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BALTIMORE g. OHIO RAIL-
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SCHEDULE IN EFFEcr NAY 1e. 1897.

VI]1- IN 1T t I1VI NM 10, 1877.
For Chicago and Northwest Mt Royal Station,
A.. 10 Is a. IN. 6 y p. IN. daily
Camden Station, 90, 10 A. a. M 60 D. m
For Cincinnati, St. Louis and Louisville Mt
Royal Station, lois M 2.2 p M, 952 p IN. daily
camden station, 10 20 a. M, 30 p. m, ~ 10 D. m
For Pittsburgh and Cleveland. Mt ROYAL Station
- a. m, daily, AZ p. m. Except sunday
Camden Station. 800 a. IN. and 7.:0 D. N. daily.
For Columbus, Toledo and Detroit Mt ROYAL
station, 9.52 pm Camden Station, laf0 D. m
For New Orleans, Memphis, Birmingham Chat
tnooga, Knoxville, Bristol and Roanoke Mt. Royal
station, % daily. Camden Station, 10 ~ D. m
Sleeping car, Baltimore to New Orleans and Wash
inSton TO Memphis
For Lumy. Mt Royal Station . "a D. M daily
Camden Stallion. . 40 m dailv
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Refer by PERMISSION

Geo. R. Gehr, Cashier LIST National Bank;
John l.. Reifsnider, Babylon Il Gilbert, NJ.
Schaeffer & Co., B. F. Shriver 4 Co.
july 1-1y
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FOR WASHINGTON.

Mt Royal Station week days, x6 co. x7 As, Ks a..
xlO Is a. m; xl2 rs X p. x3 - KS 49, xG 42 X a.
X9 y, XlO Is p. m. Sundays, x6 90, ks -, xl0 Is
IA. m, X p, x8 %, x6 a, x9 % x10 is p m
Camden Station, week days ) co. x6Ih xG %,
a. m, y 10, xl250, x2 40, 80, (x2 as a.
minntesl x4 10, o. xj 80, Is, XII co. x7 30.
x %, 9l5, XlO 10, II 80 D. IN. Sunday x6 "a,
80, 30, XgOO xl030, Xl0 IS a. m, %. x2 40,
q -, 40 minutesl o., is x7 co. x7 30, Ia
XlO 10, xl0 30 and IL 30 p. m
For Annapolis, Mt. Royal Station, 8 As a. l daily.
Y 30 p. IN. Except Sunday. Camden Station, 7 %,
900 a. m; Y 50 and 4 10 p. m. On sunday 8 90 "A.
m and o. D. m.
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Water and Rail Routes to Ocean City and all points
on the Chesapeake Bay.
In effect July 1st, 1897
FOR HEALTH. FOR PLEASURE.
FOR BUSINESS.
Unexeeled facilities for both passenger and freight
trathc.
Close connection with the trunk line railroads,
insuring convenience to the traveller and quick
Fifteen commodfous and handsomely fitted out
steamers. Comfortable State Rooms. Good Cuisine.
Polite attendance Schedule in effect Dec. Both, 1896
Steamers leave Piers 8, A, AZ and Light Street
Wharf, Baltimore, as follows:
Railway Diyision.-7OOa m and 40 p. m, daily
except Saturday and Sunday; Saturday only, 200
p. m. and p IN. for Claiborne and stations to
ocean City. Returning leave Ocean City 7.2O a. m
and $40 p. m. daily, except Sunday, arriving at
Baltimore l.3O p. m. and lilo p. m.
Choptank River Line p. m, daily, except
Sunday, for Easton oxford, Cambridge and land
ings to Denton. Returning, leave Denton at y
m. daily, except Saturday, Cambridge p m;
Oxford, 200 p m; Easton, $50 p. M, arriving in
Baltimore at a. m
Wicomico River Line p M, every Tuesday,
Thursday and Saturday, for Wingates Point,
Deals Island and landings to Salisbury. Return
ing, leave Salisbury at u m. every Monday,
wednesday and Friday, arriving in Baltimore at 3
a. IN.
Nantieoke River Line p. m. every Monday,
Wednesday and Friday for Deals Island and land
ings to Seaford, Del. Returning leave Seaford at
II O'Clock noon Tuesday, Thursday and Sunday,
arriving in Baltimore at 5 a m.
NIedL hlcOIllcO ana HlankdIdHk River
p. m. every Tuesday and Friday for Great Wicom-
leo River Dividing, Indian and Dymer Creeks Little
Bay, Milford Haven and Piankatank River to Free
port. Returning, leave Freeport at a. m. every
Monday and Thursday, arriving in Baltimore at
a. m.
Steamers from South Street Pier:
Pocomoke River Lines p. m, every Tuesday
and Friday for Crisfeld, Tangier Island, Onancock,
and landings to Pocomoke City and Snow Hill.
Returning, leave Snow Hill at a. m, every Mon
day and Thursday, arriving in Baltimore at a. m.
Messongo River Lines p. m, Monday and
Thursday for Fords Crisfield, Coulbourns Greek,
Finneys, Onancock, ChescconesSex, Hunting Greek
and Messongo. Hunting and MesSongo Rivers. Re
turning, leave Messongo at a. m, Wednesday and
Saturday, arriving at Baltimore am.
Occohannock River Lines p. m, Wednesday
and Sunday for Crisfeld, Pungoteague, Nandua
and Occohannock Rivers Returning, leave Rues
$50 m, Tuesday and Friday; arriving at Bllti-
more a.
Tickets for sale on board steamers
BT-For full schedule, write apply to
WILLARD THOMSON, General Manager
Mayo 241 South St., Baltimore, Nd.
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WHEN 5 Yog VS. SEE g1 IT you WILL
Our new stock
Shoes, Hats, Trunks, Valises
and Umbrellas.
Every department full TO overlooking.
Cur prices never equaled.
Our prices make our business which talks
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the country for the money, only 99c.
We have all the prevailing styles in Ladies
fine Shoes, from 81 to So. so, hand made.
Women's every day Shoes 75c and up, Mems
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Our popular line of Children's Shoes is per-
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Our stock of Trunks, Valises and UNI
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Now you know us and the goods for we
have told you the truth without misrepresen-
tation or Boosting.
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Next door to PostofFice,
apr 3 Westminster, Md.
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| have added to my stock of Groceries,
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Prices to suit the times.
A call is solicited At the old stand.
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and other matters of engineering.
MISUNDERSTANDING Anchor Hotel,
Westminster, Md. mayl tf*
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WILSON & GOODWIN,

