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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
seacHING PARROTS TO TALK
Skill and Patience Required to Turn
Out Birds That Can Be Sold
to Advantage.

There are quite number Of people
who make a living by teaching par
rots to talk. 1t is task that requires
patience and skill.
Each bird is put in cage by HIM
self and covered with 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 murlnur 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 day, and at the
end of that time every parrot wiz
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 a pretty girl, and
ever afterward uses the sentence b
this connection.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
Favorable Conditions in
Early Spring for Clover

1t is usually best to sow sweet clover
iced in the early spring, as soil mois-
ture conditions are hardly ever favor
able in the fall for getting the seed
early enough for it to make growth
enough to live over the winter.
Sweet clover may be sown the same
way that the other kinds of clover are
usually sown. 1t may be sown with
wheat. oats or barley, and when sown
On wheat early in the spring some
provision should be made for getting
The seed covered soon after sowing.
From 10 to II pounds of seed per
acre makes heavy seeding with good
seed and under favorable conditions
for it to terminate. The yield of seed
per acre is very variable, and may run
from almost nothing up to 10 or j.
bushels per acre, depending largely
on seasonal conditions.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
prisons" May Yet Be
Maintained in Open

Prison in the open air seems con-
tradiction in itself, for the very word
prison" calls up the idea of incarcera-
ton In locked and walled-up buildings.
However, there is such thing, and
1t is In Holland that very successful
experiments have been made with out
door prisons.
Sixty persons were drafted to the
town of Veenhuizen, to serve their
term there. Their task was to con-
vert moorland into cultivated field,
and they showed themselves very in
dustrious in the undertaking. They
are divided into gangs, each containing
few persons, but are not supervised
or watched by any sort of w;,fs!ar 81,
official; these prisoners may live IL
common and advance their social
sense, UNSOLICITED to supervision.
The foreman Of each gang is, how
ever, not a prisoner, but workman
who joins voluntarily. 1t would not be
difficult to escape under such condi-
tons, but no one has hitherto attempt
ed to do so. The environment is much
more favorable than in an ordinary
prison, and the Dutch government is
considering setting up several centers
of this sort
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
LOCATES FIRES on sAlPa
Smoke oetector, invented by Britoxs
Used to Find Flames Before
They Become Dangerous.

An Ingenious device for detecting
and locating fires on ships at sea is
embodied in the Rich smoke detectcr,
an English invention
Pipes, communicating with all parts
81 the vessel, are led into a glass-
inclosed chamber In which a vacuum
pump is constantly at work, thus draw
ing air from every part reached by the
pipes. Should a fire start at any
point, the smoke Is drawn into the
chamber; beam of light crosses
above the pipes, against which the
smoke is plainly visible.
The pipes are numbered, so that the
observer knows instantly where the
fire is by noting from which pipe the
smoke energies. Below the vacuum
chamber is system of levers which
control three-way valves; each lever
controls a valve feeding a part of the
ship corresponding to the numbering
Of the pipes. By pulling lever steam
is forced into the part which is burn
Ing, effectually quenching the blaze
before it reaches dangerous proper
lions.
When ships are heavily loaded it is
often difficult to get at a fire, and fire.
quently the flames get under full head
way before they are discovered. With
the use of the Rich detector blaze
can be put out literally before II
starts.-Kansas City Star.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
Vessel Construction
Marcel of Ingenuity

An achievement like that of the
ocean liner which met and survived
gale in which the waves ran 100 feet
from trough to crest, represents for
the layman an almost incredible tri-
umph of design. says the New York
Herald-Tribune. The unimaginable
fury Of seas which could break over
a bridge Go feet from the water-line,
which could rip away rails and life,
boats. flood the rooms on the upper
decks by coming down upon them from
above. throw man through a bulk
head and set the whole ship awash.
would seem to sbe thing which no
human construction could possibly live
through.
AS matter of fact, every modern
steamship Is a miracle, and almost all
of them are successful ones. The loss
Of sound vessel in the open sea is
Of astonishingly rare occurrence, and
memory does not recall any Atlantic
passenger liner which has been de-
stroyed in a fair fight with the ocean
alone. A ship is attacked in two ways
She must Withstand the terrific pound
ing and crushing of the water and of
her own weight. and she must be able
to recover her balance no matter how
long or violent the roll. Vessels have
been rolled under in storms-some-
times through faulty designs, some
times through the shifting of the cargo
but 1t is of rarest occurrence. More
often they founder through the weak
ness of the hull construction-thei
seams are opened or their backs
broken. But that seldom happens to
new ships; 1t seems never to happen
to good ones.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
Early NesD Englanders
Fond of Their Beans

