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10 Ascertain the time at night, the
Apache Indians employed q gourd on
which the stars Of the heavens were
marked. As the consultations rose in
the SKY, the Indian referred to his
gourd and found out the hour. By
turning the gourd around he could tell
the ORDER In which the constellation
might be expected to appear.
The hill people Of Assam reckon
time and distance by the number Of
luids Of betei0uts chewed. It will be
remembered how. according to Wash
ington Irving, the Dutch colonial as
sembly was Invariably dismissed at
the last pun Of the third pipe of to-
,bacco of Gov. Wouter Van Twiller.
4 Hontagn2s Indian Of Canada will
set up . tall stick in the snow when
travelling ahead Of friends who are to
: follow. He marks with his foot the
line Of shadow cast, and by the change
In the anglo Of the shadow the on-com-
Ing party can tell, on arriving at the
spot, about how far ahead The leader
Ia
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
No Husband Is Perfect.

Don't expect all the virtues in ont
man If he is good natured he may bt
lazy: if be is scholarly he may be cold
If he is thrifty he may be stingy: II he
is generous he may be wasteful: If b.
is smooth he may be deceitful.s Th,
man who charms you with his immacu
late appearance Is likely to be some
thing of an old maid the man who is
areful to pick threads off your skirt |,
prone TO pick flaws in you; the NAL
who takes an undue interest In the Sc
lection Of your hats may take an undue
interest in the bill which comes home
the man who before marriage jumps
to open the door. lest your fingers b.
contamiG ated by the knob. may after
marriage allow those same fingers t.
be contaminated by the washboard.-
Woman's Home Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
FEEDING the Stock

The victim of the following story.
told In Mrs. Henry W. Coles "A
Lady's Tour Around Monte Rosa. -
was possessed of keen sense Of hu-
NOR Otherwise his dignity might have
been ruffied by the unconscious revela.
ton which came to his ears. In tho
| course Of Mrs. Coles travels she met
the Rev. Robert Montgomery, the poet.
who told her an incident of his early
career In the pulpit. When he was
nrst admitted to holy orders he was
appointed curate in rural Scotch dis
triet and lodged In the house If a
small tenant farmer Notwithstandins
! bis office Of clergyman the family did
not appear to hold their boarder In
high veneration, for one day he heard
the woman servant call out to her
mistress:
"Missis. shall feed the pigs nrut o,
gle the mon his dinner?'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
STRENGTH of q Flower.

One Of the most remarkable exhihi
lions Of plant force | ever saw, say
John Burroughs In THE Breath o
Life" was In a western city, where
observed a wild sunhower forcing IT.
way up through the asphalt pavement
The folded and compressed leaves O
the plant like a mans fist, had pushes
against the hard but flexible concret,
until it bulged up and split and let tn
irrepressible plant through. The fore,
e1erted must have been many pounds
think 1t doubtful if the strongest maj
could have pushed his fist through sucl
resisting medium.
Life activities are a kind of explo
sion, and the slow continued explo
sions Of this growing plant rent tn
pavement as surely as powder woul,
have done. 1t Is doubtful If any cult
waited plant could have overcome sucl
odds, 1t required the force of the un
tanned hairy plant of the plains to &C
complish the feat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
The KINGS Beard.

An interesting story Is told IN cor
nection with the Swedish actor, Fer
rasi, who was called upon to take the
part Of Oscar in a play under that
name at Stockholm, Sweden. The &C
tor was ordered by the director Of the
opera to make up with q full beard.
but during one Of the intermissions
he hunted up the director and told him
that Oscar I never wore such beard.
"What kind Of . beard did he have.
then"
To this Fsrrasi replied, "Mustache
and goatee, like Napoleon Ill"
How do you know thatr'
The conclusive reply was offered.
"From my postage-stamp collection"
The change was made and at the
second performance the public noticed
with establishment how King Oscar
had altered the cut Of his beard. To
stamp collectors it is hardly necessary
to point out that Mr.. Ferrasi secured
his information by looking up the issue
Of Norway, 1s5e-7.-Christian Science
Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Oaseaintns Ia Arabia.

