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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Vitamines in Bran Good
Feed for Poultry Flock

Bran is standby foodstuff for the
poultry keeper. 1t is not as digestible
as some other feeds which enter into
the rations of chickens, but II is rich
in mineral and vitamin elements.
When only concentrated food is given
TO hens their vitality is quickly sapped.
Bulk is required to ensure the proper
assjmilation of the food, and this 10
obtained in large part when a proper
ton of bran enters into the ration.
Some poultrymen advise the feed
ing of middlings in place of bran, but
to do this is TO do away with one i'm
portant ''roughage" food necessary to
keep the birds in good trim. 1t is not
a question of whether we should use
wheat middlings or wheat bran. Both
should be used in nearly equal proper
tons, the two together, constituting
nearly 80 per cent of the entire grain
ration.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
CONGESTION of celluIoid

Celluloid is an artificial substance
made by mixing gum camphor, gun
cotton and other substances and then
SubJecting them to hydraulic pressure.
A kind Of celluloid was made In 1858
at Birmingham. England. but the In
vention Of ordinary celluloid II usu-
ally credited to John w. Hyatt Of New.
ark, N. j., who with his brother devel-
oped an important industry. The exact
process Of celluloid manufacture Is
a trade secret. One method Is rough.
~ as follows: Dry guncotton Is wen
washed and dried and ground fine
under water, after which the water 10
removed and the mass subjected to
grent pressure. Then camphor and
coloring matter are added. Cellulofd
is used AZ substitute for ivory. bone,
hard rubber. coral, leather and many
other substances. II is not explosive,
but easily lighted and burns rapidly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
She Kneuu Sheep

A young city woman went out 10
teach a country school. The class In
arithmetkc. wss before her. She said :
.NoFs-e children, IL there are ten
sheep on one side Of a wall and one
jumps over. how many sheep viii be
left?"
Then up piped little tow-headed
daughter Of farmer:
mo sheep. teacher; no sheep"
"Ohi oh !" cried the young city wom-
an reproachfully. You are not so
stupid as thati Think again. If
there were ten sheep on one side Of
the wall and one sheep jumped over.
nf-e sheep would be left. Don't ron
see that7v
"Nol mol mol" persisted the child.
IF one sheep jumped over all the 9TH
ers wonld jump after. Ny father keeps
sheep"
Thet. seeing the puzzled look on the
seacher's face. the little tow-head ex-
plained apolofetically: "You know
,Yithmseic. but know shesp.s-
Cha5ertoa News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Sunrise in the. Tropics

No one who has ever seen a tropical
sunrise wifi forget 1t; from darkness
the world bursts into light. The sun
on the Amazon usually rises without
clouds and floods everything with ra-
dance; the sunsets are sometimes
beautiful, but there are seldom clouds,
and the color effects are not as fine
a. In northern climes.
The banks of the river are full Of
interest to the canoe voyager, who has
every opportunity for observation, as
one always paddles close to the shore.
Draperies Of flowing vines sweep the
canoe; at times In some little bay,
where the current has no influence,
great masses Of water plants are In
full bloom, bright tillandsias perch in
the branches above his head. and or
chids look out from the branches, or
many times swing in midair. Large
patches Of "aninga," which looks like
> tall-stemmed, giant Gala lily. full Of
the great white flowers, make beauti.
full pictures and over all Is a bright
blue sky with the cool breeze, which
from nine till four always draws mp
the river.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Pressure of Steor,

Modern steam boiler practice Is
itching up with pure science. Some
angineers may have remembered at
high school or college learning some
thing Of what Is called the critical
temperature" or critical pressure" Of
gas. the FORMER being the temper
lture above which the gas might no.
be condensed at any pressure, and
the latter being the pressure when
he critical temperature was attained:
All this was considered pure science"
pr 'high-brow STUFF with no applica-
ton to practical affairs But the crit
zeal temperature and critical pressure
OF steam are only 706 degrees Fahren-
heit and $500 pounds a square Inch,
ana boilers are now being used at pres
sures of more than Loo pounds with
the tendency toward higher and high
er pressures. Many interesting thinSs
happen to both water and steam wiwa
near the critical point and now prac.
tlcai engineers are beginning to take
keen Interest In what was formerly
thought Ct only for laboratory dis
euasion
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Hcd Good Reason

