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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
WILL KEEP HISTORIC NAME
AppeIIation of Sub-Treasury Building
at New York Is Not to Be
Changed.

Although the United States sub
treasury in New York city has ceased
20 exist, in Difference to the tradt
tons of events and memories Of his
torical figures that have hallowed both
the building and site, it will continue
to be known as the Subtreasury build
ing. With Independence hall at Phil
adelphia, and Faneuil hall at Boston.
the building is one of this country's
best known historic shrines.
Ever since George Washington took
of Office as president at this
hich was then the seat Of the
congress. it has been the
OF some of the most stirring
-..1 important events in the annals
II rhe city and country.
Here the men whose names iffu-
n ne the pages of American history
. g ken. as well as those who
aver became the rulers of Europe or
th~ leaders Of armies during the
war. Historical societies, on
anniversaries have claimed
r avn and have re-enacted
Tory there. George
",-top has nPen inaugurated as
President again nd again, with all
-y ramT AID color Of colonial days.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
RISK LIVES CARRYING MAILS
Swiss Postmen Face Grave Dangers
in Execution Of Their Duty
Among the Mountains.

There are several post offices In
Switzerland at a height of 1000 or
more feet and mail box on the very
summit of the Vanguard, from which
four collections are made daily is
nearly 10000 feet above the sea level.
Near here some years ago three letter
carriers were crushed to death by an
avalanche. In an adjacent canton. in
the summer of 1868, a postman fell
into a crevasse while crossing a gla-
cier, his two full bags on his back.
All efforts to recover either the body
or the mails were fruitless. But "a
years afterward, in 1897, the glacier
cast forth it's prey many miles lower
down the valley, and the long-lost let
ters were delivered to as many of the
addresses as could be traced.
Not infrequently, too, these Alpine
postmen are attacked by the huge,
fierce eagles that soar hungrily above
the least frequcnted crags. Usually
the men are able to beat off their
feathered assailants but not always.
In July one year postman who car
ried the mails on foot between the vii
lagos of Sospello and Puget Theniers
was fatally mauled by three such
birds. OF two men who attempted TO
avenge his death one was killed out
right and another injured so severely
that his life was for a long time in
danger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
RARE FRUITS IN PHILIPPINES
TWO That Are Said to Be Delicious
and Unknown in the Rest
Of the World.

Among the productions Of the Phil
ippine islands are two delicious fruits
almost unknown In the rest of the
world One Of these is the DURHAM
whose remarkable qualities were des-
canted upon by Alfred Russell Wal
lace during his explorations In the
Malay archipelago.
1t grows on q lofty tree somewhat
resembling an elm, is about as large
as a coconut, has a shiny shell, and
contains a creamy pulp which com
bines some of the flavor Of q delicious
custard with those of fine cheese.
To eat durians, we are told by those
who know, Is a new sensation worth
voyage to the East to experience.
Americans In the islands call the du-
rian the vegetable Limburger cheese"
The other rare fruit spoken of is the
mangosteen, said to be the only fruit
that the governor general of the is
lands has never tasted. The exquis.
itely favored liquid it contains can
not be preserved for shipping abroad
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
DIFFER OVER WHAT IS JUNK
Opinions of Men and Women Show a
Decided Variance as to impor.
tant Subject.

Junk Is that pile of old clothes my
husband doesn't wear and won't let me
give away. Says some day he will
wear 1t on fishinc trip. That pile of
magazines he Is saving till he finds
time to read them is junk; that col
lection Of pipes he never smokes is
junk. Oh, if you want to know what
Junk is ask any married woman. She
'5nowS"
Ask a man.
Junk? Well, I don't know q bet
er way to define the word than to
give an example. My wife has chests
and bureau drawers filled with table
cloths and remnants of calico, lace
md all that sort of stuff which ST.
never uses. That's Junk. She has al
Ter old hats in that large box o.
op Of the closet shelf That's junk
We are only two in family, but she
1as enough dishes to serve twenty
people and enough pots and pans to
cook for forty. That's junk. Oh,
should say offhand that junk is the
accumulation of things around house
for which woman has no immediate
use and may never use That's a
pretty good definition Of the word. Ask
any man. He'll tell you the same"
What do you think is junk1-Nsw
Yo9k Evening Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
SPIDER REALLY HAS BRAINS
is Possessed of Degree of Intelligence
That Has Been Recognized by
Scientists.

