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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
An Ethiopian Hebrew.

An investigation as to the cause of
the interest which induced many pa
triarcbal Hebrews to call at the Pas
sale county, N. j., Jail last week,
brought to light the fact that at the
present time the Jail holds strange
prisoner. He is a full-blooded Ethi-
opian by birth, Hebrew in religion.
high degree Mason. a German stu
dent, and a poet and scholar. The
mans name is Samuel Valskabomann.
He says he was assaulted and robbed
in the Dundee section of Passaic on
March 8, and Justice Bateman sent
him to Jail for a month for aiding and
abetting street row. Valskabomann
is thirty-eight years old. He is Of
magnificent physique. He was born
at Mockombsr, IA miles north of
Cairo, Egypt, of Ethiopian parents.
Three weeks ago he came to this
country to write number of sketches
for the forthcoming feast of Purim.
AS an indication of the mans sinceri-
ty, he took a reporters pad and
writing rapidly from right to left,
soon filled a page with neat Hebrew
characters. When this writing was
shown to a well.known Jew later, it
was pronounced the work Of a schol-
ar. When told that the man was
colored man, the speaker refused to
credit it. The man speaks seven Ian
guages. The Egyptian consul will be
communicated with, and Valskabo-
manns plight made known.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
Worlds BlOOdieSt Battle.


The estimate by correspondent who
is with General Kuropatkin that the
losses on both sides at the battle of
Mukden were not less than 100000
men, makes it appear that this combat
was by far the bloodiest ever known.
The largest number Of troops ever
before engaged in battle was at Arbela
in 334 B. c., when IS 900 Greeks, IN
der Alexander, put to rout a horde
of undisciplined Persians believed to
have numbered $4,000.
Before the present war the blood
lest battle in modern history was that
of Leipzig, in 1918, when 100000
Germans defeated l7l,000 French.
The Germans lost $4,000 and the
French 10000.
The greatest battle ever tought IN
this country was that of Gettysburg,
in 1868, when ll7,oO0 federals fought
$4,000 Confederates. The losses, in
Guiding prisoners, were 1000 feder-
ais and $1,000 Confederates. The
Confederates lost 40 per cent. of their
force, being the largest percentage Of
loss ever known.
The number of men engaged at
Mukden is variously estimated at
from 100000 to 100000. The per-
centage of loss appears to have been
between 20 and Is per cent.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23

Atthe depotin Wichita, among 9TH
er passengers who were waiting for a
belated train, was man from Topeka.
He was very drunk, but in quiet
way, paying no attention to any one,
but seemingly absorbed in an attempt
to maintain the perpendicular. A good
w. G. T. U. feminine, who was in the
crowd, saw an opportunity to shine,
and going up to the inebriate, she said:
young man do you know where
you are going?"
"Yes'm, I'm goin' to Peka.
"Young man you are going straight
to hell"
He looked at her a moment, then
stiffened up and said, with the extreme
politeness of a gentleman in his cups:
"Well, ma am, I am mighty glad the
train is late"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
Valuable BlunderS.

During the winter of 1890 a sheet
of the ordinary one-cent stamps with
the word Guam" printed across the
face slipped through with "Guam" up
side down, says the Kansas City Star.
Those stamps were printed for the
use of the island, and collectors have
searched far and near for them. On
~ few have been secured by the
collectors, and they bring stiff prices.
The people of Guam know but little
about the value set on such freaks by
the stamp collectors.
Back in the seventies, when the
government used its own distinctive
set of stamps for the several depart
ments, an error was made by the
banknote company which then held
the contract for making the stamps.
The regular color adopted by the
Navy Department was blue. A sheet
of the two-cent denomination was
printed in green, and the freak has
now a market value of about $45
each. The genuine, in blue, is worth
20 times its face value.
One collector was fortunate enough
to corner the market by getting pos
session of sheet of four cent stamps
printed by mistake in steel blue, when
its right color should have been ul-
tramarine blue. He got it at its face
value, and when he wants to dispose
of one he can readily get $35.
There are a number of other value
able freak stampq, but the errors of
the Bureau of Engraving and Print
ing have been remarkably few, con-
sidering the immense number Of
stamps turned out every year. Each
sheet after being printed passes
through dozen or more bands be-
fore it is ready for the stock vault
and inspectors and counters are al
ways on the lookout for errors in
printing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
New Name For Laziness.

