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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
SNAKES IN QUEENSLAND BUSH
Residents Set Traps for Unpleasant
Intruders, and Lure Them to
.., Their Death.

women in Queensland" says Mss
Puxley, young English woman, au-
thor Of "Wanderings in the Queens
land Bush," "often set traps for
snakes which have entered houses. in
the shape of frog left hopping about
or a saucer full of poisoned milk.
Both of these are sure draws, the
snakes being killed while resting after
the meal She then tells the story Of
friend OF hers, who was standing in
the doorway of her house when a
snake, having seen a saucer of milk
just behind her, pushed past her to
reach this dainty. She quickly closed
the door when it was halfway
through, and so broke it's back. This
was one of the deadly black snakes
of Queensland. Another bit OF in
formation about snakes, which Miss
Puxley gives, is the fact that because
of the angle at which a certain
snakes teeth are set it is impossible
for him to stop swallowing anything
once he has really begun. So it hap
pens that two snakes, which may have
started out on killing in a spirit
of camaraderie, may each begin
swallowing at one end of their prey,
but when they have reached the mid
die there is nothing to do except to
continue, and the snake with the
largest mouth is forced to include his
less fortunate companion of the
chase in his meal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
GRANDEUR HARD TO PORTRAY
Visitor Asserts View From Summit Of
Andes Is Such as Almost to Defy
Description,

The view from the summit is mag
nifcent in whichever direction one
turns, but it is rather more interesting
and varied toward the Pacific. That
ocean is not over hundred miles in
straight line from the crest of the
divide, but all sight of it IS cut off by
the intervening submits. The scenery
in this, or any other part of the andes,
is on too vast and imposing scale for
a man to come to any adequate COM
prehension of it. Still more hopeless
is tie possibility of conveying any eI-
fective impression Of il to others. You
may think You can describe it until you
try; then you find that you are but
stringing meaningless adjectives and
shopworn SMILES together.
At first you are inclined to be disap-
pointed at your impOtency; then you
begin to feel small and ashamed that
you Sito1i,t have presumed to attempt
such a thing; finally, like a man cover
ing up traces OF guilt, you hasten to
tear up ana burn what you have writ
ten before some one comes and finds
what you have been doing. There are
some men who can draw better than
others word-pictures of these great
manifestations of nature, just as some
men can paint better pictures on can
vas than can others; but the best de-
seriptions are only sounding brass and
tinkling cymbal limitations of the I'M
speakable grandeur of the originals.
Personally l throw up my hands and
call myself off at the outset-Lewis
R. Freeman in the Cornhill Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
PESSIMlSM NEVER IN ORDER
Present Time Always Just as Good
Time as Any, if One VIII
but Consider.

Our age is bewailed as an age of IL.
troversion. Must that needs be evils
We, it seems, are critical; we are EN-.
5arrassed with second thoughts; we
cannot enjoy anything for laundering
to know whereof the pleasure consists;
we are lined with eyes; we see with
our feet; the time is infected with
Hamlet's unhappiness-
Sicklied Ger with the pale cast OF
thought
Is it so BAD then2 Sight is the last
thing to be pitied: Would we be blind7
Do we fear lest we should outSee naA
ture and God, and drink truth drya
look upon the discomfort Of the liter
airy class as a mere announcement OF
the fact that they find themselves not
in the state of mind of their fathers,
and regret the coming state as untried;
as boy breads the water before he
zas learned chat he can swim. If there
is any period one would desire to &c
born in-is it not the age of Revolu-
ton; when the old and the new staud
side by side, and ADMIT of being COM
pared; when the energies of all men
are searched by fear and by hope;
when the historic glories of the OLD
can be compensated by the rich Loss~
bilities of the new era? This time
like all times, is very good one, II
we know What to do with it.-Ralpla
Waldo Emerson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
TEACHING PARROTS TO "TALK"
Skill and Patience Required to Turn
Out Birds That Can Be Sold
to Advantage.

