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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
TALKED WITH MONKEY Wang
Buddhist Disciple Was Positive That
Ne Animal Understood Speech
He Addressed to Him,

A third degree disciple Of Buddha
who halls from the famous Yellow
mountains (Huang sham says they
are the home Of tigers, Wildcats, wild
horses, goats. boars and an animal re-
semblins & panther, with bristly hair
and impervious skin-and monkeys.
The monkeys he divided into two
classes, one the ordinary brown
monkey with a tail, the other white
breasted and white faced. with a gray
back and but little smaller than b
man. He intimated that this type
manifested degree Of intelligence
when spoken to. very much resembled
man, and was tailless.
To this second class belongs what
he called "the Great White Monkey
King" ruler OF all the beasts Of the
mountains, and described as being
more than twenty feet tall, with arms
ten feet long four tusks each at least
a foot long. face and eyes proper
tionately large, and a voice that made
the earth tremble whenever 1t spoke.
He said he had seen this great mon
key king twice-once at a distance OF
half II, and once when he dropped
down from high cliff and stood with
| in fifteen feet Of it On this occa-
sion the monkey king was attended by
| FIVE smaller monkeys.
| He attempted to address them
whereupon they all sat down and gave
respectful hearing. punctuating his re
marks with asserting grunts which in,
dicated that the message was being
understood. When he had finished his
speech the monkey king arose mutter
ing something and started away.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
TO GROW OLD GRACEFULLY
Desirable Condition That Greatly De-
ponds on Ones Habits OF Mind
Formed In Youth.

The most inevitable-and one Of the
easiest-of the things we do Is to grow
old. Yet what a difference .here IS in
the way different people do it
You probably know, for instance,
some little old lady who, although she
may not be- beautiful or brilliant, is
just "nice"-which Is apt to mean
that instead of bossing or scolding, she
tries not TO be troublesome or unrea-
sonable to those around her. Or rath-
er. she does not have to try, for 1t is
characteristic of elderly human beings
hat they seldom try very hard to form
new habits. Youth is the period of
endeavor, and old age of results. This
Is the reason for the futility of young
folks displeasure at their parents
fashioned" ideas. Such ideas are
fixed; they Will not change
Yet not all elderly people are age
bound in their thoughts; many can be
tolerant of innovations, and few can
even adopt them. Such flexible con
dition Of the elderly mind is like the
rigid, intoleraut sort, a product Of
earlier life and habits; 1t is not likely
to indicate any particular good or
evil trait IN the person possessing 1t.
If the young man or woman who
feels impatient at the old folks no.
tons will cease to shrug q shoulder
and eXclaim: u hope I'm not like
that when I'm old" and Will turn his
attention to the younger generation,
starting with himself, he is likely to
do much more for human progress.
When he himself has reached the age
Of fixed ideas his character will de-
pend on his previous habits Of mind;
If he has kept himself free from pref
udice and cocksupdness and has been
always willing to learn better ways Of
thinking and doing, he win be likely
to remain c0rrespondingly more ration
al with advancing years, and win, in
truth not be hike that" when he In
old.-Pendleton East Oregonian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
FOUND BY sPANiARD
RHENANGUin the Southern Pacific,
Discovered In 1867 BY
re prR1Is, Aware do Mendana.
=, Solomon islands in the sor+,

TOur Solomon islands, in the south
Pacific. long before Australia was
----7scovered, were known to daring
fvoyagers. In 1857 a famous Spanish
navigator named Aware de Mendana
sailed from Peru to discover a great
south continent. Three months cruis-
Ing brought him to the Solomons and
ISABEL island, which he named, as his
log states, latter his much-loved
wife,"
Mendana cruised for six months in
the group, and was so impressed with
the richness and fertility Of these
tropic lands that he named them the
Solomons. in the hope that on his fe-
turn his countrymen would believe
they were the source from which King
Solomon obtained the gold for his
great temple. This story, ne thought,
would encourage the colonization Of
the islands, and he conceived the
valnglorious ambition Of becoming the
king Of new Spain. On his return
home. so brightly did he paint the
prospects that he was soon able to
prepare an expedition Of many hun
dreds Of settlers, including his wife
and her three brothers. In the party
were also two sailors. afterwsrd
known 10 fame as connected with the
discovery OF Observation-Disclosures de
Quiros and Fuls vaes de Torres.
The expedition failed through sick
ness and bad management; In fact
1t never reached the Solomons at all
but instead-owing to faulty naviga-
tion-arrlved at the northern islands
of the New Hehrides group. Here after
a few months, Nendana died, a disap-
pointed and broken-hearted man.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
GREED WORSE THAN POVERTY
Former Always Fruitful Of EVIL, While
the Latter Is often incentive
to Thrift.

