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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
KEEP WATER VESSELS CLEAN
Coolers Should Be of Such Material as
Porcelain or Enameled Ware
Scald often.

The greatest care is required to keep
household water vessels clean and N
good condition. Water coolers should
be Of some material, such as porcelain
or enameled ware, which is easily kept
clean. They should be scalded at fire.
quent intervals. The ice, if it comes
in contact with the water, should be of
known quality. Doubtful ice should
be kept from contact with the water.
Many families cool drinking water by
putting it in the ice box in glass fruit
jars or bottles.
Where it is believed or known that
the water supply is not pure, a filter
should be used. If a filter is used,
every precaution should be taken to
keep 1t clean and in good condition,
United States Department Of Agricvl-
ture specialists suggest An earthen-
ware filter may be cleaned by thorough
scrubbing with a brush Then it should
be placed in a pan or kettle of water
and boiled. A small piece of wood
should be placed under the jar to pre-
vent direct contact with the heated bot
tom of pan.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
SALvAGERS DID GOOD WORK
Recovering Disabled Ships During the
World War Was Matter OF
Highest HeroIsn.

Landlubbers link salvaging shipa
and cargoes to easy deals in treasure
trove, but the shippers of the salvag,
ing ships would tell them that salvage
Is sweaty and poorly paid exertion.
They do not regard themselves as ad.
venturers Of romance. They are divers
OF seagoing ambulances. They ere
marine surgeons. who operate on sick
or disabled craft. says the Spokane
Spokesman Review.
Salvaging before the war was a mat.
ter-of-fact trade, but during the war
st became business fraught with ex.
traordinary dangers. The maritime
belligerents had to save every dam
aged or sunken ship that they could
and the salvager was almost as indis.
pensable to winning the war as was
the man-o'-war.
At the Dardanelles five vessels were
sunk near shore, and yet all were sal.
vaged expedidously by the Liverpool.
trims.
In June of 1917 the saivagers recov.
cred four good-sized steamers In ten
days that had been sunk In the English
channel. They salvaged Beattie's flag
ship and the Britannia and the Astu.
rias; the submarine K-13 after its crew
had been submerged two and a half
days; the wrecks or Ostend and zee.
brugge.
The salvaging boats had at one and
the same time to act as machine shon
power house. pumping station and tug.
They worked In single spot, where
they were target for every 0erman
Submarine anywhere arpu31k& Thar
showed : narolsm bszend -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Weeds.

What hidden virtue is In thsse
things that 1t Is granted them TO sow
themselves with the wind. and to
grapple the earth with this immiti.
gable stubbornness: and to flourish in
spite of obstacles, and never 10 suffer
blight beneath any sun or shade, but
always to mock their enemies with
the same wicked luxuriance? 1t Is
truly mystery and also a symbol.
There is a sort of sacredness about
them. Perhaps. If we could penetrate
natures secrets, we should find what
we call weeds are more essential to
the well being of the world than the
most precious fruit or grain. This
may be doubted, however. for there
is an uumistakable analogy between
these wicked weeds and the bad hsb-
its and sinful propensities which have
overrun the moral world; and we
may as well imagine that there In
good in one as in the other.-Haw.
thorne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Fireworks DEVELOPMENT.

Few industries have shown more
development within a century than
that Of making fireworks. The fire.
works makers have not only made i'm
portant contributions to the art them
selves, but have taken advantage of
many discoveries and refnements
made by others in chemistry and me-
chanics.
{ The colors given to fireworks are
produced by mineral salts, copper be-
ing made to produce green and blue !;
barium. green; sodium, yellow; cal.
cium. red, and strontium, crimson.
These salts are arranged In combina-
zion with meal gunpowder and the
recipes for star compositions, rockets,
squibs, roman candles and the like
are almost without number. Among
the set pieces" are portraits, lettered
designs, fixed suns" fountains, palm
trees, mosaic work and shipA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
REFUSE TO ACCEPT "sMlTH"
Members Of That Family Have Hard
Work Convincing Strangers That
the Name Is Real.

