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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
HOW TO F0RETELL WEATHER
Simple Observation All That Is Neces-
sary to Know What the Heavens
Will Furnish

To be a good weather prophet is often
a great convenience TO yourself and
others Here is q simple and reliable
way Of telling If rain is coming during
the day. AS early as possible in the
morning 60 out and search the sky
for the smallest cloud that is in sight.
Keep this under close observation for
five minutes or SO and note whether it
alters in size II the cloud gets small
eF one can be almost certain Of a fine
day. On the other hand, If 1t increases
In size, rain will surely come in a few
hours. Where the cloud remains the
same size no special change in the
prevailing weather IS likely to take
place. If the cloud increases very rap
IDLY thunder Is almost a certainty, in
the summer. Alteration in the size
Of clouds is connected with the state
Of the atmosphere When the air is
very dry and rain is unlikely. the
clouds soon vanish; if the atmosphere
is charged with moisture, the masses
Of vapor increase ana this will soon
be discharged In the form Of rain.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
ALWAYS A GROWING CONCERN
Impossible to Set Boundaries That
Shall ConFine the Growth OF
the English Language.

William Shakespeare's vocabulary
was about $500 words. JOAN Milton
needed only 5000 different words for
Paradise Lost" while the Old Tesla
ment has fewer than 5000 different
words. Some people use only about
500 different words, and most of us
get along with between 1000 and
5000, A few years ago some peasants
IN rural England, farm laborers, were
found who used about 300 Prof Max
Muller (1823-1000), the great oxford
philologist, who was perhaps the
greatest authority of his age on this
! subject, put the number of words in
the English language at 100000 "If
we include all the words which have
fixed places in the dialect of the coun-
try says The Book Of Knowledge, -
and include also many which we
know We're spoken in earlier times, we
shall have to put the total at 100000
| for the English language" The mum
| Der Is constantly growing When 9
! new dictionary was made, some years
ago, it was found that the new words
| necessary for use In relation to cleo
tricity and electrical appliances mum
bered over 1890. A similar increase
had taken place with regard to Other
arts and sciences.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Leather His Hnhhv

One Of the curious American char
acters of the last century was the
"Old Leather Man" who for nearly
30 years tramped over eastern New
York and Connecticut clad almost en-.
tirely in leather. His home was in A
cave near Sing Sing, where he was
found dead in 1889. He did occa-
sional Jobs of plumbing, and never
excepted any recompense but food and
tobacco.
He was said to have been made IN
sane by an unfortunate love affair in
France when he was a young mar.
According to the story. he won the
heart Of the daughter of a wealthy
leather merchant and entered into her
fathers business to prove his WORTH.
ness He speculated in leather and
when the market in that commodity
crashed, his prospective father-in-law
was ruined and his own hopes were
shattered. This unhinged his mind, and
he determined to spend the rest of his
life wandering around the countryside
clothed in leather. His name was
Jules Bourglay.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Cost Of Stopping Trains.

An ordinary passenger locomotive
consumes a pound of fuel for every
81 feet it travels. Each unnecessary
stop, made with a heavy freight or
passenger train, represents a fuel loss
Of from 500 to $50 pounds of coal. de-
pending on the weight of the train.
the length of the stop and the grade
conditions.
A brakeline air leak on a train of
% freight cars has been known to
cause loss of as much as 2,54O
pounds of coal in a ten-hour period.
The loss of coal each time modern
locomotive pops off for five minutes is
about seventy-fye pounds. If loconn-
tive firemen We're to save a little more
than one shovelful of coal out of each
ten used, the total saving would be
equal to nearly { per cent of all the
coal handled-World's Work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Winchester Hotel Begun

Winchester, Va, Nov. IA
Work on excavating the founda-
ton of the new George WASH
|ington Hotel, to be built by a
local stock company at cost of
about 100000. was begun today.
Clearing away of residence
property at the southeast corner
of Market and Piccadilly streets,
site of the hotel, was completed
Yesterday. Altered plans call
for a number of large storerooms
and offices on the basement floor.
The hotel is to contain 100 bed
rooms.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
The Long Christmas Gift

There are many good gifts that one
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lingering satisfaction long drawn-out,
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next it is a brand-new story by c. y.
IStephens or A. S. Pier, or tale OF
fwild adventure in the old Indian days,
by men who have actually lived among
and powwowed with the redskins. But
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
sIDELIGHT ON SYRIAN LIFE
Writer Gives an Insight Into His Life
as a Small Boy in That Little
Known Country.

