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THE STORY OF THE SEAL.
About twelve years ago, an old mate
and myself, in company with eighteen
other men, leased an old ship and sailei
for the far North on a seal hunting
expedition.
Aj you probably know, the Pribilof
Islands, a small group lying about two
hundred miles off the coast of Alaska,
are know n as the home of the seals, j
VTe arrived on these islands very
early in the spring, when scarcely any
seals were there.
,K"* ?mI? leave these islands'
iu n> ?
eich fall, returning in the spring, is a
mystery to scientists, unless it is that
they return to their homes for mating.
It is claimed that the mother seals
inhabit the very same homes each
spring. During the month of May the
,ei s tcE'R to appear, the males, or
yulls as they are called, come first
and these, like the femafes, t>r cows
hue favored jiaces which they seize |
each year, fighting to the death any
intruder.
A sea bull is a large, ugly creature
urighing as much as four hundred^
pounds. He is master of his house- j
hold. Several weeks after the bulls;
have arrived the females, or cows.!
come These arc graceful, gentle
creatures, weighing as a rule not more
thar. one hundred pounds.
Each bull gathers about him as many j
lemales as he can, sometimes as many [
Rj a hundred, and over these he exer-1
rises the strictest authority. Other
bulls, a great many times, will try tc 1
Steal some of the cows, and then a
treat fight takes place. Hundreds of
females are torn tt> pieces every year
these contending males, and the;
^ftocks echo with their roaring.
A seal on Ian J is very awkward, but j
l:; the water it is graceful and beau
Hful. It has a tapering body, with
^Biick. woolly fur, and long shining
^fta.r, and is so oily it glides easily!
^nrough thc water, its tin-like feet servas
a raddle and a rudder. The
^Lals are esptcaliv fond of small fish,
^ hich are their principal diet. It is
^Kry amusing to watch their quick,
^ rting movements in the water, diving
^ ter their mcais.
The seal has a tail, but it is so very
^Kort as to be practical'y useless. The
^nbs alst) are short, the greater part
their length being hidden beneath
e sin. The head is small, but they
Itt.lV lai&w lllUUlil una, IIKC a
: provided with feelers,
after the females have arrived,
i comfortably situated in their
again, the little seals or pupre
bom. These are sleek,
y little animals, weighing from
tight pounds, and are as playful
spent much time sitting along
trc, watching the puppies play
rocks. A few day6 after the
icals have arrived, the mother
them and goes out in the sea
rch of food. The little seais
t in a group, perhaps a hundred
::n together, with nothing to
;uish one from another, but the
r on her return after several
absence picks out her own baby
10 difficulty. Whether or not the
r seal has any affection for her
is yet unsolved.
? very amusing to watch a group
mg seals learning to swim. The
seals take their first swimming
is when about six weeks of age,
t sems as though it is not mator
them to swim as it is with a
: duck, for their heads are so very
and their bodies so tight that
have a very hard time keeping
? of the water.
: seals are so innocent hooking
larm ess it seems cruel indeed to
I "unters slip up the rocks ,
U large clubs in hand ready to kill
3 ^^Brinuls for their furs.
^ Be young males are the ones that
V M make up the tine sealskin coats
I Bi you see in the stores. As
M are females, and as tone male has
^^Hliction over perhaps a hundred
v ''^ es, it is not necessary that so
j males be retained. The seals
H^^^ll^ays killed with clubs, as there i
U^^^Ranger of ruining their *ur by
n^^^vke time I was on the islands the
^ Commercial Company had the
leased from the United States
n^^^Rcre responsible for the fur in
They were limited to a certain
L r each year. I think perhaps at
the limit was 100,000 each
^ omy trom male animals,'
1 demand is far greater than
i K^^^pnd seal stealing became very'
1 The robbers did not dare
' n the is ands, but sought the
^ ^jBin 'he water and killed them,
*i'li spears. The worst part of
in every instance the'
*J in the water were rrmthcr
in the summer months the i
' not go out in the wi^cr far
livery time the robbers
mother seal, a baby seal on the :
' rv.d to death. It has been
; that in a few years there
east a millfon mother seals'
the waters, and, in conse-'
B1 nillion baby <*cals starved to
death.
