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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-30
The Georgia Volunteer.

Far up the lonely mountain side
My wandering footsteps led.
The moss lay thick beneath my feet,
The pines sighed overhead;
The trace OF a dismantled fort
Lay in the forest nave,
And in the shadow near my path
saw a soldiers grave.
The bramble wrestled with the weed
Upon the lowly mound;
The simple headboard, rudely writ,
Had rotted to the ground
raised 1t with a reverent hand,
From dust its words to clear,
But time had blotted all but these:
"a Georgia Volunteer"
heard the Shenandoah roll
Along the vale below,
saw the Alleghanies rise
Towards the realms Of snow.
The valley campaign rose to mind,
Its leaders name, and then
knew the sleeper had been one
OF Stonewall Jackson's men.
He sleeps! what need TO question now
If he were wrong or right;
He knows ere this whose cause Is just
In God the Fathers sight;
He wields no warlike weapons now,
Returns no foeman's thrust;
Who but coward would revile
An honored soldiers dust?
Roll, Shenandoah, proudly roll,
Adown thy rocky glen;
Above thee lies the grave of one
OF Stonewall Jacksons men.
Beneath the cedar and the pine,
In solitude severe,
Unknown, unnamed, forgotten lies
Georgia Volunteer
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-30
sHEPHERDsTOWN, VA, FRIDAY, APRIL 80 1886.

lousy said: 81 have never seen you,
but my heart tells me to trust you. /
know you are good and noble, and am
willing to leave my fate in your hands.
Yes, George, 1 love you"
Even as she said the words she ut
tered a cry of alarm. Then gruff
mans voice spoke: go to your room,
Lenore. AS to this villain with whom
you have been holding these secret
meetings, we shall soon find him and
punish him as he deserves. Search for
the rascal, Antonio, and bri ng him 10
me-"
There was quick trampling Of feet
aud the sound of crushing shubbery,
as if men were breaking through IL.
Then another mans voice spoke: "He
has disappeared, your Excellence.
"Very well; We shall find him yet.
He cannot escape me. This is fine
piece of business, surely-the daughter
of Count VILLAIN holding secret meet
ings with some common vagaband
Lenore shall take the vail"
eyes," | cried, "the bridal vail,
Count. shall pay my respects iu per-
soh TO day"
Then leaving them to get over their
astonishment as best :hey might, re-
turned to the house in high spirits.
The name, Count VILLAIN, had given me
the clew to the whereabouts of Leuore.
The dwelling of which | have spoken
as situate across the plain and opposite
the rock was the residence of Count
VILLAIN. had met the old gentleman
in the city and formed n speaking ac-
quaintance with him. AS neither of us
had mentioned our private affairs,
! had no means Of connecting his daugh-
ter with my invisible girl. That after
noon presented myself TO the Coun,
and, after amazing him with my story
which few tests convinced him was
true, formally proposed for his daugh-
ter's hand. AS my wealth and social
position were well known he offered nc
objections and his daughter was sent
for.
As she entered the room | saw that
my idea of her had been less than true
| had never seen so lovely a woman nor
one who so perfectly embodied my high
est conception of grace and beauty
Her dark eyes, still wet with tears, met
mine inquirlngly.
"Lenore," said l, 81 have come as
promised"
George" she said, with a radiant
smile, sis it you?"
"Are you disappointed?" | asked.
cam what you expected?"
"You could not be more" she ALI
swered naively, "you are no less"
"Now that we meet as solid and ma
terial beings" l continued, are you
willing to ratify the contract we made
when we were only voices, Lenore
Your father gives us permission"
4 IL may be supposed that | received 4
satisfactory answer, when the good
natured Count found it discreet TO turn
away his eyes during my reception OF
1 it,.
AS to the strange circumstance
which was the means of uniting us, q
series of tests revealed remarkable
acoustic property in the rock by which
persons standing in certain positions
with reference to it were able to hear
each other with ease more than quar-
ter of mile apart. 1t is very matter.
of-fact solution Of the mystery, but Le'
more and | are none the less grateful
for the good offices Of the rock.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-30

.i6is% s%seSARD xssz SON have Just received
.icoes CiakS, Crinkle seersuckers, Percals,
eking. Hashams, Sheetings, Muslins. Bed
al Hard T9urg Edgings, Linen Edges
,phyr Wo,s,,es prices. New supply of
sne. "Ois'eds, Working silks and Ar
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-30

