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Good news. [volume] (Boomer, N.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-01
CRITICISM.

WHO Woulu not knowingly do a
wrong or an injury to anyone
are the very people that the devil
can best use for his evil pur-
poses.
Zeal without knowledge is a
very dangerous thing. Paul
sounds a warning against it, and
we can see the evil of it every
day we live.
For instance, you take a
preacher of any denomination.
He may be as ignorant as a fool
about things in general, but he
has studied the "creed" that his
denomination tells him to be-
]ieve until he knows it pretty
well. In his blissful ignorance
he is positively sure that his
creed covers everything and con-
tains all truth. Hence any
thing outside of that creed is
false and heretical-the work of
the devil.
You see, the man is blinded by
prejudice, and prejudice is only
another name for ignorance.
The man has not studied any
thing else except his creed, and
he has not looked around to see
if there is anything else worth
studying. There is indeed plen-
ty more outside of his creed that
stands at least an equal chance
of being true, but he don't know
anything about that.
It reminds me of Tommy's
map of the world. Tommy was
a little brat just learning to read
and spell a little at school. He
saw the older students studying
geography and drawing maps.
So Tommy thought he would try
his hand at map-drawing too.
Securing paper and pencil, he
soon had his map of the world
oompleted-to his own satisfac-
ton, at least. It showed his
fathers mill-pond very promi-
nently, but it left out the ocean
entirely. The point is, Tommy
had seen his fathers mill-pond,
but he had never seen the ocean,
and didn't know such a thing ex-
listed.
And that's precisely the atti-
tude people take toward Bible
truth. Each man sees in his
Bible just what his denomina-
ton tells him to look for, and he
can't see anything else.
A dozen different creeds will
fight each other like wildcats
each one swearing that all the
rest are teaching lies and serv
ing the devil. And then if / be
pin to teach a new truth tina
isn't in any of their creeds, the,
will all forget their difference
and fly in to cussing me.
The creed-worshipper i
bound to be narrow and unrea
sonable. In order to be true t.
his creed he MUST reject every
thing else, and in doing so he wi
almost certainly reject NOR
truth than he accepts.
And it is not safe for any ma
to say that these rejected truth
are lies of lie devil. From hi
viewpoint they may LOOK lik
lies, but he had better not be S
cock-sure about it until he ha
looked at them from several otf
er viewpoints. He may be tn
one that is teaching "lies of til
devil' without knowing it, an
the supposed "lies" that he d.
Good news. [volume] (Boomer, N.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-01

With the signing of the armis-
tice, the world drew a long
breath and settled back into it's
easy-chair, and is still trying to
persuade itself that the man
made Millennium has come. But
the world will soon get a rude
awakening. The Antichrist has
got to be settled with yet, and il
will take the King of kings te
settle him. Just be patient.
Good news. [volume] (Boomer, N.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-01

With the price of paper, ink
and everything about double
what it was before the war, I
am still giving the paper at the
same old price. Good News is
the best value for the money
that you can find anywhere.
Suppose you introduce it among
all your friends and send in a
few big clubs. Try it a few
times.
Good news. [volume] (Boomer, N.C.) 1917-1919, 1919-01-01

wouldn't do to let him escape.
Now we can look back across
the centuries and see what a ter
rible blunder they made. But we
can't deny that they were honest
in it. They actually thought
they were doing a good deed in
killing such an imposter as they
believed Jesus to be.
With such an object-lesson
right before their eyes, it looks
like the powers that be" in
these days ought to- be a little
more careful about who they
persecute, lest they might make
a similar mistake. But that
don't cut any ice at all with our
leaders today. They are just
as blind and bull-headed as the
Jews and Romans were.
Write this down in your little
book: IF Jesus should come to
America at the present time and
try to live his earthly life over
again, and try to preach the
same gospel just like he did be-
fore-do you have any idea what
would happen to him here in this
"Christian" land? Why, bless
your soul, he wouldn't last half
as long as he did in Palestine
among the Jews and Romans.
Many of our fashionable and
swell-headed preachers, as well
as many Of the 2x4 orthodox
variety, would not recogize nor
own him. They would be
among the first to cry, "Hang
him." and some of them would
help to string him up to the first
limb they could find.
It is deplorable, but it is true
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
ruTE INCREASE or NslEs
Rseruassesnes ~ Drssd ohsaas Do.
slsrsd 70 BE a Direct Rsszaa
Of the Wa.

