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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
ALWAYS BEAR TO THE EAST
Objects Dropped Into "BottomIess
Pits" Are Inevitably Attracted
in That Direction.

Because the earth whirls 80 fast.
rocks dropped into the very deep
shafts Of Michigan copper mines dis
appear on the way down. At some of
the shafts, which are nearly a mile
deep in straight drop, 1t is the gen.
eral belief that a load of broken stone
can be dumped into the hole at the
top without causing any injury to
man at the bottom.
On account Of the motion Of the
earth a rock will not fall perfectly
straight, but will bear to the east, lodg-
ing in the timber lining or perhaps
bounding from wall to wall until it is
broken up or caught by s9me projec,
ton. ,-ssiss
A. group Of experimenters from the
Michigan College of Mines verified
this by careful tests with steel balls.
One ball was hung by a thread over
the hole, about four feet from the east
side, and the thread burned. A clay
box had been placed at, the bottom of
the shaft to catch the ball. but it never
appeared. Another ball was then
dropped. by the same method, a little
farther away from the east edge, and
this ball, also. did not get to the bot
tom. Careful search located the first
ball imbedded in the timbers 500 feet
down, but the second ball never has
been found.
As the earth revolves the surface is
moving eastward at rate which va.
ries with the latitude. Down in the
earth the rate is not so fast, on the
same principle that a point on the
tire Of a wheel revolves faster than
one on a spoke. Consequently, at the
distance Of mile below the surface
the speed rate is less than at the sur.
face. The falling ball, however, con-
tinues TO move toward the east at the
same velocity 1t had on the earth's
surface.-Saturday Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
MEANS OF WASHING THE EYE
Wlnkins 10 4 Process Which Dame
Nature Has Instituted for
Optics Preservation.

The unconscious act Of winking
bears quite important relation to
the welfare Of the eye. This being the
most delicate and sensitive organ Of
the body exposed to the air, It is in
constant need of the protection given
by the eyelids, which not only close
quickly at the approach of danger, but
are employed In washing the surface
of the eye. Moistening is required to
Offset the drying effect of the air, and
cleaning to prevent the injurious eff.
feet of dirt.
Every time you wink the eye is
washed. Inside the eye is the little
tear gland, which, as its name i'm.
plies, Is busy storing up the supply of
tears. This gland keeps the inside of
the lid moist. and you wink automat.
ically whenever the surface Of the eye
becomes dry or particle of dust or
anything else strikes it. This work is
done as often as necessary, and to
realize how often 1t Is necessary try
hew long you can keep your eyes
open without winking.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30

There is more Catarrh in this
section of country than all other dis
sases put together, and until the last
few years was supposed to be inc3ra-
ole. For great many years doctors
pronounced it local disease and pre-
scribed local remedies, and by con-
stantly failing to cure with local
treatment, pronounced 1t incurab!e.
Science has proven Catarrh to be a
constitutional disease, and therefore
requires constitutional treatment.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured
by F. j. Cheney & Co Toledo, Ohio,
IS the only Constitutional cure on the
market. 1t is taken Internally. 1t
let's directly on the blood and mucous
surfaces OF the system. They offer
one hundred dollars for any case i,
fails to cure. Send for circulars and
testimonials,
Address F. J. CHENEY & CO.,
Toledo, Ohio.
Sold by Druggists, Is cents.
Take Halls Family Pills for con.
stipatiou.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
B0NAPARTE AS A CENSOR
French Emperor Suppressed Almanach
de Gotha, Which Mentioned
Deposed Princes.

The German Almanach de Gotha
published two editions in 1908, and the
first Of these, which was suppressed
by order of Napoleon, is now worth
considerably more than its weight in
gold. The suppression, says the Pail
Mall Gazette, took place because the
editor had included in the section de-
voted to reigning sovereigns number
of German princes deposed by the
French emperor. From that year I'M
til 1914 the proofs had to be sub
mitted to the French authorities be-
fore publication.
The revised edition of 1903 contains
q curious collection of portraits. Ma
poleon figures on the frontispiece with
the inscription:
II recu pour nous Quand de ciel le
forma
LIE bras de Romulus ct resprit de Numa.
The subjects of the other portraits
are Murat, then grand duke of Berg
CIAllemangne lie volt avec plaisir au
nombre de ses souverains'), Nelson
and Pitt. Concerning the last two the
editor writes: Time and death have
extinguished the feelings of enmity
they once inspired"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
GAUGE for Measuring sootfall.

