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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
SUPERSTITION AN OLD ONE
Modern Belief Concerning Grounding
Day Has Come to Us From Early
German Folklore.

We owe our superstition Of ground
hog day to the Germans, who hold the
idea In regard to the badger. They
have saying, "The shepherd would
rather see the wolf enter his stable on
Candlemas day than the SUM-" AS the
badger is little known east of the Mis-
sissippi river, the German belief as to
the little creatures abilities as a
weather prophet was transferred to the
grounding.
Pope Gelasius, in the Fifth century,
Instituted Candlemas day as a church
festival. Pope Innocent XII, in a SER
mon, said, why do we In this feast
carry candles? Because at the begin
ming Of the pagan feast Of Februalia
the people walked about the city with
lighted candles in memory of Ceres
search for her daughter Proserpine,
stolen by Pluto. The holy fathers
could not extirpate this custom, so
they ordained that what was formerly
done in honor Of Ceres should be done
now In honor Of the Virgin"
AS this was the last month of the
pagan year and its name comes from
the Latin "februare," to expiate, prob
ably the people of those days were
afraid Ceres, the goddess of the grain,
might punish them for their sins by
light crops.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
ENTHUSIASM TO BE GUIDED
Properly Directed, 1t Is One of the
Most Valuable Possessions a
Woman Can Have.

There are women who let all Of
their enthusiasm bubble to the top Of
their conversation, frothy women.
Then there are women who let their
enthusiasm settle at the bottom of
their personality, like the dregs Of
lost youth. Absorbed in the routine
of their own little lives they lose touch
with the lives of others. AS their cir
Gle of interests narrows, their euthu-
siasm dies. Finally, inevitably, they
join that sad sisterhood Of drab, coli
orless women-women who don't
count
But there are women whose enthu-
siasm neither bubbles to the top nor
subsidies to the bottom. Women who
really let themselves go" They are
interested in other people and events
outside of their own little lives, and
this interest sparkles into enthusiasm.
These are the women whom we call
vivid and these are the women who
make happy friendships and happy
marriages, even when they are handi-
capped by lack Of beauty, or lack Of
cleverness, or lack of style.-Ex-
change.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
PROGRESS MADE IN TANNING
Process Known to Be at Least Three
Thousand Years Old, but Improve
nfents Came Slowly.

At first skins were cured by simply
cleaning and drying. Then it was
found the texture of the leather i'm
proved by the use of smoke, sour milk,
various oils and the brains Of the an
imals themselves. Later it was dis
covered that certain astringent banks
and vegetables effected permanent
changes in the texture Of skins and
stopped decay. The ancient Egyptians
possessed this knowledge, for engrav-
ings on their to1nbs depict the process
of tanning. In China specimens Of
leather have been discovered IN com
pany with other relics that prove them
to be over three thousand years old.
The Romans used leather which they
tanned with oil, alum and bark. Early
explorers in America found the In
dams wearing skins prepared with
buffalo dung, oil and clay.
No improvement in the general
methods Of preparing leather took
place from the most primitive times
until about $780, when the use Of lime
to loosen the hair was introduced. By
1926 English tanners were attempting
to introduce new methods by which
the tanning process could be shortened.
One of the pioneers in these expert
ments was John Burridge, the inven-
tor of the barometer, an instrument
for determining the strength of tan
ming liquors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Tribute to the Candle,

A clever writer pays tribute to the
candle in the following: "All down the
years it has trailed it's lovely light. 1t
has burned before affairs in old cathe-
drals, illumined banquet halls in old
palaces, and has ever a niche in the
heart Of man.
"In England the candles waited in
stately rows on hall tables for gallants
to hand the ladies at retiring time to
Tight them upstairs, and it Is said that
Washington observed this quaint Gus
tom at Mount Vernon, lighting his
guests to their bedroom door.
"Candle-lighting time in New Eng
land breathes the fragrance Of bay
berries and brings back visions Of colo
NAL halls and kitchens and demurt
maidens in cap and kerchief. The fame
of many beauty of the past might moi
have lived had it not shone by candle
light which shows woman at her love
lest"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
DUEL INDEFINITELY PUT OFF
Must Be Admitted That Israel Put
MANS Method of Conducting IL
Was Somewhat Dlsconcertin1.

