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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-26
Drought Dccominr scr,o,,.

There has been no serviccablc rain
IN this section for some weeks and
iEc drought IS becoming serious Th.
farmers are backward with their crops
ana are able TO do but li;tlc in the
way az farm operations. In a number
or churches yesterday prayers were Of
feicd for rain. The small streams
throughout the section are getting very
low
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-26
Parcel Post Rcnnrt.

tcndcnt l.. r. Lloyd OF the parcel post
business for last week 5s4 packages
were delivered and 423 mailed. The
postage on the matter received amount
ed to s4296
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-26

I (Phone 1850,
Petersburg. Va. May 20.
Chairman Il. a. liuitley. OF tho
executive committee. has called a
meeting of tht guarantors OF tho
Petersburg Chautauqua for Tomorrow
afternoon at o'clock. In tho rooms
OF the Chamber Of Commerce. to form
ulate plans to advance the purposes OF
inc association. boosting" cam
paign VIII probably be ono OF the fea-
lures OF tho plans 10 be adopted
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-26
on NJ To,n

Govcrnor stuart left the city last night
for Marion. where he Is TO deliver the grad
uatlnG address to-day In the Marion Female
College. lie will make the return trip to-
night. reaching his office at the regular hour
tomorrow morning.
The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1914-05-26
PETERSBURG
DESTRUCTIVE FIRE
ON SAUNDERS FARM
Barn, Stable and -Four Other buildings
burned Ia Ground In Sunday
Night Fire.
TO GO FREE
Petersburg Hns No Further Charge
Against Mnn Finishing Term for
Dignmy.
tPhone 1850,

Tho Times Dispatch Bureau,
Boiling brook Street.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-18

an infant in arms and would have a
hard time heading big league club.
Fortunately Mr.. Rowland has big
league club to lead. That wouldn't
have been true last year or the year
before. = .-..-.,. -.
Rowland comes here With an excel
lent record in the minor leagues as a
leader, one that he has sustained in
various classes and with several
teams. He must have some ability,
for it takes just as much brains to
whack together leader in the small
er leagues asst does in the big show.
It must be remembered that the
supply of ivory with which minor
pilot must work is inferior to the ma
terial given him to steer in the major
leagues. >.-.r.,- ...y
Rowland has big opportunity as
manager of the White Sox. He is
taking a team that finished in sixth
position last year and has slipped one
position down the percentage ladder
each season since 1912. .--.
TIC Gail HdIOIy IHlSH 1"otSS LHolI
his predecessor and: has every oppor-
tunity of landing at least in the first
division. And that would be very
fair achievement for a mans first
year as a major league boss.
President comiskey has spent
money literally to weld together
team for 1915 that will be capable
of taking it's place among the front
rank in the American league. He
has, landed Eddie Collins to fill the
gap at second base and strenuous eff
forts have been made to bolster up
the outfeld. A new first baseman
has also been purchased. No tinker
ing was necessary with the battery
positions, which have long stood out
as the bright spots of the Sox team.
1t is at once apparent, then, that
everything is set up for Rowland's
Success He. has no mast DreStipe tn
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1914-12-18


centive to manager to get the best
work possible out of his players.
Some of the fans are still up in the
air because Rowland made the jump
directly from the minors to the lead
ership of a big league ball club. They
also are skeptical because Rowland
was never a sensation as a player,
even in the minors.
But there is precedent on which
to base a claim that Rowland will
do well with the club
Connie Mack has always stood out
as one of the best managers of all
time. Yet Mack was at best medi-
OGRE player when in active service
and has not taken part in a ball game
for several years.
An even more sensational parallel
is the case of George StaIlings, leader
of the worlds champion Boston
Braves.
Stallings made himself reputa-
ton as manager in the south and
then polished it when he took hold of
an International league club. He
jumped from the minors to the head
of the Phillies. He didn't do much
there, but, after some more expert
ence in the minors, he came back
and made the New York Yankees the
sensation of the American league.
What he did with the Braves is still
fresh in memory.
And StalIings hasn't his name in
any baseball record book as star.
Further, he learned his trade in the
minor leagues. ...,..
RowIands is young man as major
league managers go, being only 33
years old. He is a native of Du-
buque, and began his baseball career
as catcher. He quickly gravitated
into the managerial end of the game
and piloted the Dubuque club in 1907.
The following season he was with
the Aberdeen club, in the Western
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
CARRY WIRELESS IN POCKET
French Continuance of Remarkable
Utility Brings Absolutely Correct
Time in Reach of All,

