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Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01

AZ inches long. made OF hard-i
wood. strongly built and braced.
fumcd = finish: complete with
chains. a few moro ut sa.0s.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01

near Lancaster, one near Alfonzo. and
one near Lively. but nothing was
found.
"A disabled airplano came down in
Gaylord Snndcrs' field, near White
Stone. one day recently. 1t was there
several days and many came TO view
Crabs are scarce as, vets but tho
rev sent to market have brought
fancy prices.
cb meyIval Services ias started in the NJ. E.
continued all the week. Rev. c. l..
preaching.
The trap fishermen are having a
nave made money. some have had a
rec9rd-breaking season.
Inc run OF herring has been small
6nu prices low, but there has been n
hne catch Of shad which have brought
good prices throughout the season.
me moving picture and variety
snow completed their two weeks here
house.
The last night OF the show an at
tcEot was made TO break In the hall
where the show had been given, IT is
supposed for robbery. as the man
ager had his money In a trunk in
there
AZ the Civic League OF CalIao, held
Friday, to complete arrangements for
II resolution was unanimously adopi
ed to respectfully request the Board
OF Supervisors TO reconsider their re-
cent action reducing the rate Of tax
alton for school purposes in Lofts
burg District.
The action of the league was
prompted by the recent visit or School
inspector Ellis. who Informed tho
people That unless more money could
he provided for the schools or thin
ana the other districts OF tho county
the cause Of education would suffer
a great setback by dcpriving the chill
drcn or tho county OF the bcnellt OF q
good education.
~ the league meeting the opinion
was unanimously expressed that the
people OF this district were not on
posed to the rate OF taxation, origin
any hNed by the Board Of Supervisors
ior schools and roads. but that the
opposition expressed at the meeting
recently held at Heathsvllle was d.
rectcd at semployment OF hjgh-paid
useicsS officials. and the injudicious
expenditure OF the public's funds
Messrs. Hall aud TouIson. who are
nshing three traps or the shore of
Ealvcrt County. Nd. have been maxi
lne record catches Of shad for the
past Few weeks. One day recently
they took from their nets 1000 shad.
IN Tour DEVIOUS days they caught
2;ouo. l.1on. 300 and ZOO One day
they round veritable gold mine In,
their nets. bailing from them that
day 5000 shad
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01
to Bucna Vista after n visit to her
parents. Mr.. and Mrs. s. II. Harding.
near Clifford o'

to Bucna Vista after visit to her
parents. Mr.. aud Mrs. s. II. Harding
near Clifford.
Mrs. j. +. Wallace Is In Richmond
this week. attending State meet
ing OF home demonstration agents.
rev. w; 5. Rollins. OF Virginia The
oIoSlcal Seminary. Alexandria, held
exercises at Sweet Briar College sun
| day. 30 ''"
Mr. and Mrs. Nat Perkins. of Fork
Union Military Academy: MIR. and
Mrs. Hin, OF Lynchburg. and Miss
Mary Mary whitehead. OF Charlottesville.
were among those from "a distance at
tending the funeral OF Edward NJ.
Beard. Jr., Tuesday
Massie Lyon. of Lynchburg, was In
Amherst Tuesday on business
Miss Charlotte Thomas has gone
TO Richmond to spend two wcek.;
with friends.
Miss Marion Dearborn spent Thurs
DAY IN Washington.
Mrs. G. %; Cunningham left Sat
urday for Richmond to attend the
Woman's Missionary Conference of
the Methodist Episcopal Church. in
session there. Before returning home
she will visit friends and relatives
In Norfolk and Hampton.
f. II. Wood. OF Appomattox County.
Is spending several days with Robert
$. Cunningham.
Mrs. r. r. Evans was hostess to
the bridge club at "Ravenscroft"
Thursday afternoon ut the usual
hour. At the conclusion of the game,
Miss Marion Dearborn was announced
holder of the highest score, after
which refreshments OF pear salad.
with sandwiches and coffee, were
served. Those playing were Misses
Morgan. Dorothy Wallace. Bessie
Robertson, Marion Dearborn. Mrs. ].
W. Beard. Mrs. II. S. Peyton. Mrs
$. f. Brookings Mrs. T. r. Harrison.
Mrs. S. ". q. Wills. Mrs. c. II. Goode
and Mrs. W. IL. Dew.
A party unique and attractive in
every particular was that given at
Mrs. II. S. Pcytons last Friday even
Ing when Miss Marion Dearborn and
Floyd Peyton celebrated Jointly their
o'clock and continued until IL. when
all the guests were invited into the
dining room Ices and cakes were
served Ivy Mrs. Peyton, assisted by
Mrs. j. f. Wallace. Those attending
the party were Mrs. J. T.. Wallace.
Misses Annie Harrison. Lilly Harri-
son. Thcma Robinson. Charline
Drummond. Elizabeth BERNARD. Ada
vaught. Elizabeth Prichard. Jennie
Seay. Maude Kelley. Essie Robinson,
Theresa Amber and Elizabeth Pey-
ton, Robert and William Claiborne,
Bueter Hanger. Claude Ware. Julian
Ware. Smith Clements. Walter Camp,
Early Jones. Thomas whitehead. Jr..
Jack Howell, Robert Whitehead and
Mr.. Taylor.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01

