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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
W0odcock Second to No
Bird for Intelligence

IL We may believe the naturalists,
the woodcoek is an unusual bird
When migrating he lilies at great
height until he wishes to rest, and
then descends almost perpendicularly
to the spot which he has chosen. As
a worin-digger he is unexcelled, and
has even been known to have batting
average of 1000 when sticking his
long bill into the turf in search of
breakfast
Among the other characteristics is
a dislike of bright light, which makes
him keep in the dark during the day
time. Whether this is due to thwarted
vanity, naturalists do not tell US. al
though he is described as having legs
which are too short for his large body
a tail only half as long as it should be
a neck which is both too short and toe
fat, and a bill which is too long and
too straight. To complete the list of
his qualities. his eyes are said to be
to0sfar back and his head entirely out
of drawing.
Undoubtedly the nature takers could
tell us what sort of complex affiicts
him. for they have again revived the
story that the woodcock is capable Of
self-surgery, and has been known to
put broken leg in splints and to dress
his wounds with plaster made of mud
and grass The authority for this as
sertion is given in the Livin. Age II
writer in rEcho de Paris. who has
gathered testimony from Witnesses in
Sardinia, Thrace and France. The
jackdaw of Reims apparently isn't ir
1t for pure avian acumen.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Early Americans Tied to
Coast by Need of Salt

Early American settlers were tied to
the coast by the need Of salt, without
which they could not preserve their
meats and live In comfort. Writing in
1852, Bishop Spagenburg says Of
colony for which he was seeking lands
In North Carolina: They viii require
salt and other necessaries which they
can neither manufacture nor raise.
Either they must go to Charleston,
which Is 300 miles distant, or else 60
to Boling's Point In Virginia on a
branch of the James and also 800 miles
from here, or else they must go down
the Roanoke know not how many
miles-where salt is brought up from
Cape Fear"
An annual pilgrimage for salt thus
became essential Taking furs and
ginseng root. the early settlers sent
their pack trains after seeding time
each year to the coast. But when dis
coyery was made Of the salt springs
Of the Kanawha and the Holston and
the Kentucky and central New York.
the West began to be freed from de-
pendence on the coast. 1t was In part
the effect OF finding these salt springs
that enabled settlement to cross the
mountains-Detroit News
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
SKIN BAROMETER OF HEAL II
Cutic!e Affords Outward and Visible
Sign eft inteTnal Physical
Cleanliness.

lovely skin. aside from being the
subject for poetic sapsures is a sensi-
tive barometer of your health. says
Elizabeth Arden In Arts and Deeors-
tons. II Is the outward and visible
sign OF an inward and physical clean
illness. Its smoothness Is a symptom
Of good digestion and the absence OF
fevered disturbance. Its clarity is
proof OF the correct balance Of diet.
Its pinkness registers the swift dance
u blood through the tissues.
Tie body Is like an exquisitely
tuned engine. Your food Is the fuel.
Tie air you breathe Is the draught
that Quickens the fire into life. If
you have been suburbanite without
a faithful furnace man, you have bat.
tied to keep fire 6ickering. perhaps
You know that there Is coal thar
burns with an even hot flame and
leaves a fine ash, without fuss or
waste. And there In other coal, THAI
burns stubbornly and only partially
and leaves great clinkers to clog the
channels Of the fire.
Now food Is ike that, too. Sfmple
foods are digested and assimilated
thoroughly. Rich foods, hearty mir
lures Of foods, leave clinkera to Clog
the system. Meats, pastries. thicksned
sauces, these foods do not burn an
perfectly as fresh vegetables, cereals
whole wheat breads and fruitx Yen
must eat wisely for beauty.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Many Volcanic Craters
in the United States

When we think of volcanoes we gen.
orally associate them with some for
eign country, but here in our own do
main we have within comparatively
restricted area group of 6S volcanic
eraters. This is In Idaho and the place
is called the "Craters Of the Moon"
because the landscape is so cold look
ing and SO barren of vegetation that it
resembles the landscape of the moon
as it seems to US when viewed through
a telescope, While 1t is barren 1t is not
without color. for there is considerable
variation in the tints Of the ground
which Is covered with the frozen
lava which flowed from these craters
a few hundred years ago. There is one
held which is called the Blue Dragon
which is lava of beautiful aurelean
tint and with polish as II 1t had been
vanished. There are cracks In the de-
post at regular intervals and all OF
similar shape. which makes the mass
resemble the scales Of great dragon.
These volcanic mounds are of various
heights and some of interesting forma-
ton, with considerable variation as to
color. This field is about three miles
vide and thirty long and has been re-
Gently dedicated to the purposes of a
public park. While 1t is not exactly
accessible, 1t is not difficult place to
get At and at the present time It is
little known II Is located between
Carr and Arco.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Vigorous Gobbler Will
Care for Fifteen Hens

