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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-03
Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery,
and Fancy Goods,

Dry Goods, Notions, Millinery,
and Fancy Goods,
to which would invite the attention Of
my old customers and the public gcncr-
ally. Ny entire stock is NEW, and has
been selected with great care, from tue
different Eastern cities, and will be sold
us LOW as the same quality OF Goods can
be bought for anywhere.
In DRESS GOODS, have Black Silks,
Black Cashmcrcs Uupin's make,) Bro
cadc and DamasSc Costume Cloths, Bunt-
ings, DeBege, Lawns, Percales, &c.
In DOMESTIC GOODS, my stock is
cOmpletc-BrOwn and Blcachcd COttons,
Bed Ticking, Sheetings, Ginghams, Shirt
lngS, Crash, Table Diapers, &c.
In NOTIONS-Ladics, Misses and Chill
drcn'S Hosiery and Gloves, magnificent
stock-all the NOvclticS-Collars, Cuffs,
IIandkerchicfs, Buttons, Corsetts, Para
sOis, &C., &c.
In MILLINERY and FANCY GOODS
Hats, BOnnctS, Ribbons, Silks, Fcath-
crS, Flowers, Ornaments, silk and Lace
Tics, Pocket Books, Purses, Zephyr Wor-
stedS, Neck Rulings, &C., &c.
| have secured the services of FIRST
CLASS MILLINER, from Baltimore,
who will manage my Millinery Depart
ment, and will trim Hats and BonnetS to
order. Will also constantly have on hand
Hats ready trimmed. Satisfaction guar
antced.
Special orders for Goods not in stock
will be promptly filled. Orders by mail
will receive prompt attention, and sam
pies sent on application.
Persons in want of any goods in my
line, will find it 10 their interest TO cX-
anime my stock and prices before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
IS Remember, we consider it no trout
bic TO show goods. Soliciting share
of the public patronage.
am Respectfully.
JOHN +. WELSUANS.
Shcphcrlstown, April Il, 1880. If
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-03
1880 1880
John T, WELSHANS,
OF THE LATE FIRM OF
RICHARD Il WELSlANS.

! HAVE opened in my NEW STORE
L ROOM. in the Magruder Building,
nearly opposite Shepherd College,
Snlrnhil stock of
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-03
Buggies! Carriages
VEHICLES !!
OF EVERY DESCRIPTION!
The Best Variety of Buggies, Carriages,
and Vehicles generally, ever offered
to the people, and less in price.

desire to call the attention of the citi-
zens of Berkeley and surrounding coun-
ties TO the fact, that L have on hand q
large and elegant supply OF family car
riageS. buggies, rockaways, jenny lindS,
and other styles of vehicles, also wagons
of all kinds and descriptions, which am
selling lower than other dealers in my
line, either for cash, on time, or In eX-
change for horses, country produce, or
secondhand carriages. | ask attention
to these terms rs they are more liberal
than carriage makers usually offer. Times
are hard and money scarce, but want
my friends and customers 10 know, that,
nevertheless, they can supply themselves
with carriages.
Persons in want of old carriage wheels
to fix up their market wagons, or to make
temporary wagons, will find ut my facto-
~ any kind they may desire, some OF them
very good and will last long time for
such purposes.
Repairing promptly done rs usual. Give
me call, il you want anything in my
line; it will not be my fault ii We don't
deal. WIN. +. GElER.
MartinSburg, July 10, 1879. ~
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-03
New Goods
AT THE
POST OFFICE STORE
AT
DUFFIELD'S!

