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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
REMARKS OF SETTING" ZEN
Some Pertinent Observations Supposea
to Have Been Made by Some
what DisconsoIate Biddy.

People say I'm independent. Wen, II
l want to set, I'm going to and noDooy
can change my mind.
Men are so rough. They come anu
yank me off my nest like was neces-
sary evil. l think l have right to ny
back at them sometimes.
l like women best. They come anu
pet me and lift me of my nest SO
gently that l wish could thank them
for IT.
| 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 startei
out bright and early again this spri'g.
If the boss was onto his job he'd make
a chicken dinner out Of her.
Wonder why all the hens peck at me
when / ruffie up and go out into the
yard to get a breath of fresh air.
| hate incubators. They are going to
rob us of all our chicks and before long
we won't have any excuse for setting.
People must think we don't want to be
mothers.
Pm getting awful thin. People think
we don't need much when we are set
ting all the time, so they throw in only
a little ear corn and the rats get the
most of 1t.
wish somebody would invent a real
for-sure lice killer. l don't want any
thing to do with any Quack stuff
Farm Life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
AIDED THE DEPUTY SHERIFF
Humorous Incident in Which "Gun.
man" Figured Prominently in Early
Days of the West.

In his "When the West Was Young"
Frederick r. Bechdoll tells of the
meeting in Cochise county, Arizona.
between young Breckenridge, a
sheriff's deputy, and Curly Bill, a gun
man with a price on his head. The
young deputy had been sent out to
collect taxes in rough region and he
would admire to have Bill ride along
to help him take care of the roll. We
read:
Curly Bill was a great deal slower
at thinking than he was at drawing
his gun, and there was much food for
thought in that bold proposition.
HE gazed at young Breckenridge
for some moments In silence. Grad
ually his lips relaxed. Smiling. he
turned and addressed the occupants
of the room.
Boys, he cried, line up
And when the line was formed be-
fore the bar he waved his hand.
This here's the deputy sheriff.
come to collect the taxes In our. end OF
the county; and aim to help him do
the job up right"
Here seems to be one of the reasons
why they speak of rare old days. In
the American occident.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
SNAKE HILL, HISTORIC sPoT
Emfnence in New York Fortified by
Hessians During the Revolu-
Iutionary Conflict.

A hill in Mount Morris park In New
York city was called SNAKE Hill"
by the Dutch when they settled New
Harlem, because it was infested with
snakes in large numbers.
During the Revolution the snakes
were dispossessed of their habitat by
British troops, who built upon the
summit of the hill square redoubt.
This work was garrisoned by Hes
slams. Lieut.. Charles Philip Won
Kraft, Hessian, who had hard work
spelling local names, tells in his diary
how the "rebels" in MorriSania were
terribly bombarded from Shnek HilP'
in July, 1881. He was several times
In active command on "Shnek Hill'
Snake hill was lovely little emil
ence, and when, in 1885, 1t was sug-
gested for park the committee Of
public lands and places of the COM
mon council described it as crowned
with various kinds of forest trees,
many of them of great antiquity and
possessing very peculiar and distinc-
tive character" The committee also
pointed out that 'its insular situation,
Its great height, its conical figure
and the trees with which it is covered
furnish the greatest capabilities for
converting 1t into place of the great
est ornament and beauty and which
will be looked upon with pride and
admiration by our successors"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
A Pair of Gloves,

One keen, biting winter morning half
dozen grizzled, stoop-shouldered old
men were cleaning off the snow and
ice from the sidewalk of an eastern
city. They were warmly clad, and all
wore thick gloves or mittens except
one; he was trying to work bare
handed.
While he was alternately swinging
his pick and stopping to blow on his
fingers a tall, broad-shouldered man
came walking along the pavement. He
wore a fur coat and a pair Of beau
tiful heavy gloves. When he came
opposite the old man who was resting
a moment from his work, he suddenly
snatched off his gloves, thrust them
vigorously into the hand of the labor
er, and with the tenderest and merri-
est of smiles went right on, without
even turning round, and was lost in
the crowd.
The old man Strengthened and stood
staring after him III utter bewilder-
ment. Then. shaking his gray head
over and over as if he were unable
to explain the generosity of the
stranger, he slowly drew on the COM
forting gloves and continued his hard
work.-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
N23dl22S4akSkRII&llQ{l

