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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
NEED NOT SEEK POPULARITY
"Expert" May AehIeve Highest Meas.
ure Of Success, but Naturally He
Will Never Be Loved.

There is not much mystery, or even
any at all, in the dislike Of experts"
that is felt and expressed by not few.
The expert man Is man who goes to
other men and tells them that the
way In which they are doing their work
Is not the best way-that 1t Is bad.
costly, or even stupid way-am that II
they will only listen to him and follow
his advice their work will be improved
and their efficiency increased. s7A g
None Of us takes pleasure In hear.
ing talk Of that sort, and the displeas-
ure is greater in exact proportion with
length Of the hearers training and ex-
perience in conducting his business
trade, or art. All that the expert says
carries the implication of adverse criti-
cism directed against the recipient Of
his suggestions, and usually 1t is criti
cism of that recipients father and
grandfather. OF course that is re-
scented, and the resentment is bitterest
when the expert goes ahead and gives
undeniable proof that his new way
of doing things Is better than the old
ways which have long been productive
of honor and profit.
The expert, too, Is always open to
the convenient charge that he is not
''practical'-thath he Is man of the
cries and fads. Sometimes the charge
is true-but only of the expert who
claims the name without deserving It
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Take Care Of the Dishes.

Don't smash crockery; the govern.
ment is cutting down on the manufac-
ture Of ten principal clay products
from Is to to as high as so per cent.
The manufacturing program Of this
industry was ordered rearranged and
divided. placing II on the basis of war
industry.
Besides ~crockery, this includes face
brick. common and paving brick, terra
Gotta, roofing tile. floor and wall tile
and sanitary ware which were cur.
tailed so per cent; hollow tile, sewer
pipe and drain tile Is per cent. and
stoneware, with the exception of chem
ical stoneware, Is per cent. Another
order curtails the output of enamel
ware so per cent.
This action is declared to be the fore.
runner of similar curtailment Of prac-
tically every industry considered not
vital. Parts Of the plants affected will
be converted for war Industries, and
men, materials and transportation will
be made available for war production.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
LIVED LONG IN WILD STATE
AiredaIe Dog for Several Years Main.
tanned Wild Predatory state In
thc Yellowstone Park.

An instance Of q dogs return to the
savage state Of his wolf ancestry
came to light in February In the Vel
lowstone National park when Scout
ADderson's report Of a trip into the
Buffalo Fork country contained, under
the heading of predatory animals
killed, q mention Of one mountain lion,
one bobcat, four coyotes and an Aire-
dale dog.
This dog. which probably wandered
into the park from some farm or set.
Element few miles over the border.
has been living in the Yellowstone il
wild state for several years
Whether or not he fraternized with his
cousins the wolves and the coyote.
can not be known certainly. No doub,
he lived as they live. at the expens.
Of young and weaker deer and elk, and
smaller prey. Probably he lived alone
against all animal kind as they wers
against him. There are iwell-authenti
Gated instances Of dogs thus returning
to savage nature. It speaks well fol
his tenacity and strength that, alone
OF his kind In q country where all
kinds of wild animals live still their
natural lives. he survived He may
have been a dog Of good pedigree.
Anyway, the dog had been seen at
intervals for several years and was
officially ciassed among the animals
which, alone of all Yellowstone's ami.
mails, are sought and killed because
destructive Of the harmless animas
which make Of this national park the
best-populated wild-animal preserve in
the world.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
DO REPAIRING UNDER GROUND
Not Nsessaary 70 Haul to the Sur
face the Larger Locomotives
Used In Mines.

At one Of the large mines Of the
Northwestern Mining and Exchange
company, In Clearf1eld county, Pa. re-
ports writer In Coal Age. is rather
interesting underground motor room in
which all repairs are made to the
iaulage locomotives. The small gath
ring locomotives are sent to the sur
face to undergo repair work, but the
large ones, which cannot be run onto
the cage and hoisted to the surface,
are repaired in the mine when 1t is
possible. The motor room. says the
magazine quoted-'is about Is to 16
feet wide. The walls are of brick and
the roof of steel I-beams. A track
runs through the room at one side. A
large pit permits the mechanics to
work under a locomotive. At the left
of the room Is the workbench.
which is equipped with all the various
vises and tools needed for repair work.
The crane can handle weight OF 10
tons. It Is operated by hand and can
travel the full length Of the room.
Electric lights furnish sufficient illu-
mination for the machinist and his
helper"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Africa No Longer isolated.

