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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
A City In Salt.

In the war news from Galicia, we have
occasionally heard the name OF Wiellczka.
some six miles from Cracow. Wiellckza
is an interesting town not for what is in it,
hut for what is under it. The salt mines
there are the greatestin the world and the
uoet wonderful. They actually form an
UNDERGROUND city. The Wieliczka salt
mine is two and one. halt miles long from
east 70 west and 1860 yards wide from
north 70 south. says writer in the Man
chester Guardian.
II has seven levels. and the lowest IS
nearly thousand feet deep. It's enter
ed by eleven shafts. The differentlevelS
are connected by flights OF steps hewn
out OF the rock salt. In the mine are
chapels, tramway. railway, a railway
station. a ballroom, and several other
halls all hewn out OF the rock salt WIN
elaborate architectural decoration.
There are sixty two miles OF pony
tramways and twenty-five miles OF rail-
way. All these lines, and the principal
Messages. or streets" meet in SORT Of
central cavern. Here is the central rail-
way station, with spacious waiting rooms
and an excellent refreshment room. IL
looks, according to one visitors descrlp-
tion "more like summer pavilion than
q railway station, with its Iatticed galleries
and IFS rows of stately pillars cleaning
white and iridescent."
The oldest building" in the mine IS
the Chapel OF SAINT Anthony, II dates
from 1851. Itcontains three affairs, a pull
oft and much statuary, all elaoorately
carved out of rock salt. But services are
now held in the modern but equally elao-
crate Chapel OF Saint Cunigunde. which
is entered by descending forty-six salt
steps. The chapel is fifty yards long
fifteen wards wide, and thirty feet high,
and is used regularly for worship.
The ballroom is huge room, where
the miners often hold their festivals. A
miners orchestra plays regularly in the
hall, not only for The dances. but Tor the
entertainment OF visitors The mine has
been worked Tor at least eight hundred
wears. ltbelongS 10 the Austrian govern
ment, and gives work to one thousand
men.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
The Value OF Alaska.

Alaska was purchased from Russia in
1867 for 81, 100000 in gold. Last year
that territory bought from the continental
United States goods worth, according TO
the bureau of foreign and domestic COM
merce, department OF commerce, $22 $780,
600. Including approximately Sl4,30O OOO
worth OF manufactures. So 100000 worth
of ioodsiulfs aud 81 .000, 000 woril, OF gold,
silver and miscellaneous material, in
Guiding foreign merchandise valued at
$500 900. As a market for our products,
Alaska. having population OF only 90 ,O0O
is OF equal importance with China, with a
population OF 336,000,000. Since 1867
Alaska has given to the world O,OOO,-
600 worth OF gold, 1888. 100000 worth OF
fish, sos ,OOO, 900 worth of seal and other
fur skins, $4,000, 600 worth OF copper,
nearly 5000, 900 worth OF whale. walrus
and fish oils, 100000 worth OF silver
and whalebone, coal, gypsum, marble,
tin and vegetables in sufficient sums to
bring her total output TO more than SOU,
100000. This result has been achieved
with sparse population and an made
quate system OF railway and other trans
portation facilities. With the new area OF
government railway construction recently
announced by the department OF the in
terror, the development OF Alaska should
be greatly accelerated, and that territory,
which already yields as much gold as the
State of California, which produces half
the worlds salmon, and which includes a
domain as large as our area east OF the
Mississippi river, may be expected to
attain an even greater degree ofindustrial
and commercial importance. Alaska's
shipments TO this country last year valued
at 100000 included canned salmon
worth $lS,00O,0O0, Alaskan gold worth
Sl4, OOO, 900 and Canadian gold worth 49,
100000.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
SEVERE PUNISHMENT
OF Mrs. ChappeI, of Five Year,
Standing, Relieved BY Cardui.

