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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
SHORT SENTENCES FOR HIM
Writer Gives Good Advice to His Eel
lows In the Following Simple
Words.

Writers who wish to impart to their
productions power and pungency, who
wish to keep the readers attention
upon the tiptoe of activity. who desire
to escape the imputation Of pedantry
and who seek to surcharge their senti-
ments with sparkle and spirit will do
well to bear in mind constantly that
long. lingering sentences, unduly over
burdened with an abundance OF
phrases. clauses and parenthetical OBJ
servations Of more or less aggressive
character, are apt to be tiresome to
the reader, especially II the subject
matter be at all profound or ponder
GUS, to place an undue strain upon his
powers of concentration and to leave
him with confused concept Of the
ideas which the writer apparently has
been at great pains to- concentrate;
while short. snappy sentences. on the
other hand, with the frequent recur.
renee OF subject and predicate, thus
recalling and emp iasizing the idea to
be expressed as the Development Of
the thought pxocseds, like numerous
signposts upon an untraveled road.
these frequent breaks having the eff
feet Of taking new hold upon the
readers attention, GASES in the desert
of words, as it were. will be found to
be much more effective, much more
conducive to clarity and far better
calculated to preserve the contact, ths
wireless connection. so to speak, be,
tween the writer and the reader; pro
vided, however, and 1t IS always very
easy to err through q too strict and
literal application of 4 general rule,
that the sentences are not so short as
to give jerky, choppy and sketchy
effect and to scatter the readers at
tention so often as to send him wool
gathering completely.-Ellis o. Jones
in Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
With the Invalid,

A nursery ice box In the sick roon
is a convenience not only to the in
valid but to the nurse A bottle of wa
ter can always be kept there on hant
for drinking. Milk, too, can be KEEP
on tap, and other food can be storet
there from day to day. Any tin DO,
can be made to serve as a nurser,
Ice box. If you have an old bread box
use that. Put a pan In the bottom o
it, and lay wire cake tray, the sor
that you put in the oven to hold cake
or bread tins, over the pan. Put the
ice on the tray. and the melting water
will drain into the pan. This, -ot
course, must be emptied whenever II
is full. Put milk and water in the
bottom Of the box. and put other
things around the ice, on the wire
tray. There is an ice blanket which
helps keep the Ice from melting ans
so reduces the cost Of ice, and one
these would be useful in the nursery
ice box. 1t is wrapped about the ice
or spread over it. and 1t is said that
1t Is as durable as 1t Is convenient.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
WASTING TIME OVER DETAILS
Writer Points Out Mistake Made by
Many Men Who Occupy Executive
Positions.

Many man in a high executive DO
sition impairs his efficiency by trying
to do work that a low priced subordi-
nate could accomplish just as we'll.
Some managers are proud of calling
themselves masters of details when
really the details have nearly mas
tered them," says writer in System.
II remember the treasurer of a bank
note company, who was forever un-
iertaking to show his clerks how much
better he could do their work than
they could. One day the president of
he concern took him by the shoulders,
backed him into his private office,
oiled an armchair to the window, and
said solemnly: Your business here in
office hours is to sit in that chair and
-hink. That is what you are paid for
so do it,
He had the right experience of de-
all, but instead of using it to propel
lis train of thought he kept it running
back and forth over its own little, lin
tied track, and his activity didn't get
him anywhere"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
Bread. a La United States,

This is the way to make officia
bread, given out by the chief cook O
the department of agriculture, Mis-.
Hannah Wessler:
For threepou loaves-Make fer
ment of one-ounce cake compressed
yeast. one ounce graduated sugar
half-ounce salt, end twenty ounces wa
ter. Place in even temperature for al
hour. Weigh Az pounds -four, and LEI
1t warm. Mix -four and ferment to
gether. Cover mixture and warm fol
twenty minutes.
If dough is too stiff, add luke-warn
water. After twenty minutes more
take up dough with hands slightly
creased, and fold over and over four
teen times. Cover, set aside for TWEEN
ty minutes. then fold nine times.
After twenty minutes more, mould
into leaves, and bake forty minutes in
steady oven 400 to 40 degrees Fair
enheit. A cup of water in the over
will make tenderer crust"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
IMPORTS
Fiscal year From
EXPORTS
S3,54O,Sq4 $685., OlS Sl2,3e6, 81;
IS.7H,7T II .I22 1893 80. 1854 is
THE FRIAR LANDS. .