There are quite a number OF people
who make living by teaching par
rots to talk. 1t is task that requires
patience and skill.
Each bird is put in a cage by him.
self and covered with a bag, which
prevents the parrot from seeing out
and at the same time admits sufficient
light Then the "schoolmaster' stands
In front of the cages, and says what
he wants the birds to learn. The words
are repeated once a minute.
Sometimes this repetition goes on
for several hours before the pupil
begins to do anything else but scream,
but at last he begins to murmur the
words.
AS soon as one bird can say the
words without a mistake the masters
work is done, for the pupil will soon
teach the words to all the other occu-
pants of the room. They are left in
the covered cages for a day, and at the
end of that time every parrot will
know the words thoroughly.
Then the creatures have to be taught
when to say the words. Let US sup
pose that the lesson was "Come and
kiss me-" The bags are lifted off the
cages by number of pretty girls.
They are the first people the parrots
see, and consequently each bird con-
meets the words with pretty girl, and
ever afterward uses the sentence in
this connection.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
PUTS NEW LIGHT ON HISTORY
Discovery in Sweden Proves That
Arts Of Civilization Are Older
Than Has Been Thought.

A cloak of wooden cloth, believed to
be 5000 years old, has been found in
a peat bog in Sweden. The slightly
acid water of the peat formation acted
as a preservative.
This is the oldest complete garment
ever found in Europe, though the
British museum has several bits Of
cloth that are considered still older.
But 5000 years is a fairly respectable
age. When that cloth was woven,
Homer'S father or grandfather was
boy, playing in the streets of some
Greek town. The Israelitish monarchy
was not yet thought of-Saul. its first
king, probably was not yet born
Egypt, rich but defenseleSs, was verg-
Ing to decay; but the founding of
Rome lay farther in the future than
the landing of the Pilgrims now lies
in the past. Through most of Europe.
bronze, rather than iron, was the
-hosen metal.
Yet even in that mistfly distant
time, the northern barbarians either
wove wooden cloaks for themselves or
carried on trade enough to buy them
from more advanced peoples.
A good many of the arts of civiliza-
ton date farther back than our grand
fathers dreamed. and were more wide
iy diffused, too.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15

Spaniards Have Aphorsms Which Are
in Many Respects the Supreme
Words of Wisdom.

The traveller in Spain frequently
comes across some very quaint but
wise expressions and sayings, for many
of which we have no equivalent in our
own language.
For instance, there is the popular
domestic saying in Spain that "a
smoky house. a leaky>~roof and a
scolding wife drive man from home"
A Spaniard often sums up another's
character with the remark that she is
like Golfers sack, bad outside, worse
inside They are particularly fond
of sayings relating to love and money
matters, as the following expressions
show: Love, grief and money cannot
be concealed" and "he who tries to
get rich in year will hang in six
months" This latter proverb is evil
IDENTIFY meant as a kindly warning to
business men.
Not being particularly silent them
selves, the Spaniap,ls like using the
expression, beware OF silent men and
dogs that don't bark" Yet they have
another expression which seems direct
ly to contradict this, for it says. 'speak
little and well and you will be consid-
cred as some one"
Finally one might quote the old
Spanish recipe for true happiness
Enjoy your little. while the fool seeks
more"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Garry Shoes on Their Heads.

In Oporto, Portugal, all the porters
are women. tits nothing for a sturdy
Portuguese woman to lift a 100-pound
trunk on her head and carry it for a
quarter of mile without stopping.
1t Is no uncommon sight in Oporto to
see woman walking along the street
with round basket on her head. In
the basket, sleeping peacefully, is her
baby, soothed by the .rhythmical step
of its mother.
Many Oporto women become so ex-
pert In this art of head-juggling that
they can carry a folded umbrella on
their heads without the slightest eff
fort. This is very difficult to do, but
to the women of Oporto it is more
convenient than carrying the umbrella
in the hand.
1t is amazing to see a woman walk
ing along at a comfortable swinging
gait in her bare feet-with her best
shoes balanced carefully ON the top Of
her head, without any apparent effort
or idea Of the oddly Of the perform
ance.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Insect Radio Carrier.

