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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-02-04

g. S. V. RAILROAD Judge White of
Clarke County, has issued an order d..
rec'ing that sense of the people Of that
County be taken at the coming May
election, on the question of subscribing
$780, 900 towards the Shenandoah Valley
Railroad. The Clarke Courier of las.
week says
Last week We briefly referred TO a mo-
ton before the County Court. 10 submit
To the voters Of This county the question
Of subscribing 500. 900 towards the con.
struclion OF railroad from HsgersIown.
Md, through Jefferson. Clarke. Warren.
Page ana other counties, TO Salem. Va.
During last weeks session Of Court. The
matter was again discussed. and speeches
were made by U. l.. Boyce. A. A. Ken
nedy. A. W. Mcdonald. r. NJ Is5ell.
ESQ.,. and others, all of whom took decl-
dej grounds in favor OF the proposition.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-02-04
European Demand for American Bread.
SfnlfS

The European war is causing great in
roads 10 be made into our supplies OF
bresdstuffs. Gres, armies are great de-
s,royers as well as great consumers, and
the liberal sccumulstions Of wheat made
in anticipation of the present struggle
have already been grea'ly diminished.
There is falling of in the markets
of Liverpool, New York, Chicago. Mil
waukee, or difference between January
1871, Of ATS, 900 bushels
On this statement The New York Uorfd
remarks
al, is stated, on what We believe 10 be
good authority, that the stock OF wheat IN
London is a million Of bushels less than
al This date last year. This is very prob
able. in view OF the constant drain upon
that market 10 lhe continent. But ihls
decline 10 the stock on hand. great as 1t
is. would not be of much consequence
but Tor the fact that the military opera
tons in France have inIerlered with isiI
sowing. and that France and Germany,
which usually have small surplus tor
the BRUSH markets, have deficiency, and
are calling upon Gres! Britain and The
United States TO feed their armies. The
loss of the supplies TO Great Britain which
she usually obtains rom The continent
would mol of itself be serious; but when
she finds moi only demand from this
continent. but that the continents COM
peling with her in markets where she has
been usually the only foreign buyer. the
influence Of this change in the course oil
trade can scarcely be over estimated.
The expor, demand at this market IS
consequently much more pereDpiory
than usual, even at the relatively high
prices now current; the receipts at all
our principle markets are smaller than
last year; the last crop Of winter wheat,
whether OF amber, Southern and Wes-
Tern, or white California, was not so large
as the preceding, and 1t is very doubtful
if in The year Os' opening we can spare
the proJigIous export OF five millions
bushels which we made in The course OF
1870, and which was not sufficient to
prevent marked decline in the stocks al
The British markets. The effect oil
sudden termination Of The war is ihe cub
jecl OF various conjectures but for The
present we have TO deal with large snd
urgent demand, reduced stocks.snd small
Ter receipts al the principal markets
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-02-04
Che nlarkets.
ShepherdstoWn Market.

Corrected weekly by d. S. Rtnieh.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1871-02-04

ony Of The CONDUCTORS call on drowsy
passengers Tor "tickes, gentlemen" un-
I'll the train was between Dennison and
Steubenvlie. Then be was notified that
lady passenger desired his presence.
lie lound the lady evidently in some
trouble and embarrassment. TO his al.
frmalive response to The query whether
lie was a married man, the lady slated
tina, she was on her way from Cincinnati
TO meet her husband in New York and
that a crisis was impending, involving The
appearance of an additional passenger.
/ his startled the conductor, OF course.
but with heart as big as an elephant. he
set out 10 work TO make the lady comior-
table. All the passengers were hastily
shuflled into another car, and such female
assistance as could be procured on the
train was brought into requlsliion. In a
bret time the lutte slranger-a fine,
bouncing girl is the phrsse-put in an
appearance. and the conductor congrsiu-
lated himself on his happy escape from
dilemma. With 8 heart overlooking with
sympathy. he arranged an impromp,u
wardrobe for The very young lacy from
bis own undsrclolhlng. 1t was moi ex-
schy in The style Of those "infant outfits"
advertised in The New York papers, yet
it served good purpose.
But this was not all. The train left
S,eubenvile on time, and was soon lhun-
dering through and around the hills OF
West Virginia. when the conductor re-
celsed another shock. This time i, was
a"6ne bouncing boy Twins. by jove!
One a Buckeye and the other P.n-Han-
dler. The remainder Of Drury's linen
went 10 start the liuls fellow on his jour
ney through the world. Then for fear OF
what might happen, the uain vas hur'
ried up, IN due lIme,it reached Pittsburgh,
and the lady and The two unllcke,ed pas
sengers were .enderly conveyed 10 COM
Portable quarter. at he Union Depot Ho-
tel. when a telegram was forwarded 10
the husband in New York. which will
probably lf, him out OF hi. boots. Al
last sdvices The mother and children we're
doing well - Columbus Statesman, Jan
uary %.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-06-07
Fashion.

