Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1855-03-31
Won is false! JUS, God, how caa bear

hands in wild despair.
/ Innocent, innocent. just Heaven | see
il all now said the master OF the house
half rising and supporting himself with
difficulty. God forgive mc--may we
be united in Heaven. Bear my poor IN
iured wife over to me doctor, that may
take last farewell of her; and doctor, les
us not be separated III death. Nay, not
YOU, viper. harlo,' added he f2rcely, as
he spurned the clinging, entreaIIng
Florence from him with an arm of iron.
The husband and the wife and the
crushed remains of the unfortunate infant
were laid in one coffin, and one grave
held all that short time before had been
pul>ing with life.
The particulars Of this terrible tragedy
were at the time hushed up, and | would
not now relate the thrilling incident II |
did not know that no harm can come TO
any one from the publication.
FINE Feathers MAKE FINE BIRDs.--
/ A San Francisco editor tells the follow
inc story about the prevailing taste for
fiaery among the Californian ladies:--
There is, perhaps, no place in the world
where ladies' dress 50 richly rs IN Gait
fornIa, and the everyday costume OF
lady in San Francisco is quite equal to
a special get up for promenade in that
wonderful lhoroughla.e, the Broadway
of the Gothamlles. The good oId-iash-
ioned tcn-ccnt caicocs that our grand
mothers used to wear, which were made
up on economical principles, and not 10
run to Cuist, are here scarcely ever seen;
but, though lost to sight, are to memory
Gear.' In those good old days, dress
three Yards in circumference was consId-
ercd sufficiently amplc--but now 1t takes
more material TO dress lady than TO en-
yelop respectable mummy. We have
not passed anything IN our streets, time
ont of mind, but silk and satin. How rich
and pleasant ii sounds as ii rustieS pasI
SO luxurious and refined! Yesterday, as
we were poddmg in sober reflection to-
wards our sancmm, lady came out Of a
store and moved gracefully on in front Of
US. Her figure was elegant; a rich China
silk swept the pavement and cigar StumpS;
Il splendid Canton Grape shawl enveioped
her shoulders; a hand cncased in white
kid hung gracefully over one arm; French
embroidered handkerchief emitted an
odor of Jockey Club Oar curiosity
to see the fair proprietress of these dry
goods was intense; we walked faster, got
before her, dropped our walking stick,
stopped to pick it up, and as we regained
our upright position, the face met ours.
Shade Of departed romance! ii was our
washerwoman, SaiIy,a respectable 'culled
pusson' OF the first water.
CAS- 1T De PossIBLE.-One evening,
last winter as a clergyman was leaving
Lyccum lcclure-room, he found it raining,
and expected The offer of an umbrella from
one OF his parshiOners, a mechanic, who
was but little known to him. 1t was a
period of some religious interest, and
when the clergyman returned the umbrel-
la the next morning, finding the mechan-
| Ic alone in his shop,he entered into some
conversation Of religious nature. The
interview was very brief, and, somewhat
TO the pastors suI prise, the ensuing week
( the mechanic came 10 the lIrIe meeting
for personal conversation held at his house. !
He seemed very much sollencd in feeling,
and expressed The deepest anxiety for bis
eternal welfare. Il have not been able,
he said ito keep the remarks you SAID to
me the other morning out Of my mind. |
am over thirty years Of age, yet never be- .
fore, since | was a child, has any one
spoken TO me of my soul, or manifested .
any interest in my spiritual welfare. His (
convictions Of hIs siHfulness deePened,
and in a short time both lie and his wife
became, as they hoped, true followers Of
Jesus, and are now rejoicing in Christ.
When heard the remark quoted above,
said TO myself, Can it be! l. 1t possi-
bic that any one should live in the very
heart Of a Christian community, surround
ed, in his daily walks and in his social in
tercourse,by those who profess to love Je-
sus, and TO have inrblbed something Of his
spirit, and yet never hear one waning OF
his danger, nor one friendly invitation 10
seek the Saviour! 1t scarcely seemed
possible, and yet such cases may be more
common than we suppose. Is ,hrre any
one within the readers sphere Of nhu.
ence who can truly say, mo man hath
cared for my sonl!' (,
A woman viii cling TO the chosen 90
ject of her heart liLa q r,cssu,o ia . nun,