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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Qon,ts For Roata.

Arthur Guiterman in recent inter-
view gave list Of negative command
ments for would be poets. Don't
think Of yourself as poet and dress
the part" he says. Don't frequent
exclusively the company Of writers.
Don't complain Of lack Of appreciation.
Gin the long run no really good pub
lished work can escape appreciation.
Don't speak of poetic license or believe
that there is any such thing. Don't
use 'e'er' for ever DER for over,
when as or what time for when or
any of the 'poetical commonplace Of
the past. Don't say did go for went.
even If you need an extra syllable.
Don't-don't write hymns to the great
god Pan. He is dead; let him rest in
peace! Don't write what everybody
else is writing. City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
a South American Hobo.

Santiago, capital Of Chile, Is the
home Of the roto Chileno, or broken
Chilean. most picturesque and unique
Of hoboes. The name is byword in
South America, and as far as that con-
tinent is concerned he is unique type
We find rich people everywhere and
poor people everywhere, but in no 9th.
er South American country but Chile
do We find this good natured, service
able. deceitful, ragged. drunken, crimi
nal species of tramp. He earns live
lihood by begging, doing odd jobs and
thieving. The last is his mainstay In
his hands stealing has become a fine
art. The Chileans have a saying that
he will steal your socks without touch
ing your boots. A long, jointed wiz
with hook at the end is his favorit.'
tool. If window on the street is left
unguarded he will with this simple
contrivance successfully remove from
the interior everything but the heavy
furniture.-New York Independent.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11

Dr.. johnson was great tea drinkee.
It u state that be would drink thirty
or forty cups Of tea during an evening!
Yet he lived to a fair age and appar
entity suffered no very Ill effects from
his great thirst for tea. He was one
Of the most notable of feeders and ate
his food in what we should now think
rather piggish fashion. making great
grunts and groans OF satisfaction or
enjoyment the while and going the
round of the menu very thoroughly.
Charles Reade, the famous novelist.
Is reported to have been one Of the
strangest feeders on record. A contem-
porary, writing of his meals at the Gar
rick club, says: HE took cault-
flower, thanked by a jug Of cream. as
his first course, and great salad to
follow, washed down by curious drinks
of the shandygaff order He would
drink coffee associated with sweets.
black pudding and toasted cheese. to
the amazement of any oniooker."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11

Tho only fruit. says bulletin Of
the department Of agriculture, which
equals the persimmon In it's value as
. food Is the date. Nevertheless many
persons with fine persimmon trees in
their possession are allowing the fruit
to go to waste, either through ig-
norance of the many uses to which it
may be put or through prejudice.
There is a saying in the persimmon
country that persimmons are good for
dogs, hogs and 'possums." This. how
ever. is declared to be a gross injustice
to a very valuable product.
One reason for the neglect of this
fruit is the mistaken idea that per-
simmons are unfit to eat until they
have been touched by frost. As a
matter Of fact, much of the best fruit
Is lost every year because 1t ripens and
falls to the ground, where, not being
touched by frost, 1t is left to. rot. Such
persimmons as are not edible before
frost comes are a late variety Of the
fruit, and the reason that they quicker
the mouth Is because they have not
yet ripened. In general, the best fruit
Is that which ripens just before the
leaves fall.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Survival of the Elites. Among Bird,

Survival of the Fittest Among Birds.
The struggle of life among the birds
and other wild creatures Is so severe
that the feeble and malformed, or the
handicapped In any way, quickly drop
out. Probably none Of them ever dies
from old age. They are cut of In their
prime. A wedding out process goes on
from the time they leave the nest. A
full measure of life, the perfection OF
every quill and feather and unerrine
instinct carry them along. They are
always in the enemy's country; they
are always on the firing line; eterna'
vigilance and ceaseless activity are IL
price of life with them. The natural
length Of life Of our smaller birds !
calculated to be eight or ten years i'l
probably not one in thousand reac'iaS
that age. Not half dozen times III
nv life have j found the body of a
dead bird that did not show some
marks Of yiolence.-John Burroughs In
Harper's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
luck-lAden.

