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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
NiN ljijjIjE NAT TERs M MUCH
Statesmen and Others Wronn When
They Scott At Work Done BY
Ressarch Departments.

The man who gives up his lifetime
to putting science at the service of
business finds himself eternally asked,
whats the user Statesmen rise
from their seats and say:
II see that some scientist fattenins
at the government trough has meas
ured hundred-thousandth Of an inch.
What's the user
Hard headed-solid headed-busi-
ness men read Of research depart
ments and snort in disgust: "What's
the use? The old rule Of thumb is
the common sense way"
We think Of railroads as progress
sive-of railroad men as efficient
Are they? Not If the Railway Age is
to be believed, remarks the Nations
Business.
There are only two test plants Of
locomotives In the country, one owned
by the Pennsylvania, the other at the
University of Illinois. Only a few
railroads try out locomotives on road
service by means of q dynamometer
car. What's the use?
One road that did found that by
putting an exhaust tip three-eighths
Of an inch smaller on a Mikado type
locomotive it increased the f1rebox
temperature 400 degrees and saved
1900 a year In coal. On another
line tests made it possible so to alter
locomotive as to reduce its fuel
consumption 10 per cent and permit it
to haul three more passenger cars on
less coal and water.
That's what's the usel
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
BELIEF HAS NO FOUNDATION
Conjunction of the Rising of the Dog
Star and the Sun Doesn't Bring
Extreme Heat.

DOG days" was the name given by
astronomers to the 20 days before and
20 days after the rising of the dog
star, or Sirius, with the sun. This
period is reckoned at present from the
Sd of July to the 18th Of August.
For years it was the accepted opin-
ion that this conjunction of the rising
of the dog-star and the sun was one
of the causes for the extreme heat of
the summer This conjunction, how
ever, does not occur at the same time
in all ATTITUDES, nor is it constant in
the same region for a long period !;
hence. there is much variation as to
the limits of the dogstar period.
1t is a mere coincidence that the
rising of Sirius and the sun occurs
during the hottest season Of the year
just now. In time, astronomers say,
it will take place in the midst of win
ter.
Sirius is called the dos-star because
IT is the brightest luminary in the con-
steIlation "canis major or Greater
Dog.-CIeveland Plain Dealer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
incredible Names.

Speaking of "burdensome" nameA
Stray Stories tells OF one Arthur Pep
per of Liverpool, England, who be-
slowed upon his infant daughter a
name that comprised every letter In
the alphabet, running from Anna to
Yetty Zeno.
1t seems surprising that the names
Of Dickens characters, odd though
they were, should be found in real life;
for 1t was from life that many Of
them were taken. Some, as is known,
were copied from the names Of signs
over business places; but that was not
the noveist's only source of selection.
John Forster, his biographer, found
among his papers a carefully drawn
list of names, with the sources from
which he obtained them. Some of the
names are too e1travagant for any
thing but reality: Jolly Stick, Bin
Marigold, George Muzzle, William
Why. Robert Gospel, Robin Scrubban,
Sarah Goldsacks Catherine Two, So
phia Doomsday, Rosetta Dust and
sally Gimblett-Youth's Companion
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
STOPPED ANGRY WIFE'S TEARS
Woman's Emulation of the "Cinderella
Act" Probably Averted Dire
Domestic Tragedy.

Mrs. G. started for the shoe repair
shop the other day with d slipper that
needed mending. Once in the street
she remembered an important mes
sage and stopped to telephone in a
little office on the ground floor of the
building in which she lives. The pro
prietor showed her the instrument in
the rear.
Just then the proprletor's wife en-
tered the office, and first Of all she
saw Mrs. G.'s slipper lying on a table,
so you even have her shoes here ~
she cried and began to weep. Her
tears quickly turned to anger. and
in moment she began to upbraid her
husband.
Then Mrs. G. interfered.
That's mine" she said, appearing
from behind the screen.
The angry wife looked at her dur
ing a pause in her heated language.
II don't believe it." she snapped.
I'll show you" said Mrs. G., and,
like Cinderella, though the prince was
missing, she tried on the slipper
New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Savage Wilderness Marauder,

