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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
SI.00 A YEAR.
NEW VOL. 39.---NO. Is.
Farming in Japan.

Japan is one vast garden. As you
look over the fields you can imagine
them toy farms where children are
playing with the laws Of nature and
raising samples of different kinds of
vegetables and grains. Everything
is on a diminutive scale, and the
work is as neat and accurate as that
applied to cloisonne vase. A Jap
snese farmer weeds his wheat field as
an American gardener weeds his on
ion beds, aud cultivates potatoes and
barley with as much care as a Long
Island gardener gives his asparagus
beds or his flowers.
A couple acres is considered large
tract of land Most of the farms DO
not contain so large an area. The
crops are greatly diversified. On 80
small piece of land will be grown al
most everything that can be grown in
that soil aud climate There will be
few feet square Of wheat, barley,
corn, millet. plot of beans perhaps
10 feet wide by 20 feet in length, an
equal amount of potatoes and peas, a
patch of onious about as big asa grave
beets, lettuce, satisfy, turniPs, sweet
potatoes, aud other varieties Of roots
and cereals
The farmer looks over his growing
crops every morning Just as an euRl-
ueer in'pects bls machinery. Ilsny-
thing is wrong he remedies it. II
weed appears IN a bean patch he pulls
It up; If = bill of potatoes or any
thing else fails il immedl ,tely Is re.
placed. When be cuts down tree
he plants another TO take its place
As one crop is harvested the soil ia
worked over, fertIhEed, an replsnted
with something else All farming
lands are irrigated by system that
is thousand years old.
Perhaps nlne.tenths Of the agricul-
tursl land Of Japan is devoted TO rais-
ing rice This crop requires a great
deal of water. The fields are divided
off into little plots % or 80 feet square,
aud banks are thrown up all around
them to keep the water from flowing
away when they are being flooded
The water is supplied by irngating
bitches.
The farmers live in villages away
from their farms; some times three
miles distant There are 10 fences.
but every man knows hls own land.
for It has been in his own family for
generations Irrigatlng bitches and
htrle paths usually are the boundary
lines In theory all lands belong to
the emperor, but the greater part Of
that under cultivation IL held by fee
simple. and the title decend- from
father 10 oldest son. Sales are made
and recorded, land IL mortgaged, very
much as in our country. The actual
value of every acre is fred upon the
assessors book for taxation purposes.
The official statistics show that ii :
40O. 900 men and l0.950,000 women
are engaged in agriculture, which is
one-balf the total population.
On rare occasions you End man
plowing with a COW or an or, but
more frequently with man or woman
power. The japanese plow is sec
tion Of the trunk or the branch Of
young tree with the proper curve TO
1t, and is all wood except a narrow
pointed blade, fitted into the fame
work. 1t has but one handle.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
Written for the Register.l
Ten Days On Picket Duty at UnlonVllIe,
Now Called UvIlla

