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Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18
RACE TRACK AT LONG BEACH
New Course Fostered by Senator Sey-
noIds of New York--WiIl Be
Ready in 1921.

A new race track may be construc.
ted at Long Beach, l.. l. The enter
prise is being fostered by Senator
Reynolds Of New York, who has Il
number of wealthy men associated
with him. 1t will probably he ready
for racing in 1927 and will give New
York enthusiasts Il racing season from
April Is to NC""mDer Is.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18

Kid, too, figured little Dick was too
much Of midget to make good as
u regular. He expected TO keep him as
finisher Of games.
Gleason has been agreeably sur
prlsed In Kerr. When given chance
to start games this pygmy has sur
prIsed his friends and COMPOUNDED
his critics. He has made good with
vengeance.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18

er fyweight champion, Is going the
rounds of the newspapers.
1t seems that Pedlar Palmer, him
self battler Of no meager science,
was met by boxing writer after an
exhibition bout between Wilde and
another London fayorite.
"Pedlar, what do you think Of
Wilder" asked the writer.
"a bl0Omin' ghost with a 'ammer
in is and" was Palmer's prompt re-
Spouse.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18
VICTORIES FOR vESPER CLUB
Since It's Organization in 1865 Oars.
men Have Won 3o4 Events
in This Country.

OarSmen Of the Vesper Boat club,
Philadelphia, won twenty-four races,
including three national titles in five
regattas this season. Since the club
was organized in 1865 its members
have won 30f victories in this coun.
try, Canada and France in all styles
Of rowing
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18
UMPlRES SHIELD CARL MAYS
Remarks Of Yankee Pitcher Stir ir,
Of st. Louis First Baseman-
Trouble 10 Prevented.

When the Yankees were playing ir
st. Louis on their last trip. q pitcher
named Carl Mays, who has achieved
some notoriety lately, made certain
remarks to George Sisler of the
Browns. They must have been prett,
rough remarks, for this Swiss boy IL
not quick to anger and will stand fol
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18
Ryan Made Good Record.

McGraws new pitcher, Bill Ryan, is
the yOungster he gor from Holy Cross
college last spring and then sent 70
Buffalo Tor seasoning. He IL mig
righthand"r and made It go0u record
In the International league before oe'
Ing recalled.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18

the line and wiggled his putter until
the rest were near Il nervous collapse
and finally sank the putt.
"You didn't think i was going to
hole that one, did you?" he inquired
turning to one opponent.
swell, no, not for the first Is min.
utes / didn't" was the reply.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18
GOVERNMENT OF ALL HOCKEY
Canadian Amateur Association Ar
ranges Alliance With interna-
tionai Skating Union.

The Canadian Amateur Hockey
association has arranged an alliarrc
with the International Skating union
OF America, by which the government
Of all amateur hockey on the conf
nent will come under their joint can
troll.
Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1919-10-18
Aviator to Pilot Eleven.

Denny BoyntOn, star quarterback of
the undefeated Williams eleven OF two
years ago, has been elected captain for
the naval aviation service last year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
Must Raise Sunken Vessels.

One of the greatest problems that
is brought near by the end of hostilities
is that of Salvaging over 100000
tons of shipping that lie on the oceans
floor.
The colossal tonnage, which is equiv
alent TO something like 5000 vessels OF
various size, includes more than one
argosy that would have driven Captain
Kidd and his confreres of the Spanish
main into insanities of greed.
In the depths of the Atlantic there
lies one ship that went down with a
large consignment of bullion; another
sank with large amount of paper
money; while in the region of the Med
iterranean lies a boat laden with pearls
from the East worth many thousands of
dollars.
Before navigation and the fishing in
dustry can be resumed with complete
safety all these wrecks, especially those
in the shallower waters around Britain
must be raised. Trawlers cannot work
effcaciously when their nets catch
sunken vessels instead of fish; and the
danger of these submerged wrecks to
other vessels is obvious.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17

