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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

"BIG Ben" WEsrMINsrER.--A visit
to the great clock at Westminster, with
its famous hour bell, called Big Ben,
must interest any visitor not already
familiar with the wonders of London.
To reach this marvellous clock it is
necessary to ascend nearly four hundred
steps; but the trouble is amply repaid
by the sight of some Of the finest views
that can be had of the city and sub
urbs. The face of the great tlmeplece
is twenty-five feet and six inches III
diameter, and about seventy-two feet N
circumference The minute hand,
little over eleven feet in length, weighs
only twenty-eight pounds, being hol-
low, and is made OF copper. The
figures measure two feet from end 10
end, and the minute dots are exactly
one foot apart The working portion
of the clock occupies little space com
pared TO that required by the striking
power. The former can be wound up
in ten minutes, while the latter takes
five hours twice a week. The weights
of the first are one and a half hundred
weight, while those of the striking
power equal ono and half tons.
Were they allowed to run down, they
would have reach of one hundred and
seventy-fve feet. The pendulum itself
weighs seven hundred pounds, and is
fifteen feet in length. Reporting twice
a day to Greenwich, the clock is kept
SO correct that it has only varied the
fraction of second in eighty consecu-
tive days. The weight Of the bells
varies, but that of Big Ben is thirteen
aud half tons.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

Californians say they can tel! an
Eastern man a. soon as he makes a
purchase. II there's two cents com
ing to him in making change he
wants it.
What fine thing it is, said q
venerable doctor as lie got up from
the slippery ice, OH which he had
violently seated himself the other
morning, that the brains are situated
where they are. l never SO fully
realized the nicely OF the arrange
ment as on this morning, for should
have endangered niue several times
had they been in a less elevated posi-
ton.
Few things in ibis world trouble
people more than poverty, or the fear
of poverty; and indeed it is sore
infiction but like all other ills that
flesh is heir 10, it has its antidote, It's
reliable remedy. The judicious aPpli-
cation of industry, prudence, and tenn
perance is certain cure
Il is said there are 100000 feathers
upon the wing Of a silk-worm moth, and
that any one doubling the truth OF the
statement can easily satisfy himself by
counting them.
A white boy upon meeting q colored
boy asked him what he had SO short a
nose for, upon which the darkey re-
piled: Il s'spect it's so won be Pok-
ing my nose into other peoples busi-
ness.
The Real E,'afe Broker says that
the firm Of J. Y. Camben d Co, OF
Parkersburg, employ 800 hands in their
barrel factory and oil refinery. and that
they turn out 600 barrels per day.
There has been quite revival at the
Presbyterian Churches at Washington,
Pa The 6rst Church has received an
accession of 6f.y-six and the Second
Church eighty.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

SELF -REspEcr. 1t is too frequently
the case that women lay the cause OF
their failure in working to their sex,
instead of their own errows, and thus
theyare prevented from any real pro-
gress. They are apt TO thine that every
rebuff they meet with is offered them
because they are women, and therefore
the natural victims of injustice. 1t is
so much pleasanter to have imaginary
enemies than to recognize ones own
incapacity for the task undertaken that
the delusion is always maintained.
In this way woman will persist in attrl-
buting to personal hostility what is
really caused be lack of talent and IN
dus,ry. Ii woman fails as writer,
lecturer, actress, or dramaticreader, her
indiscreet friends are apt to assume that
she fails because she is woman. But,
in fact, in these days her sex helps her
quite as much as it hinders in most or
all of these pursuits, and the chances
are that where she fails man OF the
same qualifications would have failed
quite as badly. There ought to exist
among women, and among men also, a
more courageous spirit in these matters,
and at the same time more humanity.
1t is said of Hayden, the painter, that
oif he had taken as much trouble to
paint good pictures as he did to con,
vince the public that he had painted
them, he would not have died sui
eide on account of failure" If people
are inclined to value women's work, let
them make it of such unquestlonable
worth that it cannot be resisted.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08


To-DAr.-Enjoy the present, what
ever it may be, and be not solicitous tor
the future; for if you take your foot
from the present standing and thrust it
forward to to-morrows event, you are
in a restless conditions; it is like refusing
to quench your present thirst by fearing
you will want to drink next day. If to-
morrow we should want, your sorrow
would come time enough, though, you
do not hasten it; let your trouble tarry
till its own day comes. Enjoy the bless
ings of this day, if God sends them, and
the evils of it bear patiently and sweet
ly, for this day is ours. We are dead
to yesterday, and not yet born to to-
morrow.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08
DSTOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY, WEST VIRGINIA. SATURDAY, APRIL 1876
HALFWAY DOIN'S

