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Assist Youno to STAY,

There is no panacea that will cure
the yearning for city life evidenced by
the country boys and girls Of today,
but there are certain conditions which
if established will add materially to
the attractiveness of life in the coun-
try, and should therefore prevent them
from flocking to the cities merely to
avoid life on the farm.
It is not to be expected that every
person reared on a farm will desire to
follow farming as life work, nor Is
it necessarily desirable that all should
do so. Many Of the boys will feel
calling to one or another Of the pro-
LESSONS, and it is probable that If al
lowed to follow their bent, they will
be far more successful and contented
than if persuaded to stay with the
farm. The problem is not to force
the boy or girl to remain on the farm,
but to assist them in every way In
making an intelligent choice. Their
choice cannot possibly be intelligent
unless they are familiar with farm Life
under its best conditions.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
Tho Reuss 1enrys.

For 700 years every prince of the
house of Reuss has been chriStened
Henry. with distinguishing numeral.
but the task Of identifying them is rem
dered doubly difficult owing to the ex-
istence of two branches. each of which
has different system of Enumeration.
The elder line begins the numbering
anew after each batch of 100 Henrys.
whereas the younger line goes by the
centuries. numbering its princes as they
are born from |. upward through each
complete hundred years. The terrific
ries of the two branches comprise lit
tie more than 400 square miles, divided
into euss-Schleiz-Ge ra and Reuss-
Greiz. For centuries the Montenegro
Of the Germanic countries. both
branches joined the German confedera-
ton in 1915, but the elder line (Reuss-
Greiz) sided with Austria in 1866. and
the principally narrowly escaped be-
ing incorporated with Prussia--West-
minister Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
A Samson Of an Insect

Experiments made by a naturalist
attached to one of the government
bureaus at Washington adduced an in
teresting example of strength of the
katydid.
He harnessed a katydid to q kind
Of sled made by folding a piece OF
ordinary notepaper, and then loaded
the sled with various articles. The
insect proved able to draw, in addi-
ton to the original paper, twelve pa
per sheets, each three by four and a
half inches, large screw, two steel
pins, stone weighing two ounces,
and three and half lead pencils.
When the weight became too heavy
to draw otherwise, the katydid got its
forefeet over the edge of the table for
a better hold, and on the addition OF
another weight 1t increased the adher-
ing power of its feet by moistening
them with its mouth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
PuIton's DsmoIoqas.

o. March IA. 1914. the congress Of
- United States appropriated the
sum Of $4,000 for the construction OF
Q war vessel in the shape Of float
Ag battery" designed by Robert Fui
tsa. This battery was intended to be;
dsadly affair. for 1t was planned t.
aAoot scalding water and redhot car
ron balls at the enemy. This was til
mt steam war vessel built by th
American government. Sine was Chris
tened the Demologas. but after the d.
Slgner's death her name was changes
b the Fulton in his honor. She wa
launched Oct. 20. 1914. but her engin.
was not put In until the following May
By that time the war of 1872 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, 1916-06-30
To Repair Damaged Mirror.

To restore a mirror from which the
silver backing has come off in spots,
proceed as follows: First remove
the silvering from the glass around
the scratch so that the clear space
will be about a quarter of an inch
wide. Thoroughly clean the clear
space with clean cloth and alcohol.
Near the edge of broken piece of
looking glass mark out piece of sill
vering little larger than the space
ON the mirror; place a very minute
drop Of mercury in the center of this
patch and allow it to remain there for
few minutes; clear away the silver
ing around the patch and slide the
latter from the glass. Place it over
the clear spot on the mirror and gent
ly press it down with tuft Of cotton.
This is a difficult operation, and we
Would advise little practice before
trying 1t on large mirror.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
Spain as a Republic,

Isabella H. when thirteen years old
was declared Of age by the cortes in
1916, and after a stormy reign of TWEEN
ty-five years was deposed by a revolu-
ton which began in the feet on Sept
Is, 1868, and was joined by the garri-
son and city of Cadiz and by nearly
all Of Spain during the month. A pro-
visional government was established
and Marshal Serrano was made regent.
The cortes voted for a monarchy on
May p, 1869, and after several offers
Of the throne had been refused it was
finally accepted by Amadeus, duke of
Aosta, who was proclaimed king on
Nov. Z, 1870.
After an uncomfortable reign he alb
dicated in 1873 and was succeeded by
another republic, which lasted for two
years, when Alfonso XII, son of
Queen Isabella and father Of the pres
ent king. was elevated to the throne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
Artificial tndioo.