One Of the most unfortunate
occurances of our administration
was the the recent sale of certain
of the Friar Lands, it is alleged,
to the Sugar Trust. There were
about 100000 acres of the most
choice agricultural lands in the
archipelago claimed or owned by
the religious orders at the time
we occupied the islands. which
had been acquired by them from
time to time during the hundreds
OF years of Spanish rule and
when the church and religious
orders were dominant in the gov
eminent of the islands. We
found in existence a bitter con-
troversy, of historical duration.
between the tenants or occupants
of these lands, some 90, 900 tenant
families in number. and the or
ders of friars, growing out of
rival claims of ownership. In
fact the Filipinos say today that
the instruction was directed
more against the oppressive rule
of the friars than against the
sovereignty of Spain. To re-
move this condition, which was
considered inimical to the peace
and welfare of the Filipinos, and
for the pofessed purpose of get
ting these estates into the hands
of the tenants or occupants, the
United States successfully nego,i-
ated for their purchase by the
PHILIPPINE Government for tile
sum of $7,2OO,OOO which sum
that government raised by issuing
and selling its bonds. The alleged
sale to the Sugar Trust was made
under authority of an opinion of
the Attorney General of the
United States holding that the
limitations prescribed in the
organic act of the Philippines
passed by Congress restricting
the amount of the public lands
| which might be acquired by an
individual to forty acres, and by
corporations or associations to
2, 500 acres did not apply to these
estates. Perhaps the letter : of
the law is ambiguous, but there
can be no question as to its in
tent and policy. The legal
phases of the question at issue
cannot be gone into here; but
even though the sales in ques-
ton were sanctioned by the act
the government could have done
nothing more impo1itic than tc
make them. The policy and
purpose Of the government wa:
clearly indicated in section g.
of the act. under which thes,
estates were bought, empower
ing the Philippine Government
TO acquire any lands owned o
held b. associations, corpora
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
Most Beautiful Thjno.

A newspaper recently invited its
readers to state in a few wor.Is what
they considered the most beautiful
thing in the world.
The first prize was awarded to the
sender of the answer: THE ayes of
my mother"
"The dream of that which We know
to be impossible suggested ar mag
NATIVE person, and this brougL.. him
second prize.
But the most amusing thing was
that which read: The most baauti-
full thing in the world is to zee a
man carrying his mother-il-law
across dangerous river without max.
ing any attempt to drop her in"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
AGAIN the "Sirlion. /"

King James |. is said to have been
SO we'll pleased with lion of beef
as to knight 1t and make it Sir Lion.
or sirlion. However. story of the
same kind was also told of Henry
VIII, and is to be found in Fullers
Church History" Dining with the
abbot Of Reading. Henry. according to
this authority. ate so heartily Of a
lion of beef that the abbot said he
would give 1000 marks for such
stomach. ''Done!" said the king, and
kept the abbot a prisoner in the tower
until he grew ravenously hungry, and
won his 1000 marks and knighted the
beef. But Webster characterizes this
etymology as erroneous saying that
the true spelling should be "surlion
the sur" being equal to super"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
Religious Feeling in Railway Guide.

HoH8'ouS FeetII0 III railway OPues
Although the provision ID. "" has
never figured on railway time tables.
close examination of Bradshaw re-
veals trace of strong religious feel-
ing. On the cover the months are re-
ferred to by their numerals-"1st no"
for January, End mo-" for February
and SO on.
Bradshaw as a Quaker objected to
taking the names of the months from
heather emperors and deities, and this
prejudice has been perpetuated since
the first issue of the time table sew
enty-two years ago.-From the London
Evening Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
Buttons From the Taaua Palm

Buttons From the Ta0ua Palm.
Does the average well-dressed man
know that the buttons he wears are
made Of the fruit of the South Amer
lean tagua palm. which produces ivory
nuts? The latest bulletin of the Pan
American Union tells of the annual
button crop" Of Guayaquil and other
South American countries. The year
ly export of Ecuador alone is 10000
tons, all to be made into buttons that
will match every hue and pattern OF
mems and women's dress. BY means
of steel dies and coloring material the
texture and richest and softest effects
Of even satins and silks may be imi
tated in this durable but plastic sub
stance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
Where Dean swift. First Met stsll:

Where Dean Swift First Met Stella.
Moor Park. Farnham, which has just
changed hands. Is to the lover OF lit
erature one of the most historic
places in England.
1t was there that Swift met Stella
when he was secretary to Sir William
wrote The Battle of the Books" and
The Tale of Tub" The estate,
which is not to be confused with the
one Of the same name near Rickmans-
worth, also lives in the pages Of Jane
Austen. where the provenance Of some
especially choice apricots is exalted
on the strength Of their being genuine
Moor Parks"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Premier Carrier OF the South

Premier Carrier OF the South
Schedule between Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and Harrisonburg
In Effect May Is. 1913.
N B.-Following schedule figures
published only as Information anG
are not guaranteed.
INSTRUMENTATION Woodstock.
No -Mixed-Except Sunday
7:O1 q. m. Local for BarrisOnburg
Arrive Harriso1burg 1915. .. m.
No. 49-Dai'y-1:l0 p. m. Local
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison.
burg 2:55 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. 13-Except Sunday-7:29 p. m
Limited for Hsrrisopburg, stopping
at Edinburg, Mt. Jackson, New Mar.
ket and Broadway. Arrive Harrison.
burg 900 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. III = Daily = S:55 p. m.
Local for Harrisonburg. Arrive
HSrrisonburg 1925 p. N.
EASTBOUND-from Woodstock.
No. H-Except Sunday-s:OO a. m.
L.mited for Alexandria and Washing
ton. Arrive Washington 1855 .. m.
Buffet Parlor Car.
NO. % -Daily-4:26 p. N. Local
for Alexandria and Washington.
Arrive Washington 9:l5 p. m. Buffet
Farlor Car.
No 2l6 - Daily sos .. m.
Local from Rarrisonburg to Stras-
burg. Arrive Strasburg 8:45 p. m.
Nos. Is and IA connects at Manas-
sas with Nos. 112 and Ill to and from
Warrenton.
No. IA connects at Manassas with
Main Line Fast Mail Train No. 43 for
principal point South.
Trains 217 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. b. CoAPMAN, Vice-President and
Gener al Manager.
S Fl. HARDWICK. Passenger Traffic
Manager.
q. E. CARY, General Passenger Agt.
L. s. BROWN, General Agent, Wash.
ington, D. c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14

nese, it is the universal expert
ence of Europeans engaged in
business in japan that it is prac-
tically impossible for a white
man to get justice in their courts,
and that it is better policy for
them to suffer injustice in silence
than to seek redress in the courts.
If any one desires to be more
fully inforn med as to the "conceit
and deceit" Of the Japanese and
their utter untrustworthiness, or
is incredulous of the above state
ments, he should tead Millard's
book, Near Far Fast, and
eschew the miserable twaddle
about these people that tourists and
novelists have been fostering upon
the unsuspecting public.
OTHER BENEFITS AND EVILS.
The limits of space forbid the
discussion of many other. inter-
esting matters showing the bene-
fits we have conferred and the
mistakes we have made in gov
erning the Philippines. For ex-
ample it would be interesting to
tell in detail of the railroads.
built and projected under Ameri-
can rule, and how they have grown
from something over one hum
dred miles to approximately one
thousand, when they are all COM
pleted, -opening up the country,
operating as mighty civilizing
influence, and contributing great
ly to the general prosperity of
the people. Nothing is more in
tereSting than the commercial
growth and development of a |
country, and the increase in
Philippine exports and imports
since American occupation bear |
eloquent tribute to the material
benefits of our rule, if in no
other respects. They have grown
by leaps and bounds as indicated |
by the following figures:
IMPORTS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
WON'T Chase Female Woives.

Sometimes it is almost impossible
to clear neighborhood OF wolveA
owing to the chivalrous instincts OF
the hounds about attacking the fe-
male Of the species" Hounds have
been known to abandon chase after
4 sheep-killing wolf because It hap
named to be Z female animal. For this
reason ct least one female hound is
Usually taken. to insure the catching
Of the quarry.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
British Trolley Ilnea.

