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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-04-05
FERTILIZERS! FERTILIZERS!

DATAPSCO Guano COmpany's Amnonlated
i Corn Fertilizer prepared expressly for Corn
and other spring crops, has been tested for sev-
cral years, and has proven itself worthy. and Is
n No. fertilizer ut Il very moderate price nave
also nm Alkaline fertilizer nj a less price, also
wei! adapted 10 corn crop. Call and see samples
l. = MELVIN
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-04-05
More Garden Seeds.

DEANS, Peas, Early Corn. Tomato Seed new
ID varieticsl, BectS, Onions, Celery, Cabbage
new varieties, added Ia our stock this week
from II. X. Bliss & Son, Of New York.
3-l5-iw BAKER K MCMU RRAN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-04-05
WOODSTONK PLOWS.

VVAVE in stock the same two-hoiSo Plows
which hnvc been selling for years, which
for chcapnCSS OF price, lightncSs OF drhught
thorouyhncsS and amount of work done, Is
without Il rival, universally so pronounced:
Keep on hand stock OF points, Shears, Land
Sides, DC, for sale by
J. s. MELVIN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1884-04-05
CORN-PLANTERS, ,

which are by their substantial construction
we'll adapted TO our country. They drill, drop
or check-row, and have phosphate attach
ments; they are evidently the greatest labor {,
saying machines OF the age. Catalogues and
Circulars sent on application, or any informa-
tion cheerfully given. Address until further
notice. the undersigned, at pune eids, Jenersoh
Jountv W. Va. Correspondence solicited.
Respectfully,
Feb Q, lSSf-3m spirit copy
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20
SCHOOL AND CHURCH.

1
The wealth of Roman Catholic re-
ligious orders in France increased in
the last thirty-five years from $780,
900 to S142, 507, 200.
in 10 colleges of this country
there are $1,000 students. OF this
number $4,000 are church members,
1,400 having joined during the past
collegiate year Chicago Journal.
If the proportion of church men,
bers to the population is the measure
of religion in a community, then is
Richmond, Va, one of the most pious
cities in the country, more than a third
of its inhabitants being enrolled as COM
municants in the fiftv-three evangeli-
cal churches of the city.-M Y Times.
Mrs. Joseph Cooke, of Boston, ad-
dressing the Women's Board of Mis-
sions of the Congregational Church,
recently, spoke of the lack of well-edu-
Gated female missionaries for India and
the East. She found that the writings
of infidels are much read in some of the
large cities of India, and the mission
aries have to exert themselves to coun-
teract their injurious tendencies
Boston Herald.
The ladies of Palermo, N. T., COM
menced last summer to make quilt to
raise money torepair their church. The
quilt was composed of twenty wheels.
Twenty ladies had each q wheel to get
subscriptions. Persons paying fifty
cents had their names on the hub. Per-
sons paying ten cents had their names
on the spokes. The ladies in this way
have raised over 800, and the quilt has
been put together with the names of the
subscribers on it.-Bufdlo Express.
Among the adherents of the Nor
mon Church in Utah are $4,000 OF
Scandinavian and Lutheran stock. a
special effort is being made to restore
them to Christianity. The Presby.
terians are working through Norwegian
evangelists. The Methodists have ap-
pointed Norwegian missionary to Salt
Lake, where he has erected a church
editice and opened school. The
Swedish Lutherans have sent q min
lister, who has gathered congregation.
and Danish Lutheran clergyman will
will soon commence operations. Den
GER ITL0it11e.
One of the most interesting and
valuable features of the John Hopkins
University library is the newspaper
bureau. A trained editor and staff OF
assistants read all the representative
dailies, make superior articles upon
economic, political, social, educational,
legal and historical subjects. These
are afterward clipped, arranged in
newspaper budgets, kept in large en-
velopes or oblOng boxes which are
marked with labels. The list of sub
jects includes everything of value that
finds its way into the columns of the
press. Bulletin boards are covered
daily with the best clippings from the
latest papers, arranged under the lead
ing heads of current topics. -Patladet-
DtiG Press
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20
PUNGENT PARAGRAPHS.

