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Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Raal Andel of Death.

Most of us are familiar with the beautiful and artistic conception of French wherein young sculptor who Is plying his magic chisel upon a block of stone and summoning from the snowy depths of the marble the dream face of his souls ideal is gently touch. ed by the wistful eyed angel of deatb and the skillful arm forever stayed The whole creation is marvelously beautiful. and the world is better fol It's birth. Nevertheless 1t is allego.fc9 and misleading The real angel 0 death in the case of the thin faced sculptor WIS not sad yisaged maidei of classical profile In all probabilit' 1t was a minute. rodlike organism float ing amid notes of dust and known scientists as the bacillus tuberculo sis The writer does not want to h shatterer of ideals. but the soone such poetic notions of death are don away with and tho mass of the people educated in a common sense way tc the dange-s of dust and bacteria the better it will be for humanity h gen eral-J C. ogden In Popular Mechan taS
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
He Got There

A New England bishop was on his way one winter day 10 i'll an epi iseopal appointment in the lumber country when he ran into a old fashioned Maine blizzard. Ile had a dozen miles before him when it burst. and he was trayeling in an old fashioned noun tain stage drawn by two wiry horses. They fought about six miles braveIy, and then il began to look hopeless The driver and the bishop were won dering how they and the horses would live through the night when there came whoop In a few moments six husky iumberjacks mounted on six northern Maine horses came up to them through the swirl
 Well, bishop" said the leader. we was bound you should get through to that meeting if we could help you"
 The good bishop was deeply touched at this show of religious zeal and trib. ute to him and his cause and so ex- pressed himself.
 Yes, replied the man. well set you through. lou see. we was paid yesterday. and the boys has made un thnnderin' big pool on whether or not you'd git there We boys has got whole months pay on your end. You'll git there"
 He did. and be got half the pool for ! new sehoolhouse.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
CRUELTY TO POETRY.
The Authors Feelings Were Mangie,
 RaIl,, Lie iros

The Authors Feelings Were Mansled
 as Badly as His Lines.
 An editor was sitting In his office one day when a man entered whose brow was clothed with thunder Fiercely seIzing a chair, he slammed his hat on the table, hurled his um brella OF the floor and sat down.
 Are you the edltorf' he asked.
 "Yes"
 "Can you read writingf"
 "Of course"
 Read that, then" he said. thrusting at the editor an envelope with an in scription on 1t.
 ''B," said the editor, trying to spell it.
 "Thats not a B. it's an S" said the man
 "'SY Oh, yes. I see. Well. it looks like 'Soles For Dinner or Souls For Sinners" said the editor.
 ''No. sir replied the man; nothing of the sort. That's my name-Samuel Bruner. I knew you couldn't read called to see about that poem of mine you printed the other day entitled "The Surcease of Sorrow"
 "I don't remember it." said the editor
 "Of course you don't because it went into the paper under the villain ous title of 'Smearcase Tomorrow
 "A blunder of the compositor. I sup pose"
 "Yes, sir, and that is what am here to see you about. The way in which that poem was mutilated was simply seandalous. I haven't slept night since. It exposed me to derision. Peo- pie think me a fool (The editor eoughedl Let me show you This first line. when I wrote it, read in this way. Lying by weeping willow. un- derneath gentle slope That is beau tiful and poetic Now. how did vour vile sheet represent it to the public? Lying to weeping widow. induced her 10 elope Weeping widow mind 1 you, A widow, Oh. thunder and light ming. This is too much"
 Its hard, sir-very hard" said the editor.
 Then lake the fifth verse. Tn the original manuscript it said. plain as daylight. Take away the iineling money; it is only glittering dross. In its printed form you make me say. Take away the tinsling honey: put some flies in for the boss By George. l I feel like attacking somebody with 1 your fire shovel, But. oh look at the sixth verse, wrote. I'm weary of 1 the tossing of the ocean as ii heaves.' When I opened your paper and saw the lines transformed into I'm wear | ing out my trousers i'll thev are opea | at the knees I thought that was talk | ing it an inch too far. I fancy bqve a right to murder that eomnasitor. Where is hef"
 He is out just now" said the cd itor, Come in tomorrow
 T will" said the poet. and l viii come armed
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Psasons For Pride.

