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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-05-21
PERSONALS.
Record of the Coming and Going OF the
People That You Know.

Jefferson county sent large del
egation last Saturday to the Con-
federate reunion at New Orleans
There were fourteen persons in all
from this county, as follows Miss
Louise Baylor, of Charles Town
sponsor for the West Virginia Di,
vision U. S. G. V; Miss Hester Mel
vim, of Dutields, maid OF honor; John
P. Kearfott, Kearneysvill; DR.. G.
w. Banks, Commander Robert T.
Banks and DR.. Hopkins Gibson, Of
Shepherdstown Capt. j.. S. Melvin
and Warren Hunter, Dutiields; ". S.
Merchant, Chas. C. Conklyn, Fontaine
B. Hoof, William Mcdonald, Charles
Rissler and Archie Davis Mahoney,
Charles Town.
We were pleased to have a call
this morning from DR.. D. B. Bushong,
who will practice medicine at DUFF
fields and Shenandoah junction and
the surrounding territory. DR..
Bushong has been located for three
years at Summit Point, this county,
and has had ten years experience in
the practice of his profession. He is
a graduate of the Baltimore Medical
College and also attended the Mary
land University. He is a clever gen
tleman, of an estimable Virginia fam
lily, and we hope he may succeed in
his new field. He is at present To-
Gated at Shenandoah Junction.
Among our out-of-town callers the
past week were Messrs. J. G. Bitner,
Geo. L. Hoffman, Mayberry Mckee
and Geo. w. Wilmington, of the
Kearneysyille neighborhood J. Wal
ter Kearney. Of this vicinity.
Miss Emma Casey came up from
Washington last Saturday and spent
several days at Sudley Place. She
expects to return for the summer
about the middle of June.
Mrs. Charlotte Fayman and her
daughter, Miss Charlotte. of Orange,
n. j., are at Mr.. S. f. Lemen's in this
place. They expect to spend a part
of the summer here.
We were pleased to have a call last
Friday from Mr.. G. W. Boyer, pub
Usher of the Martinsburg Statesman,
who drove to Shepherdstown with Mr..
S. A. Westenhaver.
Rev. c. Z. A. Marshall is in Wheel
ing this week, attending the annual
meeting OF the Episcopal Council for
the diocese Of West Virginia.
Mrs. DolPh, of Washington, widow
offormer United States Senator Joseph
\. Dolph, is at SudIey Place for a
stay of some weeks.
DR.. John Dorning, ofNew York City,
spent several days the past week with
Mr.. Z. Hayward Bowly in SheP-
mel ASlON H.
Mr.. and Mrs. j. Z. Zombro, Of this
county, with their little sons John and
Clifton, visited relatives in Brunswick
last week.
We were pleased to have call last
Saturday from Mr.. and Mrs. Franklin
4. Hill, Of the Junction neighborhood,
Mr.. NJ. X. Lancaster, of Harper 8
Ferry district, called to see us this
morning and renewed his subscription.
Mr.. and Mrs. John B. Black, Of
Thurmont, Nd, visited at Mr.. D. ?.
Rays in this place last week.
We were pleased to have call this
morning from Mr., A. c. Link, one Of
our Bakertou subscribers.
Mr.. and Mrs. J. S. Moler, of Keller
were among out visitors yesterday.
DR.. standish McCleary, of Balti-
more, spent Sunday in Shepherdstown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-05-21

Thomas Steck, of Frederick county,
Va, lost two cattle recently under pc
culiar circumstances. He sprayed
some Of his trees with certain decoc-
ton, and the fluid also fell upon the
grass. Some of the cattle ate of the
Grass and died.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-05-21

1t is said that $4,000 Jews will
shortly leave Russia for the United
States. They are being frighttuIly
persecuted there.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-05-21
LITTLE LOCALS.
The Things ofinterest that are Happening N
Our NeIghborhood and Elsewhere.

