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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
FROM The GARDEN OF EDEN
Worlds Markets Supplied With Dates
Which Arc Grown on Spot Be-
lIeved to BE the Site.

The London markets and stalls are
covered with dates which come from
the Garden Of Eden.
A palm tree yields approximately
400 pounds Of fruit annually, which
represents an income Of about sS. 1t
takes nearly eight years to attain this
state of perfection, but when once
reached. 1t continues for almost q
century.
Dates can be prepared in many
ways, and are packed according to the
country to which they are being sent.
For instance, dates destined for
America are hand-picked, as the Amer
!cans will have no others; the Indians
like them sun-dried; while we like
them wet" Our dates are prepared
In special manner-they are piled
on mating and trampled into a mass.
The date is not the only product of
the palm. The stem furnishes a kind
If timber, and the fibers, twisted, be-
come rope. Then, again, the buds are
quite fit to eat, and are considered by
some to be a delicacy; and peasants,
too poor to afford house. weave the
fronds into mating. and SO make
quite serviceable habitation. Crushed
date-stones form food for the CATTLE
London Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
FORGOT ALL ABOUT PISTOL
IN Time OF Danger Woman's Thoughts
Turned to the Favorite Weapon
Of Her Sex.

Training In any line Of endeavor is
lndisputably a good thing, Of course.
But it is not always utilized. A case
in point is related in Boston. In that
city society of women had taken a
course Of lessons in pistol shooting
under the supervision of a feminine
expert who has in recent months taught
to many society women the use Of this
lethal weapon.
1t was the purpose Of the Boston
woman to be able to defend herself
and her home in case Of attack by
burglar or burglars. After becoming
an expert pistol shot she provided her
self with pretty gold-mounted pistol
which she kept in her dressing table,
Recently she discovered a robber in
her home.
II forgot all about the pistol" she
said, land so l used a hatpin."
The robber fed after receiving sew
eral painful wounds. Thus habit pre-
vailed over training, as it so frequent
ly does. But training Is more or less
valuable, even though in times Of
stress it occasionally is forgotten In q
reversion to the primitive.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
HIa Duties.

When young Farmer Giles left the
happy homestead and plowed fields to
join the army there was not prouder
man in the land The first time he
was doing sentry go the officer Of the
guard came by. and called upon him
to give up his orders.
"OrdersT shouted Giles. "Give up
my orders?
Eyes, certainly. What are you here
fort" demanded the officer, sharply.
"Oh, I'm here to walk up and down,
stand at attention, wink at the girls.
look after Sergeant Murphy's bit Of
garden, and see that nobody pinches
his spades; also to see you amt about
when they fetch the beer for the guard
room prisoners. and should you come
on the scene to"
But the officer had completely col
lapsed.-London Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Regimental journalism.

Steps have been taken by the au.
thorities Of the British museum to sc.
cure as complete a collection as pos
sible of the regimental periodicals,
the production of which is one of
the curious features of the present
war. Some Of these publications are
printed and others typewritten. They
are not quite without analogy in the
history of past wars. The British who
were besieged at Mafeking during the
Boer war contrived to keep going Z
little journal issued daily, shells per-
hitting" In the wars Of about a cen.
fury ago Lord Exmouth. while carry
ing out blockade Of French ports,
had q printing press set up for the
amusement Of officers and men en-
gagged in that tedious duty. They did
not attempt to produce any original
records or literary matter of their
own, but they printed several consid-
cradle works, and printed them, 1t is
said. very well.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
GRAY In Shorthand.

Efficiency has been getting the
laugh of late because its engineers
claimed too much for It,"
The speaker was DR.. Harris Dulles
Rhodes, the efficiency expert Of Den
yer.
'Yes," he continued, "the average
efficiency engineer Dragged as stupid
ly about efficiency as the correspond
ence school principal who said:
"'We are told, and credibly told,
that it took Gray seven years to write
his famous poem, The Elegy in q
Country Churchyard.' Yet If Gray had
been an adept in our system Of stenog-
raphy he could have written the piece
in seven minutes. Every graduate stu
dent Of ours can write the poem in
that length Of time. It's one Of our
teSts.'"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
In the Garden.

