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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
Sanitary Safeguards.

The present war has put an end 10 the
tradition thatin war disease is more dead
ly than bullets. TO understand how true
the statement was. if is necessary only to
recall the records of the war with Spain
in 1898. The deaths from sickness as
compared with those from wounds were
about as six 10 one, whereas among the
Canadian troops in the present war the
ratio is as one to twenty.
In a recent interview with writer for
the New York Times, Surg. Gen. William
c. Gorgas said that the change is due
entirely to improvement in sanitation and
preventive medicine. 81 doubt" said
Gen. Gorgas, "if the killing with weapons,
although unprecedented in actual num-
bers, is as great in proportion TO the NUM-
Der OF men actually engaged as has been
the case in some previous wars. For ex-
ample, take our battle Of Gettysburg
One third OF all the men who went into
that battle were left on the field. There
has been no such proportionate loss as
as that in any OF the big battles OF The
present war, although they are OF much
longer duration.
"Also take the casualty figures from Can
ada. They show, roughly speaking, that
Canada in three years has lost not quite
one man in five, counting sick, dead and
wounded. But Grant. in the course OF
three months in his advance from the
Rappahannock 10 Petersburg, lost more
than the entire army with which he start
ed. He started with $50, 600 men, but he
had 200 600 casualties, counting the deaths
and wounds OF the original force and the
reinforcements that joined ii on the way
from river TO river"
General Gorgas also called attention TO
the fact that all the old tenors OF the army
have been forced TO surrender 10 science.
Typhoid is now eliminated by vaccine,
and the same is true OF various lesser dis
eases. The freedom from dYsenterY is
now known TO be merely an intelligent
handling OF water supply, which is part
OF the A B c OF army, as in civilian, Sanl-
tation. The measles, which visits large
army camps as surely as it visits public
schools, scarlet fever and other infectious
or contagious diseases are all kept in hand
by the methods OF quarantine now in
force in the armies. That is the reason
that only one in every four hundred and
eleven Canadian soldiers has died OF dis
ease in nearly three years.
General Gorgas believes that the men
who serve in this war and WHO escape
wounds will be. on the whole, IN better
physical condition when they come out
than when they entered the army 81
think so in spite OF the hardShips peculiar
10 trench warfare, because OF the life oi
the men in the open air and their Scien-
tifically selected wholesome food. Also,
the farther we can keep alcohol from the
soldiers, the better it will be for them and
for the countries they serve. | am in Ia
vor OF eliminating alcohol from the army
altogether"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
Diet, Exercise or Death! /!

An eminent medical authority writes
that most of our city folks die OF thick
ening OF the arteries or of kidney dis
ease. The kidneys become clogged and
do not filter the poisons from the blood,
and one trouble follows another high
blood pressure damage The heart, arteries
and kidneys. Usually its danger signals
are backache, pain here or there, swollen
feet or ankles, rheumatic twinges or
spots appearing before the eyes.
THE very best remedy is this: Eat
meat but once a day, or not at all. Plenty
Of outdoor exercise, and drink pure
water frequently. Before meals take 8
little Anuric, the great uric acid neu-
traHzer that is easily obtained at the
drug store. When you have dizziness,
chills or sweating, worry, or dragging
pains in back, try this wonderful enemy
io uric acid, which DR.. Pierce of Buffalo
y. Y. discovered and named Anuric
Anuric, more potent than Gthia, dissolves
uric acid as hot water does sugar"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

A henroost was robbed one night, re-
ports Case and Comment, and the owner
found some finger prints in the dirt. he
had one OF these photographed and had
the print enlarged. The finger print was
traced TO neighborhood ne'er-do-well
named Nose, and after being accused
Nose admitted his guilt. He looked al
the enlarged photograph and said
"What All wants TO know is: how did
yo'-all git that photograph of them cord
uroy pants wore that night?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
knowledge In a Nutshell.

