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The Pensacola journal. (Pensacola, Fla.) 1898-1985, 1915-04-23

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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
RATHER IS MUCH MALlGNED
lated Reptile Not Nearly So Black az
He Has Been Painted by Those
Who Do Not Like Him.

Rare, indeed, are wild creatures Of
this continent which are capable Of
causing the fear and respect that the
rattlesnake causes.
A big part of the fear is unfounded.
He's dangerous, but there's no use Of
place, he usually gives you an unmis-
taxable warning, little buzzing hiss
which he makes with his tail.
He gives his warning with a set Of
shell-like rattles on the end of his tail,
by which he is most easily distin-
guishe6 from other snakes. 1t used to
be a common belief that the snake
added a rattle each year and that you
could tell his age by the number Of
rattles. Now it is known that some
times he will grow three rattles in a
year and that old snakes sometimes
lose rattle or two.
His color varies from yellowish
brown to dark brown. The snake is
darkest just before he sheds his skin,
which may be two or three times a
year. When he makes an attack he
doesn't leap through the air." and he
cannot strike farther than his own
length, usually not that far. Since the
common rattlesnake rarely grows be-
yond five feet in length, you see his
range is limited.
Nor is he so hungry for human flesh
as most persons would imagine. He's
very well satisfied with his diet of
mice, rats-yes, and sometimes SPUR.
rel or a rabbit. He eats enough mice
and rats every year to make him the
farmers friend instead of hated
enemy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
THEIR DUTIES TO SOCIETY"
Women Would Find 1t Hard to An
:wer Why They Assume Res
possibilities of Position.

Everyone knows what society" is,
although to anyone who did not it
would be difficult to explain. Men
laugh at it, but it is not to be laughed
at. With a power as strong as the
church, or stronger, it lies about us.
impalpable, whimsical, almost irresist-
ible. 1t may take all woman has
to give, and give little back; or it may
give everything it has to give, and de-
mand little. Whether it is woman's
highest duty, or her toy, has appar-
emily not been decided. Whether those
who give themselves to it most entire.
ly do SO in an abandonment of self-in-
diligence or in spirit of high sacri-
fee, one cannot say. The inveterate
habit, common to all people, Of dress
ing up whatever they are doing in q
cloak Of morality, has in this case so
confused all the phraseology Of social
rites that it is impossible to tell what
is pleasure and what is crucifixion.
Women dress, not because they like to
look pretty, but because they owe it"
to their husbands, or their children, or
to society. They make calls and give
dinners, not because they like it, but
because they feel themselves obliged
to, and they are glad when it is over.
They go to parties, not because they
expect to have good time-they pro-
TESS to be bored by them-but because
for various reasons it seems necessary
to.-Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Bricks From Babylon.

There is a law in the Turkish en-
pire prohibiting the expectation Of rel
les and antiques more than 100 years
old. and the fact that it is on the stat
ute books gives rise to the common
practice of offering spurious articles to
the tourist Real objects Of art or Of
sufficient age to be of value are rarely
to be purchased. and the general desire
of the visitor. therefore, seems to be to
obtain stones or pieces of clay from
the sites Of ancient ruins or bricks
with inscriptions. The former can
probably be obtained, but they are
practically valueless, as one piece Of
clay from Babylon is quite like anoth-
er from Musol Bricks from either Of
these places that are known to be gen
uine are unobtainable.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
KNOWN AS FRIEND OF BIRDS
Unceasino Fight Against
Their Enemies.

In the American Magazine appeared
an article about William butcher. who
did more than any other American to
awaken people to the cruelty and stu
pidity of slaughtering beautiful and
useful birds He and others finally
succeeded in having laws passed so
far-reaching that they changed the
whole aspect OF millinery. In the hard
struggle Mr.. butcher sacrificed his
health. Following is an extract from
the article about him:
Nothing ever tired or discouraged
him Ending a days work in his Of
fee, he would jump on a train to go
and do another harder days work be-
fore midnight among the legislators at
Albany. Politicians lived in terror of
this bird crank The aigrette trade.
which he fought from the first, spiked
his guns when it could with paid
lobby. He got hard knocks and many
defeats, but in 1910 his efforts were
crowned with success when the EN-
pire state passed the plumage law for
bidding the sale of the white badge Of
cruelty
HE never wearied Of preaching the
great value of insectivorous birds to
agriculture; yet the farmers and fruit
growers Of the United States probably
never will realize how much his labars
benefited them. He cared not feath-
er's weight who got the glory for any
of his work, so long as it was accom-
plished. Even the millinery dealers
and the game hog. while they fought
his reforms, admitted his unselfish-
ness There was nothing he would
not do for anyone who showed the
slightest interest in his hobby"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Diplomacy.