Artificial indigo owes much Of its
commercial success to an accident. AL
though synthetic indigo was first pro
duced In 1870. it did not become Sc
ri0us rival to the natural article I'M
til a thermometer was accidentally
broken and the contents Of the bulb
ran into the heated mixture of naph-
thalene that was all too slowly being
converted into phthalic acid. the basis
Of artificial indigo. 1t was then OBJ
served that the conversion became
much more rapid, and from that day
the use of mercury has played big
part in making artificial indigo a COM
mercial success. The accident occur
red after years of patient research.
and it Is now the boast of chemists
that they are able to produce on a
commercial basis a compound exactly
the same" as natural indigo. -Lndon
Standard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
DRESS DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT
Really II Was Not q Matter Of Sur
prise When One Reads Just Why
lt Didn't

This tale Is told by q certain Chi.
cago woman who is, perhaps. enough
OF q genius In the musical world to
be forgiven great indifference to
style in dress. Recently she was asked
to appear on the program at q very
select musicale. So she had Q new
frock made for the occasion.
A friend of hers 1--WE may call her
Mrs. John SMITH was unable to attend
because one Of the children was Ill,
and Mr.. Smith went alone. On his re-
turn his wife was eager to hear every
detail. He declared the evening was
a great success. Then, hesitatingly,
he added:
But your friends dress didn't look
right, somehow. I couldn't tell what
was the matter. It Just looked all
wrong"
Next day Mrs. Smith FASTENED to
telephone her friend, congratulating
her on her success Of the previous
evening and expressing . wish to see
her beautiful new gown.
I'm wearing it again this afternoon,
SO I'll just come past your house for
you to see it,
"Oh, If you only will"
What Mrs. Smith discovered was
that she had worn it wrong side be-
fore! She had asked the dressmaker
to make front fastening because her
husband objected to hooking her up,
and she had assumed that her instruc-
tons had been obeyed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
Curious Shadow casting.

did you ever see waterfall cast &
shadow asked Stephen T. Mather Of
the group around the club table. Mr.
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 strenuous
summer among the mountain tops.
"Well, Yosemite falls cast my shadow
very distinctly one night last August
I was half a mile or more away, gaz-
ing, beauty bound, at the effect Of the
full moon upon these giant falls, which
are, by the way, as high as sixteen
Niagaras piled one on top Of the other.
1.-THE moon was behind me. of course.
The double falls, shining like silver, Lii
brilliantly by reflected light the dense
shadows Of the trees which hid me
from the moon. Turning, I saw my
shadow outlined wildly upon the
grass."-Our National Parks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
chlnese a Peaceful Race.

The prevailing spirit of China 1.
Q peaceful spirit. Though having con
quered in many wars, China does not
look upon itself as warning nation
Its pride is in its scholars and its
sages. 1t has always put the scholar
first in the social scale as the molder
of the ideals of the people; the farmer
second in a social scale as the pre-
server of the necessities OF the physi
cal life; the soldier lowest In the so.
cial scale because, as the Chinese say,
he is taker Of life. The Chinese say
1t is idiocy to kill man because you
have difference Of opinion with him.
for to kill him settles nothing. The
genius Of the Chinese race is for peace.
In a quarrel they get together through
Q middleman, peacemaker. Each con.
cedes something, and an agreement 70
arrived at.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
Rjno Life Prsssrvsrs.

~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
life preserver over his head. The av.
efage 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
It 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 a cane at a
ce1ntry fair. After that the drowning
0n can be rescued"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
Ant That Spins.

