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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-18
A $500 Horse.

V P REYNOLDS has sold to stock
company composed Of farmers in the
southern end OF the county the bay
Percheron stallion which he had in
ShephprAs,own mouth or two ago
He got 81 500 for the animal The
company Is composed as follows ::
VIM Wilt president and manager of
the horse; Daniel Hrd-bo~er, secre-
rarv and treasurer; board OF directors,
N L Trusyell, W H. Whitmore and
K. R smith The following are
stockholders Zeph Bane, Jr, G. W.
Benner. L B. Shut, Milton Rouss,
G w. Clipp, L w. Mcdonald, Joseph
Baker. D. ". Clendennlng, John G..
Shirley. Jr., T. E Bumgardner, John
O Fleming. J B. Covle, VIM Wilt,
Daniel H~fpbower, NJ E. Trussell, R.
R. Smith and W. II Whitmore.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-18

viii generally correct this
difficulty.
Ifyou will put from one.
fourth to half a teaspoonfuI
in baby's bottle three or four
times a day you will soon see
a marked improvement. For
larger children, from half to
a teaspOOnful, according to
age, dissolved in their milk,
if you so desire. will very
soon show its great nourish.
ing power. If the mothers
milk does not nourish the
baby, she needs the emul-
sion. It will show an effect
at once both upon mother
and child.
soc- and 600, all druggists.
SCOTT & BOVINE, CHEMISTS, New York
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-18
A cellnloid comb came near ci

A cellulojd comb came near cans
ing the death of Miss S,eneer, who
lives near Mercersbnrg, Pa. She was
reclining OH sofa near hot stove
Her comb exploded and SET FIRE to her
long tresses part of which were burned
before she could smother the fire.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-18
Married 10 Japan.

Mr.. and Mrs. Nishigawa
request the honor of your presence at
the marriage of their daughter
Kiyo Henriette Nellie,
Mr. Enoch Howard Vickers,
at Trinity Cathedral, on Wednesday, the
twentieth of Decem Der, at three
p. m. and afterwards at the
Hotel MetropOle,
Tsukiji.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-18

How Are Your Kidneyss
mr. Hobbs Sparagus Pills cure all kidney Ills sam
nie free Add Sterling Remedy Co, Chicago or N.f'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-18

is the best Medicine in The world.
we believe. to put POULTRY in
healthy condition. It will make
'em crow, and they won't crow IN
less they are healthy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1900-01-18

There WAS no outlet at the bottom NO
one has any idea how it came there,
for the pavement has been Just as 1t is
now for great many years There
were no Jewels or money in the hole.
II B Funk e. Co. will make sit
tings of all babies of the age of Z
wears aud under. free of charge, Jam
nary 22l to 9th, at their studio,
Bishop building, Charlestown, Every
parent will receive one picture free
and the prettiest little ones will 1e-
ceive handsome prizes. Judges will
consist Of prominent citizens OF Jetfer-
son county. Babies must be born IN
this county OF live therein one year
First prize worth $500. Come and
see them. No prizes will be dlstrlbu-
ted. unless the amount of competitors
will reach 100 or more. Ten per cent
of amount will receive prizes. POSI-
lively no charges whatever.
Sheriff Baker has advertised the
deluquenr lands in Jefferson county
TO be sold for taxes in Charlestown on
January 29tb. The following in eheP-
berdstown district are advertised
E. c. Blunt, Lucy Bunkins, Ann 3.
Drew. D. A. Eutler, John D. Holt
man. H F. Jacobs. Christian Johnson
G. n Kimes, J H. and E P. Lucas
Mrs Mary Myers,heirs of John Myers;
Mrs Elizabeth Porter, Samuel and
Louisa Peterson, Nancy Robinson es-
tate of Luciuda Roby, Shepherd q
| Stal-y. Jno. R Smith, A. D. Staley
and Z S Shepherd, Juo Smith. Own
ers of the property may stop the sale
by paying the amount of taxes an
expense of advertising to the sheriff.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
INSIDE YOUR WATCH.
Hundreds of Years of Study on the Bal
ance Wheel,

