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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Emperor Skillfui Enoineer

From imperial times until today the
Ttber has been torment to all gov.
"rnments. Caesar elaborated q sys-
tenn that would have made Rome a
rival Of the London or New York Of
today, but his associates found the
enterprise too gigantic. When q dis.
tant successor, the Emperor Ctaudius,
came to the throne. he took up the
'cheme,and though he did not embark
On 1t so extensively, he compelled the
Tonder of the time by the capacious
waterway afforded. He was an engi-
neer by taste. His name Is associ.
ated with the enormous aqueducts.
Aqua Claudius and Anio Novus, the
wonder of modern engineers. He
caused harbor at Ostia to be dug.
The breakwater was not built in the
right direction. and the harbor ulti-
mately filled up.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Insect Bothers Forest Ranoera.

The ohmlette Is the "cootie" of the
forest rangers life. He does not get
on the ranger, but he gets In his tel
ephone, which is much worse when
you are trying to telephone for help
on forest fire. The ohmlette Just
delights in getting into the transmit
ter and attempting to call up some of
his forest friends. A buzzing starts
says the American Forestry associa.
ton Of Washington, that just about
puts the line out Of business. The
ranger could take a shot at the trans
mitter. but that, Of course, would
get the phone as well as the ohm
lette, 50 the ranger uses a piece Of
moth ball and that settles + 6pe NJ.
OhMlettA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
LANDMARKS L1Tl &. Nv. :
Many Cities Of Spain Can Sow E1c
Remains OF Streets and BuId-
lngs They Occupied.

In many big towns in Spain there
are beautiful remains Of the ancie:.
Jewrles, the streets AMI buildings ha'r
ing been preserved Intact Jo his daF
There are, for instance. says the Jew
lsh Tageblatt OF New York city sever
al fine residences which belOn.y,! 70
wealthy Jews before 1892. espe"iHlJ
the two beautiful synagogueS IA TO
iedo, with their Hebrew inscriptions,
In COrdova, an important part or tho
old Jewish quarter still exists, and
there is a beautiful little synagNg'...
with inscriptions around The building,
which is situated in a street named
Gale MaimonideS. In Seville there are
four churches which were formerly
synagogues. One of the most beauti-
full JewrieS Is that of Cordova, the
birthplace Of MaimonideS (Ramban).
1t is built in a fine Gothic style, and
the old communal house is now used
as q school. In Saragossa there are
whole streets of the old Jewry still pre-
served with residences of wealthy jew
ish denizenS. Another old JeWry is
that of Pontevedra, which is supposed
to have been the town where the al
legged Jewish forbears Of Columbus
lived. There are thousands Of Span
ish families bearing Jewish EA;ites, and
they know they are of Jewish extrac-
ton. Several members Of The spanish
nobility are also of Jewish origin. 1t
Is very remarkable that the Jewish
type Is even still preserved with such
purity In those parts Of Spain which
have large Jewish communities. es-
pecially Andalusia and Catalonia. New
er can one see in Europe such beauti-
full types of women with their wonder
full eyes, natural elegance. and most
attractive elasticity and dignity as are
10 be found in Seville and Crane du.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
BEAR USED DIRECT METHODS
How Pet Grizzly Satisfied Curiosity
and Appetite in Emlnently
Satisfactory Manner.

Mr. Enos A. Mills tells us story Of
q bear. whom he calls Miss Grizzly.
She vas a pet bear, In a sawmill In
the Medicine Bow mountains. was
never teased by the men and, there
fore had q uniformly good disposi-
tion. They did not try to teach her
tricks, but she seemed to pick them
up, one of her favorites being cart
wheeling" This meant that she would
curl her nose behind her toes, have
one of the men start her with little
push down the slope near the mill, and
then over and over she would roll. This
she appeared to enjoy greatly. But
the funny incident was this: One day
teamster brought her bottle of
catsup. standing erect" writes Mr..
Mills, "she took 1t deity In her fore
paws She was greatly interested in
it-probably In the color. In turning
It about. she caught sight of floating
nir-bubble. Inverting the bottle from
end to end, she tried to make this out
she held 1t between her eyes and the
Ii~ht, she shook 1t back and forth
close to her ear. Then going directly
to nearby log, she brought the bot
tie down upon it and catsup splashed
in all directions. Her curiosity salts
fed, she seemed to enjoy licking up
the catsup. "-ChriStian Science Mon
itor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Conan Doyies "EamiIlarn

