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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

Help the weaker party: A timid young
man has married lady whose weight
yerges closely upon 200 pounds. "My
dear" Gays he to her, "shall help you
over the fences" ''No," says she to him,
s.help the fence,"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

eff you would Freeze" said George,
smuggling up a little closer, "you would
make delicious ice cream" off you were
10 Freeze" responded Amelia, with Sc
verify, after catching a Whit of his breath,
"you would make u rum punch"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
WORDS CANNOT EXPRESS.

Mr.. G.. Holdstem:-Words cannot ex-
press my gratitude for the benefit have
received from the use of Aromanna. l
haye had better health since commenced
taking it than have for the past twenty
years. l have suffered more than tongue
can tell. speak Of Aromanna with great
praise to every one, and say try it.
j. w. THoRNE, Coultersville, Pa.
Sold by Baker & McMurran, Shepherds
town, and dealers generally.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

A young man married against the
wishes of his parents, and in telling 4
friend how to break the news to them,
said: "Tell them first that an. dead, and
gently work up to the climax"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

GIN6ES CAKE.-A good ginger cake
wherein no eggs arc needed is boon to
,naa with eggs from forty to fifty cents a
slozen. Take good tablespoonful of but
ter, one cup of sour milk, half cup Of
sugar, and two-thirds of cup of molasses.
TO them add half teaspoonful of CHINA
mon, half teaspoOnful of sod,, dissolved
in little water, and scant tablespoon
full of ginger; stir these all together and
sift flour enough to make moderately
stiff batter. Bake in deep cake tin, and
cut in thick slices; half = cup of stoned
and chopped raisins is an excellent addi-
ton.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

Said the eXasperated wife, 81 wish it
was custom for women to trade hus-
bands, as it is for men to trade horses.
I'd cheat some woman dreadfully before
sunlOMn.N
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

WHITE FRUIT CAKE.-One cup of butter,
two cups of white sugar, three cups of
-four, half q cup of sweet milk, one tea
spoonful Of cream of tartar, half tea
spoonful of soda, whites Of eight eggs,
one pound of raisins and quarter of u
Dound of citron, chopped.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

"Yes," said farmer Jones, "my summer
bcarders complain that the nights are
cold; but they have no right to expect me
to take, the blankets of the tomato vines
such weather rs this
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
The Jefferson County Mutual
Fire Insurance Co.
ESrAzsLlSslEDI s7s.

OFFERS 10 the people OF Jefferson Comfy
~ Insurance in safe company at the actual
cost of Insurance. which Il much cheaper than
the rates usually changed and keeps the money
at home. Cool risks IRON responsible parties
are invited. .,.'
Executive Committee meets every Friday.
DmECTORs N. 2. White, Henry Is. Daven-
mort, Jas Garland Hurst John w. Ridrr, w. ".
T. Lewis. X. Preston Chew, WIN. l.. Wilson, Eu-
gene Baker s. w. Washington, James I"gic,
CnarI-- p. Wilson, John u. Iitte. Jacob 5. Mel
vim, +. q. W. Herr, Isaac ii. Sui Ter.
n. y W ~ IcriucHb'
H. r. DAVFNPORT........... Treasurer.
EXECUTIVE CoMMITTEE-N. \ White. w. ~,
T Lewis, Eugene Baker, Isaac Ii. S,rider, X. T.
crew. :. W. Washington.
LOCAL hGENrs-M iddlcwny, John q. Shirley !;
Kearneysville, !. e. Bi'nrr; llrpcr's Ferry.
Chas. Trail Shephcrdslosn, II. &. Entlcr /;
Duflelis, G.. l.. BarnhaTt; Charlcstown, Wash
iugtnn Il Alexander
r-s3- The Secretary will he found at the Com
pany's oil -, Gibson Building, Court.iiouse
RIA. ALEXANDER, sec'y.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
"Why didn't you deliver that mess

"Why didn't you deliver that message
as gave it to your" asked a gentleman
of hi. stupid servant. 81 did the best l
could, SIR" "You did the best you
could, sir, did your initiating his voice
and look, "pshaw, If had known l was
sending donkey would have gone my
self"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

lnpHgnf wanted Tor the hives OF all the Presi-
HhEH \ idepts of the L. 8. The largest, hand
AVA" soonest best book ever sold fur less
than twice our price. Fastest selling book in
America. Immense profits 10 agents. Aiinieili-
gent people want it, Anyone can become sue
cessful egent Terms free. HALLErT BOOK Co.,
Portland, Maine. Decl
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
COAL! COAL!!

