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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

A sense Of profound gratitude and Joy
prompts me to write this letter. | had
| suffered for ten years with kidney and
bladder trouble. LastAugust | was taken
with terrible pain in my kidneys which
extended to the bladder. The urine
| that | passed, after standing while. be-
came thick and ropy, or muddy: left
| quantities Of sediment in vessel, and
gave me great agony 10 void it, Upon
advice Of my physician | finally con-
scented to go to the Hospital at Raleigh.
| When got there the chief surgeon eX-
amined me, and SAID it would be neces-
sary TO remove the stone from the blad-
der by surgical operation. This he
admitted was dangerous, owing to my
age and feeble condition. | decided if
must die would 90 homeand die with
my family. After returned from the
Hospital in respondent and almost
hopeless state of mind, | took your Ger
tificate and pamphlet, sent with the sam
pie bottle Of Swamp-Root, and went TO
a kind and wise friend and we read the
| circulars, and discussed my symptoms
and the chances Of my recovery, should
| submit TO an operation. We decided
to try your medicine, and if no relief af-
ter thorough trial to risk the knife.
After taking the same bottle | bought
six large bottles Of your Swamp-RoUt
| and used it according to directions. And
about Feb. 9th, to my great delight, the
stone seemed to crumble; | began to
pass small particles of gravel stone, and
on that night passed the one enclosed,
about the size Of a large pea. | contin-
nod to fhaca rfinlnc and 10 i'm
prove until to-day, under Gods Provi-
dence through your Swamp-Root treat
ment, my life has been spared. Had
chosen the knife treatment | fear
would have been in my grave, or at the
best. lingering in the Hospital. | re-
gard your Swamp RoOtss the most won
| derful medicine for bladder and kidney
troubles in the universe, and wish
could tell all who suffer as did. the re-
lief and happiness it has brought me.
| expect to continue its use occasionally
to keep my kidneys and bladder all right,
and shall tell all see in the condition !
was, how easy they can find relief by
using DR.. Kilmer's Swamp-Root. What
| have written can be substantiated by
prominent people Of this place. | will
answer letters OF inquiry if stamps are
enclosed for reply.
JAS. R. BAILEY.
Feb. sth, 1892 Auburn, n. c.
Swamp-Root brings sunshine and glad
ness in every home it enters. 1t is the
new discovery Of DR.. Kilmer. the great
kidney and bladder specialist. II is not
recommended for everything but if you
have kidney or bladder trouble it will
be found just the medicine you need.
AT druggists in so cents and sl.00 sizes.
You may have sample bottle of Swamp
Root the great kidney, liver and blad-
der remedy and pamphlet telling more
about IL free by mail. Address DR..
kilmer & Co., Binghamton, n. Y.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
Still More Counterfeitinu.

The Secret Service has unear thed an
other band Of counterfeiters and secured
a large quantity of bogus bills, which
are SO cleverly executed that the average
person would never suspect them of be-
ing spurious. Things Of great value are
always selected by counterfeiterS for i'm
itation, notably the celebrated Hostel
terS'S stomach Bitters, which has many
imitatorS but no equals for Indigestion,
nervousness aud general debility The
BitterS sets things right in the stomach,
aud when the stomach is in good order
it makes good blood and plenty of it.
In this manner the Bitters get at the
seat of strength and vitality, and restore
vIgor To the weak and debilitated. Be-
ware Of counterfeiters when buying.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

DR.. Henry c. Scott died last Satur-
day at Ashland, Va, aged II years.
During the John Brown raid at Har-
per's Ferry he was one of the surgeons
who dressed the wounds of Brown,
and later on, when Brown was hanged.
he was present and examined the body
when it was taken from the scaffold.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

THE country was startled few
years ago at the extravaganza Of what
was called the billion-dollar Congress
The expenditures of the Fifty fifth
Congress, which expired last Saturday
aggregate more than billion and
a-half, and yet little comment is made,
so easily can the people get used to ex-
travagance-or any other evil, for that
matter. The exact amount appropria-
ted by the late Congress was 81 $780,
89O,0l6. OF this sum our war of in
reference with Spain cost 1882 252,-
663.47.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
Thu Sure La Grippe Cure.

