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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
To Boil Eaas by Telephone.

Telephone operators need sense
of humor to make the petty annoy
nnces of their occupation bearable. If
they have that, they can find endless
matter for amusement in the freak.
ishness of the human nature that ex-
hibits itself at the other end Of the
wire.
A telephone subscriber asked his
operator to ring his bell in three min
,utes, and Immediately hung up his re-
ceiver. At the appointed time the su.
pervisor rang on the line, and the
subscriber responded merely with
'Thank you" Later he called again
to thank the operator, and explained
that he had been boiling eggs and
wanted to time them. They had been
cooked TO the queens taste, he said.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Center of Fashion.

: Paris, the center of the worlds fash
ions, has no fewer than $4,000 women
'dressmakers, not counting designers
and filters, which would bring the
number up to close on 100000. Tire
designers, who sketch out their ideas
In pen and ink or with water-colors,
and often originate the fashions that
prevail throughout the world, earn
easily over four figures year, OBJ
serves correspondent.
Good mannequins are the most diff
cult to obtain. Some of the largest
Partisan houses employ twenty or thir'
ty, whose whole time is passed in try
ing on dresses before the eyes of fash
ionable French women. Naturally the
numbers are fewer nowadays, and
many of the most famous mannequins
of Paris are now nursing in the hos
pitfalls or employed in the French NUM-
ton works.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Powerful Aero Ennlnsa

In testing an airplane engine Of 200
horse power Detroit company mount.
ed it upon a heavy motor truck, and
the aerial propeller sent the truck fly.
Ing along boulevard at the rate of
more than 40 miles an hour. This was
a speed that the truck could not be-
gin to develop under its own motive
power, and the method{urnisfed a bet.
ter practical test of the 12-cyllnder
airplane engine than was possible in
the testing laboratory or In any sta,
tionary trial on blocks. AS an add,
tional test the rear wheels OF the
two-ton truck were locked, 50 that they
could not revolve, and IN this condition
itiwas driven across a ball park by the
airplane engine and propeller through
heavy drifts Of snow and over ice. The
motor weighs SOC noupds and deveioDs
power sufficient II rive O. 12-passen.
ger airplane at - niles an hour
Popular Mechanics Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Then Had for ststshouse.

Major P. Dale. who has q smokers
establishment In Ohio street, says the
indianapolis News, has a relic OF the
Civil war that is causing the soldiers
of today considerable worry. Major
Dale's father, Colonel Dale, was the
commander of the Fourth Missouri
cavalry during the Civil war
Among the relics left by the col
onel was a poster announcing q meet
ing Of soldiers at The statehouse in
Jefferson. City, no. This poster IS
now the property Of the son here.
Several days ago" says the owner
of the poster, AZ put the relic in the
window of my store, thinking it won q
interest passersby. The poster calls for
a meeting Of soldiers at the statehouse
ut 8 o'clock. I guess III have TO take
1t down as the soI-iers in town from
TT. Harrison read the thing and ihen
head for the statehouse. They don't
observe it closely or they'd discover
that it is dated 1868 and that the state
house mentioned was in Jefferson City,
No."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01

Live in the active voice. intent on
wat You can do rather than ON what
happens 10 YOU; in the indicative mood.
e0ucerued with facts IS they are rather
.han rs they might be; in the present
tense. concentrated On the duty in
hand without regard for the past or
worry aReut the future: in the first
person. criticising yourself rather than
condemning others; In the singular
number, seeking the approval of your
own conscience rather than popularity
with the many. Whoever lives the life
Of such unselfsh devotion to the good
Of others ard of all and lives it in the
active voice, Indicative mood. present
tense, first person. singular number, Is
bound 10 find his life full and rich and
glad and free-is bouu 4, in other words.
10 be an optimist-William De Wit
Hyde
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
SALMON THRIVE IN ATLANTIC
Humpbaeked Variety From Pacific
Coast Retain Their Habits When
Placed In Eastern Waters.

