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The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-08-13

! am n candidate for the nomi-
nation for the office of Sheriff of
Harney County, subject TO the
decision of the democratic voters
at the primary nominating cleo
ton to be held Sept. "a. 1910.
SIDNEY CoMEGYS.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-08-13

country and Prineville, thence
over the Cascades to Lebanon
where they took the train to
Portland.
The times-herald. [volume] (Burns, Harney County, Or.) 1896-1929, 1910-08-13

hereby announce that am n
candidate for the Republican nom
ination for Judge of the Circuit
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Was Bent on Getting II.

On the night of the hundredth per-
Torrance of one of the seasons most
popular plays frail, tired, hungry
looking little woman approached the
box office and asked for a 50-cent
seat. Around at the side office for
50-cent tickets" the man told her.
"but believe there isn't one to be
had"
Around she went to the side office
and was there told that there wasn't
seat in the gallery left. She was
loath to go away and sauntered to the
front of the theater again. From one
Spectator to another she passed, al
ways asking for 50-cent seat and
always receiving the reply that she
could have good seat for anything
from 81 up.
"But l haven't a dollar!" she walled.
Then, after long silence, when she
had scanned the face of each specula-
tor again, a happy thought came to
ner. In loud voice, so that all
might hear her, she exclaimed,
Hasn't anybody got seat to stand
in for SO cents?"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Ed Owen Dead

Edward, the sonlof Richard Owen
and wife, departed this life Tuesday,
July 5th. About eight years ago he re-
ceived an accident that undermined
his health and as fate would have it q
short time afterward he had another
accident which together untitled him
for work. He had been taking hospi-
tai treatment at Omaha and was thot
to be improving. The change came
and life ebbed out very fast. He was
a young man only % years old and
was bora in Leroy township. He was
united in marriage to Miss Josie Will
son, daughter of Mr., and Mrs. Clark
Wilson. Ed was great favorite with
his young friends because he was SO
kind and sympathetlcan and always had
a good word for every one and strain
of sympathy for the unfortunate.
Everyone who knew him lament bis
untimely demise. The funeral service
was held in the Presbyterian Church
in Audubon at 200 p. M. Thursday
Rev; A. A. Mitchell officiating after
which he was laid to rest in the Maple
Grove Cemetery.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
OWLS HOUSE WITHOUT LINING
Bones and Skulls of Small Animals
Left Lying Around on Floor
Homes of Other Birds.

Owls houses are, for the most part,
quite without lining. says writer in
ST. Nicholas. Whether from design or
pure laziness, the bones and skulls Of
small animals which they have killed
are left scattered about the floor
Gruesome playthings for the owl chill
edgen!, But zone ,eahsscarcslys imagine
even a baby owl being anything but
wise and dignified. 1t is easiest to pic
ture them apparently gravely musing
on these skulls like monks in their
dark cells.
Since so many of the owls have
their homes in hollow trees. we might
expect some of their near relatives,
the hawks. to be inclined to live in
the same way. One of them, the spar,
row-hawk, does nest in the flicker's
abandoned home and in comfortable
knot-holes. Once 4 found him quar-.
tered snugly in branch which had
decayed at the end where part had
been broken off. This bird. too, is sat
isfied with perfectly bare walls and
floor, though the floor consists of
small chips left by the decaying wood
or by some woodpecker.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
The Nations skuIl-Maklnu.

Scientists, like poets, can be dithy-
rambic and rhapsodical, and lead gov.
ernments into publishing works OF
fiction in the guise of reports of in
vestigations. So while admitting to
the full all that the American envir.
onment does in affecting and modify.
ing the inner being, mental outlook
and social customs of the many races
which come from abroad it will be
with considerable skepticism that
ethnologists read the latest report Of
the immigration bureau on quickly a.
tanned physical notifications, noted
in immigrants to this country, or at
least that portion of the report which
seems to show that structural changes
follow mere living in this country, ow-
ing to better nutrition, ETC. Of course
where there are intermarriage and a
blending Of types in parents it is to
be expected, and is visible to the most
careless observer. But, after all, what
we are more concerned with is the
Americanizing of the contents of the
skull. American hatters and milliners
can be depended on to produce hats
to fit any, shape of head.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Whisky and PIedoe.

