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The Washington times., 1922-08-26
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Peter A. Drury Buys
New BrOOkland Bank
Merchants Bank and Trust Company Takes
Over Newly Organized City Bank
of Brookland
BY HARRY GUsACK.

The purchase of the building and equipment of the newly
organized City Bank of Brookand by the Merchants Bank
and Trust Company announced today by Peter A. Drury
president of the latter institution. -,
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
Oil Stocks.

Furnished by w. b. Hibbs & Company.
Closing prices:
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
Liberty Bonds.
Furnished by w. b. Hibbs a Co

WE BUY, SELL AND QUOTE |
Unlisted Stocks. Bonds, and Securities /
OF Every Description
CALL, WRITE on PHONE MAIN ~,
Riemer & Co. W.ss,.,,... w. 3, 3. 3. q. |
The Washington times., 1922-08-26

stock sales UP to
IL. m. IL noon. I p. m. p. m.
72,600 364,60O ........ ....''.
Bond sales up to
:" 80 noon ! p. m. : .. m
1884, 900 100000 ........ ........
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
Curb Stocks.

BY InternstioraI Nee. service.
The Washington times., 1922-08-26
Chicago Boaro Of Trade.

by w. B. Hibbs q Company.
Y's'y's
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
SCORE ONE MOTE fDH NAVY
Damaged Replica of Old Vessel, II
Is Believed, Car Be Repaired
by Sailors.

Percy c. Madeira, Philadelphia coal
who have taken up the fad Of collect
ing ship models. Madeira's experience
with the first model he bought, a
replica of the American clipper ship
Southern Cross, was an tntereStine
one, according to the New York sun.
This miniature ship, 80 inches long,
the coal operator obtained recently
through an agent at Nantucket, who
considered the purchaser lucky in
getting a genuine model at a reason
able figure.
The model with all masts and other
spars In place and with rigging,
blocks, boats, etc, as they should be,
was handsome picture when 1t was
packed for shipment at Nantucket,
But when the fragile model reached
Madeira's home it came out of the
packing case nearly wrecked. 1t had
been poorly packed and roughly han
died on the trip. Madeira looked At
the mass of broken spars and Wreckage
and said things about the packer and
also the agent at Nantucket. He fig
ured the model little better than
matchWood and that it never could be
repaired.
He reckoned however, without the
United States navy. He happened tc
tell his troubles to a naval officer sta
toned at League island and soon
afterward the officer rang the coal
magnate up and said he thought he
had a man who could repair the
wreck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
GET LINE ON HIS CHARACTER
New Fad Among the Girls Is to Have
Man Friends Handwriting Read
by GraphoIogist.

The latest fad of the girls is to have
the handwriting Of their fayorite man
friend read by a grapholosist. Neat
little packets of masculine notes, curl
uusly enough readdresSed in a femi
nine hand, have been received by
handwriting experts, who will tell Your
character from a few characteristic
lines. The Utmost secrets Of the char
acter tendencies Of the unsuspecin-
man upon whom YOU are wondering
whether to center your affections or
not are disclosed to you through tLis
novel means.
It's so exciting that l simply can't
wait till l get a note from every man |
meet" confessed one deburante. zone
letter will do in q pinch, but most
handwriting fortune tellers prefer to
have several. written at long intervals
apart, submitted as SAMPLES. But
goodness me. nowadays Friendships
don't always last that long. There are
only two things dangerous to the gains
--one is thai the man may -et Suspi-
cious and stop writing. or, worst VI ALL
he may get his own letters back from
the grapholosist by mistake. For this
reason always be sure to remove all
traces of name and address from your
original letter.'-Chicago Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
HONOR GOES TO VERMONTER
Thaddeus Fairbanks of that State
Made First Weighing Machine
in the Year 1881.