When the time signal is flashed
from the Eiffel tower, in Paris, the cit
lien, wherever he may live in France.
can take out his wireless receiver and
set his watch by absolutely correct
time. The value of the French "onGo-
phone" detector for receiving wireless
signals lies in it's very small size and
compact makeup. The whole affair
can be carried in the vest pocket At
20 miles from Paris all that is needed
Is an open umbrella held as high as
the arm can reach, while a small
metal contact piece attached to a cord
les upon the ground and makes the
earth connection. At so miles one
plants a knife In tree, preferably a
pine tree, or gimlet will answer as
well. One Of the cords with its metal
clip is joined to this "antenna," while
the other clip is placed On the ground.
The entire receiver weighs but ID
ounces and yet, in spite of its small
size, 1t Is carefully made and is an ap-
paratus of great precision. For long
distances, to the extreme borders of
France, for instance, and even farther.
one clip Is joined to a telephone line.
which serves as an antenna, and the
other goes to gas or water pipes for
the ground. But within 100 miles all
that is needed for the antenna is
kitchen stove or range, balcony, metal
bed and the like.
The operator may use his body for
the ground by attaching the metal clip
to his finger, while the other clip goes
to the telephone wire. In this way sig
nails were received from Paris at dis
lance Of 270 miles.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
WANTED TO SHARE KITTENS
Cat Deprived Of Her Progeny Attempt
ed to Lift" Those of More
Fortunate Sister.

Here Is drama of cat life, exhibit
Ing a new trait in the character of the
cat. A Philadelphia cat which had
kittens some weeks ago was allowed
to keep them all. About 100 yards
away in the same street another cat
had kittens about the same time,
which were drowned.
The other day mother cat No. was
summing herself with her kittens in
the doorway when mother cat No. 2
ran up and snatched one of the kit
tens, and ran away. Later in the day
she came back and attempted to
snatch another kitten from the mother
lying by the fireside, but the latter
was on the alert and set upon the in
truder, causing her to retreat
Yet third time did the other
mother come back, for during the
night a tremendous feline squabble
was heard in the attic, and victory
rested with the cat whose kitten had
been "catnaped."
The instinct of No. 2 as to the where
abouts of the cat and kittens was re-
markable, as she had to mount the
roof and enter by the skylight win
dow, which was OPEN
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
EIOpes While Her
FianCe Is On Way

Lynchburg, Va, July 90
Following Immediately upon IN.
vitationS being received here for
her approaching marriage in Sa-
vannah, Ca, on July %, to Karl
Gustav Karston, great interest
is ocCasioned here by the an
nouncement of the elopement and
marriage of Miss Florence Pick
ard in Savannah on Friday to
Leverett B. Harrison, of Nova
Scotia. The marriage took place
in Savannah while young Kars-
ton was hurrying from England
on the Mauritania to be married
next week.
Mr.. Harrison, who met Miss
Pickard when they were students
together, went to Savannah on
Sunday to renew his suit, which
had been rejected by the young
lady, while she was studying in
Germany. He was successful
and on Friday the couple went
to st. Paul's Presbyterian church
where they were married by the
Rev. M. ]. Epting.
MIR. and Mrs. Harrison went to
the brides home and broke the
news to her mother, by asking
her congratulations. Her father,
the Rev. DIR. w. L. Pickard,
formerly pastor of the First .Bap-
fist church, of Savannah, was in
Macon, where he will soon be-
come president of Mercer U.i-I
verslty. The bride left with her
husband for Nova Scotia before
her fathers return.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
HIS TEETH WERE "ExHIBIT A"
New Yorker Compelled TO Eat Soup
While Dentists Wrangled
Over a Plate.