There Wa present at a certain big dinner In England many years ago an American woman of prominence who was somewhat annoyed by a tactless EneliShwoaan who undertook to ban ter her and who said:
 ''I take it for granted that you have no coats of arms in your new coun try"
 "Of course no American family eoule have one unless it was borrowed from English anse .r.. replied the former American
 "For ipstarce has your family any especial caHse for pride over your grandfather persisted this particu larlY taetless female cad
 Thcn the American woman opened up and replied as calmly as possible under the circumstances, Not much perhaps. only that my grandfather on my mothers side received Burgoyne's sword when he surrendered at Sara toga and my grandfather on my fa- ther's side received the sword of Corn. wallis Ut Yorktown"
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
podninn Mother Menn.

Infant prodigies are not unknown In China, and Chinese Ruddhists find 1t easy 10 account for them. says cor. respondent of the London Chronicle. According to the doctrine of the trans migration of souls persons passing through hades on their way to the wheel of life (Which relaunehes souls into the bodies of babies or animals just being hornl have to cross a br dgc
 Before mounting the bridge they are stopped by an old hag called Meng, whe. ladle in hand compels each soul to drlnk mouthfm of the waters of forEetfuluess, for which the popular uame is Mother Meng's soup. Those who drink of this forget all that they had passed through or had known in their former life aud thus on being reborn into the world are entirely ig
 norant Same. however, manage e dodge Mother Meng and enter the world full of knowledge, which they display as soon as they can articulate
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
When They Fined the Servants.

There must have been d serVane problem even in the spacious times Of Elizabeth, if we may judge by list of rules drawn up by baronet of that era for the guidance of his domestic helpers and recently brought to light bv an English writer. The baronet evidently liked his house kept in order, and if it were not made absolutely spotless on Friday after dinner every body responsible had to pay three pence. He liked punctuality. and six pence was the fine for meat that was not ready at II or before for dinner and at 6 or before for supper, While the table had to be laid half an hour before those times, on pain of two pence. Oaths were penny each. and 1t was equally expensive to leave door open which was found shut, while to teach any of the children any "pnhenest speech" WAS fourpenee- The fines were duly paid each quarter day out of the wages, and with fine vagueness the baronet winds up. eThey shall be bestowed on the poor or other goGiy use.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
A Wnndarflil Machine

The machine by which railway tick cts are printed gives an exhibition O, intelligence or what looks very like it Railway tickets are not. as might be supposed. printed in large sheets and afterward cut up The cardboard is cut into tickets first and printed one by one afterward The little blank cards are put in a pile in a kind of perpendicular spout, and the machine slips bit of metal underneath the bottom of the spout and pushes on the lowest ticket ir the pile to b. arinted and consecutively numbered f k of u1 nse trying to print a had ticket The maehiae finds out an i'm perte h1nk . an instant aa1 1atlt rcfuses to hHvc anything to do with i Tear oT the cognor of one of the bit, If card and p8t U into the spour with inc others in order to see what wi happen and it refuses to budre agai until somebody coues and remove
 he impostoe Pull out the damaged ticket aa1 Inc mechanism will sef hrislily to work again Philadelphia Record
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
The Doetor's ReNsnae.

It is always q pleasure to hear or read Of arraaance rebuked; hence this little tale. which might be headed The Doctors Revenge. An elderly lady whose characteristics entite her 10 the present nar4e of Mrs. portly Pom pous had a pet monkey which suddenly became ill She had the assurance to send for prominent physician 10 treat the little beast When the doc tor was introduced to his patient he was very much enraged. but he did not betray himself He took the sick mon keys pulse and asked the usual ques- tions. Now. in the room was little boy, Mrs. Portly Pompous' grandson The doctor approached the boy, exam ined his pulse also and then said sol emnly to the lady: Madam, your two little grandchildren are suffering from indigestion Give them only light food,
 with plenty of exercise. and they will come out all right. "-Boston Tran
 script.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
.-- -,-.sess In Artists.

