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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
Y0UNGSTER HAD RIGHT SPIRIT
Newsboy's Appreciation Of Work o.
"Our Boys" q Valuable Object
Lesson In Patriotism.

Here is story told by en- Indianapo
lis woman:
"The other evening as 1 was walk
ing over the long bridge that extends
back of the Union, station In Baltimore
my eye. searching for something inter.
esting, caught sight Of small news
ooy--just little. dirty-faced chat
that one does not look at twice. What
especially drew my attention to him
however, was something unusual Il,
the way he drew out one of his papers
folded it into very small compass, and
tossed it over the railing into the
freight yard below. My eyes involun
tarily followed the direction Of the pa
per, and as / peered over the balus
trade I saw stirring scene, numbers
Of big army trucks and scores of 'oul
boys bustliilg round busily and cheer
lily unloading and reloading them. On
Of the soldiers was in the act Of wav
ing his hand in thanks to the boy
whose paper he had just picked up.
"Much interested, I moved over t.
the little fellow. Under cover of buy
ing paper and getting change, pu
a casual question: How do you ex
pect to get your money from that sol
dler down there?' My little FRIEND
looked disguised. 7 gave it to him
he Instantly retorted. Then he turned
TO gaze again on the fascinating scene
below, and added very softly: He:
dom more'n a cents worth for US ~
Indianapolis News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
Ar HELPED ZINC INDUSTRY
Remarkable impetus Given to the
Mining and Refining Ut the
f....e...i in Japan.

atef dark in the devel-
np:nent o. Inc mining and refining In
Japan has been reached since the out
break of the present war. Zinc was
first mined In a commercial way In
1897, but even as late at 1911 the out
put vas still only about 10000 tons.
The refining of the ores was not start
e 80 a large scale until 1914. The
lag quotations OF the metal In all
Isl g kets gave The industry great Inn
9t.us IL Japan. 50 that in 1915 21.OOOl
so Il .41ibed goods and in 1915 45sr
C0H sous we're produced. 1t Is esti-
aa.ed that the production in 1917 to-
talal some 5000 tons. 1t Is said
,a..t the rehneries can produce ~
high ~ 100, 900 tons q year, but -
sG-s takes some 25O,OO0 tons Of zinc
ore the problem before Japan - -,
y, IN 100000 tons Of ore In fceeign
aafs. as only $4,000 tons are mined
60. ,i,n. In the past Japan has boasee
gre rom China, Australia and Russia.
the greater part Of the ore howayef.
ia * from Australia. It has beeA
.spssrted that Great Britain plans Z re-
an y In Australia In order to produce
zsat u that portion Of her empire Il
sz-s.. fla Il rs ssid, may force Japan
.e sssS ~ pax material In some other
.z--egss,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
BABy's LOT NOT HAPPY ONE
Small Wonder That So Many Children
Of the Furitans Ended Their
Earthly Career Early.

There is nc doubt of the strength
and endurance of the Puritan babies
which survived the hardships Of the
first few months Of their lives. The
Puritans came to America some time
before modern heating appliances were
scheduled to arrive, and their winter
days and nights could have been little
less than one long SILVER.
II his elders suffered SO much dis
comfort, what must have been the
hardship of the newest baby who,
few days after his arrival In this
world, was taken TO the coolest part
of 1.-THE bleak little Puritan meeting
house-which never knew anything
better than heatless days? "This ex-
petition often completed the bah :
earthly career" says Laura E. Isich-
ards, in recounting the fluctuations of
the Puritan Junior population. We
think of the hardness of the early
Puritan children, but this writer says,
"Of Judge Sewall's IA children, but
three survived him, majority dying
in infancy; and of the Is children of
his friend, Cotton Mather, but two sur
vived their father" The infant NOR
tality due to exposure may be readily
conjectured.
In addition to the visit to the cold
meeting house, the baby must steel
himself to face the greater or lesser
ailments of babyhood-and their rene
dies. One of these remedies, which
admirably asserts the spirit of the
times, was reserved as a cure for fits
or "riekets." the trouble was called,
and was known as "snail water" This
concoction, containing a peck Of gar
den shell snails, was made doubly eff
fective by adding a quart of Il ated
earthworms.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
The Census in Ancient Times,