OF
WILSON & GOODWIN,
Successors TO James Shriver,
II w. Main St, adjoining Gilbert & Gehr,
Westminster, Md.
Represent the following Companies:
Royal Fire Insurance Co. of Liverpool,
Continental Fire Insurance Company of
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England.
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ITO THE PUBLIC.

W LIE 0nIo.
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Give me call.
Lowest Rates. Best Stock Companies. No
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Quick Cash Settlements
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General Insurance Agent.
No. Court Street,
apl If Westminster, Md.
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Justice Done to Much Misunderstood Sec
tion--A Sensible Article Written by Sen :
sible Man-What Rev. DR.. Tagg says in
the Methodist Protestant about our Shore.
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other HARTFoRDs $50, $40 and

Bicycle sundries at very low
prices. Nickel Lamps
worth $500, now S1.25.
Foot Pumps IS cents.
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Prompt attention given to all land surveys
and other matters of engineering,
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A. II. VENT,
Jeweler aud Optician,
jul3 Westminster, Md.
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COLUMBIA BICYCLES.
COLUMBIA BICYCLES.

Standard of the world;
the best and the cheapest.
Have been reduced in price,
but quality remains unchanged.
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RH Call to see me
when in need Of a BIZ
cycle or Bicycle Snndries.
Catalogue free.
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The Pen.

