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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
SHELLS TO USE FOR BUTTONS
4 Species That 10 Abundant In New
Zealand Can Be Ussd 70 Ad-
vantage.

According % information which
has been furnished b. the depart
ment Of internal af,airs at yelling
ton. the Trochus niloucus, common
y found In QueensiAnd and the
South Sea Islands. does not occur In
New Zealand; but other shells which
Are found In these waters might b
used In the manufacture Of buttons,
especially the paua. Haliotis Iris. and
the toitol, Ostraea sulcata. They are
not at present used for the manufac-
ture Of buttons or for similar uses.
but both occur In great numbers on
roc0 coasts near the low-dde mark.
the paSa being much the commonsr.
Since these shells have never been
sought for commercial purposes, there
Is no way Of ascertaining their cost
The method Of disposing Ut production,
earket, etc, but 1t u understood that
esg are very easily gathered - ths
de ebbs and flows on the sandy
taAches about the islnnd-Sdsnkiaa
American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
APPEALED 70 BOYS IN KHAKI
Flirtatious Bamseis Had No Chance
When Busy Little knitter APP
peared on the Scene.

Two girls travelling on q train
through Hoosierdom could have learn
ed lesson from plain little Indiana
school teacher. had they been wise
enough to do SO. They were going on
pleasure trip and determined to have
pleasure all the way. On the train
they munched candy, read magazines,
played rhum and tried In every way
they could to attract the attention of
two uniformed young men near them
but all in vain. -r
The little school teacher, who was
on her way to attend county insti-
tute, got on the train at q little country
town. Shyly she entered the car, quiet
ly she took seat across from the two
girls. who were rather noisy in their
efforts to gain notice, and Immediately
after she was settled she began to f1n-
lSh a beautiful knitted soldier sweater.
lndustriOusly she wOrked-S0. intent
on her work that she noticed no one.
But the people noticed her and ap-
nceeiated her zeal and the quality OF
her patriotism. They smiled whenever
they passed her seat and profered her
the loan Of their papers and books.
And before many miles had been trav-
eled one Of the khaki-clad youths was
beside her and the other one opposite.
The sweater had been examined, the
| process of making 1t explained to the
youths, and now they were telling the
little teacher camp stories.
The two girls giggled and remarked
about "some peoples tastes" because
they didn't observation-disclosures.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
BRING BACK HOME MEMORIES
Many Reasons Why snapshots u
Familiar spots Are Dearly PPixsd
by the Soldiera

A piece Of paper covered with black
and white understanding more,
But suppose those splotches have been
painted by sunlight shining through z
camera lens, and form a picture Of Z
homestead. a familiar street or Z
mothers snowy hair, and face lined
with the eloquent handwriting Of the
years-what would q soldier. rather
have from home than such souvenirs
A snapshot Of the house and barn
Of the family sitting On the front
steps; Of father spading up the gar
den; Of the old horse rubbing his nose
along the pasture gate; Of the dog
wagging expectancy at the. kitchen
door; Of the baby sprawling In the
sand pile, or the older children eQuint-
ing at the camera with the sun IN
their eyes-these are the scraps Of pa-
per which defy time and distance, q
writer In the Boston Globe states.
They assure men amid scenes Of vio-
lence and death that the peaceful,
sweet life they have left behind In or.
der to defend still exists. ,.-
Now that the sweaters. stockings.
wristlets. helmets. Jam. tobacco. chpco-
late-and other creature comforts
have been sent OF, and brains are be-
ing cudgled for something else to send
the boys at the front. do not 6sdain
the humble snapshot-the amateur
photograph that any one can take by
pressing spring; the little peep Of
homo faces and home scenes that can
be sent far overseas and taken ont Of
pocket at odd moments-who knows
at how odd moments for q renewal
Of faith and hope and memories Of
home.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
RISK LIVES TO CATCH FISH
indian Boys Get Rich Harvest From
Breaking Waves Off the Coast
Of Washington.

