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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-04
The Death Record.

The Death Record.
Mrs. Emma Billmyer, wife of Mr..
Robert L. Billmyer, died last Saturday
morning at her home at Blllmyers
Mill, after a long and painful illness,
aged SIS years. Mrs. Billmyer, whose
maiden name was Huyett, was life
long resident of that community, and
was respected by all who knew her.
She wac consistent member of the
Presbyterian Church, devoted to her
family, and her death leaves void IN
the family circle and among her friends
that cannot be filled. Besides her
husband, she is survived by two sons,
two daughters, three brothers and
three sisters. The funeral service
was held at her late home on Sunday
evening, conducted by her pastor, Rev.
DR.. Charles Ghiselin, and her body
was laid to rest in Elmwood Gem
etery.
Mrs. NlOld L. DOhSu, WIZ VI 49,
Holmes Bowen and daughter Of Mr..
VIM. R. Kline, died at her home IN
Martinsburg yesterday, after a lin.
gering illness from consumption, aged
% wears. She is survived by her
husband and two small children.
A son was born to Mr.. and Mrs.
]. Touro Shepherd, formerly of this
place, at their homein Columbus. Ohio
April 9th, but lived only a few days.
Mrs. Lille C. Oswald, wife of Court
Clerk Geo. B. Oswald, died suddenly
in Hagerstown Monday night, aged
SO years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-04
A Card of Thanks.

The NJ. E. Church. the Lutheran
Church, the NJ. E. Church South and
the Reformed Church have all offered
their respective houses OF worship to
the Presbyterian congregation for their
use while the house of worship OF the
last-named congregation is undergoing
repairs.
These courtesies are highly appreci-
ated by the pastor, session and mem
bers of the Presbyterian Church, and
they enjoyed the hospitality OF the
Southern Methodist Church last Sun
day morning.
The session. however. has deemed II
best to keep up our regular services
every Sunday morning, and las secured
the use Of the Did college building, and
the Town Hall Association has been
good enough to grant the use Of their
chairs.
The session has requested me 10 eN-
press TO all these churches our sincere
appreciation of their kindness and our
hearty thanks for their invitations 10
our time of need.
CHARLES GHsELIS,
Pastor Presbyterian Church.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-04
Down Goes Wheat.

The price of wheat, which took such
q tumble last week and the week pre-
vious, has gone still lower, and today
is quoted at 90 cents. The fall in
price was due to the collapse OF cor
ner manipulated by Chicago specula-
tors, which had held the price higher
than was really justi6able from natu-
raj conditions. The probability is
that wheat will hang around 80 cents,
unless there shall be brighter out
look for big crop in the west and
northwest than now appears. A large
proportion of the wheat in Jefferson
county has been sold some time ago
and the drop in price will affect very
few persons in this section.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-04
SOME NEW THINGS ON VIEW SATURDAY.

SOME NEW THINGS ON VIEW ohI ONOn
traded TINS good time 70 gs t @
ion when thew and Clothes Your Judgment ISM worm
and Tor your size
oooka OF oeet co
wear ana service for you anything by shutting their
to progress ands the old ruL
7. 3. LINE, 9"'P west Virginia.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-04

L
by j. P. Kline, of Martinsburg. 1t
was the stuff from the gunshop oper-
ated many years ago by the late Will
lam Sheetz on King street. Oldguns
and pistols and their separate parts,
ancient tools that were used III their
manufacture and repair, and a curl
GUS collection of fotsam and jetsam,
were carried away, and the accumu-
lation of maybe hundred years or
more will go into the junk pile and
finally be melted and made into more
nsefui articles. There was nothing
of much value in the collection, but
somehow it causes pang of regret to
see the remains of this almost forgot
ten industry hauled away.
The REGISTER has been requested
by DR.. and Mrs. NJ. H. Crawford to
offer a word of kindly expostulation
to persons who visit their place near
town and thoughtlessly pluck flowers
and destroy foliage. The owners OF
this charming place are going to great
pains and expense to besutity their
home and its environment, and they
greatly regret that there are some per
sons who do not seem to appreciate
their desire to enhance its natural
charms. Recently wild flowers have
been uprooted, spring blossoms pluck
ed and carried off, and the PIC
turesque moses about the old spring
torn away. These petty vandalism
are doubtless the result of thought
lessness, but are nevertheless annoy
ing. 1t ought to be remembered thai
this place is private and not public
property.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-04
DIFFERENT
AND BETTER CLOTH.
ING FOR MEN.
%S9