Leap yearis good time to engrave
indelibly upon the hearts of the. young
men that much misery is caused by not
saying mo- at the right time.-BmfalO
! Express.
There is species of lizard, we are
told, which can throw off its tail at
pleasure which respect the generous
little animal is like a practiced writer
for boys and girls papers.-M Y In
dependent.
The average citizen wants the chin
neys in his house plastered inside and
out to make them fire proof, and yet he
empties ashes into barrel in the wood
shed and expects Providence to dOuse
on the water in case of fire.-Detroit
Free Press.
"A Texas man was left S2,OOOby the
death of an uncle in New York He
drank deeply and went through the
property in two months. While en-
gagged in the completion of one of the
Texas railroads he received notice that
he had again fallen heir, this time to
$4,000 Congratulate nothing" said
the man, dismally, sit looks very much
as if there was some kind of plot on
foot to kill me off. "-1eras iSittingS.
The London Truth announces that
forty per cent. of the cigarettes sold in
the United States are smoked by ladies'
We knew that about ninety per cent. Of
the fine-cut tobacco sold in this country
was chewed by ladies, and its we'll
known fact that they are fond of old
CLAY pipes; but the assertion that they
smoke forty per cent. of the cigarettes
has a sweeping air of imprObabilty
about it; and vet 4 London editor woulC
hardly lie about a little thing like that.
-NOrristOlCn Herald.
Recent experiments with newly.
fallen snow discovered traces of mete-
oric iron, nickel and other evidences OF
cosmic dust. We expect to see snow
banks staked off, stocked for millior
and offered on the market at par, with
sworn statements that specimen pieces
ASSAY 81 900 to the ton. Things are
growing so that nothing can surprise
us.-N Y. Commercial AdUertiser.
-Saucy Maiden:-
There was pert maid in Montrose,
Who was saucy and had a sharp nose.
From doZe
Then she rose
Up so early,
Very surly,
And made up her mind to propose.
She should have continued to doZe
And only have dreamed Of her beaux.
Do you spOse
That heroes
Want laSsie
Who's so ''SaSSy2'
Well, not II the court itself knows.
". 7. Journal.
Little Nell-"Now Johnny, pretend
this is our house, and I'm mamma and
you are a gentleman and his wife come
to see me-" Johnny-''But can't be
gentleman and his wife too" Little
Nell-"No, of course not. There is
that horrid dog of Jimmy Browns OF
the porch. Bring him in aud pretend
the dog is your wife" Johnny-''AI
wight. But you hate that dog, know
Won do" Little Nell-'O, that don't
make any difference. It's all pretend,
YOU know. Coax him in and I'll hug
and kiss him, and go on just like mann
ma does when Mrs. Blank calls. That's
the way to be perlite, you know. "-Chi-
cnnc Times
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20
The Only Thing Needed.

A smart-stepping citizen of Tennessee
was in New York few days ago to see
about raising money for a proposed
railroad line down in his county, and
when asked 20 explain he said:
There's 70 explanation about it.
This is to be railroad two hundred
miles long"
"But about the company"
so, that's been organized and all the
officers elected"
whats the capital?" Is
Fifty million dollars.
''How much stock has been taken?''
s'About $500 worth"
"What-only $500 worth?'
THAT'S all, mister, and if you fellert
down here will only pitch in and gobble
up the rest of it, ws'l 60 ahead and
make things hum. Wal Street Nsscs
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20
A Few Words TO the Boys.