The spinning ant is found in India,
in Ceylon, in the islands of Malacca
and in Australia. This ant weaves
its nest between two leaves of a tree,
preferably the mango. It begins to
build, or to weave, by drawing two
leaves together. To do this it runs
line of it's working material-material
similar to the spiders thread-the
length of the leaf and around 1t. While
at work it clings to the leaf with its
nails and, at the same time, draws on
the leaf nearest to 1t with its man
dibfes. Sometimes the two leaves suit
able for nest-building are too far apart.
Then the builder calls in It's fellow
ants, and they help to form a chain.
Each ant clings to the waist of its
neighbor by its mandibles. Thus en-
chained. they work to build the nest
of their comrade.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
On Dining With a Friend.

And I said to myself with q sigh
that there were not left in all the
world three men, the thought of dining
with whom could yield me an equal
Joy. That Is, maintain, the crucial
test of friendship. Do you like to dine
with him? Not without a deep mean
ing was Of old the life of man held
sacred with whom one had shared
bread and salt. The sacramento rite
Of ancient hospitality persists under
our less simple and less beautiful
forms. Nor may we violate 1t with
impunity, barbarians as we are; ma
ture cries out against our performing
this act with one whom we dislike or
mistrust, or even toward whom we
are Indifferent. In a word, had rath-
er make love to woman who affects
me with physical repulsion than
dine with man l don't like.-Michael
Monahan In the Phoenix.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
Luminescent Illumination.

There are several substances that Ii
come luminescent after long exposu.
to the rays Of the sun. although non,
Of them emits brilliant light. II |.
believed that this luminescence coui
be greatly increased If the proble-
were Investigated with as much car,
IS that given to the development G
the incandescent gas mantle. II ha
been suggested that If luminescen
paint were spread on buildings expose
to brilliant sunshine they would civ
of stored sunlight during the nigh
and thus preserve one element of IL
radiant energy Of the sun. One an
thOrity remarks, THE general use 6
such paint would enable the nor
powerful methods Of artificial Hum
nation to be limited to special location,
and confine the use Of existing systems
to indoor service and to spots where
little daylight penetrates." Washing
ton Star.
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PRESBYTERIAN.

PRESB1IERlA AN.
Woodstock-Every Sunday ii A
NJ. and T:3O P. NJ, except End Sunda,
Mt. Jackson-Second Sunday II A :.
NJ. and 7.30 p. NJ.
New Market-2uc Sunday at 3 p. M,
REV. J. A. MCMURRAY.
Pastor
LUTHERAN.
Every Sunday II a. NJ and 7.30
Pm. REV. S. w. KUHNS, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Second Sunday, II A. M. and 100
p M. REV. J. D. HAMAKER
EPISCOPAL
There will be services In the Epis.
cor al Church on End and 4th Sundays
t IL A. M, and on LIST and 3rd Sun
days at 8 P. M.
REV. G. B. PALMER, Rector.
REFORMED
St. Paul's Woodstock-2d and 4th
Sundays A M. Every Sunday night
Calvary-1st and 3rd SUNDAYS A M.
Rev NJ M. NOACKER. Pastor.
Services will be held at the follow
places
WHITE CHAPEL
Preaching every .1st Sunday 1920
a. IN. 3rdl sunday 7:45 p. M.
Sunday school, every Sunday $3.50
a. m. Epworth League. every We'd
nesday 7:45 p. m.
OAK LEVEL
Preaching I'd Sunday 1880 a. M,
4th Sunday 7:30 p. m. Sunday school
every Sunday'9:30 a. m.
SLATE HILL
Preaching 3rd Sunday 1920 a. m.
ELMER P. SLOANE, P. O.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
His Sixteen Years.
Suffering No.o Ended

IT can say with the greatest of
pleasure that Foley Kidney Pills were
the only thing that gave me relief
In sixteen years"
Mr.. g. W. Henderson Of Dingle,
Miss, says more than that, too. He
suffered with cystitis inflammation
Of the bladder). It went on until he
reached the point where he had dizzy,
weak spells, and sometimes he would
almost faint with pain. OF course,
he doctored, went OF to the mineral
springs and drank waters of eferent
kinds, which altogether cost MIN a
large sum Of money. Still no per-
manent relief. Now comes friend
who recommends Foley Kidney Pills,
and after using half a dozen bottles,
his pains are all gone. he sleeps
soundly all night.
When kidney and bladder trouble
comes on you and you suffer the pains
and aches it causes, have irregular,
painful secretions and a burning sem
sation, take Foley's Kidney Pills at
once and you will echo Mr., Hep6egs
sons sentiments.
WALTON & SNOcT
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Fact. About the stars.

