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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
Early English History.

The reason that the Norman CON
quest did not subjugate the English
Is explained by the fact that flutes.
Angles, SaXons, Danes and Normans"
were all kindred in race and so they
united in one race; the Welsh, Irish
and Scots were of the Celtic race. The
Normans were not Frenchmen In the
beginning but pirates from Scandi-
navia, who had come to France and
had been given tract of land. They
adopted the French language and he
came in time the most courteous and
noble people in Europe, but when they
Won the battle of Hastings, they were
more nearly akin to the English or
Anglo-Saxons than to the French. al
though they brought the French Ian.
guage to England, and many of their
words were Incorporated into the Ian.
guage. Because Of racial differences
the Welsh, Irish and Scotch did not
unite with the English as easily, but
the centuries have obliterated many
racial characteristics because of many
intermarrfages.-St. Louis Globe-Dem-
Ocrat.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
HARD TO CREDIT THIS STORY
" True. However, II Shows the Re
narkable subtIety Of the Mind OF
the Oriental.

One ingenious IL dishonest native OF
India turned his dark skin to excellent
account. One Of the European exam
liners OF Calcutta university. says Lord
Frederic Hamilton in his book Days
Before Yesterday" told me that there
had been a great deal OF trouble ABOUT
the examination papers; by some
means or other the native students al
ways managed to obtain what we may
term advance" copies of the papers.
My informant had accordingly devised
a scheme to stop the leakage. Instead
Of having the papers printed In the
usual fashion he called in the services
OF single white printer on whom he
could rely. The white printer received
the papers early on the morning of the
day designated for the examination
and duly set them up on hand press
inside the building. He had one as
sistant, q cOOlie who was clad only In
lOin cloth and turban; by no possibility
could he conceal any papers about his
person.
In spite of these precautions, how
ever, it soon became clear ut the ex-
animation that some of the students
had IA previous knowledge of the ques-
tions. How had they managed it?
Eventually il appeared that the coolie,
taking advantage of the momentary
absence of the white printer, had
whipped off his loin cloth, sat down
on the "foim" and then replaced his
solitary garment. When he was
obliged to strip on going out the
printing ink did not show on his dark
skin; and all that he had to do was to
sit down on a large sheet of white
paper for the questions to be printed
off on it, Then, with the aid of u mir
ror, the students could easily read
them. The oriental mind is subtle.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
CAUSE OF CANCER UNKNOWN
Dread Disease Has Baffled the Best
Efforts Of the Medical Fraternity
for Centuries.

Medical science today knows no
more about the cause Of cancer than
was known 1000 years ago.
Some families seem to be immune.
In other families deaths from cancer
occur in generation after generation,
az If to show hereditary tendency.
There are many so-called cancer
houses" in which deaths from the dis
ease have occurred with such lament
able repetition as to destroy their mar
ket value for selling or renting pur-
poses. An evil repute attaches to Ger
tain well-knOwn cancer districts" In
which the death rate from this malady
Is extraordinarily high. There Is one
such district in the Berkshires of Mas
sachusetts, another Is in the middle Of
New York state.
One of the many theories regarding
the cause Of cancer Is that II is at
tributable to an undiscovered germ,
carried by the bedbug or some other
insect. If that were correct, the dis
ease would surely be more prevalent
among the slum-dwelfing poor than
among well-to-de people who enjoy the
benefit of sanitary surroundings. But
such is not the case; cancer Is as
common among the rich as in the tene-
ment and poorer quarters of our cities.
Dispatch.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
His Ailment DIAGNOSED.

water" yelled the fcrvent orator
Aqua, aqua" ~ he shouted lapsing into
Latin, his mother tongue. "Aqua
pura The greatest gift of Nature To
thirsty man! What would the ocean
be without water? Answer me that?
What"
That question: had never struck his
audience before: They pondered in
silence.
Water" cried the orator again.
What would Niagara falls be without
waterT"
Another stupendOus question. His
audience stirred restlessly; his argu-
ments were too nuch for them
'Of what USE" screamed the speak
err, would our bathtubs be without
clean, beautiful waterT
AS one man the audience turned and
left the hall, perhaps to consider out
side the orators brainy conundrums.
But one ignorant fellow said to an
other:
THAT man has water on the brain !"
Houston Post.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
OLE WAS OBEYlNG ORDERS
First Five Hundred Miles Slowly, Said
Agent, and He Intended to Do
AZ Directed.

