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Christopher and Columbus" so called be- cause the twins christened themselves thus when they started out to find the new world. More rolicking fun than either Elizabeth and Her German Gar den'' or "The Pastor's Wife" The book is a farce comedy of the highest order. withal keen, kindly good natured dig in the ribs at American puritanism. The au- thor of Christopher and Columbus char acteriZeS Americans as truly and as keen- ly as she does English bishops and Ger man junkers.
 THE RIDDEE OF THE PURPLE EM-
 PEROR"
 By T. w. and M. E. Hanshew. Illustrated 1 by Walter DeMars. Doubleday Page X
 Co.,. publishers, Garden City, N. Y.
 By far the most baffling case Cleek "the master detective" had experienced was the disappearance of the Cheyne jewels, including the purple emperor, ' which had years before been stolen from one of the sacred idols of India.
 True to it's tradition, bloodshed fol Jews the ill-fated stone once it comes into the possession of the young heiress Lady Margaret Cheyne.
 Two most uncanny murders follow, as does the baffling disappearance of Lady Cheyne herself.
 Lady Margaret herself disappears iron Cheyne Court in most mysterious man Ter, and though the house is searched by Cleek and the girls lover, no trace of her or the missing jewels, or of any living soul can be found. Despite tha thorough search, however, sounds art heasd about the house and once or twic figures appear at the windows.
 A murdered body is found in the ball room, though no one has been seen t enter or leave the house. Apparently is the body of Miss Cheyne, Lady Mar garet's aunt, who was found murdere
 r that room month or so before. The investigate more closely and find tha the body is that of a man made up t represent Miss Cheyne.
 Various people of the neighborhood com under the suspicion of having stolen tn jewels, of knowing the whereabouts 0 Lady Margaret, or of being responsibl for the murders.
 Due to Cleeks marvellous genius for un raveling even the darkest of mysteries the solution is found, and the 'purpl
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THE BOOK SHELF
By THE BIBLIopHILE

"CHRISTOPHER AND COLUMBUS" By "The Author of Elizabeth and Her Garden" Frontispiece by Arthur Little
 Doubleday Page & Co.,, publishers, Gar
 den City, N. Y.
 We have a phrase here in America, sspassing the buck" That is what Uncle Arthur did with the twins, Anna Rose and Anna Felicitas, IT years old, very charming and very lively. German father and English mother both dead, the pair fell to the care of their English relatives in war time England. lmpos- sible situation!
 You can't take a pair Of 17-year-oio girls to the nearest lamp post and hang them, even though their father was one Won Twinkler, a German and junk or German at that. and even though the neighbors all did look askance and the police registered them. Enemy ahens- So with 200 pounds and letter Of intro duction he passed them on to then neutral America-and MT. Twist, only the latter was an accident who felt sorry for them on the boat He, it turned out, was an American millionaire, but nevertheless he was really born to be a mother lie chaperoned them and would have passed them on to their friends in America but could not pass the buck as Uncle Arthur irrepressible pair on his hands. Mr. Twist could not pas the buck as Uncle Arthur did.
 Such is the delightful situation in
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Testament, and documentary evidence show, that the ancient city dates back to 14c B. c.
 Travellers refer to it as dear, dirty strong, and it's street cleaners have long ceased to work One of the city's main features is "the street which is called Straight" which runs from east to west.
 Damascus has been the scene of many conflicts since David sent an expedition against it and took it with slaughter of 220Oo men. Egyptians, Crusaders and Turks fought so repeatedly for it that it has become the most captured as well as the oldest city in the world.
 Its bazaars and riches are world fam ous. Damascus steel, armor, silk, scents and jewelry are the most exquisite and costly in the markets. The name of it's ..damascene,' work in steel, which con- sists in inlaying fine steel with gold or silver in wavy lines, has passed on to damask linen with similar design.
 The main beauty of Damascus lies in it's orchards, gardens and vineyards, which cover an area of 60 square miles. They are watered by the rivers of the city. which, biblical students will recall, the Syrian general, as recorded in the Second Book of Kings, suggested might wash away his leprosy. And around this ancient and historical city hangs su- perstition about sneezing. The supersti ton that exists is to the effect that
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payday revolution which would eliminate the long file before the pay window is being considered. Each X employe would have an account in 3 bank of his own. and every week. through the firms bank, he would be credited there with the amount of his wages. He would then draw out only what is act3fary needed for the weeks expenses, leaving the balance in bank. The tendency would be to try to make this balance a little larger each week, and it is even proposed that the firm should pay interest on the money thus left in the bank. So much were we impressed with this proposal that we su omitted it to MT. A. Barton Hep burn, chairman of the advisory board of the Chase National bank and ex- controller of the United States Treas ury Endorsing the suggestion, Mir. Hepburn said: It is along the line of teaching thrift. Anything that would teach the workman to keep a bank ac- count would carry with it natural in- spiration to increase the size of ais deposits It would give the working man a sense of dignity, and it would go great way toward mitigating the general hostility to banks on the part of that class of our public who make no use of them" Such an inovation would be particularly valuaele at present. The purchase of Liberty Bonds has inculcated the habit of thrift among hundreds of thousands who never before had saved or owned bond. Many have used the banks for the first time. and have come to see that the bank is one of their best friends.
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French Sacrifice
 for Liberty Heoric

