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The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-28
Friday, May %, 1915
THE couNrRYs BUSINESS

The New York Sun, in an ex-
tended review, presents an en-
couraging picture Of present
business conditions n this coun-
try. THESE statements, togeth-
er with those appearing in num-
erous publications devoted wholly
or in part to trade and finance,
indicate that development, while
by no means general, is broadly
strengthening. Conditions can
not be wholly satisfactory as long
as the war lasts, and would be
seriously disturbed if this coun-
try should participate in it. Such
a step is discountenanced by bus
mess, and, indeed, is remote
from expectation. To establish
more comfortable business po-
sition larger buying is needed.
Railroad buying makes up per-
hsps % per cent of the national
bill, and the railroads have not
been buying much for the last
five years, although their 1915 ac-
count will amount to $4,000, 900.
Final statistics of the railroads
for March include l8l roads.
There was a gain of only 5000
miles in tracks during the year.
Gross earnings diminished Sl5,-
100000. Such was the vigor of
the retrenchment policy adopted,
however, that operating expenses
diminished more than Si6,OO0,O0O
leaving net increase in earnings
of 81, 000,350 or AS per cent for
March, 1915, as compared with
the same month a year ago. In
the latest equipment orders plac-
ed it is found that the heaviest
buyers are those roads anticipat-
increased crop business.
The stock market was depress-
ed because of the Lustania disas-
ter and the American note to Ger
many, but within the last few
days has been stronger. There
is no disposition to become fur
ried. This spirit prevails i'm
many Industries. The Iron Trade
Review reports a splendid in
crease in machinery buying. Coal
operators and carriers are hope
full on receipt of inquiries from
Spain. That country is fearing
a fuel famine. The south saws
that cotton consumption during
April exclusive Of linters, totaled
5f3,6i0 bales, as compared with
499,646 bales in April, 1914. The
textile mills are in peculiar
condition. There is plenty or
cotton, but not so much wool. In
both cotton and wooden lines the
possible lack of dyes has caused
concern.
From practically every part of
the country come predictions or
plentiful crops. Damage from
insectc, blight and the elements
has been comparatively slight.
H'A = hoo hNCAi oOllit lOCdl loss.
such as that suffered in northern
INDIANA. James J. Hill is moved
to optimism on behalf of the far
mer, and this is taken as an ex-
preston of hope tor the carriers.
In all the reviews, however. the
finest sentiment is that expressed
by portion of the cloth produc-
ing trade. There can be no last
ing gain, say the big exportres
based wholly on national ami
mostly. America, to gain for
eign business now has only to
work for it; but to hold it, the
country must prove its title
through price and merit. It is
this view that is doing most for
business today.
The record. [volume] (St. Maries, Idaho) 1913-1918, 1915-05-28

with the costs of advertising and
expense of sale.
pERLEY MARTIN
Secretary
May 28June 25
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
ANTS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY
Time Of Turmoil and Tragedy for
Many Of the Small Creatures
OF the Earth.

A recent epidemic Of ants in differ
ent parts Of the country is really due
to the fact that the ants were cele-
brating their wedding day, remarks
the London Times. They were out on
their marriage flight and honeymoon.
Generally speaking. there are three
kinds Of ants in this country-the
workers, the winged males, whose life
is short and merry one; and the
young queens, who live in charge of
the queen mother. In the summer,
when the weather is favorable, the
winged males and the young queens
leave the nest for the marriage
flight. The latter race away pursued
by the ardent wooers, who fall in
their thousands to enterprising swal-
lows, missing their way and dropping
to rest their tired wings on any OBJ
ject within reach. But the young
queen flies on. She is strong of wing,
for her husband must be the best of
the crowd. The crowd of pursuers
dwindle from myriads to thousands,
from thousands to hundreds, to dozens,
until at last only one is left.
That was the meaning of the plague
of ants. It was the marriage festival,
and the winged ants we saw In our
gardens were the unlucky crowd of
mourners left behind, trying to find
their way home. On her return to
her new-chosen nest, the queen spends
the afternoon chewing of her wings.
These are now useless. seeing that
she must no more leave the ant-hill.
Henceforward she spends her dayr
furiously laying eggs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
CHANGING PURPOSE IN LIFE.
Matter for Careful Consideration, and
by No Means Always to BE
Condemned.

