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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Comets.

We know positively that comets a.
tain their immense extension In space
OH account of the material comprising
them beiuS excessively tenuOuS, thin
ner than the lighlest tilmy haze or
summer. says Professor Harold Ja-
massive; they ;%e almost entirely with
out weight. And this we know with
certainty. because their arrival pro
dnces no perturbatIons Of motion
among the planets 1T the solar system.
while the imexorable lHws OF mechaD-
ical science tell us that massive
comet must surely disturb the usual
orderly planetary ortss. A comet
might. indeed. strike the earth. though
such a collision is most improbable
But even If 1t should ever occur the
visible effects would probably be no
greater than those produced occasion
ally by meteorites. or falling stars
The other possible danger from the
comet. the chance OF sutfocatiOn from
gases in the tail. is also negatlved By
actual observation. for ii is almost GER
tain that our earth did once pass
through q comets tail. and no one no
ticed it at the TINE. Only the subse-
Quent calculations OF astronomers
brought out the fact that the cometary
orbit and that Of the earth really had
common point OF intersection and
that both bodies occupied that point AZ
the same time.-New York American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
melodrama 20 Suit the Locality

In New York. Marry me and give
me those papers and you will receive
100000 in cash. Refuse and I'll toss
you from the Brooklyn bridge.
In Wilkesbarre. pa.-And you vii
receive seventy acres of richest an
thracite coal Refuse aud you 20 into
coal breaker! Choose!
In Denver.-And you will receive
1000 shares OF Umpste gold mining
stock. worth umpste dollars share
Refuse and you will be c-r-rrushed ii
a stamp mill to p-o-o-wder. Choose!
In Memphis. renn.-And you will re
ceive 10000 bales of finest cotton. Re
fuse and you 50 into the cotton gin
Choose.
In North Carolina. And you VIII re
ceive $4,000 barrels OF turpentine. Re
fuse and you shall be boiled IN resin
ChOoSe!-l'uck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Doubtful Praise.

A fulIback in a football team once
had the misfortune to put the ball
through his own goal. This regretta-
BILE error lost his side the game. and
he suffered agonies Of self reproach
on the long journey home.
I'm no more use than a chocolate
tootballer." he said to his sweetheart.
who had travelled many miles to see
him play. "a slip Of a boy from school
would have shaped better than did
Now. George | won't let you say
such horrid things about yourself"
declared his loyal sweetheart. You've
no idea how popular you are. | heard
a gentleman praising you up to the
skies this afternoon"
Never" emphatically exclaimed the
hcredulous player.
"Oh, but it's quite true" she said
proudly. He said you'd brought his
club the best bit Of luck they'd had for
ages. and he heartily wished You were
playing against them in every match. y
Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Menued Ris Manners.

A certain English officer is noted fox
hiS ready wit and uuckneSS ID rep
artcc. In the very carry days OF his
career he waS ordered tO Bombay and
was, at.achrI to the staa of the then
commandcr I'm CHIEF MS A. ID. G..
shortly after his arrival. at func-
tion at the government house, a new
military secretary who. In the con-
scious pride Of his new position. bad
a hearty contempt for subalterns of all
degrees. with a CLASSY stare through
his eyeglass offered him two fingers TO
shake.
The A. D. c.. quite unabashed. look
ed at him for a moment or two and
then said genially:
Hang il all. major, the governor
gives me th:ee!'
The whole room was convulsed. and
the military secretary. now colonel.
profted by the hint and mended his
manners. but he never forgave the n.
d. C.-LoudOn TitBits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Biornson's Advice.

There is story told of Bjornstjerne
Bjornson that. arriving at late hour
at the town of Bergen. which was en-
fpte To receive him. be vouchsafed TO
the expectant people no finer words
Of wisdom than general recommen-
dation to go 10 bed.
In vain they appealed to him Tor
song or sentiment" The great Bis
marck. said he. gave the same advice
under conditions all similar. and what
was good enough for Berlin must sur
fice for Bergen.
Three years later. on visiting the
town for the second time. the master
novelist found a deserted city. Not
light burned in the dismal railway
station. no banners waved. no address
cs were read by portly burgomasters'
In vain Bjornson asked for cab.
"They have all gone to bed was
the reply. And so Bergen remembered
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Anx;ous TRAVELLING.

