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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
A Clever swindie in Vienna.


A carriage drew up in front of a
.jewelry store in Vienna, a lady dress
ed in black alighted and asked to be
shown an assortment of diamond
rings, from which she selected one
worth Is forms. An hour later a
stylish gentleman called to see the
proprietor, whom he addressed as fol-
lows:
"Sir, my name is Baron Won s.
and I have come on delicate errand.
An hour ago young lady dressed in
mourning purchased a diamond ring
from you, but at the same time she
purloined another valuable ring"
The jeweler started in amazement,
and the young gentleman produced
the ring from his pocket, saying.
"Allow me to return it to you with
the request that you keep the matter
to yourself. The lady is my sister,
and since the death of her husband
she has suffered from mental aberra-
ton. At every shop she goes she
tries to pocket any small article that
takes her fancy. / suffer mortal ag-
ony whenever she contrives to leave
the house. In conclusion, | would
entreat you in case she comes again
and attempts to take any thing not to
frighten the poor creature. will
make good the damage
The jeweler promised entire Sc
crecy. Two days afterwards the lady
in black called again and asked to see
a number of diamond rings, but did
not make any purchase this time.
The jeweler kept sharp watch on
his customer, but did not perceive
anything unusual. However, when
she had gone, diamond cross of very
great value was found to be missing.
The ieweler waited in vain for the
baron to make his appearance and re-
turn the stolen property. No Won
der, baron of that name never ex-
listed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
Care of Fruit Trees.

Before the ground becomes wet and
soggy the ornamental and fruit trees,
bushes and shrubs, should be cared
for. October, with its cool, bracing
weather, is the time to do this impor-
tant work. Do the work yourself, or
employ a careful man. The impor-
tant point is to get it done properly.
Spade around each tree, or bush,
turning the earth over and mellowing
the soil as you proceed. Let the
circle be at least two feet wide all
around. After this is done put
around each tree two forkfuls of part
ly rotted manure, and place a few
stones on the manure to keep it in
place. If the tree trunk and branches
are covered with small white scales or
bark lice, they should be scrubbed
with warm water and soft soap.
This is also a proper time to ex-
anime peach and apple trees trunks
for the borer. Have a small, sharp
bladed penknife and few pieces Of
wire. Clean the earth away from
the trunk some few inches below the
surface of the soil. Then scrape the
trunk carefully and see if, you can
find any red-looking sawdust. If you
do, the white borer, a small white
worm about as thick as quill and
half an inch long is at work.
Take your wire and run it into the
hole and kill the worm. If this can
not be done, cut him out with your
knife, taking care to cut as little Of
the bark as possible. After the
worm is cut out, fill up the hole with
rosin-soap. With a stiff brush scrub
the tree trunk and replace the earth.
This to read seems like an endless job
but it is not. One man can examine
and care for a number of trees in day.
Sometimes as many as six or eight
worms may be found in one tree.
The peach, plum and summer apple
trees suffer most. If this work is not
followed up twice year-fall and
spring-it is useless to expect TO raise
these fruits.
Currant, gooseberry and raspberry
bushes should also be MANFRED one
forkful to each bush, and carefully
dug in. The roots of these bushes
lie near the surface; therefore, do not
spade more than a few inches in
depth, or else the roots will be cut.
If you notice, butchers always have
an abundance of grapes in close,
compact and large punches. They
give careful and clean cultivation,
and fertilize with the rotten offal from
their establishments. A few trees or
vines carefully tended and well ma
nured each year, will bear abundant
ly and pay handsomely. The writer
has seen one apple tree yield fve
barrels of choice apples, and single
catawba grape vine product sixty
punches of choice grapes. Ornamen-
tai deciduous and sour-green trees
should also be MANFRED and dug
around as described above. They
will readily respond to this generous
treatment by more rapid growth,
and their foliage assuming darker
and more luxuriant appearance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
DRY GOODS,

Nice line OF White Goods Ginghams sat.
tines, Challies, Lawns, Prints. sc. sc. Cot.
tonsdes. Linen Drillings, sc. NOTIONS An.
uumerable-STRAW GOODS-Mens And
Boys wear, nice line and cheap.
Queensware, Tin and Woodenware full I'M
GROCERIES, Confectionery, Drugs, Patent
Medicines, Tobacco and Cigars Garry A fnli
and nice line OF Mattings, Oil Cloths Hart
ware, Whitewash Brushes, large stock ana
cheap. FURNITURE. Line OF READY.
MADE CLOTHING that will be sold very
cheap. SHOES, Tor Ladies' Misses AND
Children, Men and Boys. fine. medium and
coarse, which propose To give special atten.
ton, and To make II attractive and t. your
Interest. All country produce taken lu ., !.
change for goods. VIII purchase Walnut
Logs. for cash or trade, delivered at my sau
mill. or will cut and haul them myself. Bul,
OF Oak Lumber furnished To order. Com,
and see. VIII try and make IL TO our inter.
est. Respectfully yours,
J.s.MELvIN.
Dufiields, May 0. 1880.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

