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Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11
4 CITY Pastors Dream

Il came after busy day Of visiting
IN one Of the uewer portions of our
city
st. Peter stood at heavens portal
a company Of seli-complacent men
and women came smiling up to the
giistening gate. And who are you.
said ST. Peter. "Chuich members.
every one Of lis, replied the spokes-
man OF the party Indeed" YES,
here are our letters, Peter. We kept
them stored away in our trunks, and
specially requested that they mis bit
be placed within our hands when we
should lie 10 our baskets. We knew
you would be asking for them. LET
me see the dates, quoth eer.
"lS79-h'm, eighteen years ago.
Here 5 another SS4-- fSso--well,
that is trifle better 1Soa-Can it
be that ali these years you have failed
to identity yourselves with any church
of Iesus?' "Well Peter, you see we
we're moving SO often when we were
down below, and then The ties to the
dear old home church were SO sacred.
We did not wish 10 hurt the feelings
OF our old pastors who baptized and
married us 50 we have simply gone
from church to churh; but, oh, Peter.
we have become wonderful sermon.
tasters.
A quiet smile crept over the face Of
the heavenly warder My children.
you may as well linger awhile outside
the portal, until the ties to the dear
old home church are snapped. For
the sake of a sentiment, you have
through these years been disobeying
Christ. ] fear you wonld not be hap
ply in the upper temple.
| awoke. It was dream. The
Evangelist.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11

Monthly Pains cured by DR.. Miles, Pain Pills,
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11

A man who would not subscribe for
his home paper because he was too
poor" sent dollar and half to a
New York firm tor Flea Killer F"
In few days he received two small
pieces OF boards. with the following
printed on them No No. 2.
Place the flea on No. ! and lit him
with No. 2, or, put him on No. and
hit him with No. T. If the first lick
don't kill him, try, try again
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11
THE WONDERS OF SCIENCE.
Lung Troubles and Consumption.
Can be Cured.
An Eminent Aew York Chemist and
Sciensist Makes n Free Offer sO Our
Renders.

Sciensist Makes n Free Offer 10 Our
Readers.
The distinguished New York chemist.
T. A Slocum demonstrating his dis
covery OF reliable and absoluts cure
for Consumption pulmonary Tuber-
culosisl aud all bronchial, throat, lung
aud chest diseases. stubborn coughs,
catarrhal affections. general decline
and weakness. loss of flesh, and all con-
dition- of wasting away, will send
THREE FREE BOTTLES Tall different
of his New Discoveries to any afflicted
reader of the Herald wiring for them.
His New Scientific Treatment has
cured thousands permanently by its
timely use, and he considers IL a simple
professional duty to suffering humanity
to donate a trial of his infallible cure.
Science daily developes new wonders.
and this great chemist, patiently ex-
perimenting for years has produced
results as beneficial to humanity as can
be claimed by any modern genius. His
assertion that lung troubles and con-
sumption are durable in any climate is
prov. by me artfelt letters of graft
tude,' filed in American and European
laboratories in thousands from those
cured in all parts OF the world.
Medical experts concede that bron-
chial. chest and lung troubles lead to
Consumption, which uninterrupted, ,
means speedy and certain death.
Simply write TO I. A. Slocum NJ G..
% Pine street, New York. giving post
office and express address. and the free
medicine will be promptly sent Suffer
ers should take instant advantage Of
his generous proposition.
Please tell the Doctor that you saw
his offer in the Herald.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11

Mr. John Miller, of this State, who
realized SIS, 900 from his apple crop
and SIS, 900 from his peach crop. on IS
acres of land, which cost him SIS, an
acre about twenty years ago, isn't a
bit envious of the prosperity of the
wheat growers. Charleston Star
Tribune
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11

When financial changes are made
by our government it should be be-
cause the new is absolutely known to
be better than what we have. It is
not matter TO be experimental with
in the hope Of getting something bet
Charleston Tribune.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11
Good For Nothing.

At literary gathering the CONVEX
sation turned upon the income Of
bishops and their benevolent work
"Ah, said gentleman. ut is
easy enough to be good on salaries Of
15ooo a year, but others Of rs have
to be good for nothing, and looking
around Some Of us are Tit Bits
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11
A DastardIy Act

May be committed by anyone while
suffering from an excruciating head
ache. MAGIC HEADACHE POWDERS
cure all kind of headaches in iron to
IS minutes. DO not sicken the stom-
ach nor affect the heart. Perfectly
harmless.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11

Colonel Thomas w Bradley, Presi.
dent of the New York Knife Company,
at Walden. N. Y, announces that the
company will increase the scale Of
wages to all operators 10 per cent on
Ian. X
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11

The Studebaker is the best wagon
n the world. A full line--I4 different
styles, any width tire, at Sencindiver
& Stewards, Winchester aven1e.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11
Farlning impIements.

