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Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-08
C0FFEY MORTGAGES HIS
HOME TO FURNISH BAIL

SAN FRANCISCO. oct. 7.--After spend
ing two nights in the county jail in de-
fault of bail, ex-Supervisor M. w. Coffey,
indicted on three counts for receiving
bribes, was today admitted to bail in the
sum of $4,000 cash, furnished by counsel.
OF this amount $4,000 was provided by Mrs
Coffey mortgaging her homestead on
Sntter street, and the rest by loans from
various persons.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-08
The lineup was:

Officials-Field Judge,
Thomas and johnson.
and Burt.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-08
HARRY THAW'S TRIAL
SET FOR DECEMBER 2
BY Associated Press.

By AssocIated Fress.
NEW YORK, Oct 7-Harry K Thawfs
trial for the killing of Stanford White
will begin December 2. This agreement
was reached between District Attorney
Jerome, Martin w. Littleton. counsel for
Thaw, and Justice Dowling of the 9n-
preme court today.
Mr.. Littleton wanted the date fixed for
November l, but Mr.. Jerome opposed him.
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-08

"The Freedom of the Press" pub
lished in pamphlet form, is a plea for
greater liberty of the press. The au-
thor protests against the arbitrary
way in which the postal authorities of
various administrations have decided
against numerous publications and re-
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-08

'Who Killed Lady Poynder?" is a
clever story of criminal mystery. 1t
is not a detective story. There is no
sleuth to dominate the interest by his
wonderful shrewdness. Lady Poynder,
an Englishwoman, was killed. The cir
cumstances were so clouded in mystery
as to leave no clew, except a very pal
pable one, which, of course, was false
and which the reader knows to be false
Then the author goes on and skillfully
builds up, one after another, several
very plausible cases, one at last that
seems a certainty. Meantime an innocent
girl, Claire Seton, is in jail, with the
gallows in the near distance. Leonard
Cleithorpes, lawyer, Lady Sark and heI
sister, Miss Mahony, are, in turn sus-
pected even by their friends. The real
culprit, Russian woman, and her clique
of anarchists, do not appear on the scene
until late in the story, when the climax
is soon reached in a highly dramatic
manner. She confesses and blows herself
up with dynamite Claire is freed ano
finds a husband. The other characters
whom we have grown to like come tc
their own in the happy manner familiar
to novel readers. There is psychological
| feature which may be discussed in the
clubs devoted to occult science.
Who Killed Lady Poynder? BY Rich
ard Marsh. New York: D. Appleton &
CO.
Lovers of bird life will find m bool
just Off the press entitled Tenants Of
the Trees" one of the most beautifully
| illustrated and best told stories of the
year. The introduction: Where
Studied Woodcraft," will be of deep in
terest to youngsters who are just
awakening to the love of bird and ami.
NAL life The author explains that hi
has had few advantages for nature
study that the average country girl ol
boy does not have. His motive fol
making this plain is the hope that thei
interest may be quickened so that the.
Will begin at once for themselves tina
sweet companionship for these shy littl'
Los Angeles herald., 1907-10-08
HARVARD WINS DOUBLES

PHILADELPHIA Oct Harvard this
afternoon won the intercollegiate lawn
tennis championship in doubles. N. w.
Niles and A. Dabney defeated S. Nordon
and A Gerlach of Princeton. The scores
were 6-2 6-3, 7-5
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Tho Letter Followed Him.

Just as Henry Labouchere had been
appointed secretary TO the British en-
bassy at Constantnople his chief, Lord
Hammond, requested him to proceed
to Constantinople without delay. But
this arrangement did not suit Mr.. La
bouchere, and q week later his CHIEF
saw him strolling leisurely along the
Strand. The latter glared menacingly
upon him and hurried on to his club.
A very peremptory letter was the re-
suit, but Mr.. Labouchere guessed the
nature of the message and recognized
the writing, so he did not open the en-
velope, but placed it In the tail pocket
Of his coat. Then he set off for little
holiday at Baden-Baden, and when he
had been there for a week or so he
opened the letter
"Now," he remarked to a friend,
"you can appreciate my foresight In
placing Hammond's letter In my tall
pocket, for / shall write him as fol-
lows:
"'My lord, I have just read your let
ter. which followed me to Baden-Ba-
den.'"
This explanation Of the delay was
regarded as wholly satisfactory by
Lord Hammond. who until he received
1t had been disposed to be very wroth
With bis dilatory assistant
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Got Into tnc Pulpit.

