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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
A Dead Mans Face In a Photo.

Virginia newspapers and people in the
Roanoke -Rockbridge region are nom
plussed by the appearance of her dead
husbands face in photograph Mrs. Liz
zie Brown had taken of herself a few days
ago in Buena Vista studio. 1t appears
from the published statements that Mrs.
Brown, who is the widow ofP. w. Brown,
went to the photographer with never
thought of her husband showing up. He
had been dead five years and had never
been inside the studio. She sat for her
picture as usual, and it was not until after
the photographs were made that it was
discovered the face of her dead husband
appeared in the picture, seemingly look
ing over her shoulder.
The appearance Of the dead mans
likeness is not the product of the widows
imagination, for it can be readily traced
by any one who sees one of the photo
graphs. Those who knew the late Mr..
Brown easily recognize the picture that
shows above the left shoulder of the sub
ject of the photo as that of Mr.. Brown.
II was with a; certain sense of horror
that Mrs. Brown made the weird discovery
which appeared as wrath in the picture.
The face of her late husband showed very
distinctly, even to the features of the
head. The picture of Mrs. Brown is
good one, but the head of her dead hus-
band is larger than that of herself, although
it is in the background. His face is shown
on curtains Immediately back OF the chair
on which she sat when the picture was
taken. The folds in the curtain bring out
the characteristic features of the dead
mans face, and it is so prominent that it
is the subject OF conversation for many
who have seen it.
The late Mr.. Brown was brother of
Mr.. A. o. Brown, collector for The
Roanoke Times. One of the pictures is
in the possession Of the latter, and has
been seen by scores of persons about the
office OF the paper.
"Of course, it is all mystery TO us,
said Mr.. Brown. "My brother had never
been in the gallery in which my sister,
in-law sat for her picture, and there was
no picture Of my brother in the studio.
The likeness of my brother is perfect"
Students of psychic phenomena are
using this incident to press the theory
that the spirit world is very close TO us
and that we are often companioned by the
spirits of our departed friends, who are
sopetimes permitted to manifest them
selves to our senses of sight and hearing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
Shots at the Saloon.

Fifty counties in prohibition Kansas did
not furnish single criminal to the peni-
Tertiary in an entire year. Compare this
record with fortnight in fighting Fayette
county, West Virginia.
Xenia, Ohio, business men assert that
they sell more goods and make better and
easier collections without saloons than at
any time within forty years Of license.
AT London, Ohio, there were liz ar
rests during the last four months oflicense,
1l5 of which were for drunkenness. For
the first four months without license there
were 30 arrests, II Of them for drunken
ness, and every one of the II had gotten
his liquor outside Of his own county.
Ninety Of Virginia's counties are already
dry. and the anti-Saloon forces are making
ready to move on the strongholds, includ-
ing Petersburg, Richmond, Newport
News, Norfolk and Portsmouth. The
next legislature of Virginia will probably
bid the Old Dominion saloon long fare
well.
II is understood from the office OF the
prosecuting attorney that the terms OF the
settlement with R. M. Henry, the former
saloon-keeper Of Winchester who was
convicted of selling liquor illegally, are as
follows (l) Henry pays the fine and
costs in the case in which he was con-
victed in the corporation court. ~ He
withdraws his appeal from the case in
which he was convicted in the magis-
trate's couH, and pays fine and costs.
81 He agrees TO get out Of The small-beer
business in ten days, and agrees not to
enter the liquor business again. (4) He
executed a bond for $500 conditioned not
to further violate the liquor law.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

Alice is a dear little girl of about FIVE,
who is possessed Of that quality termed
from the point Of view, firmness Of char
acter or obstinacy. Recently, one cloudy
day, she drew her little rocking chair up
to the window and began to enjoy agood
rock. Presently the sun came out with such
such force as TO fall with such force as TO
force as to fall with disagreeabIe intensity
and glare across the little ones face. She
blinked and blnked, but, instead Of moving
out Of the way, kept on rocking. "Alice,
suggested her mother, ''the sun IS shining
right in your eyes. Why don't you move
away2"
"a won'tP responded the stubborn
youngster. "l was here first"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
Wanted No High Ball.

