Shepherdstown register. [volume], May 18, 1922, Image 2

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USE FOR OLD RAILROAD TIES.
Piles of wornout cross-ties in process
of being burned up by repair
gangs are a fairly familiar sight along
railroad rights of way. Every now and
then some one observing this practice
writes a letter to the management
of the railroad, or more often to a newspaper
protesting against what he sup
puses iu dc nccuicss wasie, and raising
the question why the railroad companies
do not allow people to take the
old ties for fuel or find some other
use for them.
The question is not an unnatural
one, and Samuel Porcher, general pur
chasing agent of the Pennsylvania Railroad,
answers it as follows:
In the first place, it is far from true
that all the old tics arc burned. A
considerable number arc constantly being
sold to persons living on or near
the right of way, who buy them at
nominal prices, usually 10 or 15 cents
apiece, and use them for firewood.
Such a method of disposal is practicable
only in those cases where the
ties can be delivered at a public crossing
or other points where they can be
obtained safely by the users and where
the cost of so delivering them is not
greater than the nominal prices obtainable.
The company cannot sanction
he public going promiscuously over
racks and through yards to gather up
nid tics. Such trespassing has been
the cause of about half of all fatal accidents
on railroads in the United
States.
Efforts have been made to interest
dealers in firewood in buying the old
ics, but not thus far with much success.
The causes appear to be that the
old tics arc often dirty; that they contain
more or less stone, grit and slap
wedged in the cracks, which might injure
the saws used in cutting them
that in many eases they are partly de
cayed; that they are dried out and thai
their fibre is more or less crushed, s<
that they burn out too quickly.
Efforts have also been made to dis
pose of old tics in a number of othci
ways, including sabe for wood-pul|
purposes for the extraction of chcmi
cals, for burning and sale of the ashet
for fertilizer and for manufacture int<
charcoal, but without success in inter
esting parties engaged in thcse occu
pations.
(Sander Helps to Raise a Family.
Farmers in the vicinity of Scafori
are watching with much interest tin
experiment of a gander belonging t
Roy Burris, who lives near that towr
and waiting for him to bring forth
brood of goslins, says a special fron
Wilmington, Del., to the New Yorl
World.
The paternal goose of the Seafori
farmer's herd employed himself earl;
in April, as usual, helping his favoriti
of the flock to build a nesting pluei
and watched over her for a few days
While in the watching and waiting at
titude he seems to have been seize*
with the dual parental instincts an*
after hastily fashioning a rude nes
suited to his own huge dimensions hi
obtained from the mother goose cigh
of the fourteen eggs that were in he
nest in the process of hatching, anc
after propelling them carefully by roll
ing them with his beak to his own horn*
he took up a position on the nest an*
is reported to be doing faithful duty
sticking to his self appointed task ever
more steadfastly than his experience*
wifely mate, lie has been on the jot
ten days and there is much specula
tion as to whether he will continue an
other month, or whether his materna
impulse will have faded out before th<
date for hatching.
Another question that arises, and ii
being discussed by the savants wh<
gather nightly at the country store, i'
whether a gander can be both fathei
and mother to a brood of goslings o
his own hatching.
There is said to be no authoritativ*
ruling on the point and the question i*
being hotly discussed.
"Inspection arms!" roared the cor
poral.
Casey, a husky new recruit, immediately
dropped his rifle and rolled up
his sleeves.
"What are you going to do, fight?"
asked the corporal with apprehension
"No," saiJ Casey mildly. "I thought
you wanted to see if I'd been vaccinated.
West Virginia's new champion Jersey
cow is Blended Rose, 314693, owned by
J. C. Russcl and Sons of Williamstown.
according to advices received
by the Harrison County Farm Bureau.
She has just broken the State
record by completing a year's production
of 9,3! s pounds of milk and 456
03 pounds of butter fat, starting the
test at eight years and three months of
age.
"How I envy you your Rroup of children,"
remarked the bachelor to his
long-married friend.
"Children certainly do brighten the
home," replied the other, gratified.