Spiders are commonly spoken of az
insects, but they aren't. They belong
to very different order of animals.
being "arachnids."
They get this name, by the way,
from a NEUROLOGICAL maiden named
Arachne, who was so proud Of her
weaving that she challenged Minerva
to trial of skill. The goddess ac-
cepted the challenge. but finding her
self in danger of defeat, lost her tenn
per. struck her presumptuous rival and
turned her into a spider.
The spider is incomparahly more
intelligent than any insect, and its
cleverness as a maker of nets obtain
ed for it a well-warranted admiration.
1t is the female that does this work,
the male being only a fraction of her
size and Of no account except for CON
tinuing the species.
A spider has what may he called Il
recognizable brain. But so, for the
matter Of that, has q caterpillar,
though less well developed. The aerY-
Gus system of the latter is mere string
with knots Of nerve stuff (gaugIia) at
intervals along it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
Title Passed With Him.

The last holder Of the judicial title
of baron in Great Britain passed with
the recent death in Dublin Of Chris
TOPPER Palles, who WAS baron of the
excheQuer in Ireland The title Of
baron was abolished when the court
Of exchequer was merged with the
Queens bench, and Lord chief Baron
palles was the last bearer of il.
He was the solicitor general for Ire
land in 1872, and HE same ytan WAS
promoted attorney general. A4ter ho'd-
Ing the latter otiico for TWO wears he
became lord chict baron and held mat
position until 1916.
He WAS one of the ahlest lawyers ON
y irish bench and one of the WittieSt,
}u' had great regard for the dignity
OF Ai> .ourt. He WAS eighty-nine wears
r.;. Wheu he died.-kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
Circulating the Scriptures.

The 1919 issues of the American BIZ
BILE society were 3,752, 800 volumes.
The sun never sets on the representa-
tives Of this society, which asserts
that some one is busy every hour Of
the day and every day of the year cir
culating the Scriptures. This total
means that seven volumes were issued
every minute of every hour of every
day of the year.
The issues of 1919 were the small
est since 1911; chiefly because of
after war conditions. The average
of annual issues for The last ten years
has been over 5.GA}J0 volumes. For
the period of the war, 191+1919, it
was over $4,000 which means that
on an average II volumes of Scrip
lures were issued every minute of the
years of the war by the American 81
BILE society.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
USE TOO MANY BIG W0RDS2
Modern Generation Is "Called Down"
by Writer for the Employment
Of "Mouti1 Filters"

Mouths are getting larger The rea-
son is simple. Words are getting big
ger.
And in order to make simple things
complex language architects are add
Ing to the front and rear Of ordinary
words constantly. 1t requires elias
tic lips to navigate the latest 1920
vocabulary.
1t has come to pass that the bigger
the word the less it means. For in
stance. congressional" does not mean
any more than its first syllable.
soon" if results are any criterion,
Misrepresentation" stands merely for
"false"
Movements against space-eating
words have not appeared to move
much. Simplified spelling was popu-
lar, but many persons thought it didn't
look classy" on commercial and So
cial stationery.
Bald-headed men who spend their
Hives on Grating committees continue
TO announce that they advocate a
coordination of facilities" which they
might simply say: Lets work to-
gether.'
We pity the ordinary Zulu who talks
in grunts-but he is years ahead Of
US as far as concentrated language is
concerned. For instance, his Inere
gsu3:, ue"us: "hill that garrulous mis-
siorGry and put him in the POT for din
uor.n-I.ifc.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
Individuality,

individuals are just as distinct and
different each from the other as one
kind of matter differs from another.
They hive different uses and differ
ent applications.
To attempt TO drive a nail with q
" ,onge would be just as fruitless, n
not as destructive as to uy to wash
a window with hammer.
To try to make boy VIE loves me-
chanics and wants to study machinery
into professor of Crest IL to misap-
ply his talents and diminish his en-
cheney.
Don't plan too much fur ypmR elkil-
dren.
Let them have little Of their own
way IN following their inclinations -
70 what they shall be and do.
Remember that you cannot get ~
of boy or man what God Almf0n11
did not put into him.-F. A. Walh0 =
Chicago Daily News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14