Horace Bixby, the dean OF Mississippi
pilots is still at the wheel at 81. To him
Mark Twain served his apprenticeship.
A Vicksburg reporter asked Mr.. Bixby
recipe for hale old age.
Temperance, young man" the pilot
replied. "Intemperance is what kills us
off. Oh, the victims" he said, in his
whimsical way, "the sad victims OF in
temperance have scent
"Once, remember, apassenger Of ours
fell overheard. We fished him out with
a boathook after he had been soaking on
the bottom half an hour or so. We laid
him limp and sopping on the deck and a
steward ran for the whiskey bottle.
GAS pried the mans mouth open TO
pour some whiskey down his throat his
lips moved. A kind of murmur came
from them. put my ear down close to
listen and heard the half-drowned wretch
say:
"'Roll me on bar'l fust to git some
o. this water out. It'll weaken the lick
err"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
courting and Medicine.

Miss Mary Flynn was studying medi.
cine and being coured at the same time
Mr.. William Budd was attending to tht
latter part of the business.
One evening while they were sitting to-
gether in the parlor MIR. Budd was think
ing how he should manage to propose
Miss Flynn. was explaining certain physi-
illogical facts to him.
"Do you know" she said. "that thou
sands of persons are actually ignorant thai
they smell with their olfactory peduncle?'
millions of EN-" replied Mr.. Budd.
"And Aunt Mary wouldn't believe me
when told her she couldn't wink with
out sphincter muscle"
How unreasonablel'
"Why, person cannot kiss without a
sphincter.
"lndeedp
81 know it is So"
"May try if can?"
"Oh, MIR. Budd, it's too bad for you to
make light of such subject"
Then he tried, and while he held her
hand she explained to him about the mus
cles of that portion of the body.
at is remarkable how much you know
about these things" said Mr. Budd,
"realIy wonderful. Now, for example,
what is the bone at the back of the head
called?"
"Why, the occipital bone"
"And what are the names of the mus
cles of the arm2"
"The spiralis and the infra-spiralis
among others"
"Well, now LET me see what you mean.
When put my infra-spiralis around
your waist so, it is your occipital bone
that rests upon my shoulder-blade in that
way2"
"My back hair, primarily, but the oc-
cipital bone, of course, afterward. But
oh, Mr.. Budd, suppose pa should come
in now and see usl'
"Let him come. Who cares?" said
Mr. Budd boldly. 81 think III exercise
a sphincter and take kiss"
"But, Mr.. Budd, how can you do SOP"
said Miss Flynn after he had performed
the feat.
Don't call me Mr.. Budd call me
William" he said, drawing her closer.
"You accept me, don't your ! know
you do, my darling"
"Willie, DEAR" whispered Miss Flynn
very family.
"What, darling?"
81 can hear your heart beat"
s"lt beats only for you, my angel"
"And it sounds out of order. The ven-
tricular contraction is not uniform"
"Small wonder for that when its burn
ing for JOY"
"You must put yourself under treat
ment for il. But somehow the sphincter
operation is the one that strikes me most
favorably. Let us again see how it
works"
But why proceed2 It's the old, old
story.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
He Wasn't Much Helped.

They stood on downtown corner,
their arms twined affectionately around
each others shoulders, while they con-
tinued to argue, amiably, but firmly. The
subject OF their discussion was evidently
one of the gravest importance.
"Pve got it," the steadier of the two
cried suddenly, looking trIumphantly at
the door. 81 can't be Tomlinson. DON
sh' member that man ashked me how
Mrs. Johnson was ?"
His friend was unconvinced. "That
donsh mean anything. Donsh he know
we live nexSh door each other? Sides,
know that man who slapped me on the
back and called me Johnson" and then
they gazed bewildered into each others
eyes.
"We'll have to ashk somebody" sug-
gested one finally.
"All ri; only donsh ashk rude ord'n'ry
people; wait until zhentleman comes
along and shee what he has to shay"
So they propped themselves firmly
against lamp post and waited.
Presently fairly well-dressed man ap-
preached and one of them detained him
with an uncertain hand on his coat sleeve.
"Shay, Of man," he said, I'M friend
an wansh you to shettle alittle dishpute
for ush. One of ush is Johnson and one
of ush is TomIinson, but in some mos
un'countable way we've forgot whish is
whish. You shee, he thinks he's me and
| think Pm him. How, whash you think
about it 2"
The new conner looked at them gravely
for moment, and then said pleasantly:
"Whash the name of the other two
zhentlemen with you ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
Wasted Opportunities.