A cablegram from London to the
Philadelphia North American says:
Ergophobia is word just coined to
describe "that tired feeling that af-
hicts the work-shy. It's inventor is DR..
Spanton, consulting surgeon to the
North StafordsLire In6rmary, who
AYERS that the disease is increasing
among the so-called working classes to
an alarming extent.
In an article in the current number
of the British Medical Journal DR.
spanton derives the word ergophobia
from the ergon-work, and phobos-
hatred, or fear.
The extraordinary increase of cases
he notes during recent years, is ascrlb-
ed to the effect of the Workman's Com
pensation act.
The first symptoms are slight &C
cident-say, a crushed finger received
at work. 1t is treated, and at the end
of many weeks the finger is stiff, per-
haps permanently Aexed.
1t does not prevent his working, and
bya slight operation the Stiffness could
be cured. But the sufferer refuses to
work and refuses to submit to an oper-
alton. He can come upon his employ
er for weekly payment equal to
about half his former wages. He can
go to football matches, loaf about and
manage to live. Soon he gets ergo
phobia very badly.
Ergophobia, continues DR.. Spanton,
will one day rank with hydrophobia
and other phobias. Already it is en-
titled to rank amongthe epidemic dis
eases, since it Is spreading with such
startling rapidity.
There is only one remedy for it. If
suitable work is found for anyone
which the medical evidence proves he
can do quite well, it is stated, his pay
ought to be decidedly and finally
stopped.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
Haaagg9@EsaR
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

6alLlmoG6 q WHO Aallroao
Thefollowing is the time o ftrainsstonr,,
1894: ''"! To-
EAsr-BoUNp.
No. 4-4.5O A. NJ. ST. Louis and New w..
Express. Stops on Signal sii
No. S-I0.M A. NJ. Chicago and New w.,
Express. Stops on signal. DaV,
No. l6-l2.4l p. NJ. Martinfburg and Rail-
M orr Accommodation via ~,
main hnt Daily except SUNDAY
No. 6-2.6 p. NJ. Chicago and New Vol
express stops on signal. Daily.
more Accommodation, via Was
ington. Daily except SUNDAY.
No. 46--s.06P NJ. New York Express Sto,.
on signal daily.
wEsT-BouND.
No. IS-7.55 A. NJ. Baltimore and Cpnha,
land Accommodation. Daily ~.
cept Sunday.
40. l7-u.29 A. NJ. Baltimore ami Marin,
burg Accommodation. Daily eI.
cept Sunday.
No. 65-l20S Noon. New York and ST Lon
is Express. Daily.
No. l-5.S p. NJ. New York and 81. Loui,
Limited Express. Connects viii
n. q W. south. Daily.
40. s-ll.l0 p. NJ. Baltimore and Cleveland
Pittsburg Express. Daily.
No local trains on Sunday.
Train II connects at Msrtinsburg witn Nos
s and IS for the west via Wheeling and Park.
ersburg.
]. f. PRICE, Ticket Agen,
Shenandoah Junction W. Va
c. W. BASSETT.
General Passenger Agent.
J s. Fleming will sell tickets on the 4 4
o. Railroad for the West and South.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23

Eyes" said the girl from Omaha, 1--WE
have very sudden changes out home.
I've often seen the thermometer fall
more than 20 degrees in an hour"
"But," replied the Boston spinster,
"that is not remarkable. I once saw
a thermometer fall 80 feet in less an
three seconds"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
NJ. Grantham BaOt,
Shepherdstown, w. Va.
Farms for Sale.

An excellent farm about three miles
from Shepherdstown, little over 100
acres, at $50 an acre.
A good nine-room house and eight
acres of good land with running water
through it, and l25 young fruit trees Of
all kinds, near Billmyer's Mill, for ST.
200. Or will sell house and four acres
for $500.
A very desirable farm of $50 acres at
S75 an acre. A fine country home.
Fifty or sixty acres of good land,
with fairly good dwelling, four miles
from town, at $50 an acre.
Good farm of l39 acres, well improv-
ed, near Engle's Switch, on B. Il 0.
Railroad. Underlaid with fine lime
stone and dolomite. Has running wa
ter through it.
II. J.. SNYDER IL co.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
Pleasant and Harmless.

