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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-17
Do You like Pickles ?
You can get them at the Variety Store.
Cracked Wheat
Rolled Oats
AND
Oat Meal,
We have.

Come and zee what bargains We Of
fer in the Notion Department You
viii be surprised. Don't hesitate TO
ask to see anything you want, - It
gives us pleasure TO show our goods
and give prices. You win thsn be
posted.
Thanking al our kind friends for
the liberal patronage and epccuage-
ment, we win inscribe ourselves your
obedient servant,
B. g. PENDLRu0n.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-17

CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Services first Tuesday OF every month by
Rev. Father Wilson, at a. III.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-17

PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
REV , HARLES GHIsELIN, PASTOR.
Kearneysville II a. IN. Shepherdstown $50
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-17
When You Want

First-class Groceries and Seasonable
Fruits, go direct to the Variety Store
where lowest prices always prevail.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-17

REV. JAMES MCLAREN, PASTOR.
Shepherdstown III q. m, Communion. Mt.
Wesley 2.SO p. IN.
Me. CHURCH SOUTH.
REV. w. G. HAMMOND, PASTOR.
Unionville III q. M, Bethesda go p. m.
LUTHERAN CHURCH.
REV. ID. NJ. MosER, PASTOR.
Shepherdstown ii a. IN.
PRESBYTERIAN CHURCH.
REV. HARLES GHISELIN, PASTOR.
Kearneysville IL a. IN. Shepherdstown $50
p. IN.
REFORMED CHURCH.
REV. Il. +. BAUsMANN, PASTOR.
Shepherdstown ii a. m, Kearneysville
5 pm.
EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
REV. l.. X. MASON, RECTOR.
Shepherdstown at 1890 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.
CATHOLIC CHURCH.
Services first Tuesday OF every month by
Rev Father Wilson, at a. III.
Y.M.CA.
Services at their Room every Sunday az
ternoon at $3.50.
l. o. o. F.
Caledonia Lodge, No. 1, meets every Mon
day evening at Z p. m.
10. G. T.
Potomac Lodge, No. 81, meets every Friday
evening at p. m.
Forest Grange No. 90 will meet the
ond Friday in each month at p. M, and the
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-17

EPISCOPAL CHURCH.
REV. l.. X. MASON, RECTOR.
Shepherdstown at 1890 a. m. and 7.30 p. m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-17

LUTHERAN CHURCH.
REV. ID. NJ. MosER, PASTOR.
Shepherdstown ii a. IN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-12-17

Please note these 6gur . and COM
pare them with any other towns in
the two States.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
Secondhand School Books.

"What becomes of all the second
hand school books?" was asked of a
veteran dealer by a reporter.
"That's what people are all the time
wondering" he replied. ''The general
public have the idea that they go where
pins, needles, hairpins and such things
go to. that is. they disappear somehow
or other and no one knows where TO.
You may be surprised to learn 1t, but
there is large and increasing trade
done in second hand school books alone;
so much 50 that we have now a regular
school book exchange. You see. boards
of school trustees are all the time
changing the books their pupils study,
unless not allowed to do so by law,
which is the case In some States, and
in former times, when they made a
change, they either sold the discarded
books for old paper or burned them.
But now they are more economical.
They hunt up the school-book exchange
and are allowed to trade their dis
carded books for those they want, Of
course paying something for doing so.
Why, through the agents, booksellers,
school trustees, and others, we keep
track Of changes Of this nature made
in any important school throughout the
United States.
81 have book here, indexed, which
gives the towns In which certain pub
lisher's geography is used. To give you
an illustration: As soon as L hear that
a school Is going to substitute another
geography for that one, L make bar
gain for the discarded ones, and at
once writing to the towns where 1t is
still in favor, probably will have the lot
sold before they reach here. 1t is the
same way with dealers in town. When
the public schools branch off from a
certain book the dealer has no further
sale for them, and so he is glad enough
TO get rid of his stock to me, and L can
dispose of them where they are in use.
h, ave on file blanks from all localities
on which are given the names OF the
school books In use in the vicinity. or
course, take the books ata discount.
How much do you get for a second
hand school book?"
''As a rule, about half price. The
demand for the regular secondhand
ones is now particularly in the farming
districts and throughout the south.
Take a farmers boy who has been to
school only few months and has not
much spare money, and he will eagerly
buy a school book but little worn when
he can get it at half its original price.
As to the demand in the south, there
seems to be a greater appreciation of
the advantages of more general edD-
cation, and my agents all report a
marked Increase IN the demand for
schools books there"
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
New Postal Cards

