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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23

Smuggling and Illicit trading we're
common enough in England century
ago according to the journals of the
day-but more often than not the sub
rosa transactions We're in things to
eat. This was especially true of
game, which was very scarce in town
and seldom offered for sale. That is,
it 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 a stage line of the driver. as a
rule, who had understanding with
poaahers throughout the territory, and
who managed to keep supplies on
hand for good customers, in spite of
the game wnrdcns
Seizures of game off the Sunday
platters of families that were weary
of the taste Of the everlasting beef
and mutton and pork are not recorded
in any prominent way, but some of the
news notes are nothing less thnn an
cient family portraits OF old man
Human Nature,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
BUSY MAN GATHERS NlCKELS
Said TO Be a Whole Concert
IN Himself

A whole choir seems to burst forth
into music along Chambers street
these evenings as the workers are
rushing along homeward bound, the
New York Sun states.
There Is a volume Of song supported
by an organ accompaniment. At first
1t seems as If some singing band had
taken possession of the street. No one
would imagine for a moment that one
human being could be responsible for
all this music.
But the crowd, pausing for brief
second, discovers that this is the case
Drawn up to the curb is street organ
which the owner is operating with one
hand. With the other hand he holds Il
megaphone through which he sings. Not
having a third hand, the singer-player
cannot accept the tributes Of passers-
by while the concert IS in progress, but
this concert, like all such affairs, has
its interlnisslon when the orchestra be-
comes for the time being the business
manager.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
MANY Visit Forests.

Value of the national forests for
recreation Is increasing by leaps and
bounds. Six million people visit the
forests annually to camp, fish, hunt,
hike motor or rest. from all parts OF
the United States, says the American
Forestry Magazine. Recreational use
of these forests represents possibly
less than l per cent of their total po-
tentlal use The rapid increase In
the number of people deriving pleas
ure from the forests Is due In large
part to their recreational develop
ment by the forest service. Over q
thousand campgrounds have been set
apart and posted and recreatlonal
permits have been issued for over
5000 summer homes, cabins, hotels
and club houses.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
SCHEME PROVED A NUISANCE
Office Force Refused to Allow Method.
Ical Man to Overlook Letter
Written to Himself.

The methodical Mr.. Kellam grunted
acknowledgment when Kessler, an Of
fee assistant, presented him with q
note, according to the New York Sun,
Found this in the X mail box. It's
addressed to YOU said Kessler.
Kellam took the note, walked toward
the plgeonholed mail box and later re-
sumed bis seat. 1t wasn't long before
Kloss, another fellow worker, came up
to him with a note addressed to him
which he had picked out of the mail
box. Kellam was not quite so cordial
but he took 1t and repeated his trip
to the Office mail box. He was even
less cordial when Klanster, another
associate, approached him few min
utes later and held out a note.
II found this In the x he began.
Darn it." shreked Kellam. II know
where you found 1t. I put it there so
I'd get 1t In the morning-its to re-
mind me to do something tomorrow.
For the luvva Mike put it back!"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Rival for the Skunk.

Muskrats force themselves OCCASION
ally upon ones attention In India by
their habit of entering bungalow and
ambling slowly round the rooms, talk
ing loudly to themselves all the time In
a chittering voice.
Although ratlike, the muskrat is not
really rat, but a large shrew, pro-
tected by an extreme degree of often
sive odor like sickeningly strong musk,
which it emits at will.
If not interfered with 1t will solilo-
quize round the room, picking up In
sects attracted by the light. and wan
der out again but let anyone assault
1t, and the room will scarcely be hab-
liable for a time. Dog or cat only
attacks a muskrat once IN its life, and
the mongoose moves politely out Of its
way.
That is the meaning Of the contlnu-
Gus noise which it makes as 1t goes
along-a sort of alarm bell to let all
concerned know that something Is COM
ing which is best left alone.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
HAD HEARD " ALL BEFORE
Mr.. Posters PssslraIsrn Interrupted ny
Memories Of A's orandfsshsrs NJ
marks Concerning Times trend

