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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
Smuggling In "Merrle England"

Smuggling and Illicit trading we're
common enough In England century
ago, according to the journals of the
dny-but more often than not the sub
rosa transactions were In things to
eat This was especially true of
game. which was very scarce In town
and seldom offered for sale. That Ia,
1t was not offered openly except at
holiday time, but. none the less, hare
and game birds appeared on many din
ner tables.
The place to buy was at the end
of d stage line of the driver, as a
rule who had understanding With
poaehers throughout The territory, and
who managed to keep supplies ON
hand for good customers, In spite Of
the game watdehs
Eplsufes ~ ghinn Uff tho Sunday
piaiiefa ~ families thht we're weary
~ tbs taste " The everlasting beef
ana mutton Hhl refh are hot recorded
~ any ufaahhphl way hHt sttAr 80 the
naWs Notes aie huhhG iees thnh hh
oiaAt family portraits Of old lnaA
Human Nature
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
PIT OF REMARKABLE DEPTH
Strong Belief Held in English County
That "EIdon Hole" ls Abso-
luteIy BottomIess.

Far from habitation on II hillside
"a the moors of perbyshire. England,
les dreadful chasm In the rock. The
haSm is of no great 1idth, but has O
'cr descent to Il tremendous depth.
is the bottomlesS pit of "Eldon
regarded for centuries as IN
a'e. The gap is surrounded
stone wall, and projecting
one end enables the udyen-
Investigator TO peer down into
.oy depths For ages the cha sm
led as Il terrible place, pop
NV supposed to lead directly to In
uBi regions. \ gruesOme story re
l"-es TINT 300 years ago a man was
J Vered into the cleft to depth If
s2et. When the unfortunate fell
iuN vas he ed up again he was a raw
Ing maniac, apd died eight days later.
For centuries the place was regarded
with superstitious awe and no real at
..tuu WINS made to find the bottom
.li' shout 100 when one writer
tu'ed that half mile of rope had
tied to reach if. As the whole dis
.r'ct Is honeycomhed with holes and
.iccs " Is probable that the chasm
ihin Hole" lends TO n maze of
.t g. md passages.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
WORDS OLD AS HUMAN RACE
Sounds Indicative of What They De-
scribe Were Probably the First
Forms Of Speech.

When your baby first begins to talk
It uses instinctively the oldest words
In creation, words as old MS the hui
man race itself.
They are words whose sound Is an
Imitation of what they describe A
chair falls over In the nursery.
Bang" says baby, just as her great
est great grandmother said when her
father dropped his club in the cave
that was their home.
Baby calls the COW moo" because
that is the noise 1t makes. To PRINT
tive man the COW seemed to say "koo"
1T name that has stuck.
What finer imitation of the crows
cronk could you have than the Greek
word "korax?" Crow Greatly Corow)
LII derived from the same idea. Hun
dreds of animals-birds, In particular
retain their ancestral names. The
cuckoo has always been SO called ;
he named himself.
A whole host of other words de-
scribe noises-crash, slam. thump,
whack, splash, boom, prnttle, and so
on one of the most beautiful Of
these In murmur, which means the
sound made by gentle breeze among
the trees muir ur-mur.-BXChnnge
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21

a teacher at ii certain private
school strives to instil tilial devotion
In her pupils. Recently she asked her
class In what way they had been help
Ing their parents. Various answers
were given of a more or less to-be-
expected nature, till she reached Il
little girl who had been casting rather
contemptuous glances at the hum
dram reports. When her turn came
the eyes Of the others were fixed on
her as she lives in an opuIent home
that boasts a staff of servants. well,
Oracle" the teacher asked, "what
have you been doing to help mamma y
"Oh, lots" was the scornful response
Of Oracle, "but mostly I 60 to the
Country club and get cigarettes for
her."-San Francisco Argonaut.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
Violin 2trlnna

Each string In a violin Is Of a diff
srent thickness, according to the tone
and tension required. The fourth
string Is covered with fine wire, either
a white metal or real silver, hence
1t Is often called the silver string"
Violas, violoncellos and double-basses
have each two covered strings, the
object being to insure a sufficient
gravity Of tone without having too
clumsy material. The covered
strings on the guitar are upon a basis
Of silk instead Of catgut. The best
gut comes from Italy, which has been
famous for centuries for this prod
uct. Strings are carefully selected and
graded as to size so that they shall be
uniform. The larger strings for the
bigger instruments are stretched on
frames for three or four days. The
covered strings are finished on a spe-
clal lathe which covers them with
floss silk or fine silver-plated copper
wire, or even sllver.-Scientiflc Amerl-
can
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
JOYS ARE BUT TRANSFORM
Detachable Perfumes VIII Not Long
GLADDEN. the Prisoner il cIeVo-
land County Jail.

