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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
He'd saw Il Was.

A man, travelling in a train that had
made several abrupt stops and sudden
jerks, became a bit anxious. There
had been numerous accidents on the
line Of late, so he had been told, and
there was cause for fear Calling the
porter aside, he said: George. is this
train safe?'
"Safe as any, subj"
'Is there a block system on the
road?"
Georges grin extended from ear to
ear.
"Block system, sub? Why, boss we
has de greatest block system in de
world Ten miles back we was blocked
by load of hay, six miles back we
was blocked by mule, just now we
was blocked by cow, and 1 reckon
when we gets farther south, we'll be
blocked by an alligator. Block sys-
tenn, sub? Well, I'll say 1t is!"-
Country Gentleman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
FORGOT Part Of Her.

The housewife was busily engaged
with the family washing one Monday
morning when she saw the rent collec-
tor coming up the path to the door,
She.instructed her little son to answer
the bell and tell the visitor that she
had gone out on an errand.
Since the room offered no better hid
ing place, she crouched behind a
ciotheshorse, on which the clothes were
hanging to dry.
The boy opened the door and told
the tale, according to his mothers in
structions. When he had finished the
visitor cast sharp glance toward the
screen of drying clothes and remarked:
"Well, my lad, just tell your mother
1 called, and you might tell her that
next time she goes down the street she
would do better to take her feet with
her."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
How to Make a Hsctoaraph.

A photograph is pad composed
Of gelatin and glycerin used for max
Ing many impressions of writing and
drawing. This pad is made in the
proportions of one ounce Of gelatin to
six and one-half ounces Of glycerin.
These two ingredients should be al
lowed TO mix by slowly heating for
several hours over vessel filed with
hot salt water. When thoroughly
melted the mixture is poured into a
long shallow pan and allowed to
harden. when it will present a smooth
even surface. A special copying ink
is needed, which can be purchased
at "a stationery store. The matter
to be copied is written and placed
face downward on the pad. After a
short period the imprint of the writ
ing will be transferred to the pad
About one hundred copies may be
made by placing blank paper over the
tracings on the pad and gently rub
bling, thus transferring the impress
sion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Bed lime for Flowers.

Different flowers have different
closing times. The common water
lily retires about four o'clock in the
afternoon, the daisy and buttercup
much later in the evening. Tulips and
crocuses. being susceptible to climat-
ic changes, 60 to bed as soon as the
heat of the day is over and the eve
ming chill sets in. The goats beard,
something like dandelion, and grow
ing in tall grass, shuts up its flowers
at noon, and does not open them again
till the next morning. For this reason
the flower is sometimes called John
go-to-bed-at-noon. The scarlet pim-
pernel, found in most British corn
fields, shuts Its petals when the sky
gets dark and cloudy. Thus. 1t has
earned for itself the name Of "Shep-
herds Weather Glass"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
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MONKEY KISSED ITS MOTHER
Writer Tells Of Human.Llke Scene Of
Similar Affection In Burma
Forest.

IN Burma we had q monkey tribe
tnaf were called locally human; gray
Dlack-faced tree jewellers, says w. A.
fraser in the Saturday Evening Post.
The males, as they looked down at one,
ne black face surrounded by white
whiskers, always wore puzzled. plain.
tive look.
They were lengthy Of limb, long Of
tau and light-bodied. built expressly for
their mode Of travel, which consisted
IN racing to the top of a tree and shoot
ing ont n q flying leap downward to
I'll Hmb oz another the tail, as IL It
did the trick automatically, twisting
about the limb with grip quite strong
enough to suspend the monkeys body.
In these flying leaps and In the race
up the tree, the monkey babe always
lay fiat, slung under the mother, its
paws grasping the mothers fur.
Once. standing quietly on jungle
path, / saw a female of this tribe sit
ting on limb with her back toward
me. Behind her ON the limb a baby
monkey about a quarter grown was
skylarking, pinching his mother and
trying to tie a knot in her tail. Sud
denly saw him stand up, put his front
paws under the mothers chin, pull her
head over backward and kiss her. The
mother her heart full of affection,
fancy, was delighted, for her head went
over willingly and she rubbed the
baby's cheek with her own.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Playing the Game.