When King Alfonso Of Spain is stay
ing at San Sebastian, says the Man.
chester News, he frequently goes
scross to Biarritz for an afternoon OF
recreation.
On one occasion he arrived at the
station there and hailed fiacre. The
dri er recognized him. and when his
ma;esty asked what the fare was said,
For the king of Spain it will be 10
francs" The king smiled and merely
paid the ordinary fare as provided by
the tariff. To that amount however.
he added Il tip of the usual size.
A few days later he was again In
Biarritz and also took a fiacre. But on
this occasion the cocher was more dip
lomatic When asked the amount OF
the fare he replied. Your majesty
owes me nothing for the small service
/ have had the honor to render him."
His majesty replied to this courteous
speech by presenting the cabby with q
100 franc note.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
With Military Honors,

1t Is not universally known what is
meant by funeral with full military
honors" In such a funeral the coffin
is borne on gun carriage.
If the dead soldier was an infantry
man his sword and helmet rest on his
coffin.
At the funeral of a cavalry soldier
his sword and helmet are fastened to
the saddle of his horse, which is led
Immediately behind the gun carriage,
and his top boots, with spurs attached.
are fastened in the stirrups, with the
toes pointing backward.
A. firing party, drawn, if possible,
from the deceased's regiment, fire three
volleys over the grave. and the Last
Post is then sounded by buglers.-
Pearson's Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Breadth of Heart.

But after all, what is happiness? Ell
fciency, wealth, material comfort?
Many by their lives do so affirm; few
are cynical enough to say so, and on
their deathbeds none will feel 80. Not
even freedom in itself brings happi-
ness. Happiness lies in breadth Of
heart. And breadth Of heart is that
inward freedom which has the power
to understand, feel with and, if need
be, help others. In breadth of heart
are founded justice, love, sacrifice;
without it there would be no special
meaning to any of our efforts, and the
tale of all human life would be still no
more than that of supremely gifted
animals, many of whose communities
are highly efficient, and have instinc-
tive unity founded on experience of its
utility, but none of that conscious al
truism which is without perception Of
future benefit to self, and works from
sheer recognition of it's own beauty.
We are all bound more and moro to-
ward the understanding of ourselves
and each other, and all that this car
ries with it.-John Galsworthy in the
Atlantic Monthly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
CHILDREN HURT BY NOISES
How the Little Ones Suffer From the
Various Connections of a
Biz City.

Very few mothers realize how ex
tremely sensitive young children are
to noises of all kinds and how much
OF their "naughtiness" is due to nerv.
GUS irritation set up by all the house
hold noises of the day.
To certain extent every woman
who has the care of children realizes
this fact. When the baby goes to bed
all the house Is hushed in order that
it may sleep.
But once the child awakens no con.
sideration is shown to it's tender
nerves, and the evil consequences to
the child's health are often very seri
GUS and cling to it all through life.
Doctors are always insisting on this
paramount characteristic of the young
child-its great nervous sensibility.
And any mother who observes the
child when door is banged, a dog
barks or street trader shouts will
notice it's distress. At every bang or
other sudden noise there is a nervous,
frightened start.
The result of a days noise of all
kinds to young children, especially
they are delicate, is state of nervous
depression and irritation.
This is commonly mistaken for tenn
per and naughtiness, but it is rea!
nervous illness. They not only be
come petulant, but their appetite fails
and their digestion is thrown into dis
order.
No doubt the evil effects of city life
on children are due in great part to
the incessant noise.-Kansas City
Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
NO LACK or HONEST BOYS
Los Angeles Lad. Held Up as 4 Won.
der Is One Of Many That the
Land May Claim.