A cubit IS two feet
A pace is three feet.
A fathom is six feet.
A league is three miles.
A palm is three inches.
There are 2, 2,450 languages.
A great cubit is eleven feet.
Two persons die every second.
Bran, twenty pounds per bushel.
Sounds moves TAB miles per hour.
A square mile contains $40 acres.
A barrel OF ice weighs 600 pounds.
Slow rivers flow five miles per hour.
A barrel of flour weighs l96 pounds.
A barrel OF pork weighs 200 pounds.
An acre contains 4, $40 square yards.
Oats, thirty-three pounds per bushel.
Barley, forty-eIght pounds per bushel.
A hand (horse measure) is four inches.
A span is ten and seven-eIghts inches.
A rifle ball moves 900 miles per hour.
A storm blows thrty-six miles per
hour.
A rapid river flows seven miles per
hour.
Buckwheat, fiftY-two pounds per bush
Ell.
Electricity moves 228,OOO miles an
hour.
A hurricane moves eighty miles per
hour.
The first lucifer match was made in
1929.
A frkin of butter weighs fifty-six
pounds.
Coarse salt, eighty-fve poun1s per
bushel.
A tub of water weighs eighty-four
pounds.
The average human life is tbirty-one
years.
Timothy seed, fohY-five pounds per
bushel
The first horse railroad was built in
1867.
A moderate wind blows seven miles
per hour.
The first steam boat piled Tie Hudson
in 1907.
A days journey is thity-three and
one eighth miles.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

in regulating and assisting all her
natural functions, and in putting in
perfect order every part of the female
system. 1t lessons the pains and bur-
dens, supports and strengthens weak,
nursing mothers.
It's an invigorating, restorative tonic,
a soothing and bracing nervlne.
Castor oil is good for children or adults,
and especially good for aged people. A
pleasant form Of vegetable laxative that
Is To be had ct any drug store, was in
vented by DIR. Pierce, who put together
May apple (podophyllin), aloes, jalaP.
Ask at any drug store for Pleasant Pei
lets, ," and they can be had for little money.
They contain no calomeI and are OF veget'
able constituents, therefore harmless.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
The SmeIting-Pot.

We have beaten our plowshares into
blades to slay an abominable thing. IL
America is to endure, this mailed horror
must pass. We are battling for all the
ideals that democracies have tried for and
died for.
We are defending holy heritage-we
are fighting for secure to-morrows to
insure 10 our children the sovereignties
entailed by our fathers.
We hold for the right OF independent
action-for the right of honest speech
for the right of basic equaity-for the
right 10 choose our own caniers-for the
right TO elect our governors and the right
10 displace them when inefficient or ar
rogant-for all the rights OF the highroad
and for the right of dreams ard their
fulfilment.
All this is threatened by the purposes
OF Germany, and as we meet her, we
shall find ourselves.
In the crucibe OF peril, men reveal
their metal. Their shoddy stuff shows
through pretentious gilds, and gold how
ever deeply hidden, breaks splendid from
IFS dross.
Now by their deeds OF valor and devo-
ton shall the great be measured.
Shame on the genius that does not
enlist for victory Shame on the wealth
that does not fund our cause Shame on
the wisdom that does not seek council
seat TO- day
This war-thiS supreme test OF brains
and SoulS-wll challenge all position
and ambition, call upon every leader to
justify his prominence and his office, ex-
pose graft and ignorance, and win now
every field for keen, clean minds 10 serve
America.
Offortunity is rapping on humble doors
with an impatient sword-hilt, while the
republic summons incompetentS and
dastards to unmask and yield their power
10 filter, finer men. Base ores cannot
cheat the smelling pot.
The hour Of sacrifice reasSays every
citizen and correctly marks his quality
Herbert Kaufman.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

"How shall know whether or not
love girl well enough TO marry her ?"
"Weli, my boy, imagine her on a hot,
sticky day, bending over wash-tub,
scrubbing your underclothes, as your
mother used to do. Picture her, as you
enter, stopping her work and wiping the
perspirstion from her face with the cor
ner of her apron. II you feel that you
would still care TO kiss her; that she'd
still look as good 10 you as she does in
her party iogs, 90 right ahead and marry
her. She's the girl"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
Shepherdsown Jefferson County, Virginia. Thursday 1917

