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Nh. SlLLIoPs DISTURBED.
Lays Down Rule which BE Breaks Him
self Next Day-Cheerfulness Restored.

LAYS low u q Efute W nlcn ne k5fe8A3 A44itl-
self Next Day Cheerfulness Restored.
The Billtopses dine at $50, and Mr..
Billtops who is blessed with a good appe-
tite, likes to have dinner on Time but
sometimes the dinner is held back for the
children, oftenest for Reuben, tho Oldest
son. Mrs. Billtops would wait forever for
Reuben, and the rest thiLk about as much
of him. But it was o'clock the other
night before he came in, and Mr.. Billtops
got rather impatient waiting He kept
his temper outwardly at least, but when
they were all finally seated at the table he
delivered short address in his most state
ly manner.
Reuben, it disturbs us when you are
SO late and puts US all out, and wish you
wouldn't. OF course if you have business
or anything detains you SO that you can't
come, why that's another matter, but if it
is just your own convenience or pleasure
that keeps you, wish you wouldn't. I
wish you would como in SO that we can
have dinner ON time !"
This discourse Reuben receives with the
equanimity of youth, and his appetite is
quite unimpaired by it.
The next day Mr.. Billtops met a friend
down town and staid talking with him
till such an hour that when he walked in
10 his dining room at home it was 10 min
utes past z. They were all at the table
Mrs. Billtops in her accustomed place and
the children in their places, excepting that
Reuben sat in his fathers seat, carving.
When Mr.. Billtops came in, the children
all bowed their heads and spoke in chorus:
"Of course, if you have business, or-any
thing-detains you-so-t hat-you-can't come,
it's-all-right, but if you could make it con-
venient to como in on time we should all
like it. .
And they all threw their heads back
and laughed, and Mr.. Billtops laughed
with tho rest and took Reuben's scat,
while smiling Mrs. Billtops explained that
they had waited till o'clock and thought
he WASH It coming
And then Mr.. Billtops ate dinner with
good appetite and a cheerful spirit and
with a renewed purpose in his heart to
curb his own impotence and make some
allowance for youth.-New York Sun.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23
Facts for Farmers.

Grain should be dry when it is
stored.
Rape is said to make good hog
pasture.
Bean or pea straw can be profita-
bly, baled.
Deep culture Of potatoes after
they are in bloom is bad business.
Good clean seed wheat is as i'm
portant as clean seed of any kind.
The corn fodder shredder is a
good thing, and SO is the shredded
corn fodder.
A young man announces 10 a con.
temporary that he wants good
strong Christian wife TO take care oil
the chickens and garden. There is
chance of lifetime for some girl
who has strength in her arms and
grace in her heart Western Plow-
man.
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Now Try This.

1t viii cost you nothing and will
surely do you good, if you have a
Cough or Cold, or any trouble with
Throat, Chest or Lungs. DR.. King
New Discovery for Consumption.
Coughs and Colds is guaranteed to
give relief, or money VIII be paid back,
Sufferers from La Grippe found it
just the thing and under its use had
a speedy aud perfect recovery. Try
sample bottle at our expense and
learn for yourself just how good 8
thing it is. Trial bottles free at L..
G.. Matthaei's Drug Store large
size Soc. and 81.
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PincannIa Sirnn.

The jacksonville Combine says: son
the tables Of hotels this winter new lux
ury will advertise Florida and suggest the
fragrant breezes of the flowery peninsula
to those condemned by the weather else
where to live within doors and dream Of
sunshine and the ozone of the open air.
For the fashionable fad will be pineapple
strip and it viii add poetry to breakfast
and glory to the buckwheat, and we car
furnish enough for everybody, since ar
acre will give 1900 gallons and the supply
can be made to fit the demand
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Capitol Commission sustained.

