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The Wallace miner. [volume] (Wallace, Idaho) 1907-current, 1913-12-11

Eagle Mountain Mining Co., Ltd
Levied october 4, Y mill, payable
November Is to Adolph Haupt, treas
urer 703 Cedar street, Wallace. De.
linquent sale, December 10. 1880 p. m
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
HIS HONOR WAS INDICATED
Negro Charged With Being a Chicken
Thief 10 Entirely Satisfied With
Accuser's Answer.

Sam had been designated By one
Luke Chisholm as a chicken thief
Moreover Luke had spoken In public.
and Sam protested to find life unen-
durable until he should find his accus-
er and compound with him for "a
busted haid." Sans master sought
to calm him. bat nay. He aimed Che
said to set out as soon as he had
polished off dis yere gyardin patch a
mess er green's" Luke could not go
DO far, but what he'd git win er dat
woolgrowin' catfish mouth trash,
and fetch him blip" for which
there want goin' to be no surcease
OF balm"
Sam set Of down the road to the
bottom His master waited In some
fear for Sans welfare. and with q
secret surprise at his intrepidity
Presently Sam came over the hill, hat
tn hand-a sure sign he was making
his best gait. But he was grinning
broadly.
well, SAM his master asked, "did
yo1 meet Luke?-
-Yas, suh-yas, sub. I made him
tahs It back. Dat coon was the scairt.
est buck. Vas, suh-soon's walk up
% him. he reiterated Is . chicken
th1sk Yas. sub"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
COLOR BLIND NEVER HAUNTED
evo4sesor Explains Phenomenon.
NORMAL Eye Creates Effect of Al
partitions In the Dark.

Are you afraid OF the dark? T.
hat q chance of your seeing a gil.
i you are color blind, which n
furnish you a ray Of comfort for 1,
beauties Of landscape and floral deco
Etions you may have missed during
-FOUR lifetime. Dr., August hummer.
head OF the University Of Breslau, in
Germany, Is authority for this.
DR.. hummer explains the phenoll-
snon in this way:
The normal eye has an arrange
nent Of tiny rods and cones in the
setina. The rods perceive light and
the cones dark color. When a per-
soa with . normal eye tries to see
n . halt dark place the cones, which
ere useless. interfere with the efTec,
Tvs action Of the rods, and the con-
fusion creates the effect of apparitions
that come and go and change their
shapes. The color blind person lacks
the cones and his hoods with extraor-
binary efficiency In the dark. The
color blind person sees a clear, per
nanent outline Of things as long as
there is the least amount of light
present That means that he never
<ses ghosts"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
More study Family Tree.

The growing interest in ancestry
indicates that Americans are coming
to believe that 1t is of some conse-
quence to know from whom they ara
descended, the Magazine Of American
History states. Long lines Of ancen-
try are revealed In each person. and
this ancestry. if understood. will as
sist materially in various directions.
One cannot know too much about
himself and in acquiring knowledge
of his ancestors he is learning the
most important facts about his own
personality. This has been demon
ytrated many times.
Genealogy is the most fascinating
branch of history. Everything else
may be a mere catalogue Of dates.
but genealogy introduces the student
to the actual personages and offers
him the complete means Of obtaining
IN accurate understanding Of the oc-
currences OF the past. The study OF
ancestry Is becoming more popular
and ID, In numerous swaya, revolution
king the modern comprehension Of
events In the past :
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
HIS HEART SET ON LUXURIES
Indian Brave Wanted White Mare
Appurtenances to Set Up
In His Tepee.

