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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-25
a Romantic Story.

From Port Jcrvis, Now York, wc have
romantic story. which, but for the re-
ligious aspect OF it, woald DO comedy
plot. Some time ago daughter Of pious
parents in that village, on learning that
her lover was skepdc, broke of her en-
gagement In 4 tear-stained letter, after
yainly attempting TO convert him. lie
was deeply grieved, but could not give up
his convictions. The lady mourncd aud
tried in vain 10 see some other way out OF
the trouble. Shortly after, however, her
lover, who had gone 10 live In distant
city, was induced 10 attend revival, was
converted and united with the church.
He subsequently asked permission TO call
on his former lady love, which was grant
ed. She received him with many marks
Of favor, expressing her regret ut having
treated him so harshly. To her great
surprise he defended her against herself,
said she was in the right, and that hc had
come to look At these things IN the same
ligh. she did. Her heart sank. She told
him that his former arguments had had
great weight with her; that she had
studied and reviewed the whole subject,
and had at last discarded the Bible and
revealed religion. It was his turn 10 be
shocked. lie argued and pleaded with
her, but all in vain, and feeling that lic
could not marry an unbeliever, reluctantly
gave her up.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-25
STOWN JEFFERSON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA. FRIDAY JULY 2 1884
Mothers Room.

I'm awfully sorry for poor Jack Roe;
us,s,hat bow that lives with his aunt, you know;
And no snys his house is filed with gloom
Because II hns got no mothers room"
tell you what. II is.hne enough
To taIk OF .bouGoirs" and such fancy stuii'
Rut the room OF rooms that seems best 10 me-
The room where I'G always rather be,
IL mothers room, where fellow can rost'
And talk OF the things his heart loves best
What II do get dirt about.
And sometimes startle my aunt with shout
II is mothers room, and II she don't mimi,
To the hints OF others I'm always blind.
Nav be lose my things-what then?
In mothers room find them again,
And I'VE never denied that litter the floor
With marbles and tops and many things more;
But tell you, for boys with tired head
II Is Jolly 10 rest II on mothers bed.
Now poor Jack Roe when he visits me.
I take him to mothers room, you soc,
Because It's the incest place TO go
When fellows spirits are getting low.
And mother she's always kind and sweet,
And there's always smile poor Jack 10 gr'et'
And somehow the sunbeams seem 10 glow
More brightly In mothers room, know.
Than anywhere else, and you'll never nnd
gloom
Or any shadow In mothers room.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-07-25

Stanley has discovered an African
river called Kissmelonga, and IL is with
difficulty the girls can DC kept from cmi-
grating.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08

/" Il you'll only forgive me, = be ,o11.,.
and trust me as youused to III Ip u
touch an engine again, neverl,' : neFes
It added heavily to Mr.. Ka,,
row to find that Rob had c 1aral sor-
misery, but he put his arm aboa. ' v:
and spoke kindly. There man NAM a nlm
er things besides engines eeis se u. oeA.
per hands, if folks touches tba " 4 up
said. I'D willingly suffer if M, ae
you q learn this lesson: Never sta ata a
ting 20" cart stop There's IN No. u'g-
this town Il tell you they started I'M Am y
ing aud swearing long acre. an pl1a II,
running away with them now ~ H. ~
the Hercules did with You. Tb HID Y y
this, Rob, when You remen,bar sl - q
happened to your grandsir's last 'a =
gine!'' EAST En-.
That was ten years aco. The ola :.
gineer has gone where faithful serv s..
IS rewarded. Rob has become . vo, ~
man, but not an engineer; he has MS ounss
stepped aboard an engine sinra 80 az,
painful experience on the Hercules ~
But often in the Sunday-sehool M.
where he is now teacher, his bows 800, -.
''Iell as the story of the wild enein ss's,
They listen eagerly to the end wban
Robert Kerr closes with his grandsa ag''
er's motto: Never start anythinr W.,
can't stop. n-He'en Pearson Barassr53 ~ y
C0ngregationdlist. -
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08
Birds Bills.