Sooner Of later there will come re.
minders of the query. Should it be &C
cording to thy mind?" One career
may be taken and another abandoned.
Such change Of purpose and pursuit
should not indicate fickleness, for the
most resolute have experienced it.
Buds of unusual promise may sadly
fail Of Towering. Trees and vines
confidently cherished sometimes sig.
nally disappoint in fruitage The al
legged ways of wisdom do not invaria-
bly, result in their promised pleas
antness and peace. Faithful workers.
In good cause, themselves hindered
and hampered by circumstances be-
yond their control, see fidelity to its
opposite apparently favored by smiles
of fortune which they have woefully
missed. Now, without pursuing this
phase of human experience further,
let us recall the great part of human
nature as noting divinity that
shapes our ends, roughhew them how
we may" Go on planning as best you
may, and with determination which
neither fire nor flood can vanquish.
Yet the race may not always be to
the swift, nor the battle to the strong.
At the table of generous bounty a IA
miliar face may be missing evermore
and long-used chair be forever va
cant. The heart knoweth bitterness
that seems to faint its entire cup of
life. Boosted foresight fails to grasp
the next morrow. Now the bugle
sounds truce to longer conflict and
surrender is signaled, as for the dawn
Of glad new day, in "Thy will be
done."-Knoxville Journal and Trib-
Vue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
QUALITY TO BE CULTIVATED
Not Altogether q Matter Of Curiosity
In Asking Woman II "ehe 10
Vain Enough"

That may seem strange question
to ask most women, for, according to
the opinions of the other sex, we pos
sess all the vainglorious tendencies Of
the peacock, and then some; but there
are women, and we all know them,
who are not vain enough. They really
could not care about their personal
appearance, or they would not let the
wisps Of hair float unrestrained about
otherwise half-dressed coiffures, or
noses go shiny when the least dab OF
powder would remedy matters 1t ID
not so much ones personal appearance
that counts, for, after all, such people
will tell you that they would rather
take the time for improving their
souls or their minds, or something
equally intangible; but one should re-
member that one owes a certain
amount of visible personal charm to
ones neighbors; that even if you do
not care whether your hair lies fiat and
unbecoming on your head, other peo-
pie get some pleasure out of seem /;
you with fluffy, prettily arranged
couture. Again, there is a psychologist
cal effect from well grooming. A good
complexion, beautiful hands and nails.
becomingly arranged hair, a good.
erect figure all act upon ones man
ners. A wave in the hair will take
the kinks out of ones disposition. So
cultivate enough vanity to make you
always look your best and to empha
size your own good points.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
Words In English Language.

The English language is constantly
growing and almost every persons
vocabulary changes from year to year.
The first edition of Webster's diction-
ary, two quarto volumes, published in
1928, contained 10000 words and this
number was increased by several
thousand in the second edition Of
Websters dictionary in 1910. An edi-
ton Of 1890 contained 175,000 words
and the latest edition has more than
100000. Many of these are technical,
scientific, or for other reasons re-
stricted to limited use, but neverthe-
less they are words. Obviously an
educated man has larger vocabulary,
or command of words, than an unedu-
Gated one and professional writer or
public speaker needs more than day
,laborer. Shakespeare had a vocabu-
larry of about $1,000 words, but some
that he used are now obsolete, while
a large number Of new ones have been
added. Milton used about 5000 words.
1t is not likely that any public speak
er ever uses more than a few thou
sand words or the average citizen or
man on the street more than a few
hundred.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
MONEY WAS EASILY EARNED
ed and Paid for knowledge
Chemist Had Acquired.

A manufacturer of some patent COM
pound came into the laboratory Of an
analytical chemist one day with bot.
tie containing an unwholesome-looking
mixture.
Il would give $780," he said, ito
know what would make the water and
oil in this mixture separate"
The chemist looked at the bottle.
very WELL" he said, write out your
check"
Check" the other echoed.
Yes, your check for 500. You say
you are willing to give that, and for
that price I am willing to tell you
what will make the water and oil sep
arate."
The visitor hesitated a moment, and
then wrote check for the sum named.
The chemist carefully deposited it in
his pocketbook, and then quietly
dropped into the liquid a pinch OF
common salt.
Instantly the water and Oil separ.
ated, and whether the client was sat
listed or not, he had got what he want
ed and he had paid his own price fol
it
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
Legend Of BeIqian Lacemakers.

