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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-08-17

IL NJ. L. Walton Jr. Judge of the Juve-
-lnile Court, returned Thursday from
/, Lake Junaluska, N. c., where he has
E been attending a Conference on Lay
activities, of the M. E. Church South.
Mr.. and Mrs John H Bowman and
Ichildren returned to their home at
Ballston, Va, Thursday. after having
Ispent the past three weeks with Mrs.
IBowman's mother, Mrs. John Boehm,
lat Fairview, Mr.. and Mrs. John Bow
Iers, near Woodstock, and other rela-
Itives and friends in the County.
i Mrs. C. NJ. Hite is visiting her son
'-IMr. Cecil Hite in Washington.
I'll Mr.. and Mrs. Joseph Smith and little
Ison Ray Hammond Smith, who motored
from their home in Gallon, to visit
relatives 10 and near Woodstock, re.
turned to their home this week. They
were accompanied home by Mr.. Smiths
Iaunt Miss Allie Hammond.
70 Mrs. Annie Alexander, of Washing
ton arrived here this week to spene
some time with her sister, Mrs. DAME
a. Kelley.
Mr.. and Mrs. George Will and sol
* Fred viii accompanied by their guests
q. Mr.. and Mrs. John Will, of Orange
It Va, and Mrs. Maria Calvert, of Phila
4
2 delphia spent the weekend with Mis-
40 Mollie Tysinger in Mt. jackson.
Messrs. Blaine Spiggle, of Richmond
Roy Spiggle. of Rochester, N. Y, an
of Charles Spiggle, of Richmond ar
oh spending vacation with their parents
om Mr.. and Mrs. Malph Spiggle at the
home on Lee Street.
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NOW GO on WITH THE STORY

slaves were being driven In from the
fields. lie stood aside At tho entrance
10 let them pass. and beyond tho mos.
sage OF hope flashed by his eyes. he
held no communication with them.
lie entered the stockado In their
wake. and as they broke their ranks
TO seek their various respective huts.
he beheid Colonel Blshop In talk with
Kent. tho oycrseer. The pair We're
standing by the stocks. planted In tho
middle Of that green space for thu
punishment OF offending slaves.
As he advanced. Bishop turned 10
regard him. scowling.
where have you been this while7'
he bawied. and aitho n minatory note
was normal to the oolonsi's voice. yet
Blood felt his heart Tightening appre.
hensively.
1--WE been at my work in tho
town" he answered Mrs, Patch
has a fever and Mr.. Decker has
sprained his ankle"
II sent for you TO Dckker's. and
| you were not there. You are given
20 aiding. my nnc fellow. We shalt
have 10 quicken you one OF these
days unless you cease from abusing
the liberty you enjoy. d ye forget
/ that ye're n rcbel.convicty"
Il am not given the chance" said
Blood. who never could learn TO curb
his tongue.
by God. WIN you be per. with
meT"
Remembering all that was at stake.
growing suddenly conscious that
from the huts surrounding the enclos.
ure anxious ears wcro listening, he
instantly practiced an unusual sub
mission.
Not pert. afr. r.. I am sorry
] should have been sought :"
AYE. and you'll be sorrier yet.
There's the governor with an attack
OF govt. screaming like n wounded
horse. and you nowhere 10 be found
Be off. rnan-away with you al speed
to Government House, You're await.
ed. tell you. Best lend him horse.
Kent. or the lout'H be all night get.
ting here"
They BUSTED him away. choking al.
most from a reluctance that he dared
not show. The thing was uufortun-
ate; but after all not beyond remedy.
The escape was set for midnight. and
he should easily be hack By then.
He mounted the horse that Kent
procured him. intending TO make all
haste.
J How shall re-cnter the stock.
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SALLY SALAMANDER'S LESSON

and wished so hard she thought ahc
would burst. But alas! When she
opened her eyes again she was stlll
the same ugly old yellow color slio
had always been.
That's not the wayF' scolded
Charlie. Mister Moecasin Snake
could see you with his eyes shut.
and SO could Mister Pelican and
Mister Duck and everybody. Mebbe
you can turn red better.
But like the wolf In the piggy
story, for all her huffing and for
all her putting Sally stayed vel.
low. and "her spots would not go
inr'
Suddenly the Twins heard flap.
ping Of wings. and there stood Mis-.
ter Wild Duck,
Like yellow streak, Sally sala.
mandcr Topped into the water and
swan away.
But poor Charlioi He couldn't
swim and had to stay where he
was. He turned every color no
knew how. but It was too late.
