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The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-07-25

hampton, one Of the prettiest
towns in Underwater Virginia, is al
most within the shadow Of the mas
SlVe buildings Of the jamestown. ex-
position, and thousands of our teach
ers, from the Lakes to the Gulf. will
nnd this the opportunity Of lifetime
Inc cheap rates prevailing will place
the trip within the reach Of all, and
the teaching fraternity wilt not only
get the benefit Of the cOnvocation in
a social and professional way with
the1r fellow workers, but will be
aDle TO feast their minds and ewes
upon the countless wonders Of the
vast store houses Of KNOWLEDGE on
exhibition at Pine Beach. Just across
the picturesque Hampton Roads. AL
though the Negro building and its
enVlr0ns will doubtless come in for
lions share Of attention at the
hands Of our people upon reaching
the exposition grounds, they will find
the general dispay-to which they
Will have free and ready access
on perfect equality with all other Deo
pleS-an unprecedented array Of at
fractions, pleasing, instructive. amaz-
Ing, appealing to the diversified
Vidual or class. The observant teach
tastes and incljnations Of every indj-
ers, note book in hand, will find en-?
ough to talk about to keep her stu.
dents bright and enthusiastic
throughout the next school wear
Ihese two great meetings are happi-
ly timed and most convenient1v 1ocat.
ed to insure the attendance and com.
Tort OF the people who make the race
think and act.
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-07-25

- Indiapanolis, July 2s.--The mon
uDent to- Oliver P Morton, III
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-07-25

DR.. Booker T. Washington has de-
hnlteIy decided to accept August 3rd
as the date upon which he will de1iv-
eP~ an address at the jamestown expo
sition, as the guest Of the Executive
Compttee and the officers Of the Ne
gro DEVELOPMENT and ExDosjtfon
Company. The occasion will bo
known as "Ncgro Day and no pains
Will be spared TO make it the banner
attraction Of the exposition season,
The program, as far as arranged is TO
nave at 10 a. m. on the Lee parade
ground, SPECIAL exhibition drill bv
Hampton students, 500 strong. in
their white caps, white trousers and
blue coats, to the music Of the lamp
ton institute band, Of 30 peices Fol
lowing the drill there will be a march
from the Lee parade grounds through
the War Path to the Negro building
whore the address Of DR.. Booker r,
washington will be delivered. a tenn
parary grand stand for that purpose
being erected and seats provided for
10000 people. Music will be given
The advocate. [volume] (Charleston, W. Va.) 1901-1913, 1907-07-25

Mr.. Ira T. Bryant was unanimously
endorsed last week by the electoral
college Of the Alabama Conference of
the A. NJ. E. church, in session at
nlontown, Ala, as the choice Of the
conference for the secretaryship, of
the Sunday School Union. despite the
tact that there was another aspirant
mailing from the same conference
Mr.. Bryant was also chosen as a dele
gate to the general conference with
out a dissenting voice.. With this
KIND OF support from his home
brethren, the election Of Mr.. Bryant
next year is a foregone conclusion.
There IS no reason why organic I'M
ion Of three principal bodies of Negro
Method1sts should be DELAYED beyond
another year. The masses of the
Bethelites, the Zionites and the G..
M. K. people are for it. and it is the
plain duty of the heads to yield to
their wishes. The informal con-
terence of the Bishops at
baltimore Indicated disposition to
do the thing which seems best for all
concerned, and there is every .Droba-
blllty that the forthcoming meeting
at Louisville the last week in Sep
TENDER Will show substantial pro-
gress in the direction desired. In
any event, long step toward fedora
ton and ultimate union will be talk
en- in the adoption of common
hymnal and uniform system Of SER
vice. Bishops Grant, Walters, Clin.
ton, Williams, Turner, Smith, Cald-
vel and others are committed to the
movement and if the general confer
ences of the respective connections
do not ratify the proposed plan of
consolidation, the people in the pews
will be grievously disappointed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Life, Not Death.

