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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Ktep the Baby Quiet at Nioht.

NJ up in the night to quiet an
L ha6y is not the joke that some
e. .ters represent it to be. A
yo,.- husband discovered this in case
% l., first-born and the means he
tpsa E., overcome the difficulty won
lam d prize in a contest in new uses
70 electricity.
The only means of quieting this
baby, who was ailing, was TO move
li.A up and down, gently. In the low
er part II the crib the father fastened
IT, motor of a discarded electric fan
From small pulley on the motor he
ran a belt to a larger pulley on a
short shaft. at the other end of which
he rugged a crank. Then he extended
connecting rod to the center Of the
frame that supported the springs and
mattress.
4he motor. when started. moved
SPRINGS. mattress and baby up and
,Nn about an inch. smoothly, gently
ard regularly 1t proved entirely sat
fs'actory to the baby. who is now
ore year old healthy and happy, and
ne mas never got his parents out #
bed al night since the apparatus was
frstalled.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Oh. So That's II!

We are shortly promised stockings
that will button up, and this recalls
the old query: why is it that a wo-
man always buttons her clothes up in
the reverse fashion from a nan?' II
it were fact that all women were
left handed, and consequently found
it easier to do things in this way, 1t
would be Understandable. But they
are not.
A Mere Made thing offers me this ex-
PLANTATION: "Probably, it is because all
women are initiative. They intend in
future to Dust men from the earth en-
tirely. Wherefore they stand in front
of the glass, and endeav0r to create
in it a reflection as much like man
as possible But looking glasses al
ways show things reversed, and wo-
man, not being able to realize this,
always does things Backward SO
that's that London Opinion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Artist Vision.

1t is as though a man were shown
a crystal. perfect thing. cleaning
below depths of water, far down be-
yond reach. He would dive and dive
again. driven by his great desire to
secure it, until finally, all dripping
he brought it up. Bet that in the end
he could bring it, a perfect thing. to
u.s. was possible solely because he
had first seen it cleaning there.
Others might dive and dive, might
work and labor with endless patience
and endless pains hut unless they had
first seen the crystal-unless they
had been given this divine gift OF
seeing-this vision-they would come
up empty handed
The occasional so-called genius does
not make the crystal but he alone sees
it where it lies cleaning below depths
of water, and by his effort brings 1t to
us.-Abbott Henderson Thayer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21

The use of milk as a food has been
so extensively exploited by the milk
interests that there exists q somewhat
erroneous idea about it which q recent
speaker, before the American Pedia.
trio society. is endeavoring to correct.
These errors principally concern the
group of children between the ages Of
one and six years These errors
might be classified under the headings
l. Prolonged use of milk as an eX-
elusive article Of diet. :. Increased
quantities of milk given along with
other foods Milk might not only he
used TOO long as an exclusive article
Of diet and in excessive quantities
with other foods. hut its nutritinna.
value might be injured by boiling. The
laity were taught, and rightly so, that
milk was an ideal breeding place for
germs, and that the growth of these
germs might be inhibited by keep
Ing the milk on ice or the milk might
be brought to a boil. The use of boiled
milk was becoming more prevalent
and many injuries to nutrition oc
Cured
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
NOT ALL Beer AVID SklFrLES
6n0Iishman Has Somewhat Lengthy
List of Drawback to Life In
the Turkish Capital.