In the absence of positive informa-
ZION on the subject of the origin Of
Boston baked beans and their place on
New England breakfast menus this
conjecture Is offered: In the early
days of the Plymouth colony people
did their baking In brick ovens. These
ovens were heated on Saturday and
enough baking for the week was done
at that time. As the oven cooled of
the temperature was just right for
beans, which need long, slow cooking,
SO they were thus ready to be eaten
on Saturday night and were probably
DIt back into the oven to keep hot and
these were eaten for breakfast on Sun.
Gay corning Many New England peo-
pie reheat them and eat them for
breakfast each morning until they are
cone. and some people who bake them
on Wednesday continue to serve them
for breakfast until the Saturday beans
are baked. In northern New England
beans have been baked from time inn
memorial in hole in the ground, the
hole having first been lined with
stones and the stones made very hot
with q fire built in the hole. In lum-
Der camps the beans are usually put in
to bake the night before they are to
be served for breakfast.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
CONTINUE TO CLAIM TRACT
Anneke JAMS Heirs Still Confident
They Are Entitled to Trinity
Church Property.

Though the New York State Court
Of Appeals outlawed the Anneke Jams
heirs. claim TO the Trinity church
tract in New York city as long ago as
1856, and again in 1881, the claim still
persists in the minds of some of Mrs
JAMS thousands OF descendants.
The various litigations attacking the
Trinity church title were all based on
technical irregularities in grants of
conveyances, such as the absence Of
seal or signature, or on allegations
that the grantors themselves had no
title The defense has been adverse
possession and the statute of limita-
ton.
The streets laid out by Trinity
Church corporation in the JAMS tract
were named after leading men in the
church-Vesey, after Rev. William
vesey, the rector; Barclay, after Rev.
Mr.. Barclay, who succeeded yesey as
rector; Murray, after a distinguished
lawyer and officer of the church; War
rem, after Sir Peter Warren, command.
er of the British naval forces at the
station, who married Miss Delaney
of New York city; Chambers. after
John Chambers, lawyer, born in New
York city, and a leader in civil and
church affairs.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
Truth Prevailed

The criminal lawyer believed ii be-
Ing absolutely frank with his clients,
and accordingly when a man came to
him charged with stealing pig he
said:
'sNow, / will be perfectly open with
you. If Igtake your case you must in
the first place tell me honestly: Did
you or cid you not steal this pig?"
well, yes, sir, l did," the man adj
nitted; "but l have big family and
no money, and was in need Of meat
for them"
That's all right" replied the law
yer. You bring me half that pig and
I'll take on your case"
When the case came into the court
the lawyer addressed the jury thus:
This man did not get any more Of the
pig than did
The verdict We
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31

Norman has made his last appear
ance in the social whirl for this sea-
son, or at least until certain matron
by the name of Curtis has had time
TO cool off and let her better, forgiving
nature assert itself
1t happened at dance at the club.
Norman found that he had a certain
dance with Mrs. Curtis. Mrs. Curtis
is considerably above the average in
weight. Then, on top of this fact, she
did not dance well. Now. Norman dis
likes fat women and detests to dance
with poor dancers. So he proposed to
Mrs. Curtis that they sit out the dance
They were watching the other dane
ers, when Norman rather absently, as
much to make some effort at CONVEX
sation as anything, observed:
isn't Miss Rodgers pretty? So
tall. and slender. and gracefuli''
.0h, suppose so.' Mrs. Curtis
agreed, rather grudgingly.
Then Norman realized the implied
comparison and blurted out:
''Oh. but / like fat women. tool"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
URUGUAYAN "GAUCHo" GONE
Natural Evolution Has Resulted In
Disappearance of Most Pic
turesque Character.