T AM now fully prepared to furnish all
kinds of the very best quality of coal.
Red and White Ash, Nut, Stove, and Egg !;
also Cumberland Lump and Run of Mine.
Guarantee quality and prices to be as
good and low rs can be bought. All orders
left at the store or warehouse Will receive
prompt attention. Your orders solicited.
G.. T. HODGES.
Sept. 30, 1888 If
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

FRUIT JUMBLEs.-One pound of sugar,
one pound of butter, one pound and a
quarter of -four, six eggs, half pound Of
currants, little soda anG nutmeg. Mix
the butter, sugar, spices and eggs, then
the currants, next the soda, and lastly The
Hour.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
JOS. E. BERRY e CO.,
MERCHANT YiILORS,
Martinsburg,


prepared make them the shortest notice AID most 99ne rates
the whole public Give us
n
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
Shall We Let the Child Die?

harhcartc political looking pale and cha
Reby lies upon pillow, says that the child might well
die weak and poor that its life will never be worth much anyhow
There already good people the world who much
anyhow And what's the adding their number another
wakng who has but slender chance amounting anything?
Now ask that cds mother what she thinks about letting the child
die About this time the hard political economist had better get out Of
the "La aid d N0IN6! rs long there remedy to
be fond that that cA tic chill saA not deI PA nGnyI
dollar t|' Well, try bottle of Browns IRON BIrTERs
thar child the little fellow pick strength He
He will live Hosts other children have been brought almost from death
healthy lie By Browns Iron Bites Your DRUGGIST sells it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
New TinWare Establishment
ID. Nj. SCHOPPERT,
Princess Street, near German,
SHEPHEROSTOWN, w VA.

THE undersigned having opened n shop in
nounce to the public that he is now prepared
to do work OF any kind in the tinwarc line. He
keeps a good stock of made-up tinware OF the
order. Repairing and mending done cheaply,
neatly and quickly. Also pays particular at
tpntiOn 10
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

A DnIgn Send CT. f'r p stage and receive
n PEILt free n costly box Oi goods which will
help You IN make more money right
away than anything else In this world. Az, Of
either sex succeed from FIRST hour. The broad
road 10 fortune opens before the worker, Also
lutely sure True ~ Co., Augusta, Maine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

A GENT WANTED to sell Fruit and Orna-
N mental Trees, shrubs, Vines, Roses, &c.
Full instructions given. inexperienced men
can easily learn the business. salary and ex-
pcnses paid. Address ii. j. BOWDES & co,
Brighton, y. y. q mile east OF Rochester,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

Il. Pore, Gen. Pass. Agt.
Roanoke, Va.
II. T. SMITH, Pass. Agt,
IIgaerstowD, Nd.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

bnF a week at home. SIS outfit free. Pay obso.
NH solutey SURF. Capital not required. Read
poo er, il yoU want business ut which persons
OF either sex, young or old, can make great pIy
oil the time they work, with absolute certlnty,
write for particulars TO uALLETT * Co., Port
land, Maine.
Il ENDALL'S SPAWN Cure and SPAWN Bis
IN ter, GiBSON'S.
MEATS FOOT OIL, Lubricatlng Castor OF
~ and Fish OIL 1T GIBSON =.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
A GRAND OPENING I!
KERNEYSVILLE
Still Ahead!
CHEAP CASH STORE
II. HOMSHER!

TIE largest and most select stock OF
i goods ever brought 10 this place can
now be seen ut the Cheap Cash Store Of
T.. Iomsher; his stock embraces \ full
line of DRY GOODS, GROCERIES AMP
QUEENSWARE These goods were
bought low and will be sold accordingly.
Also keep Fodder Twine I'm bulk or small
quantities. Give him call before pur-
chasing elsewhere.
T.. HOMSHRR.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
7 Great MOnarchies

OF THE ANCIENT EASTERN WORLD. By
Rnwiinsou. Three Hrs" volumes, over 100 ilnc
Illustrations Price reduced from SIS to -. Not
sold bY dealers. looks sent for rNnIniuntioil
before payment, On cVidcnc. ~ good ntlth Spo-
cImcn pages and large catalogue fnc. JOHN u.
alden. Publisher, Is Ncsry 81, New York. j.
ID. Box l9g7. ..s t.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

The want of IL Reliable Diurctic
which. while acting MS stimulant of the kid
neys, neither eXcites nor lrritates them, was
long since supplied by Hostetter's stomach Bit
tiers. This line medicine exerts the requisite
degree OF stimulation upon these organs, with
out producing irritation, and Is, therefore, far
better adapted for the purpose than unmedi-
Gated eScitants often resoited to. Dyspepsia,
fever and ague, and kindred diseases, are all
cured by it, For sale by ali druggists and deal
ers generally
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01
TN ROOFING AND sPouTINe.

which will he promptly attended TO in town
and country. \ full line Of Cooking and Heat
ing STOVES, Hollowware, &C. Call and see
my stock before purchasing. By doing first
class work and dealing honestly / hope to
rit and obtain a share OF the public patronage
Respectfully, .
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

