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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
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NOT ALL BEER AND SKITTLES
EngIishman Has Somewhat Lengthy
List OF Drawbacks to Life in
the Turkish Capital.

An English business man backed me
into a corner in Constantinople club,
looked at me sternly over the top Of his
brandy and soda and addressed me as
follows:
when you write about this town
old chap, hope you'll tell your peo-
pie what beastly place it is, whatf
A chap can't make move, you know,
without some. one asking him to have
something. Look here, old chap. In
court Of law, you know, chap is
! ordinarily supposed to be sober after
D O'Clock at night, what? Here it's
the opposite, by Jovel A bit thick, Ell,
what?
Look here, make a note Of this,
what2 They celebrate five Christmas.
es and Ave New Years in this rotten
town. Oh, at least five. On my
honor, old chapl English, Armenian,
Greek, Russian, Turkish, Jewish-real
ly, old chap, 1 become fearfully In
coherent when 1 try to remember
what they are. BY the time the last
New Year is over one can just totter
hTOuAu. vi, dDSOtutCitS give yOu
my word! And then there Is the Rus
sian Easter, which is fearfully nerve
racking. 1t lasts from one to two
weeks, and one is obliged to do fear.
fuf amount of drinking. While II
lasts one goes up to any one and says
He is risen and kisses him three
times. It's done that way, old chap.
give you my word, everybody does
1t. One hunts for a pretty girl and
says He Is risen and kisses her three
times, and, by jove, it's considered
quite all right. Oh, quite. In a way,
old chap, 1t beats egg rolling on lawn
all hollow, what? A bit thick, by jove,
but bit Of all right, what?
"But of course there's a fearful lot
of good feeling and one must ever
lastingly be buying drink for some
one. It cuts into ones work fearfully
You Just tell all that to the chaps at
home, and they'll see that living In
Constantinople isn't all beer and skit-
ties, by jovei WhatT',-Chicago Daily
| News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
ON EQUALITY WITH HUSBANDS
Filipino Women, Entering Into Matri.
mony, Become Partners in Future
Business Enterprises.

when q Filipino woman marries
she goes into partnership with her
husband" said Nine. Sofia Reyes de
Veyra, wife of the Philippine commits
sioner to the United States. ''While
the men handle the work and en-
ployees, the women attend to the
finances, act as cashiers, pay the work
ers and oversee much of the business"
Things are made easy in many
ways for Filipino women, she asserted,
writes Louise Cattoi in the Milwau-
kee Journal. Professional opportun-
tiles are as good for them as for men.
Women are already members of the
Philippine Bar association, a privilege
not open to British women.
Married women in the Philippines
hold their property in severalty, and
are guardians of their own children.
Of the property which accrues to a
married couple, the wife is half adj
ministratrix and there are vested
rights which cannot be taken away.
1t is not unusual for the mother OF
family to have not only household
leadership, but economic control"
Women's clubs are rapidly growing
In the islands, Nine. De Veyra said.
and pointed out that already 800
clubs and associations exist, which
have formed a federation.
Nine. De Veyra has four children
las bright, healthy. and happy as
any mother could WISH" as she de-
scribed them.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
JOB PRINTING
Executed.PrOmptly Al The
If RAID OFFICE.
TESTING AIR in OLD MINE
OF All Methods, the Lowering Of =
Miners Safety Lamp Is Acknowt.
edged to Be Safest.

Raising and lowering a bucket seS.
sral times, to bring into a long disused
mine fresh air from the surface, is
common practice. Methane may be
expected In abandoned shafts or pits
driven In coal measures or carbona-
ceous states, or where a heavily tim
bered shaft is partly filed with wa
ter. If methane is suspected. 1t Is best
TO lower nothing but q miners safety
amp. If the light is not extinguished.
the descent can be considered reason
ably safe. When no safety lamp Is
available, and it is necessary to test
with an open light, care should be
taken to Immediately withdraw all
persons In close proximity to the shaft
or pit as there may be an explosion.
Generally, there Is no physiological
warning of oxygen deficiency IN the
air. The first decided feeling is one Of
extreme weakness accompanied by dfz-
Einess, better described as partial
paralysis, and the victim collapses
practically without warning. To guard
against this danger. a man should not
enter old workings without having a
rope tied around his body and at least
two men on the top. The rope should
be kept taut. Then If a distress signal
ls given, the explorer will not only be
prevented from falling, but can be
quickly pulled to fresh air and his life
Iaved +
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
TASK BEYOND HER CAPACITY
Sustained Interest in Work Too Much
to Expect From Feeble-Minded
Inmate of Hospital.

