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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
PARIS PIG IN SECOND PLACE
New England Annals Of ITS Show
French Animal Can Only Be
Ciassed as "Piker."

A Paris dispatch related recently
that a pig fled from the Halles an(
ran down the Rue de Rivoli, upsettinc
two gendarmes She then went to
department store. was carried up on
eScalator, down another and found
refuge in the dress goods Departments
In the basement, where she sank into
a calm slumber. This is well enough
in it's way and for a European pig
but it has too many signs of accident
1t may have amused the Parisians t.
hear about this. Perhaps it may have
Geepened their conviction that the
Vile lumiere is the mother of novel
les, But ifs So they sadly mistake
The New Hampshire Gazette of Janu-
ary 6, 1775, contains the following al
yertisement: "a Pig Came to the
House of Marx Loud in Portsmouth.
about fortnight ago-the Owner NAV
have him again by applying to the
said Loud The conscientious Loud
though feeling the greatest respect
and friendship for the pig that had
made him fortnight'S visit, evidently
felt that he ought to go home. Moth
ing is said about reward; that is left
to the delicacy of the pigs owner and
II must have been an exceptionally in.
tellisent pig even for New England, tc
have left this pleasant impression on
Mr.. Loud. There is no evidence that
any dispatch was sent to the French
or English press about the incident
although it is far more interesting
than that of the Paris pig that upset
the gendarmes.-J. H. S., in .fhe Bos
ton Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
SHARK FISHING IS EXCITING
In Australia the Element Of Dancer
Adds to Its Attraction for
the Sportsman.

Shark fishing Is a sport in Australia
that has found many devotees among
EEglishmen because Of the lure
Of danger AS the native practiced 1t,
there were times when the sharks
had all the fun. as in large numbers
they could transform the sport to
native hunting, remarks an exchange.
Fishermen are sometimes the victims
OF the vicious tiger sharks, most dan
gerous of the species, with their
swift lunges through the water and
powerful jaws. They are hated and
feared with equal intensity.
An English sportsman describes his
efforts to catch a shark and his fail.
ure after all his hooks were gone. The
shark would take the hook, allowing
himself to be drawn almost to the rock
where the sportsman stood. Then the
sharks sharp jaws would sever the line
and he would swim slowly about until
another hook could be dropped In. A
stout hook was attached to a line by
a chain, and with this the shark was
drawn half way out of the water. Then
a wave tossed him about and the line
passed through his Jaws, to be cut at
one slash. After this several hooks
attached to brass line, were taken
by the shark, but could not hold him
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
REFLECTION In ONES TRUST
Explained as the Sympathetic
Affection of Our Own.

Trust is the belief in another's good
ness on the inspiration Of your own.
The moment you ask for other grounds
than this, and withhold your reliance
ill it can rest on external proof, you
eease to trust and stipulate for knowl-
edge. On the other hand, if the con-
iding temper is so dominant as to blind
you to opposing evidence and refuse
The correction Of positive experience, II
becomes a weak credulity. In both
extremes the pure soul breaks with the
clear intellect, becoming its slave In
he one case and its tyrant in the
other The genuine sphere Of trust is
;ound in neutral instances, where out
ward proof is absent or in equipoise
md the Prescriptions of right affec-
ion have the undisputed field to them
selves. And even then, 1t is not mere
arbitrary hypothesis, pleasantly flung
across the gap OF ignorance to veil It
Nth a curtain of painted cloud; not
} mere willingness TO live in q happy
1elusion till the rough winds Of reality
SHAH dissipate it; but rather, the quick
instinct by which the pure heart
recognizes purity. and love catches
The eye of love So that, in its true
exercise, trust is the intuitive, appre-
tension of another's goodness by the
sympathetic affection of our own
James Martineau
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
Dame Partindton.

The original Dame Darlington was
a respectable old lady who lived at
Sidmouth, in Devonshire, Eng. Her
cottage stood on the beach and dur
ing a severe storm in November. 1924,
the sea rose to such a height as
gradually to invade the old lady's
residence.
Mrs. Partington with such help as
she could secure with mops and
brooms, as fast as the water entered
the house mopped it out again until
ut length the waves had the mastery
and size was compelled to retire to
al !nper story. The first public al
l!~.ua 10 the circumstances was made
~ sidney Smith in speech on the
reform bill wherein he compared the
conservative opposition to the effort
of "Dame Darlington and her mop who
rr,!eavored to mop out the waves of
the Atlantic"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
Butterflies Eye-Spots.

