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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27

MEMS WEAR-OUR OWN MAKE OF
READY MADE CLOTHING-THE CHEAP
EST IN THE LONG RUN-PIECE GOODS
AND SUITS TO oRDER-HATS FOR THE
HEAD-BOOTS AND SHOES FOR THE
FEET-COLLARS AND DTIES-SHIRTS AND
DRAWERS--STOCK CKINGS-HANDKER
CHIEFS--SU --SUSPENDERS-EVER
MEN AND BOYS WEAR.
julyl6 uPDEGhAfrS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27

EELT for Table Scarfs, Lambreqnins of diff,
l ferent colors with Plush and Worsted
Fringe, and Plush ornaments TO trim them.
Can be made to order in short time. Linen
Collars from No. IL to Is, cuffs to match or
separate. Striped collars In black and col
ored, at MISS ELLEN'S.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27

More than four thousand devices for
coupling have bsen patented, and yea
thousands OF bachelors and mzidens 60
Il alone 10 .his country.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27
A Cooling Draught.

A COOLING DRAUGHT is to be had at DR.:
"A Gibson's Drug Store, as he has started
his "Arctic Soda Fountain this week. rive
cents q glass. Ice cold and always fresh. The
very thought Of Il while writing this notice Is
refreshing. Don't forget the place, in the
Beltzhoover rBuilding-Oppositet the postoffice.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27

SEE THE QUALITY-SEE THE PRICES
SEE THE VARIETY-IN LADIES' SLIP
PERS-LADIES' SHOES-MISSES' SHOES
-CHILDREN'S SHOES-THERE ARE TWO
ATTRACTIONS IN THIS DEPARTMENT.
FIRST, THE PRICE-NEXT, WHAT YOU
WANT.
UPDEGRAFFS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27

BROWNS
IRON
B/TZERS
WILL CURE
HEADACHE
INDIGESTION
BILIOUSNESS
DYSPEPSIA
NERVOUS PROSTRATION
MALARIA
CHILLS AND FEVERS
TIRED FEELING
GENERAL DEBILITY
PAIN IN THE BACK & SIDES
IMPURE BLOOD
CONSTIPATION
FEMALE INFIRMITIES
RHEUMATISM
NEURALGIA
KIDNEY AND LIVER
TROUBLES
FOR SALE BY ALL DRUGGISTS
The Genuine has Trade Mark and crossed Red
Lines wrapper
TAKE NO OTHER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27
AUCTIONEER..

i 10 tba uuefsigned respectfully announces
OaernA AE n. crIoNEER in Jeffe i rson county. and
heedinv hss services as sale crier. Persons
Mhs residser services will please apply to him
ehce In ShepheYdstown.
Jan. o lsse JAMES W. aKERNEY. :
0o,;, O-u s g
Sysl'Is yslS sad q get bargains Y We wiIi Ill our
'''s' 4 :, s'sgsI: issk sss lisER'' GR
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27
For Sale or Lease.
Coon sALARIEC

local sIoo,nission q, to Men and Women to act as
Needed travelling Agents. No experience
NRY, steady work. JAMES +. WHIT
ton his bI,surrsefyman, Rochester, n. Y. (Men-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27

The undersigned, thankful for the
liberal patronage heretofore received,
respectfully announces to his friends
and the public generally that he has
Just returned from the Eastern mar
kets with a full fresh stock of
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-08-27

CoAPs.-Toilet Soap and Medicated Soap
- - - BAKER & McsfURRAN.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

When Morn leaps from the dusky couch of
Night,
And unto Natures brow doth gaiiy press
Her ruby lips, 70 waken him 20 light,
The earth puts on its most becoming
dress,
The mountains rise with all their stately
grace,
The valleys smile in flowers meath her
feet
The sparkling streams reflect her happy
face,
And all the birds with song her coming
greet!
And when from noon she takes the crown
Of gold,
With such becoming dignity and ease,
The flowers dry their dewy tears, and fold
Within their fragrant breasts its heafss ssf
.ss - Ssenoes - isess.ss s'ssss - 49, =
But now the earth in mourning robe l.
dres't,
For meath the drapery Of Twilight's
shade,
The Day, quite dead, doth in that coffin
rest,
Which has, for nails, bright stars all inter
laid
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29
For Tobacco buy our