An idle person CHANGED to see Z
wagon rolling slowly along Fulton
street. Bad luck pursued it. Al
Broadway, the driver sleepily tried to
cross in disregard of the traffic pc
iceman's ample and warning hand
His number was jotted down in the
book of that recording angel and q
summons was handed up. A few
yards beyond, and the horse, turning
to avoid hot-chestnut peddler, went
down In q heap. The pavement was
slippery, and he must needs be un
harnessed In the shafts before he
could rise. Another block, and some
body was digging hole in the street
to put In some kind OF q main fol
somebody else. The OF wheels of the
wagon rolled too near, and the vehi
Gle careened and slid into the exca
vation. 1t had to be unloaded labori
ously by hand before it could be
lacked mp level again.-New York
Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
ANTS ON THEIR WEDDING DAY
Time Of Turmoil and Tragedy for
Many Of the Small Creatures
Of the Earth.

A recent epidemic Of ants In differ
emit parts Of the country IL really due
to the fact that the ants were cele.
brating their wedding day, remarks
the London Times. They were out on
their marriage flight and honeymoon.
Generally speaking, there are three
kinds Of ants in this country-the
workers. tho winged males. whose life
IL . short and merry one: and the
young queens. who live in charge Of
the queen mother. In the summer
when the weather IL favorable, the
winged males and the young queens
leave the nest for the marriage
flight. The latter race away pursued
by the ardent wooers, who fall in
their thousands to enterprising swal-
lows. missing their way and dropping
to rest their tired wings on any OBJ
ject within reach. But the young
queen flies on. She is strong Of wing,
for her husband must be the best Of
the crowd. The crowd OF pursuers
dwfndle nom myriads to thousands,
from thousands to hundreds, 70 dozens.
until at last only one II left
That was the meaning Of the plague
Of ants. It Vas the marriage festival,
and the winged ants W ~ IN our
gardens were the unlucky crowd Of
mouruers LETT behind. trying to flnd
their way homa On her return -
her new-chossn neat. the queen spends
-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
African Fashion Notes.

The prettiest dress of the Mpongwe
woman is cloth drawn up under the
arms, a scarf ON the shoulders and q
handkerchief folded over the coiled
hair in high stiff fold set well up on
the head, rather like child's idea Of
q crown. There is a great fancy fol-
puppies and lavenders set off with
shades Of rose and red and a sudden
keen note Of gilt With black there
will be touch of most delicious bright
green. A cloth and a scarf worn by q
woman of beautiful gesture-and Ga.
bonnaise is always that-have certain
mutable charm; the movements Of the
body, the wind that blows from the
sea-these renew and display the folds
of the garment so that the eye is in
trigued.-Atlantic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Gets Gun Lost twenty Years,

A double-barrel shotgun with q %
culiar nick in one OF the barrels was
picked up for = small price several
days ago in pawnshop by Joseph
Smith. detective in New York hotel,
who afterward went to Chief Engineer
E. C. Bingham of the hotel to ask how
the flaw could be removed. In the
course of the conversation the chief
engineer described an old type Green.
er shotgun he lost 20 years ago on q
hunting trip in Illinois. He had Dor.
rowed the gun from his brother.
Chief Bingham told Detective Smith
to bring in the shotgun. As soon n
he saw it he offered to trade him for
it new shotgun and $40 to boot. Mr..
Smith accepted the offer without hest.
tating. Again the chief engineer h
speeted the weapon infinitely, lock.
stock and barrel, and told Detective
Smith he was convinced the gun was
the one he lost He said he would
have been willing TO give 800 to re-
cover 1t. The shotgun was in . good
condition.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Charley horea.

"Charley horse" dreaded by ball
players, is an ailment consisting of
displacement and structure Of the mus
cles Of the leg. often the sartorial mus
Gle. The trouble is commonly brought
about, not by running, but by quick
stopping at bases. The player who
stops on his feet is almost certain
to acquire the ailment in a short time.
The overworked muscle, slipping out
Of place, knots itself into great lump
and exerts pressure on the surrounding
muscles, producing lameness.
Massaging viii bring the muscle
back to place. but the trouble returns
ct tho next serious strain.
When you see player make long
slide which appears unnecessary, the
reason Is that he prefers to scrape OF
q little skin rather than take chances
on "horsing" himself by stopping
standing up.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Tho Iumnina FROG Story