It was the usual rush hour. 4
chivalrous young man got UP and Of
fered his seat IN the street car to .
young woman.
One of the straphangers turned to
friend who was standing by him
and said:
do you know I've been travelling in
these cars the last ten years, and
rye never given my seat to woman
yet"
The friend was a gallant fellow.
well, that's surely not much to
boast about!" he said. severely.
'You would have done just the
same" retorted the first man.
"Oh, no. shouldn't. should have
given up my seat like gentleman"
mo. you wouldn't" said his friend
as he swayed toward him. "You see
the fact is I've never had. seat"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
pl]\JL Try
POULTRY MANURE is
RICHEST PRODUCED

Poultry manure is the richest of any
produced on the farm, says the New
York State College of Agriculture at
ithaca, yet 1t receives from the farmer
the least attention of any Of the ami
mai excrements. Average mixed horse
and cattle manure carries ten pounds
OF nitrogen, five pounds of phosphoric
acid and twelve pounds of potash a
ton.
Poultry manure contains in compar-
ison 30 pounds Of nitrogen, 80 pounds
OF phosphoric acid, and Is pounds of
potash. Where ordinary farm manure
has a fertilizer value of $1.50 ton.
poultry manure is worth $500 ton.
Even when produced in small amounts.
such material, says the college, is well
worthy of careful preservation.
Poultry manure should be allowed
TO dry as quickly as possible and be
kept dry. In this condition it will
lose but little of its valuable constitu-
ents. Like ordinary manure 1t fer
ments rapidly when moist and will
lose thereby a large percentage of its
nitrogen, worth on the market % or
81 cents a pound. Since much Of It's
potash, phosphoric acid, and nitrogen
Is soluble, this manure may suffer
greatly from teaching.
Caustic lime should never be mixed
directly with poultry manure as II
tends to liberate nitrogen as ammonia
Poultry manure is rich in nitrogen
and low In phosphorus. These two
conditions may be corrected by dilut-
Ing and reinforcing the manure as fol.
lows: To ten pounds of the manure
add six pounds of sawdust Cor some
similar dry materially and four pounds
Of acid phosphate. This gives a fer.
tilizer carrying per cent of nitrogen
3.6 per cent of phosphoric acid and A
per cent of potash or about the same
proportion of plant food elements that
are found in 3-12-2 mixture but only
one-fourth as concentrated.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Lyric Soprano

The word lyric is derived from the
Fre' which is now used as an instru-
inent to accompany the smaller forms
OF poetry. 1t has become associated
WIN songs that are composed more
LOT their melodious interest than for
.heir dramatic effect. A lyric soprano
~ known as light soprano, which is
more suited TO light songs and solos,
70 distinguish it from dramatic So
pranos' which are heard to greater ad
ssn1sge In opera and oratorio work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Cause of Damp Houses

A good many poultry houses are
damp and some Of them are well con
structed. too. They are damp simply
because they are not situated in the
right place or because some small de-
tail Of construction has been over
looked. In such case the trouble can
usually be remediedl with very little
labor and expense. Other houses are
nearly hopeless because located In the
wrong place or because there Is some
fault in the manner in which they were
constructed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05

