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Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

Sometimes IL looks as though our
biggest fools are those who race the
train to the crossing, and then again
it. looks as though it is the fellow
who tries to play politics without
knowing how.
Il hope" says Bill Montgomery,
''that men don't take to wearing
whiskers again. Women might also
start it on the ground of equal
rights"
Some senators were never heard of
until the oil investigation began
and some of them will never be heard
of afterward.
John Goodall says if the radio
broadcasting stations have the in
tefest of the public at heart they'll
bar political orators.
81 know man." declares Doc
Bicknell, who is always talking
about his wife in his sleep-only he
calls her by another name.''
Frank Ticknor says he longs for
the good old days when it was con-
sidered science to know how to hold
a girl and big album on your lap
at the same time.
Another thing the matter with
the world chirps Judge Manion,
sis there are too many married wo-
men and not enough wives.
Many a woman around Mountain
Home wishes her husband was as
handy about the house as he is about
the garage.
According to Mother, it's a real
pleasure to tuck the children in bed
If you can manage to keep awake
until the children come in.
A Chicago woman claims three wo-
men tried to steal her husband, and |
that is bound to give him the swell
head.
We recently heard a Mountain
Home man wondering why girls new
ar cry like they used to. Maybe they
believe in keeping their powder dry.
Ordinarily a woman is afraid of
4 mouse, but not if she has promised
% love, honor and obey him.
There are said to be "a political
lrties in Germany now. In this
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25
Shootin' at the Moon
**x**x****x****x <
Soc ct tuum damum.-P Hny.

Bert Barr says no girl wants a man
to begin paying her attention unless
he is willing to wind up by paying
her bills.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25
Blue as Mourning Color.

In Turkey. Syria and Armenia the
women wear garments of celestial blue
as an emblem of mourning.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

| ne N1Ouuldlu I1Olue man WHO cues
home and finds the kitchen stove in
the parlor doesn't have to be told
that it's house cleaning time.
Science is capable of doing many
things but it has never been able to
make an umbrella stay where man
puts it.
Maybe another reason why the
worm turns is because its back gets
to itching.
Mountain Home citizens who have
any fruit trees will hesitate to do
any grating this year for fear of
being Investigated by congress.
1t would not surprise us if the
Standard Oil Company should go into
the radio business and keep the oil
business as a side line.
GU may THINK you are smart, but
where do men throw their hats when
they get ready to run for vice-presi-
dent?
Mountain Home women are only
as old as they feel, and how they feel
depends a good deal on what the
neighbors have to say about them.
Eighty new amendments to the
constitution have already been Of
fered in congress. 1t won't be long
until we will be referring to our
constitution as our amendments.
Before he gets her he tells her
that he would gladly die for her. At
ter he gets her he cusses a blue
streak every time he makes a pay
ment on his life insurance policy.
No matter how successfully radio
presents dramas and comedies and
selections it will never APP
peal to the average man on the day
there's circus in town.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

Science is capable of doing many
things but it has never been able to
make an umbrella stay where a man
puts it.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

country we have only two-the ms
and outs.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

Maybe another reason why the
worm turns is because its back gets
to itching.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

There are said to be "a political
parties in Germany now. In this
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

Ordinarily a woman is afraid OF
a mouse, but not if she has promised
to love, honor and obey him.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

No matter how successfully radio
presents dramas and comedies and
musical selections it will never ap-
peal to the average man on the day
there's a circus in town.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

Sometimes IL looks as though our
biggest fools are those who race the
train to the crossing, and then again
il. looks as though it is the fellow
who tries to play politics without
knowing how
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

Before he gets her he tells her
that he would gladly die for her. At
ter he gets her he cusses a blue
streak every time he makes a pay
ment on his life insurance policy.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

We recently heard Mountain
Home man wondering why girls new
er cry like they used to- Maybe they
believe in keeping their powder dry.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1924-04-25

Mountain Home citizens who have
my fruit trees will hesitate to do
my grating this year for fear of
icing Investigated by congress.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Stone-Age Houses Are
Rebuilt on Lake Shore

