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Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-15
5000 Bandit Chiefs

TOXIC Japanese agents report
that more than 5000 bandit chiefs
are preventing a restoration of order
in Siberia.
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-15

CHARLOTTE, - Telephone com
pany statistics apuOunce Charlotte
subscribers conversations ov@r tele-
phone this year are estimated TO
equal one conversation cntlnujnS
SS6 wears
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-15

ABERDEEN. - Southern and
southeastern counties OF state will
lose lat least one-third of their
crops of cotton through boil weevI
ravages, says f. W. Letby, ento-
y,oInoict
Atlanta tri-weekly journal. [volume] (Atlanta, Ga.) 1920-19??, 1923-09-15

OCALA.-W. T. Tenant. mer-
chant Of Roanoke, Ala. dies of an
overdose of opiate at hotel here. He
had been taken i'll and used medi-
cine seeking. relief
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
Cost of Stopping Trains.

An ordinary passenger locomotive
consumes a pound of fuel for every
90 feet 1t travels. Each unnecessary
stop, made with a heavy freight or
passenger train, represents 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 brake-line air leak on a train of
80 freight cars has been known to
cause a loss of as much as 2,540
pounds of coal in a ten-hour period.
The loss of coal each time a modern
locomotive pops off for five minutes is
about seventy-five pounds. If locon1p
tive firemen were 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, 1923-05-11
INSOMNIA CAN BE BANIsHED
Trouble Is, With Too Many Of Us
That the Prescription" Is
Hard to Take.

There Is cure for insomnia, but Il
Is likely to be something awful-a ten
mile walk In the country or saving
wood for four hours. One has to give
up all other activities, 1t seems, when
one 'rassles 1t out" with insomnia.
Nobody has time for saving wood
for four hours except deposed Euro
pean monarchs-favored ones Of earth
whom even a revolution gives leisure.
Theodore Roosevelt, who enjoyed so
amply all that the world had to give,
cut down trees for purposes Of bodily
invigorntion; but then he had the trees
to cut down; so also, Gladstone.
Hard, physical labor these great
ones considered necessary for their
well-being; and it is thoroughly estab-
lished that 1t is the best lure Of sleep.
sbalmy sleep. tired natures sweet re-
storer." The point In that quotation
Is that one has to be tired: not tired
In the cares that iIfost the day, but
tired In the legs. arms and dorsal
muscles. One can chaee away insom-I
MIA IL one gives his undivided aften-
ton to Il That's the dIflcn1tx Jk
Louis Globe Democrat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
Uncommon
Sense S JOHN BLAKE
GUARD YOUR SPEECH

MEN are judged by their talk. They
AVA have no other means of impress
ing those with whom they come into
contact.
Business men and prospective en-
ployers are not mind readers. They
form their opinion of you by the words
that come out of your mouth.
If you talk well and intelligently
your chance of success is excellent.
If your speech is slovenly, ingram
NAUTICAL, and above all profane, you will
promptly be set down as mucker.
And nobody wants to transact business
with muckers, or to hire muckers to
transact business for them.
Profanity instantly stamps those
who use it as of inferior intelligence.
More than that, it makes the cultiva-
ton of correct speech impossible.
Nobody will take the trouble to
think of the right word to use If he has
the habit of inserting an expletive
whenever he is at loss for the right
expression.
And only by searching for the right
words to use can correct speech be
formed.
You do not swear in the presence of
ladies. Unless you are utterly ill-man-
nered you do not swear in the presence
of strangers
1t is easy, therefore, to keep rrofan-
ity out of your speech.
Important men, it is true, are some
times addicted to profanity. But they
are not important because Of their pro-
family, but in spite of it.
And more and more, intelligent men
are abandoning the habit. Lincoln
managed to get along without it. So did
Washington, although both of them
were subjected to vexations such as
are utterly unknown to you.
Keep your speech clean and straight
forward. Be vigorous, but don't be
profane. Fight hard against the habit
If you have it-already. If you haven't
contracted it, don't. You don't want
to be known as a mucker, and you are
certain to be, if you substitute oaths
and explosives for intelligent English.
20 by John Blake.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
FLOWERS FOR ALL PURPOSES
Some Simple Ruiss, the Observance Of
Which May or May Not Lead to
Popularity.