1T isn't the fact that Smith is such
a common name that dislike it." said
Miss Smith, according to q New Yorx
Sun writer, but the fact that every
one who wants to give a fictitious
name Just says she's Miss Smith.
Every time have to introduce myself
somebody sort Of smokers about IL
and supposes my name is Gugen,
heimer or Cafferey or something else.
Take my sister and myself, for in
stance We often go out together to
the rink or down in the village for
supper.
There's always some nice boys
around who want to dance with us or
skate around a couple of times. OF
course, you don't need any official In
PRODUCTION these days, and the boys
know it. So they come over and In
little while they're telling US where
they work and their telephone number
and how we look like their sisters,
and all that It's all right, too, be-
cause you get used to that way Of
dA& II . AAA0%A wv
ter than some funny guys, who try to
hand you 4 line that they're In the
movies or doing fiction writing.
"Well, anyway. pretty soon, II they
like US, they say, You're d pretty
nifty little dancer. I'd like TO see you
again. You know all about me, so
tell me your name, will you? Then
when 1 say Miss Smith, they say;
Come on, quit your kidding. That
doesn't mean anything to me. Tell
me your real name
"When I insist my name Is Smith.
they say, What's the matter? You're
married or something
$50 we don't tell our real names
any more. We say we're Miss Cooper
or Stuyvesant or something else. and
since we don't look Ike sisters we
each have to use different names to
be believed. Funny, isn't itF'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
I-inotvpe LAUGHS.

G. D. Gibson of Life has a choice
collection of newspaper misprints
some of which are screams. At din.
ner in New York he quoted number
of them. One was about a bishop who
was laid up with a cold. A newspaper
reported that he was confined to the
house with a violent scold."
Another told of a surgeon" being
taken alive in the river AND being sold
for six cents a pound. But the most
amusing one, he said, was clipped
from Vermont paper. This paper
wishing to say in praise of very aged
and distinguished citizen that be was
"a noble old burgher proudly living
in his native state" was made to say.
according to Mr.. Gibson, John Green
Is nobby old burglar, providing
around in a naked e."-BostoD
Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
What Made His Hen Ill.

Mr.. Bagley of Beaconsfeld makes a
hobby of poultry keeping. He gets
pleasure out of it, and occasionally a
, surprise.
The other day, for instance, he
thought of one of his chickens was i'll,
and decided to kill it. When he
opened it up to ascertain the cause of
the trouble, he found:
Tintacks,
Small screws,
Pieces of tin, and
Metal nuts.
The chicken, he afterward learned,
had been pecking for food in build.
er's yard London Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Known by Their Hats.

All the various tribes of Persia are
to be distinguished and recognized by
their headgear. SO, at the capital,
Teheian. there is to be seen a greater
assortment of hats and headgear than
in any other place in the world. Some
ARE picturesque, some are ludicrous
The Kurds, of which there are 100000
in the country, wear hat which
looks like an inverted coffee pot,
black, bound round with gay-colored
handkerchiefs. That of another tribe
is of white felt, resembling in shape
a preserving kettle. Hats are ex-
clusively the privilege of men. Women
do not wear headcovering.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
MANY H0USEKEEPERS
SAVE IN USING SOAP
Naphtha Helps to Loosen Dirt in
Various Garments.
Solutions Will Keep indefinitely IL Cow
cred to Prevent Evaporation
Clipped or FIaked Pieces
Are Convenient.

prepared by the United States Department
Of Agriculture)
If the supply of hot water is limited,
naphtha soap may be used to good adj
vantage with cold or lukewarm water.
for the naphtha helps loosen the dirt In
the clothes.
1t Is not economy to use a poorly
made soap, which may contain free
grease or an excess of I've, or both.
This is sometimes the case with home
made soaps, but need not be so if good
directions for example, those that
come with the commercial I've in tin
cans) are carefully followed. Making
a soap at home may not be good econo-
my where the fat can be sold for use
in soap factory, the United States
Department of Agriculture believes,
but it may be thrifty practice where
the fat would otherwise be thrown
away.
Dirt is removed more quickly and
with less danger to silk, wool and all
colored and delicate fabrics if the soap
is well dissolved in the water, rather
than rubbed on. Many housekeepers
use solution or jelly made by heating
one pound of soap in FIVE gallons Of
water, and add enough of this to the
water to make suds. A more economi-
cal solution, to be used only for white
cottons and linens, is made with one.
half pound Of soap and one-quarter
pound of soda fO FIVE gallons of water
Soap solutions keep indefinitely, if COW
cred to prevent evaporation. Clipped or
faxed soaps dissolve easily in hot wa
ter without special heating and are
convenient for use in the boiler, the
washing machine or for occasional fine
laundering. They can be bought eco
nomically in barrel lots from laundry
supply houses or manufacturers, and
some are retailed in small packages.
Cake soap can be rubbed into chips on
a household Crater; or, If dry, put
through a food chopper.
Dye soaps are supposed to clean and
dye at the same time. 1t Is safer, how
ever, before using the dye soap, to
wash the garment clean with white soap
and water. The best results come from
dipping garment in a generous guam
tity of water to which the tint has been
added. The color Is always fainter af-
ter drying than while the garment is
wet. The tinting is usually not perma-
nent and the process should be repeat
ed with each laundering.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
emitting sand Made Trouble.

