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The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Who'll Buy?
Christmas Superstitions.

There are many Christmas supersti.
tions, Ions held as al ticles of faith
that are u be recalled, says Country
Life in America. How that oxen
kneel in their stalls at midnight on
Christmas eve, in alteration of the
Nativity, ind for one hour have the
power of Hpeech-for that one hour,
too, the lost spirits have rest. Judas
sleeps, Herod ceases to clank his
chains, the daughter of Herodias may
pause in the dance, in which she is
condemned to spin forever, and Pi-
late's ghos, ceases it's wanderngs on
Mount Pilatus. 1t was believed, too,
that the sound of church bells could
be heard wherever church had stood,
though no trace remain, and that, on
that pregnant night. one sleeping in
manger 't'ould see his future In a
vision.
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In n Londnn Court Room.

The Judge-"What did he engage
you to do?''
Witness-"The part of Gibson
girl"
Judge-''But what is Gibson girl?
l do not know what it is" daughter }
Witness-"A type of American girl"
Mr.. Powell-"I think there is an art
list named Gibson who stands as NJ. Du
Maurier used to stand here, and he has
drawn some attractive ladies who arc
called Gibson Girls in America"
The Judge-"Oh, is that it," laugh
ter)
Mr.. Powell-"I may be wrong"
The Judge said it might make lit
tie difference. He did not know
whether people ngaged for piece arc
all engaged precisely OH the same
terms. For instance, whether the
person who plays Hamlet was engaged
on precisely the same terms as the
person who was employed to say "My
lord, the chariot awaits - London
News
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Two big Sen Turtles.

John Jest and Lot Crosse c,urht in
lhe SURF yesterday Il sea turtle which
weighs 10 pounds and is now on ex-
hibition.
George MiXncr. of Green Creek,
caught a 200-pound sea turtle in his
pound net and. thinking it of 10 value.
killed it and threw it into the bay. A
Swede fisherman recovered the carcass
and realized considerable sum by its
sale.-Capc May Correspondence Phil
adelphia Bulletin.
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councilman'. struggle with a Carp.

y Councilman and carp had battle
royal at Il mine hole known as BuZ-
Yards Bay. in the outskirts of the
borough of Frccland. LuZerne County,
recently.
The Councilman was Adam Sachs,
and the carp weighed II rs pounds.
When hooked the carp made Il des-
pcrate fight for its life and the Coun-
Gilman had several narrow escapes
from. being pulled into the water and
drowned.
The big fish got tired out before the
Councilman did. however, and the lat
ter is now able to tell the biggest fish
story of any man in Frecland. and eX-
hibit the carp to silence the Skcpti-
cal. into the bargain.-Frecland Trib-
tlnc,
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The ROMANTIC STORY
OF THE BERNADOTTES

| of things that BernadOtte wout, nS.-
come King of France. but contenre IN
his reversiOn to the Swedish throv. He'
| did not push his claims. In reS
however. for Swedens share H. he
subjugation of Napoleon, Norway Sas
added to Sweden. m
After seven years government ms re-
gent, Bernadotte succeeded to the
throne Of Sweden and Norway on the
death OF Charles NH. in 1918. Born
mere country lawyers son. and thirty
years before only Scrgeant-Maior Ber-
nadstte of the French Royal Marines,
he now stood forth as Charles John,
King of Norway and Sweden. with
his son Oscar as Crown Prince. His
own courage, ability and indomitable
will made him King.
A wise King was he. After the sun
of his native France the northern
climate tried him sorely. He was
alone among strangers, whose lang
uage he could scarcely speak, but
whose love and devotion he won by
his equity and government. In the
promotion of education. agriculture,
manufactures and commerce, he ac-
complished much before his death in
1914, aged seventy-nine. OF this Ber-
nadotte. the humble attorneys son,
who rose to the throne of Norway and
Sweden, the present King Oscar is the
grandson, and it is in turn his grand
son Prince Oscar, who now wins
Princess Margaret of the royal house
of Britain and historic Guelph lineage
as his bride.-St James Gazette,
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NOT TRUE THAT FIND-
ING is KEEPING. -
Unclaimed Property Must Be Hand
ed Over to the Police II Found in
Public Place.

