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The times dispatch. [volume] (Richmond, Va.) 1903-1914, 1905-11-19

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Carolina never earning first down.
Score:
V. =. L. Position. s. Carolina.
Webber ............L II. ........:.. ter
Wilson .........,..L. r.. .......Wllds, >. Al.
Cunningham ........L. G..........Moore
(Varner)
1'omson ............. ,C.,......:...... Finley.
Lewis .............R Z. ............Mckay.
Utildebrand)
Hines ..............R. Z. Croft.
Sticking ..........R. G...............Sligh .
Carpenter .......R. H. B............ Wllds.
Nulter and Cox...L. il. B......... Oliver.
Hnnley .........., IF. B...............Hyde.
Harris ......t.....Q B. ............ Holmes.
Fuenstcin)
\ Umpire, Mr.. NIcNutty, OF WishonEton
and Lee. Referees, Mr.. Conner, Roam
oke College, Timekecpcrs. Gary, Y. p. Il;
Croft, South Carolina. Linesmcn, eek.
v. p. l.; Nultcr, " 2, l.. Lee, South
Carolina. Times of halves, 20 minutes,
aTouchdo Carpenter, s. Lewis, !;
goal from touchdown Carpenter, 4
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Reminders of the Moors.

Concerning the dwellings In the Ar
gentine Republic a traveller writes
"Wherever there was collection OF
houses | was greatly struck with the
character OF the architecture-like
Arab or Moorish villages, one great
wall without windows surrounding
them. The country is very quiet now
safe enough for bevy Of schoolgirls
20 travel it by day or night-but still
the peculiar architecture remains. At
Necra Nuerta. where we camped, there
was ONLY one large building. once the
headauarters of the 'estanciero,' who
owns hundreds Of square leagues OF
tie surrounding country. but now ten
antcd by IT,, manager, a superior sort
Of half breed SpaniSA Indian. with his
family. There was the huge square
outside wall without any windows OF
any kind. one archcd doorway and the
inside house or houses built against
the outer wall and faciug into patio
A most Moorish looking place. Truly
he occupation of Spain 10y the Moors
has left IT'S deep markings: they eX
tended across 10 the new world. in
f~cYc'ng today even the customs OF
tie Indians of Spanish South America.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Hornets Ms Fly Killers.

Hornets. or white faced wasps,
have no evil traits or obnoxious fea-
lures. 1t is true that they will some
times sting. but this is only when they
are attacked in their own homes of
think their young are in danger The
great value of these insects is that they
live entirely upon insects, mostly nieS
and, in fact. when they are near dwell
ings their food is generally the com
mon horsehy. They are natures great
est factors in reducing this serious
nest 1t Is well known that flies carry
disease germs, such as those OF "
phoid fever. and it can thus be seer
that hornets have decidedly sanltar!
effect as a result Of their desirable IN
sectivorous habits.-Field and Stream.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
The Baboon's Nine Lives,

When balloons once take to a mealie
field they will not leave it till they
have eaten every cob. When they de-
part every evening for home they have
filled their stOmachs, their cheek pouch
es and their arms, You cannot poison
these pests for fifteen grains of pure
strychnine in a banana has failed 10
kill one. Only shooting with rifle
will do. and no human army was ever
cleverer in setting sentries. Even at
nighttime a large force Of hunters
has often been defied IN its attempts
to surround the rocky stronghold OF
Cynocephalus porcarius. Even dogs
sent against the balloons fall before
creatures which have hands with
which to seize their enemies before
biting them. Let the stay at nome
farmer congratulate himself on pos
sessing merely rocks, pigeons. rats ana
parrows.-Country Gentleman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06

-
Eleven different versions of the
pound of flesh story exist in the early
literature of Europe, none OK which is
founded on n historical basis, save one
related by the biograpl,cr of Pope Six
tus V. The original tale runs as follows:
Simon Cenada, a Jew. enters into wa
ger with Sechi. CIV &stian, stalking n
pound of his flesh against Il large sum
Of money Of the Christian. The Jew
loses the wager. and Sechi insists on his
forfeit. The case is referred 10 the gov
ernOr Of the city. who in turn places ii
before the pope, who condemns both TO
lifelong Imprisonment. from which they
are finally released on the payment OF
a heavy fine. An Italian, Giovanni
Florentino, in the sixteenth century
was TIE first to change the roles Of the
Jew and Christian. and i'm this altered
form the Bard of Avon found the story.
The poet himself could : " nave
anown any Jews personal. .ince they
were expelled from England 800 years
before his time and were not read.
mitted until after his death. From
stage presentations. from descriptions
in books or from popular reports
which were always deroCatory to the
Jewish character the poet derived his
knowledge of the JeW.-Mcnorah.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Crabs Hard and Soft.

