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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
A Romantic Story.

Memphis paper has quite /, touching
story OF crnjugal affection. Some ten
years sgoa young couple married. and al
the end ofa year. after the birth of a
daughter, they separated, and divorce
was obtained. For nine leng wears thew
never saw or heard from, or spoke 10
each other. The little girl was laugh, 10
believe that her father was dead. Two
or three days ago. as the lady and her
daughter entered business house in
Memphis. they met the husband and faith.
er coming out. Each stopped and look.
ed into the others face. Then the father
turned 10 his child. and STOPPING down
took her in his arms. pressed her 10 his
bosom, and covered her with kisses. Set.
ting her down. he looked once more into
her mothers face, and started to 60. He
heard his name and turned. Another
look, and husband and wife were again in
each others arms. They were ieh alone
Tor few minutes, then e carriage was
called, and but few minutes more had
elapsed before they wsrs remarked.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
Remedy for Kicking Cows.

Cows. says a contemporary, seldom
kick wi,hou, some good reason for IL.
Tesis are sometimes chapped or the I'D
der tender harsh handling hurt them,
and they kick. Sometimes losg and
sharp finger nails cui their teats and
sometimes tho mixer pulls the long hairs
on the udder while milking. Shear of
the long hairs. cut long finger nails close,
battle chapped iesss with warm wafer,
and grease them we'll with lard, and al.
ways tres, COW gently. She will never
kick unless something hurts her, or she
fears REPETITION OF former hurts. When
hsnIled gently. cows like TO be milked,
When treated otherwise, they will kick
and hold up their milk. II is quite as
consistent TO whip sick child TO stop its
crying as TO whip OF kick a COW to pre-.
vent her kicking while being milked.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
Romance I'm q Senator's Life.

Frnzsr's Magazine tells ihs following
story, but does no, mention the name ol
It's here, who 10 Senator Lane OF kansas:
"A distinguished politician Of Indiana
becoming interested 10 The movement tor
making Kansas a free State. left his wife
and repaired TO that territory, intending Io
return sooB. Becoming. however, idsn'
t6ed with the struggles Of Kansas. tie
Senator stayed away very long. His
wife a, length demanded his return. He
wrote back lha, il was Impossible TO re-
turn. His wife waited lir,le, and then
wrote declaring ihs, unless he returned by
q stalled time. she would sue for d.
vorce. The Senator made no reply, bul
gave glowing account Of the patriotic
movsmen, in which he bore consplcu.
Gus part. The next letter he received
was from the clerk Of q court in Indiana,
Informing him that his wife had fled a
bill. with another from 4 lawyer offering
10 defend him. The Senator wrote back
10 the lawyer as follows Dear Sir,
Yours TO hand. Ny wife says she will
no, stand my long absence. If were
she would no, stand il either. | shall
offer no opposition to her suit. Yours
&c." Two years later when the divorce
had long been granted. this Senator re-
turned to Washington as the Senator OF
the fres State of Kansas, visited his old
bone in Indiana, and found his wife still
blooming and handsome, and surrounded
by admirers. With the rest he visited
her from time TO time. became presently
the accepted lover, and was married TO
hsr,"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
ROCK ME- TO SLEEP.

Tho nonular and beautiful verses which iol-
low. are from the graceful pen OF MIS- ELIZA
p,1s AKERs ALLEN, better known under the
.or de plume Of "Florence Percy" IL has
been extensively published, but will bear re-
print:
Backward, turn backward Time, in your
flight,
Make me a child again just for tonight
.Jo,her, come back from the echoless shore,
Take me again to your heart as of yore;
Mss from ny forehead the burrows Of care,
Smooth the few silver threads out OF my hair
Over nv slumbers your loving watch keep
Rock ms to sleep mother-rock me to sleep!
Backward, flow backward, D tide of the years
lam so weary OF toll and of tears
Toll without reoomPense-tears all in vain
Take them, and give ME my childhood again
have grown weary ofdust and decay
Weary of flinging my soul wealth away:
Weary Of sowing for'others 10 reap
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep
Mother, o mother, my heart calls for you
Many a summer the grass has grown green,
Blo>somed and faded, our faces between
Yet, with strong yearning and passionate pain
long tonight for your presence again,
Come from ,he silence so long and so deep
Rock me to sleep, nother-rock me TO sleep
Over my heart, in the days that have flown,
No love like motber-love ever has shone;
No other worship abidcs and endures-
Faithful, unselfsh, and patient like yours
None like a mother can charm away pain
From the sick soul aud :hs world weary brain
Slumber's soft calms Ger my heavy lid:
creep
Rock me 10 sleep, mothcr-rock me 10 sleep
Come, let your brown hair, just lighted with
gold,
Fallon your shoulders again as Of old /;
Let it drop over my forehead tonight,
Shading my faint eyes away from the light;
For with It's sunny-edged shadow. once more
HAPPY will throns the sweet visions Of yore-
Lovingly. softly, its bright billows sweep
Rock me to sleep, mother-rock me to sleep!
Mother, dear mother, the years have been long
Sioce last listened to your lullaby song;
Sing, then, and unto my soul it shall seem
Womanbood's years have been only dre am.
Clasped to your heart in loving embrace,
With your light lashss just sweeping my face,
Never hereafter TO wake or TO weep
Rock mo to sleep, mother-rock me TO sleep
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
WOMAN'S HEA RI.
First take feather and lay it upon
The stream tha, is rippling by,