The fear Of poverty is not in itself
a bad thing. writes DR.. Charles Au-
brey Eaton In Leslie's. 1t may become
the mother Of thrift. 1t acts as a spur
to endeavor, and some men, like some
horses, do their best under the spur.
Poverty is not always an unmixed
evil. In fact, 1t Is and has been looked
upon as one Of the distinctly Christian
virtues, although there seems to be
rather a feeble desire to practice this
particular grace.
Greed, on the other hand, is always
bad. 1t Is plainly the outcropping Of
the hog in human nature 1t is the
fear Of poverty run amuck. 1t Is IL
Illustrated by the drunkard who often
had too much but never got enough
Greed is at the bottom of most Of ouf
troubles today and has been equally
fruitful Of evil in every age and among
every class. We can never come to
permanent social peace while the fear
of poverty emhtters one-half the peo-
pie and greed drives the other half to
eeif-destruction. Nor will 1t get Us
anywhere TO infect the whole popula-
ton with the greed germ and turn So
ctety into a glorified trough.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Power of Poise

Polse is power. The man who IS
not na~ter of himself under all condi-
rin" cannot feel the assurance, the
power which is thu right Of every hui
man being to experience. He is never
sure ol himself, ana the man who is
never sure of himself is never wholly
at ease, He is not even well-bred, for
good breeding implies self-control un-
der all circumstances.
There is, perhaps. no other thing
which is 81 conducive to ones physical
and mental comfort efficiency, happi-
ness and success as Il calm mind. When
the mind is unbalanced by anger ex-
element, worry, fear or nervousness,
the entire body is thrown out of har-
monE. All the functions are deranged :;
the man or woman is not normal, and
is, therefore, whatever the situation,
at a complete disadvantage, wholly IN
able to contend with it.-Orson SWEET
Marden in the New Success Magazine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
PLANET DESTROYED BY HEAT
Possibility That Our Own World May
Meet the Same Fate Through the
Rays of the Sun.

Worlds, with probably millions of
human beings like ourselves, have
been destroyed and turned into glow
ing gas by a stupendous confagration
IN the heavens.
The sun to which these worlds be
longed must have rushed into a zone
of heated gas and have had its atmos-
phere set on fire.
1t was toward the end of last sum
mer that the vast outbreak was first
seen, but it was only lately that as
ronomers realized Its awful signffi-
canoe. Now it is known that the star
which caught fire had its heat In
creased by no less an amount than five
hundred thousand times in the course
Of few days.
Can anyone imagine our own sun
filling the sky with its blaze and send
ing forth a heat hundreds of thou
sands Of times greater than 1t does at
present.
Humanity would be withered as a
leaf dropped into white-hot furnace,
and the earth itself would melt with
fervent heat
Yet there are those who predict
such a fate as that for our planet
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25

Il do wish this psychic. O.. what
evcr-you-caIl-it fad was over, said a
reader. She put down O poplar pub
iication.
"Why, when the dog used to snore
under the couch, or some naughty hoy
played tick-tack on the windows or
the potatoes took q little slide down III
their bin In the cellar, the entire fam
lily knew at once what the noise was
and calmly went about their business.
Now they say mystefiously. 'Hark.
what's THAR and we all 20 to listen
hg as II we expected TO see an appa-
ati0n. Call 1t your 'subconsciouS SELF
" q ghost that makes every slight
disturbance in the house and YOU re
sure to be junpy and for one will
be glad when the psychic business is
passed and we aScribe ordinary rea-
SINS to ordinary noises once more"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Elevator Rooe in Coal Mines

One of the most Impressive things
about a colliery, to an outsider, is the
mammoth drum which winds the rope
which brings coal up from the pit. This
monster drum may measure $50 feet
in circumference, and weigh about 200
tons. and it will wind In the rope with
its load at q speed Of nearly 80 miles
an hour. There are miles of the rope
when the pit is a deep one, like the
Yorkshire Main colliery's whose YER
teal shaft holds the record for depth
by going down nearly 1000 yards, and
for long distances horizontally. The
rope costs $40 yard and its maximum
life is three and one-half years. Every
inch of it passes each day through
mans hands for examination. Shaft
accidents are very rare.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Pittsburghers Will Bore.

