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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Hunt For a Hanaman.

The British army was once In diff.
culties through the lack of hangman.
Murder was committed by a soldier in
the Crimea, but nobody could be found
to carry out the sentence Of the court
martial 1t was announced that Ego
and free discharge would be granted
to the man undertaking the task. At
last a man did volunteer. He was q
newcomer to the army. On the night
prior to the date fixed for the execution
they locked up the hangman in sta
BILE to keep him safe. In the morning
the party at the gallows waited, but
there was no hangman. He had gone
mad during the night or else he was
now Stimulating madness. The officer
in command turned to one Of his cap
tains with, Captain, you will have
the goodness to hang the prisoner"
The captain changed countenance, but
he pulled himself together and appeal
ed to the sergeants with, (Which Of
you will hang this man" And to
spare his captain one Of the men vol
unteered. He afterward had the sat
isfaction of fogging the man who had
volunteered and failed.-London Stand
ard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
A Noted Basso's Egotism.

Once in London were four great
bassos singing at the same time, La
blache. Marini. Staudigl and Karl
Formes Fashionable opinion was I'M
decided as to which of the four was
the greatest, and finally the members
Of leading club determined to have
the quartet of singers interviewed sep
arately by one of the members to find
out to whom each Of the singers
awarded the palm of being the great
est basso then in London.
Stnudigl answered promptly and
truthfully. "Lablache is the best"
Marini replied, 81 will not say who
Ii the first basso. but l am sure La
blache Is the second"
Lablache modestly responded, "If
Staudigl We're not here l certainly
would claim the lead"
Formes without hesitation instantly
said, The greatest basso, sir-that's
me, Karl Formes."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
The Ants, Drum corns.

One day Professor Bugnion visited q
little island on Lake Amobalangoda,
in Ceylon. While idling about he sud
denly became aware of faint drum
ming noise. Turning in the direction
from which the sound came, he per-
ceived colony Of termites beneath
some dry leaves that had fallen from
a bread tree. The noise, which last
ed for few seconds. sounded like
the very distant roll Of a drum. On
closer investigation Professor Bugnion
discovered that it was caused by a
little band of termites beating lively
tattoo with their mandibles against the
Bottom of the leaves. They had evil
IDENTIFY been disturbed by his approach
and We're warning the working bat
TALON of the army. On several other
occasions under different conditions
the same drum signal of danger by
the ants was noted by the professor
Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Found the Sneeze.

The overanxious father Of three
charming daughters, after his family
had sought seclusion for the night
caught somewhere in the distance tn
echo of a sneeZe.
At once, in dressing gown and slip
pers, he padded down the hall and
knocked at the nearest door.
"Jane, my dear, did you sneezeT
"No, papa"
Tap-tap at the adjoining door.
"Mary, my love, was that you snee4
ing?"
mo, indeed, papa dear"
Pad-pad to the door at the end Of the
corridor.
Margaret, my pet, heard a sneeze
Was it you?"
"Oh, no, papa, dearest"
Just then the guest room door, half
way down the corridor, opened 4
hands breadth, and the mild voice OF
an old lady guest, who had retired
early, issued forth:
81 am extremely sorry, Mr.. Brown
it was who sneezed."-New York Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
The Regeneration of oroans.

Many inferior animals have, as Ia
well known. the power of replacing
various parts of the body when lost,
such as the tail and even in some cases
the head. A worm may sometimes be
divided into various sections. and each
section will proceed to live its separate
existence Experiments made by natu-
ralists to obtain better understand
ing in this regenerating faculty have
shown that the lungs of frogs and sala-
manders have gl0wn again after being
almost wholly eXtirpated; also the
horns of snails have been extirpated
with like results. Each SO called horn
has an eve which communicates with
the outside world. and these eyes have
been regrown with the horn, though
practically useless for purposes of vi
sion. 1t is established likewise that
the caudal horn or tentacle of the silk
worm if taken off will grow again, al
though it will be smaller than the
primitive one and in some cases invisi-
BILE to the naked eye. The crab and
lobster, as is well known, can grow
new claws.-Harper's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
F. H. BRUMBACK
J. N. DAVIS.