In an eastern hospital for the In
sane it is a fixed policy of the insti-
tuition to keep certain Of the inmates
busy at small tasks; work has beer
found to have a soothing effect. One
inmate-a wOman-elected to make
~raided rugs. Her work was excel
lent, she took a genuine interest in
her occupation.
There has been found only one flaw
IA the scheme, as one person discov-
cred who tried to buy rugs as large
as by 5; the hospital would not I'M
dertake such contract. The reason
was that the woman was not to be
depended upon to finish such a large
rig.
A small rug she could. finish In a
lay or two without any departure
from form or pattern, but as often as
she was given large rug to do there
would come a day before the compile
ton of the task when she would be
less calm and composed than was de
Sirable. The result would be a star.
Ting patch of color or eccentricity in
shape.
The hospital authorities have final
ly discovered the margin of safety and
keep the woman worker well within 1t.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
Tribute to the Candle,

A clever writer pays tribute to the
candle in the following: "All down the
years it has trailed its lovely light. It
has burned before affairs in old cathe-
drals, illumined banquet halls in old
palaces, and has ever a niche in the
heart Of man.
I'm England the candles waited in
stately rows on hall tables for gallants
to hand the ladies at retiring time to
light them upstairs, and it is said that
Washington observed this quaint Gus.
tom at Mount Vernon, lighting his
guests to their bedroom door.
3 "Candle-lighting time in New Eng
land breathes the fragrance of bay
berries and brings back visions of colo
NAL halls and kitchens and demure
maidens in cap and kerchief. The fame
Of many a beauty of the past might not
have lived had it not shone by candle
light, which shows woman at her love
lest"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
THE LIFE OF GAS NANTES
Illuminating Device Should Last 1909
Burning Hours-May Be Destroyed
In Few Moments.

The following facts about gas mar
ties are taken from Gas Logic, the
house organ Of the biggest gas company
In New York.
ga good gas mantle should last from
800 to 800 or even 1000 burning hours
"Breakage, however, is not always
due to poor mantle quality. Turning
the gas off and on and the slight e1-
plosion that sometimes occurs when
1t is lighted is highly destructive Of
nantes. A mantle which, burning
steadily, might last for several thou
sand hours, may be destroyed in few
minutes by rough handling or In a few
hours by unusual but unavoidable wear
and tear.
initial candle power is that meas
ured when the mantle is first lighted.
It Is extremely high in cheap and in
ferior nantes. But soon, often with
In few minutes, the brilliancy Of the
light fades, never to be regafned. The
Intensity Of this initial light is a snare
into which the unwary and unwise fre-
quently fall In purchasing cheap man
ties.
Sustained candle power Is the meas
ure of light given out by a mantle
over a long period, end is, Of course, the
real test of good mantle. The high
class mantle may not have an initial
candle power equal to that Of cheap
er substitute, but In the long test Its
superiority is demonstrated
Some Of the gas companies are now
selling nantes with guarantee Of
ut least 90 days service
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
Gold In Coal.

In describing the Cambria coal field
Of Wyoming, an expert mentions the
interesting fact that gold and silver
are present In small quantities in the
coal. From the occurrence Of iron
pyrite, which Is distributed through
out the coal seam, 1t is suspected that
this mineral carries the precious met
ais. The coke made from the coal Is
used in the smelling works, and aver
ages from one to two pennyweights of
gold per ton. which Is sufficient to
compensate for high ash content.
There has been similar occur
renee in South Africa. The coal oc-
CURED In small seams running through
the Quartzite ore, and In places was
quite rich In gold, the ash being COX
ored a bright purple by the finely
divided particles Of meta1.-Exchange
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
FIND CHEESE SUBTLE THING
parent lmpossibiIity of Initiating
the Genuine Camembert.