4 missionary was bargaining one
lay with an Arab stonecutter.
q "0ive me 81 boatload." said the
Arab,
'@That is too much" replied the mis-
sionary. "You only charge So to your
fellow Arabs, and they make you wait
for your money. pay spot cash."
Eyes, but you ought to be glad to gel
1t for seven" said the stonecutter
'You do not know how much my feel
low Arabs despise me for dealing witt
you at all, because you are an infldel
you know"
The Arabs are all Mohammedans
The stronger Christian man Is the
more of an infldel they think him t.
be. Missionaries were unwelcome II
that country. Only by their medica
work did they get any foothold at all
There have perhaps been fewer con
verts there than on any other mission
field. But missions have been estab
ltshed there less than thirty years
Sometimes several generations Of mis-
sionanes live and work and die 80 tina
their successors may see the fruit O
the labors of them all.-World Outlook
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Conflicting Duties.

The most difficult thing in life seems
to me to recognize which is the higher
OF two conflicting duties, and those tc
whom 1t is easiest must have, l think
not only the most happiness, but genius
If goodness were always quite simple
what could be more delightful than tC
be good alwa-s? 1t IS. however, sac
thing. when the understanding and the
affections are at variance. when onf
has to stop and consider which Of two
courses is morally incumbent on one
and without always finding a solution
It is sad. because 1t shakes ones faitf
In that which ought to be the sures
Of guides-namely, in ones own con
science. And, let one choose what HI
will, 1t leaves in his mind a sting, some
thing 10 regret.-Paul Heyse.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
oy-.9ATER PERIOD OF DAY
lock in Afternoon, Declares
r, Is for Some Reason a
Time OF Disillusion.

sayh period OF the day has its own
subde quality, which no arbitrary re-
arrangement Of our own hours of work
and rest can destroy. And two O'Clock
In the afternoon is a time OF disillus
son, a timerwhen a man has neither
great faith nor profound convictions.
VT. IS William McFee in the Atlantic.
Tie morning is gone, the evening too
far away. Even teatime seems at an
immense sad tragic distance. 1t is the
81 ck-water period of the day. And 1t
Is the period -Then a man may perhaps
experience, in the space of flash, q
peculiar sensation of being an impos-
tor 1t IS, suppose, In such moments
frat generals, commanders, chief en-
sineet and the like jump overheard.
Z Is sensation extraordinarily vivid
- :ef. no external evidence is of
atT ~ H. eutralize its dire and
a...La. v..l..-science. No personal
written record, no esteem OF lifelong
friends no permanent and visible ac-
complishment can shield the sensitive
hnmAn soul, thus suddenly stripped
bare by some devflish cantrip of Its
own mechanism. One feels hollow
sham.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Crncodila laars.

The expression crocodile tears" cap
be found In almost every European
language, but 1t is doubtful if one In
thousand of those who use 1t has
an idea of its origin. We are told in
the Besttary of Guillaume lie Clerc that
when the crocodile finds an unwary
traveller 1t devours him, but afterward
weeps over him all the rest Of its life
This Is very evidently the allusion in
"Othello," Each drop she falls would
prove a crocodile"
There Is another version of the fable
however, which is more often referred
to In literature and according to which
the crocodile sheds tears in order tc
allure the traveller to destruction
Shakespeare alludes to this In the pas
sage where he tells how
The mournful crocodile
With sorrow snares relenting passengers
q Henry VI, l. 226.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
shakespeare's Benefac.ors.

OF the millions who love to reaf
Shakespeare how many have ever,
heard of Heminge and Condell. Yes
to the faithful iabors of these two poor
players we owe the first attempt t.
give the world complete edition O.
Shakespeare's plays. No collected ctii
ton OF the poets work was issued IL
his lifetime. nor did many OF the plays
even find their way to print untis John
Heminge and Helry Conden SHAKE
speare's intimate friends and fellow
actors, took the task of publication IN
hand, disclaiming ambition either Of
selfe, profit or fame in undertaking Ii.
design aud being moved solely b,
desire ito Recipe the memory Of SC
worthy a friend and. fellow alive q,
vas our Shakespeare"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11

n battle the Aztecs strove to- save
We 60 TINT they could use their pris
oners as humsn sacrifices tosthe gods.
Vhey had the art Of ambush reduced to
such s. science that it was nothing un
asaa;s for them to bring home 25.0tn
prisoners after campaign. Their bat
lies We're not fought for the sake sof
asly principle. nor yet TO gain territory
They fought in order to capture prison
ers, and the hot headed young soldiers
we're given wooden swords, for fear
they might in the heat Of battle rnwit
Angly slay foe. A dead enemy wa.
already dead. and hence Of no value
for sacrifciai purposes. Were the AZ
tees humans? Well, not so that yor
could notice. But their destruction o.
prisoners on the affairs of their s.beatitl
tul temples was done In the name OF
religion and hence not reprehensible.-
st. Louis Globe Democrat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Test For .Fi.,d CHASE.