The birds do not have hands, but they
have something that answers Just A.
well. Their bills are as useful 10 them
as your hands are to you. They arc ~
all made alike or used in the same way.
The duck has very queer bill u !
made so because this bird has to ma
its food under water. 1t can not ~
what it gets, and must feel, instead. u
this bill is filled with nerves for the pun
pose. 1t has row Of little points, s .ss.
all around the edge, something W. Is
teeth. But how does the duck Hse y
Let US see. -.
When searching for food It thrust.
this bill down and brings it UP fuil !.
mud. Now in the mud arc the vi, psla
things the bird lives upon. These ils ~
nerves tell it just what is good 2 s t.ss
What is not good IL sent out thron 4 /
these queer points, just as # i Ma ssv !
sitter. The nerves in this funny n s'II
take very good care that nothing sn's'
be lost thai is worth the eating. -.
You know all about the Little jill
that build nests with their bills ="
what wonderful things they ere. II, sOia n
can sew very well with their peaAs, 5,, =
course they use their feet, Too
Little ones.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08
FARM AND PRESIDE.

About 55, 900, 900 bushels Of wheat
are annually used for seed in this
country.
A gill Of strong green tea is said to
be q specific for sheep poisoned by
eating laurel. Chicago Journal.
The more an acre will produce the
larger the profit, and the betsHE you
cultivate that acre the more it viii pro-
duce.-Nes0 England Farmer.
Paint which has become dry and
hard may be removed by rubbing the
spot with oxalic acid diluted with
water. Try a weak solution first, and
il that does not remove the stain, in
crease the strength. Troy Times.
Keep the horse collars clean. The
dust and dirt which adhere to collars
when they are wet with sweat works
into Jumps and ridges, and sore
shoulders are the result. If the collars
become hard, wash them clean, pound
them and apply oil.-N. 7. Herald.
Grass means cattle; cattle means
manure; manure means rich lands;
rich lands mean good crops. and good
crops mean prosperity. This is the
history of the world. Seed part of
your farm down to grass and see if the
assertion is nottrue Cleveland Leader.
A fruit culturist gives the following
calculation of the productiyeness of
certain fruits: Six gooseberry bushes
will produce six gallons of fruit, six
currant bushes twenty quarts, six rasp-
rte
vines 126 pounds. Much, however, de-
ponds upon the age of the plants, soil,
season and cultivation.
One day soup: Half a can of to-
mato, five or six cold boiled or baked
potatoes, half an onion, one stalk of
celery, or few celery tops. Boil all
together until the vegetables are very
soft. Put through colander, add pep
per and salt and pinch of sugar
Just before serving pour in one cup of
hot milk with a pinch of soda dissolved
in it. Sift over the top few very dry
bread crunlbs.-N. y. Times.
Why not have a climbing rose?
Would it not improve the barn, wash
house, smoke-house, piazza9 Most Of
the varieties are perfectly hardy. They
bloom in profusion for a long time.
Among the climbing roses Prairie
Queen pink, Benefits Seeding
| (white) and Russell's Cottage (crim-
sony, would make good selection. 1t
should be borne in mind that these
roses bloom on the old or last season
wood.-Prairie Farmer.
When plants are received by mail,
place them in warm water for q few
minutes, then pot them out and give a
thorough watering; then set them in a
warm, shady place for a day or two,
after which give plenty Of sunshine. Il
for bedding out, plant in the open
ground at once; water thoroughly and
shade for few days until they are
started. Do not put plants in too large
pots at first; it is always better to plant
in small pots and shift into larger ones
as the plants grow Never allow your
| plants to become too wet, as there are
more plants injured by too much water
than too little Chicago Times.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08
Anectlote OF Webster,