The Mt. Wilson solar observatory
has completed catalogue Of the mag
nitudes and colors Of more than .
thousand stars In the globular cluster
Messier Is. Nearly IL per cent of
these stars have negative color in
dices, suggesting that in this direction
there is no marked absorption of light
in space. OF the 400 brightest stars,
70 per cent are redder than q normal
solar-type star; of the 400 faintest, IS
per cent are bluer than the normal
solar-type star. BY statistical meth
DDS the parallax of the cluster has
been found to be less than 0.0001 sec
ond of an arc. Five new variables have
been discovered in this cluster, nAk-
ing q total Of seven.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30
How jefferson Dressed.

In dress President Jefferson was gov.
erned By comfort rather than by Gle
gance. pride costs more than hun
ger, thirst and cold" he used to say
and as he lived in an epoch that wit.
messed mighty revolution in mems
clothing as well as in mems govern
ment, monarehy's queues and velvet.
giving way to short hair and the useful
ungainly pantaloon, only the watchfnt
ness Of his body servant saved hiL'
from unbelievable anachronisms of cos
tune. Indeed. in later life at Month
cello. where this democrat ruled abso
lutte king. he often wore the garments
Of several different periods together.
IKE superimposed geological strata or
the historic remains in the Roman
fofum.-Century.
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FOR SALE

My seven room dwelling, two
squares from Court House, fronting
100 feet on Church Street, up.to-date
in all it's appointments, with water,
electric lights, bath room and large
cement cellar, also cement walk-ways
very productive garden, and q variety
Of select fruits. The dwelling Is new.
architecture, first-class, making IT
warm in winter and cool in summer.
Possession given April LIST. Price
reasonable. Apply at once to
Mich loft W. NJ. CALVERT
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SOUTHERN RAILWAY.
Premier Carrier of the South.
Schedule between Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and HarrisOnburg
In Effect Apr. 25, 1915.
Schedule figures published only as
information moi Guaranteed.

WESTBOUND- from Woodstock.
No. 23-Daily-2:09 a. m. Local
for Barrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg $50. a. m.
No. 49-Daily-12:58 p. m. LOca
for Harrisonburg. Arrive Harrison
burg 2:30 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car.
No. FL = Daily - $40 p. HI.
Local for Harrisonburg. Arriv.
Harrisonburg 1918 p. N.
EASTBOUND-from Woodstock.
No. IL Daily - $50 a. M.
limited for Alexandria and Washing
ton. Arrive Washington 1850 a. m.
Buffet Parlor Car
No. 2S-Daily-4:26 p. II. Local
for Alexandria and Washington.
Arrive Washington 9:15 p. m. Buffet
Farlor Car.
No. "a Daily sos D. m.
Local from Harrisonburg to Stras-
burg. Arrive Strasburg 7:30 p. m.
E. H. CoAPMAN, Vice-President and
General Manager.
" b TAYLoE, Passenger Traffic
Manager.
H. F. CARY, General Passenger Agt.
c. W. WEsTBURY, Gen. Agent,
Washington, d. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30

Put your savings in the Savings
Department of the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock,
Va. at per cent compound interest.
Amounts Of s1.00 and upwards re-
ceived. The only savings institu-
ton in the county for the accomuls-
ton of the small savings of laboring
men, women. and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30

