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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03
Hunting Reptiles In The South.

One OF the last places in the world
that you would expect to see affected
by the war is the reptile house in the
"Zoo." Yet change is to be observed
even there, owing to the conflict across
the water.
The disappearance Of the European
animal market has recently made it
necessary to restock the reptile house
from new regions, writes Mr.. Raymond
L. Ditmar. in the New York Geological
Society Bulletin. The southeast coast
region OF the United States, rich in
reptile life, is the new hunting ground.
Specimens OF the banded water snake
and the brown water snake, both non
venomous, are particularly abundant
at the water edge Of the great river
swamps. The river freshets I'LL
numerous pools and miniature lakes for
several miles back from the rivers, and
as the water recedes, the pools, teeming
with fish, offer ideal feeding grounds
for the snakes. As summer advances,
the pools dry up and a great number
OF the water snakes follow the receding
water back to the swamps.
We made some interesting notes about
the little-known mud snakes, says Mr..
Ditmars. Beyond the fact that they
live in swamps and burrow, their habits
are virtually unknown. They have
been dug up from a depth OF eight or
ten feet and seem TO be we'll adapted
to burrowing, since the head is small
and so hattened that they can use it as
wedge in forcing q way through damp
soil. The scales OF the reptile are as
polished as glass and reflect brilliant
iridescence. The snake attains length
OF six feet and is lustrous purplish
black with vermilion bands that extend
upward from the brilliant red abdomen.
The tail terminates in short but very
sharp spine that is without any poisonous
properties, although the reptile deliber-
ately uses it in his struggle to escape
capture. II you seize one OF these
snakes, it throws its body round your
arm. The spine inficts a sting
like the prick OF needle and sometimes
pierces the skin deeply enough to draw
blood.
Capturing water snakes demands hard
work, patience and ingenuity. The alert
reptiles lurk close to the water, and
upon the slightest alarm dive for safety
and swim away. There is only one
method Of capturing them alive-to
moose them with a copper wire attached
to the end OF a slender bamboo pole
about twenty feet long. Some OF the
finest OF the one hundred specimens that
we captured We noosed from a boat;
We propelled one craft more than mile
to capture a huge pilot water snake,
thicker than a mans arm. We passed
the moose over his head and neck and
pulled it taut, but his struggles swung
the boat completely round and nearly
capsized US. When We got him into the
boat, the wire moose broke and the
nearly escaped over the side, but We
finally bagged him.
Work like that resulted in the ship
ment for exhibition OF more than a
quarter Of a ton OF snakes, not count
ing our captures OF lizards, turtles and
amphibians.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03
Compare These Two Letters

A letter written by the Kaiser to
German woman who has lost nine sons
in the war is now going the rounds OF
the European press, says the Paris cor
respondent Of the New York Times. u
is particularly interesting to Ameri-
cans because Of its sharp contrast 10 the
letter OF President Lincoln to mfa
Bixby during the American Civil war
The Kaiser is "gratifed," and SENDS MS
photograph. Lincoln was Srieved' ana
il did not occur TO him that his picture
would relieve the desolation OF mfs.
Bixby.
Here is the letter that the Kaiser
wrote:
"His majesty the Kaiser hears that
YOU have sacrificed nine sons In de'
tense OF the Fatherland in the present
war His Majesty 10 immensely graf
fled at the fact, and in recognition 10
pleased TO send you his photograph
with frame and autograph signature
Frau Meter, who receiver the letter.
has now joined the street begsars In
Dclmenhors- Oldenburg TO get q living
Mr.. Lincoln wrote this to the sorrov'
ing mother, Mrs. Bixby:
Dear Madam have been shown
!, the fles Of the War Department
statement OF the Adjutant-Generai OF
Massachusetts that you are the mothef
OF Ave sons who have died gloriously
ON the field OF battle. feel how weak
and fruitless must be any words OF mine
which should attempt to beeuile you
from the grief OF loss so overwhelm'
ine. But | cannot refrain from tender
inR 10 YOU the consolation that may oe
found in the thanks OF the republic they
died TO save. pray that our Heavenly
Father may assuagc the anguish OF
your bereavement and leave you only
the cherished memory OF the loved ana
lost, and the solemn pride that must DC
yours to have laid SO costly sacrihee
upon the altar OF freedom"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03
The Soldiers Pets.