Sir Arthur Conan Doyles familiar"
proved Of very practical assistance to
him the other day.
The creator of "Sherlock Holmes"
walked into his study. and after some
indecision drifted over to the waste
paper basket, plunged his arm into the
litter. extracted a valuable war
office document relating to the history
VI the war! It had blown from the
table into the basket.
I've never done such a thing be-
FORE" said Sir Arthur, in narrating the
circumstances, and the unusual course
Of action which he followed with such
good results he attributes wholly to
the promptings Of his familiar
London Chronicle
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Movies Set Distance Record

Two moving picture records were
broken recently, according to the Pop
ul.r Mechanics Magazine. at the cen
tp5ary celebration Of the Methodist
church in Columbus, O. An ordinary
projecting machine, equipped with &
special lens, rapid shutter, and q
15o-anper. leht, was used to throw
pictures 100 iE r. ieot, III a screen
800 feet away fr.oa Ne nach.ne. The
light employed Was Three times he
81, myth of those commonly used. II
generated so muct heat that it was
necessary TO operate the cinemato-
graph at great speed to prevent burn
ing the fln. The screen on which the
pictures were thrown was lis feet
SQUARE.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
LUOkiNG AHEAD A FEW YEARS
Remarks That VIII Be Merely ordl.
nary When the BIlmp Has Been
Finally Perfected

Augustus Tplliver, the soap king
strobe wrathfully out Of his stateroom
aboard the blimp and seized the arm
OF the porter.
"Idiotr' he roared "why didnr you
give me q call this morning7 told
you had to be in London for a d.
rectors' meeting at a. m. sharp, and
now London is Lord knows how many
thousands o. miles in our rear"
"Ah pounded on yo' door, boss, but
yo' refuses to waken," replied the
porter.
The soap king pulled out watch,
"Eleven-thirty," he grunted dis
gustedly. where are we now?'
Jest passed over St Louis, boss !;
we'll be back in N'Yawk at-12 :05."
"Oh we'll" said Tolliver, II can
attend that u 80 meeting of the soap
powder people and catch the 1870
blimp for London"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Orchid Hard to Secure.

Nearly all the orchids found In
Burma can be grown with little care
and attention in private gardens.
There Is one exception, a sweet-smell-
ing species called tain by the Bur-
mese. and which is usually brought to
market in Christmas week In Rangoon.
1t only seems to flower In the most
malarious and least frequented localf-
ties. and at time of the year which Is
the tigers mating season. and when
they are most dangerous to human be-
ings. 1t is in great demand by Bur
mese and sells for it's weight in silver
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12

Mlddle-aged Londoners who went to
end fro in the capital in the sixties
and seventies merely smile when we
ask If London could possibly be nois-
Ter than 1t is at the present day.
For they say 1t was far noisier
place then. when nearly all the main
streets were granite paved and all the
wheels of the vehicles iron bound.
There was a continuous roar then to
which the present day sound Is
mere whisper.
One such Londoner says he often
heard In the old days the roar of Lon
don's traffic from as far away spot
as the Crystal Palace parade. The
sound was like that Of continual very
distant thunder He has many times
In recent years listened for the sound
from the same spot. but has never
heard it.-London Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Art and Nature.

Art Is the revelation Of man, and
not merely that, but likewise the revs.
lation Of nature speaking through man.
Art pre-exists In nature. and nature Is
reproduced in art Az vapors from
the ocean floating landward and dis
solved In rain are carried back In rtv.
ers to the ocean, SO thoughts and the
semblances Of things that fall upon the
soul Of man in showers flow out again
In living streams OF art and lose them.
selves in the great ocean, which II ma
ture. Art and nature are not, then,
discordant, but ever harmoniously
working In each other.-Longfellow't
Hyperion"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Odd Eccentricity.

Among the wealthy eccentrics Of
England was a man who lived near
Iastings. His fad excited much atten-
ion and amusement among his neigh
hors. Punctually at noon each day he
would appear in his front yard with
n crimson turban on his head, his feet
covered with richly embroidered and
'eweled sandals, and with a coolie
cloth round his waist Then. abso-
intely Indifferent to the boots of the
people in the street. he would first
pray aloud to the sun, "the father OF
light and good" and Immediately aft
erward PROSTATE himself before
quaint miniature Idol with diamond
eyes What made his eccentricity re-
markable was the fact that he was not
OF Eastern origin, nor had he ever been
to any religious faith or cult
Of the East.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Ye Qld-Tima Ialenhone Girl.

