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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
AIDED THE DEPUTY SHERIFF
Humorous Incident In Which "Gun.
man" Figured Prominently In Early
Days Of the West.

In his "When the West Was Young"
Frederick r. Bechdoll tells of the
meeting in Cochise county, Arizona,
between young Breckenridge, a
sheriff's deputy, and Curly Bill, gun
man with price on his head. The
young deputy had been sent out to
collect taxes in a rough region and he
would admire to have Bill ride along
to help him take care of the roll. We
read:
Curly Bill was great deal slower
at thinking than he was at drawing
his gun, and there was much food for
thought in that bold proposition.
HE gazed at young Breckenridge
for some moments in silence. Grad
ually his lips relaxed. Smiling, he
turned and addressed the occupants
of>the ROOM
Boys he cried, line up.'
"And when the line was formed be-
fore the bar he waved his hand
"This here's the deputy sheriff.
come to collect the taxes in our end OF
the county; and aim to help him do
the job up right"
Here seems to be one Of the reasons
why they speak of rare old days" In
the American occident.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Arsenic Towns Sol. produotlon

An arsenic mining and refining plant
at the little town Of Branton, Va, ia
said to be the only one In the world
devoted solely to the production OF
arsenic.
Pure arsenic is steel-gray metallic
substance, but the poison is better
know in the form of an oxide, the
white arsenic usually produced by the
refineries. At Brinton ore is found
running in small veins through gray
mica quartz formation.
When taken from the mine, II Is
put through cruSher and then placed
in an iron tube known as a caIciner
Here, for 40 minutes, it is subjected to
a heat, of 5000 degrees Fahrenheit
The resulting gases deposit arsenic in
the form of an oxide onto "bafies
plates in flue 319 feet long. The de
post. dirty gray powder full of inn
purities, Is placed in a refining fur
mace, and eventually the pure oxide ID
ground to powder and placed in bar
rels by an automatic machine, aftel
which 1t is ready for shipment.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
SOLVES MYSTERY OF FICTION
Question Long in Dispute Said to Be
Explained by Meanings in Per-
sian Rug.

Most Persian rugs tell a story OF
some sort, but few tell one as clearly
as bargain rug Banks bought anG
proudly exhibited to his friends.
The rug was at least 200 years old
the dealer said, the priced rug of
family allied by several marriages
to the family of the rug merchant.
Into it had been woven the history OF
this first family.
This history is told not as in most
Oriental rugs, in Arabic characters,
but in hieroglyphic figures that sug-
gest the whole story. At one end are
two figures. man and woman. the
founders of the family, and their first
home, a humble dwelling. Time
passes, represented in the rug by six
inches of weave. The couple are able
to buy two cows. Children come to
the home. Horses and sheep are
bought as the family continues to
grow prosperous. And in the center
Of the rug is the symbol of the at
tainment of great prosperity-a great
house.
Banks, the American owner of this
rug, declares that the mystery of the
origin of American success fiction is
solved. Two hundred years and more
ago they took this medium to show
how perseverance and frugality paid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Something to
Think AbOut
n IX N UHn
LOVE OF SOLITUDE

THE truly great, the large-souled
= men and women who delight In
going afield In the mystic realm Of
thought, you will find are ardent lovers
Of solitude.
They are never lonely wherever they
may be. for they have found the way
to happiness by getting acquainted
with themselves, whose companionship
they prefer to any other.
Washington chose solitude when he
prayed for strength and guidance In
the forests; Lincoln knew nothing Of
loneliness when he lay upon the floor
Of his log cabin before the glow Of q
hearth fire studying by Its faint light
and bordering the subject matter Of
his lessons the late John WanamalEer
solved his most difficult business prob
lens In privacy.
The men and women Of exclusion,
illuminate the world by dazzling
achievements. born to them In their
quiet hours Of isolation. Their works
flare up like magic torches to light the
paths Of the faltering and disheart-
ened.
The greatest writer's do their best
work In solitude, often In the night
time, when voices are hushed and 81
lence Is supreme.
And so do painters and presidents,
kings and capitalists. students ana In
ventorS
There Is nothing more inspiring to
thinking minds than quietude; moth.
ing 30 grandly sublime and impressive
as a canopy Of stars In a still night
when one Is far away from the noisy
haunts Of men with ones own
thoughts,
Only In solitude can man ind him
self. 1t was In solitude on the sea-
shore that Demosthenss found him
self, whence he came and stirred the
people Of his time with such oratory
as had never been heard.
Real nobility Of the soul dwells
only in the men and women who care
nothing for social gatherings ana fri
volities. Such men and women prefer
to be alone with their muses., where
they find their greatest pleasure In
study. meditation and exploration,
from which the human family ulti-
mately derive benefit.
The best In science, in art and in
literature comes from the people who
choose seclusion In preference to the
glamour Of bright lights and the folly
OF merry-making among turbulent
crowds, barely able to find their way
about. add up a column Of figures, or
to tell ofrhand the number Of square
feet In square mile.
70. 1928. by Mcclure Newspaper synaisasa)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
rse susy t. Get Up.

