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Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-03-01

Kirkwood M. E. Church netted
about $50.
Rev. 0. B. Rice has been invited
to continue as pastor of Delaware
City M. E. Church.
Wilmington bank clearings last
week totalled $2,082,043.8O as
against S1,329, 5000 for the like
week last year.
Purposing to dredge the Chris
tiana to facilitate launchings, the
Harlan G. Hollingsworth Corpora
ton of Wilmington has ordered
the removal of all lighthouses To-
Gated on it's property along the
stream.
Rebuilding of Selbyville's bust
ness section, burned on the night
of February Is, has begun.
Paul Willis was thrown under
the wheels of his timber cart near
Angola, one day last week, and
was seriously injured.
The Phoenix Fire Company of
Wilmington has ordered a new
automobile ambulance.
North Laurel has contracted
for electric lighting for its
streets.
The du Point Powder Company,
it is stated, will require it's en-
ployees at Carney's Point to live
there after March 1.
George Wilgus, of the Roxanna
section, was knocked down on his
farm by pair of fractions mules
and seriously kicked before his
son could rescue him, one day last
week.
OYSTERS, coffee, etc, served to
people attending the Dickinson
sale, near Mt. Pleasant, on Thurs
day Melted the Ladies Aid Society
of Summit Bridge M. E. Church
about $50.
Upwards of 100 pupils attend
ing Schools Nos. II and 26 in Will
mington are i'll with measels
which it is feared may become ep-
idemic if not soon checked.
Thieves carried off IS of Nor
man Collisions chickens from his
poultry house, near Greenwood,
one night last week.
The Tree League, of George
town, is selling Norway naples to
property owners at cost to pro-
mote shading of the town.
Chairman Edmund G. Mitchell
Jr., of the Republican State Cen
trail Committee denies the report
that he might resign before the
expiration of his term, April II
The Wilmington Street and
Sewer Department has ordered q
motor driven fusher that will dc
the work of three of the kline
drawn by horses.
The Interstate Milk Producers
Associations Executive Commit
tee has set the wholesale price Of
milk for March and until further
notice at a 1-2 cents a quart.
George Janvier, teller of tn,
Citizens National Bank of Middle
town, has resigned and w. G
Lockwood, formerly with tn,
Peoples Bank, succeeds him tenn
pOrarily.
Seminole Tribe of Red Men, o
New Castle, admitted twelve nev
members on Monday night.
Workmen are converting the oil
Windsor Hotel in Milford into al
apartment house.
Alvin Wheatley, aged 19, is he'll
for Court in Wilmington on tn
charge of stealing 1922 fror
Thurston Lowe, by whom he wa
employed.
John Fisher is held for Court i
Wilmington on the charge Q
stealing metal from the du Pon
machine shops and Harry D. Al
plegate for aiding in disposal c
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-03-01
Always Good
TASTE

Black Sack Suits for Dress
up and evening wear.
$40 to $25
Silk-lined at SIS to $25.
Black Thibets and Unfinished
Worsteds in Mems and Young
Mems sizes.
Blue Serge Suits in young
mems sizes and ecial
models
SIS to $25
Regular models at $40, S12,
and SIS.
Blue Unfinished Worsteds
in young mems models only,
at SIS, $40 and S25; patch
and plain pockets.
New StetSOn Hats
New Dunlap Hats
Latest and Best New Spring
Styles.
MULLINS HOME STORE
9th and Market, Wilmington
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-03-01

How About The Physical
Condition OF Our Men?
That the military is only one of
many features in the great pr
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-03-01

Young ladies of Elkton will
hold a Leap Year dance in the
new Armory on Friday evening.
Oglesby's Orchestra of Philadel-
phia will be in attendance.
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-03-01

Ladies of Trinity Church, Elk
ton, cleared $42 from their recen
bake, held at the Boulder Garage
Newark post. (Newark, Del.) 1910-1969, 1916-03-01
HERE AND THERE

Suppers served by ladies OF
Kirkwood M. E. Church Melted
about $50.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
SHORTNEsS OF OUR DREAMS
II Natural Phenomenon Of Sleep Last.
ed Longer Than Single Second
We Should Expire.

