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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Vertigo.

VertigomeanSl literally turning round;"
it is another name for dizziness. A per-
son who has always beenfree from trouble
and who is suddenly attacked by it is usu-
ally much alarmed he is not unlikely TO
fear that he has some serious form of
brain trouble. But vertigo is caused by
so many things that his sapprehensions are
generally unfounded. We are all familiar
with the vertigo that is caused by whirl-
ing rapidly in merry -go-round, or that
which children induce by spinning round
on their toes, that is the result OF rapid
disturbance OF the fluid in the internal ear.
The worst attacks OF giddiness are seen
in Meniere's disease, which is disorder
OF the internal ear. When that is COM
plicated by hemonhage within the ear,
the sufferer sometimes falls violently and
suddenly to the ground. Some persons
are seized with vertigo whenever their
ears are syringed, or when the physician
begins to remove wax from the ears by
any method.
Vertigo is also caused by disordered
stomach, and therefore it frequently &C
companies seasickness. Many persons
who are alarmed at recurring attacks Of
dizziness have been cured at once when
they have had proper glasses fitted to
their eyes. Great nervous strain and
prolonged loss OF sleep are sometimes at
the root of the trouble, and poor circula-
ton, which prevents sufficient blood from
being carried to the brain, is occasionally
responsible for il. Finally, any growth,
like tumor or an abscess, growing on
the brain will produce very severe verti-
90, together with many other symptoms.
When an attack OF vertigo comes on,
the sufferer must keep perfectly quiet and,
if possible, lie down for time. Then
he must seek to discover the underlying
cause of the attack. Many slight cases
OF vertigo yield easily to treatment di-
rected to The general digestive system.
If the person is anaemic, that condition
must be corrected, and in all cases if Is
necessary to examine the ears and the
eyes very carefully
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Ierson County, West Virginia, Thursday February g. 1916
A World Dying OF Thirst.

Humorists long have made the mysteri-
Gus inhabitants of Mars the objects OF
cartoon and quip, but in lecture at the
Rosicrucian Fellowship Hall recently Prof.
S. L. Boothreyed, OF the department OF
astronomy in the University oiWashing-
ton, expressed pity for the plight ofthose
who live on the planet nearest the earth.
"Study convinces us that there is in
telligent reason on Mars" said Professor
BoothroYd, in an address which was illus
trated by astronomical drawings and
photographs. "The canals of Mars are
not, as some people think, filled with wa
ter and cut like the Panama, Suez or Erie
Canals, but merely are called canals be-
cause they are straight. Yet the fact that
vegetation on Mars moves south at one
season, bearing its necessary moisture,
and then moves directly north over the
same path makes inevitable the conclu-
sion that there is intelligent direction be-
hind this.
"Mars evidently is an old planet. Its
water is rapidly disappearing; it is dying
of thirst. Let US think with pity OF the
people-perhaps like ourselveS-who are
trying desperately 10 conserve what mois-
ture is left that they may live. Sad it
seems sometimes that we cannot stretch
out friendly hand OF assistance"
Professor Boothroyd expressed the
opinion that the earth some day will Idle
of thirst" as Mars is dying, being unable
to retain its moisture.
The astronomer also said there is evil
dence that life exists on the planet Venus,
though il doubtless is OF lower grade
than Mars, owing to less favorable at
moSphere. AS for the stars-the suns
that lie infinitely beyond the solar system
OF man-no one dares say that intelli-
gence equals 10 ours does not exist.
Professor Boothroyd showed some
striking drawings of mountains of the
moon.
"These mountains, he exclaimed, "are
10000 feet high, and may be measured
accurately from their shadows. These
pictures are probably as true 10 nature as
some OF the drawings that our engineers
make OF mountains within view"
The utter insignificance Of the earth
compared with the solar systems of the
universe was brought out forcefully by a
comparison of distance. Light can travel
from the earth 10 the sun in eight minutes,
it was pointed out, whereas it takes light
hundreds OF years TO move from the earth
to some of the stars.
at is foolish TO say what we may know
and what we may not know in the future, +"
remarked the lecturer. "All the great
men OF history who have ventured 10 say
that certain things would never he accom-
plished have been contradicted within a
short time. Infinite and unknown as the
universe is, the greatest thing in it is the
human mind, and the possibilities OF the
mind are unlimited"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
A Just Judge.