The agent of a certain popular auto
mobile made a sale to a Swedish farm
er In a small town near Topeka. In
his Instructions To the purchaser he
said: You must he careful"
LAY skall do dat"
"AlsO for the first 500 miles you
must drive slowly-not over Is miles
an hour-or you will burn out your
bearings"
"Ay do dat. too" said Ole.
"Your car has two gears, high and
low If you want tn go fast put 'er
I'm high. If you want to go slow, put
'er I'm low"
Vas, stree, you can bet on Ol--ee:
ay want to go fast lax eyertanS ay
put heem i'm high, If ay want to- go
slow ay put heem in low. Shure, sy
no."
The next day the neighbOrs noticed
Ole driving his new car up and down
the road in "low." He kept ii up I'M
til it began to snort and steam and
was developing a terrific knock.
"Ole, yOu mustn't do that, don't you
know you'll ruin your car that way
you'll burn up the bearings" they car.
toned him.
"Ya can't fool ole. Da boss WHO
sold me das car told ma ny skall no.,
drive over faffteen miles hour for 5tD
miles. He said to 20 In hurry put
car in high gear, to 20 slow. lax turtle,
put heem In low gear Az Skull run
500 miles In low gear; get out way
quick, ay got 400 miles to GO"
The neighbors argued, expostulated,
then laughed, and Ole. with. IVA Skall
al 20 to H." struck ont down the
road ut 10 miles an hour In low gear.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
CHINESE BUY OFF BRlGANDS
Bandit Chieftains, Whom They Get Teo
Powerful, Arc Dealt With In
Peculiar Fashion,

Custom has prescribed convention
a. solution Of the problem Of brigand-
age In China. When a brigand has
gone beyond the orthodox limits in
the terrorization Of the region In
which he operates, the government
sets out to suppress" him. 1t does
so, In the usual way. by bargaining.
Troops are moved, though not too
close, and negotiations are opened
with the bandit leader. He offers to
60 the way of good citizenship In ex-
change for an appointment as gov
ernor Of q province. The governor
offers to make him q general. They
compromise on his appointment as
brigade commander with station
rich and ripe for the plucking. When
negotiations have been satisfactorily
consummated, the government troops
are brought up. They launch an at
tack upon the bandits, fire into the
air for Il few minutes and then with
draw. Official proclamation Is made;
the bandits have been dispersed and
order restored. And the former bandit
chieftain finds that squeeze" Is far
more profitable than robbery-and
much less hazardous.
Such is the history OF not a few
of the outstanding notables in con-
temporary Chinese public life.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
Noise.

Every organ of your body develops
resisting powers as you need them. A
miller gets so used To the sound of his
mill wheels that he ceases to hear them
and can catch n whisper.
Put 30 identical machines i'm n room
Workers forget the noise. But, IL one
machine stops, the operator knows II
instantly by the changed sound.
This power of the ears to adjust
themselves to environment makes city
life possible. Metropolltans live in
an inferno of noise. The ears ignore
1t, In large sense, though the noise
is there, tearing away at the nervous
system.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
The Shapes Of EuQs.

An expert recently entertained the
Geological society Of London with
mathematical discussion Of the differ
ences in the shape of eggs. A few
eggs, like those of the owl and the
tortoise, are spherical or nearly so;
few, like the grebes or the cormor-
ants are ellipticnl, with symmetrical
ends; the great majority, like the
hens, are ovoid, or blunter at one end
than at the other.
The hens eggs are always laid
blunt end foremost. Eggs which are
the most unSymmetrlcal are also eggs
of large size relatively to the parent
birds. The yOlks of eggs are spherical.
whatever the form of the entire egg
may be. This is shown to be due to
thei" being enclosed I'm fluid the
"whitc," which makes the pressure
everywhere on the surface of the yolk
practically constant.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
Norfolk g. Western Ry