Once upon time there was a girl,
dark-eyed Venetian girl, who had a
lover-all Venetian girls had, once
upon time She was lacemaker, he
was sailor; and one day when he
had just returned from the Indian seas
she showed him the lace she had been
making. Thereupon he tossed into heI
lap a wonderfully delicate piece OF
coral and told her it was lace the mer-
maids wove in their caves deep under
the sea.
And when he had gone again she set
herself to weave her bridal veil; after
the pattern of the coral she wove
F1lmy seaweed, fluted shells, tiny sea.
horses and starfish grew under her
hand until at last the veil was finished
and it was time for her lover to return.
This is real story, so-he came back,
and they were married, she in the veil
it had pleased her fancy to make.
Whether the wedding was quiet one
or not, all Venice heard Of the veil.
Queens and princesses sought her out
and point de Venise" became the
rage.-Vogue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05

u IT'S Sir Joshua Reynolds painteA
tAat portrait Of bis friend, Dr.. John
spo, which represents him AZ reading
and .nsarsighted This was very dis
pleasing to johnson, who, when hs
saw It, reproved Sir Joshua for paint
ing him In that manner and attitude,
saying, sit Il not friendly to hand
down 10 posterity the imperfections of
any man" But, on the contrary, Sir
Joshua himself esteemed 1t a circum-
stance In nature to be remarked as
eharacterizing the person represented
and therefore as giving additional
value to the portrait.
OF this circumstance Mrs. Thrale
says, II observed that he would not
be known by posterity for his defects
only, let Sir Joshua do his worst" and
when she adverted to Sir Joshua's
own picture painted with the ear truu,-
pet and done In this year for MI.
Thrale, she records Johnson to have
answered. He may paint himself az
deaf as he chooses. but | will not be
blinking Sam"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
ChamberIaIn's Recipe for Success.

One night at Lady Jeune's house Jo-
seph Chamberlain said to me that he
believed any man of even moderate en-
dowment could attain any given aim
which he set before him with unre-
hitting effort and enduring to the
end" To my question, why, then, do
SO many men fall short of their ambi-
tions?" he answered: "They come to
the place where they turn back They
may have killed the dragon at the first
bridge and at the second, perhaps at
the third; but the dragons are always
more formidable the further we go.
Many turn back disheartened, and
very few will meet the monsters t.
the end. Almost none is willing to
have try with the demon at the last
bridge; but if he does, he has Won
forever. "-Princess LaZarovich Hrebe-
lianovich Eleanor Calhoun) in the
Century Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
FAvORITE DISH IN MEXICO
Hot TamaIes Worth Introduction Into
American kitchens-How They
Should Be Made.

The Mexican recipe for making hot
tamales Is to cook one or two chick
ems until tender. Remove all meat
from the bone, shred it in the chop
ping machine and add to it the liquor
in which the chicken has been
cooked. This is seasoned with any
desired condiments, especially red
pepper, and thickened with cornmeal.
The rolls are about the size Of link
sausages and they are wrapped in the
inner husks Of green corn. Tie the
husks with strings at each end and
boil them for three hours. 1t is best
to taste the preparation before add
ing meal to note whether 1t Is rich
or needs more seasoning, allowing for
the meal to be added, which will take
up the sharp flavor.
To make tamale pie, take one pound
Of hamburg steak or leftover meat
cut fine, add one level cupful Of seed
ed raisins, one dozen stoned olives,
salt, pepper and red pepper to taste.
Stew until tender and thicken with
one tablespoonful Of cornmeal. Then
stir one and one-half cupfuls of corn
meal into boiling sailed water, add
one tablespoonful Of shortening and
cool to the consistency of mush. Line
. buttered baking dish with about
two-thirds of this mixture, pour In
the meat, cover with the remaining
mixture and bake for onehalf hour.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
PEARL HAS FAMOUS HISTORY
Among Other Things, Il 10 the Oldest
Object Used for Adornment
Of the Person.

