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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
SURELY WAS POTENT STUFF
Some Of Us Would Prefer HardshiPs
of Insomnia to Experience
This Man Had.

Jones had been troubled with In
somnia. He tried several alleged
cures without success. One day he
told his trouble to his friend, Brown.
"Why, l know the very thing for
YOU" Brown said, after Jones had con-
cluded. Meet me tonight, have some
stuff out home which will fix you up
in no time"
That night the two met and Brown
handed Jones a bottle filled with
murky white liquid, instructlng his
friend to take good drink" before
going to bed.
That will make you sleep if any
thing cam" he said.
Two days later the two met again on
the street.
How was that stuff 1 gave you to
cure your insomnia? Was it any
good?' Brown asked
"Good?' replied Jones. Il should
say it was Listen herel l took 1t as
you suggested, and went TO sleep soon
after retiring. Then friend with his
III under his arm came along and
ts...u me if l wanted to buy his feet.
| Mas bargaining with him when the
dragon on which l was riding slipped
its skin, and left me floating in mid
air.
While was considering how l
should get down, bull with two heads
pecred over the edge Of a wall, and
said he would haul me up If | would
first climb up and fix windlaSs for
Linn. So as l was sliding down the
mountain, the inspector came in, and
! asked him when the train would
reach my station.
I'VE passed your station two hun
dsed years ago. he answered, calmly
l,id.ns the train up and slipping it in
Ii. aistcoat pocket. At this moment
., oke up and found that had been
sep ten minutes"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Signs of Splendor.

In Richmond household a negro
woman by the name of Clarissa comes
in occasionally to help for the day
She had been clearing the dinner table
one day after plentiful repast. which.
among other delicacies. included a
huge watermelon. and as she passed
through the doorway carrying in each
hand a well-illed can of the gltsten-
ing melon rind. she rolled her eyes at
the lady of the house and asked:
"'Scuse me, Mis- Alice. but would
70 all mind eff I carried home one Of
dem cans?"
NO, Clarissa,' was the reply. but
what on earth do you want with IT?
You don't keep pigs or chickens, do
your
"Lawd, no. Mis- Alice, I don't keep
no animals. What I wants to do is
jes to make dem neghbors of mine
Jealous. Dey don't never have SIGH
garbage as dis a-settin' outside deere
front steps "-Harpers Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Ant Families.

One Of the most peculiar exanape0
sf nature protection found In IL
world Is that afforded by the suGoR
ant Of Australia. The sugar ant =
ono Of the smaller of the field ants q
that country. The meat ant, on ~
other hand, Is very pugnacious cfeo-
ture, 30 that there are few enemies
Of it, size which dare approach -
nest. The sugar ant realizes this, -
It seeks protection for Its own ho0s
BY building 1t at the base Of the mousd
Of the meat ant. Then 1t covers t1e
nest entrance with leaves, so that thsy
are hidden from sight. The meat al
works only during the day; as soon -
the sun sets, 1t goes into its nest and
Il not easily disturbed, while darkness
prevails. On the other hand, the sugar
ant comes out at night and feeds upon
the honey Of flowers or the sap Of
small plants. In this way the two
species Of ant do not come In contact
<ith each other, and the meat ant pro
yideD plenty Of protection for the sugar
ant. while tie latter ID having its day.
sime .aoep. All OF which reminds one
6 - DQolas ed facee u boz ~
Ce0hgonfnnu ocjaneo Mna11G
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
JOB PRINTING
Executed Promptly AtsThe
HE RAID OFFICE
Revealed Genius In Youth

Gatnsborough's mother encouraged
her sons first attempts at drawing Al
twelve he was filling books with
sketches of flowers and clumps Of
trees in the Suffolk lanes and woods
He showed so much talent that the
family decided to send him to London
to study painting
The occasion of the first portrait he
painted was very romantic He was
working on landscape when young
lady came Unexpectedly upon him. He
immediately began to transfer her to
his canvas. This took some time-long
enough for painter and model to fall in
love When he was nineteen he mar
ried her.
His work became so much the rage
that his friends jovially punned upon
his name and dubbed his house Gains
Borough" Though he disagreed with
Reynolds and others of his famous
contemporaries, they all saluted him
as brilliant man and a great painter
Designer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
OWN FROM STOLEN SEEDS
: brer Trees Still Standing In Equa'
to, al For.-t Have Had Remark
able Adventures.