Since the prehistoric human hrst
tanned the wolf-like progenitors OF
modern dogs and made them his COM
panions and shared with them the shell
ter OF his smoky caves, pets have been
an inseparable part Of the life OF man.
He clings to them even in the midst OF
the serious and deadly business OF war
In one small cantonment where two
hundred poilus sang, shouted, a te'
drank and danced together to the strain
OF wheezy gramophone, or in one word
we're resting" started to investigate
the various kinds OF pets owned by the
troopers, says Miss Kathleen Burke in
The White Road TO Verdun. Cats,
dogs and monkeys were common, and
one poilu was the proud possessor OF a
parrot that he had purchased from
refugee. He hastened to assure us that
the bird had learned its vocabulary from
its former proprietor. A study in black
and white was a group Of three or four
white mice nesting against the neck OF
a Senegalese.
The English Tommy Is quite as de-
voted to animals as his French brother.
I remember crossing from Boulogns to
Folkestone one bitter February day.
Alongside the boat, on the quay at
Boulogne, were lined up teh men VINO
had been granted leave. Arrayed In
their shaggy fur coats, they resemoled
little the smart British soldier OF peace
times. II was really wonderful how
much the men managed TO conceal under
those fur coats-or else the eye OF the
oiicer inspecting them was Intentionally
not too keen.
Up the eangway trooped the men, and
noticed that two OF them walked slow
" and cautiously. The boat safely out
OF harbor, one OF them produced from
his coat a large tabby cat, and the othei
placed a fine cock on the deck. II was
a cock with the true Gallo Spirit be-
fore the cat had time to consider the
situation he had sprung upon her back
The cat beat a hasty retreat into the
arms OF her protector, who replaced
her under his coat. Once in safety, she
stuck out her head and growled at the
cock, which, perched on coil OF rope
| crowed VIGOROUSLY. Both had been
the companions OF the men in the
trenches, and they were bringing then
home.
A soldier standing near me began tc
prumble because he had not been able
to bring his pet with him. ] inquired
why he had left it behind since the
others had brought theirs away witt
them. and ELECTED the information tha
his pet was "a COW, and therefore some
what difficult to transport" He seem
ed rather hurt that ! should laugh, ant
assured me IL was "a noble animal
brown with white spots, and had giver
himself and his comrades two quarts o.
| milk a day." He looked disdainfulll
at the cock and the cat.
"They could have left them behint
and no one would have pinched them,
he said, whereas know I'll never SCI
Sarah again. She is far too useful"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03

Chairman c. L. Shaver, Of the DEM
ocratic State Executive Committee.
announces that politics is adjourned,
so far as speaking or public activity
Of the Democrats in West Virginia is
concerned, during the period Of the
Liberty loan drive. Mr.. Shaver said:
"The chief concern Of the American
people now is the approaching Fourth
Liberty Loan, the complete and I'M
mediate success OF which 10 the next
imperative step in the war conflict. The
response made by every community will
be the true measure OF our devotion TO
American ideals. There can be no
divided interest when all that We hold
dear is at stake, and an respecting the
wishes OF Colonel Watson and Of the
other Democratic candidates when ]
declare officially that during the weeks
Of Liberty Loan drive the Democratic
organization Of West Virginia will re-
frain from all public political activity,
so that we win not arrange for any
Democratic speech making during that
period"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03
He Had Enough Attention.

For the apt word and the ready reply,
the American soldier is certainly not
behind his allies, the Tommy the poilu.
The Boston Herald tells OF Yankee
"doughboy" in the Philippine insur-
rection who was knocked out by bullet
in the leg.
AS he lay there helpless, unable to
drag himself to a place Of safety, two
more bullets whisked up and embedded
themselves in other parts OF his body.
At the third hi, he raised himself pain
fully and, shaking his fist in the direc-
ton of the Moros, shouted:
"Shoot some one else, you bloodthirsty
murderers. I'm not the whole Amer
lean army!"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03
the cars made in America come here in
parts to be assembled, tested, armed land