An English business man backed me
into a corner in a Constantinople club,
looked at me sternly over the top of his
brandy and soda and addressed me as
follows:
when you write about this town,
old chap, hope you'll tell your peo-
pie what beastly place it is, what?
A chap can't make a move, you know,
without some one asking him to have
something. Look here, old chap. In
court Of law, you know, chap is
ordinarily supposed to be sober after
o'clock at night, what? Here it's
the opposite, by Jove! A bit thick, eh,
what?
Look here. make a note Of this,
what? They celebrate FIVE Christmas
es and five New Years in this rotten
town. Oh, at least five. On my
honor, old chap! English, Armenian,
Greek, Russian, Turkish, Jewish-real-
ly. old chap, I become fearfully in
coherent when l try TO remember
what they are. By the time the last
New Year is over one can just totter
around. Oh, absolutely, / give you
my word! And then there is the Rus
sian Easter, which is fearfully nerve
r&cking 1t lasts from one to two
weeks, and one Is obliged to do a fear
ful amount of drinking. While it
lasts one goes up to any one and says
lie is risen and kisses him three
tines. It's done that way. old chap.
l give you my word. everybody does
IT, One hunts for a pretty girl and
S;iys He is risen and kisses her three
times. and by jove, its considered
quite all right. Oh, quite. In a way,
old chap, it beats egg rolling on lawn
all hollow, what? \ bit thick, by jove,
h;'t bit Of all right, what?
But Of course there's a fearful lot
of good feeling and one must ever
laatingly be buying a drink for some
ore. 1t cuts into ones work fearfully.
You just tell all that to the chaps at
hcme, and they'll see that living in
{ HStantinople isn't all beer and skit-
t'e>. 10y jove! WhatY'-Chicago Daily
\. vs..
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
J~)B PRINTING
Executed Promptly Al The
HE RAID OFFICE
Eei-like Water Doo.

The hellbender Is large, ugly look.
ing but harmless salamander, found
In Ohio, Pennsylvania, Tennessee and
southwark. The hellbender is known
as an alligator and water dog. Two
species inhabit the central parts O.
the United States, of which the mors
common and widespread is the Nee
turus maculatus. 1t reaches the length
OF one foot to twenty inches. is
smooth, Shiny and brown blotched
With the tufted gills dark red. These
creatures remain mostly among weeds
Or rocks at the bottom of the water
during the daytime, but at night. they
move about, often with quick ell-like
motions, in search Of crawfish, worms
insects, frogs and it readily takes the
bait off the fsherman's hook. 1t is
tenacious of life and can live for hours
out OF water. They spawn during the
months of April and May. The spawn
much resembles that Of frogs, but
Is lighter in color.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Curious Irish Vault

In a quiet back street Of Dublin is
the Church Of st. Michan's. and In its
vaults may be seen one of the strang.
est sights Of the country There lie
the bodies of people buried centuries
ago. which, owing to some curious
preservative properties Of the air or
soil Of that particular place. never de
cay Their skins tan" into a flexible
chamois-like leather. The limbs can
be moved about Nth ease. the finger
nails are perfect, and In some cases
the features are fairly distinct. This
Is especially the case with the body
Of an infant. buried in 1903. There
is In another vault body said to be
that Of Crusader, and in another one
said to be that Of a brother Of King
O.Toole. One very gruesome sight b
hat q the hsAdlsss bodies Of two
unf0gtunates who were beheaded dur
~ ~ llnous lube1Itoa - -
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21

Among the Greeks and Romans I'm.
brellas were carried solely by women.
and it was regarded as effeminacy foz
man to carry one.
The use of umbrellas became very
general in Italy and France in the Six
teenth century.
Early in the Eighteenth century II
was the practice to keep umbrellas In
the coffee houses as q protection to
guests caught in an unexpected
shower
AT length there arose a man who
fouted public Adicule and became a
devotee to the umbrella. He was
Jonas Hanway, a traveller. He had
an extraordinary big and stout one
made for his own use For 80 years
Hanway and his umbrella were a IA
miliar figure along the Strand, and
many shot of ridicule was fired at
him. He died in 1856, but lived long
enough to see his example commonly
followed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Remarkable Old Beliefs.

Since the age Of legend thunder
az L. thing making has always beer
b.ade Inc hnal proof Of the supernat
ural. Thor and his huge hammer
which accounted for the thunder Il
the old Norsemen, and Jove or Jupiter
who hurled his lightning and thun
der in anger and thus explained this
nat .t'al phenomenon to the old Greeks
and Romans. are only two Of The
hundreds of Instances in ancient be
Iiet.
In later times the brand of magi
clan and eliI-tloer WIS put upon many
alchcIn.sts with rumurS that splitting
tongues Of fire and crashes of thunder
were seen and heard in their labora
tories.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
PATCHING UP KINGS SrEEW,
Serious Omission Recently Gave Brit.
ish Parliamentary Authorities q
dad Fifteen Minutes"