If good gobblers are scarce there is
no reason why two neighbors cannot
keep their turkey hens on the same
farm until such time as they have heen
served by the gobbler. One service
from the gobbler is sufficient to fer.
tilize all the eggs that will be laid nj
a succeeding egg-laying period. How
ever, when the turkey hens cult lay.
ing another service will be necessary
before the subsequent eggs of the sec
ond laying period are fertile.
A vigorous gobbler win only serve
about fifteen hens.
1t would be somewhat less trouble
some to transfer the turkey tom rattle,
than the turkey hens. After one neigh.
Dor is positive that the gobbler has
covered all of the hens on his farm
the tom could be moved over to the
other neighbours farm.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Stone-Age Houses Are
Rebuilt on Lake Shore

All visitors to the Lake of Constance
b Baden know that on Its banks NAV
be found remains Of so-called lake
dwellings, prehistoric habitat.ons built
on q platform supported ON piles. In
Switzerland and In Austria, where pile
dwellings Of the same kind have also
been discovered. the first reconstruc
ton Of these ancient villages was tried
At present reconstructions Of sim
liar kind are being made at Unter-Uhl
dingen on the Lake Of Constance.
Last year family house and a
mems house. were erected on the an
cient piles. Both are limitations of the
oldest types Of lake dwellings belong
ing to the Stone age. A third house
initiating the later type Of the Bronze
age Is to be built next
These dwellings are furnished with
the various implements and articles Of
daily use found in the neighborhood
and are instructive prehistoric mu
seums on 4 small scale. It Is now
planned to reconstruct a cluster OF
dwellings showing almost village for
nation on the Swiss bank Of the laks
1t Ermatinsen. Christian Science
Msni1oe
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Lyric Soprano

The word lyric is derived from the
Tyre, which Is now used as an instru-
ment TO accompany the smaller forms
of poetry 1t has become associated
with songs that are composed. more
for their melodious interest than for
their dramatic effect. A lyric soprano
Is known as light soprano, which Is
more suited to light songs and solos,
to distinguish 1t from dramatic so
pranos. which are heard to greater ad.
vantage In opera and oratorf0 work.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Hennan 6ody II Composed
rs 70 so Per Cent Voter

People th.ssk that their bodies are
HteFaly. anon. their most solid pos
sessions. But the human body Ii com
aoseu largely Of water, the average
proportion being from 20 to 50 per
cent. We are three-fourths water.
even including our brains.
have heard people speak Of ! per
son es having "a fluid mind" They
did not realize how close they came to
the literal truth. From head to foot,
all OF Us are so '.fiuida that It seems
almost Q miracle when we continue
intact, year after year. apparently as
solid a. ever.
You may think that we become more
solid as the years 60 by: that old PEG
pie really are, as we call them, with
cred and dried up. But they are NOT
'drier." Human beings grow even
less dry as age comes on. II Is g.
ti:rated that the water content of the
body IN old age Is from ST. to 84s
per cent, as compared with from rs to
30 per cent in earlier Life. So the
common expression. "a dried-up OLD
man." has no basis In fact.
II the amount Of water content II
the body Is reduced by only 10 pei
cent It results in very serious disor
derA Il it Is reduced 20 per cent
death Ii almost certain to follow
There have been cases where a per
son has survived beyond this point
but q loss Of % per cent Ia, believe
limit beyond which human belngl
cannot live.-American Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
RECORD DISASTER YEAR
kept RED CROSS BUSY
In 1872 Places in United States
Its Relief Operations
Cost $737, 603.