Those OF US who are past middle age
are prone to eat too much meat and in
consequence deposit lime-salts in the
arteries, veins and joints. We often
suffer from twinges of rheumatism or
lumbago, sometimes from gout, swollen
hands or feet. There is no longer the
slightest need OF this, however, as the
new prescription, vAnuric," is bound
to give immediate results as it is many
times more potent than lithia, in ridding
the impoverished blood OF its poisons
by way OF the kidneys. 1t can be OBJ
tanned at almost any drug store, by
simply asking for vAnuric" for kidneys
or backache. 1t will overcome such
conditions as rheumatism, dropsical
swellings, cold extremities, scalding and
burning urine and sleeplessness due to
constant arising from bed at night.
Send to DR.. Pierce's Invalids' Hotel,
Buffalo, n. Y, for l0c. trial package.
FREDERICKSBURG, VA.-rI suffered with kidney
trouble for about four months. would have
pains across my kidneys and lumbago, and when
! would stoop over could scarcely straighten up.
Then at times it was impossible for me to stoop
at all, and became bad that was almost
down and out, when saw Anuric advertised and
decided to give it q trial. 1t was only necessary
for me to take one bottle to completely cure me
and have not felt the slightest trace of kidney
trouble since. / recommend Anuric to all those
suffering with backache or kidney ailments OF
my sort Il. r. SMITH. 800 D Street.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
Shphaawn Jefferson nCunt,W Thursday April H. 1919
Apple Tree Worth $4,000.

Five thousand dollars for one neg
lected apple tree, standing on a poor
mountain side in Clay county. This
may sound like Hog Island dividends,
but it is only proof of West Virginia'S
pre-eminence in the fruit industry
This State is not only first in quality
and production of apples, but the lead
ing varieties of the world have orig
mated within its borders.
This new find was made on the
farm of A. H. Mullins and is Seeding,
says the Clarksburg Exponent. 1t was
brought before the public by western
nursery, to which some of the trees
fruit had been sent. 1t is yellow ap-
pie and the quality of the finest.
The tree was purchased by the
nursery people and will supply the bud
ding stock for the propagation OF its
species, and already it is the parent of
thousands of scions tha-will soon be
in bearing in all parts OF the country.
The owners of the tree have placed
steel cage about it, with burglar
alarm system, and the former owner
has been employed to give il full pro-
lection.
A century ago another Seeding apple
tree appeared in West Virginia. 1t
was on the farm of Morgan Grimes in
what is now Brooke county. The
fruit OF that tree is known as Grimes
Golden, and it has taken front rank
in every land where apples are grown.
According to an agricultural paper, this
old tree is still standing, although it
has been dead many years. The trunk
is being treated with preServatives in
an effort TO keep it standing as long
as possible. When it finally succumbs
it is the intention to plant another
tree of the same variety in its place.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
Can Hurl Rocket 200 Miles.

DR.. Robert H. Goddard, professor of
physics at Clark College, Massa-
chusetts, acting under the patronage
of the United States War Department,
the Smithsonian Institution, Clark
University and Worcester Polytechnic
Institute, has invented a new rocket
that is reported to be terrible engine
of war, with an altitude OF seventy
miles straight up into the air and a dis
tance range of at least 2G0 miles.
The rocket in the opinion Of the
scientists who have investigated its
workings, is the most efficient rocket
ever developed. 1t is claimed the best
known rocket in use today has an
efficiency of less than three per cent,
while the Goddard rocket has an ef-
ficiency record of sixty per cent.
The rocket has been developed in a
special laboratory at Worcester, Tech,
and the signing of the armistice pre-
vented its being put into actual use in
warfare against the Germans, as all
the local tests had been completed.
These tests, made by models, showed
that rocket weighing thirty pounds,
equipped with the Goddard system Of
propulsion, could be sent into the air
far above the earth's atmosphere.
The Goddard rocket is propelled by
a perfect gas engine installed in the
lower part of the shell, the explosions
that generate the power coming from
cartridges that are fed into the chamber
by a clock-like time device. The
range of the rocket is limited only by
the amount of propelling cartridges il
could be filled TO carry. The journey
does not require a cannon to start it on
its flight, the journey beginning from
any point where man can get them.
The weapon feature of the rocket is
in the head, where chamber is filled to
contain either explosives or gas. Men
who have followed the development of
DR.. Goddard'S rocket claim it can be
made as efficient in naval warfare as in
land battles.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
Native Philosophy.

