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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13
Words From Home
Statement That May Be Investigated.
Testimony of Shepherdstown Citizen.

When Shepherdstown citizen
comes to the front, telling his friends
and neighbors OF his experience, you
can rely on his sincerity. The state
ments Of people residing in far away
places do not command your conf
dence. Home endorsement is the
kind that backs Doan's Kidney Pills.
Such testimony is convincing. Inves-
tigation proves it true. Below is q
statement Of Shepherdstown resi-
dent. No stronger proof Of merit
can be had.
]. F. Wilmington, blacksmith, Mil
ST., says: "My kidneys have been
weak and have had severe head
aches. STOPPING over or lifting any
thing has caused sharp pains. Doan's
Kidney Pills, procured from Hills
Pharmacy, gave me entire relief and
have had no return of the trouble. .
statement given November 7, l9lO)
On December II, 1916, Mr.. Whit
ington said: "The benefit Doan's
Kidney Pills gave me, which | men
toned in former statement, has been
permanent"
Price 6Oc, at all dealers. Don't
simply ask for a kidney remedy-ge'
Doan's Kidney Pills-the same tna'
Mr.. Wilmington had. FoSter-Mil'
burn Co., Mfrgs., Buffalo, N. 7.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13
Rat Census.

Some interesting figures about Il.
rat population Of Kansas have be-
compiled for the federal food admin
traitor Of that State. Working wit
figures Of European rat surveys ma
just before the war, it is estimai
that the rat population Of a city like
Wichita is probably equal to the hu
man population, while in the countr,
districts there are at least ten rats foi
every person. A fair estimate woulc
give 100000 rats for Kansas, eacs
requiring 81 worth Of food a year, +;
S6,000,000 loss.
Practically all the rats in Kansas
however, would have TO work one yea
TO effect the destruction represente;
by the careless handling OF eggs il
that State, for it is estimated the
handling, storing and shipping caus'
the destruction of one-fourth OF tn
States total egg output for a loss {
S5.OOO.0O0.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13
Respectfully yours,
Reducing Prussian 10 the Ranks.
OIeTk UI tHe COUNTY OOuTt.
Charles Town, w. Va.
February 3, 1919.

A Yankee truck driver and a Prus-
sian officer clashed behind the Chateau.
Thierry front, as a returned American
officer tells the New York Sun, AMI the
episode shows us the exact aTount OF
Difference the "doughboy' pays to the
privileges OF the Prussian military
caste.
After depositing supplies and am.
munition at the front, the big army
trucks were filled with German prison.
ers who were to be taken to the rear
A German captain, member OF a
famous Prussian regiment. was among
the detail OF prisoners assigned to ride
in the truck Of which this particular
driver had charge. The Boches had
filled the body Of the car when the
driver noticed that the captain had not
join them.
"Climb in there" he ordered.
"Look at my uniform! Don't you see
I'm captain? You don't expect me TO
ride with them?" he said in perfect
English, indicating the soldiers, as ii
they were so many Gagged dogs. Then
he demanded place On tie drivers
seat, where there were already two
slightly wounded American soldiers 60
ing back to dressing stanons.
Nothing doing" said the Cough
boy" I'm particular about my com.
pany! Get in with your gang, and be
quick about it.'
Throw off those American swine
and make room for me on that front
seatr' ordered the 1russian. "l'm
a captain and"
He got no further. The driver slid
grimy fist into his pocket and pulled
out big penknife; the other nand
shot down, gripped the Prussian by the
collar and jerked him from the ground
as if ne had been a child.
Captain, Ell? Well, that won't wcr.
ry you long! See here!" And as he
spoke he deftly clipped the insignia
from the officers shoulders.
"You're busted" he said. "You'r<
a private now! Get back In the ranks
with the rest Of themw And he drop.
ped the sputtering Prussian into tht
back Of the truck among the othei
prisoners.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13
War and Population.

