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Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16

The American Exhibition in Lon
don next summer promises to be n
success Inc site is already engaged.
and occupies twenty acres near the
West brompton station. The exhibits
will have for their aim the SHOWING
to the Old World what the resources
products manufactures, and arts of
the United States are at the present
time" Perhaps one of the most in,
tere8uHs parts of the Exhibition viii
be the American Garden" in Which
VIII O9 s' seen as complete a fora of the
Unl'e' states as can be collected. The
trees ; ''iruO'' nau,' and plants are to be ar
ranged according to longitude and lati-
'oae' - 'nls way the student NAV
study local dlyersities in svs,o,,,''.'. 10y
Progf'''lOn' and many flowers and
ro"e',ne .,',e shrubs will appear for the
first uu'' away from their nativahal';
tat .,s', special a,,,a newspaper. published rh,
mount, .d - r~iisd n.u' the Ame,ioqn Eogle, i
ISSUED 70 O''note and explain the n,,' oh' h.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16

The total annual product of fish is
about 100000 tons for Europe and
America; a ton of fish being equal to
about twenty light sheep, years fish
supply is, therefore, for the United
States, Canada, and the ten European
countries included in this estimate,
equal to 42OO0000 head of sheep. OF
this amount, 100000 tons, or the
equivalent to 100000 head Of sheep,
are consumed in the United States,
Canada, the United Kingdom, and
Russia.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16

The richest single woman in the
country is Catherine Wolfe. She has
an incope estimated at half a million
s~ she owns real estate al
over WI .,'iS- essef.s,r. f-oeci
Wolfe, mrried Peter Lorillard's sister,
and witther got adowry Of $I,00O,0O0.
His wife died soon after and he mar
ried another Of the Lorillard sisters
and with her got another million. In
a short time she died also, and Wolfe
after speculating awhile with his two
million and more, died himself, and
his property came to his daughter
Catherine.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16

The safety Of mountain travel in
this country Is proved by the small
number Of accidents reported each
year Compared with the results of
an Alpine season, or even of a sum
mer among mountains in Wales, the
sum Of the season among our noun
tain resorts is most satisfactory. Per
haps Americans are more careful in
their ventures in Notwithstanding.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16

Martin Ewing, a coIored man living
at Keyteryille, Mo, was born in l765,
and is the oldest man in this country.
Ills memory isgood and his mind clear.
But few wrinkles furrow his check.
If he would dye his hair, his general
appearance wOuldindicatea man about
seventy. He has lost but few teeth,
his eyesight is good, except cataract
in one eye froma blow forty-dve years
ago.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16

One of the English railway compa
nies has supplied aIIits empIoye, with
red neckcloths. the wearing Of which
is to be compulsory The Object of
this regulation is to furnish portcrs.
guards or switchmen with red flag,
that are always at hand. and can Ne
employed in the event Of any sudden
accident or the arrangement OF the
regular signals.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16

OF the 2, 2,647,000 women in occupa
tiOns in the United States $4,000 are
engaged in agriculture, most of them
rolored women in the Southern States;
$4,000 are in manufactures, of whom
about onehalf are in New York, Mas
sachusetts and Pennsylvania; 282,00O
are milhners, etc; $4,000 are tailors.
Of the "A occupations recorded as
personal service" 40 find women in
them. The 525 female surgeons of
1870 have increased to 2,743; the 7
lawyers to IS; the G5 clergymen to
l65. The number of laundries have
increased from $1,000 in 1870 to 1872
900, and Of the latter l08,C0O are kept
by women. This large increase shows
a great tightening of the housewives
labor.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16
TOPICS OF TIE DlY.

A New York physician "vhoi,taRon
by everybody 70 be Ten or fifteen wear,
younger" than he is, attributes ths
favorable condition to the use of lcm-
onade taken regularly four times 4 dav.
lie has used 5000 lemons year for ten
years.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16

According to the last United States
census there are SOB establishments in
this country devoted to the proprie-
tary medicine business, employing 4,
0l5 operatives, with an aggregate in
yestment Of capital amounting to SO
G20,V00 and the annual product is
valued at Sl46s2,0O0 New York
State leads all others with an invested
capital Of $3,5l2,430, which is about
one-third OF the entire countrys in
yestment. Pennsylvania comes next
and Missouri ranks third in invested
capital followed respectively by Ohio
and Massachusetts,. In the amount of
annual product New York again
stands first. followed in order by
Massachusetts, and Pennsylvania, the
other states standing about even. A
fair calculation is that about twenty
five american proprietary medicines
have at present very large sale in
England.
Maryland independent. [volume] (Port Tobacco, Md.) 1874-current, 1885-10-16
WARREN LELAND,
Largest Hotel Enterprises

whom everybody knows as the succcssft
MANAGER of tho
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
BRO. Duke. Explanation.

