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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
ANS MARCH IN REGIMENTS
Remarkable stories Tcld Of Insects
That Are 9set on the Gold
Coast Of Africa.

The animate curiosity of the Arr
can Gold Coast is the drlVer-ant,
which also constitutes its worst pest.
The driver-ants constitute the stand
ing army of the insect world. They
have system of caste and rank, ana
the naturalist grayely tells that ths
workers are quarter Of an inch long,
the soldiers about half an inch, while
the stately officers reach seven eighths
of an inch.
"a crack regiment Of drlvcr-ants,"
solemnly says the oxford Survey OF
the British Empire marches in close
formation, perhaps twelve abreast,
forming line some two inches wids.
the soldiers being distributed along
the TANKS and nj regular Intervals
amongst the workers, on much the
same plan ms that laid down for
British column In thick country The
force travels at the double, and gem
orally nj night, taking rs straight q
line AS possible and selecting ull avail
able cover, an advance party having
already prepared the way. These In
srcts construct tunnels in exposed
spots perhaps thirty feet in length,
with height and breadth which may
be as much as one inch, and provided
with airshafts. Every animal makes
way for them, for they VIII attack
anything in their path, even fire, their
system of communication enabling
them TO send reinforcements to any
threatened point
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
HAD THE LAUGH ON TEACHER
Tommy Was the Boy Whe
Gould Furnish Them.

There has never been any love lost
between Tommy and his teacher. Tom-
my thinks the teacher is severe ana
occasionally unjust person, who has
never known what it is to be young,
while the teacher considers the little
chap both stupid and mischievous.
You are not attending to what
say Thomas" said the teacher one day
In the midst of an address to her
class
ayes teacher, I is said Tommy
with much eQrnestuess.
"You should never say i is" cor
rected the teacher, Il have told you
that q hundred times. You know the
correct form. There are no eXceP
tons to its use. Give me two ex-
amples at once'
Yes, ma'am," said Tommy. meeldy.
81 am one of the letters of the alpha,
bet. I am a Observation-Disclosures
Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
ALL DOGS NOT COLOR BLIND
Belief That Has Long Been Held 10
Now Declared to Be Entirely
Wrong Impression.

An eminent authority once asserted
that all dogs were color blind. He
quoted, in support of his statement,
the case Of two pug dogs who were
unable to distinguish the difference
In color of the plates from which they
were fed.
The color sense may be entirely
lacking in pug dogs, which are not re-
nowned for their sagacity; but to as
sumo that every other dog is color
blind is q deduction far from the
truth.
Not only can dogs be trained TO rec
ognize color, but they possess the nat
ural color sense in very high degree.
They can differentiate between vari-
Gus subtle shades and tones, and their
likes and dislikes are strongly devel-
oped.
a fox terrier has been known to fol-
low at distance perfect stranger,
Solely because she was wearing a
dress similar In color to that worn by
his mistress. Only upon approaching
the woman did he find his mistake.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Traces Of Old Civilization.

Five niles from hartford, England
on the old Dover road the modern
road-makers are making great dis
coyeries, Just ahead Of them Is a
Roman camp. Under their feet are
traces of Celtic, even earlier, civiliza-
ton.
The biggest find 50 far has been
the skeleton Of a woman, six feet
three inches in height, crouched with
hands clasped in 4 praying attitude.
Clearly not Roman burial, for the
pose is Celtic and there was no trace
Of a coffin The skeleton lay where
the body was placed, in hole cut
in the solid chalk.
The road makers are keeping care
full watch for more Of these finds.
Already they have accumulated por-
lions of q Roman tesSelated pavement
some characteristic ornaments of the
period. ana other signs that the aren
covered by the camp is being up,
preached,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
WHY PEOPLE "BREAk DOWN.
Burden as q General Thing Was, Not
TOO Heavy, but enc load'Was
Put 81 Wrong Place.

