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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
Fire Loss $1,000, 900.

Newport News, Va. Sept. s.
Although it probably will b,
weeks before an accurate e. ii
mate of tptal damage can b.
made, the property loss in the
fire of last night and this morn.
ing will total about 81, 500, 900,
according to estimates today,
$500, 900 more than at first SUP.
posed.
All that is left of the nam.
moth Chesapeake and Ohio grain
elevator A is the towering smok E
stack and smoldering mountain
of grain, sheet metal and costly
machinery. The Office of IL
United States Shipping Company
and the general Offices of the
Chesapeake and Ohio Railway
Company, both of which were
frame structures, were DESTROYED.
The ONCE of the Holland-Ameri-
can Line was badly damaged BY
flames and water.
The two grain conveyors lead
ing from the burned elevator to
grain pier No. S are Quilted prac-
tically the full length of the pier
and are still burning. Piers
Noo. : and 5. At which several
steamers we're moored, were dam
nged, but can Be used.
The origin Of the ERE is still
1nknewn. At TIE tine there
~ 81. - tu1lh1ls 81 gaia ia]
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
Curious Gaelic Alphabet.

A very curious and Distinguishing
characteristic of the Gaelic alphabe,
is that nearly every letter thereof II
represented by tree. While the al
phabet Of ancient Gaelic comprised
but seventeen letters. that of modern
Gaelic has eighteen. But with the
new forms. as With the old, the letter
is represented by tree. The excep
lions are g." IT. and "u." which
stand for ivy" "furze" and heather.
The alphabet now stands: Aim.
bette. coll, dur. eagh. fearn, gath.
huath. iogh, luis, NUN. NUN, DIV
peith, ruis. suil. teine. mr. all of which
Ii equal to saying: Elm birch. hazel
oak, aspen. alder. ivy. whitethorn, yew
rowan or quicken, vine. ash. spindI,
tee. pine. elder. willow. furze, heath
In the old Gaelic alphabet the letter
n" (the huath or whitethorn) does not
exist The alphabet is called the beth
his-nuin, because b." a. IN" and no,
a." 3D." &C" are the first three letters
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
The Great Divide

Some day at last when | have scaled
the height
And journeyed on the road of dust
afar,
Shoulder to shoulder with the
morning star
shall stand forth and gaze upon the
light.
The summer and the spring shall
greet my sight
And l shall see the fields of autumn
sleep
Like tawny lions sunk in slumber
deep,
And winter spread the world with
mantle white.
And l shall gaze upon another view
More dazzling than the shiftin Q
scenes of dust,
For I shall see within the hea vens
broad
The skies outshining with the roses
blue;
| And | shall catch a glimpse Of
realms august
The whole magnificence that cur
| taihs God!
Edward Wilbur Mason, in Nat
ional Magazine for September.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
A Patient luAan

a western judge, sitting in chsu.
oers. seeing from the piles of papers
u the lawyers hands THAI the first
Ease was likely to be hotly contested.
asked. What is the amount In CUES
tom Two dollars" said the plain
tin's counsel. -rn pay it." said tn.
Juose' handing over the money. "Call
the next case"
He had not the patience Of Sir WIN.
nam Grant who. after listening for
two days to the arguments Of counsel
as to the construction Of Z certain
acl quietly observed whsn they AaA
0nnA That &C. - - nnnaal>as
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
CALVARY.

Perry Richard is i'll at his
home near here.
Alvin Sheetz sprained his foot
Saturday.
Miss Helen Sheetz, who has
been i'll is very much improved.
Mrs. Lydia Sheetz has return.
ed from Manassas.
Miss Elizabeth Bemis is visit
ing her cousin, Miss Martha
Bemls, at Toms Brook.
Mrs. Barney Sine has been i'll
for the past week.
Mrs. Kate Cornwell and Willie
Tisinger, of Pittsburg, are Wis
iting at Perry Richards.
Marion E,nswiller's automobile
has arrived.
There will be Harvest Home
Service at Calvary, Sunday, Sep.
TENDER 10Th at 1890 A. M, and
Rally Day Service at ? BOP. M.
The public is cordially invited to
attend both services.
The carpenters are at work on
Charles Miller's house.
Ernest Mowery is clerking for
Barney Sine.
Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Riffey, of
st. Luke, visited Mr.. Asa Sheetz
and family, the first of the week.
Raymond Didaw1ck and sister. |
IT Quicksburg, are visiting their
grandmother, Mrs. Amanda |
Burner.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. Polan have re-
urned to Washington.
Harry Mauck is putting up a
lilo and Bob Sheetz is doing the
work.
Turner Funkhouser and wife
pent a few days with their
arentS.
Albert Guess and family, of
faurertown, visited his parents,
he first of the week.
Turner Funkllouser has moved
ito Dave Hisey's blacksmith
hop. Call to see him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
|MAURERTOW

