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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
AUTHORS DEBUT AS ACTOR
Not an Especially Prominent Part, but
at Least He Could Say He Was
ION the Stage"

Jules Eckert Goodman, otherwise
known as the dramatizer Of Treasure
Island" has achieved fame at last.
He has gratified his lifelong ambition
and appeared in his play as an actor.
The big event came off at Mount YER
non, his home town. during the tryout
Of Treasure Island" Goodman had
been kept in ignorance Of the method
by which the remarkable wave seen =
was obtained when the good ship His
PAMELA is cut adrift by little Jim
Hawkins, so on the memorable eve
ming the author slipped in back Of
the scenes and stood watching the
workmen getting the set" ready for
the ocean Goodman shrank back sud
denly into a dark recess Of the stage
when he noted the approach Of the
stage manager. The manager eyed
the slouching figure a moment and
then seized him roughly by the Shout
der.
Here, you" the director said. Get
under that green canvas and shake
the cloth like wave"
A few minutes later Goodman re-
Joined his friends out in front.
Did you see me?" he demanded
eagerly. I've been acting. l was
a wave.''
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
British Field Marshais.

A British field marshal never retires
from the army. He may be placed on
half pay. hut is still borne on the ac'
tive list. By the regulations there
must not be more than eight field mar
shals receiving pay as such-that is
exclusive of honorary field marshals
such as foreign kings. emperors and
princes. OF the eight regular field
marshals two must be selected from
the Indian army. The position Of field
marshal is a great one. The field mar
shall commanding in CHIEF in the Med
iterranean gets t5,oN year. PrOba
bly, field marshal actively employed
will get at least $1,000 year. This Il
better than the pay of an admiral Of
the feet. who may be said to be ma
val field marshal, and gets only little
over $1,000 year. exclusive Of allow
ances.-Ireland's Own.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04

b ITS Sir Joshua Reynolds painted
nat portrait Of his friend, DR.. John
Don, which represents him a. reading
and nearsighted This was very dis
pleasing to johnson. who. when BE-
saw 1t. reproved Sir Joshua fcr paint
Ing hiu In that manner and attitude,
saying. lit is not friendly to hand
down to posterity the imperfections Of
any man" But on the contrary. 6ir
Joshua htmself esteemed 1t circum
stance In nature to be remarked a.
characterizing the person represented
and therefore az giving additional
value to the portrait.
OF tbiP circumstance Mrs. Thrale
says, Il observed that he would not
be known by posterity for his defects
only. let Sir Joshua do his worst" and
when she adverted to Sir Joshua's
avn picture painted with the ear trum
pet and done In this year for MI.
Thrale, she records Johnson to have
answered. HE may paint himself a.
deaf az he chooses, but l will not b
blinking Sam"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
TEE SERVES DOUBLE PURPOSE
Front With an Idea That Is
Really Remarkable.

Among the hundreds of patents is
sued every week occasionally one
stands cut above all others as being
entertainingly original and ingenious
Such patent is one issued recently
for a golf tee. 1t is intended that the
tee shall be shattered to tiny frag-
ments when the ball is struck, and to
act as fertilizer after having been
broken.
The tee is manufactured in a con-
ical shape with cupped top, into
which the ball fits. 1t is made of green
gelatin, so that, contrary to the con-
dition which exists in the paper and
rubber tees, the golfer can keep his
eye on the ball without the usual dis.
traction. When the club strikes the
ball the gelatin tee is simultaneously
struck and shattered to a veritable
powder. These small, green frag-
ments scatter on the grass and are
dissolved at the earliest rain.
AS gelatin is an excellent fertilizer,
the shattered tee serves a very useful
secondary purpose-Popular Science
Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Tho Green Flames,

The greatest discovery Of borax ever
made was the result Of the purest
chance. A number of years ago man
named Aaron Winters was prospecting
Tor gold or other precious metals in
that American inferno known as Death
valley He had bis wife with him, and
they two worked together until their
provisions were at an end; then, bit.
terly disappointed at their i'll success.
they started back toward civilization.
The first night they camped in Ash
valley. Here they lit fire and pre-
pared to cook their supper. Mrs. Win
tiers called her husbands attention to
the peculiar green tinge Of the flames.
He did not speak. but with shaking
hands scratched away the earth and
suddenly shouted: We're rich. Rose,
we're rich. It's borax." He was right
They subsequently sold their claim for
4 very large stun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
DIVIDED INTO SIX RACES
Differences In Branches Of Mankind
Arc Marked-oriein Of the
Semitic Peoples.

