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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
New Portable Furnace.

A recently designed portable indus
trial furnace Is self-contained, reQuir-
ing no wire or pipe connections as it is
moved about in shop or field. Its fuel
is kerosene, which is reduced to q gas
the moment before being ignited, and
is claimed to give a temperature
ranging from $500 to 5000 degrees
Fahrenheit. The kerosene is held in
storage tank supported under the
burner on the stand carrying the burn
er. The capacity is sufficient for a
ten-hour shift, in which the ordinary
consumption Is not over seven and one
half gallons, and the Oil is supplied to
the burner by air compressed to 80 to
90 pounds. one charge Of air sufficing
for the days work. The nonoxidizing
character Of the fame permits leaving
hot metal in the furnace a long time
without damage. The furnace is es-
pecially adapted for heating rivets
and for hardening tools, but may be
useful In many other operations.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03

Single combat in various forms sur
wives all over the world. and different
peoples have different methods of
showing their prowess. In the island
Of Trinidad. for instance, the natives,
who speak a mixture Of French patois
and English, call their method play
Ing bois" Qiterally stick fighting).
The stick used, says the Detroit
News is about a yard long. and usual
ly made from the "puie" tree, a very
hard wood. This is held at each end
diagonally In front Of the body, and
the blows are struck by releasing one
hand and striking with either the left
or the right.
In the carnival season bands from
:he various districts are made up and
contests take place whenever two
bands meet. The stick men are ex.
traordinarily clever at parrying blows
and an expert will stop cricket ball
thrown at him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
War Memorial In China,

AT its last meeting the Shanghai war
memorial committee considered the
various suggestions for a civic memo
rial to those Of the allied citizens who
fought and died in the war, and 1t
was unanimously agreed to erect
cenotaph at the junction Of the Bund
and Avenue Edward VII. The tram
lines will have to be diverted to either
side of the memorial. Shanghai archi-
tects are to be asked to submit de
signs for the cenotaph, and presumably
they will base them upon home mod
els, with due allowance for local con.
ditions and space at command. Pro
vision will Of course be made for roll
of honor, as complete as 1t can pos
sibly be made. The memorial will be
paid for by public subscription, with
the possible addition Of grants from
the foreign. and French municipal
councils -Nortb China Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Rapid Transit In Distant Past.

Sir said Boswell. or one of the
minor fry in the service of the oracle
of Fleet street, forget which-"the,
are now busy with a scheme of rapi.'
transit by means of postchaises.
"And the rate Of the acceleration of
velocity?' queried the other. Ct q,.oi,
entirely from memory.) They talk
sir, Of twelve miles an hour" Sir
exclaimed the sage. at w~.ld be i'm.
possible; we could not breathe
There" comments the biographel
that is just the man he was, he could
always lay his finger on the veal
point. They had never thought o
that" Richard Whiteing. In Manches
ter Guardian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
THIS YOUNG MAN A CONFER
Description VIII Bring to Mind the
Good Old copybook Maxims
Some Can Remember.

There is certain man in our en-
ploy who is not in a very responsible
position at present
Some day he will be and the gang"
will ask: "Where did he get his
pull"
right now and every day the pressure
is getting stronger.
He's here early and he goes home
late; In fact we do not think he knows
anything about working hours.
He's doing more than his present
position requires and has already
worked out Of two jobs that have been
given him. You can't keep him down.
He studies ut night. reads, and, best
of all, uses his head at all times.
He makes many mistakes, but only
makes the same mistake once.
But he goes ahead and does things.
Doesn't wait until he's told, but
looks ahead.
Wonderful thing this looking ahead,
and more wonderful STILL you don't
have to look very far ahead to make
yourself different from the rest Of the
gang"
He smiles easily and is cheerful.
We've never heard him even sug-
gest that any one was trying to get
him"
He Is too busy to think about it
and the crowd who might be trying
to do 1t are not going fast enough to
even bother him.
He isn't hundred per cent yet but
he's coming along fast, and some day
you are going to say why did he
get that job ?"-Fore River Log
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
DIED WITH LOVED BROTHER
Pretty Eastern Legend Concerning the
Affection and Loyalty Displayed by
Burmese Queen.