The popular Broadway drug store
hufnmed with the chatter of matinee
crowd. Presently all voices ceased
but one. A man was talking at an
open telephone.
"Hello!" he said rs this Blanks
pawnshop? What rate of interest do
you charge month? Thank you. Do
you ever take whisky? Yes, whisky.
1'vesgot a gallon jugful OF the finest
old Kentucky rye you ever tasted.
don't want to sell it, but I'd like to
raise little money on it for few
days. Oh! You don't make loans OF
anything of that kind. I'm sorry.
Maybe somebody else. Goodby."
When that man left the store the
women accompanying the other three
men present had to hang onto their
coattails to keep them from following
him.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
CITY A vERITABLE BEEHIVE
According to This, Little Old New
York" Must Be About Crowded
to the Limit.

We are told that if the inmates OF
all the Office buildings in the most
over-built section of lower New York
were to leave their skyscrapers at
the same time six strata of sidewalks
would be required to give this mass
footway
1t is asserted that the population
of New York is growing at the rate OF
10000 persons year, which means
that in the next half century the city
will contain double the number of in
habitants that it does to-day.
Even granting that this rate of in.
crease is somewhat exaggerated, the
necessity of arranging for tremendous
expansion is obvious to all. The
problems of transit up and down town
and from one quarter of the city tc
the other, the means of ingress and
egress, cry aloud for immediate con.
sideration.
am reminded of the story of the
elderly spinster who was a witness in
court and when asked her age hest
tated a long time. After much delay
and several repetitions of the question
the judge raped on the desk impa-
tiently and said: Hurry up, madam;
every minute makes it worse" This
is our present condition.-Harper' g
Weekly.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
IS RARE QUALITY
FEW MAY HONESTLY CLAIM TO
POSSESS COMMON SENSE.
In Reality It Is About the Most Un.
common Thing on Earth Not
Likely Ever to Be GEN
eral.

The only thing that has never be-
come common is common sense. 1t
remains rare when all other qualities
can be picked up by the wayside.
Half the dictionaries do not attempt
to define it, so elusive is the trait, the
New York Evening Sun says. Per
sons hazily say: "Comon sense is
horse sense" and vaguely feel that
they have somehow failed to state
fully it's exact characteristics. A num-
Der of instances can be cited where
common sense was displayed, and
quite lot of persons claim distant
relatives who were generally supposed
to possess the quality. But this is
nbout as near to it as it is possible to
get. Geniuses are all over everything;
one is obliged to step carefully to
hvoid treading on them. Poets, poll
licians, reformers, men of mark
they block traffic. and as for play
wr1ghts and nogelists and singers,
1t is as much as one can do to
breathe. they so clog the atmosphere.
Only common sense is unusual, and by
Its skittishness prompts us to find 1t.
1t may have been killed out in the
large centers by the reigning passion
for phraseology. A certain homeli-
ness and succintness Is a necessary
accompaniment of common sense; a
home truth crudely-a little rudely-
expressed, with crumbs of subsoil
clinging to it. A touch of nature,
bluntly applied to artificial complica-
tons, sending them hurrying about
their business. This type of speech,
which is to say type Of mind, perhaps
exists in the quiet corners of the
earth, parts where they nasally ejac-
ulate, mo tomfoolishness around
here" Yet common sense is not a
mental dialect. It is rudimentary
mode of thought, a simple vision, and
we in the big cities are barely &C.
quainted with it because we find sim
plicity woefully dull. To speak SIM
ply, one must have something to say;
and if one depends upon the matter
there are apt to be tiresomely long
pauses between talks. Consequently
we console ourselves with method and
though we have nothing to say, we
make a point Of saying it excessively
we'll. We adorn it until one cannot
be quite sure that it does not under
Its charm of phrase mean something
At any rate. the form is too good to
ever break it and brutally search its
kernel. So common sense retains it's
rarity and though one knows so little
about it one has strong feeling that
there is very slight possibility of
its ever becoming really common.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
GLAD OF HIS ASSISTANCE
Rut the Missionary's Object Lesson
Evidently Had Little Real Effect
on Lazy Indians. 49,

