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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
Two-Story Frame Dwelling,

and other out-buIldings; also 2Cis ems.
This property Is an accessible and elevated
location, the building comparatively new
and pleasant hone.
TERMS OF SALE. -Dne-third cash ON day
OF sale, and the residue In two equal pay
ments, at six and twelve months, with IN
terest from day otsale, the purchas n To- give
bonds for the deferred payments and the
title 10 be retained until all the purchase
money is paid.
GEO. NJ. BELTZHOONER. JR.,
Special Commissioner.
M. z. CTOwl, Auct.
hereby certify that bond with approved
security has been given by Geo. NJ. Beltz-
hoover Jr., Specipl Commissioner AZ re-
quired by decree In aforruamcd cause.
JNO. NJ. DANIEL,
Clerk Ct CT.
MarcN g. 1903
April r. l9O3-4W
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
On Saturday, May End, 1908,

at2 O'Clock p M. all that certain lot OF land.
si'uated on the mort beast corner ~ the IN
tersectlon OF Prospect A, enue ana ChuTch
street extended, In Trussell's Addition 10
aid town fronting on said Avenue q feet,
Inches by l2J feet deep on Church sire l. 10
A public alley In the rear and known ON the
plat OF said AID iition ne Lot No, 10, BLOCK No.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
Timber On Two Acres

of land, more or less, on the land OF Mrs.
Fannie V. Lucas, near DutfieldI.
GERARD ID. MOORE,
Trustee,
s. W. WASHINGTON.
TruEtea.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16

MILLIONS of dollars have been lost
by the decline in stocks and bonds
an evidence of the insecurity of this
sort of investment. The issue of
stocks and bonds is topheavy beyond
all reason, but in these flush times few
people stop to think of the real value
of property. What crash there will
be some of these days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
lO7 Acres, ) ROOds. 20 Pole,

with no Improvements
8. \ tract known as tie Ws.-..r
containing '' A-t
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
PUBLIC SALE.
S Head of Horses and Colts !
25 Head Of Cattle !

8 thoroughbred Jersey cows half Jersey
cows, several Will he fresh by day OF sale.
The remainder are fine young cattle, among
which are several thoroughbred Jersey heif-
ers, These cattle are all bred from regis
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
Special Commissioners Sale
Of
and LOT.

Nv yir,ue OF decree ofthe Circuit Court OF
Jefferson County. West Virginia rendered
on the 18th day OF February las, In the chan
cery cause therein pending, Of h. II. Dow
ing Special Receiver, sc. vs. Mrs. Florence
FITZGERALD aud others The undersigned >pe-
cial Commissioner will offer St pubIc sale,
before the Entler Hotel, I'm ShepherdstoWn'
In said county,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
MOTIONS

such as are in everyday use. Call and
see US and we will treat you right.
Country Produce taken in exchange
for goods at market prices.
;. +. LEMEN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16

There will be services in the Presby-
terian church at Duffields next Sunday
at II a. m. and at Harper's Ferry at 3
p. m, Shenandoah Junction at 1902. N.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
Oue-Beventeenth InteFehI IN
TWELVE HOUSES AND LOTS

snd Bloc OF Land formerly belonging TO
the Char Town Construction Company
and now IN the name Of John 4. Washing
ton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1903-04-16
FRESH GROCERIES
PROVISIONS,

which will be sold at as low prices as
you can get the same goods anywhere
else. All our goods are fresh and pure.
Also a nice line Of
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12

rs this the best wurst you can
send me?" asked the lady who walked
into the meat store with package
of that edible in her hand.
Madam answered the man, sit
is the best wurst we have"
"Well, it is the worst wurst I ever
saw"
II am sorry to hear that. The best
| can do is to try and send you some
better wurst from to-day's lot, bat
as | said, that was the best wurSt we
have at present. | am sure, how
ever, that the wurst we are now max
ing will not be any worse than this
and it ought to be better. | assure
you that as soon as [ get the wurst
you shall have the best of it. We
never gave anyone the worst of it SO
long as we have been in the wurst
business and you may be sure when
we give you the wurst it will be the
best, for our worst wurst is better
wurst that the best wurst of our
competitors"
But the lady, whose eyes had TIA
ken on Il stare of glassiness, was
seen to throw up her hands and flee
from the place, for she was afraid
the worst was yet to come.-Balti
more American.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
THE PEDIGREE SYSTEM.
by 1t American Stock Has Been
Brought Up to Its Present Stand
ard of Excellence.