"What ? Oh, yes, yes, of course. But
what I was thinking of ?look at the
tax exemption you can claim on them."
iE
GOING SECURITY.
By Charles Scanlon.
I was riding in central Nebraska
with a farmer when we passed a farm
house much larger than common in
that country. It was surrounded by
i trees, a nice yard well fenced, and had
a good barn and other outbuildings.
The country is comparatively new and
such homes arc not common in that
part of the State. I remarked that it
1 indicated comfort and prosperity. The
man with whom I was riding said, "Yes,
and that was mine until a short time
ago."
I then asked if he had sold it and
j why? He replied that he had not sold |
it but lost it by going security for a
man who was thought to be well-off
and who bore himself in such a superior
manner among his neighbors
that they rather regarded it as an honor
for him to ask a favor of them.
He then continued in substance
about as follows:
"My wife and myself came out here
more than twenty years ago as young
people. We had good health, worked
hard and economized severely, hoping
to give the children, several of whom
had come to our home, a better chance j
than we had had. We owned this;
home and it was paid for.
"One day I met my neighbor in the
road and in a casual, matter of fact
way, he asked me if I would do him a'
favor. 1 replied that I would and he
said, "Well, I need some money for a
short time to Finance a business undertaking.
Of course 1 could get others
to go on my note but it is just a matter
of form that the bank requires two
names on the note, however good the
, borrower may be.
I had always refused to go security
, but he was regarded highly in the community,
seemed to have plenty of propt
crty and 1 simply did not have the
( courage to refuse him, so there in the
road I endorsed his note and when it
came due a few months later, the bank
r notified me that all of his property was
^ mortaged for more than it would bring
or that he had put it out of his Hands,
so that they cou'd not get it. To say
that I was thunderstruck is to state
the case mildly. My wife had helped
to earn that property and it belonged
to her and the children fully as much
as to myself, and yet for lack of a little
courage and independence, I had
given away the home for which wc had
^ worked so long and turned my wife and
L children without a roof over their
11 heads. I then built this new little
' shack up on the hillside, which as you
n see, does not even have a foundation
11 under it, and there I am starting life
^ over again when I ought to he having
it easy. There is nothing hut the dis'
trict school here and our chidren arc
V old enough and advanced enough to be
L* sent away but we do not have the
e money and they arc helping me out
' on the little farm which we have
bought on credit when they ought to be
' in school, and all because 1 violated
' my judgment and went security for
( a man whom all of his neighbors then
* discovered was a rascal and unworthy
1 of the confidence and respect which
r he had ganincd hv strutting among
J
1 us like a peacock and living and dress"
ing as none of us were able to do. He
may have played the same game in
' some other community before he came
' here for all I know."
1 ; Near my childhood home was a man
I ( of whom 1 heard my father speak often.
II He was honest, hard working and frui
gal. He had accumulated sonic prop'
| crty, including a good farm and a comI
fortable home. He went security for
' ] a neighbor and lost StiOO, which while
1 not a large sum, temporarily embarass5
ed him. and 1 remember to this day
II that as a child this seemed to be a
5 large amount of money. This was not
r the only experience of the kind which
f this man had, for 1 remember my
I father saying that in spite of his in
dustry he had never gotten on in a
5 j business way, because he had lost
! thousands of dollars from time to time
( by going security.
CATARRHAL DEAFNESS CANNOT
BE CURED
1 by local applications, as they cannot
1 reach the diseased portion of the ear.
There is only one way to cure catarrhal
deafness, and that is by a constitutional
remedy. Catarrhal Deafness is
caused by an inflamed condition of the
mucous lining of the Eustachian Tube.
When this tube is inflamed you have
a rumbling sound or imperfect hearinc.
ail J when it is entirely closed. Deafness
is the result. Unless the inflamation
can be reduced and this tube restored
to its normal condition, hearing
w ill be destroyed forever. Many cases
of deafness are caused by catarrh,1
which is an inflamed condition of the
mucous surfaces. Hall's Catarrh Medicine
acts through the blood on the mu,cous
surfaces of the system.
