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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
HONOR GOES TO vERMONTER
Thaddeus Fairbanks Of that State
Made First Weighing MACHINE z@S
inS.sr4fs1ecs--tt1s ss''''~

The origin Oh weighing things dates
back so far that the name of the in
vuntor is unknown, observes the
Brooklyn Eagle. When man reached
the stage in civilization where he
ceased to depend upon his own efforts
for his livelihood and began trading
with his fellows he was confronted
with the need of weighing things in
order to determine the actual weight
Of whatever he traded in.
The trade of the world developed by
leaps and bounds over hundreds of
years, but we did not have scales until
about 1881. when Thaddeus Fairbanks
OF Vermont made and patented the
first one. Before that time weighing
of heavy loads was done by crude
method. When weighing a load Of hay
the wagon with the hay was sus-
pended on a huge steelyard originally
fashioned during the days Of ancient
Rome. Fairbanks first scale was In
it. essential principles the same as
are the scales Of today, and its sue
cess quickly spread over the world.
Orders poured in from every direction,
for his scales We're not only more con-
venienr than the old method Of hoist
ing the object to be weighed on q
steelyard but they were also more ac-
cutate. With the steelyard, the actual
weight might be ascertained within
fifty pounds, whereas today, on scales
capable Of weighing 100000 pounds,
the weight can be determined within
the smallest fraction Of an ounce,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
EVEN THE TINY ARE STRONG
Shetland Ponies Willing and Able to
Do Good Work Under the
Right Conditions.

There Is something startling about
seeing Shetland ponies working At
least, two Of them have regular jobs.
They do not serve as mounts for chill.
dren, nor do they pull pony pleasure
carts around the block. They put In
the day at hard labor.
- One Of them pulls an express wagon,
the other q small-sized garbage cart.
To see them trudgtng along under the
tracks Of the elevated trains, pulling
q load among truck horses that seem
three times their size, is apt to give
soft-hearted citizen Jolt and make
him wonder In vague disconnected
manner about the child labor law, re-
marks the New York Sun.
At his well-meaning notions Of pro-
test those who know Shetlands will
laugh. Few horses ure as strong for
their size as a full-grown Shetland.
When q vehicle Is built to suit their
size they are perfectly able to work
and are, moreover, most Of them, en-.
dowed with a temper that makes It
virtually impossible to impose upon
them or TO force them to do any mora
work than they want TO.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
ABILITIES 7HETkkE -' La7fNr
Few Realize to the Fullest Extent the
intellectual Powers They Have
at Command.

How many times have you been
forced tor undertake some piece Of
work which you did not believe you
puld perform, only to find yourself
igreeably surprised at the credible
way in which you finally accomplished
tt7 You discovered latent abilities
which only come to light through the
irving force Of necessity. There is
40 doubt we all have possibilities
which We do not suspect ALI that
is needed to develop them is self con-
fidence and initiative.
Many people never succeed because
they never try They lack faith In
themselves. The habit Of saying II
can't" Is an easy one to acquire, and
it grows stronger with time, but II
does not lead to accomplishment. II
does not put our faculties to work TO
overcome the perplexities Of the JOB
which confronts us. Many people feel
that unless they can solve some problem
easily they lack the ability to do it at
ell. They do not realize that the per
Torrance OF anything worth while re
Quires much hard work and hard
thinking.
Don't allow yourself to become con
ceited or to get into an overconf1dent
frame Of mind in regard to your abil
ity, but nevertheless do not give w
trying to achieve some goal until yor
have brought every faculty into play
If you concentrate strongly enough OF
the effort you will be surprised at thu
results.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
EXCITED WRATH OF DICKENS
Great Writer, at His Best, Denounced
Public Hangings, Which Were
Disgrace to English LAW

