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Evening star., 1914-05-17
First Adopted in Paris.

The Paris sendarmes We're the first Ia
adopt this clever crime killing device for
use against the Apache
Checks and bank notes which sneal
are the latest terrors which forgers have
to combat. A scheme has been perfected
by an Englishman by which the edges
of bank notes are cut in a Jagged line
which IS the exact reproduction of the
sound vibrations made in the air hy 1ha
voice uttering the particular sum of
money required. and when placed in a
special machine. somewhat similar to a
phonograph.. the note will cry out its
value.
Notes thus doctored are passed betw
metal rollers: the varying size of the zig
gag points along the edge of the paper
act in much the same way as the per-
foratlons on phonosraph record, and
thus cause the note to speak. The opera :
tor testing the note has two ear tuhes
which carry to him the sounds given out
by the note.
This device. which is likely to sound the
death knell of forgery, is not at all com
plicated, as the necessary edges can be
cut on the notes with a specially con-
structed steel knife.
Smuggling and piracy are by no means
as extinct as many people imagine. and
one quarter where these branches of
crime still exist IS around the reefs of
the Philippine Islands. To combat these
marauders speedy motor boats, armed
with quick-fire Colt guns. are now used
by the revenue authorities. They cruise
about the reefs to these islands in readi-
ness to give chase to wrongdoers who are
lurking in the vicinity.
Re!ng very high powered these vessels
seldom fail to overtake suspicious craft
whose movements suggest evil intentions
on commercial vessels passing near.
Evening star., 1914-05-17


all men-show for good women: general
kindliness TO which was added the per-
sonal respect characteristic of the Saliva
tion Army S open airs"
But there are always others.
While these two women prayed and
sang. two other women who had been
lettering along halted on the outer edge of
the crowd.
To be quite exact they were mere girls
Both were flashed up with rhinestone
combs and shiny neckheads: both We're
carmined and chalked and burnt-matched,
and each Wore over a N-bodice cut an
inch more daring than the most lenient
STYLE allows Il loose jacket broken out
in a sash of buttons-that didn't button.
And as the earnest women inside the
ring called on God to strengthen their
brother. man. in his fights against the
evils of life the two girls on the outer
rim were flirting as professionally as any
fsh-tailed siren that ever lured from a
rock
When the open-air service was over the
Salvation Army women, with thelf gul-
tars and flag and torch bearers. and hu-
man fiotsam went over TO their nall to
sing and pray the evening out, While the
girls drifted off to-where2
Which is merely to suggest IN sinaii
WAY that while the adage maker was
settling it for us that Il takes all sorts OF
men to make up the world he might just
as well have included women
=
They were obviously a John and Mary
edition of Romeo and Juliet.
And they were sitting on tie grass III
old Judio y Square, with the May moon
shining and-and-all that.
The moon had done wonderful things
for the ancient trees and blossomins
bushes and changed the old pension
buildings dado into so many silver SOL
diers forever marching by.
Mary Juliet and John Romeo were haV-
ing the moonshine all to themselves, for
the very good reason that most people
are shy of damp grass. when:
Another man and woman oh, so much
older, came along the gravelly path.
They must have appreciated the tender
little tableau, for As they neared the
Young people the old.sh man SMILED at
Evening star., 1914-05-17