All visitors to the Lake of Constance
In Baden know that on its banks may
be found remains of so-called lake
dwellings, prehistoric habitations built
on platform supported on piles. In
Switzerland and in Austria, where pills
dwellings of the same kind have also
been discovered, the first reconstruc.
ton of these ancient villages was tried.
At present demonstrations Of SIM
liar kind are being made at Unter-Uhl-
dingen on the Lake Of Constance.
Last year family house and a
mems house" were erected on the an
cient piles. Both are limitations of the
oldest types Of lake dwellings belong
ing to the Stone age. A third house
initiating the later type Of the Bronze
age is to be built next.
These dwellings are furnished with
the various implements and articles Of
daily use found in the neighborhood
and are Instructive prehistoric mu-
seums on a small scale. 1t is now
planned to reconstruct a cluster Of
dwellings showing almost village for.
nation on the Swiss bank Of the lake
at matingen.-Christian Science
Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Meaning of Ferry

The original meaning of the verb to
ferry is conveyed by the couplet in an
early English poem, which describes
how the king, gone accounting among
his faithful subjects, was "kaht bi the
heIcs feryed out by the feet"
In those days the verb to ferry
meant to carry, or as in the cited case
of the king, to drag out.
The use of the noun ferry as a boat
or vessel for carrying passengers or
goods across a body of water was an
afterthought
The application Is quite logical.
Ferrying is carrying, only that 1t Is
now restricted to carrying over body
of water BY the same token it would
be extremely difficult to 'ferry" a king
out by the heels.-New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
HAD SUBSTITUTE FOR "WEEDr
Ancient. Romans ussd coltsfoot a
Remedy and Also as Tobacco,
Says Writer.

The fumes of dried coltsfoot were
used as remedy In case Of difhculty
In breathing, both in ancient Roman
times and In Tudor England. Lyle,
In his translation, 1878, of DodoenI
Historic of Plants" says of coltsfoot:
THE perfume of the dryed leaves layde
upon quicke coles, taken into the
mouth through the pipe Of funnel,
or tunnel. helpeth suche az are trou-
bled with the shortnsss Of winde and
fetche their breath thicks or often, and
do breake without daunger the impos-
TENS Of the BREAST"
The leaves Of coltsfoot and other
plants have often been used az a sub
stitute for tobacco In modern days. A
correspondent Of Notes and Queries, In
1897, said that whan he was q boy
hs knew an old Calvihist minister who
used to smoke dH mixture Of the
leaves Of horehound. yarrow and
afoalsfoot' intermingled with small
quantity Of tobacco. He said 1t was q
very good substitute for the genuine
article.
slmilsx mixtures, or the leaves q
coltsfook alone, have oftan been
smoked Ia bygone days By folk who
could not anord to an6ke<sbHcco o0ey'
--Dsls1ll Ssps-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Thrilling Adventure
at the Wisckina Hour
ng-room man

The clock on the dining-room man.
telplece had just struck midnight.
AS the last stroke merged into 81
ience the watcher looked up from his
meal and listened intently. The fire
mad died down almost to extinction.
and the full moon, shining through the
French windows, threw eerie shadows
across the deserted room.
A slight sound, hardly discernibie to
ordinary ears. came from the outside
OF the window, as If something were
scraping on the stonework underneath
the window.
Instantly the watcher was on his
feet, crouching In the shadow of a
big armchair, his head on one side,
every sense on the alert.
While he was listening thus the
moon disappeared behind a cloud.
When 1t appeared again a shadow was
silhouetted against the window; and
even as the watcher, his heart palpl.
tating, decried the mysterious appear.
ance, the window slowly began to open
noiselessly. Family, almost imper-
ceptibly, the opening grew larger, a
black shadow silently protruded itself,
dropped quietly to the ground, and
faded into the darkness Of the recess.
There followed a deathly silence,
broken only by the faint sound Of
trees swaying In the night breeze.
Suddenly black shadow detached 1t.
self from the darkness around the
walls and steadily crossed the path Of
moonlight near the fireplace.
A slight noise caused the watcher
to turn. AS he did so he became
aware of two shining green lights
glarfng uncannily at him, about foot
away, from out of the darkness. With
a despairing shrek of terror he fed
for the sideboard. The black shadow
sprang. A brief scuf1e, a sharp
scream of pain-and silence.
Five minutes later the black tom
cat left by the way he had entered,
the still warm body of the newly slain
mouse in his jaws.-London Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Modern DueHing

