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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
Another Great Cave Found.

In underground galleries never be-
'ore visited by white men a human
skeleton has been discovered in great
Crystal Cave in Hart county, Ken
lucky.
CONFIDENT with the discovery OF the
cones vas the finding of a great un-
foreground cathedral, which, it is said,
VIII rival the wonders of Mammoth
Cave. An avenue, half a mile long
and almost as level as a boulevard, was
round by explorers. The dome rises
2oO feet above the bed Of the cave.
II Is on a terraced ledge above the
floor OF the newly discovered gallery
That the skeleton was unearthed from
beneath a pile of drift.
Floyd Collins, on whose farm the
cave was found, discovered the skeie-
ton and the subterranean galleries.
Overturning huge boulder which
blocked a passageway, he thrust his
torch into the aperture and crawled
through. As far as he could see the
torch cast giant shadows on the walls.
Others Of the exploring party followed
Collins, and leaving a signal fire at
the opening, they began investigating
the great underground passage. 1t
was while looking for driftwood for
the signal fire that the skeleton was
unearthed.
The skeleton was left. where il was
found and DR.. E. ID. Turner, of Cave
City, was called to examine it. He
pronounced it that of an aboriginal and
perhaps of race that preceded the
Indians in Kentucky. No white man
had ever before traversed the grotto.
Many miles of smaller avenues,
which may disclose wonders, have yet
to be traversed. The cave was dis
covered when Lee Collins, a brother OF
Floyd Collins, noticed the breathing
of sink hole on his place. At times
the air rushed out of the hole with a
singing sound. With dynamite the
opening was made large enough for
a man to descend with a ladder. The
first explorer thought he had found
the UNEMPLOYED recesses of Mammoth
Cave.
The cave is about eleven miles from
Cave City and is near Green river. II
is nine miles from the main entrance
of Mammoth Cave, but it is distinct
cavern.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
Leaving His Mark.

Bears can give a plain warning 10
other animals that they are we'll able
TO take care of themselves. One
autumn morning, says a contributor 10
Outing, my wife and were ascendin,
long ridge leading to the summit of
nigh mountain peak in the Cascades
above us We suddenly saw a big black
bear finishing breakfast of berries.
Every once in while he would stop
eating and roll over and over on the
soft mountain meadow sod. Then he
would side up TO tree, turn his back
10 II and standing on his hind legs,
stretch himself 10 the utmost and rub
the BACK of his head against the rough
bark; or he would turn, face TO the
tree, and bite of a piece Of bark
sometimes he varied the act by knock
ing of a piece and scratching the tree
as high as he could reach with his
sharp claws.
| had read of this odd habit, but tina,
Is the only time ! actually witnessed a
oearS way of indicating to other bears
mat he was a big fellow now. capable
OF taking good care of himself, and tina,
ne would allow no trespassing on his
berry patch.
The year before, in a remote noun
famous region of the Washington ma
tonal forest, we noticed that a line of
traps had been marked, or blazed
along the upper reaches Of the Little
Beaver Greek. The trapper had been
catching marten and had used snow
shoes TO follow up his line of traps.
The snow had been unusually deep, and
his guiding axe marks now were from
seven to ten feet above the ground.
We had noticed the enormous tracks
made by gigantic bear in many places
along the soft creek bed before we had
gone far enough TO find the trapper's
olazes. Then we saw that the big
fellow had methodically placed his
mark" on each tree blazed by the
traPper; and in spite of the height OF
the axe cuts from the ground his deer
scratches were in each instances vel
above them. And where the one.
Observation-Disclosures forest rang.
er made no imprint with his shoes thai
bear had left marks with his feet or
the thickly carpeted forest floor.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
What He Called Him.

The following story is told of a CO.
tian school in central New York. DR..
l., the health officer, had just made
the customary physical examination
and filled out the various health GER
tificates.
One afternoon he received a visit
from an irate mother.
81 should like to know" she said
belligerently, what you mean by call
ing my boy "a poor nut ,"
Madam" said the astonished physi.
clan, 81 haven't an idea what you are
talking about. To the best of IN,
knowledge have never applied the
epithet you mention to any person."
"lt's down in black and white
continued his visitor unappeased. "My
Jim has just been transferred to D.
school, and it's on his health card as
plain as can be, Poor Nut"
The light Of comprehension dawned
on the bewildered doctor. He smiled.
"Ah-I see! Poor Nut my dear
madam, is merely an abbreviated way
of saying poor nutrition"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
Bishop Or No Bishop.