Sencindiver & Stewart are head
quarters for barshare plows, double
and single shovel plows, ten differ
ent styles of cultivators, spring
tooth harrows. among them the cele-
brated Hench & Dromgold leve +
spring tooth harrow on wheels with
seat.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11
THE DREADED CONSUMPTION
CAR BE CURED.
7. A. slocum. n C., the Great Chemist and
Scientist Will send Free, Three
Bottles Of His Newly discovered
Remedies 70 Sufferers.
EDITOR HERALD. 4 have discove

EDITOR HERALD.-I have discovered
areliable cure for CONSUMPTION and all
Bronchial. Throat and Lung Diseases.
General Decline Loss of Flesh ard all
Conditions of Wasting Awav. BY its
timely use thousands of apparently
hopeless cases have been cured So
proof positive am of its power to cure
that 70 make its merits known. | will
sene. free. TO any afflicted reader of
your paper. three bottles of my Newly
Discovered Remedies upon receipt of
Express and Postoffice address T. A.
SLOCUM NC. SPINE Street ,NewYork
When writing the Doctor, please mention
this paper.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11

A Pennsylvania boy who had boast
ed that he had smoked 100 cigarettes
in day, quit last week. No flowers.
Martinsburg herald. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1881-1920, 1897-12-11

Everybody should be thankful for
the present prosperity. Business peo-
pleare alltoo busy to complain now 1t
is only the chronic grumbler who does
nothing else that has time 10 raise the
calamity shrek Elizabeth Times.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
VARIETIES,

Little knut-Mamma, didn't the
missionary say that the people in
Tam ba-Tamba don't wear any
clothes? Mother-Yes, that's what he
said. kput-Then, why did papa
drop button il the plate?
by the way, see that Hobbs. who
ran away with Jarley's wife, has come
back to town" Yes. We dropped
farley from the club rolls yesterday.
1t would be so embarrassing to have
them both there, you know"
The loneliest house i'll the British
Isles is said to be the gamekeeper's
cottage in Skiddaw forest, approach
ed from keswicl by a path along
Whit Beck, which offers - miles of
as rough walking as can be well com
pressed into that distance
We should remember that divine
prohibitions are full of mercy. 1t is
no mere whim but divine wisdom
that erects the warning signs. But
mems minds are darkened and their
hearts understand not God seeks to
crowd his creatures back to the road
way or to feed and feast us on all the
gifts of the common, and lest we
should in our blindness persist in
crowding upon the forbidden spots he
thunders his injunctions from Sinai.
Her tiresome Admirer-I don't
believe you have thought of Inc once
since I've been away. She-Well,
you know very wei! that the doctor
gave me strict orders to do nothing
that would tire me.
-"Dou't you thinkit would be better
for young couple inst entering the
state of matrimony to put check up
on their love?n "Assuredly. They'd be
less likely to lose it,
Mrs. Youngish-Oh, Boo, what
shall do? Baby is crying because
won't let him pull all the fur off my
new mutr. Mr. Goungish-W Well, that's
all right. Give him the cat.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
Notice.

The regular meetings of the Bel Air Bicycle
Club will be held every Tuesday night ut eight
o'clock. Persons wishing to join must appear
before the Board of Electors at the next meet
ing on August 10.
S. A HOBTITZELI, JR., Sec.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
THIRTEEN TO CONVICT.

An incident in the official life of
Judge john Il. Grace, late of the Court
of Appeals of Kentucky, is going the
rounds of the press While acting as
Judge on the fourteenth judicial cir
cult, a woman was tried before him on
the charge of housebreaking. 1t APP
peared that the woman was on the
verge of starvation and being the sole
support of four children, she entered
the smokehouse of a neighbor and
took piece of meat. The evidence
was strong against her and the jury
reluctantly brought in a verdict of
guilty. The facts were brought out
in the trial that the poor woman and
her children were almost dying of
hunger. When the verdict of the
Jury was announced Judge Grace
arose 30 his feet and said in an EN-
phatic manner:
The Court orders that the verdict
in this case be set aside. and l want
to declare here that in all cases where
an unfortunate woman is on trial for
stealing food, taken to keep her off
spring from starving, it will require
thirteen men to convict her of the
crime in this court. The defendant is
discharged from custody"
The decision of the court was greet
ed with applause and to the day of
his death il established his popular
ity among the people of his district.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
CLAT's CH4LLENGE TO CHoATE