Mister Duck had seen him.
Say. Sally" called Nick Some
people know some things and other
people know other things Every.
body can't know everything. You
ought TO be satisfied to know how
20 swim" And he shooed Mister
Duck away and saved Charlie.
TO he Continued
Copyright. 1928. Ivy Seattle STAR
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MRS. LINDQUIST.
TELLSWOMENOF.
MIDDLE AGE.
What Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound
Did for Her

Kansas City, Mo. -" was left in a
very serious condition after child
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visits from i've out of 40 odd men
1 had talked 10. They all wanted
'the job and gave me any number
Of sound reasons why, they should
have II. however. an but one gave
me a mighty sound reason. why
they shouldn't have IL. -Four OF
the ndyenturers opened the parley
by announcing the object Of their
visit and IN the next breath eau
tiously inquired the nature Of the
Job. The fifth man didn't do that.
He WIS a new man on our payroll,
but a very old man on that OF
competitor. He said, Ifr. Kicks,
need that $4,000 year fob. don't
know the nature Of Il and / don't
care. II it's n Job In the lumber
businesa, Wholesale or retail, ] can
get away with IL, because know
the business. III try anything once
and I'm not afraid Of the response
bility Of the most important job in
your employ
'IIe gets the Job on January
first! The best the other four get
Il respectable raise in wages.
They proved themselves good men
ambitious, thinking well OF them
selves. pussyfootera Too eau
ti0uA. They wanted that $4,000
job. but they wanted TO know what
the nature OF IL Was before they
committed themselves. They weren't
quite certain OF themselves. II 1t
appeared the Job was likely 10
prove too heavy for them, they pre-
fcrred TO stick with the Job they
knew, from experience. they could
got away with. As for the sales
men who never rose 10 my bait at
all. ] told them what ! thought OF
them and why / thought IT, Thry
lacked the courage to burn their
bridges behind them. so they were
mediocre men. deserving Of no raise
In salary, and right on the spot ]
fired three 10 show them knew
what I was talking about. Then J
burned SINNERS statistics and fir
ed the statistician.
Coming events cast their slla~
dows before and long time age
learned that II one wants to
find out what sort OF man he is
dealing with. very simple little
test will give one a quick insight
into his character. and ability. a
trout is fast and gamey and win
rise TO a lure. but the mudcai
sticks to the bottom and 10. by ac-
cident, he gets on your hook, you
always cast him back into the
stream.
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Syndicate. Inc. All Rights Reserv.
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One day Nancy and Nick came
upon two funny little lizards in
Dixie Land.
One was called Sally SaIamander
and the other was called Charlie
Chameleon and they looked almost
exactly alike. Only Charlie could
turn almost any color he wanted 10
Except pink or sky.blue or lilac)
and Sally couldn't. She had to stay
an ugly yellow with black shoe.
button spots all over her, and she
got tired Of having only one dress
Wont you show me how 10
change around the way you do,
charlieT' the Twins heard her say.
There's nothing to It at air. an.
swcrcd Charlie. IAN you've gotta
do Is Just wish. Seer And he
turned from a beautiful pea.grosn
10 q lovely tomato-red.
Sally almost did change color NJ
that. She almost turned green with
envy.
I'm give you lesson" said
Charlie generously. Try TO turn
the color Of whatever you happen
10 We on. IT'S good way 70 learn
70 hide II you're in danger. Now
we're on brown earth 80 try to
turn brown Like met And the
little chameleon turned to lovely
mud color.
Now close your eyes and wish"
he Hid.
"i'il try IH tryr' said poor Sally
obcdicitly. so she closed her eyes
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Mice. simple litiIo tes,." Rueered
Eddy Smith. the marine insurance
broker. Perhaps. four or five years
hence, a tenth OF your bottles VIII
have reported In"
"Its the only method known TO
science" Cappy challenged and add
ed: besides, II win giys me some
thing TO live for. And I've just
naturally got 10 have something
tangible TO eonfound my aIsippers
with. The Blue Star Navigation
company averages about one cas-
uaity per annum In the eoaatwise
trade, and do not want 10 have
10 swallow that japanese earth
quake excuse indefinitely,
Eddie and will anye all our
empty bottles for you. Cappy." Mr.
Redeil suggested. lily dropping a
bottle overheard every hour instead
Of every four. you should reach a
decision In one year instead OF four
or five"
''You1l never get any OF your
hotties reported on. cs,ppy." Eddie
Smith urged They'll be picked
w by Jap fishermen and small
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One OF the ways to- DE sure OF a
smart frock this season is 10
watch the hemllne.
only those on the most severe
frocks follow u straight course.
