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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
EXPLAINING GRADES IN ARMY
Fanclful and Pretty Tale Of the Origin
Of in1icnia Which Denote
Martis! Rank.

Fanciful indeed IS the tale woven
abui.t the selectis' nd origin OF the
various u.arl1s OF % insignia.
The stcsy begins with two-barie ed
fence, near a group Of trees. One of
these is sturdy oak and another a
silver poplar, the tree which grows
to greatest heights. in our forests.
Above this tree flies an American
eagle. 1t is night and the stars look
down upon the scene.
The first step, or first rank of a com.
missioned officer is climbing the first
oar Of the fence, and is denoted by
The one bar on q first lieuten@: :
shoulder. Another step up and Ne
officer has his foot on the second lar
Of the fence-the two bars surmounted
being indicated by the two-bar mark
of the captain The next stage of the
climb upward is the branches of the
trees, and the rank Of major, denoted
by the gold oak leaf on the shoulder,
has been reached.
In order to go higher the candidate
for higher rank must now surmount
the tall silver poplar, and when he has
done so he is entitled to wear the sill
yer leaf of the lieutenant colonel. The
eagle soaring over the treetops indi-
Gates the rank Of colonel-the silver
eagle being worn by officers of that
rank. The stars are the highest of all
and were reserved as insignia for gen
erals.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
CALL TUESDAY UNLUCKY DAY
Members of the Greek Church Have
Reasons to Look Upon 1t VITA
Misgvinas.

To most persons of western tradi.
ton Friday Is more or less considered
to be an unlucky day. Many Of them
prefer not to say this straight out,
but they are bit wary Of starting
any large enterprise on Friday. The
Idea may come from the fact that for
so many people Friday is held as a
fast day and great interest in purely
secular pursuits should be held some
what In allegiance. The old Morse peas
antry give q different explanation.
ITO begin a big thing on a Friday
leads to a great temptation to break
the Sabbath" Is the way one old grand
mother puts 1t.
To most members of the Greek
church it is not Friday, but Tuesday
that is the most unlucky day. The
reason Is clearcut and historical. for
1t was on this day that-a Tuesday, in
1453-Constantinople was lost to tbs
eastern empire and passed under the
control Of the Turks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
MAKE EVERY SHADE or TOOTH
Modern Dentist Able to Supply Every
Colcr Of Moisr That May
Be Demanded.

The manufacturn Of sets Of Jet
black false teal apresents an out
of-the-way sid, OF British enterr~ise
1t NJ. lie new; 10 most people The,
there is definite trade In black teeth
between England and the Orient, rem
dered necessary by the practice, so
popular east of Suez. Of chewing betel
nut. AS masticatory the betel nut
leaves chewing gum far behind, for
1t is reckoned that one-tenth of the
human family indulge in it, but II
stains the teeth OF its votaries black
as ebony. Hence, when they need ar
tificial teeth to replace losses, those
teeth must be black.
A definite side of modern dentistry
is represented by these black teeth.
No longer is it necessary for clients
to accept teeth which stand out in
challenging distinction to their neigh
bors and proclaim their artificiality
to the world. Every shade and shape
is now matchable. Even the bo'sun
who for thirty years has been rolling
his quid' can be supplied with teeth
bearing the counterfeit stains of to.
bacco juice. The ordinary person has
25 different shades at his disposal
and shapes seem to be innumerable
Even teeth with make-believe gold
filings are supplied.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Flour Used in Making Watches.

Two barrels of flour are used every
week In making watches at a we'll
known factory. which turns out from
1000 to 5000 watches a week. Since
baker uses about three pounds of
flour to five loaves of bread. it follows
that for every watch the maker uses
the equivalent of third of a Inaf The
flour is made into dough. and the
dough is used to handle screws, rivets
and other small parts
Each man in that part of the busl-
ness has lump of dough always at
hand, and when he wants to examine a
screw he jabs a piece of dough on it..
Then, turning it over he has a good
chance to look at it with his watch
makers microscopic eyeglass Many
of the screws are too minute to pick up
easily with the fingers and many
more, though large enough to be
picked up, would be so covered by the
fingers or the forcers as to be almost
hidden from sight.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
REST 0RING "DCAD" TO LIFE
Remarkable Effects Of Substance
Which the Medical Fraternity
Knows as Adrenaiin.

