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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
ROOT SAYS He ACCEPTED.

Washington, May Ex-senator
Root, of New York, On his return to
Washington from New York, confirmed
the report that he had accepted the
nomination as temporary chairman
of the Republican National Conven-
ton and would act if elected.
II look upon it as an irksome task"
said the Senator, who has been select
ed for the keynote speech of the con-
vention. ''but 1 nevertheless wired
Harry S. New that would accept"
Senator Root intimated with smile
that the Chicago convention might be
very lively affair and that the fight
ing will start at the door.
do you look for Mr.. Roosevelt to
bolt if he fails to win the nomination.
He will not bolt if he is nominal
ed,' said MIR. Root with the wisdom
of Delphic oracle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
Modern Miracle.

The patient was a man n years old,
with a cataract of eight years stand
ing. While at work in his garden one
day the patient had occasion to rub
his right eye several times on account
of sweat which had trickled into It..
He awoke next morning to find that
the sight of his right eye was re-
stored. His wife and neighbors also
remarked that his eye no longer look
ed gray. On examination by a doc,
tor five days later nothing was to be
seen Of the lens till the patient looked
down, when 1t was seen az a gray,
shining body floating In the vitreous
humor at the bottom of the eye.
where it moved with the movements
of the eye.--The Lancet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
ACT NOT ON THE PROGRAM
Dogs Instinct True, Even Though
Scene He Witnessed Was Of
Make-BeIleve Order.

Hereafter" said New York COM
muter, when l attend a moving pic
ture show. will take pains to see that
my collie Jack is securely fastened at
home. The other evening Jack con-
trived to get past the ticket-taker and
followed me to my seat. He was quiet
and interested with.the various scenes
until highway robbery. was thrown
upon the screen. Then he became rest
less and began to whine.
when the actors were seen creep
ing near their intended victim he
.growled. | ciutched his collar, but
when the man was actually attacked
Jack barked and, breaking away from
me, dashed up the aisle, bounded over
the orchestra railing and did his best
to spring upon the pictured robbers.
He wanted to tear them to pieces. I
don't know what he would have sue
ceeded in doing If there had been no
interference. Somebody had presence
of mind to turn on the lights. That
made the pictures fade and Jack, still
growtaling, rejoined me where / was
sitting. Jack has no use for robbers.
and a pictured one is just as had to
him as the reality"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
Artist Two Years Old interviewed
by ReDOrter

London, May 49, Master David
walton, whose pictures are now on
view at the exhibition of the ROYAL
drawing Society in Piccadilly,is prob
ably the youngest artist in the world.
he Is Two years and ten months old.
inns distinguished artist granted
MS hrst newspaper interview to a re-
porter who was at the same time for
IunaIe enough to be OF some slight as
slstance in repairing a drawing i'm.
lement. Master Walton was seated in
his studio which is for The present the
nursery In his fathers house at Ted
dington and which he consents to
share with his less illustrious brother,
John.
1t is bwokenni he said, ruefully.
holding up his pencil and as the dam
age was being repaired he removed
the artists overall which concealed
regulation masculine attire.
1t is hard To say whether David,s
ripper years will be devoted to paint
ing or mechanics. At the age of ele-
ven months he handled his pencil. in
the endeavOr to represent what he
called "moke' from his fathers pipe
and ever since his bent has been for
drawing things and machinery.
I'VE are leaving David to deve. Cd
very much of his own line," Mrs.
Walton said, land his keen powers of
observation are, of Course, encourag-
ed, He is fonder of drawing than
anything else, and his favorite TOYS
are engines. Any piece of machinery
attracts him, and he loves to draw in
tricate springs and moving wheels"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31

PSYCHOLOGY OF DRESSING UP|
Fancy Dress Balls Supply Cravings
Of Ignored Nature, According
to Observer.

