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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14
The Prevention Of Colds.

The first few days Of autumn-not nee
essarily of the autumn Of the calendar,
but of autumnal weather-aTe likely to be
marked by an outbreak OF colds. Then
many who have been free from this dis
agreeable ailment, and therefore have
dismissed all thought of it from their
minds, are suddenly forced 10 recognize
that they have noses and mucous mem-
braneS.
II is indeed discouraging to lind that
living all summer virtually in the open
air has not apparently made us more re-
sistant 10 the influences that produce a
cold. We have lived in drafts-natural
drafts, through open windows and on
porcheS, and artificial drafts made by the
electric fan-and never so much as sneez-
ed. Now, with the first drop in the tenn
perature below the point OF comfort, we
look angrily for the source OF the air
playing round our heads, pull down the
windows, close the doors, and begin to
wonder if the weather-stripS do not need
renewing. Then in a day or two comes
the cold, and we blame the air for it.
The real cause is the lack of air. or rather
the stagnation and impurity OF it.
The bacteria which cause colds-there
are several varieties Of theTl-are always
close by, if not actually in our noses, but
they can do us no harm as long as the
systnm, fortified with fresh air and exer-
else, is able to represS their growth. The
balance, however, between the resisting
and attacking forces is so nearly even
but il takes but little 10 disturb it, with
the result that the system may become
the weaker of the two. Working for a
few days in the office or the shop, or the
school-room, with windows sealed to
keep out the cold air; or worse yet,
sleeping for few nights in bedroom
with windows closed, because the blan-
kets have been put away and it is too
chilly to sleep without them, is quite SUI
ficient TO overthrow the balance and give
the microbes the upper hand. Then
draft really is harmful-at least the little
draft that creeps round the sash OF the
closed window or through the crack un-
der the door. The way to make it in
nocuous is to increase the size OF it, to
open the windows and the door, and let
the air sweep through in great volume.
as it did in the summer. If the autumn
air is too crisp, put on an overcoat, but
do not shut the windows until you are
forced TO do so by snow or hard frost;
and then do not shut them completely or
keep them shut all the time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14
What Wrecked the Bank.

In the office OF the State Bank Com
missioner OF Kansas, says the Topeka
Capital, there is memento Of recent
bank failure. II is one Of the familiar pint
whisky bottles, covered with wicker
work and tied with a lavender ribbon.
II is one of hundreds found in the vault,
and in the drawers Of the HoIyrood bank,
by the examiner, who was sent there to
straighten up the affairs Of the institution.
The examiner sent it back TO the bank
commissioner, with slip Of paper tied
around it. On the paper were these
words: "This is what wrecked the
bank" Commissioner Dolly said in ref
erence to the incident. THAT will wreck
any bank if applied in the right place anc
frequently enough" Similarly it viii
wreck every other institution. II ha:
wrecked millions Of homes, and friend.
ships, and regulations and destinies. !
is 1.-The wrecker" par excellence. Society
hunts down the train wrecker with posse:
and guns and forces him TO pay the for.
felt OF his crimes. How long before so
ciety will hunt down the universal wreckei
and put him out OF business?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14
Shepherdsown Jefferson County, Virginia. Thursday December A. 1911

At last he changed his tactics. Appar-
emily he decided 10 get aboard the tub
and see what he could do from the inside;
for suddenly he lunged up and hooked
his mighty fore paws over the side. The
tub, tipping violently, pitched little Dun
can out on top OF the dog, which prompt
ly seized him by the clothes and swung
him clear OF the water. The dogs weight
sank the tub until If filled. He looked round
undecidedly for moment, apparently not
sure that he was justified in leaving any
thing behind. Then in response TO the
shouts from the bank in English, Scotch
and Chinese. he struck out for shore.
Mother gathered the terrified. and slight
ly yStrangled child into her arms and soothed
its frantic sobbing. why" she said,
"it's Mollie Macdonald's babyl"
With common impulse, all present
turned to look up the trail. There, not
fifty yards away, came stumbling man
with CLASSY eyes, who reeled as he ran,
and gasped hoarsely as he saw them
"Hae ye seen ma BARN, ma little Duncan?
He was in the big tub" Just then my
mother rose up, and he saw his child.
He fell on them hugged his boy to his
heart. He sat down on the ground and
poured out wealth of endearment in the
good old language of his fathers. Then
his Highland reverence prompted him.
Lifting his eyes, "The guide God be
Thankful" he said. And then in his High
land politeness, he added, "And ye, too,
guide people"
They all talked at once. "But where's
Pnnce2" They turned TO the river. A
very big black and white dog, with teeth
firmly clinched in the edge Of the big tub,
was slowly pushingand pulling it ashore,
while All Kim, crouchedon arock by the
river, murmured unintelligible words OF
encouragement.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14

