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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-10-15
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SHEPHERDSTOWN, w. VA.
Commissioners of Election.
STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,

STATE OF WEST VIRGINIA,
jefferson County, Set:
Alta Special Session of tue County Court OF
said Jefferson County held at the Court
House in said County on Tuesday, Octo0er
9Th, 1896, pursuant to the provisions OF the
Act of the Legislature in such case made ana
provided.
Present. Lee II. Moler, President OF the
Court and Thomas B. Moore, Isaac II. Stri-
der, Samuel l.. Rlssler and VIM. IL. i. Lewis
Commissioners.
The Court this day made the following APP
poiutment OF Comm ssioner OF Elections for
the various Election Precincts In said County
for the next TWO years.
CharIestown District.
Precinct No. /. Place OF voting Free White
School-H House at Shenandoah Junction. John
ID. McGarry, Horace G. Moore and {. Nice
warner.
Precinct No. 2. Place OF voting at Court
House In Charl estown. ID. a. philips. Z. r.
BAYLOR and Edward Williams.
Precinct No.3. Place OF voting Free Colored
School House on Potato Hill. &. NJ. Hough,
+. Z. Davenport and George Goetz.
Precinct No. I. Place OF voting the Hall OF
l.. ID. Getzendanner on Congress street in
Charestown. L. =. Lippi.t, B. +. Ramey
and l.. ID. Getzendanner.
Precinct No. 5. Place OF voting Mt Hope
SCHOOL, House. George II. Turner, Nat Con-
rad and h. b. Johnson.
Kabletown District.
Precinct No i. race OF NoInB free " ute
School Hous at Kabletown. George Harris,
w. o. Norris and Chas. Boyd.
Precinct No. 2. Place OF voting Free White
School-E Ouse at Ripon. A. +. Davis, caleb
Burns snG samuel II. Higgi nbotham.
Precinct No. 3. Place OF Yotlng free Mnlte
Schoo l-Hou- sc at Summit Point. n. Il Willis,
VIM. NJ. Clt inents and W. 5. Myers.
niddIeway District.
Precinct No. l. Place Of voting Free White
School-house at Middleway. Samuel ID. kn-
gle. p. NJ. Hollis and Daniel c let dennlng.
Precinct No. 2 Place of voting George ID 9.
Johnson's office at Leetown. +. {. watson
r. r Fleming and John w. Busey.
Precinct No. 3. Place OF voting Free White
Sch dollhouse at Kearneysville. Mayberry
Mckee, John c. Bitner and A. Trump
Shepherdstown District.
Precinct No. !. Place OF voting Free White
School-house at Duffields. 3. W. Hunter,
T. o. Link and Joseph Hess.
Precinct No. 2. Place OF voting Free White
School-house at MOlers Roads. VIM. J.
Knott, A. 2. Reinhart and John y. shell.
Precinct No. 8. Place OF voting Shepherds
town Markell House. Charles FerTell, W.
W. Myers and Joseph Smooth.
Precinct No. 1. Place OF voting in Hout s
building in Shepherdstown. Joseph Byers,
VIM. Il Billmyer and Jacob Underdons.
Harper's Ferry District.
Precinct No. /. Place OF voting Oak Grove
SchOol-house. Jacob II. Engle, Robert NJ.
Duke and Frederick Kidwiler.
Precinct No. , Place OF voting Free White
Schooi-house at EalltoWn. F. +. Lynch,
Chas W. Brown and George koOnce.
Precinct No. 3 Plsce OF voting fr W mite
SchooI-house In Bolivar. John d. Martin,
A. NJ. Sponsellor and Alfred Burton.
Precinct NO. 1. Place OF voting Free White
school, house on Camp Hill. 1. VI. Conner
T. W. Beale and Daniel Ames-
A copy, Teste' ,,,oDr
Oct. Is, lS95-2w Clerk OF said Court.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-10-15
More Curative Power

Is contained in bottle of Hoods Sal saparilla
than in any other similar preparation. IL
costs the proprietor and manufacturer more.
IL costs the jobber more and IL is worth more
TO the consumer. 1t has record OF cures I'M
known to any other preparation. IL is the
best TO buy because II is the One True Blood
Purier.
HOODS PILLS are the best family cathar-
tic and liver medicine. Gen tie, reliable, sure.
Try can of Hopkins Steamed HON
inv LHulled Corn. 1t is delicious.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-10-15

The Republicans are scared cut Of
their boots.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-10-15
Notice to Trespassers.