Inquiry has it that tsea0solute snc
u e. HI ahtle rses 'ofS field glass by the
purchaser Is to see what size letters
can be read across the street from the
opticians shop.
1t isn't The real test is to climb vi
a long and bushy hill until the breath
comes hundred to the minute. Tier
snatch for the glass, reposing in 9
shirt pocket, to see whether the buck
is the one you want before you IRE
II it won't go In your shirt pocket II
Is not the glass you want: others are
made that will. II 1t shakes in your
agitated hands It is not the glass you
want You cannot see enough more
with a high power glass to pay for
the times when it is unusable, because
yeu cannot hold 1t steady.-Outing.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Earmina In France,

The French government has under.
taken to supply the depleted ranks
Of the farmers and to give assistance
to the amateur farmer by means Of
correspondence course, which has been
eagerly received. The pupil receives
instructions as to course Of reading,
the management of small experiment
plot, the carrying out Of simple expert
ments, visits to neighboring farms.
etc. The Union Of Agricultural Syndi-
Gates, which has assumed charge Of
this work for the government, has ap-
pointed a number Of "conitors" to su-
peryise the work of pupils In their sev-
eral neighborhoods. The pupils pre-
pare monthly examination papers and
render monthly reports on their work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Saw soldier Cousin In Movies,

At q moving picture performance,
says the Boston Post, there was shown
~The Battle Of Arras" and the retreat
Of the Germans Ono view showed
some English soldiers marching
through q street in France. In the
aim the soldiers stopped In front Of
the camera a few seconds, when sud-
denly an American soldier Jumped to
his feet and yelled at the top Of his
voice. "Give 'em thunder, Johnnie, old
top! Give 'em thunder!" The audi
ence almost went Wild tn its applause ;
but the soldier, realizing what he had
done, blushed and started for an exit,
when a young woman usher told him
not to mind, but stay and see the show.
He later explained that the man in the
picture was Johnnie Clark. his cousin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Such 10 Fame.

I was talking Of famous mems
doubles one day to girl had met al
the seaside, and asked her to gaze In
my face and to say whom she thought
l resembled the most. Now. I fancy
myself that I look more or less like q
second Lord Kitchener; 20 informed
her that she'd probably guess Il I made
an attempt at assisting her. -.
First, his fame 70 IN everyone's
mouth" began: there's I handle at.
tached to his name. He II rarely up
set, an afl-round sort Of MARROW.
lsrhapa you know who mean"
= l~Wait q bit,r she replied ~there's
Z handle. you say" and she gave her
plump shoulderss;a shrus. Hes in
everyons's mouth Eve GOT It hooray!
.xess Of course, why. you do look like Q
nogi"-London Tit-Bits.
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she Wi,hed Good. Service.

Telephone girls have many ques-
lions put to them daily, according to
young woman who is employed at the
Central Union exchange in this city,
notes the Indianapolis News.
But the funniest request made by
any Of our subscribers in all my e1-
perience," she continued, "came from
an old woman Just the other day.
SIS this the Bell Telephone COM
panyr she asked. '''-
"Yes, ma'am,' I replied.
"'Well, I want to speak to Mr.. Bell
at once. There's, something the mat
ter with my telephone, an 1 want him
to come down here an FIX it,"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11

A. l. Moreauf Gottschalk United
States consul ssaeral at Rio do Jan
eiro. 10 enthusiast1e over the prospect
Of rsvival Of tie cotton growing In
dustry Of Brasil, according to the San
Francisco Argonaut. He calls atten-
ton to the fact that the republic is the
original home q enc Of the parent cot
tons Of the world Cotton thrives In
the country when skilfnlly cultivated.
but the industry has thus far been neg
lected for others more profitable. The
consul general advances Z strong point
when he leys that's by-produet Of the
cotton indpstry-cottonseed oil cake
would b q great help b the cotton
raiDoeA - RS f-af
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
A Valuable Tooth.

