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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
Music Of American Indians.

The music of the American Indians
is solely and simply vocal. 1t seems
to be generally agreed by musical
authorities that the Indians songs
have in them nothing borrowed from
instruments, nothing of artificial in
stigation. An Indian melody never
serves two sets of words There is
no instance, it appears, where the
people have sung the different stanzas
Of a ballad to the same air. A large
proportion of Indian songs are entire
" without words at all, syllables be
ing employed to carry the tones.
Perhaps the most striking popularity
Of indian music is the lack of definite
p.trh The Indian begins his song
where the natural quality of his voice
and his mood at the time render it
easiest for him to sing it. The pitch
Of the song depends upon the individ-
ual.-Washington Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
Keep the Baby Quiet at nlah.

Getting up in the night to quiet aa
uneasy baby is not the joke that some
comic writers represent it to be. A
young husband discovered this In case
Of his frst-born and the means he
took to overcome the difficulty won
him prize in a contest In new uses
for electricity.
The only means Of quieting this
baby. who was ailing, was to move
him up and down, gently. In the low
er part Of the crib the father fastened
the motor of a discarded electric fan
From a small pulley on the motor HI,
ran a belt to a larger pulley on
short shaft, at the other end of whict
he rugged crank. Then he extended
a connecting rod to the center of the
frame that supported the springs and
mattress.
The motor, when started. move:
springs. mattress and baby up anG
down about an inch, smoothly, gently
and regularly. 1t proved entirely sat
isfactory to the baby, who is now
one year old, healthy and happy, and
he has never got bis parents out Of
bed at night since the apparatus WA
$4,000
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08

AT Matamagon on the east branch
of the Penobscot, where supply depot
is maintained, there is a tame deer
which enters the house occasionally
and eats food from the table. The
deer prefers to sleep in the open at
the edge of the woods, but during the
day plays around the dooryard of the
farm, following dog, of whom 1t ap-
pears to be fond, wherever the animal
goes. Several times when the deer
has been in the house and has wanted
to go out it has leaped through win
dow, taking out sash and glass with 1t.
Portland (Me) Press.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
KENTUCKY ACTIVE in
). WAR ON SCRUB SlRES
Wayne County Farmers Careful
of Breeding Stock.
Twenty-Five Purebred Beef Bulls
Placed on Farms During Last Els
cal Year-Grade Animals
Were Formerly Used.

prepared by the United States Department
OF Agricultufe.)
Reports received by the United
States Department of Agriculture from
.Wayland Rhoads, field agent in animal
husbandry for the University of Ken
lucky, shows effective work In live
stock Improvement. Following are
representative results: In Wayne coun-
ty Y purebred beef bulls were placed
on farms during the last fiscal year.
These animals were either shipped in
or purchased at purebred sire. sales.
Wayne county is a mountainous region,
and, although the live stock industry
is not highly developed, farmers are
giving a great deal Of attention to the
quality Of their stock.
The average weight Of baby beeves
at a recent show was f,275 pounds.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
But Is It Worth 1T

This is a remedy Of an Englisk
roman for taking off superfuoua
ounces from the face that has be
come too fat through overeating anc
lack of exercise.
To begin with, Of course, she rec.
,mmends mild dieting and plenty Of
walking and lots of water to drink
every day. This to cut down super
suous fat all over the body.
One good exercise is this: Opeu
the mouth and work the jaw vigor
ously, first to the right, then to the
left, then backward, then forward
Do this persistently.
Then draw the cheeks In between
the teeth and putt them out hard and
full. Then, with the teeth shut tight,
stroke the cheeks with the palms of
the hands gently upward from the
chin tip to forehead. Don't do any
Of the stroking exercises too rapidly
Dr. vigorously, but do them for a long
lime, persistently. slowly. You viii
get the best results In this way.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
No Oil in Cats Eur.

Many animals are protected by ma
ture with sort of oilskin coat. BY
excreting oil from their skin they are
able literally to throw off water.
With the cat, however, 1t is differ
ent, her fur behaving exactly as a
dressed fur overcoat belonging to any
human-that is, the fur clots at its
tips and becomes waterlogged.
The only difference is that the un-
fortunate cat, being unable to take off
its sodden coat, gets wet through"
and, coming of ancestors from a dry
climate-our domestic cat originated in
Egypt and on the shores of the Medi-
terranean-is peculiarly liable to
Catch cold"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
CURE HAY FROM ANNUAL CROP
Considerable Bother Experienced With
Soy Beans and MIlIet Because
No Sod Formed.

