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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-06-24
A Pretty Wedding In sharpsburg.


One OF the prettiest weddings of the
season took place yesterday evening at
the residence of Mrs. Elizabeth Grove,
of Sharpsburg, Nd. when her daughter
Bessie was married TO Mr.. Philip Grove,
one ofthe best known men of Sharpsburg,
who has for number OF years been agent
of the Norfolk & Western Railroad at
Antietam and who is also vice-president
of the Sharpsburg Savings Bank. The
ceremony was performed by Rev. Charles
E. Shaw, rector OF st. Paul's Protestant
Episcopal Church, only the immediate
families being present. The bride was
becomingly alfred in white and carried a
shower bouquet OF Bride lroses. Her
only ornament was pearl and diamond
pendant, the gift of the groom. The
bride entered the drawing room on the
arm OF her brother, Mr.. Lloyd S. Grove,
by whom she was given in marriage. The
matron of honor, Mrs. Lloyd S. Grove,
sister-in-law of the bride, wore lingerie
gown with pink garniture, carrying Killar-
ney roses. The best man was DR.. Hop
kins Gibson, of Shepherdstown. Miss
Martha Stoutfer presided at the piano.
Miss Louise Grove and Miss Margaret
Waddy were ribbon bearers. The house
was beautifully decorated with flowers.
Following the ceremony reception was
held. Mr.. and Mrs. Grove were assisted
in receiving by the brides mother, Mrs.
Elizabeth Grove, and her sister, Mrs.
Samuel w. George, of Haverhill, Mass.
Mr.. and Mrs. Grove were the recipient OF
many beautiful gifts. They left Wednes-
day night on wedding trip to the Catskill
Mountains, and after their return will re-
side in Sharpsburg.
The bride-elect was the guest OF honor
at several pleasing social events in Inc
neighborhood the past week.
The Misses Stouffer entertained at CARDS
at their beautiful country residence Thurs
day from ten to one O'Clock in her honor.
The spacious piazza was attractively dec
Grated with rambler roses and masses OF
dasies, forming a pleasing background
for the tables, which were placed at van
tage points. Dainty refreshments were
served after the game. Miss Grove was
also entertained by her cousins, the
Misses Mumma. at their home on Friday
afternoon from four TO six O'Clock. The
bride-elect was showered with many ap-
propriate and useful articles for her new
home, after which refreshments were
served.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-06-24

Did you get one of those 81 so hot.wa-
ter bottles for ST 90 last Saturday? Two
years guarantee. Only at Owens q Mil
ler's
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-06-24

Mr.. Hebb has gotten a long list, and
still there are number that he has not
included. Observer is glad to know that
there are so many persons interested in
the birds-if we show ourselves friendly
TO these feathered friends they will meet
us half way, and more.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-06-24

al THIS Time II. l.. SnyueI Sdl dppCdiSu
on the scene, and the occupants assisted
Mr.. Eavey in raising the car and releasing
young Harris, who was yelling for dear
life. He was bruised about the legs, but
was not badly hurt. Luckily the Car was
damaged only slightly. Notwithstanding
its plunge. and MIR. Eavey was able to
use it the following day.
II is unlawful to give away intoxicating
liquors in the State of West Virginia in a
public place. The courts of the State
have so declared. This was pointed out
by State Tax Commissioner Fred o.
Blue, who referred to the case OF Don
Tittivi, who was indicted in the criminal
court of Mcdowell county and convicted
of violation of the Yost law in giving
away bottle of beer. Tittivi was on a
passenger train, standing at the station al
Kimball, in Mcdowell county, and at the
request of person standing on the station
platform, handed him bottle OF beer
from the car window. Having been found
guilty. Tittivi was sentenced to sixty days
in Jail and fined 500. Upon his appeal
to the circuit court of Mcdowell county,
the Judgment OF the criminal court was
affirmed, and thereupon Tittivi applied
to the Supreme Court of the State for
writ. A few days ago the Supreme Cour
of Appeals refused Tittivi the writ o
error applied for, thereby in effect.affirm.
ing the action of the courts below, ant
Tittivi must serve sixty days for giving
his friend a bottle of beer through the ca
window.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
"Jennie Catfish Dead.

