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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16

Novel to the eye of a stranger Wis
fling Argentina is the parrot peddler
often seen on the streets of the towns
who carries his feathered stock-in-
trade in cages, or sometimes perched
on his head and shoulders
That country. of course. is too far
south to have native parrots, and most
of the birds are imported from Brazil
Argentina means "silvery." or Land
Of Silver" Its principal river and
one of the greatest in the world, is
calTd the River Of Silver. plata"
being another word for the same
mail The names thus bestowed owe
tfrir origin to the fact that early ex-
uorers along the Rio de la Plata found
such silver In use by the ahorigines
tpr personal ornament.-Public Led
ger. Philadelphia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
HUNTING THE SPERM WHALE
One Taken Off West Coast of Scotland
Realized Five Thousand Dollars
for Its Captors.

A graphic account of the hunting
by one who took part in ii. Starting
from the west coast of Scotland the
whaler made for Rockall, a lonely
granite pinnacle that jutS out of the
Atlantic about two hundred miles west
of the Outer Hebrides Why the
whales go there is a mystery, but in
early summer schools of them may be
found in the neighborhood. The look
out soon spies blow" that is the
fountain elected by the whale as it
comes to the surface to breathe, Away
goes the whaler In pursuit. After
some tense maneuvering the whaler
gets into suitable position. the skipper
takes aim, fires his harpoon gun and
harpoOn is embedded in the mon
s1er's body. The whale disappears
taking yards of hemp line with him.
Presently he rises to blow again, and
Immediately a second harpoon is fred
at him and he. goes down with yards
of cable rafting overheard About
t1IeF AAlAiut09 ldlel ne upalS Oh lie
surface Of the water, quite dead.
Immediately the sailors fall upon
him. Air is pumped into the carcass
TO make it buoyant, his flukes are
trimmed off, so that he will float In
tow, and the whaler makes for Scot
land again. with q host of screaming
birds in her rear. This particular
0hale realized five thousand dollars.
1t was ull-grown sperm, about sixty
feet long.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16

Probably the NEST extraordinary
draught board in tho world Wa, cen
structed at st. Leonard, England, In
1891. 1t was made of solid blocks of
concrete, three feet thick, and Its sur
face covered an area Of 625 square
feet. a draught board, which at one
time belonged to Bismarck, is estiInat-
ed to have cost more than 800. 900
The squares are made of solid gold
and silver. This draught board was
declared by experts to be the most
valuable In existence set of
draushtsmen, i of gold and 10 of
silver, were presented to the prince
In the center of each golden draught
was beautiful ruby, while inlaid in
the center Of each silver one was
peerless diamond. A quaint old draught
board is still to be seen hanging as
sign outside the Chequers inn, Os-
motherley. Its interest lies in the
fact that neither the original painter
of the sign, nor the landlord of the
inn, was a draughts player. The
board has So squares, whereas a real
draught board contains ca.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
SLIPS BY FAMOUS AUTHORS
Humorous to Record, but Detract Lit
tie From the Stories as
They Are Read.

The British minister Of education
points out some mistakes that he has
come across in books. One of them
runs through "Ivanhoe," where the
Normans and Saxons are represented
rs two distinct races. The fact Is that
at the time with which the story deals
marriage between the two races had
gone so far that Norman could hardly
he told from Saxon: but Sir Walter
Scott did not realize this until the story
was set up in type. and so the famous
novel appears with this blunder right
through it. Another mistake was made
by Mrs. Humphry Ward, who in one
of her books made two people take
chairs in Kensington gardens in the
first week in October. though all chairs
are removed from the gardens on Sep
TENDER 30. Charles Kingsley makes
Holm 'Brumblecome" recite a PRAYER
from the prayer book long before the
time the prayer was put in; the poet
Pope makes weasel eat corn. which
weasel never does; and likewise In
Don Quixote" the merry Cervantes
makes one Of his parties at tavern
cat two suppers in one night. The life
Of a novelist is full of trouble, but such
little things do not seem to matter
greatly. We would rather have the
stories with all their mistakes than
have the dull facts without the stories
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
The Susceptible Cow.

