davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17

OOl ten years ago WOudh
clothed in rags-dirty. tanned,
almost black by exposure and at
a. deaths door with fatigue-stag-
gered to the courtyard of the
China inland mission house at Tachi-
enlu, writes Ruth Nicely in the Living
Church. When strength enough for
speech returned she told her story. 1t
was DR.. Susie Carson Rijnhart, the
first woman missionary who ever pen
etrated the wilds of Tibet and returned
to tell the story.
All the world knows the wonderful
history of the woman's homeward
journey of 1900 miles, unprotected
and alone, from the interior, near the
outskirts of Lhasa, where she buried
her baby beneath a stone on the noun
tain side and where her husband was
later captured by hostile natives and
murdered.
Since that time only one group of
foreigners has penetrated interior
Tibet This was the band OF English
men who reached and invaded the sa-
cred city under the command of Col
onel Younghusband. Since the unsuc-
cessful ending of that expedition
Lhasa and interior Tibet have again
been closed to the outside world. a
wonderful region whose mysteries
have been guarded as the holy of
holes and as the impenetrable sane
tuary of the mysterious east
Successors Of the Rljnharts.
But It is not to remain so. When, In
1901, DR.. Rijnhart returned to her
chosen field, northwestern China, she
took with her two missionaries of the
Foreign Christian Missionary society,
DR.. and Mrs. A. L. Shelton. With
them she established another mission
in Tachienlu, of which DR.. Shelton
and his wife took charge on the death
of the famous woman missionary a
year ago.
Later 1t was given over to other
hands, for DR.. Shelton and his wife
resolved to emulate the example of
the Rijnharts, and II 1t be in human
power they intend to penetrate interior
Tibet and to establish a Christian
mission in Lhasa. the very shrine OF
Buddha, where no foreigner has ever
been permitted peacefully to enter and
where none has ever dwelt
With their baby girls, Doris, three
years old, and Dorothy, seven, the two
missionaries set out from Tachienlu
-. an -. thatr ord,,ouu ond do-ro-
Gus Journey. They have now arrived
at Batang, about a months Journey
from Lhasa, whence they have sent to
this country the most remarkable col
lection Of Tibetan photographs ever
secured. The mission station is near
the lamasary at Batang. which houses
1900 lamas or Buddhist priests, and is
one of the FIVE great monasteries of
Tibet.
The western theosophist's cherished
ideal of this life. pure spirit and lofty
contemplation. is hardly borne out by
the description of the Buddhist lamas.
as seen in everyday life by the Shell
tons. To begin with. like all Tibetans,
they are inordinately dirty. The native
of Tibet never bathes, nor is the lama
an exception to this rule. They are
covered with dirt and grease and ex-
ude an odor OF rancid butter from the
fumes Of the butter lamps that fill the
temples.
They are also infested with vermin,
which they may not even destroy. be-
cause to kill even the humblest of ami
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
GIRL CLIMBS TREE TO.
ESCAPE ENRAGED ELK
California Lass Has Exciting Ex-
perience While Photographic
Animals at Boulder, Colo.

Boulder, Colo.-While attempting to
photograph animals in the zoo at
Chautauqua Park, Miss Myrtle Webb.
a beautiful society girl Of Pasadena,
Cal, narrowly escaped being gored to
death by the large bull elk kept there,
which has been vicious of late owing
to the loss of it's mate.
Miss Webb had the presence Of
mind to run for large tree near by.
and, being an athlete, was able to
climb beyond the reach Of the mad
dened beast. After she had scratched
her hands and face and been badly
bruised about the body, she succeeded
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Power to Do Good.

The increment that comes to any
human faculty through use Is the
sweetest Of all satisfactions to be got
out of work--sweeter than material
rewards, sweeter than the praise or
ones fellows. sweeter than purchased
ease. To feel that one Is steadily
growing in ones power to do good
there is deeper gladness In that. TO
an earnest soul, than in almost any
thing else this world affords--Pun-
shion.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Her Ealth Loat.