The seal is fast becoming exterminated
More* strict regulations were
imposed from year to year, until in
1910, a law was passed prohibiting the
killing of any seals ftar a period of ftve
years. But that has not stopped the
killing of the seals out in the water,
and the slaughter is now much greater
It is strange that until very recently,
not one of the seal furs ever came
to this country for a market, as they
were mostly all sent to London and
there sold to the highest bidder, just
as our corn and wheat sells on the
market in the large cities. >X'ithin the
last few years, however, a fur market
ha sben established at St Louis, Mo.,
and I presume a great many furs
from this region are handled annually
at this place. A sealskin untanned
is worth from fifteen to twenty dollars,
if properly skinned. That does not
compare very favorably with the price
of a sealskin coat, but the fur changes
through ? number of hands before it
is finally made into a lady's sealskin
coat.
(lirlH, Confide in Mother.
The moment a girl has a secret from
her mother or has a friend of whom
her mother does not know, she is in
danger. A secret is not a good thing
for a girl to have. The fewer secrets
that lie in the hearts of women at any
age, the better. It is almost a test
of purity. She who has none of her
own is best and happiest.
In girlhood hide nothing from your
mother; do nothing that if discovered
by your father would make you blush.
When you are married, never, never,
never conceal anything from your husband.
Never allow yourself to write
a letter that he may not know all
about, or receive one that you are not
willing that he should read. Have no
mysteries whatever. Tell those who
are about you where you go and what
you do. Those who have the right to j
know, I mean of course.
A little secretiveness has set many
a scandal afloat, and much is said about
women who tell too much, they arc
much better tiff than the women who
tell too little. A man may be ret- j
ticent and lie under no suspicion; no?
so a woman.
The girl who frankly says to her
mother, "1 have been here. 1 met sq;
and so. Such and such remarks were
made, and this or that was done," will
be certain of receiving good advice and
sympathy. If all was right no fault
will be found. If the mother knows,
out of her greater experienc, that something
was improper, 01 unsuitable
she will, if she is a good mother, kindly
advise against its repetition.
It is when mothers discover that
their girls are hiding things from them
that they rebuke or scold. Innocent
faults are always pardoned by a kind
parent.
You may not know, girls, just what
is right, just what is wrong yet. You
can't be blamed for making little mistakes,
but you will never do anything
very wrong if from the first >t)u have
no secrets from your mother.
When Uncle (Jeorge Spilled the Milk.
A few weeks ago Uncle George Herron
visited the photographer. Though
Uncle George is sixty odd years old, he
has never had a photograph taken,
since the masterpiece that shows him
with a kilt skirt and a head of moist J
urls, and that still hangs in an oval
frame on the wall of the frtont parlor
where his mother placed it so long ago. i
The photographer is an old crony of!
Uncle Georga's, and they deal with each
other frankly. When Uncle George
saw the proofs he was disappointed.
"I vrich I'H npvcr hoH vr> ?tr? 1
Joe," he said despondently.
"Why not? What's the matter with
'em, George?" asked the photograph-1
er. i
"Why, confound it, I look like a monkey,"
said Uncle George. \
"Well," replied Joe, with some asperity,
"you ought to have thought of
that before ye set."
A plan has been worked out with the
dental department ?of the Virginia State;
Board of Health for placing an itiner-1
ant dentist in the county in which j
Strasburg is located. This work will
be under the direction of the Shenandoah
Chapter of the Red Cross, the
Shenandoah County School Board and
the State Board of Health, and will be
supported by these varius bodies and
by fees charged for treatment. The |
dentist will go to the most remote'
schools first and work up to the various
towns. The fee for treatment will
average about 50 cents per child, as
the State Board of Health will pay j
one-third of cr>6t and the Red Cross,
Chapter of the county will pay the oth-'
er third, thus making the sum a ver\
nominal one fr>r each individual. The
dentist expects to start work by February
1st.
'Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER S j
? A S X O R r A
SI.50 gets the Register a year.
Widow Shudder* at "Rolled Howe."
Gazing back over 87 years of women's
styles and living through four
wars?the Mexican, Civil, SpanishAmerican
and the World War?Mrs.