The amusing controversy and cor.
rcspondence growing out of Secretary
Marcy's eourt-dress circular when
James Buchanan was Minister to the
Court OF st. James, described in an ar
tiele on Buchanan in this Magazine, re-
minds correspondent of an occurrence
that took place at Marshiield in Mr.
Webster's time.
MIR. Webster and Judge Duane Doty,
then of Green Bay, Wisconsin, were
warm friends, and the Judge at one
time was visitor at Marshfield. Mr..
Webster was very fond of fishing-ths
only outdoor sport in which he in
dulged. While the Judge was his
guest it CHANGED that fine day for this
sport presented itself, of which Mr.. w.
was anxious TO avail himself. He ac-
cordingly invited the Judge to accom-,
pany him in this piscatorY sport. The
Judge didn't want to go, and tried his
best to get off, saying he would much
prefer, with his consent, to pass that
rainy day in MIR. w. 'slibrary among his
books and papers. Mr.. W. wouldn't
listen to him, said he could pass any
and Us many days in the library as he
chose, but such day IS that for fishing
might not occur again while they were
at MarshfieId. The Judge, as last re-
sort said that he really could not 90, as
it would spoil his clothes, that the
handso me black suit he had on was his
best and all he had, and that to 90 fish
ing in it would spoil IT, To meet this
objection Mr.. w. directed his servant
George to 60 upstairs and bring down
the dress in which he was presented at
court in England, which George did.
As soon as he appeared with it MIR. W.
said: There, Doiy, is dress for you:
put it on, and come as soon as YOU
can, for we are losing valuable time. !"
The Judge replied: Surely, Mr..
Webster, YOU are not in earnest In what
you say--that you want me to 90 fishing
in that elegant suit, and spoil its''
Yes, | am. he replied; '.that Is
what it has been brought down for.'i
The Judge still fingered, when MIR.
W., TO settle the matter, said to him !:
Have no anxiety about iniurinp the
dress, for to fish or hunt in il is the only
way it can now be made useful. Could
] wear it in Washington. Philadelphia,
New York, Boston or even hereP III
did, wouldn everybody laugh at me?''
The Judge.was compelled to answer
sfirmatively to the question.
"Well, then, he said, .pray what is
it good for but to so fishing in p
This settled The matter. The judge
put on the dress, and went fishing IL
Mr. WIS court suit, and saved his
own. Thus, you see. Mr.. Webster,
with his well-known willingness &c
oblige, had no objection to appear be,
fore England's Queen Ia the dress pre-
scribed; and what good use he mads
of 1t after his return home - H,rpsrs.
AQgaziae
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08
Race and Industry.

No English ship-carpenter will work
like Chinese, no lauEdress will wash
as many clothes, and a Chinese CON-
positor would very soon be expelled for
over-toil by an English chapel of the
trade. The Chinese peasants and boat
men work all day, and every day; and,
in fact, but for untiring industry, the
closely packed masses of China could
not be sustained rs they are by artificial
irrigation. OF the brown races, the
Arabs generally prefer abstemiousness
carried to a starving point to continu-
Gus labor; but the most numerous
brown people, the Indian, labor unre-
laxingly for seventy-seven hours q week.
They are often called lazy by unobserv-
ant Europeans, because they enjoy
the cool of The evening, but they 90 to
work before four in the morning and
work on till three, and ouly eat once
during sunlight, the second meal being
taken after dark. They take, too, no
weekly holiday. The result, in fact,
proves their industry. They keep up
system of agriculture singularly toll
some, because it involves irrigation,
raise often three crops and ALWAYS two
in the year, and have covered India
with grand cities which they built for
themselves. As they feel their climate,
though less than Europeans do, their
labor is severe, and we should say de-
liberately, after the observation of
years, that their industrial fault was.
when laboring for themselves, dispo-
sition to do too much on insufficient
food. They wear themselves out too
early. They know this themselves, and
have tendency to refuse overtime and
reject pay for il which is often most an
moving. Of course, the savage brown
races viii not work continuously, but
neither will the savage white ones, E. o.,
the mean whites of the Southern States;
but then both will make incredible ex-
ertions by fits and starts, as, for exam
pie, III hunting, or rowing very long
distances. The black races are the
most varied in respect to industry, but
sven among them the readiness to toll
bard is far from wanting. The slave
owners always thought their negroes
lazy, but then their wages were stolen,
and no man works we'll without paw, on
for pay which is insecure. Spectator.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08
Chronic Diarrhea in Cattle.