Thousands had sunk on the ground
overpowered, the weary to sleep and
the wounded to die" but every intelli-
gent reader knows that this happened
before the great discovery of Saliva
ton Oil.
Colds, coughs and incipient con-
sumption cured by DR.. Bulls Cough
Syrup, a remedy OF fifty years stand
ing, known and used all over the
world. Do yourself the favor to give
it trial. You will be amply repaid.
For sale everywhere. % cts.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

The following is the time oftrains stopping
at Shenandoah Junction:
WEST BOUND.
No. l.-Chicago Limited, 5.ll p. m, daily.
No. b CINCINNATI and Wheeling Express,
Daily, l2l a. IN.
No, ll.-Pittsburg Express, ii ~ a. IN.
No. 9.-Pittsburg Express, Daily, los p. IN.
No. l3-Baltimore and Keyser accommoda-
ton, Daily, sol a. III.
No. l5-Baltimore and Grafton accommoda-
ton, daily except Sunday, lilo p.
EAST-BOUND.
No. *S.-Express for Washington, Baltimore,
Philadelphia and the East, 800 A.
NJ.
No. 2.-Cincinnatti Limited, Daily, l2.l7 p. m.
No. *6.-Chicago and Pittsburg Limited, Dal-
ly, 2.27 p. m.
No. lO-Pittsburg Express, Daily, 5.14 a. m.
No. H-Baltimore and Piedmont accommo-
dation, Daily except Sunday, ILL
a. m.
No. l6.-Grafton accommodation and Pitts
burg, Washington and Baltimore
Express, Daily, 6.Ol p. IN.
No, 40 -Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry ac-
commodation, daily except sun
day, $50 a. m.
*No. and No. S stop only to let off passen-
gers, and on signal.
For information, tickets, &C., call on j. ).
FLEMING, Shepherdstown, Agent for Is. " ".
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
A President on BRANDY for Sickness.

The President OF the Baltimore Medical
College, DR.. Byrd, who has thoroughly tested
Speer's wines. etc., says
have prescribed Speer's Port Grape Wine
with marked and decidedly beneficial effects
/ am prepa red 10 bear testimony 10 the value
of his Pedro ]. Brandy, also, as pure and
valuable article in all cases OF disease in
which a reliable stimulant is required. l
would be happy TO feel that was instrument
tai in inducing my fellow citizens to patron
lie these productions, TO the exclusion of the
foreign "doctored," and hRrmfully adultera-
ted wines and brandies with which our
people are often injured.
HARVEY L. BYRD. VI. ID.
President and Professor OF Obstetrics and
Diseases OF Women and Children, Baltimore
Medical College.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
HO! FOR
ID U F FIELDS,

I HAVE returned from the city and finish,
l. opening the largest and most comnis,s
stock OF goods that has been rxhtbl,aI =,
Duiiields for many years. and bOughtat ~
lowest cash price. and will be sold Al IT,
Very shortest profit. will not quote price.
as you will have TO see 10 comprehsnd az
appreciate. My stock embraces almost ey,,S
thlng called for In a country storn ~!
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
BREAKFAST.
Valuable Town Properly
FOR SALE.

xxrEhaye for sale a very one pre,g,lnni
w sbsnberd.to.n, W. vs., eons ,,,a9 I'D
~ s,s snsp"t two story Brick D.eiIinsI
wing: out-buiIdinss Ill new and .,.,s egi = ils
a good well Of water and 2 si., met dssir
yard. The property 70 one o. tn soIS ssssoss
able In the place. and VIII a -
bly,. Apply AZ once 20 or edosSYDER.
Real Estste Age VI.
sbepherdstovn' W.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

The habit of breathing through the
mouth instead of through the nose
often causes catarrh. The best rem
edv with which we are acquainted is
that reliable specitic,lOld Sauls Ca
tarrh Cure.
Promises kept inspire confidence,
and DIR. Bulls Baby Syrup never
promised relief in the diseases OF
childhood without at once etfecting
it; hence the popular reliance upon
it. Price csc.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
BuckIen.. Arnica saIye.

