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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-24
NOT ICE.
CHARLES Town, W. VA.
n,c.,,ba,. II 1907

December H., 1874
am very much in need of money to
meet the obligations Of State and county.
| have no resource for raising money
other than that of collecting the taxes
which are now overdue. | therefore ask
that YOU put'forth an extraordinary effort
and help relieve me from the situation.
Nothing would give me more pain than
to have to collect the taxes by law, which
l will have to do if not paid promptly.
EUGENE BAKER, Sheriff.
Dec. IS, lSg7-tf.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-24

~ NINSA IL "a
eye became terribly
inhamed, and was so
swollen that for quite
a while I could not
see. The doctors
said I had Cancer of
the most malignant
type, and after ex-
hausting their efforts
without doing me
any good, they gave
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
RIGHTEOUSNESS : WAY.
 nyEwENaaH HERsoN
By EVEN MCPHERSON

caught her skirt between a finger and thumb of either hand, and spun round once. And then she changed to the other foot and spun around again in the other direction. Then, looking to be sure her mothers door was closed, she rang up her dear friend Alix and told Alix the news up to date. Alix listened and gave little advice.
 Now" said Mortimer Trumbull an hour later, telling the story of his discontinue at the hands of Euphrosyne Exton, there must be something in that. you know"
 "You didn't make her mad last night?" one of the other boys at the hotel suggest- ed.
 "Never made her mad in my life"
 "How do you know that?" another asked.
 q don't think 1t takes an extra pair of opera glasses to see through it," said a third. '"The old folks are going to head off Mir Mortimer ere it be too late.'"
 ''That's it, Mortie," came from all sides. It was the unanimous opinion of that meeting that Mortimer Trumbull vGs regarded by the seniors of the Extcn family as a pretender to the hand of their elder daughter.
 Mortie blushed and stammered, and was slapped on the back, and guyed without mercy. He was a nice boy not really
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My dear" said Mrs. Exton. speaking with her own particular accent of final ity, 1T am not going to leb you go on en- couraging that young man one week long er My mind Is made up."
 "But, mamma" Euphrosyne answered, nexterously twrdling a long plait., and goz- ing steadfastly into her mirror with an expression of sheer indifference, "encour- age what?" How am to stop encouraging him?"
 Simply by begging to be excused when he calls. You needn't always be at home, you know. Five nights a week! Good gracious!'
 'It's rather frequent, isn't it, mamma :? I think I'll stick in two of these amethyst things What did you say? Oh, yes, hear, mamma. How does that look?"
 "Do you expect him tonight?' the anx- tous mother went on, ignoring her daugh- ter's amethyst experiment..
 "Him? MT. Trumbull? Let me see. Mon day, Tuesday Thursday" said Euphrosyne, Counting on the dressing table with the fingers of one hand. He skipped Wednes-
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young enough or significant enough to be classed as a "snipe," nor were his worldly prospects so hopeless to fully justify Mrs. Exton in regarding him as an obstacle to her daughters matrimonial advance ment. He made light of his companions theory while they were present, and then when all by himself, he ruminated over it. And the longer he ruminated, the more probable did it appear to him. As a prob- able theory, it seemed worthy of his at tention, and from an object of attention it became a motive of action.
 Two days after Mortie Trumbul had re- ceived his very direct snub at Euphros- ynes hands it was Sunday, and pleasant spring Sunday at that. Mrs. Exton was enjo. ing tlse satstacior" spectacle of her daughter walking from church with a cer- tain MT. -, also called major, for his Jtorical reasons-Caleb Jackson. The ma- jor- was widower, financially interested in coal, and, in the opinion of Mrs. Exton, otherwise interested in Euphrosyne. But he was @ taciturn man. People said that was because he weighed his words, like his coal set price on them, and thought of cornering the market The major was also known to be his fate wlfe's principal legatee.
 "Oh!" Euphrosyne suddenly exclaimed to her middle-aged escort. "There goes poor MT. Trumbulli"
 "Why?" said the major.
 "I feel so sorry for him. she explained "Of course you don't know about 1t, but we'll mamma was rather hard on him last week.
 And here the young girl looked coyly at the ground.
 "Why?"
 "Oh you know, major. he's been coming calling. quite often lately and-under the circumstances-well, was told to ask to be excused, which, of course, I did" "Circumstances?" "Yes-oh, you know" And she glanced upward at the puzzled major The major noted this glance and took time to think. So they walked on in silence for a score of steps.
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day. don't whether he'll skip tonight and come tomorrow, or tonight and then come again on Sunday. If he comes, must ex- cuse myself, eh?"
 "You don't care anything about him?"
 "Oh, yes, think he's goody sort of lit- tie snipe."
 "Snipe, child? What do you mean? Where did you pick up-"
 Euprhosyne was laughing wildly.
 "Well, mamma, what did they call them when you were girl?-these young boys like Mortie Trumbull who ran about after first one girl and then another, and take them out on tandems-oh, you didn't have tandems. did you?-and take them to the theater, and-that's all What did you call them?"
 ".And that's all'" her mother repeated. ssWe called them obstacles to a girls mar rying and-and young donkeys."
 .sE'ools I sec I like snipe' better. There! I believe that's the objectionable Mortimer now. He has little perky way of his own of ringing the bell"
 By this time Euphrosyne was dressed ana ready for evening parade. Before hfr mother knew what the girl was doing. she had run to the landing of the front stairs, and Mrs Exton could hear
 "Jane Jane! Is that Mir. Trumbull?'
 Then young mans voice was heard be- low. And then
 ssWell Jane. please ask MT. TrumpuH to excuse me this evening""
 The next moment Euphrosyne was back again in her dressing room, radiant with an expression of duty noby done. .'There mamma Isn't that an opeolent dauphter? Now give me kiss"
 The mother stood staring wide-eyed. She was not only astonished at her daughter's s obedience, but shocked at her rudeness. Between bewilderment and vexation,. the woman of an older and more ceremonions' generation found herself at loss TOT ,where she had been sitting by her daugh- ter's dressing table. and left the room Then Euphrosyne stood on the toes of one foot. stuck out the other foot, daintily
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
ANOTHER COUNTY HEARD FRoN