THE undersigned has just laid In a new
1 supply of Spring and Summer Goods
10 be sold at the lowest possible prices,
consisting in part of Calicoes, Cottons,
Cottonadcs, Linens, Towels and Ladies'
Dress Goods. Cotton, Batting, Wadding
and Canvass and full line of Hose. Socks
as low us G0ccntS per dozen pairs. Also II
LARGE stock of Winter Goods which will
lac sold very low.
The Notion department embraces Ladies
AMI Gents neck wear, Collars, Cuffs,
Scarfs, Tics, llandherchicfs, Ribbons,
Brcast-pinS, Ear-rlrops, Collar and Cuff
Buttons, Studs, Fans, Parasols, &c.
Also 4 full line of GROCERlES,C Canned
Fruits, &C., Tobaccos, Snufls, Cigars,
Pipes, Wooden and Tinwarc; Cutlery
and Hardware, ShovclS, Forks, Axes,
Hatchets, Curry Combs and Lamp Goods,
Coal Oil, &c.
Mems. Ladies, Misses and Chidrcn's
Boots, Shoes and Slippers from the city
markets at reduced prices. HARVEST
SHOES VERY CHEAP.
A full line of QUEENSWAR \ SUI
periOr line of BOOTS and SHOES, such
as Mems Fine Calf, Stitch Downs, Plow
Shoes, &c, and Ladies Fine Lasting Cal
tcrs, Slippers, and Children'S Shoes of all
kinds. 4 full line of GROCERIES,.
COUNTRY PRODUCE Ar HIGHEST
PRICES t&kenin exchange for goods.
Special attention given to SllOEMAh-
ING. Coarse and Kip Boots and Shoes
and all kinds of Fashionable work done
i'm elegant order; ouch rs French Cali
Hand Stitched, and Riding Boots, Con-
~rcsS Caters; and the new windsor Low
Buckle Shoe, or any style of Boot or Shoe
desired. Special inducements to Cash
Customers.
Thankful for past favOrs continuance
of the same is respectfully requested.
j. Il. lIAGLEY.
Duniclds, May 20, 1850. II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-03

sold III ALL DRUGGISTS EVERYWHERE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1880-07-03

-, ..;o- no,;or w.rons Drill.
All p'''''' ''' '"7 "'7'"''
p.,.os pIows and formino impIcmcnts to
'''>'
ron,ir are invited TO Give us a call.
rbo manufacturing of the EXPAN-
zion WIIFFI. will he orr speciaItv.
''i-' y
,1.,riro,.,, for rcnoirs shoull he sent 70
,l,o .,,o,,oar1, tI,ot tba pocossory. n,rts
'''0 '''''i
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10
Some 1u..r...lng Documents.

Four brief departmental documents have
Just come to hand from the Department of
the Interior bureau of Education) at Wash
ington, which we have read with much inter-
est. One is a translation of letter of the
French Minister of public instruction, ad-
dressed to his government, touching an eI-
pertinent of the Bureau of Education of the
French Republic, entered into with view to
the improvement of the recent graduates of
the normal schools of the government. 1t
consists in organizing for the graduates, by
way of reward for proficiency in study, edu-
cational tours under competent educational
guides, with view to enlargng the ideas of
the young teachers, and is plan which would
bear copying in this country. We sometimes
say and write, and almost always think, that
no country in the world can compare with
ours in what is done for education, and in
some respects we have reason to be proud !;
but q perusal of these documents helps to
open our eyes and rebuke our conoeit.
Here, in a second pamphlet, is collection
ofletters from the various United States consul
lar agents in answer to enquiries by their
chief and forwarded to the department at
Washington, and now distributed among
| teachers and school committees in the United
States, touching the progress of Western ed
ucation in China and Siam. 1t will be seen
that even China is not altogether asleep OF
blind to the importance of having her people
educated in Western ideas and language.
Besides the numbers of young men sent to
this country to be educated, the Chinese gov
ernment has established some schools for this
purpose at home. And although it must be
confessed neither their number nor theil
efficiency are such as to give much promise,
yet it is something in what we believe the
right direction. And this with truth can be
said, that the Chinese people and the Chinese
government are doing mop to arrive at an un
derstanding of our language and ideas than VIZ
are doing TO get at theirs.
A third pamphlet is concerned with re
port on "Vacation Colonies of Sickly Schoo
Children" So we are not alone either in the
idea or practice of ''the children's week )" tn,
Germans and the Swiss have practiced it fo
some time and with much profit to the healtl
of the poor children of the overorowde6
cities.
But perhaps more interesting than either i
the fourth pamphlet, which is taken up will
the report of Mr.. ChAs. Warren, chief olerl
in the Bureau of Education, concerning hi
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10
u am indeed. See for yOurseIf."