There Is much difference in the psy-
Geological effect Of the two Ideas
''life" and death" This was Illus
trated, says the writer Of Letters
From a Surgeon" in the case Of Gen
eral Frank Bartlett, who was wounded
on the Fredericksburg pike In 1854.
General Bartlett was brought to the
surgeon bleeding profusely from a
wound In his head. He was uncon-
cious and white as death. The sur
geon called his name. but could not
rouse him. Passing his finger into the
wound, be found the ball had not pene-
trated the bone, but had simply cut an
artery In the scalp. This the surgeon
bound with a llgature. He laid the
general on the ground and completed
dressing the wound.
mo harm done, old boyw he shout
ed. This Is only flesh wound. You
will be oil right when l take a stitch
or two"
The good news seemed to bring Cen
eral Bartlett to consciousness. He
rallied completely.
IL thought | was done for" he said.
"Well. II I'm all right, here goes"
Before the surgeon could stop him
he was In the saddle and riding at the
best gait Of his horse back TO the front
apain
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
The Cooking of Food.

There Is no reason In the world why
men. whether average men or men oil
genius. should deSpise the cooking oil
their food. They never show. or are
required TO show. the same contempt
toward any other art, and on no other
Is their mental calm more completely
dependent. An i'll fitting coat is a
worry. but not such a worry as dinners
perpetually i'll dressed. TO many men
and especially to men whose work is
sedentary or whose brains are fully
taxed. food which is at once light and
nourishing is an absolute necessity II
they are TO exert their highest powers.
and food Of that kind is obtalnable
only by care in selecting meats and
good cooking when they are selected.
A man should not think too much OF
his dinner Or devote too much time to
preparation for il or enjoy il too ylsl-
bly when 1t has arrived. for all those
are animal peculiarities. But to re-
main content with bad food, when q
little more thought or carefulneSs or
criticism would procure ii in state Ut
to be eaten. is only what Scotchmen
used TO describe as "a wasting or the
maircles. ."-London Spectator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
A London BANQUET of 1882.

A Spanish visitor to London In 15S2
describes a banquet OF that day. IL will
tell You no lye," he begins cautiously.
II saw such kindes Of meate eaten as
are wont to be sene and not eaten--as
horse rosted. cat in gely, little liz
ars with whOt broth. frogges fried ana
divers other sortes of meates, which |
save theme cate, but | never knew
what they were ill they were eaten.
The "Quaklng custard" OF that period
was a huge dish in the middle of the
table. into which, "at private signal.
the city fool suddenly leaped over the
heads Of the astonlshed feasters. who
were instantly bespattered with this
rich and savory mud" Undeterred
however. by this nasty behavior, the
citizens not only ate plentifully of the
custard. but even took some home to
their wives. Nor were the women OF
those days backward in demanding ex-
pepsive dainties for themselves. ii
seems, for an essayist of 1901 sarcastic
ally asks: "Who will not admire our
nice danes Of London. who must have
cherries at 90 shillings a pound and
peascods at 3 shillings a peek Yong
rabbettes of a spanne and chickens OF
an inchT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
The Stale Bread of Hungary.

In Hungary they do not eat fresh
bread. Whether it Is because the Hun
garlans believe in hygiene more than
their American or European brothers
and sisters or not has never been told,
but the Magyar is partial to stale
bread, and the staler the better. His
"roZskenyer," or ordinary black bread,
as it Is eaten by the very large ma
jority Of the Magyar population, Is
carefully laid away on shelf and dug
out for consumption months and
months after ii has come out OF the
great ovens. If the huge loaf, weigh
ing something like five pounds and for
which the Hungarian pays q or Z
kreutZer. equivalent to about 3 or 4
cents In American money, has careful
ly been hidden away for two years, II
ls considered all the better. The Hun
garian never thinks Of where the
bread is to come from tomorrow. He
thinks Of where it Is TO come from
next year, for he has at least years
supply on the shelves. The Hunga-
rian bakes her bread $50 days ahead OF
time. Her Wednesday baking is for
the Wednesday Of year to come; her
Thursday baking for the Thursday OF
a year TO come.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Cheerful Advice.

A number OF railway men were once
discussing the question of accidents.
"The roads in Scotland" said one OF
fetal, used TO have a bad name. in
deed. in respect to accidents. No one
thought of embarking on railway
Journey unless he had provided him
self with an accident policy of insur
ance.
"The famous DR. Norman Macleod
was once about TO set off on Ions
Journey through the Scotch country
Just as the train was pulling out the
clergyman'S servant put his head II
through the window and said:
"'Ha'e ye ta'en an insurance ticket
sir?
81 have replied the doctor.
"'Then.' continued the servant, write
ye'er name on it and gle it 10 me
They haze an awfu' habit o robbin' the
corpses Oh this line" - New Iori
Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
uhof We Stand On.

