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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
PUT ANTIQUARlANS IN FURRY
Historic Old English Building, Long
Hidden Under "lmprovements,s
Recently Brought to Light

Lost for centuries, a building OF his
sorfc and civic Importance was dis
severed at Hereford, England, owing
to the collapse Of a modern chimney
In the Booth Hall hotel during repairs
The building Is an ancient, timber
built structure known as the Booth
Hall. According to local antiquarians
license was granted in 1884 for the
, purchase of the site for q municipal
building, and 1t was afterward used as
a house CT detention for freemen and
bankrupts. When the chimney col
lapsed parts of the roof and the cell.
ings Of upper bedrooms were brought
down, and some fine oak beams and
rafters we're exposed. Closer exami-
nation showed the portions Of carved
and nodded work. A member Of the
Hereford Woolhope club, local soci-
ETY. whose chief interest is the preser-
yation Of ancient work Of the county,
persuaded the owners to restore. the
building, and after the partitions and
I ceilings of the old attic bedrooms had
been removed three handsome ham.
mer-beam principals and two tie-beam
principals were discovered, the ham,
mer-beams having carved brackets
with fgureheads, and the tie-beam
principals with paneled king posts
contained beautiful tracery panels.
Cusped wind-braces between the prin.
cipals decorate and strengthen thA
structure.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Tammany Han of New York.

The Tammany society of New York
was incorporated soon after the Revo-
lutionary war. Its meetings took place
in Tammany hall. so often distin-
guished In the political history of the
country. Many of the soldiers and
sages of the republic became members
OF the society. for it was based upon
the broadcast republican principles. II
was In favor of government bv the
people, Of freedom of speech and re-
ng1on and Of the liberty of the press.
Originally established for benevolent
purposes, it became political as soon
as an aristocratic element was sus-
pected to be growing strong. favorable
TO standing army and extensive navy
In time of peace, to heavy taxes and
to alien and sedition laws, such as
were In vogue in the time of the
elder Adams. when a large party de-
sired to empower the president so that
ne could expel suspected foreigners
from the soil of the United States
says the Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
MUST BE FREAK OR FOSSIL
Discovery In the Nevada Mountains
Has Split the Worlds Scien-
lists Into TWO Camps.

A stone form exactly resembling the
leather sole of a shoe, was found In
the Nevada mountains. Biologists,
psychologists and other scientific men
were astounded with the specimens
similarity to a shoe, but none would
accept it as anything but freak Of
nature This strange fossil or freak,
was found imbedded in a mass of Tri-
ass'e rock, which is considered by sci
enr'stS TO be from 100,000,000 to 300,-
o00.000 years old. BY those who con-
slider it a freak rather than fossil
it has been pronounced one of the
os5 en- rlable natural limitations Of
rtifciaI object ever discovered by
n.
craDl ot0gTarhs of the fossil reveal
clearly the holes punched in the
soto for stitching, and even the twist
e thread used in the welt is plainly
s@cyn. It's warp is brought out in I'M
mistakable prominence In every re-
spect if duplicates the exact process
which takes place in a wornout shoe.
These facts would seem to prove be-
yond 2 reasonable doubt that it is the
fossil Of a real shoe, and that it was
done by the hand of man. The up
shot of the matter leads to one Of
these two scientific facts: Either man
has lived on the earth three or four
times as long as has hitherto been sup
posed, or biologists are badly mistaken
In rhe age of the Triassic rocks in
Nevada.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
HANDS INDEX TO CHARACTER
Still Reveal Much, Though Probably
Less Than Was the Case Some
Few Years Ago.

