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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01

The United States naval observatory
rays: THE sun and moon seem larger
hear the horizon because Of an optical
Illusion. The horizon appears to b.
more distant than the zenith because
the eye, in looking toward the horizon
rests upon many objects by the way.
The sun or moon near the horizon and
at the zenith is seen to be the same
object in both positions but when
GEAR the horizon, 1t seems larger
because the distance Is apparently
greater. the mind unconsciously reason
Ing that being 20 much farther away,
the sun or moon must be larger In
order to look the same.
The moon at the horizon is really
about 1900 miles more distant from
the observer than when nearly over.
head: and its apparent diameter, as
measured by an astronomical in
s1ument, Il actually lees by about one
Bixtieth."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
RELICS OF AGES LONG PAST
England Has Three Of the Most Re.
markable That the Whole World
Has to Offer.

A loaf Of bread more than 600 years
old. 1t Is said, is to be found at Ambas-
ton, in Derbyshire, England. It was
included In grant Of land from the
crown in the reign Of King John, and
has remained In the Soar family ever
since.
Almost as great curiosity as this
Is house 100 years Of age, and yet
flt for habitation. This old dwelling
the oldest inhabited house in England,
was built In the time of King Ola Of
Mercia. It Is octagonal In shape, the
walls Of its lower story. being Of great
thickness. The upper part Is Of oak.
At one time the house was fortified
and known by the name Of st. Ger
mans Gate. It stands close to the
River Yer, and only a few yards from
st. Adams abbey.
4 marriage proposal 8,400 years Of
age u In existence In the British
museum. It b the oldest marriage
proposal Of which there i any definite
fQcord. Il consists Of about niusty-
dsAt lines Of very fns cunelform writ.
-. md - on small clay tablet made
= NM mud. Il = / marriage ne
SsGal = Pharaoh Tor tle hand =
- danshter q he ktng d BabyaeA
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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
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NEEDS OF "YOUNG AMERICA
European Critic Things That YOUTH
Of Great Republic Suffers From
Too Much Freedom.

George Santay8ra, famous philoso'
pher and writer In an article written
especially In the Forum on Americas
Young Radicals" says:
II have made q severe effort to dis
cover as well as may from dis
lance what these rebels want. / see
what they are against-they are
against everything what are they
for? 1 have not been able to discover
it. This may be due to my lack OF IN
Outstanding u to their incapacity to
express themselves clearly, for their
style Is something appalling. But per
haps this scandalous failure in express
sion, when expression Is what they
yearn for and demand at all costs,
may be symptom of something deep
err; of a radical mistake they have
made in the direction Of their efforts
and aspirations. They think they need
more freedom, more room, a chance to
be more spontaneous. l suspect that
they have had too much freedom, too
much empty space, too much practice
III DelHs SIMULTANEOUS "Heu lileie "as
nothing In them to bubble out Their
style is q sign of this; 1t is not merely
that they have no mastery of the Eng
fish language us hitherto spoken, nc
clear sense of the value of words, and
no simplicity: that they are without
ihe vocabulary or the idiom of cult
waited people. No, 1t is not
more freedom that young Americs
needs in order to be happy; it need:
more diScipline."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
MOVES ALTOGETHER TOO FAST
writer Makes Complaint About Life
That viii Be Echoed by Many
No Longer YOUNG,

here Is another new one already
started and even on the second day we
can seem to feel the finish lust ahead
OF US, F. 81. Young writes In Proyi.
dence Journal We shall have lust
time to save up for the summer vaca.
ton and then for another period Of
scrlmping preparation for Christmas
and first thing we know they will be
handing around the 1923 calendars
That is really the most alarming as.
poet Of life, after one gets to be about
50 old. 1t Is this Internal and reient.
less speed OF the passing years which
steadily becomes speedier. It Is only
youth that is able to worry about love
measuring machines, the erratic con.
duct Of the equator and the north pole.
the speed OF the moon and the speed Of
turtles and all these contemporaneous
scientific matters.
And yet, science is just wonderful
Isn't 1T In Toronto the American As.
ISOLATION for the Advancement of Sci
ence has just received a report from
= professor at the University OF Wis
consin which reveals new speed rec
ord. The champion racing turtle in an
event which included 1853 entrants fin
lshed the mile In three years eleven
months and nineteen days. Ali we can
gef ont 0f this b the thought that ~
seold hks 70 havs HE nsss = a6eU1g
= r - n 4 fwfaa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
PIT OF REMARKABLE DEPTH
Strong Belief Held in English County
That "Eldon Hole" Is Abso-
Iutely Bottomess.