''Fhls bonated progress oe ours n
mere Illusion" grimly said old trsstiib
festef, corruption permeatea our oh.
tire social fabric, Aetishnesa has atip-
planted generosity, The process Of DIS
ihtegfatlah Ia going on ut an alarming
rate, Our sole god has come to be
money, Vice Is tolerated, and we make
obeisance by Hypocrisy. Patriotism has
disappeared, Waste and idleness
abound Humanity is deeaying at
heart, Criminality, moral obliquity
class hatred. the destruction of the
'amily sentiment, pessimism and skep-
Iicism are evident on every side; and
so on and so forth,
I'm fact, I would mention that a
crisis is at hand, and also that 1t Is
a pretty kettle of fish, If l did not
recall that my venerable grandfather
held practically the same opinion Of
the world and his fellow men at his
stage of the game and there are still
in existence letters written by his
grandfather wherein Is set forth a
like estimate Of the folks and affairs
Of his day. and there Is q tradition
to the effect that his ancestors felt
the same way about their own times
and associates. And very likely might
run for office on the strength Of the
awful condition of everything if I
hadn't always been fairly respectable
and reasonably able to earn an honest
living. "-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Traces Of Old Civilization.

Five miles from hartford, England,
on the old Dover road the modern
road-makers are making great dis
coverles. Just ahead Of them Is a
Roman camp. Under their feet are
traces of Celtic, even earlier, Civiliza-
tion.
The biggest find so far has been
the skeleton of q woman, six feet
three inches in height, crouched with
hands clasped In Il praying attitude
Clearly not Roman burial. for the
pose Is Celtic and there was no trace
of Il coffin. The skeleton lay where
the body was placed, in n hole cut
in the gold chalk.
The roud makers are keeping care
ftl watch for more of these 'tnds
Already they have accumulated ppr'
tiuns OF Il Roman tesselnted pavement
some characteristic ornaments OF the
period. and other signs that the area
covered by the camp Is being mp
preached
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
SHELLS USED AZ CURRENCY
Probably the Earliest Form Of Mansy
81 Which Thets 10 Any HeAI
Nnowledue.

The earliest tribes did not need
money because no individual In the
tribe owned anything personally. All
property belonged to tho tribe ia a
whole ana none to any one person,
Later on when tho tribes met there
arose the custom Of barter or trade.
the slmplest form Of which was the
exchange OF articles possessed by one
tribe for those owned by another. For
instance, some of the Australian tribes
had 0 rough green stone which was
valuable for making hatchetA Mem
bers of another tribe, seeing these
green stone hatchets naturally wanted
them. They had no money, as we
know 1t today. but they had red ochre
with which they painted their bodies.
Thus 1t developed that the tribe own
Ing the green stones wanted some red
ochre, and each article became a kind
of money-each became valuable for
trading purposes.
1t was necessary. however, to
await the developments Of a unit Of
value" before money became elastic.
1t required something valuable in the
eyes Of these tribes One Of the
earliest forms Of this elastic money
was shells. The skins Of animals were
long used BY savage tribes as money,
but these could not be carried about
like shells The skins, however, We're
valuable in trading and fortunes were
YeckOnpd nv the numhhr of skins
owned. AS soon as animals became
domesticated the live animal itself re-
placed the skin as money.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Timber Far Ahead.