The process of crabs shedding dur
ing the summer season is as follows:
The crabs become fat; then they as
sumo a blush look on the back and
yellow on underside. When in this
condition If an outer shell be broken
there VIII be found a skin similar TO
the inner skin Of an egg covering the
: crab. In this stage the crab IS known
rs q peeler The next stage is when the
outer shell begins TO open, and the
crab is then known as a buster. When
the outer shell IS stuffed. the crab is
then q soft crab. If she has escaped
from the cannibalistic male crabs. who
pursue her during this period. she lies
hidden In the grass IN shOal water ur-
til the next tide. which hordens her
shell considerably, and the crab IS call
ed a buckrum. Buckrums are the tough
crabs sold as soft crabs. and when
cooked the shell turns red. ike that O.
Il lobster. and IS rot desirable on ac-
count Of its brittleness. In another
tide tho crabs become truly hard AM
70 where they please without fear Of
being devoured by the male members.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
The IObgfPr's Claws.

If you take the trouble when you
save up morey enough and purchase a
lobster to notice the claws you Will
observe that each Is peculiar and quite
materially differs from the other. one
claw IS a scissors, the other mill; one
is a cutter, the second Il cracker
Practically a lobster has ten legs
but Of these only eight are used III
walking. or these ten legs the front
pair. the claws, are employed In Selling
and crushing its prey. Generally the
right claw is the more slender anG
longer and has sharp teeth on Its
edges. while the other has no teeth
but blunt tubercles or hammers. This
left claw is operated by stronger mus
clas. Sometimes. however. the scissors
claw is the left one and the hammer
or crusher claw is the right.-kenne
bee Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Oheyed Orders Strictly.

The sentinels at Pompeii who died at
their posts during the eruption because
they had received no orders to leave
them are held up as types of perfect
obedience but then the punishmentS
in the Roman army were brutal, and
they knew it. Different was the case
Of an individual who, being ordered 10
take a hot bath by his doctor, complied
with the order and remained in 1t un-
til the learned man paid his next visit.
The doctor exclaimed when he heard
"Whv. il IS enough TO kill you by par
boilinr or chilli ut was all your
fault" said the bather sulkily You
only told me to get into a hot bath
You ought to have told me when to get
out as we'll"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
4 Royal Catsp3v'.

Peter the Great particularly dG
lighted in drawing teeth. anu ne strjc1
iy enioined his servants 10 send 10
him when anything of that sort was l.
be done. one day his faVolite vale
de chambre seemed very melancho.y
The car asked him what was the ma,
ter. "Oh, your majesty said the ma
my wife Is suffering the creates
agony from toOthache. and she oDsl.
uately refuses to have the tooth take
out" IF that is all" said Peter. w
will soon cure it. Take lie 10 her q
)nce." When they arrived tie WOMB
declared that she was not suffering {"
gll-there was nothing the mattt
with her. THAT is the way she tan
your majesty" said the valet. 81
is suffering torturoS."
Hold her head and hands. said IL
ear. Il will have il out in a moment
And he instantly pulled ont tie ind
Gated tooth with great deXterity. ami
profuse thanks from the husband
What was Peters Indignation To Gl>
cover q little later that his valet ha'
used him as an eXecutiOner to puniSl
his wife who had never had an uI
sound tooth in her head.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
O,a rri,e Scbool WINNING

Sir sydney WaterlOw, lord mayor OF
London. thus described to London
Express writer good, old fashioned
thrashing" in school:
my master at st. Saviour's gram
mar school. Southwark, at the foot OF
old London bridge. was a counterpart
of the tyrant of DOthebOys Hall.
Finding that at the age of ten years
I had not made much progress In the
proper comprehension of the four con
cords in Latin, he determined to give
me q good birching. He was a mos
practiced hand with the rod and was
never satisfied with birch less than
four or five feet long, with plenty o.
small. sharp cones on it. lie neVel
used the same one twice.
The fiat having gone forth. was
stripped to my bare back and made t
kneel. Tie master then inflicted three
strokes as hard rs his strong arm en-
abled him TO give, causing the blooC
to squirt all over my back. Many ol
the cones remained in my flesh FOL
DAYS"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
ORIGIN of Grammar schools.

