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The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

ton, Option, Trade and Exchange, Fair Dealing and Trickem. Fully as much so are Bank, Shop. Store, Factory. MIL De- posit, Pay Down, Pay Up, ssot Cash. Rock Bottom, Ledger, Day Book. Pay ment, Settlement, Profit. Increase. Bond. Coupon, GreenbaclS, Coins, Dollars. Quar- ter. Dime, Nickel and Penny. Again, there are Money Mint, Million, Bill. Check and Bonus.
 Eumor in Names.
 There is yet one class of names remain ing-the humorous one. The class Is dis tinctly American. No other nation so bubbles over with gayety and good na- ture that even in its matter of fact post office names reflect mirth and jollAty. Even staid old Massachusetts confesscs to a Gay Head and stately Virginia to a Iightfoot. This humorous side of our character finds expression in various ways. The rougher element pleases them- selves in slang never elegant, but forci- ble. Thus we find O. K., U Bet, Walk chalk. Getup, Ehoohy. Gilt Edge, Pull tight and Blowout. There are Tho, Uno and weno, All Right, Tip Top. Halfway and Ditto. Stamping Ground is express i've. as is also Red Eye, the vile stun that enables a certain set of tough citl- gems to paint the town red.' The drink ing habits of men have also been given in Jugtown. Spreeland, Slaptown and Jamboree, and their smoking habits Bac, Baca, Tobax and Tobaccoville, Smoke town and Chewsville.
 Leaving slang, there is the quaintest expression of that form of humor that is called dry fun. The disappointed pros- pector has named his town Don't or Stuck, expressing his feelings so plainly that he who runs may read. Not or Nix, Igo and Getaway are as full of advice. Sucker. Starveout, 'Nough, 6odom, Tophet and Hells Gate expresses strong disgust. This droll humor gives us Whynot, Makeup, Ourtown. Hoonex, Tryus, Catchail, Nice- town, Goforth and Smiths Turnout. The animal Kingdom is also well represented in "The Postal Guide" There arc any number of postofices whose names begin with Horse. There is Horsehead. Horse neck. Horseshoe, Horseman and others; the COW is represented at Cowpens, Cow run. CowslSin as well as Cowspring; there is a Pig and a Pigeon; there is a Roost and Chickens, Dogtooth, Ducktown, Bull head, Bullock, Sheepranch. Sheepshead. OK. oxlip, Oxbow and Oxfords seemingly endless.
 Border Life.
 The familiarity of early border life gives such bonhomie names as Deaf Smith County, Big Isaac. Yankee Jim, Johns Creek, etc. The pefennial jokes about love and lovers have given. Love. Lover, Loves Leel, Caress, Beaukiss and Kisse- mee, Smackover. very appropriately. Is fin Arkansas, where they can have the sub rosa opportunity dear to ali lovers. prob ably meeting by the Gum Log or Marked Tree in the Green Forest in the same State Snow and Ice are found in the IH --Na- in the frostbound North.
 There are several Big FOots, but not in Chicago, and Beans Is not in Boston. Tradewater. is found fin Kentucky and so also is Rye. Bitter Creek Is in Sweetwa- ter County. Wyoming. Windswept Kan sas confesses to having Air, and Michigan boasts of a Frost and a Snowflake.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
BRAIN FOOD
Is of Little Benefit Unless 1t is Di-
 gested.

Is of Little Benefit Unless 1t is Di- gested.
 Nearly everyone will admit that as a nation we eat too much meat and too Ht- tie vegetables and the grains.
 For business men, office men and clerks and in fact everyone in sedentary or in- door occupations, grains, milk and vege- tables are much more healthful. Only men engaged in a severe out door manual labor can live on a heavy meat diet and continue in health. As a general rule, meat once a day Is sufficient for all classes of men, women and children, and grains, fruit and vege- tables should constitute the bulk of food eaten.
 But many of the most nutritious foods are difficult of digestion and 1t Is of no use to advise brain workers to eat largely of grains and vegetables where the diges- ton is too weak to assimilate them prop erly.
 It is always best to get the best results from our food that some simple and harm less digestive should be taken after meals to assist the relaxed digestive organs, and several years experience have proven Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets to be a very safe. pleasant and effective digestive and a remedy which may be taken daily with the best results.
 Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets can hardly be called a patent medicine, as they do not act on the bowels nor any particular organ. but only on the food eaten. They supply what weak stomachs lack, pepsln diatase and by stimulating the gastric glands increase the natural secretion of hydrochloris acid.
 People who make a daily practice of taking one or two of Stuarts Dyspepsia Tablets after each meal are sure to have perfect digestion which means perfect health.
 There is no danger of forming an in- furious habit. as the tablets contain ab. s0lutely nothing but natural digestives: cocaine. morphine and similar drugs have no place in a stomach medicine and Stu arts Dyspepsia Tablets are certainly the best remedy known and most popular of all stomach remedies.
 Ask your druggist for fifty cent pack age of Stuart's Dyspepsia Tablets and af- ter a weeks use note the improvement in health, appetite and nervous energy. wed-fri-su.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
THE vALuE oF cHAaooAr.
Few People Know How Useful 1t .s
 in Preserving Health and Beauty