First take feather and lay il upon
The stream tha, is ripping by,
With the current, behold in moment It's gone,
Unimpressed and light as sigh
Then take thee dear and precious stone,
And on the same stream place it
Go, mark how the water on which it is thrown,
In its bosom will quickly encase it,
Or take crystal, or stainless glass,
With crayou upon it, then trace
A sentence or line and watch how twill Pass,
A breath will its beauty eface.
Then take diamond, pure and bright,
And write some chosen token,
Mid cold or heat, in shade or light,
Twill last till the crystal is broken.
And then with the tablet of woman's pure heart,
When the vain and idle may try
To leave their impressions-they swiftly depart
Like the feather, the scroll and the sigh.
But once be engraved on that tablet name
And an image of genius and worth,
Through the changes Of life il will still be the
same,
Till that heart is removed from the earth.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
what Does it Meant

The New York Citizen. edited by
private Miles Riley. has an article laud-
alory Of The Fenisn'. and urging Irish
men and Americans TO contribute 10 tho
Fenian funds. We quote single omi-
nous passage: s
I'VE tell the American public-and
they have heretofore found us pretty nc.
curale prophets in everything rslsuve TO
the Fenian cause-lha, before ten weeks
lheIe will be-soinen here-an Hisb re-
public existing on the face Of ihs earth,
with asg, an army. port ol entry and
exit, navy OF PHvsIrsr', and the iaci,
encouragement bolh Of France and the
Uniied States IN The prosecution OF bellig-
erent acts against Great Briisn. Let no
oss ask u, for the present. whese this re-
public will be located. for we cannot an
sweI. II must be called = republic. 10
warrant tie flag and hse,, hvl will really
only be ussd as an immsdIsn basis Of
operations for the transfer OF active hos
lIliIies To the Canadian and Irish soiIs.--
A word 10 The wise is enough And
now, while the quid nunes gros excited.
The wise Will await Developments, giving
Literally OF ihei7 mslns 10 ard the cause;
nor will they have 10 tsrry long for the.
ful6lmsn, Of all that ws herein feresbsd.
owD .
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
Speculative Philosophy.

Hall mankind could wink al the ssue
moment. the muscular eGor, exerisd
would be sufficient 10 joslile The ssslh ou,
oil ils orbit. .s..g .
If all The osihs uttered in ,he United
States were required 10 be printed. it
would employ all The presses ia the coun.
Try, day and night "periorm the lsbsr;
,ad il . tax Was levied on them Of one
cent each, one years svsnss wo.ld bs
efficient 10 transport all the mails, lay. .
double II sek railroad 10 'hs psci6c. and
r,y The public deb, Of every State IN the
United States. .1s .fsuT sl rNC
The ssssn eobsupsd throughout The
country. IN one yea, ,1&ouId ssks worm
fence SIX feet high around the DsuIct Of
COiumbis; and The air eIps nded ID sn,ok.
iag lhem would DIVE The jspsn sqnsdron
round lhe world. with enough over 10 do
he wind~ erk ot al the pa,eni medicines.
IL ali The eIeclsd iobseeo qoids were
froa, ,his llme lorIh TO be dropPed 90 tbs
dun,e Of The Capitol al Washington ths
hail Of Egypt would be no comparison 10
the psItine storm. and the edi6ce would
be hurled deeper than Nineveh, before
another nesilag Of Consre.a
Il all The lies told daring ere Prssi
denllsl cbmpalgn. could be boiled ioee,h.
er. ,hey wdsld make soap enough 10
wash the whole .'fsee Of Nature"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
INDIAN CAKE.-Having noticed in the

INDIAN CAKE,-Having noticed in the
Rural reques. for a recipe for making a
good Indian cake, | will send you ours.
which We think is excellent. Take one
egg; half pint Of sour milk a teaspoon
full of soda three liable spoonfus Of mo-
lss.es and Indian meal 10 make ii about
thick enough 10 pour. We ,hink ii bet
ser by leaving out the molasses- and ad-
ding a spoonful Of cream. Try this, and
you will have cake 6t for the Queen. =
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
Woman's sphere.