The pearl is the only gem needing
not the hand Of man to bring to Der.
lection, and history affords ample
evidence of the intense fascination It
has exercised upon the people of every
age. The pearl is the oldest object Of
personal adornment.
Indian mythology often speaks Of
the pearl. attributing its discovery to
the god Vishnu, who is said to have
caused it to be drawn from the ocean
for his daughter Pandaia. The rec.
ords of the Babylonians, Egyptians,
Persians and Romans also contain
many references to the gem. The wife
OF Emperor Caligula, for an ordinary
betrothal feast, is said to have
decked herself with. pearls to the
value Of 100000; and julius Caesar
presented Servilla, the mother of Br1-
tus, with a specimen valued at $780,.
900.
Philip II Of Spain paid 5000, 1000 for
. single pearl known as "Peregrina. :"
It was found in Panama, was pear
shaped and weighed 1874 carats. An.
other king Of Spain-Philip IV-pur
chased pearl Of Indian origin weigh
ing 1875 carats.
The largest pearl known is that
which was once the property Of Henry
Philip Hope. Cylindrical in form, It IL
two inches long, four and q hall
inches in circumference at one end
and three and half inches at the
other. 1t weighs 1900 grains and is
valued at 100000.
1t is known that the beauty OF the
natural pearl sometimes proves eva
uescent. To retain its shimmerins
splendor it needs air and light. Acids
can affect pearls, and emanationa
from the human skin can, it is cor.
tended, destroy the precious luster,
which. once gone, cannot be recov
cred. Sometimes. too. owing to their
comparative softness, pearls become
scratched and thus source Of anxiety
to their owners.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
Measure Of Laughter.

A meter for laughter is the latest in.
vention of commercialized drama. The
device registers automatically and in
degree the amount of laughter induced
by moving picture films. It is some
invention and its uses should not be
monopolized by the movies. It's one
great function in life is evidently to
check up the applause and laughter re.
ports now found so copiously scattered
through the columns Of the Congress.
sional Record, much to the chagrin Of
blushing veracity. The machine We
really need, however, is one which reg
listers the spirit of humor and not the
effect. It would save humanity many
weary moments if the inveterate story
teller could first try his stuff out on a
machine instead of his long suffering
friends. It would not do, however, to
have this machine around when the
politicians are making their promises
to their constituency of congenital
suckers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
Allowance for Your Child.

A child may be given a small regu.
lar allowance for his own use.
Through this he may learn the joy OF
immediate indulgence of trifing
whims; or he may learn to expend his
resources with discrimination; or he
may learn the advantages of deferring
expenditures for more favorable pur
chasing, says writer In the Pitts
burgh Dispatch. The child's claim to
such an allowance can be justified to
his mind on exactly the same ground
as his claim to food and clothing and
other material and immaterial wealth
shared in the home. He gets these
things not as q reward of merit, but
through his status as dependent
member of household.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
Armenian History.

The history Of the later years Of the
Armenian kingdom is bound up in the
history Of Am. The stronghold city
became the capital of the Bagratid
kings of Armenia in 961. The Byzan-
tium emperor captured it in 1046. and
it was then hive of many scores of
thousands, wealthy city and an invit-
Ing one. The Seljuk Turks carried
fire and sword throughout its confines
Is years later; the warlike Georgians
took it five times between 1125 and
1909; the Mongols overran It in 123s
and an earthquake in 1919 completed
the work Of ruin. The great cathedral
the most perfect survival. was round
ed in 1910. just at the beginning Of the
city's long chain Of misfortunes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
EFFECT THAT WAS LASTING
DUMAS Had Ready Explanation Of the
Presence Of Sleepy Ones In
Audience.

