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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
Problem In Psychology.

A commuter who spends most Of his
time on the train thinking instead OF
playing bridge or reading the papers
has a new problem that he has been
unable to solve.
Il buy a monthly ticket, which en-
titles me to two rides each day, Sun
days included" he says. 81 never
come to town on Sunday and 80 !
have four or FIVE round-trip tickets
left over at the end of the month.
When a holiday comes along I have
another one. Occasionally the con
ductor fails to punch my ticket and
1 can't help having a feeling Of ex.
ultation, a sort of idea that I am
ahead of the game In some way. Of
course the extra ride is simply added
to the unpunched rides on the ticket
at the end of the month and Is no real
gain.
"Now, why should I be pleased at
gaining something of absolutely no
value to me? Perhaps Einetein could
answer. can't."-CL.cago Journal,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13

In the Middle ages the time-baH
as means of marking the passing
hours was popular. For the con-
venience of the men and women Of
the various courts of Europe a great
ball was dropped from the ceiling Of
the palace throne room at certain in
tervals. Today, many cities have time
balls in prominent places which drop
at noon to warn the citizens of the
time. Many harbors. Montreal and
Quebec, for instance, still use the
time ball to mark noon and other
hours.
But it remained for little coun-
try in South America, Uruguay, to in
augurate really modern and eff
cient system for sending broadcast
over the capital city, Montevideo, the
time at exactly eight o'clock at night.
At that hour every electric light in
the city grows dim for few seconds
and the residents set their clocks and
watchea
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
Something to
Think Ab0ut
By r. If. WALKER
MOVING FORWARD
By r. II. WALKER

T EFT no day of your existence pass
IL in which you do not proceed to-
ward loftier thoughts and higher
ideals.
Keep thinking and pressing ahead.
Let neither fear nor doubt of ability
retard you.
Growth, activity of mind and body
are essential to the proper develop
ment of the mental and physical
forces which have been given you to
make them fit to battle with and over
come the obstacles that impede your
path to greater efficiency and larger
achievement.
All nature calls for activity. Moth
ing is dormant. The winds and the
tides are in constant motion. The sun
and the stars are always shining, per-
forming their part in the marvellous
scheme of things, of which scientists,
with their great worldly knowledge
know but a smattering.
The idle pool of water becomes
stagnant, but within it there is an in
SluIOuS dSIihIIy, plOuuCAAS IOuiuCoS,
decay, disease and death.
To be active in the right direction
ought to be the chief purpose of every
human being.
The habit Of creative activity, when
once it is formed, soon becomes as
tenacious as the besetting practice of
Incidence, with none of the latter's
tendencies to tear down, demoraliZe
and destroy.
All the worlds industries, all en-
during literature and art, all that con-
tributes to happiness, all the advance
ments made In the thousands Of won
derful fields Of human endeavor, had
their beginning in the minds Of men
and women who kept pressing toward
a definitely defined object, determined
In their purpose to overcome
They could vision the sunlight
through the darkest clouds.
They refused to falter in their
course though often worn and hungry.
They locked arms with Faith and
Faith never forsook them, giving them
strength. cheer and courage as they
pressed forward.
Trials and discouragements. of which
there were many, were brushed aside,
never being permitted to cool their
ardor or weaken their spirit In the
final hour of their struggles they stood
with joyous hearts among the victori-
Gus, beckoning you to follow
20. 1874. By Mcclure Newspaper syndicate.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
MIR. COON'S TRICK

MAYHEM Mr.. Coon came to the
w woods to live, none of the woods
dwellers had ever met any of his fam
lily, so, of course, they knew nothing
about the curious habit the Raccoon
has of washing all meat before eat
ing it.
One day as Reddy Fox was trotting
through the woods he spied Mr.. Coon
with a basket on his arm going toward
the river that runs through the woods.
He did not see Reddy, and as ReGdy
dearly loves to watch when he is not
seen, he quickly hid himself behind
some bushes to see what Mr.. Coon was
going to do, and, to his astonishment,
he saw him take from the basket
some meat and, holding it In his fore
paws, souse it about in the water and
then eat it.
THAT is the funniest thing ever
saw" thought Reddy Fox. Il must
tell all the woods folk about this, and
we will all come down and watch
him."
Mr.. Coon has sharp eyes, and one
day while Reddy was watching he be-
came too curious and poked his head
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
What S IN aNalne?'
By MILDRED MARSHALL
Foeb about your ndnss; Ito Mstosy.
i meaning: uksnes Il sss denpsd:
/ A.. ssnbfeanes; vsu, laeky dog
WE and luakg jesod
ROSALIND

