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Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-04-25

Strike on Northern Railways of
Cuba settled.
More than 1900 killed as civil war
RACES in Honduras.
Greek National Assembly votes es-
tablishment of republic.
Canada ready to recognize Soviet
Russia, Premier King announces.
New York Central and Pennsylvania
February earnings show big gain.
House ass President to call new
conference for limiting armament.
Premier Macdonald expects Labor
pels James Larkin from membership.
United Mine Workers ratify three
year peace agreement by overwhelm-
ing vote.
Women's Trade Union League to
hold annual convention in New York
June 1921.
Farm wages averaged higher in
1923 than in 1922, Department OF
/ Agriculture reports.
House Judiciary Committee reports
child labor amendment and asks
speedy consideration.
Approximately 81 800, OO0, 900 spent
on relief of unemployment in Great
Britain since war ended.
Twenty-Five labor candidates for
House of Assembly elected in western
Australia state election.
New Jersey Labor Department calls
Nixon explosion result of gross care
! lesness and violation of law.
Five friends of Daugherty and
Jesse Smith made $50, 900 900 in Sin
clair Oil stock, Roxie Stinson testifes.
Drunkenness and alcoholism de-
crease 90 per cent in France since
1914, French Ministry of Labor re-
ports.
United States Steel Corporation
shows S500,00O,000 gain for 1923;
twelve-hour day eliminated in com.
pany's plants, E. H. Gary says.
Patronize Review advertisers.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-04-25

The season for summer diarrhea is
lust around the corner. Last year that
disease cost Illinois the lives of more
than 1000 children less than 3 wears
Of age, A choice of none but clean
safe, wholesome milk and other food
and the storing, preparation and feed.
ing of it in clean, wholesome way is
the greatest single means of pre-.
venting summer diarrhea, say the
state health authorities.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-04-25

A public spirited citizen in South
ern Illinois, when asked for the as
sistance of the state health depart
ment in connection with holding a well
baby clinic, says that it frequently
takes two days to get doctor during
bad weather. She adds that such con-
ditions recently prevented a mother
from having the benefit of medical
service during childbirth. These facts
suggest that hard roads will add more
than economic benefits to the citizens
of the state.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-04-25

Soviet Russia notifies League of
Nations she will sign mutual guaran-
tee and disarmament treaty recon-
mended by last League Assembly.
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-04-25

its passage are reported to be good.
Representatives and Senators will be
forced to declare themselves on the
amendment, however much they may
wish to dodge the issue. Watch them
and see whether they vote on the side
of humanity or on the side of the dol
lar.
The Federal Trade Commission Is
doing a fine job in getting after the
fellows who pretend they are manu-
featuring goods and are selling direct
to the public at prices lower than
charged by retailers, whereas the fact
is that they are doing nothing of the
kind.
The trade commission finds that in
many cities might dealers are
using the slogans, direct from fac
tory to you." "Buy from the maker
direct and save the big difference in
price" etc, etc. 1t declares that these
ami similar statements are used to
fool the public into believing that the
dealers are manufacturers selling di-
rest to the consuming public. In
many caess the commission charges
the dealer is not a manufacturer but
merely buys from the manufacturer
and resells to the public at prices SUBJ
stantially the same as prevailing re-
tail prices for goods of equal quality.
The commission might have added
that in most cases these fellows who
claim to be manufacturers selling d.
rect are using the scheme to foist in
ferior goods on a confiding public at
prices which net them substantial
profits.
In deciding that trade union has
the right to discipline its members,
Superior Judge C. N. Andrews Of Cal
ifornia paid, by inference. deserved
tribute to organized labor for its
work in improving the wages and
working conditions of the toiler. He
said:
II somehow feel sort of affinity
for carpenters; my father was car
penter and l spent many boyhood
hours in the shayings of his bench.
1t occurred to me in thinking of the
contrast between my father and the
carpenters of today, due to the
change of conditions, considerably
and due, perhaps, to the activities OF
organized labor.
"The conditions were much diff
ferent in my fathers time than in
the time of today. My father worked
| 10 hours day from o'clock in the
morning until 6 at night six days in
the week, when he could get job
and he got dollar and half a day;
he earned in six full days of 10 hours
each, go hours, nine dollars as his pay
check at the end of the week. while,
due to the necessities and changes,
the carpenter of today who gets a
job earns, | think. nine dollars in
one day of eight hours, so | con rat
ulate the carpenters of today. THERE
WERE NO LABOR UNIONS IN
THE DAYS WHEN MY FATHER
DID CARPENTER WORK"
Twin city review. [volume] (Champaign, Ill.) 19??-1929, 1924-04-25
WISDOM!