There is an old New England squire
whose knowledge Of the statute law Is
limited, but who has decided views as to
common justice. Not long ago a certain
Zed Smith was brought before him. charged
with larceny. II appeared from the evi-
dence that Zed had rented horse from a
farmer TO do some hauling, and that, dur
ing the period the animal had remained
in his possession, he had fed II from the
owners stock OF grain. The agreement
having been that Zed himself was 10 sup
ply the feed. He was charged by the
farmer, therefore, with the iheft OF two
bushels OF oats and corn.
"The statutes made and provided" The
old squire announced ponderously, "says
the theft is 10 convert TO your own use
the property OF another. The horse Is
the servant oil the owner. not Of Zed. and
Zed converted them oats TO the horses
use, not his-so acquit Zed OF stealin'
them oats. He Amt guilty OF larceny"
Zed rose, thanked the squire, and was
about TO leave the room when The old
man called him back.
"As | said. Zed." he remarked, with a
CLEAN OF humor In his eye, you amt
guilty OF larceny, but you shore air guilty
OF something, and I'm aoiE' TO send you
TO Jail for month for it."-Tfs Youth s
COmDdniOn.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Plough Work.

sour minister is always talking TO us
about sacrifice. am getting tired OF it.
He expects us TO give, give, give all the
time. He seems TO think the church is
the greatest institution in the world"
"Perhaps he is right. But agree with
you that we can't always be givingto the
church. There are other things that we
must think of. am afraid our minister
is visionary rather than practical"
The first speaker was wealthy buSi-
ness man and the second was successful
lawyer. Both men had very large in
comes; they lived not only in comfort
but in luxury, and denied themselves
nothing that they felt it desirable to have.
They were church members and gave
generously; but neither of them really
knew the meaning OF the word Sacrifice. "
A few months after this conversation,
the two men joined party thatwa going
round the world. Before they started,
their visionary" minister earnestly asked
them to observe and TO remember any
unusual and interesting things that they
might see in the missionary countries
through which the party was to travel.
The men promised-carelessly, perhaps
10 do so.
In Korea, one day, they saw in field
by the side Of the road boy pulling a
rude plough, while an old man held the
plough handles and directed it. The law
yer was amused, and took snapshot OF
the scene.
"That's curious picture } suppose
they are very poor" he said TO the mis-
sionary who was interpreter and guide 10
the party.
eyes," was the quiet reply. "That is
the family of Chi Noui. When the church
was being built they were eager to give
something TO il, but they had no money
so they sold their only OK and gave The
money to the church. This spring they
are pulling the plough themselves"
The lawyer and the business man by
his side were silent Tor some moments.
Then the business man said, "that must
have been a real sacrifice"
"They did not call it that" said the
missionary. "They thought it was for
tunate that they had an OK TO SELL"
The lawyer and the business man had
not much to say. But when they reached
home the lawyer took that picture to his
minister and told him the story.
81 want 10 double my pledge 10 the
church," he said. "And give me some
plough work to do, please. have never
known what sacrifice for the church meant.
A converted heathen taught me. am
ashamed TO say have never yet given
anything TO my church that cost me any
thing"
How much does the average modern
church member ever sacrifice for his re-
ligion ? How many that call themselves
Christians ever sold the OK and then har-
messed themselves 10 the plough?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
The MYSTERIOUS Eagle.