After having tried, for q number
Of years, to get over and around the
hills surrounding their city the resi-
dents Of Pittsburgh have decided to
strike at the heart Of the difficulty
and go through them. Accordingly
tunneling operations have been got
ten under way which, when com
pleted, will result in 4 double-tuhe
bore that will accommodate pedes-
trjan, street car and vehicular
traffic. says Popular Mechanics
Magazine. The estimated cost of the
undertaking is between 100000 and
f"'* '''' and it is expected that two
Nr1f- Will be required for its com
'''e''.1. 1t establishes no precedent
- 'H'Aer bore, made several years
a2'. h@~ given satisfactory service, al
t'.'u'l reserved for the use of street
{; r. t.lN.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
IrtNLIiaent Geese

Many are the cases OF record Of
geese whose masters or mtstresSes en-
deared themselves TO them and as
result were followed about everywhere
by the geese Just as they might have
been hy dogs and dogs gre supposed
to be the most intelligent of animals.
Thora IS the historical cnsc Of the
aeed lind woman who weF n'Iot,d 70
church on Sundays nv her goose. The
little old LADY would totter along. and
wien she would he On the point Of
taking . 1nisstep the silly goose would
pluck her by the skirt and guide her
In the right direction. In the steps
of the church the old woman would
be guided 20 her pew by her neigh
bors, while the goose retired 70 tie
nearby cemetery to nip grass. VIXEN
service was over the goose would be
beside the church steps waiting to
guide its mistress home again.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
EMAND FOR HIPPO TEETH
b D~rs Flock. to Antwerp Four Times
Year to Attend Auction Where
They Are Sold.

The chief ivory market of the world
IN Antwerp, where buyers from
everywhere assemble four times year
10 attend an auction of this material
Most of 1t consists of the tusks Of
african elephants. but considerable
quantities Of hippopotamus teeth also
figure In the sales. The latter, at an
auction q few weeks ago, brought
prices all the way from thirty-fve
2ents to S. pound, according to quail
".
A century ago hippopotamus ivory
as much more valuable than 1t is to-
lay, because it was the preferred ma
eriai for artificial human teeth, being
cry dense and hard. George Wash
ngton had set Of teeth made of it.
But nowadays much better ones are
manufactured of porcelain by the mil
ron.
AT the recent auction above men
toned rhinoceros horns brought S13
'ound. They are ingeniously carved
Mostly for curios. The horn of the
hiroceros, by the way, is one Of the
'deit'cs Of nature, being composed Of
closely conpaoted hair.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Chinese Family Relations,

There Is no such species as the "old
maid" In China. The lot of the con-
cubine is not, generally speaking,
hard; and the position is respectable.
A concubine Is ordinarily taken In
default of issue from the wife. The
children of concubines are legitimate
nAn would not dare to brace public
opinion or the wrath Of his wife and
her relations by taking a concubine
against his wife's wishes. Father and
mother are equally venerable in the
eyes Of the child; the father Is "the
stern one" and the mother 1.-The gen.
tie one" but both are VIGOROUSLY In
dulgent to their children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
ouiIa Sapplanted Pianchs<sa

The planchette was a thin, hear.
shaped piece Of wood supported On
I'VE casters at the end Of the ba,e. ana
% an ordinary pencil at the amer
popular about 1850 to 1880, before the
Quilts board supplanted it The pee.
eli could readily be made to trnc.
characters without conscious NOVA.
ment on the part Of the operator. !,
the nngertips were placed upon TIL.
device. ,-
Like the ouija board the planchetts
was used by two classes Of pernoun
1t was used by the believers IN ,o,rtt.
uaiasm. who asked questions q q Uir.
ituai control. and believed tAat fhev
receives answers frum he .inAolli,
eences % the spirit plane ana s.
people Who rsgardad - ,1aaGkGInnIlil1lss;
g n z Hns. "a enussd - ,.s - r.
s..e e';: = +. =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
LIVE UP TO" TIE CHILDREN
Writer Condemns Old ashisnsd lsss
Of Repression and Stern Punish.
nsnt for Trivial Ofsensea.

