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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
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
hdisputably a good thing, of course.
But it is not always utilized. A case
in point is related in Boston. In that
city a 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, "and so I used a hatpin."
The robber fled 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 o
reversion to the primitive.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
JOKE WASN'T ON 'sToNEWALL'
studentS Futile Attempt to Make
Great Soldier Evince Even q
Slight Sign Of Fear.

"Maj. Thomas J. Jackson, later the
famous 'Stonewalr Jackson, was our
instructor In mathematics and drilled
the students In artillery tactics" said
General Arlnistead,s an ante bellum grad
uate Of the Virginia Military institute.
= Old Jack az the Students called
him with his WORN Uniform, faded
cap, usually perched at a ridiculous
angle ppqn his big head, rusty old
cavalry sabef ana hngraceful gait, was
Ia appearance far from our beau ideal
Of a colder. Nevertheless, it was pos
sible even then to guess at the real
greatness Of the man.
1.-THE guns we used In our artillery
drills were pulled by land. AS the
drill proceeded. our instructor would
become transformed into the very SEM
blance of Mars himself, as, with form
erect, waving sword and flashing eye,
he would give the command 'Firer in
q voice that rang over the campus like
the blast Of q bugle.
zone day, In spirit of mischief, the
students who were drawing the gun
pretended to lose control Of it as it
moved rapidly down gentle incline,
directly toward Major Jackson. But
the commander, instead Of scuttling
out of the way as the boys had glee-
fully anticipated, stood sternly erect
and immovable right In the track Of
the gun.
II tell you there was some lively
hustling, and just in the nick Of time,
too. to keep Old Jack from being run
over. That was our only attempt to
play a practical joke at Major Jack
sons expense."-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15

The author Of the phrase "A,l me.
are born free and cqual'' was join
Lowell, Massachusetts jurist and
statesman. who was horn In Newbury
port, Mass, in 17i3.
John Lowell was the first descendant
Of Percival Lowell, the English fou"d
er of the famous New England family.
to gain wide fame He was the son of
the first minister of Newburyport and
after studying law settled in Boston
He was elected to the convention
which framed the constitution Of Mas
sachusetts In 1850 and was member
Of the committee which formulated
that document. He insisted upon the
insertion in the bill Of rights of the
phrase "All men are bern free and
equal" for the purpose, as he avowed
at the time, Of abolishing slavery III
Massachusetts. 1t was largely through,
his efforts that Massachusetts pct az
end to negro slavery in l7S3.-St. Loui.
Post Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Crocodile Tears.

The expression crocodile tears" can
he found in almost every European
language hut 1t is doubtful II ere In
a thousand of those V 10 uEe It has
n. idea of its origin. We are told In
tie I,estiary Of Guillaulne lie Clerc that
" hen the crocodile Ends an unysary
traveller it dcvours him. but afterward
:, eeps over him all the rest of its life
Ills is very evidently the, allusicn IN
"Jthello." Each drop she falls would
rove q crocodile"
There Is another version Of the fpb'e,
/ yever. which is more often referred
t. In literature AID according to which
lie crocodile sheds tears IN order to
:..uIe the traveller to destruction.
) lakesreare ;'iiIdes to this IN the pas
s..ye where lie tells how ~s
The mournful crocodile
With sorrow snares rclenting passenger
- Henry VI. l. "a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
New Safety Device.

A clever device TO insure that be
more than ten men at once shall riG:
IN the mine cages is in use at tn;
Uolliery of Jermyr & Company &
Rendham. 1t consists of a turnstii'
with four spaces, which will revolt:
Exactly two and half times in or.
direction, thus admitting ten men. The
turnstile revolves on screw thread
of which there is Just enough to per
NIT the two and a half revolutions
Then the gate to that shaft is closed
and that to the adjoining shaft opened
and ten men are admitted by the
turnstile revolving in the opposite Il
cection to the cage in that shaft. II
ievice stands between the two shafts
It is the invention OF Supt John Cor
coran, and has been in use loEs
enough for thorough test. The OMIT
way to load more than ten men OF
either cage is for the extra man I.
climb over the turn stile or gate, and
cf course. the headman will net per
mit that
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
eAIaifs "a cElllD,s ROOM
ere~inuessRsks Mistzlks When rhsys
Laugh q the CfttIs Ones
lnaolnatt6a.

