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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19
VIRGINIA, SATURDAY, JUNE 10, 1875.
TREASURES.

We all have them, treasures that in
trinsically are worth nothing, but from
which We would not part for all the
Indies. l have them, and so have you
my friend. They may be valueless to
others, but they are OF priceless worth
to us. We keep them from stranger
eyes, we allow no profane hand to touch
them; no one but ourselves would ap-
preciate them, for we alone know the
memories that make them dear, aud
with what voices they speak Of dead
past.
Here is withered rose; how the
odor clings TO it still faint and sweet
though time has winnowed the years in
heaps since it was given You on an eve
ming in the beautiful long ago, by one
who is now but handful of dust be-
meath coffin lid. What a subtle power
turks in that rose; you gaze at it Till you
can almost hear the loved voice, and
feel the clasp of the dear hand, as first
you heard aud felt them in that vanish
ed time. And is not that faded rose a
treasure? All, priceless treasure.
But here is something else, package
of old letters, penned by a cherished
hand. They are yellow and old, but
even yet they contain "thoughts that
breathe and words that burn" Put
them away with the faded rose; they
are priceless. And you mi ght write
upon them Sacred to the memory OF
one We loved"
Let us open this drawer-it is filed
with little garments and childs play
things. How the founts of feeling are
stirred as You look at them! Here is a
little well-worn shoe, but the dear feet
that wore them, whose patter was the
sweetest music to your ear, are now
pressing the everlasting hills of Heaven.
All, what would you not give to hear
the patter OF those little feet again {!
But above all do you value this fair curl
Shorn from the bright head OF your
baby boy, whose golden curls were the
light of your life That little curl was
part of your darling, and as you twine
it around your finger and press it TO
your cheek, you almost fancy 1t 4 thing
of life. And are they not treasures, the
little garments, the worn shoe, and the
golden curl They are all that is left
you Of your baby boy, save the fadeless
light of memory and tiny mound in
the cemetery. And would you part
from theml No not for untold gold.
They are your treasures.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19
Make Straight Paths.

Young men, when they fist 60
away from home, and young women,
at their first entrance upon society, are
apt to incur needless risks 10 character
and reputation from sheer foolhardiness.
They do not intend TO do wrong, but
they wish TO "use their freedom" They
feel strong and are wise IN their own
conceit. They would like to do so'no
daring deed and come out unscratched.
Just 10 falsify the predictions OF older
heads. We have known many youths
10 throw themselves in the way OF
wicked temptation, and TO walk pur-
posely on the edge Of some fatal pre-
cipice, for the mere purpose Of showing
their moral agility in escaping.
For such and tor al who have any
influence with sach, we have a message
worth considering. "Make straight
paths for your feet. lest that which is
lame be turned ont Of the way, but let
il rather be healed
Not even the Son of God would mako
a needless leap from the pinnacle OF the
temple. Angels will bear us up in
every danger, SO that no person doing
his duty shall suffer bruising; but he
who chooses the toughest and most
dangerous paths without being called
to tread them is tempting God TO leave
him to the natural results Of bis own
wickedness.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19
EIGHTEEN YEARS.