The origin of weighing things dates
back so far that the name of the in
vcutor 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 md bounds over hundreds OF
ycars. but we did not have scales until
al,,ut 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 load Of hay
IT, wagon wrth the hay was :, Sns-
pended onSa aAge steelyaFd, origanaily
lxIrion6d dtri1g the dsa&s" Of aHdfent
Rome. FdEfatlks' first sale Was In
r.; es Ixnttl principles the same as
az th9 scales OF today. and its sic
csAsS {rlB;klS spread over the world.
Orders Inureden from every direction,
for his Scales wire net only more con-
venient than the sid method Of hsise-
ing the object to be weighed on
steelyard but they were also more &C
curate. With the steelyard. the actual
weight might be ascertained within
fifty pounds, whereas todry, Oh 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, 1922-06-09
Antiquity of Anesthetic&-

The artificial Induction of painless
ness by narcotic draughts was ira
ditionally known In ancient times
writes DIR. Charles Balance in the
LoH5lpn Lancet The Chinese were ac-
q."tnted with general anesthesia> thou
S'lMs Of years ago. II Is related Of
the surgeon Hoatho in the Third cen
fury A D. that he performed ampu-
tafion. trephlnng and other major op-
erations by its aid.
Doctor Browne relates two cases Of
anrSthesa taken from Persian manu-
script. Tie first storfsroncerns Aris-
totle and an Indian surgeon named
Sarnab Ap earwig had entered the
patients ear and attached itself to the
brain. Aristotle gave the patient a
drug 80 that he became unconscious
while Sarnab trephined the skull. This
was excellent treatment. 1t Is now
well known that living foreign bodies
may produce otitls and meningitis In
the second case the Operation was
Caesarian section.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
ALMOST WORSHIP The MANGO
Natives of india Rave Good Reason
to Think Highly Of That Really
Wonderful Tree

Mango trees inc TIE Tc~a oil the
hot Indian plains which stretch ou-
leYe! Ike The PAIN ot hGnd.' "a
far as the e.e can see These trees
about 20 feet ii height, -lc-ued Id
thick heavy foliage, not only afford
4 welcome cool shade in the hottest
day, but variety Of fruit which is
said to have no rival in sweetness,
flavor. deliciousness and food value
Under these trees the village school
Us kept III tie forenoon, and the vii
50 children earn to love them from
lstir childhood.
Nature is very prolific in the tropics,
for one mango tree may yield almost
half ton of fruit in one season. The
mango is fruit varying in size from
a small pear to a large coconut. The
timex skin protects the flavor, and eX-
cept for the stone, the entire fruit is
used in many ways. 1t is eaten raw,
or rather sucked. cut in slices, made In
to jam, pickles and mango cakes, and
is used as Il flavor for both sour and
sweet foods
Mango ice cream is very delicious
food, but, perhaps, Of all the trees
products mango chutney is the most
famous. Mango is also used as a medi-
cine, and is specific for Sunstroke,
which it cures almost instantly. The
poor Indian peasant loves this tree to
almost alteration because Of its won
derfu GunlitipS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
Elephants on Rampage,

Stories Of how an elephant OCCASION
ally upsets a circus are not uncom-
mon, but one rarely hears of an orgy
of destruction like that which &c
cured in the Malay peninsula. \ herd
Of wild elephants attacked railway
station, pulling down the stationmas-
ter's kitchen and bathroom. They did
the same to the clerks quarters and
then tackled the station while the of
ice force looked on from trees. One
elephant took off an automatic weigh
ing machine as souvenir Of the raid.
but finding it heavy, threw it down on
the track. one OF the elephants
trumpeted the recall and they all went
back into the jungle excepe one who
fell in a well and had to be got out bv
human aid, but was not detained
BY the time help arrived after a gen
eral telegraphic alarm the huge beasts
had entirely disappeared.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
AIbania,s Sacred Mountain.

In the very center Of Albania towers
a great mountaineering height OF
more than two thousand feet and COW
cred with snow for the greater part Of
the year, which the Albanians can
Tomor
A belief widely spread among the
Albanfans has 1t that Tomor holds in
It's TANKS the tomb of Jupiter-ul
though NO one can quite establish the
exact place of the'tomb-and at GER
tain times Of the year Jupiter bran
dishes his thunderholts and makes the
mountain resound with his impreca-
tions.
The oath, per Baba Tomor" tby
Father Tomor), IL customary among
G. rtstians and Mussuimans alike; and
Baba Toner the holy mountain Of the
AIbanians, is az 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, 1922-06-09
Artist Vision.