The war has from the first been
brought right home to Africa. The
four German colonies, over which the
war extended. have an area Of more
than four times as great as Germany;
and there has been long and hard
fighting in all Of them except in Togo.
Outside and within these areas Of
actual warfare live thousands Of
whites who are intensely interested in
the European struggle. Many Of these
whites, even in the depths Of Africa,
are receiving the essence Of the news
every day. Even the Saharx desert
Is now partly belted by telegraphic
line, a French enterprise, with wire
less extension in Ttmbuetoo. Thus this
once mysterious city OF the Sudan II
now In touch with the great events
Of the day. The Belgian Congo - 81.
nciently saryed By the French csbls
to- Librevills and the land line 70
stanley Pook where pagigation Of the
Rpper Congo hegins. The news II
then wired up he Gopgo ta the mouth
pfthe Congo. and then By wireless to
'eMnley Fails, S70 miles above the
KAnal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
WHERE GREAT EMPEROR DIED
Longwood, the Prison House Of Napo.
leon, le Maintained Much 70
He Knew Il. ~

L.ongwood Old House, the prison
home of Napoleon. is about four miles
from jamestown, the capital Of st.
Helena. Dismally unattractlve. the
place is in about the same condition
that it was in the emperor's time. A
low rambling one-storied farmhouse,
once the dwelling of peasant farmer
Of the island, 1t is hard to connect the
place with the one-time master Of the
Tuileries and Versailles. But Long
wood has an air Of romance and mys-
terry Of It's own, for 1t was the death
place Of Napoleon. FL a
The house is badly lighted and III
ventilated The rooms are tiny and
musty. The so-called billiard room
could never have held even the small
est table and the players at the same
time. The reception room into which
the emperor was moved when dying, is
the pleasantest spot in the place, for
It boasts Of more than one window. It
was in the space between the two win
dows that the death bed was placed.
Here today Is q bust Of the emperor.
Visitors to Longwood sign the ancient
visitors book In this reception room.
while the aged guide tells the story of
Napoleon's last days. ~
Above the first floor are the garnet
rooms, little more than cubby holes,
where former statesmen and marshals
of France lived during their exile with
their master. Outside is the tiny gar
den and the emperor's favorite arbor.
Here is the fishpool built by his own
hands. At the foot Of the plateau Is
Geranium valley, and the emperor's
tomb. 1t was by Napoleon's own re-
quest that he was buried here. The
famous willow tree Of fiction and hts
tory still shadows the emperor's tomb.
In 1858 Queen Victoria presented
Longwood to Napoleon III, who re-
stored the old place to the condition
in which the great emperor knew it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Earthquake statIstIes

1t has been calculated that there oc
cur about 10000 earthquakes within i
year, or $3.50 hours hence, that there
are on the average three and one.hau
earthquakes In al hour. FortuuSteln
not all earthquakes are II . violent ma
ture, IKE that Of 4 D. s02a that ki,led
from 10000 to 10000 persons in ths'
region Of the Meditextanean.. or tina.
Of 1898, to which 10000 persons fel.
victims IN Sicily. pr q LISBON n 1855
and those that devastated Chile. Peru
and Japan. OF great frequency arc
the minor earthq6akes. In fact. our
so-called arm earth can be said to be
in state Of perpetuai agitation. on,
senses do net perceive, the slight dis.
turbances. but the seismoeraph, . very
delicate and, ingenious .spparatus de
vised to keep track Of them, furnishes
all the Information denied to us By our
natural insensibility. They often fur
dish US too much Of 1t In the excess
OF their zeal, recording sometimes as
seismic phenomena Vibrations tina
later proved to have been due to the
ringing Of church bells. i@i.a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
How Leaves Purify Air.

