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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
WISE AND HUMANE PROVISION
Uncle Sam, From This Time On. viii
Look After the Bankers" Hith.
erto Neglected.

Those who brave the dangers of
storm, fog and icebergs of that ele-
waited submarine plateau east of Cape
Cod, where the bankers seek the
cod, are to be looked after by Uncle
Sam. The men Of the big fishing fleet
which puts OF from the New England
coast from Gloucester, Boston, New
buryport and Portsmouth lead e0.
istences which are dangerous to bod
lily health and even to life itself.
The fishing craft which seek the
cod, bake. halibut and other deep-sea
ground fish on the Georges have mea-
ger facilities for men who become dis
abled. and the usual program has been
that when a man got sick he had to
stay sick and take his chances Of re-
covery, being out of reach of physi-
clans. says the New York Press, edi-
torially. In a single season many
boats and lives are lost, with numbers
more of men injured.
The national government has placed
the coast guard cutter Androscoggin
at the disposal of fishermen that may
become sick or disabled, and the Unit
ed States public health bureau has
fitted out the boat with hospital appli.
ances and fittings. A very thoughtful
and attentive locker after the welfare
and safety of Americans is Uncle Sam
becoming in many different ways and
directions.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
The Argument Closed.

The European war was the subject
Of the conversation. The two men
were seated side by side in chairs in
one Of the downtown one-arm lunch
rooms. They had fought over several
Of the battles, and had also proved
their ability as diplomats by disposing
Of number of the most important
questions involved in the great strug-
gle. But even then they had been un-
able fully to settle the war. Still they
disagreed on some Of the main facts.
"Oh, well, nobody is going to be
licked" one Of the lunchroom diplo-
mats remarked with much emphasis.
This expression Of opinion had fall
len also on the ears of third man,
seated near the two. He turned quick
ly.
"Yes, but when the war 10 over
every country will be broke" he said.
And it is much worse to be broke
than to be licked. and am speaking
from experience"
In the face Of this expert testimony
the argument was closed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Cotton.


Cotton is usually differentiated in
ordinary classification by the length OF
its staple. Ordinary cotton" in the
United States is of several kinds, chief
among them the upland cotton, with
q staple of from seven-eighths to one
inch In length. and Gulf or Texas cot
ton, on which the staple is not usually
quite SO long. The longest-stapled cot
tons among the ordinary cottons"
here are the bottom land or bender
cotton. with staple Of from one and
one-eighth to one and one-fourth inch
and the special fancy staple cotton
one and three-eighths to one and FIVE
eighths inch in length. The sea island
cotton, which is grown on the sea
islands OF the coast of South Carolina,
has q staple Of from one and half to
two and a half inches. the average
length being one and three-fourths
The Egyptian cotton is being grown in
southern California. New Mexico and
Arizona; its staple is not SO long as
the sea island cotton. but compares
rather with the upland cotton here.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
HOW MODERN YEGG WORKS
the "Jimmy" Employed by
His Predecessors.

In the American Magazine is an
exceedingly interesting story entitled.
"a Fool and His Money" which has
been written by sixty-year-old crook
who has earned a dishonest but COM
Portable living for 80 years. Follow
ing is an extract in which the author
describes gentleman burglar"
He was young and handsome, an
excellent dancer, and always dressed
to the minute. The women were only
too glad to get the chance to dance
with him, and he made many appoint
ments of which their husbands or
parents at home knew nothing. He
did thing on an elegant scale, and
would escort his admiring dance part
ner home each night, using taxi, Of
course.
AT the door he would take the
night key Of the lady and open for
her. Generally there would be chat
on the front stoop, and at its close the
admirable dancer would depart, TAX
Ing the key with him. II the robbery
Of the house promised good loot and
the lady was thoughtful enough to ask
for her key he would return it, but
on the next night Of appointment he
would make q quick impression Of the
key in soft wax.
I'm evening clothes and opera hat
this burglar-dancer would ride up to
the house in taxi In the early hours
Of the morning, and before the very
eyes Of the cop on the beat enter the
house and proceed about his business
Of collecting the family silver and
cash. He robbed dozen and more
houses and apartments In the West
side before he was trapped. He put
up . fight and was shot twice before
he surrendered. His career made q
mild yellow Journal sensation for q
day or two"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07