Grammar schools" are schools which
were founded to teach grammar at q
time when the word had a very differ
ent meaning from that which it bears
at the present time.
Grammar IS the science which inves-
tigates the laws Of language and the
art of using IT correctly, and one would
naturally imagine that grammar
school must necessarily be a school
where the English language is taught
but il is not 50.
In the middle ages. when the clergy
were the only educated men, Latin was
the language in which knowledge was
preserved and handed down eitler oral
ly or in writing. 50 grammar came &c
mean the gramma- Of tie Latin tonsr,
and a grammar school was an endow
ed school for teaching Latin (and after
ward Creek to poor scholars, to I'll
them for universities
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Varied Mourning Co1ors.

The following are the various colors
used for mourning in different coun-
tries. together with the reasons given
for the selection: Slack expresses pri
vation Of light. worn throughout Eu
rope and America; yellow, the scar and
yellow leaf. Egypt and Burma; in Brit
tany widows caps among the peasants
are yellow; purple and violet. to eX
press royalty. mourning for the cardi
nails and kings of France; violet is th'
mourning color for Turkey; white, EN-
blem of white handed hope" China
deep blue. Bokhara mourning; the sig
nifcance Of tAis selection is not known
pale brown. the withered leaves. Fer
sia: graysh brown, earth, Ethiopi'
and Abyssinia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
The Monks of Tihet.

A traveller in Tibet says that the
peasant women of that country are
cherry and. when washed. buxom anc
comely. The monks are the blot OIL
the landscape. They bear no resem
blance TO the women of the country
One would think they belonged 10
different type. and yet they are th'
SONS and brothers of these women. Ih'
reason probably is the low. degraded
life led by the ordinary monk a if'
without interest, without work. devoi'
Of any pursuit. intellectual or other
wise. and passed in the droning o
chants and the performance OF rituai
the meaning of which they neithe
know nor care about.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
A Notable Baptism.


DO modern records contain anything
70 equal the following entry in the
parish register Of Old Wilmington.
Derbyshire: Thomas Ashton. son OF
Alr. Arthur and Mrs. Jane Bulkeley,
was baptized July l, 1744. Godfathers:
Edward Downs, esq. great-great-great-
great-uncle: Or. Charles Ashton. great
great-great-uncle; Joseph Ashton, gent.
great great great uncle. Godmothers:
Mrs. Wood, Observation-Disclosures
aunt: Mrs. Wainwright, great-great-
grandmother: Mrs. Green. great-grand-
mother. Registered at the request o.
Joseph Ashton of LandOn. gent. VINO
nominated the godfatherS and god
mothers. believing they are not to be
paralleled in England"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06

Poe. one night during those las
weeks he spent in RichmOHI relatet
this personal experience adding that
he would carry it with him TO the
grave
II was living in Philadelphia durino
the epidemic of the cholera there. y
day would pace the streets. seeing tLe
dying and dead. until my heart was
faint and sick within me. Late one
evening. on coming home after one o.
these aimless wanderingS. broken
down and with Il thousand pictures Of
suffering and death dancing hideouslr
before my eyes, lay upon tie led. IN
a moment l was asleep and dreamed
that a black bird like a raven came
into the room and perched over the
door. I asked what It was. Tie bird
replied:
az am the spirit of the cholera, and
you are the cause Of me"
81 woke with a start. but the ap-
partition was so real that II made an
impression on me l shall never for
get"-Lamp.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Raliyinn Runners.

every one who has read the his
tories of the Incas," writes an English
man. "has marveled at the tales of the
native runners who were 4 feature In
the civilization Of that period. Some
of this race Of men still remain. When
in Bolivia l have often had telegram
delivered at the station, forty miles
away, and an answer received ana
brought back by the same man, all, IN
Guiding the Journey Of eighty miles, not
occupying more than eighteen hours.
The man was we'll content to receive
two Bolivian dollars, or IS cents IN
American money. for the service.
saw man who delivered message
200 miles away and brought an an
swer back, covering within six days
and nights 400 miles. AS he did TINS
work for a native. his charge was five
Bolivian dollars, about S1.S1 Ameri-
can. out Of which he provided his own
food "
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
A story of Napoleon.