4 Belgian who has money owing Is
hin often hands the account to his
2ostmau. who passes it through the Of
dce. TO be presented tc the debtor in
whatever locality the latter may re
ST. and if payment be made the
.IedItor receives it from ras postmar
on the following day, WI L but tn
ding deduction tor commission.
AS TO newspapers, almost all regular
subscribers TO journal pay their
money to a postman, and two or three
days before the subscription expires
that official presents the notice for the
renewal of the subscription during 8
fresh term.
All this makes Of the Belgian post
man a kind of ambulating general
agency and bank of deposit, and the
man is obliged to have 9. desk slung
In front of him and to carry locked
and chained portfolio under his arm
for valuables, but he gets through hts
work satisfactorily. because his rounds
are short-Pearson's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
TRY SmiIinC.

Two women We're talking; one
smiled as she spoke, and the other
frowned. One looked out on the
world with friendly eyes, and the
other scowled into the faces Of
passers-by.
swell, you see. I learned long ago
how to smile" said the smiling one.
eat first it was not so easy; then by
degrees I learned TO smile even though
did feel like crying.
II think that personally I made
hard study Of the psychology of q
srHile When went into a store, and
faced clerk who was inattentive or
insolent I smiled at her, and then
made known my wants. In most cases
| got back smile for every one l
gave. Not always, of course, but often
enough to learn that smile would 60
farther than a frown any day. So
that even though 1 may feel like pull
ing somebody's hair, I smile. 1t is
contagious. but the health board Will
net interfere. "-Columbus Telegram.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
LIE and Death a Unity,

LIN IL q state which follows upon
death. Death is a state which pre-
ceaes life. Which Of us understands
TIE laws that govern their succession?
The life Of man is the resultant Of
forces. The aggregation Of these forces
Is life; their dispersion. death. II,
then, life and death are but consecu-
tive states Of existence, what cause
for sorrow have L?
And 50 It is that all things are but
phases Of unity. What men delight
In is the spiritual essence Of life. What
they loathe IL the material corruption
Of death. But this state Of corrup
don gives place to that state Of spir-
ituality and that state Of spirituality
dives place IN turn to this state Of
corruption. Therefore we may say
int al h the universe IL comprised
II unity; and tbete1ors the inspired
a1ang . hays a1opd unity - their
% - q Gno4 r -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
WOMEN AS "PAMPERED TOYS"
DISTINGUISHED French Abbe Makes
Some Sharp Commentaries on Sex
Relations In America.

American women expect Every right
Ivy from their husbands the same at
tention which French husbands receive
from their wives. The American hus-
band expects nothing, and for what
he receives the Lord makes him truly
thankful, writes Ernest Dinnet, in Har-
per's.
1--WE are pampered toys" an Ameri-
can lady told me in distinctly resent
full tone, "but we only know 1t when
our husbands, after keeping every
trouble from US, suddenly die"
II the abstraction called the Ameri-
can woman could be met with, should
ask her whether she really likes to see
a dozen men in her drawing room
watch her the whole evening and bob
up with military precision the moment
she half rises to ring the bell whether
she would not prefer her escort to
think of what he is saying to her in
stead of concentrating on where she
walks, skipping to the unprotected side
of her the whole time; or whether she
likes being supported across the road
with infinite precautions, as if she
were a very Ill person or very brittle
object; or, or the contrary, firmly
grasped below the shoulder and waited
to the other side with the triumphant
ease Of long practice.
I have kept a picture representing
three exceedingly widely known Amer
lean men watching a lady go down
deck stairway She is spoken of as
a sportswoman and would probably
think nothing of scrambling down &
rope ladder if 1t amused her. The
steps on which she appears are broad
and comfortable, but the gentlemen
with guiding and supporting gestures
smile at her achievement with the
same wonder and delight as if she
were baby for the first time off the
go-cart Meanwhile the lady herself
smiles in her furs like coy Phoebe be-
tween two clouds.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
President Fillmore,