Tith eyes as intellectual Il baby kit
tens. with pipestem arms and knobby
knee caps. that are going TO take her to
specialist if she doesn't look out-what t
ru earth could a crunb of 3 child like
that do TO earn a gold medal
Four gold medals, Big ones. And
liny,
A dear, dignitied Old gentleman who
Undoubtedly felt that he couldn't stand
-,le mystery another minute, leaned
cross from his straight-lne seat oppo-
site and said with q winning Difference
aat no child's mamma: could resist:
What a wonderful little lady you must
be to win SO many medals when most of
rs have to get along with noIe--''
The ramroddy little girl smirked iinpor-
tantly. but she didn't answer for the very
simple reason that mamma didn't give
iter the chance:
Tell the gentleman. darling-everybody
says she's so modest about it-go on. dar-
ling. tell the
And darling told:
Il won EN- in ticket contest | sold
forty-two ahead of all the others
She takes the medal every year, mann
ma had to cut in: she couldn't help her
self-selling tickets for the annual festi-
val. YOU know. OF course. papa and
help her out-among our friends You
know. and the stores | deal at Every
body is so interested, Her papa was sort
Of opposed to her going in the contest
tnis year Dut as We all say. when Dot
tie makes UP her mind to Il thing there's
no stopping her. And, really, she sold
most of the tickets herself this year
And If YOU will kindly take the trouble
TO consider the difficulties of ticket sell
ing. You will agree that Dottie deserved
her medals along with the soldier man.
the life-saver and the student addicted to
midnight oil.
+ * X
Two women prayed and san. in the
dusk
Their twangy guitars and street-strain-
ed voices had somehow dominated the
street racket that belongs to a Saturday
evening crowd and caught the interest of
many passing men.
The women stood together near "A torch
that threw its glare over their poke bon
nets and blue frocks. and fared against
Ben Franklin's fat stone legs And the
men formed a human ring. SO deep that
It's outer rim grdled the asphalt outside
Of Franklin's legitimate circle
Some of the men We're down and cutters
and some had the prosperous air that
goes with pay envelopes. Some listened
with pathetic eagerness: some We're frank
" curious and a here-and-there man
studied the situation as one studies, say.
she habits of queer bugs. The one link
that held the human ring in fellowship
vas the kindness that most rnen-nearly
Evening star., 1914-05-17
Employers Liability.

From Tft-Bits
Employe-Sir, / would respectfully ask
you for an increase of salary; / have got
married lately.
Manager of works-Nery sorry. Hornev
hand: I can be of no assistance to YOU
The company is not responsible for any
accidents that happen 10 its emplo. es
when on duty.
Evening star., 1914-05-17
VARIETY OF DEVICES
IN CRIMINALS PATH
Ingenious Schemes to Block Opera
tions of Burglars and Other
Wrongdoers.

I nom icaE>on'S Weekly
The modern criminal has TO combat :.
formidable array of scientific inventions
which may We'll frighten him from the
paths of wrongdoing altogether For OF
recent years keen brains have been pro-
ducing number of remarkably clever
devices. whose sole object is the detec-
ton and stamping out of crime
The tendency of desperate criminals 10
barrlcade themselves in houses or sheds
and Keep the police at bay by vollevS
or revolver shots has been responsible
for the invention of /. deadly form of gun
which is utilized for the purpose OF dis
lodging desperadoes who set up sieses
OF this description. 1t consists of a cir
cuiar tube which contains bombs charged
with Suffocating gases.
The police use these Instruments in
conjunction with metal shields fitted with
wheels. as this type of gun does not
possess iong-range possibilities
Armed with this apparatus the police
creep up to the stronghold of the besiese,l
criminals taking cover behind the
protective shields. and when at close
range they discharge number of gas
shells into the building The rooms are
immediately filled with poisonous fumes
Wblch render unconscious those around
Evening star., 1914-05-17

tho oldish woman. and she nodded to
show that she understood.
II was their tribute 10 loves young
dream.
Gravel has a crunchT sound, and so the
two tipped onto the grass. that they
might pass without disturbing the un-
Evening star., 1914-05-17

suspecting couple. But they were near
enough IT, see Mary Juliet's rapt young
face and TO hear John Romeo declare i'll
fervor of passion:
Yes, sir-ree, You keep Your eye on
the Nationals
Now, what sort of an opinion do you
suppose that May moon must have had
of John Romeo?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
MAN GUIDED BY HIS IDEALS
II Clean and Definite, Success In Life
May Be Said to Be Assured
From the Start.

A human being without ideals is as
worthless as ship without rudder.
As surely and confidently as does the
rudder guide the ship, SO do clean,
definite ideals guide and shape and
complete successful career.
There Is never any progress without
an objective point.
II you are building a business, and
have carefully formulated homes.
ideals toward which you are to pro-
coed, there can be small question as
to your success. Failure may mark
the way, but your ideals will keep
you in the right direction where ulti.
mate winning is certain to be reach
ed.
AS soon as you learn the ideals Of 4
man. you know the man.
1t Is impossible to find a really
great man or woman or business that
does not literally reflect in all direc-
tons, for every worthy ideal seems
to be gifted with millions of rejecting
rays.
We are each Of us responsible to
society and the world in general for
our ideals.
Worthy ideals, earnestly sought and
sincerely carried out, credit man on
into posterity, but unworthy ideals
discredit and unharness 4 man here
and now. Formulate your ideals with
~ hon IN,
IN the immediate. Make your ideals
SO high that they will not only lead
you on and up, but all about you.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
OIL Drives Out Coal.

