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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18
Resolutions Passed at the Democratic Con-
greSSiOnal Convention

The Democrats OF the Second Con-
gressional District in convention as
sembled, do reatiirm the principles Of
the Democratic party as laid down by
the party and enumerated by its various
party platforms.
We recognize and regret the growing
tendency of Corporate Control Of the
Governmental affairs, both State and
National, and the iniquitous system by
which the earnings Of the people are APP
propriated by aid Of class legislation to
the use of the favored few and we pledge
the candidate Of this convention, when
elected TO the Congress Of the United
States, TO stand for the interests Of the
whole people in the contest now com
ing on between the public interest on
one hand and corporate greed on the
other.
We recognize the disposition on the
part of the Kings Of finance TO organize
trusts for the purpose Of increasing and
controlling the price of the necessarles
of lIle and we therefore pledge the can
didate o. this convention, when cleo
ted. TO urge the adoption Of such laws
as Will place upon the free list all ar
IlClCo ~ OOItl Olltu W Ilustb do W al VI .
trarily increase the price thereof TO the
consumer.
We believe and assert, most emphat-
ically, that taxation for State purposes
should be levied and collected upon all
persons and corporations according TO
the amount and value of property own
ed by such persons or corporations.
That We regard the constantly broad %
ening corporation laws Of this State,
the giving to corporations chartered
mere more powers and privileges over
the people, for the sake Of competing
with other states in an effort TO secure
charter taxes from them, as menace
TO our rights and liberties and dan
gerous tendency in our legislative en-
actments.
We denounce those fake tax reform
ers, persons in this State who for per-
sonal and political purposes have enact
ed and now are carrying into effect new
and radical tax laws under the pretense
OF seeking to give the people relief from
taxation.
That we believe the only practical way
10 reduce taxation is 10 reduce public
expenditures, and call attention 70 the
recklessiy eXtravagant expenditures Of
the past Republican Legislature. In
every branch Of State government and
all our State institutions we urge econ
omy and consequent reduction OF taxes
instead Of the deviSlng' Of new schemes
for raising public revenue.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

ONE thing is sure, even if it does
seem a triAe paradoxical-if the Tee.
ter men swallow Mr.. Lakin he will
eat EN- up afterward.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

IT is announced that Secretary OF
the Navy Morton is to resign. This
will not be an irreparable loss.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

THE Dayton postmasters who vote
for Mr.. Lakin for Congress will vote
to cut their own heads off.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

The Supreme Court OF West Vir-
giniA has decided that the owner Of
oil and gas and coal leases Is not re-
sponslble for the taxes on TINS valua-
bic property, but that the taxes must
be paid by the owner OF the land con-
tanning the oil, etc. This will simply
swamp the Landowner, while It per-
mits the Standard Oh Company and
the rich coal companies to escape tax
alton. This is another beauty OF our
new tax system.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

Rev. John Reid, Jr.. Of Great Falls,
Mont, recommended Ely's Cream Balm
to me. can emphasize his statement,
ut is a positive cure for catarrh il used
as directed. Rev. Francis W. Poole.
Pastor Central Pres. Church, Helena,
Mont.
After using Ely's Cream BAN six
weeks believe myself cured Of Catarrh
Joseph Stewart, Grand A.e., Buffalo,
y. \.
The Balm does not irriiate or cause
sneezing. Sold by druggists at 50 cts,
or mailed by Ely Brothers, So Warren
St, New York.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

Speaking ofschool examinations, a
good many of our most sensible edu-
Gators advise doing away with exami-
nations. They would take the class
grades of. the pupils during the term
or year and from these grades fix the
standing of the student. We believe
that this Is the common.sense way OF
arriving at the standing of the student.
At examinations sensitive persons be-
come nervous and fail to do themselves
Justice; some cannot resist the tempta-
ton to get the answers in illegitimate
ways; some are too slow to do the
work in the time allotted; others, in
fear, get through too quickly to do 1t
well. Remembering his own expert
ence, Observer thinks examinations
are barbarous; they are unnecessary
burdens upon pupil and teacher; re-
suits are unsatisfactory. So far as
students in our schools are concerned,
their class grades ought to be taken
as the basis of their educational stand
ing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

The wreck on the Pennsylvania
Railroad near Harrisburg, Pa, last
Thursday, of which brief mention was
made in the REGISTER last week, was
one of the worst the road ever had.
A long freight train buckled IN the
middle and two cars were thrown on
the adjoining track right in front OF
a swiftly approaching passenger trai n.
Nothing could be done to avert the
disaster, and there was fearful crash.
One of the freight cars contained a
large quantity OF powder or dynamite
ard the collision caused this to ex-
plode. 1t shattered the entire pas
senger train aud set the ruins ahre.
Twenty persons met terrible death,
some of them being burned as they
were pinioned helpless in the wreck
age. Over hundred others were
injured, some of whom have since died.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