In 1912 the trolley lines of Great
Britain carried more than 5000, 000, 900
passengers. This traffic was carried
on 2,642 miles of track and in less
than $4,000 cars. Significant also is
the fact that whereas in 1900 there
were $4,000 horses employed in haul
ing street cars, n 1912 there we're only
l.5O0.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14

The private car of the car of Rus
STA is said to be practically dynamite
proof. and owing to its weight it could
not be run ON the major part of the
European lines. The car is elegantly
furnished and also contains . chapel.
where prayers are offered for his safe
ty. The car travels with only one
chef.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
Notice to Owners Of Rubber
Tire RuggieS,

l have just received q quantity OF
the best grades of Kelley Spring
field Diamond and Tirestone Tires
Can put on tires OF any brand you
wish on short notice. E. S.Clark.
The YOUTHS COMPANION,
IA Berkeley ST., Boston. Mass.
NeW Subscriptions Received al this Office.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14

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 Ut S1.O0 and upwards re-
ceived. The only savings -institu-
ton In the county for the accomuls-
ton of the small savings of lsboring
men, women, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
nR. C. C. BIEDLER,

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 70 give
good service and prompt attention TO
sll 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. Sheets q
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
TO Persons Who Wish to Drive

Having enlarged my Livery by add
horses and number OF easy riding
rubber tire buggies, we are in posi-
ton to put out teams to order having
80 vehicles in sll making . complete
livery equipment We know we can
please you.
nov -6-H J. e. BEMIS, PrOpr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14

Invest you money In the per cent
Certificates of the Shen. Valley Loan
& Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi annually, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six months
70 short pOtice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
Coal and Wood for Sal

will deliver coal 1t the station ofr
the cars cheaper than after Il has bean
un!Oaded. /. b HARRIS.
aug -30-a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
=. ..~4-->..

- s.~f~ :,
Do fapos Fncash ask yeu for rua
Asnd. rather:" asked iwendolin.
NO. replied Mr. Curnrox. ~He can
q 70 discuss marriage settlement
ne didn't ask for your hand. He -.
60 sor my pochettooa. /" - Wnefir.tc-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
kerCheval's History of the
Valley.

A few copies Of Kercheval's History
of the Valley for sale at the HERALD
Office. Price 500.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
BUSINESS CARDS.

DR. w. e. SHAVER,
- GRADUATE OF VETERINARY,
MAURERTOWN, VA.
Calls answered promptly. Phon
or write.
Jan. 27-6mo. pd.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14

Shave. .... 10 Haircut. Is
SINCE. IL Shampoo. Is
Facial Massage. Is
Tonic Rub. 80. 5 and 10
Shaving Corpse.... 100
Shave away from shop q
Haircut 30
Haircut and shave away from shop so
- Prompt attention given to al
custOmsers.
A shaw Of the vublie patronage
solicited.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14
1utt'sPi||s
This popular remedy never falls to

This popular remedy never falls to
effectuaIly cure
Dyspepsia. Constipation, Sick
Headache, Billion sness
And ALL DISEASES arising from
Torpid Liver and Bad Digestios
The natural result Is good appetite
and solid flesh. Dose small; eieeants
lysuEarcoateda and easyto swallow.
lake No Substitute.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-14

When 10 need Of new rubber tires
csll on E. s. Clark. He can give you
any OF the best brands and mas
had several years experience which u
. great item to the user.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-19
Easier 70 Be Good or Rsd2

Is it easier to be good than TO be
)ad? 1t has occurred to an eminent
Minister to assert that it is. And he
quite right Indeed, it is strange
hat the world has not found 1t out,
md become sinless.
Much--everythlng conspires in IA
ror of being good The FIRST thirst
or applause, the desire to strut with
Inflated chest, the memory of virtues
rewards previously enjoyed--all these
irag the helpless victim into the
neshes of goodness The wonder is
hat sin does not become extinct, ike
those functions Of the body which
we're used before simiaNs stopped
climbing trees and became mon.
Really, isn't it a wonder that after
nnumerable years Of experience with
he inevitable penalties of badness and
with the highly desirable rewards Of
goodness people will go on misbehav
ing themselves? Pious or pagan, the
facts are obvious to all. and we'll
developed business sense ought to be
enough to make everybody yirtTous.
For virtue fits in with the way the
world is built. The pagan would say
that virtue is virtue because it does
fit, and that vice Is vice because it
doesn't. The pious would say that
virtue fits because II is virtue, and
that vice DOES not fit because 1t is
vice. But pious or pagan, we all admit
that virtue fits and that vice does not;
and then we all alike try to make vice
fit when we know it won't.
This Is the great business era OF
the worlds history. But We are as
slow today as ever to learn the great.
est business principle ever known to
the world--that virtue Is easier to
practice than vice. and that virtue ia
all profit and vice all loss.-Syracuse
Journal.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-19