The Best Salve In the world for Cuts, Bruises
Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, Tet-
ter, Chapped Hands, Chilblains Corns, and all
Skin Eruptions, and positively cures Piles.
or no pay required. IL is guaranteed TO give
Perfect satisfaction, or money refunded,
prices cents per box. For sale by j. q. Glib
son.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

May l come in?' asked Congress
man of his daughter, who had
young gentleman caller. "Oh. yes"
she answered, but we have quo
rum without YOU
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
Good Advice.

Several years ago was covered
with Boils to such an extent that my
life was misery. After trying a
number of other remedies without
any benefit, l was advised by a
wholesale druggist at Columbus to
try S. S. S. (Swift's Specific. One
bottle of S. S. S. cured me entirely.
| have not had Boil since. To
those afflicted with Boils or Skin
Eruptions l give the same advice my
wholesale druggist gave me-take ).
S. S.
DAVID ZALTMAN, Druggist,
Independence, Ohio.
May 10, 1890.
A PROMPT CURE.
was cured sound and well ola
case in Blood Poison by S. S. S. As
soon as / discovered | was afflicted
with the disease / commenced taking
Swift's Specific Is. S. S., and in a
few weeks l was permantly cured.
GEORGE STEWART,
Shelby, Ohio.
May I, 1890.
Treatise on Blood and Skin Dis
eases mailed free.
SWIFT SPECIFIC CO.,
Atlanta, Ga.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

Tommy, | noticed that your little
sister took the smallest apple. Did
YOU let her have her choice, as | told
YOU to do? Yes, mama, told her
she could have the little one or none,
and she chose the little one"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

Leave Rocky Ridge for Emmitsburg, 1910 A.
NJ, S.25 and $50 Z. NJ, and leave Emmitts-
burg for Rocky Ridge AT goa. IN. 10 and
D 40 p. IN.
Leave Frederick Junction for Frederick. 1882
a. NJ, 500 L. NJ. and leave Frederick at
10 4. NJ. and 90 L. NJ.
Trains leave Hanover for Baltimore and in
termediate stations at q Us and IS a. NJ.
and ~ L. NJ.
Leave Hanover for New oxford, Gettysburg,
Hightied and intermediate stations at
q 20 and 81 a. NJ. and ) SO =. NJ.
sDaily. Monday. All others Daily, Except
Sunday.
Il. GRISwOLD, Gen. Pass Agent.
j. NJ. HOOD, Pres and Genl Manager.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

Patent medicines are now made
that will cure every thing except
hams.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

Timetables giving time oflocal and branch
trains can be had on application TO ;. V. Il.
r. Agent at ShepherdstOwn.
j. +. BOYD, Superintendent.
HA. RIDDLE, Gen'l Pass. Agent.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

Everybody knows scrofula to be disease
OF the blood, and Hoods Sarsaparilla Is the
best remedy for blood dlsCas
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
Western Maryland Railroad.
cnNNrcrING WITH

HAP. r. II. at Shippensburg, Shenandoah
Valley and Il. Il o. Railroads at Hagerstown,
Penna. r. r. at Frederick Junction and
p. w. d B., y. G. and b. & p. Railroads at I'm
ion Station, Baltimore, Md.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
Neurdl0ic Persons

And those troubled with nervousness resulting
from care or oyerwork will be relieved BY taking
BrOtOn's Iron Bitters. Genuine
has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
= RR0WRS LRlN RLILERS

Cures Indigestion, Biliousness, Dyspepsia Mala-
ria, Nervousness, and General Debility. Physi-
clans recommend il. All dealers sell it. Genuine
has trade mark and crossed red lines on wrapper.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31

a gallant young Louisville gentle
man hired locomotive the other
night on which be eloped with his
sweetheart.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
The Jefferson County Mutual
FIRE INSURANCE COMPANY.
u-usr a nj IaIIEn fg7g
= ESTABLISHED 1873.