Nearly everybody knows that charcoal Is the safest and most efficient disinfec- tant and purifier in nature, but few real ine it's value when taken Into the human system for the same cleansing purpose.
 Charcoal is a remedy that the mora you take of 1t the better; 1t Is not a drug at all, but simply absorbs the gases and impurities always present In the stom. ach and intestines and carries them out of the system.
 Charcoal sweetens the breath after smoking, drinking or after eating onions and other odorous vegetables,
 Charcoal effectually cleans and im- proves the complexion, 1t whitens the teeth and further acts as a natural and emipently safe cathartic.
 It absorbs the injurious gases which coi- lect in the stomach and bowels: 1t disin. fects the mouth and throat from the poi son of catarrh.
 All druggists sell charcoal in one form or another, but probably the best char coal and the most for the money is In Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges; they are composed of the finest powdered Willow charcoal, and other harmless antiseptics in tablet form or rather in the form of large, pleasant tasting lozenges, the char coal being mixed with honey.
 The daily use of these lozenges will soon tell in much improved condition of the general health, better complexion. sweeter breath and purer blood. and the beauty of it Is. that no possible harm can result from their continued use, but on the contrary, great benefit.
 A Buffalo physician in speaking of the benefits of charcoal. says. T advise Stuart's Absorbent ubzenges to all pa- tients suffering from gas in stomach and bowels, and to clear the complexion and purify the breath, mouth and throat; l also believe the liver is greatly benefited by the daily use of them; they cost but twenty-five cents box at drug stores. and although in some sense a patent preparation, yet believe get more and better charcoal in Stuart's Absorbent Lozenges than in any of the ordinary charcoal tablets" oowk-tf,
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

After half century spent in the labo- ratory, crowned with high honors for his many world famous discoyeries, Che cele- brated physician-chemist at the head of has just made the startling announce ment that he has produced q compound that grows hair on any bald head. The unents, taking years to complete. he has at least reached the goal of his ambition. To the doctor all heads are alike. There are none which cannot be cured by this cures already made is truly marvetoue and were it not for the high standing of the great physician and the convincing testimony of thousands of citizens alI miraculous to be true.
 There can be no doubt of the doctors earnestness in making his claims. nor can
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
LATEST GAME OF SOCIETY.
AL the Rage Among Fashionables
 and Known as Tambourello.

ana AuoWn as TamDourellO.
 A new game has invaded the ranks of society and seems destined to spread much as ping-pong did few years ago. It bears the somewhat euphonlous name of tambourello, deriving the name from the instrument of play, which is noth- ing more or less than a tambourine. The game is played exactly like lawn ten his, the difference being that in place of a racket a. tambourine is used.
 But this difference Is a big one, as anybody who has ever played lawn ten nis will readily understand. That the game has prospects of becoming popular is evidenced by the fact that two clubs have recently made application to the London county council for permission to play tambourello in the parks under the councils control, and this permission has been readily accorded, says The London Daily Mail.
 Care of the Eyes.
 Do not, in caring for the eyes, rub them vigorously or rub them at all. If neces- sary, dash a little tepid water into them. but do not press the eyeballs and do not use even water any oftener than is nec- essary. The habit of putting water into the eyeS great many times a day is bad, for 1t Is sure to act as an irritant.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
HARD WORK FOR CUPID.


