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The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-11
HERE FROM SOUTH PARK.

Alonzo Mcdonald. prominent
rancher of the South Park district,
is spending several days in town.
McLAINs HERE FROM DENVER.
c. r. McLain, George McLain, ard
orville Huling motored down from
Denver the last of the week and spent
Sunday with relatives and friends
here
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-11
WEDNESDAY
OPERATED ON FOR APPENDICITIS

Miss Dora Turner was taken to the
hospital Tuesday afternoon and oper-
ated on for appendicitis. The opera
tion was successful and the patient is
doing nicely.
MEETING OF EXECUTIVE BOARD
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-11

FOR SALE Surrey and harness in
good condition. J. r. Quinn & Co
305 Main street. 1i0t3.
The Canon City record with which is consolidated the Canon City cannon., 1916-05-11
VISITING MOTHER.

Harlan Foulk returned home Sun
day afternoon from Kansas City 10
a few weeks visit with his mother
after which he will again join Rev
Pratt's patry.
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wANTED-Fat hens and bro.lers.
Strathmore. 10ou.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
OFFICER WASTED FEW HuhD.
Conveyed Injunction Briefly, but LET,
Hearers With ? Small Matter
to Ponder Over.

Though the car packed him away
II the Caucasus and put others in his
place at the head of the Russian levies
sent to stem the tide Of German invs-
sion, Paris still cherishes it, sdmira-
ton Of the tall. grim Grand Duke
Nicholas Nicholaievitch, sometime
geperalissimo OF the armies of Mus
covy. And It is In Paris that they still
tell this story: One evening, when his
forces lay near the Polish frontier, the
grand duke gave orders that all the
persons engaged In purveying supplies
to the soldiers should be assembled
at nine O'Clock alongside the track
where the grand ducal train was
stabbed for the night Il have a high
ly important communication to make
to the individuals IN question" Mich
Olas explained.
Promptly at the hour named the in
vited guests were on hand and stood
IN line respectfully WAITING. They did
not wait long. In not sbove . minute
the grand duke stepped cut q his car,
facing the trades persoas. end looked
them over for several minutes In ST.
lence. Then he spoke:
Gentlemen, what have % oay to
you is very serious for you, and is
comprised in exactly three words. Do
not steal-or I'll hang every mothers
son of you"
With that he turned on his heel and
re-entered his car. The audience was
at an end.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
AN ENGLISH WOMAN PRAISES
She Says Americans Show Exquisite
Taste in Clothing, Homes, Art
and Can Sing Divinely.

An English woman writes: IF you
want to see things that are new and
unusual you must come to America.
The women dress as beautifully as the
Parisians, paint their furniture like so
many Angelica Kauffmanns, sing-at
any rate, good number of them-di-
vinely, dance like ancient Greeks and
furnish their houses with taste that
l can only describe as exquisite. You
will think I exaggerafe. All can say
Is, come and see! The majority Of the
country houses here now are adapta-
lions of Italian houses, long and low,
with two side wings jutting slightly
forward The one at which ] am stay
ing is of hollow tile finished with warm
stucco. There are blue-green blinds
and the roof is brownish red. l can
not tell you how pretty! The interior
hall Is paved with white and green
The woodwork is white and the walls
gray. Big lounges are here with love-
ly cedar pillows. bringing q smell re-
dolent OF the forest. In many rooms
they have floors OF red tile fntersected
with white. The idea is Italian. In
summer the tiles are cool, and In win
ter, with thick rugs put down. the red
color ct least looks warm
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
FISH FALL UPWARD TO DEATH
Some Deep Sea Inhabitants Construct.
Cd to Withstand Great Pressure,
Come to Surface by Accident.

Perhaps the most curious accident
hat can befall any of Gods creatures
10 the strange death sometimes visit
ed upon deep-sea fish. They seem to
reverse the ordinary law of gravita-
ton and literally fall upward. just as
land creatures fall downward, unable
to halt their tumble.
The, pressure of water in the depths
of the sea is tremendous and the crea-
lures which inhabit those regions
have bodies so constructed that they
can swim at ease in this burdensome
element. Now and then one will by
accident stray above the strata of wa.
ter in which it lives and arrive at
height where the water pressure Is
greatly lighter. The gases within
them and their swimming bladders
then expand and they become "a
though filled with gas.
For . certain distance the mus.
cles can counteract this ballooning
tendency and it can fight it's way back
to safety and comfort, but the mo.
ment the fish gets beyond the limit
and the muscles become ineffective,
it becomes helpless and is borne up.
ward to the surface Of the ocean by
the continually expanding gases.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
OUR GREAT NEW INDUSTRY
An Unprecedented Demand for High
Explosives Developed Trade In
Benzol and ToIuol.

