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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
EVEN THE TINY ARE STRONG
Shetland Ponies Willing and Able to
Do Good Work Under the
Right Conditions.

, There is something startling about
seeing Shetland ponies working. At
least, two Of them have regular jobs.
They do not serve as mounts for chill
dren, nor do they pull pony pleasure
carts around the block. They put in
the day at hard labor.
, One Of them pulls an express wagon,
the other a small-sized garbage cart.
To see them trudging along under the
tracks of the elevated trains, pulling
load among truck horses that seem
three times their size, is apt to give a
,soft-hearted citizen a jolt and make
him wonder in a vague disconnected
manner about the child labor law, re-
marks the New York Sun.
At his well-meaning notions of pro-
test those who know Shetlands will
laugh. Few horses ure as strong for
their size as a full-grown Shetland.
When a vehicle is built to suit their
size they are perfectly able to work
and are. moreover most of them. en-
doWed with q temper that makes it
virtually impossible to impose upon
them or to force them to do any more
work than they want to.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
TOWN BUILT ON GREAT ROCK
Aneoma, In Mexico, Surely Has sits
Such as Nc Other Place
on Earth Can Boast.

To live on top Of mushrooms
would be a peculiar sensation. Ii
the mushroom were Of gigantic pro-
portions and were planted SO as to
overhang the sea, the experience
would be very similar to that Of living
sn the town of Ancoma, which is three
miles south of the Mesa Escantada
In Mexico, says the Christian Sci.
snce Monitor. The strange mush'
room-ltke rock on which the town
stands is q splendid specimen OF
fantastic erosion. having overhanging
sides nearly 400 feet high. The top
Of the rock is comparatively level
and Is about 10 acres in extent. K
Is notched with dizzy chasms. The
greater portion Of 1t overhangs the
sea like an immense mushroom. and
the oldest thing is that 1t should have
q town at the top.
Now. this town pertains to q past
civilization. It is one Of the NEST
perfect specimens of the pre-his'
toric Pueblan architecture. With In
conceivable labor this town In the
air was built and fortified for the
safety Of Its inhabitants It was
reached by q mere trail Of toe-hoIes
up the stem OF the mushroom. The
age Of the town Is not known, but
It was already old in 1910. when tho
erSt explorers visited It
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
SEEK TOO GREAT ACCURACY
Even Celebrated Engineers Have Been
Known to Waste Time on In
necessary Measurements.

There can be too great accuracy, nc
cording to Chemical and Metallurgical
Engineering, which says:
I'VE recall one instance where q
celebrated engineer was preparing
set of tables for publication and was
using a set of 12-place logarithms We
asked why he used 12-place tables and
he replied that they were the best he
could find, that he had heard there
were 2O-place tables but he had been
unable to locate them. The interest
ing thing about this anecdote is that
practically all the data which the cele-
DRAFTED engineer was tabulating had
an accuracy which was seldom better
than L per cent, and an ordinary p
inch slide rule would have been amply
accurate for the work
Again, when d young engineer Is
about to make a mathematical calcu-
lation, say for example the surface of
heating coils necessary to obtain GER
tain results, he will almost invariably
sit down and Calculate it to an &C.
euracy Of tenth or even a hundredth
Of l per cent, and this in spite of the
tact that the constant factor in the
equation (the rate of heat transient
may not be known within so per cent.
Herein lies one excellent reason
why many practical man with good
common sense and wide experience
has been able to compete with en-
gineers in many f1elds.'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
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 In the
tribe owned anything personally. All
property belonged to the tribe as a
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 the
exchange Of articles possessed by ons
tribe for those owned by another. For
instance, some of the Australian tribes
had rough green stone which was
valuable for making hatchetA Mem.
bers Of another tribe, seeing these
green stone hatchets naturally wanted
them. They had no money, as We
know it today. but they had red ochrs
with which they painted their bodies
Thus it developed that the tribe OWL
ing the green stones wanted some rec
ochre, and each article became a kind
Of money-each became valuable for
trading purposes.
It was necessary, however, 10
await the developments of a unit Of
value" before money became elastic.
4 required something valuable in the
ayes Of these tribes. One Of tina
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
llke shells The skins, however. were
valuable In trading and fortunes were
troekoued by the number Of skins
|eMns6 A. soon a. animals became
f1nmalfieated the live animal ftsolf -
fDjaee1 ~ aljn - mon4E.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03