Within the last few months quite
number OF cases have been reported
Of persons, who were to all intents
and purposes, dead, being restored to
life. The instance which occurre4 Ill
Yorkshire when woman, sad by
her doctor to be dead, showed signs
Of returning life within a quarter OF
an hour, is a case in point, writes the
medical correspondent Of London Tlt
Bits.
There was also the case Of child.
eleven months old who apparently
died while undergoing an operation
and could not be revived even by mas
sage of the heart. The little ones
body had actually become cold when
the doctor made an injection Of a sub
stance called adrenalin.
The result of this treatment on the
child's heart. which had ceased to beat
for four minutes, was that it imme-
diately began to beat again ana the
| patient made perfect recovery.
There is also on record the sudden
dropping dead of a woman of thirty
In other words, she would have beer
| left for dead by the ordinary prac-
titioner, for she was pulseless her
heart had stopped beating, her Jaws
were set and her eyes glazed. For
| tunately she was seen by a doctor who
had had experience in the use OF
adrenalin. He injected a dose and
| soon the woman was sitting up and
| talking to her friends.
In cases where there is no disease
| or damage of any of the vital bodily
organs, restoration to life Is quite pos
sible If the appropriate remedy can be
| applied In good time.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
FAMOUS AS ANIMALS FRIEND
lrishmAn Father Of Law Which
Aimed to Put a Stop to Their
I'll Treatment

Richard Martin introduced into the
British parliament in 1922 an act pro
viding punishment for the I'LL treat
ment Of cattle" and by the force Of
bis personality forced It's passage as
q law.
Humanity" Martin, so named by
King George " because of his intro
duction and support of the law. was
an Irish nobleman with immense
estates In Galway.
Less than year after Martins
death at Boulogne, France. in 1884,
his original act was amended, and bull
and bear batting and cock fighting
were prohibited throughout the Brit
ish isles.
Two years after the passage Of the
act Martin organized the Society for
the Prevention Of Cruelty to Animals.
Queen Victoria later giving her ap-
prevail to the addition of the word
"Rsyal" to the title From this 80
ciety originated the American Society
for the Prevention of Cruelty to AMI
mails.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
RECOGNIZED POWER OF MUSIC
In All Ages the Value of Sweet Sounds
Has Been Acknowledged
by the Wise.

A leading educationalist has this to
say concerning the value of music:
II cannot think of an ideal home
without music, for it would surely be
very incomplete without it. To me,
the beauty of music cannot be de-
scribed in words. There seems to be
no state of mind that one can be in
in which music is not welcome. Even
in the Bible we read that David played
on the harp for Saul to quiet his
troubled mind. We need music every
day in our home more than any other
place, for the good of our mind and
body.
fThe benefits of music are also
reaching the hospitals, the homes Of
the sick, and busy people after hard
day work find it refreshing to come
home ana hear its soothing strains.
we also enjoy music in our homes
of Iearning-the schools. The school
orchestra and the songs we sing in
assembly make US feel like starting
out on the days study in an excellent
mood"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
PecuIiarlties Of the Whale.

The whale is able To hold his breath
for a long time, sometimes for A
minutes. and he is able to open his
mouth under water when eating. be
cause his nostrils connect directly
with his windpipe and not with the
back of his mouth. as i'll most other
animals When he co.ues to the sur
face he blows the air out Of his lungs.
1t has by this time become so heated
that it forms a column Of vapar when
expelled into the cool ait Of the elr-
face and this is what happens when
he is said to spout" incidentally
the most famous whale of history
the one which swallowed Jonah.-was
not a whale at all. but is called in the
Bible "a great fish"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Elk Teeth as Ornaments,

