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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Carvings as Guides to Water.

In the country around Saline valley,
nyo county, Calf, Indian rock carv-
ings can still be seen, and many whites
know how to read them to the extent Of
using them as guides to water. In east
ern Arizona these rock carvings were
made oy the ancient tribe from which
the present-day Hopi descended. This
Is proved by the similarity between
these pictures and those made In mod
ern times by the Hopi, and by the
fact that the sacred snake, worshiped
by the Hopi for many centuries, was
dug up in ruin near Springerville.
The Blackfeet have a tradition that
many years ago delegation was sent
south to the land of the Hopi. by their
head medicine man, to worship and
pray before his sandstone figure, for
the return of the buffalo herds to tho
Blackfeet country. after a migration.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
floWER-PoT As BRIDEGROOM
Unique Ceremony Which Transferma
Chinese Girl Into 4 Full-Fledasd
and Privileged Widow.

China Is still land Of strange Gus
toms, one of the most curious heina
the ceremony of a fower-pot mar
riage.
When the man whom Chinese girl
Is to marry dies shortly before the
date fixed for the wedding, the grief
stricken brfde-elect sometimes takes
vow never to marry. Should she
do so. she goes through the ceremony
Of wedding an ordinary flower-pot.
She is now considered a widow, and
upon the parents Of her intended hus-
band falls the responsibility Of main
tanning her. Usually she goes to live
with them.
In many cases, especially where the
family Is poor, great sacrifices are nee
essary In order that the daughter-in-
law Gas she Is now regarded) may be
properly cared for. But the parents
have no option In the matter. And
actually, they have no desire to shiri
their responsibilities, for the faithful
ness Of the widow" brings great
honor to the bridegroom's family, /.
being considered quite a disgrace
should the bride-elect not wish tc
60 through the ceremony Of marrying
the fower-pot-
In the days before China was q re-
public. the emperor, upon the facts
being brought to his notice. had
handsome monument erected In com
memoration Of the widows" faith
tulAAaa
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Horseferry Road.

Visitors to London will remember a
street back of Westminster abbey,
which was called Horseferry road. It
leads to bridge across the Thames
and once had the only horse ferry al
bowed In London, a monopoly granted
to the archbishops Of Canterbury, and
when most Of the traffic of the old
ferry was diverted by the opening of
Westminster bridge, the see of Canter-
bury was granted $1,000 compensa-
ton for loss of revenue. The old ferry.
which continued to ply until the erec-
ton Of Lambeth bridge, 90 years ago,
had a place in English history, for by
1t James II and his consort passed
from Whitehall to the Surrey side one
dark night in December 1888, en- route
for France and exile. The king threw
the great seal into the river from the
ferryboat during the crossing. 1t was
picked up by a fisherman and given
to William of Orange.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
WOMEN or THE OLD SOUTH
Had by Mo Means a Life Of ldisnese,
Since Their Domestic Duties
Were Many.

There Is still widespread conception
that the wives Of the ante-beli
southern planters led life of ease
and idleness. Such was far from the
truth, says writer In the New York
Sun. Woman played a vital part In
the old southern economic system. a
role which kept her busy and loaded
her with grave responsibilities.
She was the head Of the domestic
side Of the plantation life. Not only
did she supervise the Homework Of
the mansion, but she had to look after
the servants quarters as well. As for
the slaves, their food, their clothing,
their health were under her care.
1t is related that a distinguished
foreign diplomat was astonished, when
visiting Mount Vernon, to find Mrs.
Washington surrounded by negro girls
from ten to fifteen years old, busily
knitting stockings for the slaves Of the
plantation.
Thus was the sphere Of the south
ern woman sharply defined. 1t was an
important sphere, so far as it went,
but it was dependent upon the planta-
ton system out of which 1t grew.
After the freeing Of the slaves and the
Industrial revolution which 1t pro-
duced, the women Of the South found
themselves bereft Of the occupation for
which they were bred.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
NEEDS OF YOUNG AMERICA"
European Critic Thinks That Toute
Of Great Republic Suffers From
Too Much Freedom.

George Santayana, famous philoso-
pher and writer. In an article written
especially In the Forum on "Americahs
Young Radicals" says:
IT have made a severe effort to dis
cover as well as may from q dis
lance what these rebels want ! see
what they are against-they are
against everything-but what are they
for7 / have not been able to discover
It. This may be due to my lack Of IN
Outstanding or TO their incapacity to
express themselves clearly. for their
style Is something appalling. But per
haps this scandalous failure In express
sion, when expression In what they
yearn for and demand at all costa
may be symptom OF something deep
er; Of radical mistake they have
made In the direction Of their efforts
and aspirations They think they need
more freedom, more room, a chance to
be more spontaneous I suspect that
they have had too much freedom, toe
much empty space too much practice
In being spontaneous when there was
nothing In them to bubble ont Their
style Is sign Of this: It Is not merely
that they have no mastery Of the Eng
hsh language as hitherto spoken, no
clear sense OF the value Of words, and
no simplicity; that they are without
the vocabulary or the idiom Of cult
waited people. No. II "a not
more freedom that young Amezics
needs In order to be happy; It nseds
more disciplinAs
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14

