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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
Wasted Hopes.

"There's a pathetic amount OF wasted
hope in the world" said the settlement
worker to her minister. "There's old
Jim Cotter. He's tied hand and foot by
drink, but he keeps hoping and believing
that each spree is the last. There's old
Mrs. Casey, at deaths door with an in
durable disease, yet she's always certain
that next week she'll be better. SO it
goes everywhere so many people hop
ing for things they will never see. Some
times it makes me question the goodness
OF the universe p
Doctor Brown looked quickly at the
girl to see if she meant what she had said.
In spite of her laugh, he saw that she was
serious.
at is true, as you say" he replied,
'the world is incurably hopeful. With
out hope, the world would sink into
apathy. and stagnation, and death. Most
of our hopes never come TO realization on
earth but that doesn't mean that they
were only vain and mocking deluSionS.
"Our hopes do not originate in our
minds. They are only the reactions from
an invisible Reality. Just as science has
shown us that the eye came into being in
response TO the calling Of the suns rays /;
just as little girls mother their dolls in
obedience to the instinct OF motherhood !;
so the hopes OF men and women come TO
them from Some One who intends that
just such hopes shall be born in human
breasts"
"But il seems monstrouS to raise hopes
that cannot be realized p Miss Clarke'S
face showed how truly she meant it.
Suppose, said Doctor Brown, "a
father should tell his little son that if he
would study faithfully for year, he
would give him the finest present boy
could have And suppose the boy
thought that the finest present boy could
have was a revolver, and should decide
that that was what his father was going
to give him? But at the end OF the year,
suppose the father gave him a wonderful
library OF the races best literature, in
which gradually the boy came TO take the
greatest delight ? The father promised
something, and he kept his promise, al
though at first the boy was disappointed,
and felt he had not been fairly dealt with.
think it's something like that with us.
Every hope in every human soul is
promise from our Heavenly Father.
Sometimes we misunderstood The prom
ise; we settle on something much poorer
than the thing He means US TO have; but
human hopes are divine promises, and
some day they will all be paid.
"Old Jim Cotter may keep on getting
drunk, but there's victory somewhere
ahead for him as long as he hopes and
tries. Old Mrs. Casey may never leave
her bed, but her hope means that there's
life for her somewhere 1t isn'tmockery
that's behind the lite OF this world; it's
God Who is there Never forget it, and
never doubt it human hopes are divine
promises that never can fail of reaiza-
tion |"
The troubled look was gone from Miss
Clarke's eyes. 81 see what you mean,"
she said. "Our hopes are the messages
we get from on high. lis our partto be-
lieve them. Not one can be wasted I"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
Blackheads.

A good complexion, like strong con-
stitution, is often Gift OF fortune, and il
may persist in spite OF all that its posses
sor can do TO ruin it. A perfectly hope
less complexion, again, is usually curse
that we cannot escape. Not even the
strictest obedience to the laws ofhygiene
can make it really good, although II may
be possible to improve its appearance.
Then there are the compilations that
most OF us have; we can make them
good by care and good living, or as bad
as the worst by neglecting natures laws.
One sort Of bad complexion, which is
usually of the third class, is marked by
rather coarse skin, with wide pores, from
which issues secretion that becomes
mixed with dust, and forms "blackheads."
AT first il is easy 10 squeeze out these lit
tie formations; but if the skin is neglect
ed, the blackheadS become harder and
larger, the skin inflames, pimples form.
and true acne appears.
The treatment OF this condition-and
the earlier il is begun the better-is more
hygienic than medicine. 1t is not wholly
a misfortune, for il encourages its victim
to begin those practices that will benefit
him throughout his life. The careless
SchooIboy, who has been satisfied 10 give
his face a matutinal "lick and PROMISE"
will keep it properly cleaned with water
and some good, mild soap when he un-
derstands thahhiS blackheads are con-
feSSion of uncleanIineSS. The high
school girl who would be so pretty if it
were not for her complexion, will learn
a lesson Of restraint in regard 10 candy,
cakes, and pies that many lectures would
fail 10 teach her. She will throw open
her windows when she realizes that
stuffy bedrooms make muddy skins, and
she will practice proper habits OF breath
ing in order TO promote that good circu-
Iation OF the blood on which beauty so
much depends.
II is sometimes useful 10 bathe the face
with very hot water, in which there is a
little CASTLE soap and few drops OF
ether. Follow this with a dash OF cold
water, and then apply lightly diluted
lemon juice. Avoid all strong astrin-
gents. The blackheadS will soften in a
few days, and you can press them out
with the finger nails, guarded by soft
handkerchief. II simple measures fail,
consult dermatologist, for the condition
may pass into true acne if you neglect il.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
Warned