A man interested in agricultural
products wanted to make cheese OF
the type of Camembert, but while h
had the same ferment, employed thu
same methods and used what seemed
to be the same kind of milk, neither he
nor anyone else in this country OBJ
tanned the same result.
On visiting France he found that the
makers of the cheese in question were
very particular about their milk, Oh
tanning it from the dairymen Of GER
tain district only. In the fields of these
farmers there grew, he found, sprink-
ling Of certain grasses that he did not
find elsewhere, and it is possible, and
even likely, that these make the subtle
difference in the milk that shows in
the cheese which distinguishes the gen.
uine from the artificial product.
And yet, the special grasses were
only incidental; they were not the
main grasses of the pasture, which
were the same as those found else
where.-Ellwood Hendrick in Harpers
Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
MAKE EVERY SHADE or TOOTH
Modern Dentist Able to Supply Every
Color of MoIar That May
Be Demanded.

The manufacture of sets Of Jet
black false teeth represents an out
of-the-way side of British enterprise.
1t will be news to most people that
there is a definite trade In black teeth
between England and the Orient, rem
dered necessary by the practice, so
popular east of Suez, of chewing betel
nut. AS masticatory the betel nut
leaves chewing gum far behind, for
1t is reckoned that one-tenth of the
human family indulge in it, but II
stains the teeth of its yotaries black
as ebony. Hence, when they need ar
tificial teeth to replace losses, those
teeth must be black.
A definite side of modern dentistry
is represented by these black teeth.
No longer is it necessary for clients
to accept teeth which stand out In
challenging distinction to their neigh
bors and proclaim their artificiality
to the world. Every shade and shape
is now matchable. Even the bo'sun
who for thirty years has been rolling
his quid" can be supplied with teeth
bearing the counterfeit stains of to-
bacco Juice. The ordinary person has
25 different shades at his disposal,
and shapes seem to be innumerable.
Even teeth with make-believe gold
filings are supplied.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
The Singer and the Song.

song is a great adventure. Thou
sands write it, tens succeed; and
whel they have succeeded, its fate
still lies entirely with the singer. No
one ever had it so much in his power
to make the worse appear the better
cause. or to refrain from SO doing
The ancients placed Thamyris and
Narada among the gods; the moderns
ray their counterparts royalties. But
che singers personality is still meal
culable In terms of canonizatiOn or of
cash. That personality means all that
he has been able to crowd into his life
and he may still enlarge it. A good
way TO do that is to read Ill the poetry
that he does not sing, and to listen to
all the music written for some other
instrument than the voice.-A. FL. Fox
Strangways.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
SMALL BIRDS FALCONS PREY
Peregrine, Like the Pirate He il,
Takes Toll From Weaker crea-
lures of the Air.

1t was reported recently that In the
eyrie or peregrine, a vicious bird, the
rings of % 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.
Fped by this hawk, and another prey
Is the golden plover, but this bird at.
fords the hawk a good chase before Il
Is caught.
The peregrine catches its prey by
pretruding its strong legs and taions
to their fullest extent when within
few feet of the quarry. Then for
moment its wings are almost closed.
and the next the prize is seized and
carried OFF. L. however, the object is
too heavy to be lifted from the ground
It Is forced along sometimes hundred
yards on the ground, and killed and
devoured on the spot. The nest Of the
Seregrine is usually placed ON the face
OF some precipitous Cliff, resting on a
shelf OF rock or tuft of vegetation, and
consists Of mass of sticks and coarse
stems OF grass and ferns.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
ACT ENDS AGE-0LD ENMlTY
Students of History See Significance
In Rscent Mcve of the Dean
of Westminster.

