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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
ACT ENDS AaE-oLD ENMlTY
osv6snts o. History 80 slenIfseaas1
N Recent Move 81 the Dean
q Westminster.

Thsrs u more than meets the ere
n the announcement that the dean
Of Westminster has assigned a partic-
uar stall on the north side Of ths
chair for the use Of the mayor Of
Westminster Whenever he visits the
abbey In either . public or q private
capacity. The deans kindly act 70.
moves another obstacle to the full
friendship which should exist In West
minister between the ecclesiastical and
the civic authorities. Centuries arc
there was no love lost between them
me abbsy authorities were q powerful
body; the citizens Of Westminster
were struggling to b free, In q mu-
nicipai sense. II was the cellarer Of
the abbey who built the Gateh0use
prison late In the Fourteenth century
and Installed the abbey janitor AZ its
keeper. 1t was the abbot who had CO.
tody Of all prisoners captured within
the liberties. It was the abbot who,
when debts were owing to the nonas,
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
q gentleman by birth, fell into ar
sears with his rent, he had 10 sur
render his large bedstsd lsggeds his
sIitilI old Ship Chest" his water-tub
and his blew Dylya1 for = woman
Not until the middle " the Fifteenth
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
REMARKS OF SETTING" HEN
scne Pertinent Observations Supposed
- Have Beer Made by some
what nlsccnsolate Riddy.

People say I'm independent. Well. If
! want to set, I'm going to and nobody
can change my mind.
Men are so rough. They come and
yank me off my nest like was neces-
sary evil. think have a right to fly
back at them sometimes.
like women best. They come and
pet me and lift me off my nest so
gently that wish I could thank them
for 1t.
haven't much use for an old hen
that wants to set all the time Twice
is enough. i know one hen In the flock
that set all last summer and started
cut bright and early again this spring.
II the boss was onto his Job he'd make
Q chicken dinner out of her.
Wonder why all the hens peck at me
when ruffie up and go out into the
yard to get q breath Of fresh air.
l hate incubators. They are going to
rob US of ell our chicks and before long
we won't have any excuse for setting.
1eo.ie must think we don't want to be
mothers.
I'm getting awful thin. People think
we don't need much when we are set
ting all the tine. so they throw in only
a little ear corn and the rats get the
most Of Il.
| wish somebody would invent real
for-sure lice killer. I don't want any
thing to do with any quack stuff
Farm Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Ancestry of Birds.

Evolutionists believe that man afoss
from the basic stock that produced
the apes. The ancestry of birds can
be retraced still further to none other
than the lowly reptile. Fossil birds,
to which we must look for our EVIL
dence, are almost as scarce a. fossil
men. Extinct reptiles and mammals
have been preserved for us In abun-
dance, but the very power Of flight,
which raised the bird above its rep
lillian ancestors, has done much to
cheat us of avian remains. Cumbrous,
awkward creatures, without this maS-
&c gift, chance caught in sticky pitch
or the treacherous mud of some Ia
COON, are unable to escape its grip.
But the light-bodied, quick-winged
bird is seldom trapped in such q way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
REVIVAL OF CLASSIC GREEK
Western Newspaper Welcomes Poe.
sibility of Its Becoming, in
Time, World Language.

Were one to Judge from the fuss
made from time to time, one would
suppose there was real need of an in.
Sensational language. In the golden
age of the English language the great
queen addressed the ambassador at
her court in Latin, and all diplomatic
conversation and correspondence of
Europe was in Latin. Erasmus, the
great scholar and writer, who visited
the court of Elizabeth's father, Henry
VIII, wrote Latin works that pro
duced an effect comparable to that
produced by the. writings of voltairs
two centuries later.
Much pains have been expended IN
labricatins artificial language, such
as Esperanto, to serve as the medium
Of communication. But such construc-
tons have no chance of practical adop-
ton, nor could they answer as well as
actual language whether dead like
Latin or living like English.
There is language, however.
which is gradually becoming again q
living one. and which as world Ian
guage would be ideal. The Greek uni.
versities and Greek men of culture,
Including Fenizelos himself, are en-
gagged in an attempt to restore classi-
cal purity and perfection to modern
Greek. II Is said that the endeavor
Is by no means vain. and that gradu.
ally the ancient model Is being ap-
preached We may yet have the speech
Of Pericles, the written language Of
Plato. employed in social intercourse
and commercial transactions, In con.
tracts. in courts of law. In houses az
assembly. Minneapolis Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
orlaIn Of Polka.pet.

