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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
leap-Year Advice.

Here 10 the sage counsel which Miss
Lucille Pugh, feminist, suffragist and
lawyer-and also quite pretty-is
quoted as Offering to all bachelor girls,
absolutely without fee. for their leap
year guidance, says the New York
Evening Sun.
Propose to the man Of your choice
but look up his rating first"
Short and to the point. By the re-
course to Bradstreet's it is argued that
women may avoid unhappiness fire.
quently resulting from penniless mar
riages. Good!-as far as it goes. But
what eminent counselor of the other
sex will not stand forth to aid his
trembling brethren? Such one
might well advise:
Accept the woman who proposes
to you if you like her, but first looi
up her rating in the domestic arts"
One prerequisite Is as fair as thu
other. For the woman: Do not mar
~ for money, but love where none,
is; for the man: Do not marry te
provide yourself with cook, Blu,
while marrying you might as vel
marry someone who can make out OF
he place you live In home. Some
thing more than q liberal income Ia
required to produce comfortable cir
cumstances" for two.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
ALASKAN CLIFF JEWELLERS
Residents Of Ketchikan Must Climb
Stairway Up Mountainside In Or.
der to Reach Homes.

Ketchikan, Alaska, lies right on the
water. The mountains, says the Chris
tian Herald. rise in green walls be-
hind 1t. Their tops are sprinkled with
snow, and great rocks show out
through the evergreen trees that cover
their sides. The houses are built on
the rocks.
The harbor is in the shape of half
moon protected by islands. 1t has no
beach to speak of and the business
part Of the town rests upon piles. The
streets are planked roadways upon
posts, and much of the freight is car
ried about On trucks and carts pushed
by men, There are several drays
hauled by horses, but horses are un-
popular, for their shoes roughen the
planks, and they shake the town A.
they trot through the streets. or late
automobiles and motor delivery trucks
have come in and these will probably
be the future traffic conveyancers.
The residence section of the city IL
located in the sides of the cliff higher
up. It is so steep that you have to
climb stairways to reach certain
streets, while other streets have wind
ing roadways of boards upon which
Stats have been nailed to the planks
to keep one from slipping. The Ketcht
kaners make you think of the tree
dwellers, whe have to climb ladders
to get to their homes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Deep Breaths.

How the estimate of woman's beau
ty has changed in these last rs years!
Despite the ever-increasing frivolity
OF our dress we no longer admire the
delicate feminine types. the fragile
flowers, as one might call them, OF
long ago. With summer athletics and
hygienic living at other times, q new
type has been created-the bonnie
American girl can do things and still
seem beautiful.
Now do you know what is at the
bottom of this great change In looks
In the type of American woman now
thought ideal? The modern woman
has begun to use the lungs given her
by nature for the storing up OF phys
ical energy, and which were once COM
pressed with tight lacing and starved
with the silly indoor habits thought
necessary for the preservation of com
plexions and the refined" air once
admired. She has learned to breathe.
or is learning the need OF better
breathing, and the best lessons she
can get on this important subject are
those which come with outdoor sports
Of all sorts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
APPEALED TO FRUGAL SOUL
How Pennsylvania Dutchman Finally
Picked Out the Girl He Wanted
for Wife.

However much Americans in gen
eral may have lost the primitive viz
tues of thrift and frugality, the Penn
sylvania Dutch still possess them. 40
cording to Helen R. Martin.
Mrs. Martin has told how she
watched a young Pennsylvania Dutch
man study three girls, his object being
matrimony.
They were sewing, and he made .
test of their frugality by the way they
tore OF their threads. The girl who
tore of her thread closest to the
stitch appealed to him most. Later he
watched them at piemaking. With an
other test in mind, he asked each OF
them for the waste dough scraps. One
of the girls, wanting to make hit,
gave him generously. The girl who
had won the first test scrimped few
crumbs for him-and won his heart
and hand. Soon after, his foot was
seen on the rocker of her chair as
they talked-which Is Pennsylvania
Dutch fer I mean to marry this grill !"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
ANTS PROVIDED WITH LIGHT
Some Time Attracted Attention
Of Scientists.