Six millions of French sons nave ua ferad their lives that democracy mignt i've. 30 million other French men ana women sacrificed their all for the same purpose America's debt of gratltuoe to france for this is very great. We also are indebted to her for an invaluaoie remedy for stoc,ach, liver and intestl- ants. which 1t is reported has saved many American lives and prevented thousands of surgical opera tions. Geo. IT Mayr for many years a prominent Chicago chemist imports the ingredi- ents and sells this remedy under the name of Mayr's' Wonderful Remedy. It is a simple, harmless preparation that removes the catarrhal mucus from the intestinal tract aud allays the ir. flammation which causes practically all stomach, liver and intestinal ailments, Including appendicitis. One dose will convince or money refunded. Green Drug Co, Hagan- Dunlap Drug Go. and druggists everywhere
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Rx DOLLY DALRYMPLE

S NICE the influenza epidemic, N "sneezing'' superstitions have come 0 into prominence all over the world this particular physical disturb ance which has been given so much con sideration has revived all sorts of rumors and "old saws" and aphorisms that have long laid dormant.
 For instance the old rhyme with which we are all so familiar has come into its own once more:
 tSneeze on Monday
 Sneeze for danger;
 Sneeze on Tuesday
 Meet a stranger;
 Sneeze on Wednesday
 Receive letter;
 SneeZe on Thursday
 Something better;
 Sneeze on Friday
 Expect sorrow;
 Sneeze on Saturday
 Joy tomorrow! Over in Scotland it is maintained that idiots can't sneeze; that they are incap- able of sneezing. and the power to &C., ccmplish this physical disturbance has been deemed evidence of the possession of a certain degree of intelligence. It is the Flemish belief that a sneeze during a conversation or a bargain proves that what you say is the truth. The Chinese believe that sneeze on New Years Day means bad luck through out all that year.
 The Japanese hold that one sneeze means that some one is praising you
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FRECKLES
Now h the Time to Get Rid of These
 Urly Spots

There's no longer the slightest need of feeling ashamed of your freckles, ss Othine-double strength-is guar
 Simply get an ounce of Othine- double strength--from any druggist and apply a little of 1t night .ha1 and even the worst freckles have begun to disappear, while the lighter ones have more than one ounce is needed to com pletely clear the skin and gain beau- tiful, clear complexion.
 Be sure to ask for the double strength Othine as this is sold under guarantee of money back if it fails to remove freckles.
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lot of them, including Uncle William. Cousin Ferdinand, Willie, Lizzie and all the rest coming to America as humble immigrants unknown to the world. Then they work out their destiny
 This book is not only written in MT Leacock's characteristic vein of humor, but presents also a searching satire on the vanity of autocratic monarchy.
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Li'l Honey, MONEY may Talk, but hits Powerful Sel- dom dat hit "Gives Hitself Erway." Naw'm!