.htu me alue Of rubber was nrst
xr'pited. British interests made
non to Brazil with the view
liz specimens and acclimatiZ-
',her nlan5S to the lands OF
ErazIlians, approaching
# their monopoly, refused
ii ,-yport of seeds or plants,
lie un5erhand methods 10000
e~r secured and smuggled out
Try.
......, seeds are perishabIe, and
T. should spoil on the way to
eyluu they were taken the shorter
..stance-to London.
on landing in London, the guardian
81 lie seeds drove in a hanson cab
ardens. 1t was the middle
lt when he arrived there
..e seeds were planted at once,
IN ten terminated, and a year
Of the plants were sent
- hothouses 10 Ceylon.
lra garden was opened for
re- "ption at u little place called
sd oda in the equatorial forest
')t.. survivors stand today. You
these large old trees with q
.n3er when you think Of the
.As lhey went through In the
t~ and that from their prog
l- great rubber industry Of the
H~ sprung up.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
EXPERTS BUILD FUR WRAPS
Making Of Crazy Quilt Nothing Com
pared to the Peclng Together Of
Bits OF Skin.

OF course 1t would not be quite the
thing to look a 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 tovial 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 piece Of fur that would
put the most intricate crazy quilt OF
our grandmothers' time into the anna.
teur class.
Does 1t wear we'll? 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 thingi
You should know. Fine for the looks.
Can make extra careful care, no-yesi
Ocah toryetta the cheap pslcAs
1880 >~u,urur~.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Amono immortal Writers.

The year 1921 was SO taken up by
interest in the Dante sexcentenary that
most persons failed entirely to note
the fact that the year was the four
hundred and fiftieth anniversary Of the
death Of another of the worlds i'm
mortals, Thomas Kempis, the au-
thor of the Limitation of Christ"
A quarter of d century or so ago
a discussion with regard TO the worlds
greatest books was precipitated by an
ingenious London editor who asked the
question If you We're to be mar0oned
On ID desert island for life and could
take only d dozen books with you,
what books would you selectf" In the
lists of answers Dante and a Kempis
invariably occurred, in fact a KEN
pis was omitted from almost none
Of the lists of university men, and was
included by many scientists, even Hux
icy himself selecting it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
!, :. n, MA, JUS,
ALL RUNDOWN
Missouri Lady Suffered Until She
Tried Cardui. Says "ResuIt
Was Surprising Got Along
Fiae, Became Normal
and Healthy.

Springfield No.-"My back was so
weak | could ha' " stand up, and
would hove hea. ls down pains and
was not Well a. any time" says Mrs.
i. Y. Wliljams wife of a well-known
2rmer Oh Route 6, this place Il
ept getting headaches and having to
. to i, continues Mrs, Y iilians
describing the troubles FROM which
she Obtained relief through the use OF
Cardui. My husband, having heard
of rardui, proposed ~ett.ua IL tor me-
Il saw after taxing some CarG'i
that was i'm. :..s The resu
was surprising. Nj. like different
person.
Later I suffered from weakness
and weak back, and felt all rundown.
l did not rest we'll at night, l was so
nervous and cross. My husband said
he would get me some Cardui, which
he did. 1t strengthened me My
doctor said got along fine. was In
good healthy condition. cannot
say too much for it,
Thousands of WOMEN have suffered
as Mrs. Williams describes, until they
found relief from the use of Cardui.
Since It has helped so many, you
should not hesitate to try Cardui II
troubled with womanly ailments.
For sale everywhere. esq
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
SEEK HIGH POINT
Writer WIZ Claims to Know Point1
Our Error to Which lost Per-
sons Are inclined.