Two men had planted themselves in
field and were about TO fight duel
with pistols when the farmer dashed
up.
NO duelling here" he declared. II
done suppose either of you can shoot
straight"
They admitted the truth Of this.
"Then your shots are apt 70 go vide
and hurt someHe 81
We'll, where can we fight? Got an
other f1eld?"
go over yonder to the railroad"
suggested the farmer. "What you
want Is a tunnel"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
ScrelUs Used in Watches

Certain of the screws used In max
ing watches are so tiny that 100000
Of them could be placed in a womans
thimble. These screws are cut by a
machine from steel wire that is only
four-one-thousandths of an inch in dl-
ameter, and as the chips fall 1t looks
as though the operator were simply
shaving the wire for his own amuse-
ment. No. screws can be seen, and yet
q screw is made at every third opera
ton. Studied through microscope, it
will be seen that each little finished
screw is evenly grooved at the pro-
portion of 260 threads to the inch. 1t
is estimated that a single machine
turns out about million month.
They are polished in wholesale fash
iop-ten thousand at time. They
would never be finished taken sep
arateiy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Wigs to Patch Bald Heads

wigs are being more worn nova
days than formerly" a london wig
maker stated. Young men whose
hair has become thin perhaps in only
one spot are having it patched I
have made and fitted many such
patches for men who are not yet thlr-
ty." A nerve specialist stated that
the conditions of modern life in big
cities-worry, sedentary occupations
and general nerve strain-are respon-
sible for an increase of badness at a
comparatively early age.-London
Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
His HUin

Two Irishmen met in the street one
day.
Sure I met man last week, and.
bedad. I'd have sworn 1t was your
self"
And wasn't itT' asked the other.
Never a Bit" replied Pat. But
he was your very image, barrin' he was
e thrifie gray. suppose, now, ye
haven't such a thing as twin brother
a few years older than yourself2'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
DRUNKEN DRIVERS must GO
Suffolk (Va.) News.

Now that spring is here and the
highways will be crowded with motor
lists, those in authority should bend
every effort to free the roads OF TINS
state of the drunken driver who is
menace to human life. The country is
supposed to be dry, but since it is not
true and liquor flows everywhere, steps
must be taken to protect the innocent
from slaughter at the hands of beasts
who load up on moonshine and persist
in getting behind the wheel. The sober
speeder is tad enough, but the night
mare of the highways now is the man
beclouded with liquor. On this point
the Winchester Star says:
"The General Assembly of Virginia
has passed law providing for i'm
prisonment of all drunken drivers, and
this law should be strickly enforced.
There is too much reckless driving
going on at the present day, and a
great deal of it is due to intoxicated
drivers. The most drastic steps should
be taken to bring this to STOP"
The drunken drivers cannot be jailed
unless he is arrested and brought be-
fore a justice. Unless the courts are
firm in the discharge of their duty the
law will amount to little in breaking up
the evil of which the public complains
There should be no side-stepping or
the part of justices and men who are
brought before them on this charge
should be given the full extent of the
law. Once the case is proven beyond
doubt. Ordinary speeding can be
excused under certain circumstances
but there is no excuse for the drunken
man at the wheel If the law is en-
forced the highways will be made
reasonably safe for traffic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Correct.