You'd recognize his name the min
ute we told it. He's one of our Off
GERS And he played a hot Of golf this
summer with well-known Bishop.
Of course, when they heard a hard
shelled old golfer turning the air
blue one warm day when the flies
seemed to be Fostering everybody on
the course, he felt that it was up to
him to agree with the Bishops con-
demnation of such an outburst as I'M
necessary. So he said:
"For example, there is fly now on
my forehead. 1t doesn't trouble me
BY the exercise Of a little self-control
! can play my shot without giving
that fly a thought You see he is now
on my nose, and-Dammit, it's a
wasp"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
MADE FRIENDS FOR COLONIES
Benjamin Frantiln's Successful d..
Plomasy In France Meant Much
70 YounS Country.

The hrst diplomat to roprsscat the
United States at q foreign court was
Benjamin Franklin, who acted in Paris
a. ofkcial agent" q the infant re-
public N Trnee. The crossing e ne At
lsauc In the siesp Rsprisal had oc
cupied ever q nsnth. aAd Dsohsr
FraRklia had haA many thrilling e.
capes from pursuing Brittsh vessdA.
Franklin was given q cordial recep-
ton in France. although his refusal to
wear q sword or wig when present.
ed at court shocked the fashleAAblss.
The greatest writers aAd philosophers
Of that relden age In France Ashght-
ed to honor Doctor Franklin. and even
the venerable yeltaire paid tribute to
the genius Of the American. Frank
lin remained in France mine years.
At nrst he was merely the agent Of
"the American rebels" and had TO
official diplomatic standing. but even
I'm this capacity he had sufficient inhu-
encs to bring about the treaty Of ALL
ance between France and the Colo
MES. which had 30 profound a moral
effect on the Revolutionary struggle.
He raised n large amount Of money
In France. and after the signing Of
the treaty became the nrst American
minister to that country.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
Splendid Fossil Collection.

Smithsonian institution has been
enriched BY q ton and a half Of sPeci-
mems taken during the last summer
from the Burgess Pass fossil quarry In
British Columbia. which was discev-
cred less than ten years ago. The
work was done mainly by Secretary
Wolc0tt Of the institution. and his wife.
In two months q section of the quarry
$50 feet square was taken out. prncti-
cally eXhausting the site which has
yielded some of the finest specimens
Of middle Oambrian fossils yet dis
covered and the finest inyertebrate fos-
sils yet found In any formation. Large
blocks OF hard shale were first blasted
loose. than carefully split with chissl
and hammer to expose any fossil 70
mains between the lnminae. The shale
has preserved for some twenty million
years animals that were as soft and
nonresistant rs jelly6Sh. worms, crabs.
etc, Notwithstanding all the vicissl-
tudes these rocks have since under
gene from the time they were simply
hardened mud. They have been sub
jected to much pressure and profound
chemical change. but the fossils re-
main perfect
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
Law OfficeTs Peruulsite.

Kissing the policeman instead Of
the Bible. Mrs. Amelia Thompson, who
was called as q witness for the de-
Tense In an assault case. at London
Eng, By her evidence got the accused
acquitted. In the witness-box she
took the Bible In her right hand
kiss IT," said sergt. Mason. Must
r. inquired the lady. by all means
responded the sergeant. well then
here goes; II 1t must he done, It must
be. but It's q curious thing this law,
AZ much kissing and hugging az II
one was christening . baby" and she
put her arms around the ssrgeant'a
neck. and gave him such q violent kiss
that It resounded throughout the
court. The magistrate called her
stupid little thing for misunder.
standing what she was to do.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
Drug Erupiions