Mt. Airy, N. C.-Mrs. Sarah NJ Cha,
pell OF this town, says: 81 suffered q,
hive years with womanly troubles ,i ios
stomach troubles, and my puniShmsINS,
was more than any one Gould tell.
tried most every kind OF medicir,
but none did me any good.
Tread one day about Cardui tbe wo
mans tonic, and decided TO try il =
had not taken but about six bottles Until
| was almost cured. II did me mo ,u
good than all the other medicines had
tried, put together.
My friends began asking me whv |
looked so we'll, and | told them ahopi
Cardui. Several are now taking H.
DO you, lady reader, suffer from anv
of the ailments due 10 Womanly trouble
such as headache. backache, sice5che
sleeplesSnesS, and that everlaStingly llred
feeling2
II so, LET us urge you 10 give Cardu =
trial. We feel confident il will help Won
Just as il has million other women in
the past hall century.
Begin taking Cardui to-day. You
won't regret it. All druggists.
Wyifr 10: Chattanooga Medicine Co. L,t.,
Advisory Dept, Chattanooga, Tenn. for "
IsJf,ArtfeEg on your case and o. page bcos H.
Treatment Tor Women" in plain wrapper. NC 10
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
A Doctors Prescription for Cough An
Effective Cough Treatment.

One-fourth TO one teaspoonful OF Dr'
Kings New Discovery, taken as needed,
will soothe and check Coughs, Colds ano
the more dangerous Bronchial and Lung
Ailments. You can't afford 10 take The
risk of serious illness, when so cheap and
simple a remedy as DR.. Kings New Dis
covery is obtainabIe. Go TO your Drug
glst to-day, get bottle OF DR.. King
New Discovery, start the treatment al
once. You will be gratfied for the relief
and cure obtained.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
Norfolk &W eStern Ry,
Schedule in Effect May /, 1915.


LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 1850 A. M.-For Bristol and in
termediate stations; Pullman Sleep
er to Roanoke; Dining Car; connects
with the ST. Louis Express for all
points West; Pullman Sleeper Roam
oke to Columbus, Cincinnati, and
Chicago, cafe Car.
No. 27-5.33 p. M. - For Elkton, Va.,,
and Local Stations.
No. 1-1.36 A. M.-Let off from connect
ing lines at HagerStoWn or Shenan-
doah Junction or to take on for Ro-
anoke or beyond. Pullman Sleeper
to Gary and Salem. Cafe
Car TO Gary.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 2S-10.28 A. M.-For Hageistown
and intermediate stations, connects al
Hagerstown for Harrisburg, Philadel-
phia and New York.
No. l4-S.04 p. M. - For Hagerstown
Philadelphia, and New York; Pullman
SleeperS via Hagerstown TO Harris
burg, Philadelphia and New York
No. 2-1.36 A. M.-Let off from Basic OF
beyond, or to take on for connecting
lines at Shenandoah Junction or Ha-
gerStown. Pullman Sleeper to Phil
adelphia and New York
If you are thinking OF taking atrip YOU
want quotations, cheapest fares, reliable
and correct information, as to routes, train
schedules, the most comfortable and quick
est way. Write and the information is
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plete Map Folders.
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05

The German government keeps very
close tab on all the doings Of IFS people.
A special court martial has just sentenced
Anna Muller. young German seam-
stress, TO three months Imprisonment Tor
engaging herself 10 marry wounded
French lieutenant, who is a prisoner OF
war
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05

The Newfoundland seal fisheries failed
this year because the fleet could not find
the main herds. II is now proposed TO
employ two aviators TO scour the coast
and the Gulf DIST. Lawrence in the spring
and to send word to ST. Johns as soon
as they discover the whereabouts OF the
seals
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05

The Westinghouse Electric and Man
featuring Company has received orders
for 100000 rifles from Great Britain, at
$26.75 each, $53,OOO,OOO contract. The
Westinghouse Ai:brake Company has re-
ceived orders for shrapnel which are be-
lieved 10 total between $4,000, 600 and
$50, 100000.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
Children CRY
FOR FLETCHER'S
& q 8 Q r a

How many kinds OF roses doyou know +?
In a two-acre garden on the experiment
farm OF the Department OF Agriculture in
Virginia there are more than four hun
bred varieties growing, and even they do
not include all that are known.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
OLDER BUT STRONGER

To be healthy at seventy, prepare at
forty, is sound advice, because In the
strength of middle life we too often forget
that neglected colds, or careless treat
ment of slight aches and pains, simply
undermine strength and bring chronic
weakness for later years.
Tobe stronger when older. keep your
blood pure and rich and active with the
strength building and blood-nourishing
nroperties of SCOTS Emulsion which is
food a tonic and medicine to keep your
blood rich, alleviate rheumatism and
avoid sickness. No alcohol in SCOTS.
Scott g. Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
Neuralgia Pains Stopped.