To Graham Mofiat, the Scottish writer.
the Boston Herald attributes the quaint
story OF young Scotchman who stood
solemnly at the door OF the village kirk.
guarding the contribution-plate. after the
old custom, and keeping canny eye
open tor trouble makers.
A deaf woman, carrying large ear
trumpet, approached the plate. The
young man had never seen such an in
sirument before. He LEI The woman
place her penny in the plate, that first.
OF course. - then said, poneniously,
"Mind that, moo; one toot and oot ye
CO."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
DANGER AFTER GRIPfE
Lies in Poor Blood, Cough and
Worn Condition.

Grippe, pleurisy, pneumonia are
greatly to be feared at this season.
To prevent grippe from being fol-
lowed by either pleurisy or pneumo-
MIA, it is important to drive the last
traces of it out of the system
Our advice is to take Vinol, our
delicious cod liver and iron prepara-
ton without oil, and get your
strength and vitality back quickly.
W. w. Lake of Aberdeen, Miss,
says: Grippe left me weak, rundown
and with a severe cough from which
suffered for long time. ! tried
different remedies, but nothing SEEM
ed to do me any good until l took
vinol from which l received great
benefit. Ny cough is almost entirely
gone and am strong and well again"
Try Vinol with the certainty that
II it does not benefit you we will give
back your money
P. S. For Eczema Of Scalp try
our Saxo Salve. We guarantee it
OWENS & MILLER, Druggists,
Shepherdstown,W w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
Chew Apples to Save Their Teeth.

The system adopted by various Amer
ican communities OF caring for the teeth
OF school children is being initiated in
London. The Times says that the de-
cSion OF the London County Council TO
enter into an agreement with the WandS-
worth committee OF local practitioners
for the establishment Of center in Toot-
ing for dental treatment is OF importance.
According 10 a recent investigation
about 80 per cent OF the children from
well-to-do homes have defective teeth,
as against q per cent from very poor
homes. This is probably TO be accounted
for by the fact that the coarSer food eaten
by the poorer class children tends TO give
their teeth more work to do, and hence
to keep them clean and strong.
Writing on this subject, DR.. Sims Wal
lace, recently dental surgeon to the Lon
don Hospital, states his belief that there
are in that country some 2l 100000 teeth
in state of ruin Though eating candy,
and he goes on TO urge the adoption OF a
diet containing farinaceouS food in form
which will stimulate mastication, e. g.,
brown bread, and the eating OF fresh fruit
at the conclusion of meal. BY means
of the fruit the teeth are cleansed. The
best fruit for this purpose is, he says,
probably the apple, which, if eaten at
the end OF meal, leaves the mouth de-
lightfully fresh and physiologically clean.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07