Eighteen years is good while.
Eighteen years! The proportion Of the
human race who die before they are
eighteen is very large. Eighteen
springs, eighteen summers, eighteen au-
tumns, and eighteen winters-all to be
spent wearing coarse, striped clothes;
living on coarse food; at hard labor,
with no interest in its remuneration;
sleeping in narrow, cold, stone cell, at
night; is it not a dreary prospect, when
reduced to certainty, with no proba-
bility, at least, of change, to put be-
fore youth?
And yet it was to this that New
York justice sentenced young man
and Justly and properly sentenced him
"a few days ago.
Less than forty-eight hours before,
this young man was as free as any OF
us. The avenues to happiness and III
dependence, through industry and econ
omy, were open to him. He preferred
the precarious and atrocious undertaking
of making few dollars by knocking
woman down in q crowded street, and
robbing her of her purse. Eighteen
years in the State prison, at hard labor,
was the result.
Eighteen years He goes in young
man, erect and sinewy.. He will come
out, if he lives, to come out, middle
aged, and prematurely old. His chances
in this life will be virtually gone. Who
will know him? No one. And it would
only be the worse if any one did know
him. His youthful companions will be
dead or scattered. He will be stran
ger in a strange land, untitled by his
long incarceration to get on among his
fellow-mortals when he once more shall
be on the outside of the prison walls,
with his early hopes and sympathies
and sources of happiness all dried up.
Eighteen years in a living tomb! 1t
is dreadful doom; and yet l. is not
too severe tor a crime indicating such
reckless depravity. Fotmerly the pun
ishment for highway robbery was hang
ing. Of late years, in many instances,
the terms of imprisonment to which
robbers have been sentenced have been
too. brief Eighteen years! 1t is
good while, but not two long!
The young wretch who committed
this bold robbery made a most deter
mined effort to escape. We refer to it
for the purpose OF paying a deserved
tribute 10 the faithful and resulted Off
Ger who accomplished his arrest. In
the army such man would be prompt
ly promoted, and he ought to be on the
police. The robber fled to an alley-way
where he was surrounded by sympathlz-
ers of the most unscrupulous character
but the officer seized him by firm grip,
led him triumphantly off, while he kept
the depraved and desperate crowd
around him at bay at the mouth of
drawn reyolver-Ledger.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19
The Beacon and his Calf

Last Sunday, just as one Of our
straightest deacons was getting ready
to shake lines over his horses backes'
and say '.ge dap" his wife happened to
remember the calf hadn't been fed.
The deacon looked at his Sunday
clothes, and observed that he did not
deem it incumbent upon him TO suffer
for the negligence OF others; to which
the deaconess replied that language III
the presence OF the children on a Sun
day morning, and from pillar of the
church, was enough to shake the belief
in the professions that had been made
by some one she could name. The
deacon handed the lines TO his eldest
boy and climbed over the wheel with
out saying a word. lie went around
to the front door and took the door key
from under the mat, came around TO
the back door, and as he was trying TO
put the key in the hole, the key slipped
from his hand and slid down into the
snow. Finally he got into the kitchen
and started for the barn-yard with the
milk. He set the pail down on the
ground and called to the calf but the
beast whisked its tail in the air and
beloved at him. Then he captured
the animal and pulled it along
by the ears and jammed its nose in the
pail, but the calf gave spring, send
ing the milk in 4 cloud of spray over
the deacons shirt front In trying TO
re-capture the beast the deacon dropped
his hymn-book out of his pocket, aud
before he could rescue it the calf stepped
both feet on it and tore the cover off.
The deacon got mad He took a hoop
pole and belabored the calf One end
of the pole struck the shed, and bound
ing up, knocked the deacon's plug hat
off. 1t rolled under the calf, who set
bis foot through the tile, and then went
tearing around the yard with his tail in
the air, and that hat fastened just above
the knuckle joint. The deacon went
into the house and as he unbuckled his
shirt collar he called out, "Maria, you
90 10 church, and if anybody asks after
me, tell them ! staid at home to feed
the calf
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19
FRIENDSHIP.

Friendship is the rearest treasure
That the earth can e'er bestow:
Oft we think we've found the jewel,
But it melts away like snow.
Dearer far than pearls or diamonds
Are our friends, were they but true;
But alas! the diamonds buy them,
And thus changes the old for new.
Circumstances is friendships parent,
Ever changing with the tides;
Morning brings friend that's constant,
But at eve he turns aside.
Friendship plays her sweetest music,
At the golden hours Of day;
When at times we need her greatest,
Taking wings, she flies away.
Friends of every rank are hanging
To the boughs of Fortunes tree;
Shake her branches but with trouble
And they fall, and turning, fee.
Wealth it is that maketh friendly,
When this fails, Fair Friendship
dies,'
For the poor hath scarce neighbor
That will help him once to rise.
Friends they are that last lifetime,
Few can find such friends as these;
Il,
Underneath the forest trees.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19
THE THREE P'S.
PRoMPTIrUDE, PERSEVERANCE AND PAINS
TAKING.

