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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
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 muslrat is not
really rat, but & large shrew, pro
tected by an extreme degree of often
s4ve odor like sickeningly strong musk
which it emits at will.
II not interfered with it will solilo-
quize round the room. picking up in
Sects attracted by the light. and wan
der out again; but let anyone assault
it Hnd the room will scarcely be hab-
liable for a time Dog or cat only
attacks Il muskrat once in its life, and
the mongoose moves politely out Of its
way.
That is the meaning of the continu'
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, 1922-05-19
SHELLS USED AS CURRENCY
Probably the Earliest Form Of Money
Of Which There Is Any Real
knowledge.

The earliest tribes did not need
money because no individual il /.
tribe owned anything personally. All
property belonged to the tribe as &
whole and none to any one person
Later on when the tribes met there
arose the custom of barter or trade
the simplest form of which was til,
exchange of articles possessed by one
tribe for those owned by another. For
instance, some of the Australian tribes
had a rough green stone which was
valuable for making hatchetR 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 it 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 d unit of
value" before money became elastic.
It 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 We're
reckoned by the number 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, 1922-05-19
ACT ENDS AGE-CLD ENMiT1Y
Students Of History See Significance
In Recent Move Of the Dean
of Westminster.

There is more than meets the eye
in the announcement that the dean
of Westminster has assigned a partic-
uar stall on the north side Of the
chair for the use of the mayor OF
Westminster whenever he visits the
abbey In either public or a private
capacity. The deans kindly act re-
moves another obstacle to the full
friendship which should exist in West
minister between the ecclesiastical and
the civic authorities. Centuries ago
there was no love lost between them
The abbey authorities were a powerful
body; the citizens of Westminster
were struggling to be free, in iA'l-
nicipal sense. II was the celia" = of
the abbey who built the Gatehn !Sa
prison late in the Fourteenth ccuttry
and installed the abbey janitor as its
keeper 1t was the abbot who had Gus
tody of all prisoners captured within
the liberties. 1t was the abbot who,
when debts were owing to the Monas-
terry, did not recover them by ordinary
process of law, but sent out his com
mon pressers" to distrain on the
debtors goods. When Bryan Talbot,
a gentleman by birth, fell into ar
rears with his rent. he had to sur
render his large bedsted legged" his
'litill old Ship Chest" his water-tub
and his blew pylyan for woman"
Not until the middle of the Fifteenth
century did self-government manifest
itself in Il society of citizens, and that
Is long way from the gift to the
mayor of stall in the abbey.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
Lawsuit of Long Duration.

The longest drawn out lawsuit On
record in legal history IS between two
neighbOring French villages in Jura-
Charchillat and MeuSia The case had
It's beginning in the Thirteenth century
In 1882 d certain knight of the Holy
empire divided d certain wood between
the two villages. Although the wood
is of small value, the two villages
engaged in Il controversy over the
exact line of division and lawsuit
which has lasted through the centuries
to the present age was begun.
During the past century there have
been many judgments rendered, all Of
which have been appealed from. In
one court decision the advantage was
given to Meusia Charchillat appealed
and the case was finally sent back to
the court of civil appeal at Nancy,
where last December Charchillat was
awarded a third of the wood instead of
d fifth, as settled before Each Of the
towns was condemned to pay its own
costs since 1924 Meusia has appealed
from the award.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
BUSY MAN GATHERS NICKELS
New York Street Musician Might Be
Said to Be Whole Concert
in Himself.