On account of the larss productioA
of petroleum in California, and IS use
for fuel. coal mining has practically
ceased in that state. According to the
United States geological survey, the
production Of coal in the last two
years has been only 10,747 tons in
1911, and 10,97S tons in 1912. The pro-
duction of petroleum In California in
1912 was S6,450,767 barrels. Of which
not less than 100000 barrels was
used directly for fuel Large quanti-
ties Of oil were also used in place OF
coal for gas making. and on the estl-
mate of 81 barrels Of petroleum being
equivalent to one ton of ordinary
bituminous coal, it is probable that
from 100000 to 100000 tons OF
coal would be required to perform in
California the service now rendered by
petroleum in the production Of heat.
light and power. There is still, how
ever, some demand for coal In Califor-
mia, particularly for domestic use and
for the bunker trade at San Francisco,
but this Is almost exclusively supplied
by coal from other states or from
abroad.-Coal Age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
EVIL EFFECTS OF NOON RAYS
Scientists Admit az Fact What Has
Long Been Regarded az Nero
Superstition.

Moon rays are said to make men
go blind and mad, and to turn food
stuff bad. There is even quoted by
the London Lancet death the cause
OF which was officially stated to be
exposure to moonlight. Apparently
the food most seriously affected by
the moons radiations is fish, and
seemingly trustworthy statements
have been made as to the i'll effects
produced in persons who had partak-
en- Of fish which had been freely ex-
posed to moonlight E. G.. Bryant,
writing from Port Elizabeth, South
Africa, suggests that possible expla-
nation might lie in the well-known
fact that the light of the moon, being
reflected light, is more or less polar
lied, and possibly polarized light may
exert a peculiar chemical action. Po-
larized light was obtained by him
from a powerful metallic filament
lamp, the light being polarized by
means of a pile of sheets of plate
glass backed with silver and placed
at the correct angle. The experiments
showed certain marked results when
fish was submitted to this light. When
two slices cut from the same fish were
hung. one in the direct light and the
other in the polarized beam of light,
the latter invariably began to de-
compose before the former, though
the temperature of the polarized
beam was several degrees lower than
the direct light.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
VARIETY OF SLEEPING PALM
San Francisco Believed to Have the
Only Tree of Its Kind In North
America.

In Golden Gate Park, San Francisco.
4 specimen of the rare Sleeping"
palm has been found, which is consid-
cred to be the only one in North
America.
The tree, which was brought to
America by young Australian botan-
list, William Robinson, gives out a Pc
culiar aromatic odor. Its upper
branches were loaded with beautiful
rainbow-hued flower, giving forth a
heavy perfume.
Around the base of the tree were
the dead bodies of small animals and
birds. The curator who discovered the
rare palm felt drowsiness stealing
over him, and his son complained of
the same feeling.
1t was found that the tree, which
had originally been brought from one
of the South Sea Islands, belonged to
the species Cocineae somnambulae, or
sleeping palm, which bloems only
once in fifty years, and the flowers of
which were formerly used as a drug
by the islanders.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
Further Use for Radlum.

According to recent experiments in
Europe radium is instrumental in pre-
venting diseases Of plants. For sew
eral years workers In agronomic sci
ence have been experimenting upon
the effect of radium on vegetation by
mixing radioactive substances with
the usual fertilizers. The numer-
Gus results obtained In this work
show that most plants. either grain
or flower, are remarkably stimulated
and give a better yield both In size
and quality, this being often seen in
the fine and healthy color of the green
plants or leaves. The same plants are
in better condition to resist attacks
from various sources Of disease, es-
pecially diseases known as cryptogam-
ic, which arise from spores or mold. 1t
seems that radium is to act as pre-
ventive for such diseases as wheat
rust, rotting Of potatoes, grapevine
mildew and many others which cause
detriment to agriculture.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
MaIne's Historical Career.

