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The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-11
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RedlIross Notes

Inc third lecture on Home Service
work was given Saturday afternoon
by Miss Flora Mae Green at the Com
mercial club. Miss Green's subject
was Health" She said that the most
important point in controlling dis
ease is to remember that every case
of communicated disease comes from
contact with another person who has
disease. Water, milk and food are
good carriers of disease"
The third special order for surgical
dressings and hospital supplies has
been received by the Richmond chap.
ter. It is planned to send the order
Feb. 16, to the Indianapolis warehouse
so that it may reach Cleveland by Feb.
%. The order includes: One hun
red heel rings. 200 small cotton pads,
200 small oakum pads, 5000 large shot
bags, 5000 small shot bags. The
work shop will be open each day dur.
ing the week, and on Tuesday and
Thursday evening, as usual.
Owing TO freight embargo, Rich
mond chapter has been almost entire
ly out of surgical gauze for the past
two weeks, as shipments of gauze
made in December have not arrived.
The output of surgical dressings has
been far below average on this aC-
count.
The following order was shipped to
indianapolis Saturday by this chap
ter:
Two thousand. one hundred fifteen
articles, including: Hospital Gar
ments-35 suits pajamas, 50 hospital
shirts, 30 pairs bed socks, 20 pairs bed
shoes, 100 handkerchiefs; total, 455
pieces. Hospital Linen-16 comfort
pillows, 10 napkins. 20 wash cloths,
100 pitcher covers, 10 tray cloths;
total. 176 articles. Knitted Goods
II sweaters, so pairs socks, l scarf,
8 pairs wristlets; total, lS4 articles.
Surgical Dressings-40 gauze com
presses, by 4; 40 gauze congresses.
by 9; 200 gauze strips, 80 gauze
Sponges, 50 gauze rolls, 3 yards by az
inches; 405 four-tai!cd bandages, %
1T" bandages, 155 abdominal bandag
es, 100 triangular bandages. 40 many
tailed bandages: total, 1000 pieces
Wayne county chapter of the Amer,
lean Red Cross Saturday received
from the Red Cross War Council in
Washington, check for S562,S1 which
Is the balance due the Chapter on its
collections for the Red Cross War
Fund subscribed in the county last
June.
The total collections in the county
To February 9th. were S30.9S1.Ss, of
which the chapter is entitled to rs per
cent or $7,732.97 Refunds made TO the
ckapter in August, October and De
cember amounted to $7,17016, leaving
the balance of S562.s1. which was re-
coived Saturday.
The collections to date amount to
mere than 90 percent of the total
amount subscribed and the Chapter
hopes in the next few weeks to bring
the collections up to 80 per cent at
least
The amount refunded to the chap
ter for local work has been used for
the purchase of materials from which
TO make hospital supplies.
The Junior Red Gross membership
campaign begins Tuesday and ends
February %. 1t is planned to enroll, IL
possible, 100 per cent OF all school
children between Lincoln's and Wash
tngton's birthday.
ANIMAL MEETING
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-11
Richmond Rotariians Will
Attend District Meeting

Delegates from the Richmond Rot
airy club will attend the district con.
ference at Terre Haute. Friday, March
s. Secretary Wilson, said Monday
that any member of the club is elig.
ible to attend.
I'VE are in hopes Richmond will
send large delegation" he said. A
special program will be given up at
the luncheon Tuesday at the Airing
ton hotel.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-11
PLAN WORK FOR 1918

Finance and membership commit
tees OF the Commercial club held a
joint meeting Monday afternoon to
plan for the new years work. Mem
bers of the Finance committee are Oil
Yer Nusbaum, John H. Nicholson. L. f
Brown, membership. Fred J. Bartel
D. N. Elmer, Edward H. Harris, Will
lam Rooney, Charles w. Jordan, Lee
+. Nusbaum, Charles Thomson.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-11
7, RS CONDITION
CONTINUES BETTER

NEW YORK, Feb. 11-Col. Theo-
dore Roosevelt's condition continues
to improve, it was stated at Roosevelt
hospital early today. He passed a
comfortable night and his physicians
believe that his recovery is merely a
matter of time
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-11
GORDON EXPECTED HOME