lNOW SNlCb SHlNN'
After the second battle of Bull Run,
in which Company D took very
active part, the Confederate army in
vaded Maryland for the first time
At Leesburg Company D was ordered
to report to General Armistead. We
crossed the river at Point of Rocks.
The company was detailed as scouts
and couriers and we remained with
Gen Armistead until after the fall Of
Harper's Ferry, at which time we
were on the top Of the Blue Ridge
Mountain, on the Maryland side.
The morning after Gen. Miles sur
render we crossed the river into Har-
per's Ferry. Gen. McClaws, who
was in command Of that part Of the
army, gave orders to have all strag'
glers hunted up and brought to their
command Company D had hard
days work before it, as Jefferson
county was full of men who were bare
footed, half clothed and broken down
generally. We succeeded in finding
several hundred and sent them back
to their command, which had already
returned to Maryland. After the
battle of Antietam, which took place
the next day and in which Gen. Arm
istead was wounded, Company D re-
turned to its regiment, which was
camped beyond Charles Town. We
were there but few days when our
gall Mt old Colonel, A. W. Warman,
asked me if l knew where the old
Pitcher Mill was, near Harper's Fer
ry. l told him l did, and that we
had men living from Harper's Ferry
to Sbepherdstown. He said "All
right. want you to establish a pick
ct post there; keep a sharp lookout
and don't let the blue coats nab
you up"
When l told the boys we were or
dered on picket at UniOnville, they
said "All right. Tell the Colonel
we do not wish to be relieved by the
Yankees, but if we are, Uncle Abe
will have to bring his army"
1t was the day of the fight at Shep-
herdstown that we started to Union
vile. On our way we saw some SOL
diers trying to catch horse on the
Ronemous farm, but they did not see
us. We knew they were "Ysnks.
Lieut.. James and few Of the men
went for them. Mr.. R was begging
for the horse. He told them it be-
longed to that grand doctor, John
Reynolds, in Shepherdstown, a man
we all loved. Our men were just in
time to save 1t for him and took the
Yankees. a few years after the war
when I called to pay the DR.. a little
bill, he said Captain, I alway feel
indebted to you and your men when
think of that sorrsl horse"
We found out through our prisoners
that the Yankee army had gone on to
| Shepherdstown, and when we reached
the woods at Unionville l divided the
company and stationed half at each
end. We had only been there few
minutes when We saw thirteen blue
coats coming. We had scarcely cap
tured them before we saw others COM
ing. They came in squads Of from
FIVE to ten until We had ffty-six men
and as many horses; also the head
quarters wagon and two negro men
belonging to the General IN command
at Shepherdstown. l have forgotten
his name. This wagon was full of
nice things, among the rest a very
fine uniform. The boys gave me the
trousers. They we're the best l ever
had. After sending our prisoners to
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24

Here's a pretty good story from
Pennsylvania Sounds as though gi-
ant crackers on a small scale was in
progress drew W. P Turnstall, a well
known farmer, Of New Kent county
to his hen house. On the floor he
found several fowls mutilated and dy-
ing and be heard then a similar eI.
plosion and hen fell dying from her
nest, torn to flinders. Investigating
Mr. Turnstall ascertained that the Sc
we're cold weather had frozen the eggs
and when they began TO thaw from
the warmth OF the hens they exploded.
The fowls were dressed for the table
and in the process pieces Of egg shell
we're found through their bodies,
where they bal been driven by the
force Of the explosion.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24

"Sure, an I hate 10 be lawn ye.
DinDis. "
Zach, Nora, me dsrlint, / can't
bear the iperatiOn. If We must part,
let's go tighter"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
COUGHED ALL NIGHT
But Quickly Cured by Chamberlain
Cough Remedy.

"a few mornings ago Mr. J G. Smith
erman. a good citizen Of this place.
came to the store for cough medicine, ~
saws DR.. c. n. Parnell, Of Maplesgille,
Ala. HE was so hoarse that he could
hardly talk and said he had couRhed
all the night before. ! sold him bot
tie Of Chamberlain's Cough Remedy
and told him il it did not relieve him
he might bring the bottle back and get
his money. saw him the next morn
ing carrying the bottle TO the store
where he works, and he told NE 1t aid
him more god than any medicine ne
ever used. For sale at Reinhart' 8
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
THE
Farmers and the Public

to their advantage to get bids for same from
Hod yes. who is always prepared to pay the
highest prices
He also keeps large stock of COAL OF all
kinds In his yards II Shepr erdstowu and
Kearneysville. which will be sold at the
lowest cash price.
salt ard blasting material at wholesale
and retail prices.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
Shepherd College
State Normal School
Begins its Spring Term
Tuesday, March 22, 1904.

