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The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

it during his seven years in the white
house. President Taft has been en-
forcing the Sherman law vigorously
and that's all that any president
could do until some man comes along
with a better solution than has vet
been offered by any person-citizen
or candidate.
AROUND TOWN.
A Norfolk man says this is a SURE
sign of spring; liquor dealers are out
with their petitions.
Here's another: A blue jay was
singing in the trees on North Seventh
street yesterday morning.
Here's another: The corner Of Nor
folk avenue and Seventh street was
knee deep with water, where you want
to go across.
Scarlet fever and conviCts break
out as easily as ever, but they're nip
ped quicker.
Speaking of breaking out, we'd like
to tackle just one more batch of
buckwheat cakes before Old Man
Winter takes his departure.
And here's a tip to Old Man Win
TO no
He'd better wear his storm boots.
There's this consolation, though,
about this between.season business
Until the golf season starts, the bill
lard season will remain open. There
can't be a complete lockout
The German band at Niobrara,
which headed st. Patrick's day par
ade carrying Irish flags, knew how
to make the most OF the situation, to
say the least.
Morley has learned that a man born
to be hung will never be killed in
pitched battle.
Shorty" Gray has learned the les
son that chickens come home to roost.
The trouble is, he's learned it too late
in life.
Speaking of chickens, how's your
incubator?
How soon will next winter start?
Keep on shovelng-both coal and
snow.
With the attempted assassination
of King Victor Emmanuel, the as.
sassinatiOn of three Virginia court
officials and the assassination of
three Nebraska prison officials, Thurs
day was one of the bloodiest days in
many months.
Here comes one day in the year
when that red necktie will have to
give way to a green one.
incidentally, st. Patrick isn't the
only fellow who will celebrate birth.
day Sunday. We know of one Just a
year old, who will have a merry little
time on his own exclusive hook.
We can't help wondering, at this
season OF the year, whether we're
going to get any circuses this sum.
mer or not
If you see Shorty Gray, tell him to
throw up his hands.
One more cold wave lost in the
shuttle. And we refuse to put a lost
ad" in The News for it. News lost"
ads are too effective to run the risk,
Why is it man always feels so
groggy on Monday morning? Is it
because he oversmokes and overeats
and overloafs and oversleeps and
overreads on Sunday?
with the present price of hay, Il
isn't surprising that two bales stolen
at Bristow caused a good deal of ex-
element A mans life is in danger
If he has any hay around him, these
days.
The Seeing Robins" club ought to
gain in membership this week.
Here's hoping, though, that the
spring ira la won't burst upon lis all
in heap. There's too much snow at
large to make anything like that de-
sirable. We don't want any floods.
Speaking OF floods, it's a good time
TO take look at the dixie.
They do say there's, duck flying
now and then.
After all this, moisture the lawn
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

No news from home isn't good news
to boy who writes home for money
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

The Seeing Robins" club ought to
gain in membership this week.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

We can't help wondering, at this
season of the year, whether we're
going to get any circuses this sum.
mer or not.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

If you can tax a man into it, he
wasn't out very far when you began.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

One more cold wave lost in the
shuttle. And we refuse to put a lost
ad" in The News for it, News lost"
ads are too effective to run the risk
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

a rebate doesn't speed toward
home as swiftly as the Prodigal son
did.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

Everyone can get a cordial vel.
come in saloon IL he'll pay for it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

With the present price of hay, it
isn't surprising that two bales stolen
at Bristow caused a good deal of ex-
element. A mans life is in danger
II he has any hay around him, these
days.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22


ly do something creditable.
Some loafers like to get up early
80 they can put in a full day.
No news from home isn't good news
to a boy who writes home for money.
If you can talk man into it, he
wasn't out very far when you began.
rebate doesn't speed toward
home as swiftly as the Prodgal son
did.
All politics is machine made. al
though some may be better than
others.
canary bird eats less than a par
rot, if you want an argument for the
defense.
Every man should live so he won't
be blackballed when he wants to Join
a lodge.
Bounty on wolf scalps is never high
enough to make a pack of hounds
pay dividends.
Flowing isn't so much fun for the
plowman as it is for the poets and
blackbirds
Then there are men who spend
nothing much on bad habits who also
fail to get rich.
You are so smart: Why are they
called loving cups?
Sometimes a man abuses the help
and calls it executive ability.
Disagreeable orders aren't the ones
most likely to be countermanded.
Everyone can get a cordial well
come in a saloon IL he'll pay for it.
Some men are never generous ex-
cept when they can give to the bar.
keep.
A Lenten sacrifice doesn't amount
TO much If one tries to make up for
it later.
AS rule, the man who likes to
tell how much money he spent, didn't
spend it.
The Norfolk weekly news-journal., 1912-03-22