1t is as though a man were shown
a crystal, a perfect thing, cleaning
below depths Of water, far down be-
yond reach. He would dive and dive
again, driven by his. great desire to
secure it. until finally all dripping,
he brought it up. But that in the end
he could bring it. a perfect thing. TO
rs; was possible solely because he
had first Seen 1t cleaning there.
Others might dive and dive might
work and labor with endless patience
and endless pains, but unless they had
frst seen the crystal-unless they
had been given this divine gift Of
seeing-this vision-they would come
up emptyhanded.
The occasional so-called genius does
not make the crystal but ne alone sees
il where it lies cleaning Below depths
Of water, and by his effort brings it to
us.-Abbott Henderson Thayer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
TESTS VlGOR OF BANK ROLLS
Majority Wither Quickly but Some
Grow Robust When Exposed to
New York's Climate.

New York has long been known In
the provinces as the nesting place Of
bank rolls In this nest either they
grow or they die young. a bank roll
is a sensitive plant, as it We're, being
influenced quickly and permanently
by climatic and diplomatic changes
Nothing can become discouraged more
quickly than a bank roll in New York
and nothing can gain a satisfied and
prosperous maturity more quickly If
it gets the right start, attends to its
own business and keeps away from
strangers
Generally speaking I would recon-
mend this town as the best health re-
sort for bank rolls in the world. Some
bank rolls come here in the full view
of perfect health, with perfectly nor
NAL chest measurements and waist
lines suited to their age, and immedl-
ately go into a decline which no
science is able to stem. They seem to
be victims of the oldfashioned disease
known as ealloping consumption.
Others come here in a very frail
state of health. puny in fact, and by
judicious exercise take on weight and
require larger and larger belts. Cir
cumstances alter bank rolls.-Roy K.
Moukon, in the New York Mall.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
Meat Flour.

The qualities Of meat flour, new
food that IS being made in New Yea
land, were described to a meeting Of
farmers and others held in a New Yea
land town. The speaker said chat re
Gently at a dinner 1S persons sat down
to 9 meal composed entirely Of meat
-four dishes, and only 4 little over half
a-pound Of meat -four was used in its
preparation. 1t was excellent for in
valids and bore q high food value. 1t
could be exported easily and compact
ly, and would keep. SO far as present
tests went for two years without the
si.hrrSt sign of deterioration. 1t took
thrc" pounds Of meat to produce one
pound Of the -four, which was at pres
ent being readily sold at five shillings
{Sl.25) a pound and was found exceed
ingly economical in the household al
tlls price.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09

All pipe smokers know the desir-
ability of a tobacco mixture the smoke
Of which will not bite the tongue or
be too hot IN the mouth. Mixtures Of
this kind are what manufacturers are
always seeking
In London (Eng) an apparatus has
been put into use for. the testing of
smoking tobacco for these qualities,
obviating the usual method of per
sonal trial by an expert 1t looks like
a telephone box, fastened on a wall,
including the wiring. a pipe is loaded
with tobacco and the stem inserted in
a rubber-encircled hole in the box. A
switch ts turned, the tobacco is lit,
and the electric machine in the box.
smokes the pipeful at any rate of
speed required, making a record Of
the temperature and nicotine content
IT the smoke.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
HOW FIRST LOCK WAS MADE
Development Of the Key Reveals an
Interesting Story Of Ages Long
Passed Away.