1t has been calculated that a single
rec Is able through its leaves to purify
the air from the carbonic acid arising
from the respiration of a considerable
number of men, perhaps dozen OF
even more. The volume Of carbonic
acid exhaled by human being In the
course Of twenty-four hours is put al
about 100 gallons. but by Boussin
eault's estimate single yard Of Leaf
surface, counting both the upper and
the under side of the leaves. can, III
favorable circumstances. decompose a,
least a gallon of carbonic acid day
One hundred square yards of leaf sur
face then would suffice to keep tn.
air pure for one man, but the leaves
Of tree Of moderate size present a
surface of many hundred squars
yards. All other forms of vegetable
life act similarly In abstracting the
noxious carbonic acid from the atmos
phere.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
SHELLS TO use FoR BUTTONS
A Species Thet glsssAbanlent y lsss
Zealand Can D pssl 4 ~

!, According. a. dnfermsan which
has been furnished By tn depart
msnt Of internal sffais at yelling
ton, the Trochus nt1oucua, common
ly found in Queensland and the
South Sea islands, does not occur In
New Zealand; but sother shells which
are found In these, waters might be
used in the manufacture Of buttons,
the paua, Haliotis iris, and
the toitol, Ostraea sulcata. They are
cot at present used for the manufac-
ture of buttons or for similar uses,
but both occur in great numbers on
rocky coasts near the low-tide mark,
the paua being much the commoner.
Since these shells have never been
sought for commercial purposes, there
Is no way Of ascertaining their cost
the method Of disposing Of production.
market, ETC., but 1t Is understood that
they are very easily gathered as the
tide GIBBS and flows on the sandy
Beaches about the misunderstanding
American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Peculiarities Of Electric Ray.

The electric ray is species Of fish
found on the Pacific coast. 1t is known
from central California southwark to
Santa Barbara channel and is very
common in Monterey bay. This fish is
provided with an electric organ com
posed of hexagonal cells. reaching from
the skin of the upper surface to that
of the lower, and situated at each side
Of the head and gill chambers. The
electricity discharged from this ray
has the properties Of other electricity
such as rendering an iron bar mag
netic. decomposing chemicals and pro-
ducing q spark, says the American
Angler. Stories vary as to the vol
ume Of the discharge. but even a small
ray is capable of inflicting considerable
pain. After a few discharges the fish
becomes exhausted and must rest be-
fore its electric organs are again func.
donal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Throwing f,ea, Overpoaro.

On all seagoing steamers the steam
u condensed by sea water pumped
through the surface condensers. This
circulating water is then discharged
overheard. In the process of condea-
sation the cooling water taken In at
temperatures varying from 80 degrees
to So degrees F., according to climatic
and other conditions, Is raised to tenn
peratures varying from 30 to 100 de-
grees and then discharged. This great
loss Of heat is practically unavoidable,
says the Popular Science Monthly.
Even on comparatively small steamers
hundreds Of tons Of heated water are
pumped overheard daily. This consti-
tutes one of the greatest heat losses In
the operation Of steam machinery, al
though sometimes portion Of the
warm water Is used for scrubbing
decks and for bath water on passenger
ShipR
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
When q Child HFaiIa.s

When a child fails In school, must
Il always be the fault Of the childS May
II not be the faults Of his parentsi Or
Of the school which he attends7 Inves-
legations have shown that there is a
host Of children whose mental slug
sishness IL dre to physical causes, Dr..
II. p. n 0roszmann writes In Hu-
manitarian. Even conservative esti-
mates place the percentage Of children
suffering from some physical ailment
ct Is; this means about $1,000 900 chill
1ss1 Il school age In this country. Al
Aeok a a these ailments a-s rsmov-
able, even prsventable. They range
Asa ascayed and maladjnsted teeth
WITH their manifold sad effects upon
he s@dsaS and the temper Of the
growing child to such serious defects
- nervous disofderA tuberculosis,
mindless -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
RUDE AWAKENING FOR GUEST
Visiting Parson Got the "Dusting"
That lrate Father Intended to
Bestow on Offspring.

A story of how a parson got the
busting instead of youth is related
by Newspaper man Of Wenatchee,
Wash.
1.-THE boy in the plot was Oscar
Woods" he says. at happened in
Nebraska. In our home it was the Gus.
tom for one of the boys to take his
turn at starting the fire on cold morn.
lngs. 1t was - degrees below zero,
and 1t was Oscars turn. He lit the
fire and then proceeded to the barn
to feed the stock. But the fire went
out.
- IAN hour later, perceiving that there
was no fire, father sent another call
louder. Then several more. But no
sound came The governor started
upstairs.
without Informing the head Of the
house, my brother had brought home a
preacher the night before and put him
in the same bed with Oscar.
The parson had a thrilling awaken
Ing. He was yanked out of bed. He
resisted. This was too much for In.
dignant dad.
The conflict was exciting. The
preacher fought like a wildcat.
I'm the cold gray dawn dau found
that he had made a mistake. It was
Tough, but the preacher survived"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Theft In Ancient Wales.