Many thousands of humpback sal
mon, native to the Puget sound, where
they were collected by the government
two years ago, entered Pembroke, Den
nys, Penobscot. st. Croix and other rfv-
ers in eastern Maine as part of the
fisheries bureau plan of stocking the
east with the pride of the Pacific coas.
catch. t+s
The bureaus investigation shows
that the humpback in its new environ.
ment retains its Pacific coast habit OF
proceeding TO the ocean shortly after
1t begins to swim and returning to the
rivers to spawn and die when two
years old.
The government has made annual
shipments of eggs Of the humpback
salmon across the continent for the
last five years, drawing the consign-
ments alternately from Washington
and Alaska.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
AlRPLANE ROUTE 70 SWEDEN



The following bulletin on Trelleborg
and SassnitE. the term;ni Of the pro-
posed Swedish German airplane route,
which assumes special significance In
the light Of recent developments IN
the diplomatic relations between Ger
many and Sweden. has been issued by
National Geographic society.
Between Trelleborg. the most south
erly town In the Kingdom Of Sweden,
and Sassnitz, summer resort on the
northeastern shore Of the German
island of Rugen, express steamers in
times of peace make regular trips
across this arm of the Baltic in four
hours. This Is the chief water link tn
the 24-hour Express service between
Stockholm and Berlin. Neither town
would be of any Importance were it not
for the fact that they are the termini
of this steamer service.
Trelleborg is quaint old town OF
some 10000 inhabitants, lying 20 miles
southeast Of Malmo, capital of Skane,
teh most populous province In all Swe-
den. 1t is only 16 miles from Malmo
to the Danish capital, Copenhagen.
Sassnitz is one Of several popular
seaside resorts on the Island of Rugen
the largest insular possession Of Ger
many, having an area about equal tc
that of Cape Cod. Only about 2,50(
people make Sassnitz their permanent
home, but during the bathing season IL
times Of peace the village is visited
annually by more than 10000 pleasure
seekers.
The water trip from Trelleborg t.
Sassnitz is go miles. Thus the rail
and-steamer distance between Stock
holm and Berlin is AIS miles.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Jared the Rainbow.


It is usually supposed that the down
our of rain that sometimes follows G
ash of lightning is Dire to the coales
.ence of fine drops on losing their cleo
rical char:-e. but a Finnish observes
oncludes that the thunder jars the
lrops together. Near Fasa a heavy
thunderstorm came up from the east
ate one afternoon, and, as the sun was
inclouded, a brilliant double rainbow
appeared in the east for half an hour
irching from horizon to horizon. A
ach roll of thunder the rainbows seem
ed to be much shaken. the wedge being
displaced and the colors blurred. This
could not be due to the lightning, ant
it seemed that the same cause nigh
enlarge the raindrops and disturb thu
rainbow.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
BUTCHER CITES BIG PROFITS
Meat Dealer Points Out pills, Mineral
Water and False Teeth as Pro-
ducers of Immense Margins.

"Talk about food profiteers I" growl-
ed the butcher, as he charged up 2
two-pound rump steak at go cents a
pound. "Why I know people whose
profit has been from time immemorial
5000 per cent and more. Yet you
don't jump on them. Why, then, jump
on me?
"Take Junck's liver pill, for instance
know Otto, Junck's bookkeeper, ana
the man tells me that this Junck pill
sells wholesale at exactly G,000 per
cent profit.
''Take mineral water-plain soda.
You can make and sell plain soda az
a profit of 10000 per cent. And, mind
you, no kicks.
''Take false teeth. They used to
make false teeth out of ivory, and II
those days it was right TO charge S1GG
a set for them. But now false teei,
are made of porcelain. They cost i
cents apiece. Dentists profit, 10000
per cent.
$50 I could go on. And you ask me
If my conscience isn't sore about this
60-cent rump steak. Obi"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
ass.EF.N E End Er sGr
Ancient Manners are Stir Observed
and HiaSeri1 eosstnles are Worn
hy ssie ii1El shitants.

