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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
Safety First" In Home.
[From the Chicago News.]


An epidemic of care1essness
among housewives recalled by
accident reports has resulted In
the compilation of a list of First
Aid Don 'ts.' Or. John Dill
II ,bertson, City Health Com
missioner, approved the list and
added a group of his own, As
they now stand. high constituted
authorities on feminine temper
and temperament are agreed the
list is the most effective and ex-
pert ever compiled on the sub
Ij.ct. 1t follows:
Don't risk your life cleaning
windows from the outside. If
you don't fall out and break your
neck you are more than likely to
catch pneumonia.
Don't climb up on the piano
or scale the backs of chairs to
hang pictures. Mans ingenuity
has invented stepladders for the
purpose. Hundreds of women
are battered daily topping off
careless perches.
Don't send your husband out
of bed at 5 A. M. to close the
window. Leave it open. The
fresh air is what you want. And
your husbands temper, which
will be ruined for the rest of the
day by your tyranny, is worth
more than a few minutes COM
fort.
Don't hold clothes pins in
your teeth. Don't chew tacks.
The mouth was meant to contain
food and not given women as a
third hand or natural pocket
book.
Don't work in a stuffy kitcl.
en-. Keep the house at IS de-
grees. Don't overhead the rooms
and don't get into the habit Of
toasting yourself against the
radiator.
Don't leave closet doors and
bureau drawers open. You are
certain to bump into them, or
else your husband will, which is
worse. Homes have been ruined
by simple bits of carelessness of
this variety.
Don't leave domestic imple-
ments on the stairs. Dust pans
left on the stairs often convert
them into toboggap. People
can be killed bv dust pans in this
wav. Don't carry great bundles.
Don't be careless about the
rugs. Keep them Strengthened
out, so people will not be con-
tinually tripping on them.
Don't dash out on the porch
in your nightgown to retrieve
milk bottles or grocery orders.
Don't grope in dark closets. :"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
" ALTON


u - . spanish uaWtlOR toaS
ate Of Columbus overhung on cara
II ihess. For years the great naviger
.or had haunted the Spanish court. Try.
rg to interest some one In his plans
out at last he determined to abandon
the country and visit France. The
night before his intended departure he
sought an audience with the queen T.
communicate his intentions and to take
his leave. The queen asked him to
wait while she made another effort to
Interest the king. She found Ferdi
nand engaged at a game Of chess and
disturbing him by her entrance. ca lsed
him to lose piece. Annoyed and frfA
tated by the incident. toe king. after
rudely denouncing Columbus and his
schemes. informed Isabella that the
result of the petition would depend ON
the result OF the game. 1t grew worse.
and the chances were all against the
launching of the expedition. But The
queen, overlooking the board, whisper
ed to her august spouse Z suggestion
selatfve to q move that would Be i'd
Outrageous. The king followed the
advice. the complexion Of the eame
vas quickly reversed. and Columbos'
dream OF wears was realised q -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
New Safety Device.

A clever device to insure that not
more than ten men at once shall ride
on the mine cages is in use at the
colliery of Jermyn & Company at
Rendham. It consists of a turnstile
with four spaces, which will revolve
exactly two and a half times in one
direction, thus admitting ten men. The
turnstile revolves on screw thread,
of which there is just enough to per-
NIT the two and a half revolutions.
Then the gate to that shaft is closed,
and that to the adjoining shaft opened
and ten men are admitted by the
turnstile revolving in the opposite d.
rection to the cage in that shaft The
device stands between the two shafts
It is the invention OF Supt. John Cor
coran, and has been in use long
enough for thorough test The only
way to load more than ten men on
either cage is for the extra man to
climb over the turnstile or gate, and,
OF course. the headman will not per.
NIT that.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
Activities of Women.

The maximum wages paid female
stenographers in Ireland is three dol.
lars per week.
Women munition workers in Eng
hand are forbidden from wearing metal
buttons on their blouses or metal hair.
pins in their hair.
The county courthouse in Kansas
City, Kan, has a room equipped with
mirrors, powder puffs, ETC., for the use
of women jurors.
The young widows of the most ex-
elusive set in Los Angeles have organ
lied Merry Widows club which has
as it's object the pursuit of happi-
ness"
Since King George was incapaci-
tated by his accident from his duties
of state, Queen Mary has proved .
wonderful assistant and woman OF
exceptional discrimination.
Mrs. Mary Moore is Philadelphia e
first woman rural mail carrier. Al
the government does not appoint wom-
en- mail carriers, Mrs. Moore got a
man appointed to the route, which she
drives as substitute carrier, the gov
eminent not Directing to permitting
women to carry mails as substitutes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21