A little Boston girl was coaxed to
own to her aunt that she had done
something which she ought not, ana
which she stoutly denied. Finally,
such undeniable proof Of her quit
was put up before her that she could
no longer keep her denial. She turn
ed to her aunty, and said: "Well. Aunt
Kittie, you tan't trust anybody. now
adaysl"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
of France), the patron of the diocese.
and is to be worn at all religious cere-
monies.-The Living Church.
He Ief, immediately

The Tribune tells of young nan
who called on girl in Fort Scott re-
Gently. The couple talked soft and
low and when the young man looked
at his watch it was in the small hours
Of the morning. Feeling rather en-
barrassed. he asked:
Doesn't your father object to nv
staying late?"
"Oh. no." returned the girl. He
says it serves me right for being at
home when you call. kansas City
Star.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Hldeou. Trousers.

Further. II is pointed out. the trou-
ser leg was draughty and cold, and at
the same time drags itself into hid
eous contortions with every movement
Of the leg. In the neither garment Of
celebrities distortions were described
suggestive Of concertinas, corkscrews.
and buckled tubes.-Exchange.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
Popular Sun Bath.

The sun bath is said to be so popu-
lar at present in Germany that In
several cities one can buy ticket for
a sun bath just as in America one
buys a ticket for a bath in the surf.
The sun bath ticket entities the hold
er to a room for disrobing. a bathing
suit and place In the sun"
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17

tainly hoped that IT could. but Of
course If 1t can't I'll have to make the
best Of 1t. Maybe it's just as well
after ALL
IF you expect me to like optinists
as far gone as that, you're going to be
disappointed" concluded Mrs. Merri-
wild.
Copyright. 1912. by w. G. chapman-)
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
YOUNG Man Must Have Eriends.

For boys and young men friendship
is a prime necessity of existence.
When a man has established himself
in life and the interests of home and
wife and family have absorbed him.
ne may, perhaps. dispense with friend
ship. But as long as he is young. un-
married and unsettled, he is as de-
pendent on friendship as on air OF
food.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
The People Supreme.

repeat that all power Is a trust;
that we are accountable for its exer-
else; that from the people and for the
people all springs and all must exist
BENJAMIN Disraeh.
Tensas gazette. [volume] (St. Joseph, La.) 1886-current, 1913-01-17
BUDDHIST TEMPLE. LtLA6A

1 UST ten years ago woman
clothed in rags-dirty, tanned.
almost black by exposure and at
deaths door with fatigue-stag-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
MARVEL IN ANIMAL SOUND
Traveller Writes FeelInoly Of Wonder
ful Bray Put Forth by the
Donkeys Of China.

In all the east today the donkey Is q
favorite means Of transportation, both
Or travellers and commercial burdens
1t was 80 in the days of the patriarchs
Isaac and Jacob, and 30 it will remain
probably for ages to come But moth
ing In China Is just like the same thing
anywhere else In the world. the DON
key being no exception. Dr.. Chester
Of Nashville says: Their gait is a
rough. insufferable Jog. and their bray
Is unique phenomenon.
The power Of heredity. working
through millenniums of isolation. with
no modification from foreign admir-
ture. has developed in the bray Of thu
Chinese donkey q quality all It's own.
There are no words in English to de-
scribe the heart-rending pathos Of 1t.
It was as II an appeal to heaven
against the cruelty and oppression OF
ages were At last finding utterance In
one long. loud. undulating wall. And
when our party Of three met another
party Of six and all nine Of the don
keys began at one time to exchange
the compliments Of the day. ther
pathos gave place to terror and one
could only sit appalled, and trembling
as the mighty reverberation rollef
away on its journey round the world.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
rdr,,,ne k.sn as Richard.

1t is impossible to form higher con-
option of Richard III. than that given
" hean. Never was character repre-
entc,l by greatcr distinctiless ana pre-
isl, II and perfectly articnlated IN ev-
~ Part. IF Kean dH net succeed ID
CONCENTRATING all the lines of the ehar
,eter lie gave 4 vigor and relief to the
arr which we have never seen sur
.asSpd. lie WIS mere refined thah
coke. bolier and more original thah
<enil,le. The scene with Lady Anne
vas an admirable specimen OF Doiu
md smiling dupiicity. Willy ndulatloh
vas firmly marked by his eye. anu ne
appeared like the first tempter IN tue
.arden. kean's attitude i'll leaning
lgninst tile pillar WAS one OF the most
graceful and striking positions ever
witnessed 1t would serve as mooei
or Titan. Raphael or Salvador Rosa.
Zone was quality which kean pos
sessed over every other actor that ever
appeared. Many hare attempted MS
style, and all have most egregiously
failed William Hazlitt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
1hlnda EYariastlnd.