All politics is machine made, al.
though some may be better than
others.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
MADE UP OF MIXED RACES
Similarity Between French and AreFs
lean Nations ls Accounted For In
That Way.

A notable French visitor speaks with
surprise of the many points of similar.
ity between the French people and the
Americans.
He is merely making the diverse Of
discovery which has puzzled many
thousands Of American travellers. The
French and American peoples, with all
their manifest differences. are oddly
like each other in many ways.
Perhaps the explanation lies In the
fact that both peoples are compound
ed of many and distinct races, fuse<
together in a single nationality.
The mixture OF races which has
gone on in America Is known to all
But an American is prone to forget
that a similar mixture has been In
progress for a much longer time In
france.
Three great races, Teutonio, Celtic
and Latin, are represented today IN
the population Of France.
Twenty nationalities have fused 10
make the French nationality. A dozen
tribes of Gauls. the Romans. FrankA
Burgundians. Normans. and others lit
orally too numerous to mention. have
been mixed and melted together to
form France
Similar mixtures produce similar re-
suits. That would appear to be the
formula for the resenblances between
France and America.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
7 PIE AND HAVE NO FEAR
Eminent Medical Authority Has Come
J Forward TO Defend the Great
American Edible.

Again pie-eating defended-his
time In the New York Medical Jour.
nal
In Its proper piece" says the Med
acal Journal, pie is not only q palat-
able but nutritious staple, an ex-
cellent vehicle of carbohydrates and
fruit. It Is not essentially indigesti-
BILE. and demands only proper masti-
cation and Installation to insure lack
OF discomfort"
In other words, II We chew pie -
persistently a. we chew the rag about
the indigestibility Of pie We shall d.A
i as sweetly digestibie - y h bla44r
~ delectable.
"Pie crust" this autAsrtty xoss u
20 say. is only -four and hard, tAs
latter being replaced usually By cAieh-
Pm fat by those who object to say
form Of pork. Delicacy Of maaipu-
iation Is required In the making OF
the crust, and such delicacy depends
paradoxically upon great digital
strength. for only the strong have q
genuine lightness of touch"
Thus is expressed the armor-plate
crusts so often the product of the delft
but weak manipulation" Of slender,
pretty and youthful brides, as COM
pared with the faky, sea-foamy kind
turned loose by older and stiffer-fin-
gered mothers. But wait q moment;
we can eat and even live In comfort
ppon our sweet girl graduates pies
after all. for the paper continues:
"A sOsgy paste. however. made By
arail fingers. = only aestheticauy OBJ
iectionabls. for resoluts chsvins VIII
deprive 1t OF its terrors."
Now, however, comes the curse Of
the pie matter. We customary s.nn,
Ssh or with pie and cheese after
we have had q hearty dinner and
enough; but II we eat lightly and then
have pie. or make pie and cheese an
swer for a whole meal. there = not
the slightest III effect frsn t.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25

This lesson learn from the past;
that grace and goodness, the fair, the
noble. and the true, viii never cease
put Of the world till God from whom
they emanate ceases out Of II; that
the sacred duty and noble ONCE Of the
poet Is to reveal and justify them to
men; that az long as the soul sndures.
lendures also the theme Of new and un-
exampaed song; that while there II
grace IN grace. love in love, and beauty
IN beauty, God VIII still send poets to
find them. and bear witness Of them.
and to hang their ideal portraitures
In the gallery Of memory. God with
JUS Is forever the mystical name Of the
hour that is passing. The lives Of the
great poets teach US that they were
the men OF their generation who felt
most deeply the meaning OF The pres,
ent-James Russell Lowell
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
PAIN IN THE ROYAL NOTICE
compoosr Fad oecaeIon 70 Renaons.
Der Former Tina That Maria
Theresa Honored Him.

