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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30

John TYLER, son of President Tyler,
died in Washington last Sunday, aged
76 years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
]. G. Gibson, Druggist.

As well as at the big" stores down
street. There you can End Dressing
Cases, Jewelry and Glove Boxes Work
Boxes, Picture Frames, Work Baskets
Scrap Baskets, Calendars. Ink Stands
Games, Christmas Tree Ornaments. Pas
try Sets, Dairy Sets OF White Wood
Toys, Penny Toys and Furniture. Tops,
Spiders, Beetles, House. Balls. &c,
Books and Writing Desks. For useful
articles we have oxford Grey Hose for
boys. Gloves with fieecy lining and fur
tops, heavy Knitted Gloves for boys
Mittens for children and Yarn for knit
ting them. For ladies we have Kid
Gloves, heecy lined aud fur tops: fleece
lined Cotton Gloves, Cashmere Gloves
and Mittens. Saxony Wool. lee Wool
Flesher's Knitting Yarn. Worsted Hose
very good. black. fleecy lined. white and
black: boys and misses extra heavy
black ribbed Hose for winter. Stamped
Linens, Centers. Scarfs ana square
Handkerchiefs from cents iO5D cents,
and many other good and useful articles
at the lowest prices for the cash. can be-
had at
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30

Try can of Hopkins Steamed HON.
my (Hulled Corn) tits delicious. Full
quart 10 cents.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
Heber Donaldson's
China Store,
No. 9W. Washington St.
HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND.
is the place to buy all kinds Of
CROCKERY
AND
CHINAWARE.

Donaldson is sole agent for Laughlin
China, the ware that took first prize at
the Worlds Fair. Ii looks like French
China, is as cheap as Stone China and
never cracks or crazes. Sample Plates
THREE CENTS EACH. We sold y
casks of this ware in 1895. Our line Of
Chamber or Toilet Sets cannot be eS.
celled. Ten-piece Decorated Sets, 500.
twelve-piece Sets, beautiful decorated
with lar. $500 Our line of Banque,
Lamps is complete. They range in price
from one dollar and half TO fifteen dol.
lars. We have Haviland's French China
Decorated Dinner Sets ranging in price
from s35. 90 to 5000.
Our second floor is full of Chinaware.
We have five decorated lines that We
will sell you, any piece you may select.
and YOU can make up your own dinner
set.
Please call and see us when you come
TO Hagerstown, third door from the
square, on West Washington Street.
Respectfully,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30

HAVING absorbed all the available
knowledge itself, it is unkind in the
Charlestown Advocate to twit others
for knowing nothing of the silver ques-
ton. The editor of the Advocate, like
a sponge, has become so full of his one
theory that if you touch silver he
spurts free coinage. But, unlike a
sponge, unfortunately, there is no hope
of ever squeezing him dry.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
FOR ASSESSOR.

AT the solicitations of many friends L
hereby announce myself as a candidate
for Assessor in the second district OF
Jefferson county, subject to the decision
ofthe Democratic primaries. respect
fully solicit your support.
CHAs. f. LAMAR.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
II Head of Cattle
s Ewes With Lambs by Their Side !
27 HEAD OF HOGSl

Brood Sows, with Pigs by her side; will
have Pigs In March ! Thoroughbred Berk-
shire Boar, years old remainder thrifty
ShOatg.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
Ten Head of Cattle !

OF which are mIlch cows. 3 are fresh; nne
Eolstein bull, q years old. Luther Ropp STOCK
? extra iue heifers. This herd CONSISTS on :
Jerseys, Shepherd and henedy sIooA; ,ha
above herd will recommend themselves, ana
have been inspected by competent judges
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
UNAPPROACHABLE

in every way-Dr.
Pierce's Pleasant
Pellets. In every
thing that makes
one medicine better
than another, these
little Pellets stand
first. They don't
seem like medicine,
to tell the truth.
They're so small
and 80 pleasant to
take, and their ac-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30

Rev. G. A. Snyder, of HagerstOwn,
preached in the Reformed church of
this place last Thursday and Friday
nights.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
PUBLIC SALE
OF VALUABLE
Personal Property!