Harrisburg, Oct. 14-Judge Simon
ton handed down an opinion yesterday
dissolving the temporary injunction
against the capitol building commits
sion in the equity proceeding brought
by Cope & Stewartson, of Philadelphia,
and Harlan & Allen, of Pittsburg, arch
fleets who competed for the prizes for
making the best design for the pro-
posed new capitol. The court takes the
ground that the commission is a DELHI
erative body, invested with discretion
airy powers.
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"No,' he answered as doggedly as
possible.
For had she not told him that she
positively adored dogs2

"For five weeks / lived on cold
water, so to speak," writes a man
who suffered terribly from indiges.
ton.
He could hardly keep anything
on his stomach. What stayed,
wasn't properly digested and gave
him terrible pangs.
This is not an uncommon case.
Dyspeptics don't get enough nour.
ishment. They are generally thin
and weak.
They may eat enough, but they
don't digest enough. Much of what
they eat turns into poison. If this
keeps on there's no telling what dis
ease they may get next.
That's why it is best to take Sha-
ker Digestive Cordial, as soon as
symptoms of indigestion appear.
1t cures all the evils of indiees.
tion, and prevents the evils which
Indigestion causes.
Sold by druggists, price 10 cents
to $l.0U per bottle.
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Disliked to Pay For a Dodo.

"See here, MIR. Sundriesl You have
charged mo with an item in this bill
that's ridiculous. Just look here Here
it is: Zone do do Now, what in the
name of common sense would want with
a do do? Never knew what it was until I
asked my wife, and she told me it was an
extinct bird. Why should 1 have dead
bird emptied among my chattels and be
charged 50 for it? Answer me that
Excuse me- MIR. Hasty, but if you will
be kind enough to read the item above the
one that you complain of you will see it
is one pair of suspenders.' Then follows,
'one do do'-double ditto, don't you see?'
Receipt that bill, Sundries. If you
mention this to my wife, I'll murder
you. Richmond Dispatch.
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A card on the outside of office
door says: Gone to lunch. Be
back in ten minutes And the
man will be there on time. That
is, for some days, weeks or even
months, be will. Then he will be al
home occasionally for day. He'll
tell you he had headache--a turn
Of cholera morbus, or maybe he'll
say he had lump in his stomach
and felt too miserable to move. The
lump was probably two or three ten
minute lunches condensed.
The man who "bolts'' bis lunches
will find DR.. Pierce's Pleasant Pei.
lets the best friend he ever met.
There is no case Of biliousness,
constipation, indigestion, aheart.
burn" or any OF the rest of the
nightmare breeding brood, that
these little "PelIets' will not cure
They cure permanently. Send 81
cents in one cent stamps to Worlds
Dispensary Medical Association
Buffalo, N. T., aud receive DR.
Pierce's 1908 page Common Sense
Medical Adviser profnsely illus
trated.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23

First Boy-My ma says / mustn't play
with you because your father is nothing
but bootmaker.
Second Boy-So's your father boot
maker.
First Boy--Ma says he s manufacturer.
He makes thousand pairs to your fathers
one pair.
Second Boy-Then he must be thou
sand times worse than my father. won't
play with you any more.-London An
swers.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23

The owner of a drug store in Lamar,
Kan, has pasted a slip of paper on his safe
with the following inscription; "Notice to
the Profesh; This safe is unlocked, but
the combination is 1SL38R248L" He
carefully puts his money behind bottle
back of the soda fountain every night, and
boasts that he never had a cent stolen.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23
Accused Minister Acouitteo

Pennington, n. j., Oct. 14-Rev. C. A.
Mott, of Philadelphia, the minister who
has been on trial here for the past
three days charged with attempted as
sault upon Mrs. Andrew B. Larson,
was acquitted yesterday. The jury was
out but few minutes. When the YER
dict was announced the spectators
cheered and could not be repressed by
the court. The clergyman wept, and
thanked the jurors.
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ChanIer in an Asylum.

New York Oct. 14.-John Armstrong
Chanler, the divorced husband of
Amelia Rives, and great grandson of
John Jacob Astor, is reported to be
insane in the Bloomingdale asylum.
1t is denied by his friends that Mr..
Chanler is insane or that his mind is
affected in the least. He was taken
to Bloomingdale, these friends assert,
to gain much needed rest and treat
ment for nervous disorders.
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A Nr,es,no poais+oroa poc,,oo,

Chicago, Oct. 14.-Somewhere be-
tween Omaha ana Denver a package
containing $4,000 has been lost The
money was sent by registered pack
age by a bank in Chicago to a finan-
cial institution in the west. The money
has been traced westward from Chi
cago only as far as Omaha. The au-
thorities refuse to give either the name
of the bank sending the money or the
one to which the package is consigned.
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snsnects His SONS Sanity.

