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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Attack of the cossacks,

The Russian Cossacks have a form
Of attack which is peculiarly their own.
1t is known as the Lava" Cossact
horses are specially trained to carry
out the maneuver. The leading sotnia
(squadrom spreads out to right and
left. and the others, at full speed. form
up on either side of it in semicircle
or half moon. Every man with lance
IL attended by man wearing sword
and all the officers are in front of the
men Of each sotnia. The other squad
rons do not wait for special order
but at once adopt the same formation,
endeavoring to surround the enemy
from another side. With loud shouts
reminiscent of the red Indian war
whoop the Cossacks rush down on the
foe, and even though the first assault
be repulsed another lava" pours down
on the shaken enemy. This system OF
attack takes its name, of course. from
the liquid products OF volcanic activity
London Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
WERE MEN OF FEW WORDS
; Great Fighters Wasted Little Time in
Composition Of Dispatches That
Told Of Victory.

1t is fitting that the great soldier,
who should be man of deeds rather
than words, should set an example of
terseness in his dispatches. Thus. af.
ter the capitulation Of Prague, Suva-
ron thus communicated the joyful
news to his empress, "Hurrah!
Prague!" to which Catherine. not to
be outdone in brevity, answered, BRA.
70! Field Marshall"
That grim sea dog, Robert Blake,
after gaining one of his famous vic
tories over the French, sent the news
in this concise and businesslike form,
Met with the French fleet; beat,
killed, and burned as per margin
The Vicomte de Turenne, marshal
OF France, was man of equally few
words, as he proved when, after his
brilliant defeat of Condo at the Dunes
in 1885, he announced his triumph in
ten words: "The enemy came, was
beaten; l am tired; goodnight"
But the worlds greatest generals
have always been models of brevity
as to modesty since the days OF
Caesar, whose Il came, l saw. | con.
quered," sent to his friend An,:ntius.
after the glorious victory over Phar
naces at Zela, is the most famous "dis
patch" in the annals of war
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
The Fourth Officer.

tive been on bridge Of ship
since l was fourteen. l don't know
how to breathe inside a house." hs
said One has to lead some kind Of
life, and as | sat there thinking it oc
cured to me that, even If it was poor.
ly paid and at times lonely. there wal
something very sane and useful and
good about the life of the fourth Off
Ger. In a little while he would looh
at his watch and exclaim a tritie diff
IDENTIFY, but with an unmistakable ~
sumption Of authority: Its 10 O'Clock
You must go now" Then he would
almost instantly fall asleep, sleep fol
four hours. spend four more alon'
with the trackless waters and the
southern stars. battle, breakfast ant
begin another day with fit body
clear brain, steady nerves and untrou
bled Flandran's Essays.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
The Post of Danger.

The Sieur de Joinville in his memoirs
# st. Louis tells us that certain
man, sore beset by the pressure Of
temptation. sought counsel from the
bishop of Paris. whose Christian name
was William" And this wise William
Of Paris said to him:
''The castle of Montl'hery stands in
the safe heart of France, and no invad-
Ing hosts assail it, But the castle OF
La Rochelle in Potion stands on the
line Of battle. Day and night it must
be guarded from assault, and it has
suffered grievously. Which, gentle.
man. think you. the king holds high
In favor, the governor of Montrhery
or the governor of La Rochelle? The
post of danger is the post of glory, and
he who is sorely wounded in the com.
bat is honored by God and man.
Agnes Repplier in Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
The Perfect Theater.

What some may he disposed to 70
gard as the perfect tileater exists in
Moscow. A correspondent gives this
picture Ut it: "A perfectly clean the
alter. with waxed fiUnrs and no dirt
-yen in the gallery: simple heater
without plush OF gliding. with hard
but elegant seats even in the stalls; a
theater where. before you enter. you
must aanS up your MT and uvercOat
On a l,ee and take OF ,oui overshoes; a
theater of no ciapping or laughter and
to which you cannot be admitted II
you are unpnnctnai and arrive after
the action has commenced; theater
where, between the acts. you all leave
your seats to walk and talk in the cor.
ridors and picture galleries OF the the
alter or to sit and take coffee in the
restaurant: a theater where the raising
of the curtain afresh Is not hera lded
by bells or knocks on the floor. but
by turning the electric light OF. first
quarter. then half. then three
Iif;lrttsrS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
cHEApEn PROCESS Or pYflNo
English Experts Have Discovered Al.
vantages in the Use Of
Sulphur.

