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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

Commissioner Evans has issued a
statement showing that at the begin
ming of the fiscal year the pensioners
of the United States numbered $685.
528, an increase of II, $50 for the year.
During the year 50,l0l new pensions
were granted and 3,97l persons were
restored to the rolls. Old age and dis
ease, however, are working great IN
roads into the lists, for there were 81
$50 deaths during the year. Other
sources of loss were l,074 from remar-
rage of widows, 1915 orphans attain
ed majority, 2,68S failures to claim
pensions and $500 from unrecorded
causes.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

Forty steamers were chartered last
THURSDAY to load cargoes of grain at
Philadel phia, New York, Baltimore
and Newport News for ports in the
United Kingdom and Europe, making
a davis record which, it is claimed,
has never been equalled. To fill these
will require over 100000 bushels Of
grain. During the past two weeks
fixtures for steam tonnage TO carry
over 100000 bushels Of cereals
abroad have been effected.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
Items of Interest.

At the Virginia State Democratic
convention yesterday at Roanoke Hon.
]. Hoge Tyler, of Pulaski, was nomi-
mated for Governor by reclamation.
The Great Hagerstown Fair will be
held October 12th-l5th inclusive.
The attractions are to surpass all for
mer occasions of this truly great expo
sition. For information and premium
list address Hon. P. A. Wilmer, secre-
tary, at Hagerstown.
DR.. Carlton D. Haas is physician in
charge of the Washington Home OF
Incurables which is located near Naval
Observatory. 1t is one Of the best
medical institutions in this country.
He is a son of I. c. Haas, Washington,
D. c., and a grandson of the late VIM.
B. Daniels, of this county.
Mrs. Gerard Rissler and Miss Ida
Kable were driving in buggy We'd
nesday evening near Myerstown, when
the horse started to run. They lost
control Of the lines, and Miss Kable,
in trying to regain them, was kicked
in the head by the horse and sus-
tanned severe scalp wounds.
The Hagerstown trolley company is
making good money. They have now
been in operation nearly year and
the books show that their receipts per
day were $50, and their expenses $50,
leaving net profits per month of 5000,
or at the rate of $4,000 year. The
par value of stock is $50, and $50 was
offered the other day. The stock is
principally held by Harrisburg CAPT
tahsts.
While gathering eggs on the hay
loft of barn, Mrs. Joseph Bowers,
near Beaver Creek, Washington coun-
ty, discovered blacksnake, three feet
long, in a hens nest gorging itself
with eggs. On being disturbed the
snake slid through the hay to the sta
bic below, where it was quickly killed
with a fork. 1t had eaten a dozen
eggs and swallowed one without break
ing the shell.
An attempt was made few nights
ago to wreck the north-bound passen-
ger train on the Norfolk and Western
Railway near Boyce. The train was
approaching the station and was not
running very fast at the time, and
this in all probability prevented dis
astrous wreck. Rocks had been we'd
ged in between the rails at the switch,
and the engineer saw the obstruction
in time to stop the train. The track
was cleared and the train proceeded
on its way. Evidence points to sew
eral boys who were seen in that vicin-
ity that evening acting suspiciously,
and the matter is being investigated.
The Potomac Hydraulic Cement
Company has been incorporated by
Henry A. Jones, Washington Joseph
A. Blundon, Chas. Earl, Riverdale,
Prince Georges county; B. H. War
ner, Samuel H. Campbell, Kensington,
the first four being the directors.
There are 500 800 shares, making
the capitalization $4,000. Two hum
dred shares subscribed by H. a. Jones
and ]. A. Blundon-1O0 shares each
shall be paid in full and issued to
them in consideration of the convey
ance by them to the company for $50
900 all their interest in the 2l2 acres
of land and the plant known as the
Antietam Cement Works.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
IsIife Worth Living 2

