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Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-30
Canadian Defender Gets
Jump on the GIouces-
ter Schooner In Light
Winds

Overhauled at T hir d
Nj ark But Soon
FORCES Ahead-Fin-
ishes l Minute, 20
Seconds A h e a d of
Challenger = III o t
Battle for Weather
Berth on Fourth Leg
= Some Claim Col
umbia Was FOuled-
No Protest Made
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1923-10-30
c0MPLA|NANTS ON COAL
SITUATION FAIL TO APPEAR
At AUGUSTA HEARING OF.
THE INTER COMMERCE COM

,s.rked Indifference Manifest
At Only Hearing to be Held
/ In State-COmmissiOn Seeks
Additional Light on Coal
Situation And Remedial Sug-
gestions - Representatives
Of Maine Central and Bangor
& Arocstook Heard
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
k611&RlSlQ2 y I!lE2 n 81

to live Madam Cat and her five
frolicsome kittens, and Madam Dog
and her puppies, and such fun as
they had running over the barn floor,
tumbling things down from the little
Shelf-like places around the barn, IN
til Grandfather Rat, who lived under
the barn floor, was driven out Of his
wits with the racket.
At night all was quiet but he did
not sleep at night; it was in the
daytime he had his best maps, and
now he could no longer enjoy his rest.
He would have to move.
Grandfather Rat started out to find
a new home, and he found one close
by a pond. "Here I can have plenty
of water" he said. "And it Is not
too far from the barn. and I am
sure I win have peace and quiet when
7 want to sleep"
So he moved and made a nice place
for his home in the bank and slept
all day, waking up once in while
just to enjoy the quiet Of his new
home and tell himself how wise he
was to move and how lucky to have
found this very spot.
He waited until it was dark before
starting for the barn. He even dozed
while he was waiting, but he awoke
with start, for his sharp ears caught
peculiar sounds and he sat up and
listened.
go round, go round" he heard
Grandfather Rat looked out carefully
from his home. He saw nothing, but
he heard hundreds of different voices
calling, Go round, go round" All
night long he sat and listened not
daring to stir out of his house, for he
was sure hundreds of men must be
waiting to capture him.
The next day, as soon as it was
quiet, out came Grandfather Rat and
ran for the barn, where he ate a
good breakfast, and then under the
floor he went to his old home, and
in spite of the noise made by the
puppies and kittens, he slept soundly
ala day.
Better live here with the noise
of which know the cause" said he,
than dwell in a place where such
unheard-of sounds keep me in the
house all night. I wonder what IL
WASP"
If Grandfather Rat had only
known, he might have gone out in
safety, for it was the concert given
by the Frog family nightly by their
pond that he heard, and no one would
have harmed him.
e. 1928. by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
FIRST BLUE-ST0CKIN0 CLUB
Association Said 70 Have Originated
In Venice, Though IT Is Credited
TO England.

The expression "Blue Stocking" is
applied, sometimes trife scornfully.
to woman who is unusually learned
The term originated in Venice when
IN AGO society was formed of ladies
snd gentlemen calling themselves
della calZa"-all the members of the
society being distinguished by the
wearing of blue stockings. The idea
was taken up in Paris and became the
rage among the lady savants of that
city. From France it came to England
in 1850 when Mrs. Montague displayed
the badge of the Bas-bleu club at her
assemblies. Mr.. Stilling1eet, con
slant attendant of the soirees, went by
the name OF Blue Stockings. Boswell
In his life Of DR.. Samuel Johnson tells
something of the first of the blue
stockings in England, and although
in England instead of Venice, his ac-
count is interesting He says: zone
Of the most eminent members Of those
societies, when they first commenced
was Mr.. Stillingleet, whose dress was
remarkably grave and in particular II
was observed that he wore blue stock
ings Such was the excellence of his
conversation that his absence was felt
as so great a loss that it used to be
said: 1--WE can do nothing without
the blue stockings, and thus by de
grees the title was established" Bos-
well concludes by saying that Doctor
Johnson was prevailed with to come
sometimes into these circles, and did
not think himself too grave even for
the lively Miss Moncton "a prominent
member of the society,""
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
GRANDEUR HARD TO PORTRAY
Visitor Asserts View From Summit OF
Andes Is Such as Almost to Defy
Description

