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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-01-12

No healthy person need fear any
dangerous consequences from an at
tack of la grippe if properly treated.
1t is much the same as severe cold
and requires precisely the same treat,
ment. Remain quietly at home and
take Chamberlain Cough Remedy as
directed for severe cold and a
prompt and complete recovery is sure
to follow. For sale at Reinhart S
Pharmacy.
Life insurance Is good thing but heat n
insurance, by keeping the blood pure Win
Hoods Sarsaparilla, isstill better.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-01-12

According to Bradstreet. reports,
the quantity of wheat in stock east Of
the Rocky mountains is the lowest
held in EIGHT years.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-01-12
GIBSON'S
DRUG STORE

will be found the following articles OF
the choicest and purest that can be Sc
cured
TOILET SOAPS,
COLOGNES,
TOOTH BRUSHES,
NAIL BRUSHES,
HAIR BRUSHES, COMBS,
TOILET AND SACHET POWDERS,
TRIPLE EXTRACTS,
PENKNINES,
NAIL CLEANERS,
RAZORS RAZOR STRAPS,
SHAVING BRUSHES,
SHAVING SOAP,
SPECTACLES AND EYEGLASSES,
RUBBER GOODS,
SPONGES. CHAMOIS.
pint Cod Liver Oil Emulsion, soc.
100 Quinine Pills, , grains each, 35c.
bottle Cough Cure for 2Oc 2nd 25c.
Florident Tooth Wash IS The best an
tiseptic for the mouth and teeth and
recommended by Dentists.
Prescription filled with greatest care
and by Registered Druggist only, at
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1899-01-12

Clearance
Sale!

From now on We will SCI, =,
Winter Goods at and below CO.
We want to make room for OH.
Spring Goods.
We will sell you Comfort. n.,..;..
cents for 90 cents.
Blankets worth 50 yeat. Tor B. ..-.
Boys oyercOats for s., worth ;,a
Boys Suits $l.25, worth $i65
Boys Knee Pants for 25 cents.
Shoulder Shawls for p cents
All-Wool Shawls for IS cents.
Bed Spreads so cents, worth IS Cen,
These Goods must 20. 50 ,,-
early if you want Bargains. a,
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
ALMOST WON AN HRIRESs.
The Extraordinary Imposture Prac~
ticed Upon a Rich Young
Mexican Girl.

After for months impcrsonating q
dead fiance and having thereby all but,
succeeded in wedding an heiress of the
Mexican capital, a handsome and oily
tongued youth of the sister republic
has taken flight, and is believedsto be
at present somewhere in this country.
AS is common enough in Mexico. the
girl had in infancy been betrothed to-
a cboI OF about her own age-the son
of her fathers old friend, who lived
in distant province Some months
ago, the young woman, being then OF
manageable age, a handsome young
fellow made his appearance at her
fathers mansion in the City of Mexico
and introduced himself as herufance.
AS matter of fact he was native-ot
San Luis Potosi, where his father con-
ducts q small business. He had plenty
of money, though where he obtained it
is as yet unknown. AS was recently
learned, the impostor recently came
into possession of certain documents
belonging to a frontier family which
had once been of great note. Through
these documents the pretender learned
that 1t had been the intention of the
frontier family and another wealthy
VI Ilc Ol
a matrimonial alliance. young man
belonging to the frontier family was
to marry young lady belonging to
the wealthy and prominent family of
the capital. But the young people had
never met, and the young girl had
never set eyes even on a photograph of
her intended husband. Subsequent
events interfered with these family
projects. The frontier family fell from
its high position, and the young man
himself died.
When the young adventurer learned
of this history a plan occurred to him
for replenishing his pocket. This plan
was no other than the representation
of the dead youth from the frontier. He
learned all he could about the family
history of the frontier people, and he
presented himself to the family In the
capital, and by telling them plausible
stories positively succeeded in impos-
ing upon them. But, what was of more
Importance than anything else, he won
his way to the heart of the young LADY
IL is probable that the marriage would
actually have come off had not some
friends of the family heard of the plot
and presented proof positive to the
young lady's family that her sutton was
an impostor.
As soon as he was thus unmasked he
made the best of his way from the
scene of his imposture, and is believed
to have crossed into the United States
The girls father has declined to prose
cute him, not caring to drag his daugh-
ter's name into Chicago Chron,
icle.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
PERSONAL AND IMpERsoNAL.

