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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-01-24
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NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.

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Liver Bowels Kidneys Bladder, Nervous Diseases
Headache. Const patton. Costvepess, Indigestion. Dys
pspds, BtousnesS Bilious Pever. Inflammation Of the
vfseerA Warranted to effect positive cure Purely
Vegetable containing no mercury, minerals or deistsr
A few doses Of RAILWAYS PILLS WIN FREQ the sy,-
tenn from althe above named dsorden Prioe, - cents
psr Box. SOLD BY DRUGGISTS
READ "FALSE AND TRUE" Send one lettsr
stamp to RADwAY Co, No. 50 Warren 81, New
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-01-24

q GOOD line Of Stationary. iasIedisg
A Bill. FooIsesp. Letter, Sermon Noie
and Billet and Mourning Psper. q
Besrh1sfs.
IF 700 want Violin. Barge. 0uiisss
4 Accordeoa, o. Jsssbssp. 90 =
BsspkaEfs,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-01-24

DLACK and Green Tea. for sale al
ID DR.. Magruder's Drug Store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-01-24
LOOK HERE.
CASH DOWN g. NO GRUMBLING!

TN order 10 save ourselves from bank
! rup,cy, we have determined to adop'tbe
CASH system. and will ''Iicuy adhere
to it, Irrespective Of persons. Persons
indebted sre hereby notified 10 settle up
their old accounts Immediately Without
fail. McC % iON
Oct lS
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-01-24
Every Day an Increase in Flesh
and WEIGHT is Seen and Felt.

Every drop Of the SAISAPARILLIAN RES0I.
VENT Communicates through the Blood, Sweat. Urine,
and other F;ids aLd juices Of the system the visor Of
life IL repairs tie wastes OF the body with and
sound material. Scrofula, SyphiS Consumption,
Glandular disease Ulcers IN the throat, Month"; Tu-
mors Nodesin the Glands and other Of the system,
Sore Ewes SlTuIuorUuS discharges from the Ears. and
the worst forms Of Skin diseases, Ernptions. Fever
Sores Scad Head. Ring Worm. Salt Rhruni Erysipelas
Acne Black Spots Worms in the Flesh. Tumors, Can
GERS In the Womb and ell weakening and painful dis
charges Night sweafs Loss OF Sperm and all wastes OF
life principle. within the curative range OF this
wonder Of Modern Chemistry, and lew days will
prove 10 any person uyg or either OF these forms Of
disease its potent power TO cure them.
1.-THE patient, daily becoming reduced hy the wastes
and decomposition that Is continually progressing, sue
cecds arresting these and repairs the same
with new material made from healthy blood-and this
the SARSAPARILLlAN win and does securc-a euro
Is ccrtan for when once this remedy commences Its
work of publication and succeeds in diminishing tho
loss Of wastes its repairs will be rapid and every day
the will growing better and stronger.
the food dges,ing better, appetite improving, and flesh
and weight Increasing.
Not only docs the SARSAPArILtiAS ErsoLvrSr eNcel
NIL known remedial in The oi Chronic Scro-
fulous CONSTITUTIONAL and skin diseases, but 1t Is Tho
only i've cure for
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1874-01-24

OFFICERS:
George K. Wheat, President.
James McCluney, Vice-Presicent.
John Bishop, Secretary.
c III. Collier. Assistant Secretary
DIRECTORS;
John f Wilson, W. L. Singleton,
A. Laughlin, A. c. Quarter,
Geo. X. Wheat, James McCluney,
Morgan l.. OFT, George Adams.
John 4. Armstrong.
REFERENCES:
s. Brady, Cashier, Mer. Nat Bank, Wheeling.
List. Morrison & Co., Wholesale Grocers,
Pryor, Handlan s. Co.,
Michael Kelly,
Mcclellan s. Knox, Boot g. Shoe House
McCabe, Bushfeld Kraft, Druggists,
G. W. Franzheim & Co., Liquor Dealers, g
Winship, Woods s. Co., Queensware,
Lewis Baker, Pub. Register,
Il, C. Nc Afee, Notions,
Frew, uagans Hall, Pub. Intslligencer.
OF, Son & Co., Hardware,
J. =. Sands, Cashier, lst Nat. Bank Fairmcnt.
X. P. Camden, Pr. N. Ex. Blk Weston, w. Va.
Capt. john Mcclure, Jr., Wheeling, w. Va.
10 A Prompt, Equitable and Liberal
Treatment of Losses will characterize this Or
NG b. F. HARRISON. Shepherds
town, Agent for Jefferson County.
February %, 1873. ly
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19
A New Use for Congressman.