Old Israel Putnam had his own
Ideas about dueling, although 1t was
regarded in his day as more or less
part of a gentleman's code of honor.
1t once happened that Putnam unin-
tentionally offended a brother officer
in the Continental army. The dispute
arose at wine table, and the officer
demanded instant reparation. Put
nam, being a little excited, expressed
his willingness to accommodate him
with fight, and it was stipulated that
the duel should take place on the fol-
lowing morning, and that they should
fight without seconds. At the appoint
ed time the officer went to the duel
ing ground armed with swords and
pistols. Putnam was there before him
on the field and had taken a stand at
the opposite end, musket in hand.
Catching sight of his opponent he lev
eled his musket and fired The aston
ished officer ran toward Putnam, who
was deliberately reloading his piece.
What are you aboutY' he demanded.
''Is this the conduct Of an American
officer and a man of honorT
what am 1 about?" inquired Put
nam. "a pretty question to ask
man whom you intended to murder;
I'm about to kill you; and If you don't
beat a retreat in less time than it
would take Old Heath to hang Tory
you are a gone dog" He rammed
home the charge in his musket and
threw the piece to his shoulder; where
at the would-be duelist took to his
heels and fed for his life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Old kroek.

Krook is the name Of rather prpm'
inent but most uncanny character In
Dickens novel, "Bleak House" which
has much to do with the then dnatory
procedure Of the Court Of Chancery.
The system Dickens describes ceased
to exist many years.
Krook is the proprietor of rag and
bone warehouse, where everything
seems to be bought and nothing sold.
He is a grasping drunkard, who even
tually dies of spontaneous combustion,
that is, he is so saturated with liquor
that he takes fire and Is consumed.
In a note to this chapter of "Bleak
House" Dickens cites case Of spon-
taneous combustion that took place
In Paris, France, and which, he said
was we'll verified by medical authority,
1t was probably from that case thai
Dickens obtained the idea which hs
made use Of In describing Krook's won
deEful death.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Woodstock, Virginia, Friday, March 9, 1923.
ChirOpractic---First Principle

Five scientific principles for the ba-
sis upon which chiropractic has builded
its success. They will be presented in
logical order, and it is hoped that they
will have something to commend them
to the thoughtful reader. The presen-
tation of these principals is designed
TO satisfy the earnest inquirer who
seeks to know what chiropractic is and
how it produces its results.
The first declaration of chiropractic is
that the cause Of disease is i0ithin the
body. This is given as the first princi-
pie because of the popular belief that
disease is caused by outside agents,
such as cold, exposure, germs, and so
forth. That outside agents have some
thing to do with producing disease is
not to be denied. The basic cause,
however, is within the body and out
side influences do not become effective
in producing disease unless the body
is in state OF weakness or non-resis-
lance
The first principle is verified by the
fact that certain diseases pneumonia
and quinsy, for example tend to re-
peat themselves in the same individual.
This fact can be explained only by as
Stunning that some weakness within the
body invites the disease by allowing
outside agents to become effective.
The first principle is verified also by
the fact that all persons exposed to the
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
TASK BEYOND HER CAPACITY
to Expect From FeebIe-Minded
Inmate of Hospital.

In an eastern hospital for the in
sane it is fixed policy of the insti'
tuition to keep certain of the inmates
busy at small tasks; work has been
found to have soothing effect. One
inmate-a woman-elected to make
braided rugs. Her work was excel
lent; she took a genuine interest In
her occupation.
There has been found only one flaw
in the scheme, as one person discov-
cred who tried to buy rugs as large
as by s.; the hospital would not IN
dertake such a contract. The reason
was that the woman was not to be
depended upon to finish such large
rug.
A small rug she could finish in a
day or two without any departure
from form or pattern, but as often as
she was given large rug to do there
would come a day before the compile
ton of the task when she would be
less calm and composed than was de
sirable. The result would be star
ting patch Of color or eccentricity II
shape.
The hospital authorities have final
~ discovered the margin Of safety ant
keep the woman worker well within 1t
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Life Rats for Wharves and Docks.

