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Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-07

BERLIN, Via Lonoons AUG " Inc
Russians have prepared for battle be-
tween the Dneister and the Pruth riv-
ers." the war office stated today.
NEW YORK. Aug. s.-CBy foreign
cables from European itaL)-Yes-
terday's tremendous cannonade on the
Flanders battle front was followed last
night BY two German attempts TO shake
the British from their hold on impor-
tant sections Of newly won ground
Neither OF these met with any success
whatever, London reports
The first attack was launched IN the
Hollebeke region The Germans did
not even succeed here In reaching the
British lines. Later the German guns
laid down a barrags at WesthoeSe and
the infantry tried TO push IN under its
cover. They met with no more sue
cess. however. than they had done at
HoIlebeke-
On the French front. aside from the
Flanders area there was considerable
activity on the part Of the Germans.
They made attacks in the region OF
BoviIle, at Avoncourt wood and in Al
SAGE. The French guns were able to
cope with the situation IN each case.
Paris announces
The strong hand OF Kerensky Is
again 1t ths hahn IN Russia where the
personnel OF the organized cabinet has
been agreed upon under his premier
ship. The constitutional democrats
are represented in the LIST
China apparently Is on the verge OF
a declaration OF war against Germany
and Austria-Hungary. A cabinet meet
ing decision in favor OF q war declara-
ton has been approved by Acting Pres
ident Feng Kwo Chang and the decla-
ration, Peking advices state. is expected
tn he fEsuAd this week
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-07
TO ASK DEATH PENALTY
FOR SERVICE REs|sTERs
Men Arrested in Oklahoma Up
riSingS viii Be Tried for
reason

MUSKOGEE, Okla, Aug. s.-United
States District Attorney w. P. McGdn-
mis- announced this afternoon that the
men arrested on charges of resisting
the selective service law in connection
with the Oklahoma uprisings will be
tried for treason and that the death
penalty will be asked by the govern
ment.
District Attorney McGinnis has sent
two deputy attorneys to the infested
district Of the state to gather evidence
against the alleged traitors.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-07
opposition to SeIectiVe
Service Seems Dying Ou1

OKLAHOMA CITY, Okla. Aug. e.
Directors to the selective service began
their fourth day of resistance to service
in the new national army today with
scattered bands still hiding in the hilly
reaches Of Seminole and Hughes coun-
ties.
Although sporadic outbursts conttn-
ued, officials expressed the belief they
had the situation in nand. and with the
arrest of more than zoo members of
the bands, recruited almost completely
from the white tenant farmer class,
along with several Of the leaders, 1t was
thought opposition to law and order was
dying out.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-07
Refused by the Army,
Virginia Man Ends Life

STAUNTON, Va, Aug. 6.-"Jim" E.
Browning. who was told he WASN'T fit to
march to martial music and who drank
carbolic acid after they told him. was
accompanied by a military escort and
lots of music to the cemetery late yes
terday. Today officers were wondering
whether flattened feet mattered so much
after all.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-07
Russian Women Form
Detachment of Sailors

PETROGRAD. Aug. 6.-The first de.
tachment of $50 women soldiers was
forming here today. preparatory to go
ing to the Thurman coast
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-07
New S1O,OOO,OOO Credit
Is Extended to Italy

WASHINGTON. Aug. ga further
credit of s1O.OOo.OOO was given to the
Italian government by the treasury de-
partment today.
Atlanta semi-weekly journal. (Atlanta, Ga.) 1898-1920, 1917-08-07
BERLIN SAYS BATTLE
IS PENDING BETWEEN
DNE|STER AND PRUTH
German War Office Declares
Russian Troops Have Pre-
pared to Give Battle Between
These Two Rivers

BERLIN. Via London, Aus. s--'The
Russians have prepared for battle BE-
tween the Dneister and the Pruth riv-
ers," the war office stated today.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
MAPS SAVE MANY MILLIONS
Work Of the Government Geological
Survey Is Having cumuIa-
tive Effect.