Suffered day and night the torment Of
itching piles. Nothing helped me until
used Doan's Ointment. II cured me per-
manently."-Hon. John X. Garrett, May
or, Girard, Ala.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14
-Four Soldiers.

In hospital in China lay four wounded
soldiers. One was from America. one
from Scotland, one from England, and
one from Japan. They belonged to dif-
ferent armies Of the allied forces sent to
the relief of Peking, and from there had
been sent back TO Tientsin. They had
been fighting under different flags, but on
the same side. They lay in four cots,
side by side. Thep all spoke the same
language, for the Japanese had been ed
ucated at Yale. Had one of them been
Russian or a German, they could moi
have understood each other, but all spoke
excellent English.
One day as they were convalescent,
they organized themselves into BROTH
erhood. Each one Of them had design
tattooed on his left forearm, consisting OF
the emblems OF the four countries. The
Stars and Stripes crossed slaves with the
Union Jack, and in the angles, each head
ing out so that there could be no top or
bottom to the device, were the Japanese
sunburSt and the Scotch thistle.
The design grew very dear TO them,
and they promised that if any OF the four
should ever meet one Of the others on
land or sea, they would be as brothers.
TFen they talked Of other forms OF
brotherhood. They had seen something
of different kinds. They had witnessed
the power of a military organization TO
bind men into compact unity. They had
seen and felt the common thrill OF men
who rally round flag that they all love
and count their own. They had known
other bonds uniting men. They had seen
the missionaries, as they were huddled
together in the legation at Peking. The
men had been brave, the women some
thing more than brave; and they had
cared for each other with deep and low
ing unselfiShnesS.
But the farther they had marched into
the heart OF China, the more they had felt
the fidelity ofthe native Christians. These
soldiers had heard the common sneer at
"rice Christians" They had seen some
of them, but not so many as they had ex-
pected. But something else they had
seen which touched them all-the marks
of fidelity on the part OF the native con-
vertS who had been faithful TO death.
Some of them could have saved their
lives by flight, but they died bravely with
the men and women who had taught them
to love Christ. Some Of them could have
saved their lives by merely trampIing on
bit of paper containing The name OF
God, but they had died instead.
What was this bond which bound peo-
pie together, the missionary and the con-
vert, the Chinaman and his white bene-
factor?
"Boys," said one OF the four soldiers,
"we ought TO have a fifth emblem, and
put il into the very center-an emblem
common to us all, and sacred TO the
strongest tie that unites The hearts OF
men,"
So into the heart Of their tattooed de-
vice was pricked the sign Of the cross.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14