It seems to me a great mistake Go
live down to" childrsa. They ara
capable Of UNDERSTANDING and rsspoud-
Ing to deep and fine thoughts and feel.
ings. Never from the first did We CRIT
CHE or humiliate our boys In any way.
We gave them credit always for the hixA
and right motive, and suspended 1uda.
ment till they had told their side Hus
II they were wrong they were not DUN.
1shed. The fact that they had fallen
below what had been expected Of then,
was punishment enough. A certain
standard Of conduct was thus eytab-
lished that they longed always to real
ize They were able even then, to Sc
the beauty Of certain qualities and tia
ugliness Of others. It was lovely to
see them trying to conform 70 the hab-
1t In the household. Of unfailins
courtesy and Hnselfshness and r.
sraint. They often failed. They often
showed their temper. But they Rrev
to be more and more ashamed Of their
failures.
Character cannot be built from DE
outside. Coercion does not mako for
strength-only for compliance. That
1t seems to me, IL the great mistaks
some parents make. They exact obedl.
ence when they should instil princi.
pie. Inspired That is the better word
Then the child viii have an inner
light to Guide him. compass to stsas
him to certain goal. ~
When the guiding hand II lifted. -.
many are left with Ne deep couyie
tions-principles to shape their dee
tiny-but impulses. They may b eood
they may be bad. - life plays upon
their emotions and desires. II ttust
to them for guidance u IKE going out
upon a stormy sea In Z tiny cra1e q
the mercy Of tossing waves ana wind
Trousdale, In Christian IaR
cid.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
GIass-covered Electric Meters.

The use of the glass-covered meter
is increasing, and many central sta
ton men and manufacturers believe
that they will be ordered in greater
numbers when deliveries become cas-
Ter. Companies which are using these
meters find that they facilitate the SET
Element Of complaints. especially when
4 meter is suspected Of creeping. Gus
toners prefer meter that can be seen
working. The objections TO glass COW
ers have for the most part been
overcome. Unevenness of the edge
of the cover which might cause q poor
fit has been taken care Of by 4 felt
gasket, consequently no trouble from
this source has been experienced.
Condensation. which sometimes ap-
pears on the outside Of the glass could
be present on the inside of metal COW
ers without being noticed upon inspec-
ton of the outside-Electrica World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
MAKES NEW USE OF ECHOES
1svenfors Idea May Do Away vesSA
the Old Practice Known 40
"heavino the Lead"

An inventor In Oakland. Cal, kms
found q new and practical use for
echoes, and As a result the time NAV
come when the practice Of "heavins
The lead" 1t sea will be known only
n 9istorfcal novels and old maritime
tssdty. The marimeter, as the new
vice IL called, sends a sound from
% keel Of the ship to the ,ttom Of
slae SEA; the sound comes back a. m
cho, and the Journey automatically
accorded on a diaphragm, is Translated
INTO terms Of length. The report saow.
the depth Of water between keel ane
bottom, calculated from the knovn
speed o. the sound-wave In salt water.
md the knowledge may be acquired At
"A Mte q four soundings a minute.
= WY much faster than BY The
methods. The marimeter. to b.
1As only recently gone to sea,
n4eed the steamer Governor, vhich
carry the first Of them, has ~
~ ~ dock In Seattle, Wash. Bus
unslt promises 10 adj ~.
.sDasG1u q sesoa ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
STRANGE Leases.

For weird leases London would be
hard to beat In some instances, says a
correspondent He dealt with houses
lately which were for sale and found
of Cornwall, the leaseholder paying an
annual ground rent Of fourpence! And
this fourpence was sent every year in
an envelope which cost twopence, and it
cost the duchy twopenee to acknowl-
edge receipt! But there is a stranger
lease in the north of London" he said
"some houses there are leased until
the death of the duke of Connaught.
There is no other date attached to the
document"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Sought Ell Dorado In Vain.