Belubbed fellow-trabelers: I'm holdin'
forth to-day,
doesn't quote no special verse for what
I has to say,
De sermon will be berry short, and dis
here am de tex:
Dat halfway doin's amt no count for
dis worl' or de mex.
Dis worl' dat we's a-libbin' in is like
cotton-row,
Whar ebery cullud gentleman has got his
line to hoe;
And ebery time lazy niger stops to take
map,
De grass keeps on a-growin' for to smud-
der up his crap.
When Moses led de Jews acrost dc waters
OBJ de sea,
Dey had to keep a-goin', jes' as fas as fas'
could be:
Do you s. pose dat dcy could ebber hab
succeeded in deir wish,
And reached de Promised Land at last -
if dey had stopped to fish?
Ny friends dar was garden once, whar
Adam libbed wild Eve,
Wild no ono round 10 bodder dem, no
neighbors for to thieve,
And every day was Christmas, and dey
got deir rations free,
And eberything belonged to dem except
an apple-tree.
You all know bout de story-how de
snake come snoopin' 'roun',-
A stump-tail, rusty moccasin, crawlin'
on de groun'-
How Eve and Adam ate de fruit, and
went and hid deir face,
Till dc angel oberseer he come and drove
em off de place.
Now, s'posc dat man and woman hadn't
tempted for to shirk,
But had gone about deir gardenin', and
tended to deir work,
Dey wouldn't hab been loafin' whar dey
had no business to,
And de debbil nebber'd got chance to
tell 'em what to do.
No halfway doin's, bredred! It'll nebber
do, say!
Go at your task and finish it, and dcn's
de time to play
For eben if de crap is good, de rain I'll
spilc de bolls,
Unless you keeps a-pickin' in de garden
oh your souls.
Keep a-plowin' and a-hoin', and scra-
PIN OBJ de rows,
And when de ginnin's ober you can pay
up what you owes;
But if you quits a-workin' ebery time de
sun is hot,
De shcrifi7s gwine to lebby upon every
thing you's got.
whateber tits you's dribin' at, be shore
and dribe it through,
And don't let muffin stop you, but do
what you's gwine to do;
For when you sees niger foolin', den,
as shores you're born,
You's gwine to sec him comm out de
small end oh de horn.
| thanks you for de 'tention you has glib
dis afternoon
Sister Williams will oblige us by a-raisin'
oh 4 tune
| see dat Brudder Johnson's bout to pass
aroun'de hat,
And don't let's hab no halfway dom
when it comes to dat!
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

While an Iowa woman was strug-
Cling in the water, and likely to drown,
her husband yelled out: New bonnet
swim for life!' aud she kicked out and
safely reached the shore.
DR.. Walker, w. Va, states: 81 take
pleasure in recommending SDr. Wade's
Liver Corrector' as most excellent
remedy for Dyspepsia. Indigestion and
Liver Complaints in all its forms /
have tested it with universal SUCCESS"
Why should it be easy to break into
an old mans house. Because his gait
is broken and his locks are few.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08
NOTICE..

T HEREBY notify all persons indebted
i to me to make Immediate payment, as l
am in need of funds very much. nope
none will disregard this request.
also have large and very fine stock
of Goods, such as Boots and Shoes ofevery
description Hats, Caps, and Notions of
every kind; which will sell at reduced
prices. to good men, at 80 and 60 days cred
il. Here is chance for Bargains. Call
and see my stock.
/. w. CHAPLINE.
Nfarcb 4 II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

THE VALUE OF EDUCATIoS.-Jack
was heard calling across the fence to
his neghbor's son, colored youth who
goes to school at the Atlanta Colored
University:
"Look hyar, boy, you goes ter
school, don't yer ?"
"Yes, sir, replied the boy.
"Gittin' eddykashuu, Amt yer''
"Yes, sir,
"Larnin' 'rithmethick and iggerin
on a slate, eh,'
"Yes, sir,"
DWELL, it don't take two whole days
to make an hour, do it'"
"Why no !" exclaimed the boy.
"You was gwine to bring dat hatch
it back in all hour, warnt yer!"
eyes, sir,
"And its been two days since yer
borrowed it. Now, what goods eddy
kashun gwine ter do you thick skuller
niggers when yer go ter school a whole
year an den tan t tell how long it takes
TO fetch back hatchil!'
The boy got mad and slung the
hatchet over the fence, and halt way
through the ash barrel.-.Aildnta Con-
stituti0n.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