Uncle Remus was quite fogy in his
idea OF negro education. One day a
number Of negro children, on their way
home from school, were impuden: TO the
old man, and he was giving them an un-
tempered piece OF his mind, when a gen.
tIemen apologized for them by saying:
"Oh. well, they are school children, you
know how they are" "Dat's what make
say what | duz," said Uncle Remus.
"Dey better be at home pickin' up
chips. What niger gwineter learn
outen books? kin take barl staye
and fling mo- sense inter nigger in one
minnit dan all de school houses betwixt
dis en- de New Niied States en- Midgigin.
Don't talk, honey! wild one bar'l staye ]
kin fairly If de vail er ignunce."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07


sick. The trouble seemed to be the
stomach and liver. She suffered
great pain. Was unable to get any
thing to help her. She was growing
weaker and weaker. She became
tired of life.
Somebody suggested that she write
to the Peruna Co. She did so.
Through their advice she began to
use Peruna. In letter from her at
this time she says: Through the
use Of Peruna l have regained my
health. I took only bottle and
half when I was able to sleep and
eat again and my nervousness disap-
peared." No wonder Mrs. Mueller
keeps Peruna in the house. Under
similar circumstances Peruna would
be in every house in the land.
Amy one taking Peruna ought to
have a free copy Of the "Ills Of Life"
Address Peruna Co., Columbus, Ohio.
People who object to liquid medi-
eines can now obtain Peruna Tablets.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
Keen bowel Movement Regular.

DR.. Kings New Life Pills keep stomach.
liver and kidneys in healthy condition.
Rid the body of poisons and waste. I'M
prove your complexion by flushing the
liver and kidneys. 81 got more relief
from one box of DR.. Kings New Life
Pills than any medicine ever tried, "
says c. E. Hatfield, ofChicago, III. Sc.,
at your Druggist.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07

The climate OF Heaven has been de-
termined by two youthful philosophers.
Said little boy to his sister:
at doesn't ever rain in Heaven, does
II, May ?"
In course If does" the girl replied.
."Thafs where it's all a-comin' from,
amt it?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07

When the agent paid Mrs. Stone the
amount OF insurance her husband had
carried, according to Everybody's Maya
zine, he asked her TO take out policy on
her own life.
''I believe | will, she said, "as my
husband had such good luck"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
IT00K PE-RU.NA
.
Was Able to Sleep and Eat
Again

Mrs. Mueller
says: II X e e p
Peruna in the
house constant
ly. When ! am
not feeling well
/ take a few
doses. 1t always
restores"
Mrs. Muellers s
story Of her ex-
perience with
Peruna 1ully e8-
plains why she
always keeps
Peruna on hand.
A few years ago
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
I Will Be Worthy Of II.

may not reach the heights seek,
My untried strength may fail me;
IT, halfway up the mountain peak
Fierce tempeSts may assail me.
But though that place never gain.
Herein lies comfort for my pain
will be worthy OF il.
may not triumph in success,
Despite my earnest labor;
| may not grasp results that bless
The efforts OF my neighbor.
But though my goal never see
This thought shall always dwell with me
Twill be worthy Of il.
. The golden glory OF Loves light
May never fall on my way:
My path may always lead through night,
Like some deserted by-way.
But though liie's dearest JOY miss
There lies nameless strength in this
| will be worthy OF it.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
rndigestIonp Can't Eata No Appetite ?

A treatment Of Electric Bitters in
creases your appetite stops indigestion
you can eat everything. A real spring
ionic for liver, kidney and stomach
troubles. Cleanses yodr whole system
and YOU feel fine. Electric Bitters did
more for Mr.. T. D. PEBBLES stomach
troubles than any medicine he ever tired.
Get bottle to-day 5Oc. and 81 20, iyouf
Druggist.
Bucklen's Arnica Saive for Eczema.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07

One very cold day Tommy, in his first
trousers, was walking out with his over
coat turned back to its utmost limit.
"Tom," said his father, "button your
coat. Look at mine."
"Yes, but everybody knows you wear
trousers" replied Tom.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07

"What animal is satisfied with the least
nourishment ?" asked proud father.
"The moth," replied his son confident
ly. at eats nothing but holes"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07
A MISTAKEN idea

There are some people who still resort
to drugged pills or alcoholic syrups to
overcome colds, nervousness or general
debility, and who know that the pure,
unaduiterated nourishment in Scott's
Emulsion is eninently better, but refrain
from taking it because they fear it may
lead to excessive fat or obesity.
This is a mistaken idea, because Scott's
Emulsion frs rengthens the body before
making flesl s blood-forming proper
ties aid natu. 20 throw off sickness by
building health from its very source, and
flesh is formed only by its continued use.
Avoid alcoholic substitutes for SCOTS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07