There is no use suffering from this
dreadful malady, if you will only get
the right remedy. You are having
pain all through your body, your liver
is out of order, have ne appetite, no
life or ambition, have a bad cold, In
fact are completely used up. Electric
Bitters is the only remedy that will
give you prompt and sure relief.
They act directly on your Liver,
Stomach and Kidneys, tone up the
whole system and make you feel like
a new being. They are guaranteed
to cure or price refunded. For Sale
at Relnhart's Pharmacy, only 80 cents
per bottle.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

Rev. E. Edwards, pastor of the En-.
glish Baptist Church at Minersville,
Pa, when suffering with rheumatism,
was advised to try Chamberlain's Pain
Balm. He says: "A few applications
of this l;niment proved of great service
to me. 1t subdued the Inflammation
and relieved the pain. Should any
sufferer profit by giving PAIN Balm a
trial it will please Inc" For sale at
Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
MARCH. APRIL, MAY.
These Are the Months in Which to Purify
Your Blood

This is the season when your blood is
loaded with impurities, accumulated during
the winter months from close confinement,
rich food and OF er causes These impurities
must be driven from your system or they
may breed serious disease and cause untold
suffe ring. Hoods Sarsaparilla is the greatest
an. best purifying medicine It is possible TO
obtain. 1t is what the millions take In the
spring. II will purify and enrich your blood,
create an appetite. tone up your system, and
give you sound, robust health.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

THE fact that number Of Demo
cratic Senators have recently written
letters advising members of their par
ty in the Pennsylvania Legislature to
aid in re-electing Senator Quay, pro,
viding Republican is to be chosen
has created considerable comment dur
ing the past week or two. Among
those who have expressed themselves
are Senators Daniel, of Virginia, Vest
Of Missouri, Morgan, of Alabama,
Faulkner, of West Virginia, Gray, of
Delaware, Jones, of Arkansas, Till
man, of South Carolina, Lindsay, of
Kentucky, and others.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

CONGRESS- adjourned last Saturday.
Under the guiding hand of Speaker
Reed all the necessary bills we've passed
and good many unnecessary ones
were strangled.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

The long contest between the friends
of Sampson and Schley as to which of
these officers should be most highly
rewarded has been settled. Both of
them are rear-admirals, but Schley
outranks Sampson and will get 81, 900
more pay a year.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
Beware Of Ointments for Catarrh that
contain Mercury,

as mercury will surely destroy the sense
of smell and completely derange the
whole system when entering it through
the mucous surfaces. Such articles
should never be used except on prescrip-
tionS from reputable physicians, as the
damage they will do is ten fold TO the
good you can possibly derive from them.
Halls Catarrh Cure, manufactured by
+. J. Cheney Il Co., Toledo, o.. contains
no mercury, and is taken internally, act
ing directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system. In buying
Halls Calarrh Cure be sure you get the
genuine. 1t is taken internally, and
made in Toledo, Ohio, by F. }. Cheney
IL Co. Testimonials free
Sold by Druggists, price 75c. per bottle.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
Senator Wolcott and his wife, of
Colorado, have agreed to separate, on
account OF incompatibliity of temper.
They are rich and have been promi-
nent in Washington society.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

CONGRESS has passed bill making
Dewey full admiral, and he will now
outrank all the officers of the army
and navy. His pay will be about
$4,000 year. Dewey is worthy Of
his honors.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

CHARLESTON has had another food
and the state-house was again partial
ly submerged. If the food had come
about a month sooner it would have
moved the capitol.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

The President has appointed ex-
Governor Merriam, of Minnesota, to be
director of the next census. 1t is to
be hoped that he will be an improve
ment over the incompetent who last
filed that place, Robert P. Porter.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

IT is said that there are 20 600 ap-
plicants for 10l appointments in the
army authorize / by Congress-all off,
GERS places.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

DURING their war with the Spanish
the Cuban army, allowing for every
man who carried gun, rifle or club,
numbered at the very highest some
thing less than 10000, and we believe
there is no record where more than a
few hundred of these We're seen at a
time in one place Now that the Uni
ted States is about to pay these sol
diers" three millions of dollars, the
"army' has miracuously increased and
list just completed gives the names
of $4,000 patriots, $4,000 olwhom are
commissioned officers Uncle Sam is
being buncoed at home and abroad.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