The word derrick" for q machin.
used to lift heavy weights Is curiousi.
derived from London hangman in the
beginning Of the seventeenth century
whose name was Theodore and who
h often mentioned In old plays. HE
Ildss circuit with the devil, and Der
flek must be his host and Tyborne the
Inn at which he win light occurs In
The Bsllman Of London" published
IN 1016 The name thus corrupted
eauls afterward to Be applied by N
easy transit1on to the gallows and later
still to any frame OF confxivancs ne
eonhling 4 n shapA
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Could Her

He was q perfect wonder. was the
parliamentary candidate for certain
agricultural district. And he was new
er shy of telling the voters why they
should return him as their M. p.
Il am q practical farmer" said he,
boastfully, at one meeting. Il can
plow, reap, milk cows, work chaff-
cutter, shoe horse-in fact" he went
on, proudly, Il should like you to tell
me one thing about . farm which
cannot do"
Then, in the impressive silence, .
small voice asked from the back Of
the crowd:
Can you lay an egg?'-London An
sWerS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30

The poet raves of her beautiful hair
that crowns his fair idols head and
calls the man prosy old bear who ig.
nores its splendors instead. Yes, the
poet of it makes fad-its glories in
verse he will group; but, like other
in the soup.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-06-30

Streets in the bazaar districts Of
Asiatic cities are only eight to ten feet
wide. The larger shops are eight BY
ten and the smaller ones FIVE by sfs
feet, with one side giving directly on
the street In each bazaar is khan
for every ten or twelve shops. These
khans are two stories high, with an
open court In the center and rooms on
the four sides, all opening into the
court A door leads from the open
court into the street. Rooms are let "a
di6erent storekeepers for storage pur
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Indian inscriptions.

A wide range of Indian languages
written in characters of Arabic form
appears on the stamps of the native
feudatory states of India, but these
stamps are mostly Of a purely local
character and, although included in
most catalogues, they may be laid
aside for the present as locals" which
are classed by experts as the stamps
the beginner should leave alone.
Those which are obtained, however,
can be distinguished by means of the
pictures in any well-illustrated cata
logue of postage stamps
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To the Public.

81 have been using Chamberlain
Tablets for indigestion for the past
six months, and 1t affords me pleasure
to say have never used remedy
that did me so much good. Mrs.
G. E. Riley. Illien, N. Y. Chamber
laln's Tablets are Obtainable every.
where. adv.
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Won His Bet.

Bill-A flea bet kangaroo that It
would 60 as far on jump as the kan
CARGO.
Jill-Of course the flea lost the bet.
mo; when the kangaroo jumped Mr..
Flea hoped onto Mr.. Kangaroo and
went the same distance"
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HERALD
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lshed until forbidden and charged
accord ngly.
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Invest you money in the per cent
Certificates OF the Shen. Valley Loan
& Trust Co., Woodstock, Va. Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi-annually, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six months
10 short notice.
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Church Directory.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday At IL A. M. and 1880
P. M. REV. ). r. JACOBS
Pastor
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To Our Subscribers.

The date of the expiration of yom
subscription will be found on eveey
copy of the. Shenandoah Herald.
Please remit without waiting for
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Old Underground Passage.

A crofter of Kilkenneth, Three,
Scotland, made discovery of an I'M
foreground passage while blowing his
land the other day. The pillow struck
what appeared to be a large stone,
and on making investigation he found
that this was part of the roof of sub
terranean passage. He followed the
underground roadway to a length Of
about twenty-eight yards. The roof is
securely though roughly built, and
does not seem to be either the end or
the beginning Of the passage. The
part where the discovery was made
is about a mile from the shore, and
the land belongs to the duke Of Ar.
gyll.
seff-LlehtIng Cigars.
The German military authorities ana
the German postal authorities have
authorized the transmission by parcel
post to soldiers in the field Of cigars
equipped with q special chemical prep.
aration that enables the smoker t.
light them without the aid OF matches.
The chemical preparation IL applied
to the end of cigars, and Ii ignited ~
rubbing It against . hard substance.
like the ordinary match. but 1t cannoa
iSnite automatically. The chemicals
80. u = said, - Mt A6ss4 the -
- = ~ 49, -.-