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The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
EDITORIAL NOTES.

What is worrying both sides in New
York is the fact that the election will
be decided by the man who doesn't
make much noise, but votes Just as nc
pleases.
Aspirants are beginning to believe
that one qualification for appointment
to an Office in the District OF Coum
bla is that the appolntee is not a
Washington man.
IS there a trust in or out of New
York that wants to see Hearst gov
ernor of this Plunderbund state?'-
Hearst's American. Nor anybody else
that Is sane and patriotic.
One of the Cuban insurgents. when
dsarmed, gave up Barlow knife
with a broken blade, and a partly
chewed plug of navy tobacco. No
wonder raft sent the marines.
The New York political spelbinder
who advised all his hearers who want
ed to shoot TO go to Wall street and
do 1t, probably had reference to shoot
ing the chutes
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14

II was in the time of the old Bos
ton a Providence railroad that air
brakes we're first introduced, but even
then rallroading wa8 SO little under.
stood that few men realized their i'm.
portance. Supt. Mason OF the Boston
a Providence was one of these, al.
though he had the reputation of being
an eminently practical" man. One
day an agent of an air brake company
was explaining to him the working OF
the main reservoir, but Mason could
not seem to ge It through his head.
You say you pump air into it?" he
inquired. Yes" was the reply. We'll
amt II full OF air, anyhow; and how
are you going to MI II any fuller?
Think you can make pail hold twice
as much water by pouring more in?
When things full. it's full; I know
what I'm talking about"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
Spoke Only "oum Arabic -

u nepars that on one occasion.
not ,~ng since. Lord Cromer agreed
60 meet an old schoolfellow near one
of the pyramids; and the tourist en-.
gagged very old Arab as guide to
lead him to the spot As matter
OF fact. Lord Cromers friend was a
little bit proud of his ability to speak
Arabic but TO his concern he found
himself unable to understand word
of what the guide said To him. Re.
suit he kept Lord Cromer waiting a
long time at the pyramid, and was
quite prepared for the rephmand he
received on arrival OF course. he
stated the reason OF the delhy
We'll, it's your own fault" replied
Lord Crl yer. you shonld have en-,
gagged 'ounger guide. These TODD.
less ole fellows speak nothlng but
gum.Arabic."
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
The Taetful LAWYER.

II is not necessary that q lawyer
should be eloquent to win yerdlcts.
but he must have the tact which turns
an apparent defeat to his own advan.
tage. One of the most successful of
verdict winners was Sir James Scar
lett. His skill In turning failure into
success was wonderful. In breach.
otpromise case. the defendant. Scar.
let's client, was alleged to have been
cajoled into an engagement by the
plaintiffs mother. She was a witness
In behalf of her daughter. and com
pletely bafiled Scarlet. who cross-ex.
amined her. But In his argument he
exhibited his tact by this happy stroke
of advocacy: You saw. gentlemen of
the jury, that | was but a child in her
hands. What must my client have
been2"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14

II you need anything m pure wines
or liquors. mail us your wants. We
will do the rest.
MULVEY & CO,
14-16 Il. First South St.
Salt Lake City.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
Where Slang Was Needed.

IL was a language lesson. and the
teacher had considerable trouble IN
making the boys understand the use
OF the word acceptance" He tried
several words. calling upon his bright
boys but their explanations always
left a feeling of uncertainty among
other members OF the class.
II was quite clear that this word
does not form a part of an ordinary
boys vocabulary. and to have II under
stood II must be related to a word
which does belong there, Here was
the psychological moment to use slang
Boys" said the teacher what Is
the general acceptance OF twenty
threeg
"Skidool' was the prompt answer
by the whole class. The meaning Of
the word became clear at once.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14

the Chamber of Commerce hall,
where exhibits will be made in manu-.
facture, agriculture, horticulture, min.
erals, etc. Everybody in Salt Lake is
invited TO attend this grand opening OF
the manufacturers' exhibition of their
products. and an effort will be made
to give the people a good time.
This is the first venture of its kind
that has ever been attempted by the
manufacturers here, and nothing will
be left undone that can be done to
make the affair a grand success. Work
will be commenced tomorrow to boost
the propositions
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
Where Women Cannot Be choosers

