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Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
Party Mt Ishams

A pleasant party was enjoyed by q
number at the home OF Mr., and Mrs,
j. NJ Isham on Il street Thursday
afternoon. Those present were Alta
Ralph, Louis Wilcox. Ruth Fallin.
Mayme Johnston. Dora Pratt. Vivian
Isham. Harold Isham. Arda Isham.
Mr., and Mrs, Isham, Alta Gentry,
Rev, Melville r. Wire and Ina Gould,
Following an afternoon OF enter
tainment. the party had picnic sup
per and later went to church In q
body.
This was Miss Gould's last meeting
with her Sunday school class. as she
has moved to Klamath Falls.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26

A. g. fiongh. Mrs, Calvin. Mira, Roe
mer and Mrs. Lister formed the four
tables OF the Monday Afternoon Auc-
tlon bridge club which Mrs, 4, W.,
Clarke entertained at her home on
West A street The regular card
games supplied entertainment for the
afternoon.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
SENATOR'S
PLAN MEXICAN POLICY

Washington, Mar. 25.--Plans TO
demand more troops on the Mexican
border and the formation OF a re-
publican Mexican policy we're discuss
cd today at secret conference OF re-
publican senators. Action was de-
ferrcd until Monday
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
In Honor of old schoolnlate

In honor OF an old schoolmate,
Irving Tabor. OF corpuscorspi, Texas,
Mrs, A. ], Klocker gave an Informal
dinner to her friends on Tuesday
evening. March 81. The evening was
pleasantly spent with cards,
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
"The Oregon Club"

The regular members of The Ore
gon Club" spent Monday afternoon
at the home OF Mrs. f. T. Mckinstry.
on North Sixth street. The afternoon
was pleasantly passed in social visit
over the fancy work. after which
sandwiches. pickles, coffee, cake and
fruit salad were served.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26

the Dominion liner Englishman and
the reported torpedoing of the Brit
Iish channel steamer Sussex caused
heavy selling shortly before the stock
market closed today. Prices broke
sharply. but the buying was strong
and the decline stopped altogether
before the market closed. It was
dull and featureless in the early
morning.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
Mrs. II. W. Clarke Hostess

! Mrs, Joseph Moss, Mrs. A. j..
Kloeker, Mrs Roy Bartlett. Mrs Mike
Clemens, Mrs. r. w. Clarke, Mrs. @.
p. Jester, Mrs. Everett Holman, Mrs.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
spazetta Club Entertained

The Mesdames H. l.. Darneille and
Samuel Bowden entertained the
Spazetta club at the Spa parlors on
Tuesday evening. An interchange OF
ideas OF crocheting and other lines
OF fancy work filled the time until
ice cream and cake was served by
the hostesses to their club guests.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
CREDITS TOBACCO WITH
ADDING YEARS TO LIFE

Eugene, Mar 25.--chewing to-
bacco. says J. H. Lee, is the secret of
longevity. Lee is third cousin of
General Robert e. Lee. He cele-
brated his 1osrd birthday yesterday.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
Sewing Circle Meet

Miss Marie Sauer entertained her
sewing club mates at her home at
500 X street on Saturday afternoon
of last week. Hortense Hough. Dor
othy Stidham, Dorothy Starr, Reno
Tryer, and Vida Fitzgerald, all regu-
lar members OF the society, were the
guests OF the afternoon. Sandwiches.
pickles. cake and cocoa were served
Tatting Club Holds All-Day Meeting
4 The Ladies Tatting club held an
all-day meeting at the home OF one OF
the members, Mrs. VI. Luckett, on
North Ninth street. Friday OF this
week. About half an hour was given
over to prayer service, led by Mrs.
Swayze. At noon the twelve mem
bers, present enjoyed the luncheon,
which had been prepared and brought
by them to the home OF their hostess
In the afternoon the time was de-
voted to sewing, and before the twi-
light hours had arrived number Of
useful garments had been completed
for the needy.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26

Old papers. for starting fires. 81
per bundle. Courier ONCE.
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26
wedding ANNIVERSARY Celebrated