We will give One Hundred Dollars
for any case of Catarrhal Deafness
that cannot be cured by Hall's Catarrh
Medicine. Circulars free. All druggists,
75c.
F. J. CHENEY & CO , Toledo, O.
I "Why is she so popular?"
"Well, she's an old-fashioned girl
in new fashioned clothes."
i
She Register a year.
IMESKARET. THE CONQUEROR.
It took a mighty warrior of any I
tribe to hold his own with the Iroquois
back in the colonial days. But Pies- (
karct (Bisconace -"Little Blaze") did
it and his name became a word of terror
to them during the perpetual war
between these "Romans of the West"
and his people, the Adirondacks.
One day early in 1044 Pieskaret set
out on a lone war trail toward Lake
Champlain. As he ncarcd the Iroquoi;,
villages he reversed his snowshoes so
that if enemy scouts found-this trail
it would be leading away from their
villages instead of toward it. Late that
night he entered their camp and stealthily
crept into one of the lodges. By
the low-burning fire in the center hesaw
that its occupants were asleep
Working swiftly and noiselessly, the
Adirondack killed and scalped all.
The next morning a terrible cry of
grief and rage arose when the dead
bodies were found. Pursuing parties
followed a trail of snowshoes leading
away from the village but the warriors
returned without catching a glimpse
of the murderer. That night Pieskaret
slipped out from his hiding place,
entered a lodge and again killed and
scalped. But on the third night hefound
two warriors on guard in every
lodge. His game was up.
Then he discovered one tent where
the sentinel nearest the door was
asleep. Suddenly throwing aside the
door flap, lie struck a terrible blow
with his war club, sounded his war
whoop and dashed into the forest. The
Iroquois were hot on his trail for the
remainder of the night and far into the
next day, but by evening there were
only six of his pursuers left.
Springing to thc side of the trail,
Pieskarct hid in a hollow tree and
watched the chase speed past. Then
he swiftly followed. That night while
thc tired Iroquois warriors lay asleep,
a form glided into their bivouac. A
war club rose and fell six times. Thc
next morning Pieskarct with six more
scalps sped North to exhibit to his
tribesmen these trophies of thc greatest
individual feat of arms ever performed
by an Indian warrior.
A few years later the Adirondack;
made a treaty with the Iroquois. On<
I day Pieskarct met a delegation fron
the Five Nations on their way to visi
the governor of Canada. Singing :
peace sortg in honor of the truce be
| tween the tribes, he advanced with out
| stretched arms to meet them. Hi:
| answer was a volley from a dozen gun<
i and Pieskaret, the Adirondack cham
pion, lay dead.
Prophets of Life.
The most important of all our Na
tional resources is the health of th<
1 people. The most valuable aecet ir
I this capital of national vitality is the
health of the children.
If we take a bird's eye view of the
ills of humanity, we find that for the
; greater part they are traceable to the
j violation of certain fundemental laws
1 of hygiene. Briefly, these laws concern
the matters of diet, exercise, pcr1|
sonal cleanliness, sensible clothing,
i sexual hygiene, work and recreation
The need for efficient instruction in
! physiology and hygiene in the public
schools has always been great. The
influence of public authorities in controlling
diseases which kill or cripple
many 01 our people lias accomplished
J much, but neither medical science nor
legal control will produce the desired
results unless the individual himself,
through influence or precept, is made
| acquainted with the cause of disease
and takes proper steps to avoid it.
In the Middle Ages when plague
swept over Europe there were days of
fasting and prayer, there were processions
with appeals to idols, and litanies
and psalms were recited to avert
, the plague. Rut the Black Death continued
its ravages unhindered. The
prophets of life and death arose and
began telling the people that the
plague was contagious and propagated
1 by the filth n which the people lived,
and the plague was stayed. In like
manner we have our prophets of health
or health officers in civic life, men uho
, teach the way to avoid disease and
be healthy.
They had had their usual altercation
over the breakfast table and hubby
exclaimed:
"What would you do if I were one
of those husbands who get cross in
the morning, bang the things about,
and kick because the coffee is cold ?"
