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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02
PERSONALS.
Record of the Coming and Going OF the
People That You Know.

People That You Know.
Col. J. G. Hurst, of Harpers Fer
ry, is in Shepherdstown today. The
Colonel announces that he is candi-
date for the Legislature from this
county. and is looking after his chances
here. He is one of the solid men of
our county and will serve the people
well wherever they place him.
Mr.. D. Allen Entler, Mr.. Walter
Entler and Master Harry Myers, Of
this place, leave today for McKeesport,
Pa. The two former expect to work
in the iron mills at that place, and
the latter will make his home with
Mr.. and Mrs. Knadler.
Mr.. w. F. Alexander, of Charles
town, accompanied by his brother, Mr..
Herbert Alexander, of Martinsburg,
has been circulating among the voters
here today and looking after his
chances as county clerk.
Mrs. c. S. Hunter and family, Of
Hagerstown, are here for stay Of sew
eral weeks with her parents, Mr.. and
Mrs. B. F. Harrison. Mr. Hunter re-
Gently purchased a dwelling in Hagers-
town which he is now having remod-
eled.
Among the new students registered
at Shepherd College this week are
Messrs. C. A. Compton, Of Morgan
county; J. L. Power, of Hampshire
county; and j. D. Pope, of PendletOn
county.
Messrs. J. W. and Oscar Osbourn,
Frank Cook and Newton Entler, Of
this place, have secured employment
in the Crawford bicycle works in Hag-
erstown,
Mr.. Weisel Fox, Mr.. Trussell sbrick-
maker, has rented the Miller house on
West Washington street, and will
move his family here from Hagerstown.
Mr.. John B. Black, who has been
living in this place for couple Of
wears, moved this week to a farm Of
his fathers neal Mechanicstown, Nd.
Mr.. A. B. Smith and Mr.. E. W.
Vanmeter, two well-known Republ-
can leaders of Martinsburg, were IN
town on Monday
Miss Coe Brotherton has been quite
sick the past week at her home in this
place. Mrs. Hutton has also been sick
with the grippe.
Messrs. B. F. Langdon and Albert
Moore are in town today, presumably
in the interest of the new sheritalty
ticket,
Mr.. Herbert Hartzell is filling the
place of Martin Sheetz as telegraph
operator at Shenandoah Junction this
week.
We had a pleasant call Monday
from Mr.. R. L. Moler and his daugh-
ter, of the Bakerton neighborhood.
Miss Edith Lloyd, of Middleway,
spent last Saturday and Sunday with
Miss SalIie Miller in this place.
Mr.. and Mrs. C. P. Hutton, of Lost
City, this State, are here visiting the
family Of Mr.. L. G. Brotherton.
Mr.. J. NJ. Boteler, of Washington,
D. c., is visiting his sister, Mrs. Lee
Moler, near town.
Mr.. Edward Shepherd, Of Martins
burg, spent last Sunday at his old home
in this place.
Mrs. Henry A. Himely, of Fa. Rock
away, New York, is at Mrs. McLain' s.
Mr.. Lawrence Lee is home from
school for the Easter holiday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02
ChamberIain's Collie, Cholera and Oisr-
rhoea Remedy.

This Is the best medicine in the
world for bowel complaints. 1t acts
quickly and can be depended upon.
When reduced with water It Is pleas
ant to take. Try it, and like many
others YOU will recommend 1t to your
friends For sale at % and 80 cents
per bottle by J. G. Gibson druggist.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02

Ihen Baby was sick, We gave her CaStoria-
hen she was Child, she cried FOR CaStoriA.
men she became Miss, she chung 20 CAstoriA
When she had Children, she gave them CaStoria.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02

This space viii be occupied next
week by 7. 3. Lines advertisement.
New Spring Clothing, Hats, Neck
wear, etc. now being opened.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02
Ninety Per Cent

OF all the people need TO take q eouIse Oh
Hoods Sarsaparilla al this season 70 presVesht
thai rundown and debilitated condition
which invites disease. The money invests. ,,1
In half dozen bottles Of Hoods sarsa pa INA
will come back with large returns ID 's -,
health and vigor OF BODY anu s'iens'H "
nerves.
HOODS PILLS are easy 10 buy, easy 70
take easy TO operate. Cure all liver Ills &c
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02
Highest of all in Leavening PoweLatest u Govt Report
R9>!a!!! RR sxasSz
ABSOLUTELY PURE