Among the plaques 20 felisw the
great war, rabies must be rscksned
with. Already It has reappsared In
England. while from tbs verJ begin
ming an increase was apparent IN
Trsncs. Before the itsuRgA began
Belgium and the districts doomed to
b occupied in northern F1enes
swarmed With dogA AMI rabies was
sumeisatly common. 1his abundance
was due IN part 70 The 'sxtsasivs usssos
the dog ~ 4 drauEht ani1lel IN those
localities After the invasiea these
animals moved westward IN large num-
berS They appeared to breed a. usual
and were under little OF no police So
pervsion. although conditions for sup
pressing the danger wsxe most favor
able. Rabies showed aafAessas> from
the North sea to Switzerland, md was
carried far iato The interior 4 TrancA
Here police protection vas ~ god ~
absent The typs too b virulent ~
shown BY the short incubation pertsd.
Lencir. who writes to the above effect
In health bulletin distracted In the
Journal de Medicine Ct De Chirurgie
Pratique, WAS the officer In charge Of
an anti-rabies campaign, which sup
pressed the disease in South Africa
In 1904. s-.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
CHANCE FOR COAL EXCHANGE
Britain Has Tso Much Anthracite and
New York Has Surplus Of
Bituminous

In England the coal controller
is trying TO induce the people to burn
anthracite in place of btumtnous coal
He offers to exchange two tons Of
large anthracite for every ton Of bi-
luminous coal that consumers have on
hand. In the eastern United States
the fuel administration has been try
Ing to get consumers to use bltuminous
coal in place of anthracite. Welsh
anthracite mines are operating on part
time. while English and Welsh btu
minouS coal mines are working over
time. says the New York Commercial.
This would be a fine chance for ex-
change of products II shipping were
available and 1t soon will be. New
York city needs anthracite and can get
a surplus Of bltuminous coal. Eng
land needs the latter and can spare
the former. In England most of the
people do not know how TO burn an
thracite. New Workers are ignorant
OF the way to use hituminous coal. The
English persist in using opea CRATES
Cor heating rooms. and find it hard
to make anthracite burn In them. In
New York the open CRATE is found only
In the homes Of the wealthy. Eng
land shivers with plenty of anthracite
In sight. while New York Is threat
ened with famlrsa Of domestic sizes
Of anthracite. Each regards the
other as plg-hea-led because neither
knows how TO use the fuel available.
It's an odd world
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
ISLAM ART NOT PERMANENT
host Beautiful Masterpieces Are
crumbIina Because censtrueted
Of perishAbie Material.

The two capital cities Of central
Asia have left mosques and tombs
which for their grace. decorations and
grandeur are precious documents Of
the culture OF splendid epoch. Asia
Magazine states The intricate carv-
Ing Of the gates and the enameled
tiles. azure. purple and saffron. heap
up a prodlgality Of design, all the
more remarkable because, according to
the Islam law. the representation of
living nature In any form Is forbidden.
This restriction developed wreath Of
extremely beautiful geometrlcal and
conventional patterns, and to the use
of texts of the koran in the highly
decorative Arabic characters.
Unfortunately. the Moslems did not
construct for permanency, in marble,
like the Greeks. The enamel tiles Of
the facades are rapidly falling away,
the, walls Of clay are disintegrutins
and the broken roofs furnish asylums
for birds. The natives, indolent and
fatalist, shrug their shoulders and con-
slider 1t part Of the natural order Of
things for monuments to crumble and
pass away. Soon the Jade and tur-
Quoise pages In the history Of central
Asia will be obliterated more COM
pletely than the records Of Babylon
and Pompeii.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
Birds That Are Useful.

1t is In their relation to insects and
other enemies Of crops that birds are
most directly associated with the wel-
are of man. 1t Is not possible to give
, hard-and-fast rule, applicable to the
Whole country. as to whether any GER
ain bird Is beneficial or Injurious to
.lrmers. but in the United States dc
,urtment Of agriculture's farmers
bulletin ESQ. Some Common Bird
Useful to the Farmer" more than fift.
species of birds common to farnin
sections are discussed. The birds treat
I'd In the bulletin are: Bluebird, robin
ltlnouse. wren. brown thrasher, catbird
,wnllow, towhee, sparrow, house finch
yracsle, brewer blackbird Baltimore
,riole. Bullock's oriole, meadewlark,
redwing. blackbird. bobolink. crow.
hluejay. Pacific coast Jay. phoebe. king
ORD. naShthawk. wOodpecker. cuckoo
and hobUAite. u
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
g GREATER THAN TiTuLAR KING
Presidtnt Wilson Realized r. Held
Higher Position Than I9rs J.tary
Monarch q Britain