I'VE shall get the Woman's name
in the next hour" Blake assured him.
How"
Through the only person left who
can tell us what the right number is.
1 The phone girl who interfered with
: our wire just now. Neligan, 60 down
| and tell Perry | want to see Miss
| Kelly up here at once. Bring her up,
Yourself, Now. then, Mark" as Nell
gan departed on his errand, cts up
/ TO you. If the house knows we've got
the goods on Standish. fully twenty
men like Gregg, here, will weaken
and vote for us. And then we can jam
I the bill through. Get this Wuman's
name. Find the number we want.
! You've got the reputation of being
the best cross-examiner at the New
( York bar. Show you deserve that
reputation. Take this telephone girl
and turn her brains inside out She
knows the number that win lead to
the Woman. You've got to get it from
her. Don't handle her with gloves or
be afraid of making her cry. It's life
or death for US 10 know that number. "
! There was knock at the door.
Gregg answered it. Neligan entered.
all but showing Wanda Kelly in ahead
| Of him.
Here she is" he reported.
Leaving her standing there, nc
furpad mud Observation-Disclosures nlncad a. =,
door behind him.
The girl looked about at the faces
/ that confronted her on every side.
Then she smiled. 1t was the peaceful
smile of the kitten that has just
emptied the cream jug. In her throat
her heart was hammering to strangu-
lation.
Mark Robertson, from his place at
the head Of the table, was the first to
! speak. His voice was quiet, his man
ner courteous.
This is Miss Kelly?" he asked.
yes, sir" replied the demure Wan
da in her most respectful-and unnat-
ural-shop-girl accents.
Miss Kelly" resumed Mark, you
are the telephone operator, down.
stairs?"
I yes, sir"
"You were at the switchboard few
minutes ago?"
Yes, sir"
"Sit down, my dear girl" beamed
Blake tenderly, as he indicated the
chair that had been placed for her.
we would like TO ask you few ques-
tlons, If you don't object"
Eyes. sir"
Midway between Blake and Robert
son, Wanda sat-waiting. And, on the
other side of the Closed door leading
from the farther recesses of the suite.
Grace listened, breathless
Gro be contlnued.}
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-19

7cIIoi JENNINGS Inns tS Iiake'
uoesl-say!--wno am taking 20,
anyway Miss Kelly? Well--Tll
be-"
Blake dropped the receiver on to It's
hook and get down the instrument
with the most profane bang ever
heard. "A damn without words" Nell
gan afterward called ii. Jim glanced
again at his watch.
Gentlemen" he announced with
dangerous calm, we're too late. Miss
Kelly has seen fit to interfere. They'll
have gone to press by now
'Mr. Standish.' cut in Van Dykes
suave voice, you were about to
say"
i've changed my mind" replied
Standish, with a covert glance at
Grace, who was leaning for support on
corner of the desk. Good night
gentlemen"
lie left the suite. Grace, more dead
than alive, made her way blindly
across the library to the door leading
to her own rooms.
The others stood staring at one an
other. Downstairs Wanda Kelly smiled
beatfically to herself and f1uffed out q
strand of her hair that had strayet
over her forehead.
The Cairo bulletin. (Cairo, Ill.) 1???-1928, 1913-07-19
CHAPTER XVII.
PREPARING the Grill.

In the dumb disappointment that
fell over the group In Mark Robert.
sons library, the mems eyes gradually
turned as by common consent upon
Jim Blake. Unruff1ed, he stood there
master of them all and even master OF
himself.
Gentlemen" he drawled at last
we've got our work cut out for us
We've missed the morning papers
Now. 1t remains to get our story on
the floor of the house tonight. To
force adjournment. That will give US
time"
But" objected Van Dyke. pointing
TO the duplicate telephone list, eve
can't get those numbers traced until
tomorrow. And we've got TO get the
name before we dare spread the story
in the house. 1t was different with
the newspapers. But"