The modern ralIo fan is advised 20
considerable gall nudge, a minute fly,
and other forms of insect life, by e.
Porter Felt, New York state entomoIo-
gist, who calls attention to the an
tennae or ''feelers," of some insects
and radio receiving sets. The loop
antennae, such as are used in indoor
receiving sets, find almost exact coun-
terpart in the construction of the an
tennae of the little insects, and Doctor
Felt suggests that they were designed
+ to catch faint vibrations of the air.
These receiving sets from Natures
own laboratory are carried wholly by
the male insects, Doctor Felt states,
and their probable purpose is to en-
able them to hear the plaintive love
call Of the female from great dis
tances. While the male gall nudge
carries the most complete model of a
receiving set that is known in the
insect world, the female makes no
noise that is audible to human ears.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Peculiar Manx Cats.

The origin of Manx cats Is now at
txibuted to the arrival of these cats
on the Isle of Man from ships belong
Ing to the Spanish armada that were
wrecked there. They were probably
brought from Japan or eastern Asia.
They are distinct species with short
forolegs, and elevated hindquarters,
and differ from other cats somewhat in
call, ways. and character. They vary
ia color. People who have owned them
FOR long periods say they are not good
meuscrs or hunters. In character they
are rather similar to dog, being high
IL companionable and having some of
the qualities of guardian, but they
are not considered hunters In any
sense of the word.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
SOME GOOD HEALTH ADVICE
Just as Valuable Today as When Put
Forward by Wise Old Benjamin
Franklin.

Eat and drink such an exact guam
tity as the constitution Of thy body al
lows of, in reference to the services Of
shy mind.
They that study much ought not tc
eat as much as those that work hard
their digestion being not 50 coed.
The exact quantity and quality beine
found out, is to be kept to constantly
Excess in all other things whatever,
as wen as in meat and drink. is aIsn
to be avoided.
Youth. age and sick require a differ
ent quantity.
And so do those of contrary com
piexions; for that which is too much
for phlegmatic man, is not sufficient
for choleric.
The measure of food ought to be Gas
much as possibly may bel exactly pro-
portionable to the quality and condi-
ton of the stomach, because the stom-
sch digests 1t.
That quantity that is sufficient, the
stomach can perfectly concoct and di-
gest, and 1t sufficeth the due nourish-
ment of the body.
A greater quantity of some things
may be eaten than others, some being
of lighter digestion than others.
The difficulty lies in finding out an
exact measure; but eat for necessity,
not pleasure; for lust knows not where
necessity ends.-Benjamin Franklin,
In aPoor Richards Almanack" (1742l.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
CALL. TUESDAY UNLUCKY DAY
Members of the Greek Church Have
Reasons to Look Upon 1t With
Misaivings.

To most persons of western tradF
iion Friday is more or less considered
to be an unlucky day. Many Of them
prefer not to say this straight out,
but they are bit wary Of starting
any large enterprise on Friday. The
idea may come from the fact that for
80 many people Friday is held as q
fast day and great interest In purely
secular pursuits should be held some
what in allegiance The old Morse peas
antry give different explanation.
ITO begin big thing on a Friday
leads to great temptation to break
the Sabbath" Is the way one old grand
mother puts it.
To most members Of the Greek
church 1t Is not Friday. but Tuesday
that is the most unlucky day. The
reason Is clearcut and historical, for
1t was on this day that--a Tuesday, In
1853 Constantinople was lost to the
eastern empire and passed under thu
control of the Turks.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
MAKER OF MANY EPIGRAMs
Also John Randolph of Roanoke Will
Rank as One of the Greatest
of Americas Sons.

John Randolph of Roanoke, Ameri-
can orator and statesman, died in Phil
adelphia in 1888, deserted by many of
his old-time friends and q physical
wreck through the use of opium.
Nearing the end he attributed the fall
ure of his life to "ungovernable tenn
per" and he died with the word ire
morse on his lips.
Here are some of Randolph's cpl
grams: II am an aristocrat| love
liberty, I hate equality" Asking one
Of the states to surrender part Of her
sovereignty is like asking lady to
surrender part of her chastity" "Stick
to friend little in the wrong" "No
man was ever satisfied to be half q
king" ''The three degrees Of compari-
son-begging, borrowing and stealing"
PAY as you go" was political
proverb that Randolph started on Its
rounds. He hung this saying on Mar
tin Van Buren,, that she always rowed
to his object with muffed oars" Van
Buren, was 'gumshoer," In the par
lance of the Twentieth century. OF
Clay he said, "Clayss eye is on the
presidency, but my eye is upon him."
Referring to England's naval strength
in 1912 and Madison's pamphlet on
neutral rights Randolph said,
Against 800 ships in commission we
enter the lists with three shilling
pamphlet"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Little Known Game Bird.

