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Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-22

denly a shriI, fearful shrieking
startled even the drowsiest into wake
fulness. A huge figure, black and
grimy with coal dust. his straight, red
hair disheveled, and eyes afiame,
rushed frantically on to the upper
deck.
Women fed in horror, and men
paled at the apparition. Following
closely on the heels of the maniac
came DIR. French, the ships surgeon.
To him it was evident that the man
was delirious, yet the cool sea air
might calm the mailman. And the
doctor waited watchfully.
Presently the frenzied stoker be-
came calm. and leading the way to
his own cabin DR.. French bade the
man sit down. Fiendish looks of hate
shot over the stoker's face A door
banged violently, a key clicked, and
the doctor realized that he was i'm
prisoned with the man, now once more
raving mad.
A long surgical knife lay on the
table. The mailman seized it, and
hoarsely babe the doctor prepare to
die.
Then silence followed. Unarmed,
barred from all escape, the doctor
faced the huge stoker.
To leap upon the man and to en-
deavor to disarm him, now grit with
frenzied strength, would surely have
been but to court certain death. To
call for help would prove equally
fruitless. Outside the cabin door
stood the captain and purser, not dar-
ing TO break down the door. lest in
doing SO they should goad the mad
man TO attack.
Tho doctor slowly began to roll a
cigarette, while the maniac, screech-
Ing threats, fourished the knife.
Prepare to die" A cold shudder
passed through the men listening out
side
The slightest tremor at this critical
moment, the least manifestation of
fear, and there would have been little
hope for the madman's unfortunate
victim.
But the man the stoker had to deal
with was no coward. and faced the
wiIdly-dourished knife with apparent
Indifference
The doctor moistened the edge Of
his cigarette and coolly struck q
match. Louder and more threaten
ingly the maniac ragged. The doctor
smiled, blew rings of smoke, and chat
ted easily, as IL obiivious Of his peril
Yet, the while, his eyes glanced from
the knife to the grating above his
head that he could see was being un-
screwed
Suddenly a cloud of dust descended
on the maniac's head. The doctor
leaped back as pungent odor OF pep
per assailed his nostrils. The mad
man rushed at the doctor. His eyes
were blinded by the pepper and he
iunged wildly with the knife.
But help was at hand. The throw
ing of the pepper conceded with de
termined assault on the doctors state
room by a storming party outside.
At last the door burst open ane
men hurled themselves at the mad
man. A desperate struggle ensues,
and not until wounded in the leg by q
| bullet was the man overcome.
Then the doctor finished his cisz-
rette.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-22
Astronomical Photoaraphs.

The astronomer, P. StroobaHt, ex-
planned to the French Academy Of
Sciences recently the utility of long
pose astronomical photographs in fur
nishing data for calculating the orbits
of comets. Such photographs record
the traces of faint comets when they
are too far from the sun to be seen
with telescopes. This they greatly
extend the distance over which the
path of the comet can be marked out,
and this is of extreme Importance In
calculating with accuracy the ele-
ments of its orbit. When a new
comet has once become visible, the
method pursued by Stroobant is to
search for its earlier traces on the
Photographic negatives Of the obser-
gatiors.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-22
SAVED BY GOODNESS
THE TERRIBLE ADVENTURE or A
SHIPS SURGEON.
Face TO Face with Macman In whose
Hands Long Surgical Knife Was
Waving He coolly Rolls cisa-
rette and Awaits Rescue.

The great ocean liner Majestic was
two days out from Southampton. The
sea was calm, and on the upper deck
the passengers were idling away the
hours. Life at such times is liable to
become monotonous, with nothing TO
relieve the gaze but the vast seem
ingly endless, glimmering ocean. Sud
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-22

The Uncle Joe Cannon presidential
boom must be using o smokeless
powder.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-22
Losing No Chance.

Ketchum A. Cummin-"Miss Well
up, If you have nc engagement for
tomorrow evening"
Miss Wellup-"I have none, Mr.
Cummin. I'm-rm not-er-engaged
any evening"
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-22

''WhatN has become of the old fash
toned boy who used to offer to fight
smaller boy on his knees and with
one hand tied behind him? asks the
Atchinson Globe. Why, we under
stand ne is married, and gets all the
fighting he wants.
Bisbee daily review. [volume] (Bisbee, Ariz.) 1901-1971, 1908-03-22

AT Guthrie, Okla, Deputy Sheriff
Hull shot and killed a supposed horse
thief, but it turned out the man was
a preacher who was trying to sell mis-
horse and resisted arrest.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
To Turn Corpses Into Gold.

