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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
Express DRAGON Flies.

When we come to birds. we find
many very high speeds. Swifts have
been known to overtake an alrplane
in flight. Their speed has been calcu-
lated to exceed one hundred miles an
hour sometimes. The racing pigeon
has on several occasions done short
Journeys at sixty miles an hour. The
golden plover is very speedy, but his
turning. twisting flight makes 1t diff
cult to time him accurately over any
distance. The pheasant. though he
does not look very rapid fiier. can
do As miles an hour.
Among insects, the most rapid Is
probably the dragon-hy, who does as
much as 30 miles an hour I'm his swift
dashes from place To place The bee
IL capable of travelling at speed of
20 miles an hour and he achieves II
by beating his wings more than GOO
times - sccOnd-siXty beats for every
yard he travels.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
LAWYER COULD NOT SEE 1T
Legal Luminary Felt Himself Regret
fully Compelled to Decline Offered
Job Of "Spellbinding."

II want to take time by the fore
lock-" he said as he entered a law
yer's Office.
Eyes, sirl Yes, sir!" was the reply.
always take time by the forelock and
you won't get left. What 1t 1t, sir "
well, we are to have an election
this fall for city offices, and wanted
to know IL could engage you to make
a speech for me the night before cleo
tion."
Are you going to be a candidate9'
was asked.
II am"
"But what about the specify"
"Why, a Teller Is going to run
against me again who beat me by 300
votes last year. In fact, l only got
two votes. 1 want you to come up and
give me such speech that will beat
him worse than he beat me. You will
want to lay ii right down to him. He
killed horse once, and stole a saw
mill, and has been married three
times. If you will come up and pre-
sent the case in way to knock the
Teller out, will give you S."
The lawyer respectfully declined TO
take the case, and somebody will get
showed under northumberland En-
quirer.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
POOR PLACE TO HIDE MONEY
French Peasant Now Convinced That
Shotgun Is Unreliable az
Bank Of Deposit.

The ingenuity OF French peasants In
hiding money has surpassed Itself in
the case of a man near Lorient who
received a 1000 franc note and a
QUO franc note In payment for prod
uce. He hid them In the muzzles of
his double-barreled shotgun, believing
that would be the last place thieves
would search for money.
He made a mistake, however. in not
taking his wife into the secret. A
neighbor called a few days later, In
the absence Of the man of the house,
and asked for the loan of the gun to
get a hare.
The hare escaped and when the
peasant came in that evening his wife
remarked that the neighbor must be a
very bad shot.
"Why?" the peasant asked.
Because he used both charges of
your gun on hare without hitting It,"
MY shotgunf" inquired the peasant
with gasp, at the same time making
for the corner where the weapon hung.
The civil court of the department of
Morbihan will have to decide the deli
cate point of law whether the neigh
Dor is responsible for the loss of the
100 francs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
Bret Hartc.

Bret Harte, American poet and nov
eliSt, was born at Albany, y. Y, Au-
gust %, 1899. While youth he went
10 California, where. several years
later he founded the Overland Month
~ In san Francisco. In 1870 he was
made professor of recent literature in
the University of California. but re-
signed and returned to New York the
following year. He was United States
co"Sul at Creford, Germany, 1S7S-SU,
aiu al Glasgow, 1SS0-S5, and aftcrvard
lived in England. Among his many
works are The Luck of Roaring
Camp" The Outcasts of Poker Flat. "
CONDENSED Novels, etc." "The
Heather Chinee," Poems" "Stories
of the Sierras," Tales of the Argo-
nauts," Gabriel Conroy," Thankful
Blossom" 1.-TWO Men of Sandy Bar"
california Stories. "a Millionaire of
Rough and Ready" "a Drift From
Redwood Camp" and "a Phyllis of the
Sierras."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
CAN DO WONDERS IN CANOE
Eskimos Are Literally Part Of the
Frail Craft Which They Have
Named a~'Kayak."