The view from the summit is mag
nificent in whichever direction one
turns, but it is rather more interesting
and varied toward the Pacific. That
ocean is not over a hundred miles in
a straight line from the crest of the
divide, but all sight of it is cut off by
the intervening SUBMITS. The scenery
IN this, or any other part Of the Andes
is on too vast and opposing scale fos
a man to come to any adequate com.
prehension of it. Still more hopeless
is tie possibility of conveying any ef-
fective impression of 1t to others. You
may think you can describe 1t until you
try; then you find that you are but
stringing meaningless adjectives and
shopworn SMILES together.
At first you are Inclined to be disap.
pointed at your impotency; then you
begin to feel small and ashamed that
You should have presumed to attempt
such thing; finallS like a man cover
ing zip traces Of guilt. you hasten to
tear up and burn what you have writ
ten before some one comes and finds
ehnt you have been doing. There are
some men who can draw better than
others word-pictures of these great
manifestations of nature. just as some
aien can paint better pictures on can
vas than can others; but the best de-
scriptions are only sounding brass and
tinkling cymbal limitations Of the I'M
speakable grandeur Of the originals.
Personally ! throw up my hands and
call myself off at the outset.-Lewis
r. Freeman In the Cornhill Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
FEW WALK IN STRAIGHT LINE
Physical Imperfeotions Cause Pedes-
TRANS 20 Take q zigzag Course
in Their Journeyinas.

How do you walk? Do you proceed
in a straight line or zigzag from side
to side?
If you watch a number of pedes
TRANS you will find that nine out OF
ten bear to the right, return to their
proper course, and then start swerving
to the right again.
This is because our right leg Is
more fully developed and stronger
than our left. A left-handed person
usually swerves to the left in walk
ing. for in his case the left side is the
more powerful
If a man Is Slightly deaf in his LEFT
ear he VIII swerve to the left. If his
other ear is affected he will go in the
opposite direction. This is because
the deaf stoop slightly on the side on
which they can hear least.
Short-sighted people win swerve to
the side on which they have their
worst eye. Even people who are per
fectIy well physically and whose bodies
are evenly developed zigzag in their
walk. This is because their thoughts
wander and their legs have not suf-
flcient guidance
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
TRULY FRIGHT CLEVER NAME
Wonder What the Unfortunate Young
ster Will Think About 1t When
He Grows Up.

The woman, to oblige friend, re
Gently included in a trip up town the
delivery of a message to that friends
laundress. Eliza Jackson, the laun-
dress, was colored and lived, according
to directions, on the fourth floor of q
dingy brick apartment in Harlem. The
woman, having identified the street
and number, climbed what appeared
to be a secret staircase that grew no
lighter as she assembled.
Mrs. Jackson was discovered ironing
pillow cases in an apartment consisting
of one room and laundryette. About
the room swarmed several little Jack
sons. The youngest was one of those
irresistible chocolate-colored infants
it'll eyes like brown pansies. The
woman capitulated Immediately. Hav-
ing stated her errand she sat down to
court him and, of course, asked his
name.
His name is Fertilizer
Jackson" said his mother, with her
hands set proudly upon her hips
FERTILIZER" the woman raised as
tonished brows.
81 reckon that's a right clever name
and high osoundin," explained Mrs.
Jackson complacently. "Yuh see, his
fathers names Ferdinand, an nine
Eliza, an so we jes' naturally put one
and two together. an called him Fer
tilizer. New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
ROMANCE OF WORDS
"JEWELRY"

r IKE confectionery. "pas-
- try" and "crockery", the
word "jewelry" has come to
mean something quite different
than it originally did-to be I'M
derstood as the thing itself, the
J jewels, rather than the place
where these are kept.
Properly speaking, jewels are
"jewelry" no more than beggars
are ''beggary" or slaves are
slavery. But the word was
perverted by careless speakers
who were unmindful of the fact
, that jewels were kept in "jew-
elry', just as CONNECTIONS were
, kept in a Confectionery, paste
in a pastry" and crooks, made
by a CROKER, in a "crockery".
The proper use of the word
apart from the license permitted
by CUSTOMS well illustrated
by Howell, who tells us in one
OF his letters that FELTON,, the
murderer of the duke of Buck
: ingham, in his attempt to escape,
was so amaz'd that he miss'd
: his way and so struck into the
pastry where he was captured"
: Reading this today one Is imme-
diately struck by picture OF the
. assassin being caught In a huge
) pie or possibly stopped by the
impact of one of those custards
to which certain movie"
comedian Is so partial. But
pastry, so used originally,
meant the place where the paste
! or desserts were made-not the
pies and cakes themselves.
! The change in meaning Is
: doubtless due to the fact that
: merchants placed signs over
! their stores announcing that
theirs was a "jewelryn, and the
public gradually commenced to
: apply the term to the jewels
J themselves.
% by Wheeler Syndicate. fns)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10