W. J. l.. in the Boston Post. ["I am ready to fight if necessary."-G eral Joe Wheeler, of Alabama.1 Then np rose General Wheeler
 Of Alabama, who Led all the southern horsemen The great rebellion through, And, rising, said: I'm with you
 You weares of the blue. Tn other days my color
 Was gray and what I did think was quite convincing
 That l was not kid; Now, by that selfsame token,
 I'm loaded for the Gld. What's past Is past forever,
 And in this better day We have a closer union,
 Including blue and gray; A union without a section,
 Forever come to stay. "Tm ready for the Spanish
 If they should come ashore, And with ten thousand horsemen I'd like to lead once more. This time a troop of Yankees
 A rebel at the fore. 'In blue, thank God and floating Above the serried host, Old Glory is the glory
 Of which we love to boast; One flag, one God, one Country, Our everlasting toast"
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Af the Capitol.

I am in my .seventy-third year, and for fifty years have been a great sufferer from indigestion, constipation and bilious ness I have tried all the remedies adver- tised for these diseases, and got no perma- ease assuming a more severe and danger our, form, 1 became very weak, and lost flesh rapidly I commenced using Dr.. Mozleys Lemon Elixir. I gained twelve pounds in three months. My strength and health, my appetite and my digestion were perfectly restored, and now feel as young and vigorous as I ever did in my life.
 l.. J. ALLDRED, Door-keeper Ga State Senate, State Capi- tol, Atlanta, Ga.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
MOZLEYS LEMON ELIXIR.
 A Pleasant Lemon Tonic.