calling on the merchants OF this sec
ton with staple line this week.
Miss Grace McFall attended preach
ing at Little Hope Church. near Isom.
on Sunday.
Edgar II. Beverly Is In Buchanan
County this week doing business with
the merchants.
Mrs. Martha Vanover. who was
seriously hurt by a fail n few days
SINCE. is still in critical condition.
William II. McFall is visiting rela-
tives In Clintwood.
Mrs. Sarah Phipps. whose illness
was mentioned in this correspond
encc some time since. Is still confined.
Mrs. Mary Hanover visited relatives
near Isom during the week.
Marsh Meade. OF Gorge's Fork. the
champion" fisherman OF Dickinson
County, was plying the rod In the
limpid waters OF Pound River on
Tuesday.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01
EPSON SALTS
LIKE LEMONADE

You can now buy real EPSON salts
without the awful taste. and nausea
by asking your druggist for handy
package of "Epsonade Salts" which
looks and acts exactly like EPSON
saltst because It Is pure epson salts
combined with fruit derivative salts,
giving 1t the taste of sparkling lem
onade.
Take a tablespoonful In a glass Of
cold water whenever you feel bilious.
headachy or constipated. "Epsonade
Salts" Is the much talked-of discov-
cry OF the American EPSON Associa-
tion.-Adv.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01

A few drops of "outgro" upon the
skin surrounding the ingrowing nail
toughcns the tender. sensitive skin
underneath the toe nail, that IL can
not penetrate the flesh, and the nail
turns naturally outward almost over
night.
"outgro" Is harmless antIseptic,
manufactured for chiropodists. Howr
ever, any one can buy from the drug
store a tiny bottle containing direc-
tions.-Ady.
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01
FREEZING

J. Counts visited his brother, Noah
&. Counts. of lsom. during the week
John Tmrner. of NeelY Ridge is
Richmond times-dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1914-current, 1921-05-01

handsome fuIl-size Reed Carriage.
with full roll body and top. reversible
body steel gear and rubber tires. Full
lined with corduroy. wonderful value
at only $3.50. Limited number.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
SHOW NAMED FOR A VALLEY
Quite Few Of Those Who Use the
Word Vaudeville" Are ignorant
Of Its Origin,

The Fairpst Lady turned to her es-
cort at the variety show the other
night during the intermission and
asked him where the word "vaute.
vile" came from anyway.
Movies" is simple, she said. ANY.
one can trace the origin Of the word
coined BY Young America and now
generally used. The British cinema"
applied to cinematograph pictures Is
also easily traced
1t wasn't until next day that the es.
cort, who had pretended not to hear
the Fairest Lady's question about
vaudeville, got a chance to look 1t up.
Then he found that the word came
from the French "Val de vire"-a val
ley in Normandy where originated
many humorous and satirical drinking
songs that became popular all over
France-known by the name of the
place Of their origin Eventually the
word became corrupted to "yaude-
vile" and was applied to a certain
kind Of popular song. Its application
was limited to such songs until the
end OF the Eighteenth century when
1t began to refer also to an entertain
ment that Included singing and dla-
logue as well as dancing and variety
acting
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
GREAT ACTRESS KISSED POET
Sarah Bernnarde Made Her Meeting
With Longfetlow an Event %
Be Remembefed.