People are breaking down In health
all the time Aud as the business man,
the housewife and the student fall by
the roadside the public dolefully ex-
claims: 1.-THE load was too heavy !"
AS matter of fact people break
down, not because the load they are
carrying is too great, for in nine cases
out Of ten they could carry more than
they nre asked to, but because they
don't know how to get the load on,
Or. Joel f. Goldthwait writes In the
Designer. They put the pack on In
the wrong place and then the human
machine Is used In such q way that
a great deal Of their energy LIS re-
quired to overcome what would
mechanically be called friction.
When the nations young men and
women have been taught to use their
bodies correctly and are standing VI
straight many of the problems facing
the country today will have been
solved. There will be fewer Instances
of breakdown In the mill and the
office and the home. People will carry
their loads easily. The development
Of their bodies will make 1t possible
for them to know the fullest Joy that
life can give.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
HAD HEARD IT ALL BEFORE
Mr.. pester's Fc-u,...-:n Interrupted by
Memories of fila GrandfathsTs Re-
marks Concerning TIme's Trend.

'sThis toasted progress Of ours is
mere Huston" grlmly said old Festus
Poster "CorrUption permeatcS our en-
tire social fabric SefshncSs has sup
planted generosity The process of dis
indignation Is going on Mt an alarming
rate, Our sole god has come to be
money Vice IS tolerated, and we make
obcisance by hypocrisy. Patriotism has
disappeared. Waste ana idlenes7
abound. Humonity is dncaying at
heart Crimnality, moral "bliquity,
lass hatred the destruction Of the
family sentiment, pessimism and skrp-
ticlsIn are evident on every Side; and
80 on and so forth.
"In fact, / would mention that Il
crisis is at hand, and also that 1t Is
4 pretty kettle Of fish, II I did not
recall that my venerable grandfather
held practically tho same opinion OF
tho 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 tradition
to the effect that his ancestors felt
The same way about their own times
and associates. And very likely l might
run for office on the strength Of the
awful condition Of everything If !
hadn't always been fairly respectable
and reasonably able to earn an honest
living."-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Naughty Stare cowed Leopard.

a planter in Tanganyika Territory,
South Africa, walking along a foot
path, fell into q big game pit in which
a 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 d 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 a lean and slender mQn
not likely to attract q leopard unless
the latter was indeed hungry to q
desperate point,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Fashions PlIqrimaoe eeuins.

What the fashions, both feminine
and masculine, will be In North Amer
lea next May may be known now by
anyone who is In Buenos Aires. A
news letter from the South American
metropolis announces that all the
spring styles from Paris, and London,
too. are to be seen in the shops there
md on the streets. The straw hat Of
1922 is there, beginning its march
northward, arriving at Havana in
January or February, New Orleans
and Palm Beach by March, Atlanta
and Charleston in April, and the rest
Of the continent In May.
All the fashionable world In Buenos
Aires can furnish advance informa-
ton on fabrics, colors and modes, and
an enterprising correspondent or two
could very well supply interesting
pointers to the curious in the midst OF
our northern snowdrifts
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14

The earliest use of the term bird
Of passage" Is found in eighteenth
book of the Natural History Of Pliny
the Elder f23-27 A. D., where he says
"The bird of passage known to US
as the cuckoo" and the term has since
been applied 70 birds which migrate
with season from colder to Il
warmer, or from warmer to colder
climate, divided into summer birds of
passage and winter birds Of passage.
Such birds always breed In tho coun-
try to which they resort in summer,
that is, in tho colder of their homes.
The term Is said 70 have been first
applied to sailors by Bacon who de-
clared that the uncertainty. instability
and huctuatInG state OF human life
was most aptly represented by those
sailing the ocean.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Advised "Fiyino Ships" for Mails.


