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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Appropriate. What7

The Church at Work, published by
the National Council Of the EpiscopaI
church, tells Of q resourceful native or
ganist who was called upon suddenly
to furnish the music for q mission
wedding ceremony at Hankow, China.
The bridegroom had recently become
Christian. Following the custom.
he sent q beautiful sedan chair and a
brass band to escort the bride TO his
home, where the ceremony was to he
performed. Something delayed the
bride. ard the impatient young man
hurried down 10 The mission house
where Il was decided To have tho
wedding on the spot, A meeting was
Ia progress Ia the church, 70 II was
impossible To have the brass band
play. Whereapoa ons Elsie IA wss
cesnmandssFed to play the wedding
march. There WAS no slseet music On
hand, and Elsie wsa net sexual 70 the
task Of playing Msndelss0hn from
memory She was strong, however,
~ one oDod old saarch tune, ana a.
coFdingly the wsd1tag partv wses duis-
founded and amused . few minutes
istse ,when ths bride and byidag1opS
snssned oufhaly 1sgwasd y ~ olnop
- ~ nno - sOoWasa Coa1q
odAA MsG - Whae isa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
MOVES ALTOGETHER TOO FAST
Writer Makes Complaint About Life
That VIII Be Echoed by Many
No Longer Young.

Here is another new one already
startea and even on the second day we
can seem to feel the. finish just ahead
Of US F. h Young writes In Provi-
dence journal We shall have just
time - save up for the summer vaca-
ton and then for another period of
scrtmptng preparation for Christmas
and first thing we know they will be
handing around the 1923 calendars.
That Is really the most alarming as
pect OF life, after one gets to be about
so Old II is this Internal and relent-
less speed Of the passing years which
steadily becomes speedier. 1t is only
youth that is able to worry about love
measuring machines, the erratic con-
duct Of the equator and the north pole,
the speed of the moon and the speed OF
turtles and all these contemporaneous
scientific matters.
And yet, science is Just wonderful,
isn't it2 In Toronto the American AS
ISOLATION for the Advancement Of Sci
ence has Just received a report from
q professor at the University of Wis
consin which reveals a new speed rec
ord. The champion racing turtle In an
event which included 163 entrants fin
ished the nHie in three years eleven
months ana nineteen days. All we can
get out Of this Is the thought that we
would like to have life move as slowly
as'it does for turtle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Barley Basis OF Weight.

During the reign of Henry VIII
standards of length and weight were
established with actual grains Of
wheat and barley as a basis. Three
barley corns were an dpchs and from
that was built up our table Of inches,
feet, ellis (yards), perch and acre.
One restriction was that the barley
corn must be dry and taken from the
middle of the car and laid end to end.
Under this same system 80 grains Of
wheat made a pennyweight, and from
that as a basis theyaworked out the
Troy pound in which u ounces still
make pound. Originally the sizes
of shoes were based upon grains Of
barley, and 1t is said that these are
the same today as in the early days.
There were 13 grains of barley to each
size. "Furlong" is an old English word
meaning "furrow long" and is based
upon the length a furrow would be
In squire ten-acre field
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Fiattered the Minister.

An amusing anecdote in Lord Fred
eric Hamilton's Days Before Yester-
day" concerns fresh draft Of Gordon
I'ighlanders who shortly after arriv-
Ing at Calcutta were marched to serv-
ice at st. Andrews church.
The most optimistic mosquito had
never imagined such succulent ban
quet as that afforded by 400 bare
kneed, Killed Highlanders, and the
mosquitoes made the fullest use of
their opportunity. Soon the church
resounded with the vigorous clapping
of hands on bare knees and legs al
the men endeavored to kill a few Of
their little tormentors.
Hearing the loud clapping, the min
lister paused and said: My brethren
it is vera gratifying to a meenistes
of the word to learn that his remarks
meet WI the appreciation of his hear
ers; but I'd have you to remember
that applause is strictly DOT of place
in the hoose of God"-Youth's Com
panion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
YOUTH NOT GOLDEN SEASON
ers Who Have Dubbed 1t the Best
Period of Life.

