth has an ideal girl
IN his mind. He meets Lily; Duchess Of
attracted by his immense fortune and
takes a liking to her. When Dan was a
boy, girl sang a solo at a church. and
ioreys Lily and Dan attend n London
theater where one Lefty Lane 10 the a'ar.
town. and going behind the scenes intro
duces himself and she remembers him.
He learns that Prince Poniotowsky Ia
suitor and escort to Lefty. Lord Ga
lorey and a friend named Ruggles deter
mine to protect the westerner from Lily
and other fortune hunters. Young Blair
goes to see Lily; he can talk Of nothing
but Lefty and this angers the Duchess;
The westerner finds Lefty III from hard
work but she RECEIVERS.
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flowers and going every night to the
theater unless he wants a row with
the duchess" he said dryly. And with
a certain interest in his role. Ruggles
rang for the head waiter. and with the
mans help ordered his first midnight
supper for an actress.
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Cutlery,

"That politician used to have
knife up his sleeve for you"
"Yes." replied Senator Sorghum.
But have observed him at luncheon
and his knife Is not going to do me
any harm. He's too busy eating with
It,"
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II a woman Ia a clever actress the
chances are that her husband Will hnd
the chorus more interesting.
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An old bachelor will stay out till
n. III. II he wants to. but he misses the
fun of trying to sneak upstairs with
his shoes of.
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Mrs Wfnslow's Soothing Syrup for Children
teethine. softenS the gums. reduces inhamma
tion, allAys pain. cures wind collie. sc . bottle
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He who never stole kiss doesn
know what he has missed.
The Ordway new era., 1912-02-02

Dr.. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets regulate
and invigorate stomach. liver and bowels
Sugar-coated. tiny granules, easy to TAXI
a. candy.
The Ordway new era., 1912-02-02

Red Cross Bag Blue makes the laundrcs
happy. makes clothes whittier than snow
All good grocers.
The Ordway new era., 1912-02-02

PILES CURED IN TO - DAYS
Your druggist will refund money II PAZO ONT
MINT fails to euro uny case of Itching. Blind,
Bleeding or ProtrudnR Files IN 6 10 IA days. 5Oc.
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Marriage separates a bachelor from
lot of Illusions.
The Ordway new era., 1912-02-02
Not Origin,

Not Original.
Author-This story Is the child OF
my brain.
Editor-Then It Is an adopted child.
The Ordway new era., 1912-02-02
Prove that Lydia e. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound Does Restore the Health of AiIng Women.

Prove that Lydia e. Pinktam's Vegetable Com
pound Does Restore the Health of Ailing Women
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them Ss.1 fixing 1 E s s orniee he Se
errhsses opps regularly steadily
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Letter from Mrs. Julia King, Phoenix. RI
worked steady in tho mill from & the time wa, I'D s ss5: %
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lie in bed for two three days
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glato do within power TO recommend your
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Letter from Mrs. Winfield Dana, Augusta, Me.
Pipkha. Vegetable Compound cured the
S:sssss 1seces
Letter from Mrs. J. A. Thompson, Newport, Vt.
. sSs for & tho fsa s
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Newport Vermont
Letter from Miss Grace Dodds, Bethlehem, NH.
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Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-27

About 40 If the dodgers. many IN con-
dition of stupor, were driven from the
place when flames broke out on the
second floor Of the two story frame
building. While the walls are standing
the interior was burned to bed Of
embers and no satisfactory search for
bodies could be made.
James Truman, marine fireman.
who was sleeping in the lodging house,
lurche Thorough a second story window
when awakened by smoke, and dragged
his mate, Danny Sharkey, after him.
Neither was injured,
Fireman w. ]. Anderson and Lieu
tenant Timothy Harrington fought
their way through the flames at the
rear of the building and returned each
dragging a drunken sleeper.
Il heard others yellinf." said An
derson. but there WAS no way of
reaching them, II they're in there,
they're gone" The lodging house
stood In the midst Of inflammable
tenements ana frame structures, has
thy built after the fire Of 1906 and 1t
required every fire fighting resource
of the down town district to Keep the
flames from spreading
John Keenan,. clerk of the lodging
house, could not be found and It Is not
yet known how many dodgers were in
the place.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-27
CALL FOR BIDS FOR
CLUSTER LIGHT POLES

