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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
REFUSED HAND OF SULTAN
Offer of Marriage by Ruler of suIu
Was Turned Down by Alice
Roosevelt.

Inc Moro is not all bad. He has
his good points. There has never been
Il case where a Moro has murdered an
American woman, and there are MANY
American women in Moroland. This
abstinence. however, is not due to
Moro chivalry, Int to the fact that in
the Moro thought women have no
souls.
Not that the believed souIlessness
of the sex keeps the Moro from be-
ing ladies' man. In fact, he is in
clmed to be very gallant. The ia
nous visit OF the Taft party, ac-
companied by the then Miss Alice
Roosevelt, some years ago (and
long to be remembered in the Phil
lpllneS), WAS attended by a char
ac'"riNtic exhibition of Moro gall
Imry. When this party visited
J"'o-no "trip 10 the islands would
be complete without visiting this
Picturesque i~lanl-hts royal high
ness, III" SULTAN If SuIu. fmmrdi-
",e,T "frr3 Lis hand in marriage
n" tAn daughter Of the President.
He addre>~r. lpr as the American
Princess and Tho maine Of Princess
Allie" StiSl r..0-~ e. her in the Phil
iGtno~. The tact jAa- his hfetmess
already HAL a ca..v Of dozen wives
scattered around uv toan was no
a"t"aHt in e5.,e If AIoAamueaan
Mouavch
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
SUCCESS SLOW IN COMING
at One Time Compelled to Beg
Money for Bread.

Charles Goodyear. no became
millionaire and WAS TIL tntor o. ,ui-
canized rubber as well a. ualsy .ther
forms of the tree sap pr lUcts, al one
time was forced to beg for s. to Keep
him from starving In 1884 he discov-
cred that rubber could be vulcanized.
II was an accident. He attempted to
remove some bronze dust from bit Of
rubber cloth, and after trying several
chemicals tried aqua FORTS, a chem
ical largely composed OF sulphuric acid.
II failed also, and he threw the cloth
away. A few days later he picked it
up by chance. and noted the spot
rubbed by the aqua FORTS had hard
ened and would stand a degree of heat
that would have melted 1t i'll its former
state
He applied his discovery, and soon
was wearing rubber shoes, coats, hats
and other garments, and had a small
fortune by the right of his discovery.
But a year passed. and his goods were
discredired and returned, rotting and
broken. He was ruined. He started
in again 10 discover a method that
would yulcanize the rubber, and for
ten years he kept at it, his life long
misery of hunger and cold and crush
ing poverty. His success came sudden
" and soon he was rich beyond his
widest dreams.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
CALL FOR UNWRlTTEN BOOKS
Public Libraries Give List of Works
Reading People Would Seem
to Appreciate.

The Publishers Weekly has collected
from public libraries list of unwrit-
ten books that should be available.
Included in this list is book on cook
cry practice, an illustrated monograph
on canoes or a history of Moslem art,
an up-to-date, comprehensive American
book on iron and steel metallurgy.
Histories of Armenia and Oregon
are alike demanded A book on cob
blestone fireplaces, with dimensions
and drawings, is wanted, and another
on European peasant costumes.
Enough is said on the lack of new
etiquette book when it is stated that
the latest good one is dated 1913
A work to prevent amateur garden
ers from pulling up plant instead Of
a weed would be as useful as an in
deX to essays or a treatise on septic
tanks. The field in concordances is
enormous.
Anyone with ten years to spare can
start q Browning concordance at once.
"A history of the novel from the very
beginning and in all countries" IS q
rather more ambitious proposal, pre-
paratory reading for which might oc-
rupy a few decades.
BalZacs phrase for books he
dreamed some day of writing, made ia
miliar by Stevenson, was enchanted
cigarettes" Here are enchanted ciga-
rertes by the gross for publishers. We
may hope that some of the needed
books mentioned by the libraries will
be supplied.
OR will authors persist in writing
the books they want to write instead
"t he hooks that are needed New
York Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
incredible Names.

