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Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
"l'm Going Plumb Crazy"

enduring love. Caleb had large hands
and feet. So had George Washington
Caleb had freckles and his ears stood
out. Wasn't that the way with Thomas
JEFFERSON? Caleb shouldn't throw his
love and his life away on q country
woman. There were hundreds OF rich
women who would just scramble to
get him II 1t were known that he was
In the market.
Caleb Henderson was battered till
his brain whirled. The handsomer OF
the two girls made an appointment
TO meet him at the same blackberry
patch at the same hour next day and
when he went to the house to supper
he looked so queer and acted so abb
Bent-minded that the Widow Clymer
remarked:
Caleb. you may be going to come
down with fever. l guess I'd better
make you some smartweed tea"
"Oh, I'm all right" was the reply.
None O. your family ever had hts,
did they?"
"Of course not"
"See any blacksnakes today and get
q shock?"
"Noap."
Caleb braced up and tried to shake
OF suspicious, but when the widow
slipped out to the barnyard after sup
per and found him trying to milk a
COW on the wrong side she said to
herself:
II can't tell what 1t is, but some
things going to happen. That young
man Is either going to be sick, or
else something has happened today
to put a new kink in his brain. I'll
keep an eye on him for little WHILE"
There were but few guests at the
summer hotel, and the young lady
who was to meet Caleb the next day,
and did meet him, was bored and
wanted diversion. She 1ollied him,
and by the time they had met four
times she had smashed his engage
ment to the widow and learned the
history OF his life. 1t wasn't under
stood In so many words, but was
strongly inferred by Caleb. that in
case he could get ont of his tangle
with the widow he cogld become the
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
| CALEB'S |
| AILMENT
By lawrence Alfred Clay
(Copyright. I0ra by Associated Literary Prsss)

Caleb Henderson and the widow
Clymer might never have been heard
Of but for an old red bull that got
loose on the highway one day and en-
tered the widows gate and drove her
up cherry tree and frightened her
80 that she had headaches for q week
after. She was rescued after q while
by Caleb, who was her hired man, and
had been for year.
The bull was game. and he knocked
over barrel OF soft soap, smashed in
the smokehouse door and uprooted
seven currant bushes, but he had to
30. Up to this hour there had been
no feeling Of love between the hired
man and widow. He was twenty-five
years old and she was ten years older.
She owned a nice farm, and he wasn't
worth hundred dollars. but he had
done no scheming.
1t was after the defeated and crest
fallen bull had departed and the
widow had dropped from her perch to
The ground with thud that love
came to both hearts at one and the
same moment. Cupid gave a double
dose without extra charge. There was
IN engagement, and there was talk
Of having the marriage come off along
about Christmas. this being early sum-
mer.
For two months Caleb Henderson
was a happy man. and was proud over
the congratulations he received. 1t
was generally said that the widow
was little too old for him, but it
was always added that 1t was a nice
farm and we'll stocked. In the midst
Of his great happiness trouble de-
scended. Caleb was mending a fence
one day when two young ladies from
the summer hotel a mile away came
wandering over the field after daisies.
They made for the hired man, and,
although he was rather bashful. he
stood his ground. He had never been
close to angels before. He was as red
As beet and hopping his brow within
three minutes. The girls saw how it
was with him, and they set out to Jolly
and josh.
They We're from the city, but they
despised city men. When they mar
ried 1t would be some honest. hard
working farmer. They did not de-
mand style nor too much education.
In place OF 1t they would have honest,
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
BLIND AS SURGEONS
olGHTLEsS MAN TAKES ExAMiNA,
TON FOR LICENSE.
Says Fingers Are His Eyes, and That
He Can Do BY Sound and Feel.
Ing All That Others Do
by Sight.