Among the former chieftains OF the
black tribes of the Transvaal Magato
maintained absolute independence dur
ing his reign over the Magatese, and 1t
was not until after his death that the
Beers succeeded in collecting the hut
tax from his people. An incident that
illustrates his character is told in
Secret Service in South Africa.
About 1894 the Boer government sent
Gen. Joebert with a small escort to
persuade the truculent old chief to ac-
knowledge its overlordship, or at least
to pay something on account Of the ar
rears of the hut tax.
care you Paul Kruger" Magato de-
manded.
The general explained that ne was
a sort o! chief induna 10 the President
of the republic.
Go back and tell your chief that
am as great a chief as he is, and that
if he wishes to have a discussion he
must come himself to see me. do
not talk 10 indunas."
That was all the general got, and he
had to be content.
The Kafir starts life at the point most
white men only attain with old age.
Independence and a competency are
his natural heritage; therefore, why
should he toll?
Magato summed up the position to
the missionary who was yainly en-
deavoring to inculcate the European
theory Of the necessity and dignity OF
! labor.
"Why do you white men work 50
hard ?" he inquired.
'To earn money"
"Why do you want money"
THAT We may have no need to work
That is a roundabout way OF gettini
to the position that my young men a.
ready occupy. You say work is goo'
thing, and that all good white men en-
Joy work. Why is it that when yol
send bad men TO prison you make ther
work as z punishment"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
Modern Health Crusaders.

The very large number of young men
turned down by the draft boards as
physically unfit shows the grea. neces-
sity of helping our boys and girls to
become healthy, and the means has
been provided by the Modern Health
Crusade, which is an organized move
ment enlisting the school children in
a novel system of health education,
that grips the child's interest until
health practices become habitual, and
through the children the parents are
educated and community health and
sanitary conditions greatly improved.
ANY child between six and sixteen
years of age can qualify by doing the
official health chores and by agreeing
TO the pledge on the certificate OF en-
rollment. A chore record is given &c
each child on which there are eleven
chores TO be checked off each day as
performed.
There are insignia to be won: IS OF
chores for each week for two weeks
wins a certificate of enrolment and a
title Of page; a total OF five weeks the
title of squire and button; total Of
ten weeks the title Of knight and sill
yer pin; a total of fifteen weeks the
title of knight -banneret and a gold pin
The crusade affords an opportunity
never equalled by any other meth
cd Of teaching health habits, and i'm
provement in the children will amply
repay you for any effort put forth.
Teachers, women's clubs, agri-
cultural agents, anyone interested in
boys and girls can take it up. Thous-
ands of children have taken it up and
We want thousands more. Those who
took it up last year can do so again
The results are simply wonderful,
in physical improvement and preven
tion of diseases among children and
their families.
The Red Cross Junior Leagues arc
authorized to pay for supplies out of
their funds, but if no such league
exists all supplies are furnished free
for the asking, by the West Virginia
tuberculosis League.
There is an ornamental chart fp-
each school room, showing the progress
in knighthood made by each child
Write at once giving number of chill
dren and supplies will be sent. If you
only have few weeks of school, let
the children DO the chores and win what
insignia the school term will allow. Ad-
dress, DR.. Harriet B. Jones, Secretary,
West Virginia tuberculosis League,
Glendale, w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
Iron Ostrich, Clears Fields of Wire

Iron Ostrich" Clears Fields of Wire.
Britain's War OEice has an iron os-
trich that simply eats barbed wire, says
London dispatch. 1t is being used
by the Salvage Department to help
clean up the battlefelds, where il is
estimated at least 100000 tons Of bar
bed wire lies partly buried in the for
mer British lines alone. Salvaging by
hand was next to impossible.
The barbed wire eater consists of
three machines and an engine. The
three machines are a baling press, con-
denser and winch. By means of the
winch and wire rope, to which several
hooks are attached, parcel of barbed
wire weighing about seventy pounds
is picked up and drawn through two
sets of rolls, forming part Of the con-
densef. The mass Of wire is thus form
ed into faggot. This passes into the
baling press and comes out compact
one foot cube. The cubes are brought
to England and sent to smelling works
where the old wire fetches SIS ton.
About forty of these iron ostriche:
soon will be on the job, while the Wal
Office is experimenting with other de-
vices for quick removal Of unexplodec
shells from farm land in France anC
Belgium.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
COME ALL YE FAITHFUL.