Two Chicago children were visiting
their grandparents on a farm north
east of Muncie. It WAS their first ex-
perience of the kind, and they were
interested in eve4 ything they saw The
milking operation waS especially ali
sorbing. Hitherto their only knOwl-
edge Of The origin Of milf VAS that It
came in bottles from tha grorars
Discussing the milking iitfle later
with his sister. Arthur, who is seven
conclr1a1: Put ! amt gor much re
81 oct Helen for that COW that's as
easy fattered as grandpa'S COWS are.
Grandpa calls EN- PoSs, when they
amt boss at all and that seems TO
tickle 'em so they give up all their
milk when if hey had any sense
they'd keen it for their own use."-In-
dianapois News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
Now She's The Happiest
Woman Always Ready
For Fun and Work

She was just like hundreds of thou
sands OF women-prematurely aged
from overwork. Her hands were red
from the scrubbing board Her Shout
ders dropped from bending over a wash
tub. She had rheumatism from getting
wet while scrubbing clothes
Now she is bright. happy and spark
ling. Her hands are white and soft.
Her shoulders are straight and conf
dent looking. She seems years
younger.
How did she do it? By washing in
the easy Clean Easy way No more
miserable days for her. She let's Clean
Easy Naptholeine Wash Soap do all
the work.
Why, just imagine the ease Of this:
She soaks the wash over night. In
the morning she cuts up y bar of
Clean Easy into Il gallons of water
and bOils. AS soon as the chips dis
solve, the clothes are put in and stirred
with a stick for ten minutes She
rinses. blues and dries. and the whole
washing is done--for only a few cents!
With no mean work at all She is
away on a happy day before her neigh
HOi mas SCRUBBED nan her clothes.
Every woman can be as happy and
contented as she is. Simply buy bar
OF Clean Easy from your grocer Use
according 10 directions and you'll find
a new pleasure in clean things and
new world for yourself
Note how different Clean Easy looks
from other soaps-also how differently
it works.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
Boiling Steel in OIL.

Cincinnati is one Of six places in the
world where steel Is strengthened by
being boiled In oil. At plant in Car
thage, a steel shaft weighing 10000
pounds, the largest piece ever subject
ed to the new method, went through
the process of being strengthened 1t
was hollow bored tumbler shaft" for
use In dredging gold in California, cost
ing about $1,000. The great shaft was
first suspended in an upright furnace
until heated to just below the melting
point. A crane then picked it up and
dropped 1t into a huge well of oil.
where 1t boiled and sputtered, throwing
out clouds Of oily mist.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
LEARN THE DANGER SIGNAL
Nature Always Gives Warning to Those
"BeIow Par" and 1t Should
Be Recoanized

Influenza, colds and other scourceS
due to germs pass by those who are at
| par and find their victims in those
| below par" That expression. used
medically, means that Your power of
| resistance is lowered, the red corpus
Giles in Your blood decrease ana Your
spirits an important factor are
down" says a writer in London An
swerS
A physician has pointed out that
most Of US can quite easily tell when
we are below par. and then it is up to
US to tonic" ourselves over the period
of depression until the normal health
returns.
A smoker below par either does not
smoke or his tobacco gives him but a
small proportion of his usual enjoy
ment.
A brain worker below par is con-
scious that, for some reason or other.
he has to overconcentrate himself on
his work.
Other people get ragged in temper
and with no apparent cause, The
cause of course, is because they are
below par.
manual worker finds that his tools
"jib" most unaccountably. Others are
"off their feed" and neither the con
temptation Of meal nor the eating of
it gives them any pleasure.
Some find that noises usually unno-
ticed annoy and torture. Others again.
go sleepy and some get a touch of in
somnia. There is no "below par"
symptom applicable to everybody, and
1t is therefore necessary and very wise
to find out-as one can do by observa-
tion-our own particular danger signal,
and act ACKNOWLEDGEMENT in time!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
Checking Fire in Films,

The celluloid films used for motion
pictures ignite easily and burn rap
idly, necessitating the installation of
special protective equipment. A Eu-
ropean inventor has combined a new
chemical with an ingenious method Of
applying it, which saves, it is asserted,
all of the film except the portion first
ign::ed. The film in the projecting
machine is surrounded by a ring Of
tubing with inner perforatfons, con-
nectcd with an iron tank containing
the chemical, a colorless liquid. A
valve near the operators hand enables
TIE flow to be started instantly.-Pop-
ular Mechanics Magazine,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
SOME FISH OF RECORD SIZE
rinny Monster Claimed to H,v. Been
aken on New Jsrssy-Remark-
able Devil Fish.

