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Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Fish Associate Sound
With Time OF Feeding

In Argyllshire, Scotland, there is a
cottage standing on the bank of a fair
ly large river. 1t Is the custom of the
occupants to carry out domestic op-
erations on the edge Of the stream.
It Is there that fish, rabbits and
fowls are cleaned and garbage dis
posed Of generally. The result Is that
cells, attracted by the faint in the wa
ter, have been in the habit of coming
out from the middle Of the river to
gorge themselves on this refuse.
So accustomed have they become to
feed at this spot that they have
learned to associate certain sounds
with food, and the Gathering of pots
and pans on the stones, even before
anything has been thrown out. will
bring them up out of the depths in
considerable numbers and cause them
to 90 cruising toward the shore. To
call up the eel Is a recognized item in
the entertainment Of visitors at the
cottage.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Use Tractor to Shell
Corn and Grind Feed

Make your tractor shell your corn
and grind your feed for you this win
ter. Don't let it stand idle in the shed
eating up interest money on your in
vestment. 1t is much easier and warm
er to grind your own feed at home
than it is to harness up team Of
horses and drive to feed mill In cold
weather.
IF you have several tons Of ferti-
lizer or feed to haul, hitch your trac-
tor to two or three wagons and make
one trip take the place of several trips
to town." says F. w. Duffee, of the
agricultural engineering. department,
Wisconsin College of Agriculture.
There are only few jobs for a
tractor during the winter months, but
If they are done with the tractor the
interest on your money invested will
more than be returned.
"a tractor has the advantage over
horses that when it is standing Idle 1t
does not use feed"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Why Blinks Had to Reach
Home on Schedule Tins

Promptly as the office clock struck
Ave Blinks with unusual rapldity pre-
pared to start for home.
AS he hustled into his overcoat and
made for the door his desk mate
raised surprised head. WHAT he
said. 'fn hurry again tonight? It's
six nights now you've rushed hons
like this and haven't waited for a soda
at the old stand. I'm beginning to
think, I've offended you, or something
like that"
NO" Blinks laughed. you haven't
hurt my sensitive soul, but the fact Is
this, we've got cook up at the house
now, and while the missus didn't mind
my rolling In late the cook won't stay
unless I arrive every evening on tiuaa.A
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Make Today Count as No
Previous One Euer Did

! Make this resolution every morn
ing: I will play the life game today
as have never played it before. I
will play it with more energy, more
determination. will play 1t with
frmer decision, with better judgment.
But while 1 will try not to make so
many mistakes, will not be so eau
tious as not to act at all. for I know
that he who hesitates In irresolutio1
or wavers is lost. am going to make
myself felt today as never before.
am going to fling my life into my Wort;
with all the energy can master.
am resolved not to grope along in
picayune way any more. am going
70 put some more dare into my efforts
] am going to take more chances be-
ause I know that people with Wig
orous initiative can afford to MAXI
more mistakes than the LEGISLATORS, tn
waverers, the balancera am gofnA
20 make this day count as no previous
day Of my life has counted.-EasDtr@
ton.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
DAKwTR's THEORY or LIFE
Opinion That Has Been Sharply A.
tackled and Holly Defended Since
He Expressed Il.

Charles Darwin published In 1859 a
work entitled "Origin Of Species" In
an attempt to prove that the numerous
species now existing on the earth
sprang originally from one, or at most,
few primal forms, and that the
present diversity Is due to special de-
velopment and natural selection.
According to Darwin's theory, those
plants and creatures that are best
suited to the conditions Of their ex
istence survive and become fruitful:
certain organs called into play by pc
culiar conditions of life grow with
their growth and strengthen with their
strength. until they become SO much
part and parcel of their frames az
to be transmitted to their offspring.
The conditions Of Life being very d.
verse cause great diversity Of or.
ganic development, and OF course
every such diversity which has be-
come radical 10 the parent Of . new
ppeieG
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Lapps Contented With
Few Creature Comforts

No one knows when the Laps came
into Sweden, but for centuries this
queer little people, a branch Of the
Mongol tribe, have wandered about
the mountains with their reindeer, liv-
ing a more or less nomadic life and
holding their own In population, al
though not increasing In any number.
During the summer months, when
the reindeer are on the move, the
Lapp contents himself with q birch
pole tent covered with canvas or turf,
so that 1t may readily be moved from
place to place. Some Of the homes
have modern comforts, but as a rule
the Lapp contents himself with very
little, says the Baltimore Sun.
In autumn the young reindeer are
marked on the ear with their owners
name. At this time there Is a gath
ering Of all the tribes, and, though
to stranger all reindeer look exact
~ alike, Lapp will point out his own
in the herd with unfailing knowledge.
Nor does a Lapp remove his neigh
boris mark.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Essential Winter Feeds
for Average Hen Flock