The shifting Of the sands Of the see
shore very often involves expensive
litigation. In 1856 the counties of AT,
lantic and Burlington, of New Jersey,
entered into an expensive litigation
concerning the boundary between
them. There was a dispute as to one
of the corners Of this boundary. II
was stated to be, In the original sur
yey, 'the next inlet in the south side
Of Little Egg Harbor's most southerly
inlet, and thence along the seacoast
TO the line of partition between east
and west Jersey" But 1t could noe
be found In its original home when
they went to look for II, thus bring
ing up to date the ancieut snyl1s
nhaak ROM - snm1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09

to cook at this temperature at The
rate of from 20 to 80 minutes for eacf
pound in weight. Remove from the
fire, but keep the ham in the liquor
in which 1t was cooked until cold
then remove from the container ant
allow to drain.
Take off the skin, score the fat ir
inch blocks, and cover with a coating
Of brown sugar and crumbs. Sticl
with cloves one inch apart.
Bake In a slow oven until nicely
Drowned, basting at intervals witt
one-half cupful of water and one
tablespoonful of vinegar. A han
should always be thoroughly cooker
before it is eaten.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Enoiand's Daylight Saving.

Daylight saving in England passes
under the term of summer time. 1t
has been under consideration in the
British parliament, where new statu-
tory authority has been given. 1t
cultural bloc in England. too. Its &C
tivities resulted in shortening the pc.
riod for early rising by three weeks at
each end. In other words, England
with its high latitude, and the conse-
Quences upon the relative length OF
sunlight and darkness, will next year
begin daylight saving late in April and
end it early in Experimentation the
Nations Business.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Two Kinds Of Thinkers.

There are two kinds Of people In
the worid-word people and tact
people. The former deal In words and
phrases and form their judgments on
opinions and beliefs. The latter
analyze questions and draw con-
illusions only from the point Of view
u what they believe to be established
facts. The two types are as far apart
% the north and south poles and are
incapable Of carrying on anything In
the way Of intelligent argument or de-
bate, because they do not talk the
same language or think by the Same
method. The word man starts with
desired conclusion and fashions his
facts to produce that result. The
fact man analyses his subject, seeks
to establish the truth In regard to
facts which have a bearing on 1t and
then fearlessly draws what he be-
iieves to be honest conclusions. His
process Il like the working out Of
mathematical problem; he does not
know what the answer viii be until
the last ngurs = made. He thinks for
lard. whlln H. uan1 man fhlnsu
nonnunnk
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Peculiar Deep-sea Fish.

The Aristeus deep-sea prawn, has
a method of lighting that gives the ap-
pearance of multitude of smoke rings
When excited by the nearness of an
enemy, the prawn elects respiratory wa.
ter in tiny squirts and into this stream
the luciferin is forced from countless
glands opening into the stream by fine
ducts. As the chemicals combine, puffy
clouds of luminescent particles float
In the sea. This is the smoke screen"
provided by nature.
The species of luminous fish, called
"Photoblephron," has a DINNER sys
TEN In an inside chamber and burns
continuously. When the fish wishes to
shut off the light. he causes a black
augmented curtain to slide down over
the light cells opening like an eyelid.
The light organ preserves its lumines.
cense even when removed and is used
by fishermen Of the islands Of Banda,
about 800 miles southeast of the Philip
pines - bait for night fshfnG.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
"PIayful" indeed

In his book. Flashlights From the
Seven Seas" the Rev. William l..
Stidger. of Detroit, says the Battaks
of Sumatra have what he refers to
facetiously as a playful" custom Of
getting rid of their old men. When q
man gets so old that they think it is
about time for him to tell his last tale.
they put him up a coconut tree. Then
all the young bucks of the village get
together and try to shake him down.
If he Is too feeble TO hold on, and
comes down, that is sign of HeaveD
that his days are through, and
proceed to cook and eat him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Truly, Puck Was Rioht.

