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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
The Earth's Swift Motion.

Everybody knows that the earth
makes one complete revolution on its
axis once In each twenty-four hours,
but few. however have any idea Of the
high rate Of speed at which such an I'M
mense ball must turn In order to ac-
complsh the feat Of making one revo-
luton in day and night. A graphic
idea Of the terrific pace which the old
earth keeps up year after year may be
had by comparing its speed to that OF
q cannon ball fired from n modern high
pressure gun. The highest velocity ever
attained by such missile has been es-
tlmated at 1926 feet per second, which
Is equal to a mile in 3 2-1O seconds.
The earth In making one complete
revolution In the short space OF twen-
ty-four hours must turn with a velocity
almost exactly equal TO that OF the
cannon ball. In short. It's rate OF speed
at the equator Is exactly 1,5O1 feet per
second. This Is equal to IL miles n
minute.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
The Conn dim Line.

The boundary line between Canada
and the United States Is marked witt
Iron posts at mile intervals for a great
part Of its length. Cairns, earth mounds
and timber posts are also used, and
through the forests and swamps line
n rod wide. clear Of trees and under
wood. has been cut. Across the lakes
artificial Islands have been made tC
support the cairns, which rise about
eight feet above the high water mark
-EXchauge.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
NuzxIed Women of Muscat.

Women OF the better class in Muscat
all wear muzzles, which barely allow
them TO open the mouth or see with
the eye or sneeze. II there happens to
be a Cleopatra in Muscat she will new
er fascinate any Antony by the beauty
Of her we'll shaped nose. for 1t Is kept
in a specially made. ugly case, In which
II is impossible to tell its shape. But
with all its faults this is far better
system than that of cutting off the nose
as men In the Kangra district in India
are wont TO do when any Of their
spouses have proved too fascinating
Allahabad Pioneer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Mnrs and Saturn.

II Mars and Saturn reflect the same
proportion Of the light which falls upon
their surfaces the smaller and much
nearer planet would look three times
as bright as the much more distant
and much larger Saturn. AS a matter
Of fact, there is no great difference be
tween the two. 1t Is Inferred from this
fact that the visible surface OF Saturn
consists Of clouds, since no surface of
land and water would reflect SO much
light as that planet gives.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

A Scotch bailie recently advanced L
the bench had a criminal placed befor'
him accused OF some very modest VIC
latlon of the law. or course the bailli'
knew the prisoner well. He heard th'
charge stated.
John. man. I'm sorry 10 see yol
here. Wen just fine you half crown.
The clerk here interviewed.
But the charge is not yet proved
we have not heard tie evidence"
Then the benignant baillie:
"Ah. well, John. my man. as TIT
charge is not proved well just fine yol
an elghteenpence. e."-LOndon Telegraph
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
VentriIoquisni In the Eib.e.

yentrloqulsm. which is described as
speaking from the belly" has its first
historic mention. as far as we are
aware, in Isaiah xxx. 4. And thou
shalt be brougnr down and shall speak
out of the ground, and thy speech shall
be low out Of the dust. and thy voice
shall be as one that hath familiar
spirit. out of the ground. and thy
speech shall whisper out Of the dust"
-BrOoklyn Eagle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

"That new saleslady," said the blond
.t the ribbon counter, has false hair
and teeth"
"Yes," replied the brunette VINO con
descended to sell handkercniefs ocva-
sIoually, "and It seems that's not the
only thing. I heard her complaining
that she hadn't had chance to get on
her feet oil day."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Curious Fishing.

Very curious is the method Of fishing
followed by the Chinese in the strait
Of Malacca. The fisherman lets down
from the side of the boat IL screen OF
white canvas stretched on wood. The
shoal OF fish mistake this for some
floating obstruction and try to LEAP
over II, with the result that the fis!
Jump into the boat and are thus cap.
tured. This method is employed by
Malays In their waters.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Buying q Book.

Here's a conversation / overheard
between two women in a bookstore:
"Isn't that pretty bookf'
Charming"
"I am sure Ella would like that.
Then to the clerk, "I'll take this book.
AS the clerk was wrapping it up she
added: what is 1t. by the way?
didn't loob."-Boston Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
ResO1rceful.