Don't drug the stomach to cure a
cough. One Minute Cough Cure cuts
the mucuS, draws the inflammation out
of the throat, lungs and bronchial tube,
heals, soothes and cures. A quick cure
for Group and Whooping Cough. One
Minute Cough Cure relieves cough in
one minute because it acts first on the
mucous membrane right where the
cough trou bles-in the throat or deep
seated on the lungs. Sold at Remnants
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23

II think the money in the world
should be more evenly divided" said
the long-haired man.
"Well, l think it would be better to
more evenly distribute the hair" said
the bald headed one.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
A Guaranteed Cure for Piles.

Itching, Blind, Bleeding or Protrud-
PSzo e oiNPMEST fails sHsut TO or Dpe apv
case, no matter CT how long standing,
in to IA days. First application gives
ease and rest. SOC. If your druggist
hasn't it send SOC in stamps and it will
be forwarded postpaid by Paris Medi-
cine Co., st. Louis, Mo.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
Leave. MOL mob mob MOI MOB sol7l lOs.

Nos. /, Sand 100 run daily between Harris
burg and Hagerstown.
Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
on Sundays will leave Philadelpnia at
49, p. m.
York and Knoxville, Tenn, on trains West
and ~ east.
Through coaches TO and from Philadelphia
on trains and east and and west.
81 BOYD, superintendent.
n. A. RIDDLE. 0enr Pass. Agent.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
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JANUARY a., 1905

JANUARY "a, 1905.
LEAVE SHEPHERDSToWN DAILY.
soUTHBoUND.
No. l3-S.lSa a. m.-For Bristol and in.
termediate stations; Pullman and
Buetft sleeper TO Knoxville Con-
meets with, The st. Louis Express
for all Points West Pullman Sleep.
er Roanoke 10 St. Louis, Blueteld
to Cincinnati.
No. 1854 p. m.-For Shenandoah
and Local Stations.
NoRTHBoUSD.
No. $1,000 a. m.-For Hagerstown
and intermediate stations, connects
at Hagerstown for Harrisburg. Phil
adelphia and New York.
No. l4-0.l0 p. m.--For HaG, rstown,
Philadelphia, New York Pullman
and Buffet Sleepers via HagerStown
for Harrisburg, Philadelphia al d
New York.
LEAVE SHENANDOAH JUNCTION.
No. 2-2.56 a. m.-For Hagerstown,
Philadelphia, New York Pull.
man Sleeper to Philadelphia Par
lor Cars Philadelphia and New
York.
No. l-2.00 n. m.-For Roanoke, Bris-
toll, Bluefeld, Pocahontas, Nor
ton, Welch and intermediate sta
tions. Pullman Sleeper to WEIGH.
Rates, Time Tables, information
cheerfully furnished upon application
TO Agent n. Il w. Ry.
w. b. BEVILL, NJ. +. BRAGG,
Gen. Pass. Agt., Trav. Pass. Agt.
Roanoke, Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23

Take LAXATIVE BROMO QUININE
Tablets. All druggists refund the mon
ey If it fails to cure.
E. W. Groves signature is on each
box, 25c.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
To Mothers in This Town.

Children who are delicate. feverish and
cross will get i'm mediate re lief from Mother
Gray's Sweet Powders for children. They
cleanse the stom ach, act on the liver. max
Ing sickly child strong and healthy. A
certain cure for worms. Sold by all drug
gists. sc. Sample free. Address, Allen s.
Olmsted, Leroy, Ny.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23

Smiggs-There goes man who has
done much to arouse the people.
Smaggs-Great labor agitator, eh2
Smiggs-No, manufacturer of alarm
clocks.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
MOORE & MOORE,
INSURANCE
AND
Real Estate Agents,
Charles Town, w. Va.

We represent a number Of leading
Fire Insurance Companies and can fur
nish insurance at the very lowest rates.
We also represent the Penn Mutual
Life Insurance Company, OF Philadel-
phia, one of the oldest, strongest, and
best companies doing business in the
United States. All Of the policies are
incontestable from date of issue, besides
having a number of other valuable OPP
tions.
We have some Fine Jefferson County
Farms for sale, ranging from 100 to 400
acres.
Respectfully,
MOORE & MOORE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
II keeos the Fee, Warm and DIV.