The japanese believe that there are
lucky and unlucky numbers. In this
respect they are not unlike many
Americans, but their belief is much
more deeply rooted, as is shown by
the extreme care with which the
japanese select their telephone num-
bers, according to the Telephone Press
service. The japanese government,
which operates the service and has
been unable to meet the demand for
telephones, permits the buying and
selling of telephone subscriptions and
the corresponding numbers, and fire.
quently very substantial sums are paid
for numbers that are reputed to be
particularly lucky. 1t is said that the
luckiest number for business purposes
is eight because the shape of the
Japanese character for eight in some
way suggests the idea of prosperity.
The most unlucky numbers are ~ and
40, because the former is pronounced
"shini' which means ito die" and the
latter 'shiku," which means death"
or Suffering"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
WOODEN LEG A HANDICAP
Physician Had Forgotten That Ap-
pendage Would Not Help Duck
in Its Native Element.

distinguished doctor of Baltimore,
Md, has flock of Muscovy ducks run
ming around his country place and hear
Ing a great cOmmotion in the chicken
yard one afternoon hurried hence to
see one Of his ducks doing a line of
daredevil stunts in mid-air. The fall
ing leaf" 'tail-spiE" and such per-
formances We're following one another
with startling rapidity when the doe
tor discovered that the cause Of it all
was big rat which was hanging On
the ducks leg. The rat held on until
the leg came off. when the rodent
dropped to the ground and escaped.
The doctor tied the injured member
and his surgery was 4 success in that
the bird recovered, but it had great
handicap in its possession of a single
leg. The doctor made a wooden leg
for the fowl which answered all pur-
poses on the land, but when the bird
ventured into the water its efforts to
paddle with one leg caused it to de-
scribe one circle after another so thai
If it finally did reach the shore it was
by the merest accident
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
What's Inside the SUM-

Carbon has been subjected to fierce
heat energy and to very high pressure
at the same time to be formed into
rigid solid, the diamond. Carbon in
the central regions Of giant suns is
subjected to an intensity of energy
of heat far greater than any that can
be secured by electro-chemists in lab
oratories in either highly condensed
sparks between metallic terminals or
arcs. It is not known what effect such
intense energy of heat has on the
atoms of elements, for none so intense
is available to science. Atoms in the
interiors of highly incandescent suns
may be resolved back to primordial
electrons; or electrons may never have
revolved around nuclei to form atoms.
Then solar interiors would be cleo
tronic by this hypothesis.-Seattle
Post-Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Armies Breathe

Every living organism, whether ami
NAL or vegetable, breGthes; that is, it
obsorbs oxygen and gives off carbonic
acid.
Any organism which does not
breathe may be considered dead. Now.
ripe apples plucked from apple trees
are not dead They are not so vigor-
ously alive as while the sap ran
through them, but still they are alive,
and so they breathe and absorb oxy-
gen. 1t is found, too, that apples
stored in an atmosphere of oxygen ana
carbonic acid keep twice as well as
apples stored in common air.
No doubt the oxygen stimulates
their respiration and increases their
vitality, while the carbonic acid serves
as food, provided sufficient light
reaches the chlorophyl in the skin Of
the apple.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Too Busy to Get Up.

Pleasant dreams have a feeling Of
dissatisfaction with cold, everyday
facts. The contrast between the ro--
nance of unfettered Imagination and
the world as it is frequently proves
distressing, remarks the Portland Ore
gonian.
Two young bank clerks room togeth-
er. One Of them awoke and began
preparing for the day, but hesitated to
arouse the other-he slept with such
a pleasant smile. Finally the ordeal
could not be postponed any longer and
the sleeper was subjected to a rude
series Of shakes.
"G'way, I can't get up yet. l must
20 back to Sleep" was the drowsy pro-
test.
But it's tomorrow morning, we got
to be at work in half an hour"
"You go-leave me alone. I'm BIZ
cycle riding with pretty girl and
she is just giving me her address, so l
can call. And / lost my hat and l
have to go back to sleep and find it,"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
SPELLS THAT ARE POTENT
Evidently There Is Something In the
"Medicine' Devised by East
African Witch Doctors.