KEGS ct al. ngure here. When the Span
ish conqueror came the bulk of the
aboriginal Mexicans were not savages,
but civilized people, as far removed
from the wild nomads of North Amer
lea as the white races themselves.
This aboriginal Mexican element is va
riously estimated as representing from
one-third to one-half the population, by
some guessers even more. 1t has fur
nished some of the most learned schol-
ars and exalted patriots celebrated In
Mexican history. The greater part of
the remaining population is made up
Of mixed Spanish and aboriginal blood,
from which is derived the term.
Spanish 1t is to this mix
ture of European and Aztec that is at
tributed the peculiar traits of the
"Spanish-American character" and the
supposedly woeful inferiority Of our
neighbors to the southwark.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
ANCIENTS HAD SHORTHAND
The System Used by Old Romans and
Hebrews Was Not Based on Pho
netics Like Ours.

We are told in recent story, that
Hebrews, possessed fine systems of
stenography, and that public men
took stenographers with them wher-
ever they went. This Is not true
in any strict sense, the New York
Mail states. The ancient Romans and
Hebrews had systems of shorthand,
but not all stenography. Their short
hand consisted of authorizations, the
use of letters for words, the introduce
ton of arbitrary systems, and that
kind of things. No system of phonet-
ic stenography, such as we have at the
present day, in which fluent character
represents certain sound, and in &C
cordance with which the sounds of hui
man speech can be Transcribed as they
are uttered, was known to the an
clients. The shorthand system invent
ed by Giro, the secretary Of Cicero.
is well known; it has no phonetic ba-
sis. Two amanuenses were neces-
sary to keep up with speaker, and
there are even tales that Caesar kept
six amanuenses going at once. It is
certainly long jump from that to tho
handy girl of today. whose swift PEN
ell easily keeps up with . mans ut
terances.
Few people at the present day have
any just or correct understanding Of
phonetics. The average person con.
fuses the names of . letter Of the al
phabet with the sound which It II sup
posed to represent, fails to distinguish
between diphthongs like long 4" and
the simple vowel sounds, and In many
ways betrays the fact that he II quite
without . phonetic sense. The teach
ing Of stenography has spread a
knowledge Of phonetics. and In the
long run must produce much more
general realization of the ridiculous.
ness and wastefulness of our present
system Of spelling the English Ian
guage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
elephant GIVES FIRE ALARM
Baby Pachyderm's Grunts Save Large
Menagerie From Flames Only
Just in Time.

Credit should be forthcoming te
Little Memo. She, "the worlds small
est elephant" at last has gained q
legitimate story.
The ]. H. Eschman World United
Shows winters in a couple of vacan,
lots at Guinotte avenue and Salisbury
street, Kansas City, in the East bot
toms. There are ten cars A spread
ing barn protects the animals.
The barnkeeper and assistants were
playing rhum In the private car of Mr.
Eschman. They heard big grunts from
Little Memo. They rushed out The
interior of the barn was blazing. The
elephant had kicked over a gasoline
stove In the straw. Cap Watkins
rushed in Little Memo was fast los
ing her senses in the smoke 1t was
dark and the Cap" CROPPED about, un
tied Nemo's halter and shouted
"Come, Nemo!" Memo came.
In the meantime someone had called
the fire department. Before it arrived
other assistants had removed the
South American llama and the wagon
of screaming monkeys from the barn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
His Sixteen Years
Suffering NosO Ended

II can say. with the greatest otS
pleasure that Foley Kidney Pills were
the only thing that gave me reflex
in sixteen years"
Mr.. G. w. Henderson of Dingle.
Miss, says more than that, too. He
suffered with cystitis inflammation
of the bladder(. 1t went on until he
reached the point where he had dizzy,
weak spells, and sometimes he would
almost faint with pain. OF course;
springs and drank waters of d Aeerent
kinds. which altogether cost MIN q
large sum Of money. Still no per-
manent relief Now comes a friend
who recommends Foley Kidney Pills.
and after using half dozen bottles,
his pains are all gone, he sleeps
soundly all night.
When kidney and bladder trouble
comes on you and you suffer the pains
and aches it causes, have Irregular.
painful secretionS and a burning sem
sation, take Foleys Kidney Pills at
once and you will echo Mr.. Hendeys
sons sentiments.
WALTON o OF
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21

Put YOUR savings in the Saving ;
Depar tment of the Shenandoah Val
ley [ Dan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va. at per cent compound interest.
Amounts of s1.00 and upwards re.
ceived. 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, 1916-04-21
With She'll Accompaniment.