Have either garden shears or a
sharp knife to cut the flowers. Flor
lists always use knife and, as they
cut hundreds each day. they natur-
ally do the work in the easiest way.
Another pointer worth knowing Is that
florists always cut their flowers in the
late afternoon and place them in tall
jars Of water, the entire stem being
submerged. They are then placed In
dark, cool place all night. When
early morning comes they are ready
for distribution to customers. The en-
tire stem Is filed with water and
their lasting qualities preserved sew
eral days. Florists never sell fresh
plucked blooms, as they so soon fade.
The stems. unless they are filled with
water, have little stability.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Change Of Schedule Improved
Service Southern Railway

Beginning Saturday, July 9Th and
on Saturdays only thereafter until
Sept. 10th, 1915, inclusive, Southern
Railway Train No. 81, which now
leaves Washington 3:45 P. M, will be
changed to leave Washington :45 P.
NJ, passing Manassas 2:57- P. NJ,
Riverton Junction 5:22 P. Nj, Stras-
burg Junction 6:04 P. M, anil arrive
Harrionburg $40 P. M.
No Change in other trains and
Connections.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01

A case Of rabies reported In Eng.
land last spring was the first in that
country since 1902, and occurred In q
dog that was being held in the six
months quarantine which the English
law imposes on al! dogs brought into
the country to prevent the introduce
ton Of this disease. Rabies was BAN
!shed from England by muzzling. Aus
tralia and New Zealand have never
had any cases of rabies, and a system
Of quarantine and inspection prevents
It's introduction. Sweden, Norway and
Denmark are practically free from It
-Scientific American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Modern War Conditions,

The sword is the costliest single
article in the equipment a subaltern
officer Of the British army must buy.
and since under present conditions
this weapon is worn only when roy
atty reviews the troops that form OF
celebration is proving none too vel
come in the new armies. Presumably
grandchildren Of veterans sixty years
or 50 hence will weep over the dear
little rusty tin can in which the old
hero carried his bouulon to the battle
tine at Mona.
Point to Consider.
Dad" said the prodigal son, nov
that I'm home again and have had my
ding, I'm going to do something to
make you proud Of me-"
IAN right, son." answered the eau.
tious father. That's the way for you
to talk, but I will reserve my con-
gratulations until you make one point
clear"
We'll, dad?"
"How much is this new venture =
vaave Sotug 70 cnst ~ev'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
French Colonial Possesslo No,

The French possession of Indo-C China
comprises the colony Of Cochin China
the protectorates of Cambodia, AMMAN
Tonkin and Laos, and the territory OF
Kwong- Chow-Wan, leased from China
an area embracing approximately
$4,000 square miles. The population
is estimated at 100000, of which
about $4,000 are Europeans, the resi-
being natives, savage tribesmen. Chi
nese. Malays. and Hindoos. The prin'
cipal city a. well as the principal por,
OF entry Is Saigon. Cochin China.
There are now 1873 miles of railroad
operated In Indo-C China.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01

WESTBOUND from Woodstock.
No. 23-Daily-2:09 a. m. Local
for Barrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg $50. a. m.
No. 49-Daiiy-12:5S p. m. Local
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison.
burg 2:30 p. m. Buffet Parior Car.
No. FL - Daily - $40 p. m.
Local for Harrisonburg. Arrive
HRrrisonburg 1915 p. m.
EASTBOUND-fr Woodstock.
No. III Daily $50 q. M.
Limited for Alexandria and Washing.
ton. Arrive Washington 1850 q. 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 o. m.
Local from Harrisonburg to Stras-
burg. Arrive Strasburg 1880 p. m.
E. II. COAPMAN, Vice-President and
General Manager.
W 81 TAYLoE. Passenger Traffic
Manager.
q. F. CARY, General Passenger Agt.
c. W. WESTERLY, Gen. Agent,
Washington, D. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
cypsies Dislike Military Service.

