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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-02-19

WE WANT Statesmen everywhsre. loe ',
w and travelling. 20 sell our goods W
pay good salary and all expenses. WreN
terms at once, and state salary wanted. ~
dress STANDARD SILVER WARE Gun
pA<Y Washington street Boston, MAJ.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-02-19

T AIDES WANTED 20 work for US at thsif
j own homes. e. Ia $40 per week can b. ss.
lily made. no caDvassiDR; fascinAtlD % az
steady employment. Particulars aud ssmEs
Of the work sent for stamp. Addre~ HONE
MFG CO., J.. q. Box. 1915, Boston, Mas.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-02-19
Publishers American AgricnlsuhS

DAVID W. JUDD. Pres. sAA'L BURSHAs. >
75l broadway. New York.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
The Mexican Baby supply.

Everything concerning Mexico is of
interest just now, and 1t is pleasant to
be assured that among the chief pro-
ductions of the country are children
Thus an observant correspondent in
that country notes the large acquaint-
ance of the people with multiplication
in saving that Mexico is the hot-bed of
children. The land is flooded with
them, and small family is thing un-
known. They greet you. he says. at
every window, at every csrner, on every
woTnan's back. They fill the carriages
on the plaza, they are like a swarm Of
bees around honeysuckle-one on
every tiny flower and hundreds waiting
for their choice A man died the other
day and was followed to the grave by
81 sons and daughters and had buried
thirteen, SO that he was father to the
grand total of 100 children. There is
another man living in Mexico who has
had two wives and who has living forty
five children Allowing the small aver
age of five to family one can see how
numerous the grandchildren would be.
| am acquainted, he adds, with gen.
tleman whose mother is but thirteen
and half years older than he, and she
has eighteen more of a family. It is q
blessed thing that the natives are able
TO live in cane hut and exist on beans
and rice, else the list Of deaths by star.
vation would be something dreadful
st. Louis Critic-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
Anecdote of fLamartine.

Lamartine's new statue, recently III
augurated at Passey. has attracted to
the surface a great many queer stories
of incidents in the life of the poet.
Among the rest there is one told of his
reception of deputation of ..Vesuvien-
nes." furious female republicans of the
petroleuse type The captain was the
spokeswoman. She told him tnat the
.-yesuviennesn had come to endeavor
to tell him how much they loved him.
There are fifty of US here, she added.
..and our mission Us. in the name of all
the others, to kiss you" This an
nouncement made the poet shudder.
The captain of the gang was tolerably
good-looking, but the others were a hor-
rible-looking. half-drunken. and half
crazy set of viragos. He was equal to
the emergency. Citizens, said he,
Il thank you from the bottom of my
heart This is certainly the happiest
day of my life; but permit me to say
that splendid patriots ike you cannot
be treated as women You must be re-
garded as men; and, since men do not
kiss one another, we must content our
selves with a hearty hanGshaking.
The ladies considered themselves highly
compIimented. ..Vive Lamartinep they
shouted. and each one of them grasped
his hand When they were gone he
looked like man VINO had Just escaped
from deadly periL-N y. ,Sun-
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
Good ADVICE for Bows.

lhis Is the way Miss Lucy V. S. King
'aiSs to the dissatisfied boys in the
country, through the Rcral Record:
lou want TO leave your plow in the
i,ufrow and strike out Just as you are,
barefoot and in your shirt sleeves, and
70 ught Cd aud make a fortune and a
name Immediately. Ii you will think
ANaile you will remember that none of
your heroes ran away from the farm, but
worked away from it. They worked
marc at their plow in plowing time and
aAfd at their books in studying time, 50
tnat they fitted themselves for some
other Kind of work before they thought
y y Undertaking it. You remember the
ufst work Washington ever did on his
own hook was, believe, some surveying
io' Lord Fairfax. Aud history gives
az account of the rough time he had at
=, lo0-rougher than breaking up new
stOgad-hQw he slept out at night and
1adged through swamps, but never
gave up till he had finished his work.
suppose he had sat on log aud said, Il
eash born to trudge-let old Fai,fax
set somebody to do his trudging that
AZ an " for anything else; I'm going to
SeW 1olk aud be the Father of my
country, the consequence would have
Seen that he never would have been the
.ataer OF his country. He worked al
annAteyer he had to do, no matter What
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
Don t Blind the Babies.

Has it ever occurred to those who
purchase carriages for their babies, and
who make it a point TO select the bright
est colors they can fnd for the screen
that is interposed between the eyes OF
the child and the sun, that they are
liable to do irreparable injury TO the
vision Of the little one? An infant gen
orally lies on irs back, its eyes, of course
upturned toward the bright covering
above it, its gaze being more intense the
brighter the covering and the more
direct the rays Of the sun upon y
Nathing but injury can result from such
thoughfless exposure. ANY experienced
nurse saws there cannot be doubt as q
the injurious effects Of these bright 50
called shields upcn the tender eyes q
children. Parents who are wise VII
select the darker and denser shades
even even though they may not be as hand
some or snowy in their eyes as some O
those which are more fashionable
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
AGENTS Fos TEIE-CLARIo~.


