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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

When Queen Elizabeth died she lelt be-
hind no less than three thousand dresses
and al that time insoad Of being gwen
away or put in boxes, they were hung
against the wall until they were moth ea-
len. Ladies, TOO, who had beautiful dark
hair OF their own, wore false red hair, IN
order TO have locks like The red headed
Qiten.
The hoops, 100, Of that day, were lar
ger than at present, for, in l74O, ladies
wore hoops sixteen or seventeen ieet vide
al the bottom, and nearly as wide at the
top switch in those days, would have filled
an omnibus 10 suff'ocalion, and, instead OF
men grumbIing as they do at the present
day, they ought 10 be thankful for being
tlri breathing room by the ladies, when
they have taken enough room for the
hoops. Granddaughter Butthe hoops
save women's lives, and was one of the
| few fashions which originated with com
mon sense for II was far better 10 wear
hoops than to have seven or eight starch
ed petticoats, as they had formerly. In
deed, many COroner's inquest migh'
have rendered a verdict, "Dled Of Petit
coats" Great laughter.
The Chinese custom Of women having
small feet was next referred to. The
Empress of China was most beautiful, bu
her feet were so small that she couC
scarcely walk. Men got Disguised at wo
mon or ing about too much. and bY and by
they would only marry women who hac
feet like the Empress. Thus, small fee
came into fashion, and indeed, men who
60 not live quite so far of as China
might wish such a custom prevailed here
and, as the rule might work both ways
perhaps the ladies would like TO have tbt
gentlemen served the same way, in orde
to keep them at home sometimes. Grea
laughter.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18
Be Manly.

Never try TO keep out of any ones way
when you owe him anylhing-nnless 1t
be thrashing. Ii is bad enough. III all
conscience, to be in debt, bul don't make
vour condition worse by growing mean
under lis pressure. When you absolute
ny cannot pay up at the appointed pme'
don't sku.k about in out-ol-the.way stSets
to avoid meeting your creditors, ddn'
sneak around the first corner when you
catch sight Of him before he has seen you
All such conduct is unmaniy. No doubt
you feel averse to standing face TO face
with a man TO whom you are debtor
payday past, and you debtor sllll--it is
mortifyng very; but il is only one OF the
natural consequences Of borrowing; and as
you have incurred the penalty, why meet
it like mai. Face your creditor; let him
know that neither forget the debt, nor un'
derrare his patience with you. Say frank
ly that you are very sorry to keep him so
long oul of his money, and that you will
pay up as fast and sOon as you possibly
can. This is the only credltable way to
conduct yourself in the case. There is
no respec! due to men or women, who
falling 10 be able 10 meet their payments
at the proper time o,instead Of going at once
and explaining the reason why they fall
and doing and saying slI they can TO as
sare their creditors that they mean no dis
honesty, just sneak about carefully, anX-
inns only TO shun the creditors sight. Be
manly.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18
The Fo,lies Of Great Men.

TyCho de Brahe the astronomer, chang
ed color and his legs shook under hlm on
meeting with hare or fox. Dr. John
son would never enter a room with his
left foot foremost; if by mistake II did get
foremos,,he would sep back and place his
right foot foremost. julius Ceasar was
almost convulsed by the sound OF thun-
der, and always wanted TO get into Gel,
lar or under ground 10 escape the dreadful
noise. To Queen Elizabeth the simple
word death was full of horrors. Even
Talleyrand irembled and changed color on
hearing that word pronounced. Marshal
SAKE who met and overthrow opposing
armies, fled and screamed in terror al lie
sight of a cat. Peter the Grea, could new
er be persuaded TO cross bridge; though
he tried to master the terror, he failed 10
do so; whenever he set foot on one, he
would shrek out in distress and agony.
Byron would never help any one to salt
nor would he be helped himself; If any OF
the article happened 10 be spilled on The
table he would jump up and leave his
meal unfinished = WuSicGl UOrld.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18
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PICTURES OF MEMORY.