Speaking Of "burdensome" names
Stray Stories tells Of one Arthur Pep.
per Of Liverpool, England, who be-
slowed upon his infant daughter q
name that comprised every letter in
the alphabet, running from Anna to
Yetty Zeno.
1t seems surprising that the names
Of Dickens characters, odd though
they were, should be found in real life :;
for 1t was from life that many Of
them were taken. Some, as is known.
we're copied from the names Of signs
over business places; but that was not
the novelist's only source Of selection.
John Forster, his biographer, found
among his papers carefully drawn
list of names, with the sources from
which he obtained them. Some Of the
names are too extravagant for any
thing but reality: Jolly Stick, Bill
Marigold, George Muzzle, William
Why, Robert Gospel, Robin Scrubban.
Sarah Goldsacks, Catherine Two So
phia Doomsday, Rosetta Dust and
Sally Gimblett-Youth's Companion-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Most Remarkable Cave.

Howes cave situated 80 miles from
Albany, N. Y, probably the most re-
markable cavern known. was discov-
cred by Lester Howe, for whom II was
named, in 1872 Howe penetrated to
a distance of II 70 IL miles, but vis'-
tors do not generally 20 farther than
four miles. The cavern was also call
ed the Ostgaragee cave, and is consid
cred one of the wonders of the con
tinent-
The entrance to the cave Is about
so feet above the valley, and the FOck
chambers known AZ the Reception
room, Washington hall the Bridal
chamber, and the chapel, are succes-
sively reached. Then the Harlequin
tunnel is traversed, and the visitor
passes through Cataract hall, Ghost
roons and Music hall.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Deceived by Reflection.

The rumor that there was such a
place as El Dorado was so insistent
centuries ago that Humboldt. the ex-
plorer, made a special investigation,
and located the origin of the fable in
a territory between the E0SaQuito and
Branco rivers in Guiau.,, Great
deposits of mica-slate and tale so
f1ecl1ed the rocks surrounding a small
lake that the sun did indeed turn the
area into q vast golden mirror, but as
far as the value of the deposits were
concerned there was nothing to wish
for. The temples, houses and public
buildings of beaten gold were mere
ly the imagination of those who had
glimpse the lake, but had bee npre-
vented by natives from reaching It.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Historic Estate on Market.

The Stoke Park estate, once the
home of the Penns, has been placed
on the market. On this property Is a
monument put up by John Penn IN
memory of the poet, Gray. On three
sides are quotations from the Elegy,
on the fourth is an inscription saying
that the stone was erected in 1893
among the scenery celebrated by the
great Lyric and Elegiac Poet" and that
he "lies unnoticed in the adjoining
ehurchyard under the tombstone on
which he piously and pathetically re-
corded the interment of his aunt and
lamented mother" The hope is ex-
pressed that the property will not fall
into hands that will permit this monu-
ment, (which in a sense has become
historic, to fail into ruin. London
Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
SALMON HAD TRAVELLED FAR
Fish Tagged" at Point Partridge,
Washington, In 1918, Taken in
Waters 600 Miles Distant.

The Canadian department of marine
ana fisheries has notified the bureau Of
'.:.f II the United States Depart
a>f Commerce of the capture in
IN" q" M river, British Columbia. in
"3g Of 1920. of q chinook sal
Iring an aluminium button or
t; Z with the letters 'B. F." stamped
" '.j' side and the number '1QI1" OIL
Tie other. An examination of the bll-
reau's records shows that the tag in
question, one of a special series EN-
ployed in connection with an investI-
CATION OF the rate and route of migra-
ton of the sOCkeye salmon in the Fra
Ser river-Puget sound region. was at
tached to a fish at Point Partridge.
whitley island. WASH, on August Il
1918 1t is now evident tnat the fish
was chinook salmon tagged by mis-
take
The fact that chinook salmon
should be caught in a shore trap far
from the sea two years after the fish
attained the spawning condition Is in
teresting and suggestive, and the wan
behring's of this fish before and after
tagging would be a fascinating theme
Tor speculation. The distance between
the two points at which 1t came under
observation Is about GOO miles by the
most direct water route.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
GUEST CHARGED FOR INSULT
This French Hotel Proprietor Surely
Went the Limit In the Matter
of Extortion

"Many stories are told" said Col.
Elliston P. Masters at a Fort Sheri-
dan tea. "of French extortions. But
the worst I have heard was related to
me by an army friend
He went to a hotel in Paris with
out making a bargain about rates and
dined altogether at restaurants with
friends.
"One evening, as he was starting
out as usual. the proprietor accosted
him in the hall and inquired:
"I hope you're dining with us to-
night, monsieur?
"'No,' my friend answered, I have
an engagement
"The proprietor, with a despairing
gesture, exclaimed:
at is an insult to the establish
ment, monsieur, never to dine here
"'NOt at all my friend answered,
and thought no more of the matter.
"But when he came to pay his ho-
tel bill, although he had not eaten
any meals there, he found this item !:
""Twelve dinners-350 francs
"'But I took no dinners here the
guest protested to the proprietor !;
YOU remarked about that to me your
SELF
"T know you didn't was the re-
ply. Had you taken those dinners
the price would only have been go
francs"
And what are the extra hundred
francs for?'
For the insult, monsieur-for the
insultr"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Wonderful Poison Gases.

