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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
GOLF LINKS AS A LAW COURT
Some Important Cases Have Been So
tied Far From the Recognized
Halls Of Justice.

The late Sir Thomas Bucknill, whsu
vacation Judge, once granted an in
junction on the golf links while actual.
ly playing round, relates Answers. d,
On another occasion he granted a
INDUCTION while out shooting. On ths
case coming into court counsel said:
your lordship may recall the casa
Indeed do" replied the judge, "bo-
cause yearly killed pheasant, bar.
rister and solicitor with one shot"
Quite lately one Judge tried a motor
accident case on the very spot On
which it had occurred, and few Year,
ago a case concerning ancient lights"
was decided under a tree in a heavy
storm.
Not long since a chancery Judge
heard an application In tho waiting
rooms Of railway station.
A woman charged with stealing was
tried by magistrate in the streets Of
Hoole, and 1t will be remembered that
the late lord chief justice emulated
Sir Thomas Bucknill by deciding a
question In the Crippen case on tho
golf links.
And, doubtless, other judges would
welcome the opportunity to do their
work far from the stuffy courts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
ne BLAzED NEWSPAPER TRAIL
Younu Ohio Printer Established In.
dianapolls, First News Dissemina-
16r in 1922, In Log Cabin.

The first newspaper published in
Indianapolis was the Indianapolis Ga
zette, started In January, 1922, by Ma
thaniel Bolton, a young printer who
came from Ohio. He was born at
Chillicothe, once an Indian town, and
later for few years the capital of
Ohio. He learned the printers trade
there and moved to Indianapolis
year after the capital was located
there. In reminiscent address many
years later ne said:
s'The Gazette was established in a
buckeye log cabin Of but one room,
part of which was occupied for FAM
tly residence. It was printed on new
type. The ink was put on with balls
made of dressed deer skin stuffed with
wool, The balls, when out of use,
were kept soft by the application OF
raccoon oil. There was no post office
nearer than ConnerSville, distance OF
60 miles; but private mail was es'
tablished and a person employed to go
to Connarsville every four weeks to
bring the letters and newspapers. In
February, 49,, the presidents mes
sage, delivered in December, 1S2A
came to hand and was published in
the two or three succeeding numbers
of the Gazette. During the year 1872
q United States mail was established
and In a short time we had our mail
from the East every two weeks, unless
detained by high waters" A year
after starting the Gazette Mr.. Bolton
became aiPcarrier. In his reminis
cent address he says:
"In 1923, having received a contract
from the postmaster general, pro
ceeded with the first United States
mail north of Indianapolis to the Their
recently deserted village of Anderson
town. A post office on the route was
established at the home of William
Conner, four miles south of Mobiles
vile, and there was another post Office
at Strawtown, a prairie of consider
able magnitude, where many remains
of the Indian village that had been 10
Gated there were still standing"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
|oIL TO BE KING IN FUTURE
Necessity for Petroleum Products
Shown In War a. Well as In In
dustriaI and Domestic Life.

The European war is without .
doubt doing more to direct general at
tention to the claims of oil and its null
titudiness products than any amount
Of advertising in normal times could
have accomplished. says a writer in
the Petroleum Review.
The great clash of arms on the con-
dnent has from its commencement
shown that the necessity for the prod
ucts Of petroleum in up-to-date war
fare is no less than in either the indus
trial circles or in domestic life. We
are today as much dependent upon the
refined products Of crude oil as we are
upon wheat and other necessities Of
life, and as time goes on, and the uses
which are constantly being found for
petroleum multiply, our dependency
upon oil becomes the greater.
It is no surprise, therefore, to find
that not only are petroleum products
generally commanding greater atten-
ton than they ever before did, but
that particularly healthy atmosphere
permeates those enterprises which
have laid themselves out-and sue
cessfully soto engage In the produc-
tion, the refining, the transport or the
distribution Of petroleum products.
There il, in short, no installing the
tact that In the future oil win be kink.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
QUICK AID GIVEN WOUNDED
Rapid Treatment After Battle and
New Cleansing Methods Save
Lives of Many Soldiers.

