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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
JAPANESE AN ABLE ORATOR
Young Student Has Carried of Two
Prizes Within a Remarkably
Short Time.

One of the most interesting fea.
lures Of the international students
reunion held at San Francisco, Cal.
last August was the oratorical contest
for prize of $50, offered by Director
General John Barrett of the Pan-Amer-
lean union, for the best Grafton on the
subject Of Pan-American relations.
The winner Of the prize, Mr. Rem
Hirao, is a senior in the economic de-
partment Of Stanford university.
He was born in Hiogo prefecture,
Japan, February 8, 1891. After finish
ing his secondary education in Japan,
he came to the United States in 1907,
and entered the San Jose High school
at San Jose, Cal.
In 1912 he entered the College of
the Pacific, and the following year
transferred to Stanford university.
In May, 1915, Mr.. Hirao won the
first prize of $50 in an oratorical con-
test on Japanese-American relations,
held under the auspices of the jap
anese Association of American College
Graduates. The winning of two prizes
within period of three months
stamps the brilliant young Japanese
as an orator and thinker of marked
ability.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
PLAGUED BY INSECT PESTS
lca Tell of HardshIps Encountered
on Their Journeys.

Though nearly every prospect
pleases, other things as well as men
are vile in subtropical South America.
According to lecture delivered re-
Gently before the Royal Geographical
society in London by Lieutenant Ed.
wards the insect and other pests are
unspeakably terrible.
The lecturer, who conducted a from
tier exploration on the Bolivia Brazil
boundary last year. describes the for
ests as being wellnigh impossible.
Their rate Of progress was Is miles in
IS days through those tangled fields.
The soil Of the country, he said, was
wonderfully fertile, and with very lit
tie toll returned a harvest out of all
proportion.
rivers life was made almost unbear,
able by insect pests. Ants were met
with everywhere; they swarned over
ones person in hundreds, and most of
them bit most savagely
There was one kind of red ant,
called Itashi, which lived in trees
named palosantos, followed out by
themselves, whose bite was like a
touch with red-hot iron. II person
inadvertently touched or leant up
against one of these palosantos the
ants swarmed out upon him instantly,
and his life for hours afterward was q
long-drawn-out misery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
JAPAN'S RULER A WRESTLER
eested in the Art, So Popular in His
Empire, by the Son Of Poor
Farmer.

The mikado of Japan, whose sub
jects have been doing so much to
help the allies in the present war, is
q thorough soldier, and has a wonder
full knowledge of military tactics and
history. When he was quite a boy,
he was induced by his father, the late
emperor, to take a keen interest in
the principles of national defense. He
was taught wrestling and was made to
try his prowess with young men in
the humblest walks of life.
On one occasion, he was present
with his father at a big wrestling
tournament and took part in many of
the matches. He threw all of his op-
ponents until there stepped into the
ring young farmers son of such a
burly build that it was evident that
the future mikado would have a very
rough time of it. However, he went
manfully to work, but was heavily
beaten, and had to confess that the
farmers son was victor.
After the match, the late emperor
sent for the umpire, and, pointing to
the farmers son who was feeling
rather uncomfortable at having beaten
his future sovereign, he said: II wish
to speak with that young man."
When the lad appeared before him.
the mikado remarked: "My son,
henceforth you will become one of
the companions of my own son, and
will live and study with him while he
remains at school, for later on, when
he becomes emperor, he will need
many man like you"
The heir to the imperial throne of
Japan and the common farmers boy
became the greatest Of friends, and
the present mikado possibly owes a
great deal of his democratic spirit to
that memorable wrestling bout.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Fake Extras in Japan.

In order to prevent the wanton is
sue Of extra editions of newspapers.
the metropolitan police of Tokyo.
Japan, have issued instructions to the
newspaper Offices which include a
warning that the authorities are pre-
pared to take stringent steps against
those which issue special editions
without any real news. Of special in
terest Among the offenses which
are to be prosecuted is one which con-
Germs the newsboys. They are re-
quired to call out the names Of the
papers whose extra editions they are
selling; if they fail to do so they are
to be punished. Publishers and all
those concerned will be prosecuted
for issuing any news which has once
been published before, as people are
being cheated in that way. Those
who are responsible for such are to
be punished for fraud. Fancy these
official terrors operating in New York
or Chicago, or even in Philadelphia or
Boston!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
TERM OF MUCH SIGNIFICANCE
Phrase "South of Panama" Means
Much More Than Merely a Geo
graphical Location.