In some ways which might nowadays
tie called sentimental" the laws Of an
Pient Wales were in advance Of those
OF today. j. E. Lloyd in his His
tory of Wales" mentions that in some
OF the codes (Which were, as rule.
very severe on theft a remarka BILE
provision exempted from punishment
1.-THE starving man who, after begging
for three days and receiving nothing.
helped himself to the food which he
needed in order to keep him alive.
That every man had the right to 1--we
was a principle Of the law, and the
sentiment Of the country demanded
that every person Of substance should
keep open house not only for ordinary
travellers, but also for the destttute and
the hriendless."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
YELLOW BANANAS NOT RIPE
Reach That Stage When Peel Turns
Golden Hue and Begins to spseItie
on Brown Shaded, -

Bananas have q higher caioric vuluS
than any o. our other common fru1tA
Unlike most other fruits they ~ E;
ways In season.
Such Is the first conclusion coms b
b. Dra. Victor C. Myers and Antoa j
Rose. sitter careful analyslss -
bananas and Of their effects upoasDeN.
sons fed with them The studies vses
made at the Laboratory Of PathOlod+
al Chemistry, New York Post 0raAr
ate Medical School and Hospital, md
the report d published In the Jounal
Of the American Medical association
But the bananas must BE- rlpe, aAd
bananas q % generally suld afs MOI
nearly ripe. A yellow bamna II not,
vip& when the yellow Of the pssl
turns q golden hue and begins ~.
speckle on the brown shades, Il mar
safely b considered fully ripe" says
the report. "and the spread q IL
brown discol0ration does not condemns
the fruit ~ over.ripe as long . ~
pulp inside shows no signs AZ fsemuk
estsvs decompodtion.s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26

Voluntary Universal Training Heips
Very. Materially In Ameri-
canixation.

How far the people Of the Pacific
island Of Guam have progressed in the
process Of Americanization Is indicat-
ed In the current issue Of the Guam
News Letter. copies Of which have re-
Gently, reached Seattle. Wash. the
Post-Intelligencer of that city states.
The island. which Is our cable outpost
for the Philippine islands and the orr
ent, is governed by Capt. Roy @. Smith
q the American navy, under the over
sight Of the navy department. Cap
asin Smith seems to be developing
yery ardent brand Of Americanism
among the island people, who are
known as Chamorros and have a
strong admixture Of Spanish blood.
2 The News Letter describes the cele-
bration of Washington's birthday In
Guam, to which the people fiocked
from all parts Of the island, coming
by launch, owing to the absence of any
island highway system. The proceeds
of the various enterprises, amounting
to $1,270.55, were donated to the Red
Cross, and We gather that the program
of amusement was purely American.
For instance, the "hOt dog" stand
realized $1O8.94; Buffers soda. $1sS.-
SO; knock the cat down. $1a2.T: the
moving picture show. &75Qo; the 5it-
ney dance, $500; wheel Of fortune.
s35O.1O; lemonade stand. $72.O3 base
ball game, $16.40.z=Kromz ali sources
the Red Cross received 1900. and
subscriptions were given for $4,000 In
Liberty bonds. s5Et
More than this, the island militia
had its first parade. Some time ago
Governor Smith put into effect a uni
versal military training law at the re-
quest of the people, this being the
first portion of American territory In
which such law has been made effec-
tive. There are 1000 militiamen, the
government supplying guns and am
munition and the regular khaki uni
form Of the United States army. Seven
per cent Of Guam's population is in
the militia, at which rate. II we of the
mainland kept Up with the Chamorros,
we should have an army Of 100000.
The flags and. floats, Of the parade In
duced a tremendous enthusiasm in
the populace.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Lock Canals.
The Egyptians had canals before tn

The Egyptians had canals DeSOr0 the
days of st. Paul but the lock canas
which made it possible to cross noun
tains IL Z boat came only few years
before Columbus discovered America.
To be told that Raphael in his spare
moments when not painting Raphael
Ygas constructing a locomotive would
scarcely surprise you more than to be
told that Leonardo da Vinci WIS q
pioneer canal lock builder. r.
But the hand that put upon the walls
OF that historic church In Milan The
Last Supper" also designed the locks
for Milan's canal sN
That was just five years before an
other Italian from the nearby town OF
Genoa sailing a Spanish ship came to
anchor at San Salvador. Before the
lock system was born canals had to be
on level ground, although In China
they had them on slight inclines.-
Philadelphia Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Use spIInts Of Wire N.ttIno.

