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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
NEW VOL. 50-No. 80.
Garden Ants Are Harmless.

Garden ants which build their small
conical nests on lawns, do little harm to
the grass, contrary 10 the general belief
among the laymen, according TO a recent
announcement by department OF agrieul-
ture experts. The damage done to the
lawns usually is traceable TO some other
source.
But their little huts OF sand, il in great
numbers, make a lawn unsightly. The
government experts say they can be con-
trolled without much difficulty and sug-
gest several means OF disposing OF them.
This suggestion is given because OF the
large number OF complaints about the ants
that have been received at the department
this year.
Should there be only small area COW
cred by the ant settlements, the simplest
method of removing them is TO drench
the pests with boiling water. Another
simple remedy is 10 spray The lawn with
kerosene emulsion or with very strong
soap wash prepared by diSsolving any
common laundry soap in water at the rate
of one-half pound to gallon OF water.
These methods are well adapted 10 small
lawns and for the ordinary little lawn ant.
An effective remedy for larger ant COL
onieS OF other species is bisulphide OF
carbon, which can be purchased at any
drug store. The chemical can be placed
in the nests by means OF an oil can or
small syringe. The quantity required
varies from one-half ounce for small
nest 10 two or three ounces or more Tor
a large one. An oil can with long spout
is suggested as the most convenient in
strument for this purpose, as Il can be
inserted into the nests and the liquid in
jected without being brought close to the
users nose The fumes OF bisulphate OF
carbon, while not poisonous, are nauseat-
ing.
After the chemical has been inserted in
the nest the opening should be closed by
pressure OF the foot in order 10 retain The
bisulphide. This will penetrate the un-
derground channels OF the ant villages
and kill all the inhabitants.
The garden ants also are found ire
quentIy on roses and other plants and Il
generally has been believed that they do
harm TO these plants. But this is not so,
the experts say. II is not The plants that
attract the ants, but the plant lice.
In tact, il is stated that ants have been
known 10 carry the lice into their homes,
shelter them through the winter and return
them to the plants in the spring. II is
only by preserving the lice for another
seasons raid on the plants that the ants
can be said TO injure the plants.
Some experts, on the other hand, hold
that the ant really does good work by
bringing up from the lower depths sand
and earth, thus increasing the fertility OF
the soil and at the same time permitting
aeration OF the earth.
Therefore, the scientists say The only
objection that can be raised against The
busy little creature is that he makes the
lawns unsightly by building his little huts
OF sand.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
shepherdsown Jefferson County, West Virginia. Thursday July 49, 1915
Turtles.

In the mid afternoon of summer day
as person walks the path that skirts our
rivers and creeks he will see here and
there white barkless log in the water,
the upper side garnished with what ap-
pears 10 be row OF brown buttons each
OF the size OF silver dollar. A slight
noise on his part and each one of these
buttors will quietly slip into the stream
below and be seen no more. These are
baby swapping turtles which may in time
grow to be as big around as peck or
even a half-bushel measure, in the mean
time eating many fishes. They are called
snappers for their habit of swapping and
biting at everything within reach. The
/ head and tail of the common snapper are
long and can not be retracted into the
shell. This reptile has no teeth, the
jaws being incased in horny sheaths with
sharp cutting edges. In Our streams are
also soft-shelled turtles which are pre-
ferred TO snappers as an article of diet.
The eggs OF snapperS, which vary in
number from twenty to thirty, are laid in
the sand, where they hatch by the heat oil
the sun without any attention on the part
of the mother The largest OF the turtle
family is the leather turtle, distributed
through the tropical parts Of the Atlantic,
Pacific and Indian oceans. II attains a
length OF six to eight feet and weight
OF 900 10 l,200 pounds. Green turtles,
from which the most approved turtle
soup is made, weigh from 200 TO 300
pounds. They are found along our At
lantic coast. There they feed upon sea
plant called in the North eel grass and on
the southeast coast turtle grass. They
eat only the roots. The tops rising TO
the surface tell the turtle fisher where 10
! find his prey. The fisher is armed with
steel barb attached to a rope and loosely
fitted TO pole. The fisher rows up to
the feeding ground and through the float
ing grass thrusts the barb through the
animals shell. He Wthdraws the pole
and with the barb in the turtles back he
draws the animal 10 the surface by means
OF rope. In the breeding season many
green turtles are caught on shore by being
turned or their backs
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29

