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Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23
Supreme Court Settles Odd Case.

The Supreme court has affirmed the
Linn county District courts ruling In
the case Of the state vs.. Charles
Wolf, appellant. A cat and dog fight
was the basis of the suit. A dog killed
VOLTS cat. Wolf then shot the dog
and was fined $40 and costs for dis
charging firearms in the city of Cedar
Rapids. The court affirmed the fine
and said that It would be q good
thing for the public in general II the
defendant was compelled to sell the
gun to raise the necessary money to
pay the fine.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23

Mrs. Lulu Comstock. aged seventy
four, of San Diego. Cal. arranged for
q flight with Aviator Anton Meyer
hotter. Jr., that ended with the falling
OF the flying boat in the waters OF
San Diego bay and the death of the
woman.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23
Want More Land.

The state fair board is planning to
ask the next legislature for an appro-
priation to purchase seventeen acres
Of ground which 1t now leases.
This tract was used for camping
purposes at the 1915 fair.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23
Domestic

Five schoolboys and man were
killed and another boy was seriously
injured in a collision OF a Great North
ern passenger train with bus bear
ing school children over crossing
during a fog at Berthold, N. d.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23

Captain Boyd, the German naval
attache, issued an official statement at
New York branding as "fabrications
and inventions" reports that he had
obtained through secret agents q con.
fdential report prepared by American
naval officers.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23

The United States government at
Washington cabled note to France
vigorously protesting against the re-
moval by the French cruiser Descartes
Of six Germans and Austrians from
American steamships. Immediate re
lease of the men was asked.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23

Warden ]. C. Sanders of the Fort
Madison prison defended and explain
ed his honor system at the quarterly
conference OF the heads OF the various
state institutions.
Sanders said rs per cent of the con-
victs could be placed on the honor
system II they were allowed to sleep
out at night and greater per cent
II they were brought within the walls
at nigk..
Two hundred of the $50 prisoners
at Fort Madison are on the honor sys-
TEN.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23

Grounds for Liquor Contest.
Persons reporting on the plans or
the liquor men Of Davenport who
propose to fight the repeal OF the
mulct law. say that the contest will
be on the ground that the Davenport
consent petition has not expired: that.
Davenport is special charter city
and not included in general legisla-
ton and that the repeal bill was made
effective Jan. /, 1916, instead of July
4, 1915.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23

Rigid precautions against further
misuse of American passports were
announced by the state department at
Washington under an executive order
issued by President Wilson. New and
stringent regulations have been i'm
posed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23

l.. Ert Slack was agreed on by
Senators Kerns and Shively at Wash.
ington for United States district at
torney at indianapolis to succeed
Frank A. Daley, resigned.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23

Paul Koenig. formerly head of the
secret service of the Hamburg-Ameri-
can line, and Richard Emil Lindecker
were arrested at New York by agents
of the department of justice charged
with conspiracy to attempt to blow
up the Welland canal.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1915-12-23
Declines to Issue Warrants.

Chickasaw and Lyon counties prob
ably will not receive $1,000 state aid
for their 1915 county fairs. although
payment has been ordered by the
state board OF agriculture.
F. s. Shaw. auditor OF state, has
declared that he will ask the attor-
ney general whether the sale OF lead
pencil for 25 cents and throwing in a
chance on a more costly article ~
gambling. This game was worked at
the two fairs in question. The fairs
cannot draw state aid If gambling il
permitted.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
BROUGHT ACTION TO AN END
Appearance Of the Deceased" Ia
chaneery Court Blow to Army
Of Lawyers.

1t was suit In chancery, and there
Nas q great gathering Of the de.
ceased's family, qaarreling, as rela.
tives will. over the division Of the
spoils. The lawyers engaged chuckled.
for the suit seemed likely to be pro-
longed and complicated.
There were many lawyers. too, and
the Judge marveled at the immensely
Of the deceased mans family as silk
and stun rose in rapid succession. in
Producing themselves with the usual
formula: And l, my lord, am for the
nephews. or nieces, or fifteenth cousins
removed, as the case may be, Of the
deceased" The procession seemed in.
terminable. but at last 1t came to IN
end. Then a small voice was heard
timidly saying from the back Of the
court. May be allowed to speak, my
nord?"
There was dead silence as his lord.
ship adjusted his spectacles and asked
rather dejectedly. who are your"
The answer was. to say the least,
unexpected.
Il am the deceased. my lord" said
the modest voice from the back Of the
court. That ended the action
Quite unknown to his relatives, the
deceased" had turned up from the
wilds of Rhodesia. Obviously a man
of humor, he must have taken a de
light in watching how ''the best-laid
schemes Of mice and men gang af,
Agley."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
FIRST TO PERFECT REVOLVER
Colonel Colt Has Place In History
for His nvention-American
Makers of Ordnance.