In public school recently the chill.
dren were called upon to write an es-
say, and at the appointed time little
Hugh submitted an effusion on the
ark, in which he made the statement
that Noah fshed one day for about
five minutes.
When the teacher looked over the
composition she was not little pug
zled. She couldn't understand why
anybody fond of piscatorial sport
should give. up in so short a time.
Hugh" she remarked. looking up
from the essay, you say that Noah
fished for only five minutes?"
Because" was the prompt explana
ton of Hugh, "he didn't have but
two worms. "-Harper's.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25

Fourth: The names and addresses of
the persons to whom the balances
of the said funds should be paid,
and the percentages of eanh fund
payable to each person. Cost
items will be shown, etc.
The undersigned Special Master will
SIT at his office at Woodstock, Shenan-
doah County, Virginia, on the End day
OF May, 1924, and on such other days
thereafter as may be fixed at that time,
or from day to day, for the purpose o +
carrying out the provisions of said de-
cree and making the investigations
and report provided for therein.
The lands, and the description
thereof, involved in this cause, are as
follows:
l. Stoneburner Tract No. 2 of 1885
acres, eastern side of Short Mountain,
Madison District, Shen. Co. Va.
2. Stoneburner Tract No. 3 of 3.45
acres, lying west of ,Moreland Gap,
near Mt. jackson Fort Road, Ashby
District, sometimes known as u. NJ.
Solomon Lap"
A G. Wynkoop Tract, 60.74 acres,
northwest side of Short Ash Mountain,
Madison District, Shen. Co. Va.
4. Robert Hume Heirs Tract. /, 31.71
acres, northwest side or near and
along the top of Massanutten Noun
tain, Lee District.
5. Robert Hume Heirs Tract 2, $3.50
acres, situated and adjoining above
tract.
6. Robert Hume Heirs Tract 3, A 81
acres, situated and adjoining above
tracts.
T. George Jones Heirs Tract of 50.39
acres, lying along the top or west
side Three Top Mountain. situated in
Johnston District. Shen Co Va.
8. Elizabeth Glen Tract of 1864
acres, lying along the northwest side
of Powells Fort Valley, situated in
Johnston District, Shen. Co. Va.
, Complete descriptions of the fore
going tracts and each of them, by metes
and bounds. are on file in my office. rs
part of the papers of the suit in this
case, and the same are hereby and
herein referred to for fuller descrip-
ton.
1t is further ordered that The Special
Master will publish the within notice
once week for two successive weeks,
in the Shenandoah HERALD, a news
paper published at Woodstock, Va, in
County, Va.
Given under my hand as Special
Master of the U. S. District of Vir-
ginia, the day and year first aforesaid
c. C. SKYLES.
Special Master, U. S. District Court,
Western District of Virginia
April 1S-2w.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25

The man who conluers is the
one who moves steadily, persist
entity. toward his goal, unmind-
full whether the goal il always in
sight or not. unmindful of OBJ
stacles. Of difficulties and dis
couraging conditions. He moves
forward as Columbus moved,
even ia the face of mutiny. This
day the great discoverer wrote,
We sailed west because it was
our course"
Virginia Guide.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
TO OUR SUBSCRIBERS

The Post Office is again makingde
mands on publishers of newspapers to
revi q their mailing lists. Under the
ruling of the Department the publisher
vi aot be allowed to mail papers as
sev ud-class matter to subscribers who
owe for more than one year, unless
the subscriber has given instructions
TO continue sending it for a definite
time and bona fide promise to pay.
Because of this law. we are compelled
to communicate with all onr subscrib-
ers and ask them to cooperate with us
that we may put our mailing list in the
shape required.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Animals and Birds

We mount all kinds of AM
MALS and BIRDS true to
life. We also manufacture
SCARFS, CHECKERS, etc
from your own FURo,a as we'll
as remodel your old FURS, at
money saving prices. Work
left at Mrs. D. M Clark s
Store in Woodstock will re-
ceive prompt attention Phone
Mutual.
Asa A. Sheetz & Son.
Jan Is, If.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25

a scnool teacher had found her
class of boys reluctant in their writ
ings of English compositions. At last
she conceived a great idea to stimu-
late their interest-to write an &C
count of ball game.
It seemed that she was success
full. With one exception. the boys
threw themselves at the task and
evolved youthful masterpieces. The
backward one chewed reluctantly at
his pen and was then struck by a
burst of genius. When the teacher
opened his paper. 1t read: "Rain--no
game"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Couordly Kind

The Actor-Yes, sir, some one aimed
a base. cowardly egg at me.
The Other-And what kind of an
egg is that?
The Actor-A base, cowardly egg,
sir? A base, coward y egg is one that
hits you--and then runs:-Sydney Bull
ietin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Forest Protection Week
Observance Began Monday

