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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
OBJECTS TO PUBLIC DINNERS
Writer Unable to See Any Good Pur
pose Served by Custom That Has
Become General.

Why do men give dinners to othel
men? And why do still other men en-
courage those dinners by their pres
ence?
You cannot be sure Of any mans
success until he dies" is an old say
ing. II it is necessary, therefore, to
give man a dinner in order to cele.
brate something that he is supposed
to have done why not issue invitations
on the morning after his funeral? The
man himself, If he be a decent man
would undoubtedly prefer to be guest
at any dinner under these circum.
stances-when he cannot hear what is
said about him.
You cannot get acquainted with any.
one at a public dinner even if you
should desire to do so. The purpose at
every public dinner is to avoid any,
thing sensible and to clog the system
with nicotine, alcohol and indigestible
food, not to mention bromides.
The American people are dinner
mad. In view of their obsession, their
passion for giving dinners, why not
reverse the process and give one to
every man who makes failure? This
would increase the number of dinners
and would add materially to the gen.
eral foolishness.-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
Dental Eoom for Animals.

In order that the teeth of domestic
pets may be given proper attention, q
dental department has of late been
established in the Angel Memorial
hospital, Boston institution fer the
medical and surgical treatment of
dumb animals. Dogs, cats and other
animals are cared for Sby experienced
practitioners who work upon them
with almost as much care as if they
were human Even to many admirers
OF dogs, the thought OF giving at
tention to an animals teeth may pos
sibly seem odd. Yet the Importance
OF doing so is very apparent to any
one who realizes the close connection
between good teeth and good health
So far the dental work has been con-
lined chiefly to cleaning teeth, treat
mig affected gums and extracting now
and then a decayed tooth. The depart
-aent, however, is well equipped with
instruments, and it is understood that
other work will be undertaken
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
NOT TO LATE TO HELP C]aa
PLANTS MAY BE SiDE-DRESSEc
PROFITABLY WITH FERTILIZER
AT LAST CULTIVATION

The corn crop may be sidedressed
with profit through the time of the last
cultivation. Whether fertilizer was
applied at time of planting or whether
no application was made, side-dressing
will help. The use of available plant
food worked into the soil along the
rows of corn, Will increase stalk
growth, hasten maturity and make
heavier, better filed and more solid
ears. Increases in yield of from eight
to 20 bushels per acre have been OBJ
tanned by following this practice.
Fertilizer attachments now made for
cultivators are especially good for this
work, dropping fertilizer beside rows
and working it well into the soil. A
five-hoe grain drill with a fertilizer at
tachment may be used to advantage.
In the South many use fertilizer
bugle," which Is made by frightening
the spout of an ordinary funnel to AZ
inches. The fertilizer runs from the
sack over the shoulder into the fun
mel, and the spout sea ters it along the
row.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
YaIe's Famous ,53.

The late George W. Smalley be
longed at Yale to the class of '53,
which included Isaac H Bromley, the
brilliant journalist: Henry c.. Robin.
son, the leading Connecticut lawyer;
Gen. Edward Harland of Norwich, dis
tinguished in the Civil war; Edmund
Clarence Stedman, the banker-poet;
George H. Watrous, president of the
New Haven road; Andrew D. White.
former ambassador to Berlin and pres
ident of Cornell; Senator Tom Plat
of New York, Senator Randall E. Glib
sen Of Louisiana, Charlton T. Lewis,
prison reformer and insurance expert;
George Shiras, Jr., a member of the
United States Supreme court; Epis.
copal Bishop Davies Of Michigan, and
Wayne MacVeagh, a leading lawyer
and in Garfelds cabinet. This is quite
a list for one Yale class to produce.--
Waterbury American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
Double Your Profits From Wheat

Millers pay more per bushel for
high quality wheat than they do for
that which only grades number four
or five, according to Chicago Board
of Trade Members. Ohio Experiment
Station Bulletin 243 shows that high
quality wheat and large yields go to-
gether, thus giving the farmer double
profits. The experiments reported in
Bulletin 243 show yield of S45 bush
els of wheat per acre with 519o plump
and 40 per cent shriveled kernels,
where no fertilizer was used, against
a yield of as high as 3415 bushels per
acre of which "a per cent of the kerr
nels were plump and but per cent
shriveled when the wheat was fertil-
lied.
From 800 to 500 pounds to the acre
of suitable wheat fertilizer produces
wheat that has nearly 100 per cent
plump, heavy kernels and at the same
time increases the yield. This means
double profits on the money invested
in fertilizers as there are more BUSH
els of wheat grading No. 1 or instead
of No. or 5, or lower.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
Has Invented NEW HEATER
Mechanic Perfects "stove" That Re-
sembIes Desk Phone More Than
Anything Else.