A club this writer belongs to has
been ready for year or more to M,
up a new building-but IL hasn't
Three friends have been for over d
year In a position to build three new
residences-but they haven't. What's
the trouble? The reader can easily
guess It's bit discouraging. God
has given us beautiful world and we
don't know how to run 1t, any more
than Adam did to run Eden-and we
have several thousand years Of ex-
perience over Adam, at that. We ought
to be ashamed, lunkheads that " are /
--Boston I6sRscs1pf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
OriQin of Slang Term.

Students of slang have found inter
est in an article in an English mag
azine on BLACK Beetles" because il
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 bng.
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
language.-New York Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture)
The United States Department OF
Agriculture gives the following d.
rections for cooking an old ham, as
for example, one that has been home
cured and perhaps hung for year
or two before using.
Soak the ham several hours, thor
oughly remove all mold and loose
pieces, and rinse well. Cover with
cold water, add two tablespoonful of
vinegar, one-half cupful brown sugar,
four cloves and one bay leaf, and heat
to boiling. The amount of cloves and
bay leaf may be increased If desired
for larger hams. Reduce the heat to
a constant simmer and allow the ham
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
PEANUT MEAL QUITE USEFUL
Mixed With Starchy Flours II Makes
Very PaIatabIe Cakes, Gems
and Hot Breads.

When the blanched kernels Of pea
nuts from which the shells have been
removed are used in making oil, the
press cake can be ground into meal
and used with wheat, corn and SIM
liar starchy fours to make very
palatable and nutritious cakes, gems
and hot breads, says the. United States
Department Of Agriculture.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Profit in Easter Lilies.

A Mississippi farm woman
told at a recent short course at
the Agricultural and Mechanical
college Of Mississippi how she
had made $3.50 this year from
a single Easter lily given to her
nine years ago. With the help
and advice of the county extern
sion agent that lily was planted
and grown out of doors until,
according to reports received by
the United States Department
of Agriculture, a regular busi-
ness has been built up, with a
steady demand for the lilies.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
TNnper Far Ahead,

What of their timber assets in the
national forests? They contain 563 bill
lion feet of standing timber, or
twenty-five per cent of the remaining
timber in the United States, says the
American Forestry Magazine. All told
the national forests embrace seven
'een per cent of all forest growing
iand in the United States. In add.
tion 10 the many millions of acres con
tanning forests of merchantable size
there are twenty million acres bearing
young growing forests which are being
protected against fire and other forms
Of devastation so that they will pro-
duce timber crops in the years ahead
The American Forestry association
calls on the owners, the citizens, to
protest against taking the control of
these forests from the United States
forest service.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Domestic stun.

"oh. goodness gracious mercy, I'm
most distracted I've looked for IL
everywhere and simply can't fnd It (.
walled Mrs. Worrylotte.
why dontcha look where you're
sure yuh didn't put itr' inquired
Worrylotte, who knew his woman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
Told at the ninnsr raAl.

BooDy-Yessir, and that giraHe'a
neck was-why. 1T was as long as dad.
dy's neck. and-daddy's neck and
BIS Mother-Bobby, haven't I told
you don't know how many times,
you mustn't sxaggerats sss-waysida
Tslea.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-09
An Around
IM House

Save liquor from sweet pickle, and
use in mince meat.
Red gooseberry jelly makes good
substitute for guava Jelly.
Potatoes will be dry and foury If
tho salt is not added until they are
nearly cooked.
To remove stains from marble ap-
ply a mixture Of saleratus and whit
ing with damp cloth.
To remove paint from any fabric, no
matter how long it has stood. take
equal parts Of turpentine and am.
monia.
If the bottom crust of the fruit tart
is rubbed with the white of an egg
it will prevent the juice from soaking
into II.
When you find aismall hole In your
aluminium pan, hammer the outside
Of the pan directly over the hole. II
will Immediately close and make the
pan ready for use again.
sssss men Have Defecta
II the man who measures you foe
Jour next suit calls out IN. +. r. BE-
to the assistant who jots down the
measurements, take carel II n a
warning that your physique Is not all
that 1t should be-in fact great dea,
less. II stands for mack forward
round back"
IT'S the commonest fault In the
physique Of our customers" explained
q tailor. Most men have fiat chest
and round back. The army straight.
ened some Of them up for q while but
they've begun slumping back again.
About one man In ten has bow legs.
the bow running from III to 4 inches,
Practically every mans shoulders are
uneven-one higher than the ether,
But that's so common that You
wouldn't call 1t a defect.
Here's another thing I've noticed.
All the athletes, the professional
strong men, have sloping shoulders
The fellow with the straight heavy
shoulders whom you'd take for an
athlete Usually aan'k%-AGuWnxlEns
Washington Journal., 1923-08-10
9inter beu 8ulihen
zines neuen StaateS
Dir @a6rbcit iiber Die 5I6edO.
SlDiuafei.
& uno 8oIfe

