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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
II mipht as welI be admitted frankly

II might as well be admitted frankly
that the newspaper is personality,
rather than common carrier OF news ;
in fact, that il cannot be common carrier
of news because il would be swamped
with its freight. All that can be expect
ed OF il is that il report the news honestly
as a person OF a certain attitude and view
point might a pervasive and extended
person, but still person.
This conception OF the newspaper may
be verified in the experience ofany read
er.
One newspaper personally may be cyui-
cal, clever, frivolous; another coarse
grained, fIashy. bluffing, with all the
attributes OF a confidence man; another
sober, sedate, cultured, conservative
another breezy, entertaining, radical,
deIighting, in new things. The news
reports as well as the editorials OF any
newspaper will be determined in large
measure by the sort OF personality that
il has developed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
The Old Sexton.

Nigh TO grave that was newly made
Leaned sexton old on his earth worn
spade:
His work was done. and he paused TO wait
The funeral train at the open gate.
A relic OF bygone days was he,
And his locks were white as the foamy sea
And these words came from his lips so thin
Y gather them in. gather them in
II gather them in for man and boy.
Year after year OF grief and Joy,
I've built the houses that lie around.
In every nook OF this burial ground:
Mother and daughter. father and son.
Come TO my solitude one by one;
But come they strangers or come they kin
gather them in. gather them in.
Many are with me. but still I'm alone.
I'm king OF the dead-and make my throne
On monument slab OF marble cold;
And my sceptre Of rule is the spade hold
Come they from cottage or come they from hall,
Mankind are my subjects, all. all. all
Let them loiter in pleasure or toilfully spin
gather them in, gather them in.
81 gather them in, and their final rest
Is here. down here, in the earth's dark
breastr'
And the sexton ceased for the funeral train
Wound mutely Ger that solemn plain
And said to my heart. when time is told,
A mightier voice than that Sexton's old
Will sound DER the last trump's dreadful din
gather them in, gather them in
Park Benjamin.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

BY way Of Illustrating the roughness OF
some railway road beds In this country,
the Boston Transcript tells the following
story:
A traveller, eating his breakfast In the
dining-car, had ordered, among other
things, two sott-fried eggs. The rest OF
fhe order came Immediately, but he waited
in vain for the eggs.
Finally, when the travellers patience
was almost exhausted, the waiter ap-
peared, smiling and apologize, but with
out the eggs.
Sorry bout dem fried eggs, boss.
DE cook says de roads so rough dat
ebery time he tries 10 fry de eggs. dey
scrambes."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

1t had been very hard day at the
polls. The addition of over a thousand
women's votes had made the counting
long and difficult.
"Well, James" said Mrs. WalIicky. as
her husband returned from his arduous
labors as teller, 'how did the vote
go2"
mine hundred and two votes for
Smith, seven hundred and fifty-three for
Slaihers, eight receips for tomato ketchup,
four wash lists, and rnilliner's bill, "
said Walllcky. at was mighty inter-
esting vote"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
CATARRH OF
The PHARYNX.

Clearing out your throat every day.
all day. That is what you have been
doing for months. Possibly years. A
little mucus covers the pharynx.
If you were to go to a doctor he
would tell you that you have phar-
yngitis. If you were to look into
your own throat you would find just
back of the soft palate red, lumpy,
granular appearance Of the back part
of the throat. Pharyngitis the doc
tors call it.
Perhaps he would call 1t, folicular
pharyngitis. 1t causes you constant
annoyance. You are always making
slight disturbances when seated in an
audience. Can't hold your throat
still. Stringy mucus bothers you.
Worse in the morning.
A-hem! A-hem! A-hem! That is
the way you are going nearly all day.
Sometimes in the night when you
wake up. You ought to gargle your
throat with salt water every morn
ing. Cold salt water. That clears
out the throat perfectly and makes 1t
ready for treatment.
Peruna is the treatment. Begin
with a teaspoonful before each meal
and at bedtime. Try it for a week.
You will be convinced. OF course,
Peruna will not entirely relieve you
in a week. That is too much to ex-
pect of any remedy. But it will bene-
fit you so much you will be con-
vinced. Yes, it will. 1t has done
this many times.
Folicular pharyngitis Big words.
Almost as bad as the disease. But II
you take Peruna for one month reg
ularly, you may forget that you ever
had such a disease. Then you will
have a perfect right to forget the big
words too.
People who object to liquid nedi-
cines can now obtain Peruna Tablets.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