II has stood the test of Z years trial, and has
he deserved reputation of making the
EsuanA nuslsRv ana m u,ueh PoAaenn
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

CANSIBAL SPIDggs.-on the eysn.
ing Of the 18th instant, gentleman
found IN -his- -~ias ssllsr q large strip.
ed snake. nine inches long. suspended
between two shelves by the tail by
spiders web. The snake hung so that
his head could not reach the shelf
below him by about an inch, and sew.
eral large spiders were then upon him
sucking his juices. The shelves were
about two feet apart, and the lower
one was Just below the bottom of the
cellar window, through which the
snake probably passed into it. From
the shelf above it there was a web
IN the shape Of an inverted cone, eight
or ten inches in diameter at the ton.
and concentrated to a focus. about six
or eight inches from the underside of
this shelf. From this focus there was
strong cord made of the multiplied
threads Of the spiders web, apparent-
ly as large US common sewing silk,
and by this cord the snake was sus-
pended.
Upon critical examina ioa through
magnihying glass the following Gu.
rious facts appeared: The mouth of
the snake was tied fast up by great
number of threads wound around il
80 tight that he could not put out his
tongue. His tail was tied in a knot
so as to leave a small loop or ring,
through which the cord was fastened,
aud the end of the tail above this
loop, to the length of something over
half an inch, was lashed fast to the
cord, to keep it from slipping.
As the snake hung the length of
the cord from his tail to the focus to
which it was fastened was about six
inches, and little above the tail
there was observed a round ball about
the size of a pea. Upon inspection
this appeared to be green fly, around
which the cord had been wound as
the windlass with which the snake
had been hauled up, and great num-
ber of threads were fastened to the
cord above and to the rolling
side OF this ball to keep it from
unwinding and letting the snake
down. The cord, therefore, must
have been extended from the focus Of
the web TO the shelf below, where the
snake Was lying when first captured,
and being made fast to the loop in his
tail the fly was carried and fastened
aboutmidway to the side of the cord.
And then by rolling this fly over and
over it wound the cord around it, uu.
til the snake was raised the proper
height, and then was fastened as
above mentioned. In this situation
the suffering snake hung alive, and
furnished feast for several large
spiders until Saturday forenoon, the
10th, when some persons by playing
with Lim broke the web above the
focus so AS to let part OF his body rest
upon the shelf below. In this situa-
tion he fingered, the spiders taking
no notice Of him, until Thursday last,
eight days after he was discovered.
when some large ants were found de-
vouring his dead body.'-N. Y. SPIRIT
Of Tie Times.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

For answer be drew her in his arms
and kissed her.
After many days, he mnrmured,
as he at length released her. after
all my loneliness and dreariness.
have my rewerd.'
Then, | am not 10 be Tilted this
timey she asked rougishly.
lie made no reply in words. but il
must have been satisfactory, for she
laughed and blushsd. and putting her
arm through his, led him slowly
through the lane Wsekly WIsoossi,s.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

sU- Everybody should have copy
OF the Mikado, aud as the Mack Put
fishing CO., 52S Washington ST., New
York, furnish it complete, with the
music of the most popular songs. for
ten cents, it is within easy reach Of
all. Ten beautiful chrome cards are
sent with it, aud they are not defaced
BY having advertisements printed on
the pictures.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

\ colored man who had good cot
ton crop and heard that his farm
hands were arranging 10 demand more
wages, borrowed the money TO get
license in Raleigh, N. c.. and explain
ed that he was about to marry a wild.
ow with three liable. bodied children"
in cSpsequence of the ambitious talk
of his farm hands.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29
FOR SHERIFF.


Leonarifown, April s, Sd.
nssrs Editors You will please an
ncnnce Mr.. ]. l.. CONNELLY as a candi-
date for the Sherifalty at the next election
end say that he will he cordially support
By the public generally.
April Q, 'ee-sfa
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

An exchange heads an article "a
Live Corpse" It probably refers to
a stOrekeeper who has just planted an
al in the paper for the first time in
his life.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

Il am surprised at the appearance
of your friend y. He locks wretched.
Do you know IL he has been disap.
pointed in loye?" "No; he has been
disappointed in marriage"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

A young poet ont West, in des.
cribing heaven. says; "It is world
Of bliss fenced in with girls"
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29
FERTILIZERS REDUCED IN COST 10 FARMERS
Qualify Kept up 10 fall Standard.