IT was said of the late Edwin A tb- hoy thaf bis nearsightedness had much lo do wit. his close attention to de tail. one Of the characteristics of his art. Al illustrator who does work in black snd white. speaking of Mir. Abbev's conscientious drawing in of details wondered how much ocular defects accounted for certain apitudes of wei known artists.
 A cynical person told me the other day" he said. that he half believed every impra sionistic painter was nearsightel and drew what he saw with his glasses of. It sounds sen sib.e
 And consider me. I am completely color blind I cannot even tell blue from yellow. q failing which is rarer than red-grecn color blindness.
 Yet | would not see colors if I could When I draw. you see. put in precisely the effects get in nature. and they tell me that shade gradation is the chief merit of my work. lay that to color blindness. New York Sun.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Ngh.n Momsn Carved.

In George I. .'s F. en it was the bound on duty Of the mistress of a country house te carve fer her guests Etl- quette demanded it of her and no one mieht relieve her of her ar1uous task. not even the master. To the latter was only assigned the cosy labor of passing tbe bottle and ooting on while each ioiut was placed in turn before his wife ? t'0eef CT. as the case might he, and hy her rapidly manipulated. Cary ing became enc of the branches of a good feminine education, and there were professional carving masters who taueht the vouae lae'es Lady Mary Wort'er Nontagu took lessons in the art three times q week and on her fathers public days made a practice If having her own dinner an hour or two beforehand A guest who did not receive his portion from his hostess, own fair hands would have consider ed himself much aggrieved.-London Spectator.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12

Snake of the grip of your old enemy
 S Sassi Catarrh, by using Elyis Cream pam. Then will all the swelling and soreness be driven out of the tender in. named membranes. The fits of sneez. sl,s s VIII cease and the discharge. as of lensive to others as to yourself, viii he stopped when the causes thai nrod,oe ~ gre removed. Cleanliness, eomfort Sl snu renewed health by the use Inf s.eaan Balm. Sold by all druggists ,0f HH oo cents, or mailed by Ely Bros 1.s as Warren St., N. \. os'' 70
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Animals Under Water.

The ability of a beaver to remain under water for a long time is not really so tough a problem as it looks. When the lake or pond is frozen over q beaver will come to the under sur face of the ice and expel his breath SO that it will form q wide, fiat bub= be. The air. coming fin contact with lhe ice and water is purified, and the beaver hreaihes il again. This opera ton he can repeat several times. The otter and muskrat do the same thing.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
End of the Honeymoon,

It was along toward the waning Of the honeymoon that this dialogue took place:
 Are you sure that you love me as much as ever?'
 Perfectly sure.''
 And you will never never love any body else?''
 Never. never'
 "Is there anything you wouldn't do to make me happy?'
 Nothing within the bounds of req son."
 Aha! l thought so! You have be- gun to reason The honeymoon is Plain Dealer
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
rnuaIas Jerrnld h sohool.

Douglas Jerrold wrote Black Eved susan" when he was twenty-one ana contributed to Punch the imuensen popular "Caudie Lectures not iong afterward But at aiae years of age young lerreld had been scarcely able to read. and it was not until he was apprenticed to a printer. after servinS for some time as a midshipman at sea. that he showed either desire or eapae- ity for intellectual improvement
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
strlet oecrsn pi.oinline.

German dis inline in the army Is the strictest of any nation in the world" said man who has expe- rieneed l. Every German boy must serve a definite period in the army. He can buy his way out in six months if he has money. but the richest must serve that period The first thing told a recruit when he enters the barracks Is that lie does not know how 10 walk That information startles him. because naturally he believes be had learned te walk years before. A drillmaster gets him in a courtyard. and for
 ---.A sha nnor recruit
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
When esecher "HoIIered.r

Coming home from the morning serv- ice one Sunday Dr. Beecher threw himself on lounge and said in a tone of deep dejection, "I believe that was the worst sermon ever preached" One of his daughters pro- tested that she had seldom heard him when he was more energetic "Oh. yes" was the impatient reply. when haven't anything to say always hoiler. ."-Outlook.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
4 surnriss For swaaaer.