'aTime was before the experts came
along, and, In vulgar business parlance.
sold efficiency to the telephone COM
panies. when the telephone was a real
convenience" John Ambruster relates
in Everybody's. '~The historic In
stance Of lady who rang up central
and said: I am just stepping over to
Mrs. Brewsters' for Z few minutes to
get her doughnut recipe-she's Main
227-and I'll leave the receiver OF 80
you can hear II the baby cries and let
me know In my home town we used
to ask central where the fire was and
who was dead and did she think there
was any mail for US"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Bat Skins for Leather.

The suggestion has been made that
the rat problem might be best solved
by making use of the skins of the
rodents for the purpose of leather.
Somebody with the gift of guessing
computes that there are 100000 in
this country, and the damage they do
would feed a goodsized army. 1t
would take at least 5000 skins a day
t. supply a small modern tannery.
Nobody wants the rats, they belong
to anybody that can catch them.
That is the problem-to catch them,
and then deliver the goods. There is
not enough leather TO 90 around.
Fish skins are susceptible Of tan
ming. and there are rat skins which
make good leather, large enough for
many purposes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Sticking the National Paraa,

The United States Is carrying on q
very interesting work in exchanging
che wild animals Of ono region for those
OF otiers-transplanti elk and deer
ana r~ckv mountain hghorns from
regions Ia the United States where
they aro plentiful to others where, &c
far as known they have not lived
Some Of the animals are being shipped
long distances. says the Popular Sci
ence Monthly.
Wyoming Is full Of elk The herd,
N the Jackson Hole country are the
Argest Of any Of North American wild
animals since the days Of the counties
buffaloes. But the big Yosemite Ne
tional park OF California, with III
three-quarters Of a million scres, vi
til recently had no elk, or at least onis
q very few scattered specimens BIZ
the elk shipped in from Wyoming hav /
become very much at home and ar
breeding and multiplying rapidly. add
ing to the charm and picturesquenes
of this popular national playground
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Children.

Then why not pursue the study @.
children for yourself? The subjects
are always before you. No books are
needed, no costly drawings. no lee
lures, neither transparencies nor illus
trations. Your specimens are all about
YOU. They come and go at your bid
ding. They are not to be hunted fol-
along the edge Of precipice, on the
borders of the wilderness. In the des-
ert, nor by the seashore. They abound
not In the uninhabited or unvIsited
place, but In your very dwelling hous-
rs, about the steps of your doors, In
every street Of every village, In every
green field and every crowded thor
oughfare. They flourish bravely In
Snowstorms, in the dust of the tram
pied highway, where drums are beat
ing and colors flying. in the roar of
tiles. They love the sounding sea
Freeze and the open air, and may
tlways be found about the wharves
nd rejoicing before the windows of
10Y shops.-John Neal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Throwing Hear U,verpo.-o.

On all seagoing steamers the sAesu
condensed by sea water pumped
through the surface condenser This
circulating water Is then dtscharuod
overheard. In the process Of conda,.
satlon the cooling water taken In a.
eemperatures varying from 80 degrees
" % degrees =. according to climatic
ana other conditions, Is raised 10 tenn.
peratures varying from SO to 1on ~
erees and then discharged. This erea.
loss OF heat Is practically unayo,deh,e
says the Popular Science MONTH";
Even on comparatively small staamas.
nunoreds Of tons Of heated water ara
pumped overheard daily. This con.+,
.utes one of the greatest heat losael' =,
.ue operation OF steam machinery. a.
suousn sometimes a portion q. r.
&C., ~ wafer Is used for s1ubbize
decks and for bath water ON pas.sa.-s
ships -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
What Mother Wanted

l heard a knock at my door the
other morning and on answering It
found my neighbours small son.
Mother wants to borrow your
lemon-lemon--" at once knew
he wanted my lemon squeezer. hut ~
he always finds some way to express
himself I did not offer to help him
out.
Again he started and with suggest
i've motions Of his hands. said: 'She
wants your lemon-O. ] know now
vour lemon -hn9rer y. Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Cast, Value of Success

~While do not think that success Is
measured by money" says q writer In
the American Magazine. IAN estimate
Of success cannot be disassociated from
the cash value that Is put on our work.
It Is the only factor Of happiness that
granting material necessities has to be
reckoned I'm dollars
Success Is variant. and it is I'M
possible to state 1t In d money limit
know that the 5000 that Is nv IA
Tiers salary as United States attorney
brings with 1t to him recognition of
bis ability that the same salary made
In another way woT;id not have
know that the small checks some
times receive for my own work bring
q glow that really isn't in the checka-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
LAY ALL UNDER CONTRIBUTION
Persian Derv:shse Demand Aims as q
Right ard Simple People Read
ily Give Up.