When woman gypsy caravan dwell
Ter Of Tottenham was summoned at
Enfield police court for aiding in the
cOncealment of her son, who had failed
to report for military service, it was
stated by the police that they had had
considerable difficulty In getting at
male gypsies Of military age belong
ing to the Tottenham colony. The men
frequently produced registration cards
which were not their own, and even
marriage certificates belonging to 9th.
ers.
The defendants son, who was IN
married, had never been registered.
When the police found him In the
caravan he ran away, and was only
captured after long chase. The de-
PENDANT was fined $40. The money
was paid at once.-London Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
What to do srhen
Bdckocke comes on

81 found immediate relief IN the use
Of Foley xidAey rms, have recon-
Asnded them, and do not know Of .
single instance WAsn they failed 70
give xslisf."
c. q. Landrum. q travelling salesman.
writes from San Angelo. Texas: "Driv-
ing over rough roads and In all kinds
Of weather gave me acute pains in the
back and suffered greatly. / found
relief in the use Of Foley Kidney Pulls.
and before the first bottle was used.
the pain in my back had entirely disap--
peared and have had no recurrence OF
those pains which frequently amounted
to almost neuralgia proportions"
When backache comes on, and it
seems as If you can't stand the pain
and pressure In your back, you will and
quick and grateful relief comes with
the use Of Foley Kidney Pulls. They
stop the cause Of the pain. ease the
sti6 aching joints and muscles. and
clear the poisons out OF your system
by helping your kidneys and bladder to
normal healthy action.
WALTON l. SMOOT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Busy oHnelal.

IN . recent examination paper for .
boy clerks post was this question:
If the premier and Ill the members
Of the cabinet should die, who would
omciate?"
Robert. . boy Of fourteen. thought
tor time. trying In vain to recall who
came next In succession. At last Z
happy inspiration came to him. and he
answered:
The andartaksr.-UAAa1a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
spend The Week End at the seasbore

Special Friday and Saturday
excursion tickets on sale from June
9th to Sept. 8, 1916, via SOUTHERN
RAILWAY at Principal Stations in
Virginia at greatly reduced fares to
Atlantic City, C4pe May, Ocean City,
Stone Harbor, Wildwood and other
noted Jersey Coast Resort Points.
Consult Agents or write T.. W. West
bury, Washington, D. c.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
FOR SALE

My seven room dwelling, tvs
squares from Court House, fronting
100 feet on Church Street, up.to-oat.
in all its appointments, with waite,
electric lights, bath room aud larg,
cement cellar, also cement walk-way>
very productive garden, and a variet.
of select fruits. The dwelling is new
architecture, first-class, ma ting i
warm in winter and cool in summer
Possession given April Isl. Pric.
reasonable. Apply at once to,
Mch 10-tf W. M. CAL EXT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
AWakenno.

Geraldine is growing cynical" said
one girl.
why do you think so?" inquired the
other.
'She confided to me that she doesn't
believe half the poetry people send
10 valentines comes from the heart"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Prefers Boys From Needy Families.

A Cleveland manufacturer who had
difficulty in hiring boys for his plant,
because, he said. most boys are look
Ing for "white-c0llar jobs" now solves
his difficulty by catching 'em poor"
He explains this by saying that he now
employs only those boys whose fami-
lies are 'up against It," This new crop
Of apprentices, he says, haven't any
foolish notions. and he expects to de-
velop most Of them into first-class me-
chanics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
To Our Subscribers.

The date of the expiration OF you,
subscription will be found on ever,
copy of the. Shenandoah Herald.
Please remit without waiting 70,
statement to be sent from this office
By::so doing you will greatly oblieg
THE HERALD PUBS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Church Directory.