In a town near Atchison this hap
pened A young man OF good posi-
lion admired young woman and pro
posed marriage. The man was dis
tasteful TO the young woman but she
had nothing else offering. and finally
accepted him. There was no love In
the match. indeed there was actua
distaste and aversion on one side
There is a good deal OF discussion
as 10 the woman's action. Some PEG
pie say she sold herself. But Others
are more charitable and say she did
oxf fly what hundreds of women do
II Is the misfortune OF women thai
they must take what is offered them;
a woman cannot pick out the one she
loves best and propose marriage. -
Atchlson Globe.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14

Edith--You would hardly know
Dobbie since he got back from Europe.
He lost all his money there, and
Ethel-Hardly know hlm-why,
shan't know him at ALI
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14

Ella-You .vo been IaEried more
times than we.
Stella-Y but what OF ito
Ella was going , ask you u mar
rlage licenses were any cheaper by
the dozen.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
Comparatively Vouna.

"They alluded 20 me as an old graft
erl" declared senator Graball, angrily
That's a shame"
SAINT Il now"
:" ,hould say so. You're only So"
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14
REDUCED RATES
From Utah and Idaho to All Points
East and Return, Via Santa Re.

From Ogden and Salt Lake City to:
Missouri river points ......... $1,000
CnlcaSo ....." ................ 44.bO
81. Louis ....... .............. $3.50
Proportionate rates from Idaho and
other points Dates OF sale. Nov. goth
TO Dec 18th. 1906. Return limit, sixty
days. Send for literature.
c. f. Warren. Agent A. T. e. S. +.
Ry., All Dooly Block, Salt Lake City,
Utah.
The Mercur miner. [volume] (Mercur, Utah) 1895-1913, 1906-11-14

tom bought an auto SO as to win
Hele affections"
'Well?"
We'll, he has become so stuck on
the auto that he has quite forgotten
EaiaA"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
A Wedding at Winfield.

From a recent issue of the Putnam
Democrat, published at Winfield. W..
Va, we take the following spicy ac-
count of wedding at that place:
ALBERT (Bert) Ellis and Miss Pearl
Lipscomb, of Hurricane, came to town
Tuesday and were united in matrimo-
nv, Rev. W. H. Maddox officiating.
Miss Lipscomb, who has become an
old mans darling, is scarcely out OF
her teens; is the youngest daughter OF
Irwin Lipscomb and wife, and was one
of Hurricanes popular and handsome
society young ladies. Mr.. Ellis is
we'll known, and while an ex-Confed-
crate, he is honorable enough to con-
feas it, aud is still fighting. He is an
honest man, and he is to be commend.
ed for that. The bride was dressed
in becoming suit of cream colored
wooden goods, while the groom wore
the customary homespun jeans, hick-
ory shirt, with elbow sleeves, short
gauntlet red yarn gloves, and his hair
cut curly; all the while Bert had
quart hidden out, and left singing
Dixie" Bert had checkered career,
has been married three times, and
says he has joined two secret societies
the rebel army, when he was almost
killed by yankee bullets, and the
Baptist church, when he was almost
drowned in being baptized. He says,
no more secret societies for him"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
Latest Novel Is Of New Jersey Life.
"Doc. Gordon" BY Mary E. wilkins
to be Published Neat Sunday.

The best novel for the reader is the
novel that most nearly portrays the
people with whom the reader comes in
contact. David Harum pictured a
homely character and his friends in
such a way as to make every reader OF
the book find in his own communi
ty counterpart of the great philoso-
pher and horse trader.
Mary E. Wilkins-Freeman, who ha:
for years been known as the author who
drew true life portraits of the charac
tiers of the New England village, ha:
found new field for her work. She
has written novel, the characters for
which she has found in southern New
Jersey. Whether the people Of that
section will enjoy her pictures is yet tc
be seen, but they will surely enjoy the
story itself-one Of the greatest mys-
performances ever written.
The title of the novel is doc. Cor
don," and the first instalment will be
printed in the Sunday North Ameri'
can next Sunday, August 3. 1t will be
completed during the month of August
in the special fiction supplement oil
that paper before 1t is allowed TO ap
pear in book form.
The demand for the Sunday North
American for August is already enor
nous, and readers who would not miss
reading all Of the wilkins novel should
make themselves safe by ordering the
paper for the full month.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
Rabies From Sixteen-Year-Old Bite.