South Of Panama" is a phrase
which has a mighty significance II
means not merely geographical loca
ton. 1t signifies vast virgin areas OF
lowland and upland contrasted with
fallow valleys and lofty plateaus pop
ulated and cultivated through centu
rtes.
It means barren and burned noun
tains and dreary deserts mingled with
forested and watered slopes, grassy
Ganos and pampas and Towering sa
vannas.
It means the mixing Of almost for
gotten aboriginal races and surviving
Indian types with the intellectual and
refined descendants of early Spaniards
aud Portuguese and the later sprin
king of adventuresome Germans
Italians, English and Americans
1t means an ancient civilization, fas
cinating Incan ruins, old-fashioned
Moorish and Spanish architecture il
the sleeping cities and towns with
strange peoples and conditions bark
ing back to far centuries, hard by a
new civilization, modern skyscrapers
and boulevards in growing commercial
entrepots and ambitious capitals with
progressive peoples and conditions
which rival the best that the old East
AND the new West of North Americs
49, chg
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Guinea Pio Farm,

Guinea pig farming would seem to
rank as the most curious of the vari-
GUS industries that municipalities have
undertaken from time to time for the
common good. Seattle is guinea
pig farmer on a considerable scale
and at times the principal worry OF
those in charge of the ranch" is that
the guinea pig supply will exceed the
demand. The municipal guinea pig
herd at the present time numbers
about 700. The guinea pig farm is a
necessity, not an idle experiment. In
their humble way these funny little
animals play an important part in the
daily work Of preserving the city,
health. They are the official goats
for the chemists in the city's bac-
THEOLOGICAL laboratories and at the
federal plague laboratory which the
city helps to maintain. The little
guinea pig is one of the most unfor-
tunate of all animals. Since doctors
have learned that he is subject to al
most all the ills that human flesh is
heir to, life for him is one long feast
of germs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Soldier Dies by Schedule,

News of the death in the British
trenches Of Lieut.. John w. Barnett,
graduate of the University of Cali,
fornia and a leader in athletics, has
been recalled here by John Stroud,
graduate manager, and showed that
the young officer was killed within a
few days of the time limit he had put
on his life.
In a recent letter Lieutenant Bar.
nett said he had been promoted to be
a range finder.
THE average life of a range find.
er is 80 days." his letter said. 81
have been on the job IL days. You
will know soon whether or not l shall
outlast the average"
Fighting within a few miles OF
where Lieutenant Barnett died are
his two brothers, one of whom was
his classmate at Berkeley. All are
under twenty-five.-Berkeley (Cal.)
Dispatch to New York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Beautiful Kashmir.

1t has been said that India is the
brightest jewel in the British crown.
But one cannot realize the brightness
of the gem to the full until one has So.
Journed for space in that veritable
dreamand situated ia the wedge Ut
mountains forming the north center
boundary OF that peninsula. No other
country In the world can boast Of such
q diversity of scenery or is so full Of
beauty spots as the valleys and up
lands of Kashmir Snow covered
mountains. pine clad hills. rushing tor.
rents, clear streams, limpid lakes and
broad alluvial plains ali combine to
make up this wonderland which forms
the summer haunt of many jaded
plainsmen from the sultry canton
ments of India. OF late. alas. til.
ubiquitous globe trotter has discovered
1t, and his excessive supply OF cash
brings higher prices, silk socks and
white waistcoatS into paradise
where ,.boiled shirts" and other ap
purtenances of an evil civilization
should never have been allowed to pen
citrate Wide World Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
IN COUNTRY OF NOVELIST
Visitors to Summer Home Of Kate
Douglas Wlggin Wrote Entertain
inoly Of Their Sojourn There.