While the Uruguayan "gaucho" was
full-blooded Indian, in the Argentine
the name was extended to designate
the halfbreeds and creoles who led the
romantic cowboy life Of the great
plains. Here the 'gaucho" became In
distinguishable from the "paisano" or
'countryman'' of the American South
west, or the 'ranchero" type of the
Mexican agricultural states. Naturally
he then became the enemy Of the In
dams, man of peace withal, though
somewhat turbulent peace, forerunner
Of the great modern agriculturist.
In this evolutionary stage, in the
middle Of the last century, the Argen
tine 'gaucho," with his Characteristic
poncho, long boots, tight pants, long
hair tied back about the head, his kerr
chief at his neck, and his high, narrow.
brimmed hat, lent a barbaric note Of
color to the formation of the rural ele-
ments Of the embryonic nation. Sub
tecting himself to wage service on the
great estates, he came to be civilized,
and being SO, he arrived gradually at
the extinction which civilization effects
for all outstanding individualistic
types.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
$4,000 IN LIFE-SAVING
SERVICE or RED CROSS
Additional $4,000 Water Safety
Experts Probable Gain of
Summer Campaign.

boy watched an expert give
class a lesson in the way to revive
person unconscious from water i'm
mersion. The next day the boy tried
1t on bathing companion and saved
his life. Such a boy justifies all the
effort and the cost of the Life-Saving
Service. American Red Cross officials
declare. The Red Cross method of
restoring partly drowned persons is so
simple that the continual large sacri
nee OF life must decrease as an in
formed public insists upon general in
struction in prone pressure practice
to induce respiration.
The Red Cross Life-Saving Service
in every part of the country, summer
and winter. is engaged in teaching
this method as an integral part of
swimming and life-saving. This ser
vice has grown from a single expert
in. 1914 to a corps Of almost $4,000 &C.
tive life-savers. In this tenth year of
the work it is predicted that fully
$4,000 more experts will be eligible
for membership in the corps. This
large accession in a single year is
confidently expected. as the result OF
the campaign among $4,000 troops of
Boy Scouts under plan to qualify
at least two life-guards in each troop
During the past year 4,746 men.
1874 women, 1871 boys and girls sue
cessfully passed the rigid tests of the
Red Cross-an increase of 1891 over
1928. Intensive instruction is develop
ing hundreds of qualified examiners
for the Red Cross Life-Saving Corps.
who supplement the teaching staff
maintained by the national organiza-
ton. The cause of water safety is
therefore penetrating to new sections
and eventually will cover all Ameri-
can territory.
Recognition OF this Red Cross SER
vice for humanity is growing apace.
At the request of the War Department
every military training camp had life
saving instruction last summer. Mu-
inequalities have adopted the Red
Cross course. public and private
schools are offering it to students.
business, civic and athletic organiza-
tons are promoting campaigns, and
police departments are making 1t a
part Of the conditioning process for
their recruits.
Volunteer life-savers throughout the
country. the American Red Cross re-
ports. are eagerly advancing the cause
of water safety, 3SS volunteers receiv-
ing medals for giving from 200 to 300
hours service in two or three years.
In addition SO rescue bars to medals
we're awarded members of the Red
Cross Corps who saved one or more
lives during the year
1t is for the work and extension Of
life-saving that continued support
through memberships is sought, and
the American Red CrcSs urges all per
sons to join or renew membership
during the enrolment campaign open
ing Armistice Day. November IL.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
Unkind

They were very much in love, but At
hast came the day when they had
bitter quarrel and they parted, each
resolved never to see the other again
a. long az they lived
Years passed, and they had almost
forgotten that little love affair, when
one night rney came face to face with
each other at a dance.
!. The man felt rather embarrassed.
but he went eagerly up to her, new.
ertheless, and said softly:
why, Murielw
She looked at him indiferently.
Let me see," she said, calmly. "Was
Il you or your brother who used to
be an old admirer Of miner
He was snubbed. but he rose to the
occasion.
Il really don't remember" he re-
piled affably. Probably my father
London Answers.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
SULTAN HAD WRONG TITLE
Al Raschld the Just Could Listen "a
Complaint of Outraged Widow
Without Feeling.

