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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Animal Far.

Fur Is a threadlikc fiber which grows
out of tire pores Of the Skins OF animals.
II grows In length from the ro)t an
not from the top. Us with N1setaDi3
productions. The lower portion nerelT
lengthcns ont. and the top projects foi-
ward. consequently II once cut i WI
always remain blunt. 1t Is tubular an
filed With oil, which gives e. the hbe'
It's color. In addition 10 the oil Il con.
tains mineral matter, among which ars
sulphur and iron \ close examination
Of the fiber will, 10 certain eXtent
show the section OF the country The AZ
imal inhabits. The short ana cris,,
with an oval or angular cross section,
indicates tropical growth; tie lJag and
soft, with circular cross section, 70
northern climate The IbcrS from dif-
ferent parts Of the same animal nave
q different structure and value, that
which is taken from the back Of laDt
animal being the finest. while The re-
verse is true of the animal which cor
fnes itself mostly 10 water. the belly
being much finer than the back.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
They Are Everywhere.

while | am not what you would
call widely Travelled man." observed
the deacon, IL have noted that every
town has its liar, its spOnger. its smart
Alec, it's blatherskite, its richest man.
q few pretty girls, its weather prophet
its neighborhood feud, a considerable
number Of lunatics, Its woman who
tattles, It's justice Of the peace. Its man
who knows 1t all, its boy who carries
on In church, its meddlesome old wo-
men. its wdower who is too gay for
his age, It's preacher who thinks he
ought to run the town, its girl who
goes to the postoffice every time the
mail comes In, its legion Of bright
men who know how the editor should
run his paper. its woman who thinks
she could cut dash in society and its
man who laughs at his own jokes. -
New York Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
when Lee Resigned.

In "Recollections and Letters OF Gen.
sral Lee" by his son, Captain II. L..
Lee. a new light is thrown on the great
commander at the time OF his resigna-
ton from tie United States army. In
a letter 10 his sister he says:
with all my devotion TO the Union
and tie feeling OF loyalty and duty Of
an American citizen. have not been
able to make up my mind 20 raise my
hand against my relatives. my children,
my home. | have therefore resigned
my commission in the army, aud. save
In defense OF my native state. with the
sincere hope that my poor services may
never be needed, | hope may never
be called on 90 draw my sword. |
know You VIII blame me. but you
must thinll as kindly Of me as you can
and believe that | have endeayored to
do what thought right"
That ne really did not expect 10 fight
is shown by tie following extract from
a letter - his wife. Il do not know
what my position will be. | should
Ike 10 retire 10 private life # ] could
Ice with YOU and thc children, but ii 1
can be OF any service 20 the state or
her cause must continue.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07

People are apt TO think that, though
chelr actual lives are poor and sell
centored and such as they are nall
ashamed Of, II some great crisis
arose they would be able to gather uI
their halting will and raise themselves
70 IT'S hc.ght Yes, no doubt. only
Ifc- stcrnost calls never come In any
such fashion. Things don't arrange
themselves for us 10 gather up our fee
bic VIII and settle with our souls tha'
we VIII he heroes. They come hardly
and sharply, testing not what we have
resolved 70 be. but simply what we are
We have n sort of feeling that IL IL
the opportunity that makes the man
Not so. The opportunity only shows
him for what he IS, and the spirit OF
prompt duty, of quick, instructive 10y
atty to right under whatever tempta
ton NAV ever come. may be cultivated
and grow to the very capacity for her
oism even in lire's lOwliest place anc
poorest work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
(lNCOltPOltAIh hD.l
Harrisonhurg. Virginia.
Three Store -.

Ilore are some bits FROM tie diary oi
Sir Mountstuart y. Grant Duff: y
gentleman who rather oYcry&Iucd HIN
SELF. looking ut case Of birds. said 'o
an ornllhologist who wGs with bin
W II IS that h.rdT That said III.
otl r. * q maggie rs "ot my de"
Of macpic.' was tie rcjn!ndcr. Ter
haps not replied his friend, but it.
Gods idea of magpie.'
\ man named Faber lay III. You
are very i'll indeed. said the doctor
Then you had better. the sicE mai
rejolned, order the prayers for the dy
ing to be read NO. answered the
person to whom he spoke, I thinl
you will live four and twenty hours.
oh. in that case reiOined Fabcr, 'reao
me Pickwick.'
Things one would rather have pu'
differently" writes the diar'ot. Mr.
Cecil Rhodes to his neighbOr at dinner
an extremely pretty woman: He
hate Germans. She - Well, | don
hate them. but ! hy no means hk'
them. IIe-Oh. thought you were
German!7
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07