Don Gordon, widely known Rich
mond man who joined the navy last
December, is expected home on a fur
Tough to visit his parents. Mr. and
Mrs. Bert Gordon, soon. Gordon has
made two trips across the Atlantic.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-11
ANNUAL MEETING

Subscribers to the Industrial De-
velopment fund will hold their annu.
q. meeting Monday evening. March
IS. at the Commercial club.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-11

The Junior Red Cross membership
campaign begins Tuesday and ends
February %. 1t is planned to enroll, If
possible, 100 per cent OF all school
children between Lincoln's and Wash
tngton's birthday.
The Richmond palladium and sun-telegram. [volume] (Richmond, Ind.) 1907-1939, 1918-02-11
All New Spring Styles Just Received

Mems Pigskin Lace Shoe, will stand all
E bnrne OF A Msasaf ss Ssao srade S695
Mems Tan Calf and Black Gunmetal Lace
or Button Shoes; English Or CD OK
high toe style; During Sale. DCsCC
One lot of Mems Tan Calf Lace Shoes,
high toe style, regular S. gradeCA Ok
During Annual Sale DFsAO
One lot of Mems Tan Calf and Black Gun
metal Vamp, with Brown Buck top, lace
and button Shoes. Sc grade. ca or
During Annual Sale. DfsVO
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
MEN WITH NERVES OF IRON
Remarkable Feats That Are said 70
Have Been Performed by Eng
Ilsh SteepIe Jacks.

The business of being steeplejack
oas very strangely run through sew
,ral families of England. At Noting
nam there was a family named Woot-
ron. members of which had for centu-
ries the reputation Of being daring
steeple climbers, not for adventure Out
in the way of business.
One of these Woottons, In the time
If George III, was famous for repair
ing steeples and spires without using
,caffolding; he did his work by the
help of ladders, hooks and ropes. When
ne repaired st. Peters spire, Noting
ham, in 1859. having finished his work.
he beat a drum at Its top, thousands
Of people looking on.
Another Of the Woottons undertook
the perilous task Of ascending the spire
of st. Mary's, Manchester, which was
very lofty. BY tremendous Wind liie
bali and cross had been bent down, ana
looked dangerous. This steepie ciilnO'
or raised ladders one after the other,
assisted by blocks and ropes anu
secured each In succession 10 the stone
work with clamps. When he got near
the top Of the spire the work became
more difficult, and the spectators anx-
Iously watched him as he fixed the last
ladder. Having accomplished this feat
Wootton stepped from the ladder on TO
the crown or pinnacle Of the steepie'
and stood quite upright, with his hands
free. Then he raised a cheer, which
was responded to by the crowds below
More extraordinary still, one OF these
steeple-clImbers Is said to have per-
formed the feat Of standing upon MS
head on a steeple top.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
LANGUAGE HARD TO MASTER
Fearful and Wonderful Sentences were
Those Written by Pupils OF
MaIaysian School.

Some queer sentences turned out
by the pupils Of the Methodist Girls
school at Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia.
One can usually distinguish the sub
tect and tell what the child tried to
say at least.
When the form Of verb Is changed
1t Is called congregation.
The prime meridian Is called the
eternal date line.
Gibraltar is the keynote In the Medi-
terranean.
The finest wheat that ever cropped
grows In Russia.
The masculine Of spinster Is bore.
He had nothing on except a sword
and he was unarmed.
A wife is the upset (opposite) of
the husband.
The place was taken by storm and
thunder.
Benjamin Franklin looked very fun
ny with his clothes behind and loaf
of bread In his mouth.
The cat was thin and pale.
Gibraltar is known as the keyhole
Of England.
st. Helena Is a place where Ma
poleon had been diminished.
The Barbarian states are Morocco
Algfers, Tripon and Turnips-
Queen Victoria reigned 60 years.
Sine was the longest sovereign that
ever ruled in England.
A frog Is q bug with four legs. 1t
stands up In front and sits down be-
hind.-World Outlook.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
PIONEER LIFE III MISSOURI
Was "FIne for Men and Dogs" but
Undoubtedly Also Hard on
the Women.