Marker island is a bit Of the old xf0as
land, an inlet lying IN the Znyder Tes
not fer from Faain, OF cheese fame
Holland Il, rapidly becoming modern
lied nowadays: the blue bloomer Of
the canal boatmen has gone m
of the wooden shoe, well town
.tiyian. although the latter, It is s'.l
Is becoming increasingly popular : 10
the price of leather soaring, writes
Niksah. The Dutch are rapidly aDRn-
doning the old ways that endearel
them to the artists of bygone genera.
lions, so that any spot where the tradl
tional customs are stir preserved Is
worthy of note as living museum of
history.
Such a spot is Marken island, where
old manners are still followed ana the
old costumes still worn. Separated by
only a narrow channel from the pro.
gressive mainland, 1t is none the less
fifty years behind the times. II seems
to be characteristic of small islands
that they progress much more slowly
than mainland whence their people
came. Thus in the Arran islands of
the coast of ireland the old Irish
tongue is still spoken; in the Hebrides
men still live as they lived in the days
of Scott, and on 1arken island the
men still go down to the fishing boats
In boomers and wooden shoes.
The dark blue boomer is the mark
of the married man, while the single
men wear -white-a somewhat Illogical
arrangement in view of the facilities
for laundry work that married men
ought to have. The women wear the
old-time costumes and carry their
Knitting about with them on the streets.
Every one of the houses Is exceeding.
" small and almost unbelievably clean.
There are not more than 800 people all
told in this little colony Of fishermen.
Marker is quaint and old-fashioned,
but it lacks the touch OF self-uncon-
sciousness- TO make 1t perfect. In all
the little shops you can purchase pic
ture postal cards depicting scenes that
are quaint" and typical" And when
a region begins to realize that 1t is
picturesque it has taken the first step
on the road to the commonplace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Forty Miles of Jam.

So enormous has the business Of
jam making become In Dundee, Scot
land, since the great firms there or
ganized to supply preserves to the
British army and navy that, according
to report sent by e. r. Pottle, o. 8.
vice consul there, to the department OK
commerce, the tins In which they put
up one weeks supply alone would, IL
stood end on end, form column fully
40 miles high. 1t is no unusual thing
for this firm to deal with 100,000,000
oranges. and all kinds of fruit ars
dealt with on a similar scale"
The Dundee manufacturers are
about to give up the use OF earthen-
ware, glass jars and tins, for a stout
cardboard container is now being
made and experiments with 1t have
proved highly successful.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Antiquity Of Nursery Rhymes.

"Sing Song of Sixpence" is as old
as the sixteenth century. 'Three
Blind Mice" is found in d music book
dated 1909. "The Frog and the Mousse
was licensed in 1880. "Three Children
Sliding on the Ice" dates from 1899.
London Bridge Is Falling Down. is OF
objectionable" antiquity. "Boys and
Girls Come Out to Play is certainly
rs old as the reign of Charles the Sec
ond, as is alss Lucy Locket Lost Her
Pocket" to the tune of which the
american song, Yankee Doodle
was written. PUSSY Cat, Where
Have You Been" Is one Of the
age of Queen Bess. little Jack
Horner" Is older than the seven
tenth century. "The Old Woman
Tossed In a Blanket is of the reign
u James the Second, to which Ezon-
arch it Is said to allnde.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Making a MAGNET:

The simplest way of magnetizing q
bar Of steel is that known as single
touch" The bar TO be magnetized Is
laid on the table, and the pole of a
powerful magnet is rubbed from ten to
twenty times along its length, ALWAYS
IN the same direction. II the north pole
of the magnet is employed the end OF
the bar first touched will also become
a north pole, while the opposite end, at
which the magnet Is lifted before re-
turning, will be south pole.
There are other and more complicat-
ed methods, known as divided touch.
and double touch in which two and
even foar magnets are employed.
A steel bar can also be magnetized
by placing it within a coil of insulated
wire, through which a galvanic current
Is circulating. The magnetism induced
in this way. however. is weak COM
pared with that which can be procured
II the same strength of current is en-
ployed through the Intervention Of an
electromagnetic
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
NEW METHODS or FIGHTING
Modern Warfare Is Carried On Undsf
Water, Under Ground and In
the Clouds.

digging in" has a new and impor.
tant significance and the fantastic le-
gend Of Darius Green is long forgotten
in the light Of practical achievement
by the bird-man Of today. The cavalry
of the earth has been supplanted by
the cavalry OF the air. The actual
fighting of modern warfare is conduct
ed under water under ground and far
up among the clouds.
Yes. there have been drastic changes
IN military tactics aud military equip
ment since The old days when we used
TO drill in the armory over the grocery
store In the little old home town.
What we tried so hard TO learn Of mil.
itary lore in those days would be
classed as low comedy by a recruiting
officer Of this changeful period. But,
all the same, one eau't help wishing
that one were somewhere in France ut
Ibis minute with good old Company @,
til regiment. Of the National
Guard, ond we'd make q reasonable
wager that, OF the survivors CT that e.
ganization, If given an opportunity TO
go, there wouldn't be a Stacker In the
bunch.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Prolific Funo;