The modern lock is Development
Of the horizontal bar placed across
he inside of the door. This was &
"a substitute for a lock when one
lluained inside, and to adjust it 50
thut it would fall into place when the
door was closed from the outside WAS
comparatively simple, but to lift -Ae
hur from the outside when one wished
o enter was the problem. This @aS
accomplished by fitting Il hole into the
door post, through which something
designed to lift the bar was inserted.
This was the first keyhole and the
instrument used in lifting tie bar
vas the first key, says the Brooklyn
Daily Eagle
The simplest idea for preventing
the bar from sliding was to bore a
hole in the top of the bar. which
would also penetrate the staple on
which it rested, ana drop a peg into
the hole through the staple. The I'M
ocking problem could be accom-
nlished BY any instrument which would
lift the peg and permit the bar to
Slide back Then if a series Of PEGS
We're used, al Of which had to be
lifted unlocking would be more diff
icult In our modern locks the pegs
have simply been replaced ~ "tum-
blers" on Which the key acts il the
same way. The key originally hud
wooden pegs fastened to correspond
with the pegs holding the bar ia l""e
on the inside, and these pins developed
INTO the notches which are ~ our
modern keys. As there were nd
pockets in those days the other enG
Of the key was made into ring and
worn on the finger That is why the
keys of today usually have a rine AT
the end-just relic Of the past.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
PREVENTION is BEST METHOD
Wise Old Persian Sai z chit Idea Con-
corning Disease, Long Before
Birth OF CHRIST.

Five hundred years before the birth
of Christ a wise old Persian father
advised his son, Cyrus the Great,
that the thing to do is to have ply
sicians prevent disease; in modern
language, keep two jumps ahead. So
the idea that there should be all-tine
health officers to prevent disease Is
not a thing to be looked on as an in
noyation.
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,
said Cyrus. Il, 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
thou speakest. are like members of
torn garments, and thus, they cure
those who have fallen sick. Thy chief
anxiety should be to provide for
health. for thou oughtest to take care
TO prevent the army from falling into
sickness at ALL"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
Polished Shoes Once Decried.

Polished shoes We're for Flong time
looked upon as a sure sign of effem-
macy in men. and We're often even
ridiculed, says London Answers.
Therefore. "mock me all over, from
my fiat cap unto my shining shoes"
became almost proyerbial.
Shoe ornamentatbon Of any kind
came to us from France. 1t was Of
a Frenchified Englishman that Ben
Jonson wrote in his famous satire
Would you believe that so much scarf
of France, Of hat, and feather, and
shoe. and tye, and garter, should come
hitherT'
Now let US look at the other eXtrem-
ity. Powder for the hair was first
introduced into England early in the
Seventeenth century, and became i'm
mediately the mock Of the dramatists,
and was severely censured by the
Puritans
The fashion became very popular
about 1895, when a tax Of l guinea
per annum was levied on every per
son who wore their hair powdered
The hair-powder duty for the first
year was estimated at E250,0OO ISL
250OOO).
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
AUSTRiANS USERS OF ARSENIC
Mountain Folk Make Use of Deadly
Poison for Definite Purpose
Also Fed to Horses.

Inhabitants of Austria, In tbs
mountains adjoining Hungary, are In
the habit of eating arsenic. The effect
of the poison. when taken in moderate
quantities. is to give a freshness to the
complexion. and afterward to impart
q certain degree of embOnpoint. An
other advantage which the eaters de-
rive from the use Of the poison is to
have their respiration facilitated In
ascending the mountain. They place
u little piece of arsenic in their mouth
and they ascend the greatest heights
with ease.
GroomS and coachmen at Vienna
give arsenic to their horses. They
sometimes throw pinch of it among
the oats, and sometimes tie sp a small
bit of it in linen rag, which they
asftach to The bit when the horse lie
harneSSed. + the effect on the horses
is t. put them in high condition, with
the skin smooth and shining, and ts
increase their spirits.
The carriers in the mountainous coun-
tries Of Austria are also in the habit
Of giving arsenic to their horses when
about to ascend a steep road, with the
result that the ascent Is made much
easier for the animals.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
Expensive Spanking.

A Bloomfield, Iowa, woman while
talking to her husband over the long
distance from a booth In that city
was repeatedly interrupted by her hit
lie son. He made SO much noise and
'ecame so unrliy that she%feft the
receiver off the hook, grabbed the
youthful offender by the arm and took
him to the hall where she>gave him a
regular old-fashioned spanking. She
theR returned to the booth and COM
plated the conversation without the
least interruption. At the finish she
became very angry because of the
charge for overtime. and insisted that
the time she spent spanking be de-
Quoted from the charge.-The North
WNs$prn Bell
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
Oh, So That's 1t!