"In Pioneer Families Of missouri,
is printed a letter written by a woman
TO her sister in Kentucky. the Kansas
City Star says:
"The men and dogs have a fine time,
but we poor women have to suffer. We
pack water from one-half mile to one
mile for cooking and washing. My ad-
vice Is stay where you are. But II you
see anyone coming to this country,
send q plank cradle for poor little Pat
rick. His poor little back Is full OF
hard bumps, lying In a cradle George
made out Of a hollow log, with piece
of wood for pillow. George and at
tended a wedding last week. The
preacher, hard-shell Baptist, had a
long buckskin overcoat. The groom
was in his shirt sleeves. with white
cotton pants that came just below his
knees, and white cotton socks and
buckskin slippers on his feet Inc
girl was dressed in low-necked, short
WASTED, short-sleeved white cotton
dress that was monstrous short for
girl like her. She had on buckskin
slippers and her hair was tied with
buckskin string, which Is all the go
here. And when the preacher was
spelling and reading the ceremony
from the book, the girl commenced
sneezing and the buckskin string
slipped off her hair. which fell all over
her face, and everybody laughed"
An early marriage ceremony in Liv'
ingston county took place with the
couple on one side Of Medicine creek
and Squire Jordan on the other side.
The creek was booming. The young
man swan the stream and brought the
squire down from his house. Then the
Young man swan back and took his
place beside the young woman. Squire
Jordan couldn't swim. He wanted to
postpone the ceremony few days IN
I'll the creek went down. The young
folks wouldn't have IT. They joined
hands and told the squire to go ahead.
The questions and answers were shout
ed across the creek and the knot was
tied. Medicine creek got its name, ac'
cording to tradition, because a country
doctor in trying to swim 1t lost his
"pill bags" as they were called.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24

Suffering Described A, TEXTURE
Relieved by Blaek-Erausht.

Rossville, Ga. Kstc Lee Able, OF
This place, writes: "Ny husband is an
engineer, and once While lifting, he in
iurcd himself with piece Of heavy ma
chinery. across the abdomen He was
so sore he could not beer 10 press on
Himself al 81, or cheei or abdomen. He
weighed les lbs, and !ell off until he
wC:rhed 10 lbs in two weeks.
He became constipated ard it looked
like he would die. We had three different
doctors, yet with all their medicine, his
bowels failed 10 act. He would turn up
ten cent bottle OF castor oil, and drink
it two or three days in succession. He
did this yet withou; result. We became
desperate, he suffered so. He was swol-
len terribly. He told me his suffering
could only be described as torture.
sent and bought Thedford's Black
Drausht. made him take big dose,
and when il began 10 act he tainted, ne
was in such misery, but he got relief and
began TO mend at once. lie got well,
and we both feel he owes his lie to
Thedford's Black-Draught."
Thedford's Black-Draught will hep you
to keep fit, ready for The days work.
Try it! NC-l3i
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
EoIlv of Ridicule.

A moment of indulgence In ridicule
may create lifelong resentment, notes
student.
The late Richard Mansfield is said
to have nursed a grievance against
Henry Irving for years. The reason
was that Irving had momentarily In
dulged a little weakness he had for
making sardonic remarks.
Ridicule of persons strikes at per-
sohal vanity. And vanity is a very
common weakness. Few escape 1t al
together.
And this kind of ridicule, in fact all
kinds, on examination, will be found
to be associated with vanity. In ridi-
cullng there is invariably the desire to
show how clever one Is oneself.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
Got Their "LiveIy Time"

A famous lion-tamer tells of queer
Christmas present he once received. 1t
was q consignment from a friend
abroad Of three Demonstrators and
FIVE alligators, "With Jim's best wishes
for q lively time" The lion-tamer and
his wife got the lively time desired
He says:
81 shall never forget how annoyed 1
was when, during the night, two Of the
alligators broke out of their boxes In
our bedroom and began exploring. l
could not find the matches, and and
my wife remained on top Of the bed
canopy till morning. Luckily, my wife
never thought OF the thing that wor-
ried me. l was afraid the alllgators
might call on the Demonstrators TO
wish them a Merry Christmas, and SO
wake them up too"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
Horses Jumping Powers.

