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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
NOT MUCH SNOW IN NORTH
Geological Facts Which Are Some.
thing Of a Surprise to the Aver.
age Reader.

BY the figures of the United States
weather bureau snowfall in winter in
st. Louis, Mo-, or in Richmond, Va, is
three or four times as great as for the
north coast of Alaska, while we believe
that the snowfall in ST. Louis or the
highlands of Scotland is ten times as
great as on the north tip of Greenland
or on the northerly islands discovered
by my expedition of 1913-1S, writes
Ntlhjalmur StefanssOn in the Worlds
Work. In the north polar regions there
Is, to begin with, very little snow on
the ground at the end Of winter We
have already said that In some parts
Of the polar regions the temperature
is 100 degrees in the shade in the sum-
mer. 1t would have to be very pc
cullar kind Of snow If a little of 1t
more or less covering the ground
in winter would last far into the
spring. Of course, 1t does not last
long but disappears like magic. For
three or four or FIVE months, according
to just where you are, you have green
prairies and flowery meadows that are
delight to the eye, and would be de-
ughtful to every sense but for the IN
helievable plague of insects-mosquis
toes, sandtlies, horsef1ies and the like.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
Rival for the Skunk.

Muskrats force themselves occasion
ally upon ones attention in India by
their habit of entering bungalow and
ambling slowly round the rooms, talk
ing loudly to themselves all the time IN
a chittering voice.
Although ratlike. the muskrat IS not
really rat, but q large shreW, pro
tected by an extreme degree Of often
sive odor like sickeningly strong musk,
which it emits at win.
II not interfered with it VIII solilo-
ouize round the room. picking mp IN
sects attracted by the light, and wan
der out again: but let anyone assault
il, and the room will scarcely be hab-
liable for a time Dog or sat only
attacks 4 muskrat once in its life, anC
the mongoose moves politely out Of its
way.
That is the meaning of the contnu
Gus noise which it makes rs il goes
along-a sort of alarm bell 70 let al
concerned know that something is com
ing which is best left alone.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
EXPERTS BUILD FUR WRAPS
Making of Crazy Quilt Nothing Com
pared TO the Fleeing Together of
Bits Of Skin.

OF course 1t would not be quite the
thing to look q gift fur IN the lining,
or rather to rip up the lining and look
at the under side of the pelt, but II the
dollars that pay for the scarf or the
wrap have been saved up out Of your
own pay check, 1t might be wise to do
so, according to q jovial and friendly
member of the ''fur mosaic" workers.
For 1t is in scraps and trimmings Of
fur that they work, setting together
these discards bought in bulk from fur
riers who will not bother with them,
says the New York Sun. Endless pa
thence in matching and attaching, skill
that is traditional and careful sew
ing result in a piece Of fur that would
put the most intricate crazy quilt Of
our grandmothers' time into the ANA
teur class.
Does it wear Well? A friendly mem
Der Of the Greek colony in Sixth ave
nue. that makes this luxury fabric Of
scraps shrugged his shoulders and said.
"Why for you aska me soch thing?
You should know Fine for the looks.
Can make extra careful care, no-yes?
Don'ta forgetta the cheap price"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
SPANIEL GETS GOLF BALLS
English Dog Source of Considerable
Revenue to Small Boy, His
Owner and Colleague.

The Manx seagull who seized a golf
ball from under the very niblick Of a
player, was spoil-sport as we'll as
gourmand His conduct can he eX
tenuated only on the plea of defective
education Very different il is with
the spaniel who plies a steady trade
on certain links in Cornwall, + gland.
The course lies along the cliff top,
with steep seward slope Strewn
with loose rocks and thick with gOrSe
and all kinds Of tangled growth.
Many a ball goes bouncing down.
ing on the links, an ami@hle spaniel
watches Is it fancy which sees his
brown eyes glisten when a new ball is
abandoned? When the last Golfer HES
home, the spanieFs hour comes. Tn
hasting, systematic, he works that
bank Of rock and heather where four
feet have so great an advantage in
security, and the nose IS safer guide
to hidden treasure than the eye. His
accompice, a mere boy, who acts as
storekeeper and accountant receives
the proceeds on the brink. Up and
down trots the travelling member of
the firm, till darkness is complete, and
he Tolls homeward behind his col
league, whose pockets bulge with
treasure to be exchanged tomorrow
with its former owners or their friends
for coin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
shiftino Sand Made Trouble.