There are various causes productive
of ahronic diarrhpa. as there are also
of acute, and although the first some
tines has the latter for its cause, the
effects are different in each disease, as
are the causes producing them. For
instance, that which would be produc-
tive of acute diarrhea in sound ami
NAL, would not materially affect one
suffering from chronic diarrhma.
That they are two distinct diseases
may be adduced from the fact. that an
animal suffering from an attack of the
acute disease is quickly and successfully
treated by remedies which would have
no effect upon one suffering from the
disease in chronic form
There are different kinds Of this dis
ease; of which one is intermittent, ami
is believed by many country people 0s
be influenced by the moon. This has
its cause in a. weakened state of the
liver, and its consequent susceptibility
of becoming easily and unduly excited
by different agents, which, being re-
moved, the animal, to use the words Of
the owner, ''soon gets well again.
Another kind is that to which year
lings are subject, when calves have not
had proper food, or have been fed with
q view of saving the cows milk. This
kind of chronic diarrhea, if improperly
treated, renders the career of the ami
NAL short; but if submitted at once to
proper treatment, and there be not con-
siderable structural arrangement of the
liver, there is still favorable prospect
of recovery.
To the other kind, of all the most
subject to it are cows which are E'good
Mixers but why they are so we will
not attempt to explain, unless it be that
there is greater demand upon the
system, and that they are more mad
vertenrly exposed to the inclemencies
of the weather, by being turned out Of
q protected or warm barn, after being
MIXED, into cold yard orunprotected
field, where they become exposed to q
cold, wet, or frosty atmosphere, anil
are allowed to remain until again
wanted for the purpose of being MIXED.
One principle cause of chronic
diarrhea is the acute form neglected
or improperly treated, and this
frequently occurs when the latter is the
case, at the time when the COW doctor
has exhausted his store of nostrums and
recipes ito stop the scouring;;'' at a
stage where, in fact, when the animal
has had her constitution SO impaired by
her attendant that the qualified veteri-
marian, now called in. should he sue.
coed in propping up the falling fabric,
is supposed to have achieved, not what
the other failed in doing, but merely
an ordinary feat, or perhaps not even
that. Whereas, should he be so i'm
polite as to undertake the case and
not happen to succeed, it is then said.
''he could not stop securing cow A
person should not be precipitate in
giving a decisive opinion unless he b
duly acquainted with the disease in its
various forms and combinations. We
are aware that there are many modiica-
tons of this disease in addition to the
above.-Prairie Farmer.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08
For Young Readers.
KEEP ON TRYING

If boys should get discouraged
At lessons or at work.
And say: There's no use trying
And all hard tasks should shirk,
And keep on Sinking, Sinking,
Till the boy became man,
/ wonder what the world would do
To carry out its planf
The coward In the conflict
Gives up at first defeat;
If once reputsed, his courage
Lies shattered at his feet.
The brave heart wins the battle
Because, through thick and thin,
He'll not give up as conquered,
He fights, ana fights to win.
So, boys, don't get disheartene1
Because at first you fail.
II you but keep on trying.
At last you will prevail.
Be stubborn against ia lure.
Try! Try; and try again.
The boys who've kept on trying
Have made the worlds best men.
--Eben p. Rerf0rd. IN Chicago Adodace
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08

AT the New York Eisteddfod the
other day the refrain of one of the songs
was ''Gwlad, gwlad pleidol wyf I'm
gwlad." That sounds like dude with
. hot potato in his mouth Chicago
Ne1cs.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08

Mr.. Geary, of Shenandoah, f. =.
found great difficulty in supplying -
family with food, and his wiie' g, ,a,;eyS
Respondent. killed herself y
him.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08

The souvenir of the carnival fes-
tvities in Montreal is q medal with o
Canadian thistle on one side and .
Canadian goose on the other.
The Bossier banner. [volume] (Bellevue, Bossier Parish, La.) 1859-1952, 1884-05-08

IA woman started fac first dailv
paper in the world IN 1702 in London.
- nicugo Herald,
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-19
MADE IT EASY,
A Sheriff who Made his Prlto No. cy In n
Short Time.

A Sheriff who Made his Prl,o No. cy In N
Short Tune.
TOLEDO, Dec. lS.-Yesterday afternoon.
as Sheriff lIarbeck was passing through
one Of the corridors Of the Court House.
he was accostcd by one ofthreo men with
the. remark: "Do you want to make
S?OO?" Tho Sheriff paid little attention
to the remark except 10 answer in the
negative, and passed oil. The oues.ioner
followed saying. "Well, you'll have 10
anyhow" lie then asked tho Sheriff.
he would be in his Office ut 0 o'clock this
morning, and receiving IN affirmative re-
ply the three men left the building,
Promptly at 0 o'clock this morning tic
trio made their appearance in the Sheril's
oillcc, and the spokesman OF last night re-
qnested to DO locked up. But little atten.
ton was paid him until he persisted in his
request. saying that tie Sheriff had better
40 It as there was areward OF 500 offered
Tor his arrest. With this he was accom-.
modated, when he handed the Sheriff 4
dispatch, telling him to send it 10 the First
National Bank at saltzburg, Pa. The dis.
patch read: ado you want J. ". Mans
Held, or do your city oiEciaIs?n Mans.
field then turned to his COMPANIONS and
said: "Now, d-n you, you wanted to
give me away, but I've beat you by giving
myself up"
The dispatch was sent, and about noon
a reply wns received from the cashier OF
the bank saying that the man was wanted
there and an officer would bo sent for him
ut once, .l5-!-J ~ s.. -711 -
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-19

