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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
MIscaIcuIated.

Though the devoted young man had
been at her home for nearly an hour.
the presence Of the family In the ad-
joining room, with only large door
way intervening. had prevented him
from risking a kiss.
When the big clock just above
where they sat on the sofa struck g.,
tolling OF the hours with q loud gong
and much rumbling Of mechanism, he
received an inspiration.
Mabel" he said sweetfy.
What, dear?"
when the clock strikes again
shall kiss you
After the proverbial age, he heard
the warning rumble Of the clock. In
exact unison with the first stroke he
gave the gin Z resounding smack. fol-
lowing Il mp with others carefully
timed, until he had counted nine
The next time IN have ten.. hs
sighed when 1t was an over.
But DEAR" she protested. that
Was only the half-houy strokA"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
Food fer Reflection

In Los Angeles the other day shop
girl was hurrying to her work when
her hat blew off and an automobile
ran over 1t. She got permission from
her employer to 60 back, and on the
way met three men, one of whom was
carrying the wrecked hat. AS he re-
turned it he gave the girl $40 bill.
The other men "chipped in" SIS
apiece. Thereupon the girl vent at
once and bought $50 hat. I've al
ways wanted one like that" shs said,
with a smile. but I never dreamed /
should fave one" There are several
aspects Of the inciden. that are worth
thinking about
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
PAIN IN The ROYAL NOTICE
composer Had Occasion to Remenn-
Der Former Time That Maria
Thereoa 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
TRAN empress, Maria Theresa.
When Won Reuter- became choir
master Of st. Stephens cathedral he
had Joseph Haydn among his pupils.
During Q visit to the Hungarian
Prince Esterhazy, In 1773. Maria The
resa took occasion to say q 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 the
| occasion.
"The last time your majesty was
pleased to take notice of me-" said
Haydn, you ordered me . good
thrashing'
"That does not sound like me-" re-
Joined the empresA "Hov did It hap
penn
Then Haydn told Of . Whitsuntide
) when. with other pupils OF Won Reut-
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 ol the scaffolding was
}sresissiblss o. the following day the
boys were again risking their necks.
When Maria Theresa expostulated
with Won Reuter-. his surmise that the
ringleadeY was that young sxsmp.
Joseph Haydn" led her to suggest
that the rod DO used to improve hia
memory.-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
EXCLAIMED.

what Is this civil service bushes.
that they are always talking aboutr
asked the boob. What good does
It do?"
Its like this" replied the Cheerful
idiot IF you have job and you arr
not under civil service they can fir,
you any time they want to- But If you
have a job under civil service they
can't fire you unless they want to-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
Doctor Could Not ForeteII Future.

When David Lloyd-George was a
year old his life nearly ended. He
was seized with Group one winters
night at Haverfordwest. where his par.
ents lived. and his mother had to hur-
ry through the snow to find a doctor
The physician arrived when the bab(
was almost at his last gasp and barely
succeeded In pulling him through the
attack. Many years later at Cardiff
the same doctor came up to the pres
emit chancellor Of the excheQuer, az
ter q meeting. and told him of this in.
cident. adding that as he went home
that winters night he had wondered
whether 1t had been really worth
while to save the baby's life. since
there was no prospect before the baby
but the life of an agricultural laborer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
Old London crls. Ia p.r,i.

This is a daring age. Somebody haa
actually dared to criticise the VOCAL
efforts Of the itinerant vendor. I,
waA Sweet lavender; buy my swee.
lavender" that established the i'm.
mpnity Of the street cry from cavil.
lers. There il no doubt that the
Sweet lavender" business had. va
trust-a good deal Of pleasantly. 9th.
er yells from the gutter got IN on
It. too. You would hear e hoarse howl
and begin 70 condemn II, and then
stop =. after all. vas It not an
~oId London cry7" But too much
"MilkO" has at last pricked the hub.
BILE. A complainant At Highgate 20.
lice court incontinently referred 10
this city a. something between the
scream q . hyena and the falsekto
- dcnhsy.s 'aChaies-toman1 Or ny
- ~ - - oncanmAcIAnAso
-.A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
storekeepers In Difficulties

A number OF shopkeepeys were
summoned at the Grimsby police court
recently for contravening the closing
order under the shops act. They com
planned that they had difficulty In UNI
Outstanding what they could and
could not sell. One of the defendants
admitted selling soap to a man who
was very dirty. Thinking cleanliness
was next to godliness. let him have
= packet" said the defenda,6--loD
Don Nail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
Took HINT FROM NEWSPAPER
How One Woman Kept Clippings on
All Subjects In Which She
Might BE Interested.

