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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-06-06
Confederate Memorial Day.

Last Saturday was observed as Con-
federate memorial day in Shepherdstown,
and if was one OF the most satisfactory
occasions of the sort that the town has
ever known. The day was ideal-brlght
and sunny, yet not too warm-there was
very large crowd in attendance, all OF
whom seemed to be imbued with the
spirit of the occasion, and in every re-
spect the celebration was worthy OF the
community. The procession formed in
front of the old college building, and
promptly at 2 o'clock moved to the Gem
etery. John H. Schoppert was Chief
marshal. In line were the Shepherd
College Cadet Corps, the Veterans, Sons
of Veterans and speakers, the music being
furnished by the fife and drum corps.
AT the cemetery the usual responsive
service was held at the Confederate mon
ument, salute was fired over the graves
of the soldiers by the cadets, and taps
was sounded by Bugler Melvin Jones.
The chief speaker was Mr.. R. Gray Will
liams, of Winchester, who delivered a
scholarly and thoughtful address, in which
he reminded the present generation OF its
duty in preserving the principles for
which the fathers fought and urged the
patriotic study of public questions and
the assuming of general and personal
responsibility in support OF the state
The address of Mr.. Williams was timely
and appropriate one and was appreciated
by the large crowd that listened to it SC
attentively. Hon. VIM. 6. Brown, Mem
Der of Congress from this district, who
was present, made brief address, II
which he aroused the greatest enthusiasm
among the old soldiers and others who
were present. His remarks were enjoyed
and heartily applauded. Excellent music
was rendered by selected choir. Al
the conclusion of the exercises the grave:
of the soldiers were strewn with beauti'
full flowers. On each soldiers grave
was placed also handsome Confederate
flag, and the scene was an impressive
and interesting one as they were thus
appropriately decorated. The crowd if
attendance was an unusually large one
and acouple of thousand persons gathered
| in the cemetery. The day was a de-
lightful one, the service all that could bt
desired, and all who were present en-
] loved the occasion.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-06-06
Killed By the Cars.

Hunter 6. Dick, a young B. & o. freight
brakeman, was fatally injured last Friday
morning at the limestone quarries at
Kearneysville. He was Coupling stone
cars, when he was caught between the
bumpers and crushed about the hips, at
the same time receiving number OF lac
Grated wounds by the explosion OF a rail-
road torpedo in his pocket. He vast TAX
en- to a hospital in Martinsburg, where ne
died some hours afterward from internal
hemorrhages. He was in the sd year
of his age and was an estimable young
nian. Surviving him are his parents, a
brother and five sisters.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-06-06
Joe Sanbower's Mistake.

Joseph Sanoower, OF Shepherdstown,
son of George Sanbower, is at his home in
this place recovering from sundry cuts
and bruises received in peculiar man
ner. Joe and his brother Russell are
running their fathers boat on the Ches-
apeake & Ohio canal this year, and last
Friday arrived at Georgetown with car
20 of coal. While waiting to have the
boat unloaded Joe was grazing his mules
along the conduit road. The animal had
always been perfectly gentle, and with a
rope fastened about its neck Joe lazlly
loafed on the grass and tied the other end
of the rope to a belt about his waist,
amusing himself by making some fancy
knots while the mule grazed. Suddenly
something frightened the mule and ii
dashed down the road, dragging the I'M
fortunate young man after it, and 1t ran
fully quarter OF a mile before it stopped
Sanbower was perfectly helpless as ne
was ierked along, and as part OF the trip
was over a newly -macadamized road, he
was cut and scratched until he was a
bloody spectacle. Some men who were
working on the road released him from
his unpleasant predicament, and summon
ed an ambulance from the Georgetown
University Hospital. Here his injuries
were dressed. He had bad cut on the
back of his head, his arm was hurt, and
he was so bruised that he could scarcely
breathe. Word of the accident was sent
here, and Mr.. Sanbower went TO wash
ington and brought him to his home in
this place Sunday night. He is Slowly
recovering, but he suffers a good dea
| from his many wounds and Commissions.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-06-06
Notice To Wool Growers.

am in the market for wool this season,
and will pay the highest market price TOR
good, clean wool delivered in Shepherds
town. See me before you sell.
March ], 1912.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-06-06
MOler.