Among the new electric heating de-
vices being brought out is one which
looks like a desk telephone. It con-
sists of a round, transmitterlike de-
vice, about six inches in diameter. con-
tanning the usual electric coils and
with a cage in front. This is mounted
on the side near the top Of q stand
ard such as is used for the electric
fan.
The heater is supplied with eight
feet of cord so that it may be moved
around and placed either on the floor
or on a table. 1t is made In two
STYLES; one having two heating units
and the other having but one. The
latter, of course, is less expensive to
buy and uses less current.
The double unit one, however, gives
of sufficient heat to warm room
of considerable size. This heater can
be used not only to heat room, but
can be placed in such position that
1t will warm the feet only.-Popular
Science.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
Many field tests with complete fertilizers
with unetized fields by showing corresponding yields
Wheat Yields, Beef Production

Those so to SIS bushels to the acre
wheat yields don't just grow any
more than does load Of prime fin
ished baby beevas. The cattle ar
never allowed to lose their calf fat
and are fed literally of balanced
ration from the day they are born
until they go into the car for market
says Clyde A. Waugh, In Farm and
Fireside. Record wheat crops must
have plenty of a balanced plantfooG
ration to give them a quick start il
the fall, to enable them to resist dis
ease and insect attacks, to make
enough growth in the fall to cover the
ground before winter sets in, to start
out early in the spring and to make q
straight standing. early maturing
bumper crop of first quality"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
WEARING Shabby Clothes.

FITS a great thing to wear shabby
clothes and an old hat Some of the
best things | have ever known, Ike
these experiences of the streets, have
resulted from coming up to life from
underneath. of being taken for less
than I am rather than for more than
lam.
did not always believe In this doe.
trine. For mary years-the years BE-
fore was rightly born into this allur-
ing world tried quite the opposite
course I was constantly attempting to
come down to life from above. Instead
Of being content to carry through life
sufficiently wonderful being named
David Grayson, l tried desperately 10
set up and support sort Of dummy
creature which so clad. so housed. SO
ted. should appear to be what
thought David Grayson ought to ap-
pear in the eyes of the world. Oh,
spent quite lifetime trying to satisfy
other people!-David Grayson In Amer
tcan Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
MAYBE THIS WILL WORK
English Paper Suggests Novel Trap
for Kidding Community Of All
Sorts Of Rodents.

Let me give you an unfailing meth.
cd for gathering in all the rats for
miles around.
Get large tub, fill it about three
parts full with water. Stand a brick
on its end, in the middle of the tub.
Get some brown paper as a bridge
stretching from the rim of the tub to
the brick, all round the tub, so as not
to let the water be seen. Then put a
slab or board up against the tub for
the rats to run up.
Put piece of meat as a bait on
the top of the brick, and saturate it
with oil of rhodium. The rats will
come from all quarters at the very
smell of it. The first rat that runs up
the bridge tries to get at the bait, and
falls through the brown paper into the
water. He then climbs on to the ton
OF the brick and starts to sQueal.
All the other rats for miles around
come rushing to the aid Of their dis
tressed comrade and each one topplea
into the water and is drowned. Only
one can occupy the top of the brick at
time. By this means whole neigh
borhoods could be cleared very rapidk,.
Pail Mall Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
The Greater cour.oa.

