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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

The enormous demand for India-rub-
Der created by the bicycle. and greatly
increased by the automobile, has led TO 4
rapidly advanced price. This. in turn,
has not only stimulated the search for new
sources of supply, bufhas encouraged IN
vestigations looking to possible substi-
tutes. At the recent meeting Of the
American Association for the Advance
ment OF Science special rubber diyis-
ion" was organized among the chemists
for the purpose Of studying the chemical
composition Of rubber. and Of producing
II artifcialIy
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

Mr.. Edison, in taking visitor through
his laboratories, casually called his at
tention 10 about nine thousand un-
successful experiments that had been
made in the attempt TO perfect the stor
age-battey. Then all those expert
ments have been wasted" exclaimed the
visitor. "Oh, no, ;" said Mr.. Edison calm
ly, 81 now know Of nine thousand things
not to do" incidentally, the episode
throws light OF the course Of invention,
sometimes regarded as little more than
lucky accident In reality If IS almost al
ways the patient testing Of every avenue,
until the right one is found.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03
A Temperance Lesson from Charles
Town.

A striking temperance lesson comes
from Charles. Town. case where the
utter rIination of four young men is d.
recfly traceable TO the liquor saloons that
are such curse to that community. For
several years party of young fellows
have been going from bad TO worse in
that town. drinking leading to other vices
and eliminating in the crimes OF assault
and robbery. For one reason and an
other they have managed for good while
TO escape punishment, but when few
weeks ago they broke into and robbed a
whiskey saloon of LOT of liquor they
committed the unpardonable sin. Police
officers were soon hot on their trail and
arrests followed, few persons seeming to
realize that the young men were but do
ing the very thing that liquor saloon in
spires them TO do.
At the recent term of the Jefferson Cir
cult Court indictments were found against
three of the young men Of the gang.
Last Wednesday John Spinks was tried
and found guilty. Then he made clean
breast OF the affair, telling of the robbery
in detail. Judge Faulkner gave him 1--WE
years in the penitentiary. His confession
implicated Clarence Littleton, who was at
once arrested and is now under bail to
await the action OF the next grand jury.
William Conry, another Of the quartette,
was tried on Thursday, found guilty and
sentenced to the penitentiary for two
years. On Friday Earl Morrison, who
seemed TO be ringleader of the gang, and
who had fed the town after the robbery,
Unexpectedly returned, and being taken
into court he plead guilty and Stoically
received a sentence OF seven years in the
penitentiary.
This ought to be an effective lesson to
the people of our county. Because Sa-
looms are allowed to flourish, four young
men have been ruined, and they have
StigTnaS upon them that will never be re-
moved. The taxpayers have TO bear a
burden of thousands OF dollars for their
conviction and maintenance in prison.
And, worst of all, there are broken hearts
and disgraced homes that are the bitter
fruits Of the saloon that the people by
their votes permit TO flourish.
The saloon is curse-It ought to be
abolished.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03
row Patrick Henry Died.

For centuries the world has admired the
calmness and foriinde of Socrates in the
presence OF death, but il Socrates died
like philosopher, Patrick Henry died
like Christian. In his last illness, all
other remedies having failed, his physi-
cian, Doctor Cobell, proceeded 10 admin
ister to him a dose of liquid mercury.
Taking the vial in his hand. and looking
at il for moment, the dying man said:
al suppose, doctor, this is your last re-
sort ?"
"a am sorry to say. governor. that il IS. I"
"Whzt will be the effect Of this medi-
cine?"
alt will give you immediate relief. or"
The doctor could not finish the sentence.
His patient took up the word: .fou
mean, doctor, that il viii give relief or will
prove fatal Immediately 2"
"You can live only very short time
without il. the doctor answered. land il
may possibly relieve YOU"
Then the old statesman said:
Excuse me, doctor. for a few min-
utes, and drawing over his eyes a Silken
cap which he usually wore, and still hold
ing the vial in his hand, he prayed in
clear words simple, childlIke prayer FOR
his family, for his country, and for his
own soul, then in the presence OF death.
Afterward, in perfect calmneSs, he swal-
lowed the medicine.
Meanwhile Doctor Cobeli, who greatly
loved him, went out upon the lawn, and
in his grief threw himself down upon the
earth under one Of the trees, and wept
bitterly Soon, when he had sufficiently
mastered himself, the doctor returned TO
his patient, whom he found calmly watch
ing the congeaIing OF the blood under his
finger-nails, and speaking words OF love
and peace to his family. who were weep
ing round his chair.
Among other things. he told them that
he was thankful for that goodness OF God
which, having blessed him through all
his life, was then permitting him to die
without any pain. Finally, fixing his
eyes Sith much tenderness upon his dear
friend, Doctor Cobell, with whom he had
formerly held many arguments res 9eciing
the Christian religion, he asked the doc
tor to observe how great reality and
benefit that religion was TO man about
TO die.
And after Patrick Henry had spoken
these few words in praise Of something
which, having never failed him in his life
before. did not then fail him in his very
last need OF il, he continued TO breathe
very softly for some moments, after which
they who were looking upon him saw
that his life had departed
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

