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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

pounds and often 100 pounds of ice
up four flights of stairs, which is no
easy task, and as it is not skilled Ia
Dor the pay is probably not more than
it should be, considering the amount
of strength expended. Hard as the
work is and moderate as is the pay,
no man can afford to lose his job, so
he has to be very careful not to an
tagonize his employers.
The man who does business on a
small scale AMI is his own boss prob
ably finds it no easier to make liv-
ing, for he has to do the greater part
of his own work, and in the case of a
bad or improbable season is sometimes
not so well off as his hireling, who is
sure his wages at least.
The man who owns his land and
has good health is poor farmer who
cannot make at least living for him
self and family. 1t may not be a
sumptuous living, but it may be
comparatively comfortable one. This
cannot be said of all sorts of occupa-
tions.
There is another hope ahead for the
farmer. If be doesn't have good luck
this year, he may the next. There Is
always chance that there will be a
better yield N crops and better price
in the market. The element Of un-
certainty adds zest to life which set
tied amount of wages from month to
month and from year to year cannot
give, and he is always sure of enough
to eat on the farm of some sort or an
other.
The time is coming and is not far
distant when the farmers life will be
looked upon as the ideal life by many
of the world weary toilers of the
crowded cities. Even now the one
bright dream of many drudger In
the stores and offices is Of happy
time coming when he will have farm,
a home all his own in the country,
where he can rest his tired brain and
nerves as he sits beneath his own vine
and fg-or apple-tree. Whoever
despises farmers life is fool it is
the most independent life on earth.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
Value Of Timber.

1t is claimed that the value Of the
timber output Of West Virginia in
1902 already exceeds that Of the yield
of coal, and a great deal of this pro-
duct found its way to European mar
kets having been sold directly by the
owners of the timber lands.
According to Census Bulletin pub
lished June, "a, 1908, 73 per cent of
the area of West Virginia is wooded
and most of this is occupied by timber
of Understandable size and quality
During the last ten years the value
of the products of the lumber industry
has more than doubled. In 1900 the
timber and lumber output was worth
$lO,612,337, chiefly from the saw
mills.
The total capital invested in the
lumber industries of West Virginia,
was $lO,42l, $40, as will be seen by
the followinge: Total capital, $lO,-
42l $40; logging plants, $4,604 ,442 :
saw mills, $2,296,422; planning mills,
$27S, $50; live capital, $S.l4S,569;
timber camps, l53.476; value of
products $lo,6l2,S87 saw mills, o.
99O,SlS; planning mills, 1885, 1885,
timber camps, ASS, ,6S3.
The number of persons engaged In
the lumber industries as proprletors
and salaried officials and wage earn
ers is nearly ten thousand, and the
sum paid for wages in 1900 was ST.
65O.S4O.
The yield of the lumber industry
in the State has grown steadily since
1870, having doubled in each ten year
period following shat date. The In
dustry and its associated trades are
bound to grow with increased facih-
ties for transportation.
A display of the forest resources OF
West Virginia at the Exposition of
1904, cannot fail to attract attention
to the resources ofthe State, and to
bring capital here for investment.
As one of the results OF the Paris
Exposition of 1900, the exports Of
American apples to EurOpein the year
following the Exposition increased
from 100000 to ! 100000 barrels, ,thi,
being valued at $5,750,O0o.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
Here's a Queer Fish.

Each one of us has at some time
eaten too much, but we have surely
not gone to such an excess as this fish
has. 1t is called the "bl swallow.
er" and as a swallower takes first
place, for its stomach is much larger
than its body. II will seize by the
tail fish eight or ten time its own
size and work its way over it by re.
peatedly sliding forward one jaw and
then the other. Before takinga meal
the swallower is veiy respectable
looking fish, except for voracious
cast Of countenance, but siterward he
certainly has the appearance Of having
eaten too much. Then the walls Of
his stomach are no stretched as 10 be
transparent. Later digestion begins
and the swallower is turned belly up.
ward by the imprisoned gas and bis
stomach becomes a balloon, which lifts
him from the depths Of the ocean to
the surface; and in this helpless con.
dition he Is thrown about by the
waves, perhaps cast ashore and left
high and dry by the receding tide. in
which case he does not swallow any
more, for the returning tide finds him
a dead fish.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
A Too Literal Translation.