Alex. Zech, of Grafton, the contrac.
tor for the heating plant tor the new
Shepherd College building, was il
town this week, arranging to get the
work started. The material for the
plant is now being delivered.
Company B, Marylad National
Guard, will visit Shepherdstown Sun
| day evening and decorate the grave
OF their former comrade, Harry Turner
in Elmwood Cemetery. Appropriate
exercises will be held and an address
delivered.
The commencement exercises Of the
| Shepherdstown Graded School will be
held in the town hall next Tuesday
evening, May Goth, beginning at S
o'clock. The teachers and pupils have
. prepared a very interesting programme
{ of music, recitations, etc. The public
is invited to attend the exercises.
The new turnpike law for Jefferson
county will 90 into effect on May 28th,
and it is probable that all the turn
| pixies will be made free after that
/ date. The officials of the Harper s
Ferry and Smithfeld pike have agreed
not to contest the new law, and will
remove their gates in few weeks.
About twenty girls from Powhatan
College at Charles Town came to Shop
herdstown on a straw ride last Mon
| day and seemed to be having a very
merry time. They visited Shepherd
| College in the afternoon. George f.,
Walker piloted the party, whose con-
vevauce was four-Lorse farm wagon.
The drought that has prevailed in
| this section TOR some time past Is get
| ting to be serious. 1t is affecting the
growing wheat very materially, and
| the grass is at standstill. 1t has also
interIered with corn planting to some
extent. The streets and roads have
been about as dusty as it is possible
for them to get.
A. f.,,,.- g .La
y, " Aee'-Is VI |HV ~ t"0'''Iy 3, ~ wv
b"I5'MoIe Co-ISSe 81 GeL'% Nt go!
associate professor of physiology at
| the College of Physicians and Sur
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las. Friday. in response to pub.
Ilshed request mere was genera
.-e"hin8 o, '~e streets Oh TIE 'o"n' a
large number OF persons got 10 WORK
early III the morning, ana each one
cleaning IN front OF ms own premises,
the streets We're soon IN a better con-
ditlon than they had been tor long
time. The corporation had the dirt
hauled from the streets. There are
still few places about town that
would be benefited by the same sort OF
work.
vorgna, of the United TeIepbone
conrsrv have been brsv the past
,r,Ili ar1ot;rr I;c taIanbone noIss in
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-05-21

The forty-third General Assembly
of the Presbyterian Church IL the
United States convenes today at Lex
ington, Va, and will be opened with
a sermon by Rev. Dr. ". T. Hall,
moderator Of the last General Assem-
bly,. This assembly is the supreme
legislative body of the Southern Pres
byterian Church and contains many
ministers and laymen Of marked abil-
ity. Lexington Is a great Presbyteri-
an stronghold, and for some time to
come the people Of the town will give
most of their time to the entertain
ment of the commissioners and the
host of other visitors who will attend
the assembly.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-05-21
Confederate Memorial Day.

Confederate memorial day will be
observed IN Shepherdstown on Satur-
day, June 9th. The following Is the
rogramme that has been arranged for
the occasion:
Memorial Association, visiting Con-
federate soldiers, Sons of Confederate
Veterans and Fire Department, head
ed by the Shepherdstown Band, will
form in front OF Shepherd College at
, o'clock and march to the Coufeder-
ate monument in Elmwood Cemetery,
where the following ceremonies will be
observed
PRAYER by Rev. DR.. Charles Ghisclin.
Memorial services by Confederate
Veterans.
Services by Daughters Of the Confcd-
eraCy.
Proceed to the speakers stand, where
the exercises will DC resumed.
PRAYER by Rev. J. c. Thrasher.
Music by choir.
Address by General I. I. Munford, Of
Lynchburg, Va.
Music by the choir.
Reading roll of honor.
Benediction by Rev. DR.. H. c. Hath
ocN.
Strewlng of flowers.
General Munford, who has accepted
an invitation to deliver the address
on memorial day, was a gallant Con-
federate soldier. He was colonel OF
the Second Virginia Cavalry, in which
so many of the soldiers from this sec
ton fought, and was afterward Brig
adier-General of the famous First Bn-
gade of cavalry. He was the trusted
friend and lieutenant Of General Stone
wall Jackson, and that great COM
mander placed great confidence IN
him. The veterans of this neigbbor-
hood will give General Muntord a
royal welcome and will be more than
glad to greet their old chief again.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-05-21
New Garden Seeds /!

