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Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-18

II wishes were autos street railways
would 60 bankrupt.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-18

Presumably the Anglo French tun-
uel is to Be sort Of hands under the
sea" affair.
Aberdeen herald. [volume] (Aberdeen, Chehalis County, W.T.) 1886-1917, 1913-11-18


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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
OLD WEDDING DAY CUSTOMS
Many Expectations Have Clustered
Around tho Marriage Ceremony.
Especially In Olden Times.

Superstition never clustered round
any episode of life more than that of
the wedding day, especially In olden
times.
Then 1t was customary for the bride
to present her future husband with u
bunch Of rosemary. tied up with rib
bons, on his first appearance on the
wedding morning. This was supposed
to insure his love and loyalty, and to
make her happy forever.
In Yorkshire the old superstition
still abounds that nothing more un-
lucky could happen than for newly
made bride to leave the church by a
different door from that by which she
entered.
Another quaint custom, for which
there is no known origin, is that
practiced in some OF the midland and
northern counties. This is to ring q
merry peal OF the church bells at the
first reading of the bcnns Of an in
tending matrimonial couple. 1t is
called the spur peal" which in old
Anglo-Saxon means simply TASK"
OF course it is well known that it
is the height of luck for the bride-to-
be TO dream Of fairies the night befoI g
the actual ceremony. So much was
this idea believed in that many girls
would peruse fairy tales before going
to sleep.-Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
MAY Be SHIP LOST IN 1910
Finding Of Wreck Evidently In Water
Many Years Believed to Be Solu-
tIon Of Ocean Mystery.

An unknown wreck. which mar
prove the solution to the mystery Of .
ship which disappeared in 1870, has
just be described at Westernport, Vic
toria. Australia Diving operation.
were being conducted with the object
of raising q sunken barge, and while
the sweep" was being dragged alont
the bottom OF the channel 1t fouled N
obstruction and remained fast. 4 diver
Was lowered beneath the waters, and
found that the apparatus had become
entangled in the hull Of an old wreck
and further investigation showed that
this vessel evidently had foundered
many years ago. for 1t was thickiy
covered with marine growth. The
sunken ship vas constructed Of Eng
lish oak. the timbers visible being ar
proximately IL inches BY inches
thick. Residents In the neighborhood
told that several skeletons had been
discovered in the sand opposite the
wreck, and expressed the opinion that
in all likelihood they were those Of
persona who were washed ashore. No
reference to the wreck has been dis
covered in the department records. but
1t has been recalled that a weather
bound vessel was reported at Western
point in 1910 and never seen since.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
L
RlAAh1d %hx. c6Gfk.

London Law Times tells a story Of
the late Lord Ashbourne. who as lord
chancellor in presiding in the court Of
appeal In Ireland would occasionally
make up his mind to bring a case to
an end before the rising Of the court
A junior who was not conscious OF
his humor stood up to open what ap-
peared to be a short interlocutory APP
peal. Lord Ashbourne after SEN
tence or two had been spoken inter-
Jected. Nov, Mr.. -. why should we
reverse the kings bench on a point
like this?''
My lord" rejoined counsel. there
are six reasons why the order should
be reversed"
Then" said the president of the
court suppose We commence with
your three best
NO. my lord" said counsel; Il could
not consent to that because have fire.
.luently succeeded in this court upon
my bad points"
Lord Ashbourne collapsed and for
once was unable to have his own way
In the court Of appeal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Tanbark as q Fuel.

Perhaps the most important of waste
fuels in the United States has been
spent tanbark. A rough estimate would
Indicate that this material generated
q few years ago an amount Of steam
that would have otherwise required
the yearly consumption Of about 2.OOO,-
600 tons Of high grade coal. Yet this
valuable fuel was at one time consid-
cred a mere detriment and an expense
to the leather industry. 1t WIS dis
posed Of by dumping 1t into rivers. fill
ing In waste ground and by making
roads with 1t. often necessitating the
paying ont OF large sums for its dispO-
sition. This strikingly illustrates .
case Of how the improvement OF fur
hace converted a hitherto supposed
combustibIe into a valuable waste fuel
of the autocombustible class and
shows how an enormous waste was
converted into an equally great econ
Omy.-Epgineering Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
A 1 ittle [ esson In [ avn MovVina.

