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Vol. 93
Woodstock. Virginia, Friday, September 23,1910
No 3
SHENANDOAH HERALD
IS l*i;BUSHED WEEKLY BY
JNO. H. SRABILL
-SUBSCRIPTION?
$1 OO Par Vsiar,
INVARIABLY IN ADVANCE
L'ommur'icatlons of private nature
charged for as advertising.
HBRALD JOB OFF1CB
is complete in every respect. Work
done on short notice and on the most
reasonable terms.
Tonic or Siimtalant?
There is an immense difference between a tonic and a
stimulant, lp one day. way back the next; ?*??
stimulant. Steady progress day by day toward perfect
health; thafs a tonic. Ayers Sarsaparilla is a tonic.i
a strong tonic. The only Sarsaparilla entirely free from
alcohol. Do not stimulate unless wurjtoctor says so.
He knows. Ask him. Do as he sa vs
/ C. 1 uer Co..Lowttl.teast
tonvapation is .he ??. *?.. eau,. ..< ^'^^^^^^Z^r
brtath. deWHty. nervous**** ? Has your do-tor r? - * ?
For Sale.
An excellent lime stone farm 140
- f product!vs land, 30 ai*:vs lu
u I, 1 room dwelling, latye
ib* t barn with free electric lights
ut house and bara, ard all v<
outbuilding! in good repair, well
i I fenced. 1 1-2 miles from
Woodstock, 1-- iiiiie from Valle]
/? -v- reason for selllnf ??* tu r desires
n oiker business. Pries
!-.'> cash, ba Io Miit pur?
chaser tit-t a neal less will buy it.
S v room fraine dwelling,
. . natal roof two porches ale
I and other outbuildings. Plenty
: itly ali kinds, 2 ti.
from Maurvrtown, Va., on lt- F. D. I
baining 3 1-2 acres ol land ui
wire fe: oe o jr $1 I for tics e
? ? home. A \
.1. N. DAVIS A CO.,
Real l.t. Agents.
For Sale.
late new dwe
finished ?>f s rooms wiih bath, front
?nd hack porcl - . ? will
Install furnace) nio ? len \
9 fruit, enclosed bf i'-on fence, i
pavement a: i -100 yards
to sb station. Thia ls enidtal resl
d'^ e and i .it a reai
?ra ai Mt. .1 segson, Va.
? ii A 4 mlle from
fruit, barn |2*16 I
[ ... 16x10, blacksmith
?. Ice bouse 1 Ixl* '?
. t ie all io flrst-clasi
on. 'nuble.
Applf t''
"j. n. davis a co.,
Woodstock, Va.
For Sale.
ts tract ol Brazing land on
B*tw< Pty Furnace j
CV il le, on which is st
lin grass except the tim- !
IT fell wuter.-d !>y liva!* Run It
i an i ice len! grazing lana auJ will
: .t.?w. Applf to
J. N DAVIS cV CO.,
Woodstock, Va.
, ll I I
FOR SALE.
A nice small home li miles north <>
Woo I ito k on the Valley Dike, nice
room dwell!ng,papered and paint
OUS ( utbuildirjgs ali in
* . td repair,21 actes ofexcelent land,
entj o' all sort of fndk K. F.
i> Woodstock Va., To quick pur?
ri a K- il bargain.
Applj t?>
.1 N. DAVIS A CO,
Kcal Belate Agt
li lou Want to Drive, Come Here
I now running a first cr. as
Li\ J ky in Woodstock with my hotel
I can furnish you teams you will en
drivlag. Good horses and aloe
pastel. Nothing cbkaf looking
,t any outtk which leaves my
?tal','\ Drices reasonable and good
ce.
J. W BOLTZMAK
Ice Cream
( oostaatlf c>n hand at the
. .>;?>! c ri an M J Wood?
stock, Va.
AIX KT. CREAM AND
K Efl GUARANTEED
wm:.
Leave your orders for
Bundey creams, only, at
"~ Walton A Bn&Obt'S Drujf
Store Our ice plant is
cow in oi>eration.
A. W. NICODEMUS A &
Woodstock. Va.
? Ivr
[Jelling. Belling.
We are prepared to sell cotton and
her beJttag at prices, which defy
Competition. S?>nd for prtoatt
J. A. DYSART & CO
\4ent8 for the National leather
Belting Co.
A BOSTOCK, VIRGINIA
Desirable Property
For Sale.
I will s?ll my property, consisting
of a good fi room dwelling, metal roof.
seat caller, porchee, cement walks
around the house, barn and al! ncces
ss ry out buildings. Three acres of
good land, with an abundant of all
kinds of fruit. Situated on the Val?
ley Pike at Pugh's Run. This is very
desirable property and I will sell it
very reasonable.