Silvered with the dust Of decades Il
the polka-dot pattern in mems scarfA
Fashions may appear and disappear.
but the polka-dot is peerless and dis
appearless. As regularly as sunrise
and the seasons, this design hrightens
windows and wearers. II is one-and-
Invisible with the fine art Of dress
alike In America and England.
10 the polka-dot is ascribed an odd
ancestry. Its name, OF course, In de-
rived from the polka. an old-fashioned
round dance with three steps to the
measure. This dance, introduced In
Europe by a Bohemian, round about
1885, spread to the United States at
the time that Polk was candidate for
the presidency. The polka-dot was
bracketed with Folks name by politi-
cal admirers, and polka-this and polka
that, from shirts to shoes, became a
bit Of furore In merchants windows
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Early Wood Carving.

Wood carving was common in very
early Egyptian sculpture. Some of the
most realistic statues of the ancient
empire were carved in wood, such as
the so-called "Sheikh-el-beled" and his
wife, and a number of others. Wood
was convenient ground for polychro-
matte decoration: that IS treating the
carved figure with thin coating of
plaster upon which the artist has
Pioced his colors. This was very pop
ular among Egyptian artists.
In Greece wood carving probably
vas the earliest form of archaic sculp-
ture The late Greeks and Romans
used it comparatively little, but among
the most remarkable works of early
Christian sculpture are the carved
wooden doors of Santa Sabina, Rome.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
MEN IN CONFEDERATE. ARMY
Destruction OF Records has Made II
Impossible to Ascertain Definitely
the Exact Number.

The estimate of 100000 as the to-
tai of the Confederate army for the
four years of the war does not seem
excessive or unreasonable as repre-
senting the military strength of the o.
100000 white population of the Con-
federate states, aided by the 100000
population of the sympathizing border
states, and with an industrial army of
100000 slaves, A. b. Casselman
writes in Current History Magazine.
The Southern estimate, or legend" as
it has been aptly termed, of 100000.
has always seemed disproportionate.
This estimate is of uncertain origin,
and is not derived from any official
source 1t did not originate during the
war, but after the war had ended,
records and were without official data
on which to support their assertions.
No official summary purporting to
show the total number can be found In
the official records. The captured rolls
are incomplete and fragmentary. As
an illustration, 1t has been ascertained
that approximately 1000 names are
missing from the captured rolls of a
single regiment, the Sixtieth North
Carolina. Rev. Dr. McKim, an ex-Con-
federate officer and a writer on this
subject, quotes a letter received by
him from Col. Walter G. Taylor, Gen.
eral Lees adjutant general, saying:
Il regret to have to say that know
of no reliable data in support of any
precise number, and have always
realized that it must ever be largely a
matter of conjecture on our side"
In the absence of complete official
records, the question still remains
largely matter of conjecture. Neither
the Confederate idea of 100000 nor
any later estimate can be accepted as
final or as even approximately accu-
rate.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Appropriate. What,

The Church a: Work, published by
the National Council Of the Episcopal
church, tells Of a resourceful native or.
ganist who was called upon suddenli
to furnish the music for q mission
wedding ceremony at Hankow, China.
The bridegroom had recently become
Christian. Following the custom,
he sent beautiful sedan chair and a
brass band to escort the bride to his
home. where the ceremony was to be
performed. Something delayed the
bride, and the impatient young man
hurried down to the mission house,
where 1t was decided to have the
wedding on the spot. A meeting was
In progress Ia the church, so II was
impossible to have the brass band
play. Whereupon one Elsie Ii was
Communicated to play the wedding
march. There was no sheet music on
hand. and Elsie was not equal to the
task Of playing Mendelssohn from
memory. She was strong, however,
on one good old march tune, and nc-
cor1ingly the wedding party were dunn
founded and amused q few minutes
later when the bride and bridegroom
marched blithely forward to the altar
t. fha time Of sOnward Chrlmias
1e11lon8 1larching - - WnEss
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Venezuela's Pearls.