The density of the earth as a whole
has been estimated. with close agree
ment among the scientists who have
made the determination by different
methods. to he about 90. or five ana
half times as heavy as an equivalent
spt ere Of water. On the other hand, the
average density Of the materials form
ing the accessible parts Of the earth's
crust is between % and 8, so that the
mean density Of the whole globe IS
about twice that OF its outer part
This indicates that the central part OF
the earth is composed Of heavier mate
rails and may even be metallic, which
condition. says the Engineering and
Mining Journal. would accord perfect
ly with the nebular hypothesis.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
ORIGIN of "Biuestockings."

Burke, apropos of "Evelina," paid
Fanny Burney this high compliment;
I'VE have had an age for statesmen,
an age for heroes, an age for poets, an
age for artists, but this"-with gal
liant bow to Fanny-"is the age Tor
women" The name "bluestockings,"
given to these distinguished women,
arose. according to Fanny Burney III
her Memoirs Of Her Father" from an
apology made by Mr.. Stillingtieet IN
declining an invitation of Mrs. Vesey's
to a literary meeting at her house. Il
am not properly dressed for such a
party" he pleaded. pho, pho,' she
cried. taking him and his dress all In
at glance. don't mind dress! Come
in your blue stockings" This he did,
and those words ever after were
fixed in playful stigma upon Mrs. We
sey's associations" T. P.'s London
Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
u,ns RreItmann's Philosophy

have found that If we resolve to be
vigorous of body and mind, calm, col
lected.. cheerful. etc, we can erect
marvels. for it is certainly true that
after awhile the spirit or Will does
haunt us unconsciously and marvel
ously. | have, | believe. half changed
nv nature under this discipline. | will
continually to be free from folly, envy,
irrltabllity and vanity, to forgive and
forget. and | have found, by willing
and often recurring to 1t, that, While
far from being exempt from fault, l
have eliminated a vast mass OF 1t from
my mind. 1t is certainly true, as Kant
wrote to Hufeland, many diseases can
be cured by resolving them away. He
thought the gout could be.-Letters OF
Charles Godfrey Leland.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
To Cut the Night In Two.

Professor Victor Hallcpeau, member
of the Paris Academy OF Medicine,
says:
The true secret Of long continued,
valuable brain work is to cut the night
In two. The scholar. the inventor, the
financier. the literary creator, should be
asleep every night by 10 o'clock, to
wake again at, say, In the morning.
Three hours work, from to 5. In the
absolute tranquility of the silent hours
should mean the revealing Of new pow
ers. new possibilities, wealth Of ideas
undreamed of under the prevailing sys'
TEN.
From 8 to s or $50 sleep again. TAX
ing up then the days work, the brain
will be still saturated with the mental
fruits Of the midnight vigil; there will
be no effort in putting into practice
or carrying further what was planned
or begun those few hours before.
The habit may be hard TO acquire,
but mechanical means OF waking at
first will induce the pred.spOsltion.-
New York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Crushing n Critic.

School superintendent In New York
among their many duties are expected
to report on the personality of the
teachers In their district. II is not al
ways easy to get "a line" on that quail
ity of a teacher, SO many are lenient In
the work. One Of the superintendent,
however Is never satisfied until he has
made the test for orderliness by asking
the teacher TO open his or her desk.
One day he found one OF his fair sub
ordinates with things in great confu-
sion. She was evidently violating
heavens first law.
"My DEAR" said he to the blushin4
delinquent, II don't believe you would
make good housekeeper."
The desk closed with a bang. There
was fire in her eye as she calmly re
piled:
"Oh! Are you looking for a house
keeperw-New York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Slaves In Scotland. I.

Were there once slaves in Scotland
volume on Scottish industrial and
social history in the eighteenth and
nineteenth centuries has some passages
on the subject:
ct shocks us very much to learn
that the men. and even the women
who worked In the coal mines at that
time. e.. the eighteenth century-ln
Scotland still continued to be, as OF
old. little better than slaves. 10y q
law passed by the Scottish parliament
in 1905 every man who once went TO
work In a coal mine was bound to Ia
bor In 1t all his life as necessary
servant" If he tried to run away he
was tried and punished as a thief. II
the land was sold on which the coal
Dit stood In which he worked he was
sold with 1t like any Of the machinery
Of the pit. In 1775 an act OF parlia-
ment was passed which set free most
Of the pit workers. but ii was not I'll
the end of the Gentry that this form
of slavery was quite abolished
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Noses OF Great Men.