ance Wheel.
II you own a watch open 1t and look
at the little wheels, springs and screws,
each an indispensable part Of the whole
wonderful machine. The busy little
balance wheel alone is the result of
hundreds of years of study and expert
ment. The watch have before me is
composed of SO pieces, and its manufac-
ture embraces more than 1000 dis
tinct and separate operations. Some of
the smallest screws are so minute that
the unaided eye cannot distinguish
them from the steel filings or specks
of dirt. Under a powerful magnifying
glass a perfect screw is revealed. The
slit in the head is two one-thousandths
Of an inch wide. 1t takes 30S.000 OF
these screws to weigh a pound, and a
pound is worth Sl,5S5. The hairspring
is a strip of the finest steel about 919
inches long, hundredth part of an
inch wide and twenty-seyen ten-thou-
sandths of an inch thick. 1t Is coiled
up in spiral form and finely tempered.
The process of tempering was long
held a secret by few fortunate ones
possessing it, and even now is not gen.
orally known. Their manufacture re-
quires great skill and care. The strip
is gagged to twenty one-thousandths
of an inch, but no measuring instru-
ment has yet been devised capable of
fine enough gauging to determine be-
forehand by the size of the strip what
the strength of the finished spring will
be. A twenty-thousandth part Of an
inch difference in the thickness of the
strip makes a difference in the running
of watch of about six minutes per
hour. The value of these springs when
finished and placed in watches is enor-
nous in proportion to the material
troI which they are made. A compar-
iso2 VII give a good idea. A ton of
gold is worth S627,915. A ton of steel
made up into hairsprings when in
watches is worth $7,SS2, 290-more than
twelve and one-half times the value
of pure gold. Hairspring wire weighs
one-twentieth of grain to the inch.
One mile of wire weighs less than half
pound. The balance gives five vi
brations every second, 800 every min
ute, $4,000 every hour, $4,000 every
day and 157, $500 every year. At each
vibration it rotates about one and a
quarter times, which makes 1877 100000
revolutions every year. In order that
we may better understand the stupen-
dous amount of labor performed by
these tiny works let us make a few
comparisons. Take, for illustration, a
locomotive with six-foot driving
wheels. Let its wheels be run till they
shall have given the same number Of
revolutions that watch gives in one
year and they will have covered dis
lance equal to twenty eight complete
circuits of the earth. All this a watch
does without other attention than
winding once every twenty-four hours.
When we compare this with the fire.
quent repairs an engine receives we
certainly ought to be willing to have
bur watches cleaned once year
Chicago News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Made Some Queer wagers.

Gen. Francis V. Greene's story of
the queer bet made by officers at Get
tysburg recalls other strange wagers.
Harmon, at the Stanwix hotel, in De-
troit, several years ago, bet he could
hold his head submerged in bathtub
for 125 seconds without taking air. He
won.
In Philadelphia some years ago
gentleman made a wager of 500 that
he could jump into water eight feet
deep and undress himself complete.
Any one who has ever made the at
tempt to remove his clothing after be-
ing thoroughly drenched to the skin,
even when standing on terra firma.
with plenty of room to HOP around
on one leg" will at once realize the
difficulty of accomplishing the feat
while in the water. However, 1t was
done in the instance noted. A chap
named Curtis in Berkshire county,
Massachusetts, for wager of a horse,
ran five miles in forty-one minutes.
and wound up the race with jump of
eleven feet six inches. An English
man named Head won $1,000 by walk.
ing 600 miles in ten days, but the ex-
ertion SO used him up that he never
walked much afterward, either on
wagers or otherwise.-New York Tele-
granh.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
upon your head for blessing Vie win

upon your head for a blessing, We win
be to you n father and mother both.
giving you the defense of one and the
comfort Of the other. For have we
not Paurs blessed hope that as Jesus
died and rose again, even so them
also which sleep in Jesus shall God
bring with him" And when your
children go away from you, the sweet
darlings, you will not kiss them and
say goodby forever. He only wants to
hold them for you for little while.
He will give them back to you again,
and he will have them all waiting for
you at the gates of eternal welcome.
Oh, what God he is! He will allow
you to come so close that you can put
your arms around his neck, while he
in response will put his arms around
your neck, and all the windows OF
heaven will be hoisted to let the re-
deemed look out and see the spectacle
of rejoicing father and a returned
prodigal locked in that glorious en-
brace. Quit worshiping the golden
calf and bow this day before him in
whose presence We must all appear
when the world has turned to ashes.
When shriveling like parched scroll,
The flaming heavens together roll.
When louder yet and yet more dread
Swells the high trump that wakes the
dead
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Death Tar Of a2OO.OOO.