There is a very widespread idea, as
you may know. that finding is keeping.
This is not universally true, however.
The maxim must be taken as subject
to certain distinct and definite limita-
tiOns.
Every law student is familiar with
the case of the chimney lad
who, having found ring, took it to
a jcweler to inquire what it was worth.
The jeweler returned it without the
principal stone, and it was held by the
courts that the boy had right to the
jewel as against everyone but the true
owner. and was therefore entitled to
maintain an action against his despoil-
er for the value of the missing stone.
Moreover, as this was not produced by
the latter, it was assumed to be a
stone Of the finest water that would fit
the setting. This is the leading Jaw
case upon the subject.
Any person who finds an article Of
value in Il public place is under obliga-
ton to hand it over to the police. II,
however, there is any identifying mark
upon the property, or any other clue
by which the owner may be discovered,
it amounts to q theft to retain it from
him.
Unclaimed or untra ceable property
found in private house, or on private
land, whether by servant of the own
er or by stranger, is presumed to be-
long to the owner of the land. But it
would be different in the case of a more
4,
station or the open part of shop,
when the finder would undoubtedly be
the keeper.-ScOttish-A
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HeStlng the Heart.

"Rest your heart now and then dur
ing the day." said an instructor in
gymnastics.
But the heart can't be rested,'
pupil objected. 1T works inccssantly
from birth to death.'
1T rests the heart to lie down. said
the instructor. Every nights sleep
of nine hours saves the heart the lift
ing of $1,000 ounces of blood. Con-
siderable rest there, eh?
when we lie down, you see, the
hearts action becomes slower-slOwer
by ten strokes a minute. Thus in an
hour 600 strokes are saved. and in nine
hours J4O0 strokes. Each stroke
pumps six ounces of blood, and there
fore in nine hours the heart is saved
the labor of pumping $1,000 ounces.
"The heart often requires Il rest
Philadelphia Bulletin.
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A Shinlneut of Turilex.

Passengers alighting at the No. i
platform at Waterloo Station yester-
day afternoon found the platform occu-
nicd by Il long line of live West Indian
London caterer.
The turtles lay on their backs on
straw, and were afterward dragged
along the platform on their backs by
1oHters who held the front tippers.-
.ondon Chronicle.
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WISE WORDS.

Advice lightly given deserves to be
lightly taken.
The man who profits from his mis-
takes has made good investment.
Golden coin and fashions magic
touch will make the evil one look like
a saint.
Money governs with the consent Of
General Apathy and his well disci-
plined army.
Vulgar habits spring from vulgar
mind, for as the thought is, SO is the
deed in kind.
No man is any worse than he wants
to be, but most of us would like to be
better than we are.
'Tis true, and tits strange thing it's
true, that weakness which is not
strong enough to master us is no weak
ness at all.
It's wise man who knows good
thing when he sees it; any fool can
pick out the things that are good for
nothing.
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Rnjestvensky's "Im, uisiveness."

I remember salient instance Of
Rojcstvcnsky's morbid impulsivcness
during the maneuvrGs at Reval, when
the "Admiral of the Atlantic was adj
miring the warShips of the "Admiral
of the Pacific One of the most
prominent figures after the two mon
archs was that of the future command
err of the Baltic squadron. During the
artillery fire, which seemed to be pro-
crossing very well at the moment. the
Admiral stood OH the bridge looking
intently through his field glasses. All
at once he leaped aside, darted down
the ladder, and rushing up to the men
who We're serving the guns, belabored
them numerically with his field
glasses to the accompaniment of pic
turesque expressions which sailors
are wont to regard as almost tech
nical terms. Telegraph.
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ted to visit once again at Christmas
time the land of his adoption or birth,
he would find 1t difficult to recognize.
among the present-day gayeties, any
OF the features which gave Christmas
its significance in his day.
Many old-time observations have
passed and new ones have replaced
them; no longer do the Puritans go
to church gun in hand, keeping q
sharp lookout for treacherous red men
lurking behind the trees of the forest
through which they were oftentimes
obliged to pass, digging path as they
went through great snow heaps.
These hardy settlers of Massachu-
sets brought with them memories of
happy days spent in the Mother coun-
try, before they were prosecuted on
account of their radical religious
views; and although few of them had
forgotten the gay scenes which were
enacted in England at Christmas time,
none tried to bring into favor such
rejoicings in the new country.
They marched solemnly and soberly
to church on Christmas morning the
same as on any other day. and not
one exchanged with another Merry
Christmas"
There were no signs of feasting or
merrymaking of any description, nor
was there any music added to the
church service. Apparently, Merry
Christmas" was forgotten express
sion. Landing as they did on the 21st
of December, most Of these passen-
gers of the Mayflower were busily en-
gagged in building log houses or search
ing for food on the 25th, 1920, their
first Christmas day in America
For many years succeeding their
landing. Pilgrims and Puritans es-
chewed all thought of Christmas fes.
tivities, but not so the Colonial Cava
lier.
In Virginia at Christmas time he in.
troduced all the Old World revels and
gayeties with added force and FREQ
dom. In the South. Christmas was in
deed gala day. Very little attention
was paid to the church service, al.
though that, too. formed certain part
of the celebration. These two great
forces contributed to the making OF
the Anglo-American character.
Christmas day in the Southern colo.
MES in the late seventeenth and eight
eenth centuries was indeed a merry
one They ate, drank. danced aad
bade each other be of good cheer:
gathered around blazing Yule log
fir"s told stories of life among the
English gentry which nearly every oue
remembered so vividly and regretted
mournfully; exchanged a few gifts. IT,
though the custom was by no mears
general in those n.
days; fought duel;s "
followed the hounds H&aN
and lived a day of fun 0.R
n gen eral. IN
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
NelnCiiY of Electric Xuya