We have quite number of nice residences in Wood
stock Va, for sale, ranging in price from 81 $50 to
Conservation of material resources is important,
but it is much important to your physical
resources Are there not many persons in this county
wearing themselves out their farms, that owe it to
themselves and to their families to overtaxing
themselves physically they doing? Life is short
lat BEST and you overtax yourself physically you will
shorten it, Sell your farm, rent it, to vigorous
young man, let your son, sonnlaw take it over,
and you buy nice home in deghtfulod Woodstock and
thereby lengthen your days. and spend the balance of
your life in peace and happiness. We also have long
list of valuable farms for sale from 25 to 300 acres rang
ing price from So 900 to s2OoOO00 most of them at
bargain prices. Give call. We can suit you
/ April limo
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
THE ROBINS room

Once upon a time some one got
the notion that the common
American robin is foe to the
orchardist and berry-grower.
The alleged discovery was
promptly published broadcast,
and the fruit-grower loaded his
gun and went forth to Stay the
robin.
Since the robin redbrest is the
commonest of our song birds, ex-
tremely sociable in his habits
and unsuspecting in his DISPOSE
ton, he naturally fell an easy
victim. The fruit-grower felt
himself perfectly justified, for
did not the bird destroy the early
cherries, pick the young apples
from the trees and help himself
to any number of quarts of ber-
ries? He had been caught in the
act again and again.
The fruit-grower's investiga-
ton into the food HABITS of the
robin went no further than OBJ
serving that he sometimes ate
cherries. It never occurred to
the man with the shotgun to ex-
anime the contents of his victims
stomach. If he had done So with
mind open to conviction, a sur
prise would have met him: The
robin does eat early fruit but
the quantity is small in propor-
ton to the number of insects he
destroys.
His diet consists chiefly of
moths, butterflies, caterpillars,
earthworms, cutworms, and other
creatures that the farmer can
very we'll spare. The small fruit
that the bird consumes is only
his desert after meat.
If the robin plucks small ap-
pies from your trees, would it
not be we'll to examine the apple
before killing the bird? He may
be doing you a great service.
Probably you will find that he
has not eaten the young apple,
after all, but has dropped it on
the ground. A little further ex-
animation will SHOW that it con-
tanned a larva of the destructive
codling-moth; the bird was not
afer the apple, but the larva.
Nesting birds live wholly on
insect food. The writer once
watched pair of robins that had
their nest on a porch cap. From
The time the young were Matched
until they were ready to leave
the nest the parents visited them
on the average once every fifteen
minutes, and brought at each
visit from one to three insects.
Cutworms and army-worms were
the chief of the youngsters diet.
Another brood, reared in an
apple-tree near a large orchard,
were fed almost exclusively upon
codling-moths.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
No College Degree In Brazil.

Brazilian law, it is claimed, prohibits
the establishment of any university be
cause ''the comforting of academic dis
tinctions is contrary to the principles
Of true democracy" There are many
institutions in Brazil where medicine
and law are taught. and these grant
certificates Of proficiency to pupils
who complete the course in a satisfac
tory manner. But, however we'll quail
fed he may be, no Brazilian can legally
get a degree in his own country Of a
doctor of medicine or of law.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Xerxes Made Mount Athos an Island.

xerxes Made Mount Athos an Island.
Mount Athos is unlikely ever to be
turned into an island again, as it was
by Xerxes. The canal which he cut
through the isthmus was regarded as a
myth even in the time Of Juvenal, but
traces of it are still in existence.
One circumstance Of it's construction,
recorded by Herodotus, may help to
explain why it was three years BUSH
ness to cut this canal Of less than
twelve furlongs. Nearly all the peo-
Piles employed by Xerxes dug straight
down, with the result that the sides
continually fell in, thus doubling their
work. The Phoenicians, with their SUI
perior intelligence, began excavating at
a breadth much greater than the canal
itself was to occupy, so as gradually
to narrow with a convenient slope as
they dug down.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