Nine. Appert says. "'rhe interest
ing ones are all sealloped or ir-
regular. The edges are aecentuated
by brilliant colors or by gold OF
silver bands that show between the
scallops.
ION some of the evening frocks
much OF the substantial material Is
cut away 10 reveal the delicate,
lacy fabric beneath and this gives
the frock the effect of decided
shortness
Clothes this season reveal the
figure. not suggcstlvely, but very
plenslngly. Gowns are rarely cut
low In front, tho many OF them are
cut to tho waistlinc In back. There
arc long sleeves on many OF the
evening frocks, and absolutely none
on many Of the models for after
noon
ION the whole II is season OF
contradictions, but the result Is II
Is the most interesting one we have
ever had"
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1 ought 10 make small charge
Cappy replied. However. I'm feel
ing generous today. so you shall
have the story. free gratis As
You boys all know, the lumber
brslness for the past two years has
been quite brisk and prices have
been maintained exceedingly well.
The salesmen's charts in SINNERS
Skin Book all showed a rising tenn
perature. and inasmuch as he was
foolish enough TO show every snles-
man what fine record he was
making-and this at a time when
almost anybody who could write
down an order could make a good
record.-it wasn't long before they
began 10 lombard Skinner for
more salary.
We'll. as you all know. II there
Is anything that Skinner likes bet
ter than his right eye, ever since
permitted him to buy a sizeabls
block Of stock In the Kicks Logging
s. Lumber company. It Is a low ex-
pense account. We have always
paid high salaries--the best in the
trade--and when the war shot the
cost OF living up. made Skinner
shoot wages up To keep pace with
IL The cost OF living. according 10
some government statistics. having
been reduced about 30 per cent
since the war. Skinner met the
requests for more salary with a
threat TO cut all salaries 25 per
cent. As result, some OF our best
men went over to the enemy before
/ awakened to where SINNERS sta.
tistics were taking us.
AT the regular monthly conven-
ton OF our statesmen in the assem-
bly, room at our office, addressed
the men and informed them that
on the first OF the year there was
going TO be vacancy in the Kicks
employ. that the vacancy was TO be
filled by a salesman and that The
job would pay $4,000 a year. |
informed them that at the present
time had not made up my mind
who was to have the plum. My
decision was to be predicated upon
the quality OF the future activities
OF the man whom as yet an in
scrutable fate was concealing from
me.
We'll. boys. that afternoon / had
The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1923-11-03
By MARIAN HALE


PARIS. Nov. 3-T'his liz the sea-
son when simplicity must be min
gled with capitalization II Il Is TO
receive amy recognition In fashion
circles.
"The epidemic Of the perfectly
simple crepe frock which held us
in sway for 80 long has given way
TO natural reaction In cxactly the
opposite direction" says Nine.
Charlotte Appert. Partisan designer.
Here's her summary Of The fash
Ion outlook;
IAN fabrics and embroiders are
taking on richer hue. Tho after
noon frocl< of this season viii be
quite as gorgeous In IT'S way as the
one for evening. The same holds
true for coats,
"Slendcrncss Is important, but
the straight limo must be qualified
w panels, flounces, draperlcs and
tiers Embroidery Is not TO be con-
fined to silks and woods, but will
be carried out In diamonds, pearls,
rubcs and rolorcd stones. The
riches Of furs and the most supple
OF vclvets will DO seen In album
dance"
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ne quest TOOK longer th0n was cA'
pectcd by Blood. who waited impa.
tiently with the doctors gold conceal.
cd about his person. But at the end
OF some three weeks, NuttRll-whom
he was now meeting daiiy--lnformea
him that he had found n serviceable
wherry. and that It's owner was dis.
posed 20 sell It for % pounds. Tha,
evening. on the beach. remote from
all eyes. Peter Blood handed that sum
to his new associate. and Nuttall
went off with instructions TO com
plcte the purchase late on the follow.
ing day. He was to bring the boat
to the wharf. where under cover Of
night Blood and his feilow-convicis
would join him and make Off.