Schedule in Effect April Both 100,
LEAVE SHEPHERDSTOWN DAILY
SOUTHBOUND.
No. 1906 A. M.-For Bristol and in
termediate Stations; Broiler parlo,
Car to Bristol; connection at Ros.
noke for points West; Sleeper 10
Roanoke, Columbus, Cincinnati and
Chicago. Dining car.
No. 27-4.52 P. M.-For Shenandoah
Va, and Local Stations.
No. Isl A. M.-Let off from con.
Meeting lines at Hagerstown or Sher.
andoah Junction or to take on 70,
Basic or beyond. Sleeper to vii.
Hanson, w. Va, and Winston.Ss.
lem, N. G. Dining car to Roanoke
NORTHBOUND.
No. 28-9.39 A. M.-For Hagerstovr
and intermediate stations, CONNECTS
at Hagerstown for Harrisburg, Phil.
adelphia and New York.
No. 1854 P. M.-For Hagerstuvr.
Philadelphia, and New York; Parlcr
Cars, Sleepers, Hagerstown TO Phil.
adelphia.
No. 2-l2.20 A. Met off from b.
sic or beyond, or to take on TO con.
Meeting lines at Shenandoah JunctiOl
or HagerStown. Sleeper TO Phla
delphia and New York.
W. B. BEVILL. w. C. SAUNDERS,
Pass. TRAIT. Mgr. Gen. Pass Agt.
Roanoke, Va.
Try the Register year, if you are
not now a subscriber II will be sent
to any address year for $3.50.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
Safety First.

Narlet-l prithee haste, sir knight,
to the rescue of IA lady imprisoned In
yondcr town by Il wicked ogre.
knight-Oh, bother, This is my
day Off. Why don't you go and save
her yourself?
Farlrt-Shc is my wife, sir knight.
ana Size refuse to allow me To engage
In so perilOus an emprisc.-Punch.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
True Economist.

He was an ingenious and ingenious
small boy. Mother" he said on one
occasion, will you wash my face?"
why, Hugh, can't You do thatY"
Yes, mother, can, but I'll have to
wet my hands. and they don't need it."
-llarper's Magazine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
Farm For Sale

A desirable farm, $50 acres of clean
land, fine timber tracts and good
buildings. Close to town. Limestone
country and low-grade railroads. Pos
session April lst. House has ten
rooms, bath and lights, steam heat, new
barn, good fences and a good road
Inquire at the Register Office, Shep-
herdstown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25

For mild, easy action Of the bowels,
try Doan's Regulets, a modern laxa-
tive. 30c at all stores.
Sl.50 gets the Register q year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25

For baby's Group, Wille's daily cuts
and bruises, mothers sore throat,
grandma's lameness.-Dr. Thomas Ec-
lectic Oil-the household remedy. 3Oc
and 60c.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25

sl.5O Gets the Register a year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1922-05-25
Emergency Case,

81 cannot countcnance your kissing
one of your patients, nurse"
"Hut, doctor, it was in my line of
duty"
How 500"
This gentleman sworc he'd die
without it."-BirmIngham Age Herald.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
THE REAL REMEDY

History Is iull OF tales OF dcs-
peraie chances which succeeded be-
cause some man was not afraid 20
lead. In America today exists
chance lar from desperate. and bu,
waiting great leader who will
point the way O.. who Will it he
The press is iull Of remedies"
for the industrial unrest which re-
suits in strikes and iockouts. Edi-
,orial after editorial explains that
AL that !, needed is iullcd under.
standing between capital and labor
mutual forbearance. a playing
each into the Others hand. a coop
Grafton between them for their mt
inal advantage.
All, It is explained. which is need.
Cd is for some great corporation
to lead the way aud treat labor as
.omething to he considered con-
ulied. profited. and helped. or some
sreat body oi labor to lead the
way and. instead Of seeing how
much they may exact from an en-
ployer for the least work. TO try
he other scheme aud see how
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20

