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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
HELD IN MUD FOR CENTURIES
Delicate Organisms Have Been Won
drously Preserved During the Up
building of the World.

Fragments of a colony of marine AMI
mails on a slab of black rock, with
many trilobites dark and shells OF
the Sidney crab QighO, were discoy-
cred by c. D. Walcott on Mount Wap-
ia. These creatures lived before the
day of the fish or any other vertebrate
Animal and when land plants, and
even marine vegetable life, were al
most unrepresented. Other animals
of the sea, however, existed in great
profusion, and here and there condi-
tions were so favorable for their burial
in the mud and sand of the Cambrian
sea that they were preserved IN,
broken, and throughout all the proc
esses of rock-making and mountain
building escaped destruction.
In one of these favorable places in
the Canadian Rockies the most delicate
of organisms, like the jelly fish, have
been so exquisitely preserved that one
can hardly realize that they were
buried in the mud fifteen to twenty
million years ago, and have remained
undisturbed while several miles of
thickness of sediment were deposited
over them, changed into rock, elevated
into mountain masses, and later eroded
into the present mountains and can
yons.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
MOVES ALTOGETHER TOO FAST
Writer Makes Complaint About Life
That viii Be Echoed by Many
No Longer Young.

Here Is another new one already
started and even on the second day we
can seem to feel the finish Just ahead
Of US. F. 81. Young writes In Provi-
dence Journal. We shall have Just
time to save up for the summer vaca-
don and then for another period Of
scrimping preparation for Christmas
and first thing we know they will be
handing around the 1923 calendars
That is really the most alarming a.,
pect Of life, after one gets to be about
70 old. It Is this Internal and recent
less speed Of the passing years which
steadily becomes speedier. II 10 only
youth that Is able to worry about love
measuring machines, the erratic con-
duct Of the equator and the north pole.
the speed Of the moon and the speed Of
turtles and all these contemporaries
scientific matters.
And yet, science il Just wonderful,
ISN'T It? In Toronto the American As
sociation for the Advancement Of Sci
ence has just received . report from
4 professor at the University OF Wis
consin which reveals new speed rec.
ord. The champion racing turtle In an
event which included 163 entrants I'm
lshed the mile In three years eleven
months and nineteen days. All we can
get out Of this 10 the thought that wa
would like to have lifs move . s,sw1g
= & does for . turt1A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
SINGING SHOULD COME FIRST
Famous English Musician Gives Ad.
vice AZ to Musical Education
of tho Child.

Italicized in an article by Sir Dan
Godfrey Is this sentence: "No child
should be given piano lessons until II
has sung for some years In order to
develop its musical instinct" He
points out that perfection In lisping
baby songs Is attained very early in
life. and this power brings contact
with beauty before drawing is devel-
} oped or color appreciated. Singing In
such a personal art that 1t lends It.
self to the development Of the indi.
vidual as nothing else does. The Joy
which a child gets In reproducing
beautiful melodies Is like no other ex-
perience In life. Piano playing re-
quires so much attention that the little
performer often hears very little Of
the music. The capacity Of children
for memorizing and performing suit
able music is very great, and few, In
proportion, have no ear for music.
Generally speaking, they are better
when listening to music they know.
School without music would be a
dreadful place, for, apart from its
educational value, good music pro
vides bond Of sympathy between
teacher and pupil. In this short article
Sir Dan Godfrey has given lead to
parents on the right lines. He wants
chfldren's ears to be trained, their
taste awakened, their listening pow.
ers developed. and their love Of the
beautiful cultivated through musical
study.-Montreal Family Herald
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
CONSTANT FIGHT on CRABS


me fisherman Of Japan has q So
preme contempt for the gigantic crab
Of his coast, which has nippers ten
feet in length, and when moving along
the bottom Of the sea with its claws
spread out covers an area Of q feet
or 90.
The dsstructivensm az certain we-
cies Of crab In the West fhdiAe is
remarkable. observes an aDchanee.
They are great burrowers and n 10
calities where they are plentiful--ane
they multiply with the rapidity Of the
rodent nothing Ia safe from them
They win eat the eggs ca which q
hen Is sitting, and Just az readily thu
leaves Of seeding coconut trees. They
effect In the West Indies practically
the same degree Of destruction on the
young coconuts az the sepoy crab does
In the East Indies. In each instance
some 8 to IL per cent Of the seedlings
have to be replaced II they are uaent-
ID 10 the newly cleared ground krcen
which the crabs hGvA - hsen tRon
eqrAly cleared O.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
Chjna's Sacred Mountains

