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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
A Mystery Of Diplomacy.

or disappearances. most mysterious
was the case of Benjamin. Bathurst
who vanished on Nov. Is. 1909, while
engaged on secret mission for the
British foreign office. Vienna was tho
young diplomatist's objective and.
with as friend and valet in a post
chaise. Perleberg. small posting
town In North Germany. bad been
reached Here Bathurst supped and
slept. awaiting the arrival OF fresh
horses Waking. he asked If the horses
were ready and passed out OF the inn
door to make inquiries. Eight people
saw him go out but none ever set eyes
on him again. Various theories were
set -Napoleon's spies, robbers.
illness About three years ago. in the
forest near perleberg. d skeleton was
discovered with a hole in the skull as
from n heavy b;,Int instrument Was
it that of the English lord" as Perle-
berg people surmised?-London Taller
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
TO CHANGE COURSE OF RHINE
German Idea Is to Have Great River
Find the Sea Through tho
FatherIand.

That their great river should at
last dribble to the sea through mum.
Der of mouths in foreign territory
has long been 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 Busz Of Munster has
just published a. book to help on the
objects of the new society. He urges
that the Rhine, instead OF flowing as
1t does, northwest through the Meth.
erlands, ought to flow from Duisburg
in Rhenish Prussia, northwest Of EN-
den, the most westerly port of the
German empire. The distance would
be about $50 miles, and no locks
would be needed.
The professor wants a canal Of
frst rate proportions, comparable to
those of Suez or Panama, and seeks
to show that such a waterway would
capture the traffic which now goes 10
Rotterdam and the Mas, and that in
a few years Emden would become a
world port. Professor Busz estimates
that the New Rhine" would cost
s1s7, 100000, large sum; but, he
points out, only three-quarters of the
extra $250,000.000 is to be spent on
the army under the new law. He cal
cglated that the gross takings during
the first years would not be more
than 100000.
A year ago the Prussian minister
Of public works announced that the
government regarded the project
favorably, and had it under considera.
ton. The new society starts under
favorable auspices.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
The lIIeoibIe Writer,

A protest which Michelangelo once
made to his nephew against his send
ing letters in illegible handwriting will
arouse a great deal Of sympathy in the
breast of modern sufferers from the
same form of rudeness. 1t is contain
ed in a letter given in the Life Of
Michelangelo."
II never receive letter from You
without being thrown into fever be-
fore | can read it. | am at loss to
know where yon learnt how to write!
Little love here. believe II you had
to write to the biggest ass in the world
You would take greater care. | threw
your last letter into the fire because
! could not read It | cannot therefore
reply have already told you. and
constantly repeated. that every time
| get a letter from you fever attacks
me before 1 succeed in reading it."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
"a v.-v acr.4rou. cre.+ eh;n.s

"A Very Monetroue TREAT Snsp.
In her Life of James w." Miss l.
"A. Taylor says that james was untir-
ing in his efforts toward the reali2a-
ton OF a good Scottish feet In 1911
the building of the st Michael. "a
very monstrous great ship" was COM
pleted. "Al the woods in Fife. save
one, had been laid waste to build her,.
and material was also imported from
Norway. According TO Lindsay. this
wonder ship. which was 240 feet long
and SO broad. .scumbered all Scotland
to get her to the sea Her sides were
ten feet thick within walls Of oak.
and she cost the king. all told. some
100000 He paid her daily visits when
she lay In the roads. often dining and
supping on hoard. and exhibiting her
to the lords and ladies he brought
with him Henry VIII. was covetous
of her. bnt when the singular request
was preferred that James would
grant Henry the loan Of the apple OF
his eve, the great St Michael. the
kings reply was to the effect that II
he would make peace with France be
might command all his ships Six
months after their kings death the
Scottish government sold this desirable
ship to Louis XII.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Antiquity of Naeqing.

No, if you are nagged you are not
alone in your experience. Nor are the
nagged persons of this age the only
nagged persons of any age. Nagging
is an old custom. They tell us that
Adam. Job. Socrates, Aesop, Leonidas.
Machiavelli and many more distiD
guished historical personages were vic
tins of nagging. This proves the an
tiquity but not the wisdom or the
responsibility of nagging. And II it
is as old as it is claimed to be let 1t
crawl away somewhere to die. For
come to think of 1t. nagging is just
as hurtful to the nagger as 1t is to the
nagged. So why fnjure ourselves for
the purpose of iniurying some one els
Samson did that. you know, when he
pulled down the temple of GAIA and
broke his own back. Rather poor
example to follow. eh?-Detroit Free
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
An Easy Choice.