Man muB merfennen Dob Die
9(uSlanoSpropaganoa Der tl1e6i-
lden &egierung ole natiirli6
bouptIG6liG aus ben Sal6en ibrer
getreueu ocuti6en 8iirger beoabIt
miro n bisber iebr gelbidt gearbei-
tet bat, inOelH lie einen oihten S6lei.
er iiber oie mabren 3ultGnoe in Die.
Ter geiegnetcn Gepublif breitete, 10
oab ale @elt glaubte, oieler Stant
lei cine 9lrt bon S0lferparooies.
9(ber &ilgen baben befanntlid fur.
&c 9einc. ullO ole bette 8rapaganoa
nit Sen aQeridlouelten Srids uno
Siigcn fam ouf Die 0nter bod nidt
oic &a6rbeit gan5 tofihlagen, uno
10 crfGbrt oic eritounte Melt iest,
no6 mo naf, oaB Die Gldehen cine
brutal -tiidiiMc @emaltberrl6aft fib.
rem un0 jeoeS &eht nit 5iiBen tire.
ten. Sine 3citlang liebten es Die
Si6c6en ibre &cpublif ais cine Art
IS 06ere Q hmei5" gu be5eiA-
men, ollo cine Derbelierte Shmeio;
elm qro6er Shninoel, ben Iih ieoer
c6rli6t S6wei5er iebr energii6 Der.
bicten loatc.
0oS S6mei5er Golf miro nidt
idlcdt ~erltaltnt icim menn es bort,
mas in @irflihfeit oie Sihehen un.
NI NnCto..H An~E4aLnA
Washington Journal., 1923-08-10

fran5oiii6en n&aiier". 8oincare be
gegnete, 10 iagt er, 2loDo George NIT
Srob, 8onor Gam nit @lei6giiltigs
felt, 8alOmin nit &eradtung. Ote
britiI6e Gegierung fennt jett i6ren
Weann. 8as miro iie bel al oieien
0ornen uno Spiben tun? 9aS 1T
cine berteufelte Sragei
Mit @emalt fam man 5rantrei1
nidt opponieren. TIMER langiameS
Golf Iiebt nidt elm, oab Sranfrei6S
lleberma6t i6limmer uno ablolrter
lit mie in ben Sagen Sromig oes
GierSebntcn uno @apoleons. 8ir
meroen fir oiele Sabre inter 0ieiem
9~emuBtiein leben miilien. Boincare
ltebt iiber alien Mdnnern, Die Den
arieg gemonnen baben. gr ltoBt
england BON lid mie cine Better, Die
man 5u leinem eigenen Aufltieg be-
nubt bat. Sem grfolg lit wie Der
oes &aiIers. Die enogiiltige &ata-
ltropbe miro oielelbe iein. Gr lit IL
der, DaB England ni6t mebr fam-
pfen miro. Sogar 8elgien giebt jebt
leine Neutralitdt mif uno miro elm
Satellit Sranfreids. Dab europa
inter ser Serridaft BON so Milio-
men Srnn8oien uno 8elgier plus 300
ODER 500 Sauieno S6mar5en leben
fam, lit cine Sbeorie, an Die nur elm
Mffe glauben fam. @r l6lagt oann,
mie ser Mmerifaner Duties, cine
@eltfonferen8 Dor, a~noernfalls man
cinen mirtl6aftli6en uno finan6ieaen
DRUID al1f Sranfrei9 ausiiben miiile.
- @lio aud bier ole 0robung elmer
8lodaoeI Aber pie iih Die Gnglan-
ser bod Dor ben Sran8oien fiir6tenll