The twentieth wedding anniversary
OF Mr., and Mrs. George s. Calhoun
was celebrated on the evening Of
March is. when Mr.. and Mrs. J. d.
Frye. Mr.. and Mrs. J. G. CALHOUN
and family, Mr.. and Mrs. l.. L. Jewell
and family. Eclus Pollock, and the
Misses Christina Mclean, Clara CAL
houn and Ethel Brockley gathered at
their home at 5l2 North Fifth street
to spend the evening in honor OF the
occasion. College races and progress
sive games provided the evening en-
tertainment and refreshments OF
coffee and cake were served
Rogue River courier. (Grants Pass, Or.) 19??-1918, 1916-03-26

NET the facts on the operating cost
VI before you buy any automobile.
Find out the truth before-not
after. And don't be satisfied with hear
say or salesman's claims. The price of
gasoline is high; so is oil and there is sure
to be an increase in the cost Of all tires.
So, what you want is the car that win
give you most miles per gallon Of gasoline,
per gallon of oil and per set of tires.
Here are the facts proved by the Max
well stock touring car that recently set the
Worlds Motor Nonstop Record:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
QUICK WIT SAVED BURGLAR
Ono Can Imagine Police Officers Feel
Inas When He Realized How He
Had Been Fooled.

The up-to-date burglar is quick
witted criminal, and nothing delights
him more than to be too many for
the constable, says the London Mail.
To accomplish this he sometimes ex-
hibits good deal Of wit and daring.
Here is a case in point.
A constable, going the rounds OF his
beat few nights ago, noticed a light
in house from which the family and
servants had gone to the country. Az
ter pulling the bell several times .
man put his head out of the bedroom
window to say that he would be down
in a few minutes. He came down in
a dressing gown and carrying candle
in his hand.
The constable explained his suspi-
cion, whereupon the man stated that
he had just run up to town to see that
all was right After chatting for lit
tie, he invited the constable to have
a glass of wine. He lit the dining room
gas and produced bottle of port. Az
ter they had drunk each others health
he let the constable out and bolted the
door after him.
The man lost no time in getting the
"swag" together, and left the house
by another exit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
Hiohlv Dramatic,

Backward and forward he paced, his
eyes wild and rolling, his face haggard.
As the minutes passed his agitation
increased
will she never come? Will she
never Gomez" he walled wildly. AL
ready it is Is minutes past the appoint
ed time, and yet she is not here!"
He pressed his hands to his fevered
brow and waited He tried to sit In
vain, and still waited. He gazed sadly
through the window and went on wait
ing.
At last! An! The sounds of little
footsteps on the stairs. He turned to
the door, eager, excited.
Yes, It was she!
You have come, then" he gasped.
dizzy with delight, as he grabbed his
hat.
Yes, the stenographer had come
back and 1t was now his turn to go
out to MISUNDERSTANDING Chronicle
Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
ue1e> All contestants must send i'm answers with
ANCIENTS HAD SHORTHAND
The System Used by Old Romans and
Hebrews Was Not Based on Pho
netics Like Ours.

We are told in recent story, that
not only the Romans, but the ancient
Hebrews, possessed fine systems Of
stenography, and that public men
took stenographers with them wher-
ever they went. This is not true
in any strict sense, the New York
Mail states. The ancient Romans and
Hebrews had systems of shorthand,
but not all stenography Their short
hand consisted of authorizations, the
use of letters for words, the introduce
ton OF arbitrary systems, and that
kind of things. No system of phonet-
lie stenography, such as we have at the
present day, in which fluent character
represents a certain sound, and in ac-
cordance with which the sounds of hui
man speech can be transcribed as they
are uttered, was known to the an
clients. The shorthand system invent.
ed by Giro, the secretary of Cicero
Is well known; it has no phonetic ba-
sis. Two amanuenses were neces-
sary to keep up with a speaker, and
there are even tales that Caesar kept
six amanuenses going at once. 1t il
certainly a long jump from that to the
handy girl of today, whose swift PEN
ell easily keeps up with a mans ut
terances.
Few people at the present day have
any just or correct understanding Of
phonetics. The average person con.
fuses the names of a letter of the al
phabet with the sound which it is sup
posed to represent, fails to distinguish
between diphthongs like long 81" and
the simple vowel sounds, and in many
ways betrays the fact that he is quite
without a phonetic sense. The teach
ing of stenography has spread a
knowledge of phon etics, and in the
long run must produce a much more
general realization of the ridiculous.
ness and wastefulness of our present
system of spelling the English Ian.
guage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
A VISITING LlbnrI.n.