Everyone who went to the Dorcas
fair, held each summer at Quillcote,
the summer home of Kate Douglas
Wiggin, talked about it, and a great
many wrote about it. Here is an ac-
count of the tea party with which one
group of visitors closed their after
noon.
I'VE took our tea at an old tea
house down the road and in sight Of
the bridge. The tables were set out
of doors and l don't know which one
of Mrs. Virgins characters served us.
Certainly she was as good as anything
in book. There are servants; hired
girls, and those who wait on table in
Maine. Said she to me: What will
you have to drink? Tea answered.
One other Of our party called for tea,
but later changed to coffee when the
other members ordered It, Well,
what do you say now?' demanded the
girl Tea 1 answered firmly. And
sandwiches?' Certainly And we
have gingerbread Gingerbread, too,
Jul uOt Will lie SduUWlCQ0S. /
seemed to have made hit. In due
season she reappeared from the house,
deposited the coffee upon the table,
and part of the cup of tea in my lap.
She wasn't looking at the tea. How
many people do you think were up at
Mrs. Virgins today?' she asked.
-Four thousand l answered. No,
really she gasped. Only LOO. They
told me so. Four Thousand? I didn't
count; l guessed Then it was l.
1O0,' she assured me, and deity re-
moving traces of the spilled tea, went
in search of the gingerbread. But
dear me, Hollis is filed with people
who have clad themselves in the gar
ments of Mrs. Virgins characters. l
suspect that during the afternoon we
must have touched elbows with Mr.
Cobb, and Mirandy, and Emma Jane
and Clara Belle, and even, possibly.
Mr.. Aladdin"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Names In Names,

Cheeshahteoumuck has scored two
Harvard records which bid fair to
stand for generations to come
Cheese" is the only pure-blooded In
dian who can boast Harvard degree,
and he has the longest surname of the
1887 living Harvard alumni.
Aab Of Siam, recent graduate
lacks handle to his name, and con.
sequently he is first choice for the
shortest name.
Swiss yodlers would hail with do
light a chance to harmonic to such
names as Ho, HUI, Ii, Lo and Ma, the
names of Japanese graduates.
Fall, Winter, Spring and Summer
are catalogued, as are South, West
North and Easton.-Cambridgc Core
spondent New York World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
0ComAv Mira


Here is story that was told by
Congressman John e. Baker Of Cali
fornia, the other night, when the talk
topic in the lobby Of q hotel took a
musical turn:
Some time ago the guests at a re-
ception were discussing the relative
merits of several vocalists, when one
Of the party turned to a man named
Brown.
by the way, Brown" said he, you
are something of singer, are you
not?"
mot on your life!" was the emphat-
ic response of Brown. Il never sang
a note that somebody didn't threaten
to send in a riot call. You are prob
ably thinking of my brother"
Perhaps l am" was the thoughtful
rejoinder of the other. Has he a
heavy bass voice?"
"Yes," smiled Brown; so derned
heavy that it makes him bowlegged to
carry it,"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
FRUGALIT HAS ITS ROMANCE
Il 10 to Be Found in the Practice OF
Saving Some Part Of Ones
Earnings.

There Is an injurious idea prevalent
among young Americans that pru-
dence, economy, caution and frugality
are among the mean qualities, and this
accounts largely for the meretricious
pride Of spending time and money,
just as it partly explains the popular.
tty of so many amiable wastrels. A
good fellow may be not a self con.
demned fool, but he cannot discredit
the truism that a fool and his money
are soon parted, says the Minneapolis
Journal
Many Of what we have come to call
wants" are desires Of the imagina
Non, or of vanity or of self indulgence.
We have drifted into a confusion of
the meaning and value Of happiness as
eontrasted with pleasure, and are
prone to accept ostentation in lieu Of
the fact and substance Of thrift. The
ways Of thrift are different from the
ways Of parsimony.
There is an admirable quality of dig
nifty and simplicity about the frugal
but adequate way of living, that en-
phasizes the vulgarity Of extravaganza
and the childish folly Of pretended
opulence. There is SAVIOR of gentility
about the practice Of saving part OF
ones earnings that leads to its own
quiet romance, and life itself takes on
q calmer, cleaner, sweeter value If we
conserve and cherish at least por-
ton of it's daily offerings.
Sensibly regarded, there is nothing
sordid about the habit Of frugality:
but there is a squalor and slovenli'
ness about the wastage Of time and
the squandering of money that is as
unromantic as any phase of the
thoughtlessly selfish living. And there
is, too, gently humanizing influence
about the habit of saving that makes
for modesty, industry and sympathy
those quiet, homely agencies that go
furthest to stabilize and sweeten life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Texas Has Third PARTY FIv