The earliest mode OF writing was
on bricks, tiles, oyster shells, stones,
ivory, bark, and leaves of trees: and
from the latter the term "leaves" OF
paper is probably derived. Copper
and brass plates were very early IN
use, and q bill of feoffment on copper
was some years since discovered In
India, bearing the date one hundred
years B. q. Leather was also. used
as well as wooden tablets Then the
papyrus came into vogue, and about
the eighth century the papyrus was
superseded by parchment. Paper,
however, Is Of great antiquity, es-
pecially among the Chinese; but the
first paper mill in England was built
in 1888, by German, at hartford,
in Kent county. Nevertheless, 1t
was nearly a century and q half-in
17l3-before Thomas Watkins, a sta
tioner, brought papermaking to any
thing like perfection. The first APP
proach to a pen was the stylus, kind
Of iron bodkln, but the Romans for
babe its use on account Of its frequent
and even fatal use In Quarrels, and
then 1t was made Of bone. Subse.
quently reeds, pointed and split like
pens as In the present day, were used.
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and he left the box. Well, he had been
stabbed: he had been obliged to go into
court aud to state that fact. What good
would it do to 20 into other matters?
People must not be stabbed even by
girls who have been deserted. Person
ally, he was horribly vexed about the
whole business, not to speak OF the pain
caused by the wound. But what could
he do? He was very sorry for the girl,
but 1t would not help him II all the story
Of his ENHANCEMENT was proclaimed In
open court. Observe that when a young
gentleman like Mr.. Harry Stoke behaves
In this kind OF way 1t is always an en-
tanglement into which he has fallen,
and, among his female relatives, the
other party entangled is always the most
crafty, the most subtle, the most design
ing, the most foreseeing, the most far
reaching she-devil that ever walked
about with intent to entrap and destroy
the sons Of women.
The next witness was the house,
keeper at the chambers, who deposed
that, being engaged In the adjoining
room, she heard voices In dispute; that
one Of them was q woman's voice; that
she heard q scuffle OF feet and heavy
fall, followed by a woman's Shrek;
hat she ran into the room and saw Mr..
Stoke lying on the floor In O pool OF
blood, and the prisoner standing over
him, the dagger dripping with blood In
her hand, and that all she said was,
Il have killed himl have killed him!"
Another witness was the medical man
who had examined the wound. He said
that he was called In about half-past
seven that evening and found a man
lying on the floor unconscious and
bleeding from wound, Of which he
proceeded to give a minute description,
which caused the conduct Of the assas-
sin to seem very deliberate. and even
scientific. Had the weapon passed an
inch more to the right or to the left, or
to the north or south, 1t must have gone
through the heart, or severed the perl
cadillac artery, or pierced the vascular
integument, or penetrated the femoral
tissues, In which case death would have
supervened. He said, however, that
there was nothing to prevent the wound
having been accidentally caused by a
scuffle and fall. =.
The counsel for, the defense dwelt
strongly on this possibility. The
wounded man, he said, had no recollec-
ton OF any such scuff1e; on the other
hand, he had no recollection Of the
events at all after the girl had taken up
the knife. He called on the jury to
give the prisoner the benefit Of the
doubt.
The counsel for the Grown ridicusd
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GOVERNMENT PLANT

Tor the Manufacture of Armor Plate
Being Considered BY Committee.
The special naval board appointed
by Acting Secretary Roosevelt for the
purpose Of preparing for the informa-
ton of congress estimates of the cost
of establishing and operating q gov
eminent plant for the manufacture Of
armor plate met at the navy depart
ment at Washington Monday.
All the members were present. Be-
fore proceeding with the work Of Or
ganization, the members OF the board
called upon Acting Secretary Roose-
velt and had O long talk with him re-
specting the undertaking before them.
The acting secretary expressed his
views as to the intention Of congress,
and the board was ready for work,
after q room had been secured.
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CHAPTER v.

The case, which came on for trial a
few weeks later was very briefly aud
lmperfectly reported in the papers. The
facts, as they appeared in the reports,
were neither sensational nor interest
ing. A certain Ruth Heron, aged 81,
unmarried, was charged with stabbing
and wounding with intent to murder one
Henry Stoke. The prisoner was repre-
scented by counsel, but there was prac-
tieally no defense, and the jury found
their verdict without leaving the box.
In passing sentence, the judge told
the prisoner that only providential
interposition had prevented her
from being charged with actual MUIR
der; he should sentence her to the
term OF seven years penal servltude.
The prisoner, who appeared perfectly
unmoved, then left the dock.
AS reported, the case looked like
nothing more than q common street
brawl among drunken and disorderly
persons. There are thousands Of I'M
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married girls Of 81 who 60 mad with
drink every night, and assault the ruff
fans, their associates, though to stick a
knife into man Is reckoned beyond the
rules of the game. 1t was not stated
where the assault took place, or what
was the position Of the wounded man.
or the relations Of these twain. There
fore the case occupied five lines, and no
one paid the slightest heed to the terri
BILE wreck and ruin Of life. That q
girl Of 81 should be locked up in prison
for seven long years, and at the endo
that time should be separated from the
virtuous by the memory Of shame, and
crime, and jail, is thing that happens
every day. Only another OF our unhap-
py sisters come to grief. We are such
q large family that we can not love all
our sisters, can WEI
In the city there were some persons
who showed each other the paper, and
whispered: John Stokes eldest son.
Devilish unpleasant thing" A week
later the matter was clean forgotten,
save by the younger mon who still re-
membered the romantic episode In the
life Of Harry Stoke, and still told the
tale how he was knitted In q row, by q
girl, and taken up for dead. Now, had
the case been fully reported; had Ger.
tain questions been asked. which should
have been asked;-had been upon the
fury would have asked these questions
namely, why this girl called upon this
young gentleman IN his chambers on
sunday afternooni what had been their
relations? whether she brought that
knife with herr what she said before
the thing was done? and SO forth, there
might have been some sympathy for the
girl; the jury-I know mcknight have
brought In o different verdict and there
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HER SISTERS HONOR.
A Tale of English Life.
By Walter Beeant-

