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The Parker post., 1916-04-29
SPAIN SUFFERS FROM
SHORTAGE OF COAL

MADRID, Spain, April 24.-The
Southern Railway, which serves 4
large section of Southern Spain, has
notified the government it has been
compelled to suspend service on ac-
count of lack of COAL
The Epoca says the frequent torpe-
doing of steamships threatens to cut
Off the supply of English coal and
cause a catastrophe to Spanish indus
tries which are dependent on it.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
A..
Kill Rabbits by Thousands

STOCKTON, CAL, April 25.-It is
estimated that between 1000 and 5000
rabbits were slaughtered in the big
drive carried out by the Escaton farm
bureau center. More than 500 men,
armed with shotguns and forming an
eight-mile line, moved six miles across
country to the Stanislaus river.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
Santa Anans Defeat Bond Issue

SANTA ANA, April 25.-Santa Ana
voters voiced their disapproval of the
proposed municipal auditorium and
high school by decisively defeating the
100000 school bond measure.
Of the proposed issue, 100000 was
to be applied to the construction of
the auditorium in the Polytechnic
group of buildings and other high
school matters, while the remainder
was to be applied to. grammar school
purposes.
The first measure was defeated by a
vote of two to one; the second by
about the same ratio.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
Buy SUPPLIES as Needed

SACRAMENTO, April 25.-The state
of California is to buy it's supplies as
it needs them hereafter, and will not
contract for stores to last whole
year, according to a statement made
by State Purchasing Agent w. G. Nc
Millin today. The change is to begin
with the next fiscal year.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
Census Gives California 10000 Japs

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-Ac-
cording to an announcement by Japa-
nese Consul General Heikichi here,
following the taking of census, there
are 10000 Japanese subjects in Cali
fornia, 10000 in Los Angeles, 5000 in
and around this city, 5000 in Alameda
county, and the others in San Joaquin
and Sacramento valleys.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
Cleanliness for California Resorts

SACRAMENTO, April 25.-The sum-
mer resorts of California will have to
take on few urban features this year,
or the state board of health will take
steps to close them up. The boards
officers here announced that outing
parties will not be allowed to throw
their refuse in streams, and resorts
will have to fix up their sanitary ar
rangements as would the most citified
hotels.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
Express Company Wants Rate Raise

SAN FRANCISCO, April 25.-The
railroad commission are considering
the evidence submitted by Wells, Far
go & Co. in support of their plea for an
increase of express rates on California
business, principally small packages,
food and commodity shipments. The
company seeks to boost rates about 40
per cent. j. W. Newlean, vice-presi-
dent and treasurer of the company,
testified to the commission that the
company has been losing about $4,000
annually in California, while it is max
ing money in other parts of the coun-
try.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
FRUIT GROWERS LOOK
FOR PROSPEROUS YEAR

SACRAMENTO, April 25.-Consen.
sus of opinion among fruit growers is
to the effect that they are going to
enjoy prosperous season, this opin-
ion being based on the increased buy
ing capacity of the east and the pres
ent good outlook for most California
orchard crops.
Crop conditions in this state are good
at present.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
1o7,0O4,O00 People in U. S.

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The pop
ulation of continental United States.
April 1 was 10000 900, as estimated
by the treasury department statisti-
clans in computing the per capita
money circulation of the country,
which they place at $38.41, an increase
of $3.67 over the per capita circulation
April 1 last year.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
Troops in Secret Maneuvers

PANAMA, April 24.-Practically all
the 5000 American mobile troops in
training here will participate in army
maneuvers this week. The maneuvers
will involve plans for the defense of the
Pacific entrance to the canal. They
will be directed by Brigadier General
Clarence F. Edwards. Much secrecy
is maintained in the work.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
AMERICAN LOAN
TO BE REPUDIATED

PEKING, April 24-The republic
leaders announce their intention of re-
pudiating the latest American loan. 1t
is estimated that the latest civil war
in China is costing $2,000,O00 a day.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
Hold Coke Rate Exorbitant

WASHINGTON, April 25.-The in
terstate commerce commission de-
clared the existing rate of 1894 a gross
ton for transportation of coke from
Wilkeson, Washington, to Salem, Ore
gon, unreasonable to the extent by
which it exceeds rate of $2.55 per
gross ton.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
GREAT KANSAS WHEAT
CROP Is PREDICTED