I. An italian hnguist claims to be able
10 speak and write no fewer than 90 lan<
guages and dialects.
Switzerland's best known channels
hunter, Balthasar Zinsli, died some
time ago at Sebaran. aged 20 years. His
record included over 1900 channels and
deer.
The German emperor's hobnobbing
with the sultan has recalled the fact
that Bismarck once said that the Turks
were the only gentlemen in the whole
orient.
A. Oakley Hall, the ex-mayor of New
York, who died recently, was said 10
have at the end of his tongue a greater
store of authentic political anecdotes
than any man in New York.
Sir Herbert Kitchener is a tail, dark
skinned man, so like a native of the
country he conquered that he has often,
in disguise. passed for one, aided by his
perfect knowledge of the language and
its various dialects.
"Old Man Hearst" the veteran pros
pector. who was Mark Twa:n's partner
"Roughing IT. was gathered, is still a
MiuST anu Is NOThluS d Chilli ASdi Tic
Black range in New Mexico.
Gov. Pingree, of Michigan, was at II
n hand in a cotton factory at Saco, Me-;
six years later a shoe cutter in Hopkin-
ton, Mass, and two years after that a
private in the First Massachusetts,
heavy artillery.
A Frenchman arrested in New York
for scorching few days ago misunder-
stood the question when asked his name
and replied: "Je ne sails pas" The SER
geant at the police station made him re-
peat this several times and then en-
tered him in the blotter as Johnny ST.
Parr."
An individual lost his umbrella. He
advertised that The party who appro-
priated it was known and seen to take
it, and if that night it was not thrown
over his back fence he would be ar
rested and eNposed." The next morn
ing the advertiser found his back yard
full of umbrellas.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Hong-Kong. Her crew was i'll with. the
scurvy, and when she was 800 miles
from port there was nobody aboard to
work the ship. She asked the steam
ship Kasbek for assistance, and for
towing her this snort distance the
courts allowed $4,000 salvage. Tt is not
usual for a vessel TO make contract
before aiding another in distress, but
sometimes masters try to drive sharp
bargains, as the captain of the Sirius
was obliged to make when his vessel
broke her propeller and part OF her
shaft and was anchored in a dangerous
position off the coast of Lower Califor-
MIA. The ship and cargo were valued
at about s175,oO0. and he agreed to pay
$4,000 to get her towed by the only YES
sci at hand to place of safety. The
court. decided tina. $4,000 was enough
for the service. No contracts for ex-
orbitant salvage are binding. This rule
never changes. When the regular
wrecldng boats undertake to save a
ship contract is usually made before
hand and this is less likely to be a
contract under compulsion because
there are several companies to bar
gain with, but not long ago the shin
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
SH0oHER HEwBDEG

A lucky bit of work was the finding
of L'Amerique, steamship that had
been abandoned without any real
cause. Her value was about 81 Zoo, 900,
and 100000 was awarded for few
hours towing. The first award was
$4,000. A similar case was that of the
Glengyle, which was abandoned and
brought to London by her salvors.
They got 1880 pounds. La France,
which lowed the Vendam for three
days until she could repair her shaft.
was awarded $500, and the tug that
towed the disabled Charles Wetmore
for one night and got her over the bar
OF the Columbia river was paid $50, 900.
This was dangerous work, however.
and the tug was nearly swamped. The
tugs crew got $4,000.
The tug that found the derelict, CAL
vim S. Edwards, made S675, nice thing
ont Of one nights work. and perhaps
the luekiest of all was the tug that re-
Gently picked up five scows in the Har-
lem river and in less than an hour
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

of valuable, ships have been saved, and
and Fairfax, loaded with cotton.
aground on the Saw and Pigs, viii
make very profitable bit of salvage
If she is hoated.
The late war has not been so prcduc-
tive of salvage to wrecEers as it would
have been had Admiral Cervera been
more considerate in grounding his
ships, but there will be a handsome
profit if the Reina Mercedes is success
fully raised, as the government has
contracted to pay an American COM
pany SIS, 900 for the work. The casting
off of the Maria Teresa meant loss
of 100000 in bonuses to the wrecking
companies. The Swedish company that
wanted to- make salvage out of the
Spanish ships is now inspecting the
Christobal Colon, but experts say tina:
the ship cannot be raised. 1t is not
known what the Hong-Kong Wrecking
company that raised the Spanish gun
boats in Manila will get as salvage. but
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