The extraordinary vogue Of the
fancy dress ball OF late years-espe-
cially when 1t Is one Of monster d.
mensions-is one of the straws which
show which way the wind Of national
character is blowing.
For 1t is not only tho young and
curly who throng these gay scenes,
but serious people Of middle age, Of
exalted position, and even Of advanced
years.
I fancy this rage for Dressing up"
appeals to something profound and In
stinctive in human nature. II you
look with observant eyes at the trav-
estied figures around you. you will
discover that the dress chosen is sym
bolical Of secret aspiration, a
thwarted desire, an unacknowledged
ambition.
Thus, the young man who must cen
Sit on an office stool year in, year out,
will brazen It as a pirate, or in the
sauciest Of cavalry uniforms.
The British matron will put on the
.dounces and languors Of the Travi-
alta, or the striped stockings and mob
cap of soubrette.
So. also, you shall see ladies Of high
degree scantily attired as BacchanteB,
and leading Dionysian dances, while
the soldier or lawyer will impersonate
Pierrot. and girls Of flighty manners
In privats life appear, with downcast
lds az pprifapc Or pupa
Perhaps some such outlet for poor
human nature, which Is squeezed into
grooves for which 1t is often Ill fitted,
fs kind Of safety valve which ought
to be encouraged.
Nature is said to take terrible re-
venges on those who steadily ignore
her. The putting on of motley Is an,
innocent form Of occasionally obeyingI
her behests.-London Sketch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Premier Carrier Of the South
Schedule between Washington, Alex.
andria, Woodstock and Harrisonburg
In Effect May II, 1912.
N. B.-Following schedule figures
published only as Information and
are not guaranteed.
WESTBOUND-from Woodstock.

WESTBOUND-fr Woodstock.
No. lz3- Mixed-Except Sunday
7:O1 a. N. Local for Barrisonburg
Arrive HarrisoEburg 1915.
No. 4o-Dai 'y-1:10 p. m. Loca
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg 2:55 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. I3-Except Sunday-7:29 p. m
Limited for Harrisonburg, stopping
at Edinburg. Nit. Jackson, New Mar
ket and Broadway. Arrive Harrison
burg 900 p. m Buffet Parlor Car.
No. 2I7-Except Sunday-8:55 p. m
Local for Harrisonburg. Arrive
Harrisonburg 1925 p. m.
EASTBOUND-fr Woodstock.
No '4-Except Sunday 500 a. m.
Limited for Alexandria and Washing
ton. Arrive Washington 1855 a. m
Buffet Parlor Car.
No. % -Daily-4:26 p. IN. Local
for Alexandria and Washington
Arrive Washington $40 p. m. Buffet
parlor Car.
No 21o Except Sunday $40 D. m.
Local from Harrisonburg to Stras-
burg. Arrive Strasburg S:45 p. m.
Nos - and IA connects at Manas-
saS with Nos. Ill and u to and from
Warrenton.
No IA connects at Manassas with
Main Line Fast Mail Train No 43 for
principal point South.
Trains 2l7 and Is in connection with
Main Line Train No 10 between
Orange and Manassas affords good
service from Richmond via G. Il o,
Railway and Gordonsville.
L q. COAPMAN, Nice-President and
Gener al Manager.
S. Il. HARDwICK, Passenger Traffic
Manager.
H. F. CARY, General Passenger Agt.
L. S. BROWN, General Agent, Wash
ington, ID. &.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
Chess, and the Game of Life.

An Indian philosopher thus describes
chess: st is representative con-
test, bloodless combat, an image not
only Of actual military operation, but
of that greater warfare, which every
son of the earth, from the cradle to
the grave. is continually waging-the
battle of life" One sees clearly that,
even going back to its birth, the par
allelism between chess and men ex-
lists, for does anybody know just when,
where and how the first man appeared
on earth? Also, is it not a fact that
mans attributes and nature have re-
manned unchanged throughout CEN
turtles, and that chess was played
much in the same way, each chess
man moving in it's allotted manner
even five thousand years ago?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
SCRAWL NO ONE COULD READ
Valuable Manuscript Left by Colonel
Burnaby Defied the Efforts
of Experts.

1t was stated at the time Of Colonel
Burnaby's death that he had left be.
hind him the manuscript Of a novel.
for which there was considerable com.
petition among the publishers.
This is quite true. The manuscript,
a bulky parcel. was handed to me
with discretionary power either to
publish it myself or to use it in con-
nection with the proposed biography.
Here singular and, as it finally
proved, fatal obstacle presented It.
self. Familiar for many years with
Burnaby's handwriting, I could not
after diligent endeavor make out more
than sentence here and there on the
crowded page Of manuscript.
Burnaby's writing was. possibly
with the exception Of Dean Stanley's.
the worst I ever saw. 1t looked as II
before sitting down to write letter
he had pulled twig out OF the hedge,
mixed little backing and then gone
ahead.
He wrote the whole Of his ride to
Khiva" and his ride on Horseback
Through Asia Minor" with his own
hand. But before they reached the
printer they were fairly written out
by copyist.
The hapless man used to make out
as much as he could, then leave
blanks, for filling up which he had to
seek the assistance OF the author.
Sometimes there were more blanks In
q page than words.
Despairing of making anything Of
the manuscript Of the novel, 1t was
submitted to publisher, who turned
upon. 1t his most skillful decipherist.
Neither head nor tail could be made
of the manuscript and the intention
Of publishing the novel was conse-
Quently abandoned.-8irH II. w. Lncev,
in Cornhil Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
Sense of Smell.