Sanskrit is the language which was
spoken by the easternmost branch Of
the Indo-Germanic or Aryan race. II
cannot, therefore, be said whether the
race or the language peculiar to that
race is the elder, probably the former.
The advent of the Celtic Aryan into
Europe is shrouded in mystery. There
are apparently not even traditions Of
their time of emigration. The Semitic
race is one of the six races OF man
kind and is distinct from the Aryan.
The races are Indo Germanic or Ar,
van. white, of Europe, America, Per.
STA, India and Australia. The Mongo-
liam or Turanian, yellow and brown,
Asia. The Semitic, white, Africa,
Arabia. etc. The negro, black, At
RIGA. The Malay or Polynesian, brown,
Australasia. The American Indian.
red. North and South America.
The Semites are supposed to be the
descendants Of Shem-that is, the
name originated in this way. The term
was not in general use until the first
quarter Of this century, though it was
used in Germany as early as 1881. 1t
is applied to the races akin to the He
brew, such as Arabian, or Assyrian.
Some authorities consider the print
tive seat of the race to be Africa,
others Arabia. still others the lower
Euphrates. The languages form an
important family, and are divided into
two principal branches, the northern
and southern. To the northern branch
belong the Assyrian and Aramean COR
Syrian), and the Palestinian. (Hebrew
/ and Phoenician). To the Southern
belong the Arabic and the Ethiopic
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
DOGS CHARACTER A MYSTERY
Owners Unable to Determine Whether
He 10 Detective or inclined
to kleptomania.

The Newlyweds out in Crescent Hill
are wondering If Rex is a thief or a
detective.
Rex is dog, a white. woolly dog,
who Is minutes after having his bath,
looks as If he hadn't mad a bath for a
week. Rex is not hunter He doesn' t
know what game looks like. He
doesn't even chase cats. He is afraid
of other dogs. He is so tractable that
he makes friends with anybody who
pays him the slightest attention. He
would be on terms of intimacy with a
burglar in two minutes.
So it can be seen that Rex's owners
had good reason for thinking him
good for nothing, even II they did love
him. Now they are wondering wheth-
er he is worse than good for nothing
or valuable retriever. ,
A few weeks ago Mrs.. Newlywed
lost purse containing SIC in cash.
A long search failed to reveal It. and
1t was given up for lost
Last Sunday Rex walked into the
house with something In his mouth.
He laid his quarry on the floor. It
was the purse and the SIS were in.
tact.
Now the question at the home OF
the Newlyweds is: Did Rex play de-
tective and md that money for its
legitimate owners, or did he return 1t
after carrying it away himself? Rex's
real character promises to remain a
mystery for a long time.-Louisviils
Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Would Not Burn Diamonds.

You often hear of people with
money to burn, but SO far none has
ever attempted to burn their dia-
monds. The reason why, perhaps, is
because they will burn beautifully.
"A great many people imagine that
diamonds are indestrucrible." said q
jeweler. who was placing load Of
gems in his safe for the night, but
as matter of fact, a fire of diamonds
would be the briskest, prettiest thing
in the world Diamonds are nothing
but coal-carbon. Put handful OF
diamonds on a plate and set light
to them. They will burn with hard.
gemlike flame till nothing is left
There will be no smoke, no SCOT, and
at the end the plate will be as clean
as though Just washed-not the slight
est particle even of ash will remain. ."
Don't try to thaw out your cracked
Ice by fire.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
He Ought to Know.

Lady-l should like to look at q dat
which see Is for rent in this building.
but no one has answered my bell
Man-I'll show it to you. Right this
way. mum.
well. this Is something like it. The
rooms will suit, I'm sure. What sor'
II a janitor have they here?'
1.-The very best In the city. num-.
"Obliging?"
'-Xhe kindest hearted gentleman t.
be found anywhere. num-"
"Honest!'
"As the day is long. num-"
sis he attentive to his dntiesT
Hes Just workin' himself to death.
num. Always thinkin' up some new
thing to make folks comfortable"
"Well, declare! / wouldn't lose this
Dat for the world. Where is the JAM.
tor now?"
sPm him, mum."-Kansas City Star
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Girls Train for Social Service