The view Of the proper uses TO which
money may be applied depends wholly
upon the individual. There are many
who will see nothing funny in the old
mans comment on the uses a departed
relative had made Of her property.
81 dunno what good Elizabeth's money
ever done her." said Mr.. Sage, reflect
lively. "She spent If all. Give it away
here and there, and bought things with
IL.
mo, sir" he continued, ''it want
much good to her. She didn't leave a
cent"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
A Delicate Hint.

Sandy and his lass had been sitting to-
gether about half an hour In silence.
Maggie" he said al length, "wasna ]
here on the Sawbath nicht2"
"Ah, Sandy, daur say you were"
"An' wasna here on Monday nicht2"
"Ah, so you were"
"An' was here on Tuesday NIGHT, an
Wednesday NIGHT, an Thursday NIGHT, an
Friday NIGHT 2"
AYE, Pm thinkin that's So"
can this is Saturday uichi, an I'm here
again2"
"Weel, what for noo2 I'm sure you're
very welcome.
Sandy Observation-Disclosures womani
Dye no begin 10 smell a rat2
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

They had been married just a month
when he lost his position, and during the
next eighteen months he jumped rapidly
from one thing TO another without being
at all successful at anything.
BY this time her trousseau was getting
frayed around the bottom ndmsty around
the top; and the hope which she had
been entertaining that she would some
day be the possessor OF some new gowns
had become sort of permanent hope, as
far as they both see together.
Elizabeth" he said one day, "do you
think marriage is failure ?"
"FaiIurep she said scornfully. "lt's a
panic
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
Forced Into Exile,

VIM. Upchurch of Glen Oak, Okla, was
an exile from home. Mountain air, he
thought, would cure frightful lung-rack-
ing cough that had defied all remedies for
two years. After six months he returned,
death dogging his steps. "Then ! began
to use DR.. Kings New Discovery" he
writes, land after taking six bottles am
as well as ever" II saves thousands
yearly from deperate lung diseases. In
fallible for Coughs and Colds, it dispels
Hoarseness and Sore Throat Cures
Grip, Bronchitis, Hemorrhages, Asthma,
Group, Whooping Cough. Soc and 81 90,
trial bottle free, guaranteed by Hills Phar-
macy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
Rev. /. w. wiIIiamson's Letter.

Rev. |. w. Williamson, Huntington, w.
Va. writes: "This is to certify that used
FoIey's Kidney Remedy for nervous ex-
haustion and kidney trouble and am free
to saw that il will do all that you claim for
It." FoIey's Kidney Remedy has restored
health and strength to thousands ofweak,
run down people. Contains no harmful
drugs and is pleasant to take. Hills
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
A scaIded Bows ShrieLs

horrified his grandmother, Mrs. Maria
Taylor, Of Nebo, KY, who writes thai,
when all thought he would die, Bucklen's
Arnica SaIye wholly cured him. lnfaili-
bic for Burns, Scalds, Cuts, Corns,
Wounds. Bruises. Cures Fever-Sores,
BoiIs. skin Eruptions, ChiIblains, Chap
ped Hands, soon routs Piles. 25c at
Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
Many A Day Is Spoiled

by cough which cannot be broken by
ordinary remedies. But why not Try a
medicine that will cure any cough that
any medicine can cure (? That is kemp's
Balsam. II is recommended by doctors
and nurses, and il costs only Is cents al
any druggists or Dealers. Keep bottle
always in the house and you will always
be prepared to treat cold or cough be-
fore it causes any suffering at all.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

The first intimation the box Office had
OF the fire came at the end OF the third act
from a fat man, who bounded down the
gallery stairs, stuck his face in at the
ticket window and shouted breathIessIy !:
Theatres afire Gimme me money
back T.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

George-Do you believe the woman
ever lived who could truly say 10 her
lover that he was the first man she had
ever kissed 2
Madge-Yes; Eve.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

my wife can cook" said The benedict
proudly.
Don't woryi Maybe she won't"
answered the bachelor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

Hoarseness, bronchitis and other throat
troubles are quickly cured by FoIey's
Honey and Tar as II sootfes and heals the
infamed throat and bronchial tubes and
the most obstinate cough disappears. In
sist upon having the genuine FoIey's
Honey and Tar. Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27
I Thank Thee, Lord.