Among the many queer things at
the Patent Office at Washington per-
hsps the very qusersst is the process
lately patented for turning corpses into
gold statues, or incidentally into silver
or bronze, if money is an object.
No name "dust to dust for the hu-
man body. Burial itself may be done
away with, and our dear departed
may stand around our homes for all
time.
The man Of the pstsntee is David ].
Block, lettcr.csrrier Of Chicago. BE
says he has been eight years expert
menting, and now can turn the body
of man weighing ls5 pounds into
pure gold for $5l5,OOO and into pure
silver for 100000. He also makes q
bronze statue, permeating the flesh to
the depth of only one-eighth Of an
inch, which can be done for $1,000,
and he guarantees that to preserve a
corpse intact for 100 years. Possibly
he will go on and invent some crock
cry process for even less money-but
thst might be dangerous, because SO
breakable, and one does not want to
see ones loved one broken up about
the house.
Mr.. Block has, in fact, sprung on
the Patent Office very startling idea.
he has some samples of his work that
are amazing to say the least. Among
them is bunch of American Beauty
roses metallized FIVE years ago. They
are hard as rock, but perfectly natural
in coloring, and when he opens the box
to take them out the scent appears to
be as strong az in frssh-cut rose.
His wife wears hAtpins made BY him
Of other roses-o2e an American
Beauty, another a PINK tea rose and a
third a white rose. These he metal
lizsd two years ago. She has worn
them constantly, winter AMI summer,
in all sorts of weather. Tue oior Of
them ia exactly like that of freshly
picked roses.
Of course, Mr.. Block naturally re-
fuses to divulgs the process by which
he thinks he hAs conquered the forces
of disintegration. BE has arranged
with one Of the largest oasket CON-
panies in the country to handle the
process. he says be can never turn
undertaken himself, bat he can show
anybody else how to do it, so that
there could be no possibility Of mis-.
taken.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
An Insect Tragedy.

There is something really pathetic
in the way mother butterfly builds a
nest for her children. In the first
place, the little home where the eggs
are deposited represents great deal
of sacrifice, for it is lined with several
layers OF down plucksd from the moth.
ers own soft body. The eggs having
been laid carefully upon this luxurious
pretty couch, are protected BY an
equally pretty covsrlst made Of the
same material.
These butterfly bedclothss are often
arranged with an intriOscy that is
quite curious and perpleIing. Some
times a bed is made 90 that each sep
srats delicate hair stands upright,
thus giving the entire nest the sp-
pearance Of a little brush Of downy
fur. Then again the eggs are laid
spirally round a tiny branch, and, as
the covering follows their course, the
effect resembles the bushy tail Of q
fox, only the nest is more beautiful
than the brush Of the finest FIX that
ever rosmsd over country.
The building Of this dOwnY nest il
the latest earthly labor Of the mother
butterfly, for by the time it is com
plstsd her own delicate body is de-
nudsd Of its natural covering and
there is nothing left for her to do bu
die, sacri6ee which che promptly
and heroicslly makes in the interes
Of the coming butterfly generation.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
Waiting On Appetite.

Abyssinian customs have a divert
ing simplicity, if we may guage them
by an example furnished the Wash.
ington Star by the captain of an ocean
liner.
"a young prince of Abyssinia once
sailed with me-" said the captain,
"and the passengers liked him so
much that at the end Of the voyage
they arranged dinner in his honor in
London.
ut was q smart dinner-orchids,
costly wines and much plate, and d
fashionable company-but the prince
did not appear.
"Next morning the chairman of the
committee hunted him up and asked
Indignantly why he had not gone to
the dinner.
"'I was not hungry, the prince
answered simply and calmly"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
To The Pole.