Grass should never be cut shor.ec
than two inches on either new or old
lawns. for it's roots are left unprotect-
ed from the scorching sun when ii is
shorter, and this means that dry or
very hot weather will burn it scar and
brown Now often, even as often as
every fourth or fifth day. If necessary
to keep it at this height. especially on
new lawn. and never rake away the
clippings They form the best possible
mulch and fertilizer and are SO short
when moving is done as often and as
regularly as it should be that they sift
down among the standing grass i'm
mediately and are lost to sight Re-
seed all bare spots every spring and
take out weeds as fast as they appear.
peppering the space which is thus left
bare with seed. whatever the season.
This is the sort of care and watchful-
ness that achieve perfection with the
minimum of labor. promptness being
its chief feature.-From Suburban
Gardens" by Grace Tabor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
TO CHANGE COURSE OF RHINE
German Idea 10 to Have Great River
Find the Sea Through the
Fatherland.

That their great river should a.
last dribble to the sea through mum
Der Of mouths in foreign teritor.
has long been a cause of sentimental,
regret to the German people. A so
ciety has now been formed at Cob
lentz to correct this mistake Of ma
ture.
Prof. Hans Busx of Munster hat
just published q book to help on the
objects of the new society. He urges
that the Rhine, instead OF flowing as
it does, northwest through the Meth
erlands. ought to flow from Dsisburg
In Rhenish Prussia. northwest Of EN-
den. the most westerly port of the
German empire. The distance wculo
be- about $50 miles, and no lock-
would be needed.
The professor wants q canal o.
first rate proportions. comparable to
those of Suez or Panama. and seeke
to show that such q waterway woulc
capture the traffic which now goes &c
Rotterdam and the Mas, and that Ii
. few years Emden would become
world port. Professor Busx estimates
that the New Rhine" would cost
$751;, 100000. large sum: but. he
points out, only three quarters of the
extra 3250.000,000 is to be spent on
the army under the new law. He cal
culated that the gross takings during
the first years would not be more
than $4,000, 1000.
A. year ago the Prussian minister
Of public works announced that the
government regarded the project
favorably. and had 1t under considera
ton. The new society starts undo,
favorable auspices.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
TO TELL CONDITION OF MOON
Rule 10 Simple, the Chief Idea 70
Keep In Mind Being the Con-
trariness Of the Planet.

Few people csa tell at . glance
whether the moon is waxing or wan
ing. Here ia q whimsical rule to re
member by. 1t Is very simple to
those who know Latin and Is not diff.
fcult for those who do not. The first
thing is to notice whether the moon
is like a D or a Chat is. whether
the full semi-circular curve il on the
right or the left. II the moon shows
a D that naturally stands for dis.
credit, 1T wanes."
But then comes In the great prin.
ciple Luna semper fallasc (the moon
is always deceitfuD. and one has to
understand the opposite Of what the
moon says, DO that . moon which
shows a D Is . waxing moon. while .
waning moon 10 like c.
Those who have no Latin will no
doubt look to see whether the moon
says 1t Is decreasing. In which case
they will understand that 1t n wax.
ing. while 4 waning moon Will deny
that 1t Ii decreasing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
An old Time Norman.

An amusing and detailed account Of d
norman seen in the Atlantic, written
a.sParently in good faith, ends with the
following description of the monster,
which may possibly have been seal
Or sea lion. THAT monster is about
eight feet long. his skin is brown and
tawny, without any scales, all his mo-
tons are like those of men, the eyes
are proportionable size, a little
mouth, large and fiat nose, very
white teeth. black hair and chin COW
cred with a messy beard, a sort Of
whiskers under the nose, the ears like
those of men. fins between the fingers
of his hands and feet like those OF
ducks. In word he is we'll shaped
man. Which is certified to be true
by Captain Oliver NORM and John
Martin. pilot. and by the whole crew.
consisting of two-and- thirty men" Can
article from Brest in the Memoirs Of
Trevoux." The monster was mention
ed in the Gazette of Amsterdam Oct.
10, 1925. where. it is said. it was seen
in the ocean in August of the same
year.-St. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Hair Hioh In the Air.