among the unpleasant SURPRISES tho,
physician occasionally meets in his
daily practice is the eruption Of the
SKIN mat certain medicinal Itups
sometimes provoke. The eruption NAV
ioliow the very first dose tina, he
aaministers, or it may suddenly appear
aiter his patient has been taking the
drug for some time In the second
case the eruption may puzzle the doc.
tor for he is less likely to recognize
the cause of il.
Inc iodides and the oromides are
likely 10 cause rash, and the physi-
cian can watch for it and recognize il
when it appears. There are other
drugs, however, that cause an erup-
ton only once in a great while. an1
that consequently are not so easy 70
identify.
There is another kind Of rash, which
is associated with no particular drug.
out which is caused by special
ldiosyncrasy' in the patient, like the
idiosyncrasies that make some people
unable to eat strawberries or she'll
fish.
In children some of the eruptions
that drugs bring out look like the rash
that accompanies scarlatina or measles
or chicken pox; their true nature be-
comes evident only when the child fails
to show the other symptoms of the
disease that the rash seems to indi
cate. Quinine may cause an eruption
like that of scarlet fever; so may
belladonna, chloral, aspirin, sulphonal
and strychnine. All of those drugs are
used commonly by physicions; and
unfortunately patients take some of
them without consulting the physi.
clan.
Bromide and iodide of potassium
often cause pimply eruption like that
of acne, and bromide may even pro-
duse boils of ulcers. When rheuma-
tisp is treated with salicylic acid a
hemorrhagic rash on the skin like that
of purpura sometimes appears; and.
since purpura and rheumatic symptoms
not infrequently occur together, the
confusion in diagnosis that may follow
is evident.
If symptoms that point to some
definite disease are not present, a
physician called to a patien! with any
kind of eruption on his skin asks him.
self whether drugs may not have
caused it. If the patient has been
taking anv drug on his own RESPONSE
bility, he ought always to tell the doc
tor, who otherwise may make a mistake
in his diagnosis.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
UNUSUAL CONDITION
Texas Lady Suffered With PuIlins
and Aching Pains in Her Back,
Which Cardu Relieved.

Houston. Texas.-Mrs. c. d. Cook, q
1912 Witty Street. this city. recently
said; About four months after mp
marriage. :. began suffering much
pain. and knew that my condition was
unusual. but couldn't Just decide what
was wrong. had to go to bed.
All across my back and hips were
rains. pulling and aching until could
hardly sit up. stayed in bed o few
days. My husband had heard Of Car
dui :. so told him he might get Il
After l had taken Cardui q few
lays. l was up. took five bottles and
haven't been in bed since for this
trouble. for II have the least symp-
toms Of this trouble get Cardui and
take II In time.
Il have number Of friends who
have used Cardui, and they recommend
1t very highly"
The experience of this Texas lady
Is similar to that related by thousands
Of other women.
Cardui Is purely vegetable, and mild
and gentle In its action. Cardui may
be the very medicine you need II suf-
fering with womanly troubles.
Take Cardui. NC-13s
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
Seed-Grown Easter Lilies.

AS result of successful expert
ments conducted at the government
farm in Virginia, the Easter lily has
now become wholly domestic plant,
grown from seeds instead of from i'm
ported bulbs. Furthermore, the home
grown lilies, reaching full flower is
months after planting, carry five to is
blossoms to stalk, as compared with
four to five for the average bulb-grown
plants. 1t is reported that good seed
may be procured by anyone, by pollin-
ating the flowers as now obtained The
importation of lily bulbs is large, some
100000, valued at about S2,OO0,OOO,
being brought from Japan last year
The experiments have proved that the
Easter lily is really very hardy plant,
wintering well in the average temper
ate climate with the bulbs only in.
under ground.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
YOU CAN'T
DODGE 1T.
ohce IN Awhile Your Blood Clogs and
Tour Vitality Runs Down.
THEN TAKE PEPTO-MANGAN.
lou ] Pick Up Again Quickly with
Fieh'y OF Red Blood COrpuscles.

musicians nowadays take a blood
's' "hen You are run down. They
T :; the red corpuscles in your blood.
~ u'eSc are too few they give you a
, lung Tor your blood. 1t happens right
o ous Ihey are always on the look
'1 WIZ LOT Indications of weak blood.
vow. Nhy :? Because they know when
' G; o'ood is weak your resistance no
s utseaSe Is low. Your vitality and
'"Iyley quickly ruiz down.
vo aTu can t. when your blood is
~, sSh, lou LOOK pale, feel tired You
Yo W. Hol III, but YOU don't fee. right
t lyu 90, Inh want to do things. That is
pa,. n',. 10 take the well-known tonic,
Fepto -Nangan.
,rsoI P'o-Mangan builds red blood cor
i ), ~. Physicians have prescribed
ror thirty years.
,,b, eptG- Mangan is sold in liquid and
eyac,, FORM. The medicinal value is
WV, NJ the same. Take either kind
sSu prefer. But be sure you get the
sps er.Ine Pepto-Manean . Guides. !"
aCcpp'GG Nangan," The full name
,b HuuS Pepto-Mangan," should be on
s Observation-Disclosures.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
When the Bakers Saved Vienna.