A young wife who was always well
informed and brimful of ideas, stories,
and current topics. explained her meth
cd thus:
Il formerly worked on q daily news.
paper where they had a 'morgue' which
is newspaper slang for q filing cabinet
devoted to clippings and information
on every subject under the sun. When
l married resolved to adopt the sys-
tenn, on q smaller scale, to my own
needs, and reserved a couple of pigeon
holes in my desk for the purpose. Then
purchased at newspaper Office two
dozen stout No. II MANILA envelopes.
Those l labeled.
I'm pigeon hole No. placed Gift
Suggestions. Holiday Celebrations,
Parties and Entertainments. High Cost
Of Living. Household Economies.
Dress. Attractive House Plans, Home
Decoration and Applied Art, Gardens.
Fancy Work. and two envelopes foz
Receipts.
In pigeon hole no. Z I placed Boob
'AcSlcWS anu AuSuOAo, A1ts XNoW Z 10Y :
and Players. Prominent People. Cur.
rent Events, Anecdotes, Poems. Fam.
lily History Data, Nature Study. Vaca'
ton Suggestions. and two blank en-.
velopes for other subjects in which
might become interested.
Into these envelopes went all clip
pings from magazines and nswspapera
pertaining to thcos subjectA Vhea Z
friend went to Rome to 1--we. ! addsd
ITALY 80 that I might keep In touch
with her. When my club began the
study Of German I had q ready re-
ceptacle for copies of German notes
Thus my 'morgue' grew. 30 that
now / have four pigeon holes. and
40 envelopes. containing useful
fund Of information on every subject
In which l am, or expect to be inter
terested, logically grouped for instant
reference. l consider 1t my most val
liable aid to efficient life."-Woman's
World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25

Sir william Frazer SecosdD viii
pride his own readiness iu quoting
the saying Of ono Of DfsSAe1iS heroes
to -Dix1y. himself. together with the
pleasure 'DixEy" took TN being x
quoted to. sitting next to him al
Lord Shrewsbury. cigars were hand
cd round after dinner. He shook hii
head, and turning 30 me, said. The
grave Of love- I replied. Tobacco
l. the tomb Of love-" said Egremont
holding mp q cigar He looked very
much pleased, and said. I apologize:
| thought the remark was original
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
inaenuou%

who is your lawyerr asked the as
sistant district attorney. who was try.
Ing q case In court.
81 forget his name." said the pris-
oner, and then. turning to the detec-
tive who had arrested him and was at
that moment taking the witness stand.
he asked: Say. Bo. what was the
name of that lawyer you said could
ct me out of thisf"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
Pleasant.

"Oh. George. I'm so glad you've
comet" exclaimed the girl. Father is
DO excited and disturbed! Do go in and
calm him.
Very we'll" replied George WHATS
the matter with him?"
"Why-er-I just told him you want
ed to marry me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
AdvertisInd One.

F. Irving Fletcher, an exponent CT
human interest advertising, asked an
advertising riddle at q Sphinx Club
dinner in New York.
why is the merchant who doesn't
advertise like a man rowing a boat?'
Mr.. Fletcher asked.
Because he goes backward" said
William Ray Gardiner, promptly.
NO." said Fletcher Because he
has to get along without sales"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
Reversed,

Greeble-ls that your baby? Craw-
don No, sir The possession is on the.
other side. He is not my baby. Fm
his father Christian Register.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25

Some Of these actors must be shame
less as well as shiftless.' asserted the
woman with the angular jaw.
| "WhyY" asked her husband.
Here is one who advertises even OIL
the billboard that he Is supported by
his wife, Buffalo Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
Japan Display, Naval STRENGTH.