Just wait q minute until | talk to
you for n little while. know all about
you, every one of you, and that is why
l want to speak. l know the old say
ing that "bOys will be boys" no matter
what comes and goes, and wouldn't
have them to be anything else, for they
are dear with all their faults. But there
are few things in which they might
improve, generally speaking. One of
the main faults is lack of consideration
for the feelings, love and tenderness
OF your mothers. Think of the sacred
relation which you bear to her alone of
all the world; you owe everything to
her loving patience and care. Think
OF the weary days of helpless infancy,
when she Graded you upon her warm
bosom, sang away your baby griefs and
pains, watching every breath you drew
to guard you from sickness and danger.
Then the period of learning you to talk
and walk. the launching of your little
bark upon the great tide of humanity
She steered you clear of breakers and
qUicksands until you had learned to
paddle your own canoe. Even the COM
monest mothers have done this, but
many have wrought the work with
prayer and hope for your noble youth
and manhood.
What return are YOU making her for
all this? Do you ever wound her sensi-
tive soul by unkindness, by diSobedience,
short answers, seeking bad company. or
any of the countless ways in which you
may plant thorn in her heart? Bet
ter you had never opened your baby
eyes upon the light of this lovely world
Think how soon the day will come, even
at the longest, when this best and trueSt
friend will be taken from YOU. Then,
indeed, as the years multiply and you
learn the hypocrisy and falsepess of
the world, you will know what a price
less treasure you have lost.
Some one has said, and truly, that
1.-THE boy will tramp thirty to forty
miles in-One day on a rabbit hunt and
be fresh and Timber in the evening, but
if you ask him to cross the street and
borrow Jones twO-inch augur. he will
be stiff as a meat block. And he will
90 swimming all day and stand in the
water three hours at n time, and splash
and dive and paddle. but if his sister
asks him to wash his face he takes it as
an insult And he'll wander around
and cut his initials in every bridge for
miles, but will nearly die if asked to cut
little kindling. And he'll turn ten
acre lot upside down for fishing worms,
but looks disconsolate at the request to
spade up the onion bed" Now all this
is true, lamentably so, yet we love the
boy, ard his whistling is music, for we
know that the day will come when he
will be a carewOrn maa with no fountain
of fun in his nature. But you who have
mothers, from this day forth resolve to
do everything in your power to save
them a heartache. You do not know
how they l;e in bed and listen for your
coming when you are out late, and how
many mornings their cheeks are pale
from the vigil 1t is the fashion to
sheer at "the old woman who prays
and watches over your welfare. See
that you try to repay her in some meas
ure for all that she has wrought and
suffered for your sake.-Mrs. d. ".
Jordan, in Cart Pretzels' Weekly.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

should call it ''shearing" The manner
OF performing this shearing, as well 9.
the queer figure outlined upon the
baby pate, is really comical- While
the old ladies ara busily engaged in
their, to them, very agreeable task,
baby Is protesting against the perpetra-
ton of this outrage upon his crown with
all the strength of his little lungs, sup
plemented by vigorous kicks of his
sturdy little legs. and frantic clutchino
of the chubby hands at anything and
everything within his reach.
At length the ordeal is over. the old
ladies having clipped and cropped until
they are satisfied. Baby's head is q
sight to behold. An American BARRIERS
heart would ache, could he contemplate
the artistic labors of those venerable
danes, and the baby himself would bel
low like young OK could he behold in
glass the terrible looking head he has
had put on him by those from whom he
has every reason in the world to ex-
pect better treatment. / really think
that If the innocent little one knew
what those old ladies were about while
fussing around his little head, he would
decide to rest content with his hair in
the shape nature fashioned it, s'by a
large majority
After the hair is cut then come the
three venerable old gentlemen aforesaid,
accompanied by their wives (nO widow,
widOwer, bachelor or old maid being al
lowed to Offciate), who suggest name
ornames appropriate, in their estimation,
to bestow upon the child. These old
gentlemen generally pretend to know
something about astronomy, and while
discussing the different names suggest
ed, make pretense of consulting the
moon and stars, rs though to deter
mine astrolOgically upon the name
which they deem most proper for the
young Celestial to bearl
L knew of q boy whose birthday fell
upon a leap year, and on the twenty
third day of the very month that, ac-
cording to Chinese chronology. was the
extra month of that year. After tho
astronomers had studiously searched
the armament for a suitable name for
him they decided that the infant should
be called ''Yuen S. S." that is, ''leap-
year in the fourth moon," for it was
the first moon, or month of that wear
that had its additional month.
l wonder how one of my readers
would have liked it if parents had
named him st Patrick's Day in the
Morning" had his birthday CHANGED to
fall upon the seventeenth day of March!
"What strange fashions the Chinese
haye!" YOU doubtless exclaim, to which
| readily give assent, for to you thew are
no doubt both strange and odd.-Edi-
tor Of the Chinese AnlericGg ia
Youths Communion.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20
So Very Becoming.