No, | am not" Dragged Bobby, 81
am not afraid Of anything"
Il am just as brave as you" said
Jimmy, 81 am not afraid of anything
either"
SO under the tree by the road sat
these two Dragging little creatures
thinking of all the things they could
name of which they were not afraid.
Old Madam Spider sat on limb of
the tree. She was not very busy that
morning, so she listened to Jimmy and
Bobby boasting Of their bravery.
Huh" she thought, 81 will wager a
fly 1 can scare those two out of their
Senses" and she began letting herself
down by a slender thread right over
their heads.
Il know something you would be
afraid Of" said Jimmy Squirrel, st is
Mr.. Owl, and he lives in our woods.
Oh, he is great big fellow with eyes
as big as moon and claws as large
as tree and a great big bill that is
sharp, and when he opens it he can
take in his mouth anything as big as
you are and not have enough to eat
then"
Both little braggers were getting
scared at this description. Even Tim
my himself was ready to run, and just
at that moment down dangled old
Madam Spider, hitting them both on
the head as she swayed back and
forth.
"Q-u-a-c-kw cried Bobby Duck wad-
ding so fast to the pond he almost
tipped over, and away he swan with
out one look behind him to see the fate
Of Jimmy Squirrel.
But Jimmy lost no time, either, for
long before Bobby had reached the
pond he was up the tree and in hole
he knew of, where he sat trembling and
blinking, scared all but to death.
'Ha, hal" laughed Madam, II knew
| it; never heard any one brag as they
did that wasn't afraid of even a little
creature like me- Well, have wasted
enough time for today; must get
busy, and up the slender thread she
went, taking it with her as she moved.
e by Mcclure Newspaper Syndicate.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
MADE THE BRITlSHERS GASP
When IL Came to Underdone Meat,
Cowboy Was in a Class by
Himself.

1t Is related that in the early days OF
the Southwest, when Fort Worth.
Texas, was a railhead and rather on
the edge of things, three Englishmen
who were bent on seeing the border.
lands Of America sat down at a table
in the dining room Of the one small
hotel for dinner The fourth occupant
Of the table was, a cowboy, just IN
from the range.
Presently the waiter came up and
orally presented the menu, announc.
Ing that the only meat available was
antelope steak, and asking how the
guests would like to have it cooked.
"Underdone," said the first English.
man.
Serve mine very rare" said the sec
ond. '--
II wish mine scarcely cooked at all ;
just scar it bit on a hot griddle, and
bring it So" said the. remaining
Briton.
The waiter turned to the cowboy,
who had frankly listened to the three
other orders, and the son of the plains
drawled, "Wal, just cripple the DANCED
deer a little and chase 1t through
here; I'll git slice off'n it before u
gifts out. Saturday Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
Gardeners ADVANTAGES

Two men were out for walk one
day, and they commenced a discussion
as to what was the best employment
to which to put their sons.
They discussed various businesses
end trades.
/ had been thinking of putting nv
boy into the motor works. confessed
Robinson.
Hughes had been getting the worst
OF the argument, so he fell back on
humor to save himself.
I think shall let my SON become
gardener" he said quietly.
"A gardener" retorted Robinson
falling into the trap. "Whyever a
gardener?"
Because gardener runs his own
mlnI sets his own thyme, and raises
his celery every year."
And they walked on for miles and
miles in silence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
The Bloody Rum