Monday marked the beginning
of the fourth annual Forest Pro.
lection Week as proclaimed by
President Coolidge. The Forest
Service, United States Depart
ment of Agriculture, reports that
many Governs also have issued
proclamations and that the OBJ
servance of the movement is far
more widespread this year than
ever before.
In addition to federal agencies
about so organizations, includ-
ing business clubs, outdoor and
vocational societies are actively
engaged in the campaign to pre-
vent forest fires. The United
States Chamber of Commerce, the
Isaac Walton League, the Par
eut-Teachers Association, the
American Forestry Association,
the Girl Scouts, the Girl Reserves
and the Boy Scouts are among
those organizations who are MAX
lug special efforts to drive home
the menace of mau-caused fires.
Wick NATIONAL IN SCOPE.
Forest Protection Week" de-
clared w. B. Greeley. chief of
the Forest Service, becomes
truly national in scope. 1t is a
movement that is now partici-
pated in by many of the country's
leading organizations, | am IN
deed thankful to say that the
public itself is awakening to the
value of Americas cumberland,
and is awakening. also, to the
serious economic burdens result
ing FROM forest fires.
THE United States consumes
more wood than any other ma
ton in the world. In fact, this
country uses three fiftlls of all
wood consumed i'll the entire
world, and consumes more thar
half of the worlds yearly cut of
sawtimber.
THESE figures are eloquent
arguments for protecting the for
est land of the United States
ag ainst unnecessary waste and
damage trom 6re-the Creates
single enemy of our forests.
"Man-caused fires form so per
cent OF all fires reported each
year. These fires can largely be
prevented by little thought and
care while in wooded areas, es-
pecially-when every citizen learns
to ablior fire in the woods just as
much as he now abI1or fire III
his home"
ELEVEN MILLION ACRES BURNED.
The area of forest land swept
by fire each year is about twice
the size of the area cut over an
nually by logging operations.
state forestry officials. Records
kept by the Forest Service show
that an average of $4,000 forest
fires occur each year. burning
over IL. 900. 900 acres of land. and
causing loss of 500, 600. ex
elusive of the indirect damage to
young growth. watershed pro-
lection, animal life, and recrea
ton.
April p. the second day of
Forest Protection Week. marks
the fifty-second anniversary Of
Arbor Day. The late ]. Ster-
ling Morton of Nebraska, former
Secretary of Agriculture. origi-
mated the plan of having a day
each year set apart for tree plant
ing. Monday IN all States, and
in many foreign countries, APP
propriate ceremonies feature the
observance of Arbor Day. In
many States Arbor Day will be
celebrated during Forest Protec-
ton Week.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Those Brave Americans

1.-THE rapidly increasing divorce
rate" remarked the newcomer, "proves
that America Is fast becoming the land
of the free"
"Yes," said his friend, "but the con-
tinuance of the marriage rate shows
that 1t is still the home of the brave"
West Virginia Wesleyan Pharos.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
Removal Notice

Having vacated j. F. Ramey's Room
on Court Street, am temporarily To-
Gated. Until permanently located, work
left al. F. S. Bowman's Department
Store. or Arthur Boyer's Variety Store
viii be given prompt attention.
Dec. 14-tf. B. F. HIsEY.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25

He was an argumentative local at
torney, and was crushing an op-
ponent's case. Gentlemen he said,
''you may say. with Lawyer Smith,
that this is a case Of six of one and
half a dozen of the other. But l say
no''-pause for emphasis-'no; it is
nothing of the sort. 1t is exactly the
contrary"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25
FOR SALE

Small farm 81 acres. q miles west oil
Toms Brook, Va, well watered, nine
room house, good out buildings, one
mile from store and school, mile from
church, on State road, bargain If sold
at once.
w. M. CALVERT,
Everything 10 Real Estate
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-04-25

Put your savings In the Saving
Department OF the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock
Va at 3.per cent compound interests
Amounts OF .ef.eo and upwards receiv-
ed. The only savings institution 10
the county for the accumulation OF the
small savings of laboriDg men, wo
men, and children.