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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

That faint Of scrofula in your blood can be
wholly eradicated by Ayers Sarsaparilla.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

Try Ayers Cathartic Pills! They are mild
and pleasant In action, but thorough and
searching In effect
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

A LESSON FROM CABBAGES.-AlmOst
every one knows that cabbages will not
grow fast or head out well unless they
are hoed very often. Many have also
learned that this crop does the best if
hoed very early in the morning while
the dew is on the ground. Hoeing later
in the day, when the dew has evapora-
ted, will not have the same effect. The
reasons appear to be these: The dew
being covered with soil is retained and
helps keep the earth moist. Ii contains
large amount of oxygen, which 1t took
from the air. This acts to decOmpose
the soil and to hasten the growth of the
plants. 1t also absorbs large quantity
of ammonia, hich is directly taken up
by the plants. Now, the same causes
ought to produce the same effects on
other plants, and it has been found by
observing farmers that they do. Market
gardeners prefer to have potatoes hoed
either when the soil is wet with dew or
after slight rain. Observations made
by one of the best farmer in Wisconsin,
extending through many years, con-
WINGED him that there was great advan-
tage in blowing land while it was wet
with dew. Especially was this the case
when clover and grass were plowed I'M
der. 1t was found that the grass and
sod rotted much sooner and that the
succeeding crops were larger and of
better qualify.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

Noah thought he had everything in
the ark, but we have it on good author
ity that he didn't have Ararat.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05
SUMMER FOOTW EAR.

n S. ]. Strider. Uvlla. has Just gotten in
N fine stock OF New Boots and Shoes for
men, women and children. All prices and
varieties. Come and see If have not shoe
TO III yOu
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

Don't forget that "Aromanna" is the
best Blood Purifier, and just the thing
you have been looking for. Try it. %
Il rs cts. Sold by Baker & McMurran.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

BEWARE OF CLovER BLoAT.--On first
turning to pasture some people not only
subject their cattle to hoven-the dam
gerous bloat generated by gas-out also
to the scours. The sudden change from
dry hay to young watery grass, to eat
their fill, Is too great. The first three
DAYS the cattle should be suffered to re-
mair at pasture only about halt an hour
to an hour, according to its rankness.
After this, for the next three days they
may be allowed double the time, and so
90 on gradually increasing till they can
safely remain in pasture all day. Dur
ing this time they should be well fed
with hay before being turned out in the
morning, and again after taking up at
evening. In addition to this they ought
to have half pint to quart, according
to size and age, of linseed or cottonseed
meal, night and morning. This keeps
the bowels in fine order. and prevents
securing. A quart or two Of Indian
meal is good to mix with this, but not
bran. In case of bloat. puncturing the
side with a short narrow-bladed knife
is often resorted to. but this is danger
Gus, unless person knows exactly
where to make the incision. A much
safer and equally effective method is
resorted to by English caltle-men. They
mix two tablespoonfuls of chloride Of
lime with a pint of water. and give this
as drench for a COW, and smaller one
for calves and sheep.-Sdndita.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

Take "Aromanna" for Chills and Ma
larial Fevers. Nothing better. % and
IS cts. Sold by Baker & McMurran.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

J. S. FLEMING, NOTARY PUBLIC,
viii take dispositions, afidavits and
acknowledgements of deeds.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

Clears out rats, mice, reaches, flies, ants
bedbugs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1885-06-05

Palpitation, Dropsical Swellings, Diza
ness, Indigestion. Headache, Sleeplessne
cured by wells Health Remover"
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
IMPRESSIONS or a SUICIDE.

Not many days ago student lin
Paris still in his teens, having loved too
well, but not wisely, resolved, in his
despair, to kill himself. Being of q
literary and rather romantic turn OF
mind, the foolish youth, after writing
letter to his parents, asking their par
don for the grief he was about to cause
them, determined to leave behind him
his impressions as the poison he had
swallowed took effect. He absorbed
the poison in an American grog at q
Partisan cafe. Then Withdrawing to q
private room of the establishment he
took up pen to jot down his Impress
ions. 81 am going to die" ran this
strange document, the beginning of
which was written in firm hand
writing, the concluding sentences being
almost illegible, for the writer was in
his death agony. "Am afraid? No.
1 want to die, though bright future
was in store for me. But 1 loved 1t
is good to love, but it is also fatal. F"
After these reflections the unfortunate
lad began to suffer intolerable agony,
which he depicted in disiointed phrases.
The poison burnt his throat, his chest,
his heart" He could no longer note
down his impressions He had but life
left to write the last words "Au reooir,
adieu," and all was over. Two hours
later his bereaved parents claimed the
remains of this poor silly lad, who
sacrificed his life because his boyis Ii
passions was unrequited by the object
of it.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
PERFUMES AND DI sINFEt