Mary Dewitt Titcomb has. extend.
ed the field Of the circulating library
In Washington county. Maryland, un
TIL 1t reached the most inaccessible OF
the rural delivery list. With the con.
sent OF the trustees, she built a I'll.
brary wagon" which was made much
like a laundry wagon. It had side
doors opening outward and each side
was fitted with shelves OF books.
Drawn by two mules, the library start
cd out into the country. Now the
wagon has been taken OF and in its
place is . library motor car which
carries . visiting librarian who ID.
yisss the families and helps select
the books they want The teachers
OF the district schools also use the
library motor car to choose pictures
and books for their pupils. The trav.
cling library makes two trips . week,
Or Is routes. covering tie entire coun.
y, which has $4,000 inhabitants. Mise
Titcomb says that the people In the
country do not read a. much f,ctios
- her patrons 10 the city do.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
luminescent Illumination.

There are several substances that be-
come luminescent after long exposure
to the rays Of the sun. although none
Of them emits brilliant light 1t is
believed that this luminescence could
be greatly increased II the problem
were investigated with as much care
as that given to the development Of
the incandeseent gas mantle. 1t has
been suggested that if a luminescent
paint were spread on buildings exposed
to brilliant sunshine they would give
off stored sunlight during the night
and thus preserve one element Of the
radiant energy of the SUM- One au-
thority remarks, The general use Of
such a paint would enable the more
powerful methods Of artificial lllumi-
nation to be limited to special locations
and confine the use of existing systems
to indoor service and to spots where
hiile daylight penetrates. Washing
ton Star
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
GIVES ADVICE TO HUSBANDS
Writer Offers the Suggestion That
More Men Should Occasionally
Praise Their Wives.

Apparently there are some men in
the world who would not be likely to
live long if by any possibility they
should be betrayed into praising their
wives, remarks the Philadelphia In
Quirer.
The man of this description is a
self-sufficient creature, who evidently
believes that creation was instituted
for his benefit. He is little sur
prised and good deal annoyed that
things were not arranged more to his
liking, but he tolerates the arrange
ment, not because he approves Of it,
but because he cannot help it.
The wife Of this man is a woman
no old maid should ever marry this
man when his wife is worn out and
laid in the grave; If she does she
will regret 1t to her latest day-that
is, unless she has backbone enough
to put the man where he belongs and
keep him there. And it is never pleas
ant to any true-hearted woman to feel
that she has to master her husband
In order to live comfortably with him.
The man who never praises his
wife will find fault with everything on
every possible occasion. It is the
easiest thing in the world to find fault
easier than the proverbial sliding
down hill. 1t gets to be habit with
some men, and they are hardly con-
scious when they are exercising it.
Why cannot a man show his wife
that he appreciates her efforts to
please him? Why cannot he praise
the pudding of his wife as well as
the cooking of her neighbor Smith?
Why cannot he speak kindly of her
mince pie, and charitably Of her
sponge cake? Why cannot he say
that the new hat is becoming to the
face Of the woman who loves him?
Kind words make his wife happy,
and no decent man ought to withhold
them, and he will find that the general
run of affairs in his household will
be smoother all around.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
March 24-tf.

There are q. good many aalt-water
eataracts in existence. They may be
found in Norway, southern Chils
and British Columbia. where narrow
fiords. or arms Of the sea, are Oh
structed by barriers of rock. The nv.
ing tide flows over and filters through
such reefs into the great natural res.
ervoirs beyond, but the water is held
back at the ebb until 1t breaks over
the obstruction in an irresistible tor
rent. Most curious of all is the wa
terfall at Canoe Passage, where the
island of Vancouver approaches the
British Columbia mainland. Here the
food tide from the Gulf Of Georgia to
the southwark is held back at a mar.
row cleft between two islands until it
pours over in a boiling cascade IS feet
high, with perhaps double the volume
Of the Rhine. At the turn Of the tide,
however, the waters from the north
rush back into the gulf. producing .
cascade Of equal height and volume
The waterfall actually lows bott
WAYS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
Shenandoah Farmers Union,
vs. oDSTOCK, VA.
For Safety's Sake.