Seth Day, farmer, living south.
west Of Topeka, Kanaas, was bitten by
a cat l6 years ago, and is now raving
in a padded cell in the Shawnee
county Jail. Every symptom points
to hydrophobia. A few days after
having been bitten he was suffering
from hydrophobia. He was taken to
Kansas City, where he had a mad
stone applied and the treatment re-
lieved him. The attending physician
told him the attack might return at
any time. Last Friday was an exceed
ingly hot day, and while working in
hay field Day was suddenly stricken.
He dropped his pitchfork and started
running to small creek near the field.
The hands working with him followed
and found him in the water, raving
and throwing water about him. He
kept this up until entirely exhausted,
when his sons took him home. He
was brought to Topeka and locked in
a cell. BE is continually trying to
break down the walls of the cage He
refused to eat or drink and spent the
day talking incoherently and trying
to tear down the building.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
An Abundance Of Gold.

Reports from South Africa are to the
effect that this year the gold output
will be more than 800, 900, 900, and as
there is no diminution Of the gold pro.
duction of other countries, it folio VS.
that 1906 will far surpass all previous
figures. The record of cures made by
the celebrated Hostetter's Stomach
Bittets far surpasses that of all other
stomach medicines. The reason for
its success is very plain when you re.
member the fact that it has often af-
fected cures after other remedies had
failed. If you have never tried the
Bitters get bottle today and see fol
yourself what a wonderful medicine it
is in cases of poor appetite, headache,
vomiting, cramps, diarrhoea, dyspep.
STA, indigestion and malaria. Don't
start on your vacation without taking
along a supply of the Bitters to count,
eract the effect OF strange eating and
drinking.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02

A handsome memorial window to
Gen. Thomas ]. ("Stonewall'') Jackson
was unveiled in the Fifth Avenue
Presbyterian Church (colored) at
Roanoke, Va, last Sunday. The win.
dow was erected by the pastor, Rev.
L. L. Downing, colored, the money
for its purchase coming wholly from
negroes. The exercises were largely
attended by both races, the Confeder.
ate camps of Roanoke and Salem and
chapters of the Daughters of the Con-
federacy of the same places being well
represented. The chief addresses
were by leading white citizens Of Roa.
noke. Downing's father and moth.
er were members of Sunday-school
class Of negro slaves taught by Jack
son at Lexington before the war, and
Sundays exercises marked the realiza.
ton OF an ambition Downing had since
boyhood to pay fitting tribute to the
Confederate commander. The pic,
ture presented on the window is that
of an army camping on the banks o.
a stream. the inscription underneath
being Jackson's last words "Let ut
cross over the river and rest in the
shade OF the trees.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02

The great and powerful and
naughty Pennsylvania Railroad Com.
pany, which has been 30 utterly in
different to the demands Of the pub.
lie, has made a partial surrender.
The Republican, Democratic and
Lincoln. Republican conventions held
in Pennsylvania this summer have
each pledged their candidates to
work for two cent railroad fares and
other reforms specifically named, and
President Cassatt has seen and noted
the handwriting on the wall. He
has just caused the announcement to
be made that by November lst pas
senger rates will be reduced to two
and a-half cents mile on all Penn.
sylvania Railroad lines east of Pitts.
burg. In addition to this, 10OO.mile
tickets will be placed on sale by Sep
TENDER 1st, on the same lines, at
500, and will be good for passage up
on presentation by the purchaser or
any other person. This is vast i'm
provement on the old mileage ticket,
for which an excess of $40 was charg-
ed, to be refunded when the ticket
was entirely used up and it was
proved to the satisfaction of the rail-
roads that all regulations had been
strictly complied with, and which
could be used only by the purchas-
err. With the new ticket any mem
Der of the family-or anybody else
can ride on the lines of the company
issuing it at the rate of two cents a
mile, free from annoying restrictions.
This is a great concession, and means
not only better accommodations to
the public, but will save large sums
of money to patrons Of the railroads.
1t is presumed that the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad will follow the same
policy inaugurated by the Pennayl-
vania, and it is possible that Presi'
dent Cassatt may even permit the
Norfolk & Western to do the same
thing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
500 Reward, $500.

