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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
cARooEs THAT SAILORS FEAR
either sugar, Coffee, or Cotton Arr
Considered Far More Dangerous
Than Dynamite.

At first thought it would seem that
dynamite was a cargo to be carefully
avoided, but from a sailors point OF
view there are far lore dangerous
cargoes. He breads, for instance,
cargo Of sugar. Put hundreds Of tons
Of cane sugar In casks In the hold
Of a vessel and let the ship steam
through a spell Of hot weather. The
odor Is sickening. The sailors cannon
get the sweet taste out of their
mouths, and crave vinegar or lemon
juice-anything sour. They lose their
appetites and are always glad when
q voyage on which the cargo was
sugar Is over. Coffee is as disagree
able as sugar, in addition to being
very dangerous.
Cotton is a really dangerous cargo.
If a little oil happens to touch raw
cotton the result is spontaneous COM
bustlon. A single bale of cotton sat
urated with such an oil as boiled lin
seed and lying at the bottom Of the
hold can be compared only to a slow
liatch attached to a bomb.
Acids and other chemicals form
dangerous cargoes. Carbide of cal
SUM, for example, Is more dangerous
than dynamite. Acetylene gas Is
made from this chemical, and the
gas Is constantly given off If the
product Is exposed TO air.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
JOYS ARE BUT TRANSFORM
Detachable Perfumes Will Not Lone
GLADDEN. the Prisoner in cIeve-
land County Jail.

Altar of roses and sweet scents Of
Arnby There's an electric perfumer
at the county Jail 1t casts all kinds
of sweetness on the prison air, Just
turn the button and the Jail becomes
a garden of roses or fragrant with
the scent of orange blossoms,
The other day the atmosphere Of
the Jail reflected the aroma Of the
forest cedar. 1t might have been Nor.
way pine, sassafras, crab apple bios
som. but 1t just happened that the per.
runner was charged to dispense an
aroma tinged with forest cedar.
The machine has possibilities. the
sheriff believes. It might be emnlovad
to awaken the prisoners each morning
with scents of violets and soothe them
at breakfast with odors Of ham, eers.
corn fritters, grapefruit and other
viands not on the regular morning
menu of coffee and BUTTERFLIES bread.
Oh, yes, indeed, the machine has
possibilities. II It was CHARGED With
few quarts Of hootch confiscated -
raids, why, the old jail would be one
OF the most popular breathing places
In the county.
At night it could discharge the of,or
Of pineapple or figs OF datea "a anv
prisoner with good sens a nr.eia
and strong imag1nation coaa .reaS-
ily 60 to sleep and ~ tAa& ~ - Is
Hawaii ssss. 8
Rst shs psrtan 4 4 II - !.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
Butterflies Eye-SpotA.

What do the eye-spots on butter
files wings mean? The naturalists say,
frankly, I'VE do not know" It 10
thought that these eye-spots may have
some unitarian application. They form
one Of the most intricate Of all nat
ural designs. The fact that butter
flies have been captured with their
eye-spots pierced, as If from the at
tack Of birds, has been used as an
argument in favor Of the view that
they must be protective markings"
initiating eyes because birds strike at
the eyes Of their victims. But this
suggestion Is hardly regarded as salts
factory. Among butterflies the most
striking examples Of eye-spots are
found on the under surface Of the
wings.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
TOOK ODD BELIEF FOR FACT
Description by Aristotle Of Birds That
Never Existed Makes Humer-
Gus Reading Today.

Aristotle was one of the greatest
minds Of all time His philosophical
deductions and reasoning powers have
never been surpassed, but like many
another great genius he often made
the mistake of accepting common sup
positions for truth. He was not HIM
self an observer, and his dependence
upon the observation of others often
led him into ridiculous errors He
wrote in this fashion concerning the
phoenix, q fabulous bird which never
existed
THE Philippians and Indians tell US
of birds of varied coloring and indie
scribable; of the phoenix of Arabia
most noteworthy of ALL It Is de-
scribed to be of the size of an eagle,
with golden sheen about the neck but
purple otherwise. varied with roseate
feathers on a tail of blue, and with
tufts beautifying the face and a
feathery crown and head. Manlius
says that in Arabia ii is considered
sacred to the sun and lives for geo
years, When it grows old it makes
itself nest of cassis and twigs Of
frankincenSe. In this it dies Then
from its bones and marrow is pro-
duced what seems a small worm, but
1t afterward becomes q chick
Of the pelican he wrote: when
they find their young killed by a ser
pent they mourn and beat themselves
upon their sides. and with the blood
discharged they thus bring back to life
the bodies of the dead
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
Mo Time for a Precedent.

