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The Washington times., 1922-11-04

Gink is now a wealthy canvas
manufacturer in Roughtown al.
owns the biggest canvas garage i'm
America and nearby hemisphere.
lie used the information he gain.
ed in his famous fights to make
close study Of all foreign and
domestic canvas.
The Washington times., 1922-11-04

That press box contained many
a veteran Of the repOrting game,
but Il Is doubtful II any there had
worked under such conditions In
many a day. Press stands almost
everywhere are unprotected from
the elements, hut usually they are
protected from the spectators.
The Washington times., 1922-11-04

Folks who thought he was
lodging 1t didn't know that 0ink
was inspecting the ring canvas t.
enable him to attain scientific
canvas data that would causr
america TO manufacture the
worlds finest tent material.
The Washington times., 1922-11-04

The Battler may be able to
make twenty miles on one gallon
OF that dear old stuff, but he
could never have whipped Gink
Fowler for rubles, marbles or
chalk.
The Washington times., 1922-11-04

In one week Washington has
held more football teams than
ever. before I'm its history. Some
Of the greatest football players in
the country have either played or
practised on the home lots.
The Washington times., 1922-11-04

Now that he has achieved his
fondest threats. he is ready to
again put on those leather wrist
warmers and knock two pounds
OF hamburger steak off Sikls
nose.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Fishermen Use CoIored Nets.

In Dalmatia it has been noticed
that the fishermen dye their nets in
wonderful shades of brown and bright
green. They have found ny experience
that while the fish are canny enough
to fear the white nets and flee from
them as from danger signal, they
swim calmly into the meshes of the
green and brown ones.
1t seems possible that this is be
cause the green and brown strands Of
the nets are not unlike the floating
strands of seaweed. Another expla-
nation is that the eve Of the fish is
unable 70 distinguish these two plors
from that Of the sea water
These dyes are extracted from the
bruised banks Of plants After the
nets have been well soaked In these
natural dyes and then thoroughly
dried. the colors are found to be fast
both as regards water and sunlight.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
FEAST CHANGED IN MEANING
jewish Passover Originally AgricuI-
turai FestiVaI-Now Refers Di.
rectly to Escape From Egypt.

The Jewish festival of Passover com.
memorates the release of the Hebrews
from EGYPTIAN bondage. The festival
opens with a household ceremony
called the Seder, at which collation.
II served and various religious rites
performed. including recital of the
events Of the Exodus, from a special
ritual service compiled for this occu-
sion
origjnally Passover was an agricul
tur"t feast. AT a later period il be-
et.me di>sociated in part from its priln-
it-Ee nature ana came to refer direct
Iy e the escape from Egypt, which in
vested the festival with the new ana
highly significant spiritual message Of
.i.eary for an mankind.
In the Synagogue the note Of Spr.n.
is reelected in assigned scripture
reading wherein the worshiper is re-
m,a .aa ,hat the winter is over. TLs
Is ~ harmony with the purpose Of tie
Passover which is to recall IL mind
.Le many miracles which were wrought
n behalf IF the House Of Jacob by the
Eer~lumhering guardian and keeper
of Israel. Israel is hidden. through
the annual message of Passover, L.
work for the eventual triumph of hu-
nanjry over the tyranny Of injustice
ana iniquity.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
BARNAcLEs LONG a MYSTERY
Up to d Comparatively Few Years Ago
the Small Creatures Were
Wrongly Ciassed.

So indefinite ana Navy We're the re
suits Of investigation IN its ease that
until very few years ago the
barnacle was clazsed With the mol
lusca. although ii Is really q err ra,
cean. It is developed from tree-sw..A-
ming larvae and atro4aes itself to
rocks or timhers. which II never leaves
again unless torn off by force.
There prevailed during the Middle
ages q curious superstition that the
burnacle was the egg Of a migratory
goose. the eggs being attached to the
branches Of trees that oyerhung the
water. Not until it was found that the
bird had its nesting place in the
Arctic regions and came South dur
Ing the polar winter was this fiction
disproyed. But the bird Is sill Enowr
as the barnacle goose.
The barnacle also attaches itself
to living organisms one OF its fayorite
lodging places being TIL huge bulk Of
the whale Sometimes, it is contend
ed, it ventures even into the Jaws Of
the big mammal. It is one of the
paradoxes Of nature that the leyiathaD
Of the deep is utterly powerless to
cope with the small crusJacean which.
at its largest size, when within the
shelf is about as big as a chestnut 1t
is believed that whales sometimes rub
themselves against ships in their at.
tempts to rid themselves Of their un.
welcome tenants.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Sing Deeds of Liqht Tenders.