The recent discovery OF the skeleton
Of lost child on the summit OF ne
highest mountain in the Bennacae
group in Aberdeenshire holds no mys
terry for an Australian bushman
The skeleton is supposed TO be that
Of 4 two-yearold child lost seven years
ago from farm two miles away, and
at the time of the disappearance there
we're apparently a number of theories
put forward for the loSs-that the
child had been stolen by gypsles, eaten
alive by pigs or carried away by an
eagle.
But had man experienced il the
behavior of lost children been asked
what was likely TO have become OF the
lost infant he would have said.
Search all the highest points within
a few miles, and on one Of them IN
less he has persisted on the way, you
will find the lost child"
In countries like Australia, where
there are still vast tracts of partially
settled country, the danger of getting
bushed.' as it is called, is still a real
one.
1t is not always children who get
pushed" either. But, adult or child
unless the lost person has bush expert
snee, he seems to lose his head a.
once and begins to walk and walk.
If the country is fiat, the lost per-
son walks in a circle; if 1t is noun
famous, he mounts and mounts as
high as he can get. He seems to get
demented as he grows more exhausted
and the realization of his probable
fate becomes more clear. An hour or
two before he succumbs he gets rid
Of his clothes. The majority of lost
people are found naked.
1t may happen that somebody who
reads this article may one day be lost.
Here, then is a piece of advice from
one with right to give it.
Directly you realize that you are
lost sit down until the first panic has
departed. Remember that your first
is to reserve your
strength.
You will be tempted to go up hill
TO see. to get into freer spaces. Don't
10 this. Go down hill. All rivers flow
downward; you will find water In the
Talleys. Most settlements are In the
'alleys. And going down hill eats up
ess strength than climbing up hill
london Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Barley Basis Of Weiaht.

During the reign of Henry VII
standards of length and weight were
established with actual grains Of
wheat and barley as a basis. Three
h. .urns were an inch, and from
tt, Us built up our table of inches,
feet. els (yards). perch and acre,
On> restriction was that the barley
corn must be dry and taken from the
middle of the car and laid end to end
-. : this same system 80 grains OF
wheat made pennyWeight, and from
that as a basis they worked out the
Troy pound in which II ounces still
make a pound. Originally the sizes
Of shoes were based upon grains of
barley, and ii is said that these are
the same today as in The early days.
There were Is grains of barley to each
size. "Furlong' is an old English word
meaning ''furrow long" and is based
upon the length a furrow would be
in d square ten-acre field
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Fireworks in History.

The business of making fireworks
and the business of setting off elabo-
rate displays are sometimes called
the art of pyrotechny," the word "py-
rotechny' being compounded Of TWO
Greek words meaning fire art" There
is an extensive literature on the sub
ject.
References may be found in the
writings of Manilius and Vespicus TO
the fact that fireworks were set off in
connection with the circus In ancient
Rome, and Claudianus, who wrote in
the Fourth century, mentions "whirl-
ing wheels and fountains of fire" In
connection with the celebration of GER
tain festivals. Fireworks, and which
should not be COMPOUNDED with mere
bonfres, were set off as spectacles and
ceremonies during the reign of Henry
VII, Henry VIII, Elizabeth and other
English monarchs. In those early
English days dragons spouting fire
were q popular form of fireworks. In
book written on the subject in 1913
there is reference to trees and
fountains Of fire sent high up into
the air"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Halti's Scrappino Roostera.

BOOSTERS that crow day and night
and never seem to recognize the differ
ence between day and night were re-
Gently described by William Almon
Wolff In Golfers Mr.. Wolff visited
Haiti while he was serving as a
sergeant In the marine corps reserve.
when 1t comes to cock fighting in
Haiti" he writes, "the rooster PLAYS
very important role. Sunday after
noon is the great time for that. and
all day Sunday you may see sporting
Haitians going about with q game
cock or two under their arms. There
are two rings in Port an Prince:
thousands Of men gather there every
Sunday afternoon and bet on their
favortties. Haitian cock fighting is
not Z very brutal affair; the birds
arant uErsd. It Is the custom for
tne oYer Of The losing rooster 70 cry
1n 0lGoga 0scA Anaase Z g."
:
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
SEEING Without Evas

That the blind can perceive light
AID darkness is asserted by Dr.. A.
Cantonnet in Medicine (Paris). Doctor
Cantonnet tested eyeless seeing ma
chinery by bandaging his eyes light.
proof and concentrating his attention
Tor % hours on perception Of light.
he found that he could then perceive
not merely light and darkness but
also large and shining objects.
Testing many blind persons, h
found the same ability. He attributes
us vision without eyes to Ranvier,s
seosory~ cells, which Aoye 1 neeye
snnafaon With H. hsnaa 0snssnk
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Voices Of the Dunes