In the long-ago ante beiIum DAYS.
when Southern Hristocracy made its
summer headquarters at the noted
Virginia springs, where the planters
came up from the Carolinas, Ken
lucky, Georgia and Mississippi in
their carriages, with great baggage
trains and Il retinue of servants, and
when they came the 1st of June and
stayed until frost fell, those were CAV
old times at the mountain resorts,
when life was worth the naiu of Iiv-
ing.
beginning with the first register in
lSO5. and coming on down to 1860, one
finds succession of historical names.
There are the Sumpters, the Picken-
ses and the Hamptons OF the Caro-
!lnas; the Clays and Mar2halls and
CrIttendens of Kentucky; Corwin and
Ewing and Trimble of Ohio: the
Choates and W"bsrers and Pierces of
New England; Dickinson, Marcy and
Dallas OF the Middle States; Cass and
Douglass ana Remon from the then
far West; the Floyds, Cabells, Prestons
and galaxy Of bright names from
Virginia; the Carols from MARYLAND.
and Il host of others whose names
have rendered American history illus
trious, Here these old notables came
in their shad-beilied coats and side
board collars, and a proper, dignified
time they. had of it as they mingled
their sulphur water and mint iuleps
together ana talked politics. 1t was
away back III 1887, when there must
have been something i'll the wind of
Importance TO the Wing party. On
IA musty old page of the hotel register
OF that year, in that fine, almost femi-
nine handwriting that is familiar to
all we find this inscription: H. Clay,
kentucky. while among the next
days arrivals are Rufus Choate.
Massachusetts; Thomas Corwin,
Ohio; William c. Rives. Virginia, and
Willard Fillmore, New York.
Those were the days when the max
ing of a julep was an art as well as
domestic accomplishment. The
night before Mr.. Clay's departure
from the springs he gave a banquet
in his cottage to his friends. Fortu-
nately, there is still a living eyewit-
ness TO that entertainment. and if his
description can be relied upon, it was
Il gala event that transcends all mod
ern bowCuts. Old Uncle Jimmie
Patterson, the venerable gatekeeper,
who has been an attache of the White
sulphur from time immemorial was
the floor servant on the row in which
Tie Clay Cottage was located, and
helped to serve the banquet He saws
tnat the department of the host and
the guests was emlneutly proper until
about the hour Of midnight, but from
that time Of the night until morning
dawned there was a high old time on
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
Roetica1.
4 COMPLAINT.

4 COMPLAINT
In the days of our grandpa, that honorable
sage,
When he happened to glance Ger the news
Found nothing his simple old mind to confuse,
For the ads they were ads" and the news
it WAS news,
And the story he read was not merely hi nd
For n mean little lad" to be sneaking behind.
But the Journals now printed SO trick and de-
ceive one,
That really I'm getting quite Ioath to believe
one.
For instance, pick up my Daily AMI read
Of "A Horrible Outrage, a DaStardly DecdI''
4 wealthy shop keeper is found in his store
Assaulted ard ssnSclesS ana hathed in his gore
The doctors i'll vain with his injuries cope,
tits friends aTd his relatives give up all hone;
But there's where my feelings sustain reyul-
SION
He's cured with three bottles Of skinner 5
Emulsion"
II | turn where the poets their offerings bring,
| read meath the title. ~ Carol of Spring
How the daifodils bruvely are lifting their
heads,
And the snow-drops and crocuscs start from
their beds:
How the first apple blossoms are seeming the
breeze.
And the woodpccker hammers away at the
trees,
The red breasie ed robin so cheerily twitters,
And now is the time to take "Catchpenny
Bitters."
So I'm not much surprised when "A Strike IN
the Mills"
Turns out just notice of "Fakinton'c Pills.
Or t" tind that "A Prominent Clergyman's
Prayer
Is an .'uu Tor DE Schwindlcr's Balm for the
Hair"
And now my dear renders. when feel Il doubt
~ to how any articles going To turn out,
The rule that / follow III quOtc--you may
need it
start at the foot Of the column to read it.
Il. i. ". BuiiefiH.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13

The home paper is in no sense a
child of charity; it earns twice over
every dollar it receives, and is second
to nc enterprise in contributing to the
upbuilding of town or community,
says Western weekly. Its patrons
reap far more benefits from its col
umns than do the publishers, and in
calling for the support of the people
Of the community in which it is pub
lished, it asks no more than in all
fairness belongs to it, though it some
times receives much less.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
PECULL4R SL1B OF STONE.