In a certain New England village
where the Sunday church attendance
was small lived a young widow who
had taken quite fancy to the min
lister. She could see that he also
cared for her, but was evidently too
shy to say anything. One Sunday
evening the congregation was smaller
than usual. After the services the
clergyman said to the widow: did
you like my sermon?"
at was beautiful" she replied.
"I wish more people would come, "
he said
She saw her chance. $50 do l." she
answered. why, tonight, every time
you said dearly beloved IL positive
" blushed.' Pathfinder.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Chess-Mad VILLAGE.

Stroebeck in central Germany, IL
village devoted to chess since 1011
when a Count Gunnelin was impris-
oned there and TO pass the time made
chessboard and chessmen. Then he
played with his jailers. The whole vii
lage took to the game and has played
1t ever since to the complete exclusion
of all other pastimes. Old and young,
men and women play 1t; the inhabl-
tants are seldom seen without chess
board; the children take chessboards
to school; at the schools instruction Is
given in chess daily; every day there
are chess competitions. The village
hosiery is called the 'Chess Inn" Yet.
strangely enough, Stroebeck has never
produced a worlds chess champion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
CID CUSTOMS STILL IN USE
Certain Articles Must Be Presented
to the King of England as
In Ancient Days.

We (the people of EnglanG pride
ourselves that we are governed by q
constitutional sovereign and that the
old heresy Of the divine right Of kings
to govern wrongly has been exploded
and Is not likely to be set up again.
Yet occasionally we are reminded OF
an incideRt or custom which carries
us back to the days of feudalism.
For instance, the feudal quit rent
for plot Of land in Shropshire, grant
ed to the city of London in 1211 by
King John II consists Of new
Ratchet, new billbook and two flag
COTS. These articles must be presented
to the king every year by the city cor
poration, and it is fact that the two
faggots are solemnly chopped in pieces
by the city solicitor at the law courts
in the presence of various high Off
Gals. The Chips" together with
Ratchet and blllbook, are handed to
the kings remembrancer
This ceremony is preceded by an
other of similar character, for six
horseshoes and sixty-one nails are
handed to the kings representative.
They represent the rent for the plot
of ground now occupied by the law
courts. This plot was occupied at one
time by farrier, whose duty 1t was
to shoe the horses of the knights who
fought in the tournaments held close
at hand.
King Georges feudal status Is even
more marked in the Channel islands.
When the sovereign visited Guernsey
some time ago the seigneurs knelt
before him.
They placed their hands between his
and recited the oath of homage In Nor
man French, while the king, reading
from a card held by the queen, con-
firmed each seigneur tin his privileges.
The holder Of one fief was woman
who, for the land she held. presented
the king with pair Of golden spurs
London Tit-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
TRAGEDY OF AGED BUFFALO
Abandoned, ciings to Water Hole In
Pitiabie Solitude Until He
Perishes.

s1The buffalo bull that has outlived
his usefulness Is one of . the most
pftiabie objects in the whole range of
natural history" says Col. Henry In
man in his 1.-THE Old Santa Fe Trail"
published in 1897, according to the
Detroit News. Abandoned to his
fate, he may be discovered, in his
dreary isolation, near some stream or
lake, where it does not tax him too
severely to find good grass. In this
new stage Of his existence he seems
to have completely lost his courage
Frightened at the rustling of leaf,
he is the very incarnation of nervous
ness and suspicion. Solitude. foreign
to his whole nature, has changed him
into a new creature.
Nobody ever saw one of these mis-
cradle or forlorn creatures dying a
natural death or ever heard of such
an occurrence. The cowardly coyote
auc - erny Jrufr MIRA already marked
him for their own; and they rarely
missed their calculations"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
The Horses Speed Limit.