Indians and work are terms that are
not associated together. The ideas
are not even neighborly. Neverthe.
less, one can get large amount of
work done by an Indian If the task
assigned to him takes the form of car.
rying canoe over portage, or of
setting traps for beaver, or of follow.
ing moose through trackless forest,
with snow two feet deep and no snow.
shoes. This is what white man
would call work, but it Is the Indians
recreation. What the savage is at
farming is told in the pages of ]. w.
Sanborn's book on the Seneca Indi.
ans.
One day in May, making calls upon
the Indians, observed three young
men of about rs years blowing. To be
more exact, the Indians lay in the
shade Of an apple-tree, the plow slept
in the furrow, and the horses stood
nodding. Returning an hour later,
there was no change Of base.
The thought occurred to me, Here
is chance to give those lazy fellows
lesson they Will not forget" So
hitching my horse, l jumped the rail
fence, took the reins, started the team,
and finished blowing the piece.
Then, turning to the aggravatingly
Indifferent three, as they "reclined
beneath the branches of a widespread
tree" I volunteered the following ad
vice:
Boys, If you want to get on in the
world you must not spend much time
In the shade"
The Indians. delighted to know that
the job was finished, cried out to ask
"if the missionary would not be kind
enough to unhitch the teap?"
l did unhitch my own horse, and
drove off at high rate of speed, re
flecting deeply on the doctrine of total
depravity.-Youth's Companion.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
ENGLAND HAS ARMY OF BOYS
Youthful English Scouts Drill on Sat-
urday Afternoons and Holidays
Must Pass Examination. Il

One of the commenest sights in Eng
land, on a Saturday afternoon especial
ly, is that of groups of boys clad in
khaki, with loose flannel shirts. knick-
ers, bare knees, cowboy hats, haver-
sacks and long STATS. They look like
cross between toy soldiers, juvenilel
football players and miniature noun
taineers. You, will come across them
at this time Of year on nearly every
open space or public common, playingi
their esoteric games, Sydney Brooks
says in Harper's Weekly. In sum-
mer and during the holidays you may
find them camping out, clambering upl
mountains, plunging into woods, giv-l
ing public exhibitions of their skill.
These martial-looking youngstersI
are the boy scouts Of England and thel
credit for their existence as an organi-I
zation belongs to Lieut.. Gen. Sir Ba-I
den-Powell. "'B-P"-to give him the
name by which he is known all over
the empires himself one of the
ablest officers and quite the ablestI
scout in the British army; and his
spirited and ingenious defense Of
Mafeking was one Of the brightest in
cidents of the Boer war. 1t was during
the siege of Mafeking that the first
corps Of boy scouts was organized.
bps" chief staff officer, Lord Ed
ward Cecil. got together the boys in
the village, put them in uniform,
drilled them and used them for carry
ing orders and messages, keeping look
out and acting as orderlies and so on
thus adding to the strength of the
firing line by releasing the grown-up
men who had hitherto been employed
on these duties. At the end of 1907
"B.-P." in series of lectures in diff
ferent parts of England suggested
that scouting should be taken up by
the various societies and organiza-
tions that concerned themselves with
the welfare of boys. The idea met
with a success so immediate and wide
spread that in order to give the move
ment general uniformity a new or
ganization, called the boy scouts, with
permanent headquarters and an Of
fetal staff, had to be formed. Recruits
nave COllluuSu W pOuI III duu Iu0I6
are today probably 100000 boy scouts
in Great Britain alone, and as many
more in other parts Of the empire.
On becoming member of patrol
boy remains for one month on pro-
baton as a 'tenderfoot." He is only
awarded the second-class scouts
badge after passing the following
tests: % Elementary knowledge Of
first aid and bandaging. (2) Signal
ing, elementary knowledge of sema-
phore or Morse alphabet. 90 Track
ing half mile in 25 minutes; or, If
in town, describing satisfactorily the
contents of one shop window out Of
four, observed for one minute each.
ca Going a mile in 10 minutes at
scouts pace" (5) Laying and light
ing fire, using not more than two.
matches. co. Cooking quarter of a
pound Of meat and two potatoes with
out cooking utensils other than the
regulation billy CD Having at least
sixpense in a savings bank. (8) Know
ing the is principal points of the COM
| pass.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Laws Favor suffraaettes.

Winston Churchill, home secretary
for England, has announced modifi.
cation of the prison laws which is very
satisfactory to the suffragettes. Miss
Christobel Pankhurst says that it is
the greatest concession that has yet
been made to women, and there will
probably be no recurrence of the out
rageous treatment to which impris-
oned suffragettes were subjected last
year.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Cut off Canadian ,Importation,.