Where is the tue sphere Of woman
Where should she preside 7 10 il no! al
home 7-is no, this the place designed BY
her MsksIl Should she not be in the
social circle as a brilliant star in lbs mid
night heavens l-shoulJ she not DO an
angel Of mercy TO others !-should she
mol be The Instructor Of her children
should she not, plant the gem OF true
greatness within ihsir bosom l-Should
she not, like the mother Of Washington,
teach her child 10 revere the truth J Yes
surely this is her sphere. In the family
circle her influence 10 great; she H the
best teacher Tor her liuls band ; she can
best traia Their minds and open for Them
The secret springs oilitsrsnrs and e'u'e
the crystal waters 10 flow. She can
point them The road 10 heaven she can
lead them in she path OF virtue she can
guide .heH wandering footsteps so ihsy
may fsher not. bvi press on 10 The marx
Of lhsn high calling. Such IS The pow.
erful and ssIulary influence which NO.
man can exert, and for such will be CIV
en- her crown Of glorious inmorislHy.
Through hl~ she may have borne many
lis, vel, when she draws near 10 The cad
OF life, she will feel that she has snessv-
ored TO do her duly. Of having faithfully
performed The work Of her Creator. and
give good account Of her sic y ardshIp.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
Letter from Mrs. "stone ewaiI" jackson.

Letter from Mrs. "Stonewail' Jackson.
The editor OF the Charleston News re-.
Gently proposed subscription in that city
for The relief OF the widow of the late
General "Slonewall" Jackson, who had
been represented 10 be in very slrsliened
circumstances. After The first announce
ment, i, occurred 10 him that he might
have been misIed, or. if the facts were a,
stated, that il might be more becoming
and respectful TO Mrs. Jackson 10 first as.
certain The correctness OF the impression
Iprevailing as 10 her circumstances, and 10
learn from her if the measure of relief
inspired by those impressions were conso'
nan, with her feelings. TO his note sd-
dressed TO her upon the subject, he re-
ceived the following letter:
COTTAGE HOME, N. c., Jan. 25, Sc.
Nv Dear Sir: Your letter oil the Sd IN
san, was forwarded TO me from Lexlng.
ton, Virginia. have DELAYED answer for
few days, hoping to receive the paper
to which you referred. blu, il has no. yet
reached me, and have not had the
pleasure Of reading your editorial; but,
Judging from The remarks in your letter,
| suppose it is similar publication 10
what has recently appeared in many Of
The newspapers, representing the family
Of General Jackson as suffering for the
necessities OF life. and appealing 10 the
public for their relief.
1t is a source OF deep regret and morli.
fcsrion 10 me, and my family and friends,
,ha, such a misunderstanding should ex.
isl in regard to my circumstances. 1t is
true tha. almost the whole Of my little
fortune has been swspl away. My noble
husband, acl'ared by patriotism, invested
in Confederate bonds. to assist the gov
eminent, and !, following his example,
The consequences was the loss Of nearly
the whole Of his estate; but God has still
le(, 10 me one of Tho kiDdest OF fathers,
who has The means OF providing all the
comforts of life for me and my orphan
child. The pecunisry ,ufsrings Of 9th
ers in eur afflicted land have been so
much greater than my own, that, in this
respect, l have only need Of more
thankful heart. And !, Of all others,
should have no fears for the future. for
The covenant.keeping God Of my husband
has watched over us heretofore, and the
love of this great people to me and my
little child, on his account, fills my heart
with grateful Joy.
While il is one Of the greatest comforts
Of my desolaled life 10 ses the many
beautiful and eloquent tributes 10 the
memory Of my beloved husband. and /
would gratefully accept any offerings that
are voluntarily given as testimonials Of
love snt gratitude TO him. ys, the eoniri-
buttons that are now called for are given
under false impression; and it is in.
consistent with ideas Of honor and recti.
luds 10 receive them. | would, therefore,
beg q, all efforts tn al are made TO raise
fund for my "r.lief." both in Charles
ton and elsewhere, be Immediately stop.
ped. .s #..
With thanks 10 the wsrm.hssrtsd and
generous citizens OF Charleston for their
kind feelings towards me and mine,
remain. yours. very truly.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17

drunken chap laundering iIroDgh ihs
ds'kensd hall Of his boarding hsose. wss
accosled by he l,pdIAdy toskoow II bs
would mol have q candle. ;
.ThUnder. no. ssid he. ifs 90 eUsfed
dark out here, thai | eouldst sse il ! hsd
. light" " 80
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1866-02-17
A TepeT's solilOquy.