The hudships endured by Iignt-
keepers have inspired the pens Il
some IF our best writer's. Robert
Louis Stevenson, in sketching the lite
Of his grandfather. Robert Stevenson.
q distinguished Scotch lighthouse en-
sineer. gives some entertaining pen
pictures Of their lot
The first ighthousekeeper in this
country, George Worthylake, at Bos
ton lGht, whose first years salary
vas % pounds, was drowned with
IBIS wife and daughter On November
;. lis, and this incident was the in
SEPARATION for a ballad. the 'LighthouSe
Tragedy" written by Benjamin Frank
lin then 4 boy of thirteen. In his
autobiography he tells US that his
brother induced him to print and sell
copies Of this ballad on the streets
Of Boston, and that it sold wonder
fully, the event being recent and
Having made great noise" No
copy of this ballad seems TO have been
preserved bur the author admits ii
was "wrctched stuff"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
The Meanest Man.

Many years have passed since Mark
Twain died, and the greatest tribute to
his genius Is that no humorist has
arisen to take his place. Opinions
differ as to which was his funniest
story, but there are those who think
that his yarn about the meanest man
is not easily beaten. THE meanest
man I ever knew" he said, Lived In
Hannibal He sold his son-in-law the
halt Of very fine COW. and then re-
f, d to share the milk with him, on
the ground that he had only sold him
the front half The son-in-law was al
ways compelled to provide all the cows
fodder, and to carry water to her
twice day. Finally the COW butted the
old man through a barbed-wire fence.
and be sued his son-in-law for dam
ssH"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
FAMOUS LION OF LUCERNE~
Thoryaldser'5 Masterpiece Common
crates the Heroism Of the Swiss
Guards in Paris in 1892.

The weH-kuoWn monument called
the Lion Of Lucerne," erected near
Luceue. In 1871. commentaries the
tragic fate Of HE Swiss guards in the
French Revolution when IN their de-
votion to duty they were sacrificed to
the bullets Of the Marseillais and the
pixies Of the mob, August 10 1902,
THIS infantry regiment. the 'Gardas
Sui>>e>" had been originally a Swiss
mercenary regiment in the Wars Of
Religion; but for their own good con
duct at the combat OF Argues they
were Incorporated IN the permanent
establishment Of the Maison du Koi,
by Henry ", QIenry Of Nayarre), IN
1889, and In the guards in 1913 The
French guards sided openly with the
constitutional moSyment at the Reyo-
luton. and We're 4lsbanded, but the
Swiss guards remained faithful to
their trust.
This monument was the work OF
Bertel Thoryaldsen O77O1S4D, a
Danish sculptor, noted for his statues
of Christ and the apostles and for
his efforts at classical sculpture. lie
was the son of an Icelander who had
settled in Denmark, and was born at
Copcnhagen There he lies buried I'M
| der a bed Of roses in the courtyard
of the museum he endowed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Fig Blossoms Inside its Own Fruit,


\ popularity Of the hg is that it
produces its fruit first and blossoms
inside the fruit, or 50 nearly SO that
n" flower is perceptiblc to an ord-
nary observer.
Because Of the peculiar structure of
the fig fruit the process of polIina-
ton cannot be accomplished either by
fht wind or by ordinary insects. A
peculiar hymen-opterous insect is an
snhahitant Of the wild figs in their
native countries and also visits the
cultivated varieties 1t is to this in
sect alone that the pollination Of the
cultivated sorts is due Smyrna fig
culture would be an impossibility with
out this insect.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
But Is 1t Worth 1t?