OFFERS TO the people OF Jefferson COuay
~ Insurance In a safe com paDy AZ N' ',,
cost Of Insurance. which u much cn.Ahs,
than the rates usually charged, ana Esspstn'
money at home. Good risks from fesp"p''
BILE parties are invited. y-,...
Executive Committee meets every Tf'"A'
DIREcT0Rs-N.S Il. White. Henry u: pa'sgT
port, Jas. Garland Hurst, John ". hip' ta,1t.
II. +. Lewis. X. Preston Chew. VIM. ~ -
son. Eugene Baker, y. w. Washln gioh,, 49,
Logic, Chas. +. Wilson, John u. Littis, -
s. Melvin, r. q. W. Herr. Isaac II. suIo"'
a. q uu,rp President
~. -. w hlIE mn. ..sssssssss'' 80 ...f,sf
n. Is. DAvESPORT...... :,
EXECUTIVE CoNsITTEg--N. ,, his.s
I. Lewis, Eugene Baker, Isaac II. Sin's'
+. Chew, \. ". Washington. sht,.
LOCAL AGEsTs-k lddlevay, Johb Gy..,,.s,',
ley: RearneysylIle, j. q. BltDef; ns'Pi
Ferry, Chas. r. Trail: ShepbeThsi"'~s.n's,,Its -.
Fleming: DuffieIds. G. T.. Barnhsft' 'N"
town. Washington 4 Alexander. A.. ION.
sS1he Secretary will be found ~ W f,,sss,
pany's once, Gibson Building, C"pf'-
'"'"' )" Una" IA. ALExAsDER, ssrJ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-31
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

The following is the time of trains stopping
at Shenandoah Junction:
WEST BOUND.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-29
The Old Mans Coat.
From the Chicago Mail.

4 short, nervous German stepped up
to the Auditorium register the other
day and ornamented it with the name
+. Schumacher. While he did SO a lob
bv lounger gave to the club man this
story concerning the well-known oat-
meal king and Prohibition leader. Mr..
Schumacher is millionaire, and has
earned his money by his own eXertions.
His daily work is indicated by a remark
made in a recent interview upon the
eight-hour work day: II believe in it,
for I've always worked on the eight
hour system mvself-eight hours before
lunch and eight hours afterward." He
dresses very plainly. His sons dress
faultessly, and they have often tried to
get the old gentleman himself to pay a
little more attention to matters of dress.
But they have failed. Recently Mr..
Schumacher casually announced his
intention of buying a new overcoat to
replace his old well-worn garment that
had done service for years. The sons
formed plan to induce him to wear
fine coat They had coat made by
tailor and paid him $50 for it. They
then gave him instructions to sell it to
Mr. Schumacher for $50 or less if neces-
sary Then the boys told their father
that there was good coat for sale cheap
in downtown tailor shop and advised
him to buy it. They even offered to
take him to look at it. The old gentle
man accompanied them, tried on the
coat, and was delighted with it. He
was astonished, too, to learn that it cost
no more than ordinary ready-made gar
ment, and bought it at once. The boys
were highly pleased. They paid the $50
extra, and Mr.. Schumacher was none
the wiser for the trick.
But a few days later Mr.. Schumacher
was again wearing his old coat The
sons were surprised, and one of them
said
Father, aren't you going to wear
your new coat every day."
I've sold it, was the reply.
"What -
eyes, I've sold it. / met Mr.. Brown
on the street the other day and showed
him my coat He liked it and said he
needed coat himself. l told him to go
down to the same place and he could
get one just like mine for $50, But he
didn't believe, and offered me $50 for
my coat right then and there. | took
it, and I'm S. ahead. | can wear this
till can get another one made" Then
the boys nearly went into Mysteries.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-29
Vegetable Milk.
From an Exchange.

Judging from the flavor of this milk,
l should say it was Of the vintage of
49," remarked a Denver girl who en-
joys the distinction of being what is
known as sweet girl graduate. "You
may know good deal, Sarah, but you
have neglected to learn that milk
doesn't belong to the vintage Vintage
refers to something that is taken from
the vine" ''Why, mother" returned
the girl, didn't you know that milk
mother. "But it is true, insisted Sa-
rah. ooh, nonsense - interiected ma
ter-familias. what vine ~ Bovine,
replied the girl; and the mother was so
Illustrated that she put pepper on her
charlotte russo.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-29
A UNIQUE INVENTION.
Evolved From a Bright Woman's BRAIN I"
Meet Need.