Far from habitation, on hillside
in the moors of Derbyshire, England,
lies a dreadful chasm In the rock. The
chasm is of no great Hidth, but has q
sheer descent to q tremendous depth.
This is the bottomless pit of "Eldon
hole" regarded for centuries as un-
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 a 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 q depth Of
800 feet. When the unfortunate fel-
low was hauled up again he was g 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 q mile of rope had
failed to reach it. AS the whole dis
trict is honeycombed with holes and
crevices, 1t is probable that the chasm
Of "Eldon Hole" leads to a maze Of
underground passages.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
AMERICAN TREES IN GREECE
Athens Expected TO Influence the
Annual Rainfall.

Mrs. P. Martineau, the expert on
Horticulture and tree planting, has just
returned TO England from 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 q 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 socf-
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 clus-
tiers of berries. is very effective. The
pepper tree, an evergreen, is 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.which 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, 1922-09-01
IN CHRONIC STATE OF FEAR
Observing Author About Riqht Wher,
He Describes Conditions Under
Which All Live.

In his book, "The Conquest of Fear
Basil King says:
LOOK at the people you run up
against in the course of a few hours.
Every one is living or working in fear.
THE mother is afraid for her chill
dren' The father Is afraid for his
business. The clerk is afraid for his
JOB. The worker is afraid of his boss
Or his competitor.
There Is hardly a man who is not
AFRAID that some other man will do
him bad turn. There is hardly a
woman who is not afraid that things
she Graves may be denied her, or that
"hat she loves may be snatched away
There Is not a home or an Office or
FACTORY or school or a church In
which some hang-dog apprehension Is
not eating at the hearts Of the men
women and children who 20 in and
out.
am ready to guess that all the
mlseries wrought by sin and sickness
put together would not equal those wa
bring on ourselves by the means which.
perhaps, we do least to counterfeit.
we are not sick all the time: we
are not SHINING all the time: but all
the time all of us--or practically all of
ns-are afraid of some one or some
hing"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
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 a place Of
considerable Importance. Now 1t Is
little more than q village, Its glory
having faded as completely as the
fame of it's citizen. whose request,
nevertheless, to be remembered, has
not remained wholly UNDECIDED
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
Msss OF PREHISTORIC TIMES
Remarkable rrccks Worn az Reoen
Display Staged n tho City
G: London.

Wearing a dress copied from rock
drawing found in Attamira, Spain
Lady Warrenden appeared at
pageant Of dress In London, and
the most remarkable thing about this
costume was that 1t might have come
from a fashionable modiste of today
SO near to present-day fashion did it
seem, according to the London Daily
Graphic.
Lady Warrenden's frock was esti-
mated to represent fashion existent
any time between 10000 and 200 coo
years ago. One young lady wore a
Spanish dancing frock believed t" be
q replica Of one worn at least 2Gt,tO0
B. G. Instead of painting her arms
and chest, she wore brown tights un-
der little skirt Of buff-colored cloth
covered with real plumage, and feath-
er anl1lets to match
The Daily Graphic describes the at
tire processing to copy that worn by
Queen Boadicea twhose statue stands
| on Westminster bridge, close to the
| houses of parli0ment). This embraced
a straight, full tunic, in royal blue
| woven cloth, over plated tartan
| skirt similar In character TO those
| -plors still worn by the highianders
| Round the tunic were bands Of pard
| colored embroidery, white Il graceful
wrap of dark gray cloth was flung
over the shoulders and fastened With
| huge circular brooch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
Was Just "checkino un."

One morning negro sauntered In.
to the Office Of white friend. Good.
mawnln'. Mr.. Withrow. Kin use yo'
phone minuteY he asked. "Why.
certainly, Sam" Sam called his mum.
Der, and after few minutes walt.
said: Is this Mrs. Whiteside? Well
seen In de papeh where you-all want.
60 q good cullud man. Is you still
wanfin' one2 Then the man youse go;
. puifectly satisfactory. and you
doesn't contemplate maxim no change
sooni All right. ma'am. Good-by."f
Mr.. Withrow called to sam a. he len
the phone, Now that's too bad. sam.
that he place = filled. : @oh dat,e
~ right ~. WfthrDw, ~ q na1usr
tAaf9 ~ = ~ NJ - ~ =.
- kAoeG - - ffI1
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
DAMAGE DONE BY ICE STORM
Destruction Of Trees 10 incomparabIy
the Worst Part Of the Whole
sale Devastation.