You don't need 10 suffer those agoni-
zing nerve pains in the face, head, arm
shoulders, chest and back. Just apply {
few drops OF soothing Sloan's Liniment
lie quietly a few minutes. You will &c
such relief and comfort Life and the
world will look brighter. Get a bottle
to-day. 3 ounces for 25c., at all Dru .
gistS. PenetrateS without rubbing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05

Never can tell when you'll mash a
finger or suffer cut, bruise, burn or
scald. Be prepared. Tousands rely on
DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil. Your drug
gist sells it. 25c and SOC.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
Paint and Oil Department.

Raw and Boiled Linseed Oil, Harness
Oil, Machine Oil, Black Strap, Tur-
pentine, N. c. and Gas Tar, Gasoline,
VarnlSh, Japan Dryer, Knot Killer,
White Lead, Red Lead, Spanish
Brown, Calcined Plaster, Portland
Cement, Lard Oil, Plastering Hair,
Coal Oil, Neat Foot OIL Fish on,
Bath Brick Soap, Sulphur, Copperas,
Borax.
Patent Plasteridg prepared for immediate
use.
international Stock Food and Gleason's
Horse and Cattle Powders.
Frank Miller's Harness Dressing, Whale
Oil Soap.
Black Lambs Foot Harness Oil.
The Perfection Blue Flame WckleSS Oh
Stove-safest and best.
The -Four Leaf Clover Cream Separator,
where the milk is not mixed or d.
luted with water, leaving il pure and
sweet for family use.
Wall Paper furnished on short notice al
reduced prices.
Reduced Prices on Haying Tools and
Barn Doors, Hangers and Track
Force Pumps, Deep Well Pumps, Gal
vanized Bucket Pump and Water
Purifier, X L Chain Pumps.
A Large Stock Of Cooking and Heating
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
Hardware Department.

Bar Iron, Nails, Horse Shoes, Large
Iron Wash Kettles, Brass, Copper
and Porcelain Kettles, SkilletS, Waffle
Irons, Trace, Butt, Cow and Halter
Chains, Farm Bells, Screen Doors
and Windows, American Fence Vine,
Barbed Wire, Saws, Black Hawk
Corn Shelters, Lawn Mowers, Files,
All Sizes Bolts, Loaded Shells, Pow
der and Shot.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05
STOVES

10 burn coal or wood. Also Re
pairs furnished for all patterns oil
stoves.
The Keystone and ! X L Cider Mills, Cop
per Kettles, Apple Parers, &c.
BICYCLES for sale and repairs furnished
Tin and Galvanized Roofing and Spout
ing put on by experienced workmeh
in the best manner.
White Enameled Iron Bedsteads,, Al
Steel Spring Mattresses, Wire Co.'s,
Hammock Chairs and Swings.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-08-05

The undersigned call attention TO the
following desirable parcels OF Real Estate
now in their hands and for sale:
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

a duet played on a piano by one per-
former. while the Queen of Hanover. who
belonged to- the most musical Of all the
royal houses, rose from her seat during
the music exclaiming: Il have never
heard anything so WONDERFUL As u
souvenir Of this occasion the Duchess II
Cumberland presented the artist with q
superb sapphire pin with brilliants.
After a series OF unprecedented sue
cesses in Berlin. Hamburg, Dresden.
Munich, Stuttgart, Karlsruhe. and Col
ogne he returned to Paris, where he gave
a musical sOiree in honor of Princess
Eulalia of Spain. which was attended by
Don Antonio of Orleans. the Duke and
Duchess de Sestos. and the leading MEM
bers of the Spanish colony at Paris
In his marvellous oriental creations
Francis Grierson attains the vanished
past from heights transcending the limi-
tations of time, evoking the pomp and
ritual Of ancient Egypt: Rameses. tri-
umphal entry into Thebes: a procession
of Assyrian mourners: the dedication Of
the great pyramid. or the mystery of the
desert just after sunset. heralding in
such transcendental themes a new era
in music.
Today Grierson is recognized as one Of
the most mysterious and enigmatic figures
in the world. He has been called one Of
the silent influences and the element Of
wonder which enters so largely into his
work is derived from his own life. He
knows the universe to be miraculous be-
cause he has found himself to be so.
He is a man of genius il there ever was
one. The story of his life is like tale
of magic. After a wonderful boyhood
on the American prairies he made his
conquest of musical Europe as an i'm
provisore. Late in life he gradually
abandoned music to devote himself to
literature. He has written books in both
French and English which have captivat-
ed two continents.
THE Valley of Shadows" one OF his
books which has been called a picture
of the heart Of America in the period i'm
mediately preceding the Civil war 10
one Of his best works. Grierson. al
though born in England. passed his boy
hood and youth on the Illinois prairies
He heard the great debate between Lin
coin and Douglas at Alton on the eve Of
the war. AS page to General Fremont,
at st. Louis. he made the personal ac-
Quaintance of Grant and Sherman. For
these reasons, and because of its style.
his Civil war book is one of the great
American classics 1t took him no less
than eight years to complete II.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