On the broad top of stony, rain-g quilted
hill in middle Georgia there lies a very
large eagle, concerning which conflicting
stories are told. The one point thatseems
10 be certain is that the Indians lett the
eagle as a legacy 10 the State. A hun
dred years from now il will probably be
found lying on IFS b1ck, with outspread
wings and tail, even as il lies today. For
il is made oil quartz rocks so cunningly
placed that il would require pick IN a
strong mans hands 10 displace any one
OF them. The rocks lap and overlap in
such manner as TO represent feathers.
No cement holds them in position, and
the stones vary in size, weighing from a
half pound TO three or four pounds. The
image rests on a very firm foundation,
for the stonework extends several feet
into the ground.
Once, perhaps twice, treasure-seeking
vandals dug into the breast OF the eagle /;
but the work must have proved TOO labo-
rious, for The diggers gave up before they
had reached the bottom layer ot over
tapping stones.
Rough but fairly accurate measurements
OF the bird show the length OF the eagle
from the middle OF the tail TO the head TO
be one hundred and two feet, and from
tip TO tip OF outspread wings, one hundred
and twenty feet. The length OF the besk
ia ten feet, and the height Of the body at
the centre OF the breast is Ten feet. The
eagle lies with IFS head 10 the west.
Tradition does not give any satisfactory
explanation OF the age or The meaning oil
the great stone mound. II may have had
religious significance 10 the red men who
built it, and il may be The burial place OF
some great chief. II is one OF the most
mysterious and most interesting Of pre-
historic monuments in the United States.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Bad Cough p? Feverish ?
Grippy ?

edy. DR.. Kings New Discovery
contains the ingredients which fight
cold germs, which soothe your cough,
healing the irritated and infamed
mucous membranes. Just as soon as
YOU start taking DR.. Kings New
Discovery your recovery is assured.
Without assistance your weakened
system tries in vain to throw Oh
these cold germs. Your system cries
for help and DR.. Kings New Dis.
covery is just the remedy needed.
Get a bottle to-day. Take at once.
You will feel much better tomorrow
All druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
NEW VOL. 5l-No. 5.
Squash From Ancient Seed.

Rivaling the discovery of the Aztec
bean nearly fifteen years ago. seed has
been found in the prehistoric cliff DWELL
ings OF Arizona along the Verde river
that has been planted and has grown into
huge green. extremely waty squash,
which has been named the "Actec." The
squash was grown from seed hundreds
perhaps thousand-years old, and In
the Verde country is considered wonder
OF the age.
The discovery was made by John q.
Allen, OF Cherry. Ariz., and in most
novel manner. Allen was fishing along
one OF the tributary creeks Of the Verde.
and his skill with the rod seemingly failing
him, he decided to see If he could not
make his trip profitable one by hunting
the ruins tor pottery LEFT by some pre-
historic tribe.
Making his way into one OF the larger
rooms OF the cliff dwellings he noticed a
portion OF the wall that appeared as II
some time or other il had been closed up.
Further investigation proved that he was
right. for he easily broke through the
wall at this place and discovered small
room or recess which contained pottery,
corn cobs and about a dozen seeds that
resembled ordinary squash seed. The
room had been sealed so tightly that not
even mouse could make its way into Il.
II was TOO late to plant The seeds at the
time of their discovery last year. so they
were not planted until early last spring.
OF the IL seeds but one came up, and the
plant from il carried one large squash
which weighs IS pounds.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Sciatica's Piercing Pain.

To kill the nerve pains of Sciatica you
can always depend on Sloan's Liniment.
II penetrates TO the seat OF pain and brings
ease as soon as il is applied. A great
comfort too with Sloan's is that no rub
bing is required. Sloan's Liniment is in
valuable tor stopping muscular or nerve
pain OF any kind. Try if at once if you
suffer with Rheumatism, Lumbago, Sore
Throat, Pain in Chest, Sprains, Bruises
etc. Ii is excellent for Neuralgia and
Headache. 25c at all Druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Clarence Myers, 20 years old, and Johl

Clarence Myers, 20 years old, and John
Graham, 40, were burned to death few
days ago in the Jail at Toms Creek, w.
Va, in fire they started themselves.
The two men were arrested on charge
of being drunk and disorderly. They
threatened TO set fire to the jail, which is
small, one-story wooden structure, but
no attention was paid to them. When
the fire was discovered it was too late TO
rescue them and their charred remains
were found.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
FEEBLE, AGED WOMAN
Saws Vinol Made Her Strong