Bottles FOR babies date hack 70 re-
mote antiquity. Most people are Of the
opinion that feeding bottles for babies
must be an invention of modern times.
According to Professor MOsby, how
ever. this Is not the case. This gentle
man. who was lecturing before On anti
Quarian society, stated that 1t WAS the
custom among the Greeks for the
curses to carry a sponge full OF honey
In q small pot TO stop children from
crying. The professor went on TO Say
that there are two Greek vases In the
British museum dating from 100 b. g.
which closely resemble the feeding bot
ties used subsequently by the Romans
In the old Roman cemetery OF ST sep
ulcher. Canterbury, feeding bottle
Of bright red polished wore was dug
up In 1861, and ProfessOs Mosby came
to the conclusion that this bottle must
have been buried with the little Ro
man child TO whose wants 1t had min
istered during the child's lifetime.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Tho MIsnsc Of "0nite."

"Quite" strictly means completely
end is rightly used in such sentences
as "The flower is quite faded" Its
secondary meaning, very" Ito great
extent" has the authority Of good writ
ers. though such expressions as quite
young and quite hot have a colo
qulal ring about them. There Is. how
ever sprlnging mp Of late the slovenly
practice Of employing tie adverb
quite With n0un-e. Z" quite a
panic ensucd." If an advert can mod
tfy a noun. where Is the distinction be
tween adyesb and Adjective As a
matter of fact the functions Of the ad-
verb seem To be cucroachinS On those
Of the adjective.-London Review.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07

SIR Henry Hawkins. a brilliant advo-
cate and one Of EnCiand's greatest
criminal Judges. expressed the follow
Inc opinion in his "Reminiscences
Let me say word about circum-
stantial evidence Some writer's have
spoken OF il as kind OF dangerous
Innovation IN our criminal procedure.
II Is almost the only evidence that is
obtainahle in all great crimes and Il Is
the best and most reliable. l have Wit
messed many great trials for murder.
but 90 not remember one whore there
was m eyewitness 10 the deed. How
is it possible. then. to bring home tie
charge to the cuiprit unless you rely on
circumstauial evidence
"Circumstanual evidence r. the evi-
dcsce Of circumstances facts that
speak for themselves ana that cannot
In contradictcd. Circumstances have
no motive to deceive while human tes-
timony is too often The product OF ey-
cry kind OF motive"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
4 BIZ of OrntOry.

There was time when our commerce
was carried in American ships manned
by American seamcn. There was a
time when the flag flOated over Ameri'
can carGoes and when its bright, beau
tiful stars and cmblematic stripes en-
livened every sea and port where COM
merce was known. The American.
looking out on the broad ocean, beheld
il in the orient and in the Occident.
Whittier he went
To the northern wastes of snow
Or swayed where the soft magnolias
blow
it was there-there TO remind him OF
his own native land, whose sons re-
sembled IN their strength the gnarled
oak Of her deepest forests and whose
daughters rivaled in their beauty and
loveliness the orange blossoms of her
most fragrant orange groves.-From q
Speech by Benton McMillin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Earning Their HDOf.v

The manager Of large dressmaking
establishment IN New York says: II
suppose that tho most un-American i'm
migrants we get in this country are
not the Chinese or the Poles or the
Hunglrians. but the Partisan seam
stresses. milliners and lingerie work
ers. These women come here TO save
the price OF dot out Of our high
American wages. II takes from two
to five years to do that. In all that
time they never mix with Americans.
never visit q theatcr, never make the
first attempt 70 learn the language.
Some Of them 20 to the French church
on Sundays; otherwise they never
leave their rooms except to shop. This
prenuptial period IN New York IS just
a time dropped out Of their lives. They
talk OF nothing day after day but what
they'll do when they get back to Paris
and begin to live again"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
The Music Masters Ruse.