The stream now known as Bloody
Run, whose gorge may be traced in
Elmwood cemetery, was formerly Par
ent's creek. The name was changed
after the defeat and slaughter Of Gap
tain Dalzell and his company by the
Indians on July 81. 1853. Just before
daybreak on that day, Dalzell marched
out Of the fort of Detroit with $50
men. They made their way along the
ridge on the line of what is now JET.
ferson avenue. The Indians were am
pushed on both sides Of the Parents
creek and when the soldiers had
crossed the bridge at this point they
were attacked. Only 90 men under
Major Rogers succeeded in escaping
the massacre that ensued. This was
an incident of the Indian war that re-
suited from the conspiracy Of Pontiac.
Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
Flower Symbolic Of crueifIxjor

When the Spanish sailors were
roaming about South and Central
America they found a flower SO sv,n-
Donc Of the Crucifxion that thew
named 1t the flower of the Passion. .
In the fve-parted purple or lavender
blossoms with stripes of white they
saw the crown of thorns and the Eve
marks of the wounds of the Savior
Inc styles We're the three nails. and
the stamens were the hammer that
drove the nails into His hands and
reet The floral leaves were the ten
apostles, Judas and Peter being absent
the one having betrayed and the other
denied the Master. The leaves were
the hands of the prosecutors. and the
ciingine tendrils the scourges.
Some of the species of the flower ara
cultivated for the pale yellow berries
OF the size Of small apple. The roo.
OF some species is poisonous, the juice
from them acting like morphine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
SMALL BIRDS FALCONS PREY
Pereorine, Like the Pirate He u,
Takes Toll From Weaker crea-
lures Of the Air.

1t was reported recently that in the
eyrie or a peregrine, a vicious bird, the
rings Of 20 racing pigeons were found.
The peregrine falcon often kills birds
which are unfortunate enough to cross
Its path. Peewits and other birds that
frequent the coast are relentlessly pur-
seed by this hawk, and another prey
is the golden plover. but this bird AZ
fords the hawk a good chase before Il
is caught.
The peregrine catches Its prey by
protruding its strong legs and talons
to their fullest extent when within a
few feet of the quarry. Then for a
moment Its wings are almost closed.
and the next the prize is seized and
carried of. II, however, the object Is
too heavy to be lifted from the ground
1t is forced along sometimes a hundred
yards on the ground, and killed and
devoured on the spot. The nest Of the
1eregrine is usually placed on the face
Of some predpitous elf. resting on q
shelf Of rock or tuft Of vegetation, and
consists Of mass Of stifIp am& GanEss
aeomU e GgnsD mi 49,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
Assuring Real Holidays.

A very interesting and important De-
cision of the British courts liz that
a wife may take holiday alone, II
she desires, and that her husband car
not stop her.
1t was born Of case following twen-
ty-one years Of reasonably calm mar.
riage. The wife decided on a vaca-
ton Of week without the company of
hubby. He forbade it. She made an
unexpected and astonishing appeal to
the court and she won her case.
And because the husband made any
objection whatsoever she now sues him
for a permanent separation and Sc
cures it-just for that like that.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
Arsenic Towns Sole Production.

An arsenic mining and refining plant
at the little town Of Branton, Va, ID
said to be the only one in the world
devoted solely to the production OF
arsenic.
Pure arsenic is steel-gray metallic
substance, but the poison is better
know in the form Of an oxide, the
white arsenic usually produced by the
refneries. At Brinton ore Is found
running in small veins through a gray
mica quartz formation.
When taken from the mine, II IA
put through a crusher and then placed
in an iron tube known as a calciner
Here, for 10 minutes, it is subjected to
heat, Of 5000 degrees Fahrenheit
The resulting gases deposit arsenic il
the form Of an oxide onto battle
plates in a flue 80 feet long. The de
post, dirty gray powder full of i'm.
purities, is placed in a refining fur
mace, and eventually the pure oxide is
ground to powder and placed in bar.
rels by an automatic machine, aftel
which it is ready for shipment.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23

