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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
CALLS FOR SOME DISCRETION
Power Of Attracting Birds May Be All
Right in the Country, but In
the cltyl

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-
biance to the cries of a wounded bird
and, according to one of the bird books.
one may enter an apparently deserted
thicket 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 keen these
tactics for the open country.-Ereder-
ick r. AleR q HaypeEs Maxaxina j
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Indian legend Of RattIesnaks,

A Texan reports killing a rattle
snake in west Texas that measured
eight feet and had "a rattles and a
button. But III the winter of 1SsS-69.
when the Kansas volunteer regiment
joined General Shefidan's command,
the rowing soldiers discovered, in
Wichita mountains, den of rattle
snakes which tops the record.
After the soldiers had taken their
souvenirs and had thrown number
of the reptiles into the creek and
brush, 15S were counted. Several.
without their heads and tails, meas
ured eight feet and were six inches
in diameter. The sum total was esti-
mated at 200.
AS usual, the Indians claimed that
the den was medicine" den. An
aged Arapahoe chief had entered it.
to die, and had turned into monster
diamond-back, the father of all the
snakes in that county.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
GARAGES 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 a sailors point OF
view there are far lore dangerous
cargoes. He breads, for instance, q
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
juice-anything sour. They lose their
appetites and are always glad when
a. 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 a bomb.
Acids and other chemicals form
dangerous cargoes. Carbide Of cal.
ium, 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, 1923-02-16
LARGEST KNOWN FOSSIL BONE
Discovery Made in Northern New
Mexico Is Interesting for More
Than One Reason.

The largest shoulder blade Of any
animal on record, ancient or modern
has been discovered in San Juan basin
in northern New Mexico by John B.
Reside, Jr., Of the United States
geological survey. This scapula bone
is part Of an immense extinct -dinosauI
estimated to be over one hundred feet
long and markedly larger than auy
previously known to have existed.
Charles e. Gilmore of the National
museum in Washington has assembled
the collection Of pieces OF this fossil
scapula and has found that the total
length of the bone is more than five
feet, nearly as tall as man. This is
1--WE times the length Of the shoulder
blade of a COW Of today.
The large fossil was found In the
part of the earth that was deposited
and formed In the Upper Cretaceous
era, and this indicates to the geologisi
that the dinosaurs lived at a later
geologic time than they had previously
supposed. This fact has created more
stir in geological circles than the
size of the fossil.
Dinosaurs were large reptiles with
long necks, little heads and brains,
and long tails. Their bodies look
somewhat like that of an diversified
elephant with hind legs longer than
fore legs. They dominated the earth
In the days when the limestone beds
were. laid, but for some reason diA
appeared from the earth to give plaos
. snaller and iivelier animal3
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
First American Tannerx.

In 1880 the first tannery in America
was built in Virginia. A second one
was established few years later at
Lynn, Mass. The tanning industry was
well represented among the early set
tiers of Massachusetts, for it is re-
corded that no fewer than 81 tanners
had come over to the new colony be-
fore 1850. Their labors were in great
demand. Skins accumulated so rapid
ly that in 1910 it was found necessary
TO pass law that every hide and
skin should be dried before it corrupts.
and sent where they may be tanned
and dressed" The tanning industry
also received encouragement through
out the colonies by many laws for
bidding the expectation of untanneG
leather. Tanneries flourished every
where, and by 1910 their annual out
pat was worth 20 million dollars.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
DARWIn's THEORY OF LIFE
Opinion That Has Been Sharply At
tackled and Holly Defended Since
He Expressed 1t.

Charles Darwin published in 1859 a
work entitled "Origin of Species" In
an attempt to prove that the numerous
species now existing on the earth
sprang originally from one, or at most,
few primal forms, and that the
present diversity is due to special de-
velopment and natural selection.
According to Darwin's theory, those
plants and creatures that are best
suited to the conditions of their ex-
istence survive and become fruitful /;
certain organs called into play by pc
culiar conditions of life grow with
their growth and strengthen with their
strength; until they become so much
a part and parcel of their frames as
be be transmitted TO their offspring.
The conditions of life being very di-
verse cause a great diversity of or
ganic development. and of course
every such diversity which has be-
come radical is the parent of a new
species
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Lono Lie q Matter Of Eood.