This lesson l learn from the past;
that grace and goodness, the fair, the
noble. and the true. will never cease
out Of the world till God from whom
they emanate ceases out Of it; that
the sacred duty and noble office of the
poet Is to reveal and justify them to
men; that ~ long as the soul sndures,
endurss also the theme Of new and I'm.
.exampled song; that while there IL
grace in grace. love in love, and beauty
In beauty. God will still send poets to
fad them. and bear witness Of them,
and 10 hang their ideal portraitures
In the gallery Of memory. God with
US Is forever the mystical name Of the
hour that Is passing. The lives OF the
great poets teach vs. 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, 1913-05-23
OrIoinaI Confidence Man.

A. story is told of old New York
and of how the expression confidence
man" meant a man in whom one could
not place confidence at all. 1t is said
that some years ago a very we'll.
dressed man with courteous ad.
dress was wont to walk up and down
the principal streets of the city.
whenever he met stranger who
looked hopeful to him he would ap-
proach the man and with the most
delightfully."- frank manner he would
ask;
MY dear sir. have you confidence
enough In me, an entire stranger to
YOU. to lend me IS for an hour or
two?'
And 1t is said that the man made
m extremely good living by this vsrJ
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Arab Haoulino.

Alan Ostler in The Arabs In Tripo
H. comments On the amusing hagglinp
scenes in the desert plunGer market
when loot of war was the merchan
disc.
"Why do you not sell at set price tc
all alike?" he asked a merchant. "Rut
why?" said he. IF can get but halt
a Crush the more from one of them
than from another, is 1t not gainY
But that wastes time, for while you
bargain with one you might have sold
to three. They say with us. Time is
money" "Oh. folly" he retorted scorn.
fully. Thine is Gods and given freely
to all men. so that all have it alike.
But with the flus one has much, anoth
sr none, and you must take what you
can GET
To haggle with any one is a JOY to
the Arab. But mutual trust he lacks
II have known two men," says Mr.. -Os-
tier. farm partners, walk eight miles
to market with three scrawny hens
to sell. Both must needs go. for nei-
Their would trust the other not to cheat
him."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Annual Reunion, United Confeder
ate Veterans, Chattanooga,
Tenn, May 27-29, 1913.

Account above occasion Southern
Railway will sell greatly reduced
round trip fare tickets from principal
points in Virginia, including Wash
ington, d. c., to Chattanooga, Tenn.
on May oath, 10Th, 26th, 9th. 28th,
final limit to reach original startiug
point returning June 9Th, 1913 Ex-
tension of final limit granted to June
25th. Specially arranged side trips
arranged from Chattanooga to points
10 Alabama, Florida. Georgia, North
and South Carolina, Tennessee. Lou
isiana, Mississippi and Kentucky.
An excellent opportunity TO trave
through 1.-THE Land of the Sky" Yves
tern North Carolina Mountains
scenery most attractive at this time OF
the year. For full particulars, fares,
schedules, ETC., call on nearest Agent
or write L. 8. Brown, Gen. Agt, 7O5
18th St., N. W., Washington, D. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
EAT PIE AND HAVE NO FEAR
Eminent Medical Authority Has Como
Forward to Defend the Great
American Edible,

Again pis-eating defended-this
time in the New York Medical Jour
nal
In Its proper place." says the Med.
fcal journal pie is not only a palat-
able but nutritious staple, an ex-
cellent vehicle Of carbohydrates and
fruit. 1t is not essentially indigesti-
BILE. and demands only proper masti.
cation and insalivation to insure lack
OF discomfort"
In other words, II we chew pie a.
persistently as we chew the rag about
the indigestibility of pie we shall find
It as sweetly digestible as 1t is bland.
" delectable.
PIE crust" this authority goes on
to say. lis only flour and lard, the
latter being replaced usually by chick
IN fat By those who object to any
form OF pork. Delicacy Of maRipu.
lation ID required N the making Of
the crust. and such delicacy depends
paradoxically upon great digital
strength. for only the strong have .
genuine hghtness of touch"
Thus Is expressed the armor-plate
crusts 30 often the product of the deft
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 a moment;
we can eat and even live in comfort
upon our sweet girl graduates pies
after all. for the paper continues:
"A sosgy paste, however, made BY
frail fingers. Is only aestheticaHy OBJ
jectionable, for resolute chewing will
deprive 1t of its terrors."
Now. however. comes the curse OF
the pie matter. We customarily FIN
ish or with pie and cheese after
we have had hearty dinner and
enough; but II we eat lightly and then
have pie. or make pi- and cheese an
swer for q whole meal. there Ia not
the slightest Ill effect from 1t,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
LouIc Of Phoclon.