At the close of the last century, a
poor, awkward, uncouth boy entered
London, but he was so long, lank, and
ungainly, that he seemed fit only to be
the drudge of printing office; run er-
rands, bring water, sweep the floor, and
the like. Already had poverty and the
hardness of the world made him sour,
unhopeful, and despondent Under less
discouragements, many a youth has
abandoned himself to an aimless life,
having no higher aim to live but for
the day; or, worse still, has plunged
headlong into all The extravagances and
iudulgences connected with thriftless-
ness and crime. But the boy had Wig
orous health; this impaired to him a
mental vim, a moral power, which soon
showed itself to his employer. He was
prompt, persevering and painstaking;
and with these three qualities, in spite
of the fact that he was good at nothing,
in everything tolerable Only, he made
his patient way, step by step, to the
woolsack of England, and lately died,
(worth million of dollars,) among the
most honored men of his nation and
age-Lord Chief Justice Campbell. In
this case, vigorous health was mine of
wealth; better fortune than if lie had
been the heir of many thousands. And
certain is it, that the world would be a
happier world, and the men would be
happier, better, and greater, if one tithe
of the time, and care, and study which
parents bestow on the accumulation OF
money to leave their children, were
devoted to the physical education and
training necessary to secure vigorous
constitution. Of any two young men
starting on the race Of life, one poor but
healthy, the other rich but etfeminate,
other things being equal, the chance for
usefulness, honor, and well-remem-
bered name, are manifold in favor Of
the former. Who that reads this article
will lay down and resolve: Il will do
more to leave to my children vigor-
Gus constitution 2"
Another element in the success of
Lord Chief Justice Campbell was, that
his employer seeing his dull nature, but
noticing at the same time that when he
had anything to do, he went at it
promptly, and with great painstaking
kept al. it until the work i'll hand was
done, although done painfully slow, he
patted him on the shoulder, always
spoke cheerfully to him, and thus slim
ulated him to greater activities. How
many youth at school, how many an
apprentice in the shop, how many a
child in the family, has gone out in the
night of blighted life, who, with hui
name encouragement, might have lived
usefuly and died famous, let the pas
sionate teacher and master and parent
inquire, and do little more pattlng on
the eshoulder.-HaNs Journal Of HEALTH.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19

Jones gave lawyer bill to be col
lected to the amount of $50. Calling
for it, after awhile, he inquired if it had
been collected. "Oh, yes" said the
LAWYER, Il have it all for you" "What
charge for col'ectingi" "oh," said the
lawyer laughing. sim not going to
charge you-wby l have known you
ever since you were baby, and your
father before you; 500 will be about
right" handing over $40. ''Well,
said Jones, as he meditated upon the
transaction, 'it's darned lucky be didn't
know my granfather, or l shouldn't
have got anything?"
"Ish der some ledder here for me?
inquired German at the general deliy-
ery window of the Post Office recently.
aNo-uone here" was the reply. "VLell
dot ish queer" he contin ued, getting
his head into the window; "my neigh
Dor gets sometimes dree ledders in one
day, und hat never got one ledder yet
How comes dose dings."
Why are young ladies kissing each
other like an emblem of Christianity ?
Because they are doing unto others as
they would that men should do unto
them.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19