Lieut.. Col. Gilbert Darling, @. B., q
famous English surgeon who is con-
sulting surgeon to the great base hos
pitfalls at Rouen, which accommodate
IL, 900 patients, says that since the war
began immense strides have been made
In the surgery of the battlefield. Two
improvements that may be noticed as
having taken place since the outbreak
Of hostilities, writes correspondent Of
the New York Times, are in connection
with the rapid treatment Of the wound
ed after big battle and the cleansing
Of wounds.
Five or ten miles behind the fighting
sufficient casualty clearing stations
each holding about 1000 men-have
been organized to deal with all the
casualties that may reasonably be ex-
pected, so that once man is picked up
by the stretcher bearers he receives
adequate treatment within very short
time. Here also is a special hospital,
perhaps Of 80 beds, for abdominal
cases, which are the most urgent.
In the old days such wounds, because
Of the delay before they could be treat
ed and cleaned, were generally consid-
cred to be fatal; but under the new
conditions, by which man so hit is
placed In an ambulance and sent off
Immediately, If necessary, without
waiting for other wounded to be placed
in with him, the dangerous delay is
overcome. and the wound kept aseptic
and more amenable to treatment.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
Some Old Children,s Pcoks.

John Newbury set the fashion OF
publishing Juvenile story books about
1855 retaining Goldsmith and Others to
write them. and in the list of such pub
Hcations it is somewhat startling to
come across TON Jones" and Joseph
Andrews abridged for the amusc-
ment of youth" 1t is true, but not at
MI in the direction one would expect.
says the Boston Globe. There WAS,
however. quite literally, powder In the
lam, even with Newbury's publications.
The worthy publisher was the proprie-
FOR of the famous Dr. James Powder.
and eertrived to Introduce ingenious
references to this profitable sideline In
to his book. Thus In "Goody-Twn-
Shoes" the heroine's father dies miser-
ably because seized with n fever In
place where DIR. James Powder was
not to be had"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
French Police Minister Played Shrewd-
Iy on Weli-knoWn Characteristic
Of the Fair Sex.

During the reign of Louis XIV Of
France, the light chaise came into
fashion, and great ladies of Paris Were
accustomed to drive in them about the
city. But beautiful hands are not al
ways strong ones; accidents began tC
occur more and more frequently in
the streets. Consequently, says Das
Buch fur ALE, the king besought the
minister of police to do something
since the lives Of pedestrians were
constantly in danger.
81 will do whatever is In my pow.
err" replied the police minister. "Your
majesty desires that these accidents
cease entirelyT
The king replied, Certainly. See
to it that they do"
The next day there appeared royal
ordinance that ordered that, in the fu.
ture, ladies under thirty years Of age
should not drive chaises through the
streets Of Paris. That seems mild
restriction but 1t is said that scarce
~ woman from that time on drove
her own chaise. The police minister
knew that few women would care to
advertise the fact that they were over
thirty, and that the rest would prob
ably be too old to drive.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
"Birdp Without His Feather,.

An amusing story is being related
In London reminiscent of Gallipoli
days. 1t tells Of General Birdwood
whose wont 1t was to move freely
about among his troops, often in the
heat of the day, clad only in khaki
shorts and a shirt, and his coat, with
the customary stripes and insignia OF
his rank, discarded. He was talking
one day, with an Australian private
who, quite ignorant of the generals
identity, was lolling casually against
the side of trench, and addressing
his commander In chief quite as an
equal. much to the dismay Of nearby
subaltern. When the general had
passed along, this. Sub" took 1t upon
himself to enlighten the private of the
enormity of his ignorance. At the I'm
ish of the junior officers harangue
said the private to the sub: "very
sorry, sir. but how was to know who
be was? Why doesn't he wear his
feathers, like any other bird w0u1af'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
Poisonous Constituent Of Ivy.

Whether the poisonous constituent
of poison ivy is chemical or bacterial
is discussed in the Medical Record.
Doctor Frost insists that 1t Is bac-
terial, because of the incubation pc
Rod, the complete natural immunity
Of certain individuals, and that expo
sure may be strictly limited to proxim-
ity of the plant and for other rea-
sons. and asserts that he has found a
form of bacteria constant on all leaves
examined.
]. 4. McNair insists that actual con-
tact with the resineus sap must occur
and that neither mixing with mercury
nor heating destroys the poisonous
quality of the sap. He therefore be-
lieves the action is chemical.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
Sparrow Introduced for PurposA

The sparrow was introduced into the
United States for a specific purpose.
He was expected to destroy certaih
loxious insects, especially the larvae
of moths, some Of them native, others
ike the sparrow himself mistakenly
imported. The native kinds were NUS
ances In city parks and shaded city
streets. Native birds, which now un-
Ter protection are common city dwell
iers, would probably have come to do
every service the sparrow did; but 1t
does not require very old resident of
New York to remember the days when
caterpillars rained down on the Sab
bath finery Of gcntlefolk crossing the
parks, and those c..terpillars the spar
row undenia5ly til Lean up, and New
York was grateful. With the other
moths, however-alien moths like the
gypsy and the brown tail, which were
scourges of vegetation-the sparrov
fai.e,..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
YELLOW BANANAS NOT RIPE
Reach That Stage When Peel Turns
Golden Hue and Begins to speckIe
on Brown Shades.