The work of the governments old
est scientific bureau, the geological
survey, Is having a cumulative effect,
as the years go by, in thousand diff
ferent ways in enhancing the econo-
mic efficiency of the nation The foun-
dation Of the geological surveys work
Is the construction of a great topo-
graphic map of the United States. Al
ready 100000 square miles, or 40
per cent of the nations area, has
been mapped. The distinctive charac-
teristic of these maps, which are mi
nutely accurate in every detail, is the
contour lines, each line representing
certain altitude above sea level the
intervals in altitude represented by
the distance between the lines being
10 to 100 feet according to the char
acter of the country. These maps are
OF immense practical value. For ex-
ample, when the Lackawanna railroad
decided to relocate "a miles of its
main line a few years ago, the engi-
neer OF construction got down a geolo-
gical survey map and, sitting COM
fortably at his office desk, ran all the
preliminary surveys and even made
the final location for his twelve mil
lion dollar improvement from the data
on the printed sheet. 1t was only nee
essary to shoulder transit and go out
into the brush to verify the final To-
cation and drive stakes. - Charles
Frederick Carter in Worlds Work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
WAR FORTUNES IN BRITAIN
Big Profits In Manufacture of War
Munitions and in Other Lines
Of Industry.

War fortunes are being made in
Great Britain, says the Edinburgh Scots
man, In the manufacture of munitions
OF war, In shipping, in coal, in many
trades that have been stimulated tc
unusual energy and by fshermen-by
the few who have been left to carry
on that industry. Trawler shippers
are driving their own motorcars and
their wives and daughters ride in them
clad In costly furs. Potato growers
are gaining great wealth by the rise IN
"spuds." "a little over two months
ago." says the Scotsman, "a Soath
Lincolnshire farmer sold his 1000
acres of growing potatoes at $40 an
acre, on the assumption that the price
would be IS ton. He made a profit
Of over 100000, but the purchaser is
in position to sell today at double
the price he gave, and to make a prof
it on the deal of 100000. Imagine
100000 from 1000 acres of potatoes
So much for the romance of the hum
BILE tuber, the staple food of so many
hundreds Of thousands of poor people,
who will soon grimly wonder where
the romance comes in, If today's alb
normal prices are not Immediately re-
adjusted, and potato exploiters taught
that there is limit to profit monger-
Ing, even although the nation Is IN
the throes of great war"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16

BY LILA B. N. WESTON

believe in him, the most wonderful
MAJ in the world, master OF this house
and OF me, who pays for dog license.
And in her, has wife: gentle OF voice
quiet OF step, soft of touch; who feeds
me, caresses me, keeps me clean,
gives me difficult doses when I am
sick, delivers me from the enemy,
Dicks burrs from my tail; who un-
derstands me, appreciates,me. Com
nunes with me; who sees that there is
ways water IN my basin, and who
overs me carefully at night; who
searches out cool places for me in the
heat of summer, and snug shelters
against the chill of winter.
| believe in those who believe In
M; who do not shake baskets or such 9
n sticks at me, or make as though
to kick me; in those who walk natur-
lily, neither rushing nor crouchipg
down; in those who do not gather their
skirts and screech, Oh, that horrid
dog! ;; in those who do not often in
iuge in piano-playing, nor ever in
violin scraping.
But chiefly do 1 believe in those
Who drop friendly hand on my
shoulder, patting absently: in those
who sit stitching patiently with fine
eedle and white thread, and who
Groom little song; also in those
small, joyous persons who rOmp in
the fields and wade iu the brooks and
roll in the meadows. AMEN
Our Dumb Animals.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
DRESS DIDN'T LOOK RIGHT
Really II Was Not a 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 a very
select musicale. SO she had a 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
. 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, congratulatiug
her on her success OF the previous
evening and expressing q wish to see
her beautiful new gown.
I'm wearing it again this afternoon,
30 I'll just come past your house for
you to see it,
"Oh, II 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 fnstruc
uons had been obeyed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Tax Protest of Roman Mstrons

The earliest deputation of women to
parliament was organized close on
two thousand years ago. Under the
triumvirate of Augustus. Antony and
Lepidus it was proposed to tax tie
property of 1,400 wealthy Roman ma
irons in order to meet part of the ey-
penses of the civil war then ragiug,
They refused to submit TO this luposi-
ton, and sent Hortensia, one OF th=ir
number, to plead against 1t haf Ac
senate. In the course of her
she asked: why should We bQ corr
PEELED to pay for war into which .ss
had no wish to embark, or for the
support of q government whose policy
we have no means of conroliusf"
This argument proved so effective that
the tax on women was reduced To one
third Of the amount originally pro
posed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Strange Cause of Fire,

