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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
SMALL BIRDS FALCONS PREY
Psrsorins, Like the Pirate He u,
Takes Toll Frem Weaker crea-
lures 81 the Air.

It was reported recently that In the
syrie Of peregrine. a vicious bird, the
rings Of 22 racing pigeons were found.
The psregrine falcon often kills birds
which are unfortunate enough to cross
its path. Peewits and other birds that
frequent the coast are relentiessly pur.
sued by this hawk, and another prey
70 the golden plover, but this bird AZ
fords the hawk good chase before II
n caught
The peregrine catches Its prey By
protruding its strong legs and talons
to their fullest extent when within a
few fest Of the quarry. Then for q
moment its wings are almost closed,
and the next the prize Is seized and
carried 81. II. however, the object is
too heavy to be lifted from the ground
Il II forced along sometimes . hundred
yards On the ground, and killed and
deyoured on the spot. The nest q the
bererine Il usually placed "a the face
IT some precipitous cliff, resting On Z
shelf Of rock or tuft Of veestatiou, and
consisfg g . mas q etic18 s11l GoorID
- g. - - -.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
GRAVES THINGS OF BEAUTY
Cooks EsthetIc Sense Must Be Graft
fied-Inartistie Surroundings
Produce Depression.

Housewives have wondered why
Bridget. the cook, packed up and left
without giving reason for her action.
Now tbs secret is out It was, in all
probability, Dudley Crafts Watson,
interior decorator, says, because her
esthetic sense was not gratified In her
inartistic surroundings.
Perhaps the coloring and design on
the wallpaper did not strike a har-
monious cord In her spiritual makeup.
"Hany a cook has left because Of
the pictures In her ROOM" Watson said
In q recent lecture In Milwaukee. the
Milwaukee Journal reports. mo old,
inartfstic picture should be hung In
her room. The wallpaper should be
warm, rosy, full Of jolly color and Of
graceful design. She needs beauty"
In order to keep the cook from be-
coming dissatisfied and leaving he Of
fers the following advice:
"If your cook enjoys your finest
painting or rarest print hang 1t In her
room"
Or, In case one is fortunate enough
to support gallery. the problem, no
doubt, could be simplified by moving
In bed and turning the gallery over
b the cook.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
ALWAYS SKELETON AT FEAST
Egyptian Merrymakers Had custeM
Which Must Have Been Something
u a Check on ReveIry.

Accounts which have come down
Of Egyptian banquets Indicate that
among the wealthy people and those
Egyptians who were sin society" they
we're 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, 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.
IN attendant, perhaps one Of the wait.
srs, would carry around coffin con
tanning the image Of dead body
carved In wood, and as the Greek his
torian, Herodotus tells us, made az
like as possible in color 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.
Sus company and say, Look upon thiA
then drink and enjoy yourself, for
when dead you VIII be like thisf
Herodotus wrote about $500 yoor1
- that 'this practice thay han ~
zDkGlk 1EinlElng pax1foap
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
How Not to Get Money.

John and ] were on q river steam.
boat about year ago. During the
excursion I happened to discover,
seated on the railing of the second
deck, man / recognized as multi
millionaire. John and / framed up
on him. We knew that II we could
arrange q way to save him from
drowning he would probably reward
us handsomely. So John pushed him
overheard and / dived In and pulled
him out. No good. 1t took all the
money the millionaire gave me-every
penny Of ito get John out Of JAIL
Barry Payne's column.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
raxIuermy now a Fine Art.