Earlier in the day he had been sig.
teen miles from Boston. He was now
only eleven miles away. The condition
Of his pockets was such that there was
no way for him to reach the city with
out further wear on his shoes. Several
automobiles had rushed past him to-
ward the city, but although he had
looked at them appealingly. the drivers
had made no sign that they were will
ling to help the footsore pedestrian.
He grew little bitter as he put one
foot up and the other foot down on the
dusty road. Finally he was hailed by
the driver Of car that bore a Penn
sylvania license number.
Hey. there, do you know the way to
BOstonT'
"Yes, do. Just follow me- am 60
Ing there"
The driver grinned. The tramper
reached Boston In twenty Minutes
Youths Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
DESERT WAS ONCE A JUNGLE
Scientists Have Discovered Facts Of
Greatest Interest Concerning tho
Barren Hills Of Wyoming.

That palms, figs, magnolias and 9TH
er tropical vegetation once grew lux
uriously on what are now the barren
hills of Wyoming is proved by fossil
plants found in the enormous coal de-
posits being uncovered there. These
trees and plants doubtless grew in the
swamps Of Wyoming when the eli
mate was as mild as that of Florida
Is now.
Coal is fossilized vegetable matter.
The tremendous extent Of the coal
fields indicates that the vegetation
to produce this great amount of car
bonaceous matter must have been ex-
tremely luxuriant. The hills are now
brown and bare; the fourishing jun
giles were long ago turned into arid
deserts.
1t is estimated by the United States
geological survey that the amount of
coal in the Rock Springs, Wyoming.
field alone available for mining ex.
ceeds 142.Oo0,ooo,O 900 tons. Available
for mining" means within 5000 feet Of
the surface and in beds 21s feet or
more in thickness.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
DIFFER ON VIEWS OF SOAP
Authorities Throughout the Centuries
Have Never Been In Agreement
on the Point.

Here comes health officer with I'd.
vice to use soap. He says it does not
injure the complexion, and that II In
creases the general cleanliness of the
race
On the face Of the advice, this health
officer appears to be old-fashioned, re-
marks the Cleveland Plain Dealer.
modern exquisites shun the use Of soap,
except in the bath and for purposes OF
removing difficult dirt from the hands.
Soap on q pretty face is almost sacri-
lege. Warm water and wash cloths are
relied on to remove all soil from del.
icate compilations, without the danger
Of soapy alkalies.
But in reality the doctor is new
fashioned. For our old heroes and
heroines did not even know the mean
ing Of soap. Laura, Berengaria, Rosa
mund and Marguerite lived before
soap was invented. yet they were
clearly damsels, inspirations of poets,
wielders of iron sway over men Of
brains. The ancients-Sappho, AS.
pasta, Cornelia and even Poppaea-
never dreamed OF such a thing a.
soap.
On the whole, this health officer
must be classed as a medievalist. He
Is neither ancient nor modern. And
there is no likelihood that his ad
vice will have the slightest effect on
the users and nonusers Of soap.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
SAW POLAR BEARS ON BERGS
Passengers on Incoming Steamers
Report Vision of Whole Pack
on Floating Ice.

Besides "reminiscences of war scenes
brought in by every ocean liner, the
Scandinavian American steamship
Frederick VII had an assortment OF
iceberg tales. The passengers ayerrsd
at least some of them did, that they
saw dozens and dozens of bergs on
the Grand Banks, and that around
the unsubmerged base Of one particu-
larry tall pinnacled berg they noted
large polar bears playing follow the
leader.
Apparently the bears, some OF
which were not altogether white and
thus might have been Just semipolar,
had the impression that they were on
their way to somewhere instead of
iust playing ring around the iceberg
rosy.
Being neutral ship. unarmed. the
Frederick VIII could not do any bear,
shooting. Some camera bearers took
snapshots, but no camera bearer
caught bear. Maybe that Is why,
the camera men suspected that the
passengers who told the bear stories
did not confne themselves to the bear
facts.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
skunk's Weapon Of Defense.