The shifting of the sands of the sea-
shore very often involves expensive
litigation. In 1885 the counties of At
lantic and Burlington. of New Jersey,
entered into an expensive litigation
concerning the boundary between
them. There was dispute as to one
Of the corners of this boundary. 1t
was stated to be, in the original sur
vey, 1.-THE next inlet in the south side
Of Little Egg Harbor's most southerly
inlet, and thence along the seacoast
to the line of partition between east
and west Jersey" But 1t could not
be found In it's original home when
they went to look for it, thus bring.
ing up to date the ancient saying
about Z roma Of sahd
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17

One feature of the home which has
become a grave question with the So
cial workers Is the threatened break
ing down Of the relation between par
ent and child.
1t is In the home that the natural
affections are awakened in earliest
years and developed into a habitual
feature of the growing character. Lack
of affection is one of the greatest
blights on human character; so much
so that ST. Paul. when enumerating
the woeful condition into which men
bring themselves by deviaung from
the laws Of morality, wind up by way
Of climax with the phrase. sine affec-
tione," which means without affec-
ton. Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
BUSY MAN GATHERS NICKELS
New York Street Musician Might Be
Said to Be a Whole Concert
in Himself.

A whole choir seems to burst forth
into music along Chambers street
these evenings as the workers are
rushing along homeward bound, the
New York Sun states.
There is a volume Of song supported
by an organ accompaniment. AT hrSt
it seems as if some singing band had
taken possession of the street No one
would imagine for moment that one
human being could be responsible fur
all this music.
But the crowd, pausing for brief
second, discovers that this S the case,
Drawn up to the curb is Il street organ
which the owner is operating Win one
hand. With the other hand ne holaN a
megaphone through which he sings. Not
having a third hand, the singer player
cannot accept the tributes of paSser>-
by while the concert is in progress, but
this concert, like all such affairs has
its intermiSsion when the orchestra be-
comes for the time being the business
manager,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
SET HARD TASK FOR ARTIST
Chinese Demand Absolutely Perfecs
Work From Man Entrusted With
the Carving Of Jade.

The high standing Of jade is no mod
ern thing. The primitive weights and
measures Of the Chinese world were
computed from Jade tubes, and the ear
lest bars or intervals Of music known
to that nation were determined by hol-
low bamboo canes Of accurate length,
afterward made in jade tubes having
stops within to be pulled out at the will
Of the player.
The Spaniards and the Mexicans
have as great respect for the stone as
the Chinese, and they make great use
Of 1t. The Chinese value their jade
carvings SO highly that they cannot
often be prevailed upon to part with
them.
When an unusually large piece OF
Jade is found in China, there is called
council Of artists to determine into
what shape 1t had best he carved, as
owing to its extreme hardness. the
form selected must follow somewhat
the outline Indicated by the natural
formation Of the specimen.
The artist chosen to perform the
delicate task is not altogether to BIZ
envied. 1t is true that If he succeed:
he will be highly honored and re
1 warded. but success depends upon hi.
work being approved after it has beer
subjected to public criticism for 4.
whole year. II, az the end of tina
time. his work should be condemned
his reputation as an artist is IL
retrievably lost
| The task itself is no light one. Witt
a thin piece Of finely tempered bras
wire, the artist may work for weel
without having anything to show
Twenty years have not been consfdere,
too long for a single piece Of carving
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
Australia's Geographic Position.

Australia's exact position On "orta
maps, originally determined by Cap
tain Cook, tile early explorer, vas
brought into question recently when
wireless authorities. after direct check
ing by radio with standard time
clocks at Lyons, France, said they be-
Eeved there is an error Of perhaps
100 yards on all maps in Apsrralia's
north-south lines
Seafarers who first sketched Aus
tralia's position based their calcula-
lions on the chronometer the finely
made watch which keeps Greenwich
time. Corrections We're made from
dine to time, until final checking by
cable was believed to be accurate.
Lately, however, Sydney wireless
men who have been listening to the
clock ticks at Lyons, say they have
discovered there is a perceptible loss
of time in transmitting the correct
seconds over the cable, The loss, II
Is said. led to errors in map-making.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
Naccinatinn SUGAR Cane.