It was not until about thirty years
ago that London's existing system OF
regulating traffic at street corners was
instituted. At the beginning it requir-
ed four policemen at every important
junction to do with difficulty what two
constables and sometimes one now eff
feet by motion of the hand. But the
men in blue stuck to their task and
hung on to horses heads and summon.
ed rebellious drivers till the reign OF
law and order was established.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

WESTBOUND-fr Woodstock.
No. 3-Mixed-Except Sunday
7:O1 m. Local for HarrisOnburg
Arrive Harrisonburg 1915.
No. 9-Daiiy-1:l0 p. m. Loca
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg 2:55 D. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. I3-Except Sunday-7:29 p. m
Limited for Harrisonburg, stopping
at Edinburg. Mt. Jackson, New Mar
ket and Broadway. Arrive Harrison
burg 900 D. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. 2I7-Except Sunday-S:55 p. M
Local for Harrisonburg. Arrive
II arrisonburg 1925 p. m.
EASTBOUND-fr Woodstock.
No. ,4-Except Sunday 200 d. HI
L1mited for Alexandria and Washing
ton Arrive Washington 1875 a. m
Buffet Parlor Car.
No % -Daily-4:26 p. IN. Loca
for Alexandria and Washington
Arrive Washington 9:l5 p. m. Buffet
Farlor Car.
No 216-Except Sunday sos D. m
Local from Harrisonburg to Stras'
burg. Arrive Strasburg 8:45 p. m.
Nos Is and IA connects at Manas-
sas with Nos. liz and | IA to and from
Warrenton.
No. IA connects at Manassas with
Main Line Fast Mail Train No 43 fol
principal point South.
Trains PIT and Is in connection with
Main Line Train No 10 between
Orange and Manassas affords good
service from Richmond via C. ~ O.
Railway and Gordonsville
E. H. CoAPMAN, Vice-President and
Gener al Manager.
S Fl. HARDWICK. Passenger Traffic
Manager.
Fl. +. CARY, General Passenger Agt.
L. S. BROWN, General Agent, WasL'
ington, d. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
A Card

This is to certify that all druggists
are authorize TO refund your money ii
Foleys Honey and Tar Compound
fails to cure your cough or cold.
John Bernet, Tell, Wis, states II
used Foley's Honey and Tar Com
pound for five years, and it always
gives the best of satisfaction and al
ways cures cough or cold " Refuse
substitutes. Schmitt's Drug Store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

"My DOCTOR" said the robust man, lis
almost fanatic on stretching. When
you wake up in the morning he advises
you to take a good. long stretch with
the hands as far out sideways as pos
sible, then over the head as far as you
can reach. At the same time stretch
the feet and stretch upward as high
as you can. These simple movements
equal course in gymnastics and
should be INDUCED in after any long
period Of sitting. Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

Put your savings in the Savings
Department of the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va, at 3 per cent-compound interest.
Amounts Of S1.00 and upwards re.
ceived. The only savings institu-
ton in the county for the accomuls.
ton OF the small savings of laboring
men, women, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

Little Mary went into the
country On a visit to her grand
mother. Walking in the garden,
she CHANGED to spy a peacock, a
bird she had never before seen.
She ran quickly into the house
nd cried out: 20 grandma.
come out and see! There's an
old chicken in full bloomv
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
How Straw Is Used In Japan.

Nothing is wasted in Japan. Uses to
which straw is put after the thrashing
season are seemingly endless. 1t is
converted into bags for grain. shoes
for the feet, raincoats for the body,
roofs for the houses, paper mats.
screens, beds and numerous other arti-
cleS. II
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Her Share.

"What have you done for the bet
terment of mankind?" asked the scorn-
full female person.
ME" answered the plump and wild
owly looking one. II have been a bet
ter half to no fewer than three Of
them."-New York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Economical.

