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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22

This is no place for 'preachments,
but we just heard a girl say of an
other: Il hate her 50 it makes me
siekl''
That's about all hatred will do for
you, dearie; and it won't even touch
the object of your hatred There's
nothing that makes a girl uglier than
hatred. If for no other reason, you
might consider your good looks, and,
if you can't like person, at least
save yourself by just forgetting that
she exists.
I'm writing this so 1 can clip it out
and mail it to you, Little Lady; and
maybe some other girls who hate peo-
pie until it makes them sick will think
1t over, as you will when the ugly
lines of hatred turn all your friends
distrustful. Richmond Times-Dis-
patch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
SILVER PRODUCTION FELL OFF
Year 1921 Saw Less of 1t Mined and
Consumed Than in the Preceding
Twelve Months.

An estimate of the worlds produc-
don and consumption of silver in 1921
gives the worlds total product last
year as f6I 100000 ounces. against
l74,0OO,0O0 In 1920. OF this total ths
United States is estimated to have
produced 100000 ounces in 1921.
against 55,40O,OOO in 1920; Mexico, g..
100000, against 66,7OOO00; Canada.
100000, against 12,SO0,000, and
other countries 100000, against 3d.
100000.
1t is estimated that consumption for
governmental purchases aHsi exports to
The East absorbed 36,500,0O0- ounces
more Of silver than the years produc
don. The total distribution on these
accounts is estimated al l97.5@lGh
ounces, of which 1S,000,OO0 uuue,-
were assigned to this country's con
sumption in the arts, 100000 to SIM
liar English consumption, 100000 TO
purchases under the Pittsman act by
the United States mint, 100000 to
Mexican government purchases, 49,
100000 to shipments from England to
India, 100000 to shipments from the
United States to India, 5S,500,O00 to
shipments by England and the United
States to China and the Far East and
100000 to purchases in the United
States for subsidiary coinage and 9th
or purposes
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
HELD IN MUD FOR CENTURIES
Delicate Organisms Have Been Won
drousIy Preserved During the Up
building of the World.

Fragments of colony of marine anil
mails on a slab of black rock, with
many trilobites (dark) and shells of
the Sidney crab Qight), were diseov-
cred by G. 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 I'M
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, 1923-06-22
FEW WALK IN STRAIGHT LINE
Physical lmperfections Cause Pedes-
TRANS to Take Zigzag Course
in Their Journeyinqs.

How do you walk? Do you proceed
in a straight line or zigzag from side
to side?
If you watch a number of pedes-
trians you will find that nine out OF
ten bear to the right, return to their
proper course, and then start swerving
to the right again.
This is because our right leg is
more fully developed and stronger
than our left. A left-handed person
usually swerves to the left in walk
ing. for in MS case the left side is the
fore powerful
If = man IS slightly deaf in his left
ear he ufll swerve to the left. II his
other ear is affected he will go in the
opposite direction. This is because
the deaf stoop slightly on the side on
which they can hear least.
Short-sighted people will swerve to
the side on which they have their
worst eye. Even people who are per-
fectly well physically and whose bodies
ere evenly developed zigzag in their
walk. This is because their thoughts
wander and their legs have not suf-
ficient guidance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
ODD IDEAS CONCERNING RATS
eeIicf. That the Rodents Could Not
Live in Certain Parts Of Scotland
--Witchcraft Symbols.

Many curious beliefs formerly pre-
vailed in Scotland concerning the rat.
One of the most common of these was
that there were certain districts where
rats could not live, and could not even
be introduced. The old Scottish his
torian Hector Boece states that there
were no rats to be found in his day in
Buchan, while a later author, Sir
Robert Gordon, made a similar state
ment regarding Sutherlandshire: He
says, IF they come thither in ships
from other parts, they die presently,
that country At the same time, ac-
cordirfg to correspondent of the
Sportsman, he asserts that rats
abounded in the neighinring county
of Caithness. Even so late as 1854
the belief prevailed. The writer of
the articles on Morven and Roseneath
in "The Statistical Account of Scot
land" states that attempts were made
to introduce the rat into these par
ishes, but without success. With re-
gard to Roseneath, he says: From
a prevailing opinion that the soil Of
this parish is hostile to that animal,
some years ago a West Indian planter
actually carried out to Jamaica sew
eral casks of Roseneath earth, with q
view to kill the rats that were de-
stroying his sugar-canes. 1t is said
this had not the desired effect, so we
lost valuable export" During the
period of the witch mania rats were
looked upon as the symbols of witch
craft. That Shey could be extermi-
mated by course Of rhyming was a
belief common to both Scotland and
Ireland, though more popular in the
latter country than the former.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
SCIENTISTS WILL STUDY RAT
Good Results Expected to Follow OBJ
servations to Be Carried Out at
Philadelphia.