One OF England's sporting peers is the
Earl OF Norwich, and they tell story
about an answer which his lordship once
gave to some one who had chaffed him
about some OF his hunIing yarns.
Eyes, he replied, with smile, "l ad-
nit that some of them were rather tall
yarns. | outdid The wandering hen, A
hen, you know, SET out TO see the world
and met crow in distant wood.
"'But,' said the crow, ARE you not
afraid, without good wings, of losing
your way in all this tangle p
"'Afraid ? Not l., replied the hen.
Every yard or two lay an egg to guide
myself back by"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29

The following fable, which is probably
OF Turkish origin, is not without touch
OF truth: AS a woman was walking, a
man looked at and followed her.
"Why," said she, "do you follow me?"
Because" he replied, {" have fallen
in love with YOU"
why so? My sister, who is coming
after me, is much handsomer than am.
Go and make love 10 her."
The man turned back and saw woman
with an ugly face, and, being greatly dis
pleased, returned, and said, "Why should
you tell me falsehood ?"
The woman answered, "Neither did
you tell the truth for if you were in love
with me why did you look back for an
other woman ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29

The smart travelling man stood on cor
ner in the little country village at dusk
He was looking for amusement, and the
first object that attracted his attention was
an overgrown boy, perhaps fifteen years
OF age, riding horse that might have come
out of the ark.
"Hello, sonny!' shouted the salesman.
elbow long has that horse been dead ?"
Quick as a flash, the boy replied,
"Three days, but you're the the first buzz
zard that has noticed it."
The travelling man moved on 10 the no.
tel.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
American War Inventions.

The croakers who loudly and bitterly
complain OF the unpreparednesS OF the
United States for war should consider the
fact flat American ingenuity and Amer-
can invention have done more TO make
human slaughter promptan effective than
any other agency. The submarine, which
deals death and desolation in IFS solitude
under seas; the aeroplane, which hurts
destruction on the just and on the unjust
from on high; the whirring torpedo,
Satah's messenger, if there be any; and
the Calling gun. all originated in the fer
tile brain OF Americans.
The war, stern and pitiless. was the
mother and progenitor OF them all. ltwas
in ITS that David Bushnell, shrewd and
practical Yankee. developed the subma-
rine. But the invention was not proven
success, nor did Robert Fulton improve
much on Bushnell, when he gave his cele-
brated Nautilus TO the world. A hundred
years later another American, J. p. Hol-
land, perfected the instrument that Bush
nell had nodded imperfectly, and the
dreaded submarine, the scourge of the
sea, was given in its entirity 10 the world.
History's iirstrecord of the torpedo was
in 1868, when crude instrument OF sea
destruction was launched against the U.
S. vessel lronsides. engaged in blockading
the port OF Charleston. Since then this
engine of calamity has also been perfected
by American ingenuity, and the White
head torpedo is today at the head OF the
great destructive forces in submarine war
fare.
American connection with the conquest
of the air is not so remote, but it is just as
complete, and while the French and Ger
mans have had many notable triumphs in
this line, the palm for success in atmos-
pheric navigation unquestionable belongs
TO the Wright brothers and. through them,
TO the United States,
The ilrst ironclad was American the
Gating gun is an invention for which
the United States can claim credit. And
now that Thomas Edison has accepted the
appointment as head OF the Navy Depart
ment'S civilian Bureau of Invention and
Development, we have little fear from
any new development in military science
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29

Secretary Bryan. congratulated on his
success as temperance reformer, said {:
"Well. never despair. never despair
even in the most desperate case. Why,
the Hannibal town drunkard wouldn't
have caused me TO despair.
'fIn the Hannibal House the town
drunkard was expstiatiug over a whisky
toddy on fhe virtues of the apple cure
for drunkenness.
"'You believe in the cure, do your
the bartender said.
"'Believe in il? How can ! help be-
levin in it?' the town drunkard said,
excitedly. Amt il cured me nine
times 2"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
HAVE YOU WEAK LUNGS?

. Do colds settle on your chest or in your
bronchial tubes1 Do coughs hang on, or
are you subject to throat troublesf
Such troubles should have immediate
treatment with the strengthening powers
of Scott's Emulsion to guard against
consumption which SO easily follows.
Scott Emulsion contains pure cod liver
oil which peculiarly strengthens the res
piratory tract and improves the quality of
the blood; the glycerine in it soothes and
heals the tender membranes of the throat.
Scott's Is prescribed by the best special
lists. You can get it at any drug store.
Scott & Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
HOME FOLKS SPEAK.