Il u certain. Of course, that II any
one Il N, however duh. came into the
ehild'a 6Sxro6m and tcdnG standins
there beside hin. astall and shimmer.
Ing hS6fe q feisylike, mirscalous
beauty, decked in shining his and
yspstE fSAstening Eoldc st ID quite Ger.
t4in EeHpuld step softly: sith aston.
ishnepts would gaze mutely with
ainazemsnt ana watch With wonder.
Laurs 6SsA6ef Porter writes In the
Mothers Magazine. Not one OF %, /
am vaEy sure, would dismiss the whole
bappehihg as = piece OF nonsense. Or
something merely amusing Yet, how
often when We 90 into the child's
playroom q presence even more won.
derfuI Is there beside him, Tar more
fairyljkar tar more amazing, far more
marvellous colored. far more richly en-.
dowed than any fairy vhatsoeyer-
the Imagination. : presence which has
been with man. granting his desires,
since the world began, and whose pow.
or has Never yet been. nor, l fancy.
ever win be, computed.
A. beautiful and exquisite, yes. ana
In it, beauty. very nearly IS solemn
. thing ~ the world and the life OF
man afford; ana behold, we pay it no
reverence, give It little consideration.
or. We laugh Ut It. perhaps, as some
hing trifling, and call 1t "child's play.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
GAME WARDEN, or The GULF
Captain Sprinkle Of the Royal Tern
is an Efficient Protector of
Bird Life.

The Royal Tern, boat which is thu
property CT the Audubon society, II
commanded by Capt William Sprinkle
born and bred on this gulf coast, who
knows the sea fowl, and the islands
where they breed and dwell, as he
knows the winds and the lovely. sm;l-
ing, treacncrous gulf waters. He Il
game warden and he and the Roya;
TERI are the police force of more than
five hundred square miles of sandbars,
shallow waters and intricate channels.
The man and the boat are two OF the
chief obstacles in the way Of the poach-
ers, the plume hunters and eggers.
who always threaten these bird sane
tuaries.
Many of these poachers are at heart
good men, who follow their fathers
business, just as respectable men on
the seacoast once followed the bust.
ness of wrecking. But when times
change and once acknowledged trade
comes under the ban OF the law the
character of those following it also
changes for the worse. Wreckers are
no longer respectable, and plume hunt
ers and eggers are sinking to the same
level.
The illegal business of killing breed
ing birds. of leaving nestlings to starve
Wholesale, and Of general ruthless ex
termination more and more tends tc
attract men Of the same moral cate
CORY as those who sell whisky to In
dams and combine the running OF
blind pigs" with highway robbery and
murder for hire. In Florida one Of the
best game wardens Of the Audubon
society was killed by these sordid bird
Observation-Disclosures Roosevelt. In
sc.ibner's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
cenflietina Duties.

THE rost d.Ecu,t thing In life seems
to me to recognize which is the higher
of two conflicting duties. and those TO
whom it is easies. must have. l think.
not only the most happiness. hut geniHs-
goodness were always quite simple.
wat cosld lie more delightful than to
lie good always? II Is. howey&Fsn sad
filing. when the Understanding and the
8 rectiens are at variance. when eOe
las to stop and consider which ofStvo
courses is morally incumbent on one.
ard without always finding solution
:. Is sad. because 1t shakes ones nth
III that which Ought to he the ssfrest
of guides namely. in ones own con
science And let one choose Whist he
will. 1t leaves in his mind a sting. some
thing to regret.-Pnul Heyse. "a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
kluner-a II I. W..

Tho early hist y. q t:;e ilav aiiaa
Islands Is ertirei.. .ess a.;.s All ia
dictionary. The ear.sest .h:s tiisI.'. nc-
c0rdtng to e7tiiia.a. ,-is:.gs ave a. &C
hither about 800 l. =. GG....s. "a. ed
n0rthward In i.ioi: e;.;i.;e. fro.-l .,o
island of S.tvaii. ii. tie .';ill an s,:a'iil,
which seems to have fcca The Cd e
center of Gispcs.si il 0. tie pulriics!.ii
race. to which Tie IIavai.als; l.sl,,il::.
There Is Ii great ssla.lari!y III III.
speech of all Po..nc ':;;iis. TO l:.,ys
voyagcd this distance of over 22.G
miles to their Levi adopted hon;
through the unknown. Gnchar,cl an
sometimes te.nrcss-.i,is sr.is in the
small open and expoyei craft -.
subsequently To have gone Easl. y.
forth. as t!'cir tradi.i.si.s ;..dicate the.
to have done. and. Gnai.... t., have TIA,
eled from ISLAND to is. I'D III the IL.
waiian group with no te.ui,,ss but t.,
stars overhead. certainly st amps tAci
as having been careful ana resource
full navi-ators of no Eican ability
Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
The Roll Call of Fr;enes