The island of Margarita, OFF the
coast of Venezuela, is one of the most
celebrated centers of pearl fishery
The Spaniards, in the days of Colum
bus. found the natives of Margarita
and the neighboring mainland deckeu
out with pearls, and the pearl-producs
ing oysters of that locality have never
since failed in their productiyeness.
Metal scoops are dragged over the
oyster beds, and the interest of the
search eliminates which the shells
thus secured are opened. A black
pearl is rarity. commanding high
price. Fine white pearls. IL of good
ulster, are also very valuable. A
company of Frenchmen enjoys con-
cession from the Venezuelan govern
ment to Ash for pearls with diving
apparatus.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Romans in Enutsnd

All of the medieval styles of English
architecture are found in the Canter-
bury cathedral. 1t is said to have its
origin in an edifice which was built
by Roman Christians. But it's authen-
tic history begins with the Normap
conquest.
1t has been built and rebuilt many
times and has housed many relics
There was brought the body of the
martyr, Blasius, from Rome; there
were the relics of st. Wilfred. st. Dun
stan and ST. Elfege..
The northeast transept where
Thomas a Beckett was murdered Is
called the Martyrdom.
The city about the base Of the great
cathedral carries on a considerable
trade In hops.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Assuring Real HoIidays.

A very interesting and important T.
cision Of the British courts IL that
a wife may take holiday alone, II
she desires, and that her husband cas-
not stop her.
1t was born Of case following twea-
ty-one years Of reasonably calm mar.
Yfage- The wife decided on a vaea-
ton Of q week without the company Ct
hubby. He forbade it. She made N
unexpected and astonishing appeal b
the court and she won her case.
And because the husband made any
objection whatsoever she now sues hin
for q permanent separation and -
cures it-just for that like that.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Wood IA. Bad Reputation.

Elder is Of ill-omen since, Judas
they say, hanged himself thereon, yet
1t has the virtue of beauty fn the days
Of wild roses and honeysuckle. Elder
fiower-water is good FOR compilations.
say rustic maids, and old-time farmers
claim for elderberry-wine that it Ii
"a pretty tidy tipple." a.
Though the elder-wood' Is a dank,
weed-infested place. II is to the liking
Of rabbits. that always seem to abound
there.
Such woods cumber the ground, but
here and there the superstition holds
good that to cut or burn elder IL to
arouse the wrath Of the trees dryad
and 90 they are spared
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23

A food expert warns the public
against the Ben Davis apple "Such
apples" he says, ARE neither flavor
ful nor have they good keeping quail
ties. They are good for neither eat
Ing nor cooking" He might have said
more He might have told Of the re-
proachful looks cast on you by a hog
or COW when you give 1t Ben Davis.
Someone must have had an awful
crouch to call this thing after a man
of that name. The Ben Davis 10 a
deceptive-looking vegetable. In color
and shape It resembles a fine apple.
1t is good only to look at. It's flesh
Is tasteless and without juice II
looks like an apple, but II isn't one.
It Is one Of Natures jokes.-New
York Daily News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Peculiar Manx cafa.

Inc origin Of Manx cats il now a.
tfibuted 10 the arrival Of these cats
on the Isle Of Man from ships belong.
Ing to the Spanish armada that werr
wrecked there. They were probably
brought from Japan or eastern Asia.
Thsy are a distinct species with short
forslegs, and elevated headquarters.
ttsd differ from other cats somewhat Ia
call, ways, and character. They vary
10 color. People who have owned them
fUr long periods say they are not good
meusers or hunters. In character they
afe rather similar to dog. being high
" companionable and having some Of
the qualities Of guardian. but they
are NOT considered hunters In amp
sense Of the word.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
STILL MYSTERY TO CHEMISTS
Men OF Science Have Not Yet Dis.
covered the Real Nature Of
the X-Ray.