Robert Wisman, of Phi1ade1-I
phia, who was visiting his broth
er-in-law and family, G. Harry
Haun. left for home, Wednesday. |
The Civic League will hold
their annual festival in the High
School yard, Saturday night,
Sept. 18th. There will be high
grade music and a number oil
Rotations by Miss Ella Rodef-
fer, OF Washington. Turn out
and spend pleasant evening.
Mrs. Angie Crabill, Of Hagers-
town. has arrived for stay with
her mother, Mrs. Martha Spiker,
while her sister, Mrs. Sue Hess,
visits her son-in-law, B. H. Mer-
edith, at Parkersburg, W. Va.
Mrs. Walter Allensworth, who
visited Mrs. Sue Hess, returned
to her home in Alexandria, Mon
day.
Glenwood Bauserman, who has
been i'll in Baltimore was able to
come home last Saturday, and
his many friends hope for his
speedy and complete recovery.
]. Stark and q. Dean left for
Hopewell, Va, Monday, where
they will build ten dwelling
houses on the lots they recently
purchased there.
| Theodore Carroll, after spend
ling his vacation here with his
mother, Mrs. Mary Carroll, re-
turned to Washington, Monday,
lYhere he will attend schoo
lagain this session.
/ Ray Haun, who was represent
ling the Southern Pub. Co., o
EVANSVILLE, Tenn, arrived hom'
,on the sick list, Monday, from
Richmond, KY. He is now unde
1.-THE care of the ia mily physician
, DR.. D. L. Shaver.
Il Miss Mamie Shoemaker, o
Capon Road, is visiting the fam
lily of S. Lee Sager.
r. Sidney Newman, Franz
Wright and Melvin Shrum lief
ednesday for Hopewell on
, business trip.
i Melvin Shrum has a field o
corn by the side of the Vale
Pike, South Of town, some of tn
stalks measure 10 feet ? inche
and continue to grow, the ear
: are in proportion.
Il Paul F. M. Shaver spent tn
week with his wife and parents
retrWning to City Point, Monda
evening.
i Mrs. A. G. Shaver ana sor
Albert, left Monday for Win
leicester, where they will visi
for several weeks.
i Hugh Beydler, wife and daugl
tier, Miss Beatrice, are in Wiz
leicester visiting and attendin
the Fair.
Robert Glenn and sister, Mis-
Ada, of Kevser, w. Va, ar
Visiting the family of Benjami
McInturff.
i Mrs. Ellen Yew left for Wiz
chester, Wednesday. where sh
will visit relatives.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
Made the Most Of IL

Louis-Bertie is the meanest man ON
earth ! bet him new hat one das
last week. lost the bet and today re-
ceiyed bill for sum big enough to
ouy i've of the best silk hats in town.
Charles-Great Scott! How's that,
Louis-He let his wife select one fos
herself"-London Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
ESTRAY,

Taken up by the subscriber, one
black heller one and a half years old.
no marks The owner will please paw
charges and take her away.
GEORGE SAGER.
Sept 10 Woodstock. Va
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
Schools May Bar Children

Common colds are contagious and
boards of health in many cities are
considering barring children with
colds from school. Foley's Honey
and Tar is an old and reliable fam
lily medicine and frees children from
cough, colds, Group and whooping
cough. Parents may save trouble by
giving before school opens. Walton
& Smoot. adv.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
NEARLY A HUNDRED
YEARS AGO.
From the Woodstock HERALD,
Jan. Is and 20, 1919.
FREEMASONS.

