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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
A Stitch In The Side.

II may be very slight and momentatY
stab, like the stick OF pin, or il may be
sensation like the tearing OF the flesh or
the rasping OF file at each indrawing OF
the breath; il may mean nothing OF con-
sequence, or il may point TO The most
serious trouble within the chest or the
abdominal csvity--such is the more or
less painful condition that the young doc
tor calls "pleurodynia"; which is only
Greek for "a stitch in the side"
II is not necessary 10 describe the na-
ture OF the pain at greater length, for
almost everyone knows II by personal
experience. Ordinarily il lasts only a
short time. and. although unpleasant
while it endures, il is, like seasickuess,
soon forgotten after il has passed. Per-
haps the most common cause OF a stitch
in the side is local congestion OF the
pleura, or membrane that covers the
lungs and lines the chest walls. Just as
you may see now and then a little area
Of rednesss or roughness on The skin
somewhere, so similar area may occur
at some spot on the. pleura when that
happens, the opposed surfaces get dry and
do not play smoothly against each other (;
The result is pain during the movement OF
breathing.
Another common cause is slight con-
gestion OF the spleen /; that is usu'lIy the
cause OF the stitch that comes after run
ming or exercising too soon after a full
meal. Il would take too long 10 explain
the process in detail, and il would not be
particularly interesting, either; II is enough
TO say that exercise increases The rspidity
OF the circulation and that causes little
congestion, first OF the liver aud then OF
the spleen. The enveloping membrane
of the latter is stretched thereby. and
when with each inspiration (which the
exercise makes deeper than usual the
distended stomach presses on il, you feel
sharp pain.
The pain is really in the abdomen, but
the nerves refer il to1he left side OF the
chest, rather far down; and nervous
people, therefore, often think il is in the
heart. The pain may be in the right side,
although that is less often the case; il rs
then caused by temporary congestion and
distention OF the liver. Sometimes the
trouble is in the diaphragm; then II is
owing to lameness OF that muscle, and
feels like the dart OF pain the sufferer
from rheumatism often feels In his arm or
leg.
For the ordinary stitch, rest. with per-
haps little rubbing or warm appli-
cation, is all The treatment that is needed.
II, however, the pain persists the trouble
may be more serious.-a pleurisy, Tor
example, orpneumonia, and the sufferer.
if he is wise, will ask his doctor TO find
out just what is the matter.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
Useful GIycerin

Glycerin has many useful properties,
according to the New York Sun. II will
cleanse a cut and cause il TO heal quickly.
10 washing clothes, where softness IS
imperative in water. the addition oil three
tablespooniuIs TO an ordinary tub OF wa
ter will prove effective. When il IS
necessary 10 boil clothes. two tablespoon
fuIs iu the wash boiler will produce good
results.
A little glycenn applied with flannel
on shoes that have become hardened BY
weiting softens the leather, which will
absorb II overnight. One tablespoonful
Of glycerin TO each pound Of fruit in pre-
serves prevents the formation OF sugsry
crystal on the top. Insiewing fruit, fresh
or eyaporated, two fablespooniuls ol
glycenn TO each pound Of fruit, a pinch
of salt and less sugar make useful addi-
lion.
And, finally, gIycerin soiiens scubbinR
water, whitens wool, and IS good for the
hands.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
LEE WAH,
First class Chinese Laundry,
Masonic Building, Shepherdstown.

First-class laundry work OF all kinds
Shirts, collars, cuffs, ladies' waists, family
wash, etc. Prices right. Patronize us
and keep the money in circulation in your
own town.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
AGENCY.

We are glad TO announce that we have
the Agency for Victor Talking Machines,
Vicirolas. Victor Records and Supplies.
We will be glad 10 show Machines and
demonstrate Records and Machines TO
anyone who calls at our store. and we
will promptly order and get Tor you any
thing that we may not have in our stock.
We would like 10 have every owner OF
a Talking Machine, whether Victor or
other make. give us his or her address
and The kind Of Machine they use.
From time 10 time we will have In new
Records, and new matter OF interest 10 all
Music Lovers. and will be glad 10 mail i
10 anyone who is interested.
We sell Machines Tor cash, or we will
make reason 'bl' time payment contract
with anyone whc ,oes moi want 10 pay
all cash.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27

For any itching skin trouble, piles. ec-
zema. salt rf1eum, hives, itch, sczld head /,
herpes, scabie, Doan's Ointmenti IS highly
recommended Soc box at al stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
Transporting A Cable.