This Is no place for preachments.
but we just heard a girl say of an
other: 81 hate her so it makes me
sickl"
That's about all hatred will do for
you, dearie; and it won't even touch
the object of your hatred. There's
nothing that makes a girl uglier than
hatred. If for no other reason, you
might consider your good looks, and,
If you can't like a person, at least
save yourself by just forgetting that
she exists.
I'm writing this so can clip it out
and mail it to you, Little Lady; and
maybe some other girls who hate peO-
pie until it makes them sick will think
it over, as you will when the ugly
lines of hatred turn all your friends
distrustful. = Richmond Times-Dis-
patch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
GAS USED TO FOIL THIEVES
Really Ingenious Continuance That
Will Not Be Appreciated by
the "Cracksmen."

Some of our property losses have
resulted from the inroads of cracks
men who succeeded in getting into a
number of our vaults and safes.
Recently an inventive fellow with
a knowledge of deadly gases decided
to capitalize his understanding of poi,
son gases, so he perfected a fragile
glass centainer that is now being en-
ployed to protect all kinds Of deposit
tories from thieves. Any movement
of the door to which the gas container
is attached, or any unusual jar, such
as would result from an explosion,
breaks the container and releases the
fluid, which kills the burglars instant
ly. Any effort to remove the vial by
drilling it from the door likewise re
leases the gas.
1t would be a grand thing, from the
standpoint Of safeguarding property,
if some of these gas containers could
be attached to many other kinds of
private possessions; but such sug-
gestion would likely be inconsistent
with my present effort to set down
ways to conserve Hfe.-Floyd w. Par
sons in the Saturday Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
Transient Value.

Purpose-novels, like advertisements.
belong in the temporary department.
AS certain goods and wares go out Of
date, and the often eloquent announce
ments that commended them suddenly
disappear; even so the burning ques-
tons" of the hour and age burn out.
and the solutions of them presented in
the form of fiction fall down with the
other ashes. They have served their
purpose, well or i'll. and their transient
Importance is ended. What endIres,
If anything, is the human story wildly
told, the human characters graphically
depicted. These have a permanent
value. These belong to literature.
Here would place adam Bede" and
"Silas Mariner" and "The Min on the
Floss" and "Middlemarch," because
they deal with problems which never
grow old; but not Robert Elsmere,"
because it deals chiefly with a iefunct
controversy in Biblical criticism
Henry Van Dyke, in "Companionable
Books"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10

IF YOU are planning to give a for
- NAL luncheon your Invitations
should go out at least ten days in adj
vance, and unless the luncheon is very
large and formal, these should consist
of brief, cordial notes written On yous
best paper. These notes should set
forth the date of the luncheon and the
hour it is to be served. Formal notes
should be written along the following
lines:
Mrs. James Brown Henry requests
the pleasure of Mrs. Greene's company
at luncheon on Thursday, the twenty.
fifth Of February, at one o'clock"
Less formal notes, in cases where
the luncheon is given to more intimate
friends, should read:
Dear Mrs. Brown: 1 should be
pleased if you will take lunch with me
on Friday, the seventeenth, at half
past one. Trusting that you have no
previous engagement which will pre-
vent your coming, 1 am, Sincerely
yours
Answers to such invitations should
be sent out within a day or two after
their receipt. Tardy replies to lunch
con Invitations are inexcusable.
The hostess should be dressed at
least half an hour before the hour set
for the luncheon, and waiting in the
parlor to receive the guests. 1t is ex-
ceedingly bad form to keep an expect
ed guest waiting.
when the maid announces that
Luncheon is served" the hostess
leads the way to the dining room and
stands at her place at the head of the
table. The guests find their places by
cards bearing their names placed at
/ every cover. At the right of the
hostess is seated the woman to whom
she wishes to show the greatest honor.
and other guests are generally seated
where they will be most congenial
When the guests are seated. the
, hostess begins to eat first, thus giving
the signal to the guests. The grape
! fruit should be ON the table, a half
/ portion at each place, when the maid
announces the luncheon. For the first
course served by the maid, begin by
serving the guest at the right hand Of
the hostess. In the second course be-
gin with the guest on her left hand. In
i this way no Partially is shown.
Coffee is the last course to be served,
and when the hostess is quite sure
that all of her guests have finished,
| she should rise and lead the way into
the parlor again. Here the hostess and
her guests converse, and it is nice to
have a little music IL some of the
guests play or sing. Guests should
stay from half to a full hour after
luncheon, and as they leave, express
| their pleasure to the hostess.
Throughout the luncheon it Is the
duty Of the hostess to see that con-
yersation does not lag, and to keep an
eye on one and all of the guests, max
ing sure that not one of them Is bored
or neglected.
20 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
Heb Turkish rianitaries.