SKIM MILK FAVORED
FOR LAYING FOWLS

Hens must have some form Of ami
NAL protein IN their feed This Il usu-
ally supplied by beef scrap. Two years
ago an experiment was started at the
experimental farm. Nappan, N. s., to
determine the relative values Of beef
scrap and skim milk when added to
the laying ration. Two pens were
made up Of ten birds, as uniform in
breeding, age and type as 1t was pos
sible to select. The rations fed, to
each pen were alike and constant ex-
cept that Pen / received beef scrap
and Pen 2 skim milk.
The results show the possibilities
there are Of realizing good value by
feeding skim milk. The average pro-
dncr,On from the ten birds receiving
beef scrap for the two six-month feed
'ss periods November to April 80,
each year. was 615.6 eggs, at a feed
cost Of S1S.75. or 26.s cents per Dozen
leaving profit over feed cost of 972
cents PEI bird
In Pen the ten birds receiving
skim milk over the same period had
an average production Of e09.5 eggs.
at feed cost Of S1270, or 21.s cents
per dozen, leaving a profit over feed
cost Of $1.49 per bird. By taking the
average Of two years 1t was found that
5eS.7 pounds skim milk, valued at 20
cents per hundred and thus costing
$40. gave greater returns than 80
pounds beef scrap at q market price
OF N.24 per hundred, thus costing
$3.50.
If, as believed at the experimental
farm, the increase in production from
the pens receiving milk can be at
tributed TO the value Of skim milk as
food for laying hens, 1t would only
be fair to state that the farmer had
received slightly better than one dol
lar per hundredweight for his skim
milk when he marketed it through his
eggs
As this feeding test has been carried
on for two years only, 1t does not per-
NIT the drawing Of definite conclu-
sions yet. However, the results to
date would lead one to believe that
part of the skim milk available on
the farm can be very profitably mar
keted through the egg and would seem
TO be a more profitable proposition
than paying 81 per hundred for beef
scrap in order to supply the amount
of protein so essential for profitable
egg production
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
The Old Almanac

Advertisement was not always the
chief function Of almanacs. They
were first Of all, calendars of the days
and months. the changes Of the moon,
and Of other astronomical happenings.
They supplied a widespread demand
for weather lore, its truth or untruth
being Of minor consideration. To that
were added literary and informative
features. "Poor Richard" enjoyed
wide popularity and was famous by
reason of his hemely wisdom. Last
but not least, 1t held high place as the
family joke book. the excellence Of its
witticisms being often proved by their
longevity. In many backwoods .pi-
oneer home the annual almanac was
the sole literary refuge. taking the
place Of all other books, and never.
perhaps. vas any other book or perl
e1kcaa - SOD. se-read ma diDsabs4
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Cautious horse

Harris prided himself on a thorousl
knowledge Of horses anc fheir habits
aud so he was interested when. on q
visit to the country. he saw a farmer
having some trouble with his mount
1t would start. amble along slowly
for q short distance and then stop
Then the farmer would have great
difficulty In getting II started again
Finally Harris approached the farper
and asked kindly:
"Is your horse sickY
"Not as I know off, was the shors
reply.
us he balky?'
mo. But he's 80 afraid I'll ss,
Whoap and he won't hear me that he
stops every once In a while to listen. +.
kansas City Times
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
A Fight for nepu1a,.v,,.

4 man going along lonely road was
sst upon by two highwaymen. He
fought desperately, but was finally
overcome and searched. All that the
bandits found was dime. Search
him again." said one. He would new
er put up fight like that for iina.-
They searched him again, but could
nnd no more.
"Now tell me-" asked the spokesman
"why you fought so we nearly had 10
Kill your
awell." answered the victim, s'ths
truth of the matter IL didn't want
my financial condition exposed"-Has
Der's MagafinA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Historic Bottle

Inc name Battle of the Giants 10
gwen 70 battle fought at Marignano
,no" Malegnana). near Milan. Septem
per iS-l4, 1915, between the allied
french and Venetian forces under
rrancis ! Of France, and the Italians
anu Swiss. commanded by the duke OF
Miian. The battle was hotly contested
ano resulted In victory for Francis.
Tne total number Of slain is said to
nave exceeded 10000. Trivulzio, who
nso osen present at Is pitched battles.
@em m child's play - cnm-
!. - '1a1lla g 1laa1aS
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05

The.name "Airedale" is only a short
ened form for "Airedale terrier This
tendency now is TO drop the super
iuous word terrier when speaking
Of this dog. The Airedale terrier was
originally bred about 90 or 20 year,
ago In the valley Of the Aire. York.
shire, England. Hence its name. The
breed was obtained by various crosses
between the bull terrier, the border
terrier. the otter hound and other
breeds. The Airedale Is one Of the
largest Of the terriers. It has pendu-
Ious earA black. tan or dark. rough
haired coat, and usually weighs from
- to 50 pounds. The Airedale should
not be confused with the Trish terrier,
wh1cA = . ann1ler dng eomewAa3 -
-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
On the Worpoth

whats the news of The day, Els
ramp asked good old Nav Hoptoad.
"Avalanclles in the Alps are de-
stroying property, so the paper sez.r
"Avalanches, hey? been hearing
about them long time now. Time
they was curbed. Them hill tribes is
always turbulent, but they kin be
handled Our Comanches Ia quiet
enough"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Hia Condition

"Howdy. Uncle Timl" saluted an &C.
quaintance from down the road a
piece. Flows your rheumatic coming
onY'
swell, I'll just tell you, ORR. 70
sponded Old Timrod rotter. .rye eos
all the rheumatic all the time thar i
can carry. and some O IL dina :
aood - mnrA~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-12-05
Was II a Hint to George?