The elder Dumas was celebrated for
his never-failing repartee in every.
day conversation. In illustration there
may be cited the following:
One evening he attended q theateY
In Paris with literary colleague, wit.
Messing play written by the latter.
The author of Monte Cristo" noticed
that one Of the audience in the par.
quet had gone to sleep during the per.
torrance. He nudged his friend,
pointing to the sleeper, and whispered:
rs that the effect your plays have
upon some people?"
Soon after the same couple went to
the same theater on an evening when
play by Dumas was being produced.
Again there was a man asleep In the
parquet. Look" said Dumas friend.
-"at the result Of your dramatic
works."
why. my dear fellow" was the re-
ply, that's the same man we saw
asleep here the other night. He II not
awake yet"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05

r1eo long Issuance rum wnerv rncy
originally grew.
In the Yellowstone the trees now
stand where they grew, and where
they are entombed by the outpouring
of various volcanic materials.
Now as the softer rocks surrounding
them are gradually worn away they
are left standing erect on the steep
hillsides just as they stood when they
were living; in fact, it is difficult at
little distance to distinguish some Of
these fossil trunks from the lichen-
covered stumps Of kindred living spe-
cies. Such an aggregation of fossil
trunks is therefore we'll entitled to be
called true fossil forest.
It should not be supposed, however.
that these trees still retain their limbs
and smaller branches, for the mass of
volcanic material falling on them
stripped them down to bare, upright
trunks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
Coughs and Colds
Not to Be Neglected


Anyone will realize the seriousness
of neglecting a cold If he observes
results Of such neglect among his
acquaintance. How often have you
heard, He caught cold. didn't do any.
thing for it and it turned into"-then
some dreaded disease is named:
Ordinary colds yield to prompt
treatment at the beginnings That is
why every family should beeupplied
with a reliable cough medi1me-one
that will heal raw and infiamed sur
faces, loosen the phlegm, allay irri-
tation, ease the hoarseness and stop
the tickling sensation in the throat
that does not permit one to sleep.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
Is invaluab Bile for relief of coughs,
colds, Group. whooping cough, tick
ling in throat, tightness or soreness,
grippe or bronchial coughs. II con-
tains no harmful ingredients 1t is
healing. soothing, efficient and pleas.
ting.
WALTDs 4 SAHOT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
wnx uo Seals Swallow Stones I


No nature student seems yet to havs
discovered for what reason seals. swa,
low stones. though the fact is a wei
established one. Certainly the stone:
are not taken in for ballast, for the
empty seals keep down as easily as the
others. They nre not swallowed for
the purpose Of grinding UP food. for
they are found In the stomachs OF
nursing pups. They are not taken IN
with the food because they are founc
Ia the stonlachs Of both young seals
and in those that live in the open se.i
and: feed on squid. Yet it is eviden.
that these things are not swallowed
haphazard, but are selected with con
'sidera BILE care from the articies.strewn
along the shore. and that preference
is exhibited for rounded objects. Fhis
Is shown by the fact that, asa rule
only articles Of one kind are found IL
any one seals stomach.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
Thu Niaht Writsr..


Writers who habitualiy work at night
and sll night. frequently get strange
nervous: fancies. Huxley said, when
I am working at night not only hear
burglars moving about. but / actually
Ssee them looking through the crack n
the door at me-"
Wilkie Collins was habituai night
worker until he was frightened out OF
1t by the appearance Of another Wilkie
Collins, who sat down at the table with
him and tried to monopolize the desk.
There was a struggle. and the ink.
stand was upset When the real vii
kie Collins came to himself, sure
enough, the ink was running over the
writing table. proof enough Of = strug-
gle. After that Mr.. Collins gave IN
eight work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05

Put your savings in the Savings
Department of the Shenandoah Val
ley oan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va. at per cent compound interest.
Amounts of 81. 90 and upwards re-
ceivea. 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, 1915-11-05
Traffic on The Duna.

1t Is estimated that more than e..
100000 tons Of freight are transported
over the Duna each year. Among Its
tributaries, the Mezha, Usvyat, Kae
plya, lila, Dispa and Bolderaa are
also navigable. The BeresinA canal
connects the Duua with the Dnieper
thus giving freight route by water
from the Baltic sea, across Europe.
to the Black sea. AS is the general
ease with Russian rivers, the Duna
abounds in fish, very delicate
species of salmon being caught in its
rivers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-11-05
center Of unixer.e

A recent speculation is that Cano-
pus, in the southern constellation of
Argo. is the center of the stellar uni
verse. Though second in apparent
brightness to Sirius, 1t is really much
larger, and is at the inconceivable
distance Of 489 light-years from US.
It's volume is estimated at 2,4O0, 900
times that of our own sun, while its
brilliancy is supposed to be 1890
times as great.