Here roared the old lawyer to his
son. studying law with him. You told
me you mad read this work on evidence
and yet the leaves are not cut"
used Y rays" yawned the versatile
son. and the father chuckled with de
light as he thought what a lawyer the
boy would make.--London Punch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

Man has within him Il stationary en-
gine called his heart. which. with its
veins and arteries. constitutes n per
feet system Of hydraulics, compared
with which mans best work is clumsy.
intricate and wasteful The lungs are
working bellows, the most perfect
method of sanitary ventilation. The
stomach is a working vat OF marvellous
perfection. The brain Is q wondrous
condenser. and the skin Is q great
working eyaporatOr. with reserve auto
matte appliances. ready for extra work
in moments of need. All these are IN
action at all times. day and night, tire
less. unceas.ng. self winding and re-
pairing, for seventy years or more.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

"Have you fastened the windows,
dearY' she asked as they were about 10
retire for the night.
mo. What's the use? l gave you
the last dollar ! had to buy tnat nat
and we need not fear burglars"
But they might sit down ON my nat
you know"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
nr,mafIc Deaths.

What is a dramatic deathf Or course
tho most dramatic death ever recorded
was that of Placut, who dropped dead
while paying a bill. Then there was
the death of Fabius. who was chokeo
bv hair In some milk; that OF LOUIS
VI who met his doom because a pig
ran under his horse and caused hin
70 stumble: that Of Saufeius, VINO was
poIsoned by the albumen In soft Doll
ad egg. and that OF Zeuxis, who died
from laughter at sight OF a bag he nae
nainted
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
lie IL Deliberate.

Mrs. Sparks-Your husband Is very
deliberate man. isn't he? Mrs. Slow
man-Indeed he is. Mrs. Sparks-Did
you ever know him to do anything In
a hurry? Mrs. Slowman-Never! lie
plans every movement with the utmost
deliberat.on and fingers studiously over
every detail. have often thought that
II he ever dies suddenly 1t will be an
awful shock TO him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Tho pursutt Of Happin ess,

"What ! want" said the earnest cit
izen, ''is to see q state Of affairs which
will give every man a chance to work" +"
"Yes," answered the cheerless person.
but that won't give entire satisfac-
ton. What nearly everybody Is look
ing for Is q chance to do nothing and
make everybody else work. wash
inptOn Star
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
FOR SALE /!

An excellent house, containing six rooms
with metal roof and cellar under whole build
ing: nice new barn and granary and all other
necessary outbuildings all in good repair,
acres of good land, four acres OF which is IN
i'm approved fruit in full bearing, and small
fruits of nearly all sorts in abundance. Ihis
property is an ideal home and is situated ID
the town of Woodstock, Va. Apply at once
to in. DAVIS & co.
Price $l.sso.oo,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

II Is universally conceded that noth-
ing short of divine Justice can measure
the Intrinsic guilt Of any action or
administer punishment which shall be
exactly commensurate TO the crime
What we call justice Is In fact very
rude device which finds It's justification
in the necessity TO protect society,"
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Not Co Very Unexpected

ada, dearest Ada, will yon DO
mineT'
"Oh, Charles, this is so unexpected!
You must give me little time"
"How long, darllngT
"Oh. will just call mamma. She Is
waiting In the next room."-Fliegende
Blatter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