When Sarah Bernha1t ssnRe to
was her "side line" AS soon as she
arrived in Boston she expressed a de-
sire to do the bust Of Longfellow, says
the Christian Science Monitor. Long
fellow, however. though not insensibie
of the honor, declined. He said that
he was about to Leave for Portland,
Me-, and feared that Nine. Bernhard
would have departed before his re-
turn. Then, to mitigate the curtness
of his refusal, he asked the tragedienne
to his home inviting william Dean
Howells and Oliver Wendell Holmes to
meet her.
They became very amfable toward
one another, and Longfeflow, who
spoke excellent French, praised Nine.
Bernhardt's performance Of ''Phedre"
telling her she surpassed the great
Rachel, whom he had seen 50 years
earlier. The actress, not to be out
done, told the poet how much she en-
joyed reading "Hiawatha," which she
pronounced Hee-a-vatere.
Evidently the affair of the sculp-
tured bust did not rankle, for on her
departure, as the poet and his other
guests were escorttng her to her car
riage, she turned about suddenly, i'm
pulsively threw her arms about Long
fellows neck and, kissed him on the
cheek, said: 'sVous etes adorable"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
ANCIENT AND MODERN LIGHT
Users Of Electricity Today Read With
a Smile Of the LINK Boy" Of
Old England.

A couple of centuries ago permanent
street lights in the large cities of the
world were almost unknown. In old
England "link boys" carrying torches,
were hired by gentlemen to light the
way for them when they went out in
the evening In London. When lamp
posts were placed in the city streets
the link boys occupation was gone.
With progress of time lanterns light
ed by candles or by oil were succeeded
by gas or by electric lights. Every
city OF the civilized world normally
has its principal streets lighted at
night and the link boy today is as su-
perfuous as the sedan chair.
IN similar way the famous caves
OF the world, such as the Mammoth
cave of Kentucky and Luray cavern
in Virginia were formerly lighted by
candles carried by guides who con-
Quoted travellers. But today practical
" all these subterranean places that
are visited by sightseers are equipped
with electric lights, and instead Of car
rying bag of candles the guide mere
ly turns Oh or off a series Of electric
switches as he conducts a party
through the cave.
Railroad tunnels were formerly un-
lighted, excepting the lights In the
trains that passed through them, but
today tunnels, as well as stations, are
lighted by electricity.-Boston Com
mercial Bulletin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
PAPER FROM VENEER WASTE
Possibilities in Material That Has
Hitherto Been Considered to Be
Without Value.

IN the wood waste from veneer fac
tories the United States forest prod
ucts laboratory sees considerable raw
material suitable for the manufacture
Of high grades of paper. The cores Of
many kinds of veneer logs, now used
in a large part for fuel, would make
excellent pulpwood. In addition, a
large part Of the clippings could be
turned into pulp stock with profit,
Among the veneer woods whose
waste has paper-making possibilities
are red gum, yellow poplar, cotton
wood, birch, tupelo, Eastwood and
beech, Many veneer factories cutting
these species are already within ship
ping distance Of pulp mills. In certain
other cases veneer factories are so
grouped that they might furnish pulp
wood enough to warrant the erection
of a centrally located mill. Other
economic factors being favorable, such
a mill could probably operate on Il
daily supply of veneer waste equiva-
lent to so cords of ordinary pulp
Wood.-Scientiic American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
EAST INDIA SLOW TO CHANGE
Eight Varieties of Marriage in That
Region Remain as They Were
In Manu's Day.

There are eight varieties Of mar
rage in India. all of them outlined by
Manu-, the great Hindu lawgiver, and
it is not until one comes in contact
with such examples of custom that one
realizes how little the native Indian
has advanced to meet modern ideas,
an exchange says. The eight ways of
marriage are:
Brahmya, which consists in a gift
of girl hedecked with ornaments to
a learned and virtuous bridegroom
who has been invited for the purpose,
accompanied by proper religious cere-
monies.
Daiva, or gift of a girl decked with
ornaments to a priest who is at that
time officiating at a sacrifice.
Adsha, or gift Of 4 daughter in con-
sideration of a pair of bullocks given
by the bridegroom.
Paraiapatya, or gift Of q daughter
after the father has thus addressed
the couple; May both of you perform
your duties together"
-Asura, or gifts of girl after her
relatives have given as much wealth
as possible.
Rakashasa, or forcible capture of
girl after her relatives have been killed
or wounded.
Gandharba, or voluntary union be-
tween a young lady and a man.
Palsacha, or the seduction of
maiden who is asleep, intoxicated or
crack-brained.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
Failure Is the Final Test.

