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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
STRANGE DOGS OF ALASKA
Most Common Breed 10 the MaIamuts
Or Native Doo-Ars Wonderful
Workoro.

Dogs in Alaska are Of all breed and
size. the most common being the mala.
mute, or native dog, says writer in
The Wide World Magazine. The word
'malamute" IL an Indian word mean
Ing Eskimo. and is applied to both
logs and natives. The malamute II Of
the wolf strain-in fact, the best Of
The breed are half wolf. They evince
Ill the characteristics of the wolf, both
in appearance and in manners. Ow.
Ing to his wolf-like fur, the malamute
can easily stand the extreme Alaskan
cold. He Is a born fighter, an invet-
crate thief. and somewhat of q coward,
Tor he will seldom fight singly against
! lone adversary The malamute, while
we'll able to Withstand the cold, does
not seem to have the Same order of in
telligence as is displayed by the out
side dog, and tho best dog for Alaska
would seem to be q mixture OF the
two strains.
Another native breed In the north
Is the huskie, but this breed is rarer
than common usage of the word would
imply. The real huskies are bred in
the neighborhood Of the Mackenzie
river, and are more common in the ter
ritory under the Jurisdiction of the
Hudson Bay company than in Alaska.
Small dogs, such as fox terriers, are
a rarity in Alaska, for in that country
a dog Is valuable in exact proportion
to the amount he can pull. A sleigh
dog will weigh anything from 30 to
l50 pounds, the average being about
Is pounds. It Is surprising to the un-
Initiated how big load dog can pull,
though must admit have never seen
or heard OF a dog in Alaska pulling
LOCO pounds, under the conditions de-
scribed in well-known novelist's
book; nor have ever seen or heard
Of q dog-fght as pictured SO wildly
In the story in which he graphically
describes fight where two dogs are
battling for supremacy in the team.
and the remainder Of the dogs sit on
their launches and form ring around
the contestants. who, under these
conditions, suppose, would fight 1t
out under Marquis of Queensbury
rules. I question whether such .
light ever occurred in natural history.
II there are two Alaskan dogs fight
ing, and 40 non-interested dogs in the
neighborhood, the fight will soon in
volve itself into one dog underneath
and Al dogs on top. The idea of an
Alaskan dog calmly sitting on his
launches and coolly viewing the fight
Is too funny for anything; the joke
can only be appreciated by those who
have seen bunch Of malamutes In .
HRht
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
The Meat Habit.

Gautier. the great French authority
on dietetics. says there are meat eat.
ers in the same sense that there are
wine drinkers. He insists that people
get the appetite. the habit, the taste
for meat. just as they get into the
habit OF drinking wine, and there can
be little doubt that he is right. Many
people who give up the use of meat
have = craving for something, which
they think meat will satisfy. But 1t
Is not the meat they want after all;
1t Is the fat that goes with the meat
II these persons will take pains to
eat little more fat they will find
that the craving disappears. Many
people In giving up the use Of meat
make the mistake of not taking fat
enough. Some persons discard meat
who are In the habit of eating butter.
A great many others eat meat and
bread. but do not take butter with
the bread. perhaps, generally because
there Is considerable amount OF fat
with the meat. A person giving up
meat should take more fat-Los An
geles Herald
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
Rosary Of Gold Nuggets.

6fxty{our nuggets of virgin gold
made up rosary which Patrick Burke.
B Wallace. Idaho. mining man, has
given his wife. Tho value OF the chap
let's, exclusive of the work done by a
Pittsburg jeweler, is $500.
The gold pieces were sent east and
connected by fl1igree chain exquisite
y fashioned.
The cross is made OF four OF the
arger beads OF the native gold weld
I'd. Each Of the Paternosters is a lump
of lesser SIZE and the Ave Marias are
'till smaller. The string is ended in
Gloria Patria, beautiful in its original
ulster.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
Maine Woods Tragedy.

