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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Ruhaiyat of Incidence.

eft never pays to rustic much saio
law Ezra Fox, a-sittin' round the cor
ner on an empty cracker box. Il don
believe in stirrin' up a lot o noise al
all fer often too much energyll bring
about a fall. Now, there's the flea; MS
energy Just gifts him scratched to death
The hen thet works too hard for worms
Is first TO lose her breath. The pig the'
fights the hardest fer the corn tnrower
In the sty is first TO fatten, first 10 sci
nm first OF all to die. The horse the'
tries to do II oil soon works hisseif l'
bones. The dog thet does the barRin i
the one thet gifts the stones. No, SIR
this workin' hard amt right don
keer what they say. An hour er two o
works enough-say, ev'ry other oay.
An then he tilted 'gainst the wall hi
empty cracker box an soon was snorih
reglar like ed lazy Ezra Fox'-rH
grim.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Confederate Coinage.

II Is a matter of history that the
entire coinage of the Confederate
states consisted of four half dollar
pieces. The diverse side had god
dess of liberty same as United States
coinsj in an arc OF thirteen stars, IA
her right hand a shield Of conventional
design with Liberty" thereon and be-
low the date, 1861. On the reverse
side was an American shield beneath
a Liberty cap. the union containing
seven stars representing tie seven Sc
ceding states-the whole surrounded by
u wreath; ut the left cotton in bloom,
at the right sugar cane. The legend
was Confederate States Of America
In the exergue, Half Dol" The bor-
ders were milled and the edge was SER
rated.-New York Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
duced the same impressions, varying
I'm y!yidness.- .-Harper's Weekly.
NIonknhoOd.

Among the old herbalists aconite' or
monkshood (Aconitum napellus), was
held IN wholesome terror on account OF
its poisonous qualities, which are great
" respected even in the present. Ii Is
a valued medicineof the pharmacop9la.
Great prejudice formerly existed against
ifs use as q medicine internally. Stoerck
first prescribed 1t for rheumatism, ana
II IS now known to be sedative to the
heart and respiratory organs and TO re-
duce temperature. 1t is a great medi-
cine for fevers.
Monkshood IS a we'll known garden
perennial, snowy and consequential on
account of its rank growth. 1t grows
about four feet high, each stalk having
n long inforescence. The flowers are
dark blue. the colored sepals generally
mistaken for the petals. The upper one
Is vaulted, and from this the plant gets
IFS common name, the sepal hOOding the
flower like n monks cowl. In cuitlva
ton there are many varieties Of color.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

Tl,c stnry OF Toledo Cathedral.
Tie cathedral Of Toledo is perhaps
Dr. lcst architectural glory that
I.p. can boast. The site was occupied
- L least three churches before the
rection Of the present building, the
st one. according to popular legend
laving been erected during the life
time Of the Virgin Mary and visited
by her. OF this church we know moth
ing. The second was pulled down In
1882. The third was finished In lOoo
and was occupied by the Moors Tor
many years as a mosque. AfterWard
II was the cathedral Of Spain, until In
the early part of the thirteenth century
Alfonso X. had ii pulled down and the
present one erected in its stead. 1t
Is 4O4 feet long and 204 feet wide, Is
built from material quarried In the
neighborhoOd and is Of the pureSt
Gothic. 1t was designed by Pedro Pc
rez Diaz. who supervised its erec-
ton for nearly fifty years and conse-
Grated his life to II. During the five
centuries after his death more than
$50 architects were employed upon IT,
and for 266 years the work was un-
lnterrupted.-St. James Gazette.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
The Admirable CrichtOn.