For .bilhousness, constipation and ap- pendicitis
 For indigestion, sick and nervous head ache.
 For sleeplessness, nervousness and heart failure.
 For fever, chills, debility and kidney dis eases. take Lemon Elixir.
 Ladies, for natural and thorough organic regulation, take Lemon Elixir.
 Dr. Mozleys Lemon Elixir is prepared from the fresh juice of lemons, combined with other vegetable liver tonics, and will not fail you in any of the above named diseases, 50c and $1.0O bottles at druggists. Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozley, Atlanta, Ga,
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essseeesessesee ssesssseeses

is a difficult thing for Spaniards to under stand. In the smallest matters and in the greatest it Is the Spanish custom to plan to attend to all things tomorrow" But there will be "manana" that may make poor old Spain realize that she is of yes- terday. It is pathetic that Queen Christina has written personal lettefsrA Queen Vic- toria asking her good offices! Of course the letter had to be turned over to the English department of state to be acted upon ''manana."
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
A DlsturbIng DiagnosIs

From Harper's Bazaar.
 Doctor-"Well, it's ten to one you won't see me tomorrow.
 Patient-"What! Any d-danger; doctor? Doctor-"Oh, no. Those are merely my office hours.
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se ooee eeese oeaoe 9e ee es "a oeel

ton understand action of any sort before that ever-quoted tomorrow" The posst- bility that any active people can place today" before tomorrow" in importance
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Imnortant Provision

From the Pittsburg Chronicle-Telegraph
 T shall prescribe bicycle for you, Mrs. Frankstown," said Dr. Pellet to his pa- tient, after an examination.
 "Good! replied Mrs. Frankstown; land 1t must be chainless bicycle, of course"
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
An Old-Tiner

From the Cleveland Plain Dealer
 'Simpkins was given an egg at the res taurant today that had a distinct w marked on it..
 ''That must refer to the Spanish war"
 That's what Simpkins thought until he opened it. He says it was the war of 1872"
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
ONE KIND

From the Chicago News.
 For my part, I don't see how you car call Adamson successful man."
 He has succeeded in blowing his wife'f money, hasn't he? And that's what he married her for, wasn't it?"
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
HAS SPECIAL REASONS.

From the Washington Star.
 France naturally dislkes to see any signs of general disturbance just when she is getting ready to collect large dividends from a Paris exposition.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Good Roads Are Good Investments

From the Philadelphia Press.
 When the farmers can be brought to see that good roads constructed with state aid mean money in their pockets, as has been demonstrated in New Jersey, good roads will become as common as bad roads are now.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
BAD COMPANYs,

From the Chicago News
 Spain is the birthplace and abiding place of the cigarette, and hence it should be put out of decent company.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10

anything herself without first asking my | advice Jasper-Goodnessi that must be awkward Who do you blame it. on when things turn out wrong?
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
A Serious Question

From the Chicago News.
 Higgins-My wife always lets me have my own way in everything and she never does
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
Mozley,s Lemon Hot Drops

Cures all Coughs, Colds Hoarseness, Sore Throat, Bronchitis, Hemorrhage, and all throat and lung diseases. Elegant relia- ble.
 Twenty-Five cents at druggists. Prepared only by Dr. H. Mozeley, Atlanta, Ga
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
MOzIey'S Lemon Elixir.

Is the very best medicine ever used for
 the diseases you recommend 1t for, and I have used many kinds for woman s troubles. MRS. S. A. GRESHAM,
 Salem. N. c.
The age-herald., 1898-04-10
"NIANANA."

"MANANA." From the oBston Transcript .Manana" is the favorite word of the Spanish. They can not by nature or tradi-
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And she glanced upward at the puzzled major The major noted this glance and took time to think. So they walked on in silence for a score of steps.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
Our Way to be Happy.

The happiest person in the world is
he or she who endeavors to make 9TH
ers happy. In this great busy hust-
ling world, we must always remember
that there are others, and we must
not selfshly live for ourselves alone,
as that spirit of living only dwarfs
our natures and makes us so small and
cramped that we have no capacity for
enjoying the great happiness that is
the share of everyone who deserves to
see all the world happy. The gentle,
kind, considerate, cheerful souls of
the world are what kept it together
and make for all progress. The sour,
disgruntled, selfish and pessimistic
persons we often meet cast shadows OF
gloom wherever they go. They do moi
inspire hope, love or cheerfulness. All
the world loves cheerful happy per.
son, and it is the duty of everyone tc
at least make an attempt at being
happy and trying to make others So
Think it over.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
narYIand Boilers.

