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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
The Floor OF the Pacific

The red clay which covers the deep
floors of the Pacific and the Indian
oceans is made up Of refuse and residue
that which can withstand the strong
chemical action of the gases. Ia it
may be found decomposed volcanic
rock, pumice, zeoltic crystals, mal-
ganese oxides. meteoric iron, teeth OF
sharks and ear bones of whales. Few
If any shore deposits are apparent in it.
The rock is vitreOus refuse, belched
forth by subterranean or insular vol
canoes. The minerals are supposed 10
be Of cOsmic origin-planetary dust and
meteoric fragments that have fallen
into the sea and have become dis!nte-
grated. The great quantity Of sharks
teeth remains quite unaeeounted for
at least their apparent gathering to-
gether in these ocean basins Is cOnsid-
cred very strange.-J. c. Van Dyke in
"The opal Seal"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
FROM HORSE CAR
TO THE TROLLEY
Story of the Wonderful De-
velopment in Electric
Traction During the
Past Twenty
Years.
PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION
Gradual Elimination of Distance
Through the Development OF
the Electric Locomotive
Chicago to New
York in Ten
PASSING OF STEAM TRACTION

During the summer Of 1887, there
appeared In the New York Sun the
following facetious news item:
They tried an electric car on
Fourth avenue yesterday. It created
an amount Of surprise and consterna-
ton from Third st. to One Hundred
and Seventeenth st. that was some
thing like that caused by the first
steamboat on the Hudson. Small boys
yelled dynamite" and rats" and
nade similar appreciative remarks un-
I'll they were hoarse. Newly-appointed
policemen debated arresting 1t, but
went no further. The car horses
which were met on the other track
kicked without exception, as was
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
English 1As She Is wrote.v

Some ludicrOus mistakes are made
by some OF the French Canadian people
In our New England cotton mill towns
In their attempt to master English.
One summer a grain dealer in Som
ersworth, n. H., received a written
order from one Of his French custom
ers, which read as follows.
please send
Il bag hole corn.
IL NIX field.
"5 pounds acid"
The clerk, who has had many years
experience with these people, said at
once, "Send him a bag Of whole corn,
bag Of mixed feed and five pounds of
grass seed, or. as the French people put
1t, 'hayseed.'
And he was right
At another time an order vas re
celved for bag OF corn broke" and
at still another an order for a bag OF
corn not broke. Boston Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

Hundreds Of imitation brands are
on sale that look like Schnapps to-
bacco. The outside of the imitation
plugs oftobacco is fue cured the same
as Schnapps, but the inside is filled
with cheap, flimsy, heavily sweetened
air cured tobacco. One chew OF
Schnapps will satisfy tobacco hunger
longer than two chews of such to-
bacco. The color, size and shape
of the tags, plugs and packages OF
certain imitation brands of tobacco
have been made SO much like
Schnapps that they have often been
accepted by buyers under the belief
that they were getting Schnapps::
Sufficient proof has been secured
to establish the fact that certain
brands are infringements and in vio-
lation of the trade mark laws, yet the
trade will continue TO be imposed
upon by these infringers until the suit
already entered and now pending to
protect Schnapps is decided. A
great many of these limitations are
,'.ui.,s 81 ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
.IncLdnrx md MnXDie.

In England the daw is hardly ever
mentioned but as Jack, yet daw and
not jackdaw is the proper name OF the
species. It is suggested that the pie
owes the mag" TO some corruption or
Margaret or Meg. To mag is to chat
ter. but whether the verb was derived
from the name or the name from the
verb Is n question. 1t is more than
probable that the Jim Crow Of Ameri-
ca (the old name for a negro boy) was
brought across from England in the
days when a crow was jim. as a swat
low was Dlck.-London Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
The Ball In Lawn Tennis.

It Is a curious fact that every book
written on lawn tennis cautions the
player to keep his eyes on the ball at
the moment of striking II, yet there are
very few expert players shO do so.
A rife shot looks at his target, bowler
looks at the pins, and billiard player
generally looks at the object ball, not
the cue ball / have found 1t next TO
impossible to carry In my mind, while
moving rapidly to play flying ball, the
exact height OF the net, the direction OF
the lines Of my opponents court and
his position, so that It has become
second nature with me and with most
other players TO look up In the direction
that the ball IS TO go before IL actually
leaves the racket. II is principally be-
cause the reverse Of this is necessary
In golf that lawn tennis players have
so much trouble in mastering the old
Scotch game From tennis habit they
take their eyes off the ball too soon for
golf success.-J. Parmly Paret in Coun-
try Life In America.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
A Missing Five Franc Piece.

