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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Wars Effect on France.

In some places in France the church
bell, the timekeeper Of the village. no
longer rings the Angelus. booming
out liberation from work, nor does 1t
ring for mass or vespers. In the
church high mass is no longer sung.
the organ Is silent; in some churches
there Is no priest at all. The bell
ringers. the choir. the priests. all have
gone to the war And on the Grande
place the little cafes, SO busy and so
gay on Sunday or on market day
they are all closed! The black-clad
men, the black-veiled women, pass by;
no one enters. No one has the heart
and much less the money to go to the
cafe. for everyone has someone, some
where, getting half.penny day. I'll
faut bien lui envoyer tout CO que
ION a." And mothers and wives deny
themselves everything, starve them.
selves, even, to send all they have to
their soldier man.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
CHANcEs WROUGHT .BY NIAA
Tommy ktklns" Of Today Il Differ
snt eSfho From HE Prototype Of {
I Few Years Aga.

The old pouter-pigeon type Of Brit
ish soldier, with his ramrod deport
ment and feet at impossible angles
is now as obsolete as his red coat
This change is evident, not only IL
the training of the new army, but In
the royal cadet schools at Sandhurst
and Woolwich. Alertness and agility
mental and physical, are now aimed
for instead of physical rigidity and
mechanical precision as in the Ole
times.
Swedish exercises have taken T. Z
place of conventional calisthenica
About the only piece of apparatus LEI
in TIE Sandhurst gymnasium is the
padded horse Parallel bars, rings
heavy dumb-bells and pulley exercise
have been sent away. Now the ca.
diets are taught what is known il
their slang as monkey tricks, such
rs walking on top of high and narrow
stone walls and jumping safely to the
ground, skipping the rope and playing
various kinds of games.
One reason why the pouter chest
has gone out Of style is its menace to
health. An overdeveloped chest is
held to be dangerous, as it invites
pneumonia and other troubles. Men
on the march are allowed to unbutton
their coats and make themselves com
Portable, but smoking at such times
is discouraged by the medical au.
thorities. The department of the SOL
der on parade has also been made
normal and natural
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
FINANCIAL CENTER OF WORLD
American Dollar Now at Premium in
All international Exchanges
Clear Through New York.

Il is the announced purpose of one
Of the great trust companies Of New
York to sell travellers letters of credit
figured in dollars instead Of pounds
sterling. They will be cashable at
established banking agencies abroad
at f1xed rates between the dollar and
the money Of the visited country The
expenditure will be collected through
dollar drafts drawn on and cleared in
New York. instead of through sterling
drafts drawn on and cleared in Lon
don.
AS a symptom Of broad tendencies
In world finance induced by the war,
this is important The American dol
lar is now at a substantial premium
in practically all of the international
exchanges. 1t is preferred above any
other money In settlement Of interna-
tional transactions, as 1t is more ef-
fective than any other money for
these purposes. Every foreign nation,
whether at war or neutral, would
rather have credit account here than
anywhere else.
The financial center of the world is
now admittedly In New York. Will
1t remain here after the war? Our
travellers abroad In peace times spend
yearly $150,000,000 or more. II this
great credit sum we're hereafter to be
cashed abroad in terms Of dollars
and cleared and collected through
New York instead of London. an
agency of no small effect would be set
IN action to hold here the financial ad-
vantage which the stress of war has
forced Europe to surrender for the
time being.-New York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Sanity and Insanity.

DR.. Stephen Smith, now ninety-two
years old, has been one of the fore
most public-spirited physicians of
New York. He has a theory of the
insane, set forth in an interview the
other day, which merits attention.
Cornell, when governor of New York,
made Doctor Smith commissioner in
iunacy, telling him that many people
believed persons were kept in asy-
lums by their enemies when they
we're not really insane, and charging
Doctor Smith to find out what there
was to 1t. The painstaking physician
accordingly talked privately with Is.
900 lunatics, coming to the conclu-
sion then, and holding it ever since,
that 80 per cent of them might as
we'll be out of asylums and sanatori-
ums as In them, If somebody would
only take suitable care of them. He
cured many merely by interesting
them in congenial work He also no
ticed that when he left the asylums
and began 10 converse with people
outside they told him stories very
much akin to those that he had just
heard from the presumed lunatics.-
Boston Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Florence NiohtinoaIe's Statue.