FoAewi&a Is from 1.-THE Way Of AL
FLESH" by Samuel Butfer-nss thn
Seventeenth century poet but the
Nineteenth century novelist:
ITO me 1t seems that youth ID Ake
spring, An eTerpraised season-delfght-
full if it happen to be favored one,
but in practice very rarely favored
and more remarkable, as a general
rule, for biting east winds than geni-
al breezeS Autumn Ii the mellower
season, a26 what we lose IN flowers
we more slnaa gain in fruits Fontefs,
at the ago Of ninety, being asked what
was the happiest time of his life, 1ald
he did not know that he had ever been
much happier than be then was, but
that perhaps his best years had been
those when he was between fifty-0ve
and seventy-fve, and DR.. johnson
placed the pleasures of cd age far
higher than those Of youth. True, In
old age We live under the shadow Of
death, which, like sword of DamocIeS,
may descend at any moment, but We
have so long found life to be an affair
Of being rather frightened. than hurt,
that we have become like the people
who live under Vesuyius, and chance
1t without much miseiving."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16

The Seventeenth OF Eighteenth cen,
turv author ttnded rather more on
the trtstfulness of the public Than
does the new school. for he reddled
his book before IL wne written mo
sometimes spent the proceeds before
he Ind completed half dozen ehnp
tsra The only difference Is thnt his
pedding was particular rather thnn
general he went round the houses
Of the great and wealthy with his
"pian," and the great and wealthy,
generally In sufficient numbers, got
rid Ut him by agreeing to have their
names put down for a subscription
If they were very great or very
wealthy they might expect dedica-
ton thrown In as IT were, In which
respect the modern peddler has
no advantage. for no obligation Is I'm
piled In the purchase Of q copy Of the
b0ok.-Nanchester Guardian.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
IN CHRONIC STATE OF FEAR
obesFyinp Author About Right When
~ Describes Conditions Under
Which All Live.

In his book, 1.-The Conquest Of Fear"
Basil King says:
Look at the people you run up
against in the course Of few hours.
Every one is living or working in fear.
'"The mother Is afraid for her chill
dren. The father is afraid for his
business. The clerk is afraid for his
job. The worker is afraid of his boss
or his competitor.
There is hardly a man who lis not
afraid that some other man will do
him bad turn. There is hardly
woman who is not afraid that things
she Graves may be denied her, or that
what she loves may be snatched away.
There Is not home or an Office or
a factory or a school or church in
which some hang-dog apprehension is
not eating at the hearts Of the men,
women and children who 60 in and
out.
II am ready to guess that all the
miseries wrought by sin and sickness
pat together would not equal those we
bring on ourselves by the means which
perhaps. we do least to counteract.
1--WE are not sick all the time; we
are not SHINING all the time; but all
the time all of us-or practically all Of
us-are afraid of some one or some
thing"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Fireworks in History.

The business of making fireworks
and the business of setting off elabo-
rate displays are sometimes called
1.-The art of pyrotechny," the word ''py-
rotechny'' being compounded of two
Greek words meaning fire art" There
is an extensive literature on the sub
ject,
References may be found in the
writings of Manilius and Vespicus to
the fact that fireworks were set off in
connection with the circus In ancient
Rome, and Claudianus, who wrote In
the Fourth century, mentions 'whirl-
ing wheels and fountains of fire" In
connection with the celebration Of GER
tain festivals. Fireworks, apd which
should not be confounded with mere
bontires, were set off as spectacles and
ceremonies during the reign of Henry
VII, Henry VIII. Elizabeth and other
English monarchs In those early
English days dragons spouting fire
were popular form of fireworks. In
book written on the subject in 1913
there is "a reference to trees and
fouQtains of fire sent high up into
the air"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
AYnora immortal Writers.

The year 1921 was SO taken up by
interest In the Dante sexcentenary that
most persons failed entirely to note
the fact that the year was the four
hundred and fiftieth anniversary of the
death of another Of the worlds i'm
nortak, Thomas a Kempis, the au-
thor of the Limitation Of Christ
A quarter of a century or SO ago
a discussion with regard to the worlds
greatest books was precipitated by an
ingenious London editor who asked the
question: "If you were to be marooned
on a desert island for life and could
take only a dozen books with you,
what books would you selectT In the
lists of answers Dante and Kempis
invariably occurred, in fact KEN
pis was omitted from almost none
of the lists of university men, and was
Included by many scientists, even Hux'
hy;himself selecting it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Gifts Of the Ocean,

As soon as the season ends tha
beach tembers get busy on all the
beaches of the famous summer re-
sor4. says a New. York correspondent.
Onesbea9h comber observed was carry
ing a silk umbrella filed with jewelry
and another half filed with coins. He
explained that the rain had aided him
In detecting the presence Of the jew
elry and coins In the sand For years
beach coIAbing at Rockaway has been
4 fall industry. Hundreds of persons
frequently take part in the search and
discover many VALUABLE articles lost
by summer visitors. Last year so
numerous were the combers that the
supports under some sections of the
pavilions and hotels were weakened as
the result Of their activities and the
police had to patrol the beach in an
effort to check the undermining Of
buildings.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
INVARIABLY SEEK HIGH POINT
Writer Who Claims to Know Points
Out Error to Which Lost Per
sons Are Inclined.

