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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
NOT HARD TO TEST DIAMOND
Simple Methods by Which the eenu-
Inc May Be Distinguished From
the Artificial.

Marvelously beautiful as are the imi-
tation diamonds Of today, an expert
enced eye never mistakes them for the
genuine article.
The average person, however, can
easily be deceived, and the following
simple tests should assist him when
striking a bargain. The facets on a
real diamond are rarely SO regular as
those of really good limitations. With
the latter the greatest care has to be
taken in grinding and polishing, SO
that there shall be no regularity in
the reflections of the light.
A file cannot scratch real diamond,
but quickly Injuries an imitation A
sapphire is the next hardest stone to
a diamond and is an even better test
than the file.
Thrust diamond ring into bowl
of water and the stones will glitter
through the liquid, but an imitation
stone loses all its brilliancy under wa
ter. If you look through a diamond
| at a black dot on piece Of white pa
per you will see one black speck quite
| clearly. II the dot IS blurred or null
| tiplied the stone is probably not gem
| uine.
Place one drop of water upon the
| face of a diamond, touch it with a
| point of a pencil-the drop will keep
| its globule form and the stone remain
| dry. If the brilliant is an imitation
! the water at once spreads out
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
WILL UTILIZE COAL WASTE
Gigantic Central Power Plant ls No"
Under Construction at
Hauto, Pa.

What is believed to be the largest
central power plant in any coal field
In the United States is now being con-
etructed by the Lehigh Navigation
Electric company, at Hauto, Pa
As Is we'll known, the fine sizes OF
anthracite, such as buckwheat No. 8
and smaller. although containing q
high heat content. possess but little
present value at the mines. The fun
damental idea in building this power
plant at Hauto, says Coal Age. is to
convert this low-priced and. from the
monetary standpoint, comparatively
worthless fuel into commercially valu-
able electric current
A considerable proportion OF the
fuel mined In the country today Is
used in the generation Of electricity
Particularly during the past few years
the idea has been gaining force that II
is cheaper to manufacture power al
the mine and transmit It to the point
of application than 1t is to ship the
coal over an equal distance and there
convert it into electric energy In .
small and isolated plant.
One of the unique features OF the
| plant is the fact that the ashes from
| the furnaces can be discharged direc
into air-dump ash cars of STANDARD
gauge and run into the building be
low the boiler room floor. The ex
pense Of ash disposal is thus great!
l reduced
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
EXERCISE IS AN INVESTMENT
BILE Play Than Three Weeks
Of Sickness.

Tennis IL over with for the year.
Golf is at an end. The great open out
of doors which has been the training
master to millions for some happy
months Is closing up its season.
What are you going to do about 1t?
asks Golfers. You Mr. Hardworkina
Man who have sacrificed your few
pounds Of flesh to the healthful strain
and have received in exchange a tonic
better than any drug In the pharma-
copoeia, are you going, now that win
ter is here, to let your hard muscles
soften. your clear eye dull. your quick
ened vitality slump and slacken!
If SO, dent blame providence or the
weather because you fall prey to
tonsilitis or grip or find yourself pres
emily wincing from the tweaks of
rheumatism or hobble forth next
spring feeling somewhat more than a
thousand years old. It's all your own
fault. You will have wasted capital.
the capital of bodily and nervous
force which you have laid up for your
self by your summers exercise. Why
not keep it up in the winter? Surely
there is some sort of athletic oppor-
tunity in your town-club or squash
or hand ball court or Y. M. G. A. gym
nasium.
If there isn't there ought to be. Get
busy and start one. Indoor exercise
may not be as enlivening or quite as
beneficial as outdoor play, but 1t Is an
incalculable number of times better
than none at all. OF course. there is
the familiar can't afford the time ar
gument, but the man who advances
this plea is usually the man who
| about February, takes three weeks of
to go to the hospital with stomach
trouble or gets invaded off to SAM
tarium~ to recuperate his depleted
nerves. Three hours week in gym
nasium isn't very much time to ex
pend. Five is better. but three, con
scientiously adhered to. will keep the
average man going and enable him tt
get through his winters work IL
/ sound condition. Give it a trial. l
isn't an amusement only. It's an in
| vestment.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Fighting Fire at Sea.