WE sell our Fertilizers To responsible buy
ers on crop time at same prices as hereto
fore, but HOse seil1OtIt iHtercst, q saving ofsix
per cent "a farmers. A liberal discount for
cash.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

a. any Fertilizer in the market II does not
fire but keeps the Tobacco growing until
ripe and curing nicely. 4 special Tobacco
and Wheat FertiliZer-good for all crops.
OUR VA VRRLY, speciality for Wheat,
and Wheat and Corn Fertilizer have proven
their value for these and other crops
Our fertilizers are rich in the best crop
producing elements-in the most perfect
combination-and we confidently offer them
10 farmers for good crops, fine clover fields
Orders solicited.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29
DEMOCRATIC In POLITICS.
TERMS OF ADVERTISING ::

$I.OO per inch for the first insertion, and so
cents for every subsequent insertion. Obit
, NaEies~ church festivals, etc, over ten lines
in lMeth will he charged at the rate Of %
cents per inch A liberal deduction made
O those who advertise by the year.
Saint Mary's beacon. [volume] (Leonard Town, Md.) 1867-1983, 1886-07-29

All communications must he accompanied
by the real name of the author or no
attention will be paid 10 them.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-11
ABOUT roAos.
How They Catch and Dispose OF Their
Fcod-The Gardeners Friend = Chang
Ing Their Clothes.

How They Catch and Dispose of Their
Fcod-The Gardeners Friend - Chang
Ing Their Clothes.
Did you ever sit quietly and watch a
toad catching his supperP If not. just
try it, and you will find that it is a
very interesting as well as an amusing
sight. There he sits, on the edge of
the path, his. bright, bulging eyes fixed
intdhtly on fly that has just alighted
close to him-so very close, in fact,
that you wonder what the toad is wait
ing for, since he has only to dart out
his tongue and whisk the fly down his
throat; but he does not do it. No; he
stays motionless, his eyes twinkling
with eagerness; and if only that hy
knew what we know, the toad would
never touch him, for all he has TO do
is to keep perfectly still until his foe
grows tired of waiting. Yes, that is
the secret OF the toad's delay. What
! ever the insect that he has selected for
his supper, it is safe from destruction
until it moves; but then, 10! 1t is gone
like flash. The culver of wing,
the twitching of q leg, is enough to
precipitate its doom.
We wonder how many people take
heed OF the fact that the despised little
toad Is one OF tho gardeners most val
ued friends, and that he Is regular
night watchman over the vegetable
gardensp Very few OF us know what
very useful fellow this creature is,
although some are waking up to the
knowledge OF it, and among these wise
folks are the market-gardeners OF Lon
don aud Paris. who know their value
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-11
BLAlNE'S DISHONESTY.

The Continental Fabricator from Maine
Charging the Democracy with Being
Responsible for the Labor Troubles.
In his speech, to the preparation OF
which a year was devoted, at Sebago
Lake, the other day, Blaine called at
tention to the labor strikes, and insin-
uated that the policy of the Democratic
party was responsible for them. II
would be difficult to imagine a
more reckless or untruthful accu.
sation. Does Blaine forget the rail.
way strikes of a few years ago,
when the militia of nearly every
State in the Union was called to arms,
and even the regular army had to be
employed in saving property and pre-.
venting bloodshedp The Democrats
were not in power then, for the Re-
publicans had every thing their own
way, and even in Pennsylvania, where
the State has launched out millions OF
dollars to railroad companies for dam
age done by strikers. not Democrat
was in State Office. Which party
was in power when the telegraph op-
orators strike occurred and paralyzed
trade for weeksP Who was responsible
for the strike in the Hooking valley,
Ohio, in the year 1884, which Kept the
country at fever heat for months, and
blood trickled down the bleak hills of
that coal regionp 1t was shown at the
time that Blaine was stockholder in
the Hooking valley company, which
imported Hungarian miners to starve
natives into subsection. The continen-
tai tabricator from Maine ought to steer
clear of the subject of strikes, for the
fact is well known that labor agitation
was foreign to this country until the
Republican party came into power
Scarcely had Blaine's falsehoods been
scattered broadcast over the land
when the news was telegraphed from
Pittsburgh that nail mills, which have
been idle for long time, were about
to start full blast under satisfactory ar
rangements with employees. It is
strange that man who has been in
has should stand up before an intelli-
gent people and utter such malicious
falsehoods as he is handing out by
wholesale Does this impudent man
who was stepped in corruption think
Tie American people doltS, ready to
accept as truth his falsehoodp The
game he is playing is a desperate one
but it will fail Of its object, for the
voters of this country know the man
who wrote 'burn this letter." sold his
vote as representative of the citizens
OF Maine for Little Rock and Fort
Smith stock, and attempted to rob poor
Peru so that he might share the bogus
claims of French adventurer. Is it
to be presumed that such a man, no
matter what he may say, will have
weight with thinking men who have
the best interests of the country at
heart? The glamor with which the
blatherskite has surrounded his words
will give way to honest penetration and
will stand forth as the utterances of q
man destitute of common honesty
Buffalo Times.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-11
Insanity Among Royalty.