Built of sealskin, with the fur inside,
stretched over framework of wood.
the Eskimo canoe-called a kayak"
is only about ten feet long, and
often not two feet wide at its widest
part, taperlng ito nothing" at both
ends The greatest width of the
kayak is at the middle. Here there
the deck. The rest of the deck, save
this hole just large enough to admit
Of the passage OF the body OF a man,
Is covered with sealskin.
When the Eskimo goes out in a
kayak, he puts on special sealskln,
waterproof shirt over his regular cloth
Ing. With very great care he steps
into the kayak, sliding his feet over
the tender bottom until he is seated
on the wooden seat which is only the
thickness OF the wood above the bot
tom. Then he draws over the comb
ing the end OF his shirt, which tightly
fits the combing part of the kayak.
Experts of Greenland learn to turn
"A sOmersault i'm canoe and come up
again on even keel, an exchange states.
But the best Of the Eskimos of Green
land are not content with merely he
Ing able To right the kayak when il
overturnS. They practice until they
are able To paddle the kayak in such
way that they shoot ahead on their
course even as they turn that danger
Gus somerSault in the sea.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
Gauges Food by Cans.

DingIey. who halls from the West
and Is merely a soiourncr in the big
city, sees all sorts Of things To make
him wonder.
"out where come from when Won
ask waiter about the slowncss of
the service he always tells Won Irs
ON the fire. But it's different here
\ few evenings ago ordered pork and
apple sauce, TIL" pork came i'm due
ilInc hut the apple sauce was miss
lng. inquired about it and the waiter
replied: I'll have it for you in Il min
ute. Just opening fresh can
IF there's anything that doesn't
come in can, the New Yorker thinks
1t Isn't fresh, apparently. Tm afraid
to order eggs for fear I'll learn the
come in II can, too."-Ncw York Sun
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
Norfolk g. Western Rv

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-18
Doubtful Endinn

HAS YOUR story happy ending?"
'Wcil, that depends on the view.
point"
what do YOU mean?"
Some might call it II happy end
ing and some might not The lovers
got married In the last CHAPTER"
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14
PEASANT LEADER
HUNGER STRIKER
MINIS. Spiridnova Seriously iii AS
Result Of Her l5-Day
Protest

MOSCOW, Jan. 13.-(By Asso-
ciated Press -Marie Spiridnova,
the social reyolutionist leades who
brock with the Bolsheviki over the
Brest-Litovsk treaty, is dangerously
i'll in the Cheka hospital as the re-
sult-of hunger strike which lasted
for is days and was brought to an
end through forced feeding.
Spiridnova is the acknowledged
leader of the Russian peasants. She
was banished to Siberia under the
cSarist regime for bombing a provin-
cial official, but returned at the time
of the revolution and was an import
ant factor in leading the peasants in
to the combination with workmen
which made the Bolshevist coup pos.
sible.
But the Brest-Litovsk treaty was
too bitter a dose for her. She de-
nounced it in the Fifth All-Russian
Soviet congress because she said it
robbed the peasants of food and
clothing. She also denounced Len
ines plan whereby he arrayed poor
peasants against more prosperous
ones, and said it was putting prem
UNI on shiftlessness.
Immediately after Spjridnova's
sensational denunciation of the
Brest-Litovsk treaty, Count Mier-
bach, the German ambassador in,
Moscow, was murdered and the So
eial revolutionists uprising at Yarro-
s'av and orhei outbreaks against the
Bolshevist aEthcritv took place.
Sphidnov disappeared immediate
y after her infammattry speech in
tie Fifth Al-itus ian Soviet con-
press. That was in carly July 1918.
FolskcgiSt leaders caused the report
TO be citculated that she was mental
IS unbalanced and lad been placed in
sanitarium,
She was confined for a time in a
building in the Moscow Kremlin, but
managed to escape, and was not
heard of for a long time. The
Cheka found her living quietly in an
obscure section of Moscow and she
was again imprisoned. After repeat
cd attempts to get released, Spirid-
nova started the hunger strike which
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14
MISTRIAL in SUIT FOR
$4,000 FROM NEGRO

