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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
Exercise.

Physical exercise is necessary. II is
as important as food, fresh air and
sleep; without it health is impossible.
BY exercise" we mean making move
ments other than the purposeful move
ments of ordinary life. Brushing the
hair, raising FOOD to the mouth, getting
up and sitting down are done for a pur-
pose and are Of course exercise of a
sort, but we do not do them with the
idea OF developing our muscles, ex-
banding our chests, or quickening our
calculations.
The impulse to take exercise is in
stinctive in the young. During child
hood it finds expression in playing and
romping; during youth and early adult
life, in sports and athletic contests. Ii
is not necessary to urge young people
to take that kind of exercise; rather is
it necessary to utter a word Of warm
ing against excess. The young man Of
the present day is in great danger of
overtaxing his heart and other organs
by excess in athletics than he is of let
ting them spoil for want Of sufficient
exercise. It's the business man or the
professional man who has passed his
fortieth birthday that needs exercise
and that usually thinks he is too busy
to take it.
A favorite argument of the brain
worker who is advised to walk, or to
play golf, or to take some other form
OF regular exercise, is that he has ex-
hausted his vitality by brain work, and
that the use Of his muscles beyond the
absolute needs Of life would exhaust
still further his life forces. That is
not so, for the brain is fatigued moi
because it is fed with blood that cir.
culates sluggishly and that is alread,
so loaded with toxins that it canno
take away those that result from in
tellectual work. A brisk walk woulc
fill the brain workers lungs with air
quicken his circulation, oxvgenate hi.
blood and unload it of its toxins
squeeze the stagnant lymph out of hi.
muscles, empty his liver of its poison.
and quicken all hisexcretory functions
Then his brain would be bathed will
fresh, pure blood, and the "cobwebs
would be washed away. What such
man does for exercise is less import
ant than that he should do something
yet there is choice. What shall guild,
his choice we shall speak OF in late
issue.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
Religion In the Home.

Almost every human being comes
home every day.
We come home to sleep. For once
eveery twenty-four hours our lives
must be dipped in death. We come
home for the refreshment that We get
from the hearts that love us.
The most essential element in any
home is God. We are willing to do
almost anything for God except to use
him. Yet the thought OF God is the
most practical Of all the thoughts that
enter into our mind. 1t solves prob
lens, eases loads, unties hard knots,
smooths our complications.
Once day every human being should
think Of God. We are all human;
hence, faulty and cranky. The God
thought is the greatest Of lubicants.
There is no secret of getting along with
folks equal to the secret of his pres
ence.
The God-thought is the foundation
of loves permanency, the best resist
ant to the many storms and floods and
fires that threaten love. The God
thought is the most deeply educational
atmosphere for children, the surest
guaranty Of nobleness in young man,
of virtue in young woman.
What fools We mortals be! We talk
and write and read and argue and be-
lieve about God-everything but use
Him. We are as silly as people would
be if they wore no shoes but only prais-
ed shoes and prayed for them.
Once day il we rise to the God
thought, We shall carry that high and
pure atmosphere throughout all the
fogs and impurities Of our daily affairs
Once day if we creep into the
thought OF God, we shall find that deer
rest Of the spirit we all crave
Plan your day so that you will hav,
little while with Cod. Once in TWEEN
ty-four hours reach up and touch tn,
] Infinite. 1t is we'll to do this alone
j 1t is better to do this with your family
! Do this, not from a sense OF duty, no
as an irksome task to be over with a
soon as possible, but for the real, usa
BILE strength, sanity, poise, vision, an,
J optimism you can get from it,
Almost every human being comes
home every day. We come home t.
sleep. What a world it would be i
we came home to God! "I came from
God" said George Macdonald, 81 an
going back God. will have no gap.
of death in my life"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
The Seasons.