The roads were open. Travellers
cafle into our village. Scarcely a
night was the guest house in our court.
yard unoccupied. I liked to sit with
my father and his guests in this room
quit after European style with four
large windows over which ii winter
oiled paper was ,,sSed to keep the
cold out. The wall. # the guest room
were white and IL, them were hung
the choicest rugs brought back from
hurd1stan by my Grandfather Mira.
There were chairs in this room. I
was very proud that we should own
chairs, but found them most uncom-
portable to sit on After q few mo-
ments my legs began to ache and
slpped down on the cushions. In the
alcoVe of the guest chamber were
some old manuscripts bound In course
teather. They were holy books with H.
ANIMATED margins. Among them was
Bible In Syriac. I carefully refrained
from touching it. 1t was too holy. I
might perhaps be struck dead for my
te1nerlly.
Among the travellers that came along
the road was Hady, the singer. He
was the ugliest man that I had ever
seen sore-eyed, pock-marked and dirty.
But ne was very wise. His ivory han
aied dagger in Its silver sheath was so
long that 1t reached from his chest to
MS hips. My playmates and I would
nave laughed and jeered at him, per-
haps, II ne had not carried this dag
ger-Youel B. Mira in Asia Maya
sine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
CURED MONARCH OF AVARfcE
Power of Turning Everything ~
Touched Into Gold Quickly Pailsd
on King Midas.

1t was because King Midas helped
drunken companion of Bacchus to
sober up that he received the power
OF turning everything into gold at his
touch. Bacchus had offered to grant
Midas anything he asked, and the
king wished this unpleasant power
upon himself, according to Ovid.
Midas enjoyed himself immensely
at first, turning twigs, apples, stones
and clods of earth into gold. But the
trouble began as soon as he sat down
to eat. The bread he touched turned
to gold and defed his teeth. The wine
flowed down his throat as LIQUID
gold.
According to an embellished YER
sion OF the myth, the browning mis-
fortune wrought by Midas curse In
blessings guise was when, in the act
Of caressng his little daughter he
turned the child into golden
statue.
Bacchus had been aware that the
gift was anything but desirable,
So, believing Midas cured of avarice,
he sent the king to wash away the
power In the fountainhead of the
River Pactolus. AS result of his
bath, the sands of that river remain
golden to this day.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
OU.-WeIl Adventure.

An oil we'll that is being dug to any
considerable depth usually has a
twenty-inch casing in the upper part
and small, slender man could get
down in one If that size IN fact, such
feat was recently performed near
Los Angeles by Walter McCay Of Taft,
Cal, who Is known as the human
gopher \ master rotary bushing
had been lost in the we'll and the only
way in which it could be got out with
out destroying the well was to send
man down after it. The tool was
lodged at the 10 foot level McCay
was lowered into the we'll with a one
Inch rope and wore a gas mask at.
tached to an oxygen tank from which
air was pumped TO him constantly. It
was necessary for him to make six
descents before he succeeded In crap
ping the lost tool and he spent almost
an hour in one Of the smallest holes
In the ground in which a MAJ ever
found himself
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Bible Thoughts for this Week

Bible Thoughts memoriz5d
will prove a priceless heritage il
alter Years.
TWO GREAT STATESMEN
William Ewart Gladstone: II
have known ninety-five gree
men of the world i'll my time, and
of these eighty-seven were all
followers of the Bible"
Daniel Webster: IF we abide
by the principles taught in the
Bible, our country will go on
prospecting and TO prosper; but if
we and our posterity neglect its
instructions and authority, no
man can tell how sudden a
catastrophe may overwhelm us
and bury all our glory in pre-.
found obscurity."
Begin the Day Right:-Cause
me to hear thy loving kindness in
the morning.; for in thee do l
trust; cause me to know the way
wherein | should walk; for I lift
uo my soul unto thee.-Psa I'm
1888.
Road to Success:-Commit tl,y
way unto the Lord; trust also in
him; and he shall bring it to
pass Rest in the Lord,
and wait patiently for him.
Psalm 37:5, 7.
Stay With the Lord:--The
Lord is with you. while ye be
with him, and if ye seek him, he
will be found of you; but if vel
,orsake him, lie will forsake you.
; Chronicles 1872.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Oranda