I thank Thee Lord. for mine unanswered prayers
Unanswered save Thy quiet kindly. Nay;
Yet II seemed hard among my heavy cares
That bitter day.
| wanted Joy; but Thou didst know Tor me
That sorrow was the gilt needed most,
And in its mystic depths learned to see
The Holy Ghost.
I wanted health; but Thou didst bid me sound
The secret treasures oil pain
And in the moans and groans my heart OH iound
Thy Christ again.
| wanted wealth twas not the better part:
There is a wealth with poverty oft given.
And Thou didst teach me OF the gold OF heart
Best gift Of heaven.
thank Thee, Lord. fo ( these unanswered prayers,
And for Thy word. the quiet kindly. Nay;
Twas Thy withholding lightened all my cares
That blessed day.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

A nervous looking man went into a
store and asked: DO you people adver-
tise No, replied the proprietor. The
stranger sat down with a glad smile.
Then lemme rest awhile. Ny physician
has advised me TO avoid being In crowds
and stay quiet.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

The burglars wife was in the witness
box and the prosecuting attorney was
conducting vigorous cross-examination.
Madam, you are the wife of this
man ?"
ayes"
'You knew he was burglar whenyou
married him 2"
"Yes."
"How did you come to contract mat
rimonial alliance with such man ?"
'Well," the witness said sarcaStically,
al was getting old and had to choose be-
tween lawyer and burglar"
The cross-examination ended there.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

Customer-I say, what do you think
that is2 Just taste ii and give me your
opinion.
Grooer-WelI, ! should say il was soda
Customer-That's what said. But
my wife contended that il was rat poison.
Try il again TO make sure.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

Many weak, nervous women have been
restored to health by Foley's Kidney
Remedy, as II stimulates the kidneys so
they will eliminate the waste matter from
the blood. Impurities depress the nerves,
causing nervous exhaustion and other all
ments. Commence today and you viii
soon be well. Pleasant to take. Hills
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

But recently arrived, a shade hustled
over to ST. Peter.
"My good man." said ne, twill you
tell me where must go to get souvenir
postcards 2"
And ST. Peter, eyeing him sourly, told
him where he could go.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1909-05-27

"And have you heard the latest7"
mo. What is it 2"
"Why, in ireland they can'thang aman
with wooden leg"
"Never What do they do, then?"
"Why, they just hang him with arope." /"
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-28
TARIFF REFORM.

AS time rolls on and conditions
change men Of thought change their
views. In years past the South would not
listen to any argument that smacked
of a protective tariff, but to-day we
have men in the halls of Congress
sent up from the extreme Southland
~contending for a protective tariff on
the products in their section of the
country, that in their judgment, need
to be protected against foreign trade.
Senator McEnery, of Louisiana. is
asking for protection on sugar, while
Senator Bristow, of Kansas, is asking
that the present rate be reduced.
Senator Bailey, of Texas, is looking
after the lumber industry of his state,
and others-the ablest men from the
South-are putting aside their party
doctrine and are looking at the thing
in a common-sense way.
1t is evident that the South is waking
up. 1t is no longer for low tariff be-
cause some Northern democrat says
so, but only when it will conserve to
the best interests of the country,
or that section of the country
where the commodity is produced.
Senator Taylor, the popular Tennes-
sean, summed up the situation when
he said in effect that tariff reform
meant how it effected the individual.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-28
GEORGIA RAILROAD STRIKE.

The strike of the white union fire
man on the railroad in the State Of
Georgia seems to have grown more
serious in the last few days. Traffic
on that road is at a stand still. and
at some points the people are suffer
ing for the necessities Of life. And
what for? Simply because the rail
road company decided to employ black
men as tiremen.
The laboring white man is carry
ing his pet scheme too far for his own
good. There are between twelve and
fifteen millions of black people in this
country, and they earn their living by
labor To deny them the right to
earn a living means that the number
of criminals will be increased ten
fold. All Negroes will not be content
to work on the farm, and for that
matter, at no other one vocation. They
are like other men; some take up one
occupation and some another. And
it is not fair to be continually push
ing them out of the different occupa-
tons. 1t will be the wiser plan for
the laboring white man to decide to
work side by side with the black
laboring class. 1t will be better for
him and just to the black man. 1t
would be wisdom to do it peaceably
rather than to be forced to do it.
The Georgia case is one among
many, and the practice is not confined
any section, but is carried on in
all parts of our country. The black
man is a citizen. He pays taxes and
has the same right to accept a job
as fireman on a railroad as any one
else.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-28
COMMUNICATION.
The supreme COURTS Decision.