The estate of the late C. P. Hunting
ton must pay death taxes to the
amount Of 5000 900 to the state of New
York and an equal amount to the gen.
eral government under the war rev.
enue act, the Supreme Court having
decided the inheritance tax to be con-
stitutional. But that is small amount
compared with the death taxes i'm
posed by Great Britain. The returns
show that nearly s70,000,000 was paid
into the British treasury on that ac-
count last year. The total amount be-
queathed by 65.344 persons in Eng
land during the year was 81 AGO 900 900,
equal to one-half the national debt.
Twelve different estates paid death
rates to the amount of nearly s1.000,-
900 each.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

not been published to the world? They
must have known more of Mr.. Bar
lowe. his past life and enemies, than
any outsider could possibly do. Henri
had hated his uncle. she knew, yet
surely he had had no hand in sending
him out of the world; that could no.
be the meaning of madame's wild
words! That he was cold-blooded
and cynical to a degree about every
thing save himself was clear; but 1t
was incredible that he could have COM
mitted such a crime undetected: be-
sides, Kate said that he had been In
London at the time.
She thrust the thought from her,
and determined to try and think no
evil-a good resolution put to very
hard test when she discovered that
her freedom was gone, and that mad
anne was always making sighting re-
marks upon the Anstruthers, implying
that Mrs. Anstruther was a worldly
mother, who had engaged her daugh-
ter to a rich man, and was now seek
ing an heiress for her son. About
this latter, indeed. she shook her hea
ominously; she had heard tales Of HIM
he was terrible flirt. or worse.
1t was in vain Mollie protested hot
ly that the young naval officer to whom
Joyce was engaged was far from rich;
that she had never heard a word
against Reggie, that Mrs. Anstruther
was kindness itself and had loved her
mother. Madame nodded her hand
some dark head mysteriously, and said
her dear Mollie was very young and
innocent, and all young men were not
like Henri, so good and wise and trust
worthy Certainly she had plenty of
opportunity of discovering these vir-
tues in Henri, had they existed for he
spent the greater part of his time
hanging about her, and she grew
heartily tired of him and the tales OF
his gay Partisan life.
Why did he not return to 1t? she
thought YEARLY. Why did he stay
on here. rolling his black eyes at her
sentimentally, and pretending that
IttNtTlOu Wdo uON lIolt W ludu
Paris?
1T Is because am an heiress," she
thought wrathfully, when he had ac-
companied her to the Anstruthers, and
kept so close to her that she had been
unable to have the good grumble to
Joyce that would have relieved her
pent-up feelings. "Oh, this hateful
money! My mothers life was ruined
for it, and they would ruin mine. But
| am not so gentle as she; and madame
will find that have will of my own.
l think she suspects it, for sometimes
l see her eyes fixed on me with such
a strange expression. God forgive me
IL | wrong them; but somehow l mis-
trust them utterly"
Ito be continued.)
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

For the first time since 1888 our pos
tai revenues exceeded the expendi-
lures. In that year there was a sur
plus of nearly 100000, the second
since 1865 (the first being about ST.
100000 in 1882, and congress got SO
excited about it that the rate of letter
postage was reduced from three cents
a half ounce to two everywhere in the
United States. This caused a change
in 1884 Of $4,000. 900 from the credit to
the debit side of the account, making
a difference in revenues of more than
$6,0O0,000 in one year. To Offset this
congress. in 1885, passed an act maxi
ing the letter rate two cents an ounce.
or fraction thereof, and in that year
the expenditures exceeded the rev.
enues by over 100000. The deficit
in 1897 was nearly $12,OO0.000.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
CURE FOR CONSUMPTION.
Nikola Tesla Has Made a Great Medical
Discovery.