A whole choir seems to burst forth
into music along Chambers street
these evenings rs the workers are
rushing along homeward bound, the
New York Sun states.
There = a volume of song supported
ny an organ accompaniment At first
II neeus ms If some singing band had
ia en possession of the street. No ono
would Imagine for n moment that one
human being could be responsible for
Gli this music.
i;ut the crowd pauaing for brief
..nud discovers TINT this II the cnse.
~ ulI to the curb Is n street organ
l... owner Is operating with one
With the other hand he holds "A
n,ur through which he sings. Not
third hand, the singer player
Hesrpt the tributes OF passers-
.. ..ttJe the concert is in progress, but
concert like all such affairs, has
uutcrnieslOD when the orchestra be-
...,v> for he time being the business
mayer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19

Continental Europe boasts Of an
owl Of such stature and habit that il
has been named the eagle-owl The
bird has an eye like an eagle and a
look like an owl The owl look is en-
phasized by the fact that the eyes Of
this natural field-pest destroyer have
never been known to move during
life. They cannot be moved after
death.
The immovable eyeball of this giant
owl has caused two German anatOmists
to examine the muSculamre Of the
organ with a view toward ascertain
Ing the why of the steady scrutiny.
But the vacant stare of the wise old
owl still remains secret except to
the sophisticated bird The anatomists
found the usual six muscles that con-
trol the movements Of the eyes of ami
mails The surmise is that from con-
tinued staring and resulting non-use
the muscles have become functionless.
The three pairs of muscles of the
eagle-ow's eye, all in balance and
immovable suggest locomotives
driving wheel on dead center.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
Voices That Will Live Forever.

1t is not generally known, but there
are many of the leading personages of
the last century whose voices Will
never die. These are records which
are part of the Edison collection at
Menlo Park, y. J. When the Edison
machine for reproducing speech was
perfected, the inventor sent repre-
sentative around the world for the
purpose of interviewing famous people
and persuading them to speak into a
phUDograph.
Thus, Gladstone can be heard con-
graduating Edison on his wonderful
inventive genius. King Edward ex-
presses his astonishment and aduira-
ion at being able 10 hear voices repro
duced by 4 machine Tennyson reads
:, verse from one Of his poems. Brown
ing tries to recite and fails. Among
others, Cardinal Manning. the duke of
Clarence Lord Salisbury and the duke
of Cambridge contributed to this Won
derful collection. which cost a great
deal of money.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
BLAME ANCESTORS FOR COLDS
Descendants of Forest DWellera In.
hertz susceptibility to Drafts,
It Is Asserted.

DO drafts bother you more than 9th.
or people? II so, you probably have
German blood In your veins. This
opinion is advanced by Herr Prof
Doktor Th. Zell, according to the Vos
sische Zeitung.
Doctor Zell says that certain species
OF animals exhibit evident dislike for
drafts and that such beasts naturally
live in forests and sheltered places,
Conversely, animals whose natural
habitat is an open space are content
when breezes blow. Hence a horse
lets the wind smooth his coat while
monkeys and balloons shun such ex'
periences.
The professor in conclusion asks,
"Is 1t then a wonder that the Ger
mans, who In earlier centuries lived In
wooded regions are still today moro
susceptible to drafts than other PEG
pies who come from treeless coun
triesT
An evident objection to this opinion
rs the explanation Of constituencies to
drifts is that the ancestors of all men
lived in forests. although some races
migrated earlier than others and
therefore 1t may be presumed lost
their ancestral susceptibility to drafts
anr1ion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19

Smuggling and Illicit trading were
common enough in England a century
ago. according TO the journals of the
day-but more often than not the sub
rosa transactions were in things to
eai. This was especially true of
'le, which was very scarce in town
.aI seldom offered for sale. That is,
d, was not offered openly except at
Holiday time, but, none the less, hare
aHA game birds appeared on many din
No tables.
Tie place to buy was at the end
Of a stage line of the driver, as a
~,'e. who had understanding with
,crchers throughout The territory, and
o.o managed to keep supplies on
tor 1ood customers in spite Of
-lue Wacdens.
.izulc- Of game off the Sunday
.crs o. families that We're weary
HE taste Of the everlasting beef
10 mutton and pork are not recorded
zy prominent way, but some of the
Jews notes are nothing less than an
cier, family portraits of old man
Human Nature
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
The Family Silver.

whenever I'm invited out to din
ner or one of those society affairs, you
can leave 1t t. me to make some ba6
break" Spud Murphy complained bit.
terly.
What's the trouble, Spud?" asked
sympathetic friend.
well. the girl asked me up to her
house for dinner. She told me they
were high up in society, and that they
had the family name on All the silver
and napkins"
well, how did you get in Dutchf
THE first thing did when we ga
Town ut the table was TO take q
~qunt mt the silver and napkins, and
then the girl got sore because every
tlme spoke TO her father called hin
'Air. Pullman. The Lentherneck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
SPANIEL GETS GOLF BALLS
English Dog Source Of Considerable
Revenue to Small Boy, HE
Owner and Colleague.