What of their timber assets In the
national forests? They contain 5i3 bill
lion feet of standing timber, or
twenty-five per cent of the remaining
timber In the United States. says the
American Forestry Magazine. All told
the national forests embrace seven
teen per cent of all forest growing
lnnd In the United States. In addl'
ton to the many millions of acres con
timing forests of merchHntnhle size,
there are twenty million acres bearing
young growing forests which are being
protected against fire and other forms
Of devastation so TINT they Will pro
duce timber crops in the years nhend.
The American Forestry association
calls on the owners, the citizens, to
protest against taking the control of
these forests from the United States
forest service
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23

"Fveryhody hates Il proiiteer.' said
Secretary Hoover Mt Washington
banquet. land everybody knows where
the protiteer win 60 to when he dies
"A millionaire proilteer wns carried
off by Indigestion, aud his employees
attended the funeral in u body BY
the terms Of the will the proiiteer was
buried In strange manner. He wore
his newest frock cont, his largest dla-
inond ring and his costliest platinum
watch. Furthermore his best cane
was buried with him, and In his mouth
was his newest set Of teeth, the set
with the gold plates.
80 understand all this business,
said one of the dead protiteer's en-
ployees. It's for show. But l can't
understand about the false teeth.
What's the sense of itT
1.-THE sense Of 1t, said another EN-.
ployee, is easy to see. How would the
boss feel when he got to the weepin'
and wailin and gnashin' shop II he
hadn't a fine set of teeth?'"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Violin Strlnoa.

Zach string IN violin is Of diff
erent thickness, according to the tone
and tension required. The fourth
string Is covered with fine wire, either
white metal or real silver, hence
1t Ia often called the silver string"
violas, violoncellos and double-basses
have each two covered strings, the
object being to insure sufficient
gravity Of tone without having too
clumsy material. The covered
strings on the guitar are upon 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.
cial lathe which covers them with
foss silk or fine silver-plated copper
wire, or even silver.-Scientifc Ameri
can.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Woodstock, Virginia. Friday, June g, 1922.
TEND TO SrARvE THE BRAIN
Writer Warns Of Pernioious effects
That May BE Exercised by tho
stltt Collar.

We ara once more thgeatened with
ths etlag tght. prewaf collar, Doc.
tors haY9 Npeatedly warned parents
against the dangers Of allowing their
s4As to wear collars of this type,
II Is pointed out that the wearing
of high, stiff. tight collars retnrds the
flow OF blood to the brain, and thus
staryes the brain cells. says London
Wt.Blts.
The result of this brain starvation Is
that tho wearer becomes lethargic. and
stupid and dull In his school work,
His brain is not up to the tasks 1t is
required to perform; he becomes in
different to his studies, and will pore
over his books In a semi duzed man
ner Often, too, he will take less in
terest In athletics, and this tends to
reduce his vitality and mental ac-
tlvity.
Although the effect Of wearing a
In the case of an adult, 1t is not good
for the general health, and also leads
to colds.
The old-fashioned stiff collar with
turned-down corners is still worn by
Doctor Chamberlain, while for years
Lloyd George has worn kind of
Gladstone collar, but without the gap
at the throat.
Bernard Shaw has always de
nounced the starched collar as an
abomination. Many other famous men,
especially literary and artistic celebri-
ties, have worn soft collars. Byron
always wore a style of his own-soft.
wide onen
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
KNEW MUCH OF SANITATION
Explorer Points Out Error In CHASING
People OF Old Times as Abso-
lutely Barbarian.

During q protracted stay in Arabia
and other parts of the Near East, Col.
W. G. Archer Of Evansville, Ind.
master plumber and field agent Of the
National Association of Master Plumb
ers, made a study of ancient santa
ton equipment. He returned to the
United States only few months ago
and was In this city recently, says a
San Antonio correspondent.
I'VE prate Of our great civilization
and we discount the ancients. because
We know next to nothing Of their
methods or their customs" Colonel
Archer said 81 found bathtuhs made
of onyx in Babylon and evidence Of
tubs made Of metal and various other
kinds Of stone. They are Identical with
those of to-day, with the same open
ings for letting water in and for let
ting 1t out. The Babylonians had
sanitation, plumbing and bath facili-
ties practically as we have them TO-
day.
II know 4 number Of Englishmen
who are digging in the ruins of the
island Of Crete and | recently re
ceived pictures of vitrified hathtubs
and toilet fixtures that they have I'M
earthed there"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23