Meet a Need.
From the Boston Herald.
IT. has become a tradition so firmly
rooted in the human mind that women
never invent ANYTHING. that, no matter
how often individual ones may dispute
it, every new announcement comes as
a surprise. There is one thing about II,
however, when an article is invented
by one of the seXit is sure to be some
thing very practical. =.
Tie latest woman on the list OF IN
ventors is Miss Annie l.. German,
Boston artist in water color, ana an oc-
cassional newspaper writer. Inc pres
ent is not Miss Germans first appear
ance in the character of inventor, Tor a
few years ago she patented talence
which was very successful, especially
among amateur workers. She now comes
to the front with an easel writing desk,
which is one of the most lngenlus con-
trivances imaginable, and at the same
time highly decorative. Seeing 1t IN
room one would never imagine the com
plicat1on of it, it is SO innocent looking.
It hasn't particle of an ar
OF deceit about it, and yet it IS one OF
the most Witching contrivances mag
Unable, and nobody but a woman would
ever have thought it out. AS one sees
| it first it is simply an oaken easel, with
a lovely water-color picture: handsome
ly framed, resting on it. But, after the
picture has been sufficiently admired,
Miss Gorham ust turns it down, and
the back of it forms the top Of most
remarkable writing desk. 1t is of high
ly polished oak, trimmed with antique
| drawers, with places for pens, paper,
envelOps, ink, stamps-everythln that
a lady will require to carry on her cor
respondence. Lovely art silk curtains
run on brass rod drape the desk
across the front, and there are any
quantity of secret drawers and burglar
detylng locks and such mysterious
! things about it. 1t is a sort
of mysterious storeroom, such as
one might have found in the old
castles. 1t would have delighted the
heart of Mrs Radcliffe had it been eX-
tant in her day, and it will equally de-
light the modern maiden who may come
and deft fingers pry secret openings.
There are rests for candles, and there is
also a rack for newspapers, that may be
added or not.
Then, too, it may be taken with its
owner wherever she goes, so she can
keep it constantly under her eye and
see that no one trifes with her CORE
spondence. The top slips off, the legs
fold up, and there is square parcel the
size of the picture, which will 60 COM
fortably into any trunk. For compact
ness, convenience, mystery and pretti-
ness it is ahead of anything yet made.
Already large concern has purchased
the right of manufacture, and it is sim
cerely to be hoped that one newspaper
woman, at least, is on the high road to
fortune
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-29
Contented With Moderate Speed
From the Chicago Tribune.

Il once travelled seventeen hours in
a caboose on a Canadian Pacific freight
train" said Mr.. Montagu, an English
man stopping at the Palmer House,
"and altogether had pretty jolly time
of it with the brakemen, although the
next car ahead was loaded with dyna-
mite for some mines, and there were
particular instructions to go easy with
it,
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-29
The Brain Tissues.

The most complex of all the animal
tissues is the brain, says President G..
Stanley Hall, of Clark Univer sity, in an
address on psychology. The fbres of
one single optic nerve has never been
counted under microscope to the
number of about 100000. When you
consider that the brain is largely made
up Of tibres, you see how vast this num-
Der becomes. So with regard to cells:
they are countless. No method of
science has been able to count
the cells in a single square
quarter of an inch of the outside
covering of the brain. The anatomy of
the brain, as taught in the current text
books, is not much better than the
brain anatomy of the seventeenth
century, so that these text books give
us no conception of the advance of
science. Chemistry cannot give us an
analysis of a single cell or fibre of the
brain. The elements are so complex
that it seems as though we were far
from the time when chemistry will be
able to analyze the brain. If the unde-
vout astronomer is mad, what shall we
say of the undevouG neurologist, in the
presence of all this complexity.
Eagle River review. [volume] (Eagle River, Wis.) 1890-1927, 1890-11-29
Climate and Health.
From the New York Ledger.


The importance of climatology is
gradually becoming recognized. No
one can doubt that of the many factors
which contribute to help or hinder
physical well-being, a very large share
must be attributed to climate, under
stood in it's widest sense i. e., to those
conditions of atmosphere and soil which
are constantly operating upon us by day
and by night. The air we breathe, its
temperature, humidity, pressure and
purity, the amount of sunshine we re-
ceived, the character of the winds to
which we are exposed, the nature OF
the soil on which we reside--all these
factors have potent influence upon
the organism in health, and still more
potent influence upon it i'll its more I'M
stable and sensitive conditions when
the subject of disease.
While few will care to question such
obvious considerations, climatology is
still comparatively neglected, and does
not yet rank where it will probably
some day stand. viz: alongside hygiene
and dietetics. The reason for this COM
paratlve neglect is probably the vague
ness which has hitherto for the most
part surrounded this subject, and the
paucity of accurate and definite data re-
Iating to it. 1t is also unfortunate that
the available information is so often
obtainable only from interested persons,
whose natural bias in favor of certain
localities will often, in spite Of the most
upright intentions, lend more or less
unreal cOlOring to their statements.