When Sir Walter Raleigh started out
TO End his FL Dorado he was seeking q
tabled city whose houses were covered
With sheets of pure gold. and which
was surrounded by hundreds of square
miles Of rock 50 filled with surface
gold that when the sun shone it was rs
II a great yellow mirror was blazing as
far as the dazzled eyes could reach.
Raleigh, of course, found nothing thar
even came near to such a wonder, am
many brave gentleman of England
lost his life or his fortune in seeking
the same tabled FL Dorado.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Burbank Native of Massachusetts,

Luther Burbank, the originator of
flowers, fruits and vegetables. was
born at Lancaster, Mass, March !.
1919, and began his first experiments
on a farm of twenty acres near Luneu
Vile, Mass, when he was 90 years cid
A warmer climate than that of New
England being necessary for continu
Gus research, Mr.. Burbank moved in
1878 TO Santa Rosa, Cal, where he
now lives.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Impressive Thrift lesson.

The father Of ten-year-old boy in
Ne" York was besieged by b. young
hopeful to buy certain playthinx
amounting in value to $1UU. says
Thrift. Day after day the father was
coaxed, cajoled and threatened. He
put up numerous defensive arguments
that were brushed aside with scoru
and bitterness Finally the father
said: "Son, which would you rather
have, this toy or 30 cents a month as
long as you liver
The boy chose the 30 cents q month
for life. The father Invested 500
In a gilt-edged security yielding six
per cent and the boy was given a les
son In thrift and the value Of money
that will be of untold value to him as
long as he lives
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
MSifx EifflSHd.

d the old designation, Merry Eng
land the word merry does not mean
that the people Of the kingdom were
specially noted for their merry-mak-
ings but that the country was pleas
ant, agreeable, beautiful land Of
plenty. The word merry is used In
this sense when we say 1.-The merry
month Of May" meaning that May
liz q pleasant month. In this sense
the poet Edmund Spencer spoke Of
Merry London" and the earlier poet,
Chaucer, wrote city shat stood full
merry upon a haven side" that Is,
It was a fine, pleasant city. built be-
side q haven, or harbor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Moral Forces

Above all it is ever TO be kept hl
mind that not by material but by
moral force are men and their &C
tons governed How noiseless is
thought. No rolling of drums, No
tramp Of squadrons, OF unreasonable
tunult of baggage wagons. attends
the movement. In what obscure and
sequestered places may the head be
medttating which is one day 70 be
crowned with more than imperial au-
thortty; for kings and emperors viii
be among its miniStering servants: II
will rule not over but in their heads
and with these its solitary combina-
lions of ideas, as with magic for1ru~
las, bend the world to its will. The
time may come when Napoleon h.1i--
self will be better known for his law~
than for his battles; and the victory
of Waterloo prove less momentouS
than the opening of the first meehan-
les institute.-Thomas Carlyle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25

The waltz of our grandmother's days
but with a fascinating touch of "hes-
itation'-has come back to our jazz
weary bathrooms. 1t became all the
rage after much opposition when
the Car Alexander danced it at Al
mack's in 1914; and since the Prince
of Wales likes it and dances it today
Il new vogue for the waltz is Assured.
Dancing evidently is to be less gym
nastic and more sentimental. Anxious
mothers will not repine. The dreamy
waltz was a match maker in their day
and perhaps it will be in ours.-Lon-
don Daily Mail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25

There is an unprecedented demand
tof r1lsins at the present time be
cause OF their use in the manufacture
or nome brews, but it Is anticipate,
that this will be changed In the cours
OF few years because the interest II
the preparations will decline and ir
view OF that the Agricultural depart
ment is at work in discovering ney
uses for raisins so that the fnduatr
VIII not be wrecked When the raisi,
growers product shows signs Of
drop the government Will step in Wit
some valuable suggestions fer ~ -,
nnaaAca.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
Probably Oldest Industry

The impending sale of Brandon
Park, an estate of 1000 acres on the
Norfolk Suffolk (Eng) borders, recalls
what is probably the oldest and most
enduring industry In the world-fint
working.
At Brandon the first flint working
Industry has been carried on for sew
eral thousand years. A small colony
of workers is still making gun tlints
there and exporting them to savage
tribes in Northern and Central Africa.
1t is said that these workmen are
Of the neolithic age
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1921-03-25
The Elite.

"Dr. PLIERS seems to b. q fashion
able physician"
Il should say so! He has patients
at some of the most expensive health
resorts in America and a waiting list
OF people whose health will give way
as soon as they get money enough to
consult him. "-Birmjngham Age-Her-
aid