A negro couple, about middle age
presented themselves to q justice Of
the peace the other day for the mar
rage ceremony. After they were duly
pronounced man and wife, Mandy
drew away to one side while Jack paid
the justice. When they were out In
the hall Mandy inquired:
"What'd you-all pay dat man fer
marryin' us?"
"Jes what he said it was with"
Jack replied.
well, what-all did he say it was
wuth?n Mandy Insisted.
Five dollahs! I" Jack informed her
Five dollahs =. exclaimed Mandy.
Man, man, dat amt no way to do
nuthin'! You-all go right back dar
and give dat marryin'-man another
five dollahs. Dis is de third time All
been married an All amt nevah yet
been married for less 'en ten dollahs
and All amt gonna stat nowi"-Kan-
sas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
PIT OF REMARKABLE DEPTH
Strong Belief Held in English County
That "Eldon Hole" Is Abso-
IuteIy Bottomiess.

Far from habitatlon, on q hillside
in the moors of Derbyshire, England,
lies q dreadful chasm in the rock The
chasm is of no great ~idth, but has
sheer descent to a tremendous depth.
This Is the bottomlesS pit of "Eldon
Hole" regarded for centuries as I'M
fathomable. The gap is surrounded
by low stone wall. and a projecting
ledge at one end enables the adven-
turous investigator to peer down into
the gloomy depths. For ages the chasm
was regarded as terrible place, pop
ularly supposed to lead directly to In
fernal regions. A gruesome story re
lates that 300 years ago a man was
lowered into the cleft to a depth Of
500 feet. When the unfortunate fell
low was hauled up again he was raw
ing maniac, and died eight days later.
For centuries the place was regarded
with superstitious awe and no real at
tempt was made to find the bottom
until about 100, when one writer
stated that half a mile of rope had
failed to reach it. AS the whole dis
trict is honeycombed with holes and
crevices, it is probable that the chasm
Of "Eldon Hole" leads to maze of
underground passages
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
Wise Anima he.

A polar bear in a geological park
used to sit on a rocky peninsula that
ran out into q water-f1lled quarry.
Visitors were In the habit Of throw
ing buns into the water and some Of
them foated on the surface 1t was
often easy for the bear to collect hale
dozen by plunging into the pool, but
he soon discovered a more interesting
way to get them. At the edge of the
peninsula it scooped the water gently
with its huge paw and made current
that brought the buns ashore.
An elephant in another garden USED
10 collect pennies from visitors. When
1t got penny in its trunk it put it In
the slot of an automatic machine
which delivered up q biscuit. The an
imal rejected e-ery other coin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
Ancient Advertisement,

A drinking cup was recently sold at
London, belonging to Sir Arthur
Evans collection, which is chiefly In
teresting because on it in Greek is an
Inscription claimed to be the first
known advertisement. 1t runs rather
plaintively: made by Ennion. let the
buyer remember For the Twentieth
century buyer. it is not a question Of
remembering, but Of endeavoring to
trace the history of one whose work
must be more than 1000 years old.
Ennion is believed to have been an
artist of Sidon, the principal city of
Phoenicia for many centuries. and
even In the Middle ages q place of
considerable importance. Now 1t is
little more than a village, its glory
having faded as completely as the
fame of its citizen. whose request,
nevertheless, to be remembered, has
not remained wholly UNDECIDED.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29

In the great desert regions of the
Southwest there is remarkable
mountain Of sand. The behavior Of
it mystified the early settlers who in
the days of 40 followed the old trail
from Yuma to Los Angeles. The noun
tain was constantly changing form.
The first pioneers mentioned 1t to
their friends as landmark by which
they might guide themselves on their
way into the new country, but it
changed its appearance so rapidly that
many of them failed to recognize it,
wandered from the trail and were lost
In the desert
People discovered later that it was
the strong winds that from time to
time sweep across the desert that
made the mountain act in so queer a
way. When the wind blew 1t shifted
loose sand from one spot to another,
built new domes and pinnacles and
destroyed others, until within a short
time the whole mountain presented an
entirely new outline against the sky.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
AMERICAN TREES IN GREECE
New Verdure for Barren Hills Around
Athens Expected to Influence the
Annual Rainfall.