TOPEKA, Kan, April 25.-Warm
sunshine and rains sufficient to soak
the ground have put the wheat fields in
prime condition. The western two
thirds of the state is a great checker
board of green, black and brown.
Encouraged by the big crop of last
year, farmers will plant a record acre
age to corn and forage crops.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
COAST HAPPENINGS
M|RRORED HERE
BRIEF outline OF Current EVENTS
ON THE PACIFIC SLOPE
condensed Resume Of ihe Weeks Happenings
Covering Events Of Interest from Nearby
Places Twin Allow Rapid Scanning
Send Shad Eggs East

SACRAMENTO, April 25.-Millions
of shad eggs are to be shipped from
California to Massachusetts and Con-
necticut to stock the streams in these
states, according to announcement
coming from the Office of the state fish
and game commission.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
New Bomb Dropper

PHILADELPHIA, April 25.-Com-
pleting bomb-dropping device planned
by his late father, Alfred J. Erickson,
19, of Philadelphia, has sold his patent
to the United States government. The
device drops bombs from aircraft with
in a radius of twelve feet
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
Hard to Remain Neutral

COPENHAGEN, April 24-That it
will be difficult for Sweden to remain
neutral, in view of the coming often
sive by the entente allies, and that
great events are imminent in the war,
were declarations of the newspaper,
Dagensnyheder.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
TELECRAPH|C NEWS
IN PARAGRAPHS
CLEANED FROM NUMEROUS SECTIONS
OF BOTH HEMISpHEREs
Dispatches PGturng Developments From the Out.
side World Stripped Of Unnecessary
Details and Presented in Brief
Easter Eggs Cause Deaths

INDIANAPOLIS, Ind, April 25.--
Herbert Myers, four years of age, and
his brother Roy, three, died few min
utes after they became ill from poison.
Each of the boys ate some cheap and
highly colored candy Easter eggs.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
War to Last Through 1916

LONDON, April 24.-Indicating that
the odds are 4 to l against peace being
declared before the end of 1916, insur-
ance has been effected here at 25 per
cent providing for payment if peace
comes before the end of this year.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29
British Force to Total 5000, 900

NEW YORK, April 25.-By June the
British force will total 100000 men, it
was reported by Prof. John Duxbury,
of Owen university, Manchester, Eng
land. There are 100000 now in the
field, and 100000 more training at
home.
The Parker post., 1916-04-29

DR.. Frederick A. Cook, mountain
climber and arctic explorer, who
leaped into fame few years ago with
the controversy, over his claim to hav-
ing discovered the North pole, Is in
Washington to demand of congress an
Investigation of his claim and vindica-
tion in the eyes of the world. Doctor
Cook says he has started the machin-
cry to bring about the investigation
and that he will not let up until his
story of his travels in the arctic is
proved true by congress.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01

II some botanical wizard could eff
feet "cross' between this wild
flower of the fields and some Of the
agricultural crops the farmer wouldn't
need to worry about summer thoughts.
If the corn crop, for example, had some
of this flowers power Of resisting dry
weather the farmer could I'LL his silos
and corncribs with little trouble. The
flower is the moth mullen.
Like its big sister, the great mullen,
It prefers dry, open fields and mead
ows. Call 1t a weed If you Will, call
1t an agricultural pest, and it will an
swer your epithets with stalks of
pretty white blossoms. If they grew
IN garuen you wouId can them beau
tiful.
The. thick leaves OF the plant have
long been used by housewives in the
country to pack away with winter
clothes to keep out moths. SO by ma
ture this drought loving flower is a
camel: by adaptation It's amoth ball.
Philadelphia North American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
On Dining with a Frlsnd.

And I said to myself with a sigh
that there were not lett in all the
world three men. the thought OF dining
with. whom could yield me an equal
joy That is, I maintain, the crucial
test of friendship. Do you like to dine
with him? Not without a deep mean
ing was of old the lie Of a man held
sacred with whom one had shared
bread and salt. The sacramental rite
# ancient hospitality persists under
our less simple. and less beautiful
5rrns. Nor may We violate it with
iinpunity, barbarians as We are; ma
ture cries out against our performing
his act with one whom we dislike or
mistrust, or even toward whom we
are Indifferent. In ..Eord. had rath,
er make love to a woman who affects
me with a physical repulsion than
dine with man don't ike.-Michael
Monahan in the PaoenIx
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
nl1ndsrs n ouotatIon.