The rise Of American taxidermy to
a level with the other fine arts thus
far is chapter of unwritten history,
1t is probable that not more than a
score Of persons now living know the
real story Of the Society of American
Taxidermists and the revolution that
It wrought. 1t would be utterly made
quate to write of the masterpieces OF
American taxidermy without setting
forth at least an outline of the his
tory that they represent. A few men,
bers of the youngest generation of
workers, snugly ensconced In stone
palaces Of peace and plenty. have
talked learnedly OF the new school"
of taxidermy without mentioning the
men who toiled in laying the founda-
tons and in erecting half the walls
OF that school" / am told that to-
day there are taxidermists who do not
like being called anything less than
Asculptors."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
CALLS FOR NERVE AND SKILL
hunters of the Sword-FIsh Find Their
Prey Altogether worthy of
Their Steel"

Sword-Fish schooners are the fastest
fishing boats under sail In the world.
They have to be, for the sword-ish is
a fast mover. He Is fighter, too.
Often has he charged a ship and
driven his Sword" through her stout
planking. When a school of sword-dsh
Is sighted, the spearman goes for'ard
to the end of the bowsprit and gets
into the pulpit" an iron fitting at the
end of the spar, where he stands to
drive his lance into a fish. The line
attached to the spear rushes out Of
the tub in which 1t is coiled. and the
fish makes off, doubling his speed in
q vain effort to escape.
A good-sized fish win often fetch
as much as $40; but 1t is a hard
life, and it needs fine seamanship in
the chase amid the huge seas of the
Atlantic when bad weather prevails
The sword-fsh is widely distributed
In the ocean, but is most common OF
the North American cost Its average
length is feet. but some are u feet
or 10 feet. The sword is used TO
spear its prey. such as cod, funny and
mackerel. and even to attack whales
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
Dame PartInoton.

The original Dame Partington was
q respectable old lady who lived at
Sidmouth. In Devonshire, Eng. Her
cottage stood on the beach and dur
ing a severe storm in November, 1924
the sea rose to such q height as
gradually to invade the old lady's
residence.
Mrs. Partington with such help as
she could secure with mops and
brooms, as fast as the water entered
the house mopped 1t out again until
ct length the waves had the mastery
and she was compelled to retire to
an upper story. The FIRST public nj
fusion to the circumstances was made
by Sidney Smith in a speech on the
reform bill wherein he compared the
conservative opposition to the effort
of dame Darlington and her mop who
endeavored to mop out the waves Of
the Atlantic"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
Waterman Helps n on Careers.


rye helped iaa,t more big men
than most cid fellows nave. despite
my mental job, and OF course haven't
done 1t through giving young upstairs
financial backing boasts the veneer
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, lot OF
young fellows are III a hurry to gel
out and oftentimes don't want to sign
out. l make them though, and In
that way the big bosses, scanning the
time sheets and personal reports. learn
that young So and So is an indus
trious lad who often works over
time. Christmas presents from them
net me big penny annually. ATTEST
ing appreciation for what I've done
New York Sun
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
Books Centuries OLD.

Some of Englands Oldest art treas
ures, from Durham cathedrars mo-
nastic library, We're recently brought to
London and placed on view at the Vic
toria and Albert museum. Most of the
work in northern English OF the ear
Ter Anglo-Irish schools of Lindisfarne
and Durham, and the examples
OF caligraphy and Illumination range
In dates from the Seventh to the Four
teenth century. Among the manu-
scripts are two additionally attrib-
uted In the Middle ages to the vener-
able Bede. but this ascription is not
now accepted. There are, also. sew
eral Of the books given to the mon-
astery by the Bishops William de st.
Carlieph (10So-l096) and Hugh de
Pulset (Pudsey) 115+1195. Three of
the four volumes OF Pudsey's Bible, az
one OF the most splendid in existence,
are included in the exhibit.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
BIRDS AND CAT SPLIT HOUSE
Feud at Time When Only Kind.
Nest Feeling should Prevail.