Jennie Catfish" is dead. In the
northeastern part of the city Jennie
Catfish was as celebrated as the muf-
fin man of English fame or the old
chimney sweep of Charles Lambs
time, states the Philadelphia North
American.
Her call, ANY catfish? Any catfish?
has rung through the streets of the
city for nearly half century. Resi-
dents of the northeast say they cannot
remember when she did not cry her
wares night and day. Many remember
1t mingled with their childish dreams,
the shrill, piercing. long-drawn-out
wall bringing picture of little wom-
an, who always had seemed old, walk
ing swiftly along back streets and al
leys with tray balanced on her head.
To the children she was Jennie
Catfish" which was their translation
of her cry. To her neighbors she was
Mrs. Amelia Wilson, eighty years old.
She had been i'll for some time and
had been taken care of by neighbor.
who the other day entered her home
with a postal from niece. She found
the old woman dead as the result of
pneumonia.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
STOP ALL DRINKING.

A handbook recently issued by the
German government for the use Of
field surgeons sounds note of warn
ing against John Barleycorn. The
article is by Prof. Max Gruber of the
Royal Hygienic institute Of Munich.
We quote:
This is no time for the use of alco-
hol. Not only is the guzzling Of all
alcoholic drinks to be stopped, but
the use of even small amounts is, as a
rule, an evil.
1T is scientifically established that
even small amounts of alcohol weaken
and paralyze our powers Of observa-
tion, memory and judgment, the COM
mand of our intellect, our wills and
our reason, our impulses, our brains,
our body; cut down the gains from
exercise, the endurance of hardships.
the ability to resist external injuries.
Ones strength and mental power
may be enough to Withstand the mod
crate use, but efficiency cannot be i'm
proved by it. And those of US who
are small and deficient in mental and
physical power act recklessly when
we disslpate the little that we have,
especially when we are under obliga-
tions to accomplish the most that we
can"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
oyster Catches a Duck.

A sheldrake duck, diving into the
bay at Smiths Point, L. l., varied life's
monotony by capturing an oyster and
being captured ip turn.
OF course all that the residents of
Smiths Point know about the remark
able catch is what they heard from
VIII Murdock, who tOLGs ehe draw at
the Tangier bridge, and who admits he
has an excellent reputation for verac-
ity. VIII took duck and oyster to
the Smiths Point Coast Guard station
and exhibited them to prove the story.
Where did he get them? Oh, he
caught the duck after the duck, had
caught the oyster. The fowl pushed
its bill into the shell of the oyster.
Murdock said. and the bill stuck fast.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Public Defenders Idea.

What in heavens name is the use
of sending to Jail man who ought to
be with his family? What's the use
of giving a man bad name when a
good word will set him right?"
That's what the first public defend
er to appear in Pittsburgh's police
courts asked at the end of his first
days work.
There's no use following that old
method. but we've been long time
finding it out. Sending man to Jail
is poor way to take care of the mans
family, but it's the way we've taken
for ages
Giving a man bad name instead of
offering him the good word his heart
is aching to hear is wasteful, but 1t
was easier, we thought, than the right
way. The strange thing about these
matters is that the wrong way always
seems easier.--Pittsburgh Leader.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
AMERICAS GREATEST FOES.

Had saloons never been discovered,
and were it then in my power to por-
tray the effects of such a discovery, all
men, without exception, would declare
It impossible to conceive Of any more
diabolical plan for the degradation and
destruction Of the human race. Our
greatest foes are the manufacturers
and distributors of alcohol The
stories OF injuries done by drink are so
written in the sad life history of many
Of our greatest men; are so evident
throughout our land in squalor, pow
erty, misery and crime, and replete in
prisons, warehouses; and asylums, as
well as in domestic infelicity, that It
is inconceivable that any intelligent,
rational man can deny the necessity
for strong, united action to rid the
land of both manufacturer and dis
tributor." DR. A. Kelley Of Johns Hop
kins Hospital, Baltimore.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
BEER WORSE THAN WHISKY.

