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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
uysterieus Tragedy in cumberiaud.

A New Years eve tragedy that has as
tonished the whole country hereasout
was enacted at the home of Lewis r.
Elosser, in Cumberland, last Saturday.
His daughter, NJ. Grace Elosser, and her
husband lobe, Charles Edward iwigg,
prominent merchant and horticulturalist
OF Keyser, q miles west OF Cumberland,
were found dead seated on the sofa I'M the
parlor. The pair were TO have been mar
red Sunday evening at 7 O'Clock at the
Elosser residence. Mr. Twigg was a
widower. Hetelephoned his flance from
Keyser that he would be down on the
noon train. He went 10 the CLOSER
home with the wedding ring. 1t did not
fit, and the couple had arranged TO 90 to
ieweler Saturday night TO have it fitted.
The pair were in the parlor alone from
one until about 245 o'clock in the after
noon. Mem ers of the family heard them
Chatting merrily. AT about two O'Clock
Miss Elosser telephoned girl friend
about the coming wedding. Soon AFTER
this, all was still, but nothing was sus-
pected. AT length the girls mother, who
first called at the door and getting no re-
Spouse, entered the room to find the pair
seated on the sofa. Twigg's head was
hanging to one side. Mrs. Elosser took
hold of her dau yhter and found she was
lead. She tainted. The bodies were
re moved to the undertaking rooms OF
L >uis Stein, where nostmortem reveal
ed death from cyanide OF potassium, one
OF the most deadly poisons known. AL
though the law officers, detectives and
many newspaper men from vari US parts
OF the country have been working on the
case all the week, there seems to be alb
soutely no clue to the mystery. Ii is not
believed that it was case OF suicide,
bit there is no idea as to who ad minis
tered the poison.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
Teaching About tuberculosis.

hNoNhihS
During the next three months, the bill
boards of the United States will display
10000 educational posters on tuberculosis,
according to an announcement made by
the National Association for the Study
and Prevention OF tuberculosis.
This will conclude the campaign begun
a year ago, when the National BillpoSterS
Association donated free space to the
tuberculosis cause, the Poster Printers
Association offered free printing, and nine
paper manufacturers gave the paper for
the posters. The combined value Of
these several donations for this three
months campaign is nearly 100000.
The posters are in six different designs
and are all printed in three colors. They
are 7 feet wide and 9 feet high. Already
nearly 2,5C0 of these posters have been
hung on the billboards of 46 different Cit
les, and it is planned TO distribute 10000
more before April lSt in over 400 towns
and cities. Any ant-tuberculoSis society
in the United States may receive free Of
charge, except for transportation, as
many OF these posters as can be hung on
the boards in its territory. The Nation
al Association with the tuberculosis
Committee OF the National BillposterS
and Distributors are conducting the CAM
paIgn.
The posters show in graphic form how
fresh air, good food, and rest cure tuber-
culoSis how bad air, overwork, and
closed windows lead TO consumption /;
and how the careless consumptive men,
aces the health of his family by splitting
on the floor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

Canon Rhodes BriStow, who is to
succeed Canon Benham as chairman Of
the Poor Clergy Relief Corporation, has
had large and varied experience of life
in the underworld of London.
He once had an amusing experience at
a christening. Infants usually cry while
undergoing this ceremony, but this one
was as quiet as lamb. Throughout, il
smiled cheerfully in the canon's face.
Madam, - he remarked later to the young
mother, al must congratulate you on the
little ones behavior. have never be-
fore christened a child that has behaved
so well as yours"
"No wonder he behaved WE'LL" was
the unexpected reply, "his father and |
have been practising on him with pail
OF water for the last ten days"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
Making Hay.

Dutch thrift is proverbial, and indeed it
must be well grounded and rooted when
il is not even abaShed by royalty. E. v.
Lucas gives an example of it in his "a
Wanderer in Holland" says The Youths
Companion.
On his return 10 England from Hanover
George II was detained in Holland by
contrary winds. One day, walking in
Helvoet, he stopped pretty Dutch girl
and asked her what she had in her bas-
ket
eggs, mynheer."
"And what is the price?" asked the
monarch.
"a ducat apiece"
"What! Are eggs so scarcen Holland?"
"No, mynheer," replied the pretty
maid, "bu. kings are"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
Baltimore & Ohio K. K.
Schedule effective November q. 1910.