A feature Of Persian life which Illus
irates the staple end superstitious
nature If the people Of the mideast is
the.n tolerance of the dervishes. These
Wr.ra gynsyiike beggars infest the
"'i;''s ana annoy the village folk in
Et.. rg from one place to another. ac-
rnr,'ins to their vows of itinerancy.
..rSe are not the whirling dervshes
Of circus fame. Whirlins would be TOO
energetic form Of worship for the
Arslui,trS If this most ancient leisure
H"ss, Their greatest exertiGn consists
of walk az slowly and blowing horn
t0 announce their presence.
The dervish of Persia is known hy
his begging bowl conical cap. anim;;:
skin cape and club. The weinon,
which, is usually stick driven through
"i(h nails. is CARED conspicuous y
Il Fast, Il seems unpieH sanity ready
Eor tse when its owner calmly de
na;.-,E tribute. Il is true that there
i 81 AL danger Of its use, even il
a';a~ r. refused. aut a refusal how
Yer Eol"e 2nd apologPt'ca!, is sure to
t5ruse the Mfath Of the d4rv;~h. His
diary may be IN Ineligible, bat
n "earing # his threats and propl,-
S'~2 is usually understood. Fellow
49, - It the deryislI tribe prefer 70
Il" Il II; at any cost in order to
or'd@ having the wrath OF he,veH
r..'d down upon them in the mastcr.s
image Of an experienced heaven IL.
ru.;er.
The dervish makes himself useful to
the community honored by his prea-
rrce by telling fortunes and stories.
roriJing prayers, selling charms aud
even curing the sick by blowing HIS
s@"r 4 breath on them-all in retura
1"r which he turns over to his CHIEF
aJ''@ deduetins living wage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Nine Months on Warah1p,

A naval man. home on leave, was dis.
cussing Lord Jellicoe's tribute to all
ranks who fought at Jutland. and he
revealed what seems to the lower deck
the highest form of heroism.
1t was not the fighting, not the anx-
ious watching day and night-that IL
what a naval man Is there for, he
showed.
"Tve been 10 years In the navy, but
# you'd ever told me before the war
thst should sver have lived for nine
mouths On board ship without break.
/ should hevs dropped down dead" hs
Slid .But rye mt d. &" ~ ad6.
ha--Ipndoo CssnaaaA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Bells Not In Eavon

Greek monks are called to prayer in
4 fashion of their own. Bells are not
regarded with too much favor In the
Levant The fact that they are nm In.
novation borrowed. albeit in the tenth
century. from schismatic Venice makes
the orthodox doubt their appeal, while
the Turks object to them even more
strongly lest they disturb wandering
spirits. says the National Geographic
Magazine. For Al ordinary purposes
the monks In their stead Z. hanging
wooden plank or sometimes q smaller
metal bar Of which the necessary con.
comitant Is a stout mallet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
BANDITS ATTACK HARB0RD.
THINKING HIM ARMENIAN

Because he and members of his
party were mistaken for Armenians.
Maj. Gen. James G. Hartford, head of
the American Mission TO Armenia.
narrowly escaped death at the hands
of band of marauiing bandits a few
miles from Mount Ararat. Maia
General Hartford has just returned
10 the United States and made re-
ort to President Wilson on the dis
Eessing conditions in the Near East.
where American charity is saving
thousands Of lives through The Near
last Relief.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Love and MARRIAGE,

First love Is very apt not to be til
lasting love- said DR. Antoinette Koni
koW, speaking at the Boston Schocl o.
Social Science.
young lovers try to excuse ali th,
faults Of the loved one because the1
are not in love with the individual, bui
with love. Hence they may not chooss
their happiness IN later years. Many ,
man and woman IS glad by middio &
that the first love was frustrated.
Marriage should be based on kov1
alone or it is immoral, and some change
Is necessary II marriage is to be save
from degradation. Real love Away
makes people better Romantic love L;
the source Of all the best things L. IT.
tho foundation of all the arts Ant
individual happiness makes up the hat
piness of the race. "-Boston Pns&
Real Democracy.
Before Denmark consented to sell
the Danish West Indies to the United
States q pIebiscite was held, and the
electorate voted upon the question
The people of the United States, how
ever, were never consulted as to wheth
er they desired to make the purchase.
The people Of England vote directly
on national questions whenever parlia
ment is dissolved. and the government
goes to the country" on nearly every
matter Of really vital import
Many Americans fondly imagine that
the United States is the only real de
mocracy in the world. As q matter OF
fact. In Switzerland, Australia and
New Zealand government Is more di
rectly responsible to the people than in
the United States; Canada's govern.
ment is at least equally representative
as ours, while England, although nomi
nally constitutional monarchy, prob
ably Is more democratic than the Unit
I'd States.-St Paul Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
electrical Undertakings in Japan.