sWhat you figuring onY asked the
florist Of his adyertisipRwriter.
"on an elaboration into details Of
sur plan to say 1t with flowers.
have arranged to state that the man
who wants TO smile at his wife should
use smilax. that the man that wanta
to growl at her ought to say 1t with
tiger lilies or dog-toeth violets, that
the bird who wants to sweeten her up
without the expense of box Of choco-
Iates may use candytuft, that instead
ef giving her wrist watch you can
present her with q bunch Of four
o'clocks. that he who wants to serve
notice on his spouse that he is out
81 funds needs only hand her q cluster
of touch-me-nots, that when the larder
q low and the grub money gone he can
olfp her some butter-and-eggs pIucked
from the roadside, that Il he is be-
WfIdered By his love for the sweet
young thing he can express his feel
ines By sending around q nosegay Of
love-In-a-mist, that II he thinks his girl
r. 4 cat and IL afraid to sag 80 other
Vie he can endow her with vase OF
pussy-r;llcws that II she has q lew
down crlni0n OF him she car have d
bouquet Of skunk cabbage d.
uvorod & hio house THAT'S about a.
II - 1oyo it worked out sew
set1n Np1clE, Pni1atdDkfA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
DISPUTE ORIGIN OF CALIcHE
Scientists Disagree as to How Rock
Of Which Chile Has Monopoly,
Came About.

Chile's chief source of revenue, of
which the country has virtually
world monopoly, is obtained from the
rough rock known locally as caliche.
Scientists disagree as to the origin of
is valuable mineral, according to
writer in the National Geographi
Magazine. Some claim (and DarwiK
among them) that 1t had its origin IN
seaweed Of an ancient period. One
savant argues that the deposit result.
ed from nitrogen contained in guano.
Others believe in its atmospheric
origin. advancing the theory that IN
remote age electricity passing through
the moist air, by combination, formed
nitric acid; this in turn, impregnating
the flood waters Of Andean streams
and coming in contact with the lime
stone Of the rocks, formed nitrate Of
lime; another step In natures labora-
tory brought this nitrate Of lime in
contact with sulphate Of soda, forming
the caliche found today.
Iodine, precipitated from the nitrate
solution. Is the most important by-prod-
ilct of the caliche rock. By agree
ment among the nitrate establishments,
its production Is limited to every
sixth year, that the market may not
be overstocked
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
Origin of Slang Term.

Students Of slang have found inter
est in an article in an English mag.
azine on BLACK Beetles" because ii
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 equivalent
in the same way that many other Span.
ish words have entered the American
isnguage.-New Yerk Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
Not What We Do
How Well
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH
r IFE isn't all in big amounts,

T IFE isn't all in big amounts,
Or greatness in title:
1t isn't what we do that counts
How well we do is vital.
The little tasks and little things
Are what in time will tell;
Not what we do the glory brings,
But if we do it well.
The humble task of humble hands
Has just as much of beauty,
AS much efficiency demands,
As any other duty.
The fellow in the shallow trench
Must have soldier heart;
The fellow standing at the bench
Must do his honest part.
The lowest brick in any wall
Is still the brick that made it;
The edifice will stand or fall
How well or poor we laid it.
And this the dignity divine
OF all we are or do;
Your work requires the best Of mine.
Mine needs the best Of you.
We work together, you with me,
Whate'er we build or fashion;
Our pride should be our honesty,
And quality our passion.
The little tasks and little things
Are what in time will tell
Not what we do the glory brings,
But if we do it well.
20 by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
WHAT DIES?
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH

WHAT dies? Most certainly the
VIII never die-descendants brave
Maintain the old majestic line
The very oak above the grave
Speaks Natures continuity.
What dies? Not, certainly, the tree.
What dies? The bud, the rose, the
seed,
Each has its time and has it's turn.
One needs his garden but to read
OF life's eternity to learn,
That every springtime will disclose.
What dies? Not, certainly, the rose.
What dies? The sun will fade, the
Come out, and then the stars will
fade
But still the midnight has its Mars,
The day will have its light and
shade,
The sun again when night is done.
What dies? Not, certainly, the sun.
What dies? The river finds the sea,
The sea the sky, the sky the hill
The hill shall give us presently
The river from the mountain rill,
With star and sun again to CLEAN.
What dies? Not, certainly, the stream.
What dies? Shall only one thing die?-
Gods mind in human minds ex-
pressed?
Shall tree and rose live on, and
Expire. this spark within my breastf
Is death the end of all the plan?
What dies? Not, certainly, the mani /
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11

creatures have heard of called Cob
Inns, but I never believed there were
any,"
Nearer and nearer crept Tim until
he was close to the Goblin Circle hid
den behind bush on top of rock.
The COLLINS antics were so funny
that Tim forgot he was hiding, and
when one little Goblin stood on the
head of another and jumped with a
funny twist of his queer little body,
Tim laughed out loud and tumbled off
the rock right into the Goblin Circle.
The dance stopped and all the Cob
Inns fell upon poor Tim and before he
knew what was happening; he was no
longer big lazy Tim; he was little
Goblin just like the others.
As there were no lazy COLLINS Tim
had to work. They made him jump
and dance, they made him roll big
rocks and open the doors to their rock
houses, and finally when the dance
was over they carried him off to their
underground homes and set him to
work.
OF course, they an worked, too, but
to Tim, who had never worked, it
seemed there was no time to rest.
How long he stayed with the Cob
Inns he could never tell, but one night
when they all came out Of the rocks
for dance in the Circle, Tim waited
until they were busy hopping and
jumping and he took to his heels and
off he ran.
He was almost home before he mo-
ticed that he was again the big Tim
he had been before he fell into the
Goblin Circle, but he was no longer
Lazy Tim, for, now he was home once
more, he felt sure that his lazy habit
had something to do with having to
work so hard for the COLLINS.
He stayed away from. the COLLINS
Circle, too, for now he believed in the
COLLINS and he did not wish to be in
their power again, but he did not
know that it was year from the time
they caught him that the COLLINS let
HIM go.
1t is only on the full Of the moon on
COLLINS Night, when the COLLINS dance
In the magic circle, that any one can
escape If he has beeIl unfortunate
enough to be caught in the circle and
changed into Goblin.
So If any one is lazy and will not
helpDhis mother he better be careful
not to wander near the Goblin Circle
or he will have to work whole year
as hard as Tim did.
90 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicats.l
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
THREE ATOMS IN M0LEcULE
Division Of Water, Small In Itself, 10
Made Up of Still Smaller
Particles.

! When great scientist named Sir
William Thomson was asked about the
size of molecule, he replied: IF a
drop Of water were magnified to the
size of the earth, the molecules would
each occupy spaces greater than those
filed by small shot and smaller than
those occupied by cricket balls" And
yet molecules are made up OF even
smaller particles, called atoms. An
atom is the smallest division of any
thing known.
A moIecule Of water is made up of
three atoms. Evaporation Of water
consists of the movement of these
atoms in such way as to make the
liquid water change into a gas. Freeze
Ing water into ice is caused by max
ing the molecules, and In turn, the
atoms, stick to each other. It takes
a great deal Of power to separate the
molecules IN water. and for this rea.
son water was long regarded a. some
thing which.c could not be diyfdedj Or
= c{11er Word4 1 basic element euch
n - In ~.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
THE COLLINS CIRCLE

ONCE In far-off land there lived
~ 4 band of COLLINS, and once every
year on night when the moon was
full these COLLINS held a dance in the
Goblin Circle.
The Goblin Circle was a round, bare
spot In the middle of the woods and
cr particular night, called COLLINS
Night by the magic people, at the full
of the moon, any one who entered this
circle other than the COLLINS was in
stantly changed from his own shape
to that Of little Goblin.
All the Fairies and the Elves and
the Pixies and Gnomes and other
magic folk on COLLINS Night kept far
away from Goblin Circle, for none Of
them wished TO become q Goblin.
Now not far away from Goblin Cir
Gle lived lazy fellow named Tim. He
did not help his mother, who was a
widow, IS he should, but instead lay
under q tree In the shade all day
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11