Oia al the beau Il Pic'ures
That hang ON memory's wall,
That one of lie I'D home pa.lnr
love tie best Of al.
Not for the dark old wanscot
Where The ancient portraits hung ;
Not for The low. deep windows
Where The dark green ivy clung.
Nor for the high carved archer,
The mantle piece beside
No, for the huge Old chimney,
Not Tor the hear,h-sloEe wide.
Not ror tho tall old-Gashioned vases,
Nor the lounge where | used TO rest,
Nor the old ann chair nor sofas.
1t seemelh 10 me the best.
But once had an aged mother,
Wilh eyes that were blue and mid
And in mis- old home parlor
She, dying, blest her chlld.
Her sHvery hair, like halo,
Upon her forehead lay,
Belokening abe white Spring Blossom;
OF an eternal day.
Gently her pale hands folded
As glory lit her face
knew she was gently sinking
In the angels soft embrace
And when the arrows Of sunset
Fell on the curtains crimson fold,
She passed in her Saint-like beauty
Through the gates Of pearl and gold
Therefore. "of all the pictures
That hang on memory's wall,
The one of The old home parlor
| love the best of all.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18
I35CB.11 11.15AIB0U3o I
Origin of Fashion

Lola MOnlez, in lecture on fashion,
says 4:
This history of fashion would show
that Satan has the department under his
pe, uliar charge for all ages. Peter the
Great was foolish enough to believe that
the tailor was The person who had fashions
in charge, and wondered that The nobility
of England could permit the ts;lor 10
change the cut of your coats so often.
TAppIause. She next referred 10 the
point lace WON to shoes in France; the
golden chains which were worn TO
shoes in England, and the gold rings worn
in mems noses. She saw nothing so RI
diculous in that, no more than woman
10 wear gpld ring in her ear, and indeed
she believed that the old husbands would
be more manageable il thev had rings in
their nose. IGreat applause. Indeed,
this habit, if IN fashion, would be more
cleanly and proper than the NOUS
;ache and beard movement. Applause
and laughter. The quilted shoes Of the
Earl Of Anjou, which We're worn on ac-
countof d disease ol Tie feet, were refer
red 10 as having become fas hionable, lsa-
bella, in The Iime Of the Ducd' Albert
vowed never to change her linen during
the siege of her native place, consequent
ly she wore it thre5 years, when, il being
thus changed from white 10 yellow, the
latter color brcome the fashion, and il is
greatly feared that the color is worn by
many even 10 this day. Applause
The various inventions 10 conceal deIor-
mirv, which were used by many, and
caused them thus 10 come into fashion,
were commented upon. The stiff white
ciavat now used so much, even by cIer-
gymen, was invented by Beau Brummell.
yhen lie got into disgrace, and on leaving
England he generously left the fashion 10
his country, and wrote these emphatic
words
"Starch makes the man"
Laughter and applause. But men
Were as bad, as regarded fashion, as The
women. The tight pan,aoons came INTO
fashion when The LILLE bonnet did, ana
the former was most ridiculous. Why, 1t
was laughable 10 see gentlemen going
through The streets, within tight coverings
10 their crooked and delormed legs,
Laugh'er, and the ladies' then laughed
al the men Tor thus adorning their pipe
stems. Great laughter Some man of
fine proportions got those pan,aloons to
set of his shape. and then others follow
ed him, whether they had legs or not, and
so it became the fashions. TApplause
and laughter The lecturer next refer
red TO the fashion of politics, and quoted
the celebrated Vicar of Bray, who, when
taxed with being a turn coat, replied, "Not
sol always stick TO my principles,
which are 10 live and die Vicar Of Bray"
T Laughter While however, ridicuing
Inc slerner sex for following fashion, she
was free to say that there was enough to-
be laughed at among her own sex. She
spoke of many ladies of Rome, one OF
whom, Fsbuls, was afraid 10 go out III
the rain for fear of the chalk. and Lobeilia
in the sun for fear OF the rouge. Even
the celebrated wife Of Nero had her lace
SO fixed up as TO change her features. .
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

true. Lord-thou knowest; but one Ming
IRE do kaOaU that is, we know he stops
here with the widow c., and we
know that no decent man would stop
there" By this time the preacher was
making his escape, without dismisslng his
congregation, and soon afer was holding
forth in the big tent Of Mlllerism, Cncin-
Inaii
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

A lady was recently teaching a little
utchin to spell. The boy spelled cold,
but could not come the pronunciation. In
vain his teacher asked him TO think ard
uy. Al last size asked him "whal do you
get when you go out upon the side,~a ak
on a rainy day, and wet your feet ? 81
gets licking replied The uIchin, quite
natural V.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