We begin the New Year with
our annual January Reduction Sale
In every department you will find
some things you may need at great
ly reduced prices.
In China, Glass and Bric-a-Brac
we find some things that did not
sell so well, or we bought too heav-
lily, and instead Of carrying them
over we begin TIE New Year by
making sweeping reductions before
we take stock Our Grocery Stock
is full and complete, with every
thing TO supply your wants during
the winter months. Bring US your
trade. We want Bacon, Lard, But
ter, Eggs, Dried Corn, Beans, &C.,
for cash or trade.
IA. r. Moler,
Shepherdstown, w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1912-06-06


county's most prominent residents, at
tended the memorial exercises in Shep-
herdstown last Saturday.
Mrs. Geo. w. Boswell and Mrs. Hattie
Rhode, of Waynesboro, Pa, were visitors
the past week at the home of Mr.. and
Mrs. Ashton E. Boswell.
Mrs. Bowman VanMetre and her little
son Albert, OF Brunswick, Md, visited
relatives and friends in Shepherdstown
the past week.
Mrs. A. S. cambridge and Miss Violet
cambridge left on Monday for the coast
of Maine, where they expect to spend
the summer.
Miss Elizabeth Taylor, of ElkinS, W..
Va, who graduated from Shepherd COL
lege last year, is here to spend commence
ment week.
Misses Anna Hause and Nellie Staley,
who taught the past year at Elkins, this
State, are home for the summer vacation.
Mrs. George Glass, of Berryville, Va,
formerly of this place, was here to spend
memorial day with old friends.
Miss Virginia Schley, who taught the
past year in the public school in Morgan
town, is home again.
Miss Marguerite Shull, of Roanoke,
Va, spent several days in Shepherds
town the past week.
Mr.. O. M. Ruark, who travels in the
South, is at his home in Shepherdstown
for week or two.
Miss Barbara Black, of Hagerstown, was
among the visitors to Shepherdstown on
memorial day.
Mr.. Joseph |. 1'riplett, of New York,
has been at his home in Shepherdstown
the past week.
Mr.. William Hines, who taught the
past year in Bluefield, w. Va, is home
again.
Miss Sallie Hill, of Martinsburg, has
been here this week visiting at her old
home.
Mr.. Llewellyn Potts is home from his
schoelin Virginia forthe summer vacation.
Mr.. Frank L. Johnson has been in Bal
timore this week on business.
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24

Of dreams visited her it was that
she saw herself that greatest lady
of Turkey, the most honorcd in the
east. The sultana
But the hauams have one glory,
enyied OF every woman save the
sultana. They accompany her in
her drives. Yelled, they go forth
each day for drive, sending glances
of curiosity aud pride above the
swathed wells that hide their brows
and chjns. their noses and lips.
Turkish women are the most in
quisitive in the world.
Speak to the sultana or hanam
o. the women of the harem and she
Will say. We are four, not counting.
of course, our maids of honor and
slaves And this, from their point
Of view, Ss, quite true, for they
ignore the more than two hundred
others, those women at whom they
curl the lip as iuterlopers, beautiful
pIaythings Of brief wbim. To the
legal wives all these others are
women who dwell in the silence and
the shadows. women who do not
exist
And do you tlipk of these two
hundred women as enjoying the close
friendship Of the sultan? By no
means. OF these women, whom we
by courtesy call wives. and who are
named according to the poetic fancy
of the suItan--AbduI Hamid named
them his "graces There are SIX or
eight rcigniug favorites. While
they enjoy the royal favor they arc
the women Of third rank in the royal
household. When they lose it Others
arc elevated to their places. Thus
his Oriental majesty, while pos
segsing three hundred "wives' IN
name, has actually only meagre
ten or a dozen at 4 time.
Beneath these in rank; and de
spised by the reigniug favorites,
but curiously content with their fate
are tho nearly two hundred other
women. Theirs would seem to be
an unhappy lot, but they view 1T
with eastern calm. II his majesty
tires of them their fate is either
that. as a special mark Of royal IA
vor, he marries them to ono of the
officers Of his court, who rises many
GRADES in court rank through this
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alliance, or he simply forgcts Fatima
or Alma, who becomes companion
aud gossip TO the inmates Of the
barem.
iifth in the descending scale are
The maids of honor. These wait
upon tho wives. Not upon those
women who arc called by courtesy
wives, whom the married quartctte
never meet and never mention, but
the legal spouses Of tho sultan.
These correspond 10 the maids of
honor Of The queens Of any court of
Europe.
Tho sixth in the scale are the
waiting women, highly specialized
class of servants who wait upon the
maids of honor and upon the women
who are never mentioned by the
wives. These capiivcs in the pal.
ace have not, as the qreeus, maids
Of honor Of their own, nor even
waiting woman for each. but Il
group of them is served by one of
the waiting women.
Seventh in the social descent from
the sultana is the group of special
attendants. tho entertainers as sing.
ers and dancers, the women OF the
wardrobes, the women who under.
stand the subtle art of The perfumcd
bath.
The lowest grade IS that Of the
women slaves, born in the palace.
and children Of slaves born in the
palace, These perform the most
monial services in the household Of
women. They arc the scrub women
and char women, the cooks and
dishwashers. Like the rest OF their
sex, they arc deemed in Turkey
creatures without souls.
Do you imagine that in the harcm
exists jealousy Jealousy Of rank,
yes, but Of that primal jealousy OF
the female for her mate there is or
seems 10 be, none. The women gladly
adorn each other for n visit to his
majesty's quarter of tho palace, Tf
the sultan shows marked admiration
for ono of them, the others appear
to be- delighted, as family arc
charmed when some one praises the
youngest or prettiest OF the house
hold. | observed this closely and
studied it while singing for these
women and | ascribe it 10 two
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selves, who thought Of many things
that | could never have dreamed
of" said Frau Heinzmann-
fThen the office-bearcrs were
elected. To my establishment the
most disturbing members OF the
cluss headed the poll. In one class
the first elected WAS q girl who con-
tinually came late 10 school. she
was appointed monitor with two pre-
fects, ono of whom was famous IN
the school for her prauks, and the
other girl who constantly had 'up-
satisfactory as the mark for her
work. AT the same time some oil
the patterns of the class were
chosen TO look after the classroom
cupboard.
.'Then came the choice of pun
ishments, which all the girls sought
ia make more severe than their mls'
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A New Plan to Make Girls Behave