The title to the name Of AL Raschld
the Just is sullied by his extirpation
Of the generous, perhaps the innocent,
Bermecides. Yet he could listen to
the complaint Of poor widow who
had been pillaged by his troops, who
dared. from a passage in the Koran
TO threaten the inattentive despot with
the judgment of God and posterity.
AL Raschid was the third sultan OF
the line of Ambascides. He was u
contemporary of Charlelnagne, 20
whom he sent an embassy with a
present of a famous clock, which,
when put in motion by means of q
clepsydra, pointed out the hours
struck them by dropping little ballt
on bell or drums, and caused little
doors to open, and number of knights
on horseback to come out as cor
responded with the hours. He wai
last of the caliphs who made q pill
grimage to Mecca. and he visited the
prophets shrine eight different timeG
He reigned A. D. $50 to sos.
The meaning of the word caliph is
successor or vicar" indicating the
claims of the sultan to be the sue
eessor of Mohammed, and hence, in q
more exalted sense, the vicar Of God.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
What your Eyes Tell

We are told that the eyes of the
intellectual man are gray, and it is a
fact that most men Of genius have
gray eyes. Brown eyes are said TO
express temperament rather than in
tellect.
Although brown eyes fash with an
ger, light up with JOY, and change
swiftly with jealousy, blue and gray
eyes can express greater sadness.
Green and black eyes are supposed
to be the most wicked. Becky Sharp's
green eyes played an important part
in her various conquests.
The ''vamp" in modern fiction usual
ly possesses flashing eyes of either
green or black. Actually, there are
40 black eyes; dark brown or dark
gray eyes have the appearance Of be-
ing black in certain lights.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
as " on
.es 4inaeric0n ro;r

after the American colonies had
achieved lndenendence, the provision
OF coinage became their own SOW
ereign right. The devices for the first
coin struck by authority Of congress
were prescribed by committee Of that
body In the following terms: q. !.
On one side Of which piece !.
thirteen circles linked together. a
small circle In the middle, with the
words United States around it.; and. In
the center We Are One On the other
side of the same piece the following
device, viz, dial with the hours ex-
pressed on the face Of It; q meridian
sun above. on one side of which Is
to be the word Fugio,' and on the
other the year '17S7'; below the dial,
the words, Mind Your Own Bust
mess" The types Of this piece are
very similar to those of the dollar
pattern Of the proposed continental
currency, which bears date Of 1778
and which were probably designed by
an artist, who on the earlier piece
placed the signature q. g. Fecit. The
types are interesting MS q commentary
on the state Of mind Of the times.
The political hope, for 1t could be
only a hope still at that time. of an
inseparable union, expressed In the
diverse type. was probably not less
prevalent than the caution SO graph
cally set forth by the other that
Time is Flying" 90 Mind Your Bust
ness" affairs. This terse expression
Of practical sense, because so much
IN the spirit of Poor Richard, has
Won for the coin the name of Frank
I'm cent? but Franklin probably had
nothing to do with the designing of It.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
M0i0ys Build Homes on
Posts to Foil Tigers

An American who had seen service
abroad as a consul tells Of some in
teresting dwellings In the Orient. The
ordinary Malay house is built on posts
from FIVE to seven feet high, but sons
times safety measures add consider.
able to the length of the posts, this be-
Ing particularly true Of tiger-infested
districts.
AS tigers have been known to leap
Is feet from the ground, lift of ~
feet Is considered the safety limit for
prospective builders In such sections.
At best tho Malay house Ii frail and
fimsy structure Of sticks lied together
with rattan, matched with palm leaves
and walled with plated bamboo or
tree bark. 1t Is, therefore. an easy
matter for tiger to break into
house. Many tragedies, with hungry
tiger as the villain, have been record.
ed. In one case whole family, witt
the exception OF one man. was killed
He climbed 10 the roof and thus es-
capped the notice Of the tiger. but was
the Mortified and helpless witness Of
DE cruel slaughter Of his relatives
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
PatDnee Indians We're
WhirlDinds in Battle

