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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-04-02

w ANTED-Prime livc-geese Feathers,
W Ivy JOHN +. WELSHANS.
April ,. II
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-04-02

ZINE lot of Pocket Cutlery, Razors and
l. Razor Strops just received at
GlBSON'S Drug Store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1881-04-02

FRANK IESLlES POPULAR Nun IL Lf.
The April number abounds in highly attractive
feature, prominent among them being the first
instrument CT new serial novel By the popular
writer Frank Lee Benedict, IL Is entitled IA Late
Remorsr," and prom.es - be OF intense inter.
est. There is On article on Thomas Carlyle"
by A. n. GrerDsey, with ii illustrations; "A
JIuTney Through the Dismal swamp" By Alfred
Trumhe, illustrstiors; The Charitable Side OF
New York-What 1t Does for the Young," ii IL
lustraiiOns; "Cricket as played In Englant," by
" Robinson. 8 Illustration; "Glimp s-s of the
Rhine" by Lacy Blanche Murphy, ID illustra-
tious; It,, etc. The department OF .irtion con-
t,ins, btsides Mr.. Benedcts novel, several bril-
liant stories and sketches by popular writer.
Among the poems are In the Bastiie, $780, BY
Eta W. Pierce. "After Many Year," by II.
wellir gton Vrnomap; ''The Fairy Reyel." "An.
April Song" "The Rose" etc, etc, INST OF
them tastefully illustrated. Professor Duncan
has most In teresIiug article on EARTHQUAKES"
with II illustrations, aud Janet Z. Ruuiz Rees
one on ''George Eiiot" with Illustrations.
There are l2S quarto psges 10 the number and
over 100 illustrations, iCgether With 3 bsDdsome
colored irontispece, 'sThe Maniac Mother"
from p,iutipg BY Lierle. A sing e copy Is on Y
8 cents; Annual subscription, 49, postp Il. Adj
dress Frank Lsslis.s Puh.isbiBg HOUSES, So
and 81 Park Place, New York.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
"Luck" in Agriculture.

In ali agricultural communities we
find certain class of men who aro uusuc.
full in all they undertake. Their lands
are as good MS their neighbor's, they have
the same markets, the same facilities for
obtaining supplies. the Famo sun shines
upon them, and the same rain refreshes.
but they have no luck.
Of course the apology, as it may be
called, for nor success cannot be accep-
ted. There is reason for their continu.
Gus failure. Luck is q word applicable
only to games of chance, where reason
has no place or where the want of it pra.
dominates.
II we investigate the subject, we inva.
riubly find that ibese lncl,,zSz ..::i,!!ers of
the soil are mem Z. title STABILITY of char
acter. They are men who do not think,
who do not study. They are weather.
cocks, who change with every changing
wind. They cannot "stick" to plan
long enough for it's development. They
plant crop, and fail TO cultivate it. They
do not consider whether n certain crop
is suited 10 given portion OF land or not.
They apply fertilizers. (if they use them
at all } without regard to their adapia.
billy to the soil to be enriched or the
crop 10 be grown. In gambling parlance,
"they go it blind"
As necessary consequence, such men
are "unlucl:Y"-a word Synonymous with
unsuccessful, in their opinion. But there
is no luck aboutit. Anybody could have
foretold what would result from such &c.
tion. The consequences follow the cause
with unerring certainty. The earth
brings forth literally when properly dealt
with, but she refuses accustomed yield to
the idle, shftless, and ignorant. 1t is 10
uccurdutce with the eternal fitness OF
things that thrift should follow ind lstry
and intelligence that poverty be the
result of idleness and ignorance.
In this progressive age the man who is
not fully alive to evervthin. that ne..a::= -:
to his vocation, no matter what it may be,
soon finas himself far behind his fellows
IN every way. II he neglects to improve
his stock by judicious crossing, he
awakes, some day, TO realize that his
scrnb herd aud ilock are next to worthless,
while his neighbours are eagerly sought
for at renumerative prices. If he uses
the antiquated tools of the last century,
hs finds that he, cannot grow cotton,
cane, corn, or anything else, at o profit,
while his neighbor, who nses ali the. i'm.
provements Of the age, gets rich ct the
samo business.
We have too many "unlucky" tillers
of the soil. Wohave too few progressive
There should be general movement
looking 10 a reformation in this direction
Books and papers should be multiplied
and studied, and the character of the soil
aud the requirements of the several cropt
also. The most ignorant man can dc
much by using his reason and experience
ifhe will only concentrate them upon the
subject to be treated. Much, very much
may be done without the aid of modert
helps-as books and papers; but tho mar
who persistenlly ignores these has /
''hnrd road TO travel"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