Ifthere is an ind ividual on earth who is eX-
cusable for thus interrogatlng himself IL is
the unhappy mortal who suffers from malaria
in some one of its diabolical forms. This Is
no difficult conundrum, however. LIE Is
worth living by any man or woman who en-
Joys good health, and is not harrassed oy
IrenroacbfuI conscience. The malaria scOurge
heavily 10 id on. is a terrible one for the poor
sufferer 10 endure. a series OF freeZngs'
screenings and sweats-the last leaving one
as limp and as strengthless as dlsh rag are
hard indeed. recurring as they do with riepd-
lsh regularity. Hostetters Stomach Bitters
is the worldwide known preventive ana
curative nf this class OF maladies, either III
the fCIm OF ague and fever. bilious remittent,
dumb ague and ague cake. Used with per-
slstence they will, rely upon II, eradicate dis
ease from the system. They also conquer
rheumatism, kidney and bladder complaints;
nervousness dyspepsia, liver complaint and
constitution, and renew failing strength.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
Ladies Can Wear Shoes

One size smaller after using Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to be shaken into the
shoes. 1t makes tight or new shoes feel
easy gives instant relief to cornS and
bunions. It's the greatest comfort dis
covery of the age. Cures and prevents
swollen feet, blisters, callous and sore
spots Aliens Foot-Ease is a certain
cure for sweating, hot, aching feet. Al
all druggists and shoe stores, 25c. Tria
package FREE by mail. Address, Al
len S. Olmsted, lie Roy, n. Y.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
Notes From Nearby.

Mr.. Thomas E. yesterday died at
his home in Hagerstown of congestion
of the lungs, aged about sixty years.
Mr.. Jacob Roessner, a well-known
Hagerstown business man, had an ap-
oplectic stroke on Sunday that came
near ending his life.
Mr.. W. w. Rouss, of Jefferson coun-
ty, has sold his opera-house property
in Altoona, Pa, to Mr.. Peter Win
chester Rouss, of New York, for $780,
900.
Mr.. James F. Faulkner, we'll
known Winchester merchant, died
suddenly last Saturday, aged SO years.
He served in Mosby's command dur
ing the war.
The headstones for the four hundred
and forty-eight graves of the Confed-
crate dead in the North Carolina lot
in Stonewall Cemetery, Winchester,
have arrived and been placed in posi-
ton.
A contract has been awarded to
the West Virginia Bridge Company,
of Charlestown, to build a ffty-foot
iron bridge across an arm Of the Little
Pool, Washington county, Md, for
$500.
Bessie Bruchey, FIVE years old, was
burned to death yesterday at Fred
erick, Nd, by the explosion of gaso-
line stove. a passing tramp hel olcally
tried to save herand was himself badly
burned.
The grocery store of G. E. Hughes
in Charlestown was broken into Tues
day night by robbers and several dol
lars and lot of tobacco and cigars
were taken. This makes the sixth rob-
berry that has been committed IN the
place in the past few weeks.
Mrs. Abbie Watson Compiler, wife
of Mr.. Geo. w. Compiler and daughter
of the late James Watson, former pro-
prietor of the Hotel Watson in this
place, died at her residence in Wash
ington City on Monday night Of last
week, aged SO years. She leaves
husband and four children,-ChrJeS-
torn Spirit
Gen. Thos. L. Rosser is expected to
lecture before John W. Rowan Camp,
U. C. v, of Charlestown, in few
weeks in aid of the fund to secure
headstones for the graves of the Con-
federates in Edge Hill Cemetery. Sub
iect "Three notable Battles Of the
Late War with an exhibition of Ed
ison's latest animated picture machine.
Scores of peach-buyers, representing
Ohio, Pittsburg, Baltimore, Philadel-
phia and Washington commission men,
are in Hagerstown and the peach belt
buying whole crops as they hang on
the trees. Good prices are offered,
and, while the crop will not be as large
as last year, yet the peach-growers ex-
pect to make as much on account Of
the higher prices paid for good fruit.
Last Monday night burglars broke
into the store of Richard Mercer at
Catoctin switch, on the B. & O. Rail
road, near Brunswick. William Bru-
baker, who slept above the store, heard
them. He got bead on one Of the
robbers with his rifle and shot him
dead. The others escaped. The dead
burglars name is thought to be
George Marshall, from Philadelphia.
Sanford Davis attempted to assault
Miss Bretta Johnson at Hagerstown
last Sunday, and is now in Jail, having
been foiled in his dastardly attempt
and later arrested at Martinsburg
The girl is but fourteen years old, and
is daughter of W. R. A. Johnson,
section foreman on the N. & W. Rail-
way. Davis formerly worked under
Mr.. Johnson and boarded in the family.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
How's This q!