What do the eye-spots on butter.
hieS' wings mean? The naturalists say,
frankly, I'VE do not know" 1t is
thought that these eye-spots may have
some utilitarian application. They form
one Of the most intricate Of all nat
uraF designs. The fact that butter
flies have been captured with their
eye-spots pierced, as If from the at
tack of birds, has been used as an
argument In favor of the view that
they must be protective markings"
initiating eyes because birds strike at
the eyes of their victims. But this
suggestion is hardly regarded as salts
factory. Among butterflies the most
striking examples of eye-spots are
found on the under surface Of the
wings.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
Ace Of a Fish.

The size and weight of a fish are no
indication of its age. Its length of
life is revealed, just as that of a tree
is. by its rings. The fish has an
nual rings also, but not in its body
Put fish scale under a magnifier and
you notice the scale is covered with
little rings-Some close together and
some farther apart. When the fish
grows slowly because its food is
scarce and the water is chilly, these
rings lie close together, but when its
food is plentiful and the water is
warmer and the fish grow bigger
quickly-aS it were, stretches its skin
with good feeding-then the rings on
the scales lie well apart. Each Of
these rings represents one year in the
age of the fish. There is another way.
1t Is by tracing out the markings on
what are termed the earstones of the
fish-the tiny hard things in its inner
ear. Put these earstones under a
powerful microscope and you see tiny
light and dark rings. Every light ring
tells Of one years growth. So by count
ing these light rings you arrive at the
ish's age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
COULD REBUKE WITH EFFECT
Kindly Cardinal Manning Had Caus.
tic Wit, Which He Only Occasion
ally Employed.

Cardinal Manning had a caustic Wit
and he loved to take down" those
who exhibited pomposity. In pages
From the Past" John Ayscough (Rt.
Rev. Mgr. Count Beckerstaffe Drew
tells how the cardinal snubbed an
Ostentatious prelate.
Once he brought very magnificent
bishop. who by no means despised
ornament, to see St. Thomas semi
nary.
1T is very plain" remarked his
lordship, scanning the rather austere
facade.
You are right" rejoined the cardi-
nal most sweetly. quite There is
nothing vulgar about it"
On another occasion the same prel-
ate was a fellow guest, with the
cardinal, of royalty. The bishop came
in purple; the cardinal presently ar
rived in his ordinary black coat,
breeches, CATERS, and apron to whom
the bishop rushed up, much perturbeo
at thus eclipsing in splendor a prince
Of the church.
Never mind. my dear lord" said
the cardinal. st does not matter. ]
dare say no one will notice you"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10

The hardships endured by light.
keepers have inspired the pens of
some of our best writer's. Robert
Louis Stevenson, in sketching the life
Of his grandfather Robert Stevenson,
distinguished Scotch lighthouse en-
gineer, gives some entertaining pen
pictures of their lot.
The first lishthousekeeper in this
country, George WorthyIake. at Bos-
ton light, whose first years salary
was 90 pounds, was drowned with
his wife and daughter Or November
3, Ills, and this incident was the in
spiration for ballad the Lighthouse
Tragedy" written by Benjamin Frank
lin, then a hoy of thirteen. In his
autobiography he tells US that his
brother induced him to print and sell
copies of this ballad on the streets
of Boston, and that it sold wonder
fully the event being recent and
Having made great noise.' No
copy OF this ballad seems to have been
preserved. but the author admits It
vas "wretched stuff"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
Hoatzin Remarkable Bird,

Strange and weird as the adult
hoatzin may be it is the young birds
that really amaze US. For both thumb
and foretlnger are armed with sharp.
recurved claws, better developed than
In any other known bird, and, what is
more important, they ares entirely
functional. William Beebe, director Of
the Tropical Research station in Brit
ish Guiana, has done more than any
other scientist to reveal the secrets Of
the hoatzin. He has found that this
remarkable youngster uses its wing
claws to haul itself about the rough
nest in which It Il hatehsd, and a11n
to help In climbing about alnpn -
branches. Mr.. Beebe has 49,
sc1ibeds tAe sslz1I1 '
naks1 Aedl1lne = as11 r
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
CALLS FOR SOME DISCRETION
Power Of Attracting Birds May Be All
Right in the Country, but in
the City!