Altar OF roses and sweet scents Of
Arahy, There's 0u electric pcrGumpr
at the county fin. It casts oll kinds
Of sweetness on the prison air. Just
turn the button and the jail becolo"
garden Of roses Or fragrant viii
the scent OF oruuGe blossoms.
The other day tie atmosphere of
the joil reflected The aroma Of the
forest cedar 1t might have been Nor
way pine, sussufros, crab apple Bios
som, but 1t just hupi cnrd that the per
fumer was charged to dispense TN
aroma tinged with forest cedar.
The machine has possibilities, the
sheriff believes 1t might Zee employed
t. awaken the prisoners each morning
with scents of yiolets ana suothe them
ut breakfast with odors of ham, eggs,
corn frlttcrs grapefruit and other
ylands not on the regular morning
menu of coffee ana butterlrss bread.
Oh yes, indeed, the machine has
possibilities If 1t was charged with
a few quarts Of hootch confscated In
raids why, the old jail would be one
of the most popular breathing places
In the county.
At night it could discharge the odor
Of pineapple or figs or dates, and any
prisoner with d good sense of smell
oud strong imagination could road-
NY go to sleep and feel that he vas in
Hawaii
But the pertuiner is IN jail only On
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
DAMAGE poNk Nv ION s+uEM
Destruction Of frees 10 ineempsfssly
the Worst Part 81 the Wheis.
ssis Devastation,

t'ae Of Tie most distressing cahss
gaeaess If an lae storm 10 lhe IRE
parable damage done 10 trees, The
telephone ani telegraph poles can he
replaced Wires can be restrnna.
Train ana trolley schedules can be re-
stored one and ali these are lnanl'
mate things. But trees are living things
and can no more be restored without
lapse of time than any other living
thing 1t takes a generation to grow
fine tree, remarks writer In thd
Worcester Telegram. 1t takes de
cade to line a residential district
street with shade second decade for
that shade to increase and become An
asset to the neighborhood third de
cade sees the trees which have growD
up with the children become, instead
of a subsidiary attraction, the princi-
pal one in the neighborhood.
Yet in a single night the careful
selicitude the care and nurture OF
the trees is destroyed. The great
limbs which residents have watched
grow for years, the towering tops
which twenty years before barely
came to the porch roof and which for
the last ten years have given grateful
shade through the summer and au-
tump are broken, split and sundered.
The thirty years have gone for
naught.
Other ephemeral things, such as
telephone service, trolley schedules
and trains will resume their accus-
toned routine within a day or two
after the skies clear.
Only the shattered trunk OF the
trees untimely cut down by the Ice
will remain as reminder.
It takes a generation Of man to
prnw q fine trpp
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
DANISH MAlDENS HAVE CHARM
Pretty oieis In erefusleh 10 se aasn
on the Famous "atfsak' In
Copenhagen,

Nowhere except Oh Fifth avenue.
New York, do you SOS So many uirtty
girls In The space at Il short Wdlh as
you do an the "streHk." The uHid uf
Copenhagen Is nothing at all iikr uu"'n
preconeeiyed notion Of what Scandi-
navian girl should be, Up in Norway
you encounter the naming red cheeks
and yellow locks and robust forms
which Anders Zorn has immortalized
on canvas. But the maid Of Copen-
hagen, the typical one, the kind that
you will always remember when your
thoughts dwell on the Danish capital,
Is not like any of these. She Is petite
and trim, neatly dressed, with hair that
Is copper brown as often yellow,
A walk along the "Streah a sun
ny afternoon at the shoppn- nour re
veals to perfection the charm of Co
penhagen. And If you stroll up TO the
Langelinie, the delightful park that
skirts the harbor, or venture into the
grounds of the Rosenberg palace, 1t
will be much the same; pretty girls
dozens Of them, alone, or in tWos and
threes, or escorted by devoted SWANS ;
girls as chic and Parisienne, with com
plexions that the fogs and winds OF
the Baltic have made into worthy RI
walls Of those of England, chatterins
like magpies, bursting into smiles that
reveal whole nests Of dimples, tripping
along with life and mischief in their
ewes and charm In every inch Of them.
No wonder Il visitor to Copenhagen
can never get too much Of afternoon
promennding! How sincerely does he
growl q curse when dusk begins to
shroud the fair metropolis Of Denmark
and put an end to his enjoyment Of
the beauty parade on the "Streak!f-
| The World Traveller.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21