The new postal card adopted about a
year ago will soon be superseded by an
other, which has been preparing at the
Bureau OF Engraving and Printing. 1t
consists of one piece of engraving
instead of two pieces, as on the present
card. A head of jefferson, miniature
portrait after the original III the State
Department, occupies a central place
on the upper third of the card. Over
his head, in light letters are the words
limited States" In panels, sup
ported by scroll work at the left and
right, are the words "POstal card" in
distinct letters. Under the head are
the words "One cent" and beneath the
border line enclosing the line OF deslg-
nation is the line Nothing but the
address TO be on this slde." The Post
master General may decide to print the
new cards on white paper, In black
ink. for the reason that white paper
furnishes better ground for written
characters. As there is stock OF
about 1000, 900 postal cards now on
hand it is probable that the new cards
will not be out for month or two.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
Intelligent Gratitude of a Dog.

you may call it instinct, if you like,
but L shall insist that it is intelligence
| that makes some bruteS behave as sensi-
bly, as they do" said an Allegheny gen.
tleman in conversation with a reporter
last evening, and then the gentleman
added:
I've had all the proof | want of it.
In the doOr-yard of an unOccupied house
adjoining mine, were twelve little pup
pies uttering their first yelps. Their
mOther-an old black and white mon
grel-with an eye to the safety of her
large, new family, took them one 10y one
and laid them in narrow area, down
by one of the cellar windows. One of
the panes happened TO be out of the
window, however, and before night
every one of the puppies had crawled
through the opening and fallen TO the
cellar floor, some six feet below.
Next morning we missed them, and
from the whining of the mother, suppO-
Sed the puppies were all dead on the
hand cellar floor But later in the day,
day, the maternal brute set up such a
paving and bowling at the cellar win
dow that made up my mind that there
was some puppy life below. Accord
ingly broke into the cellar, and, to my
surprise, found eight of the little family
of dogs still alive and kicking. One by
one | took them up and placed them III
the door-yard grass for the mother to take
whatever care she might choose, and one
by one she laid each one of them back in
the area of the broken cellar window.
This compelled me TO stop up the
hole in the broken pane to prevent the
puppies from crawling through again.
Then when it was done the old mother
brute, beside herself as she was with joy,
and anxious to devote every second OF
her time TO the recovered puppies,
crawled up labOriouSly out of the area,
and leaving the litter alone, came wrig-
Cling and sneeezing and all bat laugh
ing, up to me stranger, licked my
hand and held it down to pat her head.
mo. that's not instinct. That is a
plain and as intelligent Thank you
rs human being ever uttered.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
Restoration of ChIIIon Prison.

1t is said that the Canton de Vaud is
about to repair the Castle of ChillOn
and to make il a residence fit fer human
'habitatiOn. We see no reason why one
of the most interesting buildings in the
world should not he rescued from damp
and decay, so that it may afford shelter
10 happier human beings than the luck
less prisoners who once pined within its
gloomy dungeon walls. The lake which
laves and gently kisses its foundations
is said to be 500 feet deep beneath the
windows which still dimly light BOnni-
wards cell, and in the seven pillars
which Byron has immOrtalized the iron
rings to which the early reformerS were
chained are deeply imbedded. The fur
row wrought in the stone pavement by
BOnnivard's footsteps during the six
wears of incarceration is still visible,
and across his cell stretches a wooden
beam black with age, from which ii IS
said that the condemned were formerly
suspended. We entertain no doubt that
the dungeon occupied for many genera
tions by nameleSs prisoners, and celebra-
ted by RoSseau and Lord Byron, has
brought in a good revenue to the syndic
Of the Canton in which it is situated.
To be on the Lake of Geneva without
visiting Chillon would be tantamOunt to
putting Hamlet" on the stage without
assigning part to the Prince of Dem
mark. Even, however, if ChillOn be
repaired and modernized, the flow Of
English and American visitors Will
probably know no decline.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
New Post Office Decision.