Prominent noses seem 10 have been
the property OF many great men. Ly-
curgus and Solon had noses six inches
in length, and Ovid was surnameo
Naso on account Of his large nose
Sciplo Nasca derived his name from
his prominent olfactOry organ, an'
Alexander the Great and Cardinals
Wolsey and Richelieu all had large
noses. On the medals Of Cyrus and
ArtaXerXes their noses came clear Oul
TO the rim of the coin. Washington :
was the true aQuiline type, Indicative
of firmness and patience, as was the
nose Of julius Caesar. MOhammed had
q singular nose. Ii was SO curved that
q writer has told us that the point OF II
seemed continually striving 10 insert
itself between his lips. The noses OF
Franklin, Shakespeare and DR.. John
son all had wide nOStrils, betokenlng
strength and love of thought. The nose
of Napoleon was eXquisitely though
firmly chiseled He often said. Give
me a man with plenty of nose" Fred
erlck the Great had so large a nose
that Lavater offered to wager that
blindfolded he could tell IL among TO-
600 by merely taking il between his
thumb and forefnger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
The Ways of the Moonshiner.

The ways Of the mOonshiner are pref
ty much the same everywhere. A suit
able location consists Of a secluded
spot with water In abundance. 1t Is
important, should he ever be called
upon to defend a case In court. for the
question OF the ownership Of the land
upon which the still Is located, to be
involved In doubt; hence the moonshin-
er gets as near the line Of his own
land or the land he controls as possible.
The stills are primitive affairs and are
often made complete in the neighbor-
hood in which they are operated. With
two or three square yards Of sheet cop
per the still maker requires but few
hours TO make the "b'iler." Home
made hogsheads are usually used as
fermenters, and the only thing that the
Illicit dlstiller has to send "off yander
arter" Is the worm. Being difficult TO
secure. the moonshiner prizes his
worm" highly, and that part OF the
dlstillery is usually taken away when
the operator leaves.-David a. Gates
in Metropolitan Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
The Military Dcnth Sentence.

"You know how a soldier traitor Is
put to DEATH" said the colonel. THE
traitor stands blndfolded, and half a
dozen prlvates shoot at him stimuli
taneously. But perhaps you don't
know that each OF those privates.
though he take the most careful aim.
may afterward say without fear or
contradiction that the traitors blood
does not stain his hands This Is the
reason: Two Of the rifles for this ghaSt-
" shooting are always loaded with
blank cartridges. Then they are shut
fed. and no one knows which the
harmless ones are. The executioners
draw. and each is as like as not 10
draw a harmless gun. SO when they
shoot they can solace themselves WIN
the thought that maybe they are only
shooting blank cartridge at the poor
blindfolded wretch before them
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Think Lightly Of IL.

The road to home happiness Is sal
to lie over small stepping stones. :
small sometimes are the causes of on
unhappiness that We wonder the cohSt
ouences can be > great. Oae great pa
liative is the determination by ever
member Of the family not to CWc
on the circumstances, whatever tAv
may be. which are ALIKE SII u III. ]
IL be poverty let it be- cLcer,uiiy az
silently borne: if it be the III temper
grandpa try TO make JJ@e o. H. II
be something infinitely wJt>c AL
hopeless acceJ; 70 b.avelr: t' n'i p.
Of it. Try In the family r.~c. ID
1t. Accept every lit.le ea.i.c-.
cumstance. Let in ali The -..-i ...l.
Work Oh cheerily and hone ni!y. h-
ing that there is the ray o.. 81.
somewhere thIt his oaiy u ae IT,
for to be found
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
sGueezin= tic 81 -.

"In wine making said % ".n'
pert. "the grapes are siurt.'I ir'
one TO six times. and from each sInr'
a different grade of wine IS made.
That is why from one district a-
from one firm 80 many varicileS
wine come The varieties csIi 1912
that each is made lroM q uI"r-.
kind OF grape lie! ucjn. IS ID o.
that they are made from d."
squeezes OF the slre g-l~c The O..
squeeze OF cour~" make; tie best ..-
dearest wine. WhcI you buy th
grade you viii always fad Oh the lab
the words premier Cru. first squeeze
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Not Cheap.