Drzers Of quotation are common In
speech and writing. Byron quoted
Shakespeare, IAN eagle towering In his
pride OF place." But what Shakespeare
wrote was, "a falcon towering in his
pride of place" Milton wrote not "as
thick as leaves in Vallombrosa,'' but
ssthick as autumnal leaves that strow
the brooks In vallombrosi;' not fresh
fields and pastures new but fresh
woods" Nathaniel Lee did, not.write,
eWhen Greek meets Greek then comes
the tug of war; but "When Greek
Joins Greeks then was thetug Of war;
j. q very different thing. Doubtless, bow
ever, the modification of phrases by
popular usage is not wholly evil; it GER
tailly Is Inevitable. The saying. "Let
Us eat. drink and be merry, for toInor-
row we de-" isfof curious origin. The
preacher In Ecclesiastes says, "a man
hath no better thing under the earth
than to eat and to- drink and be mer-
ry;;" Isaiah, LET US eat and drink, for
tomorrow we shall de-" Luke, Take
thine ease, eat, drink and be merry. -
Indianapolis News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
ree%lnu Vsoolvv,s.

yV@sunD ~ sS'~
Pure woolens are adulterated even
more than silk because they fare In
greater demand and also because they
are quite easy to initiate. Many .
yard Of cloth sold as "pure wooR con-
tains from 80 to 60 per cent cotton.
Blankets sold as 'thalf wool have ire
quently been found to contain only 10
per cent Of pure wool There are. ma
chimes today which ctevefly wrap
wool around cotton threads, and the
finished product has every appearance
of being ''all wool" Another method
Of adulterating is by taking cotton
cloth and s'feltng' short wooden
threads upon its surface by means OF
heat, moisture and pressure.
A purchaser may be fully convinced
from the appearance and feeling OF
cloth that it is all wool, but the only
safe method is to take home the sam
pie and make tests. Immerse the sam
pie OF SO called wool in oil of vitriol for
about two minutes. This will destroy
the cotton, but the wool will not be
affected. Another test is to moisten a
sample with so per cent nitric acid.
This will turn the wool yellow, but the
cotton will retain Its color.-Washing-
ton Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Yale,s Famous I5a.

The. late George w. Smauey be
ionged at Yale to the class of '5S
which included Isaac H. Bromley. tbs
brilliant journalist: Henry C. Robin
son, the leading Connecticut lawyer;
Gen. Edward Harland of Norwich, dis
tinguished in the Civil war; Edmund
Clarence Stedman. the banker-poet;
George H. Watrous, president of the
New Haven road; Andrew D. White
former ambassador to Berlin and pres
ident Of Cornell; Senator Tom Plat
Of New York. Senator Randall e. Glib
sen of Louisiana, Charlton T. Lewis
prison reforner and insurance expert;
George Shiras, Jr.. a member of tie
United States Supreme court; Epls
coPal Bishop Davies CT Michigan, and
Wayne Macyeagh, leading lawyer
and in Garfeld's cabinet This is quite
a list for one Yale class to produce.--
Waterbury American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01

Charles Sarolea In an article in Lon.
don Everyman on Thoughts on the
Russian Language" notes that In its
grammatical structure. as well as In
its vocabulary, it is nearer than any
other living tongue to the older lnd0
European tongues like Sanskrit and
Lithuanian. but that as written and
literary language. as vehicle OF prose.
the Russian language Is almost Of yes
terday. 1t is today the dominant Ian
guage Of 170.00O.O00 OF people. Nor
must 1t be forgotten" he says. that
the Russian is the key to dozen other
Glavonic languages; that 1t Is closely
allied to the bulgarian language and
TO the Servian language. And, finally.
4 has to be kept In mind that Saloniki
~ ecclesiastical Russian d the com
mon sacred language Of all the Orsek
oGfhodox Ulav nations"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
OWE DEBT TO sERvlAN .BARDs
Men of Letters Have Kept Alive the
Spirit of Liberty Which Is the
Coantry's Pride.
The schooImaster as the citadel and