Bananas have higher caloric value
than any Of our other common fruits.
Unlike most other fruits they are al
ways In season.
Such is the first conclusion come to
by Drs. Victor @. Myers and Anton r.
Rose, after a careful analysis Of
bananas and Of their effects upon per
sons fed with them. The studies were
made at the Laboratory of PATHOLOGY
cal Chemistry, New York Post-Gradu-
ate Medical School and Hospital, and
the report Is published In the Journal
Of the American Medical association.
But the bananas must be ripe, and
bananas as generally sold are not
nearly ripe. A yellow banana is not
ripe. when the yellow OF the peel
turns a golden hue and begins to
speckle on the brown shades, 1t may
safely be considered fully ripe" says
the report, land the spread Of the
brown discoloration does not condemn
the fruit as over-ripe as long as the
pulp inside shows no signs Of fermen-
tntive decomposition"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
Hloh-Grade Naval Gunnery,

No one can foretell the future, but
we are disclosing no secret when we
say that, if our battleship line should
ever range up against the enemy, he
will be treated at the longest EaMees to
a storm of fire which, in rapiditg. &c
curacy and the uncanny way in which
1t clings to its ever-shifting objective,
will be a most uncomfortable surprise
to the enemy, asserts the Scientific
American. For it is a fact that the
methods of mounting, fire control, ETC.,
which have been adopted and perfect
ed in our navy, have raised our target
practice to a point of accuracy, even
at the longest ranges, which has never
been reached in our own, or, prob
ably, in any other navy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
Counting Up to "eoomsit.~

A reader who was interested in ths
s1ndian counting" that the Compa nior
told about on this page some month,
ago, has found In the London Chroni
lcle something about similar sort @
counting that was long in use In 6
retired part Of England. The Chron
dele says:
The elder generation Of farmers II
one Of our northern dales used 6
strange set Of numerals, especial,
when counting sheep. They made /;
gap In the wall just wide enough t.
admit one sheep at time, and as thu
sheep went through they counted
them, making q notch in a stick al
every fifteen. 80
Phonetically the numerals SCUM,
like Yam, tame, tether, NEITHER pip
eax, sane. caterer, wheeler, dick
yann-er-dick, tane-er-dfck, tether-er
dick. mether-er-dick, boomf1t."
''Boomft" was fifteen; when they
Preached it they made q notch in ths
Dtick and began the strange chant ~
1Ryae again Youths Compenion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
YaIe's Famous '53.

The late George ". Smalley be
ionged at Yale to the class Of 's3
which included Isaac H. Bromley, tn.
brilliant journalist; Henry C. Robin
son, the leading Connecticut lawyer,
Gen. Edward Harland OF Norwich. dis
tinguished in the Civil war; Edmund
Clarence Stedman, the banker-poet
George H. Watrous, president of til,
New Haven road; Andrew D. White
sormer ambassador to Berlin and pres
ident Of Cornell; Senator Tom Plat
OF New York, Senator Randall E. Glib
son Of Louisiana, Charlton T. Lewis
prison reformer and insurance expert
George Shiras, Jr., a member of til,
United States Supreme court; Epis
copal Bishop Davies OF Michigan. AM
Wayne MacVeagh, a leading lawyel
ard In Garfeld's cabinet. This is ouiis
list for one Yale class to produce
Waterbury American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
COMPREHEND If THEY WISH
Foreluners Reluctant to Admit knoWl-
edge of English, but Understand
When It Is Advisable.