Aged Husband-You are going u
ruin me with your extravaganza. You
don't need that cape any more than =
eat needs two tails. How often nave
told YOU never to buy anything be
rause it is cheap? Young Wife (wltl
an air Of one who has got the better oi
the argument,-But 1t was not cheap
II cost 10 guinoas.--London Fun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Advertisingg Ratefz :
The FIy That Bu,xed For MendeIssohn n

The following story is told OF the
music of the overture 10 "A Midsum-
mer Nights Dream" While Mendels-
sohn was deep in the making OF this
same fine overture he went riding one
day with friend. In order, after
awhile. TO rest their horses the two
boon companions dismOunted and
stretched themselves out under the
shade Of q great tree. Suddenly there
came an excited Hush" from the
great composer, who half arose very
cautiously. 4 large fly was buzzing
over them. and Mendelssobn was anX-
ious TO catch the true sound Of tie IN
sects hum as il gradually drifted
ther away Many days later when l..
overture mad been completed the artis'
called his friends attention 10 that
passage In progression where the vlO-
loncello modulates in the chord Of the
seventh OF the descending scale from
B minor TO + sharp minor. There.
that's the fly that buZZed past us at
Schonhausen." said MendelssOhn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
s,.rinr the smasher

81 told YOU" said the merchant, TO
mark this box Handle With care.
What's this nonsense you've painted
here?"
THAT" said the college graduate, Is
the Latin for Handle With Care.
How do you expect baggageman
TO understand thGtT'
"He won't and therefore he won ge'
mod and smash the box."-Philadel-
nllia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
TIne fo Chance.

II was at a table d'hote dinner at a
hill station in India that very young
officer Just up from the plains found
himself seated next to lady whom
he took for one Of the grass widows
common in those parts. He made him
self agreeable. but his neighbor seem
ed a good deal out OF spirits, so he
said sympathetically:
81 suppose you can't help thinking
Of your poor husband grllling down be
lowT
But the lady was a real widow, anc
when he learned that he changed hls
seat.-London answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Smoking n pipe.

The Canadian Cigar and Tobacco
Journal gives some hints to those VINO
smoke pipes. Everybody thinks lie
knows how to smoke pipe, but to do
II perfectly is not easy. Thine Is
KEYNOTE OF successful pipe smoking,
saws the Journal. land another Is gen
tleness. Take 1t easy Don't crowd
the pipe to the top Of the bowl. Never
get a pipe hot. Keep cool. and KEEP
your pipe cool You can relight pipe
and If you are IN old smoker you VIII
he all the better for II. When you
have finished do not refill heated
pipe"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01

A laughable error occurred in one o
the large publishing houses Il nCmbc
of years ago. \ poet had sent in
manuscript in which was the line. "Se
the pale martyr in Il sheet Of fire I'll
reputation Of the writer was neari.
ruined when the work came ont Wit
the line. "See the pale martyr with hi
shirt on fire"
When n favOrite speaker rose an'
was greeted with thunderous applaus
his party paper came out and said
THE vast concourse rent the air wit
their snouts."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Long sight.

The longest distance ever compassed
by human vision is lS3 miles, beng
the distance between the Uncompahgre
park. I'm Colorado, and Mount Ellen ID
I-tab. This feat was accomplished by
the surveyors of the United States
coast and geodetic survey, who were
engaged. IN conjunction with repre-
sentatives Of other nations, in making
a new measurement of the earth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
s,rccfIy said.

The influence of locality upon speech
Is Illustrated 10y reply received from
n Vermont farmer and quoted In me
Boston Herald. The old man had been
questioned In regard to the value OF an
estate left by one Of his nelghbors.
swaaI." said he. with great delibera-
ton. 1--WE cal'late he'll sugar of about
100000"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1907-02-01
Historic New loriS.

New York city has more points or
historical interest than any other city
ON the continent. there being scores OF
them. extending from Fort AmSter'
dam. where tie new cTStpm hoTsc
stands. at the Battery. on tie so".h.
TO Fort Cel~g, Fort Wash.aEt2H AMI
the Van Cortlan.t mano- hoLie o. Tie
north.