Japan's naval strength was paraded
tn the review held OF Yokohama. the
first spectacular event in the reign OF
the new emperor. Yoshihito reviewed
As battleehips and cruisers. destroy.
ers, submarines and torpedo boats
lib In line. 1t was much like Colonel
Roosevelt's review Of the feet of Oy
ster Bay when he was president. but Q
distinctly modern note was added by
the Japanese in the two hydro-aero
planes flying over the warships. as
well as the big German dirigibles that
noated high in the air.
Among the vessels in line were three
battleships and three cruisers cap
tured from the Russians. According
to the American schedule. these would
have been marked "obsolete" long ago
The prime battleships Of ten years age
are ranked no higher than cruisers
now. and only dreadnoughts are count
ed as battleships Of the line. Deterio
ration Is the weakness Of the Japan.
ese navy. But new battleships cost
$10,000.00 apiece, the Japanese are
groaning under heavy taxes and II
probably will take all the influence OF
the Mikado. as well as war scare OF
SO to induce the diet to appropriate
the immense sums required to carry
out Admiral Saito's program Of 3sval
expansion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25
sDevIis Of Diplomacy"

French papers say that the Italians.
successors to Machiavelli. are very
devils Of diplomacy" and in coming to
an understanding with Turkey have
left no end Of trouble for that un-
happy country. These papers say that
tho Italians have not spared to SOW
the seeds Of discord between the
Arabs of Tripoli and the Turks. that
the Arabs have long been distrustful
Of the Turkish troops and have threat
ened to slaughter them to the last
man II they attempt to leave the
country to It's enemies. and that the
government at COnstatinople win
hardly know how to withdraw it, lit.
tie army from Africa.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-07-25

Everything has two handles-one By
which 1t may be borne. another by
which 1t cannot-Epictetus
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-22
Pensions For Mothers From Public
Funds Wrong
By Dr.. EDWARD T. DEVINE., Social Worker

rs AN ADVOCATE OF SOCIAL INSURANCE cHAL-
~ LENcE THE PROPOSAL WEEKLY MONTHLY PAY.
MEN1s TO MOTHERS FROM PUBLIC FUNDS RAISED
A NOT WITH PRINCIPLES OF SOCIAL NsUR
ANcE; NOT BEING INSURANCE At ALL BUT MERELY RE.
vAMPED UNWoRKAsLE PUBLIC
OUTDOOR Relief As HAVING THE NAME PEN
RATIONAL SCHEME SOCIAL LEcs.
LATioN AS EMeoDYNc ELEMENT PREVENTION RADI.
ANY RECOGNIZED EVIL; iNslpious
ATTACK UPON THE FAMILY. INiMIcAL WELFARE OF
CHILDREN AND INJURIOUS TO THE CHARACTER OF PARENTS
Whatever they called mothers from public
funds reiefPUBC CHARITY No hyca denunciation
passionate will change bald fact
GIFT FOR WHICH THE PERSONS AT WHOSE EXPENSE IT
IS MADE HAVE RECEIVED NO DIRECT EQUIVALENT
An income for widows from STATE ADMINISTERED FUND
RAISED BY THE JOINT CONTRIBUTIONS or THE INSURED
AND THEIR EMPLOYERS, the burden lightly felt because widely
distributed and borne by all of who
the manufacture Of which the insured engaged-tha the
HONORABLE INCOME which for every mother
owed by the death of an industrial worker
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-22
Municipal Government.

The demand for the conduct of the
affairs of city along purely business
lines is becoming irresistible. The
enormous waste of the old system will
be tolerated no longer by the taxpay-
ers of American cities. The commits
sion form, originated by Galveston
and improved upon since, has been
found much superior to the old ward
councilmanic plan, yet it is found sus-
ceptible of improvement. The new
constitution recently adopted by the
state of Ohio, enables the cities of
that state to operate along the lines Of
a successful private corporation.
Speaking of this new law, the Seattle
Post-Intelligencer, in a leading edi-
torial Wednesday, said:
"The city of Dayton, O., on the 18th
of this month, by vote of it's citizens,
adopted new charter, which goes
into effect on January / next. 1t is a
departure in substance and in form,
based upon the principle of simplify
ing the machinery of government as
far as possible and administering the
affairs of the city on strictly business
principles.
The commission form of govern
ment is adopted to this extent, that
the new charter provides for the cleo.
ton of five commissioners. Their du-
ties, however, are to be entirely legis-
latiye. The entire administration OF
the city is to be under the direction
OF trained city manager, to be select.
ed by the commission. With his selec-
ton, the commission ceases to have
control over his actions.
"The administration Of the city is
divided into five departments, the
heads of which are to be appointed
by the citys manager All of the re.
naming employees of the city are un.
der civil service rules. A new depart
ment is provided, that of social well
fare, the head of which has the duties,
in addition to supervision of the de-
partment of health, parks and play
grounds, of making inquiries into the
cause of poverty and disease and to
make recommendations to the city's
legislative body from time to time.
"The charter also requires a scien.
tific budget, complete auditing of the
city's accounts, a modern accounting
system, a purchasing agent, standard
izing of city's supplies, and time AMI
service records.
''In short, in framing the charter it
has been the purpose to create a city
government on lines identical with
those under which the most highly eff.
ficient and successful of modern pri.
waite corporations are now conducted.
And, after all, that is all that city
government is-the corporation for
handling the community's collective
business, in which every voter is a
stakeholder"
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-22
NeSFHTtGHEN
NOVEL LAMB DISHES.