parts to be assembled, tested, armed land
all the other makes OF cars are mo-
all the other makss OF cars are mo-
bilized here preparatory to going into
use on the flying fields and the front.
There is besides the huge work OF re-
ceiving the wrecked cars as they are shot
down and smashed. They come here
riddled with bullets, their wings torn
off, which tells OF fierce contest. Such
as can be made serviceable again are
sent back to the field, while the wreck
age Of those beyond repair strews an
immense field and is a ghastly remind
er Of the heroic sacrifice their pilots have
made.
The process OF assembling the cars
as they come from America was follow
ed through its various stages, in the
six huge "bays" OF the workshop, each
bay having a capacity Of IS machines,
or over 100 machines going forward at
the same time. Nine huge boxes bring
the different parts. First the fusilage
or body is set up, the motors installed,
the landing wheels attached, the wings
and tail adjusted, the gun racks and
armament prepared, and soon a COM
plete car ready for flight grows out OF
the scattered parts.
How many are turned out daily can
not be stated, but il can be said that the
capacity OF this big airplane center
working in 8-hour shifts is so complete
airplanes day. And in these days
when the mobilizing OF machines fol-
lows close on the mobilizing OF men, the
actual production is not far from the
full capacity.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03
A Close Observer.

After Witnessing the performance OF
blind pianist, says the American
Medical Journal, one lrishman remark
ed to another:
"By the powers, that's the best music
ever heard with me two ears"
"He does pretty well for blind man,
doesn't hep"
"He does, indeed, but was just think
in OF wan thing"
"What's that ?"
at wouldn't make any difference to
him il he wasn't blind"
"Why not ?"
'Well, was watchin' him all the
evenin', and he never looks at the piano,
anyhow"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03

The Kaiser is due before long to see
great light, for the Ordnance Depart
ment has announced that it has per-
fected a new aeroplane fare that gives
a light equal TO that of four hundred
thousand candles. II is supported by a
parachute of the finest silk. When il is
released, the friction Of the air operates
the fuse mechanism and turns on the
light. Even at height Of two thous-
and feet il will illuminate circle mile
and half In diameter so brightly as to
enable the airman to pick out any
building hs wishes to bomb. G
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03

Tommy, in his third year, moved to
the country. His parents thought that
the city was no place for growing boy,
but they had not consulted Tommy. II
rained during the first long day In the
new home, and Tommy, forced TO re-
main indoors, made repeated Trims to the
windows to look out.
"Why isn't anyone passing" ne
asked his mother again and again.
"when is some one going by? No one
is going by now, either. want to 60
hack to New York, !" be concluded firmly.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03

Nothing more amazing has come to
light in the training Of our troops than
the fact that many Of them are being
instructed in trap shooting, with shot
guns, not for the purpose Of "potting"
Germans on the wing, but to make them
skillful enough to stop an oncoming
hand grenade in the air, and SO either
to divert it or to explode it outside the
trench.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03

81 don't like your heart action" said
the medical examiner. "You have had
some trouble with angina pectoris."
"You're partly right, DOCTOR said the
applicant sheepishIy, "only that Amt her
name"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03
NOTICE..

We want to buy all kinds of
FURS, HIDES, PELTS, etc, in
Guiding muskrat, 'possum and other
skins Highest prices paid in cash.
We are in the market for all
kinds Of Old Metal, Old Rubber,
Rags, Old Paper, Bones, and Junk
of every sort, for which we pay the
highest market price in cash. II
YOU have anything to sell, send me
word and | will come and buy It
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03

"Excuse me, miss, but here 10 .
strap"
81 thought had q strap
"No, Miss, you we're hanging on 10 my
ear"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-10-03

Eczema spreads rapidly; itchinf
almost drives you mad For quick relief
Doan's Ointment 10 veil recommenooo
6Oc At all stores.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
F 4 G. s

