Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-10-21
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

HENS OF lNIEkLSis
Dudley Buck, the noted composer OF
sacred music, died last week at his home
in New Jersey, aged 10 years.
Leona Hopkins, a little girl seven years
old, was crushed to death by falling under
B. & o. locomotive at Mt. Airy last
Sunday.
David B. Martin, manager OF passen-
ger traffic of the Baltimore & Ohio Rail-
road Company, died in Atlantic City on
Tuesday.
A hurricane passed over Southern Flor
ida on Monday, badly wrecking the city
of Key West. 1t is estimated that s., 0OO,-
600 damage to property was caused.
An artistic hen, belonging to Mrs. Jonas
Gross, who lives near Reno's Monument,
on the South Mountain, is said to have
laid an egg that excels the products OF
the cleverest Easter egg artists. Half of
the unusual egg is said TO be delicate
shade of blue, with plain imprints OF a
little girl, woman, an eagle, sword
and fish.
Daniel Brmbaugh and Thomas B. Gray,
of Waynesboro, Pa, had a novel expert
ence when they caught with their hands
two-year- buck deer. He was a fine
specimen, and his captors would have
had some fine venison feasts had it been
lawful to kill deer, but as this is the closed
season they let him go. The deer was
fatigued from trying to jump high wire
fence and was exhausted when his cap
tors seized him.
Chicago's new chief of police, Col. Le-
Roy T. Steward, has issued an order that
hereafter ambulances and patrol wagons
shall carry spirits OF ammonia for revivlng
victims OF accidents instead OF brandy.
81 think the ammonia will lastlopger than
the brandy" explained Chief Steward.
"The brandy is sometimes gone by the
time an ambulance crew reaches its des-
tination; also, ammonia is cheaper and
just as effective"
The Norfolk and Western Railroad
Company, according to two compromise
decisions in Nansemond Circuit Court, at
Suffolk, Va, holds automobiles to be more
valuable than human life. The company
attorneys gave Sarah E. Mellon, widow
of a colored mechanic, $625 for the kill
ing of her husband, while Mary E. Cobb
got 500 for damages to an automobile by
the same company, although tine motor
car was used again after repairs were
made.
Four great American railroad systems
have reported their operations for a whole
year without a single passenger killed.
These were the Pennsylvania, the Bur-
lington, the Northwestern and the Santa
Fe. During the year ended June 30,
these systems carried 100000 pas
sengers. The one most important factor
contributing to this result, in addition to
the latest safety devices, is the enforce
ment of rigid discipline. All devices de-
pend at some point on the faithfulnesS of
an employee.
Pursuing theory for the production of
perfect race, DR.. M. A. Schultz, of Long
Beach, CAL, has assembled orphan babies
OF various nationalities and color to rear
and ultimately, through selection, attempt
the achievement of the ideal human being.
He now has American babies, little Mex
leans, Portuguese, Japanese and Indians,
and hopes to obtain healthy specimens of
Australian and Fiji Islanders. These he
will train, mentally, morally and physi-
cally, and then try his theory of inter
marriage.
The West Virginia Supreme Court is to
be given an opportunity of passing upon
the constitutionality OF the Johnson pistol
toting law as to carrying razors and also on
the court decisions that justice Of the
peace has jurisdiction under that law to
impose its penalties. This law, which
was passed by the last Legislature, has
been questioned ever since its passage as
to some OF its provisions. A writ of hab-
cas- corpus has been asked for in the case
of Carl E. Southern, of ParkerSburg, who
was fined $500 and cent to Jail for six
months by Justice w. P. Camp for carry
ing a razor. The petition will be present
ed to the Supreme Court, which con-
vened Yesterday.