Gunpowder is said to have been dis.
covered hy Roger Bacon.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20

much they can do in a given time
to profit the employer and let the
wages depend not on organization
and threats. but upon the work
done and the spirit OF cooperation.
That's ALT But as vet the leader
does not appear. No great corpora
ton as yet fails to get the best OF
the bargain il it can when making
terms with labor. No labor organi-
zatiou as yet has considered the
employing interest before its own
And if you ask why hte answer
IS plain because men are selfish,
because men diStruSt each other,
because experience has proven TO
each that neither is wholly to be
trusted.
Then the answer, the real ans
wer, is an inculcatiou of spirit OF
un>cliishncSs, and spirit OF trust
I'm other words, all those who stand
in church and admit the Father
hood OF God, must stand in fac
tory at bench. beside desk, in a
bank, on farm, railroad, and in
mines, and practice the Brother
hood of Man. Then, and not until
then, will the leader arise who will
make capital and labor truly fra
ternal instead OF opponents.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
Tom
Sims /


WaXahachle. Texas. had big fire |
IT doesn't matter but the name sounds
like a clog dance.
Hotel dining room motto "Only the
brave observe the fare"
Autos are down, gas is down; tires
are down-pedestrians also.
We have been expecting to see in the
paper where some coal wagon driver
absconded with ton.
New York police have dangerous jobs
An actor tried to kiss one.
: woman who loves every hair on
hcr husbands head hates every hair on
hiN shoulder.
It's about equal. Poor dodge autos
and rich dodge baby buggies.
Some girls dress for town as il they
thought the place deserted.
While driving autos or bargains it Is
safer TO keep to the right.
Slit sleevesc look as If the dressmak.
or didn't have enough goods.
Since worry makes one bald. what a
pity a man can't worry his face instead
Of his head.
Beating up burglar is safe compar'
ed 10 cussing out a waitress.
skirts are longer but II is only SIX
more months until March.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
EDITORIAL
OF THE DAY
COUNTRY WIDE C0MMUN NIFTY
(IIBS

A countrywide community club has
been organized al NUowata for the
purpose OF promoting the progress Of
the county 1t is taking an interest
in every class Of work and in educa-
tional and other matters which help to
make a county a better place in which
TO live. It's slogan is Build your com
munity and it will build YOU
The community club should be Of
considerable service in promoting the
interests Of all citizens of Nowata
county. The idea is well worth fol-
lowing in other counties Community
clubs which limit their membership
tC residents of certain towns and cities
or parts OF cities are beneficial. but a
countrywide community club is desir-
able to bring the people OF the various
section Of county into closer coop.
Grafton for the ogod all-Dally Ok
lahoman.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
Y0UNGSTER SAVES 3
LIVES IN THREE YEARS

HALIFAX. y. S.-Harry Mcdonald.
n l2-year old lad living al Faiyview. on
The outskirts OF Halifax, has to his cree
II three rescues from drowning. all
within the past three years.
Ills latest feat was the saving re.
Gently OF five year old Teddy Moller
when the small boy fell through hole
in Fairview wharf. Young Mcdonald
had TO dive over the wharf and swim II
distance Of 20 feet among the piles. The
young Moller boy was going down for
the third time and was unconscious
when reached. but Mcdonald clutched
him aud then holding to one OF the piles
directed the remainder Of the saving
operations These were carried out with
the aid OF a cod line passed down from
the wharf
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20

The history of human failure is
4 ncver-endnig serial story, each
installment repition of Its i'm
possible and Il can't do it,
The history OF success is much
smaller volume. But it also is a
never-ending serial story, with the
characters muttering firmly, Moth
ing is impobbible,' and "Ill do il
or die in the attempt"
All powers and talents OF man,
all natural wealth OF the earth, are
merely fingers on the hand known
as Human VIII Power.
Without a neyer-lagging will
power nothing can carry you
through TO success. With will
power YOU can obtain what you
want. even if some OF the fingers
OF human ability and wealth are
lacking.
VIII power cannot be developed
for it lies dormant in every persons
character What we call develop
ment OF will power is merely the
bringing to lie OF a sleeping giant
That giant, il not already reused
can be wakened in YOU in the twink
ling OF an eve.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
CAN YOU DO 1T?