A mistrial resulted in City court
in the case of w. l.. English VS.
Josiah Crawford, in which Mr. Eng
lish was suing the negro for $500
commission on the sale Of the Marion
county farm bought couple of years
ago by R. L. McMath, of Americas,
for $4,000. The case consumed most
of two days in the trial. The jury was
said to have stood s to for the de-
PENDANT.
The sale was made directly by
Crawford, who is a wealthy negro
farmer, but Mr.. English contended
that he had previously taken Mr.. Nc
Math to inspect it when the place
was listed with him for sale and that
the sale really resulted from his own
efforts earlier to sell it.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14

know Immediately. At the last meet
ing of the club in December it was
definitely decided that the club hav-
ing grown to large proportion, it
would be necessary to limit the mem
bership at least for this year. The
molten was made and adopted that
all present members who wish to re-
tain their membership for the present
club year shall communicate with the
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14
OUTSIDE THE LAW" NEW PRIS
CILLA DEAN FILM, SAID TO
HAVE COST QUARTER OF
A MILLION DOLLARS

Priscilla Deans first feature since
"The Virgin of Stamboul," is to be
shown at the Rylander theater Satur-
day. 1t is called Outside the Law"
and is the work of Tod Browning,
who has directed Miss Dean in all her
big screen successes, and who wrote
her latest story as well as supervised
its production. From all advance re
ports it is the crowning achievement
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14

Iof the popular Universal star and her
author director.
More than $250,O00 was expended
in the production of Outside the
Law and the cast is roster of
Who's Who in cinema circles. Be-
sides Miss Dean there is Lon CLANCY
as a Frisco gangster, Wheeler Oak
man plays dapper gentleman crook,
E. A. Warren, rare Chinese char
acterization, and Ralph Lewis as
master-gambler; while, Melbourne
MacDowell, Wilton Taylor and Stan
ley Goethals, clever child actor, are
other principals in the cast.
Lon CLANCY will be seen in two of
the strangest Characterization of his
career in this photdrama One of
the roles played by this king of all
character actors, is that of "Black
Mike" Silva, evil genius Of the UNI
derword. The Identify of the other
lrole is kept a secret by Tod Brown
ling and Universal, as challenge to
screen goers, as Chaney's makeup
! in the part is unbelievable and i'm
penetrable even by his personal
Friends
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14

came near ending her life. She has
been afflicted with tuberculosis for
years as a result of her prison ex-
periences under the old regime. The
lack of food aggravated her maldy
and it was necessary to move her to
hospital and administer nourish-
ment forcibly.
Spiridnov was a school teacher at
the time she became a terrorist and
while still in her teens took up the
defense of peasants against the OPP
plessions of government officials and
landlords. She is now about 35
years old.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14
ANCLO-FRENCH
TREATY Barred

PARIS, Jan. buy Associated
Press -The Anglo-French treaty,
made public today, provides that
Great Britain will come Immediately
to the aid of France in case of ag-
gression by Germany.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14
SATURDAY. JANUARY IA. 1917,

president, paying the membership fee
of 81 and asking that her name be
continued On the roster. Other aspi-
rants for membership are being re-
ceived daily, and it is the plan of the
president to permit new members
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14
Society
CKRYSANTHEMUM CLUB TO
MEET SATURDAY AFTERNOON

Mrs. Thos. Harold and Miss Maria
Harold will be joint hostesses Sat
urday afternoon to the members of
the Chrysanthemum club at the home
of Mrs. Harold on College street.
This being the initial meeting of
the new year, matters of Importance
will come up for settlement. Among
these is the membership status, which
it is necessary for the president to
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14

to take the place of any old 49,.
who wish to discontinue.
Plans will be discussed at the g..
urday meeting for the spripg nat ~al'
chase OF the plants, the prepa a Pu''
of beds, etc. Np'' d'loa
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14

much of my time with pains and had to
have the doctor every month. One day
| found little book in my yard in
Guthrie, Oklahoma, and read it through
and got the medicine-Lydia E. Pink
hams Vegetable Compound took
eight bottles and used the Sanative
Wash. at once began to get stronger.
! have got many women to take it Just
by telling them whatit has done for me.
] have young sister whom it has
helped in the same way it helped me.
] want you to know that am friend
indeed, for youwere friend inneed. >"
Mrs. GEORGE HARDEE, 1043 Byram
ST., Los Angeles, California
Let Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound be friend indeed +" to you.
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14

hams Veget bile
Compound. / have
taken it off and on
for twenty years and
it has helped me
change from a deli
cate girl to a stout,
b e althy won an.
When l was married
| was sick all the
time until l took
Lydia K. Pinkham's
We ge t able Com
Mound wac In had
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14
A FRIEND in need
4 FRIEND INDEED
Writes Mrs. Hardee Regarding
Lydia E. Pinkham's Vegetable
Compound