Tie Postmaster General has issued a
circular to postmasters concerning the
acts authorizing the extension of the
special delivery system 10 all postofices
in the United States and to all mailable
matter. The circular says that on and
after Oct. first, every postmaster will
be held responsible for the immediate
delivery of every article of mailable
matter stamped with a special delivery
stamp. Such immediate delivery must
be made, except on Sunday, when the
article is directed to person residing or
having place of business within one
mile of the pestoffice, but the postmas-
ter will be at liberty to make such
delivery beyond such limit', and
to receive the compensation thereof
as in any other case. The hours
within which immediate delivery
shall be made shall be at least
from a. N. to p. m, and further
until the arrival of the last mail, pro-
vlded that such arrival be not later
than 8 p. N. AT third and fourth class
offices the postmaster must provide the
means, and pay expenses of such delIv-
cry. and will be allowed the full COM
pensation of so per centum of the face
value of all special delivery stamps on
matter properly delivered from his
office and recorded as provided In the
circular,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15

b.es here new forces for his work.
Chatting on the way, we came at last
TO the village of Creisau, and soon we
arrived at the castle. 1t is a plain,
quadrangular building. with one story
and high gable. General Won Moltke
acquired this seat with the money
given to him by the grateful Father.
land. On both sides of the iron steps
leading TO the hall are great cannon
taken In the French war at Mount
Valerien and afterwards presented by
the Emperor to the Count. They ara
bronze, and are covered all over with
reliefs and chased work. In the hall
itself are three beautiful equestrian
statues of bronze, resting on colossal
sockets. The central figure is that
or the Emperor, with mantle, helmlt
and flying plume, the right hand
raised. An inscription says this was a
gilt from the Emperor on the sixteenth
anniversary Of Moltke's service. Right
OF this statue is an artifcially executed
copy of Rauch's monument of Freder
lex the Great. On the third pllntb
stands the excellent equestrian statue
OF Moltke himself, gift of the Great
Generals Staff. On the walls of the YES.
tibule are large bronze busts of the
Prussian Kings, with those of the
Crown Prince and Prince Frederick
Charles. Entering the sittlng-room we
hnd it simply furnished, giving a true
picture Of the Field Marshal's modesty.
Here is the low feld-bed, with a plain
writing desk, while large maps hang on
the walls. In the upper rooms of the
castle are many family portraits. In
these rooms, too, are kept the gifts
made to the Count from time to time.
Beneath glass shade IS small marble
bust Of Napoleon I'LL, a gift of the late
French Emperor to Moltke, made when
he was at the height of his power.
Bronze busts OF the late Grand Duke of
Mecklenburg, of the King OF Saxony,
and portraits of the Emperor, the
Crown Prince and Prince Frederick
Charles also adorn the rooms. All
these works Of art were the gifts of the
Princes themselves, and were accom-
panied by cordial words expressing high
praise of this faithful counselor.
Count Won Moltke likes when staying
here to go over his fields and to prune
the young trees planted in the park.
Homegrown fruit must appear on the
table, and the Count then speaks with
pride to his guests of the produce Of his
lands. The school which he has is
often visited by him, and he listens to
the teaching, questioning the young
ones himself at times. 1t was late
at night when we left the portal of the
castle by moonlight On the corner
pillars rise gladiators larger than life
size. They keep guard at the entrance
OF the residence OF the man whose name
Will be spoken of so long as any one
asks after the architects of the German
Empire,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
The Dreadful Devil Fish.