Col. Samuel Colt has a worldwide
fame as the first man who perfected
a practical revolver. His first impor-
tant patent was taken out in 1885, but
he had to face a skeptical public and
army and navy officers refused to
grant permission for an official test OF
his weapon. However, the effective
ness of the Colt revolver was shown in
the Seminole war, in 1887. A com
pany was formed to exploit the inven-
ton, but soon failed, as no market
was found. Gen. Zachary Taylor, who
witnessed the work of the revolver
in the Seminole war, at the outbreak
of the Mexican war persuaded the gov.
eminent to order a thousand for the
use of Texas rangers. Stories praising
the American revolver soon began to
come back from Mexico and the for
ty-niners" made it we'll known. Colt
shortly afterward found a market in
England and orders were placed in
America for the Crimean campaigns
The revolver of that period, however
was clumsy weapon compared to the
types in use today. Calling, Maxim,
Remington, PARROT and Dahlgren are
names Of other Americans who won
fame as rifle and ordnance makers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
GIRLS AND BOYS MENTALITY
Female Begins Early to Develop 1t,
Scientists Say, But She Stops
Before the Boy.

1T may be taken as an accepted
fact" writes German scientist, that
the average age of speech-develop
ment is several months earlier in the
girl than in the boy. While it is not
very rare to find year-and-a-half-old
boy still unable to talk, the develop
ment of speech has made considerable
progress in girls of this age, and in
certain later periods OF life her further
advancement is even more obvious.
"At fifteen the male is generally
only a big boy, while the girl is often
quite finished young girl. But her
mental development not only begins
earlier, but stops earlier. 1t is prob
ably not to be doubted that in the
young woman Of twenty-five all the
powers of the intellect which are capa
BILE of developing are at least indi
Gated and formed and generally al
ready quite we'll established. The
twenty-fve-year-old youth, on the 9th
er hand, is still full of unguessed pos.
si5ilities for the future. The excep
lions that occur do not vitiate the av-
erage law that the comparative cycle
of development is relatively smaller in
the girl In women the conservative
tendencies natural to their sex are
most marked; in men, the progressive
tendencies
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Jokes Taken Seriously.

Doctor Huxley. the great English
scientist, who (being a good judge Of
mem both admired and trusted Doc
tor Ward of Oxford, once made joke
about Ward having a stake for here
tics in his back garden. That joke is
probably known more widely, and
taken more seriously, than all the
serious debates of these two great
men.
The same sort of people who can
only remember about Huxley a mira
Gle which he regarded as a legend,
can only remember about Ward, q
phrase which he took as a joke.
Why hearty levities of this kind
are ever discussed seriously afterward
must be mystery to any man who
has had any friends; but they are so
discussed-about w. G. Ward as about
Doctor Johnson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Process of MAKING Blood,

Natures process of making blood 10
interesting. Briefly, it is On this wise:
When the stomach and other alimen.
tary organs have completed their di.
gestive work the blood-forming mate
rial is absorbed by innumerable little
mouths, and conducted through maze
of assinilating glands to a storage
pocket in the regions of the kidneys.
From this receptacle the refined blood
material passes upward through
long goose-Quill-sized tube emptying
into a great vein between the neck
and the heart. The heart receives
this crude, rich blood and pumps ii
into the lungs, where it is oxygenized
and purified. Then the life-sustain.
ing stream returns to the heart to be
forced out to the remotest tissues OF
the body.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Cure For Nosebleed.

l sometimes read in the daily papers
Of death caused by bleeding at the
nose. Here is a cure discovered BY
me and not known or practiced by any
physician. l am an old shipmaster,
have tried it in a number of cases and
never knew it to fail. 1t is very SIM
pie Amy one can perform the opera
ton.
Place the patient in a sitting position
or propped up in bed. and with the
forefnger press gently in the hollow
of the throat just above the breast
bone, and the bleeding will gradually
cease.
To avoid bleeding at the nose, espe-
cially in the case of children, get q
large bead the size of large marble,
put it on a silk or wooden string and
tie it around the neck so that the bead
hangs In the hollow Of the throat and
wear it night and day.-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Reading Ones Own Books.