The Pawnees were never disciplined
In military sense. On one occasion
when they were to start on a scout
early in the morning, three days ra-
tons had been issued to them. They
ate every ounce that night and had
nothing to eat until the afternoon of
the second day, when they shot few
antelope
They obeyed orders and suggestions
preliminary to combat, but in a
charge or sudden attack they reverted
to their own methods and were whirl-
winds in a fight. Major North stated
that in an engagement near Wood
River, Neb., where the Sioux were
completely surprised. the scouts
charged, firing their repeating car
bines, flung them aside when empty.
used revolvers in the same manner
and wound up the fight with bows ans.
arrows. They had to go over the Geld
afterward to recover discarded wea-
pons. l saw the command as they
passed through Julesburg; they had
eight scalps decorated and stretched
on hoops. The next night i witnessed
their scalp dance. 1t was the most
thrilling savage rite have ever seen.
A Pawnee stripped for action and in
war paint was striking object The
head was shaved excepting narrow
ridge of hair in the middle that stood
erect like reached name from the
forehead to the crown where it ended
In a scalp lock. A large circle about
each eye was filed in with black, the
rest Of the face and portions of the
body were streaked with vermil.on
and yellow. At short distance their
faces resembled decorated skulls.-E'
I. Seoyille in Adventure Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
HID Done II Before

Now DEAR" remarked Mrs. Subbub
10 her husband. as he was getting
ready to 60 to the city, Il want yor
to do a little Job for me while you
are In town today. VIII you 60 to
Goese's and get me q house robeY'
every well, DEAR he replied. and
went on his way.
Entering the store some time later,
Mr. Subbub gave his order.
= Here are some very pretty ones"
said the salesgirl. "What color do
you prefer?'
Doesn't make any dIfferencel" was
the answer.
Doesn't make any difference 7"
echoed the girl. But don't you think
your wife would like a certain
cclorr'
]: mo. II doesn't make any difference
what color or size get" said Mr..
eu1bub, sadly. Il shall have to come
80 temorrow and have II changed"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
Human Mind Beat Machine

A French lightning calculator. NJ.
maud, was recently pitted against
twelve of the latest types of calculat-
ing machine. The human machine
carried off all but one of the honors.
NJ. Inaudi easily beat his mechan-
ical competitors in the speed with
which he solved problems in addition,
subtraction, division and finding the
square or the cube, but in the first
Misunderstanding the square root OF
d number machine came out first
In the third round, which consisted
of complicated problsas, the man won
easily.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-10-31
Honduras Turkeys More
C0udy Than Our Peacock

Brilliant iridescent plumage distin-
cuisines the Honduras turkey, 1t being
black tipped with brassy green and
fringed with greenish copper. The
head IL bright blue and yellow, and the
rump region II steel-blue. with brilliant
eyes Of green-blue margined with cop
per marking the ends Of the grayish
tail feathers. It IL said to be much
more gaudy than the peacock, and
though somewhat smaller than our
Eastern Wild turkey Its meat u claimed
% be much better.
Experiments At sociological Rnrdens
Indicate that this fancy bird Will breed
with the less colorful Of orr domestic
Species It h the only species Of tur
key. however. which II native to fropl
cal lowiands. The Mexican turkey
from which our domestic turkey Ii be-
Hesen 10 have originated, lives on the
r tah'elaIds- 1t has the character
- site-tipped tan feathers OF the
Asts bird. Wild turkeys IN Arr
and New Mexico show this tea
surn while turkeys o1 the Rio
Grnnde Wiley o. southern Texas are
partly M the Hm1can birds and
Dug1lv 10 ~ Dnsfer3 VIZ turkay.