The following is the time OF trains stopping al
Shenandoah Junction
EAST-BOUND.
No lO-45A. NJ. Pittsburg and New York EX-
press. Daily.
No. 4O-lO22 A. NJ For Washington aud Baiti-
more. Daily.
No i6-l2AlP. NJ Martinsburg and Baltimore
Accommodation, via old man hne. Dl-
~ except Sunday.
No. 6-25SP.M Chicago and New York ES-
press. Daily.
No Is65P. NJ. Cumberland and Baltimore Ac-
commodaton. via Washington. Daily
except Sunday.
No. I4-S34P. NJ New York Express. DAILY.
wEST-BoUND.
No. ll-2I9A. NJ New York and Pttsburg Linn
tied Daily
No. l3-7.55A A. NJ BALTIMORE and Martinsburg Ae-
commodaton. Daily except Sunday.
No. 5-lO5eA A. NJ New York, PittsburR. Chicago
and Cincinnati Limited. Daily.
No. I7-lL2gA NJ Baltimore and Mannsburg
Accommodation. Daily except SUNDAY
No. 1924 p. NJ. Daily for Cumberland and
principal way Stations.
No e-lI8P.M. Baltimore and Cleveland. riIis
burg Express. Daily.
No local trains on Sunday.
J. E. PRICE Ticket Agent.
Shenandoah Junction. w Va.
CIV. BASSETT,
General Passenger Agent
l. S Fleming will sell tickets on the B. & o. Rail
road for the West and South
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
A Reliable Cough Medicine

Is a valuable family friend. FoleY's Hon
ey and Tar fuIfillS this condition exactly.
Mrs. Charles Kline, N. 9Th ST., EaSton,
Pa, states: Several members OF my
family have been cured of bad coughs
and colds by the use Of Foley's Honey
and Tar and am never without bottle
in the house. 1t sootheS and relieves the
irritation in the throat and loosens up the
cold. have always found il a reliable
cough cure" Sold by all druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
go

In moving corpses in the part of the
Methodist graveyard at Mercersburg, Pa,
all of whom were colored people, two Of
the bodies were found to be lying face
downwar in their caskets. One had
been buried for 80 years, the other for 80,
a man named Ramsey and one named
Peterson, and many believe that the men
had been buried alive and turned over
after burial.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

Harold's mother questioned herlson as
to why he received so low mark in
music.
Don't know, mother" he declared.
"a get along pretty well with everything
except the sharks and flaps"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

For either acute or chronic kidney dis
orders, for annoying and painful urinary
Irregularities. take Foley Kidney Pills.
An honest and effective medicine for
kidney and bladder disorders. Sold by
all druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
Paint and Oil Department.

Raw and Boiled Linseed OIL Harness
Oil, Machine Oil, Black Strap, Tur-
pentine, N. c. and Gas Tar, Gasoline,
Varnlsh, Japan Dryer, Knot Killer,
White Lead, Red Lead, Spanish
Brown, Cacined Plaster, Portland
Cement, Lard Oil, PlaStering Hair,
Coal Oil, Neat Foot Oil, Fish Oil,
Bath Brick Soap, Sulphur, CopperaS,
Borax.
Patent Plastering prepared for immediate
use.
international Stock Food and Gleason's
Horse and Cattle Powders.
Frank Miller'S Harness Dressing, Whale
Oil Soap.
Black Lambs Foot Harness Oil.
The Perfection Blue Flame WickleSS Oil
Stove-SafeSt and best.
The Four Leaf Clover Cream Separator,
where the milk is not mixed or di-
luted with water, leaving it pure and
sweet for family use.
Wall Paper furnished on short notice al
reduced prices.
Reduced Prices on Haying Tools and
Barn Doors, Hangers and Track.
Force Pumps, Deep Well Pumps, Gal
vaniZed Bucket Pump and Water
Purifier, X L Chain Pumps.
A Large Stock of Cooking and Heating
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
Solves A Deem Mystery.