Mrs. McNamara-"Yis, Mrs. Cum
miskey, I've been married now goin' on
twenty-three year, and Mac and / niver
had serious quarrel" Mrs. Cummis-
key-"well, thin, it's happy woman
you ought to be, for many's the row
Peter and have hsd, God be good 70 Us
all.n Mrf. McN.-0h, for that matter,
we've had hard words time and agin,
and maybe now and thin blow, but
what mean Is niver had 70 cal in the
police.n
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-04-30

"I'll make you danceI" cried sn jEats
mother, pursuing her erring son. alp
per In hand. ''Then,v renAFkeo -
Juvenile, "we shall have = barl.n ,l
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15
GLASS EYES ARE IMPORTED
The Finest Come From Paris.
New York Sun.

Nearly sll the artificial eyes used in
this country are imported from Eu.
rope Attempts have been made to
manufacture them here out the in
dustry has never hourished. The fin
est eyes are made in Paris and some
good ones come from Germany and
switzerland. The eyes are made OF
glass and are in the shape of hollow
hemisphere. The pupil is formed OF
colored glass, and its execution re
quires the greatest skill on the part OF
the workman. The white of the eye
is initiated with wonderful accuracy.
1t is of cream white. yellowish white,
blue white, or any other shade SO as
to exactly match the white of the re-
manning real eye. Before the final
glazing is put on small red veins are
traced on with lead pencil on the
surface. There is slight ridge along
the edges which enables the muscles
Of the socket to take hold and move
the ball.
Dealers in artificial eyes keep them
in separate boves which they call the
blue box, the black box, the brown
box, and so on. These boxes contain
eyes Of every size. from those as large
as a marble TO one as large as a pig
cons egg.
A dealer in artificial eyes said: eve
fit the eyes to the socket by heating
and softening the ball, and then cut
ting it with hot scissors to the proper
size and shape, the hollow part fits
over the stump Of the eye. When this
is neatly done the eye moves as read
lily as the other eye, and it is difficult
to tell which one is glass. The great
majority of artificial eyes are used by
w0rkmen, especially those in iron
boundaries, where many eyes are put
out by sparks. It is seldom that a
woman has glass eye.
Artificial eyes are not only used to
improve appearance, but also to pro
tect the stump from injury, which
would be apt to affect the other eye.
Artificial eyes cost S. and last from !
to years. It is acted upon by the
salt of preparation and tears, which
dulls and roughens the surface. For
this reason 1t is customary to take the
eye out at night, which also gives rest
to the socket. II the lachry nal duct
has not been destroyed, man can Cry
as well with an artificial eye as with s
onod onen
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15
Romance Of a Ring.

Augusta (Ga.) Chronicle.
Judge Roney delivered his decision
yesterday in case based upon pecu-
liar facts and not without romantic
interest. The names of the parties
are not necessary to the recital of the
case. Suffice to say that an attractive
young lady of Our county was sued in
a Justice court in this city by a young
man, equally we'll known, for the pos,
session of ring. Owing to some ira
perfection in the service of the notice
upon the young lady she paid no at
tention to it, and made no defense IN
the justice court Judgment was
therefore entered against her, and the
justice constituting it in the nature of a
bail trover procedure, a constable
was sent to secure the ring. The young
lady had the ring upon her finger, and
refused pointedly and positively to
surrender it.
The constable retired in good order
and reported the state of affairs. The
plaintiff in the case thereupon took
oat possessory warrant to empower
the constable to get the ring with
or without the young lady's consent.
At this stage of the case the young
lady came forward through her attor-
ney, Mr.. w. II. Fleming, and set out
that the case was not an action in tro-
yer but assumpsit; further, that the
ring had been given to her by the
brother of the plaintiff, who was now
dead, as an engagement ring; that she
had been in the peaceful and undis-
puted possession of the same for four
years; that it was a cherished memen-
to of her dead lover and she refused to
reliquish it.
The case came before Judge Roney
upon certiorari from the justice court,
and after reviewing the foregoing
facts he decided that the ring should
remain in possession of the young
lady.
TAe gallant members Of the bar who
were present heartily concurred in
the decision, and some of them said at
the side-bar they would have left the
ring in possession of the young lady
even if strain of the statutes had been
necessary.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15
The Capacity for Thinking.