During the siege of Vienna by the
Turks in 1858 bakers apprentices were
at work one night in underground
bakehouses. The boys heard a
rhythmic trump! thump! thump! ana
were puzzled by it. Two Of the ap,
prentices guessed that the Turks were
driving a mine, and ran to the com.
mandant of Vienna with the news. They
saw the engineer officer and told him
of their discovery. He went to the
underground bakehouse, and decided
that the boys were right. The Aus
trians got the direction from the sound
and drove second tunnel. Then
they exploded a powerful countermine
Gerat numbers of Turks were killed
and the siege was temporarily raised.
On September IL of the same year
John Sobieski, King of Poland, utterly
routed the Turks and drove them back
into their own country.
AS a reward for their intelligence
the baker boys were granted the priv.
lege of making and selling rich roll
in the shape of the Turkish emblem
the crescent. The rolls became very
popular with the Viennese, who called
them kipfeln. When Marie Antoinette
married Louis XVI of Farnce she miss
ed her kipfeln and sent to Vienna for
an Austrian baker, who should teach
his Paris cpnfreres the art of making
them. The rolls-known as croissants
retained their original shape and be-
came as popular in Paris as they were
in Vienna And this is why one Of the
rolls that is brought with your morn
ing coffee in Paris will be baked in the
form of a crescent.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
Uniform Type for the Blind.

American libraries for the blind arc
rejoicing over the fact that they will
no longer be obliged to have books in
Eve different kinds Of raised letters In
order to accommodate readers taught
in different parts Of the country and at
different periods. After many years
OF discussion a uniform type, to be
known as revised Braille," has been
agreed upon. and hereafter all books
embossed in this country are to be In
the new type. 1.-The Deserter," by
Richard Harding Davis, was the first
book TO be published I'm revised BraIlle.
Scientific American.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
WHEN SUN BEGINS TO COOL
humanity IL Ito Maturity VIII In A.
Probability % Able 70 Cen
servs Heat.

We can calculate the evolution e the
tempsraturs st As earth In the ru-
ture. TIE - will grow smaller aad
csslsr. nv In 100000 years. whea
The raASs Of the sun has diniuish q
~ saly enehssdredth part. eur ten
peraturs viii be sot more than % De-
grees G. (Ts.s degrees r) At the sSu.-
tor, II will have fallen to o degrees
c. (s2 degrees F) at the latitude -
degrees, and at Paris Il will be 30
low zero (centigrade,.
Finally. In S6o,ooc years. when the
radius OF the sun has lost emily avs
ons-hundredths Of its diameter and
merely 500 degrees c. Of its tenp>ra.
ture. the temperature Of the sQua tor
will have fallen to zero eentiSrads and
the entire earth will be froxen. BE-
logic evolution. which ascends into thu
past for a million years, may descend
into the future for an equal period Of
time.
Moreover. the energy Of tho sua,
whence proceeds our terrestrial CO.
erEy. win BE then diminished By saly
onetenth. Mankind will doubtless BY
that time have long been capable 81
capturing his easrgy directly. q
Transforming X a. the chlorophyi Of
plants 90 admirably does, Of making
IL serve perhaps fer several Hnlisn
years longer to sustain his life ana
the devslepmen t Of his though.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
So it Could Make Honey.

A little girl and boy from the poor
section Of London were spending a hol-
iday in the country. | caught them,
writes the Rev. w. B. Money in
Humors of a Parish, trying no climb
over the churchyard wall
"My dears," said, "you mustn't
climb over that wall"
The little girl looked up into my face
with the most beautifully trustful look
and said:
''Please, sir, we saw a bee fly over
there, and Willie wanted to catch it and
take it home to put in our back yard
so that it can make honey"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27
The Margin of Safety.