"You must choose between usr'
shouted Blink. "You can't have both.
When that dressmaker was last in this
house | vowed that she should never
come again. l have had all I'm ever
going to have of being under the same
roof with two semi-nutty women and
requiring a rake every morning to get
the odd pieces Of cloth out of my
clothes. l shall never again sit at my
meals hearing the whir Of that cursed
sewing machine and listening to lot
Of plated, ruftied. cut bias and flounc-
ed talk in which have no chance to
join The day that woman comes go
Make your decision now. Do you
choose your husband or your dress
makerT"
With fmpid eyes the lady looked
upon her husband. Then she breathed
q sigh and said:
"Well, dear, If you must go what can
I say Y"-New York Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Roses for RESTORING Hair

Roses form the chief ingredient II
what is probably the earliest recipe
for hair restorer on record. Accord.
ing to Pliny, wild rose leaves reduced
into a liniment with bears grease
make the hair grow again in most
marvellous fashion" Pliny also rec.
ommends "ashes of rose as serving
to trim the hairs of the eyebrows. -
Roses figured prominently in several
old-time strong drinks, such as rosa
soils, which consisted Of rose water
mixed with aqua vitae and favored
with cinnamon. The favorite morn
ing draft among Elizabethan royster-
ers was rosa soils, to wash the mol
'i---',hs ont of moody brain"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
.inexnerlenced.

n boarding house for bachelors
Amanda. a typical NANNY looked
after the guests comfort in true south
ern style. so well that one of the mer
thought he would take her away with
him in the summer in the capacity OF
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 With
me this summer and keep house for
me?"
Mandy was sure she would.
Suppose | get bungalow. Do you
think you could take care of it nicely
by yourself?"
Mandy gasped and rolled her eyes
Deed. no. massa! Reckon you all
better get somebody else; don't know
nothin' about takin' care Of any ami
mails. "-Harpers Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
The Aioh q

The famous composer and the noted
tenor were standing by the rail of the
ship looking out upon the tumbling
waters.
YES" the composer was saying,
"you took that high G perfectly"
IF ! don't feel better in the morn
ing" replied the tenor weakly, 1.-The
high sea is going to take me-"
And he staggered toward his cabin
New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Rail by Rocket,

Tine island of Good Hope was the
first of the Friendly islands to be dis
covered ly the Pandora in 1871. But
this lord of many isletS is very difficult
OF approach. for the seas are dangerous
except to very small craft. The post
master general has therefore invented
a method of his own for the delivery Of
mails He delivers them by rocket.
When the hour of delivery arrives the
whole population assemblies on the
shore to watch the great event. for 1t
has happened that in midcareer the
precious mail has burst and given its
news to the waves. When the seven
foot long rocket lands successfully
there is wild stampede of the natives
thirsting for the latest news from Sa-
moa or the FIJI islands.-London Opin-
ion
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Audible Ljoht.

The optophone is an instrument
which makes light audible. It is based.
on the well known property possessed
~ selenium OF changing its resistance
s-tsn illuminated A sensitive indica-
sag bs Hlaaa to move by merely
asding a lighted match over seleni.
anl cell TO which is attached an electric
battery. This movement is in the opto-
phone attached to telephone arrange
ment and so made audible. By this
means, though the bird cannot actu-
ally see, they are able to locate light by
the sound. A striking experiment with
the optophone is to point the camera
like box to window and adjust to
silence" Then If the hand is passed
across the open end its passage is indi-
Gated by rasping sound. II the in
strument is adjusted for darkness light
produces a sound varying with its in
tensity. Moonlight eau be distinctly
heard, while sunlight makes roaring
sound.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09

Our chief want in life Is somebody
who shall make us do what we can.
This is the service Of friend.-EmsR-
son.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09

"How did Borum get his reputation
as raconteur? His stories are not
really amusing. and he doesn't tell
them very we'll"
mo. But he can laugh at them in q
way that makes him sound like a
crowd. Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Condolences,

Mrs. Hen was in tears One Of her
little ones had been sacrificed to make
a repast for Il visiting clergyman.
"Cheer up. madam" said the rooster
comfortingly. You should rejoice that
your son is catering the ministry. He
Der anyhow. "-Philadelphia Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
STRANGE Truth.

They say that love will go where n
Is sent. It appears to be always sent
after the girl with rich father. VIII,
b 1t thuswise New Orleans Picayune
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09

Editor Nhat Lne trouble out tuereI I
Office Boy-A lady out ia The hall has
Mysteries. Editor-Haye her escorted
into the composing room at once.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Wisa Girl

He-What would you say If were
to kiss you? She-I don't know. Tha!
sort Of speech should always be extern
Doraneous. -Noston Transcript
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
The Doctors Dues.