A Madison avenue pastor who likes
TO be first In the eyes. ears and hearts
of his congregation had occasion tc
discuss seriously with his curate one
OF that young mans habits"
There have been complaints" said
the pastor severely, that you talk toe
much. Not gossip. understand-oh, no.
nothing OF that snrt-but certain pa
rishoners have found you loquaciOus-
bong winded. one might say. AT q
christening. at wedding. at funeral
or at any little meeting over which
you may be called to preside you talk
much more than is necessary. That
may In time become serious fault
There are certain prescribed forms for
those occasions, you know. Now, If
you would only keep your discourse
down to the proper length
The curate braced himself for fight.
81 could keep myself down." he In
terrupted. "if was allowed to talk a
little some place else. The trouble is
I'm seething with a certain amount OF
talk that I've got to get rid of. If
was allowed TO preach n regular ser
mon once In awhile that might relieve
the strain, but as am denied that out
let | have TO seize all those other op-
portunities and deliver little sermons
then. The only way to keep curate
or anybody else from talking too much
when he shouldn't talk is to let him
talk some when he has a right to talk. y
"Dear me-" said the pastor mildly.
The next Sunday evening the curate
occupied the pulplt.-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20

There arp Two forces which cause
moiern England 10 lnDye-a crisis and
craze. II Is far less necessary to d0
something that Is great now In this
country than 1t is t0 do something that
wHl attract the attention OF great
many. The circumstances might have
hod curious effect on the celebrated
Of the past coull they have delayed eX-
istlng until now For instance, Shake
speare today would probably have had
TO attempt TO swim the channel TO SiS-
tain the attention OF playgoers. Crom-
eell might have found it advisable to
take trips IN "naylElLle balloon to
keep himself before the genera! public,
GarriclI might have elected 10 tcscend
from tie skies n parachute IN adyer-
tlse himself satisfactorily, and * might
have been necessary for the beautiful
Duchess OF DevOnshire. to maintain
her social reputation, TO figure occa'
sionally In the divorce court. Motor
accidents. thefts of jewelry and OF
other property. fires and civil and Grim
inal actions are. Of course. more impor-
tant clements in the building up and
maintaining of reputation among
US now than IS mere eXceIlence.-Lon-
don Truth
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
A TnIo Of Two Parrots.

An old maid had parrot whose T.
vorite expression was. IL wish the old
woman was dead"
This worried her a great deal. and
one day when the minister called she
spoke to him about It. He said he had
a parrot which only said religious
things and that he would bring II Owe!
some time ana see II II would not
break her bird from using its favorlta
expression.
So one night they were going to have
a meeting In her house. and he gather
ed up his parrot and took 1t with him
When be went in he hung his cage VI
near where The old maids was hang
Ing. The meeting was being opened
with prayer. and all Of sudden hei
parrot said:
81 wish the old woman was dead"
The minister's parrot cooked bis head
and. looking at the other parrot. In q
solemn voice said:
I'VE beSeech thee TO hear Us. good
Lord" Judges Library.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
a Conservative Speech.

There were some doubts in the com
munity as to Homer Floyds fitness for
q position on the school board. owing
to certain lapses in his early education.
but his first speech in his official ca
pacity sienced the tongues OF all crit
les. He listened to several recitations
with a grave and interested air, and
at the end of the last one he arose TO
address the school "by request
"Some things are In my province as
member Of the school board and some
are not" he said, with genial smile,
"Its within my province TO say that
never heard scholars answer up more
promptly than you children of district
No. 3. AS TO whether your answers
were or were not correct 1t is not my
place to say. Your teacher knows, and
In her hands | leave the matter. y
Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Waus OF Hunfinn.