W. H. FUNK,
July 22? Woodstock, Va.
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BUSINESS
D IRECTORY
OF SHENANDOAH COUNTY.
ATTOSNEYS-AT-LAW
m. L Wal ron, Coiisctlor
K. IV NEW*AN, Department.
Sf. L. NkWMAN. Notary rubie.
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ALTON ,\ WAI TON,
ATTORN EYS-AT-LAW,
Woodstock, Va.
Dractice in State and Federal Courts.
t\TAVBMNBR. J. M. BAUsErman
np a v k n N i ?: I ta BA;: s E i \ m a n ,
ATTORNEYS-AT-LAW,
Woodstock. Va.
KM DHL BORDEN,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Began practice in 1878, Owner and
.t:ef ol The Shenandoah Valle)
Collection and Adjustment Agency,
established 1899. I'ost-oflSce addrec*
Calvary, Shenandoah county, Va.
JP ll. BRUMRACK,
ATT< >1 IN E V A N D (X >U NSED 11 I
AT LAW.
Woodstock, Va.
pice: In "Lewers Kow.'' former
li occupied by the late D. W.Magruder
R
fSH ll WILLIAMSON,
ATTORNEY-AT-LAW,
Woodstock, Va.
Commonwealth's attorney kw
E HEN A NDOAH COUNTY.
Will practice in adjoining counties
Will be in New Market every Satur
dav.
PHYSICIANS
D
R. R. Mci . HOFFMAN,
TOM'S BROOK, VIRGINIA.
Having decided lo locate ai Toms
Brook, I oiler my professional ter*
vices to the neoplc ot thal place and
vicinity, c 'alls promptly enewerei
dav or night.
9-10
D
R. J. II. SMOCT,
I Ia vin tr located in Woodstock, can
be found at his residence on North
Bduhlenburg Street, the late reeidenot
of Dr J. L. Campbell, when not pro
fesslonally enjja^ed
D
R. D. I). CARTER,
Office and Residence South Main St
Woodstock, Virginia.
sW special attention given to Bur
gerj. Phone Call 38.
D
W. S. CLINK,
RESIDENT PHY8ICIAN.
t Calk answered day or ni^ht
odie.- and residence North Main St.
March 4- tf.
DE A TISTS.
D
R.T. F. LOCKE,
RESIDENT DENTIST,
ortice Main St., Woodstock, Va.
S>?" Chloroform, ethe* and cocaine
used for painless extraction of teeth
Dec. 26?lyr.
D
R. J. C. BOWMAN,
D K N T 1ST,
Woodstock, Virtfiuia.
Ortice on Court Street, above the
ortice of Tavenner & Uausei man.
Mutual Telephone.
May 28, '(m-lyr.
|^ C BIEDUSR,
V ET I: EUNAI t V s U RG EON
will l>e localed in Woodstock, Vir?
ginia, after April 10th.
SM'All falls promptly answered
dav or night.
April 1
BUSINESS CARDS
Woodstock
Marble Works
WOODSTOCK, VA.
Monuments, Tombs and all kind
of Cemetery Work.
Lowest prices in the Valley. Giv
us a call. E. U. SW YDER.
Barber Shop
Court St., Woodstock Va.
Warden Fravel, Propi
Shave. 10 I Haircut.... 15
Singe. 15; Shampoo.. 15
Facial Massage. 25
Tonic Rub. 5 and 10
Shaving Corpse_ 1.00
Shave away from shop 25
Haircut 'r 4< IQ
Haircut and shav*? away from shoo
SST Prompt attention given to I
customers
A Share of the public patronage*
llcited.
Chlldron Cry
FOR FUTCHERS
CASTOR. A
SOCIETY PLYING THE NEEDLE.
Most Feminine of Implements Comes
Into Fashion Again.
"Those who are quick to observe
changes In the moods and tastes of
society will tell you." says a writer
In the Lady's Pictorial, "that the do?
ing of fine needlework ls growing
Into great favor with even the most
fashionable of our mondaines. wno
own fingers are producing work that
is fully equal to the best specimens of I
their much lauded and perhaps over
lauded grandmothers.
"A lady who has had the honor to
be the lastructrees of royalty in this
craft says that hundreds come to her
for counsel where teas came hut a
few years aga The cause of this re?
version to the pursuits of a more
placid age is not difficult to disc o\
Such an occupation becomes virtually
a 'rest cure' in this epoch of rush and
motor cars, and that is why many of
those who have been the most lade*
fatigahle seekers after nov. Itv and
excitement are now among thc most
Industrious Penelopes of society.