All persons are hereby warned not TO tres
pass upon the property OF the undersigned, by
hunting, fishing, or in any other manner.
Persons found trespassing will be prosecuted
in accordance with the law.
WIN. IL. BILLMYER.
October l5, lSg6-iw.
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'0DSunDfOl

N III AND ITS CURE
49, To THE EDITOR II have an absolute
remedy for Consumption. By its timely use
thousands of hopeless cases have been already
permanently cured. So proof-poSitive am
of its power that consider it my duty to
send t.co bottles free to those of your readers
who have Consumption, Throat, Bronchial or
Lung Trouble, if they will write me thslr
express and poStoffice address. Sincerely,
7. A. SLoCUM, M. c., Is3 Pearl ST., New York.
RF- The Editorial and Business Management o.
this Paper Guarantee this generous Proposition
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-10-15
A Small Farm for Sale.
Town Lot For Sale.

A very desirable building lot near the
y. & W railroad for sale Suitable for
warehouse or lumber yard. Apply TO
J. :. FLEMING.
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MCKINLEY is beaten.
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WE'VE GOT 'e.2 on The Tur.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-10-15

A NICE assortment OF Mitts and Gloves for
n Ladies'. Misses. Children aud Boys. Cal
'Oer thin at MISS ELLEN'S.
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OYSTERS! OYSTERS

We point with justfab pride the fact that year after
favored with orders from persons that know fresh oyster
This practical testimony the beOw upon our
times. -
AS actions speak louder than words require and ask D 40
dorsemen as to reliability puncualiy etc. than the s
er facwe and will all times compete with
The business both in quality and We will not nor v
ice reputation with those who base their margin
lPon the quantity Of disposed of oysters tOsb
thanking you for past avors and assuring OF the
treatment IN the future in the past solicit your orders
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place. The general shape of the blade of
the tool is that of a shallow bowl, with
portions knocked off on two sides of a Sec
ton that comes TO a point. Two handles
are placed on either side of it and it is
ready for use.
1t is the details Of the tool however,
that make it so valuable. The bowl shape
permits it to be placed over q canteen
where it is held in place by chain that
stretches from side TO side. A ring slips
over the neck OF the canteen to avoid jar
ring, and the position of the handles is such
that they will not get in the way when a
man wants to drink. The total weight of
the tool is only nine ounces. and the space
il occupies is practically nothing.
1t is the intention to make the tool of
steel, but in order to keep the weight low
the bowl must be very thin. This would
of course be quite weak and liable to
break when put TO heavy work. To over
come this Colonel Bell has so constructed
the frame of the tool that it bears all of
the strain and pressure, and the bowl sim
ply acts as receptacle for the loosened
earth or rock.
About year ago the War Department
had a test made of several kinds of in
trenching too.s at Fort Smelling, MINI.
They were put to the most severe trials
and Colonel Bell has just received the Of
fetal report. His tool is given the prefer
ence over all others. 1t stood the most
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The Amsterdam Gazette mentions that
a company has been organized for the
raising of a treasure sunk with the ship
Lutine, which was lost almost 100 years
ago off the Dutch coast. This boat sailed
from London in 1893 for Hamburg, there
being on board very large sum in gold,
which was intended for payments of Con-
tinental accounts By English merchants.
1t is believed that there was $4,000, 600 in
gold in iron Golfers aboard the Lutine.
The vessel was sighted off the Dutch
coast, and that was the last ever seen of
her, and she was never heard of again.
Several attempts have been made to find
the wreck in the last ninety years, but all
efforts were fruiIless until recently. 1t
seems that the hulk of the old vessel has
been located, and a company organized
to raise the prize has gone to work. At
last reports four guns had been raised,
but so Tar no coins have been discovered.
The work of salvage is carried on by ex-
perienced divers, who have succeeded in
clearing the hulk from sand by means of
great pumps. The wreck is located not
very far from the island of Vlieland, on the
Dutch coast
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Edfson's Latest.

