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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
MADE THE BRITISHERS GASP
When 1t Came to underdone Meat,
Cowboy Was in Class by
Himself.

1t Is related that in the early days OF
the Southwest, when Fort Worth
Texas, was 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 hot griddle, and
bring it So" said the remaining
Briton.
The waiter turned to the cowboy
who had frankly listened to the three
ether orders, and the son of the plains
drawled, oval, just cripple the DANCED
deer q little and chase it through
here; I'll git slice off'n it before IL
gifts out. "-Saturday Evening Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Butterflies ye-Spots.

What do the eye-spots on butter
flies wings mean? The naturalists say,
frankly, 1--WE do not know" 1t Is
thought that these eye-spots may have
soaae utilitarian application They form
one OF the most intricate Of all nat
ural designs. The fact that butter
iffes have been captured with their
eye-spots pierced, as If from the at
tack of birds, has been used as an
argument In favor Of the view that
they must be protective markings"
initiating eyes because birds strike at
the eyes of their victims. But this
suggestion Is hardly regarded as salts
factory. Among butterflies the most
striking examples Of eye-spots are
found on the under surface of the
wings.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Went the Whole Route.

A fussy old gentleman engaged a
footman and having instructed him in
his duties asked him if he understood
sequences.
81 don't know, sir" replied the man ;
twill you explain?"
why" he said, when I ask you to
lay the cloth, you are to put the
knives, forks. salt and so on, on the
table"
"Oh," replied the footman, "if that's
all, no doubt shall please you"
His master, being i'll one morning
ordered him to summon asnurse. He
did not return until late at night anG
on being reproached explained the de
lay by stating that. he went and found
the nurse, who was below; the Sc
quences of nurse, he thought, were
a chemist, a doctor, a surgeon and an
undertaken; and he had asked them
sSl to attend. In fact, they were wait
ing below.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Medicine Men.

In all times some degree Of healing
power has been ascribed to the priest
hood. Mediterranean, mystery-men, sha-
mans, or by whatever name they might
be called, were to be found in every
tribe of North American Indians.
Some Of these knew the medicinal
qualities of roots and herbs and prac-
ticed rude surgery, and others were
takers" A. medicine-man of the
Walapai, Yuman tribe on the Colo
RADIO river, says John G. Bourke in an
article on the Apache medicine-men,
would cast bullet in mold contain
ing a small piece of paper. The healer
would have an Indian fire this Luuet
at him and the lead, because of the
paper, would split into pieces and do
him no harm.
Another would secretly fasten the
end of roll Of sinew to twig, swal-
low the ball and hold the twig between
his teeth. After the sinew had
softened and expanded because of the
heat and moisture Of the stomach" the
magician would astound his friends
Adventure Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Gardeners ADVANTAGES.

Two men were out for a 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
and trades.
had been thinking Of putting my
boy into the motor works." confessed
Robinson.
Hughes had been getting the worss
of the argument, so he fell back on
humor to save himself.
II think l shall let my son become
a gardener" he said quietly.
"A gardener" retorted Robinson
falling into the trap. "Whyever .
gardener
Because gardener runs his owl
mint, sets his own thyme, and raise.
his celery every year."
And they walked on for miles ant
miles in silence.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
REGULATION OF TEMPERATURE
According to Opinion Of Experts
Proper Mark for the Home 10
About So Degrees.