Quite recently a Kikuyu Cast Afri-
cam had spell put on him by witch
doctor, whereby he was compelled to
kill the first man he met The Kikuyu
went to another witch doctor and had
the spell removed. But No. was cute.
He placed a medicine on the Kikuyu's
doorstep so that when the latter
stepped over it the spell would be re-
placed.
The hikuyu came out of his hut
shortly afterward, Immediately ran
amuck, went down the street and
killed the first man he met-another
old kikuyu. The witch doctor and the
murderer both stood their trial and
the witch doctor got the longer SEN
tence.
At a place called Kibos there once
lived an old gentleman who carried
around a monkeys paw strapped to
his finger Whoever he pointed this
at Immediately fell down stone dead.
He caused so many deaths that he
ultimately had to be removed from
the district by the government.-Lon-
don Express.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Xmas Who Never Grow Old.

A curious custom of pastoral peo-
pie of Uganda, known as the Banyoro,
is related by the Rev. John Roscoe.
He said that when once a king
was enthroned his person became
sacred, and his food was restricted to
milk and beef from sacred herd of
cows.
The BanyOro monarch never allowed
himself to grow old nor his faculties
to become impaired. When he thought
he was going to be seriously i'll he
called a council, arranged state affairs
with the principal chiefs without Civ
ing them any reason for thinking that
he was about to die, and dismissed
them to carry out his instructions.
Then he returned to his private
house summoned his chief wife. and
ordered her to bring him cup of
poison. He drank the contents, and in
a few minutes was dead.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
STILL MATTER FOR RESEARCH
mously Developed, Has Yet a
Great Deal to Discover.

century of continuous achieve
ments in the knowledge of other
worlds has brought US, as Professor
Eddington suggests, to the threshold
of expectations which a generation
ago would have been deemed fantas-
tic
We have giant telescopes beyond the
imagination of fifty years ago. The
camera has, in the minds of many of
the public, almost brought the sun
and his satellites onto a dissecting
table. Above everything else the spec
troscope has revolutionized astronom-
ical science by revealing the materials
of which the sun, moon and stars are
composed.
But we must calmly await the in
formation of science which admits the
existence of vegetation in Mars as to
the mysterious signals of its inhab-
itants. There may be men in the moon
In the breathable atmosphere of its
stupendous craters. The field of astro-
nomical research excludes nothing but
the impossible. We all share the '4feel-
ing to which Professor Eddiagton
gave expression, that we are on the
verge of something greater than our
dreams can shape. "-London Mail
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Waterman Helps Men on Careers.

1--WE helped make more big men
than most old fellows have, despite
my mental job, and of course haven't
done it through giving young upstairs
financial backing" boasts the vener-
able night Waterman for large down.
town corporation.
"You see, people who come and go
here after seven o'clock are supposed
to sign in and out. Well, a lot of
young fellows are in hurry to get
out and oftentimes don't want to sign
out. I make them. though, and in
that way the big bosses, scanning the
time sheets and personal reports, learn
that young 50 and So is an indus
trious lad, who often works over
time. Christmas presents from them
net me a big penny annually. attest
ing appreciation for what I've done
New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03

Cheam was once a delightful vii
lage in Surrey; today it is fast becom-
ing a suburb of London. But it still
has some respect Tor the days when it
was simply decorative feature on
beautiful countryside. When it was
found that Cheam's beautiful Fcur
teeHth century cottage was in the Wai
Of the road being widened, Cheam did
not say either Down with the cot
tage' or Let the motorcars go round
another way" 1t simply decided to put
tie house on rollers and move it back
little way, as was done a few years
ago with Trinity house, in the Old
cathedral city of Worcester. Every
body gains, the mOtOrist by having a
wider road, and artistic folk by con-
temptation of fine specimen of Four
teenth century architecture; while
Cheam should be happy in having en-
tered a practical protest against an
act of ndalism.-Christian Science
Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
JOINED TO WORLD
People of Tristan da Cunha No
Longer Isolated.
Installation Of Wireless Teiearaphy
Will End Seelusion Which They
Seem to Have Enjoyed.