A Los Angeles (Cal.) paper prints
the account of the return to the owner
of five-dollar piece paid by accident
to a newsboy. It seems to regard the
incident as remarkable, and one phase
of it was, but the paper overlooked this.
There are many honest boys. The in
stincts of youth are predatory only in
the average boy would come out with
colors flying. The Industrious lad
who would steal is an exception. No
normal boy accustomed to dealing In
pennies could see an accidental gold
coin in his days collection without
the immediate impulse to place it in
the hands of the owner.
The remarkable phase of the Incl
dent was that the owner, upon receiv-
ing his coin, rewarded the boy with so
cents. Doubtless the newsie felt more
jubilation in possession of this hon
est piece of silver than in the larger
piece that could have been retained
only by a process virtually pilfering.
ey and RECEIVERS 1t is remarkably
stingy in the matter of reward. A
nickel handed over in exchange for
fat purse rescued from the street is
about the rule. Sometimes there is
no prefer, but look Of dark suspi-
cion.
1t would be wise to have statutory
regulation of the whole matter. A re-
ward of ten per cent would not be out
Of reason. If poor person happens
Upon a vagrant roll of money, it is but
natural that he become conscious of
temptation. He has reason to think
the owner will pay little or nothing,
and be more apt to display toward him
a sort of resentment than gratitude.
If he knew that under the law he was
entitled to a fair commission, the
temptation would vanish, the finder be
satisfied, and the owner restrained
from assuming the too frequent role Of
miser.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Gets Gun Lost Twenty Years.

A double-barrel shotgun with a pc
culiar nick in one of the barrels was
picked up for small price several
days ago in a pawnshop by Joseph
Smith. detective in a New York hotel.
who afterward went to Chief Engineer
E. c. Bingham of the hotel to ask how
the flaw could be removed. In the
course of the conversation the chief
engineer described an old type Green
er shotgun he lost 20 years ago on q
hunting trip in Illinois. He had Dor.
rowed the gun from his brother
Chief Bingham told Detective Smith
to bring in the shotgun. AS soon az
he saw it he offered to trade him for
it new shotgun and $40 to boot Mr..
Smith accepted the offer without hest.
tating. Again the chief engineer in.
spected the weapon infinitely, lock.
stock and barrel, and told Detective
Smith he was convinced the gun was
the one he lost. He said he would
have been willing to give $500 to ,re-
cover it. The shotgun was in good
condition
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Evolution of a Name.

Cosmo Innes, in his work on sur
n,,mes, quotes an instance showing the
gradual transformation of patronym-
ie. "a respectable citizen Of Dublin
named Halfpenny thrOve in trade, so
his children prevailed on him in his
t,;ter years to change the name, which
they thought undignified, and this no
d, chiefly by dropping the last letter.
lie died and was buried as Mr.. Hal
pen. The fortune Of the family did
not recede. and the son of our citizen
thought proper to renounce retail deal
ing. and at the same time looked about
FIR euphonious change of name. He
fsade no scruple of dropping the I'M
n.eessary h That being done, it was
'sy to go into the Celtic rage, which
=. he Lady of the Lake had just raised
r. Il great height So he who had run
re streets as little Kenny Halfpenny
lame out at the levees as Kenneth Nc
.tpin, the descendant Of hundred
kings "-London Chronicle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Made Point for pefansa.

OF Sir Thomas Egerton, who was
gifted with quick perception, this story
Is told: "A poor woman had been In.
trusted with the care of . large sum
Of money by three farmers, who told
her to keep it safely until they ap
peared together to claim 1t. Shortly
afterward one Of them went to her
and, representing that he came at the
direction Of the other two, he received
the money and forthwith disappeared
The other two brought action to re-
cover the whole deposit. Egerton hap
pened to be in court during the trial
In which an intimate friend defended
the woman. Seeing that the case was
going against his friend, Egerton vol.
unteered to speak az amicus curiae.
Permission was granted. Emphasize
ing the condition on which the money
was left in the woman's care, Eyer.
ton said: 1T IL clear that the plain
tins cannot recover. because It IL to
the three appearing together that the
defendant agreed to deliver the money.
Where II the third! let him be pro.
ducsd." Thus Essrtoa sayed IL da2
Tor ~ ftlanl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
STORIES THAT DO NOT MIX
Tales Of spooks and the Valuation Of
Real Estate Should Be Told on
Separate Pages.