Canned, solidjtied, poison gas which
is claimed to be absolutely foolproof
and mobile, has been perfected for use
by the American soldier, according to
Popular Mechanics Magazine That
two studies-defensive and offensive
gas research-go hand in hand al
ready has been demonstrated, for in
addition to the development of new
forms of gas, army experts at the
EGgeWood (AId) arsenal, have had TO
improve The Gas masks to make them
effective against some of the new
gases brought into existence there. In
technical military progress, every new
weapon means a call upon the armorer
for Il new defense As a result, this
country today has not only gases
which surpass anything used during
the World war, but a mask which, in
recent tests was worn a hours a day
fl a week, except at mealtime. with
ont ary discomfort whatever. Breath
In was normal, speaking was simple,
and il kept out all the gases thus far
known.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
SAVAGE TRIBE ON TIBURON
"White CannibaIs" Said to Infest Pa,
ciflc Island Believed to Be
Rich In PitchbIende.

Tiburon island, in the Pacific, four
miles off the Mexican coast, is inhab-
ted by tribe of "white cannibals"
Who are said to be descendants of the
Dutch. Swedish and German prisoners
who escaped from Mexican prisons
several centuries ago. Yaqui Indians,
who live on the mainland. call Tiburon
the "1sland Of Death" for the reason
that any person who lands on 1t is
shot by poisoned darts and then eaten
by natives. says an exchange.
In addition to poisoned arrows used
by the natives the cannibals also use
an ancient blunderbuss in attacking
their victims. They are supposed to
number from 500 to 1000 persons. OF
1e persons known to have visited the
island In the last few years, in parties
of two and three, only nine are said
to have returned alive, the others fall
ing victims Of the flaxen-haired, blue
eyed "white Indians" as the Mexican
people call them.
Tiburon Is said to have rich depos-
its Of pitchblende, from which rAdium
= UA@&oCtns j
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
HARD TO BEAT THAT SYSTEM
Negro Walters Method of Securing
Tips Apt to Be TrifIe BeWil-
derlng to the Uninitiated.

In New Orleans there is a negro
waiter who Is the acme Of polite atten.
ton and skill. There really isn't much
for one to do but open ones mouth
when John Is the servitor. The other
day man came in who was sized up
by the experienced John as probably
a little close" but the service was
fully up to the usual high standard.
The bill came to so cents and the
patron handed over a dollar bill
John proceeded to present the man
with his hat as though it were coro-
net, at least, and was in the middle Of
his second bow of dismissal when the
man asked:
where's my changer
Change, sab? Oar warn't none,
sab, 'ceptin' my tip-thank you, sab! I"
John replied with another bow.
But hadn't given 1t to you," the
man protested.
lob course not, sab % John respond
ed with still another bow and smile
"Ah wouldn't think OBJ permittin' you
to 90 to al dat trouble, sahl" and the
customer went 11ow1y ont, looking .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Novel Wireless ExperfmentA

By means of Migratory waves aul
out from an oscillator cut In her huh,
the battle cruiser Ohio has been con-
Quoting some remarkable wireless ex-
periments with the abandoned battle
ship Iowa In the Delaware bay near
Philadelphia. The dot and dash waves
are caught on the sensitive horns Of
the Iowa's submarine listener 10 feet
below her stern. In this manner the
Ohio is able to control the Iowa's en-
gines and helm and direct her course
600 yards away. Insulated wires were
installed on the Iowa to attempt 10 -
crate her at greater distances
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Net Much OF a Party.