There has been observed a curious
phenomenon connected with the nests
Of the Brazilian white ants or termites.
These, when seen on the headwaters
of the Rio Verde, seem to be covered
with tiny stars, which give the nest
the aspect Of miniature tower brill
liantly Illuminated. When the nest is
struck with o stick the lights go out,
only to reappear again little by little.
Castelnau, IN the middle of the last
century. reported . similar spectacle
near the city Of Goyaz. According to
bis account, the lights were produced
by an immense number Of small phos.
phorescent larvae. which withdrew in
to the galleries Of the mound when
an attempt was made to capture them.
II has been pointed out by several
authorities that these exhibitions are
probably confined to some particular
species or to some special occasion
or conditions Of termite life, since
many scientists have spent consider
able periods of investigation in Brazil
without seeing them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
ARE USING ROMAN WEAPONS
Soldiers Of Today Employ Almost q
Duplicate Of Sword Used by
Caesars Legionaries.

n one of Caesars legionaries who
fell In the "pacifcation" of Gaul could
be walked from his long sleep and
placed in the trenches, he would find
one or two familiar things, even If
he failed to recognize the landscape.
The appalling racket, the bursting
shells, the spectacle Of men struck
Down by invisible agencies Of death
these would be new and awesome. But
the helmet would have rather famil-
lar feeling on his brows, and II he
took part in a charge he would show
himself a most efficient man with the
trench knife"
For this new weapon Is just the
old Roman broadsword revived and
brought down to date. The blade Is a
bi. shorter than that to which the
legionary was accustomed-15 inches
instead of IS. But the point and edge
are keen, the steel is good, the hilt
II plain, and the Injunction to thrust
at the face" Is as sound as ever. With
this accustomed weapon in his grip
and a cloak over his arm In lieu Of
shield, Caius of the Tenth legion would
be a nasty warrior to meet on the
chalk knolls It Champagne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
LlaHFs EFFECTS ON GERMS


II sunlight destroys bacteria, It Is
also the active agent in multiplying
their species. Such, at least, is the
obvious deduction which science Is
drawing from recent experiment Of
Nine. Victor Henry, and it is one that
opens up an entirely new field to the
psychologists.
She had occasion recently to OK
pose some germs of anthrax to the
rays from a mercury vapor lamp. AS
she expected, the treatment proved
'atal to most of the subject, but few
IF them survived.
The astonishing feature in the case
was that the survivors had undergone
a radical transformation. They were
no longer thin and threadlike. They
had become spherical, or nearly SO,
true cocci, in fact. At the same time,
they were radically different from all
Known spores.
What is more, upon cultivation they
I'D not return to their original form,
and when injected into animals pro-
iuced an entirely new disease.
Nine. Henry is forced to the conclu-
sion that she has developed an entire
iy new bacterial family, and reasoning
from her experience believes that she
has hit upon the means by which such
families have multiplied. It is her
opinion that after long exposure to
sunlight, a germ, If not destroyed, IN
dergoes a radical change in form and
nature, thus becoming the root of an
entirely new species.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
re ARMY TITLE cnIa!ns
Names % ofiiciai Positions 60 Baea
y q end Roman Days--Some
S-fious Derivatives.

A article on the origin of the names
" weapons of war has led us to specu
iste Idly on the origin of rank in the
army. with more or less interesting re
sults.
We fnd that private" comes from
he Latin "privatus,' meaning de
prived. Probably that's because the
humble private is deprived of the priv
lleges of his officers; or maybe 1t il
because he is deprived OF his freedom
At any rate the Latin term is prettiei
than tho Greek. Tie Greek privas'
soldier was called "idiotes" and Ii
was supposed to be SO ignorant that
we derive the word idiot" from him
"Corroral" is corrupted from cap
0rap and its root is the same as thai
of captain from "caput," head. Tht
corporal Ii sort of head private, in
theory. A sergeant is higher rank, but
the derivation of his title is lower; for
Sergeant" is from the low Latin "serv.
iens," meaning a servant.
Captain" we have considered; it,
earlier form Is captain" and 1t Is thus
in the Spanish. Lieutenant" Is 10
cum tenens"-one who takes another's
place. Tho old English form was
''lieftenaunt," and from that pronuncia-
ton '1eftenant" still fingers in Eng.
land. Major" is simply the Latin
word for greater" and mayor" is on
ly another form Of the word in q diff.
ferent application. Colonel" IL from
the Italian "colonnella," meaning a lit
tie column. How the little col
umn or regiment, gave its name
to the commander thereof Ii some
what uncertain. cadet" is en- inter
esting word II comes from the Gas
con "capdet" and means a little cap
tain, or the youthful member Of q
head family. Plain Deal
er.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Talk Costs $54, Tip $40.