| Very dry around here. Man,
wells, cisterus and some spring
are dry.
Oranda Lime Works are work
ing full. force at present. Demand
for lime is very good.
Mr.. and Mrs. A. P. Miller were
! guests Of Arthur Kibler, tile first
of this week.
5. A. Saum and son, Fred have
gone to Florida to spend the
winter.
Mrs. lobe Wiley and Mrs
Howard Stickley spent Tuesda Y
With Mrs Martha Stickley on
Cedar Creek.
Miss Katharine Orndorff went
to Winchester, Tuesday, TO see
DR.. Mcclure in regard to having
her eyes treated.
Hubert L. Keller gave a corn
husking bee Tuesday night. This
is an easy way to get big lot of
corn husked on short notice, as
we'll as a jolly time for the guests.
Mace Stickley and family spent
the week END at the home of Guyl
Stickley on the river above Stras-
burg.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
n. B. Work Has Cut Death Rate
Down Is Per Cent,

Richmond, Va, Nov. 15.-Mr.
Irving L. Spear. Executive Sec
rotary OF the Virginia Tubercu-
losis Associa ton, recently return
ed from All extended tour of
southwest Virginia. predicts the
largest Seal Sale III the history
of the State. Asked to give his
reason for this prediction, Mr..
Spear said
THE death rate from tubercu-
losis in Virginia has been cut
eighteen per cent i'll six years.
This shows we are getting re-
suits. The various localities of
the State last year spent for To-
cal health work three-fiftls of
the money raised, and they will
|be given even greater consldera-
ton in the forthcoming sale.
The two-ffths of the res
turns expended by the Associa-
ton was used in statewide work.
Ninety-fve per cent Of all money
raised remained in Virginia, the
o her five per cent going to the
n ,tional Tuberculosis Associa-
ton.
Our State headquarters oper-
ted with a staff OF three, includ-
ny myself | tell you the peo-
DE Of the State believe i'll us and
Know we play fair"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
>EEING POWER OF INSECTS
interesting Data Collected In Connec-
ton With Studies in Comparison
With the tiuman Eye.

Very curious data have been collect
ID in regard to the seeing powers Of
insects. The human eye in perfect
condition is able to see objects sepa-
ratcIy that are only one minute of arc
apart. Put two objects, as for in
stance, two black circles. on a white
ground just one inch apart and then
place them at a distance of about
3>G12 feet AS seen with the naked
We the apparent space between tile
.ircles will be a minute of arc. This
space is plainly the limit of detail Wis
Ible to the unassisted human eye.
Now it might be supposed that an
insect, having q compound eye, would
be able to see more detail than we do ,
in other words, could separate small
objects closer together. AS a matter
Of fact, owing to the small aperture of
the lenses composing the facets Of tile
eye, and the spacing between the
facets, insects see less detail than
We do.
1t has been calculated that a dragon
ny cannot see separately two objects
that are placed less than one degree
apart. In other words, to such an in
sect two silver coins lying on a table
three inches apart, and viewed from a
distance exceeding 147s feet, would
appear as single object.
Bees and flies, according to the
same investigator, are still more lin
tied in their ability to see the details
OF objects presented to their eyes.
fly could see the two silver coins above
described separately only at a dis
lance not exceeding about seven feet
1t has been remarked as a conse-
quence Of this that we can see the de-
tails on the antennae of fly at a dis,
lance Of two feet or more better than
the fly itself can, though they are but
the fraction of an inch from its ewes,
-WaShinpton Star
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
HarriSVille

Rev. A. II. Smith, Superin-
tendent of Hoffrnan's Orphans
Home, Littlestown, Penn, will
preach at Fishers Hill, Sunday
morning, Nov. 10Th at 1890
| O'Clock and at St. Johns Reform
led Church, Harrisville, on the
same day at 2:30 i'll the alter
noon.
Hampson Wisman is GONZALES
cling after a several months i'll
ness. His daughter, Mrs. New
ton Borden, OF Oregon, who was
called here by his illness has not
yet returned to her far Western
home.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Origin of SIano Term.