They had been trotting in double har-
ness for seven long, weary months. and
the honeymoon had bumped the bumps
for fair.
"Johu," she said, as she dished out the
breakfast food, Il need little pin money
this morning"
"What did you do with the IS gave
YOU last week ?" asked the man who had
promised to love, honor and pay the
freight.
"Oh, don't remember" she replied.
%fs so easy to spend s. and have moth
lug TO show for il.
"Right you are" sighed John. "That
was the amount paid the minister for
marrying Us"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

From the clay OF railway cutting near
Spokane, Washington, has been taken a
tiny bit Of vegetable fiber-the leaf OF a
gingko-tree which must have flourished
something like hundred thousand years
ago. There are fossils of greater age, of
course, but this leaf is still leaf, not
mere imprint in stone and il is beyond
question the oldest BIT Of vegetable mat
ter in the world. The particular species
10 which it belonged became extinct long
ago; its only surviving relative IS the
gingko-tree OF Japan. Its appearance at
the point where it was found proves to
geologists that if grew and fell when the
Cascade and Coast Range Mountains had
yet been formed, and the Rockies them
selves were young.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

have seen print after Coneggio, in
which three female figures are minister
ing to man who sits fast bound at the
root ofatree. Sensuality is soothing him,
Evil Habit is mailing him to branch, and
Repugnance at the same instant OF time is
applying snake 10 his side. In his face
is feeble delight, the recollection OF past
rather than perception of present pleasure,
languid enjoyment OF evil with utter in
becility to good. Sybaritic etfeminacy, a
submission to bondage, the springs OF the
will gone down like broken clock, the
sin and the suffering coinstantaneous, or
the latter foreunning the former, remorse
preceding action-all this represented in
one point of time. When | saw this, !
admired the wonderful skill ofthe painter.
But when went away, | wept, because
thought OF my own condition.
o, that there is no hope it should ever
change. The waters have gone over me.
But out OF the black depths, could be
heard, would cry out TO all those who
have but set foot in the perilous flood.
Could the youth, to whom the flavor OF
his first wine is delicious as the opening
scenes Of life, or the entering upon some
newly discovered paradise, look into my
desoIation, and be made TO understand
what dreary thing il is when a man shall
feel himself going down precipice with
open eyes and passive will-to see his
destruction and have no power to stop
il, and yet to feel il all the way emanating
from himself; to perceive all goodness
emptied out of him, and yetnot 10 be able
TO forget time when IT was otherwise |;
to bear about the Piteous spectacle OF his
own self-rlins- could he see my feyefed
eve, feyerish with last nights drinking
and feyerishly looking for this nights
repetition of the folly; could he feel the
body of the death out of which ] cry
hourly with feebIer and feebler outcry to
be delivered-it were enough to make
him dash the sparkling beverage to the
earth in all the pride of its Hantling temp
tation; to make him clasp his teeth
and not undo 'em
To suffer wet DamHation to run thro' EN-.
CHARLES LAMB.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03
saved A soldiers Life.