Spending money is part of tn,
life Of Barney Oldfield, motor speed
ling. The great racing driver does
rot hesitate to satiate his desires
lhatever they may be. He has beer
. guest at the Hotel Muehlebach foi
three days and has been away from
lis wife and his home in Los Angeles
ust a week. Sitting in his room a
he hotel the great racing driver got
nto conversation with his wife b,
ong-distance telephone. He talked
to her eleven minutes and paid $54.9t
or the privilege Of the conversation
The odd cent is war tax
Oldfield is liberal with tips, too
iiss Ann Gaffney. the operator whs
andled the call for him. will attest to
hat fact After the conversation will
lis wife, the daredevil driver sent
10 bill to the operator.-Kansas CIT,
.;EA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
China's Cheap Nobility,

After the re-establishment of the
monarchy, Chinese emperors will RS
ceive $4,000 gold, as an annual allow
ance granted because of their rank
This decision has just been reached
by the government, and mandate
setting it forth is to be issued in a few
days. Princes will each receive $4,000
gold, annually. The allowance for .
duke will be $4,000 Marquises of the
first, second and third classes will re
ceive $4,000, 1920, $4,000, respective
~. The allowance to a first-class earl
will be $4,000. An earl of the second
class will receive $500 and one O.,
the third will be paid only $1,000 an6
SO on through the lower ranks. Yual
Shi-kai has issued a mandate address
ing the son of the murdered Admira,
Tseng Ju-cheng as marquis, and has
ordered the young man to report to
Picking for service on the bodyguard
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Doctor Has 10000 Patients.

Dr.. Wilfred Grenfell. who Is 4
charge of q division of the hospita
unit that has been sent to France BY
Harvard university, has been termed
the doctor with the biggest practice
in the world" says the London
Globe
The phrase Is accurate enough, fos
his work as missionary among the
fishermen In the northwest Atlantic
has made him responsible for the ply.
steal as well as the spiritual welfare
Of some 10000 men. AS a medical su-
perintendent of the Mission to Deep
Sea Fishermen "Grenfell of Labra
dor" has In fact been preacher, mis-
sionary. physician and surgeon com
oined. and ON one occasion he acted
~ Judge.
He has worked 20 years In the
North sea and Labrador. founded four
hospitals. an orphanage, q co-opera
live institute and effected . real and
5enefcent transformation in the life
IT his deepsea fishermen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12

Caught beneath q falling tree,
Thomas J. Todd. farmer, near Fed
eralsburg. Nd. had a narrow escape
from being crushed to death. He was
passing through woods on his farm
when a large tr ,e suddenly fell, knock
ing him down and pinioning him be
meath 1t.
Realizing his perilous position, with
40 help near, be reached in his pocket
and managed to get his knife Lying
On his back, undergoing severe pain.
he cut down two saplings and with the
prongs Of these, after an hours work
succeeded in prying the tree off his
lower limbs far enough to let him
squeeze out.
He was brought to q physician II
fredericksburg and his wounds dressed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Our NAVY a Century Ago.

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 q
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.
.'he era of the steam warship, how
"r. was close at hand. With the aid
enriation from congress
nearing completion a
steam battery" designed by
ron. This ship, which was
q IL few months later. was the
= a-u war vessel ever built and
f.- med to revolutionize the meth
uGeal warfare throughout d.
rN-hange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
ANclENTs HAD SHORTHAND
fhe System Used by Old Romans ane
Hebrews Was Not Based on Pho
netlcs Like Ours.