We offer One Hundred Dollars reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be
cured by Halls Catarrh Cure.
F. J. CHENEY II CO., Toledo, o.
We the undersigned have known F. j..
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe
him perfectly honorable in all business
transactions and financially able TO carry
out any obligations made by their firm.
WEST Il TRUAX,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, o.
WALDING, KINNAN Il MARVIN,
Wholesale Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mu-
cous surfaces of the system. TeStimo-
mails sent free, Price 75c. per bottle.
Sold by all druggists.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
HOW TO FIND OUT.

Fill a bottle or common glass with
urine and let it stand twenty-four hours;
a sediment or settling indicates an I'M
healthy condition Of the kidneys. When
urine stains linen it is positive evidence
of kidney trouble. Too frequent desire
to urinate or pain in the back, is also
convincing proof that the kidneys and
bladder are out of order.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

THE Wayne Ne1rS says that there's
big fuss in the State over the dis
tribution of the $4,000 appropriated
by the late Legislature to pay the
"home guards for the valiant (?) SER
vice they rendered during the civil
war. Most people know what the
"home guards" did, and this gift of
$4,000 by the Republicans was an
inexcusable wasting of public money.
The Ne,cs says that Judge McWhorter
was the attorney for the home guards
in getting the bill through. Governor
Atkinson appointed son Of McWhor-
ter as agent to distribute the Doodle,
and the first thing he did was to pay
his father one-fourth Of the whole
amount as fee in the matter. The
other benefciaries are kicking vigor-
ously over the matter-fghting good
deal harder than they did during the
war-but Judge McWhorter has the
money in his pocket and they can't
help themselves.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

1t is always gratifying to receive
testimonials for Chamberlain's Collie,
Cholera and Diarrhoea Remedy, and
when the endorsement is from a ply
sician it is especially so. There is no
more satisfactory or effective remedy
than Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy, writes DR.. R. E.
Robey, physician and pharmacist, of
Olney, Mo; and as he has used the
Remedy in his own family and sold it
in his drug store for six years he
should certainly know. For sale by }.
G. Gibson, druggist
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

The loss Of revenue to the govern
ment by anticipatory importatiOns in
the four months preceding the passage
of the tariff law was $50, 666,472
The average duty rate under the
Dingley tariff act is 54.66 per cent ad
vaIorem, as compared with 40.1O per
cent al valorem under the Wilson
law.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

Steele's Hall, a two and a-half story
frame building on Main street, Kee-
dysville, was destroyed by fire last
Saturday night. The building was
owned by Simon P. Steele and cost
$4,000 when erected. There was an
insurance of 81, 800 on the building.
The hall was rented by the lodges of
Masons and Junior Order United
American Mechanics. Most Of the re-
gala of the societies was saved, but
much of it was destroyed, Part of
$4,000 peach baskets owned by Emery
A. and Aaron c. Pry stored in the
building were burned. Their loss will
be about $1,000, no insurance. Mr..
Steeles frame Westinghouse, fifty
feet away, was saved by the bucket
brigade, as were also three or four sta
bles Immediately in the rear Of the
hall. The fire created the greatest
excitement and alarm. For a time it
looked as though the whole townwould
60, as brisk wind carried the sparks
in every direction. Four women
tainted from fright.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

Clarence Z. Smith, of Pleasant Val
lev, above Smithsburg, Nd, was struck
last Sunday evening by a Western
Maryland Railroad passenger train,
and he died a few minutes after from
his injuries. He was walking on the
track and did not hear the train.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

When you are suffering from Catarrh
or Cold in the head you want relief right
away. Only 10 cents is required to test
it. Ask your druggist for the trial size
of Ely's Cream Balm, or buy the SOC.
size We mail it,
ELY BROS, sc Warren ST., y. Y. City.
| Twas afflicted with catarrh last au-
tumn. During the month of October |
could neither taste nor smell and could
hear but little. Ely's Cream Balm
cured it-Marcus Geo. Shautz, Railway,
n J.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