The Manx seagun who seized golf
ball from under the very niblick Of
player, was spoil-sport as well as
ssourmand. His conduct can be ex-
tenuated only on the plea of defective
education. Very different it is with
the spaniel who plies steady trade
on certain links In Cornwall, England.
IT, course lies along the cliff top,
N y steep seward slope strewn
.tt 'ooee rocks and thick with gorse
ii kinds of tangled growth.
~ a ball goes bouncing down.
IN the doorstep of a cottage look
i@g on the links, an amiable spaniel
watches. Is it fancy which sees his
brown eyes glisten when new ball is
abandoned? When the last golfer HES
home, the spaniels hour comes. I'm
hasting, systematic. he works that
bank of rock and heather, where four
feet have so great an advantage IN
security, and the nose is safer guide
to hidden treasure than the eye. His
accomplice, mere boy, who acts as
s+orekeeper and accountant, receives
tha proceeds on the brink Up and
down trots the travelling member OF
re firm, till darkness is complete, ana
he Tolls homeward behind his col.
ague, whose pockets bulge with
treasure to be exchanged tomorrow
with its former owners or their friends
for coin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
CALL TUESDAY UNLUCKY DAY
Members Of the Greek Church Have
Reasons to Look Upon II With
Misgivings.

To most persons of western tradi-
ton Friday is more or less considered
to be an unlucky day. Muny of them
prefer not to say this straight out,
but they are bit wary of starting
any large enterprise Oh {. Fridny. The
ideU may come from the fHct that for
80 many people Friday Is held Ms n
fast day and grrut interest In purely
Aeculnr pursuits should be held some
what In allegiance. The old Morse pehs'
antry give II different explanation
ITO begin ii big thing on II Friday
leads to It great temptation 10 break
the sabbath" is the way one old grand
mother puts II,
To most members of the Greek
church il is not Friday, but Tuesday
thai is the most unlucky day. The
reason is clearcut and historical for
il was on this day thnt-a Tuesday, in
-Constantihople was lost to the
eastern empire and passed under the
control OF the Turks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
Gold Teeth as Ornaments.

In q village street (China) sat a
man selling gold teeth. He had a num-
Der of molds. of different shapes and
sizes. These are slipped on over
sound teeth and worn as ornaments,
writes William l. Hall, in Asia Maya
zine.
Prospective customers fit the molds
on their own teeth and watch the eff
feet in a small mirror provided by the
tooth merchant When a fit is found,
or a tooth that suits d special fancy.
the price is discussed.
If an agreement is reached. the Gus.
toner pays the bill and goes aw; =
with his new possession in his moutl.
but if no trade is made. tie tooth is
thrown back into the pile and Held for
the next customer
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
TunbIeWeed,

II one crosses the western prairies
Of the great Arkansas valleys. and
happens to be there in the fall dur
ing high wind. one may see a very
strange sight. Antelopes, rabbits,
prairie dogs. and sometimes even
herds Of cattle racing along the plains
pursued by strange balls, nearly as
tall III n man These balls, when
sect little nearer. seem to be masses
Il sticks stuck closely together. The
plan. that forms these balls II called
the tumbleweed. B0tanIsts call 1t
GyciptIn plaIyphylum. II belongs 10
genus Of plants that grow into a
thick. round mnss of small branches.
attached 10 the roots each by a small
stem that. in the fan. becomes dry and
brittle ~ the autumn winds sweep
over the prairie the stems Of these
plants 20 ieaplng and bounding along.
scattering their seeds as they 80.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
HORSES ABLE TO TELL TIME
steeds Hired by the Hour Good Judges
OF Distance, According to This
Stable Manager.