]. II am sorry that there were >,
|. any judges in the United States :,
+ who had to be told that labor is =,
+ not commodity but q part of a :,
!. mans life; the declaration that =
|. labor is not a commodity Is :,
!. return to the primer of human :,
!. liberty. But if there are judges y
|. in the country who have to have q
!. the primer of liberty opened y
!. before them, | am willing to :,
|. open it for them."-Woodrow >
|. Wilson. l1 y
|. The great captains of the J
+ world have been men who were >
!. calm in the moment of crisis; =
!. who were calm, too, in the long .
!. planning which preceded crisis; >,
|. who went into battle with a SER :,
!. entity infinitely ominous for :,
I. those whom they attacked. We !.
I. instinctively associate serenity i.
I. with the highest types of power ;
!. among men, seeing in II the I.
!. poise of knowledge and calm :
/. vision, that supreme heat ands.
!. mastery which is without splut- /.
+ ter or noise of any kind .
!. Woodrow Wilson. +.
Observation-Disclosures
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
SLIPPED AWAY FROM ARREST
ouakers Explanation That II Would
Have Been lnconvenient at the
Time Is Humorous.

A story dating from our Civil war
has just been retold by Earl Russell.
grandson of Lord John Russell, the
great Victorian statesman, in his my
Life and Adventures" A Philadelphia
lawyer named Rosengarten was a
colonel in the Northern army and was
dispatched to arrest John Janney, a
Quaker, who had signed the Virginian
act of secession. He found them all
at a meeting" so he just sat down
and said: Il don't want to disturb
your meeting, but l warn you that at
the end of it, it is my duty to arrest
John Janney." One or them arose and
said: "Will thee take off thy hat?"
NO" he replied, at is Friends meet
ing "Yes, thy hat Is military hat"
So he took 1t off, and his sword also,
after some demur, and one of the
Friends took them out. After an hour
or so, the meeting was over. "Now,"
he said, 81 must remind you that I
want John Janney. Pray stand up"
About twenty of them stood up. Non.
sense" he said, 81 want the John JAN
ney who signed, etc." ooh, that John
Janney,' they replied. "why he took
out thy hat an hour ago" He added
that after the war John Janney came
and called on him to apologize for
slipping away, but said It would really
have been very inconvenient for him
to have been arrested just then.-SaD
Francisco Argonaut.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Wa. FIRST TO FIND TOBACCO
Columbus Discovered Natlkes smoldne
Weed on His Arrival In
Cuba in f492.l

When Columbus landed in Cuknl In
November, 1902, he was surprised to
find natives putting smoke from their
mouths and noses" Their crude cigars
consisted of leaves of tobacco rtaled
within the sheaths Of maize headSL
The discoverer Of the new world was
also the first man from the old world
to discover tobacco. Spaniards who
invaded Paraguay. in 1908, were met
by the natives, whose Weapons were
small tubes through which they
sQuirted tobacco juice to blind the
white men One Of the Spaniards.
Gonzalo de Oviedo, went back to
Spain with some tobacco plants which
he cultivated. This was the first oc-
casion on which tobacco was brought
to Europe.
The origin Of the word nicotine Is In
teresting. In 1860 Jean Moot, an am
bassador to France, bought some tobac-
CO seed at Lisbon from q Flemish
captain just back from Florida. Moot
cultivated the plant and presented
some specimens to his queen, Gath
crime de Medici. For some time the
plant was known as "herbs de la
refine" (the Queenis plant), but this
name, being too long, gave place to
nicotiana, which survives among bot
anists to this day.
Sir Walter Raleigh and Sir Francis
Drake brought tobacco to England In
1856, but they were not-sAs first to In.
troduce It, although Sir Walter y gen,
orally given credit for having done
much to popularfze smoking az that
time.-London Answers
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
EARLY DISCOVERY OF AMERICA
Mortimer Said to Have Known Of
the Great Continent Long Before
Columbus Was Born.