Just as sleep is natural phe
nomenon of life, so dreams are a
natural phenomenon of sleep. The
medical man assures US that the long
est dream we ever have-even the
dream that seems to carry US on
through several days-actually occu.
pies no more than single second!
Some authorities maintain that If
any one Of our dreams were to last
longer than a single second we should
die. Other authorities are convinced
that we do not dream at all when we
are asleep, but only in the fraction OF
time when we are Gas Shakespeare
has expressed it, "'twixt sleep and
waking"
1t Is also urged that dreams are
nothing but distorted ideas and i'm
ages passing through the drowsy
mind, and being no more than extraor-
binary variations Of things that have
happened, or of things that we have
thought, or read in our waking mo-
ments. they can have no possible as
sociation with our future. But, on
the other hand, dreams have been
credited with prophetic meanings
since the days when the world was
young; and dream books are still
published and purchased and consult
ed by the million.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Curious Shadow Las1ra.

"Did you ever see IL waterfall cast {
shadow" asked Stephen T. Mather OF
the group around the club table. Nj
Mather. who is assistant to Secretar!
Lane In charge of the new development
work which the department of the in
terror is doing in the national parks
had just returned from a strenuou|
summer among the mountain tops.
"Well. Yosemite falls cast my shadow
very distinctly o-e night last August
| was half mile or more away, g:
Ing. beauty bound. at the effect of tht
full moon upon these giant falls, which
are. by the way, as high as sixteer
Niagaras piled one on top of the other
The moon was behind me. of course
The double falls. shining like silver. lii
brilliantly by reflected light the denst
shadows Of the trees which hid md
from the moon. Turning. | saw my|
shadow outlined wildly upon the
grass."-Our National Parks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
WHAT SHE REALLY WANTED
All Contained in the Last Few
Words Spoken.

Hello. +. This you, Grace!
This is me. Edna. Edna SINNERS.
Oh, didn't you? Oh, nothing special,
l Just thought I'd call you up. How
you been, Grace? That's nice. Oh, l
thought you said well. That's too
bad Oh, have you? Geraldine Toots
had to go to the hospital for that.
Say, Grace, who do you s'pose l
saw downtown yesterday? Imogene
Spiggs. Positively! Funny how We
never think of her as Mrs. Skattles.
Grace, guess! She's left him! What?
But I've got her own word for it.
always mistrusted that man. My
dear, the ties he wore
Geraldine and l went in and had =
sundae at Planners. Have you been
in there lately, Grace? Well, don't.
They're only putting thimbleful Of
whipped cream on their sundaes now.
did you see my picture in the
Blaze? l was bridesmaid, you know.
Oh, didn't you? warned the reporter
not to put my picture in the paper
when l gave it to him, but you can't
trust those reporters.
"Oh, by the way, Grace, while
think Of 1t. Are you using your car
Thursday night? "-Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Which costs most
painting or waiting?

After your house needs painting, eve
year you wait it will require more paint a
more labor to put it in good condition. A
every year. you wait, your houseis worth lie
"A little palnt-money is good paint-insuran
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
DREADED LARGE WINE BILL
Pretty Dancer Attempts to Evads
Consequences a. Result Of "swaI-
lowing Bean" at Fete.

That evening the management q
the little theater in Montmartre had
invited players, authors and some priv.
ileged friends of the house to come
and share a cake and draw the beam
as the French say, for it was the day
of the Fete des Rois and that is the
way to celebrate 1t. It was agreed on
this occasion, however, that whoever
drew the bean, and by that favor be-
came king or queen, must pay for the
wine for all the company.
The cake was distributed. Sudden.
ly pretty young dancer got between
her teeth an object as to the identity
of which she could entertain no doubt
at all; at the same moment she had
. vision of the lot of money her brief
hours Of royalty were going to cost
her-and heroically she swallowed the
bean. Unfortunately this little byplay
did not quite escape notice. 1t was
observed. or rather OWNED, by the
young woman's right-hand neighbor, a
youthful scribbling person, who had
enjoyed some small success as q
sketch writer, to use the language
rather of Broadway than of Mont
martre. He did not tell on the young
woman exactly. He waited till the
cake was all eaten and no bean had
been forthcoming, and all the com.
pany were looking at each other with
unconcealed surprise not unmingled
with suspicion.
Good heavens" he cried then, II
do hope nobody has swallowed the
thing. A dry, uncooked bean is one
of the most violent and deadly pois.
ons!"
Mercy" burst out the dancer, I'm
done for!"
And she turned as pale as ghost
and almost toppled from her chair,
while the rest Of the company shook
with laughter. This unfeeling con.
duct was near putting finishing
touch to the supplemented young
thing, but the author of the trick
fastened to comfort and reassure her
and to square himself completely as
sumed the obligation Of the wine bill
besides.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
euIton's Demoloeas.