Many biting remarks were passed
and the air was full of bicuspid words
when Bernard Lunenfeld and John M
Craigo, dentists, chewed over their
differences before Justices O'Keefe.
Foraker and Zella, in special sessions,
at Jamaica, N. Y. Lunenfeld was ac-
quilted of stealing pair of false
teeth.
Lunenfeld, who mends molars at ia
maica avenue and Park street, Rich
mond Hill, received a plate from Graf
go marked &c. o. d." He refused to
pay the charges and Craigo had him
arrested. The teeth were in court
and grinned up at the Justices from
table where they lay marked "Ex-
hfbt A."
But the happiest person in the
whole affair was an unnamed Queens
citizen who has been living on soup
while the dentists wrangled over the
ownership of his teeth. AS soon as
the case was decided the patient
seized the plate, ripped off the "Ex-
hibit A" sign and clapped the teeth
in his mouth
Lunenfeld says he is going to sue
Craigo for $4,000 damages. The joy
Gus patient says he doesn't care what
the dentists do, but they won't get
hold of his teeth again.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
Virginia People 2,15O.O09.

There were 100, 021, 992 persons
living within the territory en-
braced by the United States on
July 1, 1914, and 253, S7S in the
District of Columbia, according
to bulletin containing the eSti-
mates of population for the years
subsequent to the thirteenth
census, made in 1910, prepared
under the supervision of G.. S.
Sloane, geographer OF the De-
partment of Commerce, and issued
yesterday.
The population of the United
States in 1910 was 101. 74S, 200,
so there has been a gain If popu-
lation est1ma ted at more that L.
600, 900 in the last four years.
ESTIMATE OR THE STATES.
The population of the 4S States
of the Uuion and the Distsict of
Columbia in 1914 is 90, 7S1, 324,
whereas in 191Oit was 1872, 200.
The bulletin shows also the es-
Inmates of population in 1910,
1911, 1912, 1913, and 1914 for
States and Territories and for
cities which had 5000 inha BIZ
tants or more in 1910. There
is also presented in the bulletin
a statement of the white and
colored population on April Is,
1910, together with estimates of
the white and colored population
of July l of each of the years
following.
The population of Virginia in
1910. was 2,061,6 12. The esti-
mated population on July ! of
the State was 2,15O,O09, making
the growth in four years, SO, 497.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
Widest of the Wild Men

A Special to the Washington
Star says:
Calcutta. The Daflas are q
tribe which has just been dis
covered along the Upper Brahma-
pootra or Sanpo, who, according
to Captain F. H. Bailey, had
never heard of white men until
this year and knew nothing about
India even.
They were the widest wild
men | ever saw" lie declared.
They would not accept money
for their honey and appeared to
be rather afraid of coins. They
wanted nothing but white beads
and salt. They dress their hair
by tying it i'll knot over the
forehead, through which a brass
or bamboo pin, about 4 foot long,
is passed horizontally. In this
is often a tuft of palm leaves. -
The home Of the Dafias is one
the most inaccessible places i'll
the world. 1t is northeast of
India. Captain Bailey explored
$50 miles of the San-po and found
a snow peak 24,460 feet high,
which will be called Gyala Peri.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
Pine pillows.

Genuine pine pillows" is the legend
which appears in more than one drug
store window-over a pile of spruce
tips. The sign makes a country boy
smile, but he is quite aware that the
great majority of city people do not
know the difference between a pine
tree and a spruce or fir or hemiock
tree; all coniferous trees are pines"
to them-even tamaracks.
In the matter of perfume there is
not much choice between a pine and
a spruce. but fir pillow is more
pleasantly aromatic than one either
Of pine or spruce. Pine tips or leaves
are seldom used for pillows. The hem
lock makes good pillow, but it is
better to use the boughs of it, quite
green, for whole bed; break them
small, spread them out good and thick
and put your blanket right on top OF
them. To make use of this kind of a
bed, however, you must be in the
woods.
Time was when the lumberjacks
slept on beds of hemlock boughs-and
they were healthier and happier than
they are now in stuffy hunks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
Fuel Oil Will Kill Vegetation.