1t Is said by persons who have given
attention to the subject that the
Mortimer were well acquainted with
the east coast of North America nearly
500 years before the first celebrated
voyage of Columbus. It is said to have
been accidentally discovered by an Ice
landic navigator, while endeavoring to
make the coast Of Greenland, In the
year 1901. From that time, for about
$50 years, the intercourse of the Ice
landfc Normans with Holluiand New
foundland), MARYLAND (Nova Scotia),
and vinland New England), was fire.
quent and intimate. No other Euro
pean people have been so scrupuiously
correct In keeping their records as the
Scandinavians, and the accounts Of
these early voyages, which have been
handed down from the period in which
they were made, are most particular
and circumstantial-m so. indeed,
than those Of the Spanish Adventures
who followed Columbus.
All intercourse of these Mortimer
with America seems to have ceased
about the. middle Of the Fourteenth
century This fact is as extraordinary
and inexplicable as that, about the
same time, or soon after, they disap-
peared In like manner from the west
coast Of Greenland.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
REALIZED ERROR TOO LATE
Fall When He Tackles Same
Couple Twice.

There is pride in all trades. He
was old and shambling and his eye
was red, but it had a bit of a twinkle
behind it. He pulled his mouth down.
Gould you help an old one to get
just cup of coffee now? he asked,
and touched his hat as he took the
coin.
The couple he had approached (your
expert panhandler tackles them In
couples, for most men like to show
their generosity when a woman Is
witness) turned the corner and then,
perhaps for something forgotten.
turned back after a quarter of block.
The beggar had gone on, and then
be too turned back. Once more he
approached.
Gould you help an old one to get
just cup of coffee now2" he asked.
Did you already drink the cup /
just bought your asked the man.
The beggar stopped short. He
peered. His face fell He smote his
brow and turned on his heel and hur-
ried off. And the laughing couple,
looking back, saw him blushing to the
back of his neck.
1t was simply that he had wounded
his own pride To make such a blum
der-tackling the same one twice and
that inside of three minutes. He
shufled hurrIedly and his step said as
clearly as words, Getting oldl Get
ting old !"-New York Sun and Globe.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Wheat Versus Bran as
Feed for Dairy Cows
Feed Stuffs Vary in Value
According to Other Feeds.


"A correspondent asks the value Of
low grade wheat at S1.40 per hundred
weight, compared with wheat bran at
SLIGO for dairy cows The digestible
nutrients in the two feeds show 80 per
cent more total feed value in wheat
but % per cent more protein and
three times as much minerals in the
bran. Bran Is valued also for its lax
alive and bulky nature, which makes
It good for mixing with heavy grains.
Feeding stuffs vary in value according
to the other feeds in the ration. Bran
would be the more valuable feed in
balancing ration greatly lacking in
protein.
Where alfalfa hay is available to
supply protein and minerals, the wheat
would prove the cheapest feed at
above prices. With a ration based
largely on corn fodder, cane hay, mil
let hay or corn silage for roughage it
would be necessary to feed some high
protein concentrate like oil meal or
bran in addition to the wheat. Wheat
Is a heavy concentrate and should be
mixed with lighter feeds like barley.
oats. kafir or dried beet pulp. Because
finely ground wheat is likely to form a
paste in the mouth, it should be rolled
or crushed rather than ground fine, an
other reason for feeding it in mix
ture. We have no record of expert
.ments comparing wheat bran directly,
since wheat is generally too high
priced to use as stock feed. The Danes
consider both wheat and wheat bran
are equal to mixed barley and oats,
though in the feed-unit tables used in
Scandinavian countries wheat is con.
sidered one-tenth more valuable than
wheat bran for dairy fesding.-Charles
I. Bray. Colorado Agricultural College
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
FUNGI AIDS POTATOES GROWTH
Tubers and Orchids Owe Their tx.
istence to Tiny Parasitlcal
Plants.