Before our agrarian population had
taken so enthusiastically to the auto
mobile, two farmers drove into town
in an old spring wagon pulled by a
very bony nag. The little burg had
been incorporated, and among the evil
dences of this was a brand-new sign
at the town line: Speed limit-10
miles an hour" Observing this, the
driver began whipping up his steed
vigorously.
sWhat's yos huery74 demanded hls
companion In mild establishment.
"See that sfgn?' returned the other.
"But I dunno If / can make it or not :"
Everybody Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
croaked His pelIaht.

A British Columbia reader says that
while sitting alone In her home at
night a big toad would hop in time
after time and sit looking at her. AS
the toad visited her often, and she did
not care to keep 1t In the house. she
closed the door. One night she heard
D. queer little scratching at the wire
screen Of her window, and looking out
to investigate saw her friend with his
head pressed against the screen, hav.
ing climbed three feet or more to reach
the sill. and she says: ION exclaiming
oh, you're there, old fellow he greet
ed me with a genuine croak. apparent,
ly delighted at seeing me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Success.

The Sunday school teacher was 20
ing his best to inculcate lessons Of al
truiSm, and had taken as his example
the case Of two little boys, one Of
whom was always ready to grab, while
the second was willing to share every
thing.
Nov, children" he finished impress.
sively, (which Of these two boys win
grow up into the successful and re
spected manY
And as one voice the class answered
'The guy that gifts !"-Amerlcan 10.
gion Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Mako success Of Reindeer Raising.

The experiment which was made
some years ago In introducing reindeer
into Labrador has conclusively proved
that both In Newfoundland and Lab
rador 1t Is good economic proposf.
ton. writes w. T. Grenfell In Current
History. In Alaska 1t has been so sue
cessful that last year, by special ar
rangement with the Canadian govern
ment, the Hudson's Bay company i'm
ported a fine herd Of 700 deer into
Bafin land. We have helped to form
another company. which has received
special concessions from the New
foundland government and expects t.
start with a herd Of a thousand deel
next spring. The fact that, as result
Of The war. the Lapp pastures wers
Feq1lx restricted, made Il possible T.
t1cuEe D1szlz e anlu1le - AQgde1'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18

The motorcars of Chinese officials
are formidable terrors. With fur
carped servants standing on the run
ming boards, they go fun speed through
the long streets, needless Of life or
property. and with no thought for
traffic laws. The khaki-clad police
hold out their arms in warning, and
everybody clashes to the curb as the
cars speed by with shrieking sirens.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Not Her Hubby.

The woman had just lost her hus-
band and had gone to summer hotel
to rest. She often dreamed Of her
husband and she would sometimes get
up In the middle of the night to see
if he wasn't walking about. Any lit
tie disturbance caused her to be
frightened One night mysterious
raps were heared on the wall of the
summer hotel.
"Great goodness" cried the fright
ened woman in room IS. 81 wonder
If that could be. my departed hus-
band?"
NO" growled the man in room
IA, sits the people on the other floors
killing mosquitoes with their slippers"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Touching for KINGS Evil.

There was an old custom of touch
ing for the kings evil.' In the "Chron-
icles of the Kings of England" one is
told that the practice of touching for
the kings evil Ga kind of scrofulal had
its origin in England at the time of
Edward the Confessor. A young mar
ried woman was ordered in dream,
one reads in simple old Saxon story,
to go to the palace and touch the
king, Joyous health followed. 1t was
held that the cure proceeded from
hereditary virtue in the royal line.
Then, there have been sycophants In
England for long. long time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Nothino oo,ra.

A school 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 ac-
count Of bali game.
II 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 ait
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, 1924-01-18
PuIIina Teeth.