Thousands of pilgrims come every
year from all parts of China to visit
the shrines and temples of the sacred
mountain of Human, Nan Yoh Shan,
one of the five sacred peaks of China.
Early in October more than 10000 pill
grims arrive daily Some of the pill
grims travel from their homes on foot
coming great distances. They kneel
and bow their heads down to the little
stools, which they carry in their hands,
every five, seven or ten steps, accord
Ing to the vow they have made At
one end of the stools are made sticks
of incense, the burning of which is part
of their worship.
In large majority of the cases the
vows have been made on behalf of a
sick mother, and the journeys are
taken as an expression Of thanksgiv-
ing in case Of recovery. or as a prayer
for mercieS in the other world in case
Of fatal issue of the illness.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
REFLECTION IN ONES TRUST
Belief In AnotheTs Goodness Well
Explained as the Sympathetic
Affection of Our Own.

Trust Is the belief In another's good
aess on the inspiration Of your own.
The moment you ask for other grounds
than this, and withhold your reliance
till it can rest on external proof, you
cease to trust and stipulate for knowl-
edge. On the other hand, If the con-
ading temper is so dominant as to blind
you to opposing evidence and refuse
The correction Of positive experience, II
becomes a weak credulity. In both
extremes the pure soul breaks with the
lear intellect, becoming It's slave In
he one case, and its tyrant In the
other. The genuine sphere Of trust Ia
found in neutral instances, where out
ward proof is absent or In eQuipolse,
and the presumptions Of right afsec-
don have the undisputed field to them
selves. And even then, 1t is not q mere
arbitrary hypothesis, pleasantly flung
across the gap OF ignorance to ven It
With curtain of painted cloud, not
mere willingness to live In a happy
delusion till the rough winds Of reality
shall dissipate it; but rather, the quick
Instinct by which the pure heart
recognizes purity, and love catches
The eye Of love. So that, In its true
exercise, trust is the intuitive, appre
tension Of another's goodness by the
sympathetic affection Of our OWN
James Martineau.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
cARG0ES THAT SAILORS FEAR
6lther Sugar, Coffee, or Cotton Are
Considered Far More Dangerous
Than Dynamite.

At first thought 1t would seem that
dynamite was q cargo to be carefully
avoided, but from a 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
sodor Is sickening. The sailors cannot
get the sweet taste out Of their
mouths, and crave vinegar or lemon
juice-anything sour. They lose their
appetites and are always glad when
q 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 a little oil happens to touch raw
cotton the result is spontaneous COM
bustion. A single bale Of cotton sat
uratsd with such an Oil as boiled lin
seed and lying at the bottom Of the
hold can be compared only to a slow
match attached to a bomb.
Acids and other chemicals form
dangerous cargoes. Carbide of CAL
aum, 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, 1923-07-13
Rhuoarb Valued as Tonic.

Rhubarb, which seems to have no
romance. has history. 1t was brought
into England in 1913 from the Volga,
but for two centuries it remained a
gardeners curiosity, so that its use
as an article of food Is of compara-
lively recent origin. In 1910, when
a Deptford market gardener sent a
few stalks to London he was unable
to find customers for it. However,
the use and cultivation of the plans
made rapid progress from that time
forward. 1t was brought to this coun-
try from England. Rhubarb is valu-
able not only for its mineral content
and its acid, but for its flavor, and
is therefore much in favor as a fine
spring tonic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
NO ESCAPE ron The SEAL
cnce Hooked by Eskimo Hunter, There
Is No Way by Which He
Can Get Away.