The electric waves of Herr We're
found by him to measure 100 feet from
crest to crest. but those used by Mar.
conf in telegraphinS across the Atlantic
are 600 feet long. or moro. These
waves travel at about the same rate as
light waves-which measure only Il
few mlliOnths of an inch-or with the
almost inconceivable velocity of 1Si
coo miles u second
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
A Eaurtern Eoat Snake.

Otto Humboldt, while in the vicinity
Of West Fork shot Il snake of unknown
species. said to be the largest ever
killed in Crawford County.
Humboldt was armed with Win
chester, and he shot fourteen bullets
into the quivering mass before he VEN
tured in range. The snake measured
fifteen inches in circumference and
as fourteen feet in leneth.-Engllsh
rgrespondence indianapolis NewS
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
Blue Racer Killed in Ohio.

A snake. of the blue racer species.
was discovered on the farm of William
Cody. near here, yesterday.
The snake was killed by number of
boys and measured eight feet in length
and six inches around he body. 1t is
the largest ever see in this section.-
New Dover CORES .ondence Cleveland
Leader
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NUMBER Z.
lQove atQhristmas.
.tyno.. Qhe.soo..

-Ean-
Standing beneath he Christmas tree
ALose hands down gifts for you and me:
* heaS+-whose eorehe arrow sings,
81 pair o linked posy-ring..
A red flower like a frumpet.note
@owsrm The darknessof my eoat:
GAnd pearls hal round yourwhite hroat met
Gfhe sorrow of The seasfaget:
4hs tree shung with gI'Hedne 'oys)
g win The eyes ofeirI, and bcys''
Qharger and drum. and top, and BALI
Gend neer heartache mid,t Them sII.
@here's weddingbeIls whose eddenehim:
Sha|| ring foru, at .nowdrop-time:>
~ diamond cireet for your hand.
lSe!me a little PLAIN gold band
@Ylhercby. .before He eroeu, shows.
Nmskeyoumine my ChristmaQaose.
illustrated London News.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
sUNDIAL AND ALARM CLOCK.

Old Father Time has many clocks
By which our lives to measure;
A few of them are made for work,
And Others just for pleasure.
The sundial marks the peaceful lives
All free from clouds or hustle;
Alarm clocks serve for other ones
To get up quick and hustle
'-McLandburgh Wilson, in the New York
Sun.
The Grit-advocate., 1905-12-22
*.
~
OLD-TIME CHRISTMAS,

The observation OF
Christmas in Amer
lea to-day is a very
different celebration
from that known to
our forefathers. In
deed, if one of the
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-10-12
AN AGED PHYSICIAN
After Years of Experience Gives the fol-
lowing Advice.

.If YOU have anything to do with
medicines at all be pretty sure You
know what you are taking.
Remnants Pharmacy say this is a
strong point in favor Of their valua Die
cod liver preparation, Vinol. Eve y
thing it contains is plainly printed on
the bottle, therefore it is not pate nt
medicine.
Vinol contains in highly concentfa-
ted form all the medical elements OF
cod liver oil, actually taken from fresh
cod livers, but without drop Of oil
or grease to nauseate and upset the
stomach.
This IS the reason that Vinol accom-
plishes such wonderful results in cur
ing chronic coughs, colds, bronchial
and lung troubles, and there is nothing
known to medicine that will so quicl ly
build up the run down, overworkrd,
tired and debilitated, or give strene tn
and renewed vitality TO the aged, as
Vinol.
Mrs. Martha Faser, Of Portland, NJ e.,
writes: 81 was all run down from
oyerwork and had a chronic cough
for years. had tried so many reme-
dies without help that had lost all
faith in medicine. My daughter bought
me a bottle of Vinol 1t simply worked
wonders for me it cured my cough and
brought back health and strength and
| am better than have been for years. u"
We only ask every one in Shepherds
town who needs such a medicine to try
Vinol on our guarantee to return their
money if it fails" Remnants Phar-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-10-12