Napoleon invariably refused to re-
move his hat when he received kings
and sovereign princes under the rank
of emperor. lie uncovered his head
only in the presence of the emperorS
OF Russia and Of Austria. One day
Napoleon received the king Of Bavaria
ana of Sa.. ony at st. Cloud. AS the
two kings removed their hats the en-
peror acknowledged their salutations
by merely touching the brim of his
cooked hat with his fOrefinger. lie
then drove with the two kings to Mai
maison and, getting out of his carriage,
casually remarked: Il am going to see
the empress. Would you mind waiting
for me:' The royal pair seemed TO
have been forgotten. for they sat In
silent expectation for nearly an hour.
Finally they noticed some of the I'M
perlal footmen playing cards. The
king Of Bavaria then laughingly re-
marked to the king of SaxOny: What
a pity we haven't got pack of cards.
Since he treats us In this way we
might at least follow the servants eX-
ample and pass the time playing pic
uuet."-New York Tribune.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
NJ wfrp md Air.

An accidental experiment in the We
locity Of sound is recOunted by cor
respondent. He went to his telephone
and Just as he put the receiver to his
ear he heard the click of another tele-
phone. Another receiver had been re-
moved and the line was open.
Then he heard through the telephone
the shrek Of d locomotive whistle ana
a few seconds later the sound came
through the open window in the usual
way. Looking up. he saw a locomotive
half a mile away, passing the house OF
a friend.
The mystery was solved. The tele-
phone that was open was that at the
distant house, and the sound or the
whistle had come through its trans
formation into an electric current
quicker than it had Travelled through
the air.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
PerishabIe Pearls.

Pearls are perishable. They cannot
be considered a first rate investment
like diamonds. After a time they de-
cay. Sometimes a fine specimen will
lose its luster and beauty within a few
months. 50 that the pOssessor of such
treasures does we'll to- keep them put
away in q sealed place. They consist
Of thin films overlaid one upon another,
with more or less animal matter be-
tween the layers, and IL IS no wonder
that they deteriOrate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
TULIP ard Poppy Dangerous Flowers

Tulip ard Poppy Dangerous Flowers
The florist held a tulip In his hand.
Some people claim that tulip has no
SMELL" he said. AS a matter OF fact.
it has Il dangerous, smell. Take tulip
Of deep crimson color and inhale II
with profound inspiration, and 1t will
be apt to make you light headed. You
will say and do queer things-dance.
sing. fight, swear and so on. For two
hours you will cut up in this way.
Afterward you will be depressed.
"The poppy Is another dangerous
flower. A young woman Of a nervous
temperament. if she fingers among n
bed Of pOppies. will grow drowsy, the
same as if she had smoked a pipe or
two of opium. In Asia Minor, where
the opium manufacturers cultivate
vast fields of poppies. tourists inspect
ing the beautiful flowers often become
altogether incapacitated. They get So
sleepy they can hardly talk. They
reel in their gait In some cases they
have to be put to bed."-BOston Adver-
tiSpr
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Tho Editors Gentleman.

The question always comes up: Nha'
is 4 gentlemanG Some say he IS mal
with a silk hat. and others man witt
q smooth tongue. But men connected
with the newspaper trade have can
on of their own.
"Mr. Editor" said a patron one
day, chow is it you never call on m'
to pay for your paper?
"Oh," said the man Of types I'VE
never ask a gentleman for money"
Indeed the patron replied. How
do you manage TO get along when the!
don't pay"
why" said Mr.. Editor, after
certain time we conclude he is not
gentleman, and we ask him. ."-LondoI
Mail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Oil Forks.

A London jeweler has made collec-
ton of ancient forks used in England
which show some little known facts
about the table manners Of few cen
turies ago. The forks. which are OF
solid silver, date from the sixteenth
century. In many cases the designs in
all this time have scarcely varied IN
any detail, and the forks look like
those which might be bought today
The old forks were a great luxury in
their time and were only used by the
ariStOcracy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
yiqht Lncing and Great Men.