Prof Mantegazzi found that nearly
all tlr essences used in perIumery, and
many others not appropriated by the
perfumer when exposed to air and
light, develop ozoue. He says that ''the
oxidation of these essences is one of the
most convenient means of producing
ozone, since, even when in every minute
quantity OF oxygen, while their action
is very persistent that in the greater
number of cases the essences, in order
to develop ozone, require the direct
rays of the sun; in small number of
cases they effect the change with diffus-
cd light; in few or none in darkness. 4"
Evca n vessel that has been perfumel
with an essence and afterwards WASHED
and dried, still develops ozone provided
slight odor remains The most elfec-
tive essences are those of cherry laurel,
palma rosa, cloves, lavender, mint
juniper lemons, fennel, and bergamot I;
the less effective are unise, nutmeg,
cajeput. and thyme MAnt galzi adds
that 'camphor, us an ozonogenic agent,
is inferior to any of the above named
essences" These facts should be better
known than they are, Our grandmothers
used perfumes as disinfectants and
ozone being the most effective OF OK
idizing q .lfectants, it appears they
were right In the East, where there
is much need for atmospheric puridca-
tion, the old faith in perfumes still re-
mains. With us it is now generally
supposed that such perfumes merely
hide the malolour and deceive Us, bat
if Mantagazai and DIR, Anders are righ.
his modem notion is fallaey,
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
BURN THE DEAD ANIMALS.

Says the Philadelphia Record The
plan of burying the bodies of animals
who had died of contagious diseases is
declared to be unsafe, as the disease
poison works its way through the soil
and infects other animal, Following the
experiments of NJ. Anne Girard, it is
proposed to dissolve them in con-
centrated sulphuric acid, which, while
destroying the body, effectually destroys
all disease germs. This care for dumb
creatures is all very well, but gives rise
to the question why they should be
better guarded against infection than
human creatures, Yer after year
myriads of the victims Of contagion are
buried in the earth, and the disease
poison is left 10 work It's way upward to
myriads of others, who in turn take their
places with the rest. Heynetically sealed
burial boxes and private funerals or
cremation would no doubt lessen the
numbers of this ghustly succession
Why should not some such measure be
enforcedS 1t is only far 70 give to our
fellow-men the same attention We
bestow upon the hla It of the field.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
RAPIDITY OF THOUGHT.

Prof. Donders, Of Utrecht, recently
made some interesting experiments in
regard to the rapidity of thought. BY
means of two instruments which he
calls the acknowledgement and the
noernatachometer, he promises some
interesting and important results. For
the present, he writes that single idea
requires the brain to act .057 OF a
second for its elaboration. Doubtless
the time required is not the same for
all brains, and that, by means of these
instruments, we may obtain definite
indications relative to the mental
calibre of our friends. What invaluable
instruments they would be for nominat-
ing caucuses for officers, for trustees OF
colleges, for merchants i'll want of book
keepers, for manufacturers needing
machinists- short, for all having
appointments OF any kmd to make.
For an eye to receive an impression
requires OF of second, and for the
ear to appreciate sound, .149 of a
second are necessary. The eye, there
fore, acts with nearly double the rapidity
of the ear.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
snAKEspEARE's HrRorNEs.

There are poets and artists whose
genius brings forth meuschillren only.
The greatest Of ShakespeAre's fellow
dramatists, Ben Johnson was one Of
these Admirable as were his wit, his
Judgment :his learning his satiric
power, his knowledge of life, his
reverence for art his constructive
talent he could not fashion noble OF
beautiful woman. Ben Johnson wrought
superbly in bronze, and ran his metal
into carefully constructed molds he
could not work in such finer elements
Of air and light as those from which
Mirandi is framed and some of these
subtitle elements enter into each OF
Shakepesre's heroines. On the other
hand, far less robust genius, Johu
Webster, one OF Shakespeare's dramatic
disciples, delighted in nth - so much
as in full-length studies of tragic female
figures There are inleei wonderful
creations in his plays beside these
sinister and cynical faces of men appar-
ent in the gloom. But in his greatest
dramas all exists for the sake of the
one woman after whom each drama is
named-the Duche's Of Malf, Webstcr's
lady Of sorrow, aud his White Devil.
Vittoria Coromboni, on whom splendid
in her crime, he turns high lighe
Of imagination that dazzles while VIC
gaze. This was not Shakespeare's
In no play of his dill we find woman
as centre OF the piece. or conceived as u
dramatic unit. And hence indeed it is
almost an error to study the character
of any Of Shakespeares heroines apar
from the associate with whom she plays
her part Beat,1ce is hardly intelligent
apart from Benedict the echoing voico
Of love rebounds in Romeo and
Juliet inextricably intermingling
from lover TO lover, until death has
stilled all sound; in that circle Of traitors
through which Shakespeare leads us
in his Inferno" Mac5eM and his Queen
are miserably united forever by their
crime and its retribution.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
A HOTEL IN THE SEA.

