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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15
How a Horse Balances Himself.

An old farmer who had worked with
horses most of his life once told me
that his sen, a man OF mature years
formerly uset he over-check rein or
his horses. but was cured OF the habi,
By an Incl 'ent that shows how i'm
portant il is for a horse to have free
use of his head and neck.
1--WE were driving at a lively trot.'
he said, with the horses head sharo
ly refined III, when suddenly he STUN
bled and fell to his knees. The horse
ma urally tried to use his reined-u-
heal AMI meek to balance himself. Tn
rein snapped in two places am W.
thrown into me road many feet ahead
II hit the ground with a thump t1a.
showed something OF how hard the
poor creature had tried to keep him
self from falling. He was not &C..
riously hurt, but he might have been
and so might We"
81 always knew" remarked, chat
horse needs TO use the muscles of his
neck in pulling a load. One car see
that by watching him arch his neck in
pulling, whenever it is free. But 7
had not thought of his using his neck
as a balancing pole"
Just as you throw out one or both
OF your arms when you are about TO
fall" the farmer explained. "And
did you know that fox balances him
self with his tail in running, and A
squirrel with his in climbing? Nature
made no mistake in furnishing them
with their long, bushy tails, nor the
horse with a neck which he can move
freely in all directions when man
doesn't interfere with its movement"
The neck Of inc horse is a mag
nificient thing, with its proud arch
and great streneth-"clothed with
thunder" as n tie sublime description
in he boot o' Tor But the poor horso
whose neck is drawn up with check
rein-the "ewe-necked" horse, or the
one with the arch of his neck on the
wrong si1e--ot much POETRY or mag
nificence there: very little grace or
beauty. AM less than the normal agility
and strength
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15
Natures Way With Pests.

You reca the old nursery rhyme,
This is the house that Jack built ~
The story of Natures warfare runs on
very much the same lines. This is the
fox that ate the squirrel that stole the
eggs of the maybe that killed the
sparrow that devoured the Hy that de-
5 royed he caterpillar that spoilt the
cabbage that grew in the house that
Jack built!
Nature uses one pest TO fight an
other. Each of the creatures mention
ed is a pest; yet each is capable Of
useful work
Moths and butterflies lay hundreds
OF eggs at time, so that if nothing
preyed on caterpi lars we should soon
have not single green leaf in the
country. But we must have moths and
butterflies to fertilize flowers. The
chief foe of the caterpillar is the.
ichneumon-ay, which lays eggs in him.
as he crawls on a leaf. These eggs
hatch into grubs and kill the cater
pillar.
The ichneumon-fy is eaten by small
tirle whi"'7 % usefu; work in this
way, though = other ways they are
pests, for they eat the farmers corr,
They are kept IN check by cuckoos,
hawks, crows, and magpies These
birds Of prey, if their growth was I'M
checked, would soon kill all the game
in the country. Squirrels and other
birds keep them down by stealing thei-
eggs. Squirrels are preyed upon BY
foxes, which. as we have no wild
beasts in this puntry, must be ker-
in check BY man.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15
Poor Kitty!

A Kansas farmer Nai lust b,:ilt \ bio
barn. One dav as he vas setting ca
for town he told his two sons 10 eli,
small ho'" in one Of the sides so TIM,
the cat could get IN or out at will.
The bows cut the hole lust beside
the big barn door hrt when the farmer
returned and saw i he was much dis.
pleased
WHY can't denrnd on you hovs to
90 single thine r;cht" he exclaina,,
angrilv. Don't "ou know that hoe
IS in the wrong place ?"
WHY" asked the bows.
The farmer fairly snorted. Lean
ing from the buggy. he seized the barn
door and swu-o :. o-nn. and OF course
it covered the aperture.
"Now, whore =" our cathode ," ~.
shouted. Glow :, .Ne name ~ ee,so
can the cat pet into he barn wha,
the doors omen ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15