Commander Peary is on his way to
the arctic, confident that this time he
will reach the north pole. Whether he
succeeds or not, he is without doubt
the best equipped arctic explorer who
has thus far appeared. He has spent
more years and more thought upon
the problem than any other man. He
has reached a point nearer the pole
than any other explorer; and if he had
known as much as he now knows
about the direction Of the ice drift
above Greenland, he would at least
have come pretty near reaching his
goal.
This time he starts with that know
ledge. He is planning to establish
his base of supplies, not on the land
but on the ice, hundred and twen-
ty-fve miles farther north, and will
travel northwest with his sledges, hop
ing that the eastward drift of the ice
will be the same as he found it before.
If this should be the case he ought to
be able to make good progress in the
direction Of the pole itself.
he has adopted an ingenious way
of carrying a house north with him
for use as headquarters. 1t will be
built of the boxes containing his sup
plies. Each box is eight inches high
and ten inches wide, and of such
length as is convenient. These box
es will be piled up to form the walls
Of the house, with the end to be turn
ed to the inside. When a package Of
crackers is needed, he can knock out
a panel in the wall of his house-that
is, open the end of a box-reach in
and get all the crackers he needs, and
go on with bacon, pemmicsn, oatmeal,
sugar, tea, coffee, roast-besf hash or
condensed milk.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
Flies.

Mankind is learning rapidly which
Of the myriad kinds of things are
friends and which are enemies. Pests
that ruin crops are zsalously studied
and fought by farmers, but some pests
that endanger human life are tolsra-
ted because their ravages are not Wis
ible to the unscisnti6c eye.
1t took brave experiment to discov.
er that the mosquito is deadly ene-
my of man, and a long campaign Of ed
ucation was necessary to prove the
fact to the public. The rat being odi-
Gus and destroyer of property, was
more easily proved to the public to
bes disease-bearing scourge. The In
ternstional Association for the Scien.
ti6c Destruction of Rats, founded in
Denmark, is not a fantastic society, as
is attested by the work in San Fran
cisco and other cities against this
creeping vehicle Of buboniO plague.
The mosquito and the rat hsve"gOt
to CO." And 80 has the house-Ay,
which, far from being only buzzing
nuisance, causes thousands of deaths
a year. During the Civil War it was
found that flies carried gangrsns.
This early discovery has been explain
ed by the later knowledge of disease.
germs.
The fly is attracted to all kinds of
filth; his feet are barbei brush es
which pick up dirt and his track
across the food we eat IS path Of pes
thence when seen bene cath the micro
scope. He is the principal agent in
the spread of typhoid" The increase
of Summer complaints" intestinal
diseases, is not due to hot weather.
the human body easily adjusts itself
to mere temperaturs-but largely to
the increase Of flies from May to Au.
gust.
The tradition OF the relation be-
tween filth and disease is sound; and
the clean housekeeper has always
fought flies with screens and ay-traps.
These old-fashionsd defsnses are
still practical. In addition, the keep.
er of horses should screen his manure
pile, and spray it with creosote or
chloride Of lime. To allow flies on
food is to run risk of disease; to allow
flies to breed in or isit,poisonous mat
ter is to endanger ones neighbors.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
sHEPHERDsTOWN. W. VA THURSDAY. SEPTEMBER TO- 1908

deadly coil. The blaOksnake
Strengthened out and the dead rattler
came from the coils as limp as rag
and az dead as Hector. The black
racer did not linger to gloat over the
carcass of his victim, but with head as
proudly high as a knight who had
overcome a dragon, disappeared in the
underbrdsh.
Hogs kill a great many snakes.
Whether there exists an antipathy, or
whether the hogs uncultured appetite
prompts him to the slaughter, or
perverted sense Of sport causes him to
hunt snakes, our observations have
not progressed far enough to justify
mstured opinion.
Deer have been known to kill rat
tlesnakes. An old hunter reoounted
an experience with a deer and
snake, which occurred on Marlin
Mountain some years since. he had
lost some hogs, and in looking for them
came upon deer acting quserly. 1t
would run little distance and then
back again, all the time keeping its
eyes intently on certain place. The
hunter called to scare the deer. After
it had run away, he went to see what
the deer had been doing. There was
an immense rattlesnske coiled and
ready for ofense or defense.-POcG-
hoata, Times.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
The Registration Law.