Charles Dickens, at the time Of the
the murder Of Patrick O'Connor, was
at his fullest power as a writer. In a
letter to the London Times he wrote:
Il believe that sight so inconceiv-
ably awful as the wickedness and levi
ty Of the immense crowd collected at
the execution this morning could be
Imagined by no man, and presented by
no heather land under the sun. The
horrors Of the gibbet aud the crime
which brought the wretched murderers
to 1t faded in my mind before the
atrocious bearing, looks and language
of the assembled spectators. When |
came upon the scene at midnight the
shrllness of the cries and bowls tina:
were raised from time to time, denot
Ing that they came from concourss
Of boys and girls already assembled in
the best places, made my blood run
cold. When the two miserable crea.
lures who attracted all this CHASTITY
sight about them were turned Quiver
ing into the air, there was no moro
emotion, no more pity, no more thought
that two immortal souls had gone to
Judgment, no more restraint In any Of
the previous obscenities, than II the
name Of Christ had never been heard
in this world, and there were no belief
among men but that they perish like
tho boasts"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
BLIND MAN "sEEs" WITH NOSE
Making Up for the Loss Of Sight, Ma
ture increases Power Of the
olfactory organe.

A blind man can "see with his nose.
So, at least, writes q blind man who
has made study of his own faculties
and those of his companions In dark
ness. a
The sense Of smelling among the
blind" he says, grows exceedingly
sharp, and we utilize 1t insttnctively
for our purposes, for which the nor.
NAL man naturally uses his eyes. The
smell, In particular, helps US in ere
ating a sense of locality, and enables
US in a region in which we are at
home, to find the way as easily and
surely as II we could see the world
around US with our eyes. 1t Is rela.
lively easy for the nose, as there are
not two streets that have the same
odor.
Not only has each street Its par
ticular odor, but also the various parts
Of the same street; nay, eech house
has its characteristic smell, and the
blind man knows In q street through
which he often comes where he Is.
VI Ide leSoeuitlou Oh nuIudn beings
/ the sense Of smell is likewise invalu.
able. Besides the special smells OF
cigars or perfumes, there are many
delicate scents by which he can rec.
ognize men. Every material Of cloth
ing has definite odor and with q
little experience the blind man can
see with his nose whether one wears
wool, silk or velvet"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
.vEMTIoE IS BEST METHOD
ole Persian LAD Fight Idea Cor
hing Disease, Long Fcfore
Firth of Christ

{ hundred Years before the birth
Of .nrist , ise old Persian father
advise his son, Cyrus the Great,
that the thing to do is to have ply
>s,.ians prevent disease; in modern
language, keep two jumps ahead. So
the idea that there should be all-time
heaIth officers TO prevent disease Is
net a thing to be looked on as an in
noVation.
More than twenty-five centuries ago,
a conversation like the following took
place between Cyrus and his father
81 have heard and seen that those
states which seek for good health
educate their physicians, and that
commanders take with them ply
sicians for the sake Of the soldiers,
saiG Cyrus. I, too, therefore, as soon
as my present expeditions were in
trusted to me, gave my attention to
the subject and thought that l had
with me very competent physicians.
To which his father replied: But
these physicians, my son, OF which
slou Speakest. are like members of
torn garments, and thus, they cure
those who have fallen sick. Thy chief
an -iety should be to provide for
health. for thou oughtest to take care
20 prevent the army from falling into
sickness at all"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
Jinx Phone Numbers Stunned.


The Japanese believe that there are
lucky and unlucky numbers. In this
respect they are not unlike many
Americans, but their belief is much
more deeply rooted, as Is shown By
the extreme care with which the
Japanese select their telephone num-
bers, according to the Telephone Press
service. The japanese government
which operates the service and has
been unable to meet the demand for
telephaDsa permits the buying and
selling Of telephone suboeziptious and
the corresponding numbers, and ire
quently very substantial sums are paid
for numbers that are reputed to be
particularly lucky. 1t Is said that the
luckiest number for business purposes
is eight, because the shape Of the
japanese character for eight in some
way suggests the idea Of prosperity.
The most unlucky numbers are a and
40, because the former Is pronounced
"shini," which means ITO de-" and the
latter "shiku," which means death"
or suffering"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
Ancient Advertiser ent.

A drinking cup was recently sold at
London, belonging to Sir Arthur
ENHnS' collection, which is chiefly In.
tert ling because on it in Greek is AL
Inscription claimed to he the first
known advertisement. II runs rathe,
plaintively: MADE by Ennion, let the
buyer remember For the Twentieth
century buyer, 1t Is not q question VI
remembering, but of endeavoring to
trace the history Of one whose work
must be more than 1000 years old
Fnnion is believed to have been ali
artist of Sidon, the principal city Of
Phoenicia for many centuries. and
even in the Middle ages n place Of
considerable Importance Now 1t il
little more than a village. It's glory
having faded as completely as tn,
fame of its citizen. whose request
nevertheless. to be remembered. has
not remained wholly unheeded.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
WOODEN LEG A HANDICAP
1 Physician Had Forgotten That Ap
pendage Would Not Help Duck
in Its Native Element.