A very rich lady offered Garcia any
price If he would only teach her daugh-
ter. He refused, knowing well he could
never obtain serious work from her;
hut. as the mother persisted, he hit up
on compromise. He asked the ladies'
2, be present during lesson, and he
O. ldertoOk. II the girl still wished 10
! drn singing after hearing II taught
10 teach her. The lesson began. The
pupil. who seemed 70 the listeners an
already finished singer had 10 repeat
passage after passage OF the most diff
cult exercises before he master was
satisfei. He insisted upon the mi
nutcst attention To every detail Of exc
rution Mother and daughter eX-
changed hcrrlncd glanccs and looked
on pltyingly The lesson finished. the
master bowed the ladies out, and In
passing the pupil the young girl whis-
pcrcd 70 her. at would kill me"' SenOr
Garcia. returning from the door, said
cOntcntedly: They VIII not come
again. Thank you. mon enfant, you
sang well"-LOndOn Mail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
nrrnn md NnnOIeOn.

The more think Of Byron the more
clear IL becomes 10 me that be Is first.
second and third treSbc figure He
was the child OF loveleSs marriage.
that constant source Of h1ge armies of
discordant natures. His upbringng
was tragic; his marriage was tragic;
his loves were tragic; his death. which
at first l thought only tragic farce, IS
actual tragedy. Byron and Napoleon
contemporaries, were the analogues
and compliments of each other. Byron
is the passive tragedy Of the imagina-
tive temperament as poet, using ex-
preston; Napoleon is the active trag-
edy Of the imaginative temperament
as warrior and world compeller, en-
ploying deeds. Byron inevitably ends
In an abOrtive attempt at action In
Greece. Napoleon as inevitably In an
abortive attempt at expression (the die
tatel memoirs) in st. Helena.-John
Davidson in London Outlook.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
A Formula For Maria &c

The Frankfurter Xeitung has disco
cred a formula for marriage ~);hin
is more certain, II says. than that TN.
formula is right The question aske,
IS what age should mans bride be
The formula IS: Let be the man
age. Then x42+7-brides age. Foi
example. man is 81; the half of hi'
age is IT; then II plus I is a. The
brides age should be "a For a man OF
81. therefore. the proper age for his
wife Is a. Take the man of go. X-tt
42-3O+7 The man Of 80 must marry
n woman Of 81. For the Juvenile mar
riages of southern latitudcs the forlnu
la IS equally valid. The hot bioodet
Castilian, for example, Of ~ wishes tC
marry. The formula says X-1o+ +2-9+
7=16. His wife should be ii years old
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Humility and n Hair Shirt.

1.-THE bishop Of Arichat," said Father
Burke, as a most unassuming crea-
ture-a man who keeps the stone in his
episcopal ring turned against Lis palm,
so that he may not be recognized as a
bishop"
sHe must be an extraordinary per-
son." Stephen Essex, the Methodist
parson, admitted.
1T is his humility. I am told he
wears hair shirt the year round"
lis that an evidence Of humilityT
Stephen asked, with On incredulous
smile.
TRY 1t and see." the priest advised
Have you tried 1t. Father Burke"
Eyes, and one days trial convinced
me that was neither q saint nor a
rhinoceros, he said, with wry face
From The Bishops Niece" by George
II. Picard.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
TrnNcIs OF the Cuckoo.

A featurc IN b.ri travels Is the de
partur1 south Of the old and young
cdckOoS at diIerent time. The Old
cuckoos set out first, leaving the young
birds of the year 10 follow. The adult
cuckoUs-one might put it by stretch
OF imuglnation-so much dislike the
fuss and anxiety OF travelling ell
famile that they take care to go on
first and by themselves. Whether the
old cuckOOs ever know their progeny
10y sight cannot be said for certain
rrobably not. although an old cuckoo
constantly To bc heard and seen u
,le coppice or hedger0w or about tho
garden where a young one is beint
rcarc1 ny hedge sparrow. pipit o!
wagtall. London Opinion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
DO Uirds SinUs

A naturalist has written 10 prove that
birds ere not singers, but whistlers;
tnat IS 70 say, that the notes are pro-
duced through tube-tO be technical.
through the slit known as the CLOTHS
not by the help OF vocal cords. But the
whole distinction is beside the point.
ANY one who has seen bird singing
will have seen both the vibrations in
his throat and the variations In the ex-
tent u which he opens and closes his
beak or mandihles and. given these ac-
compartments. together with the pro-
duction Of an lnarticulate language.
whistl!ng and singing become identical
terms suggesting Il distinction. People
are accustomed 10 the idea that only a
few species Of birds. such as the par
rot and the jackdaw. can he taught
but In wild life almost all birds are
mimics 70 some extent, and probably
more OF them than people realize could
be taught 10 initiate human sounds
PearsOn's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Dense.