We often hear farmers and stock
raisers say that they care nothing for
pedigree. They forget that it is by
system of registration that well-bred
animals have been brought up to their
present high standard of excellence, and
that the pedigree is guarantee that the
animal is what is claimed for it.; it
stands, as rule, for individual merit.
If it were not for the pedigree system,
farmers would often be imposed upon by
INSCRIPTIONS breeders, by having half
bloods or grades put off on them as full
bloods. Grade animals have passed with
many as full-bloods; and, in fact, from
their appearance, they sometimes pass
the most careful observer, as genuine.
High-grade animals are quite as good
in many respects as full-bloods-but
they are not good breeders. They can
not be depended upon to stamp their
good qualities upon their offspring.
The full-blood is prepotent over the
grade animal, and to grade up herd
we must use full-blood males; to be sure
the new blood is genuine, require pedf-
gree. This must, of course, be backed up
by good individuality. 1t is true enough
that an inferior animal cannot be made
valuable one by pedigree alone. But the
| good individual whose registered fam
| lily history shows a line of ancestry
| from which these excellent qualities
have been inherited, can be trusted to
transmit the favorable traits to his Off
spring. While undoubtedly too much
stress is often laid on pedigree alone, it
will be fortunate day when more farm:
ers come to a realization of the i'm
portance of the pedigree. We shall then
look for marked improvement in the
quality of the animals found on the farm.
w. j. Hayes, in Midland Farmer.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
SUMMER FARM NOTES.
The day of soil robbery is past

The day of soil robbery is past.
Keep the weeds down and fences I'M
Keep the soil doing; never let it stand
idle.
A thing to do in NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.
for winter crops
A work you should not neglect-culti-
walton of crops needed at home.
If farmer gets tired of his farm n
will get tired Of him and yield him no
profit.
Doing an unnecessary amount ohhard
work in the barn these hot days? WHY
not change over the old order of things
and use horse tools?
For the good of the community. it is
in order to use little carbolic acid
chloride of lime or formalin mot for
maline) as disinfectant around out
houses, sink spouts, or wherever I'M
pleasant or unwholesome odors arise.
Don't allow doors of barn or outbuild-
ings to swing and slam with each wind.
Buy two staples and a hook to keen
door fastened open when not wanted
closed. Even any common wire hooked
to nail is better than the wear and
tear of swinging.-Farm and Home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12

lettering, open gate in hoghouse end
of crate and let in as many as the crate
will hold. After weighing, 1 let them
out of the front end and am ready
to weigh again. In this way two men
can weigh 40 hogs in about half an hour,
after everything is ready
For weighing cattle, take two pieces
2x1O inches eight feet long and cleat
them together and lay across the scale
as in cut and lead the animal on to it.
If the animals are not gentle you can
set four posts in the ground, nail 2x4s
on them, so as to make chute to lead
them through onto the scale. The cor
ner of frame Ca a. must be made very
strong. The piece (b) may be made
movable at both ends if desired. Extra
weights can be had at any scale house.
&C. j. Davidson. in Farm and Home.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
Kansas Mining story.

Down in the Joplin mining district
once travelling man was rampsing
around in the suburbs of the town
at two o'clock in the morning The
country down there is as fuI of
prospect holes as the top Of I.,p-
per-boN. Some of them are 800 feet
deep. AS a natural consequence the
travelling man stepped into one of
those holes. He fell ten or twelve
feet, and then striking cross tim
Der clutched it and saved himself from
what appeared to be Il terrible death.
All night long he chung to that cross
timber, yelling himself hoarse for
aid. When day broke he was still
hanging there exhausted, disheveled,
and pitiable. When the sun came
up it cheered him little. and. grad
ually, as hope came back, he sum
moned courage to look into the
yawning abyss beneath him. Merry
ing himself for the supreme test he
glanced downward, and found that
his feet were swinging within four
inches of the bottom of the hole.
The prospectors had abandoned it at
q depth OF Is feet.-Topeka Capital.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12