Theories as to the underlying
causes Of the great war are numerous,
and hardly week passes that some
person whose position gives his words
more or less weight does not offer ex-
plantations on the subject. One
Of the latest is from DR.. c. KilIick
Millard, medical oficef Of health for
Leicester, England
Throughout the worlds history
oyeraowing populations have been
fruitless cause Of political unrest ana
war. Germany's mad dream Of vorie
supremacy was fostered ana enccur-
aged by her rapid increase Of popuIa-
ton during the last fifty years. II the
fall In the birth rate had set In earle:
latest returns show that II Is only.
slightly greater than in England-ihe
present war might have been avoid
ed"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13

The United States Railroad Admin
istration is endeavoring to reduce to
a minimum the hauling Of freight on
Sundays. The pay Of freight crews
on Sundays, which counts as time and
a-half, has reached such enormous
proportions that it has been found
necessary to curtail, and an order has
been issued that only trains Of live
stock and perishable freight shall be
moved from Saturday midnight until
Sunday at 6 o'clock, when it Is pos
sible to observe these regulations.
Last Sunday the usual freight trains
over this division of the Norfolk &
Western Railway were conspicuous
by their absence.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13
Cannot Lose The Toad.

4 When l was poy uoNA oh S~P~
| Cod, writes friend Of the Companion,
remember my mother scraping the
side of toad with her hoe while work
ing in the garden. The next day moth
ar noticed there was large scao
in the toad's side. II made her nerv'
Gus to look at il. and she asked me to
put the toad in box and carry 1t awayS
| carried the toad a distance OF three
miles into the woods and dropped him.
He was back in our garden the very
next day; and although repeated the
performance three times. II hoped
back every time. Finally mother SAID
not to bother him, for the scab was
healing.
never gave that q seccnt thought
until happened to be studying under
Professor Sharp at Boston university,
when, to illustrate point to the class,
he said that toads. like carrier pigeons,
possessed the homing instinct; then
thought OF the toad that mother had
asked me TO carry away from our gar
den at Provincetown. 80 years before.
II happened next morning after Pro-
fessor Sharp made the remark about
the homing instinct Of hvp-toads that
freight conductor came Into the sig
nal tower where I am employed and
showed me a hop-toad he had picked
I'D on the lawn at the Saugus station
and brought to Boston in his caooosei
he said he intended to pu; the toad In
his garden at Somerville 10 eat the
bugs.
told the conductor about the ex-
perience had with tcai down OH
Cape Cod, and that Professor sharp
had said that toads did really possess
tlic homing insia... Finally, we de-
cided 10 tie a small tag 20 the toad's
hind leg with the conductors name ana
address written on IL; AMI he was 70
t1rn the to,d loose = his garden at
Somerville that afterno n. when the
conductors train arrived at Saugus
the next noon the toad with a tas on
which his name was written was mop
ming round on the lawn at the Saugus
station.
In order to prove still further that
toads do really possess the homing IN
stinct. took a toad from my garden
at Wakefield, ten miles from Boston.
Putting the toad in a box, walked
10 the Wakefield station and took
train for Boston at half-past ten in the
evening. When | arrived in Boston
transferred to the Elevsted and RODE
to Charlestown, and at the corner OF
Perkins and Haverhill streets, Charles
town. one mile from Boston. near the
signal tower where work, released
the toad. The toad was tagged WIN
my name and address.
As walked into my driveway in
Wakefield at half-past eight the next
morning a dusty-looking toad with
small tag tied to his hind leg hoped
across the lawn from the direction OF
the Metropolitan park reservation and
placed himself under the sill COCK,
where the water dripped on him ana
bathed his dusty back.-Youth's Com
panion.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13
For a Clean Nation.