Girls wishing to enter social work
in Switzerland are given special ten
months preparation which includes
theoretical and practical training in
the care of children, study of educa-
ton. nursing. the poor law, hygiene,
and duties Of citizenship. Practical
work is done in various social insti-
tutions. In Basel the experiment is
now being tried o. voluntary years
service in social work on the part Of
girls to correspond with mems mill
tary service.
England is now making arrange
ments to follow Switzerland's exam
pie. Lectures and classes will deal
with conditions of labor and educa.
ton, also lessons in cookery, house
hold management, account keeping.
and Office work. There will be a spe.
cial study Of the poor law, labor Or
ganization, municipal health work,
children's courts. and kindred insti.
tutions. The object. it is said, is to
prepare for social reconstruction after
the war.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
MONTENEGRO CITY OF WORTH
lpek Would Be Place Of Importance
But for Its Unfortunate Geo
graphical Situation.

Ipek, the first Montenegrin city to
fall before the invaders, is the most
important city acquired by the Black
mountain people for their part in the
war of the Balkan league against the
Ottoman empire in 1912, says
primer on war geography given out by
the National Geographic society. Stu
ated anywhere else but in the worlds
most troubled peninsula, Ipek would
have made name and riches as a
mecca for vacationists; beautiful ara
varied, its air is fresh and fui. ..
MOUNTAINEERING, and the rich Mediter-
ranean fruits are grown in it's gardens.
For the sportsman Ipek could have
furnished hunting, fishing and noun
tain-climbing. For the nerve-worn pa
tient it could have given a bracing
climate and picturesque solitudes.
All of these things would have
made it tempting spot to the pleas
ure-seeking vacationist. AS an un-
fortunate center of unrest, however,
where Albanian, Montenegro, Turk
and Servian kept the pot of trouble
boiling year after year under an OF
toman administration that stirred the
embers under the pot when these
showed signs of smoldering, Ipek has
remained unknown by the world out
side for the beauties of its place.
Ipek lies upon the present borders
of Montenegro, in the east toward
Serbian Prithtina. The Mokra Plania
rise high behind it to the west, and
this range forms the immediate bar
rier to the invaders from Ipek. On
neighboring heights is situated a ia
nous monastery, in which the Serb
ian patriarchs formerly housed, the
Ipek monastery, founded by Arch
bishop Arsenius in the thirteenth
century. Many Of the olden chiefs
of the Serbian church are buried
here, and here, also, is preserved the
marble throne, upon which the patri-
archs were crowned. The city lies 70
miles east-northeast of Albanian Sou
tart, which latter city has now become
the seat of Serbian government 1t
has a population of $4,000, which has
been better housed and circumstanced
than most of the populations in the
Balkan uplands.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04


me later portraits Of Mir John Ten
nicl. the famous carto0nist Of London
Punch. show him wearing full beard
and mustache, but his most familiar
appearance was with mustache only,
long aud curly specimen, worthy Of
one Of Ouida's guardsmen. The story
Of how he came to grow 1t Ii interest.
ing.
After the Crimean war the return Of
lne soldiers with full boards started q
fashion against which three Punch art
lists protested. One day, being out on
horseback together. they solemnly halt
ed at crossroads and swore on theh
uplifted hunting crops never to wear
hair on H., or chin. Tenniel was one
II the parry. Leech another and r. 7.
Prit. i,ett the third
!eech alone remained true to the
,ow. Pritchett went to Skye. and on
dis return with a mustache called on
Tenniel He thrust his head In at the
sartoonist's door and dumbly waited.
You scoundrel-' was Tennieps excla'
nation. Then 1. too, mustw And he
did.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04

The stomach of q camel Is divkied
INTO four compartments, and the walls
Of these are lined with large cells.
every one of which can be opened and
closed at will by the means Of power
ruI muscles. explains a writer in the
i-reso gtrrian When q camel drinks
DRINKS a great deal Indeed. II
ks lor such long time you really
9ortt mink 1t never meant to leave off
The tact is that 1t ts not satisfying
1s -hirst, but is filling up its cistern
rs ell On. after another the cells
IA - stomach are filled with the va
ref and as soon At each Ii quite fu!'
4 Is tightly closed Then, when q feu
1O,rs later the auimaI becomes thirsty
81. that II mas to do Il to Oper one
4 The cells and allow the water to dow
Ynt Next day II opens one or two
more cells. and 80 II goes Cd day after
day until the whole supply b exhaust
I'd 10 this curious way q camel can
i've FIVE or even six days without
drinking at all. and so Is able to ira vei
quite easily through the desert. wherp
the wells are often hundreds Of miles
apart
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Early Earrings.