'The world owes a great deal to
medical science"
"And 1t will be the last debt paid"
declared the doctor somewhat bitterly
louisville Courier-Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
That Waddinn Eee.

Mrs. Benham-Did you pay the min
lister In cash? Benham-Yes. fool that
I was! II I hadn't could have
stopped payment on the check.-New
York Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Thu PrineinaI,a lest.

cchoolteacher-This new little boy
who's crying SO hard says his name is
Nose. Evidently an abbre
Walton Of lachrymose.-.lndge
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09

Thsro 3 % possible success without
eeno sppeslt1ea - . fslerun.-Oiiv9
WGnhnn 49,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRING WIFE

had gotten so weak | could not stand,
and gave up in despair.
AT last, my husband got me bottle Of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and COM
menced taking it. From the very first
dose, could tell ii was helping me. !
can now walk two miles without its
firing me, and am doing all my work."
If you are all run down from wornanly
troubles, don't give up in despair. Try
Cardui, the woman's tonic. Ithas helped
more than million women, in its so
years of continuous success, and should
surely help you, too. Your druggist has
sold Cardui for years. He knows what
it will do. Ask him. He will recom-
mend it. Begin taking Cardui today.
Write to-: Chattanooga Medicine Co.. Ladies'
Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn, for Special
Instructions on your case and page book. Home
Treatment for Women. sent in plain wrapper. I-oa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09

no NtV0Ios
Nell-He says he has never had q
rival In love Reile-l suppose not
He has always been 10 love with him.
SELL Philadelphia Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
just So

Just So.
Crawford-To do q thing well. you
know. you must do It yourself Grab
shaw-But you miss the fun Of seeing
the other fellow w0rk.-JudgA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Got on the Bear Side.

$50 you owe your success as stoci
specnIator to stoi"is'n'" asked the in
teryiewvr
I've.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Help Expected.

Help Expected.
"Your salary isn't enough to support
my daughter"
I'm glad you've come to that CON
clusion % early. sir."-Boseon Tran
script
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
Our Expert Poultryman
APouItrvmen Paradise"


When in Baltimore do not fail to visit our poul.
Try dept. Come to look If not to buy. On account
Of our largely increased busin IS in this line we
have devoted an entire floor to this department.
here we have on exhibition numerous breeds of
fowls a complete line OF Buckeye Incubators and
Houses International Sanitary Hovers In fact
full line of everything that Poultryman re-
quires. 1t has very appropriately been called THE
Poultrymen Paradise
We are at al times IN the market for all kinds of
thoroughbred fowls and day old chicks as well as
eggs for h.tching If you have any for sale do mot
fail to let u knoM.
II you cannot seeure Boleiano's Square. Dealt
Food and Poultry Supplies ON your local dealer.
drop postal and We will tell you where you can
secure them.
j. BO1&ianO e Son,
ssPoa1fxynea Pasn1aoss
BalfiDorns . =. ~
rbA.A-M
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-01-09
After -Four Years Of Discouraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Upn Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.-ln an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as follows: 81 suffered for four
years, with womanly troubles, and during
this time, | could only sit up for a little
while Wand could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and-h treat
ment relieved me for a while, but was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-10

the men at the front in this work OF
practical and humane craftsmanship
Incidentally, he was possibly the
only man who ever had the strange
experience Of being made candi-
date for the headship of a great
nation, against his own father. That
was his experience in his first can
didacy. DR.. Pena had had bril-
liant career, not without its similar
ity to that of the younger Pitt. At
twenty-five he was leader in con-
gress, at twenty-siN chairman of the
popular branch. His father had had
a distinguished career, and in 1892
when the younger Pena, then only
forty-one years old, was running for
President his enemies brought out
his father against him. with the
result that the son finally withdrew.
That incident seemed for time to
have wrecked his ambitions for the
presidency, but eighteen years after
ward he was elected and his admin
istration has been very able and
successful one.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-10
THE WAR MOVIES.

Some enterprising and audacious
operator of a moving picture out
fit will manage, before it is over
to get his paraphernalia set up at
an effective point of vantage, and
will reel off a set of films of a real
battle that will make his fortune.
The war Offices are all bitterly OPP
posed to the movies, but that viii
have nothing to do with the enthu-
siasm of the film-seekers. A real
series of pictures of troops and forts
in action, of cavalry charging, Of
artillery belching out death to a
charging party, would ne worth so
much that there will be no suppress
ing adventurers determined to get it.
Meanwhile, the first of the films
will be with US very soon, presenting
the preliminaries. When we can
talk across the ocean to the belllger-
ents without wires, and see the ac-
rnttles while the Atlantic COM
-.. ties US from the near
a1.. ground, it is making
--. &c. quite Il neighborhood,
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-10
DANGERS OF COMPLICA-
TON.