Students of slang have found inter
est in an article in an English mag
azine on BLACK Beetles" because It
gives what is perhaps the origin Of
the use of cuckoo" as a new syn
onym for crazy. According to the
writer, the word cockroach comes
from the Spanish "cucaracha," which
he says probably means a sort Of bug,
In Spanish "cuco." The word bug" in
a similar, If restricted, sense has be-
come pretty well established in slang
use in this country, and perhaps, say
students of the subject, finding its
way across the Rio Grande, has been
exchanged for its Mexican equivalGnt
in the same way that many other apanr
ish words have entered til Aa1elcan
languanA-Nev Yegk DUm1ma
-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Saving Leaves

If you have an opportunity,
save all the fallen leaves possible
Place them i'll heap, covered
with soil, and lie, them decay,
They make the finest kind of
soil, a portion of which is abso-
lutely essential for growing ma y
kinds of rare plants AS a ma
nure, they are invaluable. They
can also be used as a heat ger
ninator in a hot bed i'll spring.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Mahogany Furniture

Rub with cold linseed oil, and
polish bv rubbing with a clea II
dry cloth, after wiping the vll
from the furniture. D. this
once d week, and your mahogany
tables will be so finely polished,
that hot water would not injure
them. The reason is this: linseed
oil l1ardens when exposed to the
pores Of the wood. the surface
becomes hard and smooth like
glass.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Apples and Pears
For Export

If you have any apples or Keiffer
Pears suitable for export write w. F.
kURTZ CO., 204 Franklin st, New
York City for stencil. w. F. Kurtz
Co., at the present time are only re-
ceivlng apples on consignment basis
for export but may be buyers later
IN the season so it would be well to get
in touch with kurtz Immediately.
If you are sending your export con-
signments on strictly business basis
ship to Kurtz, but if you have some
particular friend who is an apple ex-
porter and you feel that you are obi
gated to this friend, then split your
shipments between your friend and
kurtz and compare your net returns
and see how much better the net re-
turns that Kurtz send you are so that
you may realize the value of w. F.
cos. service. -Adv
Oct. 6-4wks.,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
POWell'S Fort.

Rev. Darlington Stark preach
ed at Dry Run, Sunday night.
Services were we'll attended.
Born to Mr.. and Mrs. Fred
Lichliter, a daughter. Thelma
Elizabeth.
Roland Cullers who has employ
ment at White Post, is spending
some time here with relatives
and friends.
Miss Sylvia Stenson, of Page
county, spent the first Of the
week here with her brother, Ro-
bert Stenson.
Mrs. Ada Cullers was a visitor
Saturday at the home Of Samuel
ICullers.
Visitors this week at the home
or Dave LlCnllter were : MRS
Theodore Richard, Miss Isabel
Munich, Billy O'Flaherty, Aubrey
|Goode, Glendy Goode, Chester
Snipe, Leo Goode and Raymond
Bituer.
| Edward Roseuberger, of Toms
Brook, was a visitor here during
the past week.
| Mrs. Myrtle Stenson spent tile
Iweek end with her parents, Mr..
aud Mrs. r. L. Funk.
| Miss Mary Jane Ritenour is
Visiting her sister, Mrs. Golde
Hoffman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
MaurertOWn

Marion Shaver, who was called |
home to attend the funeral of his |
aunt, Mrs. Sallie E. Funk, Sun
day, returned to Bridgewater
College, Bridgewater, Sunday |
evening.
Paul F, M. Shaver left We'd
nesday evening for New York |
CITY where he will enter the
Danquard School of PLAYER piano
instruction. He was accompanied
by his brother, Duke L. Shaver,
who is on a business trip.
Mrs. Viola Bevdler, widow of |
w. Frank Beydler, who was kill
ed about eleven months ago by a
tree falling OIL him, was painfully
hurt Sunday morning at her home
three miles Southeast of town,
near the Farmers Mill. Just as
she was starting for the funeral
Of Mrs. Sallie E. Funk at Valley
Pike Church, the mule which was
hitched to the buggy made a
short turn upsetting the buggy.
She jumped and the mule kicked
her on the left leg just above the
ankle fracturing both bones and
she was dragged some thirty feet
bruising her head and cheek Her
two daughters, Emma and Mary
| Ruth, who were in the buggy
Iwere not hurt. DR.. Ford, of
Woodstock, was called and rem
ldered surgical aid and reduced
the fracture. Mrs. Beydler is a
daughter Of Lemuel Borden, At
torney-at-L Law, and a sister-inla W
of Hugh Beydler, Southern r. r.
Agent, and Jesse Sager of uear
town.
1 Mr.. and Mrs. Frank Wright,
who were at their home near Zion
Church for day, returned it
their roadster to Washington
Sunday evening.
: Hear him Rev. A. 7. Ronk
4 " ngelist, able gospel preacher
elcholus leader and musician, illus
trated lecturer to children in al
: evangelistic campaign at the
I Brethren Church, Maurertown
e beginning Sunday, Nov. 10Th ano
t each evening at 7:3O o'clock. AL
t are invited. Now is the day
e of salvation"
Mrs. William Stark presented
her husband Tuesday morning
with a ten and a half pount
daughter.
: Mrs. Omer abill, of Bracken
: ridge, Pa, arrived here Monday
+ to visit her parents, Mr.. an
- Mrs. T.. G.. BauSermau.
Frank Keller's condition i
= about as it has been for a few
days, which is critical.
II. Sidney Newman arrived her
Monday night from his farm a
. New Oxford, Pa, and is at hi
home with his wife, South o
i town OH VALLEY Pike.
e Mrs John ]. Gochenour, will,
/, oas been III for months, remain
=. IN an unchanged condition..
iiulij>, the son Of Frank Brill
North of town on tue Vale.
Pike has an attack of diphtheria
: Jesse French, Jr., secretary o
d the Jesse French & Sons Pian'
'ICompany, OF New Castle, Ind.
spent Tuesday with A. @. Shave
manager Of The Quality Musi'
House and left with a nice orde1
: for players and pianos he recelv
y ed from Mr.. Shaver.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
State Fuel Administrator
Forward Commended