Even the lads of nine and twelve
years at the old Indian settlement OF
La Push, nesting behind the pinnacle
rocks that rise out Of the Pacific ocean
off the mouth Of the Quillayute river
in Washington, are doing their share
toward winning the war. The lads,
half dressed, dash across the beach
to meet the incoming tide, wade into
the water and wait for the waves to
break with fish. AS the combers break
the lads dash into the boiling surf
and rake the ocean for fish. Ere
quently the waves dash over the boys
heads. but they never lose their foot
ing and the danger OF the work does
not excite more than passing attention
from the old women weaving baskets.
During the day the Indians at La
Push village average fully ton Of
fish caught with dip nets. The older
men help with the curing when their
days work is done. but 1t is the boys
task to capture the fish.
With each tide thousands Of smelt
are driven inshore. Each lift Of the
dip nets from the surf generally
brings a basketful of fish.
Three Of Quillayutes are now in
the military service. There are now
250 men, women and children in the
little settlement, but each is doing
his or her share with fishing. war
gardens and other activities to help
win the war.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
FIRST TEACHERS TO CHINA
Missionaries Fo...owed the Close Of
the War With Great Britain
In 1e45.

The first general attempt to intro
luce Christianity into China dates
from April q, 1S45, when the Chinese
government. following the disastrous
var with Great Britain, granted per-
mission to foreigners to teach the
Christian religion. Missionaries from
many countries began Immediately to
lock to China, but in most places the
white devils" were received with hos
tility.. The Emperor Taou-Kwang,
who In the latter part Of his reign
favored the introduction Of European
arts. and religion, died in 1850. and
bis son. Hieng-Fung. adopted reac-
donary policy. o. v 10 ~ f,r
One of the odd results Of the intro
duction Of Christianity in China was
the appearance In 1851 of a rebel lead
-er who, called himself Tien-teh, and
who announced himself as the restor-
er of the worship of the true god.
Shang-ti, and derived many of his dog
mas from the Bible. He called him
self the brother of Jesus, the second
son of God and the monarch of all be-
meath the skies, and demanded uni.
sersal submission. His insurgent fol.
lowers called themselves Taepings, OF
"Prince of peace" but the title was
utterly belled by their atrocious deeds
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25

French Gratitude 70 America 10
Deeply Engraved On the Hearts
Of Her People.

Kathleen Norri4 writing In the
Woman's Home Companion, gives an
Imaginary conversation with . young
French girl describing the coming Of
the American soldiers to France a. she
. supposed to remainder It:
sAnd men-to stand beside our
men-from Amerieai I remember
standing at the chateau gateway on Q
bright November afternoon and seeing
them come up the road. Soldiersl We
were used to soldiersi But these were
different. Grandmsre was with me-,
We had been here all the time.
sThey came along. In the stream.
ing afternoon sunlight, and they smiled
and waved At me. '1They are the
Americans srandmefe said. and she
began to cry softly. "0od bless them
God bless theml" abe whispered,
over and over. And that night. a. you
know, We had their onlcsrs ut the
chateau. and one Of them told me he
also had daughter, not much younger
than I and that her name was VIZ
ginie-
II don't know why = for. God
knows, there were hard times. and
dark times, ahead. But from that mo-
ment felt-hopa. Child that wass
I seemed to see. behind thess march
ing men, the big and generous nation
that was defeating itself to their serv-
Ice. the women everywhere, with their
sewing and cooking. saving and plan.
ding. their letters and their prayer
all one In their work for an ideal BE-
side which the comfort and the ease Of
this generation was a noth.nrr"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
co.opeRAfioN IN PALESTINE
Three thousand Jews Have success
fully Combined - Fight the
Hlph Cost Of Living.

It is, therefore, with the keenest
pleasure that I hear Of the success Of
an experiment on q small scale un-
der war conditions In Palestine Nor
tman HapgOod writes In Leslie's. Since
1914. scarcity, disease. deprecated
currency. have combined to reduce the
Jewish workers almost to starvation.
During the war . small group decided
to take the most immediate and effec-
live step. About three years ago $50
workers formed . cooperative 80
ciety In order ~ fight against the
rise In p1ceA Each worker contrib
uted 10 francs and with this capital
Of $500 francs the society began to
make its purchases. AZ . result the
members Of the society. were able to
purchase four times cheaper than the
ordinary public. This cooperation So
ciety, "AashbiF," embraces ut pres.
emit about 5000 persons and has a
budget. Of 1900 francs Their first
year. OF business showed q profit. Dur
Ing the, second year. robbery. and
plunder b., the Turks changed this
profit into loss. The third year has
now shown them again paying their
way. This society includes not only
worknnen. but also teachers and clerks.
II has applied to the commission for
q credit Of 10000 francs and for au-
thorization for, one Of their group to
travel to Egypt to make purchases.
1t Is. indeed. on small scale COM
pared with the business I cited on
July q. but the lesson 10 the same
The strongest .sinsie answer to the
cost Of living lies In cooperation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25