Because some small boys drank
Whit Toothaker's and Han Winnings
sap, replacing the contents Of the sap
buckets with water. Messrs. Toothaker
and Vining both express the opinion
that this has been = mighty unsatis.
factory syrup season. With visions Of
gallons Of golden syrup the men
tapped their naples and waited pa
tisntly for = run of sap. It came ~
they supposed, and when they gath.
cred the wellnlled buckets their eyes
glistened in anticipation of the treat
In store. Then came the boiling pro-
cess. High rose the flames about the
pans and kettles, but still higher rose
the indignation Of Messrs. Toothaksr
and Vining because the sap" refused
to turn into syrup The liquid in the
pans gave forth . vast amount Of
steam, but that was all there was
doing. Finally both men gave up in
disgust what seemed to be q hopeless
task. The next day Whit said to
Han. did you get any syrup out Of
the sap you boiled down yesterday r.
mo-" replied Han. this has been .
mighty poor sap year."-Mains Woods.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
AS TOLD BY Mr.. HooDsBARN
One story lncloses Several Others
Before He Gets TO the End OF
His Tale.

EAST Somerville-East Somerville!'
shouted the brakeman.
AS the words went rambling around
in the brain OF Mr.. Hoodsbarn, he
came upon long-lost second cousin.
THAT reminds me-" said he to his
fellow commuter. II heard q mighty
good little story last summer in q vii.
lage down in Maine"
$50"
Eyes. You see. family had Just
moved to the village from back in the
country. and before they were fairly
settled they sent the boy to school.
Boy went to the school, and took a
seat, feeling like cat In a strange
garnet. After the morning exercises
were over the teacher called him up
and asked him his name. That's the
way they did when was boy. First
morning Of school, you know; new
teacher nervous and afraid Of schol-
ars; scholars nervous and afraid Of
teacher; like the little girl who met
the fox In the path; both ran, girl one
way, fox the other; see it done myself
every day.
well. the new teacher would rap
to order, then each one of us would
read verse from the Testament in
turn, the teacher would make a pray.
er and then begin the taking down Of
names and ages.
Nov while I think of It, did you
ever hear about that prayer Of old
Pres. Hill Of Harvard?
mo? Well. he was a great student
OF philosophy-it was his regular hob.
by-and he stood up in chapel one
morning and began his prayer this
way: 'Paradoxical as 1t may seem. O
Lord, yet. nevertheless 1t is true
That caught the boys, and for years
afterward tough statements to one an
other were always started by saying
'Paradoxical as 1t may SEEM
why, twas like old Seth Willard
up In Swanzey; he down on his knees
In class meeting in the Methodist
church one night and says: AS Thou
well knowest. o Lord, my spanked
steer died last week.
well, about that new boy in school. .
whether the teacher called him up be-
fore prayer or after I can't say: but
she asked him his name and he tool
ner; his street and number and he
told her. Then she asked him what
MS fathers occupation was.
boy was stuck for a minute. .Fa-
Tiers occupation?' Yes We'll,
ma'am. I amt sure, cause we've Just
moved here. but I think he occupied
I've rooms"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26

4 styltshly dressed woman In Z
smart-looking brougham narrowly
averted running over = messenger boy
riding . bicycle. The woman stopped
her car and opened tho door Of the
electric to express her sympathy.
But the boy was ahead Of her, and
IN harangus that for emphasis would
have made Captain Kidd or any Of the
old buccaneers green with envy. told
her exactly what he thought OF the In
eldent
The woman closed tho door hurried
y, and. turning to her eight-year~old
son, who, dressed like Lord FAuntle-
roy. sat demurely beside her. said In .
Knocked voice:
II never heard such language In my
NE"
"Oh, that's nothing" the little fol-
low told his mother you ought to
have heard the cook talking to the
seighbors about you tho other day"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
Made the Hen So Nervous.

