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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-01

Indiana now has an excellent local
option law. Governor HsRly has just
signed the bill passed BY the LIE gisla-
ture.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-01

Katherine Olsmmons wants $780,
600 year from her husband, How
ard Gould, and calls it alimony
Looks like allhismoney.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-01
Mules For Sale.

Ihave a fine pair OF young bay mules
for sale. or will exchange for cattle
These mules are nne and will work any
where hitched.
Address PETER N. GRTCE.
ShSrpsburg, Nd.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-01
II Costs Money to Fool With an Officer.


The REGISTER last week told of the
trouble in Tiger Hall, when Town
Sergeant Shipley had such a strenuous
time seeking to maintain order among
the colored folks who were having
dance there. Thursday Harry Wash
ington, Daniei Stubs, William Hope
well and Charles Jones, the latter from
Charles Town, we're arrested, and were
entertained at the towns expense In
the SUMPTION, new jail until Friday
morning, when they we're tried before
Magistrate D. s. Rsntch. They were
charged with asssultiDg an officer and
obstructing him in the discharge Of
his duty. A number of witnesses,
nearly all Of whom were colored men
and women, were on hand, and though
all had seen the dishes and glassware
flying through the air, with singular
unanimity they declared that they
didn't know who was throwing the
missiles. After hearing the evidence
and sitting the truth, stubbs, Wash
ington and Jones we're found guilty,
and each was fined $25 and costs,
amounting to some $35, with sen.
tence of thirty days in jail for good
measure. Hopswell put up pretty
good abb and was released. The
heavy sentence sort o made the pris.
oners sick, but the officers Of the law
| feel that it is necessary to choke off
the growing tendency toward disorder
before some serious crime is committed.
The Charles Town Jail not proving
satisfactory to the prisoners, they took
| an appeal from the sentence of magia-
| trsts. Rentch, and upon furnishing
bond were released from jail and will
await a trial in the Circuit Court.
A good deal of righteous indigna-
ton was caused last Thursday night
by a performance in Tiger Hall and
subsequent proceedings. A lot Of
colored men and women from Mar
tinsburg rented it for the night for
the purpose of holding dance. The
visitors were numerous and lively,
and the local contingent helped along
the merlin emit. At midnight Town
Sergeant Shipley ordered the place
closed up, much to the disgust of the
dusky dancers, who were just getting
warmed up-in fact, straw wagon
didn't get here until one o'clock. The
visitors then got in their vehicles and
drove around town for couple OF
hours, whooping and yelling and dis
turbing the peace in general. The
fellow who was responsible for the
rent of the hall refused to pay the
four dollars that was demanded, where.
upon he was arrested and taken be-
fore Recorder David Lemen Seeing
Jail yswning before him, he wilted
and after yielding SIS 60-rsnt and
corts-he was allowed to depart.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-01

Oct. l, l9OS-3w
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1908-10-01
SCOTS
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It sets the whole body going
aeain-man, woman and child.

Send this advertisement. together with name
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four cents TO cover postage. and we viii send
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Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-18
How are, Aarts Met sala.

There is au odd story about Bret
fIarte and George Augustus sala in
book Of an eeduely personal sort
just issued anonymously 10 London
The author. who Is reported q hc the
daughter it distinguished artist thus
tells the story
Papa had inst made The aequamt
ance Of Bret llarte and he Thought i
would he charming u arrange d meet
ing between him and Sala and enc OF
our great dinner pariie. was arranged
with Bret lIarte as the guest ~ the
evening Mir and Mrs Sala arrived
early. aud Mr. Saa was talking e me
ID Tile inner drawing room when Bret
Ilnrte was announced | noticed Mr.
Sala start and look out eagerly into
the other room. but hefore ~ could
move papa came up With Bret Harte.
saving. I want b. Introduce my old
friend. Saln. a. yoa. Mr. ilarte Sala
got up int before anything else could
he said Bret Harte looked straight at
Saln and remarked quite conlly. sorry
10 make unpleasant scenes, hut ! am
not going to H. introduced g that
scouudrrl Imagine the sensation y
won cam"
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-18
The erana Canyon OF n. Colorado.