1t was at big August meeting in
Wake county, n. c., and there were
acres of darkies present. 'The Cross
ing of the Red Sea" was the subject of
the discourse, and the Rev. Mr.. Dukes,
'mancipated minister, was treating it
in the most frigid manner. He had jIst
closed by saying, "MoseS an de chil'un
OF Israel crossed oher de Red Sea on de
ice, but when Faro an his lumberin'
big chariots came long dey broke fru
de ice and dey was all drowned" !"
when a young man from town arose
and said:
''Brer Dukes, will you low me to AK
you question:"
"Sartainly; what is it!"
"Well, Brer Dukes, is been studdin'
geography, am geography teaches me
dat de Red Sea am in de tropics. What
| want to AK is dis: Whar dat ice come
from what Moses crossed ober on?"
Brer Dukes cleared his throat, mop
ped his brow, hesitated moment, and
replied
"Well, Use glad you ak dat question.
1t gives me au opportunity to 'splain.
My dear young brer, you mustn't think
cause you wear store clothes an bin to
school dat you know everything. Dis
thing I'm preachin' about took place
long time ago, fore dey was any geog-
raphies an fore dere was any tropics" :"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
Men and Their Curiosity

"In my room," relates Mr.. Jolly, the
Canadian Liberal, who was the guest OF
the Duke of Westminster, "was curl
GUS old.fashioned Swiss clock. Below
it was a printed notice: please 10 not
touch.' The longer I looked at the
clock the more wondered at the reason
for the strange request. Next day l
ventured to ask my hostess the reason
for the prohibition.
"sYou are about the twentieth gen.
tleman who has put tile same question,
and / find that you are just like the rest
of your sex. Women are said 70 be pro-
verbally curious. That label was put
there to test The extent Of the same
weakness In men, and my experience is
that men are just as curious as women.
I keep list of all the gentlemen who
ask me the same question you have just
put, and i find there is only one excep-
tion.' -u-
Indeed, replied, and may | be
permitted to ask who he VAST
"He was Mr.. FAwcett, the late post
master-general, and he, poor man, was
blind.'"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
Dropping Shoulders.

This is a serious evil. II compromises
both appearance and vitality. A stOop-
ing figure is not only familiar express
sior of weakness or old age, but Is. when
caused by careless habits, direct cause
of contracted chest and defective breath
ing. Unless you rid yourself Of this
crook while at school, you will probably
90 bent to your grave. There Is but one
good way to cure it. Shouider-braces
do not help. One needs, not an artil-
cial substitute, but some means TO de-
yelop the muscles whose duty is to hold
the head and the shoulders erect. /
know of but Que bull's-eye shot. 1t Is
to carry weight on the head. A sheep
skin or other strong bag filled with
twenty to eighty pounds Of sanc is a
good weight. When engaged in your
morning studies either before or after
breakfast, put this bag Of sand on your
head, hold your head erect, draw your
chin close TO your neck, and walk slowly
about the room, coming back, II you
please, every minute or two to your
book, or carrying the book as you walk.
The muscles whose duty is TO hold your
head and shoulders erect are hit, not
with scattering shot, but with rife
ball. The bones OF the spine and the
intevertebral substance will soon ac-
commodate themselves to the new atti-
tude. Ore year Of daily practice with
the bag, half hour morning and even
ing, will give you noble carriage, with
out interfering a moment with your
studies.
Il would be very difficult toput into a
paragraph more important Instruction
than this. Your respiration, voice, ald
strength Of spine, to say nothing oi
your appearance, win find q new de-
parture in this cure Of dropping shoul.
ders.-Dio Lecis.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
They All Felt IL.