A woman who lives In the Country
club district has . large back yard in
which she keeps = few chickens. Her
chickens have become something
more than mere egg producers to her,
in fact she regards them affection
ateiy and respects their rights and
feelings. One day a plumber was
at work installing pipes at . house.
near by. To bore q hole through the
rock he set OF light blast. The
explosion Jared the house Of the
woman with the chickens.
Gathering her skirts in her hands
she made straight for the place where
the plumber was at work.
you much stop that blasting this
minutes" she exclaimed.
The plumber protested that 1t was
such a light charge 1t couldn't posi-.
bly, do any damage to window panes
or crockery.
THAT doesn't make any difference"
said the woman emphatically, i've
got sitting hen. She's afraid It'll
break the eggs and 1t distracts her
observation-disclosures City Star.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
RECORD STILL STANDS
YEATS OF AMERICAN WAR HORSE
ARE UNSURPASSED,
Captain Mays Black Tom Said 70
Have Made ProdIgIous Lsap-
Once Ridden Up Flight Of
0tepe and Into Hotel.

only less celebrated than Old
Rough and Ready's favorits white
charger" writes Gen. James Grant
Wilson, was Capt Charles Augustua
Mays Black Tom, magnificent coal
black gelding. Captain May was the
beau sabreur Of Taylors army II
Mexico.
AT the head Of his squadron Of the
second United States Dragons, Cap
tain May led gallant charge agains,
q Mexican battery in the battle of Re
SAGA DO Ia Palma, May 8, 1846. and
leaping Tom over one Of the guns. can
tured General La Vega and the entire
battery Of six pieces.
May possessed an unsurpassed mil
itary record for leaping with Tom
and 1t Is quite possible one that ha.
never been eQualed in the huntina
neld, or even on the race course, nv
friend, the late Hon. Francis G. Law
ley, perhaps the highest British au
thority on the subject, gives "a fee,
as the greatest distance ever covered
oy an English horse in a steeplechase
or elsewhere.
BLACK Tom jumped IS feet on q
wager during the Mexican wal. and
three years later May made another
bet that with flying start Of 80 wards
he could leap Tom across a canal SO
feed IN width. They came laundering
along at terrific speed, the jet-blach
steed nearly II hands high, and Nav
more than six feet, sitting like a cen
taur. Tom gave mighty jump, but
Tell short. and, OF course, man and
horse had very sudden and cold bath
Tor the attempt was made in midwin.
ter.
For a Charlie O'Malley leap over q
cart loaded with cord of weed, stand
Ing IN front OF the city hall, the colo.
mel was fined In q Baltimore court. On
another occasion the dashing cavalry.
man rode Tom up the steps of the
leading hotel Of that city, cavorted
around and through several of the
principal apartments and then coolly
rode out again, as If 1t was an ordin.
airy, everyday occurrence.
Thoroughbred Tom was q spirited
ana rather difficult horse for any one
but his master to ride or control. A
Maryland friend, wishing to mako q
nne appearance before a Baltimore
belle. borrowed Mays steed, but bear.
Ing too bard on the bit when near the
lady's residence in Cathedral street,
Tom began bucking, finally tossing the
unfortunate lover into tho street and
galloping back to his stable.-Bulletiu
VI the 8. p. G. A.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
OVERHEARD ON THE STREET
Between Two Dear Friends Of
the Feminine Persuasion.

The two dear. dear frA~aae had not
met In long time, and wien they at
last encountered each other on the
avenue they both began to talk
simultaneously. as follows:
First Lady-How perfectly jolly to
see you again! It seems ages since
we met. But after all it's not so
strange. because, you know, dear, I've
been travelling all winter. We spent
December in Italy, and about the first
OF January we went over to Egypt.
where we passed two perfectly delight
ful months, going to the Riviera in
March. We came back to America
about April 10th, and went immediate
~ down to Aiken, where George got
In a lot Of golf and l just reveled In
the horseback riding. Later on we
came north again, and ever since I
have been resting up at mothers up
In the Berkshires. April is a trife
early for that part Of the world, but
everything was so quiet, and I was so
tired from the constant travel, that It
was refreshing to the last degree up
there.
Second Lady-Why you dear thingt
haven't seen you for a month Of
Sundays-but that wasn't your fault.
I have had such miserable winter
have hardly been out of the house a
minute. very foolishly managed to
catch the whooping-cough from Tom
my shortly after Christmas, and after
I got through with that the baby came
down with the measles, and again I
was laid up, catching that infantile
disease myself. with the result that
when March came along and l was
able to go out l was SO run down that
! caught terrible cold, which devel-
oped into something very like pneu-
monia, and until week ago last
Thursday / spent most of my time in
the hands Of two doctors and a train
ed nurse.
pause for long breath.)
First Lady (resuming)-And how
have you been all winter?
Second Lady simultaneously resum-
ing)-And where have you been all
this time-wintering in town?-Har.
per's Weekly.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
Rahiam