Fully half the grownup people or
France believe the old story that NapO-
leon Bonaparte put check for 100000
francs in Il silver FIVE franc piece and
that the coin is yet in circulation. They
say that the people did not want IL .
FIVE franc piece and that in order
create demand for it Napoleon -
sorted TO the device mentioned. Tho
check or treasury order it IS said. was
written upon asbes;Cs paper and -
closed in the metal AZ the time the coin
was made. Thousands Of five frame
pieces are annually broken open and
have been so inspected since the story
OF the check was G-st circulated
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

velOpment or The wonderful modern
dynamo was necessary before electric
rairoadug could bee ONE n commercial
success. The first great step was in
1860. when an Italian named Pacinot.
ii invented continuous current dy.
namo Three years later the first
practical commercial machine for con.
tinuOus current operation was made
by Gramme.
Still the modern electric car was In.
possible. The "reversibility Of func.
ton" had yet to be discovered. inyrI.
wing electrical transmission OF energy
through two machines, one driven by
power and generating electricity; the
other reversing the operation, receiv.
ing electricity and developing me
cnanical power.
Like many other important discov.
cries. this is said 10 have been the re-.
suit of accident. a workman coupled
a machine TO a live circuit by mis-
take and was greatly astOnshed 10 see
IL begin 10 rotate. This reversibility
Of function was publicly demonstrated
for the first time at the Vienna expo
sition in 1873.
Not until 1879 was the first electric
railway put in operation. taking the
current from a dynamo. using n mod
ern motor and carrying passengers.
TINS novelty was in operation mt the
Berlin exposition and was n mile and
two-thlrds in length. The train con-
sisted of 4 small locomotive and three
small cars. capable Of carrying twen-
ty people. 1t reached a speed OF eisat
miles an hour.
About this time Stephen d. Field
hrd Thomas Edison in the United
States began experimenting. In 1850
Edison was operating at Menlo Park
an electric locomotive which pulled
two cars.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Schnapps Tobacco is Made ENTIRELY from Flue Cured
Tobacco Grown in the Piedmont Country.
The Imitation Brands Have Schnapps
Quality Only On the Outside
OF the Plug

claimed to be "just as good as
Schnapps, but there is only one gen
uine Schnapps. Be sure the letters
on the tag, and stamped on the plug
under the tag spell S-C-H-N-A-P-P-S
and then you have 1.-THE most
wholesome tobacco produced, with
just enough sweetening to preserve
the mild, juicy, stimulating quality OF
the leaf tobacco. Expert tests prove
that this hue cured tobacco, grown
in the famous Piedmont region, re-
quires and takes less sweetening than
any other and has a wholesome,
stimulating, satisfying effect on
chewers.
If the tobacco you are chewing
don't satisfy you more than the mere
habit of expectorating. stop foollng
yourself and chew Schnapps tobacco.
Schnapps is like the tobacco chewers
formerly bought costing from 75c,
to $I.oo per pound; Schnapps is
sold at soc. per pound, in SC. cuts,
strictly Ioc. and.I5cs'plugs. 90 o.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

my opinion ii is an entirely feasible
scheme from the commercial point of
view"
AT any rate, the world seems On
the eve Of great things, and no sclen-
tist dares say today as was said twen-
ty years ago, "a man is a knave or a
fool" The attitude OF the American
public is one of faith and expectancy,
best expressed by recent remark Of
an old lady in her last sickness:
II don't want to die" she said, II
want to see what they are going to
do"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

natural, over an invention which
threatens to relegate them to a sausage
factory"
That was less than twenty years
ago. Today the New York Central
Railroad Company is expendinG SjO,-
100000 in the electrifcatiOn Of the first
tnlrty-five miles of its system, and the
car horses were long ago relegated 10
the boneyard, if not to the sausage
factory"
They" have done marvellous things
since the increasing knowledge OF
electricity opened up a new world OF
acnlevement. and we have scarcely
crossed the threshold. In 1880 the cleo
tric car was dream; in 1890, an ex-
pertinent; in 1900. a great and wonder
ful fact which is revOlutionizing pas
sehger transportation and will enable
hnman beings to move from place 10
place twice rs fast as they do at pres
ent
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Right Of Way In New York.