TIME undersigned, intending TO discontnee
farming, win sell at my residenc1s On n,, las
East OF Bedington, y mile north OF Foitz
Pnsfoffice. on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30

IT has been clearly demonstrat ed
that majority of the members of the
Senate are in favor of the free coinage
of silver, and they are pushing for a
vote on free-coinage bill now before
that body. The sound money Sena-
tors are staving off vote by various
methods of delay, whereat the silver
men are very angry. Take a vote,
say we, and let the majority prevail.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
WEDNESDAY, FEBRUARY S, 1885,
Tan Had Of Horses and Colts ]

sare good barshear leaders, single or 9o S :,
SrIyeTs' z three .year-old colts, have All oeen
handiad The above horses have ali eoou
ewes perfect hoofs and better stable o.
horses I question, can be found In the coun-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30

sleeves.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30
10 Head Of Sheep!
az HEAD OF H0GSl

s are fat hogs. will weigh lSS los, sacn
naIr Of Poland China hogs that will average
over 100 lbs.; pedigrees Will be shown on day
OF sale. pigs OF the same, are eneioie tores-
istry, Remainder thrifty shoats.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-30

wouid make worse ones.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Moth Balls at Patterns drug store.
LOrania Tracy Hayden.

\ happy home circle was broken when
the death-angel. after lowering near tor
months, called this good woman. Her
death occurred Saturday, April 4th.
after long illness amounting most of
the time to agony. Her illness was due
to complication of diseases which
banIed the skill of the physicians and
which the tenderest care could not al
leviate. The unceasing thoughtfulness
and kindness of her neighbors and
friends was a great comfort to which
she often referred. She was the daugh-
ter of solomon aud Aryila Tracy of
Rome, Maine. While young she mar
ried Leonard II. Hayden of Brighton,
and since that time has always lived in
that town. She was the mother of two
children, George l.. Hayden and Mrs.
Hattie Walker who has never been
separated from her mother and whose
undivided attention during her Illness
has so added to her comfort. An invalid
for years Mrs. Hayden has bravely over
come self and lived wholly for others even
in her suffering and until almost the last
hour of her life she was thinking for the
comfort OF ner IalnlIY lar into the
future. Her husband has not been
strong for several years, and she made
many plans for his comfort when she
should be no more. 1t may well be said
of her "She has done what she could.
\ loving wife, devoted mother, sim
cere friend, and good, kind Eeighbor
Funeral services were held NJ her late
residence, Tuesday. April eth, conducted
by Rev. Mr.. Gregory of Bingham.
Selections of song were given by Mr..
and Mrs. Warren Peasc accompanied by
Mrs. Albert Wade who presided at the
organ.
Besides her husband and children she
leaves three grandchildren, Ora Hayden
and Clyde and Maola Walker whose little
feet have taken so many willing steps
for dear "Grammy' during her illness;
she also leaves a beloved sister, MIS-.
Eunice Estes Of Skowhegan, who was
prevented, by illness at home, from be-
ing with her in her last hours, and a
brother, Sewell Tracy of Mercer, besides
large number of relatives and friends
who will cherish with loving affection
the memory of her who waits for them
with the angel band over the starry
way
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
John w. Langley.

The subject of this brief obituary
died in Exeter, y. H., April 10. aged
twenty-nne years and two months,
leaving an invalid daughter of eleven
years. his wife and two small boys
having preceded him two years ago,
while he vas IL Colorado, whittier he
went hoping To find in that climate the
means of restoring his health, which
was impaired the year previous by a
severe attack of the grip, but alas,
terminating in consumption.
he was the son of William and Ella
McCrilis Langley of this town, and was
the second son. These devoted and
sorely afflicted parents have laid at rest
within Il few months, Two SONS sherman,
the younger, Il young man Of promise,
having passed away last May. The sur
viying children are William II. of lhis
town, and three married daughters re-
siding in New Hampshire and Massa
ehusetts, who with their parents are
called to mourn the loss Of dutiful
and aiicctionate son and brother, whose
life was cut short when il was filled
with ambition and promise of usefulness.
Mr.. Langley was happily married
some twelve years ago TO Leila
Sanborn of Chichester, y. H.. who bore
him three children, two of whom with
their mother, as before stated proceed
ed him two years ago. The oldest, u
beautiful girl of eleven years only re-
remaining. who now unfortunately is
in a Massachusetts, hospital, where she
recently underwent painful and criti-
cal surgical operation.
While in failing health last November,
Mr.. Langley came to his parents home,
hoping that with an aiiectionate
mothers care and nursing. he might be
enabled TO overcome the disease that
bailed the skill of physicians and at
last terminated in his demise, but that
was not to be. The seeds of consump-
ton were there and the tenderness aud
loving care Of parents and friends could
not save him. When convinced that the
sands of his life were about run out.
accompanied by his devoted mother, he
returned to New Hampshire, to be laid
at rest by the side of the dear ones.
who had gone before. He had not long
to wait, for the hour of dissolution soon
came and he passed over the dark river,
into the great unknown beyond, with
chaistian resignation and child like faith
in the hope of blissful reunion with
the loved ones there.
Those who now mourn the loss of
this estimablc son and brother and
would strew flowers upon his newly
made grave and water them with loving
tears, surely have the heart felt sympa-
thy of all their neighbors and friends.
May their end be as peaceful AS was his
who, ~ death drew near, saw no grief
beyond the portals of the tomb, which
to him opened to Immortality. CON.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Gtenhen SalishurY.