Queen Victoria was greatly moved
on the occasion Of the distribution Oh
medals at the close of the Crimean
war, but her grief was not apparent 10
those less sympathetic. was the
queen touchedf" lady asked Lord
panmure. BLESS my soul. no.! was
the reply. "She had brass railing be-
fore her. and no one could touch her.!
Il mean was she moyedT the LADY
continued and was answered: "Moved'
She had no occasion to move"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07

Paternal affection is not perhaps tho
precise emotion that we should be dis
posed to look for In the cold blooded
frog, but the Surinam toad appears to
exhibit this praiseworthy attitude OK
mind toward his numerous progeny.
When his mate lays her eggs the solie-
itous father places them carefully upon
her back, where In due time their pres
ence causes an irritation that produces
numerous small holes, into which the
eggs forthwith drop. In these cells.
which from natural pressure get to be
hexagonal, like honeycomb. the young
frogs are finally hatched and for bie
scramble about their mothers back.
hiding In their nurseries when danger
fhreateuA - --- -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
4 nne NIinrfc Cure.

Leaning painfully Oh Il heavy site
and groanng IN intOierablc anguish
the binding tears forcing thcmselye
from his eyes. Il " Nhitcchapel defend
ant. according To the London Globe
,imped up to the county court judg
and explained that, owing TO bein
hopelessly crippled by rheumatism. b
could not pay a debt. But T~saw yo
enter the court with that stick undo
your armw exclaimed the judge. 'Tw
shillings Il month until the debt
paid" Then the pain racked invali
threw the stick lightly over his shou
der. thanked the bench and trippe
gayly into the street again. 1t was
one minute cure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
The Cruelty OF Pate De Foie Gras

To eat pate de- fois gras IS !uX1ry'
but 10 prepare the dellcacy for the table
is prolonged torture-for the goose. The
Humanitarian league of England has
Issued pamphlet on the subject. We
behold" says an eyewitness, Tnnu-
merabie geese IN this torture chamber
bound fast % the table. They lie on
their backs g. II cruciiied. We Watcl
u bow the women pressed some new
victims against the tables so tlYt The
hinder parts should hang over the
edge" Two months Of torture for the
goose are considered necessary before
its liver is sufficiently diseased to b,
marketable. The fowls are fed to re
pletlon with salted maize. and by thi'
means the liver Is increased TO the aD
normal weight Of two or even thro'
pounds. Strassburg and Toulouse Il!
the chief places Of manufacture mn
the trade amounts TO several hundre
thousand dollars annually.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07

Michael Angelo relied almost entirely
upon form the form Of the figure ana
OF the draperies He told Pope Julian
H.. when the latter requested him q
paint the ceiling of the Sistlne chapel
nc Rome that he was not painter
but a sculptor; yet, after he had shut
himself up for four years-from l1oS
TO 15l2-and the scaffOld was removed
n result had been achieved which IS
without parallel in the world. Very
wonderful IS the work which Michael
Angelo spread over this vast area ot
10000 square feet. The fact that
there are 343 principal figures. many
Of colossal size, besides n great mum
Der of others introduced for decora-
tive effect. and that the creator OF this
vast scheme was only thirty-three
when he began his work-all this IL
marvellous. prOdlgiOus, and yet not 50
marvellous as the variety Of expression
in the figures Of which Jeremiah il on
ly one figure in snail side arch
Charles III. CafIin in -. Nicholas
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07

The custom of pairing is quite un
known to the forms Of parliament u
self. Any mention of it within either
chamber would be altogether out OF
order but there is pleasant fiction
that It is purely private arrangement
70 be made at the discretion OF those
concerned. This is true enough 10
limited extent and for a short time
but pairing on any great party division
cannot be lightly carried out, ana q
member who desires TO pair at such
time will find that this can only be
done safely through the whips and ho'
at all unless some really good reason
can be given for absence. - London
Times
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Snnin,s Ornnge GrON es.