Lewis H. Moberly, aged 87, widow of
ex-Mayor Lew is H. Moberly, tof Frederick.
Md., finds the present-day feminine
nodes "a shame and a disgrace."
Mrs. Moberly feels keenly on the subject
of women's styles.
She scorns a generous exposure of I
sheer hosiery and thin frocks. And
she says she thinks of the "iblled hose"
with a shudder. Mrs. Moberly candidly
says that the dresses of these
days are too short on the bottom and
too short from the top. She claims she
would have been in everlasting disgrace
had her mother seen her dress
as do the girls of the present age.
Mrs. Moberly is the mother of 15
children, 12 of whom are living. She
has 45 grandchildren. 37 great-grandchildren
and one great-great-grandchild.
U'e have heard of a Ford automobile
doing most all sort of queer things, but
this story beats them all. Thomas
Kline, the well-known Frederick huckster,
was very much annbved by rats
in hifc shed, and the rodents absolutely
refused to be caught in a trap. Mr.
Kline attached a piece of hose to the
exhaust pipe on his Ford car, and then
inserted the hose in one of the rat
-- J ? -*
ana siariea inc engine. In a fe\?j
minutes one of the rats, half dazed.;
emerged fiOm another hole, and was
promptly killed by a club. Pretty soon
another rat came staggering frcm the |
second hole, and was gently murdered.
This process was kept up until Mr.
Kline had seventeen rats lying on a
pile. Evidently the fumes from the
exhaust had sickened thc rodents, and
they came out to get air.?Middlctown
Register.
Statistics show that 250,000 to 300,000
Russian immigrants now live in
Germany.
During the 1921 hunting season a
total of 3,000,000 rabbits were killed
in Pennsylvania.
New York announces the largest hotel
in the world is to be built in that
city, a hotel that will have 2,500
rrtbms and will have 100,000 stockholders
in the corporation owning the property.
The pre-war dollar now is worth 72
cents when spent for meat and 68 cents
when spent for other foodstuffs. Eighteen
months ago the pre-war dollar was
worth 52 cents in the retail market
and a year ago 62 cents.
More than 1,000 American soldiers
have married in Germany during the
last two years and ten months, according
to estimates of American officers
and German civil officials. Most
of thc men and their wives already
have been sent to the United States.
"If every husband remained home
on Sunday and kissed his wife three
times I am sure there would be less
kissing by husbands of other men's
wives," said the Rev. Robert Watson,
pastor of the Sic?id Preibvf-ir'an
Church of New York City, before the
fourteenth annual convention of the
New Jersey Lord's Day Alliance at the
First Presbyterian Church, in session
at Trenton, N. J. Dr. Watson said
that the home was the foundation of
civilization and the rearing of children
was its superstructure. Sunday should
be a perfect day, he said, and added that
the Sunday observance movement was
being put to the test in this country
pr.d on the decision depended whether
this would be a Christian or an antiChristian
nation.
The last word in luxurious air travel
is a monster machine built to carry 24
passengers at a speed of 130 miles an
hour. It has all the features of a Pullman
car, with the exception of observation
platform. It contains a smoking
room, with card tables, a bathroom,
comfortable lounge chairs, which are
converted into beds at night; an icebox,
a stove and a kitchenette. Some
of the late models have lookout cabins
for observers, and one macfiine is
i uriusnca wim iwo ian seais ror me
use of experienced air passengers.
There drifted fit>m out of the Arctic
the other day a man who had not heard
that the Great War was over. The
news of the war reached him in the
Coronation Gulf country late in 1918,
and, although he started at o.tce, it
took him three years reach Nome
He wanted to cn'ist in the Atncrcan
army to fight in France.
Mr. Callahan was discovered stand- j
ing before a window displaying a large'
sign, "Nut Sundae," and was heaid
muttering reflectively:
"Ash Wednesday, Shiove Tuesday.
Grod Friday?sav, this is a new wan on
me."
O?
Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER'S
OA 3T O R 1 A
"I'm tired of always being the
goet!"
"Thon, why don't you stop butting
in?"