GRABBING A PASSENGER LIKE A MAIL
BAG. As the Centennial approaches all
sorts of devices saving time and money
are in order. With a view of facilita-
ting q rapid transit man has invented
an apparatus for taking passengers on
and putting them off without stopping
the trains at way stations. The candl-
date for ride to Philadelphia is placed
like a mail bag upon a plat form and
waits 10 be taken in. AS the car ap-
proaches a machine like the top of a
working table, working on an elbow,
like joint, reaches out suddenly, and
strikes the awaiting passenger in the
middle, he falls forward on the table,
and before he is aware of it the coDduc-
tor is holding him by the collar, while
the train clerk goes through his clothes
for his ticket or cash fare. BY the time
the traveller has recovered his breath he
is fifty miles on his journey, and the
porter of the parlor car has blackened
his boots and busted his clothes.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08
TO CONSUMPTIVES.

THE advertiser, having been perma-
L nently cured of that dread disease Con-
sumption, By simple remedy, is anxious
10 make known to his fellow sufferers the
means of cure. TO all who desire it, no
will senda copy of the prescription used,
(frec of Charge, with the directions for
preparing ana using the same, which they
will find SURE CURE for CONSUMPTION,
ASTHMA, BRoNcnIrIs, sc.
Parties wishing the prescription will
please address
REV. +. y. WILSON.
l54 Penn. St., Williamsburg,
New York.
Dec. II, 1873. 6m
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

"Orville Grant yelled the President,
seiziug his trembling kinsman by his
left ear and wrenching it violently.
"You'rs pretty sort OF brother; you're
a nice third term sardine, amt you !!
"Did l mean to hurt you'' whimpered
the offender. "Did l say who got part
of the money! s'pose Id do anything
against the family'" "Idiot!" shrieked
the President, Tightening his grip and
Jerking the miserable culprlt to and fro.
LET 60 of me, cried Orville, his wrath
rising, ''Let go my ear, Lyss Grant, or
I'll make such interesting reading tor
this people that novels won't be any
where" Then his Excellency released
his grasp and sank back exhausted on
a pile of cigar boxes, while Orville, gath
ering up his quivering auricular, strobe
moodily GU, OF tue apartment for bot
tie of arnica-Brookiyn ArguI.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

Another reason why Spain wants to
lick this country is because all the dried
apples sent over there lose their flavor
aud are dead loss.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08
ERRORS OF YOUTH.

GENTLEMAN who suffered for years
Afrom Nervous Debility, Premature De-
cay, and all the effects of youthful indis-
cretion will, for the sake of suffering hut
manity, send free to all who need it, the
recipe and direction for making the SIM
pie remedy by which he was cured. Suf-
ferers wishing to profit by the ad-
vertisers experience can do so by address,
ing in perfect confidence.
JOHN B. OGDEN,
~ Cedar St., New York.
Dec. IL, 1875. 6m
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08

"TnE LOST CAUSE. "A magnificent
picture II Is inches is size, beautiful
in design aud artistic in execution. 1t
represents a confederate soldier after
the war returning to bis home, which
he finds lonely and Lesolate. In front
of the ruined cottage, telling sad tale
of the miseries of war, are two graves
with rude crosses, on one OF which
some friendly hand has hung a garland
To the right the calm river and the
rising moon indicate peace and rest.
The stars, seen through the trees, re-
present the Southern Cross. 1t is a pic
ture that will touch every Southern
heart, and should find place in every
Southern home. One copy sent by
mail, mounted OF a rollar aud post paid,
on receipt of 25 cents, or three for 60
cents. AdGrss John Burow & Co.,
Bristol, Tenn. Agents wanted every
where to sell our cheap and popular
pictures.-S5 to $40 per day easily
made. No money required until pic
lures are sold Send stamp for cata-
logue and terms.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1876-04-08
BALTIMORE
LOCK HOSPITAL.
DIR. JOHNSTON,

PHYSICIAN of this celebrated Institu-
[ ton, has discovered the most certain,
speedy, pleasant, and effectual remedy in
the world for all
, 1876-05-13
CORRE.yPO1'UENCE.