-aN- ="
Tie British solder, happy-go-lueAy
A. be u. has uSme TO recognise the
value Of hts stssl helmet. Most Of us
who have bsse IN action in France
have stories o.tsll Of our own or 9TH
er nsa's lives saved b ~tin hats" TIN
lids." or battle. bowlers." A brother
Ofhcsr Of mine has worn for something
like two yeafs . steel helmet with a
dent In It a. Dis ~ . small potato-a
souvenir Of small lump Of shell
which Knocked him of his feet one
afternoon in the Ypyes salient I have
seen q helmet IN the rim Of which .
machine gun bullet had cut . clean
nick. The wearsr Of that helmet new
g knew he had been struck until he
do6ed his stin hat.""-Londoo Times
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
BUDS In France.

In the reign of Philippe, Il
Monsieur Terrat had been charged
with the duty of fighting bugs in the
barracks of Paris. 1t must be believed
that the result was satisfactory, since
by virtue Of an order of the general
Inspector contracts were made In 1916
with Monsieur Terrat for the destruc-
ton of these frightful insects. Mon
sieur Terrat demanded 80 confines for
each sleeping room. In case the first
Eight with the bugs was not decisive,
and If he should have to begin again
after some years, the second operation
should cost only so centimes a room.
Moreover, In these operations he de-
stroyed the insects in the arms-raek,
guard house. police quarters anG
prisons When he became old Mon.
sieur Terrat offered to communicate
the secret to the state for an indem-
nifty. But this offer was not accepted.
The secret died with the proprietor.
And that Is why the soldiers Of today
are yet Struggling against the bug
lie Cri de Paris.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
Gifted Writers lndoIent.

De Quincy has called Coleridgc "
.aan of infinite title pages" and hs
says he heard Coleridge admit that a
list of the books he meditated but
never executed would fill q large vol
ume. In this respect the two opium
eaters were rivals. Perhaps their fer
tility in projects was due, as Coleridge
fancied, to an overactivity Of thought,
modified by a constitutional indol-
ence," and had nothing to do with
opium. On the other hand, De Quin-
cey believed that his opium eating pre-
vented him from writing the book he
intended to make his life work, the
SLOW and elaborate result of years of
toll to which he had presumed to
give the title OF an unfinished work of
Spinoza's. viz, DE Emendatione Hu.
mani Intellectus.'" In later mood he
devised "Prolegemena to All Future
Systems Of Political Economy" and
made arrangements with a provincial!
printer for its production, but its au-
thor never even got as far as the pre-
face. sa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25

Voluntary Universal Training Helps
Very Materially IN Amssi-.
canlxatlon.

;. How far the people Of the Paclf1t
island Of Guam have progressed In the
process Of Americanization IL indlcat
ed in the current issue Of the Guam
News Letter. copies Of which have n
,ently reached Seattle, WASH. thu
Post-Intelligencer Of that city states
The island, which il our cable outpos;
for the Philippine islands and the orr
emit, is governed BY Capt. Roy @ Smith
Of the American navy. under the over
sight Of the navy department. Cap
tain Smith seems to be developing u
very ardent brand Of Americanism
among the island people, who are
known as Chamorros and have .
strong admixture Of Spanish blood.
The News Letter describes, the cele-
bration. Of Washington's birthday in
Guam. to which the people aocksd
from all parts Of the island, coming
by launch, owing to the; absence Of any
island highway system. The proceeds
Of the various enterprises. amounting
to $1,27055, were donated to the Red
Cross. and we gather that the program
Of amusement was purely American.
For instance, the hot dog" stand
realized $1O8.04; ;Butler'ss soda, $751;
50; knock the cat down. $112.O7; the
moving picture show. 1850; the jit-
ney dance. $45.6O; wheel Of fortune.
S35O10; lemonade stand, $72O3; base
ball game, $1o.40. From all sources
the Red Cross received $500. and
subscriptions were given for $4,000 In
Liberty bonds. -ra s
More than this, the island militia
had it, first parade. Some time ago
Governor Smith put into effect . uni.
versal military training law at the re-
quest Of the people, this being the
first portion of American territory In
which such q law has been made effec-
i've. There are 1000 militiamen. the
government supplying guns and am
munition and the regular khaki uni
form Of the United States army. Seven
per cent Of Guam's population 10 In
the militia, at which rate. II we Of the
mainland kept up with the Chamorros,
We should have an army Of 1000. ZOO
The flags and floats Of the parade In
duced q tremendous enthusiasm n
the popuiace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
SMALL SUM FOR CAMILLE"
Alexandra Dumas Fills Received Only
$50 for Manuscript OF Great
Story.