Present day passion for setting aHap
preciated historical characters In q new
light has now reached President Nil
lard Fillmore. A symposium by SIX
teen American publishers says OF hiM
He abolished debt imprisonment and
religious test oaths for witnesses IL
court He foStered new postage rates
and induced congress to make an az
preparation for testing the electric tel.
egraph. He sent Perry on mis- famous
expedition to Japan, with instructions
Tor action that won the open doW'
and laid the foundation for AmericaE
Japanese friendship. In his retircEec
as citizen of Buffalo Fillmore laid
the foundations OF most Of its present
cultural institutions. Always he was
an opponent Of war and a constructive
Statesman But he lacked those quail
ties as d man and those ambitions as
a politician which might have made
him popular while he lived and rSad
about today.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
The Greater Coura ga,

Men have offered up their lives By
he thousands upon the field Of battle,
but in the struggle for existence woman
q continually offering up her life for
man. II there is a mission of mercy to
perform she undertakes it. If there "
suffering or distress to succor her wa
ing hand is always ready. II wretch
edness and misery need q comforter
she is present. The faintest whisper Of
pain brings her as q pilgrim to its
couch, and in the chamber of death
she takes her place, assuaging the
hopeless sufferer with the comforting
assurance that there is u home beyond
the grave free from the agony of pain.
She suffers herself without a murmur
" complaint. and the man that would
II the slightest degree add to it and In,
crease the anguish that it Is her lot to
bear is beneath the level Of the brute
+ she should happen to possess de
fects and faults, which every human
being has in a greater or less degree.
let him compare them with her virtues,
and especially with his vices, and ev-
cry impulse OF his better being viii
prompt him TO over ook them and make
due allowance theFetUr.-lsidOr Ray
pa~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
SCHUBERT DIED IN POVERTY
timatsd at His Demise 70 Amount
to About $17.

Lawrence Gilman writes as follows
regarding the poverty Of Franz Schu-
bert (1797-1828), one Of the greatest
and most inspired composers the
world ever knew, says the Denver
News.
Schubert, who was almost the age
Of his contemporary, Shelley, COM
posed his B minor symphony in the
year Of Shelley's death. Like Shelley,
he was too well beloved Of the gods;
Shelley died at thirty, Schubert at
thirty-one. He was four-flfths peasant
and he sang like a rustic angel. When
he died he left behind him personal
effects valued at little over $12 and
some Of the loveliest music In exist
ence. A few coats, waistcoats, trousers,
shoes, shirts, cravats, handkerchiefs,
socks, one hat, one towel, one sheet,
two bedcases, one mattress, one boil
ster, one quilt and a quantity Of manu-
scripts appraised by the official invep-
tory at ten forms (about S4.90), con-
stituted his material possessions.
been unable to afford 17-cent dinner
and he was selling some OF the great
est songs ever written for the 1920
price Of four subway tickets. AS Sir
George Grove observes, beside this,
the poverty of Mozart-the first of the
two great musicians whom Vienna has
allowed to starve-was wrath Sir
George is exercised because he can
find in Schubert no trace of formal or
dog1natic religion No doubt a life
time Of privation and neglect and a
miserable deathbed should dispose a
man toward formal or dogmatic re-
ligion,' and develop spirit Of humble
gratitude for SO instructive an expert
ence of the ways of Providence"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14

They were three perfect boarding
house ladies.
Yes" said the lady who pride6
herself on her authoritative state
ments. 81 think The HumoresQue' is
wonderful"
That's the new theater downtown
isn't it, dear?' asked the lady who
prided herself on keeping up to date.
mo. my dear. that is the name Of &
motion picture, patiently explained
the first lady.
as it," asked the third lady. who
prided herself on her musical ability,
II thought it WAS q musical compost
ton. My brother is q musician" She
continued. He was the leader Of q
band during the war. That's whore
I learned what l know about music.
He played The HumoresQue' heauti-
fully, so I am sure YOU are wrong
about its being picture.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
0electabIe Siberian Dish.

ans make much of their
raN fish. caviar, salads,
.yus crab whose meat
are, indigestion or
fSh is chicken prepared
s,,.,i way. Butter is LAID
tli,Aiy to-. - bone; layers of light and
dark meat are wrapped around 1t;
then the whole is rolled in egg and
.rumbs and baked. It makes small
If chicken and is very tender.
, 5st Ne careful in cutting into IT
--- he lot butter squirt out beyond
plate.
The Russian is q heavy meat eater,
due largely to the fact that there is
an abundance of game. pheasants be
ing cheaper than chickens, and In
some places venison is cheaper than
steak. In the palmy days the Siberian
table fa1St have groaned.-Cody Marsh
In the National Geographic Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14

REMAINED KING OF HEAVEN
Amusing Hindu Fable Concerning tl,e
Gambler Who Succeeded u
outWlttina Fate.