Trenton. Oct. 14.-General J. Watts
Kearney, Of Kearney, N. j., made APP
plication to the court of chancery yes
terday for the appointment of COM
mission to make formal inquiry into
the sanity of his son, j. w. Kearney.
The petition sets forth that the son is
wild and dissolute, and that he has
been in several institutions for the cure
of drunkenness. The son is q years
old, and his dissolute habits extend
over a period of five years.
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What TO Try.
Try cranberries for malaria.

Try cranberries for malaria.
Try sun bath for rheumatism.
Try clam broth for weak stomach.
Try cranberry poultice for erysip-
elias.
Try wet towel to the back of
the neck when sleepless.
Try swallowing saliva when trou-
bled with sour stomach.
Try buttermilk for removal OF
freckles, tan and butternut stains.
Try breathing the fumes of tur-
pentine to relieve the whooping
cough.
Try taking cod liver oil in toma-
to sauce if you want to make it pal
atable.
Try walking with your hands be-
hind you if you find yourself becom-
ing bent forward.
Try planting sunfowers in your
garden if compelled to live in ma.
larial neighborhood.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23
strikers Arrested For Marching

Pittsburg, oct. 1.-THE deputy sher-
ifs at the DeArmit coal mines made a
raid on the strikers at Sandy Creek
yesterday and arrested Is men, includ-
ing the members of the brass band.
The strikers were marching on the
public road and were halted by the
deputies about quarter of a mile from
the tipple. The band refused to stop
playing, and the entire party was
placed under arrest without resistance.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23
Ex-senator Robertson Dead.

Columbia, S. c., Oct. LEX United
States Senator Robertson died In this
city yesterday He was senator from
South Carolina under the reconstruc-
ton regime, and was succeeded by ex-
Senator Butler Mr.. Robertson had
been paralyzed for years. His estate
is estimated to be worth nearly a mil
lion dollars.
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ea1tt.' s Liver Pills

Il took the dough- said the gen.
tleman who had been caught "going
through the clothes" OF a drunken
man, "because don't believe in no
man a-havin' more than he needs.n
"But how did you know that he
did not need his money?r
"Of course he didn't need it. he
was plump paralyzed. "-Indianapo.
lis Journal.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23
Mother and TWO ChtIaren Mn,

Mother and Two Children Murdered.
Stormont, Va, Oct. 14.-Archie Lock-
ley shot and killed Ellen Banks and
her two children near Little Plymouth
Tuesday night. All the parties to the
shooting were colored. The children
were boy and girl, and - years
old respectively. Lockley escaped.
Nothing is known as to the cause of
the shooting.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23
Leading prohibftionist Dead.

Baltimore. Oct. 14-William Daniel,
one of the leaders of the Prohibition
party of the United States and it's cam
didate for the vice presidency in 1884,
died suddenly yesterday at his home In
Mount Washington, suburb of Balti-
more, aged Il.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23

In the Criminal Court, the presid-
ing Judge on the bench, a German,
asked to be excused from jury
duty.
"Why p asked the Judge.
swell, Your Honor, don't under
stand good English
"Oh, you will do" replied the
Judge. "You won't hear much good,
English here, anyhow. "-Phi!adel.
phia Record.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1897-10-23

Not exactly right is the way
thousands of people feel. 1t is be.
cause their blood is poor. Hoods
Sarsaparilla, the One True Blood
Purifier, will promptly set them
right.
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What is Blood Poverty?

Dlood-por j is want of red cor
psiscles il blood, due to defective
nourishlai Of the blood. brought
about by imperfect or bad digestion.
4 positive cure for this ailment is Or.
john w. Bulls Pills, a surprising d.
gestive tonic and an excellent blood
maker. DR.. Bulls Pills come sixty in
a box; cost but o5 cents; trial box, 10
cents, sold by all dealers, Or by mail.
A. C. Never s. Co, Baltimore, Md.
Accept only DR.. John w. Bulls Pills.
For sale by N. A. snodgrass, IL n. Queel
street.
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Tart ReUIY,

Mrs. Hautton (maliciously)-You were
such charming debutante, my dear, Is
years ago.
Mrs. Inglefe-Was 1? I only remember
you made such lovely chaperon for me
when came out.-London Tit-Bits
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We LEADs...-.

