Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-11-19
Clippings for the Cartons.

"In the Cleaning" made s., 900 out Of 1t.
There are good many young ladies
who sing il and do not make much out
Of it.
4 Milwaukee woman hid thirteen
five dollar gold pieces in the sugar box,
and in the hurry and worry Of canning
fruit forgot about them. She sfterward
found them In the preserves.
They are laughing in Lewiston, Me-,
at the boy who, when the teacher asked
if any one could tell what the word
"gender" meant, snapped his fingers,
and TO the question, "well, what Is IL,
Johng" answered: "Pleasc mum, It's
what goes with geese"
The fence law OF Georgia, which has
had the effect of keeping hogs from
roaming unrestrained through the
woods, has also had IN" effect Of greatly
increasing the number of skuEks In the
State. Hogs are particularly fond OF
young skunks and devoured many OF
them when the woods were open TO
stock.
The Salvation Army In Portland, Ore,
held service Ia the Jail there on recent
Sunday, and the leader told such astart-
ling story of his wickedness before he
join ed the Army. that, after the per-
formance was over, one OF the convicts
said: "fhe lamp can now be eNtin-
guished; the yilest sinner has returned
The story Is told Of woman Ia Mon
mouth, H., who went bathingi In brook
near the town, and seeing horse In
pasture alongside, caught him and
mounted. Then, to her horror, the
steed started OH run for town. aud the
inhabitants were shocked when they
saw the modern Godiva riding, without
even extra long hair to cover her.
Eight months ago George w. Davis,
of Norfolk, fell about ten feet and In
jured his spine. lie went Oh with his
work, though suffering much, until six
weeks ago, when he became paralyzed.
lie died on Saturday, aud the post NOR
TEN examination showed that he had
lived eight months with broken neck.
the third cervicle vertebra being frac-
tured.
A Lewiston, Me-, man has fixed In
his window a wire bird trap shaped like
half cylinder aud dellcately hung on
its centre. When bird alights on the
trap his own weight swings IL down.
ward and he is whirled inside OF the
window into another cage there. LIB
orally scattered crumbs call sparrows
to tie trap. and the Lewiston man says
that they are as good eating m reed
birds.
A farmer OF Delaware county, Pa,
much troubled by crows, soaked peck
of corn in whiskey and scattered IL near
fence much frcquented by the birds.
They ate of Il aud got decidedly drunk,
and the farmer was so amused by the
exhibition that he forbore 10 shoot them,
and after time they flcw unsteadily
away. The result was good. The
crows never came back. The beads
they had the next morning must have
been all that they desired.
Jonathan Bass, Of Cambria, n. Y, IN
solid man. In 1913 his joints began to
stifen and grow into solid bone; In 1857
he took 10 his bed, and there be lies now
perfectly stiff, every joint solid, unable
10 stir, unable TO masticate food, and
blind. Yet he eats tho heartiest food
by sucking 1t into his mouth aud swal.
lowing it whole. lis constitutional
health Is good, he keeps himself In
formed on current topics, aud Il likely
to live many years yet. lie Is now 5G
old, aud weighs but 10 pounds.
A colored man In Talbot county, Ca,
digging a grave alongside Of another
that had sort OF little shed covering
II, was scared out Of his wits when he
saw four large eyes glariog at him from
under the covering. lie dropped his
spade, and, with an upearthIy yell,
leaped from the grave, yelling: "Fore
de Lord! dem people dun cup from dar
graves, and Is watchin' oh me under
dar. Oh, Lavdy, Zee gwiDe 10 die,
too" An investigation revealed two
very large owls under the grave cover.
! According 10 the calculations made
by scientific writer lately, II requires
a prodigious amount OF vegetable matter
! TO form a layer Of coal, the estimate
being that IL would really take l.000,-
900 years 10 form a cosl-be1 100 feet
thick. The United States has an area
between 100000 aud 100000 square
miles Of coal fields, the quantity being
sufficient to supply the whole world foi
period OF 800 to 1000 years. Aboat
IOO, ,0O0, 900 tons Of coal are mined from
these fields In one year, or enough TO
run ring around the earth st the equa-
tor five ard oDe-half feet wide aud five
and one-baif feet thick.
"As Lake Shore passenger train No.
VAS pulling out Of the Upion depot
the other morning, an old farmer rushed
out OF the restaurant and few Ike
streak until he caught the hand rail- OF
the rear platform" relates the Toledo
BLADE. "He climbed on aud entered the
sleeping coach, bat lie was told TO 20
forward. Without a question be cbeyed,
and was looking for seat Ia the next
sleeper when the .,orter said: go fur
ther forreJ, sab, TO the mex cab. He