EcoNoMY.-Capital is one OF the
great wants of the Southern people. 1t
IS needed for the Improvement of our
lands, the development of manufactor-
les. and the payment of our private and
public debts. Various plans have been
recommended for obtaining it. The
founding of banks, foreign immigration,
and the cutting Of canals and laying of
railroads have all their advocates as the
certain means of securing prosperity to
the country. We believe that econo-
my, private and public, is the only sure
method of increasing our capital and Sc
curing our welfare. If all our people,
or even fair proportion OF them,
should spend less than they make, very
soon new life and success wonld be i'm
parted to all our industries. Enterprise
would revive. Our fields, receiving
more generous culture, would flourish
and Weld bountiful harvests. Our manu-
tactures would become profitable. Our
commerce would expand and prove re.
muneratiye. The surplus products of
onr Industry, if economically employed
would soon pay our debts and furnish
an ample capital for the prosecution OF
all our legitimate and judicious enter
nrises, secular and religious-Ksi'g'ous
Herald.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19

SuIcIDE.-Capt. VIM. II. Brown, 5th
U. S. Cavalry, recently committed sui
eide, at the home OF his father, an Epls-
copal clergyman, at Chester, Pa. Capt.
Brown was a Marylander by birth, was
educated at St. Timothy's Hall, Cations
Vile, was appointed from civil life
during the war, and was we'll known in
social circles i'll Hagerstown as a dish
ing young cavalry officer. The causes
prompting him to rhit rash act are not
assigned.
1t is stated in the papers that Capt.
Brown was engaged to Miss Irene
Rucker at the time of her marriage to
Gen. Sheridan, and that upon the oc-
currence of her marriage, he swallowed
first the engagement ring, and then
doze of poison. Whether this story has
auy Foundation in fact, or is merely
pretty bit of sentimental romance, we OF
course do not pretend to intimate. AT
any rate, among others, the New \ ork
Tribune says that at the time Capt.
Brown was dying she spoke of ring
that he had swallowed. This ring was
found. 1t was of plain gold, with
raised chased edges. On the inside OF
the ring was engraved, BE satisfied.
The story of the ring was not ascer-
tained, but it is believed that the ring
had been given to Captain Brown oy
the daughter Of an army officer 1t is
said that he had been much attached to
the Young lady, and it is believed that
her recent marriage had upset his mind
and had been once Of the predisposing
causes of his suicide.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19

YoUSG MEcuANICs.-There is no class
of the community upon whom the fu-
ture welfare of the country more essen
TALLY depends than upon the rising
generation of young mechanics. If they
are intelligent, sober, industrious and,
consequently, independent, able and ac-
customed to Judge for themselves, and
governed in their conduct by an en-
lightened view of this sort, the mechan-
les, and especially the young mechanics
will form, in conjunction with the
young farmers of the country, bull
wark against monopolies and corrupt
politicians and save the republic.
If on the other hand, they are igno-
rant, idle, dissolute and consequently
poor and dependent on those who are
willing to trust them-if our mechanics
should unhappily become such class
they would soon be converted into the
mere tools of few artful men, who,
having first stripped them of every
sense of self-respect and every feeling
proper to virtuous citizens, would use
them as passive instruments tor pro-
noting their own ambitious projects,
and for the enactment of laws which
are beneficial to nobody but the artful
few and base demagogues with whom
they originate. 1t is true of the me-
chanical arts, as Of any other profession,
that knowledge is power.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19

Large quantities of grasses are lm-
ported into this country from france
every year, but more this season than
ever, for the purpose of adding to
wreatbes of artificial flowers for bonnet
trimmings.
The grand essentials to happiness in
this life are something to do, something
to love and something to hope tor.
What men want, says Bulwer, is not
talent, it is purpose; in other words,
not the power to achieve, but the VIII
to labor. ~
Success is full of promise till men get
it and then it is last years nest, from
which the bird has flown.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19