Ladies who wear point lace shawls
should know, to appreciate them, that it
takes two hundred women for two years
at steady work, to finish one.
The most fashionable costumes for
this summer will be grenadines and
Organdies and muslins over cOIOred silk
skirts. A very nice fashion for wear
ing out old dresses.
People go abroad, it is said, to practice
economy, but it is now a well-known
fact that it costs more toIive in London,
Paris, Rome or Naples than it does to
live here. --....
A dressmaker was poisoned to death.
a few weeks ago, by making up a green
tarletan dress. So much of the arsenic
entered the pores of her skin that she
died few days afterward.
Changeable silk dresses, are no longer
considered fashionable or stylish, as
they never come in very heavy quality.
Ladies seem to prefer plain rich silks,
and thereby show theirgOOd sense.
Ladies no longer wear creped hair, as
it is not fashionable, and completely
ruins the hair, as do also all kinds Of
false hair, as they absorb the life of the
real hair, making it decay and fall out.
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Politics.

Hon. WM. NJ. CoRRY, did not attend
the Democratic State Convention. He
might have been seen on the Ist inst.
standing upon Fourth street contempla-
ting the Cerulean vault, the while wip-
ing the perspiration from his corrugated
brow with cotton handkerchief which
carried with it a reminiscenee of the
better days of the Republie.-Cm. Eng.
AMONG the most prominent Demo
cratic papers that have not yet accept
ed the Dayton platform with entire sat
isfaction, we notice the Cincinnati EJ,-
quirer, Louisville Ledger, Pomeroy's
Democrat, New York DGy-BOoE and
Terre Haute Journal. The sullen reluc-
tance with which these papers dmove
up" suggests an expedient which we
have seen etfeetually employed in the
army with struggling soldiers ON the
march-a bayOnet puncture four OF five
inches below the small Of the back
PaneenmeS Western S,m.
OF fcourse, the nearer you get TO the
Republican platform the bayonet comes
in your mind, and you instinetiveIv
want to use it as a great moral agent
That is what the Democrats complain
of in the policy of sham Republiesnism.
Gin. Enquirer.
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SALARIES.

The salary of a circus performer is
about equal to that Of an actor, although
il is larger per week during the season,
which is generally thirty weeks. Stars
get sometimes as high as $50, but Of
course this is exceptional. The average
Of riders and acrobats is $40 per week.
Clowns get an average of $50, with the
privilege Of announcing their sOng-bOoks
in the ring, and selling them in the au-
dience, which privilege is worth from
$500 to S4OO a season, depending some
what upon the popularity Of the clown.
The drivers of eight, six, and four horses
receive from $50 to $50 per month, and
the less Important of the assistants from
Sl5 to $50 per month, according to the
value Of their services. OfcOurse, the
pay of such as carry on two or more
branches of the business is proportion
ately larger. Thus, the trained-dog
man, who exhibits the wonderful
French pOOdles, gets pay for two. To
the salary of every emplOye must be
added the value of his board, which
costs the manager on an average about
So per week.
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Ho,o u Circus is Managed.