CPRING lamb may be prepared for
y the table in many taking ways.
Some novel methods of cooking
it are suggested here.
Casserole Of Lamb.
Lamb and Vegetables En- Casserole.
Take two pounds Of neck Of lamb. a
dozen young carrots, six small turnips.
half pint Of green peas. two onions
and q little stock. Cut up the lamb
into neat pieces and dust with salt and
pepper and u little -four. Place the
vegetables In the casserole with the
meat on top. cover with hot stock and
cover and simmer for two hours. The
peas should be added half an hour be-
fore serving.
A Meat Souffle.
Lamb Souffie.-Melt one-half table
spoonful OF butter. add one-half table
spoonful Of -four. one-half teaspoOnful
Of salt. one-half teaspOonful Of celery
salt few drops Of onion juice and a
few grains of pepper; then add grad
ually one cupful of sca!hed milk and
one-fourth cupful of soft. stale bread
crumbs. Remove from the fire and add
one cupful of finely chopped cold lamb.
Add yolks Of two beaten eggs and last
ly fold in the beaten whites Of the eggs.
Bake thirty minutes In moderate
oven.
An Elaborate Recipe.
Curry Of Lamb.-Two pounds Of neck
Of lamb. two heaping tablespoonful of
butter, quarter Of pint of milk. one
large onion. one teaspoonful of sugar,
three tablespoonfuls Of chopped cocoa
nut. one level tablespoonful Of curry
powder, quarter of pint Of stock,
one teaspoonful Of salt. one Tablespoons
full Of lemon Juice and one small
apple. Remove the bones from the
lamb and divide into small pieces;
put the butter into saucepan and
when hot fry in 1t the lamb until nice
ly Drowned: then fry the chopped on
ion, add curry powder. cocoanut. chop
ped apple. sugar. stock and milk. Sim
mer very slowly for thirty minutes. re-
move any fat, add the salt and lemon
Juice and serve with the sauce
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-22
Personal Property Tax.

Stocks. bonds and mortgages in the
state of New York are mostly exempt
from taxation. The effort to tax them
produced little revenue. A tax that
was levied upon per cent bond, for
example, is tantamount to an income
tax of 30 or 40 per cent-a mon.
strous mulct, such as no country hav-
ing an outright income tax would
dream of inflicting.
A business mems association in the
city of New York, however, points
out that personal property in the
form of machinery and stocks of
goods is still taxed. 1t shows that the
assessed valuation of land in the city
is four and half billion dollars and
of the rovements-buildings there
On-two and three-quarters billions !;
and both are taxed at the same rate.
Here is plot of land worth a mil
lion dollars. 1t was provided by ma.
ture and the owner never lifted hand
to give it that value. Upon it is a
building costing million dollars-a
creation by the Owner-a sheer addi-
ton made by him to the city's capa-
city for accommodating human needs.
In the building are goods and machin-
cry worth a million dollars, provided
by the owners enterprise and at his
risk, producing and distributing hu.
man satisfaction.
When it comes to taxation the city
treats those three items-land,
building and personality-substat
alike. The business men contend it
should not, and obviously they are
right.-Saturday Evening Post.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-22
Our Duty Toward Mexico.