Everything was ready. In the shed.
from which all the wounded men had
now been removed and which had
since remained untenanted, Nuttall
had concealed the necessary stores: a
hundredweight OF brad. quantity
OF cheese. a cask OF water and some
few bottles OF Canary. compass,
quandrant. chart. half.hour glass.
log and line. a thrpauiin. some car.
penter's tools. and lantern and can.
dies. And In the stoekRde. all was
likewise in readiness. Hagthorpe,
Dyke and ogie had agreed 10 join the
venture. and eight others had been
carefully recruited. In Pitts hut.
which he shared with five other
rebels-eonvict. all OF whom were TO
Join In this bid for liberty. ladder
had been constructed in secret during
those nights OF waiting. with this
they were 10 surmount the stockadc
and gain the open The risk OF desee.
ton. 80 that they made little noise.
was negligible. Beyond locking them
all in that stocksde at night. there
WAS no great precaution taken.
Where, after all. could any 20 foolish
as to attempt escape hope to conceal
himself In that island? The chief
risk lay in discovery BY those OF their
companions who were 10 be left be.
hind. II was because OF these that
they must 20 cautiously and in ST,
lence.
The day that was to have been
their last In Barbados was day OF
hope and anxiety 10 the Il associates
In that enterprise. no less than to
NuttaIi in the town below,
Towards sunset, having seen Mutt.
all depart TO purchase and fetch the
sloop 70 the prearranged moorings at
the wharf, Peter Blood came saunter.
ing towards the stoesade. Just as the
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boys who viii not bother 10 mail
the data TO you"
Cappy pondered several minutes
over this Then he appeared 20
have bright thought. for he
pounded the table vigorously.
Right you are. Eddie" he declar-
ed. in order 10 get action ri
have 10 make u worth their while.
III have Skinner draw up form.
The upper part viii be for the
skipper 10 fill out when he heaves
the bottle overheard. the middle
part viii be for the finder to fiIl
out and the lower part. which will
he detachable. will BE- sight draft
on tho blue Star Navigation COM
pany for IS signed by the skipper
when n hank presents this draft
with the Information attached.
will detaeh I, and pay the draft"
"Publle .fpirited old cuss. isn't
hey" murmured Redell TO the as
ssmbled company. He's willing "a
pay for his Information
That's because II pays TO have
information" Cappy rctorted I'm
strong for a few simple statistics
altho. 10 tell tho truth. never
could make head OF tail Of the sta
tisticai systems Skinner has inst.
tnted In all Of the Kicks enter
prise& He has graphs. upward and
downward curves. comparative fig
urcs. red ink. blue ink and green
ink For instance. we have several
dozen statesmen. In our wholesale
and retail lumber department. and
skinner has big book We call the
skin Book. Each salesman Is al
lotted one page in this Doomsday
book OF SINNERS and the record
Of that salesmen's activities re-
seinblea exactly the fever chart OF
a typhoid patient. There's only
one thing wrong with SINNERS
test. however. IL business IS bad
generally and the salesman's fever
chart begins TO drop from the prev
ious high temperature, skinner
blames the salesman"
But don't you have 20 maintain
statistician on the Kicks payroll
TO do nothing but look after the
entries in The skin BookY'' some
qucried.
I'VE used TO" said Cappy smil-
ingly But not any more ! rose
In my wrath the other day, fed
Tho Skin Book TO the all-devouring
flames and appointed myself chief
statistician. without salary My
action saves me $4,000 a year"
Tell us about IT," Eddie Smith
urged
You're asking me to disclose a
valuable secret of my business and
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Cappy Kicks
Star by Kyne-Anoter Coming

Well" announced Cnppy Ricith,
as he showed back his chair from
the luncheon table at the Bilge-
water club. ana lighted his post
luncheon cigar. n 400 by the pap
ofa that the secretary OF the navy
has more Worries than walking
delegatei for the Marine Cooks and
Walters union"
Read dispatch from Washing
ton the other day" said j. Angus.
tus Rodell, OF the West Coast Trad.
INK company, TO the effect that hs
was weary OF his Job and wlshful
TO resign"
Cappy smiled his little president
smile, ITS hard 20 be the manag-
Ing owner OF the first or second
largest shipping industry In the
world and keep an eye on national
and International politics ne the
same time" he declared. Hero /
am, tho retired president Of the
blue Star Navigation company. and
yet ! couldn't possibly spare enough
time for politics 10 get myself elect
cd poundmanter The secretary OF
the navy didn't have troubles
enough before those seven destroy
, ors ran ashore at Point ArEuollo
recently. The loss OF the vessels
doorn't mean anything in partie-
ular 20 a country that can't usa
lis veasels anyhow. but il Is some
job 20 ascertain what caused tho
accident. They blamed gnrhled
radio compass bearings, a new cur.
rent aa the result Of the japanese
earthquake, and tho fog, Gus. how
do you suppose those boys dis
covered that new current while
they were beating " south az the
rate OF 20 miles an hour-ln the
fog9"
Search me-" murmured Mr.. Re.
deli.