Man is queer erittor. Apparently
he loves to ma6e him a fetish, crawl in
front Of 1t on his belly aud beat his
forehead on the ground in ahject sub
mission. Since the dawn of history
men have made and unmade kings as
easily as child makes mud pies. They
have lifted one of their number on the
throne. worshiped him, trembled at his
power, kissed his feet and, firing Of
him, they have often kiiled him as the
ON is slaughtered. Again and agmn
They have proved that kings are com
mon clay depending for their prerOg-
atives solely upon the acQuiescence Of
their equals. yet the worshiping Of roy
al personaees as though they were ap-
pnintees of the Deity has continued to
this day.
The grandfather of the president OF
the United States was an humble sub
Ject Of the mighty British king. The
president sat at the kings tuhle, the
elected representative OF the richest,
most powerful nation on earth. The
president addressed the king. But he
did not say your majesty" or your
royal hIghness." Knowing that the
elected head Of one hundred million
occupies a more exalted position than
the hereditary. titular and nominal rul-
er Of forty million, knowing the hol-
low emptiness of royal pomp and trap
pings, knowing the character Of the
common clay Of which kings are made.
the president declined by humble
speech to give homage where none was
d':e. and smashed another precedent
and addressed the king as plain "slE"
and 'you"-Sunset Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
"First Aid" Book.

Attach to the medicine closet, with
q string and pencil a small alphabet.
lcally arranged notebook.
Under the letter P, for instance,
write the antidoes for the different
poisons. for. although one may know
them. when the baby Swallows the
wrong tablet knowledge is apt to de-
sert one. and by the time the doctor
arrives upon the scene 1t may be too
late.
Under F writes Painting Spells"
and what to do. Cuts and Bruises"
list under their proper letter and
"Sunstroke." Burma" and 80 on,
through the list OF accidents and sud
den illnesses. All this may Be taken
from q regular frst aid book, but
added to this may be remedies for
sickness to which ones special family
is subject.
From year to year one forgets what
II WAS that proved 50 effective In that
ense of qulnsy. but can easily refer to
II In this manner.
Being arranged alphabetically. II u
tho work Of but a moment to and the
desired information
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
MAN OF IMAGINATIVE MIND
Among Many Useful Inventions CT
Seth Boyden Was That of Pop
ular Patent Leather.

The first patent" leather WAS the
invention Of Seth Boyden, who was
born In Foxboro, Mass, one hundred
and thirty years ago. He was brought
up on q farm and educated In q dis
trict school aud In the village black
smith shop, where he spent all his
leisure time "tinker!ng" and expert
menting. His first invention was a
machine for making nails and files.
Later he invented q machine for split
ting leather. and In 1918 he engaged
In the leather business In Newark. n
J. In 1915 he Invented an appliance
for cutting brads and in the following
year he perfected his patent" leath
er. The leather prepared by this
process gradually became popular, and
until 1881 Boyden was principally en-
gagged In its manufacture. He then
turned his attention to steam engines,
and made several improvements in To-
comotives. He took part in the Call
fornIa gold rush OF 40, but soon re-
turned to New Jersey, where he en-
gagged IL farming and produced vari-
ETY. Of Strawberries vastly superior TO
any then known In both size and quail
ity. He died In 1870. and his memory
Is perpetuated by statue at Newark.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
TRUTH ABOVE ALL THINGS
lneompsrably the Best Business Asset
That a Man or Firm Can
Possesa

A successful merchant. when asked
the question. "What Is the best asset
Of business house," said: The best
asset business house can possess is
a reputation for absolute truth"
Such was the exhortatiOn lately
given to young man who has yet to
arrive, by veteran who. in well-earn-
ed retirement can comfort himself
with the reflection that he has
been one Of the most successful bust
ness men Of the age.
To the cynic advice Of this quality
may seem. perhaps, to- call up shades
of George Washington At the period
when ''he couldn't tell a lie" But
men of sense long ago have realized
that. even should they brush the ques-
lion of morals aside and be content to
srgue the matter from Its lowest and
most cynical standpoint, the truth-tell-
ng policy still remains the best; In
:act. the only possible working policy
for the man who aims at any definite
and lasting success In business.
The truth.teller Is, In short, the man
who stands to make good in the busi-
ness held; be 70 the only man VIII
HnaaAs - AaS aAAlaY 11knl 1EHnn4 4
4
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
WELCOME DEATHS COLD HAND
LittIe Wonder That Men Who Realize
Their Appalling Loneliness Should
End IL All