The terrors of fire at sea may
be mitigated somewhat by an appa
ratus which has been devised to assist
sailors in extinguishing fires that may
break out aboard their vessels. Dense
smoke often makes 1t practically i'm
possible for unprotected fire fighters
to reach the vicinity of blaze. The
apparatus, which looks like diving
outfit, and resembles it In some re-
spects, enables man to go through
any quantity of smoke and reach the
center of the trouble. The fire fighter
dons the smoke helmet and a constant
supply of fresh air is pumped In to
him through the supply pipe by means
Of bellows. The air-supply pipe also
serves as speaking tube. the special
connection enabling the officer to keep
III constant communication with the
fire fighter-American Boy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
RELIGIOUS CHANGE IN INDIA
influence Of the West 10 Being Strong
ly Felt Throughout the
Country.

midas religious and social progress
is undergoing important reshapement.
Caste Is loosening. Adherents OF Hin
duism are divided at present into three
camps; the ceremonalists, or those
who In orthodox faith adhere to the
traditional rites Of worship and sacri-
flea to the ancient gods; the reforms
lists, who, holding to the main ten
cts of Hinduism, are breaking away
from caste and idolatry, and the edu-
Gated Hindus, whose views are being
highly colored by influences from the
West and whose religion, az far as any
one can perceive, Is often little more
than a name.
Christianity Is adding not less than
100000 converts during the past
year, but almost entirely from the low
est Hindu society, which has little In
fuence upon the educated communi
ties. The Indian tendency seems to be
to retain the main principles and
forms Of Hinduism, but to revivify
them with the more generous and al
truistic spirit OF Western religion. A
one missionary teacher expressed It
the future religion Of 1ndina will be
Christian In spirit, but with Hinduism
and the Indian sacred books as the
Old Observation-Disclosures Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
NO REAL EFFORT EVER VAIN
Better TO Strive for Success, and Meet
Defeat Than MuteIy Accept Life
Of Llttieness.

Better the sorriest citizen thinking
he can take hold Of life, and his faint
spark Of free-will can burn holes
through the thicket than worldful
of orderly persons of regular habit
and contented mien. Rather wilder
ness than that men should find this
locked world, where all the returns
are in.
Better absurd mites. strutting over
large landscapes, than such a fairness
Of CHEEKY slaves, taking orders from
their betters. Better a petty race
should strive vainly. than accept its
own littleness. II it is doomed to
futility, let It at least live as II all
the roads to victory were open.
So when we face the push and
thrust of life In each generation. let US
be glad that youth Is claiming its
right to live. Let the youth flourish
and prosper. advises Harper's Weekly.
1t is wiser to tear down the temples
than to accept defeat. Effort Is finer
than resignation, and peril is safer
than despair In routine. And by that
high courage and fresh experiment,
they defeat confusion, and lift their
heads above despair. So the world 10
full of homes. Obscure men deal man.
fully with their stint Of work Count
less unknown women suffer and love.
Order gains on chaos. A will Is at
work upon the Telter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
yyksa Hutisna Wsf. Via.

Bachaumont writes In his Secret
Memoirs" Nov. Is, 1876: 1.-THE mania
for buttons is today extremely ridicu
lous. They are not only Of enormous
size, some OF them as big as six pound
crowns. but miniatures and pictures
ore made upon them. and this orna
mentation is extremely costly Some
of them represent the medals OF TIT
twelve Caesars. others antique stat
ues and still others the MetamoT
phOses of Ovid lsabey. In his bio
graphical notes. says that when b.
came to Paris he worked for Twin:
by making copies OF Fanloos am
Vouchers Oh the lids OF snuffboAe
and that for these medallionS he wa
paid from to 8 frames each AS i
was still the fashion. he said. y
wear buttons as big as five tran
piece upon which cupids flowers an,
landscapes were cut in .'ameo. ! wen
into that business got II sous 10
EACH Philadel sia Ledger
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
kean's Suuoestion.