america claims to have caught the
largest fish on record-an enormous
ia, narpooned OF New Jersey, weigh
Ing i oa tons, and needing SIX oxen
49, snu q men to drag it ashore. The
oat.ie with the fish lasted nine hours,
ana a,,o. 1t ~ dashed up spray to a height Of
Alowance must be made for some
easaggeration. but there are on record
1o1T cases where gigantic rays or
oeen nsh' have been harpooned.
One taken or Jamaic. was 80 big
1nat 1t took 20 men to DRAG II along
IN, tne peach. Even rays caught in Brit
i Isl waters are sometimes Of treat Size.
IKE one that was SOLD IN the fsh
market at Cambridge. Il weighed PA
pounds and when cooked and served
a. 81 Johns college was su1icient to
LAKE : meal Tor 10 persons.
a ray Is fset acroa. and 30 feet
~ aoono was trapped in Table bay, while
~ .ne hahama isAnds Tie natives once
nal pooned = sisant,e sltate me.suring
n 1oeeAns Ike 10 feet across he nap
49, y ,4@
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16

There is no sillier affectation than
that OF old worldism. To rave about
Sir Robert Browne and know nothing
of William Cobbett is foolish. To
turn your back upon your own time
is simply to provoke living wags, with
rudimentsry but effective humor, to
chalk opprobrious epithets upon your
person. But, on the other hand, to
depend upon your contemporaries for
literary sustenance, to be reduced to
scan the lists of Forthcoming Works"
with a hungry eye, to complain of
dearth of new poems. and new novels.
and new sermons, is worse than affec-
tation-it is stupidity.-Augustine
Birrell,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
Pennsylvania Blue Laws.

Pennsylvania's venerable blue law,
e,sacted April %, 1894, and entitled
IAN act for the prevention of vice and
immortality and for other good pur-
posesY has survived all the assaults
of those. who would destroy it. The
legislators,pf 1894 regarded it as being
vastly more wicked to shoot a rabbit
on Sunday than to drink hot toddy.
One offender was tagged with a fine
of S25, the other shilling and a half.
1t WAS impossible under a strict en-
forcement OF that law to operate
canal boat, railroad train, street
railway car. a cab or sell any commod-
fly from loaf Of bread to a package
of chewing gum.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
Bean Growing in Early Times.

Theophrastus, writing 800 years be
fore the Christian era, says that in
Macedonia and Thessaly, beans were
grown to be plowed into the soil at
Towering time. Varro about 80 years
B. c. says: Some things should be
SoWn with view not so much to pre-
sent profit as to next years crops, be-
cause when cut down and left they i'm
prove the soil. Thus lupins before
they produce many pods, and some
times beanstalks, if the podding stage
be not so far advanced that it is
profitable to pull the beans, are usual
ly plowed into poor land" In Flan-
ders, which has always been a model
to the rest Of Europe in husbandry.
this method has always been great
feature. This we learn from the lee
ture read by DR.. E. J. Russell, NJ. A.,
F. R. S., c. B. E.. at the Royal Horu-
cultural society-who recommends
these methods and regards it as ono
Of the most efficient ways Of making
soil. Such is our obligation to Theoy
phrastus-Christian Science Monftet.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
Puzzle for Archeolouists,

Archeologists are puzzled by the pre-
historic carving Of lion near Vera
Cruz. Efforts have been made to trace
the origin Of this little known relic Of
prehistoric America, but have thus
far proved futile. The similarity to
the African lion rather than the noun
tain lion Of this hemisphere has added
TO the MYSTERY
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16

MI. Murfee-SuI-e an what's the
matter with the goat this mornin'?
Mrs. Murfee-Sure, he eat up a pair
Of my old corsets.
Didn't l tell you that corsets were
uuhealthy?"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
war Brides Aweary,

J Incompatibility of American and
French customs has caused 1900 OF
approximately $4,000 French wal
brides to return to France, according
to Mrs. Reginald 81. Johnson, presi-
dent of the recently organized LEspoir
Franco-American club in Pittsburgh
The club, formed at the suggestion of
Mile. Odette de Bouglon of Paris. who
was in Pittsburgh recently, is expected
to broaden the interests of French girls
who became the brides of Americans
overseas, and to make them contented
In their new homes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1920-07-16
Got Rid OF Pestiferous F,v.