Now isa critical time for every man
who is thinking about spring Slothes.
The next few weeks, perhaps the next
few days, will decide what value What
satisfaction, he is going to get Tor MS mon
ey, and it will decide how he IL going !"
look for the next six months.
II you care for your personal appear
ancc. il IL makes difference to you no"
you look in your clothes, II VIII pay you
to investigate these sUperbly tailored SUITS
Top Goats and Rain Goats made by a. -
Kirschbaum a Co. and guaranteed Dy
them and by us.
Kirschbaum Clothes are worn py
hundred thousand good dressers In New
York and Philadelphia. They are popu,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-04
Pastor Presbyterian CT

The daughters of Captain John
Mullan, .. S. A, are running a laun-
dry in Washington, D. c., and are
making a success of the venture,
though some Of their eatives are
very indignant.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
ATSFORPOOR PEOPLE
NEW ANIMAL INDUSTRY

the difference between ANIMALS which
merely get fat from careful feeding
and those that give milk.
Far more varied than that Of
COW is the goats appetite. He has
taste for II wider range OF plants aud.
moreover. will devour weeds and the
leaves of trees that the cow would re-
ject. The goat can thus he IL most use
full animal III cleaning out fields and
saving the farmer expense OF labor
while nurturlng itself Abroad there
has been difficulty in keeping the goat
from roaming and getting through
hedges and walls with ease. He has
bad reputation for his constitutional
objection To being confined anywhere.
But with woven wire fences there Is
less trouble OF that sort In this country.
and this one bad trait is overbalanced
by all the other good ones.
"a most important point about the
Malta goat Is that the flesh OF the kid
is a delicacy like venison. due to the
unusual variety of its food And it is
remarkable fact that the flesh OF
goats Is sold for mutton uniformly.
People not acquainted with it's good
qualities might find objection to buy
ing it, But il is so much like sheep
that when IL n called mutton il seems
all right to them. When the goats
head is removed the carcass resembles
that of Il sheep.
"As the goat can he kept on waste
lands. eating what cattle would reject,
1t can be seen how the poor could great
ly reduce the cost of living by keeping
goat for milking or. flock OF them
for milking and providing food as well.
Each goat yields about three quarts Of
milk II day. Much mountain land in
the various states could be prontably
stocked with goats"
Regarding the plans of the depart
ment for disposing Of the siNy-eight
goats recently imported. the secretary
said:
These animals are now In quaran-
tine ut Athena, y. J. Later some OF
them will he sent TO the Connecticut
experiment station, TO be cared for,
MIXED and propagate1 under exact
conditions TO be noted by the experts
OF the department. Fifteen of the
| flock will be dispatched direct TO the
Maryland station, 10 be cared for In
like manner. From these stations the
young VIII be distributed through the
country as fast as they come. In Mall
Ia the goats are a source OF milk sup
ply for upward of 100000 people. I'M
this country there are 2,000.OOO AnGorai
goats, raised for their fleece and as
food In comparatively short time
we expect to have the Malta goat in
troduced as "A farm animal on as good
terms as epioyeI by the people OF
Malta" -
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14