IT is always considerable bother to
cure hay from an annual crop like soy
beans or millet, because no sod is
formed as Is the case with clover.
Glover is more cheaply grown because
1t is sOwn with grain crop. For soy
beans the land must be plowed, pre-
pared and seeded.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
According to Nationality.

Accent apart, there is said to be a
tea-table test by which the national
ity of hostess may be determined.
In serving tea the Englishwoman Sc
lects one or more Jumps of sugar, ac-
cording to the capacity of the cup.
The Irish hostess hands round the
sugar basin so that guests may help
themselves.
In Scotland, however, the guild
wife fixes her eye ON the guest and
inquiries sternly: Are We sure we've
stirred itT"-Chicago Daily News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
Truly. Puck was a,r.,s

a cub this writer belongs 10 h.s
peen ready for a year or more to rut
up new building-but Il hasn't
Ihree friends have been for over !
year In a position to build three rev
residences-but they haven't. What's
the trouble? The reader can aas',.
guess. It's a bit discouraging. Goa
mas given us beautiful world and We
don't know how to run it, any mora
IMAM Adam did to run Eden-and wa
nave several thousand years Of or.
perience over Adam, at that. We ouehe
70 be ashamed. lunkhekuS III. 80
-sBoston LEsaeSsins
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
Worthy of Her Great Brother

Betty Washington Lewis is pictured
as more than sister to the Father
of his country. She was "consoler,
comforter, advisor and friend" accord
ing to Virginia authority. Her hus-
band, Col. Fielding Lewis, a man Of
means and position socially and polit-
ically, gave his sword to his country,
not alone, but sacrificed his fortune to
supply the needs of soldiers.
Within the beautiful walls of Ken
more, some of the decorations of which
Washington is said TO have planned
for his sister were frequently as
sembled the military and civic person
ages of the period.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
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 a native hut oc-
cupied by fully clothed mother and
her pickaninny who was running sbou,
In his birthday suit. Father Vaughan
turned to his companion and said:
THAT is the difference between
South Africa and London In Africa
the mothers are clothed and the chill.
dren naked, while in London 1t Ia the
children who are clothed and the moth
ers are-welllp
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08

chat the blind can perceive ESfa
sid darkness is asserted by Or. A.
Cantonnet In Medicine (Paris). Doctor
Cantonnet tested eyeless seeing ma.
chinery by bandaging his eyes light
proof and concentrating his attention
for so hours on perception of light
He found that he could then perceive
not merely light and darkness but
also large and shining objects.
Testing many blind persons, he
found the same ability. He attributes
this vision without eyes to Ranvier's
sensory cells, which have nerve
Dansation with the brain centers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
SPREAD MANURE ON FIELDS
To Increase Value and Bulk Of Fer
tillzer Ii Should Be Hauled Out
at Once.

Get the manure out as fast as 1t is
made If 1t is possible to do so. You
ground is frozen in which to do this,
and few hours work turns the trick.
Bed well and thus increase the bulk OF
manure made.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
SHELLS USED AS CURRENCY
Probably the Earliest Form Of MeneS
of Which There 10 Any Real
knowledge.

The earliest tribes did not need
money because no individual In the
tribe owned anything personally. Ali
property belonged to the tribe as a
whole and none to any one person.
Later on when the tribes met there
arose the custom Of barter or trade,
the simplest form of which was the
exchange of articles possessed by one
tribe for those owned by another. For
Instance, some of the Australian tribes
lad rough green stone which was
valuable for making hatchetA Mem.
oers Of another tribe, seeing these
green stone hatchets naturally wanted
them. They had no money, as wa
Know it today, but they had red ochre
With which they painted their bodies
Thus 1t developed that the tribe OVID
ing the green stones wanted some red
ochre, and each article became q kind
OF money-each Became valuable for
trading purposes.
1t was necessary, however, ID
await the developments of a unit Of
value" before money became elastic.
It required something valuable in the
eyes Of these tribes. One of the
earliest forms Of this elastic money
was shells. The skins Of animals were
long used by savage tribes as money,
but these could not be carried about
Ike shells The skins, however, were
valuable in trading and fortunes were
feckoned by the number of skins
owned AS soon as animals became
domesticated the live animal itself 70
placed the skin as money.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
All at Sea.