One Of the most distressing conse.
quences of an Ice storm is the ire
parable damage done to trees. The
telephone and telegraph poles can be
replaced. Wires can be restrung.
Train and trolley schedules can be re.
stored. One and all these are mani.
mate things. But trees are living things
and can no more be restored without
lapse Of time than any other living
thing 1t takes a generation to grow
fine tree, remarks writer in the
Worcester Telegram. 1t takes a de
cade to line a residential district
street with shade, a second decade for
that shade to increase and become an
asset to the neighborhood third de-
cade sees the trees which have grown
up with the children become, instead
Of Il subsidiary attraction, the princi-
pal ore In the neighborhood.
Yet in single night the careful
solicitude, the care and nurture of
the trees is destroyed. The great
limbs which residents have watched
grow for years, the towering tops
which twenty years before barely
came to the porch roof and which for
the last ten years have given grateful
shade through the summer and au-
tumD are broken, split and sundered.
The thirty years have gone for
naught
Other ephemeral things, such as
telephone service, trolley schedules
and trains will resume their accus-
toned routine within a day or two
after the skies clear.
Only the shattered trunk Of the
trees untimely cut down by the ice
will remain as q reminder.
It takes generation Of man to
grow fine tree.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
Among Immortal Written.

The year 1921 was so taken up BY
interest in the Dante sexcentenary that
most persons failed entirely to note
the fact that the year was the ipur
hundred and flftieth anniversary Of the
death Of another Of the worlds i'm.
mortals, Thomas a Kempis, the a..
thor Of the limitation Of Christ"
A quarter Of a century or - ago
a discussion with regard to the worlds
greatest books was predpitated by IN
ingenious London editor who asked the
question: III you were to be narrowed
on desert island for life and could
take only q dozen books with you,
what books would you sslectf" In the
lists Of answers Dante and q Ksmpis
variably occurred In fact q KEN
pis was omitted from almost mona
Of the lists Of university men, and was
Included BY many scientists, evpa Hux.
ley ;hi,nssh selecting it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
Would Be Embarrassing.

During the social session Of lodge
the other night the expenses were de
frayed by levying fines on the varioul
members for real or fancied infrac.
tons of the rules.
The forfeits were collected by the
sergeant-at-arms.
In one instance. however the ser
geant made no effort to collect th1
fine and the chairman directed his
attention to the oversight
Again the sergeant remained In
different
Rapping for order, the chairman ex-
claimed
THE sergeant-at-arms has refused
to collect a fine from Brother Amley.
We will hear what excuse he has to
make"
Ill owe him money."-Youngs-
town Telegram.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
Incident Boys VIII Long Remember.

Trapped in the center of railway
bridge spanning Tessopeck creek, Pa.
two boys, each aged twelve years,
mfraculously escaped death when they
laid down between the rails and took
chances with limited train on the
third rail system of the Wilkes-Barre
and HaZleton railway passing over
them. They won, for the train went
over them in safety and the boys were
unhurt. The train came upon them SO
suddenly and either end of the bridge
was so far away that to attempt escape
by running would have meant death.
To have jumped thirty feet into the
creek would have been equally perilous
The engineer saw the boys and sig
nailed to them to lie down between the
rails. The boys cuddled as close as
they could to the ties, turning their
heads sideways, shut their eyes and
prayed
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
A Serious Matter,

81 suppose" said the cross-examin
ing lawyer, In his snappiest manner
that you remember the date of youl
hirthf"
Certainly" said the witness with 6
bored air. Every man remembers his
birthday"
"A newly born infant has no mem
DRY. Now, sir how do you know that
it wasn't day sooner or day later
or week, or a month, or a year thar
the date you have in mlnd?"
"Why-er-ahen-r been told
Exactly You've been told, but you
don't know. Step down. Gentlemen OF
the jury, this Is the kind of witness
who has testified against the unim
peachable character of my CLIENT
Birmingham AgeHerald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
YaIe,s Fine Gothic Buildings.

In the Hardness quadrangle at Yale
university the architect, James Gam
BILE Rogers, has created, in keeping
with the express wishes of the univer-
sity authorities, a group Of Gothic
buildings that it Is believed will bear
comparison with any in the world
Based primarily upon Tudor Gothic,
they yet embody many varieties of the
style and include, as matter Of fact,
elements that the curious student will
find tell practically the whole story Of
Gothic development.
In their marvellous details and pic
turesqueness they are the most dis
tnctfve collegiate buildings In exist
ence. There is a remarkable and en-.
ticing variety of designs in their con-
struction and the most surprising play
Of fancy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
MA
Original Playing Carda

The original pack of cards was q
culver Of arrows. Playing cards are
regarded as, derived from the divina.
tory use of the arrow away back in
the cradle Of civilization-China or
India, says Stewart Culin, the archae-
ologist. The aneients played games
with marked arrows, and the
Museum of Archaeology, University Of
pennsylvania, has several specimens
Of these primitive playing cards,
Ancient Chinese and Corean cards
are long and narrow, and by their
design and name show Enthusiastically
that they are conventionalized shaft.
ments Of arrows, retaining In their
suit marks the same symbolism as that
of the culver Of arrows from which thew
were derived. The old Corean and
Chinese name for playing cards Ia
lighting tablets"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
halIey's Genet.