"The rhythmic- movement that ac?
companies the plying of the ncc die ts
peculiarly soothing to the nerves, and
produces much the same effed as tho
prayers of the Orientals, with their
swaying* to and fro and their appar?
ently vain repetitions. It is a mistake
to suppose that needlework is injuri?
ous to the eyesight, old needlewomen
rarely wear glasses."
The Earth as a Bell.
Studios of the violent earthquake
which occurred in the Balkan penin?
sula April 4. 1904, made hy Dr. Emilio
Oddone. professor In the University
of Pavla, show that the shocks were
transmitted through the entire body Of
the earth, and were reflected from the
antipodes back to tleir piece of ori?
gin In about 33 minutes. Comparing
the records of other great earth?
quakes. Doctor Oddone concludes that
the average time required for a vibra?
tion to traverse the globe and return
by reflection ls from S3 to ,?>3 minutes.
The earth thus appears to be liol al?
together unlike a great hell suspended
In space and vibrating throughout Its
whole mass under strokes, which,
comparatively speaking, arc no more
than the tapping of a Rnger*nalL Doc?
tor Oddone calls attention to the in?
teresting coincidence between the
time taken for a rlbratli n to traverse
the globe and that n :ht
to cross the diameter of the earth's
orbit.
Microscopical Tests of Metals.
More and more attention i? paid to
the results of mi l< 1 examina?
tion of Iron, steel and other metals,
to detect faults and structural peen*
liaritles. Special microscopes bare
been devised for such purpOSCO. Mr.
Thomas Andrews, an English metal?
lurgic engineer, reports the results of
such an examination of B fractured
boiler stay-holt from a British war?
ship, and draws important conclu?
sions. The examination re.,
many minute flaws, chiefly composed
of microscopic segregations of suphld
of manganese or sulphid of iron. The
bolt had been subjected to a great
strain, and Mr. Andrews bell* ? that
a line of weakness In the metal, ori?
ginating at one or more ol the micro
flaws, promoted the Anal tract
Hut the bolt was a fair specimen of
normal mild Siemens steel, and the
opinion is expressed that lt* I ll not
as good a material as the best wrought
Iron for holler stay-boll
Self-Defending Wheat.
A Belgian Agriculturist, Monsieur
Le Breton, has recently made some
experiments with barbed wheat to
determine the effectiveness of thc- de*
fense which its barbs afford ag i *
the ravages of gramlnlferous birds.
In the same field, near Antwerp, he
sowed some barked Wheal and some
Japhet wheat, which is without barbs.
The Japhet variety grey rapidly, hut
every head was despoiled by the
birds before the grain could rlpi n. but
the barbed variety was so well guard?
ed by Its array of miniature spears
that the attacks of the same birds
were completely defeated, and ttie
grain ripened In security. At the same
time it was observed that the insec?
tivorous birds were as busy capturing
their prey among the barbed beads as
among those that possessed no natu?
ral defenses.
The Making of Automobiles.
It appears that France, which a few
years ago led the world in the manu?
facture of automobiles, ls relatively
dropping back, at least in the number
of machines produced. For instance.
in ltH'u France manufactured 10,039
automobiles, England 2,481, and Ger?
many 2,312. In 1006 the figures for
the same countries were respectively
66.000, 27,000 and 22,000. In the same
year the United States, beginning with
a few hundred In 1002, leaped to the
front, producing 38,000 machines. 3,
OOO more than France. Italy and
Belgium have also made enormous
strides in the last two or three years,
the figures for those countries In 1006
being respectively 18,000 and 12."'u.
WALL PAPER TACKED ON.
When Tacks May Be Preferable to
Paste and How the Tacking ls Done.
"You never heard of tacking on
wall paper? Oh, dear! yes," said
Mr. Flatdweller, "we often do that.
We don't put the paper on with tacks
originally, but we tack it on in mak?
ing repairs.
"You know how the paper curls
away from the wall sometimes, stiff
and bald with the paste on it? Some?
times if lt's left that way pieces of
the hard paper may be broken off.
Well, you couldn't very well paste
that paper down again, because yui
couldn't make any paste strong
enough to take out the curl and make
the paper hold, you might not make a
nice Job of it around the joints, might
gat on too minh paste sad so get
some of it on the outside of the paper.
So we Just tack down the curled up
paper and tack on the pieces that
may have fallen off.
"Hut don't the tack heads show In
the paper? No, not at ail. not- ahem 1
? as we do the tacking. That's where
the fine art of tacking on paper, as
we practice lt, conn.- In. There's a
pattern on tho paper and sure to be
here and there more or less dark
places in the coloring and we simply
driv.- the tacks In the dark spots,
Where they don't show."
Hidden Streams.