A little girl walking along The street
with her mother, when she saw one
armed man. II was the first time in her
life that she had ever seen man without
an arm, and she wanted TO know all about
it. Her mother explained, in answer to
her questions, that the man had probably
met with an accident OF some kind, that
his arm would never grow back. The
little girl thought for moment, and then
said, "Well, if the Lord made us, it seems
to me like He ought TO keep us in repair. "
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
Group and Cough Remedy.

Crcun is a terrible disease, il attacks
children so suddenly they are very apt to
choke unless gwen the proper remedy at
once. There is nothing better IN the
world than DR.. Kings New Discovery.
Lewis Chamberlain, of Manchester. Ohio,
writes about his children: Sometimes IN
severe attacks we were afraid they would
die, but since we proved what certain
remedy Or. Kings New Discovery IS,
we have no fear. We rely on It for
Group, coughs and colds" So can you.
SOC. and S1.00. A bottle should be in
every home. AT all Druggists. H. E.
Bucklen & Co., PhiIa., and St.Louis.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
stomach Troubles Disappear.

Stomach, liver and kidney troubles,
weak nerves, lame back and female Ills
disappear when Electric Briters are used.
Thousands OF women would not be with
out a bottle in their home. Eliza Pool OF
Depew, Okla, writes Electric Biiiefs
raised me from bed OF sickness and
suffering and has done me world OF
good. | wish every suffering woman
could use this excellent remedy and lind
oul, as did. just how good II is" As II
has helped thousands oi others. II surely
will do the same for you. Every bottle
guaranteed, SOC. and 500. Al all Drug
gists. n. Z. Bucklen & Co, Philadelphia
or ST. Louis.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

A lawyer residing in Washington, and
noted for his laconic style of expression,
sent the following terse and witty note
to refractory client, who would not
comply with his reiterated demands ior
the payment OF his bill:
"Sir-If you pay the incloSed you will
oblige me. you do not shall oblge
you."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

They were city folks. says contribu-
tor to Everybody's Magazine, and they
had just become comfortably established
on the newly bought farm.
With the help OF suggestions from in
terested neighbors, they were fitting out
the place. and il was the wife who ap-
preached one of the kindly farmers with
the question:
'How many eggs day ought really
good hen TO lay 2"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
bscriptions

for all Magazines and Periodicals will be
taken by ihis store al prices as low as any
club rates advertised by the so-caIled
Gut Rate Magazine Agencies" Bring
us your renewals or new subscriptions
they will be promptly taken care OF and
at the very lowest prices.
Our stock OF Rubber Goods of all kinds
is complete in its assortment. and always
fresh new stock. While goods OF this
sort are rarely guaranteed Tor any length
OF time, yet we guarantee 10 always FUR
nish you fresh stock, and In the best OF
condition.
This being about butehering time. we
call 10 your attention that we. at all times,
have for sale the very best and pufest OF
Spices, such as Black and Red Pepper,
Fresh Rubbed Sage, coriander Seed, ETC..
and at The same time we can furnish you
with Borax, Salipetef and Liquid Smoke
for preserving meals
We carry all kinos OF Emulsion md
Cough Remedies, certainly you can md
in our stock some preparation that will
supply your needs. We especially rec
omnend our White Pine and Tar Cough
Syrup for grown people and NyaPs Baby
Cough Syrup for Inc little ones. And
Red Cross Plaster will always help any
kind OF cough.
We deliver by Parcels Post, without
extra charge, any Of the smaller packages
that can be mailed. Let US have your
mail orders.
Miller's Pharmacy,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
Definition OF the Cross.