What tobacco really means to sol
der has been voiced in more poetry
good bad and Indifferent, but always
neart-felt-than almost any other sub
ject OF the wal Here is a poem from
The British army which became sc
popular abroad that it has 'oeen re
printed and widely distributed.
When the cold is making ice cream OF
the marrow OF your bones,
When you're shaking like a jelly and
your feet are dead as stones,
When your clothes and boots and
blankets and your rifle and your
kit,
Are soaked from Hell to breakfast
and the dugout where you sit
Is leaking like a basket, and upon the
muddy floor
The water lies in filthy pools, six
inches deep or more; ~t
Tho life seems cold and miserable and
all the world is wet, ....M.
You'll always get thro' somehow If
you've got a cigarette.
When you're lying in listening post
way out beyond the wire,
While a blasted Hun, behind a gun, is
doing rapid fire; LrR '..".
When the bullets whine above your
head; and sputter on the ground,
When your eyes are strained for ev-
cry move, your ears for every
sound ..
You'd bet your life Hun patrol is
proving somewhere near;
A shiver runs along your spine that's
very much like fear;
You'll stick it to the finish-but, III
make little bet,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

tOber, A. ID. 1916, and filed for record
in the office OF the register of deeds
of the county of Burleigh and state of
North Dakota Oh the 10th day of
October, A.. D. 1916, at $40 o'clock p.
NJ, and recorded in Book $40 of Mort.
cages on page 1C1, will be forec!ose5
Ly sale of the premises in such mort
gage and hereinafter described at the
front door of the court house in the
city of Bismarck, in the county OF
Burleigh and state of North Dakota,
at the hour Of o'clock p. IN. on the
23rd day Of March A. D. 1918, to salts
fly the amount due on said mortgage
on the date OF sale.
The premises described in said mort
gage and which will be sold to satisfy
the same are those certain premises
situated in the county of Burleigh,
and state of North Dakota, and de-
scribed as follows, to,wit: ia,
Lots numbered Seven CD and Eight
(S), of Blk numbered Ninety-eight (9S)
.of Mckenzie and Coins. addition to
the city of Bismarck, according to the
plat thereof now on file in the Of
fec of the Register of Deeds Of Bur.
leigh county, North Dakota.
That there will be due on said mort
gage at the date of sale the sum Of
Nine Hundred Ninety-five and 15-1O0
z($996.15), Dollars, together with the
statutory attorneys fees and the costs
of this sale and foreclosure
Dated at Bismarck, North Dakota,
this list day of February, A. d. 1918.
CHRISTIAN BERTSCH. JR.
Mortgage.
H. F. O'HARE,
Attorney for Mortgage.
Bismarck, North Dakota.
P 8 l6 %; ?-2 9.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

Til it lands upon dugout-and the
dugout isn't there;
When the air is full Of dust, and
smoke, and scraps Of steel, and
noise
And you think you're booked for gold
en- crowns and other Heavenly
joys,
When your nerves are all a-tremble
and your brain is all a-fret-
1t isn't half SO hopeless II you've got
cigarette.
When you're waiting for the whistle
and your foot is on the step,
You bluff yourself, it's lots OF fun
and all the time you're hep
TO the fact that you may stop one
fore you've gone a dozen feet,
And you wonder what 1t feels like
and your thoughts are far from
sweet;
Then you think about little grave
with r. !. p, on top,
And you know you've got to so across
--altho' you'd like to stop;
When your backbone's limp as water
and you're bathed in icy sweat,
Why, you'll feel lot more cheerful II
you puff your cigarette.
Then, when you stop good one and
the stretcher bearers come
And patch you up with strings, and
splints, and bandages, and gum;
When you think you've got million
wounds and fifty thousand breaks
And your body's just a blasted sack
packed full Of pains and aches;
Then you feel you've reached the fin
ish and you're sure your NUM-
ber's up,
And you feel as weak as Eelgian beer
and helpless as a pup
But YOU know that you're not down
and out, that life's worth living
yet.
When some old war-wise Red Cross
guy slips you a cigarette
We can do without MacConachles
and Bully, and hard tack,
When Fritz's curtain fire keeps the
ration parties back;
We can do without greatcoats. anu
our socks, and shirts, and shoes
We might almost-tho' doubt it-~-get
along without our booze,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
Four earthquakes In one Morning.

Four seismic disturbances occurred
in Japan on the morning Of November,
5. The first shock occurred at 9:5S
and lasted for minute and a half. It
was weak. At II: 23 brief but VIC
lent culver was felt. Five minutes
later strong but HORIZONTAL vibration
followed. The final shock, at lisa,
was hardly noticeable. Scientists de-
clare the center of disturbance to have
been fifty miles from Tokyo East and
West News.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
Lo,,e. n Battle.