One day last week old Mrs. New
years, one of the wealthiest old ladie;
in Austin. made an official call on Mrs
Fizzletop. Mrs. Newyears was dressed
in an elegant silk dress made in the
very highest style of art. 1t attracted
the attention of Johnny, who could moi
help admiring it, and finally the imI
said:
"Ma, don't you think that dress il
very becoming to Mrs. Newyears?"
"Yes, my son. keep quiet now" re.
sponded Mrs. Fizzletop, who was afraid
Johnny would make some improper re
mark.
$50 you like my dress, do you,
Johnny?" asked Mrs. Newyears, kindly.
Eyes, mum, its very becoming; its
Just like your face, full of wrinkles and
folds and creases ike."-Teras Syt
ngs.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20
For Young Readers.
LITTLE MISCHIEE,

Litlle Mischief keeps the household
In constant hub-bub-b boo.
If she's quiet, then It's certain,
She is deep in mischief, too.
All about the house she travels,
Restless, busy little elf.
II she spies some hidden treasure,
Reaches up and helps herself.
There's no use to reprimand her;
She looks up in blank surprise,
With her baby lips a-tremble.
And reproachful, tear-dimmed eyes.
Mamma thinks herself heather,
Such a baby-girl to scold.
Why, of course. she knows no better
Mischief isn't two years old.
So we put our little trinkets
Higher up beyond her reach,
And with loving smiles and kisses,
Rights of others try to teach.
Yet we know we ought TO scold her
duty for the mastery strives.)
Little Mischief, blessed darlingi
She's the comfort of our lives
Sarah E. Eastman, IN Golden Dous.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20
THE WISE BELLS.

On a sunny Sabbath morning.
Forth two messengers were sped,
That the bells be set a-ringing;
One TO say. in chime and singing,
A fair maiden is to wed;
one to say, with kneIl and moaning,
A fair maiden lieth dead.
Bv mischance the stupid servants
Went not whittier they were babe;
Rut each where was sent the other
One said: ''Ring the bells right glad
For bridal" Said the other:
ssFor the dead ring slow and sad"
So II CHANGED that at the bridal,
All turned pale to hear the bell;
While the gladstone wedding Ginning
Mid the dirge discOrdant fell;
But the angels hearing, whispered:
ssIn the chimes and in the knells,
Wisdom, more than man could teach ye,
Did you speak to-day. o bellsi"
-IHilIieC. POmerOy, IN The Continent.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

"A Hebrew merchant of Austin.
Tex, recently advertised to give five
per cent. of all his sales from January
to July to the various churches in the
city, the customers having the right to
designate the denomination to receive
the five per cent. He also offered 8
prize of ten dollars a month to the
church whose members spent the most
money with him Chicago NeUs.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

EAny person who takes the paper regu-
larly from the post-ofice, whether directed to
his name or whether he is subscriber or not
is responsible for the pay.
The courts have decided that refusing to
take newspapers from the post-office, or re-
moving and leaving them uncalled for is
drima facie evidence of INTENTIONAL FRAUD.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

"A stylishly dressed couple called on
the Mayor of Jersey City 1he other day
to be married. After the business was
done, the bridegroom said they were
from Italy. and that he was Count
Francisco St. Angelo, and the bride a
peasant girl whom he found working in
his vineyard as a common labcrer. He
fell desperately in love with her, but
his relations were so aristocratic- that
they would never hear of his marrying
her, so he Just bundled her up and
brought her to the land of the free and
made her his lawful wife.-N y.
GrQptic.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