Heating experts tell us that churches
should be kept warmer than lecture
rooms. Whether this implies that the
lecture room audience is more apt to
forget any discomfort due to tenn
perature than a church congregation
they decline to-say.
According to the scientists versed IN
the subject 65 degrees Is the proper
temperature for church. while that
Of lecture hall should be between 60
and "a degrees.
Public buildings, the experts agreA
should have a temperature between IS
and II degrees, while schools should
be kept uniformly at 10 degrees.
The proper temperature for thu
home Is about eS degrees, with bath.
rooms at between 20 and IS degrees
Entrance halls and vestibules should
be kept at a temperature between d
and 60 degrees; gymnasiums go and
natatoriums 68 degrees.
These are the temperatures foE
hospitals: general rooms, 72 to rs DE-
grees: sick rooms. II; operating
rooms, 20 to 90.
Experts apparently do not believe In
making prisons attractive in cold
weather, as they recommend temper.
allure for them between 30 and Ga de-
grees. Factories and shops should Be
Kept at q temperature Of IS degrees;
boiler shops and foundries, 80 to 6Oi
machine shops, 60 to 65: paint shops
%.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Appropriate, What?

The Church az Work, published by
the National Council of the Episcopal
church. tells of a resourceful native or
ganist who was called upon suddenly
to furnish the music for a 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 it was decided to have the
wedding on the spot. A meeting was
In progress In the church, so it 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 ac-
coriingly the wedding party were dunn
founded and amused few minutes
later when the bride and bridegroom
marched blithely forward to the altar
to the tune Of "Onward Christian
Soldiers, Marching as to War;"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Flower symbolic Of crucifjxion

When the Spanish sailors were
roaming about South and Central
America they found a flower so SYM
bolic of the Crucifixion that they
named it the flower of the Passion. =
In the five-parted purple or lavender
blossoms with stripes of white they
saw the crown of thorns and the five
marks of the wounds of the Savior.
The styles We're the three nails, and
the stamens were the hammer that
drove the nails into His hands and
feet. 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
clinging tendriks the scourges.
Some of the species of the flower are
cultivated for the pale yellow berries,
of the size Of small apple. The root
of some species is poisonous, the juice
from them acting like morphine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
cARG0ES THAT SAILORS FEAR
Either Sugar, Coffee, or Cotton Are
Considered Far More Dangerous
Than Dynamite.

At first thought 1t would seem that
dynamite was cargo to be carefully
avoided, but from sailors point Of
view there are far lore dangerous
cargoes. He breads, for instance, a
cargo of sugar. Put hundreds Of tons
Of cane sugar in casks in the hold
Of vessel and let the ship steam
through a spell of hot weather. The
odor Is sickening. The sailors cannot
get the sweet taste out Of their
mouths, and crave vinegar or lemon
jnice-anything sour. They lose their
appetites and are always glad when
voyage on which the cargo was
sugar is over. Coffee Is as disagree
able as sugar, In addition to being
very dangerous.
Cotton Is really dangerous cargo.
If little oil happens to touch raw
cotton the result is spontaneous com.
bustion. A single bale of cotton sat.
urated with such an oil as boiled lin.
seed and lying at the bottom Of the
hold can be compared only to slow
march attached to bomb.
Acids and other chemicals form
dangerous cargoes. Carbide of cal
cium, for example, Is more dangerous
than dynamite. Acetylene gas Is
made from this chemical, and the
gas Is constantly given off II the
product Is exposed to air.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
CALLS FOR SOME DISCRETION
Power of Attracting Birds May Be All
Right in the Country, but in
the CityI

One Of the best ways of attracting
birds, according to the authorities, is
to place the lips to the back of the
hand and make a violent kissing
sound.
Apparently this has some resem-
blance to the cries of a wounded bird;
and, according to one of the bird books,
one may enter an apparently deserted
thlcket and, after a few minutes of
this sort Of thing, find oneself sur
rounded by an anxious or curious
group of its feathered inhabitants"
This is valuable information, but to
be used with discretion. In Central
park. for instance, one is just as likely
as not, after trying this little ornitho-
logical experiment, to find oneself sur
rounded by an anxious or curious
group Of gentlemen with blue coats
and brass buttons. Better keep these
tactics for the open country.-Freder-
lex L. Allen, in Harper's Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
TIL We Meet Again.