1t was In 1895 that Prof. Conrac
Roentgen, the famous German physi
cist, announced the discovery of the
fact that If a current of electiicity
be passed through q certain kind Of
glass bulb, from which the all bad
been exhausted, the resultant Eight
ESQ called In spite of the fact that Il
Is not apparent to the eye) wou!a
penetrate the flesh and other semi
solid substances and reveal objects
on the other side. For want IF 8
better name to give to this disturbance
Of the ether. Professor Roentgen
called 1t the X-ray, SIX" being the ac
eepted symbol for an unknown quanti
ty.
The real nature of the X-rsy is
still undiscovered. The ray itself IL
generated by a battery, the wires of
which are connected with two elec
.rodes, one of which Is a coucave
disc of aluminium and the otheg
fat disc of platinum. The currea
Is then discharged through g
vacuum tube and produces the Ell
disturbance which renders flesh
clothing semi-transparent. while gla
metals, bones and mineral substan,t
are generally Opaque to it.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
SLIGHT NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

A new millionaire made a contract
to have fine home erected. The build
er wanted to make showing. On a
corner Of the lot he put up the usual
frame structure from which operations
are directed. Only he made it neat
two-story affair, reserving the lower
floor for time sheets and office data,
and the upper floor for blue prints.
The outside was nicely painted and the
millionaire, having appeared On the
scene, the builder waited for congratu-
lations. None being forthcoming, he
asked: well, what do you think Of
it?'
'rl accept It," said the millionaire,
without enthusiasm, "but 1t isn't what
expected for 100000"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23

Conversational powers OF two WON.
en- hoiiday-makers at Brighton, Eng.
land, saved them from robbery. On
the first night of their holiday, occu.
plying the same room. they gossiped
about one thing and another for hour
after hour until daylight appeared.
Then, in the gray light of dawn, they
saw q man getting out OF the window
Of the room. 1t appeared he had been
under the bed all night hoping to OBJ
tain some valuables from the room
whsa the occupants were asleep, but
was forced to leave the room.-sn the
arrival Of daylight. after having lis
tened to hours OF private conversation.
This gift Of woman has often been
suspected.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Why Cardinals Wear Red Hats.

The custom of wearing red robes
and red hats by the cardinals or
princes of the Catholic church dates
back to the early days of catholicism
when the ambassador of the pope TOOK
precedence over royalty Itself, for he
was regarded not only as representa-
tive of temporal ruler but also as a
parsonage whose spiritual power was
superior to that of archbishops. Just
rs purple was the color worn by the
emperors of Rome, red was, during
the Middle ages, the distinctive color
'hrnaei.uut the Christian world
Ein:s and Processes dressed then
rlves md furnished their palaces ~
nH;er;als of scarlet hue, ana as "tha
father of kings and princes" accord
ing IN the ritual of his coronation, tie
pope ranked with the most unfit ,nta'
sovereigns. his ambassadors were on
titled to wear the same royal color.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
The sins Of Society.

An excellent yarn is being told OF
Father Bernard Vaughan, who is now
on his way home to England after a
trip to South Africa.
He was inspecting native hut oc-
cupied by fully clothed mother and
her pickaDinny who was running about
In his birthday suit. Father Vaughan
turned to his companion and said:
That il the differences. between
South Africa and London. In Africs
the mothers are clothed and the chill
dren naked, while in London 1t IL the
children who are clothed and tina moth
ers are-welli'
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Bobby Burns snun nex

Robert Burns was never happier
than when he could pass . winter
evening under some venerable roof
and smoke pipe Of tobacco or drink
water Cruel" He also took tobacco
In the form Of snufr. Mr.. Bacon. who
kept a celebrated posting-house north
of Dumfries, was his almost insep-
arabic companion. Many a merry
night they spent together over their
cups OF foaming ale or bowls Of whis
ky toddy. and on some Of these occa-
sions Scotlantl's great bard composed
several of his bestowed conyivfal
songs. The bard and innkeeper be-
came 50 attached to each other that
as token Of regard, Burns gave Ia
con his snuff box, which FOR many
ysars had ben Y. Iesllk eonpansoa.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
SAVING Money Through Fossils.

The invertebrafe fossil is the clock
by which the geoIogist tells the time
In history when the rock bed con.
tanning the fossil was fo.med. This
clock has been put to practical uses
New York was spending thousands Of
dollars in search of anthracite coas
beds until geol0gists demonstrated
that the beds in this state could not
possibly contain coal. Fossils proved
that the rock beds belong to the Dc
yonian age, not the Carboniferous. and
the useless expenditure of money n
sncs eeased- Scientific American
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23

At the Kingsway theater, owing -
the absence Of one Of the company, a
recent matinee performance had to be
abandoned and the audience were in
formed that their money would be re-
turned. To the amazement of the
Hebe in the bar, one of her patrons ap-
peared and calmly asked for the re-
fund of ninepence which he had ex-
pended On a lemonade. But" gasped
the astonIshed girl, "you can't expect
your money back-you've had the
lemonade" "Ah." said the optimistic
one. ''but shouldn't have spent the
money IL / hadn't come to this matt
nee i--London Opinion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
History Continuous.