a PIAIN DECLARATION.-Thc has
been much talk regarding Senator Hamp-
tons famous letter to John Sherman,
which has been construed as an invitation
to challenge by unthinking PERSONS un-
acquainted with such matters. The Rt.
Rev. Bishop Howe addressed letter of
enquiry to the Senator on this subject
and the reply is published as follows:
DUNcANsbY, Miss, Dec. 5, 1886:
My Dear Sir-Your kind letter was for.
warded from Columbia, and reached me
only yesterday. am very much obliged
to you Tor the interest you have shown in
my behalf, and you were entirely right
in the construction you placed upon my
note to MIR. Sherman. That was written
rs passed through Charlottesville, and
l naturally gave my address. 1t never
occurred to me for moment that any
one would construe my language as Civ
ing or inviting challenge. Mr. Sher-
man forgot the prnprety of his official
position, as well as of mine, when lie
made the scnndnlnms charge .:.::ss::
the in public speech. called his at
tention TO the language that he was re.
ported TO have used in q courteous letter,
thus giving him an opportunity TO dis
claim or explain his uttcrance. In re.
ply, he not only reiterated his charge, but
took that.opporlunity to villify not only The
people whom l represented, but those of
the whole South. ] Md not condescend
to notice his slapdela.is attack upon the
South, and simply denounced his charge
connecting me with ku.klux as false. l
could do no less than this, for there new
er was falser charge made. nor have /
ever known grosser violation of person
nj courtesy than that of which he
was guilty. II has been my good
fortune never to have been involved
in an affair of honor in any way
save rs peacemaker, and It is u
source of deep qualification tome to know
that have been instrumental in settling
many difficulties umicably, but write
merely to assure you thai you do me only
justice in the view you took of my lam
guage, and TO thank you for the kindness
you have shown. / hope, therefore, that
you will not misconstrue my meaning
when tell you that, my address" will be
Washington after the 10Th.
With my best wishes, am very res
pcctinlly and truly yours.
WADE HAMPTON.
Rt. Rev. Bishop Howe.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

THE CHARLESTON JEITIEs.-Charles-
ton is bnilt upon narrow strip of land,
surrounded oil all sides by deep water,
and its possible extent of wharfage is
practically Unlimited. The sea is but n
few miles away. and the only thing that
places the city Mt disadvantage COM
pared with Northern ports is the bar at
the mouth of the hnrhnr, which limi!s
access to vessels drawing not over seven
teen feet of wa.er. The twojettips which
are being constructed by the gov
ernment are expected To remove tn g diff.
ficulty. The North jelty, which will be
11,0c0 feet in length, has been completed
~ !. ,ivisut vi uuouI seven feet for two
thirds OF the distance, and the South
jeity, which will have total length of 81
600 feet, has received the first courses OF
stone for about one.third that distance.
The work is under the direction of Capt.
j. @. Post, United States army, who ia
hopeful that when completed it will give
channel at least twenty-six feet across
the harbor. So far, over $5O0,OOO have
been appropriated for the work, and, if
no delay occurs in future appropriations,
the entire work can be finished within
the next two years, and at cost OF
something less than the original esti.
mate of 81. 100000.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
Not o Good Joke After all.

Life in Leadville is full Of excitement
even for barber. The other day citi-
zen named Plugg strolled into harber's
establishment where there were two
chairs, both full, and fourteen men wait
ing. If there is one thing that Plug
desrises it is waiting around while lot
of other fellows get shaved. He figured
on bow 10 avoid i, and espylng friend
III one of the chairs he stepped up to him
and spoke few words in q low tone.
Suddenly he became excited. Address.
ing his friend he cried: "You third.
rate mule. whacker, I'll have your gore !'
And the fritn yelled back, "You greasof,
I'll shoot you full of holesW II can
shoot frat" yelled the Plug, drawing his
revolver. "I'll let you see you can't"
roared the friend. leaping from The chair.
BY this time q scene of wild excitement
was taking place in The shcf. The whole
fourteen waiting customers were wildly
struggling to get out before the shooting
began. The man in the other chair,
without stoping to wipe the lather from his
face or remove the apron about him,
!!cc::ircc1. ..o'.. tho ~iii1ur ;ipvu inc mead
of policeman, who ut once arrested
MIN Tor . mailman. One OF rne Darbera
had bumped his head terribly and got his
mouth Iull of dust, crawling under u sofa,
and the other barber was promptly con.
cealed behind barrel in the closet. AS
soon as the shop was cleared the two
friends ceased threatening each other, put
up their pistols and hearty laugh coaxed
the BARRIERS to come out and shave them.
Plug tried to explain to the head barber
that it was all joke. But" said the
barber, you're fighting man." NO."
said Plug, II am regular coward aud
couldn't lick ica." ".rhen, by tunket,"
yelled the barber, you've driven over So
worth of trade away from mic and I'll
take the value out of your hide" And
he got se:eral lusty blows on Plug before
The laites could offer to settle. And,
somehow, Plug doesn't think it was such
@ good joke after all.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
The Negro Rule at the sontli.