One hundred and ninety-two disas-
tiers resulting in 755 deaths and injury
to 1882 persons. rendering nearly
$4,000 homeless and causing property
losses estimated at more than S44. $780,
600, established new record in the
United States In the year ended last
June 80. according to reports of the
American Red Cross In all of these
disasters Immediately relief activity
was applied by the Red Cross. which
expended s737.e93 81 through the ma
tional organization and the local
Chapters in assisting stricken com
munities.
AS the nations chief relief agency
whose service covers over 4S years,
the Red Cross is expected to be on
duty almost as soon as disaster
strikes any locality. This trust and
confidence is amply justified by the
increasing equipment of the Red
Cross, which recently organized a mo-
bile disaster unit of experienced work
ers ready in all parts Of the country
to respond on the instant to a call
for active duty. This unit Is capable
of operating in several disaster areas
under one general direction, and re-
Gently was at work in seven communi.
ties. in five states al the s1me tine
Ability. alertness and increasing
skill of volunteer workers in more
than $500 Chapters are reasons for
the preparedness of Red Cross for
disaster operations. be the call for a
disturbance in a restricted local area
or for millions in relief funds for
staggering catastrophe such as the
earthquake in Japan.
The Red Cross. however. is far
from being self-satisfed. for the or
ganization is giving the most serious
consideration to measures for pre-
venting disasters its relief admins.
tration and rehabilitation policies
have won for it nationwide regard.
That this important work can always
measure up to every demand needs
the continued support Of the Amer
lean people through Red Cross mem
bership. The annual enrolment will
begin Armistice Day. November IL.
and every American is urged to join
or renew membership In the Red
Cross.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Animal Intelligence

According TO William L. Hornaday,
director of the New York Geological
park, the chimpanzee is the most in
telligent of all animals below man.
He can learn more by training and
more easily than any other animal A
high-class horse is very wise and
capable animal, but this is chiefly due
to Its age-long association with man
and education by him. A high-class
dog is the animal that mentally is in
the closest touch with the mind. the
feelings, and the impulses of man, and
the only one sliat can read a mans
feelings from lis eyes and his facial
expression.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
PROVED AGILITY 10 REASON
nsertisss /old Baboon Leader ~
Sua'iSss That Might Be Con- y
<tidersd Almost Human

lin their human that even when
<<hey <rutls in whicat In man would
% stmp Laaa. one cannot help
laughing. < Correspondent In South
Africa writes that certain large apes
are 20 much In the habit Of raidina
de coffee plantations that they have
70 be guarded.
Among the coffee trees grows q
shrub the fruit Of which the apes
particularly enjoy. But az wasps
tasten their nests to the shrubs. the
apes. fearful Of being stung, usually
keep away from them. One morning
the people In q certain plantation
heard the apes making fearful out
cries and, rushing out, saw this
singular scene. A large baboon, the
leader Of band. was throwing some
young apes at the wasp nests Just ~
Q boy might have thrown stones at
them.
The poor victims, stung BY the In.
furiated insects, were crying piteous
~. but the old baboon paid no heed
to them whatever. While they were
suffering from the anger Of thu
wasps he quietly proceeded to regals
himself with the fruit, which be
could now pluck without danger. DC.
casionally he would turn round and
graciously throw q handful to some
females and young standing . Nttls
way on.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
The Marriage Problem

You can no more make yourself
keep on loving some one to order than
you can make yourself fall in or out
of love with some one TO order. It's
like asking a small boy to light a
street lamp with only match. He
can't reach-the whole things beyond
him. That's the tragedy-the whole
relationship is dependent on some
thing that sails as airily remote above
your head as drifting cloud. To
base on that an irrevocable agree
ment? It's simply asking for trou-
bic. It's like Jumping into ten feet
of water without kaeSFssliiIIs whether
Ga ear swim or not, and then COM
planning because you're drowned
From THE Marriage Craft" by D. Il.
s. Nicholson.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
EARN. NQTES

Egg-laying contests stimulate inter
est In egg production.
Young chickens need plenty of ven
tilation and clean water. -
The only advantage of scrub cow
is that 1t doesn't take so long 10 milk
her. -
Careful dairymen have found that
warm and cold cream never mix sat
isfactorfly.
When the milk scales come into
the milk house. boarder cows go out Of
the barn door.
Buy a purebred bull early in the
fall so that you may breed your cows
during November. December and JAN
uary.
A farmer who doesn't keep good
family dairy cows should consult an
alienist to find out what is wrong with
himself.
Special attention Is now being given
to the yitamin content of eggs and
their fertility and hatchability as af-
fected by rations.
Do everything you can to make your
hens comfortable. If their health and
vitality are kept at the highest level.
it viii AID many eggs to your basket.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Bird Initiates Mole