Have you ever sat alone IN the even
ing looking over the pictures ard til,
books associated with the friends O.
yOre7 In the busy whi:l CO life is Their,
not JOY In calling the roll of old
friends and wondering where tl.s Oh,
and that one may be? Then cones that
moment of retrospective and intro
spectiye eulogy to absent friends. an,
wells of gratitude are o"enei as vi
think how greatly various friend
have influenced our pathway on life's
Journey; how this one or tia. Ole ma:
have uncoils 'icas'y determined th
crisis of career
We become mellowe '. hen we tliinl
Of those passed beyond. The re-Ior,,
OF them cones TO rs gent. and softl'
as the sparkle of tho q e :nf the Gu.
lines OF the in ,lrit.saiity are recalled
from the haze Of past yeirs.-N.stioEa
Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15

Now. II this proposition appeals to
TIE end Of half hour harapgue.
Il didn't say it appealed TO me-" an
swered the man at the desk.
"No. tut l saw an expression OF
pleased interest in your face" n
''Oh. that wasn't due TO anything
you said just harrened to remem-
Ter that Mike. or head porter. Is due
ere in about three II nutes. The last
tine he put an agent out the fellow
was carried to hospital. Oh. must
you go? Well. good morning. Dir
bingham ge-Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
His Share,

Thomas p Gore, the blind senator
rom Oklahoma, spoke of the problem
II interest and usury in this country
recently ct a dinner OF the New York
Credit Mems association and told the
following story to illustrate practices
which Comptroller of the Currency
John Shelton Williams had unearthed.
"A man down in my own state went
into q little bank 10 country town
and gave his note for $40 for three
months. The bank deducted interest
and gave him $3.50. A friend noticed
lie was looking pretty thoughtful and
gluln.
What's he matter, Jackr he
asked.
81 was just thinking said Jack
slowly. how glad am didn't give my
note for year. wouldn't have got
cof,ff'n
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
snaiIs In the Aquarium.

Every one who keeps an aquarium
knows that II b advisable to place a
few snniis iil the tnnk, not only because
spails are interesting In themselves,
but because they are good cleaners,
says the Popular Science Monthly. II
the Keeper Of the aquarium knews tina!
too much sunlight will produce tcn
much plant growth and has placed the
vessel In partly shaded place where
tie proportion Of light and shade Is
about right the suails, II they are mn
:nerous enough, can control the growth.
Nature has provided them with q Pc
ruliar anatomical structure resembling
narrow ribbon. which In detaif d like
the band ct teeth on carpenters
rasp. Under the microscope these 30
called ',liHguat ribbons" or tongues.
are seen to be thickly set with rows Of
sharp edged teeth which arer them
. elves tootEed and which rsspson MI
croscopic plants and carry them into
the mouth ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Invisible Clock.

A public clock which can be heard
but not seen Is one of London's curl
GUS possessions. 1t is In the tower
of st. Mary Abbots church, Kensing-
ton, and is the only public clock in the
immediate neighborhood. 1t chimes
the quarters and the hours, but COM
inits itself no further. 1t has no dial
no hands, no outward and visible sign
of any Kind to show that 1t is clock.
This eccentricity, it is explained, is the
result of two causes, one esthetic, the
other financial. When the tower was
built In 1879 q clock was suggested
as an afterthougbt. but the architect
protested that it would mean the ad-
dition Of Is feet to the tower, and the
ruin Of its cherished proportions. A
second point was that the church, hav-
ing but slender funds, could not afford
clock with dial. A compromise was
arrived at by Installing the works Of
climfpg clock in the bcifry Without
dial Or hhnds.-Lendon Tft-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Asw Mines Are Laid.