Ten or twelve million bushels Of
Canadian barley were annually ex.
ported to the United States until 1890,
but the Mckinley tariff, by increasing
the duty from 10 cents to 80 cents a
bushel, cut off this trade Immediately.
In 1908 the United States bought only
100000 bushels of barley in the Do
minion. Similarly, Canada sent from
IA to Is million dozen of eggs annu-
ally to the republic, but the imposf-
ton of duty Of cents a dozen de-
stroyed the United States market for
the Canadian egg dealer In 1889 the
export of Canadian eggs to the United
States totaled 14,011,017 dozens; in
1908 only 2,305 dozens were sent.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Young America.

Little Archie, aged four, had been
very troublesome all day. and espe-.
cially trying to his father. who had
had to stay at home, as he was not
we'll enough to go to work. In the
evening, after the little fellow had
said his prayers. his father called him.
thinking it a good time to say a.
"word in season." and began by ask
ing, my son, why is 1t that father
and mother have had to punish you
so often today?" Archie thought a
minute, and then to his fathers dis
comfort replied: Il guess 1t was COZ
syon, vera. hatA sick sad Gross today,
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Using the Mustard Plaster,

For pains on the chest a mustard
plaster frequently gives relief. Too
much flour should not be added. From
fifteen minutes to half an hour is the
usual time for retaining the plaster,
but this must be regulated by the in
tensity of the heat. In no case should
It be left on until too much infiamed,
otherwise blister will result, which
Is very painful and complexities the
difficulties of giving other treatment.
Apply the plaster as well to the
back, for the lungs are nearer the
surface there than in front. If the
patient is chilly, which is usually the
case in a cold, place the plaster on the
calves. This lessons the aching Of
those parts and tends to warm the
patient as well.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Signaling Military Balloons.

A device for signaling to military
balloons at night has been fixed on
the tower of the railway station at
Spandau. 1t consists Of large hori-
zontal wooden ring provided with 3S
electric incandescent lamps. Such
lighthouses with intermittent lights
for aerial navigation are also to be
erected at Nauen and Potsdam. Elk.
periments have recently been made
with the intermittent lights on the
tower at spandau.-Berlin Lokal.
Anzeiger.g sfE'e s''a ~
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Hay Fever And Asthma

Bring discomfort and misery to many
people but Foley's Honey and Tar gives
ease and comfort to the suffering ones.
1t relieves the congestion in TIL. head
and throat and is soothing and healing.
None genuine but Foley's Honey and
Tar in the yellow package Sold by all
druggists.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Mrs. Joe Elwood went tie Lewis Sun.

2Sg 1@eJGGV
Mrs. Joe Elwood went te Lewis Sun
day to visit.
Hans c. Hansen made business
trip to Creston Monday.
Earl Kile returned home Monday
from an out of town business trip.
Or. Chas. Burnside returned home
the last of the week from Des Moines
Gretchen Nash returned home Sun
day from Chicago where she is study
ing.
Reuben Musson arrived here Satur-
day night, His parents are in South
Dakota.
DR.. Brooks drove over to Lewis
Sunday with Mr.. and Mrs. Kimball
to visit relatives and friends.
Miss Cora woodward of the Advo-
cate force, was an over Sunday visit
or at Manila with relatives and
friends.
Mr.. and Mrs. Kissick of Oskaloosa
returned home Monday after visiting
their daughter, Mrs. Ralph Thomas
and family.
Miss Bertha Ball, a niece of Uncle
Charles johnson returned to her home
in Kearney Nebraska Monday after a
visit here.
A Mrs. Durby of Marine who has
been visiting at the George Everetts
home since July Fourth, returned
home Monday.
DR.. Fulton went to Atlantic Monday
to see his father who is sick at that
place. His wife and Estee went on to
Lewis to visit.
DR.. Don Drake, wife and baby re-
turned to their home in Clarinda Mon
day after visiting at the w. w. Smith
and the A. F. Drake homes.
Mr.. and. Mrs. ]. G. Carper wishes to
thank the friends who so kindly help
ed them during the time that Lucille,
their little daughter, was SO badly
hurt in the merry round Fourth of
July.
The Royal Neighbors and other
friends sprung surprise party on Mre
Will Mutt of Enid, Oklahoma Mon.
day night, who has been here visiting
her parents, Mr.. and Mrs. August
Oelke.
Lucille Carper who was hurt Fourth
of July on the merry-go-rcund, is do.
ing nicely. She was down stairs Tues
day morning for the first time since
she was hurt to eat breakfast in he1
fathers lunch room.
Julia Preston, daughter of e. NJ.
Preston and wife returned home Mon
day from Enid, Oklahoma where she
had been to attend the funeral of Mrs.
Burdick. She is the stepmother of
Mrs. Preston and Mrs. James Russell.
A new baby girl arrived at the
home of Mr.. and Mrs. Nelson Cowles
in Ottumwa, July 18th. Mrs. w, III.
Cowles went down that noon. Grand.
pa and Grandma Nash could not be
present as Mr.. Nash is not fully re-
covered from his injury.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Buck and Mr..
and Mrs. Frank johnson with some of
the Junior members of their families
drove to Manila Sunday morning in
their new auto to visit Rev. Grant and
family. They arrived in time to attend
divine service and report that Mr..
Grant delivered an excellent patriotic
address. They also bring the good
word that the family are we'll and full
of good works on the Manila charge
The party returned home Sunday
evening.
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
Its Real Use.