A writer III the Worcester Mass. Spy
thus describes Stephen Salisbury of
that city, who has just given the city a
site for an art museum and 800, 900 to
build it, "Simple in his tastes and
modest and democratic in spirit, Mr.
Salisbury's single aim is to spend money
so as to relieve whit, to raise to high
plano the lives Of persons Of small
means and lofty and earnest purposes
and to add to the prosperity of Worces-
ter. His intimate friends love and adj
mire him. His gifts are never the off
spring of impulse but the product of
anxious thought, yet they are never ac-
companied by troublesome conditions.
What a beautiful example Mr.. Sails
bury is Of practical wisdom and simple
goodness! Gratitude cannot outrun his
generosity OF the warm interest which
he feels in the welfare of his townsmen
and fellow men.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
A Coming Prophat.

Mrs. Wabash-I shall not be in the
least astonished if Johnny develops clair
voyant powers
Mrs. jackson Purko-Indeed?
Yes, He is the SOD of seventh hus-
band, you know indianapolis Jour
nal
In the neighborhood of Shanghai there
grows an herb known as The laughing
plant, the flowers and seeds of which,
when eaten, are SAID to cause the same
effect as that produced by the laughing
gas sometimes used by dentists.
The first adobe houses were built by
the swallows
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
RIDING ON A SUNBEAM.
New Invention For Carrying Sound With
out WIrea.

out Wires.
When walking through the laboratory
If the Volta bureau with DIR. A Graham
Bell, the inventor of the telephone. |
picked up on one of the shelves a piece
of pine board about halfs an inch thick
and eight inches square Out of the cen
ter Of It extended a speaking tube,
which apparently rested against a thu
disk of bright metal sunk into the oppo
site side This metal was like a silver
mirror, and was about as large around
as tho bottom of tumbler. | asked DR..
Bell what 1t was, aud he told me that
1t was a perfected instrument whose
original construction enabled him 10
project his Voice from one point to an
other through the medium of sunbeam.
1t enabled him, IN other words, to send
sounds along d ray of light without the
aid Of an electric wire. He took the in
strument and put the tube to his mouth,
holding the mirror 50 that II caught the
sun and cast IA little shadow disk If
light on the opposite wall. Then ly
breathing slightly he made this shadow
increase and diminish, and assume "
rious shapes by the action Of his breath
against the mirror diaphragm.
THAT shows you. said he, chow
the action Of the diaphragm is carried
along the ray Now, if you will put
little bottle with some scot in it where
that shadow Is on the wall, and speak
into the tube, you will find that the
sound will travel along that ray Of
light, and by having a receiver connect
ed with the bottle one would be able To
hear what you are saying. We have
spoken by this means to and from points
900 yards apart. and there seems to be
no reason to doubt that speech may be
sent along beam Of light for great dis
tances. In our experiment in this we
first used selenium. very rare sub
stance, and very sensitive to light We
have found, however, that we can pro
duee very good results with common
SCOT and the discoveries may yet g
made which Will make such an III
vention commercially practicable. -
Worlds Progress
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
NATURE OF THE ELDER DUMAS.
Mime. Dorval. the Actress, Always Called
Him Her Good Dog"