The situation of the hotel where am
stopping is especially charming. 1t is
built over the water, 80 that the sea
actually passes under the rooms. There
is long glass-enclosed balcony looking
seaward from which one never tires of
surveying the blue Mediterranean be-
yond and below. There is always
variety in the movements of the sea.
Now its wash is 30 gentle and soothing
that it is the most effective of lullabies
when one wishes to go to sleep. Again,
the sea is in an uproar, and the spray
leaps up to the very windows. The
| illusion that we are ut sea is quite hard
to shake off at times. The fish have
learned to watch for the refuse that is
committed to the sea from the hotel
galleries, and are consequently very
tame. Portly looking fellows, foot
or two long, come right under the
balcony and stare impertinently at us.
The temptation is strong to make them
atone for their great temerity, and not o
few of them have been hauled up with
rod and line to the broad verauda. One
day somebody got up more enthusiasm
than usual and cast a torpedo from the
balcony into a school of exquisite ma
rine beauties A boy sprang in after the
explosion and brought three fat fellows
to the surface. Many others were
stunned, but not sufficiently TO keep
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
A PORTRAIT OF CLEOPATRA.

What is claimed to be genuine por-
trait of Cleopatra, made to the order
of the Emperor Augustus by his
favorite artist, Timonaaas, after the
queen had destroyed herself with the
asp, is in the possession OF Baron de
Bermeval, French nobleman. Cleo
patra is represented life size from the
waist up, wearing the crown OF the
Ptolemys, jewels in her ears and on her
neck, and bracelets ON her arms similar
to those found by Schlieman in the
tomb of Helen of Troy A red or pur-
pie mantle, knotted on each shoulder,
covers the right breast, leaving her left
breast exposed, and above this her hand
rests, holding the fatal serpent. Three
small wounds denote where it has Bit
ten, and it is shown to be on the point
OF biting again. The pupils of her
eyes, so darkly blue rs to be nearly
black, are SO lifted rs to be partially
hidden, and the tears are visible on her
cheeks. Her nose il Grecian, her head
small, her figure full Her mouth is
half open, her tongue pressed against
her teeth with an expression i'll her
face (full view of sorrow and pain. Her
blonde hair, loosely knotted, falls over
her bosom, and is covered, like the eye
brows, with golden powder. Her arms
and hands are exquisitely shaped. The
portrait is cxcellentiy preserved, but il
is not nearly as beautiful ms Cleopatra
greatly idcalized by time aud poetry-is
supposed to have been.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
now vIscrsxns WAS SAVED.

More than once M. d'Herisson took a
personal part in the negotiations not
without profit to his country. In con.
ference OF officers and plenipotentiarie
Gen. Valdan expressed hope that the
Parisians might be spared the "hum-
iliation" of having to surrender the
fortress OF ,yincennes. II had historical
associations. 80 Marshal Moltke re-
marked that they were not dealing with
questions of sentiment or history.
Vincennes was surrounded by wood,
and therefore strategically indispensa-
BILE to the German armies Gen. Valdan
answered that he did not believe the
position was really of much importance,
he only wanted--and he begged the
Marshals pardon to procure some
semblance Of patriotic satisfaction to
the Parisians etc. The Marshal was
infexible, and vincennes was aboutto be
abandoned, when NJ. 4 Heriss N ven
tured to interpose: Monsieur 10
Marechal, I ask your Excellency a
thousand pardons, but 1 believe you are
mistaken" How 80, Monsieur lie Capt.
taine?" replied Moltke, looking ut him
as if from distance. why, the fort-
ross of vincennes is not surrounded
with wood. The forest is indeed close
to it, but you cannot say thai a fort in
the neighborhoad of a forest is sur
rounded with wood II also beg your
pardon, Captain the fort is completely
surrounded with wood. In any case
we can easily decide the matter" A
Prussian officer eagerly handed the
Marshal colored map, which the
latter spread on the table. Snrc
enough. vincennes appeared buried in
green 1.-The map is wrong" mnin-
tanned NJ. dHerisson. There is no
wood on that side. Then, here on the
right, they have completely forgotten
to indicate the camp of St Maur.' The
Marshal began to doubt. LET us look
at your map" he cried, turning sud-
denly to Gen. valdan. Gen. Valdan
shrugged his shoulders and looked at
NJ. Jules Favre. Neither of them was
provided with maps. Luckily NJ
d'Herisson always carried with him the
regulation map which Gen. Schmitz
had caused to be distributed among the
members of the staff; and greatly to
Marshal Moltke's vexation proved that
the German map was incorrect. The
line which the French had contended
for was then adopted. And thus was
the fortress OF Vincennes saved "by
Gen. Valdan AS M. Jules Favre put
in in his dispatches.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08