o. March IA, 1914. the congress Of
- United States appropriated the
sum Of $320.a00 for the construction Of
q war vessel in the shape of float
lAg battery" designed by Robert Full
IA. This battery was intended to be
deadly affair, for 1t was planned to
oAoot scalding water and redhot can.
non balls at the enemy. This was the
INST steam war vessel built By the
American government. She was Chris
tened the Demologas. but after the de-
slgner's death her name was changed
b the Fulton In his honor. She was
launched Oct. 20. 1914, but her engine
was not put In until the following May.
By that time the war of 1912 was over,
and the terrible battleship never got
chance to squirt hot water at the Brit
ish navy.-Argonaut
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
PLAN TO SAVE YOUR MONEY
Best Way to Place It In Depository
and Then Forget lt-Large Sums
Spent FoolishIy.

Well, Mr.. Man, how much did you
spend foolishly last night?
Have you stopped to think how
much you must have in the bank to
earn that sum in year?
You blew in FIVE dollars? Do you
realize that at the best interest you
can get in bank or In building and
loan that this represents the years
earnings on 800?
This is not a new thought, but per-
haps you have never considered your
expenditures in this way.
Ten to one you have often wished
for a thousand dollars. If you had it
what would you do with it?
Put it out at interest" But what
would it be worth to you as an earn
ing force If you spent the whole
amount OF interest in the rounds OF
one or two nights?
II you are not buying home you
should be laying aside certain part
of your salary each week.
Leave it in a depository; forget
that you have it.
When you begin to draw interest on
interest, you are on the right track
toward a snug little nest egg.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Quaint EnoIish Ceremony,

The quaint ceremony of flogging the
commoners was observed as usual this
year at Malmesbury, Willis, says the
London Mail. Six men were admitted
to common rights, that is, grants Of
land under King Athelstan's bequest
of land, given as a reward for help in
fighting the Danes. King Athelstan
was crowned king Of the Mercians and
West Saxons at Kingston-on-T Thames
In 925 A. D. Supreme control Of King
Athelstan's gift is vested In warden
and "freemen." The six new land
holders were taken to their allotments.
and a hole was dug in the soil into
which each new commoner threw .
shilling. Each commoner was logged"
with a hazel twig, the surveyor repeat.
ing the old formula: Turf and twig
give to thee, the same as King Athel-
stan gave to me, and I hope q loving
brother thou wilt be-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Naval War NJ snithsad. 1916.

Actual naval warfare has been wit.
messed by king Of England at Spit
head In July. 1915. Henry VIII.
watched from Southsea castle the at
tack by the French feet upon the Eng
fish feet which was to have gone
against the French shores. The two
days Of skirmishing had no decisive re-
suit, but the English feet suffered one
great loss. The Mary Rose. the pride
Of the navy, a four castled sixty gun
ship Of 600 tons. overweighted by the
ordnance, suddenly heeled over at
spithead in consequence. says Raleigh,
Of "a little sway In casting the ship
about. her ports being within sixteen
inches of the water" Some 600 men
went down with her-about 100 fewer
than those lost with the Royal George
2S7 years later.-London Graphic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
PHYSICAL Fitness Bio Asset,

Physical Fitness Big Asset.
No woman nowadays can afford
not to be well.
Ill health-even mere "delicacy,'
with no positive manifestations Of
disease-exists too much. There is
the obvious, direct expense Of doctors
bills and medicines. But indirectly
you pay a much higher price for not
being well. If you are a wage Garner
your lost time and energy, due to a
lack of physical strength, must also
be computed in lost dollars.
Poor health will interfere constant.
ly with your social good times. It
will mar whatever beauty you may
possess sooner than any other cause.
II you are a wife and mother illness
and weakness will interfere with your
duties and the comfort Of those dear
to you. Whatever your station in
life you will find that the role of in.
valid and weakling is no longer fash
ionable or popular. For while you
will have the sympathy Of your
friends, but the best of them will be
bored with you sooner or later. They
can't help it. A worship of physical
fitness is in the air, and, instead of
whining and plying yourself, you
must bend all your energies to the
task Of becoming well.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
eunvon and His Book.