Business was very brisk, so the nrM
appointed Patrick foreman, a position
OF which he was very proud.
He was slways fussing around, or
dering this and altering that One
morning his gang of men stoppe;.
work because they heard the well.
known voice Of their new foreman
shouting loudly.
Down below on the ground stood
Pat, yelling Justify, and waving hin
arms wildly.
"Oi say, you. up there!' he shout.
ed. You know that ladder at the
end Of the scaffoidingf Well, don't
any Of yez thry to come down, be.
cause Owe taken it away!"-Phila.
delphia Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
Humiijty's Power.

A woman once came to the cave Of .
sage who was renowned for his pro-
found analysis of her sex.
father" said she. ''let me sit at
your feet awhile. am but woman
faulty and foolish and weak-but !
would fain be the pupil Of your learn
ing and the disciple Of your virtues"
And the sage. secure in his wisdom,
consented.
Then he laid himself down to sleep
In the shade of q rock, out Of the glare
Of the sun. When he awakened ne
was blindfolded and bound hand and
foot-a prisoner to love.
He had protected himself against
every feminine weapon except tho
nnet 6angsrpne - -humflityl-New
Ie11 Dven4ng -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
FAILING eodies.

Men from the Michigan College Of
Mines made some interesting expert.
nients With falling bodies in the deep
vertical shaft OF copper mine at Cal
unlet. which. says Machinery. has three
Of the deepest shafts ID the world
The experimentes tried to drop int
= boz Of clay Zoo feet below tvs
metal balls two inches IN diame16r, one
from the center of Z shaft uine fees
vide and thirty feet long and 90 iron
the southwest corner of Neithef Of
the balls reached the 81 = cay. bns
was never found: the ether. 5pfobSbly
the one dropped from the center. vas
funnd lodged in the t1mbers IN The eass
ride Of the shaft. 500 feet from the sur
face. In fact. bodies drvppsd into thA
shaft invariably lodged IN The east
wall, because the earth rotates on 10
svis from west to east II . leao Of
ore were spilled into the shaft most d
u would cling to the side Of the ahalI
- land on the levels 10 The ease
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
HUSBAND RESCUED
DESPAIRINC WIFE

! had gotten SO weak | could not stand
and gave up in despair.
AT last, my husband got ne bottle of
Cardui, the woman's tonic, and | COM
menced taking it. From the ven first
disc, ! could tell it was helping me. /
can now walk two miles without its
firing me, and am doing all my work
If you are all run down from womanIv
troubles, don't give up in despair. Tv
Cardui. the woman's tonic. 1t has helped
more than million women, in its so
years OF continuous success, and should
surely help you. too. Your druggist has
sold cardm for years. He knows what
it win do. Ask him. He will recom-
mend it. Begin taking cardui today.
Write TO-: Chattanooga Medicine CO La.
9favisory Dept. Chattanooga. Tenn. for SDecs0l
lastluctfofas on your case and 64-pare h,ol .iki.
iie~'"en' sef women. sent in plain wrapper. ia
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
Gold Fields ssssl Prolific.

"reminiscences Of the paimy days OF
the gold fields in western Australia
were recently revived when a parcel of
dollied gold was brought to Kalgoorlie
from Norland and Rudds lease at
Broad Arrow. 1t was the finest dis
play seen for many years, and recalled
the rich finds Of the early days of
Coolgardie. When smelted the bullion
weighed 100 ounces and is valued at
over $4,000. The reef from which the
gold was obtained has widened to five
feet. and there are about 800 tons Of
ore in sight, in addition to 10 tons
N the surface. estimated to average
three ounces Der ton.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
The Word Derrick"

The word derrick for a machine
used to lift heavy weights is ruriously
derived from n London hangman in the
beginning Of the seventeenth century
whose name was Theodore and who
Is often mentioned in old plays. He
rides circuit with the devil. and Der
rick must he his host and Tyborne the
Inn at which he will light occurs in
The BellInan of London" published
In 1916. The name thus corrupted
came afterward to be applied by an
easy transition to the gallows and later
still to any frame or contrivance re
sembling 1t In shape.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26

n England, ~ well ~ in this coun,
try. manufacturers are taking I lively
interest in Industrial education. 4
scholarship and an exhibition have
been founded 1t the University Of
Leeds for the purpose Of giving the
holders training such a. win enable
them TO assist in the development Of
the industry. A sum Of about 81, 500
has been placed In trust for the pur
pose b. two Whitehayen r1anufac'
tureB engaged q the leather and coal
industries, and tin WIN provide Z
acholoFnhlp q a. aannal yn1ne a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
s,,x culture IN Colombia.