The wonderful fuorescent screen, behind
which man stands while the operator is
looking through the flesh and examining
the bones, recently invented by Mr.. Edi-
son, is fully described in the New York
Journal:
Here" said Mr.. Edison, pointing to
great box-like structure the size of a door,
THAT is my screen. I will have a man
step in front of that, put four or five
Crookes tubes behind him, and you or or
surgeon will look through him a. clean
and as clear as though he were made of
gauze. We can look through his eyes into
his skull and see everything that is to be
seen there. A physician may diagnose his
case in an instant. He will simply put his
hand before the screen and then penetrate
him through from head to foot"
The fiuorescent substance used is tung-
state OF calcium; in other words, tungstate
and lime. The two substances are fused
IN furnace, and at proper degree of
heat form little crystals, perhaps one
eighth the size of a French pea These
crystals are glued to piece of paper by
means OF collodlum. transparent cellu-
loid paint.
The screen is made in the shape of
monster mill hopper, standing on end.
The face on which the crystals are applied
will be about eight feet high and four feet
broad. To this face will be fastened sides
that will slant inward to sharp point AT
this point there will be left slit Just large
enough to see through with ease. This
slit will be protected by means of rubber
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severe strains and handled more soft earth
than any of the others. One tool was SUBJ
mitted by Captain Zalinsky that stood
most of the tests. but failed when it came
to digging in frozen gravel. Colonel Bells
tool not only accomplished this, but also
took several large stones out of the SUBJ
stance and at the end of the trial was not
bent in the least. The report says: s'The
tool went back on the canteen perfect,
and only few scratches on the sharp
point showed that it had been put to any
use."
Not only is the intrenching tool likely
to be put to use in the regular army, but
the New York militia has made tests and
resolved to adopt it as soon as the State
makes the necessary appropriations. 1t
has been ascertained that the tool can be
made in large quantities tor little over
80 cents a piece. If sold at moderate
price there is no reason why campers
should not use 1t, as every one knows
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
An Electric Cane.

John Jacob Astor the multi-million-
aire, is an amateur electrician and de-
signed the fixtures for the illumina-
ton OF his new palace on Fifth avenue.
Incidentally. says the New York World,
he has invented an electric cane, for
which, in years to come, many people
will call him blessed. storage bat
terry is confined in the heart of black
thorn stick. In the end of the precious
crystal handle of the walking-stick is a
small but powerful incandescent lamp
shining through crystal lens. The light
is turned on and out at will.
1t will be found useful for finding key
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
How the Megatherium Looked.

Some idea of the proportions of extinct
mammals, birds and reptiles may doubt
less be gained from their skeletons prop
erly restored and mounted in museums,
but the i'm pressions thus acquired are
neither accurate nor distinct, and must
prove unsatisfactory, when we attempt.
aided by our fancy, to use them in bring
ing before our mental vision the real
stature and bulk OF the animals in the
flesh.
There are two reasons for this, says ].
Carter Beard in Popular Science News.
Skeletons are considerably smaller than
the forms of which they are the frame
work, and objects the size of which are ia
miliarly known to US are wanting for con-
trast. A skeleton in glass case, or set up
by itself on a platform, has this In COM
mon with most illustrations in popular
books of natural histories-there is seldom
anything very near it by which the size OF
the animal represented can be immedi-
ately grasped and recognized.
Size is so much a matter Of comparison
that it is only by Observing the proportion
one object bears to another that we can
form any idea at all of magnitude. If we
could put on glasses that magnified the
objects we saw about us twenty diane
ters we would soon become SO accustomed
to the apparent size OF everything that
unless we took OF our spectacles, they
would not seem to magnify at all. Indeed
it can truly be said that no two persons
see alike in respect to the apparent mag
nitude of what they see, so that if one per-
son could look through the eyes of an
other, he might, as long as the impression
remained OF things as he had formerly
seen them, be surprised at the different
size they now assumed. Truly, however,
if the reader could be transported back to
some of the geological periods through
which our earth has passed he could easily
imagine he was looking through some
medium that greatly magnftied the objects
upon which he gazed.
Among mammals in the quarternary
period he might possibly encounter one re-
sembling nothing even in the widest fam
cies of poets Or painters $50 much stranger
is truth than fction) that has ever been
imagined as form of life.
This is the megatherium, literally great
beast. de Is seen in grove OF American
agaves or century plants, upon which he
feeds, and as he rears his huge form aloft
he overtops them all and rivals in height
the lofty flower stems of those in bloom:
indeed he far surpasses in size and bulk
the largest existing elephant, being no less
than eighteen feet long. His comparatively
small head and the apparently dispro-
portionate length of his fore limbs make
him look even larger than he is. He rises
to his full height and stands erect upon
tripod formed of his hind legs and his
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enormously thick, conical-shaped tail, his
fore limbs, which grotesquely resemble in
shape the arms of human being, mbrace
the trunk of a well-grown tree.
He settles himself firmly upon his
caudal support and the outer edges of his
hind feet, for he does not tread with their
soles, and prepares to wrestle with his
vegetable prey.
In order that the reader may properly
appreciate the enormous size of this long
deceased mammal an illustration is given
on this page showing his megatherium-
ship on visit to quiet street in the
suburbs, with a horse near by to empha-
size his great proportions.
A Dog Mourns for Cat.
A dog and cat belonging to the same
master were the best of friends in the
world, saws lEleveur, and spent their time
in frolicking together. One day while
playing as usual the cat died suddenly.
falling at the dogs feet The latter at first
did not realize what had happened, but
continued his play, pulling, pushing and
caressing his companion, but with evident
astonishment at her inertness.
After some time he appeared to under
stand the situation, and his grief found
vent in prolonged howls. Presently he
was seized with the idea of buryine the
cat He pulled her into the garden, where
he soon dug hole with his paws, and put
in it the body of his former companion.
He then refilled the hole with dirt and.
stretching himself out on the grave, 1e-
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flap, in such way as to exclude all light
screen will be set up SO that the side on
which the tungstate of calcium has been
glued faces row of four or five Crookes
tubes, set one above the other at an equal
distance. The person to be examined will
then step in between the screen and the
light, and he will be instantly penetrated
and become visiEAe to the eyes of the ex-
aminer at the screen. Every defect, every
organ will be laid bare to the physician or
other person who IS making the examina-
ton. 1t will not be necessary to go to the
trouble of disrobing, as the clothing worn
will be penetrated as if it were the fiimsiest
MOSQUITO netting
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outside or barring the vision of those