The city council this afternoon voted
unanimously to call for bids for fur
nishing $50 posts for cluster lights aud
also for the globes and the current for
operation, It being figured that 200
watts win be needed for each post. All
members Of the council seem to desire
the ive-cluster lights. but wish to as
certain the entire cost Of installation
and maintenance before taking any
action
The city attorney recommended that
The salary of the police judge be raised
from S15 TO $500 per month. stating that
Judge Dunlap was most efficient off
Ger, that he spent all his time in the
office and kept an excellent record In
asmuch as the patralmen get $50 per
month, he stated the judge should get
500. Mr. Woodcoek stated lie also ia
Eored the raise but the argument was
stopped by Councilman Eichelberger.
who stated that the Weighmaster was
also entitled to raise if any employee
was, as he was giving all his time to
the work and only got $50 per month
and had a family to support. on mo-
ton of Harrington the matter was laid
over until the next meeting
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-27

and productive efficiency George r..
Record Of New Jersey will be in charge
of the popular government bureau that
Will look after matters relating to di-
rect legislation, suffrage, judicial re-
form and economy and efficiency In
public service
Charles S. Bird Of Massachusetts,, re-
cent Progressive candidate for COVER
nor, will be at tho head Of the bureau
on cost Of living and corporation con-
troll. This bureau Will Investigate the
cost Of living, trusts and corporations
and tariff and taxation.
The director OF each bureau IS en-
powered to appoint a committee for
each subdivision OF effort to assist I'm
the work OF investigation and frame
approximate legislation subject to the
approval of Miss Kellor and board
consisting of bureau heads.
Aside from the party organization
and Progressive service work, there
will be departments on finance, publ
city and legislative r eference The
finance and publicity chairnen have
been selected. but tho other members
Of the two committees are yet 10 be
chosen
The legislative reference bureau Is
to be established at Washington and
it is expected the arrangements for
starting It will be made at the next
meeting Of the national executive COM
mittee, January 10.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-27

Miss Jane Adams Of Hull House. Chi
cago, the social settlement worker
Henry r. Cochems, the Wisconsin Pro
gressive leader, and Francis J. Heney,
the California graft prosecutor.
The national executive committee. on
authority of the national committee.
has adopted, but with slight change,
Jane Adams plan for the organization
Of the Progressive service bureau Of
which Miss Frances A. Kellor, the
eminent sociologist, is to be the direc-
tor. Miss Kollor IS a native of Column
bus, O. She IS a graduate Of Cornell
university law school and took gradu :
ate work at the University of Chicago
She is a member of the New York Re-
search council. and was at one time
chief investigator of the New York
state bureau OF Industries and immi-
grafton.
There are to be six bureaus In the
Progressive service, each with sep
arate head. The bureau Of education
which will have 70 do with speakers
and schools and colleges, will be in
charge of Samuel McCnne Lindsay OF
Columbia university. Miss Jane Adj
dams will have charge OF the social
and industrial bureau that viii deal
with problems of labor, children, social
insurance and immigration. In the
bureau of conservation. under Clifford
Pinchot. the work will have to do with
natural resources, health. country life
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-27
QUICK VERDICT IN
NORTH IDAHO CASE
Assault Results in Convic
ton and Prisoner Taken
to Penitentiary.