II wonder why there is so much
sand in the west?"
81 suppose it is for the cowboys
when they scour the plains"
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14
A Mere MoIlusc.

why do you look SO subdued and
humble?" tfsa ~
1--WE Just been to call on my wife's
folks.h tssasa rs ~ Y ssssy
Audubon County journal. (Exira, Iowa) 1884-1993, 1910-07-14

Coke Easily Dumped from Cars.
Fifty-ton loads of coke can be
dumped from up-to-date steel freight
cars aineless than two minutea
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-16
punishment For Perjury.

Perjury is a crime more severely
punished in Germany than In any 9th
er country in the world. Even an ap'
parently trivial misstatement under
oath carries a sentence of ten years In
prison. Excepting murder, there are
few crimes that carry as heavy pen
atty as perjury. The German theory Is
that the entire system Of Jurispru-
dence rests on the respect for an oath
administered under the forms OF law
and that this must be strictly guarded
in order to secure the punishment OF
other crimes and insure justice In civil
cases. Germany stands at one extreme
and the United States at the other.
Fewer peonle are punished In tn
United States for false swearing In
the witness box than in any other
country.-London Telegraph.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-16
Alexan0rio &e.sfses
Wednesday EVENING. MAR. 10. 1919.
A Fish That Gives Paint.


The well known brown pigment call
ed sepia Is obtained from u ten armed
octopus found principally In the Med.
iterranean and more especially at the
head Of the Adriatic sea, where It Is
caught by the natives for food.
The sepia is contained In a bag and
Is really the black fluid Of which we
have all read as being discharged by
the creature to cover It's escape. Some
naturalists say that the fluid is brown
fish. which becomes more credible when
we know that this Is the source Of
sepla. The pigment is really powder
which dissolves in water. Its strength
may be estimated by the fact that II
will color 1000 times its own bulk.
When the octopus has been killed the
sack or bag is removed and dried to
prevent putrefaction. The sepia Is
treated with ammonia or caustic soda.
washed and dried. 1t Is one Of the
most durable Of paints, except when
fully exposed to the fierce rays of the
sun, and an even surface can be OBJ
tanned with 1t more easily than with
most paints. Sepla has been obtained
from a fossil cuttlefsh thousands of
years old and found to be quite good
for paint.
Alexandria gazette. [volume] (Alexandria, D.C.) 1834-1974, 1910-03-16
Tn. CHANCE From Black to Red.


"See that little woman who just
went outY' remarked Fourth avenue
milliner to a customer. Noticed that
red hat, did you? Well, as milliner
and a person whose business 1t is to
study the different characteristics Of
women I have watched her for two
years. 1t has been a kind of study Of
the 'evolutions Of a widow.
1.-TWO years ago she came to me, re-
Gently bereaved, and had me make her
a hat OF deepest black. She was bro
ken hearted and declared she would
never again take an interest In the
pretty things that women like to wear.
A year ago she came again.
"Don't you think / might have the
least bit Of white In my new hatT she
asked.
ayes l said; I think you might
and the hat was made. Three months
later she came for another hat, and
she stood for a little touch Of laven'
der. Next she had a big white plume,
and last week made her that red
hat. 1t Just shows what time will do
In lifting up a heart bowed down.
Louisville Times.