Seed Potatoes, Onion Sets.
Whitewash Brushes, Market aud
Clothes Baskets, &c.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

come the etudes, with air entangled in the
runs and trills. The small boy who compared
the dummies on the range to group of toy
soldiers would find something interesting
about the practice. The first day of the second
month he would see something down there
against the green trees to remind him of the
shouettes on the wall at home. They the
targets. At one end OF the line of sheets
stretched in front of the trees is a rectangle
four feet wide and six feet high. What might
be a donkey's head appears over the bottom
but il is intended to resemble man lying down
in a position to fire. This is the short range
target used for individual practice for the dis
tances of 100 200 and 800 yards. At the other
end of the line n similar sheet is the sill
houette Of something which looks like an early
Etruscan figure recently resurrected. 1t really
represents a kneeling soldier, also aiming his
gun This is the md-range target for individual
practice. the distances at which it is used being
500 and COO yards. On a screen - feet wide and
feet high is a figure of different shape which
might be taken for another antiquity from an
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
HIS BEST COW.

or the childhood Of c. Oliver Iselin they tell
many stories in New Rochelle where Mr.. Iselin
has his country house, All View.
According 10 one Of these stories the boy
and half dozen other boys took a walking trip
through the State q New-York a number Of
years ago. one night. rather late. they passed
a farm whose gatepost bore the sign. MIX for
sale"
Young Isclin said. Wen have some fun with
the nilkman' and he entered the yard, busted
himself r-ysteriously for moment and then
pounded the door.
A figure ia white appeared n an upstairs win
dow. and bass voice said What's the matter
down there"
1.-THE matter is" piped the boy. that your
best cow is choking. You had better come down
to her.
The milllman dressed and hurrledly descended.
but OF his informant he could hnd no trace.
Neither could be find any trace OF choking
COW. There was however. a turnip stuck in his
pump spout with an oath be drew IL out and
returned 20 bed
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

few rounds at the figures it proceeds to other
points. halting at each to fire upon the dumb
and helpless enemy down against the trees
Then comes the volley firing. which interested
the boy SO much The squads are united in the
company and lined up the boy observed Vol
eys are delivered at all ranges from 200 to l. 900
yards. each range being 100 yards greater than
the preceding one There is however no haste
in the firing. The soldier who in his individual
and skirmish firing makes average of 40 per
cent with the rifle and of % per cent with the
carbine qualities as a sharpshoOter and receives
medal indicative of his excellence
The soldiers of the cavalry service i'm addition
to the practice already described. drill in the
use of the revolver. The cavalryman practises
In shooting at figures of men placed at distances
OF from five to twenty-five yards from the track
Wnlie passing at a walk. trot and gallop.
quick aimed fire with the arm straight and stir
Is the requirement. This is the way Uncle Sam
trains his fighters to meet the enemy over in
France, after experimenting with targets black
marks upon walls, wooden soldiers, regiments
of what have been termed the lightest infantry
in the world have been formed for use as targets
The soldiers who serve as marks for the men Of
France are made of wckerwork
A team representing the army is competing at
the interstate shooting tournament being held
at Sea Girt. This team was chosen by a process
OF selection which ought to have brought for
ward the best men in the army. After the sea-
sons practice has been completed each COM
pany commander selects of his men to COM
pete for a place on the department team which
is made up of the ten best shots in the depart
ment- In every even numbered year all the de-
partment teams compete for places on the army
team, which also consists of ten men. The
teams at Sea Girt were selected by competitions
at Fort Sheridan the last week in August out
of the twelve winners of medals in each arm
Of the service. the infantry and cavalry, teams
or SIX men each were chosen to go to Sea Grit
1t was announced that a new competition
which would arouse considerable interest would
be introduced at Sea Girt. a device called
hyposcope has been invented which enables a
person TO shoot without being seen 10y an enemy
and to examine the territory ahead without ex-
posing himself. At Bisey, where the American
team recaptured the Palma trophy. the hvpo-
scope was tried in a match, and one of the
members OF the American team secured third
place, scoring total of 33 out of a possible 3D.
At Sea Grit it was proposed to build Il target
showing silhouette Of a man on the Coward
range, and an embankment constructed at the
firing point behind which the competitor would
be hidden
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