A food expert warns the puNf1e
against the Ben Davis apple. "Such
apples" he says, ARE neither flavor
full nor have they good keeping quail
ties. They are good for neither eat
ing nor cooking" He might have said
more. He might have told of the re-
proachful looks cast on you by a hog
or COW when you give 1t Ben Davis
Someone must have had an awful
crouch to call this thing after a man
Of that name. The Ben Davis il q
deceptivelooking vegetable. In color
and shape 1t resembles a fine apple
1t is good only to look at. It's flesh
IS tasteless and without Juice. II
looks like an apple. but II isn't one.
It Is one Of Natures jokea-Nsw
York Daily News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
"The Bloody Rum

The stream now known as Bloody
Run, whose gorge may be traced in
Elmwood cemetery, was formerly Par
ent's creek. The name was changed
after the defeat and slaughter Of Gap
tain Dalzell and his company by the
Indians on July 81, 1853. Just before
daybreak on that day, Dalzell marched
out Of the fort of Detroit with $50
men. They made their way along the
ridge on the line of what is now JEFF.
ferson avenue. The Indians were am
pushed on both sides Of the Parents
creek and when the soldiers had
crossed the bridge at this point they
were attacked. Only 80 men under
Major Rogers succeeded In escaping
the massacre that ensued. This was
an incident Of the Indian war that re-
suited from the conspiracy Of Pontiac.
Detroit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
FEW WALK IN STRAIGHT LINE
Physical imperfections Cause Psdes-
trians to Take Zigzag Course
In Their Journeylnos.

How do you walk? Do you proceed
in a straight line or zigzag from side
to slider
II you watch a number of pedes
TRANS 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 IL
more fully developed and stronger
than our left. A left-handed person
usually swerves to the left In walk.
Ing, for in his case the left side is the
more powerful.
If man Is slightly deaf In his left
ear he viii 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.
Shert-sighted people will swervs 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
Eralk. This is because their thoughts
wander and their legs have NOE sui.
f1cient guidance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
aired.

This Is no place for preachmenta
but we just heard girl say of an
ether: II hate her SO it makes me
sfck!"
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 a person, at least
save yourself by just forgetting that
she exists.
I'm writing this so I can clip 1t out
and mail 1t to you, Little Lady; and
maybe some other girls who hate peo-
pie until 1t makes them sick will think
1t over, as you will when the ugly
lines of hatred turn all your friends
distrustful. o. Richmond Times-Dis-
patch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
FLOWERS FOR ALL PURPOSES
Some Simple Rules, the Observance Of
Which May or May Not Lead to
Popularity.

what you figuring onT asked the
florist of his advertisine writer.
ION an elaboration into details of
our plan to say it with flowers.
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
II 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
tngs by sending around nosegay of
ove-in-a-mist, that If he thinks his girl
Il q 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-
nyurod Ct his house that's about a
e -
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
CARRY THE MILK In BASKETS
Nature Of Filipino DellvererS Work
Has Led. p Their Superb Physi-
cal Development.

Treading softly, the Manila milkman
delivers freshly foaming carabao milk
in tall Spanish wine bottles to his Gus
toners front doors long before sun
rise.
Unlike the American Mailman, he
has no equipage in which to transport
his wares, but carries them In two
wicker baskets slung from the ends Of
a bamboo pole which is laid across the
shoulders through a wooden neck
yoke.
Carabao milk Is said to be delicious
when served in coffee or chocolate,
SURPRISING in flavor both cows and
goats milk.
Because Of their early morning track
work, Filipino milkmen are superior
physically to any other type of work
ingmen in the islands, with powerful
leg muscles and broad, strong shoul-
ders.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Cursed to Wander Over Earth.

People without a country, the gyp-
sizes roam to all four corners of the
earth. 1t is said that many years ago
a Moslem saint of Turkey cursed the
people with these words: MAY you
never more enter or belong to the
77h races Of the earth, but as out
casts be scattered, homeless, wretched
and poor; ever wandering and toiling,
never realizing wealth, never enjoy
ing the fruits Of your labor, and never
acquiring the esteem of mankind"
The curse didn't work in all its par
ticulars. For instance, a lot Of gypsies
are not poor. 1t Is said that many
have pretty fair bank accounts. And
the saint cursed them to everlasting
toll. But who ever saw a gypsy work?
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Birds Rid Cattle of Parasites.