There is an amusing story Of the
economy necessary in tie early days
of the Norwegian theater at Bergen.
1t was In 1S49. when Ibsen and Bjorn
son were creating the national drama.
A lady had been engaged for the part
of second old woman" when it was
discovered that her Evolutionary pow.
ers were impaired by the fact that she
had lost one of her front teeth. I'm.
poverished as she was. the manage
nIent came TO the rescue and bore the
expense Of the necessary dentistry
When she retired. however, after two
seasons. she had to leave the tooth be
hind her, the example of the dentists
art being the property of the theater
The management was too poor to par
with IT.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Making the Potato Popular.

There IL q touch Of humor in the
method employed by the famous
French chemist Parmentier to over.
come the prejudices against the po-
tato Of the peasantry on the CONT
aent. He cultivated potatoes in the
open l1elds. IN places very much fire.
9uented. He guarded them carefully
during the day only, and was happy
when he had excited so much curios-
ity as to induce people to steal some
ef them during the night. Then he
persuaded Louis XIV to wear bunch
Of potato flowers at his buttonhole
in the midst Of the court on festal
day. Nothing more was wanting to
induce great lords to plant them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Time h Worx Hard

When fortune begins to smile upon
ysa Il the time you via have To
spznk up most Then 1t Il that most
folks begin to take 1t easy-and fan.
Getting into the public eye b a chal.
tmIs - make good. There are thou.
saRde Of others In the same business
Yoa Mest surpam themp1 remain one
Il ~ avvd II the pfso6 you occupy
esss erswdsd you must spunk up q
Hide mora Put ON a little more steam
a little more brains and push are
needed. Maybe the other fellow II al
his limit NOW. Keep o. Dushing to the
'front.' ThS courage with which you
stsivs VIII receive It's reward Work
WITH bR~kn s1d hand snd The victory
Is bound 10 b yours-NsnAyivsnis
Grit
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Flowers Of the States.

Twenylsfx states Of the Union have
adopted stats flowers official or for
mally agreed upon emblems. Massa.
chusetts IL not one Of them, although
theirs Il sort Of growing idea. amount.
ing almosf to common consent that
the traff1ng arbutus Is our state flower,
snys the Boston TRANSCRIPT. II 1t is
We have that emblem In common with
the province Of Nova Scotia. Connect.
cut has q legally adopted flower, and
It IL In many respects the Anest pos
sesssd BY any state In the UniN. II
Is Tie mountain laurel. There are
fewSrs more beautiful than our laurel
Of the woods, but its bloom ID 50 easily
eSnysnt1onalized, so bright and 50 dec.
sfattve, that II Is peculiarly Atsed fol
enhematic purposes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Where .ne Fiys Paint, We.

The Five Points. once a most dan
serous part of the New York Sums
Is now the site of Paradise park. Il
is at~sthe crossing Of Worth. Baxte,
and Park streets. near the junction OF
Park row and the New Bowery and
Chatham square and practically ad
Joining Mulberry bend. In 17i0 four
teen negroes were burned here dur.
ing the negro instruction. Here the
Dead Rabbits had their headquartera
and fought the Bowery Boys. The
Seventh regiment was called out July
8. 1857, to quell riot here The Five
Points mission was Incorporated II
1850.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11

Nov, If this proposition appeals tc
you, sign here" said the brisk agent al
The end of half hour harangue.
II didn't say it appealed to me-" an
swered the man at the desk.
mo, but l saw an expression O.
pleased interest in your face"
"Oh, that wasn't due to anything
you said. just happened to remem
Der that Mike, our head porter, is due
here In about three minutes. The las
time he put an agent out the fellow
was carried to a hospital oh, mus
you go? Well, good morning Dir
mingham Age Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Effect o. Learning.

President George Kistner Of Cam
pion college said the other day:
Learning, profound learning, Is the
light Of the world, but we continually
get new proof Of the harm little
learning does
"A lady employed schoolgirl Of
twelve to scrub her front steps. The
schoolgirl worked we'll but suddenly
she stopped coming. The lady met her
on the street and said:
"'What's the matter, Minnie? Why
have you stopped working for meT
"The urchin tossed her head.
"Tm takin' Latin now she sniff
ed and don't scrub steps no more /"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11

Flesh food is the chief Cause e dfo-
somania- When men are properly nour.
ished upon noninnammatofy DIET "a,
u rich In proteid and nerve anA k1s
sue building subs;snee-euch q Nnts
Of all kinds and their peeducts, cereal
foods wheat meal. oatmeal. macaronI
rice etc., legumes (hariccts, leattl,
and peasl fruits ct every -ocrt ane
dairy produce (cheese, mill anl eexs,-
they 90 not crave for ssrong lrfnk. 20
are they In danger Of takine alceAcl &
cesh-London Heath Hoooua
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pea On operatlno rahls.