An Eskimo, when once he has gone
to the trouble Of splicing a fine spear
handle. does not wish to break it, so
the point is put on with a tangle or
joint.
When a seal or walrus is harpooned
the sudden struggle of the animal does
not break the spear, but merely I'M
joints the point, and the more the AMI
NAL struggles the more the point turns
crosswise in the wound and the firmer
the barbs take hold.
But the animal cannot escape, for
with thongs of skin the point is con-
nected with the spear shaft. The ami
NAL merely swims away or dives de ?
into the sea, carrying with him tie
Lspear. The long leather thong which
is attached to it uncoils from the deck
of the kyack and pays out 1t carries
with it a drag like a kite, which re
tards the animal and exhausts him,
but does not pull hard enough to break
the line. Even this draw is made of
skin stretched over a spliced frame
work.
When the line is all played out 1t is
seen to be attached to float which is
also carried on the deck of the boat.
This is made of an inflated skin. It
has plugs and attachments of cleverly
carved ivory, for wood is far too pre-
cious to be used in this land of ivory
so far from the forests.
The float serves as a buoy so that
the Eskimo can follow the animal and
find it after it gives up its struggle
and dies. Then, too, the float keeps
the catch from sinking and being lost
In the oceans depths.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
Ancient Citadel Of Athena

The Acropolis of Athens was the an
cient citadel Of Athens, sometimes
called Cecropia, from its reputed
founder, the mythical Cecrops. 1t was
built upon rock 500 feet above the
Attic plain. This eminence was 1,15O
feet In length from east to west and
500 feet in width from north to south,
and was accessible on the west side
only, through the Propylaea or EN-.
frances built by Pericles. Upon its
summit were the world famous Parthe-
non, sacred to Minerva, the Temple of
Wingless Victory, the Erechtheum, and
other structures.
Between the Parthenon and the
Erechtheum stood the colossal figure
of Minerva, the protectress of the city,
20 feet in height.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
Recent Australian Discoveries.

Recent explorations in the very CEN
ter of Australia have resulted in the
discovery of a hitherto unknown fresh
water lake. During the rainy season
it has a circumference of 90 miles.
The surface was described as "a NOV
ing mass of ducks" At Alice springs
in the Mcdonnell range, where set.
Elements have already been made many
miles beyond the terminus of the rail.
way, the climate in July and early
August is described as ideal There
are frosts at night and sometimes ice
in the morning. Fruits and vegetables
ire excellent and surprisingly prolific
THE white children of the pioneers in
this remote district look like English
children, and the adults are pictures
of health"-at least in the eyes Of
Australia's enthusiastic explorers
Living Age.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
Fine Silks and Linens.

The mother country of linen is
Egypt, and linen tapestries were en-
broidered in that land 1000 years ago
Because it can be bleached TO snowy
whiteness it was known as the SYM
Dol of purity 1t was used for sacred
vestments and was sometimes so fine
end delicate that it was worth twice
its weight in gold.
Certain authorities state that the
reference made TO silk in the Bible is
a mistake of the translators, since it
does not occur in the original. The
cultivation of the silkworm in Europe
was known $50 B. c., but the Chinese
knew about it centuries before that
date, for the making of it was begun
by Sizing, wife of an emperor 2609
B. G.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
NOVELIST PROVED HIS CASE
Critics of Dickens Spontaneous Com
bustlon" Death Proved Wrong
by Eminent Medical Men.

It may be recalled that Charles
Dickens, the famous novelist, employs
spontaneous combustion to give force
TO one Of the episodes in his fasci-
mating story known as BLEAK House"
One Of the dark characters Of the
story is old Krook, proprietor Of a rag
and bone warehouse. He is a grasping
drunkard, consuming great quantities
of gin. One day two men, occupying
an upper room In the old warehouse,
smelt burning, and on going below to
investigate, found a smouldering heap
Of something looking like charred oiled
rags. At the inquest the coroner's
jury held that old Krook came to his
end by spontaneous combustion.
Some critics Of Dickens challenged
this as being impossible. The account
Of Krook's death was, therefore, bad
art and blemish on the whole story
Dickens replied by citing a similar
case that had occurred in Paris,
France, and was confirmed by a report
of several eminent medical men who
had thoroughly investigated the mat
ter.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
OldtIme Beauty Hints.