Los Angeles, Calf. : 81 must tell you
that am true friend to LYDIA Z. Pink
Americus times-recorder. [volume] (Americus, Ga.) 1891-current, 1922-01-14
AS One Raised
From Dead
Stomach Pains Gone
Eaf0sric Made Him Wei

"After suffering ten long months
with stomach pains, / have taken
Eatonic and am now without any
pain whatever. Am as one raised
from the dead" writes A. Percifield.
Thousands of stomach sufferers re-
port wonderful relief. Their trouble
Is too much acidity and gas which
Eatonic quickly takes up and car.
ries out, restoring the stomach TO q
healthy, active condition. Always
carry few Eatonics, take one after
eating, food will digest well-you will
feel fine. Big box costs only q trifls
uith your druggists guarantee.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-25
HONOR The DEAD
AT ARLINGTON
impressive Memorial Services
in the Greatest National
Cemetery.
WHOLE NATION PAYS TRIBUTE
Americas Foremost Men Render HON.
age to the Thousands Of Heroic
Dead Who Are There Sleep
ing Their Long Sleep.

Among the hundreds of services
that take place Memorial day through
out the land in honor of the soldier
dead who have fought their last bat
tie and gone to their reward, probably
none is more largely attended, and
certainly none includes greater num-
Der OF men of national prominence,
than that in the magnificent amphi-
theater in Arlington National ceme-
terry, on the Virginia heights across
the Potomac from the city of Wash
ington.
This year will be the fifty-fourth
celebration of Memorial day in Ar
slington. Gen. John A. Logan, while
commander In chief of the Grand
Army of the Republic in 1868, with a
handful of his fellows assembled there
on May 80, and before the historic
Custis-Lee mansion conducted the
memorial service. At that time there
were but few graves within the estate,
where today more than 27000 heroes
have been gathered for their last long
sleep.
The memorial service at Arlington
is profoundly impressive. With but
few exceptions in all the years these
annual memorials have been held, the
President of the United States has
been in attendance, surrounded by
members of his cabinet and other high
government officials, ambassadors and
other representatives of foreign coun-
tries. and a vast assemblage OF the
citizens of Washington and visitors
to the city.
The new amphitheater, used for the
memorial service first time in 1920, is
an imposing Roman and Gothic struc-
ture of glistening white marble, erected
by the national government. at the sug-
gestion of the Grand Army of the
Republic as fitting place in which to
assemble for the annual memorial.
There are seats for 5000 spectators
and standing room for 1900 more,
with places on the platform for about
500 of the more distinguished guests.
The President usually delivers a brief
eulogistic address. Under the blue
dome of heaven as canopy the as
sembled throng unites in tribute to
the memory of those who died that the
nation might be preserved and liberty
not perish from the earth.
Arlington National cemetery is a
unique and fitting memorial to the
dead of great nation. No other
country has memorial of like ma
ture. Embracing more than 400 acres,
the government has spared no effort
or expense to make It attractive. The
lawns and shrubbery were laid out by
andscape experts and receive the
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-25
-o.RAN@ -