Although ships have carried life
RATS for many years, the only pro-
vision ordinarily made on docks and
wharves for accidents is the common,
round life preserver. These are in
adequate at times, especially in the
event of a gang-plank breaking and
precipitating several persons into deep
water at once. A California seaport,
realizing this danger, has installed life
RATS mounted on trucks for instant
moving and launching. They are al
most the size used by ships, but with
a double deck body and a central
cockpit for passengers, the whole be-
ing rigidly mounted on pontoons. The
buoyancy of these RATS is sufficient to
support large number of persons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
FeastinQ.

He that feasts his body with BAN
quets and delicate fare, and starves
his soul for want of spiritual food, is
like him that feasts his slave and
starves his wife.
When I behold a fashionable table
set out in all its magnifcence, 1 fancy
that see gouts and dropsfes, fevers
and lethargies, with other inn .umerable
distempers, lying in ambusca de among
the dishes. Nature delights In the most
plain and simple diet Every animal,
but man, keeps to one dish. Herbs are
the food of this species, fish Of that,
and flesh of third. Man falls upon
everything that comes in his way; not
the smallest fruit or excrescence Of the
earth, scarce berry or a mushroom
can escape him Addison.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
REWARDED FOR HIS HONESTY
Affuent Patron of Newsboy Richer by
the Nickel He Had Offered
to Return.

1t was just at dusk and the late aft
ernoon rush for the street cars had
begun. The little newsboy on the cor
ner was crying his papers energet-
ically and making sales just about as
fast as he could handle them. Up to
the corner came large, fur-coated, af-
fluent man, who simply radlated pros
perity.
"Here, sonny; give me a paper" he
called.
Eyes, sir; here y'arey' quickly re-
sponded the newsboy.
The man gave him q coin and the
lad hastily counted out the change and
hurried to make another sale The
man started to walk off, when he hap
pened to notice that he did not have
the correct change.
Here, bud" he called. you've
cheated yourself out of a nickel You
gave me too much change"
"Is' that right?" the boy answered.
well, most people would-a walked on
off with the money! You just keep it ;
I like to encourage honesty !"-Kan-
sas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Value and Indebtedness
Of School Property

The General Assembly of 1922 pass
ed the County Unit Law which became
effective Sept. 1st, 1922. This Act
created County School Board COM
posed of one member from each school
district in each county. II effected a
rather complete reorganization of the
public school system in this Common
wealth so far as the administrative
side is concerned
All property owned by the several
school districts in this county I'M
der authority of this Act was decided
by proper conveyances to the County
School Board, prior to Sept. 1st, 1923.
But the Act made it very clear that
any indebtness existing in any school
district and created prior to Sept list,
1922 remained as an Indebtedness of
that district and the Act further pro-
vides that such Indebtedness be met
and retired by special levies made by
the Board of Supervisors on the as
sessable values in that district.
This County School Board, therefore,
ordered that an inventory of all real
and personal property be taken so that
the people of this county might know
the amount invested in their schools.
In taking this inventory school build
ings were considered at fair replace
ment value and personal property at
an average cost value. In both cases
due allowance was made for depreci-
alton
The values and Indebtedness of the
several districts as of Sept LIST, 1922
are as follows:
Ashby
Value of all school property STOP, 313 10
Indebtedness 80, 23S. IA
against this Indebtedness of $32, :
23S. IA are held notes to the amount of
s5625. 90 and land bonds to the amount
of S1500.00 contributed toward the Mt.
Jackson school building, which reduces
the actual Indebtedness to s25. 113 IA J
Davis
Value of all school property s63O99 75
Indebtedness 26599 OC
Johnston
Value of all school property 3S397. OF
Indebtedness 1858. SO
Value of all school property 43259. IS
Indebtedness 1O492. 81
Madison
Value of all school property 3423S 81
Indebtedness 1880
| Stonewall
Value of all school property 1854. Is
Indebtedness 500 90
Toms Brook and Maurertown
schools while located in Johnston were
formerly joint schools, operated on a
$3.50 basis. Hence part of the $685.
1877 OF in Johnston was raised on tax
able values in Stonewall.)
Woodstock
Value of all school property 295S1 80
Indebtedness III "a
Value of office property owned
by County School Board 45475
| In Ashby, Davis, Johnston and Lee
considerable part of the Indebtedness
is due the Literary Fund of Virginia.
These loans were made on fifteen
year basis by which one-fifteenth OF
principal and interest are paid an
nually
Very respectfully yours,
c. V. SHOEMAKER, Div Supt. of
Schools for Shen. Co., Va.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09