,,.s,rsb the story may be an old
;, i worth repeating, OF the man
Ok, desired d to engage a careful driver.
sH0 wsre several applicants for the
lns ..;,, and they were taken to where
P -o.d ran around the edge of a
H' 80 "Now.' said the employer,
P ..snt each one Of you III tell me
near YOU can drive to the edge
with safety" .s ,s,,,, ., ,,o
sxamined it carefully, peered
w. w. the edge into the ravine below,
- then made their reports.
81 would drive not nearer than two
,..- said the first man. 81 would go
.,oss as one foot" reported an
~, - am an expert driver" said
~, third 81 could drive within six
'..,ss Of the edge with perfect
safety"
The fourth man spoke slowly.
AZ do not know how near to the edge
, could drive with safety" he said
81 won't try to find out. | would keep
g far away from the edge of the cliff
IS possible"
He got the job.
There are many people, and their
.,ne is legion, who always try to see
,ou near they can come to fire and
-, not pet burned. They are not con-
,.n, TO keep as far away from danger
:. possible, they must firt with it,
Thew will venture to where the sparks
are sying and there is likelihood of
their getting singed and burned.
The woman who, really upright, plays
With the fire Of temptation, and risks
her reputation that she may enjoy the
excitement of a clandestine meeting
or an indiscreet act is trying to see how
near to the precipice she can get with
out falling over and Drawing plunge
10 the rocks below.
The Young man who endangers his
business position and social standing
through the frequenting of question
able resorts and making companions
Of those who have an unsavory reputa-
ton believes that his position is so Sc
cure that he can drive near the edge
Of the precipice with immunity, but
there is always danger that the ground
nav rumble and sink beneath his feet,
and That he may drop into the abyss
that is waiting TO receive him.
The business man, the politician,
the statesman, the professional man, the
woman of society, the youth, the maid
en- of tender years who are try
Ing to see how near to the fire they can
get without being burned, who are
enieavOring to drive as close to the
edge of the precipice as possible with
out going over, are one and all court
ing danger.
They are all blinded with the
glamour of the game of chance which
they are playing, and in which they
are almost certain to lose, and 90 over
the brink of the cliff to destruction.
One cannot play with fire without
getting burned; pne cannot associate
with the low and vicious, even if they
be CARRIED in the clothes of a gentle
man or lady, without in some measure
becoming Smeared with the filth which
Is underneath their garments OF re-
spectabilty. A man or woman, a boy
or girl, cannot afford to see how near
to the danger line they can 60 before
they pay the penalty.-Dearborn indie
pendent
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27

: =, one of the things that the National
''o''a. Association recommended al
'a.cst convention was a thorough
s.s"E'iion of every possible new
,o. VI paper. The present situa-
~. ' causes uneasiness of two kinds
tbo So''erning the shortage OF paper
~ o'',r concerning the INABILITY OF
o.. wi 'si* 10 meet the paper makers
bar, Esparato grass, wtattle
ta 'n south Africa, ",:arn" Of Aus.
III, .'.h kinds o: scawecd and
o., ~ '' papyrus, :..om which We
DE- ,Ey name of payer. are all un.
mo-. rmcnt; bu: so far the mos.
H., 3 results have come from
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27

Fred Gallon. an ironworker of
Hagerstown, has tested the plan of kiss
ing his wife every morning before he
leaves home, and finds that it makes
him happier man throughout the day
Gallon recommends this plan to al
married couples, with the assurance
that il will bring many couples closer
together, and thereby lessen the num-
Der of divorces. Gallon made a res
olution on New Years day that he would
kiss his wife each morning hereafter.
He says il is working like a charm.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27

Miss Cora was taking her first trip
on the train.
The conductor came through and
called for the tickets. Cora readily
gave up her ticket.
A few minutes later the butcher boy
coming through called, "Chewing
Gum"
"Neverw cried Cora bravely. "You
can take my ticket, but not my chew
ing gum"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27

Though oil was discovered on the
farm of mail carrier Of Dallas, Texas.
assuring him of an income of $4,000
a month, he reports for duty at the
post Office each morning with the other
carriers ready for his days work
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27

A passenger stopped and picked up
a coin from the door. Three of the
other passengers eyed him with envy
He said:
(which of you people dropped FIVE
dollar gold piece?"
81 did, yelled each OF the three.
"Well," said the finder to the man
nearest him, "here's a nickel Of it,"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1921-01-27

LADY, want some stockings.
Clerk-How many?
Lady-Two, of course. I'm no C,
tipede.