'There are but two straight lines In the
Cross: one the long line, representing the
love OF God, and the other, the short line,
representing the line OF human trouble.
misery and despair. The short line al
ways rests on The long line Of the love OF
God. 4"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

Two old ladies', wandering about The
Public Library building in Boston the
other day, entered Bates Hall and gszed
interestedly al a bust OF Oliver Wendell
Holmes in black bronze.
"WeIl," one lady remarked, very audi
bly,, TO The other one. 81 never knew be-
fore that Dr. Holmes was negro"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
DIR. Hobson's Ointmeut Heals Itchy
Eczema.

The constantly itching, burning sensa-
tion and other disagreeabIe forms OF eeze-
ma, tetter, salt rheum and skin efuptions
promptly cured by DR. Hobson's Eczema
Ointment. Geo. w. Fitch OF Mendoza, Ill.
says: al purchased box OF DR.. Hobson's S
Eczema Ointment. Have had Eczema
ever since The civil war, have been treat
ed by many doctors, none have given The
benefit that one box of DR.. Hobson's
Eczema Ointment has" Every sufferer
should try II. We're so positive il will
help you we guarantee il or money reiun-
ded. At all Druggists or by mail Oc.
Pfeitfer Chemical Co., Philadelphia and St.
Louis.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

Col. Allen Harkness tells good story
about an old soldier who WIS unfortu-
natelY braggah. He was alway prais-
ing his own prowess at Gettysburg and
chickamaugs, and other bsttIetields.
One day a group Of fellow townsmen iell
to talking about him.
There's one thing" said the doctor,
"thai I'd like TO know. I'd ike to know
for certain just how many OF The boys in
gray Jake really and truly did get away
with"
"WeIl, / can't be sure" said the min
isteT, with twinkle in his eye, but Il
looks to me, doctor. as il Jake probably
killed just about as many of the enemy as
the enemy did OF him"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

"They say he is rather contrary"
Contrary? That fellow is so contrary
that when he goes TO ball game hall the
time he sides with the umpire"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

"The doctors speech didn't add much
TO the hilarity OF our banquet"
"How was that 2"
"He told us that not half OF us would
reach the age OF 60, and that 8 per cent
OF us would be struck down within the
year."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

"a want you TO come TO my dance"
"Realfy, | don't 90 in for dancing"
"But you could help fill up"
"Well. ! am a pretty good eater, II
that's what you want me for"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

Many ills come from impure blood.
Can't have pure blood with faulty diges-
ton, lazy liver and sluggish bowels:
Burdock Blood Bitters is recommended
for strengthening stomach. bowels and
liver and purifying the blood.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

Merchant-Have you collected that bill
OF Smith's2
ColIector-Have collected ii? | call
ed at the house and found that seven
Smiths lived there. Six declared they
owed nothing, and the seventh kicked
me out OF the house.
Merchant-Thats ihe one. Go back
and get the money.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18

Hostess 10 young guesD: You won't
have another piece Of pie. Bobbie; why,
you must be suffering from loss Of sp-
petite.
Bobbie Nom; I'm suffering from a
promise to my mother.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1913-12-18
Tommy-Pop, what is The difference
between a situation and a lob 2

rommy's Pop-A situation, my SOD,
is generally what young man asks for;
job is what he gets.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
BOWELS BAD, LIVER
TORPID? CASCARETS
If Constipated, Bilious, Headachy,
Stomach Sour, Get a 10 Cent box of
CaScaretS-Take One Tonight.

You men and women who can't get
feeling right-who have headache,
coated tongue, foul taste and foul
breath, dizziness, can't sleep are bill
ious, nervous and upset, bothered
with a gassy disordered stomach, or
have backache and feel worn out.
Are you keeping your bowels clean
with Cascarets, or merely forcing a
passageway every few days with salts
cathartic pills or castor oil? This is
important.
Cascarets work while you sleep;
cleanse and regulate the stomach, re-
move the sour, undigested and fer
menting food and foul gases; take
the excess bile from the liver and
carry out of the system all the con-
stipated waste matter and poison in
the bowels and intestines.
A Cascaret tonight will straighten
you out by morning. 10-cent box
from any drug store will keep your
stomach sweet; liver and bowels reg
ular and head clear for months. Don't
forget the children. They love Cas-
carets because they taste good-do
good-never grippe or sicken.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
JAPAN'S LAND HUNGER.