Most people in New York think Uncle
Sans mail wagons are supreme. They
are not. The hospital ambulance comes
first. Life Is more sacred than mail.
and when the ambulance gong gongs
clear the track. Next in importance is
the fire engine. Property is more i'm
portant than mail. and when the en-.
gine toots and the bells ring clear the
way. Then the mail wagons, which
have precedence over everything but
the ambulance and fire engine. This
is settled by city ordlnance-New York
Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Egg and Hottie.

Take boiled egg, remove the shell,
have n bottle with a large neck, add
a piece Of paper to the neck and light
It. When In blaze put the egg on 1t,
point down. and the heat will pull the
egg with great force inside. Now put
again a blazed paper In the bottle and
manage to have the egg In the. neck
point up. and the heat will push out
the egg with an explosion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

Friends are a costly luxury, and
when one invests ones capital in a
mission In life one cannot afford TO
have friends The expensiveness OF
friendship does not lie in what one
does for ones friends. but In what one,
out Of regard for them. leaves undone.
This means the crushing Of many an
intellectual germ.-F'rom a Letter to
George Brandes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Two Witnesses.

In order to test a Chinese witness
qualification for taking the oath an
English magistrate asked him the other
day where he expected to go when he
died. He replied. Picking" and was
disqualified.
One in another English court, little
girl IN answer to that question said.
II don't know" The Mortified counsel
called the judges attention to the an
swer. "Oh, don't know, either said
the Judge. swear the witness"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

motor cars. In 1905 there were nearly
thirty thousand miles Of electric track
I'm the United States alone.
This change was not accomplished
without opposition. encouragement
and financial difficulties. Mr.. Sprague
himself. who was so potent n factor In
working this change. has told the story
of his first important contract. In the
spring Of 1887, the Union Passenger
Railway company OF Richmond, Va,
engaged him TO build an electric rail.
way. The first car was run out one
night while the skeptical people slept
10 make sure il could climb the hills
1t started out in blaze Of glory and
ignominiously was towed back again
bv four big mules. But Sprague per.
sisted until on Feb. 2, 1888, In q
drizzling rain, the road opened fol
business.
From that time forward the future
OF electric rallroading was assured and
events moved rapidly. City after city
adopted the new motive power; horse
cars became things OF the past; III
terurhan roads began to grldirOn the
country everywhere. and in each In
stance commercial success was
scored. Electric interurban lines have
been money makers from the start.
The greatest development has been
IN the east: but the west Is not far
benind. The Aurora. Elgln and Chi
cago Electric railway (the third-rail
system) which has been In operation
several years. is famous. From one
central power station over two hun
dred miles Of road are oDerated, or VIII
he as soon as the line TO Belvldere is
completed. Electricity at wholesale Is
sold 10 cities and villages along the
route for lighting purposes; electricity
for power is sold to farmers. Trains
OF elegant cars run into Chicago at n
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Perpetual.

you always appear to be worried
about your housekeeping" remarked
the sympathetic friend
"But really" replied the housekeeper,
there are only two occasions when !
am really worried. One ls when
haven't a servant and the other is when
I have"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
A Lullaby.

Magistrate-You are accused Of at
tempting TO hold a pedestrian up at
O'Clock this morning. What have you
to say in your own behalf?
Prisoner-I am not guilty, your hon
or. | can prove lullaby.
Magistrate-YOu mean an alibl.
Prisoner-Well. call II what you like
but my wife will swear that | was
walking the floor with the baby at the
hour mentioned in the charge.-Chica-
90 News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
DIR. w. A. COYNER
Veterinary SURGEON.
Graduate Ontario Veterinary College,
Toronto, Canada.
Calls Promptly Answered both In
City, County and State.
Special Attention to Dis,
eases of Cattle.