A. X. Mcclure, the editor of the Phil.
adelphia Times, writing to his paper from
Columbia, says:
None know better than the masses of
the colored voters of South Caroliua that
their attempt ut self.rule has been terri.
bic failure, and they are now distrustfu
OF I'll! cclvsod leaders, while they hays
nothing but curses Tor the desperate white
adventurers who impoverished both races
while assuming to elevate end benefit s,;e
negro. 1t was this feeling that made the
election of Hampton possible in 1876,
and the sceptre once wrested from, such n
race will not soon be regained. They
saw the State robbed OF lands f,r negro
homes and the property stolen by thUse
who claimed to be the friend of the negro.
They saw taxes wrung from property to
educate the negro, and large portion
stolen outright and The schools made
merely mockery of education. Now
they see seventy-fivo thousand colorcd
children in free schools, and nearly
twelve hundred colored teachers instruct.
ing them under the heneficience of the
State. They see, a,so, an amendment of
the constitution adopted making fixed and
irTevocable appropriations for free and
Sto"A S0uSatiouI duu tEc dOSeEIlOT
OF the State declaring for still greater in.
crease in the facilities for instructipg
both whites and blacks. They see bust.
ness and confidence revive; they have
more labor and better pay {; they are stead.
iiy increasing their friendly relations with
the whites by leases of lands and many of
them are becoming small proprietors
since they have ceased no neglect indus.
try to follow the commando of selfish
leaders, and large proportion ofthe more
thrifty Class nave openly taken their po.
litical stand with tho whites while tlnn.
sands of others, especially in minority
Counties, refuse TO take any part in pol.
itic4. They have majority of from 90
600 TO 10000 in the State oil strict color
line division. but there Will never be an
other solid negro vote cast in this State.
Superior intelligence and will must rule
here as in all other places In the world,
and both whites and blacks understand
it. There will be unustifable methods
here to repress such negro Counties rs
Beaufort and Charleston, and they will
need the correcting hand Of justice; but
until all the laws of human nature and
of interest shall be reversed, the white
man will rule the inferior race, and he
will do it better in the South ut this time
than the negro can rule himself This
il not the sentimental view of the race
issue in the South, but it is the truth"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

- Senator Hampton Is not expected I'm
Washington until after IT. holidays as he l
is in Mississippi settling up the estate Of
his son, who died recently. I "
= The correspondent of the philadel.
phia Ledger, writing from New York ~, .
the 10th instant, says that the oug.ing Of
Kelly was the joint work Of Samuel +
Tilden and Roscoe Conkling. s. s.
= Four colored vagrants were put up !
and their services sold for limited time
by pnbiie auction near Liberty, Va, on
the i4th instant, under an old vagrant
apiece.
Yellow Jack may provo TO hnye
been the best friend Memphis ever had
That tho city is now one ofthe testdrainea
on the continent is the opinion OF ,nany
san,.arian:: Th!s Thorough sanitary rrysss -
olution will decrease the mortality rate.
and the city may get the reputation Of
oei9g not only the cleanest but the
healthiest intthe country.
= Mr. s J Fcii u, .!!a.Il;gruiion agent
representing North Carolina in ENGLAND,
writes to the Raleigh Metcs- O6sert,Sr' OF, on :
TIC .vsH uit.. I'm Inc Iitn or December
q ship sails which will bring 10 North
Carolina ,tromEthirty to forty souls, sll
OF the eolid, practical, working farmer.
class. Some from Lincolnshire, strong.
hardy, intelligent men aud women, who
know how to work, and know also good
deal of the rehnements of life.o
- Lord LRns,lowne, prominent Eng.
iish nobieman, has achieved unenviabis
notoriety in connection with Irish affa:ra.
1t has come out that be exercised tIio
most complete feudal} supervision over
his tenants. Hia despotism forbade mar
riage; il forbade his tenents to harbog
peasants who set at defiance his claimsto
say when thsy should mate; il punished
tkrse under him who even sheltered in
an clubhouse an unhappy couple. He
pleaded that in thus wieldirsr Il mastegs
ship which was, If not ilIef :, beyond oil
that law ever contemplates, he was be-
neyolent. lie WAS preventing impr0vi-
dent matches, which arc tho curse OF
Ireland, and providing against the settle
ment OF toe many people on estates
which cannot bear additional baEden.
But 1t comes out that while thus takiag
care that the tenaneis4 shall not be uyef-
burdened, additional weight upon thcla
10 the shape of increased rents, has been
his object. Three times in quarter az
a century have his rents been saisey
once Sy 25 per cent. atas lsap, and this
asthe very time when he was Stfyins as
he says, to prevent poverty hy preyeutihs
nhdue maltiplicati0n. FuttheFmore,
! appears that he has re,iet tot bis fenaa q
Mt 8 per cent. tho money loaned st
per cent. by the government 20 land lcffiss
for the Improvements Of their innIA no
thus makes rloHay out Of 8 bgileYe
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