The earring is not q modern fnven-
lion. for more than twenty centuries
ago the daughter of Aristotle wore
golden hoops. The philosophers daugh.
ler's earrings were found In her tomb
near Chaicis. in Euboea. by exploring
archaeoIogists. and certainly modern
workmanship cannot produce theit
equal. In each golden hoop swung o
tiny dove. with precious stones for
eyes and bands Of minute gems to
give the color Of the iridescent breast
Gnd wings. The feathers were of gran
ulated gold. and the tail feathers were
80 marvelously wrought and adjusted
chat they acted like balance. az in 4
living bird. so that the exquisite minia.
ture creatures whenever the wearef
moved or laughed or tossed her bead
would move and balance themselves
upon their pendent perches.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Get. uls Scum 1t Sea,

Because he II bound for London.
where 1t is Impossible to secure sup
ply of the special seaweed out Of which
a soup 10 made that il especially IA
vored by his countrymen. Captain
Takai Of the Japanese steamer Kenkon
Maru No. s, appealed to the customs
officials, the Philadelphia Record says
AS a result Captain Harai of the
steamer Senju Maru, also Japanese,
was given permission to transfer to
Captain Takai portion Of his supply
Of the delectable dainty without which
the voyage would be dismal one for
him ard his crew. Captain Harai IL
homeward bound and can soon replen-
ish his stock.
The seaweed in question IL found
only in the Orient, and It contains .
gelatinous substance which thickens
the soup, and has . peculiar appeal to
the oriental palate. In fact, the Japa-
nese sailor claims there Ii nothing else
so good In the soup-maklng linz Il
II found BY fishermen ct the bottom q
the sea and, washed and dried. 4 o1ss
sun6v enlo = O. - lDaA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
DIFFER III SLIGHT DEGREE
Words Possession" and "ohsessisnr
Really Have Very Much ths Same
Meaning, According to Authority.

Possess and obsess are stymoiog3e
ally related. but usage has sivs8 ths1
slightly different meanings. BUA an
from the Latin. and the second syl.
liable Of both, sess, 10 from sedsre. to
sit: therefore a session u . sitting;
but possession is to sit before or near
q thing as owning it, and obsession Is
to be sat upon by 1t. This IL not very
illuminative, but 1t serves to mark
different shades OF meaning. Yet the
two words are so nearly synonymous
that both have been used to describe
the persecution of human body by
an evil spirit, though possession means
operating from within and obession
from without The Bible speaks of
those who were possessed with devils,
and the Oxford dictionary gives one
of the definitions of obsession as the
hostile action Of the devil, or an evil
spirit besetting anyone; actuation by
the devil or an evil spirit from with.
out" But while the authorities recog-
nize a technical difference between
possession and obsession as relating
to the devils operations from within
or from the outside, they do not diff
ferentiate the moral results of the
cases. Etymologically speaking there
is a shade of difference between the
two words. but the genealogical diff
ference is only skin deep. while, NOR
ally speaking there is little or no diff
ference between being operated by the
devil from within or worked by him
from the outside. In quoting some ex-
amples of the use Of obsession as re-
lating to evil spirits, the Oxford die.
tionary remarks that, These cases
belong rather to obsession than pos
session, the spirits not actually inhab-
iting the bodies, but hanging or how.
ering about them" Leaving the devil
out OF the case entirely and coming to
ordinary affairs it may be said that
while obsess and possess are different
In some meanings they are synony-
NOUS in others.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
A New,oaoer p,ct,on.rv

Buriy Negro ANY eolored man ar
rested
Engineer-The man who gets blamed
for railroad accident tSee probe.l
Gentleman Burglar thief with =
collar (See Rafi1es.l
Joy What pre- an automo
bile accident ,See brua...,
Loot-Goods found ~ Hat In Har
lem
Mil1ionaire-A man who owns hi,
own home See divorce.D
Plot-Somrthing that II thwarted
(See fO1L)
Pretty Giri-Any female.
Scanty Attire What people escap>
from burning buildings IN
Sleuth-A detective In the headlines
Society Leadef-A woman vho r.
turns from Europe.
Twenty four aours-The period h
which the police expect to catch tb'
1nurderer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
Eallino 8odiea