A legend concerning Mount Popa,
dealing with the time when the Bur-
mese court fourished tells of a black
smith of prodigious strength named
Mahagiri. He possessed a sister Of
great beauty who was commanded by
the king of Tagaung to be brought be-
fore him, shortly afterward being chos-
en- as the principal queen. The kings
tnfatuation brought Jealousy among
the lesser queens and they instituted
a plot to destroy her.
AS a means of destroying the girls
influence over the king. her brother
gas charged with being a traitor, and
The king, in his terror, ordered the
blacksmith to be brought to justice
and burned. The unhappy sister used
al her allurements to save her broth
er, hut failed, finally asking that she
1lto'lt be present at the Uurning. Dur
'ng the ceremony, before a hand could
70 outstretched IL save her, she
jumped into the fire, and was burned
with her brother
A few days after the burning the
spirits of the two victims were re-
ported In the form of two mats" In
recognition of this, King Kyan-yit-
Tha later issued an edict that all his
subjects should honor the spirits by
suspending 4 coconut shell in their
houses, this custom still being OBJ
served by every Burman in the coun-
try.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03

There has always been q passionate
protest in the heart of the race against
that element in life which men call
fate; the play upon unprotected
natures of those events, accidents,
calamties. which are beyond human
control These arbitrary happenings
are often tragic in their consequences;
they often seem wholly irrational;
they have at times a touch of brutal
irony. In many cases one is tempteG
to personify fate as a malignant spirit,
studiously and with malicious cunning
seeking ways of wounding. singing,
bruSin4 and poisoning the most sen
sitive souls There have been human
careers so completely distorted and
thwarted that it has seemed as if the
gods are jealous of men, and anxious
to rob the great rewards of their
sweetness and the noblest achieve
ments of their fruit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
rty,6rood In AlrpIane Construction.

Plywood Is wood Of any variety that
has been cut by machine into thin
layers and glued together again in
such way that the grain of one layer
runs az an angle to the grain OF two
adjacent layers. The strength OF 3
plywood panel, in two planes, greatly
exceeds that OF steel. With some wood,
by combining cuts, it is even possible
to get greater resistance to stress In
all three planes than steel affords,
though it is rarely necessary to go 50
far. Ordinary wood used for airplane
construction Is not required to with
stand severe stresses in more than
two planes What plywood means ~
airplane construction Is we'll illustrat.
ed by the De Haviland-4. Before that
method Of using wood was invented
the best airplane wing rib weighed 7.05
ounces, and was capable Of sustaining
\ load Of only 80 pounds. Since then
the plywood rib used on the De Havi-
land weighs 6.12 ounces and will carr,
Z load Of 274 poundA-Popular Nc
eAanIcD AaaasinA
VUlUexN
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03

The flint pebble industry gives o.
cupation to many women and children
along the French coast lying between
Havre and Dieppe The pebbles col
lected In and near Havre are selected
tor their spherical shape and are used
exclusively for pulyerizing IN certain
industries, particularly in the manu-.
facture Of cement and in copper mines,
being employed in the interior Of large
cylinders. In the cement industry the
slow turning Of the pebbles produces
powder which becomes an ingredient
OF the cement while In the copper in
dustry the metal is freed Of all impurt.
des by the grinding operation. The
same kind Of pebbles Is used for crush.
ing purposes in the. manufacture OF
paint Another important use Of flint
pebbles Is In the manufacture Of porce
lain, the pebbles for this purpose be
Ing found between Fecamp and Calais
Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Police Unappreclative of Art.

One of the best stories English the
atrical men tell about Sir Henry r.
wing is Of an occasion when he was re-
hearsing for Don Quixote at the Lv-
ceum. The one great difficulty was
to find Don Quixote's horse-suficlent-
ly quaint, starved and aged His man
ager Bran Stoker. at last announced
that he had found one In the provinces
an animal whose ribs could be
counted, whose bones stood out like
hat pegs, and which had @ head like
a camel. ut is on its way from Eu,
ston now" said Bran Stoker, In an
swer to Irvtngs anxious inquiries.
But the animal never arrived The
man and beast had got as far as Bow
street when the police stopped them.
The horse was ordered to be shot,
and the man was sentenced to a
months imprisonment for cruelty to
animals
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
New and Valuable Resin.

