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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
An EcccufriC Painter.

William Willard, well known as the
painter Of Massachusetts governors,
was very eccentric i'm his ways. HIS
special aversion was the attempted
purchase Of his many olh relics OF fur
niture by people of wealth. a New
York woman visiting In theSvicinity OF
Sturbridge, hearing that the,old artist
possessed a beautiful colonial mirror
and a rare clock, tried to buy them'
Mr. Willard seemed to readily agree
to the sale, but when asked when IL
would be convenient TO have them
packed replied, Not until after the
funeral" Whose funeralT asked he
visitor. mime" replied Mr.. Willard
with a chuckle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

Fish. because of its tendency rapidly
10 decompose, holds peculiar poSitioh
among foods. In England it is the
subject of a special act OF parliament, NJ,
40 long ago az 1893 men knew the eVil
consequences resulting from eai'ns
mackerel of uncertain post mortem age.
so they passed an act providing 'na'
except during the hours Of divine serv'
ice this fish could be sold on Suhday'
That act has never been repealed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

The strongest wood which grows
within the limits of the United State
is that known as nutmeg hickory.
which nour-hps on the lower Arkansas
river. The most elastic Is tamarack.
the black or sheliblrk standing not fai
below. The wood with the least elias
ticity and lowest specific gravity = the
Fiscus aurea The wood Of the high
est specific gravity is the blue wood OF
Texas and Mexico. The heaviest Of the
foreign woods are the pOmegranatc
and the lignum vitae, and the lightest
Is cork. Four hundred and thirteen
different species Of trees grow IN the
various sections of the country. and
Of this number sixteen, when perfectly
seasoned, will sink I'm water. These
woods Of high specific gravity grow
mostly I'm the arid regions Of New Mex
ico. Arizona and Nevada.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

One of the mountain peaks OF norh
Wales Is known as the Chair OF ldris,
or Cader Idris, as the Welsh people
call 1t. because It's top is followed out
like an immense couch. According to
local tradition, whoever spends night
In the Chair of Idris Will on the follow
ing morning be dead, raving mad or
endowed with the loftiest poetical ID
spiration. No one seems to know ex-
actly who ldris was or when he lived.
but he must have been q giant II MS
body was In proportion with bis ce'e-
brated chair" Mrs. Hemans mas u
fine poem with the Chair OF ldris as
the theme. and Tennyson also men
fions II IN Enid"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

Kansas editors are skepical. IN ex-
change asked: What do,you think or
an artist who painted cobwebs on Il
ceiling so naturally that, the hired girl
wore herself into an attack OF nervous
prostration trying TO sweep theih
down. Most Of the editors say that
there may have been such an artist
but there was never such hired GIRL
Kansas CITY Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

An old, inventory Of the Mohawk
and Hudson railroad. now part OF the
New York central and Hudson RIVER
railroad. dated Jan. 1, 1893. gives tne
following as,the total rolling stock Oh
the road at that time: Three iocomo-
tlyes lthe John Boil, the De Witt Clin'
tpn and the Experiment.. three car
rlages. accommodating twelve passeh-
gers each; nine. accommodating nine
each: two. accommodating six each'
and three. accommodating eighteen
each. n total capacity Of 1S3'-Four
Track News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
CleYerlN EYnded.

A wealthy Australian squatter in or
der to protect his six daughters from
fortune hunters left his property TO
them In equal shares. but decreed that
il either married without the consent
OF the trustees size should forfeit her
share 20 her sisters. When the case
came up At sydney it was found that
the six sisters hal I'll married without
permission. and thus each had for
feited her share In the property to her
sisters, a state OF affairs which the
ladies' doubtless considered highly sat
lsfactory.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Tbe Change of a Letter.

Business men should he careful
writes a correspondent OF a London
newspaper. Ito read their typewritten
before committing IL
TO the post. have received a type.
written letter from gentleman OIL
German extraction who informs me
that he Is n Wholesale tobacconist ana
cigar imposter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Orange Trees.