The schoolnaster- as the citadel and
hope Of national aspirations is today
what he was. a hundred years ago,
when Korais laid the foundations of
Greek Independence by purging the
native tongue of its barbaric infec-
lions and bringing it as near as pos
siblo to the language Of Pericles. It
may be the professional schoolmas-
terss or it may be the professors, writ.
ers, poets, who constitute themselves
the schoolmasters of nation. With
the hedge priests OF ireland who kept
alive the national spirit under fierce
prosecutions stand the Servian bards
who, through the centuries, kept the
national soul alive under the despot.
ism Of the Turk. As applied to racial
awakenings, Faust,s conclusion lis
wrong. In the beginning is not the
deed, but the word, the word that
often has TO be taught to a people that
has forgotten it, and even when half.
learned falls upon their ears from an
ancient past as a call to great deeds.
It is the schoolmaster- and the book
men who have stirred up and led rev.
olutions in cur own day, the intellec.
tuals in Russia. Nansen and Sigurd
Ibsen in Norway, Braga in Portugal,
D'Annunzio {. and Martinetti in Italy.
and now Pearse and his predecessors
Of the Gaelic league in Ireland. Among
the Jews today the revival of national
aspirations expresses itself, in one
form, through the rehirth of the Ian.
guage Of the<Bible as a spoken tongue.
parallel strangely akin TO the Gaelic
renaissance. New York Eyening Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01

Do you know what was. the largest
harvest ever reaped from an adver-
tisement?
1t was the settlement in Pennsylva-
mia of 100000 German colonists at
Germantown, which was the first Ger
man settlement in America. We also
know that in fifty years double that
many thousand Germans came to VIII
liam PENIS colony.
Furthermore, history tells US that
wars and religious prosecutions in
Germany caused this then unparai
leled exodus of men and women.
But what brought them to Pennsyl-
vania and so made of this the Ger
man commonwealth? An advertise
ment written by William Penn him
self and distributed among the Ger
mans along the Rhine, who had been
stricken by the Thirty Years war;
Philadelphia Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Blossoms That Bees Love.

A person who has had no experience
with bees commonly makes the mis-
take Of supposing that the roses,
peonies. sweet peas, dahlias or other
gaudy blossoms of his garden viii fur
nish quantity of honey. Their value
is almost negligible, except that some
Of them yield little pollen. 1t is TO
the modest white clover in the orchard
or on the roadside or the weeds of
pasture or wood lot or the blossoms Of
trees Ike the Eastwood that the bees
go for the bulk of their honey. 1t does
not pay to cultivate any plant for its
value as honey producer The or
chard is a splendid place for the apiary.
where the bees can build up on the
first nectar in the spring, and the bios
SONS have the benefit of the bees Wis
It's. John ". Love in Countryside
Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Mon by Good Looks.

One man in English history owed his
success in life almost wholly to his
good looks. 1t was George Villiers,
first duke of Buckingham. James I.
was wanting a private secretary, and
when young ynliefs applied for the po-
sition the king was much impressed
with the beauty of his person and the
gracefulness of his manners. He gave
him the place, and that was the begin
ming of great caeeer. From that time
to the end of James reign the history
of England was ia great part the per-
sonal history of George Villiers, the ad-
venturer-frst the cupbearer, in a few
weeks knighted, :: then made gentle
man of the bedcllamber and knight of
the Order of the:.'Garter; then success
siyely he was made a baron, Wis
count, an earl, marquis and lord high
admiral of England.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Uaunn+ Him soth M

II ask you to pay me this BILL" sale
a tailor to waggish debtor.
DO you owe anybody anything?'
asked the wag.
No, SIR replied the tailor.
"Then you can afford to wait" And
off he walked
A day or two afterward the tailor
called again. Our wag was not at his
wits end, so, turning to his creditor
he said:
"Are you in debt TO anybody?'
eyes. sir am sorry to say am"
''Well, why don't you payT'
81 haven't got the money" replied
the tailor, with a woebegone counte
nance.
That's just my case, my dear sir. ]
am glad to perceive that YOU can ap
preciate nay position l always re
spected your Judgment, sir. Give me
your hand, sir."-London Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Some eeoqraphicaI Doubles.