~ want to thank you from The bottom
Of my heart" wrote c. B. RAIDER, of Lew
isburg, w. Va, "for the wonderful dou-
BILE benefit got from Electric Bitters, in
curing me of both severe case OF Stom-
ach trouble and rheumatism, from which
had been an almost helpless sufferer for
ten years. II suited my case as though
made just for me-" For dyspepsia, indi-
geStion, iaundice and to rid the system OF
kidney poisons that cause rheumatism,
Electric BItters has no equal. Try them.
Every bottle is guaranteed to satisfy.
Only SOC at Hills Pharmacy,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
Luther Burbank announces the creation

Luther Burbank announces the creation
o. a strawberry of new type-the Pata-
gonia-which commences to ripen first
and continues TO bear the longest. II is
heralded by its creator as "the first of a
new race which has come to make straw
berry growers rejoice" The berries are
uniformly large, single berries some
times weighing an ounce. The seeds are
so small as to be almost imperceptible.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

Charles Halter, who some months ago
moved from Washington to Harper's Fer
ry with the hope Of improving in health,
died in the latter place last week.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

Postmaster Chas w. Singhass, of
Greenspring. W. Va, was struck and
killed Yesterday by B. & o. train while
carrying mail-sack across the tracks.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

"Why does she think he has such
splendid future ?''
Because she has promised to marry
him, guess"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
EoIeY's Kidney Pills

are tonic in action, quick in results. A
special medicine for all kidney and blad-
der disorders. Mary c. Abbott, Wolfe
boro, N. H., says: q" was afflicted with
i bad case of rheumatism, due to uric
acid that my kidneys failed to clear out
of my blood. was so lame in my feet,
joints, and back that it was agony for me
10 step. used Foley Kidney Pills for
three days when was able to get up and
move about and the pains were all gone.
Thia great change in condition owe to
Foley Kidney Pills and recommend them
to any one suffering as have" Sold by
all druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

John William Ctldwell, for many years
a locomotive engineer on the B. & o.
Railroad, died last Sunday at his home in
Martinsburg, aged IS years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
DR.. Miles
Nerve and Liver Pills

are different from others. Many
kinds of liver pills are impossible"
after one trial on account of their
harshness. DR.. Miles Nerve and
Liver Pills do not act by sheer force
but in an easy, natural way, with
out gripping or undue irritation.
They are not habit forming.
II the first bottle fails to benefit, your
MILES MEDICAL CO., Elkhart, Ind.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
National Casualty Company.

One dollar a month will give you a
steady income that will help pay the rent,
doctor, grocer and other when you are
disabled by either sickness or accident.
IL you are interested call on or write,
ATHEY & SISLER,
agents.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

'Dr. Thomas Electric Oil is the best
remedy for that often fatal disease Group.
Has been used with success in our family
for eight years. Mrs. L. Whiteacre,
Buffalo, n. Y.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

Heavy, impure blood makes muddy,
pimply complexion, headaches, nausea,
indigestion. Thin blood makes you weak,
pale, sickly.' Burdock Blood Bitters
makes the blood rich, red, pure-restores
perfect health.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
Hardware Department.

Bar Iron, Nails, Horse Shoes, Large
Iron Wash Kettles, Brass, Copper
and Porcelain Kettles, SkilletS, Waffle
Irons, Trace, Butt, Cow and Halter
Chains, Farm Bells, Screen Doors
and Windows, American Fence Wire,
Barbed Wire, Saws, Black Hawk
Corn Shelters, Lawn Mowers, Files,
All Sizes Bolts, Loaded Shells, Pow
der and Shot.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
Telephone Service for
the Farmer!