A WORD IN SEAsoY.-Let every
young man whose appetite for drink Is
consciously growing, but whose con
science is not yet scared by confirmed
habit, adopt the plan of making an ac-
curate note of how he feels in the morn
ing after drinking too much the night
before. Let him analyze as nearly in
detail as he can his thoughts and rcfiec-
tions when he first wakes mp, and put
down in black and white plain, truth
full description of them. l do not refer
to the sense of physical pam or discom-
fort which always follows debauch,
but to his moral conditions in the early
morning, and in the absence Of the
fictitious excitement of conyiyialiiy.
Let this be done conscieDtiously, and
let the young man read. over his own
words carefully, and endeavor 10
thoroughly realize what he has described
Oh paper, every time he thinks of tax
ing a drink, and believe, that most
young men controlled by principle,
actuated by desire to do right, and
struggle against the inherent weakness
of human nature, would in a short time
come to the conclusion that the "game
is not worth the candle" and in many
cases eventually give up the desire to
indulge in so treacherous and delusive
a relief from ennui-so dangerous and
false means of excitement.
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19

"What a shame that / should be
starviDg!" exclaimed Gpoor corset-ma-
ker out of work-"I that have stayed
the stomachs of hundreds"
"Yes, you may come again next Sun
day evening, Horace, dear, but"-and
she hesitated. "Wbat is it, darling 7
Have ] given you pains' be asked, as
she still remained silent. "You didn't
mean to, I'm sure, she responded, shut
next time please don't wear one of those
collars with points turning outward;
they scratch so.'
The season for broiling your neck
and catching no fish, is here.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19

Suor Br LoL-Eight men were
drawn out by lot TO be shot down in
cold bloodi This occurred recently 10
Spain. Fighting is going on there.
although il docs not disturbed the rest
of the world very much. The eight
men were prisoners-prisoners Of war.
They had done noihing-beyond fight
ing and periIing their lives for cause
they believed 10. But somebody else
had done something wrong. Eight
prisoners Of war on the other side had
been brutally slaughtered after their
surrender. Some wretch Of an officer
had outraged even the rules Of bloody
war, and killed them after they bad
laid down their arms. And 90 It was
ordered that lots should be drawn
that eight should be taken by LOT from
six hundred, and marched out and shofI
Oh, miserable mockery Of humanity! !
prayers were offered up for their souIS
while their 1.-THE and healthy bodies
were Just about to be riddled With bUl
lets
One poor fellow, almost at the last
moment, broke away and ran for the
river. A bullet bit him IN the back.
bu, he kept on and lcaped in. Then
more successful shot struck him in the
head, and he sank, mingling his blood
With the water! The other seven writh
ed and fell in their tracks. The ssd
story went home TO parents, brothers,
sisters, and sweethearts; shot, Ike bal
locks knocked down in slaughter
house. Sad thing. This being ss]scted
bv LOT 10 be shoti-Ledxer.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19
A Good Character.

A good character is the best defense
a man can have either in public or pri-
vate life, against the open or secret at
tacks of his enemies. There are some
characters SO grand and pure that the
breath of gossip or the tongue of SLAM
der cannot injure or disturb them.
They stand like the lighthouse on some
rocky ledge, the angry waves beating
around It's base, its clear, strong light
shedding friendly rays over the trou-
bled waters, the sign ofhope aud safe
ty to the tempest-tossed mariner. The
character of good man stands proof
against the shafts of malice, envy, pre-
iudice. The public know it, and are
quick to rally to its support in the hour
of danger. AS the strong foundation
upholds the structure and holdsit stead
fast when the storm bursts upon it, SO a
good character bears up the staucture
of manhood and shields it from the
trials and dangers OF life.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1875-06-19
LOOK HERE !
First-Class Investment /!

WE offer No. Farm for sale, contain
w ing 374 acres, so acres of which is in
.niendid timber, will make two nice
Arms. A new house and new barn are
n rho farm. The farm lies upon the
bike bike leading from Winchester to Front
Rnn,i and six miles from the Manassas
Go1 and Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
5 sn5 immediately on the projected Shen-
,ndoah valley Railroad. a bargain can
be had, or it will be exchanged ior Mar eaT
dnsburg, Hagerstown, Frederick or Bal
JOHN Ii. ZITTLE,
Shepherdstown, W. va.
April a.
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April a

SIS TO $50 Term. Term hss frss. y Addrss: Ss;
&. SrIysoS & Co., Portland Maine.
Jan. %, 1875.