If the widow Fanlsdlng isn't married,
Mrs. SmrtheIs thinks, lis time she ought
10 be, for every time she sees one OF those
brutes called men,she goes sqirming about
like kilen round milk pitcher. Now
such actions as these Mrs. Smilhers'cant
ahare,'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

A Young fop about starting down TO
New Orleans proposed TO purchase life
preserver. "Oh, you'll moi want it,
suggested the clerk, "bsgs OF wind don't
sink -
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

"You seem animated by the scene,
Miss Annie" said blushlng lover 10 his
he,o,hed. mo, | ,hali never be Annie
mated until AIN your wife, dearest an
swered the fond gil.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

"Y on sot !" exclaimed woman 10 her
husband, "you are always al 'he tavern
getting drunk with hot punch, while AIN
At home. with nothing 10 drink but cold
wafer" "Cold, you silly, jade, why
don't Won warm il ?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

"Sallie," said young man TO his red
haired sweetheart, keep your head away
from me, YOU will set me on fire."
mo DANGER" was the contemPruous
reply "you are loo green to burn"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

An old maid, in speaking Of marriage,
says it is like another disease-while
there's life there's hope. Spunky gal that.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

We have seen women not only too
weak TO bear fOcd, but even too weak TO
bear contrailclion-but who ever saw
one too weak TO bear husband We
pause for q reply.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

An American pocs diseOur'iug OF the
eyes of his lody love, exclaims
The bright bl ck eye, the melting blue,
cannot choose betwiXl the two
A poor fellow let loose from The police
station in the city suggests:
A right smart blow betwixt the two
VIII quickly make them black and blue.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18
W. IND IJ&08.

Get on, Of the ashes, as the boy sald
10 the roasted potaloe.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

81 say landlord, that's dirty towel for
a man TO wipe OT!' Landlord, with
look of amszement "WelI, swear.
you're mighty particular. lSiTfy or seq.
enty of my boarders have wiped on iha,
towel this morning, and you sre the FIST
one 10 find "a Jlln
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

"You say, Mrs. Jones, that you havo
lived with The defendant for eight years ?
Does the Court understood from that INA!
you are married t. him."
"In course il does"
"Have you got marriage certificate =
eyes. yer honor, three on 'em-two
gals and boy"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

A late celebrated jrdge. who stopped
very much when ~olkIng. had u stone
thro"n at him one day, which fortunately
passed over him without illing him. Tur-
ming TO his friend. lie remarked. "iIad |
been an upright judge, that might have
caused ms death.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

Some wsg put -four in The flute belong
ing 10 member Of the Albany Mussusa
orchestra tie other night. The result
was. when they play ed, the innocent fd-
dler on his right suddenly changed COM
rlexon, turning very pale. HIS hair, in
fact, was al once very gray. The flute
player, says at vos one mta Joke"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

a methodist exhorfer, once a resident
Of IIe Wolverine Stale, upon certain oc-
casion bsnIered friend Of his. something
of a wag aud poet, 10 write him an cpl
iapb; ~hereupoD The following v as got ea
lmpromptO~:
Here lies James y. Porier,
Who lived az he hadn't OTTER,
Bot IS a methodist exoner.
Was regular ring iail.snOrier.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1860-02-18

men says:
The electric fluid Of the clouds seems
10 be no respector Of peTsors. it wohd
AS soon kill a negro worth fifteen hundred
or two thousand as "poor white man"
not worth the powder and Head that it
would take 10 blow lis brains out"
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07

KILLED BY lNDIANs-TERRIBhE RErRIBUrIoy.-
On Monday last, the Chowchilla. some six
miles south OF Mariposa, Daniel Beale and Tho
mas Gibbs were killed by Indians. The facts of
the case, as near as we have been able to learn.
says the Gazette, are about as follows One or
both OF these young men had been living with
Indian squaws, who had left them and Joined
their tribe word had been sent to them to re-
turn, but they, either through choice or COM
pulsion, remained with their tribe For some
days previously Beale and Gibbs had been in
search OF them, and the Indians had stated to
men who told the parties of it, that in case thew
attempted again to force the women from them
they would be killed and here it is proper to
state that such things said to occur often,
the Indians generally suffering rough treatment
for attempting to keep their own women On
Monday morning Gibbs and Beale went to the
camp of the Indians, armed with various wea-
pons, and friendly Indian who went with them
says that one of them seized an Indian and tied
him, whilst the other with a drawn pistol threat
ening to shoot any one who interfered At this
moment the whole tribe, numbering about thir-
ty, commenced the attack the result was that
both Gibbs and Beale were perfectly riddled
th bullets and arrows, and the latter horribly
chopped with an axe after which they were
taken about one hundred yards and deposited
in a hole. The young men were well know n and
respected.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07
Wrecks of Men.