A telephone may be only convenience
TO a city man, il is a necessity TO the
Farmer. Think what il means 10 sit at
home and be in instant communication
with your neighbors, the stores in town,
your doctor, in fact, the whole world.
Self preservation is the first law OF nature.
II is almost criminal for farmer TO be
without phone.
Does cents a day seem so very much
TO pay for all the comfort and profit OF a
telephone on the farm ?
A postal, or call by telephone viii!
bring an agent to see you.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12

The following is the time OF trains stopping al
Shenandoah Junction:
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-01-12
A. S. Dandridge { e

We wish to call yaur ateot,.
following popular aud s,aSo-5S. I
which we.now have 900 sNh.6S.o. ne
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-20
Picnics Still Popular.

A writer in city newspaper is sad
because, as he imagines, the old fash
Toned picnic is no more. He seems to
think that modern conditions have put
the picnic out Of commission, that the
average person Of today is a little
ashamed of it and declines to go on
those once delightful excursions to the
country when people spread their table
cloths on the grass and ate kind of
communal dinner, with the viands pro-
vided by various families-and were
happy.
The writer mentioned makes a big
mistake. He makes it because he lives
now in large city. If he would go
back to the town he lived in when he
was boy he would discover his error
and apologize for it. He would find
that people still gather in a convenient
grove and hold picnics, just as they
did when he was a boy. The Sunday
schools, the churches, the lodges and
other societies still have their picnics.
Each housewife prepares the basket
full of food-the best on earth, includ-
ing fried chicken, jelly roll cake, pies.
cookies, sandwiches, and so forth. The
tablecloths are spread upon the grass.
the various articles Of food are distrib-
uted thereupon without regard to fam
lily divisions, and everybody helps him.
Self to whatever he likes.
Of course there is something differ
ent from the picnic of $780, Instead
Of walking to the picnic grove or driv-
ing in the buggy, spring wagon or fam
lily 'hack'' of thirty years ago, many
people go nowadays by trolley or by
automobile. Many others still use the
old time conveyances, however There
is just as much fun in the present dav
picnic as there was a generation ago.
There may be-no doubt there is-a
greater proportion of canned foods in
the communistic "feed," but that is
because canned foods have become
possible and popular since you were a
KID Human nature remains the
same, and men. women and children
still enjoy a picnic near to natures
heart.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-20
SONG AFFECTS A TRADE.
"Stean,boat Bill" Increases Supply of
Roustabouts.

"Steamboat Bill" Increases Supply Of
Roustabouts.
IF Steamboat Bill had not made
such hit with the negroes in all
parts of the Mississippi valley we
steamboat men would have been spar
ed much trouble. AS it is, so many
want jobs that there are not enough
places for Them"
This was the observation of a New
Orleans steamboat man recently. The
chorus Of "Steamboat Bill" runs:
Steamboat Bill. Steamboat Bill,
Streaming down the Mississippi.
Steamboat Bill, a mighty man was he,
Steamboat Bill steaming down the Missis-
sippi,
Going to beat the record of the Robert E.
Lee
It has not been long since the steam
ers leaving New Orleans had the
greatest difficulty in hiring roust-
abouts to handle the cargoes Of
freight. Suddenly, the mates say,
they were literally besieged with ap-
pl1cations, and they attribute the fact
to the song "Steamboat BILL
A mate on one of the river packets
arriving in New Orleans said:
1.-The men say they want to get into
the steamboat business and declare
that they are Indifferent as to the
points on the river touched by the
packets or how long they are gone"
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-20
'sThe C1nch of the Centurv.o


Congressman Victor Murdoch Of
Kansas, who has a habit of saying
what he means, has chara cterized the
business privileges of the express COM
panies as "the cinch Of the century,"
He calls attention to the general inves-
tlgat1on of the express business or
dered recently by the interstate COM
merce commission and says that it will
open up an interesting dark chamber
IN the modern business world. The ex-
press companies have filed schedule
OF lower rates to take effect Aug /.
Mr.. Murdoch remarks that this shows
that they already are running to cover.
For many years." says an editorial
writer in the Pittsburg Press. 1.-The
parcels delivery at the hands Of the
express companies has been a means
of systematized plundering. It is esti-
mated that they collect yearly not less
than $5O,O00,OO0 over and above fair
remuneration for the service rendered.
The postal department has ready to
hand in the free rural delivery system
the instrumentality for taking over the
express business
There is evident on every hand a
disposition to do something toward
giving the public a more equitable ex-
press service. In some of the Euro
pean countries eleven pound packages
are carried by post at eight cent rates.
This is said to be highly remunerative
to the government.
1t is believed by some persons Of au-
thority who have studied the problem
that the extension of the parcels post
to cover packages up to a certain
weight and size at a rate found profit
able in other countries will so enlarge
the postal revenue as to give US a one
cent letter rate
It is not conducive to good humor to
consider the fact that the express COM
panies, by their exorbitant rates and
the powerful lobby they have main
tanned at Washington in order to re-
tain their monopoly of the business,
have kept all of us paying a double
letter postage. But that is only one Of
the grievances which the American
public has against the express trust.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-20
Civil War Stories.