TT IS popular belief, not fact, that
spreads the use Of a name and the
only available explanation for Rosa
lind is that ii was invented by Shake
speare especially for the lovely hero
inc of LAS You Like It" There is no
other record of its history. Rose, Of
course, you all know, and there is a
Spanish word linda" which means
fair woman" and comes from the
German lind" signifying 1.-THE" So
etymolOgists have it, that Shakespeare.
seeking a name for his 1.-the young
masquerader, coined the graceful
Rosalind.
Rose appears first as Rohais or
Roesia, from the French and Latin Of
'hros," meaning fame. In England the
first Rohais was the wife of Gilbert Of
Gaunt. Reese de Lucy was the name
of the wife of Fulbert de Dover in the
time of Henry II. The Normans car
ried it to Ireland, where Rose is IA
vOrite among peasants. In Sicily, Ro-
salia, known as the darling of each
heart and eye" dedicated herself to
hermit life in a mountain grotto and
won sanity reputation.
The name took the form Of Rosalie
in France. 1t was there that st. Domi-
mic arranged a series Of devotions by
means Of telling beads upon a string.
These formed the rosarium, or rose
garden, or freely translated, delights
Of devotion. The Rosarium has day
to itself in the Roman calendar and
may possibly have named the transat-
lantic saint. Rosa di LUNA, which gave
rise to Rosita. Switzerland calls her
Rosel, and France Rosine or ROsette
In England she is Rosanne, sometimes
ROsabella, meaning beautiful rose"
From Italy comes Rosina and Rosetta
A more rare. but no less charming in
depreciation. is Rosealba, signifying
'white rose"
ROsalind's jewel is that rare beau
tiful gem, the fiame-hearted ruby. It
denotes pride and haughtiness and ap-
points Tuesday as the fortunate day
for its wearer and the lucky num-
Der
The best poetic tribute to Rosalind
is paid by Shakespeare through the
verses of "Orlando":
From the east TO western Ind,
No jewel is like Rosalind
Her worth, being mounted on the wind.
Through all the world bears Rosalind.
All the pictures fairest lined,
h1lt m ind
Helen's cheek. but not her heart:
Cleopatra's majesty,
Atalanta's better part,
Sad Lucretias modesty,
Thus Rosalind of many parts
By heavenly synod was devised:
OF many faces. eyes. and hearts.
To have the touches dearest priced.
20 by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc)
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Badger was prevailed upon to break
his habit of staying at home in the
daytime, and all of them followed
Reddy Fox down by the river and
hid behind the bushes near by.
Mr.. Coon, Of course, knew they were
all there and he did not hurry a bit.
After he removed the cover he reached
slowly into the basket, looking across
the river for minute, and then when
he felt sure they were all stretching
their necks and watching, he suddenly
tipped the basket.
But instead of the pieces of meat
Reddy Fox had told them he had in
the basket, Mr.. Coon rolled into the
river a rock that struck the bottom
with such force that the muddy water
splashed all around and covered the
watchers from head to toes.
Mr.. Coon looked very innocent as he
picked up the cover and placed it on
the basket and then walked away. He
could hear the woods folks scrambling
about trying to rub the mud from
their coats, and he had hard work to
wait until he was out of sound and
sight to laugh.
But he did, and after rolling over
and over on the ground and laughing
as he thought how surprised the
watchers must have been, he suddenly
stopped and sat up, for he heard some
one coming through the woods.
Mr.. Coon jumped up and ran to q
hiding place and pretty soon he saw
all the animals trudging along, drip
ping wet and scolding Mr.. Fox round
ly for the trick they felt sure he had
played on them.
Mr.. PosSum said his coat was
spoiled; it was now a grayish white
and it would not rub off and Mr.. Bad
ger showed a soiled white front where
the water had splashed on him when
he stood on his hind legs to watch.
Il shall never be able to walk up
right again." he said sadly, "for this
mud will not rub off and 1 could never
let anyone see that the front of my
coat is not clean"
Mr.. Rabbit did not say anything, but
Mr.. Squirrel chartered angrily as he
ran off to tell everyone he knew about
the muddy trick Reddy Fox had
played upon his friends, and they all
forgot about the queer habit they were
-old Mr.. Coon had of washing his food
they were so busy being angry at
Reddy Fox.
AS he curled himself up for sleep
in a high tree top, Mr.. Coon thought
that for one day he could go without
eating meat, for he had turned the
tables upon Reddy Fox and he had
been the one who laughed.
! Co. 1928. by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate }
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
nR1 ''BARRACK" GOOD TRAP
Odd Idea Used by lrlshman Said 70
Have Had the Merit Of
Effectiveness.