 "les." said Swagger. this is tcl keze ring
 Excuse me" said Bangs; the cor rect pronunciation of that word is turkwoiSe
 No. turkege excuse me.
 '1 say turkwoise,"
 Well lets go to the jeweler Gse ask him
 "Rlzht
 .ln order tn settle wager" sa.s SNaeeer to the .acweler. would yan lamd teiIlug u,e if tue correct pronan. ciati0a of the stone in this ring is tet keEe ar turNW Waisef'
 The ieuclcr took the ring and ex- ammed t carefully The correlt pro. Uanciafion. he said lis glass "-t~n don Tu-Rits
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Dead Ieaxss A. Esrtilirars.

According to tests made in France dead leaves possess a high value as fertilizers. They are extensively used by the market gardeners about the city of Nantes Pear leaves have the highest quantity of nitrogenors. oak leaves come next. and the leaves of vines stand lowest in value.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Te subscrlbers of the Patriot

According 10 Order No. 9O5 c she Post office Department subser- hers cannot be indebted to a newspa- per more than one year and stlii nave She paper sent to them al the second class rate. The order reads as follows:
 A reasonable time will be allowed publishers to secure renewals Oi SUD scriptions, but unless subscriptions are sxpTesslv rene1oed after the term Tor which they are paid, within the ioiio"- ing periods:
 Dailies, within three months,
 Weeklies, within One Year, they shall not be counted m the leeill- nafe list of subscribers, and copies mailed on account thereof shdH not be accepted for maiitng at the secona- class postage rate Of one cent pound but may be mailed at the transient sec ond class postage rate of cent for each four ounces or fraction thereof, prepaid by stamps affixed
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
A s,nlnn kiss

IL seems strange that because man steals kiss his girl should break the engagement. but that is what Ger mantown eluhman is telling his asso iates.
 'oh. she objected seriously to my stealing q kiss. he said,
 "Gh. nonsenSet" interrupted one of the group "Nell Is 700 sensible to do g thing like that
 "But she did the other protested You see, she caught me stealing it from another girl. and immediately
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Both Died as They Wished To

Tennyson. who was a shy. reserved man. could never understand Robert Browning's love of society He had been heard to remark that Browning would die fin white choker at din ner party. The two poets died as they would have wished to die-Rob ert Browning in tbe grand Palazzo side. and Lord Tennyson in his beloved Surrey home. surrounded by his loved ones
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Kindness Misd;ree+a1

What has become of the meer. sehaum pipe?" inquired an inveterate smoker.
 Well my dear his wife replied. "it was getting awfulIy discolored. so I gave II a coat of white enamel, and 1t Is not quite dry yetr'
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Spoilina the Game.

Bertie T don't want 10 % to bes yet. sis. l want to see you and Mir Shepherd play cards Lueie-You wick td boy. to think we should do such n thing, We never do II! Bertie-But heard mamma tell you to mind how you played your cards when Mir. Sher herd came
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
cn.,;. fa-rI

Mrs. Asenm Put why didn't vou buy the ma riaI if you &ed ite Mrs Aurieh-The salesman sa'd t 1,as dpz mestir eress aeodS Ms ss-uza- Well: Mrs NuFiah-Yoa dan'5 aa 5.s I'd WIT anything nean' e3@ siones- ties. C. yoas-rhiadelphia Ere
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
,..-u U. n.a.,. -.

T tAve bey a @i'E hot Uita r8n five t.aes il 'he last year. snc he has never ia H4,aBa e then
 Tn diln't taow he vas in the h. l5s oI breaking his ,eor
 Oh he isn't He wor t4s sts.e- Cinein-atl Fir es-stl.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12

week. often nuntm. ,..y ..--
 is drilled in walking alone. Then he gets another course. and the longest practice marches of regiment are al- most equal to the stress of actual war It makes thorough soldiers of the boys. New York Tribune.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Their iIee

"Why do you have those glass cases with the aX, hammer. crowbar and so forth on these cars?' asked tray eler on the railroad going to New York.
 "0h. those are put there n case any one wants q window open replied he facetions man Youths Companion
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
A Little Knowledee.