Dr. Leonard Wul5auts
-c5ls'ed ..Hglisl
man has about e.
llaif by upr
leeu.ng Is RESP,
impaired hlt
delivered lee.
London bqf0le one o,
cieties in which he SAL. III
when baby cried it vas MT bee
the child was hungry, but be Sc
food that had been given t. il uu
lacking in some essential elements d
manded by it. Man began by Twin
upon roots, fruits and herbs, and wher
he learned to cook and sterilize his
food by heat, he took d step on the
downward physical path Cooking Is
an artificial process which may be
legitimate under certain clrcum-
stances, but it is not necessary TO a
continued existence and sterilization
may kill the beneficial proteins and
vitamins.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
A Pair of Gloves.

One keen, biting winter morning half
dozen grizzled, stoop-shouldered old
men were cleaning off the snow and
ice from the sidewalk of an eastern
city. They were warmly clad, and all
wore thick gloves or mittens except
one; he was trying to work bare
ended.
While he rs alternately swinging
Us, pick ana s5opning to blow on his
fingers "a tan. broa d shoulaared man
came wGlI-'a along the pavement. He
wore fur coat and pair of beau
tiful heavy gloves. When he came
opposite the old man who was resting
n moment from his work, he suddenly
"hed OF his gloves. thrust them
1arouSlv into the hand of the labor
er Ind with the tenderest and merri-
est of smiles went right on, without
Z ia turning round, and was lost in
the crowd
The cid man Strengthened and stood
staring after him III utter bewilder-
ment Then, shaking his gray head
over and over as if he were unable
to explain the generosity of the
stranger he slowly drew on the COM
forting gloves and continued his hard
work.-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
FEAST CHANGED IN MEANING
's"'sh Passover Originally Acricul,
tural FestivaI--Now Refers ri.
rectiy to Escape From Egypt.

The Jewish festival of Passover com.
memorates the release Of the Hebrews
from Egyptian bondage. The festival
opens with household ceremony.
called the Seder, at which q collation.
Is served and various religious rites
performed, including a recital of the
events Of the Exodus, from q special
ritual service compiled for this occa-
sion.
Originally Passover was an agricuI.
tural feast. At later period il be-
came ASSOCIATED in part from its prim-
tive nature and came to refer direct.
~ to the escape from Egypt, which in.
vested the festival with the new and
highly significant spiritual message OF
liberty for all mankind.
In the synagogue the note of spring
Is reflected in assigned scripturaI
reading wherein the worshiper is re-
minded that the winter is over. This
Is in harmony with the purpose of the
Passover, which Is to recall to mind
the many miracles which were wrought
In behalf of the House of Jacob by the
never-slumbering guardian and keeper
OF Israel. Israel Is hidden, through
the annual message of Passover, to
work for the eventual triumph of hu.
mainly over the tyranny Of Injustice
and iniquity.-Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
MOVES ALTOGETHER roo 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. a. Young writes In Provi-
dence Journal. We shall have lust
time to save up for the summer yaca.
ton and then for another period OF
scrimping preparation for Christmas
and first thing we know they will be
handing around the 1928 calendars
That is really the most alarming ~
pect Of life, aftor one gets to be ahcus
20 old. II Is this infernal and reient.
less speed Of the passing years whieA
steadily becomes spesdier. It 10 only
youth that Is able to worry about lsysr
measuring machines, the erratfc con-
duct Of the equator and the north pole.
the speed Of the moon and the speed Of
turtles and all these contemporaneous
scientific matterA
And yet. science Is just wonderful.
Isn't 1T In. Toronto the American A.
ISOLATION for the Advancement az Sci
ence has just received 1 report from
l professor at the University Of Wls-
consin which reveals 4 new speed rec.
ord. The champion racing turtle ia an
event which .inclnded 163 entrants en-
lshed the mile In three pears eleven
months and nineteen days All " can
get out Of this Is the Thought tint M
would Hike to have life moge as.aloyrlr
- ik doos for q turtle,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Went the Whole Route,

A fussy old gentleman engaged q
footman and having instructed him in
his duties asked him if he understood
sequences.
II don't know, sir" replied the man !;
will 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, eff that's
all, no doubt / shall please you.'
His master. being i'll one morning,
ordered him to summon a nurse. He
did not return until late at night and
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, doctor, a surgeon and an
undertaken; and he had asked them
al to attend. In fact, they were wait
ing below.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16