A missionary lately returned from
India complains of the slow progress
made out there in converting the ma
tive on account Of the diff Guilty in ex-
planning the teachings Of Christianity
so that the ignorant people will fully
understand them. Some of the most
beautiful passages in the Bible are de-
stroyed by translation. He attempt
ed once to have the hymn
Rock Of Ages, cleft for me,
Let me hide myself In thee.
translated into the native dialect so
that the natives might appreciate it's
beauty. The work was done by a
young Hindoo Bible student The
next day he brought his translation to
the missionary for approval, and bis
rendering as translated back in En-
glish read like this:
Very old stone, split for my benefit,
Let me absent myself under one oil
your fragments
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
Some EventfuI Fridays.

Columbus sailed from Palos on his
first voyage of discovery on Friday
and it was on Friday that he first dis
covered land in the New World.
1t was on Friday that John Cabot re-
ceived his commission from Henry VIII
the first American State papers of
Eneland-which led to the discovery
of the continent, and the basis Of En-
glands claims.
The little ship Mayfower arrived in
Providence bay, Massachusetts,, on a
Friday. 1t was on a Friday that the
first representative legislative body in
America met at jamestown, Va.
1t was on Friday that the resolution
declaring in favor of Independence
from Great Britain was introduced in
Congress.
1t was on Friday that Gates fought
his first battle with Burgoyne, which
ended later in another battle and the
surrender of the British forces, vic
tory which resulted in the recognition
of the struggling colonies by France.
1t was on Friday that CORVALLIS
surrendered, and Perry won his VIC
tory and re-established American au-
thority on the Great Lakes.
1t was on Friday that Grant began
his attack on Fort Donelson and won
the first signal Union victory in the
Civil War. 1t was on Friday that
Washington, Webster, Monroe, Pierce
and Hayes were born, and many 9TH
distinguished Americans, including
the late Speaker Reed and the pres
ent presiding officer of the United
States Senate-William ?. Frye. r
William Waldorf Astor, head of the
Astor fortune, and August Belmont,
capitalist and American representative
of the Rothechilds, have Friday as their
natal day-so, too, W. E. Gladstone
and Leo. XIII.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
Brain Leaks.

A municipality is never better than
the people want it to be.
Misery loves company and usually
has no trouble finding it.
Baking powder would not make
some men rise in the world.
"All the worlds stage" and too
many ,upes endeavor to pay leads.
The JOY of giving is increased by
the necessity of working for what is
given.
Some men hitch their wagons to
stars and then throw their weight
against the brakes.
There are lot of people who never
give with either hand 'or fear the
other will find it out.
The young man who succeeds is the
young man who is willing to earn
more than he receives.
Phe man who declares that "money
will do anything" is the man who will
do anything for money.
We are too prone to advertise our
friends virtues is small type and their
faults on the billboards
The kind words some men have
carved on their tombstones would
have madetheir lives brighter.
People who read the Bible as mat
ter of duty miss most Of the good
things in the greatest of books.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
NEW VOL. 3S.---NO. IL.
Enterprise.

There is certain risk that man
should take. He may lose, but at
least he will have the consciousness of
having been no coward, and of having
played his part like man and then,
again, he may win, and fnd his hap
piness and fortune resting on the fact
that when he was put to the test he
looked the peril in the face, and, un-
finching, dared to risk it. The secret
of many mans failure to utilize bis
opportunities is that he was too TIM
id. He wanted to paddle always too
near the shore and did not turn bis
PROV towards the open sea. A great
responsibility, with a corresponding
opportunity. was thrust on him. He
thought of what would happen if be
should fail; began to distrust his own
powers, and when the decisive mo-
ment came he baked and suffered
timidity to prevail over courage and
enterprise. A man is fool who does
not count the cost of important ven-
lures: but be will never get anywhere
or do anything worth speaking of #
he waits for demonstrsble cert ainties
before be makes move. The only
absolutely certain things in this world
are death aud taxes, and there is not
much inspiration in either of them. A
little nerve and courage, mixed with
common sense, is pretty necessary, il
one vonld thrive
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
Stopped tho Stealing.