Improvisation. But now there arrived
from a distant country. unheard-of and
unheralded, a new power Of the realm
of art
The effect was magical. The sensations
produced were all the more profound be-
cause so spontaneous on the part of the
performer. Improvisation was the real
key to the power The performer himself
never knew what would or could be done.
The music came with the charm of some
thing unlooked-for and absolutely new.
From Paris he went to London where
he made his debut at the mansion of the
Countess Combermere. widow of the late
Lord Combermere. commander-n-chief OF
the British army. Here he played to
company composed of ambassadors and
titled leaders Of London society. In Lon
don he met with a repetition of his Paris
iriumphs.
In St. Petersburg the young artist. at
the invitation of Alexander II. passed
some time at the imperial palace of
Gatschina. After remaining in Russia
one year he returned to Paris, after
which he again visited London.
He then went to Berlin, where his sue
cess passed that of any musical prodigy
who had appeared in the German capital.
From Berlin he was invited by King
Albert of Saxony. the soldier musician,
to dedicate the Queens new music room
in the Strehlen palace.
Here the improvisatore received the
most extraordinary reception he had yet
witnessed and which was one more verif-
cation of Dumas prophecy: "All doors
will open to such gift" The King and
Queen had invited all the royal person.
ages and the ambassadors then in Dres-
den to this unique musical event and Mr.
Grierson played amidst conditions the
most romantic. A banquet followed IN
the hall adjoining the Queens music
room, the guest of the evening being
seated near the King. The King OF
Saxony, who was an accomplished pianist
as we'll as a distinguished general in the
war with France. was so impressed with
the new music he had heard that he
presented the artist with the most SYM
bolical ring in his famous collection OF
Jewels, a large ruby set in brilliants and
raised on a setting like a crown-"A
unique souvenir of a unique perform
ance.'
A reception in honor Of Mr.. Grierson
vas given at the court Of Cumberland by
the Duchess Of Cumberland, sister Of
Queen Alexandra. At the romantic castle
in Austria on this occasion members Of
four royal families participated. There
we're present besides the Duke and Ouch
ess of Cumberland. the Queen Of Den
mark, mother of the Duchess: the Queen
of Hanover. mother Of the Duke: the
Princess Marie of Hanover. the reignins
Duke of Saxe-Altenburs, and the ladies
and gentlemen OF the different courts.
The Queen Of Denmark said 1t was the
arst time In her LIE that she had heard
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

musical director of the synagogues in
Paris. became the friend and patron OF
the young prodigy.
At a great reception given in his honor
BY Alexandra Dumas. the author Of
Monte Cristo." Dumas said: Il predict
for you a marvellous future. With such
q gift all doors will open for you"
In Paris Grierson was presented to the
leaders of the imperial court at whose
head was the Princess Mathilda Bona
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