the outside or barring the vision OF those
inside. 80. :.
Described in recent number of the
American Druggist. 1t is as follows:
Dissolve one part by weight of silver nj.
trate in ten parts by weight OF water and
label No. 1. Prepare another 10 per
larger quantity; to this add ammonia
water, drop by drop, stirring carefully
until the precipitate formed AT first is COM
nletely dissolved, and label No. 2. Now
add solution No. to solution No. 9 until
the odor of ammonia is 10 longer recogniz-
able and the liquid has again become very
turbid. Now add 100 parts by weight of
distilled water for every part OF silver
nitrate ORIGINALLY used in solution No. 2,
and filter until clear.
Label this No. 3. Prepare reducing So
luton by dlssolving O.9 part by weight OF
Rochelle salt in 3S4 parts by weight of dis
titled water, boil, and to the boiling solu-
ton add gradually solution OF parts of
silver nitrate in 10 parts by weight of dis
titled water. and filter when cool and label
No. 4.
Clean the glass to be coated thoroughly,
Law it on perfectly level surface in room
at a temperature of about 70 degrees q.
(77 degrees F.). Mix equal parts of No. 8
(the depositing fuid) and No. (the re-
ducing fluid) and pour over the glass.
The glass may, if preferred, be dipped into
the solution.
The time required for the deposition of
the layer Of silver of just the correct thick
pess has to be determined by the judg-
ment of the operator in each case, and
this may be aided somewhat by observing
a piece of white paper below the
plate OF glass. When a sufficient
deposit of silver has been made, and
much less is required than for an
ordinary mirror. pour off the silvering
liquid and rinse thoroughly with the dis
titled water, and stand the mirror on edge
to dry, coat the silvered side with solu-
ton OF colorless shellac in alcohol and
finally frame the mirror with backing of
clear glass to protect the mirror surface
from being scratched.
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The objective with an iris diaphragm is a
very rapid Zeiss, F-8; the front part of the
box is moved back and forth by means of
an ornamented button, and allows focus
of from one meter to infnity.
The shutter placed between the lenses is
of variable speed; it is worked with the
finger or with bulb, and permits time or
instantaneous exposures. The size of the
plate is 611 by 8 en-. The apparatus,
loaded with eighteen plates, weighs 1900
grammes a pounds); its dimensions are
18 centimeters long, thick and II wide.
A Transparent Mirror.
A transparent mirror was brought from
Germany to this country a few months
ago by New York firm and the
perplexing qualities of the glass excited
much curiosity. 1t was at once in demand
for many purposes and the same firm is
now engaged in importing itin large guam
titles.
The coating is placed on one side of the
glass just the same as the silvering on the
mirror and has the same properties of re-
fiecting the rays of light and color. The
difference, however, is that when looked
at from the back the coating is entirely
transparent. To one sitting indoors the
view without is not obstructed in the
least, but pedestrian peering into the
window or doorway would be greeted by
his own reflection. The glass is used
largely in lieu of screens where privacy is
desired without obstruction of light from
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fails to the bottom when it is no longer
sustained by the rest of the pile. When
the magazine is pushed back the pile of
plates slide over the fallen plates at the
bottom, at the same time bringing fresh
plate at the top into position for the next
exposure.
The magazine contains eighteen plates,
and an indicator moving automatically
always shows the number of exposed
plates. A clear finder with cover folds
down into the thickness of the box, when
the camera is put into it's carrying-case.
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sumed his mournful bowling. The idea of
burying the dead cat was extraordinary.
Whence came the thought?
Could it be imitation, or, which is a
vague idea Of concealing the event, which
might possibly be imputed to him? But
then it would seem unreasonable for him
to call attention to the fact by installing
himself on the grave and howling. How
ever, even human criminals are sometimes
equally inconsistent. 1t is difficult to form
an exact idea Of what gave rise to the
dogs conduct in this case.
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W. H. BELL. at present