Tristan da Cunha is the general
name for a group Of three small vol
canic islands belonging to Great Brit
ain situated in the South Atlantic
about 1000 miles west of the Cape of
Good Hope and about 1000 miles
northeast of Cape Horn. Tristan, the
largest and northernmost island, has
an area of 16 square miles, is circular
in form, about seven miles in diane
ter, and has volcanic cone (7,64O
feet), usually capped with snow, in
the center. 1t sometimes happens
that Tristan da Cunha remains six
months, ten months, year without
receiving news from any part of the
world, says the Philadelphia Inquirer.
The islands were discovered in 1906
by the Portuguese Admiral Tristan
Cor more correctly Tristao) de Cunha,
voyage TO India, but 1t was not until
the Nineteenth century that the
islands were permanently inhabited.
One day an American named Lambert,
late of Salem, Mass, mariner and cit
lien thereof" landed in Tristan and
declared himself sovereign and sole
possessor of the group (Which he re
named Islands Of Refreshment)
Il have made up my mind" he
wrote, ito prepare for myself and my
family a home where l shall be able
to live without the difficulties that
have constantly troubled me, and to
procure for us property that will in
sure us forever the measure of living
and preserve US from common misfor-
tunes
Jonathan Lambert had many imita-
tors. He arrived in 1910. In 1916
the island had already counted II in
habitants. 1t counted 80 in 1850, and
100 in 1905 According to the latest
news, Tristan population has in
creased to 1870 persons, men, women
and children. and pastor in
Guided incidentally Lambert's SOW
ereignty was short-lived as he was
drowned in May, 1890, while out fish
ing
4IlSldu ia 1ullld IdS Ao liASlbA y =
1t knows neither industry nor COM
merce, nor war It has no neighbors
who envy it. There is no government.
The people manage their affairs
without any laws, the project once en-
tertained of providing them with a
formal constitution being deemed I'M
necessary.
Nothing, or nearly nothing, would
be known about the customs of these
Robinsons if, in 1908, an advertise
nalized the sad condition of those peo-
pie living even outside of religion!
Thereupon an Anglican pastor Rev.
Mr. Barrow, decided to go there with
his wife and a servant 1t took them
six months from Southampton to reach
the island They remained there three
years, and Mrs. Barrow has left an
excellent narrative of their visit.
In this way it was learned that those
recluses, even if they did not consider
themselves very happy. seemed to fear
that they would be even less happy If
they deserted this island. In 1906
the majority for the second time re-
fused to desert the island, though Of
fered allotments of land in Cape Col
ony
But an incident has just occurred
that will upset their life. A cable
from Rio de Janeiro tells of the ar
rival on the island of a new pastor
who brought with him a wireless ap-
paratus. Henceforth Tristan da Cunha
may know everything.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Moods EIoxxer.carpeted.

Soon after the earliest blossoms have
lifted their heads to the sunshine the
stately queen Of the vernal woods
the large white trillium-unfurls her
banners Of snowy white. In many
woods this species occurs In such
numbers as to give the forest floor
the appearance Of q white-starred car
pct. We are likely to ind q white
spider, with the front two pairs Of
legs much elongated, sitting close to
the center Of the flower. This Is tn
white crab spider, species which
thus maintains an attitude Of waitin9
with it, long legs spread like Z pGia
u forceps over the middle Of the ble0.
som ready to seiis such insects q my
v1Gls Il n search u Doctar q pol1qA
~,Aa1e1n 1sCsgt1y 4A0l10
- = = .~~a-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
The LAST Straw.

1t had been a trying day and Ray
mond's father was rather irritable. He
stood for a few questions from the
youngster, but when the latter asked
what caused the desert of Sahara. he
laid down his paper and answered !;
Il guess it formed when the Israelites
lost their sand. And if you don't quit
asking me so many questions I'll see
your mother puts you to bed before I
get home hereafter
But, pa" came the question. how
can you see her put me to bed If she
puts me to bed before you get homer
And that question was Raymonds last
for that evening.-Boston Tran
script.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
FARMS FOR SALE.