Our Japanese friends assume that
an alliance, defensive and offensive,
means what it says. They are ready
to begin fighting whenever British
interests in the Far East seem likely
to be promoted by their action.
Germany holds a base on the
China coast and has beer diligently
extending commercial influence over
the adjacent region. That Japan will
seize and hold this is strongly init
mated.
John Hays leadership in the appli-
cation of modified Monroe doctrine
to China has been regarded as i'm
posing some especial responsibility
on this nation in connection with
colonial enterprise in that country.
The possibilities of diplomatic dis
cussion between Washington and
Tokyo are accentuated by the report
that this Government has asked
Japan to indicate its Intentions"
concerning the war.
That further stress should be laid
on relations between the United
States and Japan is much to be
deprecated. There is no alliance be-
tween this country and Japan, hut a
most cordial entente. 1t would be a
strange fate that would bring Japan
and America to misunderstanding
despite, or even because, both were
the friends of Great Britain.
But in such a hodge-podge of
world-relationships as this, almost
anything is liable to happen.
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-10
WHENCE THE NAPO-
LEON?

No man may venture to guess
whence may come the supreme mill
tary genius that this war. like most
others, may be expected to develop.
There is a chance for the big man,
wherever he may be today.
1t is announced that Gen. Radko
Dimitrieff, who was head of the Bull
garian army during its wonderful
campaign against Turkey two years
ago, has taken service with the
forces of Russia. This seems to dis
pose of the report that Bulgaria
would side against Russia because
of its feud with Servia, and would
help Austria crush the Servians.
Dimitrieff has lived much of his
life in Russia, but in the various
wars of Bahama has gained most
thorough military education and ex-
perience. He is one of the most
accomplished commanders in the
world today. His was the guiding
intelligence that organized the Bull
garian army into the thunderbolt
that crushed Turkey at Kirk Kilisseh
and Adrianople. Later, indeed, he
was If command of the Bulgars in
their Inflated campaign against
Greece and ,Servia; but it was not
in blood and bone for Bulgaria to
win that 1war, beginning it utterly
exhausted, with a bad cause, and
confronting Greece, Servia, and the
menace of Roumanian intervention.
Dimitrieff has today vastly bet
ter chance 10 become the great lead
er of the war of the nations than
Napoleon had at any tirre prior to
the Italian campaign to be Frances
first chief. in such lnaelstrom as
Low engulfs Europe. Bulgaria, or
Belgium, Servia or little Luxem-
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-10
PRESIDENT PENA.

DR.. Rogue Saenz Pena, President
of Argentina since 1910, is dead at
Buenos Aires. He was vastly better
known in Europe than mere because
during his diplomatic career he held
several important posts there, while
the United States has seen little Of
him. He was in truth one of the
important South American states
men of this generation, for he con-
tributed greatly toward organizing
the entente among Brazil, Chile,
and Argentina. His writings on the
Monroe doctrine did much to con-
vince American diplomats that South
America has reached Il stage of de-
velopment that rot only justified,
but demanded, some modification in
our construction of that instrument
Nowhere in the world has the
doctrine of peace with honor, peace
through sanity. limited ornaments,
and solemn agreements among ma
lions, been carried so far as among
the three great South American
powers. They have given all the
world a lesson that it is beginning
to read Understandings and respect
fully. President Pena was among
The Washington times. [volume] (Washington [D.C.]) 1902-1939, 1914-08-10
>.E TO EUROPE.

Announcement that the British ad-
miralty is considering the construc-
tior Of fleet of "dreadnoughts of
the air." none of which will carry
engines of less than 400-horsepower,
brings the realization that the air
trip across the Atlantic, for passen-
gers and not merely rs u sporting
Venture, may not be matter of the
fsr-distant future. II is possible
that within the lifetime some Of us
it may become a commonplace Of
aerial navigation.
The America, with which Lieuten-
ant Porte was to attempt the pas
sage, has engines Of ;560-horsepower.
Something approaching amaze
ment was created in the public mind
when it was first announced that the
ilier would be equipped so largely
for its battle with the elements; it
was not quite easy to conceive of an
aeroplane whose engines would de-
velop as much horsepower as an old
style locomotive.
But the plans of the admiralty
far transcend this. For its new air
fleet 400-horsepower is to be the
minimum, from which point the i'm
agination is permitted to follow the
example of the aeroplanes and soar.
Perhaps it is not too much to ex-
pect that aerial craft with engines
Of 1,0O0-horsepower will be built
within the next generation. To these,
when reasonably stabilized, the car
riage of passengers across the ocean
would seem to present little diff
Guilty.