Ask to-day for Allen 8 Foot Ease, powder.
1t cures Chilblains. Swollen, Sweating, Sore
Aching. Damp feet. At all Druggists and
Shoe Stores, sc.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
Working Overtime.

Eight hour laws are ignored by those
tireless little worksrs-Dr. Kings New
Life Pills. Millions are always at work
night and day curing Indigestion Bill
lIousness, Constipation, Sick Headache
and all Stomach, Liver and Bowel trou-
bles. Easy, pleasant, safe, sure. only
25c at Remnants Pharmacy.
Tell me, Johnny" said May
Brightley 8 admirer to her young broth
er, "who is this other fellow that's been
calling on your sister,"
II don't know his name" replied
Johnny. lust call him April show
ers.
"What for2"
Because he brings May flowers
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
Cumberland Valley Railroad.
Time table in effect May 20, 1874.

Trains MOSS and 10 run daily between
HRgeBtown and Harrisburg and No. z fifteen
minutes late on Sundays.
Daily.
Daily except Sunday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
Loudoun County Farm For Sale.

43l acres of land in Loudoun county,
Va, miles from Point of Rocks and z
miles from Leesburg. Will be sold at
an extremely low price. Apply to II.
L. Snyder & Co., Shepherdstown, w.
Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-03-23
To Cure a Cold In One Day

Because he brings May flowers.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
For Girls.

West Pembroke, Me-, April "a
Mrs. A. L. Smith, of this place, says
that Dodd's Kidney Pills are the best
remedy for growing girls. Mrs. Smith
emphasizes her recommendation by
the following experience:
MY daughter was thirteen years old
last November and it is two years
since she was first taken with Crazy
Spells that would last a week and
would then pass off. In a month che
would have the spells again. At these
times she would eat very little and
was very yellow; even the whites of
her eyes would be yellow.
THE doctors gave us no encourage
ment, they all said they could not help
her. After taking one box of Dodd's
Kidney Pills, she has not had n bad
spell. OF course. we continued the
treatment until she had used in all
about a dozen boxes, and we still give
them to her occasionally, when she is
not feeling well. Dodd's Kidney Pills
are certainly the best medicine for
growing girls"
Mothers should heed the advice OF
Mrs. Smith, for by so doing, they may
saw their daughters much pain and
sickness and ensure a healthy, happy
future for them.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
RadIum solution for Cancer.

Experiments nov under way at the
Flower hospital in New York City are
reported by the World to indicate the
discovery of an almost certain cure for
cancer. 1t consists of a new method
for the application of radium. Won
derful things were expected of radium,
and its discovery by Professor Curie
and his wife had barely been an
nounced when leading scientists be-
gan striving to find a way in which the
new force could be used to destroy dis
ease germs. All these practically
failed. Now, however. a chemist of
New York claims to have succeeded in
d%issolving radium and that the result
ing solution exerted all the activity of
the pure radium.
Surgeons and physicians Of the
Flower hospital staff decided to give
the solution a trial and selected a wo-
man eighty-two years old, who was
dying from a cancer on the instep Of
her left foot.
Six days after the treatment began,
the doctors say, the cancer dropped off
and showed healthy flesh beneath.
Nothing remained but to heal the it's
sue, which was finally accomplished,
although the treatment is still being
continued.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
penth to plant a Tree.

AS to the depth to plant a tree, it
seems to be the general idea hat the
future prosperity of the tree is pro-
%portionate to the depth and frmness
with which it is placed in the ground,
and the percentage that plant too
shallow is almost too insignificant to
be worth considering, for the SHINING
is all in the opposite direction.
Look for the mark made by the
earth on the trunk of the tree when
it stood in the nursery, and going by
that, you will make no mistake. The
roots want warmth, light and moist
ure, such as they receive when placed
properly, but when Theoretically
sealed two to three feet in the
ground, it is impossible to develop
any vigorous root action while con-
tending against the terribly handicap
ing conditions. Give your tree plen-
ty of feeding ground, plenty of good,
ibrous earth, and if the place of
planting is not naturally suitable. dig
it out deep and put in what is need
ed.-Suburban Life.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
Chickens Flew THROUGH Plate Glass,

CVlCkGUS TICW uTOuAH TlalS 0ldSSt
Frightened by the ringing of the
village school bell, two prairie chick
ems that had taken refuge in the tow.
er few out as straight and swift as
IN arrow to the opposite side of the
street, where the leading bird with
great velocity hit a heavy plate-glass
store window and, going through it
like a bullet through a target, dropped
dead on the floor, at a distance of
twenty feet from the window, says a
Wolsey, s.. D., dispatch.
The chicken went through the glass
with sufficient force to cut a hole six
inches in diameter. Its companion
struck the side of the hole, making it
larger and falling inside with the
shattered pieces of glass.
The second prairie chicken appar'
emily was not badly injured, for II
swiftly recovered itself and escaped
through the hole which it had en-.
tered.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
Timber Ribbons.