Billy Sunday told story at Brook
lyn luncheon about an apathetic Mis-
sourian congregation.
"This bunch's preacher" he said,
"has wrastled among 'em for 81 years
and never an encouraging word but one
has he got in all that time.
"He told about it with tears in his eyes
He said he was on the way home to din
ner when a deacon hailed him. The
deacon shook him by the hand and ther
actually said {:
"Ah, parson, that was a beautiful
text you preached from Sunday evenin.'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

family, IN every Walk OF Ie % IIuOu 80 Ns 10 aV"os
the attention and admiration OF the world.
It Is now and has been the land OF opportunity OF
the poor the oppressed and the downtrodden.
So jealously has this great family guarded the
rights OF its members that for any nation TO disregard
the rights and privileges OF few Of its members
and refuse TO make good far as possible for the
wrongs indicted, is sufficient for the whole ram
ily to declare war upon that nation II nothing else
would do, In order that the weakest member OF the
family might have the Godgven rights guaranteed to
him by the great family
Does belonging 10 a family OF this kind mean any
thing TO you? Is Il worth while 10 be member Shall
continue h its great mission in the future as IL
has in the past? DO you owe anything personally 10
this family or to the generations that will follow you
or shall be ruled by the Kaiser is the question OF
the hour
This great family is at war because the very prin.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

Xantippe, the wife OF Socrates. was a
famous scold. Mr.. George Ade says he
once asked bright little schoolgirl:
"How did Socrates die 2"
"tie died." the little girl answered
with ready confidence, IRON dose Of
wedlock."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

Would the fire insurance you now
carry cover your loss or replace your
property should a fire occur 2 An ad-
ditional policy for sufficient 10 fully pro-
tect you will cost but a small amount.
Why not feel safe and be fully pfoiecied2
See Washington, Alexander & Cooke.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

The remuneration received for services
rendered has many names. The laborer
calls it pay" the skilled mechanic
wages" the city clerk salary" the
banker Income" lawyer lees" and
a burglar "swag"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
DARST DEMANDS DEVOTION
FOR SOLDIERS IN FIELD
BY Jno. S. Darst. Auditor Of West Virginia.

w them rs Liberty O0n' anu why
Of big family and an
entitled
greatest degree OF liberty
world
without influential friends
influence
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
LIVERY STABLE

In rear of Rumsey Hotel, Shepherds
town, for rent. Immediate possession.
Apply 10 Geo. M. Beltzhoover, EXT.
Can't look well, eat well, or feel well
with impure blood. Keep the blood
pure with Burdock Blood Bitters. Eat
simply. take exercise, keep clean, ana
good health spretty sure to follow. S.Zo
a bottle.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

General Pershing told IN Paris story
about young American soldier.
"He talked lot on the voyage over, "
said the general, "of the delight he would
take in sightseeing when on leave.
" Don't miss Notre Dame Cathedral
in Paris said French volunteer.
"'You bet, won'tp said he.
Don't miss Westminster Abbey in
London, said Scot.
"'No stree! But, say, fellows the
young soldier declared, the thing I'm
craziest OF all TO see is the Church OF
England"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
MlLLER'S PHARMACY
CHARLES TOWN, w. VA.

MOthsr Grzy's Sweet Powders for Children,
For FeyeIishness Bad Stomach. Teethinz Disor-
ders move and regulate the Bowels and are .
pleasant remedy FOR Worms Used By Mothers
for % years They never fail. a, al drEzzjyts. &c
Szrple FREE. ADDRESS, Mother Gray Co. LsRoJ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
nALrHY CHILDREN come from HEALTHY

mothers. And
mothers will
Ger t inly be
health y IL
they'll take DIR.
Pierce's Favor
ite Prescription.
n othing can
equal in build
ing up a wom-
ans strength,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

"Where are you going with that goat,
little boy?"
Down TO the lake. Come along if
you wanter see some fun. This here
goat has jest ei a crate Of sponges. an
I'm goin' down an LET him drink"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
To Our Friends and Patrons

We are very sorry indeed that Mr. Frank W. Myers
who has been our efficient Subagen ShephdStoWn has resigned
70 accept position New York. and therefore becomes necessary
appoint Subagent Shephedstown to look aer the inter-
ess of our policyholderS and ourselves ,.
We have duly considered the matter ana nave nav appoeR R m @ @
we bespea for M the share of patronage as has been
Renewal of vou insurance will be looked after promptly and
hone both Mr. Trout ourselves be favored with continuance
of vOur patronage With best wishes, we are
Very Truly Yours
WASHINGTON ALEXANDER COOKE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
HUNTERS!