The recent discovery Of the skeleton
of a lost child on the summit of the
highest mountain in the Benuachie
group in AberdeenShire holds no mys-
terry for an Australian bushman.
The skeleton is supposed to be that
OF two-year-old child lost seven years
ago from a farm two miles away, and
at the time of the disappearance there
were apparently number Of theories
put forward for the lo~s-that the
child had been stolen by gypaios eaten
alive by pigs or carried away by ap
eagle.
But had q man experienced in the
behavior of lost children been asked
what was likely to have become Of The
lost infant he would lave said,
Search all the highest points within
a few miles, and on one Of them, un-
less he has persisted on the way, you
Will find the lost child"
In countries like Australia, where
there are still vast tracts Of partially
settled country, the danger of getting
pushed" as it is called, is still a real
one.
1t is not always children who GET
pushed" either But adult or child
unless the lost person has bush expert
ence he seems to lose his head a:
once and begins to walk and walk.
If the country is fiat, the lost per.
son walks in circle; if it is noun
famous, he mounts and mounts as
high as he can get He seems TO get
demented as he grows more exhausted
and the realization of his probable
fate becomes more clear. An hour or
two before he succumbs he gets rid
Of his clothes. The majority Of lost
people are found naked.
1t may happen that somebody who
reads this article may one day be lost.
Here, then is a piece of advice from
one with a right to give it,
Directly you realize that you are
lost sit down until the first panic has
departed. Remember that your first
consideration is to reserve your
strength.
You will be tempted to go up HILL
to see, to get into freer spaces. Don't
do this. Go down hill. All rivers flow
downward; you will find water il the
valleys Most settlements are in the
valleys And going down hill eats up
London Mail.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Future Monarch Reared Simply.

In an article describing the train
Ing Of the fourteen year-old prince Of
the Asturlns. Ring Alfonso's heir, the
Madrid Heraldo says he IL being
brought up In the atmosphere of home
life TINT his parents love. Queen
Victoria, as we'll as King Alfonso, dis
likes all forms Of ceremonial, and
the prince In Being trained M simply
~ possible. lie has many tut6Fa with
whom he visits factories d6e4ynfds,
engineering works, newspaper offices,
museums and all eeatsrs Ut culture
and activity. The customs n the
Spanish court have prevented him
from entering A university or military
college, but he will probably be sent
later On to q military academy
Tho prince Y fair with blus eyes
and for this reason he has the ap-
pesYance Of foreigner" for Spain
Ii country Of dark-eyed people. But
those who speak OF his foreign ap-
psasance maintain that ha Il thorough.
" saniaA, ID speaks Hngiish and
TfeasA nsan11y and taam IN aetive
lateeset n aasan - agl-GGnAaD
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
r0L3T0Y JEALOUS or WITS
Their Marriage in a Way Romantic.
Though She Had Much to Fo..
give in Him.

In his book. Family Happiness, :
Leo Tolstoy tells his own romance Hs
vas Il lifelong friend of both Mrs
aud Doctor Baer parents Of Sofia
Andrpyevna whom he loved ardently.
Her name Is indicative of her ancestry.
ter mother being high-bred Russian
and her father q German physician.
Sofia and her sisters were all nc.
comphshed In household arts, as well
as in the more elegant studies be-
fitting young women of their station
IN life.
From the very first, his love for
this girl, many years his junior. xaq
strong and passionate. Finally he
asked her to marry him. II was his
wish that the wedding take place i'm
tne1intcly, but Sofia declared TINT she
must hnre n tfoussehu first. They were
ultimately married In September 1se2
Although Soiln was Just as much
the laeNllat as her husband alte wns
fhr more practical, and made per.
feet wife from ihe domestic point
OF view.
Their life vas not entirely with,
ont Gia'llusionment Afdentiy IL
love with his wife, foi.toy At times
exhibited insane jealousy. Unjust
suspicious were frequently mani.
Tested. but Sofia had great wisdom
and understanding, ana did not Let
this falling come between them. He
always repented later apd humbiy
begged forgiveness for his ran -
tto0s.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
REVIVAL or CLASSIC GREEK
Western Newspaper Welcomes Pos
sbiIity of Its Becoming, in
Time, a World Language.