The Supreme Courts Decision.
To the Nashville Globe:
Caesar fell at the base of Pompey's
statue pierced by a dagger in the
hand of Brutus, among the rest of
the conspirators (mob). Late at
night some time afterward, while
seated in his apartment on the tented
field, he was startled by the uncere-
monious entrance of Caesars ghost,
that informed him that for the part
he had taken with the mob in his as
s%assination it would with r%etribution
meet him (Brutus) on the embattled
plain Of Philippi. And true to prom
Use it met him there. The ghost of
Ed Johnson has stalked abroad and
would not be allayed until it met
those responsible for the protection
of his life, but who were derelict in
their duty, at the bar of the Supreme
Court of the United States. The de-
cision recently rendered by that high
tribunal holds that somebody in Ham
ilton County was and is responsible
for the going of Ed Johnson in DISC
bedience to it's high mandate. The
Court holds that if it's orders are ig-
nored and defied with such reckless
disregard, without punishment falling
on those responsible therefor, then
law is a farce and a mOckery and the
foundation of the government has
been destroyed. But as a matter of
self-preservation it has acted in this
case to the extent of awarding pun
ishment. It's decision is final and the
apparition of Johnson will no more
visit, as one has said, the glimpses of
the moon. There must have been
that in his case that warranted inves-
tigation or the information on which
the appeal went up to the Court
would have been dismissed. The law
is all4suficient in every instance. The
law-abiding will await its action, and
the non-law-abiding should be taught
that such is the safe way in a
democratic-republican government.
JADECEE.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-28
THE TENNESSEE CENTRAL RAIL
ROAD OFFERS LOW ExCUR-
SION RATES AS FOLLOWS:

To Knoxville, Tenn.
Account Sumer School of the South.
Tickets on sale June goth 21st, 22nd,
July 9rd, 10th, 18th, 21st; limited to
leave Knoxville Is days from date Of
sale with privilege of extension to
September Both, on payment Of fee
of $1.00.
To AshevilIe, N. C.
National Association T. P. A. OF
America. Tickets on sale May 18th,
10th and Both, limited to leave Ashe-
vile returning 80 days from date OF
sale.
international Convention Baraca
and Philathea. Tickets on sale June
18th and 18th, limited to June rs, re-
turning.
Dramatic Order Knights of Khoras-
san Meeting. Tickets on sale July 9Th
9th, 10th, 18th; limited to return July
26th, 1909.
Low summer rates to all principal
resorts in the United States.
For further information call on
your nearest agent, or write
THEO. A. ROUSSEAU,
General Passenger Agent,
Nashville, Tenn.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-28
SHERIFF SHIP CASE.

The Supreme Court has at last rem
dered a decision in the Sheriff Ship
case, and all that remains to be done
now is to say what the punishment
shall be for Ship and his associates.
This case has attracted widespread at
tention. Over ten million citizens of
the United States have been anxiously
waiting for the decision of the SUI
preme Court, not that Ed. Johnson
would he helped in any way, but
that the people might know what to
expect of the highest authority in the
land. 1t is not known what the pun
ishment will be, but the decision set
ties the fact that a sheriff, be the &C
cused black or white, owes a duty to
every one in his custody.
The Nashville globe. [volume] (Nashville, Tenn.) 1906-193?, 1909-05-28
NOTICE..

To the Members of the Executive
Board of the National Baptist Con-
vention:
You are hereby notified that a
meeting of the Board will be held in
the chapel of the National Baptist
Publishing Board, Nashville, Tenn,
on Wednesday, the 9th day of June,
1909, at 10 o'clock a. m.
The object of the meeting is to ar
range a program for the meetings
to he held at Columbus, Ohio, on the
18th day of September, 1909,
Very truly yours,
E. c. MORRIS, President.
R. B. HUDSON, Secretary.