In Turkey, the supreme head of thu
ulemas or interpreters of the Koran,
and the officer next in Importance and
dignity to the grand vizier, was the
grand multi. He waa the chief spir-
itual authority, and in that capacity
called sheik-el-islam Qord of the
faith). The grand multi was chosen
by the Sultan, who presented him
with vest of rich sables and granted
him salary of about $25 a day. lie
alone had the honor Of kissing the
sultans left shoulder and enjoyed the
special prerogative of girding him
with the sword on his ascension to the
throne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
OLD MIR. RAT MOVES

once there lived under a barn an
~ old Mr.. Rat. He had gnawed so
many hard things that his teeth were
quite worn and he was getting very
fussy about what he had to eat.
a brick wall now would keep him
out, and even the hard wood which
he used to snap his tail at was no
longer an easy thing for him to gnaw
his way through. Yes. he was grow
ing old-this he had to acknowledge
Grandfather Rat did not like to be
chased as he once did, either That
is, he did not feel, like defying his
enemies. He did not stand much
chasing in his younger days. Grand
father Rat would face even a dog
when he was young, and many times
he made Mr.. Dog sorry he noticed
him when he was caught eating the
farmers corn.
He was a very wise old fellow, was
Grandfather Rat. Many a trap had
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10

Poitiers was famous in days gone
by for the great victory over the
French when the Black Prince took
King John of France a prisoner, and
waited on him as his guest. But Poi
tiers is best known today for its
geese, which have the purest white
feathers of any species, and their
skins are readily transmitted into
"fur." 1t is mainly from the soft plum
age of these birds that powder puffs
are made. The whiteness of the feath-
er is attributed to bathing in the To-
cal waters, which contain salts Of lith-
ia. Humber parts of the goose's ward
robe become busting brushes, tooth
picks, and other unheroic but useful
wares. The goose farmers Of Poitiers,
have bred geese for centuries mainly
on account of their skins and down.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
No Other Way Out.

A banker many Of whose clients had
suffered from the de1ation put great
reliance in a certain tale as clinch.
ing argument TO crippled firms. 1t was
about a man who was telling his son
a bedtime story about an alligator. 1t
was creeping up behind q turtle, With
its mouth wide open. Finally it was
within reach. but just as its great
jaws were swapping shut, the turtle
made spring, ran up a tree, and es-
capped. why, father" said the boy,
show could turtle climb tree?'
"By gosh," replied the father, 'he
had to-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
Pacific Coast Indians.

The origin of the art of the Pacific
coast Indians is a subject which has
puzzled students in their Investigations
into the relations between the people
of North America and the peoples of
the rest Of the world. The resemblance
in facial feature between the so-called
Siwash and the Monaghan race is in
some cases so marked that it is COM
monty believed that the Pacific coast
Indian is descended from a wander
ing tribe Of Chinese, and the idea that
orientals may have reached this con-
tinent over the Behring straits is cred.
tied by many investigators. Other au'
thorities even have protested to see
a resemblance between the art of the
Haida Indians and the art of the Jap
anese. But, of course, nothing of a
definite character can be stated.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
Proved Unworthy of Love.