0SE Of these days the Senate may real
ize that is next TO impossible to keep
treaties under cover until they have been
ratified. The people want to know about
them and there are people sufficiently en-
1erprising to obtain them. Within ten
days three treaties have fallen into tho
journalistic drag net. The New York
Times had the Spanish treaty cabled from
Madrid at cost Of over $4,000. iester-
day the Tribune and Herald came along
with treaty apiece.
The famous Washington treaty was
gathered in by the Tribune, and tho Senate
was never able to discover how it happen.
ed. Thereby hangs tale. AS the story
goes, after the treaty had been considered
in executive session and tho doors opened
Senator sat in his seat reading n doc','
7nent which he afterwards placed carefully
on his chair and held it down with hi:
liberal avoirdupois. A newspaper cores
pondent in the reporters gallery noticed
this performance. When tho Senate nd
iourned the correspondent saw that thu
Senator had left his document on tho
chair. The sequel is that tho New iorl
Tribune paid $500 for that treaty. 4
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-19

CHICAGO, ILL., Dec. ls.-The weather is
the severest to-day in this city thus fur
experienced during tho present winter,
and the same is true throughout tho en-
tire Western and Northwestern States,
At AM, in this city, the barometer
stood l1o below and ut had dropped I2'
below. Great ice foes have formed in the
harbor, from the shore and the view en-
the lake outside is obscured by great
clouds OF vapor. Tugs arc KEEP busy flying
up and down the river breaking IN the
ice. Comparatively few pedestrians are
abroad and the rush OF Christmas trading
has been in measure checked owing to
tho severe character Sof the weather.
Omaha is reported 15o below, st. Paul eOo
below, Des Aloines 13' below, Dubuque 2Oo
below, Fargo 30' below.
CLEVELAND, O., Dec. 1s.-The thermom-
eter indicated one degree above zero this
morning and still falls. rs
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-19
BELMONT AND DAYARD,
Tho Former Persundes the Latter to Acce
aCnblnet appointment,

Tho Former Persunties the Lnttor to Accent
aCnblnet appointment.
New YoRE, Dec. 1s.-The story printed
in tho dispatches yesterday, that Senator
Bayard had written TO Governor Cleve-
land an acceptance Of tho Treasury port
folio, has attracted wide attention today,
and careful investigation disclosed to- all
that it was founded on truth. 1t is said
that the influence Of the Belmont iumily
was brought to bear on him to accept this
position. Before the Delaware Senator
returned to this city from Albany, he had
positively declined to enter the new Cabi-
net, and started on his way to Washington
determined to remain in tho Senate. While
stopping over in this city, however. it is
said that he was met by an emissary Of
August Belmont, who prevailed upon him
to reconsider his decision. Mr.. Belmont
has supported the Senator for the Presi.
dency ever since 1872, and has been a
liberal contributor to the funds raised to
push Mr.. Bayard's candidacy before every
convention since then. AS 4 result he has
considerable influence with him, and, 80
the story goes, has exerted it to get him to
accept the Treasury Department. Il
Mr.. William G. Whitney, whose name
is slated as Cabinet certainty, and who
is said to have his eye on the Treasury, is
reported as very much put out that Bayard
should show a preference for: the place.
10 hRs peep willing tp give way 70 Ran.
The Wheeling daily intelligencer. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1865-1903, 1884-12-19

New YORK society is again in a state Of
mind. Mr.. Henri NJ. Braem, member
Of the Union and Knickcrbocker clubs, 4
vcstrytnan OF Trinity Church and con-
nectcd with sundry "old families" is pub
licly charged with writing scurrilous an
noymous letters to members Of Mr.. August
i:tlmont's family. The letters cover n
period of several years, in which time Mr..
Belmoat has had detectives working up
ttys case.
At last a woman copyist was found who
admitted that she had copied tho letters
and implicated Bracm. Mr.. Belmont
called OIL Braem, it is said, and, obtaining
lis written confession, demanded that he
resign from the Trinity vestry. This
Brae.u has done, and now his clubs are
getting ready to move against him. No
reason is assigned for Braem's crash act" ."
Mr.. Belmont has not responded to the in
qnirics Of the reporters. There is no init.
nation of the purport Of the letters. No
body sets up tho insanity dodge in behalf
OF Mr.. Draem, who may have good deal
Of trouble in store for himself il his case
is pushed by Mr.. Belmont or officers OF
the law, rgp