Facing death from shot and shell in The
civil war was more agreeable TO A
Stone, of Kemp, Tex, than facing Il iron
what doctors said was consumption. 81
contracted a stubborn cold" he writes
'.thzt deyeIopeda a cough, that stuck 10 ne
in spite Of all remedies for years Ny
weight ran down 10 80 pounds. Then
began to use DR.. Kings New Discovery
which completely cured me. now
weigh l78 pounds" For Coughs. Colds
LaGrippe, Asthma, HemorThage, Hoarse-
ness, Group, Whooping Cough and luns
trouble. IT'S supreme, 50c-, 500. Tna
bottle free. Guaranteed by Hills PhaT-
macy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

Mr.. BRYAN has come out with a new
issue-one that commends itselfto right
thinking persons regardless OF party al
filations. He declares that the Demo-
cratic party must divorce itself from the
liquor interests for all time to come, and
in statement issued the first Of the week
says:
1.-The saloon not every one, but as
rule-is in alliance with vice. II IS con-
stantly used 10 debauch politics. The
liquor interests interfere in all matters
that may even remotely affect their inter
eSts. The Democratic party cannot al
ford to act as the mouthpiece Of the liquor
interests. II can have nothing in common
with the selfish, mercenaV and con-
scienceless crusade that the liquor inter
esfs have organized against the home and
the State-against private virtue and pub
lie morals"
Amen!
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03
Stubborn As Mules

are liver and bowels sometimes; seem
to balk without cause. Then there's
trouble-LoSs Of Appetite-lndigeSton,
Nervousness, Dependency, Headache
But such troubles fly before DR.. Kings
New Life Pills, the worlds best Stomach
and Liver remedy. So easy. 25c al
Hills Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

The Scientific American says that Hal
ley's comet VIII be visible TO the naked
eye April Isl in the morning just before
sunrise. May the 18Th the earth viii
plunge into the the tail of The comet, al
fording wonderful meteoric display,
similar to the fine "when the stars feii''
in 1893. After May lSthrthe comet viii
be visible for some time after sunset.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

BrOther-Why do you wear sucha long
skirt, Mary?
Sister-lt's the latest style.
Brother-PossibIy, buf nobody likes a
late train.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03
REDEEMINd THE TIME.
The time is short :

The time is short:
II thou wouldst work for God. II must be now:
II thou wouldst win the garland ior thy brow.
Redeem the time.
Shake of earth's slofhl
Go forth with staff in hand while JET It's day;
Set out with girded loins upon the way.
Upl Enger not
Fold not thy hands
What has the pilgrim OF the cross and Crowd
To do with luxury or couch OF DOWN
On. pilgrim. on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

"Sam, what would you do if you had
81. .DOOOo?"
go the Lzwd's sakei I'm sho' ] dun
no wot I'd do ef had a million doIIahs,
bun know wot I'd do ef had two dos-
lahs. Pye bin waitin' five yezts to git
married"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

One oithe greatest gas wells ever struck
in this country was drilled IN last week at
the edge Of Clarksburg tins. State. Its
How is estimated at 5000. 900 feet day.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

No one is so acourSed by fate,
No one so utterly desoiste,
But some heart. though unknown.
Responds unto his own.
-L0rqfeii0p.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

Jack-WhY do you call Miss Pretiyone
a silent belle
Toni kissed her the other day and
she never toled.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

Pneumonia follows a cold but never
follows the use OF Foley's Honey and Tar
which stops the coughs, heals the lungs
and expels the cold from the system.
Sold by All Druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03
A Nizht Alarm.

Worse than an alarm OF FIRE at night is
the metallic cough Of Group Careful
mothers keep Foley's Honey and Tar in
the house and give II at the first sign Of
danger. Foley's Honey and Tar has
saved many little lives. No opiafes.
Sold by All Druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

Accept no substitute Tor Foley's Honey
and Tar II is the hes, and saiest remedy
for coughs, colds. thro1i and lulgtroubles.
Contains no opiales and no harmful drugs.
Remember the name. Foley's Honey and
Tar, and accept no substitutes. Sold b.
Al Druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

TIM hear the undertaken died.
Sim Yes, the firm was falling and he
had to help II out.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

Hix-What business is your Trend en-
gagged in2
Dix-The grocery business.
Hix-Is he green grocer2
Dix-No; he sells strictly for cash.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03

''Why are you crying, Johnny ?'-
"We was playing train and ] was the
engine"
"Yes p
..And pa coined in and switched me-"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1910-03-03
The Drunkard.