I have asked said Mr. Goschen in a
recent lecture at London-and it is a
good test-can you, on a long railway
journey, think out problem Oh a
great social subject? Will you begin
to think out that problem when you
have before you two hours in a rail
way carriage? This is simply a form
of mental Incidence. People can rot
concentrate themselves and bring
their thoughts sufficiently together to
do spontaneous work. It partly COMES
this, again, and, that they will not
give themselves time. From that
they get out Of the habit Of steady
thought, and they will not dwell long
upon one subject. Both in reading
and in thinking you never get far un-
less you will have long consecutive
tete-a tete with your book or
with your problem. People read
and think IN the same way that
they visit their acquaintance and
friends. They have an exciting con-
versation for few minutes, and then
the visit is over. If you wish to see
landscape OR explore a character you
must take time, and it must be done
by steady, consistent, and continuous
thought. I bespeak, therefore, for
reading and for thinking greater de-
liberation, more careful choice of
material, more consecutiveness and
continuity, and, above all, that it
should never become necessary to
hurry through anything, whether it
be lecture, or book, Or problem.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15

would be taken as perfection, and
there all the time sat with the genu-
inc will in my breast, from when he
was cutting himself off by this act,
while rejoiced to think how the vii
laid was being forced as it were by
fate to do justice to bis brother Sam.
What would you have done-given
the scoundrel into custody as forger
made terrible upset, and caused no
end of trouble about the property
Perhaps oou would, Ibid not, for
went home, after sa 'isfying myself
that the false will was in one form,
and destroyed the real one.
Yes, [ know what you will say
that l ought to have been struck off
the roles. Perhaps I ought to have
been, but I pondered on the fact that,
instead Of the whole 100000 going to
a william who wonld stoop to forge,
half of it went to truly deserving
man; so I left the punishment to
higher power than those of man, and
kept ny secret, which is secret still
for I have only given fictitious names,
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15
Cheap and inexpensive Cigars.

cit is singular thing" said the CT
gar man in the senate cafe recently,
that nearly all the democratic senators
smoke cheap cigars and the republi-
cans expensive ones. I cannot &C.
count for this, though it is true, there
are some exceptions. Senator Fair
always smokes 40 cent cigars, but
there arc very few like him. Senator
Hampton takes a 5-center, and also
Senator Bro WI Of Georgia, and Nor
gan, of Alabama, and Vest does the
same: Eustis of Louisiana has never
bought 10-cent cigar more than once
or twice. Of course these senators al
ways buy these low-priced cigars when
they are by themselves If they are
with other persons they put on style
and ask for 2 for a quarter. Edmunas
never asks for less than quarter cigar
and he is good judge Of the weed
So is ingalls,, who never takes more
than 4 for dollar. 1t is strange that
[ have never known a republican sen
ator to buy a 5-center."
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15
Things to Remem Der.

That a brush broom is just the thing
to clean horse radish graters and
silver.
That soda will clean unpaInted
sinks, tables and floors. Rub soda
and soap on all greese spots; wash
with hot wates and behold the result.
That soda is excellent to purify dish
cloths and Wiping towels.
That true test for eggs IS to drop
them in water; if the large end comes
up they are not fresh.
That a nightly gargle of salt and
water will strengthen the throat and
keep of bronchial attacks.
That salt sprinkled over anything
that is burning on the stove will pre-
vent any disagreeable odor.
That beeswax will make smooth fiat
irons. Put little wax on several
thicknesses of brown paper, rub the
hot iron over the wax, wipe with a
cloth, and the result will please the
most fastidIous.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15
WOOing Back a WOOer.
Philadelphia Chronicle Herald


"Clara! Has Charlie proposed
yet9"
''No, mamma, and I don't think he
will"
"Any trouble between you2"
"No, but [ could bite my tongue off
for being 50 silly"
"What did you say9H
"Well more in jest than in earnest
he asked me if l expected to live with
you after | was married. | didn't stop
to think and said yes Well, I never
saw man change SO quick. He be-
came silent and fifteen minutes later
he arose and said he must go. I don't
expect him to call again.
"Clara, that man earns 5000 a
year and owns a house. You must
try and not let him slip through your
fingers"
''Rut how am to prevent it2"
"Why you must write and ask him
to call. Make any excuse, and when
you are alone you must artlessly give
him TO understand that when young
people get married they ought to leave
their parents home and commense
housekeeping at once. [ know he
doesn't like me, and believe that his
mother is the cause of it. She will
never forgive me for having two new
bonnets last spring"
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15
Sir Cooks Paradise.
st. Louis Globe Democrat.