We offer Academic, Normal,
Music and Elocution courses
also training in Band, Orches-
ira and Military Science and
Tactics.
Shepherdstown is a clean,
healthful, historic and accessi-
bic location. The schools equip
ment, In every particular, rivals
that of the best of its class in
this or neighboring States.
Living expenses are low. Tu-
ition Is free TO West Virginia
students. You are helping to
support the school by the pay
ment of taxes. Are you going
to give that money to the State,
or are you going to take II out
in Education? You cannot make
a mistake In coming here to
school. We will treat you right.
For catalogue and other in
formation, apply to
j. G. KNUTTI, Principal,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.
August g. 1905
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
GREAT BALTIMORE FIRE

carried insurance on the PROFITS
of his business. This ONE will
suffer no loss of income while pre-
pairing to resume again.
Compare this with the Johns
Hopkins Hospital which, besides
an enormous property loss, will
lose S6o,ooo of its annual income
by having
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
Hay and Corn Wanted.

The undersigned will pay the highest
market price for good hay delivered to
him at Bridgeport, opposite Shepherds
town. Always in the market for corn.
CHARLES KRETZER.
Jan. 2S, l904---tf
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
IT " KFAREp
Could Not Stand The Test.

Alexandria, Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1904-03-24
Hardware Department.

Bar Iron Nails, Horse Shoes, Large
Iron Wash Kettles, Brass, Copper
and Porcelain Kettles, Skillets,
Waffle Irons, Trace, Butt, Cow and
Halter Chains, Farm Bells, Screen
Doors ana Windows, American
Fence Wire, Barbed Wire, Saws,
Black Hawk Corn Shelters, Lawn
Mowers, Files, All Sizes Bolts,
Loaded Shells Powder and Shot.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24
ROCKING THE BABY.

hear her rocking the baby
Her room is just next to mine
And fancy feel the dimpled arms
That round her neck entwine,
AS she rocks and rocks the baby,
In the room just next to mine.
hear her rocking the baby
Each day when the twilight comes,
And / know there's a world of blessing
and love
In the baby bye" she huns.
can see the restless fingers
Playing with mammals rugs"
And the sweet little smiling, poutins
mouth
That to her in kissing clings,
As she rocks and sings to the baby,
And dreams as she rocks and sings.
hear her rocking the baby,
Slower and slower now,
And l know she is leaving her good
night kiss
On its eyes and cheeks and brow.
From her rocking, rocking, rocking,
wonder would she start
Could she know, through the wall be-
tween us,
She was rocking on my hearth
While my empty arms are aching
For form they may not press,
And my emptier heart Is breaking
In its desolate loneliness.
| list to the rocking, rocking,
In the room just next to mine,
And breathe a tear in silence
At a mothers broken shrine,
For the woman who rocks the baby
In the room just next to mine.
Philadelphia Telegraph.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24
REJECTING 4 CAREER
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Go ON knew little about the theatri.
cal section Of the great city, but,
latterly, he had been reading a
good deal of it, and felt that he was
not wholly unversed in its geography,
inhabitants and customs.
Ever since Edith Blythe had left
Stautonville to go on the stage. Tom
had been a subscriber to and devoted
reader Of all the dramatic and semi
dramatic newspapers on which he
could lay a hand.
Once In q while. far down the street,
he would spy some one, who By the
polse Of her head or the manner In
which she walked. made him think for
q moment that she was Edith. but each
time he was disappointed.
But at last she came, caught In the
eddy Of the crowd. and was almost
past him before be could reach her
side.
They had luncheon together; not at
one Of the big restaurants full Of peo-
pie who laughed too loudly and looked
40 though they were all-men and
women-accustomed to eating and
drinking too much. but at quiet place
on the avenue, which Tom had diseoV-
cred during previous visits.
And at the luncheon they talked
talked Of stauntonville, where nothing
seemed 10 occur.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24
AVOCADO PEAR IS QUEER.