Five times the Grand canyon ~ the
Colorado has been truNerscd hy parties
OF white men The last time Was the
past winter. when Charles ; Russell
aud +. H. Monet. mining prospeetors.
went through They started on Sept
90 ~ last year and came out on Feb ;
after many narrow escapes. The first
trip through The canyon Of which there
Is any record was that made hy Major
J. W Powell ia 1860 he next was
made hy surveying party Of the ben.
yer. Colorado canyon and Pacific Rail.
road company, led by Robert Il. stan.
ton II started III MAY $50 aud came
out IN AprlI. lSao rw" men went
through Ia 1896 and another two In
1897 These are all that have travelled
the whole length Of the gorge Major
Powell however made a second expe
dltlon III 1872 from the upper end as
far as the mouth ~ the kanah wash
aud Lieutenant Wheeler In 1871 went
up the canyon from the lower end 10
Diamond creek Mr. stanton Ia a re
cent statement discuurages adventur
ers from risklng their lives In the
rocky gorge hunting for gold or any
tssi;S slse Youths Companion.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-18
All Blessed Together.

Now. am not asserting that all peo-
Pile who live Ia Christian lands are
Christians. but | am asserting that
God blesses All people IN Christian
lands on account OF the Christian PEG.
Pile who have by their presence In
those lands led to their hearing the
IT1rlstian name II this fact is not
true. how can you account for the fact
that all the great scientific discoveries
have originated among the SO called
Christian nations? There must be
some rational cause fof this over
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-18
Christian Governments.

Christian Governments.
But as the home is only one " the
units u society we must study how
tod blesses the governments Of the
Christian lands ms we'll as the lndlvd.
ual tiresldes Here We also find the
great tidal waves Of gladstone ighr
flowing every whittier Here We ind
the governments not run for few,
but for the many Here the rulers
are the servants OF the people Here
the governments are "of the people
and for the people aud By the people.
This fact Was not true In olden times
before the Christ love WAS Acknowledge
ed IN the hearts OF men Then ii was
the governmental doctrine Of the iii
vine rights OF kings Now Il is the
doctrine OF the divine rights Of the
people.
We look with amazement upon some
OF the stupeudous buildings which the
great potentates Of the cast have erect.
ed All There were giants In those
days" giants 80 big that the earth
Will never produce their Ike again
And the trouble about those old giants
was that they grew so great by op-
pressing the people whom they ruled
Did you know that the rulers Of Egypt
in order TO build the grent canal which
has made the present city of Cairo
possible took thousands Of men from
their lahors IN the fields and forcibly
drove them 10 the bitches: And as a
result of that conscrlptIon 10000 men
persisted Some people may lind gran
dcur in that. but ! Gully see brutal
tyranny
What Egyptian traveller has not stud
led the famous citadel built by the
great Saladint II Is a wonderful strue-
ture But did you ever hear how he
built III will tell You He built II by
enslaving all the captured crusaders
and compelling them 10 labor there 10.
the rest Of their lives Aye. there We're
giants In those days, but thank God
we did not live IN them, for III all prob
ability We should have had our lives
crushed out OF us 10y some tyrant MS
your foot might crush an insect In
country path. But now all the injus-
tices ~ the feudal system are gone.
Now every mans home Is his castle.
Now man must respect the rights OF
man One mans liberty ends where
the equal rights OF another man bsS!s.
Democratic messenger. [volume] (Snow Hill, Md.) 1869-1973, 1908-04-18
PEAS
BEANS
CORN

ountrv Gentleman
Stowell Evergreen
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
The BLOOD Red Banner.

Royal and national colors vary with
nations and times, but since Cain slew
Abel blood red has been the sign OF re-
volt. In the earliest rsrolt known to
history, when the Persians rose against
their king 1000 years ago. they were
led by blood red banner, and during
the riots which took place in Paris the
men in the blood red caps were fol-
lowed by the mob. 4 blood red Tag
waved over Bunker Hill when the
Americans fought for liberty, and it
was the emblem of the German peas
ants in their great uprisings in l424,
1892 and 1926. Blood red was the col
or OF the trades union flags during the
middle ages, and it framed the back
ground Of the emblem Of the Swiss
confederacy in 1915. Through the
whole of French and every other ma
tional history those striking in their
own ways for liberty have worn the
blood red cap and hailed the blood red
banner as their leader. It IS g curious
fact that never has monarch chosen
It as his color.-London Answers.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
London In 1894.