Hewitt-He is an ignorant man.
Jewett-I should say so if he were
to have corn removed, he wouldn't
know any better than to charge the
operation to Overhead expenses"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-08
Tnper Far Ahead.

What of their timber assets In the
national forests? They contain $50 bill
lion feet of standing timber, or
twenty-five per cent Of the remaining
timber in the United States, says the
American Forestry Magazine. All told
the national forests embrace seven
teen per cent of all forest growing
land in the United States. In add,
lion TO the many millions Of acres con.
tanning forests of merchantable size,
there are twenty million acres bearing
young growing forests which are being
protected against fire and other forms
OF devastation so that they will pro-
duce timber crops in the years ahead
The American Forestry association
calls on the owners, the citizens. to
protest against taking the control of
these forests from the United States
forest service.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
BANK RATES NOT CUT.
Cheaper Credits For Farmers Fail To
Move Bankers.

Washington. Feb. 2s.-Efforts to
obtain cheaper credit for farmers have
failed to produce an appreciable effect
on the interest rates charged by banks
in the small cities and towns of agri-
cultural sections OF the west and south
according to observations Of the feder-
al reserve board in its annual report,
made public today. The board. after
making a survey of conditions, notes
that there is a much closer relation
ship between the interest rates charg-
ed by banks in Industrial centers and
the reserve rediscount rates.
The year 1922 was a period OF al
most continuous recovery from disor-
ganized markets and depressed bust
ness conditions, the board says, and
adds that while the revival was pri-
marily industrial in character, the
farmers benefited greatly through gen.
orally improved prices for their COM
orders.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
difficult to reach school.
Minstrel Postnoncd

The minstrel show which was to
have been given Friday night of this
week by the Berlin Grange at Grange
hall on Damon's Hill has been most
poned until Friday evening, March O.
A rehearsal of the troupe will be held
Friday night at the home of Edward
Michaes
Removed to Hospital.
Mrs. George 3. Winchell of Ken.
sington, whose husband died of pneu-
monia last week, was admitted to the
New Britain General hospital last
night, victim of the same illness
1t was stated at the hospital this
morning that her condition had not
changed since she was admitted and
Is serious.
Bowling Results
In the bowling battles on the Ca
sino alleys in New Britain last night
the American Legion defeated the
Eagles two out of three, and the Ber-
lin Construction Co., and the Forest
ers did the same to the Baraca and
independents respectively. The scores
follow:
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
DE VALERA OPPOSES
ANY TRUCE MEASURE
Says Cessation Of Fighting Would
NOT Lead TO Peace

London. Feb. .s.-A Dublin dis,
patch 10 the Press Association sayf
that the Republican Bulletin pub.
fishes Eamon DE yalera's reply "a
the association OF the neutral mem.
hers OF the Irish Republican army
who recently proposed a months
truce. Mr.. DE Valera says that the
desire OF the ''government"-me
ing the Republieans-for an honor
able understanding Is not less than
the Association OF Neutrals. and
adds;
you can feel especially assured
that you will have our most earnest
support In any endeayor 10 give
unity which was her strength In the
years OF her struggle with England
We cannot, however. agree to your
proposal for a truce"
"A truce under present conditions
would not lead to peace; II would be
regarded by both sides merely as a
breathing space in which to prepare
for a more violent resumption OF hos
tiiities.
"sbtub' .bsibohfstsAphs
ANY proposals for peace which
your orga nization has to put forward
will receive from us fullest and most
sympathetic consideration. We remind
you, however. that previous efforts to
secure peace have all failed through
foolish persistence In an attempt to
found 1t on the basis of acceptance of
the so-called treaty and the recogni-
ton of usurpation as legitimate gov
eminent.
Our attitude on these matters is
Interchangeable. The soldiers and citi-
zens of the Republic have taken a
resolution they will not depart from
they are determined to die rather
than consent to the surrender of
their national heritage or accept |
for themselves the status of Helots, |
outlaws on their own land.
Says One Way to Peace
There is an obvious way to peace
and you had 1t in mind probably |
when you wrote the lines which
have quoted from your letter, urging
united effort towards removing the
cause of war. Every individual in
the nation who is not blinded by de- |
sire to obtain party victory knows
that on the basis of such a national
effort internal peace can be restored
Everyone knows also
that with 1.-THE of the energy and
determination shown in the present
which can never result in
more than a barren partisan triumph,
he effort would be successful.
Surely an honest national demand
'or an agreement with England, such
hats all cases of Irishmen and Irish
could honorably accept, is
more consistent with national dignity
Ind interests than ignorable appeals
or English loans and English guns
With which to crush those whose sole
i'm is the preservation of our coun-
rvs independence"
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
QUICK RELIEF FROM
CONSTIPATION
Get Dr.. Edwards Olive Tablets