A new synthetic resin Is stated to
be suitable substitute for many pur-
poses for Damar and Kauri gums and
common resin. 1t is produced from
coal tar distfllates, and has been named
Cumar. 1t is soluble in coal tar sol
vents, vegetable oils. carbon bisul-
phide, carbon tetrachloride, ether and
acetone. 1t is insoluble In alcohol,
and this unusual property gives 1t
special value for varnishes 1t finds
use also in leather dressings polishes,
artificial leather, printing Inks, water
proofing paper, linofeum, and as a
binder for nodded materials. It's
color may vary from light yellow to
dark amber, and the melting points Of
the various grades range from so de-
grees to about 100 degrees centigrade.
With many mineral and vegetable
wakes 1t gives mixtures of remarkable
properties.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Altar of Roses.

The climatic conditions in the low
er mountains Of Bulgaria are favor
able to the production Of the best va
rieties of oil roses. The variety most
grown is the red damask rose, a ma
tive of Persia, and, in the times of our
fathers, very popular in America
Catharine de Medici. who was pas
sionately fond of the odOr of roses. Sc
ected the then called Valley de Var
for their growth and small factories
were established there. Today this
little valley in the south Of France
leads not only in the production of
roses but of other odorous oil-bearing
flowers The chief town in the valley
is Grasse, and is the center of the
greatest flower-oil industry in the
world
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
The First Conuress.

The first congress was supposed tn
meet on March 4, 1889. and 1t is a
curious fact that there was not a
quorum of either house present for
a month thereafter Only eight sena-
tors were present on March 4, and they
adjourned from day to day until April
3, when quorum was present. Only
Ii members of the house assembled
on March 4, and a quorum was not
present until April l. The Constitu
ton Of the United States took effect
in. the following states: Delaware
Pennsylvania, New Jersey, Georgia
Connecticut, Massachusetts, Maryland
South Carc'ina, New Hampshire, vir
ginia and New York. on March 4
lisa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Virtues of Bare Feet.

Eve was reputedly barefoot, anC
Nausicaa played ball all the better
because she went unShod.
Helen of Troy at the most wore san
dals. and the sandal is the compromise
between the shoeless and the shod. Il
Is easier to make sandals than to make
boots.
In Ireland and Scotland the children
have run barefoot for many day
and the wit of the one and the en-
terprise of the other show that there
is nothing really demoralizing in go
ing without shoes and stockings
London Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Insures Crusoe's Muske+

The musket said to have been given
to Alexander Selkirk when he was put
ashore On the Island of Juan Fernan.
dez, 400 miles off the Chilean coast.
has been going the rounds Of British
museums.
? 1t was Selkirk's adventures upon
which was based De Foes famous
story, Robinson Crusoe." The musket
is Inscribed with the name of "A. Sell
kirk Largo. It'll" It was purchased
by Randolph Berens for 1925, but the
owner has insured 1t for $4,000.
Selkirk owned tavern near Clap
ham. England, bat died In 1923 ut sea
- q ueatenant aboard . naval ynaeal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Chinese Girls Fioht the Bows

According to the Pekin Jipao the
experiment Of mixed education has
not been brilliant success in the cap
ltal as 1t resulted In stand up fight
between girl and boy students in the
government university. 1t appears
that during school hours some Of the
boys attempted to "cut out" the swains
OF some Of the girls, and these, be-
coming jealous. tried to wreak venge-
ance. The government has dismissed
all the participants in the scrap and
has decided that the present moneat
is inopportune for mixed educatica
and will drop the scheme.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
kuyptian Women Are Serfs.

Tne treatment Of women In Egypt
II the darkest phase Of Egyptian life,
sayD g. n. Barnes, British member Of
parliament, who recently returned
from Z tour Of that country.
The men in Egypt, says Mr.. Barnes,
50 far as sex relations are concerned.
think themselves the lords Of creation.
They can divorce their wives at viii,
without within or reason, and 1t Is not
uncommon for a man to have three
wiveA
I'm many houses" continues Mr..
Barnes, II never saw 0 woman, and
Jon can take It from mo that the posi-
don oR the women In Egypt il abso
lutely one Of serfdom and dependence.
They spsnd their lives In miserable
hopl1k = wosA1ng II the adjoining
hsldD o. hi getting water.
'.Thay are the serfs Of the me- and
- mech beasts Of burden as the dom
key end ths camel. 4 people which
uses women folk In that way are des.
tnlq1s1o ~ aa11hject race and do not
lo1D = 0Qvon"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Yields 10 March of PROGRESS.