The ox-pecker, bird inhabiting the
dark continent, is so called from its
fondness for being around domestic
and other cattle, which 1t ribs Of vari-
Gus parasites. 1t is said that 1t actual
ly eats large holes In the fieshy parts
Of the backs of cattle, often one or
two inches deep, and two or three
inches In diameter, thus creating bad
sores. 1t does this little by little, and
day by day, attacking just that part
of the back where the OK cannot swish
1t Off with its tail or dislodge 1t with
its horns. The bird is a pest to the
hunter, of whose approach 1t warns
the buffalo and rhinoceros by Its loud,
harsh note, which is perfectly under
stood by its huge friends.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
aEcALL OLD COLONIAL pAYs


Scattered here and there all through
New England are attics Of more thar
usual interest. Many OF these are In
timately connected with early history.
One OF them Ii found In the old Cod.
dington house at Quincy, Mass. knows
rs the Quincy mansion, and now I'm
the possession Of the Colonial Danes.
Here, Mary Northend writes in tha
Boston Transcript. in the early days
before Il was remodeled by Edmund
Quincy. group OF free thinkers gath.
cred. including Wheslrirkt and Anne
Hutchinson. both Of whom were after.
ward banished on account Of their
liberal views. which did net coincide
With those of the Puritans
In the upper story, low. dinry M.
DC. with It's secret staircase behind
the huge chimney, SIN remains In
tact. On account eS its peculiar con-
structien u might be termed q double
attic. A trapdoor leads from one part
INTO another divixfsn through which
escape can be made to. the galleries
below and thence to the xround.
John Raneeck. who married Dcre-
Ehy Quincy, IL reputee to have spenf
. night in the nurssry 1crsss tie haIi
from the attic. b. hldinx here he
toiled the British who wers searching
Tor him. ana later o. used the secret
passaseway to escape. Al doubt that
ae was e one time In flzis roem is sat
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
How to Torture Your wife.

A man whose wife was visiting reia-
ttves In another state was getting
lonesome, but couldn't get her to cut
short her visit and return home. He
wrote her letter almost every day,
pleading he was sick, that he couldn't
get any good food. She wouldn't
bulge. Then he had an inspiration,
a bunch some would call 1t, says Cap
per's Weekly. Before the wife left
home she had arranged to have two
rooms papered. and had ordered the
paper, but was unable to get work
man at the time she had to leave for
the visit. The paper came while she
was gone. Friend Husband wrote q
long letter to his wife, telling her the
paperhanger had arrived, but that he
(the Ausband), didn't remember which
paper was to 60 on which room. He
had told the paperhanger to 60 ahead,
however, to use such-and-such a paper
manning the dining room paper), on
the front room, and the other paper
(the front room paper). on the dining
room. The missus reached home on
the naxt train
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
rattooers eco an strlks.e

In spite Of missionary teachinga he
men Of Samoa still tattoo their bodies
from the hips down to the knees. &
tettoeer's profession In 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 II the quantity does not
suit the tattooer. he sgoes on strike.s
refusing to proceed until sufficient
Iiberaiity - displayed. me requisite
gifts are sure to be brougAt, for no
Samoan could endure soins half ese
4sos1 'ee.se'' 8
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Proved Unworthy of Love.

He was nine and / was six. He
always escorted me TO school, for he
said was his girl and he was going
to take care of me. One day we
stopped by the roadside to pick flow
ers and happened to step on humble
bees nest. The angry bees darted
straight for me and I ran toward my
protector, crying, Throw your coat
over my head quick!" My love for
him died when he angrily screamed
back, "Get away from me, with your
bees" and ran of, leaving me to my
fate."-Chicago Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Jack Frost.s DoInoa

An egg expands when It Is frozen
and breaks its shell. Apples contract
so much that full barrel will shrink
until the top layer is foot below the
chine. When the frost is drawn out
the apples assume their normal size
and I'LL the barrel again.
Certain varieties are not appreciably
Injured by being frozen If the frost is
drawn out gradually. Apples will
carry safely in a refrigerating car
while the mercury is registering fully
20 degrees below zero.
Potatoes, being so largely composed
Of water. are easily frozen. onca
touched q frost theg ess ruined ]
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Hion Turkish Diqnitaries.

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 multi. He was 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 a salary of about s25 day. He
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.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
No Other Way Out.

A banker many Of whose clients had
suffered from the defation put great
reliance In a certain tale as a clinch-
Ing argument to crippled firms. It was
about a man who was telling his son
bedtime story about an alligator. 1t
was creeping up behind turtle, with
its mouth wide open. Finally 1t was
within reach, but just as its great
jaws were swapping shut, the turtle
made spring, ran up tree, and es-
capped. "Why, father" said the boy,
show could turtle climb a treeT'
by gosh," replied the father, ''hs
had to-"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
The Congressional Record.