HE StranCest and most mySteri-
Gus man in the world today, the
most eniSmatical personality of
our time. is Francis Griers"n.
the American mystic who was brought up
on the prairies of Illinois.
His prophetic abilities have been an
astounding puzzle to the worlds greatest
scientists. His gifts as musician who Is
able to sit down at the piano and I'M
provise the most beautiful music hour
after hour has been the wonder. the envy
and the joy of the worlds greatest must
clans and of Europe's proudest kings and
queens. His gifts as a writer of English
and French prose and poetry have
brought him the praise of the worlds
greatest critics.
So great. varied and unearthly are
Grierson's gifts that it is difficult to con-
slider him as human being. If he had
lived in ancient times his contemporaries
would have made an oracle, prophet or
saint out of him. Indeed there are any
number of sensible and educated persons
today who have come in contact with this
man NHO w HUI HESITATE ~
assert that he is a reincarnation of one
Of the old mystics or sages and that there
Is something beyond the human in his
personality and accomplishments.
The pet of kings and queens. the adj
mired of the most famous of the worlds
artists literateurs and musicians, the
puzzle of the scientists, Grierson is able
to do things which would lead the ordi-
nary man to believe that he is something
more than human If not quite divine.
1t is not only Grierson's ability to sit
down and improvise music by the hour
that strikes his hearers dumb with
amazement It is the sort of music he
is able to improvise. He not only evokes
the characteristics OF past musical epochs.
but the musical soul of ancient Egypt,
Assyria. Palestine, and Greece. He can
pass from a suave melody Of the Italian
school, or from a symphonic movement
Of the German to a slow, languid, semi
barbaric melody of the past. the pomp or
melancholy Of Ninevah or Babylon, Jeru-
salem o. Athens. transporting his hearers
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21

in few moments out Of the modern into
the heart of remotest history.
Exquisite beauty. striking originality
and a spiritual fullness that induces emo
lions of distinctly religious character
are what musicians find in his music
They say love is present in it but of that
morbid passion which feeds insatiably on
itself not trace is to be found. Prud-
homme. a great character in French liter
ature. said that Grerson's playing con-
verted him to belief in immortality.
Many of this strange mans utterances
have been startlincly prophetic. In 1870
he was living in Paris. In March of that
year he had presentment of war and
revolution and went to London. France
declared war against Germany in the fol-
lowing July. the event coming as great
shock to Parisians although Grierson had
predicted it to them.
In like manner he predicted the war
between Russia and China, the war be
tween Japan and Russia and the Boer
war in South Africa. Three years before
the Boer war he predicted. in an article
in London journal. that the year 1899
would usher trouble for England on
big scale. The long Boer war. starting IN
that year, came like bolt out of the blue.
Four years ago he predicted the Great
War being waged at present. He said
that Germany would move forward merci
less, without sentiment and all pervading.
Now that the war is on he has made
predictions as to who will triumph and
what is bound to happen mo matter who
triumphs Although he was born an
Englishman and has relatives who are
high officials in the government and in
the army. he believes that England is no
longer a nation of fighters but of cricket
ers and tea drinkers. What England
wins, he says, will be dearly paid for
What she loses will be lost forever. If
England gains mastery after this war he
feels that she will covet the region of
South America which lies below the Rio
Grande and that America must prepare
for this with a powerful navy and
merchant fleet.
Politics. religion, literature, society.
art. music. science and socialism will all
be turned inside out by it. England will
be changed more than any other country.
Writers of paradox will find no more
readers. The professional humorist Of
London will disappear II the allies win
England will have to fight Russia. In the
meantime Japan will strike when the
moment arrives needless of any neutrality
that may exist. 1t is interesting to have
these predictions of Grierson for he has
hit upon the truth so often in his pre-
vious prophecies that it would not be
assuming too much to credit him with
clairvoyant abilities.
,Grierson made his debut in Paris as
q musical prodigy under the special pat
ronage Of Auber. the celebrated COM
poser and director of the Conservatory of
Music. After his death Samuel David,
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Fine lob.

"BilPs got . fine job now. announced
the old man to a neighbor one morning:
"a fine job! Saving money fast"
whats he doing?" asked the other
man.
Hes q night printer" the old man
answered. "Oh, . flne job! He works
nights and saves his lodgin's. and then he
sleeps all day and saves his food
Youth'o CompanioA.
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
N2 ANoU GlQZZRO ROM

by Clarence H. White. New York
parte and Princess Pauline Metternich.
besides the political and social celebrities
of the capital He soon made a host Of
friends among all classes, although on his
arrival he could not speak a word Of
French.
Without money, without letters, of in
PRODUCTION. in the short space Of a month
he became the musical celebrity Of tbs
day. Up to this time Chopin had been
The Washington herald. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1906-1939, 1915-02-21
Mystic, Seer,
Poet, Musician,
Pet of Kings,
Puzzle of Scientists,
Francis GriersOn Is
Declared a Reincar-
nation of One of Old
SageS. ~ ~ ~ ~

ALE stranCest and most mysteri-
Gus man in the world today, the
most eniSmatical personality of
o,,r t;,,a ic Francis GriprSpn