Neighbor-"Is your daddy getting BET
ter ?"
WhIie-"Yep; mans stopped calling
him dear"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07

Feel languid, weak, run down 2 Head
ache 2 Stomach "off2" good remedy
is Burdock Blood Bitters. Ask your
druggist. Price Sl.00.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1914-05-07

For any itchiness Of the skin, tor skin
rashes, chap, pimples. etc, try Doan's
Ointment. SOC at all drug stores
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-07-09
OKOLONA, MISSISSIPPI, THURSDAY, JULY0 1914

Iy respected and an honored citizen.
through life until very recent years he
has enjoyed health. In old age there
came the io6rmiy Of age. Bowinq
with the weight Of mature years and
from the fatigue Of long and we'll
spent day in the lengthening shadows
OF eventde, he fell on sleep.
For more than fifty years Brother
King has been a loyal member Of the
Methodist church. He never lost in.
terest IN her welfare, always enquirinq
OF her successes and supporting her
cause. Numbers Of most pleasant,
sweet experiences have we had in his
room as we talked together Of God and
the religious life, always reading pas
sages from His word and praying to-
cether.
He faced death with calm de.
meanor. He realized for some months
that the end was not far away. He
talked much of his old friends and
comrades, speaking tenderIy Of those
who in the last few months have gone
before, ard numbering the few of The
old company that were left. So now
he has joined that innumerabIe cara.
van that moves to that mysterious
world where each takes his chamber
in the silent halls of death" He went
not as the quarry slave at night,
scourged to his dungeon, but, soothed
and sustained by an unf4tering trust,
approached the end like one Who
wraps the drapery of his couch about
him and lies down to pleasant dreams" :"
The blessed Old Book graciously says
He giveth His beloved sleep"
He lived a long life, beyond the
promised three score and ten years,
and yet the inevitable came as come it
must to all For he will brinc us tn
the grave;,to the house appointed for
ali living" swiftly we pass. Noth-
ing is permanent Yesterday, TO-DAY,
tomorrow; each one different Soon
We shall each be gone to the realms
beyond. IlIf S ,hrt day as age and
io6rm tv creep on, and our hair siIvers,
may it be sad of US that The hoary
head is a crown OF glory, because found
in the way Of righteousness.
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-07-09
MARY MCDONNELL
Dear Friends:

Today as we enjoy the blessed
lsurcea e RON toll, we are called
together by the providence OF
God to place a flower of affection
on the casket Of a departed friend
and loved one, to give a parting
tribute of esteem and love and
to say goodbye to a devoted
daughter, a fond sister, a sincere
friend and a devout and humble
child of God. We come with a
common sorrow, not to eulogize,
but tO.weep, for she was a friend
to all and loved by all who knew
her. And yet mot to weep as
those who have no hope" " but as
those who say goodbye for the
protracted absence of a journey.
In the sacred stiffness halIowed
by wounded hearts, broken ties,
fading mortality, and the sacred
presence of the AL Loving Faith
er, encompassed by the Heavenly
host, the silence all too sacred to
be broken by earthly voices, un-
less in the words of the saint of
old, My Father, My Father, the
Chariots of Israel and the horse
men thereof, " we revently speak
our words of sorrow. Not with
rebellious hearts, but with sub
mission to a Fathers will we lay
today in its sleeping place, the
sacred dust, the earthly temple
Of Sister Mary Mcdonnell. Not
many years did God in His wis
dom see fit to allow this precious
child Of His to dwell amid the
sufferings and cares Of life. But
for these years life was made
happier, earth was made better,
home was made sWeeter because
she lived. True, hers was a life
0T suffering with much sadness,
disappointment and sorrow, yet
fit was sun shining through the
falling showers that both re-
freshed and gladdened life's
pathway.
There is no need of praise
from human lips, for her life
and works do praise her, and
the memory of them are like
precious ointment poured fourth.
In childhood under the guidance
of devoIt parents she gave her
life to the Christ who through
Ter years was so much to her,
who sustained her amid life's
hardest battles without murmer
or complaint. My words fail
me to speak to you the sweet
ness, the gentleness, the tender
ness, the self sacrifice, the devo-
ton of this sweet girls life.
Modesty a crowning virtue of
any life found its incarnation in
her. Gentle and tender and
kind like the Master himself she
spent her life smoothing the
rough places and scattering the
pathway with flowers of those
she loved. To her, sacrifice was
a joy and service a privilege.
She sorroWed that she was de-
| Ned so much the privilege of
Church worship so much enjoyed
by others. This very denial
though she knew it not, was in
the hands of A Good Heavenly
Father but the means of teach
ing her the crowning lessons of
the beautiful life and character
she built. Like her Lord she
was made perfect through
suffering. Now the suffering
days are all over, but the life
vas only begun, and with an
other (Holmes) she doubtless
sings:
Build thee more stately man
sions, 0 My Soul,
AS the swift seasons roll!
Leave thy Iow-vaulted past!
Let each new temple, nobler
than the last,
iAIut thee from Heaven with a
doom more vast,
Til thou at last art free
Co. III: thy outW Orn shell by
Okolona messenger. (Okolona, Miss.) 1900-current, 1914-07-09
chrystal all,
And build the dome which shall
not fall.