More than 100 years ago when the
United States mails were being trans
ported by carriers on horseback, the
editor Of the Freemans Journal now
the Norristown (Pa) Herald, sug-
gested the use Of flying ships"
In the issue of the Freemans Jour
nal of March !, 1922, the editor wrote:
1--WE would advise the postmaster
general to avail himself Of the novel
and the very ingenious flying machine,
invented by James Bennett Of Phila
delphia, by which we conceive, the
mails would be transported with more
celebrity and their arrival at the places
of destination be much more certain
than is the case at present
Postoffice records show that In 1888
wonderful feat was performed in
carrying the mail and news dispatches,
by relays of horses every FIVE miles,
between Washington and New York, In
Is hours
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14

A matchmaker Henry voight, as-
sistant to John Fitch in the mnnufac-
ture of machinery for the first steam
boat, was the first chief coiner Of
the United states.
The first United States mint was
established In Philadelphia by an act
Of congress April ., 1902 Washing
ton selected David Rittenhouse, the
Astronomer, as the first director.
Three coinage presses were put
into operation October I. They were
brought from England. The building
in which the mint was located was the
first piece Of property owned by the
United States. It was plain build
ing of brick, three stories high. In
the rear In an old wooden building
was the coinage department. Up to
1916 the work was done by hand Or
horsepower.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Onions as Medicine.

The Hebrews rrsHrdrd the onIoa
merely for It's culinary value The
Greeks were fond Of both onions and
garlic, the former apparently used
when drinking 10 increase thirst md
enchnnce the pleasures Of the up.
But in palmy days of Rome the two
vegetables had become largely the
badge Of the rabbe. In the Middle
AGES amy Wcll.set table contained q
plate of red onions. The chief repute
of The onion in medicine was ms a
duretic and remedy for dropsy This
belief has persisted NJ 10 the present
time and il is somewhat strange to
find that as early rs 1853 onions and
milk diet were pronounced the best
remedy for dropsy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Memory and Instinct.

In the higher animals, we CA ~
evidences of the possession Of SONS
faculty similar to human memo9J,
which is made use Of particularly b
animal trainers. 1t is obyiow thst
instinct alone would not enable these
animals to perform such feats. While
We cannot Investigate the animal mind
a. we do the human mind, we ca
Judge Of Its processes by the outward
signs and these point to the posses
sion of what we may call animal mem.
DRY. Some students Of the subject
deny that animals have imaglnatio1
and assert their memory IL only a.
sociativs-somethins the animal seea
smells q hears, recalling . group Of
facts connected with Il and It being
Impossible for Il to recall this groaD
Wlthout 0oma 4oncreta GnGnm1A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
HATS USED TO DENOTE RANK
In China Headgear to the Value o.
Many Thousands of Dollars Is
Not Uncommon.

The natives ii the Philippines ana
South Sea islands wear large sun-hats
as Il protection from the heat. PalG
leaves Of various kinds furnish the ma
teriaI generally used. but the shapes
dl1er Some are woven fiat and some
with a peak. The commoneSt form ia
tie Philippines is made Of palm leaves
covered with cane. 4 cane bandeau glv-
iug an air space above the head. The
characterization Of these hats is very
simple, no colors are used, with the
exception Of brown. which is occas-
iouaIly introduced in the use Of hemp.
Ii China in addition to the largo
peaked cOoIie hat used is a protection
against heat there is the hat which is
emhlematic of rank. The social Pc
Sitiou q Manchu woman. for In
stance. can always he determined O.
the ornaments on her bonnet, often
consisting Of precious jewels. These
hats range in price from a few dollars
TO as high as $4,000 apiece, One "a
the most interesting specimens on ex-
nlplllpn at the bEOphiNH MUSEUM =
hat covered with delicate ornaments
Of turquoise blue kinghsher's feathers,
an imitation Of jewels formerly used
fastened to frame of stiff black
open mesh. These ornaments, which
are made with a metal foundation.
stand out about half an Inch from
the hat itself, and are beautiful both am
design and color.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
The Hated Profiteer,

Everybody hates a profiteer," said
Secretary Hoover at a Washington
banquet, land everybody knows where
the prohteer will go to when he dies.
"a millionaire prof1teer was carried
off by indigestion, and his employees
attended the funeral in a body. BY
the terms Of the will the profteer was
buried In q strange manner He wore
his newest frock coat, his largest dia-
mond 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.
az understand all this business,
said one Of the dead profteer's EN-.
ployees. TITS for show. But I can't
understand about the false teeth
What's the sense Of it?'
"sThe sense Of It, said another EN-
ployee, is easy to see. How would the
boss feel when he got to the weepin
and watlin and gnashin' shop If be
hadn't a fine set Of teeth?'"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
CARDUI HELPED
REGAIN STRENGTH
Alabama Lady Was Sick For Three
Years, Suffering Pain, Nervous
and Depressed-Read Her
Own Story Of Recovery.