Some animals use sprays which are
not only strongly irritant, but pos
sess q most powerful and disgusting
odor. "Chiefest among these is the
American skunk, which has attained
. worldwide notoriety." says Doctor
Pycraft. Its weapons of defense lie
In q pair of glands at the base Of the
tail. and 80 conscious does their pos.
SCISSOR appear to be Of their formida.
BILE character that he makes no at.
tempt to escape when approached
either by man or dog. From these
glands an amber-colored, most pun.
gent and acrid fluid can be expelled.
and with force enough to carry sever
al yards.
SHOULD a drop enter the eye VIC
lent Inflammation, or even blindness,
may result But the fumes from this
fluid are even more to be dreaded
than the fluid itself. for. unless well d.
luted with atmospheric air. they are
destructive to the respiratory pas
sages. The skunk thus makes q use
Of poison gas for the discontinue Of
its foes.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Tolerance in Russia.

There Is one test of a civilized
country which Is now universally rec
ognized. Religious freedom is held
to be essential to national greatness.
Let US see briefly what this means
in all the Russias. The governing
class, drawn from inner Russia, be-
longs, of course, to the strict orthodox
Greek church.
The Baltic provinces are Lutheran.
Finland Is Protestant, the southwest
ern provinces contain a large proper
ton of Roman Catholics and Jews; in
the Crimea and is the middle Volga
are Tartar Mohammedans; in the
Caucasus is a perfect babel of Ian
guages and consequently of creeds.
Religious tolerance, initiated by the
reforming car, Alexander II. is one
Of the tenets of government, and is
nominally in force all over the en-
pire.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Pulse Beet Means Little.

Many persons. knowing that the av-
erage pulse is about seventy beats a
minute, believe that to be the normal
and think themselves well or other
wise as their pulse approaches or de-
parts from this standard. Physicians
say there is no physical popularity
that exhibits such wide individual vari-
alton as the pulse. It seldom falls be-
low sixty or rises above eighty, but
IN unusually slow or rapid pulse is
not an infallible indication Of disease
~ many suppose. Many times the
pulse Is counted while talking about
the matter; in such cases the pulse is
almost certain to be overestimated,
for physicians all know that the heart
. quickened by the excitement Of con.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
wn.s IS o 9" Mean.

In talking with the wireless operates
many ship passengers ask the meaning
Of the three letters used In the distress
signal, IS o s." There seems to b.
q general opinion that the letters are
the abbreviation of three separate
words with definite meaning. Per.
sons Of an imaginative trend win tell
you that the letters stand for Save
eur ship" Send out succor," sink or
swim" or some such meaning. The
1stters signify nothing but that a ship
= IN distress and in need of assistance.
The call Is used by all nations a. Q
universal code, so that any wireless
operator, regardless of the language
be speaks, can Immediately intercept
the call Of distress. Inasmuch as the
call Is In dse by all countries. 1t can
be seen that the signal can have n
meaning IN any language. The char
acter Of the code makes 1t call that
can be picked out easily from other
signals. being composed Of three det1
three dashes, three dots.-Ocean Wire
less News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Reading Ones Own Books.

Cultivated men and women have al
ways counted good books among theiI
most valued possessions, and one can,
not believe that this taste can be sac
rificed without definite loss to our
civilization. The spoken wtrd can
never supplant the written wo.d and.
In fact, the present tendency III all to
ward substituting print for speech
Nor Fan reading in public places take
the place of reading ones own books
in the quiet Of ones home. Books
that are owned wait patiently on the
readers leisure; and to have just the
book one wants, when one wants it. Il
and must remain one Of the supreme
Injuries Of = cultivated life.
Books. too, when personally owned.
gather around themselves wealth OF
personal associations. The very bind
ing. paper and title-page recall the
conditions under which the book came
into our possession. Az we open ita
pages we remember the last time We
read It, the place and circumstances
and the people with whom We die
c,lssed It. Books have personality:
and they must always remain the
warm friends Of their possessorn.-s
~ -. s.Yes-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
SNAPS THIEF At HIS WORK
Automatic Device That Photographs
Burglar While In the Act Of
Plying His Trade.