An average sized mushroom vii, mr..
auce as many as 1.So0,OoO.Ooo snoras
anu common toadstool shapor - !,
mas been shown to produce as rasr
as 5'ooo,oooo00. Fortunately for ~
other inhabitants Of the world how ,'
ever, the probability of suecasss,,,,
growth of any given spore Is SOM
what remote. eoals''
ine mushroom or toadstool plapt q.
formed by fine Harmonious thread.
"nicn ramify beneath the sol, .na -
We assume that successful nlant !.
INC mushroom or shaggy cans Nv
uuces as many as ten mushrooms = =.
.oadstoois we find that the chan.
against successful growth to matnr,ts
= respectively about $4,000 Ooo 600 ~
oo'ooooo0,osU to one in the two sr,o. 80.
mentioned. Even more pro)ifc sess
the. mushrooms ara toadstools nr s.aa
= lne giant pnffbali, a large snec,T,a.
O which has been known 10 nrc,r 49,
a. many as 100000 600, 600 sporss
London Knowledge. s'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Cranes and Ponnees.

Crepe de chine, In spite of its name,
does not come from China but from
Japan. Italy and Frante. There are no
factories for making silk piece goods
In China, all the weaving being done
by hand. With the exception of pom
gees. the products of the Chinese looms
are not popular abroad, except in
Oriental countries, being too heavy,
although the patterns are wonderfully
beautiful and the colors exceedingly
rich.
The pongees are woven in the homes
of the peasants, and as they come from
many looms no two pieces are ever ex-
actly alike in weight, 1neness, color
and texture. The Standings come from
The Liutang district and the Nanshai
from the Nighai district
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
HAD no THINK SECOND TINE
etory Of How Johnny Poe, Fanoui
Princeton Athlete, Joined Famous
Regiment, Is Told.

In this war we deal in terms Of tens
and hundreds of thousands of men.
Necessarily the individual Is lost sight
of. Courage, heroism and patriotic
acts are the rule and not the exception.
We Americans have rarely had it
brought home to US. But when Johnny
Poe, the old Princeton athlete, fell upon
the fields of Flanders there was that
about his death which made us feel
toward him as we have always felt
toward Nathan Hale the Revolutionary
martyr, who, like Poe, was college
athlete In his day, says an exchange.
For the above reasons the accounts
about Poe have been all too meager.
and the story of his enlistment, which
was recently brought to Baltimore
Poe's home-by Johns Hopkins sur
geon, Is therefore doubly welcome.
Poe, who went to England with
Canadian regiment, wanted to join the
Black Watch, that famous Scotch regi.
ment which has followed the union
jack around the world. He offered his
at lti4tt MllCu Tie IlAl1tlSHr
government was Directing to others
than its own subjects enlisting. Poe
brought much influence to bear and az
last came before the recruiting officer,
who had been advised to wink at the
facts. Poe was asked his place OF
birth.
Baltimore" he replied.
"Poe," said the officer, "there is
long hall outside this room. You &c
out there, walk up and down 1t for o
long time. think hard and then return
and answer my question"
Poe followed these Instructions and
upon reappearing was again asked his
place of birth.
sDover." he replied.
THUS Johnny Poe. Princeton athlete
and soldier. entered the Black Watch.
lie Joined Its long list Of heroes at the /
battle of Loos. September %, 1915,
true to the end tosits patriotic trndi-
tons, for as he fell he said, ~Neyer
mlnd ice. Go ahead with our boxes"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Feat Of a Baseball Pitcher.

Just one pitcher in the history of
baseball-that is, hurler who was
working in a league of recognized
standing and class-is credited with
pitching two complete games in sue
eession wherein the opposing batsmen
failed to register base bit. a big
pitcher sailing under the name of
Gene Wright. who hurled for the Day,
ton club Of TIE Western association
back in 1901 on Sept of that season
pitched no bit. no run game against,
Columbus. rs followed up this feat
BIZ turning The same Trick AGAINST the
Grand Rapids team an Sept New
I ork sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
British Kings Armory.