To speak of any one as an "Admlra-
bic Crlchton" IS to credit him with BE-
Ing very learned and accomplished
since such a person lived In the SIX
tecnth century. His name was James
Crichton. and he lived in Scotland from
1860 10 1888. At the age Of seventeen
years he was the reputed master OF
twelve languages and had been given
the degree Of master Of arts when but
fourteen because of his great learning
In addition to his accomplishments as
n scholar he was poet, musician, sculp'
tor, artist, actor. reconteur, a gooo
horseman and an expert fencer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

The tools for trimming elephants feet
are 4 carpenters drawmife and rasp
for the so.es and a hocscshOcr's knife
and sauipaper for the toe nails. The
operator places a beer kCg or strong
box behind one hU4e hind foot lightly
prods the thick ankle with his elephant
hook and commands the beast to Hold
upr Up comes ,Ac mighty foot, slowly
and heavily. but ohediently as the vel
vety paw OF q kitten. The foot is rest
cd on tie box or the keg, where 1t re-
mains Willie the expert works on IL
much ass a horseshOer pares the hoof OF
q horse. Great sliycrs of the horny
sole arc sliced or until ii is cut nearly
to proper thickness. when the r1Sp IS
used to smooth of. Similarly the toe
nails are treated with the knife and the
sandpaper. while the biz patient stands
With swinging trunk and an occasional
,vag of an ear, too full Of satisfaction
TOR utterance. When the turn OF the
rorefoot comes. the great beast is made
TO lie down on its side and the hoofS
are propped Up and Ueated-McClure $
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
"a Rec In Your Bonnet"

Kelly in his Scotch Proverbs give,
the phrase. "A bee in your bonnet,
with a slight addition, There is be
in YOUR bonnet case" The earliest rel
erence TO it seems to be in Robert Her
rick's Mad Maids Song
All, woe Is NEE! woe. woe Is NEE.
Alack and well-a-day!
For pity. Sir, find out that Zee
Which bore my love away.
rle seek him in your bonnet brave
Tle seek him in your eyes;
Nav. now I think tnave made his grave
I the bed Of strawberries.
In "Heywoods Duologue'" 1916 W.
find, Their parties full heavy thei
heads be full of bees" The same sym
boil Of confusion occurs in "kalpi
Royster Doyster," 1860:
Whose hath such bees as your master
his head
Hath need to have his spirits with mu
syke TO be fed.
And in Damon and Pithias," loIl
But, wyI, my master hath bees Il
his head"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Curiosities of the Senses.

That impressions made on one OF the
senses may produce similar impres-
sIons ON another sense Is fact whose
observation has come within the expe-
rience of many.
An extraordinary instance is de-
scribed I'm the Revue Philosophique.
The subject was youth of twenty
six born of a homeopathic family. lie
developed epilepsy in his thirteenth
year. and the attacks seriously I'M
oaircd his mental faculties, although
his color sense, which had been re-
markable since birth. remained uncom'
monty acute. The human voice had al
ways. ii appears, represented colors to
hIm-colors OF prlsm-like dellcacy
Even the cries OF animals were col
ored. In the case OF the human voice
the most intense color impressions re
suited from the sound Of the spoker
vowels. "a" for example. gave the im
pression Of light green, and othel
senses were affected as well. The in
pressIons succeeded and were merged
into each other. Other vowel SOUNDS
produced these peculiar asociates-"e
] was yellow, "u" dark green. y wnite
81, black. The printed yowels pro
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Old Time Grave Robbers.

Under the laws of Draco, the most
severe code ever drawn up, all grave
robbers were put to death without
trial. The old Athenian laws put /
slave to death for disturbing a body
alter interment, but in the case OF a
freeman a "coniscatlon Of Il molety
of his possessions" was the penalty
Constantine decreed that a woman
might obtain a divorce If she could
prove that her husband had disturbed
the remains of the dead. At one time
lin the time of the seventh and eighth
Henrys) the English law held that 1t
is deemed unlawful to open grave
for second person, except for nus
band or wife"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
, s,ot.snap,, ueer'Ambition.

The great Lord Grey had an ambl.
tion far above politics. He had passed
the reform bill, but that did not salts
~ his soul. There was talk OF Tagllo
nj. and Grey said quite earnestly
What would l give to dance as well as
she" The statesman who had been
prime minister and had left an inc.i
bic mark on the history Of his coun-'y
was envlous OF an opera dancer.-LoA
don Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Mon Who Build Nests.