at it's County Seat, Wood
stock, Va.
Sealed proposals will be received by
| the Clerk of the Board OF Supervisors
of Shenandoah County, at Wood
| stock, Va, for the furnishing Of all
| materials and labor required for the
erection and completion OF Jail and
Sheriff's Residence according to the
plans and specifications prepared bv
Holmboe & Lafferty, Architects,
Clarksburg, W. Va, copies of which
will be on file at said Clerks Office
and at the office of the above named
Architects on mad after February
%, 1906.
Separate propositions will also be
received as follows: For cell and
structural steel work and for heating
plumbing, and sewerage.
SAID proposals will be received un-
iii 9 o'clock a. VI. on the
2Oth DAY OF MARCH, 1906,
and will be opened the same dayl by
said Board of Supervisors and as
soon as the said proposals have been
examined the said Board of Super
visors will take action towards the
letting of the contract.
Each proposal must be accompanied
by a certified check for 10 per cent. OF
its amount, payable to the Board OF
Supervisors of Shenandoah County"
as a guarantee that the successful
bidder will enter into contract and
furnish bond for the amount of his
bid.
This bond must be issued by a
regular Suer,y Guarantee Co., and
furnished within a reasonable time
after the contract hiss been signed.
sThe said check shall become forfeited
to the said Board of Supervisors II
for any reason the successful bidder
shall fail TO enter into contract ard
furnish the bond as Aforesaid afterits
acceptance by tle said Board OF
Supervisors.
This bond must be made payable to
the Board of Supervisors OF Shen-
andoah County" ana the conditions OF
the said bond shall guarantee the
faithful performance and execution OF
the work according to the plans and
specifications on file as aforesaid.
After the contract has been signed
and the bond approved the certified
checks will be returned to their re-
spective makers and if the contract is
not awarded within two weeks from
the opening of the bids the obligation
of the bidders will cease and their
checks returned.
The contract, or contracts will be
awarded to the lowest responsible
bidder, or bidders, as the case may
be, but the right is reserved to reject
any or all bids.
NJ. B. WUNDER,
Feb. %. Clerk.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
His Model.

Critic-That villain in your story Is
a perfect masterpiece. Where did you
get the character? Novelist-I imag-
ined man possessed OF all the forms
of wickedness which my wife attrib
utes to me when she is angry.-London
Tit-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

Persons who want to sell their
Farms, or Property would do well to
place them in our hands for sale. We
have list of customers who want to
buy property, and if the prices are
reasonable we can make quick sales,
J.. N. Davis s. Co., Real Est. Agents
Woodstock. Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
The One Exception.

"Of course" said Henpeck. Il don't
always do what my wife tells me-
"Whatr exclaimed Meeker In sur
prise.
"No; you see II she's In sarcastic
mood when she orders me to do any
thing I know she wants me to do just
the opposite. e."-Phlladelphla Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Willing.

"Now," began the philosopher, take
the life OF your nelghbor, for instance.
He"-
"rd do II In a minute" interrupted
the practical man. III the law would
not interfere. Hes learning to play
the cornet"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

$50 little Flutterby married the
strongmlndcd Miss Daring. / never
supposed he had any Intentions in that
direction"
"He hadn't: the intention originate1
with her."-Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
I'm and Off.

Mrs. HIghtone-You are having trou'
BILE with y0,r cooks? Mrs Flashly-
The first one carried on so. Mrs. High
tone-And how about the lastf Mrs.
Flashly-She carried off so. ] lost two
dresses and hat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

First Artist-But you love art for it,
own sake? Second Artist-Why. yes.
I'm coming TO the conclusion that
that's all there IS I'm it-Brooklyn Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Rhade Island Reds.

Full blood Rhode Island Red Eggs
for sale at Sl.00 per setting. A few
| full blood cocks at S1.0O each.
NJ. G. GRABILL,
Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

Hewitt bear that your servant was
blown up by kerosene. Jewett-sse'll
ts back. I owed her q weeks wrSes
-Nev Ycrk Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

The language denotes the man. n
coarse or refined character finds its ex.
preston naturally In coarse OF "
fined phraseoiogy.-Bov
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09

II u wise man who knows his own
buslness. and II Is wiser one who
fboroushly atten1s to st.-Wayland
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Life Sentence.

"Poverty's no crime
"ft amt? Then why Is II runishab.l
by hard labory'--Cleyeland Leader.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Sherendoh Herald
hdYerffslne

advertising patae
Aov siseglenrs viii he insertse
at one ollar per square Of zen npee
or less for the first insertion and Sc
cents Tor each subsequent insertion.
s-,- Quarterly or yearly sdysr.
isements by contract.
ssy- Unless the number Of inser
lions is marked upon the mann.
script. advertisements Will be pub.
lIshed until forbidden snd charge
accordingly
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1906-03-09
Notice to Contractors +!