A correspondent of the British Med
zeal Journal has unearthed the follow
Ing ingenious method of dealing with
rats, which he found in Halls book.
ireland" published In 1871:
Mr.. Russell has a rat barrack' on
his premises. 1t is about Il feet long
3 feet broad and feet high. with q
coping-stone on the top that projects
4 couple of feet inside the wall. The
inside Of the wall is full Of holes that
just admit rats body. leaving the tail
outside. The whole Is covered with
old boards. There are two passages
for them to come out into the yard
where they are fed and never dis
turbed. The consequence is they never
90 into his store where the bacon is.
"Once every three months he closes
the holes that communicate with the
yard. He uncovers the walls, and the
rats all run into the holes. Their tails
are hanging out. A man goes in, takes
them one by one by the tails and
throws them into a barrel, where they
are all destroyed, TO leave room for q
fresh supply"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
HAS NEW THEORY OF SPEECH
Came About In Man Through Walking
Erect and Using Hands as Handa
Says Savant

Why have none Of the higher and.
mails developed speech7 asks Or. B
Naunyn In the Deutsches Archivfues
Klinische Medizin (Leipzig). he points
out that the sounds made by animals
and birds are initiative, like the "da-
dada" of a happy baby. But the id
FAINT progresses beyond echo-speech %
actual speech, which no animal or bird
can do.
And he proceeds 10 answer this
question, says the New York World,
on the theory that man has evolved
from the lower animals theory that
is rapidly losing ground among seri-
Gus scientific men-ahout as follows:
When man began to walk erect and
use his hands, the right hand was
found more convenient for attacks and
defense, gestures, and the ordinary
uses Of life; the left hand being used
more for carrying things.
This greater use Of the right hand
not the more abundant blood supply
In the left hemisphere Criminals have
the latter). was what stimulated the
left hemisphere Of the brain to higher
development. This provided Romanes
casual anatomic factor that distin-
cuisines man from animals and made
articulate speech possible. II 10
consequence Of mans walking erect
and using his hands as hands. Speak
ing and the organ Of speech developed
together. The singing Of birds and
their balancing power are by-products
Of the evolution Of their organ Of
hearing, as also music In man. along
with rhythm and dancing, although
music sense evidently co-operates With
the internal ear.
MAXIM Gorky" Pseudonym.
Maxim Gorky," who was reported 70
be on his way to England on visit TO
H. G, Wells. but is still held up by the
Bolshevist authorities on the frontier,
Is Alexei Pyeshkof, the poet and
chronicler OF the pariahs and vaga-
bonds of Russian society.
'Gorky" means bitter" The full
name, Maxim Gorky." may, perhaps,
be read to mean the 'bitterest Of the
bitter The pseudonym effectively
symbolizes Pyeshkof's attitude toward
life, for his fiction is the distilled es-
sence of the disappointed.
He was not at first a Bolshevik. and
be seems only to have Joined the
Bolshevist ranks under pressure.
Given his choice between low diet and
high Office he preferred the latter.
which is one, happily, that does not
require him to take any active part
In the preparation Of atrocities.-rAv.
Ing Age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13