rises from ten to fifty, and in some
cases, where the value of the wreck was
email and the service arduous, practical
" the whole of the rescued cargo and
the ship are made over to the salvors.
Something like this happened last
spring in the celebrated case of the
Lamington, a British steamship that
stranded on the Long Island coast.
Tugs pulled her off and she was finally
sold in New York, a badly battered
wreck, for SIT, 500. The work of rescue
was so arduous that the district court
gave the entire ship and cargo to her
salvors. but the court Of appeals de
eided that in every case there. should
be q margin for the owner OF lost
ship and awarded so per cent.
In the old days before steamships
and wreclirg tugs the only salvage
that was made was by rescuing car
goes either before or after the ship
went to pieces or sunk. There was lit
tie towing of disabled vessels, ard
when a ship once went ashore she was,
doomed, and raising q wreck was of
course dreamed of no more than glue
ing one together after she broke up.
Nowadays the saving Of wrecks is a
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
A LITTLE NONSENSE.

Degree of Nisfortune.-"He was for
tunately left an orphan at an early
age" ''Fortunately?'' eyes, before
that he was an only child."-Detroit
Journal.
"You look dAadfully battered; how
is thatP'' WIFE has been pelting me
with flowers 'sWhy. that wouldn't
mark you in that fashion" "O-they
were in the pots."-London Judy.
"What makes you think she doesn't
love your I've been taking my meals
there every Sunday for the past six
months, and she stin has to ask me how
take my tea.'5Chicago Daily News.
Talk about mosquito only living
"a hoursl" fereely exclaims the Young
Iconoclast. s''I know one that has been
haunting this house six months, and is
old enough to cut teethi"lChicag
Evening Post.
Mamma, when you're away from
home an want to go back awfully that's
bein' homesick. ain't it?' Eyes, dear"
What is it when feller's sick of Stay
in at home an wants to go fishin,?''-
Chicago Tribune.
"a man kin fohgit his manners an
git along foh awhile" said Uncle Eben.
but dc rus ing ne KNOWS ne glts 20
naughty he neglects ter bow to de in
evitable, an den he's in trouble sho'
huff. '-Washington Star.
Magistrate-"The assault you have
committed on your poor young wife is
most brutal one. Do you know of any
reason why l should not send you to
| PRISON." Prisoner-"E you do, syour
honor, it viii break up our honeymoon
l-Tit-Bits.
Light and y.-Smith-''What kind
| of business is Brown engaged in?"
Jones-''Pneumatic, think" Smith
Pneumatic! Why, 1 never heard of a
| business like that" Smith-"Weil,
whatever it is mes running it on wind.N
Chicago Daily Record.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

they ought to make handsome thing
out of it.
The profits in salvage are large and
out Of the 125 importantsalvage cases
passed on by United States courts up
to 1897, the salvage in so was between
2s and IS per cent. of the value of the
property saved. But making salvage IS
a very risky as well as uncertain mat
ter, and nearly every case is one of mo
cure no pay" so that when there is a
profit 1T ought to be big one. The
smaller She amount saved the larger
the percentage of salvage is the rue.
and some of the highest proportions of
salvage were in the case of the cargo
of the Albanian, wrecked in 1899. IS
per cent, and for rescuing Sc. 740 worth
of whale oil thrown upon one of the
Fiji islands, IS per cent.
1t is impossible to estimate he
amount of salvage that is paid in one
year by wrecked vessels, but it is enor-
nous. During the past six months up
wards of soc, 900 was awarded by tbs
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