One of the be>, WAYS IF attracting
birds, accordgg To the 5',,'ofii.as, is
to place the lips to the baca ~ t.
nand and make q violent ki>s ..~
sound
Apparently this has s.: ..- -.
blance to the cries of a woun4e.. g..
and, according to one of the bird books
enc may enter an apparently deserted
thicket and, after q few minutes Of
this sort of thing. find oneself sur
rounded by an anxious or curious
group of its feathered inhabitants"
This is valuable information, but to
be used with discretion. In Central
park, for instance, one is just as likely
as not, after trying this little ornitho-
logical experiment. to find oneself sur
rounded by an anxious or curious
group Of gentlemen with blue coats
and brass buttons. Better keep these
tactics for the open country-Freder-
lex L. Allen, in Harpers Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
TOO PRONE TO ExAGGERATE
Many Figures of Speech Employed in
Ordinary Conversation Are Ri
diculous When Analysed.

A judge in the courts the other
day objected to a witness who was
prone to use exaggeration ard employ
figures of speech.
The judge remarked that it was alb
surd to say that 1.-The accused was
beside himself with rage" and that
"he flew at the other man." He
wasn't two people and be hadn't got
wings.
When you come 20 think of it it is
absurd. We wallop our children for
saying that there are hundreds Of
dogs in the garden, but then & y
hear Us say that we are drive H.
death" with work, or that some! edy
has "set the ocean on fire."
Equally untrue is it when we say
that a steak is as tough as leather"
the coffee "as cold as ice" or that the
cake is las heavy as lead" One re-
suit of this sort of thing is seen when
the child asks his sisters young man
il he has any prizes for running, be
cause the child has heard that he's
always running after Sissie.
The fact is that we are ever look
ing for something out Of the, ordi-
nary.
When hailstones fell during June,
they were in few cases the size Of
eggs but everybody told everybody
else that all of them were as big as
footballs.
It's time that we went back to SIM
pie description. No day is ever so
hot as to be baking" or we should
all be dead. No man drinks like q
fish"
Fishes. anyway, don't drink lot.
They see SO much water that they're
probably sick of it. And no soprano
sings like a NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
Ceooraphv of Planet Venus.

Venus appears to be a mountainous
world. Gray shadings may be seen at
times in the midst of high pressure
areas. Their positions and outlines
change with the shifting clouds, but
when composite drawing is made of
several observations they appear fixed
to the surface Of the planet. From the
fact that the darkest ones are also
the most often visible, it is inferred
that the gray spots are the masses Of
continents dimly visible.
The behavior of Venus storms also
confirms this belief. They actually
shun the regions where dark shadings
are seen, and mainly keep to the
spaces between. Storms on earth find
it VIGOROUSLY hard to cross divides of
land. The Nenusian seas seem to be
hot and steaming, and from their sur
faces rolling clouds of vapors arise.
Venus shows phases like the moon.
She lies between US and the sun, and
so a portion of her night side is almost
always turned toward US.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
MADE RITE or SNUFF ThN!n.
FashionaLls "Vlca" Of Eiahtcenth Cen
fury Was Vehicle Of Most
Elaborate Ceremonial.

Snuff taking went out about 1OS
years ago after raging through the
eighteenth century and part Of Lie
Seventeenth, when it first made its ap
pearance as a fashionable vice in Eu-
rope. But although it went out when
Queen Victoria came in, 1t never en-
irely disappeared.
1T clears the nose-here's health
and up it goes" said popular old
rhyme A thousand artists have handed
down pictures Of contemporary
worthless dallying with their Snuff
boxes, and always they convey ar
impression of grace and courtesy ant
mutual enjoyment. Kings delighted tt
present jeweled snufrboXes, exquisite
examples of the goidsmith's and enaln-
eler's art to those they wished to
honor. The ceremonial exchange OF
9inches of snuff was accomplished by
/ hundred flourishes, bows, preenlngS
and Celebrations of department.
In the lower walks of life, it was
q tragedy to be without snuff. One
FASTENED to fill the beggars empty
snutfbox before giving him a coin for
bread. In the prosperous home a CON
spicuous object was the null" a
silver-mounted rams head Hospitality
crammed with snuff for all corners.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
A Way to Save Him.