DAY # GAYETY IN SICILY
At F**t?val Tim* th* Peopl* Qtv*
Th*m**lv** Up to All Form*
f AdiumawiL
Booth* and harrow* lined the street*
selling fireworks and drinks, torrone
made of Dew almonds and hooey,
knives and ribbon*; and alternating
i. nit- iu*r> unmuse una drink!* were
tht? cmnMhic stands. There were a
dozen roulette tables, silver horses
whirling around over the numbered
courses where you put your soldo, and
bright arrows with painted feathers
that slopped whirling sooner or later
and left a light tip resting on the
lucky nuinbor. Crowds of people were
putting tltrlr uioney down, mostly little
boys, it seemed, writes Stark Young
In the North American Review. The
rockets were tiring from every direction.
with reports like bombs, unbelloTnbl.v
loud. **> appease the Sicilian liking
for mere uelsc. Now and then firecrackers
In bunches were thrown from
the reefs *rh?r,ob*s bM-o the llMte
stone streets, with a aaMlIng and detonation
like a bombardment. Reside
the Duoino the band from Syracuse
was playing airs from the operas.
Meantime Oy deep.blue of the early
night had fallen over the walls and
[ over the country dropping down toward
the sen and rising on the.other
hand fownrfl the Saracen cnstlc above
the town. A few pale stars were out
and n slendftr moon, almost past, was
shining. The whole piazza was sweet
with the perfume of the Jessamine
that ran along the front of the house
next the church. Incredible sweetness
In that soft, blue air. And everywhere
were the voices, deep and bright.
| SAFER THAN ANY STEEL VAULT
Bank of England Lowers Its Bullion
Into Wsll at Close of Business
Each Day.
In one sense the Bank of England
Is the safest hnnk In the world. Its
unique protection Is due to an arteslan
well In the hank. This well s?ipplies
the hank with its water Independently
of the rest of the city; It Is
4<Ki feet deep and supplies 7,000 cuhlc
feel of wnter an hour.
The htilllon deimrtnient, which holds
the Ingots ??f precious metal, Is nightly
submerged In several feet of water
hy the action of special machinery.
Anyone attempting to rob the hnnk,
then, must be an expert awlniuier and
diver. In the morning the water Is
pumped away and the Ingots are readily
accessible again.
However, the wnter still protects the
other departments of the bank. Its
supply Is almost unlimited, the hnnk
knows, and Its protection Is prnctlcnlly
absolute when It Is used. The hank
has very delicate mnchlnery arranged
so that even the lifting of a coin from
a pile will relense a catdli which. In
turn, releases u supply of wnter.?Detroit
News.
Ptkhy Paragraphs.
Whatever Broadway may bnve been
In Its day. It Is a thoroughfare of aliens
now, and it has no day, comparatively
.speaking, but only the night, wliwn the
Dr. Kennlcotts of the Inland towns
walk with their more or less restless
wiinirn ioik, 11 imi try 10 ucnuve tney
have Hi ruck ell In mi emotional sense,
anil that they are having the tiaie of
their lives.?Louis Dodge.
Disraeli said that every one likes
flattery, but with royalty you lay it
on with a trowel; ami nations are like
royalty, only more so; they will swallow
anything about themselves while
wondering at the credulity of other
nation*.?A. Cluttoii Brock.
That Is Just Hie way In this world;
nn enemy can partly ruin a man, but
It takes a good nntured Injudicious
friend to complete the thing and make
It perfect.?Samuel L. Clemens.
Many tilings pass In handwriting,
which print "shows up." Print Is so
Impertinent?flinging open the door of
u little room, where, perhapa, two
lovers are communing, und saying to
the public: "Have a look at them?
these great people In love! You see
they are Just us silly as little people."
?Kllen Terry.
8tamp Profiteering Slow.
The lowest Lilliputians In the whole
hierarchy of international finance ure
probably the stamp peddlers. There
Is hardly a person wh? was born ?n
the other side who Is not dabbling la
some angle of forelgu exchange, but
the stamp men seem willing to operute
on the most fractional margin of
profit. Up and. down the market
streets of the Italian sections thejr gt>
every Saturday night, displaying
stainns that were made in Italy. Tliev
offer them to shoppers, generally following
a hoy who sells writing puptr.