At the Huddersfield Technical col
lege, England, a discovery has been
made which, 1t is claimed, will revo.
lutionize the dyeing trade and obviate
the necessity of importing aniline
dyes. The plan IL to utilize sulphur
dyes for dyeing woods and fabrics 9TH
er than cotton, for which sulphur
dyes have been hitherto exclusively
applied, and the experiments have dis
covered that they may be used with
success for wool, silk, artificial silk,
hemp, and other fibers, which can be
dyed either separately or In combina-
ton. Sulphur dyes are cheap and
will, as opposed to aniline dyes, add
to the properties of milled cloth. Ad-
ditional advantages claimed for the
new process is that wool, silk, artifi-
cial silk and hemp can be dyed to-
gether in one bath, thereby saving the
cost Of separate dyeing and the cost OF
dyeing by the present two-bath proc
ess. Another economy that is ef-
fected is in regard to the use of steam,
as by the new process woods are dyed
at temperature Of about $50 degrees
instead Of at boiling point, as under
the present process In this connec-
ton it is curious to note that the in
vention entails reversion from costly
machines to cheaper ones. The proc
ess is already in partial operation.
Materials that have already been dyed
have been subjected to all the ordi-
nary tests. which they have stood sat
isfactorily.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
LEARN FACTS OF HEREDlTY
Spread Of Scientific knowledge Has
Shown That Many Wrong Ideas
Have Been Held.

II has been we'll said that ghosts
and haunted houses decrease in fire.
quency in a definite inverse ratio to
the increase Of our means of light.
ing. No self-respecting ghost will live
in house lighted with electricity, in
which the person who should receive
the ghostly visitant with due awe can
just lean quietly out of bed, touch a
button and fash the whole room full
of light. The candle-lighted dwelling
was the favorite ghostly haunt. The
same is true of the specter of the
heredity Of disease. The more light
is thrown on the subject the less sig
nificance heredity has.
This is confirmed by a recent care
full study in detail of the spread of
tuberculosis in five counties in Min
nesota made by an expert for the
state department of health. Tuber-
culosis is proved once more by this
study, as shown in the current public
health reports, to be an infectious
and not a hereditary disease. Only
those catch the disease who are much
exposed to it, and then only when
both patient and those near him are
careless about the infection. There
is no reason for the dread of inherit.
ing it. and no good reason for fearing
it's contagion if even a few reasonable
precautions are taken.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
TOO HAPPY TO BE SORRY
Wherein Rapturous Lover Gives a New
Meaning to "From Hand to
Mouth"
To the sweetest girl / know:

ITO the sweetest girl / know:
Il kissed you. Just once, mind, and
the point to be settled is, can man be
forgiven who doesn't repent? You see,
don't pretend to repent. I'm TOO
happy to be sorry.
Remember, Roseleaf, had the soft
light Of the conservatory to back me.
and the scent of the Killarneys, There
was a little fountain somewhere
splashing sprinkles into a quiet pool
The violins back In the ballroom
throbbed the Tipperary one-step and
the dancers hummed the words. All
did was to kiss your fingers as they
lay on my coat sleeve.
Tt is long, long way to go, sweet.
ness. before fellow as young as am
can hope to provide suitable home fol-
a wife, your father says. Oh, yes, I've
Just come from seeing him and quite
BY accident / stumbled on to secret
Ages and ages ago your father loved
my mother, but wise old .4rannies IN.
terfered until-I'n tell you the rest
when l come down tonight, II / may
come, and if you-if lit we!
"Oh, blossom child, you little flower
maiden, listen! About that kiss, IL you
don't forgive me this minute I'll dc
worse yet. I'll 60 from hand to mouth
That's another phrase your father
taught me.
Till tonight, then, and these roses
to love you every moment. Oh, the Joy
of loving you! Yours forever,
JACK"
Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
REAL MEANING of deNlsM
RAbirth of Nation In Palestine ID
Movement for Greater Freedom
Of the Jews.