ancient mound. This is the mark for the shooter
when at a distance Of 500 yards. The 1000
yard target might be the shadow of the eques-
trian statue OF any famous general on horse
back cast upon a screen Of the same dimensions.
When the bullet strikes in the figure on any Of
the targets il counts five. hit in the centre
surrounding the figure counts four, hit in the
inner counts three ard hit in the outer
counts two. As nearly all soldiers in action
shoot high, in order to develop the habit of
shooting low all the figures are placed touching
the bottom Of the target
After the firing at the rectangular targets is
completed the company is divided into squads
for skirmish firing, and here the target for each
member of the squad is made up of a group Of
three dummies, standing, kneeling and
one lying down. This is the practice which
gives an idea Of what the company could do on
the field of battle, and is the most realistic Of
the practice. The squad is deployed about
seven hundred yards from the line Of targets.
At the order it moves forward at the quick and
double time to a designated point After firing a
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

calmly glanced along the barrels toward this
company OF ghosts and discharged their pieces.
The sharp rattle Of the guns and the flying Of
the earth about the figures told that tie SOL
diers had been ordered to shoot at the make
believe" company.
The scene was one Of Uncle Sans ranges for
teaching his soldiers how TO shoot. 1t is not
enough in these days when men are not salts
fed in doing the way their fathers did to hit a
bullseye. There are 10 bullseyes in real war
fare. 4 moving man is the target then. and the
conditions Of real warfare must be created so
far as possible This was the way it was being
done 1t is the custom OF the different depart
mont commanders to give the men two months
target practice each year. only one-sixth Of
this time is given up to target practice. how
ever There are drills to make the soldier more
proficient Sighting drills position and aiming
drills and gallery practice occup- the first
month.
All this preliminary drilling. so suggestive IF
practising the scales in learning to play the
piano. is preparatory to the real firing. Now
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
SHOOT 1T DUMMY MEN.
Var Conditions Sought an Rife
Practice of Regular 1rmy.

Why. that looks the way the box Of soldiers
you gave me Christmas looked remarked a boy
Of ten as he stood with his father near the
ranges where a company of soldiers Of the
United States Army was being drilled in YOlley
firing. And so it did. Down against the green
Of n group Of trees were three rows OF ghostly
looking figures suggesting rows Of stones in a
national cemetery much a anything. Each
row vas different in shape. The first had the
outline OF a squad OF sixteen men lying down 10
shoot. the second. Of a squad OF a similar num-
Der kneeling and about to fire; and the third. in
the background. more ghostly than the rest,
Of another squad aiming their guns. Just then
company Of sure enough soldiers marched
along and drew Up in order about thousand
yards away from these dummies, and faced
them. Raising their guns to their shoulders. they
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
RULE That FORKS BOTH WfYS.

T. T. Thomas, the owner of the horse HerInis
talked one day at Saratoga about the expense
Of racing.
"A racing stable is like a newspaper he
said. AT the beginning it requires a good
deal of money. You know what Charles A.
Dana used TO say about newspapers-that it
costs lot to start them but they would stop Of
themselves? Well that is equally true of rae
ing stables. Only, as a rule, even to give
stable up costs money
once, when p. T. Barnum taking tickets
at the entrance Of his circus. man asked him
if he could go in without paying.
" you can pay without going in" said Bar
nun, but you can't go in without paying. The
rule doesn't work both ways
Now, in racing" said Mr.. Thomas. "the rule
does work both ways. 1t costs to go in racing.
and it costs TO get out. too
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06
LOST ON HIM.