The imperishable allegory on which
Bunyan's claim to Immortality chiefly
rests, the Pilgrims Progress" was at
least planned In jail. and probably the
flrst part was written there His "Grace
Astounding" holy City," "Resurrec-
ton of the Dead" with other treatises
and tracts. were also composed In the
den where he languished twelve years.
He obtained his full release through the
Intervention OF the Quakers. ana Ills
name is included In the general pardon
passed by the king In council in behalf
Of the prisoners Of that persuasion
bearing date Of Sept -. 1872. Bum
yan will perhaps always hold rank az
enc of the first among religious writer's
b the English ianguaga-Cass and
Comment
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
W ALTON & SMOHT
The Perfect Theater.

What some may be disposed to ~
gard as the perfect theater exists In
Moscow. A correspondent gives this
picture of it: "A perfectly clean the
alter, with waxed floors and no dirt
even in the gallery; simple heater
without plush or gliding, with hard
but elegant seats even in the stalls; .
theater where. before you enter, you
must hang up your hat and overcoat
on peg and take OF your Overshoes; q
theater of no clapping or laughter and
to which you cannot be admitted II
you are unpunctuai and arrive after
the action has commenced; q theater
where, between the acts. you all leave
your seats to walk and talk in the cor
ridors and picture galleries of the the
ater or to sit and take coffee In the
restaurant; theater where the raising
Of the curtain afresh Is not heralded
by bells or knocks on the floor. but
by turning the electric light Oh. FIRST
q quarter. then a half, then three
Quarters" Z.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
CHARM IN SOUTHERN CITY
Magnolia Gardens on the Ashley II
Charleston Are Wonderful In
Early Spring.

Threadlike alleys 'diverge : from
principal streets and in these narrow
precincts are substantially built
houses of q century or two ago, once
the homes of well known colonial
families, now the abodes Of colored
'.mammies" or "aunties," with swarm
ing broods of pickaninnies, the Phila-
delphia Record says.
s In careless attire, with his black.
beady eyes shining and broad, CHEEKY
grin, he gives you a genial "Howdy,
boss" and goes singing on his way.
An admirable optimist, he enjoys
plenty of leisure, many games of
Craps" and little work now and
then, although this is not absolutely
necessary to his wellbeing, for, ao-
cording to the burden of his song:
No use TO- niger to wu'k SO ha'ad
When he got gal in de 'Buckr'd ya'ad
Eb'ery evenin' at hal past eight,
TEX my stan by de 'Buckr'd gate,
An wait To- de gal wild de 'Buckrd plate
Places around Charleston are not
devoid of interest or beautiful
scenery. Fort Sumter, too we'll known
historically to need description; Sui
livan's island, where Edgar Allan Poe
laid the scene of his story, 1.-THE Gold
en- Bug" is also the site of Fort Moul-
trie, an old fortress that for years had
Osceola, the Seminole chief, pris-
oner in one of its dungeons, and his
remains now rest within the ram
parts.
A trip to Magnolia gardens on the
Ashley, with the perfect riot Of color
among the flaming azalias. will en-
trance the flower lover in March, and,
after motoring out to Drayton hall, \
rustic old estate. through moss-draped
woods and tangled clusters OF fra
grant jessamine vines, one will have
had most convincing evidence Of the
restfulness and charm of southern
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Rina Life Preservers.

'"The worst trouble about life pre-
server" said an old sailor. is that
few people know what to do with one
when it's thrown to them. Many a
man would drown in trying to get a
life preserver over his head. The av
erage person struggling about in the
water would try to lift up the big life
ring and put it over his head That
only causes the man to sink deeper
and take more water into his lungs.
THE proper way to approach a life
preserver in the water is to take hold
Of the side nearest you and press upon
II with all your weight. That causes
the other side to fly up in the air and
down over your head. ringing you as
neatly as man ringing cane at a
ceantry fair. After that the drowning
01n can be rescued"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Had Nothing to Sell Her.

In a certain English provincial
town there lives an old maid who has
the reputation of being about the fast
est talker on record, added to which
her tongue has more than the average
amount of venom. One day recently,
however, she met her match. A ped
dler called on the lady, and had tho
impudence to ring the front-door bell.
A moment later the door was opened,
and when the lady saw who 1t was
she at once gave him a piece of her
mind, finally concluding with:
And now then you can be of.
There's nothing you can sell me that
will be of any use to met"
The peddler, who was evidently no
novice at getting his own back.
turned on his heel, sweetly saying as
did so:
mo, mum, seeing as 'ow I'm only
sellin' mouse-traps an not muzzles, I
don't see as 'ow there Isl"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
MuclIaoe to Stick on Tin.