watch yourself when you sneeze
in a motion picture theatre. II WIN
are hay fever victim, or if YOU try
TO be undignifed by sneezing, you NAV
re out Of luck. A man who sneezed
in motion picture theatre at Wheel
ing was fined $40 for it. Joseph r
Nagel, a resident of Wheeling. is his
name. he was arrested and taken be-
lore foliee Judge Ritz for sneezing
no frequently in the theatre. Naeeps
lawyer declared his client was afflicted
WITH severe cold, but the court or
aered medical examination, which
a,Sclosed that he was in perfect health.
Inc Judge announced that he knew of
nothing more annoying than sneezinp
IN picture house and fined NaeeI
$50 and costs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15

sI.oo gets the Register a wear.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15
Norfolk s. Western r.

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-12-15

for baey'S Group, willies dailv cuts
ana bruises, mothers sore throat
grandma,s lameness-Dr. Thomas, Ec,
anI Go o'i-the househld remedy. 3Oc
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-25

It Is Mir Stoessers intention to de- vote several days to this district; he left for the creeks this morning, in an endeavor to secure pictures of cari- bou. From here he will work back over the railroad. covering the new route in detail at the request of Chair man Mears of the Alaskan engineering commission. The coast has already been filmed, and the return over the railroad will complete pictures and ac. companying story.
 The product of Mir. Stoessers mis- sion in the territory, it is believed by those interested in Alaska, will prove of great worth to the north from an advertising standpoint.-Fair banks News Miner.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-25
ARE FILMING
 INTERIOR NoRTHLAND

w. G. Stoesser, representing the Paramount Motion Picture Co.,, and also a syndicate of western newspa- pers. who has been engaged through out the summer months in filming Alaska and securing material for q story to accompany his pictures, ar rived in Fairbanks on the Nenana train. He is accompanied on his pie ture taking trip by Mrs. Stoesser who, after having mushed over the gap between steel and followed the camera where ever the scenery called, says she likes the country This Is account ed for by the fact that Mrs. Stoesser was born in Nome. and is true sourdough. MT. Stoesser is also fa' miliar with the territory, having re
 sided on the coast for many years
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-25
LINE WITH CEMENT

The motors and gearing are n the center of the steel drum. also the con trols which direct the operation. Elec- tric lights and seats for the operators are provided Directly behind the mo tors and gearing is helical-faced cam. which places the specially con structed lining blocks. The blocks, when pushed into place by the ma chine, cause an expansion which brings all the heads of the blocks di- rectly behind into close contact and advances the steel drum. The lining is thus fitted into the surrounding earth without disturbances. as thiugh it were part of it. Mortar may be used or the lining may be laid dry as desired. The blocks are placed d support in order to give the necessary forward motion which keeps the hitting head in contact with the earth.
 Special controls permit the machine to be raised. lowered. or shifted from side to side, enabling it to tunnel in q straight or curved course. Indicators and transits are set up at the rear Of the tunnel in order to insure an ac- curate course for the bore.
 The only excavation work in con- nection with the operation of the de vice is the digging of a hole large enough to lower the machine to the required level of the projected tunnel Once set, the current is turned on, and the steel drum leaves the excava- tion and starts on it's underground journey. without causing any disturb ance on the surface of the ground
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-25
PUTS MACHINE IN HOLE, POINTS ITS NOSE, IT
 DOES THE REST
CBy International News servicc)

CBy International News Servicc)
 PHILADELPHIA, Oct 24. - A ma chine which can tunnel underground in any desired direction. removing the earth in it's path and leaving behind 1t a finishel conduit, with Concrete-lined walls. is the latest thing in subterran- can construction work. The new de- vice is the invention of Milton R. Sheen, of Philadelphia, and was given it's first practical demonstration re- gently, when it dug tunnel under Fifth and Grange streets here in rec ord time.
 In four hours the machine construct ed eighteen feet eight inches of per fectly-lined conduit, fifty-two inches in diameter It's best record in the teet was five feet eight inches of fin ished tunnel in an hour.
 TRAFFIC NOT INTERRUPTED
 The beauty of the invention lies in the fact that any amount of sewer main, water main and conduit con structiOn can be carried on beneath streets without causing any interrup- tion to surface traffic. The machine can construct tunnels up to twelve feet in diameter. Engineers, contract ors and officials connected with the Philadelphia department of public works predict that present.day meth ods of engineering underground will be revolutionized with the broad adop- tion of this device.
 The machine itself consists of a steel drum into which is fitted re- volving cutting head, back of which is an earth conveyor, and helical lining constructor The power is supplied by electricity from a portable generator.
 As the cutting head revolves, tear ing and cutting into the earth in front the arms of the cutter throw the earth into buckets, from which it is carried
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-25