Indian braves decorated themselves
with necklaces made Of claws taken
from the most ferocious animal In
America, the grizzly bear Only the
sQuaws wore elk teeth as decorations,
and they used only those from the
animals killed for food and clothing.
Now the white men are following the
fashion Of the sQuaws, but are pay
ing 4 price that tempts the lowest
characters to slaughter and waste the
elk for these really worthless trinkets.
A fuller understanding Of the history
and significance Of the custom of
wearing elk teeth should have an in
fuence In depreciating the market for
them and thus removing the incen-
tive for this wanton destruction of
our nob1est and most valuable game
animaL-Exchange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Heck and Eye Becomes Popular

FbSVN &T0 00SVfffNS FSpUiGFs
In the Sixteenth century the manu-
facture Of silk. which had formerly
been imported from the East, was
taken up In Italy, and the vogue of
this lighter material created a de-
mand for smaller and lighter dress
fasteners. The hook and eye became
more popular. Their manufacture
was also made easier now by the ap-
plication Of water power to wire
drawing, and from that time until the
present day they have been continu-
ally in use.
The frst modern improvement on
all these fasteners Of old were the
attempts At spring fasteners made for
the close-ntting gloves when they sue
ceeded the gauntlet. About 1890 a
sewed-on fastener with a spring was
successfully tried out on all sorts Of
clothes. and the making of these little
snaps has now become a world in
dustry.
They have their place In the mu-
scum at Prague, but what long road
leads back through time from the
snap fastener to the bone pin Of the
caverns In the Pyrennees!
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
ALWAYS SKELETON AT FEAST
Egyptian Merrymakers Had Custer
Which Must Have Been Something
of a Check on Revery.

Accounts which have come dow
Of Egyptian banquets indicate that
among the wealthy people and thoss
Egyptians who we're sin society" they
were very elaborate affairs with q
great variety of rich and high-spiced
and high-priced food and many wines
wines rare and strong.
But no matter how jovial and hap
py and hilarious the feast, a mummy
was there as a reminder of death.
At the conclusion of the most sub
stantial part of the banquet and when
the wine, began to flow most freely,
an attendant, perhaps one Of the wait.
ers, would carry around q coffin con-
taining the image of dead body
carved In wood, and as the Greek his
torian, Herodotus tells US, made a.
like as possible inecolor and workman.
ship, and in size generally about one
or two cubits in length" The bust
ness of the waiter was to show this
to each member Of the gay and Joy.
Gus company and say. Look upon this,
then drink and enjoy yourself, for
when dead you will be like this"
Herodotus wrote about $500 year,
ago that "this practice they have as
q their drinking partiea"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
ACT ENDS AGE-0LD ENMlTf
Students Of History See Significance
In Racent Move Of the Dean
Of Westminster.

There is more than meets the eye
In the announcement that the dean
of Westminster has assigned part1c-
uar stall on the north side of the
chair for the use of the mayor OF
Westminster whenever he visits the
abbey in either a public or 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 powerful
body; the citizens Of Westminster
were struggling to be free, In a mu-
nicipal sense. 1t was the cellarer OF
the abbey who built the Gatehouse
prison late in the Fourteenth century
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 Hlonas-
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 20 sur
render his large bedsted legged" his
''litill old Ship Chest" his water-tub
and his "blew pylyan for a woman. "
Not until the middle Of the Fifteenth
century did self-government manifest
itself in society Of citizens and that
! is a long way from the gift to the
| mayor Of a stall in the abbey.-Chris-
| tan Science Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Peculiar Deep-Sea Fish.

The AristeuS, deep-Sea prawn, has
q method Of lighting that gives the ap-
pearance Of a multitude of smoke rings.
When excited by the nearness Of an
enemy, the prawn elects respiratory wa.
ter in tiny squirts and into this stream
the luciferin Is forced from countless
glands opening into the stream by fine
ducts. As the chemicals combine. puffy
clouds of lurninescent particles float
In the sea. This Is the Smoke screen"
provided by nature.
The species of luminous fish, called
"Photoblephron," has DINNER sys.
TEN in an inside chamber and burns
continuously. When the fish wishes to
shut off the light, he causes q black
augmented curtain 10 slide down over
the light cells opening like an eyeiid
The light organ preserves Its lumines
cense even when removed and = used.
by fishermen Of the islands Of banda,
about 800 miles southsasE ~ ~ Philip
pino1 - halt 10r nafAf 49,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Somewhat Odd Phrases.