Paint Rock. Ala.-Mrs. c. NJ. Stegall
of near here, recently related the fol
lowing interesting account of her re
coVery: Il was in q weakened con
dltlon. I was sick three years in bed
suffering a great deal of pain, weak
nervous, depressed. was SO weak
! couldn't walk across the floor; just
mad to lay and my little ones do the
work. | was almost dead. 7 tried
every thing I heard O.. 1al : number OF
doctors. Still l didn't get any relief
! couldn't eat, and slept poorly.
believe If hadn't lard Of and taken
Cardui l would have died. l bought
six bottles, after a neighbor told me
what it did for her.
i began to eat and sleep, began to
gain my strength and am now well
and strong. I haven't had any trou-
Bile since -. sure can testify to the
good that Cardui did me- l don't
think there is a better tonic made
and l believe it saved my life
For over 40 years, thousands of wo-
men have used Cardui successfully,
m the treatment Of many womanly
ailments.
II you suffer as these women did.
take Cardui. It may help you. too.
At all druggdsta E S.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
KNOW LITTLE ABOUT AMERICA
Traveller Tells OF Odd Beliefs Thas
Are Prevalent Among Even Well
Educated Europeans.

Austin Stack, minister of home al.
fairs In the former cabinet Of Eamons
de Valera, tells of some of the curious
Impressions regarding life in ths
United States still prevailing among
Europeans. Among other curious
beliefs is that every one who lives =
America, particularly In the Western
states, must be cowboy. I find thae
many people habitually refer to ~
dents Of the Far West as cowboys h
a fgurative sense, and suppose that
accounts for part of the notions that
are circulated"
Mr.. Stack recOunted story told to
him by q friend from Butte Mont
who was entertaining a visitor from
Europe. The visitor expected to 80
the streets Of Butte built and peoplec
along the lines shown In the erstwhiss
popular western movie. and his lef
noticed that he seemed to be ccs-
stantly on the lookout for some cze
or something.
FINALLY" Mr.. Stack said. "the Wis
itor turned to his host and asked:
but where are all the cowboysY
"Oh, they are never seen In the
daVtimA' the other replied. They
AZ vagy shy. They only come out At
nishek ~ the fairies.'"
~ ~ s1slA1e 6tlleved H. M
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Remarkable Old Bellefs

Since the age Of legend, thunder
and lightning making has always been
made the final proof Of the supern"t-
ural Thor and his huge hammer
which accounted for the thunder t.
the old Norsemen, and Jove or Jupiter,
who hurled his lightning and thun'
der In anger and thus explained this
natural phenomenon to the old Greeks
and Romans, are only two Of the
hundreds of instances in ancient be
lief
In later times the brand of magl-
clan and evil-doer was put upon many
alchemists, with rumors that splitting
tongues Of fire and crashes of thunder
were seen and heard In their labora-
tories.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Cannibal Plant.

II the Indian territory is romara-
able parasite called the air plant. One
win frequently find the ground Gov
erred with what seems luxuriant vece-
taton for this plant has a rich foliage
of deep and abundant green. However,,
E. one lifts one Of these little wigs
49, viii find it attached to n strong,
I.'nlr stem. Continuing to lift II
ala following it for yards, he will find
i.a. lhc Vine is not clinging to any
ding but is simply lying upon othes
plants. and if he follows It its whole
length he will come to the other END
Of the stem, without root and attached
10 nothing
Under the plant will he only dead
twigs md stems Of other vegetation
for nothing can live under this iiss-
sApping vine
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
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 Stntes. says the American
Forestry Magazine. Recrcatlonal use
of these forests represents possibly
less than ! per cent Of their total po-
tential use The rapid increase in
the number Of people deriving pleas
ure from the forests Is due In large
part to their recreationnl develop
ment by the forest service, Over n
thousand campgrounds have been set
apart and posted and recrcatlonal
permits have been issued for over
5000 summer homes, cabins, hotels
and club houses.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Hesitate 20 Attack Mankind.