tress thought necessary, For gross
forgetfuluess girls were made to
learn SO many lines Of worse by
heart. for restlessness they were
made to stand for ten minutes dur
ing a lesson. (The girls proposed
that the time should be for whole
bour,)
"The girls wished for still severer
punishments for grave cases, aud
proposed banshmeut from the class
for week. This | thought too &C.
we're. and they made it four days, to
he applied only with my permission.
But finally it was reduced 10 ban
ishmeut for a single morning.
1.-THE result was That the leaders
of disorder soon became model mem
bcrs of the class. Once month
comes another election. and now
ndays the honors of election are
{ most heenIy coveted.
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the household or visitors like my
sell. dance or slug or read al To-
ccptiom, The child women arc easily
entertained and arc ELUSIVE IN their
praise, Occasionally they 20 forth
la companies OF eight TO twenty, uu
der guard OF Il black man, to visit
other harems.
Thus their lives 90 on, being swal-
lowed M III marsh ms sluggish
streams trail away into the moth
ingncss Of sodicu meadow, | am
unspcakably sorry for them. If, as
when Abdul Hami1 abdicated his
throne and went INTO retirement.
taking only a handful Of the women
with him. these poor creatures are
cast into The world. they are help
less. Hopclessly they sink into
life Of degradation, The women Of
the Turkish haFoms are the helpless
wards Of careless world.
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causes. One is the lack Of real af.
fcctlon by any of the women for
their spouse. Having had no part
in choosing him, they do not love
him. Another reason is the ehild,
likeness Of their natures We're they
women OF fully developed brains and
hearts they could not but he ieal-
Gus, The trend upward Of the hui
man race is continuously toward
monaGamy.
In the western world ii is little
known how the harem is recruited
The snltana and the hanams arc
usually women Of royal, or at least
of noble blood, They are partly
educated III music and the Ian
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zuleika, the Newest Favorite of the Sultan.

laughing as wholo.heartcdly Us
school girls. is one of the prcttiest
sights have seen in all Europe.
While they chatter in the garden,
or after they have gouc back to loIl
in their rooms, plates OF fruit arc
served if they wish them. but they
eat only two meals day. Tho last
IL dinner, the hour for which differs
in summer and winter, because il
occurs two hours before sunset,
since they must retire at sunset
Three times day they pray, sa-
leaning to the ground, their faces
toward Mecca.
All of the intervening time they
spend ut their toilets A Turkish
woman, having nothing else 10 do,
dwudlcs over her dressing for three
or four hours twice day. once
after breakfast, the other in prepa-
ration for dinner.
Twice week tho entertainers or
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24