On one de"k o: q vessel are several
narrow tracks supporting the mines.
each Of which - mounted fch wheels.
Each mine is n,rr rolled s0,the stern
ind by means Of special launching
tracks b dropped into the iea@without
tilting.. : A mine Of this cShracteF b
made up Of three parts-a fsp4ericaf
.ioating chamber containing theAexpO-
s:yes, etc: an Gnchor chamt5r, witch
is connected with tie former BY a.
BILE, and Weighted sou1 1aas Wye.
The 1edgth cf tie latter is eaSaH @sthe
depth at which the mine 70 TO 60at.
When the end Of the sounding tine
strikes bottom the lessening of ls pull
throws pawl, which prevents the
drum in the anchor chamber from pay
ing out more cable to the sphere. Con-
sequcntly the hitter b drawn under
water 10 u depth equal to the length Of
the .so;.iJing line as the anchor. cham
her settles to the bottom Popular Me.
i, banics. =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
Typhcjd Fever.

. The questions. VII, should be .
. vacci:iated against typhoid fe- !
. yer? has recently been answered
; by a noted PHYSICIAN, Of this
. celli.rrr. lie 81. . al who come
. under tie following heads should
he va -cilatcd against typhoid. as
their Positions larGelr increase
Their cii.';..cs fo:- contracting It.: !
. D-u r.ers and railroad men: all
va~at.oilists. esre.i:il.. campers:
. people wha travel r.nch.; rractic-
ing pilysts'ians a:i: nurses: all
people who live IN towns and
small ci;:.s. PEOPLE who live Ii
: the country: I:aol.'e who live IN
a town or community where ty-
: pl,oid Is ~. ,.e.;;i-: People who
. eat "a. var.U.:s hotels ;...i res
: tauranis i-et .l.e who have no
.aea:ls o. s;sow.nr whether their
fool has beer; free from flies AMI
9th. and f:l;;'.f al people who
havp not III. h.lik accounts or
who have Lowell ones dependent
: On t,ra. The doctor does tot
: saT ;.s much. hu: he evident
~ reasS 10 ilc!uGe the wae.e
: wori.i fer fear somebody will
/ wiliful.y lie left nGt.
: Another doctor who does not
want - be responsible for any
per'ois remaining unvaccinat-
+ ed a:ij contracting trphoid Fever
; AMI perhaps DING says that
there arc oniy twn s.:iSses of
; people w,iar. he does nc. advise
!. to take tie freatment--tre dead
: and those who have s,ready
been vaccinate1.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
The Library OF TIE Bible.

The Bible is not IL book. but !.
brary-perhaps shout. :a;"er say
literature. 1t is composed of siXty-six
different books. written By hetweel
forty and fifty different authors-writ
ten centuries apart. in different In
guages. to different pcoo 'es. for differ
ent purposes. In different literary
forms. 1t Is the selected literature OF
fifteen centuries 1t includes law. his
tory. poetry fiction. biography and
philosophy II Is 10 he read as lit
ernture. Judged as literature. One
may therefore EJECT q book from this
collection of literature and vet hclicy,,
IN the literature. 1t l. not like paint
ing which either is or is not the work
Of one master. Il. is gallery of paint
ings. In which some works may be
originals and others coiies.-Lyma'
Abbott,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Origin ~ . Word.

Few words have 20 remark able ID,
tory rs the word bankrupt" Thu
money lenders Of Genoa. Venice and
Florence had benches or stalls In the
lpurse. or exchange. 10 former times
At these benches they conducted theis
business. When any Of them became
insoiv eat his bench or Lslak was bFD
ken. because be had no further ~
FOR II. and the naue banko rotto. q
brukep bench. was given TO him WheS
TIE word Grrt came into use In Eng
inud IT was nearer the ltaitSn than ,
Sow h. ieing ''bankerout' instead =
tnAskrupt.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Iaokiro and eeeins.

There Is much In knowing how to
see sights. The discreet and skillful
person " hen confronted with q variety
of attractions will carefully sclcct
those that are for him the best and
then will devise means to see them
with the least wear and tear. But
there are excitable people who SET out
to see everything. tire themselves out.
see only half Of anything and are dis
satisfied in the end.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Alter Four Years Of Discouraging
Conditions, Mrs. Bullock Gave
Up in Despair. Husband
Came to Rescue.

Catron, Ky.-In an interesting letter
from this place, Mrs. Bette Bullock
writes as fellows: 81 suffered for four
years, with wonlanly troubles, and during
this time, could only sit up for little
while, and could not walk anywhere at
all. At times, would have severe pains
in my left side.
The doctor was called in, and his treat
ment relieved me for a while, but was
soon confined to my bed again. After
that, nothing seemed to do me any good.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Third p.o,.. IN rurkf,b Army.