The war has wrought many tremendou:
and far-reaching changes in American
character and American thought. II ha:
been great awakener TO duty; not alone
to the great outstanding duties of raising
billions for the Allies, CT creating an ar
my out OF nothing, of depriving ourselves
OF food so that Europe might not starve
These were big duties, unselfishly per-
formed.
With the coming of peace there has
come. too, realization OF the smaller,
but none the less important, duties we
owe ourselves. One of the greatest of
these is being pointed out by the United
States Public Health Service, and back
ed up by the Secretary OF the Treasury,
the Secretaries OF War and the Navy. Ii
is the duty OF clearing the Nation from
vice diseases, which war demonstrated
10 US all were the prime causes OF incl
ficiency within the Nation.
Before the war if would hardly have
been possible for the newspapers 10 dis
cuss such theme as venereal diseases;
the narrow, shot-sighted view was that
such subject was shocking, immodest,
disgusting, not fit 10 be discussed. The
result has been that ignorance OF the
extent 10 which these venereals diseases
were menacing the nation has allowed
them 10 thrive and multiply until, when
for the first time in our history, millions
of our young men were forced to sub
nit to expert medical examination, the
percentage OF men found TO be infected
with one or the other Of these diseases
was appalling,
II was estimated that five-sixths OF all
the venereal disease in the army was
brought there from viviI life.
Such revelations as this add terrific
poignancy TO President Wilson's note OF
warning:
az is not an army we have TO make fit.
II is a HQtion"
To know the truth about communicable
diseases is TO be able 10 guard against
them; to lessen them; to control them.
That has proved TO be true of tubercu-
losis, Of measles, or smallpox; OF all the
communicable diseases.
So we must all come to realize that The
veneral diseases are highly communicable
They are primarily diseases OF vice,
spread mainly through prostitution, but
they are also communicable by innocent
means.
The United States Public Health Ser
vice, through the Bureau Of Venereal
Diseases at Charleston, is making state
wide fight for the cleanliness OF COM
munites. Prostitution is being sup
pressed; laws requiring the reporting OF
venereal diseases, just as other COM
municable diseases are reported, are be-
ing passed by mary States. Clinics for
the skilled treatment OF venereal diseases
are being established.
In this work, which has for IFS object
clean America, every citizen must help
in his single strength, the false nodesty
which has prevented free discussion Of
this menace to the nation must be brush
ed aside, so that everyone may know and
realize the danger 10 be fought against.
Never again can we as individual citi-
zens be content with an attitude OF in
difference toward such subject as this.
The war has opened our eyes; we must
keep them open until the danger is past.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13

Accidents will happen but the best
regulated families keep DR.. Thomas
Eclectic Oil for such emergencies.
Two sizes, 50c and 60c. at all stores.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13
A Card From Mr.. Johnson.

Editor Shepherdstown Register
Our local newspapers, yours amont
the number, have given due notice o.
the resolution passed by our County
Court last week concerning the matter
of having made and preserved among
the county archives a record OF ever
Jefferson county soldier who has
given service in cantonments in this
country, or overseas with our Allies
in the war of 1917 against Germany.
The resolution provides, among
other things, that this work is to be
done under my supervision as county
clerk
Much of the data for this compila-
tion is a matter of record with our
local draft board, and this the board
officials have kindly placed at my SER
vice.
Ii was pleasure for me, when
calling there recently, 10 find all pa.
pers and records so accurately an.
Systematically arranged, and certain.
ly Captain Getzendanner will be gla
to have me say here that much creo
for such condition is due his very ca
pable and obliging assistant, Mis-!
Myrtle Barr, who is going to assist
me in carrying out the order Of the
court.
The records of the draft board are
| find, complete up to the date of en-
barkation.
Our registration book will need the
following additional data, which mus
be furnished Miss Barr or myself by
the returning soldier, or by memoe'
OF his family, familiar with the same
to-wit:
1. Company, regiment and branch
Of service.
3 Date of discharge.
3. Time of discharge.
4. Company, regiment and rank dis
charged from.
5. Time foreign service and rank a
discharge.
6. Army series number.
We will also need some additiona
information from volunteers not reg.
istered, coming under the head of ere.
marks"
To all those interested in III
completion OF the record of value foi
the benefit of the present and future
generations, we ask your cooperation
II you can give us the Information WI
ask for as outlined above, let us hav
1t {, your convenience.
l. ou are not in possession OF /
now, on account of the soldier beint
still in the Service, bear it in MIND
that as he received his discharge pa.
pers he is then and there admonisheo
that his duty on reaching home is tc
register, and if he overlooks this, then
remind him Of it.
Particularly do we ask for informa.
tion concerning those who made tho
supreme sacrifice on land, or sea, or i.
the air.
Respectfully yours,
Chas. A. Johnson,
Clerk of the County Court.
Charles Town, w. Va.
February 1910
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13
Sbepherdstowu Jefferson County, Virginia. Thursday February 49, 1919
Are we TO have an epidemic of hic