One of the oldest banks in Wall
street has finally Welded to the march
Of progress-and installed a telephone.
1t will only have one phone at first,
for 1t Is difficult TO uproot prejudices
of many years. They have never had
telephone because they believed that
confidential business could not be con-
Quoted over telephone and their at
mosphers Of the old bank, the oldest
in the city, is that of a staid institu-
ton In some old town settled In Colo
NAL times. Absolute quiet prevails.
The employees retain the old-fashioned
good manners. Instead of a lovely
laughing creature who tells the world
the line is busy in thrilling soprano,
the bank will select for their first tele-
phone operator a person with a beard
and q bass voice, able to endow his
lightest utterances with a certain pro-
fundity.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Tia Eartiia Rock.

e1braltar is often called a Dar.n
rock, yet 1t has 45e species OF mose'
mons towering plants. Castor Oh planss'
daturas and daphnes attain the ois-
nitv Of trees and geraniums and hello
trones the proportions Of hedges
These floral delights often conceai eau
non and other ornaments. The rev
snakes that are found are small ana
ho-mlass Lizards several inches long
are often seen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
a "Friday" ahio-

A true story is told Of a skentdca al
massachusetts, captain who way bach
In the early years Of the republic de-
termined to exhibit the fallacy Of the
friday superstition. He contracted on
a certain Friday for the building Of
q ship, and it was arranged that the
keel OF this vessel was laid on Friday
that she was launched on a Fridsy
named Friday, commenced loading on
= f11oay and hauled into the stream
On the same day Of the week. To add
% . possibilities Of disaster, a negro
eook named Friday was engaged, and.
tnus fully freighted with the sinister
pane, the Friday sailed ON a Friday.
pound to q port In the West Indies
from that day to this no tidings Of
q II fated craft have been received
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Qse,,aled IL r.

4 Victoria clergyman nao IN -.
sn1 : nlne tree in his garden ons
snrins ( wa5 noticed thAs the orange
r. Us dropping. and On dissans
down he found that the roots o. .ne
ssne' which stood 1t some distance
lad twisted around the taproot 2. 10
nr:n ea trae and were strangnns II 70
laatS The offending roots were un'
,r,s+sn ana cut away, and the droop-
ino niant revived. The tree eventuan'
AID Then on digging down at =, q
GREATER depth the clergyman iouno ,e aue
tSna had attacked the orange root low
~ 6own anal accomplished its murder
ous end.-London Graphic
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
An luviplhis Clock.

a pubic clock which can be hes
bat not seen, Is one Of London's
dous possessions. It Is IN the tower
Of St Mary Abbot.s church, Kensing-
ton. and Is the only pubic clock In
the Immediate neighborhood It chimes
the quarters and the hours, but com
p1ts 1tself no further. It has no dial
no hands, no outward and visible sign
Of any kind to show that It Is a clock.
This eccentrictty, It Is explained, "a
the result Of two causes-one aesthet-
&c, the other financial When the tow.
e. was built tn 1879 a clock was sug-
gested as an afterthought, but the
architect protested that It would mean
the addition Of fifteen feet to the tow.
ef and the ruin Of its cherished proper
lions A second point was that tha
church, having but slender funds,
could not afford a clock with dial A
compromise was arrived at by install.
ing the works Of Ginning clock in the
elfry without dial or hands.-Pear-
s.m'R
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Take "Dodson's Liver Tone" lnsteadl

II you feel bilious, headachy;1 con-
stipated and all knocked out, Just 20
to your druggist and get a bottle OF
Dodson's Liver Tone for few cents,
which is a harmless vegetable sub
5titute for dangerous calomel. Take
> spoonful and If it doesn't start
your liver and straightsn you up
BATE and a6ellls t1en My calomel
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Her Dear Husband.

why" exclaimed a newly married
woman to a bunch of friends "for
snree months after our marriage my
oear husband made me bake hot Bis.
cults for him every meal"
ana yet your husband is a strong.
healthy looking fellow" answered. he,
friend in establishment "nocto-s Gov
mat such a diet is terrible, and--
Oh. yes, this husband ia healthy I
was referring to my first husband -
cleveland Plain Dealer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03

ST thought you owned an automo-
lie"
II do, but / taught the wife to drive
1t and now I'm back to the street
cars"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03

