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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-08-11

WE are selling Mason half-gallon jars for
w Sl75 and quart jars for Sl.2l per dozen.
Jelly Glasses and Tumblers very cheap;
PENDLETON L1Ck1lDER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-08-11

\ elegant stock OF White Goods, very
n cheap, at WELSllANS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1883-08-11

TINHE New Howe Domestic and Hartford Sew
i ing Machines also some good secondhand
machines, for sale cheap by
June 2-6m J. s. FLEMING.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
OUR UNKNOWN RIVER.


Although Alaska has been part of onr
national domain for fifteen years. intel
igent citizens know as little of its natu-
raj features as they do of those of the
most distant planet. The dispatch an
nouncing that Lieut.. Schwatka had to
travel nearly three thousand miles to
reach the head waters of the Yukon
River, which stream lies entirely within
the boundaries : our polar possessions,
and that in descending the river on q
raft the distance covered was nearly two
thousand miles, shows that the Missis-
sippi may be compelled to relinquish its
laurels.a What the great stream may be
worth to the country will not be known
until Schwatka's report is published.
The commercial defect of the Yukon is
that the stream is in latitude too high
for business purposes; but if Senator
Blair can be persuaded to amend his
famous resolution to thaw out the frozen
north by substituting the Yukon for
Hudson's Bay as the water into which to
force the Gulf Stream, Alaska may get
up an unparalleled real estate boom.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
Second Hand Shops in Paris.

Lucy IL. Hooper in the Manhattan]
The China toilet set of the late Adelaide
Nelson, for instance, every piece painted
with her monogram, encircled with
wreaths of roses, formed for long time
the chief ornament of bric-a- brac on
the Rue de Septembre. The curtains
of goldwoven India cashmere, that
loyal and noble hands have SO often
pushed aside when they draped the
drawing-room door of a certain famous
Partisan actress, are growing dusty ana
dingy now IN another such establish
ment on the Rue de Provence. Nor are
royalty and high finance shut out from
furnishing their quota to the plenishing
of these chaotic precincts. Baron Op.
penheim's famous clock, the duplicate of
the one now owned by Mr.. Geo. Childs,
figure of woman holding n pendu-
lum and standing on lofty pedestal,
went from one of these establishments to
adorn priEcely mansion in one of the
western states. 1 know where Queen
Christmas dining-room suit in satin and
gold is to be found, and the wedding
necklace in pearls with an emerald and
diamond clasp that Napoleon III. gave
to the fairest bride that within the last
thirty years has ascended European
throne. l know, too, who has for sale
the Russian sable mantel. the giving of
which to q French actress caused the
downfall of Russian diplomat, and the
scarf of Spanish lace that Madam Mi.
sard bought when Queen Isabelle found
1T too dear. Somewhere among these
great shops are hidden the great tor
quoises that were borrowed for an even
ing's wear by certain fast Partisan
dame from Roumanian magnate, and
which somehow or other miraculouslv
disappeared and never were heard Of
more. 1 know the narrow little ware.
house amid whose gloom, tower high in
the air the gigantic malacbite vases that
were manufactured in Russia for Prince
Domidotf, and which took the prize at
the universal exposition. l know, too,
where the malachite folding door Of the
San Donate Palace shut in wealth of
cob.webbed tapestries and dusty chairs
| can lay my hand. fguratively speak
ing, on the service of antique Delft that
the king of Holland suffered an Ameri-
can adventures to carry off from one of
his minor palaces.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
DISEASES OF HORSES AND CATTLE.

The annual losses in this country from
diseases of domesticsanimals amount to
millions of dollars, and the aggregate
appears to increase year after
year, notwithstanding scientific investi-
cation, special commissions, and national
and state Legislation to prevent conta-
gion. But the importance of the ami
NAL industries demands that unremitting
efforts be;made to discover the causes of
unhealthiness and apply the proper rem
edies. 1t was commendable scheme,
therefore, for the department of agri-
culture to call national convention of
representatives Of the stock.rassing in
terests to exchange opinions and facts
concerning animal diseases. This con-
vention will meet in Chicago, November
10Th. Discussion will be there directed
to four topics under this general head:
The extent,to which diseases among ami
mails exist in this country; the causes of
them; the cures for them, and the state
of legislation regarding them. This
conference will no doubt prove to be of
great value to stock-raisers, by bringing
together class of practical men who
know what they talk about and getting
their views for the benefit of all,
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
IRON IN. ARCHITECTURE.