QUAY seems to be losing ground IN
Pennsylvania Three of his support
ers have left him, and his chances of
reelection are fading.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

Up to this time our unplessantness
with Spain in behalf Of the Cubans
and the Filipinos has cost our govern
ment $4S2, 562OS347. And what
have we gained?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

BEFORE we can do anything to CIV
ilize the Fihpinos we will have to
catch them, and that appears to be
very difficult matter.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

ONE Of the REGISTER S readers pre-
diets that there will soon be An in
crease in the price of lime, owing to
the enormous quantities that will be
needed to whitewash the officials of
the War Department.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

Rudyald Kipling, the noted author,
is recovering from his well-nigh fatal
attack ofpneumonia. His eldest daugh-
ter, Josephine, aged six years, died on
Monday. She was taken sick with
pneumonia about the same time her
father was.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

The papers are printing a good
deal about prosperity, but no change
for the better has come to the great
agricultural interests. Prosperity APP
pears to be exclusively for the great
trusts and corporations.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
No. l-..BriCk Building and Lot,

STORE-ROOM AND DWELLING, WITH
BASEMENT, BACK BUILD No, BAKERY f,
WELL AND CISTERN and other Out Build >
ings situated on the north side OF German
street, iu Shepherdstown, the said lot front.
ing on sail street Az feet by about 2l6 feet
deeo-with 10 u right OF way over snut h side
OF Livery Stable Lot, toopen alley In rear OF
Entler Hotel. This property has long been
known as one Of the best BUSINESS
STANDS I'm town
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

THE latest trust is an anthracite
coal combination, which is to have a
capital of 1888. 100000
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
No. ,.
I ITdCJ OF dUUUI
80 Acres Limestone Land,

adjoining The above, known as The
"liomc Farm, the improvements where
on consist of a good 2STORY DWELL
ING. Wash House, lce-HouSe Black
smith Shop, BANK BARN. Hay Shed
and other Buildings Also Well and Cis-
tern. Apple Orchard and other Fruit.
About 10 acres Of Timber
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
HOW STONE IN THE BLADDER
Was Removed Without a Sur
giCal Operation.
This Case Was Of so Much Interest Be-
cause of its Severity That it Was
Known For Miles Around.

Below viii Be Found an interesting History of
the Case, Written BY Mr.. Bailey Himself.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
Bucklen's Arnica SalYe.

The best Salve in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum,
Fever Sores. Tette-, Chapped Hands,
Chilblains. Corns, and all Skin Erup
tions, and positively cures Piles, or
no pay required. II is guaranteed to
give perfect satisfaction, or money re-
funded. price % cents per box. For
sale at Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
Administrators Notice
Stockholders Meeting.

The Annual Meeting Of the stocshod.
ers OF the jefferson County Mutual fe
Insurance Company will be- held al h'
office Of Washington ~ Alexander 10
Charlestown, w. Va, on Monday, March
30, 1900
JOHN a. WASHINGTON.
Secretary.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09

This is to certify that S. r. Knott,
Special Com missioner in the above
named caused, has given bond with good
security, as required by decree in said
cause.
JNo. VI. DANIEL,
Clerk Circuit Court.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
A. S. cambridge & Go.

We wish to call your attention to the
following Popularand Seasonable Goods,
which we now have on exhibition:
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
Brown Wagons,

Brown w agOnS,
with Steel Skeins, all sizes and
fully warranted.
Genuine Oliver Chilled P1ows
and Repairs,
Tiger and Farmers Friend Check Row
Corn Planters,
Spring Tooth Lever and Float Har-
rows,
New York Champion Hav Rakes, IT,
ger and Granger Hay Rakes,
Mccormick Binders and Mowers,
Brown Cultvators,
Single and Double Shovel Flows,
White Sewing Machines,
Sickle and Tool Grinders,
Repair. for all kinds of Implements
and Machinery.
Our stock is large and our prices are
low. Call and see US. Respectfully.
A. s. CAMBRIDGE & co.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
Saturday, March IS, 1900,

AT O'Clock p. M, the real estate conveyed
in said Trust Deed, all situated in said coun-
W and described as follows;
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
SPECIAL COMMISSIONERS SALE
Valuable Real Estate !