Having nothing In the way Of
active business 60 attend TO OF lats
years" Cappy continued. Il have
formed the habit OF giving u good
deal OF thought 10 public affairs
] figure Two paid enough income
taxes since 1914 20 have built
about half OF one OF those destroy
srA and anytime some bright young
fellow goes joy-riding thru the fog
with my maritime property want
90 know how come. I've had the
sklppers OF the Blue star coast
wise vessels searching for that new
ri 4 als 49,.
they haven't found n yet"
How arr you conducting your
search. CnppyT'
by tho most approved method"
Chppy replied Every ono OF my
Blue Star ships coming down coast
nom Washington or Britain Col
umbia ports has considerable Scotch
whisky aboard. and II has 10 BE-
drunk and the evidence hove over.
board before the steamers get 20
Los Angeles harbor Knowing you
can never reform sailor. have
TO stand for this. 10 in order 10
utilize this criminal tendency. my
sklppers are instructed 10 drop q
tightly eorked empty Scotch bottle
overheard every four hours Each
bottle contains n note giving the
latitude and longitude OF thu
launching. when the bottle In found
on the beach. whoever finds 1, will
mail the note TO me. and state ex-
aetiy where he found IT, will
then tote all OF my information up
10 the photographic office ard let
them figure out the set and velocity
Of the current from the data thus
obtained"
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H Rafael Sabafint

Peter Blood bachelor OF medicine balcony calmly snoi
ing his pipe and watering his while the the populace
arms itself TO battle Cor Monmouth seaecamcd heir tho throne OF
England His
he plaeidly keeps hhnse out Of the controversy.
IL not fear that Blood conflict he
veteran OF foreign That while Hood
slept onouh attacked the In the battle OF scdgemoor
ord edo friend OF the doctors wounded and Blood
attend TO HIM lie there when the victorious royal forces search
tue house for -rcbe and Gdoy blood objects duo
TO the seriousness Of his patients wounds The and his patient
aud a youth saned Pitt taken prisoners,
Weeks later BLOOD Is hailed before the Lord Chief Magistrate and IL
ordered 10 his plea,
Blood pleads guilty. might lust
breath for the Judge decided guilt
the jurors tho they him afraid
clear the doctor Blood however, given chance few
Blood is sentenced death by hanging higher
ordered that the prisoners taken South 10 he
n>ed on the plantation 80 happened
those 20 70.
The prisoners FOE sale Blood Is
cd with the Of the unfortunate undergo
Insults from the hands OF prospective buyers.
ianod bought by rich his niece
anu taken II
ne excellent doctor and the him
"a the Blood Is successful a certain
amount Of freedom One day he daughter planter
The girl stops him and they discuss his slavery
Things uneyentuily battered ship
Devon Into the harbor fight
Blood called Spaniards
taken captive Ills patients all we while English
patients of the other doctors Of the island This
jealousy
Much TO BOOds surprise DR. day offers plan
for escape.
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floor. l did not suffer any pain, but /
was decidedly nervous and could not
sleep. For nearly two years was this
way, and the doctor was frank enough
TO tell me that he could do no more
for me. Short after this happened
to see in a newspaper an advertise.
ment of Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegeta-
bic Compound. In a few days the med
icinc was in the house and had begun
It's use and took It regularly until
] was well. recommend the Vegc-
table Compound to others when l
have the opportunity. Mrs. MAY
LlNpouIsT, 2Sld Independence Ave.,
Kansas City, Mo.
--Advertlncmcnt
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WELL-FlLLED BOOKCASE
WILL DECORATE A ROOM
With Comfortable Easy Chair
Makes Delightful Setting.
By MARIAN MOORE

Where Is the woman who says
her living room is dull and dreary.
despite its nice furnishings? Let
her gaze on this picture and take
heed!
A well-filled bookcase. with the
bindings forming mosaic color
effect, an ivory wicker chair uphol-
stored in eolorful tan and cedar red
cretonne. bright scarlet candles in
ivory candlestieks, and a saucy
little green plant growing right out
Of bowl of water! Anyone would
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Dlrtn ana no one
thought l could
ever be any bet
ter. Then came
the Change of
Life and Twas not
prepared for what
i had to suffer. /
had to 90 to bed at
times to be per-
fectly quiet as l
could not even
stoop down to pick
apyfhipofroy,, TIA