william Goblet, who used to COM
plain of the bad grammar and the in
different English of the kings
speeches to parliament, surely never
contemplated the omission which
marked the kings speech at the open
ing Of the recent session. The speech
itself was remarkably short-139
words all tOld-and it came to a sud-
den stop without the usual invocation
Of Gods blessing on the labors of par
lament. When the king had departed,
the officials were Mortified at the
omission: and hastily sent up a verbal
addition to the press. Some Of the
newspapers used it and some did not.
Nor was this all, for when the lord
chancellor In the house of lords and
the speaker in the house Of commons
feGd ont the speech at the afternoon
sitting. the invocation was there, but
~ words were different from those
1ef earlier In the day. The -
e. Seoey II m thsss cAancss
als ln1sssst11G na11r - Z
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
WANTED ALL TO UNDERSTAND
Cicerone at Holy sepuchre at Jeru.
salem Careful to Impress Gospel
Facts on Visitors.

Either | was particularly fortunate
or others are particularly fastidious
The guide who showed me the Holy
Sepulchre in Jerusalem was not par
tcularly noisy or profane or palpa-
bly, mercenary; he was rather more
or less sympathetic than the same
sort of man who might have shown
me Westminster abbey or Sratford-
on-AVon.
He was a small, solemn, owlish old
man, so far from deserving the charge
of not knowing the Bible, he deserved
rather a gentle remonstrance against
his assumption that nobody else knew
it. If there was anything to smile at,
in associations SO sacred, it was the
elaborate simplicity with which he
told the first facts of the Gospel story,
as if he We're evangelizing a savage
Anyhow, he did not talk like a cheap
Jack at stall, but rather like a teach
er in an infant school,
He made it very clear that Jesus
Christ was crucified, in case anyone
should suppose he was beheaded; and
often stopped in his narrative to re-
peat that the hero of these events
was Jesus Christ, lest we should fancy
1t was Northumberland or the duke Of
Wellington. do not in the least mind
being amused at this, but I have no
reason whatever for doubling that he
may have been a better man than L
gave him what I should have given
similar guide in my own country;
parted with him as politely as from
one OF my own countrymen.-From
the New Jerusalem by G. <. Chester
ton.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
HAS NEW THEORY or SPEECH
Game About in Man THROUGH WALKING
Ereo$ and Usine Hands as Hands,
Says Savant-

Why have none Of the higher AMI
mails developed speech3 asks Dr. 3,
Naunyn in the Deutsches Archivfue.
Klinische Medizin Neipzig). He points
out that the sounds made by animals
and birds are initiative, like the ida
dada" Of happy baby. But the il
rant progresses beyond echo-speech tn
actual speech, which no animal or bird
can do.
And he proceeds to answer this
question, says the New York World,
n the theory that man has evolved
from the lower animals-a theory that
is rapidly losing ground among seri-
Gus scientific men-about as follows:
When man began to walk erect and
use his hands, the right hand was
found more convenient for attacks and
defense, gestures, and the ordinary
uses Of life; the left hand being used
more for carrying things
This greater use Of the right hand,
not the more abundant blood supply
in the left hemisphere Criminals have
the latter, was what stimulated the
left hemisphere of the brain to higher
development This provided Romanes
casual anatomic factor" that distin
cuisines man from animals and made
articulate speech possible. 1t is q
consequence Of mans walking erect
and using his hands as hands Speak
ing and the organ Of speech developed
together. The singing Of birds ant
their balancing power are by-products
Of the evolution Of their organ Of
hearing, as also music in man, along
with rhythm and dancing, although 6
music sense evidently co-operates with
| the internal ear
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Had to Be Masters Of Graf.