A jolly party of ladies and gentle
men went over to Santa Rosa lire-sav q.
Ing station to enjoy the fine surf bath
Ing on the gulf beach. One gentleman
rushed himself into a bathing suit In
double-Qulck. and, with triumphant
cheer, plunged into the briny, scoring
the first ''header" mot a charity, and
swan out some ten or fifteen feet sea-
ward; his triumph was short-lived,
however, for he discovered, by the
bright moonlight, an enormous devil
fish within few feet of him, which
hoisted its dippers above the water and
splashed threatenlngly. With yell of
dismay, the gentleman made for the
shore much faster than he went out,
and, while each breaker took him off
his feet, he imagined himself in the
clutches of the horrid monster and
made frantic efforts to escape from the
impending danger, finally reaching the
shore. safe in limb but iearfully weary.
When safe ashore the gentleman and
his companions viewed the monster,
which slowly moved around or calmy
fOated near the surface, not more than
twelve or fifteen feet distant, and saw
that it was large devil fish, such as
are often seen on the Florida coast,
which seemed deslrous OF having their
company. "Bush" Hutchinson says
that he and another of the crowd
walked along the waters edge some
200 yards down the beach, and that the
fish kept them company, timing its
movements with theirs, and stopping
when they did, swimming or floating
as near inshore as it size would allow.
Bush says it appeared to be about
eight feet across, and that it occasion
ally elevated its fllppers playfully above
the water. 1t finally disappeared for a
time, but after on was discovered near
the first place, when all hands scampered
ashore, and concluded they didn't
want to bathe any more that nlght-a
very sensible conclusion, though 1t Is
doubtful if the fish would have harmed
them, unless they had run agin" it.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
SOME SUMMER GIRLS.
A Few Samples that Nav be Found
Everywhere.

Tie. unlucky girl who is one of six
or seven big sisters.
The giddy girl Who wears short skirts,
tight shoes and dotes on Saratoga.
The elepha1tiDe girl who bowls twice
day in an Intellectual effort to re-
duce her weight.
The engaged girl, who, with an anx-
ious air. is always expecting a tele-
gram from "him.''
The envied New York girl who has
more stylish dresses than any one else
in the house.
The subdued girl with older sisters,
who wishes they would marry off and
let her have a chance.
The particular girl at Ocean Grove
who will not permit herself to be Rugged
anywhere but in the ocean.
The lively Atlantic City girl whose
craze is caramels, and who thinks the
sweetest thing in life is dancing on the
pier.
The sensible. modest girl who behaves
herself, and will be married well when
all the raging bellies have become old
maids.
The ing nious girl, who, in the alb
sence of young men, iiIrts with the
hotel clerk and bathing master Just 10
keep her hand in.
Tie smart New England girl who
goes botanizing in the mountains, and
paralyzes the young men with long
Latin names.
The ugly girl, with blue-blood ped
- . 90 wx.kN arrv
nice young man has to be presented
as soon as he arrives.
The stupendous girl in a litchen
green costume and Rembrandt hat,
who carries her chin in the air on the
front seat of a Newport drag.
The eccentric girl who sits on the
beach at Sea Girt alone. or wanders In
the woods and doesn't seem to want
to know a soul in the house.
The shapely girl at Narragansett
Pier who looks best In her bathing
suit and spends her afternoons in the
water or lOunglng on the sand.
The athletic girl who Is camping IN
the Adirondacks, who has cultivated
her muscle by smashing the pestlferous
insects that abound there.
The inexperienced girl who is tickled
by the attentions of played out
beau, and thinks the other girls are
Jealous when they advise her TO dis.
courage him.
The happy girl who went to Europe
early IN the season and slipped several
nice Paris dresses through the custom
house, in which she now tiourishes su-
perbly.
The firtatious girl who goes boating
with gallants without chaperon at
Lake George, and has been doing so
for successive seasons without any ap-
preciable result.
The desperate girl nearing 80. with
an extra bottle of bloom of youth. and
a trunk load of juvenile sashes, who
feels that snow or never" is the time
to decide her fate.
The sentimental girl who carries a
yellsw-covered novel to the breakfast
table-at Cape May and whose stock OF
conversation is confined to rehash OF
the latest silly fiction.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15

Bar Harbor is gayer than many
other resorts.
: Any gold jewelry that an immersion
in water will not injure can be beauti-
fully cleaned by shaking it well in q
bottle nearly full of warm soapsuds, to
which a little prepared chalk has been
added, and afterward rinsing it IN
clear, cold water and wiping 1t dry.
A SIMPLE test of the quality Of leath-
er belts Is thus given by the London
Mechanical World: A small piece of the
belt is cut out of the strap and put into
vinegar. If the leather IL thoroughly
tanned and of good quality it will re-
main unaltered, and even show, after
some months, only a somewhat darker
color. while if it has been insufiiciently
prepared with tannin the fbres swell
and are converted into gelatinous
mass In a short time.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15

