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The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
More Efficacious.

I'm a few days, Mr.. Grimm, you will
have no further trouble with my chick
ens," said Neighbor Yaw. 81 am work.
ing on an invention which is calculated
to discourage them from scratching.
1t is an attachment which fastens to
the fowls leg and has a prod project
ing out behind. When he or she, as
the case may be, attempts to scratch,
the prod strikes the ground and kicks
him or her forward. A few scratches,
and he or she kicks himself or herself
clear out of the garden"
x do not expect to wait for your
chickens to kick themselves out of my
garden" replied Gaunt n Grimm. 1.-THE
next time catch them in there I'll
grab you by the neck and kick you all
over this end of town"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
Human Victims OF Crocodile.

Villagers living near = crocodile-in-
tested river in India protect thom-
selves from man-eaters by fencing
their bathing places with bamboo
poles: but yet they are sometimes
killed within these Enclosures. II not
devoured. The brutes are not alto
gether devoid OF intelligence. They
will enter the Enclosure at night by
the overland route and lie still. Some
times they manage. by their claws.
which are very powerful. to make an
opening in the fence. and secure an
entrance. After this they will remain
quiet. and catch the first bather a.
soon as he enters the water. This
crocodile. however. cannot carry away
the body of its victim on account oi
the fence. and II has to risk its own
life. as the villagers win try to kill
It within the Enclosure.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
HAD A FEAR OF LIGHTNING
Lifelong Dread Made Woman Uncon-
scious and She Died From
Fright.

During a thunderstorm at Newton,
N. j., a woman who through all her
life of fifty years had felt a nervous
dread of lightning" became uncon-
scious from fright and died.
Cannot the multitudes of otherwise
rational people who are obsessed by
the same dread take counsel of the
fate of this unfortunate and allay
their fears? asks the New York World.
They suffer an access Of terror in
every thunderstorm, and in effect I'M
dergo the agony of death many times.
Yet there are few other forms of
death so painless or SO remote. In
1912 in the whole country only 243 per-
sons were killed by lightning, of whom
but AZ were females. Women, who
mainly feel this fear, should be en-
couraged by their greater immunity.
But, in fact, twice as many people
are burned to death in CONGREGATIONS
In year as are killed by thunderbolts,
and the number of those who die from
organic heart disease compared with
those who die from lightning Is as 354
| to /.
No doubt the superstition that has
attached from the earliest times to
deaths by lightning has had some
thing to do with the survival of the
fear. People who view their inescap-
able exit from this world with philos-
Ophy should be ready to accept light
ming stroke as an end as easy as any
other. 1t Is too instantaneous to admit
of physical sensation, while the fear.
ridden are assured that If the flash is
seen the sufferer Is safe.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
DandeIions Will Be pon,,-'

Dandelions will yet become N
as an article of diet with ths n
They have always been 50 MI
that they have not been snn,.s|
Now some eastern canning ~
ments are advertising for dand,|
to can. They are about to be n,
market, as a staple article Of M
be had at any time of the "a,
they are so good for factoria, /,
they are also good for the ham.
dener to can. Our schools A.,
teaching the science of CANNING I
will be a help in making tbq N
lion green available. One Of tbs
advantages in favor of this ys,,l
is that it is extremely hardy Il \
as far moth as the shores Of M
tic ocean. Some of the seed N
carry dandelion seeds. Anyone
ever, can gather his own seed \
should prove interesting to exUetI
along the line of raising daDdd
from native seed on very rich N
and under garden conditions.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18

Nacona, Texas.-A farmer named
Palmer, near here, a few days ago
plowed up silver bars on his farm va
riously estimated to be worth from
100000 to S280,OOO. 1t is believed
the silver bars were left here by
the Spaniards in the sixteenth or sew.
enteenth centuries, when they re.
treated. owing to the activity of In
dams against them.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
Somewhat Different,

The circus was In town, and
prominent corner Bunko Pete va
ing to initiate an old farmer Int
mysteries of the three-shell game
Here, you'll" exclaimed pOlt
who happened along just then
you know it's against the law
crate a game of chance on the
thoroughbred"
"Dat's all right, partner !
Bunko Pete. "Our friend here
got no chance"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
General Strike Expeeted.