A traveller in Russia noticed tnat tue
train be entered was all decorated
with flags and banners. and 0t every
station it passed stood company Oh
soldiers and a band playing the nation
ii anthem. Phe traveller asked
brakeman the reason Of all this cere-
mony. The brakeman. lowering MS
voice, replied:
81 don't mind telling you. sir r~out III
the strictest confidence. be II nhder-
stood-that carriage in this tram mas
been engaged for his majesty. bu' us
majesty, as a matter of fact. won I
set off TIL this evening. Thus the plot
hatched against him may take eneec
on this train, you see. and our gracious
sovereign will be saved.
The brakeman touched his cap ana
passed on. and the traveller. suddenly
grown pale and nervous. stared fron
the window anxiously.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Al American Grammar.

Robert r. Hit. who ut the time rep
resented our government in Paris as
a secretary of legation. went TO Egypt
In regard to a matter involving the
life Of Greek American subject. He
landed in Alexandria and went TO the
Hotel Europe and found the rooming
clerk busy assigning rooms TO the new
~ arrived passengers. q regular poly
glot in languages. lie heard him speak
Arabic. Greek. French. Italian and
German. So when II came Mr.. Hits
turn 10 register he iOcOsely said. do
you speak Americana The clerk
promptly replied: "A leetIe. Der vas
one American here lately who gave
me m American grammar" Mr.. Hit
asked TO have look at the book. The
clerk promptly told one Of the garcons
TO get the book out Of his room. and
while the book was being brought the
clerk said. DE grammar is phonetic"
When the book was brought. 10 and
behold. 1t was Il copy Of Petroleum
V. Nasby's letters. ID. Il. Locke while
n Egypt bad presented Il copy TO the
clerk. telling him it was an American
grammar
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
7. 4. gre s.udent's Story.

- D.. y.. mood | once captured a
nest cf Ihrcc young tlrushes. | put
them in Kilt cage by IN open win
dow. and their mother came and fed
them regularly with worms and grass
hopperS."
The speaker. a nature student sigh
ed
The mother" he resumed. must
have expected her little ones TO be
soon liberated. She fed them. as L
said. regularly for three days on flesh
food Then one evening at sunset she
appeared with sprig OF green In her
mouth. She thrust the gisen in
through the gilt bars. Then. singing
sweet. sad song. she few away.
And she never came back. Her off
spring the next morning lay dead. side
by side. on the bottom of the cage.
The sprig 'sbe had brought them.
which was nearly consumed. was a
sprig OF the deadly larkspur. Free
dom or death. Death or freedom"
That IS what must have been the bur-
den of her farewell song"
The narrator paused. and from his
listeners a low murmur arose. a muir
mur perhaps of sympathy. perhaps OF
angry disbelief.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
MIntcr Homes Folder:
'' Season 19t0-l9ll,

1t is suggested that any OF our % To- 10.
ers who desire to entertain Doar"e'
for the ensuing winter months iurni'"
Mr.. L. S. Brown, General Agen.'
Southern Railway, 100 fliteeh'n o..
N. w, Washington, D C.' immeul@,0 '',
information as to name OF resort,
post Office address at or near . We
station. what distance from ',a''oD' ~
conveyance from station to house
number of guests, terms per u'''
week and month. ,he
We all would be pleased TO see .ns
country full of boarders nexs W.T. IN
and would be glad if this notice WIZ VIZ
induce increased number OF person, ~,
who will accommodate them ioi "
coming winter months. u,.
This information should reacn ~
Brown not later than Augus' iSs
1910. as the folder goes TO press :, :,
Augus, srd and any requests recel'e' :
later than the lst will .no' De a''0 "
be inserted
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
rh, FRS. Patent on Matches.

BEFORE 1888, when wooden natcnes
with phosphorus were made IN VIENNA,
people were dependent upon h'nt anu
steel 70 secure light. The irst PAT
ent for a phosphorus match ~ tne
limited States was taken ont IN 10"
by A. ID. Philips of Springfield. MaSs'
For many years people refused to use
them. but by lS45 the Ill smelling anu
clumsy old tinder boxes were seueraiiy
discarded and are preserved. IKE snuu-
boxes, as curiosities.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05


The hnan-i,d buulcn which Mnik
Twain carried >nu.r lrJrS ago weighed
nn his mind hcavili I'm those ~"
ments of dr>p"nden.y there VAS one
tact:ul friend Who c,m'd makTthe hu-
moriSi forget his !rHiJlr>. Ills WaS
Dan Beard. iic artist VII" illustrated
some Of Twain'S i"wkS
Dan Beard. iirr" - u" tonic 'hhi
can equal the coinlmny al clperlui
man" said the hamOriSt aS he entered
the artists studio.
"Ah. but have such Il pleasant SUD-
iect TO work upon that am not III
need OF either man or tonic tof III!
cheerfulnesS." retortcd the artist
BEG pardon: II is that need the
tonic. and that is why ! am here.
said Twnin fnrlOrnlv.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
a Startling Hat.