Real winners in life never show the
white feather. They are like the drum
mer boy in our Civil war, who, when
his regiment was being moved down
still kept pushing ahead, beating an
advance. When ordered to beat a re-
treat, the boy replied that he had
never learned how-he had only been
taught to beat an advance.
The finest type of manhood Is never
overwhelmed or entirely dismayed no
matter what comes. If a man of this
kind loses property, If his ambition Is
thwarted and his plans demolished his
spirit remains undaunted, his courage.
his resistance and his self-con6dence
are undiminished, and he can start
again. Many a man has been made by
his failures, because he used them as
8 stepping stone for his advance.
Failure is the final test of persist
ence and an iron will; 1t either
brushes life or solidifles it.-Orison
SWEET Marden in the New Success
Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
GIANT TREES OF AUSTRALIA
Exceed In Height, Though Not In Cir
cumference, the Famous Grand
Conifers of California.

In the book, "Under the Southern
Cross written by Maturin NJ. Ballou,
an American traveller, in the SOS of
the last century, we read of his esti-
mate of the great trees of Australia,
| according to the Christian Science
Monitor
"It is in this colony of Australia that
the traveller finds the giant trees, con-
sidered, to be one of the great Won
ders of our times, and which exceed
in dimensions those grand conifers Of
California in which Americans feel
such pride These big trees of Victoria
are called the mountain ash, though
why so named we do not understand,
as they are not of that family. But
they are certainly the tallest trees in
the known world, often measuring 400
feet and more in height, and from
fifty to sixty feet in girth a couple of
yards from the ground. When we say
that these trees exceed in dimensions
those of California we refer especial
ly to their height inasmuch as the
American trees equal them, if they
do not in some instances surpass them
in circumference. The Australian
trees rise a hundred feet more or less
from the roots without putting forth
lateral branch. On beholding them
one is not at first impressed by their
exceptional size or monarchlike ap-
pearance, but they grow upon one by
further observation. A trip of hun
dred miles from Melbourne due east to
Sale-a remarkably pleasant town, Of
between 5000 and 1000 inhabitants,
situated on the Gippsand railroad
takes one to the region where these
immense forest giants are to be seen,
and at the same time introduces the
traveller to some of the finest scenery
in the mountain range of this district"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
HARD TO BEAT THAT SYSTEM
Neuro Walters Method u Securing
Tips Apt to Be Tribe 6ev'ih
dsrIna to the UnImtlated.

In New Orleans there Is q negro
waiter who is the acme Of polite atten'
ton and skill. There really isn't much
for one to do but open ones mouth
when John Is the servitor. The other
day a man came in who was sized up
by the experienced John as probably
a little close" but the service was
fully up to the usual high standard.
The bill came to 80 cents ana tho
patron handed over a dollar bill.
John proceeded to present the man
with his hat as though It were a coro.
net, at least, and was In the middle OF
his second bow Of dismissal when The
man asked:
where's my changer
Change, sah9 Oar warn't none
sah, 'ceptin' my tip-thank yqp. sah r
John replied with another bon.
'But I hadn't given It to you" The
man protested.
@ob course not. sahl' John rsspond.
Cd with IT. another bow and sntiN
.Ah wouldn't think % peEm1ttl1 ~
to g y IN dat troubls, ~ r. - -
customer went slowiy onk 1o1 =
txtae da1oA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
SALMON HAD TRAVELLED FAR
Fish Tagged" at Point Partridge,
Washington, In 1918, Taken In
Waters 500 Miles Distant.

Inc Canadian department of marine
and fisheries has notified the bureau of
fisheries of the United States Depart
ment Of Commerce of the capture in
the Skeena river, British Columbia. in
the spring of 1920, of chinook sal
mon bearing an aluminium button or
tag with the letters "B. f. STAMPED
on one side and the number 1911" Oh
the other. An examination of the bu-
reaus records shows thar the tag in
question. one of a special series en-
ployed in connection with an inycsti-
cation Of the rate and route of migra-
ton Of the soclleye salmon in the Fra
ser TiVcr-Puget sound region. was at
taehed to a fish at Point Partridge
whitley island, Wash. on August 10,
1918. 1t is now evident that the fish
was chinook salmon tagged by mis-
take.
The fact that a chinook salmon
should be caught In shore trap far
from the sea two years after the fish
attained the spawning condition Is in
teresting and suggestive. and the wan
derings of this fish before and after
tagging would be a fascinating theme
for speculation. The distance between
the two points at which 1t came under
observation is about COO miles by the
most direct water route.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
Razor Strokes to Shave.