rider needs strong hand and a
nrn seat to ride the hired horses OF
certain suburban riding academy when
ne attempts to go beyond mn hours
Instance from the stable. according to
the New York Sun. The rates are So
Tor two hours, and the horses have be.
come so accustomed to going one hour
out aud one back that when the first
hour Is reached and the rider does not
turn back toward the stable his horse
INSISTS upon doing 1t for him.
Eeyond this first hour, If the rider
Sflll wishes mistakenly or extrava.
sanity to ride still farther away from
tAe stable, he will have to fight his
''ofse every twenty-five or thirty yards
rs the horse attempts to turn back,
'iid there viii be no further Joy in the
ride. If he complains to the manager
OF the stable. the manager will be
politely regretful IL the rider Is
stranger, or he win tell him the honest
ruth If the rider is an old, acquain
fnnce.
.I
get so many inexperienced
riders" the manager will tell you.
ana they have no sense Of direction
and keep no track of the time. and II
II We're not for the good sense Of the
horses the riders would either lose
themselves in the countryside or would
perhaps realize at some point that
'hei' limit was nearly up and then
would come laundering in with w1nded
and steaming horses.
These horses manage the ride them
serves and the riders have very little
70 DO with It," said the stable manager.
and In that way they protect the
riders, they protect themseavee ind
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19

Superstitons Of the country folk Of
Wales are discussed In the quarterly
report Of DR.. Arthur Hughes. medical
health officer Of the county Of Car
marthenshiro Despite the fact that
fortune telling md witchcroft nre pro-
hibited under the English Inv, large
numbers OF Welsh peasants bring
their ailing children to the witch doe
tors rather thar to medical prnctitlon-
ers. one fetish that appeals to these
superstitious people Is that witch
doctor can cure child OF backward.
ness by means of making a slight In.
cislon In the cartilage Of the child's
ear. The operation must be performed
during the waxing Of the moon and the
art Is handed down from generation to
generation, the doctor" usually being
O woman. If cure does not result
the operation is repeated until the
child is cured. 1t is said that many
women practice this art and that the
people pay large sums to have dull
children so treated. Brooklyn Eagle.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
Put the umpire In Cane.

Safety first, the oft-repeated warn
Ing, was very relgiously needed by
the umpire at a recent benefit ball
game Oh the Pacific coast. He up
peaved, Popular Mechanics relates, at
the park with large wire contrib.
ance that looked like an exaggerated
bird cage. When the game started
ne took his stand inside the cage.
On top of the cage were mounted sem.
aphores, lettered very plainly with
the usual umpire's verdicts, ball."
"strike," 'out," etc, and his decis-
Tons were announced by raising the
necessary semaphore. Thus, he was
not only safe from unintentional foul
balls and the intentional pop bottles
Of irate fans who differed from his
judgment but he also saved himself
from much expenditure Of lung
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
,J5DaneGe Metals

The japanese are famed not only
or their skill in making decorative
rticles, but also for the beauty of the
aaterials used 1t is said that the
secret Of the composition of some of
their alloys of brass and copper has
anly lately been revealed The finest
japanese brass, called "sinChr." con
sists of ten parts of copper ana five Of
zinc Another very beautiful alloy,
named "shndko," to which splendid
hucs are impaired by treatment with
acids, Ia formed by mixing gold and
copper, the proportion Of gold vary.
ing from / to 10 per cent Of the entire
mss
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
SHAKESPEARE is ALL WRONG
Police Judge Rules World Isn't Stage,
After All, and Fines Woman I'M
personator of Men.