The construction of q theeter in Lon
don entirely OF iron, within as we'll as
without is exciting much comment,
and it augments the discussion of the
part iron is to play in the architecture
of the future. For the exterior iron is
Objectionable, since it warps when ex-
posed to a high temperature, and is
therefore fatal to building in immedi-
ate proximity to great conAagration.
1t is not desirable to have the number
of iron fronts increased, but the use of
iron for the interior of structures de-
signed to be fireproof might with advan-
tage be much extended. Builders have
only began to understand its value for
interior finishing end ornamentation.
The interior of the Temple Court build
ing gives hint as to what might be
done in the substitution of iron for wood
in interier work. There is no reason
why particle of wood should be intro
duced into great business structures
and apartment houses which need to be
thoroughly 6reproof, and even in private
buildings the use of iron for interior
work is likely to. increase as soon as ar
fists devote proper attention to its adap-
tation for decorative service. The cit
les of country which sacrifices $780,
600, 600 q year in the flames ought not
to be slow to recognize the advantage of
a more extensive use of iron in architec-
ture.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
THE CROPS.

The October crop reports afford an ap-
proximate Indication of the yield of the
year. It is, on tie whole, below the
promise of the early part, of the year,
but is not 30 deficient as to have any de-
pressing effect. The cotton crop is now
estimated at G. 100000 bales. This is less
than was anticipated, but as there is al
ways full demand for this staple, the
aggregate value Of the yield is tolerably
stable. To certain extent this is also
true lof wheat, Of which the yield this
year will somewhat exceed 400, 900, 900
bushels. This is about 20 per cent. be-
low the crop of last year, and the quail
ity is said to be up to the average. Corn
has suffered from frost in the north and
northwest, and from drought in the east
and south, and is considerably below the
average standard. Oats and potatoes
show good record, while that of tobac-
co is below the average. On the whole
those interests which depend upon the
crops of the country have fair pros
pect, but nothing more.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
THE DEATH RATE.

According to statistics furnished by
the national board of health the average
death rate of our country is trihe
above Is to every 1000 of population.
In the large cities the average runs
much higher. Taking ten OF the larg-
est cities, whose population ranges from
250,0 10 1880, 900, the average death
rate for term of years is shown to be q
little over q to each 1000 inhabitants.
The cities with the highest death rate
are New Orleans and Memphis. Their
deaths for several years have averaged
81 to the 1000; New York 26Sto each
1000; Brooklyn and Boston % to 1000
each; Baltimore and Philadelphia 20
each; st. Louis 10; Cincinnati and At
lanta each Is. Chicago aud Louisville
II each; Dayton, Ohio, below Is, the
average rate of the country at large.
The average death rate in the ten prin-
cipal countries abroad is 20 per 1000.
In England and Wales it is % per 900;
in France "a; Sweden and Denmark 20;
Austria 81; Prussia 27; Spain 20, and
Italy 80.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
RAILWAY GOSSIP.
A Lively War Predioted---The North
western TO Pursue an Aggressive
Policy Next Season.

CHICAGO, October lit is learned
from an official of the Chicago and
North Western Railway Company that
decidedly aggressive policy will be
inaugurated by this company early next
spring. A line will be pushed through
to the Missouri from Red6eld, Dakota,
crossing the Missouri River little be-
low Little Bend and about 80 miles
north of Pierre. The town site at this
point has already been determined on
and General Land Agent Chas. e. Sim.
mons and a number of his friends have
scripped 700 acres of land in the vicinity
of the proposed point of crossing. The
pew town has been christened Fair
banks, and, it is understood will be
doomed during the coming season by
the railroad for all that it Is worth. 1t
has also been determined to build rail-
road connecting the Northwest
eru's present Missouri River Divis-
ion, Mt Harold, with the projected
Redfe)d line at a point about 80 miles
east of Fairbanks. ..,...... ....
It is generally believed in railway
circles here that the North-Wes is
putting up the capital necessary to push
the James River Valley Road, and that
as soon Us it is completed the North
Western will take complete and formal
charge of line which the people of the
James River Valley have been deluded
into believing was built to afford COM
peting line to Chicago via the Northern
Pacific. 1t is well known that dur
ing the past year very little railroad
building has been done in Dakota
owing, it is alleged, to compact
between the Northwestern, Chicago,
Milwaukee and st. Paul and the North
ern Pacific, in which it was agreed not
to build any more into one another's
territory. The North new
road up the Jim River will enable it to
tap the Northern Pacifc's traffic at one
ofits most important points and vigor-
GUS reioinder is expected on the part of
the Northern Pacific and st. Paul roads.
The compact ofneutrality being broken,
and everything indicating that it will be,
shrewd railroad managers predict
one Of the llvellest wars of the railway
giants that has occurred for years, and
the first phase Of this war, it is stated,
has already begun in the way of en-
larged railway plans for building next
year with view to occupation of the
territory east Of the Missouri River.
The Chicago, Milwaukee sud st. Paul
will push line to the Missouri west from
Aberdeen and will also build a
line along the river, connecting Cham
berlain with Bismarck. The Northern
Pacific, it is alleged, will build a road
south from Tower City, passing through
some of the best territory of its southern
competitors. That the North. Western
has complete control of the James
River Valley limo is considered certain,
and that company will, in Forthcoming
" folder" represent this road as part
of its system.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
/" Which Died First ~