"Oh, my sister-Naomi!" "Oh. my
sister!-how shall l tell herr What
shall I say? What will she say? Oh,
/ would rather die than tell herl"
He was leaning against the mantel-
shelf. He turned impaiently and took
up a little dagger paper-knife, one OF
those glltterlng toys the handle OF which
is OF mother-o' pearl and the blade OF
polished blue steel, and began to play
with 1t, not even thinking Of the toy.
Il thought you had more sense" he
said, than to go on like this. Well, you
know now what had TO say. Better &c
quietly and think 1t over. Come, Ruth
1t won't 10 so hard, after all. / tell you
that you all always have friend IN
me-. and"
II cannot bear It. How can I tell heri
Oh, wish was deadl How can tell
her? will kill myself" She wrung
her hands, looking round the room as II
for some help or comfort there.
They all say that" said the man.
But they don't do 1t, you know.
She pushed back her hair; then she
tore off her bonnet and let it fall, as II
the sight Of 1t oppressed her. The wild
look in her eyes and her white cheeks
frightened the man-brute as he was.
"Come, Ruth, he said, "be more SEN
sible. Consider-think little. Let us
part friends" He held out his hand as
one who seeks to conciliate. In 1t was
the little dagger.
She snatched 1t from him. "No, she
cried. Il will never tell Naomi. You
may tell her-you. I will kill myself
Yes-let me go-let me go. Twill kill
myself"
She fought with the strength Of despair
while he tried to wrench the weapon
from her hand. Then his-her-feet
caught, and they fell upon the foor-he
undermost.
When the girls shrieks called III the
housekeeper from the next set OF cham
bers, she was standing over Mr.. Harry
Stoke, who lay on his back-white In the
face-lylng In his blood. Upon hel
dress was blood; upon her hands was
blood, and in her right hand the paper.
knife which she had torn from the ribs
Of the wounded man was dripping blood
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SOUTHERN PROGRESS.
New Industries Established In the South
During the Past Week.

new Industries Estoobsneu An Sue ooutn
During the Past Week.
Business continues active and south.
ern manufacturers and dealers report
the volume OF trade as being large for
the season with most encouraging
prospects for the fall and winter. A
marked increase is noted in inquiries
for machinery, indicating large num-
Der Of new plants under construction
and enlargement Of those already es-
tablished.
Developments in the oil regions Of
the south are especially active, and, in
the line Of manufacture, cotton seed
oil and lumber are attracting consider
able attention, as evidenced by the in
crease in the number Of oil and lum-
Der mills reported during the past few
weeks.
Iron and steel continues. in good
demand, favorable conditions in this
industry in the south being most
marked just now in the Birmingham
district.
Mining troubles bid fair to reach an
early settlement, and all indications
point to business year Of unusual
prosperity.
Among the most important new in
dustries reported for the week are the
following: The Peck City Coal and
Fuel Co., capital $4,000, Henrietta,
Tex; q cotton compress at jackson,
Teun. roller Touring mill and grist
mills at Laurens, 8. O.; q 60-ton ice
and cold storage plant at Charleston,
s. O.; the Griffin & Barnes Machinery
Co., capital SIC, 1000, Galveston, Tex,
and the Last Chance Mining and Pros
pecting Co., capital $50, 900, Batesville,
Ark. The Blue Ridge Oil and Devel-
opment Co., capital $500, 900, has been
chartered at Kingwood, w. Va, and
the Central West Virginia Oil Co.,
maximum capital 100000 at New
Martinsville, W. Va, and the Jackson
Oil Co., at Ravenswood, W. Va. The
Prosperity Cotton Oil and Fertilizer
Co., capital $15, 900. has been incorpo-
rated at Prosperity, s. c., and oil
mills will also be erected at Cross Hill,
s. c., and Big Island, Va. The Edo
RADIO Falls Cotton Mill Co., capital
$3.50, 900, has been organized at Edo.
RADIO, N. c.; a $4,000 knitting mill
will be built at Athens, Ga. q 800, 600
furniture factory at New Orleans, La. t,
Q 100000 lumber mill at Bolinger,
Ark, and other woodworking plants
at Bagdad, Fla, GAINESVILLE, Ca, and
Logan, w. Va.-Tradesman (Chatta-
nooga, Tenn.)
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DECIDED AGAINST PERRY.