There is a barber in London, Eng
land, with nice taste for figuring, and
he has computed the number of razor
strokes that 90 to q clean shave He
offers to prove the general correctness
of his count on any customer. You
shall keep the count yourself, sir"
says he.
The first man counted $50 strokes
made by the barber. "Much too low
sir" said the barber "But knowing
you We're counting I couldn't help TAX
ing longer strokes. It takes more sir,
usually"
His own computation is that, on an
average, it takes 200 strokes to shave
man. Now If he shaves so many per-
sons a day, so many days week, how
many times does the barber use his
razor a week?"
"'Undreds of thousands, sir" says
the barber. Pinned to something more
exact, he claimed 2SS00O for one week.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
C0NQUER0R COULD NOT WRITE
William ! of England Signed HE
Name by Cross to a Charter
He Granted

In the collection Of Norman char.
tiers sold recently in England, the
property of Baroness Beaumont of
Carlton Towers, York, there is strong
preSunptfye evidence that William
the Conqueror was unable to write,
for a grant signed by him and Matil-
da, the queen, bears their crosses.
This collection of Norman charters
was made by the antiquary Thomas
Stapleton, one of the ancestors of
the barony of Beaumont, and has been
preserved for centuries at Carlton
Towers. Its sale is attributed to the
costs of the war and the present high
taxes.
The earliest grant is undated, but
was made between the years 1867 and
1919. 1t is in Latin, on vellum, and
Is q grant by Walderand (de MeulinO
for the salvation of the soul of his
lord, William |, king Of the English,
and others, to St. Stephens church,
Caen, of the Church of st, Mary. In
serted in their names are the crosses
OF the witnesses, William, king Of the
English; Matalda, the queen; John,
archbishop (of RouenD Roger Bel
montensis (Beaumont) and Robert
Belmontensis Beaumont). The docu-
ment is one Of the most interesting
autographs that is likely to come into
the auction room for some time The
evidence of William the conquerors
illiteracy is not conclusive, however,
as it may have been thought beneath
the dignity of the king to write his
name, as William Roberts suggests.
King Henry l also signed one of the
charters with his cross.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
Increase In Worlds Crons.

A bulletin issued by the interna-
tional institute of agriculture an
nounces that the aggregate wheat and
rye crops of the northern hemisphere
total 90, 100000 metric tons, as against
61,700,00O metric tons in 1919. The
production of barley, according 70 the
bulletin was per cent larger than
last year, While oats increased q per
cent. The maize crop of southern En-
rope was good, and that in America
10 per cent more than last year. The
probable yield of beet sugar is consid-
cred favorable by the institute. The
export of 100000 tons of wheat from
British India is advocated by the In
stitIlte
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
Woman's Latest Venture.

An engineering factory, organized,
controlled, and managed by women.
who also execute the orders at the
lathe and in the foundry-that is the
latest enterprise of the weaker sex"
1t is one which deserves every sue
cess.
At the head of the nrn, called Alta
lanta, Ltd, is Lady Parsons, the wife
of the famous engineer and inventor
Of the steam turbine. The factory
was started in the Midfands by 20
women ex-war workers. Good orders
have already been secured and Lady
Parsons is convinced that these
pioneer women engineers will be sue.
cessful
There Is nothing" she says, that
a woman cannot do when she tries"
London Times.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
MAKING Joss Stick.

The composition of candles called
joss sticks, which are used in all the
religious ceremonies of Buddhism, has
long remained mystery, the prepara-
ton Of the sticks being intrusted to
certain persons chosen from a limited
class. Not long ago, however, there
was learned the manner of making
joss sticks in Indo-China. A stem Of
bamboo Is rolled in a preparation
containing IA different odoriferous
drugs, two of which are significant
as showing a knowledge of chemical
and physical properties. These are
aconite, which serves to protect the
sticks against the attacks Of rats
and mice, and camphor, which causes
them to burn steadily without being
periodically extinguished.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-02-04
"Roast" HandbaII PLAYERS.

The execrations uttered by the in
dignant baseball fan against the I'M
lucky or awkward player in America
nre as gentle murmurs compared with
the epithets hurled by the occupants
Of the gallery at the contestants in the
game of handball in the Fairgrounds
of Madrid, Spain. 'Rogue!' Thief :"
"Convict" and idiot" are some of
the mild terms with which the play
ers are greeted when they miss ball
or send it back In an easy position for
the opponent to play it.
The reason for this excitement Is
the prevalent betting, in which the
women spectators participate as muck
as the men. Professional bookmakers
attend all matches, and their shouts
of the odds for and against the play
ers are mixed with the cries Of the
gambling spectators, until the scene
resembles q bedlam.