Are we TO have an epidemic OF hic-
coughs following the influenza? Last
week Jacob Buxton, a merchant OF
Keedysville, Md, suffered for three
days from an attack of hiccoughs that
was not controlled until he was al
most dead. The Middletown Register
says that five men in that vicinity and
three well-known residents Of Fred
erick developed cases OF continued
paroxysms OF hiccoughS. From Can
ton, Ohio, comes word that seven
teen cases of the same trouble were
reported from that city, one man be-
ing in a serious condition from twelve
days of hiccoughing. Eight cases
were reported in Wellsville and
twelve in New Philadelphia, in the
same State, the patients suffering
from two to four days before securing
relief. Louisville, KY, reports num-
Der of cases of the same thing, and
several persons have similarly been
afflicted in Page county, Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13


Two prospectors, operating a placer
mine in California, were dismayed one
day not long ago to find the spring dried
up from which they obtained water
However, holes drilled near by started
the water flowing again, and TO in
crease the flow they bored into the hill
side 20 feet. This gave them enough
water TO resume operations. On re-
turning TO work the next morning
whaf was their establishment to find 6
Pin. stream oflcrude oil flowing from
the bore. A dam was hastily built tc
conserve the oil until pipes could be
laid to a nearby town.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-02-13

"Don't you always pity a girl who is
frightened in the dark?"
"Yes, | can't help feeling for herl"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23
GIVE CALIFORNIA SYRUP or Floa
AT oNcE.lF BILIOUS OR
coNsTiPATED.

Look at the tongue, motherI III
coated, II isga sure sign that your lit
tie ones stomach, liver and bowels
needs a gentle, thorough cleansing at
once. sprsyH3
when pesKlsh, cross. l~lstisss, pale.
doesn't sleep, doesn't eat or act ratu-
rally, or is feverish, Setotnach sour,
breath bad; has stomach-ache, sore
throat, diarrhea, full Of cold, give a
teaspoonful Of California Syrup Of
Figs" and In a few hours all the foul,
constipated waste, undigested food
and sour bile gently moves out OF the
little bowels without gripping, and you
have q well, playful child again.
You needn't coax sick children TO
take this harmless fruit laxative -
they love its delicious taste, and 1t
always makes them feel splendid.
Ask your druggist for q bottle OF
California Syrup Of Figs which has
directions for babies, children Of al
ages and f1r grown-ups plainly oa the
bottle. beware Of ~counterfeits sold
here. To be sure you get the genuine.
ask to see that 1t is made by the "Cali-
fornia Fig Syrup Company" Refuse
any other kind with contempt.-Ady.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23
Weekly Health Talks
WhGt Doctor Pierce Has
Done for Humanity
BY DOCTOR GRIPS.

10 has always seemed to me that CIR,
Pierce, of Buffalo, N. Y, should be placed
near the top when a list of Americas
great benefactors is written. He studied
and conquered human diseases to a De.
gree that few realize: Whenever he found
a remedy that overcame disease, he at
once announced it in the newspapers and
told where it could be. bought at a small
price. He did not follow the usual custom
OF keeping the Ingredients secret. SO that
the rich only could afford to buy the
medicine, but openly printed the name Of
each root and herb he used. And so TODAY
the names of Or. Pierce and his medicines
are widely known, and they stand for bet
ter health and better citizenship.
: One of this great physicians most sue
cessful remedies is known as DIR. Pierce's
Pleasant Pellets. These are little, sugar.
coated pills. composed Of Mayapple, leaves.
of aloe, root of jalap-things that Nature
grows in the ground. These Pellets are,
safe because they move the bowels gently
leaving no bad after-efscts, as so many
pills do. Very often they make a person
who takes them feel like a new man IN.
woman, for they cleanse the intestincs o.
hard, decayed and poisonous matter that
accumulates when one is, c~ostive. If you,
are co~nstipated, by all means go to- your
druggist and get some Of DIR. Piercess
Pleasant Pellets. They may prove to be,
the veny thing your system requires, to
make you well and happy.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23

and my troubles caused by that weak
ness are a thing of the past. Allwomen
who suffer as I did should try Lydia z.
lPinkham's Vegetable Compound
Mrs. JAS. RoHRBERG, $40 Knapp ST.,
N. s., Pittsburgh, Pa.
Women who suffer from any form of
weakness. agindicatedby displacements,
Inflammation, liberation, Irregularities,
backeche, headaches, nervousness or
.ssthe Blues" should accept Mrs. Rohr-
berg's suggestion and give Lydia e.
Pinkham's Vegetable Compound q
thorough trial.
For over forty years It has been
correcting such ailments. If You have
mysterious complications write for
edvics to Lydia E. Pinkhsm Medicine
Co, Lynn, Mass. p
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23
A Good One.