Accidental doubles of geography arr
very curious. There are the two total.
ly unconnected Galicias, the one IL
Austria Hungary and the one in Spain
As-to' the Carpathians, the doubling
occurs between the ancient and the
modern aliases. On the map of the
ancients we find a people named Carp
in the north of what is now Hungary
and north of them the Carpatus noun
tains. But "Carpathian' in vergil
Horace and Ovid means something
quite different. The Carpathiah ses
was the sea between Rhodes and
Crete, from the island of Carpathus
now Scarpanto, and the ''Carpathian
old man" was Proteus, who lived and
no doubt practiced his quick change
tricks there.-London Spectator.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
WOODEN BueLE IS HISTORIC
instrument That II 10 Alleged Was
Brought to America by tho
Pilgrims.


h. M Bever. living near Hlllshoro,
nd. has hugle. said to have been.
made in England early in the seven
leenth century, according to an ex-
change. 1T is three feet long. made
If cedar wood in two. sections which
are glued together. It's about three
inches in diameter sat the base and
tapers uniformly to. 2 point.
Around it. are ten crude rings made
from sections of Buffalo horn. 1t was
brought to America.in 1920. by the Pill.
grims, it is belieyed, and tradition
Gays IL was carried by the army OF
Miles Standish in the expedition
agaiRst the Indians, The earliest au-
thentic account of it dates back to
colonial days. It was used at the Bos-
ton tea party and was carried by the
minute men in the battle of Lexington
and Bunker Hill,
At Bunker Hill the instrument was
struck by a British-muslzet ball and a
portion of the endswas torn away. 1t
was at the siege Of Yorktown and
helped to celebrate the surrender of
Lord CORVALLIS in ISL
After the war the old bugle was
handed down as an heirloom in the
Bever family. Mrs. Michael Bever,
the great-gEandmother of the present
owner, died in TazeweH county, Illinois,
IS years ago, when she was one hun.
bred and four years old. She came in.
to possession of the bugle when very
small girl, and later prepared his
tory Of it. Upon her .dealh the old
heirloom was kept for time by Jo'
aeph Bever, an old tanner OF. Hillsboro
and it then passed into the hands OF
L. NJ. Cooper md wife of Waxnetown,
from whom r. NJ. ~Beyer received il
i've years ago.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Fooled His Subjects.

King Errieus of Sweden publicly con
fessed that he was a sorcerer and ma.
gician. He was the owner of an en-.
chanted cap. which he pretended en-
abled him to control the spirits and
change the direction of the winds al
pleasure. SO firmly did his subjects
believe in the supernatural powers OF
their ruler that when a storm arose
they would exclaini, "Ah, the king 1.
again wearing the magic cap!'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Matter of Taste.

Now comes learned man, a doctor,
who says there is no reason on earth
why people should not eat bugs. Well,
this is a free country, doc, and just
to show you that our heart is right
we hereby notify you that you are
welcome to our share of potato bugs
and buffalo moths II the per capita sup
ply does not satisfy your appetite
P. S.-Would you advise eating them
with sugar and cream or salt and vine.
gar?-Ohio State Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Old Underrround Passane.

A crofter of Kilkenneth, Three,
Scotland, made a discovery of an un.
dergrcund passage while blowing his
land the other day. The plow struck
what appeared to be a large stone,
and on making Investigation he found
that this was part of the roof of sub
terranean passage. He followed the
underground roadway to a length of
about twenty-eight Yards. The roof is
securely though roughly built, and
does not seem to be either the end or
the beginning OF the passage. The
part where the discovery was made
is about a mile from the shore. and
the land belongs 10 the duke Of Ar
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
a monevTes. Ma


A man without money is body with.
out soul, a walking death, a specter
that frightens every one. His counte-
nance is sorrowful and bis converse
ton languishing and tedious. If he
calls upon an acquaintance he never
finds him at home, and If he opens his
mouth to speak he is interrupted every
moment 80 that he may not have q
chance to finish his discourse, which It
fs feared may end with his asking for
money. He is avoided like a person
infected with disease and is regarded
az an REMEMBRANCE to the earth. Want
wakes him up In the morning, and mis-
cry accompanies him to bed at night
The ladies discover that he is an awk
ward BOBBY, landlords believe that be
lives upon air. and If he wants any
thing from a tradesman be is asked
for cash before delivery. = Bruno's
Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-12-01
Oriqin of the Grocer.

The modern grocery store Is very
well known. The origin of its name is
not SO well known. Several centuries
ago arose In England and France a
class of thrifty and foresighted trades
men who went about buying up bar
gain lots of every conceivable kind of
merchandise, just as the modern Ameri,
can buys fire damaged goods and bank
rupt stocks. The Frenchman bought
zen gros" and the Englishman came to
be called an 'engrosser." He might
handle hardware, thread. dried yege
tables or anything else that could be
obtained in large lots, and he began
to call himself a grocer at time
when our sort of grocer was termed a
"spicer" From that beginning comes
the name grocer as we know it today.