When Charles Kean was playing the
part of Richard the Third his fearful
grimaces almost frightened the other
actors out of their wits. One night a
new man took the character Of the SEN
tinel who awoke Richard. When
asked, "Who is there?" he should have
taken up the cue with the words: "Tts
l, my lord The village clock hath
thrice proclaimed the hour of morn"
But Keans facial contortions threw
the sentinel into such a fit of stage
fright that he forgot most of his words,
stammering. TITS |. my lord. It's l..
my lord; the-the village cock" he
repeated this three or four times. SO
that when Kean said. Then why on
earth don't you crow" the audience
was convulsed with lanphtor
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
MlcrobIan Life.

Microbian cultures are often very
difficult, says Chemical News. NJ.
Adrien Lucet, member of the Acad.
envy of Medicine, has just shown that
a regular agitation by shaking of the
liquid mediums used in bacteriology,
contrary to the opinion that is general
ly admitted, acts favorably on these
infinitely little creatures. By making
these bouillons undergo a slow and
continuous movement he has, in fact
been able to obtain cultures as many
as eight times more abundant Of the
microbes of cholera, typhus fever, car.
buncle, diphtheria, the CHAMBERS, dyson
terry, and even of lockjaw the microbe
Of which can only be cultivated with
out the penetration Of any air. 1t was
NJ. Chauveau who communicated NJ.
Lucet's study to the academy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
BY LIGHT OF THE EARTH
somber Regions of the Sky llIuminat-
ed by Reflections From Our
Own Planet.

1t has been remarked that the globu-
lar light from the whole sky is su-
perior to the sum of all the quantities
of light sent to US separately by the
stars. Even the most somber regions
seem lit by difused light which truly
has its origin in the terrestrial atmos-
phere. 1t is the light of the earth.
Different people have endeavored to
evaluate the intensity of this earth
light and have found that it is of the
order Of one-tenth part of the intensity
of a star of the first order of magni-
tude-
It Is attributed, at least partially, to
a permanent aurora borealis which is
revealed by the characteristic green
ray which is observed on obscure
nights In the whole heavens. There is
probably something else; the contin-
ual bombardment of the upper atmos-
phere by meteoric swarms and cosmio
dust may also illuminate. The mass
Of meteoric matter which would SUI
fee to explain the observed phenome-
ma has been calculated and the figure
found is in good agreement with that
given by direct calculation of the
quantity of cosmic matter which
strikes the earth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Three Months Without Sun.

In the valley of the Lyn. in England
there is quaint little hamlet called
Midlothian. where for three months in
the year the sun Is not seen. The clus-
ter of houses forming the hamlet is sur
rounded on all sides by bills so steel
and high that from November until
February the sun does not rise high
enough to be seen over their tops The
first appearance of the sun is eagerly
looked for and IS 1t is first seen on
Feb IA the inhabitants call it their
valentine If the day should be foggy
or cloudy. so that it cannot be seen
there is great Disappointment For the
first few days after the l4th the sun is
only seen for very short time. but -
the sun rises higher in the heavens the
time il is In sight increases daily until
Its height is reached when It gradually
begins to fade from view again until in
November it entirely vanishes from
sight for another three months.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
4hs eisti us,a.
Hats. we are told. did not becofn

Hata. we are told. did not berDfne q
*a'I established custom until some 500
ye,lrs ago In the year 1919. when
Charles II entered Rouen after its re
apture by the French from the Eng.
ish the people there had never before
ct eyes on a hat Their Amusement
therefore. can be pictured as they
gazed npon their king riding past them
IN pomp aud on his head gorgeous
nat lined with varicoiored silk and gay
Y bedeeked with huge plunes OF
curse every one followed his example
Iats began to make their appearance
u shop windows. and women and men
alike libored over the constructing of
laborate hpadpieces. each one at
'-inptna to surpass his neighbor II
'osSibie But they were expensive and
I was long time before they could be
Nnrn except by the prosperous classes
In the course of time. however. they
became more commonplace thing
and people of all classes were able t.
sftord them. Tribune
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Jackson's Victory Over Indians.