Health authorities at Saranac Lake.
N. T., declare that this probably is the
first "hyless town" in the world. De-
spite the unusually hot weather of
last June and July. there were scarcely
any more flies in the town than most
places have in January. 1t cost about
$1,000 to eradicate the fly nuisance,
which was accomplished by requiring
that manure be screened and frequent
lv removed
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-14
HEBREW ECCLESIASTIcUS.
Mrs. Margaret Dunlop Gibson Died in
England.

London. Feb. II. The death j. re-
ported OF Mrs. Margaret Dunlop Glib
son. who in 1896. after six visits TO
Mount Sinai brought TO England
the first leaf of what Is known az
the Hebrew Ecclesiastlcus.
With her twin sister, Mrs. Agnes
Lewis. she shared the distinction OF
discovering in 1892 the famous Syrlac
palimpsest of the gospels, in the mon
asterv on Mount Sinai. Il was very
dirty. and its leaves were nearly all
stuck together. through their having
remained unturned probably since the
last Syrian monk had died in the mon
asterv centuries before.
The sisters took about 400 photo
graphs of it. When they returned to
England 1t was identified by PROBES
sors Burllitt and Bensley of Cambridge
university as the Curetonian manu-
script. one of the oldest versions of the
gospels extant in any language. An.
other expedition was sent to Sinai and
the text was copied. Its publication Of
the text in 1924 marked an epoch IN
the history of Biblical criticism.
Mrs. Gibson was the widow Of Rev.
James Young Gibson, a noted trans
lator of Cervantes' poetry.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-14
LESS PICTURESQUE.
Yet in Constantinople the Extreme
Charm of the East fingers.

London. Feb. l4.-Constantinople l.
much less picturesque than it was be-
fore the var; yet the extreme charm
OF the East fingers as persistentiy
about the city as it did in the past,
writes anonymously an allied ofhcial OF
high rank in the Pail Mall Gazette
.'When | stood on the famous bridge
over the Golden Horn" he went on,
"the incredible diversity of Orientals
one was always wont to see passing
was there, but at least - per cent OF
them were dressed as Europeans. Some
no longer even wore the fez.
"A businesslike air pervades the
principal thoroughfares, not because
the Turk himself has suddenly deyel.
oped high commercial instincts, but
owing TO the great influx OF business
men from the allied and neutral coun-
tries.
IAN the commodities command the
most exaggerated prices Great prices
will soon begin 20 decline
ION the other hand, the workers
wages have reached stupendous tig-
uTee. ne man NHb bfipiN INV '"'
would have earned the equivalent Of
five shillings, at present refuses TO do
the same work for less than four or FIVE
pounds per day. Cabmen reach the 81
preme height of eXtortion at Constant
nople.
aShipping Is fairly active in the
port. Several allied warships lie in the
Bosphorus. The historic Goeben Is in
the Gulf Of Ismit
The British are engaged in rebuild
ing the road to Therapia. It Is singu-
larly new and interesting TO witness
the spectacle of British, French and
Italian troops in the streets; Highland
ers in kits. Royal Italian carasiniers,
and sturdy French poilus marching by
with their baud.
'"rhe suleur~bf whose impending fate
We hear so much nowadays, still goes
in state to the selamlik every Friday
The psychology of the Turks in Con
stantinople appeared to me TO denote
indifference, in the sense that they did
no; seem to care much what political
future awaited them Although the
Asia Minor nationalsts Sere said to
be more or los active there was no evil
dencc Of their activities in CONSTANT
nople. There the young Turk Is at
least invisible.
"Of the Germans not one is left save
a few invslids The former German
hospital has been converted into a
British hospital
"The Robert college, one of the fore
most seat. Of learning IN the East, con
tinue- to function The ordinary IA
tive system Of education also goes on.
n, was rather striking 70 find the
mosques free from tho tourists The
cost of travel coupled with the diff
culties associated with passports form
\ barrier TO casual, sight seeing visit
ors.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-14
war Machine in Peace Work.