We are told In a recent story, that
not only the Romans, but the ancient
Hebrews, possessed fine systems OF
stenography, and that public men
took stenographers with them wher.
ever they went. This Is not true
In any strict sense, the New Yorl
Mail states. The ancient Romans ano
Hebrews had systems of shorthand
but not all stenography. Their short
hand consisted of authorizations, the
use of letters for words, the introduc
ton of arbitrary systems, and that
kind of things. No system of phonet-
lc stenography, such as we have at the
present day, in which a fluent character
represents certain sound, and in &C.
cordance with which the sounds of hu.
man speech can be Transcribed as they
are uttered, was known to the an
clients. The shorthand system invent.
ed by Giro, the secretary of Cicero,
is well known; 1t has no phonetic ba-
sis. Two amanuenses were neces.
sary to keep up with q speaker, and
there are even tales that Caesar kept
six amanuenses going at once. 1t is
certainly long jump from that to the
handy girl Of today, whose swift pen.
ell easily keeps up with q mans ut.
terances.
Few people at the present day have
any just or correct understanding of
phonetics. The average person con.
fuses the names of letter of the al
phabet with the sound which it is sup.
posed to represent, fails to distinguish
between diphthongs like long "i'. and
the simple vowel sounds, and in many
ways betrays the fact that he is quite
without phonetic sense. The teach
ing of stenography has spread a
/ knowledge of phonetics, and in the
long run must produce a much more
general realization of the ridiculous.
! ness and wastefulness Of our present
system of spelling the English Ian.
guage. t..-.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Don'ts For Poets.

Arthur Guiterman in recent inter
view gave list of negative command
ments for would be poets. Don't
think Of yourself as a poet and dress
the part" he, says Don't frequent
exclusively the company Of writer's.
Don't complain of lack Of appreciation.
On the long run no really good pub
rshed work can escape appreciation,
Don't speak of poetic license or believe
that there is any such thing. Don;
use 'e'er' for ever DER for over.
when as or what time for when O.
any of the .poeticar commonplace OF
the past. Don't say did go for wen.
even If you need an extra syllable
Hon't-don't write hymns to the great
god Pan. He Is dead; let him rest III
peace, Don't writ, what everybody
else is writing"-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
France Bars Imported Trucks.

The French government recently
disposed of TAO motor trucks, used in
the war since August, 1914, at public
auction. The trucks were originally
fitted with NOTORIOUS bodies and were
running in the streets of Paris.
At mobilization they were com
Wandered and have been used in
transporting meat and other pro
visions. New French-made chassis
have taken their places and the gov
eminent sold the old trucks. Here
after all imported trucks will be run
to destruction" and then replaced by
domestic product. France announces
It's intention of using no more import
ed trucks in the war.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12

Latest Illustration OF Life at the
Union League Club: Three member.
re in the smoking room. One is read
ng q novel. Another is smoking q
cigarette. The third is ruminantly
'iting the head of his walking stick
\ motor car passes up Fifth avenue
The man with the novel looks up and
watches the car until 1t has disap-
cared. Then he remarks: Packard, :
nd goes on reading. Ten minutes
ater the car returns down Fifth ave
nue. The man with the cigarette
watches It until It disappears and then
amarks: 'Lozier," and goes on smok-
ng. The man with the walking stick
;ses. MY world" he says. Il shall
sign from the club. ] hate these
-guments. "LNew York correspond
re IN the Ciucinnsu STR
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
a Sou4k American liehe;

Santiago, capital Of Chile. = u
home of the roto Chileno, or brokse
Chilean, most picturesque and unique
of hoboes. The name Is byword n
South America, and as far as that con
tinent is concerned he ID q unique type.
We find rich people everywhere ana
poor people everywhere. but tn no 9th
er South American county but Chile
do we find this good natured. service
able, deceitful, ragged, drunken. crimi-
nal species Of tramp. He earns i've
lihood by begging, doing odd jobs and
thieving. The last is his mainstay. In
his hands stealing has become fine
art. The Chileans have saying that
he will steal your socks without touch
ing your boots. A long, jointed wire
with a hook at the end Is his favorite
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, 1916-05-12
Scir!s" at Ace Of Thirty.Five.