Il took Just five minutes for a Jury
in shoshone county in the district
court chambers at Wallace 10 return
a verdict Of guilty Of assault with IN
tent g commit murder IN the case Of
oscar cate who is now enroute 10
the nei1itentiary according 10 infor-
nation that has reached Betse His
victim Is still hanging between life and
death. although IL is now believed he
will recover.
cate stabbed Joe Cramer. Il waiter.
on Nov. &c. He had gone Ia the res
taurant for an afternoon lunch and
taking offense at hts service grew pro
fame and according to witnesses threat
ened that he would get the man. In
the course Of 4 series Of mnmbling re-
markd he called the walter name
which the men or the country call an
aNeusc for fight Returning to his
customer Cramer confronted him with
lis remarks and dared him to go to
the alley a. the side of the Grill res
taarant at Wallace.
The two started for the side doors.
Gramer with his bare fists expected
70 settle the matter in the American
WAY. Cate unwilling 10 trust his fate
70 his fists, drew d knife and as they
met jabbed at the mans body III the
waiter struck at his antagonists face.
Tho encounter was short, for Gates
knife Wild execution and In four wen
directed blows so weakened the
waiter that he was compelled to stag
ger back to his friends who like him.
had thought the encounter had been a
fair one till the end came Cramer
only realized the cause of his excess
stNe weakness when he reached the in
side of the building md with the help
Of friends opened his clothing and
discovered the wounds
At the hospital where he was taken
1t was found that a cash had been
made in his stomach, the muscles of
one arm severed and a serious wound
inflicted in the breast. From these
injuries Cramer had been gradually
recovering though he Is yet long
way from a recovery lie was forced
70 give his testimony in this case
from a hospital bed.
Cate testifying for himself plead
self-defense, told the jury that he had
thought that Cramer had armed him
self with a carving knife as he start
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-27
ATTEMPT IS MADE TO
Hold Up POST OFFICE

jamestown. " Y. Dec "a we'll
dressed man entered the Westfiela. y
Y. postofflce early last night. and de-
handed of Assistant Postmaster
James Douglas $4,000 he said the gov
eminent owed him.
Wait until | 500 If the order has
come. Douglas said, The stranger
pulled a bottle from his pocket. IF yon
move from TINT chair I'll drop this
bottle" he answered.
J. b. Lennon. who was in the post
office. slpperd out quietly aud noti
fled two eonstahles. who arrested the
man. The bottle contained enough
nltroglyeerin to blow the building mp.
The man said he was Edward Paine Of
Chicago. but refused 70 give more in
formation about himself
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-27

New York, Dec 27.-The new Pro-
gressive party, undismayed by the re
suits Of the fall elections, has taken
tho first definite steps in its campaign
for the control Of the government In
1916. AT a recent meeting in this city
committees were chosen to lead the
battle all along the line. and it was
determined to establish permanent
headquarters in New York with a
branch at Washington.
Walter Brown of Ohio, who was long
a power in the Republican politics OF
the Buckeye state, has accepted the
position Of chairman of the committee
on organization. Chairmen OF other
committees have been named as fol-
lows Legislation, Dean William d.
Lewis of the University of Pennsylva-
mia law school; finance, Elon H. Hook =
err of New York; publicity, William AL
len White OF Kansas
In addition to Dean Lewis, many
persons OF national repute are members
measures To be introduced In congress
by Progressive members Among them
are Professor Charles r. Merriam of
tile University Of Chicago; George w.
Kirchway, dean of Columbia university
law school; Herbert Knox Smith of
Connecticut, former United States
commissioner Of corporations; Clifford
Plnchot, the conserVationist; Or. Wal
ter Weyl tho New York sociologist:
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1912-12-27

provision Mr.. HAYS replied that It
was satisfactory to him.
According 10 tile findings as read be-
fore the board this morning the COM
pany VIII turn over to the government
the Perrine prior water right on the
snake river. In exchange for which the
government viii permit the company
10 make arrangements for the enlarge
mont of the governments reservoir at
jackson lake, in Wyoming, In which
10 store the necessary water for the
North side Twin Falls lands.
Finally tia board took recess al
though state Auditor Taylor declared
that in his opinion tn recesses taken
by the land board onthis matter were
getting TO be a joke. lie declared that
he wanted to see the matter settled
today without further delay and other
members of the board We're outspoken
in expressing the same desire.
The adoption Of the decision OF the
board, including the findings ana con-
clnsion, was therefore put over until
4 late hour this afternoon.
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Missouri Girl. the big hit, at Samp-
sons. DPS