The Pittsburgher who resents the
tfmeworn variations of the soft coal
smoke gibes now has his chance to
prove that they are unjustified. or re-
main forever silent BY a new inven'
ton it is at present possible to measure
the sootfall OF any city as accurately
az its rain or snowfall may be meas
ured. Already this SCOT gauge, tried
cut in England, has proved what the
tourist long suspected. that London.
with all its yellow fog. has far purer
air than the North of England factory
cities of Birmingham, Manchester and
the like. Not only have Pittsburgh and
other slandered American cities the
opportunity to whiten their sooted
regulations. but the manufacturer. too.
may now establish accurately the ex'
act proportion of his contribution to
the civic SCOT; for the new device
judges the quality as well a. the
amount Of sootfall. and is quite capable
Of distinsuishing between the factory
Susnacs and kitchen ranss.-Literary
D1gooE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
Good View DispeIIed Love,

A short time ago a servant In York
shire gave notice to leave her situa
ton, informing her mistress that she
was about to be married.
As the time drew near for leaving
she addressed her mistress thus:
Please, mum, have you got girl
YETI"
mo. Bridget. Why DO you ask?'
Because. II you haven't. should
like to stay"
"Why, thought you were going tc
marry the sweep"
"Oh, yes, num-" replied Bridget,
hesitatingly, "but when I saw him
after is face was washed 1 felt
could not love him."-London Tit-Bits
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
The victorla csosA

The Victoria cross had tts origin h
ths Crilnean war and was primarily In
tended to BE- conferred upon junia
commissioned officers and the rank and
6la Neither rank. length Of service
wounds nor any circumstance whAtso-
ever can qualify FOR this noble badge
ave a personal act of signal bravery
performed In tue presence OF the en-
sEly. The t,,coratiup WAS Instituted bi
Queen Victoria in 1856. the prince cor
sort being. 1t Is said its originator and
the designer OF the Insignia OF it Each
Victoria cross Is made from bronze
which once formed lart of some Rus
sian guns captured during the Crirnean
war, and. although tue medal itself Is
htrinsically worth only about four.
pence halfpenny. number Of them
have been sold at sales for f10O and
evvr. The winning Of the Victoria
csuss carries an annuity Of FLO. which
ny be increased to ESQ, payable quar-
esriy, to all except officers, but In
sauding those who have risen from the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
nSekalftx In Rattla.

~ Gettysburg the death rate per
tAousand was 55.5. the highest in
twsnfy.Qns battles In the war. Ac-
eoeding 10 the figures In the American
expsriencs table Of mortality, for every
thousand men living at the age Of for
ty-nine there will be $50 deaths before
reaching the age Of ifty-threa For all
purposes this Is exactly the same rate
Of mortality as that on the field Of
Gettysburg-that Is to say, each soldier
had the same chance Of surviving the
battle Of Gettysburg that a man forty
nine years old has of living to be fifty
three. At the battle of Chancellors-
willie the death rate among the soldiers
engaged was eos per thousand Ac-
cording to the life insurance tables, the
death rate per thousand among men in
peaceful pursuits ranging In age from
forty-two to forty-four is exactly the
same. Every soldier at Shiloh, where
the death rate in battle was 42.2 per
thousand. had the same chance OF es-
Gaping alive as the average man Of
thirty has Of reaching the age of thirty
Eve. These figures are surprising In
showing how far we are likely to be
led astray In calculating the relative
nortality In battle.-New York World
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
ills "Sea Serpent.r

A member of the Big Stove club of
Bath, Me-, told the following expert
ence with sea serpent He was at
the wheel of his little fishing schooner
In Long Island sound when he heard
q swishing sound behind his vessel.
Peering behind he could just make
out the long, sinuous body of a sea SER
pent with an enormous head and
pair OF flashing eyes. The serpent.
however, kept his distance. The next
morning the sailor found that a rope
from the schooner had become entan-
gled in a lobster trap and had towed
1t up the sound.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
SPLENDID Gift 70 Museum.