The superrat, unlike the superman
Of Nietzsche, is not of the warriors
type, but is a gentleman, an aristocrat
Mt heart, although democratic In his
ways.
: He is gentle and sociable, good fell
low. healthy and active, end has an
esthetic side, being fond OF scod mu'
sic.
These are some of the conclusions
drawn from years of experiments
with the rodent by DR.. Milton Il.
Greenman, director of the Wistar In
stitute, at Philadelphia.
To make observations on more *
,ensive scale and under more fa =
able conditions than heretofore, 5.r'
sicularly in food research. the ias.l-
tute is building $4,000 home for
rats. The building will be one-story
wing TO the present structure, and
will be provided with every kind OF
convenience conducive. to rat comfort
and well being. The results, it is be-
lieved, will be of fur-reaching benefit
TO mankind
Outside OF an Office and laboratory
there viii be a well-equipped gymnasi-
upl for the rats. Ladders for climb
ing. modified trapezes, running space,
treadmin cages. and knawing appara-
tus will be provided to give the eu-
genically raised rat the proper exer.
else.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
Natural Mouse Trap.

In the East Indies there grows a
plant that eats mice. This plant has
very strong sweet odor which at
tracts mice and moles to it. The little
animals, attpcted by the strong scent,
run up the stalk of the plant right into
the flower, from which there is no es.
cape, as they are caught in a sticky
substance, and are kept from backing
out by down-pointing bristles Which
close around their victim.
Digestive juices, like those found il
the stumachs Of animals, exude and
tie rodent is slowly consumed. 1t Is
rsilnored that this flesh-eating plant
May be put to use as a mouse trap, as
Il has an irresistible attraction for
rodents.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
Wild Bears Eccome plaque.

From the few swine that were let
loose on the island Of Santa Cruz, in
1917 have come race of ferocious
wild boars. They have lost virtually
every trace of their original domes-
ITCHY, and have become powerful wild
beasts as fleet of hoof as deer. They
mature enormous tusks, long hoofs
and bristles that are like wire, and
are the plague of the ranch people
who have sought to develop the island
for sheep and cattle raising.
The boars tear down fences faster
than the ranchers can build them,
they root up garden stuff as soon as il
springs from the ground, and not In
frequently they have been known 10
gore horses. sheep and cattle. Young
lambs are one of their favorite foods,
and in the killing and eating of them
shey show Sail and cunning and
carnivorous traits comparable to the
tactics of wolves.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
china,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
sick mother, and the journeys are
taken as an expression of thanksgiv-
ing in case of recovery, or as prayer
for megcies in the other world in case
of a fatal issue of the illness.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
No Other WAY Out.

suffered from the defation put great
reliance in a certain tale as a clinch-
ing argument to crippled firms. 1t was
about a man who was telling his son
bedtime story about an alligator. 1t
was creeping up behind a turtle, with
its mouth wide open. Finally it was
within reach, but just as its great
jaws We're swapping shut, the turtle
made spring, ran up tree, and es-
capped. "Why, father" said the boy,
show could turtle climb tree?'
"By gosh replied the father, ''he
had TO-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
ALWAYS RACE OF WARRIORS
Roman Historian Paid Tribuke to the
Fighting Qualities &c the Picts
Early in History.

Picts is the name by which, for five
and half centuries-296 to S44 A. d.
the people that inhabited eastern
Scotland, from the Forth to the Pent-
land firth, were known. In certain
chronicles they are styled Picti, Pic
tones, Pictores, or Piccardaig-all
forms of the same root; but sometimes
the native Gaelic name of Cruthnig is
applied to them. and their country
called Cruithen-tuath, the equivalent
of the Latin Pictavia and Old Morse
Pcttland, which still survives in the
name Of the Pentland firth. In their
wars in Britain the Romans came into
collision with the Picts One Roman
or Latin writer Of that time speaks of
"the Caledonians and other Picts,"
which implies the inclusion of the for
lner in. the latter people. The we'll
known Roman historian. Tacitus, calls
Scotland north of the Firths of Forth
and Clyde, Caledonia, and he describes
the Caledonians as q noble race of
barbarians, who fight in chariots as
well as on foot, with long swords and
short shields, and whose fair red hair
and large limbs argued a Teutonic
origin.
The Highlanders of today are of
Celtic origin. The prefix mac, mean
ing son of, is from the Gaelic
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
Naughty CapitaIist,