While the greatest strides In the
advance Of vital statistics as science
have been made In recent years, their
origin may be traced to centuries be-
fore Christ. Indeed, Herodotus tells
US of census of Egypt taken about
1850 B. c. for the purpose of making
arrangements for the construction of
the Pyramids. Elsewhere this same
author refers to second census, taken
about 400 B. c. in Egypt by Rameses
II for the purpose of reapportioning
all the land of Egypt among his sub
jects. The Bible tells us that Moses
counted the tribes of Israel to deter
mine their fighting strength and that
David, about 1913 B. c., took a census
for the same purpose. There is a rec
ord of census taken in China about
1900 B. c., when data of the provinces
were collected by Uking.-S. w.
Wynne, Michigan Bulletin Of Vital
Statistics.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
DEAD SHOTS IN CONGRESS
Two Marksmen Who Would Shine In
Any Company Are Natives Of
Arkansas and Arizona.

II all the members and officers of the
house and senate we're drafted for
service on the firing lines In France,
there, would be two veterans who
would prove themselves to be the
equal Of most marksmen Of France or
EnslanA or amp other country. The
Washington Post says there are very
few good shots In either house vi con-
Ereas. It Is said. and no member OF
either body can compare with Jerry
South Of Arkansas. chief clerk Of the
house Of representatives. a. rife
sh0t Mr.. South was known In Arkan-
sas as the best shot In that part Of
the country In his younger days. and
he Is still there with the eye. The
other man under the dome Ii Senator
Mark Smith q Arizona.
1t is a very diffic, II thing to put five
shots in silver dollar at a hundred
yards. yet Jerry South has done it
iozen times. Senator Smith has tried
ne said, i've thousand times, perhaps
% do the same thing. but the best hs
mas ever done was to plant four shots.
Always one would go outside or cling
70 the outer edge Of the dollar. He at
eributed his failure to imperfection Of
powder or shell, or the whfm Of the
wind. The senator said lie had even
tried placing rifle In wise and see
ng that nothing moved the grn, but
invariably one shot would fail Of Its
mark. The old Mills rine-a muxxle
.oader-which was used In the early
days Of the war and afterward By
many hunters. was the best rife ever
Invented. according 10 0snatsr 8mith
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
Waste of Human Material.

Any man who has been in the world
forty-five years or more should be
valuable employee. For a man to be
shelved at forty-five Is wrong, very
wrong. For man to lose confidence
in himself because he is forty-five or
Whereabouts is absurd.
The man who has been in the world
forty-five years has had a vast amount
of experience and has had the op-
portunity to observe much that could
be turned to good account. The trou-
Bile with US is that we do not know
where to take our goods to market, or
at least We do not know the best mar
ket in which to dispose Of our goods.
There Is a great waste of human
material because Of its displacement.
We give more attention to the
craftsmanship problem in relation to
goods than to the infinitely more Inn
portant subject of human MATERIAL
New York Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
&
The :
Vagrant Heart
BY INES MAC DONALD
s>s


Some day there, shall be written the
complete history of the vagrant, Heart
ard that history will contain . rsucceS
sion Of strange episodes situated NJ ~
rious parts Of the world However y
viii be no swashbuckiing tale Of ship.
wrecks, blood and valiant deeds. but
Just the simple narrative OF the almost
loves Of Morgan Burke, = man OF al
venturous spirit and yet 80 gentle OF
heart that in the wake Of his wander
ings there eddied no tears Of bitter
ness, nor fioated a single heart care
lessly cast forth us driftwood BY his
hand. For IL women loved him. he had
left them somehow content WIN
lesser love. aTs
Still. no man, of his Ike could have
followed the strange paths he had trod
and returned unscathed. Memory Is
tricky thing-sOmetimes she would
draw him backward for five minutes
perhaps, or an hour or a day-t0 All
giers, or Paris or Petrograd OF Singa-
pore. Also there was Manila and Homo
lulu or Frisco. Sidney. too. knew MIN
and Taluno! He might have stayed
on Taluno the island beautiful. but
that is one of the episodes.
Back in his home. city, of Ackland
they hailed him as an adventurer. His
mother proudly exhibited him and cum
ningly planned his marriage. hoping
thereby to keep him at home among
his kind. Dutifully, though somewhat
bored, he escorted her about-tO be
inspected and Quizzed and smiled upon.
for there was an unconscious bit OF
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
BORING Pole Holes.