"The Lady With the Lamp" statue
of Florence Nightingale, has been IN
yelled without ceremonial, in Water
loo place, London. The statue stands
high on red and gray granite pedes-
tai, and makes a notable and an ap-
propriate addition to Waterloo place.
By its side, fully harmonizing with ii
In general outline. is that of Sidney
Herbert The effective background
for both is the Crimean memorial. The
sculptor portrayed his subject in
sympathetic pose, standing in the vo-
luminous skirt Of the early Victorian
period. with the lamp borne in the
right hand. This statue of THE Lady
With the Lamp" is the first public
statue Of a woman in London other
than those Of royal ladies.
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DANCERS Of Crowds.


When a man is standing still his
weight acts vertically downward, but
on moving he exerts side thrust
greater than his weight Consequently
q crowd moving rapidly on a structure
Ike pier exerts a tremendous side
wise pressure which tends to throw
the pier over. II man stands on a
plank bridge II bends slightly. but II
he walks across it sways violently up
and down. regiment of soldiers
marching In step across a trestle or
other light bridge would cause such 8
tremendous swaying motion that II
would give way. and so soldiers al
ways "break step" in crossing such Q
bridge
On a certain swing footbridge across
glen In the north Of Scotland Is
notice forbidding Newfoundland doga
to be taken across. These dogs trot
In such perfect rhythm as to cause a
dangerous sway" in small bridge.
A man rising to standing from q
sitting posture exerts on the ground 4
force equal to twice his weight Thus
when a crowd suddenly springs to tts
feet at football match or theater the
strain on the supporting stands u
enormous and has to be allowed for b.
~ eAginen.-PearDon's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30

TINS outburst Of sensational discus.
1aoo Of radium 40 a cure for cancer
having sabsided. this method Of treat
mont il finding it's true place and value
g IN aid to surgery. Through con
slant study at the hands of many ex-
perts new and better understanding
latest statement from an authoritative
source Is found in the annual report OF
the Harvard cancer commission.
At the Coils P. Huntington hospital
In Boston 200 milligrams Of radium are
in use under ali the advantages of new
and ingenious methods of application
devised by the hospital staff. As a
result Of another whole year Of obser-
walton, the Harvard commission re-
peats its conclusion first published in
1914 that the curative value Of radium
is limited to certain types of skin can
Ger and other localized forms of the
disease. Its value as a palliative in
relieving pain and discharge in inoper.
able cases has been fully confirmed.
It has also been found effective in
leukemia, disease marked by an enor.
nous increase in the white blood cells
with enlargement of the spleen. Large
cancerous growths were sometimes
found to disappear under the influence
Of radium. but the spreading of the
cancer to other parts of the body was
not prevented in these cases, and in
deed it appeared that the patients
might even succumb to the poisons re-
leased into the system as direct re-
suit Of the breaking up Of the tumor
under radium treatment.
Most significant Of all is the state
ment that radium treatment has been
refused at the Huntington hospital In
cases where surgical cure seemed
reasonably probable.-Journal Ameri
can Medical Association.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
LUCK FOUND IT soRse SHOES


HorseshoSs are supposed to. bring
good lick to the finder. but originally
they were intended AZ lucky emblems
for soldiers and sailors.
The horseshoe became a military
mascot in the Thirteenth century. A
shoe cast by an English baron's war
horse was carefully priced as a luck.
bringing emblem. He said it would
carry him safely through any war in
which he might engage, and secure
him victory in tits and tournaments.
The baron established a great name as
q fighter and he vanQuished many foes
without sustaining any serious injury.
so the horseshoe Immediately became
. popular mascot among military men.
Henry II was firm believer In the
horseshoe as lucky emblem, and he
presented gilded horseshoe to many
Of his regiments. When the monarch
presented the barony of Oakham to
Walchelin de Ferreis, the new lord, to
please the royal donor, demanded of
every other baron who passed through
Oakham a shoe from the horse actually
ridden by him. Today Oakham hall con-
tains something like 200 shoes, dating
from that time till 1895. Amongst
them is one from Queen Elizabeth, one
from Queen Victoria. one from Queen
Alexandra, and another from the late
King Edward.
In the present war the horseshoe
still retains its popularity as a mascot
amongst soldiers. and the CASTOR
shoes Of horses are solemnly nailed
on tent poles. on the side of wagons,
or tied to gun carriages. A recent pho
tograph Of the crown prince of Ger.
many revealed the fact that he has a
horseshoe attached to the side Of his
field motor car.
Sailors cherish horseshoes as luck
bringers. and before the days of dread
naughts it was Jacks practice to nail
= horseshoe upside down on the mast
Of his ship. Nelson nailed horseshoe
with the points upward on the mast
Of the Victory before he took the ship
into action at Trafalgar.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Solves Secret a. Ao...