Teo many poultrymen rely almost
wholly on grain feeds during the win.
ter. Green food. beef scraps, milk by
products and mineral matter are too
often omitted altogether or fed too In
frequently and sparingly. Oyster
shell. prepared grit and charcoal,
ready for the fowls at all times, pro-
vide mineral matter. Cabbage, beets.
mangles and sprouted oats make ex-
cellsnt green foods; hung an inch
higher than the head compeIs needed
winter exercise. Any fresh vegetables,
even raw potatoes, are a whole lot
better than nothing Of the kind az
all.
For animal food. beef scraps serve
the purpose splendidly. MIX by-prod-
ucts. when low priced, are used with
excellent results and probably with
greater returns, comparatively, than
wAAn Ssa - faEm animAlR
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Orchard Draining Needs
Most Careful Attention

Many fruit growers fail to realize
that orchard land that Is inclined to
be wet requires drainage Just as much
as land for general crops This 10
particularly true of peach, cherry and
apple orchards The pear, plum and
ounce usually withstand a more moist
soil condition. Where the land Is
heavy and naturally poorly drained the
trees make a slow growth, are inclined
to suffer from root rot and winter In
jury, the bark Is reddish in color and
they are often short-lived. Neither
good culture nor fertilizers will over
come this trouble. Also good surface
drainage Is no assurance that thing is
not needed.
The most observing orchardists are
toned evidence that it Is paying we'll
in better trees and crops. This is
good time of year to make a critical
survey of the orchard and determine
whether certain depressions or basins
need an outlet for the surplus water
in the spring. If so, a ditching ma
chine may do the work better and
cheaper than to dig the bitches by
hand. The tile are usually laid about
two to two and one-half feet deep, al
though on some level areas 1t is neces-
sary to put them deeper In order to
secure enough fall.
The main lines Of tile will follow
the natural depression, even though 1t
is quite irregular, and the laterals will
follow the minor Expressions that lead
into the main one. Additional laterals
should be laid so as to give drainage
to the entire area that Is wet and
springy In the early part of the grow
ing season. In more level fields the
main lines are usually about two rods
apart. depending upon the nature Of
the soil
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Beasts as Baggage

r. L. Ditmars tells an amusing story
of shepherding wild animals from San
Francisco to New York Among them
were pythons, pygmy water buffalo
and two orang-outangs. Mr. Dit
mars was kept busy protecting the
apes from changes in temperature.
The larger orang had a sunny ware
house room, but shivered at night; be
ing given an army blanket, he soon
learned to wrap up n it. The smaller
orang lived in his masters room at
the hotel, upon reluctant permission
from the management" BY the kind
cooperation of the railroad all these
specimens were transported on the
Overland Limited as baggage; four
days travel brought them safely to
their new home.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
His Own Opinion.

Gap Johnson of Rumpus Ridge
leaned over hfs rickety fence and non.
chalantly contemplated a covered
wagon which was being snailed along
the big road By a yoke of exen.
'Howdyl" he saluted when the euui.
page finally arrived In front Of his
residence "Whur are you-p'tui-go-
ing tor
"Well, I'll tell you." responded the
venerable man who walked beside the
oxen. Il loaded up my family and one
thing and another a spell ago, aiming
to 80 to oklahomy, as It were. But
I've had to turn out'n the road and
stop so often to let automobiles, wag.
ons, and so forth go by, and then
probly got stuck in the mud and had
a Ill Of time in dragging out and
getting started ag'in, that all thinga
coeddsFed, ] don't reckon I'm going
% rlaea@-Kansas City Htss.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Faithful Doc.

The man was trying to sell his dog
you see," he said, 81 bought him
and trained him myself. I got him
30 that he'd bark If a person stepped
inside the gate, and I thought was
safe from burglars. Then my wifi.
wanted me to train him to carry bun
dies, and did.
"H I put a package In his mouth
he would keep 1t there until some one
took It away. Well. one night woke
up and heard movements in the next
room. got up and grabbed my revolv.
er. Two men were there-and the
dog"
Didn't he bark?" interrupted the
man.
"Never a bark; he was too busy"
"Busy7 What doingT'
Carrying a lantern for the burg
lara"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Good-By, Romance

All through his long spell of illness
his wife had been his devoted nurse.
Often he had wakened in the night to
find her sitting by his bedside, with
soothing draughts and words of sym
patty.
Now he had turned the corner, and
was we'll on the road to recovery. So
one day he tried to thank her
Mary, 1 shall never forget it," he
told her. Your sweetness to me
through this trying time shall always
be like golden corner in my memory.
Why did you do it,"
He paused dramatically, hoping to
hear a whispered confession of her
love being the great motive. Instead,
she replied, calmly: "Well, Henry,
who wants a widow with three chill
dren?"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Plains of Abraham