The trade in furniture. There
isn't much need for our saying this,
for everybody knows it. Why do
we lead I Because we sell elegant.
artistic and durable goods, at prices
that cause economy itself to wonder.
Our larger sales enable rs to do
this. Dealers cannot compete with
us. Bad for other dealers, we know
but it is law of trade. Some one
must lead. Better call. Let our
goods and furniture convince you of
this. JOHN A. WHEN,
FURNITURE AND CARPETS,
70 North Queen Street,
1874 ,9l,tf Martinsburg, W. Va.
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1t is said of Hartford City Qnd. man
that the only present he ever made to his
wife was on the twenty fifth anniversary
of their wedding, when he gave her four
yards Of cotton cloth with which to make
him a shirt
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ELIZABETH, N. j.. Oct. 10, 1896.

ELIZABETH, N. ] !, Oct. 10. 1896.
ELY Bros, Dear Sirs Please
accept my thanks for your favor in
the gilt of bottle of Cream Balm
Let me say have used it for years
and can thoroughly recommend it
for what it claims, if directions are
followed. Yours truly,
crew. FL. w. HALFWAY.
No Clergyman should be without
it. Cream Balm is kept by all
druggists. Full size soc. Trial
size 10 cents. We mail it.
ELY BROTHERS.
Sc Warren ST., New York City.
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Primus-Y ou have a terrible cold
Are you taking anything I
Secundus-Certa in y. Where
shall we go.
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Old Trees.

Some of the Oldest trees in the world are
to be found in Great Britain. The tree
called William the Conqueror's oak, in
Windsor park, is supposed to be 1900
years old. The famous Bentley and Win
farthing oaks are at least two centuries
Nldpr
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True Happiness dsss NJ. begin fcr wo-
manly wS;nan uas:i she becomes a irctier.
The fe1r oi death stands bstseen thousands
of ysa:aen ard ti-s5 supreme joy If wo-
man viii bas take t:le right course, she may
tra.sip1e this fear cat Of her heart, ard oil
caase for It out Of her bod
There is practically no danger, atsd but
little pain. i'll maternity, for woman who
is thoroughly healthy ard strong i'll wo-
manly way. DR.. Fierce's Favoritc Prescrip-
ton makes the delicate organs that bear the
burdens Of maternity strong, healthy vifile
and elastic. It bal.ishe5 the distress of the
period of impending maternity, ard IN
sures the newcomers hsalth and an ample
supply of noufishlEent. An honest drug
gist will not try to get you to take some
substitute for his profits sake. Prospective
mothers who write to Dr. r. v. Pierce will
receive the best advice of az. eminent and
skillfgl specialist, for thirty years chief con-
sailing physician to the great Iiivalids' Ho-
tel and Surgical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y.
"A neighbor Of mine who was expecting the
arrival OF baby before very long, was III very
poor health" writes Eliza Rernnsnider, Post
mistress, at Alajella, Bourbon Co., Kansas. "
induced her to try DR., Pierces FavoTite Prescrip-
ton. She used four bottles, and has just been
delivered OF as fine daughter as I ever saw.
She was only short time ia labor and is row
doing we'll"
Ds For sick headache, bill
Fierce S iousness and constipa-
ton, DIR. Pierce's Pleas
ant Pellets are the most rational cure
known. They are mild but thorough and
effective. They regulate and irvigorate
stomach, liver and bow
e elhsr S SiI !, fIf ite the No Pellets.
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sRoWN s IRON BITTERs
Cures Dyspepsia, In
d digestion & Debility.
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Hoop s PILLS are purely vegetable
and do not purge, pain or grippe. All
druggists.
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Two ladies were returned to parliament
IN Edward ITS reign.
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The number of public lamps lighted in
England and Wales is somewhere about
300 900.
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Askins-What kind of an alarm
clock have you
Hennypeck-My wiie's elbow
Puck.
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What is