The tenth part of a grain of musk
will continue for years to fill room
with its odoriferous particles, and at
the end Of that time it will not be ap-
,preciably diminished in weight
A cubic inch Of air arising from the
fame Of a Bunsen burner has been
found to contain no fewer than four
hundred and eighty-nine million dust
particles.
A drop Of blood that might be sus-
pended from the point Of needle con-
tains about a million of red corpuscles.
Yet, although matter is so marvel
ously divisible, the olfactory nerves
are infinitely more sensitive. Much
yet remains to be investigated with
reference to these nerves which dis
criminate with such apparently mi
'raculous accuracy.-Harper's Weekly,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
Her Kitchen Alarm.

A New York man was startled last
Sunday to hear an alarm clock in 40
ton, for the hour was precisely l p. M
Il thought the alarm clock was up
stairs" he said to his wife.
Without replying. she hurried to
tie kitchen. Soon returning, she ex
planned her haste. II made suet
pudding this morning" she said, land
put It into the oven at nine o'clock.
The recipe used stated that it should
steam four hours and no longer.
was afraid might forget 1t, so |
brought down the alarm clock and set
It to go of at one. The plan worked
beautifully, for the pudding is done
Just right"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
He'd Have to Pay.

A story was told the other day in
Washington, apropos Of a very arti-
fetal and self-conducted boom:
Blank, you know, was to visit his
state last week. Well, friend said
to him, just before he set off:
"T suppose they will give you a
magnificent ovation, Mr. Blank
BLANK frowned. twisted his mus
tache, and answered in nervous alb
sentminded way:
well. I don't know. My bank &C.
count has sunk terribly low of late :"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
paradoxIeal pIspIay.

Miss Mary Garden. at dinner at
ehsrry's in New York. said Of beau
tiful girl who was wearing one Of the
ultra-decollete dinner gowns OF the
1912 season:
when you sec pretty girl In such
. low out gown ~ that you have .
remarkable paradox before you-the
paradox Of q person who displays
s1multansously very bad taste an1
~ - eoE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31

One of Ayers Pills at bedtime will cause
an increased flow OF bile and produce 4
gentle laxative effect the day following.
Formula on each box. Show it to your
doctor. He will understand at glance.
Dose. one pill at bedtime, just one.
Made by the !. O. AVER CO., Lowell. Mass.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-05-31
Years
uithCoughs

We have had seventy years
of experience with Ayers
Cherry Pectoral. This
makes us have great conf
dence in it for coughs, colds,
bronchitis, weak Threats, and
weak lungs. We want you
to have confidence In it, as
well. Ask your own doctor
what experience he has had
with it. He knows. Keep
in close touch with him.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
sWEDEs MAY TURN SURPRISE
Trainer Hjsrtberg Says Scandinavian
Olympic Athletes Look and Are &
Much Interested In Work. Ri,

Ernest w. Hjertberg, the trainer,
Who Is in his native country shaping
up the Swedish talent for the nth
Olympiad, which is to be held In
Stockholm from June 20 to July %,
writes to a New York friend that he
has strong hopes Of his pupils winning
the laurels.
Hjertberg was successful as trainer
for the l. A. c., tho N. Y. A. G.. and
Columbia university. When he had
charge of the college boys they won
pretty much everything.
The Swede was selected last sum.
mer by the committee formed in Swed.
en- to arrange for the Olympic games
Of 1912, and it was a proud day for
Hjertberg when he went home to un.
dertake his patriotic task. It was like
coming into his own, a contamination
that he had not foreseen when he came
to America, because there was here q
better field for his athletic instruction
than in Scandinavia.
The trainer writes as follows: II
actually think: that the Swedes are 60.
ing to win the majority of the events. l
never saw any men come up SO fast,
and the pride and patriotism they
show In their work, the care they take
OF themselves and their obedience
show how much in earnest they are.
THE world will be surprised in
1912" :' .,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
REAL BILL NYE IN BASEBALL
Tip o'NeilI, President Of Western
League, Tells Humorous Story Of
Player Who Sought Release.