The building OF the Northwestern Pa
cific railway between Willis and Eureka,
California, is said TO have been the most
expensive railway construction work in
the world. The route is very rough and
mountainous, and along the Eel River The
ground is continually sliding, especially
in rainy weather.
While bridge near Dos Rios was be-
ing built, the engineers used steel Ca
BILE as boom TO catch the timbers that
were cut farther up and floated down the
river. There came a tonential down.
pour, such as often sweep across the
northern coast counties in the winter
months the river rose and the boom
broke.
The wagon road was completely block
ed by slides. II the bridge crew were
not to be laid off. new cable must be
put in position at once. But how, when
only steep, narrow trail over the noun
tains was open for travel, was a wire
rope that weighed over twelve hundred
pounds to be transported
The construction boss stood by the
river discussing the problem with a
group OF employees.
"It'll take ten days to open the wagon
road. The whole mountain has slid INTO
H." remarked one OF The men.
'H'd give hundred dollars TO get that
cable right away" remarked the boss.
"Do you really mean that you would
give hundred dollars TO get cable right
| away 2" asked a young teamster who
stood by.
eyes, ! mean it. Can you do itp"
"Give me an order for the cable and
I'll try" the young man replied.
The next evening, just at dusk, the
young man lead string OF five big mules
into camp. A part Of the long cable was
coiled round each pack-saddle and then
passed on to the next mule. The ami
mails looked like party Of mountain
climbers tied at regular intervals along a
rope.
The expedient was so impIe that ey-
cry man in the camp wondered why he
hal not thought Of il himself. Neyerthe-
less, the resourceful young man got his
hundred dollars, and TIE bridge crew
went on with their work.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
Shephadaown, Jefferson Thursday,
"AduIteration and FaIslfIcation. I"


Vance Thompson, in his recent book.
has chapter headed "Adulteration and
Ealsification," in which he sets forth
proof positive that the whiskies, wines
and beers and other intoxicanis dispensed
at the bars OF the saloons throughout the
nation are aduIterated and falsiiied, that
the component parts OF these concoctions
are the cheapest that can be secured. He
says:
You may think you are taking one pois-
on-the alcohol you are accustomed TO
take. With il you taking whatsoever
poisons the constituencies, greed-bitteu
adulterator wills you shall take. His
dirtiest dishonesty leads him to use as
basis for his liquor wood alcohol, deadly
poison, and TO impose upon the palate by
various flavors and dyes.
We presume that the average drinker
will take exception to this statement, but
case recently tried in the Baltimore city
courts adds very strong corroborative
evidence 10 the statement made by Mr..
Vance Thompson in his book. Mr..
Thompson says again:
At, an investigation held recently at
Albany, by the State authorities OF New
York, chemist "a great man; | know
him; he is my friend showed the COM
mission the "tricks of the trade" The
distilers and their experts and tasters
and lobbyists were sent into an outer
room. Then the chemist filled score OF
glasses with wood alcohol. The COM
missioners looked on) In each glass he
dropped different chemicals, making for
color and odor and flavor. The expert
whiskey men were called in. Their
tasters took up the glasses. one after the
other; and they said: "This is gin-this
is Holland-this is rye whiskey, three
years old-this is new Bourbon whiskey
this is rum-this is brandy, five Yeas
in the cask-this is Scotch or Irish
and so on.
Each OF the liquors was wood alcohol,
favored and "faked" alcohol, the
deadIiest poison that can be sent against
the bodily tissues.
"And," said the chemist, "an over
whelming per cent of the liquors sold in
the United States are made just that way"
Poison added to poison; and the drinker
is given his alcohol with fierce, degrading,
tissue destroying poisons on the side!
Come, fill up the cup and fill up the
can and toast The merry distillerl
The facts as shown by the case now in
the Baltimore courts are as follows: Mr.
H. P. Eysing has entered suit for $5O,-
600 damages against Vincent Flaccomio,
saloon keeper, Lee Sonneborn, awhole-
sale liquor dealer, and the Sherwood
Distiling Company. Eysing alleges he
was made almost totally blind by drinking
what purported to be Sherwood whiskey.
He purchased his whiskey from Flac-
comic, who had procured il from Son.
neborn, who, as wholesaler, sold the
goods under The famous Sherwood brand.
DR.. w. B. d. Penniman, an analytical
chemist, testified he had found 2e.l per
cent wood alcohol in the sample OF
whiskey given him for analysis. he
fnrther said in his testimony that besides
tlIe ordinary intoxicating effect wood
alcohol peculiarly affects the nervous sys-
tenn and has special tendency 10 produce
paralysis of the optic nerve, resulting in
sartial or total blindness.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
onk nnnd-Eeel Good.