custom of batting you on the back when you sneeze, and saying:
 God be with you," or God bless your
 Called by orientals "the Pearl of the East" Damascus, General Allenby's great capture, is the oldest city in the world still inhabited.
 It is mentioned repeatedly in the Old
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dyes and colors were imported, five or six American concerns producing 3200 tons year. Now there are 100 concerns, each making special colors, and 100 more making crudes and intermediates.
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one of the best guaranties of the peace that all desire would be found in a deeper spirit of brotherhood to be in- spired by the Church among men and nations. Indeed, laws and leagues will not succeed in the final test unless the spirit is created in the hearts of men.
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A new heat isolating material is being produced in Sweden; the chief constitu- ent is kind of fireclay known as '.Mo- lera' found on the island of Mora
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one sneezeS while standing on the banks of the river, any wish that is made will be grantedl
 Indeed, sneezing has become such a not able function since the Spanish influenza epidemic that if you are not "up'' on the various superstitions concerning "sneeze," you are quite out of it. These superstitions have existed for centuries, but have recently come to light because of the flu
 Pages have been written by newspaper people and others about "sneezing in ones handkerchief to prevent the spreesl of influenza, and it is a very timely sug- gestion, too, for the germs and microbes and things which one little, tiny bit of a "sneeze" contains carry pestilence and disaster in it's wake.
 Personally, I loathe sneezing; either to sneeze or to be sneezed at. l Take a person who will start and sneeze l 10 or 12 times without stopping-I just
 want to knock their head off. Each sneeze l is louder than the other sneeze, and then the next is louder than the other. Each
 'ker-c -choo" is more violent than the one
 before, and all the time the "sneezer" is
 nearly killing himself laughing, thinking | it is a great joke
 l Like all other nations Americans cling
 to superstitions, and the sneezing habit | carries in it's wake the little verse which has been quoted at the beginning of this story, which may or may not be true, but which will always be associated from
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Notwithstanding Pay Day

childhood with sneezing, like the '@Mother| Goose rhymes and other jingles we learn.
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THE SEESAW"


 By Sophie Kerr Frontispiece in color. Doubleday Page & Co.,. publishers. Gar den City, N. Y.
 An intensely dramatic novel of married life It is the story of Marcia Crossey, woman of devoted character, and liar leth Crossey, her husband, who was "as self-villed as shooting star and about as uncomfortable around the house."
 Throughout their married life it was Marcia who had made all the conces- sions, all the compromises. all the adjust ments. But when his self -willed love of pleasure led Harleth into a conspicuous Irritation with Leila Templeton, her best friend, Marcia rebelled
 It is a story of the life of Americas s prosperous and fast living younger set"-in which business, the life of the country club and thousand other press ing social matters crowd out all the finer clements of family life.
 It is a life typical of any great Amer ican city-or small town for that matter, for what place hasn't it's social set and it's country clubs?
 Not until he had drunk of the dregs of his own folly did he awaken to his selnsh wrong -doing, and then. had it not been for sudden dramatic turn of affairs, II might have been too late for reparation. There is an unexpected ulacing of the tangled threads of the story leading to- ward happiness.
 This book is by far the most mature work yet done by Miss Kerr. setting forth as it does the tendencies and char acteristics of modern American life which are growing all too common, and pointing the way to the solution.
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LINING RAYoNErs.

By Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson. The John
 Lane Co, publishers. New York city,
 Living Bayonets' tells for the first time the story of what the advent of the Americans on the western front meant to the French poilus and British Tommies
 Written on battlefields, in devastated towns of the American, French and British fronts, scribbled very often after the heat of an attack, it puts on record frcm the time when the Tanks were only coming until they came. the growing
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daring which made ultimate triumph cer-