In the Hotel Drouot recently, the
library Of Jules Claretie, the eminen.
French journalist, novelist, dramatic
author and former director of the
Coincide Franchise, who died in 1915
was sold. Among other gems, his col.
lection of books Included the manu-
script Of Alexandra Dumas Fills Tale
Of q Lottery" sixteen pages in all, pub
lished in 1851. The manuscript con-
tanned letter from Dumas to Jules
Claretie, informing the latter that for
these sixteen pages he was paid the
sum of S24O.
Il was almost as much ashamed as
vas pleased" writes Dumas ito re-
ceive this amount. It was far more
than I was paid for my entire manu-
script Of La Dame aux Comellias,
which I sold to Michel Levy for the
sum OF $50.
This novel, which Michel Levy pur
chased for $50, yielded the latter $780,.
GEO. Long after he had signed It
Dumas regretted this contract which
enriched his publisher at so slight
profit to himself.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
QUAINT LEGEND OF ALSACe
Mace OF Giants Who Saw Importance
to Them OF the Food
Producers

There Is quaint old legend Of Al,
sace, recalls the Christian Scienc.
Monitor, concerning family of giant
who, once upon q time, lived in Ger
tain castle in the old country. TIL
moral of the story seems appropriate
at time when the French minister O.
agriculture is making special effort t;
encourage the cultivation of land.
The giants lived, says the legend
far from the peasants of the plain
and one day the daughter of the
house who. though quite child, wa,
already 80 feet high, strolled toward
the plain and saw laborer peacefully
glowing his field. She picked up thu
peasant. the horse and the pillow. anc
put them in her pinafore and returned
to the castle to show what she haf
found to her father.
'What you think is but toy" sale
the giant, 'is what produces the fooC
which enables Us TO live. Put bac!
the laborer and his horse where yo,
found them" From that time oil
ward. adds the tale, the peasants wert
never molested by the giants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
REAL JOB, THAT or THE Jump"
Man Who Holds Indicator In Profso.
slonal Ball Game Surely Has
No "Soft Snap"

There are those who will SCOT at
he idea that umpiring a ball game t.
work, but let these. Just once, stand
nt in the brniling sun Of July or Au-
Just and judge two-hour game.
while watched intently every moment
~ two keen-eyed managers, thirty or
forty players. as familiar with the
rules as the Indicator holders, and
overall thousand excited, restless and
shouting spectators, every one OF
nom is anxious to detect some slip in
''ldgment upon the part Of the man In
'Iue. Let them labor for that length
t time without encouragement, but
It'll shouts Of disapproval ringing In
heir ears at frequent intervals, or
ave several players step on their
res with their spiked shoes, while
taking threats and referring IN
ishting terms 70 every one connected
18th them from their remotest ances.
" down to the present period, and
'sey will be ready not only to admit
Il to make AFFIDAVIT that the amplss
sctnaalg 0uriA@Le1l14s 1fannn1na,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
7[Iel Or DISMAL HIyT0k7
Roanoke island Know, to Fame Be-
Gauss It Was Site Of Ralelgh's
Inflated Colony

OF desolate stretch of sandy beach
in North Carolina lies Roanoke island,
the birthplace Of Virginia Dare, the
first English child born In America.
Sir Walter Raleigh was responsible
for Roanoke island being placed on the
pages of history, for in 1856 he sent out
cOlonizing expedition to America, and
fate and the rough winds of the Allan
tic cast the ship up on Roanoke is
land. On account of the climate. the
lack Of food and the ubiquitous In
dian the island was voted as unin-
habitable by the colonists, who packed
their belongings and took the next
ship back to England and civilization
But Raleigh was not discouraged. He
sent out another colony, which consent
ed to stay. and the man in charge of
the expedition returned with the glad
news. -Four years later, when Sir Wal
ter Raleigh sent him to report on the
progress of the colony, he found on
the island no trace of settlers or set.
Element save the Inscription "Croatan"
carved on q tree. Sir Walter then
gave up the Roanoke island project as
hopeless.
Roanoke island has now been In
habited for many years, chiefly by fish
ermen and life-savers. The latter are
negroes from the coast guard station
at Pea island, which is separated from
Roanoke island by the sound. Pea
island, the only coast guard station in
this country manned by negroes. Is of
la dangerous section Of the coast. A
darelict ship cast on the beach is suck.
ed farthe. into the sands by each
tide. The colored guardsmen have
established an excellent record In
q trying and dangerous stahon.-Chi.
eago Daily News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
Weapona Of War.