In response to the unprecedented de-
mand for high explosives new indus
try, the recovery of benzol and toluol,
suddenly sprang into existence in the
United States in 1915. Benzol and
toluol, indispensable raw materials
from which explosives, dyestuffs and
other chemical products are manufac-
tured, are oils similar to gasoline in
appearance and smell and are present
In the gas that is driven off from coal
when it is made into coke. Before the
European war the demand in the Uni
ted states for these products was SO
small and the price so low that but one
company engaged in coke-making
sought to recover them ON . large
scale. Late in 1914 the price Of ben
zol. and particularly toluol, rose to
such point that many other com
panies began to build plants to recover
these oils, which were then being
burned with the gas. and by the end
of 1915 there were 10 new plants for
benzol recovery in operation and 9th
ers in course Of erection. 1t is esti-
mated that between 100000 and o.
100000 tons Of coal were carbonized in
the ovens that furnished the gas from
which the oils were recovered.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
BUILDS UP TW0FARMS
CUMBERLAND VALLEY FARMER
NOW SHOWING NEIGHBORS
HOW TO DO LIKEWISE.

II farming profitable in the Cumber-
land Valley? A trip through Wash
tngton County, Maryland, reveals the
fact that farmers in that locality are
getting yields In many cases double
those obtained in the Middle Western
States, and at the same time, through
the use of lime, fertilizers, drainage.
crop rotation and good cultural meth
DDS are improving their lands and rails
ing their productive value.
Two farms owned by John l. Wis
hard, near Hagerstown, are examples
of what may be done to build up soils
that had been scarcely able to pay
interest on the money invested. His
farms border on Conocheague Creek
and are composed Of SLATE land" for
the most part. Mr.. Wishard bought
the first farm in 1907, and the second
In 1911 He lined, drained and fertil-
lied at once and more than doubled
his yields. Since then, his yields and
profits have been steadily increasing.
Before this, clover could not be grown
on the farm. He has been growing
10 bushels of oats, more than Is bush
els of corn and from $50 to 500 bush
els of potatoes per acre, by using from
225 to 1000 pounds Of fertilizer per
acre. BY feeding 20 head Of steers
each winter, he provides organic mat
ter and additional plantfood for the
soil
This season he is planning to do
more top-dressing. both on his wheat
and meadows. Since the other fac
tors of production are taken care
Of he believes that heavier ap-
plications of fertilizer will be more
profitable He smiles at the farmers
who predicted that he would starve
on the farm which he bought in 1907,
and is now demonstrating to the same
farmers how they can increase their
yields by following his methods.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05

QUALIFY, MATURITY AND YIELD
DEPEND UPON PLANT FOOD
FURNISHED AND CARE.

Not the number Of tomatoes which
are set on the vines, but the number
which YOU are able to market counts
in growing tomatoes. Quality, matur-
ity and earliness are essential for sue
cess. Most soils will grow tomatoes
when they are well drained and sup
piled with plenty of organic matter
and sufficient plant food. Soils for
tomatoes should be sweet and hold
moisture well.
Thirty tons of tomatoes per acre
were raised last year by one grower
and sold to a canning factory by one
Eastern farmer He applied 1000
pounds per acre of high-grade COM
mercial fertilizer Eastern farmers
use from 1000 to 1000 pounds of ferti
lixer per acre to raise tomatoes with
best results. Most Of this is drilled In
with the attachment on the grain drill
or distributor just before setting the
plants. This gives the plant an early
start, provides for normal develop
ment Of the roots and makes quick
maturity possible. Care in cultivatins
and harvesting is also necessary to IN
sure quality.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
BOY OF Il WINNER
OF CORN CONTEST
One Acre Produces 200 Bushels
for Marus MaIgren Of Norfolk
County, Virginia.