The other night, after the thunder
shower, Jones dropped in on a neigh
Dor and found about dozen people as
sembled.
"well, well, you look cheerful after
such close CALL" growled Jones rs he
removed his hat.
"What close call 2"
"Why, lightning struck the barn in
the alley not hundred feet away
"Oh, dear" !" said one Of the women,
"but knew it all the time. One of my
arms has been numb ever since"
"And it affected my foot" said an
other.
"And 1t set my heart to palpitating." ="
"And my elbow has felt queer ever
SINCE"
Every one in the room remembered
to have been shocked, and every one was
thankful over the narrow escape.
By and by, boy, who had been
thinking deeply, gushed out:
"Why, there is no barn in the alley J"
Amidst the deepest silence everybody
remembered this fact, and the boy
clinched IL With
"And how could there be when there
is no alley"
Jones had lied, but so had all the 9TH
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
The Song Of the Fly.

Oh Oh the ny, the beautiful fy,
He .:'.:.".:.:. on the wall and he comes on the
sly.
To bother our table and tickle our nose.
But where he does come from nobody knows
He is ever present, in sunshine or gloom,
over the room.
We try to evade him by window and screen,
But still those same fly ".:'.".:.:' forever are
II is OF no use a-trying, he will '::':... in the
pie
And everything else. however hard you may
try
To cover 1t up or protect 1t with cover,
You will find when you eat 'tis ny ..::::.". all
that will cry
At the trouble that's caused by the darned
little fly:
But I'm clean out OF patience-I've no pa
thence at all.
And distractedly gaze at those -. on the
wall.
wish 1t were winter and the flies were all
gone,
And the last rose Of summer were blooming
alone
At home in the snow 'twere much better to be
Than the flies on the wall and those fly -:
to see.
Forgive me, dear reader, for am really mad.
But those fly ::'.'.:".' in summer amt they
too bad?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. VA, FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 4, 1885,

healthy Iedness. The blood thus stag
nant in the dram drinkers nose, not
only causes its redness, but produces
disease of the skin, aud this disease Of
the skin causes red pimples to sprout
out. In medicine these pimples are
known as acne, but in common Ian
guage they are called grog blossoms /;
and these grog blossoms never get well
so long as the continuous use of alco-
holic compounds is kept up.
TIE INEVITABLE RESULT.
1t is medical fact that as the influ-
ence of alcohol reddcns the dram drink
er's nose and changes its appearance, so
the alcohol reddens and changes theap-
pearance of every organ of his body !;
and as the nose thus affected Is not
either in a natural or healthy condition,
so every organ of his body, like his nose,
is changed from natural and healthy
condition to an unnatural and diseased
condition, and as the skin of the nose
takes an unhealthy action, so the sub
stance and covering of the internal or
gans take a diseased action, which re-
suits i'm short time in the full develop
ment of incurable diseases, such as in
sanity of the brain, diseases of the heart,
Bright's disease of the kidneys, hob-nail
liver, and slow Inflammation of the
stomach. All these diseases exist at the
same time in the dram drinker, but the
organ most diseased is apt to take the
lead in the process of diseased action,
and the other organs being also in a
state Of advanced disease, the law Of de-
struction soon asserts its power, and the
dram drinker passes anon from untime-
ly disease into premature grave
Washington Thrift.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04

A vigorous old fellow who bad lately
buried his fourth wife was accosted by
an acquaintance, who, unaware, OF his
bereavement, asked: ''How is your
wife, Cap'n Norris" To which the
captain replied, with a perfectly grave
face, "waal, to tell ye the trewth, I'm
kinder out OF wives just naow." ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04

A young gentlemen Of eight years,
on the Back Bay, who had already five
brothers, was told one day last week
that he had sister. AS the news SEEM
ed to affect him rather badly he was
finally prevailed upon to tell what the
trouble was. Sobbing, he told his moth
er that he wanted all brothers, as he
was in hopes Of having base ball nine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04

In a recent lecture at vassar College
Mark Twain informed his audience that
his usual price for a lecture was $500,
but that he would do the work on that
occasion for fifty cents, and take the
other S499. so out in looking at the girls,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
Ayers SarsqparM

Is the only poperfM and aluays reliable
Nood-purifying medicine. 1t Is SO effect
ual an Alternative that 1t eradicates from
the system Hereditary Scrofula, and
the kindred poispns Of contagious diseases
and mercury. At the same time 1t en-
riches and vitalizes the blood, restoring
healthful action to the vital organs and
reiuyenating the entire system. This great
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
SCROFULA

can only be cured by thorough purifcs-
ton of the blood. If this Is neglected,
the disease perpetuates its taint through
generation after generation. Among It's
earlier symptomatic developments are
Eczema, Cutaneous Eruptions, Tu-
mors, Boils, Carbuncles, Erysipelas,
Purulent Ulcers, Nervous and Ply
sical Collapse, etc. II allowed to con-
tinue, Rheumatism, Scrofulous Ca
tarrh, Kidney and Liver Diseases,
Tubercular Consumption, and vari-
Gus other dangerous or fatal maladies, are
produced by It.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
Reqenerative Medicine