Jan. 3 and 20, 1919.
FREEMASONS.
The Rhenish Murcury contains
an extremely severe decree,
issued by the King of Portugal.
against the freemasons, dated
from Santa Cruz. 1t declares
that every freemason who shall
be arrested shall suffer
death and all his property
be conhscated to the state. This
law extends to foreigners within
the dominion of Portugal, las
well as to native subjects. Not
a word is said of trial or con-
viction, or how the Offence
may be defined; but if arrested,
lie unfortunate individual must
suffer a cruel DEATH
MARRIED
On the Sd inst. by Rev, Mr..
Smuker, Mr.. John Hickman to
Miss Mary Maphis, daughter of
Mr.. Geo. Maphis, all of this
county.
In consequence of the removal
of this Office no paper will be
ISSUED next week:
If the following instance OF
most barbarops incarceration
was not copied from as respec.
table paper as the Mercantile
Advertiser, we should deny il
credit. We had no conception
that atrocities so horrible could
be perpetrated in any part of this
enlightened country under the
name of law and pretence OF
Ijustice.-Nat. Int.
DIED-On the 10th ultimo,
in Orange county Jail, Mr.
Mathew M'Kenney between &C
and 20 years of age. He has
been in Ulster and Orange jai
bout thirty years for a single
debt-the debt was at first small,
and he has been the owner OF
tof considera BILE property during
a part of the above period, but
of late his children have had
possession, and he has been suf.
fered to linger out his last days
in close confinement in a lonesome
Jail.
| MISSIONARY INTELLIGENCE.
The Orleans Chronicle of the
I'D ult. containing the following
article--As considerable anxiety
has been felt by the Methodist
Episcopal Church in this and the
adjoining state, relative to the
Hate indisposition of the Rev.
Bishop McKendrie, we are happy
to state that this truly amiable
man has nearly recovered his
health, and in consequence of
ibis having declined visiting the
ICarolina Conference, will be able
to attend more particularly to
the infant churches in this part
of our country.
RUNAWAY
was committed to the Jail Of
Shenandoah county as a runa-
way, on the 10th inst. stout
built black man, bv the name of
JIM.
He says he is "a years of age,
about 5 feet 6 or 7 inches, has a
large scar over his left eye, sup
posed to be cut with a knife, he
states. he is the property of
Mr.. VIM. Kite, Orange county,
Va. and that he left his master
on the 1st inst. on account of
severe treatment.
GEO. KNEISLEY,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
eRiDAy. SEP; EMBED 10. 1915.
Woodrow Wilson's Work


At no time during the last half
century has any President OF the
United States carried so many
heavy burdens as Woodrow Will
son has borne and is bearing. He
has faced domestic problems of
re gravest and most vital ir !
portance. In addition, through
no act or fault of his own, he
has been facing and is facing
the most serious international
difficulties that have arisen in
lie course of a hundred years,
or perhaps since we became
nation.
His conduct in every crisis hi s
been beyond praise. Calm, clear
eyed and self-poised, he has in
spired his countrymen, who have
been watching him most anx.
iously, with a feeling of conf
dence such as few heads OF
nations ever arouse. His record
is a striking manifestation OF
patience, dignity, firmness ard
power.
TO the burdens that he has
carried in the line of duty lla.
been added a heavy and unnece>
sary load in the form of bittel
attacks, unjust suspicious ant
angry aspersions emanating from
the belligerents abroad and theil
extreme partisans here. Many
men would have broken down VI
der this strain and thus proved
unequal to the situation. Other!
would have grown nervous an,
excitable and shown signs O.
anger and resentment. Bu1
Woodrow Wilson has been quiet
cool and thoughtful at all time.
The more acute and critical tit
situa ton, the more his self-ma S.
terry has become apparent. HI
has kept his mind upon Amerit q
and her peace and honor to the
utter exclusion of all else. The
darts and javelins hurled at him
in fits of passions by men whose
first thought may not be Of
America, but whose Welt are
whose very lives, he is wisely
safeguarding, have not turned
him a hairbreadth from his
course. For any sign that lie
has given, they have not reached
him, though deeply he must fee
the pain of being misunderstood
AMI misrepresented by those
whom he is trying to serve.
To his country and to hi.
countrymen Woodrow Wilson i.
giving the very best that it is il
any man to give. He has sought
peace for them while zealously
guarding their honor. Under
some of the Presidents of year.
past, or some of the men who
have of late aspired to the Presi
dency. the country might, II
these perilous days, and probably
would, find itself engaged il
more than one war. And Il
what end, except to add enor'
mously to the millions of slaught.
cred men, the millions of crippled
men, the millions of widows and
the millions of orphans that are
the bnter fruit of a single year
of war waged by all the great
nations of the earth saving our
own?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
Cause For Hurry.

understand they were married In
haste
les; they told the minister to hur>
y because there was only little gas
oine left In their automobile, and they
were twenty miles from homA"-rx
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
PEARS.

Parties desiring Keiffer Pears this
season. will please place their orders
bv Sept. 18th. Usual price soc per
bushel. ASA A. SHEETZ.
Sept 3-2t.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-09-10
For Sale CHEAP.