A New York mar advertised the 9th.
Or day for red-haired girls, and a wom-
an writer asked him why he preferred
gfrls with red hair Surely they are
not prettier." she ventured to remark,
and the ages have not proved them
Better or brighter In fact. they are
noted for their tempers." well, it's
this way explained the employer
There are SO many brunettes and
blondes. and when you have q red
haired girl In your office you feel as
though you had q girl who is Just
little different from the common run
Something exclusive" But are they
dfherent? asked the woman. NO"
said the man. "But you always feel
they are going to be" So the secret
Of the ages Ii solved
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Where Art Ceases,

All art Is matter Of nature or
life acted upon by man; a part taken
out OF its accidental surroundings and
given artistic form At either side Of
the field Of true art is a waste place.
where art ceases to have beauty. And
the waste on the one side Is reached
when the artist becomes SO enamored
OF life that he forgets to interpret, to
give artistic form. and only brings
forth q Photographic image; while the
waste on the other side is reached
when she artist perfects his form but
torgets to put life into it.-Sheldou
Cheney.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
BIC TfME roA rig kfonlS

Ine Cnautauqua we are 10 HdtH@nn1
this summer Is not alone for the grow
ups, for extensive plans have been
made for the Junior Chautauqua. This
year this department is to be made still
more interesting and worth while.
The boys and girls are to organize
Junior Town, of which they will be the
citizens. There will be a commission
form Of government for Junior Town,
the various commissions being chosen
by the children. There will be Law
and Order Commission" a Health
Commission Cleanup Commission"
and make Good Commission
On the last day of Chautauqua they
will present the Pageant of Average
Town. ia which the weeks work will
be shown. 1t will be given with spe-
cial costumes. The pageant will show
many of the Ills that affect the averas
town and will show the final triumph
of the work directed by Wake Up
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30

AZ i FL AAfo0 : IS
III HI " affqok aha amllh
Or e j ~ 11t( dffeh defr ~ ereat
q d. III. Hs realizes soddehlt
- t1sti.y dat the state y G6t n,erS.
~ poIt s:al Abstraction ont Of . long
forgotten school book. but 4 thing
lliYe. armed with jaw and claw. Tia
elfecteo this . Overwhelming. There
Hives no l,lmans animal more penitent
and plas,n than the nrst offender Oh
his frst dsy Ii prison On that day at
alI daysztie state can mold him easily
70 its civ. needs Turn him over to
man wits believes in the bottom good
VI him. teach him trade whereby be
may fcarr, ia support himself honestly
when released: give him share In his
earnings ttat be may. even though
in prison support his innocent wife
and heitn.,>- children or, II be Is alone.
save = OH II capital against that black
EST day OF iiherarion--in other words
give hin work and hupe. the two
things wi,i q all men need in order to
iire>-ani ,on will have set him on the
umd to elrlzenship Deprive him Of
work ana aote and yOu will as surely
have sci am On the road to criminal
ity From The Man In the Cage"
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Credit.

Credit Is an estimate Of your capac
ity to worry about paying your bills
which Is held about you by Q lot OF
total strangers Credit u also q belief
held Of your ability to pay for some
thing long after you have ceased to de
rive any benefit from It Credit u like
wise gauge OF your willingness to
deceive yourself into the belief that
you can afford to buy something be
cause you ca mot pay cash for It. II
everybody paid cash there would be
NO bond issue, no huge clerical forces,
no national debts, no armies Or mill
tary systems. no schools such as exist
today. no war. no degenerate fashions
nothing but plain. everyday living
Credit ena bles everybody to live q ac-
tidous existence. Nothing exceeds like
credit-Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
A JAPANESE MUSIC PLAY.