That is the joyful cry of thousands
since DR.. Edwards produced Olive
Tablets. the substitute for calomel.
DR.. Edwards, a practicing physician
for II years and calomel's old-time
enemy, discovered the formula for Olive
Tablets while treating patients for
chronic constipation and torpid livers.
DR.. Edwards Olive Tablets do not
contain calomel, but healing. soothing
vegetable laxative.
No gripping is the keynote of these
little sugar coated, olive-colored tab
lets. They cause the bowels and liver to
act normally. They never force them
to unnatural action.
Ifyou have dark brown mouth
bad breath-a dull. tired feeling sick
headache-torpid DEMONSTRATION.
you'll find quick, sure and pleasant re-
suits from one or two of DR.. Edwards
Olive Tablets at bedtime.
Thousands take them every night Just
to keep right. Try them. 15c and 3Oc.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
City Items
Meet me at schmarr's for dinner.--

Meet me at Schmarr's for dinner.--
advt.
Mrs. II. v. Mercure OF Frar.lin
Square is confined at her home With
a sprained ankle.
There will be prize fox trot In
Sullivan's Dancing Academy. over
Fox's theater, Friday evening.
GuIbransen Player Pianos. Morans:.
--advt.
Stella Rebekah Lodge No. II will
hold a regular meeting Friday eve
ming.
Open alleys at the Casino tonight.
.advt.
Whiteman's Orchestra in Mr.. Gal
lagher and Mr.. Shean. Victor record.
No. t9O07. c. L. Pierce and Co.-advt.
The Sons of Veterans auxiliary. No.
1, will hold food sale in John A.
Andrews store tomorrow from to
5 o'clock.
Wood for sale. Tel 1067-e-advt
Dan Nolan's ukulele class. Junior
High school. 1890 p. m. Wednesday
Get your ukuleles at c. l.. Pierce &
Co.--advt.
March Victor records on sale now
1T C. T.. Pierce & Co.-advt.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
NAMES NEW CORRESPONDENT.
British Nobleman Disclaims Paternity
OF His Wifc's Child.

London, Feb. 2s.-A rehearing Of
a divorce action which has stirred
English society for more than a year
was scheduled for today. The prin-
cipals are John Russell, son of Lord
and Lady AmpthilI, Russell's wife,
Christabel daughter of Colonel John
Hart, and a two year old child whose
legitimacy is being contested by the
husband.
On the question of the babys legiti-
macy depends its inheritance OF the
Ampthill baronetcy. The case was
tried last July, ending in
the jury's disagreement over the
charges filed against the correspondent
then cited This time different CO.
Edgar Jacquard Mayer is
named by the husband.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
TOWN Meeting DATE
NOT YET Settled.
Town Clerk Busy on Report oil
Decisions Of Board Of Relief
Lasa Day for Personal Tar Payments
Wiahoat Inierest-Cayanaush fu.
nerai-Isowiins NotAs-federatiaa
Meeting Tomorrow-Brtefs.