This extract 10 taken from . letter
from Z private in an English regi-
ment at the front: II woke up this
morning with The Tales Of Hoffman,
coming from outside one Of our chaps
has still stuck to his violin, though
heaven knows how. There he was
standing IN the open, playing ~ coolly
~ Il homa antd fhs shriek Of shells
ererhanls
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21

WESTBOUND. from Woodstock.
No. 23-Daily 1903 a. m. Local
for Barrisonburg. Arrive Harrison.
burg $50. a. m.
No. 49-Daily-12:58 p. m. Local
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison.
burg 2:30 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. Fl - Daily - $40 o. H.
Local for Harrisonburg. Arrive
Hsrrisonburg 1915 p. m.
EASTBOUND-from Woodstock.
No. IL Daily $50 a. M.
Limited for Alexandria and Washing.
ton. Arrive Washington 1850 a. m.
Buffet Parlor Car
NO. 28-Daily-4:26 p. N. Local
for Alexandria and Washington.
Arrive Washington 9:15 p. m. Buffet
Farlor Car.
No. "a Daily 6:55 D. m.
Local from Harrisonburg to Stras-
burg. Arrive Strasburg 1880 p. m.
E. b. COAPMAN, Vice-President and
Gener al Manager.
" 81 TAYLOE. Passenger Traffic
Manager.
H. F. CARY, General Passenger Agt.
C. W. WEsTBURY, Gen. Agent,
Washington, D. c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
Mrs. Wilson's Lack Of JeweIry.

One of the things that Washington
is noticing about Mrs. Wilson is the
fact that she, the owner of jewelry
business that has been established for
a century, wears almost no jewelry
herself. One really handsome orna-
ment seems to be about all she cares
for even on state occasions. and most
frequently she wears none. People
observed, with grin Of rather mali
cious delight, that the president went
to st. Margarets with Mrs. Wilson
one Sunday. It was the first time, and
downed the rumor that he was too
good q Presbyterian to go inside an
Episcopal church. Washington Let
ter to Chicago Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
ROBINS Peculiar Affection.

A robin which Edward Beltrando, .
Red Lion (Pa) shoemaker, saved from
. cat has developed such an affection
for its rescuer that when other robins
in the vicinity migrated It remained
behind.
Although the bird was never Gagged
It does not stray far from the shoe
makers shop, coming there It intg.
walls during the day and sleeping IN
the shop every night-New York
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
Hugh M. Carpenter,
UNDERTAKEN,
ST. LUKE, VIRGINIA.

Having recently purchased Joseph
M. Ryman's Undertaking Business.
consisting OF q full line OF burial
goods. Twill continue the business
at the old stand. Have had ten years
experience as an undertaken and have
engaged an expert e.nbalmer to do
that work when desired.
Low prices, prompt service and
courteous treatment to all.
Phone 10 residence.
Oct 29-5mos.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21

Invest you money In the per cent
Certificates OF the Shen. Valley Loan
& Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi-annually, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six months
20 short notice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
PRESBYTERIAN.


NJ. REV. j. r. JACOBS.
Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock Every Sunday II A
4. and 1870 p. NJ, except End Sunday
Mt. Jackson-Second Sunday ii A !,
II. and 100 P. M.
New Market-2nd Sunday at 3 p. m,
REV. ]. A. MCMURRAT.
Pastor
LUTHERAN.
Every SUNDAY ii A. NJ and 1.3O
P. NJ. REV. S. w. KUHNs, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Second Sunday, IL A. Nj. and 7.3O
P NJ. REV. j. d. HAMAKER
EPISCOPAL.
There will be services in the Epis-
copal Church every Sunday morning
at II o'clock-until fui tier uutice.
REV. G. B. PALMER, Rector.
REFORMED
st. Paups Woodstock-2d and 4th
Sundays Am. Every Sunday night
Calvary-1st and 3rd SUNDAYS A Nj.
REV NJ M. NoACKER. Pastor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
HENANDOAH HERALD
ADvHRTIsINoRATHs

ADN BRTI9
Advertisements will be inserted
at One Dollar per square Of ten
ines or less, for the first insertion
end 50 ceptsfor each subseQuent
insertion.
: SQuarterly or yearly xdveY.
tisements by contract;
~Unless the number of inser,
lions 10 marked upon the manu-.
script, advertisements WILDE pub.
lished until forbidden and charged
accordingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
fOR SALE.