OFFICE: SAeER's LIVERY, WIN.
CHESTER, VA. can be resched by phone.
DIR. Coyner's Tonic powders, Blisters.
Linsments, and Lotions, for scratches.
Gaulds, &C., can be had at Walton &
Smoot's Drug Store.
Will answer ali letters In reference TO
any OF the above medlcinea
aeuk 23-6.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Just Like Him.

Arthur-You think don't love you.
darling? Why, would die for you.
Arethusa-Yes. and II would be just
like you to do II so that your funeral
would come on a day when had to
give up real nice engagement to at
tend Il. Oh. you men are so selfish.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
gSize,t His Chance.

Miss Prim-In Siberia DO they hav'
reindeer? Mr.. Neryey-Yes. but Often
er they have snow, darling. g.--Clevelan'
SeadPr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

First Baby-You look sad.
Second Baby ain. | feel keenly
the responsibility OF having parents
who cannot afford to have me.-Smart
Set.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
L. LII

Ethel-Mamma. what makes the lady
dress all in black? Mamma-Because
she is sister of charity. dear. Ethel
Il charity dead, then?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Az the Art Museum.

Her Husband-That statue isn't true
TO nature. His Wife-What's wrong
with II? Her Husband-Why, 1t repre-
sents woman sitting still, saying
nothing. g.-COlumbus Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Twenty Years of Achievement.

At the beginning Of 1887 there were
I'm the whole world less than sixty
miles of electric railroad track. and
only about one hundred motors and
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18
Tie first Lombary poplar
was planted 10y Michaux in /.

The average EngliShman does 1ot
want his wife or sister to he anvt.-g
but dull. \ beautiful and lie
IDIOT is his ideal Of feminine ,c-
tion.-Lades' Fled
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

shorter route Of the Air Line. this Is
equivalent 10 a fourteen-hour service.
With low grades, straight track ana
no grade crossings, the seventy-nve
niles an our average necessary to
ten-hour service ought easily to be
maintained. Even on the hrst class
steam roads of today ninety miles an
hour Is not uncommon for short dis
fances.
The Scientific American Of Feb. 1S,
1908. speaking edltorially Of the New
\ ork Central experiment says. The
success OF this installation. OF when
there can he no doubt whatever, marks
the first step in the gradual suDsu-
tuition OF the electric for the steam
locomotive in the operation Of long dis
tance express trains" The Chicago
New York project may be regarded the
second step.
Mr.. Sprague himself says that speed
is "a matter Of finance" What theh
will determine the futureT he ASKS
"Chiehy the financial factor, as II must
the future Of any other great industrial
problem. When savings in operation
and the increased return for trafnc
will more than pay a fair dividend OH
money invested for electrical equip
ment. will trunk lines be operated Ivy
electricity"
Professor Charles +. SteinmetZ, one
of the greatest authorities on cleo
tr'city, is quoted rs saying, There Is
no limit to the speed that may be de-
vcloped in electric traction-that Is
there Is no lil', up to $50 or 200 miles
an hour Iig or speed than that the
car wheels corld not stand. They
would Ay to picces from centrifugal
force. Not only can speed OF l2O
miles an hour he maintained on n
train equipped with electricity. but In
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

perimentnlIy nj MenIo FhFk' T"oU'
Windsor. Canada: Appleton. Wis: Fort
Huron. Mich: Scranton. Pa, ana
Montgomery. Ala In the autumn OF
1884 Frank l.. Spraguc, whose name
is insrparably connected with electric
traction, began TO attract attention
with his motors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-01-18