Chcago.-Surgical operations ma,
Do performed by a blind man II jacob
w. Bolotin succeeds in passing tn.
examination for physicians license
which he Is taking before the stat<
board OF medical examiners at thu
Coliseum. Up to the present he hal
met every test that has been given
him. and the examiners believe he
will qualify and become the first
blind medical practitioner in the state
of Illinois.
Bolotin, although blind from his in
FANCY, will complete a course in medi
cine IN the Chicago College of Medi
cine and Surgery this month. He say,
he has faculties that equip him for his
particular branch Of practice even bet
ter than the average physician.
"A blind physician!" exclaimed the
young man after he had finished die.
tating his answer to the final ques.
ton OF the examination paper. well
ID there anything SO remarkable about
IT! Because man hasn't eyes is II
any sign that he hasn't any brains !
That Is the trouble with the world
and the blind man. All the blind man
asks 10 fair play. Give him an equal
chance without prejudice and he gen
orally manages to hold his own with
his more fortunate brother.
"They laughed at me when I asked
Tor chart, and said that was going
In the regular class for dissecttng.
But there wasn't nerve, a sinew, a
vein. an artery, a tissue that the eye
could behold, but l could feel with
the tips of my fingers. My fingers are
good eyes. With them I can detect
pulsations. irritations and tempera.
lures instantly. My ears are keen to
every little sound within the human
body. They tell me unquestionabry
and promptly when the machinery of
the heart or digestive organ is not run.
ming smoothly. Or II there is a catch
or obstruction in the lungs my ears
tell me Immediately what Is the cause
and then I know what to do.
1T was interesting work-the study
OF anatomy. I am to specialize in
heart and lung disorders, and am SURF
that shall succeed, for already I have
been practicing as assistant In thu
Chicago Municipal tuberculosis SAM
tarium."
DR.. James A. Egan, secretary and
executive officer of the state board O
health, has taken a special interest IN
Bolotin.
According to my recollection" said
Doctor Egan. "he is the first man
totally blind, who has ever taken the
state board examination. have
glanced at his papers, and his treat
ment OF the different questions has
certainly been mastery"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
WHY MAN ExCELS AT GOLF
Woman Lacks the Active Physical
Training Which Her Brother
Gets in Boyhood.

II you were asked why men pla,
better golf than women your answe,
probably would be: because men are
stronger than women. And that
would be the truth, but only part of it
Possibly the difference in the effec
tiveness Of the woman's and the mans
game can, as some people claim, be
traced directly to the length of the
shot, but the more one investigates
the more he is led to qualify this con.
clusion. 1t becomes, on the whole
less reasonable to credit solely to
muscular advantage the eight to nine
strokes which, roughly, measure the
handicap due from man to a woman.
In other words, II a man and a won.
an should happen to have an equal
supply of strength and endurance, it
seems that the man would turn out to
be the better golfer. That is the ques.
ton.
In the first place, men have far
greater game experience. They begin
to play bat and ball games at an ear
Her age and thereby develop more
e'oi Ou6uly Tie Ieel Oh CLUBS ana the
fine eye that Is necessary for success
In such games. There are all sorts
of games that boys amuse themselves
with from their earliest youth which
give them eye. And when they take
a golf club in their hands for the first
time the essential act Of concentrating
their vision on the object to be struck
Is not novelty. 1t is second nature.
With a girl it Is different. She has
not daily played games that developed
her eye, such as marbles, Scrub"
hockey, snowballing and target prac.
tice, games that are the constant avo-
cations Of bipeds who practice the
profession of being boys. And yet one
OF the greatest of women golfers as
sures me that women have shown in
tournaments more concentration of
the eye than men and that only last
fall this fact was proved. It appears
that computation was made both at
the mems championship and the wom-
ems which proved that the women
missed their drives less often than the
men.-Charles Alden Settler in the
Outing Magazine.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
A Doubtful Compliment.

Edward ]. Watkins, is in a quandary
over statement made to him at the
Pendennis club. He does not know
whether to be flattered or offended.
At the club, negro boy as black as
a shoe, is in charge of the check room,
and while taking Watkins hat and
coat, he cast an admiring glance at
Mr.. Watkins's new gray suit, and
said: 'Mr. Watkins. that's the best
looking suit see this year. I'd like
to buy some of your close, sir, some
times If you got any you'd dispose Of.
You dress more to a nigger's taste
than any other gentleman at the club;
yessir."
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Rather Absurd.

DR.. Harvey w. Wiley. a few days
after his regrettable resignation, was
talking to Washington correspond
ent about an adulterated food.
But the manufacturer says he can
prove the adulteration does not
HARM" the correspondent ventured.
WELL" answered Dr. Wiley, with a
smile. IF he tries to prove that, he'll
involve himself as absurdly as the
man who declared in triumph:
Nobody can have two birthdays
but a twin"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Turned the Subject.