Jackson's victory over INDIANS.
One hundred years ago the desui-
tory warfare which Gen. Andrew Jack
son lad waged against the Creek In
dians for some months eliminated In
the battle Of Oakfuskas. The battle
continued for three days, and was
conducted with much ferocity on both
sides. Two hundred Of the Indians
were slain, while of General Jack
sons force Is were killed and 70
wounded. The victory was particular
ly gratifying to General Jackson. Dur
ing the winter his troops had been
poorly provisioned and as result
much dissatisfaction began to mani
fest itself. Many Of the soldiers had
deserted and returned to their homes
in Tennessee. Those who were left.
half-starved, began to threaten mu'
tiny, and 1t required General Jackson's
greatest efforts to keep the insubordi-
mates down. The battle Of Oakfuskas
revived the spirits Of the army and
contributed in no small degree to the
winning OF the decisive battle that
was soon to be fought at Horseshoe
Bend
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Antiquity of Naquinq.

No. If you are nagged you are no,
alone In your experience Nor are the
nagged persons of this age the only
nagged persons of any age. Naggine
Is AN old custom. They tell US that
Adam, Job. Socrates. Aesop, Leonidas
Machiavelli and many more distiE
guished historical personages were vic.
tins Of nagging. This proves the an
tiquity but not the wisdom or the
responsibility of nagging. And If ii
Is as old as it is claimed to be let II
crawl away somewhere to die. For
come to think of it, nagging is just
as hurtful to the nagger as it is to the
nagged So why injure ourselves fol
the purpose of injurying some one else
Samson did that. you know. when be
pulled down the temple Of GAIA anc
broke his own back. Rather poo
example to follow. eh?-Detroit Fret
Press
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Inexperienced.

In a boarding house for bachelors
Amanda. typical NANNY" lookee
after the guests comfort in true south
ern style. so well that one of the meI
thought he would take her away witt
him in the summer in the capacity %
housekeeper Toward spring he way
laid her in the hall one day and said:
MANDY. do you like the country?
Mandy reckoned she did,
Would you like to go away will
me this summer and keep house TO
me?'
Mandy was sure she would.
Suppose get a bungalow. Do yo'
think you could take care of it NIGEL,
by yourself?"
Mandy sasped and rolled her eyes
"'Deed. no. massa! Reckon you Il
better get somebody else: | don't know
nothin' about takin' care of any AM
mals"-Harper's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Bumped thu B,snoo.

Bishop Montgomery once enjoyed
the strangest of episcopal rides. While
travelling In China he covered forty,
Ave miles in two days in wheelbar-
row. Bishop Scott and l." he writes.
were on one barrow; Manchester fol-
lowed on second. the luggage in q
third. We did it luxuriously. with
three men to each barrow-one In
front. one behind on the handles and a
third with rope in front of all. Are
there springs to the barrow? Certain
ly not. 1t would be no fun IL there
were. Bumps? OF course. On the
first day we calculated we had 25,OO0
of them<-the best were caused by
drops of six inches or. more from one
stone to another. got quite used to
them and found could sleep stretch.
ed luxuriously on my mattress"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Act of a Monster.

Where is Carmaniaf Translate
into Kirman and few who are up II
the affairs of the middle east conl'
Identify the Persian province, Most o.
US know so little of that part OF tn
world But the chief town. kirmnn
also known as Carmania. was the seen,
In 1898 of one Of the most terrible
events ever IN the history OF ASH
Agha Mohammed. founder OF the ajai
dynasty. then beSieged and took the
place and. raging at the escape OF his
defeated rival with three followers
ordered 10000 eyes of the Inhabitants
to be brought to him He counted
them with his dagger point and sale
to his minister. IF one had been want
ing | would have made up the numbeI
with your own eyes "-London Stand
ard
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Those "Good Old TImes.v

We may as we'll demolish the time
worn superstition that the good old
times again are all we need to make
US happy. There never were any
good old times. Say not thou, What
is the cause that the former days
were better than these" chides the
preacher, showing that the complaint
Is as old as human nature Hear
Homer: Few sons are like their
fathers; most are worse, only a few
are better" II In Homer's opinion,
and he puts the words into the mouth
OF Athena speaking, in the guise of
Mentor. double-distilled wisdom
most men are worse than their faith
ers. then upon what degenerate days
must we have fallen! Given length
of time like that between ourselves
and Homer and the complaint falls to
pieces of its own absurdity.-Fannie
II. Eckstorm, in the Atlantic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
The Game of Golf.