Several rood farms and town prop
ertIe-1eil located. II you want one
e Z bargain. call ON, or Wrfte To-
". W LOGAN,
pe1-N. Wse1nnsak ~.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
Barber Shop.
CouRr ST., WOODSTOCK Va.
Warden Fravel, Propr.

SINCE. ..... 10 SHAMPOO. 10
Facial Massage..... Is sSs2J
Tonic Rub. 80. s and 10
Shaving Corpse. 100
Shave away from shop 25
Haircut " I" 30
Haircut and shave away from shop SO
~ Prompt attention given to al
customsers
A sham Of the vublic patronage
solicited,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
Cheap Grazing Farm For Sale.

800 acres, about 100 acres cleared
mostly In blue grass, 20 acre orchard
3. 8 and years old of improved fruit,
good large barn, good house, good
9ells on place. Fine place for poul-
try. miles from Fishers bill and IL
miles from Capon Road. Some good
timber. This il . bargain II interest
cd. Write r. O. BOX Z73s
Price ~, 900.
Apr M-n W0odstOck, w.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
Church Directory.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at II A. M. and 1880
>. NJ. REV. j. r. JACOBS.
Pastor
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-21
SOUTHERN RAILWAY,
Premier Carrier Of the South.
Schedule between Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and Harrisonburg.
In Effect Apr. 25. 1915.

Schedule figures published only as
inform alton moi Guaranteed.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-15
Board of Education Decides
to Resubmit Question Of
$l25,000 Bond Issue
State Inspector Writes to
Blackmar Finding Fault
. With Present State

The board OF education will hold q
special election Tuesday. July IS rs
result OF tho decision reached at tho
regular meeting OF the board Monday
night. The question to be decided Will
be the proposition OF issuing bonds 10
the extent OF $l2b.000 for additions TO
the hi Oh school, At a similar election
held In March the voters decided
against this proposition. but after care
fully considering several other plans
the achooi board decided to rcsnbmit
the question, ... .....
This action of the board IL supported
by State School Inspector =. r. Nc
Clennahan, who wrote the following
letter TO Superintendent Blackmar A.
ter q recent visit:
snpt II. 10, Iilackmar,
Ottnmwa. Iowa.
Dear Mr., Biackmar: want to call
your attention again to the condition
which | find In *your high school. Az
you will remember. ! mentioned some
OF these things TO you on my previous
visit. but find at the present time that
conditions have been aggravated In
stead Of relieved. Your high school Is
much more crowded. The assembly
room Ia too small a. the present time
to accommodate the number OF stud
ents which you are obliged to nave
there. This crowded condition extends
over your school In such way that IL
Ia putting your students to A disadvAn-
tage. II makes the classes too large.
The manual training room IL not sum.
cient to accommodate the number or
students which you have taking this
work
In general. the vocational work In
your high school II suffering on ac'
count Of lack OF room. Your domestic
science department IN poorly equipped
and not at all In keeping with school
tho size your city Affords. Your COM
merciai department is crowded into
small, poorly ventilated and lighted
rooms and the work IL weaker on ac'
count Of these disadvantages.
hope that you will be able TO 40
something during the summer which
will help you to adjust these matters
and to give your students the advHn
tages which they deserve.
~ Very trulyyours.
... p, II, M'CLENNAHAN,
Inspector OF Secondary High Schools
70, FalrvIew Wants Grade.
The citizens OF Fairview have peti'
toned for \ fourth grade In the Fair
View school, and the board has tho
matter under advisement,
The resignations OF Albert l.. Young.
| @. r, Nixon and Marie Rosenpur have
been accepted. apd the following
teachers have been, elected: High
school, Lawrence q, Collins. Ice "A,
Mayer. A. II. Johnson, Martha Ogden
Mildred v. Morris and Olive M. Will
hanson; grades May Miles Susie
ETenant, siegfried Hagberg and Marie
Parker ~
The board Of, education also granted
the use OF the high school building to
! the county superintendent for holding
examinations on June IS, 20 and July
20 and ~.
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-15
BOOSTING SCENIC
HIGHWAY in IOWA