have such scant foliage that their
shade does not prevent the growth Of q
heavy sod. A mixed planting Of cot
ton wood with either of the other two
varieties mentioned will more COM
pletely utilize the ground, increase the
yield and bring about better forest
condition Frequently, less expensive
and less valuable varieties can be
planted as filters with trees that are to
make up the permanent planting.
Mixed paintings also are desirable as
protection against diseases and insect
attack. When chestnut and black To-
Gust, which are susceptible to such at
lacks, are planted among trees not 50
liable to injury of this kind, the latter
will provide a stand of trees If the
former are killed.
UtiIizes Poorest Soil.
Unless intended for windbreaks.
plantations should be located on thu
poorest soil of the farm, that least suit
ed to the production Of agricultural
crops. Odd corners cut off by streams
or driveways and hillsides or poorly
drained soil should be selected. In
starting a grove, seedlings one or two
years old are preferable to seed q
cuttings. Nut trees, such as walnut
hickory and oak, develop deep tap
root and few lateral feeding roots dur
ing their first year. They canro
therefore, be transplanted as success
fully as other trees. The nuts or acorar
should be planted on the permanent
SITE Sometimes it Is advisable to
sprout the nuts before this planting Is
made. Cottonwood and willow planta
lions are most easily started with cut
tings-12 to 14-inch sections taken
from one or two-year-old twigs of liv-
ing trees. Cuttings should be collected
during early winter and buried in moist
sand in a cool place preparatory 70
planting in the spring.
In general, early spring planting Is
preferable to planting at any other sea
son. AS compared with fall planting
it has at least two distinct advantages
the stock has an entire growing sea-
son In which to become established be-
fore it is subjected to the rigors of
winter. and 1t is not in immediate dan.
ger of being heaved out of the ground
by alternate freezing and tSsg.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Sing Deeds of Light Tendera

The hardships endured by light
keepers have inspired the pens of
some of our best writer's. Robert
Louis Stevenson, in sketching the life
of his grandfather, Robert Stevenson
distinguished Scotch lighthouse en-.
gineer, gives some entertaining pen
pictures Of their lot.
The first lighthousekeeper in thia
country, George Worthylake, at Bos-
ton light, whose first years salary
was 80 pounds, was drowned with
his wife and daughter OR November
8, Ills. and this incident was the in
spiration for ballad, the Lighthouse
Tragedy" written by Benjamin Frank
lin, then a boy of thirteen. In his
autobiography he tells us that his
brother induced him to print and sell
copies of this ballad on the streets
of Boston, and that 1t "sold wonder
fully" the event being recent and
having made a great noise" No
copy OF this ballad seems to have been
preserved, but the author admau n
vas "wretched stuff"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Polished Shoes Once pseriea.

Polished shoes were for long time
looked upon as a sure sign of effem-
macy In men, and were often even
ridiculed, says London Answers.
Therefore, mock me all over. from,
my fiat cap unto my shining shoes. y
became almost proyerbial.
Shoe ornamentation of any kind
came to US from France. 1t was of
a Frenchified Englishman that Bea
Jonson wrote In his famous satire
Would you believe that so much scarf
Of France, of hat, and feather. ano
shoe, and tye, and garter, should come
hithery'
Now let us look at the other exfre,p
ity. Powder for the hair was frs
introduced into England early In til
Seventeenth century, and became hi
mediately the mock of the dramatists
and was severely censured by the
ruritans.
The fashion became very popular
about 1895. when a tax Of / guinea
per annum was levied on every per
son who wore their hair powdered
The hair-powder duty for the firsf
year was estimated It f250Do0 Isl
z500oo).
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
Ace Of a Fish.

The size and weight of a fish are no
indication Of its age. Its length Of
life Is revealed, just as that OF a tree
is, by Its rings. The fish has an
nual rings also. but not In It's body
fat Ash scale under a magnifier and
you notice fae scale Is covered with
little rings-some close together and
some farther apart. When the fish
grows slowly because Its food is
scarce and the water il chilly, these
rings lie close together, but when its
food is plentiful and the water Is
warmej and the fish grow bigger
quickly-as Il were, stretches its skin
with good feeding-then the rings on
the scales lie well apart. Each of
'hese rings represents one year in the
age Of the fish, There Is another way.
1t il By tracing out the markings on
what are termed the earstones Of the
fish---the tiny hard things In its inner
ear. Put these earstones under q
powerful microscope and ron see tiny
light and dark rings. Every light ring
tells 81 one years growth. 50 By count
lns ~ light sinu ~ arrive Il The
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
CARRIES STOOL TO WORSHIP
Woman at Jersey Resort Village Aets
- Her Own Usher on Sunday
Provides Own Seat.