"Did you make any New Years reso-
1utionsY
Eyes; one not to make any,"
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23

O weakness which
caused bacAsche
and headaches. A
friend called my
attention to n Of
your newspaper
advertisements and
imme diately my
husband bought
three bottles of
Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Com
pound for me.
After taking two
-AAl-- ia f.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23

The congressional practice Of log roll
ing In explained by Q congressman TO
mean that congressman who were In
fluenced are able to procure appropria-
tions for postofftees and other huiidings
for cities NOT deserving" TIE congress-.
man illustrated bytnamlnx1 the postotttcs
ax Rar KArbor.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23
500 Reward. 500

Catarrh 10 a local disease greatly infu,
enced by constitutional conditions. ~
therefore requires constitutional treat,
ment, HALLS CATARRH. MEDICINE
Blood on the Mucous Surfaces of the Sys.
tenn. HALLS CATARRH MEDICINE
destroys the foundation OF the disease,
gives the patient strength by impfovins
doing It's work. $1,000 for any case Of
Catarrh that HALLS CATARRH
MEDICINE fails to cure.
Druggists 76c. Testimonials free.
r. J.. Cheney q Co.. Toledo. Ohio.
The brand of popularity that one
can buy isn't worth the price.
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23
With Trimminos.

Said the almost philosopher: Aft
or all, a man is more greedy than q
woman. He always wants a barrel Of
money, while q woman is well pleased
with a hatful."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23
BIT OF UNPUBLISHED HISTORY
Old Man Surely Looked With Prophetic
Eye Into the Future Of
"HoIy Russia"

Gar Alexander Of Russia was driv.
Ing In Moscow in his bombproof car
rage. and was ~endeavoring to put out
B fire in his coat-tail pocket, which had
been caused when one of his faithful
subjects had slipped an Internal ma:
chine into 1t. F>r
An aged man of Semitic cast stood
at the curb and laughed at the cars
plight. w. .aa,rsa
The czar was wroth and stopped his
carriage.
"Why are. you laughing, you poor
old flshr" he asked. ,
II am laughing because while your
family rules Russia now mine will
rule In the near future" replied the
old man.
1t was an omen. Alexander dropped
back into the carriage seat pale and
trembling. who are you, my manr"
he asked.
"Ha-ha = shouted the old party. II.
am the great-grandfather of Leon
Trotzky."
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23
HUSBAND
SAVES WIFE
From Suffering by Getting
Her Lydia E. Pinkham's
Vegetable Compound.

Pittsburgh, Pa.-"For many months
] was not able to do my work owing to
The Tabor independent. [volume] (Tabor, S.D.) 1913-19??, 1919-01-23

A train Of thoughts is the real thing
IN rapid transit.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-04
MADE FAREWELL GIFT TO OTTO
 E. WULF

Otto F.. Wulf, who resigned as sec retary-treasurer of the Porteous x Mitchell company to engage in busl- ness in Putnam, having bought half interest in the B. D. Bugbee depart ment store of that city, severed his connection with the Porteous & Mitchell company Saturday night, and will take possession of his new busi- ness interests this (Monday) morn ing
 Before leaving the store on Satur- day evening, MT Wulf was presented, on behalf of the employees of the store with handsome morris chair as a testimonial of the high regard in which he was held by the store force. Mr. Wulf showed his keen apprecia- tion of the token of good will from those who have been his business as sociates, some of them for a great smany years, and as the members of the store organization, took advantage of the occasion to wish him unquali- fled success in his new enterprise, he assured one and all that he would al- ways retain pleasant recolleetions of his association with them.-Norwieh Bulletin.
Putnam patriot., 1919-04-04
MISSIONARY MEETING

The Woman's Missionary society oi the Congregational church held a pleasant meeting at the home of Mrs W. H. Longden, Tuesday afternoon Labor problems were discussed. Mrs W. L. Barber gave an interesting talk on the night schools of Putnam and the splendid work they are doing.
 Mrs. James H. Potter, who attend ed the Vassar training camp for nurs- es last summer, gave an interesting talk about that work.
 About 35 ladies were present. Some may not realize that owing to so much reconstruction work the Wo- mans Missionary society, whose DOT ton in former years was home mis- sions, se0; foreign missions, $75, is now s21O dollars for each.