same outside influences do not develop
disease. Why are not the so-called
carriers of typhoid and diphtheria
germs affected by those germs? The an
swer is to be found in the high resis-
lance of such individuals. For further
illustration let us consider family are
stricken with typhoid fever. One sue
cumbs to the disease, the other sur
wives. The third member of the family
escapes the disease entirely. All men,
bers of the family breathe the same
kind of air, eat the same kind of food.
drink the same kind water, and all are
equally exposed to germs Why does
one die, another get well, and still an
other escape the disease? The chiro-
practic explanation is that the resis-
lance of one body is low and therefore
tn e disease does its deadly work; the
resistance of another is higher and
therefore the disease is overcome; the
resistance of another is still higher aud
therefore the disease is avoided alto
gether. In other words, outside agents
act merely as exciting causes and do
not operate to produce disease unless
there is predisposing cause within the
body itself,
w. S. LINEWEAVER,
Chiropractor,
Woodstock and Strasburg
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Men of Remarkable Memories

1t is impossible not to wonder what
overpowering floods of memories arose
from return smells in the minds of
men celebrated for their memory.
Cyrus, founder Of the Persian empire,
knew the name of every officer (Pliny
said every soldier) who served under
him. Themistocles, the Athenian gen.
eral and political leader, could call by
name each one of the 10000 citizens
of Athens. Hortensius, the Roman
orator. who spoke in the Forum at
nineteen, could sit all day at an auc-
ton sale, and at evening give an ac-
count from memory of everything sold,
the purchaser and the price.
A young Corsican who was said to
have lived at Padua could repeat
without hesitation 10000 names in the
order in which he heard them, and
then reverse the order and proceed
backward to the first.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Lost Treasure of Montezuma.

According to legend, Montezuma, at
the time of his overthrow In 1920 by
Cortez and his Spanish followers, had,
in addition to the colossal loot which
the victors secured in gold and silver,
fabulous wealth in gold stored away
beneath his secret palace hidden in the
plateau region of what is now the state
of Nayarit, Mexico.
The loot, which the invaders secured,
was stupendous, to be sure. But they
missed the greatest single cache of
gold in Mexico by disilIusioning Monte
yuma in time for him to recall his mes
sengefs sent out to bring in the gold
from the chief treasure house Of his
gods.
Cortez tortured and then murdered
hundreds of the leading Aztecs in an
effort to get from them the secret of
the location of the great treasure place
and palace. Failing to gain his infor-
nation in that way, he spent several
years securing the western part Of
Mexico, but in vain.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Really Simple Recipe.

An old culored nanny was asked
by a white neighbor just how she
made such a wonderful gingerbread,
and gave the following recipe:
''Oh, I jest puts few handfuls
O. flour in a bowl, then add a pinch
o. salt, plenty O. aigs little bit o
bakin' powder, some sugar, lot O
ginger an spices, fair-sized pitcher O
rich cream, lump O. butter and four
gluHs o. mOlasses.
"Glups?" was the surprised retort.
"What in the world is a glup%
S"Why, you know, when you pours
molasses outen a jug it goes 'glup
glup.' Well in MAXIM this ginger
bread you lets it glup four tines
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
BEST TO FACE FACTS BRAvELY
In the End, Nothing Possibly Can Be
Gained by Dodging the Reeog-
nized Truth.