This Tropic Fruit Growing In Favor
with Northern Public.
The Spanish name for this is aqua
cate Corrupted, like our word from
the Aztec, ahuacatD. The name "alli-
gator" is rough corruption from the
above and ought to be frowned out of
use.
1t has much the shape of a large.
sized bell or pound pear and weighs
from a pound to two pounds. In the
center is large husklike core, inclos.
ing the seed. Between this core and
the skin is the meat, which when ripe,
is of rich, creamy yellow and tastes
as much like beef marrow as one thing
can be compared to another. 1t is
sometimes eaten with a dressing of
salt, pepper and oil, but is generally
used as basis of salad.
When cut open the core drops out
and it is seen that there is a double
lining, resembling a thin, brown leaf
or skin, between the meat and the in.
terror core. One of the Innings clings
to the meat and the other to the core.
The lining being removed from the
meat and the outer skin Of the pear
cut off, the fruit is treated the same as
the meat of chicken or lobster designed
for salad. A ripe avocado pear costing
40 cents will make as much salad as a
gOod-sized lobster or a chicken and is
much cheaper.
The use Of this fruit is not confined
to the natives of the West Indies and
South American countries, but is grow.
ing in favor with Americans who have
an opportunity to taste it. Twenty
years ago there were not more than
100 of them consumed In New York
City during the season, while at pres.
ent the sales of one firm alone average
from 800 to 500 every week Of the sea.
son, which lasts from about June / to
Nov. 1.
There is one curious feature about
the avocado pear, says the Jackson.
Vile Times Union. with which proba.
bly, few of those who have eaten 1t are
familiar. The seeds, mixed In a jelly.
like substance, are contained within
the core. If the core is split open and
a pen or sharp-pOlnted stick dipped into
this Jelly-like mass, using the half Of
the core as a cup and stirring the
seeds and jelly together. the compound
can be used as an indelible ink. The
mark made by 1t is at first of a dirty
cream color, but becomes darker with
time, finally assuming a deep salmon
hue, and there is no known acid which
will remove it.
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24

right on and tell me what she said
What did she advise you to do?"
"She said that success, even success
like hers-and you know that she Is
one OF the most popular actresses II
the country-was not worth the price
one paid for it. That any woman haC
better marry and settle down in-in 9
village like Stauntonville than evel
achieve stardom. In short, she advised
me to marry you"
Tom leaned suddenly across the ia
Bile and took Edlth's hand. He utterly
forgot that they were in a public res
taurant.
Fortunately they were cut off from
the general view by a bank of palms
and their waiter discretion personifed
promptly retired when he saw that his
presence was not wanted.
And you are going to marry me,
EdithT
~ have very high opinion Of Miss
K, and attach much weight to her
opinion" she replied, demurely. But
are you sure you still want me?"
"I told you that things never changed
In StauntonvIlle. You must go back
with me to the world where things
never change. Just send Miss K a
little note to the effect that you have
taken her advice; it is only a few
blocks to 1.-The little church around the
corner" and we can leave for Staun.
tonville this afternoon. indianapolis
Sun,
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24

1--WE been away for four years."
said Edith, with half sigh, "but
don't imagine that l should find the
place changed so much after all, should
III
Changed" replied Tom, with his
hearty laugh, nothing ever changes in
Stauntonvllle."
you have not, at any rate"
II have not changed In any particu-
lar, 1 hope"
mot In anything, Tom"
Edith was not looking al him as she
asked this last question, but out of the
window. The question was innocent
enough in It's wording, but there was
little half minor cadence In her voice
as she asked It that lent significance to
the words.
mot in anything" he answered,
very soberly.
II take the Stauntonville Clarion,
Tom, and have always been expect
ing to read that you were married.
Haven't you found the right woman
yet?
"You know that l found the right
woman long ago, Edith, and | am still
waiting for her. l will always be
waiting for her"
80. Stauntonville-and you-never
change! l have been living in a world
Of constant change for so long that It
seems strange to think Of people who
do net change"
There was the same dreamy, half
minor cadence in her voice, as Of one
who was indulging in retrospection and
saw a pleasant, II not regrettable,
vision.
"But you, Edith, In your world of
constant change, have also remained
unchanged. You are what you were
before-just Edith. And you know
you are the only woman ever loved
or ever could love- Are you still de-
termined to make career for your
self upon the stage1 l take 1t that you
have been fairly successful, but do you
never think 1t might have been better
to have chosen the other life7 You
know it is not too late / am always
waiting for you"
81 have been fairly successful" she
replied, "and when l met you was
just coming from rehearsal l have
been engaged to play the second role
in the company of Miss --, the star.
And 1t begins to look as though sue
cess were not far ahead Of me.
But do you know that when l was
engaged, Miss - asked me to lunch
con with her and had a long talk with
me. 1t seems that she took some sort
Of a fancy to me and was instrumental
In obtaining the engagement for me.
"She asked me II had fully deter
mined to make the stage my life. work,
and when answered in the affirmative
she sighed. Then she went on to tell
me just what the life. in all its drudg
cry, its uncertainty and its destruction
Of home ties meant,
she asked me II I had ever been
ln-well, / mean told her about you.
She asked all sorts OF questions about
you, and then-then she-but you don't
know her. 50 why should you be inter
ested in what she saidT
why should l be lnterestedi Go
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24
CHAPTER XVII.