Alone. Not a living soul near TO
whom TO speak. Forsaken II seems al
most by God. whose presence scarce
can penetrate the confused jsngle OF
the city slunls Alone and penniless.
with none to know or care. II Is
harder lot by far than death. What
wonder that men dief
AIrne-with bitter thoughts Of fail
IRE crowding through the interStices
of sluggish brain. Alope-with not
even two coins to rub In warming
friction, cIammy hands thrust into
empty pockets. 1t is hard to live and
doubly hard to die. What wonder that
men kill that breathing, puising thing
within we call life? What wonder
that men pass by their own hand
from living death to deathless living!
They come and stay with US while
and pass. defying God and man.
themselves defled. And only they
whose hearts beat with q richer. warm
er, redder blood VIII undegstand.-
Nuxaalae Jouenal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
EVERY MAN TO HIS Trade
In Siberian Prison Camps Each Tn
fortunate Exile Followed His
Vocation.

Far more popular than the church
were the library and the school,
regular ORGANIZED high schCol-cullege,
where Law, mathematics, chemistry,
ten languages and many other sub
jects were taught Again this part
Of our work rose out of cry hun. II
beginning. The first school was held
almost secretly In an old Wushroom,
and ambitious Russian guards con,
dscated logarithm tables and French
dictionaries because they looked So
suspicious. And the teacher of ge
ometry, who made those peculiar
drawings, was arrested and taken for
q spy, who taught how to escape with
& plan of the camp. The library was
born when the first 7. N. c. A sec
rotary arrived and gave six or eight
books which he found In his trunk
to read, Johan W. Prinz writes in
Asia magazine. The sport commit
tee was in charge OF the socker field
and tennis courts and IN some camps
there was even gymnasium.
small bank was established for the
convenience Of those who wanted L
borrow few rubles on their officia
announcements from banks in Pc
trograd that money had been received
from relatives In the central countries
(by way Of Swedenl and was on the
way. Work shops We're organized SO
that the tradesmen. the carpenter the
shoemaker, the barber, might turn to
his trade and work for the benefit
OF his comrades. But the pride of
the 7. NJ C, A. was the American
kitchen. This welfare kitchen was nee
essary because the Russians never
gave the men enough to eat. Here
they had chance, once In while
TO get hearty meal for few ko-
peks; here d certain number of sick
and poor could eat every day without
cost How many favorable comments
have 1 heard upon those kitchens,
which, really became q blessing for
the prisoners. ..4>,-.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
MIND CONTROL WORTH WHILE
Not an Easy Thing TO Acquire, bus
Its Value Is Beyond All
Computation.

Tealousy is kind of misery that
could be avoided If one could forcibly
reIove ones mind from a hurtful
subject Anyone who has ever been
Jealous knows how the mind runs
round and round from one suspicion
AMI one torturing thought to another
Ns- al animal in a cage. Mind con-
troll would enable one 70 take the
mnd out of the cage and set II free
Anger is another energy wasteT
which would be minimized If one
could control ones mind. One might
he momrntarily angry. Of course, but
one would not permit ones mind to
brood over reul or faucied wrongs un-
til ones whole brain was filled win
TN In.isons Of hate.
These states IF mind are but few
Of the many which could be avoided
# one only began as early as possible
70 control ones mind Begin In the
little things and by and by you Will
gain n larger control Say. this very
day, II will not worry over that prof.:
lem"
Mind control is not an easy faculty
70 acquire. No one can say that. But
one always hRs this 10 encourage one
that every victory makes the next
victory easier.-New York Evening
Telegram
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
Butter From coeenut u,,s

Butter Is churned from coconn,
MIX as from cows milk. Accordfns
70 British patent Of late date the
.lnlK Is completely extracted BY crush.
.ne the fresh kernel Of the coeonu,
~ paste with the addition at
summed eoconut milk from a ,.tev
s'ase. The eellulose is then separated
~ inter press. ;nd the resinous mat.
yer IS removed In a centrifugal sepa.
ra1or' The cream is then co,,.c,nd
from the purified milk in centr,fngal
cream separator. The separated cream
Is pasteurized. subjected to a Tactic
fermentation, churned into butter and
th's Is washed with water. Album.c
o. vegetable casein IL precip,t.ted
from the skinned eoconut min Nv
ne.t ana powdered gypsun, and n 81
''e'ed' washed. pressed and dr1eA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
Grain Quickly Handled.