The tiresome and time consuming
work Of digging holes for telegraph
and electric service poles Is now at an
end, says Scientific American. At least,
there has been evolved gasoline
driven earth-boring machine which
makes an average boring time per hole
of one and one-half to two minutes.
The equipment is mounted on a horse
drawn truck and is operated by two
men. In ordinary soil 1t maintains an
average Of 100 holes per day, each
measuring five feet deep by "a inches
in diameter. The equipment consists
Of truck, which carries gasoline en-
CINE, driving mechanism and a huge
auger which 10 slowly rotated and fed
downward. The augers are furnished
in sizes from 2 to "a inches.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
Sleep Should Be Undisturbed,

People are beginning to realize that
sound sleep isn't obtainable in bed
that rattles or squeaks or that shocks
the nerves into semi wakefulness by
unusual slippings of the springs or I'M
expected creakings. The advent Of the
separate bed and the banishing of the
double bed into the limbo Of warming
pans and nightcaps is distinct adj
vance from the standpoint of hygiene,
sanitation and more rational sleeping
habits. When separate beds, or, bet
ter still, separate sleeping chambers,
are In universal use, men and women,
especially nervous men and women,
and delicate children. will get good
deal more sleep than they do at pres
ent; they'll derive more benefit from
the sleep they do GET AL this will
make 1t easier for them to do with con-
siderably less sleep than they now re.
Quire. - ..5s 49,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
ON BASIS OF COMPROMISE
Couples Religious Differences, Which
Caused Trouble Once Year, Set
tied In Peculiar Manner.

Compromise where political and re-
ligious antagonisms are concerned is
evidently possible in Belfast, accord
ing to the testimony of a recent Wis.,
itor to that town. One day she had
occasion to call at house where a
woman Of the Roman Catholic faith
had married Protestant husband. On
one side of the manteishelf was bust
of the pope, on the other bust Of
William Of Orange. II suppose you
fnd it very difficult to agree at times?"
inquired the visitor. "No," was the
ready reply: I'VE only differ once a
year, on the Boyne anniversary, when
my husband comes home drunk and
smashes my bust Of the pope" ''Then
suppose you return the compliment
by smashing his william Of Granger
Not at ALL put 1t in pawn and buy
another bust Of the pope with the
money" was the unexpected answer
Manchester (Eng.) Guardian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
EXHIBITS ARE MADE LlfELiKE
Mounting Of Natural History objects
In Their Native Surroundings
Add to Their Interest.

In the development of the modern
museum three stages have been recog-
nized-that of the collection Of OBJ
jects for record, that Of supplying ma
terlals for research and that Of, ap-
plying the collections to public educa-
ton. The educational idea Ii now be-
ing developed by Instructive display
arrangement, loan exhibits for public
and private schools and special lee
lures. The most notable feature is the
mounting of natural history OBJ
jects in the midst of their native sur
roundings, and much attention is be-
ing given at large museums--such as
the American Museum Of Natural His
tory of New York-to grouping ami
mails in their natural environment of
shrubs, trees, flowers. rocks and 9TH
er objects. In the new exhibition
halls of the museum Of the California
Academy of Sciences, the case for a
large mammal or bird habitat group
is % feet long, IL deep and IS high,
with a plate glass front Is feet long
and 10 high. Each Of the two halls
one devoted entirely to California
mammals and the other to California
birds-is $50 feet long by 60 wide and
II of the large cases have been placed
in the mammal hall with six in the
bird hall. Skylight illumination gives
greater brightness in the cases than
outside, preventing troublesome re-
Election from the glass. AS a repre-
sentative group may be taken that of
the San Joaquin valley elk, a species
of deer now preserved In few reser-
vations, and this is shown by several
individuals standing or crouching in
the grass near tree-bordered water,
with low hills in the distance, the
painted background seeming a con-
tinuation Of the real scenery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15