In discussing the Registration Law
with A. E Kenny, at the State Dem
Ooratic headquarters, Mr.. Kenny said:
81 deem it important that the press Of
the State cali attention to this new
law.
Without going into details or
making comment on its many imper-
fections, / would impress upon all vO-
ters the duty of complying with this
statue.
THE County Court shall appoint,
not later than the lst day Of SePtsm-
Der, a registrar for each voting pre-
cinct. The law preScribss that he
shall register citizens who are entitled
to vote. There is some question as
to whether the voter shall make per-
sOnal application to be registered or If
q friend can DO 90 for him. / take it
that any fair minded man who has
taken oath to register those who are
entitled to vote would do SO, even il
the legal voter was absent and did
not appear personally to be registered;
however, it would be we'll for all those
who wish to see an honest election TO
find out from each registrar what he
will require to satisfy him Of the vo-
ter's qualifications,
"The law does not require the regis
trsr to make public his list Of voters
until Is days before the election,
neither does it prevent him from per-
mitting al inspection Of his books.
The registrar who wishes to be just,
it seems to me, would not hesitate to
allow such AN inspection.
Section 8 provides that any regis
trsr who shall wilfully or maliciously
register the name Of any person not a
qualified voter Of said precinct or re-
ject from registration the name Of any
qualified voter of the precinct contrary
to the provisions Of this act, shall be
deemed guilty of a felony.
Section 9 provides-"No person
shall be allowed to vote at any cleo
ton hereafter held in this state after
the first registration shall have been
completed according to the provisions
Of this act, unless he shall have been
registered, Except ss herinsfter pro-
vided), ;" the only exception being |
that person who has been properly |
registered, and who moves from one
precinct to another, may obtain cer-
tifcate from the registrar OF the pre-
cinct in which he registered, or from
the clerk Of the County Court in case
the registration books have been filed
With such clerk, and present the same
to the election commissioners OF the
precinct where be resides, and if such
shall be satisfied that
such voter has legal register they
must allow him TO vote.
The law does not provide for those
who are away from hons, coming in
on election day, and making an aG.
davit that they are legal voters and
permitting them to vote. A copy Of
the registration books will be sent to
the commissioners in each precinct
and these books must be their guide
they cannot, as heretofore, use their
discretion as to who may vote.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
NEW VOL. 43.--NO 80
Made 500. 900 In SIX Years.


While millions of dollars are being
spent annually in the development Of
West Virginia in railroads, coal, tim
Der, trolley, etc., there still remain
thousands Of acres Of virgin forest, IN.
touched coal and oil territory and rich
fields not reached by railroad or troll.
ley.
Fortunes haye been made and are
still 10 be made in the little Mountain
State. A few days ago Wayland Far
rsr, Wayne county boy. left for New
York to sail for Europe. BE is only
IS years old, and in Gx years he
smassed a fortune Of 100000. His
is an sKAmpl, Of how fortunes are to
be made in this State.
When he was 10 years old and was
strolling over the farm with his father.
young Farrar. in the course Of con-
versation with man who was looking
for timber, learned Of the value OF wal
nut timber. BE learned that the log
was valuable and that il could be kept
for years without injury.
With that idea as his cue the young
man began stacking up walnut timber
from the farm. De secured what he
could fron surrounding farms by
trading, gradually acquiring all the
walnut logs in the surrounding terri.
tory. He constructed big shed, en-
larging it from time to time, and
stacked the logs in this shelter. Ia
the course Of six years he had gath.
cred in this shed close TO 1900 wal.
nut logs, each Of which had cost him
some labor, some object Of barter or
some cash.
His father died in the meantime,
and while he was aooumulsting logs
he Was not allowing his farm to run
down for lack Of care aud attention.
Two weeks ago he took a train for
Cincinnati and called al tie Office of
one Of the richest timber concerns in
the Queen City aud asked that an in.
speotor be sent TO look at his pile of
logs. A man was at once dispatched.
the deal was closed, and at the end OF
six years Of gsrnsring logs Wsyland
Farrar is the possessor OF $l00, 900
cash in the bank.
81 sm only rs years old now. and
have plenty Of money" said Farrar be.
fore his departure for New York. Il
don't want any more. With judicious
care, it will LEI me die a wealthy man
as | look at riches, and that is enough.
or should be, TO satisfy any man. /
am going TO Europe for year. and
when come back am going 10 roam
from one section Of my own country 10
another. l don't know just what I'll
do then, but am going TO have a
good time-not the Harry rhaw kind,
but just a good time
Farrar is a young man Of little edu.
cation, bat has sound common sense,
aud his experience is the same as could
be realized by any other man in West
Virginia, where wealth stretches forth
on all sides and fortunes await merely
the grasping.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10