Ten scrapbooks compiled by Ed
ward Fitz gerald, the poet Of Omar
Khayya n." have been beQueathed to
the Ipswich museum by his niece,
Miss Eleanor Kerrick, to be added to
the relics in the Fitzgerald room in
Christ Church mansion. The scrap
books consist Of portraits Of all man
ner of notabilities, kings and pugilists
bishops and murderers being pasted
side by side. They contain many
original pen-and-ink sketches b.,
Charles Keene of Punch, also draw
ings by John Constable. Some Of thu
drawings are enriched with comments
by the poet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
Glass Cuttinu.

Glass CUTTING.
The layman who is introduced to IL
mysteries Of cutting glass for the frs,
time II amazed at the amount Of wor1
that the workman does entirely by bis
2ye- The first stage of the bowl Whit
b to be cut f1nds 1t in perfectly plan,
condition. not q scratch upon 1t and
only half dozen or more marks in red
chalk. which mega absolutely nothing
to the Impractical eye. But to the
workman they mean the whole pat
tern. Perhaps the dish is salad bowl
The marks in chalk will run from the
edge, five intervals apart, down to the
center Of the bowl at the bottom. In
Sne Of the divisions of tbs bowl thus
marked there may be a little further
marking in the shape perhaps Of a dia
nond. This indicates the pattern into
which the bowl is to be cut, and It will
be repeated In each Of the ave dir
sions. All the intrcacies Of the desil
the workman has in his head, and ther
develop on the glass in way which
seems to the locker on absoiuonH ~
v@2ous.-New York Timea
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
Good storIe. All Old

Lord Byron, in one Of his prose wiz
ings. declared that there were only
seven stories in the world, and that
all other anecdotes and Jokes were
adaptations. variations or degenera.
tons Of the original seven.
Wendell Phillips. in his Lost Arts.
declares that all the good stories a.
the present day accredited to thu
Irish are really the product Of ~
original Gree1a ~sg...,. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
Mikes 81 Feel like IL.

81 SUITE a fi,.,n < y ey si'.aers r
two years, y writes Mss. NJ. A Bridges,
Robirson. Miss, 81 commenced TAX
ing Foley Kidney pills about ten
mouths ago. I am 81 years of age
and feel like . Is year old girl =
Foley kidney Pills invigorate wax
and deranged kidneys, relieve back
ache, rheum atism and bladder tronb'e
Walton 4 Smoot 0kadv
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
Marry the Mature Mar.

The girl who marries a man older
tnan herself is often happier than the
crepe hangers foretell. She has the
advantage of all those years during
which ne has gained in understanding.
mental balance and experience. An
older man is settled in his actions: he
Is not likely to change. He exnacta
less OF a woman than a younger man
because he is not SO idealistic Nc
has ceased to look upon woman as ON
a pedestal. and he sees her with her
feet upon the ground. And. after ali
the human attitude is t.-Exchanpa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30

Put your savings in the Savings
Department of the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va, at per cent compound interest.
Amounts Of s1.00 and upwards re.
ceiveG. The only savings institu-
ton in the county for the accomuls-
ton OF the small savings of laboring
men, women. and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
Church Direr1orv


METHODIST Episcopal. Scrr
Pm. Rrv D anu LOU
Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock Every Sunday II A
NJ. and 1880 P. M, except End sunda,
MI. Jactson-Second Sunday II A
NJ. and 7.30 IN.
New Market-2nd Sunday at m
REV. J A. MCMUkRAy
Pastor.
LUTHERAN.
Every; Sunday, II A. M. and aa
r. M. Rev. S. w. KUHNs. Pastor
CHRISTIAN.
.Second.Sunday, II A M. and ao
M. REV. j. D. HAMAkER
EPISCOPAL.
There will be. services In the F,is.
copal Church every Sunday nornfrg
at IL o.clock-urtil flu, tier notice.
REV. G. B. PALMER, Rector.
st Paul's Woodstock-2d ardA ,b
Sundays Am. Every Sunday niph
Ialvary- 1st and ard SUNDAYS AM
Kew. M. M. NoAcKER, Pastor,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
TO Persons Who Wish to Drive