Is composed Of the genuine Honduras
.SarsdpariNa, with YellO,o Dock, Stl..
lingia, the Iodides Of Potassium and
Iron, and other ingredients Of great po-
tency, carefully and scientifically COM
pounded. Its formula Is generally known
to the medical profession, and the best
physicians constantly prescribe AYERS
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04

A young lawyer as Macon, Gs.,ptt
out brand new sign, and wsitsd for
clients. Two months passed weWily,
and not single client appeared. Is oc-
CURED to him that there vas somsthing
wrong with the sign. He took - down
and defaced Il till the yetterIpg was,
quite faint, and then put 1t bel. a
good practice followed !, 49, IA, St,l 80
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04

''You may speak, J" said ! sosd motbeFs
..'about people having strength ~ mind, 9.
but when It comes to strength of dont =
mind my son william surrassss sve13ssr
body I ever knew" ~ iss1 ~ ezte'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04
Absolute Cure

For all diseases caused by the vitiation Of
the blood. 1t is concentrated to the high
est practicable degree, far beyond any
other preparation for which like effects
are claimed, and Is therefore the cheapest,
as we'll as the best blood purifying medi.
cine, In the world.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-09-04

Our various departments are filling up with
all the new and desirable styles for Spring rs
fast as they come out.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-18
Ready to Surrender.

VERY LAUGHABIE INCIDENT OF THE BULL
RUN FIGHT.
"But to change the subject said
lawyer friend. "That man who Just
passed had one of the most amusing
adventures that ever troubled fell
low. 1t was sort of absent witted-
ness as it were. He was field officer
at Bull Run, and in the panic lost his
wits. after hard ride he came to o
point where he thought there was lit
tie danger and he got off his horse to
take a drink at spring near. He
got down on his knees to bond for
ward so as to bring his face down to
the water, when his spurs gave him
an unexpected prod. Without look
ing behind he jumped to the conclu-
sion that an enemy had slipped up on
him and had o bayonet ready to run
him through, SO he shouted: 81 sur
render, surrender. Don't shoot!'
He never heard the last of that, and
| dare you to open the question with
him now"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-18

The boys played a mean trick on
an old deaf and dumb organ grinder
the other day, says an exchange.
They took out the cylinder, and he
went around the streets stopping be-
fore every door and grinding away
with vim. He was surprised at the
amount he had taken in; everybody
gave literally, and he noticed that he
wasn't ordered off once, nor was one
bull dog set on him; he had never
seen the people in such good humor,
and he didn't know why it was until
in the evening he opened up his ma
chine to oil it, and to drive in O few
loose notes here and there; but, in
stead of getting mad, and using up
all the deaf and dumb vocabulary, he
took the hint, and now goes around
grinding his empty organ, and is
doing more business than all the 9th
or wholesale music merchants in
town.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-18