Mack, a bulldog owned BY MrA
Charles Wright, teacher at the Rulo
school, says q Walla Walla (Wash.)
exchange, got so many porcupine
quilts in its mouth and throat during
fight with that animal that It had to
be chloroformed and hundreds. Of
quilts were taken out with pincera
The dog was protecting chickens
owned by Its mistress. Mack has sue
cessfully fought of badgers snakes
and coyotes which have sought to steal
the chickens, and when the poreupine
appeared 1t charged it. Even with its
mouth filed with quilts 1t continued
the atta2s 49,
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A Literary Coincidence.

my father, W. Clark Russell" SAID
Herbert Russell in telling Of literary
coincidence, had finished maturing
the plot of his novel, The Death Ship,
which is version Of the legend OF
Vanderdecken. l was his amaruensis
at the time He said to me, '1omor
row we will begin the story. On the
following morning when | entered his
study to take his dictation of the open
ing lines he showed me a letter he had
lust received 1t was from W. S. Gil
BERT, the well known dramatist, askb',
him why he did not write novel alb "
he Flying Dutchman."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1918-01-11
Wrist Watch Analn.

Old Convert ! can't understand
why the wrist watch 10 such an object
bf levity. I'm sure It IL Z great con-
venience.
New Conveft-Yes. With the old
Kind. In order to ind out the time I
had TO unbutton+ my coat and fish
eround in my waistcoat pocket for my
watch. Now all 4 have to do II I'M
button my. coat, nsh around, in my
raistcoat pocket discover that my
watch isn't there. and then pull up my
sleeve and look at my wrist watch.
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60 fn,,i III 1uin:a. ms
. - .ri.' -, >rr-,.t, '>al Is as t.
ti.nr'i ~ g., 't.'r>- 1u~tatttAisst,,,
u"togcstI ~ ~ ri. samuu> $50 iui,.
S,.a"d zoe ma -etIEth NJ o.nplt',
,rld- 10 is- sbom tw.tfy stx f.~aT
'Ae hare iA> mt 10 reality the spe--S
I the dug The noc on the uth-l
1and does not attain the slt-,.ti of Tia.
horse. fb- giraffe L. said tu run A,
he rate Of fifteen vsrsi- I.ar s4,upu nn
der thu MOST favoFHtie 'outiif1orlS Tn.
elephant going at the rate NJ tw.
Yards second. carrtes u weight N
proximating t9 that CARRIED ny Ell,
sorses 81 Louis Gio..e Uernrcrat
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Making Fire with Ios.

Take q smooth, clear, curving piece
q ice, one not too thick, and hold It
In the rays Of the sun so that It will
bring the light to sharp focus Just
as win lens in reading glass. The
Ice win not last long enough to burn
Z piece Of paper. but II the focus rssts
On q speck Of gun cotton II will cause
combustion and d flame VIII result.
Arctic explorers have built fires often
with this expedient when matches
were absent and flint and rock Dot
handy.
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0hrewd.

The manager. writing out tho an.
Houncement Of his show, ended with
these words:
The patronage OF children undes
eighteen is not encouraged
That" he remarked shrewdly, will
appeal to the children over cighteear'
New York Post
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She Mas One of Them.

Once a high school principal was
having dispute with one of his teach
ers, vivacious young lady. She claim
ed that the word man" meant man
kind as a whole, while men" always
signifed the masculine gender.
The principal maintained that there
were exceptions and triumphantly
quoted. Though l speak with the
tongues of men and Of angels
But the young lady answered de
murely, THAT won't do, for, you see
both genders are mentioned there
Ladies' Home Journal.
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Discomfort

A certain discomfort with the I'm.
mediate job is one Of the most coin.
mon Of human failings. Ninety-nine
out Of every hundred Of us are; Con
scious of 1t at intervalA or more OF
less continuously. There Afs times,
and with some It u practically III the
time, when we would like to do some
thing else, be something else or be
somewhere else The grass on the
other side cf the road looks greener
the other fellows job looks easier and
mut1 observation-disclosures Journal