Mother said she thought you were
extravagant. Tom, but proved you
were not"
you darling! How did you do
that?'
Told her you were with me two
hours last night and only kissed me
once"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Nnnren,elx Exasneratind

"Don't you think Mrs. Spurrell has
an awful temper?"
"She has, but can you blame the
poor woman? She has husband who
Just absolutely won't get mad at all"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Why he Was Late.

"What made you so late ?"
81 met Smithson."
swell, that $ no reason why you
should be al hour late getting home
to supper"
81 know, but asked him how he
was feeling, and he insisted on telling
me about his stomach trouble.'
"Did you tell him to take Chamber
lain's Tablets ?''
"Sure. that is what he needs" Sold
by all dealers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

''The dear. dear girls..' exclaimed
Mrs. Pawkins, looking at her fashion
able daughters enthusiastically.
Eyes, the dear, dear girls!" muttered
Mr., Pawkins despondently.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Cool snot.

Pussy Old LADY, want two good
seats for this afternoon in the coolest
part Of the house. Ticket Agent-All
right. madam. Here are two in q row.
Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
A Riooer Dose.

"My doctor ordered two weeks at
the seashOre."
Hes a homeopath, isn't he?"
eyes. WhyY
1.-TWO weeks is a small dose. I'd 60
to an allopath and see if couldn't get
trip to Europe" Washington Her
aid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Had "a confess.

Wife-Do you mean to tell me you
lost 50 at cards? Husband-I don't
mean to tell you, but I may as well.
You'll find It out anyway.-Philadel-
phia Bulletin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Easy.

"Have you any trouble naming the
baby"
mot at all. We've only one rich rela.
tive Of her sex."-Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Misplaced Confidence,

Are Jinks' misfortunes due to mis-
placed confidence, as he claims?"
yes; he rated his own ability too
high."-Buffalo Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Very Different.

Blinkers = Hello, Winkers! I hear
pendent fortune. Winkers SADLY
N-no. l married fortune with an in
dependent woman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
TO Persons Who Wish TO rive

Having enlarged my Livery by add.
ing a number OF riding and driving
horses and number of easy riding
rubber tire buggies, we are in posi-
ton to put out teams to order having
81 vehicles in all making a complete
livery equipment. We know we can
please you.
nov-6-tf J. e. BEMIS. Propr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Recommended for . Good Reason

c. h. Grant, 230 Waverly Street,
Peoria, ILL.,, says: "Backache and
congested kidneys made me suffer in
tense pains. Was always tired and
floating specks bothered me. Took
Foley's Kidney Pills and saw big i'm
provement after third day. l kept on
until freed of all trouble and suffer
ing. That's why ] recommended
Foley Kidney Pills. They cured me.
Schmitt's Drug Store.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

The more we do the more we can
do: the more busy we are the more
leisure we haye.-Hazlitt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

No man rejoiceth safely unless he
hath within him the testimony Of Z
good conscienca-Thomas RemptA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

o. L. Sheetz & Co., having bought
out the livery business of Frank Rush
and stocked up with good horses and
up to date rigs, are prepared to give
good service and prompt attention t.
all calls. They solicit your patron
age. Come to see them on court day
and be convinced that your horse will
be we'll cared for. o. L. Sheetz 4
Co.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

Get busy. Did you eyer notice
what hard work it is to keep on
doing nothing?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18

The Typhoons may not have
struck the east, but the new tariff
bill struck some of the New
York trust headquarters as a
blow. Alex. News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
Barber Shop.
COURT ST., WooDsToeK Va.
Warden Fravel, Propr.