Common potatoes and beautiful or
chids owe their existence to queer
partnerships with tiny fungus plants
DIR. George n. F. Nuttall. director Of
Molteno institute for research in par
histology of Cambridge university
pointed out in an address here.
When potato plants are raised from
seed, tubers are not formed upon the
roots unless they are invaded by q
microscopic fungus. In soil free from
the fungi. tuberization does not .oc-
ur. In the case of many orchids the
iced will not terminate without the
assistance of fungi.
DIR. Nuttall said that this condition
Of partnership life may be regarded
as balancing between two extremes
complete immunity and deadly in
fective disease. 1t probably originated
as conflict in which one of the part
ners was parasite on the other, but
In course of time ended in mutual
adaptation 1t is by no means so rare
phenomenon as was formerly sup
posed, he explained. In some cases
the microscopic partner becomes q
permanent inhabitant Of the cells Of
the host plant or animal, and may
even be transmitted from host to host
heredftarily.
He predicted further discoveries IL
parasitism and in these mutual part
nership arrangements of Nfe.-Min
neapofis Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
PURE BRED POULTRY is BEST
There Is Greater Egg Production and
Flock More Uniform-More
Profit for Raiser.

From a government inquiry the fol-
lowing is reported: "Purebreds excel
by 40 per cent. High utility value OF
purebred live stock. Purebred live
stock has about 40 per cent greater
earning power (apart from its breed
ing or sale velue) than scrub stock
The superiority of purebreds on q
utility basis is due principally to:
Better conformation and quality, in
creased production, more economical
production, and earlier maturity. For
poultry the superior earning power
is 40.7 per cent
Does purebred poultry payf The
above Information helps to answer the
question. says N. r. Mehrhof, Ex-
tension poultry specialist.
The following are some reasons why
we should raise purebred poultry.
(a) There is greater egg production,
(b) The flock, being more uniform,
looks better and gets better care, (e)
Standard birds produce standard prod
ucts anu standard products demand
better prices for breeding birds. hatch
ing eggs, and baby chicks for sale.
All of these mean more profit for the
chicken raiser.
Visit the shows and find out which
breed you would prefer to raise. Sc
lect your breed and variety. Breed
for increased egg production, keep
ing In mind health, vigor and quail.
fcation for that particular breed and
variety.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
WISDOM FROM ANCIENT SAGE
Egyptian Knew Whereof He Spoke, ana
His Words Are Worth Keeping
In Remembrance Today.

Long centuries before Tut-Ankh-
Amen ruled as Pharaoh in the land of
the Nile, a certain Ptah Hotep served
bis king, Itoso. IN the capacity Of vizier.
Very little Is known about this ancient
philosopher beyond the face
that, like all fond parents since the
world began. he exercised his paterna.
prerogative by giving unsought advice
to his son.
DIR. James Walsh OF Fordham uni
Sersity has called attention to the
sizier's letters to his boy, written ap-
rarently about $500 years ago, and
preserved in what Is claimed by some
to be the oldest book In the world.
The burden of one epistle seems to
have been not unlike the oft-quoteG
advice of shakespeare Polonius of
much later day-"Beware of entrance
to quarrel" Other words of Hotep
were: Don't argue with your superb.
ors; 1t does not do any good. Don't
cirque with your equals; make a plain
statement and let ii go at that. Don't
argue with your interiors; let them
talk and they will make fools of them
selves"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
A Pair of Gloves.

One keen, biting winter morning hall
a dozen grizzled, stoop-shouldered old
men were cleaning off the snow and
Ice from the sidewalk of an eastern
city. They were warmly clad, and all
wore thick gloves or mittens except
one; he was trying to work bare
handed.
While he was alternately swinging
his pick and stopping TO blow on his
fingers tall, broad-shouldered man
came walking along the pavement. He
wore a fur coat and a pair of beau
tiful heavy gloves. When he CANT
opposite the old man who was resting
a moment from his work, he suddenl,
snatched off his gloves, thrust them
vigorously into the Land of the labor
er. and with the tenderest and mer-i
est of smiles went right on, without
even turning round, and was lost in
The crowd
The old man Strengthened and stood
staring after him III utter hewilder
ment. Then, shaking his gray head
over and over as if he were unable
to explain the generosity of the
stranger. he slowly drew on the com
torting gloves and continued his HARD
work.--Youth Companion
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
UAKwlN's THEORY OF LIFE
Opinion That Has Been Sharply A.
tackled and Holly Defended Since
He Expressed IL.