No one can either feel good nor look
good while suffering from constipation.
Get rid of that tired. draggy, hfeless feel
ing by treatment OF DR.. Kings New
Life Pills. Buy box today, take one or
two pills tonight. In the morning that
stuffed, dull feeling is gone and you feel
better at once. &c. at your druggist.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
The Future.

know not what the future hath
OF marvel or surprise.
Assured alone that life and death
His mercy underlies
And il my heart and flesh are weak
To bear an untried pain.
The bruised reed he viii not break.
But strengthen and sustain.
No offering OF my own have.
Nor works my faith TO prove:
lean but give the gifts he gave.
And plead his love for love.
And so beside the Silent Sea
wait the muifled oar:
No harm from him can come TO me
On ocean or on shore.
know not where his islands life
Their fronded palms in air;
only know cannot drift
Beyond his love and care.
Whittier,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
Valuable Lots For Sole.

These lots overlook the Potomac River
and command beautiful view OF rugged
scenery. mountain and river. Twoblocks
to the centre of town. either by King or
Princess streets. Close and inexpensive
sewer connection. For further informa-
ton, apply to
r. L. REINHART,
Shepherdstown. w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27

"We Americans believe in augmenting
our output: We believe in forging ahead.
We're not like Smithers," said Balti-
more capitalist the other day.
lone day in Loretto ] saw Smithers
whitewashing his pig pen with a white
wash brush with nearly all of the bristles
gone.
".Smithers,' said, why don't you get
a brush with more bristles in it2'
"Why should | DO that?' Smithers
asked.
"'Why,' said /. because, OF course, i
your brush had more bristles you could
do twice as much work
"'Yeh, p'rilaps could said Smithers.
But, ye see, amt got twice as much
work to do.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27
Attacking Cough weakens The system

Don't suffer with a hacking cough that
has weakened your system-get bottle
OF DR.. Kings New Discovery, in use over
40 years, and benefitirg all who use II.
the soothing pine oalsam with tar heals
the irritaied air passages -sooihes The raw
spots, Ioosens tils MUCOUS and prevents
racking the bocy with coughing. Df:
Kings Ne9 Discovery induces natural
sleep and aids nature to cure you.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-07-27

Mrs. Stubbins-Do you like Goldfish
balls, Mrs. Fox?
The New Lodger-I don't know. Mrs.
Slubbins; never attended any.
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-04

Ii LuGy exact extra service, II Is 10
their own interest, and the men have
a perfect right to demand time and
one-half time for that service.
BY w. G. LEE
President of the Brotherhood of
Railway Trainmen
Cleveland, Aug. 4.-Railroad train
men regard the shorter work day in
exactly the same way other men
have considered it.
They have had opportunity to
know for themselves the advantages
that follow a reduction in the num-
ber>of hours of work; they remember
when there was no limit to the hours
and they know how they paid the
penalty; they realize that with the
endless day they were not as well off
as they now are with the 10-hour
day, and with the lessons of years to
prove it, they stand for the shorter
work day as humane, just PROPOSE
ton, which they consistently demand
on the ground that eight hours serv-
ice at a time is all the man can give
with fairness to himself if he is to re-
tain his mental and physical health,
enjoy a part of his own time to his
own advantage and that of his fam
lily, and remain alert and active, the
better to perform service and to have
some hope of remaining a wage
worker several years more than he
knows he now has.
BY A. B. GARRETSON
President of the Order of Railway
Conductors
Cedar Rapids, Iowa, Aug. 4.-What
the eight-hOur day means to the
trainmen and enginemen of the
country is the opportunity to live in
human companionship with their
families, to have some of the privi-
leges of leisure that men engaged in
other pursuits enjoy, to be relieved of
inhuman hours, to gain the benefits,
social hVgienic and Industrial that
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-04