The date for the next tssn meet,
ing has not yet been set according
10 the members Of the board OF %,
ieetmen. but il In expected that il
will be named within the next few
days. Miss Morgan. town clerk. /.
engaged on the work OF completing
the reports OF the board OF relief and
when she has finished the selectmen
will be able 20 fix date for the
meeting which will decide the tar
rate for this year.
Income Tax Returns.
There are only 10 days left In
which persons can file their income
tax returns As they must be on file
sby March ID. There Is a supply OF
blanks at the post office and those
wishing any advice on the manner In
which they are supposed 10 file the
returns may have II by applying 20
the clerks The number OF income
taxpayers In Plainyille. according 20
the number who have already filed
their returns. is far below that OF
last year and n last minute rush Is
expected.
Personal Taxes.
Today is the last day on which per-
>sonal taxes may be paid without in
terest being added on. Anyone liable
to pay personal tax who fails TO do
so by tonight. will be required TO
pay additional interest dating from
the first day OF Feb, uary. Tax Col
lector w. J. Hemingway. for the ac-
commodation OF last minute payees.
will be present In his storeson West
Main street this evening until 81
o'clock.
Cavanaugh Funeral.
The funeral of Thomas Cavanaugh,
who was found dead in his room Mt
the Clarendon Hotel Monday after
noon, was held this morning from the |
undertaking rooms Of w. A. Bailey
& Co.. and services were held in the
church of Our Lady of Mercy at
$3.50 o'clock. Temporary burial was
in the vault in West cemetery.
Bowling Notes.
The PlainviIIe Tigers we're defeated
on the Recreation Center alleys last
evening by the Bristol team, in one
Of the best matches seen on the local
alleys this season. The Bristol ag-
gregation averaged over 100 pins for
the entire night and scored the total
Of 1894 to the Tigers 1897. Tonight
the Italian and French teams will roll
the second match. the first having
been played last Wednesday evening
with the italians coming out on top.
The teams Of Pythian lodge, X. OF
r.. held their weekly session at the
Ideal alleys last evening with the
following results:
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
ADVISES "sHOOT FIRST"
New Yorker Would Adopt This Method
in Fighting the Khan.

Chicago, Feb. 2S.-Citizens in some
parts of the south have been forced
to defend their homes from the Ku
klux Khan by armed resistance. Ber-
nard Nolan, New York publisher.
asserted last night at the second ses-
sion of what has been termed an all
nations anti-klan rally.
americans must unite against
kluxism by shooting first and talking
afterwards" Mr.. Nolan declared. I'VE
must meet power with power and not
with apathy. ! do not mean that we
should grab our guns and go hunting
for klansmen literally. But we must
act quickly together"
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28

church Friday evening Mt O'Clock.
The condition of Rev. A. G. Fuller
who is confined to his home by illness
is much improved.
The ladies of st. Gabriel's church
will meet with Mrs Charles Hart on
Thursday afternoon for Lenten sew
ing.
The Black and White minstrels
held very good rehearsal last eve
ming and plans are about completed
for the presentation at Athletic hall
on the night of March IL.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
TO HAVE BIGGEST AIRsHIp

Brine, Feb. 2S.-The American Zep-
pilin now under construction at Fried
richshafen will be the latest word in
aircraft Of its kind. Trials of the
huge ship will begin in May. Its
transatlantic fight to America is not
expected before autumn, when it Is
hoped that Zeppelin can fly at least to
Chicago without a stop.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28

have lsksn W their resistance OF
West Asin street.
fhs Plainsille Chamber 81 Com
msFee sill held : regular monthlY
meeting iam0FHeg evening
sequsssen lodge, 7, q, q, p, Will
hold regular meeiiRg In !, o, o, Y,
hall ft0morTow evening,
Miss laura CeA'les Of Whiting
street Is IN With the gTip at the home
o. her sister Mrs, A,tleiohn. In New
BTitaia.
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
NO CHAU7AUQUA IN
berlin this YEAR
Residents Not Satisfied With
Calibre Of Entertainments in 1922
SCHOOL ATTENDANCE DROPS
School Children Arc Suffering From
Severe Colds and the Grippe.
Claim Made That Someone is pass
ing the Buck''-Town Briefs.

Chautanqua, as far as Berlin is con-
Germ, is dead and buried Three sum-
mers ago a number of influential and
intellectual residents of the town saw
the need of bringing some sort of an
entertainment into Berlin which would
prove beneficial, not only for the
adults Of the town but for the chill
dren as we'll, and as a result negotia-
tions were completed with the Com
munity Chantuaqua Co. Of New Hav-
en- to have their show play in town
for three days
The first one was brought In the
fall of that year but before 1t would
come to Berlin 1t was necessary for
"a residents to guarantee that all ex-
penses would be met. Twenty-four OF
the leading men were approached and
offered to guarantee to pay any and
all deficits.
The quality Of entertainment Of
fered by the Chautuaqua was of the
best and because it proved SO sue
cessful the first year another effor,
New Britain herald., 1923-02-28
HVRRICANE mrs LIMBS.

Plymouth, England, Feb. ss.-The
French liner France, from New York.
encountered a terrific hurricane while
approaching The seiliy Islands and the
captain was ordered by wireless 10
omit the call at this port. proceeding
10 Havre. The steamer President Ar
thur experienced exceptionally heavy
weather.