St Louis.-union icewagon driv-
ers have decided to refuse to deliver
ice to the nine dairies affected by
the strike and lockout of union milk
wagon drivers. This. it is feared.
will precipitate general strike,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
How to Etch Glaze

A simple way to etch glass
warm 1t carefully; if heated tool
ly it will crack. Rub parafin WI
wax over the warm surface &
glass, and then with a blunt d
ment print the desired wording
some fluorspar Calcium auu
placed in a metal dish, add enOuh
centrated sulphuric acid to mOIsu
powder. Place the glass. viii
marked side down, over the mehl
containing the above chemlas
leave it over night. In the MOI
scrape the paraffin off and thI
sired words will be etched %
glass.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
Wife Murderer HANGED.

Rawlins. Wyo.-Wilmer Palmer
was hanged early Friday morning at
the state penitentiary for the muir
der OF his wife. On Wednesday, In
fear of the gallows. Palmer attempt.
ed suicide. cutting his wrist with a
metal button from his prison uni
form,
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
Rlotina In Minnesota.

Crosby. MINI, Efforts of strike
sympathiEers to prevent miners from
working ON the Guyana range resulted
In battle between deputy sheriffs
and rioters Friday In which many
shots were fred.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
rraln Wreck In Montana.

Great Falls, IIont.-When train
ran into an open switch at Boru, the
two engines. express and baggage
cars went into ditch. A. w. Baker
of Great Falls. engineer of the lead
engine. was crushed and scalded to
death under his locomotive.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
The Suhurhanlte.

"What's the matter with YOU
ger, Babbe, that you've got y
daged all the way upT
They're not bandages u
strings to remind me Of my Wlfss
missions to bring home tonight
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
lnereassa Tax on Incomes.

Washington, The Democratic SEN
ate caucus has approved a committee
amendment TO the revenue bill which
would increase the surtax or incomes
In excess OF 100000 from 10 per
cent TO IS per cent.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
Good Ramon.

A woman from the city was spend.
ing the summer in small town. and
one day, while doing her marketing.
she asked the butcher how he hap.
pened TO choose his business. He hest.
tated moment, and then: well,
don't know" he answered. but al.
ways was fond OF animals"
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
PreaIdent Plannlna speaklna Tour.

Washington, President Wilson is
seriously considering trans-conti-
mental campaign trip. Congressional
callers at the White House have
gained the impression that he virtu-
ally had decided ON such step.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
Turks Would starve Christians.

Washington, Turkey has refused
to grant the request of the United
States that neutral committee be
permitted to undertake relief work In
Syria, where thousands of native
Christians are reported to be starving.
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18
Explosion kIlIs Workman.

Wilmington, Del.--An explosion
which blew out cylinder on the re.
hydrating press at the Du Pont Pow,
der company's plant at Carney's
Point, N. j. killed three workmen and
injured two others
The Idaho recorder. [volume] (Salmon City, Idaho) 1886-1927, 1916-08-18

Hes promising author" "Yes.
I've several OF his signed promises In
ny strong box now, and they're all
overdue. "-Detroit Free PresS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Woodstock, Virginia. Friday, February 4, 1916
THE APPLE AS A FOOD.

The apple Is without question the
king Of fruits. Whether used fresh,
dried, evaporated, canned or cooked.
it is wholesome food, easily pre-
pared, attractive and palatable at all
times. Because of its rare keeping
qualities it may be shipped to the ut
termost parts Of the earth, so that all
may take advantage Of its great food
value. Apples vary in favor and tex
ture. The soft, sweet apples are not
suitable for preserving. The tart,
sound apples are best for this purpose
Fine grained apples are best for sauce
and apple butter, while the coarse
grained fruit is better for marmalade
In the fall and early winter apples are
at their maximum in quality Less
spice Is needed in cooking them at this
time, because their flavor can hardly
be improved, but toward spring some
of their tang may have been lost, and
the addition Of spices or other favor
ing may be an improvement. Always
cook apples in earthen vessels or enam-
eled or porcelain lined kettles and use
silver or wooden spoons for stirring
The apple is used as basis for prac-
dcally all manufactured jams and jel-
lies, due to the large amount of pee
tose which it contains. There is no
waste to good apples. Even the core
and parings may be used for making
jelly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Gilbert Stuart.