Tip O'Neill, president of the West.
ern league, says he knows of a real
humorist who is a young ball player
not yet out of the minor leagues. He
said this young Bill Nye appeared be-
fore the board of arbitration Of minor
leagues and aired his grievances as
follows: 49,. = &c.,.
II played in this league in 1910. At
the close of the season discovered
they owed me for eleven. days pay.
When I went after my back pay they
said they would let me know about it
the next day. After thinking over it
day they told me they had paid me
and they got me to thinking the same.
II played in that league again in
1911. They owed me for nineteen
days back pay. When I went to them
they said they would think it over.
They thought over it two days this
time and then got me to thinking the
same thing. Since then, however, the
more have thought it over the more
convinced I have become that they
not only owed me for eleven days in
1910, but for nineteen days in 1911.
"Now, your honors, don't ask that
this back pay be ordered up. All
do ask is that. be declared a free
agent and be released from this 'hyp.
motto league" -. .e.,s..z.s.s.,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
WORKING HOURS OF WOMEN
Several States Have Passed Laws
Limiting Them to sixty Hours
or less q Week,

During their last session the leeIsla-
lures of several states passed new
laws regulating the number Of work
Ing hours for women. South Carolina
passed a law limiting them to 60 per
week in mercantile houses and the
textile mills, of which there are so
many in the state.
In Ohio and Massachusetts, q 81
hour bill has been enacted. The Ohio
bill applies to everything excepting
hotels and mercantile establishments.
Utah and Missouri have also passed
nine-hour laws, says Health Culture.
The ten-hour law which the leglsla-
ture of Illinois enacted in 1909 is en-
larged so as to include practically
every kind of establishment where
women are employed.
Wisconsin has established a S.
hour week, excepting night work,
which is less. Minnesota has strength
ened it's ten-hour law by extending the
penalty for violation SO as to include
manufacturing and mechanical estab-
lishments. The states Of Washington
and California have passed eight-hour
day laws for women. The law of
Washington applies to the usual mer-
camille and mechanical establish
ments, restaurants, hotels and laun-
dries, but the California act applies
also to telegraph, telephone, express
and transportation offices.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
TO THE. WAYS OF THE WILD
Timid Doe Finds There 10 Some Good
After All in the White 5ipeds
Of tho City.

The heart of q deer, a poor, timid,
pretty little doe, must have been near
to bursting with gratitude a few
days ago. Somewhere up among the
pines in the moonlight she must sure
~ have found way, dumb brute
though she is, to tell her companions
Of the antlered tribe how good after
all are the white bipeds of the city
when the hunting season is over.
Out of the. maelstrom of queer
sights and scenes of snorting, putting
monsters that ran on wheels and ut
tered terrifying metallic sounds in
which she found herself she was trans
ported back to her native environ
ment-in motor car.
Poor, little trembling creature. She
shook and covered and looked as
though she were gazing upon the end
from her great liquid eyes. They took
her back to the mountains, loosened
their hold upon the soft neck and said
to her: Go, little girl
She hesitated minute. then, realiz-
Ing what to her was doubtless some
thing beyond all belief, she sprang from
the tonneau of the motor car and
In three bounds was out of sight.
Whatever caused the animal to stray
into the city from some one of the
nearby canyons no one knows.-Los
Angeles Times.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
PROFESSOR WAS THE LIMIT
Which Goes to Show That Wives
Should Be Careful About Overbur.
deninQ Husbands Mind.