Eddie. who has been punished fol
eating green apples. is again In the
garden, indulging his appetite for the
forbidden fruit, when papa approaches
silently. and stands frowning down
upon him. Eddie hangs his head, with
tho half-eaten apple in his little fist
thrust behind him. Then, suddenly.
the trembling lip stiffens. he looks
up Into the stern face, with a guile.
less smile. and pipes: Papa. Ia
dreen apple pie made out of tur.
vants?"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Need for Cultivation.

1t Is mistake to allow orchard
land to lie hard and crusty In the
spring simply because there are no
weeds growing. The orchard needs
cultivation just as does the corn. A
mulch should be maintained SO as to
prevent the escape of the moisture
During midsummer the moisture will
be needed, and If 1t is dried out the
trees may suffer and shed their
leaves early.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
AduIterated Alfalfa Seed

Alfalfa seed is subject to adultera-
ton with cheaper seeds closely re.
sembling it, and the great danger lies
in the fact that with the authorizations
some noxious weeds may be intro
duced, which will cause endless trou-
BILE and work in the future.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Fighting Sheen TIcka.

II there are many ticks on the flock,
make arrangements to dip the lambs
Just as soon as the ewes can be
sheared. 1t will be good idea to dip
the sheep also at the same time. The
coal tar dips may be used, and some
Of the sulphur dips are good.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Study In Farm Economics

A wise man once wrote: Just stot
a moment and consider carting a ton
o: hay fifteen or twenty miles to mar
ket or feeding 1t upon the farm and
carting tub of butter to market.
They are about equal in value, and
note the difference in carriage"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Hardly Fair,

Which is your favorite among the
plays of Shakespeare, Mr.. Henpeck 2"
The Tanning of the Shrew.'"
But do you think you ought to per-
NIT your personal feeling to get the
better Of your judgment in such a mat.
teri?
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25

son-in-law OF a rich man in the city,
That meant the husband OF the angel
sitting beside him and eating half.
ripe blackberries as fast as he could
| pick them.
The widow had said she would keep
an eye on Caleb. and she didn't forget
She was cognizant OF that Irritation
In no time, and from Caleb's looks
and bearing she knew that he had
been hard hit and was wondering
how to break with her. She gave him
rope to see what he would do. The
plan he followed was proposed by the
girl flirt. who laughed for an hour
after she left him. The plan to
checkmate him was born in the wild
ows own brain, and was surrounded
by grim smiles.
One evening. after Caleb had kept
up his new and strange attitude for
week or more, and after he had
hitched around In a nervous way for
many minutes. he said:
Cynthia, was wrong about none
OF my family ever having fits"
"Yes?"
We've all had 'em, the worst way"
II see"
And that amt the worst of It.
Father and mother were crazy as
looms"
You don't say?"
"And of course I'll be crazy sooner
or later"
VERY likely!"
Il think that's what ails me now
I'm going plumb crazy"
Il guess you are"
And you don't want to marry q
crazy man. OF course"
mot under any circumstances. No,
couldn't do that, much as l might
love him."
Caleb did some grinning and chuck
ling. He had looked for a row, and
the widow was taking the matter as
placidly as II 1t was OF no account.
"Then-then our engagement is
Off" he asked, after long silence.
mot quite, Caleb. l want to watch
you for two or three days and see IL
you get worse. l am sorry for you.
but 1t may turn out all right"
But feel right now as II wanted
to murder some one!"
well, l must take chances OF that"
That night as Caleb slept and
dreamed Of his city angel two young
farmers entered his room and tied him
fast. He awoke as they were remov-
Ing him to the smoke house, and in
reply to his demands and EXPLANATIONS
the widow soothingly said:
You see, you're gone crazy, dear
man, and We must restrain you a Bit"
"But I'm not insane!"
"Oh, yes, you are. They always
say that. There's nice bed of straw,
and water to drink, and bread to eat,
and we hope you will get better In a
week or two"
Caleb raised big rumpus over it,
but 1t did him no good. He was to
meet his angel at the blackberry
patch next afternoon, but he wasn't
there. She was, however, and so was
the widow. 1t was the angel who
flew and the widow who pursued. Be-
fore night fell the hired man had
decided that his parents had never
been insane. When morning came
again he had decided that there was
no lunacy about him, and that he
might live to be hundred years old
and never have tit. For four days
he plead and appealed, and then he
was brought out to find preacher and
Witnesses there. To his looks of In
quiry the widow explained:
II couldn't marry a lunatic, but am
ready to wed one who has made . &c oil
Of himself once or twice."
where's that-that girl from the
city," he asked.
"Still running"
well, for fear she'll come back,
guess we'd better splice!"
And the last heard from him he was
Dragging that he had married the best
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Hard on the PIoneer