Nickel coins are in use in Ceylon, Uganda, India, and Nigeria, among other British possessions.
The Cordova daily times., 1921-10-25

off on a conveyor belt and dumped into cars brought up on tracks laid in the finishel tube behind the machine
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-10
THE LOVE PENDULUM"
By MARION RUBINCAM

too: they looked haggard and / did
MT want to see them. My lips did
not seem to have much color-and
for the rest, a lace ruffle of the cap
came to my eyebrows, and a knot of
blue ribbon at one side only added
to this curious color combination
that was l.
Take the cap off! I know what's
happened l ordered.
The Nurse pulled it back a little
and I saw myself as l had never
dreamed before. My entire head
had been shaved. all my thick love-
ly golden hair had disappeared
MY scalp was covered with n fine
yellow fuzz.
Sure now, 1t was a crime, but we
always have to do it after a high
fever. It'll be in in 10 time" the
nurse said consolingly.
L tried to laugh-a weak hysteri-
cal attempt.
Don't / look 'funny?"I asked.
Like a chicken-before 1t gets
fluffy"
The talk ended because the doc
tor came in.
My hair did grow rapidly. The
nurse gave it great care. as she gave
me. great are. In two weeks |
tOulu lbOk al myself NllilOul INC
! lace cap on. 1t began to be inter-
esting watching the new hair grow.
she looks like a sweet little boy,
that she does" the nurse said to my
doctor.
Strength came slowly. 1 had had
pneumonia, a very bad case Of it,
and the terrible depression that goes
with convalescence was always with
me.
Where am II" I asked the nurse
once.
I'm DR.. Eengel's sanatarium."
"How did l get here?"
Sure your grand rich aunt from
New York hired a private train and
brought you all the way up here
herself"
"Shs stayed awhile, but she went
nome" | announced, remembering
the voice ] had overhead.
"She'S that busy, she says, she
couldn't stay onc you were out off
danger. She had soma parties TO
go to" the nurses voice held all
the disrespect in the world, though
her words were mild enough.
"How far am I from New York;"
"Well now, / don't just know. l
been there nee, when l came over
from Ireland. That was long since,
and it took days to get here"
"Days!"
ooh sure, it's only hours now,
about five or six of them. This Is
Wellsville, it's near the middle of
New York state. It's a pretty place
you'll be about to see 1t soon.'
There was a tap at the door. A
gentle little lady entered, carrying
a great armful of apple blossoms in
her arms.
as Miss Bennett better?" she
asked.
Observation-Disclosures
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-10