There Is a feud still only a few
weeks old, out In one of the Westches
ter towns that promises to develop in.
to q vendetta as intense and deadly
as anything that Breathitt county ever
produced. The pity Of the feud Is
that no one would ever have predicted
1t; no one took steps to forestaH it.
The Bixbys and the Judds have been
neighbors for more than six months
and until recently relations had been
friendly between the two families
Bixby and Judd come out from the
city on the same train three or -four
nights week and until last week took
part in the best game Of pitch In the
commuters league. Mrs. Bixby and
Mrs. Judd were neighborly about such
things as a little vinegar or enough
olive oil for French dressing.
But that Is all over now. Bixby and
Judd pass each other with laboriously
achieved unconcern. There are no
more informal visits from house 70
house. The Bixbys are talking seri-
ously about selling their house, even
at a sacrifice, that they may get into
more congenial atmosphere. The
Judds are letting it be known that the
neighborhood Is In some ways an un-
pleasant one.
Love of nature really started 1t all.
The Bixbys were unaware of the fact
that Mrs. Judd was a bird lover. 1t
Is not always easy to identify pro-
fessional bird lover. Very often they
give every indication Of being normal
persons. 1t is only when the annual
migration starts that the bird lovers
give themselves away.
That was when Mrs. Judd revealed
her true character. AS soon as the
first robins appeared in the neighbor-
hood she began to take the trouble OF
the birds to heart 1t was a large or
der to worry about all the birds in
town, but Mrs. Judd was conscientious
There was Felix, for instance. Felix
is the Bixby cat, great tawny cat,
highly decorative but not particularly
respectable, and not familiar enough
with bird lore to know that he
shouldn't catch robins. He had been
doing it for long time; he did it one
bright morning on the lawn in front
Of the Judd house.
Mrs. Judd went to the telephone.
She called Mrs Bixby. There were a
few remarks, progressively icy. A
complete silence. The feud began.
Felix, however, merely sat in the
sun and cleaned up after his meal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
crownupa PLAYED wien poIIa

II is told how sailors of the Span.
ish armada carried with them dolls
as mascots and actually to play with
Cortez, the conqueror of Mexico. en-.
tering the court of the king, Monte
yuma. on the evening Of November 8,
1919, found the whole court seated on
the floor playing with dollsl But for
this, history might have been different.
Later, when Cortez sent an expedi.
tion nortlnxard into what is now
Texas, he found curious worship Of
dolls among the Hopi Indians. the
dolls being given to the children for
toys after the ceremonies custom
which persists among these people -
tfis day.-xeslia,s Weekly.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
Famou. photographic Production.

aHtSas htStoAtd PaHS FI00d@dostos
Micrography means minute writing.
The Ten Commandments have been
engraved In characters so fine that
they could be stamped ON the side Of
q nickel, and on several occasions the
Lords Prayer has been engraved on
the side Of gold dollar. the diameter
Of which Is six-tenths Of an inch.
In the Hareian manuscript, $50,
there Is an account of rare piece
Of work brought to pass by Peter
Bales, an Englishman and clerk Of
chancery. 1t was the whole Bible in
an English walnut no bigger than a
hens egg. The nut holdeth the book /;
there are as many leaves in his little
book as In the great Bible and he hath
written as much in one of his little
leaves as great leaf of the Bible"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
WOUNDED HAWK FLEW FAR
With Spear In its Body, Bird Had
Travelled Distance OF TIVE
Thousand Miles.

AS hawk was swooping on the
poultry yard of farmer on the Vaal
river, Africa, the farmer shot and
killed 1t. Then he found embedded
In Its body what appeared to be an
arrow, two feet six inches In length,
that apparently had been carried By
the bird for q considerable period.
As the arrow. was Of Q peculiar
kind unknown IN the Transvaal, In
quirtes were made and description
given. and 1t was found that the ar
row was made by q native tribe, the
Akambas of Kenyaland, 1900 miles
away from the place where the hawk
was killed.
Further inquiries showed that the
transfixing Of the hawk by small
spear, by an Akamba native, was well
remembered. The hawk had caused
much loss In q chicken run. and was
gpeared by q concealed native, but
was rescued and carried off by its
mate, and evidently recovered from
the wound though 1t could not rid It.
celf Of the spear.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
Gobelin tapestries.

The Austrian government recently
offered q collection of tapestries. chief.
ly Gobelins, as security for an Amert-
can loan of S150O0,O0O Gobelin tap
estries, the most valuable, are still
being made in Paris, says the Men
tor Magazine.
Sixty master weavers are employed
at the Gobelin looms, where In the
days of Louis XIV 300 worked on
tapestries for the Sun King. The
building is on the site OF the medieval
dye works of Philbert and Jean Go
belin.
Tapestries are now woven for
French public buildings. Pieces that
sold for 500 century ago bring
thousands today.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
incident Boys viii Long Remember.