Little Paul was turning the leaves Of
a new picture book which had been
given to him. He came to two leaves
which were uncut He tried to turn
the page, found that he could not, lift
ed up the corner of the page ard
peeked Under, and stopped to ponder
the situation.
Mamma" he called Mamma, come
here a minute"
"What is it, dearie?" mamma asked.
"Look here at my book" Paul point
ed, showing his mother how the leaves
were stuck together Mamma, how on
earth did they ever get the pictures put
10 there?"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
THE RIGHT THING
at the
RIGHT TTMB
WHERE TO MEET
ByMARYMARsHAIL DUFrTE


bad beginning makes Q bad end
A CCORDING to strict etiquette, Of |
: : course, a young man, If he has an
appointment with young woman,
meets her at her own home, and
escorts her from thence to their desti-
nation. He does not suggest that she
meet him at the corner drug store or
that they make their rendezvous a
park bench under certain tree or the
lobby of certain hotel or the public
library reading room or railroad sta
ton waiting room.
However. for practical purposes this
rule cannot always be carried out. The
busy young man, who works at some
distance from the residence section Of
town, sometimes finds that he Is quite
unable to take the time needed to go
to young woman's home and then
accompany her to the theater or party
as they have planned. There is then
no very sensible reason why he should
not feel free to ask the young woman
to meet him half way. That is, Of
course, unless they are members Of the
ultra formal society in which such a
thing would be looked upon askance.
There is nothing inherently ill-bred
about it. Then, too, the young woman
and young man who work In the same
neighborhood often find it convenient
to meet each other after business
hours for dinner or the theater. 1t
would be absurd to insist that they
have to meet then in the young
womans home. But one or two simple
rules ought to be observed in this mat
ter of meeting outside of ones own
home. A young man ought never TO
set time for such a rendezvous at
an hour when he is not sure to be
free. He should always strive to be
at the appointed place in advance Of
the time set, so that the young gill
will not be the one kept waiting. Tho
young woman. on the other hand
while she should not keep the young
man waiting, should not arrive ahead
Of time.
1t is never In good form to make
your rendezvous a hotel. lobby or re-
ception room unless you are planning
to have luncheon or dinner there
There are some people, to be sure,
who make use of the hotels in this
way, but it is in rather poor taste.
Even when planning to meet a young
woman for luncheon or dinner at
hotel it is better to arrange to meet
her in the reception room than In the
lobby where she must usually walk or
stand or at least encounter something
Of crowd
60 by Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
NOT ALL BEER AND snHLEs
3nsilshman Has Somewhat Lengthy
List Of Drawbacks to Life In
the Turkish canl.al.


An English business man backed me
into corner in a Constantinople club.
looked atme sternly ever the top of his
brandy and coda and addressed me as
follows:
When you write about this town.
old chap, I hope you'n tell your peo-
pie what beastly place ii is, whati
A chap can't make move, you know.
without some one asking him to have
something. Look here, old chap. In
court Of law, you know, q chap L.
ordinarily supposed to be sober after
3 o'clock at night, what5 Here It's
the opposite. by Jovel A bit thick, Ell,
Whatl
Look here, make q note Of thiR
whatf They celebrate i've Christmas
IS and ave New Years In this rotten
town. Oh, at least five. On my
honor. old chapl English. Armenian,
Greek, Russian, Turkish, Jewish-real-
~, old chap. I become fearfully In
coherent when try 20 remember
what they are. BY the time the last
New Year is over one can Just totter
around. Oh, absolutely, ! give you
my wordi And then there IL the Rus
sian Easter, which is fearfully nerve
racking. 1t lasts from one TO two
weeks, and one is obliged to do fear.
fui amount Of drinking. While it
lasts one goes up to any one and says
He Is risen and kisses him three
times. It's done that way. old chap.
! give you my word. everybody does
u. One hunts for pretty girl and
says He Is risen and kisses her three
times, and. By jo~e. It's considered
luise al right Oh. quite. In way,
Old chap. Il beats egg rolling On lawn
all hollow. whati A BIT shiek, BIZ love
but bit Of all right. whakf
But of course there's q fearful Ice
OF good feeling and one must ever
iastingly be buying . drink Tor some
one. II cuts Into ones WORK fearfully.
You lust tell an that - ne c<aps a
hume, and they'll see that llvine III
Constanfinople isn't al beer sna -
Ties. p 1ovel What7r chzez 5slIy
k&~#& - S s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
Scientific Explanation Called For.