Babism was founded in Persia.
about 1916, by Sayid Mira All. He
took the name of Beb-ed-din 1.-THE gate
of the faithr. whence he became
known as the "Bab." and his disciples
as the "Babis." The Bah, who during
his life maintained the highest reputa-
ton for purity and gentleness OF char
acter, was murdered at Tabriz, July s,
1850. 1t will be impossible to give
here anything like an intelligent &C.
count of the teachings of Babism. IN
tensely mystical 1t takes an Oriental
OF the Orientals to even approximately
understand 1t, or to even halfway ex-
plain 1t. The Babis have teachers In
this country, and you might consult
them IL you have a desire to know
what the cult Is.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
DIVER CAUGHT BY OCTOPUS.

A naval diver at Toulon. Southern
France. was suddenly attacked the
other day by great octopus while
under water in the harbor. He gave
the hosting signal and was hauled to
the surface, together with the octopus
whose tentacles. Is feet long, were
wrapped around him. The diver wal
unconscious. The octopus held fast
to the diver until 1t was stabbed tt
death. 1t weighed 1875 pounds and tbs
suckers on its tentacles were as big
as five-shilling pieces.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
UNTO THE THIRD GENERATION

Mrs. Ann Jones OF Oakland, Call
finds 1t harder than most people to
escape the universal name, Jones'
Also her mothers maiden name, II
was also the name of her first hus,
band and few days ago she married
Owen F. Jones. Mrs. Jones said her
mothers maiden name was Deborah
Jones. her fathers name was John
Jones. They We're no relation before
marriage. Her first husbands name
was Joseph Jones. Joseph Jones wa,
no relation to Owen F. Jones.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
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TRACE ORIGIN OF ALPHABET
According to Prof. Flinders Petrle IA
Existed 1000 Years 3. c.
Attacks an Old Theory.

In . lecture at tho Royal Institute
Prof. Flinders Petrie has attacked the
long accepted theory that the origin
OF tho alphabet ia to be found In
Phoenicia whence 1t came from
Egyptian hisroglyphics. says = New
York Sun London dispatch.
According to Prof. Petrie, the 70
searches Of the last twenty years
have shown that signs were earlier
than pictures and that 1t was the sign
that survived to become the alpha
and beta Of one civilization and the
A B G Of another.
Just a. tho philologist had discov.
cred one entire system Of languages,
30 the alphabetarian has discovered
in the diversity Of alphabets an orig.
inal prototype Of all. In Prof. Pstrie's
words. The Phoenicians are people
Of yesterday compared with those who
wrote the signs that are the origin
Of all alphabets."
It was to pottery, said the profess
sor. that Egyptologists and others
were indebted for these signs, and
their development was worked out
on these lines. Flatnose made q pot
and put q mark on it to show that 1t
was his. In time. because 1t was his
mark, the sign stood for Flatnose
himself. and then the sign became at
tached to sound irrespective Of the
thing itself. Gradually the wearing
down went on until the sign stood,
not for a sound, but q syllable, and
then for = letter.
The signs, Of course, were not
alphabet; that did not arrive
perhaps 1000 B. G., whereas signs
were found in early prehistoric Egypt.
probably 1000 B. G. Proofs OF this
common origin were plentiful. for the
signs spread by trade far north and
south and appeared similarly in
Runic, Iberian and Harlan, and yet
were unknown in Phoenician.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
Natural MIst,ke

what a magnificent row Of chrys.
anthemums just above the hedge
yonder."
Laws, ma, them's the heads Of the
Football players sitting just back Of
The hedge on a bench"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
How Hena Eat