Charles Darwin published in 1859 q
work entitled "Origin of Species" in
an attempt to prove that the numerous
species now existing on the earth
sprang originally from one, or at most,
few primal forms, and that the
present diversity is due to special de-
yelopment and natural selection.
According to Darwin's theory, those
plants and creatures that are best
suited to the conditions Of their ex
istence survive and become fruitful;
certain organs called into play by pc
.culiar conditions of life grow with
their growth and strengthen with their
strength, until they become so much
part and parcel of their frames as
to be transmitted to their offspring.
The conditions of life being very di.
verse cause a great diversity of or
ganic development, and of course
every such diversity which has be-
come radical Is the parent of a new
species.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
LANGUAGE FOR HOME USE
Japansss Interpreter EnlIehksns Ameri-
ear Who 1920 Grave
Mistake.

The women Of Japan have not yet
attained very high position In so
ciety. The Land Of the Rising Sun is
a mans country; there is no doubt
about that. There is some agitation,
rather sporadic, about equal rights for
women, women suffrage and all that
sort of thing. and occasionally we read
somewhat inaccurate article about
the new woman In Japan" but she
still has long way to go before she
viii be considered mans equal.
The man is the kingpin 81 the house
hold in Japan; everything revolves
around him. If "donna-san," the mas
ter. is displeased with anything, out 1t
goes Meals are planned solely to
tickle. the masters palate, and the
woman Of the house may eat or leave
them, just as she chooses, so long as
"donna-san" does not register a com.
plant, nothing else matters.
An American living in Tokyo was
practicing his Japanese on an inter-
prefer In his Office one morning. He
was sailing along smoothly, he be-
lieved. on the rough sea of the Japa-
nese language. when the interpreter
halted him.
you must never use that express
sion.' he said. quoting the words the
foreigner had used.
mo? Why mott"
1T Is not good Japanese" the Japa-
nese replied gravely, you must never
use that expression except when you
are talking to an inferior, such as a
servant or your WIFE"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
WAR IN IRREGULAR MANNER
0uerriIias Have Never Been Recoa
nized az Part of the Armed
Forces in a Controversy.

The term guerrilla Isl applied to
armed bands who, on the occasion of
foreign invasion or civil war, carry on
an irregular warfare ON their own
account. This class of fighters belongs
particularly to Spain, where from 1903
TO 1914 they were Systematically on.
ganized against the French, whose
operations they very seriously en-
harrassed. The country itself also
suffered from them. Many of them,
particularly Mina's band, Joined Well
ington, and. after having undergone a
course Of discipline. rendered signal
service as regular troops. On the
conclusion Of peace large numbers
were organized into robber bands. In
most Of the ciyil wars Of Spain since
1870, guerrilla warfare. especially In
the Basque provinces. played promi-
nent part. In the Civh war Of the
United States. bands OF guerrillas COM
mitted depredations on both Federals
and Confederates-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
ROSS FOUND MAGNETIC POLE
Interesting Spot 10 Almost Directly
North Of the City Of
Winnipeg.

The magnetic pole, as distinguished
from the geographical pole, is the
point where the needle stands vertical
y. showing the center Of terrestrial
magnetism for the Northern hemi-
sphere. This was discovered June 1,
1881. by Capt. John Ross. The amount
OF the dip Of the needle was SO de-
grees, 90 minutes, being thus within
one minute Of the pole, If not it's ac-
tual existence where he stood. was
further confirmed by the actions of
several horizontal needles In his DOS
session. Not one Of them showed the
slightest effort to move from the posi-
ton In which 1t was placed. This In.
teresting spot is almost directly north
OF the city Of Winnipeg, and within
less than 20 degrees of that city. To
De exact, the location Of the north
magnetic pole is 70 degrees. 5 minutes
and II seconds latitude and 9, degrees
70 minutes and As seconds longitude.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Lord Hero Of Rnm..e.

The fame of Lord Richard (.Dick'')
Wilmington. who in the latter part Of
the Fourteenth and early part Of the
Fifteenth centuries was Mayor Of
London, Is due mainly to the popular
romance Of which he became the hero.
According to this legend, the lad whit
tlngton went to London and found en-
pioyment as q scullion. To the freight
Of an outgoing vessel he contributed
his cat, which was sold for a large sum
IN Barbary. When the shin returned
TO London he heard the How bells
sounding. calling him to tie future
mayorship. He received the price Of
,.:s cat, married his lady fair, and.
living happily. rose to the honored post
Of mayor. There is, however, no
Foundation for this tale. nor for the
accounts Of his being made 1 knight,
and q his burning he k1nk,a bonds
for 1arre sup,s 1ua han