Reference has be^n made frequent?
ly within the past few years to tho
progress of scientific investigation
concerning subterranean streams and
rivera, lt iK a subject of constantly
growing Importance in conn- I I
with the Irrigation of desert, or par?
tially deceit, regions. The manner
In which streams which once flowed
on the surface of the earth have
buried themselves from sij:ht in
places where cslcareo - rocks abound
ls well illustrate d by th< luhterranean
wafers of the valley of Jehoshaphat,
near .Jerusalem. As Mons. IV Sallior
points out. th.' exploration of th<
hidden streams In ? n sion
with places sacred to three relit
?Christian, Jewish and Mohamme?
dan ls confronted by peculiar diffi?
culties. But enough has been dis?
covered to make it certain that
neath this dry and barren-look
dh-trier flows ai " .i?*r,
and some ot the I In
? lr > listen e to
?
Proore?-s in Turkey.
The T Paris Jour?
nal, a:- Karo;.. ,;i
every clay, it \> announced that Chi
k? * Pasha has mau
diets ;.. . s num?
ber
one. but they .rn; on
Otb. tO
use Mla
though we may be Inclined to SUil
Chefkot Pasha's order ls a sign of
progress, for. after all. forks are com
paratlvely s dn
lt was in Veali s that forks we,re
first Introduced some time in the
fifteenth (entury. U s line
consloV : ? d s ? . il to nip
plant the plani ol nature, it being
contended thal one of the uses of
our hands and fingers wai to M
the stomach. Queen Elisabeth, ws
are told, hod only two <>r three forks
ami spooni lu silver. The persons
about the court used WOOden folk.-.
Powerful X-Rays.
Before the Gen ian Bo lety cf phy?
sics, F. Dessauer recently exhibited
an apparatus for tbs production of X
rays of sztraordlnary penetrating
power, his idei being that such rays
might prove useful in the medical
treatment of deep-seated dist
employing Roentgen tubes in which
the exhaustion of tbs air is carried
to a very high degree, tad through
which, in consequence, the i
discharge can bc tent only by means
of a very great tension, he pro'
rays so penetrating that they readily
passed through the boms as well as
the flesh, so that I radiograph of the
hand made with th- 1
hardly any image of the boneo. With
ordinary rays the energy at the ~ur
face of the body is a hundred times
more Intense than at a depth of live
millimeters in the tissues. With
Dessauer's rays the pc netration Is
very much more profound.
Sodium for Electric Uses.
Sodium ls an excellent conductor
of electricity, and in view of the in?
creasing price of copper and the
growing demand for that metal not
only for electric installations, but for
many other purposes, the idea has
been broached that sodium should be
tried as a material for electric cables.
Experiments looking to this end have
lately been made by Mr. A. G. Bett.
He filled an iron tube ISO feet In
length with melted sodium. The core
thus formed had a cross-section of an
inch and a half. A current of 500 am?
peres was readily transmitted through
lt Mr. Bett thinks that sodium con?
ductors constructed upon this plan
may be made cheaper than conductors
of copper.
THE SMALL DEPOSITORS
willreceive a hearty welcome
at this Bank.
Thc other day I irentleman stepped up to the counter
and asked, "Can I start an account here with four dol?
lars ?" We replied, Certainly, sir, and glad to baye you.
The small and large depositor
alike will receive courteous
treatment and a cordial wel?
come.
SHENANDOAH
NATIONAL BANK.
GEMMED
The Self-Tipping Hat and thc
Eyeglasses for Chickens
with Poor Eyesight
ALSO A MECHANICAL 60A1
Then There's a Tornado-Proof House,
Highly Recommended to Kansans?
Its Head Always to the Wind?Som?
Strange Schemes.
"Laborsaving devices are always
In demand; the thousands of Inven?
tors of this country are all devoting
N per cent, of their time to producing
such things, each in the hope of win?
ning for himself tame and fortune,
cash and credit," said a patent attor?
ney the other day.
?one of the strangest of these
schemes to lighten the world's work
ls i patent recently obtained by an in?
genious person in Ins Moines, Iowa,
It 1- called the self-tipping hat, and !
1b designed to save the popular person i
from the fatiguing labor of removing !
his hat every time he meets one of the j
fair sex with whom be is acquainted. |
"'Much valuable energy is utilized
In tipping the bat Hy/ says
the Inventor, 'and my device will re?
lieve one of it and at once cause the
bal to be lifted from the lead in a
natural manner.' It ls a novel device,
In other wards, for effecting polite sa?
lutations by the elevation and rotation
of tlie bat on the bead ol the saluting
party, when said person bows to the
person saluted, the actuation of the
hat being produ< i d by mechanism
within it, and without the use of the
hands in any manner.'