We see in one OF the papers 4 para
gragh from a Washington letter, which
says that it costs the government two
thousand dollars to bury a Congress
man who dies at the capital. We
should not have noticed the statement
but for the fact that we have come
across another statement 10 the fol-
lowing effect: Recently an eccen-
trio EngliShman died and left fifty
pounds in his will to 4 London gas
company on condition that it should
convert him into gas in one Of its cru
cibles." Now, if it is really practical
bic to make gas out Of an ordinary
human being, imagine how enormous
would be the quantity that could be
made from an average Congressman.
who is chiefly composed Of gas!
Therefore instead ofspending SO much
money for funerals, we insist that here
after every defunct Congressman shall
be turned over to the gas company TO
be worked up and run through me-
ter and sold by the cubic foot. 1t would
Re an unusually exhilarating experience
to read a newspaper by the light of a
vaporized Congressman, and turn that
statement out when we get into bed
There are a great many Congressman
who never will throw light on anything
unless they are put through crucible
and emitted form 4 Man ADJ
Ter.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19
A New Mitrailleuse.

The recent trial of the Taylor bate.
~ gun, upon which the Colt Company
of Hartford has for some months past
been engaged, shows it to be the most
formidable weapon of war that has yet
been invented. It's barrels are twenty
four in number and are ranged in two
concentric circles. They are also reg
ulated so as to radiate their fire, cover
ing a horizontal line Of twenty four
feet at distance OF five hundred yards.
The gun fires with great rapidity, by
fusilade or by volley, at the pleasure
of the operator, while The cartridges
are fed into the barrel from suitable
charging cases. In firing a single
barrel at distance Of five hundred
yards, bullets were repeatedly sent in
to an eight-inch bulls eve. In firing
the fusilade the twenty-fcur balls were
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19
A Chat About Doctors,

\ medical writer says: Nothing
helps 4 doctor like mysteries. y man
has pain in the head and back. He
calls on the doctor. He explains his
symptoms. Now, suppose the doctor
says, eyes. sec. Pain in the head and
back-tired. YOU, sir must rest; 60
to bed early Tor 4 few evenings; you
must lctup-rest! You are exhausted,
that's all" Now, that won't satisfy
YOU; there is no science about that.
You know all that yourself. You went
to the doctor 10 learn something about
your case, and if all he can tell YOU is,
that YOU are tired and have got the
backache, what's the use of the accu-
mulated medical wisdom Of three thou
sand wears? Any child could tell you
that YOU are tired and have the back
ache.
But suppose the doctor carefully eX-
amines the back of your head, and
your spine, and asks a dozen questions
about the precise location Of the pain,
what time in the day it appears, etc.,
all sorts of NICE, ingenious questions,
then, after some moments Of profound
thought, he tells You that he is sorry to
say that this is rare case. 1t is clear
" one Of those remarkable cases OF
periodical polarization Of the cerebro-
spinal axis; the case is exactly like one
reported by distinguished German
phySio!ogist. The sufferer was 4 we'll
known military man. The doctor
then proceeds to write q prescription
in Latin. There are half dozen in.
gradients, and he informs you that the
prescription is al exact duplicate of
that which was used for the German
general, with the exception OF 4 single
ingredient, which he adds because Of
the difference in climate. Now don't
YOU know tina: you rather think that
this doc or knows what's what? And
although you ''conlound his b;g names
and Latin nonsense" still it looks as
though the accumulated wisdom Of the
three thousand years was something
after all. At any rate this cerebro-
spinal axis doctor is miles ahead Of the
backache chap.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19

distributed OH 4 horizontal surface
twenty-five feet lor%, at distance Of
4 foot apart, and firing by the battery
the same results were accomplished.
The rapidity OF the fire was rcnar&a-
bic, being az the rate Of seven hundred
balls per minute. The terrible effect
ivcneSs Of this weapon in battle, and
the utter powerlcSsness Of charging
columns in the face OF the fire, can be
seen by the, fact that every second
sweeps space Of twenty feet in length
and mowS down men at the rate Of 4
regiment L minute. The inventor oil
this remarkable weapon is Col. J. P.
Taylor, Of Knoxville, Tennessee. His
invention was conceived in 1870, and
patented in July 1871, and it has since
been improved until les present OK
trcme simplicity and effectiveness have
been reached. The manufacture o,
the gun is to be readily pushed ana
active measures taken for It's ftroduc.
ton among foreign governments.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19
Parlzers Ian ding Oil Market.