Willy is a little scamp. He goes
from one piece of mischief to another
so fast that his mother is worn out
and nervous from the strain Of con-
tinually extricating him from his pre-
dicaments, The last straw was an in
cident that occurred while they were
visiting at grandma's.
Was 1t mischief or just curiosity that
led Willy to stick his head between
two rods of the banister? It was
when Willy tried to get his head out
and couldn't that the trouble COM
menced. He raised his voice (and the
neighborhood). The entire household
rushed to his rescue-mother leading,
with grandma a close second. They
tried in every way possible to extri-
cate the hoy's head, but without sue
cess. 1t must have expanded during
the moments Of its Imprisonment.
When grandma. with her usual pres
ence Of mind, ordered, Get me saw,
quick!" mother broke down complete
": "Oh, grandma, will we have to cut
his head OFF, no" answered gran"
calmly, Just re banister rod."-chi-
saco Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
WOUNDED HAWK FLEW FAR
With Spear in Its Body, Bird Had
Travelled Distance of TWO
Thousand Miles.

AS a hawk was swooping on the
poultry yard of a farmer on the Vaal
river, Africa, the farmer shot and
Killed it. Then he found embedded
in its body what appeared to be an
arrow, two feet six inches in length,
that apparently had been carried by
the bird for a considerable period.
AS the arrow was Of a peculiar
kind unknown in the Transvaal, in
quiries We're made and a description
given, and it was found that the az
row was made by a native tribe the
Akambas of Kenyaland, 1000 miles
away from the place where the hawk
was killed.
Further inquiries showed that the
transfxing of the hawk by a small
spear, by an Akamba native, was well
remembered The hawk had caused
much loss in a chicken run, and was
speared by a concealed native, but
was rescued and carried off by its
mate, and evidently recovered from
the wound though it could not rid IT.
Gelf of the spear.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
REALLY NOT MUCH TO II
How High School Boy Made Diseov.
cry That All He Needed Was
Just Confidence.

Arthur is a manly young chap who
has just graduated from high school.
He had secured a position in an Office
where several times he had been in.
vited to go to lunch with his employer.
He always declined the invitation
From various bits of information
The lad had let fall, mother believed
the man was interested in her son and
thought the boy ought to accept the
invitation. why don't you go with
hlm?" she asked Arthur one day at
the dinner table,
I'm afraid" he answered. II might
not know what to do. You know
might do the wrong thing"
Now, mother had been very particu-
lar in the training she had given the
boy and was proud of the result She
had perfect confidence in him. So
with a serious face mother simply re
marked: "Why, all you have to do is
to keep your hat on, put your feet on
the table, put your knife in your
mouth, make as much noise as pos
sible when you eat and"
"Mother!" shouted Arthur, look of
amazement on his face. Then the
humor of it struck him and there was
much merry laughter.
Next morning Arthur Informed
mother that he had gone to lunch
with the boss. Everything was fine,
and we had a good talk, too" he
added.
Were you embarrassed?" asked
mother.
"Of course mott" he answered in
surprise. Why should I be?" And
mother, satisfied, smiled knowingly
Chicago Journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
Melting Carbon.

Carbon may be melted and main
talned in liquid condition, according
to the experiments of a French in
eestigator. The heating was effected
under great pressure in the electric
furnace, and a curious phenomenon
was noticed at 1900 atmospheres,
namely, that after a brief failure of
the arc. the current refused to pass
even when the power was much in
creased. 1t is supposed that as the
carbon passed into liquid and trans
parent state, 1t assumed a rare allo
tropic form, becoming a I non-con
ductor. The test was too brief for a
study q This condition. but was made
to include a sudden cooling of the
molten carbon by flooding with wa
ter Of the interior of the pressure
yesge The minute diamonds were
recognized in the gray powder thus
obtained, the result being, however,
not wholly satisfactory.
"A Little Learning"
One of the young women knew moth
ing about football and knew she knew
nothing; the other knew nothing about
football and thought she knew some
thing. The result was that the couple
caused endless. amusement among the
spectators sitting, near them When
the girl who thought she knew some
thing had given tons of inaccurate
information to the girl who knew she
didn't know much the latter pointed
to the field and asked:
"What are those?'
what, dear?' replied her compan-
ion. DO you mean all those little
fgures?" They're men, of course"
mo, no! I mean those posts stuck
In the ground"
And she pointed to the goal posts.
swell, fancy you not knowing what
they are!" exclaimed Miss Knowail.
'Why, they're football fxtures!"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
PATCHING UP KINGS Srccur,
Serious Omission Recently Gave Brit
ish Parliamentary Authorities a
"Bad Fifteen Minutes"