 daring which made ultimate triumph cer- tain.
 Our spirits are living bayonets. The ideals which we carry in our hearts are more deadly to the enemy than any man m ade weaponS''-theSe words sum up the ella ted heroism which carried the men Tn khaki forward from the capture Of the Vimy Ridge to the tremendous martyr dom of the last push, in which the au- thor was again wounded and before which the enemy crumbled.
 Lieut.. Coningsby Dawson's biggest took-the most complete, burning and prophetic utterance which has been pro duced by the Judgment Day which IS now ended.
 "A FRENCHMAN'S INTERPRETATION
 OF PRESIDENT WILSON" By Daniel Halevy. Translated from the
 French by Hugh Stokes. The John
 Lane Co, publishers, New York city.
 Within the limits of a volume inevitably destined for an immediate interpretation of MT. Wilson to the people of France, Mr Halevy has here produced what is little less, in. his way, than master piece.
 The larger part of his book is naturally devoted to the Presidents foreign policy and the line taken by his analysis is sig nificant He pictures a statesman con fl onted by two problems-the shortening of an alien conflict abroad and the pres efvation of peace for America itself. lie urges the difficulties involved in the Irish American situation, the special Ger nan problem the traditional ideahsm or the Presidents public professions and his public diplomacy Mr. Wilson's literary achievements and personality are also discussed by MT. Halevy with wise insight and sober sagacity, and his book, though nrimarily intended for the French, will find interested readers the world over. "S Q. s.
 By Isaac F. Marcosson. Illustrated Ine | John Lane Co.,, publishers, New York l city.
 l This book, written under the special au- thority of General Pershing, reveals a phase of America in France no less SUIT l ring than the narrative of the hghtfns man. It is a piece of permanent history and discloses for the first time the TO nance of the services of supply, wnlcf fed equipped and transported the Amer ;can revolutionary force It is story O thrill and action. shot through with per l sonalities of real heroes who made th' | firing line possible. | The book will prove as interesting read ing now, even though peace is at nanu as in wartime for the whole remarka oi' organization of the S. O. S. must De kep | intact until the last American soldle leaves France. It is furthermore. a val uable historical record for all time l .sTYIE HOHENZOLLERNS IN AM Et. I ICA AND OTHER IMPOSSlB1liIlfo. By Stephen Leacock The John Lan Go, publishers, New York city.
 The proper punishment for the Honen zollerns and the Hapsburgs. says M, l 'eacock. is that they should be made U l work. In his new book, The Hohenzo, ferns in America he depicts the wnoi
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Before the war 90 per cent of artificial
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1.-THE CRICKET
 By Marjorie Benton Cooke. Illustrated
 by J. Scott Williams Doubleday Page
 & Co.,, publishers, Garden City, N. Y.
 From the time when, at years of age, she dropped from tree into the mid dle of her birthday party in her birthday clothes, to that on which she wrecked the pet play of great actor-manager to the hilarious glee of all play-going New York and won from him the polite des- ignation of hell-cat, Isabel Bryce is an exhaustless fountain of outrageous mis- chief
 Handed over to governesses, Isabelle uses up about one month, but an in- terlude of two months with one whom she likes, and later, year at the right school, prove the really lovable quality of the child.
 Isabelle develops a craze for acting and son etimes even fools herself with pre- tended happenings as when she elopes uninvited with a mentally adored hero. The amazed man promptly notifies her father, who wearly wires his friend to keep right on and drop the kid at her school in New York. This he does with the assistance of a chaperon whose ser vices he wildly commanders at mid night.
 When her super ina gina tion puts the uuetus on her theatrical ambitions | Cricket" makes herself terribly i'll over the humiliation of her failure, the doc tor orders change and her long suffer l ing parents send her to Bermuda with , fo rmer governess as companion. During the voyage and later on arrlV- | ing she carries on an affair with Capt. Larry O'Leary a wounded Irishman, for l hom she really cares.
 | The real romance comes at last and, ln
 outrageous, unconventional difficulties te
 the last minute, Isabelle is safely anchored under the lee of exactly the | Tight man-Of-war,
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1.-THE CRICKET"

emperor restored to it's former own CTS.
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''Mrs. High-Brow' declares that you may lead Friend Husband" to a Lecture, but you can't make him THINK!
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-01-10

Some Of the Government ways are
funny but they must be good or We
would not have won the war.
This is what they call a Faith
er's Letter" That Is why ! am per
mitted to tell you 50 many things.
That Sapper paper l used to send
you has been stopped by the censor.
They figured it contained too much
information. Figured we could put
our time to more important work
and that we did.
Wen, it is getting cold so will
close. hoping that you Will have a
very merry Christmas. VIII try tC
make myself so. Please forward the
letter to Mae as soon as you have
read it as | can write only one let
ter telling just where | have been
and some things | have seen. An.
swer soon or | may not receive i,
over here. | would sure feel bad il
did not get one.
AS ever. c. G. ATHERTON.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-01-10