The Rev. Joseph Erskine Of Edin.
burgh at one time in his life lost hand.
kerchief after handkerchief. He
found, on INVESTIGATION, that it was on
Sunday these losses occurred, and ac-
cordiDgly Mrs ErskiDe sewed his
handkerchief in the tail pocket OF bis
coat.
MOO" said she--"noo lat US see
what wull happen"
Mr.. Erskine, with the sewed in hand.
kerchief, passed down the ai'le Of the
church that morning, as usual, to as.
cend to the pulpit, but as he sailed by
the amen corner be felt a gentle tug
behind, delicate nibble among bis
coattails. Thereupon be turned on q
disappointed old woman in the corner
and said. with strinmphant smile
"No' the day. honest wuman; no the
day"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
Paddy Found the Third.

A London mechanic, with the iDten-
tion of enjoying practical joke, past
ed the figures of two donkeys on the
dead wall opposite to his workshop.
Under these figures he had written in
large letters: when shall we three
meet again ?"
The idea of this, it need hardly be
explained, was to presuppose that
whoever should stand to read the In
scription was the third donkey. BE
then retired to his shop, from which
he could see how the bait would take.
1t was not long until a man coming
by stopped and stood gazing in per-
plexity at the two donkeys and the IN
scription. The mechanic was slated
at the manner in which his brilliant
Joke had worked. He burst into q
fit of loud and hearty laughter, which
soon, however, subsided when the mar
quietly turned round and scornfully
exclaimed:
"Bedad. was all along wonderin
where the other one was.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

Dear little babykin. born just too late
Lullabies now have been wiped off the slate.
Up-to-daie babies never are rocked.
And if say LULLABY" mother is shocked.
Your nutrimenfs measured. the progress you've made
Is iotted down daily as soon as you're weighed;
Your foods prediges,ed: you've nothing TO do
But sleep and grow fat-not even to coo.
Perhaps little baby. the new way is best:
In all the care taken you surely are blest
But after all, baby. the new way is prose-
The old one was poetry, all the world knows.
You'll never hear lullabies crooned sweet and low
While mothers old rocking chair moves TO and fro:
You'll never lie snugy on mothers sweet breast
Drinking life through her veins. both blessing and
blest;
You'll never hear legends of goblin and ghost
OfJack and the Giant. Queen Nab and her host;
You'll never learn how to spell cat" cat"
But will read at first sight and from pictures at that
You're an up-to-date baby Maybe it is best
To forego the rocker, the songs and the rest,
But it seems to me. baby you'll miss quite lot
OF the romance Of life that we old fogies got
cannot regret was born long ago
When singing and rocking not counted slow;
When fairies abounded in nursery lore.
And we reveled in legends of oceans Of gore;
When the old blue-back speller was found in the
schools.
And pictures were barred by the strictest OF rules
II seems to me, baby. you're born just too late
For the romance of babyhood's wiped off the slate
-CAswELL a. MAYO.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

They are telling this story Of the
pastor of a metropolitan church who
has made a study of pslmistry and
kindred subjects
A woman came TO him and begged
that be read her hand. She was a
spinster, and an interesting network
of lines had spread over her palm
with the years. The minister decided
to give her bit Of Of advice.
"You should never think Of mar
riage," be said.
II don't" replied the spinster
promptly ; II worry about it"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
WakefuI Children.

For long time the>two year old child
OF Mr.. p. L. Mcpherson, 50 n. Tenth ST.,
Harrisburg, Pa, would sleep but two or
three hours in the early part Of the night,
which made il very hard for her parents.
Her mother concluded that the child
had stomach trouble, and gave her half
OF one OF Chamberlain's Stomach and
Liver Tablets, which quieted her stom-
ach and she slept the whole night
through. Two boxes OF these Tablets
have effected permanent cure and she
is now well and strong. For sale at
Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

Here's a story that is going the
rounds:
A boy sat on rail fence enclosing
corn6eld. A city chap passing by
said
"Your corn looks kind of yaller
bub.'
"Yep. That's the kind we plant
ed" replied the "bub.
at don't look like you will get more
than half crop" said the city chap.
"Nope; We don't expect to; the
landlord gets the other half, " retOrted
the youngster.
The stranger hesitated moment
and then ventured:
You're not very far from a fool
are you, my boyf
"Nope; not more'n ten feet, said
the boy, and the city chap moved on.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