NHuI Ill DHtCLOry.
| METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at l.. A. NJ. ard 7:30
r. M. Rev : r JACOBS
| Pastor
PRE5"YTE IAN.
woodstock Sunday Ii A
M. and 7:3OP :pt End Sunda,
Mt. JACKSON Sunday II A
M. and 7.3OP.
New Market r1ay at ANN.
Rev. J MCMURRAY
Pastor
LUTHERAN
Every SUNDAY III A. NJ ana 7.3u
r. M. REV. S. w. KUHNS, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN
Second Sunday, II A. M. and I. 80
T M. Rev. j. D. HAMAKER
EPISCOPAL,
There will be services In the Epis.
copal Church on End and 4th Sundays
st ii A. M, and on LIST and 3rd Sun
days at 8 P NJ.
REV. G. B. PALMER, Rector.
ST. Paul's Woodstock-2d ana 4th
Sundays Am. Every Sunday night
Calvary-1st and Bird SUNDAYS A M.
REV NJ M. NOACKER. Pastor.
Services will be held at the follow
places I:
WHITE CHAPEL
Pres ching every list sunday 1920
a. m. 3rd Sunday 7:45 p. m.
Sunday school, every Sunday $50
a. m. Epworth League, every We'd
nesday 7:45 p. m.
OAK LEVEL
Preaching I'd Sunday 1890 a. m,
4sh Sunday 1870 p. m. Sunday school
every Sunday'9:30 a. m.
SLATE HILL
Preaching 3rd Sunday 1880 a. m.
ELMER P. SLOANE, P. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
WILLIAM p. MASSEY,
President.
s,b.tltute for Leather.

Su69tIIut9 TOT eVas
81 see . substitute for sole leather
w,thstood ak weeks test OF the Sc
verest character" remarked the pro
prietor OF the restaurant to the man
Who was paying his check.
sIs that so?" replied the customer.
sAnd did the man who made the OK
reriment buy the steak from you -
Yonkers Statesman. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
| Am Paying

the Highest Market Prices for Hides
of all kinds.
Always in the Market for Scrap
Iron, Rubber, Rags and Metals.
Write or Phone No. IS to
M. SOLLARS,
Woodstock, We
Next Door to Schmitt's Drug Store.
Abr. 2-tf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
SHENANDOAH HERALD


OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES
Advertisements will be inserted
. One Dollar pr square OF ten
Ines or less, for tho first insertion
end 80 centsfor each +, t,.,,t1t
insertion.
O0uarssrly or yearly advey. {,
dssmsnts by eontrastl
Ounless the number of inser,
lions 10 marked upon the mann.
script, advertisem snts WILDE Dub.
iished until forbid len and charged
accordingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Wanted.

/ Will pay highest cash prices for
apples, from now on till close of
!, Aeason. Special attention given 20 al
orders for family use.
July IS Amos pd
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01

Put YOUR savings il the Savings
Department of the Shenandoah Val.
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va. at per cent compound interest.
Amounts Of s1.O0 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, 1916-09-01
Wanted

Coopers Wanted on No. One APP
pie barrels. Good pay and board.
TURKEY KNOB ORCHARD,
Aug 1876 Mt. jackson, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Lucky choicA

my husband II . most invetsfate
seader." exclaimed Mrs. Knox with .
Light tone of ennui. He reads un.
al dawn every morning. Why. last
night I found him asleep with his
nose in ". VS. Eyes!'"
"Perhaps." commented her hus-
bands bookish friend. "you should be
thankful you did not flnd him with
III nose In The Inside e ~ Col.
~kanans CIR 80. I
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01

Poetry ~. Presa

The poet raves Of her beautiful AAal
that crowns his fair idols head, and
calls the man . prosy old bear who =
nores its splendors instead. Yes. the
poet Of It makes fad-its giOsies IN
verse he VIII group; bud, nke sths1
mortals he's mad Il stzapa = = geel
q the ouuDI
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
SPECIAL EXCURSION FARES

TOATLANTIC, CITY, N. ].
Cape May, Sea Isle City, Ocean City,
Stone Harbor, Wildwood and other
Jersey Coast Resorts, THURSDAYS
JULY s snd 20, AUGUST srdx
II and slst, and SEPT. l4th, 1916.
Tickets Limited 16 Days. STOP
OVERS PERMITTED.
Consult Agents for details or write
c, W. Westbury, G. A, Washing
ton, D. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
FOR SALE

Several good farms and town prop
nrties-well located. II you wantone
- abareain, call on or write to-
". ". LOGAN,
Dof-E Wesd16o1k v.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01

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 month.
no short notice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
kerheval's History of the
Valley.