Mrs Whaatpit Do tell! I didn't know Titan was an artist. Miss Wheatpit -Sh mamma, Of course he was an artist Mrs Wheatpit-W now! thought he got up one of those preparations for the hair.-Har per's Magazine.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
SuspIcious.

Small Nina was two years older than the baby and had come to re- rlize that the little creeper was likely To be in some mischief when quiet One day she called to her mother: Mamma. you'd letter see about ba- by. hear him keeping still!"-Chicae 20 News
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
ssurinn

Irate Gentleman to his gardener What do you mean. sir, by telling people in the village that I'm a stingy master2 Gardener - No fear O me a-doin the likes O that. guv'nor. allus keeps my thoughts to myself Punch
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Mnstn nE Nnnnrt,,nitv-

Stella-What de you consider a waste of opportunity? BeIla--A freight train going through q tunnel New York sun.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
 uniNer-al lancnace.

Blobhs-no you think We shall ever have universal language? Slobhs We have now. when money talks Nniladelphia Re ord
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
rorqetful.

"Is Bronson as forgntful as cver:'
 'More so. Why. that fellow has to look himself up in tbe directory every night before he goes home from busi ness forgets h.s address"
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
The External Idea

Miss Roxley lost my heart last night, pa l accepted Mir roorman. Mir. RoXley Huh! You didn't lose TOUT heart You must have lost your Philadelphia Ledger
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12

There's room for everybody in this Mg world hur we can't all have fron' rooms. Exchange.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12

she protested that stealing was a crime of which she certainly did rot approve Philadelphia Times.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12

Trees are carried away hy the flood. while rushes remain Proverb.
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Nkth-r Nsi......- -At..-

Mrs, Chureh-ven. how G.I vaa vo,e today? Mrs. Gothae -T di. 5-ato at all. There wore oi.r tUa Hant.a a- dfaateS. and one of thera l1 -p,p. lining uaoomp.imentary about uv hat. and the other one nerer noIael .ag hat at aH.-Yonkers Statesman.
 The three things most dihicalt are to keen a secret, to forget m injury and to make good nse Of lets,rra
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
A Reliable
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IS qeiekii absorbed.

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Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
He kns,u

He Knew. Its hard to collect money nowa. dsys.-
 Been trying 10 collect some9~ No. oh. mol But lot of neonis have been trying to collect from ma-
Putnam patriot., 1912-01-12
Ladies' SUITS

We have few Ladies Suits that were earned over from last season. Made from French and Storm Serges that range in price from S20 % to s30n0.
 Your Choice, now only S7-9S Also & few Misses Suits in sizes 15 years to r years, that cold for S15.0g. Your choice, now only
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The Idaho Republican. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1904-1932, 1912-11-01

SECTION THAT section 1 of Ar
ticle 3 of the constitution of the state
of Idaho be amended by adding there
to the following: The people reserve
to themselves the power to approve or
reject at the polls any act or meas
ure passed by the legislature. This
power Is known as the Referendum,
and legal voters may, under such con-
ditions and In such name as may
be provided by Acts of the legisla-
ture, demand a referendum vote on any
act or asu passed by the legis-
lature and cause on any act or measure
passed by the legislature and cause
the same to be submitted to a vote of
the people for their approval or rejec-
ton.
SECTION 2-The question to be sub
mitted to the electors of the State
shall be in form as follows; to-wit:
Shall Section l of Article 8 of the
Constitution of the State of Idaho be
so amended as to give the people the
power (under conditions to be here
after prescribed by act of the legisla-
ture) to propose a referendum vote on
any act or Measure passed by the
State Legislature. and to approve or
reject the same at the polls, inde-
pendent of the Legislature"
SECTION 3-The Secretary of State
Is hereby authorized to make publica-
ton of this constitutional amendment
in each county for at Ieast six con-
secutive weeks prior to the next gen.
eral election in not less than one news
paper If general circulation published
in each county.