Srven-lear-old Jean and her mother
We're invited to an informal party.
They went, There the guests talked
ard taiEed, and finally the hostess
p.~Sod for refreshments some wonder
ful fruit and candy Little Jean ate
with the others but looked expectant-
" for something else. But nothing
came.
On the way home she voiced her
disappointment to mother. 81 don't
see why they call a thing like that
party" she complained. II don't think
much of party you don't have a
drop to drink. Indianapolis News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
NOTHING LOST BY COURTESY
Yet 1t ls Somewhat Humiiatlno
Fact That Comparatively 50 Few
Practice IL.

Whether in a letter or face to face,
there is nothing in the whole big wide
world that does so much to make q
good impression on either stranger or
acquaintance as simple, elemental, ev-
eryday courtesy. 1t Is surprising, with
courtesy so valuable-and SO absurdly
cheap-that more Of 1t isn't used,
writes Fred G. Kelly in Lesne's. If
I'm on train, let me say, and the
man ahead of me at the ice water
tank insists on my drinking first, or
hands me the little paper drinking cup
he was about to use himself, I thank
him. don't merely grunt my thanks
as If l thought he had given me no
more than I had coming to me. I
thank him out loud, so that he can
hear 1t. And at the first opportunity
l try to get right back at him by do
Ing some little favor for him. II I
haven't cigar to give him, l at least
show that my heart Is in the right
place by offering him a match.
If stranger comes to my office for
a conference, pull up a chair for him
with my own fair hands. When he
gets ready to go, I accompany him to
the door. Thus his last recollection
Of me is my courteously bowling him
out.
If you haven't lot Of acquaintance
feel sorry for you. The fault is
DrOhahly vo11r o1Dn Thara rpust no
people all about you who would enjoy
knowing you as much as you would
enjoy knowing them. AS a sporting
proposition there Is nothing to equal
the fun of seeing how many people
you can make your friends. They're
valuable. tangible assets. If I were
called upon to give good advice in
few words, I would say: Know lot
Of folks"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Wartime Lumber Consumption.

The consumption of lumber during
the war has been Appropriated at s.
5000OO,000 feet, board measure, by
the United States forestry service. OF
this amount of lumber purchased d.
rectly by the various government de-
partments, the army consumption was
nearly $500 100000 feet, the navy con-
Stunning more than 12O,OO0!OO0. During
1918 the Emergency Fleet corporation
consumed for ship construction ap-
proximateIy SCO,OOO,OOO feet. Lumber
needed for boxes and crates alone re-
CURED approximately 2,O00,OOO,OOO
feet. Structures for cantonmentA.
hospitals, warehouses, etc, ussd ape1
proximately 8Qo00 ooNeo No. i
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
ADVANTAGE NOW WITH WOMEN
Modern Feminine Garments Such That
They No Longer Need Take All
Day to Dress"

No longer does it take her all day
to dress"
Quietly and steadily woman has got
rid of many checks upon rapidity Of
dressing; has consolidated garments,
abolished buttons. done away with
hooks and eyes, abandoned very often
even corsets and the fixing" Of her
hair, while man is quite as slow
dresser now as when Uncle c. Depew
repeated his first story.
Not, of course, if woman garbs her
self for purposes strictly social. This
means one-tenth dressing and nine
tenths preparation of an armament
that no stupid League of Nations would
ever hope to curb. Very different is
the morning method of feminine ex-
ecutiveS. of girls intent on business,
study or art, Of stump speaking ladies
when in transit
Brother dazed himself with speed
when first he fastened trousers Will
belt. though buttons still remain for
the "weskit" and the coat and that
weary round Of pearl and gold buttons
for the shirt. But sister takes her one
piece suit at single hurdle and snaps
a single snapper at the waist.
Long ago man hoped into his con
gress CATERS, Now he ties his oNforls.
His wife, however, steps into her
pumps.
Making her hair once impeded
mothers toilet. Fathers having hair
to part must part it still. But daugh-
ter, being "bobbed,' gives her hair one
shake to do it.
Nowadays" says an expert, "a girl
can easily dress in ten minutes. Then
she adds 20 for making up her face"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Vaudeville

The word vaudeville is a corruption
Of Eaue de Wire, the name Of two pic
turesQue valleys in the Bocage of Nor
mandy, France. The name was origin
ally applied to a song with words re-
lating to some story of the day. These
songs We're first composed by Oliver
BasSelin, q fuller living in Wire. They
We're popular and soon spread all over
France, and were called by the name
of the place where Basselin composed
them, namely EauN de Wire. AS the
origin of the term was lost sight Of it
at last took its present form, vaude-
vile.
Vaudeville is now properly used to
signify a play in which dialogue IS in
terspersed with songs incidentally in
PRODUCED but forming an important
part of the drama.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
This Oil MAY Cure [ enrnsu