Many Of the foreigners are extreme
" bashful about admitting their abil4
,ity to speak and understand English,
when there is work to be done, saccord-
ing to the officers, observes the Bos.
ton Herald On the other hand, If they
desire a pass or any similar ofticiaf
boon, their comprehension becomes ex-
ceedingly acute. On one occasion,
captain announced:
"Kabibble, you are on fatigue duty
you will sweep the mess hall and the
Office"
mo spik Engleesh," murmured the
conscript, with blank look at his
superior.
"Hm-wait minute"
The officer whispered to one Of the
sergeants.
"Sufe, he understands all right" the
latter affirmed.
The captain returned to the still I'M
comprehending Kabibble.
'Look here, if you don't sweep this
mess hall quickly, you'll lose your pass
for the next month. Do you under
stand that?"
"All right; where the broom?" the
private replied with astonishing facil-
ity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
IS'THlS "Y0UNG MANS AGE7"
Golden Period Of Achievement Gomez
When Man ls Well Past Forty
Years Of Age, Il Is Claimed.

"Our times are frequently called the
age Of the, young men. But when one
looks back to the revolutionary era Of
our country, from 1775 to 1925, and
considers the striking youthfulness Of
the leaders of America the appellation
does not appear exactly to f1t," said a
New York man In a recent interview.
"Nor do the men now in their TWEEN
ties and thirties push the men Of the
forties and fifties hard enough to prove
that this is pre-eminently the young
mans age. Unless men Of forty are
considered young, this scarcely is .
young mans age.
1.-THE youngsters under thirty receive
an undue degree Of attention from the
professions and business. A notion
prevails that the latest graduate from
college, technical school or university
is more desirable than the man who
has had postgraduate courses In life's
college of experience. Best sellers,
movies and magazine articles about
business foster the notion. Conse-
quently, distressingly large number
of men from twenty-five to thirty ex.
pect to be the bosses Of big businesses
or corresponding professions or tech
meal vocations by the time they are
thirty-fve.
"Many will, If they work hard and
prove to possess capacity, occupy posi-
tons of responsibility. But scarcely
at thirty-fve. The golden age OF
achievement really comes in most
cases Is years later. In fact, the pres
ent age is the age Of the mature man
In literature the success today is not
the man Of thirty. Irwin Cobb would
almost universally be considered a
success in literature, but Cobb is forty
one and has not reached the fullness
of his power. George AIDE is fifty-one,
Harrington forty-eight, Frank Cobb,
chief writer of editorial, forty-eight.
The success achieved through develop
ment of talent, hard work and sacri-
ece is reserved for the mature"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
SEA MOSS MAKES GOOD FOOD
Made Into "Laver Bread" 1t ls Found
on Sale in All Welsh Markets
Near the Coast.

The sea moss on the Irish coast,
called by some ''sloak," is really laver.
In Ireland it is called "Sloucaun'
with the &c" hard), and ".Slouc" for
brevity. In Ireland, as in England, 1t
Is prepared by washing, to get rid OF
sand, ETC., and then boiling.
When boiled, little butter or bacon
fat is added and dash of lemon juice
completes the preparation. 1t is eaten
with fish, and by some with mutton
instead Of jelly.
In Wales a great deal of laver Is
used, mostly in the form of "laver
bread" says the London Chronicle.
The boiled laver is mixed with pro-
portion of oatmeal and shaped into
round cakes.
"Laver bread" or '1ava bread" As
1t seems to be pronounced, is on sale
In I'll the Welsh markets anywhere
conveniently near the coast.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
WOODEN BuGLE IS. HISTORIC
instrument Thst r. 10 Alleged VIZ
Brought . America BY the
Pilgrims.

4. M. Bever. living near Hilisbcrcs
ind, has q bugle, said to have been
made in England early in the seven
Ieenth century, according to an ex-
change. It Is three feet long, made
Of cedar wood in two sections which
are glued together. It is about three
inches In diameter at the base and
tapers uniformly to point.
! Around 1t are ten crude rings maids
from sections Of buffalo horn. 1t was
brought to America in 1920 by the Pill
grims, it is believed, and tradition
says It was carried by the army OF
Miles Standish in the expedition
against the Indians. The earliest au.
thentic account of it dates back to
colonial days. It was used at the Bos'
ton tea party and was carried by the
minute men in the battle of Lexington
and Bunker Hill.
At Bunker Hill the instrument was
struck by British musket ball and q
portion of the end was torn away. II
was at the siege of Yorktown and
helped to celebrate the surrender ni
Lord CORVALLIS In 1881.
After the war the old bugle was
landed down as an heirloom in ths
Bever family. Mrs. Michael Bever
the great-grandmother of the presenr
owner, died in Tazewell county, Illinois
As years ago, when she was one hun
bred and four years old. She came ir
to possession Of the bugle when YER
small girl, and later prepared his
tory of it. Upon her death the olc
heirloom was kept for time by 10
seph Bever. an old tanner of Hillsboro
end 1t then passed into the hands o
L. NJ. Cooper and wife Of Waynetown
from whom R. NJ. Bever received
flyeyears ago.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
Good Night