EVERY time there's report about
the Panama Canal the cost Of digging
the waterway is increased by few
m illions. The ultimate expense will
be staggering, even to Uncle Sam.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

A NEWSPAPER item says that John
D. Rockefeller spends considerable
part of his time in lodging photogra-
pliers. We don't believe it. We
90 to the city every now and then,
bat we never have any trouble in this
respect.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

You never know what you can't do
until you try to undo something that
you have done.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

in every great There offered the men OF
asked TO pay IN most
stores commonplace an in fcro goods.
the splendid wearresiSng fabrics
clothes that III and Keep
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

IT does seem as II the coming cleo
ton for Congressman in this district
ought to be conducted with decency
and fairness, Tor no national issue Is
at stake and both candidates are men
OF character and integrity who are
personally acceptable. Yet the poll
ticians who are managing Mr.. Lakin' $
campaign are evidently plotting fraud,
for they have refused to agree to GER
tain details to insure fair election
that both candidates approved. The
people ought to rebuke TINS deliberate
planning for rascaIty at the election.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

THERE'S very distressing political
situation in Berkeley county. If the
Republican candidate tOr Congress
carries the county Mr.. Hetzel will
claim the credit, and of course will
be 1t when it comes to the distnbu-
ton OF the offices. 1.-THE county goes
Democratic the trouble will be at
tributed to the lukewarmness of Post
master Clohan and the old ring, and
Of course they will have to be disci-
plined in that event. The situation is
a serious puzzle, and even Charlie
Light doesn't know which way to
flop.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

The examination was so long and
on such a variety of subjects that
some of the children, tagged out, f.
nally gave up, and some bitter tears
were shed. Like droN ming men
grasping at straws, the youngsters
were ready to put down anything
that would serve as an answer. One
of the questions was, "Who was the
last Egyptian King2" That stumped
a good many of them. (Kind reader,
do you know?) Finally one girl in
despair wrote as an answer, "Arta-
xexes II" Another girl saw what
she had written and copied it, several
others followed suit, and this will ex-
plain to the examiner why there Is
such a weight Of authority that Ar
taxerxes II was the last OF the Egyp-
tan kings.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18
THE IMPROVED
Buckeye CultiVator.

We have large stock OF cultiyators
on hand and will sell them at reduced
price.
G. ID. WYSONG.
May Is, l90j-Iw
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

The county examination held last
Saturday in the Shepherdstown Grad
ed School was a sore trial for the
young folks who passed through the
ordeal. For weeks they had been
anxiously preparing for it, and when
Saturday came some of the more sem
gitive ones were in state of nervous
dread that untitled them for the tasks
they had to do. 1t was a trying ex-
amination-if we did not know the
kindness of heart that is one Of the
characteristics ofCounty Superintend-
ant. Engle we would be tempted to
use stronger term. From eight o'clock
in the morning until half past SIX IN
the evening is too long to keep these
children at such heart-rending tasks
Some parents have declared that they
will not again permit their children
to endure such strain.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18
NOTES BY OBSERVER.

Observer is nightly pleased that
his talks about birds have struck re-
sponsive chord in so many of the
readers of the REGISTER. He has
had letters from folks in other places
expressing their interest, and many
persons have spoken about our feath-
cred visitors. In another column a
most interesting letter from lover
of birds is published this week, and
our eyes are opened to new beauties
in bird life. The REGISTER will be
delighted to hear from others of any
new facts relating to this charming
topic.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

How bold some of these timid birds
are. A pair of robins built their nest
and are raising their young on t e
cross-arm of an electric light pole
within few inches of the deadly
wires. A dove has her nest at the
edge of town near a path where peo-
pie pass frequently, and she seems
quite unafraid A robin came within
a yard or two of Observer the other
day and industriously dug in the sod
for food. But the robins this year
act as if they own the town and are
as self.assured as they are numerous.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

Observer would like to see more
whitewash used about town by those
who cannot afford paint. Some of
these cid buildings and tumbie-down
fences could be made really pretty
by good coat of whitewash such as
our colored artists know how to apply.
And what changes for the better
could be wrought if the plentiful Bo8-
ton ivy or our Virginia creeper that
can be gotten almost anywhere should
be planted to hide the unlovely brick
buildings that cannot be otherwise
beautiful.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

THE grand jury OF kanawha coun-
tv has indicted A. G. Shaver, former
president OF the county court, for ac-
cepting bnOes for his vote in liquor
license cases. II all the grafters IN
Kanawha county got their just dues
Shaver would have lots Of company
and Charleston would be pretty well
depopulated.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

The Baltimore papers can hardly
be classed as newspapers any longer
The Sun furnishes the news after 1t
is rankly stale, and the American
recently published picture OF John
CornweIl as the Democratic candidate
for Congress IN this district.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