An amusing incident Of the healthy
boyhood Of the great composer, Joseph
Haydn, is given by Mary Maxwell
Moffat In her biography Of the Aus
trian empress, Maria Theresa.
When Won Reuter- became choir
master of ST. Stephens cathedral he
had Joseph Haydn among his pupils.
During visit to the Hungarian
Prince Esterhazy, in 1878, Maria The
resa took occasion to say word Of
praise to Haydn, who had composed
the music Of the opera given In her
honor, and had conducted the perform
ance. She expressed the conviction,
that she had seen him before, al
though she could not remember tha
occasion.
1.-THE last time your majesty was
pleased to take notice of me-" said
Haydn. you ordered me 4 good
thrashing."
"That does not sound like me-" re-
Joined the empress. "How did It hap.
pen?"
Then Haydn told of Whitsuntide'
when, with other pupils Of Won Reut1
ter, he had been brought to Schoen-,
brunn to sing In the chapel. Between
the services the boys took to Chamber
ing over the scaffolding Of the new.
wings Of the palace. The empress.
caught sight of them, and sent word
forbidding the dangerous sport But
the attraction OF the scaffolding was
irresistible; on the following day the:
boys were again risking their necks.
When Maria Theresa expostulated
with Won Reuter-, his surmise that the
ringleader was that young scamp,
Joseph Haydn led her to suggest
that the rod be used to improve his
memory-Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
IS NO LONGER PUT FIRST
Much Truth About Health In Article
That Probably 10 Meant to
BE Humorous.

Health Is matter which was once
very popular. but 1t has long since
grown into disfavor. In these strenu.
Gus days the securing Of health con.
sumes altogether too much time. It
cannot be acquired without detention
from business. Not emily does Il In
terfere with business, but with pleas
ure a. well. - - ~
Health requires too much. slsep. too
much frssh air. too much food Of . vul,
gar simplicity and too many clothes
which are more comfortable than
stylish Health II Ike anything else.
In order to have Il one must dive at
teution to securing It, but when the
occurring Of money engrosses all Of
ones time. manifestly health must
take back seat. We still have tradi.
lions about health much like the ira.
ditions about the soul. but these take
. secondary place. Doctors, like min
listers, are called in only when 1t is too
late.
Health made manful struggle for
supremacy with bank balances, bat It
lost out.-Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
The Woodstock Normal Training
High School Opens Monday,
September 9Th.

This school offers two courses: the
regular high school course and the
normal training course. The former
prepares for colleges; the latter for
teaching. These courses are of equal
rank, each requiring twenty units for
graduation. Students entering either
course will be given reasona bic credit
for high school work done elsewhere.
Graduates in the normal training de-
partment will receive certificate good
for three years. With satisfactory
experience and the examination on the
History of Education, this certificate
may later be extended from time to
time for periods of five years, making
1t practically life certificate.
For further information, write
u G. v. SHOEMAKER, Principal,
or MARY ". BLANCHAD, Director,
aug-30-tf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
|UP 10 HIM 10 % SOMETHING


r notice Mrs. ) hav,Ag d
hew porch put 5uses" said
Deacon Wood, IS ,4assesj
YES said his wife, "she always
wanted one clear across the front Of
the house, but Siias never would build
one. SO the first thing she did with
some Of the insurance money was to
have one"
The deacon looked at his paper
thoughtfully for moment. then ~
marked:
The Wilder Davis is setting out q
good many flowers, Isn't shef She
Keeps getting seed catalogues et TIA
postofiioe."
Yes. replied his wife. ''hse hsartt
been set on posy-garden . good
many years. but should elmosS
think twould make Jed Davis turn
bver In his grave. He always thought
flowers was such foolish waste Of
time and money"
!. For q time the deacon was siisntI
fAsn he said, Wasn't that . new mis-
heFured buggy SAT Ixpnalls Wits
n yesterdayfs !
= Yes,s said his wife, with anima-
fion. ~and I'm glad she's got Il at last
She rode round tor years In an old
farm wagon. though Leandey could
well afford decent buggy for her and
the girls, but II he'd q lived they'd
never have had one"
For q time the deacon remained
Sunk in thought; then he asked:
III you had o considerable sum Of
money to do just what you wanted,
with. Mandy, what would you getf.
I'D have me hardwood floor IN,
that Kitchen" his wife said, armlyy
n never scrub that old floor but what
4 run my fingers full Of sltvera.s
Mandy" said her husband, with
fervor. you'll see the carpenters at
work on that new floor tomorrow
Imornin'." And the deacon resumed
his paper with a sigh OF relist-
Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
CIDER and APPLE BITTER