He was a Texas cattleman from the
Gulf coast, and he stood on the fire
escape at the top of the stock yards
exchange viewing the cattle pens,
the packing houses and the Kaw, re-
lates the Kansas City Star.
In all my recollections," he said,
I'VE never had such a terrible year
for flies. Cattle are almost skinned
alive by the third party fly" (Only
he said "pahty.")
Third party fly?"
"Yessuh-third PATTY fly"
He explained that the third PATTY
fly was fly little smaller than a
housefiy, but with a terrible sting,
and that it made its first appearance
in Texas the same year the first third
party" did. Hence the name.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Church Directory.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at II A. M. and 1857
p M. REV. J. r. JACOBS.
:Pastort
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock--Every Sunday ii A
NJ. and 7:3O p. NJ, except End Sunday
Mt. Jactson-Second Sunday IL A !.
NJ. and 7.30 P. NJ.
New Market-2nd Sunday at p. m.
REV. J. A. MCMURRAY.
Pastor
LUTHERAN.
Every SUNDAY II A. NJ and 7.30
P. M. REV. S. w. KUHNs, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Second Sunday, II A. Nj. and 7.3o
p Nj, Rev. J. D. HAMAKER
IscoPAL
i There will be services in the Epis-
copal Church every Sunday morning
at II o'ciock-until fui Their nutice.
Rev. 6. B. PALMER. Rector.
REFORMED
st. Paul's Woodstock-2d and 4th
Sundays Am. Every Sunday night
Calvary-1st and 2rd SUNDAYS A M.
REV NJ n. NoAcKER. Pastor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Beware of Paraffin Cups.

When an Englishman drinks toast
to his queen, he breaks the glass as a
pretty little homage, Girard writes in
the Philadelphia Ledger.
When you put penny in the slot
and extract an individual cup you
should smash it after using it. That
isn't homage, but precaution that
may save human life.
Do you know what happens to
many of those discarded parafin drink
ing cups? Picked up by careless PEG
pie and used over and over again.
II you will recall that deadly
germ feels even less at home on a
glass cup than upon one made oil
paraffin you can easily see why neither
should be used many times by many
persons.
There is one certain way to outwit
the germ: Crush the cup.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21

I'll give that waiter" said a Gus
toner in quicklunch room, IAN or
der that will simply paralyze him."
What will you have, sir?" present.
~ asked the waiter.
Bring me-" said the would-be tor
mentor, some verulam and oval"
'Yessir." And the waiter, q seedy-
looking man, went away with .
twinkle in his eye, and returned with
large plate of something hot.
Here y'are," he said. Eggs and
bacon. In ordinary English . shil-
ling, but In classic form three-and-
six. 'Verba rebus aptare.' as we used
to say ut college. Anything else.
sirr-London Tit-BitsL
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Drill Struck Wood at 1900 Fee.

One of the first deep wells drilled
in the West was put down near Hux-
ley, New, by the Central Pacific rail.
way in 1881, in a search for good wa
ter. The boring reached q depth Of
also feet, but the water obtained was
of very unsatisfactory quality. At
100 feet the drill encountered bed
Of "petrlf1ed CLAIMS" and the record
states that at 1880 feet well-preserved
redwood timber" was found.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
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 1t and it turned into''-then
some dreaded disease is named.
Ordinary colds yield to prompt
treatment at the beginning, That is
why every family should be supplied
with a reliable cough medi dne-one
that will heal raw and inflamed 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 invaluable 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.
ing.
WALTZ GSMGOT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Zeppelin. Carry Machinery to rurks.