Chapter 2
But once started On the road to
recovery, / soon gained strength
and sooner than that. a clear head.
That very day l remembered the
owner of the voice-my w aunt.
1t began to come clearly them
remembered how i'll l was. / remem-
bered that people talked of influ-
enZa, l remembered trying to go to
a dance. or some silly party. with
hot head and dry throat, and the
collapse at the very door of my
aunt's house.
Little things began coming back
to me, very slowly, as though
were waking up from a hundred
year long sleep. But the things I
remembered seemed too impersonal
almost as though they had happen
ed to someone else and not to me.
The next clear thing was the
opening of the white door opposite
my bed, and the entrance of the
chubbiest. pinkest, sweetest face I
remembered ever seeing. She were
the starched white dress of the hos
pital MISUNDERSTANDING Il was
my nurse.
For one day I felt her rather than
saw her-I merely knew that when
ever &! came near me I felt strong
err and better.
In a few days / asked her sudden
ly for r mirror.
That shows your well" she
said. smiling at me as she stood by
my bed, She had n little mouth, a
deep pink line in her round pink
face. and when she smiled she snow
ed every so manv little teeth. Her
xa{p.- urn n Io1frhb-it had I1yCf
enough Irish brogue to give it rich
ness and character.
"I'll tell the doctor your want
ing 10Y to powder your pretty nose.
They all want to when they begin
20 get WELL"
nose" I said fretfully. Il never
use powder, 1 hate"
"Of course. No one with a skin
like yours needs powder now. But
the mirror-we'l wait till the doc
tor pays his morning call"
There's a mirror on the dresser
Now you're dreaming-like
you've been doing for some weeks,
miss"
But I knew there was a mirror
my own mirror of notified tortoise
shell, / could see 1t from the bed.
The tiny refusal irritated me. / felt
suspicious of everything.
But the nurse was gone and | had
not strength to raise my arm much
less get up and get the mirror.
Then the nurse came back, and
slipped a zap over my head-one /
recognized as having been mine be-
fore. Then she brought the mirror
and held it for me to see.
All 1 could find out was that my
skin was a dead white-the most
curious white / had ever seen, white
with blue in it. My eyes were blue,
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-10
THE BOOK OF Jf-,lE
BY JANE LORIMER

I, Jane Lorimer, came suddenly to
the final chapter of my diary. A
dozen strands Of life lay tangled in
my hand, a score of plots remained
for the future to unravel. But they
lost their charm for me because they
concerned persons who receded from
places of importance in my own ca
reer.
1t suficed for me that our Jimmy
was well, that Ann had set to play
Ing her new role of devoted wife
with more genius than ever she had
put into the part of society butter
fly.
Chrys and Jordan Spence were alb
sorbed in a splendid project. In their
mutual interest. as well a in their
mutual love, was the promise of an
unusually happy married life.
But for Bob and for me every
other interest faded before the
promise of the stork to bring an
heir to the Lorimer millions.
At last l could think Of Katherine
,almly.
MANS romances are transient"
;aid myself to myself, but his chill
iren are a permanent and supreme
interest," oI HIS ile. NdSldhI ASoi@
affairs split a mans life into shreds,
10 be tossed to the wind like the
caves of autumn. Not until a man
grows old does he perceive how his
emotions have lied to him and blind
I'd him. But then, at last, he knows
hat his children are links in a chain
which bind the last of his life to its
beginning, which hold together the
years which give 1t a meaning, a
harmony, a unity"
I faced the future with a new
sense of safety. My child would
make me twice valued by Bob. Even
after u love had perished-as 1t
might dol, the mother. would de-
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-10
RESTS AND SUGGESTIONS FOR HOMEMAKERS
CONFESSIONS Or A
HUSBAND!
The Mans Side of Married Life