4O4 Tic OuC4OuS COuulIIOLl0 u1uC4
which they serve, and they are thus
placing betterment of conditions
above a higher rate of pay in the
scale of desirability.
CALLS GOVT OWNERSHIP OF
RAILROADS THE SOLUTION
Government ownership of the rail-
roads is the only proper solution Of
the railroad strike dilemma, says w.
H. Lockwood, one of Chicago's lead
ing business and president of the
Yale & TOwne Mfg. Co., makers Of
Yale locks.
Big inanciers and business men
have mostly opposed public owner
ship, for if the roads were owned by
the government the days of making
millions by wrecking roads, water
ing stock, slicing Legitimate melons
and manipulating stock in Wall street
would be at an end. The arrival of
public ownership would force the de-
parture of major graft in railroad
financing.
Lockwood mentions Overcapitali-
zation and financial chicanery as
reasons for his faYOring public own
ership.
Every few years the bugaboo of
railroad strike beclouds the hori-
zon of business" said Lockwood. eff
the government owned the railroads
there would be none of this.
'"The government could afford to
pay the railroad workers better
wages, when it may be true that
many of the private. corporations
that own the roads cannot afford to
meet the increase demands of the
men.
THE government would have no
interest on heavy capitalization to
meet. 1t could run the roads to re-
turna profit and at the same time
pay the men a just wage"
A dozen fellow members of Lock-
wood in the Assn of Commerce when
The day book. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1911-1917, 1916-08-04

nomic and therefore from the en-
ployers' standpoint undesirable.
An increase in the rate of wages
would mean more money to spend.
This would not compensate the men
for the Onerous conditions under
which they serve, and they are thus
placing betterment of conditions
above a higher rate of pay in the
scale of desirability.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-04-21
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NEW LIGHT WEIGHT
OVERLANDS SHOULD
BE HERE SATURDAY :


Thurston county's first carload Of
the light weight Overlands, Model Is.
which have met with such demand
throughout the country that the fac
tory cannot make them fast enough.
is due to arrive in Olympia before
Saturday. according to w. e. Bron-
son Of the Bronson & La Cue Auto
company, the local dealers.
The car was shipped from the fac
tory at Toledo. Ohio. April 4, and the
bill Of lading for it was received this
week, SO that the local agents are
confident that, after their long wait,
they will receive the shipment in
time to display the new models in
their salesrooms Saturday. Only
touring car models are included In
this carload, it being impossible to
obtain any of the roadsters.
The feature of this new car, &C.
cording to Mr.. Bronson, is it's cheap
ness of operation and also it's low
first cost It has met with an unusual
demand throughout the country, so
much so that coast dealers have had
difficulty getting cars, and the local
firm, which was even unable to get
demonstration, borrowed car from
neighboring branch about three
weeks ago. and had it on display here
Just "a hours.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-04-21
THE MAXWELL AND THE HUDSON SUPER.S|x