There Is a small Siwash village
near Seattle where the sQuaws do
bead work to sell to tourists. and the
braves make baskets, which they r.
tail from house to house. There 10
one old Indian whose baskets are big
ger, brighter and better than all the
other baskets made In the village and
wear longer, and Crooked Bear never
comes back from his frequent trips
to Seattle with any Of his stock left
over Neither does he return loaded
up with fire-water like his brother In
dams, nor does any OF his basket
money go for gaudy trinkets and red
calico, and gambling has no charms
for him. He carefully saves all his
money because he wanted to own
three white mans 1uxuries, q tele-
phone, Q bicycle and . talking machine.
Already no has had = telephone put
In his tepee. and though he never haA
more than one or two calls in year
on It, and then from some person or.
dering baskets. It Ii . constant source
II pride and qualification to him. He
Xill sit for hours In silent admiration
before 1t, and puts the silent receiv.
er to his ear a dozen times q day. He
also has bicycle. on which he rides
about the country with a load Of
baskets. and he IL now saving up for
the talking machine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
TESTING Wool Eabrtca.

Two good ways Of telling whether
or not the cloth you buy for -all
woof' is really what it is represented
to be are given by Miss Anabell Turn
er OF the home economics department
of the University of Wisconsin In the
Rural New Yorker.
"Unravel a sample of the material
exposing the warp and welt threads
separately" she says. Wool fbers
are more curly than the cotton. Then
burn some of the threads; II cotton.
they will burn quickly; if wool. more
t,owly with an odor like that of burn
ing feathers or bone.
IF cotton and wool have been spun
together in the same thread the
above test is not reliable. In such a
case, the alkali test should be used.
Mix together one tablespoonful of
Lewis I've and one pint of water.
Place the sample OF goods In q gram
tie dish, cover with ISOLATION, and boil
for FIVE minutes At the end of this
time all the wool will be dissolved
out leaving the Gotten intact, so that
it is easy to see how much cotton was
used to adulterate the pure wool
fabric"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
Household Maneuvee.

"And what" asked the caller. after
he had been shown all over Mr.. Bobb's
new house. 'is that pretty little article
hanging over the pianof"
Don't you knowr' answered Mr..
Bobbs. enthusiastically. why. that II
q handy match receiver. made by
Mrs. Bobbs I scratch Q match and
use It 1t must not be thrown on the
aoor-thsre Is the receiver. Holding
che burnt match carefully In my I'm
gers. l move the plano away from the
wall to the center Of the room. Then
60 down in the basement and get the
stepladder. place the stepladdef
against the wan. mount It deposit the
match In the receiver, climb down
again. then return the stepladdei'
to the basement come back and move
the piano into its former position.
There's nothing like having these
handy things about the house. It
makes for nsatnsss and discourages
INVOKING"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
Inspiration Suggested a Way Out.

1t was the morning after, and he
was telling the fellows at the Office
about it. TON and l spent last eve
ming with some. friends and were re-
turning to our hotel at a rather late
hour. We walked in the middle of
the street, for we felt SO good we
wanted room in which to expand. At
a place where some work was being
done there was a pile Of dirt about
five feet long and about ten inches
high. Arm in arm we made an effort
to step over the obstruction. We met
with utter failure. Try as we might,
our feet seemed to be too heavy to
lift over the obstruction. We were
about to give up in despair and resign
ourselves to being marooned on that
lonely street for the rest of the night.
when had one of those rare inspira-
tons that come only to men Of gent.
u.s.. Tom I exclaimed, we are
saved; we will go around this pile OF
dirt And we did. Kansas City
Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
Strenuous Business Demands,

If a mans heart isn't in his bust
ness like the butcher, il he isn t
hammering his business like Q car
penter. or iawing about it like den
fist, or blowing it up like a blaster
or firing 1t like blacksmith. or put
ting it down like payer, or kicking i;
like Job printer. or throttling it like
an engineer. or raising cane about 1t
like a sugar planter, or putting it like
a cigar maker. or punching it like a
prizefighter, or spreading 1t like a
painter. or testing it like chemist.
or measuring 1t like a tailor. or hit
ting 1t like ball player. or boring II
like a driller. or talking 1t like al
Auctioneer. or laying it out like an I'M
dertaker. or weighing 1t like grocer.
or dosing 1t like a doctor. or trying It
like a lawyer. or lambasting 1t like
a cook. or nosing 1t like perfumer,
or fighting 1t like soldier he might
as we'll call 1t failure and make O
noise like a bankrupt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
zeppslln', Adventures, Cares.