The fisher is, taking it all in all,
said to be the most savage. swift
and crafty of all the marauders Of the
wilderness. In nine cases out Of ten
perhaps even 80 out Of a hundred
fight between a pOrcupine and a
fisher has but one result: The fisher
eats the porcupine. And the porcu-
nire is some defensive fighter The
Il ."r Hips the victim over on his
back. %nneXing as few spines as posi-
lie In the act, and he has an unpro-
tect"d throat and belly at the mercy
Of his fangs.
Tie porcupine's quilts, so deadly to
other animals, have for the fisher com
paratively few terrors. They do not
poison or inflame his flesh, which
seems to possess the faculty of soon
casting them forth again through the
skin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Had Peculiar Idea of Tree

Bathed in the warm waters of the
Gulf stream. the climate of the He
brides is warm rather than cold, con-
sidering the latitude, and there is an
average rainfall over the entire group
OF Il inches per annum, which often
mounts to over 100 INCHES at the coast.
In spite of this, the islands are for
the greater part treeless. Hope Mon
crief tells of a woman who having
lived all her life there, had no con-
ception of tree except that it must
look like a cabbage. They present
more often than not a bleak monot0-
nous aspect of rock (granite or gneiss),
water, sand and bog, where the sea
is all islands and the land is all lakes"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
An Apple a CaY

They tell US" said Mr.. Billtops.
that an apple a day keeps the doctor
away, and I guess that is so: I am
sure that an apple a night promotes
sound and restful slumber.
I'VE keep our apples in the icebox
The last thing that Mrs. Billions. ever
thoughtful Mrs. Billtops, does in MAX
Ing her rounds before retiring for the
oight is to get an apple out of the Ire
box and place 1t, with a fruit knife.
on the dining-ruom table for me.
Nightly the last thing do before
going to bed IL to go out into the din
Ing room, seat myself comfortably.
and eat that apple: leisurely. find II
cool and refreshing; in every way
agreeable; and having eaten it I turn
In and sleep delightfully."-.
IAN apple day keeps the doctor
away. An apple at night makes you
sleep right
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
SAVAGE TRIBE ON TIBUR0N
white cannibals" Said to lnfest Pa.
ei1e Island Believed TO Be
Rich In Pttchblende.

Tburon island, In the Pacific, fsar
miles of the Mexican coast, is inhab-
tied by q tribe Of white cannibals"
who are said to be descendants Of the
Dutch, Swedish and German prisoners
who escaped from Mexican prisons
several centuries ago. Yaqui Indians,
who live on the mainland, call Tburon
the island Of DEATH" for the reason
that any person who lands on It Is
shot BY poisoned darts and then eaten
BY natives, says an exchange.
In addition b poisoned arFuws used
BY the natives tAe cannibals alsO use
an ancisat blunderbum Ia attacking
their victim& TAsy ore suppressed to
number num 500 b A0o0 psfsoas. OF
10 psfSons knsWn 10 have visited he
island h the last NV yslfsL a parties
of two ana thres. only nine m I'D
TO hav0 lSturnsd alive TIE OeAess I'm.
Ing Victims u me 6axGz,Aairoa, Nh
sysd Whih lndl1na.s q ~ aEG1lu
ueopoo ell 0oM. e sssssas s....sss
g1a19gn = - - Aas4 49, y
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Philosopher Exonerated.

Jean Jacques Rousseau, son Of a
matchmaker, born in Geneva, Switzer-
land, In 1712, is one of Geneva's best
known celebrities. He disapproved of
the unjust distinction then made be-
tween the aristocracy and the poorer
classes, and as champion Of the latter
he exposed his convictions in the
"Contrat Social" which, together with
his Emile" was committed to the
flames by the public executioner. But
the very descendants of his fierce op-
ponents erected a statue in his honor
on the tiny island which he-as an
almost pious devotee Of nature-loved
so much, and which Is now known as
Rousseau's isle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Gymnastic DANCING PASSING

The waltz of our grandmothers days
but with fascinating touch of hes
itation'-has come back to our jazz
weary bathrooms. 1t became all the
rage after much opposition - when
the Gar Alexander danced it at Al
mack's In 1914; and since the Prince
of Wales likes 1t and dances it today
a new vogue for the waltz is assured.
Dancing evidently is to be less gym
nastic and more sentimental Anxious
mothers will not repine. The dreamy
waltz was match maker in their day
and perhaps 1t will be in ours.-Lon-
don Daily Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Good Place to Keen Cool.