About the only way u farmer can
now get into Orofino would be by
flying machine. The ground froze
up with all the ruts in perfect con-
dition. and the roads are as rough
as a blacksmith rasp. Had our
roads been dragged last fall after
each rain, and had the overseers or
the highway board seen that all the
drains were open, and had the var
ious grades had same crown with q
water ditch next to the bank, and
the culverts open instead of clogged
with mud. the .oaa5 would have
| frozen up smooth and today instead
of being impossible would be like
smooth paved streets over which a
farmer could get into town to trade
or over which a farmer might haul
wood, hay or other things. How
much better it would be to put our
road funds into roads rather than
divert 5000 per year to pension a
deserving Democrat" And 5000
would go long ways towards re-
pairing the drainage on our grades
| in the fall.
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-01-10

We are sure that some of the
complaint we hear from local farm
ers about the Orofino merchants not
treating them square is not justified
by the facts. For example. Take
potatoes. How many of the grow
ers in Clearwater county ever grade
your crop? And yet you condemn
the Orofino merchant because you
don't get more than the market will
Justify. All in all the Orofino mer-
chants go the limit to handle the
products from this territory and
often pay more than tie Spokane
market, minus the cost of transpor-
tation, will justify. Last summer
our stores lost hundreds of dollars
on perishable fruits and vegetables.
The merchants took stuff from the
farmers that they later had to thro
away, and which they could not un-
load in any outside market. The
remedy for much of this lies in q
cannery at Orofino. The local mer-
chant has no right trying to handle
any quantity of perishable stuff
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-01-10
There Should Be a
Silo on Every Farm

The Republican would again can
attention to the Importance of n
silo on every farm in this county.
Where corn will not mature. as in
the Pierce section. clover, oats and
peas can be grown. so let US forget
the question of how We are to I'LL
them
1t has been demonstrated beyond
doubt that ensilage costs in this
country about So to $3.50 per ton
in the silo. We can produce from
seven to 40 tons per acre. 1t is a
fair estimate to say we can grow
ten tons OF corn ensiiage per acre
Now compare the feeding value OF
ten acres of land with the silo to
he same ten acres devoted to dry
hay, say timothy. clover, alfalfa
oats or wheat. We are reminded of
the experience of K. G. Chase of the
Ahsahka section, who, with dry
hay. could winter about Ave head OF
stock and with a silo. the same
land takes care of about five times
that number of head, Now this Is
the equivalent of multiplying the
tillabie acreage of the farm by the
amount of the increase in produc-
tiveness. without any increase in
taxes, or any added investment in
land. But the profits from these
acres are considerably increased. il
is evident.
Talking with farmer the other
| day he said: There Is no use try
Clearwater Republican. [volume] (Orofino, Idaho) 1912-1922, 1919-01-10

ms to make one Of these farms pay
and feed dry hay We have got to
produce more feed per acre. We
must produce corn or some other
crop for the silo and We must have
the silo'
The Republican hopes to see this
fact driven home and campaign
started, thrugh the Farm Bureau.
lead by live farm expert. to put a
siio on every farm in the county.
As We have previously said. the
proht on steer, a COW or a hog,
Is the difference between the cost OF
production and the selling value.
The farmer gets only what remains
after the cost of production is taxi
en- care of. Ii a 800 pound hog Ia
worth on the market $47.5O, and
the cost is $50 the farmer has lost
$3.50. But if the cost of produce
ton is S24. then the margin IT pro-
Mt is $22.50. Food cost is the big
element that determines the farm
er's profit on his livestock. That IL
sure. So. then, whatever reduces
food cost increases in the SANE bro
portion the profits to the grower.
This is why the siIo becomes the
one vital element in the farm econ
omy of our county. and why 1t Ia
vital that there should be silo on
every farm.
Talk with the man who has a silo
and see what he says. Let exper-
! ience be your guide.