Pleasant dreams have feeling o
dissatisfaction with cold, everyda
facts. The contrast between the 70
nance Of unfettered imagination an,
the world ~ 1t Ia frequently proves
distressing, remarks the Portland Ore
CONAN.
Two young bank clerks room togeth
er. One Of them awoke and began
preparing for the day, but hesitated "a
arouse the ether-he slept with such
. pleasant smile. Finally the ordea
could not be postponed any longer and
the sleeper was subjected to q rude
series Of shakes.
ss0'way, / can't get up yet. / mus
- back 70 sleep." was the drowsy pro
test.
aBut it's tomorrow morning We got
- 10 at work IN half an hour
Sou eo-leave me alonei I'm bi
cycle riding with : pretty girl and
she = list giving ne her address, -
- 81. Ara / lost my hat and
lsys = y haGt - 1DoGR ~ 1n6Nit'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Gardeners ADVANTAGES.

Two men were out for walk one
day, and they commenced a discussion
as to what was the best employment
to which to put their sons.
They. discussed various businesses
and trades.
had been thinking of putting my
boy into the motor works." confessed
Robinson.
Hughes had been getting the worst
of the argument. so he fell back on
hUmor to save himself.
II think shall let my son become
a gardener" he said quietly.
"a gardener retorted Robinson.
falling into the trap. "Whyever a
gardener"
Because a gardener runs his own
mint, sets his own thyme. and raises
his celery every year."
And they walked on for miles and
miles In silence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Seller Takes No Chances.

A guest at an upstate hotel re-
Gently. making purchase at the
cigar stand, noticed that the clerk be-
fore ringing up the cash register laid
the bill on the keys of the machine,
says the New York Sun. Then he
pressed the correct button, made the
change. handed 1t to the customer,
and only then placed the bill in the
proper compartment Of the open
drawer
II did 1t to avoid disputes and mis-
takes" he said. "As long as the
money is still lying on top Of the keys
there's no chance of my giving the
customer short change by mistake
nor Of his disputing the change he re-
ceives and perhaps putting one over
on me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
OLD SONGS BRING MEMORIES
Thoughts Of Yesterday That Are
Reminiscent OF Happiness.

Songs come and go-have their little
moments Of popularity and are then
relegated to the dim recesses of men,
ory. Occasionally one pops up its head,
as 1t were from the grave, and today
1t Is not unusual to hear a medley of
old songs played or sung to much ap-
plause In some cabaret. They bring
their memories. these old songs-moon-
lit nights and palm shaded corners in
dance rooms, an old romance.
The other night the sentimental man
was entertaining friend. he put on
record. an old song from mariana"
"Ah," he said, "what memories that
brings back to mel Old days, old
friends"
His companion grunted: "All I asso-
ciats with that song" he said pro
saically. "is the bathroom and a dull
razor. Always when I'm not getting
decent shave I somehow break into
'The Heart Bowed Down." It's the
best bathroom song know"
The sentimental one grinned sheep
ishly. Come to think Of It," he agreed,
"the first time I ever heard It was
when l was boy, and my father in
the next room warbled 1t, too. IL"
and here he blushed. II never heard
the opera In my life."-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
How to Torture Your Wife,


A man whose wife was visiting rela-
tives In another state was getting
lonesome. but couldn't get her to cut
short her visit and return home. He
wrote her letter almost every day,
pleading he was sick, that he couldn't
get any good food. She wouldn't
bulge. Then he had an inspiration.
bunch some would call 1t, says Cap
per's Weekly. Before the wife left
home she had arranged to have two
rooms papered. and had ordered the
paper. but was unable to get a work
man at the time she had to leave for
the visit The paper came while she
was gone Friend Husband wrote a
long letter to his wife. telling her the
paperhanger had arrived, but that he
(the husband). didn't remember which
paper was to 60 on which room. He
had told the paperhanger to 90 ahead,
however, to use such-and-such a paper
manning the dining room paper). on
The front room, and the other paper
(the front room paper). on the dining
room. The missus reached home on
The next train.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
LEAVES FICTION FAR BEHIND
Action of Vlgo Authorities In Dealing
With Treasure Ships 10 AImsS1
Beyond Belief.