II was almost noon, and the at Doc
tors Point were about to stop their salvsg-
ing and 90 home for dinner. My mother
had been looking up the river through a
small spy-glass. She turned it for one
last look at an object coming about half a
mile away. The moment the glass caught
it, she saw, first, the hooped side of big
tub, then as it swung round, a little plump
hand gripping the side, and before her
heart could beat again, The ear-Stained,
chubby face of baby.
She screamed and almost dropped the
glass. 80 Will, there's baby in that
tub!"
My father caught the glass and looked
4 moment. "Come on, Dunstan, there's
a baby sure enoughl"
Calling the dog, they hurried up the
bank some little way, and out on a point
of rocks that jutted well into the current.
Standing on the edge, Dunstan gripped
his dog round the neck, and steadily
pointed to the swiftly coming tub.
"Do ye see it, mannie2 Ye maun get
it, Prince" The great beast looked up
and quivered all over, as if he knew that
this was his biggest task.
"Now, Prince !" And Prince, launch
ing himself far into the current, was just
below the tub when it arrived opposite
the point. But now he had problem.
He could not fasten his teeth in the tub.
II spun round and round when he tried
to grip it. Working always on the farther
side, however, the dog, in his repeated
efforts to grasp il. forced it nearer TO the
bank, so that when it passed the next
point into the eddy where the men had
been catching drift, it came so close that
my mother managed TO reach the edge of
it with long, slim pole, and tipped it
enough to cause the baby to get on his
feet once more.
When the child's face appeared, the
dog barked as if astonished, reached up
and licked the face. while the baby thrust
his arm over the. edge as il knowing there
was help in the great, friendly creature
that Swan alongside. The dog was much
excited. He paved the tub as it swung
into the eddy. He fairly wreStied with
his problem. Twice the rocking craft
circled the eddy, while ne, ever seeking
to force il shoreward, ,shouldered il, spread
wide his jaws and tried to set his teeth
He whined with baffled effort. Mean
while there was excitement on the bank
| My father was lashingtwo poles together
| Ar Kim was standing on stone in th'
water, winding and winding his pigtai
and jabberiHg in Chinese. Dunstan wa:
down at the edge of The water, firing
string of Scotch injunctions at his dog:
"Prince, my mamie, upsetit, lad "
Gamma bringitin that wayl Getthe bairn
Tip it oyerP' But Prince did not seen
| to understand. 1t puzzled him that h
could not get that thing ashore.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14
A Terrible Blunder

TO neglect liver trouble Never do II.
Take DR.. Kings New Life Pills on the
first sign OF constipation, biliousness or
inactive bowels and prevent VITulent IN
digestion, jaundice or gall stores. lhey
regulate liver, stomach and bowels anc
build I'D your health. Only &c at hhfs
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14
Children Cry
FOR FLETcHER'S
G a 9 TO RIA
SPICES.

Where do you buy your Spices2 In Q
Drug Store where you get the very best
or do you just 90 around hap-hazard and
buy them anywhere at all
Think il over and LET good common
sense decide for you.
We have every kind OF whole and
ground Spices that you may desire, Sage
and Fennel for sausage flayoring, Liquid
Smoke, Borax and Saltpeter for presefy-
ing meats.
Butchering time is getting close, better
look up your wants, we can till them.
II is little early TO be writing about
Xmas Goods, but we wish you 10 carry
in mind that we always have well as
sorted stock and at moderate prices.
We are exclusive agents for the well
known delicious Whiiman's Candies,
regular price is 60cts per pound. fancy
packages OF all kinds and al all prices.
Every kind Of Stationery, fancy papet-
cries in boxes and by the pound, highest
grade Typewriter Paper and Carbon Pa
per, Ribbons for all makes Of Typewritefs,
Parker Fountain Pens, large assortment
Of Pencils, Inks in small packages and In
bulk, Clues, Mucilages, Library Pastes,
etc, in fact a thoroughly first class LOT oi
every kind Of writing materials.
Large assortment Of first class rubber
goods Of every kind, sick room articles OF
every kind.
In fact we could fiIi this paper telling
you Of the goods we have for sale. u IS
enough however for Us TO tell you that
we have just about everything that you
can hope TO find in any good Drug Store.
Miller's Pharmacy,
Charles Town. w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14
The Little Steps.

The days are little steps We take away
From Joy transcendent or from grief supreme;
Slowly we 90. yet surely. day and day.
Until at last these seem
(For all we would be faithfully vague and faint,
As some receding. hali-remembered dream.
The days are little steps that lead US on
To newer love or sorrow. Though We guessed
That certain goal beyond the farthest dawn.
We may not haste nor rest
Till at the house OF Joy or Painwe stand.
And one come, forth TO greet his one nights
guest.
-Theodosia Garrison.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14

Mandy, who had just become sorrow
ing widow, was sorting out several suits
OF black underclothes. Her friend asked
in great astonishment:
Mandy, whah TO- yoh done got them
black undehga ments2
Cause when ah mourns all mourns."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14

Little Elizabeth and her mother were
havingluncheon together, and the mother.
who always tired 10 impress facts upon
her young daughter said:
"These little sardines, Elizabeth, are
sometimes eatea by larger fish"
Elizabeth gazed at the sardnes In won
der and then asked
"But mother, how do the large fish get
the can open2"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14