we use many phrases very glibly,"
said a college professor, (which have
az entirely different meaning from the
one we intended. We all speak, for
instance. Of man being q scholar and
4 gentleman. It's supposed to be
highly complimentary. Now 1 have
spent the most of my life trying to
be q scholar and hope l am a gen.
ueman, but why should we make the
distinction! Another phase insults
q much larger class. 1t is the use
OF the word but In the phrase, poor
but honest This is a confession, OF
course, that it is a remarkable thing
GAR q moor man to be honest"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
oe, One Chance 70 Marry.

During times of Albanian fonda
xhlch amount to tribal warfare, WON
Marriage is by contract; generally ar
ranged upon the birth OF child. A
voman exercises 10 choice. but has a
veto power in respect to her husband.
Should she not wish the man of her
him: but, In that event. must take
Vows to remain a virgin, assume tho
status Of q man. and In some regions
she dons mems clothing. Should she
marry another man, her rejected suit
- family must seek blood vengeance
spon hes male relatives. National O.
sgraphlc society Rulletin.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Weeds-

What hidden virtue Is In these
hings that it Is granted them to sow
themselves with the wind, and to
grapple the earth with this immiti.
gable stubbornness. and to flourish in
spite of obstacles, and never TO suffer
blight beneath any sun or shade, but
always to mock their enemies with
the same wicked luxuriance? 1t L.
truly mystery and also a symbol.
There Is sort Of sacredness about
them. Perhaps, If we could penetrate
natures secrets, we should find what
we call weeds are more essential to
the well being Of the world than the
most precious fruit or grain. This
may be doubted, however, for there
Is an unmistakable analogy between
these wicked weeds and the bad hab-
Its and sinful propensities which have
overrun the moral world; and We
may as well imagine that there IL
good In one a. In the other.--Haw.
thorne.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Self-Starting Engine.

Automatic starting of an engine
surprised the driver and fireman of a
train at Beauvais, in France. The two
men in charge were standing by their
detached steam engine, when 1t sud-
denly started off, leaving them at the
station. The engine, being short of
steam, ran only six miles, to Hercules
junction, where it pulled up and
awaited the arrival of its crew.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Modern Styles in Ancient Crete.

The frescoes on the PALACE wul5S ri
Knossos, many of which are blauti
fully preserved, fully bear out ua,
high estimate of the ancient Cye1a Is.
The women have low-uecked bod!ces
and richly flounced skirts reaching to
the ground, and both men and women
seem to have Worn something in the
nature of corsets. AT all events the
wasp-w0tst is the ordinary type. "Why
they are Parislans,' Freuamman eX
claimed in establishment when he was
taken to see these pictures, which
were, he was told, at least $500 years
Old. McCabe III The Evolution of
Civilization"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
HAS NEW THEORY or SPEECH
Came About In Man Through WALKING
Erect and Using Hands as Hands
says savant.

Why have none Of the higher ami.
mails developed speech7 asks Or. B.
Naunyn In the Deutsches Archivfues
Klinische Medizin tLeipzig). he points
out that the sounds made by animals
and birds are initiative, like the ida
dada" Of happy baby. But the In.
FAINT progresses beyond echo-speech to
actual speech, which no animal or bird
can do.
And he proceeds to answer this
question, says the New York World,
on the theory that man has evolved
from the lower animals-a theory that
Is rapidly losing ground among seri.
GUS scientific men-about as follows:
When man began to walk erect and
use his hands, the right hand was
found more convenient for attacks and
defense, gestures, and the ordinary
uses Of, life; the left hand being used
more for carrying things.
This greater use Of the right hand,
not the more abundant blood supply
In the left hemisphere Criminals have
the latter), was what stimulated the
left hemisphere Of the brain to higher
development. This provided Romanes
casual anatomic factor" that distin-
cuisines man from animals and made
arttculate speech possible. It is
consequences Of mans walking erect
and using his hands as hands. Speak
ing and the organ Of speech developed
together. The singing Of birds and
their balancing power are by-products
Of the evolution Of their organ Of
hearing. a. also music in man, along
with rhythm and dancing. although
music sense evidently co-operates with
the internal ear.
How France 10 Repopuls .ina
Vital statistics show that the birth
rate increased In France in 1920. At
Marseilles, for the first time Ia years,
the number Of births greatly exceed
Cd the number Of deaths. At Chalons.
sur-Saone the total Of births for the
year was $50 and that Of deaths, sri.
In Toulon the number Of births ex.
ceeded by 118 that Of deaths, some
thing that has not happened for 30
years. From Orleans satisfactory
figures also have been communicated.
and at Dieppe the number Of births
exceeded By 30 per cent the number
g 1oafhA
labor Saving Implement.
do you find that taking summer
boarders lightens your burden as an
agricultural toilerr'
sT1l say It does" declared Farmer
Cornt0ssel. "It's a heap easier to get
your tomatoes with can opener than
Il II with hoe"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Crate full Son.