Eclow will be found the quotations
Of oil at Parkcr's Landing. Pa, for
The week ending FEBRUARY 18th, as re
ceived by special dispatches daily:
Feb. -, I874-Markct Quiet.
Union Pipe Line, FI.75 per barrel;
United Pipe Line, $1.65 per barrel
Fed. I3, E974-Market Quiet,
Union Pipe Line, $I.95 per barrel:
United Pipe Line. $3.50 per barrel.
Feb. II, 1S!.!.-Markct Quiet.
Union Pipe Line, $500 per barrel;
United Pipe Line, $2.o5 per barrel.
Feb. IS, 1S74.-Market very quiet.
Union Pipe Line, SOS per barrel;
United Pipe Line, $i.S2 per barrel
Feb. r6, 1S74.--Market Quiet.
Union Pipe Line, $G.65 per barrel:
United Pipe Line, $I.5o per barrel.
Feb. y, lS74-Market qniet but
firm.
Union Pin" Line, $G.97 Did, no sales:
United Pipe Line. 81 90 bid; no sales.
Feb. IS. '74-Market quiet but firm.
Union Pipe Line $2.o5 per barrel
United Pipe Line, $500 per barrel.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19
Testing Steam Boilers.

1t is geNcrally believed that stea m
boilers become weakened (lor resist
ance to internal preSsure) after con.
tinued use, from various known and
unknown causes, so that the engineer
cannot judge of tie pressure to which
his boiler can be worked with safety.
But this he may determine by a very
simple process and means which are
always at his command. 1t is as fol
lows: Let the boiler be filled entirely
full of cold water even to the throttle
and safety valves, and all closed tight
to prevent any escape. Now, by light
ing fire under the boiler, the water
will gradually expand and produce a
pressure sufficient to even rupture the
iron before the temperature Of the wa
ter has reached the boiling point.
While the pressure is increasing, let
the steam guage or pressure indicator
be watched, and when the test pres
sure (Which may be twice or more as
great as the working pressure) is
reached, portion of the water may be
allowed to escape and the pressure re-
duced. The pressure results from the
fact that water is expanded by heat
more than iron. The process above
given is attended with as much safety
as the use OF the hydrostatic press,
unless the water De heated above 2Ico
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19
The Loyeliest Of zIer SEX.

! Western correspondent writes as
follows: also convcrscd with 4 lovely
sGuaw. Iishc was the !ovclicst Of her
sex, Lord Cornwallis help the rest.
Her knarsack differed somewhat from
Tohn Browns. 1t was = little warrior
about two feet in length. lis mother
crew up to have beau, and he'll have
4 bow before he grows up. She wore
for 4 rcdingote an old army ovcrccat,
and her diamond necklace was 4 string
Of tomato cans. Indians don't have
dictionaries. There IS oniy one word
in their languagc-itS an ugly word
It's "ugh." Says l, "Ihe pale face
grccts the valley rose and gives her 4
cordial welcome handing her my
whisky flask for cordial welcome
She drank the whole Of it. chewed the
cork, and said "Ugh." Says I, "Dc
the winds Of the valley too roughly
deal, with you, fair daughter OF the
mountain" Says she, ~ gh." Says
I, "Shall I be favored with your hand
for the lancers, and do you prefer le'
mon or vanil!a:" Says she, ugh
Says I, DO you think it better to be
inundated on the alter Of your country
than to die of a shad bite on board Of ;
fishing smack" Says she, "Ugh."
asked her how she voted. She sale
ugh"
The Wheeling Register says Ken
lucky has introduced a new feature in't
its schools. When one Of the girls fall
to spell word correctly, the boy wht
spells it gets to kiss her. Several gir'
are fast forgetting, all they ever knew
about spelling, while the boys are i'm
proving with uneXampled rapidity
We wouldn't mind going to schoo
down there ourselves.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19