The salvage that ship makes does
not all go to the owners, and for sail
or that is the most interesting thing
about it. Indeed, salvage is the sailors
dream and a derelict his gold mine.
When the Sirius, mentioned above
was saved, the rescuing crew got $4,250
and the master $4,000. The division
was made, as is usual, according to
wages and service in the salving. La
Champagne, which was towed into
Halifax last March by the Roman, paid
6 $4,000 salvage, and the owners of the
Roman got 6 900 of this, the master
e 1000 and $4,000 were divided among
the SO members of the crew.
The second case in the amount of
salvage and the first in value of prop
erty saved is that of the American
liner st. Paul. which was aground off
the Jersey coast. The courts have just
decided that the wrecl2ing company
shall receive about S165, 200 for It's
IL days work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Jealous of the Goat

Trilby O'Shaughnessy is a goat in
the O'Shaughnessy family in Still
water, as the Philistine has already
told. That is to say, she has . been
owned by the Shaughnessys family.
There are other goats in Saltwater, and
the Shaughnessy family is not, per-
haps, especially partial to Trilby, who
has admirers outside of pathological
circles. They say that a well-knovvn
Saltwater citizen went down ia view
the Shaughnessy herd the other day.
and when he went home seized the scis-
sors and amputated his chin adofn-
ment. Some of the family inquired
why he was dispossessing the hirsute
adornment of half a century, 'FWeu,H
he said, "they were pretty good whis-
kers in their time. But when Shauph.
nessy's goats can have as good, I'm
through with these; see?" And the
scissors took another mournful swish
through the venerable beard.-St. Paul
Globe
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17


swan ashore without any of the spoil,
collected the bodies, emptied the pock-
cts and thus saved the most valuable
part of his cargo. This story is sim
pie one, but not so the question of who
was entitled to the salvage, which per
picked a generation of lawyers.
Salvage, the money paid for rescuing
ships and their cargoes, is probably the
most difficult question 10 decide equit-
ably that comes before courts. The de-
cisions are remarkable. and altogether
startling in their variety to layman
with an idea of infallibility of law
courts; and even the general principles
remain unsettled.
For instance, it is held by one judge
that salvage should be paid only when
a ship is saved from certain danger;
another says that any assistance in
getting a disabled ship to port entities
to salvage rather than the. less expen-
sive towage.
The percentage allowed to salvors
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

chored at the spot and their crews re-
covered $3.50, 1000 by diving. One-third,
that is, $3.50, 900, was divided as salvage
between the officers and men.
The courts, in awarding salvage, do
not make a distinction between work
done by wrecking companies and that
of passing vessel which happens to be
in the neigh borhood of a wreck and as
sists in bringing it to port. But, broad
ly speaking, all cases where ship has
been saved as well as its cargo may be
classed under one OF these two heads
AS many more vessels are wrecked by
being driven on shore, the number of
instances of salvage by wrecking com
panies is greater than where ship is
disabled at sea and towed to port by
a passing steamer, though as rule the
profits in the latter case are greater in
proportion to the work done. An in
stance of handsome profits made in this
way was the rescue of the I. E. Oakes,
a large ship bound for New York from
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

to South America and brought back
the wrecked Alert. Her value was $780,
010 and they got half OF it. The three
tugs that pulled the Sir William Arm
strong out of six or eight feet of sa nd
got 20 per cent of the value of the ship
aao 40 per cent. of that of her cargo Of
cotton.
The recent storm on the Atlantic
coast has given the wreckers more
work than they ever before had at one
time. The northern coast of Long Is
land is studded with wrecks. A number
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

Jessamene ran cn the rocks near the
Golden Gate and the master agreed to
pay the wrecking tug Relief $12, 600 for
pulling her off. The work was done,
but the courts called the sum excessive
and awarded 5000. Likewise when the
tugs Alert, Relief and Release, main
tanned at an expense of $500 per
month, saved the Don Carlos, a ship
worth, cargo and all, about S53, 900, the
contract called for $4,000, but only
$500 was allowed. This seems like a
fairly good price for three hours work.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

The Sovereign, large four-master,
grounded on Jersey Beach in 1882. She
was loaded with silver specie and when
the master saw she would go to pieces
he had the heads knocked out of the
barrels and told the men to help them
selves to the coin. Their greediness
cost their lives, for when they jumped
for the shore the silver in their pock-
cts pulled them down and drowned
them. Then the willy master, who had
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

business, and along our sea coasts and
on the waters of our great lakes and
rivers wrecking companies are ready to
undertake to raise or pull anything,
from rowboat to man-of-war
The most celebrated salvage case in
American history was that of the
Thetis, an English war vessel that
sank off the Brazilian coast with $780,
600 worth of bullion on board. For
months three sloops of war were an
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17
Singing AfiII-ern