Owen Mccarthy, recent arrival
from the Emerald Isle, had spent a
torturing day with a toothache. And
after he had finished his work, to-
ward evening, he beat his way to the
nearest dentist and impatiently in
quired of the extractor of molars:
How much does yez charge for
pullin' out wan tooth n
Fifty cents; seventy-five cents with
gas"
Seventy-ive cints with gas"
gasped Owen. "Bedad, thin, I'll
come round agin early in the mornin'
when IT'S daylight" Everybody's
Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Hindu Rescued by Monkey Arm

Hindu Rescued by Monkey Army.
The Hindus have a legend that
Hanuman, the monkey-faced god, with
the aid Of monkey army, helped res
cue the wife of the divine hero Rama
from a demon. Another legend Is that
Hanuman brought men a stolen gift
the mango, a valued Indian fruit. For
the theft the monkey was condemned
to death by fire. but 1t escaped with
only its hands, feet and face burned,
and these have been black ever since.
The Hanuman monkey In his native
land is a privileged being. In some
Hindu communities these monkeys live
in the top stories Of the homes Of the
natives. If one native bears another a
grudge, he places rice or corn on the
enemy's roof, and the monkey tears
open the roof to secure the particles
which have fallen into the crevices, 80
the house is opened to the rain.-Ds-
troit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Wanted an illustration.

Wife (who has the foreign Ian
guage "spasm')--J do you know
I'm getting on splendidly with my
Frenchf ] am really beginning to
think 10 the language.
husband Interested In his paper)
lis that so7 Let me hear you think
little while in French.-New York
Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18

Nothin' dom since my last letter
The weather was so bad people
couldn't get out to raise Cain.
We hear tell of widow lady that
came by parcel post. Queer things
happen in these times.
Yesterday a mule pulled an auto
mobile out of the mud and then kicked
It TO pieces.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
u Ir,hh Of IL

l. W. During the dry spell and q
showes h.Ning come up, Doctor Blank
remarked to his gardeners "Thfs rain
viii do a lot Of good, Patrick
SIT win that, sorr." returned Pat.
"Shure an hour of It now win do more
good in five minutes than month Of it
would do in week at any other time"
Boston Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18

No matter where you stir a blaze
the world will come to warm its hands.
1.-THE snakes can't find drunken
fisherman to bite" says The Whitsett
Courier, "and that's why there are so
many live snakes now
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
Taking the Chance.

Father-Didn't / tell you not to let
me catch you doing that againi
Little Willie-Yes, SIR.
'Father-Then why did you do thatf
Little Because / didn't think
that you would catch me.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18

Invest yo=r money the percen
Certificates OF The Shenandoah Valley
Loan & Trust Co., Woodstock, Va
Security unquestioned. Interest pay
able spontaneously, and Certificate
redeemable any time after six months
on Short notice.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18

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 81 20 and upwards receiv-
ed. The only savings institution in
the county for the accumulation OF the
small savings of laboring men, VIC
men, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18

Fresh Jersey COW and calf.
SAMUEL O. CRABILL,
Woodstock. va. r. r. d. |.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
BUSINESS CARDS.
DR. C. C. BEIDLER,
VETERINARY

VETERINARY.
PHYSICIAN and SURG EON.
Graduate of The United States Col
eye of Veterinary Surgery has perma'
neuIly located ia Woodstock. Caiis
nswered day or night.
Ale Hi
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18
LAN>.
.R. WILSON GEARING.

Having decided to locate perma
neutIy IN Woodstock, | can be ioune
or telephoned al my home on Soutt
Main Street / am now prepared Il
answer all calls during the day OF
night. Thorough laboratory analysis
ADD physical examination made III my
Office. Your patronage will be appre
ciated.
July 25--tf.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-01-18

Respectfully submitted,
J. w. CARRIER, Supervisor.
A. P. ORDER, Commissioner.
Ashby Dis. Shen Co
Evening star., 1924-12-07