Men have offered Up their lives By
the thousands upon the field Of battle
but in the struggle for existence woman
Is continually offering up her life for
man. II there is mission of mercy to
perform she undertakes it. IL there is
suffering or distress to succor her WI.
ling hand is always ready. II wretch
edness and misery need a comforter
she is present. The faintest whisper of
pain brings her as a pilgrim to its
couch. and in the chamber Of death
she takes her place. assuaging the
hopeless sufferer with the comforting
assurance that there is a home beyond
the grave free from the agony of pain.
She suffers herself without a murmur
OF complaint. and the man that would
IN the slightest degree add to 1t and In
crease the anguish that it is her lot to
bear Is beneath the level Of the brute.
II she should happen to possess de-
Iects and faults. which every human
being has in greater or less degree.
let him compare them with her virtues.
and especially with his vices. and ev-
cry Impulse of his better, being will
prompt him to overlook them and make
Que allowance therefor.-lsidor RAY.
ner.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
6eiqium's pos<rec

a Belgian who has money owing te
aim often hands the account To his
oostman, who passes 1t through the of.
nee. to be presented to the debtor in
whatever locality the latter may re-
SIDE. and If payment be made the
creditor receives it from his postman
on the following day. with but a tri.
ding deduction for commission.
AS to newspapers, almost all regular
SUBSCRIBERS to journal pay their
money to postman, and two or three
Gays before the subscription expires
that official presents the notice for the
renewal of the subscription during q
fresh term
All this makes OF the Belgian post.
man a kind of ambulatine general
agency and bank of deposit. and the
man is Obliged to have a desk slunc
In front of him AMI to carry a locked
ana chained Pcr. s,,!io under his arm
TOT valuahles, h'i he gets through his
work satisfactorily beeanse his rounds
ere SHIRT Pearson. Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
CITY BEAUTIFUL BY NIGHT
Stockholm Always at its Best WheF
Viewed After Darkness, 10 opin-
ion OF Travellers.

The best time to get your first look
at Stockholm is by night. AS you
come up the channel you see the town
all traced and fringed with chains Of
light. The ordinary illumination OF
the Stockholm streets and quays
makes them look as though the city
were decorated for a fair. They are
lavish users of electric light in Swe-
den, to Judge by the capital.
Their favs- seems to shine on any
thing that works by wire. Take the
telephone, for instance. Without COM
piling statistics, it is q pretty safe
bet that there are more telephones
per capita in Stockholm than in any
other town on earth. They have ap-
parently more phones than any city
needs and then again as many on top
Of that. The latter circumstance is
due to an inscrutable arrangement
which works long and short distance
calls on a different system. Instead
of one phone in your room, you have
two. Where an ordinary municipality
t1dS OAO RAOAO TWILL, otoAhAOAAA wv
bles. The town is a sort of monument
to Alexander Graham Bell.
The most imposing structure, OF
course. is the telephone exchange. AT
tar that comes the royal palace, a
uge and beautiful building that enter
ained twenty royal families Of Ed
ope at the same time in the days
when royal families were on speaking
erms. Nowadays, they are not send
ag out any house party invitations.
..weden is devoting her leisure mo-
ments to being neutral and as she is
much closer to the storm center than
We arc, she las a correspondence
harder time of it.
Net far from the palace is the par
lament building. There is only one
nan on earth who may not cross the
threshold of this structure. That man
Is the king of Sweden When the king
wants to talk to the houses he sends
Tor them, as at the beginning Of each
session.
Stockholm has particularly beautt
eul natural setting, with her many
satellite islands, her big lake and her
wooded suburbs. The people are
cheerful and fresh-looking and ener
getic. The Norseman is an apparent
contradiction of the law that says ma
ions must grow old. He set the world
by the ears 1000 years ago and today
his racial force seems running high ~
ever.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
His Weight.

A certain retired tradesman admits
that he is "a very poor judge of a
good horse" while the local blacksmith
claims to be "a good Judge of bad
one" And in this connection an anus
ing story is being told at the expense
of the former.
He had bought very old horse very
cheap, and took the animal down to
the blacksmith to be shod.
How many shoes am to put on 2
asked the blacksmith, critically sur
veying the antiquated steed.
ooh, four" said the owner; adding
doubtfully. "if he's worth EN-"
The blacksmith put two shoes on
and then stopped.
Mind you," he explained to the
proud owner of the equine wreck
I'm not saying as your 'oss isn't
worth another couple o. shoes, but I'm
quite certain as he's got as many as
he can carry away"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
A Samson Of an Insect.