II the reader will carefully measure
out 80 feet I'm idea of horses capac-
lty In this direction will be gathered.
Such a distance steeplechase horse
called Old Chandler is reported to have
covered at Warwick many years ago;
and there is more than one apparently
authentic record Of horse clearing
over seven feet in height. The scene
of such an exploit was at the Phoenix
park, Dublin, and the horse was called
Turnip. The animal belonged to Sir
e. Crofton, and the duke Of Richmond,
then lord lieutenant Of Ireland, wa
yered $500 that this height could not
be cleared. A wall Of the requisite d.
mensions was built, and when finished
Turnip was ridden at 1t. He did what
was asked Of him in perfect style, but
Il happened that his grace, not know
Ing that the feat was ready for per-
Torrance, was not looking when the
lump was made, and Turnip was there
fore ridden over 1t again, not only sue
cessfully, but easily.-London Tit-Bits.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
plans for the impeachment of Judge

Plans for the impeachment Of Judge
George C. Sturgiss, Of Morgantown,
Judge of the Monongalia circuit court,
are being made by counsel for the Mon
ongalia county court In connection with
the Forthcoming special trial there OF
the county commissioners under charges
OF Official misconduct recently returned
by a grand jury. Judge Sturgiss has
filed a memorandum with the Monon-
gala county clerk in answer to papers
filed by the county court in which a
speedy trial Of the commissioners 10 de-
manded under the grand jury charges
In il he refutes certain charges made
by the commissioners in their applica-
ton for an Injunction from the State
Supreme Court to prevent him from
hearing the case against them on the
ground that he was prejudiced in the
controversy, and also explains why ne
has not obtained a special judge to
hear the case, as directed by the Su-
preme Court. Judge Sturgiss says ne
has requested no fewer than five other
circuit judges to sit in the case, but
that all had excused themselves on ac-
count OF pressing court work. Judge
Sturgiss is former member OF Con-
press from the second West Virginia
district.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
CATCHING Monkeys.

The well-known habit of monkeys to
Initiate the actions of man IL cleverly
utilized by wild-animal catchers In tax.
Ing the agile, climbing creatures cap
tive, says Popular Mechanics Maya
zine. The hunters method Is to walk
about for some time within sight Of
the wild monkeys. wearing short boots.
Then the boots are taken off and gum
Is placed in their bottoms, after which
the men withdraw from the scene. Be.
fore long the curiosity of the Initiative
watchers in the trees gets the better Of
their caution and they descend and
start to try on the boots, whereupop
they discover that the footwear cannot
be removed and, being unable to climb
are easily captured.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
POTASH ALWAYS IN DEMAND
Hard to Obtain Sufficient Quantity OF
This Most Important OF
Fertilizers,

Potash is perhaps the most impor-
tant of fertilizers. Although potas-
SUM, In It's combinations, Is one OF the
most widely distributed Of the ele-
ments, 1t is found massed in bulk In
only q few places. The Saxon deposits
at Stassfurt, and the beds In Alsace,
nre the worlds chief sources OF sup
ply.
Elsewhere, potash is to be had only
by the treatment Of great quantities OF
material, with a small resultant yield.
The case is not as bad as that OF
radlum, where q ton Of ore may give
only a fraction of grain Of the pre-
cious metal; but 1t Is bad enough to
make Its extraction an extremely cost
" process. The farmers wife has al
ways known how to leach potash from
wood ashes in sufficient quantity to
make the soft soap for the family
washing, but this method does not pay
commercially.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
Thousands OF Young men have bee

Thousands OF young men have been
kept out Of the army and the navy by
fiat feet. The defect is hard to cure
but easy to prevent. No Indian ever
has fallen arches, for Indian boys go
barefooted until they are about twelve
years old. Fifty years ago nearly all
American boys went barefooted from
choice all summer. Their only foot
troubles were stone bruises and, in the
winter, chilblains. Now that the coun-
try is in such need Of leather for war
purposes, there is chance for several
million American boys to do their "bit"
by organizing for next spring the Young
America League Of Barefooted Patriots.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
Nuts and Digestion,

The reason nuts are thought indiges-
tible by some is because Of the thin
skin surrounding each kernel, notes
medical authority. This can easily be
blanched off by pouring boiling water
on the nut, and allowing 1t to stand
for a few moments. Almonds should
never be eaten with the red, tough
skin on the nut meat. When boiling
water Is poured on the almond, this
skin becomes as tough as leather. The
best way to use nuts for children is to
grind the nut meats or pound them,
Tor which purpose the nut-butter knife
In the meat grinder will be found the
right tool. A good nut cracker with
strong spring makes nut-crachng
easy, and Is preferable to buying the
ready-picked meats on the market.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
Strono NEGATIVES.