This is the most scientific war sve.
fought. There Is less dependence on
man power and more on machinery
than at any time In the history of the
world, says the Popular Science
Monthly. We pin our faith to high ex
plosives.. poison gases. tear shells. gas
masks. liquid fire. etc. all Of which
are applied chemistry, and to machine
guns. heavy artillery, automobiles. sub
marines. airplanes, and 20 forth.
which are very much refined mechan-
les. The greatest minds In the seien-
tific and mechanical world have pooled
their brains and obtained wonderful
results.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
napiess CARRIERS Encounter.

The sun was slowly sinking In the
usual place. Clar1bel Skippenhop, over
whose youthful head scarce thirty-sev.
en- summers had lightly flown. sat In a
'regulation-size hammock, Idly swinging
her foot to the tune of keep the
Home Liars Squirting" played on a
Hsttentot bagpipe ~ miles away.
Suddenly thought seized her. She
tried to scream and break Its hold. She
succeeded in both. Probably one and
fifteen eight-millionths of a cubic
second was allowed to elapse between
Der scream and the time the thought
was covering at her feet. s.t...
"Avaunt," she cried. ''Don't you
knowsthis is my thoughtless day2 Now.
doggone 1t, I'll have a headache. "'
Then she went back to swing hef
foot and the hammock.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
lob HAD No SUCH. WOES


J. Speaking at Z dinner, william a.
Thompson Of Kansas referred to the
beauty Of patience and contributed IN
anecdote a1ong that line.
Some time since Smith and his wife
went out for spin in their new auto
mobile. but befnre they had gone many
miles something went amiss with the
machinery. Crawling beneath, the
car, Smith began to twist and turn
things, ana finally there came sundry
words that sounded Ike breaking one
of the blue laws
"John, John |" expostulated the good
woman in the car. you should not use
such dreadful languagew
"Of course shouldn't. Efrs. Smith I"
lrritably responded hubby. "Of course
shouldn't suppose that II you
were down under here you would
sueeily singfs fsS)t
You should have more patience"
returned Mrs.. Smith, why don't you
try to be like JobT vsEoaa "a
Don't quote Job nadanj" shouted
the old man. "Never In IN Ais Life did
Job sver get HE nose caught IN Z Cog
wheeit'-RA1lAdelp1la DWenlag 0ale
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
First.Hand Earthquake News.

A yolcologist Of the Carnegic
Gecphysical labor; Tory reports that he
has nearly perfected apparatus for re
cording upon wax cylinders the subter-
ranean sounds Of earthquakes, says
the Scientific American. 1.-THE ortli
nary commercial cylinders are insult.
able for this delicate work. and accord,
ingly the laboratory has secured sup
ply of cylinders of the old. pure wax
type. The microphone used In this Con-
nection has also been greatly improved
and a perfect little portable field outfit
weighing less than pound has been
evolved"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
tn. La.ehst-ina 4. ov<

The saying The iatchstrins = orr
iSnines hospitality. 1t II q standins
Aviation to visit the party who u.ss
Z In early times throughout New
England and other parts Of the cou,.
~ the houses were built Of loea ana
The door fastsninss ware Anp,y .
wooden latch ON the inside e he docs.
which fen into . notched stiek In ths
ooospost The simple eontrsvancs vsg
ewing 10 The fact that nails and ~.
rS hard 70 81 o. tie fnsids tn
MA WAS Mfted By the hand easily l,s
- hit II from tbs outstAs a hole v,s
oersd n the dsor. which was nsas e
slabs, and q string paused tA.va~A
which was fastened 10 the lstsA -
pulling the sizing The latch vas nfs.1
ana the door opened IL lock ths d.
ne string was drawn inside . Dat =
person "a the outside could ~ 49,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-10-25
Naughty Mammals Boy.

My husband, who is at Camp Shec-
man, wrote home and told us this Joke
the boys played on mammals boy"
who was the goat OF the whole CON-
pany. One night While he was over TO
the Y. NJ. G. A. they fixed up the head
of his cot with sticks and tied a string
70 them, then waited until he got sound
asleep and pulled the strings, out
came the sticks and down went the
bed. He nearly exploded he was 80 mad
and my husband said had you been lis
:ening you could have heard him
wearing clear home.-Chicago Trib.
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