The bodies of twin babies We're
found in a hollow log in a woods near
Towson, Nd, the other day.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02
GladnesS Comes

With a better understanding OF the
w transient nature of the many phys
zeal ills. which vanish before proper ef-
forts-gentle cfforts-pleasante efforts
rightly directed. There Is comfort IN
the knowledge. that so many forms OF
sickness are not due 10 any actual dis
ease. but simply 20 constipated condl-
tion of the system, which the pleasant
family laxative, Syrupof Figs. prompt
" removes. That is why it is the only
remedy with millions Of families, and IS
everywhere esteemed so highly by all
who value good health. Its beneficial
effects are due to the fact, that il IS the
one remedy which promotes internal
cleanliness without facilitating the
organs on which il acts. II Is therefore
ali important, in order TO get its bene-
fetal effects. TO note when you pur-
chase. that you have the genuine arti-
Gle which is manufactured by the Cali
fornia Fig Syrup Co. only and sold by
all reputable druggists
II in the enjoyment Of good health
and the system Is regular. laXatIves or
other remedies are then not needed II
afflicted with any actual disease. one
NAV be commended tS-thc most ski lful
nbysiciars but r in need Of laxative,
one should have tie best, and with the
well-info-,red .Tervwhere. Syrup OF
FIGS stand highest and IS most largely
nsed and ,y.-U. most general satisfaction.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02

James C. Addison, wholesale paper
dealor, Washington, has made an as
sigument.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02

Try can of Hopkins Steamed HON
inv iHulled Corn) 1t is delicious.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-04-02
FINE READY-MADE CLOTHING!

stock has been gone thfougn ' We
! nrIde b ee
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
Embarrassing for the stamm.rer.


was ON visit to country rectory
~ sussex when a gentleman called
Enose name is familiar to many of the
fergy, most courteous and agreeable
nan but who is troubled with pain
u mpediment in his speech, which he
Sualiy PASSES over with smiling ur
snity which soon makes one forget
NC directive utterance. But this for
earance was impossible &c fine New
Ounaiand dog. lying extended on the
V during the afternoon tea, apparent
listening with much surprise and an
uyance to strange language, OF
nica he could not understand the
ieaning. Under an irresistible i'm
mse, at length, he jumped up with
~ 'uil OF anger and barked furiously
our friends face, whose composurc,
[0"eVer, was not disturbed for a mo-
eat Clearly it appears that our four
o'ea companions not only like to lis.
W remuneration, but demand that
u'terance be such as dog of aver
p capacity may Observation-Disclosures
|peaker.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
MiNORcA IN THE LAST CENTURY
A Pleasant Island Inhabited by Ignorant
People.

L
People.
Minorca was a pleasant island il,
habited by an unpleasant people. The
countryside was covered thick with
olive trees, through the woods looked
more inviting than they were, for the
ground was stony. There were no riv-
ers, but there was water in abundance
for the Minorcans were adrot we'll
sinkers. There were no meadows, so
it was hard to pasture horses, but
mules thrived somehow and were use
full beasts-mnch more so than horses
1.-THE horses, like their masters, have
certain stateliness in their gait that
promises more good than is in their
nature, for they are both arrant jadrs
at bottom" This is the judgment of
a man who knew them both.
The Minorcans, a naturally listless
people, did not favor travelling. There
was one shelter house on the island, the
Casa Gel Rey, at Aloir, the first stage
out from Port Mahon on the road
northward to Cudadella. Here the trav-
eler might CONT on finding bed, for
which he would have to pay one shill
ing. If he carried food with him he
might sup; otherwise he must go to bed
hungry. There was one cart in the
island.
The ordinary education of an Eng.
fish gentleman in the eighteenth CEN
fury constituted a man of learning in
Spain. When we remember what that
education amounted to we can form an
idea of how much Spanish gentleman
did not know-and Minorca was rather
worse than the mainland. One travel
er who returned from the long and per-
ilous journey to the neighboring ISLAM
Of Majorca reported with scared facc
that they were teaching new philoso-
ply there, the foundation of which was
reason. The total population Of the
island was about 10000. The Minorcans
were permitted by the Spanish govern
ment to possess one knife for each
household, but they were compelled to
keep it chained to the kitchen table.
Enough corn was grown on the is
land to support the people, but not the
garrison. The farmers trod out their
corn with oxen and ground it between
stones, as was done in the days of Or
nan the Jesubite. But it is not to be
supposed that they were ashamed or
even conscious of their backwardness.
On the contrary they held it improper
to know more than a Minorcan and |
mighty irreligious to try experiments. |
Their vines, for example, were never
pruned for those reasons, and one OF |
our officers, who pointed out the value
of this simple operation of husbandry,
was rebuked for his profanity-as if
God who made the vine did not know
how it ought to grow better than any
hereto Englishrnan!-Temple Bar.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
The War ON microbes.