Police officers and detectives can
spot the shifty eye Of 4 pickpocket
the heavy jaw Of stick-up man-per-
haps-and the other peculiar physical
characteristics OF the male clan o.
crime. But 1t takes d policewoman
TO detect suspicious characters by
their dress. Police routine and disci-
pine cannot, apparently, wear off the
Keen instinct Of q woman for the
style Of a toque. the set OF a sash,
and the hang of outer garments in
the back.
Recently Bella de Turk walked down
town, She got as far as the post
office. In so doing she probably
passed several policemen who marked
no sign of suspicious character in the
passerby. But at the post office stood
Mrs. Dollie Fisher and Miss Emily
Greer policewomen. The eyes of the
policewomen discerned at once that
the figure of the gentleman walking
by would have been set off to much
greater advantage had he worn fem
lille uresS says the ColumnuS I)lS-
patch. So they accosted him and
found it was her. And Miss De Turk,
Tilted out in mans cap, coat and
trousers and other apparel to match,
took ride to the police station with
Mrs. Fisher and Miss Greer There
She refused to solve the riddle of her
masculine attire and was released on
bond
u am an impersonator Of men char.
acters, appearing at the movie thea
tiers" she told the court, 1t then fol-
lowed that she had neglected TO change
back into feminine dress after the
show. Judge Berry fined her SIS
una costs for the oversight and bade
her remember that Shakespeare TO the
contrary Notwithstanding. al the
worlds nor htunA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
JOB PRINTING
Executed Promptly AT The
HERALD OFFICE
HERE'S NEW IDEA OF BlGAMr
DID His Pleasant Home Life lnspirs
Much-Wed Man to Seek Even
More Happiness7

Hercules, the apartment house poE
ter, was deep IN newspaper when Mira
uptown entered the lobby and no
scarcely looked up when she spoke 10
ctm while waiting for the elevator 10
com" from the upper floors says the
New York sun. Finally he laid down
the paper with sigh Mrs. Uptown
noticed VIII he had been reading.
Strange case, wasn't It, Hercules
the man vino had Two wives for thirty
ycarsT she remarked.
1T beats me. 1t does, ma'am," ad-
United Hercules, with n faruway look
10 his eyes. Just think he got away
with 1t so long, he did. I'll bet he
never talkedI In his sleep, he didn't,
ma'am."
y suppose his widows feel pretty
bad now they've found 1t all OUT
commented Mrs. Uptown, giving the
elevator button another push.
"Ihey shouldn't feel bad, they
shonldh opined Hercules. 1.-THE
lrst one should think that she made
such nice home that he wanted to
increase his happiness by having an.
other.
And the second should think tnat Of
All the other women in the world ne
ileked her out to bring more JOY into
MS lie, she should. 1t was a compli.
ment to them both, 1t was"
is your married life happy, Her.
cules" asked Mrs. Uptown.
1t is that" replied the porter.
wei, shall we expect you to"
on, no, ma'am." said Hercules.
siancing over his shoulder to make
sure nobody was listening. .Tt,s I
compliment to the ladies-buf n !
rather Be- rude, would"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19

The weather men have been trying
to answer: How does it RAIN" 1t is
a hard question. says DR.. w. J. Humph-
reys of the weather bureau at Wash
ington.
Lots of people re content to say
that the droplets Al the top of the
cloud pick up others on their way
do, nj come out at the bottom full
sil, fain-drops." he said That
s0j...G- nice. but those who give this
e !&..Lion seem to overlook the fact
fh;,; clouds can float il the sky for
days without giving Il drop Of rain !
!'f has calculated how big drop
would result from such a fall. and 1t
terms out that a cloud particle falling
from top to bottom of a dense cloud a
mile thick and picking up every other
droplet on its way, would come out
only one-siXteenth of an inch In di-
umeter, much smaller than an ordinary
rnindrop.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19
He Was Stumped.

Back In an inland town In Illinois In
he early days there was justice OF
he peace who was very nearsighted
One sumner 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
and pointing to the fly tracks, said !:
Judge. what Is that Manner
The judge held the paper close to his
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 Iscan make out the
name."-Wall Street Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-05-19

Seeen-year- Jean and her mo-
we're invited to an Informal party
they went. There the guests talked
and talked. and finally the hostess
passed for refreshments some wonder
full fruit and candy. Little Jean ate
with the others but looked expectant
y for something else. But nothing
zane.
IN the way home she voiced her
disappointment to mother. n don't
zee why they call a thing like that a
party" she complained. Il don't think
much At Z party you don't have .
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