The readers of this paper will be
pleased to learn that there is at least
one dreadful disease that science has
been able to cure in all it's stages, and
that is Catarrh. Halls Catarrh Cure
is the only positive cure now known to
the medical fraternity. Catarrh be-
ing a constitutional disease, requires a
constitutional treatment. Halls Ca
tarrh Cure is taken internally, acts di.
rectly upon the blood and mucous sur
faces of the system, thereby destroy
ing the foundation of the disease, and
giving the patient strength by building
up the constitution and assisting ma.
ture in doing its work. The proprie-
tors have so much faith in its curative
powers that they offer One Hundred
Dollars for any case that it fails to
cure. Send for list of testimonials.
F. ]. CHENEY & Co.. Toledo, o.
Sold by druggists, 75c.
Take Halls Family Pills for consti
patton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02

OUR venerable Congressman, the
Hon. Thos. B. Davis, has again posi-
lively asserted that he will not be q
candidate for reelection, and it will
probably be necessary for the Demo
Gratis to present another man for this
honor. Public opinion seems to have
centered upon the Hon. John j. Com
well as the best man to make the con.
test, and there will probably be such
a demand for him that he will be un-
able to resist.
We hope Mr.. Cornwell will run.
The party would be assured of a Wig
orous, active, wide.awake candidate,
and his constituent would have a
Congressman of whom they could be
proud if he should be elected. II
Uncle Tom insists on retiring, the
party can be thoroughly united on
Mr.. Cornwell.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
There is nothing so pleasant as that

There is nothing so pleasant as that
bright, cheerful, at-peace with the
world feeling when you sit down to
your breakfast. There is nothing so
conducive TO good work and good re-
suits. The healthy man with healthy
mind and body is better fellow, a bet
ter workman, better citizen than the
man or woman who is handicapped by
some disability. however slight. A
slight disorder Of the stomach will de-
range your body, your thoughts and
your disposition. Get away from the
morbidness and the blues. Keep your
stomach in tune and both your brain
and body will respond. Little indis-
cretions Of overeating can be easily
corrected and you will be surprised to
see how much better man you are. Try
little Kodol for Dyspepsia after your
meals. Sold by Remnants Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
Real Estate For Sale.

No. 62. Ten acres Of good land just
east OF Shepherdstown. improved by
good two-story house, stabling, etc.
Some excellent fruit on the place. Fine
ground for trucking. This is beauti-
fully situated and is on one Of the high
est elevations in this neighborhood.
Price right.
No. 90. A new and comfortable frame
dwelling-house on Washington street,
Shepherdstown. Excellent location and
good neighborhood. Will make nice
home.
No. O.. The property known as the
Potomac Cement Works, one mile east
of Shepherdstown, on the Potomac riv-
err. Improved by large three-story
brick cement mill, with kilns, etc., and
has upon 1t several dwellings. Splen-
did water-power, controlling the entire
flow of the Potomac river. Dam can be
rebuilt on old site al small expense.
Inexhaustible veins OF cement rock.
Over one hundred acres Of land in the
property, a part Of which will be sold
separately il desired. Magnificent To-
cation for summer home on high bluff
overlooking the Potomac. This is a
very desirable location for manufactur-
ing or power plant or fsr residence.
II. L. SNYDER d co.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02

The State Board of Public Works
has fixed the STATED evy at 81 cents on
the hundred dollars-six cents being
for State purposes and two and a.
half cents for the State school fund.
Last year the levy was 20 cents.
This will be a great reduction to
the person who has always given in
his property at fair valuation, but
it will not be so much of a help to
those who have been assessed low and
who are now brought up to the true
and actual value. The promise made
by Governor Dawson has been re.
deemed, and the low rate now fixed
will vastly benefit the modest proper
ty owner if the courts do not unduly
favor the railroads.
As we have heretofore remarked,
the real result of the new tax laws
will be revealed when the tax bills
for 1906 are presented.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02