Experiments made by a naturalist
attached to one of the government q
bureaus at Washington adduced an In
teresting example of strength Of the
katydid.
He harnessed katydid to a kid
of sled made by folding a piece of
ordinary notepaper, and then loaded
the sled with various articles. Tho
insect pr -ed able to draw. in addi-
tion to the original paper, twelve pa
per sheets. each three by four and q
half inches. q large screw, two steel
pins. q stone weighing two ounces.
and three and half lead pencils.
WI IN the weight became too heavy
to draw otherwise, the katydid got its
forefeet over TIE edge of the table for
a better hold, and on the addition OF
another weight it increased the adher-
ing power OF its feet by moistening
them with its mouth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
cypsy Kiss Routs Policeman,

Policeman Fred Barton, who has
rever been looked upon as a Beau
BFummel, was directed to follow q
couple of pretty gypsy women to
see that they did not tell fortunes. He
followed the pair into a store, and
thought he detected them in making
en- effort to do business when he spoke
10 them.
oh my dear little thing" cried one
o. the women, as she threw herself
Il bis arms and chung to his neck and
kissed him fairly upon the lips. The
polieeman's face was crimson as he
rushed back. to city hall and de
clared that some other member of the
force would have to be assigned to
trail the Bridgeton en- -
Dispatch Philadelphia Record. -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
soston's Dawes Hotel.

Boston now has Dawes hotel, sim
liar to that in Chicago, which is some
times known as a flop de luxe" A re-
port of this says: The Dawes hotel
treats each guest as customer, max
Ing no inquiry as to his need. for
lodging even though the absence OF
profits makes the enterprise a partial
charity. The fear has been expressed
that this lack Of any sitting process, to
gether with the advertising placards
placed in railroad stations of the lead.
ing cities near by, may lead to an in.
fiux of unemployed and lnemployable
men to Boston" That fear has not
been realized in Chicago on account
Of the opening Of the Dawes hotel
there.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
Nearly As Much Second Season

1.-THE increase in yields of the crops
following the one to which fertilizer
is applied is often nearly as much as
that secured in the crop fertilized. In
one experiment at the Ohio Station
when fertilizer was used on wheat, it
caused an increase in yield Of the 9TH
er four crops in rotation, Of So per cent
of that secured in the wheat crop, y
says J. F. Hudson, county agent, Balti-
more county, Md. Fertilizers applied
to the corn crop will not be entirely
used up and will benefit the crops fol-
lowing especially when applied broad
cast or drilled in evenly where the
field is in sod.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
She Knew

Olive, aged four years, went for a
walk with her father one June morn.
Ing. Hearing bird singing by the
roadside she stopped to admire his
beautiful black and white coat.
oh. papa" she exclaimed, see this
bobolink,"
How do you know it's bobolink"
asked her father.
Cause 'stinctly heard it bobble,"
was the reply.-Ladies' Home Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
Animal and Plant Life In Brine

Inst west of Promontory Point sta
t,on. Utah. is a pond cut Off from me
Great Salt lake by the railroad ell
hankment. At times of high water IN
tbe lake this reservoir fills by percole-
zion through the embankment, but dur
ing the summer this water Is conceh-
trated to a brine by evaporation 1he
deem pink color of the brine is pho
nomenon that appears in salt ponds
generally when a certain concentration
Is reached. In the salt ponds OF san
francisco bay this color is due TO
certain bacillus which lives In satu-
rated brines and also in the heaps o.
salt as it is piled for drainage ano
shipment. Prohibitiye to life as such
an environment might be considered,
strong natural brines are. In fact' III
habited by a number of minute organ
isms. animals as well as plants The
pink color disappears In winter OF
when fresh water is introduced int"
the pond.-United States Geological
Survey.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04

venomous snakes take the place q
Wild beasts in Formosa. and their at
racks are formidable. says japanese
traveller. who has just returned from
! trim in the southern island There IS
. venomous snake on that island ny
tha name of amagasahebi, SO called
Svom its umbrella-like head. Ihis
snake is generally found Ii watery
places often in a ditch flowing out OF
: kttchen. A maid working in Kitten
on ia not infrequently startled at the
ugly appearance of the snake. The
animal makes a peculiar noise by tne
pimble movement Of its tongue. A
.light touch of its fangs Is fatal A
retiye Of the island was bitten by the
make in the thumb. A doctor VINO
treated the wound made a simple ap
nltcation. The man returned home
thinking the wound would soon DC
erred hut to his CONSERVATION his arm
had swollen up. He soon lost sight and
hearing. Next morning he was dead
East and West News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
Peanuts Served Free With Meals.