1t Is. announced that two japanese
entertainments are to be given on the
second day of our Chautauqua. In
the afternoon AN Afternoon In ia
pan will be given. and at night Along
the Road to Tokyo will bf produced.
These entertainments are to be given
by japanese, Mr.. and Mrs. Michitaro
Ongawa and accompanist.
During the progress OF the entertain
ments number Of japanese folk songs
Will be given in the native tongue. The
costuning will be absolutely correct
me costumes having been brought from
Japan. Al stage effects will be care
fully planned, so that the public is as
sured Of perfect picture of the poetic
side of Japanese life.
Along the Road to Tokyo" tells the
story of the love Of Japanese maid
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Difficult Trading.

The trade between India and Tibet
has to be sarried through lofty pass
es between li.WU and $1,000 feet high.
most of which are practically impassA
BILE during seasons of heavy rain and
SNOW Sheep and also crosses between
vaks and ordinary cattle are used as
t,ensts OF burden The most important
route into Tibet from India IL from
Siiiguri near 0arjeeing in northern
Bengal. and across the small frontier
state of Sikkim to Gyantse and Yatung
in Tibet the two leading trade marts
authorized by the existing convention
The othe, chief means of access to
Tibet are from Almora. In the north
ern part or the united provinces, and
from Simia over the Simia Tibet road
to Gartok in western Tibet. which Is
at about 400 feet elevation above the
eea.
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REUNION HAMBURG
m CORNET BAND,

A. L PAINTERS GROVE, NEAR Bow.
MANS, VA, SATURDAY. July 3lst.
Account above Reunion Souther,
Railway will sell reduced fare ticket,
from Harrisonburg, Front Royal ano
intermediate ostations to Bowmans.
Va, and return, July 30 and 31st.
With return limit August 2nd.
For further Information consult
Agents.
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Cost Of Living In Russia.

According to recent official state
ment issued in Petrograd, the inhabi
tants of the Russian capital paid &c..
100000 more for actual necessities of
life in 1914 than they did in 1913 The
advance in prices was due to the war.
The following are the articles that
showed in 1914 the largest percentage
OF Increase in price over the preceding
year; salt. so per cent, rice, Sc per
cent; greats. 81 per cent; -four IS to
20 per cent; sugar, IA per cent; eggs,
3 Uer rent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Church Directory.
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SuUTl

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at II A. NJ. and SOC
P. NJ. REV. ! II. JACOBS.
Pastor
PREsBYTERIAN.
WoodstocA- Every SUNDAY II A
NJ. and 500 p. NJ. except 2nd Sunda,
Mt. Jactsou-Second Sunday II A
NJ. and 1902. NJ.
New Market-2nd Sunday at 3 y. M.
REV. J A. MCMURRAY.
Pastor
LUTHERAN.
Every SUNDAY II A. NJ and 7.3o
T. NJ. REV. s. w. KUHNS, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Second Sunday, II A. NJ. and :. 80
T M. REV. j. D. HAMAKER
EPISCOPAL.
There will be services in the EMS.
copal Church every Sunday morning
at II o'clock-uutil fuither notice.
REV. G. B. PALMER Rector.
REFORMED
st. Paul's Woodstock-2 and 4th
Sundays Am. Every Sunday night
Calvary 1st and 2rd SUNDAYS AT.
REV NJ. M. NoAcKER. Pastor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
cHAuTAUouA AND CHILDREN.

This year the Chautauqua association
announces that it has adopted a def
mite rule for children. 1t has been de-
cided that no child unaccompanied by
an adult will be permitted to sit nearer
the front than the eighth or ninth row.
Neither will adults unaccompanied by
children be permitted TO occupy the
front rows. except in the case of the
aged or infirm. 1t is expected that one
adult will not accompany more than
four or five children. 1t is believed
that this rule viii be warmly approved
by all. as it is fair TO both adults and
children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Hard Life Of English Cabinet Men.

Inc righteousness OF cabinet min.
listers life was realized by John
Bright, who declared that a man in
ONCE required very strong health, a
very excellent stomach and a con.
science that does not trouble him"
Peel, according to Greville, when re-
signing the leadership, begged the
queen never to recall him, since he
could not forget that Pitt, Fox and
Canning had all died in Office, the vic
tins OF overwork and worry. and that
worse still, Lord Castlereagh ant
Lord Liverpool had also died In Office
the one maniac and the other ar
idiot.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
OUR TOWN AND PEOPLE IN THE
CAMERA,s EVE.