AN item IN the newspapers says
that Fairfax S. Landstreet, yice-pres-
ident OF the Western Maryland Rail
road, is expected to lend his aid to
Colonel Tom Davis, his uncle by mar
rage, IN the present campaign. Mr..
Landstreet has been heretofore ex-
pected to do certain things for can
didates in this distrct-and failed by
long shot.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-05-18

IT has been decided that the con-
gressiOnal election on June 9th must
be held under the new law, which re-
quires registration OF the voters. In
other words, you must pay the dollar
exacted by Mr.. DawsOns Legislature
before you can have the privilege OF
voting Tor Mr.. Dawson S candidate tor
Congress, the Hon. jim Lakln.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
MALE TEACHERS WANTED.

Normal School Boards deprecae the lack of
IN training Tor the teaching profession In the San Jose Normal
there students This disproporton
Of all the Normal schools Educational
looking around Tor for this They
wish agency of their the pay
fallen below the salary that will accept.
enough marry make home and rear a
family 1t IS in teaching every vocation open women
AS soon as the woman appeared though able give exactly
has that she could exist on
less his applies to private we'll public employment
injustice but has be established
il job be taken by the wonan's
job be taken by the pay raised though and hde-
and skill performing the especially u-
fortunate that this system has so involved the schools that
practically disappeared from the teaching profession.
At fixed point their school experience pupils require the
discipline OF male teacher AS in families woman father
and mother share in the training OF Children woman
needed teachers The impossible without th
and the schools suffering The injustice
teachers not OF their seeking They victims of
mistaken parsony and the evil passed rising genera
ton
The Normal and school to know how o
gel teach There is only way Raise the paw of
teachers and keep raising it until reaches the of
paw There other and this will do to women
the proper balance of the in the schools
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
WOMAN'S DRESS.

But. my dear. good Odo. wonnan's
husband Is not the man a wife dresses
for. She makes herself as attractive
as she can for everybody worth know
ing. You must be an extraordinary
person If you suppose that am going
In for the red and green transforma-
ton treatment for you-simply for
you. A woman who Is really
woman and not a hockey player, has
to watch the fashion as closely as a
cook watches pot; and the married
woman of the present day must do all
she can to look like the unmarried
woman Of yesterday 1t is the mar
ried women who are the most popular
with men, 1t is the married women
who control politics. the army. litera-
ture and the stage Therefore can't
you see how necessary IL is for them
to do all they can to remain attrac-
tive? Red hair and green eyes? Yes.
Blue teeth and amber eyes. If neces-
sary. or black teeth and white eyes
London World.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

brain he started on again with heavy,
shuffling steps. The girl sat before the
kitchen fire, her face In her hands.
Dick saw the dropping figure as
through a red mist. He began speak
ing rapidly, in a tense voice, as If half
afraid to trust himself.
I'm selfish brute AT first didn't
realize the injustice Of accepting a
legacy that means everything to
yOu-
At his first word a tremor had shak-
en- the bowed figure. She lifted her
head suddenly with a startled exclama-
ton.
Dick. Dick!"
He stood staring. All at once the
mist seemed shot through with a daz-
zling light. He leaned nearer. like one
half blinded. and brushed his hand
across his eyes.
Alice. 1t is AIice?' he said incredu-
lously.
She, the quicker to grasp the situa-
ton, looked up at him with a happy
laugh.
Dick, Oh. Dick, Nobody told me
the name of the man who had robbed
me of my birthright. 1 never dreamed
1T was you. 1 thought 1t was some ad-
venturer. That Is why I meant-to go
away-withOut seeing you
The words died in an inarticulate
murmur Her blushing face was
pressed against his heart.
Copyright, 1905. by F. A Corey.)
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
HAMLET t, PRINCE
OF BRUISERS.

flames J. Corbett has fntimated his intention
OF appearing Hamlet an early date He
defines his conception OF the part with the
statement that he has always felt sure that
Hamlet was man who had good. straight
punch."I
Authorities may still contest
The pros and cons Of Hamlet's madness
Whether grief occupied his breast,
And nothing more than chronic sadness
Produced those antics OF the brain
(DiscOrds in music else euphOniOus)
Which mystihed the chamberlain,
The sage but hatulent Polonious.
But now there swims into the ken
OF critics. in their narrow orbit,
That king Of talkee-hghtee men,
Known to the world as James J. Corbett,
Raising a more important point
Than those of scholarship abstruser-
When times badly out OF Joint,
Was Hamlet an accomplished bruiserf
We know he saw-hs tells US this
In language unadorned but fervent-
Providence that never Is
OF falling sparrers unobservant.
1t went against the grain to stab
Laertes with pointed whinger.
He would have much preferred to lab
Upon the mark well timed stingsr.
The end he looked for (see Act W.
The climax that he longed for dearly,
Was to keep C1audius alive.
But maui his relative severely;
To pick him I'D and knock him down
Until he tendered resignation
And eagerly exchanged his crown
For raw beefsteak and embrocation.
So all whom it revolts to see
SO many players stark and bleeding.
When falls the curtain finally.
Will welcome this humaner reading.
When Mr.. Corbett takes the part.
Horrors that now from callous eyes wring
Moisture and melt the toughest heart
Will change to graces OF the prize ring.
London Punch.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
LIFE NEED NOT BE HUMDRUM