Seven miles up the river, where the
Manureka River forms a junction with the
Clutha, and just across the river from the
town of Alexandra, lived Archie Mac
donald, with his young wife and baby.
That morning he kissed his wife, tossed
his two-year-old little Duncan moment,
picked up his dinner-pail, and started for
his work at new mine about mile from
home.
A few days before he had brought home
across the Manureka very large half
barrel, such as the miners used for wash
ing the sacking that caught the gold in
sluce box or cradle. This - locally
known as a "big tub"-he had rolled up
the bank to the first landing and left there.
Mollie Macdonald was very busy that
morning. There was bread to bake in
the big camp-oven, some tarts TO make,
the COW to milk-and the baby was much
in the way. So, as the morning was
sunny and the air balmy with spring, she
picked up the little fellow, took pillow
ran down the bank, and put him in the
big tub, where he appeared to be per-
fectly safe, since he could not climb out
Then Mollie hastened back to her work
In half an hour she ran down again to see
him, but he was fast asleep on his pillow
Covering him up, she went back to the
house and to her work, sure that she
should hear him if he walked and cried.
Meanwhile Archie was not getting or
well with his work. He could not keer
his mind off the rising river. Although
he knewlhis house was far above all floo(
danger, he could not work. AT halt pas
nine O'Clock he threw down his tools ant
| went home.
MolIie, who hadnearIy done her house
work for the morning, was just lifting th'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14

Nothing lost here but the squeal'
declared the pork packer. "Are you as
economical in conducting your busi-
ness 2"
"Just about" answered the visitor.
"Pm in the lumber business. We waste
nothing but the bark"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1911-12-14

A healthy man is king In his own
right; an unhealthy man is an unhappy
slave. Burdock Blood Bitters build up
sound health-keeps you well.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-20
OrIqin OF the Plano.

The pianoforte was directly evolved
from the clavichord and the harpsi
chord In l7ll SCipione Mattel gave
n detailed account OF the first fou
instruments, which were constructed
by Bartholomew Chrustofori. 1t wal
named by him the pIanoforte and was
first exhibited In 1909 MarIus, If
France, exhibited hnrpsichords. with
hammer action. In l7lG, and Schroter
in Germany, claimed to have invent
ed the pianoforto between 17l7 ant
1920.
Marius was at first generally cred
tied with the invention Pianos of thai
period were shaped much like the
modern grand variety. The frsS square
plano was constructed by Frederick
an organ manufacturer of Saxony, IL
l75S. The first genuine uplght pl
ano was invented in England and tn,
United States by John Isaac Hawkins
an Englishman. In 1880.
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-20
Use Flattery for Health

she looks younger than she has for
years. and that sho never was as
dear TO you, and that you are hardly
able to pun through your daily tasks
because you are so distracted by
thoughts OF her
The remedy at least Is cheap. It
costs nothing but effort. but. alas!
more effort than some men are will
ing TO put forth It Is not because n
man is too truthful to tell lies to his
wife about her appearance. but be-
cause he hasn't the willing mind. It
IS too common for men to presume
that simply because they are married
they need not bestow courtesy or SEN
timcnt upon their wives. Some men
reserve their stories Of flattery for
other mems wives. which makes par
ticularly interesting reading In the
divorce courts,
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-20

nurturcd and cultivated in the civilized en-.
yiroumont Of the temperate zone, II goes with
ont saying that II Is no easy task to duplicate
the conditions which produced the species.
To do so ar all uocessitatcs the construction
Of the special greenhouses above mentioned,
with varied equipment, including steam heat
ing plant big enough to heat buildings many
times the size ut these greenhouses.
The lure OF rich reward attracts many dar.
ing and rcsourrcful men to the orchid bust.
ness, although AS may be surmised the rich
prizes ." gold come to the men who discover,
or at least the men who bring back to Ciyiza,
tiun heretofore unknown varieties OF this nu-
mcrOus family. The leading firms engaged In
the orchid trade retain at large salaries men
Of wide experience whose sole occupation is
TO trail the orchid In the almost inaccessible
haunts whore there is ever the magnet OF
possible unhcard Of varieties to beckon one
forward
Sometimes an orchid hunter will search for
n year or more facing the almost intolerable
conditions OF unexplored land in order to
capture in the end some heretofore unknown
variety. During his quest. be II long or short.
he must brave foul disease ut almost every
step, must be ever alert against the hostility
Of tho tribes which inhabit the region he in
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-20