Dr. hodi Of the Italian Somalilaps
gives an account Of lion and leopard
bites in the Giornale di Medicina Mill.
tare. Many deaths occur annually
almost entirely among the indigenous
in which either one Of the felidae o.
the crocodile Is accused. There is q
notable difference between the wounds
inflicted by the felidae and the reptile
In question, for the former, which a.
tack living victims only, infiict clean
wounds. The crocodile, on the con.
trary, secretes It's carcasses until they
become decomposed.
In Benadir-the Italian SomalilanA
1.-The lion does not attack mankind b.
choice, preferring cattle and goats,
but nevertheless the beast is greatly
feared by the natives, who use reason
In dealing with the leopard and croco.
die, but are thrown into panic BY ~
lfyef cat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
He Was Stumped,

Back In an inland town In Illinois In
The early days there was a justice OF
the peace who was very nearsighted
One sumer day he made out some sub
poenas to be served on witnesses. and
dozed off. A fly lit in his inkwell, ex-
tracted itself after some difficulty, and
crawled onto one of the subpoenas.
The constable. who was something of
a practical joker picked up the paper
ana pointing to the fly tracks. said
Judge, what is that manner?
The Judge held the paper close to ais
eyes and squinted at 1t for few min
utes. Then scratching his head In per.
pleXity, he answered
Looks like my handwriting, all
right, but darned II can make out the
name. wall Street Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
First Iron SteamhoaS-

Who remembers the name oS~Aarun
Manly?
1t is one hundred years since the
first iron steamboat left the dockyards
Of Upton, in England, and, after be-
ing tested on the Thames, was EN-
ployed in q direct service between
London and Paris. A return was made
to the house of commons showing the
time consumed by steamers as COM
pared with sailing vessels on some 80
coasttng routes; the average speed
given for steamers in the best Of these
was from eight to nine knots, while
the average time taken varied from
onehalf to one-sixth Cor even less)
Of the time taken by sailing vessels
After the first sea voyage the Aaron
Manly was employed solely on the
Seine, where 1t navigated as late ss
ls<e.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Helping the Judo

II was his first case, and the lawyer,
whose zeal probably outweighed his
learning. was arguing case in a local
court.
My contention, your honor" he
said, "is that the lower court made
an error because the verdict Is against
the weight of evidence"
1--WE can't hear that" said the
Judge. meaning that even a rising
young lawyers opinion is not evidence.
VERY well. then" said the young
man Of the law, who entirely missed
the point. IF your honor win listen
1 Will speak a little louder London
Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
q Sufficient Excuse.

There was wild and frenZied scat
terment. Men, White-faced and star
ing-eyed, fed as if pursued by pes
thence They dropped whatever they
had in hand and stood not upon the
order of their going, but departed
like frightened roebucks, hitting only
the sligh places as they went.
"Why are the people tleeingT we
asked.
"a candidate who calls himself the
Friend of the People has just come
to town." replied an innocent bystander
who had no vote.-kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Studies Ant Control on Ships.

An odd assignment given to a scien.
tif1c research worker is that of making
a study Of the control of ants on ship
board. AS guest of the Pacific Mail
Steamship company, Warren T.
Clarke, professor Of agriculture ex-
tension in the University of California,
has sailed on the steamship Columbia
on a two months trip through the
Panama canal, coming on by way of
Havana TO Baltimore. to study the
ming Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-07-14
Sure He viii Find Treasure.

An Irish farmer risked his all on q
field of two acres near Mullinger,
which, in the ordinary way, would
have brought about $500. After brisk
bidding he paid $4,000 for it. The
farmer who has become the new owner
expended his life'= savings on its &C
QUESTION. He declares his intention of
digging over the whole acreage In
search of treasure Some time ago a
box was dug up in the field, and was
found to contain some Spanish gold
coins and a map, believed to indicate
the hiding place of more treasure in
the field