The United states naval observatory
says Hrhe sun md moon seem largcs
near The horizon because of an optical
Illusion The horizon appears to 10
more distant than the .ehith because
the eye. IN looking toward The horlsost
rests Upon many objects by the way
The sun or moon nent the hpflsen ana
ri The fpnith ls seen to he The same
object IN beth puaiti"as but wheh
npaf the hetlsoh II seems larger
heeause lie distance IL apparently
greater tha mlhd uheehspietislf reason
lag that hane 80 Mueii farther away,
the suh ~ Hnon mnst be larger In
afdef 10 look The sane
1.-THE moan al the horizon Is really
about 4HD miles mare distant fram
the observer than when nsariy over
head and Its apparent diameter, az
measured by an Astronomical In
atrumsnI Is actually lsss by about ea,s-
siXtisth."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
Would Be EMBARRASSING

During the social session Of a lodge
the other night the expenses were de
frayed hy levying fines on the various
members for real or fancied infrac-
tpue of the rules.
The torfets We're collected by the
Advertisements,
In one instance, however, the ser
geaut made no effort to collect the
fine, and the chairman directed his
attention to the oversight.
Again the sergeant remained In
different
Rapping for order, the chairman en-.
claimed:
The sergeant-at-arms has refused
to collect q fine from Brother Amley
We will hear what excuse he has to
make"
III owe htm money. ~ OUNCE
town Telegram. n
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21

The whale Is able to hold his breath
for q long time, sometimes for As
minutes, and he Is able to open his
mouth under water when eating, be-
cause his nostrils connect directly
with his windpipe and not with the
back Of his mouth, as in most other
animals. When he comes to the sur
face he blows the air out of his lungs.
1t has by this time become so heated
that 1t forms column Of vapor when
expelled into the cool air Of the sur
face and this is what happens when
he Is said to spout" Incidentally
the most famous whale of history
the one which swallowed Jonah-was
pot whale at oil, but Is called in the
6ible "a great fish,"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
COPIED PRACTICES pf BIRDS
Man In Ills Attempted Conquest oi
The Ali Has Only initiated The
Fsathsfse Creatures

New that man has practically co.'s,
aHsfed the problem af dying, II 10 ia
tefesling 10 observe that lie actually
ieafned this In the same way as did
the birds themselves,
Hut birds We're originally not birds
at all, but belonged to the reptile
family. and acquired wings through
long series of changes in the forward
part Of the body, These reptiles could
swim, and this Is the nearest approach
to actual flying there is.
The first fossil bird on record an
pears to have had quill feathers be-
tween the legs and the body, being a
combination Of bird and reptile. These
feathers and tail enabled it to sail
through the air Continued practice
of this sailing would have tendency
TO affect the scales on the body of the
reptile through friction with the air,
causing them to split and become
fuzzy.
Scientists agree upon this, but they
do not all stand together upon the
DIGESTION of the probable manner in
Whi@h flying was first attempted, re-
marks the Detroit News. Some think
trat these creatures learned To fly by
springing upward from the ground
"thers say that they started from the
top Of a tree or hill and sailed down
w@rd. 1t probably was practiced in
downward direction from height,
n the cumbersome creatures gradual
ly leaned from moving their wings to
steady themselves in sailing down
ward Afterward they found that by
continued Tapping they could also rise
Man. in learning to fly, also initiated
the birds IN this respect, for he started
where the birds did His first success
Win the dying machine was in "glid-
l'- from Il height downward. and he
t.', learned how to start from the
ground and rise
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21

shrewd lunatic. an inmate Of an
asylum. Ind Il shilling which he hid one
day In hole. The attendant was
watching him, SO he went after Hit, to
the place, took the shilling and put
sixpence In Its stead. Next day the
patient came to see his shilling, and
when he examined Il he said. you
must be In consumption. You're get.
ting 20 small and pale"
Hs put Il back into the hole.
The attendant. who had been watch.
Ing, went agaih, took the sixte6ce and
put sovereign In In place. on The
following day when the uhattc came
10 sec his coin, hs Looked At II and
said
n fear you have yeiiew jaundies
this time. must take you home end
mind yeu.s 10 saylne, In ut ~
sovereign IN his peelel m ~ II
~ wardss b sllA 1ln11
0n18 - - aoouorol
as-i.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21