There are, Of course, no beginnings
or ends In history. We may walk for
o few miles by the side of river,
noting Its shadows and its rapids. the
gorges which confine II and the plains
through which 1t meanders; but we
know that we have seen neither the be-
ginning nor the end Of its course, that
the whole river has an unbroken con-
tinuity, and that sections. whether Of
space or time, are purely arbitrary.
We are always sowing our future; we
are always reaping our past.-Deaa
W. r. Inge, In "Outspoken Essays"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Heat.

On hot days most Of us are about
as efficient as dull razors. We blame
the heat. The trouble may be in the
unshine-brillian daylight-instead
of the heat according to new theory
among English meteorologists. Some
of them are coming out against day.
light saving, arguing that the more
hours of daylight we have the less
efficient we are. You have observed
that you are most energetic in winter.
when daylight is short, with sky laden
and light dim. We are puppets of the
sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
Ineects That Sim.

japanese do not care for cats and
orite is singing insect, which Is
kept In cage that hangs from the
caves OF the house.
Although the little creature does
not perform on all occasions, the sound
of rain will at any time start him
chirping. So, to amuse strangers In
a Jap home, one of the family will go
on to the roof and pour down q bucket
of water to produce the dripping sound
Of rain.
AS soon as the singing insect hears
what he imagines TO be the real thiAx
he begins to MARBLE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
SEEING Without Kysa

That the blind can perceive No.
and darkness Is asserted By Dx. 4
Cantonnet In Medicine fParis). Doctor
Csntonnet tested eyeless seeing ma
chinery by bandaging his eyes light.
proof and concentrating his attention
for 80 hours on perception Of light.
He found that he could then perceive
not merely light and darkness bus
also large and shining objects.
Testing many blind persons, b.
found the same ability. He attributes
this vision without eyes to Ranvier's
sensory cells, which have nesvs
sansation with IT, hrain eenterA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
sense Of Obligation,

what a wonderful thing II would
b e Shakespeare were alive today7 r.
Il wish he were," said Mr.. Storm
tngton Barnes, earnestly. II should
uks to inset him. I'm sure be would
- very grateful to me for the mannee
= ut1IA ! Anvs fnterprs1s1 - -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-23
SMALL BIRDS FALCONS PREY
Psrsarlne, Like the Pirats He L.
Takes Tell Frem Weaker crea-
lures 81 the Air.

II was reported recently that In the
syrie o. . persgrine, q vicious bird, the
rings Of AZ racing pigeons were found
The psregrine falcon often kills birds
which are unfortunate enough to cross
10 path. Peewits and other birds that
frequent the coast are relentlessIy pus.
seed by this hawk. and another prey
10 the golden plover. bat this bird az
fords the hawk good chase before d
b caught.
The peregrins catches It's prey By,
protruding its strong legs and talens
to their fullest extent when within
few feet Of the quarry. Then for q
moment its wings are almost closed,
and the next the prize Is seizsd and
carried on. II. however, the object Ia
too heavy to be lifted from the ground
e 10 1srced along sometimes . hundred
yards on the ground, and killed and
devoured On the spot. The nest OF the
Heregrine 10 usually placed on the face
o. some precipitous cliT. resting on a
shelf q rock or tuft or vegetation, and
eensists Of mass Of sticks and cnarss
shsna e. grass end ferns.
Rheumatic IN One REEL.
Wen, Eph." said his ax-smpioysr.
meeting the cid darby "a the street.
now e the rheumatism these daysYT
APcrely. ssh. porely," was the d.
Jected reply. Believe me, Marse Blk
oy, Use Jest I movln' picture % pain.
--8onkon Transerfi,t
Better on Wlfheuk Il.
old Grones--I Wish 70 heavens /
eoald acquire an appetite.
his Wife-For goodness sake what
oo you want with ~ appetitsf ri
sssld sal1 eivs ~ - lIlaA :