vadps, and must risk all sorts OF personal mis-
haps in grasping his prize, even after the quest
has been successful since most Of The rare
orchids Of the tropics flourish only at the
tops Of tho talcst trees. Tho hunter must
either climb the trees. or NOR" likely no will
cut them down but he dare not trust any
hands save his own TO undertake the task OF
gathering these fragile flowers
An energetic orchid hunter Will forward
great numbers OF plants, some rare and others
not so rare to the orchid consuming ccnters
Of Europe and America every year, but 1t Is
no easy matter to get the orchids to the coast
after they have been found and wired into
boxes by skiliful packers and on shipboard,
even though the temperature of special cab
ms be regulated TO sustain these floral natives
Of the tropics, there are other perils to be
passed. and many plants perish during the
ocean voyage Indeed. 1t is claimed that on
every large consignment OF orchids from Bra
I'll or Madagascar or other orchid producing
paradiso there Is a loss amounting to thou
sordg Of dollars through the demise of plants
that cannot Withstand the rlgors of an ocean
voyage and In consequence pass from their
dormant condition into sleep from when
they cannot be awakened
Tho roots which come safely to market are
usually nut up at auction, and since there
are no flowers on the plants. and no means
of positively Identifying them-hot even lAe
orchid hunter having seen them in bloom-it
not inrrcquently happens that what are sold
for orchids Of common variety. and conse
ouontIy bring low price, turn out to be rarities
OF great value. In this way one unidentified
orchid plant that brought half dollar at an
auction sale In London was, when n boomed,
after n lapse of two years, discovered to be
such q novelty that the very firm that had
disposed ~ II at auction bought It back for
$500 This price Is by no means record
breaker for a rare orchid, as notable speci-
mems haya been sold for sums as high us
S5750 Nor is II necessary that an orchid
shall be what the laymau would regard AZ dis
timely different from all others in order to
command a fancy price, II 1t merely has
markings distinct from those on the orchids Of
the same class which have come to light pre-
yiuusy I, will be eagerly sought by collectors
who take account Of all such minor differences
The Farmington times. (Farmington, St. Francois County, Mo.) 1905-1926, 1911-04-20
COFFEE CONGESTION
Causes a Variety Of Ais.

A happy old lady in Wisconsin
says:
During the time was coffee
drtnker | was subject to sick head
aches, sometimes lasting 2 or 3 days,
totally uniting me for anything.
To this aiIliction was added, some
years ago, trouble with my heart
that was very painful. accompanied
by smOthering sensation and faint
ness.
Dyspepsia, also, came to make life
harder to bear. took all sorts OF pat.
ent medicines but none of them helped
me for any length OF time.
THE doctors frequently told me
that coffee was not good for me; but
without coffee | felt as II had no
breakfast ! finally decided about 2
years ago to abandon the use of cot.
Zee entirely, and as had read great
deal about Postum | concluded 10 try
that for n breakfast beverage.
Il liked the taste Of It and was par
ucularly pleased to notice that It did
not come up as coffee used to. The
bad spells with my heart grew less
and less frequent, and finally ceased
altogether, and | have not had an at
tack of sick headache for more than a
year. My digestion is good, too, and
i am thankful that am once more q
healthy woman. | know my wonder
ful restoration to health came from
Quitting coffee and using Postum"
Tame given by the Postum Co., Battle
Creek. Mich.
There's a reason" and II is this.
Coffee has direct action on the nvsrS
with some people. and causes partial
congestion OF that organ preventing
the natural outlet of the secretions.
Then may follow blliousness, aallow
skin, headaches, constipation and final
ly change OF the blood corpuscles
and nervous prostration.
Read the little book, Tho Road to
MELVILLE" in pkgs. There's Rear
SON"
Ever r-nd the shove IetterY A new
one appears from time to time. They
are genuine, true, and full of kumaa
Inherent.