TIE heights near Quebec overlook.
ing the ST. Lawrence river took their
name from Abraham Martin, Cana
dian pioneer of Scotch descent who
was a pilot on the st. Lawrence in
the time of Samuel Champlain, foun.
der Of the city. By a deed author.
lied by Champlain himself Abraham
Martin, who was affectionately known
as "Maitre Abraham" obtained
homestead on the heights of Quebec.
His herds of sheep and cattle grazed
on the tableland along the st. Law.
renee which became known among the
Inhabitants of the town as the Plains
of Abraham. In 1908 part Of the
Heights of Abraham were converted
into a Canadian national park.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Had Good Reason

It was the usual rush hour. A
chivalrous young man got up and Of
fered his seat in the street car to
young woman.
One Of the straphangers turned to
a friend who was standing by him
and said:
do you know I've been travelling in
these cars the last ten years, and
I've never given my seat to woman
yet"
The friend was a gallant fellow.
swell, that's surely not much to
boast aboutl" he said, severely.
you would have done just the
same" retorted the first man.
"Oh, no, shouldn't. l should have
given up my seat like gentleman"
mo, you wouldn't" said his friend.
as he swayed toward him. you see
the fact is I've never had a seat"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
WELSH ARE PEOPLE APART
Have Lees Connection With EnsIana
Thar Those Of Scotland and
ireland.

Wales Is the territory In the west Of
the Island Of Great Britain lying be-
tween the mouth OF the Dee ana the
Bristol channel. It Is inhabited by
distinct race, the descendants Of the
ancient Britons who took refuge In the
mountains and dales Of Western Great
Britain at the time Of the Anglo-Saxo
Invasion.
These "Welshmen" (foreigners), as
the English call them, or Cymru az
they cali themselves, are not only dif.
ferent from the English in language.
customs, religious life, culture, In fact,
In all that goes to make up national
personality, but are actually more
widely sundered from their. English
neighbors than are either the Scots to
the north Of them or the Irish to the
farther west-Alfred q. ZtmmsEn In
the Century Magazine.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
ear

''The modern tendency in educa-
ton is to do away with fear, but l
doubt if the disciplinary substitutions
are as effective in character building"
says Sonya Levien, granddaughter of
rabbi, describing Judaism in Hearst's
International.
81 do not mean that quality of fear
that is cringing and cowardly, but the
fear that makes for self-control so that
cooperation between, human beings be
comes possible thing. The quality of
fear that limits the ego and imbues
one with sense of respect and mod
esty as against the know it all quail
ity of the modern adolescent youth.
Fear lasts longer than faith
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Some arizona Fiowers

Arizona deserts have their own f1ow
ors. In places the supply is abundant
the growth large, the flowers when in
bloom of marked beauty. the big yuc-
ca and the sotol, both members of
the lily family, showing beautiful
bloom on tall and stately stalks.
One of the interesting desert
growths is the water cactus. so named
because of its great stalk. from 5 to 10
feet high and as large in circumfer
ence as barrel. 1t has heavy PUPPY
covering from which 1t is possible to
squeeze goodly amounts of water. In
dams and travellers are quick to turn
TO the cactus when water supplies are
short.-Columbus Dispatch.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Ancient BOOKS Shotp
Surgery an Old Art

The practice Of surgery goes back
rs far as the time when man first
began to hurt himself or to be hurt by
others. Medicine and surgery were
fiourishing IN the Orient some four
centuries 3. @. Accounts in ancient
books tell of more than a hundred
instruments of steel, Ii varieties of
bandages, splints made Of bamboo, the
sewing Of cuts on the head and
face; and there was even an operation
for remaking the nose by using piece
Of skin Of the cheek for that purpose.
So it would seem that the Hindu had
more thorough acquaintance with
the science than one looking back over
the faraway centuries would at first
suspect.
The figures of patients undergoing
operations are carved on Egyptian
monuments and among the antiquities
Of that people are such instruments
as lancets, probes, knives and forceps.
In passing II may be remarked that
the latest centuries need not take
credit to themselves for the invention
Of artificial teeth, for that triumph
of the dentists art has been found in
mummies.
The surgical skill Of the Orient
seems to have been bottled up for a
time. or, at least 1t was in no hurry
to cross over to Europe, where for a
long period the barber was the usuaf
surgeon. The lives of two of Eng
lands greatest kings might have been
saved for longer usefulness had little
wisdom been shown In their treatment.
Henry Y died of malady which could
have been cured by the knife; Rich
ard the Lion Hearted met his death
from q wound in the shoulder caused
by an arrow which an ignorant sur
geon aggravated by twisting about in
his efforts to remove, thus inducing
blood poison.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Milk Made From Tree Sap