Balfour Stewart and William Liant
Carpenter have made a preliminary
comparison between the dates of cyclo-
mic storms in Great Britain and those
Of magnetic disturbances at the Kew
Observatory Finding that in 30 cases
compared e3 presented distinct mag
netic disturbance preceding the storm,
for the most part, by somewhat more
than day, the investigators conse-
quently intended to pursue the subject
exhaustiyely.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08

A recent traveller in Central Africa
states that it is not etiquette to eat fish
at Timbuctoo, though the river
abounds with it. At the same city the
two rival Indigenous systems of African
currency come into collision-salt and
cowries. To remedy the scarcity of the
native circulating medium, enormous
importations have been made from the
Maldiye islands and Zanzibar. The
traveller bought an ass for twenty-nine
thousand oowries and, as they each had
to be counted, he needed al thepatience
of his beat ---
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
A TEST FOR PETROLEUM.

Herr Montag, German chemist,
gives the following simple test for
ascertaining whether sample of pc
troleum is sufficiently volatile to be
dangerous. Fill glass three-quarters
full with the petroleum to be tested,
and fill up the glass with boiling water,
at the same time holding flame over
it. If the vapor disengaged becomes
ignited, the petroleum should not be
considered a safe liquid to leave ex-
posed to the air
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08

At meeting of the Geographical So
ciety of Paris, NJ Schrader read a paper
on the masses of snow moved about by
the wind among the mountains. These
masses are not moved about by chance
they obey very simple laws which cause
them to be deposited at spots where the
wind is diminished in intensity. and
gave them forms which may be easily
analyized if the quality of the snow,
the force and direction of the wind, and
the contour of the mountain be taken
into account.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08

The Prussian Diet has been asked for
grants for the extension and compile
ton OF the network of State railroads to
the extent of CO. zoo 600 marks OF this
sum 40, $4,000 marks are required for
the: construction of IL new lines of q
total length of 33j miles, and the
balance is needed for the completion Of
existing railroads.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08

One of the latest specimens of the
work of the Messrs Henry of the Paris
Observatory is fine photograph of the
cluster in Perseus, showing stars down
to the thirteenth magnitude. The
negative was obtained in 80 minutes
with 6.3-inch object glass of s3-inch
focal length; it has been enlarged four
times, and reproduced by hello en-
craving.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
Scientific

Galvanized iron water tanks must
not be employed on board of French
men-of-war. DIR. Venable in a paper
read before the American Chemical
Society, has shown that water passed
through 200 yards of galvanized iron
pipe took up 4.29 grains of zinc car
Donate per gallon.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08
tFrom TIE Indianapolis Tfmesl
AN INTERESTING LETTER

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The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08

Admiral f. S. Tremlett writes that on
the sculptured dolmans of the Depart
ment of Forbihan, France, about 80
sculptures had been found, invariably
on the interior surfaces of the capstones
and their supports 1t is remarkable
that they are confined within distance
of about 12 miles, and are situated near
the sea coast, beyond which, although
the megaliths are numerous, there is Il
complete absence of sculptures. The
sculptures vary in intricacy, from SIM
pie wave lines and cup markings to
some that have been compared to the
tattooing of the New Zealanders.
The Columbian. [volume] (Bloomsburg, Pa.) 1866-1910, 1885-05-08

NJ CASTOR Trouve is said to have
constructed a portable electric glow
lamp, intended for use where there
is an explosive atmosphere. The lamp
is intended to be for service in mines,
cellulose factories, flour mills, spinning
mills, etc. 1t is automatic in action,
and it is stated to be very simple in
construction There are two varieties
of the lamp made; one of which will
only light itself when taken up in the
hand the other when it is hung up or
put down. The current is produced by
battery contained in the lamp.