The peculiar agricultural limitations
of Japan were brought out in a re-
cent paper by Miss F.. c. Semple to
the Royal Geographical Society Of
England. With an equable island
climate and food from both land and
sea. the conditions favored the devel-
opment of early civilization but the
lack of new area to cultivate for the
growing population soon brought the
stage of intensive agriculture.
Production within the island area
has been handicapped. Forests and
barren land make cultivation rare
above 23OO feet, and the arabic land
of Japan is only 14.37 per cent of the
total area, which is a lower percent
age than is known elsewhere except
in Finland, Sweden and Norway
sparsely-populated countries. The
staple crop, rice, is confined to the vi
cinity Of rivers and streams. The
available soil is not of a fertile kind,
and low efficiency is promoted by the
practical absence of stock raising. A
few attempts to reclaim barren and
ill-watered wastes are being made by
Weather farmers or companies.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
WHISTLER'S SHARP TONGUE.


New York Evening Post.)
The Whistler anecdotes have the
inevitable caustic note. One day az
English student was smoking a pipe,
when Whistler entered the academy.
You should be very careful" he OBJ
served; you know you might get in
terested in your work and let your
pipe go out" Then there was a
scotch student who succeeded in
getting Whistler to examine his
sketches, one of which was an old
peasant woman, whose face was illu-
minated by a huge candle. He ex-
amined all of the sketches carefully,
and then remarked: How beautifully
you've painted the candle. Good
morning, gentlemen"
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12

grasped the pillars of the temple and
wrenched the structure as he drew his
last breath.
But among the people there is no
mourning as for the passing of man
whose life has given him a place in
the hearts of the people. OF Morgan
il will not be said as was said Of
Henry George when his dust was laid
away: This is not a funeral, but a
resurrection"
Men must be measured, when the
final balance is struck, by the service
they have given TO their fellow men
not by the fortunes they have taken
from their fellows; by what they have
done to make the world better, not
by what they have done to build up
the check book power; by what they
have done to lessen human suffering,
not by what they have done to in
crease it.
Yet in way the world should be
grateful to Morgan; for as others
have shown the way to liberty and
happiness and to the Brotherhood of
Man, Morgan's life has been, as it
were, a great searchlight thrown up
on the road that leads away from lib
erty from human happiness and from
the Brotherhood of Man; a search
light thrown upon ruthless power and
showing its cruelty, its danger to man
kind. Morgan has warned the world
against other Morgans, and if the
world shall heed that warning Nor
gan has not lived in vain.
Poor, infinitely poor Morgan!
~~s~o>~~~
Because free sugar may reduce the
profits of some of the sugar barons
certain element of Hawaiians now
: put up a talk of desiring independ-
! ence. If they don't look out they may
= get it and be sorry. Cleveland gave
] Hawaii independence and the island
ers soon wanted back into the fold
Y ~s~~S~~
Z 1t is still a little early for the straw
2 hat and the ice cream clothing.
~-s~~
Was it low wages or liquor tina
=, caused that Chicago girls downfall?
.s---
" Ten years from now the Pendletol
aviation club may be entertaining fly
u ers from neighboring towns.
D ~~-0~-.-~~
: That o'clock rule for the depart
:. ments at Washington sounds business
= Ike
@@OA$%~
= Who knows but what the real name
d Of those Mexican generals are O'Bre
n gcn and O'Jeda?
? The Chicago vice probers are nov
, trying to learn how people Of the up
per classes come to their downfall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12

gained from the fact that it requires
about $4,000 annually to paint one
large railway bridge alone. A typi-
cal case Of this kind is the Brook
lyn bridge, upon which a corps of
painters are employed constantly as
the weather makes repainting of one
end of the structure necessary be-
fore the workers have reached the
other. Although experiments have
demonstrated that pure iron sur
rounded by oxygen does not rust, and
that some acid, especially carbonic
acid, is necessary for the production
OF rust, the secret of manufacturing
rustless steel aid iron remains to be
discovered.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
NOSE AND HEAD STOPPED UP FROM
COLD OR CATARRH, OPEN At ONCE