Leaves have lheir lime 10 fall
And likewise so have
The res.on ios's tie same.
i comes OF getting dry;
But here's The difference twIxi leaves and
me,
IA Is more harder and more frequsnly.
II is stated tia, Gen. Lee 10 now ia
BaItimers.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-09-01
SEVERE BUT JUST.

The Boston Traveller. speaking of the
breaking p.of the Cabinet, says of the
members who are expected TO stay in:
The members of the Cabinet who re-
main are its least respectable members
McCulloch is an old bunker, and small
bunker, and no more fit to have charge
of the finances of a great nation than a
raw landsman to command one of our
steam frigates, Welles remains because
be likes The pay of his place. He never
left an Office, that would yield him a far
thing, and it would kill him surely were
be even to dream Of having lost the ghost
of counterfeit three cent postal uote.
He stays IN for his salary, and he would
have done-the same had the President ia
ken a COURSE the very reverse of that
which be, resolved upon. Seward is
mean and malignant, and has been en-
ployed ever since the summer of 1860
in striving for reynge on the men who
so wisely prevented his nomination for
the Presidency at that time. To seek the
Presidency generally makes man silly.
1t has made Seward silly, and something
more; it has made him base. He is a man
of mind and his conduct is one of The
most painful of the many evidences that
are citable that men of high intellectual
powers can be the most odious of crea-
lures. He belongs to that order of New
York politicians of whom Aaron Burr
was the first, Martin Van Buren the most
contemplate, Henry J. Raymond is tie
smallest, and William H. Seward The
worst He is yet seeking the Presidency
and We shall see him try to trip up Mr.
Johnson a year or two hense, and as Burr
fell because he was an assassin, and Van
Buren, because he was a coward, so vii
Seward sink underthe enormous weigh
of his meanness. s
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-09-01
> TIE OLDEST CITY.

Z Damascus is the oldest city in the
world. Tyre and Sidon bave crumbled
on the shore, Baalbec is a ruin; Palmyra
lies Euried in the sands of the desert; MIN
evan and Babylon have disappeared from
the shores Of the Tigris and Euphrates.
Damascus remains what it was in the
days of Abraham centre of trade, and
travel, an island of verdure in deserst,
a .'predestined capital, - with martial and
sacred associations extending beyond 80
centuries. 1t was near Damascus .tha t
Saul of Tarsus saw the light from heaven.
above the brightness of the san; the
street which is called Strait, in which 1t
is said he ''prayeth," stiH runs through
the city; the caravan comes and goes as it
did 1000 years ago: there is stih the
sheik, the ass and the water wheel; the
merchants of the Euphrates still occupy
these with the multitude of their wa
ters.' The city which Mahomet survey
ed from a neighboring height and was
afraid to enter because it was given to
men to have but one paradise. and for his
part, he resolved not TO have it In this
world" is to this day what Julian called
the ''Eye of the East as it was in the
time of Isaiah ''the head of Syra.''
From Damascus came our damson, or
blue plums, and the delicious apricot Of
Portugal, called Damasco; damask, our
beautiful fabric cotton and silk, with vines
and flowers raised upon smooth, bright
ground; damask rose, introduced into
England in tbs time of Henry VIII; The
Damascus blade, SO famous the world
over.for its keen edge and remarkable elias
ITCHY, the secret Of the manufacture of
which was lost when Tamsrlancd- carrie
off the artists into Persia; and that beau
tiful art of inlaying wood and steel with
silver and gold "a kind of mosaic engra ,
wing and sculpture united, called damas-
kening, with which boxes aud bureaus,
and swords and guns are ornamented.
1t is still city of flowers and bright
waters; the streams from Lebanon, the
.'riyer Of Damascus, >" ''the river Of
gold" still sparkle in the wilderness Of
''Syrian gardens"
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-09-01
REVENGE ON A BANK.