Discovery.
Inventive genius may yet solve some
OF the great medical problems. Nikola
Tesla, the electrician. has a new treat
ment for tuberculosis, which he calls
electrical oscillation" 1t has long
been an idea of Mr.. Tesla's that os-
cillation would do many wonderful
things, but only lately has he thought
of using it for the destroying of germs.
He has invented a machine by means
of which two and three thousands volts
of electricity can be handled with
safety, and he drives the current
through the lungs with excellent eff
feet. BY this treatment it is asserted
that all tubercular matter is elimi-
mated from the system, and that the
results in several cases have been re-
markable. One case in New YORK
was placed under the Tesla treatment
for the first time on July g. when he
had a respiration of SO. 1t is said
that he has recovered the full use of
his lungs. He had suffered from tu-
berculosis for five years. According
to physicians, he had cavity in his
left lung as large silver dollar. This
cavity has disappeared. Other pa
tients give testimony quite as extra
ordinary. If the "oscillator" treat
ment will do all that Mr.. Tesla thinks
it will. it is on its face one of the
greatest medical discoveries of the age
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Bricks from Glass Waste.

An important discovery is said to
have been made by DR.. Ormandy of st.
Helens, formerly science master in the
Gamble Institute. He has succeeded
in producing bricks of commercially
valuable character from the waste
heaps at glass-making establishments.
This refuse, of which millions of tons
have accumulated, consists mainly of
spent sand, minute particles of glass
and about per cent of iron from the
various processes. and 1t has hitherto
been considered that the presence Of
iron prevented the use of the material
in the manufacture of bricks. The ex-
periments carried out by DR.. Ormandy
have negatiyed this hypothesis and he
has successfully established the fact
that bricks can be produced out Of the
waste by special treatment.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
BUG PUNCTURES.
Bicycle Bug Operates on Wheels at
Evanston, Ill.

Bicycle Bug Operates Wheels at
Evanston, III.
Evanston, ILL.,, is now presenting to
science the latest freak in bugs-the
bicycle bug" This hornet-like in
sect looks like a caricature of a New
Jersey mosquito. On a body little
more than an inch long it supports a
pair of tentacles four inches long, with
which 1t works havoc with the rubber
tires of the wheels. The bug bores
into the rubber until the escaping air
frightens 1t away. The first wheelman
to suffer was Peter Arndt. He found
one Of the tires fiat, while on the other
one was the first bicycle bug" that
has yet been captured He took his
prize to Witt Bros repair shop, where
it soon drew a crowd of curious spec
tators. Before the afternoon had pass
ed number of Chicago wheelmen told
the same story of the strange bug. Pro-
lessor William A. Locy, Of the North
western University biological labora-
tories, called the bug an ichneumon. 1t
is not common in this country. Its
usual place Of burying its tentacles
is in the bark Of tree, laying eggs
through them. Professor Locy said
that perhaps the bug mistook the soft
rubber for the pulp on the trees.-En-
Genealogical News.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
ANCIENT SUNDAYS,
The Earliest Was Probably Nomad
Chiefs Spear.

inc Earhest was Probably Nomad
Chiefs Spear.
1t Is probable that the earliest sun
dial was simply the spear of some no.
mad chief stuck upright in the ground
before his tent. Amongst those desert
wanderers, keen to observe their sur
roundings. it would not be difficult
thing to notice that the shadow short
ened as the sun rose higher in the sky.
and that the shortest shadow always
pointed in the same direction-north.
The recognition would have followed
very soon that his MONDAY shadow
changed its length from day to day.
A stx-foot spear would give shadow
at MONDAY in latitude 40 Of twelve
feet at one time of the year, or less
than two feet at another. This in
strument, so simple, so easily carried.
so easily set up, may well have begun
the scientific study of astronomy, for
1t lent itself to measurement, and
science is measurement; and probably
we see it expressed in permanent form
in the obelisks of Egyptian solar tenn
pies, though these, no doubt, were re-
tanned merely as solar emblems ages
after their use as actual instruments
of observation had ceased. An upright
suck. carefully plumbed, standing on
some level surface, may. therefore, well
make the first advance upon the natu-
raj horizon. A knob on the top of the
stick will be found to render the shad-
ow more easily observed.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

About IS per cent Of the West Indies
cyclones occur in August. September
and October. Fortunately most of
them are not very destructive in char
acter. The records in the island OF St
Thomas, for example, show that in the
century and half preceding 1897 that
island suffered from devastating cy.
clones only seven times though 1t is
the northern and eastern islands. such
as st. Thomas. Porto Rico, Cuba and
the Bahamas. that are most frequently
in the pathway of the severest cy-
clones.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