A remarkable bird, in appearance
not unlike an ordinary farmyard deni-
zen, and known as a Highland cock,
has broken away from the bird ira
dition and instead of building its nest
among the trees or caves, has launched
out on bold and original lines of its
own and has learned to make a sub
terranean nest. The idea Is exclusive.
So far pathological experts have
failed to discover imitators. Os-
triches have been observed flirting
with the idea. but so far they have
only been able to get their heads be-
low the surface.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
FEAST OF SAINT MICHAEL
Festival Was First Appointed oy
Pope Felix III In the
Year $50.

Michaelmas, the Feast OF Sain'
Michael and All Angels, occurs sep
TENDER 20. The festival was frst ap-
pointed by Pope Felix III In the year
49, In the Greek church 1t dia nov
originate earlier than the Twelfth cen.
fury. It was an old custom in England
TO mark the day by electing civil mag
istrates and that of guardian Angels
OF whom Saint Michael was reported
the prince.
A more famous custom u tnat OF
eating roast goose, the origin OK wnicn
has long exercised the wisdom OF anu
quaries. The traditional Michaeimas
goose has been traced at least as iar
back as the tenth year Of Edward ~
and 1t 10 said that one Of the strongest
objections Of the English commonaity
to the reformation of the calendar was
based on the confusion which wouio
follow II Michaelmns day was nor
celebrated when stubble goose are ~
their perfection.
There IL n old proverb thatsT you
eat goose on Michaelmas day, you VIZ
never want money all the rear round"
-Oaknoit News.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Community Watts to
Solve Dip Problem
~
Control Animal Parasites
Which Cause Heavy Loss.

prepared by the United States Department
or Agriculture.)
community dipping watts in Platte
county, Wyo., are solving the prob
lem of controlling the animal para
SITES which have caused heavy loss to
i've STOCK growers there for some years.
through the efforts of the county agri-
cultural extension agent sufficient in
'eIest was aroused in the eradication
VI mango and lice, to make 1t pos
sioie TO organize community live stock
uipping associations, the members pay
iiig an equal sum into the treasury for
materials and doing the work of con
structing and dipping plants them
serves. Six plants were finished or
uhder construction by the end of 1922
ana last year the number was brought
up TO IA. Two of these are for sheen
ohiy. The average cost Of the plants
was $3.50 each and from three TO four
weeks was required to complete one.
-Each includes concrete vat rein.
iorced' with steel with filling and
Waning system, heating system
uoupie drain pens, chutes and corrals
Inc watts have an average capacity OF
o'ooo' gallons and the corrals will ac.
commodate from 1000 to 5000 head
Of stock.
The first year 10000 head of cattle
~ per cent of them infected with lice
-and 1880 head of sheep were dipped
wehty-nve thousand head of cattle
according to reports of the United
states Department of Agriculture
went through the watts in 1923, no rec.
ora being kept of sheep, hogs and
norses. All dipping is done under
state inspection. Cattle growers esti
mate they have saved at least So on
! every head of stock dipped, through
Tue saving in feed, increased growth
and improved marketable condition.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Says Prehistoric Birds
of Kansas Had Teeth

Birds once had teeth, but 1t was a
long, long time ago. In fact, it vas
HAT hpfer1o0 or the earth's history
when much of North America was
covered by broad. shallow seas that
were dotted with low and almost bar
rem islands. And upon these islands
rested some Of the strangest Of all the
thousands Of odd creatures that have
lived in past ages-birds that could not
walk, and that had long beaks, armed
with sharp teeth. These birds. de-
scribed in Science and Invention by
Carroll Lane Fenton, department Of
paleontology, University Of Michigan,
are known from their skeletons, which
have been preserved and turned into
stone In the chalk beds Of western
Kansas.
Hesperornis, the western bird. a.
this ancient dweller of Kansas has
been called, measured nearly FIVE feet
from tip to tip of his beak to the tip
Of his toes. In shape he was good
deal like the black and white loon, or
hell diver Of modern rivers and lakes,
but, unlike that bird, he swan by
means Of his legs and feet alone, never
trying TO use wings.
Indeed, he could hardly have done
so, for after ages Of dlsuse, his wings
had disappeared entirely, and there re-
manned but few bones to show where
they once had been. But stout legs
and paddle-like feet were all he need
ed TO get about, either on the surface
or below. His body was shaped like a
submarine, while his neck had the driv-
ing force Of a heron's. Once a fish
was caught In the birds long beak with
Its backwardly directed teeth, 1t had
no chance to escape.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21