"No truly rural ref could
have beei for the inven?
tion of ??;. : chickens, which
.1 by United St | fe
recen 11;
ed much after the fashion of grand'
g en
larg .1,
while the ear hool I In the
back.
"No claim is made that the chick*
ght ls p""!\ or that magal
lie!.- ... re needed ( I lt may the
better d Di '.cnn or
the i entor does
gay that Uk le -ned to
pr. ? each
other's ? ? :npt
?
:. In Kansas
did aol '.y.
"Members c I societies, who
sometimes may be put to much trou?
ble to se. ure .nt ly Irascible
goat, for the p> Initiating nt
nbers to their rt :? Odg
will be glad to learn that the Inven?
tive gel \ 'tO
a me*
chanlcal goat, which can !>?? put In the
(?;?.-et srhen aol aeedt I bat requires
no feeding, si d illy rio care.
Also it may be handled by its keep?
er without fear ol consequent es. This
mechanical goal is mounted on a tri?
pod which rum on three wheels, the
front ons being loosely pivoted. A
handle la the rear is lor the purpose
of pushing it.
"The candidate, blindfolded, is led
j to thc side of the animal, and on it
be tak.-.- 1. lag his feet In
stirrups on I ither .-nie-. As the goat is
t the lt dge room I i
of wheels and rods, geared to the
wheels on which it runs, causes thc}
animal to buck and uar in I fearful
manner, kee ping the candidats in cctv
f tinual danger of being shaken off.
"Residents of Kansas and other
j States in the cyclone belt, arno arc
: forced to retire fr< to cyclone
I cellars, and then organise searching
' parties to And their home when the
! storm has passed, evil] be pleased with
j the invention of S tornado-proof house.
This la built In the shape of a sub
| marine, or a dirigible balloon, which
ls designed to keep the other point?
ing in the direction of thc- wind, the
house being mounted <ui a pivot at its
centre, and tums freely on a circular
track.
"Tails are common enough on wind?
mills and weather vanes, but here is
probably the first time that the idea
has been adapted to resldencec. The
wind breaking end of the house, the
inventor says, is reint'ornic d and win?
dowless, and the door opens on a dight
of steps, wheeled at the bottom, which
follow a circular path that tennants
may always have a place upon which
to descend. The Inventor says his
idea ls particularly applicable to hos?
pitals, and that by anchoring it lt caa
be arranged to permit of continuous
sunlight."
His Hospitable Instinct.
A farmer was Baked to assist at the
funeral of his neighbor's third wife,
and. as he had attended the funeral of
-I- ...:#? n.oo om-TirluiiH
I
? LUC t " V vr>
j when he declined the Invitation. On
being pressed to give his reason he
j said, with some hesitation: "You see,
j Mirandy, lt makes a chap feel a blt
awkward to be always accepting other
folk's civil: ',,* when he never has
anything o, the same sort of his own
to ask them beek to.
The Married Voice.
A dramatic critic has been saying
that our most accomplished players
cannot reproduce on the stage the
"married voice." Even when they are
married. There ls a peculiar domestic
note?used at home which cannot get
over the footlights and was never
meant for publicity.
Her Husband's Advice.
"I shall never speak to deorge
Welldone pgain. I used to think he
was a gentleman, but his wife and I
had a confidential talk to-day and the
things she told me about him kari
convinced me that he ls not fit to as?
sonate with respectable people."
"Oh, pshaw! Be charitable, Mary.
Ill* wife is more generous than you.
I met her a few minutes ago and she
?poke to me Just at cordially as If
you have never told her a thing
shout me." i
BOY BUILT HIS OWN AUTO.
lt Has Made 30 Miles an Hour?Csn
Carry Three Passengers.
Bries ('owen, a Log Angeles boy 15
years of a^,e, has Just completed the
construction of a real automobile. He
calls it the California Midget,
It ls built upon principles similar
to those of the factory made cars and
ls capable, demonstrated by actual
tests, of skimming over the road at
twenty-five to thirty miles an hour.
It has also climbed hills of SO per
cent, grade, according to the Techni?
cal World, and has carried three pas
Bangers over ordinary roads.
The car is six feat in length and
weighs about imo pounds, lt is pro?
vided with a 3 horsepower engine, has
a friction transmission and a double
chain drive. It has a three foot tread,
with nine speeds forward and three on
the reverse.
The mac hine is air cooled, the bat?
tery control is through an electric
light switch and the differential oper?
ates successfully. Th.-re arc szter
nal brakes on the rear wheels, and
the machine ls otherwise' fully equip?
ped throughout
Aside from the engine, the ma?
chine was built entirely by the hoy?
and even the engine had to be re?
built to conform with some of the pe?
culiarities of the automobile's make?
up. His cuber purchases consisted
only of rods. wire, nails, pine hoards,
a few casings and such material, even
the wheels representing his workman?
ship. The latter are ecpiipped with
motorcycle tires.