A curious instance of the relative
value OF local time at each of two dis
tant points of longitude was developed
in Washington recently. The deaths of
two naval officers were announced to the
navy department. Paymaster Zachary
T. Brown died at the Pensacola navy
yard, the victim of yellow fever, and
Lieut.. Boutelle Noyes died on
board the frigate Richmond. flagship of
the Asiatic fleet. at Yokohama, by acci-
dent. The cable dispatch from Rear
Admiral Crosby announcing Noyes'
death was dated August 2Sth, and stated
that the officer "was killed at 10 A. M.
this morning. The announcement of
Paymaster Browns death was dated Au-
August 29th, and stated that he "died
at 1880 last evening"" The question was
raised, (which died first ?" Both Off
GERS were members of the Navy Mutual
Aid Association. The rule of the asso.
citation is that, on the death of mem
Der, each of the surviving members shall
pay in certain amounts, which go to
make up the "beneft" to be turned
over to the family of the dead member.
Each member pays in yearly fixed
amount, which is held by the trustees,
so that on death the assessments can
be made at once an / the officer credited
with the sum taken. In this case it was
necessary to determine whether Lieut..
Noyes', fees should pay an assessment
for Paymaster Browns family or Browns
to the former. The officers at the naval
observatory were called upon, and after
computing the difference of local time
between the Pensacola navy yard and
Yokohama, found that while Lieut..
Noyes was killed at 10 A. NJ. and Pay
master Brown died at 1880 P. NJ. of Au-
gust 2Sth, Brown had in fact died nearly
day earlier than Noyes. Persons ia
miliar with mathematics, as applied to
time measurements and to navigation,
will understand this seeming paradox.
Admiral Crosby's dispatch, referred to,
was received at Washington before 10
A. M. of the 2Sth, according to local
time
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25

the climate of the United States. The
immense waves of cold air which enter
Manitoba and thence descend over the
Mississippi Valley may occasionally be
formed in Northern British America,
but it is almost certain that many. of
them come from the Polar Ocean. As
continuous record of such phenomena
have been kept by Lieut.. Ray, American
meteorologists may now hope to
discover the laws of the move
ments of such waves which SO
frequently dominate the weather over
the whole country for long periods, and
ignorance of which has hitherto been
chief difficulty in predicting American
weather changes. 1t is therefore to be
hoped that the scientifcresults of Lieut..
Rays Arctic observations will be speed
lily and fully published.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
The Bridegroom Buys the Trosseau.


According to Mexican custom the
prospective bridegroom must not only
purchase and furnish house before
hand, but he must buy all the wedding
trosseau-even to minutest accessories
of the toilette which may be needed for
years to come; and is expected to make
gifts to the brides family, the brides
maids and all thelmmediate friends con-
cerned, and to defray all the expenses
of the wedding feast and subsequent fes-
tivities. 1t must be remembered that
everything costs enormously in Mexico
as compared to American prices, furni-
ture and goods of all kinds being i'm
ported at great expense in transporta-
ton, as there are comparatively no man.
nfactories and no railways, and the du.
ties are simply outrageous. Fortunate
ly for the bridegroom s depleted pocket
book there is no going off on wedding
tours, the absence of anything but stage
and mule transportation making that
foolishness an impossibility, but the
married pair go directly to their new
home on the wedding day, and eat the
first connubial breakfast under their
own vine and fig tree.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
Chances TO Eat for Nothing.
(From the New York sun. ]