An aged man of Newark, N. j., de-
prived some doctor of the chance of
operating for the removal of a bullet
from the roof Of his mouth. He went
to Coney Island. swallowed some salt
water and coughed up the bullet. Sew
eral weeks before, the old man had
fred four bullets into his head. Three
were removed by surgeons, but his
nerve failed him when he was to have
the bullet In his mouth extracted.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23

Evolutionists believe that man aruss
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 evi-
dence, are almost as scarce az 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 mag
ic gift, chance caught in sticky pitch
or the treacherons 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, 1923-03-23
Insects That SinQ.

japanese do not care for cats and
orire Is a singing insect, which is
kept in a 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
chipping. So, to amuse strangers in
Jap home, one of the family will go
on to the roof and pour down bucket
of water to produce the dripping sound
of rain.
AS soon as the singing insect hears
what he imagines to be the real thing,
he begins to MARBLE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
DARWlN'S THEORY OF LIFE
Opinion That Has Been Sharply At
tackled and Holly Defended Since
He Expressed 1t.

Charles Darwin published in 1859 a
work entitled "Origin Of Species" In
an attempt to prove that the numerous
species now existing on the earth
sprang originally from one, or at most,
a few primal forms, and that the
present diversity Is due to special de-
velopment and natural selection.
According to Darwin's theory, those
plants and creatures that are best
suited to the conditions Of their ex-
istence survive and become fruitful !;
certain organs called into play by pc
culiar conditions of life grow with
their growth and strengthen with their
strength, until they become so much
4 part and parcel Of their frames as
to be transmitted to their offspring.
The conditions of life being very d.
-"rse cause a great diversity Of or
eanic development, and Of course
every such diversity which has be-
come radical is the parent Of a new
species.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
ODD IDEAS CONCERNING RATS
Belief That the Rodents Could Not
Live in Certain Parts of Scotland
-Witchcraft Symbols.

Many curious beliefs formerly pre-
vailed in Scotland concerning the rat
One of the most common of these was
that there were certain districts where
rats could not live, and could not even
be introduced. The old Scottish his
torian Hector Boece states that there
were no rats to be found in his day in
Buchan, while a later author, Sir
Robert Gordon, made a similar state
ment regarding Sutherlandshire. He
says, IF they come thither in ships
from other parts, they die presently,
how soon they do smell the air of
that country" At the same time, ac-
cording to a correspondent of the
Sportsman, he asserts that rats
abounded in the neighlpring county
of Caithness. Even so late as 1854
the belief prevailed. The writer Of
the articles on Morven and RoSeneath
in "The Statistical Account of Scot
land" states that attempts were made
ishes, but without success. With re-
gard to Roseneath he says: From
a prevailing opinion that the soil of
this parish is hostile to that animal,
some years ago a West Indian planter
actually carried out to Jamaica sew
eral casks of Roseneath earth, with
view to kill the rats that were de-
stroying his sugar-canes. 1t is said
this had not the desired effect, so we
lost valuable export" During the
period of the witch mania rats were
looked upon az the symbols of witch
craft. That vney could be extermi-
mated by course Of rhyming was a
belief common to both Scotland and
Ireland, though more popular in the
latter country than the former.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
4 What S Nanle?'
BY MILDRED MARSHALL
II Facts about goar nomes It's history; |,
meaning: sohenee II uas dedoe6:
A. agntfednce; your LUCKY day
.tlM and LUCKY jeod
BEATRICE