Why tell me that a man is fine
sneaker II It Is not the truth that he is
speaking? Phocion, who did not speak
# all. was a great deal nearer hitting
the mark than Demosthenes.
He used to tell the Athenians-"Yo gu
can't fight Philip. You have not tbs
slightest chance with him. He is a
man who holds his tongue; he has
great disciplined armies; he can brag
anybody you like in your cities her;
md he IL going on steadily with an
unvarying aim toward his object; and
he will infallibly beat any kind Of
men such a. you. going on raging from
shore to shore with all that rampant
nonsense"
Demosthenes said to him one day
1.-THE Athenians will get mad some
dav and kill you" Yes. Phocion said,
"When they are mad; and you as soon
as they get sane again."-Thomas
Carlyle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Fortune TELLING.

Fortune telling Is almost as old as
the human race itself. We have no
knowledge Of the time when or place
where it originated. We only know
that the practice was in vogue as far
back as we can go. Some claim that
it had its beginning with the astrolo-
gers. who claimed that they were
able to foretell the future by aid Of
the planets. The oldest of the ma
tons were familiar with the practice.
and by the gypsies it has been carried
all over the world. 1t is perfectly
natural for man to want to know
about tomorrow and next year, and 1t
required but little effort on his part
to listen to the fortune tellers. To
this day the business is carried on
with profit by the gypsies and others
who impose upon the credulity Of the
superstitious.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
bP TO HIM TO DO SOMETHING
Dsaoon Woods Willing to Get Busy
Immediately In the Hope Of
Dlsarming Fate.

II notice Mrs. Simmons Is having
new porch put onto her house," said
Deacon Wood. polishing his glasses.
eyes," said his wife. "she always
wanted one clear across the front OF
the house, but Silas never would build
one. 70 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 re-
marked:
1.-THE Wilder Davis Is setting out Z
good many flowers. isn't she? She
keeps getting seed catalogues ct the
postofiee."
"Yes." replied his wife, her hearts
been set on Q posy-garden q good
many years, but l should almost
think twould make Jed Davis turn
over In his grave. He always thought
flowers was such foolish waste Of
time and money"
For . time the deacon was silent;
then he said. Wasn't that new rub
ber-tired buggy saw Prunslla White
IN yesterday"
YES" said his wife. with ANNA
Hon. "and I'm glad she's got 1t at last.
She rode round for years In an old
farm wagon. though Leander could
we'll afford q 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:
IF you had q considerable sum OF
money to do Just what you wanted
with. Mandy. what would you get?"
I'D have me a hardwood floor in
that Kitchen" his wife said. firmly.
II never scrub that old floor but what
! run my fingers full of slivers."
Mandy" said her husband, with
1ervor. you'll see the carpenters al
work ON that new floor tomorrow
mornin,." And the deacon resumed
his paper with sigh OF relief
Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
The Amber industry.
he business Of obtaining AMBER
{. the ocean has been fol long

&, he ocean mas DcSh avs 'H :
!. monopoly in Prussia. Ine chle'
.ati Of The industry is Id the PRIV
,i,er ii eastern Prussia. The gathering
ii the amber goes on throughout tue
year. but it is most profitable at the
lllne of the equlnocral storms. "heh
the winds and the waves throw
ashore. After a storm the fishermen
drag the beach. They deposit tue
haul ur:on the strand. where the WON
en- and children pick out the pieces OF
amber from among the seaweeds. Inc
pieces are assorted according to size
color and form. The value OF piece
of amber Is enhanced when II pears
the impressions of plant or anima'
substances. The prices of the pieces
vary from about - cents to 70 cents'
but may reach to 500 or more. Inc
price per pound runs from about sl.2o
to $3.50. very large piece sometimes
attains the weight of sixteen or seven
teen ounces. The color Is most CON-
monty the familiar yellow. but 1t may
be reddish brown or emerald green OF
creamy color and some pieces are quite
white. The total yield Is valued 81
$1,000, 900 year.-Harpers Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Accountable GIFT.