A new kind OF surgical splint in
which galvanized, wire netting takes
he place Of wood. has been put OF
the market, says the Popular Sciences
Monthly. It has been tried and offers
many advantages. The steel entering
into the construction OF this woven.
wire splint is7so tempered that 1t can
Se nodded by hand. Being galvanized
he wire Is sterilized and at the same
time welded into a single piece thai
ran not fray out at loose ends. AS
the splint is porous. 1t allows q certaiL
amount Of evaporation and air circula.
ton to the dressing beneath. witch
wood or plaster does not. The splint
comes rolled like bandags and IL
lighter and less bulky than woodeI
kplints.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Channel Tunnel Ia Missed.

How great have been the demands
upon the British merchant marine for
the reservation Of ships for purely mil.
itary purposes is shown by the Stats
tics Of the first two and quarter
years of war. During that time 8,000,-
900 men were transported across the
seas and over a million sick and
wounded. OF supplies and explosives
100000 tons were carried, besides
100000 horses and mules, and A.
100000 gallons Of petrol. II the chan
mel tunnel had been built In the days
before the war, vast amount of
merchant tonnage. now employed on
transport service, would have been
available for the worlds commercial
enthusiastically American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Help for Bronchial
Trouble and Cough

sa .1easyb Honey and Far Compouna
asts Moxe Hks . tool tAaA 4sd1ciao.'
NJ. VIII q. Richmond. Inglewood,
CAlif.. sAys:-T wish to recommend
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound as it
has Greatly benefited me for bronchial
trouble and cough. 1t acts SO well in
harmony with nature that It Is more
like food than . medicine"
Foley's Honey and Tar Compound has
. wonderfully quick way Of soothing
ana healing the raw tickling surface Of
eases the tightness over the chest,
raises the phlegm easily, and helps the
Stubborn racking cough that Is SO ex-
hAusting and weakening.
e n the best Inedicino.you can buy,
ana better than anything you can make,
Tor coughs. colds. spasmodic Group,
vnopping eQu6hs Ii grippe and bron-
chia1 coughS hoarseness, tickling
tAroat md etu0y wheexy breathing.
e contains no cpiates, and IL acceptable
70 the most sensitive stomach.
664 nv uese = . fSosa4 i,
WALTON : sMooT
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Away viii, Il3AIE2Ss{ISOSiJ
WALTON & SMOOT.
PRACTICAL HEALTH HINT.
DANGERS Of Bad Teeth

+ A bad tooth should never be .
+ tolerated, end the danger of can .
+ Ger Is only one more good reason .
+ for having it attended to. Can .
= Ger of the tongue may occur at .
+ any age, but it Is most common .
+ between forty and sixty. As one .
+ third of all cases investigated .
+ have been shown to be definitely :
+ associated with jagged or decay. .
+ ed teeth or imperfect plates, it :
+ would seem that here is one :
+ method of preventing cancer. .
+ 1t Is probable that other condi- q.
+ lions occurring in combination :,
+ with bad teeth increase the like !.
+ Hhood of cancer of the tongue :.
t as a result, but the removal of :,
+ this form of irritation is so SIM :,
+ pie a matter that deaths in cases :.
+ Of this kind must be charged to :;
+ pure negligence. If the removal :;
+ or treatment Of the tooth does :;
+ not relieve the situation and the :.
! ulcer continues, prompt operation i
: Is necessary. for this form of !
; cancer is quickly fatal. !
, !
; + = + + + i. + j. i. i. i. = + + j. + :,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-07-26
Phosphoreseencs on the Moon,

Several European observers Of the
total lunar eclipse Of July IS, 1917.
have reported that the brightness Of the
lunar disk appeared much greater
around the limb than near the center
These observations lead II. A. Nolon
of Bordeaux to revive a suggestion
that has sometimes been made to &C.
count for the brilliancy Of certain In
mar craters; viz, that the surface Of
the moon may possess luminosity Of,
Its own In the nature Of phosphores
ceneA In that case, perspectivetwop
Incrsaso the apparent luminosity to-
W1E1 ~ umb.-Scieallne Aano4eoA.