This is what the Home Life Insur-
ance company of New York has to say
about beer:
"Of all intoxicating drinks, it is the
most animalizing. 1t dulls the intel
lectual and moral and feeds the SEN
sual and beastly nature. Beyond all
other drinks, it qualities for deliberate
and unprovoked crime. In this re-
spect it is much worse than distilled
liquors. A whisky drhker will COM
NIT murder only under the direct ex-
element of liquor, beer drinker is
capable of doing it in cold blood. Long
observation, has assured us that a
large proportion of murders deliberate
ly planned and executed, without pas
sion or malice, with no other motive
than the acquisition of property or
money, often of trifiing value, are per-
petrated by beer drinkers"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30

mourners in their white robes walking
two abreast. each pair holding hand
kerchief. The Parsee accounts say
that the body is received by two beard
ed attendants at the entrance to the
towers, and that by them the shroud
Is removed and then vultures do the
rest. This is probably what happened
that day.
All could note on this occasion was
sudden movement of the vultures
in the palm trees. There seemed to
be hundreds Of them. They paused
for minute on the outer edge of one
of the towers and then disappeared
within. In few minutes they re-
appeared.
The Parsee method of disposing of
the dead is, perhaps, as the Parsees
say, more sanitary than the Christian
burial in the earth, or even than the
Hindu cremation. II meets the tenet
of their faith that fire. water and earth
are too sacred to be polluted. But
the western mind scannot become ac-
customed to 1t.
In conclusion. it may be said that
there are other New Year observ-
ances in India besides the New Year
of the Christians. Mohammedans, Hin.
dus and Parsees. There is Chinese
colony in Bentinck street. Calcutta, and
the Chinese there observe the New
Year as they do in the United States
or in any other section of the world
in which they are found.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30

well-known doctor says u De~11
the alcohol usurps the fus.ction Of the
fat, which accumulates. This is how
'he explains 1t:
1T Is noticeable that those addicted
to the use of alcoholic beverages often
reveal a tendency to corpulence which
is proportionate to their use Of the
drug. The fatness is not sign of
health. II is not even an indication
that alcohol is harmless. 1t is merely
the result of the complete oxidization
OF the substance of alcohol by the
human body. The body will oxidize
twoounce quantity of alcohol in "a
hours, and will do it SO completely
that no trace of alcohol can be found
in any excretory substance. This sim
ply means that the unnatural heat pro-
duced in the body by the presence of
the stimulant answers. for the time
being at least, for what would other
wise be produced by the expenditure
of fats and carbohydrates. These lat
ter are the fuel stored up by the body
and normally burned up in the pro-
AUCTION Of necessary bodily heat
though not a natural heat-and this
expenditure is avoided. The fat Is
therefore stored up in the body un-
used, and corpulence is the necessary
result. This, Of course, is not a nor
NAL condition nor proper process.
1t becomes more unnatural with in
creasing use of alcohol"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Ae Aad the countersIan.

At military camp in New York
state few years ago, guard inspec-
tor, while going his rounds, approached
a German sentry who simply looked at
him and marched on.
WELL" queried the inspector, in
tending to remind the man Of his duty
we'll. velll vot is it?"
Don't you want the countersign?
mo, dots all righdt. Der feller in
der guards tent gif 1t to me. got 1t"
Boston Transcript.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Beautiful European civ

Agram, in Croatia, is one of the
most popular cities in Europe, because
years ago its public-spirited citizens
got behind movement and carried
out plan for an extensive park.
"Tne city has a population of only
about 100000 persons, but everywhere
1t is known and spoken Of as the city
of beautiful parks. Few persons pass
through on train that do not return.
They are drawn bacl! by reason Of
the beauty of the park. The city
spent more than one million dollars
to set IT of properly"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30