The people didn't merely look ut
Professor Branefog they stared. He
knew he was absent minded at times,
and he wondered whether he had rub
bed his face with boot polish instead
Of cold cream after he had shaved, or
whether he had forgotten to- change
his dressing gown for his frock coat.
But q kind policeman put things
right.
Are you aware, sir, that. you are
carrying joint Of beef in your arms 2"
he asked.
Goodness, met" said the professor.
Il knew something was wrong. NY
wife told me to put her Sunday hat
on the bed, to place this joint in the
oven, and to take tho baby and the
dog out for walk
You've not put the baby In the
oven, surely, !" said the laws guardian.
. put something In IT, said Brane-
fog; "but I don't know whether It
was the baby or the dog. .
With bated breath they hurried to
the professors house. Here. on the
bed lay the baby and the dor. but
II was just 90 had for Branefog. It vas
bis wife's Sunday hat that was 81 the
0yenl
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
SHE MAY NOT WEAR JEWELRY
Princess Mary Is Fond Of It but Must
Eschew It Until She 10
Seventeen. .-. ..=

Though Princess Mary is very fond
OF jewelry she is not allowed to wear
any ornament except string of per.
fectly matched pearls on state occa.
sions and a little gold chain. and
locket which contains a piece Of white
heather in the home circle. The
pearls were her mothers gift to her
at the time of the coronation, and
the locket was presented to her by
the Prince of Wales, who bought ii
when he was at Cowes for the regat,
ia.
+ Queen Mary has let it be understood
that no one is to give Princess Mary
jewelry of any sort till she is II, and
before the royal party left for the
Durbar the queen repeated her wishes
on the score.
The princess has confessed to some
of the ladies of the court that she
does not mind not having rings and
pins and chains, but that she yearns
for long gold earrings set with ru
bies and diamonds and that when she
is II she hopes set will be given her.
and IT not she will buy them herself,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
cHokED BIG DOG TO DEATH
New York Truck Driver Fought Vic
lous Newfoundland and Saved
Several School Children.

With his bare hands. Harry Edise,
II years old, fought and choked to
death Newfoundland dog, which had
attacked several school children. Only
the heroic work of Edise saved the
children from being mangled by the
savage animal, but he himself was
badly bitten.
Edise is truck driver. He was
driving in Hinsdale street when he
saw a group of children on their way
from school at the noon hour, run
ming and screaming. Following them
was a great black dog, swapping at
the little ones, but fortunately failing
to fasten his teeth in any of them.
Edise was without weapon of any
kind, but he leaped from his truck,
ran at the dog and kicked him. The
brute Immediately turned it's attention
to it's assailant and leaping at Edise
fastened it's teeth In his left arm.
Edise succeeded in breaking the hold
when the dog again seized him, this
time catching the fingers of his left
hand.
With his free hand Edise grabbed
the dog by the throat and despite it's
struggles, held on. The choking
forced the animal to release it's grip
on the left hand of Edise, and he
threw the beast to the sidewalk, knelt
on 1t to prevent It squirming loose,
and while q great crowd gathered
and stood helnless ha chnLad +h.
animal to death.-New York Globe,
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
LUMBERJACKs AID TWO WOMEN
Give Money to One Ill; Chop Wood
for Other. /


That, the -maligned and dis
credited northern Minnesota ''lum-
berjack'' has reformed, to large ex-
tent, is shown by the men who are
employed in the logging camp of Page
& Hill, at Whitefish Junction, near
Nebish, twenty miles north of Bemid-
il, where logging operations are be-
ing carried on, where intoxicating
liquor is not allowed, and where the
holiday spirit has prevailed for two
weeks and been examplified by many
charitable acts. Page & Hill are en-
ploying IS to 40 men in the woods
and thirty-fve men at the landing
point: The lumberjacks passed the
hat at a dance participated in. by
settlers and Woodsmen and raised
1920 to be used in sending Andrew
Edwards, a settler living near White
fish, east for medical treatment. The
lumberjacks also went to the home
of Mrs. Edwards and hauled a large
quantity of wood to keep her and her
children warm. -. H.
The Bemidji daily pioneer. [volume] (Bemidji, Minn.) 1904-1971, 1912-01-08
Persian Waddinns.

Tying the matrimonial knot is 8
very prolonged and serious affair In
Persia. In fact, wedding may ex
tend for week. On the last day OF
the wedding the bride, who has been
treated as sort Of outcast, Is con
Quoted by near relative to a room,
where she undergoes further and
more elaborate decoration.
She then returns to the guest-room
and her dowry Is laid before her In
trays. The dowry often comprises
such queer things as cheap and high.
ly.colored oleographs, gaudy vases,
btrdcages and many useful household
articles. Having kissed the hearth
stone of her home, she is then given
bread, salt, and a piece of gold, and
thus equipped and closely yelled she
Is hoisted on to gaily-adorned DON
key and, accompanied by a circus.
like procession of friends. goes to her
future home, where her husband
awaits her.