From The Chicago Tribune.
You call Eat building a fire trap'?" asked
the perplexed foreigner How can house be
a trap for fire?'
at catches fire so easily See?" said the
native.
But he couldn't see-such is the unreadiness
OF the unframed foreign intellect in grasping
the idioms OF our rich and expressive language.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

0rk'' b co urtesy OF the publishers. COpyIi
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

Copyright. IyO5. by Doubleday.
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1903-09-06

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Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-25
DEsERET EVENING NEWS WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY 1908.

spry, fixing salaries Of justices OF SUI
preme court, AZ, by Spry, liking Ahlar.
les for Judges Of the district court, lf8'
by Hamlin, providing for the payment
of taxes by instalments, li9, by Ham
lin, relating to collection Of taxes from
ear companies l50 by Child, regard
ing personal propertyi l5l, by Humlln,
for an elght-hour law l52, by j. ~
Johnson, as to the powers OF notafles
public; l53 by Hawley' proylding TOT
estray commissioner 1874 by Whlte' as
10 the custody az minor children OF d.
yorced parents; 10 by White, relating
TO new trials IN district courts
The following senate bills We're also
read; S. B. 70, by Lawrence, relating
20 references; ll2, by Williams, requir-
ing the secretary of state 20 print GER
tain reports; 1914 by sherman, relating
10 liquor licenses, and ll5 by Allison
IN regard to new trials IN criminal
cases. II, q. Ct, by McKinnon, relat-
Ing TO jurors IN justices courts, which
was rejected by the senate. and a con-
ference committee was appointed TO
endeayor 20 convince the senate OF It's
error House Joint memorial by Norris
asking Congress TO enact legislation re-
gardlng the Arizona strip was passed
House blll No. lll, By Representative
CahCon, as substitute for bill No. TO-
known as the 1iluor hllL" was then
taken up. II is a voluminlous measure.
containing 81 long sections aud amends
the law now In force and contains much
that is new. II Is regarded as highly
meritorlous After the bin had been
read a recess was taken until p. m.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-25
CERTAINLY MEAN
REAL BUSINESS

Every preparation is being made for
the active pushing OF construction on
the Denver Northwestern and Pacific
railroad west Of the range in the spring
says an Associated Press dispatch from
Denver today In a few days bids viii
be invited Tor building the road from
the western end OF the tunnel 10 Hot
Springs,
Engineer Sumner. who has been at
Hot Sulphur Springs for the last three
days, has already contracted with the
freighters for hauling scrapers and
other material from Empire to Two
Bridges This point Is two miles from
the summit Of the range on the west
side
Plans are also being rapidly com
pleted for soliciting bids on the tunnel
Just as soon as the government con-
Cludes It's plans about opening up the
uintah Indian reservation in Utah II Is
probable that contracts for the con-
struction Of The road east from salt
Lake VIII be made. One OF the missions
OF VIM G.. Evans IN the east az this
time Is to look after the securing OF
all the required rights of way through
that section OF the country A formal
plat is already to be filed in Washing
ton just as soon as the land Is declared
open 10 settlement
When the time comes for the COM
mencement Of work the plans are 70
have that end of the line completed al
the same time that the western part Of
the construction Is brought UP to the
mountains. There viii be q Sgitchback
line across the mountains, as It will
take close to three years to complete
the tunnel.
Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-02-25
lMHAUS OR iHATCHER2
Difficult Enlargement to be Straight
ened Out by Dramatic Syndicate.

L. A. lmhaus Of the "Coranton"
company ls still here insisting upon
what he terms are his rights, under
his contract With the Deseret Dramatic
syndicate, to act as manager Of the
company unfit June next. In the mean
time George w Thatcher Is with the
company IN supreme control, and Is
likely to remain In possession as long
as It meets his pleasure, lie is the key
to the situation. Tor the reason that he
holds mortgages on the scenery and
property, and they are his until the
mortgage is satisfied, Manager lmhau3
says that two men are one too many In
the management OF show, and he
wants Mr. Thatcher TO retire and not
interfere with him again. or get his pay
for the season and he win 80 back 10
New York.
The syndlcat met yesterday. but could
do nothing. Dispatches were sent 10
Mr.. Thatcher but 80 far no reply has
been received Another meeting win
be held tomorrow, In the hope that
werd viii have been received from Mr..
Thatcher In the meantime that he Is
willing to allow Mr.. lmhaus 90 resume
the management In any event, the sit
uation Is In the hands or MT Thatcher.
who threw himself In the breach dur
ing the difficulties In the cast. and by
sustaining The piece on his own funds
secured q mortgage on nh The prop
erty and scenery Of the production