We are selling SmokeIess, Heavy
Loaded, Chilled Shot Shotgun
Shells for 90 cents box. Ask to
see the shells we have-you can
not buy them at this price anywhere
else.
Victrolas are going up in price
better let us have your order now
while we have them in stock al the
old prices.
We have a nice assortment Of
Ansco Cameras. ranging in price
from $500 up to $500: all styles,
olding and box.
Complete line Of Hudnufs Per-
fumes, Powders, Soaps, Talcums
and other Toilet Requisites.
No matter what il is, if you want
the best, ask us first.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25
Use Aliens lsoot.Ease 4.

The antiseptic powder 20 be shaken into The shoes
and sprinked INTO the iooi-bzfh. II you mt rest
and comfort for tired. aching. swollen. sEestinz
feet use AIlen's FoOt-Ezse. II relieves corns and
bunions Of all pain and prevents bhsters. sore and
c1EOus spots. Sod eyerJSheIe. 5c. IIy htoday-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1917-10-25

The we'll man often iorgets the sick
mans promise.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-01
FULTZ IS CONFIDENT
Fraternity Leader Says But Three of o75 Members Have Signed Club COntract-ScOtt Gave No Pledge.

| New York, Feb. 1.-Replying to the statements of major league club owners as to the large number of players who have signed 1917 con- tracts President David Fultz of the Players Fraternity said yesterday: T cannot feel alarmed at reports of players signing in flocks when I know the exact situation.
 Between two hundred and seventy five. and three hundred players in the National and American leagues signed the pledges last season not to sign contracts until we get our concessions, and of this number the magnates have been able to show us only three cases where players violated their pledges. Sallee of the Giants, Stanage of De- troit and Prendergast. of the Cubs. Everett Scott, who has signed with the Red Sox, belongs to the fraternity, but he gave Us no pledge. Is there any better proof of the loyalty of the players than the fact that despite pressure only one per cent. has proved to be disloyal to their organization?
 When the clubs were cut down to I tllEll ocdoOu .lItl1tS luGIS were some 1 thing like 375 players in the big 1 leagues last season. Of these there were at least fifty, including some of our most loyal members. who could not sign the pledges inasmuch as they had holdover contracts which covered the 1917 season. Most of these | players are held by the two New York clubs and the Chicago Americans l Many of these men have informed us of their sympathy with our cause, but they all are under instructions to carry out all the stipulations of their con- tracts.
 When clubs speak of having so and so many men under contract they speak of the men who hold holdover contracts, non-fraternity players and , few fraternity players who did not sign the pledge and have signed new contracts. But in my opinion they also speak largely of the young, in experienced rockies that big league
 clubs annually take to their training
 camps.
 , ''There has been a tendency to say , a player has signed merely because he has accepted terms. We have investi-
 gated cases where play CTS were re- , ported to have signed only to find that
 because the player and his club had Ireached terms it had been announced
 he had signed.
 We expected desertions; we looked
 for far more than the few we have
 experienced so far. When you bino 300 men together for a fixed purpose
 you find all kinds and classes, ano
 some will be weaker than others more z readily frightened and more easily
 tempted.''
New Britain herald., 1917-02-01
VERMONT BASEBALL CARD.
Fort!Eam is Listed for Opening Game
 in This City.

III lnlS C1ty.
 Burlington. Vt. Feb. 1.-The base ball schedule of the University of Vermont for this spring was an nounced yesterday. Fordham is list ed for the opening date at New York. The schedule follows:
 April IA, Fordham at New York; 21, Connecticut State; 27, Holy Cross at Worcester; 2s, Harvard at Cam bridge.
 May 1, Penn State; 5, Massachusetts Aggies; 10. Union; II, Rhode Island State; 15, Norwich; IS, Colgate; 19. St.. Stephens College; 23, Colby: 24, Col by; 26, Amherst at Amherst; 80, Mid dlebury; 7. Cornell at Ithaca; 8, Syr- acuse at Syracuse; g, Union at Schenectady; 16, Dartmouth; 23, Will Hams at Williamstown; 25, Massachu- sets Aggies at Amherst.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-01
MAY PLAY ARMY.
Provision for Out of Town Games May
 Mean Yale Contest.

New Haven, Feb. 1.-Prof. Robert Carwin declares that the Army will very likely soon return to the Yale football schedule. The return will be made possible by the fact that tho Army authorities recently provided that after 1917 the eleven could make one out of town trip other than that for the Navy game.
 This permit will make it possible for the Army to arrange home and home series with two major elevens. Foot ball is now largely a matter of dollars and cents in the big universities While the Army could not move from West Point it was not a desirable op- ponent in football. There are no gate receipts at West Point.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-01
F. O. S. OF A. WINS.