Some strange recipes for beauty are
given by oldtime writer's. 1.-THE eyes
of pike powdered are wonderful In
increasing beauty" naively suggests
one author. In the South of England
even today the eating of herrings'
brains is thought to improve the ap-
pearance. The fat of the grayling
mixed with honey and exposed for
day or two to the sun made a fine
preparation for cleaning the skin.
The fat of the lamprey, though this
creature Is otherwise considered I'M
lucky, was efficacious in removing
smallpox scars. Wolverine grease
would cure all Skin troubles. The
Chinese have great faith in the medic
inal properties Of water in which
cookies have been boiled and It is
their favorite remedy for smallpox.
One of the strangest remedies IS at
tributed to the monks of the Tenth
century who are said to have pre-
scribed ashes of burnt flies for the
complexion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
RECALL OLD COLONIAL DAYS
Pearl Chain Of American Independents
May Be Traced Through Old
New England Attics.

Scattered here and there all through
New England are attics Of more than
usual interest. Many Of these are in.
timately connected with early history.
One Of them is found in the old Cod
dington house at Quincy, Mass, known
as the Quincy mansion, and now in
the possession Of the Colonial Danes.
Here, Mary Northend writes In the
Boston Transcript, In the early days
before 1t was remodeled by Edmund
Quincy, group Of free thinkers gath
sred. including Wheelrigit and Anne
Hutchinson, both of whom were after
ward banished on account Of their
LIBERAL views, which did not coincide
With those Of the Puritans.
In the upper story. low, dingy at.
dc, with Its secret staircase behind
the huge chimney, still remains In
tact. On account of It's peculiar con-
struction II might be termed a double
attic. A trapdoor leads from one part
INTO another division through which
escape can be made to the galleries
below and thence to the ground.
John Hancock, who married Doro-
hy Quincy, is reputed to- have spent
4 night In the nursery across the hall
from the attic. BY hiding here, he
foiled the British who were searching
Tor him, and later on used the secret
passageway to escape. All doubt that
he was at one time In this room Is sat
lsfactorily banished by his initials 81.
a." scratched on one Of the Window
with diamond. The words you ]
love and you Alone" scribbled q -
wall are also ascribed to him.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13

Pigeons have been domesticated
from the earliest times. They were
looked upon with much affection by
primitive peoples, and one of the in
dications Of wealth was the number of
dovecotes a man possessed. Mention
Of turtledoves and pigeons in the Bible
usually is in connection with sacrifice
As in the case of the parents Of Jesus
Ouke 2:24), the poor were allowed to
bring, instead of a lamb, two turtle
doves or two young pigeons.
The first known law for bird pro-
lection. found in Deuteronomy % C,
forbiding the killing of mother bird
on the nest, probably was largely for
the benefit Of the pigeon. Pliny wrote
Of pigeons, especially noting their man.
ner in drinking-"not holding up their
bills between whiles."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
Yes, He Was Eirst-CIass

Bart Kennedy, chief deck steward of
transatlantic liner, tells this one:
One morning between six and sew
en- o'clock a second-class passenger
climbed over the first class promenade
to enjoy stroll on the long deck. He
did some lively walking and some
fancy calisthenics. A sailor was scrub
bing the deck, and, feeling that he
should not permit the rules Of the
ship to be broken even at that early
hour. intercepted the passenger and
asked:
Are you frst-class, sir?'
The passenger laid his hands on the
sailors shoulders and replied
Il never felt better in my life."-
Judge
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
EASY TO START 'rHARD TIMES"
Run1or Becomes IN Endless Chain
Once the Proper Impetus Has
Been Given to Il.

In Paris a portrait painter sat IN
his favorite cafe slipping his wine. His
6-st small bottle finished, he was
about to order more when his eye fep
on headline in the Figaro, Hard
Times Are Coming" so instead Of or.
dering his usual second bottle be
tailed for his check.
"Is there anything wrong with thu
wine?" asked the landlord.
'The wine Is good, but 1 did not Or
der a second bottle because hard
times are coming and we must econ.
omize," explained the artist.
"Hard tines" said the landlord
Then my wife must not order the
silk dress we planned, but must take
one Of cotton"
Hard times" repeated the dress
maker when the order was Cancelled.
This is no time to expand. I must
not make the improvements I had
planned In the place"
Hard times, eh?' said the builder
when the dressmAker Cancelled the
building plans. "Then cannot have
my wife's portrait painted"
So he wrote to the artist and can.
celed his order.
After receiving the letter the arts,
wenc 'igain to his favorite cafe and or
dered small bottle of wine to soothe
him. On nearby chair was the pa
per In which he had read Of hard
times two days before. He picked u
up to read more closely and found v
vaR two years oldl
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13