Grand Saline, Texas. am an aged
woman and for long time was weak
and feeble but Vinol restored my health
and strength so that feel almost young
again and am doing all my housework.
Old people who are weak and feeble
should try Vinol and know its merits as
do. 1t is the best medicine to create
strength and for chronic colds / have
ever taken. Mrs. FANNIE E. RODGERS.
Vinol, our delicious cod liver and iron
tonic, is sold on our guarantee to benefit
or your money will be returned.
OWENS & MILLER, Druggists,
Shepherdstown. w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Written for the Register.)
The Old Home.

There's no place like the home OF my childhood
No matter where eer may roam.
No flowers like those in the wildwood
That grew near my boyhood home.
All over the globe have wander ed
In search OF rich treasure in VAIN
Now long for the old-iashioned homestead
And the days OF my boyhood again.
Oft in fancy scent the wild roses
That bloomed near our own cottage door,
Each day some lost beauty discloses
That never had cherished before.
Then give me the home OF my childhood.
Take back every other loved charm;
Let me roam once again in the wildwood,
Let me live once again on the farm.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
The.e Ailments Weaken Your
System. Your Body Then
Needs the Help OF
DR.. Kings New Discovery.

Colds are annoying. They inter
fere with our duties. In our weak
ened condition they may end in a
spell of sickness or even more serious
ailments. Fear, however, should be
overcome, for in DR.. Kings New
Discovery you have an effective rem
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
0VERWORkED MOTHER
Finds Health In Our Yinol

Collinsville, ILL., suffered from .
nervous break down and terrible head
aches, and was tired all over, totally
worn out and discouraged but a. ] had
a large family had TO work despite my
suffering. / saw Vinol advertised and
decided TO try II, and within two weeks
/ noticed decided Improvement, and
now ! am q well woman. Mira. ANA
BECKER.
We guarantee vinol, our delicious cod
liver and iron tonic, 70 strengthen and
build up weak, rundown, overworked
mothers.
OWENS & MILLER, Druggists,
Shepherdstown. w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
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.
To be stronger when older, keep your
blood pure and rich and active with the
strength building and blood-nourishing
properties of Scott's Emulsion which IS a
food, tonic and medicine TO keep your
blood rich. alleviate rheumatism and
avoid sickness. No alcohol in SCOTS.
Scott q Bovine. Bloomfield. NJ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03

For any pain, burn, scald or buise.
apply DR.. Thomas Eclectic Oil = the
household remedy. Two sizes, 25c and
SOC at all drug stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03

A sluggish liver can cause person an
awful lof OF misery. Spells OF dizziness,
headaches, constipation and biiiousness
are sure signs thai your liver needs help.
Take DR.. Kings New Life Pills and see
how they help tone up the whole system.
FiHe for the stomach too. Aids digestion.
Purifies the blood and clears the complex
ion. Only 25c. at your Druggist.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03

Don't use harsh physics. Thereaction
weake1s the bowels, leads TO chronic
constipation GeiDoan's Regulets. They
operate easily. 25c at all stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03
Ground Limestone.

Mr.. Farmer, with clover seed higher
than II has been for years. czn you AFFORD
TO take chances Of losing your seed on
sour soil2 There Is no question OF the
superiority OF ground limestooe oyeS burn
ed or hydrated lime, considering the COM
parsliye cost, effectiveness and sa1eiy.
This IS proven by the Pennsylvania ONO
and other experiment .taiiosS. also S1m
tests. Ground Limestone can Be apples
now on your wheat without injury. We
are booking orders }of ground iimestQee
af 81. IS per ton on our farm OF win grad
your own limestone on yofr fafm. See
Us about terms and dates.
MCDONALD BROTHERS,.
Media Farm. Charles Tovn, W. Va.
Jan. 20, 1916-4w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03

Hives. eczema, itch or salt fheum sets
you crazy. Can't bear the touch OF your
clothing. Doan's Ointment is fine for
skin itching. All druggists sell il. SOC a
box.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1916-02-03

It's easy 60 change the shape
and color of unsalable brands
to initiate the Prince Albert tidy
red tin, but IL is impossible to
initiate the flavor of Prince
Albert tobaccoi The patented
process protects that!
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-19
Prime Minister Of AuStraIi;
Sways British Public with
Marvellous EIoquenCe.