MY boy" said the millionaire lee
turing his son Oh the Importance OF
economy, "whea ] was your age
carried water for a gang of brick
layers
"I'm proud of you, father" an
swered his offspring; ''if it hadn't
been for your piu"N and perseverance
/ might have had e. do something ~
that sorl myself irish World.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Nsw She Helped Mamma.

A teacher at a certain private
school strives to instIll tilial devotion
In her pupils. Recently she asked her
class In what way they had been help
ing their parents. Various answers
were given Of a more or less to-be
expected nature, till she reached a
little girl who had been casting rather
contemptuous glances at the hum
drum reports. When her turn came
the eyes of the others were fixed on
her as she lives in an opulent home
that boasts q staff of servants. "Wen.
Oracle" the teacher asked, "what
have you been doing to help ANNA 2"
"Oh, lots" was the scornful response
Of Oracle, but mostly l 90 to the
Country club and get cigarettes for
her."-San Francisco Argonaut.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Janlces Compliment.

The other evening Janice wal
watching her up-to-date grandmother
dress for ball. The child SURVEYED
her grandmother from all angles as
the dr-ssing progressed.
Finally she said "Ganny, you ioob
,'ust beautiful now"
As her grandmother finished shs mi
on a gown trimmed with lynx on
"nich there were few tails Of the
animal.
Janice looked the finished prodnc.
eSs ana exclaimed. and now, Ganny
rou look 'ust like q dog"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Plugging OUT.

4 Kentucky man seems to have
found relative of the city girl wlo
thoG%i.t it must be cold work har
ve+tins The winter wheat.
TIE young woman of whom tile
kpntuckian tells is a native CT Gil
rinnati, and was lately talking witt
him about tobacco and tobaccoral7-
u.s.
~ should like ever so much to s94
"A tobacco fed" she said "espacial!y
when it is just plugging out. Wa
side Tales.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Rraadened Observation,

"a statesman has to be profound
student"
mo doubt about it," replied Sen9-
tor Sorghum. Thine was when
good campaigner could get by if hS
kept his eye on the map of his OWL
state. Now you've got to be an es-
pert In the geography Of the world"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Women and Words-

A student who has given the mattar
some study says th6t it lis perfectly
natural trait of femininity to engage
10 small talk and quick salk. Woman
is quicker to understand, quicker D
answer and quicker to utter what d
IN her mind and is habitually yelpblH.
The cause of this difference befveea
the speech Or talk Of two s1xes NJ
- hack into ths occupational nfo1nl51
- ens - sea1s l1IIl ~ : y y p
- = ptogress naay mol6llS - + -,
- 49,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
The Professor Peorets.

Hostess (at evening p.uty)-What,
going already, professor? And must
you take your dear wife with YOU?
Professor - Indeed, Mrs. Hands.
worth, I'm sorry to say l must Len
don Tit-Bits.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1922-12-01
Better Off Without II

Old Grones-I wish to heavens |
could acquire an appetite.
His Wife For goodness sake what
do you want with an appetite1 II
would saly sivs you, more dyppsta.