a writer in the Chicago Times, who
"knows how it is HIMSELF having been
one of them, describes the inner life of
the circus men in the business, and how
they fare. He says:
'"The dressing-rOOm was a small tent,
in the rear of the large one. In reaching
it, a passage had to be forced through
herd of horses and several groups of
hostlers and assistants. Here was live
Indian in war paint, exercising with
spear and tOmahawk; there was Mile.
HOrtense, in jacket and trowsers, be-
tween which garments the beautiful
gOld-spaDgled skirts appeared. This
"airy child of vapOr and the sum-" who
in few moments would appear on the
back of an untamed steed, leaping grace
fully through rings and over streamers,
was in the act of dancing to keep her
feet warm, while she waited for the ami
NAL to be brought. A cage of lions stood
atone side, while in the background could
be seen a cavalcade of horses, all closely
and neatly stalled.
"The dressing-rOom was occupied by
dozen or fifteen performers in the opera
ton Of preparing for their respective acts.
Some were naked, and upon their bodies,
in every conceivable place, appeared
formidable bandages and plasters. These
were for sprains and bruises, of which
every one had his share-and no small
share at that.
lone Ofthese gentlemen,a "a well-known
bareback and four-hOrse rider, while in
the act ofputting on a pair of elastic knee
caps, to strengthen his knees, explained
that the most serious strain resulting
from the riding and tumbling came
upon the kidneys, which were often bad
~ injured. The breast was also strained
at times, though not so frequently. Such
trivial matters as shoulder and ankle
sprains were continually occurring and
unworthy of notice. Heaps of porous
plasters and quantities of glycerine
enough to stock an spothecary's shop,
were used by a circus company in one
season.
Having wrapped an old coat about
his gaudy ring habilments, and seated
himself on his clOthes-chest, the clown
lighted his pipe and expressed willing
ness to impart such information as he
Through the paint and pow
dee which disfgured the old fellows
a very intelligent express
ion was visible, while his observations
were as matter of fact as could be expect
ed from any deacon of a well-regulated
church. He had been over thirty years
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-06-07

The wedding day dawned. AS we
were driven to Westminster Abby q
thick, semi-Opaque fog exaggerated the
figures upon the sidewalks, and half
Obscured the great, many-stOried build
ings on either hand, The Abbey was
brilliantly Illuminated, owing to the
gloom without, although it was mid
noon at the time, and every seat was
occupied by the aristocracy, and the
most prominent leaders of the profess
siOnal circles in the city. As we entered
a voluntary on the organ announced
our approach, while the Lord Bishop
and his attendants met US half way and
accompanied US to the altar. The SER
vices were about to commence. Raising
his voice, the Bishop requested any one
possessing reason why the parties be-
fore him should not be united in the
holy bonds of wedlOek, to speak at once,
or forever afterward hold their peace.
Then from a remote recess, hidden by
the princely vexiles that hung by the
shrines of buried kings, woman glided
gracefully fOTward-a wan-faced wO-
man, with snow white hair that touched
the tips of her fingers. Her dress of
blackest velvet swept in sable folds upon
the floor, while over a cOlronne of cy-
press-leaves was drawn a cloudy, dia-
phOnous veil, through which innumer-
able brilliants sbone like stars in mid
night mist. Stepping between us and
the altar she lifted her arm; around
which bracelet coiled in the image of
a goIden-scaled, diamOnd-eyed serpent,
and fixed her face upon me fully.
Great God, it was Isola de Percy!
Her eyes shot forth the fires of insan-
ity-her lips were taking with foam as
she told in hollowest accents to her hor-
rified auditors how and why had Iured
her to the vault; how and why had
left her there; how 1 taunted her until
her hair turned cOIOrless, and she fell
upon the floor; how upon awaking to
consciousness she had made one last eff
fort to escape and succeeded, owing to
the fact that had fastened the lock in
securely; how she had secreted herself
until the hour struck when she could
let fall the thunderbolts of her ven
geance upon me, and blast me forever
and forever!
While she spoke my father bowed his
head upon his hand, and supported my
aunt, who acted as if it all were dark,
dark dream.
Aubrey stood transfxed and stone
like.
1 looked at my accuser-I listened to
her thrOughOut-then a blOod-vessel
broke in my breast, 1 threw my arms
into the air-a myriad flashing spears
fiared up before mel heard the battle
shock of legioned thunder-gods-the
veil that separates the visible from the
invisible was sundered-I was dead
dead at the feet of the woman 1 hated
dead at the feet of the man loved!
Since then my ghOsthas wandered up
and down the world, torn and tortured
by the fiery fangs of monster-like MEM
ories!-fOllOwed by an avenging angel
with flaming sword unsheathed!
Conclusion.
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htUOcGGOH.