TILE problem Of maintaining
discipline in schools exclu-
~ slvely for girls has diffieul'
ties well understood by most
.soers In such institutions.
fan Heipzmann, head mistress
girls school at Lubbock, Ger
a.asi mas recently set forth these
l'''uities in magazine article;
~ 'ne real value OF the article
y in her account Of novel eS-
'"ent which, contrary to her ex-
s'Aions, proved highly successful.
A. 'psiriug Of obtaining order and
r's'pnne by the ordinary methods,
,aa heinzplauu decided To allow
s'fls TO govern themselves.
~, "e girls accepted the idea with
.;s' .;ss'ussiasm, {" First Of all it WAS de-
"nat the office. bearers should
slia was done by the girls them
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24
Dery yUnusualDetdils of Turkish
Family Life Told BY an finer
icdn LD0n7dx Jh0 Disited
for Six U1eeks in the
Jult0n,s Family
By Blanche Arral.

lT OR six weeks ] lived in the
Ik palace of Sultan Abdul Ha-
mud. For that period was
IL entertainer for the strange
shild wcmcu who were the objects
4 |of his successive capriccs, / learned
tte secrets OF their souls. | disco,-
/ gcd That the existence OF these
| ipys of Al emperor of the cast is
psIacc in fairylaud with horror as q
,pruerstouc.
Sluggish case. swccts.stuffcd
bodies, empty souls. vague warnings
I Tor different life without will to
|<cek il, sillcu seIflshncss, the slow
death of the finest instincts OF
Bomanhood, ! witnessed in The
Month aud a half in which ! sang
md danced to entertain the human
|pla,tbings Of tho most cruel mon.
|areh in the world. | talked with
|snd listened 10 the three hundred
pouscs Of tho emperor of the cast.
! Earned the secrets of their souls
and my soul was filled with an in
|tlmte compassion for them. 7 would
h Pie to lead an army Of women in
|an INVASION Of that relic Of the
|rlddle ages, q country clinging bar
|narlc like TO the twentieth century.
Thai which is Of the most vital
|'nporia nee to every member OF the
|hrcm is accredited rank. The
|dowager Queen Of England was 10
|nore reluctau, 10 resign the honors
~ rcigning Queen Of England than
N TIC Suliana of Turkey her rank
|'s the fist lady Of tbc harcm. II is
= Ehame. She bows her head before
|'he nation and passes into oblivion
1nr The same reason that the En-
press Josephine WIS divorced and
nsnished, because she has failed to
|Pye tho emperor q sou. If she
|sfhieyes this the first wife remains
ne first. not only because she WAS
|'hc initial wife. but because she mas
armed the right by bearing n sultan.
|sec is for life the sultana, Sho
nay grow old, and they are old at
'hrtylln Turkey, and ugly, for theirs
|s the type of beauty that coarse
|Hlth age, but she is the head Of the
n2fem. the first wife, the sultana TO
|Fnom every woman, be she mere
VISITOR or ono of the three real or
Two hundred so-called wives must
|pend the knee.
Beneath her on the stairs Of
narem honor is the trio OF other,
snd later, wives, Allah, generous
ae'ty- Of the Turks, permits, and has
oppressed in tho Koran hig consent
'nst every true and pions follower
W bis may have four wives, The
|sflo that follow the sultana arc
<noWu rs "hanams. - They reside
'n the same palace with tho sultana.
ma treat her with reverence, which
'ae returns with a distant coDde-
Esnslon. Though outwardly all
|aeierence and admiration, each of
''ne hauams cherlsbes in the deepest.
qsfkest corner Of her heart n hope.
'n the sultana should not bear a
pn' or If her sou should die, tho
Nlian may divorce her and raise
als faithful hauam TO the rank Of
'o'st wife. This ambition. about
mich no one Of them would dare
'peak by day, visits their dreams
W mght. Ask ono Of the splendid
'ted creaturcs what sho dreamed
'as night before and she will roll
'nose eyes and smile sccretively, but
|'uu Know that ir the most blissful
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24