Inc voices of the dunes are In many
Keys, The cries Of the gulls and crows
the melodies of the songsters-the
wind tones among the trees-the roar
OF the surf on the shore-the soft
rustllng OF the loose sands. eddyins
among the beach grasses-the whir Of
startled wings in the rdvines-the
piping OF the frogs and little toads in
the marshy spots~the chorus If the
katydids and locusts-the prolonged
notes of the owls at highland many
other sounds, all blend into the
The greater song Of the hills. and be-
come part Of the appeal, in this land
Of enchantment and mystery.-Eari H.
Reed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
OF Interest to Bee Keepers.

Keep large, long-tongued bees. ad-
Vises ]. g. Merrill, of the Kansas State
Agricultural college He has found
that the bees with the longest tongues
and the greatest body weight bring
home the most honey To the Ameri-
can Association Of Economic Ento-
biologists meeting in Toronto he de-
clared ii is possible to tell which col.
my of bees in beeyard will collect
The most honey during a SKINNER by
measuring the tongues, the amount of
nectar, and obtaining the weight of
forty bees from each colony In the
spring.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12

Richmond, Va, May with the
opening day Of the Virginia Historical
Pageant only two weeks from next
Monday, every detail for the great
State spectacle is being brought to a
finish, and throughout the State great
preparation is being made for the trip
to Richmond. Workmen this week are
laying the floor for the amphitheatre
and the work on the grandstand is be-
ing rushed Seating equipment, in
Guiding 20,400 individual chairs, is
ready to be placed, and the intricate
lighting system Is being installed
Through an ingenious arrangement
perfected by c. Custer Robinson.
architect and Director Thomas Wood
Stevens, the various shifts in scenery
will be made in three seconds. by
means Of sunken tracks on which
trucks conveying the background
scenery will be operated
Many Unique Parade Features.
The parades to be given each fore
noon Of pageant week, May 22-28,
through the streets of Richmond. will
contain many unique floats depicting
Nirginias history. On Colonial Day.
May %; the city of Alexandria will be
repres ented by a float representing
the Blue room Of the Carlyle House
and on it will be the five Governors,
General Braddock. Admiral Halket.
Colonel of the British Army and the
Young George Washington, who will
be given his first commission in the
British Army
The Veteran Friendship Fire Asso-
citation Of Alexandria. the oldest fire
company in America, and which still
has its first engine, will exhibit the
old engine. The company was or
ganized in 1874 by George Washing,
ton, and ne purchased the engine in
Philadelphia for 50 pounds and ten
shillings, and presented it to the com
pany in 1775. The men of the pres
ent organization Will wear the same
style of uniforms as worn in Colonial
DAYS Membership in the company is
hereditary and therefore. greatly
priced. The present officers are NJ
R. Morris, president; J Sidney Doug
lass, e-preSident; John Trimyer,
treasurer; James H Mansfield. ST.,
secretary; VIM. H. Humphries. care
taker; A n Brockett. trustee and
Mr.. Fair, financial secretary
The Westover Float.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12

parades and pageant drama. The
floats in the parades each day Will
show some feature Of Virginia's his
tory through the trying periods OF the
Colonial, Revolutionary and Confed-
crate Wars, while the pageant-drama
to be given each night will depict
other phases and episodes OF those
periods, including two phases OF the
Battle Of Charlottesville, and phase
of the Surrender at Appomattox.
These will be the thrilling military
features of the pageant-drama, while
others will include the Landing at
jamestown" the Starving Time" the
Capture Of John Smith" the Mar
riage Of Pocahontas" and other Incl
dents which make the history OF Viz
ginia, the Mother of States, glorious.
The tentative program for the open
ing days exercises, May %. calls TO:
Mayor Ainslie to escort Mrs. Hattie
Semones, Of Roanoke, Queen Of the
Pageant" from the Jefferson Hotel
to the State Capitol portico, where
Governor E. Lee Trinkle will place
the crown upon her head and give her
the name of Virginia, the First"
Senator Carter Glass will crown Miss
Annie Walor, of Norfolk, as Princess
of the Pageant and Senator. Claude
A Swanson will crown Miss Mary
Spotswood Roberts, of Chase City,
ft-rhn DurhasS The coronation ma
rade will follow with floats depicting
the Colonial, Revolutionary and Con
federate periods.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
India Rubber,