Prof. Hackel writes thus concerning
the frequency of insanity among the
reigning houses: "Already the famous
alienist, Esquirol, proved that the pro-
portion of insane members of govern
ing families to those of the rest of man
kind is sixty to one. If similar statis-
tics concerning the hereditary nobility
could be gathered, it would probably be
found that the aristocracy, too, fur
nishes much larger contingent of men,
tai diseases than the ordinary people.
The reason lies in the unnatural or one
sided education, and in the artificial
separation of the 'privileged' caste from
the rest of the world. This fayors the
development of the dark sides OF human
nature, which are artiiically propagat-
ed, and. according to the laws of hered.
ity, transmitted with redoubled power
from generation to generation. "-Ga,.
leniau6e.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-11
WOMEN ON WHEELS.
The Attractions of bicycling and Tr
cycling for the Gentler Sex.

The Attractions of bicycling and Tri.
cycling for the Gentler Sex.
At the recent meeting of the "League
of American Wheelmen" in Boston sew
eral excursions were made in the SUBJ
urbs by parties of twenty or thirty la
dies, enjoying the fine roads that lead
out of that city through Brookline and
the Newtons. Happening to fall into
conversation with one of these ladies,
whom took at first for young girl
riding tandem tricycle. with her broth-
er, discovered the pair to be mother
and son, the latter twenty-five years of
age. The mother told me that she had
learned to ride the machine in Liver
pool, Eng. where she belonged to a
club of one hundred and sixty ladies,
but she was now the only representa-
tive of her sex in local club on Long
Island. This gives pretty nearly the
proportion, suppose, of ladies rid ng
tricycles in England and in America,
that we had the bicycle first
from the mother country, and
moreover to the great superiority of the
CHSllSu rOiuS. DuV our naulNo enter
prise and invention have now taken
such hold upon these little vehicles that
it is probable there will be soon more
among them of American than of Eng
lish make, and the rapid substitution Of
two-track for three-track tricycles
makes the difference in roads less mo-
mentous. The meaning of this is that
the little steering wheel, which in the
early tr,cycles was set in the middle,
making track distinct from that of
the two large wheels, is now placed on
one side, so that in a rough road it is
only needed TO look out for two smooth
tracks instead of three. Tho rider of a
bicycle, being obliged to have only one
smooth track, can generally find it in
still roughcr roads, and will have this
permanent advantage, rs well as in
speed but for women, as well as for
men past youth, the tricycle. offers o
great discovery. 1t is, however, more
expensive amuement than tennis or
croquet, good outfit hardly costing
less than from 1920 TO $l50.-Bosto1
Globe.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-11
ADULTERATED MoLAsSEs.
A Boston Firm Which Makes Doctrlnati ting
Processes Speciality.