An orange grove In full bearing l.
one OF the most delightful sights The
pve can witness. The trees are beau
tiful shape il left as nature made
them. The limbs come nearly TO III
ground. so close that an orange pickPI
goes under the tree fiat on his back
and often cuts 100 oranges from IL
tree before he comes out. Oranges ar
never picked, but are cut Off witt
shears having spring between th'
handles. An orange that has no stei.
on II Is considered "culr' and Is no.
hacked by first class packer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
A Chance For Science.

Scientists have discovered that {;
caterpillar can eat GOO times it's weigh
Of food In q month"
Say" replied the dyspcpuc billion
aire. Il wonder If the scientists nav
ever done any experimenting In tn
way of grating catcrpillars' stomachS
on other thlngs?" - Chicago Record
Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

The Japanese. with their natural,
unsonhisticated view Of life. have ever
sought I'm their art to mirror what a
great painter and critic has termed
"men's primordial predictions" ART
however that seeks to embOdy pleas
ures founded on the unchanging prop
critics OF human nature must nave
mast as well as a future, must be able
~ look backward as well as forward.
Not ones life labor but that OF many
generations, Is required. No people
have better understood this than the
Japanese. They have also clearly per-
ceiyed that no art that Is not true 10
the changeless element I'm man can en-
dure while. on the other hand, any
subject however trivial. can be made
eternally attractive II only treated In
accordance with aesthetic law.
Japanese painting delights us by its
delicate fancy, its poetry, its freedom,
its spirit. but what gives these quail
Ties special and enduring charm. what
makes the play of fancy never weari-
some. the liberty never mere license,
is that they find expression in and
through framework Of design so fine
ly conceived that I'm IL we see reflected
AS I'm a mirror the fundamental princi'
pies which govern all true art-W. III
Cabot I'm Atlantic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Under the Chandelier.

Next time you go to q party watch
some Of the women as they stand I'M
der the chandeliers. Notice how light
shining from above brings out unsus-
pected lines and angles in all but the
youngest and freshest faces. II is q
severe tesr Of beGrt
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

"Iawd,' prayed the I'D colored dea-
con- please give us In dis wOrl' whar
we livln' ut all de prosperity we kin
stand. but wen we gifts dizzy wild II
en- goes ter celebratin' too much des
send long old Br'er Trouble ter make
us sit stiddy In de boat, en- well be
mighty thankful" - Atlanta Constitu-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
An Odd Sfmile.

A Scotch minister who used SMILES
that would bring home to the rough
characters around him the truths he
sought to impress was once denounc-
Ing the ingratitude OF man for all the
benefits conferred on him by Provf-
dence.
my friends" he said, look at the
hens when they drink. There's not
ane o. them but lifts It's held In thank
fulness even for the water that Is sac
common. Oh, that we were a hens!'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Thnf Cnxy Feeling.

The Visitor What delightfully."-
snug little fiat you have! The Renter
Isn't It? When we open the door were
I'm the middle OF the room. and when
the sunshine comes In we have to move
some Of the furniture out.-Chicag
Tribune
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
A TimeIy Waning.

Jlmmy-What's the matter with you!
You don't never 90 in for any run at
all nowadays. Tommy-No, I'm bein
good because I'm goin' to have birth
day purity soon an l want TO GIT a
present. Jimmy-Better be careful an
not be too good or mebbe they won't
give you nothin' but Bible.-Philadel-
Dhia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Neglected Opportunities.

"I wonder" said Farmer Corntossel,
who had just returned from a trip to
the big city, why so many young men
insist on not gettln' rich"
What do you meani" asked bis
wife.
They all want to be lawyers or doc
tors instead o. beln' restaurant walters
or ."-Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Ont NJ Pocket, Though.

When General Lafayette attended
Lamarques funeral the crowd took the
horses out Of his carriage and drew
him home themselves. Were you not
honored and pleased" asked friend
Very much pleased" replied Lafa-
yette, but never saw my horses
again"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
One Lerxed Dinner Party.

A certain gentleman, the possessT
Of q cork leg. living in one OF the Lon
don suburbs annually gives dinner
70 dozen owners of a Ike substitute.
In the center Of the table are grouped
four crutches, around which twine fes-
toons of flowers; miniature legs IN
ivory compose the handles or ne
knives and forks. while the piece de
resistance Is invariably a magnificent
turkey that has been deprived of leg
before being brought TO table.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Iongou's Intensity.