Carved and handmade chests s,da-
boards tables, chairs and other an.
tiQues are rightly valued by people Of
discriminating taste. In the Fifteenth
century men were known to have
worked eight years or more carving
a single one of these intricate pieces
fitting the drawers perfectly and bal
ancing everything. Certainly any
piece OF furniture on which those mas.
tiers Of the cabinetmaker,s art spent
30 much time and thought are worthy
Of appreciation.
An apprentice to the art Of cab.
lnemaking commonly worked from
three to eight years making hts FIRST
piece Of furniture This work then
was passed upon BY jurors and II the
verdict was Imperfect" it was burned
before Tho dacr Of the malner ana he
was forbidden to make fu.niture Tor
sale until b had renDened hlneplf
WITH ~ sscqptabta r16cS.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
AIthis Always Ready

In India, where stealing Is prac
ticed as an art by whole bands and
tribes. the thieves owe obedience to
the naik, or chief, of their tribe, who
directs most Of their operations but
usually does not engage in them. It
is his duty to prepare the alibis, and
he Is always the chief witness when
one Is arrested. Convictions are ma
turally hard to get but when 1t ap-
pears that the police have evidence
against tribe, the naik will decide
which members shall surrender them
selves and plead guilty. There is no
appeal from his decision, and it is
usually the less expert desperadoes
who are selected as sacrificial goats.
While they remain in prison their
families are well taken care Of, and
their grieving wives provided with
temporary husbands.
Should these prisoners give informa-
ion to the police they had better never
return home. for certain fate awaits
them. At any rate, any Of them would
rather spend his time in prison than
In manual labor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Whistle Governs Wall Street

An, they so by the whistle hera,
TOO. observed the factory hand from
upstate visiting IN Wall street.
Yes" said his city cousin that's
the Truth. I suppose the majority, or
at least q large proportion. Of the
boys in Wall Street were born in the
country, and lived in some country
town before hitting the rail to the
big city In the country town every
body goes by the factory whistle. One
doesn't see many clocks in Wall
street or any factories with whistles
to guide the boys during lunch hour.
but there's building being torn down.
And every wrecking crew is assisted
by a dummy steam engine. Well. YOU
see the wreckers lay off work at noon
ior lunch, and so do majority of the
Wall Streeters. Therefore when the
dummy engine blows its whistle To
call the wrecking crew back to labor
he Wall Streeter returns to his Office.
New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Expensive Spanking.

A Bloomfield, Iowa, woman while
talking to her husband over the long
distance from a booth in that city
was repeatedly interrupted by her lit
tie son. He made SO much noise and
became so unrdig that she left the
receiver off the hook, grabbed the
youthful offender by the arm and took
him to the hall where she gave him
regular old-fashioned spanking. She
then returned to the booth and COM
pleted the conversation without the
least interruption. At the finish she
became. very angry because of the
charge for overtime. and insisted that
the time she spent spanking be de
Quoted from the charge.-The North
western Bell
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
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maybe A 'FEArHERED PEND
Writer in New York Evening Post
Draws Up Strong Indictment
Against the Bird.

Although a great lover Of birds,
never grieve when anyone kills
maybe, Mrs. Frank ]. Hazen writes
from Acushnet, Mont, to the New
York Evening Post From a child, l
knew they were thieves, but l had to
live on a western stock ranch before
realizing they were little demons.
During a drought in the Northwest
many animals were horribly tortured
and finally killed by these feathered
fiends.
A beast weakened by insufficient
food lack of water, old age or any
other cause is pounced upon by the
maybe, which perches on its back in
place out of reach of the victims
tail, and then begins to literally eat
the poor brute alive
Two incidents came under my own
observation. We had an old horse out
at pasture that we valued for the
work she had done After a time we
discovered that the magpies were
working" on her and had already
made terrible sore on the poor crea-
ture just above her shoulder We put
her in the corral to give her extra feed
and wash and treat the sore. To our
establishment the magpies still kept
after her. They seemed to know we
would not dare shoot at them when
they were on the back of the horse for
fear of killing her. Time after time
we tried to get them when flying to
and from their dreadful feast, but
their instinct told them, apparently,
when we were armed and when the
gun was out of reach, so they always
managed to escape. At last we were
obliged to keep the horse in the barn
until the sore healed. 1t was the only
way she could get rid Of her tormen-
tors.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Negroes Move to the Cities.