The laboring man of 20 years ago
was pretty well satisfied Labor
troubles in this country were almost
unheard of then, though at infre-
quent intervals an employee would find
a grievance against his employer. That
of the machinist whom Mr. A. B. Far
quhar tells of in his book 1.-THE First
Million the Hardest" is certainly
amusing, viewed at this date
. One afternoon, says Mr.. Farquhar,
a machinist came to us in high dudg-
con from another shop and asked for
a job. We wanted to know, of course,
why he had left his old place
at was this way" he said. The
boss was out walking with a lady the
other night, and passed him and said.
How do you do, Harry And the next
day he came around to me and said
when I am out walking with a lady
in the evening l don't want you to
speak to me- l won't work for a
man who acts that way l"-Youth's
Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
Where Washington Wooed.


1onkers, N. Y, has an interesting
history. 1t is connected indirectly
with the sparkling days of George
washington. before he yielded to the
charms Of Widow Gusts. Washington
at one time paid very ardent court to
one Mary Philipse. Her father, the
detroit News recalls, was one of the
osg landed proprietors Of prerevolu-
tlonary times. Hie premises extended
from what Is now Philipse Manor sta.
uon' three miles above Tarrytown.
and close TO Washington Irving's loved
sleepy Hollow. to what Is now Getty
square IN the heart Of Yonkers.
The original manor house was at
me former location. 1t is still stand
ing, and few years ago was bought
and occupied BY Elsie Janis. who has
restored It to its early splendor and
nlled It with colonial furniture, much
q which was there when Mary Phil.
ipse used TO entertain fh6 Sandstone
ysung ozlqex.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
INN HAS HISTORIC INTEREST
Hestelry on Long Island Sound q
Place of Entertainment for
Hundreds of Years.

One of the Oldest and most distin.
guished hostelries In the United States
Is the Canoe Place inn, between Shin
neeock and Peconie bay, on Long Is
land sound. The charter of this fine
old, rambling, red-brick structure was
signed by Queen Anne, but the inn MS
doing thriving business years pre-
viouS to this. An interesting figure
is the venerable fgurehead of the fri.
gate Ohio, which, after an honorable
service, was displaced by the ironclad
and finally broken up in the waters
which was the cove. One of the mosr
massive of existing figureheads, it was
carved In Greece and presented, with
much ceremony, to this government.
1t shows Hercules in impressive pose
and was warranted by the Greek
donors to possess magic gifts. One of
the most valuable sets of registers 70
be found in this country is to be exam.
ined in Canoe Place inn. Its famous
autographs begin in 1869 with the
mark OF Wyandach, grand sachem OF
the Montauks, and include famous col
onial governors, Manhattan, Dutch.
Swedish and English, for two hundred
years. The jim fell into the hands OF
the British authorities during the Rev.
dictionary war and provided for the
officers under Lord Howe and Sir Hen.
ry Clinton-as close an approach to
club as existed In those days In this
sa.- "a - --~-re
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
Indian Legend of RattIesnake.

A Texan reports killing a rattle
snake in west Texas that measured
eight feet and had "a rattles and a
button. But in the winter of 1S6S-69,
when the Kansas volunteer regiment
joined General She1idan's command
the rowing soldiers discovered, in
Wichita mountains, a den of rattle
snakes which tops the record.
After the soldiers had taken their
souvenirs and had thrown 9 number
of the reptiles into the creek. and
brush, 158 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 a medicine" den. An
aged Arapahoe chief had entered it,
to die, and had turned into a monster
diamond-back, the father of oil the
snakes in that country.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
OWL asTo0Ps TO CONQUER
Only Two Lessons Needed to Teach
Dog the Wisdom of Leaving
the Bird Unmolested.

Not long ago, writes contributor,
learned of the tactics of certain owl
in defending itself that were both
amusing and interesting. Whether the
method is common among owls, ] do
not know; the bird praeticed it on
more than enc occasion.
The owl was great big-headed crea-
ture captured in the woods and tied
with a rope to stake in the yard.
Its enemy was the dog, which seemed
to think that it was a common fowl.
OF course the thing to do was to bark
and to frighten it into flight. But bark
ing had no effect whatever except TO
make the dreadful eyes glow more
brightly and to produce sort of sharp
swapping that seemed to come from the
bill, which was almost hidden among
the feathers. After some time the dog
made fierce run.
Not a move did the owl make. Not
a feather twitched; but the eyes
glowed like fire, and snap, snap went
the bill. Suddenly just as the dog
came close the Dlfu Went over Oh itS
back in heap. 1t was an undignitied
position surely, but there was pur-
pose in it.
The dog, assuming that the strange
bird had fallen upon the ground in
fright, dashed up and thrust his nose
among the feathers. Instantly steel
like claws, sharp as knives, fastened
upon him and with yell of terror and
pain he tore loose and ran for his life.
Solemn and apparently harmless stood
the owl as before.
1t was too much for the dog. An
other rush brought him again within
reaching distance of the strange enemy.
Once more the bird fell on it's back,
and once more the dog thrust his nose
into the feathers only to feel the cruel
talons sink into his tender nose; with
yelp he fed From the shelter of
the porch he viewed the strange bird
no longer a dignified barn fowl, but a
dreadful monster to be let absolutely
alone.-Youth's Companion.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
AIDED THE DEPUTY SHERIFF
Humorous Incident in Which "Gun-
man" Figured Prominently in Early
Days of the West.