How terrible fire that Quilted an
entire New York tenement house was
caused by combination of a milk
bottle, lamp and a peaceful tabby
cat Is one Of the incidents brought out
In an article on "Curious Fires" by
Charles T. Hill, in st. Nicholas. The
cat In question was reposing in the
open back window Of first floor fiat
In the tenement Of a spinster who
was called into the front room just
at the moment when an irate lodger
In the house at the rear, exasperated
by the nocturnal concert of two undo
nestle Tables on the rear fence, SHE'D
q milk bottle at them which landed
wide Of its mark and crashed against
the tenement window sill. The spin
ster's tabby, dazed with fright, gave
one fearful leap, clutched at the table
cover and overturned the lamp.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Result. Of LIZ. In Darkness.

A scientist kept goldfishes In Z
toomy tank and with plenty Of food,
but in absolute darkness. He kept 1t
up for over three years and then OBJ
served the notifications that had &C.
Cured in the fish. The color first be-
came black, but after the second year
It became golden again, and the reason
for this is interesting. In the first in
stance the dark pigment cells spread
out and covered up the subjacent layer
Of crystals which gives the goldfish its
golden sheen. In the second instance
the phagocytes devoured the dark pig
ment cells and thus re-exposed the
golden layer. The changes in the eye
we're even more interesting The
structure of the eye was completely
altered. The fish became totally blind.
The experiment suggests thai an In
dividual fish imprisoned In a perfectly
dark cave would become blind. But
1t does not throw any direct light On
the origin Of blind race Of fishes In
raves
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Pay in the Army.

Often Questions come up IN cunver
eation as 70 the pay Of officers Of the
United States regular army in active
ocrviee. Hero Is the schedule: Lieu.
tSnant general I'll, 600 per xnnum
daa3ur general 5000, brigadier gen
eFal. 1880: colonel, $4,000; neuten-
ant eoiousl, $500; major, 5000,
captain, 0,400; first lieutenant, s2,.
o00I second lieutenant, $1,7OO. Oficerl
below the rank Of brigadier general re-.
eefve 10 per cent on the yearly pay Of
the Grade AuF each term Of flve-years
service, not to exceed 40 per cent in
III Thus the maximum pay Of q
colonel, with increase for length d
service, 70 5000; the maximum pay
ef q lieutenant colonel is 1880, etc
An officers serving outside of the Omit
ID States, except Porto Rico and
Hawaii receive 10 per cent increase
a their regular pay while 30 serving.
a private soldier IL paid SIS pei
month for the first enlistment, S1S per
month thS second enlistment, etc, up
% $B per month for ths seventh "a.
ilstmsnt The term d snlistmeat h
0re vsGsA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Mansreve Forests in Bahamas.

Mangrove trees are to me the most
fascinating Of all the vegetable
growths of our strange planet. When
young, as we thus first came upon
them, at the opening of the creek,
there is something tender and idy1c
about them, with the fresh, childlike,
laureline leaves and dangling rods Of
emerald that were really the suckers
of their banianlike roots; but, as we
proceeded inland they grew into an
absence and bizarre maturity, like
nightmares striding out In every direc-
ton, with prancing, skeleton feet
planted in noisome, fostering swamps,
and stretching out horned, clawing
hands that seemed to take root as one
looked and threw out other roots Of
horror like dream.-Richard LIE Cab
lienne, in Harper's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
DOES 1t Pay :

For the benefit OF those spendthrifts
In publicity, who expect 81 Is ad.
vertisement grudgingly placed IL
their business for whole year, and
who think they are being robbed when
the local country editor charges them
a few cents per inch for space, We
print the most recent rate card of the
Curtis publications.:
For the Ladies' Home Journal fol-
one Issue as follows: 50 a line a6, 00O
for full inside page; 81, 600 the sec.
oud or third cover in two colors,
IS, 600 for third cover in three or -four
colors; $40, 900 for the fourth cover ir
four colors. For the Saturday Eve
ming Post rate Of % q line is an.
bounced; IS, 600 for full page; s6,0Ot
for second cover in two cnlors; $40 :
900 for the center double page IL
black, or s12, 200 or double in two
colors. Greenwood Commonwealth
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
REDS ARE MAKING PROGRESS
indiana Learn English Laneuaus md
Take Up the WGys q
Civilization.