Everything is in the name when u
comes 10 Witch Hazel salve. r. Q. De-
Witt & Co. Of Chicago. discovered, some
years ago. how 10 make a salye from
Witch Hazel that is a specific for Piles.
For blind, bleeding, itching and pro-
trudIng Piles, eczema, cuts, burns.
bruises and all skin diseases, DeWitts
Salve has no equal. This has given rise
TO numerous worthless counterfeits.
Ask for DeWltt's--thc genuine. AZ
Reinhart's Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

The best pill meath the starssnd stripes
Itcleanses the system and never gripes.
Little Early Risers Of worldly repute-
Ask for DeWitt's and take no substi-
tute.
A small pin, easy TO buy, easy TO take
and easy 70 act, bat never failing In re-
suits. DeWitt's Little Early Risers
arouse the secretlons and act a. tonic
10 the liver, curing permanently. Az
Reinhart's Pharmacy,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

An Irishman who had emigrated TO
Scotland secured situation as but
Ter to a gentlemsn in Perthshire. The
Irishman had a younger brother in
Dublin who was very poor, 80 he
thought he would send him an old suit
which belonged to a former butler in
the gentleman's service. Inside the
coat he placed the following note
Dear Brother Mike.-0i am send
ing you this ould suit; but l have cut
the buttons of the coat and wsistcoat,
as they are heavy, and Oh want to
save postage. Yours truly,
Patrick Maloony.
"P. Sol have put the buttons in
the trousers pocket.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

Sam-Did de pawson tell his flock
dat St. Peter would give dem each a
hahp?
Remus-No; be knew bettah. He
tole dem dat st. Peter would give dem
each a banjo.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

Mrs. Parke-Your husband has
been very i'll, hasn't hef
Mrs. Lane-I never saw him 20 Ill.
Why. for two weeks be never spoke a
cross word to me.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

Busy MeTchant-Well, sir. what do
you wsDt2
Timid Youth-Y.your daughters
band.
Busy Mercbant--Csn't give it to
you, sir. Either take her entire or
leave her. We are not doing an in
stallment business.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

How often you hear IL remarked :
'It's only cold" and few days later
learn that the man is on his back with
pneumonia. This Is OF such common
occurrence that a cold, however slight,
should not be disregarded, Chamber
Iain's Cough Remedy counteracts any
tendency toward pneumonia. Italways
cures and is pleasant TO take. Sold at
Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

Sometimes" said the poet, shave
thoughts that struggle for expression"
"And some Of those you have given
to the world show evidence Of the
struggle" replied the critic.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

It's easier to explain your neigh
boris failure than your OVID misdi'
rected efforts.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

xxyANTED-Energetic men to rep
" resent an old established Acci
w dent and Sickness Corporation
liberal inducements offered; address
Edwin B. Quackenbush, General Man.
ager, 35 Nassau ST., n. Y. City.
Feb. IL. l903-3w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

She-WsshiDgton must have had a
wonderful memory.
He-How so?
She-Look at the monuments to it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

Mistress-Didn't you hear me ring
before7
Maid kind Of thought | did
na'am, but wasn't sure.
Mistress-Well, next time, please,
give me the benefit Of the doubt.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

my boy doesn't seem to have got
along here very we'll" said the Office
boys father.
"Well, to be perfectly frank with
you, replied the employer. II must
say DO."
"AhI What's bis trouble2'
HE hasn't any trouble ; it's the
rest Of US who have had that.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05
THE UP-To-DATE HoMUNcULUS.

Rock-a-by baby. on the tree top
When the wind blows. the cradle will rock
When the bough breaks the cradle will fall.
And down will come baby. cradle and all
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-03-05

The Iazier a man is the more ne
tries to "work" others.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14
Columbia T0svnship
Exyeindlturosana Tax Lev
- fUr the Year Ending
IAN. B. 1904.