In the bushmen of Australia we nnd
perhaps the lowest order OF men that
IS known. They are so primitive that
they do not know enough to build even
the simplest forms Of huts for shelter
The nearest they can approach to 1t Is
to gather a lot Of twigs and grass and
taking them into a thicket or jungle
build a nest for home. The nest is
usually built large enough for the Fam
ily. and If the latter be very numerous
then the nests are of very large size
Sometimes the foliage above Will form
a natural covering, but there IS never
any attempt ut constructing protec
ton from the rain and storms.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
story of Carlyle's Judgment.

Among the many good stories tol'
concerning Carlyle this is not the leas'
good: Carlyle took a friend ana !;
much younger man out walking VIII
him and in his usual way indulge'
In a monologue, in which, nevertheless
his companion was much interested
Once or twice. however, the friend ven
tured to put In a word or two of oh
lection in regard to something said by
Carlyle. This annoyed Carlyle intense
ly. and when they reached home h'
turned upon his companion and al
dressed TO him the following warning
Young man. I'd have ye to know ina
ye've the capacity for being the great
est bore In Europe The poor man nae
hardly spoken a dozen words, but since
these had been critical they had made
him seem to Carlyle potential bore o
colossal proportions
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
y.g.,,hles of Liberia.

The most common vegetables OF IL
IBERIA are the sweet potato, caSsada,
yam and tania. The cassada Is root
varying in size from three to elght
inches in length and from three TO
eight inches in circumference. When
II is cooked it tastes very much like a
fresh chestnut. This root is the vegeta-
BILE most extensively cultivated by the
natives and forms, with the rice, their
chief diet. The fecula Of the cassada
is made from tapiOca.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

When Queen Victoria visited any OF
her subjects il WAS by no means a
matter Of course that people staying in
the house should have tho privilege OF
sitting down at table With .he.r august
fellow visitor. II was LC majesty 5
custom not on!y to IKE ".tA her to the
house where size d. ignci g. lie CIs
tLc old phrase VAS for n nie.t or two
her own bel AMI bedding, c ~riaees
hor ana servants Including occa
sion " her cook, but also TO coniin'
hersc at meals TO the company OF hel
own sit, sometimes inviting her hos
and hostess to join her at luncheon ol
dinner.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

'erhe food OF the Chinese CONSISTS
principally of rice and fish," That state
ment has appeared in nearly ever!
school geography or history that has
been published since the flood. Its al
folderol and Hapdoodle," says conces
sionnaire from the interior Of the grea
empire. "The streams were hshed Out
ages ago. and you seldom find fish y
the interior On the coast. yes. nue.
fish is eaten, bat the main food OF I'll
Chinese is pork and chickens. Muttoi
and beef are rare. Less rice is eater
than you would imagine, but there l.
az abundance of palatable vegetables
and you would find no difficulty In max
Ing out good dinner
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
How JoDancse Harvest wheat.

The japanese have 81 queer way OF
harvesting their wheat. Instead OF
ruthlessly cutting it down with a
scythe or reaper they puil up much OF
it by hand and clip of the roots with
shears. for they wish to keep the beau
tiful long. golden straws from getting
bruised or broken. With the Japs' VINO
do everything neatly and allow moth
Ing 10 20 to waste. the straws are al
most as valuable rs the grain. They
first flatten the straws. and then, after
being softened. they are woven, e.thel
whole or split, into mating baskets
hats and many other articles.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
There are two powers at which men
should never grumble-the weather
and their wives.-DisraelL