No doubt they are to encourage early
replies to letter* In which they ure
Inclosed. Occasionally a transaction
Involving a half-sheet or ?o of stamps
may he seen, so that small amounts
of money mny also he sent In this
way to fl-lends on the other side.?New
York Sun.
Hard Blow Coming.
"How about a shock absorber?"
asked the man who was buying a
cheap ear.
"We eun put one on."
"No." said the purchaser. "But I'd
like to have one sent to my wife in
advance she experts a limousine."
Egomania.
"Cabs.hi seems to have a good opinion
of himself."
"It's lucky he doesn't write biographic*
of distinguished people."
''Why so?"
"He'd use his own photogruph hi
a frontispiece."
DR. FAHRNEY
DIAGNOSTICIAN
Specialist In chnmk dlneter.
I make rtndy and treatment
f any kind of dimue the family
Do?ter is not curing. Tell
me your trouble and I'll tell
you what is your disease and
what can be done for it. I'll
end blank and specimen case
Give me your name.
HAQER8TOWN, MO.
Hay & Straw Wanted.
Baled or loose, delivered either at the
railroad or at my place of business. Alsc
^ood CORN, lor which the highest cash
price win oe paia. Always nave on hanc
;he best of Anthiacite and Cumberland
Kun-of-Mine and Lump.
COAL at Lowest Cash Prices.
Alpha Portland Cement always or
hand.
W. H. KNODE
.
Win.! ^ws, Moulding,
looring, Siding. Poors, Blinds,
Framing, Shingles.
I.Y.BLACKFORD,
Shenandoah Junction, W. Va.,
?dealer in?
LUMBER
and BU1LD1NQ
MATERIALS.
Slag Paint, Hardware and Plaster
Board
Slate, Oalvanized and Steel
ROOF! NG
Stylish New Millinery
MISS LOUD.MANN'S,
Shepherdstown. W. Va.
Everybody invited to come and
J see the stvlish new hats and millinery
Established IK56.
D1EHL & BRO.,
Charles Town's Old Reliable
I Marble and Granite Works
Manufacturers of Monuments, Tombstones,
Statues and all kinds of Marble and
'jranite work in their line. All orders
promptly tilled and satisfaction guaranteed.
DIEHL & BRO.,
Charles Town, W. Va.
Eggs and Poultry
We will pay best cash prke the market
|U.lllllva IUI V.IC1H, IIC3II C^^lrfUIJ
poultry at our office ne ir the freight station.
Can take care ot eggs at my residence
dter 6 o'clock.
Will be at the office Saturday nights
until 9 o'clock.
BENJ. HART/.ELL.
1N0. H. SCHOPPERT
The Fancy Grocer,
? Dealer In?
Confectioneries, Cigars
Tobacco etc.
Country Produce Taken In Exchange
Welshans' Building, Main Street,
Shepherdstown. W. Va.
TYPEWRITERS!
All makes and oil style* |I6 up. Borne that were
used and rrlru.rd l?y the U. H. Gov't. bargains
State your ntdl end wo will describe and quote.
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Ribbon.* any color 7'i delivered. Give name and
model. Carbon paper 8*13 100 ohcets SI.05 dcliv'd.
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Metal Type, Printers Supplies, Buffalo, N.Y*
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Eraneton, Illinois.
In the matter of a picturesque expression
there is no one to exceed a
Reintit UiKopnian
A judge was questioning an Irishman
at a reecnt trial.
"He tt>ok you by the throat and
choked you, did he?" asked the judge.
"He did, sorr," said Pat. "Sure<
sorr, he squeezed me throat till I
thought he would make cider out of me
, Adam's apple."
Ill
For any pain burn, scald or bruise,
apply Dr. Thomas' Ecletic Oil?the
household remedy. Two sizes 30c and
i 60c at all drug stores.
Geo. M. Beltzhoover,
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. VA.
Geo. M. Beltzhoover, Jr.,
CHARLES TOWN, W. VA.
Attorneys and Counsellors.
General Law Practice ard Collections
Dr. Roy S. Proctor
Veterinarian
Martinsourg, W. Va.