said there are only 450 men ready
to do business in the air right off the
bat" The old war pilots are no asset
to the present air service, owing to
the sweeping changes and advance
ments made in flying. In their time
they had ships whose maximum speed
was 125 miles per hour
Today the pursuit ships can go
twice that fast, he said. The war
time flyers would have to learn all
over again, and, while all maintain a
steadfast interest in aviation, they
would be of little help in time of
emergency. He made a plea for more
inviting conditions in the Air Service
to attract new blood to the field
which he believes is the future of
commerce and wars to come. Com
mercial aviation, Gen. Mitchell said,
cannot be a success unless survey is
made of the cost of things to be car
ried by airplanes. It is just as fool
ish to establish commercial air.
plane line without sounding out just
what use would be made of It as 1t is
to run a railroad into an uninhabited
desert, the general emphasized. For
the future, however, he saw trans
oceanic steamship docks and railroad
terminals all under one roof, on top
of which airdromes would be located.
tial that these three forms CT trans
portation be closely allied and busi-
ness eventually will demand t.
Evening star., 1924-12-07
CHILD LABOR LAW HIT.
Capital Man Among Speakers Be
fore Sentinels of Republic-

PHILADELPHIA, December g.
Protest against the proposed child
labor amendment to the Federal Con
stitution was voiced today at the
second annual convention of the Sen.
tinels of the Republic, which went on
record as favoring control of the
child labor question by the indi.
vidual States.
John H. Kirby, a Texas lumber
man, in an address termed the Fed
eral measure "a step in the direction
of the Socialist plan to make the
children the chattels of the State
instead of the jewels of the home"
Frank l.. Peckham, Washington
vice chairman of the organization
condemned the amendment as decep-
tive.
1T has sugar coating designed tc
appeal to those men and women who
are against the wasting of child life
by exploitation he said, "but il
actually seeks the right for the Fed.
eral Government to control the &C.
tivities of children"
Evening star., 1924-12-07
T,Co Ways Open
For Congress to
Act on Park Plan

There are two ways in which
congress can make provision at
this session for the long pending
park project known as the Kiln
gle Valley. the Piney Branch and
the Patterson tract development.
One way is by passing separate
bills covering these three specific
items, or by increasing the esti-
mates of 100000 recommended by
the Budget Bureau for the Ma
tional Capital Park Commission.
These three park projects have
been under consideration for
number of years, and strenuous
efforts have been made by the
Board of Trade and other civic
bodies to have them acquired be-
fore they are privately developed.
Evening star., 1924-12-07
ABSOLUTE DIVORCE OF FLEET AND
SHIPPING BOARD TO BE asked
Jones Drafting Measure to Put Operation of Mer-
chant Marine Entirely Under Control
of Corporation.

ed the policy of collective bargaining
wherever possible and has encourag-
ed fair and impartial attitude to-
ward organized labor. The Bureau
of Operations maintains offices in IA
OF the ports of the country. During
the year the bureau placed on Amer
lean vessels a total of 3S3 officers
and S4,224 unlicensed men.
Under the law, a construction loan
fund was created, setting aside an
nually s25, 900, 900 derived from sales
of property held by the Shipping
Board and from receipts of operation,
This fund last June had to it's credit
$1,000, 900. In view of the surplus
world tonnage of shipping the loans
from this fund have not been as great
as might otherwise have been ex-
pected. But among the loans made
during the last fiscal year were
1856 600 to aid in the construction
of two combination freight and pas
senger vessels to be operated chiefly
In coastwise trade-to the Cheroke ee-
Seminole Steamship Corporation, a
subsidiary of the Clyde Steamship Co.
and another of 100000 to the Rob
ert E. Lee Steamship Corporation. to
aid in the construction of a com bin ed
freight and passenger vessel. for use
in the coastwise trade, and 81, 10000
to the Coamo Steamship Corporation
for the construction Of a freight and
passenger vessel to be operated be
tween ports of the United States or
to ports of South and Central
America.
Through its bureau Of law the
hoard has Investigated particularly
alleged determinations by foreign
governments and officials against
American shipping.
These are only few Of the many
duties which the board has upon its
shoulders, entirely apart from the
opera tiOn of the feet. 1t has a great
opportunity to aid the development
of American shipping through these
functions. In fact, 1t was the pur-
pose of members of Congress who
helped to frame the shipping laws
to set up an organization which
should be comparable to the British
Board Of Trade with its relation to
shipping