Two machines for fighting conta-
gious disease, designed for the use of the
United States Marine hospital, are thus
described: These machines are mount
ed on wheels, and are intended to be
used in discriminating epidemic dis
eases in cities. One consists of a steam
disinfector, provided with chamber
in which infected clothing and other
articles can be thoroughly penetrated
with hot steam; while the other is a
Sulphur fumigator, provided with all
the apparatus required for disinfecting
houses, the fumes being driven into the
building through rubber hose connect
ed with a reservoir on top of the ma
chine. The idea is to send these ma
chimes postbaste to any house in which
contagious or infectious disease breaks
out-Scientiic American.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
SOUND MONEY SHOTS.

Although Utah is about unani-
nous for free silver, her new bonds are
payable in gold. at seems to be the
cry in one case and condition in the
other which the Utah people face
Springfield (Mass.) Republican.
1.-THE cowardice of 'Coin" Harvey
in making statements about the news
papers and then refusing to debate
them with an editor who called him
down entities him to the contempt Of
every decent citizen. He lied. He knew
he lied. And when he was told he lied
he meekly swallowed it.--Kansas City
Times.
MFR. Carlisle's Chicago speech ia
an irrefutable argument. The effect of
free coinage of silver would be to lower
wages and 10 cut down the value of
savings. What workingman in his
senses will put knife to his throat by
the selfish, dishonest and
creed of free coinage?-Chi-
cago Post.
-. Unlimited coinage of silver at six.
teen to one, driving OF. gold and result
ing in silver monometallism, will for
awhile increase prices except the prices
for labor and wage-earners. Wages adj
vance last of all. Increased prices for
the necessities Of life will be queer
godsend to the wage-earners whose
wages do not increase.-Peoria Herald.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.

Writ produced his best literary
works very early IN life. When he be-
gan TO rise at the bar he gave up Ut
| eraturc.
-Tolstoi appreciates the value of thr
English reading public. He is having
his forthcoming novel, which he is said
| to consider one OF his best works, trans
lated in advance SO that it,may appear
simultaneously In Russian and English.
The report that Anthony Hope was
engaged to marry The beautiful leading
lady who took the part of the Princess
Flavia in 1.-THE Prisoner of Zenda" turns
out to be an elaborate work of fiction
and Mr.. Barrie's case still stands by it.
self.
Mime. Sarah Grand, who has re-
covered her health, will shortly publish
new book, the first of Importance
since 1.-THE Heavenly Twins" A por-
trait of her by Mr.. Alfred Praga will
be feature Of the London academy this
year.
One of the oldest books in tho
Basque language, "Refranes y SEN
tencias comunes en- Basquence," o.
which the only copy, printed in 1896,
is ip the Darmstadt library, has been
reprinted at Geneva by Mr.: w. T. Van
Eys.
Gen. Gordon's defense of his cor.
duct in putting to death the son Of
Zebehr Pasha, Suleiman, is to be pub
lished soon in an English translation.
1t was written in Arabic and printed at
Khartoum, and but three copies are i'll
existence.
One of the most popular members
of the diplomatic corps of Berlin is
Viscount Siuzo Aoki, the japanese min
lister to Germany and now also to Eng
land. He went first to Berlin in 1879
as a secretary, and while there won the
hand Of Baroness Elizabeth Won RAN
den, the daughter of an old and noble
house. They have one child, daugh-
ter, now Is years old. The minister has
occupied many places of trust in the
service of his country.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
FOLLOWED INSTRUCTIONS.