The Congressional Record, a printed
journal of the daily proceedings of
congress, has been issued since 1899.
Up to that time only secret sessions
were held by the senate, but after that
date all regular sessions were open
to the public and publication was re-
quired except in the case of executive
sessions" Until 1924 this publication
was known as the ANNALS of Con-
gress"; from 1925 to 1887 as the REG
lister Of Debates; from 1887 to 1874
as the Congressional Globe" In the
latter year it became the Congress.
sional Record"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Their Good Quality.

A new governor was about to be
sworn In and had invited some friends
from his home town to witness the
ceremony. They were plain people he
had known in his youth. A pert miss
who knew the successful candidate in
timated that his friends were not very
smart looking.
"They are a few old friends" re-
sponded the governor. "Just a few
tried and true old friends. They may
not wear SO much paint. but they'll
wash"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-09-14
Making a Home.

at takes heap o. living In house
to make it home," writes Eddie
Guest, the Detroit author. And It
takes only little common sense In
the selection Of furniture to make that
home better furnished according to
the American scale Sentiment sur
rounds the furniture In the home as
well as 1t centers on some particular
spot or locality in which that home
was built. In fact. sympathy for good
furniture means better furnished
homes sna - trsaamenE 81 NJ -
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-12-20
new STEEL MILLS
Will Be ERECTED
Pittsburgh and Canadian Steel
Interests Foster Big En-
terprise at ShadeIand

Meadville, Pa.-Erection of an ex-
tensive plant at Shadeland, Western
Crawford county. is contemplated by
group of Pittsburgh and Canadian
steel interests representing $3.50, ,OOO,-
600 in capital, w. G. Johnson of
Pittsburgh, acting on behalf of the
men, announced.
Johnson said he has secured op-
tions on 1000 acres of land at Shade
land The optioned property, he de-
clared, is composed of seven farms.
including the famous Powell Broth
ers' Stock Farm, and is situated be-
tween the Bessemer and Pennsvlva-
mia Railroads.
He said the interests he represents
already have awarded a contract for
the construction of one of the largest
steel mills in the world in point of
capacity for production on $50 acres
or the property. Plans are under way
to create a new city on the site of
the factory.
The company, in close proximity to
iron and coal supplies, plans to man.
ufacture finished and semi-fnished
materials, according to Johnson. The
proposed plans call for the building
OF seven mills, billet, bar shop. sheet
mill, rail mill, shaping mill and uni
versal mill, as well as a merchant
mill
Reports were current that construc.
tion work would begin in the very
near future, and that many dwellings
would be built for workmen.
James A. Bradley, president of the
Bradley Construction Company. said
his firm had been given a contract to
erect steel plant at Shadeland for
prominent Pittsburgh and Canadian
capitalists.
The identity of the interests foster.
ing the project will not be revealed
until decision is reached regarding
a site. he indicated.
Mr.. Bradley said w. G. johnson of
Pittsburgh is acting as trustee in OBJ
tanning options for the proposed site
OF the factory.
The Calhoun chronicle. [volume] (Grantsville, W. Va.) 1883-1984, 1923-12-20
u. s. WILL ASSIST
IN PREPARATION QUIZ
U. S. to Take Part in Inquiry
Into Germany's Financial
Condition to Pay

Washington, d. C.-President Cool
idge formally has opened the way to
cooperation by American economic
experts in the double inquiry propos-
ed by the reparstion commission into
Germany's financial situation. A form
al White House statement said the
Washington government would view
with favor the acceptance by Ameri-
can experts" of an invitation to sit
upon the inquiry committees.
The plan already has been approved
by all the allied governments and by
Germany, factor considered of ma
jor importance, inasmuch as a com
plete agreement among the allies as
to the method of employing American
aid in the reparation situation has
long been regarded by Washington of
ficials as essential If such assistance
was to be extended. The unanimity
attained by the powers on the ques-
tion after months Of discussion and
many failures, in the opinion of Presi-
dent Coolidge, is an important and
significant development
The decision of the American gov
ernment in the matter was set forth
in the White House statement as fol-
lows:
THE government has been inform
ed that the reparation commission is
considering the establishment OF two
expert committees, one to consider
the means of balancing the budget of
Germany, and the measures to be
taken to stabilize her currency; the
other. to take up the question OF the
capital which has been removed from
Germany.
"The inquiry of the first committee
would comprehend all the conditions
to be realized and the measures to be
taken. All the representatives OF the
governments members OF the commits
sion have expressed the desire to
have American experts on the two
committees. II is understood that the
government Of the United States is
not in position to be represented on
these committees. and that the invita-
tion to the American experts will be
extended directly by the reparation
commission.
This government believes that the
proposed inquiry will be Of great
value and, in view OF its direct inter
est as creditor, and OF the import.
ance Of the economic recuperation in
Europe, 1t would view with favor the
acceptance by American experts Of
such an invitation"