 My leisure hours were spent In practicing my archery.
 And people were content. Rut nowadays, to hold the fort, One has to be an all round sport. "Tve learned to golf and caddie
 And score without demur. bicycle and shoot and fish; I'm not d bad chauffeur. Rut more than all, 1t grieves my heart 10 find that must dress the part. .In all of this sighed Cupid,
 The nervous strain is great. Yet the people seem to think should More matches consummate. They do not know the wear and tear or joining an athletic pair"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
or of this Magic compound singis Neh

his cures be disputed He does not asa any man, woman or child to take his cr ages of this great hair restorative to azz5f- one who writes to him for 1t, enclosing a 2-cent stamp to prepay. postage. In . on heads bald for years. It has stopped falling hair in one hour. It never fails no matter what the condition ago or sex. Old men and young men, women ase of this great new discovery. If You are bald, if your hair Is falling out, or if your hair, eyebrows or eyel4sheg are cam cam Dispenssry' % % cso o Foso Buiidinr, is cir- cinnati, Ohio, enclosing 2-cent stamp to prepay postage for a free package, and in 6 short time you will be entirely restored.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

except on account of all four children. and then only after 1t shall have been offered to, the British Museum.
 This manuscript, which narrates the amusing history of the immortal Tittiebat Tttmouse. is written in clear and beaa- tiful hand on which Dr. Warren justid- ably prided himself It will long remain as chief memorial of the conscientious work of the old-style authoI-the writer before the days when the typewriter de- stroyed the art of ealligraphy.
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

The Ms. of "Ten Thousand a Year."
 The late Rev. D. Walpole Warren, to whom his father, pr. Samuel Warren, committed the original manuscript of his famous novel. Ten Thousand Year." has in turn bequeathsd the family heir loom to the care of his son. Aldred, with the stipulation that 1t shall never be sold
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22
VOICE OF YOUTH.
He Voiced Class Sentiment on an
 Important Matter.

Some time ago a superintendent of an nm town Sunday school had occasion to address {, class of young boys. He said:
 T am glad to many new faces with us today; bright. eager, full of promise and full Of interest in the Sunday school. And before we close this little talk about the lea. son, will wait 8 minute and see if anything has been overlooked. Has anyone a question he wishes to ask?
 Several of the new boys responded at once: .~
 Going to have Sunday school picnic this year."
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

married the girl of his boyhood choice, and she remained with him during his last campaign Jeffries owns about 50, 900 acres of valuable timber land In the line of the Panama Canal. so that his interests. naturally, are with the new republic. He can be counted upon to give a good account of the little hotillA under his command, if the opportunity Is presented"
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

Priekly Ash Bitters can be depended on to'cure the kidneys, corrects the urine. strengthens the stomach and relieves baekaehe. Nad-fEl-aa
The Montgomery advertiser., 1903-11-22

Among the new water mechanical toys are life-sized metal swimming fish that you wind up and place in a miniature pond, around which they glide with all the grace Of movement of a live fish, and to make the realism still more complete, the toy animals rise to the surface every Ht-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13
Morgan's Grove Notes.

A foot race will be one of the IN
teresting features of the fair thisyear
DR.. Hopkins Gibson will have charge
of the race, and applications for en-
trance should be made to him IL
writing on or before the 29th of Au'
gust. The number of contestants will
be limited to twenty and the first
twenty applications accompanied BY
the entrance fee of fifty cents will bt
accepted. The prizes will be: LEI
prize S., I'd prize Sc, Sd prize 81, 4tt
prize So. Distance about one.fOurtE
of a mile, or once around the fall
ground track.
A large force Of hands are at work
in the grove opposite MOrgan'' Grove
cleaning up and putting the grounds
in good order. The association will
erect building in the woods where
farmers and others can have their
baskets and packages checked for .
cents. This building will be in charge
of competent person and under the
control of the association.
Arrangements are being made for
plenty of amusement at the fair.
Ali persons holding paid-up stock
in Morgan's Grove Association can Sc
cure one season ticket for each share
of stock by applying to the secretary,
The directors have closed contracts
for some fine entertainments at the
fair this year.
Persons desiring tents at the fair
should apply to the secretary at once.
The managers have arranged for a
number of fine bands of music to be
present during .air week.
No fee will be charged exhibitors of
machinery and agricultural imPle-
ments this year. 1t was agreed to do
away with such charges, and exhibit
ors Of all kinds of machinery will be
welcome without money and without
price.
A grand stand is to be erected near
the race track on the fair grounds,
from which may be comfortably viewed
the live stock on parade and the ex-
hibitions of various sorts. A small
admission fee will be charged.
The usual baby show will be held
on Friday, September 4th. The pref
test baby gets silver cup, the fat.
test $3.50 in gold, and 81 so in gold
is offered for the finest twins.
The superintendents of the ladies,
department will meet at the home of
Mrs. Kate Reynolds Saturday of this
week at 8 O'Clock p. m. Important
business is to be attended to.
The superintendent Of the depart
ment of preserves and canned goods
request that no jars larger than quarts
be used.
The new poultry building is very
convenient and substantial one.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13