Maine was not an Independent state
until long after the adoption Of the
constitution. During the revolution
airy war 1t was district of Massachu-
sets, and as such furnished its quota
Of soldiers, but they were credited as
Massachusetts troops. The first three
censuses of the United States, taken
in 1870, 1900 and 1910, gave the popu-
lation of the district of Maine as a
part of Massachusetts. In 1920 1t was
separated from Massachusetts,, made
an Independent state, and was admit
ted into the union. Vermont was not
one Of the 13 original states which
adopted the constitution in 1888,
and was not admitted to the union
until 1871. AS colony 1t furnished
its full quota of troops during the
revolutionary war, but its boundaries
were in dispute with Massachusetts,
New Hampshire and New York claim
Ing jurisdiction, and pending the dis
pute Vermont did not get into the
union as one Of the original states
adopting the constitution. It was not
represented In the convention that
framed the constitution.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
The Duty of The Home.

The chief moulding forcesin educa-
ton used to be.:and ought always to
be, the home. The habits and stand
ards that boy Or girl acquires at
home are habits and standards that
are most easily followed and APP
pealed to in after life. Boys and girls
who are permitted at home to read
the vulgar and sensational newspap per
press, and the almost equally vulgar
and ill-written periodicals of the day,
vainly spend their time in the study
Of rhetoric and in the reading of
English classics at school.
There is little use in teaching elocu-
ton to children whose ears are con-
tinually assaulted by slovenly or false
pronunciation and by nasal twang
There is little use in preaching the
gospe. of high standards and lofty
ideals to children who hear only of
pleasure and the power and good
fortune of the possessors of money
TAihcoV LILO Ouiy CACuSO lOl q UOdIoldS
school is that it so often takes boys
and girls away from sordid vulgar,
and careless surroundings at home.
Boys and girls will never come to
freshman year with proper prepare
tion until the notion is dispelled that
education" and ''going to school"
are convertible terms. Going to
school is a part-frequently but
mall part-of education. Formai
teachings and school discipline are
by no means the only influences in
-haping information and building
character. Habits of speech and OF
thought, standards of taste aud OF
conduct, ideals of life, are all alb
sorbed naturally and unconsciously
from chiid's immediate companions.
It is the business of the home to lay
the foundation of an adequate prepa-
ration for freshman year-Presiden
Nicholas Murray Butler of Columbia
University, in The Youths Com
panion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
ALWAYS STOOD FOR "THEr
"Ye" OF Our Forefathers Has Too
Long Been Ignoranuy Mis-
pronounced.

How does it happen that In copying
and reading ancient manuscripts we
call the character our ancestors
meant for "the" by the ridiculous
YER
They said the just as We do, and
the only apparent reason for mis-
taking the character is that two cen
turtles ago the letter III" was usual
ly written with tail below the line,
and with raced top. which made it
look like our ~" Then the word
was SO frequently used that 1t was
contracted, Just as the word and"
was then treated and continues to
be treated to this day by many of US.
When / was a boy, more than 80
years ago, the alphabets in our school
books always ended with the short
and" We called 1t "ampersand," and
considered it fine snapper when we
ratified of the alphabet. Sometimes
when sufficiently cultured we gave 1t
the full title "and-per-se-and."
Now, it is likely that our &c" will
become obsolete, just as we" has be-
come. Then our descendants of the
next century or two will be puzzled,
perhaps; but l do not think they will
be so foolish as to say 'ampersand"
when reading our manuscripts and
coming to the little Quirk we meant
for and" Do let US drop saying
''ye."-The Dial.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
Don't Burn The Stalks and Straw