Twenty thousand INDIANS hav1
learned to Rad ana write the Eneiish
language in the last four years. There
are now $4,000, or 80 per cent Of the
total, who can use English. More than
10000 Indians have discarded the
native dress and adopted thu white
mans costume.
The income Of the Indians from
various sources Is now more than $28-
100000, an increase Of 100000 In
four years. They own $4,000, 900
worth of live stock and are cuItivatins
87S,527 acres Of land. There are 49,.
900 actual farmers, an increase Of Z.
GOO in the last three years.
Living conditions are better among
the Indians. They are gradually turn
Ing away from the medicine man when
In need Of medical attention, and a.
a consequence the death rate has fall
On from 50 to 1000 In 1915 to a little
more than n per 1000 in 1916. The
death rate from tuberculosis has been
reduced Is per cent. Better sanitary
conditions have reduced the death
rate Of children. In 1914 there were
1881 deaths Of children under three
years Of age, and in 1915 there were
only 1,S0S deaths.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
SWindle In New Coins.

Washington, Feb 4.-Coin sharpers
are using the new quarter and halt
dollars as medium of swindling peo.
pie in remote sections of the country.
according to information reaching
the Treasury Department. The swim.
dlers have quantity OF the new coins
and are telling people that this is a
rare new issue of which only few
coins have been struck. They are
selling quarters for SO cents and hall
dollars for s1.00 on the strength OF
this argument.
The Treasury Department today is
sued warning against these sharp.
ers, announcing that %, 300, 900 Of the
new halves have been struck and
50 900 of the new quarters and that
the minting will continue until the
complete needs of circulation are met
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Proper Lighting.

Add immensely to the attractive
sess OF your home by diffusing the
lights instead of focusing them os
one point. Eye strain will be relieved
and shadows and outlines viii tie sofc.
ened, especially when amber lights
are used. The new indirect lighting
Sxtures are replacing d-fashioned
ones, making the lighting problem
more artistic and less. expensive.
Much the same effect may be pro
duced with less expense by frosted
bulbs and globes. There are various
types of this indirect lighting suitable
for all rooms, from the kitchen ta
the parlor, and 1t is to be recommend
ed Is blessing to the busy eyes and
the tense nerves Of today.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
A Sure Way.

/! Congressman Charles R. Davis Of
Minnesota relates that one afternoon
q train on Western railroad stopped
at small station, when one Of the
passengers, in looking over the place
found his gaze fixed upon an interest.
ing sign. Hurrying to the side Of the
conductor, he eagerly inquired: "Dc
you think that I will have time to gel
. soda before the train startsT'
sOh, yes" answered the conductor
But, suppose" suggested the thirs
y passenger, shat the train should
% on without mef'
We can easily FIX that" promptly
replied the conductor. II win &
along and have one with you."-Argo
insult
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
He Kept Count.

A famous animal trainer was taldl &
to reporter in New York. He said:
"Tbe secret of animal training is gen.
deness. Nothing sudden or brusque
must be done. An unexpected caress
may anger an animal more than kick
Ia the ribs. Sudden, brusque, unex-
we'll they are meant. Once ! was
showing in Scotland. We trainers sup
ped one night with Scotch adyuirer
The cid man was the soul of hospital
ity. but / admit l was rather startled
when he leaned toward me and said:
"'Stick in, man Conklin. stick in
Yer frien' Coot's twa mullins ahe;d q
ye'"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
a Bio Snowfall,

The heaviest fall of snow that ever
took place in England occurred in 1915
The snow commenced falling on the
10th of January, 1915, AID continued
every day until the 18th of March fol-
lowing. 1t covered the earth to such
a depth that passengers, both horse
and foot, passed over gates. hedges and
walls, which had been obliterated By
the white sheet On the 18th Of March
1t began to decrease and so by little
and little consumed and wasted away
ill the 2Sth CT May.
A heavy fall occurred in Scotland IN
1920, the snow falling thirteen days
and nights with little or no interlnis.
sion.
One of the heaviest falls on single
day occurred on the Dist Of February,
1T62, the snow in some places being
from ten to twelve feet deep.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Snaiis In the AQUARIUM.