Women's hair used to be dressed to
an amazing height in days Of old
Formerly doorways had to be height
ened to accommodate the eighteenth
century woman Of fashion. Marie
Antoinette's hairdresser had to mount
a stool in order to get above his work
Women Of that time had to kneel In
their coaches to get their head cover
ing inside or drive with their heads
out OF window. Nine. de Genlis was
caught by her hair while Fastening to
greet Voltaire at Ferney. but escaped
Absalom's fate. her hair remaining on
the bough. And the Duchesse de
Chartres had room on her hair one
evening for miniature manor war in
full sail. on another for representa-
ton Of her little son. Louis Philippe
sleeping In the lap Of his nurse.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07

and what" asked the caller, after
- had been shown all over Mr.. Bobb'a
new house. Is that pretty little article
hanging over the pianof"
Don't Jon knowr' answered Mr..
Bobba. enthusiastically. why, that 10
. handy match receiver, made BY
ArA Bobbs. J scratch snatch and
uss Il Il must not b thrown on ths
door1thsrs u he receiver. Holding
he burnt match carefully In my n
sers. move the plano away from the
~all to the csntar Of the room. Then
90 down In the basement and get the
stepladder. place the stepladdsr
,gainst the wall. mount II, deposit The
match In the receiver. climb down
gain. I thea return the stepladdsa
70 the basement come back and move
The piano into IT. former position
There's nothing like having these
handy things about the house Il
makes for nsatnass and liscouracss
'mokinG.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
1PIN6 THE BOYS STRAIGHT
ra.nsr recognized Force Of Appeal
to Manliness, and Il Has
Worked Well.

Several gray-haired business men
were recently chatting over their
cigars.
This talk about mother and the
boys is all very WE'LL" said one. But
father comes in strong. too. My
father devoted one minute a day to
us boys that did more at that age to
keep US straight than all the little
mothers admonitions. She was .
sweet unworldly little person and we
adored her and reverenced her teach
ings. However, she never could think
of us as anything but her little boys
and as we grew taller and more
worldly we acquired the usual boyish
sense of exalted importance and
might have been led to secretly pat
ronize her strict goodness as little
old-fashioned. except for father.
Father saw the force Of appealing
to US as man to man. long before
there was much man in US, guess
Every night at dinner, can see him
yet, after the blessing. with his cary.
ing knife and fork poised over the
roast, pause and look US straight In
the eyes.
"'Well, boys, how goes the world?'
"And you better believe the thought
of that moment steadied US often dur
ing the day. We had to keep pretty
straight to be able to return that
clear look and answer:
40, K. Dad"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Put Socialism Above Life.

His wife's opposition to socialism,
Of which he was . strong advocate
and one OF the leaders in this city.
Is believed to have been the cause
Of James N. Bronson. . barber, hang
Ing himself In his barber shop and
poolroom.
Bronson's plans for killing himself
were deliberate. He first drove an
iron hook into ceiling joist. then at
tached stout rope. stood ON the edge
Of one Of the pool tables. and jump
ed OF.
The man had gone to his shop early
and pulled down the window shades
to screen the interior from the street
Peter Moses, . grocer. became suspi-
cious later in the morning when the
shop was not opened. and peering
through the window saw the body
hanging from the eeiling.-Wilming.
son DELI Dispatch to the Philadelphia
Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Charlotte Bronss and NJ. neoer

The discovery Of four new Bronte
letters, reopening the question Of Char
lotte's feelings for her Belgian school
master. makes 1t interesting to note
that her first impressions of n. Heger
were far from favorable. Mrs. Gas
kell in her Life Of Charlotte Bronte"
quotes the letter written after her
arrival in Brussels: HE Is professor
of rhetoric, a man Of power as to mind,
but very choleric and irritable in tenn.
permanent. A little black be-
ing. with a face that varies in express
sion. Sometimes he borrows the Inca,
ments of an insane tomcat, sometimes
those Of delirious hyena: occasion.
ally, but very seldom he discards
these perilous attractions and assumes
an air not above one hundred degrees
removed from mild and gentleman
like"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Old London crlaa In D>.ss


This IL daring age. Somebody ~
actually dared to criticise the vocal
snorts Of the itinerant vendor. n
waA Sweet lavender: buy my sweet
'avender that established the i'm
npnity Of the street cry from cayil
'ers. There il NO doubt that the
sweet lavender" business had. We
.rust-a good deal Of pleasantly. 9th.
or yells from the gutter got In on
{. too. You would hear q hoarse howl
md begin to condemn it, and then
top after all. was It not an
old London cry?" But too much
'MilkO" kas 1t last pricked the bub.
Die. A complainant at Highgate po.
iice court incontinently referred 70
this city - something between the
scream Of . hyena and the falsetAe
II donkey" "Chalzs-to-mend o. NAY
b the uaxt = ssooumh-IIeAAor
0lobA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Holy Wars by Moslems.