The first Europeans to visit the
IGthmus Of Panama were those who,
under the leadership Of Rodrigo de
Bastides, sailed from Cadiz in October.
1900 vasco Nunez de Balboa was
among them. The records of this ex.
petition are meager. but it is known
that they picked up the mainland Of
South America near Trinidad and
coasted westward past the Gulf Of Da-
rien and along the Isthmus as far as
Nombre de Dios.
The letters Of 'Lettefa Rarissima d.
Cristotoro Colombo" an Italian YER
sion Of dispatch from the great dis
coverer to Ferdinand and Isabella con-
eains the earliest account Of the 18TH
mus In existence. He wrote this let
ter while shipwrecked on the coast of
Jamaica at the end Of his fourth and
last voyage to the Indies.-Ds8oit
New - ~
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
History Of Loving Cups

All racing cups are not necessarily
loving cups. A loving cup Is one hay-
Ing two or more handles. generally
constructed Of silver The custom Of
the loving cup is traced back to the
days Of wassailIng. II was continued
after the Introduction OF Christianity.
The monks called the wassail bowl the
-poculun1 caritatis." meaning flowing
cup" The ceremony Of drinking from
90 cup and passing it around w. -
enEvsd y Tie Jewish pase1n1 GUD@.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Burial of Braddock

Gen. Edward Braddock was buried
in the middle of the road about so
miles from Cumberland. Md Care
was taken TO close the grave and have
the troops and wagon train pass over.
it to efssee all marks of the burial
This was to prevent dissertation of the
remains by the Indians. Many years
later General Braddock's grave was
discovered when a road was being
built through that part of Pennsylva-
MIA. Part of the bones of Braddock
finally found their way to museum
in Philadelphia. It is said that some
of them were also taken to England
At any rate they were removed from
their resting place in the forest.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Says Coffee Fruit Il
.Sinailar to a Cherr,

'It Is doubtful IL In all nature there
10 more cunningly devised food
Package than the fr,sit Of the coffee
tree, says William II. Ukere In "All
ABOUT Coffee (the Tea and Coffee
Journal company, New York;. He
describes 1t infinitely as follows:
The coffee fruit Is very like a
cherry, though somewhat elongated
and having in its upper end a small
umbilicus. But mark with what In
Eenuity the package has been con.
structed. The outer wrapping II q
thin. gossamerlike skin which incloses
q soft pulp, sweetish to the taste, but
Il o,rcs,aginous consistency. This
sup y tp-u is wrapped about the
a. s,' called the parchment be-
.a1s tough texture.
IT,. 20 hment incloses the magic
9esr its last wrapping, . delicate
sil7 r-colored skin, not unlike fine
spun six or the sheerest Of tissue
crper. Anu This last wrapping Is so
.eaac:. IS, 81 true to its guardianship
L. ron, thai 10 amount Of rough
ire. t can disodge it altogether ;
scr nar<. or 1t cling to the bean even
in roe ling and grinding pro
cesses"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1924-11-21
Stsne-Axe Men in Africa

Sir Harry Johnston tells of tribe
In venya, South Africa, who wander
among dense forests sad -sesDe. hsnn.-
ed wilderness. 'The tribe, the Ando-
robo, reproduces in most striking
manner the life which we may suppose
to have been led by our far-away an
cestors in the earliest Stone Ages" he
says. "They lead, in fact, very much the
life that the most primitive types of
man led In Great Britain and France IN
the far back days of big animals, pos
sibly before the coming Of the glacial
periods.
They live entirely by the chase,
often consuming the flesh of birds and
beasts uncooked. Though they com
NIT considerable devastation among
the game Of the province, they are o
picturesque feature when encoun
tered."-Detroit News.