Did you tell Dot that 1 called
you up this morning"
We had just taken our seats in
the theatre. The lights were going
down for the first act. / shot a
quick look at Edith, but it was al
ready too dark to make out anything
of her face.
NO" l answered crisply.
There was a great deal more that
! could have added. All day l had
been wondering whether to say any,
thing about that telephone call. 1t
was absolutely absurd to be put in
embarrassing situations like this. /
could have mentioned it casually TO
my wife, but she would have asked
a thousand questions. 1t seemed
easiest to say nothing at all about
It. Now Edith herself was bringing
up the subject.
When the curtain went down upon
the second act she Immediately
turned to me again.
WAS it such a terrible thing-my
calling you up?"
NO, of course not"
Il wanted to tell you to be sure
TO look handsome. And you do"
1t was rather fattering to hear
this, but l felt her father hadn't
spanked her often enough when she
was a little girl.
Il can't understand why you con
cealed it from Dot. Won't she think
it very stranger"
Concealed 2" / was really angry,
but / controlled my voice. Il haven't
concealed anything. i simply forgot
to mention it."
She took no notice.
But of our she can't be angry
if she doesn't find out about it, can
she? And she is at the concert with
my husband, while we're here to-
gether."
l resented her calm assumption
that she and l would have secrets
in which my wife could not share.
Il don't think you know Dot very
we'll" l returned stifly. she would
regard the whole matter as a joke"
Yes, but there are good jokes
and naughty ones. You must have
a very bad conscience. Dc ladies
often call you up at the office? What
do they think of you down there ?
By the way. who was the girl with
the pretty voice who answered the
telephone"
"One of the stenographers must
have answered the phone; l really
don't know which one"
MY, aren't you cautious"
l laughed. There's no need to be
cautious l assured her. There
are two in the office, and if you got
a look at them you would under
stand that neither n is likely to
disturb a mans tranquility"
But how am L to get a look at
them? Is that al invitation for me
to take luncheon with you?"
I'm glad you regard it that way"
you didn't answer quickly
enough. Now l won't accept"
TN ask George instead" She
made a little face.
Men We're struggling in from the
lobby. The second act was about to
begin. Edith put her hand lightly
on my arm.
Don't forget to remind me-" she
said, i've something important to
tell you tonight"
Have you discovered how John
d. made his money!" 1 flippantly re-
turned.
(To ,be continued)
Copyright, 1921, by the Newspaper
Enterprise A~ssociation)
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-10
How To Keep
Yourself Well
TuhercuIOuS Joints

What car be done for a three
year-old tubercular shoulder? 1t is
in the joint part. Part of the joint
is already gone. l have had four
operations which have not stopped
the decay. The wound never heals
and always drains.
In many instances tuberculous
Joint troubles can be cured by plac-
ing the part absolutely at rest. In
the case of the shoulder joint this Is
not easy to do. In recent years open
running sores have been treated with
a fair degree of success by means of
bismuth pastes.
My baby boy, fifteen months old,
was badly ruptured at eight weeks
of age. | placed him in care of an
expert and they say now entirely
cured. Could you give me some ad-
vice on care for him in future?
To avoid as far as possible any
danger of recurrence of the rupture
in your baby, you should endeavor
to prevent constipation (and conse-
quent straining), hard crying, or
hard coughing. Any strain on the
abdominal muscles might be hard
on a recently cured hernia.
Pain in the Back
Please tell mi what to do for bad
pain in my back just below my
shoulders. The pain is sometimes
in both sides. l can hardly get up
when l sit or lie down. The pain
is worse in the morning. After sit
ting down l find when l attempt to
get up l can hardly straighten my
back.
A number of different conditions
might give rise to the symptoms you
describe. Aside from some organic
trouble is the condition known as
"fatulence," which often cause con-
siderable pain. You ought to have
a physician give you a thorough ex-
animation.
Perth Amboy evening news., 1921-05-10

. serve Bob's honor and respect.
And L was the maker of Bob'S
home, the place of his peace and his
rest.
mo other woman has so good a
| chance as the wife to hold a mans
devotion!" | thought. The wife is
a link in the chain which gives his
life its unity"
I turned to contemplate my morn
ing's shopping, a lovely pile of the
s%oftest, sheerest fabrics, and some
wee silk shirts-the first size-I
| spread them out for Bob to see the
| minute he came home from the
Office.
For it was I, and not Ann Lori
mer, who was to have the honor of
mothering the first of a new genera
ton of the clan of Lorimer.
1t behooved me to put away trifles
like the recital of gossip about my
friends and relatives, to have done
with petty jealousies forever, and
to enter into the glory of mother
hood with the dignity betting my
state.
Bob came, inspected the little
shirts. and whispered a single word:
"Darling!"
That brevity was SO like him. The
| depth of his emotion l guessed from
the very perceptible shake in his
voice.
Then I turned to my desk and
drew out my Confessions"
1 put my pen into my husbands
hand. With my cheek against his, l
watched Bob close the record of my
days of doubt and discomfort.
/ dedicated myself to the new life
as my husband wrote for me, at the
end of many chapters of my bewild-
ering experience as a bride, the in
evitable word
"FINIS."
DOWNRIGHT. 1921. N. Z. Al