Ex-President Cleveland is widely
credited with originating the phrase:
Public Office is public trust" Two
years before his death in 1874 Charles
Sumner wrote: "The phrase Public
office is public trust has Of late be-
come common property" Dorman B.
Eaton said in 1881: 1.-The public Offices
are public trust" Calhoun said in
1895: THE very essence of free gov
eminent consists in considering offices
as public trusts" Thomas jefferson
said in 1907: When man assumes
a public trust he should consider him
self as public property."-New York
Press.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

To mount photos on glass proceed
as follows: Soak four ounces Of gela-
tine in cold water for half an hour,
then place in a glass jar, adding six
teen ounces of water; put the jar in
large dish of warm water and dissolve
the gelatine. When dissolved pour
into a shallow tray. Have your prints
rolled on roller. albumen side out;
take the print by the corners and pass
rapidly through the gelatine, taking
great care to avoid air bubbles. Hang
up with clips to dry, and when dry
squeeze carefully on to the glass. The
better the quality of the glass the finer
the effect.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Moving Village. to a Railroad.

Village moving is an order of things
in South Dakota now. Work on the
moving of the villages of Old Platte.
Old Selby, Castillo, Bloomington and
Edgerton to points on the line now be-
ing built by the Chicago, Milwaukee &
ST. Paul company between Platte and
Napa. distance of eighty-three miles,
Is being carried on. Two or three of
the villages are four or five miles from
the new line. The houses are placed
on skids and hauled over to the rail-
road by traction engines.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
Veteran Return, His Pension.

Uncle Sam has regular contributor
to the general fund Of the govern
ment. Promptly the first week Of ev-
cry quarter check for SIS is received
at the treasury department. with a re.
quest that 1t be placed in the miscel-
laneous fund of the treasury. from
which 1t can only be withdrawn by a
special act Of congress. The money is
from a veteran Of the civil war. He is
an employee Of the Philadelphia mint.
He explained in his first letter that as
long as the government employed him
at a good salary. he would not accept
the pension.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
BIble from Emperor William.

Emperor William has presented BIZ
BILE to Rev. F. Wischau, pastor of st.
Paul's German Lutheran church in
Philadelphia, in recognition Of the six
tieth anniversary of the church and Of
Mr.. Wischau's thirty years OF service
in the congregation. The bible con-
tains in the Old Testament portion
thirty full-page engravings from paint
ings by old masters. The New Tesla
ment portion is illuminated with If
teen engravings by Heinrich Hoffman,.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

1t is proposed to erect an electric
light plant at Simla, the summer capt.
tai of India. 1t is in the foot hills of
the Himalayas and water power is
abundant. Kerosene is used at the
present time.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
CHAPTER VI

Who had killed Leonard Barlowe?
For days Mollie pondered over this
question. and another one that would
keep coming back to her-had the Du-
bois any private knowledged that had
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01
TALMAGES SERMON.
TELLS OF OREED'S BLIGHTING
EFFECT ON MANKIND.

DenuncIation of Those Who Worship
the Golden Calf of Modern IdoIatry
and Sacrifice Themselves and Their
Families.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

One way to suppress chronic Dor
rover Is to get your work In first.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

Many man boasts of his ancestors
whose ancestors would be ashamed to
admit he belonged to the family.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

The dog population of Chicago Is
40.296. The license on these is $780,
592.
Audubon Republican. [volume] (Audubon, Iowa) 1894-1925, 1900-11-01

l want you 20 change temples and to
give up the worship of this unsatisfy-
ing and cruel god for the service of the
Lord Jesus Christ. Here is the gold
that will never crumble. Here are the
securities that will never fail. Here
are the banks that will never break
Here is an altar on which there has
been one sacrifice that does for all.
for by one sacrifice hath Christ per-
fected forever them that are sancti-
fed" Here Is God who will com
fort you when you are in trouble and
soothe you when you are sick and
save you when you die. For he has
said: When thou passest through the
waters, will be with thee, and
through the rivers they shall not
overflow thee; when thou walkest
through the fire. thou shalt not be
burned, neither shall the flame kindle
upon thee"
When your parents have breathed
their last and the old. wrinkled and
trembling hands can no more be put