Let us resolve to live long" said q
German cavalry officer. addressing
comrades who had assembled to cele-
brate the seventy-fifth birthday OF
Count Zeppelin. 1.-The evening shad
ows were already gathering when this
man surprised the world with his
work. That sometimes happens to q
man whose morning and noon were
quiet and devoid of adventure, but his
has not been a life Of that kind. In
the Civil war In the United States he
barely escaped with his life, in the war
of 1866 he plunged into the River Main.
horse and man fully accoutred. and
swan the stream; in the war Of 1870
he risked his life by riding unaccom-
panied into the camp OF the enemy,
and as a retired general of cavalry en-
titled to rest he appeared in a new
role, allowed himself to be laughed at
and then. with a great leap into tho
air, became the most popular man IN
Germany"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
RELIC OF HEATHENISM
BELIEF IN VAMPIRES Is MANY
CENTURIES OLD.
AZ Strong Today In Russia and the
Balkan States as It Ever Was
Superstition Leads Frequently
to Violation of Graves.

Proofs Of the persistence of the
belief in the reality of vampires are
to hand from a small Russian village
Some three years ago the head of 9
family resident there died, and since
that date nine other members of the
family have also died.
Believing that their deaths were thu
result of the rowing spirit of theis
chief, the remaining surviving mem
bers Of the family assembled together
few evening since, disinterred the
remains, and cut off the head, again
burying the body. They hope by this
means to prevent any further evil
happening to the family.
The belief in vampires can be
traced back for more than two thou.
sand years, yet there is not on record
a single authenticated instance of a
vampire having been seen by a hu.
man being, and there are no data
available by means of which the orr.
gin of the belief can be ascertained
with any degree of certainty.
These blood-sucking apparitions, or
living, mischievous, murderous dead
bodies" as one writer quantity term
ed them. were common to all coun-
tries, whether Occident or Oriental,
but it was generally agreed that the
phenomena of vampirism were to be
seen only in persons cursed by their
parents, communicated by the
church, the illegitimate offspring of
parents themselves illegitimate or
people attacked by vampires after
death
Quite recently there was reported
in the daily press the story of Hun
garian farmer who had dug up the
corpse of a supposed vampire, stuffed
three pieces of garlic and three
stones In the mouth and then driven
stake through the body. Servia and
Bulgaria follow closely in the wake
of Hungary, and in the eighteenth
century an official examination of
many graves was made, and the re-
port Of such examination embodied in
a public document. 1t states that a
les, undoubtedly those of vampires,
were discovered. In 1863 there was
an epidemic Of vampirism in a Bull
garian village
The inhabitants became so fright
ened that when night set in instead of
retiring to rest in the usual manner,
they all assembled together in one
central hall to pass the night in COM
pany. While they were away from
their houses, however, the enraged
vampires entered them, turned every
thing topsyturvy and smeared all the
pictures, ornaments and furniture
with blood and dirt.
The Russians hold tenaciously to a
belief in the reality of vampires, but
they attribute the birth of vampire
as due to an unholy union between
a witch and a werewolf, or devil. In
many parts of Russia watchers re-
main by the dead right through every
night until burial.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
Bound to Ha,fe His Joke.

Jokes about the slowness of trains,
especially here in the south, said an
Atlanta railway man, also tire me bit
By their ancientness; but heard q
new and good one not long ago. It
seems that trains are always SLOW and
far between on a branch line IN Mis-
tsissippi. Nobody knows this better
than the people at the junction, except
the people on the line itself. One day
the newsdealer came to me grinRing.
"A fellow from the other end of the
line just said funny thing" he rs
marked. He had missed his traf
and there wasn't another for tvl
hours. He came to my stall to b
some reading matter to while aw
the time. He asked for joke boz
and didn't have any. Then he pokea
around for . while and said: Well.
! guess I'll take . time table in.
stead Judge.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
When 10 a Boat Not a Boat7