by +. G. Tew. Local Representative
1t is very interesting from a sales
mans standpoint to watch and study
the different methods pursued bv
salesmen in talking and selling their
inherent products. Any article has
us individual features, if you will
only stop to analyze them. It is nec-
essary to study them and become
thoroughly acquainted with their ne
cuilarlties, and sufficiently informed
on their superiority before you will
be able to talk intelligently.
The automobile-buying public
loves to compare dollar for dollar of
values contained in different cars.
And we welcome the comparison.
In the Maxwell at $745 and the
Hudson Super-Six at $1,525 deliv-
cred in Olympia we feel that we have
two cars which give full value for
every dollar invested. We find en-
bodied in the construction of each of
the two cars features and details of
refinement which are not found in
other cars of the same size, style and
class.
Among the many distinctive feat
ures of the Maxwell you will find a
radiator of two-unit construction.
consisting Of the shell and the core.
The shell is made of pressed steel
and performs only two functions
that of enhancing the appearance Of
the radiator and to serve as a buffer
to the more delicate inner construc-
ton. The core is made entirely of
non-corrosive metals which are not
affected in any way by the water or
air. Where the radiator is fastened
to the frame of the car 1t is support
ed by coil springs so that no matter
how badly twisted the frame may be-
come owing to the roughness of the
road. it is perfectly free to equalize
itself and absorb all strain resultant
therefrom in the spring which sup
ports it.
The first Maxwell was shown at
the New York automobile show in
1904 and it was the first car in the
United States to use the thermo-
syphon system, and while this feat
ure was ridiculed at that time there
are twice as many cars using 1t to-
day as there are using all other types
combined.
The fan has spring arrangement
which makes 1t self-adjusting.
The front axle Is the same type as
is used on all cars manufactured by
the Mercer and Marmon companies.
The steering gear is of the worm
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-04-21
Local Auto Dealers Write About Their CarS|
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!. GASOLINE PRICE
OFFSET By LOWER
!. PRICES OF ALTOS

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"The cost of gasoline is one of the
less important items to the prospect
i've purchaser of an automobile whose
aim is economy" This is the opin-
ion Of one of the most prominent
manufacturers of automobiles in the
world. He bases his argument on
the declaration that the modern car
of today is so complete in it's equip
ment and so reduced in it's price that
these features entirely Offset any in
crease in gasoline cost which has de-
veloped or may develop.
"The automobile buyer would ease
his mind materially about gasoline
prices by taking into consideration
other features involved in the pur-
chase of the modern car" said John
N. WHY'S, president of the WHY'S
Overland company, recently. every
automobile owner is getting more
value for his money in the automo-
bile market today than ever before.
"It is true that gasoline costs a
few cents more this year than last
year, but a comparison of those few
cents with the dollars saved in pur-
chase price almost makes the gaso-
line question seem trivial. Just
think of the decrease in price Of a
completely equipped car during the
last two years. For $615, the price
of our model IS, you can buy car
which would have been cheap at ten
or twelve hundred dollars but a
short time ago. Here we have an
automobile, the accessories Of which
alone would cost quite sum of
money, on the market at price SO
amazingly low that the saving in
first purchase price would almost
cover the entire cost of gasoline dur
ing the first few years. driving.
Another point to be given serious
consideration Is the fact that this
small, light car consumes 80 much
less gasoline in its daily use that the
cost per mile for running is even
less than IL gas were lower and con-
sumption greater"
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1916-04-21

and full gear type, allowing for a
wide range of adjustments.
The starting and lighting system is
designed especially for the Maxwell
and is guaranteed by the Maxwell
company as fully as any other part
of the car.
The clutch is of the cone type, en-
closed and running in oil, and takes
hold smoothly and without grabbing.
The transmission is the three
speed selective, enclosed in an alumni
mum case, which is bolted to the fly
wheel housing.
All Maxwell bodies are made of
pressed steel, attached to a frame of
the finest grade of ash, which is put
together with screws and never
weakens or breaks apart. The first
Maxwell car shown at New York in
1904 also carried the first steel body
ever shown in this country and while
this feature was ridiculed as was the
cooling system, it is interesting to
note that at least 80 per cent of the
cars manufactured in the United
States today are equipped with the
Maxwell type sheet steel body. 1t
simply goes to prove that the Max
we'll engineers were pioneers in de-
signing such original features that
have since come into universal use.
While the Maxwell company has
built a number of different styles and
sizes Of cars for the last three years
they have built but the one model
and the intention is to continue to
build this one only.
The Hudson people have adopted
the same policy this year, building
the one model chassis with six differ
emit body styles.
The Hudson engineering staff has
to it's credit several epoch-making
cars. The car just previous to the
super-Six was new type Light Six
which forced out all former types.
It quadrupled Hudson production.
and gave them first place among fine
cars. Now, as a capsheaf, comes the
Super-Six, a motor which has added
so per cent to the power and EN-
cheney without adding cylinders or
size.
You will find in the above just a
few of the many reasons for my Sc
lection of the Maxwell and Hudson
cars. After having studied these
two cars I decided that each was IN
a class by itself and gave the best
value for the amount of money In
vested.