The use of Chaulmoogra oil has been
known for some time to have some vir-
tue in the treatment of leprosy, and
recently it has been discovered that
there are a great many points of SINH
larity between the germs of leprosy
and those of tuberculosis. This has
led to some government experiments
in the direction of combating tuber-
culosis which will be conducted at Ha-
Waii.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11

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 Rangcon.
1t only seems to flower in the most
malarfous and least frequented locali-
Ties. and at time of the year which IL
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 ifs weight In silver.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11

t6s
An underground tunnel system that
has all the fascination of the cata-
combs, although it serves the less dra-
matte function of conveying heating
pipes, is one of the chief attractions
at Wellesley college.
1t has just been completed and IN
dergraduates are being permitted to
ramble around under the 3OO-acre
campus.
The tunnels are six feet high ana
wide enough for comfortable walking
Girls have found that no matter how
cold the weather, it is a good plan %
abandon coats when taking this long
adventure. The temperature from the
heating pipes is about that of Il Tlrk-
ish bath.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
TREASURE IN NORTH AFRICA
French Writer Declares Land 10 q
Storehouse of Historical and
Archaeological Beautiea

North Africa-Morocco, Algeria
"omprises, according to Louis Bert
and, writing in ILLUSTRATION (Paris)
! storehouse of historical and arch
illogical treasures unsupported by the
great majority of Frenchmen. Frances
trlcolor floats over these stored lands
washed by the Mediterranean.
NJ. Bertrand concludes that most of
his countrymen visit the colonial pos
session much as they would visit
spectacular review or something Of
the sort, as bizarre experience OF
strange sounds and colors and muscle
dancers; whereas. if they would but
open their eyes, they might behold
dead cities raising up their heads and
almost hear the echoing footsteps of
the Roman legions. He points, in
fact, to North Africa as the richest
museum Of Latin antiquity In the
world, where the ruins Of the imperial
occupation are thickly strewn for
leagues, crying out for the pick and
spade Of the excavator. From Volu-
bills in Morocco to Gigthi In Tunis,"
declares the writer, ION a line 1900
kilometers long, the Roman ruins are
Landmarks in Africa. With their tri-
umphai arches. colonnades, pagan tenn
pies, basilicas and Christian burial
places, they outline shattered vyal
road without peer"
Boiling Steel In OH.
Cincinnati is one Of six places IN the
world where steel Is STRENGTHENED by
being boiled In Oil. At plant in Chr.
thage, steel shaft weighing 5000
pounds, the largest piece ever subject.
ed to the new method, went tfruugh
the process Of being strengthened. Il
was "hollow bored tumbler shaft" for
use In dredging gold in California, cost
ing about 81, 900. The great SHAFT was
first suspended in an upright furnscs
until heated to just below the nesting
point A crane then picked It no md
dropped It into a huge well q sll.
where It boiled and sputtsrsd. tArpv1ne
- ama - oily mto9-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Iron Ore From the Aims

new iron ore field has been discov-
cred In Switzerland which Is estimated
to contain 100000 tons, which will
assure to Switzerland, at prewar con-
sumption rate, sufficient iron ore to
last for 45 years. The federal council
suggests provision by the government
of 100000 francs upon condition that
n total capital Of 100000 francs is
raised for exploitation.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
Women Smokers "under Cover"

The mystery of where women Gig
arctic smokers obtain their supply is
solved, in part at least, by an up
town druggist, who was asked why
nearly ali such stores keep their to-
hacco stands in inconspicuous places,
says Tie New York Sun. He said the
reason Tor doing so is because the
druggists cater to women smokers, and
this class is rather timid about pur-
chasing in the open. The women, it
seems prefer to glide back to some out
of-thc-way corner. where nobody will
SEE them. OF course. there are ex-
CtptinS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-11
What Mother Wanted

/ heard a knock at my door the
other morning and on answering n
found my neighbours small son.
Mother wants to borrow your
iemon-lemon-" I at once knew
he wanted my lemon squeezer but as
he always finds some way to express
himself I did not offer to help I'M
out
Again he started and. With suo
I've motions Of his hands -: A6
wants your lanonO, I 110 aD
- - - :,