There are two powers at which men
should never grumble-the weather
and their wives.-DisraeI
His Image.
Marked with the indisputable evil
dence of an encounter with John Bar
levcorn and a hard fist, he ambled into
a drug store for relief. His eyes were
half closed; there was a wandering
bleeding Iaceration across his forehead;
his nose was tilted to ore side, and a
cash In one cheek completed the dam
age.
The druggist cheerfully replied that
he would fix up the caller.
"Wait a minute" said the apothecary
rs be reached for the gauze, the llni
and the antiseptic. The badly marrec
customer disconsolately sauntereo
about the shop, but suddenly stopped
in front Of one of those convex mirrors
that do such queer tricks OF distortion
with their reflected images.
Our friend caught glimpse of BIN
self out of those disturbed optics. Wit
a yell of terror he tore himself loos'
from the scene and bOlted for the door
soaring the druggist half to death.
"Come back here" shouted the dru!
clerk.
"Not much" almost shrieked the fee
ing man. II just saw myself In you
looking glass, and II don't get to
| doctor I'm ruined for life"
And he did not stop for explanations
San Francisco Call.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

Most OF the people you meet on the
Japanese New Year $ day are carrying 4
squashed salmon with a piece Of paper
tied round its waist by paper string
which holds a little gold paper kite.
That kite means that the thing is a
present and has not 10 be paid for.
Those who are not carrying crushed
salmon or taking up the street in CIV
ing correct New Years salutations are
nlaying battledoor and shuttlecock.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

"a man may be quite rational ana
reasonable in all ordinary affairs ana
vet be quite daffy on the subject Oh
razors." said the barber. II have one
customer. for instance, who keeps SIX
razors here-one for every day IN the
week that n man is supposed to get
shaved-and pays me to hone them ev-
CRY week. Some mornings | have 10
,rv them all on him before he stops
grumbling and even then may nave
70 use one Of my own razors. AT oth-
or times he Will order me to use tne
same razor for a week or two, con
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
A Winning Gait.

Mrs. Plimt0n-Henry, are you going
to take your horse to the races? Mr.
Plimton-To the races? What for;
That horse can't race. Il don't see
why. He is quite a pretty horse" "Ha
ha! Why, PAMELA, you couldn't make
SeIlm do more than canter around the
track" "Well (trlumphantly), Otter
see in the papers where horses win II
q canter."-Kansas City Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

But, papa" walled the young woIn-
an. "you can have no idea how he loves
me. He is willing to die for me TINS
very minute
We'll" said the old man, scratching
his head thOughtfully. Il don't know
that | have any objection to that.
was afraid he wanted to marry YOU
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Stage Manners.

Stage managers still consider it nec-
essary to keep the actors bustling about
the stage in a meaningless, unnatural
and distracting manner. In life do
not speak three or four sentences TO my
friend at one side OF the room and then
with him elaborately cross the room be-
fore | continue my discourse why
should | do so on the stageI-'London
Academy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Man the Slave.

It has taken ages of repression 10
hiring the husband and father to MS
present condition of abject slavery 10
the wife and mother. He is the victim
Of q process that began in the garden
of Eden and gives no promise OF emo.
ing until he Is called to the reward
that awaits the humble on the otner
and brighter shore.-Chicago Inter
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Laxative doses of Ayers Pills oach
night greatly aid the SarSaparilla'


An Irish journal had this gem in an
swer to a correspondent: I'VE declin;
to acknowledge the receipt OF youl
post card"
Which IS very much ike the Corkon
an who travelled into Kerry TO an 80
sulting enemy to tell him to his ia
that he would treat him with silcl
contempt. London Tit-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

ENGAGEMENTS are entered into far
more lightly and broken far more cas-
ily than used 10 be the case, when be-
trothal was as serious an affair as mar
riage. Now il is not unusual for n girl
10 be engaged once or twice before she
is married, and people think none the
worse Of her. Young girls ways are
beginning TO resemble those of nurse
maids. who walk out with man, but
not always with view TO matrimony
LADY Greville in London Graphic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Affor fhe unnHNmO OOn

"Anyhow, Jack, you cannot say that
[ ran after you at the time OF our mar
riaGe."
You never spoke truer woro, Ma
ria, but neither does the Aousetrap
run after the mouse, yet 1t catches
It all the same"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Very Easy.