The plans and specifications for the
Worlds Fair festival hall, at st. Louis,
which is to stand at the head of the
main cascade on Art Hill, have been
given to the contractors. The pre-
eminent feature OF the hall is the
sculpture-crowned top of the immense
dome, 260 feet high. The dome, it is
said, is to be larger than that of st.
Peters in Rome, which is the largest
in the world. The auditorium in the
interior of the building will be ll2
feet high from the floor of the theatre
to the sofit of the dome. The pro-
scenium arch of the stage has a span
of SO feet t inches, one of the largest
in the country, and is 81 feet deep.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13
Married.

Announcement of wedding that
occurred nearly year ago, and which
was successfully kept secret until a
few days since, has just been made
public. Miss Helen Chapline, of SheP-
herdstown, aud Mr.. George Windle,
of Winchester, were married in Wash
ington on the 26th of last September.
No one in Shepherdstown was told OF
the marriage until Tuesday, when Mrs.
Ida Chapline, mother of the bride, re-
ceived letter informing her of the
facts. Mrs. Windle is the eldest
daughter of the late Postmaster VIM.
A. Chapline, of ShepherdstOwn. Mr..
Windle is a stone-cutter, of Winches-
ter, and had charge of the stone work
on the Shepherd College building last
year. An acquaintance then ripened
into a warmer feeling, and the we'd
ding just announced was the result.
Miss Mary Francis Calvert, daugt-
ter of the late Judge George R. CAL
vert, was married to Prof W. Bernard
Thompson. of Sioux Falls, S. D., in
the Evangelical Lutheran Church at
New Market, Va, yesterday, Rev. E.
S. Wessinger officiating The bride
was given away by her brother, Mr..
John Strother Calvert, of Richmond,
Va. Miss Anna Morrison, Of Harri-
sonburg, Va, was maid of honor, and
Mr.. G. R. Calvert, of Asheville, n c.,
was best man. The bride was gowned
in point i 'esprit, deliberately trimmed
with blue ribbon. A reception was
rendered at the home Of the bride last
night. Mrs. Thompson is related to
the Calverts of Maryland and is de-
scendant of Lord Baltimore's family
She is a finished musician, while Mr.
Thompson is director of the Sioux Falls
Conservatory of Music. The bride
who once lived in Shepherdstown, has
friends here who extend their best
! wishes.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13
The Death Record.

Inc DSdtu NSSoiu.
George D. Davis died at the home
of his son, ]. G. Davis, in Martins.
burg, Monday night, at the age of Il
years. he is survived by a widow
and FIVE children. Mr.. Davis was
retired Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
employee.
Mr.. John w. Talbot, well-knowr
resident of Berkeley county, died last
Friday, aged 70 years. His wife and
nine children survive him. Mr.. Tai
bolt served in the Second Virgins
Cavalry during the Civil War.
Mrs. Rebecca Callahan, respected
resident of Berkeley county, died on
Tuesday at the home Of Abraham Mil
Ter near Bedington. She was 90 years
of age. Four sons and one daughter
survive her.
Mrs. Mary Huff, wife of James Huff,
died August 22d at her home near
Wheatland, this county, aged "a
years. Her husband and four chill
dren survive her.
Mrs. John Ridgeway died at her
home near Shenandoah Junction re-
Gently. She is survived by her hus-
band and one son.
Mrs. Elizabeth Renner, wife of Sol
onion Renner, died in Sharpsburg last
Thursday, aged 80 years.
Mr.. Francis B. Alder died il Charles
Town on Monday, in the 18th year of
his age.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13

General Payne has de-
cided to issue an order which will
have the effect of making practically
every railroad train in the United
States a mail train and of placing the
railroads in their entirety under the
protection of the United States Gov
ernment. The proposed step will be
accomplished by commissioning rail-
road conductors, baggage masters OF
other trainmen, wherever desired, az
employees of the United States postal
service and empowering them to han
die mails.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13
BONDS FOR SALE.