Clarksburg, w. Va.-cI found the use
of DR.. Pierce's Golden Medical Dis
covery and Favorite Prescription to-
gether were excellent medicines to
cleanse and purify the system. l took
them because they were recommended
in the store in Jarvisville, w. Va. l
found them all right-very good medi-
cines. I cheerfully recommend them,
and would not hesitate to use them
again" - MRS. 1. GOLDSMITH, III
School ST.. Clarksburg. West Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
"Foot and Mouth" Disease curabIe.

"Foot and Mouth" Disease CurabIe.
Whenthe foot and-mouth disease quar-
antine seized the livestock industry, the
best dairy herds in the country were
caught in the infected area, and in an in
fected condition at the great National
Dairy Show in Chicago.
The Cover Il, inspectors condemned
these cattle - l,llh. II the sentence had
been carried on; purebred dairy cattle for
breeding purposes would have been made
scsrcer, and the best strains, some ofthem,
would have been almost extinguished.
Their owners made fightfor the lives
OF the cattle. The cattle were isolated
and allowed 10 recover.
The inspectors protested against trying
to save the cattle, but the owners pre-
vailed. The stalls, the yards, the ap-
proaches, the animals, were disinfected.
Then, after the animals were clearly well,
the question was TO be determined as TO
whether they were Still carriers OF loot
and-mouth disease. They were taken
from their barns by slow degrees and al
every step test cattle were Exposed" TO
them. None OF the test cattle got the
disease. The blue -blooded cattle were
"clean." On May 3lst they were re-
leased with clean bill OF health.
SO foot-and- mouth disease is not in
durable. Where the infected cattle are
valuable enough 10 pay for the trouble, il
pays TO save the stock. Probably the
most economical way 10 deal with the
average herd is TO have them killed and
paid for. But the victory won by the
owners OF these breeding cattle is valu-
able one for the cattle industry.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
A Grave in Flanders.

Here in the marshland, past the battered bridge.
One OF hundred grains untimely sown,
Here, with his comrades OF the hard-won ridge,
He rests. unknown.
His horoscope had seemed so plainly drawn
School triumphs, earned apace in work and play
Friendships at will then loves delightful dawn
And melowing day
Home fostering hope some service 10 the State;
Benignant age then the long tryst to keep
Where in the yew-tree shadow congregate
His fathers sleep
Was here the one thing neediul TO distil
From life's aembic, through this holier fate,
The mans essential SOUL the hero will?
We ask and wait.
Lord CreWe
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
Is Sickness A Sin?

If not, it's wicked TO neglect illness and
means OF relief. It's wicked TO endure
Liver Ills, Headache, Indigestion, Con-
stipation, when one dose of Po-Do-Lax
gives relief. Po-Do-Lax is Podophyllin
MAY Apple, without the gripe. II
arouses the Liver, increases the flow OF
bile-Nature's antiseptic in the Bowels.
Your CONSTIPATION and other ills disappear
over night because Po-Do-Lax has help
ed Nature 10 remove the cause. Get a
bottle from your Druggist to-day. Get
rid of your Constipation over night.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
A Medicine Chest For lSc.

In this chest you have an excellent rem
edy for Toothache, Bruises, Sprains, Stiff
Neck, Backache, Neuralgia. Rheumatism
and for most emergencies. One 25c.
bottle OF Sloan's Liniment does II all
this because these ailments are symp-
toms, no! diseases. and are caused by
congestion and inflammation. II you
doubt, ask those who use Sloan's Lini-
ment, or better still, buy a25c. bottle and
prove il. All Druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29

"Papa, said alittle boy in Nacagdoches
Texas, 81 want goat"
"Why, son, you can't have goat, he'd
hook YOU"
"WelI, daddy. then I'd cut his horns
off,"
"Nothin' doin', son-he'd butt you"
"Aw, daddy, thenPd cuthis button Off.
Please get me goat"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29

Heavy, impure blood makes a muddy,
pimply complexion, headaches, nausea,
Indigestion. Thin blood makes you weak,
pale and sickly. For pure blood, sound
digestion, use Burdock Blood Bitters.
81 90 at all stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29

For a mild, easy action Of the bowels.
try DOan's Regulets, modern Laxative.
25c al all stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29

Concentrate all your thoughts upon the
work in hand-the suns rays do not burn
until brought to focus.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1915-07-29
Hill Top House
Horper's Ferry, w. Va.