Sarah Eastbell spent the next hour
with her grandmother, who had been led
20 her room during the conference in
the great picture gallery. The old lady
had left word that she wished to see
Sarah directly that she was disengagrd
and our heroine had proceeded upstairs
upon receiving the message, and found
Mrs. Eastbell in bed, lying there rigid
and sallow, as in the old almshouse days
The maid in attendance upon Mrs. East
bell quilted the room as Sarah entered
softly, but not so softly as to escape the
quick ears Of the grandmother.
"Sally-what a dreadful time you have
beenw said Mrs Eastbell.
81 have been talking to Tom"
"You will have years to talk to him
may be only with you few more days
It's awfully firing, this up and down
stairs business. Not half as comforta5l,
as at st. Oswald's after all l wish that
had never left the place"
you are tired tonight and desaon
dent, that's all. VIII you try and rest
nowT'
REST IN this house. Sally," cried the
old lady ironically, there isn't much
6anvs Of that, with people tearing VI
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24

SlA EDWIN ANN0AD ridge of the southern hills which
sweep through all the length Of coast from Kamakua and
lovely Enoshima the foot Of splendid and stately Fuj
Yama to Gotemba, oiso and Nara itself We ad,
vancing up the steep paths many thousand sronghorse
foot and artierybu chiefly foot to hold the long ridge
against deested enemy depoying in the vast fats
the eastward and southwark Right ahead of in the
center of the position not far away breakfast table
roughly improvIsed Of four ammunition boxes and
over these thrown richly embroidered ablecoth of silk
purple color with golden kkuthe imperial chrysanthe
mum-worked by hand upon it. the only touch of anything
like luxury visible throughout the vast martial display
Though the yet hardly high enough to touch the
snow upon Fu Yama with saffron and rose, his Imperial
Majesty there drinking tea from small silver cup
The young sovereign held. might easily see
The Hood River glacier. (Hood River, Or.) 1889-1933, 1904-03-24
Early Preoocity of Great Men

The young Mozart was seated In his
cradle, composing a scherzo in B minor
for the left hand.
what doest thou, mein Ileber klndP'
inquired the coming maestro's mother
In very fair south Germanese.
The child wonder waved her aside
with his chubby fist.
"Mutter," he said in vexed though
prattling tones, you haf interrupted
de flow OF chenious. l was chust hold
ing a sustained seventh, sostenut cum
largo, ven you proke In upon me NIT
your Idle inquirings." He paused and
rested his bulbous head on his tiny
hand. I cannot take oop my work
again yet am not In de humorlngs
for IT. We're is my bottleP
"It is warming in de ofen,' replied
his doting parent L will pring 1t 80
quickly"
And as she stamped heavily from
the room the child artist puckered his
tiny lips and skilfully whistled, for the
first time in public, a wooden shoe
march that was in perfect. rhythm with
his maternal parents ponderous foot.
steps.