Deerstalking among the Dogrib In
dams is managed by silillful counter
felt Of the animal. Two hunters walA
together-the man behind with ben,
body, the one in front carrying q
stag's head. The legs Of the men
serve very well for the fore and hind
les OF the animal. In this way the
hunters get almost in the midst Of "
herd Of deer before the creatures are
aware Of danger.
The ostrich is hunted in similar
way by the bushmen of South Africa
and the ESkimos sometimes come tc
close quarters with seals by dressing
themselves n sealskins and dexterous-
" ulmickirg the style Of swimming
and Topping" so characteristic of the
animal.
In Australia the natives bripg the
wallaby or young kangaroo within the
range of the spear by suspending q
small birds skin and feathers from
the end Of q long rod and initiating
the BIRDS cry.-LondOn Strand.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
BET item Of Crors.

II seems that every force In n2ture
is trying to compel the farmer to prac
tice rotation ol crops. II corn Is
grown for several years on the same
plat. the land will lie Infected with al
manner of lr-ec:s. from the root worm
end loaee - tlit Insect that eats the
tassel. lie farmer who grows wheat
year after year on the same plat OF
ground has :!e HC:;Sian fly and the
chinch bUg 10 contend with: cotton
planter aEl tobacco planter have each
insects - :.ght and fungous diseases tc
overcome leca-se one crop has been
grown continuously for number OF
years on the same plat. II rotation Is
practiced these insects and diseases
may be held In check. II rotation is
not followed TO remedy will destroy
or overcome thcm.-Southern Culdva
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Dislocstion.

A superintendent in the elementar!
schools Of New York city was making
his dreaded rounds among the teachers
Of a girls school. He suddenly opened
the door OF one class room and asked
the teacher In charge:
"What are you doing IN nature
studyT
She hurried out Of the room and
fetched out a basket Of bones.
"We are taking up the yertebrates,
she remarked.
every good, indeed" said the superin,
tendent and he hurried out pleased
with this evidence OF industry and IN
terest In school work.
Half an hour later he appeared IN =
neighboring room md, tnking COM
prehensive glance. remarked, What
have you done In nature studyT'
she, too. from somewhere fetched or
n basket Of bones.
1T seems 10 me that | have seen tn
basket OF bones IN another room De
fore" ventured the superintendent
"Sir," she Indignantly replied. "thee
are my own bonesw-New York Times
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Orioin of Rioht liandedness.

According to one good authority, DR..
Cunningham of London, right handed
ness IS Of great antiquity and was at
tanned In the ordinary evolution OF man
by natural selection. But the condition
does not reside In the right arm itself,
for all the evidence goes to show that
Il Is due TO functional pre-eminence on
the left side Of the brain. This su-
periority of the left brain rests upon
some structural foundation. the origin
Of wh.ch is not explained, but which
Is transmitted from parent to offspring.
Left handedness is due TO the trans
ference OF this structural peculiarly
from the left to the right side OF the
brain or, more probably. TO a transpo-
sition OF the cerebral hemlspheres, Ike
that which sometimes occurs In the
thoracic and abdominal viscera-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20

A wei known cricket c'c" IN ErT
land In the neighbOrhoOd OF Bury waa
playing its last match Of the season
on its own ground. The visitors battcd
first, and the home teams one ana
only professional, who was n good all
round man, captured seven wickets for
q few runs, thereby assuring himself
of the bowling prize for the season.
The batting prize, however. was still
an open question: and during the inter
val between the innings the pro- was
busily engaged IN helping to roll the
pitch. A spectator. observing this, re-
marked to one Of the home players:
Toms working hard today, isn't
he?"
aye" replied the other, with touch
Of sarcasm. Toms not greedy, but
he likes a lot. He's got t bowling
prize, he gets paid for his services an
I can see he means to collar t bat
tin prize. l expect he'll be pinchin'
t. bloomin' pavilion next"-London Ex-
nroSe
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Walters III. pina Walters.

"Did you ever see one set OF WATERS
serve q meal 10 another setT' asked the
gray headed man. 81 did. ! happened
to be eating ii the rear end Of res
taurant the other day when there came
shift Of men. A dozen Of them sat
down at nearby tables, and the others
waited on them. When they had fin
ished eating every last waiter tipped
the fellow who had served him.
thought at the time II was hint fol
Us three or four old buffers who hap
pened to lie nunchinG away there to
follow suit, but | learned later that 1t
Is customary among walters. Oh
course each gets lis money back in
time, because they all tip one another
but the practice shows how sacredl%
walters ns a class regard the institu
tiol of tipping. New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Cured by o Typewriter.