Reflective persons have remarked the uncom-
mon number of beggars now going about, from
house to house. Some blind, some mutilated.
some old and bowed with misfortune, friendless.
detected, cast down. and envious of the grave.
If mendicants grow numerous now, what may
we not expect twenty years hence? What is to
become of the hundreds who are slowly sinking
to helplessness, destroyed by their own consum-
ing passions? In almost every town the s'wrecks
of men" are commisseratngly observed by the
thoughtful. Some of them have been men of
mind, requirement and position but failing of
their ambition, and solacing themselves with
the q dark beverage of hell,n they are sinking
prone among the brutcs. They are seen in all
stages OF the rightful transition, from occasional
| bestiality, to God and man abandoned hummer
ism. Ten years ago, they erect and high
spirited men they scarcely realize how deplor-
ably they have fallen, or to what infinite and
appalling depths. Unconscious of their AWFUL
peril, they totter on, sometimes stumbling into
the Internal gulf of delirium, and again straight
ening up momentarily, resolving to lead new
and sober life. But they can't, God pity them
The internal tolls of hell encompass them drag
ging, dragging, slowly, inevitably, down to the
measureless depths of despair. The Kissing
serpent bio VS. his fiery breath upon their tongues
and they thirst insupportably. They do not
see gaunt, hideous, loathesome and implacable
| Death locking arms with them, and walking
| side by side down to the terrible domains where
blind reptiles will raven on their flesh But
everybody else sees it all and the poor victim,
steadying himself in the hope that nobody OBJ
serves his condition, is the derision of the un-
feeling, and the pitiful object of the good man s
commisseration-yet he, poor doomed creature,
has no notion that he is so far gone.
Would that this might touch an alarm spring
in some heart over which the fiery wrath OF
soul-consumption is sweeping.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07

PILNG ON THE PERsoNALITIEs.-Mr Speaker,
| say to the gentleman that he is an Addlepate,
say that he is an abject Ass. l scorn him for
an Arcadian and Acephalous Animal. l stand
here, sir, and proclaim him to the world an
Aceiptrne Assassn-an Abdominus and Am
buginouse Axgrinder-an Adder and an An
thropophaginian. Sir, impugn no man. But
| call upon the gentleman to deny my charge if
he can, land of course he can do nothing of the
sort, unless he is the owner of copy of The
True Vocabulary = Editorial note,) and meet
them like man. Do we not know him for q
Babbler = Blasted, Blattering, clustering
Brawling Blower2 But we do not fear his Bar
rem Bravado. Why, sir, e he isn't Baboon,
what is he? say, a Barnum's Babo6R.- His
beastly and Brutal Barbarities have been heart,
by all as they came in words from his BIistered
and Besotted Brain A Butcher in his heart.
and Blackguard in his person, denounce him
as Base Bellweather of his party. Mr. Speak
er, seek to injure no. persons feelings The
| gentleman knows the truth of this He knows.
too, that view him as Calignous Calf, a Crug.
ing Cur, and likewise aCantankerous CannibaI.
know him to be Catif all through say to
the gentlemen that he is moreover Cuss and q
Coward.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07

LOOK AT THE VILLAN.-The violent and inde-
cent speech recently delivered in Congress by
the notorious Abotitonist Lovejoy, has been
published in the German language, and the
Black Republican State Central Committee 5
Secretary advertises them for distribution. In
this speech Lovejoy attempts to gain sympathy
by declaring that shareholders had killed his
brother. The allusion was unfortunate for him,
as would appear from the following article
which we clip from an exchange,
The Princeton Ill.) Democrat, published in the
third district of Illinois, says some hard things
of its Representative, Hon. Owen Lovejoy, who
it appears, partly by his own admission went tc
Congress to revenge the death of his BROTHER
The Democrat says that. during his abusive ant
boisterous speech the other day, he was very
careful not to mention how he had defraude(
the dsconsolate widow of his brother out of tn,
small estate left her by her husband, leaving he
dependent upon the cold charities of the world
The sister of the unfortunate widow is also al
inmate of the Lee county Qowa) poor-house.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07