THE DIFFICULTIEs OF AN ..DIroR.-
The London Sporting Times pithi.y states
the difficulties under which editors labor ::
"If an editor omits anything he is lazy.
If he speaks Of things as they are people
get aogry. If he CLOSES over or snouths
down the rough points he is bribed. Ifhe
calls things by their proper names he is
unit for the position ofan editor. If he
does not furnish readers with jokes he is
an idiot. If lie does he is rattle head,
lacking stability. If lie condemns the
wrong he ID good fellow but lacks discr,
tion. II he lets wrongs and injuries 20
unmeniioued he is coward. Ii no ex-
poses public man he dncs it to crafty
spite, is the tool of clique, or belongs
to the outs If he indulges in PERSONAL
tiles he is black guard. If he does not
his paper is dull and nslpid"
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

a SURPRISING REvoLUTIoN.-In The
summer of 1868 Governor Joseph E.
Brown was candidate before the Geor-
gia Legislature for u. s. Senate, and af.
terra prolonged aud bitter contest was
defeated, the Democrats and Conserva.
tiyes opposing him. The result was re.
ceived with cheers, aud at night many
stores and residences were Illuminated ia
honor Of the occasion. Impromp,u meet.
ings were held, eni eloquent speakers
harangued the crowds. Twelve years
have elapsed, Fad the lucky ex. Governor,
then bafiled, defeated aud disappointed, Is
agaiu Candidate before q Democratic
Legi>,e:dre for high position and Is
chosen over agallant soldier, brilliant
oratnE legSSe- s::;. ::;. ==s.;.sesinan. Such are
tho surprising revolutions and vascillat.
Ing changes 10 public sentiment
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

= DR.. Wilbur F. Sanford, of Long
Island, sacrificed his life few days ago
in his efforts to save the life Of n patient,
child suffering from diphtheria. The
terrible disease had developed itself in
the throat of the child in the most ma.
lignant form. and the physician pro.
longed it's life several hoars by making
An opening in the windpipe, into which
ne inserted small rubber tube aud with
his own mouth drew out the poisonous
fluid. The poison soon after inocnlaSed
Dr. Sanford's blood, and although he had
tho Enremitting attention of the best
physicians, his death occurred few days
after. Although only thiriy.six years of
age. DIR. Sanford had attained to an emi-
nent rank in the medical profession, and
his death under such circumstances Is
peculiarly distressing.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

- Mr.. Robert Barton, one of a. > Pa.
cific coast milionaires, hrs picked up bed
and baggage, and left San Franeisco in.
disgust. He announces that he is going
10 dispose OF every dollars worth of prop.
ty owned by him in California aud htaEe
the money to enme place where rich men
are not made the target for SAni-iot DEM.
ag lgnes and legislative rcbbers.n He
proposes to take up his residence in New
York.
~ Il Is thtu, at that the prosecution of
the irish Ltnl Leaguers will cost over
$500 0OO
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

= Sarah Bernhardt and her managers
have abundant reason to be satisfied With
the financial result of her engagement in
New York. The total receipts during
her four weeks performances were in
round hgnres S99,0 900, making an average
OF about so, 600, per weak.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06

- The first American city 10 light
its streets wholly by electricity is Ogden,
Utah.
The Anderson intelligencer. [volume] (Anderson Court House, S.C.) 1860-1914, 1881-01-06
The New Amerlca-A Noble Letter.