prepared by the United States Department
of Agriculture,l
Many successful farmers of the pres
ent day own an automobile and a trac-
tor, sometimes more than one automO-
bile or more than one tractor. These
are considered necessary. equipment in
the conduct of their work. The auto
mobile and tractor require constant at
tcntion and care to keep them in run
ming order and up to full efficiency.
The same Is true of the work horses
on the farm. They must be fed and
housed and given proper attention if
they are to do the work required of
them. But is the welfare of the farm
er himself and his family being looked
after as thoroughly as that of his
automobile, his tractor and his farm
team? Is his table as we'll supplied
with foods that make for efficiency and
the highest type of both physical and
mental development? 1t is generally
supposed that the farmer lives well,
but there is abundant evidence to
show that in many cases he does not.
In fact, his table is often not 50 well
supplied with desirable fruits and vege-
tables as are the tables of the people
living in the cities who are supplied
from his and other farms.
Garden Sdetracked.
The farm garden, which during the
early days of civilization in this coun-
try was recognized institution has in
a measure and to a considerable de-
gree been sidetracked in the tendency
toward farm specialization. This is
especially true in the zone crop" sec
lions. The argument advanced by the
farmers is that it does not pay to have
a garden, since one or two more acres
Of cotton, corn or wheat will bring
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
How Toads Hatch Younu.

The Surinam is the name of a
thoroughly aquatic toad that inhabits
South America east of the Andes and
north of the Amazon, and which is
rendered famous by its method of re-
production. The eggs are carried on
the back by the mother, and the
skin thickens and grows round the
eggs until each is enclosed in a der
NAL cell, which is finally covered by
n horny lid, believed to be formed by
secretion of the skin or else to
represent the remains of the gelati-
nous capsule which at first surrounded
the eggs. These, which may number
about 100, and measure five to seven
millimeters in diameter, develop entire
" within these pouches, and the young
hop out In the perfect condition With
out the vestige of q - Hlllea
never acquire. T.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
COWS IN GOVERNMENT HERDS
Average Official Records Give 1o,e1o.7
Pounds of Milk and 46f36
of Butterfst.

Thirty-two official records have been
completed by cows in herds owned by
the United States Department of Ag-
riculture. The average of these rec
ords is 10,910.7 pounds of milk and
1876 pounds of butterfat. Only eight
Of the records were made by mature
cows and IA of them were made by
cows under three years of age. Four
of the records were made on rough
age alone at the government farm at
Huntley, Mont
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13

enough money to buy all the vegetables
needed by the family" The fact is
that the money received for the cotton.
corn or wheat go to pay running ex-
penSeS and the vegetables are not pur-
chased and the farmer and his family
go without this element of their living
1t is reported that one western wheat
| farmer was offered only So cents a
bushel for his 1922 wheat crop which
cost him 90 cents bushel to produce
1t is difficult to see how that farmer
can purchase many fruits or vegeta-
bles for his table on the profits of his
wheat crop. The argument that 1t
does not pay to have garden can be
disprOved, for it is a fact that no other
similar area of land on the farm gives
so great a return in actual value as
the garden. The truth of the matter
is the average farmer who plants
! garden uses the products on his own
table without making any calculation
as to their value. At the end of the
season the vegetables have been eaten
CIV ~ S'It0H dpouI anu Cho Ahpl eo-
sion on the mind of the farmer is that
they had no value.
Valuation of Garden.
From the development of the thou
sands of backyard and community gar
dens, also the garden work conducted
by the boys and girls clubs, fostered
by the United States Department of
Agriculture, basis for the valuation
of farm and backyard gardens has been
established. Market values of SIS to
$3.50 from one-tenth acre of land are
numerous and it is safe to estimate
that one-half acre of well cared for
farm garden will give value of not
less than $3.50 per season.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
WITH YOU
BY DOUGLAS MALLOCH

oh, TO have a Spring with you =
~ That would be joy
Sharing every thing with you,
Just girl and boy
Through the woodland wandering
Where the rivers wind,
Hither-ing and wondering,
All the world behind
Oh, to have a Summer, dear,
Hand in hand with you!-
Greeting every conner, dear,
Every bird of blue.
With song together, dear,
Strolling here and there
In the Summer weather, dear,
World without a carei
But, if not the merry way
Ours the joy to know,
Any ways a fairy way
We together go;
I could walk the dreary road,
What the weather be,
If you went the weary road
Side by side with mel
90 by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicats)
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Keep the Baby Quiet at Nloht.