Grandpa invited Dorothy to go with
him to feed the chickens, the morning
after her arrival at the farm. On her
return to the house she inquired shy
Iyi Grandpa, do all hens eat with
their noses 7"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
Carpenters Saw.

s little notch and then a dip in the
blade.
1t often happens when saving a
piece of board that the saw cut will
get choked. When it does the car
penter just takes the saw out, turns
It over and uses this little notch as a
sort OF thin hook. which will pass free
ly through the saw cut, and yanks the
obstruction out.
On the better class of wooden planes,
near the front Of the top, there Is
placed q small button of hard wood or
leather. This is for the carpenter to
tap on with his hammer when he Is
adjusting the blade. On the modern
planes that adjust the blade with a
screw at the back this tapping Is not
necessary.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26

summoned her chicks. and they ar
fed from q bottle by tho farmers
daughter. The animals follow the
fowl about tho barnyard in the most
contented way imaginable. While un,
able to cover them at night. the hen
sQuats among them and croons her
goodnight lullaby as II the four-leg
ged creatures were her own.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
f. TIE i.
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BOOK
$4,000 OLD HORSES FOR FOOD.

Startling figures as to the volume
OF the traflc in WORKOUT horses be.
tween Great Britain and the Cont.
nent are contained in the report 70.
Gently issued of the departmental
committee which has considered the
best means Of developing British ex.
port trade in live stock.
The total number Of British and
Irish horses exported in 1910 was 3d..
149. valued at e1.293,93s. More than
10000 OF these horses valued at
2614,451) were sent to the low coun.
tries-19,957 to Holland and 3O,2O6 to
Belgium-and 1t is evident that most
of these were intended for slaughter,
as the average value was only about
ELI and E13 respectively.
The total British export Of live
stock last year, mainly for breeding
purposes, was as follows:
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
How January Gets Name,

January derives its name from the
Roman god Janus, who was repre-
scented with two faces; one was the
face Of an old man. IMPLYING the past
year; the other that OF youth, in
reference to the new year.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
ABANDONED CHICKS FOR PIGS.

A Washington hen abandoned her
brood of chicks to care for litter OF
Poland China pigs whose mother died
soon after their birth. The hen calls
the pigs around her with the same
cluck-cluck with which she formerly
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
Got II ALI.

The bandit who robbed the sleep
er certainly made a big haul"
Yes, he had expert assistance, hs
forced khA nn-t~r to haln.s
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26
GOOD POINTS ABOUT TOOLS
Many Little Thlnps That Boys Do Not
Always Understand-Uss for
Notch on q Saw.

Boys that use tools do not always
know what all the smaller parts Of
the tools are for. For instance, on tho
back edge Of every good saw there
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-09-26

British pedigree animals found
their way to all parts of the world
and Japanese buyers are now making
large purchases at agricultural shows
in Great Britain.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1912-12-06
Cheese Puns.

This is a good way to use up odd
pieces of pastry and stale scraps Of
cheese. One egg and one extra yOlk,
two ounces of butter, three ounces of
grated cheese, salt and pepper to
taste and a quarter of pound OF
pastry. Break the egg and extra yolk
into basin and beat them we'll. Melt
the butter and add it slowly TO the
eggs, also the grated cheese and a
pinch of salt and pepper. Roll out
the pastry very thin, then stamp it
with a cutter the size of a wine glass
top. Spread a little Of the cheese
mixture over one round, leaving a
narrow border of pastry around;
brush the edge of a second round with
a beaten egg or water, lay it over the
mixture and press the edges together.
Lay on a slightly creased baking tin,
bake in a quick oven about ten min
utes. Sprinkle them over with grated
cheese and serve.