Often we meet people who say that
they don't like summer, others who
DON'T like winter, occasionally some one
who don't like autumn, and once in a
while some one who doesn't like spring
Seldom will anyoe admit-or boast
that he likes all the seasons equally
And yet If a man were to keep a record
Of the days in the year that simply from
the point Of view Of weather and physi-
cal comfort he enjoyed, there would
probably be no season that would es-
taolish a decisive claim to his favor.
And il there were any such, it would
almost certainly not be spring.
People are generally governed in
their likes or dislikes of the seasons
by the extremes rather than by the
average OF weather displayed. Persons
OF cheerful and optimistic spirit are
likely to remember its seasons bv its
SHINING days rather than by its stormy
ones; and persons who are easilv az
fected by adverse circumstances take
their strongest impressions of a sea.
son from those days when it is at its
worst. BY that reasoning it might ap-
pear that to such persons all seasons
are equally bad, and that to the others
all are equally good. But impressions
are relative; and anyone who shoulders
and shivers in cold weather is pretty
sure to prefer summer, however. Int
II may be, and one who suffers from
neat is likely to think that winter is
the best time of the year.
The law Of compensation that Emer-
son preached applies in cur attitude
toward the seasons. If we did NOT
nave fogey and windy days, we should
not appreciate nearly so much as we
DO sunshine and blue sky, and soft
oreezes. five never look out into utter
oiackness OF night, with blasts OF wind
and snow beating against the panes
we should not hook up at the moon and
stars and the silent spaces Of the heav-
ems with quite the same love of their
beauty. Even the most wonderful,
'hingS IN nature might grow stale in
our eyes II there were no contrast cir
cumstances Of their appearance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
Norfolk s. Western Ry

Schedule in Effect May 29th. 1921.
LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 1866 A. M.-for Bristol and ~
termedlate stations; Broier Parlof
Carlo Bristol; connection at Ros-
noke for roints West; Sleeper 70
Roanoke. Columbus. Cincinnati, ano
Chicago. Dining car.
No. n ASP +. M. For SHENANDOAH
Va. and Local Stations.
No. ii .35A Let OIL from connecl'
ing lines at Hagerstown or Shenan.
doah Junction or to take on tor bdsN
or beyond. Sleeper to WillamSo%n'
w. Va, and Winston Salem, M v
DiningCar to Roanoke.
NORTHBOUND.
No. 2S-9.35 A. M.-For Hagerstowua,
and intermediate stations, conneCls a.
Hagsrstownf for Harrisburg, PhiIaue'
phia and New York
No. 14--83 "a p. M-For HsgerSIo%nn,,
Philadelphia, and New York; P psis
Cars. Sleepers. Hagers IN TO pn""'
delphia. ~
No. 2-1 IS A. M.-Let q i'om basls .;o y,
beyond, or 10 take o. fconneeuu,H
lines at Shenandoah JUNCTION OF TIC
gerstown. Sleeper TO Phioe'P'''
and New York ,,c
w. b. BEVlLL. w. c. SAuNOENSS,a
Pass. TRAIT. Mngr. Gen. Pass. AK"
Roanoke. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
Width of Universe Million Light-Years

A feature of the meetings Of the
American Astronomy Association,
which are being held at Wesleyan
University, is new evidence on the
size Of the universe which has been
obtained through some recent photo
graphs Of heavenly bodies taken at the
Mt. Wilson Observatory in California
After an examination of the photo
graphs at two sessions of the conven-
ton, the association gave out figures
showing that it is estimated that it
takes light, travelling at the rate of
le6,OOO miles second, period Of
100000 years to travel from one
edge Of the universe to the other.
The photographs show that between
the earth and the most distant points
in space there are dark clouds of
some sort of matter suspended in
space. No light passes through these
clouds, which are opaque. Some SCI
entists believe these are great groups
OF stars. Others do not hold to this
belief. The best guess at present
seems to be, however, that they are
numbers OF stars spinning around at
a great speed, some OF them so large
mat it takes them from $4,000 to 1OO,-
GOO years to turn around.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
Hard To Believe.

The small boy hears many wonder
full things, and some Of them are too
much for his credulity.
The school-master was talking about
Great Salt Lake in Utah, the water Of
which is so extremely salty that, as he
said, no fish can live in it.
"What, sir" said one of his listen
ers, cant mackerel live in it?'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
Catarrhal Deafness Cannot Be Cure,

By local applications, as they cannot
reach the diseased portion Of the ear.
mere is only one way to cure catar-
rhal deafness, and that is by a consti-
tutional remedy. Catarrhal Deafness
is caused by an infamed condition Of
the mucous lining of the Eustachian
Tube. When this tube is inHamed
you have a rumbling sound or inn
perfect hearing, and when it is entirely
closed Deafness is the result. I'm
less the inflammation can be reduced
and this tube restored to its normal
condition, hearing will be DESTROYED
forever. Many cases Of deafness are
caused by catarrh, which is an inflamed
condition of the mucous surfaces.
HAIRS Catarrh Medicine acts thru the
blood on the mucous surfaces Of the
system
We will give One Hundred Dollars
TOT any case OF Catarrhal Deafness
mat cannot be cured by Halls Ca
tarrh Medicine. Circular free. All
Druggists, 75c.
+. J. CHENEY & CO., Toledo, O.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
Bird And Rush.