Hog Cholera &C. Sold everywhere. by mail 10
stamps Furnished In large cans price $l0; MAIL 81 %
Circulars free. !. 8. JOHNSON Z CO., Boston Mass.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

ATJ. J.. RICHARDS you will see one
u of the finest aud cheapest lines of
Hamburgs and Edgings ever brought to
town
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-03-01

It Is a well-known fact that most Of the
Horse and Cattle Powder SOLD In this cOun-
try Is worthless; that Shoridan's Condition
Powders absolTielypure and veryvalnable.
Nothing on Earth will make hens
lay like Shcri6nn's Condition Pow
der. Dose, one teaspoonful 10 each pint Of
food. IL will also positively prevent an
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07

extreme parsimony. They we're board
ing at Babylon, j.. T., when the lad vas
attacked with commissions. A doctor
was sent for, bat before his arrival the
child had recovered and the Princess
waited at the window for the ply
sician. AS he drew up she shouted
to him: Don't come in, doctor; he is
all right now Thus she saved o doc
tors fee. Under her direction their
combined fortunes were so invested as
to save as far as possible the payment
Of taxes. Though both Americans
they hired two or three rooms in Lon
don, and this they announced as their
residence though they pass most OF
their time in this country. He is about
55 years old and she about 80. The
lad is about 15 years Of age. They
have rolled up their wealth until % /
have no doubt that $35, 600, 600 scarcely
represents its extent. Though posses
sed of an annual income of 90 900 900
venture to say that their total expenses
do not average more than 50, 800 per
year. Rather than pay for q cab L
have known her to walk to a party
through a foot of snow with a pair OF
old stockings drawn over her shoes.
But they could not have created all
this wealth simply by saving. No: the
larger part of it is the result of sue
cessful speculations. She is remarka-
bly, shrewd in her investment In stocks
and he is not far behind her in talen-
of this kind. He may be remembered
as having made a million dollars in
a few days in London by the rapid adj
vance in Erie, following the expulsion
of Gould from the management. He
has also made large sums by his deals
in Louisville and Nashville in this
country. A peculiarly of their specu-
lations is that they operate on
separate accounts, and often without
each others knowledge. She has made
her stock investments largely, tits said,
through the banking house Of John j.
Cisco & Co. Her operations are large
and daring, but almost uniformly sue
cessful. For q long time she made
Reading a speciality, and thought moth
ing o. buying 20, 900 o. 10000 shares at
a time. Even during the recent de-
preston in stocks they have generally
been right on the market and have added
| to their immense accumulations.
"She is undoubtedly the richest wom-
an in the world except perhaps Queen
Victoria. Mrs. Coutts Bartlett, rich as
she is. must rank second to the "Prin-
| cess of Wales"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07

"purdah ~screen,n the word commonly
used IN India to designate harem life.
The Widow Harihakti received us in
a room hung with damask and magnif-
Gently decorated. Draped in a thin
veil OF rose colored silk and half reclin-
ing on velvet cushions she shone forth
In the midst of all her splendid sur
roundings. Her figure was Of striking
beauty, her dress glittered with Jewels
and gold. When we entered she grace
fully rose, and having shaken hands,
invited lis to take our seats on each
side OF her. She asked several uues-
tons about Europe, the manners and
customs of the people, and above all,
the costumes of the ladies. Ny an
swers sometimes made her laugh; but
what astonished her most was that our
women OF high caste could bring them
selves to go out on foot into the streets
and public ~promenades. Her lively and
animated conversation on various sub
Jects, and the English words she intro
duced, indicated in this lady a degree
OF education that would never ex-
pect to find within the wells of a Zena-
ma. She kindly went through the GER
emony of the pansopari herself, and /
Withdrew, astonished to find so much
grace and amiability. The pansopari
is a mixture of betel, areca and lime,
which it is the custom to offer to per-
sons of distinction when they are on
the point of retiring from an interview
"a mixture by no mean agreeable to
chew for the first time-but one soon
gets used to it. The master Of the
house also pours rose water on the
hands and boards Of his visitors. / re-
turned to the camp delighted with my
first excursion and utterly astounded
at the facility with which | had received
permission to these various Hindoo
houses.
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07
How The Renders Died.