Shave. 80. 10 Haircut. Is
SINCE. Is Shampoo. Is
Facial Massage. 49,. Is
Tonic Rub. -. 6 and 10
Shaving Corpse. 80. 100
Shave away from shop rs
Haircut I" Sc 20
Haircut and shave away from shop so
a Prompt attention given to al
customsers.
A shaN of tine vublic patronage
solicited
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-04-18
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Premier Carrier Of the South.
Schedule between Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and Harrisonburg
In Effect December Is, 1912.
N. B.-Following schedule figures
published only as Information and
are not guaranteed.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-10
Strange Sounds Come from Smithsonian Building

fF you are passing across the front
4 Of the Smithsonian Institution at
midnight and hear strange cries COM
ing from the Byzantine, Norman or
rounded Gothic towers, buttresses,
batJlements, groined arches and
cornices, keep your nerve. The moon
may be floating through the southern
sky. Now it will be hidden under
dense cloud masses, and then 1t will
burst through the black mist and cast
its silver sheen over the heavens and
the earth Against all this, the long
red sandstone buildings, dark but for
a watchman's lamp in the central YES
tibue. will be submitted. 1t looks
gloomy and lonesome. One almost
feels the damp and stagnant vapor
that would rise from the moat around
1t, If moat were there
You can reassure yourself that you
are not In the depths Of a haunt
ed forest and before some dismal
medieval castle by looking northward
to catch the glitter of the lights in
the post office tower or by listening
to the purr and soft ripple of the
fountain not far removed from the
northwest corner of the building.
The sounds that have stopped you,
and it may be, chilled you, come from
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-10
Ills Army IInlfnrm.

A young man was being entertained
at luncheon at young girls one Sun
day evening. Little Jimmy the girls
brother, broke the silence OF the soup
course to remark:
Say, Mr.. Smith, you certainly did
look fine last night, sitting beside
sister on the parlor sofa, with your
arm"
Jimmy, be quiet!" the girl scream
ed, blushing scarlet
We'll, he did look fine" said Jim
my. "He had his arm"
Jimmy, will you be still?" exclaim-
ed the mother.
"Why?" whined the lad. He did
have his arm"
James," said the father, go straight
upstairs to bed!"
The boy arose. He began to sry.
As he left the room he said:
II don't know what's the matter
with you folks. I was only going to
say he had his army uniform on-and
he had, tool"
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-10
The nMudsllin Lenlalatora.

On our march to the sea we stopped
at Milledgeville, the capital OF Geor-
gia. The legislature had been in ses-
sion, but that honorable body ad-
journed in a hurry upon the approach
of Sherman's army, and about 200 OF
us took possession of the house OF
representatives, says a writer in the
National Tribune. We elected a full
set of officers and made laws govern
ing everything. We passed bill unan-
imously condemning the invading
Northern Mudsills" to death. After
a stormy" session we discussed
whether 1t was best to move the capt.
tol on wheels or horseback. We con-
cluded that the latter was safest, as
1t might in that manner be possible to
escape from "Sherman's bummers."
We then voted thanks to everybody,
from the president down, and ad-
journed to meet when the invaders
were driven from the Sacred soil" OF
Georgia.
The Celina Democrat. (Celina, O. [Ohio]) 1895-1921, 1913-01-10
Ice Skating a Real Fad in Society at Capital

THAT part Of Washington society
( which delights in outdoor winter
sports has started a movement to dis
cuss the ways and means Of promot'
ing ice skating. To that end invita-
tjons we're sent out by committee
oF interested men and women for a
meeting which was held In the ban
ouet hall of one Of the large hotels.
II is hoped the feeble efforts of Jack
Frost" in Washington may be supple
mented and real ice skating provided
for those who wish.
The tidal basin at the foot Of the
Washington monument Is unsafe at
best. and then there are only a few
days skating on 1t through the win
ter. Last year the time was extended
somewhat because of the almost un-
precedented cold weather in this re-
gion. There are many expert skaters
in Washington, who come from all
parts of the world. Most of them be-
long to the diplomatic circle, although
not few are people who have spent
the greater part of their lives in the
northern part of the United States.
Among those interested in the
propect is Major Henry T. Allen,
whose wife was Miss Johnstone OF