Photographic likenesses are nolong-
er considered the thing for the rich, the
great, or the beautiful either in England
or in this country. The old-fashioned
ivory-painted miniature is now the rage.
and if the counterfeit presentment' is
not quite so true to nature as those that
the sun makes for us it leaves the field
open for artistic fattery and idealizing.
An Engli5h artist has lately come over
here. hoping to paint the bellies and
beauties of the new world in miniatures.
Detroit Post
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

The New Orleans Picdyune say.
there is an aristocracy of crise in Lou
isiana. No man of wealth, no man OF
position. no man of influence, has ever
been hanged in that State. Such men
have been accused of the vilest crimes
such men have been proven guilty oven
and over again. The result is lawless
ness in society, in business, in politics.
The truth is that in Louisiana man OF
power, of whatever sort. may do as he
will
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

Abolish woman at Chicopee. Mass.
applied for three years license to get
married, explaining that her husband
in the old country was not coming ovei
for three ysAreA Boston WCrLd.
The Abilene reflector. [volume] (Abilene, Kan.) 1883-1888, 1884-03-20

BY order of the Connecticut State
Prison Directors the dress of the con-
victs has been changed from half black
and half gray to plain gray
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-12
MIHING NOTES.

The ElnA furnace at Independence, Iny0
county, viii shortly stsrt up.
Yuma county, A. t, claims to be on the
verge of mining excitement.
The electric light in use on Mr. Neon
nelps claim on the Klamath gives entire
satisfaction.
The Ine1 mine at Nashville, El Dorado
county, has been taken charge Of by New
York company.
The Washington quartz mining district
In Nevada county gives promise or most
flattering future.
The Alta Gravel mine at Alta, Placer
county, has run 8 tunnel OF 800 feet through
pay gravel all the way.
The mill in the copper mine 1T Spencer
vile, Nevada county, is to be moved IL or
der that the vein beneath the nall can be
worked.
The income of the Caledonia mine OF
Black Hills for the year ending April 30.
1894, vas sos, 040, and the cash on band st
that date was So, 95S
Some very fine ore has been shipped
from Henley, Siskiy0u county, To Portland,
Or, for thorough assay and test. The
lodges at Henley are said TO be very rich in
gold.
Last week large cave occurred In the
tunnel Of the Star mine OF BweetHatcr dis
trict, Esmeralda county, New, which ex-
posed large body Of rich black salphuret
ore.
The 0sceola Copper Mining Company of
Michigan paid quarterly dividend Of fifty
cents per share on the tst, aggregating
$25, go This makes 81, $4,000 in divi-
dend5 to date
The Bodie Consolidated paid dividend
Of 81 per share, or q total Of SIC, 1873, on the
Tn Of July. The whole number Of shares
in the capital stock is 10000, but there are
only 76,953 ont.
The Small Hope Consolidated Mining
Company Of Colorado paid a dividend of
thirty cents per share, or SIS 900, on the
18Th of June This is the sixth dividend,
and the total is 1852, 500
The Morning Star Mining Company at
Leadville paid q dividend of twenty-five
cents per share, or $4,000, on the 1st of
July This is the first dividend since No
vember 1883 In ali the company has paid
twenty dividends, amounting to $40 000
Sacramento daily record-union. [volume] (Sacramento [Calif.]) 1875-1891, 1884-07-12

GREEN Color IN misunderstanding
to John A. Ryder, of the United States
Fish Commission, the green of oysters is
not due to copper. He says that every
test, chemical, physical and gastronom-
ical, which has been tried at the instance
of various Investigators has shown that
the consumption OF green-gilsd oysters is
never attended with evil effects. The green
is not produced by copper, as has been
asserted by ignorant or prejudiced persons,
but by harmless vegetable coloring mat
ter absorbed from the food upon which the
animal feeds, and this matter is nearly
identical in composition with the green
coloring substance found in the leaves Of
trees. Any such quantity Of a copper salt
which would cause the green color OF the
oyster would necessarily prove fatal to the
animal itself. Both the soft and hard
CLAIMS, IT has recently been learned, are
similarly affected under certain conditions
and at certain times with an alteration in
The tint of the guls, doubtless due, Mr.
Ryder believes, to precisely the same cause
which produces the green of the oyster,