In her "Glimpses of Authors" Miss
Caroline Ticknor Of the same Ticknor
family that has so long been associat.
ed with publishing, tells Of many de-
lightful passages between authors and
the ancient firm of Messrs. Ticknor 8
Fields. A business correspondence
with Mark Twain must have been most
enjoyable for his publisher. One letter
sent to him closed with hope that:
"God be with you, for cannot. Yours,
B. n. Ticknor." Twain returned the
sheet, at the foot of which he had In
scribed the words: Dear Ticknor: He
didn't come. 1t has been great dis
appointment to the whole family.
Hereafter, appoint party we can de-
pend on. Yours, Mark"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
soourge Known as "Blaok Death"

The name "Black Death" was given
to the epidenic that devastated Asia
and Europe in the Fourteenth century.
1t was so called from the black spots
that appeared upon the skin at the
time of death, and was probably q
highly malignant form Of typhus fever.
The scourge ravaged China In 1885,
1347 and carried off 100000 of Its
inhabitants, and 24,000,0O0 in other
parts Of Asia.
The Black Death first appeared in
Europe in 1912, but it was not until
August, 184S, that it reached England.
In London 100000 persons died Of IL,
and in Norwich over 10000. 1t Is esti-
mated that the victims Of this one
visitation numbered from one-third to
one-half of the entire population of
England. which, at that time was about
100000. The Black Death reappeared
in Europe in 1860, 1873 and 1892 It
is said to have carried off in all its
visitations more than 100000 Eu-
ropeans.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
SPARED OBLIVION OF GRAVE
Many Animal Pets Receive MinIstra-
lions Of Ta,idermIsts Instead
OF Sections.

There are hundreds Of people IN
Greater New York who become so fond
Of their pets that when they die they
will not permit them to be buried. When
a pet cat or toy dog dies they find
the idea Of sending it to the city dump
so utterly intolerable that they take
the departed favorite to a taddermist.
and by this route 1t acquires the right
to remain In New York with them In
definitely, and the stuffed animal be-
comes a cherished ornament.
There is nothing fippant about the
owners feelings In the matter. Down
town taxidermists who conduct annu-
ally thirty or forty Of these ceremoni-
al comfortings of those who have lost
their pets, smile a little always as
they speak Of this branch Of the busi-
ness, which Is small but steady item
In every years work.
Some taddermists have more birds
brought in for mounting than cats and
dogs. Canaries are still being mount
ed, sitting on branch, surrounded by
the same sort Of grasses and imm0r-
telles that were in vogue generation
ago. They are still covered by grass
bell, and the resulting ornament Is as
fcndly treasured today as 1t ever was.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
FlJIANs POLITE TO A. FAULT
In Some Respects, It Might Be crlti.
elxed, They Carry Desirable
Quality to Excess

So eager are the F1jians to be po-
lite to visitors that If a guest slips
and falls they most Immediately fol-
low suit. If a guest slips and hap.
pens to fall in the presence OF many
Fijians. there will be a great scram-
bling, as everyone tries to place him
self PROSTATE upon the ground first.
Instead Of hastily getting up and
looking around in an embarrassed
manner to see II any one saw the mis-
hap. a guest in Fiji has the satisfac-
ton Of feeling that ha Is not the
only unfortunate one.
In many other ways the TiJian
shows his respect for his guest.
When the subjects Of a ruler In Fiji
hear that the tribe Is to be visited
b. a chief from another tribe, or q
person from another country, all vol
unteer to help entertain the guest.
Each man begs to be allowed to
contribute something toward the
feast, or In some other way to add
to the comfort of the visitor. The
chief Is at liberty to command any
thing the Fijlan has for the comfort
OF his guest. The ruler seldom abuses
this privilege. He is very DESTROYS to
win and hold the favor Of his sub
5ects, and, as a rule, rewards them
literally for their services.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Lono Period Of Mourning.