One rubber tire buggy In frst-class
condition and one buck board with
long body.
GEORGE W. BOYER,
Sept 10-1t Woodstock. Va.
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POWell'S Fort.

We had hard rain on last
night.
Prof. w. s. Linaweayer, Of
is visiting friends
at this place.
Walter Lichliter. of Berryville
was the week end guest of his
parents, Mr.. and Mrs. James
Lichliter of this place.
The festival at Cross Roads
last Saturday night was well at
tended.
Arch Lichliter returned to
Charles Town. Tuesday after a
few days visit to his parents,
Mr.. and Mrs. James Lichliter at
Cross Roads.
Mrs. William Baker, Of Charles
Town arrived here on Monday
for visit to friends and rela.
tives.
Mrs. w. F. Rittenour, of Dry
Run is visiting relatives and
friends in Pittsburg, Pa.
Mrs. mary Glen has returned
from two weeks visit to her
daughter at Bentonville.
Arch Lichllter spent a day
recently at Kabletown, w. Va.
Mrs. c. M. Golladay is very il
with typhoid fever.
Rev. Andes filled his reeula,
appointment at Dry Run las
Sunday night.
Rev. E. B. Shaver will preacl
at Trinity next Saturday nigh
at 1870 and Sunday morning a
11:00 O'Clock.
| George R. Golladay and wifi
lattended the band reunion a
lLantz Mill last Saturday and re
turned home Monday.
! Mr.. Kibler was visiting friend
in the lower Fort section, TIL
first of the week.
Mrs. Emma Finks returne
home last week from Ohio. wher
lshe spent week with her sor
William.
i Mr.. r. L. Walter has a fin
: Ipiece of buckwheat in full bloom
He has been offered a nice pric
: for the crop.
Mr.. Perry Smoot lost a fin
horse last week.
J The brass band is now organ
1zed with is members. Their in
Istruments arrived last week an
Friday night was their first tim
to practice. We wish them niue
success in their new undertaking
i Mrs. E. R. Smith got a IA
last week and was badly injured
Mrs. ". F. Baker, of Charlie
Town, w. Va, arrived here tlli
: week to visit friends and rels
Itives.
Il Mrs. Elizabeth Baker is yer
ill at this time.
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-21
CHAPTER VIII.

CHAPTER VIII
rAMEsoN. wake upl"
leaped out of bed still in my paiamas
and stood for q moment staring about. Then
ran into the living room looked about
~ rubbing my eyes, startled. No one was
there.
"Hcy--Jamesson--wake up!"
It was spooky.
ran back into Craig's room. He was gone
There was no one in any of rooms. The sur
prise had now thoroughly awakened me.
"Where-the deuce--are your" demanded.
Suddenly ! heard the voice again--no doubt
about It. either.
Here am--over on the couchi"
scratched my head. puzzled. There was GER
tainly no that couch.
laugh greeted me. Plainly, though, II came
from the couch. vent over to II, and, ridiculous
as It seemed, began to throw aside the pillows.
There lay nothing but little oblong oaken box,
perhaps eight or ten inches long and three or four
inches square at the ends. In the face were two
peculiar square holes and from the top projected
black disc. about the size of watch. fastened on
a swinging metal arm In the face OF the disc we're
several perforauons.
Ipicked up the strange looking thing in wonder.
and from that magic box actually came burst Of
laughter.
Come over to the laboratory, right away"
pealed forth merry voice. rive something to
show YOU"
''weIl" sssped. what do you know about
thata"
Very early that morning Craig had got up. Ieav-
ing me snoring Cases never wsaried him. He
thrived excitement.
He had gone over to the laboratory and set TO
work In corner over another OF those peculiar
boxes. exactly like that which he had already left
in our rooms.
In the face OF each of these boxes. as have
said. we're two square holes. The sides Of these
holes converged inward into the boz In the manner
Of four-sided pyramid, ending at the apex in
little circle of black perhaps half an inch across.
Half an hour afterward l walked into the
laboratory feeling little sheepish over the pract
cal Joke. but none the less curious to find out all
about IT,
"what is III" asked indicating the apparatus
"A vocaphone." he replied sim laughing, the
loud speaking telephone. the little box that hears
and talks II talks right out in meeting too-no
transmitter TO hold to the mouth. no receiver to
hold TO the ear. You see. this transmitter is so
sensitive that It picks up a Whisper and the
receiver Is placed back Of those two megaphone-
like pyramids"
n believe the Clutehing Hand has been shadow
Ing the Dodge house. he continued thoushtfully
~As long as we watch the place. too. he win do
nothing. But II We should seem SYSTEMATICALLY,
not TO be watching perhaps he may try something.
and we may be able 70 get a clue to his identity
this vocaphone. Sect"
nodded We've got to run him down some
how" ! agreed.
yes" be said taking his coat and hat. Il am
going to connect up one OF these things in Miss
Dodge's library and arrange with the telephone
company for a clear wire. so that W. can listen
here. where that fellow viii never suspect"
At about the same time that Craig and sailed
forth on this new mission Elaine was arranging
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-21
synopsis of Previous Chapter.