Easter time is here-the heart turns
to God in gratitude for the promise OF
the spring.
The war is won, a glorious victory
for the principles Of justice and right.
Prayers from millions Of hearts 60 up
in thanksgiving for their loved ones
spared to them, for the end of the
period of greater anguish the world has
ever known. Nights that were spent in
watching, and days in waiting for news,
news that one prayed might never
come, are over.
"Why seek ye the living among the
dead ?" the Easter angels sing. Your
loved ones are coming back to you,
whole and stronger for the experience.
as it nothing to you, all ye that pass
by ?"-this greatest gift with which
the Father could bless you, the saving
of your boys life? There is no ade-
quate way in which gratitude for this
greatest OF dll DlSSSIIlSS Sal ~ ShO" IL,
but there is one way in which thank
fulness may be expressed. II is by
helping to insure the victory already
won, by making it so secure that there
will never again be the necessity for
war.
This can be done through the whole
hearted support of the nations ideals
and principles. Through the prompt
and hearty response of the whole coun-
try to the needs of the government true
praise may be demonstrated, and the
keystone to the arch of Victory set,
making the structure firm for all time
TO come.
Many of the boys are already back,
others are coming every day and per-
haps the last will be home during the
summer. Shall we let them come back
while the victory they won is still un-
paid for, before the keystone is set?
Easter time-peace time-promise
time. Fulfill the promise, keep it on
earth forever.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
The Origin of the DOughbOy.

How many readers know why Ameri-
can soldiers are called "doughboys" ?
Stars and Stripes gives this explana-
tion:
The term "doughboys" dates from
the Civil War, when army wit was
aroused by the large, globular brass
buttons on infantry uniforms. Some
one-he must have been a sailor-dub-
bed the buttons "dOughboys" because
they reminded him of the boiled dump
lings of raised dough that are so fire.
quently served in ships messes and are
known to all sailors as 'doughbOys.'
Originally, the name referred only to
infantrymen, but the American EX-
peditonary Force applies it TO all
branches and all grades Of the service.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
New Game Laws

The West Virginia Legislature at its
recent session made a number Of
changes IN the game laws Of the State.
Here are some Of the provisions as
TOW enacted:
All hunters must have a license.
Non-residents pay Sl3 per year and res
idents s.. License good anywhere in
the State.
Aliens cannot hunt or have in pos
session firearms for hunting.
No elk shall be killed for eight years,
no deer for three years; 10 wild turkey
for two years. Violation is a felony,
punished by confinement in the peniten-
tiary.
Open season-Crouse, October IS
to December !; quail, November to
December /; waterfowl, October to
January !. No wood duck shall be
killed at any time. Woodcock, October
/ to November 80. Squirrels, Sep
tember Is to December /; red fox and
skunk, December, l to February !, ex-
cept in "a counties where they may be
killed at any time.
Fines 90 TO the school fund after
payment Of part allowed for Prosecu-
ton and the license money TO the fore
game and fish protective fund.
Among birds not protected are Eng.
Hsh sparroVs, owls, hawks, eagles
crows, king fishers and black5ir5s.
Aliens and non-residents must pro-
cure a license to fish, costing s..
Seines, nets and traps are unlawful
Minimum sizes OF fish: Jack salmon
7 inches; pike and piekerel, 9 inches
bass, 8 inches; trout, 8 inches. Bass ol
trout cannot be gigged.
Dynamite, poison, lime, electricity o.
shooting in taking FISH are prohibited
the first offense being a misdemeanor
and the second a felony.
Bountes for killing yarmints-Lynx
bob cat, catamoHnt, s.; hawk, ex
/ cept the sparrow hawk, 25c; crow, lOc
great horned oSl, 25c.
Open season for hsh-Salmon, Jun
/ 70 April /; trout, May 1 TO SeptemSe
! /; bass, June to April I.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17