Halleys comet, which visits this
part of the universe about every sew
here on April 10, 1910. Prof. Max
Wolff Of Heidelberg first detected the
comet on this visit On September IL,
1909 In the late spring Of 1910 It
became visible to the naked eye. Be
tween 2:3O in the morning and dawn
1t was beautiful spectacle In the
eastern sky. The tail grew In length
and impressiveness % perihelion was
approached, April 10. "Halley" passed
within half q million miles of Venus %
May 2, and IN observed irregularity d
tail-structurs was perhaps occasionet
thereby.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
HOW CHARCOAL is MADE
Method Of Burning Is Much the
Same, No Matter Where the
Process 10 Carried On.

The usual method Of making or
burning" charcoal is to build up a
cone-shaped pile Of wood, about twelve
feet in height and ten to forty feet in
Misunderstanding a central hole OF
chimney; then to burn 1t from above
downward, and from the outside In
ward. The trees are cut down In
winter and should be fairly dry. The
wood is built up with the bark out
ward, the largest pieces being placed
furthest inside. and a covering Of
turf, or Of charcoal dust and soil, IL
placed over the whole, leaving holes
at the sides Of the bottom for air.
The drst three or four days bring out
the moisture onto the cover. The
openings around the base are then
covered, and holes are made about
halfway up. When the smoke ceases
to issue from these, they are cioeed
and other holes are made below. Tar
products, which collect whsn tho
charcoal II nearly burned, are n.
moved by means Of pipes or guttera
When the air-holes cease 70 omit
Aams and smoke thy are covered
and the pile II allowod b cool 1oF
Two Or three days. Then tho eharesai
= -drawn,s and any plsceG still -
- - l111cAel - aoe9 - - =
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
TITS Me! 'Tain't Mel
DIV get this-it's good.

Now get this-lt's good.
Two sets Of twin brothers occupy
t4e'r time il the business life of In
%arapolis One set is Louis and An
Drew Hoover, as alike as the aces on
a pair Of dice. The other is William
H. Charles Small, as similar as
bananas.
Lou Hoover knows Bill Small, but
he doesn't know Charles.
Charlie Small knows Andy Hoover
but he doesn't know Lou.
The other day Lou Hoover met
Charlie Small on the street.
Hello. Bill" said Lou.
There you are, Andy, all messed VI
again. I'm Charlie not Bill"
"Well. you haven't anything on me
Tn Lou. not Andy. indianapolis
News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
REALLY NO PROBLEM AT ALL
Case Presented to the Great SheerIuch
Bones Hardly Worthy Of HE
Wonderful Brain.

1t was the Office Of the famous de-
tective, Mr.. Sheerluck Bones,
The visitor, man Of rather small
height but liberal width, sat down.
"Married!" snapped Bones.
"How do you know I'm married r
gasped the visitor
"By the samples Of silk to b
matched In your vest-pocket, and your
hunted, haunted, expression" replied
Sheerluck.
The man gasped.
1T is marvellous how you know
things" exclaimed the man. But 1t
IL about my wife ! came to see you.
She acts so queerly lately. She talks
to herself all the time, stands before
her mirror and talks to herself. It's
awful And she does the most ter
Eibls things. She'll put a cake Of
soap IN the soup and scrub the pans
with the soup bone, talking to her-
self al the time"
And the poor man wiped his brow
nsrvously.
"How long has this state Of affair1
been going onT' asked the great do.
tectiva.
"Oh, for about q week now. And,
Mr.. Bones, / can't stand It any longer.
IT'S driving me crazy. I'm afraid she'll
sell the baby for bundle Of rags, q
something"
:, aH'mt Er, isn't 1t Just possible
3aAh e.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
Janlce'a Compliment.

The other evening Janice WA
watching her up-to-date grandmother
dress for a ball. The child surveyed
her grandmother from all angles as
the -ssing progressed.
Finally she said "Ganny, you look
'ust beautiful now"
AS her grandmother finished she put
on a gown trimmed with lynx on
which there were a few tails Of the
animal.
Janice looked the finished product
over and exclaimed, land now. Ganny
you look 'ust like q dog"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-09-01
COPIED PRACTICES OF BIRDS
Man In His Attempted Conquest Q
the Air Has Only Initiated the
Feathsred Creatures.

Now that man has practically con-
teresting to-observe that he actually
learned this in the same way as did
the birds themselves.
But birds were originally not>birds.
at ali, but belonged to the reptile
family, and acquired wings through
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 a
combination of bird and reptile. These
feathers and tail enabled it to sail
through the air. Continued practice
Of this sailing would have 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 q tree or hill and sailed down
| ward. 1t probably was practiced in
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
| ground and rise