Elderly sHusband-There goes Mrs.
Smith. Hasn't she lost her husband
iately7
Young wife-Yes, poor thing, real
~ believe black would be becoming to
Ne, also. GeergA
Evening star., 1924-11-14
SEVEN ARE VICTIMS.
Three Children Hurt When Hit by
Autos.

Catherine Jackson, colored, 13. 1904
Wylie street northeast, was knocked
down by a motor truck at First and
NJ streets yesterday afternoon and
severely hurt. She was taken to
Casualty Hospital and police are
looking for the driver, an unidenti-
fled colored man.
Viola di Carlo. 8, 1897 North Cap
itol street, sustained a painful in
jury to her head when knocked
down by a motor vehicle driven by
Clifton Goode. oolored. Dingman place,
at Florida avenue and North Capitol
street. She was treated at Sibley
Hospital.
Griffin White, 10, lilo 25th street.
was run over near Pennsylvania ave-
nue. and Twenty-fifth street by an
automobile driven by George Wash
ington, 2Il0 h street. about noon yes
terday His left knee was fractured
and his head bruised. Surgeons at
Emergency Hospital rendered first
aid.
A collision between an automobile
owned by Joseph Letter and driven
by William F. Collier 8 Hillyer court,
and the automobile of Robert X. Tai
bert, 467 Luray place, occurred at
massachusetts, avenue and Tenth
street. last night. Joseph T. BOYLE.
'loS Seventh street, and E. S. Brad
shaW, 1889 Newton street. occupants
OF the latter car, were injured.
Joseph Tortorice. 81. 145 ID street
southeast. was knocked down at
Maryland avenue and First street
southwest yesterday morning and in
Jured about the head and body. He
was taken home.
Irene Bradley, 20, SOP Second street
southeast, was slightly injured last
night as result of a collision be-
tween the automobile in which she
was riding and another car near
Massachusetts avenue and Fourth
street. Hospital treatment was re-
fused.
Evening star., 1924-11-14
"YOU'RE MORE GUILTY THAN l."
SAYS DIAMOND TO EXECUTIONERS

Diamond was arrested in East
Chicago after his wife in a deathbed
statement had accused him Of shoot
ing her while they were motoring
between that city and Gary on
February IA, 1929.
When. the crime was committed
Diamond was "a years old and his
wife AZ. At his trial it was charged
that his motive was to obtain his
wife's wealth and II was developed
that a check for $4,000, said to have
been In her possession shortly before
her death, was missing.
Diamond denied shooting his wife
and attributed the attack to William
Armstrong, 17-year-old negro chauf-
reur. Armstrong was shot and slight
ly wounded and Diamond said he had
shot the negro in self-defense.
On June Z, 1928, Diamond was found
guilty by a jury and long round of
legal moves began to prevent execu
ton of the death sentence. The
supreme court finally affirmed his
conviction. An attempt was then
made through the supreme court to
mandate the lower court to hear evil
dence on Diamonds alleged insanity
since his conviction. This the high
court refused to do.
The appeal to Gov. Branch followed
The governor held that Diamond had
been given a fair trial, that he was
sane during the trial and therefore
there was no occasion for interfering
with the death sentence.
Evening star., 1924-11-14
BY the Associated Presa