Bv virtue of a decree OF the Circuit
Court of jefferson county, W. Va rem
dered on the 2sth day Of February. 1922
in the chancery cause therein pehulnS
of Chas. H. kuott's Executors PlalntlhS'
VS.. Susan q. Knott and Others. Defend
ants. the undersig ned Special COMMITS
sioner Will offer at public auction, To tne e
highest bidder before the ENlLEh
HOTEL. in SHEPHERDSTONN, IN
said county, on
SATURDAY, APRIL |, 1890,
at o clock y. m, free Of dover, the FOL
lowing property situated about five
miles southeast of ShepherdStown' IN
said county, known as the real estate OF
which the said Chas. Ii. Knott died
seized and possessed, viz;
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
SATURDAY, APRIL 1, 1900,
a tract Of about
1917 ACRES LIMESTONE LAND,

on the Potomac river, known as the
"Kloth Farm. thcImprovem"ntS where
on consist of 2-STORI DWELLING.
BANK BARN. CORN CRIB, &c, also a
well OF Water, young Apple Orchard and
OF hnr ErniI
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-03-09
TRUSTEES SALE
OF
Valuable Real Estate.

BY virtue OF a Deed OF Trust executed bv
] - Trussell aud Matte NJ, his wife 10 IN
undersigned Trustee Of date January 2, 1893,
and recorded In the Office of the Clerk of he
County Court uf Jefferson County, Wrs' Nir-
o MA in Deed Book No 80. Page 80. Will
offer al public auction. before the Entler TO-
tel I'm she herd-town In said county. on
Middletown transcript., 1899-04-22
Dressed For the Jury.

Pretty women on trial have habit
of dressing SO as to impress the jury,
but the highest type of this art was
naturally left for development in Paris,
where toilets are composed" for the
occasion. An example of the art was
in evidence at the trial of Mime. Bian-
chini, who was accused of having dis
posed Of her husband in an unlawful
way. 'Her costume" says chronicler,
"was the essence of outraged dignity
and resignation, and at the same time
of elegance, due to her position as
mondaine Parisienne. She naturally
was all in black, with a mantle close
fitting at the waist and high collet de
mongolie. The severity of the low hat,
with its ostrich plumes, was relieved
by her jaunty way of symbolizing her
confidence in the triumph of innocence
in that the left brim was turned up,
sheltering a little bunch of peacock
tips.''
Middletown transcript., 1899-04-22
Refused to Take More Pay.

A writer in Ainslee's Magazine tells
how Irving M. Scott, the man who built
the Oregon, once refused a raise in his
salary. The firm was then building the
Saginaw for the government. Donahue
was at the legislature much Of the time
soon after Scott's arrival, and affairs at
the works were at skies and sevens.
Brodie, the foreman, threatened to leave
and did leave, and Scott, without au-
thority and although only engaged as a
craftsman, took entire charge and di-
rected things for two weeks until Dona-
hue's return. He introduced system in
to the methods and made affairs run
along go smoothly that Donahue was
pleased and made him permanent fore
man.
About this time Donahue offered to
increase his wages, but Scott thought
over the matter and declined.
'tIf break my years contract with
you," he said to Donahue, ''I'll have to
take what you give me. I prefer to keep
my contract, and when it's up you II
have to pay me what I'm worth.
Donahue looked aghast. "You're the
first man," he said, "that I've ever
known to refuse a raise of pay"
Results justified Scott foresight. At
the end of the year he was re-engaged
and was paid just four times what DON
ahue had offered him.
Middletown transcript., 1899-04-22
Some queer Trees.