Having enlarged my Livery by add
ing a number of riding and driving
horses and a number of easy riding
rubber tire buggies, we are in posi-
ton to put out teams to order having
80 vehicles in all making a complete
livery equipment We know we can
please you.
nov-S-tf j. z. BEMIS, PrOpr.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30

Invest you money In the per cent
Certificates of the Shen. Valley Loan
g. Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi annually, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six months
20 short police.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30

WESTBOUND-fr Woodstock.
No % Daily-S:09 m. Local
sor Bairisouburg. Arrive Harrison.
burg $50. a. m.
No. 49-Dai'y-12:5S p. m. Local
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg 2:30 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. I'll Daily = $40 p. m.
Local for Harrisonburg. Arrive
Harrison burg 1O:l5 p. m.
EASTBOUND-fro Woodstock.
No. IL Daily $50 q. m.
Lnmited for Alexandria and Washing.
ton. Arrive Washington 1850 q. m.
Buffet Parlor Car.
NO. % -Daily-4:26 p. N. Local
for Alexandria and Washington.
Arrive Washington 9:t5 p. m. Buffet
I1arlor Car.
No. "a Daily 6:55 p. m.
Local from Harrisonburg to Stras'
burg. Arrive Strasburg 1880 p. m.
E. H. COAPMAN, Vice-President and
Gener al Manager.
W 81 TAYLoE, Passenger Traffic
Manager.
e. F. CARY, General Passenger Agt.
C. W. WEsTBURY, Gen. Agent,
Washington, d. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30

The fellow that can be cheerful
whom everybody else is not has the
right idea of cheer fumes .-Balti-
more Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30

o. L. Sheetz & Co., having bought
out the livery business of Frank Rush
and stocked up with good horses and
up to date rigs, are prepared to give
good service and prompt attention to
all calls. They solicit your patron
age. Come to see them on court day,
and be convinced that your horse Will
be we'll cared for. 0. L. Sheetz 4
Co.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
For SALE

Thoroughbred White Orpington
roosters, ard eggs finest strain.
JOHN n. GRABILL, JR.,
Woodstock, Va
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
Cheap Grazing Farm For Sale

300 acres about 100 acres cleared
mostly 10 ~ 1e grass, 20 acre orchard
2. 3 and 4 }ears old of improved fruit,
good large barn, good house, 3 good
wells on place. Fine place for poul-
try. miles from Fishers Hill and Il
miles from Capon Road. Some good
timber. This is a bargain If interest.
ed. u tie P. G. Box 273,
Price $4,000.
Apr 24-tf Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30

Willie had been absent from
school whole day, SO teacher sent
his mother the usual excuse blank
to be filled out. When it was re-
turned to her, it held the following
excuse: Dear teecher Willie got
wet ID the a. m. and sick in the
pm
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
festivals at Gross Roads


The Knights Of Pythias will hold Q
Festival every first and third Satur.
day nights, during the Summer Sea-
son, beginning tie first Saturday
night, Ia May.
Apr. 18th 3mo. COMMITTEES.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
WOODSTOCk MARKET.
THURSDAY APR. 20 1915.
Notice..

My wife, Della. Lee Funk, having
left nv bed and board, hereby notify
all parties that viii rot be respon-
sibe for any debts which she may
co attract.
Apr. ''2-3t pd. JACOB FUNh'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
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Ines or less, for the first insertion
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hsements by contract.
Suniess the number of inser
nons 10 marked upon the mann.
script, advertisement, willbs nuh.
ilsned until forbidden and charged
accordingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-04-30
SOUTHERN RAILWAY.