The opportunitiesfo for stealing dinner
in one of the big New York hotels are
not promising. The arrangements have
been SO thoroughly perfected that it
would be pleasanter for man to suffer
the pangs OF incipient starvation than
risk the mental wear and tear and phys
ical harm incident to the theft.
For some years hotel beats hourished
in New York. They lounged about the
corridors of their favoite hostelries, often
had their letters addressed to the office,
and were 80 much on hand that the en-
ployes of the Office supposed they were
regular patrons. Then the hotels began
regular crusade against them, and they
have been relegated to the free lunch
counters of the more prosperous saloons.
The same system is now in vogue at
all of the city hotels. The head waiter
is the sentry of the dining-room. Five
minutes before the dinner hour list of
the guests of the hotel is sent up stairs
by the clerk. On the list is the number
of every room in the house with the
name OF the occupant Gf any opposite.
The head waiter stands by the door, and
when guest comes in he is asked
Qulebly tue humber Oh QlS room. lie
gives it, and the waiter instantly sends
him to table. The man, if he thinks
of it at all, supposes that the number of
his room has something to do with his
seat and passes on. The instant his back
is turned the head waiter consults his
list, and if the room of the number given
is vacant, or if it is occupied by some
one known to the waiter, he goes atonce
to the man, and, while deftly rearrang-
ing the napkin or placing the knives and
forks in neat rows, asks him seductively
his name. Ii the name fails to clear
away the doubt the clerk is sent for. He
may recognize the man. If he does not
an investigation is made at once, and if
the man is proved fraud he is taken
out and handed over to the police.
The head walters of the hotels are
usually men of great discrimination and
accurate judges OF character. They sell
dom make mistakes, but when they do
slip up their errors are clothed III such
suavlty and gentleness that even the
professional beats cannot get angry with
than .f +.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
his ANTE-NUPTIAL TRIP,
An Ohio Bridegroom in a Mad Momen,
Embraces the White Angel Death,

UPPER SANDusKY, o., October 16.-A
startling sensation was created here last
night by the deliberate suicide of Fowler
Berry, senior partner in the dry goods
firm of S. F. Berry. & Co. 1t is impos. I
sible to get the full particulars owing 10
the intense excitement, but rs can be,.
learned they are as follows: He dressed
himself yesterday afternoon in his we'd.
ding suit, preparatory to starting for
Cincinnati, where it is sail arrange.
men.s were being made for his marriage
to an estimable young lady OF that city
on Wednesday. About 6 o'clock he
walked into his store, and after all were
gone to supper, bolted the front door
went to the carpet-room upstairs, and,
laying his head upon small roll OF car.
pet, drew his revolver, which is "a 432.
caliber, and placing it Immediately
behind his right ear, sent a
ball through his head. When his
brother Foster returned from supper
he was astonished at finding the door
fastened on the inside. Upon the ar.
rival of one of the clerks window glass
was broken in the rear part of tue store,
and going upstairs the terrible discov.
cry was made. 1t is believed death was
instantaneous, as he still held the In
strument of death in his hand. The,
ball passed clear through his head, and
lodged in the carpet underneath. A
note addressed to his brother was found
at the head of the stairs, which stated
that he, (deceased) was washed, dressed,
shaved, and all ready to be placed in the
coffin. He had even taken the precau.
tions to button his ove1coat around his
throat and tied a handkerchief around
his head to prevent the blood from soil
ing his clothing When the news was
carried to .he home of his parents, who
were still sitting at the tea
table, the scene was heartrending
and can be better imagined than told.
The cause of the rash act is unknown.
He was young man of fine business
qualifications and irreproachable char
acter, and this sudden freak of his has
cast gloom over this entire city.
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
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Couldn't Be Expected To.
From the Detroit Free Press.l

lrEoh tue betFoit pEess.J
Two ladies entered Fort Street car
one day recently and took seats beside
lady well known to one of them. She
gave her friend an introduction, and
directly this one Remarked:
1 think I saw you at the-Street
Church one Sunday, several weeks ago" :"
eyes"
"You seemed to be as much disguised
with the sermon as was, for saw that
you were terribly uneasy"
"Yes," again. a
"Did you ever hear worse preacher
in all your life?"
Well, perhaps"
81 never did, and I haven't been there
SINCE"
The conversation then ratified off on
some other subject, and by and, by the
two ladies got off.
81 wonder why she didn't agree with
me about that preacher?' queried the
one who had blasted him.
why, how could you expect her to
She's that very minister's wifeI"
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
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A Beard All at Once.
tFrom the Nashville Americana


A gentleman who formerly resided at
Trenton, Tenn, told an American report
er of a strange freak of nature which
came under his observation there few
years ago. There was young man of
the town who had long passed the
period of maturity and who had not a
sign OF, beard on any portion of his
face. One day he noticed a small lump
on his neck, u few inches below his chin.
At first he paid little attention to it.
The lump commenced growing, how
ever, till finally it was larger than a
large walnut and closely resembled q
wen. The young man went to a ply
sician and asked him to relieve him of
the disfguring growth. The doctor con-
cluded to remove it with knife. On
making an incision the dcctor's knife en- .
countered a spongy substance, which on
examination proved to be nothing less
than closely matted and coiled mass
OF hair. 1t seems that the beard which
should have been spread over the young
mans face haG concentrated in this spot
and grown beneath the skin. The hair
was removed and the opening soon
healed, and the strange development be-
came unnoticeable. a.,t
Turner County herald. (Hurley, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-19??, 1883-10-25
NORTHWESTERN NEWS.
MINNIE ESOTA.

CRooKsToS wants electric lights.
BEARand deer are numerous near Du-