Fuel oil, when it can be obtained
cheaply, is highly satisfactory and
economical for killing vegetation. 1t
should be applied at the rate of from
100 to $50 gallons per acre. On ten
mis- court or other small area kero-
sene, although more expensive, may
be used satisfactorily, as the total
amount needed will be small. The
petroleum products are particularly
effective on grass and other vegeta-
ton possessing narrow leaves.
The most economical and effective
way to use the oil is to make a num-
Der of comparatively light applica-
tons. One heavy application may af-
feet the roots as we'll as the tops Of
the plants, but the several light ap-
plications kill the foliage each time
and eventually the roots die
A spraying outfit may be used to
apply the oil. Petroleum products are
very hard on the rubber parts of
spraying outfits, but economy of appli-
cation demands their use. On a
small area like a tennis court, how
ever, the oil or kerosene may be ap-
piled through sprinkling can.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
Telephones "Immoral.v

Here is new criticism of the tele-
phone. A judge has discovered that
the telephone is immoral In his
charge to the grand jury, Judge Frank
Carter said that the telephone was
one of the most provocative causes
of immortality, and had increased the
cost of living at least 80 per cent. He
declared it was helping to break down
the morality of the young womanhood,
as -"boys and girls say things to each
other over the phone that they would
not say if they had to speak face to
face" The use of the telephone, he
added. also caused people thoughtless-
ly to order things from merchants
that they would not otherwise pur.
chase, and thus increase their bills.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
rrnnru EFFECT ON PARROT
Bitten Husband Was Looking for
SaIve, and Sympathy, and This 10
What He Got.

Here Is one that was told by Con-
gresham William w. Rucker of Mis-
souri, the other evening when the con-
versation turned to the wonderful
ways of little wiley.
Some time ago Brown, who lives in
suburban burg, rushed into the kitch-
en- where mother was bossing the prep
aration of the evening hash. In one
Of fathers fists he was holding his
other hand, while a cussy expression
was floating over his features.
Where is that antiseptic salve,
Minnie? he demanded almost roughly.
THAT Internal parrot Of yours has
bitten a chunk out of my hand"
What's that, JIMMY" exclaimed
little WHEY, with look Of great con-
Germ. do you mean to say that he
bit a piece all the way out of your
hand?"
That's what he did," answered
James. "Clean as whistle. Where
did you say that salve was?"
"Oh, Jimmy" returned WHEY In a
complaining voice, Il do wish you
would be more careful. You know
very well the bird dealer told me not
to let that parrot taste meat under
any circumstances Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
WHEN THE EYES NEED AID
Natures Methods Of Warning Are
Many and They Should Not Be
Long Disregarded.

Symptoms Of eye strain are pain in
the temple, pain in the back of the
head and neck, red eyelids and in
ability to see at a great distance or
to read long at time. The eyes be-
come tired and vision blurred; there
IS strabismus or cast in the eye and a
tendency to avoid light. The eyes are
partly closed; there are twitchings of
the lids, sick headache and dizziness.
1t brings on neuralgia and headache
that medicines fail to cure.
Nearly every condition recited
above, if brought about by defective
vision or an abnormal state of the
ocular muscles, can be relieved by
glasses, says writer in the Family
Doctor" The fitting of glasses is, at
times, very difficult task. and should
be entrusted only to one who thor
oughly understands the different de-
fects and diseases of the eye, and is
skilful with the appliances used for
the scientific selection of proper
lenses.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
Oil RANGES on Naval Vessels.

In agreement with the navy depart
ment policy of using oil instead Of
coal there have been installed on the
Pennsylvania and on Battleship SO oil
ranges for cooking purposes. In the
matter of first cost there is a saving
by the use of oil for cooking of about
$500 for each ship and in operation
the economy is much more marked.
The question of the economy of oper-
alton in the galley is quite important.
Thus the batch of bread alone baked
each day for the crew of a modern
dreadnaught calls for the use of about
six barrels of flour. The relative costs
of cooking by the different methods
have been found to be as follows
day: Electric range, $3.50; coal
range, SIG; oil range, $3.50. When
in addition to the economy, the clean
illness and absence of ashes is con-
sidered, the advantage of cooking by.
oil on a ship which burns oil only in
its main boilers is readily apparent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
Mxsten Of TAG.