Many of the handsomest summer
hats worn by women are literally
made from wood "shavings." The
finest examples of this industry are
produced in Japan, these wooden rib
bons appearing in many forms, some
of which have almost the delicacy and
sheen of satin, while others resemble
soft and dainty crepes. Only about
IS per cent of the chip is being
worked into what is commercially
known is chip braid, which is en-
ployed in the same manner as straw
braid-that is, for hats, basketry and
other fancy articles.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
Success.

Success is not for him of folded hands.
Sitting with slothful limbs beside life's
gate,
yielding his strength to pleasures silken
bands,
with ease and idleness for bride and
Nor yet is it for him who takes each
hour
And robs it of such joy as it may
hold
Then siumbers by the path that leads to
power.
Till age creeps on him thus, and finds
him old.
But rather is success for him who comes
Full OF high purpose and with soul
elate,
And passed thus through works wide
open gate;
Putting aside the weakening eolble-
ease;
passing his slumbering brother on the
rreading beneath his feet the lures that
please
To stand at last where night gives place
TO day!
-CasseIrs Saturday Journal.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
Traced Through Photograph.

Justice B. Nathan of Alton, receiv-
ed a letter recently from Mrs, H. T.
Robinson, of Richmond, Mo-, contain
ing his photograph, which the sender
inclosed to the postmaster at Alton,
directing him to deliver the letter to
the original of the photograph, says
the st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
Mrs. Robinson wanted to ascertain
the relatives of a Mrs. Elizabeth
Tunnbridge Jepson, who died at Rich
mond, Mo-. and was buried on her
birthday, Christmas day. Mrs. Jep-
son and Justice Nathan were born at
Kent, England. She had frequently
spoken to friends of her fellow towns
man in Alton, but her friends could
not recall his name, and Mrs. Robin
son depended upon the postmaster at
Alton to deliver the letter to the origi-
nal of the photograph.
Mrs. Jepson left an estate to her
blood relatives in England. Justice
Nathan was asked to supply their
names and addresses, which he read
lily did.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
Nlanara Water Power.

The commissioners of Queen Victo-
ria park, on the Canadian side of Nj
agara falls, show a proper of the
condition now affecting that majestic
cataract. They have just issued their
nineteenth annual report and laid it
before the Ontario Legislature, set
ting forth that a halt must be called
in the granting of franchises at the
falls and that too many have been
given away already. Three Of them
are now in the possession of private
companies and a fourth, permitting the
creation of 100, 900 more horsepower
from the Chippewa river, is under con-
sideration. This will make an aggre.
gate on the Canadian side Of AIS 600
horsepower, which the commissioners
think should not, at the present time,
be exceeded. If more are to be given
hereafter they should cost the grantees
more, and in particular are should be
taken that the shores above and be.
low the falls be not marred by uD
slightly buildings.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
SAGE Tea Good for Health.

The ancients seem to have regard
ed sage as IN herb of first import
ance to the physician, and the many
traditions concerning it refer almost
entirely to this aspect Of the plant.
why should a man die who has sage
in his garden?' was. n of the max
inns of the famous school of health at
Salerno. The belief in its virtues
survived through the middle ages and
was handed down with unimpared vi
tality to quite modern times.
Red River prospector. (Red River, Taos County, N.M.) 1900-190?, 1905-05-18
Wants 10 Rent FaIse reeth.

q always regarded the business Of
hiring out evening dress clothes a
peculiar one" remarked the dentist,
but a question recently asked By a
man who brought a set of teeth to
be repaired suggested that the future
may bring forth some man who will
develop a trade in second hand teeth.
for the customer l refer to quite seri-
ously inquired il l did not have a
set Of old teeth l could loan to him
while his was being repaired"