Nature seems to have provided some
animals with wonderful minetic adap-
tations to protect themselves from
their enemies. Certain spiders Of which
birds are very fond escape destruction
from their resemblance to species
Of ant which birds never eat. Other
creatures escape detection by reason
Of their striking harmony with their
surroundings, in color and attitude.
Mr.. Hudson cites an example Of this.
He had fired at South African heron
which was stealing through some rush.
es, but on coming to the place could
see nothing Of the bird. He was on
the point Of turning away when a
strange sight met his eye.
There stood my heron on reed no
more than eight inches from my knees,
AID on a level with them. The body
was erect, and the point Of the tail
touched the reed grasped by his feet;
the long tampering neck was still stiff,
straight and vertical, and the head and
beak, instead OF being carried obliquely,
were also pointing up. From his feet
to the tip OF the beak there was not
perceptible curve or inequality; but the
whole was the fgure-the exact coun-
terpart-of straight, tapering rush;
the loose plumage being arranged TO
fill all inequalities.
The wings, pressed into the hollow
sides, made it impossible to see where
the body ended and the neck began, or
to distinguish head from neck, or beak
from head. This was front view, and
the entire under surface of the bird
was displayed, all of a uniform dull
yellow.
Not a movement did the bird make.
placed my hand on the point Of his
beak, and forced the head down till it
touched the back. When l withdrew
my hand up flew the head, like a steel
spring, to its first position. repeat
ed the experiment many times with the
same result, the very eyes of the bird
appearing all the time rigid and I'M
winking.
But how happened it that while walk
ing around the bird through the rush
es had not seen his striped back and
broad, dark-conred sides? Thinking
thus | stepped around to get a side
view, when all could see was the rush.
like front Of the bird. His motions
on the perch as he turned slowly or
quickly round, still keeping the edge
OF the blade-like body before me, cor
responded 50 exactly with my own that
l almost doubted il had moved at all
After watching the bird thus for
some time took him forcibly from the
rush and perched him on my hand
when he few away to some dry grass
fifty or sixty yards distant Here he
again practiced his minetic trick Sc
ably that CROPPED about for a quarter
of an hour before finding him. | was
amazed that creature apparently sc
frail should have endurance to keep
the body rigid so long.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29

A school-boy who read in the Bible
OF divers diseases" said he supposed
they must be cramps.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29
WHY NOT SMILE?

The thing that making WHILE
That costs the least. and does the a pleasant smile
The bubbles from that loves its feowmen
Will drive away the cloud Of again.
It's full Of worth goodness too with manly kindness bIen
It's worth million dollars-and doesn't cost a cent
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-09-29

Itching, bleeding, protrudinp or
bind piles have yielded 70 6oan,s
ointment 6Oc at all drug stores.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-24
Christmas Party for Ladies.

Last Thursday afternoon Mrs. f..
w. Boyd entertained section two of
the Ladies Aid The rooms were
artistically decorated in the Christ
mas colors. A large red bell was
suspended from the archway and
streamers festooned through the
rooms. The ladies enjoyed pro-
gram of Christmas songs and were
served an appetizing lunch Of pres
sed chicken, cranberry sauce, hot
rolls. pickles, olives, cake and coffee.
Those present we're. Mesdamos Ira
then. D. Bennett, F. Bennett, Har-
ley, Rhoads, Kefer, Henderson
Coats, Minkler, Hutchinson, Davis
Pool Kunnecke, Stafford Mason,
Payne Mcclure and Rev Mason.
Later In the evening the hostess
entertained to lunch Mrs. B. H.
Smith, Mrs. Query Mrs. Ashby'
Mrs. Willie Galloway, Mrs. Temple
Mrs. Hanley and Jenny Sethen
The next melting Of the aid will
be with Mrs. Electra Rhoads Thurs
day 22nd.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-24
Party for Children.