There Is one great advantage about
keeping both glass and film negatives
in envelopes made Of transparent pa.
per-that the negative can be look I'd
at and identified without taking 1t
out Of its envelope. More negatives
are damaged by being turned over to
find some particular one than by the
lapse of time, and the transparent en-
velope protects them from injury from
this source. A system Of filing and
cataloging, by which any negative re-
CURED can be found with minimum
of disturbance of the others, also tends
to prevent damage.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
An Occasion For Grief.

After shoveling the snow from the
sidewalk for two hours little Patsy, says
Reedy's Mirror, began to cry.
"what's the trouble, my little man ~
asked a sympathetic neighbor.
"a bad tramp came along and stole
the snow shovel from the boy next
door,"
"Well, my lad, it's very nice thing
to be sympathetic" said the neighbor,
"but you mustn't worry so over other
peoples affairs"
at amt that" said the boy. "I'm
crying because he didn't steal my
shovel, too"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24

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"the blues" should accept Mrs. Rohr-
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Pinkham's Vegetable Compound a
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For over forty years it has been
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Co., Lynn, Mass.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24

"Budders and Sistahs." said an old
colored preacher in one OF the Southern
States. "l'se gwine to preach powahfuI
sermon dis nawnin.' l'se gwine to de-
fine de undefinable. Use gwine to explain
the unexplaiuable. and l'se gwine TO uu-
screw de unscrutable."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24

Andrew Carnegie was once asked
which he considered to be the most i'm
portant factor in industry-labor, capt.
tai or brains? The canny Scot replied
with merry twinkle in his eye, (which
is the most important leg Of a three
legged stool ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24

n "OohAAS
caused baekachs
and headaches. A
friend called my
attention to one OF
your spaper
advertisements and
mediately my
husband bough t
three bottles OF
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Veget ia BILE Com
pound for m e.
After taking two
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24

"The EDITORS gone and enlisted"
says the Mountain Patriarch, "and his
wife is now in full charge Of the paper,
and inone weeks time she has collect
ed enough to buy her good dress and
q reasonable fall hat"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24

Bridget-(watching her mistress az
she packs a missionary barreD-"An
sure, mum, We mustn't put in tn hammer
so they'll have somethin' t open it wild"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24

Itching, bleeding, protruding or blind
piles have yielded to Doan's Ointment.
60c at oil stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
Norfolk &WeStern Ry.

Schedule in Effect Oct. 10, 1917.
LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY.
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 1850 A. M.-For Bristol and IN.
termediate stations Pullman Broiler
Parlor Car to Roanoke; connects
with the ST. Louis Express for all
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Chicago, cafe car.
No. 27-5.33 p. M.-For Shenandoah,
Va. and Local Stations.
No. IL SO A. M.-Let Off from connect
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doah Junction or 10 take on for Basic
or beyond. Pullman Sleeper TO Gary,
w Va, and Jacksonville. Floricd.
Cafe Car to Bluetield.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 2S-9.35 A. M.-For Hagel stown
and intermediate stations, connects al
HagerStown for Harrisburg, Phlladel-
phia and New York.
No. 1896 P. M. - For Hagerstown
Philadelphia, and New York; Parlor
Car. Pullman Sleepers, HagerStown
to Harrisburg, Philadelphia ant New
York
No. 2-1.36 A. M.-Let off from Basic or
beyond. or to take on for connecting
lines at Shenandoah Junction or Ha-
gerstown. Pullman Sleeper to Phil
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1918-01-24
HUSBAND
Saves WIFE.
From Suffering by Getting
Her Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Pittsburgh, Pa--"For many months
I was not able to do my work owing 70