Cultivated men and women have al
ways counted good books among theil
most valued possessions, and one can
not believe that this taste can be sac
rificed without definite loss to oul
civilization. The spoken word cal
never supplant the written word; and
in fact, the present tendency is all to
ward substituting print for speech
Nor can reading in public places taxi
the place of reading ones own books
in the quiet of ones home. Book
that are owned wait patiently on thu
readers leisure; and to have just thu
book one wants, when enc wants it, il
and must remain one of the supreme
luxuries of a cultivated life.
Books, too, when personally owned
gather around themselves wealth 0
personal associations. The very bind
ing, paper ard title-page recall tn
conditions under which the book cam
into our possession. AS we open it
pages we remember the last time w
read it, the place and circumstances
and the people with whom we dis
cussed it. Books have personality
and they must always remain tn
warm friends of their possessors.-
Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Stomach Ache.

Segmentary neurosis is the predis
posing cause of disease belonging to
the class of the paroxysmal spasmodic
disorders associated with the mus
culature of the alimentary canal. In
members Of this class seizures occur
IN connection with food taking and
gastro-oesophageal hypertonus; they
also occur from mental and emotion.
a excitement. and from muscular eff
fort: in them both visceral and parie
tai layers Of muscles are engaged in
spasm. Consequently they resemble
the ansinal seizure in other features
besides that Of predisposing cause. 4
neurosis attended by intercostal by
Iperaleesia ensues when dendfftie
iabers belonging to the affected cen.
ter traverse pressure zones OF hyper
[Dlasias, aneurisms, now growths and
.Dericafdial and pleuritic adhesions
Hence these diseases, as well a. gas
tric disorders, may be regarded "a
potential remote causes OF anginal
pains and seizurea-H. Walter verdup
- he Lancet
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Ace Of Oysters.

AS the result Of examinations of the
surface lamellae of the shells of ovel
six hundred oysters of known age, and
of various ages from eighteen months
to six years, made by Miss A. L. Mas
sy, and noted in the Scientific Investi
cations" under the section on fisher
les, the following conditions prevailed
as to the relation between age and the
number of surface lamellae, or growth
rings. Miss Massey states that an oys
ter Of eighteen months or two sum
mers appears to possess at least two
rings, but may have as many as FIVE;
one of three summers has at least
two rings, but may have six. A four
year-old oyster may have only three
rings, or may possess seven or eight
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Rasx Ia Forgive.

A business man made an appoint
ment with a friend few days ago.
and when the time rolled around DC
forgot the matter entirely.
The incident worried him so much
that he dreaded to meet the friend
and for several days tried to keep out
of the latter's way.
Finally, however, the inevitable hap
pened, and the two met fact to race
in the lobby Of downtown club.
Before the business man could voice
his explanation the friend extended
his hand and began to apologize hum
bly,:
II must beg your pardon, old chap
but really l quite forgot about our
engagement the other day, and l am
indeed very sorry to have disappoint-
ed you"
When he fully recovered from the
shock the business man exclaimed.
with a magnanimous wave Of his right
hand
Don't worry, old man: even the best
Of us will sometimes forget "-Phila'
delphia Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Facts About Eurs.

The costliest sable is the Yakutsk
or Russian skin that runs 'silvery"-
that has, in other words, a number Of
squally distributed white or silvery
hairs among the soft and silky brown
ones. The black silver fox Is most
valuable when there Is no silver in it
when 1t Is pure rich black through.
out. Ermine, contrary to the general
belief, cleans well and is an exceeding.
~ durable fur. Sea otter skins meas.
ure 4S by "a inches. The best color IL
a dark blush brown. almost black.
Fisher is large marten found in Can
ada and the northern United States.
The skin measures 30 by IL inches.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
MEANT YES ALL THE TIME
k;t+v Feared Lest Answer q tne
Previous Evening Might %
Literally by Her Lover.