Processes Speciality.
We have had a very interesting case
on trial here lately that has raised a
question whether man who passes off
counterfeit half dollars as genuine is
any worse than one who palms off
doctored tea, butter or molasses as
genuine. A firm has been on trial for
doctoring molasses by mixing with it a
poisonous substance, pretended to be
neutrslized by some quality of the mo-
lasses, and making an inferior or
worthless article take the place of
good-to be sold low to cheap grocers,
enabling them to sell at the highest
price. This latter fact, l think, did
not appear on the trial, but the trial
recalled one occasion when it was
made prominent. Many years ago
there was in Commercial street a cellar
devoted exclusively TO the doctrinating
process, by which the poorest molasses
was made to represent the best. Prob
ably the business has been kept up ever
since, and millions of dollars have
been taken out OF the pockets of con-
sumers to swell the bank account of
unscrupulous grabbers for wealth who
live in their villas on ill-gotten gains.
The plea that the adulerating matter is
not poison is not valid, for the article,
II harmless, is a fraud. and the sale
presumes upon the ignorance of the
purchaser, in selling him a false thing,
or upon the cupidity of customers who
buy for the purpose of deceiving. 1t
seems to be in vain that laws are made
to secure honesty in the making of
articles OF domestic consumption. AS
Artemus Ward said, we are sure of
nothing In an eating house but hash,
and even honestly prepared hash may
show a swindle in its pepper that Is
two-thirds terra alba. MIX Is about
the only thing, beyond eggs, that can
DO confidently rolled on as being of the
first water, --Hoston Cor, HorLfWd Post
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-11
WHEAT SOWING.
some Facts Taught by II Farm Expert
ence of Twenty Years.

some Facts Taught by II Farm Experi-
ence of Twenty Years.
During our farm experience of twenty
years, every year of which we have
raised wheat, we fancy we have learned
one or two things; that is for light or
sandy soil, though as a matter of fact
a sandy is heavier than a clay soil. One
of the things we have learnt is to plow
the oat stubble as soon as possible after
harvest. Oats in our rotation always
precedes wheat and timothy seeding.
Whether farm manure is spread or not,
our wheat seems to be benefited by a
light dressing of u complete fertilizer
just before sowing. The land is then
rolled and narrowed. For several years
we rolled both before and after seeding,
but were convinced that it is not good
thing to do. The rolled surface bakes
and causes the rain, instead of soaking
directly into the soil, to form cutters
and to run in little streams here and
there. 1t also appeared that wheat
rolled after seeding did not stand the
winters so well, being killed out in
places. H1Hi
Who can nationally advise farmers In
general as to the quantity of wheat that
had best be sown per acreP We can
not. Some wheats tiller little, others a
good deal. The amount of seed wheat
must be determined accordingly Is
your land light or heavy, well or i'm
perfectly drained, rich or poor? Every
farmer must consider these questions
for himself and sow accordingly. From
careful experiments made years ago,
we settled upon one and half bushels
to the acre for either Clawson, Silver
Chaff or Fultz. -Rural NeW Yorker.
The Ohio Democrat. (Logan, O. [Ohio]) 1886-1906, 1886-09-11
PRESSING RIGHT ON.
The Democracy OF New York Bringing
Thieves to Justice, rs 1t Has Always
Done-RepubIican Pretenslons.

The Democracy OF New York Bringing
Thieves to Justice, as 1t Has Always
Done-RepubIican Pretenslons
Several occurrences of recent date
signalize the jealous vigilance with
which the Democratic party guards its
own honor and integrity. 1t has never
taken to itself sufficient credit for its
works in this respect-perhaps because
it feels that there is no occasion to
boast of merely performing an OBJ
vious duty. Still its disinclination to
make capital out of its reforms has fire.
quently been turned to it's disadvant-
age, its opponents impudently arrogat-
ing the merit to themselves rs the only
real children of light The Democracy
never got the honor it deserved for
sending the chiefs Of that bad
band of plunderers to State prison
or into eXile-a publication which was
wrought by Charles O'Conor, Samuel
y. Tilden and other great leaders OF
the Democratic party. Republican
orators and organs always speak of the
Tweed Ring as if it were wholly Demo.
SiatiS III uui uCAtulCs WuiiC tuCy
depict its disruption as the work OF
honest and earnest Republicans
To-day so jealous is the Democratic
party in its desire forpure government
that through Democratic mayor and
Democratic Governor it insists that
butfoons and petty tricksters as well as
great thieves must be kept out or eject
ed from public oihce. Yet the Governor
receives but grudging and ungracious
praise from large portion OF the press
for his prompt removal of Squire, who
Is still in the net of the same Demo
cratic district attorney that hunted
down the Broadway franchise jobbers.
Under the inspiration and guidance OF
Governor Hill the Democracy Of New
York State takes no step backward and
condones no wrong-doing,-M Y.
Graphic.