The above Hotel, with improved ser
vice in every department is open to the
public. Rooms with and without private
baths. Meals are noted, and the location
of this beautiful Hotel makes it one OF
the most attractive in this community.
Charges are reasonable. Special atten-
ton given in winter months TO dance
parties, and we are prepared to furnish
everything.
RATES Single rooms, $500 to $l40O
per week. Double rooms, $4,000 to $24.-
90 per week. With private bath. $500
per week. Day rate, 81, $3.50, So.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-30

.,a tho Railways so narrow anu
d.rk hat the air Is foul. J c'ns'c-
= Il aipcss criminal 70 allow sucn
! condition to exist. George and !.
both are in favor OF new senoo'
building. In case of fire the en''-
dren could not get down those naf-
row stairs without gettlns hurt ~.
:. a.wn "a fayoring new school
building and good one.
other ladies could not be rsaerea
BY phone but we have u from '"oss
with whom a representative OF 'as
paper talked that all were asies'
that the congested conditions OF 'he
public schools should be relieved ~
early as possible, and that eaeh anu
every one favored the erection o. 4
new building.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-30

enormously greater power than gum
powder In the days of the Civil
war the distances between the oppos-
ing lines we're seldom more than a
mile. and it is said that the average
distance was considerably less than
this in the Battle OF Gettysburg
The effective range for modern ar
tillery varies with the ealiber of the
gun, and ranges ordinarily from
1000 to l2.0a0 or $4,000 yards
The s-ineh field gun used in the
United States army can be sighted
mp to $500 yards. or nearly -four
miles. while the new field piece nov
being made is designed to have an
defective range OF twenty-three miles
Ia the European war most OF the ar
E.iiIary engagements are fought at a
range Of more than four miles.
Since Shrapnel is designed to
burst IN the air and rain It's bullets
on the troops 81 which il is aimed.
il Is necessary for the officer direct
ing the Ere TO see just where the
shells explode For this reason the
shrapnel shell contains. in addition
70 the high explosive. smoke-pro-
ducing charge that forms matrix
in which the shrapnel balls are inn
bedded. When the time fuse sets
or the bursting charge in the base
Of the shell this matrix ignites and
produces ball OF black smoke that
serves as a marker easily visible to
the officer directing the fire. In the
case ot shells that explode when they
strike, no special arrangement of
this kind is necessary, as the high
explosives used in shells generate a
black or colored smoke, depending
on the explosive used, that provides
"a sufficient means for determining
and maintaining the range. In this
connection 1t is necessary TO distin-
guish between the propeiIant used
for firing the shell and the high ex-
plosige used In the shell itself A
propeilant IL designed TO force the
shell forward with gradually in
ereaSing velocity until il leaves the
muzzie, without endangerihg the
gun by excessive gas pressure. The
charge in the shell. on the other
hand, Is designed to shatter and de-
stroy by the generation OF the great
est pressure In the shortest possible
time. Popular Mechanics.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-30