Perhaps the largest single treasure
trove lies at the bottom Of Vigo bay on
the coast of Spain. Here IL bullion
carriers were sunk by the British and
Dutch navies In the latter part Of the
Seventeenth century and scattered ever
the oceans floor gold and silver esti-
mated at $100.OOO.OO0. SO far Il b Ill
there.
The feet Of bullion carriers, con-
voyed BY q slightly larger feet u men
Of war. set out from the coast Of Mex
leo to carry the treasure to the Golfers
Of Spain and sought refuge In Vigo bay
from the approach Of the larger British
and Dutch feet. There they planned
to unload the treasure.
But the customs officers had no In
structions to receive it They must
communicate with their superiors. The
admiral Of the fleet argued, but the
port officials were adamant. And while
they debated the enemy ships sailed
into the bay and settled the matter for
all time by sinking the fleet.
And what has fiction half 30 strange
as thatf
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
CALL TUESDAY UNLUCKY DAY
Members q the Greek Church havs
Reasons 70 Look Upon 10 VIVA
Mls0lvlnoe.

To most persons Of western tradi
ton Friday II more or less considered
TO b an unlucky day. Many Of them
prefer not to say this straight out
but they are Q bit wary Of starting
any large enterprise on Friday. The
idea may come from the fact that for
- many people Friday u held a. .
fast day and great interest n purely
secular pursuits should b held some
what In allegiance. The old Morse peas
antry give q different explauatien.
ITO begin 4 big thing On Friday
leads to great temptation % brSaA
the Sabbath" IL the way ooa old grand
mother puts 1t.
To most members q he 0seek
church It = not Friday, but Tuesday
that ID the most unlucky day. The
reason II clearcut and historical, tor
Il was on this day that-a Tuesday. In
ll6S- Constantinopls was lost - the
eastern empire and passed uAlaR De
control Of the Turks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
BARBARA FRITCnIE---A MYTH.

OhNOhNA fMJCuIE..-A NTH.
(By Mrs. M L. Walton, Woodstock, va.)
| Zone pleasant MORN in bright Sep.
TENDER,
A day we all have cause to remember,
A martial host climbed a mountain
crest,
Pausing a moment there to rest,
Then faster descended, looking down,
On the clustered spires" of Fred
ericktown-
Looked a-down on Valley that yields
Plenteous crops from its fertile fields.
Weary and foot-sore that early morn
They hungrily gazed on the fruit and
corn,
But fastened onto the tune of the band
That started the air 'My Maryland"
Then mountain and soldier took up the
strain
And echoed "My Maryland" back again.
Brave, and true, and hopeful were they,
Inspired by their leaders, those boys
in grey,
For they were commanded by Jackson
and Lee
More valiant generals ne'er could be.
Lee and Hill with their forces marched
on to the town,
AS the fair September sun shone down.
But all authentic records say
That jackson passed on another way.
Now Barbara Fritchie was living there,
But history shows she did not care
For the tramp, tramp, tramp of the
soldiers that day,
And the narrative should rui. anothe
way,
Stonewall and his men by another
route came,
And passed not the house of the good
old dame
So it is not true that the flag she I'M
iurled,
Tho this myth has been proclaimed to
the world
BY pc whose genius will never
GOV a,m
Who Said The story was told to him.
But VITA honest purp <. and jus,
TO all.
He longed he fictitious ,aIe to call.
SO Oft, When the bow OF the archer is
bent,
Tho'-ihe arrow be aimed with good
intent,
1t finds mark that was never meant.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
GETHSEMANE
By DOUGLAS MALLOCH