Summer resorters get accustomed %
doing without the many little convent.
snces of home life. They philosoph-
ically accept conditions as being nee
essary to camping out" SO oil stoves
take the place Of gas ranges and they
carry water for the household from
the public hydrant down the bungalow
tined street, says the New York Sun.
On week-ends most Of the bungalow
colonies house added guests and the
kitchen and porch serve as overflow
bedrooms. Few of the churches Ii
the summer towns are able to seat al
the worshipers on Sunday. But that
doesn't hinder the attendance. At Z
Jersey resort village the other Sun
day one woman was carrying a camp
stool to church. Her neighborn
tbought no more Of It than had they
ssen her carrying q bundl< = -
onE1w fksu the ccEner ehngA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16

PREPARED by the United States Department
of Agriculture.)
Many paintings of trees have turned
out failures because Of the selection or
species unsuited either to the climate
or to the soil. The best trees for plant
ing on a home farm usually are those
which grow well in similar soils in the
region, according to the recommends
ton of forest specialists of the United
States Department of Agriculture, IN
Farmers Bulletin 1923, Growing and
Planting Hardwood Seedlings on the
Farm" recently published by the de-
partment.
In determining what species of hard
wood trees should be grown, the bull
letin says, the object Of growing the
trees and their adaptability TO the eli
mate of the region should be kept in
mind. As Illustrations, the bulletin
points out that box-elder is not good
tree to plant for timber; the yellow
poplar, because Of climatic conditions,
cannot be grown successfully in the
plains region of the central United
States, and hardy catalpa will not
thrive In poor, sandy or heavy clay
soils.
Trees May Be Grouped.
To a certain extent trees may be
grouped as those most valuable for
lumber. for posts and poles, for wind
breaks, etc. Some of the varieties
listed In the bulletin as suitable for
lumber are: Ash, Eastwood, beech,
birch, black cherry, cottonwood, Gu
cumber, elm, hickory, sugar maple, red
oak, white oak, red gum, sycamore,
black walnut and yellow poplar. Va
rieties suitable for posts and poles are:
Hardy catalpa. coffee tree, red elm,
eucalyptus, black locust, honey locust,
Russian mulberry, oaks, Usage orange
and white willow. Varieties best suit
ed for windbreaks are: Green ash, box
elder, cottonwood, eucalyptus, hack
berry, silver maple. Russian mulberry,
Usage orange, Russian olive, white will
low and yellow willow.
A mixture of two or more kinds of
trees in a plantation sometimes is de-
sirable, says the bulletin. For best re-
suits, trees such as the cottonw God
should be spaced widely, while others,
such as black walnut and black locust,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16


seourge Known az "Hlaek Death"
The name BLACK Death" was given
to the epidemic that devastated Asia
and Europe In the Fourteenth century.
Il was 50 called from the black spots
that appeared upon the skin at the
time Of death. and was probably
nishiy malignant form Of typhus fever.
The scourge ravaged China In 1888.
1877 and carried on 100000 Of its
inhabitants. and 100000 In other
parts OK Asia. 49,
The Black Death first appeared In
Europe II 1912. but 1t was not until
August is4e, that It reached England.
IN London 100000 persons died Of II,
and IN Norwich over 10000. 1t Is esti.
mated that the victims Of this. one
visitation numbered from one-third to
one-haif Of the entire population Of
England, which. at that time was about
100000. The Black Death reappeaned
"a Europe In 1860. 1878 ana 1850. II
e said to have carried on h all It's
visisatiens more than 100000 Eu-
ropeanA
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
But is II Worth II?

This is remedy OF an NnglisA
woman for taking OF superf1ucus
ounces from the face that has be-
come too fat through overeating and
lack Of exercise.
To begin with, Of course, she rec
ommends mild dieting and plenty 81
walking and lots Of water to drink
every day. This to cut down super
auous fat all over the body.
One good exercise Is this: open
the mouth and work the jaw vigor-
ously, first to the right, then to the
left, then backward, then forward.
Do this persfstently.
Then draw the cheeks In between
the teeth and puT them out hard and
full. Then. with the teeth shut tight,
stroke the cheeks with the palms 81
the hands gently upward from the
chin tip to forehead. Don't do any
OF the stroking exercises too rapidly
or vigorously. but do them for 1 long
time, persistently. slowly. you NJ
ct me best results Ii III vsy.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-02-16
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 palace
on wheels.
Can you imagine such transaction
The land involved was that COM
prising the old Sangre de Christie
grant.
The carriage was q family vehicle
belonging to Charles Boubien, q
French-C Canadian.
The governor of Mexican province
took liking to the Boubien family
bus. Boubien craved 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 ceded to the American
government.
Old Boubien, 1t 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 di
rect to him, so he put forward two
Observation-Disclosures Boubien and Luis
Lee-as the ostensible benefciaries
They were killed in the Mexican revo
luton of 1S47 and the elder BOubier
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 divides
into two parts. The upper part, lying
mostly in southern Colorado, is now
known as the Trinchera estates; the
lower as the Costilla estates.