The ghost story ranks with the i'm
mortals. Science, education, strong
skeptical view of the supernatural.
have been unable to Danish it. 1t digs
its nails in and hangs on though all
the winds of progress try to blow it
out of existence.
A New York newspaper gives first
page column to ghost story. A fine
old mansion in Connecticut Is about to
be torn down because the spooks and
shades have rendered it untenable to
the ordinary mortal. Until two years
ago the house was occupied by an
amiable and unexcitable matron. She
heard ghosts clanking their chains in
the halls. But she never bothered her
head about it. The swish of invisible
crinolines did not disturb her. When
cannon balls came rolling down the
stairs she merely said Dear me-" and
rolled over and went to sleep again.
Only one thing made her peevish.
There was a trap door in the kitchen
and when the cook made apple pie,
that door would rise slowly and the
cook would depart suddenly. 1t was
always a lot of trouble hunting for
new cooks. The lady said all this spec
trail playfulness was nothing to her,
because it was carried on by her an
cestors, and they couldn't possibly do
her harm. But she is gone, and no one
as courageous or Indifferent has ap-
peared on the premises. So the house
has to come down.
Ghost stories are interesting read
ing. They will probably always be
entertaining. But when they get mixed
up with the real estate business an ap-
peal ought to be made for an injunc-
ton.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Forgiveness.

A Swedish count has an autograph
album in which three statesmen have
written a sentence of their respec-
tive philosophers. The eighty-year-
old French minister, Guizot, wrote:
During my long life l have learned
two wise rules; the one is, to forgive
much, the other, to forget nothing"
Underneath these words the French
statesman Theirs wrote: 81 have
found that little forgetting does not
detract from the sincerity of the for
giving"
On the same page there was space
enough for an Gu+@ graph of the Ger
man chancellor E:Smarck, who said :
During my he 1 have learnt the
need of forgetting much and having
much forgiven me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Iuck-Laden,

An idle person CHANGED to see a
wagon rolling slowly along Fulton
street. Bad luck pursued it. At
Broadway, the driver sleepily tried to
cross in disregard of the traffic po-
liceman's ample and warning hand
His number was jotted down in the
book of that recording angel and a
summons was handed up. A few
yards beyond, and the horse, turning
to avoid hot-chestnut peddler, went
down in heap. The pavement was
slippery, and he must needs be un.
harnessed in the shafts before he
could rise. Another block, and some
body was digging hole in the street
to put in some kind of a main for
somebody else. The off wheels of the
wagon rolled too near, and the vehi-
Gle careened and slid into the exca-
walton. 1t had to be unloaded labori-
ously by hand before it could be
lacked up level again.-New York
Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Military Music.

mo one In time Of peace can under.
stand what war Isl writes Rev.
Charles E. jefferson in the Woman's
Home Companion. I'VE may prepare
for 1t, but We do not realize what it Is
We are preparing for. Military prepare.
tons are quite interesting, even excit-
ing. Boys and giIls are always fas
cinated by the paraphernalia Of battle.
Never have the instruments Of war
been SO intricate and sparkling as now.
All the trappings of the military world
are alluring.
Military music is full Of piercing
notes, which set the corpuscles of the
blood dancing. But military music Is
hot the music of war. The music Of
war is the groans of wounded and dy-
ing men and the sobs of broken heart
ed women. Military music is one Of
the embroidered wells thrown over the
face OF war to make boys think that
war 10 glorious"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Three True Steeis.

ron and carbon steel, vanadium
steel. and tungsten steel, are pointed
out by Prof. j. o. Arnold, British
metallurgist, as the three true steH!s
The second kind is iron and carrier
steel with five per cent of vanadium
the iron carbide having ceased to e.
list, and vanadium carbide being pre- -,
ent, and the third kind is iron ain
carbon steel having lis per cent at
tungsten, the ircn carbide having been
expelled by the tungsten. Iron and
carbon steel hardens at 730 degrees
c.; vanadium steel, just below 14o0
degrees, its melting point, and turg
stem steel at $50 degrees to 1900
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
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DUTCH APPLE CAKE.