LONDON, July 10 Seldom in the
recent history of English-speaking
peoples, and perhaps never in the
memory of Britain. has any politician
almost unknown to the general public
made so swift a conquest of the mag
nation and the enthusiasm of the
masses as William Morris Hughes,
The prime minister Of Australia Only
The sudden achievement Of William
7. Bryan after his Grown Of Thorns,
ind Cross of Cold" speech before the
Chicago convention twenty years ago
gives parallel in America
Last year Hughes was known 10 the
United Kingdom as colonial pre-
mler. one of a list Of overseas states
men or politicians, with Borden,
Fisher, Laurier and Ward. men whose
names are familiar to Englishmen,
whose personalities are merely vague
shadows in the public mind. These
colonial leaders always were treated
with formal respect when they visited
the mother country. A few public
dinners and receptions, perhaps q
snighthood. a decoration and a uni
rersity degree were given them. But
outside the official world general
who had conducted one OF England S
little wars" or an explorer who had
written some new names across the
map, was more of a parsonage.
A YanIIee-Like Wclshman.
Now the story Of Hughes is the
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-19

approaching great and complex
questions loosely and grandiloquent-
w." Hints have been dropped that
he was negecting his own work in
Australia.
Is Thin and Pale.
1.-THE Australian Abraham Lincoln
as Hughes has been called, whose life
spans only ffty-two years, and who
has risen in thirty-two years from the
status of an humble emigrant TO sit
around the council table as priyy
councillor is anything but a strong
man physically. He is thin, and pale,
with a face resembling Robert Louis
Stevensons, but with the fire and
energy which often glow in a fralI
body. His career has been a hard
working one. An old Australian friend
in London remembers him keeping
little Notwithstanding shop in sgd
new. and always with book before
hn-some work Of economics or phil
osophy, something in the line OF Henry
George or Herbert Spencer His hrst
noteworthy political enterprise was
the organization OF the unskilled work
crs on the Sydney docks. He advo-
Gated compulsory military service as
early as 1901, and made it plank OF
the Labor party platform. AS the head
of the great state which has most near
" approached Socialism, his views on
that system are interesting. His be-
lief is that the growth Of private mo-
nopolies narrows the issue to co
operation for the benefit Of the few
versus cooperation for the benefit OF
the many"
The Hughes orations are more after
the American than the British model
Compared with the classic Oxford nur-
tured and precise, diction OF an AS
auth, his style is as a Welsh chapel
cxhorter's to the Church of England
ritual 1t was because much of the
country was in mood for some proph-
Of who would cut loose from the rit-
raIistic atmosphere, and let himself
90. that Hughes has been welcomed
and acclaimed. He may be portent OF
the leadership, the nation will demand
after the war.
a like Bill Hughes because he takes
the big view" says labor leader Ben
TilIett Certainly he has given the
United Kingdom a fresh and stirring
view. Books of his life and books OF
his speeches are in all the shop win
dows; postcard portraits are displayed
with those of royalty, Of generals and
admirals and popular actresses. His
name has been sprinkled through the
pages of the newspapers the last month
more profusely than any other except
Kitcheners. His position may prove
permanent. or the sober second
thought Of the people may write down
the ''Big View" where the most sober
and non-political journals has written
It, as "jumble of fallacies." But
while the bushrangor-umbrolla mend
er-prlmo minister embarks for his
colony, with his university pnrchments
and his golden caskets in his modest
trunk, the remarkable part he has
nlayed in making the old country sit
IN seems worth recording.
The daily telegram. [volume] (Clarksburg, W. Va.) 1901-1926, 1916-07-19

approaching great and complex
questions loosely and grandiloQuent-
w." Hints have been dropped that
ne was negecting his own work in
Australia.