II never thought you would care-we
had parted in anger. we two"
1 stopped the last words with my lips
on hers; we would never be two again.
She whispered, clinging to me:
Never ask me Of those years, Don-
aid, if you love me. Only, he was sor-
ry-sorry at last"
The tears vanished in sunshine in
Mays blue eyes az 1 made her look at
the child amcng the flowers.
Little BERTHE never shall be sorry
all her bright life long, if 1 can pre-.
vent it," said. 81 owe her all that
fortune can give her for bringing me
again to WOO my love among the white
lilacs. Sweetheart, long ago l bought
back the old place, for the sake of that
white lilac bower, where once-you re-
member it?-you were enthroned May
Queen, and ever since have teen Queen
May. We will be married tomorrow,
May, and will 90 down there while the
lilacs are still blooming.
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
A Story that Doesn't End In the Usual
Way.

81 want to tell you story; may I?''
This proper petition came from clerk
in a downtown clearinghouse. 1 was
willing, and this is the way he went on:
Ten years agotwo young men went to
work for the same firm in Wall street.
Their salaries were the same, their op-
portunities even, their tastes similar,
and, generally, they were on a par all
round. Both married, neither adding
much to his dollar-and-cent account in
that way. They climbed along together.
Eight years ago they were drawing a
yearly salary of s., 900 apiece; but in one
particular the twain differed, and this
Inference was in their method of taking
care Of their money. A at the end of
each week took his salary home and
handed 1t over to his wife. b looked
out for his own funds himself. When
A wanted funds during the week he
went to his wife for it; he took but a
certain sum from home each day for
lunch and incidental expenses. When
b wanted funds during the week he
1ived into his own pockets for it, He
didn't need-thiS was his boast-he
didn't need any petticoat financiering in
his family. Is had lots of fun at AS
expense as the weeks heaped themselves
up into months and piled into a year.
but A seemed rather TO have the whip
end when, at the end of the twelfth
month, he asked B to compare bank
books. b had S43 to his credit, sole
remnant of his whole years salary. AS
account showed credits that amounted
to 5000. That wife at the purse
strings did it. But B was set in his
way. He went on enjoying himself;
prospective rainy days didn't annoy him:
the theatre and the dinner-table, excur-
siOns and good fellOwship-theSe kept
him fat and happy. And the first years
-, 600 that Mrs. A accumulated grew
IN increasing ratio year by year. On
last New Years day it had become,
through safe and shrewd investment,
something like $50, 900, all in hardcash.
And, to boil the story down." in
teIjected, "Spendthrift b, who hasn't
saved a cent, has to 60 on toiling for a
living, while, thanks to his trust in his
good wife, A gives up labor and is set
tied down to enjoy his remaining years
in ease"
'.NOw that's where you make your
mistake" CALCULATED my tale-teller in q
tone sublimely sarcastic. Because YOU
newspaper men are always so good, and
because your goodness always brings
you happiness and shekels, you imagine
that the same rule holds good every
where. And, as I've said, that's where
you make the mistake. This is isn't
Sunday-sehool chestnut. No; 4 isn't
living at his ease; no more is b tOiling
tor living. Fact is that last New
Years B, the scalawag, calmly eloped
from this town, and Mrs. \ and that
go, 900 of hard cash went with him."
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15

Children are unconscious philOsO-
pliers. They refuse to pull to pieces
their enjoyments TO see what they are
made Of
A child Is laughed at when It tries to
catch a shadow, and yet grown person.
grasp at and capture but little else il:
ibis world,
Juniata sentinel and Republican. [volume] (Mifflintown, Juniata County, Pa.) 1873-1955, 1886-09-15
A Great General.

Twenty years ago the name of Crei-
sau was never spoken of, but Moltke
has made the place famous, just as Bis
marck has thrown lustre upon Varzln.
Here in rural quiet, far from the
activity of the city, Field Marshal
Count Won Moltke has set up for HIM
self a Tusculanum, where in tine
utmost seclusion he recruits his strength
after the fatigue Of the winter. Hav-
ing intercourse only with his nephew
and bis immediate neighbors, he assem-