Mourning fashions in some Of the
foreign quarters go to lengths that to
the average American seem unreason-
able. For instance, in the Sicilian
quarters, when the father Of family
dies, his wife and daughters are ex-
pected to dress in mourning indefin-
itely. No matter how young girl is
she is expected to wear dead black all
through her girlhood until she Is en-
gagged to be married. OF course, the
rule is not closely observed, but no
girl breaks it, even with the consent
of her mother, without coming In for
Ing mourning are quite usual.--New
York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Racine.

Strange as 1t may seem to those
who have been accustomed to think Of
that great artist merely as a type. Of
the frigtd pomposity of an Anticipated
age, his music, to ears that are at
tuned to hear 1t, comes fraught with a
poignancy Of loneliness whose pecul-
lar quality Is shared by no other
poetry In the world. To have grown
familiar with the voice Of Racine, to
have realized once and for all its
intensity, It's beauty and its depth, is
to have learnt a new happiness, to
have discovered something exquisite
and splendid, to have enlarged the
glorious boundaries Of art. For such
benefits as these, who would not be
grateful? Who would not seek to
make them known to others. that they
too may enjoy, and render thanks
Lytton Strachey, In Books and Char
acter."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
The Helpful CaddY.

AT one Of the New England golf
clubs young lady who is very popu-
ar with her caddies arranged match
with an old woman who Is proud Of
aer mediocre ability. The young lady,
good player, wished to lose the game
out ef courtesy and for social reasons.
Ger opponent was in even worse form
than usual and the girl grew desperate.
She seemed unable to prevent her op-
ponent from losing. Finally she told
her caddy that she would like to lose
the match. "Ah, miss" he muttered,
II didn't know that. Here I've been
stamping on her ball every time 1t
gets In the long grass"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Truly Pathetic Plea.

A doctor received a hamper and g
note from his elderly aunt, who was
passionately devoted to cats.
This was the note:
Dear Richard: 1 am sending you
by special messenger hamper con
tanning Tiggles. The realization has
been forced upon me that he has be
come extremely old and infirm and the
painful necessity arises for me, as
his devoted mistress, to arrange for
his speedy and merciful demise. 1t
would be too heartless, think, to con-
suit a veterinary surgeon. Therefore,
dear Richard, l beg of you to treat
him with the same care that you ex-
pend upon your ovsss patients ard XIII
him with chloroform."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Mr.. Jones.

Consider the case of Mr.. Jones. He
bought watch for so bones. Does
Mr.. Jones rant, curse and swear,
does Mr.. Jones his toupee tear; when
ever in the day or night he finds that
watch not running right? No. Mr.
Jones, a thoughtful man, knows
watch never will or can, so long as
heat and cold prevail, hit time ex-
actly on the nail. Now this Identical
Mr.. Jones will ~buy--well, not for so
bones. but for the price Of cheap
cigar-the right to ride on trolley
car, car that has to run IT'S race
within no sealed and dustproof case,
but on a crowded city street where
all the tides Of traffic meet, and vet
Mr.. Jones starts hot debate when
e'er that cars minute late.-EToml
Electric Tractien-
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
TOO PRONE TO ExAeeERATE
Many Figures of Speech Employed In
Ordinary Conversation Are RI
dicuIous When Analysed.

A judge In the courts the other
day objected to a witness who was
prone to use exaggeration and employ
figures of speech.
The judge remarked that 1t was alb
surd to say that "the accused was
beside himself with rage" and that
"he few at the other man." He
wasn't two people and he hadn't got
wings.
When you come to think Of it 1t is
absurd. We wallop our children for
saying that there are hundreds of
dogs In the garden, but then they
hear Us say that we are driven to
death" with work, or that somebody
has "set the ocean on fire."
Equally untrue Is it when we say
that steak Is as tough as leather"
the coffeeN"as cold as ice," or that the
cake is "as heavy as lead" One re-
suit Of this sort of thing Is seen when
the child asks his sisters young man
II he has any prizes for running, be-
cause the child has heard that he's
always running after" Sissie.
The fact Is that we are ever look
ing for something out of the ordi-
nary.
When hailstones fell during June,
they were In few cases the size Of
eggs but everybody told everybody
else that all Of them were as big as
footballs.
Its time that we went back to SIM
pie description. No day is ever so
hot as to be baking" or we should
all be dead. No man drinks like a
fish,"
Fishes, anyway, don't drink LOT.
They see so much water that they're
probably sick of it. And no soprano
sings like nightingale.-Bu Buffalo
Express,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Geography Of Planet Venus.