Little green tents where the soldiers
sleep,
And the sunbeams play. and the women
weep,
Are covered with flowers today;
And between the tents walk the weary
few,
Who were young and stalwart in sixty
two,
When they went to the war away.
The little green tents are built of sod,
And they are not long, and they are not
broad,
But the soldiers have lots of room;
And the sod is a part of the land they
saved,
When the flag of the enemy darkly waved,
The symbol of dole and doom.
The little green tent is thing divine:
The little green tent is country's shrine,
Where patriots kneel and pray.
And the brave men left, SO old, so few,
Were young and stalwart in 'sixty-two,
When they went to- the war away.
Walt Mason in the ST. Louis Globe
Democrat.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-25

most careful attention. The ancient
trees are given every protection to
preserve them. In all, it is just such
a tribute as the nations heroes de-
serve.
Outstanding spots in the cemetery
have special appeal. The Temple of
Fame bears the names of the great
generals of the Union side in the Civil
war. From the rustic benches of the
temple may be had most wonderful
view of the capital city. The monu-
ment to the Confederate soldiers who
fell in the great war is an imposing
shaft. Massive columns and beautiful
mausoleums have been erected to the
memory of some distinguished army
marked only with the greatest SIM
plicity. The tomb Of the unknown
dead, in which the bodies of 2,111 un-
identified soldiers were gathered, is
a particular mecca on Memorial day.
The anchor and mast of the battle
ship Maine serve as mute reminders
Of the tragic death of hundreds Of
brave men.
Memorial day this year sees many
graves in Arlington that were not there
year ago. Of the thousands who fell
on foreign soil during the World war
many have found their last resting
place in this hallowed spot. And no
greater distinction could be desired
than to lie among the nations heroes
In this sacred Valhalla.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-25
Out of the Mouths of Babes.

You've heard about the little girl
who was given woolly bear that she
would name Gladly" after the bear
in the Gladly, my cross-eyed
bear"
Another little girl was asked if she
knew who Nero was.
Hes the Good Man." she answered
in awed tones
"The Good Man? What makes you
think he's the Good Man?" said her
teacher.
Then, in answer, the little girl, still
in awed tones, quoted the hymn,
Nero My God to Thee!"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-25
UCE pROFITS-N new MARyEL
Ne Chance.

Mayor Lew Shank visited school No.
3, and warned the boys and girls of
the many traffic dangers, and ex-
planned to them their part in keeping
the streets ''safe for boys and girls"
He asked the boys how many wished
to be police officers.
One tow-headed little chap held up
his hand.
Il want-a be cop he piped.
"Are you Irish?" the mayor asked
Nope" came the reply.
"Well, there isn't any chance for
you. son. You'd better take up some
thing else" was the mayors disap-
pointing ce.-Indianapolis News.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-25
Homage of France Assured.

Frances beautiful and sincere trib-
ute on Memorial day last year to Amer
ica's soldier dead is calculated to bring
solace to those who have elected to
let their dear ones remain III the land
where they fell They trusted that
France would not forget, and France
has not forgotten. For them Marshal
Petain's words carry special mean
ing. May those families" he said,
whose tears are the more bitter for
not having near them the glorious re-
mains of their children know of the
veneration with which we French
guard these sacred guests and of the
homage which we pay to their glorious
memory"
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-25
WHY DRUGGISTS RECOMMEND
SWAMP ROOT

For many years druggists have watched
with much interest the remarkable record
maintained by DR.. Klmer's Swamp Root,
the great kidney, liver and bladder medi.
cine.
1t is physician's prescription.
Swamp-Root is strengthening medi-
cine. It helps the kidneys, liver and blad-
der do the work nature intended they
should do.
Swamp-Root has stood the test of years.
It is sold by all druggists on its merit
and it should help you. No other kidney
medicine has so many friends.
Be sure to get Swamp-Root and start
treatment at once.
However, if you wish first to test this
great preparation send ten cents to DR..
Kilmer & Co., Binghamton, N. Y, for a
sample bottle. When writing be sure and
mention this paper Advertisement.
The Monmouth inquirer., 1922-05-25

On the occasion of the arrival of
the Somme, Grantland Rice wrote a
splendid poem for the New York Trib-
une, of which these two verses were
a part:
"some day" they said, "when war is
done
And we have wandered back;
When we have earned our share Of
fun
Beyond the last attack,
As we swing down the Avenue
Some day, amid the din,
Well take our place back home with
your
And now the Somme comes in.
Once more Taps sounds above their
dreams,
And with it's ancient glow
Once more the flaming skyline CLEANS,
But they will never know.
Back with their love Of youth and life,
Lost dreams Of play and sport,
Far from the uun-swept plains of
strife
Their ship has come to port.