Our HAND.-After quoting some remarks from
the COURIER, wherein the idea is set forth that
politicians, in endeavoring to establish a State
Democratic organ at Sacramento, should call to
their aid " the knowledge and business talents
of practical printers, the Sierra Democrat asks
" Wouldn't it be well enough, Dosh for the
craft hereafter to withhold its support from any
one but printer for the Office of State Print
er 7"
To this inquiry we emphatically respond in the
affirmative, For one, we never expect to vote in
Convention for any one for State Printer except
practical printer, or one familiar with the
printing business either as editor, publisher or
printer
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07
Another Chance for the Muggins Fam
lily.

Now that the Washoe humbug is about
played out" it is proper that rich gold dis
coveries" should be announced as having just
been made in some remote and almost inacces-
sible locality. Accordingly we are not surprised
at all to find the following communication from
a especial correspondent" in the San Francisco
Herald:
Tucson, June Is, 1860.
EDITOR OF THE HERALD The widest excite
ment continues to prevail throughout the terri
tory in regard to the gold discoveries. The
principal mines are situated some $50 miles from
this place, in the neighborhood of La Meslla.
arrived here, yesterday, from ella City, dis
tance of 260 miles, and on my way to the mines,
whence | will write to you regularly. All the
inhabitants at Tucson going to leave; even
the newspaper printed here will stop. Mr. Her
bert has written to persous here that the dig
gngs surpass in richness anything he ever saw
in California.
Those who intend to make the trip from Cal
ifornia, should come by Overland stage to Mesil-
la, and then get out on the road to go over to
the Santa Rita del Cobra "copper" mines)
There is not pick, pan or shovel in this sec
tion of the country which has not been bought
uF.
Of course the entire representatives of the
"Muggins" and Damphool" families will al
once get ready to proceed to La Mesilla.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07

A REVELATION FROM THE DEPTHS OF THE SEA
"A diver, who. has return cd to Halifax from
Cape Sable, says he descended several times in
to the interior of the wrecked steamer Hunca-
rian. The scene which presented itself was ap-
palling in the extreme; for although there
were no corpses in the interior of the ship, there
were nearly twenty bodies discovered entangled
in the wreck alongside and in the gulles close
by. The-tsightful remnants of poor humanity
exhibited tbe stages of dismemberment, sans
heads, sSIns, ,4egy SC, and all more or less in a
state of deconipostion. Those seen appear to
have been up and dressed, or partly so, as some
OF them were evidently in the act of putting on
their shoes, stockings, or other clothing, when
the king of terrors put stop to their toilet
forever
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07

Miss AUsTN's PANTs-Mss Harriette n. Aus
tin, editor of reform paper in Danville, n Y,
devetes articles to her clothing Here is an
item Ny pantaloons are all cut at the bottom
like gentlemens. | like them better than
straight ones and those which some ladies
have worn, full gathered at the bottom, are nn.
mentionable My pattern was cut by tailor.
ms rife taking the measure" The spinster's pre-
caution, as stated in the last sentence, was
doubtless intended TO show that what she was
after at the tailors shop was measures not
men, Nice girl is Harriette; not young enough
to be giddy, certainly but rather lunar on pam
falcons.
The Shasta courier., 1860-07-07

The ADDRESS TO THE SECEDERs.-The Charles
ton Mercury, the organ of Mr.. Rhett, says ave
are glad to learn that not representative from
Alabama or South Carolina will sign it."
seems to be true that the Mercury was well ad-
vised; but, nevertheless, there is current ru-
NOR atioat that certain Senator from one o
those States did attach his name to it, and then
took it ofl-and did again attach his name &c
it, and then took it off land did again attach
his name to it, and then-took it off
" Thrice was Caesar presented with a kingly
crown, which he did thrice refuse" The Sen
atorial aper g the once foremost man of all
the world" is supposed to have been c. c. Clay
of Alabama.