A distinguished doctor Of Baltimore,
Md, has a flock of Muscovy ducks run
ming around his country place and hear
ing great commotion in the chicken
yard one afternoon hurried hence to
see one of his ducks doing line of
daredevil stunts in mid-air. The fall.
ing leaf" "tail-spiE" and such per-
formances were following one another
with startling rapidity when the doc
>or discovered that the cause of 1t all
was big rat which was hanging on
the ducks leg. The rat held on until
the leg came off, when the rodent
dropped to the ground and escaped.
The doctor tied the injured member
md his surgery was a success in that
the bird recovered, but it had a great
handicap in its possession of a single
leg. The doctor made q wooden leg
for the fowl which answered all pur-
poses on the land but when the bird
ventured into the water its efforts to
paddle with one leg caused 1t to de
scribe one circle after another so that
If it finally did reach the shore Ii was
by the merest accident.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
Swallowed by London,

Cheam was once q delightful vii
iage in Surrey; today it is fast becom-
ing suburb Of London. But it still
has some respect for the days when it
was simply a decorative feature on a
beautiful countryside. When it was
fOUnG that Cheam's beautiful Four
teenth century cottage was in the way
of the road being widened. Cheam did
not say either Down with the cot
tage" or Let the motorcars go round
another way" 1t simply decided to put
the house on rollers and move it back
little way, as was done a few years
ago with Trinity house. In the old
cathedral city of Worcester. Every
boS' gains, the Ilotorist by having a
wider road, and artistic folk by CON
temptation of a fine specimen of Four
teenth century architecture; while
Cheam should be happy in having en-
tered a practical protest against an
act of andalism.-Christian Science
Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
PIT OF REMARKABLE DEPTH
Strong Belief Held IN English County
That "Eldon Hole" Is Abso-
lutely Bottomless.

Far from habitation, on a hillside
In the moors of Derbyshire, England,
lies dreadful chasm in the rock The
ChASm is of no great @idth, but has G
SHEER descent to tremendous depth
This Is the bottomless pit of "Eldon
Hole" regarded for centuries as IN
fathomable. The gap is surrounded
by low stone wall, and a projecting
ledge at one end enables the adven-
turous investigator to peer down into
the gloomy depths. For ages the chasm
was regarded as terrible place, pop
ularly supposed to lead directly to in
fernal regions. A gruesome story re
lates that 300 years ago man was
lowered into the cleft to a depth Of
300 feet. When the unfortunate fell
low was hauled up again he was a raw
ing maniac, apd died eight days later
For centuries the place was regarded
with superstitious awe and no real at
tempt was made to find the bottom
until about 100, when one writer
stated that half q mile of rope had
failed to reach It. AS the whole dis
trict IS honeycombed with holes ind
erevices it is probable that the chasm
Of 'Eldon Hole" leads to maze Oh
underground passages.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29

The artificial induction of painless
ness by narcotic draughts was ira
l-ttonally known in ancient times,
writes DIR Charles Balance in the
London Lancet The Chinese were ac-
Quainted with general anesthesia thou
sands of years ago. It Is related Of
the surgeon Hoatho In the Third CEN
Jury A n that he performed ampu-
tation, trephining and other major op-
erations by its MD
Doctor Browne relates two cases Of
anestheSa taken from Persian manu-
script Tile first story concerns Arts
totle and an Indian surgeon named
Sarnah. An earwig had entered the
PATIENTS ear and attached itself to the
brain Aristotle gave the patient a
drug go that he became unconscious
while Sarnab trephined the skull. This
was excellent treatment 1t is now
well known that living foreign bodies
may produce otitis and meningitis In
tie second case the operation was
Caesarian section.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29