In 1884 N. La Combe published a
book entitled "a Picture Of London, "
In which, inter ala, he says, The
hishroads thirty OF forty miles round
London are filed with armed highway
men and footpads" This was then
pretty true, though the expression
"flled" is somewhat Of an exaggera-
ton. The medical student Of fifty or
more years ago seems to have been an
ticipated in 1854, for NJ. La Combe tells
US that ''the brass knockers of doors.
which cost from u shillings to Is shil-
lings, are stolen at night if the maid
forgets to unscrew them," precaution
which seems to have gone out Of fash
ion.
NJ. La Conbe in another part of his
book exclaims:: "How are you changed:
Londoners! Your women are become
bold, imperious and expensive. Bank
rupts and beggars, coiners, spies and
informers, robbers and pickpocSets
abound. The baker mixes alum in his
bread The brewer puts opium and
copper filing in his beer: The milk
woman spoils her milk with sna1ls.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
Jonbs Of the Patriarchs.

No spot in all Palestine is so jealous
" guarded as the haram or sacred
area built above the cave where, ac-
cording to tradition. lie buried the
bodies Of Abraham and Sarah. Isaac
and Rebecca. Jacob and Leah. This
haram is inclcsed within a double
wall. an outer one Of Arab workman
ship, dating from the fourteenth cen
tury, and an inner very massive one
with many buttresses, which compe-
tent authorities ascribe to the days OF
the Herods. No Christian or Jew is.
except by very special permission, al
lowed within these walls. The most
the ''unbelievers" may ordinarily do is
10 ascend from the street to the sew
enth step on one Of the staircases be.
tween the walls. At spot near the
stair is stone With hole in it, down
which, it is said, long Bedouin lance
can be thrust its whole length without
reaching any obstruction. This. the
Jews believe, reaches to the sacred
cave itself, and in its neighborhood
they assemble every Friday to mourn
and pray, as they do before the wall
Of that other haram-the temple area
in Observation-Disclosures Ledger.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
Rossini and the Drum.

When Rossini's "Gazza Ladra" was
performed for the first time the drum
in the orchestra not only excited much
comment. but caused the enemies OF
the composer. whom they denounced
as a .foolish inventor Of unmusical
novelties" to threaten Rossini with
bodily violence. One young man, &
pupil of Rolla's. gained admission to
the composers presence and declared
that ART had been SO violently outraged
by the invention that he must kill the
offender. He drew weapon. but con-
sented to listen to argument. BE had
been a soldier, and when the composer
asked him why there should not be a
drum where there are soldiers be
sheathed his knife Promise me,
though" he said, "that you will put
no drums in your future music" Ros-
SIM promised, but forgot
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
WATCH THE CELLAR.
If Not Clean 1t Is Breeding Place For
Sickness.

Sickness.
Underground cellars ought to be done
away with. They are relics Of a dark
age. More sickness originates in them,
physicians claim, than anywhere else
about the place. They cannot be kept
in sanitary condition while vegetables
are constantly decaying there. The
place for cellar is above ground and
outside the dwelling. Leave the base
ment for the furnace, the coal bin and
a general storeroom. An above ground
cellar is more convenient in every way.
Your vegetables can be stored with
less than half the labor when you 90
not have to go up and down stairs with
them. You can keep an above ground
cellar clean with but little trouble,
while the underground one, being dff1l-
cult to get at, will be neglected nine
times out Of ten and allowed to become
source Of infection to the family
above it.
Ventilation and temperature are
much more controllable in such build
inc than in an old fashioned under
ground cellar, which obliges the house
wife to use up so much strength in
climbing stairs. Locate it convenient
to the kitchen, with which it can be
connected in winter by an inclosed
passageway.. Watch the cellar. Re
member, the doctor who Immediately
asked, when called to treat a case OF
typhoid fever, if there was decaying
cabbage in the cellar. There was
Keep the cellar sweet and clean and
see that it is frequently aired.-Subur-
ban Life.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
His lSea of the Enqlish.