TDO NOT think Of Christ as God,
= Some deity beyond the sky;
/ think of Christ as one who trod
This earth, and had to live, to die,
And die to live-I think Of Him
Finding His way through paths as dim
AS these Of mine, as full of wrong
With Just His faith to keep Him
strong.
I do not think Of Christ as one
Removed, a deity apart,
But one a-weary when the sun
Brought rest at last to limb and
heart.
I picture Him a man Of toll,
A brother Of the common soil,
A brother Of the sea and road,
A plain religion, simple code.
/ think of Christ as One who went
The very way that I must go,
Who met and mastered each event
And learned our common lot to
know.
I think Of Christ as one who stood
With mortal men In brotherhood.
This thought has brought me to
my knees
We both have known Gethsem-
"a 1919 nv Mcclure Newspaper svndicafa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
1 What Nar1e?'
!. By MILDRED MARSHALL |
Facts aSout seas name; Us hssesvi |
u assansnsi whenes Il tUGs dsdoeds
AZ alsntfeGnee; Dous LUCKY day |
sllM and lucky jesosl
GERTRUDE

ERTRUDE, so charmingly femi-
- nine, has an origin in war. 1t
signifies spear maid and comes orig
inally from Ghernot, second brother
Of Gunther, who, though free of the
guilt of the murder of Siegfried,
shared the fate of his brothers by be-
ing killed early in the encounter by
the Markgraf Rudiger. Chief among
the feminine names derived from this
warlike source is Valkyr name, Ger
druid or Gertrude. Many pretty maids
of northern lands bore 1t and consid-
cred themselves battle maids armed
with the spear of Ithuriel.
1t was given popularity by daugh-
ter of one of the great Pepins she
founded the Abbey of Nivelle and was
revered by the Franks and Germans
for the performance of miracles. The
royal nun Gertrude was also a great
fayorite in Teutonic lands and the
drinking of toasts to Saint Gertrude
at banquets was almost a proverb for
revelry. There was another st. Ger
trude of royal blood in Saxony, who be-
came the abbess of Heldelfs.
In Norway the woodpecker with
black and white plumage and red head
is called the Gertrude bird, and the
legend goes that Gertrude was the
name of the woman who was baking
bread when our Lord passed by and
asked for a morsel; she promised ii,
and straightway the dough began to
grow under her hands. In an access
of greed she repented her promise
and as a punishment she was turned
into woodpecker and condemned TO
seek her living between the bark and
the wood and never to go home until
the red should fall from her head. For
that reason, 1t Is said, the woodpecker
migrates from Norway when she be-
gins to mott.
England uses the name Gertrude
without derivatives. and employs only
one diminutive: Gatty. She Is Ger
trude in France; Gertrude in Italy /;
Gertraud and Trudchen in Germany,
and Gertrudes In Portugal.
Her talismanic gem Is the garnet,
which possesses many Of the same
qualities of its relative, the ruby. It
protects the body and mental health
Of its wearer; to dream Of 1t signifies
the solution of q mystery. Thursday
is Gertrude's lucky day; five is her
lucky number; and the snowdrop is
said to be her flower.
e by the Mheeler. Syndicate. Inol
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Geography Of Planet Venus.

Venus appears to be a mountainous
world. Gray shadings may be seen at
times In the midst of high pressure
areas. Their positions and outlines
change with the shifting clouds, but
when q composite drawing is made Of
several observations they appear fixed
to the surface Of the planet. From the
fact that the darkest ones are also
the most often visible. II is inferred
that the gray spots are the masses Of
continents dimly visible.
The behavior Of Venus storms also
confirms this belief. They actually
shun the regions where dark standings
are seen. and mainly keep to the
spaces between. Storms on earth find
1t VIGOROUSLY hard to cross divides Of
land. The Venusian seas seem to be
hot and steaming, and from their sur
faces rolling clouds Of vapors arise.
Venus shows phases like the moon
She lies between US and the sun. and
20 q portion of her night side Is almost
always turned toward US.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
MT. JAt kSON

The funeral of Miss Laura Long was
held at Grace Reformed Church al
Rinkerton on last Faiday with inter.
ment at Pleasant View cemetery. Miss
Long was resident Of Forestville,
having made her home with Mrs.
Sarah Getz Tor many years. She was 8
daughter of Jacob Long, and had
been a member OF the Reform ID
Church since girlhood Funeral ser
vices were conducted by her pas. =,
Rev. VIM. T. Brundick.
Father and Son day will be ceie.
brated on next Sunday morning at
Grace Reformed Churcn Til past"I
will preach 10 the men on the subjee &,
Responsibility OF Fatherhcod
Washington Birthday, will be cele-
brated on Sunday night in Union
Chapel, Mt jackson The subject for
the evening, 'Greatnsss in Little
Things"
Among the sick in town at this time
are: Capt and Mrs J. C. Neff, " r.
Bowman Mrs A 5. Pence, and sew
era. o! the children OF Mr.. aud Mrs.
p M. s. Bird.
Mrs Wharton, of Front Royal j,
spending some time with her daughter
Mrs r. II Bird
Mrs. j. L. Wissler Jr., was hostess
to the Ladies Bridge Club at hen
magnificent home 'Belgravia north
of town on Tuesday night.
Miss Maymie Tisinger spent Satur
day night with her sister, Mrs NJ r
DingledIne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Flower Symbolic Of cruclnxio,.