Many frankly admit that they are
not very tactful who would not be so
ready L admit that they are very
selfish. But it has been said with
searching truthfulness that want OF
tact is at bottom selfishness, for self
thinks and acts only for itself" No
one whose supreme purpose and In
terest in life is to live for others can
long be tactless. For tactlessness IS
simply the failure to think sufficient
ly about others to enable us to touch
them in a helpful way, considerate
way, a sympathetic way. And the per-
son who won't take the time and trou-
BILE necessary to this thoughtfulness is
selfish, and therefore tactless. me
next time we find that we have been
lacking in tact, let us ask ourselves
what particular piece OF seliishness
caused the failure.-Sunday Schooi
Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
ONE TRIUMPH FOR AMERICA
Invention by orviIIe Wright Notable
Addition to Devices for the
Safety of Aviators.

Despite the relatively poor showing
made during 1913 by American avia,
tors in comparison with the achieve
ments of the aviators Of foreign coun-
tries, an American, Orville Wright
has been awarded the Collier prise
for the most valuable advance In ths
science OF aviation during that yees
This award was the result of Mr.
Wrght's invention of an automatic
stabilizing device No definite design
for this apparatus has yet been de-
cided upon by Mr.. Wright, but with
experimental applications Of his prin-
ciple he has made several remarkable
flights, with and without passengers.
Mr.. Wright thus describes his inven.
ton:
"The stabilizer consists of two parts
-one controlled by pendulum for
maintaining the lateral balance; the
other controlled by a vane for fore
and-aft balance. The power for warp
ing the wings and turning the elevator
Is furnished by a small windmill at
tached to the aeroplane, so that the
stopping Of the motor does not affect
the operation of the device
In his experimental fights Mr..
Wright says that he kept his hands off
the control and steering mechanism
for minutes at time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
COULDN'T MAKE THE TOUCH
Old Gentleman Would Put Up With
Ono Disappointment, But He Was
Not Looking for Another.

The young man had borrowed five
dollars from the rich old man, prom
Using to bring it back one week from
date. The millionaire let him have
it, and at the promised time the Dor
rover brought it back
Now, Mr.. Bullion" said the young
man, I've been square with you in
this matter, and I want to borrow $50
for a fortnight"
The old man shook his head.
Sorry" he said, but can't let
you have it."
why not?" and the young man was
greatly astonished.
Because you have disappointed me,
and I don't want to be disappointed
again."
The borrower was more surprised
than ever.
What do you mean by being disap
pointed?" he asked.
This" explained the moneyed man
II let you have that five dollars, not
expecting ever to get it again, and ]
did. Now, If I let you have $50
should expect to get 1t again, and
never would. No, sir" he added, con
clusively, zone disappointment is
enough. Good day!" And that ended
It.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
The Repressed Desire.

Now whenever l hear desire" called
weakness" and its suppression called
mastery" l confess that / vince 1t
is singular but pardonable fact that
the patients who fill the waiting rooms
of our psychiatrists in increasing num-
bers are largely persons who have
mastered their desires" 1t is usually
for this very reason that they are be-
come patients" If psychology be
right about it, true self-control is not
suppression, but sublimation or trans
formation of the desire into natural ex-
preston, If not in one way then in an
other. To master" it merely, namely
to repress it, is absolutely dangerous.
Some day the depressed desire will
come to its own.-Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1914-07-31
JUST Borax Prevents Flies.

Washington, July 25-Discovery
of ali effectual method for prevent
ing the breeding of the common
household ard typhoid fly aud
thereby assuring the complete ex-
ter'ajnation of this species of insect
was announced today by the De-
partmeDt of Agriculture.
The simplicity Of the method,
consis ting only OF the sprin king of
a small amount of ordinary borax
daily upon household aud stable
refuse is said to guarantee its sue
cess and greatly reduce the numoer
OF diseases originating the germ
carrying fly.