not fall. "
Her life was indeed the life of
faith and love the crowning vir-
tue of the best lives. She loved
her Bible because there she felt
her Lord speak to her His wis
dom. 1t was her companion.
Much did she live upon her
knees. This with the seem
modest reserve that character
lied her in all things else. So
fixed was this habit of prayer
that sometimes in the delirium
of her last illness she would slip
out Of bed and kneel to pray.
She did not speak with many
words her love for her Lord and
rot every one who knew her
knew the full beauty of her life
and nobility of her. character,
and yet these spake eloquently
to those who knew her we'll in
sweet association.
Of the weary weeks of suffer-
ing of which few ever knew,
days and nights of patient, low
ing parental solicitude and anxi-
ETY., of alternate improvement
and relapse when life's strength
slowly ebbed away, | must say
nothing. They are too sacred
to be more than mentioned.
Nothing could surpass her gen
tleness and fortitude, nor the
lavish love expressions and pa
tient Watchful care of those who
loved, her most and never tired
Of a single duty. Thank God fer
a love that never tires and that
counts the sacrifice all joy if
it can serve the child of its
bosom. Her suffering ceased
but still the vital spark refused
to go out, as if some earth y
duty was not yet performed.
At five O'Clock on yesterday ii
was all over and she entered in
to the presence of God. Miss
Willard said in her last moments
How beautiful it is to be with
God," " and the lamented WESLEY
The best of all is God is with
US. " When this is 50 why shal
we fear, Or how could we grieve.
Though we weep for the night,
joy cometh in the morning.
Earth hath no sorrows that
Heaven cannot heal"
We weep not as those who
have no hope, yet we are human
and our Lord wept at the grave
of His friend though He spoke
him back to life. None hut
those who have experienced can
know the sorrow of broken ties
and the breaking up of the old
home. May we speak here the
sad musings of Jean Ingelow:
There was once a boat on the
billow,
Lightly she rocked to her port
remote,
And the foam was white in her
wake like snow,
And her frail mast bowed when
the breezes would blow,
l shaded mine eyes one day
when a boat,
Went curtesying over the bill
low,
l marked her course til a dancing
mote,
She faded out on the moonlight
foam,
And | stayed behind in the dear
loved home,
And my thoughts all day were
about the boat,
And my dreams upon my pill
low.
| pray you hear my song Of the
boat,
For it is but short
My boat you shall find none fair
er aAoat,
In river or port.
Long | looked out for lad she
bore,
On the open desolate sea,
And | think she sailed to the
Heavenly shore,