4 ladys hal which would no douo'
.r.,fc ~ -rrnt n sensation today rs u
e'J M ihr time Of It's first appear"u'e
- Ia5. wns that worn by Blanche dc
Henrl,on. queen uf Castle. Wiie -
Peter the cruel. II cost t31 anu was
.,.a,. in Paris. The hat itself was
,onposed OF de chypre ana fe''''e'
win great pearls. garnets and enan'e'
work Children. carved In the whi'es'
of ivory. we're depicted picking acornS
OF pearIs from the oak aud sc'l''sr'ps
,hom ,o the swine below. Birus were
singing IN the trees. and Ak tne ioo'
wore bees steallng honey from tn'
Gowers springing up from the verouis
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Wells In India.

The question OF wells in India i
complicated by the coeXistence In each
community of two castes-the puref
aindoos and Gonds Oh the one hand
the weavers on the other. No weaver
may draw from the we'll OF the Hln
docs lest IL be detiled. nor VIII the
Hindoo drink from the hands or the
well of weaver. Thus ii becomes nee
essary either TO dig two wells or tt
depute a certain number OF the HindO'
element TO give water TO their less ez
alted fellow villagers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05

Western Relative. well, Wehoe"'
what was the score today: Little b"s-
TON Boy Really. | do not know rs u
not YOUR opinion. Uncle willia'n. ihae
the theism of Clement and Atimnaslis
furnishes much more tenaoIe OASIS
for a rationa. theory or creation than
Is afforded by that of Ausustine!-'
Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Almost Human.

"Oh. George" tearfully exclaimed hh
wife, meeting him at the door, "tha
parrot you brought home the othel
day
whats the matter with himT ask
ed Mr. Ferguson.
IL don't know. He won't tell me
When ask him what the trouble i
ne lust swears dreadfully. y."-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05

The frs; year after EHiriag' m"i
holds nis wi:o fonIly. the second ytt
he holds the laby awiwar1ly. AMI O.
ery year aft"~ tlat IL holds Ills iope'
.nua.li.T.-.i' lie Vows
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05

lrate Passeneer-l believe you're
driving over every stone in the road!
Oliver waaI. sir. II takes purIy
good driver 10 hit 'em ALL Boston
Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
a Briqht Boy.

"The gentlemen who came to see
daddy said was one OF the most in
telligent children they ever saw" sald
little Jack.
Indeed" said the proud mother.
Did you rccite Little Drops or wa
ter for lhem?"
Nm 1 refused. london Mail.
The Real Trouble. :.
"Woman'S ignorance OF cooking j.
,he banc uf married life"
"Xo: it's woman's ignorance OK nei
lrnoraure of cooking."-Boston Tran
clflbt. "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
UNIVERSITY oF'VlRcINiA

Head of Public School System OF
Virginia
Letters. Science. Law. Medicine, Ensineerin'
LOAN FUNDS AVAILABLE
10 needy and deserving students. $40.
covers all costs TO Virginia students
10 the Academic Departments. Send
for catalogue. 49,
HOWARD WINSTON. Registrar,
University Postoffice, Va.
May I3-2mo.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
Shenandoah Herald
ADVERrIsINe RATES

RDVERTIsINS RATES
Advertisements will be inserted
at One Dollar per square of ten
lines or less, for the frst..insertion
and 80 cents for each subsequent
Insertion.
Eg Quarterly or yearly adver
iisements by contract.
FI'Unless the number OF inser-
tions Is marked upon the manu-
script, advertisements will be pub
lished until forbidden and charged
accordingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05
BUSTER.