flame was very clear A venerable
bearded priest stood beside the lamp
His discourse was earnest and solemn
Both man and woman hearers were
very attentive.
The ceremonies OF worship are quite
simple, but the mysteries of the faith
may be less so. The Parsees who
have been educated In England and
many of those whose English educa-
tion has been obtained in Bombay
resent the designation of fire worship
ers.
One OF them gave me a monograph.
written by a Parsee barrister in Lon
don, which explained the creed OF the
followers of Zoroaster as one of good
thoughts, good words and good deeds
with the sacred flame as a symbol Of
the effulgence OF the deity. 1t is not
denied, however. that contact with
Hindus and Mohammedans has caused
corruptions to creep into the creed.
The Hindus and Moslems regard the
Parsees as fire worshipers.
1t was on New Year day that
drove out to Malabar hill, where are
located the Towers of Silence, or the
Parsee cemetery. Every traveller takes
this drive. 1t is past the other cem,e-
teries, Christian and Mohammedan
burial grounds and the Hindu burning
CHAT. The cemetery of the Christians
is no longer used. but on almost any
day there will be .Mohammedan fu-
nerals and Hindu cremations.
On this day there were two Moham-
medan funerals and three parties of
Hindu mourners, with their respective
burdens at the burning CHAT.
Malabar hill is the choice spot over
looking the Arabian sea. Within the
cemetery, grounds are fiagstone steps.
shaded. walks and arbors and bowers.
A luxuriant vegetation covers the
rocks, and there is everything that
goes to make a beautiful garden of
flowers.
The towers OF Silence, OF which
there are five, are hardly towers al
all. They are about 275 feet in cir
cumference and perhaps 20 feet high.
The material is whitewashed stone
and cement or mortar. "A near ap.
proach to the towers Is not allowed
to strangers to the Parsee creed, nor
is entrance permitted to the fire tenn
pie, where the sacred fire is kept alive
and seven kinds of incense are burned.
A model of the towers is shown, in
the registry room and an attendant. .ex-
plains them to visitors. The attend
ant explained tome the circular rows
in which the bodies were splaced-one
for the children. one for the women
and one for the men. When the bodies
have been stripped of their fleshly
covering by the vultures, which takes
perhaps half an hour. the bones re-
main for while, and are then
dropped into well in the center,
which is provided with drains and
water fushes. Charcoal is the chief
purifier.
On this New Year day there was
Parsee funeral, which could be OBJ
served only at respectful distance
There were the four professional body
bearers, with the bier on their shoul-
ders, and a procession of perhaps fifty
|
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
AUSTRIAN YOUTHS IN WAR

The Austrian newspapers are devot-
ing considerable space at present to
the part played by schoolboys in the
present war They are affectionately
termed the war boys" and in the OPP
erations in eastern Galicia they were
OF great assistance to the troops.
In some of the artillery battles. es-
pecially those which centered around
Czernovitz and Weinberg, schooboys
in large numbers bfaved the shells and
carried water and ammunition fol- the
troops.
After a.battle they would go over the
field and gather pieces of shrapnel and
the shells of cartridges to be made
over again into ammunition. Occa-
sionally boy thus sacrificed his life,
but this did not deter the ardor of his
companions.
Many of the boys followed the in
fantry regiments and fought and slept
with the soldiers in the trenches. The
boys who remained at home took the
place of their fathers and brothers who
were at the front.
The story is told of fourteen-year-
old youngster who all alone managed
the biggest hotel in Czernovitz. He
looked personally after his own cashier
and bookkeeper Other boys peddled
goods among the soldiers and 30
earned good living for their mothers.
Some became guides, and many an
army automobile had as guide bright
schoolboy who sat beside the chauf-
fear and showed him the right road.
1t is said that when the history of
this war is written the schoolboys of
Austria win deserve a prominent place
in its pages.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
He Had No Kick Coming.

That's awful pitching"
What's the matter. my dear?"
That's the second man he's given
a pass to first this inning
Il don't see why you should COM
plain, George That's the way you
came into see the game. Detroit
Free Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
THE sRAvssT FLOWERS.

December all bleak The earlier days
mild
often disappointed Then the wahow bless
nsnsbi And Christmas
Hill have goatngly taken
buys Horace Mcfarland
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Great Business Head.

He's one of our most successful
business men,"
THAT so? What's his secret?'
well, in the first place he insists
upon his clerks selling his custom
ers what they want; not what the
clerks themselves wear - United
Free Press.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
HEAL YOUR SKIN TROUBLES
With cuticura, the Quick, Sure and
Easy Way. Trial Free

Battle with Cuticura Soap. dry and
apply the Ointment. They stop itch
ing instantly. clear away pimples,
blackheads, redness and roughness, re.
move dandruff and scalp irritation,
heal red, rough and sore hands as
well as most baby skin troubles.
Free sample each by mail with Book.
Address postcard, Cuticura, Dept. L,
Boston. Sold everywhere.-Adv.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Try Pixies Toolhsehe Drop.
Moi HandIcapped There.