This is q remedy of an English
woman for taking off superfluous
ounces from the face that has be
come too fat through overeating and
lack Of exercise.
To begin with of course, she rec
ommends mild dieting and plenty OF
walking and lots of water to drink
every day. This to cut down super
fuous fat all over the body,
One good exercise is this: Open
the mouth and work the jaw yigor-
ously. first to the right, then to the
left. then backward, then forward.
Do this persistently.
Then draw the cheeks in between
the teeth and puff them out hard and
full. Then. with the teeth shut tight,
stroke the cheeks with the palms of
thn hands gently upward from the
chin tip to forehead. Don't do any
Of the stroking exercises too rapidly
or vigorously, but do them for long
time, persistently. slowly. You will
get the best results in this way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Marine Phenomenon

Late one January the steamship
Trafalgar, when within ten miles q
Wolf rock, off the southeast coast o.
England, met with a remarkable &C
cident.
A report Ike that Of cannon wee
heard, and a large fiery body with
n tail 30 or 40 feet long struck the
water 20 feet from the vessel 4
was accompanied by a loud kissing.
and a column of water rose where I
struck the sea. Immediately afte@
ward the ship seemed to be on fire
the engine room glowing with a yioe'
Fight filed with multitudes of sparks
The mate engaged at the wheel sui
fe2'rd a violent shock through the steSi
rod In his hand. The crew fled to the
deck. 1t was found that all the coir-
passes had been demagnetized, and
the ship had much difficulty in making
her way to Falmouth. It was prob
ably a strong lightning flash which
struck the water, and the subsequent
electric phenomena were produced bJ
the dispersal Of the charge supplied
TO the surface OF the sea.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Difficult to Comprehend.

Father was trying to explain stand
ard time" to little Harry, but Harry
was not sure that he understood.
After all, 1t is no great matter. =
said father,
'You are now only in the fourth
grade When you have gone to school
longer YOU will learn all about it."
Maybe so said Harry, with re-
assuring smile. The teacher says
that even lots Of eighth-grade boys
and girls don't understand longitude
and gratitude, "-Wayside Tales.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Felt 1t Was Being Overdone.

some playmates came early one
rlorning to spend the day with Betty.
All went right merrily until about four
o'clock in the afternoon, when Bet
tvs eyes began to droop for want of
her afternoon nap. She tried to keep
on playing, but finally came to ME
and said: Cant they go now7 ]
have had a too muchness of fun
Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Wifely Diplomacy.

"My husband positively refuses to
do erranis for me downtown.
milne used to, but l cured s.;E Of Is
mighty quick. oh. we'll. | said. y
suppose can do. it myself. And Willis
am downtown l might as well do
little shopping. SO YOU might le. me-
have So5' lie never refused after
that Boston Transcript
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Woman,s HIGH Importance.

The Woman's cause is mans. They
rise or sink together; dwarfed or god
like, bond or free; if she be small.
slicht-natured. miserable, how shall
men grow?-Tennyson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Found Out.

Phylline-Oh, Eileen, dear, have you
been married long?
Eileen-Long enough to know that
my husband is about as truthful as
the oldest inhabitant in a country viii
Iage.-London Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Chinese Have Leaning Buddha

The Leaning Buddha is Chinese
rival of the tower Of Pisa. This
Twelfth century pagoda, near Nan
king. is 100 feet high, of thirteen
stories. and inclines twelve feet from
the perpendicular.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
TeIItaIe Traits

You cannot rightly judge people by
what others say about them, but you
can by what they say about others
Boston Transcript
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
FOR SALE

Some very fine farms, ranging from
80 to 200 acres fine buildings, one Of
the finest farming counties in Penn
sylVania. York, Pennsylvania, is the
third manufacturing ci1y in Pennsyl-
vania.
For information, address
E. W. LOUCKS,
7. Q. Box 1853, York, Pa.
NAV 9S ii
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
d.. T AHRNE ~
DIAGNOSTICIAN

Specialist in chronic diseases.
| make study and treatment
OF any kind of disease the fam
lily Doctor is not curing, Tell
me your trouble and III 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, MD.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16

LS1 (.dRDH-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16

~mns-E.--,-,er
Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03
A Letter of Interest Both
Locally and Historically