The Jewish movement called Zion.
ism is not movement for the restora
ton Of the Jews to Palestine. The
little land could not support more than
100000 Of the $4,000. 900 Jews. It Is
. movement to win more freedom for
Jews everywhere But the new birth
OF Jewish nation in Palestine Is In
process Of practical completion.
A generation ago q few Jews emf
grated from Eoumania and Russia to
Palestine because convinced that the
Jews uniy,ng yearning for the land Of
Abraham is q fact Of the deepest
mea1ing. 1t is evidence of the sur
v.yal Of nationality that has shown
its fitness to survive. Those pilgrims
and their successors have demon
strated that Palestine is At for the
modern Jew and that he IL At for the
land.
Where the land was treeless and sup
posed to be worthlessly sterile the col
onists have caused the almond and
the olive, the grape and the orange,
WAC0t 6AQ lnC cAS(GA NC4 O0Ao " tAAASC
and abound. They are changing the
desert into a garden At the same
time the material development Of the
Jewish colonies has been accompanied
by no less remarkable development of
the Hebrew colonizers both socially
and spiritually. Hebrews, after q
sleep of more than two thousand years
as dead language, has again be-
come living tongue, serving as the
medium of intercommunication be-
tween Jews from many countries of
different languages. The renascence
of the Hebrew language has in turn
acted powerfully to revive the spirit
Of Jewish nationality.
1t is strange instance Of the turns
of history's wheel that nearly twenty
three centuries after the return Of Ju-
dean exiles from ancient Babylon
which for millenniums has been bur
led beneath the dust of ages, modern
Jews now return again to the land OF
their fathers and build up another
Hebrew commonwealth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Bravery Of the Relaians.

When Caesar~in his "Comnentarics'
pronounced the Belgae the oraveSt o.
all the Gauis he was merely recording
the reputation that they had earned on
many battlefield and which they
maintained even in defeat. Caesar
overwhelmed moro than quarter VI
million OF thefn in the year 81 b. 4,
on the banks of The Aisne After re
crushing defeat CD the Aisne several
tribes. headed by the Nervii. made q
Last stand on the Sambre. taking the
offensive against the Roman legions
and very nearly defeating them by the
intensity of their onslaught. But the
training and discipline of Rome saved
Caesar, and the final result of the he
roic resistance of the Nervii was theit
practical humiliation. Their peace
emissaries said, "Of GOO senators we
lost all but three; of 10000 tighf
ing men but 500 remain" 1t is from
this stock that the Belgians of today
are descended.-F. J. Splitstone in Les
Hes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
kiIIina COOKING odors.

No oder Of cooking should greet the
guest in private Some or even an
apartment which claims to lie of the
exclusive class. A simple ard sgree-
able deodorizer may be made of a
handful of cloves, allowed to scorch
with bits Of orange peel on a tin plate
In the oven. says the Kansas City
Star. This mixture imparts fra
GRANGE not unlike that Of carnations.
and, scattered about the rooms. it will
completely destroy the odor of cook
ing vegetables OF roasting meats. In
the country the wise housewife may
gather sweet clover. and the sprigs,
dried out. will impart fresh and de-
liciOus fragrance to the house linens
all next winter. Lavender. that stand
by Of oldtime housekeepers. may he
purchased in little bags at trifling cost
and makes delightful fragrance for
the linen cioset.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Downfall e. ar Astrofl s,1er.

RI, Gudule was the aged cook & sDe
french astronomer isa.dhde.. LtKs
many men OF distinction in mis- corn
try and era. Laiande at one time dab
bled a little in the culinary art him
self. He rontrived snnce or two
which Gutule pronounced PROMISING
FIR an amateur. and he was an expert
maker of salads which he WAS wNl,'
10 prepare at table for the delectatloh
,,f his guests.
But there is now no more of that
.,atlule lanlanted. with his head luii
4 miserable stars he barely SHOWS ~
rom vinegar. He makes no more 81
lis. the unhappy lniih and ti'ls'
3 iich | prepare for t;fn with the 81
',,st care and serve liafmingly
IS to tempt king he devours m''i
1T u glance. without Il word wifh'ai'
>ayorins without aplJre'il ting. a. u
ley We're no more than boiled 1di
,age, y donkey eating thistles aiGh-
he Highway is more grateful for az
inner Stars are well enough in nv
sky. look you. but it is imbeci.e TO pei
NIT them TO interfere With your mea.i
here on earth, Heaven. which created
victuals and inspires cooks. never III
tended it. |. Gudule. say sc"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Constantinople,

Constantinople was known as Lygos
until 65S B c.. when it blossomed forth
into Byzantium and bore that name fol
close on 500 years. ByZantium. like
Rome, was built on seven hills. ano
this resemblance led Septimus SIEVE
rus to rechristen it Nova Roma. On
making the city the capital of the Ro
man empire Constantine the Great be
slowed bis own name upon il. and
ever since it has been known as Con.
stantinople in the western world. This
name, however. is ignored by orientals.
who have called it IStambul and STAN
boul since its capture by the Turks 10
1853.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
WHEN AN ICEBERG coLLAPsEs
Event Always Source Of Great DAN
ger to Craft That May Be In
the Immediate Vicinity.