William Goblet, who used to coD
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-i39
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 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
read out the speech at the afternoon
sitting, the invocation was there, but
the words were different from those
supplied earlier in the day. The Sc
cret history Of all these changes
wsmla analDe ihtsEsst11g nattw ~ d
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
Hair PULLING Time.

Eight-year-old Frances had been
.aught by her parents the art of keep
ing a secret and it irritates her to be
suspected of telling anything she is
asked not to tell. The other day she
had another young lady visitor. Aunt
Grace had warned Frances not to tell
the conversation, so she began to talk
things which were secrets when the
visitor looking at Frances, said: Lit
tie pitchers sometimes have big ears
my dear
Frances looked back at her. YES
she agreed lucidly, "but that doesn't
hurt if they don't have spouts."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10

You love the girl, DO YOU: Her eyes,
her hair, her dainty peeking gauzy
things, that grande dame fur that loIls
around her swanlike neck in the cool
Of eve? Have a care If there's d rat
or switch in the shining treSses and II
isn't paid for, if that powder puff
with which she dabs sher nose to
chalky hue has bin attached, if
that rich, sweeping fur was bought on
tick, you'll have to settle for them all.
Orange blossoms, caterer and high
honeymoon OUTLAWS won't see you
through. You'll have to pay her
laundry, lingerie, gown, hat, joy-ride
bills-in fnct. every bill she's got, If
you marry her. Thus a California
judge interprets the law.-Los Angeles
Express
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10

In all times some degree of healing
power has been ascribed to the priest
hood. Mediterranean, mystery-men, sha-
mans, or by whatever name they might
be called. We're TO lie furQd in every
tribe of North American Indians
Some Of these knew the medicinal
qualities OF roots and herbs and prac-
ticed rude surgery, and others were
takers" A medicine-man Of the
Walapai, Yuman tribe on the Colo
RADIO river, says John G. Bourke in an
article on the Apache medicine-men.
would cast a bullet in a mold contain
ing a small piece of paper. The healer
would have an Indian fire this outlet
at him and the lead, because of the
paper, would split into pieces and do
him no harm.
Another would secretly fasten the
end of a roll of sineW to a tWig. sWal-
Cow the ball and hold the twig between
his teeth. After the sinew had
softened and expanded because of the
heat and moisture of the stomach" the
magician would astound his friends
Adventure Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-10
WIGS MARX OF DISTINCTION
First Worn by Lawyers as Sort Of
Uniform to Distinguish Them
From the Priests.

The law, like every other profession,
was largely in the hands Of the church
practically the only educated people,
during the Middle ages, and when lay
pleaders were first introduced they
Wore a special kind of head covering,
to distinguish them from their clerical
brethren. This headgear became q
recognized part Of the lawyers dress.
When Gin the siXteeb aundreds) the
wig was introduced into England from
France, all classes Of gentle folk
adopted the new fashion; courtierS
and doctors. officers and lawyers We're
all beWigged. Indeed, the wig was al
essential part Of clerical dress. nor
was it officially discontinued as such
till well into the last century. With
the conservative legal profession, how
ever, it was still preserved as part Of
the court uniform, and today a bar
rister cannot ''be heard without his
wig-he would be in much the same
position as q soldier appearing On
parade improperly dressed" Not
only are wigs still worn by barriSters
and judges-the latter having a much
larger "full-bottomed" yQriety-hut
they are also part Of the dress of the
speaker of the house of commons, Of
the parliament clerks and Of the lord
chancellor,-Montreal Family Herald,