There has been no universal war by
Moslems on unbelievers since the
early days of Mohammedanism. 1t
has been supposed that only the ca
liph. an office now claimed by the sui
tans of Turkey. can order general
war or jihad. but as the Persians and
the Moors. who are Mohammedans. do
not acknowledge the spiritual authori-
ty of the Ottoman Sultan and look to
their own rulers for their cue in such
case. 1t is not at all likely that there
will ever again be a jihad. Holy wars
have been. proclaimed by the mahdis.
Az was the case in the Sudan in 1882.
when Chinese" Gordon was murdered
at Khartum. but there has been no gen.
eral war between the followers Of the
prophet and the infidel dogs since the
early times when Mohammed was
establishing his power.-Arg0naut
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
oyexI Oyer! oyexi

One may not be ignorant, perhaps,
that French. old French. remains ~
the language used In certain royal
proclamations in England.
So when "the kings assent" II given
before the throne In "the painted
chamber" the clerk cries In the Ian
guage OF our fathers. lie roy le veult"
:("The king 70 pleases"). II the bill
that he Is asked to approve is money
bill the clerk adds after q profound
obeisance: The king thanks his good
subjects, accepts their benevolence
and is pleased" The proclamation on
ascending the throne IL preceded by
the traditional call Of the French her.
aids of former times: "Oyez! Oyer!
Oyez!"
Alas, that time has disfgured this
old word Of our country. and today
the phlegmatic English herald cries
thrice to the people: 20 yes! o yesl
o yes!"-Le Cri de Paris.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Mercury Poisoning.

II would suggest" says 4 doctor,
sthat, whenever persons are found to
have swallowed bichloride Of mercury.
several eggs be forced down theiI
threats The albumen in the eggs will
form chemical compound with the
mercury. which will be insouble. Then
the poison will pass out through the
1ntestines or be vomited by the vic
tim. 1t is always good thing ID
pump out the stomach first or to in
duce vomiting Many times 1t is neces
sary to act quickly If the life of the
person is tc be saved. and 1t takes
time for physician TO arrive on the
scene. Bichlorde of mercury will not
produce painless death. 1t is poi
son that paralyZes the liver. 1t eats
through the walls of the stomach and
the victim generally dies in great
agony" - Des Moines Register ant
Leader
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07

0taTO anu SSttPOo s'o 'S0s
The Gag Of thirteen stars and thir-
teen stripes was adopted by congress
On June IA. HIT. The stars were at
6rst arranged in q circle. but few
years later were placed in lows. After
the admission of Vermont and Ken
lucky to the Union the number Of
stars and stripes was increased to If
teen each on May 1. 1895. the law to
that effect being signed by President
Washington Jan. 10. 1874. The flag re-
mained In that form through our wars
with France. with Tripoli and with
England. on the first voyage of an
American warship around Cape Horn
and the Cape OF Good Hope and in the
writing Of Keys "Star Spangled Ban
ner" On April 4, 1918. President Mon
roe signed the present flag law. and
on July 4. 1878. the national ensign
was made to consist. as at present. Of
thirteen stripes and of number of
stars equal to the number Of states.-
New York Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Remote Oriain Of Alcohol.

No one knows when alcohol was
first made. 1t IL commonly taught
that it was first distilled by the Ara
bians about the tenth century. but
there is little doubt that they obtained
the secret from Italian doctors, who
had long been practicing 1t. Paul
Richter. in a recent number Of the
Berliper Klinische Wochenschrift,
shows that a knowledge Of aqua
ardens," or burning water" may be
traced as far back a. the second CEN
fury A. D.. to Christian father
named Hippolytus, who possessed =
recipe analogous to those handed
about during the middle ages.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
orioin Of. Billiards In Doubt.