Bobby" said the teacher, "bow
many zones are taersl"
"Two," answered Bobby. with lit.
tie questioning note in his voice. Then
seeing the puzzlsi look that came in.
10 the teachers face be ratified on
without stop: zone male and the
other female; the male can be temper
ate or intsmpsrats; the female frigid
or torrid'-snd he stopped for q
breath.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10

When you have cold you may be
sure that it has been caused Indirectly
by constipation and consequently you
must hrst Of all take something 70 move
the bowels. This 10 what has made
Kennedy's Laxative Cough Syrup 90
successful and 20 generally demanded.
Il does not constipate like most OF the
old fashioned cough cures, bat on the
other hand it gently moves the bowels
aud At the same time heals irritation
and aliays Inflammation OF the Throat.
Sold by Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
The Remedy That Does.

"Dr. Kings New Discovery is the
remedy that does the healing others
promise but fail to PERFORM" says Mrs.
E. r. Pierson, OF Auburn Centre, Pa.
at is curing me Of throat and lung
trouble OF long standing, that other
treatments relieved only temporarily.
New Discovery is doing me 50 much
good that feel confident that
its continued use for 4 reasonable
length of time will restore me to per-
feet health" This renowned cough
and cold remedy and throat and lung
healer Is sold at Hills drug store. SOC.
and 81. 90. Trial bottle free.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
THOUGH HE SLAY MH.n

will no, doubt, though all my ships at sea
. Come drifting home With broken nasts and sails;
will believe the Hand that never falls,
From seeming evil worketh good to me;
And though weep because those sails are tattered
Sill will cry. while my best hopes are shattered,
"I trust In Thee"
will not doubt, though sorrows fall Ike rain.
And troubles swarm like bees about to hive;
will believe the heights for which strive
Are only reached through anguish and through pain
And though groan and writhe beneath my crosses
l yet shall see through my seyeresI losses
The greatest gain,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10

The P.rsoa-I intend 70 pray that
voc may forgive Casey for throwing
that brick at you.
The Pstient-Msbbe yer riv'rence
I'D be saving tonne il ys'd Just vait
till oi git we'll, and then pray for
Casey.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
School For Young Ladies.

Two hundred dollars, paid quarterly
in advance, in the Valley Seminary at
Waynesboro, Vs., will pay the board,
washing, light. heat, and tuition in all
the branches Of college course, Latin
and French included. Address,
REV. J. I. MILLER,
Waynesboro, Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10

$50" said Tommy's father, "you
took dinner at Willie Stout's house
today. l hope when it came to extra
hslpings you had manners enough to
say NO.
ayes, sir" replied Tommy. 81
said No several times.
"Ab ! you didf"
"Yes. sir. Mrs. Stout kept askin'
me if I had enough"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10
VIII Interest Many.

Every person should know that gojd
health is impossible VI the kidneys are
dsrAnEed. Foley's Kidney Remedy will
cure kidney and bladder disease In every
form, and will build up and strengthen
these organs so they will perform their
functions properly. No danger OF
Bright's disease or diabetes II Foley's
Kidney Remedy - taken In time. Hiil's
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10

It's pity when sick ones drug the
stomach or stimulate the Heart or Kid
news. That is all wrong A week
Stomach, means weak Stomach nerves,
always. And this is also true OF the
Heart and Kidneys- The weak nerves
are instead crying out fer help. This
explains why Or. Shops Restorative .
prom pity helping Stomach, Heart ana
kidney ailments. The Restorative
reaches out for the actual cause OF these
aiIments-ths falling ''inside nerves :.
ANYWAY {. 81 the Restorative 4s hours.
n wont cure 50 SON as that, bat you
will surely know that help y coming
Sold BY Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-09-10

"Clars, dear, the young man began.
taking her hand in his. at last ! am
in a position to tell you how fondly
l." Instantly she jumped to her
feet and elappsd her hands wildly.
81 got the moth that timsI'' she said,
srultingly, as she resumed her seat.
go ahead. George