In growing zoe bushels and 40
pounds Of corn on one acre Of land
at cost of eleven and three-Quarter
cents per Lushel, Marius Malgren, OF
Norfolk County. Virginia, made last
season a worlds record that will prob
ably stand for some time. And Marius
Is only II years old! Two years ago
he was second highest In the Virginia
contest. Last year he was hrst-the
champion of the State, and as far as
cost Is concerned, the champion Of the
world.
County Agent F. L. Portlock re-
corded and verified the figures and
supervised the boys operations. Rent
Of the land, the preparation for plant.
ing. cost of seed. cost to plant, cost
of manure, cost of fertilizer, cost OF
cultivation and cost Of gathering are
all included. The net profit made by
the champion was $164.95. Two suits
of clothes, offered by Norfolk mer
chants, were additional prizes given
Marius for his achievement.
The land was plowed April /, 1915.
and the corn planted May IA. The
rows were 80 inches apart, the corn
ten inches apart in the rows. Six
carloads of manure and 800 pounds Of
high grade fertiliser were used to feed
the plants. The previous winter the
land was covered with a winter crop
Of rye, hairy vetch and rape. The land
was thoroughly plowed, prepared and
planted. and tended well after plant
ing Marius believes in feeding a crvJ
and cultivating 1t well.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Human Sacrifices.

In battle The Aztecs strove to save
life SO that they could use their pris
oners as human sacrifices to the gods.
They had the art of ambush reduced to
such a science that it was nothing un'
usual for them to bring home 20.OO0
prisoners after a campaign. Their bat
ties were not fought for the sake of
any principle. nor yet to gain territory
They fought in order to capture prison
ers. and the hot headed young soldiers
were given wooden swords, for fear
hey mirht in the heat of battle unwtt-
tinely STAY foe. A dead enemy was
already dead. and hence Of DO value
for sacrifcial purposes. Were the Az
tees humans? Well. not so that yoa
could notice. But their destruction Of
prisoners on the affairs Of their beauti
full temples was done in the name OF
religion and hence not reprehensibls.
St Louis GlobeDemOcrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
MOUSE BITE KILLS BAB
Slight Wound lnfects Washington, D
c., Infant With Blood Poisoning
Coroner Warns People.

There are occasional instances
where rodents, both the house rat and
mouse, have been known to invade
the bed or crib occupied by young chill
dren, especially infants when left
alone sleeping. Such an incident is
recorded in the death of William Web
ster Jackson, son OF Mr.. and Mrs
William W. Jackson of Washington
whose death is reported in the vita
statistics as due to a virulent blot
poisoning from the infection of a
mouse bite on the child's neck.
One night while the infant, only two
weeks old, was sleeping in his crib be
side his mothers bed mouse crawled
into the crib and, biting the baby Cd
the neck, inflicted what was then
thought to have been an insignificant
wound. A simple application was made
to the scratch or wound inflicted by
the little rodent, and nothing more
was thought Of it for the time being.
However, the bite resulted in an in
lection which spread so rapidly that
physicians found 1t impossible to save
the child's life. A high fever eovel.
oped, and the child died.
Coroner ]. Ramsay hewitt, who in.
vestigated the case, is satisfied that
the child's death was directly trace
able to the bite of the mouse. In com
menting upon the case he said:
ut is fact widely known among
medical men that rats and mice carry
disease, and householders should make
every effort to rid their houses of them
rs a matter Of personal and public
protection. Cats, likewise, are a men
ace to public health, carrying germs
of disease to marked degree. The
determination of rats and mice should
be undertaken by the local and public
health service"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
ELEPHANT GIVES FIRE a :avs
Baby Pachyderm's Grunts Save Large
Menagerie From Flames Only
Just in Time.