Were one to judge from the fuss
made from time to time, one would
suppose there was real need Of an in
ternauonaI language In the golden
age of the English language the great
queen addressed the ambassador at
her court iii Latin, and all diplomatic
conversation and CORRESPONDENCE of
Europe was in Latin Erasmus. the
great scholar and writer who visited
the court of EIiZaheths father Henry
VIII, wrote Latin works that pro-
duced an effect comparable to tina,
produced by the writings of Voltaire
two centuries later.
Much pains have been expended in
fabricating artificial language, such
as Esperanto. TO serve as the medium
of communication But such construc,
tons have no chance Of practical adop-
ton, nor could they answer as well as
actual language whether dead like
Latin or living like English
There is language, however,
which is gradually becoming again a
living one. and which as a world Ian
guage would be ideal. The Greek uni
versities and Greek mens of culture,
Including Nenzelos himself, are en-
gagged in an attempt to restore CLASH
cal purity and perfection to modern
Greek. 1t is said that the endeavor
Is by no means vain, and that gradu-
ally the ancient model Is being ap-
preached. We may vet have the speech
of Pericles, the written language of
Pinto, employed in social intercourse
and commercial transactions, in con-
tracts, In courts of law, In houses of
assembly. Minneapolis journal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
The Chm DweIlers.

Cliff-dwellers is the name Of a race
of Indians, formerly living In the cliffs
bordering on the valleys Of the Rio
Grsnde and Rio Colorado. Their homes
were built In the reeesses of the cliffs
Mt height often Of several hundred
feet from the ground. and ut the pres
ent time seemingly inaccessible. ~ the
former paths that led TO them nearly
all have besh destroyed by the erum'
bling away Of the rocks. The dwellings
sometimes consisted Of many rooms,
ana In s6fas cases were two. a. more,
stories high. hawa In the rock, with
wooden itatets In the doors and win
dows. which were probably closed
with skins Or blankets, The walls were
6nished With q plaster OF clay. How
the Inhabitants subsistsd II not known,
but probably mainly by hunting and
6shing. A. the soil about these local.
ties was barren. The Pueblo Indians,
who stilI ~ found In that section
eFe thought 70 b descendants Of u
eli& dwoa1eeA Thsy peasoU eonooGevs
~ - = naakinG aso1G1U q -,
~ - - -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
THE WoRklNGMAN's HOTELS

The Salvation Army makes nrov4
sion for the poor workirgmau O.
meagre wage VIZ Gould not afford tbs
Injuries Of clean bed in a resnecr
1oie place for the five cents which
.hese hotels charge.
There are ia of these workins.
mems hotels throughout the world .,
which SO are in the United States
From &C. to 25e, a man may secure .
room with individual electric light
clean bed, with the privilege for .
dime per night with a bed and locks,
IN a large. airy dormitory.
Coffee and rolls are also furpi.bed
some Of the hotels.
While the men are expected N mn
'heir way, orders and reauest. sro,,
'Viler salvation Army departments
ana various other established .s.r
eies OF the cities are honored. Las,
year 5ls,1a2 beds were supplied free
IN these hotels they have res,,ls,
fenu oohe"Fts ana weekly religious
services are conducted.
one ot these, erected q little ove,
thfes years ago III Chicago ia a ala.
story structure with Gil roma :, :
Team heated, lighted by ELECTRICITY
sha IL Thoroughly modern aad ssni
tafy In Gil OF its equipment There IA
large reading room on the ground
aoof This one is termed the vo,hins
mans palaee-and the balance Of these
institutions are palaces Of ciesnliness
ana comfort to the mea Who mako ma
81 1hem' Il Is estimated that 1.lss.Ss
beds have been supplied anA S7lsn
meals provided In these instituei1a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
SJnEkf WAS POTENT STUFF
Anme o. us Would Prefer hardshlps
Of In1emnia to Experience
,14Hs Man Had.