This Great Speed Stallion will make
the season of 1910 from Edinburg, Va.
to Strasburg, Va.
"BUSTER" is the best saddle and
the fastest driving horse in the Val
/ y.
TERMS: Will insure colt to stand
Nm and suck for $500. Parting
with mare forfeits insurance.
will not be responsible for acci-
dents.
For further particulars write TO
II. 5. BARHAM
Edinburg, Va.
GEO. LITTON, Mgr,
\r,rch IS Woodstock, Va
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1910-08-05

We ,e MAKING Additions to Our List all the time II you
do not find on this SUPPLEMENT what you want
Write TO Us and Tell Us Just what you Want
and we will Find it for YOU
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08

In his defense of "Our Policies
mine and Aldrich's-the thing of most
probable truth was Mr.. Taft's admis-
sion that the people are likely to re-
turf a vote of want of confidence In
the administration at the fall cleo
ton.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08
Roosevelt and the Tariff.

1t would be hard to imagine any
thing more absurd than the expecta'
ton that Mr.. Roosevelt will return
from South Africa belted and spurred
for a crusade against the tariff, seeing
that no one ever showed dex'
terity in evading that issue at its ev'
cry presentation. Disappointment
at the tariff result is admittedly wide,
and it is probably growing, but those
who look for denunciatory fireworks
from MI. Roosevelt must have particu
larly bad political memories. If prece
dents have any value, the tariff re
formers should thank the fates that
Mr.. Taft was at the White House in
stead of Mr.. Roosevelt. They did al
least get more sincere declarations
upon the subject, and this is more
than Mr.. Roosevelt ever gave them
San Francisco Argonaut.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08
THINKS TOO MUCH OF PARTY
Public Utterances of President Taft
Have Not Shown Him to be
a Statesman.

Ever since he first apologized for
the Aldrich-Taft tariff on the ground
that 1t was the best measure he could
secure from congress without dividing
Republicans and endangering the
G.. o. p, President Taft has urged
party solidarity on any and every oc-
casiOn.
His utterance at the Hamilton club
was no exception to the rule he has
apparently set for himself in this
matter.
In Mr.. Taft's estimation Republican
unity is of greater Importance than
wise lawmaking. He believes himself
to be president of the Republican
party and president of the United
States second. He considers govern
ment as a function for the benefit of
~offlceholders and not for the people.
The Taft idea that 1t is more impor-
tant to retain public offices for Re-
publican office holders than to provide
good government at risk of party fail
ure closely affects not only every man
In office, but every man, irrespective
Of party, who hopes to obtain office.
The Journal does not believe that
this country has reached such a stage
of Imperialism that the people ap-
prove any plan to retain one set of
officeholders forever, or contemplate
with %equanimity the prospect of a rul-
ing class as distinguished from private
citizens.-Chicago Journal.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08
Nonsense Still Survives,

The elaborate piece of nonsense
known as weighing the mails for the
purpose of adjusting the railroad con
tracts has just been carried out again
after the usual lapse of four years.
Let us hope that this is for the last
time and that it was done without the
concealment of grindstones, stray
messenger boys, and other unconsid-
cred but weighty trifes of a like kind.
The system may have been all very
well when the mail consisted of a few
bags piled up In a mail car, but that it
should survive to the present day goes
a long way to prove the Immortality
of fOolishness.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08
TRUSTS CAUSE HIaH PRICES
Governor HadIey Shows How Tariff
HasrBeen Responsible for tho
Squeezing. Of the Consumer!

In trying to locate the blame in the
present high prices of living It must
be remembered that as a general prop,
ositiOn 1t is true that no general eco
nomic condition is due to any one
cause The Industrial trust has, how
ever, had q very important influence
in bringing about the increase In the
cost of the necessities of life. For
these combinations have, in effect, re-
pealed the law of supply and demand
and done away with the old theory
that competition is the life of trade"
A concrete example will serve as an
illustration:
In 1896. oil was selling in st. Louis,
Mo-, for 6h cents a gallon. Ten years
later, at the time / instituted suit In
the name Of the state of Missouri
against the STANFORD OIL trust, 1t was
selling for 91a cents a gallon, and dur
ing this period the production Of crude
petroleum throughout the country had
almost doubled, with a consequent de-
crease In price, and the production In
the Kansas and Oklahoma oil fields
had increased from 81 1000 barrels in
1901 to 10000. 900 barrels .ip 1906, and
its price had declined from $1.20 a
barrel in 1901 to 40 cents a barrel in
1906. The competition made possible
as a result Of this litigation brought
about a reduction in the price Of oil
In the state Of Missouri from az
cents In 1906 to 6h cents in 1908.
The same condition that existed in
the oil business has existed, to a GER
tain extent, in the fixing of the price
of live stock and the price, of beef.
The increase in the price Of cattle has
not yet kept pace with the increase In
the price of beef. This fact demon
strates that the same influences have
operated in this industry as in the oil
business.-Gov. H. S. Hadley, in The
Delineator.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08
HAVE SEEN
ELECTION IN MASSACHUSETTS
SHOWS TEMPER OF VOTERS.
Victory Of Eugene N. Foss Presases
Democratic Triumph In the Com
Ing struggIe-New Tariff Bill
to BE Repudiated.