Harbor officials are in Quandary
over this question: when Is a boat
not boat?" 1t all comes about
through the popularity ct the hydro
aecop!ane. and so far there is no one
connected with the government serv.
.ce who seems to be abel to answer it.
The officials whose duties include the
enforcement of the Earbor regulations
maintain that it is e boat and as such
comes under the regulations governing
power boats and therefore must corn.
Fly with the laws by carrying the slip.
ulated equipment Of signal horn. lights.
life preservers, etc. On the other hand,
the officials Of the Aero Club OF Amer.
ca as stoutly maintain that it Is not q
boat, but an aeroplare. and for proof
point to the fact that 1t must have
Aero club sanction to participate in
competitive events and that its pilots
must operate under an aviator's II.
cense. Just as though 1t had only
wheels instead Of hull for water ma
neuvering. Even the tentative court
Of last resort, the American Power
Boat association. confesses itself
"stumped"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
WHEN THE SEA TAKES TOLL
Lone Survivor Of Gallant Crew All
That the Life Savers Might Bring
Through the Breakers.

The vessel fought in that last half
hour as 1t had fought all day-game-
ly. but without hope Those who
watched from the lee shore saw the
wheelhouse. like . smashed match
box; saw the crazed. demented move
ments In the cauldron, drifting here
and there. but always terribly shore
ward. Sea followed sea in wild con-
fusion. Q great jungle OF mad mon
sters. foaming white at the mouth.
roaring, snarling, swapping with vi.
cious teeth. It was nearer now. Only
a few minutes to live. A great,
shaggy brute. bigger and wilder than
the rest, charged it, caught it as 1t
were on the tusks and threw it high to
where 1t struck. beaten at last, with
Its nose on the outer rocks.
The first rocket was true, but az
the line fell across the deck a great
green monster sprang forward and
downward. Only two men remained
where there had been seven. The sec
ond line fell clear, but the third land.
ID, and the survivors made 1t fast to
winch. The chair was half way
out to them When the next cruel
charge came. 1t beat enc Of them
fos. when the shining ea.acacts rolled
from the deck II wHs soIitaFy figure
that chung with arms and legs to the
slippery metal. III. buoy was wait
ing for him. bat r. dared not move.
He chose his chance well. topClcc
across the perilous deck and got him
self into the seat. Blinded and stung,
he sripped the rope and was dragged
through the welter Of waters. His
look was the nook OF drowned man
and his chilled HANDS held the rope
with what seemed death grip. h
was only by force that the rescuefs
could unIoosel tn s;!fencd fingers
and carry hi:n 10 tie station
He gave no sign for a long while.
and even when he brcathed again an
hour passed before he found his
tongue He lay there with blank eyes,
his mouth half cppn. els jaw loose. no
look OF comprehension on his face.
Not word did he speak until. outside
in the shed. the station mascot set to
barking at the wind.
The man moved uDeasily.
ION de ship" he said, very slowly.
each word apart "On dc ship hat
had Won little dog"
And he wept, unrestrainedly. as q
young girl ~eeps.-San Francisco
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
STATUE PUZZLES WISE MEN
English Scientists Unable to Place
Stone Figure Which Graces Hall
Of Westminster.


The lions Of Westminster are legion,
some in the flesh and others in stone
or marble: recently there has been
an addition to the menagerie, around
which there II an agreeable halo Of
mystery.
In gloomy niche half way down
Westminster hall there Is dimly TO be
deserted gray stone statue of q king
which has just been taken out Of the
Architectural museum and. perched
aloft. There il heavy crown on his
head over long flowing hair. the beard
Is rippled and majestic. In his Lea
hand he holds the orb. but the sceptar
hand L. gone. The old king hrooda
over the hall OF kings.
The experts are puzzled over hts
history. He stood in Westminster
hall for many centuries side by side
with other stone kings and all were
ddied away by the government in
1856. Recently 1t occurred to Lord
Beauchamp to try the effect of bring
ing them back. Several of the beauti-
ful Gothic windows are blind, forming
uiches suitable for statues, and all
the old forgotten kings may take their
places In them.
This first one Is a beautiful person
ego. No one knows what king he II
or whether 1t II merely an ideal figure
of majesty. but 1t il certain that he
- the work of some fine fourteenth
century craftsman.
The battered king Is the grandest
statue IN the hall. Below him lie in
ghostly row the kings done with the
petty realism of the modern age; i'm
mediately under his blind majesty's
gaze is the broad face, cynically fur
fowed, OF the merry monarch. The I'M
known king towers over these people
like visitant from ampler times
London Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03