Nov, Johnnie" said the teache,
tell me what an engineer lisp"
He is a man that works an an.
gine," replied Johnnie.
Correct" said the teacher. Nov.
Tommy, can you tell me what n nj.
oneer is?"
Yes, SIR" answered Tommy; hes
man that works a piano."
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
"Blind But EearIessv

Danielson, Conn.-Fearing blindness,
Dr. w. f. Hyde. a prominent dentist.
wrote the following note and commit.
ted suicide: Blind but fearless-its
: great question. await the answer
In the morning"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Waiting for Proper Conditions

Do not plant before you think the
season is favorable. Early planting
is generally desirable, but this is an
unusually backward spring Get
your land ready and then plant when
the soil, temperature and weather
conditions are favorable.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Poor Ellsworth.

when Ellsworth speaks sternly to
his little boy he expects to be obeyed"
"Well?"
You know the old saying. 1t is the
unaInaetad that always happens"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Travelled Million MIlee

Springfield. Mass. d. Smith, a
railroad conductor, who travelled a
million miles on the same run, has re-
tired after So years of service.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
The Likeness.

Mrs. Newell suppose now we
have disagreed, you are comparing
this to your old home.
Mr.. Newed-Exactly. This Ia Just
like the rows mother used to make.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Ono on Willie Smith

Mother-"What? Smoking again,
Why don't you try to be like willis
6mith7 He never smokes" Jimmie
III 1t made me as sick as It does him
/ wouldn't neither"
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Ancient Slot Machines,

tian era, says the Springfield Repub-
lican. According to historian Of that
time. there was in existence a sacri.
fetal vessel from which water would
flow only when money was dropped in
the slot. Now we want to know
whether the ancients had chewing
gum.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Children Patrols

New Rochelle, N. Y.-Children of
this city will form patrols to prevent
persons from throwing banana skins
on the streets
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Keeping Books on Birds

The pOultryman who fails to kee,
an accurate account of his transac-
tons is travelling over the road of
Uncertainty that leads to Failure.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
SLOT MACHINES NOT MODERN
Found in Alexandria Century Before
Christian Era, According to
Hunter Of Curious,

A hunter Of the curious tells us
that slot machines. very far from be-
Ing modern invention, were found In
Alexandria. a century before the Chris
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1912-07-25
Rag Picker's Find.

Pittsneld, Mass.-A rag sorter in a
local paper mill while cutting rags
discovered five $40 bills In q womans
silk stocking.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-27
HER FRIENDS
GOOD ADVICE
The Results Made This NeWbur9
Lady Glad She Followed
SUGGESTION.

Newburg, Ala.-"For more than a
year." writes Myrtle Cothrum, of this
place, 81 suffered with terrible pains in
my back and head. I had a sallow
complexion, and my face was covered
with pimples. Our family doctor only
gave me temporary relief.
A friend of mine advised me to try
Cardui, so began taking 1t, at once,
and with the best results, for I was
cured after taking two bottles. My
mother and my aunt have also used
Cardui and were greatly benefited.
shall always praise Cardui to sick
and suffering women"
Cardui is a purely vegetable, per-
fectly harmless, tonic remedy for wo-
men, and will benefit young and old.
Its ingredients are mild herbs, hav-
ing a gentle, tonic effect, on the wo-
manly constitution.
Cardui has helped a million women
back to health and strength.
Have you tried it? If not, please
do. It may be just what you need.
N. B.-Write to: Ladies' Advisory Dept, Chatta-
nooga Medicine Co.. Chattanooga Tenn. for Special
Instructions. and 64-page book. Home Treatment
tor Women. sent In plain wrapper. On request.
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-27
He Had a Past,

