Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-08-19
The Terrible Cholera.

The terrible epidemic of cholera com
mits fearful ravages on the teeming,
poorly fed and badly housed popula
tons, of the East, whose general neg
lect of sanitary precautions and untay-
orable condition Of life render thempar-
ticularly susceptible to IFS attacks. The
Bombay Gazette records the fearful
destruction wrought by this dreaded
visitant among the inhabitants of the
little village of GolYood, situated mid
way between Bombay and Surat. The
locality was looked upon as remarkably
healthtul, and many of the officials OF
the Bombay, Baroda Il Central India
railway resided there. the population
Of the village was only about two
hundred. Suddenly the cholera made
its appearance, and fitty-seven of the
population fell victims 10 the destroyer
the first day. Twenty-three OF the re-
mainder died on the day following, and
twenty more on the next day. The
few survivors fled to the adjacent hills,
overcome by terror, leaving the dead
unburied in the streets. There was no
doctor on hand, and the terrified ma
tiyes restored TO Mr. II. B. Wharton. 4
prominent railway official, who did
what he could by distributing 4 small
supply ct medicine he happened to
have, but it was speedily exhausted,
and he could DO nothing further to stay
the progress of the plague. attacks
were very yirulent, some of the natives
diving within halt an hour from the first
seizure. The place is now depopulated,
and the handful OF survivors III danger
of perisEng from starvation.
NATURAL PnMosoruY.-Pr Professor
Smythe was lccturing in Ossipoe ON
natural philosophy, and in the course OF
his experiments he introduced one of
Carrington's most powerful magncnts.
with which he attracted n block of iron
from distance of two feet.
Can any of YOU conceive n greater
attractive power!' the lecturer demand
ed.
Il KEN answered a voice from the
audience.
no. a natural, terrestrial object |
opine 2
'Yaas, Sir
The professor challenged the man
who had spoken TO name the thing.
Then up rose old Seth Wimlet He
was a genius in his way, and original.
Said he: Il ken give We the facts, an
We ken Judge for yorSelt When |
were a young man, thar were little
piece o material magnet, done up in
kaliker an dimity, as was called Betsy
Jane. She could draw me fourteen
miles every Sunday. Snakes alive it
were lest as nateral as slidin' down bill.
Thar wa mt no resistin' her. That ere
magnet o yourn is pooty good, but
'tain't n circumstance to the one at
draw'd me. No, Sir.
4 WoMAN's SUBMIssIoN-Mrs. Til
ton, it is said, now sewS for living.
She seems to be the only victim OF pop
ular Indignation or neglect. Illton has
been lccturing to crowded houses, al
fair compensation; Beecher receives a
! donation of 100000 and is upheld ard
applauded by the people, while the poor
woman sits and silently stitches. Serves
her right, says morality. Not so, said
Christ. II Bcecher is not guilty, why
should the poor woman DE crowded
out of sipht and stoned. There can
be no reason or logic AS applied TO her
case, save that it is the custom of socie-
" to sacrifice the woman in ali cases OF
doubt. OF the three parties, we thinI;
she shows the brightest cOnrage-tha,
of endurance. She does not plant her.
self before the people upon the roslrum,
but submissiyely bears her fate, and 81
lenlly sewS, aud weeps and prays. The
whole case has been a tragedy, but we
think the grandest figure in the scene
is this sad lady with the needle.-New
ark Courier.
\ JEALOUS DurcuMAN.-A goodna.
tured German became jealous of the
warm friendship his sweetheart mani.
tested for one OF his male friends, and
one evening rcproached her for her
conduct. She answered that she had
only been polite to the man who had
aroused his jealously, and politcness
was nothing TO get angry at lie re-
piled;
"Ish Whispering noding? ? Ish shlam-
ming noses to noses and shneIllng sour
krout init onions-ish dot noding! Kiss.
ing init the inside auf lie lip shopping
de bust OF laughter nit shlnack "a
sound like exploded yaterin2lIon I.
playing tag nit foot on foot under dc
table, and hiding pehint window cur
tains-ish dose noding? Wishing
CLOCKS 10 60 more slow. and counting
der minutes init der most slObOcry
shlnacks until latencss aul der midnight
arriics, ven all order eyes are glued
togedder init sleep Den on der door
step, yust previously before he took his
last final farewell, he squozes your waist
yust like his arms vas a iBgine-ruber
band yot grows shinaller init efery
squoze, aud he tries mil his front teeth
TO take leetle Biz out aut your lip :.
If all al desc is nodlng, vat ish some
ding! Would ou answers dot conun-
brum p
Gov. HEHDEIcKs Ar PoLE RAIsISC
The New York Tribune states that
Coy. Hendricks attended a democratic