There is more than meets the eye
In the announcement that the dean
Of Westminster has assigned a partic-
ular stall on the north side of the
chair for the use of the mayor of
Westminster whenever he visits the
abbey in either public or a private
capacity. The deans kindly act re-
moves another obstacle to the full
friendship which should exist in West
minister between the ecclesiastical and
the civic. authorities. Centuries ago
there was no love lost between them.
The abbey authorities were a powerful
body; the citizens of Westminster
were struggling to be free, in a mu-
nicipal sense. 1t was the cellarer of
the abbey who built the Gatehouse
prison late in the Fourteenth century
and installed the abbey janitor as Its
keeper. 1t was the abbot who had GUS
tody Of all prisoners captured within
the liberties. It was the abbot who,
when debts were owing to the sonas-
terry, did not recover them by ordinary
process of law, but sent out his "com-
mon preSsers" to distrain on the
debtors goods. When Bryan Talbot,
a gentleman by birth, fell into ar.
rears with his rent, he had to sur
render his large bedsted legged" his
"litill old Ship Chest" his water-tub
and his blew pylyan for a woman"
Not until the middle of the Fifteenth
century did government manifest
itself-f society of citizens, and that
Is long way from the gift to the
mayor Of stall in the abbey.-Chris-
tian Science Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
PROVED ABILITY TO REASON
Heartlsss Old Haboon Leader Had
Qualities That Might Be Con.
sidered Almost Human

Apes are so human that even when
they display traits that in man would
be simply abominable one cannot help
laughing. A correspondent in South
Africa writes that certain large apes
are 30 much In the habit of raiding
the coffee plantations that they have
to be guarded.
Among the coffee trees grows a
shrub the fruit Of which the apes
particularly enjoy. But as wasps
fasten their nests to the shrubs. the
apes, fearful Of being stung. usually
keep away from them. One morning
the people In certain plantation
heard the apes making fearful out
cries and, rushing out, saw this
singular scene. A large baboon. the
leader Of band, was throwing some
young apes at the wasp nests Just as
boy might have thrown stones at
them.
The poor victims. stung by the in
furiated insects, were crying pIteous-
~. but the old baboon paid no heed
TO them whatever. While they were
suffering from the anger Of the
wasps he quietly proceeded to sregaIe
himself With thu fruit which he
could now PLUCK without danger. Oc:
casionally he would turn round and
graciously throw handful to some
females and young standing a little
way OF.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
Fish Encased in Heavy Armor.

Encased in a tiny box of armor
which covers its entire body-only
eyes, mouth, fins and tail protruding,
the trunkfish of the tropical seas is
a slowly-moving creature. So heavy
and thick is this armor that one has
to give a fairly heavy blow with a
hammer to crack it, The armor is
made of many six-sided horny-plates,
and is beautiful thing in itself, as
well as a useful cover for its wearer.
One species of trunkfish has two
long horns reaching out over the eyes,
1t Is often called cowfish, because
of these horns his head SO much re-
sembles that of a COW.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
Too Busy TO Get up.

Pleasant dreams have a feeling Of
dissatisfaction with cold everyday
facts. The contrast between the 70
nance of unfettered Imagination and
the world as it is frequently proves
distressing, remarks the Portland Ore
gonian
Two young bank clerks room togeth.
er. One Of them awoke and began
preparing for the day, but hesitated to
arouse the other-he slept with such
a pleasant smile. Finally the ordeal
could not be postponed any longer and
the sleeper was subjected to a rude
series Of shakes.
"Qway, can't get up yet. 1 must
go back to Sleep was the drowsy pro.
test.
But it's tomorrow morning, we got
TO be at work in half an hour"
You go-leave me alonel I'm bi.
cycle riding with a pretty girl and
she Is just giving me her address. SO !
can call. And lost my hat and
have to go back to sleep and find it."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
The Ingenious Beaver.

In a paper presented to the British
association, attention was invited to
the great advantage that was gained
by the first animals which succeeded
In securing thermal and chemical con
stancy In their environment, thus rem
dering themselves Independent of
changes In the external medium. Man
Is the most remarkable for his activity
In this respect, but many other crea-
lures differ from him only In the de-
gree Of their activity directed to a
similar end, and, 1t should be added
In some parts Of this country the &C.
tivity Of the beaver In creating an
artificial environment has, until lately,
been more marked than that Of man
himself
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
RECOGNIZED POWER OF MUSIC
In All Ages the Value of Sweet Sounds
Has Been Acknowledged
by the Wise.