In the West Indies a tree known to
the natives as ''hyahya" has a sap so
rich that when the bark and pits are
crushed they yield a milk-like fluid
that is richer than cows milk. The
Cingalese also have a milk tree,
known as the "kirighuman," while in
the forests of Para there is tree,
known as the ''massenodendron,"
which provides a milk that does not
turn sour. 1t will keep indefinitely.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Nothing Snobbish About Hin,

Two literary lights, one from Har-
ward, the other from Yale-that's as
far as we care to go-were having
jolly little talk when something
cropped up which caused the Yale
man to remark:
THE trouble with you Harvard men
is you are inclined to be little snob-
bish"
That is not so" replied his com
panion. why, when I rowed on the
crew, I knew every man in the boat
except three down in the stern."-W.
Orion Tewson in the New York Eve
ming Post.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Merely Preparatory

81 have been told" said the football
player to his fancee, that you have
been engaged before; that I am not the
first"
The intensity of his passion made
her shudder, but she quickly recov-
cred herself. And is 1t not proper"
she demanded, before playing a match
game, to try a few practice games
with scrub eamsT-Boston Tran
script.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Acres of Flouers

Each year there are acres of flow
ers, roses, lilies, violets and others,
raised in France and southern Italy
to supply the worlds increasing de
mand for perfumes. The process of
extraction Of the oils exuded by the
flowers is quite lengthy and millions
of freshly picked blossoms are re
CURED to make the supply equal the
demand. Large distilleries have re-
Gently been built in southern Italy for
the extraction of valuable oils from
citrous fruit rind which yields es-
sences used in the making of per-
fumes.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Too Much Inspiration

A poet at a window, a brunette
came along The poet liked her looks,
began to pen a song. In just another
moment blond came into view. She
was so very pretty she got a line or
two. And then there was a red-halred
girl, and she was not so worse. She
gave q lot of color to the ensuing
verse. The poet couldn't sell his song !;
could not a nickel get. 1t served him
right-he should have been true to
the brunette.-Louisville Courier our
nal
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Ancient Ban Lifted

A notice dated London, 1895, read :
Several persons of quality were af-
fronted by persons who rode in hack
ney carriages, wearing masks, etc.
Complaint thereof being made to the
lord justices, an order was made that
no hackney carriage be permitted to
go into said Hyde Park" That ban.
which extended more than 229 years.
has been lifted and taxicabs are nov.
allowed to use the roads in Hyde park
for getting to and from other parts OF
London.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
On the Warpoth

whats the news Of the day, Hs
ramf" asked good old Nav Hoptoad.
"Avalanches in the Alps are de-
stroying property, SO the paper sez."
'Avalanches, hey? / been hearing
about them long time now. Time
they was curbed. Them hill tribes is
always turbulent, but they kin be
handled. Our Comanches Ia quiet
enough"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Had Another Pair

"What do you mean by bringing ME
an odd pair of boots?' demanded the
enraged master, displaying one black
boot and one brown
"1ndade, sorr," said the new Irish
valet, "'tis Quare thing But the
quarest thing Is, there's another pair
down below just like them"
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Thouohts During Dances.

For ages persons who have recov.
cred from great dangers have claimed
that In second all their lives flashed
before them. Scientists now prove that
these persons have not told the truth.
Truthful persons who have been In
great danger say that their thoughts
re entirely on the danger and their
minds have no chance to fash unless
on things before their eyes,
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Nothing to Worry About

Speeder-What do you think of thats
We are going IS and she's only half
open?
Nervous Passenger-But what IL we
should lose wheel?
Speeder-Don't let that worry you:
cra q spare one on behind.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Wos II a Hint to George?

Elderly Husband-There goes Mrs
Smith. Hasn't she lost her husband
lately7
Young Wife-Yes, poor thing, / real
~ believe black would be becoming 70
me. also. George.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
An Instance

Patience-Do you believe that love
ever flies out of the window?
Patrice-I know 1t. Only last night
Reginald stayed too late and papa
wouldn't take the trouble to open the
door.-Yonk Statesman.
Shenandoah herald. [volume] (Woodstock, Va.) 1865-1974, 1925-01-09
Pressure of Steam

Modern steam boiler practice Is
catching up with pure science. Some
engineers may have remembered at
high school or college learning some
thing of what Is called the critical
temperature" or critical pressure" Of
4 gas, the former being the temper
,ture above which the gas might MOI
be condensed at sny pressure, and
the latter being the pressure when
the critical temperature was attained.
All this was considered pure science"
or 'Thigh-brow stun' with no applica-
ton to practical affairs. But the crit
ical temperature and critical pressure
Of steam are only 706 degrees Fahren-
heit and $500 pounds square inch,
and boilers are now being used at pres
sures Of more than 1000 pounds with
the tendency toward higher and high
er pressures. Many interesting things
happen to both water and steam when
near the critical point and now prac-
teal engineers are beginning to take
keen interest In what was formerly
thought At only for laboratory die
cushion.