Once 1t was possible to tell "lady'
by her hands-that is if you regarded
q lady as "a female Of the favored So
cial class" She had well-kept hands
because she did nothing to roughen
them or enlarge their knuckles or cause
premature wrinkles. Even II fortune
had gone against her she somehow
avoided the work that would mar the
Symmetry of those hands She did
without sugar for her tea and die
needlework for money in order to avoid
the work that she regarded as mental
And because a woman of this class
knew that it was at her hands that
others looked for an index to her So
cial position it was her hands that she
saved, wearing gloves by day and by
night to keep them white and to pro
tect them and repair them from the
ravages Of wind, sun and homework
The situation is rather different now.
The young woman Of immigrant par
ents who sells tinware in the depart
ment store basement has deliberately
manicured nails and hands that are
smooth, but the wife of the college
president has hands that clearly show
the effects of work that we would once
have regarded as mental.
Perhaps still to the keen observer
hands have something to tell of their
owners rank or pedigree. There are
some hands that no matter how dill
gently manicured always look little
grimy at the corners, and others, lack
ing entirely the luster Of the manicure
buffer, that are always scrupulously
clean.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
SPARED OBLIVION OF GRAVE
Many Animal Pets Receive MinIstra-
tions of Taxidermlsts Instead
of Sections.

There are hundreds Of people In
Greater New York who become so fond
of their pets that when they die they
will not permit them to be buried. When
a pet cat or a toy dog dies they find
the idea Of sending it to the city dump
so utterly intolerable that they take
the departed favorite to taxidermist
and by this route 1t acquires the right
to remain In New York with them in
definitely, and the stuffed animal be-
comes @ cherished ornament.
There is nothing fippant about the
owners feelings in the matter. Down
town taxidermists who conduct annu-
ally thirty or forty Of these ceremoni-
al comfortings of those who have lost
their pets, smile a little always as
they speak of this branch Of the bust
ness, which Is a small but steady item
In every years work.
Some taxldermists have more birds
brought in for mounting than cats and
dogs. Canaries are still being mount
ed, sitting on branch, surrounded by
the same sort of grasses and immor-
telles that were in vogue 9. generation
ago. They are still covered by grass
bell, and the resulting ornament is as
fcndly treasured today as it ever was,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
FLOWERS FOR ALL PURPOSES
Some Simple Rules, the Observance Of
Which May or May Not Lead to
Popularity.

"What you figuring on?" asked the
horist of his advertistnewriter.
ION an elaboration into details of
our plan to say it with flowers. l
have arranged to state that the man
who wants to smile at his wife should
use smilax, that the man that wants
to growl at her ought to say it with
tiger lilies or dog-toeth violets, that
the bird who wants to sweeten her up
without the expense of box of choco-
lates may use candytuft, that instead
OF giving her a wrist watch you can
present her with a bunch Of four
o'clocks, that he who wants to serve
notice on his spouse that he is out
Of funds needs only hand her a cluster
of touch-me-nots, that when the larder
Is low and the grub money gone he can
slip her some butter-and-eggs plucked
from the roadside, that If he is be-
wildered by his love for the sweet
young thing he can express his feel
sngs by sending around a nesegay of
ove-in-a-mist, that If he thinks his girl
IS cat and Is afraid to say so other
wise he can endow her with a vase Of
pussy-willows, that If she has low
down opinion of him she can have a
corsage bouquet of skunk cabbage de-
uvered at hts house-that's about as
far as l have it worked out now
Retail Ledger. Phii;;deiphia.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
CATS MARK OF CONFINEMENT
Purr Proves That Pussy Is Just At
That Moment Particularly
Pleased With World.

We know that the cat purrs when
she is pleased. But just how she does
it, beyond the fact that she is breath
Ing in way which causes a peculiar
vibration, we do not know. Place
your hand on the chest of a man
speaking or singing in a low deep
voice and you will experience a dis
tinct vibration. 1t is only this vibra-
ton, much exaggerated, that we feel
when we stroke a purring pussy. 9th
er cats" besides our domestic pet
also purr, the note In the case of a
large animal such as a puma rather
resembling roar A seldom-noticed
popularity of the purr is that It
continues both during breathing Gin"
and out; careful observation will
detect slight break in the purr with
the change of breath. The purr Is no
more than an expression of emotional
satisfaction. Just as some of US
when feeling particularly pleased
with life, will instinctively and al.
most unconsciously hum, so win a cat
purr when it is contented.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Appropriate. What?