.r on, N too much Of q hurry 10
write a superscription. or wnstevo, -
is YOU write at the beginning OF = io
ter and I am going to send TINS Oh
at once by delivery boy; because
It suddenly came to me what a risA
7 was running-with life Sc uncertain
and all. You see, it's ike tnis'
Last evening, when you toia ms
YOU loved me, and l was so startie.
and surprised (and all the time IL
known more about it than you) anu
when YOU begged me to marry you'
and said No, 1 never could, ana no.
and no over and over. all evening"
dear how can l explain? Wen, II
seemed all right, and ali-Dut tnen
this morning it suddenly came 10 me
what if you should die or something
before you come over again, ana never
know! 80
because. you see, everyone OF
those nos was as black as the trey
of clubs, not little white lies at all
but regular ebony. Because IL ISM
mo. at all. It's yes O, great Dig
YES: only wanted to make you walt
and make me say it! o, why are
girls made like that? I don't know
I'm as ignorant of the machinery in
side of me as am of the little Gravity
wheels in my watch. And | just ala
what my diabolical ancestor grand,
mothers did, | suppose, when l SAID
mo- and / meant yes But l was
scary this morning when l got think
ing of what if l never had chance
at all to change it, and tell you the
truth.
so / Just took pencil stub out oil
my smallest brothers pocket ana a
piece of mothers best stationery and
sat down here on the floor, with my
door locked, to scribble this on to
you. Good-by. And-'yes, yes, yes!
Kitty "-Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Proper Iiohfinn


Add immensely to the attractive.
ness OF your home by diffusing the
lights instead of focusing them On
one point. Eye strain will be relieved
and shadows and outlines will be soft.
ened, especially when amber lights
are used. the new indirect lighting
MIXTURES are replacing old-fashiored
ones, making the lighting problem
more artistic and less expensive.
Much the same effect nay be pro
duced with less expense by frosted
bulbs and globes. There are various
types OF this indirect lighting suitable
Tor all rooms, from the kitchen To
the parlor, and it is to be recommend.
ed as blessing to the busy eyes and
tie tense nerves of today.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Valuable MoIeskin.

The skin of the mole is much sought
for the manufacture Of furs, and those
made use of In this country have been
heretofore imported from Europe, but
It is entirely likely that we shall sup
ply this demand by the home product
ut no distant time. The biological ssr-
vey Of the United States has recently
made some examinations into the quail.
tiles Of the domestic mole for this pur-
pose, and it has been discovered that
the animal of the northeastern part
Of this country is superior to the for
eign animal. the fur being finer and
having other advantages. A report OF
the investigation has been printed and
the cultivation Of the mole for its fur
II recommended a. q profitable indus
Try.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
A Remarkable Stork.

The whale billed stork is found on q
lake south Of the White Nile. The
lake has never been mapped and Is
bordered by extensive swamps. 1t ID
hard to tell where swamp ends and
lake begins, for most Of the water sur
face Is covered with a dense mat OF
tangled vegetation. On this mat the
whale billed stork builds its nest. 1t Ii
q very rare bird and is known to the
Arabs as the Father Of the Shoe, be-
cause Of its huge shoe shaped bill. It
Is Of solitary habits, blackish gray In
color, with wide spreading long toed
feet adapted for standing on the quak,
ing surface Of floating field Of vege
tation. Its habits are sluggish, and II
lives mainly on fish. Colonel Roosevelt
describes it as hunting sedately In
muddy shadows or standing motionless
for hours, surrounded by reed beds or
by long reaches of treacherous ooze."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01

A neutral correspondent of the Petit
Iafisien. who has been travelling in
Austria-Hungary, has brought back a
picture postcard representing the
entry Of the German troops into por;s
me postcard, which is reproduced
by the Petit Parisien. shows uhlans
passing in column under the Arc de
Iriomphe. In the background are the
Times. oA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
The Deity In -Four letter.,