The Georgia Supreme Court Refuses to
Grant n Mandamus In His Case.
The Georgia supreme court Tuesday
refused to grant mandamus in behalf
OF H. s. Perry, charged with the muir
der of Beley Lanier, and this exhausts
the possibility Of relief in the courts.
II the governor does not exercise
clemency Perry will be hanged on the
18th.
The motion for mandamus to COM
pei Judge Gambler to certify bill Of
exceptions in Perry's case was made
in the supreme court Monday after
noon by counsel for Perry and the
court took the matter under advise
ment until Tuesday with result above
stated.
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would have been corresponding ver-
dict, or an equivalent sentence passed
upon the injured man by the world out
side the courts.
Let us add one or two details not re-
ported in the papers
The case was taken after luncheon.
When the prisoner was placed In the
dock, she lifted her vel and looked
round the court with seeming curiosity.
She was pale, but not trembling or con-
fused, nor did she appear in the least
afraid. If she had been mere spec
tator she could not have been more un-
moved. When she had looked steadily
at the Judge on the bench, the jury In
their box, the clerk below, the counsel
in their wigs, she lowered her veil, fold
cd her hands, and stood impassive. Be-
ing called upon to plead, she made no
audible reply, but the official beside her
leaned over her and Informed the Court
that the prisoner pleaded, Not Guilty
The principal witness was Henry
Stoke. Considering all facts OF the case,
one might have expected him to be In a
highly nervous and agltated condition Of
mind and body. 1t Is always horrid to
20 into witness box and give evidence,
even when one has to give, 80 to speak,
outside evidence. But in such q case as
this, when ones motives may be so
cruelty misinterpreted, and ones actions
harshiy judged, and when one may be
asked the most dlsagroeable questions
about things one wen!d willingly bury
and forget, and when facts Of most
damaging kind may have to be admit
ted, to 20 into o witness box must be
the most disagreeable thing In the world
for q sensitive and candid soul. Only
consider what the young man might
have to confess! Yet he marched into
the box upright and confident, his cheek
O little flushed, without the least APP
parent nervousness. The reason OF this
was, suppose, little note which lay
In his pocket. 1t contained these
words:
My sister bids me tell you that she
will give no account at all Of what took
place. She will heve no question asked
about her relation with you. What you
say in your evidence shall go unques-
toned. NAOMI.
He went into the box, therefore, for
tilted by the knowledge that he could
say anything he pleased. Let us be-
lieve that he did really conceive himself
to have been deliberately stabbed by
the girl; he so we'll deserved that pun
ishment that he had no doubt In his
mind as to her having done 1t on pur.
pose. He deposed simply that the girl
had called upon him, that there had
been an alteration, that the prisoner
seized a small paper-knife with q stee
blade, and that he remembered nothing
more.
The counsel for the defense said hi
was instructed to ask him one question
Could not the wound have been inflicted
by ACCIDENT
Witness said that he could not say.
There were no other questions asked
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MAYORS AND COUNCILMEN

Will Hold n National Convention In
Columbus, Ohio.
Columbus, Ohio, has been selected
as the place for holding the national
convention of mayors and councilmen,
which will be held September % to
October /.
The programme of the convention
will cover all topics OF interest to city
officials, such as street lighting, garb.
age, collection and disposition, street
cleaning, franchise grants and reve-
nues, paving, sewerage, water supply,
police protection, etc.