The following illustrates Louis Phi
lippe's idea of England and the Eng
lish. He one day asked Hugo if he
had ever been in England and on re-
ceiving q negative reply continued:
''Well, when you do go-for you will
go-you Will see how strange it is. It
resembles France in nothing. Over
there are order, arrangement, symme-
try, cleanliness, we'll moved lawns and
profound silence on the streets. The
passersby are as serious and as mute
us specters. When, being French and
alive, you speak in the street these
specters look back at you and murnur
with an inexpressible mixture of grav-
ity and disdain, French people, When
was in London I was walking arm
in arm with my wife and sister. We
were conversing in 4 not too loud tone
of voice. for we are we'll bred persons,
you know, yet all the passersby, bour-
geois and men Of the people, turned to
gaze at US, and we could hear them
growing behind US: french people!
French peopler er"-"Memoirs Of Victor
| HUGO"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
He Writ.

4 we'll known dramatic critic visiting
Stratford on Shakespeare's birthday
and, hearing the clangor Of the bells
which, from their tower in the old
church where the poet lies buried,
awoke the little town to its devotions
approached a wintry headed street
sweeper in front Of Irvings inn and
said: "Who is the fellow they're max
ing this fuss about? I see you have
Shakespeare hotels, Shakespeare gfn-
gerbread, and only the other day saw
a man driving to town some pigs
called sShakespeare's best Who is he
the fellow who lived in that tumble
down shanty yonder? The "o!dest in
habitant' megaphoned his ear and,
wheeling, replied, 81 think he writ"
"Oh, he writ, did he? What did he
write-books. confessions Of a deer
stealer, magazine articles-what" u
think he writ for the Bible"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
Wild Animals and Medicine.

A writer IN the British Medical jour
nal thinks that an interesting essay
might be written on the addition to
medical remedies made by animals 1t
is said that it is to dogs we owe the
knowledge Of the fever abatlng prop
critics Of bark, while to the hippopota-
mus is attributed the use OF bleeding.
The story as told in Philemon Hol-
lond's translation of Pliny IS as fol-
lows: The riuer-Horse hath taught
physitions one deuice in that part Of
their profession called Surserie, for he
finding himself ouer-grosse and fat by
reason of his high feeding so contln-
ually gets forth Of the water to the
shore. hauing spicd afore where tie
reeds and rushes haue bin newly cut.
and where he seeth the sharpest cane
and best pointed nee cts his body hard
on to it to pricke certaine veine in
one of his legs. and thus by letting
himself bloud maketh evacuation.
whereby his body, otherwise inclin-
ing to diseases and maladies. is well
eased Of the superfuous humor. and
hauing thus done hee stoppeth the orr
fee againe with mud and so stanchetn
the bloud and healeth the wound"
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
The Bottle at Ship Launches.

Down to Charles IFS time it was
customary to name and baptize ship
after she was launched, sometimes a
week or two after The old Tudor
method used for men-of-war was still
in use. Pepys' "Diary" shows that
The ship was safely got afoat, after
which some high parsonage went on
board with a special silver standing
cup" or "faggon" Of wine, out Of which
he drank, naming the ship, and poured
nbation on the quarter deck. The
cup was then generally given to the
dockyard master shipwrighL as a me-
mento. When did the present usage
Of naming and baptizing ship before
she is sent afloat come in? trace the
last explicit mention Of the old method
to 1864, when the Royal Katherine was
launched (see Pepys). The first NEIL
ton Of smashing bottle Of wine on
the bows Of a British man-of-war that
1 have found is in contemporary
newspaper cutting Of May, 17s0, de-
scribing the christening Of a. NJ. S.
Magnanime at Depford, but nothing IS
hinted that it was then new custom.
London Notes and Queries.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
The soutl, Sea Whiskers Trade.