'I am indeed. See for yourself"
He handed to the commnndant the letter
from the king, and related his story.
"Hm, Inn, " said the commandant. THAT
is strange. Old Fritz isn't usually so Sc
vere But" continued he, laying down the
letter which he had looked at on all sides, ''h
that is really so, let us first have glass for
old friendships sake"
They seated themselves, drank several
glasses of wine, aud related some OF their war
experiences. The old prisoner bad almost
forgotten his condition, when, finally, the
royal letter occurred to the commaudant
Now we will see what the old man writes"
said he, while he opened the letter and read.
Then he handed it to his old comrado, say
ing "Yes, that is something different. You
are not prisoner, but commandant, the new
commandant of Spandau."
And so it was. The great king had nobly
revenged himself. The man who had been
guilty of wrong to royalty he had made, in
stead of prisoner, commandant of the for
tress of Spandau and the old commandant,
who had often requested it, he placed on the
retired list.
The new commandant lad scarcely become
conscious of his good fortune, when a ser
want entered the room and announced wo-
man with three children who wished urgent
ly to speak to the commandant.
Now" said the old commandant to the
new, 'it is yours to command whether you
will allow them or not"
do as you will, said he. Gas yet no one
knows of the change"
Immediately, the woman rushed weeping
into the room, and threw herself at the feet
of the cripple.
80 father" cried she, "that for the sake of
these few, miserable thalers you should make
us so unhappy"
1t took long time to quiet her and CON
vince her of the condition of affairs.
And then she, in her turn, told how mes
senger brought her thirty thalers, with an or
der from the king to take the money and use
it to go Immediately TO Spandau, how then
she had heard for the first time of the con-
nection with the placard affair, and how she
had now come to share the fate of her hus-
| band.
And she lay on his breast, and ray Of the
golden, setting sun fell upon the happiest
people ever surrounded by the walls of Span
dau. Christian Register.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10
A Literary Curiosity.

The following exercise in pronunciation
has furnished no little amusement in several
local circles. One lady, we believe, went
through the list with only two errors, but the
average number of mispronunciations is any
where from dozen upward:
A sacrilegious son of Belial, who suffered
from bronchitis, having exhausted his finances,
in order TO make good the deficit resolved to
ally himself to q comely, lenient and docile
young lady of the Malay or Caucasian race.
He accordingly purchased calliope and a
coral necklace of chameleon hue, and seour-
ing suite of rooms at the principal hotel he
engaged the head-waiter as his coadjuto He
then despatched letter of the most unexcep-
tionable caligraphy extant, inviting the young
lady TO q matinee. She revolted at the idea,
refusing to consider herself sacri6cable to his
desires, and sent polite note of refusal, on
receiving which he procured a carbine and
bowie knife said that he would not now
form letters hymeneal with the queen, went
TO an isolated spot, severed his jugular vein
and discharged the contents of his carbine
into his abdomen. The debris were removed
by the coroner.
A correspondent adds 10 his the following !:
These particulars were afterwards discovered,
viz. That the young man having the bron-
chits had taken large doses of quinine, and
being harassed in his business had gone with
vehemence toward the rise of hill with his
comrades TO see his sovereign and his war
riors, and amid scenes of rapine and squalor
often amused himself by reading the works
of Ovid II he had given up his vagaries, &C
cepted the truths of science, given precedence
to Matthew the apostle, or even read the po-
ems of Mrs. Hemans, or studied the Elgin
marbles and the antique Laoco6n, or used the
wings of Icarus in his flight from Delphi TO
Scutari, the discrepancies in his life would
have been less apparent.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10
The Drink Problem.