Richmond, Va, Nov. 49,
Acknowledging by letter receipt
of the report OF State Fuel Ad-
miuistratol Alexander Forward,
Governor Trinkle says: May l
not express to you my sincere
thanks as Governor OF Virginia
for the great interest you have
taken in this work 1t has
meant the expenditure Of much
time, to say nothing of the great
mental strain placed upon you
during this period. l am con-
fdent the people of Virginia rec
ognize fully the splendid wo' k
You have done. | hope IT the
opportunity presents itself that
YOU will express to tile various
parties who have helped you III
the work, my sincere thanks and
apprecia ton. [ think 1t is re-
markable that you have expended
such little funds III dong the
great amount of work you d1d.
| Mr.. Forward served without d
cent of paw and the entire ex
pense of administration was
Isl, 500, i'll office expenses.
| Orders for emergency coal dur
ling the recent shortage, approx
ed by Mr.. Forward and Forwarded
| to Federal authorities i'll Wash
| ington, reached total OF 2O,Z9'
tons. Bank guarantees aggre
lgating 100000 to insure pay
iment for this coal for Virgins
parties were sent in during tina
period. In addition to direct Oh
ders, the State Administrators
did a vast amount of work i'll
surfing a constant supply OF Goa
for public utilities, hospitals, ic
and cold storage plants an
other essential indus rles alread
having contracts with the lAlne'
THE volume Of correspondent
handled was immense, requlrln
Hong hours of labor. These t1I'
; are set forth in the report.
. The retail coal dealers of til
State met Mr.. Forward in COZ
ference in Richmond and b
unanimous vote pledged tile
cooperative support to the Stat
= Administration and the repo1
t states that with insignifical
Exceptions the coal dealers Of tn
State have cooperated lovalI,
and l desire to make my publ
$ acknowledgement of their asst
lance. "
/ A State Advisory COMMITTEE
on Fuel Distribution was organ
t lied and Local Distribution Con
l nittees were formed at numbt
t lof points in the State and wei
| being daily organized i'll al
e ditional places when the strll
e ended.
/ While it was not possible
supply all parties needing Goa
f Mr.. Forward states that d
V essential public industries we
kept running and only a fe " i
! dustries c1assed by FEEDER
: authorities as on-essential we
k, Iobllged to close tor lack OF Tue
t and these only for short tim
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
n.aersteun Safe Cracked;
$500 to $500 St0l, n

u.oerstown, Nov. 1.-THE
e. =. the Office of the Standard
o:,ro.rc.nv along the Pennsyl-
-. p.;lrn.d 1t Highland aye
80 cracked late yesterday
$1,000 .nd robbed of between
- - Dloo cash
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-17
Labor-SavinQ Implement.

"Do you find that taking summer
boarders lightens your burden as an
agricultural toilerr'
"Tll say it does" declared Farmer
Corntossel. ITS heap easier to get
your tomatoes with can opener than
1t is with a hoe