I >--~-~s~~~~U~,~~y>~-~-~ N~NN~~>~,
FALLS CRY, W. 7,
Eia,r No,tiow >hw;
! In No. lG Of your popcry you mcniion some
irctS REGARDING the farming lands of the
Upper Snoqualnic valley. As you wish to
aid in developing the natural wealth Of this
country, which has been heretofore under
estimated, will giycyour Intelligent readers
in the East, or some friends who may come
here during the summer, some valuable hints
regarding manufacturers. refer to the
manufacture of riaeb burJ a0rcS, which |
believe to be Il lucrative branch of business,
At present we ship our valuable material in
bolts, sap and all, to san Francisco, and
there the mllmun run them through their
machines and pack ready for market all
over the world. Why not bring stavc
machine out here, right at n mill.site on nav.
igahlc water, in the very midsts of these
timber lands
feel sorry to see our new settlers burn
up this very valuable timber, such us spruce,
maple and kind commonly called cotton
wood. Notwithstanding that was brought
up in the midst of machinery and wheel
work, alone can not improve this enter
prise, as my large family and my land claims
need to much attention. VIII some one
who has knowledge OF machinery, or II
practical man with some means, take an in.
tcrcst in it | will chccrfully furnish the
details of the watcrpowcr and everything
/ else connected Herewith. The power and
/ the land refer to is not mine the most OF
/ il is government land, the balance Can be
rot cheap it is located in the midst of Il
rich agricultural region. No ono need in
Quirc either in person or by letter, crcpt
| MoSc who mean 6asiRcsS.
Besides this, there is another branch of
industry; mean the manufacture of iurn-
. turc and wooden ware. For there, Suoho
| mi,h City would hc splendid point, or
even Falls City would he good on account
of porer and matcrM, Planning machinery
is the next best. | will mention that this,
for the present, would have to he done on a
limited scale MS Il home industry.
For further particulars apply to me at
Falls City, King Co., w. T., or the office Of
the NORTHERN STAR.
]. g. JANiCKE.
, 1876-05-13

Los ANGELES, CAL., April 10th, 1876.
We take few extracts from u letter writ
ten 10y r. II, Hewitt to II compositor in this
office:
We reached hcre-thc City of Los Angeles
twcnty-eight days rom Olympia, hut We
stopped one day at Seattle and twelve days
ut san Francisco on business. Had an en-
cecdingly rough and sick passage, Los
Angeles looked like Il city in midsummer
glory. Roses and peach trees in blossom
and many orange trees loaded with halIripe
fruit
This is great, big Struggling town, con
toining Il mixed population of from 1? to
liO00 Americans, foreigners OF every name
and nature, Mex cans, Grrascrs, and the
everywhere present " Heather Chintc.'
went to work the day after reached here in
II job Office with lots Of work to ,lo.
So far have not been ON many streets OF
the city, only four or five, SO can tell but
little lii regard to it.
There are four printing o1i4s in the city,
and seven papers. One of them Spanish and
one Grrman--four job Offices, and my old
one Mt Olympia was better than all of them
in every respect. | would have done well
to have brought my office down here.
Money circuhtcs here There are four rail
roads and last month they paid out over
S20O,0O0 for labor. Almost as much rs the
Olympia Tcnino Railroad would pay out for
like services.
Thermometer stood at 157 to-day, hut
the cool seo,brcc2e makes il very pleasant
this evening
, 1876-05-13

CHARACTER GRows-From the minute
u babe begins to notice surrounding objects,
his character is under the process of fOrua.
tion. Day by day, through infancy and
childhood, here little and there little.
character grows with the growth and
strengthens with the strength, until, good
or bad, it becomes almost coat Of mail
Look mt model man of business prompt
reliable, cool and cautious, yet clear-hcadcd
and energetic, When do you suppose hg
developed all these admirable qualities:
When be was boy. Let us see the way in
which boy of ten gets up in the morning
works, plays, studies, and we will tell you
Just about what kind of u man he will make.
The boy who is late at the breakfast table,
late at school. and never docs anything mt
the right time, stands poor chance to bc a
prompt man. The boy who ncglects lis
duties, be they ever so SAIL and then eX-
cuscs himself by saying, "Oh, | forgot
didn't think ~ will never b. u reliable man
And the boy who finds pleasure in the pain
of weaker things, will never he n noble
generous kindly man II gentleman.
, 1876-05-13

/, i5 said that the Sultan Of Turkey offered
Mr., Gladstone quarter Of Il million doIIa'5
a year to come to Constantnoplc and run
the Government for him. The cX-Prcmicr
would not accept. lie was afraid Di,racIi
might Ito something naughty in his absence,
and he couldn't give up the possible fun that
he might get from pummcIIing the Pope
now and then. 1t is too bad the sultan
should he discouraged by his refusal. Gov
ernor Allen will he out Of place presently,
and might be engaged for half the money.
-W0H anil H0wc.
, 1876-05-13
legal NOGiCc.