The francolin is game bird re
lated to the partridge There are 40
or more species, most of which are
found in Africa. The coloration Of
all species is rich and varied, and the
plumage of both sexes is practically
alike. Francolins travel in family par
ties, rather than in conveys, and fly
swiftly and heavily. They feed in
the morning and at evening, at which
time they utter loud and shrill cries.
Their food consists of insects, berries,
seeds and bulbs. Their nests are well
concealed and resemble those of part
ridges.
Six to fourteen eggs are laid in the
fall and spring The eggs are brown
and buff in color, with small, dark
spots. The francolin once abOunded
in southern Europe, but is now ex-
tinct there
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15

Sflvered with the dust of decades is
the polka-dot pattern in mems scarfs-
Fashions may appear and disappear.
but the polka-dot is peerless and dis
appearless. As regularly as sunrise.
and the seasons, this design brightens
windows and wearers. 1t is one-and-
invisible with the fine art of dress
alike in America aud England.
To the polka-dot is ascribed an odd
ancestry. It's name, OF course, Is de-
rived from the polka, an old-fashioned
round dance with three steps to the
measure. This dance, introduced In
europe by a Bohemian, round about
1885, spread to the United States at
the time that Polk was candidate for
the presidency. The polka-dot was.
bracketed with Folks name by politi-
cal admirers, and polka-this and polka
that, from shirts to shoes, became a
bit Of furore In merchants windows
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
HAVE THEIR DISTINCT VOICES
Lovers of the Wild Easily Able to
Recognize Tongues" by
Which Trees Speak.

It may not be generally known, but
1t is perfectly true, that it is quite pos
sible to recognize trees by their voices,
though not, of course, so simple a
matter as that of identifying birds. In
summer the sounds are produced by
the leaves rubbing against each other,
and trees with small leaves, like the
birch, for instance, speak in much
more rapid tones than do the large
leaved chestnuts.
Like the cuckoo, trees change their
notes with the seasons. A dry leaf
produces different sound from a soft
one. Tennyson the poet mentions the
"dry-tonged laurels' pattering talk"
In autumn all trees have drier leaves
than in spring In winter trees talk
through their twigs Thick branches
produce lower notes than thin ones, as
Professor Humphreys has pointed out,
and when the branches vary in size the
range of notes is CORRESPONDENCE great
er. Hence the muff1ed plant Of the
oak and the sibilant sigh of the pines.
The murmur of the forest is really the
whisperings of innumerable voices,
each with its own distinctive character,
blended into one current of sound
Montreal Family Herald.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Got His Berries Easily.

Two neighbor girls and 1 went black
berrying. 1t was very warm day
and we worked hard, getting our pals
full. The berries were fine, so we care
fully hid our picked berries under the
bushes and filed other pals. When
we came to get our first berries we
found that someone had emptied our
pals and taken our berries.-who. we
did not know. A few months later
the man who had stolen them told the
girls brother how he had found black
berries hidden under the bushes in a
certain grove and that he thought it
such an easy way to get berries that
he didn't stop to pick any others
Chicago Journal.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Found Nearsiahtedness a Boon.

Most persons pity sufferers Of my
opia, which is blurring of the vision
through nearsightedness. But one vie
time Of the affiiction, a theatergoer,
says his nearsightedness is distinct
advantage.
Being lover Of beauty, when I go
to the theater / like to see loneliness
all about me- he said. Nov, you
know that one of the disappointing
things you can look at is makeup at
close range. Yet we all like to sit
close enough to the stage to hear
clearly.
Through my nearsightedness the
garishness of the paint is softened and
I see only becoming glow on the
cheeks of the players. When my
friends have told me of unbeautiful
things which they have seen upon the
stage l have felt grateful that my
eyes are slightly dulled by myopia."-
New York Sun.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
AUSTRALIAN HOME PICTURED
Really Fine Word Painting That
Brings the Scene PeTfecti,
Before The Readsr's Eyes.