household, the lazy, fat.formins life
begins.
The women rise at S O'Clock.
plunge into a perfumcd bath, and
eat in a lcisurely manner their
breakfast Of fruit and rice and one
OF the green salads, romainc for OK
ample, which they take with salt
TO clear their compilations. Then
they saunter into the gardens and
stroll about or sit among the
flowers. A group Of them, sur
rounding Il tree and chatting and
The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-11-24

few, dazzlcd by
The stories Of the
case and luxury OF
llfo in the harcm,
voluntarily accom-
pary The officers
OF the court.
\ { { g p te i rs
members al tho
N n 90 feminine
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guaGcs, The others are presented
30 The sultan on feast days by
members Of hls court who are seek
ing favors, nnd for which some are
elevated TO higher rank. Politics III
ono sense. procurism IN another,
Some arc bcguilcd. as was The case
OF The Viscountess Alma Iurok de
Courlandon. into the palace, be-
lievinp it 10 lac a museum or II res
taurunt. some arc kidnapped. y
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-10

The proprietors Of Eiamese news
paper have distributed handbills con-
tanning the following notice: The
news OF English we tell the latest
Writ in perfectly style and most ear
last. Do a murder git commit, we
hear OF and tell It, Do a mighty
chief die, We publish it, and in bor-
ders Of sombre. Staff has each one
been colleged, and write like the Kip
ling and the Dickens. We circle ev.
cry town and extortionate not for
advertisements. Buy It. Buy it, Tell
each Of you Its greatness for good.
Ready on Friday, Number FIRST
Everybody's Magazine.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-10
POLITICS AS SPUR TO STUDY
University OF Missouri Turns Pupils
Campaign Enthusiasm to Edu-
catlonaI Advantage.

Columbia, Mo.-One of the profess
sors at the University of Missouri has
turned the political enthusiasm of the
students to account in their training.
Many of the instructors at the univer-
sity complain that the discussion of
politics is interfering with school
work. Professor F. M. Tisdsl Of the
public speaking classes has turned his
classes first into a Republican conven.
tion, then a Democratic convention.
and closed the series with a joint de-
bate between the Democrats and Re.
publicans. The result was the best
work In the classes in the year.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-10
LAD is BURIED UNDER SNOW
Men Of Two Villages Unite In Digging
Out Boy and Finally Rescue
Him.

Flko, Cal.--Although ne was buried
for several hours beneath tons OF
snow, the small son of Dan Ward OF
Jarbridge, was rescued alive after
hours of digging by the entire popH-
lace of Jarbridge and Payiak villages.
The avalanche of snow came down
the canyon between the two towns
without warning. The little fellow
was playing on the hillside and heard
the roar Of the snow as 1t started far
above him. Instinct told him to con-
ceal himself and he dropped down be-
meath huge bowlder. The snow
passed over him, filing the canyon
and completely burying him.
A small aperture was left on the
rock and this enabled the lad to get
air and he was located by his cries.
He was uninjured.
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-10
Virtue Of skunk oil.

Wonderful virtues are ascribed to
skunk oil by those in the mountains.
Trappers use it to conceal all odor OF
man from fox or lynx or other animal
wary of traps. In case of Group, or
any bronchial or lung trouble, it rubs
in quickly. With physicians at times
many miles away bottle Of skunk
oil is always present in mountain.
eer's family
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-10
Thought II a Purchase.

Some good luck had come to him
in business that day and he felt as il
he wanted to share it with others
So wbeh be reached her house and
dismissed the station hack with its
two sorry horses he joyously handed
the driver two dollars. The driver
looked at the money, then at the man,
and then at his horses, and finally
said "All right, sir, which horse do
you want? ~
The Vinita daily chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1902-1913, 1912-06-10
RULE OF REASON IN DIVORCE
Kentucky Judge Uses the Solomon
Plan In Untylng Matrimonial
Knot.

Louisville, Ky.-Solomon's rule Of
reason was invoked in divorce court
here in unraveling a knot of conflict
ing evidence, when John and Margaret
Wetzelberger, who had lived together
thirty-fve years and reared a dozen
children, both applied for decree.
All the girls in the family allied them
selves on the side of their mother;
the boys were divided.
In granting decree to Mrs. Wetzel.
berger, the court said it was his opin-
ion that daughters, as rule, have a
better opportunity to know the condi-
tion In family and he deemed it
inconsistent with the woman's long
years of faithfulness in rearing the
large family needlessly to abandon her
husband, as charged, or to falsely ac-
cuse him of cruelty.