Einsiake. the historian. was polite
yet franh. 1t IL related that. upon one
occasion. while dining with old DR..
Markham. the warden of Merton. he
vas asked to give his opinion Of some
port wine which was supposed to be
remarkably good. Il am no Judge Of
port myself. Kinglake." said DR.. Man
sham: but know you are. and ]
should like your opinion"
Well" said Kinglake. Il have three
ways Of Judging port wine. The first
10 BY the color. the second 10 BY the
cdor, and the third II by the flavor.
Now, the color OF your wine. Mar
sham"-holdfng It up and looking at It
critically-'.is good: tho odor-hers
he held the glass to his nose for .
moment. and then added. with some
hasitation-"is far from unpleasant;
the favor is''-here he tasted Il. and
put the wineglass down hastily.
would you be kind enough to pase
ms the sheESxr-sap yrancisoo ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
Why Thunder sours MIX.

It II universally known that milk
turns sour after a thunder storm. This
has been attributed to the large guam
tity Of ozone which II liberated by the
electricity in the air. The experiments
of Professor Trillat in Paris do not
confirm that theory. He has estab-
lished that atmospheric depressions
cause putrefying gases-normal quiz
escent-to rise to the surface Of GER
tain substances, and In support Of his
theory points out that odors Of all
sorts arc moro permeating after
storms. These atmospheric depres.
sions accelerate tie decomposition Of
gases and tend 70 liberate them.
Hence Tactic ferment II produced.
Professor Trillat has made many ex-
periments with diverse substances I'M
der varying treasures and has OBJ.
served that when the barometer n
lowest during storms. etc., the do
competition Of gases u most rapid
HarpeTs Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
lelah and Baby lriah

Irish and baby Irish lace II easily
cleaned with soap and water. and can
be ironed dry. It should be i.oned
on the wrong side. over q thickly pad
ded board.
Fine old Irish lace should never be
washed and ironed in the usual man.
neT. To clean it successfully prepare
an. ironing board by covering 1t with
q linen or cotton cover. Pin the lace
in place and wet 1t with a sponge and
warm water. Dissolve CASTLE or pure
white soap In warm WATERFALL an
ounce Of soap to two cupfuls Of water
and wet the lace with this. Then
rinse with a sponge and clear warm
water and leave the lace on the bosrd
to dry.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-10-03
Couldn't Cal, Il s.ealIuo.

whether you believe or don't be-
lieve In the tariff. you'll admit that We
have fewer multimillionaires II we'd
never had high protection"
The speaker. Representative Aber.
crombie, lighted a cigar and resumed:
This sort Of thing reminds me, just
q little bit, of old Calhoun Clay.
is this your first theft, Cal! the
old mans mistress asked, after she
had caught him walking OF with .
bottle Of beer. Ar
"'Yas'm.' Cal replied. 'Yas'm. ]
reckon dish-yere's NAH fust theft.
num-
Now. Cal. be careful said the
mistress. smiling. for she liked the old
man we'll. Didn't you sometimes use
to take chicken from the 'ole massa"
when you were q young fellow down
SOUTH
Why. yas'm. mebbe l did take jes'
one chicken Cal agreed, But dat
want no stealip', mum. Dat wux jes'
prop'ty takin' prop'ty to suppo't prop.
ty.'"-Washington Star.