the stub mast. The main mast, a.,
which rises from the center beam of the
sled. is from IS to SO feet high, nine
inches at bottom and four and one-half
to five at top. The boom, b, or arm
projecting from mast, a, is from q to
80 feet long, five inches at mast end and
three and one-half inches at other
From the sled, a stub mast, Is to
II feet long. eight inches at bottom and
nine a: top, runs up beside the main
mast to steady it. A No. 9 crow foot,
G, is fastened at the top of the main
mast. from which guy ropes, C C, ex-
tend to the ground and are pegged. The
ends OF the guy ropes have four-inch
rings, which are fastened to stakes.
These guys, andthe boom rope, d, should
be made Of wire, to stand the wealth
er and severe strain.
On the end of boom, b, is ring, j,
which encircles the mast. Between the
mast and the side of this ring is space
two and one-half inches, which pre-
vents friction. The ring, j, which fas-
tens the main to the stub mast, is made
49, WV PASSSS, !" AlASli al . SlcllSu 10.
gether by bolts at the sides. The band
can be frightened up so it will grip the
mast by screwing up the bolts To the
ring which encircles the mast at the
end of the boom is attached a pulley,
f. Through this runs the line from
the forks to the whifHetree at f.
At the top of the main mast is an
other small pulley, through which runs
the lire, d d, from the end of the boom.
This line should be fastened to the
sled. If the boom needs to be lowered
or raised, the circle around the main
mast is slid either up or down. When
1t is desired to drop the hay near the
mast, the end of the boom is raised by
pulling the line, d. To throw the hay
away from the mast, lower the boom.
b. The derrick should be placed with
the mast next to the stack. By re-
versing the derrick it will swing the
nay IN the opposite direction. On the
small end of the boom there is a small
IRON, D, through which the rope, d. and
the one attached to the fork run
Austin Taylor, in Farm and Home
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
CHAPTER NXIII.
THE RESCUE.

Representatives of the New York
Record watched every European port
for the arrival of Walter b. Hestor
and the steam yacht SHARK Ac-
cording to all calculations, the yacht
was due at the Azores not later than
May 18th, but no word came from
these islands. Day succeeded day
with no news of the famous million
aire correspondent.
In the meantime the detective
staff of 40 picked newspaper men
under Jack Stevens was indomitable
in zeal but barren in results. Mr..
Chalmers was steadily losing faith,
but by no word or action did he dis
close his loss of confidence to Miss
Carmody. He prepared the leader
for an article to be published in
The Record on Wednesday, May 18th,
in which was set forth the discover
les which had been made pointing to
Hestor as the prime mover in the
conspiracy. This was in keeping
with his promise to Miss Carmody.
In the meantime Editor Van Horne
had sailed for New York, but was not
due until the ed or 23d of the month.
In cipher cablegram Chalmers had
given his superior the essential facts
concerning Hestor. The reply of
Robert Van Horne was prompt and
decisive in instructing Chalmers to
make public the facts. The inference
was plain that Mr.. Van Horne had
no hesitancy in sharing his manag-
ing editors suspicious. Mr.. Chalmers
therefore prepared four-page arti-
Gle, and awaited for the day fixed for
the disclosure.
Miss Carmody ordered the steam
yacht bearing her name put in COM
mission, and her captain announced
tnat he was ready to weigh anchor
on an hours notice.
AT three o'clock Tuesday afternoon
cablegram was handed to Mr.. Chal
mers. 1t was in the cipher which had
been given to the reporters working
on the mystery. Translated it read
as follows:
Havana, Cuba, Tuesday, May 16. To
William Chalmers. New York Record:
Have solved mystery. Col. John McIn.
tyre, of Havana, built Hestor bungalow
year ago Hestor designed it, Located
nine hundred miles southwest of Havana
Mcintyre will act as guide. Mcintyre
is in Havana with me. saw the Shark
Sunday in Gulf. Wire instructions II
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
Roots Dissolve Minerals.