London is The most Intense Of all
cities. Now York IS holster; there Is
moro rattle IN Paris; In London alone
yon have that subducd roar, that inde-
scrlbabe !nrcmur which suggests an
irresistible volume Of life that is deep
as well as Standardization.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
accomuIish ments.

Mugglns = My daughter viii he a
great catch for some one. She can
cook or write poetry with equal ease
and effectiveness Juggins-Well. my
daughter can write poetry. never
saw her Try to cook II, but III bet she
nouA. A.-Ceyuland Leader.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Appalling Suggestion.

Bride-My dear. this hat has oeen
crushed beyond redemption. ana l
must have new one. Bridegroom
Very we'll, my darling. III stop IN
somewhere on my way home tand buy
vou ono bride faints with hdrror)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
His Chance.

He (moodlly)-Ah, tell me truly, Is
there anything that hasn't been said
already on the subject Of lover She
(softly)- Probably not, but | am sure
very sure, indeed, everything on the
subject hasn't been said to me.-Puck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

sapleigh-oh, I say, Miss Hammer
ton why Is 1t that you are always
ont when I call? Miss Hammerton-
Because I'm foolish, ! suppose. o.p
Ielyhl-er-beg pardon! MISS Ham
merton-Weu, yoa know the Ola az
sux. "A mol Tor luck"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
uOus.

A Birmingham churchwarden was
reading at a vestry meeting list or
subscriptions to the parochial FUNDS.
The list began rs follows; THE vicar
n guinea: Mrs. ---, half guinea; an
anonymous uonor. myself. % shillings.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
The Inference.

Tim-Tm feeling fine this morning. |
was up with the lark. Jim-Im not
feeling so fine this morning was
up with the lark last night.-Detroit
Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Irresfstfble.

She-How do you suppose his satan
ic majesty succeeded In tempting
Mother Ever He-More than hkeiy
he told her that apples were good for
the complexion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Cnanswerable.

Husband-Do you really tneed a new
hat? Wife-I always need'a new hat.
Husband-Then what's thesuse OF get
<inO this ono Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Diplomacy.
What did papa sayr
..vr .hoo.ad mo tho door"

"He showed me the door
"And what did you sayr
= ~ said II was certainly very naha,
some door, but not what I had come
70 talk about. That made him laugh
:nnd A minute later you were nine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14
Shenandoh Herald
Advertising Rates

ADV tisemenrs viii be inserted
st one ucllar per gqusrs u ten Gnsg
or less for tho first insertion and 80
cents tor each subsequent insertion.
~ Quarterly or yesriy sdIsr.
dsements by contract.
~ Unless the number OF ineer,
tions Is marked upon the mana.
script, advertisements viii be pub.
lished until forbidden and charge
accord nglv
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-14

Down and Up.
"Wet did yer tell de judgeT
dat everybody wux tryin' to kese'
me down."
~An' what did he dor
ss1enf me- up.eExchanW. n
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
CagIiostro's Rise.

IN the midst Of this setting the Count
de Cagliostro took the stage. played for
while his part, TO an audience which
reached from the highest to the lowest,
and then made his exit, narrowly es-
Gaping the crash of the social structure
which he had aided to undermine.
Princes and mobiles thronged to his
"soirees magigue- They Frustrated
themselves before him for hours. His
horses, coaches. and Nveries rivaled the
Kings in magnificence. He was offered
and refused a ducai throne.
Joseph Balsamo. the son of Peter Bal
samo and Felicia Braconieri, both OF
mean extraction, was born at Palermo
June S, 1743. He received the rudiments
OF an education at the seminary of st
Roche, Palermo. At the age of thir-
teen, according to the Inquisition biog
rapher, he was intrusted TO the care OF
the father general of the Benfratelh
who carried aim to the convent of thai
order at Caltagirone There he put OF
the habit of a novice, and, being placed
under the tuition of an apothecary, he
learned from him the first principles OF
chemistry and medicine. He proved in
corrigible, and abandoned the convent
for a dissipated life In Palermo. He was
accused of various crimes, and was
forced to fee the city.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
The Wall of the Sea.