In all times some degree Of healing
power has been ascribed to the priesf.
hood Medicine-men. mystery-men. aha.
mans, or by whatever name they might
De called, were to be found in every
tribe OF North American Indians
Some Of these knew the medicinal
Qualities OF roots and herbs and nra,A
uceu rude surgery. and others were
Takers. A medicine-man of thu
Walapai. Yuman tribe ou the Colo.
RADIO river. says John @. pourke IN an
article on the Apache mediterranean
would cast bullet in mold contain.
Ing small piece OF paper. The healer
would have an Indian fire this bullet
at him and the lead, because Of ths
paper. would split into pieces ana AZ
him no harm.
Another would secretly sasten the
end Of a roll Of sinew to q twIr swal.
low the ball and hold the twig between
ms teeth. After the sinew had
so1fened and expanded because Of the
neat and moisture OF the stomach IS
magician would astound His friends =
Adventure Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
The Guiie.ess Yoke4.

James K. Howard. president ct ~
farm Bureau federation, said b
Washington the other day:
The farmer is going to market hts
OWN product hereafter. The farmer
II the past, who let the middlemaD
collar all the profit Of the farm, was
more guileless than Cornelius Husk.
Corn Husk. you know, came 10
New York to see his uncle. He got
off at the Pennsylvania station and
asked policeman how long a walk
It was to his uncle's place.
"'You'd better take the elevated
The policeman said, handing back the
card with the address on 1t. It's q
seven-mile walk to where you're
going
"'Wen, by crinus, I'll walk her,
anyhow said Corn Husk. Seven
miles, thought Say, amt there ns
skcrt cut across the fleldsT"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
Seller Takes No Chances.

A guest at an upstate hotel re
sently,& making purchase at the
cigar stand, noticed that the clerk be-
fore ringing up the cash register LAID
the bill on the keys Of the machine,
says the New York Sun. Then he
pressed the correct button, made the
change, handed It to the customer,
and only then placed the bill in the
proper compartment of the open
drawer.
Il did 1t to avoid disputes and mis-
taxes he said. 'As long as the
money is still lying on top Of the keys
there's no chance of my giving the
customer short change by mistake
nor of his disputing the change he re-
ceives and perhaps putting one over
on me-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
cIiff-DweIIers Inhabit Plain.

Most of the mysterious cliff-dwellers
Of Arizona lived on the level ground,
as we do, and not like swallows In a
cliff, DR.. Harold Sellers Cotton told the
American Society of Biologists In Bos-
ton recently. Four kinds of pottery.
indicating four kinds of cliff-dwellers.
he said, have been found in the region
of the San Francisco mountains.
Whether these neighboring races
lived at the same time and yet made
such different pottery, or whether the
four kinds of pottery represent differ.
ent periods of time, Is yet to be dis
covered. This pottery is apparently
distributed in the horizontal plane.
each kind Of pottery having It's parfic
ulAr Texion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
Truly Pathetlc Plea.

A doctor received hamper and .
note from his elderly aunt, who was
passfonately devoted to cats.
This was the note:
Dear Richard: I am sending you
by special messenger a 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. It
would be too heartless, I think, to con-
suit veterinary surgeon. Therefore
dear Richard, l beg of you to treat
him with the same care that you ex.
pend upon your own patients and xiii
him with chloroform."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-07-13
Difficult TO comnreh.nd

Father was trying to explain stand
ard time" to little Harry. but Harry
vas not sure that he understood.
After all, it is no great matter"
said father.
"You are now only in the fourth
grade. When you have gone to schoo
longer you will learn all about It."
Maybe So" said Harry, with q re
assuring smile. 'The teacher says
that even lots Of eighth-gr grade boys
and girls don't understand longtitude
ind gratitude. "--Wayslde Tales