~ OLoNEL W. H. BELL, at present
n Commissary officer for the Depart
" ,ment Of California. U. S. A., is the
~ inventor of a new intrenching tool
or shovel that will very likely soon
be introduced into all branches of the SER
vice. The new tool is simplicity itself
and seems to fill all the requirements of
such an instrument.
1t is several years since Colonel Bell
started 10 work on his invention, and he
had the full benefit of nearly four decades
of active service to tell him what was re-
qulIed in the tool. AS it is completed it is
difficult to see how it could be improved
upon. The tool could of course be made
in any size, but the one that is finished is
the same size as the regulation army can
teen-seven inches across at the widest
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
A New Hand Camera.

NJ. Joux has lately perfected new form
of hand camera, which has been used for
several months, and which, it is said. gives
excellent results, says the Paris Photo
graphic Journal. One of the principal i'm
provements is what he terms the "block
system" By this arrangement it is i'm
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
A Volcano for Sale.

People who would like to buy volcano
may now do SO if the advertisements in
some of the London dailies are bona fide.
Among other advertisements of auction
sales the island volcano situated in the
Liparian Archipelago, is announced for
sale to the highest bidder at auction DUR
ing the next month. The crater on this
island has been slightly active for num-
Der OF years past, though no immediate
danger of an eruption is feared.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

holes, reading doorplates, deciphering
house numbers, reading address cards and
100 other purposes.
The idea has been patented. Mr.. Astor' s
own cane is thing of beauty. Cheaper
canes with the light equipment will soon
be on the market designed for their
utility.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
sn1ace for a scoldinr.

We are told that nothing ages US so fast
as anger. Once an actress got in rage
with Perrin, the Paris manager, and gave
him fifteen minutes tongue-lashlng.
my dear PERRIN said Febvre, when
told of it, "what did you do?"
Nothing" replied Perrin. 81 said moth
ing-and watched her grow DID,"
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plate is effected by pulling on the handle
at the lower part of the side; in this way
the size of the magazine Zone of the sides
of which is shown extended) is increased,
and the extended magasine draws out
with it at the same time the stack of plates
with the exception of the one situated at
the top. This one, held pack by two
small hooks, remains in place and finally
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possible to expose the same plate twice.
since the shutter cannot be released until
after the exposed plate has been changed.
The mode of changing the plate is very
sim pie, the construction of the magazine
being such as to permit OF its turning COM
pleteiy into the box after a plate is
changed, and there is no lost space. the
whole camera being very compactly built.
AS shown in Fig. 2, the changing of the
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05

The Alaskans often have eating matches
at which great numbers of the villagers
compete. The man who eats the most is
considered the finest man.
The San Francisco call., 1896-04-05
After 81, 600, 900 sunken Gold.

who has been "roughing it." how valu-
able shovel would be at certain times.