There are two brothers In Indianap'
oils whose names are not John and
Richard Jones, but might be. Richard
owns a grocery store and his telephone
sting follows directly under the list
ing of Johns residence. This con-
versation took place the other day be-
tween Mrs. John Jones and a voic<
on the wire:
Hello, is this Jones'?"
eyes"
"Have you got any soap?"
"Why, yes, guess I've got little
Why?"
~"Why, I want to buy some. What
do you Think"
1--WE only got one cake. Who II
this, anyway?
isn't this Jones grocery"
mo"
Good night !"-IndianaDolis News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
Old Illustrated Book.

One OF the Oldest illustrated books
Is an edition of "AesDp's Fables pub
iished about 1471. Irhas initial letters
Of great interest, and upward of 100
very curious wood cuts. The copies
which have survived the centuries are
bound in thick oak boards. covered
with stamped leather. There was
book published IN Florence only five
years after the Aesop which had three
copper-plate engravings, and one of
the most remarkable features of the
early Illustrated works is the grace and
excellent fancy Of their tail-pieces. and
type, and the fresh lock which the ink
has.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
WOMAN LOVED HER CANARY
Matron Charged Brother With Theft Of
Bird and He Narrowly Escaped
Being Sent to Prison.

Mrs. James Farmer was the COM
plainant against her brother, George
Clark, in special sessions recently.
writes New York correspondent. She
lives at 2O2 West Fifty-ninth street. In
excellent style, and on the witness
stand was fashionably dressed and Gull
tured.
my brother called with a FRIEND"
she said, land stole my pet canary
the best one of the thirteen keep, and
the sweetest singer you ever heard"
"Do you want me to send your own
brother to the penitentiary asked
Justice Bixby.
swell, he is in bad health" she re-
piled hesitatingly; "he's had chills and
fever for long time; but"
But you think more of the bird
than you do of your brother1" sug-
gested the justice.
swell, your honor" said the lady
INDEPENDENTLY, "this canary was q
special pet"
The brother escaped, however
through technical error in the COM
plant.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-03-01
BY THE DOOR CALLED JOHN
Quaker courtship In Whien "
Frankly Expressed Herself =
vorino Brother OF, Woosr.

. fow weeks ago the Youths Com
nonion renorted two or three strange
and amusing courtships OF ne" Hns
land tradition. A reader was lnoseu
to add another to the hst-this uin
a Ouaker one. In a small town. VI
which about half the population were
Friends two brothers, John ana 90
senb shared a farm that adjoineo the
property of Sarah, spinster III go
middle life. Both brothers III lheii
vouth had been obvious sultors ~,
Sarah's hand; but they were $40"
diffident. and neither ever reacheu 'ne
noint of proposing Then an enter
nrising and audacious young woman,
who belonged to "the WORLDS people
somehow extracted proposal lr"m
Joseph-or dispensed with one-a'iu
married him. After several years VI
matrimony she died. leaving MIN WIN
two little girls. AS soon as propr'e,s
,,armitted he betook himself to MS
sinister neighbours, and, according "
local tradition, spoke thus:
at Is borne in upon me. Sarah. tna'
thee would make an excellent wire.
81 have no leading to contraoict
thee. Joseph" replied the iady ue
murely.
"Also. Sarah. | believe thee coHpe-
tent to be an admirable mother.
.SThy judgment is to be respected
Joseph"
"Thy housekeeping is well esteemed
Sarah. The women say there Is no
better housekeeper in the place"
81 am assured thee would not listen
TO light gossip, Joseph
"Then. Sarah. will thee marry me
"Nay. Joseph. I am not moved 10
consent. But-thee may repeat thy
kind words about me to thy orother
John II thee thinks best"
$50 that thee will enter the family,
Sarah. and care for the household.
care not by which door thee comes In.
have no further inclination toward
| the married state for foolish reasons
whether my reasons are foolish or
no. Joseph, will only come If am
hidden bv the door called John"
It was by the door called John that
| she was soon welcomed. TO rule, gently
| and to order wisely q double family.