"Why," replied his wife, "I would
make it hot for you."
When I first went to see her,
I showed a timid heart.
And, even when the lights were low
We sat this f ar apart.
Rut as our love grew stronger.
And we learned its joy and bliss,
We knocked out all the spaces.
Andsatupclosclikcthis.
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Children Cry
FOR FLETCHER S
O ASTO R I A
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SI.50 gets the Register a year.
"Moth Radiojrram*."
Moths and some other insects have
a very mysterious way of communicating
with each other. The female moth
may be caged in a scent and soundproof
box, and yet she is able to summon
the male moth without apparent trouble.
Entomologists have been puzzled by
this phenomenon for a long time, and
u ac ^rpnflu ettoppefp i thrif a SVS
tern of radio might be used by the insects.
Following this suggestion, a
New York scientist, L. C. F. Horle,
started to investigate the subject. The
ingenious apparatus he employed and
the results he has achieved, although
not conclusive, are highly interesting.
In watching moths and studying their
action, scientists have noticed the peculiar
way in which they use their
antennae. When the male is some distance
from the female, it will wave
its antennae about First in this direction
and then in that, as though it
were trying to locate the direction in
which a message was coming. After
some experimentation in this way, the
male will take to its wings and fly off
to the female.
The apparatus used by Mr. Horle
has been especially developed to respond
to very short wave lengths. II
the creatures do send wireless waves
they must be of length that will put
them somewhere between those we cal!
heat and the shortest of those that car
be called radio. The wave lcngtht
must be short, since the creatures art
small and the oscillator used must b<
correspondingly small. The strengtl
of the radiations would quite natural);
not be very great, and for that reaso:
an ultra-sensitive radio receiver had t
be assembled.
| Although Mr. Horle has not as ye
heard anything that could be idcntiflc
as a message between insects, he be
lieves this means, not absolute failun
but rather that he has not succeede
in getting his apparatus adjusted to
point where it would be sensitive t
small radiations of low intensity. Nc\
er before has such an outfit been a:
sembled, and it is but natural that cot
siderable experience will be require
before results can be expected.
SEE HERE.
1
t "o ^ on Want Your Kidneys Exper
( uvented On?
Kidney troubles are getting moi
. common every day. Government heall
s bureau figures say deaths from th
| cause are 72 per cent more than i
51 years ago.
- | Anybody who suffers constant bacl
j ache, who feels blue, nervous and in
I table; who has dizzy spells, headaci
I una urinary disorders should suspe
i kidney weakness. Overworked kidne;
" must have a rest. Take things easie
; live more carefully. Take a good ki<
i ney remedy to build the kidneys i
, again.
But be sure to get Doan's Kidnt
Pills?the oldest, the most widely use
! the best recommended of all kidnc
. pills, now in use all over the civi!iz<
, world. Don't experiment with yot
kidneys. Thousands have already test(
' Doan's. You have their experience
go by. Plenty of cases right here
. Shepherdstown. Ask your ncighbo
Here's one:
' Mrs. M. F.. Jacobs, New St., She|
herdstown, says: "Several years aj
i my kidnevs were inactive and I had
. dull aching and soreness across tl
, small of mv back and kidneys. JV
kidneys didn't act right and 1 kne
' they caused the trouble. I read *
Doan's Kidney Pills helping othei
and 1 used them as directed. The
. corrected the trouble and strengthei
ed mv back and kidneys."
Price PtOc. a' all dealers. Don't sin
, ] ply ask for a kidney remedy?gi
Doan's Kidney Pills??the same tit;
Mrs. Jacobs had. Foster-Milburn Cc
Mfrs.i Buffalo. N. Y.
She?But Jack, arc you sure you lo\
me for what I am?
He?Yes, dear!
She?Would you love me if 1 wet
penniless?
He?Then you would not bc wh;
you are.
"I want a wife."
"We can give you a marriage 1
cense."
"But I haven't as yet found a girl.
"Then perhaps you had better tak
out a hunting lisccnse."
A "Cure" For Ivy Poisoning.