Herndon, Va, Feb. q, 1910.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
COLLEGES REPRESENTED.
Twenty-Four Enter in Big Eight
Conference at Urbana,

CHICAGO, May 21--Entries for the
bag eight" conference meet at Urbana,
III. June 4. have been announced by the
secretary. w. ID. Howe The list shows
4c6 names. This breaks all records in the
history Of the conference. Twenty-four
colleges are represented, and the list in
cludes most of the important institutions
in the west, outside of Michigan The
University of Washington has entered
men this year. as has also the University
of South Dakota. Arkansas is repre-
scented by Henderson College. Ohio will
send four teams-Miami Ohio Wesleyan,
Oberlin and Western Reserve. Iowa will
nave the State University. Ames ana
Grinnell. Among the other colleges, ex-
elusive Of the big eight will be Kan
sas, Notre Dame. Knox, Michigan "Ag-
gies," Beloit. Colorado, Leland Stanford
and California.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22

lightwe.ghts to fight for in this coun-
try Mcfarland is training at JACK
StraW's Castle charming place on
the top OF Hampstead Heath. where
Tommy Burns, frankie Neil. Jimmy
Walsh and other American lighters nave
prepared for previous contests. In addi-
ton to that Kinnealley, his manager and
Packey will have the benefit OF Jimmy
Rritt's knowledge, the versatile James
Edward being already one of the most
important chiefs at the quarters. George
Blake, the Los Angeles amateur, who is
now in London on trip around the
world. will also give his assistance to the
lad from Chicago.
In the American sporting colony Nc
Farlands success is regarded as a fore
gone conclusion. Blake. who witnessed
the twenty-five round draw between
Packey and Welsh at Los Angeles. has
stated that he was unable to find any
excuse for Jeffries calling that fight a
draw, as Mcfarland clearly had the bet
ter Of it. Since his fake fight with Jack
Daniels at the Kings Hall on April -
Welsh has lost considerable OF his wan
ing popularity, and not many tears will
be shed over his defeat. but his boxing
has been a revelation to them here. and
as blood is thicker than water they do
not think that the American lives who
can defeat the Welshman. The men
met at 133 pounds and weigh I'm at
o'clock on the day of the contest
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
COLLEGES FURNISH
MANY BALL PLAYERS
Cracks OF Major League Got
Their Early Education
at School.

NEW YORK May c1.-ColleEe men
have played an important part in pro-
fessional base ball. and many university
p.avers have developed into stars as
members of big league teams 1t Is said
that Fred Terney of the Giants was the
first coi!egian who made both the pro-
fessional players and the fans compre-
bend what ali up-to-date varsity man
was really like. lie did it with a VEN
eeance, too. and the irimitable Dad
Clarke was the goat.
Tenney had just joined the Boston team
and Clarke was about to pitch a game
against SeIee's performers. Dad had
heard of Tenney's signing and decided
that he would scare the tender mamma s
boy right off the lot. He hunted for Ten
ney, approached him during practice and
remarked. with & terrible growl and d
savage glare: Say, you college lobster.
YOU cheap imitation, you four-hushing
rah-rah, you Willie boy from the ology
Class, what business have YOU got around
here mixing up with menu
Tenney turned. herce-eEed i.gure,
with black. struggling hair waving over
a pair of vicious eyes. Sizing Clarke up
for a few minutes. he began py squirting
torrents of tobacco juice all over Dad S
shoes. Then he turned loose flood OF
explosives that curled Clarke up. leaving
han in a daZed and helpless mass. When
Dad came in he cried to Fred Know les ::
Say that guy never Went to college That
tough gaZaboo never even went to night
school"
The collegian who breaks into the big
leagues IS usually from the smaller col
lege., the jerkws.ter labor with their
trIgo2onetry. Men who can afford the
p4cy. of Yale, Princeton or Harvard, as a
RUE, are too well off To need a base ball
contract and on graduation sep right
il 70 business at their fathers offices.
There have been some eminent Yale and
harvard men in the big league, but not
Fef.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
WELSH is FAVORITE.
English Sports Expect Him to Beat
Packey Mcfarland.