Gilbert Stuart (1755-1S2S) was born
IN Narragansett, R. l., the son OF a
snuff-grinder. At the age of fifteen,
without any instruction whatever, he
began to paint portraits tina: attract.
ed the attention of young Scotch
artist named Alexander, who took him
to Scotland in 1772. In IVA he re-
turned to America, where he re-
manned for year. He went back to
London in IT'S, and for a short time
ne played the organ in small church
in that city. In 177S he entered the
studio of Benjamin West as a pupil
out later set up studio of his own,
and remained working there for some
years. He came back to this country
once more IN 1892, and painted many
portraits IN New York and Philadel
phia, among them the famous "17S5
Washington. In the year 1906 ne set
tied IN Boston. His fame rests large.
ly upon his many portraits of Wash
lngton.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
How Germans Aid French.

One of the newest French bomb
throwers is as simple as the brass
guns that small boys delight to play
with. 1t consists of a German shrap
mel shell case mounted on a wooden
stand, with spike in front to anchor
it firmly to the ground. The case of
the shrapnel remains intact after it
has been fired, as it's object is to act
like small cannon it's end opens
and the shrapnel with which it is
filled is driven out by charge of
powder at the bottom of the case
These shell cases are carefully picked
up by the French to be used against
the enemy. They are cut down, and
touchhole is bored in them. The
cost of the finished bomb-thrower is
but little over one dollar, and its
weight is negligible, while a great
number of them may be turned out
without the slightest difficulty. To
use them charge of powder is poured
into the shell case, and a bomb, well
loaded with explosives, is placed upon
it. The charge is fired by the touch
hole, and the bomb is thrown into the
air. It turns clumsily over and over
like large sausage, but 1t finds its
target with remarkable accuracy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
RUSSIA TO DOMINATE WORLD
Scotch Scientist Sees Wonderful Fu-
ture for the COLOSSUS Of the
Shows"

"The twentieth century," says
Charles Sarolea, in Everyman. will
be the century Of the Russian" Mr..
Sarolea is professor of modern Ian
guages In the University of Edinburgh.
He has travelled in Russia and made a
special study of its languages and its
peoples. He says: Notwithstanding
war and famine, plague and disease,
every year 100000 of souls are add
ed to the Russian empire Every year
thousands of square miles are opened
to agriculture and industry. Moral and
intellectual progress have been enor-
nous. Fifty years ago 80 per cent of
the people were still STEPPED in gross
ignorance, 80 per cent were still liv-
ing in state Of serfdom. The ukase
Of Alexander II accomplished with a
stroke Of the pen what it took western
nations 1000 years of Christianity and
of revolution to achieve. Today, less
than two generations after the enamel
patton, Russia is taking leading part
in many of the arts of peace, in many
OF the higher activities of man. She
has given Verestchagin to painting,
a Mendelieff to science, Tschaikow-
sky to music, Solovief to philosophy;
and, above all, she has given to litera-
language, who have brought us fresh
revelation of beauty and new inter
probation of life."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
FIXED PRICE ON NECESSARIES
Warning European Nations Compelled
to Arbitrarily Regulate the Cost
of Foodstuffs.

Practically all the governments In
Europe have, since the war, put in
force regulations concerning the
prices of foodstuffs.
Some governments, while allowing
the local authorities to fix prices on
most things, issued DEGREES applicable
to their whole territory concerning a
few highly important articles. Thus
Austria and Germany both prescribed
the proportion of wheat or rye -four
that should be used in making bread
Later both Austria and Germany fixed
the wholesale price of cereals, and
brought the distribution and consump
ton of -four and bread under strict
control.
Turkey fixed prices for petroleum
sugar, and -four. In Italy salt, tobacco
and matches are government monopo
lies, so that their prices were fixed by
the central authority. Denmark, Hol
land and Switzerland limited them
selves to controlling the most impor
tant breadstuffs of each country.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
FALLAcY OF LONG STANDING
That Frost Is Most Likely to oeeut
In the Light Of the Moon"
10 a Wrong Idea.