\ peculiar slab of stone was found
in a coal mine ut Webster City, Iowa,
1870 feet below the surface. 1t is about
two feet long by one foot wide and
four inches thick. The surface is ar
tistically carved in diamond shaped
squares, with the face of an old man
i'll each square. OF the faces all but
two are looking to the right The
features of each are identical, bear
ing peculiar mark in the shape of a
dent in the forehead
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
JOHN A. YOUNG,
PRACTICAL
Matchmaker and Opicial.

Twenty. two years watch repairer,
years apprentice. one year under instructions,
3IS years a foreman and the balance of my
time in business for myself, during all this time
have made study of optics" fitting Spec
tacles and Eye Glasses properly, as they should
be fitted.
The lenses are ground to their proper axis
and are fitted and adjusted by myself in Spec
taces and Eye Glasses of Gold, Silver, Nickel,
sponsible myself for all mistakes.
In fitting Lenses to the eye my specially is in
Myopia, Hyperopia, Presbyopia and AstigIna-
tism, which are near-Sighted, far-sighted, old
sighted and poo" sighted, Nearly ali cases OF
astiVmatIsr cen in children, causing pain in
tine \. rubbing of the eyelids, pain above the
eye-hrow aGNche, letters running together,
e. ! rave a complete set of instruments and
test cards which use to correct the sight in the
Young as well ms in the old or midde-aged
pWI refer to DR.. VIM. S. Richardson, DR.. F.
Hall Richardson, DIR. w. B. Munnikhuysen and
DR.. J. Ward Scott.
JOHN A. YOUNG,
l6mh Main Street, Bel Air. Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
NOTICE.

Want every man and woman in the United
States Interested IN the Opium and Whisky
habits to have one of my books or these dis
eases. Address Il. NJ. Wooiley. Atlanta, Ga,
Box $50. and one will be sent you free
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
NOTICE..

OHC Board CouHty Commissioners,
BEL. AIR, July II, 1897
Ordered by the County Commissioners, sit
ting as the Local Board of Health. that all per
sons found dumping offensive matter in the
vicinity of the Town of Bel Air, be prosecuted
to the fun extent of the law.
GEO. J. FINNEY,
l6jy3t Clerk.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13

COMMISSION MERCHANTS.
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S1.O0 PER ANNUM.
John RoIgInnO's Horse Fly liquid Is
The Rest.

None genuine without our signature on each
can, John Bolgiano." Beware of false imita-
tions We manufacture nothing but the best
Drives flies and insects of all kinds off horses,
cows dogs, &c. Pint, Csc; quart soc; gallon,
$3.50 We also manufacture J. B. House Fly
LIQUID. Drives mosquitoes, reaches, ants,
chinchcs and all other insects out of the house
permanently. Bottles DC. and 25c.; pint 15c
quart, 81 % The John Bolgiano Co., Manu-
facturers, II East Lombard St, Baltimore, Md.
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
HER NsTTR4L ERROR.

1t is not necessary to repeat his re-
marks.
WheE his wife heard them imper-
fectiy, being in the next room, she
said:
"Oh, do say that again, dear"
Look here. woman" he replied in
"A concentrated voice, when IA man
gets his finger caught between Il
sprocket and It chain, it is no time for
his wife to get funny"
"Ohr' said she, was that it? |
thought you were repeating one of
those Christian Endeavor 'yells.'
The aegis & intelligencer. [volume] (Bel Air, Md.) 1864-1923, 1897-08-13
THE EGISAND INTELLIGENCER,
Is Published Every Friday 6Y
FRANK E. GORRELL.
TERMS A Year tn sdVante O..

Transient 4duertiSemrHts.-One Square, 3
insertions or less $l.5O. Each subsequent in
sertion 25 cents. Longer advertisements in
the same proportion. a space equal 10 six
lines makes Il square. Figure work double
price.
Obituaries and Personal Communications
will be inserted at 10 cents per line.
Yearly Advertisements at Special Rates.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-12
Wooden and Willow Ware.