Mrs. P. Martineau, the expert on
Horticulture and tree planting, has just
returned to England from a visit to
Athens, where she has been advising
the king and queen of the Hellenes in
the culture and laying out of gardens.
She has spent a good deal Of time in
California and has found that the
drought-resisting trees and flowers Of
that country are particularly suited to
Greek soil.
The queen has formed a small soci.
ETY. among her friends with the object
of furthering tree planting In the coun-
try. All the streets of Athens have
been planted with pepper trees, the
light green foliage, Of which, with elus-
tiers of berries, is very effective. The
pepper tree, an evergreen, Is a native
of California. Another tree seen there
Is the maritime pine. with which the
queen hopes to clothe the hills Of
Greece as far as possible. Some Of
the small hills surrounding Athens are
already covered with this drought-re-
sisting tree,whieh Is particularly suited
to soil which is practically lime and
dust. The maritime pine grows very
quickly, and Mrs. Martineau thinks
that the covering of the hills around
Athens may have the effect of bringing
more rain.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
GAVE WORLD POWER TO ROME
csnqusrIne Leolons Carried tho Eagles
to Victory In Practically livery
Known Land.

In the early days Of it's history tho
republic OF Rome consisted Of q city,
but wars of conquest extended its
dominion over the whole italian PEN
insula. For centuries only the citi-
zehs Of Rome had vote in the cleo
ton Of the ruler. The republic was
conQuering state, and extended Ro-
man power as far north and west as
Spain, the British isles, Belgium, and
Germany, and as far east as the Black
sea. At first the army consisted of a
levy Of citizens. AS Rome came to
need more than one army at once and
warfare grew more complex stand
Ing force was built up, and 1t was
largely because Of its superior equip
ment and discipline that the armies
Of the barbarians, often superior In
numbers, were defeated and crushed.
The unit Of the Roman army Of that
time was the legio, translated into
English, the legion. It correspondent to
q regiment in our army but was much
larger, for Roman legion contained
from 1000 to 5000 men. They were
heavy infantry with some cavalry. The
legions comprised the f1rst-class troops
while the auxilia, or auxiliaries, were
the troops Of the second class.
At the time Of the death Of the first
emperor, Augustus, In the year ID A.
D., the Roman army consisted Of rs
such legions. This heavy infantry lost
of re-, {Y,,r rvv1,n 6A kou
barian invasions altered the character
Of ancient warfare and made cavalry
more important arm than infantry In
the late Third and the Fourth cen
turtles.
The word legion came to express
any large number with the accessory
ideas Of order and subordination.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
Sugar Once a Delicacy.

We are apt to forget how short q
time it is since sugar was regarded
as a costly delicacy, proper to be used
BY the wealthy alone or as a medicine.
In the early colonial days it sold at
about 70 cents pound, in the Loaf.
and granulated sugar was unknown.
1t was with the growth Of the custom
Of drinking coffee and tea that it be-
came food staple. When it was in
PRODUCED to England in medieval timei
1t was as Indian SALT" rare and
precious condiment, although the art
Of boiling sugar was known in India
before the Seventh century, and in
Egypt much earlier. The Dutch
brought sugar to Manhattan, and O
New York Gazette Of 1870 carried
this advertisement: "Public notice
II hereby given that Nicholas Bayard,
Of the City Of New York, has erected
. house for refining all sorts of sugar
and sugar candy, and has procured
from Europe an experienced artist In
that mystery."-New Yexk nvsning
HeGE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
Would Be Embarrassing.