OF all the war machines that have
been turned q he nc Of peace times
the acropsnc has proved the most use.
full II carries mail in the United
states. enables ranchers to round up
lost cattle and forest guards 10 detect
fires in their incipencv, takes passen-
gers Ia their destinations long IN ad-
vance Of the fastest express trains and
may. some day, prove useful IN over.
taking hold up men who escape in high
powered automobiles In Canada Il is
used BY the mounted police TO cover the
vast regions living between civilization
and the Arctic ocean. In India and
Mesopotamia it j. more feared bv the
wild tribes than batteries of artillery.
But now the tank is coming into its
own. In France the tanks, after being
dismantled. have been hitched TO
plows, canal boats and trains Of wag-
ons. In Michigan il, is being used to
haul trains of sleighs loaded with tim
Der TO the mills Perhaps in time some
use win be found for the Big Berthas,
the only war machines which seem TO
be absolutely useless for peace pur-
poses.-Detroit Free Press.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-14
pIMIssAL PRovoKEs oUTcRY.
Sir Joseph Byrne Head of Police Since
Irish Rebellion.

Dublin. Jan. 29.-Dismissal of Sir
Joseph Byrne, the inspector general OF
the Royal Irish constabulary, has pro-
voked an cutlery in all sections of the
Irish press.
Sir Joseph has been at the head >of
the police since the Irish rebellion, and
has administered all the police meas-
ures taken to suppress the Slnn rem
party. His friends say that he has
never disobeyed any government order
eicen him. Nevertheless his dismissal
il treated as if it were the sacrifice OF
a popular official
It is no secret that he disagreed with
the government on the question OF en-
forcing consumption for the army last
wear, and reported strongly against
the possibility of its being carried out.
There is reason to suppose also that
the various measures lately tax
en- for the protection of the police, the
arming them with bombs and so forth,
seemed to him more likely TO make the
position of the police difficult and dan
aerous.
| he tNpldNdIlpu VI tht AA7Aii's''e'i
most widely current is that the gov
eminent contemplates further measures
which would make the police still more
eff a military force, and possibly as
sociate soldiers with them in the ex-
ecution of their duties, and that Sir
Joseph Byrne disapproved.
Among the few supporters OF the
government the opinion prevails that
the dismissal is due to disappointment
of the government at the failure OF
the police in the past three years TO
prevent, detect, and secure the punish
mcnt of crime. Crime, they say, has
increased. and none of it is detected.
Nobody has been punished for any of
the outrages that have taken place,
and the identity of their authors re-
mains mystery, So the government
dismisscs the head of the machine
which has failed.
The Barre daily times. (Barre, Vt.) 1897-1959, 1920-02-14
DEBATE KINGS SPEECH
IN HOUSE OF COMMONS
"To Add TO the Miseries of the World,
the United States Goes Dry"
Declares Mr. Chamber
hnrlain
berlain.

London. Feb l3.-Debatc on the ad
dress in reply to the kings speech from
the throne was continued in the House
of Commons to-day when Sir Arthur
H. Steel-Maitland, unonist, moved an
amendment to the address, regrettng
that the governments expenditure had
been allowed to continue at so high a
rate, with consequent depreciation OF
the national credit and an increase IN
the cost of living.
Austen Chamberlain, chancellor OF
the exchequer, in reply, declared that
the government could not be blamed
for the high prices, which were the re-
suit of world causes. Among other
things. he said, the worlds sugar pro
duction was short and because Ameri-
ca was dry" she was using much more
sugar.
ITO add TO the miseries OF the world,
the United States goes dry, MIR. Cham
berIain declared.
A labor member interrupted with
For the benefit OF the world TO
which Lady Nancy Astor added And
humanity as whole,
These interiections called forth
laughter and cheers.
Mr.. Chamberlain continued that be-
cause the United States no longer
drank alcohol they wanted an i'm
menselv increased amount of sugar to
compensate. He would not say that
the United States should not have gone
dry, but the effect was distinctly I'M
fortunate. and he thought that moder
ate drinkers like himself who seldom
touched sugar but got his own sugar
ont of the alcohol he drank, was a good
citizen.
Enumerating the conditions neces-
sarv TO return to a better state Of
things. Mr.. Chamberlain said, was, first.
increased production throughout the
world. He declared that manufactur-
ers must use improved methods to in
crease production. Then il would be
necessary that the government halt
fresh borrowing on the revenue ac-
count He asserted his belief that the
government had stopped bon owing and
that the national debt had reached its
highest point, and would, henceforth
be downward.
The chancellor said he expected that
the financial wear would end rather
more favorably than he believed when
he presented the revisd budget last su-
tumu. Revenues were coming in well
and prospects were good.