We are shortly promised stockings
that will button up, and this recalls
the old query: "Why is it that wo-
man always buttons her clothes up il
the reverse fashion from a MANI II
it were fact that all women We're
left handed, and consequently found
it easier to do things in this way, 1t
would be understandable. But they
are not.
A Mere Male thing offers me this ex
PLANTATION: "Probably, it Is because all
women are initiative. They intend in
future TO GUST men from the earth en-
tirely Wherefore they stand In front
of the glass, and endeavor to create
In it reelection as much like man
as possible. But looking glasses al
ways show things reversed. and wo-
man, not being able to realize this,
always does things backward" SO
that's that London Opinion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
Origin of Slang 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 Il new syn
onym for crazy. According to the
writer, the word cockroach comes
from the Spanish 'cucuracha," which
he says probably means a sort of bug
i'll Spanish "cuco" The word bug in
similar if restricted, sense has be
come pretty We'll established i'll SLAM
use in this country, and perhaps, sal
students of the subject. finding its
way across the Rio Grande. has been
exchanged for its Mexican equivalent
in the same way that many other Span
ish words have entered the American
language York Evening Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
CARRIES STOOL TO WORSHIP
as kier Own Usher on Sunday
Provides Own Seat.

Summer resorters get accustomed to
doing without the many little convent
ences of home life. They philosoph-
lcally accept conditions as being nee
essary to camping out" So oil stoves
take the place of gas ranges and they
carry water for the household from
the public hydrant down the bungalow
lined street, says the New York Sun.
On week-ends most Of the bungalow
colonies house added guests and the
kitchen and porch serve as overflow
bedrooms. Few Of the churches In
the summer towns are able to seat all
the worshipers on Sunday. But that
doesn't hinder the attendance. At a
Jersey resort village the other Sun.
day one woman was carrying camp
stool to church. Her neighbors
thought no more of 1t than had they
sen her carrying bundle It gro.
aagi0 from tn cnrnar atprA.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
Negroes Move to the Cities.

The negro urban population of the
United States is now in round num-
bers, about 100000, and even more
when towns and villages of less than
$500 inhabitants are included thar
IS, one-third of the negroes of the
United States are now living in vii
lagos. towns and cities. The larger
part of the increase in negro urban
population has been due to migration.
In the last five years some 100000 ne
groes have moved from rural districts
into the towns and cities. \ large pro
portion, therefore, of the negro popula-
ton is new to city conditions.-South-
ern Workmen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-09
---x~-s17---r-ss1~-~v~r~~~ .--"~~~~ :
MAoPfE 4 'fEATHERED FIEND'
Writer In New York Evening Post
Draws Up Strong Indictment
Against the Bird.

Although a great lover of birds.
never grieve when anyone kills &
magpie. Mrs. Frank ]. Huzen writes
from Acushnet, Mont, to the New
York Evening Post From child, l
knew they were thieves, but had to
live on a western stock ranch before
realizing they were little demons.
During a drought in the Northwest
many animals were horribly tortured
and finally killed by these feathered
fiendS.
4 beast weakened by insufficient
food, lack of water, old age or any
other cause is pounced upon by the
maybe, which perches on its bac., y
a place out Of reach of the vic...n' $
tail, and then begins to literally ct
the poor brute alive.
Two incidents came under my own
observation. We had an old horse out
at pasture that we valued for the
work she had done. After a time we
discovered that the magpies were
working" on her and had already
made terrible sore on the poor crea-
ture just above her shoulder We put
her in the corral to give her extra feed
and wash and treat the sore. To our
establishment the magpies still kept
after%her. They seemed to know we
would not dare shoot at them when
they were on the back Of the horse for
fear of killing her. Time after time
we tried to get them when flying to
and from their dreadful feast. but
their instinct told them, apparently,
when we were armed and when the
gun was out of reach, SO they always
managed to escape At last we were
obliged to keep the horse in the barn
until the sore healed. 1t was the only
way she could get rid of her tormen-
tors.