The breadfruit tree of Ceylon is very
remarkable. Its fruit is baked and eaten
as we eat bread and is equally good and
nutritious. In Barbutu, South Amer
lea, is a tree which, by piercing the
trunk, produces milk, with which the
inhabitants feed their children. In the
interior of Africa is tree which pro-
duces excellent butter. 1t resembles the
American oak, and its fruit, from
which the butter is prepared, is not un-
like the olive. Park, the great traveller,
declared that the butter surpassed any
made in England from cows milk At
Sierra Leone is the cream fruit tree, the
fruit of which is quite agreeable in
taste.
At Table Bay, near the Cape of Good
Hope, is a small tree the berries of
which make excellent candles 1t is also
found in the Azores. The vegetable tai
low tree also grows in Sumatra, in AL
geria and in China. In the island of
Chusan large quantities Of oil and tai
low are extracted from its fruit, which
is gathered in November or December,
when the tree has lost all its leaves.
The bark of tree in China produces a
beautiful soap. Trees Of the sapindus
or soap berry order also grow in the
north Of Africa. They are amazingly
prolific, and their fruit contains about
38 per cent of saponin. Ladies' Home
Journal.
Middletown transcript., 1899-04-22
treatment of Fro.en rree..

In regard to frozen trees, the Kansas
station advises: Trees that are killed
should be removed at once from the
orchard. Trees that are partly top
killed are weakened and deadened
throughout and should be heavily cut
back, the extent depending upon the
degree Of injury. In many cases it will
be necessary to cut back to the main
branches or even to the trunk, but
where the injury is less severe the cut
ting may be confined to the smaller
branches of the trees Though the
branches Of an injured tree may not be
killed, it is advantageous to cut them
back, because the wood that is Drowned
and deadened can never perform its life
functions again. It becomes as heart
wood and must be inclosed by q LAYER
of new wood. The quicker we can get
this deposit Of new wood the better,
and the more of it the better. By cut
ting off the branches of the tree it is
reduced in surface and the new wood is
more rapidly deposited on the parts
that remain. The energy that is spent
in blossoming is also saved to the tree,
so as to restore the tree quickly to its
normal process Of growth.
Middletown transcript., 1899-04-22
TO FIRST VOTERS.

There is a constitutional pro
vision which will become opera
tive before the next general elec-
ton is held, of which the general
public maynotbe aware, although
it has been published in connec-
ton with the Constitutional Con-
vention. 1t is an educational
test. 1t is ''that no person who
becomes of age or who is natura-
lied after January 1st, 1900, shall
be permitted to vote who shall
not be able to read the Constitu-
ton in English, and be capable of
writing his name"
Middletown transcript., 1899-04-22
Claims Of Tree peddIers.

In regard to the claims Of some tree
peddlers the Ohio experiment station
says: Reliable nurserymen take all rea-
sonable precautions not to propagate
peach trees from those having the vel
lows, nor to use suspected seed, but it
will be news to all of the horticultural
fraternity that Canadian or French seed
is free from the disease, CT that trees
grown from it are proof against the
contagion. It seems strange that an
Ohio man should discover virtues in
Canada peach seed of which the Cana
dians. themselves are ignorant. The
peach growers across the line are plod-
ding along as those on this side, not
knowing Of the existence of that won
derful, slow growing, late blooming va
riety which cannot be sold at common
prices because it requires twice the
usual time under the fostering care Of
the nurseryman. The claim that any
nurseryman has a secret process of prop
agation unknown to others, or a variety
which he controls absolutely, is prepos-
ferrous. There are no horticultural Sc
crets or patents on varieties. There are
trademarks upon names of varieties,
but this merely prevents the general
use OF the name and not of the variety.
Middletown transcript., 1899-04-22
MIDDLETowN. DEL APRIL %, 1899
CABBAGE ROOT MAeeoT.
4 Seraoua Pest-Protective Methed
Used by Large Growers

4 SeraeuG Pest-Protective Methed
Used by Large Growers
The cabbage root maggot has been
the cause of great loss to truckers, de-
stroying annually large amount not
only of cabbage, but of allied plants.
The fly which is the source of the trou-
BILE deposits its eggs on the ground near
to the stalks of cabbages, turnips, rad
ishes, ETC., and the larvae, when hatch
ed, in about ten days or less, attack the
rootlets and eat partially into the main
root. In sketch Of this trouble and
methods used to combat it M. Y. Kains
gives the following information in
Farm and Fireside:
The best preventive remedy in case
Of cabbage, kale and similar large
plants is tar paper cards fitting closely
around the stem. These may be cut
from one ply tar paper with the punch
shown in Fig. 1. The cutting edges Of
this tool, each of which is n inches
long, are arranged in the shape Of half
. regular hexagon with one radius,