The spiritual atmosphere about us is
pulsing and glowing with beauty. We
have not learned the secret of coming
in touch with it-that is all. But it
is ours if We can only be still long
enough to realize it.
Life need not be the humdrum affair
1t usually seems. 1t is intended to be
anything but that There is no reason
why every human being should not
live daily in the consciousness of in
spiration and gladness.
why should We ever have assumed
inspiration to be a thing too good for
every day? Whv should we ever have
thought ourselves unworthy to receive
1t when we needed it?
This has been our great mistake. and
by our own, attitude of mind we have
cut ourselves off from the thrilling, re-
newing elements so close to us.
Inspiration is simply a breathing in
of life and joy and power through the
soul. Just as we keep the physical
mechanism going by continually inhal-
ing and exhaling air through the lungs,
so we may keep the spiritual part of
us-the part that so often seems per-
ishing for lack Of nourIshment-aliv
and glowing and healthy through re-
peated drawing in Of power from the
great source
There is but one mind, one life, and
each one of us is connected with that
source. AS Emerson says, I'VE are
each an outlet of it." BY definitely rec
ognizing this supreme fact every man
Is able to catch the golden moods and
to appropriate their splendor for his
daily renewing.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16


II Train yourself to expect them.
Look upon inspiration as some
thing to which you have a right,
just as you have a right to oxygen and
sunshine.
We mortals are so accustomed to
emphasize our limitations that we have
come to regard inspiration as the ex-
ceptional thing instead of the natural
condition 1t was intended to be. We
all want it. There is probably not a
man or a woman who does not feel at
times a deep need of the stimulation
and refreshment that come through
moods of joy and eNhilaration.
There is scarcely a human being who
does not look back wistfully upon some
cleaning hour of gladness in the past
a period of magic which came swiftly
and unexpectedly and vanished in the
same unaccountable way.
To some this glimpse of glory has
come more than once. but to all it is
a rare and unusual experience-an ex-
perience which is treasured in the
memory as so much spiritual gold.
And we sigh for more gold, as if, in
deed. the source from which this came
had been exhausted. How ignorant,
how foolish we are. Always fearful
that the thing we want is not ours.
Always doubling the existence of the
infinite reservoir from which we may,
if we WILL draw all the inspiration and
the good we desire.
The secret of inspiration does not
consist in reaching and striving after
1900 ol,,ei1ra condition withheld by
grudging fates or powers, but in sim
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
ANSWERS TO VARIOUS QUERIES.

out a series of a few points, as simple
and orderly as possible, or plan before
hand for one good fact and one good
illustration under each head of your
speech, and do not torment yourself up
to the last moment about your speech,
but give your mind before it. If you are
suddenly called upon to speak never
make an excuse about not being pre-
pared or not being a speaker, but go
right ahead and say something and
quietly take your seat In speaking.
rise at favored moments to some height
of enthusiasm that shall make all pre-
vious structure of preparation super
fiuous.
INHERITANCE TAx-Subscriber
City, The original inheritance tax law
was approved March %, 1S93 Estates
under $500 in value are exempt from
such tax. The tax is So on every 500
of valuation or fraction thereof.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16
IN CHINA LAND.

A shopkeeper named Chan at Can
ton sued his debtors. Chow and others,
at the mandarin yamen. for debt of a
few thousand dollars Palm oil reach
ed the mandarin and the plaintiff not
only lost his case but had TO pay the
defendants $500. He determined not
to pay. What did the defendants do?
They fired and sent about a dozen
women. old and young. to his shop to
eat and sleep there, of course at the
expense of the plaintiff. After stand
ing this for a day or two the PLAINTIFF
hired six or seven leDers to stav in his
shop. The women cleared off then.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

ply appropriating the magic that lies
all about us. awaiting our recognition.
1t is matter Of getting in tune-ad-
justing our minds to the universal
mind. 1t is letting go of our struggling
.and coming close to the heart of things
putting ourselves in touch with the
electric currents of happiness in the
elements surrounding us.
The world does not lack inspiration.
Our environment is not the dull prose
It seems to be.
The San Francisco call., 1905-04-16

SPEAKER-A Reader, City. The
Sneaker of the House OF Representa-
tives is Joseph G. Cannon, Representa-
tive from Illinois.