Wild Flowers of the Tropics.
Between Tonala and the Uuatemala
border exists one of the greatest flor?
al howers in the republic. This is
the time of year when all of the morn- j
lng glories and many other wild dow?
ers of the tropics are bekdnnins to .
bloom, and railroad men who are fa?
miliar with all the roads of the re-j
public say that the* grandest sight of
all is to 1".n here. The massive
In the forest which line for miles
the railroad are covered to the tops
with vines and blossoms, and the tele?
graph poles and wlrt s prc sent a simi?
larly beautiful sight
Ahme the line are hundreds of:
cornfields, and lt seems that each
stalk of corn forms a pole upon which!
ls growing a morning g'ory vine. This I
does not in tl B least hinder the crop, j
for the corn of the particular >??:: ion
ha- been top 1 re*ady for harv
N.ar Steps ? low here, there
ls a lane some ^ix kilometers in length
where the tops of the trees "ti ell
Fide* of the tra k almoel met t, forming
a most strikingly beautiful floral arch.
Th' -red with vii
with the millions ol ss, and the
sierht Is imo rarely, if ever, seen In
othe r patts of Mexico.
The Best Water.
A wis r In Vim doe not think
highly of mineral waters Tie says:
"The best water ii tbs water contain?
ing the least mineral mutter in it.
The nearer von cnn come to getting
absolutely pure eater to drtnk the
more easy it will be to keep in good
health. Thc ; I ?rm in which
absolutely pure water is found is in
rain. And rainwater collected from
off a clean surface and stored tn a
chan reservoir leas good a* any?
thing one can find. The best BUbStl*
for ralnwatt i i-- vn>-A distilled
water. In fact, distilled water may
be somewhat preferable, as !t i; not
subject to accidental contamination
In the many ways rainwater is. To
argue* that, absolutely pure water is
not helpful ls equal to saying that the
addition of pollution improves lt a
proposition that will not stand the
of hard common set.
Where Eyesight is Good.
The best eyesight is possessed by
those people whoee lands are \ast and
barren and whee* obstacles tending
to shorten the- sicht are* few. Eski?
mos will detect white fox in the snow
at a great distance away, while the
Arabs of the deserts of Africa have
such extreme powers of vision that
on the vast plains of the desert they
will pick out objects Invisible to the
ordinary eye at ranges from one to
ten miles distant Among civilized
people the Norwegians have better
eyesight than most, if not all, others,
as they more generally fulfill the nec?
essary conditions. The reason why
defective eyes are so much on the in?
crease in England and in America
Ilea In too much study of books in
early life and In badly lighted rooms.
Longitude by Wireless.
One of the scientific applications of
wireless telegraphy, capable of con?
siderable extension, is the determina?
tion of longitudes. To know one's
longitude on the earth it is necessary
to compare the local time with that
of a standard meridian. Signals sent
by wireless apparatus are capable of
furnishing this information where no
ordinary telegraph-lines exist. Rei dit?
ly a comparison of the two methods
was made between Potsdam and
Mount Brocki n. The results showed
that the Wireless method was trust'
_*u? ?w*w,,,?h rho nerlai sinrnals
wormy, ?nw'"iH,. ?...,.
were more sensitive to atmospheric
influences than those sent by wire.
Progress of Cement.
A few years ago america imported
moro Portland cement than lt manu?
factured. Now the tables have been
turned, and this country has taken
the front rank In the production of
coment and Its use in construction. It
has been estimated that the quantity
of Portland cement used In this coast
try In 1905 would be sufficient to lay
S sidewalk 16 feet broad all round
the earth at the equator. If com
pacted Into a single solid cube, that
cube would measure almost 1,000 feet
on each edge.
General Farm Notes.
Good bedding is of value because
it saves the liquid manure.
The best crop to redeem a run
down field ls alfalfa.
The old fashioned winter ls going
to give us some old fashioned roadi
next spring.
New Petroleum Engine.
A new petroleum engine used on
some Swedish fishing vessels makes lt
possible to run a craft of eighty
hoTM power for lees than 9% cents ai
THE SCIENTIST LOSER.
More Than Met His Match in Hit
Landlady.
An editor was talking about the
famous English astronomer, Sir Rob?
ert Ball, who has recently declared
that radium proves the earth to be
800.000.00o years edd. MBlf Robert
Ball ls as full of fun as of learning,"
said the editor. "Once I dined with
him and a half dozen other scientists
at Stratford. At the end of the din?
ner Slr Rob. rt's syce I ; and
he said to the landlady of the quaint
Stratford inn:
" 'Madam, I am going to give you
a lesson in astronomy, ll ive you
ever heard of the great platonic year,
when everything must return to its
first condition? Listen, madam. In
26,000 years we shall all bc here
again, on the same day and at the
same hour, eating a dinner precisely
like this one. Will you give us credit
until them?'