1t was in the Angel Camp bar tina!
Mark Twain heard from an ex-pilot
called Ben Coon the Jumping frog
story Clemens related 1t to Artemus
Ward, who urged him to write it, to be
included In q book that Ward was pub
fishing. Clemens dallied and sent II
to the publishers too late, but they
handed It over to a dying paper called
the Saturday Press, which gladly gave
1t pride Of place In It's columns on
Nov. Is, 1865. Professor Sidgwick
synopsized It in Greek form for his
book Greek Prose Composition" and
thus arose the legend that the jump
ing frog story originated in ancient
Greece, a legend in which Clemens him
self believed till Professor Sidgwick
undeceived him In 1899 by telling him
that the Greek version was merely 8
translation Of Clemens own work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11

In dress President Jefferson was gov
srned by comfort rather than by ele-
gance. pride costs more than hun
ger. thirst and cold" he used to say
and as he lived In an epoch that wit
messed a mighty revolution In mems
clothing as well as In mems govern
ment, monarchy's queues and velveti
giving way to short hair and the useful
ungainly pantaloon. only the watchful
ness Of his body servant saved him
from unbelievable anachronisms Of cos
tune. Indeed, in later life at Month
cello, where this democrat ruled abso
lutte king, he often wore the garments
Of several different periods together
like superimpOsed geological strata OF
the historic remains In the Roman
f0rum.-Cent~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11

4 physician writing to the Famil:
Doctor QlOndon) says that smoking In,
Z worse effect on most people In win
ter than In summer, and be advises al
smokers who flnd their health and
mental faculties impaired In winter fol-
no apparent reason to accept tobacc<
a. the explanation and to cut dowr
their smoking during the colder
month"; Tobacco. be says, b q pow
srful drug and cannot b consumed n
large quantities without producing :
CERTAIN effect on the heart It must b.
remembered that during the winter II
Aeart has great deal more work b
- than n summer, for the cold causes
- blood vessels to become small and
plnehed Il = Thus Jus able to beaS
- - etenlh - - = - anoe
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11

There are several substances that be
come luminescent after long exposure
to the rays Of the sun, although none
Of them emits brilliant light. 1t Is
believed that this luminescence could
be greatly increased If the problem
were investigated with as much care
as that given to the development Of
the tncandescent gas mantle. 1t has
been suggested that If a luminescent
paint were spread on buildings exposed
to brilliant sunshine they would give
OF stored sunlight during the night
and thus preserve one element of the
radiant energy Of the sun. One au-
thority remarks, THE general use Of
such a paint would enable the more
powerful methods Of artificial illumi-
nation to be limited to special locations
and confine the use Of existing systems
to indoor service and to spots where
little daylight penetrates. washing
ton Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Our Navy a Century Aao.

One hundred years ago the naval
force Of the United States on the At
lantic coast consisted of thirty-three
vessels, twenty seven of which were
in commission. Among them were a
dozen great ships. first class frigates
and sloops of war. some Of them car
rying as many as seventy-four guns
each. They were all sailing vessels.
The era Of the steam warship, how
ever, was close at hand. With the aid
Of an appropriation from congress
there was now nearing completion a
floating steam battery" designed by
Robert Fulton. This ship, which was
launched a few months later. was the
first steam war vessel ever built and
was destined to revolutionize the meth
DDS Of naval warfare throughout the
NOTWITHSTANDING.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
...~..ss.l.s =. 20
NO LACK OF HONEST BOYS
Los Angeles Lad Held Up az . Won.
der 10 Ono Of Many That the
Land May Claim.