Dr. Walter Cark Of PHILADELPHIA
has recently made some interesting In
vestgstions to fnd out how the old
time lighting conditions In his city
compare with thoss of today. says the
Popular Science Monthly. He has dis
covered that until a. late a. 1885, only
aickering sperm oil and candles were
IN use. Not until the following decade
did the highly Improved" Kerosene
lamp appear. Gas did not come GU.
until the period betwesa 1865 an 1878
And then only the wealthy could use
It 1t sold at $3.50 Per tAsusand cable
feetl The efficient Welsbach mantle
ZANE out ten years latsf. rsvolutionis-
ing artificial illumination. The pres
rnt era began IN 1924. whea gas and
electricity came into general uss--gas
selling at 81 pr thOu0nA cubic fees
and electricity ~ 10 eents ~ kns-
watt hour. Since that dine he rs
mantle and The electric Alansnt NV
seen vast Improvement. - that teaay
the average family u ebtaining aAout
eishtesa timso % nsGA neAt . -
peop1e = ha8 Z eontu13 -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
N alter and Ezra

Ihere Is 10 such thing as a loss OF
matter or force. The so called CON
servation'' of matter and It's forces was
demonstrated years ago by Joule and
other scientists. When, for Instance
thing "bSrHs up" as we say. tie sub
stances that give out the LIGHT and
neat are changed, not destroyed. The
WOOD or whatever the substance han
pens TO be becomes ashes and gas. and
Il we could gather UP all the products
OF the bu-ning We should fi.ld that tbav
had not lost particle of their weIrhr
and that the form of them only was
changed. The eternity % natter was
teaching of the old Greek nhil,so-
piers. or OF some OF them at least and
the modern teaching of the conserve.
ton or indestrGctibility OF the stufY NJ
tue universe would seem to corroborata
the ancient ides.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
neaAtDaY TRACED TO BEASTS
Nabls ~ elsphant Only One Of ciassls
NyeAe which Seem to Have
ST. Doan Believed. 80

In he pest. heraldic beasts were
often chosen for deliberately allegori.
cal reasons, founded upon classic
myth. King Sisinhand's elephant, for
example, was shown surrounded by
flies, and the motto was: "As best I
can" The reference was to the crafty
manner In which. according to Pliny,
the kingly creature destroys his tiny
enemies. 4
Their skin is covered neither with
hair nor bristle; no, nor so much as in
their tails. which might serve them in
good stead to drive away the busy and
troublesome fly" the good old transla-
tor rendered Pliny, "but full their skin
Is OF cross wrinkles lattice-wise; and
therefore. when they are stretched
along and perceive the flies by whole
zwarms settled on their skin. suddenly
they draw these crannies and crevies
together close and 80 crush the dies all
to death. This serves them instead Of
4 tail, name and long hair."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
plsdaln Western Emery.

In reply to an inquiry from an
American firm as to the demand here
for lace goods and embroideries, 1t
can be stated. reports the American
consul at Yokohama, that as the Japa-
nese women cling very tenaciousfy to
their style Of dress and as no use is
made of lace or embroideries either In
their dress or home furnishings, 1t Is
improbable that any considerable mar
ket can be developed In japan fer
American-made lace goods or embroid
cries. The demand would be limited
to the foreign residents here. who now
number about 5000, exclusive Of Chi
nese, and to such goods as are not be-
ing manufactured In Japan.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
rN Transatlantic llnoE.

pa astonishing development 6
an..> as shipbuilding industry with
J., ~, last lew years makes certain
merchant marine viii soon
to the supremacy 1t once
acalls the launching at New
100 years ago, Of the first
ate liner to be operated by
YER She was the famous Sa-
IA. a vessel Of $50 tons. The
< Eho thought 1t was possible for,
~ ~ grnss the Atlantic By steam
sas william Scarborough Of Sa-
AZ The Savannah left New
ara for the homo city Of her builder
! April 10. 1919. and a little more
'Inn a month later cleared Tor Liver.
3aa: where she was given q rou1ing
'veicome. as the first steam vessel to
ross the ocean. The trip was made
lays less than a month. From
spool the Savannah proceeded to
Petersburg. and In December, 1919.
-t- vas again in her home port-Nsw
York World
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
HAD MODIFIED HIS DESIRE
After Experience In AirpIane Man De
cided He Would Prefer to Travel
to Heaven on Foot