The ice caves of Iowa present one
Of the most interesting phenomena in
this country. While the rest of the
state swelters in midsummer the tenn
perature of the soil near the caves is
not higher than So degrees. AS a re
suit trees and flowers exist which are
usually found in the far north.
The caves owe their existence to
the prehistoric seas which are sup
posed to have covered this territory,
as they are found IN limestone dis
tricts where the rock is porous. In
the winter cold air is stored in the
creyices and when summer comes this
air comes out very slowly and the
outside of the caves is covered with
Apst.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Shaft for Hero Dead.

An obelisk of granite seventy feet
high is to be erected in Denmark as q
memorial to the many thousands Of
American and allied soldiers of Danish
!escent who died IN the World war.
1t has been estimated that about 30
200 men of Danish blood fought in
The American armies in France and
that about 10000 Danes fought In the
Canadian, Australian, British and
French armies.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15

Go to Glass by Underground Tunnels
An underground tunnel system that
has all the fascination of the cata-
combs, although it serves the less dra-
matte function Of conveying heating
pipes, IL one of the chief attractions
at Wellesley college.
1t has just been completed and I'M
dergraduates are being permitted to
rumble around under the 3OO-acre
campus.
The tunnels are six feet high and
wide enough for comfortable walking.
Girls have found that no matter how
cold the weather. it is a good plan to
abandon coats when taking this long
adventure. The temperature from the
heating pipes is about that of Turk
iSh bath.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Exclusive Croanization

Though legendarily reputed to be
more than 1000 years old, the Order
of the Thistle was founded by James
II in 1887. After the revolution, says
the London Star. it fell into desue-
tude. but was revived by Queen Anne
in 1703. The chapel Of the order, in
st. Giles cathedral, where the king
attended service on Sunday, was not
scommenced until 1909.
The Thistle IL one Of the most ex.
elusive orders, its only members ~
lng the king and 18 knights. The motto:
1T - CIDER u: "Wha daur moola.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
WAt|ee Burpee Co.
Seed Growers Philadelphia
TRAVELLING BY STAGE COACH
In 1860 Journey Between San An
tonic, Texas, and San Diego,
Calf, Was an Event

A poster advertising overland stage
travel between San Antonio, Tex, and
San Diego. Calf. in 1850, has been
found, which makes interesting read
ing these days Of fast and palatial
rail accommodation. Overland to the
Pacific" is the heading attracting pub
lie attention to the line The poster
calls attention to the fact that this
line has been in successful operation
for three years, and will convey pas
sengers "in new coaches drawn by six
mules over the entire length Of our
Gne, excepting the Colorado desert Of
miles, which we cross on mule
K"
according to the advertisement
coaches left semi-monthly from each
end, trips being started on the 9th
and oath of the month at 6 a. n. At
tention was called to the fact that an
armed escort accompanied the coach
''for the protection of the mails and
the passengers through the Indian
country - was stipulated that pas
sengers we# provided with food dur
ing the trip, except where the coach
stopped at public houses enroute, when
the passenger was expected to pay
for his own meals. The fare between
San Antonio and San Diego was $500,
with less amounts charged between
those stations and other points, such
as Fort Clark, Tucson and Ell Paso,
while it was announced that the fare
to intermediate stations was Is cents
q mile.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Orchid Hard TO Secure,

Nearly all the orchids found h
Burma can be grown with little care
and attention in private gardenA
There Is one exception, q sweet-smell-
Ing species called tain by the Bur.
mese, and which is usually brought to
market In Christmas week In Rangoon.
It only seems to flower In the most
malarious and least frequented locali-
ties, and at time of the year which 10
the tigers mating season. and when
they are most dangerous to human be-
'ngs. IT Is in great demand by Bur
mese and sells for its weight in silver.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
The Society Invasion,

"'Spike' Scroggins, the prize-fght
announcer, is wearing evening clothes
for the first time in his life"
HE looks somewhat embarrassed "
mot more so than the referee. He
was so f1abbergasted he addressed
Spike as mister - Birmingham
Age-Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
This OIL May Cure Leprosy,

The use Of Chaulmoogra Oil has been
known for some time to have some viz
tue in the treatment of leprosy, and
recently 1t has been discovered that
there are q great many points Of SINH
larity between the germs Of leprosy
and thoee Of tuberculosis. This has
- q gome government experiments
II - dtect1oq q combatane tuaerl
e1lo6 - wfn = 60 11 8 H.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
Not Very Deep.