Ny cider and apple butter factory
will be operated Tuesday and We'd
nssday of each week, until the winter
apples come III, when I will run three
or four days each week.
Watch the advertisement in the
HERALD for any change.
A fine lot of barrels for sale.
Terms-Positively cash. 10 credit
will be given. | H. HARRIS. aup-30-t
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
If You Want to Drive. Come Here

g am now running . FIRST CLASS
LIVERY In Woodstock with my hotel
! can furnish you teams you viii en-
JOY driving. Good horses and nice
e2earmenS. NOTHING CHEAP LOOKING
eoQue eny outfit which leaves my
STABLE. Prices reasonable and good
sayA. J. W. HOLTZNAN
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
dktlfAa In hiafoe,e


Students Of history are deeply m
debted for the great progress which
has recently been made in the dis
covery and Interpretation Of the art
and religion Of the ancient, mysterious
and well-nigh forgotten Hittites. and
their true relation and perspective In
history. German excavation at Boz.
haz-Kenij have shown that this long
unknown town-probably the site Of
the Cappadocian city Of .Ptsr!a-was
for centuries the capital OF a powerful
kingdom. which. with its allies, was a
dominant force in Asia, on equal
terms with the rulers Of Babyionia
and the Pharaohs. and driving them
out Of Syria.
The names Of seveu or eight Hat
Il kings have been preserved. and aav.
eral OF them are now more than
names. Other finds give strong testi-
mony to The influence OF Babylonian
culture a. far north az Cappadocia.
and show that long period Of deyeI.
opment must have preceded the CON
0uoo Of society ruled over By thasa
Aasd kings. some archeolosist balisv.
!ne that Il extended ovse more thai
Aooo yoar4
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
FINE HOME FOR SALE

Large 8 room house, practically
new, slate roof, all necessary out
buildings, nicely located, beautiful
view, excellent drainage, an abundant
room high school, Churches, good s5d
stores, r. r: Depot, &c, within five
minutes walk from the house. From
one to thirty acres of fine land will be
sold with this property to suit the
purchaser.
For particulars, ETC., address.
1913 Lock Box 3l2, Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
For Sale

A good small farm of "a! acres, 2
miles East of Toms. Brook, Va. 80
acres in cultivation bal in woodland,
an excellent six room dwelling, metal
root and recently painted and numer-
Gus outbuildings In good repair-2
acres in orchard, we'll watered, spring
and cistern. Price very reason able,
Apply TO j. N DAVIS go,
Real Estate Agents
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
SHEN. FARMERS UNION

We handle other UPTO-DAIE implements, The On
tario Grain Festilizer Drill Double Dice Harrows Land
Rollers Full and Complete Lime Listers Obers Swifts
and Roysters Fertilizers and Grain Seeds. We will
youright. SHENANDOAH FARERS' UNION
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1912-10-25
For Sale

A new up-to-date six room dwelling
on South Main street, Woodstock,
Va. with all modern improvements,
such as bath bay windows, mountain
water, electric lights, &c +, good cellar,
slate roof and broad portico on front
and side OF dwelling, which is situat-
ed about 80 feet from side walk in the
center OF large .lot-any person de-
string TN ideal home should apply at
once to j. n. DAVIS & co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-11
The Earning Capacity OF Dollar.