The vaccination or incubation OF
plants in the bitterly waged fight
against their diseases will appeal as
a novel idea to many who have al
ways thought Of the method in con-
nection with the prevention of human
and animal mala3ieS only, A measure
of success has attended its use by the
office Of foreign seed and plant intro
,luction, Washington, D. c., reports
Popular Mechanics, in the evolution
of variety of sugar cane which will
be immune to the commoner forms
Of disease peculiar to the plant, and
eepecially the so-cailed mosaic dis
ease which has recently made its ap-
pearance on the sugar plantations.
Seedlings from the inoculated speci-
mems will be tested for immunity. and
If the experiment Is the success 1t
Is hoped it will be 1t is thought that
a practically disease proof variety Of
plant WILL be evolved.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
Mohammedan Law.

In the MosIem state Of turkey the
laws of the empire rest in principle
Oh the basis of the Koran, the Hadith,
or traditions of Monammed, and the
pepo1ted sayings of his successors, all
Of which are binding upon the soy
ereign of the state as upon all Mos
lens. Each successive sultan. how
ever, has enacted statutes as suited
his individual purpose and, by virtue
of his absolute authority his laws
have stood until others have swept
them away. The nearest approach to
n Supreme court justice IS the sultan.
He interprets ~ the law as he thinks
best for his people. New York Trfb-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
diagnosis,

A party of soldiers stopped some
iaborers to search their dinner pals
for hidden arms.
All at once a soldier gave a cry and
hurried across to the officer In charge
holding at arms length hard, heav,
mass.
After due examination the officer
pronounced It a suspicious met2
which would endanger public safety,
and started to question the workman
in whose possession It was found.
"And you think that's dynamite, DO
YER asked Pat. BE 'jabers, I've been
pgisain' ~ hsdd ovef X III day. Ysv
- ~ ~ talls Il eaAAP
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Sunday School 9:45 q. NJ, Preach
ing at II a. m. and 500 %. m. eaci
Sunday. Prayer meeting Wednesday
night at 500 p. m.
S. K. CoCKRELL,
Pastol
PRESBYTERIAN
Preaching each Sunday at HOO a
IN. and 1880 p. m.
Sunday school every Sunday morn
ing at 1000 O'Clock, Mr.. JOS b
Clover, oupt
Prayer meeting ednesday 1870 o
IN The public is cordially invited tc
all the services
l. 0. PRICE, Minis err.
LUTHERAN.
Every SUNDAY II \ NJ and 7 81
r h REV S.W. KUHNs, Pastor
CHRISTIAN.
Secord and Fifth Sundays of eact
month at II A. Nj. and $50 2 M
REV j. d. HAMAKER.
REFORMED
ST Paul's otdstock-2 nd 4tt
Sundays y Nj. Every Sunday NIGH
Calvary-1st AMI 3rd Sundays A Nj
REV. W. H. CAUSEY, Pastor
EPISCOPAL CHURCH SERVICES
Woodstock-lu and 3rd SUNDAYS
at11 90 A. NJ. End and 4th Sundays
at T. 30 p NJ
Mt. Jackson-lst and and Ord Snn-
days at 80 p NJ. Pod ard 4th Sun
days at / 90 A. NJ.
The public are cordially invited to
all services.
FRANCIS "A. BROWN, Rector.
LUTHERAN CHARGE.
Preaching at Lebanon Church-2nd
and 4th Sunday OF month at II "a. m.
AT Mt. Zion st Sunday II a. N J
90 Sunday at I P n.y.
Communion service on 9th Sunday
IL a. m.
At ST. Luke-lst Sunday at I p. M.
Bird Sunday at II d. N.
REV l. W. GROSS, Pastor.
ST. LUKE.
Rev P, W. Wisman will preach at
St. Luke, the first Sunday In every
month at II \. NJ.
The appointments for Toms Brook
Circuit Methodist Episcopal Church,
South, are as follows:
TONS BROOK CIRCUIT
End Sunday-Mt. Olive, 1876 a.
M. Mt armel, 500 p. m Toms
Brook, 500 p. m.
4th Sunday Toms Brook, 1916 a -.
N Mt. Carmel, 500 p. M. Mt, Olive,
500 m.
MASsANUTTEN CIRCUIT.
1st SunGay--W White Chapel, $50 p
IN Oak Level, 1920 a. NJ
Bird Sunday-White Chapel, 1l;00
a. N Oak Level, 800 p. m
All changes will be announced
from pulpit. W. G WINTON
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
TYRANNY Of Clothes Customs.