The Church at Work, published by
me National Council of the Episcopal
siiurch, tells of a resoureeful native or.
ganist who was called upon suddenll
TO furnish the music for a mission
wedding ceremony at Hankow, China
The bridegroom had recently become
q Christian. Following the custom
he sent a beautiful sedan chair and a
brass band to escort the bride to his
home, where the ceremony was to be
performed. Something delayed the
bride, and the impatient young man
hurried down to the mission house
where 1t was decided to have the
wedding on the spot A meeting was
Ia progress 10 the church, so 1t was
Impossible to have the brass band
play. Whereupon one Elsie Ii was
Communicated to play the wedding
march. There was no sheet music On
hand, and Elsie was not equal to the
task OF playing Mendelssohn from
memory. She was strong, however
m one good old march tune, and &c
corlingly the wedding party we're dunn
founded and amused few minutes
later when the bride and bridegroom
marched blithely forward to the altar
10 the tune OF HOnward ChrisfinE
soldiarx Marching as n War;
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
NO ESCAPE FOR THE SEAL
Once Hooked BY Eekinno Hunter There
Is no Nay by Which RE
Can Get Away.


An Eskimo, when once he has gone
to the trouble of splicing a fine spear
handle, does not wish to break it, so
the point is put ON with a tangle or
joint.
When seal or walrus is harpooned
the sudden struggle of the animal does
{, not break the spear, but merely un-
joints the point, and the more the ami
NAL struggles the more the point turns
crosswise in the wound and the firmer
the barbs take hold.
But the animal cannot escape, for
with thongs of skin the point is con-
nected with the spear shaft. The ami
NAL merely swims away or dives deep
into the sea, carrying with him the
spear. The long leather thong which
is attached to it uncoils from the deck
of the kyack and pays out. 1t carries
with 1t drag like kite, which re
tards the animal and exhausts him,
but does not pull hard enough to break
the line Even this draw is made Of
skin stretched over a spliced frame
work.
When the line is all played out it is
seen to be attached to a float, which is
also carried on the deck of the boat.
This is made of an inflated skin. 1t
has plugs and attachments of cleverly
carved ivory, for wood is far too pre-
cious to be used in this land of ivory
so far from the forests.
The float serves as a buoy so that
the Eskimo can follow the animal and
find it after it gives up its struggle
and dies. Then, too, the float keeps
the catch from sinking and being lost
in the oceans depths.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Early Wood CARVING.

Wood carving was common in very
early Egyptian sculpture. Some of the
most realistic statues of the ancient
empire were carved in wood, such as
the so-called "Sheikh-el-beled" and his
wife, and number of others. Wood
was convenient ground for polychro-
matte decoration; that is, treating the
carved figure with a thin coating of
plaster upon which the artist has
placed his colors. This was very pop,
ular among Egyptian artists.
In Greece wood carving probably
was the earliest form of archaic sculp-
ture. The, late Greeks and Romans
used 1t comparatively little, but among
the most remarkable works of early
Christian sculpture are the carved
wooden doors of Santa Sabina, Rome.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Long Life a Matter Of Food.

DIR. Leonard Williams, a distin.
guished English scientist. says that
man has about cut his span of life In
half by improper eating. Incorrect
feeding is responsible for much of the
impaired health now prevalent. He
delivered lecture some time ago In
London before, one of the scientific so
cieties in which he said that often
when a baby cried 1t was not because
the child was hungry, but because the
food that had been given to 1t was
lacking in some essential elements de-
manded by 1t. Man began by living
upon roots, fruits and herbs and when
he learned to cook and sterilize his
food by heat, he took step on the
downward physical path. Cooking Il
an artificial process which may be
legitimate under certain circum-
stances, but it is not necessary to q
Continued existence and sterilization
may XIII the beneficial proteins and
vitamIna
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
WAS MARRIED TO BEST MAN
ooo Happening Recorded at Wedding
bridegroom Willing to Allow
Bride Time to Consider.