And what is your son William do
ing, Mrs. Bjones?" asked the visitor.
"oh, Willie, he's an actor and doing
very WELL
William an actor?" said the visitor.
why, | thought he was deaf and
dumb"
"He is," said Mrs Bjones, "but that
doesn't make any difference. He's
playing Hamlet this week in the
movies. New York Times.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
lnterneoIne Strife.

This lunchroom proprietor adver-
tises ham and eggs at war prices
81 don't see what war has to do
with the price of ham and eggs
1t has a great deal in this case.
He's at war with a rival restaurant
across the street,
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
TO THE VOTER.

Which of your boys do you intend
Shall stand in the footprints of ruined
men?
VIII you help them to enter life of woe
Because Of your votes? Oh. no! Oh. mo-
II you vote for saloons. verify fear
You'll have to support them; so now look
here
Which Of your boys are you going to give
To ruin and death. that saloons may live?
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Useless Question.

Would your wife vote for you as a
candidate for Officer"
Il don't think there's any use OF
my bothering my head about that" re-
piled Mr.. Meekton. Il don't believe
Henrietta would let me run in the first
place."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Greatness and Efficiency.

"A great mans mind is superior to
envy" remarked the philosopher.
Yes" replied the ordinary person;
1T is, II he's great enough TO get
what he goes after instead Of having
to see someone else walk off with 1t"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
REPRESSION OF DRINK.

THE repression of drinking that has
taken place in industrial establish
mentD has not been altogether OF
fcrce.' says the Pittsburgh Gazette
Times. "Workmen realize the bene-
fit to themselves. There is little COM
plant against the rules made"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Sad AwakenIno.

The young man who fondly believed
that two could live upon as little as
one arrived reluctantly at a complete
realization Of the falsity OF the theory
when the family doctor offers congrat.
ulations and says II" is twins"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30


000.
Nakane arrived in San Francisco
aboard the Tengo Maru and declared
to the customs Inspector that he had
$4OO worth of pearls in a small jewel
case. An examination of the case
showed that it had false bottom, and
pearls valued at $1,000 we're revealed
with the destruction of the case. This
was the first lot to be discovered.
While the jewel case was being
taken apart Nakane drew from his
pocket a dainty Japanese tobacco box
and proceeded to roll cigarette.
The. beauty of the box attracted the
attention of Wardell. who asked to see
II at closer range. The box when ex-
amined, revealed another $1,000 worth
of the precious gems. Nakane re-
moved his coat to assist in the work OF
unpacking his cases.
Again Wardell was attracted by the
beauty OF a silk vest and made an ex-
animation and found that In the CEN
ter of each of the buttons was set a
small pearl. which was so near the
color of the shell-like buttons that the
gems could only be detected by an ex-
pert.
In the bottom OF one Of the mer-
chants trunks the inspector found a
toy dog carefully wrapped in tissue
paper. Nakane explained that 1t was
to be gift TO child relative here
An examination of the outside of the
toy revealed nothing; finally the tip of
the tail was removed with a pair of
scissors and 1t was found to be filed
with pearls. A like find was made in
the dogs nose.
Nakane then confessed he had tried
to smuggle the jewels into this coun'
try. The gems were confiscated.
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30

so your play Is all about a prize
|lght?'
Eyes; ! was determined the critics
ouldnt have o chance TO say Il
y. MT . punch IN Il"
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
LONDON LIGHTS Are COSTLY.

police Philip
falling
lighting
light in
he
mmoned he repled Well must sell cakes On
raj val particularly r.1
o
s25 imposed which the wife padLondo
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
Eorestallinn a Proposal.

you mustn't mind what said while
was delirious.'
Certainly not" replied the pretty
nurse. And will be even more care
full not to mind what you say while
you are convalescent."
The Fulton County news. [volume] (McConnellsburg, Pa.) 1899-current, 1915-12-30
DRINKERS BARRED.

We do not employ habitual drink
ers, and never have, because they are
not good workmen. President White
Automobile Company.