A late dispatch acquaints with the
marriage of Miss Tennie @. Clahin TO
Sir Joseph Cook, the posessor of the
best private picture gallery in London
and of fine villa in Portugal. This
villa stands unrivalled in all Europe.
Cintra, where it Is located, Byron, in
his 'Childe Harold, pronounces the
worlds paradise A delightful drive
of twenty miles from Lisbon and you
are there. The mountain is crowned
by agilded dome and graceful mirar-
cts of tie kings chateau, to the lett OF
which is the famous cork wood con-
vent, while the right is fanked by the
ruins of the saracenic stronghold, and
a little lower by a palace built by this
people and still well preserved and
marking the extreme western limit
from which the banner of the crescent
ever foateG Here is q wilderness of
high shade trees Of palms, cork trees,
and every spicies Of evergreen. All
around you hidden mountain springs
sing, murmur, laugh, and babble till
you believe every grove is spirit
haunted. Lower IN the mountain
valley Books famous marble villa
nostles, enbowered like a. beautiful
woodland nymph In an ENHANCEMENT
OF flowers and evergreens, over which
gigantic shade trees extend their pro-
tecting arms. Nature with true ne
potlsm, has showed every charm on
this ambrosiaI retreat. In front the
deep green mountains open like
stage curtain, and the azure ocean is
seen breaking On the shore below you.
Sir Joseph Cook is Marquis Montser-
rat of the nobility of Portugal, and
unless he should happen to have
very bad berth, Tennie may be sufh-
GENTLY happy among her pictures and
her Portuguese paradise.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15

about until everything groaned. We
were about to go in stays for our
board to the north west, and the men
were aloft to care for the topsails.
when the Gordon slipped into hol-
low and rolled port and starboard
like a stuck whale trying to get rid of
harpoon. There was loud squall
from the cat, which creature, it ap-
pears, was In the nainmast crosstrees,
a terrible scream from the sailor, and
as the Gordon rolled to starboard he
was flung clear of her side by thirty
feet and went down like a stone.
by this time the crew were 50
worked up thatnobody would turn in,
and every man seemed to be momen-
tarlly expecting some new disaster 1t
came before midnight. The wind
hauled dead to the north and grew
stronger, and as we came about from
a run to the northwest the Gordon
missed her stays, was taken flat aback,
and several calamities followed.
Three or four seas boarded us and
swept the decks, the foreboom iibed
and crushed sailors skull, and lib
and outer jib whipped loose, and went
sailing away with the wind, We
came within an ace of being dismasted,
for the men crowded down in abiect
terror. and the mate and myself had
the whole work on our hands. We
finally got her head off, and ratched
awav for the Michigan shore, but be-
fore daylight we sprang leak, and
we made Grand Haven only by the
skin Of our teeth, with our cargo dam
aged more than $4,000. From an
hour past midnight to broad daylight
that internal cat kept up 8 steady
walk between the two masts on the
triantic stay, and now and then she
would utter yell which brought all
our hair on end.
Taken altogether we suffered loss
of over 81, 600 and life, and it was
all on account of that cock-eyed man
and his black cat. No sooner lad we
got into port than every body except
the mate ran away and the cat Ieaped
to the dock, with farewell yeowl and
took refuge IN pile of lumber. The
story Of our mishaps got noised
around, and the Gordon had to be
laid up for the rest of the season for
want of men to work her.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15
THE DINGY SOD HOUSE OF DA-
KOTA.
HARPER's MAGAZINE.