Advices from Annapolis, Maryland,
are to the effect that the anti-corrup-
tion element of both branches of the
Legislature will at last prevail, and
the mayor of Baltimore is now consid-
cred winning card. While there are
many rumors of bribery on both sides,
yet the fact that the Democrats and
boiling Republicans hold the strong
position, makes the Republican charges
appear more as a counter-irritant than
anything else. There is now no doubt
whatever but that the Democrats
stand ready to cast their vote for a
fusion candidate, or for any good man,
as against the combine.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
TRYS A BLUFF.
The New York Life Files an
Elaborate Report With
McNall.
But the Report In DOetOred, and Tries
To EVade the Provisions OF the Law.
Is not Report Of Business for 1897.

The New York Life Insurance COM
panY has filed a report with Insurance
Commissioner McNal1 which purports
to set out in detail the business done
during the year 1897, but the report is
not apparently satisfactory to the de-
partment, and as it does not change
in any manner the status of the COM
pany in this state, no license will be
issued. The report is a most elaborate
one, and seems to have been gotten
up with view to complicating mat
ters as much as possible, and without
particular reference to furnishing the
information contemplated. The work
appears to have been that of the very
smart young man who may some day
rupture a blood vessel in a strained eff
fort to attract attention.
Under the head of Kansas business
done for the year 1897, there are divi-
sions requiring a statement of business
from all sources, and its amount. This
the company has disposed of by SIM
ply pasting a sheet of blank paper
over the whole section, with the volun-
tary information that the company
was not licensed to do business in
Kansas during the past year.
Hon. Webb McNa1l said today: 81
refused to license three companies for
certain reasons named in the letters.
The New York Life was one of the
companies. AS long as the same con-
ditions remain which existed at the
time 1 wrote said letters, shall not
issue license to the companies"
There is a quo-warranto proceeding
pending in the Supreme Court to COM
pei the company to show why it is do
ing an insurance business in this state
without a license.
p Mr.. NcNall should have every as
surance from the people of Kansas, as
he has heretofore had, that they will
stand behind him in any and all at
tempts to compel this, as we'll as all
other corporations, to comply with the
laws of this state.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
The LoneIiest Little Isle.

Away out in the south Atlantic, al
most midway between Africa and
South America and in slightly high
er latitude than the Cape of Good
Hope, lies the 1oneliest isle in the
world, says the New York Herald.
Tristan da Cunha is seven miles across
and but little more than an extinct
volcano. Nevertheless, it has a popu-
1ation of sixteen families, ninety-four
persons all told. 1t has neither doctor,
minister. lawyer nor editor. Its peo-
pie live as best they can among the
hills and along the narrow strip of
irregular plain that constitute the
island
An English corporal, bearing the
transparent name of Glass, and two
companions formed the nucleus of the
settlement. Once year it realizes
the fact that there are other persons
in the world, because just that often
a British warship pays the island a
visit and delivers the annual mail.
The oldest inhabitant acts as govern
or. property is practically held in COM
mon, there is no strong drink and no
crime and the people are healthy and
long-lived.
The inhabitants of the island have
their gardens to cultivate, where they
rear good quantity of vegetables
such as potatoes, cabbages, onions
and some fruits. They also have their
sheep and cattle to tend, OF which they
own 300. There are pigs and plenty
of geese aud poultry. The occasional
visit of warship referred to offers
the only market for the produce of the
dairy and the poultry yard. Arcadian
simplicity might be expected from
such people, but, on the contrary,
they look upon the visit of a man-of
war as grand chance for making
much out of a stranger. Unless a
sharp lookout is kept the unsophisti-
Gated islanders will send to the war
ship all the oldest and toughest geese
they have, which are generally un-
eatab1e.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
A New Use For Il.

A possible solution of the Russian
thistle problem has been discovered, it
is claimed, by afarmer named Fulcher
who has ranch near Julesburg, part
of which is devoted to the cattle in
dustry.
Last summer he was bothered by
the thistle, which spread rapidly and
evergreen large parts of his land. In
order to get rid of it, it was moved
down and raked together into stacks.
No further attention was paid to il
and it remained in the stacks until
winter and now the cattle he owns are
feeding upon the thistle. Mr.. Fulcher
says that they prefer it to hay or al.
falfa, and that they grow fat upon the
weed.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
Tear ii Up.