LONDON, May 21.-Considerable betting
is being wagered on the international
twenty-round contest between Packey
Mcfarland and Freddy Welsh, which is
to take place at the National Sporting
Club Monday evening, May 80. the eve
of he big Derby race. No contest held
here for the last decade, not even that
between Tommy Burns and Gunner
Moir. has excited the interest of the
coming clash between the lightweights,
but according to the wagers already
registered Welsh will be an almost to
favorite on the night Of the bout. One
of the bets recorded has been $500 to
$3.50, while the other was for 1926 to So.
Mcfarland himself being on the short
end Of the last.
The purse for which this pair will con-
tend. $500. exceeds every sum Of
fered by the National Sporting Club eN-
cept that given for the jackson and
SlaHin go eighteen years ago. and it is
by far the biggest prize ever held up for
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
Take to Base Ball.

The students from the little colleges,
rugged young fellows o. tremendous
physique, lake as naturally to a ball
players life as ducks do TO water In a
year or two they become ANAL a1nated
with the great mass of players. Iii five
years it is impossible to distinguish the
culIegian by any sign of speech or man
uer. as the only way many of them are
ever identified varsity men is when
an old ella sSnlate chances to encounter
tne1a The big leagues contain many
colegians whose very schools are forgot
ten by all save the men themselves. and
no list Of big league college men ever
printed has been correct for this strange
rCa son.
Tenney, came from Brown. Murray from
Notre Dame. and Mccormick studied en-
sineering at Pennsylvania: Devlin studied
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1910-05-22
ASTROLOGICAL DATA OF THE
JEFFRIES- JOHNSON Big FIGHT
Pacific Coast Prophet Claims Signs Point
to a Victory for Boilerrnaker Over
Colored Man in Twelve Rounds.

What has astrology got TO do with the
big fight? A great deal. it would seem. If
you look at the birthdays of the fighters.
The signs Of the zodiac are twelve in
number. but there are only seven plan
cts. The names of the planets are Mars.
Mercury. Jupiter, Sun. Moon. Venus and
Saturn. Mars and Mercury are the fight
ing signs, with Jupiter third in aggres-
siveness. The majority Of the fighters Of
the world were born under these three
signs. but best known of them were born
under the first two. Strange, is 1t not?
A man said the other day, I'VE have
one fighter. who has something lacking in
his makeup, and they cannot tell what it
Is" What is his birthday?
January II.
That accounts for his failure. His BIRTH
day Is in the negative sign OF the earth
whose emotions are pity and fear, his
planet is Saturn-the uniucky one. This
man. therefore. is apt to overtrain and
overtax his strength. He will probably
suffer with acute indigestion, SO that he
cannot depend upon his stomach He
will get fits Of the blues, and lack con-
fdence in his own powers. Under the
sign OF Mars. or its cusp, We're born the
following fighters:
James ]. Jefries November 49, Mars.
Thomas Sharkey, November %, Mars and Jupi-
ter
Joe Thomas. April .. Mars.
Charley Mitchell, November -, Mars and Jupi-
ter.
Joe Cans. November o. Mars and Jupiter.
Jack johnson, March 81, Jupiter and Mars.
Frank Gotch. April q, Mars and Venus.
Mercury.
Tommy Burns. June Il. Mercury and Venus.
James J. Co1bctt, September /, Mercury.
Robert Fitzsimmons. June A. Mercury.
Stanley Ketchell. September 4, Mercury and
Venus.
Battling Nelson, June s. Mercury.
Jack Sullivan September %, Mercury and
Venus.
Mercury people are energetic. aggres-
sive, hopeful, good judges of character.
and are called the air people.
Mars people are aggressive. born fight
ers and leaders of men, and are called
the fire people.
You will notice that both Jeffries and
Johnson are born under the Mars sign,
but Jeffries has the best of it. because
the sign that is next to him is a good
one. while the one that Johnson is next
to is q bad one.