remarkable speed record In han
ding grain was made recently when
$4,000 bushels Of wheat, the product
of 10000 acres at Is bushels to the
acre was loaded In four hours from
an elevator at Superior, Wis. into a
lake steamer. The cargo was shipped
TO Buffalo ard ground into flour by one
of tile big mills there In four days,
making -four to supply 100000 people
for n mnnth.
Electric Fowl Picker,
A machine invented by o. g. Rieske
of Buffalo picks an ordinary fowl
naked in less than five minutes, says
Electrical Experimental. Moreover, no
feathers are scattered. A small cleo.
trio motor turns a suction fan, and
also a roller contained within the In
strument itself, the power being trans
mitted by means Of flexible cable.
The roller Is hollow and Its outer sur
face is pierced by q number of Sits
which permit the incoming blast pro
dnced by the fan to pass freely
fhrou-a it,
The op IF the instrument is hooded,
aid H'achel 20 this hood Is a little
r'hber roller which rests firmly against
the surface Of the large drumlike
wheel. The feathers of the fowl,
sucked up against the two rollers, are
plucked by having TO squeeze between
the rollers, after which they are blown
TO tank.
A thumb contact permits the hood
30 be moved around In its axis. and
thus the relative positions of the two
rollers are adjusted according to the
needs of each case. The smallest wild
fowl or the biggest turkey may be
plucked with equal ease. A fowl car
readdy b. picked IN tie dry statA bnt
padlaeti1g Il i Seaidlk
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
Hard 10 Find Good In Crow.

About AZ omnivorous ~ anything
could we'll be. crows eat dead animals
and are dreaded agents II The spread.
Ing Of diseases such a. hog cholera.
foot-and-mouth. disease and slandera
Unsuitable egg eaters, they seour the
fields. hedge rows. thickets and or
chards for nests Of birds and even for
eggs Of the bHrnyard fowls. They dis
played. we'll remember. almost human
Intelligence In watching enr turkey
hens to their nsst.. and theA waiting
on some nearby fence sake Or dead
tree top for ths, sxs4 Th>v follex the
~:'d ducks ss'siAtrsnsasAG srsunas in
the far north b feast On he eers and
young. Prairis chickens suffer ssxers.
~ from their depredatioas and the
pheasant preserves are he frequent
victims Of their maraudins habsts.-
Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
ItaIy's Pre- cent to Wilaen.

! gift combination Of beauty and
, rarity, Is to be made to President VII
Eon by the Italian government If re-
ports speak true, the gift consists Of
al antique and beautiful painting.
which has only just come TO light
Thu ~arity, for newly discovered
"a. ur!ng even il beautiful, is not ex-
nelly an uncommon thing in Italy. CON
siS'S in the extraordinary fact that this
painting was made on piece Of the
sail Of the cnrave on which Chris
topher Columbus embarked IN the voy-
Eec which resulted in his discovery Of
America. Nothing more appropriate
could have been presented 10 President
Wilson; certainly no discovery of a
buried bit Of antiquity was ever more
Gprupos.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21
Ancient Rock Ennravincs.

The prehistoric art museum lately
revealed in Montesqui-AvanteS, Ariege
southern France contains rock en-
cravings estimated to be 10000 years
old. Continuing the exploration In
terrupted by the war Count Begouer
and his three sons discovered on the
inner walls of the cavern has relief
of q real Hon, with numerous figures
of RENDERS, biSons, horses. bears, ele-
plants, rhnoceroses, and such birds
as ducks and swans. Strangest of all
Is silhouette of powerful man. with
thick neck, distinctly human limbs. feet
ana hands, and tail, and represented
walking on all tours.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1919-03-21

The Ancient and Arabic Order Of the
Mobiles Of the Mystic Shrine was found
The modern order is Of comparatively
recent origin. 1t was founded ut New
York in 1871 by William ]. Florence,
the actor. 1t contains legend ms to
Arabic origin and on Its affairs rest
copies OF the Bible and the Koran The
Mystic Shriners are an entirely sepa.
rate organization from the Masonic or
der. However. one OF the provisions
Of membership is that the applicant
must be either 4 Scottish Rite Mason.
Tint ID to say. a Mason Of the thirty.
second degree, o. member Of the Or
dse q xAights T0mplaA