Trapped in the center of a 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 a 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 tho
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 ana
erayAd
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
Early Record Of New York Brokers

Early Record Of New York Brokers.
Among the records of the New York
Stock exchange, the earliest, which
bears the date of May IL, 1892, is an
follows: I'VE, the subscribing brokers
for the purchase and sale Of public
stocks, do hereby solemnly promise
and pledge ourselves to each other
that we win not buy or sell from this
day for any person whatsoever, any
kind Of public stock at less rate
than Y per cent commission on the
specie value, and we will give a pref
erence to each other In our negotia-
tions." This agreement was the foun-
dalton on which the great financial
fabric of the new York Stock ex-
change has been reared. For q quar-.
ter of century the brokers OF the
United States metropolis carried on
their activities under this compact,
and held their meetings in a Wall
street coffee house, and under q but.
tonwood tree at 6S Wall street.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
Hair PULLING Time.

Eight-yearold Frances had been
taught by her parents the art of keep
ing a secret and 1t initiates her to be
suspected Of telling anything she LIS
asked not to tell. The other day she
was visiting Aunt Grace, who also
had another young lady visitor. Aunt
Grace had warned Frances not to tell
the conversation. 30 she began to talk
things which were secrets when the
visitor. looking at Frances, said: lit
tie pitchers sometimes have big earK
my DEAR"
Frances looked back ct her. Yea"
she agreed lucidly, HDat that doesn't
hurt II they don't have spouts."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
A Guilty Conscience.

'The spirit of your departed wife
would like to speak to you," said the
medium.
sYou needn't bother about bringing
us face to face, ma'am," replied the
client. in some trepidation. "Just say
I'm well and I hope she's the same.
You might add that miss her some
thing dreadful"
'I'll deliver your message"
THANKS. ma'am. And If you don't
mind, I'll just pay the fee and be on
my way. Maggie's been dead two
years and during that time I'm afraid
I've done things she wouldn't approve
"-Birmingham Age-Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
A Word for Mnthers.In.La,s.

A PENNSYLVANIA preacher blames
mothers-in-law for IS per cent of the
matrimonial disasters and refers to
them as ''motherout-laws." We ven.
ture TO say mothers-ln-law and fathers.
in-law have done more to prevent mat
rimonial shlpwrecks than all the law
and the gospels. asserts Cappers
Weekly. The cid folks know the reefs
and how se steer hy them. and they
wish the yeaAg felix's 10 have pros
porous and reasonably happy voyage,
Mothers la-law and fathers.in-Iaw are
the beacon lights 81 che matrimonial
sea. They shire ea every dangerous
shore and certainly the world never
had greater need for them than al
present.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19

Some Of our story writer's are run.
aing riot with thelr SMILES. Here
are few we gathered in our late
eeading:
Her lips ouivered like light auto"
he edgea nearer to her until be
was almost a. close as the air IN tie
suhway.a
BUT his mind. like her face. was
made up
her hair dropped on her pasad
meek Ike seaweed 90 clam
He gazed anxious1y at her faca
ne way person tn d taxi gazes aE
the facs q the meter. Boston Tran
scs1p<.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
Fifty Men and One Elephant.

interesting tests were once made to
determine the respective pulling pow.
er Of horses, men and elephants. Two
horses, weighing 1000 pounds each
together pulled $3.50 pounds. or $50
pounds more than their combined
weight. One elephant. weighing 1900
pcunds, pulled $3.50 pounds, or 3.2Ia
pounds less than his weight. Fifts
men, aggregating about 1900 pounds
In weight, pulled $3.50 pounds, or just
rs much as the single elephant. Bul
like the horses. they pulled more than
their own weight One hundred men
CALLED 1900 pounds.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
ID
Fighting oIrafia