DR.. Felix L. Oswalds article on the above
topic, in the International Review for De-
cembor, is one of the most valuable contri-
buttons to the temperance cause which has
lately appeared. 1t is a discussion of the
evils of intemperance from the physical rath
er than the moral point of view but its facts
and the deductions from them are of char
acter which should quicken the interest Of
the public in this great question. After al
luding to the enormous and increasing con-
sumption Of alcoholic drinks in the United
States and the countries Of Europe, DIR. Os-
wald says
"There is hardly any accessible poisonous
substance in the mineral or vegetable king
dom which has not sometimes been used as a
medium of intoxication, and the degree of
the accessibility seems, indeed, to have deci-
ded the choice in many cases" OF these
poisons thus used it is the most baneful which
obtain the strongest hold upon the system,
and it is a painful fact that in the large ma
jority Of cases the appetite for a weaker slim
ulant, once formed is only driven out by in
diligence in a stronger poison. 'Gambrinus
yields to Bacchus, Bacchus to King Alcohol
Santa Crucensis, and the most stubborn poi
son fiend may be exercised by the Beelzebub
Of Opium" Herein, as Dr. Oswald wisely urg-
es, lies the true danger of the milder stimu-
lants: They initiate progressive habit and
as the toxic influence of one artificial tonic
pals, the jaded appetite demands stronger
incentive. 1--WE must aim our blows at the
root Of the upas tree instead of looping its
prominent branches
All physical analogies speak against the
idea that the human system, in its normal
condition, requires any toxic stimulant; and
the teetotalism of many ancient philosophers
and modern brain workers proves that men
tai vigor is compatible with a non-stimula-
ting diet The history of the Western Sara
Gems proves that whole nations may excel in
both physical and mental activities, while alb
staining altogether from all artificial tonics.
| The great evil with US is that the road to ruin
is paved with milder stimulants, and that the
age of confirmed habits is reached by few
who have not lost their best safeguard against
inebriety, namely, an unsophisticated phys
ical conscience" Young children learn tC
ask for tea and coffee, and even for beer. anC
often they imbibe stimulants with thei
mother milk. So the difficulties of the fata
first step are fabricated by childish confidence
and the force of example, and the Transition
from beer to brandy is easier than that from
water to beer. To provide innocent amuse
ments for the working population, amont
whom intemperance is most common, and Il
resist the evil of intemperance at its begin
nings, attacking the formation of the habi
in the use of the milder stimulants, are tn
remedies which the writer suggests. Sum
ming up the whole case in a sentence, h
says: "Ouly abstinence from all stimulant
is easier than temperance"
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10

visit of inspection to the Indian school at
Carlisle Barracks, Pa Here are supported
and being trained in the arts OF civilized life
some 10 boys and A girls from several In
dian tribes, and the results, after only brief
trial, are such as to make it, not only shame,
but a sin, for America ever to abandon the
policy and practice. 1t is not worth while to
describe the terrible condition in which these
poor hapless wretches were when brought
to the various agencies, and how little remov-
ed from wild bensts they were, but il is worth
while to say that few months kindly care
taking instruction has shown that there is no
insuperable difficulty in the way Of making
useful and self-supportng and self-respectng
citizens of them. A very small proportion of
the money hitherto spent in hunting and
shooting down adult Indians, used in the
way of humanizing and training to civilized
ways of life the young ones, would have made
the history of our Indian policy less of dis
grace and more of a success. Let us hope
that u new era has dawned Little need is
there to go abroad to find worthy mission
for Christian zeal and devotion. The blacks
and poor whites of the South and the In
dams of the West, need all that American
Christians can do for them.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10
NO. so.