If YOU are face-to-face with
task that seems impossible, consider
this
In 1922 the Boston Courier said
edtorially, The project Of rail
road from Boston to Albany is I'M
practical, as everyone knows the
simplest rule OF arithmetic, and
the expense would be little less than
the market value OF the whole ter
ritory of Massachusetts; and which,
il practicable, every person OF COM
mon sense knows would be as use
less as railroad from Boston to
The noon
Nevertheless, crazy visionaries"
went ahead and laid a network of
railroads. Having Imagination, they
clairvoyantly Sensed the future in
store ior New York and other
states.
Men Of the sort of those early
railroad builders are the forces
which drive humanity steadily along
the road OF progress. They prove
that virtually nothing is impossible
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
BertOnB BraleyS Daily Poem
HELLO. BILL

Folks the subject of these stanZas'
William Allen White of Kansas
Home address, Emporia, Kansas.
Runs small town daily journal;
But because his mind is vernal,
Fresh and open, keen and young
Old Bill White has always swung,
swings and ia the future viii,
What I'd call trenchant quill.
William Allen White of Kansas
Sometimes praises, sometimes pans us
In his editorial column
Bill is never duh or solemn,
Yet he treats OF serious things
In a style that clearly rings
With a simple, honest sanity,
All athrob with true humanity.
William Allen White of Kansas
From his office sanctum scans us,
With tolerant eve and kindly
When we go at problems b!indly.
Wise he is, yet not scholar,
Forceful. yet not prone to choer;
Thus ne makes his rural paper
Something of an empire-shaper
William Allen White of Kansas
Loves Us, knows Us. understands US
Therefore when he writes a screed
1t is something people read.
Unafraid of fake or fraud,
Calm. clear-headed. just and broad
! salute him in these stanlas
William Allen White OF Kansas!
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
A Newspaper That Serves
GERMAN MARKS

Now that German marks are
cheaper than high-grade wall paper,
spectators again are swinging to
them in a big buying movement
The obliging German government
promises that there will be plenty
ior all. Beginning October /, the
Reichs-bank will print 4OO00OOOOO
I billion paper marks day.
For large investors it is rushing
plates to print marks in denomina-
tions of 100000 each, so that ANA
tcur spectators can carry around
few billions. TO show their friends
the mortgage they have secured on
the future, without firing their
muscles or tearing ont the Innings
OF their coast.
On September J. German paper
money in circulation totaled around
250,O00,O00,000 (250 billion marks.
The presses have been turning
out 2,6O0,0O0000 new marks a day
since then.
Presuming that the presses are
idle on Sundays. to prevent them
melting or getting hot-boxes, about
5l5000,000,000 paper marks will be
circulated October ! when the new
presses get started with their out
put OF 4,000,000,000 a day.
By the end OF the year, some
6O0000.00000O 900 billion marks
will be onth market so don't
burst a blood-yessel trying to get
to the bargain
Those 6O00O0000,000 paper marks
ii they could return to par, "as
investors hope-would be worth
S+2,SO0OOO.OOO.
That is twice as much as Ger
many's national wealth before the
war and about six times her pres
ent national wealth, making allow
ances for what has been taken from
her by war.
The easy mark" buying marks
Tor rise admits that he never ex-
poets to return to par but a rise
ever so slight, with me holding mil
lions OF them. and so on.
As John Moody points out in the
American Magazine, the Germans
may not repudiate the mark. but
the mark already has within a hair
breath repudiated itself ont OF cx-
i'tence by attaining nearly absolute
worthlessness.
The Germans, in their own couu.
try, are diScardiug the mark in bust
ness transactions and reyerting {,
barter and the use OF foreign cur
rencics especially the American dol
lar.
The buyer whose appetite 10
raiks IS g.uttonous need no, worr,
because only 0OO0OO 100000 mark
viii he go circulation by the end %
the year. Never forget other year
lie ahead
The more the mark falls. OBJ
moic Germany, priIt on the dea
Eveotisi!y she gets all like th
kitty IN poker
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
sooner
Read

The Guthrie Leader thinks that the
trouble with the road TO happiness IS
that there are so many detours.
The Daily Ardmoreite. [volume] (Ardmore, Okla.) 1893-current, 1922-09-20
TEN YEARS AGO
Happenings In Carter County ana
Ardmore as told by the nles
Of tho Ardmoreito.

+. :. White, agricultural agent for
the Frisco, arrived here last night in
his special agricultural and hortcul-
tural car and left nj noon. The first
stop after leaving here will be at Ma
dill and from there he will so direct
to 81. Louis.