'Does it ever fallT' finally quivered
the novice as the airplane climbed
higher and still higher.
"Only when let it do So" answered
the airman. "Now and then drop heI
backward. Here we gol"
On the backward descent, mile OF
more, the passenger chung to the pilo!
with both arms and never breathed
At last the machine resumed Its hori.
zontal travelling.
"Great heavens!" gasped the novice
with relief.
"Say, look here; didn't you say you
wished to fit on high like a gliding
sunbeam" complained the aviator.
"Yes," admitted the passenger.
'Then shut up. You're going to gel
your WISH"
Suddenly the airplane dived an6
Topped the loop, then Travelled upside
down.
Hold fast"
"Wh-what"
eve are going to land"
Gently the airplane glided to earth
Released from his seat, the passenger
knelt and lifted both hands solemnly.
"Once I prayed to be an angel" ht
said. 'But it doesn't go any more un
less on foot."-New York Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
Cash Value of Succe...

while Go not think that success a.
measured by money" says a writer N
ne American Magazine, .an estimat.
81 success cannot be disassociated from
the cash value that is put on our work
Il Is the only factor of happiness that
granting material necessities. has n n.
reckoned In dollars.
success Is variant, and Il In i'm
possible to state it in a money limit :
know that the 5000 that is nv .,
ther's salary as United States sttornar
brings with it to him a recognition :,
nis aoiiity that the same salary made
~ another way would not have. I
Know that the small checks l soma
umes receive for my own work br,no
glow that really isn't In The cbach. ;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
IN sof ene ioveifsse ana HsUss -
,nted member Of that years gradual.
ing class

teas fDf ene ioveffese ana As0se -
,nted member Of that years gradual.
ing class.
Il feel that I must speak to yon,
Olive, for your own good" she said.
"Things that are for ones own good
ere almost always unpleasant, aren't
theyf" said Olive Dale, with grave
little smile. M
ut ia about Morgan Burke, Olive"
continued the principal, kindly. HE Is
not for you, Olive. You must not breaK
YOUR heart over him. my dear. He mas
heen courted by women all over the
world, and Is a. spoiled young man.
why. there was even a princess IN
budapest! It was the talk OF Europe
nj the time. Wherever he has been 1t
was always the same. The most beau
tfful, the most cultured, the most ex-
elusive women in the land. were his
for the taking. do not. want you to
know unhappiness, Olive; you are so
young and impressionable-and he,
when the time comes, will enter mar
rage Of convenience with girl OF his
mothers choosing"
The girl stood with q half smile.
hrooding thoughtful eyes staring out
through the swaying treetops. None
OF that matters In the least" she said
as to herself. IF he loves mel shall
marry him."
There was a quick step In the open
door Of the Office and both women
turned swiftly. Morgan Burke stood
Just within the door looking into
olives eyes. The principal of the Ack-
land School Of Art watched them In
amazement, for nothing seemed to
exist for them but each other. Nor
gan took the eager hands that reached
out for his own, for long moment
! they stood thus-and then he swept
her into his arms, kissing her eager
mouth. t-st
II knew you could love me-" muir
INJURED Olive.
"How could I help itT' he asked
gently. "How could help itT' And
he led her out the door and down the
stairs sftFra 4s4r, -l,,
While from her window the spinster
principal watched them as they wan.
dered across the lawn toward the
boulevard and the park beyond, and
she sighed from within her heart for
something she had missed perhaps fol-
the first time in her self-centered life
And hand in hand those two young
people walked into the slanting sun
liellt, for Youth and Love in early SUM
me- cannot be denied. And SO 1t was
that the vagrant heart Of Morgan
Burke f"'ad, happiness in the girl Of
X IA ~reams, the composite woman. Z
'eymposfum OF all the charms charac
teFtstie Of the almost-lovee Of his ad
vsokuruus past.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
1o-kyo

1t is remarkable how many persons,
some of whom may lay claim to edu-
cation ana familiarity with Japan. per-
stst In miSspelling the name of Japan
capital Of 'ourse If government on
Gals and western diplomats in Japan
Insist on spelling it Toxic, western
people, ignorant Of the Japanese Ian
guage, cannot be blamed for pronounc-
ing 1t in three syllables CTo-kee- yoj
much to the amused disgust of the jap
anese. The Japanese ideographs are
only two and are best represented by
the two roiaaji syllables Tokyo, pro
nounced with a very slight emphasis
on the first syllahie.-Japan Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-11-15
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