Thursday evening the members OF
he Rebekah lodge gave a party for
their children. Miss Riddle had
charge of the program, which con-
sisted of Christmas songs by the chill
lren and readings by Russell Vance,
Almeda Edgar Catherine Hayes,
Jessie and Marian Smith, and a
Scotch dance interpreted by Eliza
beth and Bernice Mast.
After the program the children
were treated with colored stockings
full of candy and peanuts and were
given apples and pink popcorn balls
And enjoyed an hour of dancing and
games. The music was furnished
by Mrs. Willie Galloway for the even
in. Mrs. J. G. Barrett and Frank
L. Jackson gave an imitation of the
Flying Dutchman," and in the
spirelle finale one of the members
missed a step and went down to de-
feat.
THE children were served lunch
of sandwiches, pickles and cocoa
Those present were: Sam Galloway
Marian and Jessie Smith, Tilford
Cramp, Franklin, George, William
and Lewis Wheeler, Russell, Ken
meth, Penshing and Ieona Vance,
Almeda, Eta, Robert and Richard
Vance, Edna and James Tyler, Jack
and Mildred Evans, Aloise Temple,
Alma and Lillian Tye, Catherine
Hayes, Hattie Burnett, Wilma Lati-
more, Elizabeth, Bernice, George
and Orlando Mast, Frank, Alice Nor
ma and Ruth Gaines, Leland Can
non, Bill Beaman, Billie Jane Light,
]. B. Langfitt, Helen and Paul Nit
chell, Mary and Exene Herring, and
Reynold Macdonald.
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-24
LOCAL Men FORM
BRANCH OF LOAN
AND SAVINGS CO.

Wednesday the organization of a
local branch of the Security Savings
& Loan association was completed in
Mountain Home by the appointment
of a local loan board, membership of
which includes Thos. Trathen, s. r..
Lewis, G. A. Carlson, H, f, Barber,
r. Il. Whitaker and A. w. Seward.
The Security Savings and loan as
sociation is a Nevada corporation
with it's head Offices at Reno and Is
engaged in the building and loan
business on a large scale The local
board win have the loaning of all
money invested in savings certificates
by Mountain Home residents as we'll
as a pro-rated share OF all money de
rived from certificate sales in places
where there is no loan board.
The company sells savings certi-
ficates maturing in 100 months on
which the purchaser makes monthly
payments as the rate Of $500 per
$1,000 per month, and loans the
money for home owning and home
building in towns only on the amor
tization plan. The profits are di-
vided among the certificate holders
and earn about eight percent on
their monthly savings.
There are local boards in seven
other Idaho towns, Boise, Nampa,
Weiser, Caldwell, Idaho Falls Wild
er and Payette, and many thousand
dollars have ben loaned home own
ers in those towns.
VIM. Radcliffe of Boise is state
manager Of the organization and L,
B. Davis of Boise and Alvin Nelson
Of this city are special represent
atives selling the savings certificates
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-24
Too Many Toys to Play.

Let the psychologist, especially
the paidologist, visit the toy depart
ment of any store, or the playrooms
of pampered children in ultraluxur-
ious homes. For little girls he Will
find duplicates of almost everything
IN the way of clothes and household
furnishings that the girls parents
have. including dolls bedroom and
and kitchen furnishings, COILS
manicure sets and credite experto'
dolls powder puffs. For all these
things the father of the family, un-
less he has inherited wealth, must
add MANY an extra hour of labor,
perhaps in some stuffy city office'
The small boy, also, has toys
without end: a kiddie motor car
with all it's outfit; engines lnumer-
able, and metal, wood and wool re-
plicas. of most of the animals mobol-
ized by Noah. If the chlid Is hot
strong his poor little thing-sated
mind is wearied by the overstimuius
made upon it. Il don't let my son
play in here" room packed 10 'ne
ceiling with toys, because 1t seems
to tire him." was the confession o.
a wealthy father, whose small poy
had been so literally smothered with
playthings that 1t had robbed MN
If his play spirit and devitalized
him as many adults are devitalized
by the mere attrition of things
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-24
PROSPECT LOOKS
GOOD FOR OPENING
OF FAILED BANK
Committee Representing De
positors M a k Q S Report
and Offers Plan to Re
Finance Institution.