Muscatine. June Acknowledgement
through Museatine county OF tps
Eastern Iowa Scenic Highway a
thoronghfara which promises 10 De-
come one of the most Important
branches Of the great Lincoln highway
system, WAS the purpose Of meeting
0f good road boosters held NJ the Hotel
Muaeatine, According to plans ou',
lined 10 DIR, y. II. Little, chairman or
the Museatine county organization. the
proposed highway will stretch In al,
rect belt parallel with the Mississippi
river through some OF the most Pic
tureaaua regions Of the state. and VIII
bring Mnscatine into prominence m
one Of tho most important hating
places on the lower end Of the route
While efforts are now being con
eentrated in perfeeting the eastern
Iowa rents, future plans include tho
formation Of a similar scenic trail
from at, Paul TO at, Louis. A, Il. Nis'
aen OF Iowa City. tho scenic trail pro-
meter, told Atha good roads men, On
Friday, June 49, meeting will be
held at Winona, MINI. for the dis
euaaion az plans for. the at, raulst,
Louis route and the eastern Iowa
thoroughfare will become n connect
ing link In that great highway,
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-15
HUGHES THINKS or
AID AS SAMPLE Of
UND|LUTED SPIRIT
SAYS IF OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES SUP.
PORT HIM THEY SUPPORT A q
REAL AMERICAN POLICY.

New York. June 13.--Charles II.
Hughes, in response to questions put
to him today by newspaper men In
regard to hia attitude toward the sup-
port offered him by the German.
Americans, said 1t was "one OF I'M
diluted Amerioanlsm,'
II stated my position very clearly"
said the republican presidential can
didate, lin my telegram to the conven-
ton, MY attitude IL one of undtlutsd
Americanism and anybody that sup
portsNme IA supporting an out and out
American and an out and out Ameri.
can policy. absolutely nothing else, :
Mr., Hughes dictated his statement
on "undiMted Amerlcanism" IN re-
spouse to repeated requests OF inter,
viewers and In the face Of his previ.
! ously announced determination to say
nothing further on the Issues Of the
| day until his formal notification OF
nomination. He met the correspond
ents by appointment and after discuss
ins his plans informally for q few
minutes. dictated the statement stand
| Ing In q group Of about forty news'
paper men and other callers.
II was the only statement he made
, during his talk with newspaper men
that he would permit to 60 out 90
authorized by him
Friends Calling.
Republican leaders and personal
and political friends continued To call
upon Mr., Hughes today at his temper.
airy headquarters In 4 hotel here to
congratulate him on his nomination
Ottumwa tri-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1903-1916, 1916-06-15
Iowa State News
errr Es lrT r7-
EIDON

Mrs, Peter y, Luiz and daughter
Miss Aldena left Sunday evening for
Monelta, Mo, for an extended visit
with the formers brother
X, -, Crow left Monday evening for
bes MOines to attend The undefihkefs'
convention this week,
Mrs, by iiyten 6f Trenton. Mo, ar
rived In The city Sunday to attend The
kefrtltfand wedding,
Paul Ravens Is quite sick threatened
with pneumonia,
The members Of The Church OF
Christ had u basket dinner In the
grove at The church,
VIM, Bray went to Unionville Mon
day TO spend the week
The Misses Helen and Hazel
Holmes Of Oltuniwa are visiting at tho
home of their aunt, Mrs, MEX Lutz,
Mrs, John Mulignn who has been
visiting her sister. Mrs, Frank Moore
returned home Monday morning,
The out Of town guests Monday ey'
ehing for the keffsSifoud wedding
which will take place at the home Of
the brides father Wednesday,. June II
at ., M are Mrs, Bertha Merchant
Of Farming, H., Mr., and Mrs, Thurs
ton Thornton, Mrs, Bertha Hightun.
Mr., and Mrs, Harry Thomas OF Tren'
ton, Mo-. and Miss Beuah Ridgway Of
Kansas CITY. Mo ..
Word has been received from Mrs,
Frank Wood, who IL In the hospital In
Milwaukee,, Wis. that she In slowly
improving,
The round house force were at last
successful IN raising the flag pole In
the park Monday afternoon,
The Misses Mabel Steele and t6ttia
Beck and Ben stillfieid motored Sun
day to Springfield, H.
Mr. and Mrs, Albert Russell. Mr.. and
Mrs, r. Demaree, Mr., and Mrs, Harry
Nefr. Margaret and Michael Russell
motofed TO Douds, Leando In VIM Tay,
l0r's car to Chas, ahaffer where they
were invited 10 attend reunion and
big dinner.