Credit should be forthcoming to
Little Memo. She, 1.-The worlds small.
est elephant" at last has gained a
legitimate story.
The J. H. Eschman World United
Shows winters in couple of vacant
OTIS at Guinotte avenue and Salisbury
street, Kansas City, in the East bot
oms. There are ten cars. A spread
ng barn protects the animals.
The barnkeeper and assistants were
laying rhum in the private car of Mr.
,schman. They heard big grunts from
little Memo. They rushed out. The
Interior of the barn was blazing. The
ELEPHANT had kicked over a gasoline
,tove in the straw Gap" Watkins
,ushed in. Little Memo was fast los
ng her senses in the smoke 1t was
lark and the Gap" CROPPED about, un
led Nemo's halter and shouted,
Come. Nemo!" Memo came.
In the meantime someone had called
he fire department. Before it arrived
,ther assistants had removed the
5outh American llama and the wagon
If screaming monkeys from the barn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Activities Of Women.

The maximum wages paid fema;s
'tenographers in Ireland is three dol.
ars per week.
Women munition workers in Eng
and are forbidden from wearing metal
buttons on their blouses or metal hair
ms in their hair.
The county courthouse In Kansas
'ity. Kan, has a room equipped with
iirrors. powder puts. etc. for the usa
women jurors.
The young widows Of the most ex.
iusive set in Los Angeles have orga n
zod a Merry Widows club which has
s its object the pursuit of happi-
ess."
Since King George was incapaci-
tied by his accident from his duties
4 state. Queen Mary has proved .
gonderful assistant and q woman Of
exceptional discrimination.
Mrs. Mary Moore is Philadelphia
irst woman rural mail carrier. As
be government does not appoint won.
a mall carriers, Mrs. Moore got
ran appointed to the route, which she
rives as q substitute carrier, the gov
rnnent not obiecting to permitting
vonen to carry mails - substitutes
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Animal and Plant Life In Brine.


Just west of PromontOry Point sta
ton, Utah, is a pond cut of from the
Great Salt lake by the railroad en-
bankment At times of high water In
tie lake this reservoir fills by percola-
ton through the embankment, but dur.
ing the summer this water is concen-
tlated to a brine by evaporation The
deep pink color of the brine is q phe
nomenon that appears in salt ponds
generally when a certain concentration
is reached In the salt ponds OF San
Francisco bay this color is due to 9
certain bacillus which lives In SAT-
rated brines and also In the heaps u
salt as it is piled for drainage am
shipment. Prohibitive to life as such
al environment might be considered.
strong natural ,'rines are, in fact. in
hlbited by a number Of minute organ
isins, animals as well as plants. the
pink color disappears In winter or
when fresh water is introduced into
the pond.-United States Geological
Survey
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
THE CORN THAT WON THE CHAMPIONSHIP

This is the that the championship.
This championship
This is the neghbor al foon
early could agowng getting
taller each day. the opposite
boy that raised TIC Kat the championship
This is the hat
such large yields
who whenever walked in the
the taller
championship
ThiS~s boy repiedTo
ize,and plant good seed and wel-in
to el-to the that wanted
yields gowthrc
walked rustng
taller
lived the won the
championship-Me Ryder
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Test For n Eisld Giass.

Inquiry has it that the absolute and
infallible test Of a field glass by the
purchaser is to see what size letters
can be read across the street from the
opticians shop.
1t isn't. The real test is to climb up
a long and bushy hill until the breath
comes a hundred to the minute. then
snatch for the glass, reposing in
shirt pocket, to see whether the buck
Is the one you want before you fire.
If it won't go in your shirt pocket 1t
is not the glass you want; others are
made that will If it shakes In your
agitated hands 1t is not the glass you
want You cannot see enough more
with a high power glass to pay for
the times when it is unusable. because
you cannot hold it steady.-Outing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
A Literary Coincidence.

My father. ". Clark RUSSELL" said
Herbert Russell in telling Of literary
coincidence, had finished maturing
the plot of his novel. The Death Ship
which is version of the legend Of
Vanderdecken. | was his amanuensis
at the time. He said to me, 'Tomor
row We will begin the story On the
following morning when l entered his
study to take his dictation of the open
ing lines he showed me a letter he had
just received. 1t was from W. s. Gil
bert. the well known dramatist, asking
him why he did not write novel about
the Flying Dutchman"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Small But Useful Dynamo.