The Earning Capacity OF Dollar.
Banks may break and railroad
stocks depreciate in value; the
weather may affect crop conditions
and sway thereby the money market
to an unhealthy initiation or cause
a shrinkage to a point several de
grees below zero. One such shrink
age alone would carry to destruction
thousands upon thousands of invest
ors of all degree, from the one op.
Grating upon change with his mil
lions to he who plays a few dollars
on the curb or through the tickers
In the bucket shops.
Dollars were made to supply our
daily wants and to earn more dol
lars. The earning capacity of a
dollar is only limited by the judg
ment used by its owner in investing
1t. The man who uses good, sound
horse sense in seeking a place for
tHe investment OIL MS ueSt egg
may after that sit in the shade and
watch his surplus grow and the orig
inal dollars multiply in healthy
ratio
No investment Is safe Unless it Is
guarded by a good ano non-shrink
able security. Real estate Is the one
thing which always has and always
will be an absolutely gilt edged Sc
curity.
Manufactures may burn and
strikes a2d other labor troubles put
railways out of commission and de-
moralizc their securities in the H.
nancial world, but real estate always
remains the same. Its market price
like Tennyson's brook "goes on for.
ever" just the same.
Anyone who would like to place
their money, Or any part OF it, in a
sound and secure proposition would
do well to see w. A. Edwards. sec.
retary Of the Peoples building and
Loan Association.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-11
STOMACH GONE BAD
SOUR, Classy, UPSET
WHEN "PAPE'S DlAPEPSlN" GETS
IN STOMACH, ALL INDIGESTION
GOES. 80.

Time it, In five minutes all stom-
ach distress will go. No Indigestion,
heartburn, sourness or belchng of gas,
acid, or quotations OF undisested food,
no dizziness, bloating, foul breath o.
headache.
Pape's Diapepsin is noted for lis
speed in regulating upset stomachs. 1t
is the surest, quickest and most GER
tain remedy in the whole world and
besides it is harmless.
Millions of men and women now
eat their favorte foods without fear
they know now it is needless 20 nave
a bad stomach.
Please, for your sake, get n large
fifty-cent case of Pape's Diapepsin
from any drug store and put your
stomach right Don't keep on being
mserabla-life is too short--you are
not here long, so make your stay
agreeable. Eat what you like and
digest l.; enjoy it, without dread o!
rebellion in the stomach,
Diapepsin belongs in your home
anyway. 1t should be kept handy,
should one of the family eat some
thing which doesn't agree with them
or in case of an attack Of Indigestion,
dyspepsia, gastritis or stomach de-
rangement at daytime or during the
night it is there to give the quickest,
surest relief known.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-11
Birthday Dinner.

Little Miss Emeline Hoffman,
daughter of Mr.. and Mrs. John Hon
mann, Sr., enjoyed a very happy
birthday on Monday, when her sister
in.law, Mrs. John H. Hoffmann, gave
a diner party in her honor.
Emeline was four years old and
three little playmates the same age
were her guests.
The little folk were seated at a
small table especially arranged in
their honor.
With the dessert was brought III
the birthday cake, with four candles
burning on it.
The day passed in jolly games and
will long be remembered by Emeline
and her little guests.
The little folk were Misses Emeline
Hoffman, Mona Ruth Webb, Dorothy
Hardy and William Bradford.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-11
Attention Tomato Clubs.

Mrs Georgia Scott requests all the
girls and boys in the tomato and
canning clubs, who have any exhibits
for the county fair, to be sure to
bring them in by Thursday or Fri
day, Sept. 18th or 18th. She hopes
that none of them will fail TO con-
tribute his or her share toward this
exhibit. Bring your cans to the
Doak building on south Main street
and you will find someone there
ready to receive them.
Now girls and boys, let us show
to the people of Ardmore and OF
the county what we have done and
can do.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-11
Uncle Ezra Saws

ut don't take more'n gill Nv effort
to git folks into a peck of trouble
and a little neglect of constipation
biliousness, indigestion or other liver
arrangement will do the same. If all
Ing, take DR.. Kings New Life Pills
for quick results. Easy, safe, sure
and only 25 cents at Ringer Drug Co
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-11

Every year, in many parts of the
country. thousands are driven from
their homes by coughs and lung dis
eases. Friends and business are left
behind for other climates. but this
is costly and not always sure. A bet
ter wav-the way Of multitudes-is
to use DR.. Kings New Discovery and
cure yourself at home. Stay right
there, with your friends, and take
this safe medicine. Throat and luns
troubles find quick relief and health
returns. Its help in coughs, colds
grip, Group, whooping-cough and sore
lungs make 1t positive blessing. soc
and S1.OO. Trial bottle free. Guaran-
teed by Ringer Drug Co.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1912-09-11

Running up and down stairs, sweep
ing and bending over making beds
will not make a woman healthy or
beautiful She must set out Of doors,
walk mile or two every day and take
Chamberlain's Tablets to improve her
digestion and regulate her bowels.
For sale by all dealers.