The Trustee Of Columbia township, Du.
b0is cSanty. proposes for the yearly ex-
|peudionros and tax levies by the Advis-
DRY Board ct it, annual meeting, to b
,hsld q the school house in school die.
trict No. 5, the following estimates and
amounts for said year:
I. Township expenditures, e4lO.O
and township tax y cents ON the hun
0rsd doliars.
2. Local tnition expenditures. 81 .OOO.,
90. and tax 50 cents on the hundred dol
|lan.
;. Special School Tax expenditures
o6&O.0O, and tau - cents on the hun
Idred dollan.
I. Rosd Tax sxpsnditures. $3.50. 90
and tar ID cents on the hundred dollars
z. Poor expendituros for the proceed.
,ingy0r $1,000. ard tax s cents on thu
hundred dollars.
Total Expenditures, =, 800 90, and to
ltafAx el.00eote on the hundred dol.
lars.
TosAl aseesDed vsluatioo Of taxabl,
iprUperty u the tUwuehip for the year
Number Of Polls. 2Il.
GEO. w. MlLBURN, Trustee
Aug. II, l900.-lt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14

On Saturday aitssnoon there va
something Of . Hurry in town whsr
Il bscams known thGt Mike Bssndle,
. section hand on the Southern rail
road, and : child Of VIM. Dsvins
he'd we'll developed cases Of small.
pox on 6sh street. The town board
held Q nesting that night and or
dersd the houses quassntined and
guard placed over them. William
Written and Ed Ksmpf, Jr, wers
employed y police guard, and
noticeR Hsrs tackled on the houses
snd they are roped OF from the
strset. The four section hands oil
the railroad live together ia those
houses, and il shut up I'll the sec
ton hands but the "boss +" Il de-
vslopsd afterwards that Jones, one
Of the 4hsnds, had light attack o.
the soall.pox soms two or three
weeks ego, bat did not know What
It was and had no doctor, and it il
supposed the oshers took It from
him, q Dsvins lives in the same
houss. Il b not thought il viii
spread further a. . strict guard Il
kept. Jones was certainly very
careless.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14

The undov1ignod, Trustee Of Boone
township, Dubois county, hereby give1
notice that he will attend 70 ell 6us}neer
portaining 10 the olBcs Of Trustee. q ~
TUeidenco, three miles southwest Of POy-
tersvills, on 6aturdaysof each week, ana
eoqussts oil persons having township
Jusinsss 70 present Il on Saturday. CIT
ssA6 dssiriag books from the Tcvnship
lb!asy, afs nctihsd that The Library q
kopt 1t my residence.
CHaIsrIAx HovvnAH, Trustee.
Dee 7, 1907.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14

D~What has become Of the ps'
titiou BY taxpaysrs to the Jasper
town board for . survey for sewerl
in Jaspsrf II should result in The
appointment Of . compstsnt sewsI
engineer from some city, 90 that
map would b prepared after sur
vsy and the cost Of sewers sscsr'
tanned under the law. The map
would b of permanent value wheth'
any sswsrs we're put in at present
or not.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14

v. E. CLAYcoAB. Agt.
The Jasper weekly courier. [volume] (Jasper, Ind.) 1858-1922, 1903-08-14

- IaDs9atsgy.
There - . disease prevailing IN this
county most dangerous because - dscep-
i've. Many sudden Deaths ase caused By
it-heaSs disease, pnsumonia. heart failure
o. apoplexy are often the resuk OF kidney
disease. II kidney trouble u allowed 10 ID
vance the ktdney-poisoned eloed VII stack
he vital organs. or the kidneys Themselves
break down and waste away cell BY cell.
Then the richness of the blood-ths albumen
leaks out and the sufferer has 6right's
Disease. the worst form u kidney trouble.
Or. Klimer's Swa0p-Reot the new dis
eovsry IS the true specific for kidney. bladdes
and urinary troubles. II has cured thousandl
u sppsrensiy hopeless cases. after all othes
efforts have failed. Al druggists In 6ity-cen'
end dollar axes a sample bottle Sent lyo>
b mall. alse book telling sbou Swamp
keoe and ~ wonderful cures A111eol
q. Klim9 & Ca. eiaghau1aA = I. -
aone1no - pnpW.
Don't make any mistake but remem.
Der the name, swamp Root, DR.. Kilmers
Swamp Root. and the address, Bingham
ton. N. Y. on every bottle.