SCORES of lovely women have an
- swered to the name of Beatrice It
comes from the old verb beo. meaning
to make happy or bless, but because
the Beatrices of history have invari.
ably been extraordinarily beautiful
does not signify that they have been
happy, nor that their loneliness has
given pleasure to beholders, for some
of them have been the wickedest wom-
en- OF their time and brought suffer
ing and destruction wherever they
went. So it seems rather curious that
the name should have such an auspi-
cious and indeed ecclesiastical begin
ming
The church first used the word beo
to apply to her departed members who
were gathered together somewhere on
the Isle Of the Blest, and in time it
was bestowed on living members.
There was even st. Beatus of Beat,
who was an anchorite near Vendome
in the Fifth century. The original
Beatrice, called then Beatrix, is said
to have been borne by a Christian
maiden who in Diocletian's persecu-
ton drew the murdered bodies of her
brothers from the Tiber and buried
them. She afterward shared their
fate and her relics were enshrined in
a church in Rome.
But lovely and estimable as this
maiden was, it is not she who is re-
membered so wildly as the exquisite
Beatrice Portinari, love of Dante's
youth, whom he immortalized In verse
and who represents, with him, one Of
the famous loves of history. Dante
has set standard for feminine beau
ty in all subsequent Beatrices when
he says:
One charm remark, peculiarly hers
An elegance unmatched with modesty
combined;
"And would you see it in living proof"
Says Thought to me, attend we'll to
thv mind,
When, with lady elegant and fair
tremendously conjoined, she moves
Then as the brilliant stars seem chased
away,
BY greater brightness of the advancing
sun,
So vanish other charms when hers are
viewed"
Unfortunately for the world, the
habits of virtue and of loyalty Of
which Dante also sings are not to De
found in some Of the Beatrices Of
early centuries. Beatrice de Cenci.
for instance, had a heart as black as
her face was lovely.
The French have adopted Beatrix
and added to it Benoite, deriving the
latter from benus, an adjective taken
from the same beo and meaning good.
From the same source comes the Ital-
ian Benditta, Beta, and Bettina,
which is usually and enormously con-
sidered a diminutive of Elizabeth.
Spain has contributed Benta and Ger
many gives US Benedkta and Benedic-
tine. 1t remained for America to
evolve the good old chorus favorite,
'"Trixie."
1t is impossible to everestimate the
effect of color in determining the sup
posed influence Of gems upon the for
tunes and health of their wearers.
For that reason, every Beatrice
should include bit Of basalt among
her jewels to insure the immunity
from evil which the talisman prom
Uses. While she wears it, Saturday
should be her lucky day and 4 her
potent number.
20 by the Wheeler Syndicate. Inc.)
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
Thrifty.

At the Kingsway theater, owing to
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 l shouldn't have spent the
money if l hadn't come to this matt.
nee !"-London Opinion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
Peculiar Manx Gaia

The origin Of Manx cats II now at.
tffbuted TO the arrival Of these cats
on the Isle Of Man from ships belong.
Ing to the Spanish armada that were
wrecked there. They were probably
brought from Japan or eastern Asia.
They are a distinct species with short
forslegs, and elevated hindquartera,
ana differ from other cats somewhat In
coll, ways, and character. They vary
10 color. People who have owned them
tor long periods say they are not good
msusers or hunters. In character they
are rather similar to dog. being high
~ companionable and having some of
the qualities of guardian. but they
are not considered hunters In any
sense of the word.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
THE HAND OF AN ARTIST

nj OTE carefully whether the lowest
phalanx or joint of the finger of
Apollo (the third or ring finger) is un-
usually long. If so it denotes great
vanity on the part of the possessor.
Other things being equal, this is
favorable sign in the hand of an artist
since without great confidence in one
self not much can be accomplished.
When the line of life and the line
of the head are widely separated at
their beginnings it is a mark of an
impulsive and egotistical disposition
not a bad thing in an artist, if not
carried too far.
Finally, to read endeavor and
achievement in the hand of the person
Of artistic tendencies, he or she should
have mount of Venus ball of the
thumb that is strong and well-de-
veloped. If this mount is strong, it
shows grace, beauty, melody in music,
dancing, a desire to please, tenderness,
politeness and kindred social virtues.
especially those which attract the on
posite sex.
GO by the Wheeler Syndicate, Inc>
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-03-23
History Continuous,

There are, Of course, no beginnings
or ends in history. We may walk for
a few miles by the side of river,
noting its shadows and its rapids, the
gorges which confne it and the plains
through which it 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.-Dean
W. R. Inge, in "Outspoken Essays"