Getting up in the night to quiet aI
uneasy baby Is not the joke that some
comic writer's represent 1t to be. A
young husband discovered this In case
Of his frst-born and the means he
took to overcome the difficulty won
him a prize In a contest In new uses
for electricity.
The only means Of quieting this
baby, who was ailing, was to move
him up and down, gently. In the low
er part Of the crib the father fastened
the motor of q discarded electric fan.
From a small pulley on the motor he
ran belt to a larger pulley ON
short shaft, at the other end of which
he rugged a crank. Then he extended
a connecting rod to the center Of the
frame that supported the springs and
mattress.
The motor, when started, moved
springs, mattress and baby up and
down about an inch, smoothly, gently
and regularly. 1t proved entirely sat
isfactory to the baby, who is now
one year old, healthy and happy, and
he has never got his parents out Of
bed at night since the apparatus wns
f1o1n11pl
1~1k1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
SOIL IN HEALTHY CONDITION
Farmers Keeping Closest Watch on
Crop Matters Are Paying At
tenton to Plants.

Those who are keeping the closest
r1h on crop matters are paying more
atteution to the welfare of the plant
By Aeeping the soil in healthy condi-
ton. It is certain that the plant can
not function properly unless the soil
Is active, and undoubtedly, many Of
the diseases Of corn and other plants
may be traced TO this diseased or life
less condition Of the soil.
Here is a use Of lime which is not
Ially considered, but it is an essen
b. use. as tonic or stimulant, and
any Of our older soils will relish II
JSt now.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
,.ilLK ESSENTIAL TO CALVES
Skim Milk Is Given Until Animal 10
Six Months old-Grain and Hay
Should Be Offered.

At first the calf Is fed whole milk,
the quantity being gradually increased.
Skim milk is substituted as soon as
practicable, and If cheap is continued
until the calf is six months old. Or
Ginarily the maximum quantity Of
skim milk that can be fed econom-
ically is 20 pounds day. When the
calf is two weeks old, grain and bright,
clean hay should be offered; the guam
tity fed should be increased as the
calf's appetite demands.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
Poem Had Origin in Actual Life.


The famous poem about the boy who
stood on the burning deck had it's
origin In an actual happening which
constitutes page in history.
1t was during Napoleon's expedition
to Egypt that England sent Lord Mel
son to capture him and annihilate his
fleet. At the battle of Abukir the
French navy was crushed and Ma
poleon was forced to flee all but four
of his ships being sunk, burned or cap
tured.
The French admiral had been killed
And on the deck of the flagship stood
her captain, Louis Casabianca, who
then had command of the fleet. He
was wounded and the ship was burn
ing, but he refused to leave his post.
And in spite of commands and en-
treaties, his son, a boy of ten, stayed
with him and died with him when the
ship went down, supplying the theme
for that famous epic of child heroism,
sThe boy stood on the burning deck"
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out too far from his hiding place so
that Mr.. Coon caught sight Of him.
Watching me, is he!" thought Mr..
Coon. well, will fix him tomor-
row."
Reddy had just decided that tomor-
row would be the day he would bring
along all the woods folks to watch
the queer habit Mr. Coon had, and so
the next day Mr.. Squirrel and Billy
Postum and Mr.. Rabbit, and even Mr..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
SELF-FEEDER QUITE SIMPLE
Inch Boards to Give Weight
Make Any Size.

Yhe Illustration shows q self-feeder
which am one can make with but
little effort. Oneinch boards are the
best as they give the feeder weight SO
lat the chickens cannot upset it. 1t
N he made in any size you wish to
ave 1t. The inside can be separated
many parts as you wish in order
. ..eep the grit, charcoal. grain, etc.,
on mixing. If there is danger that
nat eat your grain at night.
J,t.5 can very easily be made and
81 over the troughs at the sides of
he feeder.
The distributor is made by mailing
three boards together so as to form a
pri~m as shown, and making it just
.0g a~o'-h TO fit tight into the feed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-04-13
Bobby Burma, snuff Boz.

Robert Burns was never happier
than when he could pass a winter
evening under some venerable roof
and smoke q pipe of tobacco or drink
water Cruel" He also took tobacco
In the form of snuff. Mr.. Bacon. who
kept celebrated posting-house north
Of Dumfries, was his almost insen-
arabic companion Many a merrv
night they spent together over their
cups of foaming ale or bowls Of whls-
Ky toddy, and on some of these occa-
sions Scotland's great bard composed
several OF his bestowed convivial
songs. The bard and innkeeper be-
came so attached to each other that.
as token Of regard, Burns gave BE-
con his SNUFF box, which for many
pears had been his pocket companion
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- This causes the feeding material
% flow into the troughs continually
IL the feeders need not be refilled
until completely empty.