There is noted already a revival Of
The civil war fiction story, due no
doubt to the fact that this year CON-
pletes half century since the begin
ming Of that most stupendous conflict.
For a generation after Appomattox the
war story" was ubiquitous. Fiction
lists found in the great struggle mate
rial for life sized novels, novelties,
short stories and plays. Readers of
those days finally got plenty and some
more of war fiction, the subject palled,
and there was a demand for other
sorts. Consequently the Union lieuten-
ant hero and the fair Confederate
heroine faded out of popularity.
But now there is new generation
upon the stage, and there is a demand
for new civil war felton, There is no
reason to doubt that this demand will
be supplied amply in the next few
years. Both the streets and the woods
are full of fiction writer's Of measur-
able ability, who may be depended
upon to take advantage Of the public
thirst for thrill la war; The Amerf-
can civil war was replete with Incl
dents which need comparatively little
surgical treatment at the hands of the
doctors Of imagination to be developed
into readable stories. That war was
rich in situations from which stories
founded altogether upon fiction may be
fabricated. Go to it, short and long
story writer's, and turn out some tales
Of true romance to offset the too per-
sistent shop talk of the "business
story" Of today. Give US some war sto-
ries to make the old fellows recall the
sixties and implant in the new genera
ton a sense Of respect and reverence
for the heroes Of those days.
But-please don't ignore this advice
ring few changes on the Union lieu
tenant hero and the fair Confederate
heroine Most Of the older stories Of
the civil war told how Lieutenant Per-
l1ins Of New Hampshire fell in love
with Lucille Fairfax of Virginia. who
scorned him Though she loved him)
until he saved her brothers life.
The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1911-07-20
Man Is g. Social Animal.

NANA 40 a oOCA0A 1AAlAAd1s
Nearly half the people in the United
States live in incorporated towns or
cities Of $500 or more Inhabitants, &C.
cording to the latest census statistics.
The returns for 1910 show that when
the census was taken 1853 per cent of
the population was urban and 53.7 per
cent rural, the latter classification in
Guiding those who live on farms or in
towns Of less than $500 people. From
1900 to 1910 the percentage Of. urban
ties increased from 4O.5 to 1853, and
twenty years ago only 36.1 of the total
population was classed as urban.
These figures show that in spite of
the opening Of millions of acres of
new agricultural lands the city popu-
lation is increasing faster than the
country population. This is also de-
spite the fact that in the past twenty
years the telephone, the trolley and
the rural mail delivery system have
been extended to the farms in thou
sands of communities. These improve
ments, it would seem, should make
farm life more attractive and turn the
tide of population from city to coun.
try. The reverse being the case, what
are the causes for such an apparently
anomalous situation? A satisfactory
reply to this question would go deep
into the domain Of sociology. but few
surface explanations may be offered.
In the first place, while there are
more farms there are also more cities
and towns than there were twenty
years ago. For instance, Oklahoma
City in 1890 was a mere village a few
months old. Now it is a thriving city
Of about $4,000 people. In Oklahoma
and other western and southwestern
states are many cities and towns
which were not on the map score of
years ago. Wherever new agricultural
regions are populated new towns must
spring up, and this accounts in part
for the increase Of urban population
But the older cities and towns also
show unusual growth for the most
part; hence the problem is reduced to
the final analysis by recognition of the
fact that man is a social animal and
likes to live close to neighbors.