Men from the Michigan College o,
Mines made some interesting exper,
ments with falling bodies In the deef
'ertical shaft of copper mine at Cal
uInet- which. says Machinery, has thres
of the deepest shafts In the world
The experimenters tried TO drop into
u box Of clay 400 feet below two
metal balls two inches In diameter. OH,
from the center of shaft nine fee
wide and thirty feet long and one from
The southwest corner Of II Neither o
the balls reached the boz Of clay. On,
was never found. the other, prOba bl,
the one dropped from the center. WA.
found lodged in the umbers In the cas-
side Of the shaft. 500 feet from the sur
face. In fact, bodies dropped into IN,
shaft invariably lodged In the ea-
wall. because the earth rotates on Il
axis from west to east II load i,
ore were spilled into the shaft most VI
It would cling to the side Of the shaf
or land on the levels to the east
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
AND HMR. FRoHMAN" MARCHED
Supsr's Time Of Joy Cut Short When
His "star" Appeared on
the Scene.

q. H. Sothern tells an amusing story
Of super who was once In his en-
ploy.
Having parted with one Of the
members of the company in Chi
cago." said Mr.. Sothern, u took
into the fold q man who VS. act
ing = sort of leader of sunA's. I
used to hear the people address him
as Doc and one day l asked him
why he was entitled to this distinc-
ton. He said that he mad at one
time worked in bicycle repair shop.
Shortly after, l asked him one
evening, while l was dressing after
the play, to take my little dog out
for a walk. He did not return, and
as l passed barroom on my way
home, l saw my dog sitting on a
chair. l entered and found the dog
was contemplating the actor who
was leaning on the bar with his
back to me. He was surrounded by
q dozen men who seemed to be treat
ing.
AS i 5tOOu Watching tuo PiCtui .,
one of the treaters said, addressing
my friend: Really, Mr.. Frohman.
so you think you will not bring Mr..
Sothern to Chicago again.? No, sir,
sid the supposed Mr.. Frohman, this
tom doesn't suit me! 1t amt no
good! My star can't play to more
than twenty or twenty-five thousand
a week here, and that don't do us no
good r
While his listeners stood open
mouthed at this idea Of poor bust
ness, l called out: 'Smythe!' The
glass fell from his hand, the dog
jumped OF the chair, and Mr.. Froh-
man. the great manager, followed me
into the street."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
TOYS FOR THE YOUNGSTERS
They Pass Through European War
Zone and Reach America to
GLADDEN. Children.

A German invasion Of the United
States has been effected through the
port of New York-a pleasant sort Of
invasion to come from war-ridden Eu-
rope. Thousands of jumping jacks,
popguns and yellow-haired dolls;
armies of lead soldiers in very bril-
liant paint uniforms and Noah's arks
and music boxes-in all, $500 cases
Of toys-were brought in by the Hol-
land America steamer Veenbergen
from Rotterdam.
Special grace extended by the Brit
fish blockade permitted the arrival Of
the cargo of toys to supply the Ameri-
can Christmas market.
Sir Cecil Spring Rice. the British
ambassador, has informed the state
department at Washington Of the
progress Of negotiations looking to-
ward the release Of similar cargoes Of
0srman-made Christmas goods which
hayo been held up Tor many m0nth1
= Dz1eA poEt1L
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04


A woman, Dora Keen, has dared
what no men have tried to do since
1894, plotting an expedition on gla-
cier trip from Valdez on the southern
coast of Alaska to the Harvard gla-
cier at the head of College ford, in
Prince William sound She was
guide for a party of three men. The
first risk was from the ice falling from
the ends of the glacier, and after es-
Gaping death there they climbed to
the surface of the glacier. 1t took
nine days to advance seven miles,
and on the ninth day they passed the
fuel line. One day it took three
hours to travel quarter of mile.
The party travelled over deep ere
vases, some open, some deeply yelled
with snow and some bridged with slip
perry ice bridges. A fall into one Of
these chasms was likely to be fatal.
The men carried packs that weighed
so pounds, and Miss Keen's weighed
rs. These packs and the ice axes that
each carried made jumping difficult.
Miss Keen says that the beauty Of the
mountains repaid for the lack Of COM
forts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-04
In a Bit Of q Hurry.

A very small boy was taken to ,
dental establishment to have some of
his first teeth pulled. For second
or SO, during which time four teeth
disappeared, everything was fairly Sc
rene, and then came bowls of objec,
tons.
Il didn't want them teeth to eome
out" cried the young patient, sudden
ly recollecting something. Il want
them to stay in"
That's all right" consolingly re-
sponded the dentist. They will soon
grow in again
'Will they?" quickly rejoined the
boy, with Frightening face. do you
think they will grow in time for din
ner?'-Philadelphia Telegraph.