&c NJ MOT Sss"sys
At last we arrived at the prison and
were locked Into separate cells. That
same night we were tortured with the
falas y. Or bastinado writes Alexander
Aaronsohn In the Atlantic Monthly.
The victim Of this horrible punish
menf Is trussed up. arms and legs, and
thrown on his knees; then on his bare
soles a. plant green rod Is brought
down with oil the force Of soldiers
arm. The pain is exquisite; blood
leaps out at the first cut. and strong
men usually faint after thirty or forty
strokes. Strange to say. The worst part
OF 1t Is not the blow itself. Iut the
whistling Of the rod through the ar rs
It rushes to its mark The groans Of
my older comrades. whose gasps and
prayers Icor.d hear through the walls
Of the cell, helped me bear the agony
until Inconsistencies mercffully came
to the rescue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15

= cSflGt; kept e,Idlshes In .
coo1 1a1k and with p51bty Of food.
but u absolute darkness, Heskept Il
up ~ ovef three years and then OBJ
lerved. the hodiflcations that had oc-
cured ii the fish. The color Alst be-
came bisek. but after the second year
It became golden again, aid the reason
for this - interesting. In the first In
stance the dark pigment cells spread
out and covered mp the subjaeent layer
Of crystals which gives the gold6sh IT'S
golden sheen. In the second instance
the phagocytes devoured the dark pig
ment cells and thus re-expose4 the
golden layer. The changes IN t1e eye
were even more Interesting The
structure Of the eye was completely
s..ered. The fish became totally blind
The experiment suggests that9&n In
dividual ish imprisoned in q perfectly
cark cave would become blind. But
It does not throw any direct Iiyht on
the origin Of a blind race Of fishes In
.aves.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Mr.. M.t.scn's La-k q lswelrx


One Of the things that Washington
10 noticing about Mrs Wilson IL the
eart that ste. the owner o! . jewelr,
susiness thst has been established FOR
century, wears almost no jeweir,
herself. One really handsome orna
aent seems 70 be about all she cares
3r even on state occasions. and most
frequently she wears none People
observed, With = grin Of rather mai
.ious delight that the president went
= s.. Margaret's 9th Mrs. Wilson
me Sunday. II was the 1rst time. and
sownet the rumoa the: lie was -
GOD : Prssb,tersar 10 e iu,sde -
fpisccpal church -wss aingh ! l4es
- Is shtc4s0 1Jilai
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Busy Official.

IN a recent examination paper for
boy clerks post was this question:
IF the premier and all the members
OF the cabinet should die, who would
officiate?"
Robert, a boy of fourteen, though,
for time, trying in vain to recall who
came next in succession. At last a
happy inspiration came to him, and he
answered.:
THE undertaken Tit Bits
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15

Bradstreet attributes more than 4
quarter Of the business failures to In
competence. and another five per cent
10 inexperience. Our intentions are
al right, but we haven't been able to
stand the strain.
. We have all Of us seen businesses
which have prospered. have expanded,
and have eventually gone on the rocks.
They were prosperous rs long as all
was under the eye of the proprietor.
When he had to delegate his authority
things began to 60 wrong. He could
tx things himself. but there were get
ting to be too many things to be fixed.
He had always looked into everything
personally. As the business grew, he
lresembled more and more q marathon
racer on the last lap. If he had an
iron constitution. he didn't Join the
wreckage on the coast of southern
California; but in any case the bust
ness ceased to prosper, and was sold
or helped to initiate the bankruptcy sta
tistics.
/ OF course, in America, the great
god Luck will very often seq a corpora
ton through such periods, writes
Dwight L. Farnham In the Engineer
ing Magazine. Not long ago a finan-
cier Of international reputation ad.
yiso-l young man against entering the
employ of a large and prosperous cor
poration in which he hoped to gain
business experience. "Get job
with a concern that is losing money,
or that's Just keeping its head above
water. You'll learn something about
business there. Lots of these fellows
that are earning big dividends are
throwing away as much as they are
making. They don't know it, and your
learn bad habits" ''
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-09-15
Een AnneoI.

"Who Is that" he asked nervously
a. he heard q foots;ep IN The hall.
"Only papa" she whispered.
He moved about uneasily
"Don't be afraid" she murnured
You can surely trust papa"
IL don't know" he said doubtfully.
"Oh. Arthur" she cried. throwing
her arms al,aut lis neck appealincit
you certainly Ought to, Nobody else
In town will