Il can't, can't, can't!" he groaned.
Can you not?" she said sympathet-
ically. The girl loved him.
NO." he cried. 81 have a past, and
1t is only fair that you should know.
| would marry no girl on false pre-
fences. She might find it out after.
ward. l have past"
Reveal It," she cried softly. Il
could forgive you anything" For the
girl loved him.
Il told you that left my home town
to seek my fortune" he said hoarse-
ly. THAT is not true / had to fee it,
Zone day-about six o'clock, 1t was,
well / remember the time-a fellow
townsman passed me with his little
boy. Suddenly the child fell, slipped,
stumbled, to the street.
All, see 1t is son down. / re-
marked, gazing up at the sky.
"A number Of citizens heard me;
the news spread, and-well, to make a
short story shorter, the town got too
hot for me. Can you forgive me for
that?"
Shuddering, the girl shrank away
from him. Her lips moved, but the
power Of speech had deserted her.
Sadly he reached for his hat
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-27
PRESIDENTS ON TOUR
ARTHUR AND CLEVELAND WERE
NOT GOOD TRAVELLERS.
Latter Did Not Like CroWds-HarrL
son Was impatient-once Had
Train Sidetracked in Woods
So He Could Rest.

IF anybody travelling needs re
over Sunday 1t Ia a president on
jsunt," said a man who has been out
with several presidents. Fortunate
ly for Mr. Taft, he likes this sort of
thing, but notice that he has ordered
rests over Sunday in his itinerary.
II have travelled with Arthur, Nc
Kinley, Cleveland and Harrison on
their jaunts. Arthur, in spite of his
talent for mixing with a New York
crowd, was never equal to the job in
the country. If any town in this
country is up on the art of catering
to any exclusive taste it Is Louisville,
KY. Arthur was the first Republican
president to go south, and Louisville
spread herself to make him feel at
home. Political lines were obliterat-
ed on the occasion Of his visit when
he went there to open the cotton ex-
position. The Pendennis club gave
him a banquet fit for a king, but he
was glad when it was over.
When he left Chicago for his hunt
in Yellowstone he told Phil Sheridan,
who had charge of the party, that he
was glad he was going where he could
have uninterrupted rest.
Mckinley was not as good trav-
eler as Taft, but he never showed
that he was tired. l heard him say
once that he wished railroad compa-
MES would make some arrangement
by which log cabin could be attach
cd To IF Dbl
sleeper
cleveland never liked a crowd. He
fretted under handshaking and always
grunted when he had to make rear
platform speech. When he visited Chi
cago with his bride he got the great
est reception ever seen in that city.
The fact that Mrs. Cleveland broke
down under the strain of the excite
ment may have had something to do
with making Cleveland impatient, but
the way he raved over the jam and
mismanagement of the affair would
have melted the type of any newspa-
per that tried to quote him. When he
left the city for -Iadison, where he
was a guest of Colonel Villas, he ex-
pressed himself as delighted over the
rest to which he was bound. | saw
him at an inaugural ball in Washing
ton. | wouldn't like to repeat what
l heard him say about the mob on the
floor.
Harrison was the most impatient
presidential traveller of all l ever
jaunted with. One night the crowd
in Burlington became unmanageable.
1t was the worst l ever saw. The po-
lice were as useless as a lot of wood
en- soldiers. When the meeting was
over and Harrison and his party went
to the presidential train, Harrison
asked when the train was due at the
next stop, Oskaloosa, Ia, where he
was to open the Corn Palace the next
day. When he was told that the
schedule was for noon the following
day he requested that the train be
sidetracked somewhere for the re-
mainder of the night in order that he
might get rest.
"It was SO ordered, and the train
was run out of Burlington about 40
miles and placed on a siding In the
woods. There 1t remained until aft
The Ocala evening star. [volume] (Ocala, Fla.) 1895-1943, 1912-02-27
HORSES AND MULES
have as fine lot of Horses and
Jules on my lot, on West Exposition

Street, as have ever
been brought to the
Ocala market. Call
and look the ami
mails over and make
your selection. The
drove contains stock
of all styles and for
all purposes. Every