In the Probate Court Of SnOhOm,h county
Wa,hmtOu Territory.
In the Matter Of the Estate OF l. p. SMITH, de-
ceased, late Of said county
Belt remembered that on the 10Th pay OF April
1876. j. y. Low, n duly appointed and qualified
Administrator Of said Estate presented to this
Court A petition forNm order to show cause why nm
order Of sale should not be granted to said Admin
stratur to sell all the Real and Personal property
Of said Estate TO pay the CLAIMS against SAID Estate,
and that day be set for the hearing o. said pc
ttlon And the Court ordered that Saturday. May
9Th, 1876, be sct for the hearing Of said petition
and there being no objections, in writing or other
wise, to said petition on said day. and now ON this
Sth day Of May comes said Administrator and pre-
sent, 4 petition snhscrbcland sworn to rs the law
directs, and ask, that IN order of sale be granted,
After due consideration, it Is ordered, adiUgcd and
dcrrccd that said Administrator sell at public uuc
ton all the Real and Personal property Of said
Estate after legal notice hns been given rs the law
directs said notice to be published for four sue
ccSsvc weeks IN the Surthem star
Terms made known on the day Of sale
Witness my hand and the seal Of -nid Conrt
hcrrunto nlliNed. at my Office in said county, THE
9Th day Of May 1876.
II. HASKELL, hr,J,tic J'UiW.
, 1876-05-13
Among the stories told of Fmncy, t

Among the stories told Of Finncy the
rcvivalSt, is the following: ITc was pass
ing nm iron foundry when the works were
in full blast, and heard workman swear
ing terribly, Young man. said the reyi.
vast, addressing the swearcr. How hot
do you suppose hell is.' The workman
recognized his qucstoncr, and placing his
arms akimbo, and looking him squarcly in
the face, said, " Well, Mr.. Finney suppose
its 80 hot there that if somebody brought
you a spoonful OF melted iron you'd swear
twas ice cream Mr. Finney had nothing
more to say.
, 1876-05-13

In the District Court Of Snolomisll County
Washington Territory. In Equity.
SwES PETERSON, Plaintiff;
, 1876-05-13
O. JACuDs.

DIED.--Mrs. Pagden, wife Of the Supcrin.
tcndcnt Of the Talbot Coal Nine died at
Talbot Mny .. She was buried in the
Masonic Cemetery.
THE WoRK COMMENCED The contract
for the trcstling and piling the first two and
u half miles of the rail road was given by Mr
Coleman yesterday to Mr.. Joe Surber, and
the work was commenced at once by the
driving ofa few piles to mark the lines. Mr.
Surbers contract includes the construction
of the wharf, piece of which, 80 by $50 IT,.
will be the first work done, 50 rs to permit
the landing Of tics, iron and other materials
Mr.. Coleman will furnish everything, and
Mr.. Surher will do all the work, the piing
Gaping stringing, everything but putting
down the ties and iron. TDuHc.
, 1876-05-13
Notice 10 Creditors.
Notice.

Notice.
From, and after, date hrrcrof Eldrigc Morse,
Attorney ut Law, has full power and authority to
transact all business for me, the same d. II was
personally present constitute him my agent
and place my notes and accounts in hIo hands for
collection. All persons indebted to me ARE re-
quircd to pay the same to my said agent at SnOho.
mish City, w. r.
c<sWSN Witness my hand and seal, this lst day Of
lTHSE May, 1916.
, 1876-05-13

We notice in the West Coast Star, pub
lishcd at Menlocino City CAL, our1omc for
many years, m account ot fearful double
murder the details ot which are too sicien-
inc to rcpuhish Were it not for the list of
names, well known citizens of the place, old
friends of ours in former years, who figure
as jurors in the inquest we should be inclined
to believe that the beautiful little town was
Progressing backwards. But with such
men as appear as officers Of the CONT Of in
quiry and jurors, we know that vice and i'm
morality, eliminating in murder, IS an extra
ordinary exception, and not frequent 'oc-
currcnCc
, 1876-05-13
M AR RED.

ROSS--WEl.LMAN At tli, place, May Z, by
the Rev j. Il. Thompson, Hugh Ross to Miss May
Wcllmm both OF this city.
The printers and editorial staff were generously
remembered by both bride and bridegroom; and
may many years Of domestic happiness fall to their
lot, Us side by side they float down the placid
stream uflif,.