Our views are what we will join all
the Granger standards in the Universe
for 10000 new subscribers, with the
cash in advance and will advocate their
principles until the Changers Cry pee
cavi-but must have the names and
money first. Should there be 4 dis
count on the 10000 reducing the num-
Der to twenty or thirty, we do not pro-
mise to be bound to the strict letter OF
stipulationS OF the party ofthe second
part.-Ex.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19

Some years ago, in one Of our courts
three men, an Englishman, Scotch
man and an Irishman, were found
guilty and sentenced TO be hanged,
The Judge told them they could each
choose the tree on which they would
like to be "strung up" The English
man promptly chose an oak and the
Scotchman an ash tree.
"Well Pat, what will you be hung
on" asked the Judge.
"If We phase, yer honor, I'd rather
be hung on 4 gooseberry BUSH"
"Oh," said the Judge, "that's not big
enough"
"Begorra thin" replied Pat, "and
II wait till it grows"
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19
PETROLEUM.
Is it Inexhaustable!

Perhaps it may be premature 20 eX-
press an opinion ut this time, on the
Subject Of the production Of this arti-
Gle. but it looks to lis rs it a prophecy
uttered in one Of our early reviews. viz,
that the supply was not inexhauStiblc,
aud that there would come a time
when the production would fall off,
is nearer fulillment than we had any
reason to expect. In this case we
would rather be proved "false
prophet" than true one. We Judge
that the opinion is gaining ground
that all the present Welding localities,
have fallen of materially from the
maximum daily production Of last
year, and that unless new territory be
found to supply the deficiency there
must be a gradual lesscniug Of the
production IN this country, and an en-
haucement OF the price. now so low as
10 impoverish those who have invested
their capital in it. 1t is probable that
the consumption Of the world is equal
to the whole product, and any further
considerable extension Of its use, will
presently be seen in diminishing stocks
ct the great centres Of production, and
in the entrepotrS OF trade in Europe
and elsewhere. There have been
many stories told Of immense deposits
in California, Peru and Mexico, on
the Black Sea. and elsewhere, but they
have hardly been found Of sufficient
Importance to supply the localities
where they exist, much less 10 COM
pete with Pennsylvania in the markets
OF the world. SO far, at least. the
the world looks to Pennsylvania for
its chief illumination, and any failure
here must prove disastrous, not only to
consumers, but to the commerce even
OF all nations under the sun. who have
any intercourse with "Outside Barba-
rians." 1t s most devoutly to be
wished, therefore that Providence may
spare US irons this disaster. or direct
the world to some other source or sup
ply, ere this shall have failed. It is
not to be supposed, however, that there
is any present, or even proximate dan
ger Of the failure OF the production in
this country, and It may be remote,
but in our mind, it is in the range OF
possibility and even probability, that
at no very distant day we may have 70
write ''Othello's occupation gone, "
which may G cd forbid. In this con-
nection, it may be comforting to know
that recent discoveries in Southw est
crn Dakota, and Northeastern Utah,
where the stores are said TO be mex
hauStable; not yielding the true oil, as
In Pennsylvania, but oil-producing
shale. which is represented as lying
along Green River, one hundred and
tifty'feet thick, and yielding twenty
four gallons to the ton, by simple
and inexpensive method Of roasting.
The character ofthe oil is not vet fully
developed, nor is it known whether it
can be made equal to petroleum, or in
any way supply its place; but there
can be no doubt, that when scientific
men shall apply themselves to the
subject, il can be made available for
all the purposes Of illumination. lit
only answers to supply the demand Of
the far West and the Pacific States, 1t
may allow us so much the more to en-
port to foreign countries, even with
diminished probationary. Y. Ship
ping List.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19

\ Boston merchant, who failed in
1857, and compromised with his credi-
tors, lately paid one Of them his full
account, amounting to $36,572. Bar
mum has sent fourteen agents to the
old Bay State with instructions to cap
turc him at all hazards.
The Volcano lubricator. (Volcano, W. Va.) 1871-1879, 1874-02-19

A Parkersburg woman whose huS.
band kicks her down stairs every Sc
cond night, says she likes 10 look over
his old letters commencing with; My
dearest, darling little ange! Minnie.
heaven alone knows the depth OF my
love for YOU.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-05-09
TEMPERATURE IN CHEESE MAKING.