WE think Col. McGraw has hit the
right idea. He has gotten an inJunc-
ton against Judge in West Virginia
Colonel. there are others.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

BETWEEN standing in with the
workingmen and keeping on the good
side of the capitalists, Governor At
kinson is having a hard time Of it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

IT is said that Senator German Will
retire from politics and will not again
be a candidate for the United States
Senate. Senator German is playing
'pOssum
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

The steamer Mexico, returning from
Alaska, was sunk by running on a
rock. Old miners are said to be turn
ing back from Klondike because they
fear famine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

Mr.. Charles Broadway Rouss has
sent his check for $1,000 to the Shen-
andoah Valley Agricultural Society
of Winchester. Mr.. Rouss has con-
tributed this amount annually for the
past ten or twelve years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
I. Gregg Gibson,
DRUGGIST.

TUSTfeceived a lot of Ladies' Percale
Wrappers. CalicOes and Lawns for
y summer at 90 cents and 81 90; Calico
Dresses for Girls. 80, 60 and IS cents;
Night Gowns, White and Bingham
Aprons, Black Worsted Dress Skirts Of
light weight for 81 %, Shirt Waists, 40,
80, sl.00 and sl.2j, you can find at
MISS ELLENrs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

THE gold Democrats are still IN
fatuated with the idea that they are
the people. They are holding con-
vcntions Just as though they expected
to elect somebody.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

KLoNDIKE and the tariff bill both
promise prosperity by the wagon-load.
But lust wait until all the returns are
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

You can't get a Republican leader
to believe that prosperity and the
civil service law travel together.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
Notice to Taxpayers

have made several earnest appeals to
persons knowing themselves indebted TO
me and have explained my position, bat
to no avail
lam now compelled to have the taxes
in order to meet my obligations.
All taxes that are not paid on or be-
fore August 10Th | will be obliged to
make according to law, as have no op.
tion i'm this matter.
This is positively the last notice.
EUGENE BAKER, Sheriff.
July %, 1857 4w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

Chamberlains Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhoea Remedy always affords
prompt relief. For sale by ]. G. Glib
son, druggist.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

THE clothing manufacturers are ar
ranging to putup prices. That's right
put 'en sky high. Mr.. Mckinley
says the more we have to pay for a
thing the better off we are.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
VIRGINIA COLLEGE
For YOUNG LADIES, Roanoke, VI

For lUUNU LAUIES' kUaHUNVi Vi
opens September9 =. lsF. oucuiihr .cai.1g
schools for Young Ladies iu thr south Nag
nificent buildings. all modern iWprD'cuc1a
Campus ten acres. Grand mountain t'''rH
i'm Valley OF virginia, famed ipr health. OIL.
ropean and American teachers tU.. rur.v
Superior advantages Ia AT aud Musf N.'
dents from twenty states. Forca aiusa"ii.
MATTE T.. IANUI-
Roanoke. A|I..u.a
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
notice.!

l.ljOquart boNcsof Strawn.nN R''
picked from one-Scycnth OF 800 a'f. F.
my garden this season. Po..'d Iar'
set ont in August will ma.. iu. c'I
the first year. would i.h. mr1f'.'.
a lot 81 dry wood ashes Aul.t q.
r. UARILElL
July ~. lsF-iw.
Ripans Tabules cure collie
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

What Hoods Sa-saparilla has done for 9TH
ers Il will also do for you. Hoods Sarsapa-
rilla cures all blood diseases.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

IT is feared that after all the new
tariff bill may not provide sufficient
revenue to run the government.
There's no fear, however, that it Will
fail to do all that it is expected to do
for the trusts.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

a CIVIL service law that prevents
the humble party worker from getting
smell at the good things on the party
table upon which the big bosses feast
and fatten is a humbug. We don't
blame the boys for kicking.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

To Cure Constipation Forever.
Take Cascarets Candy Cathartic. 10c or 25c.
II C. c. c. fail to cure, druggists refund money.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

THURSDAY, AUGUST Il, 1897.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12
CASTO7TA.