continue to suffer rather than submit
to examinations which SO many physi-
clans PROPOSE in order to intelligently
treat the disease and this is the rea-
son why so many physicians fail 70
cure female disease.
This is also the reason why thousands
upon thousands of women are corre-
spending with Mrs. Pinkham, at Lynn,
Mass. To her they can confde every
detail OF their illness, and from
her great knowledge, obtained from
years of experience in treating female
Ills. Mrs. Pinkham can advise women
moro wisely than the local physician.
Read how Mrs. Pinkham helped Mrs.
T. O. Willsdsen, of Manning, Ia. She
writes:
Dear Mrs. pinkham:-
az can truly say that you have saved my
life. and / cannot express my gratitude in
words. Before I wrote 70 you telling you
how felt, had doctored for over two years
sbeady, and spent lots of money In medicines
besides. but IL all failed to do me any good. l
had female trouble and would daily have faint
fnr spells fackache bearing-down pains, and
nv month"; periods were very irregular and
finally ceased. wrote to you for your adj
vice and re- eived a letter full Of instructions
1ust what to do, and also commenced to take
Lydia z. Ptnkham's Vegetable Compound,
and have been restored to perfect health.
Had IL not been for you l would have been IN
my grave to-day
Mounta ms of proof establish the fact
that no medicine in the world equals
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound for restoring women's hoaltA.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-10-12
NOTES FROM NEARBY.

The Halltown NJ. E. Church South
will be dedicated about the middle
of November.
Winchester PresbyterY will meet
at Stones Chapel, in Clarke county,
next Thursday, October 10Th.
Hagerstown's curfew law is now in
force. A whistle blows at S 45 each
night, and all children under fifteen
years of age must go home.
The annual meeting of the West
Virginia branch of the order of Kings
Daughters convened in Trinity Epis-
copal Church, Martinsburg, yesterday.
Bert Thomas, a boatman in the en-
ploy of Captain Archibald Allen, of
Cumberland, fell from a canal boat at
Big Slack Water Tuesday morning
and was drowned.
The town council of Martlnsburg
refused to permit carnival company
to take possession Of the town and
hold street fair for the benefit Of the
fremen. The fremen are hot, but
nothing has yet been set afre.
The Hagerstown fair, which is cell
ebrating its fftieth anniversary this
year, opened on Tuesday under very
favorable circumstances and with a
large crowd present. The rain yes
terday seriously inteifered with its
prospects. however, and caused great
disappointment to many people. The
exhibits this year excel all records.
There are 1900 head of live stock on
exhibition, 1000 fowls in the poultry
department, and every department is
full up.
One of the largest parties Of Union
soldiers that has visited the battlefelds
of the Shenandoah Valley since the
Civil War will accompany the Fifty
fourth Pennsylvania Regiment AS
sociation of Johnstown to Winchester
on October %. After spending the
following day there with Gen. Turner
Ashby Camp of Confederate Veterans
and other friends they will go to the
New Market battlefield and unveil a
monument to the memory Of their
fallen comrades. Governor Penny
packer, other Pennsylvania officials
and legislators will attend. They
will spend an entire week in the Val
ley of Virginia. Governor Montague
of Virginia and staff are to be present
at the unwilling, and Governor Penny
packer is to make an grafton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-10-12
Rossi NJ. Fisher in Trouble.