The government Of Colombia haa
Just made an appropriation Of $4,000
annually for the encouragement Of silk
culture in the republic. Experiments
are to be made with native plants to
see If they can be used in the indus
try in place Of mulberry plants. Silk
spinning machinery imported into Co
lombia will be exempt from duty for
ten years.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
Monkey Made Happy,

Hoolock, a lonesome monkey in the
Central park zoo, New York, was mis-
erable until the curator conceived the
idea Of taking photographic records
Of his whining chatter. Now Hoolock
listens to his own talk, thinks he has
a companion and is perfectly happy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
Analer'a Lucky Day.

Mrs. John Roberts, while fishing
from the municipal pier at Hermosa
Beach, Cal. caught five different kinds
Of fish on fiye hooks at the same time.
Tho ush were mackerel. bass, JACK
smelt yellow nn and barracuda
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26

Lawyer Ito hesitating ciient,-Re-
yenge h sweet. remember Wen light
this case to the bitter end Client
But who'll get the bitter end, ths other
fellow " me:- Chicago Nowp.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26

~RaId heads remind - Of kiad
OrOrslB." ~
Why Gof'
They en- nerer -. ~ Guou~
49, nasnQDG &
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26
WAR HAS CIT OFF GENIUS
But Famous Russian Bacteriolosist
Believes Science viii Continue
to Forge Ahead.

asked Metchnikof a while ago
whether the war really deprived the
world of genius; whether we should
have 10 wait long years for new inven
tons, for the solution of problems
which vex and weigh upon humanity
says writer in the London Observer.
The veteran bacteriologist was in a
hopeful mood. In the calm Of his lab
On a study of silkworms as if there
we're no earth-shaking war, he spoke
10 this effect:
1T is true that there has been a
Of the young doctors here have lied
at the front; q young professor Of
promise has also persisted. These are
but samples of what has happened ev.
erywhere. But do not despair. Ma
sure is boundless in her resources; the
regenerative force CT France and Rus
sia is not exhausted
On the contrary, he feels that this
trightful war may advance science
rather than retard it. If the Germans
are beaten they will turn more readily
10 their interrupted studies and knowl.
sdge will benefit by their application.
l did not ask the learned investiga-
tor whether he thought the German
was Indispensable to science; but, at
the moment, England leads the way,
and one of her cons, graduate Of
new university, has discovered what
appears to be the ideal antiseptic
Doctor Dakin, the fortunate scientist,
has been working with Doctor Carrel.
the French-American, at the Com.
piegne branch of the Rockefeller in
stitute. The young savant treats OF
his discovery in the British Medical
Journal" And now, the French hos.
pital, if not the last work in scientific
Installation-for that costs money and
a great deal Of it's at least admir-.
ably adapted to the end in view-ths
rapid recovery Of men from theis
wounds.
Fortunes In Farthings.
It Is we'll known that shopkeepers
make pounds by ignoring farthings, CT
by giving something for them that
Is worth far less than farthing; but
where shopkcepers make the pounds,
banks and the English government
make their hundreds OF pounds, ac-
cording to writer in Parsons. II a
farthing is due from you in taxes, you
are charged Id. On the other hand,
you are never paid Id for farthing.
The same principle is applied to
fractions of pounds. Banks in reck.
oning interest for themselves call any
part OF Ell full pound, whereas in
reckoning interest for you odd shil.
lings are left out of account. Thus
for deposit of ESQ 9s lid you would
receive interest ON f99 only.
1t is amazing how the state profits
by not paying fractions OF pence.
The government has special fund
In which are placed the fractions Of
pence withheld in paying dividends On
government stock. This fund amount
ID to more than a150,000 in ten years
before being used for other purposeA
~ far - the e0vernment q -
earne4 fArthtnss nean : -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-05-26

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