The following is the formula of Geo.
W. Davis, fancy cheese maker, and is
given as the result of several years
experience:
The nights milk is placed in the
watts, cold water having run around the
same for some time to cool the tin and
boxes: the agitators are set to work
and when the milk is brought to so
degrees portion Of the water is turned
off; the agitators remain at work all
night the morning milk being added
the heat is raised to 80 degrees when
the rennet is added in sufficient quanti-
ties to coagulate the milk in 20 minutes
in about one hour it is cut one way with
the knife and left till the whey makes
its appearance when it is cross-cut with
the horizontal knife; then the heat is
applied and as soon as the bottom. of
the vat is warm, we commence working
with the hands, which is continued till
the heat reaches 81 degrees, !: is then
stirred at intervals and lef. ill there is
a slight acid, then the whey is run off
and the curd dippea IN the sink where
it is left until the whey has mostly run
off, then it IS turned over with the
hands.
Wk4R the acid is sufficiently dereI-
opad to be determined by taste or hot
iron, we salt it according to the condi-
ton of the curd, using from , IA to
2 "a pounds in Summer and less in
Spring, according to the quality OF the
curd, per thousand pounds of milk.
Work the salt in with the hands and
let the curd remain a short time to cool ::
in hot weather from 16 to 70 minutes,
if it does not interfere with the next
vat; then put to press.
This is considered an Improvement
on former practice. being a process half
way between the Cheslaer and Ameri-
can methods, and results in turning out
aproauet with as good success as either,
if not better.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-05-09

decrease in the consumption and less
ened demand for it-why, does not ap-
pear.
In cash England paid for her import
ed food, Sll5, 000,0 900 for wheat in 1871;
$3.50, 1000 900 in 1872; and $40, 100000
in 1878. For Indian corn about $780,
100000 in 1871, and about the same
last year; its use not growing with the
increase of the population.
There seems to be but little doubt
that by the natural increase in popula-
ton of the British Isles above the an
nual reouisition on us for food will
always grow She has now an i'm
mensely greater number to feed than
can be fed from her own soil, and she
must look abroad for what she wants.
with the increase of our own popula-
ton, and our Improvement in the arts
which will bring large food-consum-
ing population, the American farmer
will have growing list of customers,
and hence higher prices will prevail
We are inclined to think that Ameri-
can farming has passed its lowest pay
ing point, and from now henceforward
encouragement will be steady. Most of
our best lands are taken up, and we are
now talking of improving the bad lands
by expensive Congressional irrigation
schemes. The inducements which have
rather overstocked the west with farm
ers, are not and never will be again
what they have been. Over-production
will hardly ever again be to the enor-
nous extent it has been. The steady
growth of buying population, both at
home and abroad, must assuredly, we
think, tend to gradually improve prices.
The Cecil Whig. [volume] (Elkton, Md.) 1841-current, 1874-05-09
BOILED LETTUCF-Thjs iS n ,

BOILED LETTUCE-Thjs is delici-
Gus vegetable, resembling asparagus or
seakale, and yet not quite like either.
Lettuce may be simply boiled and eaten
as other greens, but they can be boiled
and served as ENTREMETs in a variety
of ways Have ready some neatly cut
pieces of toast of a pale brown color:
lay them on dish, a hot one; let each
rlece be Of size to hold the lettuce
and one poached egg; pour over the
toast a little of the water and some
gravy. If the latter be not handy,
little fresh butter should be spread on
the toast previous to pouring the water
from the lettuce; place on each piece
of toast enough of the boiled lettuce to
form fiat layer; neatly trim the edges
of the vegetable, and place a poached
egg on the top Or prepare some
toast as above, and spread over each
piece thin layer of anchovy or bloater
paste, on which lay the lettuce; then
season to taste TO prepare the lettuce
for boiling, they should be well cleans
ed, and the top of the leaves, if they
have the slightest appearance of fad
ing, should be cut off; leave as much
of the stock as possible, cutting off the
strong outer skin. When boiled, the
stock is the most delicious part. The
large Cos lettuce makes the handsom-
est dish, but we prefer the flavor of
the Drumhead.
The Gnrden