One Of the main dangers in the
proximity Of an iceberg is its un.
known extent beneath the water. 1t
is told that the passengers of a steam.
boat on the Newfoundland coast sue.
cessfully importuned the captain to
approach an iceberg for a close in.
spection, says writer in the Wide
World. While still apparently sufii-
GENTLY distant for safety some move.
ment In the water or natural decay
acted upon the berg, and 1t split
apart. Instantly it began to readiust
its balance. The tremendous mass IS
beneath the water steadily rose as the
pieces swung over, and one wide ex.
tending ledge came up beneath tie
boat. What shall we do now?" in.
CURED tourist. Get down on your
knees" was the terse reply of the
captain. But the great wave from the
tumbling ice swept down on the boat
and washed it to safety.
The collapse of an iceberg spreads
. danger to great distances. It may be
too far distant to threaten q craft
itself, but the wave 1t raises will
swamp the largest boat in the imme
date neighborhood.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Ancient Astronomy,

A most interesting discovery In
Egypt has been made. where an OBJ
servatory has been found at Meroe at
the bottom of well in an under
ground bathing establishment. the ad,
vantage of such an observatory being
that the stars could be seen by day as
we'll as by night. This observatory. it
Is claimed, was evidently copy of the
famous observatory at Assuan, where
the circumference of the earth was
first determined-a work which was
said to have been done at the bottom
Of the well. The chamber in which the
astronomers instruments were placed
was ideally fitted for its purpose. Only
a strip of sky was observable. On one
OF the stucco walls the astronomer has
left a record of his calculations.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Is Disappointed Fsns;oiner.


Mrs. IIigginson's letters to her hus
BANDS family in f;.;ittlel0ro. says
Mary Thatcher Higginson in her biog
raphy Of Thomas Wentwort;i Higgin
son. always contained characteristics
comments on her husbands duings.
"Wentworth has been away we
days this week she wrote. ";lnd is
going to Washington tonight to fight
for women wish they had been tlxeti
before we We're born. l.. tely he
has been trying to find II father ant.
grandfather for some stray girl don
know who. He hasn't found theta yet
but | suppose he will rpiStvere. /
should think that one would he enniIs,,
but he is naturally tho,pn..,i. you
know
The colonel explained in Il post pript:
'The case of lbs girl is that she
wants pension because her father
was soldier and died in military
prison. have come upon on ), two
obstacles to her wish:
First. that she is not the mans
daughter.
Second. that he Is still alive"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Your Own Home

William L. Price in THE House of
the Democrat" gave US a description
of his ideal dwelling in words SO ge-
NAL and simple, and full of such pic
turesque feeling, that they seem a fit
ting preface to an article on the plan
ming of a home The rooms" he
said, shall be ample and low; wide
Widowed, deep-seated, spacious, cool
by reason of shadows in summer,
warmed by the rudy glow of fire
sides in winter; open to wistful sum-
mer airs, tight closed against the win
try blasts; house, a home, shrine !"
One cannot but wish that every
homebuilder and architect would
learn these words by heart, and hold
them as constant reminder-for in
that one prophetic sentence seems to
be condensed the very spirit OF
home.
The atmosphere of comfort and rest
fulness cannot BE- attained, however
without much wise and thoughtful
planning. Its roots are in the prac.
tical. the seemingly commonplace-
which. rightly treated. results IN hst-
~ honeliks charm.-The Ctaftsuon
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Fixing the Crime,

IT was only nice friendly kind Of a
'sing-song' at the hydro, but just be-
cause it was free expectations ran
nigh, and the critics were in full force,
me young man who rose to sing THE
Maiden Fair With Golden Hair" had
The best intentions in the world, but
somehow he was not up to what is
'alled concert pitch" Indeed, he was
Tery much below it, and after making
TWO or three attempts he had to capitu.
ate and resume his seat at the back.
Then the benevolentlooking Chairman
rose.
Ladies and gentlemen, there il not
word to be said against the young
Gentleman. He did his best, and what
can man do more? He deserves our
thanks for his willingness to come for.
ward. But ! do think that the person
Who asked him to sing should be shot. !"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Ancient Weapons of War.