II Is remarkable how many persc.s
some OF whom may lay claim to edu.
eauon ana familiarity with Japan, per
s1st In misspelling the name of Janan's
eapi'ai' VI course If government off,
elais and western diplomats in Japan
insist on spelling it To-ld-o, weston
people, ignorant Of the japanese Ian
suase' cannot be blamed for pronou7c-
ing 1t In three syllables cTo-kee-vo,.
mucn TO the amused disgust of the Jap
anese. The Japanese sdeographs ara
vniy Two and are best represented By
tue TWO romaji syllables Tokyo. pro-
nounced with a very slight emphasis
On the first syllable-Japan Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03

Several thousands OF tons OF nco1'cs
root which is considered a pest anu
worse than worthless by the natives
generally, are annually gathered In
Turkey for expectation to this country
for use tn the manufacture Of chewing
and smoking tobacco as well as ZOE
f,avorine confectionery and beer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
His Loyalty to Aim. M.+..

ssxy " alma N at0r.
You say Dihhngs allegiance to hi.
aim INA mater has never wayeredy'
Never. Dibnng has been ont ., co,.
lese more than twenty years, and he
s.A oorrows money frsm his col,eea
s1ums Observation-Disclosures Are
~ throwing t1ear Overcome.
on all seagoing steamers the steam
= condensed by sea watsr nnmped
through the surface condansers This
circulating water Is then disch.rged
overheard. In the process Of condeo.
sat1on the cooling wster tske., in a,
:. .sm ~ varying nom s2 degrees
20 % degrees F., accordhtr % climatic
~ otner conditions; q raised to tenn
peratnres varying frm RI. ~ 100 a..
srees and then DISCHARGED. .Thi. sreat
'oss OF neat is practically unayoidsble.
says the Popular SciencA non.s,v
s Ssea g compsratiyely shsn steamers
uunoreos o. tons Of heeted water ars
pumped overheard dsiiy h,s -. constI
sns op~ation ofast1ss msss;.ss.se A.
snousn sometimes I porsso.y -.
ss.sa ~ sae z. = ~ saaeags1oins
~ ~ aef hesA Asae 49,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
Vocalixation.

~You must enjoy hearing your pr1ms
donna sing"
II do" replied the impresar1o. You
font know what q relief It Is to nave
her get out and throw those high notes
around to the audience instead OF yell
iua at me about her salary.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03

and without making you sick, you
just 60 back and get your money.
If you take calomel today youT
be sick and nauseated tomorrow: be-
sides, it may salivate you, while il
you take Dodson's Liver Tone ysu
win wake up feeling great. tnn Of
ambition and ready tcE wsrk q ply.
u \ harmless, plsae11t - - ~
ailg 3 SAilnyns Na~A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-12-03
LAKE TAHOE A WONDER SPOT
Far Above the Level Of the Sea and
Surrounded by Awe.lnsplr.
Ing Mountains.

~ H"G.ilSkJfEs
Ing Mountains.
Nesting in setting Of rugged crags
and awe-inspiring mountains in a de-
preston Of the Sierra Nevadas, 6,225
feet above the level Of the sea, lies
Lake Tahoe, titled from the Washoe
Indian name, meaning "Big Water"
High Water" It was a wonder hunt
ing and fishing place Of the Indians,
who first told the white man Of it's
glories; and the fame of the lake with
Its outdoor wonderlands has been
spread now to the four corners of the
earth. The lake, noted for it's crystal
depths lies In a bed Of granite and
lava.
Scientists claim that ages ago a
great glacier creeping down from the
north gouged canyon out from the
granite in Mount Tallac so profound
that when In later ages q volcano on
the east damned it with lava, the wa
tiers of the lake that formed behind TIT
barrier stood more than 1000 feet
deep.
Back in 1874 a party Of explorers
headed by Capt. John @. Fremont,
q. S. A, forcing its way through the
snow Of the Sierra Nevadas to the
promised land Of the Sacramento val
ley, ran out Of food supplies. Climb
ing ridge near camp, Fremont dis
covered the lake, and from that day
on it was practically in control Of the
white man. It's 15-mile sweep makes
1t famous motorboat course Its
deep waters abound with huge trout,
and the glacial valleys about Tahoe
are dotted with lakelets, also filed
with trout -Datrnit News