Terror-stricken. the waves cast them
selves on the rocks and again fell back
ward. scattered and crushed.
Loudly rnoaued the sea.
Grieving and sorrowful, hitler and
thither rolled the waves.
"Treeson. Treason they shouted
1--WE meet them like friends. we kissed
and caressed them. and they robbed us
OF freedom. our freedom!"
Their mother. the Tempest. wept
aloud: roaring with rage, the old father
Hurricane burst on the rocks:
Hear we. oh rocks. threatening and
gloomy. you. too. once were free; you,
too, once drank IN the sweet breath OF
freedom Why did you rob my children
of freedom
I'VE do as our master commands us
If ne bids us. we rob you. We do as he
orders" Indignantly scowling. they
lowered over the waters.
Mailing and bowling, the Hurricane
swept over the face of the sea. calling
his children together. bearing i'll tidings
to the waves of the sea:
Waves, young and old. o We slaves!
My poor children. your freedom has per.
ished, your freedom has gone. Hence
forth you are as slaves
And having delivered the message. he
hurried away.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
CagIiostro's Death.

On August %. 1885, Cagliostro was ar
rested under lettre-de-cachet ard cast
into the Bastile. charged with CON-
plicity in the case of the diamond neck
lace, or the saffaire du collier" as 4 Is
called In the musty archives Of France.
Through both lack Of evidence and his
matchless impotence. he was acquitted,
but was banisneG from France by or
der Of Louis XVI. He went first to
England but he found himself repudi-
ated there by the Freemason5. All of Of
flcial Europe had by this time awak-
ened to the lurking danger of his teach
ings.. and his return to the Continent
found him forbidden to practice his arts
in Russia, Austria. Spain, and Germany
In 1871 he turned up in Rome, where he
was arrested by the holy inquisition and
condemned to death as n sorcerer. His
sentence being commuted by Pope Plus
VI, he was Imprisoned in the gloomy
castle of San Leon, Urblno, where he
fretted away his life and died in 1895.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19

The Battle Begins

Onward. still onward, bounded TIE
waves. It's freedom or death. IT'S vic
u. CT death: With thunderous battle
cries forward they surged on the pom
derous rocks.
The naughty, grim fortress trembled.
And the waves still swept onward.
breast TO breast. and hurled themselves
madly on their foes-and fell TO the foot
of the rock baffled, helpless and crush
ed.
And the rocks were believed with ths
blood Of the fearless young warriors
And the Tempest their mother, wall
ed loudly and moaued: "Oh. my chill
dren, my darlings. we frstllngs of death.
we have fallen for lovei But fear not
This day yet in dying you'll conquer the
foe
In the place of the fallen fresh waves
hurry forward. oh, how mighty. how
angry they are: Roaring and thunder
ing they fly on the cold rocky masses.
and strike and retreat. and strike them
anew, and dying call others, cheering
their brothers with the last mortal
breath. and urging them onward But
the rocks still stand mighty and firm.
Determined, sullen and fearless roll one
ward the waves. and II seems to have
no end. and il seems TO have no limit.
Continued on Page Seven. this section)
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
Waves Welcome the Rocks.

From the depths Of the cold gray
earth eold-visaged guests nave arrived
let Us greet them with welcoming kisses
warm them with the glow of our friend
ship: let US with them together play in
our own native sea. let us together with
them praise the glory OF freedom
And the youthful waves were merry
and joyful
Only the Tempest. their mother. and
their grim Old father, the Hurricane,
dismally groaned and watched their un-
hidden guests with frown.
Bet the rocks kept dropping and drop
ping. closely and firmly, one on another,
growing and rising. solid and mighty,
And soon they commenced 10 crowd the
waves and to bar the path OF their
course. The waves were surprised: puz-
zled. they looked at the high and forbid
ding wall that INSTRUCTED their way.
Never before had their course been i'm
peded. But still they kept on their way,
till their breast struck against the Jag
ged and unyielding rocks. Grooming,
they darted backward Cold, inaccessi-
Die. strong was that wall.
The sea shuddered and trembled.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
Predicts Fate of Draga.