He was nine anu I was six. He
always escorted me ID school, for he
said I was his girl and he was going
to take care of ne. One day we
stopped by the roadside to pick flow
ers and happened to s1ep on a humble
bees nest The angry bees darted
straight for me and | ran toward my
protector, crying, Throw your coat
over my head quick |" My love for
him died when he angrily screamed
back, "Get away from me, with your
bees" and ran Off. leaving me to my
fate.''--Chicago Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
Great work Done BY Librarians.

A child does not read to criticize
or compare, but just In the unsullied
Joy of finding itself In a new world.
TO see a youngster reading in the
slums is to me the most subtly heart
searching experience | know. And be-
hind every child is the heart and brain
Of some teacher or librarian that made
the book possible and put 1t into his
hand. This is one thing that nbrari-
ans do. and it is the greatest thing
l knows Christopher Morley.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
Known by Their Hats.

All the various tribes of Persia arr
to be distinguished and recognized By
their headgear. SO. at the capital.
Teheran. there Is to be seen greater
assortment of hats and headgear than
in any other place in the world. Some
Are picturesque, some are ludlcrous.
The Kurds. of which there are 100000
in the country, wear hat which
looks like an inverted coffee pot.
black, bound round with gay-colored
handkerchiefs. That of another tribe
is of white felt, resembling in shape
d preserving kettle. Hats are ex.
clusively the privilege of men. Women
do not wear headcovering.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
New Exposure Meter.

A handy exposure meter shows the
operator how to set his camera to OBJ
tain properly exposed pictures under
the existing light conditions. 1t con-
sists of a metallic scale with a slide
and five circular windows of gradu-
ated degrees of transparency. The
object to be photographed is first
viewed from the most transparent
window and then the slide is moved
to the other windows until the one
is reached through which the object
is Just dimly visible. The correct
shutter speed and diaphragm opening
will be Indicated on the chart
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
.mnortant Experiment.

Domestic production Of chauimooSrz
of, long used in Asia for the treat
ment of leprosy. is made possible
through a consignment of seeds OF the
Hydnocarpus tree, sent from Siam 10
the bureau of plant industry. They
win be experimentally propagated in
Florida. Porto Rico and Hawaii. The
oil formerly was obtained only from
ses6a ef another tree grown In Ruxuza.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
The Sins of Society.

an excellent yarn is being told Of
Father Bernard Vaughan, who is now
On his way home to England after
trip to South Africa.
He was inspecting native hut oc-
cupied by fully clothed mother and
her pickaninny who was running about
In his birthday suit Father Vaughan
turned to his companion and said:
"That is the difference between
South Africa and London. In Africa
the mothers are clothed and the chir
Gren naked, while in London it 10 the
children who are clothed and the moth
ers are-wellir
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-10
Vol. fO6
CHURCH DIRECTORY
METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH
Sunday school 9:45 a. m, Preach
leg at IL m and 500 M each
SUNDAY. Prayer meeting w ednesda v
night at 500 D. IA.
w. D. KEENE, Pastor
PRESBYTERIAN.
Preaching each Sunday at 1900 a.
m. and 500 p. M
Sunday School every Sunday morn
ing at 1000 O'Clock, Mr.. Joseph b..
Glover, Supt.
Prayer meeting Wednesday 500 ?
m. The public is cordially invited to
eli the services.
A. o. PRICE, Minister.
CHRISTIAN.
Second and Fifth Sundays of each
month at IL a m. and 500 p N.
REV j ID HAMAKER
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
Woodstock 1st and 3rd Sundays
at | ] a. m. End and 4th Sundays at
s p. M.
Mt Jackson-1st and 3rd Sundays
at 8 p. m. End 4th Sundays st1 a m.
Middletown-1st and Sd SUNDAYS
at $3.50 p N.
The public are cordially invited to
all services.
REV. f. A. BROWN, Rector.
LUTHERAN CHARGE.
Preaching at Lebanon Church-2nd
and 4th Sunday of month at Il a. 10.
AT Mt Zionist Sunday at II a. m.
Bird Sunday p. m.
ct St. Luke-1st Sunday at I .. m.
Bird Sunday at IL a. 10.
REV. L. ". GROSS, Pastor.
ST. LUKE.
Rev. P. W. Wisman will preach at
st Luke, the first Sunday in every
mouth at II a. m.