II you will take two pieces of polished
marble and put on each some soil.
moisten it every day and treat them
just alike, except that in one you put
some grains, and when the grain has
grown some time remove the soil from
eacs you will find the piece without the
grain will be as polished as ever, but
you will be able to trace where the tiny
roots have taken some of the plant food
from the marble and appropriated it to
itself Nature has furnished the plant
with an acid in the tiny roots, which,
acting with the moisture when the root
comes in contact with the soil particle,
enables it to make some of the mineral
substances solubleand appropriated them.
IT. h, Lewis. in Farmers Review.
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is only little northwest of here.
When it gets dark 1 will hold her
north, and take no chances of run
ming ashore on this island"
AS the afternoon wore away, the
haze settled and slowly blotted out
the shore line. They crawled along
at hardly two knots an hour. 1t was
exasperating progress, but there was
no help for it. In the evening the
haze lifted and showed the cape still
in the northwest. This proved that
the tide was pulling against them.
The wind died away to a breath, and
the sun sank, huge red ball of fire
in bank of orange clouds. At ten
o'clock the wind swung into the
southeast and freshened, but the haze
vet hung over the sea, and Sidney
held his course to the north.
All but Sidney and Mr.. Kent retired
to the hunks and slept soundly as
if on an ocean liner. Save for the
bank of fog, it was a perfect night
on the water. The raft swayed gent
ly to the deep breathing of the sea,
and the masts groaned in musical
cadence to the ripping of the water.
At midnight Mr. Kent took the tiller,
and Sidney stretched himself on u
steamer chair and enjoyed two hours
of untroubled slumber. He awoke
and relieved Mr.. Kent, who then took
his nap.
Twice during the night Sidney
turned the boat to the west, and
held that course until the hollow
thunder of the surf warned him to
stand out. At about three o'clock
the breeze quickened, and a 2O-mile
breeze sprang up, coming straight
from the west. This compelled him
to cease any more landward expert
ments, and "The Jumping Jupiter
rolled along at ve-mile-an-hour
rate.
cit is satisfaction to know that we
are going somewhere" said Sidney
to himself. "Ne must be past the
cape by this time. If the fog lifts
with this breeze, daylight will show
where we are"
AS he spoke there was faint glow
in the eastern Sky. Mr.. Kent awoke
with a yawn.
Where are we at?" asked.
Sidney shook his head
1--WE are headed NORTH" he said
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
THE CITY lNcoRRuPrlsLE.

1Iark! TITS roar of labor,
ceaseless, deafening sound,
NOW from the trembling scaffolds,
Now from the yawning ground;
Not the red fires of Vulcan,
Nor Cyclops' pristine powers,
Gould match their feats of magic
Who shape this world of ours!
With myriad painting engines.
With countless picks and drills.
They arch the threatening rivers.
They pierce the hostile hills:
In steam and smoke and lightning
Earth's captive forces play,
TO weld with Titan touches
The city of to-day.
Still from their sunken footholds
Those cobweb buildings rise
Whose panes ray back the morning,
Whose foreheads touch the skies:
While many crowded workshop,
And toiling mill and mine,
Yield up their costly treasures
To make them fair and fine.
Yet, void of civic honor,
OF justice, light and law.
What were the proudest structures
That Ger the round world saw?
Rome was queenly empire
But power and wealth and state
And fame and triumphs failed her,
With sons no longer great.
Firm stand the nations bulwarks.
Her fortunes wax apace,
While Virtue guards her hearthstones
And Truth her market-place;
1o, theirs are streets and temples
That dwarf the courts of kings
"A free and glorious city
OF incorporeal things!
Dora Read Goodale, in Youths Com
panion.
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
FOR STACKING ALFALFA.
Homemade Derrick Here Described
Is Used Quite Extensively on
the Pacific Coast.

The alfalfa crop is easily stacked by
various sorts of homemade contriv-
ances. The one sketched is in general
use here. In setting up, it is pitched
toward the stack to swing of it's own
weight. A small chain and stake at
the pulley on sled are all required to
mold the outfit. The runners of the
sled, e, are IA feet long, seven inches
thick by ten inches high. Cross beams
are ten feet long, center beam being six
by eight inches, end beams five by six.
Four braces IA feet long mot shown in
the cuD, are fastened, one at each cor
nsr Of the five by six end beam and to
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
CHEAP STOCK SCALE.
How One Farmer Keeps Track OF
How Much His Hogs Gain
from Week to Week.

l have an ordinary platform scale
that 1 used to weigh stock to note the
gain. l first started weighing vege-
tables and then to weigh pigs. SO now
weigh feed and hogs every week and
can tell how much they gain and how
much feed it takes to make that gain
In weighing hogs use a crate made
Of 1x4 slabs, with a gate at each end. I
set the crate with one end at the hog
house door, balanced on a platform
scale with blocks underneath to prevent
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12
RAISING BEEF CALVES.
An Industry in Which the Wise Dairy
man Will Not and Cannot
Afford to Engage.