BY the Associated Press
MICHIGAN CITY, Ind, November
14.-Proclaiming his innocence to the
last. Harry Diamond. 26, convicted
Of the murder of his wife, who was
shot to death near Gary, Ind, in
February, 1929, was eiectrocuted at
the State prison here at 1901 o'clock
this morning.
Diamond went to his death calmly,
stating to prison officials just before
being strapped In the chair:
you men are more guilty of mur-
der than l."
Although informed hate yesterday
that Gov. Branch had refused his
plea for clemency. Diamond waited
expectantly up to the time OF his ex-
ecution for word of a reprieve from
the executive.
Diamond did not deny the Staying,
but said 1t occurred while he was in
the throes of an epileptic fit. He
told the guards he was mentally ir-
responsible and therefore not guilty
Of the crime as charged.
Legal Battle Vigorous.
Diamonds execution followed a
strenuous legal fight to have his con-
viction set aside and q last minute
appeal to Gov. Branch of Indiana by
the condemned mans parents, Mr..
and Mrs. Joseph A. Diamond. They
asked that the governor take more
time to investigate their sons men,
tai condition.
Evening star., 1924-11-14

have been laid or. To lay off more
and more is frankly the Governments
purpose, as far as 1t can be done with
efficient administration. But under
the new classification scheme it is
claimed that employees retained In
the Government service are on
higher standard Of pay than ever.
The appropriations committee is
working under the shadow of the
recent national elections. These gave
Congress an unmistakable mandate,
Madden and his men think, to hew
to the line, let the chips fall where
they may. I'VE have been cutting
to the bone," says Madden, "ever
since the budget law came into force.
Now, we are going to tackle the
cartilage" Until the cartilage" of
Federal expenditure is systematically
trimmed tax reductions will not be
practicable. Sometimes citizens for
get that their income taxes come
down only in proportion in which
Government expenditure is reduced
no reduction of expenditure, no re-
duction in taxes.
Representative Madden is about to
introduce q bill in the House which
provides for a concurrent rebate Of
taxes to taxpayers, in the proportion
that the Treasury finds itself with
a surplus. The Madden scheme con-
templates a simple, logical method
Of keeping the Governments nose
close to the grindstone, and giving;
departments absolutely nothing that
they don't demonstrably need. MY
project" says Mr.. Madden, "aims at
keeping the Government hard up and
keeping it, correspondingly, honest
If you keep a government fed up
with a lot of surplus, you are work.
ing toward extravaganza and waste
and frequently inviting dishonesty"
The Madden bill would provide that
the Secretary of the Treasury, at the
end of fiscal year, would report any
surplus on hand, over and above a
working balance, say not less than
SIS, 100000, to the President. The
President, on his part, would be re-
quired to direct the Secretary of the
Treasury to divert the surplus in the
way Of rebates to the taxpayers.
Where Uncle Sans proposed $3,000,-
900, 900 annual outlay goes is graphi-
cally demonstrated by these figures:
Sinking fund. reducing National
Interest teps on bonded debt iworiid ''''''O''
WAR; 80. ............. 64U,UUo,O0O
Veterans a1d. .................. 4O, 0OOOOO
Soldiers bonus. 132, ,000. 600
General Government expense. :. 1,22s, 900, 900
The Government cost (s1,228.000,-
000) would be less than 1t was before
the war IL the compensation Of men
in the armed forces were the same,
and civil service wages no higher, and
cost Of materials, ETC., had not
mounted.
copyright. 1s24.l
Evening star., 1924-11-14
THE WEATHER

District of Columbia and Maryland
Fair and slightly cooler tonight
tomorrow fair; moderate fresh north
winds.
Virginia-Unsettled tonight. slightly
cooler; tomorrow fair; moderate west
and northwest winds.
West Virginia-Partly cloudy and
slightly cooler tonight: tomorrow
fair.
Records for Twenty-four Hours.
Thermometer-4 pm, 60; s pm, 54:
IL midnight, 54; 4 am, 54: am, 81 {;
noon, So.
Barometer-4 pm. 1923; s pm,
3016: 12 midnight. 1904: 4 am. 1896;
s am, 30.03: noon, 30.0S.
Highest temperature, 62, occurred at
$3.50 pm, yesterday; lowest tempera-
ture, So, occurred at 10 pm, yester-
day.
Temperature same date last year
Highest, 81; lowest, 81.
Condition of the Water.
Temperature and condition Of the
water at am Great Falls-Tem-
perature, So; condition, clear.
Weather in Various Cities.