The Spanish orange region extends
over eastern and southern Catalonia
Valencia. Alicante, Murcia, Malaga ana
Seville. and in parts Of Valencia ana
Murcia the trees now grow in forests
the soil OF the famous Valencian "huer-
ta," lavishly manured with guano, be-
ing the richest in Europe. Here SIM
Gle full grown tree will Weld 1.5OO and
at times as many as 1880 oranges IN
season. fruit bearing beginning when
the trees reach their sixth year and in
creasing until they are twenty, when
degeneration usually sets In.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
A Clever Cabby.

The king of the Belgians once left his
umbrella In hanson when driving IN
Brussels. This was returned, TO MS
majesty a few hours afterward by the
proud cabby, who was offered for his
honesty by King Leopold the sum OK
100 francs. The astute jehu, however,
begged great favor Of the king.
Could he have the umbrella instead OK
the money! The favor was granted.
and before many days had passed tho
cabman had put up the umbrella for
sale, and 1t was knocked down to some
royal enthusiast for l. 100 francs. When
King Leopold heard Of this he ex-
claimed, well, I've heard Of I'm uu'-
brella being put up to keep of show
ers OF rain. but this seems to have been
put up to bring down showers Of gold"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Origin of the POstmark. I.

Great Britain, ii is said, can. without
fear of contradiction. claim the honor
Of having originated tse postmark.
The first one, which was used in Lon
don as long ago as 1860. was a very
simple affair, consisting of a small cir
Gle divided into two parts. In the top
portion were two letters indicating the
month, while in the lower half the day
Of the month was shown. No endeavOr
was made 70 denote the year, and 1t is
only by the dates of the letters on
which the mark is impressed that ii is
possible to fix the date OF its use. The
earliest known was on letter written
in l6SO.-LondOn Telegraph.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07

Among the Arabs Of upper Egypt III
youth who proposes for girl mus
submit to a whipping at the hands o
all her male relatives. And says
dry narrator. IF he wishes TO be CO.
sidered worth having he must receN
the chastisement. which Is sometime
exceedingly severe. with an eXpressic
of endowment" Not infrequcntly II
the maiden herself who imposes u
test
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Retter Than n shOehOrn.

Here is something l learned from
an Englishman l met While at
friends house" said a lawyer. The
house was in the suburbs, and we were
occupying the same room. l found
had forgotten to bring shoehorn ana
asked the Englishman If be had one
No. | haven't he said. Why don
YOU use t0welY n towelT repned'
Yes. a towel. Here. let me show you
Take n corner of the towel. so; lay the
point in the heel Of your shoe, 80; pu'
vour foot in as far as it will go, rlgh'
on top of the towel Now. graD the
towel and pull up on it. See how easy
vour foot slides in? It's better than q
shoehoru.'"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
VOL. SS.
Why Coughing Weakens You.

A patient German scientist Of a sta
tiSticnl turn Of mind calculates that
the amount OF energy expended by q
person who coughs once every quarter
OF an hour for ten hours IS equivalent
10 go units Of heat or the nourish-
ment yielded by three eggs or two
glasses of. milk. Coughing IL thus seen
to be IN expensive luxury. The rca-
son for the waste in force cntailed by
il. or one reason at least, lies in The
fact that, while in normal respiration
the air IS expelled from the chest at
the rate Of four feet secOuA. in VIC
lent coughing It may attain velocity
OF 800 feet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
Sock md Buskfn.

The expression Sock and buskin'
which literally means comedy aho
tragedy, found its origin in the soc
Gus" the Latin name OF the low shoe
worn by the ancient comic actors, ana
the buskin. a contraction of the French
word "brosseQuIn," remotely derived
from the Greek "bursa," hide or high
soled shoe worn by the ancient TRACE
dlans to increase their height. The
soccus reached to the ankle only
whereas the buskin extended to the
knee.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1905-07-07
WeddinR AnniXersnrics.

According to the tradition OF ages
there are fourteen wedding anniversa-
ries to be celebrated These are: First
year. cotton; second year. paper; third
year. leather; fifth year. wooden; sew
enth year, woolen; tenth year. TN;
twelfth year, silk and fine linen; M
teenth year. crystal; twentieth year
china; twenty-ffth year silver; thir'
tIeth year, pearl; fortieth year, ruby
fiftieth year, golden; seyenty-hfth year.
diamond.