Jones had been troubled with In
somnia- He tried several alleged
cures without success. One day lie
told his trouble to his friend. Brown.
"Why, know the very thing for
YOU" Brown said, after Jones had con-
Guided. Meet me tonight, have some
stuff out home which will fix you up
In no time"
That night the two met and Brown
handed Jones a bottle filled with
murky white liquid, instructing bis
friend to take "good drink" before
going to bed.
THAT will make you sleep If any
thing can," he said.
Two days later the two met again on
the street.
"How was that stuff I gave you to
cure your insomnia? Was it any
goodY' Brown asked.
"Good?' replied Jones. Il should
say it was Listen herel 1 took it as
you suggested, and went to sleep soon
after retiring. Then a friend with his
head under his arm came along and
asked me If l wanted to buy his feet
l was bargaining with him when the
dragon on which I was riding slipped
its skin, and left me floating in mid
air.
while I was considering how /
should get down, bull with two heads
peered over the edge Of a wall, and
said he would haul me up if l would
first climb up and fix windlass for
him. So as I was sliding down the
mountain, the inspector came in, and
l asked him when the train would
reach my station.
awe passed your station two hun
dred years ago. he answered, calmly
folding the train up and slipping 1t In
his waistcoat pocket. At this moment
l woke up and found that had been
aslapn ten minutes"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Key to Egyptian Hleroulyphlcs.

The Rosetta stone, one of the most
celebrated archaeological discoveries of
modern times is famous for being the
key whereby the deciphefment Of the
Egyptian tieroglyphios WIS mhde pos.
sible II WIS found In 1900 naar RIOS.
eta. Egypt. by an officer Of engineers
In the French army. which WINS then
In occupation Of That country.
The stone II a slab Of black basait.
and bears m inscription In honor Of
Ptolsmy Epiphanes, written In three
languages denote and hero,
glyphie, Al the three inscriptions are
Of identical Significance. the Greek
made easy the deciphering of the
others.
Until the discovery of the stone
psychologists had no key to Egyp-
tian hisroglyphics but since that
time all Of Egypt's scdlptured litera-
tuge has been read with aase and
aueA valaatls Information Glvaa y
~ vuoo1.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
OF Interest 70 Bee Keepers.

Keep large, long>tongued bees, ad-
vises J. q. Merrill, of the Kansas State
Agricultural college. He has found
that the bees with the longest tongues
and the greatest body weight bring
home the most honey. To the Ameri-
can Association of Economic Ento-
mologists' meeting in Toronto he de-
clared 1t Is possible to tell which col
ony of bees in a beeyard will collect
the most honey during a summer by
measuring the tongues, the amount Of
nectar, and obtaining the weight of
forty bees from each colony In the
spring. u
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Protein Foods,

When we eat protein we consume In
reality Is or 20 substances, known as
amino acids, each one of which may
have quite special functions In nutrt-
ton. Some proteins are deficient In
certain Of these acids which are lack
ing In the proteins Of corn and grain,
and for that reason peanuts ara an
excellent supplement to a cereal diet,
press cake fed with corn and cereal
feeds to animals or as supplement
to wheat protein when used wakh
wheat flour In bread making.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
India EIIhhen

Few articles seem more strangely
named than india rubber. 1t gets ths
rubber" from the first use to which
1t was put-that of erasing pencil
marks by rubbing. Nor should IL BE-
associated with India. The tree was
first mentioned by an explorer among
the Mexican Indians, three centuries
or more ago, and the first account q
the substance occurs In connecti0a
with Columbus visit to Haiti on ~
second voyage. Most Of our presn
Importation comes from Bruat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-16
Tho Enoineer is Lassl@.

The first woman in Britain to CON-
plete full apprenticeship in an en-
cheering shop is Scotch lassle, Miss
Y. A. Drummond Of Dundee. Further
distinction has come to Miss Drum
mond In the form of election to the
British institute NJ Murine engineofs
The Ocala evening star., 1922-10-18
NOTICE

I will pay $40 reward to any person
who will locate the female cur dog
which was taken one mile from Ocala
on the Blitchton road Sept. 80. De-
scription: solid white, right ear light
brindle, dew clawed on hind legs. Win
come to name Beulah. If you find this
dog notify E. Crosby on Blitchton
road or Dan Killins, 100 Broadway,
Ocala and get your money. No ques-
tions asked. 1861