Don't you wish you were as smart
az Conan Doyle's detective"
"My dear sir" replied the modern
detective. IF they'd let me plan the
crimes in the first place | could dis
cover the facts iii ways quite as ex-
traordinary rs those of any detective
that an author ever put into book. y
Chicago Post
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
A Use For MacarOnf.

A servant girl was once given some
macaroni by her mistress to prepare
for the table. Noticing the girls sur
prise. the lady asked:
Didn't you cook macaroni at your
last placer
Cook it? We used them things to
light the gas with"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
An Emotional Trunk.

Landlady-I'll have to request you to
pay in advance. Mr.. Smith. smith
Why. isn't my trunk good for week :
board? Landlady-No. 1t looks ike an
old fashioned emotional trunk. smith
Emotional? Landlady-Yes; one thai
Is easily moved.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

fool him by changing IL eltner.
Another customer who comes IN on
" for an occasional shave talked to
me for six months about the fine razor
he had at home | told him that as
we seemed TO have none In the shop 10
suit him | should be obliged II ne
vouId bring Il around for me to look
at He did. Well, sir, 1t was meat
ax. would as soon think of shaving
q man with a carving knife. But
shaved him with it, and he never peep
ed."-New York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
ONLY Two Occasions.

You always appear to be nervous
remarked the friend solicitously.
But really" replied tie housekecp
er. there ere only two occasions whei
I am nervous. one IS when | have
servant girl, and the other is when
haven't" t."-Philade,phia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
unw They Interpreted II.

We are taught not to be anxious Tor
the future, as the future Will come Ill
time.
We are taught in the sermon on the
mount not 10 think Of the future be-
cause the evil we do in one day Is suf-
ficient. - Answers Of London School
Children
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Two OF Them.

Towne-I met that fellow De Bates
today. Browne-Yes; so he just told
me. Towne-Talk about man VINO
won't listen to reason Browne-Don't!
That's what he's just been talking
about. t.-Philadelphia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18

There is nothing more precious to a
man than his will. There Is nothing
which he relinquishes with so much re-
lurta ncp-J G. Holland.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
,.,,,.nes,o of New Friends.

Edmonia-How you do love to make
new friends. Eustacia-Yes, they are
so much more polite than old ones
Detroit Free Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
What Confirmed the Suspicion.

Mary Cangrily)-I think you are the
biggest fool In town, John. John (mild.
lyl-Well. Mary, mother used to tell
me that when | was boy, but never
thought she was right about 1t until
married yOtI
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
RgJ7S.

The walking sick, what
a crowd of them there are.
Persons who are thin and
weak but not sick enough
to go to bed.
"ChrOnic cases" that's
what the doctors call them,
which in common English
means-long sickness.
To stop the continued
loss of flesh they need
SCOTS Emulsion. For the
feeling of weakness they
need SCOTS Emulsion.
1t makes new flesh and
gives new life to the weak
system.
SCOTS Emulsion gets
thin and weak persons out
of the rut. 1t makes new,
rich blood, strengthens the
nerves and gives appetite
for ordinary food.
SCOTS Emulsion can be
taken as long as sickness
lasts and do good all the
thine.
| There's new strength
and flesh in every dose.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
A definition of Man.

Man. said Huxley, the scientist, Is
mixture of horse nervousness, ass
stubbornness and camel malice, with
an angel bobbing about unexpectedly
like the apple In the posset."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Corcrurlx Rroueht Up.

"Were you carefully brought up, my
lad?" asked the merchant Of tie ap.
pIcant for 81 situation.
please, sir, yes, sir; | came up II
the elevator, SIR" said the respectful
youth.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
One Sense Keen.

Rob-Say, Bob, loan me 500, will
YOU? Bob-Why, man, have you lost
your senses? Rob-Nope; at least not
nv sense OF touch.-Yale Record.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
The Razor Crank.

OF all the evil spirits abroad In the
world lnsincerity is the most dangerous.
EPoudp
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1904-03-18
Sherandoah Herald
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