Premier Carrier of the South.
Schedule between Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and Harrisonburg.
In Effect Apr. 25, 1915.
N. B.-Following schedule figures
published only as Information and
are not guaranteed.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
COST OF LIVING PLEDGE BROKEN

T HAVE the utmost confidence in
the new tariff law. am absolutely
confident that this law will reduce
the cost of living in the United States.
Standing at the elbow of President
Wilson the evening of October 8. 1918,
in company with other officers of the
Army of Business Disorganization,
Congressman (now senator) Under
wood, awaited the signature of the
bill which blotted his scutcheon, and
with the consummation of that act by
President Wilson, Mr.. Underwood de-
livered the above-quoted prophecy.
The recent report of the Depart
ment of Labor and the nationwide
comment of the press thereon have
convinced everyone of the fallacy of
Mr.. Underwood's forecast and statis-
tics of the fifteen different food pro-
ducts considered by the Department
of Labor in its report, showing the
relative retail prices in 1912. when the
Democrats were making their cam
paign on the assumption that the high
cost of living was due to the protective
tariff campaign which turned the
country over to their administration,
although the protectionist vote was
against them, and the relative retail
prices for July. 1914, with the Demo-
cratic law in full swing, indicate that
in all but three instances prices are
higher now than they were before the
Democratic tariff was enacted. Flour.
cornmeal and sugar are the favored
items.
The reduced rate on sugar went into
effect March l. 1914, but in the mean
time the sugar growers had gotten rid
of their entire stock and the market
was loaded up. Flour and corn meal
prices were forced down by the large
supply. In fact not one article of the
Is selected by the Department was
lowered in price on account of lower
ing of duties by the Democratic tariff
law. If the reader will ask the first
Democrat he meets why the reduced
tariff rates did not reduce the cost of
living, he will now be told that the
tariff has nothing to do with food
prices.
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
A SIGN OF CONFIDENCE

[From the Pittsburgh Gazette-Times.
In spite of great business and finan-
cial depression throughout the country
and the uncertainties caused by the
European war Pittsburgh has demon
strated her sound confidence in the fu-
ture growth and prosperity of the city
by the expenditure of more than S20,-
100000 in major building operations
during the past year. When it is un-
derstood that these figures do not in
clude buildings oostino less than 500
600, and also take no account of many
public improvements which require con-
struction material and labor the total
is a high tribute to the courage of in
dividual and corporate capital. Pitts
burgh is evidently unafrafd at time
when national and international affairs
are by no means settled and confidence
as to the outcome is lacking.
This unusual building record, under
the circumstances also carries with 1t
the assurance that much labor has had
a chance for employment during a
period OF considerable hardship In
many sections of the United States A
great deal is said in certain circles in
derogation of the "captains of in
dustry," but the individuals and groups
of individuals who have been respon-
sible for this forward movement of
Pittsburgh improvements in the face
of odds against prosperity are the sort
OF soldiers who deserve even higher
rank. They not only display faith in
the future of their community, but
they are making "a place in the SUM-
for thousands who would otherwise be
k1AOT
Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1915-07-15
swEETHEARTs

I'll bet my mothers glad that she
Has got vacation days and me:
That is to say, that have got
Vacation days, and when it's hot
am at home here all day long;
II helps to fill her days with song
When she amt never left alone;
And she buys me an ice cream cone,
And she makes me the incest tarts,
And she says us two Is sweethearts.
And she let's me squirt with the hose,
And don't care when I muss my clothes
And even when I slam the door,
And when I muddy up the floor,
She doesn't say a word to me
But seems as pleased as she can bet
And when I stand beside her chair
She hugs me and she smoothes my hair,
And seems to get heap of joy
From knowing that I am her boy.
Another feller that I knowed,
That lived the other side the road,
Caught something bad and went and
And when he did my mother cried
And Rugged me right up to her tight.
An made me sleep with her that night
And now she doesn't ever scold,
And likes to have my hands to hold
And she makes me some dandy tarts;
And I am glad that were sweethearts.
Houston Post