/. Not so long ago q strange error
occurred at church wedding. In
some way the bridal party became
confused and at the close of the cere-
mony 1t was discovered that the bride
mad been married to the best man
Further complications arose from the
Iact that the best man was alreadv
engaged to the brides younger sis.
ger. The register had not vef hean
signed, and there was nothing for
IL out to perform the ceremony over
again. The mistake had arisen
through the besr man undertaking r.
make the necessary response for the
bridegroom, who was so nervous "a
70 De unable to remember them him.
sen. AT a wedding which took place
IN country village a few wears AGO
the bridegroom, on being asked the
rustsmary question, aWilt thou tasa
lhis woman to be thy wife?n scratched
ms head refectively, and. turning ~
the bride, asked: ssWill We clean NV
oootsf The query was met Il the
amrmauve. and the ceremony pro
ceeded. A laughable incident once
occurred at a village wedding. when
the bride had reached the church she
nad forgotten her gloves. and f,at1e
refused to be married without them.
aading: BE quick, lest I change nv
mindi" Two hours later the bride
groom was discovered seated ID the
socai Inn, calmly putting away AZ .
sssar, waiting. as he explained, to see
Z me bride really would change nee
mind.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
INSOMNIA CAN BE BANISHED
Trouble Is, With Too Many of Us
That the prescription" Is
Hard to Take.

There is cure for insomnia, but II
Is likely to be something awful-a ten
mile walk In the country or saving
wood for four hours. One has to give
up all other activities, 1t seems, when
one 'rassles it out" with insomnia.
Nobody has time for saving wood
for four hours except deposed Euro
peen monarchs-favored ones Of earth
whom even a revolution gives leisure.
Theodore Roosevelt, who enjoyed so
amply all that the world had to give.
cut down trees for purposes of bodily
IMMIGRATION; but then he had the trees
to cut down. SO also, Gladstone.
Hard, physical labor these great
ones considered necessary for their
well-being; and it is thoroughly estab-
iished that it is the test lure of sleep.
''balmy sleep. tired natures sweet re-
storer." The point in that quotation
is that one has to be tired; not tired
In the cares that infast the day, but
tired In the legs, arms and dorsal
muscles. One can chase away insom-
MIA If one gives his undivided atten-
ton to 1t. That's the diff1culty.-St
Louis Globe-Democrat.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Racine.

Strange as it may seem to those
who have been accustomed to think OF
that great artist merely as a type Of
the frigid pomposity Of an Anticipated
age, his music, to ears that are at
tuned to hear it, comes fraught with
poignancy of loveliness whose pecul-
lar quality is shared by no other
poetry in the world. TO have grown
familiar with the voice of Racine, to
have realized once and for all its
Intensity, its beauty and It's depth, is
to have learnt a new happiness, to
have discovered something exquisite
and splendid, to have enlarged the
glorious boundaries of art. For such
benefits as these, who would not be
grateful? Who would not seek to
make them known to others, that they
too may enjoy, and render thanks
Lytton Strachey, III Books and Char
acter."
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Fine Silks and Linens,

The mother country of linen Is
Egypt, and linen tapestries were en-
broidered in that land 1900 years ago
Because it can be bleached to snowy
whiteness it was known as the sym
Dol of purity. 1t was used for sacred
vestments and was sometimes so fine
and delicate that it was worth twice
its weight in gold.
Certain authorities state that the
reference made to silk in the Bible is
a mistake of the translators, since it
does not occur in the original The
cultivation of the silkworm in Europe
was known $50 B. c., but the Chinese
knew about it centuries before thar
date, for the making of it was begun
by Sizing wife of an emperor 2609
B. C.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Gold Teeth as Ornaments

In a village street (China) sat q
man selling gold teeth. He had a num-
Der OF molds. Of different shapes and
sizes. These are slipped on over
sound teeth and worn as ornaments.
writes William L. Hall. in Asia Maya
zine.
Prospective customers fit the molds
on their own teeth and watch the eff.
feet in a small mirror provided by the
tooth merchant. When fit is found
or tooth that suits a special fancy.
the price IS discussed.
II an agreement is reached, the cus
toner pays the bin and goes away
with his new possession in his mouth.
but IL no trade is made, the tooth Is
thrown back into the pile and held for
The next customer.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Rhubarb Valued as Tonic.

Rhubarb, which seems to have no
romance, has history. Il was brought
into England in 1873 from the Voiga,
but for two centuries it remained
gardeners curiosity, so that its use
as an article of food is of compare
lively recent origin. In 1910, when
a Deptf0rd market gardener sent a
few stalks to London he was unable
to find customers for it, However,
the use and cultivation of the plant
made rapid progress from that time
forward. 1t was brought to this coun-
try from England. Rhubarb is valu-
able not only for its mineral content
and its acid, but for its flavor, and
is therefore much in favor as a fine
spring tonic.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
THREE ATOMS IN MoLEcULE
Made Up Of Still Smaller
Particles.