The position Of chief Of an Indian
tribe In the days Wlpn the red IMAM
foHined the western pralrles was -
pfecaflous one Mt the best, according
to the account Uf Francis rHrkinnfi
IT, In his ''the California aud Gre
gun Trail"
The chief dared not Aeeunp any
VI The outward aspects pf rant fnf
fpnt ~ lhtutilha The lsltlensufn ~
HE braves Nhnf Nihh ~ thp ~
iaEp lived better. tNhrd Aitrp h,lipW s
aud horses, nnd Wpnl lrltpl clad lhAn
did the CHIEF iin Huhl nprda lHsfall
ste himself Win Ills young Mun lA
making theM many presents. often
90 HE own muuNershiAenI,
The happiest chief was he who WRs
al the head Of large family, Win
q group or relatives h hFenge him III
event of his murder, his position took
on some semblGnce Of security, One
OF the most powerful Dakotah chiefs
Was secure In his position by his fam
lily of 80 stalWart sons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
British Museum overcrowdsd

The British museum, says London
writer In the New York Post, has
reached the end of its rope, so far as
space Is concerned. BY the law OF
1880 every English author, whether
domiciled at home or In the domnions.
Is obliged to place two copies of his
books with the museum, which in turn
guarantees to keep them in good con
dition and make them accessible to the
reading public. The same applies to
newspapers. Space for the latter was
exhausted some time ago and Il spe
clal barracks was built to store them.
1t IL now feared that the same plar
viii have to be adopted for The books
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
HaIIay's Genet,

Halleys comet, which visits this
part Of the universe about every sew
entysix years, was seen at its best
here on April 10, 1910. Prof. Max
Wolff of Heidelberg first detected the
comet on this visit On September II,
1909 In the late spring of 1910 1t
became visible to the naked eye Be
tween 2 80 in the morning and dawn
1t was a beautiful spectacle In the
eastern sky. The tail grew Ia length
and impressiveness ~ perihelion was
approached, April 10. "Halley" passed
within half q million miles Of Venus %
May 2. and an observed irregularity Of
tail structure was psrhaps occasioned
thereAR.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
Felt II Was bslna ovsrdens.

some playhates came early one
,aofhine TO spend the day with betty.
Al went right iperrliy until about four
o'clock In the Afternoon, when Bet.
W. eyes begun 10 droep for want Of
hsf aftsrhooh nap, hhs tried 10 keep
Oh playing. but finally came 10 me
ssd said Cant they 70 newt !
ave Ind \ too nsiehnsse II lanr-
nnGhaase,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
JOB PRINTING
Executed Promptly. AT The
HERALD OFFICE.
There's \ Differences,

u resent the lmputation that I am
! member Of the pie brigade" esld
The pompous citizen.
"But you don't deny that you wan,
government Job, do your asked Mr..
Dubwaite.
"Certnlhis noA n should b The
ambition Of every patriot to serve HE
country"
u agree with you. II shVujf Be-
me ambition Of every patYiet = 0orVe
hm eoantry-wiihput peeunlosY Is
was0."-elrsinsha,H ASelIo
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
They Heard Him.

brotlier had the habit Of asking 70,
something to eat whenever he hap
pened to he Mt neighbor's house, gu
MS mother told him he must never
DO such thing ngain.
The next time he returned from a
VISIT to the feiRhber's she asked him
II ne mao heeeed for anything to eat
Me- Ne said u WIS Just talking
e myself about ,hew hungry was,
end tilsy heard 20
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
Mechanism of Glaciers

In tunneling through glaciers during
the Alpine operations of the war, op.
portunity was offered for observa.
lions of inner structure and move.
ments. In shallow cuttings, character.
istics only to be expected at much
greater depths were found The al
formation of lighter and denser layers
cannot here be caused by pressure
but must be primary. sedlmentary
formation. Interior crevasses often
ended In plane of qualification, 0us
pointing to the Importance VI ~
pianW In the glacier mechanics
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
TumbleWeed.