One of the most tenacious beliefs
II that the weather is affected By
the movement of the moon 1t is gen.
orally considered that frost is more
likely to occur in the Tight Of the
moon" than at any other time. For
this reason crops which the frost ia
likely to destroy are planted at such
. time as to be certain to avoid q
full moon.
The moon reflects sunlight to tho
earth and produces the tides. It has
minor effects, such as changing the pos
sition of the earth and causing min.
ute reflections of the magnetic needle;
these last, are, however, so small that
they have only effect upon refined in+
struments Of detection, and 1t has
been proved conclusively these two
have no relation to the change Of
weather. Regarding the two former
effects named, 1t is quite easy to IN.
derstand that reflected sunlight from
the moon cannot affect the weather,
In the first place, more light is re.
ceived from the sun in thirty min.
utes than from the moon in one year.
and, moreover, the greatest reflection
Is at full moon; from a logical point
of view then it should be warmer in
stead Of colder at full moon. This
should disprove any argument that
the reflected light makes it colder
at full moon.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
KAvALA BONE OF CONTENTION
Greece and Bulgaria Have Been for
Many Centuries at Odds Over
This Port.

Kavala, the Greek port where, it
appears, new allied expedition is to
be landed, has long figured conspicu.
ously in Balkan disputes and for a
double reason. It happens that the
welter Of races which makes the d.
vision Of Macedonia everywhere diff.
cult is absolutely inextricable at Ka.
vala, and that the town is of much
commercial Importance as the center
of the district in which the very best
Turkish" tobacco is grown. Conse
quently, whenever Greek and Bulgar
have cleaned the slate Of acrimonious
questions there always is the standing
grievance of Kavala to keep them
asunder. 1t was the Greek kings re-
fusal to approve the proposed cession
of Kavala to Bulgaria that caused the
first resignation of the Venizelos min
istry and dashed the hopes of the al
lies for a new Balkan league. Kavala
is famous for a landing of quite diff
ferent nature from that now imminent.
When it was called Neapolis ST. Paul
landed there on his way to Philippi,
now mass of ruins among the tobac
co fields.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Neutrality In Salonikl.

A correspondent of the London Daily
Sketch gives description of Saloniki
which he pictures as town of odd
contrasts in these days in which Greek
neutrality is on the edge of the boil
ing pot He says: Bulgarian and
Turkish consuls lunch together every
day in a restaurant surrounded by
scores of British and French officers
Every Friday the Ottoman consulate
iaunts the standard of the Crescent
in the teeth of the entente battleships
which look on with complete indiffer
ence. Restaurants, cafes and hotels
are, Of course, making undreamt-ot
profits In the gulf, within sight OF
the quay, lies heterogeneous feet OF
ships of all the allied powers, with a
great throng Of transports, hospital
ships, supply ships, tugs, lighters, re-
producing afioat the medley that pre-
walls ashore"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
KNOW NOTHING OF RESULTS
Men in the Submarines Simply Obey
Orders That Are Given by the
Commander.

In the Berliner Tageblatt Herr Ar
mold Hoelriegel tells of a trip to the
Austrian submarine which torpedoed
the Italian submarine Medusa.
Il was in the interior of this famous
U-boat," he writes. "The big blond
lieutenant showed me every part of
the delicate machinery and explained
how the torpedo is loaded and fired.
/ was amazed at the amount of metal
and glass and wire and pipe in that
comparatively small space in which
there is scarcely room to move about.
The lieutenant told me the story
of an accident to the machinery, as
a result of which they never expected
to come to the surface again. They
were 20 hours under water, and during
that time the engineer and mechanic
worked without a moments respite to
repair the break
"All hope had been abandoned and
the crew were breathing heavily in
the vitiated atmosphere, when sudden
ly the submarine began to rise slowly,
duQ WASn IL IcdCuSu lilo uIldC6 I'LL
hands went on deck to breathe the
fresh air.
Describing the sinking Of the Me-
dusa the lieutenant said:
1--WE were lying outside the harbor
Of Venice in smooth water. The COM
mander had his eyes glued to the
periscope. We, of course, see moth
ing and all we do is carry out his
orders.
Suddenly we begin to maneuver.
Evidently something is about to 90
cur. Only small part of the peri
scope is above the water; then we
dive again
Presently we can hear the sound
of another motor in our vicinity. The
commander shouts the order to have
our torpedo ready. Quick and will
ing hands respond. The order Is
given to fire, and the deadly instru-
ment speeds on it's way. We hear
the explosion, but whether we hit
the mark we were, Of course, IN
able to tell, as we quickly turned and
sped away"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
He Knew Their Weakness.