The fear of poison ivy, which ha
kept many a city dweller away fror
the woods and meadows a whole sea
son through, is now an unnecessar
fear The specter in the shadows o
the forest is gone. Science has pre
videci the means of warding off the ill
ness which otherwise would follow in
fection. The remedy is iust an appli
cation of ordinary gasoline. Bcnzin
may be used instead.
Science has discovered that the ir
ritation of the skin, in ivy poisoning, i
no different from any other chemica
burn, and that gasoline or benzine wil
dissolve and remove the poisonous oi
of the ivy if applied in time. As man;
as eight hours may elapse between thi
touching of the ivy and the applica
tion of the remedy.
"Tommy," the schoolma'am asked
"why are you scratching your head?"
" 'Cause nobody else knows jus
where it itches."
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TJERMAI
r'PennaiM
anH rmi
ncnt feeding
health. Fan
shows greate
ment.
Your local
much of the ci
His capital, tie
building mater
of community
With such a
ally has sciectc
depend on. 1
fence posts, fc
recommend Al
by which all o
THE ATI
Sales Offices
yju, Northan
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alltfherMakes.are!
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5 Some Kick.
- A fashionably dressed lady, accom
i panied by her little dog, was doing
1 i some shopping in one of the large
y | Nickel and Dime Stores. Meeting a
1 i floorwalker, she asked if he woule
^ mind her dog while she made some
large and expensive purchases. He
I good naturedly agreed to do so. A
^ few minutes later she saw the floor"
walker make a furious kick at the dog
and coming over assured him that her
^ little pet would never bite him.
a "Perhaps he won't bite, lady, but he
f had his leg up to kick me."
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Farm For Sale.
?-1
:d i
A desirable farm, 150 acres of clean
i land, fine timber tracts and good
. buildings. Close to town. Limestone
, country and low-grade railroads. Possession
April 1st. House has ten
' rooms, bath and lights, steam heat, new
j barn, good fences and a good road
I Inquire at the Register office, Shep;
herdstown.
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d- Buy a boor today J
^ thw rm"a'
is The Champion
r! OF ALL
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l Harley-Davidsott
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Place your order NOW for a spring
delivery. For a demonstration see or
e write
?|C. K. CONNER, Representative
SHEPHERUSTOWN, W. VA.
P. O. Box 176.
Distributor for Jefferson county.
: FOR SALE
Nine-room house on Prinrecc
cellar, garden, electric lights, etc. A
good, comfortable home.
Lot on Main street 40x203, unim1
proved.
y Scven-itiom house and an acre of
,f land, all necessary outbuildings, near
DuPRclds. Fruit and plenty of water
Small farm, about y? acres, on the
. pike, one mile from a shipp.3g point
Comfortable house of eight rooms,
small barn. Twenty acres of this
e place in orchard, in full bearing, popular
varieties.
One brick house, 7 rooms, cellar,
s cistern, large garden, electric lights,
1 and necessary outbuildings.
. ' One frame house of 10 rooms and
large lot.
? One buflding lot 90x95 feev desirable
part of town.
Wanted, a small place in or nea?
Shcpherdstown, two to ten acres, improved
or unimproved. J. Strider
, Moler. |
t J. STRIDER MOLER
REAL ESTATE AND INSURANCE.
CLS?1
HMD CEMpm? B
?IENCE means ECONOMY,
nt fencing protects both stock |K
ds, and reduces labor. Permsfloors
save food and save stock
ning, like any other industry, |^R
st profits from proper equip. t
building 'material dealer dnttnt
-edit for modern farm construction.
d up in comparatively slow moving
has kept on hand the meats ^Hh
improvement.
n investment on his part he naturd
such materials as he could safely
or concrete construction, whether
-eding floors or silos, he is apt to
.las Portland Cement, "the Standard
ther makes are measured."
LAS PORTLAND CEMENT ^K:
COMPANY
u New York?Boatoo?Philadelphia
iptoo. Pa.?Hudson, N. Y.?Lctdi, Ala.