SENATOR ELKINs is in West Vir-
ginia looking after the weak places in
his political fences, which he finds are
pretty numerous. He is patching up
as best he can, but there are some
gaps that are giving him anxious
thought.
What foolish thing it is for the
rank and file to continue their sup
port of Senator Elkins and thus per-
petuate the same old ring of Office
holders that have been tapping the
cream these many years. The aver
age Republican doesn't seem to real.
lie that a new deal would give him
o chance at the good things from
which be is now absolutely shut out.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02

The Republican convention for
the second district was held at Key
ser yesterday, and organized by
electing Ira E. Robinson, of Grafton,
as chairman. Agreeably to predic-
tions, Hon. George G. Sturgiss was
nominated by reclamation, and on
the surface there was no evidence OF
friction nor any indication of the
soreness felt by Mr.. Keim at the man
ner in which he was treated in bis
brief but disastrous campaign. The
work of the convention was quickly
finished and the delegates dispersed
the same day that they convened.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02

The Republicans are having lively
times nominating their candidates for
State Senate in West Virginia. At
the convention for the second district
held at Sistersville last Wednesday
things went on smoothly until reso.
luton was offered instructing the
nominee to vote for Senator Elkins's
reelection. This precipitated big
fight and it was defeated by vote of
"a to %. When it came to the NOM
nations, Senator Charles E, Carrigan
got "a votes, or FIVE more than a ma
jority, whereupon % other delegates
headed by j. E. Hooton, B. & O..
attorney from Moandsville, bolted
and held convention of their own,
nominating ]. W. Santee. There are
therefore two Republican candidates
for the same Office, and the feeling is
extremely bitter.
There was another strenuous con-
veption for the ninth district at
Thurmond on Thursday. After q
ballots had been taken, Senator Alex.
McVeigh Miller won by trick, get
ting majority of one and defeating
McClung and Koran. His nomina'
ton has caused a good deal of i'll
feeling, as he is renegade Demo
crat and many persons think he has
had more than his share of the hon
ors. He has had two terms in the
Senate since he turned traitor.
There are disturbances in almost
every section of the State between
the friends of the State administra-
ton and the advocates of Senator Ell
kins, and unless the Senator can
command the influence of Governor
Dawson he is lost.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
CHURCH DIRECTORY.

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH-Rev. Charles
Ghiselin, d. D., Pastor.
There will be services in the Shep
herdstown Presbyterian Church Sun
day, If Providence permits, at 1915
q. m.
NJ. E. CHURCH-Rev. @. F. Bonn. Pas
tor.
Mt. Wesley 1890 a. m.
Shepherdstown s p. m.
LUTHERAN CHURcH-Rev. Fl. Q. Hath
cox, ID. D., Pastor.
Shepherdstown 1890 a. m.
Middleway at s p. m.
NJ. E. CHURCH SoUTH-H. |. Stephens
Pastor.
Preaching at Bethesda at o'clock a.
M, and Uvilla at IL a. m. At both
places collection will be taken for the
American Bible Society.
Epworth League will have charge OF
the service at Shepherdstown at p. m.
EPISCOPAL OHURcH-REv. 9. E. A. MAR
SHALL, Pastor.
Services every Sunday at II a. m. and
Up. m.
CATHOLIC CHURcH-Rev. j. @. Collins
Pastor.
Services every second Sunday OF the
month at l. o. m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02
Another Good Man Gone Wrong

He neglected to take Foley's Kidney
Cure at first signs of kidney trouble,
hoping it would wear away, and he was
soon a victim of Bright's disease.
There is danger in delay, but if Foley's
Kidney Cure is taken at once the symp-
toms would disappear, the kidneys are
strengthened and you are soon sound
and well. A. r. Bass, of MorgantowD
Ind, had to get up ten or twelve times
in the night, and had a severe backache
and pains in the kidneys, and was cured
by Foley's Kidney Cure. Remnants
Pharmacy.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1906-08-02

Twenty-Five thousand dollars for
seven days professional service is the
bill sent to the Marshall Field estate
by DR.. Frank Billings, who went from
Chicago to New York when Mr.. Field
was i'll of pneumonia last January.
This is at rate approximating $3,-
$40 day, which is believed to be one
of the largest fees ever charged by a
physician in the United States where
no surgical operation was performed.