Three hundred years ago Shakes
peare could make Polonius say, with
some measure of truth, that oft the
apparel doth proclaim the man" Ger
tainly this sort If proclamation has
been made less and less oft as the
three intervening centuries have gone
by Almost before Shakespeare laid
down his pen the doublet and hose.
the swinging mantle, the jeWeled
sword and the huted ruff Of his time
were Sobered out Of existence by the
steadily growing Puritan influence, In
the age of Queen Anne the apparel
proclaimed not 50 much the man as
the mans tailor, remarks a writer in
the Christian Science Monitor. \
century later still we have Charles
Lamb brooding rather ENORMOUSLY
over the mystery that a mere melan-
choly ninth Of man." tailor Of
Fleet street, should be able to tell
him how many buttons he would
wear on his coat and tell him with
an authority not to be gainsaid. Since
the time Of Lamb inch by inch and
garment by garment the clothing Of
theass 'odern man has been taken out
Of the range of his own free control
and handed over to the tyranny Of
custom and convention.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
TumbI ed.

If one crosses the western prairles
of the great Arkansas valleys, and
happens to be there in the fall, dur
ing high wind, one may see very
strange sight Antelopes. rabbits,
prairie dogs, and sometimes even
herds Of cattle racing along the plains
pursued by strange balls nearly as
tall AS a man. These balls, when
seen a little nearer. seem to be masses
,f sticks stuck closely together. The
nlant that forms these balls is called
tbe t1Imble,veed BotaniSts call it
Cycln,au plalyphylium. 1t belongs to
genus Of plants that grow into a
thick. round mass of small branches,
attached to the roots each by small
ste,I that, IN the fan, becomes dry and
brittle. As the autumn winds sweep
over the prairie the stems of these
plants go leaping and bounding along,
scattering their seeds as they go.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
ejftIno Out the Fieas,

It IL known that plague is carried
from one person to another by aeas
and that these fleas normally live on
rats, but Major F. w. Cragg Of the
Central Research institute, Kasauli
India, asserts that only certain species
Of aeas are to blame. and he Is now
making a special study Of all the varie-
ties of fieas In India In an endeAvoo
= and which u really the guilty 90
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17

In India, where stealing is prac-
ticed as an art by whole bands and
tribes, the thieves owe obedience 70
the naik, or chief, of their tribe, who
directs most of their operations but
usually does not engage in them. 1t
is his duty to prepare the alibis and
he is always the chief witness when
one Is arrested. Convictions are ma
turally hard to get. but when it APP
pears that the police have evidence
against a tribe, the naik will decide
which members shall surrender them
selves and plead guilty There is no
appeal from his decision, and it is
usually the less expert desperadoes
who are selected as sacrifcial goats.
While they remain in prison their
families are well taken care of, and
their grieving wives provided with
temporary husbands.
Should these prisoners give informa-
ton to the police they had better never
return home, for certain fate awaits
them. At any rate, any of them would
rather spend his time in prison than
in manual labor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
TO be continued next week. J
Trappers

VIII buy one of each for mounting
Wild Cat Fox and Raccoon. Want good
specimens soon as possible after being
killed. Phone, Asa A. Sheetz.
Feb, 24th-tf. Woods took. Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17

Invest you money in the per cen
Certificates OF the Shen. Valley Loan
& Trust Co., Woodstock, Va Sc
curity unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi-annGally, and Certificates
redeemable any time after six month
10 short notice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
Safe by That Time.

"NiCe children you have. Which Is
this?"
1.-The fifth"
HE seems to be the healthiest look
ing Of the lot"
"Yes, by the time he came along his
mother had run out Of theories."-Bos-
ton Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
DR.. FAHRN ~
DIAG\OSTICIAN

Specialist in chronic diseases.
I make study and treatment
Of any kind of disease the fam
lily Doctor is not curing. Tell
me your trouble and I'll tell
you what is your disease and
what can be done for it. I'll
send blank and specimen case.
Give me your name.
HAGERsToWN, ND.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
Lots For Sale.