II one crosses the western prairies
of the great Arkansas valleys, and
happens to be there in the fall, dur
strange sight. Antelopes, rabbits,
prairie dogs, and sometimes even
herds of cattle racing along the plains
pursued by strange balls, nearly as
tall az q man! These balls, when
seen q little nearer, seem to be masses
CT sticks stuck closely together. The
plant that forms these balls is called
the tumbleweed. Botanists call it
CyclomR plalyphylium. 1t belongs to
a genus Of plants that grow into a
thick, round mass of small branches,
attached to the roots each by small
stem that, In the fan, becomes dry and
brittle. As the autumn winds sweep
ever the prairie the stems Of these
plants 70 leaping and bounding along,
scattering their seeds a they 70.
chlnsss Wedding custema
On her wedding day the Chinese
bride 10 clad In red and carried In .
sedan chair covered with red. Any
person who wishes may turn back the
chair curtains and have a look ut the
bride Iiayseed takes the place Of
riro and confetti. The brides hair
v deliberately Oiled and 50 when the
girls throw haysesds at her they
stick. When she has reached the end
n her Journey me has come to the
nome Of her husband and must bear
the candid criticism Of the whole fam.
~.
The wedding ceremony Ia nothing
more than rice affair. Instead Of
thriving Il, the guests eat II. The
husband and. wife.to.be eat rice from
90 sther's bowl. then mix the ries
and both eat from the same bowi=4Ahd
~ IN married.
Ut course there Ia u fssst, bvl The
euoo0m makes II such that the
Amo11eas father u 4 seeeptlen.0lvlhu
~ Might envy the Chinese father
- - = s:;: : - II.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
Rural DEVELOPMENT,

Il understand you are going to
make some improvements on the old
placer
Yes replied Farmer Corntossel.
Development is goin along mighty
fast an I've got to keep up with it."
what kind of improvements are
you going to make?'
Il haven't made up my mind yet
whether to put up Ii new barn or an
apartment house, "-Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
No Gold Coins for France.

For the first time in history not a
single gold coin was struck at the
French :rnt in 1920. The mnting of
silver. continued at the beginning of
the year, was stopped when silver
reached a record price on February
Ii.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21

Many articles in daily use came esto-
inally from the ground, but few realise
that mining rosin has been q thriv-
ing Industry In the United States fos
many ysafs despite the fact that rosin
10 the product of the zap Of certain
species Of evergreen tfss. observes the
New York Sun.
Half a century ago rssin was so
cheap that II did not pay - pvt Il In
barrels and send 1t to MARKET. The
barrels we're worth snofe than the
rosIn. Turpeptine, however, brought
good price and eame fsvm the same
sap which yielded rosin M a by.
product. In consequence nanufactur.
ers concentrated on the turpentins and
allowed the molten rosia tn run Into
pits. whsrs Il hardsaed and vas
covered with earth to set II out ~ the
way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
Chinese Have Lesnlnu euddhs

The Leaning Buddha In Chinese
hvai 0f the tower Of PISA. 1Aip
Twelfth century pasoda. near Nm.
king, ID 100 feet high, Of thiNoeil
STORIES, ana iheiihes twelve feet Asn
tho perpendicular.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21
relllale Tralts,

You eannet rightly Judge people BY
WAnt others sAy about them, but yeu
- " what tAey nv abeut stAsss.-~
nan1DA Gnn0u(na
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-21

obeysd 0edseA
u teld the chef to pfepsse ~ eswi
~ tAA)4l weuld ueaie ~ polalA"
~ y ll1t,
80 LII - s'alAss a-s~
The daily Alaskan., 1922-05-16
CITY COUNCIL

The council met in regular ses- sion last evening at the City Hall In the absence of Mayor Keller, Mr. J. N. Hanson acted as mayor. The routine business was transacted with one or two special items Of interest . Mir. Charles Nye, thru his attor- ney. Henenthal & Hellenthal of Ju- neau. has entered protest against the valuation of property on Seventh avenue.
 MT. George Carson. the night watchman. was given an increase in pay of ten dollars. This was given on the ground that a decrease in the number of merchants has decreased his pay for services.
 The question of letting out a con tract for covering certain sections of the streets with shale rock was brought up. and council decided to ask for bids for 20 cars Of shale rock. this to be loaded on cars. un- loaded and spread on streets by con tractors. The White Pass agrees to give use Of cars and will spot them for the city free Of charge.
The daily Alaskan., 1922-05-16

There it more CararrN ln this sscios of the country than al other diseassG Dut together. and for years it was sup posed to be IncUrable. Doctors prescribed local remedies, and by constantly failing tU cure with local treatment. pronounced G incCrahle. CataTrh is a local distAia greatly influenced by constitutional cSns ditons and therefore requires ccnstitu- uonal treatment Halls CHtarrh Hs6. cine, manufactured by ? ,. Cheney e remedy. is taken internally and Hctl thru the Blood On the Mucous Surfsce1 of the System. One Hundred DoilarS Fe~ ward IS offered for any case that EAil'E CRtaTrh Medicine fails tc cure. Send for circulars and testimonials
 F. J. CHENEY & co. Toledo. ohla
 Sold by Druggists. 55c-
 HalTa Family T.l.s for conEupABaa-