CastIria Dr. Pischer's prescription for II
and Children 1t contains neither Opium, AIori's
other Narcotic substance. 1t is q harmless ssssste
for Paregoric, Drops Soothing Syrups, and Castor Oil
Ii is Pleasant. guarantee is thirty years use By
Millions Of Mothers Castoria destroys Worms and aiiays
fevershness Castoria prevents vomiting Sour Curd,
cures Diarrhoea aud Wind Collie. Cast0ra relieves
teething troubles, constipation and hafulency.
assiflates the food, regulates the stomach
and bowels. giving healthy and natural sleep. Cass
toria is the Childrens Panacea Mothers Friend.
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NERVOUS Troubles are due to
~ impoverished blood. Hoods Sar-
saparilla is the One True Blood
Purifier and NERVE TONIC.
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( Subscribe for the ISDEPHEIENT
only sl.50 $ year
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FRAZER AXLE
! 81 4 :.! !;:;; ;'' GREASE
ssiics' Nerve q Liver Pins

Acton new prinoil,ie--regulat-
Ing the liver, stomach 81 bowels
through the nerves. A NV dis
cosery. DR. Miles pills speedily
care biliousness, bad taste, torpid
liver, piles, constipation. Unequal
ed for men, women children Small
est, mildsst, surestf so doses, 25
cts. Samples free at A NJ. Gilbert's
Drug Store. Jan l6ly
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2aokIenls ArnIna salxe.

The BEsT SsLvz IN s1s xsfld s0r cuts.
bruises. sores, ulcer, salt rneum, fever
sores, letter, uhaPpea hands, Chilhlains
congestion, fruplians, and ii positively
cures plies eF no pay required Ii i guar
anteed % give satisfaction or money re-
funded. Fr;ee - cents per box, at l.. g.
Matfhaet's drug store.
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-10
NO TIME TO AIM.
The Luck Shot of Hunter at a Critical
Moment.


1t is a strange fact that the human
hand, eye and nerve are SO constituted
as to act automatically and correctly at
the proper moment, almost without
conscious effort on the owners part.
The author of ''Tales of Nomad" gives
an experience that illustrates this in a
most fortunate manner.
We were passing through grass
about two feet in height, with clumps
of low scrub here and there. 1 was
leading, and my spoorer, Kafir named
Jacha, was following me. He had
only one eye, and that eye was keener
to detect game than two pairs of ordi-
nary optics; but on this occasion it
overlooked terrible danger, for the
reason that the danger, though within
few yards of us, was invisible.
There was rustic in a patch of
scrub six or seven yards before me, and
suddenly out of it rose wounded buff
falo with bloody mouth and glaring
eye, which wheeled round facing me in
act to charge.
1t all took place quicker than
thought. My rifle, which happily was
at full cock, went up to my shoulder
instinctively, and dropped him in his
tracks with ball through the brain.
So sudden was the whole affair that
my heart had not time even to give a
great thump. 1 do not quite remember
how did it. am sure did not take
fine sight, and I doubt whether
looked at the rib of my r;se at all,
The Dalles times-mountaineer. [volume] (The Dalles, Or.) 1882-1904, 1897-04-10
Our Old Friend.

The best friend The Dalles ever had
arrived here Saturday evening, after
an absence of several weeks in Port
land. The old friend was the steamer
Regulator which has been undergoing
repairs at Portland, and when it
steamed up to the dock Saturday even
ing it looked as if it had just come out
of a bandboX. 1t had on new clothes
both inside and out, having been re-
painted without and within, and the
ladies'cabin has been refitted with new
furniture, carpets and drapery, while
the machinery has been overhauled
and made as good as new. The repairs
were made under the supervision OF Mr..
Brooks, and he certainly exhibited ad-
mirable taste in selecting the new
furnishings for they are all admirably
suited to their requirements. Capt.
Wand and the entire crew are very
much pleased with the new arrange
ments on the boat, and feel now that
they can meet all opposition when it
comes to entertaining the travelling
public. The speed of the boat has
been considerably increased by the re-
pairs it has undergone, it having made
the run from Portland here Saturday
in 10 hours and made 81 landings
while en- route.