Brooms, Brushes, Cordage, Matches,
Axe Handles, Axle Grease, Barrel
Covers, Baskets, Backing, Blank
Books, Blueing, Bowls, Churns,
Compasses, Broom Racks, Corn
Peppers, Butter Dishes, &c.,
Candle Wicks, Cheese Safes,
Clothes Hamper, &c, Cocoa
Clippers, Coffee Mills, Cur
~ Combs, Corks, Busters,
Faucets, Fish Hooks and
Lines, Flour Sacks, Halters,
Flasks, Gun Caps, Ice Cream
Freezers, Horse Cards, Keelers,
Ink, Kegs, Lamp Burners, &c,
Pulleys, Lanterns, Lap Boards
Lemon SQueezers, Mats, Measures,
Marine Glasses, Mucilase, OakuIn,
Oil Cans, Well Buckets, Tubs, &c.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-12
Unreasonable Complaint.

"Mine is pitiable case, sad the
man who had reached the melancholy
stage as he leaned against the bar.
"What woe it is to have wife who
has a habit of locking you out OF your
own house!'' ;,
"You amt one, two, three with me,
said the other melancholy man. Mime
has a habit OF locking me III. "-lndian-
apolis Journal. ~
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Sixteen Years + Hs 5ss5''ss

IL
and a study of the business in a
general way has enabled me to tit
those whose sight was failing be-
cause OF advancing age (Presbyopla)
and those who were nearSlShted
(Mvopic), but where astigmatism or
any REGULARITY Of the sight existed l
was obliged to refer the customer to
a city oculist. Not satisfied to do
business that | could not do properly,
I determined to study Refraction. L
secured the best works on that sub
iect. "Hartridge on Refraction." by
Gustavus Hartridge, f. r. G. s., a
we'll recognized authority on Optics
and Refraction, and these l studied
well. also attended lectures at the
New York Optical School last fall,
and bought the best quality testing
case and outfit at $500, and feel JUS
tilted in making the announcement
that, AIN now ready TO prescribe Tor
and correct the vision of almost any
and all conditions of the eye where
glasses are needed. The liberal pa
tronage extended to me during the
sixteen wears ] have been in business
here encourages me to enter this new
field in connection with my regular
business, and believe my customers
will be glad to know that they can get
PROPERLY FITTED GLASSES
without the trouble and expense OF
going to the city. No charges at
present for examination OF eyes.
Glasses ground to order liz New York
when special lenses are needed;
Those coming from distance would
do we'll to notify me by card.
Respactfully,
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-12
Before
Retiring

take Ayers Pills, and you will
sleep better and wake in better
condition for the days work.
Ayers Cathartic Pills have no
equal as a pleasant and effect
ual remedy for constipation,
bi1iousness, sick headache, and
all liver troubles. They are
sugar-coated, and so perfectly
prepared, that they cure with
out the annoyances experienced
in the use of so NJ ny Of the
pills on the market Ask your
druggist for Aye S Cathartic
Pills. When other pills won't
help you, Ayers is
The PILL THAT WILL.
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-12


We carry a large and select
line of all the latest style goods,
including Watches, Clocks, jew
elry, Spectacles and Silverware
of all kinds. We have reduced
our prices very low, to suit the
times. Special attention paid to
repair work on fine Watches,
Clocks, Spectacles and Jewelry
of all kinds at greatly reduced
prices ALI work warranted TO
be first-class. Highest prices
paid for old gold and silver.
Will be at Accomac G. H., ev-
cry court-day for repairing Ii
Peninsula enterprise. [volume] (Accomac, Va.) 1881-1965, 1897-06-12

uo Takes the Case OF King Asa, Who Had
the Gout, and Shows Why the Doctors
Skill
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inc. W. Dune can,

JEwELER, :: oNANCocK, Va.
~ Fine Watches, Clocks, Jewelry,
Silyerware and Spectacles.
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Re al e 5:a:e Gaotice .

The undersigned having en-
tered into the Gland agency
business" at Pungoteague, Ac-
comac county, Va, desire to
call the attention OF the public
to the fact.
We propose to give the bust
ness our strict attention adver-
Using extensively and be cap
able of finding purchasers for
lands in Accomac and North
ampton counties that private in
dividuals cannot reach. All per-
sons having real estate and wish
ing to dispose of it or those
wishing to purchase land or
property on the Eastern Shore,
Va are invited to communicate
with us. All classes of town
property, water fronts, &C., are
desired. Persons communicate
ing with US. having such prop
erty for sale, the same will be
examined by us and advertised
Immediately. business entrusted
to us viii be strictly confidential.
Respectfully,
WINDER, WARD & Co.