Secretary Stanton was once greatly
vexed because an army officer had re-
fused to understand an order, or at
all events, had not obeyed. 81 be-
lieve I'll sit down." said Stanton, land
give that man piece of my mind. I"
"Do So" said Mr.. Lincoln, "write it
now while you have 1t on your mind.
Make it sharp; cut him all up" Stan
ton did not need second invitation.
1t was bone-crusher that he read to
the president. THAT'S right" said
Abe, that's good one." "Whom
can get tol send it, by?" mused the
secretary. "Send itr'Ieplied Lincoln,
"'send il! Why, don't send it at all.
Tear it up. You have freed your
mind on the subject, and that is all
that is necessary. Tear it up. You
never want to send such letters;
never do.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
THEY REFUSE TO TELL.
The Ohio Investigating Committee has
Trouble with Witnesses.

Columbus advices of the 10th indi-
cate decided reluctance on the part
OF parties to giving evidence with ref
erence to the charges of bribery in
connection with the election of Marc
HANNA to the senate. A correspond
ent to the Daily News says:
"The committee had seven Witness
es subpoened, but they were not ali
examined because none of them vvo,,,d
testify. The senate comittee last
night examed Samuel Pent1and. pro-
prietor of the Neil house; Frank p.
Ross, manager of the telephone COM
pany; w. F. Truesdale, manager of
the Postal Telegraph company. and
Shepherd NJ. Dunlap, manager of the
Western Union Telegraph COMPANY
who then asked to confer with their az
torneys and were excused till tonight
for that purpose. When they appeared
tonight they said their attorneys held
that the senate hrd no jurisdiction In
the investigation of alleged briberv of
member of the house, and had ad.
vlsed them not to answer any further
questions before the committee. Thee
all followed the advice of their attor.
neys, as did Mr.. Hollenbeck, who was
not on the stand last night.
When the committee found that the
advice of the attorneys was being fol-
lowed uniformly by all witnesses cali
ed, the proceedings were closed and
the committee went into executive ses-
sion on plans for further procedure.
The Senate chamber was crowded
while the committee, in open session.
attempted to examine the wituesse.
and the action of the witnesses caused
demonstrations of diversion. The
witnesses did not decline to tell the
name OF their counsel, aud their re-
plies showed that most eminent law
yers had been engaged In the case.
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
ArnoId,s TrIbute to the Japanese.

Sir Edwin Arnold, who has had
practical experience of life in japan,
says: Where else in the world does
there exist such conspiracy to be
agreeable; such widespread compact
to render the difficult affairs of life as
smooth and graceful as circumstances
admit; such fair DEGREES of fine be-
lhavior fixed and accomplished for all,
such universal restraint of the coarser
impulses of speech and act; such pref
,ty picturesqeness of daily existence;
such lovely love of nature as the EN-
.be1lisher of that existence; such sim
.cere delight in beautiful, artistic
things; such frank enjoyment of the
enjoyable; such tenderness to little
children; such reverence for parents
and old persons; such widespread re
fiuenent of taste and habits; such
courtesy to strangers; and such will
iuguess to please and to be pleased1"
Barbour County index. [volume] (Medicine Lodge, Kan.) 1880-current, 1898-01-26
Rush to See Brxan.

William Jennings Bryan has made
his appearance as a witness in the
Draper murder trial, at Jackson
ville I'LL, Upon Mr.. Bryan's en-
trance the audience became excited
and 1t was with great difficulty tina,
order could be maintained. The pres
ence OF the two presidential candidates
of the last campaign-General Palmer
and Mr. Bryan-was too much for the
spectators. Counsel frequently ap-
pealed to the court to prevent the
demonstrations of the audience, bu,
his honor was unable to keep them in
control.
Mr. Bryan testified that he was IN
the same Office with Draper four wears
ago and that he knew his reputation
for honesty and integrity to be good
On cross examination, the witness ad.
mitted that Draper had a violent tenn.
per, which was easily provoked.