Carbon has been subjected to fierce
heat energy and to very high pressure
at the same time to be formed into q
rigid solid, the diamond. Carbon In
the central regions of giant suns is
subjected to an intensity 0f energy
Of heat far greater than any that can
be secured by electro-chemists in lab.
oratories in either highly condensed
sparks between metallic terminals or
arcs. 1t is not known what effect such
intense energy Of heat has on the
atoms Of elements, for none 50 intense
is available to science. Atoms In the
interiors Ut highly incandescent suns
may be resolved back to primordial
electrons; or electrons may never haye
revolved around nuclei to form atoma
Then solar interiors would be e3ec.
tronic by this hypothssis. -Ssattie
rostDispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
IT. NATTER FOR REsEAht,i



A century Of continuous achieve
ments In the knowledge \of other
worlds has brought US, ass Professor
Eddinston suggests, to the threshold
Of expectations which a generation
ago would have been deemed fantas-
tic.
y We have giant telescopes beyond the
Imagination Of fifty years ago. The
camera has, in the minds of many of
the public, almost brought the sun
and his satellites. onto a dissecting
table. Above everything else the spec
tr0scope has revolutionized astronom-
ical science by revealing the materials
Of which the sun, moon and stars are
composed.
But we must calmly await the IN
formation Of science which admits the
existence Of vegetation In Mars as to
the mysterious signals" of it's inhab,
itants. There may be men In the moon
In sthe breathable atmosphere of its
stupendous craters. The field of astro
nomical research excludes nothing but
the impossible. We all share the "feel-
ing" to which Professor Eddington
gave expression, that we are on the
verge of something greater than our
dreams can shape."-London Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
The / asst Straw.

1t had been a trying day and Ray
mond's father was rather irritable. Hs
stood for few questions from the
youngster, but when the latter asked
what caused the desert of Sahara, ne
laid down his paper and answered ::
Il guess it formed when the Israelites
lost their sand. And if you don't quit
asking ME so many questions I'll see
your mother puts you to bed before ]
get home hereafter"
But, pa, came the question, how
can you see her put me to bed If sho
puts me to bed before you get home?"
And that question was Raymonds last
for that evening.-Boston Tran
script.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29

In the very center Of Albania towers
a great mountain, reaching height of
more than Two thousand feet and COW
cred with snow for the greater part OF
the year, which the Albanians call
Tomor
A belief widely spread among the
Albanians has 1t that Tumer holds In
its TANKS the tomb of Jupiter-al-
though no one can quite establish the
exact place Of the tomb-and at GER
tain times of the year Jupiter bran
dishes his thunderbolts and makes the
mountain -esound with his impreca-
lions.
The oath, per Bahia Tomor" (by
Father Tomor). Is customary among
Christians and Mussulmans alike; and
Bahia Tomor, the holy mountain Of the
Albantans, is as much honored In their
country as was Olympus, dwelling
place Of the king of the gods, among
the ancient Greeks
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
Mean Man

Mrs. n. Parker came bursting IN to
see her new neighbor, and found Mr..
Jones reclining in an armchair.
We'll, Mr.. Jones, and what's Mrs.
Jones doing?'
Mr.. Jones sucked his pipe with evil
dent enjoyment.
"Ah, poor soul, she's dying"
Mrs. Parker was Mortified.
What? You brute! Why don't
you do something's"
Just at that moment Mrs. Jones
walked in.
Mrs. Parker spluttered:
"But-but you said she was dying "
Yes" said Jones quietly, $50 she
is-to see you mind your own bust
ness"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29

During the social session Of lodge
the other night the expenses were de-
frayed by levying fines on the various
members for real or fancied infrac.
tions of the rules.
The forfeits were collected by rhs
sergeant-at-arms. :
In one instance, however. the ser,
geant made no effort to collect the
fine, and the chairman directed hE
attention to the oversight.
Again the sergeant remained In
different
Rapping for order, the chairman ex
claimed
the sergeant-at-arms has refused
to collect fine from Brother Amley
We will hear what excuse he has to
make"
I'LL owe him money."-Youns,
town Telegram.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
The Differences,

II speak four languages" proudly
boasted the doorman Of hotel In
Rome to an American guest.
Yes, four-Italian, French, English
and American"
But English and American are the
same protested the guest.
"Not at aif," replied the man. "Tf
m Englishman should come up now
I should talk like this: o, 1 say,
what extraordinary shocking weather
we're having, I dare say there1l be
a bit Of 1t ahead But when you
came up I was just getting ready to
say: For the love q Mike! Some
day, amt itf Guess this Is the sec.
ond floor. all right"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
FOREIGN AFFAIRS