Eggs ondPoukryBs
We willpay best c*>h \ :ke
; justifies tor strictly clean. -resit e.^j
; poultry at our office it<* ir . reGtttj.
Can take care ot e^^is v ;
tf.er f> o'clock.
Will be at the office Satuida* until
9 o'clock.
BF.NJ. HART/ELL ^Hc
INO. H. SCitoVtM: RT.n
The pancy Grocer,
Confectioneries. rigcrs ^Hc
Tobacco etc. ^HS
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, ^vuiki y rruuuv. Ir. LXCWjt
We!shans* Building. Main Stntt
Shcpherdstowu \\ \a.
H. C. Marten's
GREAT CHt'^P
Hardware Store,?
Shepherdstov/n, W. Ya.,
?manufacturer ot?
riNandSHEf . H
and wholesale and retail dealer m <
^B
Hardware, While Lead, Siova^Hl
Pumps, Putty, Glass, Oils,
Paints, Leather, Rims,
Hubs, Spokes.
Hardware Department. K
Bar Iron, Nails, Horse Mioes.uitt ^B.Iron
Wash Kettle^, lir.'S' Cow
and Porcelain Kettles. >kii:e's.Ualt
Irons, Trace, Butt, Cow and .lata ?
Chains, Farm Bellc Screen Dood
and Windows, Aire u r, FcnciWirt, ^BBarbed
Wire, S?.v\s, lli.ck Hawk
Corn Shelters, Lav 11 Mowers,Files,
I A!! Sizes Bolts, Loaded Sheik, Po?dcr
and Shot. Hv
, Paint and Oi? Department. H
Raw and Boiled Lir.sec ; !,Harnet
Oil, Machine Oil, Black lrap,Ta*^K
pentine, N. C.andCias ? jr,Gasoline, ^K-.
Varnish, Japan Dryer, Knot KtHfi
, White Lead, Red Le.id, Spmw
Biown, Calcined Plac?er, Holland
Cement, Lard Oil, l'la:.i ring H4, BE|
Coat oil, Neat Foot Oi1, fsh [ft
ira-.ii DUCK OUdD, 9iupnur,
Borax. Mm
pntcnt Plasteridp, prepared for imrneJo* ?;
use.
Iniernatio , ock Food and Cjieasonk
Horse lr,y Cattle Powders. r HT;
Frank .Vtiller's Harness Dressing. Mi*
Oil Soap H*
Black l.-unh's Fool Harness Oil.
rhc Perfection Blue Flame WicklessO# ^Br
Stove?safest. H|
I'he Four Leai Clover Cream Separator. Mp
where the milk is not mixed or J* &;
luted with water, saving it pure1
sweet for far-iiy use.
Wall Piper iurr.'S'icd cn short notat? HB
I reduced prices. ,
.Reduced Price1; on Haying lools
B.irn Doory .Hangers and Track. ?
Force Pumos. I )oen w#*ll Pi:mns. U* ^Kr
vanized bucket Pump an5 V>iW
Purifier, I X L Chain Pumps. :
A I-arjje Slock of Cooking and HMtjJ Br
; stoves!
fo burn coal or wood. AlsoKf" Repairs
furnished for all /otterns w
stoves. V
l'he Keystone and I X I. Cider >\?IK,Cop- K
per Kettles, Apple r'arers, AO B
bicycles <oi sale :n i repairs fur: stied V
r.n and (lalvani/ed Rooting and S"'1"' K
ing put on by experience I ? o?kr?f? M
in the best manner. ... B
White Fnameled Iron bedsteads >
Steel Spring ' lattrcsses, V. >e Co*
Hammock Chairs and Swings. Df
H. C. Marten,I
K
Shepherdstown, W. Va. B
Prices to conform to the times VerfUJ I
For bahy's croup, Willie's daily cu?
and bruises, mother's sore ''/p^ Bt
Rrandma's lameness.?Dr. Thomas t
lectic Oil?the household remedy# Hk
and 60c. B,
For a mild, easy action of the
try Doan's Regulcts, a modern w*
tlve. 30c at all stores.
1 SI.50 gets the Register a Vfjr'