Notice of Letting the Contract
for a Jail and Sheriff's Resi-
denee, for Shenandoah County,
at it's County Seat, Wood
stock. Va.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-18
BARS NUNS FROM SCHOOLS.
Court OF Appeals Refuses Pay to Teache RS
Wearing Rel gious Garb.

Albany, April 1.-THE Court Of Appeals
to-day upheld the decision Of the courts
below prohibiting sisters in religious garb
from teaching in public schools, The
decision is rendered in the case of O'Connor
va. Hendricks, sole trustee of the Lima,
Livingston county, school district,
The question arose on an appea in the
action brought by Nora O'Connor and Eliza
beth Dowd, members Of the order of st.
Joseph, of the Roman Catholic Church, to
require Patrick Hendricks, school trustee OF
School District No, 0, own OF Lima, to pay
them money due as teachers in a public
school Of that district for a part of a
school year.
Superintendent Skinner of the State De-
partment of Public Instruction in that year
ordered the trustees to require the teachers
t. discard their garb or terminate their con-
tracts. They refused to comply with the
order, and further payment of salary was
refused. Suit followed, n the money due
them up to the time of the receipt Of the
order was awarded them. The contention
of the plaintiffs was that they held a valid
contract. Hendricks's defence was the
order Of the superintendent.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-18
cnlties to any intending American who
-,.o ~ f

culties to any intending American who
is otherwise qualified. '"'"
The distribution of immigrants would
be aided by the establishment OF com
~prehensive information bureaus, at which
competent attendants would be sta
toned, and in which any State would be
permitted to keep an agent.
With most of the proposed changes no
fault can be found, for If they operated
to reduce the number Of immigrants
no great harm could follow and the
fears of some worthy persons might be
laid, The educational qualification seems
little short of ridiculous, however. The
fact that a mar a read is of little inn
portance in judging his suitability for
admission to the country. In many
States-including New York-so little
store is set on the ability to read or write
that the privilege Of voting is granted
to citizens regardless of whether they
areAtHaS9te sr.aot, By striking out this
clause the bill would be strengthened
considerably. Many of the changes it
makes / the law are highly desirable.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-18
NEW YORK CLCR SITE LEASED.
Big New Building to BE Erected on he
Old Fifth Avenue Corner.

The Acker, Merrall d ConGit Company
has taken a twenty-one year lease of the
New York Club property at the southwest
corner of Fifth avenue and Thirty-fifth
street. The lease also includes the adjoin-
ing premises, occupied by Silo's Fifth ave-
nue. auction room. Both properties belong
to the Thirty fifth Street and Fifth Ave-
nue. Realty Company (Boehm d Coon,
which is to erect for the lessees an eleven
story building covering the entire plot,
5.sxl5O, from plans by Clinton Il Russell.
A part of the building will be occupied
by the Acker, Neral d Condit Company,
and the remainder rented for Office pur-
poses. AS the lease held by James P. Silo
does not expire until 1908, the new building
will be erected in sections. Work on the
first section will begin on May l, when the
New York Club vacates.
In 1852 August Belmont sold the COM
bined property for $95 900. The present
owners purchased it a year g for about
50, 600 600. Albert B. Ashfort was the
broker in the sale a year & and also in
the present lease. The new Altman store
is on the opposite side Of Fifth avenue and
the new MoCreery store on an abutting site
in Thirty-ffth street. extending through
from Thirty-fourth street.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-18