9. D. Gibson of Life has choice
collection of newspaper misprnts,
some of which are screams. At din
ner in New York he quoted number
of them One was about bishop who
was laid up with cold. A newspaper
reported that he was confined TO the
house with a violent scold.''
Another told of surgeon being
taken alive in the river and being sold
for six cents pound. But the most
amusing one. he said, was clipped
from a Vermont paper. This paper,
wishing to say in praise of a very aged
and distinguished citizen that he was
"a noble old burgher proudly living
in his native state was made to say.
according to Mr.. Gibson, John Green
is a nobby old burglar, prowling
around in naked state. boston
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
TumbieWeed

II one crosses the western prairies
of the great Arkansas valleys. and
happens to be there In the fall, dur
ing q high wind, one may see very
strange sight. Antelopes, rabbits.
prairie dogs, and sometimes even
herds of cattle racing along the plains
pursued by strange balls, nearly as
tall as a 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
Cycloma 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 fall, becomes dry and
brittle. As the autumn winds sweep
over the prairie the stems of these
plants 60 leaping and bounding along,
scattering their seeds as they 90.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Aauahty Stare Cowed Leopard.

A planter In Tanganyika Territory.
South Africa, walking along a foot
path, fell into big game pit in which
q leopard had been trapped. Neither
the beast nor the man could get out
again, so the planter was up against
It," but remembering what he had
heard of the power of the human eye,
he fixed the leopard with naughty
stare.
by this means and by making
strange noises, I kept the animal at
bay until friend appeared and shot
it," he said.
Others who heard of the affair, and
who know the planter very well, point
out that he is lean and slender man.
not likely to attract leopard unless
the latter was indeed hungry to q
desperate point.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Facts About Famous Peraons.

Somebody who writes for the Argo
naut has collected a number Of insig-
niflcant facts about significant per
sons. Oliver Wendell Holmes used to
and a potato in another TO ward off
rheumatism. Edgar Allen Poe slept
with his cat and was Unfortunately proud
Of his feet. Robert Browning shuffled
his feet so constantly that he wore
holes in the carpet. Sardou imagined
he had a perpetual cold. Count Tolls
toy was very rich, but he wore the
cheapest clothes he could buy.
Ernest Renah wore his finger nails alb
formally long.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
MYSTERIES of Nature.

One of the most mysterious powers
that close observation has revealed IS
the CAPACITY OF certain fishes and wa
ter animals to live out of the
water. Some small crustaCeans have
been known to lie for 40 years in dried
mud without losing the power of ac-
lively living when the mud was mois-
tened again. A naturalist visiting
Jerusalem took little mud from the
pool of Gihon. at the Jaffa gate, and
put 1t In pill box 1t lay dry for 40
years. but when some of the dry dust
was put into saucer full OF water
1t gnve rise after a short time to
some lively water tlaas. The eel, as
is well known, can travel through
damp grass, There IS tropical fish,
known IA the climbing perch, which
hns the very curious habit OF scram.
bling. by means of its pectoral fms,
up stones, roots, and even the trunks
Of trees, In search Of insects on which
Il feeds. still more surprising Is the
habit OF South African fish. called
Clnrias, which Is snid to make noe
turna raids on the fields In order to
eat the grains of millet-Cincinnati
Enquirer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
NOT AN EASY OCCUPATION
Deepsea Diver May With Much Truth
Be Said Constantly TO walk
With Death"