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named.
Aberdeen Robert D. Brluniu
AaaH..l.. 10. 3d. MeC8ilum, sheriff
Et.l4su. .UtUt. 70. d ~aycry
Bonneville. Header once.
Ba-Is5I.s..N D. bsh'p.
Benton. 81. EIueh.
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HaIa.suIe. Lem. b. Lester
HIes lt...- Hi.a -lIlie b Morgan
Br,.au..ru. Leader OtIce
BtF 3D. lYs...L. a. Hoffman
DtaI.l.. Capt. Wan. P4lestIpv
Casey .I.is..7. b. NcEec.
ClUuu4s..-J J9s n. stevens. Circuit Clerk
Jnstt Springs. W. g. wilkinson
teIt.r atIllt l1..lslac Fceler.
CHy-Ie, Claiborne Colon NJ r. Jones
Camden. E. l.. AaNTyeu-
CLINTON PROF E. NJ. Leayel.
I8a.i.-fgu..I vs.. Iirner.
tirfu.ItYu.. Conservative Jdlc4.
t4sait-e. .arlIa-eniau JHice
l,rutD..G ". Mansion.
CeuH..lIe...E. D. yapeIl.
pyls9ufliie .pr q. Is. Henderson.
Decatur, Ne"iYu Co... lhps. Keith OF Eugene
Carleton
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LINaIls.. Avbilu Bros.
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tayu,fe.b a. NeGinty, Circuit Clerk
fuitJu.. Newman ,lyce.
t.ugl. b.. o.. buldi-.
French Camp K. y Huzhston.
fulla Cd, Jutuu c5uHty...J. T.. Robinson
Hresu.iiic.. lines ONCE
Grenada. .Galtlc Office.
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Good u1p.-..N g. Langford F. ".
HuNeuJa.c. Washington county W d. Ferriss
uerlauvi.,e, CLAIBORNE oounty...M. Herman.
n'll-.'u' Jefferson eounty - D McNair.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
A Very Comic Opera.

On reaching Lucerne. we were at
tracted by flaming posters which made
it known that NJ. Labitski's company OF
celebrated and unriyaled artists from
Les Folies Parisiennes had begun
summer season of comic opeva at the
Kursaal. | asked the concierc of the
Schetzerof what sort of perfor nces
they gave. VERY good, '-he sale
| repeated this question to h. l.
cious hair-dresser who was gracious!y
bestowing upon my unworthy head his
professional attention, and he wasted
an extra quantum of Pinaud's eau de
quinine in his enthusiasm. Then, see
ing that the piece for the evening was
Lecoq's latest, | inspected the prix des
places. The boxes were 40 francs and
20 francs. The seats ranged from s
francs to francs Being a stranger
and having n nose for thrift. and, as a
matter of faet, unused TO paying any
thing at all at a theatre door. l made
special inquiry at the box Office, which
impressed me at the time as having q
lonesome look about it, as TO the franc
seats.
The box-keeper was very polite, in
deed. He took me within and pointed
out the diagram of the house. / found
| that the two franc seats differed from
the eight franc seats simply in being
cane-bottomed chairs instead of cush-
| ioned-armed chairs, and in the addi-
| tional circumstance that they could not
| be reserved in advance. But" said
my obliging conductor, ''for a small
| gratuity the loge-keeper viii reserve you
| the very best places. The loge-keeper
was called. and paying for six two-franc
seats l told her that if she would hold
them for me upon the first row l would
| give her a franc. Then | departed
highly pleased with my adventure in
theatrical economy.
That evening at $50 our party filed
into the Kursaal, which was brilliantly
| Illuminated. At the door the box
| keeper met Us hat in hand. Down the
center aisle the loge-keeper made us a
| sweeping courtesy. She had six chairs
right in the center of the parquette
turned down for US.
Outside of ourselves and these two
officials of the place there was not
another soul visible anywhere. Not a
begoarly array, but in vast wilderness
of empty benches, we sat down. After
awhile two rough looking customers en-
tered the gallery. Then a fashy lady
and gentleman strided into one of the
boxes. Then the orchestra appeared
Next half a dozen men and women
lounged into various points in the sur
rounding spectacle of vacuity. At
o'clock the fiddles began to tweak. A
$50 the curtain rose At 1870 we lef
in the middle of the first act
Next day learned that after we hat
gone the performance ceased. 1t was
in fact, simply an adjunct of the gamb
ling house back of the stage-a decor
duck, so TO say-and our fellow auditor
were markers, lookouts, dealers, crou
| piers. male and female, attached to th,
establishment. 1t was indeed a play
house. Henry Watterson tB Courier
Journal
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
Elderly E1irts.