60 feet front and 318 feet deep, price
$500 and up. s. B. CLsM, :
Feb. N-6mos. Woodstock, Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17

Put YOUR savings IL the Savings
Department OF the Shenandoah VAL
Icy Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock.
Va. at psr cent compound interest.
Amounts Of e1.0o and upwards re-
ceived. The only savings institu-
tion In the county for the accomula-
tion OF the small savings OF lsboring
men. women. and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
SHENANDOAH HERALD

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Transient advertisements will be
inserted at so cents per square of
ten lines each insertion. Reading
notices at five cents per line.
sa&~Q1arterly and Yearly Display
advertisements by contract
Sa6 Unless the number of inser-
tions is marked upon the manu-
script, advertisements will be pub
lished until forbidden and charg
ed accordingly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17
Church Directory.

METHODIST EPISCOPAL SOUTH.
Sunday School 9:45 q. M, Preach
ing at IL a. m. and 500 %. m. each
Sunday. Prayer meeting Wednesday
night at 500 p. m.
S. K. CoCKRELL,
Pastor
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-03-17

HAGERsToWN, ND.
Smyrna times., 1922-03-15
AT THE PALACE THEATRE

"Bob Hampton, of Placer" the
greatest, most fascinating and stirring
motion picture ever made by that mas
ter director, Marshall Neilan, will be
the attraction-extraordinary at the
Palace Theatre Friday and Saturday.
Strong though this statement may be,
it is nevertheless true. But it could
be still stronger. We might add that
it is one of the finest motion pictures
ever made by anyone. "Bob Hamp-
ton of Placer" is adapted from the
Randolph Parrish story of the same
name. 1t presents on the screen an
absorbing story of romance and adven-
ture in the trilling days of American
frontier history, and as a gripping
climax General Clusters famous last
stand against Sitting Bull and his In
dian hordes is reproduced. The ride
of the Ku Klux Klan in d. w. Grif-
fith's masterful production, "The Birth
of Nation" carries on greater thrill
than the savage charge of the Sioux
against Custer and his gallant little
band in "Bob Hampton of Placer" ."
And back of it all is a charming love
story, and rogueish waif who will
make you laugh and perhaps shed a
tear. A splendid cast has been chosen
by Marshall Neilan to interpret "Bob
Hampton of Placer" which is a First
National attraction. David Kirkwood
has the title role. Featured players
are Wesley Barry, Marjorie Daw, Pat
O'Malley, Noah Beery and Dwight
Crittenden, who portrays Generl Gus
ter. You simply can't afford to miss
this production. 'Nuff sed.
Smyrna times., 1922-03-15
At the MOUieS
AT THE OPERA HOUSE

Al LIE VI EhA hOOOE
Should an innocent man who has
been sent to prison on circumstantial
evidence seek escape or should he re-
sign himself to fate and serve the
term? That is the question which
confronts Thomas Meighan, Para
mount star, in his latest picture, "The
City of Silent Men," which will be
shown at the Smyrna Opera House
next Friday and Saturday.
Jim Montgomery might have chos-
en- the latter alternative, had it not
been for the fact that his mother was
dying from grief. He makes his es-
cape but arrives home just in time to
see his mothers funeral cortege leav-
ing the home. He goes west, and in
new land builds his life anew. He is
traced by detective, and he knows
that he can be identified by his finger
prints. How does he win his freedom
The answer is one of the strongest
and most sensational climaxes ever
viewed on the screen. Lois Wilson is
the leading woman, and Kate Bruce,
Paul Everton, George MacQuarrie and
/ Guy Oliver round out the cast.
Monday and Tuesday - Priscilla
Dean in "Outside the Law" "a
! Knockout in Akron" wires Allen T..
Himmons, of the Allen Theatre, "Out-
side the Law" positive knockout.
Everybody pleased, the most people
that ever came to Allen Theatre, at
least fifteen hundred turned away.
Broke all records.
Second showing in Washington.
Moore's Rialto Theatre engagement
"Outside the Law" one of the biggest
in the history of the house. Mr. Moore
booked it for second showing for his
Garden Theatre, which is only two
blocks away from Rialto. Miss it not