The ancient catapult, of which the
Austrians tried a modern version at
Belgrade, was, strictly speaking, an
engine that threw darts-a sort Of
machine-gun. The engine that threw
stones, weighing from two pounds up
to three hundredweight, was the ba-
lista. But the two terms were in time
confronted and loosely used. Accord
ing to Josephus, the balista could
throw stones quarter of mile All
these machines were worked by twist
ed hair, thongs and vegetable fbres.
And the most tantalizing passage in
the classics is Aristotle's allusion, in
speaking Of acts for which man can
not be held wholly responsible to the
man who let off the catapult by acct.
dent"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Naval War at Snithead, 1915.

rt"a. naval warfare has been wit
So. %. a king of England at Spit
.,ad In July. l545. Henry VIII.
VI, ned from Southsea castle the at
4 y n, the French feet upon the Eng
iSh ti.'et which was TO have gone
D,iInst the French shores The two
OF sNirmiShing had no decisive re-
' nut the English fleet suffered one
at ioSS The Mary Rose the pride
rt the navy. a four caStieo sixty gun
1ip OF 600 tons. overweighted by the
'r''uHncr suddenly heeled over at
-i'tj!i"ld in consequence says Raleigh,
ri q little swa! IN casting the ship
1nout her ports heiIg within sixteen
i.isht,s of the wate:" Some GOO men
went down win her about Ion fewer
than those gnSt with the Royal George
ri years later. london Graphic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
BLESSING OF GOOD HEREDITY
That "BIood Will Tell" 10 Shown in
the Descendants Of Some Early
Americans.

We have heard SO much in these
latter days about the evils of bad he
redity that 1t might be we'll to reckon
for a moment some Of the blessings
of good heredity.
If 1t had not been for the descend
ants of Jonathan Edwards our eastern
universities and colleges would be
short their most distinguished presi-
dents.
If it had not been for the descend
ants of single Austrian who came
20 this country three generations ago
Sir Thomas Upton would have had
pretty easy work lifting the yachting
trophy That Austrian's name was
Herreshoff
John Adams was a very mediocre
president of the United States, but a
5rst-class minister to England, and a
sound patriot. His son, John Quincy
Adams, originated the Monroe doc
trine
In the third generation came Charles
Francis Adams, war minister to Eng
land, the only man who ever called
Lord Palmerston down and made good
with it; while scattered around the
country are some hundreds Of less
noted descendants of the original j.
A; all of them remarkably above the
average in intelligence and character.
In colonial days an Irishman of Eng
fish descent and his wife, who was
Irish without any explanations, came
to Virginia. Their name was Preston.
Four governors of Virginia were de-
scended from this Irish pair. Their
seed gave governors to South Caro-
lima, Louisiana, Kentucky, New York,
Missouri and California.
In the Civil war twelve of their de-
scendants reached the rank of general
in one army or the other; and the
colonies they produced are almost too
numerous to mention
Heredity works both ways; but
usually the right way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Not Reading Matter.

II won't pay one cent for my sdver
Using this week. declared the store
keeper angrily to the editor Of TIE
country paper. You told me you'd
put the notice of my shoe polish il
with the reading matter
"And didn't | do it?' inquired the
editor.
mo. sir" roared the advertiser. mo
sir, you did not! You put it in the
column with a mess of poetry, that.
where you put it!"-E1change.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-03-19
Bunyon and His Book.

The imperishabie atiegor, on which
HHnvan's claim to immortality chiefly
rests the 'I'iigrim's Progress. was at
least planned in Jail. and probably the
5rst part was written there His Grace
Astounding Holy City" "Resurrec.
ton of the bead" with other treatises
and tracts. were also composed in the
len where be languishpu twelve Years
lie Obtained his full release'!hrough the
Intervention of the QunkcrS and bis
name is Included in the general pardon
passed ny the king In council in behalf
of the PRISONERS of that persuasion
hearing date of Sept. 10. 1912. Bun
san will perhaps always hold rank az
me of the first among religious writer's
in the English language.-Case and
Comment