" 'Gladly,' the landlady replied. 'It
is Just 26.000 years since you were
here before, though, and you left with?
out paying then. Settle the old bill
and I'll trust you with the new."*
The Normans.
The Normans were Northmen, or
to be more precise, the descendants
of Northmen, who had been expelled
from their native Norway in conse?
quence of an effort on their part, to
subvert Its Institutions, and to make
Its lands hereditary Instead of being
divisible among all the sons of the
former owner. A band "f expatriated
outlaws and robbers, they won and
held the fair province of Northern
Prance, which they named Normandy,
after their native land. When they
invaded England they were French?
men only lu the sense that they had
lived for tconie generations on French
soil. In blood they belonged to the
great Germanic breed, along with tho
Anglo-Saxons. Danes, and other Scan?
dinavian and German peoples.
Naturally Bashful.
Many happy man. . ve been
made on short acquaintance, never*
thelees, it ls unwise to rt oaunend
very short, courtships as a general
rule. A writer in TUB:' tel an
Instant b of tnt et wooing
of a certain English maid 'ho had
gone to America. One; morning she ap
d before her mistress, and an?
nounced that she had named the day
and would become S wife at the end
of the week.
"Are you going back home, then?"
the lady asked.
"Oh, m>; ma'am; it's an American
gentleman," replied the maid.
"But," remonstrated her misti
"You've, only h. en here a fortnight"
"That's no matter. Ht the
we.hiing to I - iturday."
"Hut can't you get bim to postpone
the marriage Jue
get am I ld?"
"Wi I like tt
but, J I don't il enough
acquainted to B to do tl
The End of Her Rope.
The fact that Johnny was to com?
pete for a prize for jumping was of
? to Mrs. Halloran, if. In
? even knew it; what Interest?
ed lier was the train of disaster which
accompanied hi:; daily existent
"Johnny's broke the school record!"
announced Mr. Halloran, triumphant?
ly, through the cloud ed' soapy steam
which surrounded Mrs. Halloran and
the wash-tubs.
"Well, now, you can tend to that
job yourself. Mike Halloran.' returned
his spouse, arms akimbo. "I've mend
eel the front gate ami the back gate,
| three chairs and a table that he's
broke, ali w id me own hands, but
whativer he's broke at school you i .tu
look afther, or pay for having it done,
and save the money on your pipe
that's me last word'."
Fitzgerald's Summary.
Edward Fitzgerald, the translator
of the Persian poet. Omar Khayyam,
was a more or less genial opponent of
matrimony as a stat".
One day he said to his friend Miss
Ellen Churchyard, of Woodbridge:
| "Do you know, Nell, what marriage
is?"
Miss Churchyard thought not.
"Theu I'll tell you." said he. "Mar
! riage ls standing at one's desk, nicely
, settled to work, when a great big bon
I net pushes in St thc door and as*
to go for a walk with it."
Jamestown and Plymouth.
It was at Jamestown. Virginia, and
not at Plymouth, Massachusetts, that
the first legislative healy of English?
men was convened on this continent.
Thjs body, the "General Assembly of
Virginia.'' met in the little church at
Jamestown on July 10, 1619. lt WSJ
In Williamsburg, Virginia (at that
time the capital of the "Old Domin
ion"), one hundred and fifty
years later (lTTGi that the first writ
ten constitution known to history wad
adopted and put Into operation.
The Eagle's Flight.
. ?>?*?? varv ht uh in h*?flV'
'1 ne eagie soais >ci;
? n.. ...
en, to the very clouds, and with gen?
tle motion turns his great body to
glide to left or to right, directing his
wings, that are as sails, whither ho
will by the movement of his tail,
which, small though it he. >erves as a
rudder. Apologia of Apuleius.
Learning from Animals.
The Rtudy of animal behavior,
which is now being BO vigorously pur?
sued In America by our great
naturalists, will provide, perhaps, the
nio.ct likely channel along which the
main stream of advance will be mad ?
toward the fuller comprehension of
the mysteries of mental life.?Lancet
THIN MILK
How can the baby grow
strong if the nursing mother
is pale and delicate?
makea the mother strong
and well; increases and en
richea the baby's food. d^U
I
Shenandoah Herad
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LUMBE
OF THE piST
Many Months of Hard Labor
Followed by a Grand Drunk
in Nearest Town
EVERY NATIONALITY REPRESENTED
Strict Discipline In the Camps?No
Liquor?Lights Out at 9 O'Clock?