Out of a score of bills that have been
introduced in the House since the pres
ent session began, the Committee on
immigration and Naturalization has
composed a measure designed to restrict
and in a measure check the food Of aliens
that is now flowing toward this country.
The important features OF the proposed
new law are an increase in the head tax
from 81 to IS, the imposition Of an edu-
cational test, the requirement OF a inan-
cial qualification, an extension Of the
excluded classes, and provisions permit
ting foreign inspection and facilitating
the distribution of immigrants on their
arrival here.
The committee declares that in its
opinion an increase of the head tax
would tend to decrease immigration
and deter the less desirable aliens from
seeking to enter the country. Some Of
the bills proposed to make this tax very
heavy, but the amount fixed as in the
bill reported is moderate. The alien
! who Fan raise 81 is notlikely to be baked
by So more il he really desires TO come
to America.
The persons added to the excluded
| classes by the bill would be all who have
been insane, all imbeciles, the feeble
minded, all sufferers from tuberculosis,
persons who are wholly dependent for
their support on their own physical
exertion and who are certified by the
| examining medical officer to be Of a low
vitality or poor physique such as would
incapacitate them from such work, " and
all children under 16 unaccompanied by
at least one parent, at the discretion OF
| the Secretary of Commerce and Labor.
The clauses against contract laborers
and women intended for immoral pur-
poses would be strengthened.
The educational test would apply to
immigrants vel 10, physically cap
able of reading, and each would be
| Obliged to prove his ability to read in
| English or in some other tongue. No
test of ability to write is prescribed, and
certain exceptions to this rule would
allow men to bring the members OF their
families here. This test has President
RoosEvELT's Endorsement and was rec
commended in his message to Congress
of December 8, 1901.
The financial qualification required
would be $25 for every male 10 or more;
Sis for every female, the same for every
| male under 10, and $50 for the head of a
family this amount to cover his entire
family, except its male members over Is,
1t is plain that the committee has not
sought to go to extremes, for these sums
are so moderate as TO present small difi-
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-18
Doctors Who Disagree.

Representative MCCALL of Massachu-
progressive inheritance tax seriously as
a check on great fortunes. He remarks
irreverently that it has been brought
forward at intervals ever since that
great washout commonly known as the
food" But Mr.. MCCALL, holding that
the Massachusetts delegation is ex-
pected to agitate amendment Of the
Dinglev schedules, avails himself of the
opportunity to turn the Presidential
feeler to tariff account. He suggests
that Mr.. ROOSEVELT might maxi mor
than an academic solution of the accu-
mutation of wealth problem by sending
a special message to Congress asking
for a correction of some of the glaring
wrongs of the tariff"
That may be acceptable doctrine in
Massachusetts just now, but Mr.. RoosE-
WELT does not indorse the theory that
the tariff is the mother of trusts. In his
message to Congress on December ,,
1902, dealing with the subject of regu-
lating the bad trusts, he said: "One
proposition advocated has been the re-
duction of the tariff as a means of
reaching the evils Of the trusts which fall
within the category l have described.
Not merely would this be wholly inef-
fective, but the diversion of our efforts
in such a direction would e the
abandonment Of all intelligent attempt
to do away with these evils" Mr..
ROOSEVELT was firmly of the opinion
that many Of the trusts would not be
affected in the slightest degree by a
change in the tariff, I've as such changes
interfered with the general prosperity
of the country" The President would
therefore be unable to agree with Mr..
MCCALL that tariff revision would tend
to solve "the accumulation of wealth
problem"
Mr.. ROOSEVELT, by the way, had
nothing to say about the tariff in his
messages of 1908 and 1904, and devoted
only a paragraph to the plan Of maxi
mum and minimum rates in the message
of 1905. Yet he is not a stand-patter,
and might be called a reciprocity tariff
man. Mr.. MCCALL doesn't really expect
him to send a special revision message
TO Congress.
The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1906-04-18
For the Iepers Of Molokai.

TO THE EDITOR OF THE SUS-Str; The leper
colony OF Molokai now makes a modest appeal for
aid through the Rev, L, L. Conrardy, successor OF
Damien. in the fearful work. He is in this country
to raise ~ 1000. which he proposes TO place In the
care OF the Governor Of Hawaii as h trust fund.
The income will yield a sum large enough 10 defray
the expenses OF the forlorn colony.
Father Conrardy, who became a physician q few
years ago 10 enable him TO minister TO bodies as
well as souls diseased. assured me that two and a
half cents q day supplied the needs OF one leper.
He spent ten years In that Inferno with Father
Damien. was with him when he died. and expects
70 die himself In the same manner. He actually
oovets the glory.
ANY persons who may wish to contribute 20 the
fund TO produce two and a half cents a day for each
unfortunate fellow citizen In that faraway spot
may remit 70 the Rev. l.. L. Conrardy, st. Johns
Home, e92 ST, Marks avenue, Brooklyn, where he
will have his headquarters for a month TO come.
NEW YORK. April 10. ROBERT p. GREEN.