He Misunderstanding poetry, are
you?
She-Yes, I'm wading through Ten
nyson.
He (glancing at page)-Ah! And
you've just got to the middle Of The
Brook. Boston Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-04-15
What Mother Wanted.

1 heard knock at my door the
other morning and on answering n
found my neighbours small son.
Mother wants to borrow your
'cmon--lemon-" I at once knew
ne wanted my lemon squeezer. hut rs
he always finds some way to express
himself 4 did not offer to help hin
,ut. &
Again ~ started and Nm nnDo
~. 1 NJ NJ - - -
~ant1 I, + I
The Washington times., 1921-04-24

There are now in operation 122 coke
ovens each with a capacity Of fifteen
tons of coal. The ovens produce daily
from the coal 100 tons of coke, 49,
000,OO cubic feet of gas. 1000 gallons
Of benzol. 10000 gallons of tar and
twenty tons of ammonium sulphate.
Benzol is sold to the public as a motor
fuel. Gas was formerly disposed of
for general use in Detroit, but pipe
lines have been constructed to High
land Park, ten miles away, and 1t is
there used as fuel. The present bat
terry of ovens will be duplicated.
A number OF interesting economies
are noted at the plant. Blast fur
naces are hooded and gases arising in
that process are led to the power
house for use as fuel. Every exhaust
pipe is hooded and the steam used in
heating or condensed for the boilers.
Small pieces of wood in the body plant
are ground into sawdust for fuel.
Boilers develop $4,000 horse power
and are said to be another OF the
Largest in the world" features OF the
plant.
Though far from completed, River
Rouge turns out $50 tractors and 500
tons of pig iron. 1t Is said the Fords
will later market metal on a consider
able scale.
The Washington times., 1921-04-24
Thompson Wants Bonds
Fixed at Par Value

In regard to his scheme to put Lib
erty bonds to par and stabilize their
market value at the original sub
scription price, Governor NJ w.
Thompson of the war Credits Board
says that experienced bond buyers
for investment understand the value
OF averaging their financial risks.
They can determine their future
income by buying hxed-interest
bonds, but only by leaving at hazard
the price at which they can sell
the bonds or can use them as coilat-
eral for a loan.
The permanent-par bond offers
them an opportunity to average their
risk of loss on sale, and likewise
their ability to borrow.
wealthy individuals and savings
banks and other financial institutions
therefore will apportion their avail
able funds between fixed income in
vestments and the new steady value
bonds.
''The bulk OF investments in Gov
eminent bonds may be expected to
come from middle class investors: the
farmer, doctor, grocer. manufacturer,
etc.
This group possesses the greatest
total earning and saving power Of
any, and IL is that reservoir of funds
which requires to be unlocked.
"A few dollars more or less Of in
terest makes no difference to the man
in this class.
what he wants is an investment
that can, IL necessary, be readily sold
without loss, paying him in the mean
time the fair going interest rate that
The Washington times., 1921-04-24
JAMES YOUNG ELECTED
PRESIDENT OF D. &R. G

NEW YORK. April 23.-Joseph
Young, president of the Norfolk and
Southern Railway, was elected presi-
dent of the reorganized Denver and
Rio Grande Western Railroad at
directors meeting yesterday.
Mr.. Young, resident of Norfolk,
Va, was connected with the old
Denver and Rio Grande system un-
der the Gould administration.
1t is expected he soon will retire
from his presnt position and enter
upon his new duties within the next
few weeks.
1t is understood that Mr. Younx's
election is acceptable to the Dem
yer and Rio Grande protective COM
n ittee which recently opposed trans
fer of the system to the interests
now in control.
After the regular meeting OF the
directors, held in Denver, special
meeting of the stockholders amended
the articles of Incorporation OF the
new company to make the $1,000, 900
issue of common stock of no par
value. The original incorporation
filed with the Secretary of State had
fixed par value OF $50 a share.
The Washington times., 1921-04-24

the market calls for.
The new nxed-par bonds will suit
him down to the ground.
He will buy them and buy more.
and invest his mothers inheritance in
them.
Men will buy them so their fami-
lies can realize immediate cash in case
OF their death. like insurance money.
open and hold this field of inves-
tors aAd the Governments problem of
financing will be solved"
Investors are buying Liberty bonds
right along and paying small atten-
ton to the schemes to stabilize them.
They are well satisfied with these
securities at the present level.
Approximate investment yield of
Liberty bonds at closing Stock Ex-
change prices yesterday:
The Washington times., 1921-04-24
FordRiver RougePlant
An Industrial Marvel