Billiards is believed by some 10
have been broaght from the east by
the Crusaders. while others claim an
English origin for 1t and find 1t allied
to the game Of bowls. SIN others
assert that the French developed It
from an ancient German game. II
seems pretty certain that the nrst per
son to give form and rule to the
game was an artist named HenriQue
Devigne. who lived IN the reign Of
Charles TX. One writer sees In BIZ
lizards the ancient game Of paille-
maille played on table instead of ON
the ground. and this IL indeed . very
reasonable assumption.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
How to Read the Moon.

Few people can tell at a glance
whether the moon is waxing or wan
ing. Here is whimsical rule to re-
member by. 1t is very simple to those
who know Latin and is not difficult
for those who do not. The first thing
is to notice whether the moon is like
q D or Chat is. whether the full
seln!circular curve is on the right or
the left. If the moon shows ID that
naturally stands for decrescit. 1T
waneS.
But then comes in the great principle
THE moon is always deceitful," and
one has to understand the opposite of
what the moon says, so that moon
which shows d is a waxing moon.
while waning moon is like IA c.
Those who have no Latin will no
doubt look to see whittier the moon
says it is decreasing" in which case
they will understand that it is waxing.
while a waning moon will deny that
1t is decreasing New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Gaelic.

Gaelic is the language of the high
landers of Scotland. The name belongs
also to the sister languages Of Ireland
and the Isle of Man. but these have
other names more commonly applied
to them-Irish and Mainland the
term Gaelic is usually reserved for
that spoken in Scotland. The three
languages were originally one aru
row stand in much the same relat tor
20 each other that broad Scotch does
to kings English.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
PecuIiarities of English Law.

Women cnanot be lawyers in Eng
land, but they can be queens, mar
shals, champions of England, sex
tons, church wardeEs, corstG bles,
woTkhouse governors, returning of
ticers, overseers of the pocr and
sheriffs of assizes. And yet the objec-
ton of the law society to woman
entering the legal profession is that
she is not person. Certainly when
English Jaw entities her to fulfill SC
a5rv functions she cannot be called
a,,.7ty '-Rcchcsa4- Post E%press
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Writer'S Of historic Songs.

Most of the songs that have made
history were written by men who had
no other claim to immortality. The
"Marseiliaise" Is the only production
of Rouget de Lisle which has sur.
vived, and The Wearing of the
Green" was the work of An anonymous
purveyor Of ballads for the street
hawkers of Dublin. Max Schnecken-
burger. an obscure Swabian merchant.
who never published anything else.
composed In 1910 some verses Of
which the burden was thus translated:
Dear Fatherland. no danger thine.
Firm stand thy sons to watch the Rhine"
Little was heard OF these until 80
years later, when the Franco-German
war gave them an enormous vogue
They were then adopted as the nation.
al anthem Of United Germany. and Q
yearly pension of 5000 marks was con.
ferred on the composer Of the tune to
which they were set.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07

"Father. do all angels have wings?"
mo. my son: your mother has none"
And then she said sweetly that be
might go to the club II he wouldn't
stay late.-AtlantS Constitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Not an Added Attrac tion.

Neither does it make any difference
how brilliant woman may be. she
can't make much of a success at en-
tertaining young man who has come
to see her daughter.-Gal News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Halnauit Forest.

Hainault forest, where It has bees
decided not to tolerate Sunday golf. u
Aow but shadow of It's former self.
For Hainault was the part OF the great
forest Of Essex; south and east Of the
river Roding, and that forest once
stretched from Waltham to Colchester
and the sea. King John cleared .
large pGrt Of 1t, but Hainault remained
. considerable forest until 1851, when
oter 10000 of its trees were feIled.
the land drained and what was once
wild and matchless made generally
time and NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. ChroR
icle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1913-11-07
Il Was stIII Hard.

Bridget, q green maid, was told By
her mistress to cook . soft-boiled eG4
for her mistress breakfast.
Five minutes later she rang for the
maid. and. asking II the egg was done
yet, received m answer In tho mega
i've
Thinking Bridget had not boiled IL
egg Immediately, she waited . tsw
minutes longer. and again asked u t.
egg was ready.
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