A Los Angeles (Cal.) paper prints
the account Of the return to the owner
Of fivedollar piece paid by accident
to q newsboy. It seems to regard the
incident as remarkable. and one phase
Of It was. but the paper overlooked this.
There are many honest boys. The in
stincts Of youth are predatory only in
. mischievous fashion. In q real test
the average boy would come out with
colorr flying. The Industrious lad
who would steal is an exception. No
normal boy accustomed to dealing in
pennies could see an accidental gold
coin In his days collection without
the immediate impulse to place 1t in
the hands of the owner.
The remarkable phase Of the Incl.
dent was that the owner. upon receiv-
ing his coin, rewarded the boy with so
cents. Doubtless the newsie felt more
jubilation in possession of this hon.
est piece of silver than in the larger
piece that could have been retained
only by q process virtually pilfering.
Ordinarily the person who loves mon.
ey and RECEIVERS it is remarkably
stingy in the matter Of reward. A
nickel handed over in exchange for a
fat purse rescued from the street is
about the rule. Sometimes there is
no prefer, but q look Of dark suspi.
cion.
It would be wise to have a statutory
regulation of the whole matter A re.
ward Of ten per cent would not be out
Of reason. II . poor person happens
upon q vagrant roll Of money, 1t is but
natural that he become conscious OF
temptation. He has reason to think
the owner will pay little or nothing
and be more apt to display toward him
. sort Of resentment than gratitude
II he knew that under the law he was
entitled to q fair commission, the
temptation would vanish, the finer be
satisfied, and the owner restrained
from assuming the too frequent role o.
miser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
The Word derrick"

The word derrick" for q machine
derived from London hangman in the
beginning of the seventeenth century
whose name was Theodore and who
is often mentioned in old plays. He
rides circuit with the devil, and Der
rick must be his host and Tyborne the
inn at which he will light occurs in
THE Bellman of London" published
In 1915. The name thus corrupted
came afterward to be applied by an
easy transition to the gallows and later
stu to any frame or contrivance re-
sembling 1t in shape.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
WAR HAS CIT OFF GENIUS
0ut Famous Russian Bacterioloaist
Believes Science Will Continue
70 Forge Ahead.

I asked Metchniko6 . while ago
whether the war really deprived the
world Of genius; whether we should
have 20 wait long years for new inven-
lions. for the solution Of problems
which va and weigh upon humanity,
says . writer In the London Observer.
The veteran bacteriologist was In .
hopeful mood. In the calm Of his lab
orAtory. In which found him engaged
on . study Of silkworms as II there
were no earth-shaking war, he spoke
TO this effect:
= 1T u true that there has been .
los Of science on the battlefield. Two
of the young doctors here have died
ct Tie front: . young professor Of
promise has also perished. These are
but samples Of what has happened ev-
sfywhere. But do not despair. Ma
ture ID boundless In her resources: the
rogenerative force Of France and Rus
~ 70 not exhausted"
On the contrary, he feels that this
fFightfal war may advance science
rather than retard H. II the Germans
are beaten they viii turn more readily
70 their interrupted studies and knowl.
edge win benefit BY their application.
I did not ask the learned investfga-
tor whether he thought the German
was indispensable to science; but. at
the moment. England leads the way,
and one Of her cons, graduate Of
new university. has discovered what
appears to b the ideal antiseptic
Doctor Dakin. the fortunate scientist.
has besn working with Doctor Carrel.
The Ffunch-Amsrican, ct the Com
piogne branch Of the Rockefeller In.
stituts. The young savant treats Of
III discovery In the British Medical
Journal" Ard now. the French hoe.
Dltal. 4 not the last work IN scientific
inatallatio6 LRor that costa money ana
I 6rsa& Zeal Of it-is Ct least admir-
a11y e6npted % the end n vieW-ths
saeA soesseEy - ~ es9 -
ou01A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
slanderous Attack Resented.

"A historical writer has at last
found the man who beat Franklin
Pierce at checkers No wonder It
has taken over half century to find
him." says the Montgomery Advertis
or. AS stalwart defender of eviry
son Of New Hampshire, and as one
somewhat acquainted with the temper
ament of checker players, we do not
hesitate to say that no man ever beat
Franklin Pierce at checkers. II the
trick had ever been turned the fellow
who did 1t would have been Dragging
about it from that day to this.-Man-
chester IN. H. Union.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Winnin0 Both Wava

The Zulu young lady. when suitOrs
are not forthcoming. takes the matter
in hand herself. She leaves home
takes discreet friend Of her own sex
and presents herself at the home OF
her favored swain. IL he regards be-
with satisfaction his parents receive
her as his future bride. Should he
however, be unwilling to accept hel
he makes her handsome present in
atQad
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Henpecked Sparrows.