DETROIT. April "a - Extent to
which Henry Ford has developed his
River Rouge properties is hardly
realized even here. The plant already
spreads over 356 acres. and within
three years II will possibly cover / 900
acres, with total cost in the
neighborhood of s70,0O0,0OO
Properties are on the River Rouge,
Ave miles below the center of the city,
near the junction OF the Rouge with
the Detroit River. Between the De-
troit River and the village of Dear
born, home of Ford's paper. the Ford
interests hold 1900 acres. 1t is at the
Rouge hat all Ford's many activities
converge. 1t Is said that within a
comparatively short time the manu-
iacture Of automobiles will be trans
ferrcd there from Highland Park. The
present motor plant would either be
sold or converted to production of
some non-metallic product.
Detroit's Industrial development has
been redirected as a result OF Ford's
Rouge activities. Government is
dredging the Rouge in a manner that
will add eight miles to the city's dock
facilities Ford is employing water
transportation to the utmost in his
plans. ships from his ore and timber
lands will be enabled to unload direct
ly at the plant With the calanization
OF the St Lawrence, regarded as GER
tain, shipments from plants along the
Rouge can be loaded in ocean-csrry-
ing freIghters and carried to foreign
ports without breaking cargo. Ford's
rdA<oad taps his properties and over
It he RECEIVES coal and sand from his
own landA
AN INDpsTRIAL MARVEL.
Regardless of >apestions that may be
asked concerning hhs economic wis
The Washington times., 1921-04-24
EEKFEDERAL AID
ON WHEAT. GRADING
Baltimore Grain Men to Confer
With Sec. Wallace on New
PhraSeoI0qy in Rules.

BALTIMORE. Nd, April 24.-one of
the Ills to which growing wheat in
Maryland, Virginia, Delaware and
portions of Pennsylvania il heir Is
garlic, or wild onion, which seems TO
thrive especially IN these sections
notwithstanding the efforts OF .he
various agricultural colleges and the
Department of Agriculture to exter-
INMATE this pest, little progress has
been made.
AS an illustration OF the disastrous
effect which this admixture Of garlic
in the wheat fields and in the thresh-
ed wheat itself has upon the value
Of such grain. II might be stated that
in the Baltimore market, at various
times recently, the discount In price
as between mo. 2 red winter" whea.
and garlicky wheat has ranged from
10 to 20 cents per bushel. because OF
the fact that garlicky wheat is in In
disfavor In European markets. and
millers OF this country will not buy
II except at sharp reductions. Similar
conditions have prevailed in the
Philadelphia market.
SEEK TO AMEND WORDING.
With the coming of another wheat
crop, strong efforts will be made by
the grain exchanges of Baltimore and
Philadelphia, aided by the Maryland
Agriculture College, to have the
phraseology OF the Federal wheat
grades, promulgated by the Bureau of
Markets. amended so as to eliminate
the word "garlicky' in the descrip-
ton of That character OF wheat 30
extensively grown In the nearby
States.
Absorbing to official figures. the
vial sf xsyha Ia
900 bushels in Pennsylvania; l1,425,-
900 bushels in Virginia: 11.390.0o0
bushels in Maryland, and 100000
bushels in Delaware total for
these four States of 49,755.000 BUSH
els
A conservative estimate would be
that one-third of this production, or
1856, 900 bushels was of the garlicky
grade, SO that taking as an average
10 cents per bushei penalty on this
wheat under the more desirable mo.
2 red winter" wheat, the growers and
producers Of this grain would lose
approximately 81, 65S, 500 on last years
crop OF wheat provided II Is all
marketed
STRONG COMPETITION FOR BUsI-
NESS.
During the operation of Govern
ment control OF wheat prices the
United States Grain Corporation fixed
a difference of only cents a bushel
between these two grades OF wheat,
but II should be borne in mind that
during tho world war, when war
grade lour" was extensively shipped
to the allied nations, and the need CT
sustenance did not permit o foreign
ers being "choicy." almost any grade
Of wheat would fill the bill. Condi-