The sudden disappearance of the
members Of the murderous Bender
family after the revelation of their nu-
merous atrocities, and the failure of all
efforts to discover the whereabouts OF
she fugitiyes, enshrouded the whole af-
fair with an air of ~impenetrable mys-
terry. The vail was not lifted until
some twelve months ago, when the st.
Louis Republican published the story
of one of the avenging party which over
took and annihilated the whole family
in the Indian Territory not far from
the banks of the Grand river. The au-
thor of that graphic narrative, Capt.
J. G. Reeves, of Appleton City, Mo-, is
at present a transient guest at the Hotel
Barnum, and when seen by o Republi-
can reporter he cheerfnlly consented to
give all the details of the Renders trag-
ic ending, except the name of the man
by whose hand they were slain.
when DIR. York was missed" the
Captain began, "Col. York traced his
brother to the house occupied by the
Benders. Being unable to obtain any
further information of his lost brother
he returned to Independence, Kan.
and communicated the result of his in
vestigation to Capt. Stone. Sheriff OF
Montgomery county. The next day
Col. York and Capt. Stone visited the
Bender residence, and they we're re.
ceived by the man who married Kate
Bender, and who went by the name OF
John Bender. John Bender admitted
chat DIR. York had stayed at their
house, and asserted that he had heard
nothing of the Doctor since. Being
unable to obtain any satisfaction, Col.
York and Capt. Stone retraced THEN
steps to Independence. A posse was
formed, and the company started forth
determined to investigate the matter
to the bottom. When they arrived al
the Bender homestead the birds had
flown. The house and garden were ex-
amined, and in the garden we found
nine bodies of murdered persons. mi Of
which was recognized as that Of
DR.. York. Public indignation at this
discovery knew no bounds, and the ex'
element became Intense.
"Aparty consisting of S. s. Peterson,
deputy United States marshal, Col
York, Bell Wright, George Dawson
and myself was formed to follow the
trail of the Benders. We tracked the
wagon 10 Thayer, Kas., where we found
the wagon abandoned. AT this point
we took the RAILROAD cars for Chanute,
on the NJ, X. and T. railroad. Al
Chanute we procured another Wagon
and proceeded in, the direction of the
Grand river, which runs through the
Indian territory. 1t was in Indian ter
ritory on the banks of the Grand river
that Col. York, who was in the a o.
The party, overhauled the Benders
They all died very suddenly and they
are buried in the Indian territory neal
where they fell. Ihaye nothing more
20 say. That ends the story
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07

Would you like to see the ball which
passed through the General In the Mex
lean warp Mrs. Shields asked. In
respons to an affirmative, she brought
i grape shot, not like the mora modern
messengers of destruction, but a great
iron ball with a deep, ragged fringe,
showing rude casting. 1t measured full
three inches in circumference. This
was picked up on the battle field by an
aide of General Scott, who presented ii
to General Shields only a few years ago
The shot which struck the General
entered below the heart, passed through
the lung, and came out under the shout
der blade. surgeon on the Mexican
side who found him took a silk hand
kerchief and following the course of the
wound, drew it entirely through the
body. So certain we're the medical
men he could not recover that the off
cial report semitic Washington included
Shields among the dead.
.In all the years of cur married life"
said Mrs. Shields, ST don't think I ever
knew him to have one whole night of
sleep undisturbed by that wound. He
would get up out of bed and
walk the floor by the hour. Ma,
he would often say to me, i
know this will kill me, and SO ii did.
The doctors had told me to try and
keep at his home and quiet as much
as possible, for that wound was liable to
cause his death very suddenly. He
was not a man to complain, and very
few people knew how he suffered-he
could stand so much. After he was
wounded in the Mexican war they want
ed to cut his left arm off; it had begun
to mortify. Hetold them no. Then they
said that the only thing that could pos
sibly save him was to cut in and scrapc
the bone. He told them to do it, and
went through the operation without tax.
ing chloroform. La the last war his
right arm and shoulder we're badly hurt
by fragments of a shell, and he had
much trouble with them. He could
never lie on that side. You might think
a man who has gone through such suf-
fering himself would get cailons toward
the feeling of others, but he didn't. Ii
was not once, but many a time, I've
seen him take . mouse that had fallen
into q basin OF we<or and dry the little
thing aud let it so, he was so tender
hearted"
The Warner weekly sun. (Warner, Brown Co., Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1885, 1884-11-07

It seems that the proposed Jordan
Canal, the plans for which have ap
peared in the foreign scientific journals,
is not to be. in any proper sense, a can
al, but. rather a large inland sea, some
300 miles long, with an average of IL
to Is miles in breadth. Tie waters oil
the Dead Sea would be raised from theii
present level about 1900 feet, and its
area, Of course, be largely increased
The river Jordan, the Dead Sea anc
Lake Tiberias would all disappear with
some square miles of land, principally
on the western side of the Jordan valley
MS now existing, and in their place
would be a vast inland sheet Of water,
fertilizing the neighboring desert with
the rainfall produced by the eyapora-
ton from its surface. According to this
plan, therefore, there would be, instead
Of a simple canal, a wide open channel,
traversing Palestine from north tx
south, navigable in every sense of the
term, with safe harbors here and there
on either side.