The negro urban population Of the
United States is now in round num-
bers, about 3.50O0N. and even more
when towns and villages of less than
$500 inhabitants are included; that
is, one-third of the negroes of the
United States are now living in vii
lagos, towns and cities. The larger
part of the increase in negro urban
population has been due to migration.
groes have moved from rural districts
into the towns and cities. A large pro-
portion, therefore, of the negro popula-
ton is new to city conditions.-South-
ern Workmen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Net Seep

ught-hsted Old gentleman, whe
recently recovered from a severe at
TACK OF fever, called up his physician
on the phone and made complain With
reverence to the total of the bill rem
dered by him on this occasion.
See here!" shouted the old oen+la-
man, You have me charged for FIVE
weeks calls. will pay for four
weeks only"
But my dear SIR" expostulated the
DOCTOR Il visited you each day for
FIVE weeks"
Perhaps You did. l don't know
retorted the tight one, "but for one
week l was delirious. and didn't eco
s6M coEAe sz.~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Reactions of Turtles To Color

Marine turtles lay their eggs on dry
land, and as soon as the youngsters
are Matched they make straight for
the sea. Carnegie institute men in the
Dry Tortugas sought to find the infiu.
ence that guided them to the water
When a sheet of red or yellow paper
was placed between the baby turtle
and the sea. it would turn and 20 IL
another direction but a blue sheet
drew him toward it no matter where
it was placed. 1t would seem. then
to be color, rather than instinct ~.
smell, that attracts the youngsters to
the water-Scientific American.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21

There was wild and trenzied scat
terment. Men, white-faced and star
ing eyed fled as if pursued by a pes
thence. They dropped whatever they
had in hand and stood not upon the
order of their going, but departed
like frightened roehucks, hitting only
the high places as they went.
"Why are the people fieeing?" we
asked.
"A candidate who calls himself the
Friend of the People has just come
to town." replied an innocent bystander
who had no vote.-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
New Works Water Supply,

The AshOkan reservoir, from which
water is brought to New York by a
great aqueduct, lies among the Cats
kill mountains IS miles from the city.
The reservoir has a water surface OF
nearly ID square miles and a capacity
of $4,000, 100000 gallons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
Public-Spirjted Citizen

"AIr. Gadspur, l understand you ara
going to run for Office"
ITS all mistake, SIR"
"Indeed?"
Yes, the fact that I've been gett.ue
my name In the paper quite often here
OF late Is merely due to my interest in
street paving, traffic laws, pernicious
movies and one thing and another. I
haven't the slightest intention Of try.
NC to capitalize my enthuaiaam A.
Rixl11Ashnn Asn,Hnenh
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21
One Place Ii Wouldn't Go.

"Dishere talk about cancellation of
debts" said Uncle Eben may be all
right for the big transactions, but l
wouldn't like to see anybody try to
start 1t In a crap game"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-04-21

Cheerful smiles not only help those
who see them, but actually help those
who smile them to accomplish more
Try it.
Every evening, Wilmington daily commercial. (Wilmington, Del.) 1878-1928, 1922-11-02
.BLANCH DOWNS LEFT
NUDE ALONG ROADWAY
FOLLOWING ASSAULT
Companions on Taxi Ride Are
Driven of by Three Armed
Strangers.
SOLDIER SUSPECTS SOUGHT

Stripped entirely of her clothing,
brutally afsaultd and left lying along
the roadside until rescued by COM
panions, was the frlghtful experience
shortly before midnight last night OF
Blanch Downs. % years old. Will
mington girl Three mon, believed to
live in this city, are being sought by
the police and detectives as her as
eailants. II is alleged the men aao
committed an assault on Rose Taylor.
Elmer Taylor and Fred w. Card. C
cupants of taxicab. driven by Card.
in which the assailants disa ppeared
after committing their attacks. The
taxiceb hnd been engaged by the three
men TO take them to Fort du Pont,
at Delaware city.
The assault on the two girls and two
men occurred n short distance north
of Reybold Station. according 10 the
report OF the police. Card, who ia cm-
ployed as taXicab driver by Will
! liam Cherrin OF S23 Kirkwood street
I-told the police he had received a call
at l1.50 o'clock last night to take
| three men To Fort du pont. In the
| car at the time Of the call were the
/ Taytlr and Downs girls. and Elmer
/ Taylor. They agreed to make the trip
! 10 Delaware City. The three men, at
tired in civilian clothes. were met nj
Fourth and French streets.
! Continued on page 8.