II you have never had a good chance
to see yourself as others see you while
you are walking about the streets of
this town. just take part in the parade
on the opening day Of Chautauqua, aud
that night YOU will be able to sit in the
audience and watch yourself go by"
The Chautauqua management has ar
ranged for Il novel feature ali> season.
to be known as ACKNOWLEDGMENT
These pictures will show the parade.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Hon Finance In China.

u Is an ..sta biished custom in China
that n-w company must pay divi
bends to its shareholders from the first
years OF lis existence, and this forms
lnvariabl, clause of the articles OF
association Some concerns which fail
to realize profit nave to contract q
high interest loan 10 order to pay divt
dends in full II Is this practice tina,
compels companies to contract loan
after loan until they are plunged int
u helpless state Furthermore. when
q new company Is established IT h
from the start tied down to a system
Of commission paying In every pur
chase as we'll "a in every sale Of the
COMPANY commission goes with It
which Is therefore counted into every
payment and receipt. thus occasionine
the need Of an unnecessarily large
amount Of capital.-ArgOuaut
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Must Have som. Ev;d.,,.

tell you, jack" said the enthusiast
IN the Berliner Illustrirte Zeitung. 81
nave new car that is wonderful. II
runs so smoothly that you can't feel
IT, Ii makes no noise at all, and there
s no smell of gasoline And speed.
why, 1t goes so fast that you can't
see it,
indeed replied his friend lyon
can II feel it, hear it, smell it or see ii.
now under the sun do you know
you've got car, them"
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fAh 6Us LfoTuHkH WITH A
FAMOUS MESSAGE.

Z Nis always an event Of note when
any Chaptauqua. secures Or. Thomas
z Greea for lecture, for it is doubt
fIl If there's man in America who
is his superior as an orator and a
thinker along world problem lines. He
is to appear o. the fifth evening of our
Chautauqua and give his famous lee
ture, 1.-The Burden of the Nations"
This lecture has been declared by the
largest papers of this country to be one
Of the most remarkable OF any given
in America during the last twenty five
years. DR.. Green is vice president Of
the American Peace Society and has
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
FATHER o. j. cRoN!N.

One Of the lectures that are expected
to be Of unusual interest Chautauqua
week is 1.-THE Weeds and Flowers Of
Literature" by Father D. ]. Cronin Of
Nebraska, a man who has been making
a most pronounced success on the Red
path Chautauquas, where he has been
lecturing for three years. He is a man
of broad vision Of life's affairs, and the
high esteem In which he is held in his
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
len Dollars a Leak.

And when my days work n
through" said the fat plumber, there
- nothing | enjoy so much as drop
ping on to sleep and dreaming"
And what are your favorita
oreams? asked the bosom friend.
why, pipe dreams "-Philadelphis
Record.
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Are You Feeling Fit ?

Do you envy the man or woman OF
untiring energy, strong body and
happy disposition? All these depend
upon good health, and good exlth
impossible when the kidneys are dis.
eased. Foley Kidney Piils help tie
kldueys cast out poisous that cause
backache, rheumatism, and other
symptoms OF dangerous kidney and
bladder troubles Walton & Smoot.
adv
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30
Of Prehistoric Ace,

Two petrified Szeletons-one OF a
man OF giant stature and one other OF
q woman, much smaller-were found
in a cavern blasted out of solid blue
rock in Hutton (Pa.) hillside by
quarrymen. Biologists who have ex.
amined the skeletons say they evi
4rnt'y belong 70 = prehistoric age,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30

Ieacher-I should like my pupils to
take pride In their personal appear
ance. Now, you. Thomas, how many
collars do You wear a week? Thorn.
as-Please, miss, do you mean how
many weeks do wear a collar7-Lon.
don Telegram.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-07-30

A More or Less Dry Remark.
'I've invented a boat made entireIs
Of cork"
who Will man ft""
"Oh, l am the cork's crew."-Phila-
deIphia Ledger.
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ConsideratS,

"The most considerable wife I ever
heard Of" said the philosopher. was
woman who used to date all her let.
tiers week or so ahead to allow her
husband time to post them"