After aelving deeply into the mysteries
of life which lie hidden at the base Of
the Himalayas, jealousy guarded and
handed down from Adept to Yogi, after
learning all that the modern mind can
ever know Of the wonder-working OF the
Chaldeans and the ancient Egyptians.
after a lifetime OF association with the
great minds Of Europe had given to all
her learning a dazzling polish. she start
ed upon a career Of palm-reading and
prophecy which is without parallel out
| side of the pages of fiction. She has
read the lines Of the worlds greatest
men and women. There is scarcely a
crowned head of Europe who has not at
some time or other called upon Nine. de
Thebes to lift the veil which shuts the
present from the future. Many of them
have received her decisions in fear and
| trembling and have gone blindly on to
| their predestined doom, forewarned but
not forearmed.
One Of the strangest and most tragic
life stories she ever read on the human
palm was that Of Draga Maschin. One
day a beautiful woman called upon the
palmist. She was told that she was OF
humble origin, but was destined TO know
royal grandeur and would even wear a
| crown
''WeH, the rest. I want TO know clear
to the end the beautiful one demanded,
and Nine. de Thebes replied:
/ II see many men around you. Their
| faces mean death. You will be horribly
murdered"
The woman shrugged her shoulders.
| "Oh, WELL she said, IF l attain my
ambition the rest does not matter
Draga Maschin married King Alexander
OF Scrvia, and the world knows the
tragic ending Of that morganatic union
Here again Cagliostro Compare his
first meeting in the street with the milli-
ner's apprentice, Jeanne de Vaubernier,
afterward Countess du Barry and queen
of the left hand Of France.
you VIII be a queen said Cagliostro
Yes. but the end?" asked the slip Of
a girl, and Cagliostro, then Joseph Bal
samo. predicted the scaffold just as he
cid at the dukes dinner after the first
part of the prophecy had been realized.
''Oh. the scafOld.' replied the girl,
| gayly; that is nothing If l am to be a
| queen"
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
ZoIa's Death.

you will not die in ycar bed she
told Emile zola. He died two steps from
It.
The Marquis de Mores, who married
Miss Marie Medoro de Hoffman, a veal
thy heiress Of New York. and was as
well known in America as in France,
called one day on Nine. de Thebes.
I'm your right hand. which is the
hand Of your life as you make it." she
told him IS she read the lines, II see a
horrible and imminent death. In your
left, which is the hand os fate, 1 see
a long and brilliant career. This means
that you are about u run of your own
free will. and from sheer foolhardiness,
to your DEATH
He laughed and said: at is "a secret
which I had not intended announcing,
but 1 today decided to undertake a new
expedition of exploration into Africa
The Marquis de Mores, who had rough
ed 1t with the cowboys as a ranchman
in the Western States of America, could
not be frightened by woman's word,
given after looking into the palm of his
hand. He went to Africa and was foul
ly murdered by Arabs
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1905-03-19
Influence of CagIiostro.

lust what influence the history of Gag
lIostro has had upon the life of Nine. de
1nebes Is. Of course, open to conjecture
In fact. the name of Cagliostro Itself
spells mystery. His place has never
oeen definitely fixed in history Per-
maps the truth is somewhere between
the cold region CT encyclopedia knowl-
edge, which brards him as 1.-The arch
impostor of modern times" and the al
most godlille powers which Dumas at
tributes 20 him in mis- Memoirs of "a
physician" series. There is little doubt
that he predicted the fall of the Bastile
ana the execution Of Louis XVI and
Marie Antoinette, but whether this is to
be credited to extraordinary powers of
necromancy or to his keen foresight of
the end to which saturnalia of de-
bauchery and misgovernment were car
rying France is another OF the questions
TO be fought out by superstition and
science.
The arch enchanter appeared upon
this mortal scene when the times were
''out Of joint" 1t was the latter part
of that strange, romantic eighteenth
century of skepticism and credulity
The Old World. like a huge Cheshire
cheese, was being slowly nibbled away
from within, until little but the rind
was left. The rotten fabric of French
society in particular was about 10 tum-
BILE down in the sulphurous flames OF
the revolution