Behind the announcement that the
department of agriculture has import
ed from Malta a flock of siXty-eight
goats for experimental purposes lies
the determination to build up Il new
branch of animal industry in the Unit
ed States, says the Washington CORE
spondent OF the New York Post The
Malta goat is a very different animal
from the Angora goat, which has been
raised In some parts of the United
States for its fleece. The new strain
Is remarkable for its milk producing
qualities as well as for its value as u
meat product. These two reasons COM
mended the breed to the depart :nent,
and Secretary Wilson expects to de
vetop it as a new farm animal for the
poor, just as In Europe.
Questions of health are foremost in
Secretary Wilson's advocacy of the
Malta goat. He said recently: a fea-
ture of domestic economy generally
overlooked here is given first atten-
ton abroad. The desire in European
cities to- get pure milk, free from all
communicating germs on the one side
and adulteration OH the other. leads to
the driving of goats through the streets
and the milking before the purchaser s
eyes. Foreigners are aware that the
milk so drawn is healthier than that
from the COW and sosdo not object to
the somewhat primitive way of obtain
ing it. They know at least that il is
not adulterated.
Then Oh the point of freedom from
disease germs. There is but 10 per
cent of tuberculosis in cattle in this
country as against 40 per cent abroad.
There is dispute among scientists as
to whether the bacillus which causes
tuberculosis in animals can spread the
disease TO human beings. Our investi-
cations have convinced the depart
ments scientists that children and
people in All impaired state Of health -
and they are the ones most likely 10
require milk-are affected by using
milk from tubercuIOuS cows. This
fact in itself is sufficient To give great
popularity TO the Malta goat when its
record far purity OF tactical product be.
comes generally known. The goats
habits and food tend to make him a
healthy farm animal under almost all
conditions.
The goat must be fed as generously
as COW If it is to milk We'll 1t re-
quires the seeds of ieguminous plants,
such as beans and peas, which have
the largest amount Of protein, and SO
allow the most liberal milking. Good
results in the amount OF milk produced
come as matter of usage, or, more
properly speaking. heredity. For in.
stance. in Malta the goat is uniform,
ly MIXED, and the result Is that its
progeny are good mixers. This. shows
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
Her PrOGreS-S in the Philippines q TriuDl-
cbaI Marcb--Honored VIII Popu-
lar Ovaffon Of "BanSoiS''
in japan.
in Japan.

she is all right. There are no airs
and graces about her. no fiimfiam. |
guess the president is proud Of her. I'd
like her TO be my daughter"
Perhaps it is not just the thing tn
give away woman's age. but Alice
Roosevelt was twenty-one the 9th OF
last February Congressman Long
worth. whom gossip is trying so hard
TO have her marry. Is much her senior.
He belongs TO n family that has been
prominent since before the Revolu-,
ton. He is several times a millionaire
and besides is something of a social
lion. ]. A. EDGERTON.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14

general agent for the Mutual in the
metropolitan district. During his first
year he received a salary of $1,000.
After time he became a partner in
the firm of Raymond Il Co, with d
half interest in the business. In 1886
he was sent abroad to organize the for
eign business of the Mutual Life. In
1889 his total income from Raymond *
Co. and from commissions on the for
eign business of the Mutual amounted
TO $50, 294. His annual receipts from
the same sources increased until in
1896 his income was S127 ,526. Since
that year Mr.. McCurdy's yearly reve-
nues have been somewhat less than the
above figure, but have usually been
over 100000. He is now general man
ager of the company. His father, as
its president, receives the enormous
sum OF s150,O0O per year.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
WEED PULLING AS Aid
TO REFRAIN FROM GOSSIP
Pennsylvania Women Form Club With
Unique and CommendabIe
Object.

Residents of the little village of At
co, down in Camden county. Pa, are
busy removing weeds from their yards,
and the Identifying process was
brought about through the diplomacy
of the wife of Rev. william L. Squires.
who is the pastor of the Presbyterian
church at that place, says the Phila-
delphia Press.
The removal of the weeds was the
preliminary move by several promi-
nent residents who have Joined club.
the object of which is to refrain from
gossip under penalty of removing
weeds from her own yard or that Of
her neighbor.
The other night Mrs. Squires invited
several of the lady members of the
church to the parsonage, and after
they had partaken of tea and cookies
she unfolded her neat little plan. which
she hoped would put a stop To the gos-
sip in the community among the mem
bers
The scheme as explained by Mrs.
Squres is like this: Every one who
enrolls as a member must promise not
to participate i'll any kind of gossip
whatsoever. except. OF course. what is
good for the cause of religion. The
meetings will be held every two weeks
at the home of the members. If any
member OF the club Is self conscious
of having participated in gossip detri-
mental to the church of the communi-
ty or any member thereof during the
two weeks it shall be her duty to pluck
from her yard or that of her neighbor
a weed for every violation OF her prom
ise.: At the ensuing meeting all these
weeds will be gathered into one huge
pile and burned"
One of the male members present
was asked to join, but declined, de
claring that he had a weak back and
as his duties compelled him to do con
siderable talking he was afraid that
his bundle OF weeds would be so heavy
at the end Of two weeks that he would
be unable to carry them
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
WILLIAM r. HEARST.
The Newspaper Owner Named For
Mayor of New York.