For the fellow who would rather
steal than work, life Is getting harder
ell the time. says the Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Take the case Of the thief who
broke into Photographic stslio In
Belleville, nj, the oeher day. From
the viewpoint Of the prowler, . photo.
graph shop ought to Be quite safe for
the plying Of his trade. Nothing more
dangerous than the chemicals would
b expected IN such q place-and like
wise little Of value to any save the
photographer would be found there.
But the owner Of the studio IN Belle,
Vile had been fearful of robbery for
some time. Therefore he installed an
automatic device to photograph the
interior of his studio at stated inter.
walls. the device being operated BY
ordinary burglar alarm apparatus.
Now the photographer is out consia-
cradle Photographic supplies, but he
II able to furnish the police the very
best kind of description Of the thief.
In fact, he turned over several photo
graphs of the burglar at work-one
of which shows him in the act Of put
ting lens into his pocket.
Once the thief is caught there should
be no difficulty in proving his guilt
the photographs being powerful though
silent Witnesses.
Herein Is a suggestion which may
we'll be taken advantage Of by manu-
facturers Of burglar alarm apparatus,
for II 1t worked 30 we'll in the photo
graphic studio. it might prove effec-
tive as q protection to bank vaults
and other repositories Of valuables.
It's hard on the thief, of course, but
then burglary is getting rather un-
popular as an occupation, anyway.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Coughs and Colds
Not to Be Neglected

Anyone will realize the seriousness
OF neglecting cold II he observes
results of such neglect among his
acquaintances. How often have you
heard. He caught cold. didn't do any.
thing for il and 1t turned into"-then
some dreaded disease Ii named.
Ordinary colds yield to prompt
treatment ct the beginning. That 10
why every family should bSspupplied
with reliable cough medi1)ne-one
that win heal raw and infamed sur
faces, loosen the phlegm. allay frri.
tation. ease the hoarseness and stop
the tickling sensation in the throat
that does not permit one to sleep.
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound
Is invaluable for relief Of coughs,
colds, Group, whooping cough. tick
ling in throat, tightness or soreness,
grippe or bronchial coughs. II con-
tains no harmful Ingredients. 1t 10
healing. soothing. efficient and pleas
ting.
WALTOk &SMOOr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
SQUIRREL HUNT OF LONG AGO
Ohio Farmers, In 1922, Slaughtered
Nearly Twenty Thousand, and
the Others Fled.

At the dedication Of q monument to
Ludwig Sells and his wife In the Dub
lin cemetery in Franklin county, Ohio,
Rev. Byron R. Long gave an interest
ing account Of the great squirrel hunt
Of September, 1922. which was said to
have ended the serious depredations
Of the squirrels In the fields Of the
farmers there.
The Columbus Gazette of August 20,
1922, referred to the great damage be-
ing done by squirrels and published IN
address to the farmers suggesting .
county squirrel hunt. The farmers Of
several townships were asked to se-
lect representatives to make the AZ
rangements.
The preliminary meeting, says the
Columbus Dispatch. was held. One Of
the delegates from Washington town
ship, in which Dublin Is located, was
Peter Sells. son OF Ludwig Sells.
The hunt was held and the farmers
turned out in mass. spending two or
three days in slaughtering the squir-
rels. The count as far as made reached
a total of 1850 skins. but as many of
the hunters failed to report the num-
Der shot by them the total was no
doubt really in excess Of that.
Still this number, great as It was,
would not in itself have had any very
great effect on the damage done by the
squirrels. But the pioneers tell Of .
great migration by the squirrels fol-
lowing the raid.
The little animals moved like ants.
In countless droves, going straight
ahead and turning aside for no OBJ
stacle. They went over precipices and
swan rivers in their persistent course.
They seemed to be In command OF
some leader and obeyed without fear
of ordinary enemies.-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Church Directory.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Every Sunday at II A. M. and 1870
p. M. Rev. ]. r. JACOBS.
Pastor.
PRESBYTERIAN.
Woodstock-Every Sunday II A
NJ. and 1880 P. NJ, except End Sunda,
Mt. JacLson-Second Sunday II A !,
M. and 7.30 P. M.
New Market--2ud Sunday Ut p. m,
REV. ]. A. MCMURRAY.
Pastor
LUTHERAN.
Every Sunday II A. M and 7.30
pm. REV. 8. w. KUHNs, Pastor.
CHRISTIAN.
Second Sunday, II A. M. and 7.30
p M. REV. ]. D. HAMAKER
EPTsl OPAL
There will be services In the Epis-
copal Church every Sunday morning
& II o'clock--until fui Their notice.
REV. G.. B. PALMER, Rector.
REFORMED
81. Pauls WoOdstock-2d and 4th
Sundays AN. Every Sunday night
Cslvary--1st and srd Sundays A NJ.
Rxv y NJ NoAo1uA PASTOR.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Australian Hiah Private.