King George has many almost price
less treasures In his Buckingham pal.
nee, but none Of them all can compare
IN romantic interest with the small
armory of swords and daggers present.
ed to his father by hundred Of tho
princes and mobiles Of India, as tokens
of their devotion to his throne, says
London -Tit-Bits.
II send my most precious blade, /"
wrote the maharajah OF Mysore, cas- q
tribute to the great lesson We have
learned from English civilization
namely, that the pen il mightier than
the sword !" and similar messages &C
companied each gift, as evidence Of
the loyalty which the native princes
of India have so magnificently demon
6trated in the great war.
OF all these weapons-swords and
scimitars, tulwars and daggers, then
hilts and scabbards ablaze with en-
crusted jewels-there is not one that
has not a long and romantic history
Many Of them have done deadly work
In hundred battles through many cen
turtles; not q few were welded BY our
own knights In the crusades; ALL had
ehey tongues, could ten stories more
strange and thrilling than alnoSt M
= hd1oo.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Plant Strenqth.

Plant strength is wonderful If the
roots of the delicate maidenhair ferI
have not sufficient room they viii
break the pot in which the plant
.rows Blades of grass will force tht
.urbstones between which they spring
ip out of their place. and IN single
light a crop OF small mushrooms ha:
peen known TO lift large stone. In
iced. plants are on record as having
broken the hardest rocks. The island
Il Allabra, TO the northwest OF MAZDA
,ascar. is becoming smaller through
he action of the naangroves that grow
long the foot OF the cliffs. They eat
heir way into the rock in all direc
ions. and into the gaps thus formed
he waves force their way. In tint
hey will probably reduce the island
pieces. Scientific American
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Joke Books for Soldiers.

Making Joke books for soldiers 10
the latest form of patriotic industry
ON the part of those who stay at home.
1t is said that the plan originated
with Rudyard Kipling.
A blank book, preferably with large
pages, is first obtained. Upon the
pages are pasted the funniest pictures
and anecdotes found in current news
papers and magazines. Some bright,
short stories are also included.
The books are then sent to army hos
pitfalls, where they afford great enter
tainment to convalescent soldiers. Day
nfter day the books are in steady use
until they are worn out.
Surgeons say nothing is so essential
in the hospital as to keep the patients
In good. spirits. Toward this end the
jocks books are valuable help.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
RuttermiIk.

Buttermilk is more wholesome than
ordinary milk for the reason that it is
already curdled, and the curds taken
10 the stomach are broken into minute
particles, whereas ordinary milk Is
taken in the stomach and it forms
large, hard curds. which often escape
digestion. The acid forming bacteria
Of buttermilk combat the growth OF
putrefactive poison forming bacteria
IN the colon.-Philadelp Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Referred to Boy Scouts.

When war broke out @ young man
who was every kind Of rogue sud
denly acquired a brand-new con.
science, and worked it overtime, says
London Tit-Bits. When he came be
fore the tribunal he had got his con
scientious objections all cut and dried
The chairman listened gravely for q
little while, until the bogus G. O.,
warming to his subject, began to get
flowery.
YES" he cried, lifting his eyes 30
heaven, "in 1905 I was born again II
"Ia that case" broke in the chair
man, quietly, shave you any ob5ec-
ton to Joining the boy seoutsf"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
ricket.vendino sem.phore

At Kansas City an electric interur-
ban railway has tried out, with graft
flying results. coin-operated soma
phore intended for way stations where
cars do not stop unless signaled. To
operate the signal, one places a nickel
In the slot and presses lever. This
actuates the semaphore arm, ignites
red lamp, and issues dve-eent
ticket to the prospective passenger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Didn't Win by His Teeth

A Philadelphia dentist had the eesvH
70 publish a picture of Washington
with this statement underneath:
Our first president owed his won
derful health to sound teeth"
assume that the dentist knows more
about teeth than he knows about his
tory. writes a correspondent In the
Philadelphia Ledger. Washington
teeth were his one physical defect.
They amounted almost to a facial
Flemish when he smiled. and one sour
critic Of our first president who knew
him well said the reason he so rarely
laughed was his dislike to showing the
ravages Of decay In his mouth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-02-01
Hinh Cast of RattIashins.

A modern giant battle cruiser will
cost approximately S20.000,000. a su-
perdreadnaug can be built for SIS,
100000, scout cruiser for 100000, q
destroyer for 81 100000. while ordinary
submarines cost 100000 each for the
smaller type and from 100000 to
81 100000 each for the larger boats.