Cheer up, spinsters. You are stu
young even II you're thirty-five and
melancholy. Shake the latter feeling
and laugh youthfully, for the member
of the Brick Presbyterian church rave
solved the age problem for girls
Yes, its true, says a New York cor.
respondent OF the Pittsburgh Dispatch.
You are still girl at thirty-fve. This
II the age limit they set for admis
sion of boarders to the new William A.
Barbour Memorial d ',sitors fer self.
supporting ycuns G <ce the young ];
women. The ago lissait to the member
ship is one CT the " laws laid dawss
for the managemo at IL trio new Lome
The building viii be seven stories
high and will accommodate 40 youne
woman ~ regular boardsrs-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Irdia's Hoarded Gold.

r'anv years London has been
gady drained Of her gold BY India.
Il 49,. s;;-s India has absorbed from
ton l5oOO0OO0 gold sovereigns
and boarded them away. The coode
has learned that silver rupees ere Z
g.or investment. especially If he neits
them into anklets or . nose ring Tor
his wife. as over 30 per cent Of the
silver is lost in the melting pot, while
fhe gold sovereign preserves its value
~''e+her he keeps it as coin or melts
1rn a coolie collects Is ru-
ro. rh'-h lie finds to be temporarily
he buys a sovereign with it
come 10 understand the wis
boarding away only the gold
hich be knows he can always
realize on et its original value.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
sherman's Phrase Endorsed.

General Sherman's epigram, War
Is hell" has an apt paraphrase in q
personal letter recently received from
3 surgeon Of the British forces in
Flanders: This war, as l see it here,
In the trenches" he says, may be
summed up in three words-mud.
blood and blasphemy." The atmos.
phere of Flanders, it will be remem-
bered by readers of "Tristram
Shandy," is conducive to. profanity
Our armies swore terribly in Elan
ders," said Uncle Toby.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
English Women "Man" Cars.

Woman tram conductors have now
appeared on the electric cars of the
Leeds (England) Corporation tram
ways. The first corps, composed of
20 young women dressed in blue
serge tunics and skirts with red fac
lngs and wearing uniform caps, has
proved satisfactory, and it is stated
that the number to be employed may
reach 200. The rate of pay proposed
Is the same as that of the men
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
An Oversight.

What do you think Of his nerveT
exclaimed the old man. who was motto
riously tricky In business. HE called
me a barefaced robberr'
''Oh, WELL" replied the man win
knew him. probably in his excitement
he didn't notice your mustache"-New
York Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
african Fashion Notes.


'irettiest dress of the Mpongwe
is cloth drawn up under the
arf on the shoulders and q
ief folded over the coiled
Aich stiff fold set well up on
rather like a child idea OF
There is great fancy for
nd lavenders set off with
les Of rose and red and a sudden
0"u note Of gilt With black there
III he a touch of most delicious bright
green A cloth and scarf worn by .
woman of beautiful gesture a Ga
bonnaise is always that-have certain
mutable charm: the movements Of the
body, the wind that blows from th<
sea-these renew and display the folds
IF the garment so that the eye is In
rigued.-Atlantic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12

Ny life has been fulI CT disappofnt.
nents!" said the lank and horse-faced
man. I have never been able to
achieve my cherished ambitions or OBJ
tain the things ! raost earnestly de-
sired. Ar-r-r-r.r!"
Huh" returned the man on whose
brow at despair Ike . brooding hen
on her nest 4 am worse on than
that! NY rich uncle LETT NJ hia bin.
gest motor car and nothing tor IL n
ssepl "--Knnsos cry star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
But None For Him

Any letters for meY'
What namew
Jason Hewlett"
"Um-m-m. Nope"
That's strange"
Expecting any?"
mo. but Israel Pubbleton was read
ing the other day tibet there was enougt
letters sent through the postofice lasi
year to give every man, woman and
child twenty-three each, an l thought
II come in for my share. Pittsburgh
Chronicle Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-12
Anothar Ramon

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, 1916-05-12
Great KnowIedua.

Does he know anything about q
carp
'H@ certainly does. He knows how
10 f~A 1t after 1t gets woro ont
Puck.