A few copies OF Kercheval's.. a story
Of the Valley for sale at the HERALD
OrB Price $500.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-01
Premier Carrier Of the South
Schedule between Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and Harrisonburg.
In Effect Apr. 25, 1915.
WESTBOUND- from Woodstock

Schedule figures published only as
inform alton mot Guaranteed.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
EMIL SEIDEL TO
SPEAK SUNDAY
ATLIBERTY HALL
WILL TALK ON
'PREPAREDN ESS"

Owing to the fact that the Everett
Theater could not be secured for next
Sunday afternoon, Comrade Emil Sci
del, the man who made Milwaukee IA
nous, will speak in Liberty hall, over
Dolson & Smiths Department store,
ON Rockefeller avenue, next to the
Commerce building. An adequate
number of comfortable chairs have
been secured for the occasion, and it
is expected that the largest crowd of
the Lyceum Course will turn out to
hear the man who has played so i'm
portant a part in the history of So
cialism in the United States. Comrade
Seidel is unquestionably one Of the
most interesting platform speakers in
this country, in or out of the Socialist
movement, and the National Office
has made no mistake in selecting for
third and last lecturer of the Lyceum
Course a man so well qualified to bring
to a happy conclusion this notable Sc
res of three list-making talks.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
emil Seidel, Monroe, April 100
SOCIALISM AND
EFFICIENCY
By Bruce Calvert

Everybody knows that one of the
biggest, all engrossing problems of
any man at the head of a great enter
prise is the financing of it. The float
ing of loans, selling of stocks, paying
dividends and fighting competition,
things that have nothing whatever to
do with the service rendered by the
institution or the actual operation of
the business, consume more than half
the energy of the leaders of it.
Now, at one fell swoop, Socialistic
ownership and operation of such in
dustries eliminates all such veXatious
problems. The financial difficulty is
solved. Competition does not count.
Fighting fair and unfair competitors
is forgotten. At once we set free
more than one-half of the time and
energy of our big captains of industry
leaving them undisturbed to work out
the far more important problems, so
far as the public is concerned, of ser
vice, maintenance and improvement,
and welfare of the workers.
Capitalism boasts of its deficiency"
which has become fetch to coniure
with. But in its wasteful competitive
system it exhibits the most glazing in
efficiency ever known in the modern
business world How much better it
will be when all public utilities and
great enterprises are conducted for all
the people, for social service, as was
the building of the Panama Canal, and
as the post office system now is.
The Northwest worker. [volume] (Everett, Wash.) 1915-1917, 1916-04-06
THE AWAKENING
OF HENRY DUBB

Last week, when the Kirkpatrick
meeting was due at lremcrton, | was
SO tired and indifferent that instead
of going to it myself, | "let George do
it" and have kicked myself ever since.
All ! hear, night and day, is; Those
pictures of Shipley's were some treat;
one of them" etc, etc; then follows
Il description of some one or another,
and always it ends with "And that
Henry Dubb sitting by me was more
and more interested"
1t seems that there was sitting by
my husband man so perfectly a
model Of the original Henry" that he
(hubby) insists he must have come
there solely because he had been in
weighed into buying a ticket and sim
ply couldn't waste the money
His expression at first was one of
contempt and disgust at the whole
SHOW" and a remark >made y him
regarding one of the first II lures
brought such look of anger and re-
sentiment that silence was the Jue for
the rest of the meeting; but all the
same, he was closely watched, and
much secret amusement and pleasure
was afforded by observing the gradual
change in his manner. AS the unde-
niable truth was unfolded by picture,
lecture and statistics, he became in
terested; his face actually showed
LIFE and flicker of amusement; and
finally when his own photo was shown,
with the well known words, 81 don't
own nuthin,' etc, he laughed aloud
and joined in the applause that was
given so freely and promptly, And
when he left the hall at the close of
the lecture, he really bore resem-
blance to human being, with some
dawning of intelligence in his work
worn face.
Yes, Comrade Shipley is responsible
for stirring at least one Henry" from
his legarthy; and, judging by the com
ments and discussions that the pic
lures and lecture provoked, he Ger
tainly made his entire audience "sit
up and take notice"
Next time Comrade Shipley is either
substituting" or putting on his own
meeting, within reach of me, I'm go
ing to see it, and judge for myself
how much they flattered him.
MRS. f. l.. ARMSTRONG.