If President Taft has doubted the
attitude of the people Of the United
States toward the Aldrich-Taft tariff.
his doubts should be dispelled by the
election Of Eugene N. Foss, with a
Democratic majority Of 5,640, in the
Fourteenth Massachusetts congress
sional district, to succeed a man who
was chosen by a Republican plurality
Of 14.250 two years ago
Mr.. Foss made his campaign on a
straight tariff issue. His sweeping
victory Is a protest against the Aid
richrTaft law and a reputation of the
Republican party by the inner temple
of republicanism.
Senator Lodge led the fight against
Mr.. Foss. President Taft himself took
part in the campaign, making a spe-
cial trip to Providence, and defending
the tariff in a public speech within a
few miles of the battlefield.
There was no local issue. The tar.
if alone was in contest; the voters OF
the Fourteenth district emphatically
expressed their dislike and distrust OF
the tariff and it's sponsors.
The Aldrich-Taft tariff and the Re
publican party are ~discredited in the
very cradle of protection. Republican
grand dukes and tariff barons are de-
fed by their own followers. The com
mon people are in open revolt against
the interests. The vassals have
turned against their feudal lords.
When such a popular uprising oc.
ours within the very shadow of the
Sacred Goldfish that hangs on Beacon
hill there Is not a doubt of Democratic
victory all over the country at the
congressional elections this fall.
The real insurgents are not in con-
gress. They are the people. An In
surgent populace does not with good
grace withhold its hand, once nerved
by victory. The example Of the Bay
state Is inspiring. 1t does not require
an a of unusual keenness to detect
the rumbling of the tumbrils, bearing
the flower Of our standpat a~ristocracy
to the political guillotine, where the
voter with the ballot-ax will admins
ter the coup de grace.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08
A Thinq to Be Considered.

Los Angeles Times, speaking for
the Republican party, says Mr.. Taft
will be a two-term president. What
the Republican party, speaking for 1t
self may say, remains to be seen. Per
haps Mr.. Taft may receive a second
nomination. Judge" n of the lead
ing national Republican organs, is al
ready %conceding the defeat of the Re
publican party. But it is too early to
prophesy. A great deal depends on
the dinner-pail. Unless that useful ar
ticle is r%eplenished and is kept well
filled, the Republican organization will
find itself in a hopeless popular mi
nority.-Boston Globe (Rep.).
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08
Campaign Publicity.


After gathering dust for months.
Representative McCall's bill providing
for compulsory publicity for congress
sional campaign contributions and ex-
penses has been rescued from the
committee pigeon-hole where 1t has
been held up The bill Is strictly in
line with the recommendations made
by Mr.. Taft In his message to con.
gress at the beginning Of the present
session, but even as an administra.
ton measure 1t was deliberately
sighted. Only the pressure brought
to bear by persons not engaged in
politics saved it from being sup
pressed. ,'..,
Campaign managers Of Mr.. Taft's
W party In the last congressional
elections refused to publish their &C
counts. How much money was raised
to elect a majority of the house of
representatives which was about tn
revise the tariff, who contributed ii
and how 1t was spent, is still a secret.
1t Is still a scandal that while one
campaign committee rendered a fair
statement, another of the same party
concealed the facts.
Mr.. Taft has wisely urged that there
shall be an end of such methods. Pub.
lie sentiment strongly supports him.
Another congressional campaign Is ap.
preaching. If the leaders of congress
seek to stave off action until next
winter or later they will have no ex'
cuse to offer except that they believe
the secret use of money to be neces-
sary to their party's success.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08
President and Press.

The presidents criticisms OF the
newspapers arc not highly edifying
The newspapers as a whole satisfy the
demands that are made upon them by
the public.
II ofice-holders would attend as
closely to business as most Of the
newspapers do, and come as near full.
filing their promises and obligations
to the people, they would not have
much reason to find fault with their
surroundings.
The Grenada sentinel. [volume] (Grenada, Miss.) 1868-1955, 1910-04-08

Teamwork needed" says Mr.. Taft.
But he and Mr.. Aldrich seem to be
playing In together beautifully.