The feeding Of beef calves by the but
ter dairyman necessitates the buying of
the calves of beef strain, for the butter
dairyman cannot afford to keep beef
COWS or Jack of all trades COWS, which
some talk so much about under the name
OF dual purpose" COWS, says Practical
Farmer-that is COW half way milk
and butter and half way beef and never
the best for either. The calves from but
ter COWS cannot be made to tip 1900
pounds in year. and if they did it would
all be inside fat and no loins worth men
tioning. The dairyman can afford to
raise his heifer calves on skim milk and
grain, but he had better let the beef ami
mails alone unless he can buy first-class
beef calves for the purpose We have
heard Of the dairy shorthorns and have
spent good deal of money to find them.
II they ever existed they have been bred
out In getting the true use of the short
! horn, the best of beef We have never
| yet talked about special purpose cattle
but some shorthorn man arises to ex-
plain that the s.iorthorn is the greatest
animal either for dairy or beef. The fact
10 .itl' az aillilldi WHICH Is lHe lueSl DAIRY
animal cannot possibly be a fine beef ami
| NAL and vice versa. The two characters
are Numerically opposed and just TO
the extent that a shorthorn or any otter
beef breed develops fine dairy qualities,
to that extent she becomes poorer beef
| animal. Mere size does not make an ami
NAL good beef. and fat laid on by dairy
animal inside is not as profitable as the
| fat on the loins of real beef animal.
If mans interest is in butter, let him
| keep the best cows for that purpose and
| leave baby beef to the beef men, while
he more protitably uses his skim milk to
raise heifers and feed pigs.
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TO CORRESPONDENTS

faned by the name of the authors not necessarily oI
publication. but evidence OF good faith the
part of the writer. Write only side of the pa
per. Be particularly careful in giving names ant
Proper names often diilcult to dccph-r because
OF the careless manner IN which they are written.
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as he lit cigar and leaned back in

his chair.
"There is but one thing to do" saia
Sidney. eve must keep on this
course until we round that cape. AT
this rate it will be dark before we
make it. We will stand well out to
sea, so as to have plenty of leeway
in case of an east or northeast wind"
The big mountain peak was now
almost exactly to the west of them.
eff that is old Popocatepetl, as
think it is" said Sidney, pointing
at the huge purple mass, "Vera Cruz
The Denison review. [volume] (Denison, Iowa) 1867-current, 1903-08-12

A good ration for farm horses is ten
pounds hay, eight pounds corn, and
seven pounds bran per day.
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he KIDNAPPED
MILLIONAIRES
A Tale Of Wall Street
and the Tropics x q
BY FREDERICK u. ADAMS
CHAPTER XXII.-CoNr1NUEp.

Copyright, 1901, by Lothrop Publishing Company,
All rights reserved.
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The wurst Yet.

ITO Be Continued.
Clinch Valley news. [volume] (Jeffersonville, Va.) 18??-2019, 1903-07-10
Burke's Garden.

Burke's Garden. July 6.-M, s. Cas-
sell, from WythevilIe, is visiting her
son, Mr.. Mike Cassell. at this place.
Miss Vesta Wooton from Rich
mond, who has been nursing Miss
Emma Greeyer during her illness
left Saturday for Roanoke.
We are very glad to say that Miss
Emma is getting along nicely and is
now able to set up some.
Misses Clara and Marietta Greever
are expected home this week from
Bristol where they haYe spent sever
al weeks with friends and relatives.
Misses Lena May Wynn and Bet
tie Boiling are attending the normal
at Tazewell now.
Miss Annie Rhudy and brother,
John, have been visiting relatives in
Smythe.
Mr.. j. N. Rhudy is in Giles this
week.
Misses May Moss and J. Nan Hoge
and Mr.. w. G.. Moss spent part of
last week in Bland.
Quarterly meeting will be held al
Central Church next Saturday an
Sunday