During the social session Of a lodge
the other night the expenses were de-
frayed by levying fines on the various
members for real or fancfed infrac.
lions of the rules.
The forfeits were collected by the
sergeant-at-arms.
In one instance, however. the ser
geant made no effort to collect the
fine, and the chairman directed his
attention to the oversight.
Again the sergeant remained i'm
different.
Rapping for order, the chairman ex-
claimed:
"Tne sergeant-at-arms has refused
to collect fine from Brother Amley.
We will hear what excuse he has to
make
I'LL owe him money."-Youngs
town Telegram.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
REFUSED TO HURT BABIES
Two Stories That Prove oentlsnsss d
Horses Where Little Children
Were Concerned.

Are horses peculiarly gentle with
babies? 1t seems fair question. Ger
tainly the horses in this account.
which a contributor sends us, were
almost humanity solicitous of the wei
fare Of the two young children who
came into contact with them.
Our neighbor, says our contributor
had field one corner Of which came
up to his dooryard. One day while he
was blowing he stopped when he
reached the corner and, leaving the
horses standing in the furrow, went
to the pump for drink. AS soon as
he returned he took up the pillow
handles and spoke to the horses. They
did not move. He spoke again, sharply.
Still they did not move. Astonished
and vexed, he struck them with the
whip. Still they stood immovable
and then he realized that something
must be wrong. He went to their
heads, and there in the furrow in front
of them he saw his toddling baby boy !!
The two-year-old daughter Of a
friend Of mine in Denver had an ex-
perience a good deal more astonishing
than that of the baby boys. The little
girl managed to stray away from in
front of the house where she had been
playing. There was long search in
which the police and the fire depart
ment joined; but it was unsuccessful.
Finally, in a livery stable two miles
away some men who were working
there thought they heard little COO
ing voice. They were Mortified, for 1t
seemed to come from the stall OF an
exceedingly vicious horse that even
the grooms approached cautiously and
with dread. The men looked Into
the stall and saw the baby patting the
horses hind leg and calling him mice
horsie," while he, with his head
turned, watched her benignantly, not
moving a muscle lest he should hurt
her.-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
Resin Beds Now Mined,

Many articles in daily use came ERIC
inally from the ground, but few realise
that mining rosin has been a tfniv-
ing industry in the United States for
many years despite the fact that rosiB
Is the product of the sap Of certain
species of evergreen tree, observes tbs
New York Sun.
Half a century ago rosiA was so
cheap that It did not pay to put It In
barrels and send it to market. The
barrels were worth mofe than the
rosin. Turpentine. however, brought
a good price and came from the same
sap which yielded rosin as by.
product. In consequence manufactur-
ers concentrated on the turpentine and
allowed the molten rosin to run into
pits, where 1t hardened and was
covered with earth to get 1t out u the
way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
NOT ALL BEER AND SKITTLEs
sngllshman Has Somewhat Lengthy
List of Drawbacks to Life in
the Turkish Capital.

An English business man backed me
Into a corner in a Constantinople club,
looked at me sternly over the top of his
brandy and soda and addressed me as
follows:
When you write about this town,
old chap, hope you'll tell your peo-
pie what a beastly place it is, what?
a chap can't make move, you know,
without some one asking him to have
something. Look here, old chap. In
a court of law you know, a chap is
ordinarily supposed to be sober after
8 O'Clock at night, what? Here it's
the opposite, by Jove! A bit thick, Ell,
what?
Look here, make a note Of this,
what? They celebrate five Christmas
es and five New Years in this rotten
town. Oh, at least five. On my
honor, old chap! English, Armenian,
Greek, Russian, Turkish, Jewish-real-
ly, old chap. I become fearfully In
coherent when l try to remember
what they are. By the time the last
New Year is over one can just totter
around. Oh, absolutely, I give you
my word! And then there is the Rus
sian Easter, which is fearfully nerve
It lasts from one to two
weeks, and one is obliged to do fear
full amount of drinking. While II
lasts one goes up to any one and says
He Is risen and kisses him three
times. It's done that way, old chap.
l give you my word everybody does
1t. One hunts for pretty girl and
says He is risen and kisses her three
times, and, by jove, It's considered
quite all right. Oh, quite. In a way,
old chap, 1t beats egg rolling on lawn
all hollow, what? A bit thick, by jove,
but bit of all right, what?
But of course there's fearful lot
Of good feeling and one must ever
lastingly be buying drink for some
one. 1t cuts into ones work fearfully |
You just tell all that to the chaps at
home, and they'll see that living in
Constantinople isn't all beer and skit-
lies, BY jove! What ?"-Chicago Daily |
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
America Once Land of Many Horses.