The Martinsburg Evening World Of
Monday gives an interesting account
of the doings of Rossi NJ. Fisher, a
well-known citizen of Morgan county,
this State, who is charged with deceiv-
ing young girl by bogus marriage
and then skipping away. The girl in
the case is named Lola Keesecker, a
mountain lass of some seventeen sum-
mers, buxom and rosy checked, and a
member of well known family in the
district in which they resided.
1t appears that about two years ago
Fisher, who is a man of middle age,
became infatuated with the girl and
asked her to come and live with him
on his place near Berkeley Springs.
The girl was not unwilling, as Fisher
was a man of means and prominence
and able to provide well for her.
But the girls parents objected to the
arrangement, and in order to over
come this objection Fisher is said to
have entered into written agreement
with the girl to keep her as "house-
keeper" for certain period, and then
marry her if such an arrangement
was mutually agreeable. Upon these
terms the girl became an inmate Of
his home. At che end of year or
two the man wearied Of his youthful
companion and on some pretext got
her away from his home. The girls
mother then entered suit against
Fisher for $1,000 damages for seduc-
ton. While this suit was pending
the girl went back to live with Fisher
upon the old terms, but again the man
got the girl away from the house.
The girls sister then went to Cum
berland to secure the services Of an
attorney to prosecute the suit for Sc
duction, telling story to the effect
that Fisher had deceived the girl with
bogus marriage.
In the meantime the prosecuting
attorney of Morgan county got hold
CT the story and instituted an investi-
CATION, uucovering the facts as stated
above. At the recent meeting of the
grand Jury that body indicted both
Fisher and the girl for illicit cohabi-
tation, and an attempt was made to
arrest them. The utmost secrecy was
maintained by the officers, but Fisher
got wind of what was going on, and
sendinga warning to the girl they
both skipped out. The trial was to
have been held last week during the
session OF the Circuit Court before
Judge Faulkner, but it has been in
definitely postponed.
Fisher has been prominent in poll
tics in Morgan county for several
years, having once been elected to
the Legislature. He was also a can
didate for the State Senate last fall.
He was formerly a Democrat, but for
obvious reasons changed his politics.
He is man of some means, and owns
considerable property. 1t is believed
that both he and the girl are in
Maryland, in the neighborhood of
Cumberland. Future developments
are eagerly awaited in Morgan county.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-10-12
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURcH-Rev. Charles
Ghiselin. ID. D., Pastor.
The Presbyterian Church will hold
services Sunday, if Providence permits,
at II a. m, in the old college building.
REFORMED CHURCH-Rev. J. f. Guy,
Pastor.
Shepherdstown II a. m. and p. m.
NJ. E. CHURcH-Rev. G. F. Bonn, Pas
tor.
Mt. Wesley 1890 a. m, Shepherds.
town 100 p. m.
NJ. E. CHURCH SoUTH-Rev d. F. Euts-
Ter, Pastor.
Bethesda a. m. Uvilla IL a. m,
Shepherdstown Z p. m.
Revival Services at Bethesda next
week, Providence permitting.
LUTHERAN CHURcH-Rev. H. 9. Hath
cox, d. D., Pastor.
Shepherdstown II a. m. and sp .cial
antiphOnal service at 100 p. m.
CATHOLIC CHURCH-Rev J. G. Collins.
Pastor.
Services every second Sunday Of the
month at II a. m.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH-REy. &. Z. A. MAR
SHALL, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at / a. N. and
Z p. m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1905-10-12
Deputy Sheriff Murdered.

Deputy Sheriff Thomas Hardy,
living on the road from Brownsville
to Weverton, Nd, was shot and killed
about 2 80 o'clock Tuesday morning
on the Baltimore and Ohio railroad
by an unidentified man, said to be a
negro. Hardy was As years old, and
leaves family. One bullet, from a
32-caliber pistol, entered his left breast
near the heart, A white man WAC
was on the freight train with the ne
gro and several others, all stealing
rides, was arrested and locked up at
Brunswick. He denied having fired
the shot and said it was done by a
negro, who made his escape. Deputy
Hardy, with Baltimore and Ohio De-
tective ]. R. Weber and Deputy
Sheriff Emory Nelson, started down
the main tracks of the Baltimore ard
Ohio Railroad to look for suspicious
characters on their way to the Il l.
gerstown fair. About two miles be-
yond they started to search freight
train that had stopped. Hardy, who
was about 100 feet ahead, saw two
men on box car and ordered the n
to halt. Two shots came in RAPID
succession and Hardy fell, expirir G
a few minutes later. The negro dis
appeared Immediately after the shoot
ing. The white man ran down TIE
tracks and hid in the bushes, where
he was captured. He gave his name
as Marshall. He says the negro fired
both shots.
John Thomas Colson, colored, aged
SO, claiming Kentucky as his home :,
was captured at $50 o'clock Tuesds y
night in Tuck Martins barn, one mi e
west of Big Pool, Washington county,
suspected of having shot Hardy. COL
son also answers the description Of
the negro James Burrill wanted in
Baltimore for the murder Of the negro
deck hand Of the pungy Annie Frances
and for the assault on Capt. Arie l..
Johnson and Harry Faber, a passeu-
ger. which occurred September 20,