The giraffe has neither claws ma,
sharp teeth with which to defend Il
self or to attack its enemies, so when
1t Is out OF temper with one OF n.
own kind 1t does not attempt to dla
ENDOWED its adversary, as rhinocer
os might. or tear 1t. as tiger would
But nature has given 1t long and
pliable neck. which terminates IN /.
very solid head. and 1t uses the upper
part Of itself like fan, swinging rs
neck round and round ana bringing its
head down at each swing with
thump on Its antagonist.
The other combatant uses precisely
the same tactics and 'the two animals
planting themselves AZ ARMY as pos.
sible By stretching out an four ieQs
70 the utmost stand opposita ID each
other and hammer AMY I'm fbely
heads until one q IA ? 80
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19
America Once Land Of Many Horses.

ku1eTICA OnCe Edno OF Many h0r8eo.
A government scientist cites some
interesting facts about ancient Amer
lean horses. 1t appears that in North
America there were always from -four
to six entirely different varieties OF
the horse family, living contemporary
ousiy. GOme were slow moving and
relatively broad-footed horses, living In
the forests; others were very swift,
having narrow feet more resembling
those Of deer, and lived on the plains.
Moreover. there were American horses
larger than the huge Percherons of to
day, and others smaller than the most
diminutive ShetIands.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-19

Jack-Did you have much trsuele
learning to singf
Kitty-Yes: especially with -
neighbors.--Answers Al
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-11-08
CHRYSANTHEMUM SHOW
AUSPICES WOMAN'S CLUE
Friday Afternoon 800 O'clock At Old
Third National Bank Building

The public is cordially invited to at
tend this exhibit for which a door fee
OF 25c will be charged, which in
cludes refreshments. Despite the dry
weather, this display is promised to
be as good or better than ever, as
growers have taken more than former
care of their plants. Those interested
in the preparations include the flower
committee under Mrs c. w. Turner
the house committee under Mrs. r.
V. Woodham and the hospitality com
mittee under Mrs. G. z. Kicker. The
prize list is as follows:
E best white blossoms, LIST 81; End
$l.50; 3rd blue ribbon.
6 best yellow blossoms LIST 81; End
$l.50 3rd Blue ribbon.
6 best red blossoms, LIST 81; End
$3.50, 3rd blue ribbon.
6 best bronze blossoms, 1st 81. End
$l.00; 3rd blue ribbon.
best cream blossoms 1st So; End
81; 3rd blue ribbon.
E best pink or lavender blossoms 1st
81; End, 81; 3rd blue ribbon.
Best single blossom any color 81.
II best blossoms different colors. 1st
81: End, 81; 3rd blue ribbon.
Best display of 3 each of ten diff
ferent varieties 81.
Most artistic basket $1.OO
Fitzgerald leader enterprise and press. (Fitzgerald, Ben Hill County, Ga.) 1921-1964, 1923-11-08

DEVELOPMENT
COMPAN BACKS
TOBACCO HERE
Canvas to Be Made And Acreage To
Be Secured At Once

A thorough canvas of the farm own
ers of the county is to be made at
once, according to plans formulated
by committee of the Chamber of
Commerce and the Fitzgerald De
velopmen' Company the latter, own
ers OF the Re-Drying Plant.
Mr.. ]. A Turner of Irwinvllle, who
has successfully grown tobacco for
several seasons and Mr.. Moon, form
er demonstration for j. B. Clements.
will make the canvas OF the county and
secure a sufficient acreage to employ
a number of expert advisors. Already
several Carolinians have been survey
ing the county for locations and
Messrs p A. Keith and A. H. Wal
tiers of Cardenas n c. have rented
farms from the Lynnwood estate on
which they expect to grow tobacco
extensively.
Local interests intent to engage ex-
pert demonstrators to assist local
growers in planting and supervising
the growing crop, and farmers con
tcmplating planting tobacco this sea-
SON should communicate with the
Chamber OF Commerce, if the desire
the services OF demonstration agents
Mcssrs w A. Phelps, L. L. Babb,
and +, l.. Sherman OF Fuquay Springs
n. c. We're also recent visitors TO the
county, with the intention of leasing
| tobacco lands or experimenting to-
! bacco farms for others