Through some ?addocks and bell
of trees you come first to the wool
shed. quiet now, for the time of shear
ing is past. You pass through a
white gate and as sou descend the
steep drive you see tie house at the
bottom Of the hiil-a long low bunga-
low, gayly painted in two shades Of
apple green. with a duh red roof. Ry
it runs little creek, which widetls
into a dam at he foot of the garden.
The hill above the house is golden
with waffle, the scent, too heavy in
doors but delicious in the open, ills
the air. In the garden beside aNtai!
clump of bamboo, d black waffle with
feathery leaves and pale yellow bios
SONS hangs over the water. There are
great punches Of freesias, antirrhn
-tms tall as bushes, double pink peach
blossoms and scarlet carnations
\ blaci, swan swiils up and do"N
the water; he stretches out his long
neck and utters his queer CULTURAL
cry. From the veranda you cali Sc
On the skyline long low HILL, bare
of trees, but green in the distance.
There are no mists: all the outlines
are sharply defined against the blue
sky. The frogs keep up a continuous
drowsy murmur not much louder than
cricket, but with an occasional deep
note as though a harp string had
been struck.
Later the moon will rise and the
magpies delight your ear with their
harmonious MARBLE all the night long,
and the trunks of the great gum trees
stand out white in the moonlight.
lending dignity to the scene. A calm
is on the place, deep quiet. broken
only by the sounds of nature.-Chris-
tan Science Monitor.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
TO QUIZ SUBSCRIBERS

The Post Office is again making de-
mands on publishers of newspapers to
revise their mailing lists. Under the
ruling of the Department the publisher
will not be allowed to mail papers as
second class matter to subscribers who
owe for more than one year, unless
the subscriber has given instructions
to continue sending it for definite
ime and bona fide promise to- pay.
Because of this law, we are compelled
to communicate with all onr subscrib-
ers and ask them to cooperate with u
that we may put our mailing list in the
shape required.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
BEFORE LIFE WAS COMPLEX
Prehistoric Woman Whose Remains
Have Just Been Found Had Conn
parativeiy Placid Existence.

Bones of a prehistoric woman, be
lieved to have been a tree-climber,
have been found in the bed Of the
River Cam, and are being submitted
to-expert opinion in London. England.
The bones were brought to the sur
face by a dredger within quarter
of mile Of the famous Fenland inn,
1.-THE Five Niles From Anywhere; No
Hurfyp
The whole district Is one vast for.
est Of buried oaks, which were in ex-
istence many thousands of years ago.
before the Fens were formed, and it
Is hoped to recover the complete skel-
eton.
THE find is a most interesting one"
SAID Fellow Of the Royal society.
THE leg bones are undoubtedly
those of woman. but they are Of
extraordinary conformation.
whoever she was, she had pretty
foot.
"If alive today, she would be short,
deep-chested creature, covered with
hair. and with long. ape-like arms and
pTehensile toes.
"Her home would be rudely built
platform Of sticks, with a family like
ness to a glorifed crows nest. From
this, excursions would be made among
the tree tops, she and her mate swing
ing themselves. monkey-fashion, from
bough to bough.
when on the ground, her gait
would be that Of monkey. with the
arms swinging to the knees"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1923-06-15
Original Omitted States"

There were only 13 original col
onies, and New York state has never
been included in New England. The
Thirteen United Colonies" that sent
delegates to the Continental congress
on September Is, 1775, and afterward
called themselves the united States"
were Massachusetts,, Connecticut,
Rhode Island, New Hampshire, New
York, New Jersey, Georgia, North Caro-
lima, South Carolina, Virginia, Penn
sylvania Delaware and Maryland. The
colony of Maine belonged to Massachu-
sets and Vermont was claimed both by
New Hampshire and New York. YER
mont was admitted into the Union as
the fourteenth state on March 4, 1791-
The New England states are Massachu-
sets, Connecticut, Rhode Island, New
Hampshire, Vermont and Maine.