Female sparrows are especially ty
rannical toward their partners. espe
cially at nest building time. when the
frequently attack their husbands fierce
" ON account of their laziness. A
such times the female voice can al
ways be detected, both louder an(
shriller than that Of her mate, as sh,
pecks and tousles him until he beat,
an ignominious retreat Hen black
birds and thrushes are often very over
bearing and even spiteful toward thei
mates when their houses are In cours,
Of construction.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Bazaars in = STA.

Streets in the bazaar IL tricts Of
Asiatic cities are only eight to ten feet
wide. The larger shops are eight by
ten and the smaller ones FIVE by six
feet. with one side giving directly or
the street. In each bazaar is khan
for every ten or twelve shops. These
khans are two stories high, with ar
open court in the center and rooms on
the four sides. all orening into the
court. A door leads from the open
court into the street. Rooms are let to
different storekeepers for storage pur
poses
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
An Oversight.

what do you think Of his nerveT
exclaimed the old man. who was noto
riously tricky in business. He called
me barefaced robberv'
'Oh, WELL" replied the man who
knew him. probably in his excitement
he didn't notice your mustache. New
York Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
God sends a new duty to conquer
pach new pain.-Adelaide Proctor.


God sends a new duty to conquer
sach new pain.-Adelaide Proctor.
Deeorsiea Discourage.
Olarencs King. The veil known &C.
0Glst was Z man Of nerve - well -
eenlua One summer he was With Q
government expedition In the far est
and the men be wan compelled to en-
paoy were for the most part rudians
and desperadoss. One night ons q
them deserted. and Mr.. King knew
that It meant q stampede u the DE-
perter were allowed to ~ unpunished
he chose companion. On whose
Silence he could rely. overlook the d.
serter and landed him In a conyeniant
fort The runaway had subststed Tor
three days on game. and biz white
horse was streaked With blood from
the game hung on the saddle Nj. King
and his companion rode back. leading
the crimson stained h0rse With III tbo
desefter'o belongings and said nothing.
The men eent COMMITTEES 10 ask what
had become Of the deserter. he =
S0uA" said Mr.. King imprsssively,
VIM anybody elss who uies to -
ri W1H g too.~ Tne committse ~
tired with Z scared loolE. and thsss
were no noeo deoeftlone that tT1p-
PAlsdslphia InQsire.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Wifeiv Ontimiana.

Husband-W When I see all these bills
l am tired Of life. Do you think thu
out Of debt? Wife (cheerfully)-Why
not, darling? You know that you art
carrying an exceptionally large life in
surance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Lift Handsd Revenoe.

Ofcer-Your honor, this chauffeur
ran his car into tn show windy av I
millinery store. Judge-What millinery
store? Oficer-Mme. de Stickum's
Judge-Discharged. That's where my
wife buys her hats.-Philadelphia Bull
letin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
But None For Him.

"Any letters for mew
what name?"
Jason Hewlett"
"Um-m-m. Nope"
That's strange"
Expecting any?"
mo, but Israel Fubbleton was read
ing the other day tibet there was enough
letters sent through the postoffice last
year to give every man, woman and
child twenty-three each, an l thought
I'd come in for my share. Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
r.. Old cr..k cu;,...

The Greeks had a cuirass made o
linen or wooden fibers which was i'm
penetrable to the sharpest darts 0
spears That, by the way, is one Of tn
discoveries that have not been redis
covered, for we do not know the secre
Of its manufacture.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Another Reason.

"They call her the human graphic
phone"
"Just because she buzzes bit?''
Its on account Of the airs she puts
on."-LouiSville Courier-Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11

The noted Order Of the Golden
Fleece is a military one instituted b.,
Philip the Good. Duke Of Burgundy
In 1870. on the occasion Of bis mar
rage with the Portuguese Princess IL
abella. The order .9w belongs to botb
Spain and Austria.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
No One TO Do IL.

"You say you have three small chill
dren. Can't you find work."
The man with the three days beard
and the ragged trousers wiped away a
tear.
ALAS, num-" he said, 1T wouldn't
be any good. They amt old enough
to work yet"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-02-11
Considorato.

The most cOnsiderate wife ever
heard Of" said the philosopher, was
4 woman who used to date all her let
tiers 4 week or SO ahead to allow her
husbArM time to post them"