There are rs electrical undertak
ings in Japan. including 625 porc:
plants, 10 electric railways, and i
companies operating both power plants
and tramways. This is an .rrrc4se
40 companies over last year. The Il
tai amount of invested capital in these
enterprises is about S3SS, 100000. in
Guiding $193,000000 fer power plants
So 100000 for railways, and S173o0o,-
600 for those rendering combined
service-an increase of about 5000.
900 over last year.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-12-12
Fer Sale.

Twenty-one. acres Of timber land
situated in Poweil's Fort, suitable for
farming il cleared.
PERCY SHEETZ,
500 N. Market ST.,
Get 10--tf Winchester. Va.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-19
WILL DEFEND HONORS
Teton County Notifies State
Chairman Citizens Expect to
Raise Victory Bond Money.

Teton county is preparing to defend
honors it won in the fourth liberty loan
bond drive when it went over the TOP
with fixed pocket books volunteer day
or the first day of the drive, according
to c. B. Walker, county chairman.
Il would not be surprised if our
county voluntarily contributes it's APP
portionment without personal allotment
to the citizens he told Monte b
Gwinn, state chairman, when calling
at state headquarters late yesterday
afternoon.
Teton county was asked to raise $751;
600 in the last drive. Instead it's peo-
pie raised $4,000 and won the distinc-
ton of being the first to complete a
quota in the state.
Mr.. Walker says the Teton county
people are prepared to repeat their
victory of the fourth campaign and in
addition are DESTROYS of trimming down
the time required. in which to finish
their work.
Teton county is one of the smallest
counties in the state. 1t is located in
the rich dry farming district of eastern
Idaho, adjoining Wyoming.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-19
HOTEL ARRIVALS

Z OWYHEE-Mr Gaviniter, city; II.
S. Seeley, Payette; c. r. Shaw, ity;
F'lossie Pratt, Weiser; w. A. Moser,
III. l.. Let's, Denver; Kathryne Sew
all, New York; E. l.. Robson, Boston
B. H. Jones, Boston,; c. l. Chilgren,
San Francisco; +. A. Webster, Salt
Lake; E. E. Hartwell, Denver; Gladys
Reynolds, Emmett; Fay Holverson,
Emmett; T. J. Felix Moran, Portland
w. E. Helfrich, Portland; w. H. Mac
MILAN, Sterling, H.; Charles Law
renee, Denver; ]. w. Kurtzman. Ba-
toria, N. Y; e. c. Koerner, Idaho
Falls; j. j. Kavanaugh. Salt Lake;
Ted Camp, Spokane; Alex Schott, st.
Louis; l. NJ. Moss, Racine, Wis. C.
&. Gross, San Francisco; E. l.. RAN
som, Grand Rapids, Mich; Mrs. Z. c.
Salisbury, Washington, d. c.; B. II.
Montgomery, Spokane; J. H. Yost, San
Francisco: e. j. Ryan, Portland; Eliz-
abeth Purtell, Glenns Ferry; /. w.
jesse, Portland; ]. c. Feige, San
Francisco; f. l.. Lestoe, Portland.
GRAND-Mrs. A. Andregg, Salt
Lake; Will w. White, Emmett; G. w.
Maxfield, Emmett; George A. stiles,
Salt Lake; C. B. Mains, Emmett: T.
+. Arnold. Ontario; w. S. Corbett,
Salt Lake; C. Calvin Gardner Silver
City: Mrs. NJ. r. Jenkins, Grandyiew;
p. /. Leisy Portland; James S. Cogan,
Carey; Mrs. Gilman G. Brown, HALEY;
James III. Bobb, Fruitland; C. E.
Evening capital news. (Boise, Idaho) 1901-1927, 1919-03-19
'ELEC'T|0N0FFIC|ALs
ARE DULY APPROVED
City Council Selects Clerks and
Judges for Various Precincts
in Boise to Handle Coming
Municipal Ballots.

Clerks and judges for the coming city
election to he Sbe,d in April to select
/. - 49, ,,,. eor tho next
80.
Two years nave peen seiecteo anu ou,s
approved according 10 law ny ."e wy
cUuncil' anu tne eiectioh inacy -
an IN READINESS 10 DC put ln'o sersise. We.
ihose seiected ana Iapproveu
.heir respectiVe precilcls are % IVA
lows
Frecinct y MaDei GraioW' Marie II
WIN, MIS-. john ran =. q. oioane. =