People who deal In true facts often
get the reputation of being cynics. 1t
Is an almost universal human failing
to dodge truths which are unpleasant.
The tendency Of most of us is to color
our facts to suit our own pleasure or
convenience, and we are apt to be an
noyed with the person who offers an
opinion at variance with our own. II
his portrayal Of facts is not favorable
to our interests we put him down as
q pessimist. Later on we realize that
1t would have been more to our adj
vantage to have accepted the truth
even II 1t was unpleasant.
Pooling oneself Is a dangerous pas
time which can lead one into serious
trouble. 1t serves to tighten the mind
OF worry in regard to some impending
disaster, but the trouble is apt to be
more complicated when 1t does arrive,
because by binding ourselves to the
truth We have missed the chance of
trying to do something to relieve the
situation. 1t is like an engine plunging
A'AeO Aab6CA OCNduSC VIC ulu uOL uCCu
the warning signals.
The only sound foundation on which
to build your life is not only to face
and accept the truth, no matter how
distasteful 1t may be, but also to dlli-
gently seek 1t. 1t is not necessary to
join the list Of those who always seem
to take pleasure in announcing un-
pleasant facts and who feel that the
truth should be uncompromisingiy
spoken at all times. 1t would be- diff
cult to argue that there are not occa,
sions when 1t is best to deceive people
for their own good, but do mot allow
yourself to get into the habit Of doin.
1t to yourself. Face facts; don't blai
youEselk
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Americans at the Telephone.

One way to measure the extent of
the relative use of the telephone in
several countries is to determine the
average amount of time per year actu-
ally spent by each inhabitant in tel
ephone conversations. Statistics indi-
cate that in the United States the aver
age per capita time consumed in hold
ing telephone conversations is 16
hours; in the Scandinavian countries,
Denmark, Sweden and Norway, u
hours; in Germany, FIVE hours; in
Switzerland, three hours; in Great
Britain, two hours; in France, one
hour, and in Italy considerably less
than one hour.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Mirror Not New; Looking Glass Is.

In Greece and in Rome wealthy peo-
pie adorned the walls of their houses
with polished, shining plates of copper,
gold or silver. The pieces were square,
provided with a nicely carved frame
and were polished afresh by slaves
every day so that their masters and
mistresses might look at themselves
in the metal mirrors.
Up to the Fifteenth century Europe
did not know the glass mirrors. These
were first made in Venice and acquired
an enormous fame which they have
held to the present time. It seems as
though no other city is able to riva
Venice in the manufacture of mirrors
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
Yes. Trees Must Eat.

Do you know how trees grow by
forming new layers of wood directly
under the bark? The roots are the
support of the tree, says the School
Book of Forestry. They also supply
the tree with food. Through delicate
hairs on the roots they absorb soil
moisture and plant food from the earth
and pass them along to the tree. The
body of the tree acts as a passage
way through which the food and drink
are conveyed to the top or crown. The
crown is the place where the food is
digested and the regeneration Of trees
effected
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
coIorinq Cotton Goods.

There are many different systems
of producing high-grade colored cot
ton goods. Each system has its spe-
cial advantage over other systems for
the production of certain line Of
goods. Each class of goods has GER
tain line of buyers which creates an
increasing demand for this particular
class. The various systems under
which cotton colored goods are pro-
duced may be covered under the fol-
lowing list: Bleached goods, dyed
goods, painted goods, stained goods.
embossed goods, enameled goods, print
ed goods.-Dyestuffs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-09
mess men Have pefecsa

II the man who measures you fos
your next suit calls out IN. +. r. B."
to the assistant who jots down the
measurements, take care! II h q
warning that your physique Il not ali
that 1t should be-in fact Q great deal
less. Il stands for mack forward,
round back"
"Tt's the commonest fault in the
physique Of our customers" explained
q tailor. Most men have fat chest
and round back. The army straight.
ened some Of them up for 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 other
But that's 50 common that you
wouldn't call It defect.
aHere's another thing I've noticed.
Al the athletes, the professional
strong men, have sloping shoulders
The fellow with the straight heavy
shoulders whom you'd Fake for IN
athlsta usually ian'ti-Nuwaz1aa