In the campaign in Italy In 1859
rifles were used on both sides, and the
proportion of casualties to combatants
was at Magenta and Solferino one
eleventh. In the Franco-P russian war.
when both sides were armed with
breech- loading rifles, the average pro-
portion Of killed and wounded at
Worth, Spicheren, Mars-le-Tour, Grave
lotte, and Sedan was 0ne-ninth. the
heaviest loss being at Mars-le-T Tour,
where it was one-sixth, and the small
est ut Sedan, where 1t was one-twelfth.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
Onions.

Even now few people perfectly real
iZe the beneficial effect that this
vegetable has on the system. and 1t
is too often ignored on account OF
its pungency of flavor and smell. A
wcll-boiled Spanish onion will induce
sleep when most other things fail.
and on this account alone it should
frequently form 4 supply dish for the.
brain-wcnry man or woman OF BUSH
ness. .s ~
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
IT. YOU HAVE SONNET HING YOU DOM i NEED
NARCk #TRlBJNE'S CLASSIFIED COLUMNS

We can do without *. R. q o. and
Military Law"
We can beat the ancient Israelites at
making bricks, sans straw;
We can do without lot of things
and still win out, you bet, 's3
But I'd hate to think Of soldering
without q cigarette.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
SUMMONS.

} State OF North Dakota, County OF
Eurleigh. E
ilrl District Court, Sixth Judicial Dis.
trict. si:t. 49h I. .ss,g zs..s. .,.s
HIS. Russell, plaintiff, vs.. George
F.. Brooks, defendant.
The State Of North Dakota to the
above named defendant:
You are hereby summoned and re-
qllired TO answer the complaint of the
plaintiff in.. this action a copy. Of
which is hereto annexed and herewith
served upon you, and to serve a copy
OF your answer upon the subscriber at
his Office in the city of Bismarck,
Burleigh county, North Dakota within
thirty days after the service Of this
summons upon you, exclusive Of the
day of such service, and in case OF
YOUR failure so to appear and answer
judgment will fbe taken against you
~ default for the relief demanded in
the complaint.
Dated this 9Th day Of November,
1917. s.,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

You'd feel a whole lot better if you
had cigarette.
When Fritz is starting something and
his guns are on the bust
When the parapet goes UP in chunks,
and settles down in dust,
When the roly-poly rum jar comes
a-wObblng thro' the air,
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
WORN WASTED

LOST - Monday evening between
Main and Thayer, small black purse
containing little over $500. Finder
return to Tribune for reward
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

lOsT-Between Second st. and Guss
ner's store, buckskin sack contain
ing six valuable rings. Return to
Tribune. $50 reward offered.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

FOR RENT-Three nicely furnished
rooms in strictly modern house for
light housekeeping. 41G 18th ST..
Phone 441X. 9 Is st
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

FOR RENT-A modern furnished
room close in. Call at 30S Fourth
street or phone 555Z 2 16 st
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

LQST-A black grip between St. Al
exius hospital and Lucas blk. Find
er return to Tribune and get re-
ward. 2 II st
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16
RdISOELLANEOUS

WHNVED-TOf buy 160 acres or $50
acres Of good prairie or improved
land In nHflsigh county. Price must
be right. Address Box 211. Bis.
u j,,.rclr ~ n a. 2.16.tf
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

Tribune want ads bring results.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

~, F. e. McCURDY,.
Attorney for Plaintiff: Residence
and PaO Address, Bismarck,
North Dakota.
20; 2.-A22, 8, 16, %, 80.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

RooMs-Three rooms in modern
house suitable for light housekeep-
ing. Phone 469 K; Ais list st.
'OR RENT-Close in, furnished
rooms for light housekeeping. All
5th street. Phone 273.
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

FOR RENT-Modern furnished rooms
for housekeeping. 81 Front st.
Phone 437L us St
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

3oARDERs at 212 3rd street. Clean
warm room. Good meals, living
price. New management.
b -H-ng a. -. ~ ~ \ ! 4 II linn
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

FOR R5NT-Modefn rooms that are
really wa~m the coolest days. Could
be used for light housekeeping. 622
Third street. / II mo
The Bismarck tribune. [volume] (Bismarck, N.D.) 1916-current, 1918-02-16

F0K SALE Mission, floor piano
lamps. Made to order. Models may
be seen at s419 Nandan Ave. 2-16-1S