Constant companionship with a type
writing machine has soothing and
elevating influence OH Il man. No hard
drinker. for instance. can use Il type
writer. His nerves must be In good
order or he VIII strike the wrong let.
ters and mangle up his copy. There
IS q case Of this kind which led TO the
reformation of man. He was type
writer and stenographer for q law firm.
He was n good all around man, but
he would 20 on the spree occasionally
This the head of the firm did not like,
so he thought he would teach him a
lesson. The stenographer was a me-
thodical man, and he went on the
skate" at stated times In the year.
When he returned on one occasion his
employer had the machine all fixed for
him. He had had the letters changed
so that when you struck "h," for in
stance, 1t would print "X," and so on.
The stenographer came back feeling
rather shaky. anyhow, and when he
wrote OF his first letter the result was
appalling. lie began to tremble. The
boss kindly sent him to the Adiron
dacks to brace up. The cure was com
plete. He never touched liquor again
as long as he lived.-Brooklyn Citizen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
When We Were All Tenors.

The p. imitlve inhabitants Of Europe
were all tenors. Their descendants OF
the present time are barltones, and fu
ture genera lions will have Semlhaf'
voices. TIE voice has q tendency ,
deepen with age. The tenor Of twent
becor es the baritone OF twenty eigli
and ne bass Of thirty-slx. The inferior
races have higher pitched voices thai
me more cultured. Tue negro has a
higher voice than the white man
Among white races the fair complex
toned man has Il higher voice than his
darker skinned brother The former Is
usually a baritone or tenor, the lat
TER q contr.lto or bass. 1t Is asserted
that tenors are usually of slender
build, whereas basses are stout, but
there are too many exceptions TO such
4 rule for II to lie reliable. The same
remark applies to the statement that
thoughtful men have deep toned voices,
and vice versa. The tones Of voice
are perceptibly higher before than aft
er. Il meal. for which reason tenors are
generally careful not TO sing too soon
after dinner-PearSOn's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20

It would he Interesting 10 Know X
my part II the world beats Iceland Ia
the average length Of life OF its inhabit-
ants II IS shown by statistics that
CT an average the people OF that island
live 70 the age OF Gl.S years. which Is
very nearly dOuble the mean duration
Of human life us IL was computed
generation ago. Sweden and Norway
ere reg..r rdcl ~ very ae.%,aful coun-
tries. but Iceland takes the palm Ia
longevity. the mean Duration Of life in
Sweden being I0.G2 years and in Nor
way 1894 years.
Some Of IcelanG's earthquakes are
nerve racEi3g: but. On thc whole. the
lives Of Irc>t - It's SiHlr'c and indus
trious Inhabitants slip aloHS with few
incidents that uHduly stimulate or de-
press the pulse Summer and winter
the same Old mall boat FROM l-eith
steams into the harbor Of Reykjavik
every three weeks. int very rarely
brings news that touches Iceland so
closely as to make excitement In fact
the little island enjoys many Of the ad-
vantages Of civilization and avoids
most OF its wbacks.-Ch"is,ian Ad-
vocata
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
NORWAY Superstitions.

So drenched is Norway with old leg
ends and fairy tales and a pervaslve
intimacy with the supernatural that II
Is impossible TO understand Norwegian
character, especially as expressed In
Norwegian art, without some compre.
hension of the spirit world, for the
world OF the sailors and fishers Of the
white northland, the world Of the peas.
ants and simple country folk, Is In
habited by savage, wicked elves and
spirits. Everything Is controlled by
It's own demon, who must be propitiat.
ed If life Is to go smoothly. Even the
weather Is controlled by various de-
mons, and the canny Firms, with theil
pretensions Of magical power, have
reaped a rich harvest from the super
stitious Norwegians, many Of whom
still buy fair weather from the Gan
Finn by the sackful. Whoever has
known q Norwegian fisherman has
heard Of the Draug that demon Of the
sea who rides In half boat and who
Is warning OF swift and awful death
Jonas Lie In Craftsman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Evervthinu In Proportion.