Many times have we called at
tention to tho folly Of burning sta K
and straw and we expect to do So
many times in the future; for we
be ieve the fact cannot be too
st ongly imp sad that these ma
teri.l- ar. rich in hu nus and an
food aud that to burnthem is equiv
alent to burning b ,rnyard m ,nures
or even fertilizers.
1t is idle t. say that the habit of
burning trash, straw and stalkso
cultivated land is not common, we
know better. Take trio bAtwee,
now ana the irst of April anywhe e
through the South Atlantic an
Gulf tates, and almost every 9th +
farm, as the bright February and
March days come on will be ma k
ed by coiunns of blue smoke that
denote The cleaning up of the land,
preparatory to planling. Long
windrcws of corn and cotton stalks
AID grass have been dragged to-
gether preparatory to burning
leaving the earth al nost as bare as
a floor
We don't know how man read
ers this hit not many, we Hui
But the tici remains shat W.
using fl too careless y and G.
orally on our farms. A far bette
practice is to plow undsr early
everything smaller than actual leg-.
When our lands are cryinE FIR
hu nus and plan food, what shalt
we cali the man who burn5 the
equivalent o several tons of cot
tonseed mea'? Sur .lv rot farm L.
Progressive Farmer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
The Blessing of the Snow.

Richmond people who trudged
about in the SNOW today and saw
it turn into slush beneath their
feet would not have complained
had they realized what the two
recent SHOWS have meant to this
section of the State.
Some people prefer to shut
their eyes to the fact, but the
truth is that little by little dur
ing the last twenty years, the
level of our ground water has
been lowered. Century-old wells,
which never have been known to
fail before, even in the most SER
ious droughts, have gone dry !;
sections which seldom felt the
need of rain have seen their crops
wither and their stock suffer in
seasons of normal rainfall.
The reason for this has been
the removal of our forests by
that short-sighted folly which
will sell a sapling rather that
wait for a year to grow. The
great stretches OF forest land
which of old stored up the water
are now stripped the heaviest
rainfall washes at once into the
streams, floods them, flows into
the great rivers and into the sea
and does not usually strike into
the ground. So serious a prob
lem has deforestration become
that able engineers tell us that
the level of the water-bearing
stratum has been lowered by
from three to nine feet in South
side Virginia.
A snow like that of yesterday
does not wash away. Under the
slow heat of the sun, it me.ts
and soaks into the ground. So
gradual is this process that SIM
gle snow will sometimes give the
earth more water than will half
a-dozen rains.
Next summers crops will show
the effect of yesterdays snow
News-Leader.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
Japanese Theater.

To q foreigner, stage management
In Japan would appear somewhat &C.
centric. When an actor is killed dur
ing the play man In black PUSHES on
the stage and holds a large clock be-
fore the supposed corpse, who soon
rises and runs OF the stage.
The scenes are never shifted, but
the whole stage revolyes on wheels.
while between the acts the children
among the audience rush behind the
curtain and play until the drum beats
for another act. The performance be-
gins at 10 a. M, and the audience pros
vision themselves for "a hours. curling.
up on mats and smoking the wholsI
time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-03-06
PARLOR MUST GO.

The old fasli med farmhouse
"parIor" must 60. Experts in home
decorating hive decided that tn,
only place for it is among the rele
gased things of the respected past
1t must he converted into living
room into which the farm family
may gather every day, instead OF
once a week, and rugs must take
the place of tho lowered carpet on
the floor The gaudy pictures must
be transf FRED to the attic or the
bonfire and The r9sy wall paper
must be rep'aced by palmer shades.
There is no longer a use for the
o'd-lashioued farmhouse parlor,"
said Miss Clara Goth, an instructor
in homa decoration at the Kansas
agricultural college, speaking to a
cr"sd OF farm women from various
parts OF Kansas who came to spend
four days at the State farmers in
siltute in session here this week. Il
am glad to say that 1t already has
disappeared from many Kansas
farm ZONES. Women have begun
to see that such room open to the
family only on state occasions, is
not serving the household as it
should. 1t must be made over into
a living room that vii. be more
honey for the whole family, par
ticulahrly the children : a room in
which the children may not enter
on tiptoe and in which drop Of
W ter may not, be fatal.
Brilliant wall paper, hanging
heavy with grapes and roses, should
not have a place in any home 1T
il impossible for any one to THU,
seriously In room in which such
paper seem fairly to shout at you.
One would have to &C to thu barn
or to the alfalfa field to do his
serious thinking with such paper on
tie walls oil a living room. Choose
palmer and more restful patterns.
Remember that the wall paper is
the background for the furniture
and and tor the people Ia a room;
it should not be 80 attractiAe as to
seem to shout look at me first when
you enter the room. l regret to
sly that fully lhree-fourths OF the
wall paper designs on tho market
are bad" Southern rait-Grower
and Farmer.