Whosoever has tried to stick . pa
per label on piece Of tin knows how
difficult it is. Here, however, IL .
recipe for mucilage especially de-
signed for this purpose: In $50 cubic
centimeters of boiling water dissolve
20 grams of gum tragacanth and add .
paste made of 60 grams Of -four and
10 grams of dextrine dissolved In 40
cubic centimeters of water. Dilute
the whole with 200 cubic centimeters
of boiling water and add 10 grams Of
glycerine and 10 grams of salicylic
acid. Boil for five minutes. stirring
constantly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
STORY OF HOME, SWEET HOME
Not Written While Payne Was Pow.
erty-Stricken, But When He Was
Fairly Comfortable.

It IL more than ninety years since
Home, Sweet Home" was written,
but its popularity is still worldwide
and wherever the English language is
spoken 1t is known and loved because
it appeals to that deep-lying instinct in
humanity which is the basis Of family
life.
Many stories have been written of
its origin, most Of them more or less
inaccurate and tending to distort
reality by mass of pleasing fiction.
Moving word pictures have been
drawn of the starving author in his
garnet and illustrations have been pub
lished of the original '1owly matched
cottage" for which he was supposedly
pining, both affecting and interesting,
but not in accordance with the facts.
Although he had periods of failure
and hardship, as well as possibly brief
periods Of success and prosperity, it
was not while suffering from poverty
that he wrote Home, Sweet Home"
but during time when he was living
comfortably in Paris in the Palais
Royal, and having considerable success
in his dramatic work.
There is also no evidence to indicate
that the ''lowly matched cottage" had
any existence outside of the authors
brain, in spite of the tradition which
has been built up about the Easthamp.
ton cottage.
Throughout his life Payne had a
deep affection for his native land, his
friends and his family, from whom he
was for many years widely separated.
His letters frequently allude to his
longing for the society Of those he
loved and his appreciation Of the home
and domestic life.
He was only fifteen years Of age
when necessity forced him to begin his
battle with the world, a precocious.
high-spirited, impulsive, sensitive, am.
bilious boy, conscious Of an intellect
above the normal, FESTIVE under re-
straint, quick to take offense at seem.
ing slight. T. P. Lukuer, In Serb
ner's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Fumieatina Paper.

There are many formulas for max.
ing fumigating paper, one Of the most
simple being: Benzoin, av. ounce;
storax, one-half ounce; fumigating es-
sence, a. ounce; ether, a. ounce;
acetic acid, glacial, 20 drops; alcohol,
2 fl. ounce. Dissolve the benzoin and
storax in q mixture Of the alcohol and
ether, filter, and add the fumigating
essence and the acetic acid. Spread
the mixture upon filtering or bibulous
paper (blotting paper e.g.) and allow
1t to dry. To prevent sticking, dust
the surface with talcum, and preserve
in wax paper. When used, the paper
Is simply warmed, or held over lamp
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
Keeping Blooms Fresh.

Flowers begin to bleed as soon as
they are cut, and the precious sap
running out of them causes the cells
to collapse Immediately. To prevent
this, the end of the stem must be
quickly closed, and this is best done
by soaring in q flame or by placing
directly in hot water. For corsage
bouquets the soaring process is best,
although little tedious. as each stem
must be 80 treated.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
HIS AGE Is AGAINST Him

/ am 81 years Old and | have been
troubled with kidneys and blaG der
for good many years, writes
Arthur Jones, Allen, Kans. "My
age is against me to ever get cured,
but Foley's Kidney Pills do nae more
good than anything l ever tried"
rheumatism, aching back. shooting
pa ms. stiff joints, irregular action,
all have been relieved Walton &
SmOOt. adv.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-04-28
26th Annual Reunion, United
Confederate Veterans

Birmingham, Ala, May 1918. '16
Account the above occasion South
ern Railway will have on sale at
Washington, D, c., and principal
stations in Vii ginia reduced round
trip fare tickets, May 18th to 18th
inclusive, bearing final return limit
of May 18th, .l9l6, with privilege of
extending final return limit to June
l4th, 1916. Consult Agents for de-
tails or write G.. w. Westbury, Gen.
At. ashington, d. e..