Pagan Gam spent Sunday with
Lee Martin.
Mrs. T. j. Lloyd and son Harris
went to Grandview Sunday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Galloway Tate spent
sunday with Mrs. VIII Smith.
C. II. Kuykendall attended the
lodge at Italy Thursday night
Several from here went TO Avalon
sunday afternoon to the singing.
Mrs. Mollie V. Smith spent Tues
day afternoon with Mrs. Tollie Mar
tin.
Mr.. Thompson and family from
Bethel were in Nash Sunday after
noon.
There will be preaching here next
Sunday a. eleven and also Sunday
night.
Miss Leona Vantreese of South
Prong attended Sunday school here
Sunday.
Miss Lula Satterfeld attended the
quarterly conference at Forreston
Saturday.
Mr.. and Mrs. Henry Lanier spent
Sunday afternoon with Mr.. and Mrs.
| Sig Lanier.
Several of the young people spent
Wednesday afternoon with Miss
Ruby Watson.
Mrs. Williams of Avalon spent a
few days last week with her daugh-
ter, Mrs. Edgar Martin.
The farmers are very anxious for
the weather to clear up so they can
go to picking cotton again.
Little Mary Miles spent Saturday
night and Sunday with her grand
mother, Aunt Duck Edwards.
Mrs. Tollie Martin and Mrs. c. II.
Kuykendall spent Wednesday af-
Iternoon with Mrs. Toungate.
Mr.. ]. S. Canady. who is visiting
f. A. Davenport, attended Sunday
school at this place Sunday
Wilson Edwards, who spent sew
eral days visiting his sister. Mrs. G..
II. Kuykendall, has gone to Lewis
Vile
Miss Eva Williams of Avalon
passed through Nash Sunday in her
new Ford car which she has recent
ly bought.
Mrs. Hopkins of Avalon. who
spent several days last week with
her daughter. Mrs. Sig Lanier, went
home Saturday evening.
There was an ice cream supper
here Saturday night. The proceeds
were something over $50. There
was quite "A, crowd from Forreston,
Howard and Avalon here at the
supper.
Mr.. r. f. Satteriield received a
telegram Friday from his sister-in-
law of Oklahoma stating they did
not think his brother, Mr.. Jim Sat
terrified, would live through the
night. Mr. Satterfeld left for Ok
lahoma at once but his brother was
dead when he arrived there.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-30

The school will begin at this
place next Monday,
John Curry spent Sunday with
home folks, w. j: Curry and wife.
Mrs. r. II. Johnson, who has
been sick about three weeks, is inn
proving.
Mrs. Moore of Midlothian is Wis
itlng her daughters. Mesdames G..
s. Keesee and j. l.. Bigham.
Rev Daniels has been holding a
Holiness meeting here about three
weeks; will continue on till sun
day night. Large crowds are at
tending.
Mr.. John Hood ands wife spent
saturday night with the latter's
brother. Mr. +. w. Treese. aud
wife and attended the meeting
here Sunday.
Miss Ruth Hamm. who is attend
ing school at Denton. came home
last Monday sick with tonsilitis.
She had her tonsils taken out and
was able To return 70 school today
monday.
Bill Lane aud wife and Frank
Cox and ~iie are the proud parents
81 little son in each oil their
homes aud also Mr. Pick Knight
aud wife are entertaining little
daughter in their h0me.
The Waxahachie daily light. [volume] (Waxahachie, Tex.) 1894-current, 1915-09-30

Feature That Distinguishes Modern
Conflict From Past Wars.

COnf1ict From Past Wars.
One OF the marked features al the
European conflict that distinguishes
lii from the wars Of the past il the
absence Of smoke on the firing lines.
loving to the use Of snokeless pow
|oer no smoke Is made when rifle il
discharged. while the heaviest rifle
throws off nothing more than a thin
mist that Is Invisible 100 yards away
and disappears within few seconds
after the gun Is fired Only when
shrapuel or a shell explodes in the
enemy's lines is there anything Wis
|ible in the way OF smoke, the whole
purpose being to conceal the. posi-
|fion OF the guns throwing the pro-
pectiles while making the points
where the projecsiles explode clearly
visible. The expression, the smoke
OF battle so faithfully descriptive
OF the wars Of the past. has little
rneansng when applied to q modern
war.
The so-eaIied smokeless powders
nssssd in modern guns are not entirely
ssnukeiess. but are sufficiently so for
81 practical purposes When gum
powder expiodes something like half
Of It's substance takes the form Of
finely divided solids, and it is this
that causes the dense smoke result
iLg from the explosion. Practically
al OF modern propellant, and by
this term is meant the snaoKeless
powder used for propeiiing the pre-
Ijeetiie from the gun. is. on the con-
|traTy, converted into true gas. In
modern warfare every precaution is
taken 70 keep the location OF bait
terry hidden from the enemy. for ar
tillery fire has become so accurate
that when position Is once knosn
there is little difficulty In raining
shells on it, But the use Of smoke
gfgA powder Is not all that is requir-
ed In many cases Care must be TAX
en- TO prevent the raising OF dust BY
1.-THE blast OF gas and air resulting
from the discharge OF the gun. and
/ for this reason positions for bait
feries are chosen, when possible, on
ground that is act OF dusty ma
ture.
In addition to their smokeiess fei.-
lture the modern propeliants have