The report of the committee of tel
appointed two weeks ago to repre-
sent the depositors of the falie;
First National bank, was given to
meeting of depositors at the Weave
theatre Thursday afternoon. The
report gave figures on the deposit
in the bank at the time 1t closes
mas eve at IL o'clock.
and recommended that the depositor
organized bank in lieu Of fifty pc
cent OF their deposits, and that tn
remainder be converted into time Ger
tificates of deposits having three
maturing dates, respectively, SIX
twelve and eighteen months from
the date of reopening.
The formal report read as follows
To the depositors of the
First National Bank of
Mountain Home, Idaho
We, your committee appointed t
prepare plans for the reorganizin&
and reopening of the bank, beg t.
report as follows:
The committee find bills receiv
able to be $876,S26.31, of thi,
amount $255,671.74 must be elimi
mated from the assets, the same being
of little value and necessarily bt
charged off as loss, in order to meet
this loss we recommend that the
capital stock, surplus and undivided
profits aggregating $173,O53.07 be
charged off and an assessment OIL
s10O,000.00 be levied against the
present stockholders, and that all
outstanding stock be surrendered.
In order to provide funds neces-
sary to restore the stock surrendered
IL will be necessary to resell said
stock to supply capital of new bank
To do this, the depositor will be re-
quired to take 500 of his deposit in
stock of new bank.
The deposits of the bank total
$348,164.40. Of this amount $780,
208,52 are public monies and are Sc
cured. Deposits of $4,000 and over
aggregate $224,12S.52. After de-
ducting 500 for stock subscription
above referred to, the dpositor is to
be reimbursed in certificates of de-
posit without interest, payable ups
on the following schedule, to-Wlt:
1919 cash on demand, 20% due in
six months, 800 due in twelve
months and the balance due IN
eighteen months.
We recommend that the bonding
companies now surety for all pub
lie monies on deposit be required
to continue such depository bonds II
force for period of eighteen months
in the same amounts as they no"
exist.
Or
We recommend that for such ac
counts as are paid by bonding com
panies and deposit assigned to them
shall waive payment OF 50%0 OF sucf
deposit and schedule of payments ap
pIy as outlined for individual de
nositor
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-24
CHRISTMAS TREE
SATURDAY night
At RAILROAD PARK

Despite the fact that conditions
looked bad because of the failure
of the bank, the various committees
on the Community Christmas tree
report that the money is ready and
the preparations almost finished for
the tree Saturday evening.
Mr.. Braden, chairman of the fin
ance committee with the assistance
of Mrs. ]. J. Childs and Mrs. w. b.
Brown have worked diligently the
past week. The ladies have solicited
from house to house, and have re-
ceived cash from twenty-five cents
to fifteen dollars. The business do
nations were as follows
Mountain Home Republican. [volume] (Mountain Home, Idaho) 1915-1946, 1921-12-24

r. w. Smith, 100 pounds OF candy
Montgomery-Blunk, 100 pounds of
peanuts.
Golden Rule, $50 pounds Of candy
w. B. Brown, 100 pounds of candy,
Twelve baskets are being prepared
for which supplies were donated by
Fay Bailey, 100 pounds of potatoes,
Electric Bakery, bread; j. P. Tye,
honey.
Mrs. Wetherell, chairman of the
program committee is preparing an
interesting program of Christmas
carols to be sung at the tree after
which the singers will divide up in
to groups and visit the ones who are
i'll and can not attend the tree, and
serenade them.
The ladies organizations from the
various churches are making about
one-thousand stockings, which will
be filled with an orange, one-hali
pound Of candy, and one-third Of a
pound of peanuts, all in bright red
Christmassy stocking which will de-
light the hearts of the children.
The receiving line will be, from
the first grade at school, and each
pupil may bring their little friends
or relatives and pass before the
treat committee and their teacher
will be in attendance, so on up to
the high school. Should there be
some child who is i'll or unable to
be present their stocking may be
had by relative.
The children are expected to be
ready to line up at $50 to receive
their stocking.
The children OF Mountain Home
and vicinity are invited as guests Of
hte local members of the Elk's lodge
from l to pm to the matinee at
the Waver theatre Monday afternoon