To shout for war is easy when such
shout is popular. 1t is particularly
easy to the man who does not think
he will suffer personally any of the
physical hardships or dangers of war.
1t is easy to demand that others shall
fight and die, or be taxed to pay eX-
penses. To those who delight in fol-
lowing this easiest way, peace talk is
unwelcome, especially at time like
this when relations between the United
States and a certain Mexican faction
are strained. But such time is the
very one when there is most need for
calm consideration of arguments for
peace.
What, after all, is at the bottom Of
prevailing war feeling? Is it not the
fact that we are physically stronger
than Mexico? Would there be the
same eagerness for war, even with the
same provocation, if this physical SUI
periority did not exist? Would there
be any warlike desire at all, if it were
certain that the outcome would be de-
feat and humiliation? Now why
should the course of the country be
different toward a weaker nation than
it would be, under the same circum-
stances, toward one equally strong or
stronger? Suppose conditions were
reversed. Suppose that all the condi-
tions existing in Mexico existed with
us, and our conditions prevailed in
Mexico. Suppose that Mexican capt.
talists had invested in the United
States, Mexican citizens had located
within our borders, and representa-
tive of the Mexican president had
been insulted without provocation.
What would be the sensible and digni-
fed course for Mexico to pursue? Not
to 60 to war; That is evident 1t there
existed no one in power in this coun.
try sufficiently rational to consider
questions on their merits, Mexicos
course ought to be to cease further at
tempts at negotiation, do what she
could to help her citizens out of dan.
ger, and then calmly wait until the
evil results of disorder and injustice
became sufficiently impressive to
cause a return to some form of order
and reason. Such wait would surely
not be as long as would be the time
required for most successful war;
There would be more glory and hero
ism in such self-control than in any
number of deeds of physical valor.
Practical results would be better and
the nation would be more worthy of
the respect of others.-The Public, Chi
cago.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-22
Prison a Breeding Place Of Crime

By KENZ CLELAND Lawyer President Of the National Probation
League
THE SOLUTION PROBLEM OF CRIME WHICH IS
| ESTIMATED TO COST THE COUNTRY
LARS YEAR IS THE SUSPENDED SENTENCE PROBATION.
The prison is the connecting LINK BETWEEN CIVILIZATION
AND SLAVERY Were there prisons existence
cevabe that enlightened society would adopt UNNATURAL
AND UNSCENC defective members
The prison has BUILT UP A PROFESSIONAL CRIMINAL
fessonal criminals practically served one or more
prison terms 1t is estimated that the yearly earnings
nails the United States exceed eight hundred million
prison necessarily SCHOOL FOR CRIME. the United
States alone approximately eight hundred
thus imprisoned annually given compulsory
IF THERE WERE NO JAILS THERE WOULD BE NO
SCHOOLS FOR CRIME.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-22
The Reason For Single Tax

BY JOSEPH FELS One Of the Most Prominent Advocates Of the
Single Tax
ADVOCATE the single tax because the value the land is public
created by the growth and enterprise of the
muni The value Of land from the value of improve
mens land is NOT DUE TO ANYTHING SPENT OR
DONE BY THE OWNER OR HOLDER OF THE LAND IN
QUESTION and the community in approprng would not be
6sang the property Of any nd1v@a It would only ask payment
owing the situation and natural advantages of his land
FURTHER ADVOCATE THE SINGLE BECAUSE PROTEST
AGAINST THE IMPROVEMENTS
THROWING PUBLIC BURDENS UPON THOSE WHO USE
WHILE ExEMPTNc FROM TAXATION THOSE WHO HOLD
VALUABLE AND PRODUCTIVE LAND ONLY PARTIALLY
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-08-22

Amer PressA
ERE and the old aquatic Canoe
which
III
who watch thrill The
bathing
duckng II scramble
the Oldest funniest Of
the side splitting spills / illustrated
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-25

Bedient for dozen safeties, but had
ten men left on base. ,Moeller regis
tered three singles, Lewis and Card
ner duplicating the feat. Six bases
were stolen by the Nationals.
Vean Gregg and Jean Dubuc each
allowed nine hits in their BATTLE yes
terday, but the Nap was stronger
than the Tiger in the pinches. Sam
Crawford got his first home run of
the year. Cleveland hoped Dubuc in
the eighth and grabbed three runs.
In this round Joe Birmingham laid
down a bunt, Olson scoring from
third, making the fourth time this
year the Maps have worked the
squeeze play. DOME Bush swiped
three bases.
Clark Griffith, manager of the
Washington Nationals, is beginning to
rag the umpires. After yesterdays
game with Boston Griff announced
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1913-04-25

back by Ira Thomas accurate pegs.
In addition Thomas belted double
that scored a pair of runs. The Yanks-
collected eleven hits off Chief Ben
der, three of them being credited to
Hartzen. The Indian was strong in
the pinches, tanning eight
A ninth inning rally by Boston
which netted four runs pushed Wash
ington to second place. Groom was
strong until the final frame. He was
logged for ten hits. Washington hit