Notice is hereby given that bids. IN
writing. will be received by the und' r.
signed com mittee OF the Com mon Coua-
eli Of ShepherdstOwn, w. Va, unit 8
o'clock .. m. Saturday, August !, 1867,
al the Council Room, In said town, f.r
the sale. for cash, Of Five Thousand
Dollars OF Bonds Of said town, bearing
4t Der cent interest, payable ANNUALLY,
issued for the purpose Of refunding out
standing bonds Of said corporation, VIZ:
a. 600 railroad and 800 steam engine
bonds. The right is reserved 10 rel e
any and all bids.
By order Of the Council.
Il. +. HARRISON,
S. ]. HODGES,
JOS. L. COOKUS,
Committee.
mn
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13
Found a MaStOdOn'S Tooth.

John Jones found a remarkable curl
osity last Sunday in the Potomac rlv-
er near Mint Spring, three or four
miles above Shepherdstown. 1t is a
tooth that probably belonged to a
mastodon, as it answers well to the
description of the teeth of this pre-
historic beast. The tooth, which is In
fairly good state Of preservation, is
four inches wide and seven inches
long, and measures seven inches from
the grinding surface to the lower
end Of the root. Mr.. Jones found the
tooth in the water at the edge of the
river. Whether it had been carried
there from a distance, or whether the
bones Of the monster may be near by,
is question the solution Of which
would be vastly interesting. The
tooth is probably several thousand
years old, and, so far as we know, Is
the first evidence ever discovered that
the mastodon lived in this locality.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13
Destructive Storm.

Shepherdstown was fortunate Mon
day evening in getting only moder-
ate shower of rain and one edge of a
storm that was very disastrous near
by. In the vicinity Of Leetown and
Middleway there was a regular cloud
burst and the rain fell in torrents,
swelling the small streams and flood
ing fields and houses. The thunder
and lightning were terrific and the
wind was so violent that many trees
were uprooted. In some places the
public roads were blockaded by fallen
trees. Berkeley county also felt the
full force of the storm.
In the vicinity of Leetown there
was a regular tornado, we are in
formed by gentleman from that neigh
borhood, that swept a destructive
course through several farms. Many
trees were blown down and hundreds
of bushels of apples were knocked from
the trees. Hail also fell, Kidding the
cornfelds of the Messrs, Tabb and Sc
crist. The public roads were good
deal damaged by the rushing waters
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13
Council Meeting.

Council meetlng.
The regular monthly meeting Of
the town council was held Monday
evening, all the members present. c.
G. Frazier complained of the condi-
ton of the town run at the alley in
the rear of New street, and the town
run committee was ordered to exam
inc and repair. Treasurer reported
collections $1l3.95, balance on hand
being $494.44 The committee on sale
of bonds reported that the issue Of
new bonds had been sold at SOL to
the Farmers and Merchants DEPOSIT
Company of Charles Town. G. NJ.
Beethoven and DR.. Grove appeared
before council and called attention to
the unfinished condition of the cross
ings at Duke and German streets, and
also to the lack Of drainage. The
street committee was authorized to
have the necessary work done. 1t
was also ordered that the gutter at
the Reformed parsonage be properly
arranged to carry off the water. The
license to sell liquor granted to Ham
ilton & Lane was ordered to be trans-
ferred to w. H. Lane. Bills to the
amount of $lll.38 were ordered paid
and council adjourned.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-08-13
Are You Ready for the Fair?
If not, let US supply your wants.
some SPECIAL THINGS YOU'LL NEED, At LITTLE PRICES
Means bad air, and whether it

The new Low Linen Collars, all sizes, cents.
Shirtwais Sets, all styles, from oC to 25c
New Patterns in Lace Lise Hose, Black and ColoN.
New ready-to-wear Felt Hats White and COors
New Silk Gloves, elbow lengths all colors.
Black Green Blue, Red and Brown Umbrellas
New Satin Tafea Ribbons, all widths all Coors
New Bags bright and oxidzed finish and
SHEPHERD PLAID AND FANCY BLUE AND DARK GAR
NET MERCERIZED PERCALES, SPECIAL, at &c yard
ALSO COMPLETE LINES OF BROWN DRESS LINENS AND
WHITE AND BLACK PERCALES.
Wrappers Shirwaists, Cloth Dress Skirts