What is written on the forehead
must come to pass" this is one of the
major articles In the Hindus' pessimis-
dc credo. Yet even India has It's un-
Observation-Disclosures who deny the
power OF fate. They offer, In scat
tered stories and proverbs, convincing
evidence Of their incredulity. A fable
tells how two fishes named Fore
thought and Readywit escaped the
fishermen, but Fatalst was caught and
persisted miserably. A rather unusual
story tells how a tricky gambler out
witted fate. After death he went to
the other world. There Yama, the
Judge Of the dead, said to him. Cam
bier, on account Of your crimes you
will have to live world-cycle in hell;
but once on time you gave a coin to
knower Of the Supreme Soul there
fore you are to be Indra, the king Of
heaven, for single day. So say
whether you will take out first your
period in hell or your period as Indra."
II will take out first my period as In
dra," answered the gambler. Then
Yama sent him to heaven, and the
gods, having deposed Indra, made the
gambler sovereign in his place. EN-
ploying his new power the ephemeral
Indra Immediately called to heaven all
his gambling friends and female COM
panions; then he commanded the
gods: Garry US all in moment to all
the bathing places, both In heaven and
on earth, and in the seven continents;
and enter this very day into all the
kings on earth, and bestow, without
ceasing, great gifts so that we may
receive merit accruing from this gen
crosby" Thus the gods did and by
means of these holy observances the
gamblers sins were washed away and
he obtained the rank of Indra perna-
nently. When Yama was Informed of
the matter the next day he exclaimed
In establishment Dear me! This
gambler has cheated us!"-Asia-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
Don't NEGLECT the Teeth.

The teeth are an important factoe s.
maintaining health. Poor Irregular
decayed teeth cause foul breath anc
do not permit the thorough mastica-
ton of food This creates intestine
disorders, caused by Jumps Of partly
masticated food lying and fermentinS
in the stomach.
All food must be In liquid statS
before it can pass into the intestine.
tract, SO If this task be continually ia
posed on the stomach 1t produces d.
tress.
The mouth Is indicative of chars,
ter and as expressive as the eye, q
fined and particular people do rot M
lect the appearance Of the teeth.
A reasonable amount Of care. GO
dentifrice and a fairly stiff brush.
these give pearly teeth. clean. sxe>
breath, ruby lips and q feeling OF ~
feet cleanliness.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
Famous Conservatory Gone.

The celebrated horticultural conServ-
utory on the ducal estates AT Chats
worth hall, near Manchester. England
collapsed recentIy-as surely destroyed
by the World war as any French OF
Belgium structure on the western
front. SAYS Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The glass house was erected III
1S36-40, and served as Il model for the
great Crystal palace still to he seen
near London. 1t was itself of no mean
size. measuring. as it did, 2T7 feet long
123 feet wide and 81 feet high. For
ty thousand punes of glass formed the
arching walls and roof.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-01-14
Old Printer a WonaN9s

There was Old Limerick, an I'd
man since first known and the boys
used to say he was not only born ar
nd man hut WAS lighting when he
rrst saw the light. He would work
Until few dollars wern due him. ans
on this would raise enough to ge
trunk. and when drunk he was wors,
than a coWpen full of Wildcats. H
vas in bad with the police OF ever
city in the South and at that time
here wasn't policeman in this coun
" who had not NJ some time or othei
been scratched or bitten by him
Crippled thouw'e he was he was u
match for Il squad. and 1t was never
until he was benten to a pulp thar he
-ould he put into black maria.
AMI vet this nnln who wore his
nirts and socks until they dropped
rom him. and who never bathed for
years at a time. and whose every eth
n word was an oath, could discus
heology witt, n bishop. or politics ~
Bob Toombs Macon Telegraph
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