Giving his name as John Wren" q
man applied at the Melbourne (Aus-
tralia) town hall few days ago for
enlistment. He said his business was
racing" writes an Associated Press
correspondent.
Are you the owner of the race
courses!" asked the surprised re-
cruiting officer.
"Yes," he replied. He IL perhaps the
most widely known of Australia's mill
lionaires. He owns several race
courses, . newspaper or two, and IL
interested in . great variety Of indus
trial enterprises. He gave $500 as .
prize to the nrst Australian to win
the Victoria cross.
Wren passed all the tests and was
promptly ticketed a. . private IN .
newly formed regiment. He esve ~
age a. forty-three.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Moral Twisted.

The telephone in a physicians ofi1cs
rang madly the other day. relates Cur
ent Opinion. and the following con
ersation took place:
I'VE want the doctor. quickr'
who's sick at your houser'
Everybody except me. I'd been
naughty, so they wouldn't give me any
Of the nice mushrooms papa picked In
the woods"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
DIFFER ON TEMPORARY STARS
How the Somewhat Mysterious
Bodies Originate.

Most Of the textbooks suggest that
temporary stars. or "novae,' may re-
suit either from the collision of two
bodies In space or from q sudden ex-
plosion or eruption Of q single body.
Professor Hale. in his recent review
OF the last ten years work at Mount
Wilson, states that . more plausible
hypothesis 10 that Of q faint star sud-
denly plunging into . gaseous nebula.
Tho spectra Of novae, after passing
through remarkable changes, have usu-
ally been supposed to correspond
closely in their last visible stage with
the spectra OF nebulae. Observations
at Mount Wilson. however, are in har-
mony with IN observation Of Hart
mann in showing that there II, ct least
in some cases, stila later stage. In
which the characteristic lines of the
nebular spectrum disappear, - II the
49, S&A Anellv rnesAA ont at khA NJ
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Virginia.

The area Of Virginia is 1854 square
miles. its population by the 1910 cen
sus 2,061,612. It's chief agricultural
products are tobacco. apples. peaches
and other fruits; corn. wheat. oats,
buckwheat and barley; peanuts; cab
bages, potatoes and other vegetables,
and the native and cultivated grasses
and clovers which yield an abundance
Of nay. Virginia II essentially an az
ricultural state" Tho mean tempera,
ture for July. 1919. was 754, for De
cember 37.7. The annual rainfall 10
from 40 to so inches, fairly well dis
tributed through the entire year. The
population of Norfolk is 85,005.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07
Why Ono Treaty Was Torn Up.

slight causes. One recalls the quarrel
tw1xt. that Venetian ambassador and
that Turkish grand vizier Of the past
The ratification Of treaty was In
question. and the Turk asked the
upon his beard and the beard of the
prophet The ambassador would not
"venetians wear no Boards" he r.
marked. Neither do monkeys" replied
the Turk, and straightway the treaty
vas torn up and war declared. And
Tat interchange of compliments CHS
cling round the bear cost 10000 lives.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1916-01-07

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