4 correspondent says that the tight
lacing periods of history have always
been productive Of the greatest genius
es. the loose dressing periods the re-
verse. Bacon. Shakespeare. Drake
Marlborough. Thackeray. Dickens.
Scott-to mention only few names
were born when chroniclers and fash
ion artists reveal to us the fact that
"women were never satisfied till they
could span their waists and while
eighteen inches was the fashionable
standard. many fashionable girls and
women possessed waists fully two or
three inches smaller"
But Thackeray said he would as lief
marry girl with bumped back as
one with an eighteen inch waist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Qualified His Statement.

She-To think that you once declared
that you would love me rs long as you
lived. And now. although we have not
been married year, you care nothing
at all about me. He-But, you see
when told you would love you as
long rs | lived | wasn't feeling very
we'll. and l really didn't think l should
I,-p louC'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
A Second Onense.

The tramp arrested for vagrancy
rarely displays any humOr. but New
York paper mentions one whose milo
waggishness enlivened his own trial
After the judge had looked the man
over he said musingly. 81 seem to know
your face"
YES" the tramp agreed pleasantly
Eve were boys together"
"Nonsensew said the judge, frown'
Ing 49,.
"But we were" the tramp said, Will
mild insistence. Were about the
same age. We must "a been boys to
ppthpr"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
soap That Floats.

A floating soap is produced by the
mass of soap being beaten while II
ls cooling just as we beat eggs or bat
ter. This Incorporates air into the soap
and makes it float. \ given bulk OF
aoating soap weighs much less than
the same bulk Of soap that does not
float. one hundred pounds or soap
beaten will make many more cakes OF
4 given size of floating soap not beaten.
t is due to no ingredient. Any soap
will float if beaten. \ soap is no better
because il floats. This is no sign OF q
GOOD soap. 1he only advantage IS ID
being able to find the cake more easily
if it be dropped into the bath or wash
tub. In soap factories the soap Is
beaten by machinery.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Dnnr Wnnlnn.

Mrs. Gidday-I thought you were en-
tirely satisfied with your hat. Mrs.
Dresser-So | was until my husband
got the bill. Mrs. Gidday-Oh. Why
should his growing worry youE Mrs
Dresser-But that was the trouble. lie
didn't growl at all. showing that
might easily have got more expensive
ne.-Philadelphia Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
The Upper Amazon Basin

The whole upper Amazon basin is
subject to annual overfows which
make 1t impossible to build homes Oh
tbe rivers. as we are accustomed to dc
on our American rivers There are only
n few points in all the great stretch Of
river country that are above the hood
ing point. and these are commonly com
posed Of rock or clay, quite unfit To-
cuIffvatiOn
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Routing Burglars.

"You can't lose my wife"
mo-"
"Wen. listen. was away from home
or three days last week. one night
he heard burglars, the same burglars
hat she has been hearing ever since
We were married. I'll make then
hink there's a man in the house. she
lecided. SO she put on Il pair OF NY
shoes and tramped about on the hard
wood floors for an hour to scare then
away. My wife is a diplomat. t."-Cleve
land Leader.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
Dangerous.

Binks-That long tunnel on the r.
d. and Q. is very dangerous place.
Jinks-Why. there hasn't been An ac'
cident there for years.
Binks-But within the past week
four young couples have started
through it free as air and come out
engaged
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06

David Harum-That wuZ pretty
good horse Old EZ WIZ drivin'. eh
Eben Holden-Yes. he had so many
good points you could use him for
hat rack.-Pennsylvanla Punch Bowl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
= RfnuInr Speech.

Grayce-r1 a ringing speech last
night George declared that he rould
not live without me. and asked me to
he his wife. Gladys-In ringing
speech. eli? Grayce-Yes; and If you
don't believe it, there's the ring.-PittS-
burg Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06
p.cn,,or Fnct md superstition

In Painswick churchyard between
Stroud and Gloucester), in Gloucester
shire England, there are ninety-nlhe
yew trees. Although the hundredth
has been planted many times, IL Is
peculiar fact that It always dies. A
local superstition says that when the
hundredth tree lives after IL has been
planted the world will come to an end.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-01-06

Miss Goodart-I gave you that quar-.
ter because you said you hadn't hau
anything TO eat since yesterday morn
ing. and here catch you going into 9
saloon. Weary Willie-Lady. l said
hadn't anything to eat. but didn't say
I wanted anything to eat, did I!-Ph''
adelphia Ledger.