Whenever the generous and lofty sen.
timents which animate the writer of the
snbjoined noble letter shall be the rule
Of private thought and the guido of pub
lie action, the days of bitterness and un.
rest will be numbered in the land:
80 ST. JAMES PLACE,
BROOKLYN, n. Y.
Deceplbnr e 1881
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-30
A TALL FAMILY,
ErOm the Harrisburg Telppronb

t~AoAA e"S AaiiioDuTS 1tleSTapn.I
There are. now four men and two
women living i'll East and West Han.
over township, the survivors of a
family of eight men aud six women
all of whom are giants in size. The
father of this family paul Lingie1
was fall man, the tallest of his
nelshborhood in his day, having
STOOD III his stockings 6 feet 4 inches
high. No more respectable or peace.
able man than Paul Lingle ever lived
III Daupliin county. We give tie
names of the brothers according to
their seniority: William, 6 feet l
inch Joseph. 6 feet2 inches; Jacob.
= feet - inches; Henry, 6 feet 81
inches; Paul, 6 feet inches. This
aggregates 81 feet inches of living
llngle men, to which must be added
The two surviving sisters, Mrs. Pris-
ella huhns feet 81 inches high, and
Mrs. Rebccca Crome 5 feet 9 inches
winch makes IL fee, 81 inches, and
this added to 81 feet inches makes
~ feet lO4 inches of living men and
women belonging to the same family.
lhese are men who can truly be call.
Ell stalWarts. The dead brothera
measured John. feet 4 inches
bnn)amln, e feet 81 inches; Adam, 6
feet 4 inches.
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-30
HOW BILLY THE KID" WAS KILLED,
Armed with n Knife ana Revolver.
but Shst Down by u Concealed
Sheriff. .,

LAS VEGAS, N. NJ, July 19.-Posi.
tive and reliable Information reached
this city yesterday morning by mes
seDger in regard to the killing of the
notorious "BiIly the Kid" at Fort
Sumner. 120 miles distant on the
Pecos river last Saturday. Billy has
been stopping with the Mexicans in
that vicinity disguised as one of them,
ever since his escape from the Jim
coin county Jail. Patrick Garrett,
sheriff Of Lincoln county, has been
Oh his track for some time. On the
day mentioned he arrived at Fort
Sumner, having been given a clue
by some Mexicans. He had to
threaten their lives in order to get
them to divulge the kids" where
abouts. About II midnight: Sheriff
Garrett entered the room of ono
Pete Maxwell, large stock-owber.
residing at the fort and supposed
to have knowledge of the fugitiye's
exact whereabouts. Garrett had not
been i'll the room over twenty minutes
when the ''kid" entered in his stock
ing feet, knife in hand. ostensibly for
the purposes of buying some meat.
he Immediately observed GARRETT
crouched at the head of the bed, aud
asking Maxwell, what that was drew
his revolver. Maxwell made no an.
swer but proceeded to crawl toward
the foot of the bed. Had he an.
swered. giving Garrett's name, Billy
would have killed him at once, as he
is dead shot. Billy moved slightly.
getting INTO the moonlight then shin.
ing in at the rough window. aud
Lexington weekly intelligencer. (Lexington, Mo.) 1871-1887, 1881-07-30
AN EVERYDAY soErE.
''Hl /! hi! stop ths, car :"

.'Hl hi!stop that sicar" t'1"a Ga
Driver screws down the brakes a
vigorously as nearly to .dislooate the
neck OF the passengers, who fall uD
against each other and smile or look
cross. according to their particular
dispositions.
"Now, dear. good BY, and be snste 70
come and SEQ me very soon, and don't
forget to give my love to Aunt Sussn.
and Uncle John, and all the rest of NJ
folks; and remember not TO trouble
yourself about matching that ribbon un.
les you can as easy 40 not. And do
take care OF yourself. and tell Jane hev
glad am that she's going to marrn
that young Mr.. Smith, who is . good
man, know by his, looks. and I hear
that he's lots of money, which 10 moet
as good. Now don't take cold this
changeable weather, and I'll send Won
that recipe for the mullins lust 40 soon
as get homo. Good-by-g-o.o.d.
by. Why. where's that carp II stha
hateful thing hasn't gone and lett mel
l thought the street-cars were for the
accommodation OF the people" )"
So they are, aud that's the reason
why this one won't %, instead OF stop.
ping at the crossing all day.