When the Spanish sailors were
roaming about South and Central
America they found flower so SYM
bolic Of the Crucifxion that they
named 1t the flower of the Passion"
In the fve-parted purple or lavender
blossoms with stripes of white they
saw the crown of thorns and the Ave
marks of the wounds Of the Savior.
The styles were the three nails, and
the stamens were the hammer that
drove the nails into His hands and
feet. The floral leaves were the ten
apostles, Judas and Peter being absent.
the one having betrayed and the other
denied the Master. The leaves were
the hands Of the prosecutors, and the
ciinging tendrils the scourges.
Some Of the species of the flower ara
cultivated for the pale yellow berries,
Of the size OF small apple. The root
Of some species Is poisonous. the juice
from them acting like morphine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Cllff.DweIlers iuhablt PIaIns

Most Of the mysterious cliff-dwellers
Of Arizona lived on the level ground,
as we do, and not like swallows In a
..liff, DR.. Harold Sellers Cotton told the
American Society Of Biologists in Bos-
ton recently. Four kinds Of pottery,
indicating four kinds of cliff-dwellers,
he said. have been found In the region
Of the San Francisco mountains.
Whether these neighboring races
lived at the same time and yet made
such different pottery, or whether the
four kinds Of pottery represent differ
ent periods Of time. is yet to be dis
covered. This pottery is apparently
distributed in the horizontal plane.
each kind Of pottery having It's partic-
ular region.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23

Dispute Ia being waged rs to the
earliest postage stamp ticker. Claim
10 put forward for James Chalmers
Of Arbroath. Scotland. who submitted
specimens Of adhesive postage stamps
to q select committee OF the house Of
commons In 1884. Rowland Hill is al
30 credited with the invention. hav.
Ing experimental with glutinous
washes In 1897. AS Rowland Hill d.
rected the British postal arrange
msnts. he was probably the first mar
= lick . genuine postofiice stamp.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23

Put your savings in the Saving
Department. OF the Shenandoah VAL
lev Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock
Va, at 3.per cent compound interests
Amounts of 81. 90 and upwards receiv-
ed. The only savings institution In
the county for the accumulation OF the
small savings OF lsboripg men. wo
men, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
UNITED STATES CORN YIELD
Varies From 14.s Bushels In Florida to
~ Bushels In State of
Connecticut.

TIE average yield Of corn per acre
In the United States varies from 14.S
bushels in Florida to Al bushels in
Connecticut, according to reports of
the United States Department of Ag-
nculture. The average for the entire
country for the past 10 years is 27.1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23

For ages persons who have recov-
cred from great dangers have claimed
that IN second all their lives flashed
before them. Scientists now prove that
these persons have not told the truth.
Truthful persons who have been In
great danger say that their thoughts
are entirely on the danger and their
minds have no chance to flash unless
on things before their eyes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
seIs-startIno Engine

Automatic starting Of an engine
surprised the driver and fireman Of q
train at Beauvais, in France. The two
men In charge were standing by their
detached steam engine, when 1t sud
denly started OH. leaving them ut the
station. The engine. being short Of
steam, ran only six miles. to Herchies
Junction, where II pulled % and
awaited the arrival Of its creMs
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Grateful Son.

MY boy" said The millionaire lee
turing his son on the Importance Of
economy, "when ] was your age
carried water for gang Of brick
layers"
"Tm proud Of you, father" M
swered his offspring; IF It hadn't
been for your pluck and perseverance
might have nad to do something u
hhns sort myself. Irish World
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Rural psveIopment.

II understand you are going to
make some improvements on the old
placer
'sYes," replied Farmer Corntossel.
Development is goin' along mighty
fast an I've got to keep up with it,
sWhat kind OF Improvements are
you going to maker"
Y haven't made up my mind yet
whether 70 put up i new barn or an
spaulusnk ,cusa. Washington Star.