TIE fae- n
lss: ! "IMalZa G ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

We understand that the civil-ser-
vice law in Berkeley county has a
double back-action arrangement which
not only protects the Democrats in Of
fee but also provides for new appoint
ments for those who can prove they
are of the genuine Democratic brand.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

THE colored barber, Henry Rucker,
who was appointed by President Nc
Kinley to be internal revenue collector
for Georgia, is likely to have difficulty
in running his Office Nearly all the
white men who were in the service
have resigned, as they will not serve
under a negro chief. When it comes
to sending colored men out to arrest
moonshiners and similar offenders in
Georgia the fun will be lively.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-08-12

posSunl.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
HERE AND THERE.

Produce more corn ON the bottom
land, you will be able to keep more
stock ON the upland. Keep moro stock
ON the upland, and you can grow more
corn on the bottom land.
Cows which produce . hundred dol
lars year are not % hard to ind -
they once were. and many diaries aver.
age up 70 this; aud We hardly need
cay they are profitable dairisA
1t u impossible to make lands to-
rich for most kindss 6f vegetables.
Cover the ground each year from siz
to ten inches deep with COW manure,
and in addition each year put ont four
to six inches of cotton seed meal.
NO husbsndman ever harvested .
good crop BY hanging over the fence
watching his neighbor hoe weeds. q
by squatting ON dry-goods boz 1t the
corner grocery talking Of hard timeA
"A good COW ies machine for uat-
ing protit for it, owner; poor one
only eats up the proat derived from
the keeping of the good ones. but own
ers arc often too Indifferent 70 give this
matter . thought
The hog which grunts while his
head 10 buried :: the food supplied hin
By man. and never looks up IN graft
tuds to the giver. = typed IN the man
who voes through life anding no besu-
" or insplration in TIC sunahins sn1
no BALM or seat y Tho eAsJN bat ssasl
IA. ~. h,kh
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09

Every rural southern home, with suf.
ficient garden room for the receptions
Of trees and shrubbery. should. by all
means. have one or two scuppernong
grape vines, the dark and the bronze,
If possible. ON the premises Not b.
cause q highly palatabie wine can b
made from them, but because these ma
tive grapes are good and wholesome
eating, and hence . boon Of real pleas
ure and joy for the family and visitors
when it comes to picking the same
fresh from the vines during . season Of
the year when plums, peaches. pears;
in fact. everything in this line, is gone.
To have such q grape vine, and to at
once combine beauty with utility, dis
card the dead and unsightly pine for
est trellis. and train the vine into .
China umbrella tree. planted stimuli
taneously with the scuppernong. if not
already at hand, and in q short space
of time you will have one of the finest
sights near the house. perfect tr0p-
ical bower. The dark green foliage Of
tho tree, intermixed with the light
green hue of the vine, and dropping
from long strings Of fruit-laden vinea
Verify, an arb0r which must Be seen
to he duly appreciated.
St. Tammany farmer. [volume] (Covington, La.) 1874-current, 1897-10-09
Teaching hx Exanple

The man who stands before the pub.
lie and talks of better ways must En-.
pect to meet with opposition, for long
continued habit builds the stone wall
of prejudice that must be battered
down by persistent attack, but the
truth must prevail in the end.
The man who makes his farm pay
will have followers, even il he never
says . word to his neighb0rs about the
way he proceeds to attain success. He
who plants trees and flowers and keeps
his fences and buildings in repair
will soon find imitators, because in
the mind of every man there il an alb
stract sense Of beauty aud Of the 1t
ness Of things-an intuitive sense Of
proportion. harmony and symmetry
that causes him to admire these things
wherever he may find them, and If any
one will lead. many will follow into
the light
Man is 50 constituted that he may b
lead into places where he could not b
driven BY any means. Any amount Of
teaching is useless unless the teacher
cOnvinces his hearers that he thor
oughly believes and practices the
things he tries to teach. Line upou
line and precept upon precept will
have effect in the end. but greater
than these 10 the power Of . good ex-
ample.-Earmer's Voice.