81 An amusing adventure is related as
having happened at the Bank of England !,
which lad committed the great disre.
sPect of refusing to discount a bill of a
large amount, drawn by Anselm R3ths-
child, of frankfort, on Nathan Rothschild.
OF London. The bank had hauohtily re-
Piled that "they discounted obly their
own bills, and not those of private oper-
sons" Bat they had to do with one
stronger than the bank. "Private per.
sons!'' exclaimed Nathan Rotbscbild
when they reported to him the fact, sspri
Vate persons! / viii make these gentlemen
see what kind of private persona we are!''
Three weeks afterward, Nathan Roths-
child, who had employed the interval in
procuring all the five pound notes he
could procure in England and on the Con >
tine MT, presented himself at the bank at
the opening of the office. He drew from
his pocket book FIVE pound note, and
they naturally counted OUT FIVE soYereigns,
at the same time looking quite astonished
that the Baron Rothschild should have
personally troubled himself for such tri
fie. The Baron examined one By one the
coins, and put them into little canvass
bag then drawing out another note-a
third-a tenth-a hundredth, be never put
the pieces of gold into the bag without
serupulouely examining them, and in
some instances trying them in the balan-
ees, as be said, ''tLe law gave him Alright
to do so"
The first pocket book being emptied and
the first bag full, he passed them to his
clerk and received second, and thus con-
tinued TO the close of the bank. The
Baron had employed seven hours to
change twenty one thousand pounds.
But as he also had nine employees of his
house employed in the same manner, IL
resulted that the house of Rothschiid had
drawn twenty one thousand in gold from
the bank, and that he had SO occupied the
teller that no other person could change
a single note. go ~ 1
Everything which bears the stamp Of
eecentricity has always pleased the Eag.
lish. They we're, therefore. the first
day, very much amused at the pique of
the Baron Rohschild, They, however,
laughed less. when they saw him return
next day at the opening of the bank,
thanked by his nine clerks, and followed
his time by many drays, destined to car
ry away the specie. They laughed 70
longer when the king of bankers said with
ironic simplicity, These gentlemen re-,
fuse to pay my bills. I have sworn not
to keep theirs. At their leisure. only, 1
notify them that I have enough to EN- loy
them for the next two monlhs!''
''For two months9''
ELEVEN millions in gold drawn from
the Bank of England, which they have
never possessed"
The bank took alarm; there was, some
thing TO be done The next morning, no
tiee appeared in one of the journals that
henceforth the bank would pay Roths-
child's bills the same as their own.
The Emporia news. [volume] (Emporia, Kan.) 1859-1881, 1866-09-01
So PRo,lTllEnTThN.


New. Otleaus teaches the whole country
one lesson that must be. needed Loval
men can hope for no protection from The
PRESIDENT none7from troops that he con-
trols. nonefBom S, ale or local govern ents
organized in pursuance of his policy.
With irecQngtructed rebels in control of
those governments, legal men have no
pFotscli1n whatever for life aud proper
~. The murderous spirit that male a
hell on earth at the South during the war
has not diediout. The reconstructed rebs
FL is just as ready TO butcher loyal men
for their loyalty, rs the unconstructed
traitors who starved our prisoners at An,
Jacksonville, slaughtered defenseless men
at Centerville. and murdered helpless wo
men and children in instances without
number in every part of the South. That
spirit srifi lives. sill thitsts for loyal blood
To put State or local government into the
hands of,Tebels is to set wolves to protect
the sheep.
God help the loyal men of The South,
abandoned until December. to the tender
mercies Of rebels and the effects of ''ny
policy!' Save in their own strong arms.
they have no hope on earth. The pitiiess
Yeap geaace of guerriIas and returned
rebel soldiers IS to be. unchecked by the
protecting power of that Governuaent
which the loyal men have faithfully fought
to maintain and in which they vainly
trusted for security! We have heard
from all parts of the South of The pro-
soriPtiOn of loyal men 10 business, of con
slant threats from secret organizations OF
retels. and ofoccasional deeds of violence.
In New Orleans, only two weeks ago,
more than one hundred of the promiDent
loyal men of the city were warned to fly
for their lives, and associations of rebels
have resolved and openly boasted tha:
they would drive every loyal man from
the city or shed his blood. The murder
OF Dr., Dostie, the shooting Of Gov. Hah IL,
aud other loyal whites in numbers as yet
unknown, and the siiffened eorpses of
more than one hundred negroes, many of
whom, doubtless, wore blue uniforms and
fought underl the stars and stripes two
years ago, bear terrible witness that these
threats were not idle, and that in very
truth loyal men stay in that city at the
peril of their lives.-Mo. Democrat