CROUCH ON COUGHS"
Ask for sRough on Coughs" for Coughs,
Colds, Sore Throat, Hoarseness. ,Troches,
15c. Liquid, 25c.
CROUCH ON RATS"
Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants,
bad-bugs, skunks, chipmunks, gophers.
15c. Druggists. 4
HEART PAINS.
Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings, Dizzi-
ness, Indigestion, Headache, Sleeplessness
cured by wells Health Remover"
CROUCH ON coRNs."
Ask for Wells Trough ON Corns.n 15c.
Quick, complete cure. Hard or soft corns,
warts, bunions.
CROUCH ON PAIN" PoRoUsED PLASTER
Strengthening, improved, the best for
bockache, pains in chest or side, rheuma-
tism, neuralgia.
THIN PEOPLE.
wells Health Renewer''restores health
and vigor, cares Dys psia, Headache.
Nervousness, Debility. ST. ~
WHooPING COUGH.
and the many Throat Affections Of child
dren. promptly, pleasantly and safely re-
lieyed by Rough on Coughs Troches,
15c.; Balsom, 25c.
MOTHERS. 90
Ii you ale failing, broken, worn out and
nervous, use '.WeW Health Renewer'' 81.
Druggists.
LIFE PREsERyER
Ify you are losing your grip on life, try
wells Health Remover" Goes direct to
weak spots.
CROUCH ON ToOTHACHE.v
Instant relief for Neuralgia, Toothache.
Faceache. Ask for Rough on Toothache.'
10 and rs cents.
PRETTY WOMEN.
Ladies who would retain freshness and
yivacity. Don't fail to try ''Wells' Health
Remover" Tt1it 81
CATARRHAL THROAT AFFECTIONS,
Hacking, irritating Coughs. Colds. Sore
Throat, cured by CROUCH on Coughs
rrsches, 1Sc. Liquid, 25c. m .5f. III, 4
CROUCH ON ITcH.v
''Rough on Itch' cures humsrs. srup-
tons, ringworm, letter, salt rheum, frost
ed feet, chillblains.
THK HOPE OF THE NATION.
Children, slow in development, puny.
scrawny, and delicate, use Wells Health
Renewer.o
WIDE AWAKE
three or four hours every night coughing.
Get immediate relief and sound rest bv
using Wells Rough on Coughs" Troches,
lar. BaIsan, 26. I4f
"RoUGH ON PAIN PoROUsED PLASTER.
strengthening, improved, the best, for
backache, pains in chest or side, rheuma
tlsm, neuralgia.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-18

A ROMANCE THAT WAS WRECKED BY REcK-
LESS REALITY.
His arms were about her and she
stood in their warm EMBEDDING, gaz-
ing at him with a deep yearning in the
clear depths of her violet eyes.
From his manly height he locked
down and caught the wistful express
ion of her impassioned gaze.
"Tell me darling" he whispered,
"whatts it that sends saddening
thought to you! You connot--oh,
you cannot--doubt my lovee" and
his silken moustache tickled her pure
pale brow.
''My Alfred, it is not that she an
swered, loyalty; "wbile papa's for
tune lasts could not question your
abiding affection for me, but she
went on brokenly, "there is some
thing for which long, a boon it is
yours to grant if you are SO willed,
and il was of this that / was just
now thinking"
"Speak, Dearest murmured Al
fred; ito the last Of my hearts blood
I will serve YOU
"Then, Alfred" she whispered
softly, and clinging moro fondly to
her lover, twill you give me the mock
scarf you have on? 1t will be 30
lovely for my crazy quilt !"
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-18

DAUGHTERS, WIVES AND MOTHERS. We en-
phatically guarantee DIR Marchisrs Catholi-
con, Female Remedy, to ours Female
Diseases, such as Ovarian troubles, Infiam-
nation and liberation, Falling and Displace-
reDt or bearing down feeling, Irregularities,
Rarrenness. Change of Life, Leucorrhoea
besides many weaknesses spruging from the
above. like Headache. BloauDg, Signal
weakness, Sleeplessneas. Nervous debility,
Palpltation of the heart, &c. For sale by
Druggists. Price ST. and 81 so per bottle.
Send 10 Dr. j. B. Marchisi, Utica. N Y,
for pamphlets. For sale ny j. A. C. HOVER
Druggist.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-18
YOUNG MEN i-READ THIS.

The VoLTAIC BELT CO., Of Marshall,
Mich, offer to send their celebrated ELKc.
TRIO VoLTAlc BELT and other ELKcrRo
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diseases. Complete restoration to heslth
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is incurred as thirty days trial is allowed
Write them at ence for illust ated pamph.
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Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1885-04-18
COAL AND WOOD OFFICE
ANC s5faa
Flour and Feed Store
No. SO Quer ST., Staley's Block.

fE'HE undersighed respectfully Informs va
g. citizens of Martinsbufg and 9efke ss
county that he has opened Coal and Wosa
Office and Flour and Feed Sore at Sc Queen
Street, where all orders \ my lins will re-
ceive prompt attention. have put in psev
of Fairbanks new scales and ell coal cold hy
me will be weighed and full weight gaar-
anteed. Piedmont and Cumberland run II
mine, Fine and Lump Coal; also best qsasf
hand.
Farmers having Corn, Oats and Hay to sell
are solicited to see me before selling. Thank
ing the public for the liberal patronage sx-
tended nae, and soliciting your further favors,
am respectfully yours,
jy24-ly. J. w ROBERTS