On the notice board of Liverpool
solf club. says the Liverpool Post, ap-
pear the following verses typewriter
on the club notepaper:
Swat the ball and walk a mile.
Swat the ball It's worth your while
Walk mile and swat the ball.
Walk some more. Nor Is that all
Swat the ball and walk-what thent
Swat the ball and walk again.
After that you walk and-what?
Once again the ball you swat.
Swat the ball and walk still moro
Keep on swatting as before.
When as far as this you've got
Swat and walk. then walk and swat
. Golf, Of course. has been defined al
q good walk spoiled. and low come
dian once described the game thusly:
You hit a ball as far as you can. and
If you find it the same day you have
won"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
His Criterion.

A New York society woman of arts
tic tendencies said Of an argument OF
art:
1--WE must not look at art too mar
rowly. We must not be like the ia
nous London wigmaker. This wig
maker attended a very wonderful first
night of Trees. Tree said to him aftel
the performance:
"'Glad you liked it, my boy. It's ,
dne play, isn't itY
Its magnificent the other answer
ed 4 couldn't detect join between ,
wig and a forehead anywhere. "-Ex
change
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Word for Doctors.

The physician who says man is
saturated with disease and makes bold
to give that information concerning
his patient secretly TO a third party,
Is not true to his trust. Men who are
sick go to their physicians to be
healed. and not to furnish subject
for gossip. And it is well for society
that this bond of secrecy exists; if 1t
did not the word Of physician would
be doubted in some circumstances re-
quiring that great reliance be placed
on it.-Brooklyn Eagle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
japanese Mirrors.

1t is only during a comparatively
short time that the Japanese have
known glass as occidentals know 1t
When the first railroads were built pas
sengers in the coaches often put theil
heads through the glass. supposing thu
frames of the windows to be empty
and the railroad company at length
pasted pictures on the glass to call at
tention to the fact that solid sub
stance was behind them. The masses
Of the japanese today do not know
the mirror as it is known in the west
The richer people have one mirror. in
deed. but usually the glass used in thu
mirror, sold to the populace is no
quicksilvered, being merely well pol
ished. As for cut glass. it is practical
ly unknown In the island, and glas!
drinking cups are rare.-Harper,
Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
kindergarten In Hotel.

The Vanderbilt hotel In New York
has an idea TOR the benefit of its guests
who have children which might we'll
be copied by other hotels. A kinder
garten has been established under a
trained teacher. using Montesorri and
other methods. There are toys of
every description to keep the young
sters amused. and in the meantime
they may be learning something worth
while.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Nature az Sculptor,

A really remarkable natural curios-
ity Is the tree known as the BLACK
Boy" near Tallangatta. Victoria 1t
gained its name from the curious
formation assumed by a portion of the
trunk in its process of decay. the
likeness to a boy about to make a
leap being extraordinary. Owing to
its elevated position, this statue"
stands out in quite a startling man
ner.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Explained.

what is this civil service businee
hat they are always talking aho,il :
tsked the boob. What good doe.
t do?'
ITS like this" replied the cheerfn
dot. IF yon have IL job and you ar
rot under civil service they can Dir,
you any time they want to But If yot
nave job under civil service they
can't fire you unless they want to-
Cincinnati Enquirer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
Mans Love For Woman,

IF man loves woman for heI
looks he will love her for I'VE years
If he loves her mind he VIII love bel
for ten years. If he loves her ways
be will love her forever" And every
woman believes when she marries that
her lover loves her ways.-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
The Efficiency Expert

James," said the efficiency expert
annoyed by the cheerful habit which
his chauffeur had Of whistling while
at his work, you should remember
that the greatest fortunes nowadays
are made from the by-products OF
waste. Hereafter when you whistle.
whistle In the cires and save me the
expense of Q pump."-Harper's Week
~.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-05-29
To Our SubsCI 'berS.

The date OF the expiration of youI
will be found on every
copy of the Shenandoah Herald.
Please remit without waiting for
statement to be sent from this office
BY so dong you will greatly oblige
THE PUBLISHER