Farmers and others living on the
banks of small streams are showing
much interest in the new invention OF
A. G. Watkins of Philadelphia, which
Is a small waterpower plant floating
on the surface of the stream. This
generates sufficient power to operate
small dynamo, which will supply
the current to light a modern house
of moderate size, or do other useful
chores around the farm or suburban
residence The plant consists Of two
triangular floats secured together SO
that there is a gradually narrowing
channel between them. The broad
end of this is turned upstream and
the narrow end is equipped with a
water wheel. The water enters the
large opening, and in passing out acts
on the wheel, which is in turn geared
to a small dynaun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05


venomous snakes take the place q
wild beasts In Formosa. and their at
lacks are formida BILE. says japanese
traveller. who has just returned from
a trip IN the southern island. There Is
venomous snake on that island BY
the name OF amagasahebi. SO called
from its umbrella-like head This
snake is generally found in watery
places. often In a ditch flowing out OF
a kitchen. A maid working in a kitch-
en- is not infreQuently startled 1t the
ugly appearance of the snake. The
animal makes peculiar noise by the
nimble movement Of its tongue. A
slight touch Of its fangs Is fatal A
native of the island was bitten by the
snake IN the thumb. A doctor who
treated the wound made simple ap-
plieation. The man returned home
thinking the wound would soon be
cured, but to his CONSERVATION his arm
had swollen up He soon lost sight and
hearing. Next morning he was dead
East and West News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Good Farming Outlook

It looks as though the war is goins
10 last much longer. We predict that
1t will bring the American farmer into
his own. He will receive prices hs
deserves and even after the war the
higher prices will be maintained. So
certain is this that you can go ahead
With improvements now with perfect
confidence in steady markets. Invest
In some good available fertilizer-it
will pay you well. Fix up your build
ings and prepare for the future
Green's Fruit Grower.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Eternal Lamps.

A common superstition that the an
clients possessed the art Of making
lamps which would burn forever for a
long time obtained, and it was claimed
that one such lamp was discovered in
the tomb Of Rosicrucius Science. how
ever, has long set this. together with
other superstitions. forever at rest
& ice 1t has been demonstrated that
ne will not burn in a chamber from
which the air has been exhausted.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
city Men Better DEVELOPED.

City men are better developed than
country men. according to the report
OF German army surgeon, who bases
his statement on the result of the ex.
animation Of 10000 soldiers. He says
the farmers were inferior in carriage
and in development Of bone and mus.
Gle, and that he found among them
more cases Of curvature Of the spine.
fat-foot and varicose veins than
among the city men.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Diqs Potatoes With Gas Engine

Digging his potatoes with gas
engine is what Isaac Harrison, sue
cessful potato grower of Cream Ridge,
N. j.. has tried and found successful.
lie uses horses to pull the digger. but
by using the gas engine on the digger
Is able to harvest his crop with two
instead Of four horses. Mr.. Harrison S
yields have been high each year, aver
aging over $50 bushels per acre. From
1000 to 1900 pounds of high grade
fertilizer is used by him per acre
Several other farmers near Cream
Ridge are planning TO try out the same
use of the gas engine to harvest their
crop this season.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Economy uraed.

Economy has become . word Of
unusual interest in the last year.
though naturally to a less extent in
the United States than in Europe. Our
training has not fitted Us to appreciate
iss dignity and cultural worth In both
theory and practices. "-Amsrfcan Cook
ery Nagaxana
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
CieAc Air

The air is so clear at Arequipa. Peru
thai from the observatory at that place
500 feet above the sea. a black spoi
one inch in diameter placed On white
disk has been seen GU Mount Charcha
nj. distance Of eleven miles. through
a thirteen inch telescope
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Both Busy.

I'm worn out I've been breakin
in q new cook"
I've got my hands full too III
breaking In a new husband
hg's Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
LIES Dream.

Life Is but a light dream, which
soon vanishes. To live Is to suffer
The sincere man struggles incessantl'
to gain the victory over bimself.--Na
noleon.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
Nav Acoua;rtaoces.

II a man does not make new ac
quaintances as he advances through
life be will soon find himself left alone.
A man should keep his friendship in
constant repair
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05

What disposition is made of tbs
children of the coupler
They will sl;end six months with
ffle servants Of each parentf'-Puck
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05
An Artist.

Mr.. BANS Don't you think thy wife
paints very nicely? Miss Millburn-
Charming! 1t makes her look 50 much
Younger, I think. London Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-05

Any man may commit mistake
but none but fool will s,nlinue In 4
Cicero.