The Newspaper Owner Named For
Mayor of New York.
William Randolph Hearst who was
named for mayor of New York on a
municipal ownership platform, has long
advocated I'm his different newspapers
the public ownership of public utilities.
Mr.. Hearst has had remarkable sue
cess as a journalist, Is a member of
congress and in 1904 was a leading
candidate for the Democratic nOmina-
ton for president of the United States.
He was born in San Francisco in 1868
and is son of the late United States
Senator George +. Hearst. His moth
er, Mrs. Phebe A. Hearst. is widely
known and esteemed for her acts of
beneficence. Mr.. Hearst attended the
public schools of San Francisco and
went to Harvard college. In 1886 he be-
came proprietor of the San Francisco
Examiner, and in 1896 he invaded the
field of eastern journalism and acquir
ed control of the New York Journal.
now called the American. The follow
ing year he established the New York
Evening Journal. In 1900 he founded
the Chicago American.
He has since acquired other newspa
per properties, so that the chain of
journals owned by him extends from
Boston TO Los Angeles. Mr.. Hearst
represents in congress the Eleventh
New York district, having been first
elected In 1908 and reelected last year
A newspaper man of Mr.. Hearsts
acquaintance related in Harper's Week
ly an anecdote which illustrates the
energy and enterprise characteristic of
the man. About o'clock Oh one of the
hottest nights of the summer of 1896
a young man ran with reckless speed
down the middle of Park row.
He carried a straw hat in one hand
and an open newspaper in the other
and was seemingly oblivious of dis
paraging comment. Up the steps of
| the Tribune building he bounded three
steps at a time and disappeared. 1t
was William X. Hearst Reading his
own newspaper on the way home from
| the Office, he had found something he
| did not like. Though a multimillion-
| aire, he had no time TO waste on street
cars or cabs. He got to the office as
fast as his own legs could carry him
| and stopped the presses until the error
| could be corrected
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14

Several years ago. soon after Treas
ure Island" had appeared and attract
ed public attention to Mr.. Stevenson.
two gentlemen We're travelling up to
London from Norfolk. One of them
was reading Treasure Island" Pres
emily, having finished the book. he
dropped it into his travelling bag. re-
marking. We'll, l think l could my
self write a better child's story than
that" The other, who. by the way,
was his brother. urged him To try.
Six weeks afterward the former hand
ed to the latter complete tale in
manuscript. 1t was King Solomon's
Mines the first novel that made a
reputation for Rider Haggard.-London
Queen
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
GIRL FIRST TO
CLIMB MT. BREITHORN

over dizzy crevasses where woman
never climbed before, up slippery in
clines where single misstep meant
death, dangled by rope from precipi-
tous heights and hauled back almost
starved and beset by strange decisions,
these are a few of the perils passed
through 10y Miss Edith Lee Baker OF
Chicago. who has conquered the Brett
horn, 4 1877 foot peak i'll the Alps,
says the Chicago Inter Ocean.
Miss Baker. who is the daughter or
NIr. and Mrs. Edward L. Baker. has
accomplished what many women have
attempted ~ do and failed. She as
cended the Breithorn. a snow covered
mountain fifteen feet higher than the
world famed Jungfrau. and made the
return. all In twenty-four hours VI
heart breaking toll, fatigue and priva-
ton.
Many women have tried the ascent
before. but no woman. with the single
exception of Miss Baker, can boast
that She ended the adventure by tri-
umphaut return inside of twenty-four
hours. In letter to friends in Chicago
Miss Baker has described her feat.
Miss Baker is Just five feet tall. Her
father Is a retired real estate man and
former president of the Chicago Cold
Storage company. He and his wife
gave up their home in Chicago to ac-
company their daughter to Europe.
Miss Baker spends her vacation pc
riod in mountain climbing. The Bakers
make their home in Neuilly, suburb
OF Paris. Leaving Zermatt. where she
was stopping with her father and
mother. ON the morning OF Sept 10.
Miss Baker reached the Theodule Ca
bane in the AFTERNOON of the same day,
tremendous climb for woman.
With only short rest she started at
D. m of the same day TO climb to the
summit by ploonlig ht. She reached the
top at IL 80 and then ended the journey
by making the descent 10 Cabane.
Miss Baker expects 10 climb the Mat
tertSrn. II, To5 feet, another season.
Emil Perren was her guide on the
Breithorn climb.
1t was the prettiest little ascent i'm
aginable," said Miss Baker in letter.
You should see me hold on TO a rock
with my teeth. There was one place,
iuouSh- where EeSIet " say u''u
gied. II was an absolutely smooth,
slippery slab OF rock with a tiny foot
hold, n crack. just four inches beyond
the very farthest stretch of my toe,
and a hand hold one foot too high. so
swung in space-it seemed an age IL
me-until the guide hauled me up.
The Breithorn is fifteen feet-think
of it-higher than the Jungfrau. which
/ climbed last summer. but l am sorry
10 say il is less difficult, although with
lots OF ice and snow. a test OF endur-
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
We Usually Find Our Level.