During the reign of Louis XIV OF
France the light chaise came into fash.
ion, and great ladies of Paris were &C.
customed to drive in them about the
city. But beautiful hands are not al
ways strong ones; accidents began to
occur more and more frequently in the
streets. Consequently, says Das Buch
fuer Allie, the king besought the min
lister of police so do something, since
the lives of pedestrians were constant.
ly in danger.
Il will do whatever is in my power
replied the police minister. Your
majesty desires that these accidents
cease entirely?"
The king replied, Certainly"
The next day there appeared a royal
ordinance that ordered that, in the fu.
ture, ladies under thirty years of age
should not drive chaises through the
streets Of Paris. That seems a mild
restriction: but it is said that scarcely
q woman from that time on drove her
own chaise. The police minister knew
that few women would care to adver-
tise the fact that they were over thirty
and that the rest would probably be
too old to drive, anyway.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
British Emancipation.

The first day of August, 1884, IA
often mentioned. but enormously, as
the day on which the slaves In the
British colonies were set free. They
did not get their actual freedom, but
an apprenticeship which was to pre-
cede and prepare for their freedom.
1t was enacted that all slaves should
become "apprenticed laborers" to their
masters. These slaves were Of two
classes. One class received actual
freedom in 1888 and the other in 1910.
1t was found that On August 1, 1884.
there were 770,2So slaves In the cox
cnies affected by this emancipation
act. All negroes born after that date
were born free. Twenty million pounds
sterling, s1ee.ooo.oo0, was ultimately
paid to the owners of these slaves.
this sum being distributed ratably &C.
cording to the market price of slaves
u each colony.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
COLLEGE Women War Workers.

There are nearly 10000 highly edu-
Gated women in England who have
registered Tor war work under the
Federation Of University Women.
Among the new positions open to edu-
Gated women that have been supplied
by the federation are the post of
craftsman in an aeroplane factory, due
to knowledge of the higher mathe-
mates; Of expert accountant in an
insurance Office, because of clever.
ness at figures and supervisorships in
munition factories given to trained
special workers. A good part of the
women registering have offered their
spare time only, and it is hard to find
jobs for those wanting to work por-
lions Of days or alternate days. The
secretary of the federation explains
also that employers whose male work.
ers have enlisted have a tendency to
undercut the old wage, and these
women do not. wish to shave the
wages Of the men.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
ALWAYS CLUBS OF A SORT
In Civilized Life the Association Of
Men Of Like interests Has Seen
Matter of Course.

In the eighteenth century the man
Of London passed the largest part Of
his time in coffee houses and taverns,
and when one seeks for him after
midday he will probably be found In
. tavern.
No habit was so universal In every
class as this of association In some
place of entertainment; it was part
of the life alike of the nobleman and
the tradesman.
While the former enjoyed himself
In one of the numerous houses in the
west end, the latter was surrounded
By his business rivals at the Globe
tavern in Fleet street or at the Six
penny Card club or at the Free and
Easy at the Queens Arms In st.
Pluls churchyard.
But when We 90 with the man Of
London to his coffee house or tavern
we should not think too much of the
place, for coffee house and tavern
were each only building which by
reason of its existence was the most
convenient for the purpose Of assem-
hlies, whether of business or of pleas
ure.
The important fact is the remark.
able and constant and often informal
association Of men Of like interests,
tastes or occupations for purposes po-
Htical, commercial. literary or social.
These associations, every one Of
which is usually called club, even
If it was without rules or officers.
sprang rapidly into being from the
beginning Of the century, so rapidly
that places by no means always suit.
able had to be used for their meet,
tnga