''In the south seas whiskcrs is a rari-
ty,'' said a sailor. Most Of them there
SIaoris has hairless faces, like girls.
When young Maori, at the age Of six
teen or so, finds himself endowed with
whiskers he blesses the day when he
was born, for now, by tar, he knows
his whiskers will keep him from want
in his old age.
''Puzzlin', amt it? III explain it out
to you.
.'rhe Maori chiefs, down Tahiti way
wears a complicated headdress, and a
necessary part of this here headdress
is lot of stiff tufts Of white whiskers.
The headdress makers pays for white
whiskers their weight in gold.
80, you see, old fellers with snowy
spinach is in demand in the south seas.
Contractors keeps herds Of these old
fellers. the same as droyers keeps
sheep. and regular in June and Decem-
Der the semiannual shearin' comes of.
The curly white harvest is loaded
on to pirogues, and the contractors puts
out over the roarin' coral reefs, and
from island to island sells to the chiefs
big handfuls Of that there snowy fluff
for its weight in French gold."-New
Orleans Times-Democrat-
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
SOUVENIR FANATICS.
Nothing Is Safe From Those Afflicted
With 4ha Craze

Nothing is Safe From Those Afflicted
With the Craze.
In these enlightened days anything:
from the limb Of a tree to<a table nap
kin is liable to be carried away as a
souvenir.
4 western girl with a well defined
case of the souvenir habit, sojourning
in New York, was dining at fashion,
able cafe and, being prepossessed In
favor of, the cunning pewter cream
pots with which the tables were sup
piled, calmly carried one away IN her.
muff. Can you imagine her self Talua-
ton when upon examining her prize
later on she. discovered carved across
the bottom, Stolen from M.'s?"
A Pittsburg bachelor, wandering into
a restaurant, came upon friend just
seating himself with two ladies. The.
bachelor was invited to join the party,
I'D so, and at the end Of the luncheon
insisted upon paying the costs. The
bill being wrong, he went to the cash
iers desk to personally adjust the dis
crepancy, where he was informed that
the extra charges were for spoons
which the ladies had put In their hand
bags. And that was the first dime he
had ever met them!
Upon the occasion Of. the presenta-
ton Of a handsome silver service BY
one Of the United States to battle
ship which was being chrtstened IN
her honor an elaborate banquet was
served aboard ship, at which the serv-
ice was used. Society came en- masse
from the town near which they were
anchored, and after the function was
over there were not enough forks and
spoons with which to lay the tables.
And yet these souvenir fanatics would
draw their moral Skirts aside for fear.
Of contamination with real thief
Bertha Reynolds Macdonald in Bohe-
mian Magazine.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
The Retort Courteous.

\ young man in q hurry went
through the left side Of q pair OF
swinging doors in the senate wing OF
the capitol at Washington last session
and almost knocked over a senator
who was about to push through tie
right side.
The young man apologized profusely
I'm very sorry-I didn't know l was
Il am in great hurry"
That's all right, son." said the sen
ator. 'sBut let me give you q piece
of advice about going through doors
like these. Always so through on the
right side and turn to the right Then
il you meet anybody coming through
and bump into him you needn't apollo
eize. He'll be a burned fool, and il
won't be necessary. Good morning.
Saturday Evening Post.
The Manning times. [volume] (Manning, Clarendon County, S.C.) 1884-current, 1908-07-22
Almost at Rest.

A kind hearted but somewhat close
fsted man who was sorely afflicted
with a conscience came to friend,
holding visiting card in his hand he
looked deeply troubled. II know" said
he, ''this man wants to borrow money.
know he will drink it. What am I
to do?"
'It is perfectly simple" said the
friend. "Send down word that you are
out"
81 cannot" be said 81 have never
told a lie in my life"
"Then," said his friend, "lend all your
money to me, and you can tell him you
haven't penny in your pocket"
After some hesitation the kind heart
ed man complied and, having seen his
caller, returned.
"Well," asked his friend, ARE your
conscience and mind at rest??"
Not quite, man." he replied, but
they will be as soon as you have given
me my money back."-Bellman.