With Michael Collins as its head,
the provisional government of the Irish
Free State was established in Janu-
airy, after Dali Eireann had accepted
the treaty with England and De Valera
had refused to accede. Imme diately
the republicans, now rebels, started a
warfare that lasted throughout the
year and was marked by innumerable
assassinations and other outrages.
The Free State forces gradually gained
possession of most of the territory
where the rebels We're strong and the
fighting degenerated into bushwhack-
ing. On August % President Collins
was killed In an ambuscade and VIII
liam Cosgrove was elected to succeed
him. He offered amnesty to the rebels,
but they decided to fight to the
death" Erskine Childers, chief aid of
De Valera, was captured and executed,
as were other republican leaders. The
Irish Free State formally came into be
ing On December 6, with Timothy
Healy as governor general
Prime Minister Lloyd George held
power through all the vicissitudes of
the year until October 49, On that day
the conservatives In parliament decid
ed to abandon the coalition and act In
future as a separate party. The pre-
hier was thus deprived of his majorit,
nd promptly resigned. with his cabi
ret. a. Bonar Law, chosen leader of
the conservatives, succeeded him.
formed a new ministry and called an
election for November Is. At the
polls he won control of parliament
The lahorites made great gains and be
came the Opposition party"
Under the leadership Of Benlto Mus
Solini, the Fascist of Italy, organized.
primarily to protect the country
against the communists, fought long
md successful battle Gaining stead
ly in strength, notably by the aces
ion of many thousands Of working
Aer, they saved the industries Of Italy
rom the Reds, and finally, dissatisfied
With the weak policies Of Premier Fac
L, compelled lis resignation on Octo-
er 20. Mussolini was made premier
nd ut once set to work to re1tego the
A'uaGneEitx at the coszntH. - hing
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
None of the Apple Goes to WAISTS

'NSi'S " NV NPHlS 8OcS 10 w dSES,
The thoroughness with which the
apple is now worked over and utilized
by some manufacturers makes it COM
parable with the packtng-house pig
that leaves only a futile squeal. In
many Of the apple-using factories the
apples are first pressed to produce
cider, which may be sold as such or
may be manufactured into vinegar
After thorough pressing the nomace
is treated with hot water TO remove
the pectln, which, after publication, is
sold in either liquid or solid form to
manufacturers OF jellies and similar
products and to housewives. The much
wasted and squeezed residue is dried
ground and sold as cattle food.-De
partment of Agriculture Bulletin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29
HAD THE LAUGH ON TEACHER
instruetress Called for Examples, ana
Tommy Was the Boy Whs
Could Furnish Them.

There has never been any love lost
between Tommy and his teacher Tom
my thinks the teacher ia a severe and
occasionally unjust person, who has
never known what it is to be young,
while the teacher considers the little
chap both stupid and mischievous.
you are not attending to what
say, Thomas" said the teacher one day
in the midst Of an address to her
class.
Yes. teacher, I is," said Tommy
with much earnestness.
you should never say I is" cor
rected the teacher. IT have told you
that hundred times. You know the
correct form. There are NO excep
lions to its use. Give me two ex
amples at once!'
yes, ma'am," said Tommy, meekly
II am one Of the letters Of the alpha
bet. Am . pronoun"-Phusdalphs
Lodc9.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-29

:.
murs M ma Tor 4 long .inSl Il VII VA
dDnbtful ,shetht ssAss wouid be
brought to 1uaf bee. Fhs state fatsofi-
GERS took charge md In September
many Of the members Of the mob we're
Indicted. H. ~ 4
Truman. II. Newberry Of Michigan
whose right to a seat 10 the senate was
upheld by that body on January IL,
grew weary of the continual fight made
to unseat him and resigned ON Novem-
Der IS. Governor Groesbeck appoint.
ed Mayor James Couzens Of Detroit to
fill out the term.
For the first time in history -ths
United States senate had a woman
senator. When Tom Watson Of Geor.
gia died Governor Hardwick appointed
Mrs. w. H. FELTON,, a. veteran suffragistl
to the vacancy, pending an election
w. F. George was elected to the place
but when congress met in extra SEES.
sion he withheld his credentials long
enough for Mrs. FELTON, to be sworn in
and serve one d.
TO be continued next week