New Britain council, o. U. A. M., went town to defeat at carpet bowls last evening, the P. o. s. of A. team results on the various rinks are as follows. Rink 1, O. U. A. M, skip Fairbanks, 12; P. O. S. of A., skip Redden, 15; rink 2, o. U. A. M., skip Tyler, Is; P. o. s. of A., skip Verga- son. 12; rink 3, O. U. A. M., skip Bull 6; P. o. s. of A., skip Parker. 1e. St. Elmo lodge, K. of F.. will meet w. L.. Morgan lodge, K. of F., this evening.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-01
'NEROS|TY IS
 .jOWLERS UNDOING
kle Men Bite Of kOuthful I But Cant Chew It

handicap of 12O pins proved too In for the single men of the Ran club in the clash>with the mar men at the Aetna alleys last hing, and as result the Bene- E will partake of a Dutch supper he expense of the losers. The said Ipins however was the direct cause lhe $. M. digging down into their Is for the price of the feed, their bnents being outclassed in the Nation form of bowling. With the kption of the second game, the Icdicts were outciasscd. For the
 ncrs kahrs and Anderson were
 stars while Westman and Hogan athc best work for the losers. n the second clash of the night lging together single and married Hers, the former was the victor In the sextettes explained by John and Wright changed their plans evening.
 Hawks won two games from the ps and the Ducks dropped ono he to the Eagles.
 ! number of local bowling en- Eiasts will accompany the New tain team in the Inter-City Bowl league to Southington this even- where the first match of the son will be held. |cores of last nights games arc as lows:
 RANG FIR MATCH
New Britain herald., 1917-02-01
DOOM SEEMS NEAR
Frawlcy Law Becoming Groggy and Referee Whitman Gets Ready to Toll Fatal Count

New York, Feb. 1.-The boxing game is up against the legislative ropes and very grogg3.
 It is not going to last another round. Boxing promoters are ready to toss the sponge into the ring at Albany to prevent it from receiving any further punishment
 The game was just naturally bat tered into a pulp after receiving a series of terrific beatings. The in competence of the boxing commission weakened it right at the start, some vicious blows below the belt delivered it down. It hardly needed the finish ing punch furnished by the ring tragedy at Albany,
 The patrons of boxing had begun to cry Stop it." long before that. There is no doubt that the legislature will act favorably upon the recommends tion of Governor Whitman that the F'rawley law be repealed, which will mean eight. nine, ten and out for legalized boxing in New York state. There is some talk among the pro- motors of lobby and petitions to save the boxing game, but it has not aroused any enthusiasm among the boxing fans. Tho "sport' is generally admitted to be dead already, and un- official inquests are being held as Ic the cause of it's demise. Governor Whitman, in starting to prepare message asking for a repeal or 1he Frawley law, is assuming-and nc doubt orrectly-boNing has fallef into utter disrepute.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-01

Gardiner W. White and Norman H. Maxwell, tinalists in the Lakewood golf tournament last month, again played against each other in the first round of the St. Valentine tourna- ment at Pinehurst, N. C., yesterday, and again Maxwell won. White went out on course No. 2, in par 36, to Maxwells 3D. and was 2 up at the turn. Coming in White lost the tenth. twelfth and thirteenth, and then lost the par fourteen in 4, Maxwell win ming the hole with brilliant 3, which made him 2 up. The match ended at the eighteenth, up in Maxwells Ia credit.
New Britain herald., 1917-02-01
AMATEUR BOXERS SUSPENDED. Mckinley Among Those Detecteo
 Selling Tickets.

New York, Feb. 1.-William Me- Kinley, the we'll known boxer, was among the athletes suspended by the registration committee of the Metro politan Association for violating the rules in Newark recently. Mckinley was detected selling tickets for an amateur show He is also charged with being professional basketball player.
 Other boys suspended were F. A. Russell, George Wagner and Dave Cronin, unattached; James Amblcky and Steve Parrillo, Central Institute; A. Centinni. Sportius A., C.. and J. Bondatt, Social A. c. All are !, charged with selling tckets.