Do not hypnotize yourself with the
idea that you are being kept down. Do
not talk such nonsense. Nobody OF
any sense would believe it. People
will only laugh ut you. Only one thing
is keeping you down. and that is your
self. There is probably some trouble
somewhere with you. OF course there
are employers who are unjust To their
ployees are kept back when they
should be advanced; but, as rule,
this Is only temporary. and they usual
ly find their level somewhere.-Su
Magazine.
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14

hats An artist once painted Miss
Roosevelt in q hat about three years
out of style That artist wanted pic
ture and was wise TO human nature.
especially of the feminine variety. Like
her mother. the young lady was averse
TO photographs. had none since she was
eleven and refused to have one. So this
particular artist sent in the picture
with the hat three years old, adding
the cheerful assurance that he would
rather have photograph. but If he
could not get one would use the sketch.
Anticipated headpiece and all. A family
council was called. and the daughter of
the house decided that the picture must
not be published. The president de-
INJURED at this. He asked If the face
was not a fair likeness. No objection
to the face was developed. But, oh,
that hat,
rs it really so important?" pleaded
Mr.. Roosevelt
Il should think" responded the
daughter, that you would be the last
to question the utility of the proper hat
in ones career
This was evidently a stab at the ia
nous cowboy chapeau, so the laugh
was on the president. Miss Roosevelt
went at once TO photographer
Hit a BulIseye Three Times Out of Five.
Then there is the matter of shooting.
Is is not on record that the daughter
of her father slaughters bears and
wildcats like some of the sons of the
house. But she can hit a mark 1t
was at Coney Island that, after seeing
everything that was to be seen shak-
ing hands with some Filipinos whom
she had encountered at the st. Louis
exposition and having, as she express
ed 1t, 1.-The time of her life" Miss Roose-
welt stopped at q Wild West shooting
gallery, seized n gun and hit the bulls
eye three times out of five.
"Waal, Miss Roosevelt, you can shoot
some" said the owner OF the gallery
Il knew your father out west"
Does he shoot any better than l
do" was the girls laughing response.
But the wild westerner was wise in his
generation and sidestepped the ques-
ton.
Here is another quite Rooseveltian
escapade: During the trip to Manila the
girl dared her escort to leap, dressed
as they were, into the swimming pool
erected aboard ship. Some versions or
the story say the escort in question
was Congressman LOngworth, while
others aver that it was a certain Unit
cd States senator, name withheld.
Whoever 1t was, the man hesitated.
Possibly he did not wish to see the
dainty white waist and cream skirt of
his companion ruined. Then he may
have had some compunctions about his
Rock Island Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1893-1920, 1905-10-14
A Dramatic Scene.

The most dramatic scene ever wit
messed in Westminster hall was that
trial in Henry Wills reign when $50
men and IL women appeared before
the king and some of his great mobiles
with ropes around their necks on
charge of being concerned in the rising
of the prentices on the previous May
day. Fortunately they had good friends
in three queens-katherine. Mary or
France and Margaret or Scotland
who begged for. their pardon on their