A gentlemen after perusing his daily paper,
remarked, the "Yermonters are everywhere,
and always in the front rank" He was ask
ed why the thought was suggested at that
moment He replied, 'I have not read a
column Of the journal without seeing the
name of some Vermonter," and he mention
ed the lists as follows Chester A. Arthur,
vice president elect George p. Marsh, one
of the learned men Of the world, and the
American minister TO Italy John A. Kasson,
minister TO Russia, member elect of Congress,
and probable Republican candidate for speak
er Rev. George L. Walker, ID. D., one Of
the leading members of the Congregational
council at st. Louis E. W. Stoughton Of
New York, one Of the most prominent law
yers and statesmen of the country Samuel
w. Dorsey, late senator from Alabama, a can
didate for secretary of the United States sem
ate VIM. NJ. Evarts, the distinguished sec
retary of state, although not Vermonter
his father was, and he has Vermont wife,
which is the next thing to being native,
and who although a native of New York is al
most as much identified with the state as any
of her citizens Hiland Hall, the venerable
ex-governor and honored citizen, now tempo
rarily tarrying in Michigan; Jonn @. Church
i'll, ex-congressman, and one of the electors
at large of New York Henry Edgerton, Of
California, a distinguished lawyer, and the
only Republican elector Of that state Hon.
John b. Harmon of California, a native Of
West Rutland John /. Gilbert of Malone,
N. Y member of New York assembly, and
chairman of the committee on prizes award
ed by the New York bar association, a native
of Plttsford; Mathew Hale, q native of Chel-
sea, who is mentioned as having prepared a
mastery paper on Equal and Unequal Tax
alton" which possibly might be of service to
the law makers of his native state just at the
present time Gen. H. H. Baxter, our towns
man, aud Hon. I. W. Park of Bennington,
energetic business men and millionaires ;
Col Edward l.. Drake, the great oil man,
whose death is chronicled, and Rev. Geo. N.
Boardman, D. D., the distinguished divine,
both natives of Castleton Hon. Luke p.
Poland, whom it is suggested may be one of
the cabinet Merritt H. Sherman, who has
been chosen superintendent of public instruc-
ton in Arizona Territory. Surely this is a
| long list of Vermonters, all Of whose names
| appearincidentally here and there in the same
days issue of q great metropolitan newspa-
| per Vermont has reason to take pride in
her scattered sons, if not in this peculiar in
| cident - Rutland Enquirer.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1880-12-10

In the hands of other than those who now
control it, Mexico would soon become one Of
the most wealthy and prosperous among the
nations of the earth. Rich beyond estimate
in minerals capable of producing every
thing, she only requires population of the
right kind in order to show, and quickly too,
how much light has been for so long time
hidden under bushel. True it is that some
of her sons see the disadvantages under
which she labors, and strive to correct the
evil, but they are so few in number as to be
almost powerless. Wars and revolutions, and
apprehensions of their occurrence paralyze all
enterprises. ALI the money required to de-
velop the resources of the country must be
used to maintain the army. 1t is the DID,
old story as told of all the Spanish American
republics, and what prospect is there OF
change for the better? The sovereign peo-
pie are surrounded by a Gordon of bayonets
those suspected of disloyalty to the republi-
can (?) ruler are quietly disposed of in front
of file of soldiers, that is, arrested, and
without judge or jury shot. There are many,
who, from interested motives, will deny that
such state of affairs exists here, but those
who are honest, who know and will tell the
truth, do not hesitate to say all that have
said and more besides. With rulers possess
ing neither honor nor honesty with laws
more honored in the breach than in the OBJ
servance, and with government that Is
nothing more nor less than a military despot-
ism in its worst form, is there any prospect
that Mexico will be more prosperous in the
future than she has been in the past 1t is
hinted that the assassination of Mr. Green
wood was brought about by those opposed to
the construction of railroads within the re-
public. A military guard accompanies every
train on the Mexico and Vera Cruz railroad,
and at every station guard is drawn up un-
der arms on the arrival of every train The
working parties of the road now under con-
struction have their fianks protected by Win
chester rifles and yet, with this true pic
ture of the condition of peaceful enterprises,
| and the manner in which they have to be
| protected, there are some who will assert
that law and order prevail in Mexico. The
| idea is laughable. The masses of the Mexi-
cans are suspicious of los gringos (Yankees).
In fact, they hate them the recollections of
1Si7 still exist they still celebrate the ami
versaries of Molina del Rey and Chapultepec
AS glorious battles and l really believe thai
the assassination of Mr.. Greenwood was a
subject of congratulation with the masses be-
| cause another Yankee had been disposed OF.
OF course there are exceptions to this rule
My remarks are not intended to be sweeping
but taking everything into consideration, l
think may say with perfect safety that there
are more secure places wherein citizen oi
the United States can reside than Mexico
unless his habtation is within a city, and not
always there.-M6ricdR correspondence Of tht
| San Francisco Bulletin.