Calls answered promptly, day er
night. Charges reaaonable. Ball
phone No. 88. Wincheater Phone
19d-Y.
DR. S. M. LANQFORD
Graduate Veterinarian
MARTINSBURG, WEST VA
Call Owens' Drug Store.
HARRISON SCHLEY
General Insurance.
OHice In Jefferson Securi'y Hank Building
SheDherdstown. W. Va.
Orchard For Sale
For sale, a fine young aoole orchard
near Staunton. Va.. three miles
from the city, on good road. Tract of
23 acres, on which are 1.000 apple trees
eleven years old. lust now coming Into
bearing right. Included in the abovo
are 210 Starke Delicious. 250 Stavmans,
50 Old Winesaps. 250 Klda
Davids. 75 Yorks. 150 Black Ben Davit,
and some odd trees. For further particulars,
inquire of
THE REGISTER OFFICE.
Shepherdstown. W. Va.
H. C. Marten's
GREAT CHEAP
Hardware Store,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.,
?manuiacturer ot?
TINand SHEET1R0N WARE
and wholesale and retail dealer in
Hardware, White Lead, Stoves
Pumps, Putty, Glass, Oils,
Paints, Leather, Rims,
Hubs, Spokes.
Hardware Department.
Bar Iron, Nails, Morse Shoes, Large
Iron Wash Kettles, Brass, Copper
and Porcelain Kettles, Skillets, waffle
IronB, 7>ace, Butt, Cow and Halter
Chains, Farm Bell" Screen Doora
and Windows, Amcican Fence Wire,
Barbed Wire, Saws, Black Hawk
Corn Shellers, Law n Mowers, Files,
All Sizes Bolts, Loaaed Shells, Powder
and Sho<.
Paint and Oil Department
Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil, Harness
Oil, Machine Oil. Black Strap, Turpentine,
N. C. and Gas Tar, Gasoline,
Varnish, Japan Oryer, Knot Killer.
White Lead, Red Lead, Spanish
Brown, Calcined Plaster, Portland
PsmoH* I All IM - - "
wiiiviii, uaiu wii, nuienng tlilf.
Coal Oil, Neat Poot Oil, FUh OIL
Bath Brick Soap, Sulphur, Copperas,
Borax.
latent Plasteridg prepared for immediate
use.
International Stock Food and Oleason'f
Horse and Cattle Powders.
Frank Miller's Harness Dressing, Whale
Oil Soap.
Black Lamb's Foot Harness Oil.
Hie Perfection Blue Flame Wickless Oil
Stove?safest.
Hie Four Leaf Clover Cream Separator,
where the milk is not mixed or diluted
with water, leaving it pure aad
sweet for family use.
Wall Paper furnished on short notice at
reduced prices.
Reduced Prices on Haying Tools aad
Barn Doorr Hangers and Track.
Force Pumps. Deep well Pumps. Galvanized
Bucket Pump and Water
Purifier, I X L Chain Pumps.
\ Large Stock of Cooking and Heattag
STOVES
to burn coal or wood. Also Repairs
furnished for all patterns of
stoves.
i iic rvc/siunc ana a l cider Mills, Copper
Kettles, Apple Fsrers, &c.
Bicycles for sale and repairs furnished.
Tin and Qalvanized Roofing and Spouting
put on by experienced workmen
in the best manner.
White Enameled Iron Bedsteads, AD
Steel Spring Mattresses, Wire COtt,
Hammock Chair* and Swings.
H.~ C. Marten,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.
Prices to conform to the times?Very Low
M. C. and E. D Suman
KEEDYSVILLE, MD
C. A P. Phone 21-F f
Undertakers and Embalmers.
Furniture of all Kinds.
Night Calls Promptly Answered.
Automobile or Horse Drawn Hearse
as Preferred. At the Old Stand Lowest
Prices.
"
WANTED:?Men or wowi to take
orders among friends anJ -sichbors
for the genuine guarantee! hosiery,
full line for men, women a-. I children.
Eliminate darning. We pny 75c an
hour spare time, or $36 00 a week for
full time. Experience unneccrsary.
Write Internatiouc'. Stocking Mills.
Norristown, Pa.