Some very fine farms, ranging from
so to 200 acres, good buildings, located
in one of the finest farming counties in
Pennsylvania. Excellent markets for
all farm produce. Farm located near
York, Pa, the third size manufacture
ing city in Pennsylvania. For infor-
ton address
E. w. Loucks, Real Estate
Insurance and Loans
P. O. B. 1863, York, Pa.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
In Different Glasses.

A visitor in an Australian home in
quired of his hosts little son, DO you
go to school nOw?'
Eyes, sir"
"And what do you learn-reading,
writing sums?'
"Oh, yes, and learn religion, too
"Religion?"
Eyes. I learn the little religion
which teaches that we all come from
Adam. But my older brother is in a
higher class; he learns the big religion
and that teaches that we all come
from monkeys. boston Transcript.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Remarkable Old Beliefs.

Since the age Of legend, thunder
and lightning making has always been
made the final proof Of the supernat-
ural. Thor and his huge hammer.
which accounted for the thunder to
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 b.
lief.
In later times the brand Of magi-
clan and evil-doer was put upon many
alchemists, with rumors that spittine
tongues Of IRE and crashes Of thundse
were seen and heard In their labeeH
tories.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Peaceful Scene. on Battlefield

A marvellous change has come over
the battlef1elds of Gallipoli. There are
very few evidences Of the great coz
dict which was waged there, and tho
landscape is dotted with herds and
picturesque shepherds. Occasionally
one will come across rile of wire Of
~ther debris as reminder Of the pres
cnce Of the armies The land Is 10 .
great extent under tillage or b11nD
1roparea Tor er0pa.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
BUSINI<.S CARDS
Woodstock
Marb!eW0rks
WOODSTOCK, VA.

WOODSTOCK, VA.
Monuments, Tombs and all kinds of
Cemetery Work
Lowest prices 10 the Valley. Give
US call E Z. shy DER.
Put your savings in the Saving
Department of the Shenandoah Val
ley Loan and Trust Co., Woodstock
Va at 3.per cent compound interests
Amounts of.Sl 90 and upwards receiv-
ed. The only savings institution 10
the county for the accumulation of the
small savings OF laboring men, wo-
men, and children.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Wonder of Small Things.

The greatness of our life depends
on so little! In the midst of the
humblest incidents of ordinary days,
the verse of a poet may suddenly re-
veal to US something stupendous. No
solemn word has been spoken, and
we feel that nothing has been called
forth; and yet, why has an ineffable.
face beckoned to us from behind An old
mans fears? Or why does vast
night, starred with angels, extend over
the smile of a d?-Maeterlinck.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
To Aid Ribbon Industry.

The ribbon manufa cturers of the
United States are organizing Make
1t of Ribbon" campaign in order to
further the interests Of the industry,
which represents an investment of
$2O,OOO,OOO aud an annual business of
SGO,OOO,OOO.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Good Mixers,

"Your recent attitude has been
somewhat ponderus and alo0f,' re-
marked the sOlicitous friend.
Times have changed" replied Sen
ator Sorghum. In politics the good
mixer has gone out of date, along
with the bartender"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Forage Crop Pays.

As result Of systematized regula-
ton by the United States forest
service, the forage crop Of the national
forests is now returning an annual in
come to the federal treasury of close
to $2,5O0,OO0, says the American For
tstry magazine. By system Of range
allOtments under which nominal. gra1p
ing fees are charged, the forest ser.
vice has brought the national forest
ranges under practical and profitable
admintstrnt1no.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03

Invest yo1r money in The 4 percen
Certificates of the Shenandoah Valley
Loan & Trust Co, Woodstock, Va
Security unquestioned. Interest pay
able semi-annualIy, and Certificate
redeemable any time after six months
on short notice
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-11-03
Cause for Dudueon

"What's the excitement next door,
"Some bill collectors are quarreling
over their seniority rights"
Their whatr
"A groeer's representative who has
been after the Gadders for six months
claims he was pushed nsi de by a
laundryman with bill less than two
weeks old."-Bilmingham Al se-Heralc,