Why q Green Assessor Taxed Mulcahy'
Goat at Twenty Dollars.
Among our real estate assessors a
year or two ago was one named Dennie
McElhinney. On his rounds he came
10 the habitation of his friend, Michael
1Iulcahy.
Good nlornin', Michael" said he.
Good mornin', Dinnie," returned
Michael Mulcahy.
"It's assassin this mornin' 1 am,
Allke," said Dennis.
Thin be aisy wild me. Dinnis. What
wid rale eshtate assessments and sthratc
assssments, it's the divil's own worruk
70 save enough to pay me Tammany
assissment."
I'll be aisy, Mike. Ill put yez down
FOR tin dollars fut. That will be
tirty tonnes tin Is tree hundred for the
lOt and twinty for the goat"
"Phwat!" cried Mulcahy.
Tire hundred for the lot and twinty
for the goat"
The goats not rale eshtate!"
1T is so, under the new law"
TO way wild yez."
lean prove 1t to yez," said the asses.
ror' drawing out his instructions.
hade that, will yez? 'Assiss at its
proper valuation per front fut all prop
fry aboundin' and abbuttin' on both
|ndes OF the sthrate.' Manny's the tonne
Pve seen your goat a-boundin' and
E'outtin' on the sthrate. Twinty dol
Psss for the goat, Mike."-Profitable
Advertiser.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
Ne WAS A FIGHTER.
"a though Young and Pale Won Hi
Right to Teach School.

rhough Young and Pale Won Hi
Right to Teach School.
:. the mountains of the south the
.hools are still maintained upon the
'..hscription plan. A travelling man just
s,,rned from that section gave the
.o1lowing account Of an examination OF
!, an applicant for school.
II was stopping at cabin all night,
I'D he. "and pale, slender young man
.ame during the evening to talk with
my host.
sT'm thinking of starting school
,ore he said, and l wanted to see if
YOU would subscribe
akin yo' read%
a.Yes'
akin yo' writer
4Certainly.'
Skin yo' figger%
SOf course
aAir yo' married?'
"'No.'
avail, we did want a married man
rex, time. The las three teachers has
nm off with gals, an thar amt enuif
GALS in this hyar neighborhood now.
| INT don s'pose none of 'em would
want a lean Teller like 70. Idon't reckon
10 not bein' married will make much
|aif'rence. Couldn't expect such poly
filler to be married. Then thar's one
Thing. Me an Bill Simpkins an ALT
|Toney is all gwine ter school an larn
her read an write. l done licked Bill
LAM he done licked ALI, so I reckon the
|ouly one ter settle with is me. We ain
|ewine ter hey no man we kin lick. Kin
|Jc' fout?
"T studied boxing said the stranger.
"Don' know nothin' bout tibet.
Does maxim boxes make muscle?
"Try one and see,' was the coll reply.
'The big mountaineer hit at the
little man, and when he regained con-
sciousness had his head in the wood
box and his feet sticking up IN the air.
Looking about him with dazed ex.
preston. he said:
"Young Teller, shake. I'll go with
70 some day an Wen git that school.
An say, young Teller, set me ter work
on them boxes, will yo'T Washing
ton Star.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
THE MISSOURI MADNESS.
Ruinous Demands of Rampant Free
COiuers.


Corners.
The Missouri democratic platform
demands the free and unlimited COIN
age of silver and gold" ''at the ratio of
sixteen to one, without waiting for the
action or approval of any other gov
eminent"
1t rests this demand on the assertion
that from the beginning Of the gov
eminent, following policy formulated
by Thomas Jefferson and firmly estab-
lished by Jackson, the democratic
party has been the party of bimetal-
lism." But what are the facts?
The bimetallism of jefferson and
Jackson was based upon coinage ratio
representing the ratio of actual value.
The silver and gold dollars they favored
were worth the same. The bimetallism
of the Missouri convention proposes sill.
yer dollars worth about one-half a gold
dollar each. The bimetallism of democ-
racy was honest. The bimetallism Of
the Missouri platform proposes swim
die of so per cent,
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22

Teacher--How many cents make one
dollar?
Coin Harvey, Jr.-Fifty cents make
one dollar.
Teacher-What do you meanP Why
have you not learned your lesson?
Coin--'Cause pa would whip me If l
said it took 100 cents to make one dollar.
Teacher-Whip you? What for?
Coin-For being goldbug and going
b q Wall street school.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
cure for Hicooupb.

= iemale patient presented herself at
I naench hospital for a rebellious hic-
rs 81 which had resisted all treat
- ior Tour days. She was asked
,aow her tongue, and it was noticed
l. with the putting out of the tongue
Il l'ccough ceased. The same thing
veen since tried, and with success
~uer cases. All that is necessary
|p rsrsntly is to strongly push the
sue out Of the mouth and hold it so
4. minute or Chicago Chron-
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
CHILDREN AND FLOWERS.
A Valuable Adjunct to the Education of
the Young.