J.
Ring out, wild bells, i'm steeples tall
These changing moons Of b loom and snow;
A year far brighter letUs know,
Than that which iOtters 70 It's pail
II.
Ring out the pluudcring, pirate crew
Who filed our land with blood and fame
And dire distress, and deeds OF shame
And proved 10 God and man untrue.
Ring out the statutes which Opprcss
The struggling poor, the crippled braves,
Who pay the taxes, while the knaves
In jewels and fine purplcs dress.
".
Ring out these base, tyrannic times
The narrow spirit, and the hates
That separate our sacred States;
Ring out the felons and theiF crimes.
King out the cliques that rob tic soil
From workingmen who westward take
Their march, happy home 10 make
Within the Wilderness, by toll.
VI.
Ring out the sIOd0y prlue OF Boiut
The fsIsehood and the laithlessness-
Ring in the love and peace thatbless
Our visions Of the times ofOld!
VII.
Ring out the vile, Pagan breed,
Whose athers worshipped stocks anu sIOhc'
And made their palaces Of bOnes,
And fed on human flesh with greed,
VIII
Ring in the pure, unsullied men
Who made our country what II was
The home Of liberties and laws;
Ring the Republic in again
WH II. Herman.
,CC Year, 1871.
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Marquis of Westnlenth.


The Marquis of Westmeath died on
May 5th, at his residence in London, in
his 86th year. Lord Delving, the late
Marquis, served as Ensign in the First
Battalion of COldstream Guards through
out the expedition to Egypt, including
the battles of AbOukir and Alexandria,
and the capitulatiOn, whereby more
Frenchmen were taken back to France
in English ships than the entire num-
Der of the British expedition; these
French troops consisting of the very
elite of BOnaparte's army. Lord West
meath believed himself to be the last
survivor, officer or soldier, of this cele-
brated expedition; as such he had an
interview with Sultan Abdul ASST, a
few years ago, in England, and show
ed His Majesty the decoration lie had
received from the Sultan Selim. He re-
tanned to the last very vivid recollee-
ton of the events which marked the
career of Napoleon soon after its com
mencement. He attributed the mar
velOus success of the British, first, to
the gallantry of the troops, and secondly
to the inefficiency of MenOn. He thought
that the affair would have been much
more serious had KIeber been assassin
ated.
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POETRY.
The Robn.

Ny old Welsh neighbor over the way,
Crept slowly ont in the sun offspring.
Pushed from her ears the locks OF gray,
And listened to hear the robin sing.
Her grandson, playing at marbles, stopped,
And cruel in sport, as boys VIII be,
Tossed stone at the bird, who hOpped
From bough to bough in the apple-tree.
'Naylg said the grandmother; have you not
heard,
Ny poor bad boy, Of the fiery pit,
And how, drop by drop, this merciful bird
Carries the water that quenches it:
He brings cool dew in his little bill.
And lets it fall on the souls Of sin;
You can see the mark on his red breast still
offres that scorch as he drops il in?
Ny poor bron rIuddyn? Iny brcast-burned biFd'
Singing 50 s,vcctIy from limb to limb,
Very dear to the heart Of our bord
Is he who pitics the lost like Him.
Amen I said to the beautiful myth,
osing. bird Of God in my heart as we'll;
Each good thought is drop vheTewith
To cool and lessen the Rrcs OfheIl.
Prayers OF love, like raindrops fall,
Tears Of pity are cooling dew,
And dear 10 the heart Of our Lord are all
Who suffer like Him in the good they dol"
Join G. Thiaier
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Romance.
Written for The Urbdna Upion'
Paradise Lost.
BY WILL H. HERMAN.
PARTIII.