Every one who keeps an aquarium
Knows that it is advisable to place q
few snails in the tank, not only because
mails are interesting in themselves,
5ut because they are good cleaners,
says the Popular Science Monthly. II
he keeper of the aquarium knows that
90 much sunlight will produce too
much plant growth and has placed tho
ressel In partly Shaded place where
the proportion of light and shade IL
pbout right the snails, If they are nu-
nerous enough, can control the growth
Nature has provided them with a Pc
culiar anatomical structure resembling
narrow ribbon, which in detail IS like
the band of teeth on a carpenters
rasp. Under the microscope these 50
called "lingual ribbons" or tongues,
are seen to be thickly set with rows Of
sharp edged teeth which are them
selves toothed and which rasp OF ma.
croscopic plants and carry them hts
the mouth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
SOUTHERN RAILWAY
Premier Carrier of the South.
Schedule between w Washington, Alex
andria, Woodstock and Harrisonburg.
Schedule figures published only -
Information "NOs Guaranteed.

L
| WESTBOUND- from Woodstock.
NO. 23-Daily except Sunday, s:0s
d. u. Local for Harrisonburg. Ar
rive HarrisO1burg $50. y. IN.
No. 49-Dal.y- 1858 p. m. Local
Tor HarrisOnburg. Arrive Harrison
burg 2:30 p. m. Buffet Parlor Car. :.
NO. FL - Daily = 8:34 p. LII.
Local for HarrisOnburg. Arrive
dRrrisonburg 1915 p. m.
EASTBOUND-from Woodstock.
No. Daily ESQ .. III.
Lamited for Alexsndria and Washing.
ton. Arrive Washington 1850 q. IN.
Buffet Parlor Car
NO 2S-Daily-4:40 p. N. Local
for Alexandria and Washington.
Arrive Washington 9:l5 p. m. Buffet
t-arlor Car.
No. "a Daily except Sunday, o:5o
D. In. Local from Hsrrisonburg t.
otrasburg. Arrive lStrasburg 7:ot
T.. H. CoAPMAN, Vice-President and
Genera al Manager.
W b TAYLOE, Passenger Trafic
Manager.
Il. F. CARY. General Passenger Agt.
4 81 DEBUTTS, Division Passe s.l
Agent, No. 705 10Th ST., n w.,
Washington, D 9.
5 E BURGESS, Div. Pas. Agent, No
% s. Tryon ST., Chariot, N 4.
c. W. WESTBURY, Gen. Ira. Pas.
Agent, No. o2S Chestnut St eel,
Pniiadel phia, Pa.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Good Name Better Than What,

His first suit Of bought clothes
was gray. He was only six, but hs
was inordinately proud of his new graz
suit. He could scarcely wait for Sun
day to come so he could wear it. And
when the day did finally arrive, hs
begged to be permitted to stay aftss
Sunday school for the church services.
and he asked to sit by his father, 81
any other young man would do. Bus
before permission was given he hsS
to promise to listen to what the min
lister said instead Of thinking Of hss
new suit.
The text which the preacher used
was, "a good name is rather to be
chosen than great riches"
When the lad reached home he YVES
asked what the preacher takes
about. He promptly replied:
"a good name is better than Erae
breeches."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
HcaIthful Summer.

hot weather has a habit Of forcfas
itself on peoples attention in a dis
agreeable way. There is no escaping
1t. When the thermometer registers
above 80 everybody knows 1t liz hot.
But there is this comfort: The
trouble from hot weather is mostly
mere annoyance. There is less sicE-
ness in hot weather than in cold. wis
ter Is the time of epidemics. In tfse
summer people live out of doors. Thsy
have plenty Of fresh air and they
keep well. Even babies flourish h
the heat If proper attention IL diva
their food.
It isn't pleasant to swelter. But \
isn't dangerous. And consider hs
splendid compensations of The 49,
door life!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1917-02-16
Have You A Little Rose Garden

shoH1 w - hNOoN Ouf uLu
Of life prolongers there are many
but the best that we have heard IL
that which Mrs. Alice Bennett credit.
ed with enabling her to reach the age
OF l05 in strength and happiness.
Her elixer of life was little patch
of roses in her back yard.
There were other flowers, too. and
q grape arbor for shade.
In the summer when the back yard
was riot of iowery flame, neighbors
used to see Mrs. Bennett working
among her plants plucking posy
here, shipping branch there, grow
ing older amid beauty.
"Stay out OF the rocking chair, she
Led to tell her neighbors.
"Get out into the fresh open air II
you wish to live to ripe old age''
Pretty good advice It's pity more
of us cannot have back yards and
flower gardens. But those who can
have them should have them. So
should the rest.-Exchange.