a government scientist cites some
interesting facts about ancient Amer.
lean horses. 1t appears that in North
America there were always from four
10 six entirely different varieties of
the horse family, living contemporaries
ously. Some were slow moving and
relatively broad-footed horses, living in
the forests; others were very swift.
having narrow feet more resembling
those Of deer, and lived on the plains.
Moreover, there were American horses
larger than the huge Percherons of TO-
day, and others smaller than the most
dininutire Shetlands.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
COPIED PRACTICES CT BIRDS
Man In His Attempted Conquest Of
the Air Has Only Initiated tho
Feathered Creatures.

Now that man has practically con-
quered the problem of flying, it is in
teresting to observe that he actually
Learned this in the same way as did
the birds themselves.
But birds were originally not birds
at all, but belonged to the reptile
family, and acquired wings through
a 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 ap-
pears to have had quill feathers be
tween the legs and the body, being d
combination Of bird and reptile. These
feathers and tail enabled it to sail
through the air. Continued practice
of this sailing would have a 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
question of the probable manner in
which flying was first attempted, re-
marks the Detroit News. Some think
that these creatures learned to fly by
springing upward from the ground,
others say that they started from the
top of tree or hill and sailed down
ward. 1t probably was practiced i'll
downward direction from a height,
and. the cumbersome creatures gradual
ly learned 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
with the flying machine was in "glid-
ing from height downward, and he,
too, learned how to start from the
Srrnrnd onI vic
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
CARRIES STOOL TO WORSHIP
Woman at jersey Resort Village Acts
- Her Own Usher on Sunday
Provides Own Seat.

Summer resorters get accustomed to
doing without the many little convent
ences Of home life. They philosoph-
lcally accept conditions as being NEG
essazy to camping out" So oil stoves
take the place Of gas ranges and they
carry water for the household from
the public hydrant down the bungalow.
lined street, says the New York Sun.
On week-ends most Of the bungalow
colonies house added guests and the
kitcllen and porch serve as overflow
bedrooms. Few Of the churches In
the summer towns are able to seat Ill
the worshipe1 On Sunday. But that
doesn't hinder the attendance. At q
Jersey resort village the other Sun.
1a1fQne woman was carrying camp
Goolk - church. Her neighbors
lho121e - moee q Il than had thay
- - cnny1ng . bGndla e ~
1nU4o1 ~ G119 s1sgA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
HAD THE LAUGH ON TEACHER
'nstructress Called for Examples, and
Tommy Was the Boy Whs
Could Furnish Them.

There has never been any love lost
between Tommy and his teacher. Tom
my thinks the teacher is severe and
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.
Yes, teacher, I is" said Tommy,
with much earhestness.
You should never say I is" cor.
rected the teacher. II have told you
that hundred times. You know the
correct form. There are no excep
tons to its use. Give me two en-.
amples at oncer'
Yes, ma'am," said Tommy, meekly.
Il am one Of the letters Of the alpha.
pet I am pronoun."-Philads1phla
Ledger.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29

Mourning fashions In some Of the
foreign quarters go to lengths that to
the average American seem unreason-
able. For instance. In the Sicilian
quarters, when the father of family
dies, his wife and daughters are ex-
pected to dress in mourning indefn-
itely. No matter how young q girl is,
she is expected to wear dead black all
through her girlhood until she Is en-
gagged to be married. OF course, the
rule Is not closely observed, but no
girl breaks 1t, even with the consent
OF her mother, without coming In for
some criticism. Three years of wear.
ing mourning are quite usual.-New
York Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-29
How Not to Get Money

John and l were on q river steam
boat about a year ago. During the
excursion l happened to discover,
seated On the railing of the second
deck, man 1 recognized as a multi
millionaire. John and 1 framed up
on him. We knew that if we could
arrange a way to save him from
drowning he would probably reward
US handsomely. So John pushed him
overheard and I dived in and pulled
him out. No good. 1t took all the
money the millionaire gave me-eyerv
penny of ito get John out of Jail
Barry Payne's column.