To eMol the virtues Of Royal Baking
Powder is like gliding refined gold.
This famous product had its first intro
duction on the market about fifty years
ago and is now a household word all
over the world II goes into millions
Of homes and is known and used In
every country under the sun. The
Kaffrs in South Africa and explorers
At the North Pole find il equally gooa
and time resisting. II has come 10 be
regarded as an indispensable adjunct
to the most up-tO-date as we'll as the
most primitive kitchen, and although
many other baking powders have come
upon the market, Royal holds its place
as the highest grade baking powder that
it is possible to produce.
The Distinguishing feature Of Royal
Baking Powder is the fact that il is
made from Cream OF Tartar, which Is
derived from grapes, delicious whole
some fruit. Constant vigilance and
determination Of the manufacturers to
turn out the best article Of its kind tina,
capital, brains and scientific skill can
produce has won the endorsement Of
"c rest eminent chemists. physicians
eiiiians the world over and made
Royal Baking Powder relied upon by
countless numbers OF women TO make
pure and wholesome food
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
A Startling Discovery.

There is reason to believe that there
may be petroleum in the English hill
country, and Lord Cowdray, the great
British oil magnate, is beginning to
bore for oil at various places in Derby
shire. While engaged in experimental
boring some time ago his agent sent
him in bottle a sample of the first
crude petroleum struck. Lord Cow
dray was in hurry to 60 out when it
arrived, and gave it to one of his men TO
deliver TO the analyst with note.
The servant also was in hurry.
He set out to visit his wife, and took
the letter with him. Later in the even
ing he saw what he thought was the
bottle on the sideboard, and with a
guilty conscience hurried out to deliver
il.
In the morning Lord Cowdray re-
ceived the following telegram:
"Yours is the first find of the cOun-
try. You've struck paregoric."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
More Than She Bargained For.

There is an amusing example OF the
antiquities that lie hidden in our Eng
lish tongue in the following story that
we found in a recent newspaper. A
lady, according to the narrator, wrote
to an army officer at Fort Sam Houston
as follows: "Mrs. Smythe requests the
pleasure of Capt. Bunker's company at
a dinner on July II, at seven o'clock.
The next day she received this note
with the exception of three men
who have the measles and one who is in
the guardhouse, Capt. Bunker's COM
pany accepts Mrs. Smythe's kind invita-
ton with pleasure"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17

Twenty-six tons of insurance docu-
ments arrived at the Treasury Depart
ment in Washington recently after
crossing the Atlantic on the Maure-
tania. They were handled by FIVE Of
fcers and twenty-four enlisted men,
and guarded by detachment Of ma
rines. They represent S1,6OO,OOO,OOC
of insurance taken by members of the
American Expeditionary Force ir
France. In all, the government has
written more than S3S,OOO,OO0,OO0 oi
insurance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17

A miner explained one day TO a
minister why he never went to church.
"Yuh see, parson, it's like this: the
fust time | went to church they threw
water in me face, and the second time
went they tied me up to woman I've
had to keep ever since"
The preacher smiled grimly. "fes,
and the third time you CO." he said
'they'll throw dirt on you"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17
TO THE PUBLIC

Get your water tapped into
your home at low cost. No more
high prices. Plumbing and pipe
fitting of all kinds. Modern bath
room outfits installed. Estimates
furnished for steam, vapor and hot
water heat. Furnaces repaired
and overhauled. Parts furnished
for all makes. Water tanks put
in. Radiators bronzed. Leaks of
all kinds repaired. All at low
cost to you. Your patronage So
licited. A card will reach me, or
use HartzelPs phone.
FRANK J. DOBBIN,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17

When the secretary of the Ameri-
can Forestry Association arrived in
France to offer the help Of America in
reforesting the 100000 acres of wood
land that the war destroyed, he carried
an unusual gift. In a sack small
enough TO go into an ordinary travelling
bag he had $4,000 seeds Of the Doug
las fir that are to be planted expert
mentally in French soil.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17

Good morning, Silas, just stepped
in to inform you that old bachelor
Spriggings has passed away, and the
only thing he left was q hall clock"
well" replied the friend, "there's
one good thing aboutit; there won't be
much trouble to wind up the estate"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1919-04-17

He-Did you love me when you first
saw me?
She-Oh, no. | had to get used to
you first.