When a great scientist named Sir
William Thomson was asked about the
size Of q molecule, he replied: IF a
drop of water were magniied to the
size Of the earth, the molecules would
each occupy spaces greater than those
filed by small shot and smaller than
those occupied by cricket balls" And
yet molecules are made up of even
smaller particles, called atoms. An
l.atom Is the smallest division Of any
thing known.
1 A molecule of water Is made up Of
three atoms. Evaporation of water
consists of the movement Of these
atoms In such a way as to make the
liquid water change into gas. Freez-
Ing a water into ice is caused by max
lng the molecules, and In turn, the
atoms, stick to each other. It takes
q great deal of power to separate the
molecules in water. and for this rea-
son water was long regarded as some
thing which could not be divided: or
IN Ofhsr words, q baSic element, such
= ~ 1zUuua # thu alE
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Tattooers Go on Striker

In spite of missionary teachings, the
men Of Samoa still tattoo their bodies
from the hips down to the knees. &
tattooer's profession is very lucrative.
HIS instruments resemble combs, and
are. made of human bones of different
sizes. The operation takes from two
to three months. during which time
the patient remains in some retired
place. All this time the relatives of
the young person bring mats, money
and food, but if the quantity does not
suit the tattooer, he 'goes on strike"
refusing to proceed until sufficient
liberality is displayed. Tho requisite
gifts are sure to be brought, for no
Samoan could endure going half tat.
tOoed.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Poem Had oriuln tr Actual life


The famous poem about the boy who
stood on the burning deck had its
origin in an actual happening which
constitutes page in history.
1t was during Napoleon's expedition
to Egypt that England sent Lord Mel
son to capture him and annihilate his
feet. At the battle of Abukir she
French navy was crushed and Ma
,poleon was forced to flee. all but four
of his ships being sunk, burned or cap
tured.
The French admiral had been killed
And on the deck of the flagship stood
her captain. Louis Casabianca, who
then had command of the fleet. He
was wounded and the ship was burn
ing, but he refused to leave his post.
And in spite of commands and en-
treaties, his sen. a boy Of ten, stayed
with him and died with him when the
ship went down, supplying the theme
for that famous epic Of child hsroisni
The bog stood on the burning dack.s
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Plugging our.

A Kentucky man seems to have
found relative of the city girl who
thought it must be cold work har.
vesting the winter wheat.
The young woman of WHOM the
Kentuckian tells is a native Of Gin.
cinnati, and was lately talking with
him about tobacco and tobacco-rais-
Ing.
Il should like ever SO much to ses
tobacco field she said, especially
when 1t is just plugging out."--Way.
side Tales.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Rroadened Observation.

"a statesman has to be a profound
student"
mo doubt about IT," replied Senp
tor Sorghum. "Time was when :
good campaigner could get by If h
kept his eye on the map Of his own
state Now you've got to be an ex-
pert n the geography Of the wok3ds
The Bingham County news. [volume] (Blackfoot, Idaho) 1918-1930, 1923-01-05
NOTICE TO CREDITORS.

In the Probate Court of Bingham
County, State of Idaho.
In the Matter of the Estate Of Err
nest F. Hale, Deceased.
Notice is hereby given by the I'M
dersigned, executriX Of the estate OF
Ernest F. Hale, deceased, to the Grad
itors of and all persons having claims
against the said deceased, to exhibit
such claims with the necessary
vouchers within ten months after the
first publication Of this Notice to the
executrix of said estate at the office
of Thomas & Andersen on East Main
Street, in the City of Blackfoot, Bing-
ham County, Idaho, which said office
the undersigned selects as the place
of business in all matters connected
with the estate Of Ernest F. Hale, de-
ceased.
Date of first publication, December
22nd, 1922, and date of last publica-
cation, January 18th, 1928.
Dated this 18th day Of December,
1922.
MARY A. HALE,
Executrix Of the estate Of Ernest
F. Hale, deceased. 14-15-16-17-1S