ZeppeIins Carry Machinery to Turks.
German Zeppelins are said to have
been employed to relieve the Turk
ish shell shortage by one Of the most
novel schemes of the war.
One hundred tons Of fine machin-
cry used in the manufacture of
shells are reported to have been car.
ried from the Austrian frontier
across Servia and Bulgaria to Tur-
key. The Zeppelins travelled by
night to escape detection by the Bull
garian border patrols and protests
against violation Of Bulgarian ter
ritory. Each Of the dirigibles car
ried from three to four tons Of ma
chinery for the Turkish ammunition
works.
II reports are true dozen Of
Count Zeppelin's largest dirigibles
we're used on the 2s0-mile fight from
the Austrian % the Turkish borcer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21

WESTBOUND from Woodstock.
No 23-Daily 200 a. N. Loca
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg $50. a. IN.
No. 4o-Dai Y 1858 p. m. Loca
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg 2:30 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
NO. I'll - Daily = $40 p. III
Local for Harrisonburg. Arriv,
Iarri>onburg 10:l5 D. NJ.
Ia STBOUND-f from Woodstock.
>o + Daily $50 Il. III
ni'ed for Alexaodria and Washing
Arrive Washington 1850 a. N
Tor ar.
sg % Daily-4:26 D. III. Loca
Ahexandria and W ashington
RYE Washington 9:l5 p. m. Buffe
inr Car.
Ne "a Daily 6:55 p. m
-.ca rom Harrisonburg to Stras
arr Arrive Strasburg 7:30 p. IN.
Il CHAPMAN, ice-President ant
Gener al Manager.
u TAYLOE, Passenger Traffi'
VI mayer.
AIRY. General Passenger Agt.
EsTBURY, Gen. Agent,
A>hlngton, ID. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
TIma,a CHANCES.

Il see that Fiji Flubdub. the actress.
Is 30 temperamental that she swoons
at the door Of tuberoses. So her man.
agreement s has to watch her con-
stantly."
"Um. Time brings great changes.
knew her once, and she was raised
On . block next e . gaahouse.s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21

Pni your savings in the Savings
Deps tment of the Shenandoah Val
ley oan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va, at 3 per cent compound interest
Amounts of S1.00 and upwards re.
ceivea. The only savings institu.
ton in the county for the accomula.
ton of the small savings of laboring
men, women, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Scientists Interested in Find

At a recent scientific gathering, Pro
fessors Edgeworth, David and Wilson
described completely mineralized hui
man skull found near Warwick, in the
Darling Downs of Queensland. II
probably dates from period when the
great fossil marsupials were still liv
ing, and is earlier than any other hn
man remains hitherto found in Aus
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Beyond scrIpturaI Number.

The clergyman of a country village,
reprehending one of his parishioners
for quarreling with his wife 30 loudly
and frequently as to be source OF
perpetual disturbance in the neighbor-
hood, in the course of his exhortation
remarked that the Scriptures declared
that man and woman were one.
AYE, that may be, sir" answered
Hodge. but If you we're to go by when
me and my wife are at it you'd think
there were twenty Of u.s.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Trespass Notice.

We notify all hunters not To trest
pass on our lands with guns, dogs or
traps. If not needed the law mus
take it's course.
Sue C.. and Carrie L. McIntuI # d.
Nov 12-tf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21

Invest you money In the per cent
certificates of the Shen. Valley Loan
4 Trust Co., Woodstock, We. Sc
,urity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi annually, and Certificates
'edeemable any time after six months
e. short police.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
FOR, SALE

:: Several good farms and town prop
critics well located. If you want one
at bargain, call on, or write tos
w. w. LOGAN,
Dec 4'-tf. Woodstock Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
Will Power,

There are exceptions to the rule. bot
II man is worth saving he generally
will manage to do 1t himself.-Phiir
leiphia Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
SHENANDOAH urRALD
ADvHRrIsINg

- - 5T - No
Advertisements will be inserted
Ut One Dollar per square. OF ten
ines or less, for the first insertion
and 30 centsfor each - ,sarer
insertion.
~QusrterH or yazslY sdvsrs
tisements by ntraes
~Unless "a number OF inser.
lions II marked upon the manu-.
script, advertisements WILDE pub.
Hshed until forbidden and charged
accordingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21

The power to acquire Is worth nr
than the thing gained. Old Saw,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-21
DENTISTS.
BOWMAN,

TAR. w. E. FAHRNEY
PRACTICE LIMITED TO
EYE. EAR, NOSE AND THROAT.
Beginning Monday, May 3rd, 1918,
will DE tiny Woodstock Office every
day except Friday from $50 a. m. to
5 o m.
Friday of each week at my Timber
Vile Office
DR.. W. e. FAHRNEY.
Apr 80 '15.-1yr.