Mime. Dorval. the Actress Always Called
Him Her Good Dog"
did not meet the elder Dumas until
he was on the wane, but was acquainted
with him before he fell under the in
huence of Adah Isaacs Menken When
young his hair was fair, then dark but
when [ saw him it was gray and in tex
ture less woolly than the negros. His
lips were thick and extended from ear
to ear when he laughed, and his teeth
were uneven and set apart from each
other. He fattered himself that his nose
was straight 1t was, however lumpy,
with wide, strongly marked and culver
ing nostrils To the pride Of life he YVES
insensibe But he was slave of the
flesh though i'll ftful way, and the
never ending pressure of creditors oblig-
ed him to react against his conviviality.
One saw that he was force of nature
and child of nature.
His small hands and feet and his sin
gularly acute though good natured blue
eyes alone indicated blood derived
from a long line Of civilized northern
ancestors. There were traces Of Africa
in his speech. His laugh was guffaw,
but its hilarity was contagious. When
a case of suffering was made known to
him, his face at once fell, and if he
knew the sufferer the broad face con
tracted, and he hOwled until he had
spent his grief. Mime. Dorval, whom he
and Victor Hugo thought the greatest
actress of her time, for emotional parts,
used to call him her 81 bon CHEN aud
her "gros CHEN. In the hour Of death
she did not lay aside this term of en-
dearment, which any one else would
have resented. He was doggish in maEg
respects. but of the generous, impulsive,
Newfoundland type. The Elder Du-
mas, by Emily Crawford in Century.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Death of Daniel Steward.

Daniel Steward, native of North
Arson, aud well known in this town
and county, died in Milford, Mass, on
Wednesday last, aged about n years, and
his remains we're brought to his old
home, North Arson, for burial, the
funeral services occurring Friday, under
the auspices of the Masonic lodge of
that town. He was member of De
Molay C6mmandry of Skowhegan and
the following Sir Knights attended the
obsequies from this town:
n. w. Bralnerd, A. G. Blunt, j. p.
Oak, f. S. Cairns, T. II. Anderson, f.
II. Wing and Geo. f. Sampson.
Boston papers of the 22nd, instant
gave the following account of Mr..
Stewards death AT about 4 o'clock
Wednesday morning, fire was discovered
in a room in the Mansion House oecu-
pied by Daniel Steward, clerk of the
house. The porter, who discovered it,,
burst in the door and by prompt action
extinguished it and discovered Mr.
Steward on the burning bed and uncon-
cious and somewhat burned. He re-
gained consciousness partially, but
died Wednesday afternoon. He was in
poor health from Bright's disease, and
the theory is that in pain or restlessness
he overturned lighted lamp.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Peppermint.

The preparation Of peppermint is es-
pecially an American industry. The
peppermint is cut when in bloom, like
hay, dried, placed in close wooden watts
and steamed. The oil cells burst and
the oil passes upward with the steam,
which is condensed and conducted into
a receiver, where the oil rises and is
piped off. 1t takes about $50 pounds of
dry peppermint to produce one pound of
oil. An acre of land yields from TO 10
pounds of OIL often moreover as high
as 80 pounds. New York and Michigan
produce the most. Washington Post.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30

American Cultivator says The best
way to save moisture in the soil is to
thoroughly underdrain it. This increases
the porosity of the soil, as the drained
land freezes more deeply than that
which is filled with water to its surface.
As it freezes the soil expands. and this
enables it to hold more moisture. If the
soil has been drained, suhsoiling. which
loosens the soil below the furrow, also
increases its ability to retain moisture.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Turning Cider to Vinegar.

According to American Agriculturist,
the best and easiest way to turn cider
into vinegar is to put about one fourth
of its quantity OF good sharp vinegar in
1t. Put it in warm place and thor
oughly stir the liquid once a week or
oftener. The barrel should not be more
than three-fourths full, and the bung.
hole should be left open.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
Moth Balls at Patterns drug store
Notice Of Petition for Discharge
SOMERSET COUNTY COURT OF INso

SOMERSET COUNTY COURT OF INSOLVENCY.
In the case OF George s. Davis OF Brigh
ton, Insolvent Debtor. Notice is hereby
given that said De btor has filed in said Court for
said County OF Somerset his petition for dis
charge from all his debts provable under the
insolvent Law OF said State OF Maine and for
certificate thereof, and that q hearing upon the
same will be held at the Probate Court Room
in Skowhegan, in said County OF Somerset OF
Tuesday, the 18th day OF May. A. D.. 1896
at one O'Clock in the afternoon, when AND
where all persons interested may after apo
show cause, IL any they have, why the praye,
Of said petition should not be granted.
Attest; NATHAN FOWLER,
Register OF said Court for said County OF
Somerset 2wl7
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
The Best.