lands" near Baton Rouge; one two
CT three miles from the city on the
road that goes to Greenwich Springs
not very far from where Thomas
Green Davidson's place was, when
was called Little Misery and an
other some place in the bayou coun-
trv. He also owned estates IN Brit
ish Guina and it was in going to look
after these that he took passage IN
a ship bound for Demerara and neltn.
er he nor the ship was ever heard OF
afterwards. He left widow, VINO
died Immediately after his departure,
and their children were very young
and the usual thing happened; that
is why you and are poor today
am also sending you a copy OF a
letter of Benjamin Franklin to your
great-grandfather, Gen. John Nor
gan. Make a copy of it and send it
back to me, if you think it worth
while as this is the only copy l have.
The original is in the possession OF
our relatives in Pittsburg.
Colonel George Morgan was the
first man in America to receive a
gold medal for agriculture; the rnedal
is still in the possession of the 1am-
| lily.
I am much interested in the names
so familiar to me which l see in the
account of the meeting of the His,
torical Society . l notice John Fred
! Odom. | remember Anthony Odom
whom we used TO call "Tony'; he
was several years older than myself
but used to make a great pet of me
and l was very fond Of him. The
names Favrot, Bird, Magruder, Klein
peter, etc, made me homesick to see
the dear old place once more.
In the early part Of the last cen
tury there lived in Baton Rouge
quiet French gentleman who was very
modest and had very little to say Of
himself. His name was LaNoue. HI
was one of the aristocrats who es
capped the guillotine during the Revo.
luton in France. He never told any
one who he was, until in some lega
business one day it was necessary
for him to do so, and then he put hi
papers into my fathers hands, beg
ging him not to tell any one that HI
was the Comte de Verre, and it wa!
only after Mr.. LaNoue's death tina
my father told me who he was. La
Noue was his family name.
(Your sony Gibbes is Thoma
Gibbes Morgan, 3rd. Your grand
father was named after Colonel Thorn
las Stanyarne Gibbes Of South Caro-
lima, who married Anne Morgan, sis
ter of your great-grandfather and in
Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03
MOther-the Censor.

MOtneT-tne OeHSOT.
Movie censorship is fine thing,
and it is to be hoped that unfit pic
lures may eventually be culled out.
But that glorious day has not yet ar
rived. The. responsibility still rests
with Mother to decide which pictures
her children shall see. Of course,
Mother cannot see all pictures in ad-
vance and know exactly what is
what, but she can take a little care
that obviously unwholesome pictures
are not attended by her children.
When in doubt, be little conserva-
tive. There are plenty of good ones,
so the children will not suffer.
To save sugar in canning cherries
add a pinch Of soda the size Of a
cherry-pit to each quart of cherries
Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03

(Among the papers read at meet
Ing Of the Historical Society of East
and West Baton Rouge was letter
from Colonel James Gibbs Morgan to
his nephew Hon. Howell Morgan,
State Treasurer. As it is historical
as we'll as local, Woman's Enterprise
takes the liberty of publishing same.)
Washington, D. c., March 25, 1916.
My dear Howell:
Many thanks for your very inter-
esting letter and the enclosures. |
was immensely interested in the news
paper clipping giving an account OF
the meeting of the Historical Society,
and hope that it will be great sue
cess. You have plenty of historical
matter connected with Baton Rouge,
If it can only be hunted up, but, un-
fortunately, many, if not all, of the
records were dstroyed when the
state house was burned, and many
others were pillaged or scattered into
the streets when private houses were
ransacked at the time of the capture
Of the city during the Civil War. For
instance, among other things of great
historical value, there was taken from
YOUR grandfather's house the duelllng
pistols of his grandfather, Colonel
George Morgan of the Revolutionary
army. 1t was with these pistols that
the celebrated historical duel between
General Cadwallader and the Comte
de Conway was fought. The due
grew out of the "Gates Cabal' against
General Washington, in which the
French officer with the Irish name
was severely wounded. Whoever the
man is who is now in possession OF
those weapons, he cannot have the
slightest idea of their historical val
ue.
The Spaniards always claimed thai
they had not sold Baton Rouge anC
that part of Louisiana to the French
and when Bonaparte sold Louisiana tc
the United States, they claimed thai
he had no right to give title to that
part of the colony north and east
from Baton Rouge to Florida. Be-
fore the sale, Colonel Philip Hickey
snd my mothers father, Major Rich
ard Fowler, both held commission:
from the Spanish King. Col. Hick
ey's commission is still in the posses
sion Of his family. Major Fowler wa
q retired officer of the British army
Both he and Col. Hickey were British
subjects, and you will see from
copy of letter l am sending you tha
neither of them seemed to relish tn
idea of the Yankees governing them
Your great-grandmfather Fowler ha'
several plantations, one in the "High
Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03

on an air of bravado, which his moth
er saw, and she smiled to herself.
Mother went to the window, struck
herself by the gloomy scene, curious
to see what had caused such terror to
her little ones. There, sure enough
was seen an object, swaying back
and forth, all pure white, waving a
pair of long, lanky arms. She knew
of course it was something that could
be explained and was just going out
to see what it could be when Mr..
Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03

Clark came in. He volunteered to go,
so with flash light in hand he went to
the garden.
After a short while he came in,
with twinkling eyes and produced the
Spook, and what do you think it was!
Why it was his long white night shirt
which had been hung in the window,
and the wind had carried it up in the
air, and then lifted it over the slender
lilac bush, where it had its fun scar
ing Jim and Nancy.
Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03
THE SPOOK--A
CHILD'S STORY
(By Virginia Bransford.)