Down in the jewelry section Of Maid
e. Lane, New York, there is restau-
rant where peanuts are piled high Ia
dishes on every table.
So far as is known this is the only
establishment to maintain help-your-
self dishes for which no charge IL
made.
Among the patrons nearly all dip
into the peanut dish about pie time,
but the number of peanuts eaten in .
dag is not great
The manager says he has always
believed that there should be some
thing served in restaurant with the
compliments of the house.
Like the late George Francis Train,
he maintains that peanuts are good
for digestion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
oos Voice Musfo

Composers have not scorned wr1tiDA
airs to suit the style of particular sing.
ers. thus, as Francis Rogers remarks,
storing up for the usual voices Of sub
sequent generations much travail and
sorrow" MeIdelssohn crowded Hear
Ye, Israel" with high F sharps to
1--WE Jenny Lind whom he adored.
chance to display the particular beauty
of her voice In that region. with the
result that that air has been sore
trial to most sopranos ever since
Faure. the famous French baritone,
also had a particularly facile and mel
low. high F sharp, and many parts
were written especially to give him q
chance to exhibit 1t to the gasptng nut
titude. But In most baritone voices
this F sharp is the very limit of the
upper range. and, although 1t may have
both power and brilliance. it seldom
possesses either mellowness or facil
tty; consequently all the roles written
for Faurse (A1eyerbeer's "Dinorah," for
Instance are particular trying for the
ordinary baritone.-ArgoAaut
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
Helping Injured Peach Orchard,

Peach trees that have been injured
by the leaf curl may be materially
helped by the addition offertilizers and
by thinning the fruit. Probably themost
effective way would be to make appli
cation of fertilizers, especially those
strong in nitrogen, according to F. R
Stevens, agriculturist of the Lehigh
Valley Railroad. Through cultivation
and fertilization not only will profits
be obtained this year but the trees
will be helped to normal growth not
handicapped for the years that are to
come, points out Mr. Steren
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-08-04
WOODEN BUGLE is HISTORIC
instrument That II 10 Alleged Was
Brought to America BY the
Pilgrims.

r. M. Bever living near Hillsboro.
ind, has a bugle, said to have been
made in England early in the seven
lteenth century, according to an ex-
change. 1t is three feet long. made
Of cedar wood in two sections which
/. are glued together. 1t is about three
| inches in diameter at the base and
tapers uniformly to point
Around it are ten crude rings made
from sections of buffalo horn 1t was
brought to America in 1920 by the Pill
grims. 1t is believed. and tradition
says 1t was carried by the army of
| Miles Standish in the expedition
against the Indians. The earliest au-
thentic account of it dates back to
colonial days. 1t was used at the Bos-
ton tea party and was carried by the
minute men in the battle of Lexington
and Bunker Hill.
At Bunker Hill the instrument was
struck by British musket ball and
portion of the end was torn away. 1t
| was at the siege of Yorktown and
helped to celebrate the surrender OF
Lord CORVALLIS in 1881.
After the war the old bugle was
| handed down as an heirloom in the
Beer family. Mrs. Michael Bever,
the great-grandmother OF the present
| owner, died in Tazewell county, Illinois,
As years ago, when she was one hun
dred and four years old. She came in
| tn pOSsaSSinn of the hupla when a yerv
small girl, and later prepared a his
tory of it. Upon her death the old
heirloom was kept for time by Jo-
seph Bever, an old tanner of Hillsboro,
| and it then passed into the hands Of
L. NJ. Cooper and wife of Waynetown,
from whom R. M. Bever received it
! five years ago.