pint Of -four, y tcaspoonful Of
, salt. Y te.,sp iolfa, of soda, sifted
J into the H. ur: .caspocnful cream
, of it;.rtar g level tcaspoonf,i!s of
J baking powder may be used in
, stead OF soda and cream of tartaD:
! 4 cupful Of butter. e:-g. scant
cupfui u mix, sour apples, ia
. blespoonfLls Il sugar.
. Nix Cry ingredients in order Civ
} en-: .uh in itut.er. beat egg and
, mix with the mix: then stir this
, into dry mixture. The dough
!, should he soft enough to spread
J one-half an inch thick on shallow
} baking pan. Core. pare and cut
) four apples into eighths; lay them
} In parallel rows on top Of the
J dough, the sharp edge down. and
J press enough TO make the edge
renet-a-n slightly Sprinkle the
zugGr .',e apple. Bake in hot
oven -, ny or thirty minutes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
FROM + LOVER OF. BOOKS
Advice and instruction - 70 Their
Proper Usage Which 10 Wolf
Worth Consideration.

We are exercising an Office OF
(. piety when we treat books care.
fully, and again when we restore them
to their proper places and commend
them to inviolable custody. We
deem it expedient to warn our stu.
dents of various negligences, which
might always be easily avoided and
do wonderful harm to books. And in
the first place as to the opening and
closing Of books, let there be due mod
Grafton, that they be not unclasped in
precipitate haste, nor when we have
finished our inspection to be put ava.
without being duly closed. For it be
hooves us to guard a book much more
carefully than a boot. But the
handling Of books is specially to be
forbidden to those shameless youths
who as soon as they have learned to
form the shapes of letters, straight
way, if they have the opportunity, be-
come unhappy commentators, and
wherever they find an extra margin
about the text, furnish it with mon
strous alphabets, or if any other friv.
olity strikes their fancy. at once their
pen begins to write it. There the
Latinist and sophister and every un-
learned writer tries the fitness Of his
pen, a practice that we have frequent.
ly seen injuring the usefulness and
value of the most beautiful books
moreover, the laity, who look at book
turned upside down just as if it were
open in the right way, are utterly un-
worthy of any communion with books.
Let the clerk take care also that the
scullion does not touch the lily
leaves Of books, all unwashed, but he
who walketh without blemish shall
minister to the precious volumes. -.
Whenever defects are noticed in
books, they should be promptly re-
paired, since nothing spreads more
quickly than a tear, and rent (which
is neglected at the time will have to
be repaired with usury.-From the
Philobiblon of Richard de Bury, Kings
Classics Edition.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
Florence NiohtlnoaIe'. Statue.

"Tbe Lady With the Lamp" status
Of Florence Nightingale, has been IN
yelled without ceremonial, in Water
loo place, London. The statue stands
high on red and gray granite pedes-
tai, and makes q notable and an ap-
propriate addition to Waterloo place.
By its side, fully harmonizing with II
In general outline, is that Of Sidney
Herbert. The effective background
FOR both is the Crimean memorial. The
sculptor portrayed his subject in .
sympathetic pose, standing In the 70.
luminous skirt Of the early Victorian
period. with the lamp borne in the
right hand. This statue of 1.-THE Lady
With the Lamp" is the first public
statue Of woman in London other
than those Of royal ladies'.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1915-12-24
On. rlres rhea<es

In 1852 the first theater In the Untb
Ell States was opened in the colony Of
Virginia at old Williamsburg. The
originator was an English actor, VIII
liam Hallam, ST., who brought his own
company from over seas and presented
The Merchant Of Venice" as the tni-
tial performance. The idea spread rap
Idly. and soon New York, Philadelphia
nd the other leading communities Of
colonial America each had its the
ater. While the Virginia playhouse
was the first in the United States, &C.
tors had played in the colonies before
this date. The first is said to have
been the English strolling player, An
lhony Aston, who was known as Mat
Medley. The actor and his art of that
day were generally despised by the
ruritanical colonists. The Massachu-
sets legislature passed law shortly
,fter amateurs had given "The Or
ihans" at the Coffee House in Boston
Ill 1749 which forbade such perform
nnces, prescribing penalty for actors
and spectators alike of $25 each.