For many weeks the irritable mer-
chant had been riveted to his bed by
typhoid fever. Now he was GONZALES
cling. He clamored for something to
eat, declaring that lie was starving.
Tomorrow you may have something
to eat" promised the doctor. The mer-
chant realized that there would be 4
restraint to his appetite. yet he saw IL
vision :. modest steaming meal placed
at his bedside.
Here is your dinner" said the nurse
next day as she gave the glowering pa
tient q spoonful Of tapioca pudding.
"and the doctor emphasizes that every
thing else you do must be In the same
proportion"
Two hours later the nurse heard n
frantic call from the bedchamber.
Nurse breathed the man heavily.
81 want to do some reading. Bring me
postage stamp."-Harper's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Woman,s Hour Of Distress.

"One Of the most distressing experl'
ences for us women" announced Bett
na. with toss Of her pretty head, us
to lie brought face TO face with The
same kind Of gowns or hats as those
we happen TO be wearing. Really,
cant think of anything more exasper
ating All logged out in my new fnery
/ boarded n Broadway car the other
day. Can you believe it7 When | sal
dom saw opposite me a woman
wAJse dress vas of the same material
and made up in much the same way as
mine. and her hat was modelled on
mine or mine on hers-nOt that IL made
much difference. The horror in hel
ewes reflected in my own, / suppose
and the smiles of everybody else-well
/ Just knew how people looked. As
soon as | recovered from my first feel
ing OF weakness | started to leave the
car. but. to make matters worse, my
vis-a-vis, having the same intentions
got I'D at the same moment Their
smiles became laughter. and We botf
fled."-New York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Exnloaion BY Music.

One Of the most dangerous or all ex-
plosives is a black powder called iodide
of nitrogen. When it is dry the slight
est touch will often cause 1t TO explode
with great violence. There appears to
be a certain rate Of vibration which
this compound cannot resist. In ex-
periments to determine the cause Of
its extreme exp!osiveness some damp
iodide of nitrogen was rubbed on the
strings Of bass viol. 1t IS known
that the strings Of such an instrument
will vibrate when those of similar
instrument having an equal tension are
played upon. In this case, after the
explosive had become thoroughly dry
upon the strings. another bass viol was
brought near and the strings sounded
At certain note the iodide OF nitro
gen on the prepared instrument eX-
ploded. 1t was found that the eXplo-
sion occurred only when a rate Of vi
bration of sixty a second was COM
municated to the prepared strings. VI
bration Of the G string caused an ex-
plosion, while that Of the Z string had
no effect.-Chicago Record Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Words You Write, but Never Ga


There are words you never say, but
often write, says the London Chroni-
Gle. And the contrast between French
and English struck this writer when
listening to a French 'laboring man"
who made a speech In literary French.
for the public speaker In France has
no difficulties In the matter OF words,
even though he evince his southern
origin IN slight differences Of pronun-
citation. The language of the platform
and Of the press Is one. but not, alas.
In England. One could make quite
long list of words that are common
enough In print, but fairly beat the
man who thinks he IS going to say
them on q platform. For example.
"succinct' Is q common word IN print.
but the man who looks to fluent speech
would boggle ut 1t. In fact no one
even speaks the word. And, though
Brobdingnaglan Is familiar enough IL
black and white. has even Lord Rose
bery yentured on its vocal production:
We don't say these things. as the lady
said.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-12-20
Word Derivations.

Disaster" Is an astrological term
meaning "unfavorable star" one Of the
many words that astrology has be-
uueathed TO the English language.
Predominant" ''ill starred" lin the
ascendant" are other instances. not
70 speak of the expression My stars"
Even Influence" is really astrological,
.ignifying the flowing in upon human
affairs Of the power Of some heavenly
body. "Petrel" and petrol" both de-
,cend from petra" IL rock Petrol
:omes directly enough through ''petro-
leum," rock oil, but "petrel' through
st. Peter. after whom the bird was
named because it appeared to walk
upon the waves.