passed 1t far out on the prairie,
The house of necessity born:
No lines of its dinginess vary,
So sombre, so dark, SO forlorn.
1t is bounded by measureless acres;
Not a fence or tree is in sight;
But, though plain as the dress Of the Quakers
1t stands in the suns broadcast light.
The badger near by makes his burrow,
Tie gopher his hillock of soil,
And ploughs, with their mile lengths of furroW
Go round it with initiate toll.
welI-curb wash-bench, woman,
With poultry and pig, are on tside;
The clothes line is wondrouslY human
In look, and the vista-how wide!
You can 90 to the sunrise or shutdown
In straight lines, the left or the right,
And leagues of long level are run down
Before you escape from its sight.
The roof is well matched with coarse grasses:
A stove-pipe peers out to the sky.
TITS a picture whose plainnes surpasses
All object that challenge the eye.
Twisted hay serves its owner for fuel:
He twists it at ease by the roar
OF hay fire, which parties the cruel,
Harsh bite of the wind at the door.
Sometimes in an ocean of color
Gin summer It's yellow or green)
It stands. In November duller
Broad carpet about it is seen.
In winter, while blasts from the prairie
Bring "bliZzards" that cease not to blow,
IT'S as warm as an isle Of Canary,
Deep under the tempest and snow.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15

In London the problem OF disposing
OF snow in the streets is said 10 have
been practically solved at compare
tive moderate expense. Pits provided
with steam coils at the bottom, and
the snow is shoveled into them, when
it is rapidly melted and run off by
the sewers.
Wood County reporter. [volume] (Grand Rapids [i.e. Wisconsin Rapids], Wis.) 1857-1923, 1886-04-15

The, use of the cups to change the
form of the eye in hopes of lettering
the sight is ridiculous They draw
the eye out of shape ard often cause
blindness. Thousands Of these cups
are sold every year.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-12-25

DEFORMITY USED AS A CLOAK TO
COVER RAsCALITY.-Ma was
visited by shrewd, designing young
crook last Tuesday. He was aged about
81 years, round-shouldered, ugly as sin.
with both eyes apparently effeeted.aud
with mouth somewhat deformed. The
frat person whom be approached was
certain lawyer, who, he claimed, years
before. gave him quarter towards get
ting blind-man's Bible. He said he
was making him card-receiver, at the
Institute for the blind, at Wheeling, OF
which institution he was an inmate,
and that he required rs cents to pay
for freightage and silk. The lawyer,
after thoroughly tangling him up, sent
him softly away. Then he meandered
to the st. Clair Hotel, declared he was
\ postal clerk on the b. 81. O. Il. r..
and got special rates for meals. After
supper he forthwith proceeded to Post
Master Coston, and telling him most
pitiful tale, managed to work that gen
tleman's FEELINGS up to the amount OF
rs cents He did the same thing with
several other parties, always concoct-
ing a different story. While talking to
the lawyer he said his name was III. T..
Bennett. That gentleman went to the
hotel, and finding the rascal bad regis
tered under different name, put Po-
liceman Chas. O'Neal on the scent.
The result was, he was given one hour
in which to disappear from the scenes
of his deception. He at once hied him
self towards the b. u. o. r.. r. Depot,
and left for Washington, bearing with
him So. so as a memento of his pleasant
trip to Martinsburg. The proper thing
would have been to have arrested him.
There are too many lazy, thieving ras-
Gals of his kind at large anyhow. We
warn the people Of neighboring towns
to keep an eye open for this crook who
uses his dsformity as q cloak to cover
his rascality. He will no doubt give
Martinsburg wide berth hereafter ;es-
pecially our lawyers, who are familiar
with all phases of humanity and can tell
a scoundrei by the white in his eye.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-12-25

BAR MEETING AT meeting Of the
Bar and officers of the Circuit and
County Courts of this County held on
Monday morning with regard to the
death of Major e. s. Troxell. Judge
G. j. Faulkner occupied the Chair and
Mr.. @. w. Doll acted as Secretary. 1t
was resolved that the members OF the
Bar and officers of the Courts attend
the funeral in a body, and that the u.s.
ual badge of mourning be worn for thir-
ty days. The following committee to
draft suitable resolutions was appoint
ed, Stuart w. Walker, w. II. III. Flick
S. H. Martin, Geo. w. Feidt and E. j.
Simpson. Statesmen.
Martinsburg independent. [volume] (Martinsburg, W. Va.) 1875-1900, 1886-12-25

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dull times and low price of crops and
stringency of business affairs, the IN
DEPENDENT has endeavored for the
past two years to avoid calling upon
its patrons for payment. OF course,
this indulgence somewhat pressed
the Publisher, and he now hopes to
meet responsive appreciation on the
part of patrons, in the way OF settle
ment or partial payments. We have
welded the pen editorial in this
community for more than twenty
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vice, and, if anything, fonder ofthe
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so now please call in or remit what
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