a woman who has travelled widely
says one Of the most acceptable gifts
one can make to a friend going on a
steamer is box or jar Of stuffed
prunes. These are rarely given. can
be eaten when other fruits are tndi-
gestible and are mildly laxative.
AS one authority advises free use
Of prunes for nervous people. declar-
ing they have a Quieting effect, the
eating of prunes on shipboard should
help to check seasickness-alwayl
augmented by "nerve8."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
The Speed of Animals.

According to naturalists, no animal
Is known to have exceeded the speed
attained by the famous race horse
Sysonby. Instantaneous photographs
show the full length of one complete
stride as about twenty-six feet In
the stride of the fastest racers the
hind quarters and the limbs are raised
considerably higher than the shoulders
and from this relatively great height
brought downward and forward. wide
ly separated from each other. as b
sportsman says. ito avoid striking the
fore legs" The hare which is hunted
with fast hounds has not In reality the
speed of the dog. The dog. on the
other hand. does not attain the speed
Of the horse. The giraffe is said to
run at the rate of fifteen meters UardsD
per second under the most favorable
conditions. The elephant. going ut the
rate Of two yards second. carries a
weight approximating that carried by
SIX horses.-Harper's.
Long Arm Of Coin sidenee.
An amusing story from the suburbs
concerns a householder who recently
bought two thent ter tickets for his wife
and himself but inadvertently invited
another married couple to spend the
same evening at his house. When the
mistake was discovered 1t was decided
to hand the tickets to another friend
rather than ask the expected guests to
come Oh a subsequent evening. But
the man to whom the tickets were
given was called out of town, and he
In turn hurriedly banded them over to
near neighbor. suggesting the latter
should take his wife to the play. Now.
this IL where the long arm Of coinci-
dence comes in. The near neighbOr
and his wife were the invited guests
II the purchaser of the tickets. They
thought II would be pity to lose the
.hance Of such fine dramatic treat.
ind. not knowing the real origin Of the
tickets. the, wrote q note explaining
the situation and used the two seats
WITCH their hosts had meant II them
naReA-01aaesw Nou2
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23

TODAY'S MAGAZINE is the largest
and best edited magazine published at
SOC. per year. Five cents per copy at
all newsdealers. Every lady who APP
preciates a good magazine should
send for free sample copy and
premium catalogue. Address ToDAY'S
MAGAZINE, Canton, Ohio.
Feb. 2S-tf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Heard thu Rattle.

The witness on the stand was being
subjected to cross-examination. In an
swering one question he nodded.
Whereupon the court stenographer.
who could not see the witness, de-
manded. Answer that question
The witness replied: II did answer
It: l nodded my head"
well. l heard the rattle, but could
not tell whether 1t WAS up or down
or from side to side," answered the
stenographer.-Law Notes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
Coal and Wood for Sal
Money to Loan, Stop Paying Rent

We lend money to buy or build
homes, or to pay off mortgages any
where 10 the United States, only per
cent. simple annual interest. We
give you ten years to repay loan, at
rate of So per month on each $1,000
borrowed. We will show you that il
is cheaper to own your own home than
to pay rent. Write for full informa-
ton free. M. DAVIDSON,
Hotel Hoffman,
Woodstock. Va
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23
A Musical Pun,

In "Reminiscences, Impressions ana
Anecdotes" francesca Berger records
a pun made by the late Lord Coleridse
at public dinner. Even in music,
he said, there is variety of opinion
some loved their Bach often, while
others preferred Offenbachv'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-05-23

History of Rockingham county by
DIR. John M. Waylan, Ph.. D. Pro-
lessor of History, State Normal
School, Harrlsonburg, Va, Member
of Virginia Historical Society,
American Historical Association,
Pennsylvannis-G German Society, &c.
Author of political Opinion of
Thomas Jefferson," ''The German
Element in the Shenandoah Valley"
etc. For sale at the Herald Office.