Few articles seem more strangely
named than India rubber 1t gets the
rubber" from the first use to which
II was put-that Of erasing pencil
marks by rubbing Nor should II be
associated with India. The tree was
first mentioned by an explorer among
the Mexican Indians. three centuries
or more ago, and the first account q
the substance occurs In connecti0o
with Columbus visit to Haiti on ~
second voyage. Most Of our pruu1
Importation comes from Branl.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Marine Phenomenon

Late one January the steamship
Trafalgar, when within ten miles q
Wolf rock, off the southeast coast q
England. met with remarkable &C
cident
A report like that Of cannon was
heard, and a large fiery body with
a tail 80 or 40 feet long struck the
water 20 feet from the vessel. n
was accompanied by loud Kissing,
and a column of water rose where II
struck the sea. Immediately after.
ward the ship seemed to be on fire,
the engine room glowing with violet
light filled with multitudes Of sparks.
The mate engaged at the wheel SUI
fered a violent shock through the steel
rod In his hand The crew fed to the
deck. 1t was found that all the corn-
passes had been demagnetized, ana
the ship had much difficulty In making
her way to Falmouth. 1t was prob
ably a strong lightning flash which
struck the water, and the subsequent
electric phenomena were produced BY
the dispersal Of the charge supplied
to the surface OF the sea.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
I'D the Minister.

"cr.lnte in Lord Fred
AVS Before Yester-
,Sh draft of Gordon
shortly after arriv-
re marched to serv-
= church.
optimistic mosquito had
: Imagined such a succulent ban
@uet as that afforded by 400 bare
Enped, killed HIghlanders and the
mosquitoes made the fullest use Of
III r opportunity. Soon the church
resoundcd with the vigorous clapping
of hands on bare knees and legs az
t . men endoavored to kill a few OF
th"lr litt'e tormentOrs
He ring the loud elapping, the min
lster paused and said My brethren
It iG vera gratifying to a meenstef
of the word to learn that his remarks
n eet WI the appreciation of his hear
e~s; out ia have you to remember
that applause IS strictly cot of place
in the hoose of God"-Youth's Con-
paniOn.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12

The first woman in Britain to com
plete full apprenticeship in an en-
cheering shop is a Scotch lassie, Mis-,
V, A. Drummoud of Dundee Furthe
distinction has 4pite to Miss Drum
mond in the fon Of election to the
British lnstit" " marine engineers
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
v|RGlN!A'S GREAT SPECTACLE
DEPICTING HISTORY OF STATE
BEGINS AT RICHMOND ON may Y

Governor Lee Trinke Senator Carter Glass, Senator
Claude A. Swanson and Mayor George Ainslie To Par
ticipate In Exercises On Opening Day-Coronation
Parade Will Be spectacular-Many Unique Floats Will
Show Incidents Of Virgiias Past-Commercial Parade
On Saturday Will Show Progress Of State.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
$3.50
The New, Low Price of the
Intern ti0nal 6-16 Tractor !!

WYE have reduced the price of the nernationa SIG
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-12
Mvgr men Have Defects.

II the man who measures you for
your next suit calls out IN. F. r. B."
to the assistant who jots down the
measurements, take care 1t In a
warning that your physique is not all
that 1t should be-in fact a great deal
less. 1t stands for mack forward.
round back"
ITS the commonest fault in the
physique Of our customers, explained
tailor. Most men have fiat chest
and round back. The army straight.
ened some Of them up for a while Blu,
they've begun slumping back again.
About one man in ten has bow legs,
the bow running from ~ to inches.
Practically every mans shoulders are
uneven-one higher than the other
But that's so common that you
wouldn't call 1t defect
Here's another thing I've noticed
AL the athletes, the professional
strong men, have sloping shoulders
The fellow with the straight, heavy
shoulders whom you'd take for an
athlete usually isn't"-Milwaukes
Journal