Valuable Adjunct to the Education of
the Young.
Wise and loving parents want their
children to be educated to enjoy what
is beautiful in art, in literature and in
nature. They may question the in
fiuence of luxurious living, may fear
the effect of elegant surroundings as in
ducing Incidence of mind and body or
as fortering spirit of discomfort, but
they cannot think that life of "plain
living and high thinking" would ex-
clude pleasure in sunny sky or a
modest flower. The little garden
where the children are allowed to
have y plot of their own affords one
of the most innocent delights of child
hood. The planting, the wedding, the
watching for the first blossom, keep the
whole family interested, and is the
most thoroughly natural and healthfuI
pleasure a child can have. There is in
ell this sense of ownership which is
as unselfish as possession can be, for
connected with it is usually the desire
to give away the first fruits as an offer
ing to friendship or charity.
flower giver, and nothing is sweeter
than to see dear child bring to the
fond mother the first blossom from my
own garden"
The best and surest way to shut out
evil thoughts is to furnish themes for
good and pure and beautiful thoughts;
a mind engaged in the attention to beau
tiful things in nature has no place for
that which is hateful and ugly, and
we cannot overestimate the real value
of flower culture as part of children's
have often wondered if the children
we see stealing flowers. do this entire
" from mischief. or if some do not
really love the blossoms they cannot
have at home. If they had early been
taught real appreciation of flowers.
they would probably more highly re-
gard their neighbours rights in the mat
ter.-Womankind.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
AFRAID or THE FUTURE.
Business Paralysed BY Free Coinage Ags.
tation.

/ ~>~AcAAAcoo = - oAyn0A W EE00-NOhn0K0 n y
| tation.
The Wooden and Willow-Ware Trade
Review Of April 10 offers the following
explanation for the cause Of the pres.
ent unsatisfactory business conditions.
All business is done by the medium
OF the existing measure of value. II
there are any doubts about the future
OF that measure, commerce gradually
approaches a standstill When the
Sherman silver law was repealed, con-
fidence in the future began to return
and it was expected that steps would
be taken to remedy the evils of the cur
rency system under which the busines SIS
of the country has been operating.
Stimulated by this view, some business
men launched new enterprises and
started up old ones. There was an APP
pearance of revival in business year
ago.
When, however, it was found that
there was small band of men, whose
whole future was based upon securing
the free coinage of silver by the United
States mints, in position to block
every move made to insure the continu-
ance of honest money in this country,
commercial people became nervous
again. They commenced to prepare for
financial trouble, which they thought
might come. This preparation involved
the withdrawal of loans, the curtail-
ment of manufacturing, the abandon
ment of new projects and the gathering
of reserves. Thus manufacturing and
trading have for some months been suf-
fering from gradual paralysis.
These conditions should convince
every business man of the paramount
Importance of having the so-called cur
rency question settled. just now one
of the most profitable things business
man can do is to use his influence and
spare time in working toward currency
reform and impressing upon the poll
ticians the fact that the business inter-
ests of the country require sound
money. Our national politicians who
are now setting up the pins for presi-
dental election should take warning.
No candidate who is not in favor of the
gold standard ought to be elected presi-
dent this year. Efforts should be made
to prevent any man not sincerely and
earnestly in favor of it from being a
candidate upon either the democratic
or republican ticket.
Under existing restrictions we have
the largest and best bimetallism ever
known in any country. We are using
silver equally with gold and more large
ly than any country in the world ever
did when using gold at all. And we are
keeping all these silver dollars on par
with gold. What the Missouri conven-
ton proposes is that we shall abolish
the restrictions that have thus made BIZ
metallism possible, abandon the use of
gold, reduce the value of money one
half, cheat all creditors, public and pri-
vate, cut down the purchasing power of
wages and substitute a cheap dollar
for the honest dollar bi.
metallism we have.
If there is any method in this mad.
ness it is the method Of men bent upon
The ruin of their party.-N. Y. World.
The Canton times. (Canton, Miss.) 1893-1906, 1896-05-22
Writing the Men on ,ae Head.

"Sound money" says President
George B. Roberts, of the Pennsylvania
Railroad company, sis at the bottom of
business. These eight words are put
together as tight as hammers head,
and they hit the nail right where 1t
ought TO be hit
The San Francisco call., 1896-03-04

Elevator for tho Free Library.
At the meeting of the Free Library trustees