rant balm dissolves by the heat of
the nostrils; penetrates and heals the
inflamed. swollen membrane which
lines the nose, head and throat;
clears the air passages; stops nasty
discharges and a feeling of cleans
ing, soothing relief comes immediate
ly.
Don't lay awake tonight struggling
for breath, with head stuffed up; nos
trils closed, hawking and blowing.
Catarrh or a cold, with its running
nose, foul mucous dropping into the
throat, and raw dryness is distress
ing but truly needless.
Put your faith-just once-in
"Ely's Cream Balm" and your cold
or catarrh will surely disappear. .
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12

with the result that in 1912 a million
more bathers availed themselves of
the public baths than in the preceding
year.
Strange as such a situation may
seem, it is not unnatural. There are
sections in New York. as well as in
other large cities. which are reproduc-
tons of the old world communities.
The people who live in these districts
seldom leave their immediate neigh
borhoods. Living in ugly tenements,
they can hardly conceive that stately
buildings which. in their estimation,
are palaces fit for royalty to live in.
are in reality public bathhouses and
are accessible to them fire eof charge.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
PUBLICITY FOR PUBLIC BATHS
(Chicagn Tribune.l

Some time ago New York city dis
covered that its free public baths are
not used as widely as was to be ex-
pected. Investigation disclosed the
fact that the baths were not used to
their full capacity because there were
great masses of people in the slums
who We're not aware of the existence
Of such institutions. Instantly a cam
paign of publicity was set on foot,
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
Quick Learners.

Mr.. Young-My little girl is nearly
two years old and hasn't learned to
talk yet.
Mr.. Peck-Don't let that worry
YOU. My wife says she didn't learn
talk until she was nearly three and
now
Put Mr.. Peck's voice at this point
was "oked with sobs.-Stray Stories.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
GOD IN THE NEWSPAPER.
(Christian Endeavor world.)

The daily press is as full of spirit
ual teaching of a kind as the Bible.
1t does not preach sermons, it is true,
or tag on morals to its news. but the
lessons are so plain that he that
runs may read. Shining behind the
tragic facts of multitures of front
page articles one may read such ter
rible texts as Whatsoever man
soweth, that shall he also reap" He
that soweth to the flesh shall of the
flesh reap corruption"
God is speaking loudly in every
newspaper in the country. The bush
is aflame, yet men pass by unseeing.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12

The Chicago vice probers are now
trying to learn how people of the up
per classes come to their downfall.
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
My Cleansing, Healing Balm Instant
ly Clears Nose, Head and Throat
Stops Nasty Catarrhal Discharges
Dull Headache Goes.
Trv "Ely's Cream Balm"

Get a small bottle anyway, just to
try it-Apply a little in the nostrils
and instantly your clogged nose and
stopped-up air passages of the head
will open; you will breathe freely;
dullness and headache disappear. BY
morning the catarrh, cold-in-head or
catarrhal sore throat will be gone.
End such misery now! Get the
small bottle Of "Ely's Cream Balm"
at any drug store. This sweet, frag-
East Oregonian : E.O. (Pendleton, OR) 1888-current, 1913-04-12
THE SONGBIRD.

B The temperament of a songbird .
is very puzzling thing. =
, II doesn't seem to matter what =
has happened through the =
day, =
, or if its sleep were sweet or not, =
, it still contrives to sing, =
, And 10 think of something q
pleasant in the most am =
azing way. =
; 1t is very hard to say if the bird =
is full of cheer, =
or If some other things. per- 4
haps inspired its rounde- 4
lays, 4
, But be it as it haply may, the
songbirds all appear
To set fine example with 4
their accomplishing ways. I
D The trials of a songbird are no
. doubt quite hard to bear, 4
= But they never seem to mat 4
. ter when the morn is 4
. fresh and bright.
y You can hear their carols ring 4
= ing on the still and balmy 4
. air,
. And they all seem sweetly
. vieing in a paean of de-
. light.
. And the thrush that sings at
. night, when the west is
q family red
. Have you ever listened to him
= when the light is soft and I
. dim
. And wondered, as a body can, I
q when all is done and said, 4
q If life, with all its worriments,
. can be so very grim?
. Clark McAdams.