He who does not improve today W.
grow worun tomorrow.-German Prov
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speed which would have seemed I'M
nossible few years ago Passengers
wave good bye TO steam trains on a
noralleling railroad, which they pass
easily. A parlOr and dining car IS one
O. The luxuries which the suburbanltes
enjoy going to and from the city, and
the railroad seems n verltable gold
mine for its owners.
me horse car has long since disap-
neored. VIII the iron horse. the great
steam locomotive. be supplanted alsoi
This question occurs to all who can
see the significance OF passing events
Probably not for many years 10 come
"a far as heavy freight traffic Is con.
cerncd. because steam Is especially ap
nlicoble 10 the hauling Of freight. But
tne action Of the New York Central In
aIecfrifving thirty-iive miles OF It's road
loading ont Of New York. and the
nonular agitation for similar improve
mont in nicago and elsewhere. would
seem to point 10 time not far distant
whom electric railroads will connect
distant cities and greatly shorten the
hours OF travel.
Chics go to New York in Ten Hours.
In fact such railway already IL
heiug built between Chicago and New
York by the Chicago-New York Elec-
3ric Air Line Railroad company, Of
chicago. This company. headed by a
qroilp OF practical railroad men, pro-
noses 10 run limited trains. making not
more than three stops, through TO New
lork or Chicago, in ten hours. The
thought fairly takes ones breath away
NJ first. but the project considered
soberly seems practical enough, and
certainly is ~ consummatlon devoutly
70 be wished" The work of grading
began Sept. / near LaPOrte, Ind.
AS the new road will be an air line,
with few curves. the route surveyed
Is 100 miles shorter than the Pennsyl.
vania "Short Line, and $50 miles
shorter than the Lake Shore and
New York Central. each Of which runs
trains covering the distance in eighteen
hours. Taking into consideration the
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R J. REYNOLDS TOBACCO COMPANY, NsfoSsATEM, N. G.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
CANNOT PLACE BLAME,
3. & M. Officials Cannot Fix 1t Fol-
the Canaan Disaster.

Concord. y. H.. sept. IA state
mcnt that the records at the station
Offices at Concord, White River June
ton ana Canaan show discrepancy
in the reading of the order sent out by
til" train dispatcher at Concord on Sun
day morning last regarding tho move
nlvmts of the Quebec express, which
WAS wrecked at West Canaan with
&r"at loss of life, was made by Cen
Grad Manager Frank Barr of the Bos-
ton X Maine Railroad in this city late
today. Mr.. Barr added that the reason
for the discrepancy Is not satisfa"-
torily explained either by the records
or other evidence thus far secured
The statement does not place the blame
for the disaster upon any Individual
MI but two of the bodies of the wreck
victims have been forwarded to thCil
former homes for intcrment The re-
mains of Miss st. Pierre and c. J.;
Derby will be sent to ShcrbroOke. Que.
and W"burn. Mass, respectively. to
morrow morning.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1907-09-18
IN THE RING.
CONTINUED from Page Four.)

Cyclone Johnny Thompson, who
fought Rudolph Unholz at Ogden, Utah.
Labor DAY and claims To have been Sc
vcroly injured by the foul tactics of the
South African champion, is now at his
home at Syracuse, Ill. resting ana re-
Cuncrating
Rouse OBricn and Willie Moody are
reported matched for the Spring Gar
den \. G., Philadelphia, for Friday
night.
Ink" Russell left Philadelphia Mon
day fer Columbus, O., where tomorrow
nc will meet Russell Van Hnin. the
II pound champion of Ohio" They arr.
to meet in Il 15-round bout in the Great
southern thcatcr for 60 per cent. o.,
gross receipts, divided on basis o..
- per cent. to winner and - per cent.
to loser
ON Sept. a. ut Chelsea nc will meet
jimmy BRIGGS in 4 10-round bout. ana
oct. 4 he will meet Tommy Quill Of
Hrocktun in 1J-round bout at Prov
idrnc. Five days later he is to meet
-\mb. NcCiarry at the Sharkey A. C.
of New York in Il siX-round bout. Four
hard battles and several good railroad
jumps, All Wltnlll three weeks. recalls
the days of Oscar Gardner. to whom
two and three fights Il week were Il
pleasure.
Abe Attcll wants to fight Joe Cans.
He claims that there are no feather
Weights who can give him any kind of
an argument. .Attell made Il monIlcy Y
uut If BATTLING Nelson at Philadelphia
From Guldii"ld comes the report that
Jimmy Walsh and Freddy Weeks and
sam Langford and Young Peter Jack
son Will meet in bouts at a fistic car
n!Hal at Tex richards club next
month.
Joaquin Miller, the poet and writer,
saw the GanS-Britt fight and says Joe,
the old master, is an Arab. He says
joe, although h" has kinky hair and
feet like a negro, looks otherwise like
an Arab. Joe can prove an alibi. how
ever, as he was born in Baltimore.