In Switzerland O milkmaid or man
gets better wages If gifted with good
voice, because 1t is said that COW
will yield one-ffth more milk when
soothed by pleasant melody during
the process of milking.-Chicago Trib-
une.
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

made $3.50. A good deal of salvage
money has been made on the Florida
coast, and the best-known case is that
of the Tregurno, when the crew of the
rescuing vessel were especially allowed
22A per cent. Of $2oo. goo for the gallant
work they did during IS days
A profitable salvage work was done
by the wrecking company who went
Barton County democrat. [volume] (Great Bend, Kan.) 1885-1915, 1899-03-17

United States courts, and this repre-
sents but small proportion Of the sal
wage paid in this country alone in that
time. as the great majority of salvage
cases are settled by the board Of IN
derwriters of the insurance companies
on which all salvage ultimately falls
and never reaches the courts.
DANIEL CLEvERToN
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

yer removing part of his clothing. the
o.oAen bones We're put in place and the
81 ~ damaged Then he was left Ia tbe
Sale VL the nurse TO recover from tba
eILects Of the anesthetic, having hean
taken TO one of the recovery rooms en5
Iald on the bed. AS soon as he had re-
covered sufficiently, he was taken to the
fracture ward to fill one of the neat liz
tie co.'s IN that pleasant apartment.
inc patients in the fracture ward
count themselves particularly blessed
ne room IS circular, allowing the cots
70 De placed closer together than in the
long rooms, and the view from tba - Wv IN
COWS is particularly pleasing to the ma
tient who is just able to move about
a Ilttle, On visitors day, this room is
particularly We'll patronized by those
VINO nave come to see their friends,
w men Inc spy man Went through that
room, 1t was only a few minutes hefora
the time for visitors to be admitted. and
nearly every patient was looking ev-
pectantly towards the door. One little
IelIoW, not more than u years old
seemed most anxious. As the reporter
ana the nurse, who acted as his conduc-
Tor, entered the door, he started up with
such light in his face that the look of
disappointment which followed seemed
Ln9 d suuueu clouu come over the face
OF the sun. But he hadn't lost hope,
for he smiled again. And a few min
utes later, when the visitors began to
come, he was all expectation again I'M
til the one he watched for made her
appearance. She was a sweet-faced
woman, with great bunch of flowers
and a bundle that bespoke something
good to eat He raised himself in his
cot as she approached, and put his one
arm-the other was in splints-about
her neck, and drew her down to him, as
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03

At the ordinary general meeting of
Arthur Guinness, Son & Co. Gas the
great stout brewing firm is officially
called) held recently at the Cannon
Street Hotel, London the chairman of
the company, Sir Reginald Guinness,
at the end Of long statement review
ing the concerns business of the year,
which he said was the best in the his
tory of the brewery, announced that
after making the annual provision of
925,OOO for the depreciation fund, the
directors propose to pay to the ordi-
nary stockholders, in addition to final
dividend of 8 per cent, for the six
months ended the Both of June last, a
bonus of per cent on the ordinary
stock for the year, which, with the in
term dividend of per cent paid in
March last, is equivalent to a total dis
tribution of 10 per cent for the year
carrying forward to next years account
the sum of &66,123, IFS Cd"
The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1899-09-03
catarrh Cannot Be Cured

with LOCAL, APPLICATIONS, as they
cannot reach the seat Of the disease. Ca
tarrh is a blood or constitutional disease,
ternai remedies. Halls Catarrh Cure is
taken internally, and acts directly on the
blood and mucous surfaces. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is not quack medicine. II
clans in this country for years, and Is a
regular prescription. II is composed of
the best tonics known, combined with
an the mucous surfaces. The perfect
Combination of the two ingredients is
what produces such wonderful results in
curing catarrh. Send for testimonials,
free. r.. j. CHENEY g. CO, Props, To-
iedo, o. Sold by druggists, price 75c.
Halls Family Pills are the best.