In his "When the West Was Young"
Frederick r. Bechdoll tells of the
meeting in Cochise county, Arizona.
between young Breckenridge, a
sheriff's deputy, and Curly Bill, a gun
man with a price on his head. The
young deputy had been sent out TO
collect taxes in a rough region and he
would admire to have Bill ride along
to help him take care of the roll. We
read:
"Curly Bill was a great deal slower
at thinking than he was at drawing
his gun, and there was much food for
thought in that bold proposition.
HE gazed at young Breckenridge
for some moments iii silence Grad
ually his lips relaxed. Smiling, he
turned and addressed the occupants
of the room.
Boys he cried, line up
"And when the line was formed be-
fore the bar he waved his hand.
This here's the deputy sheriff,
come to collect the taxes in our end of
the county; and aim to help him do
the job up right"
Here seems to be one of the reasons
why they speak of rare old days" in
the American oceldent~a
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
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 !:
Il 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-
scribed 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 1t refreshing to come
home and hear It's soothing strains.
'We 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 m excallanf
nneA.e
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
Perfect Platonic Friendship.

The friendship between the great
artist Michelangelo, and the Roman
noblewoman, ,Vittoria Colonna, is one
Of the worlds most illustrious exam
pies of platonic friendship, says Oliver
Barton In the Mentor Magazine. When
they first met, Vittoria Colonna was
forty-siN and Michelangelo sixty. She
became the greatest influence in the.
life of the fiery genius. They were
accustomed to meet outside OF the
church of San Silviestro, and discuss
painting and life. The glst of these
dialogues was set down by another
artist and later published as Michel
angeles Dialogues on Painting"
After withdrawing to the cloister the
Marquessa Colonna continued to COM
municate with the master. A book
of her sonnets was always with him.
She died in 1547, but until his death
he remained as devoted to her men,
DRY as he had been to her in life.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
is LARGEST BARREL VAULT
Structure Built Many Centuries Ago
Proves Value of Bitumen Used
to Cement Mortar.

OIL seeps, large and small, Occur
throughout Persia and Mes0potamia
Asphalt played an important part in
the enduring character of the build
ings of the ancient civilization in that
part of the world. One of the most re-
markable instances of the use of as
phalt or bitumen is the Arch of Ctesi.
phon on the River Tigris, about thirty
miles to. the south of Bagdad. This
arch was built by Chosroes, one of the
Sassanian kings, about the year $50
A. D., and of this famous structure
TWO wings are still standing. It is
built Of bricks laid in bitumen, and
the original structure consisted of a
large hall 163 feet long and Sc feet
wide with a yaulted roof % feet high
pen at one end and closed at the
other. The crown of the arch was 9
feet thick, and the wall supporting it
% feet across at the base. The open
end of the hall was flanked by two
wing walls, rising to the height of the
top of the arch and some 20 feet thick
at the base.
The whole is built of large, fat
burnt bricks, some of them bearing
cuneiform stamp. The Ctesiphon arch
has always remained the largest bar
rel vault in the world, and furnishes
valuable evidence as to the value of
bitumen used in cement mortar .
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-22
Pigeons in Primitive Times.

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
duke :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 22:6
forbf1ing 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, 1923-06-22
Hinh Turkish Lionitaries.

In Turkey. the supreme head of the
ulemas or interpreters of the Koran,
and the officer next in Importance and
dignity to the grand vizier, was the
grand mufti. He wa, the chief spir-
itual authority, and in that capacity
called sheik-el-islam (lord of the
faith. The grand multi was chosen
by the Sultan, who presented him
with vest of rich sables and granted
him salary of about S25 a day. lie
alone had the honor of kissing the
sultan's left shoulder, and enjoyed the
special prerogative of girding him
with the sword on his ascension to the
throne.