A leading educationalist has this to
say concerning the value of music:
81 cannot think of an ideal home
without music, for it would surely be
very incomplete without it. To me,
the beauty of music cannot be de-
Svribed in words. There seems to be
no state of mind that one can be in
In which music is not welcome. Even
in the Bible we read that David played
on the harp for Saul to quiet his
troubled mind. We need music every
day in our home more than any other
place, for the good Of our mind and
body.
THE benefits of music are also
reaching the hospitals, the homes of
the sick, and busy people after hard
days work find it refreshing to come
home and hear its soothing strains.
eve also enjoy music in our homes
of learning-the schools. The school
orchestra and the songs we sing in
assembly make us feel like starting
out on the days study in an excellent
mood"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
DISPUTE ORIGIN OF cALicHE
Scientists Disagree az to How ROCK
of Which Chile Has Monopoly,
Came About.

Chile's chief source Of revenue, OF
which the country has virtually a
world monopoly, is obtained from the
rough rock known locally as caliche.
Scientists disagree as to the origin OF
this valuable mineral, according to q
writer In the National Geographic
Magazine Some claim (and Darwin
among them) that it had its origin in
saaweed Of an ancient period. One
savant argues that the deposit result
ed from nitrogen contained in guano.
Others believe in its atmospheric
origin, advancing the theory that In a
remote age electricity passing through
the moist air, by combination, formed
nitric acid; this in tzrn, fnpregnatmg
the food waters OF Andean streams
ard coming In contact with the Hr1e-
stone Of the rocks, formed nitrate OF
line: another step in natures labora-
tory brought this nitrate Of lime In
contact with sulphate of soda, forming
the caliche found today.
Iodine, precipitated from the nitrate
solution, is the most important by-prod-
net Of the caliche rock. By agree
ment among the nitrate establishments,
Its production is limited to every
sixth year, that the market may not
be overstocked.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
WED ONLY CLOSE RELATIONS
Custom Of Burmese Tribe Leads q
Marriages Between Extreme Old
/ Age and Youth.

The only occasions on which lads
and lassies Of the Red Karen tribe In
Burma meet are at marriage feasts
and at wakes, according to the Ma
tio4al Geographic Magazine. These
festivals last over three nights, and
are veritable orgies, with great ex-
cess Of eating and drinking. Both
sexes are well-seasoned vessels, since
they begin drinking strong drink be-
fore they are weaned. Marriages ara
limited to near relations and result
quite often In unions where husband
and wife are Of very unequal age, the
husband fifteen, the wife seventy. or
the other way about.
Punishment for marriage out Of the
clans was formerly very severe. A large
hole was dug in the ground and 4
log placed across It, to which two
ropes were attached. The ends of
these were noosed round the necks
of the offending pair. They were
made to jump into the pit. and 50 hang
lthemselveA !.
Now they are exc0mmuniesoed In
stead. and never allowed to enter q
Karen village again.. The two VII
lagos of Kara ID the Nan-kwo circle
pre- sa1d - Be Inhabited entirely b.
- dspl1( co.llee !,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
Real Economy.

Transparent animals are remark
able. Yet recent studies of two larvaT
cells which possess this peculiarly,
and which belong to one of the gov
eminent bureaus at Washington, seem
to show that among the possible adj
vantages of being transparent is listed
economy in personal decoration.
In ordinary Opaque animals the col
or markings are symmetrical on both
sides Of the body, but this is not the
case with the transparent cells. When
looked at from one side these cells ap-
pear to have seven large, black spots
arranged at nearly regular intervals
along The length of its body; closer
examination shows that in each case
three spots are on the left side and
four on the right. They are irreg-
ularly spaced, but in such a manner
that on looking through the body ak
seven appear in symmetrical row.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-02
Flour Used In Maxine Watches.

Two barrels Of -four are used every
week In making watches at a we'll
known factory, which turns out from
2000 to 5000 watches a week. Since
q baker uses about three pounds of
-four to five loaves of bread, it follows
that for every watch the maker uses
the equivalent of third of loaf. The
-four is made into dough and the
dough Is used to handle screws, rivets
and other small parts.
Each man in that part of the busl-
ness has lump Of dough always al
hand, and when he wants to examine
screw he jabs piece Of dough on 1t.
Then, turning it over, he has a good
chance TO look at it with his watch
makers microscopic eyeglass. Many
Of the screws are too minute to pick up
easily with the fingers, and many
more, though large enough to be
picked up, would be so covered by the
fingers or the forcers as to be almost
hidden from sight.