The New York police are inystified by a series OF
murders OF prominent men. The principal the
murderer is the warming letter which is the vic
Tins. signed with 'clutching hand. The latest vic
tim OF the mysterious assassin Is Taylor Dodge the
insurance president His daughter, Elaine, employs
Craig Kennedy the famous scientific detective
10 unravei the mystery. What Kennedy accomplished
is told by his friend Jameson. q newspaper man.
The criminals make many bold attempts TO dis
courage Kennedy and Elaine from following their trail
but all their ingenious crafty schemes are check.
mated by the wonderful detective ability scientific
knowledge OF Craig Kennedy. The notorious women
OF the underworld are utilized by the master criminal
and they employ their feminine Establishments and wes
10 destroy Elaine and Kennedy OF them poses as
the secret wife of Taylor Dodge and through this
enttces Elaine into for proof of the alleged
marriage finally fnanoeuvering her into dangerous
trap The other adventures5 leads Kennedy into
slmer trap but his distrust OF the prompts him
20 take peculiar finally him
10 save Elaine and himself from destructiona
Omaha daily bee., 1915-02-21

Everything you read here today you can
see in the fascinating Pathe Motion Pic
lures at the Motion Picture Theaters this
week. Next Sunday another chapter OF
"The Exploits of Elaine" and new Pathe
reels.
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-27
RUSSIAN s0LrIERs
BETTER THAN MOST
PEOPLE BELIEVE

CAssociatcd Press correspondence
Hanover. Jan. i-Thc Russian
soldier ls better than is peculiarly ne
uoved. according 10 the letter ot u
GERMAN officer. SERVING with the ar
mics In Poland, o
"Ncor l. we took about l.ooo
wrote the officer, $50
no report said. As a matter of ia'l
We took, about 1000. The hrst TO,
was more or less 70 thousand, ana
then. during tho day. a hundred w'f'
gathered here and another hundred
there.
"tt Is true that on here we do NOT
think much Of n thousand prisoners
But il sccms to be different out ~
tho west. read Tor instance ihh'
we had taken 22l prisoners th''''
and no doubt somebody said one
Frenchmnn or an Engiishman De inc
equivalent of ten Russians.
.Iiut that o. not true. Among the
prisoners taken heer there are many
well built and strong fellows Win IA
.tcltiernt faces, who belle he stories
Of broken down Russian soldiers SO
generally heard. according to "a
wnv OF thinking. The trouble ~ that
ne Ia too much a part OF a MACHINE
Il the RUSSIAN soldiers had our Lead
ors and commissariat, then France
would have been able 10 do without
her other allies
The evening herald. [volume] (Albuquerque, New Mexico) 1914-1922, 1915-01-27

this paint the doctor interfercd with
orders that she was to be perfectly
quiet
In the other room they held q con.
%HultHuon. The physician listened 20
their explanation OF what the girl had
hecn through and then said gFnveiy:
"She must have an absolute change OF
scene for b time. Get her away from
here instnntly."
-Bnt whercg" Dorr demanded.
~why not take her 10 the southern
part 81 the state for n little whlleT'
no suggested. "But whatever you do
% "a quickly. Her nerves won't stand
murh more"
81 know just the place." Kane said
VAke her 20 i.os Angeles and then ou,
Into the hills TO some quiet hotel rou
eau catch tho night train"
"Nonsenscf" Everett said quickly.
IAN OF you go with her. III look att
er matters here for q week. II need
be IL 20 down to the mine myself"
With the papers safely In her posses
sion OF last Iean Darnell became once
more the guiding spirit aud told VII
kerson that there was only n thing
for them 20 do-Eet out OF town imme-
diately.
Drake Il In jail. and wen have 10
bail him ont through some third party,
We daren't trust ourselves In the hands