The last day of October was drawing
20 a dismal close, and night was setting
drearily in.
Aubrey had gone back TO London, but
il was understood that he was to spend
several of the winter weeks at the Ce-
dars.
Nv father and aunt had accompanied
several Of their visitors back to Shrop-
shire, that morning, with the intention
of being absent for a week or more,
leaving Isola and me alone together.
We had passed the day in our room
engaged in returning answers to the let
ters that had accumulated during the
presence Of the guests who had just ia
ken their departure. 1t was dusk when
I descended the stairs. A thin rain
was falling, and the wind whirled the
dead and dying leaves against the
windows, and seemed to utter the 'UNj-
h,,. UlIiJtu'' of the Banshee as it walled
ND the wet walks, and under the bending
boughs of the long, lonesome avenues.
when 1 entered the drawing-roOm
Isola was standing in flood of flicker
ing light, mechanically rolling and un-
rolling a sheet of music, and humming
fragments of a half-remembered madri-
gal.
"What say you, coz, to observing ALI
hallow's night?" asked, airily advanc-
ing To where she stood.
81 have no objection, 1 am sure" she
answered, ''although am imbued with
unbeIief in everything that is tainted
with superstition"
"Are you willing to test, with me,
the truth of the legend that whoever Oo-
cupies the interior Of a burial-vault on
AllhaIIow's night, as the clock strikes
twelve, wiz be endowed with the attir-
butes of a wizard or Of a witch, accord
ing to their sex, for year and day?'
'If agreeable, yes. L would like to
deal little in the diabOlical, can as
sure YOU, and even if this belief is but a
bit of unveracity, as Carlyle would call
it, still the trial of our temerity, or tim
idity, as the case may be, will make he
roines of US at least. But is there no
chance of our meeting any one on the
way to the vault?" she asked, as she
walked to the window, and looked at
the church, just visible in the moon
light that struggled with the scudding
clouds.
"NOne whatever assured her, 'as
it is within OurgrOunds."
swell, then, we must endeavOr to in-
duce the ghosts, goblins, spOOks, spirits,
what you viii, to initiate us into their
arts and sciences; but in the meantime
let US learn this delicious little duet,
which the mail brought me from my
mother to-day"
Iseated myself beside her at the piano,
and having practiced the piece awhile
we drew our chairs into the glow of the
anthracite, and drffted into converse
tion.
Her every sentence, her every senti-
ment was alike solid and .scintiIlaut.
and it seemed 70 me there was no
subject that had escaped her inquiry
that had eluded her Investigation. Her
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Nv the alarm which l had assumed.

by the alarm which 1 had assumed.
Every proper step was promptly taken
TO find the missing guest, without Civ
ing the matter too much publicity, but
the deepest-minded detectives we're
outwitted, and the last-lingering expec-
tations OF recovering her were relin-
quished.
Her mother had sunk, brOken-heart-
ed, beneath the cruel, cruel blow, and
the sun sprinkled olives of a Castillian
churchyard twinkled above her grave.
Aubrey, devoured by a dragOn-like
grief, left the land that reminded him
of his wretchedness.
was stricken, as if by lightning,
when heard of his departure de-
sertiOn, as 1 called it then. Like an
other Medea, 1 had allowed my idolatry
to outweigh every human and heavenly
consideration! Like another Jason, he
had left me, in the depths of darkness,
crucified of conscience, crimsOned with
crime.
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PART ".

We, had returned to England, and
were residing at our town-house in Lon
don.
Aubrey called to see me frequently,
and to arrange for our approaching
nuptials.
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LOtUttCs
Mrs. Maria L. Blame, widow .or
Ephraim.Ly Blame and mother of
James g. Blame, present Speaker of the
House of Representatives of the United
States, died on the 5th inst, at the resi-
dence other sOn-in-law, Major Robert
G. Walker, at st. Paul, Minnesota. in
the 10th year of her age. JIrs. Blame
was the daughter of Neal Gillespie, Jr.,
and was born on the family estate at
Indian Hill, opposite Brownsville, in
Washington County, Penn. She spent
most of her life near Pittsburg in the
same State. Her husband died in 1850.
Mrs. Blame was of a singularIy sweet
and gentle disposition, and never wear
led in works of charity. She was grace
full in manner, and, in her younger
days, remarkable for personal beauty.
Her remains, afteI temporarily reposing
at st. Paul, will be taken to Brownsville
and inferred beside those of her hus-
band.
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Neurological.
lfUTrQU.

Louisville, May 28.-ColOnel David
R. Murray, one of the oldest and most
hOnOred citizens of Southern Kentucky,
and prominently identified with the
early political history of the State, died
at his residence, near ClOverport, KY,
this morning. 80. ~
The daily phoenix. [volume] (Columbia, S.C.) 1865-1878, 1871-06-02
Not1Coa


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