Venus appears to be a mountainous
world. Gray shadings may be seen at
times in the midst of high pressure
areas. Their positions and outlines
change with the shifting clouds, but
when composite drawing is made Of
several observations they appear fixed
to the surface of the planet. From the
fact that the darkest ones are also
the most often visible, 1t is inferred
that the gray spots are the masses Of
continents dimly visible.
The behavior of Venus storms also
confirms this belief. They actually
shun the regions where dark shadings
are seen, and mainly keep to the
spaces between. Storms on earth find
1t VIGOROUSLY hard to cross divides Of
land. The Venusian seas seem to be
hot and steaming, and from their sur
faces rolling clouds of vapors arise.
Venus shows phases like, the moon.
She lies between US and the sun, and
30 portion of her night side is almost
always turned toward US.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
SECOND LARGEST LAND DEAL
One Million Acres of Good Land
In Exchange for Common
Variety Of Hack.

One million acres of perfectly good
ground for common old 'sea-going
hack, beside which the most ordinary
automobile of today is like a palace
on wheels.
Can you imagine such transaction?
The land involved was that COM
prising the old Sangre de Christie
grant.
The carriage was a family vehicle
belonging to Charles Boubien, a
French Canadian.
The governor of Mexican province
took a liking to the Boubien family
bus. Boubien crayed land. They got
together in the spring Of 1916 and the
swap was effected.
That, of course, was before that por-
ton of the United States comprising
the grant was coded. to the American
government.
Old Boubien, it would appear from
the history of the deal, was consider
able of land baron. He already held
one grant, which prevented the ma
ing of the Sangre de Christie grant d.
rect to him, so he put forward two
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. Boubien and Luis
Lee-as the ostensible beneficiaries.
They were killed in the Mexican revo-
luton of 1S47 and the elder Boubien
fell heir to the grant
AS far as history records data with
respect to ancient land grants, the
Sangre de Christie was the second
largest ever made. 1t included all the
territory under the watershed Of the
Rio Grande from source to mouth.
Eventually, the grant was divided
into two parts. The upper part, lying
mostly in southern Colorado, is now
known as the Trinchera estates; the
lower as the Costilla estates.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Tattooers go on Strike"

In spite Of missionary teachings, the
men OF Samoa still tattoo their bodies
from the hips down to the knees. A
tattooer's profession Is very lucrative.
His instruments resemble combs, and
are made of human bones of different
sizes The operation takes from two
to three months. during which time
the patient remains In some retired
place All this time the relatives of
the young person bring mats. money
and food, but If the quantity does not
suit the tattooer. he goes on strike"
refusing to proceed until sufficient
liberality is displayed. The sequisite
gifts are sure to be brought, for no
Samoan could endure going half tat
tooed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Immense Production.

Some idea of the productivity Of the
volcanic soil of Hawaii may be had
when 1t is stated that while there are
only 109,310 acres devoted to sugar
cane, the annual average production
of this area is 540,248 tons of sugar.
while Cuba with cane acreage Of
Approximately 100000 acres In har-
vest annually produces yearly aver
age of 100000 tons of sugar. 1t Is
claimed that In no part Of the world
are such improved and intensive cub
tural methods used as In Hawaii.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-01-26
Natures Little joke.

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 is d
deceptive-looking vegetable. In color
and shape 1t resembles fine apple.
1t is good only to look at. It's flesh
Is tasteless and without juice. II
looks like an apple, but it isn't one.
1t is one Of Natures jokes.-New
York Daily News