II there be, as some suppose, a sixth
sense, by which animals, birds and in
sects know in which direction to move
toward given spot, how many strange
things 1t explains! A scientist once
hatched some japanese silkworms in
Chicago. He confined a female moth
In small cage; he carried a male of
the family by night to another part Of
he city, mile and half away, and
liberated it, having first attached a
silk thread to its abdomen. In the
morning the male moth was lowering
around the cage Of his imprisoned
sister.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
Leather His Hobby.

One Of the curious American char
acters of the last century was the
"Old Leather Man" who for nearly
80 years tramped over eastern New
York and Connecticut clad almost en-
tirely in leather. His home was in q
cave near Sing Sing, where he was
found dead in 1889. He did occa-
sional jobs Of plumbing, and never
accepted 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 young man.
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
4, len the market in that commodity
crashed, his prospective father-in-law
ras ruined and his own hopes were
Uttered. This unhinged his mind, and
<, 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, 1923-05-11

while his mother worked In the fields
or tended the sheep.
But as soon as 1t was meal time Tim
was nimble enough, for he was always
hungry, but il he was asked to bring
in some wood or draw pail of water
Tim was so slow that his mother often
did 1t herself rather than wait for the
slow Tim to bring 1t.
On one bright moonlight night Tim
was coming along the road by the
weeds when he saw through the trees
hundreds OF little dancing figures.
These were COLLINS dancing In the Cir
Gle and their red caps could be plainly
seen SIS they bobbed about in the
moonlight
Now, what is thatY thought Tim,
as he stopped whistling and looked
closer. 1T looks like those funny
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
MEN YOU MAY MARRY
BY {. r. PEYsER

n. SEn
Has a Man Like This Proposed
to You?
Symptoms: Has an unSatiS-
fed, hungry look. Clothes lit
tie shiny at the edges. He is
irritable, nervous, crotchety. He
is the typical artist without
business and self-selling ability.
Knows he'll be successful if you
pool your interests with his.
Never thinks Of your work
only of his. Has missed some
thing all his life because he
hasn't met you before-you, his
soul mate!
IN FACT
You will be his sole mate as
he is always "among the miss
ing" of the good things of life.
Prescription for Bride to Be:
d Lead him and feed him by
* hand. Get some ''stick-at-
it, virus and stick him with it
often and late
Absorb This:
ART Is LONG AND WIFE is
FLEETlNG
20 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11

A LINE o. CHEER
BY John Kendriek BangA
SORROW

- ORROW like some poisoned dart
y Often comes to pierce the
heart,
But from out the scar there grows
Like a fair and fragrant rose
Sympathy for others woes
Sympathy TO help them bear
Some too heavy load of care,
Whereby We ourselves may gain
Sure relief from present pain.
e by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicste.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11
What dies? Shall only one thing die7-
Gods mind in human minds ex-
Popular Tour.

approximately 10000 automobiles
toured the historic battlefield of Get
tysburg, Pa, last year. Cars from
every state in the union were found
touring the % miles of government
highways,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11

Safety First.
CAS- the burglar entered the house
of Banker Johansson)-Mrs. Johans-
son-John There's a strange man
In the room.
Banker-What do you want?
Burglar-Money.
Banker-What security do you offery
Nisse (Stockholm).
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-05-11

Eileen Percy, the movie" star, In
order that she might gain the real at
mosphere for her acting the part of the
bIackmailer, devoted many hours
studying the prisoners In jaiIs, police
stations, and In the courts. The gray,
cold bars Of the feIon's cell, the bus
Ting activity of the detective bureau,
and the prisoners benches Of the police
courts are miniature laboratories where
human emotions are constantly seeth-
Ing and bubbIing over.