A remarkable fact regarding the
name of God is that it is spelled with
four letters in most of the languages
OF civilized peoples.
In Latin 1t IL Deus; Greek. Zeus;
Hebrew, Adon; Syrian, Adad; Arab
an, ALA; Persian. syria; Tartarian
Idga; Egyptian, Aumn or Zeut; East
Indian. Esgi or Zenl; Japanese, Zain:
Turkish. Add; Scandinavian, Odin;
Croatian, Doga; Dalmatian, Rogt;
Tyrrhenian, Eher; Etrurian, Chur;
Magyaran. Oese; German, Colt;
French, Dieu; Spanish, Dios; Peruvi
IN. Liam.
In Anglo-Saxon the three-lettel
name means good which has foul
letters.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Greatly Reduced Excursion Fares
to Niagara Falls aid r turn

Southern RAILWAY viii. have on
sa at Principal points in Virginia
special round trip excursion fare
tickets to Niagara Falls, July %, %,
august 5, II, 10, 26, Sept. End, 9, ]6,
3, 80, Oct ! and IA, bearing final re-
turn limit of l6 days. For detailed
ioofrmation as to fares, schedules,
',tc.. consult Agents or writes C. W.
Westbury, Gen. Agt. Washington.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Plans Art Edue..,..

assaore duncan has announced her
intention to supply AN art education
10 1000 children made orphans hv IN.
w1 she hopes. after the war ia end.
e, 70 take her present pupils and
many others to an island which she
ras purchased of the coast of Greece.
mere she expects eventually to teach
1000 children. 200 each from cermsnv
rance belgium, England and Ruseis.
= ven az American children who nav
wish 70 pc included, but for whose sun.
fol. !. WIN be necessary to have -.
= .yeee
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
Church Directory,
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SON

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at L, A. NJ. and 500
r. NJ. Rev. ). K. JACOBS.
.Pastorb
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock-Every Sunday Ii A
NJ. and 500 P. NJ, except End Sunda,
Mt. JacLson-Second Sunday II A,
NJ. and 40 P. NJ.
New Market-2nd Sunday at 3 d M.
REV. J A. MCMURRAY.
Pastor
LUTHERAN
Every Sunday II An and 7.30
P. NJ. Rev. S. w. KUHNs. Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Second Sunday, IL A. M. and I 20
T M. Rev. ]. D. HAMAkER
EPISCOPAL.
There will be services in the EMS
copal Church every Sunday morning
at IL o'clOck-until fu Their notice.
REV. G. B. PALMER, Rector.
REFORMED
st. Paul's Woodstock-2d and 4th
Sundays Am. Every Sunday night
Calvsry-1st and 3rd Sunday a =
REv. y N..lse CKI Rastor. =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
One Way Of "Beatins the Bounds"

One Way Of "Beatins the Bounds"
The Cossack can do much in war, but
in peace time he is not so handy. Then
he is either a fisherman or farmer.
but he knows little about land survey
ing and less still about land registra
ton. When disputes arise there is a
method of settling them. When the
boundary has been settled it is regis
tered not upon parchment, but upon
boys backs. All the boys are collected
and driven like sheep along the newly
surveyed boundary. The procession
halts at each landmark, certain mum.
Der Of boys are chosen, thoroughly
whipped and then sent home. This il
done in the belief than an unmerited
whipping would always remain in the
memory-a truly wonderful method Of
beating the bounds. Chroni.
Gle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
And For Three Summers Mrs. Vim
cent Was Unable 10 Attend to
Any Of Her Housework.

Pleasant Hill, N. CD suffered for
three summers" writes Mrs. Walter
Vincent, of this town, 'and the third and
last time, was my worst.
! had dreadful nervous headaches and
prostration, and was scarcely able to
walk about. Could not do any of my
homework.
] also had dreadful pains in my back
and sides and when one of those weak.
sinking spells would come on me,
would have to give up ard lie down,
until it wore off.
was certainly in a dreadful state o.
health. when finally decided to try
cardd. the woman's toaic, and ] firmly
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-10-01
How to Tell . rraIn,s Speed.

Count the clicks of the wheels on
one rail because joints alternately
for 20 seconds, and the result will be
the miles per hour the train is run.
ming. There are 176 30-foot rails in
$3.50 feet The train, say, is travelling
at 46 miles per hour. 1t covers 1855
rails in one minute, or 2.25 rails in ore
second, which, multiplied by 20, equals
46 rails in 20 seconds. or As miles per
hour. II 32-foot rails are used the re.
suits would be 40 rails in 20 seconds
1t 45 miles per hour. but 1t IL fairly
accurate and can be done easily with Z
1itf1D pG1etlco.