How does deep-sea diver feel
when he puts on his diving suit? Capt.
Q. A. W. Monckton tells US in Some
Experiences of q New Guinea Resi-
dent Magistrate" that the feeling is
by no means pleasant.
The moment the face glass Is
screwed tight, he says, and the air
pump begins to work. the diver feels
that he has q grievance. AS he de
cends the feeling becomes more posi-
tive until he is In a fury Of rage
against everyone in general and usual
ly against one person in particular.
At the bottom he spends much Of his
time wondering how soon the dress
can be taken off so that he can injure
the person against whom he has the
imaginary grievance. However, the
moment the face glass Is removed,
and the diver breathes the ordinary
air, the bad temper leaves him; and
he wonders what caused his anger.
The divers greatest danger Is that
of being drowned when he is on his
way to the surface. After a time it
seems. the best Of diving dresses be
comes leaky, and the water that finds
its way through the seams settles
round the feet and the legs; divers
become accustomed TO having their
dresses filled with water up to the
knees and even to the thighs. How
ever. when a diver who has water In
the bottom Of his suit Is being hauled
to the surface he may involuntarily
or accidentally allow his body 10 be
come horizontal. and If he does SO
the water at once rushce into his
helmet. stands him on his head md
browns him.-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
They Heard Him.

Brother had the habit of asking for
something to eat whenever he hap
pened to be at neighbours house, so
his mother told him he must never
do such thing again.
The next time he returned from a
visit to the neighbours she asked him
II he had begged for anything to eat.
"No," he said, II was just talking
to myself about how hungry was.
and they heard me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
The Pitcher and the Well,

Ibid you participate in many en-
gagements while in France?" asked
the interested old lady.
"Only five" replied the ex-A. E. F.
er with becoming modesty.
"And you came through them all
unhurt?''
Not exactly" he returned sadly. II
married the ffth."-American Legion
Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
LEGEND MANY CENTURIES OLD
atory OF the Wandering Jew" Has
Been Common TO All Peoples
Since tho Cruclflxion.

II Ia nm ancient legend, that Of the
ton | can find of 1t is said to be an
account related by an Armenian blsh-
Cd In 1928. 1t has been exploited by
the novelist, the playwright, the poet
and the historian, for 1t is a subject
replete with fascinating thrills.
Tales have differed as to the identity
of the Wandering jew. One relates
that he WAS Kartaphilos, doorkeeper
in the Judgment hall of Pontius Plate,
who, when the Man of Sorrows was
passing through, struck him, saying,
"Go on faster, Jesus" and the reply was,
II am going, but thou shall tarry till
I come again" A German legend takes
it up and relates that in the year 1547
the Jew appeared in Hamburg, giving
his name as Ahasuerus, saying that
he had been a shoemaker in Jerusalem
at the time Of the crucif1ion. When
Jesus paused at his door to rest the
cobbler pushed Him away, bidding
Him leave to which the reply was
'"rruly I 60 away and that quickly,
but tarry thou till come again"
And this tradition has 1t that the
| condemned man, going from country
! to country, speaking all languages,
| wandered throughout the centuries.
Eugene Sue depicts this artisan OF
Jerusalem as pale, with the single line
| Of his black brows crossing from TEN.
| pie to temple, ever urged by the
| avenging Deity, who cries, go on. &c
| on" but shows him as repentant and
with hope Of final rest.-Frederic Has
kin In the Chicago Daily News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Loud. Speaking Reproducer

A new dictaphone reproducer has
been invented which Is claimed to
be far superior to present instruments
of it's class. The volume of sound can
be altered by shifting small lever,
and increased to such a degree, 1t Is
claimed, that head receivers are not
necessary.-Popular Mechanics Maya
zinc
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
FOR SALE

Some very fine farms, ranging from
SO to 200 acres, fine buildings, one of
the finest farming counties in Penn
sylvania. York, Pennsylvania, is the
third manufacturing city in Pennsyl-
vania.
For information, address
E. w. LOUCKS,
P. o. Box 1853, York, Pa.
Nav o6-5t
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Rural Development.

st understand you are going to
make some improvements on the old
placer"
Eyes" 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 maker"
~ haven't made up my mind yet
whether to put up new barn or an
apartment house"-Washingto Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-06-23
Economy.

Longlocks had just received a check
for $40 for one Of his poems.
Now, dearie,' said his wife, Tets
deposit that check in the savings ac-
count and imagine we haven't got It,"
"tNhere will I deposit this bill for
the new hat you got last week and
imagine l haven't got itT'-From
Judge