Reveille at 4?Respective Value of
Races.
In the great northwest history has
made by a man almost
unknown : and Story,
the ?'man Brits the ax." known in
everyday parlance as the lumberjack.
In tile fall just before winter lets
In '.he lumbermen in the business cen?
ters semi out their tote t?ams. so
called bet suse they are used to trans?
fer the ij. essai les of rife to the scene
of the printer's work.
Thousands of men from the docks,
the harve it ftelds- from everywhere
? follow tl oods for
the season. From the moment they
join until camp breaks up in the
spring there is hard, unrelenting work.
The itrictest discipline is main?
tained, the men are up at 4 o'clock in
the morning and work until dark with
tception of the noon-time stop for
dinner. Lights are out every night at
9 o'clock.
The cook, a \ery important person
in the camp, with his assistants, is
first up in the morning, and one of the
moe! noticeable things about modern
g camps is the great change In
the bill of fare. The noon day meal is
usually prepared and carried out to
where the men are working to save
The cook brings the dinner
hot and the men eat it. sitting on
freshly felled logs, often with the
thermometer registering SO below
zero.
Hut lt is at the evening meal, when
the day's work ls finished, that the
men are at their best; there they talk
and laugh and enjoy the . After
the meal is over they go to the bunk
house and light their pipes, sing songs
and tell stories.
In every camp is a general supply
store, where the men may procure the
of life. No lhiu<>:' is sold,
as the rule against drinking is rigidly
enforced. Often men. craving the
stimulant to which they are accus?
tomed, drink patent medic ines in place
of the for:- ddefl B lllsl
In the average camp nearly every
nationality is represented. The fore
I man will tell you that he iikes the
, Irish for bosser, the Qermai ies
and Finn.- for hard work, while he
I tiuds the men of the southern nations,
j the French and Ita. .:. I > light and
I erratic for the heavy work, besides
being too quarrelsome, interfering
with the discipline of camp life.
Four-fifths of the men employed in
lumber camps are intemperate, it la
said. The long enforced abstinence in
the winter but aggravates their crav?
ing for liquor, and in the ^prln^ when
they are released from the discipline
of camp life they hurry to the neat' st
town with their earnings. Waal hap?
pens then is often a fi. I story,
sometimes a hitter'.;' tragic one.
Trying to Appear Innocent.
A professor from the 1 y of
Oxford, at a banquet one night, drank
several glasses of port. The professor
did not know this wine's extraordinary
strength, and in all innocence he took
too much. When he rose to .-ave ;he
tallie, his legs, to his dismay, tottered
and the room seemed to sway slightly.
The horrified professor ge*t to the
parlor in safe*ty. He sst down in the
most distant corner. But soon his
young hostess, leadirrg a maid who
carried her two beautiful twin babies,
came to him for his approbation.
The professor sat up very erect.
He gazed at the twins glassily. Then
he articulated carefully, in a hoarse,
thick voice:
'What a bonny little child."
.
History of the Turkey.
The turkey, rather than the eagle,
is the real American bird. Kagles are
found all over the world, but the tur?
key ls a foreigner everywhere else
except in America, his native home.
The wild turkey of America is the
progenitor of all the turkeys mi the
world. In North America, Mexico and
Honduras ihe turkey was found in
great numbers by the white men. but
in South America the bird i* unknown.
Scientists are agreed that the turkey
des outside of this continent only
an Immigrant, and that bli native
home must be sought BCSns*srJbSjN
north of the Isthmus of Panania.
One Gleam of Joy.
Johnny had two presents at the
.?:-. u-Klch ha
same tune - one ? uim...
kept very carefully, and the other a
hooting pop-gun. which he fired
indiscriminately on all BO SI ? asi
One day his mother rom the fol?
lowing terse record In bis diary:
"Mendy cold and sloppy. T< 0 ly cold
and sloppy. Wensdy cold a tel sloppy
she Granma."
An Amphibious Machine.
The Fie neb War Offtce* bas recent*
ly acquired an automobile \- hich ls
capable of being changed istantly
from a land to a water mac. .ne. It
has a speed of forty kilometres on
land and twelve kilometre* while in
the water. It can carry four ersons.
and is actuated by a fourtecu-hcrse*
power motor.
Sometimes a stick becomr i lodged
in the nostrils of the cow. T, re will
be Indications of labored h^athing.
Always investigate, and remove tbs
cause of the difficulty.
The drinking water In the mimer
ts an Important matter with ti s stock,
especially with the dairy he I. Re?
member that foul water ls sire to
breed disease.
Profits of the dalry are li mri sal