Traveler-Where is the best hotel i'll
this place?
Porter-Dc you see that house over
yonderi That is the worst.
Traveller don't want the worst. IL
is the best hotel want.
Porter-Can't tell you, I'm sure
That's the only one we've got Lon
don Tit Bits.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30

Tired people are tired because they
have exhausted their strength. The
only way for them to get strong is to
eat proper food.
But eating is not all. Strength
comes from food, after digestion. Di-
geslion is made easy with Shaker Di-
gestive Cordial.
People who get too tired, die. Life Is
strength. Food is the maker of
strength. Food is not food until it is
digested.
Tired, pale, thin, exhausted, sick
sufferers from indigestion, can be cured
by the use of Shaker Digestive Cordial.
1t will revive their spent energies,
refresh and invigorate them, create new
courage, endurance and strength, all by
helping their stomachs to digest their
food,
1t aids nature, and this is the best of
it. 1t gives immediate relief and, with
perseverance, permanently cures.
Sold by druggists. Trial bottle 10
cents.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
ANNUAL MEETING

The members OF the Skowhegan Saving
Bank Corporation. are hereby notified tns.
theiI annual meeting for the choice Of officer,
AND the transaction of any other sbusiness
thought proper will be held at the bank on
Monday the fifth day of May next at ten
o'clock 4. VI.
3wie ED. p. PAGE. sec'y'
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30

HIS PERSONALITY filled the place. Yet
not because he was q fat man. II was his
Botanic Cough Balsam and sank into happi-
ness and obscurity.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30

Tommie: "What is Taiior's goose, popP"
Pop; ~ suppose 1t is what he makes duck
trousers on"
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
KIDNEY TROUBLE CURED.

The importance of knowing just what to do
when one is afflicted with kidney disease or
troubles of a urinary nature, is best answered
by the following letter which was recently pub
lshed in the Poughkeepsie, N. Y, News-Press
MIL.ERToN Duchess Co N. Y.
CDR, David Kennedy, Dear Sir For more
than eighteen months was so badly afflicted
with kidney trouble | could scarcely walk
quarter Of a mile without almost faintipg. |
did not gain any until fbegan to use DR.. David
Kenuedy's Favorite Remedy. After using the
first bottle | noticed decided improvement
which continued and know that
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30

DR.. Edwin's Compound Celery Nervine
for all Affections of the nervous system
at SIMPSONS. 75c large size.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30
not?
Yes why not have
YOUR horses shod
as they should be
when the cost is
no more.

Having made the shooting
of trotters, gents drivers and
horses in general a speciality
for many years past, during
which time | have shod many
of the fastest animals in the
country, | would invite an
inspection of my work and
methods, feeling entirely con-
ident can please the most
critical.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30

Watts-I guess it is q fact that there is nc
difference between genius and insanity.
The Somerset reporter., 1896-04-30

Mrs. Elvra Williams died in Lowell,
Mass, April %, at the advanced age of
81. A large part of her life was spent
in Somerset county, though of late she
has made her home with her daughter
in Lowell. Mrs. Williams was twice
married, first to Silas Whitney, by
whom she had nine children, of whom
the following survive; Mrs. Asa Flecht-
err, of Scion, Me, aged IA, Josiah f.
Whitney, of Scion, aged 10, Mrs. Nancy
b. Redmond, of Scion, aged "a, Mrs.
James B. Gilman, of Lowell, Mass,
aged 80, Mrs. Emma A. Bassett of
Lowell, aged IS, Eben A. Whitney, of
Madison, Me-, aged 50. Her second
husband was Daniel Williams, of En-
den, Me-, who died in 1874. Her grand
children number u and her great grand
children 80, Mrs. Williams descended
from a long lived race, her mother liv-
ing to be OF and her father %. Her
aunt, Mrs. Abigail Edgecomb, died in
Gardiner, a few years ago, aged 100.
Mrs. Lucy Wood, who died in Barre,
VT, two years ago at the age of 107, was
a near relative of Mrs. Williams. Mrs.
Williams was buried in Scion.