Two tired, scared little faces were
pressed against the window pane,
peering out into the darkness Of the
night.
The street light at the corner was
so far off, it cast weird shadow over
the garden, where lilac bushes and
small shrubbery held sway.
Their mother had been called to a
sick neighbor, and Mr.. Clark, their
roomer, up stairs, had slipped out
noiselessly; SO they were alone, oh.
so alone.
The black cat got up from the rug,
and stretching himself, slowly made
circuit of the room.
Bye-and-bye the wind started up,
and clouds began to send across the
sky, making the street light DINNER.
Jim put his arm protectingly around
Nancy, and drew her closer to him.
| What was that creaking noise? 1t
sounded exactly like some one creep
ing up the stairs. They held thei1
! breath, and Jim almost dragging
Nancy tip-toed to the partly opened
door, and peeped out into the hall;
gloomy shadows, and silence, except
for a soft, flappy sound which caught
their attention.
"Oh! Jim,' said Nancy" this looks
exactly like the same night Nora saw
the Spook, in old Ireland, before We
got her."
! "Hush, you silly -:ing, we don
: have Spooks in America" and jim
felt a glow of pride that he was help
ing his little sister, as his mothe
had asked him to do.
The window, with its awfully en-
ticing shadows, held their attention
y although it took all their courag
to look out. Though full Of fear, tn
swaying bushes, gloomy clouds, an
semi-darkness. held them there.
Just as Jim was feeling his cour
age at its lowest, a white objec
I floated softly down from the sky; h
l. and Nancy saw it at the same time
I. |. it was pure white, and there was n
l doubt it had arms, for wasn't it wav
I ing them frantically at them?
There it stood right in front Of tn
tall, slender lilac bush, hiding it com
pletely from view. 1t was swayin
from side to side like drunken man
y then again it was beckoning them t
come out, for several times its lon
arms were held out towards the wir
dow. Nancy could stand it no longe
She opened her mouth and jus
squealed, "Oh, why did Mrs. Jone
- get sick such an awful night, an
;, why did you say Jim, there wel
- no Spooks in American"
s Jim took one long look at tt
Spook; just then a stronger gust
!, wind came, and Jim was sure he sa
3 the thing bend nearly tc the window
then he joined Nancy, and their uni
ed cries reached the ears of mothe
who was not for away.
a Mother rushed in, and gathered h
$. terror stricken children to her.
- "What on earth is the matter
|. she demanded.
"Oh, mother" said Nancy, "lo'
out of the window, there is su
enough Spook in our garden, and
is beckoning US to come out"
In the meantime Jim was putin
Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03
MIR. John Morgan,
Prospect, near Princeton.


Prospect, near Princeton.
B.
Note from the Washington (Pa.
"Review and Examiner, December
II, 1875:
In 1856 while he was residing at
Princeton he was presented with an
elegant gold medal by the Philadel.
phia Society for Promoting Agricul'
ture. We have been permitted to eX.
anime this souvenir by our fellow
townsman, D. T. Morgan, Esq, its
present possessor. 1t is beautiful
specimen Of mechanical art-one anc
three-fourths inches in diameter. Or
the diverse side are the words
''Phila. Society for Promoting Agri
culture to George Morgan for his Es
say on Farmyard. Adjudged Feb
ruary Z, 1885," The reverse contain:
a representation Of farm scene. In
dustry holding plough drawn by
yoke of oxen, farm buildings.
Woman's enterprise., 1922-07-03
WOMAN-I-TORIALS.
Jazz and "Shimmy.'

These much condemned dances are
both of western hemisphere oringin.
Jazz was invented by the Incas in an
effort to frighten away the troops of
Pizarro at the battle of Cuzco. The
"shimmy' was a part of the cere-
mony of the redskin."