Il don't like it, he said. That's
the tenth old lady who has fallen in
love with me-"
Il think that's complimentary to
you
lis it? o, yes. That's right l go
to party and the old lady takes me in
to corner and begins to talk to me,
and she has a pretty daughter, and
there's an ocean of pretty girls, and /
see somebody l want to dance with,
and the old lady says: You don't want
to dance. Sit here and talk to me- :"
well, why don't you get out and
dance?"
Il can't a nice old lady, who fiat
ters you by asking your opinion of her
daughters beaus and tickles your vani-
ty with all sorts of pretty little touches
| tell you, my boy, you may talk as you
like about young women and widows,
and spinsters and fiirts, but there isn't
any firt in creation so dangerous as a
woman at 30, whose hair is just sprink-
led with silver. They have ways about
them. Confound it all, | remember get
ting quite spoony on an old woman of
so, who was too old to dream of dis
guising her age.
You laugh! All right Some day
you'll catch it, perhaps. But you
don't seem to be lovable. If they'd on
| ly get mad and let you alone. Bat no;
/ they simply take a snub quietly and
wait the next chance"
Il don't think that's eyerybody's ex-
perience.n
May De not That makes it all the
worse You see, an old lady is privi-
legged to talk out even about love. and
when she talks of love. you think she
means as a son or something like that.
Then you find out that it's just the same
kind of love as anybody else's. and
you've kind of encouraged it and ac-
cepted it, especially if she has money.
Even money is no good / knew an
old widow of 65 who was passionately
attached to me, and when she died she
| left all her money to a congregation.
tell you I'm not going to stand it any
more. The next old lady who falls in
love with me will get left, and dom
you forget it. ''-iSdn Francisco ChroR
1 icIe.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
A Living Island.


The alligator is not in any way an
attractive animal On the contrary, it
is always as repel!ent in looks and dis
position as any living creature very
well can be. And yet IN one respect at
least it is to be envied. 1t can go
through life without ever needing a
dentist, unless it be TO eat him, tor it
never keeps its teeth long enough to
give them any chance to decay or ache
or get out of order IN any way. When
an alligator's tooth is worn out or
broken or in need of any kind of repair
it drops out, and. behold a new one is
ready to take its place. But | hardly
need say that the alligator's teeth are a
joy only to itself
Another peculiarly of the alligator is
its ability to sleep. Like other reptiles.
it is SO cold-blooded that it likes warmth
and hates cold. 1t needs water, too,
and as the dry season and the cool
season come on together in Florida,
there is double reason why the Florida
alligator should go INTO winter quar-
tiers. 1t buries itself in the mud after
the manner of its kind, and settles
down for long nap
Sometimes it happens that grass and
quick growing shrubs spring up on the
back of this torpid animal. As a rule
these are all shaken or washed off when.
with the first warm rains. the alligator
rouses itself and makes for the water;
| but occasionally, for some reason. the
mud clings. and with it the plant
growth, so that when the half-awakened
1 creature slides into the water and floats
st1nsdly cff ii looks like n floating
| island
In one such instance a plover was SO
deceived as to build its nest in the
plant-growth on the alligator's back.
The living island so freighted hoated
slowly down the stream until it was
noticed by party of boys who were
out fishing. They saw the plover rise
from the little island, and suSpecting 3
nest to be there they gave up their fish
/ ing and rowed cut to it
They never suspected the nature o.
the island until they had bumped theil
boat rather rudely into it once or twice
and so vexed the alligator that it open
ed its huge mouth with startling sud
denness that brought q chorus of yell
from the nest-robbers and sent them of
In fit mood to sympathize with tbs
ployer. which was huttering about and
crying pitouslay ut the raid upon il
nest
The poor bird was doomed to lose it
nest, however, for the alligator hayin:
at last been thoroughly aroused, dis
covered how hungry it was, and dives
down ia search Of food. thus washing
OF island, nest, and all st Nicholas
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
mo BABYrN Qua HOUSE TODAY
Household Manners.

by household manners we do not
mean company manners. Indeed we
think that set of manners kept o1ly
tor company Is apt to grow stiff and
rusty for INT Of constant use and is
not worth much at any time By house.
hold manners we mean the kind of Do
liteness which we use in the interior Of
our home circle, where politeness some.
times Is not sufficiently considered.
have seen heads Of families ladies as
well as gentlemen-who when among
strangers never forgot any Of the little
attentions that make life pleasant, who
omitted to say good morning to
everyday members OF the family. And
how much cheering good morning
0nghtens the day, even if it is cherries
outside. In English families Of good
breeding each member, as he enters the
breakfast room gives his hand to each of
the others IN turn as he says good morn
ing" There is a pleasant friendliness
IN this custom, when it comes naturally.
that gives the beginning of the dag a
great charm.
Household manners which do not in
clude courtesy even 10 the lowest depend
ents Of the household are not perfect
manners. 1t is as easy to give some
kindly greeting to the servants as to ig-
more them altogether; and to acknowl-
edge their services with thanks makes
them serve you with added readiness.
Ihe princehest courtesy we have seen
exercised extended to every one-even
the lowest member of the household.
some one once asked a friend of Mr..
Emerson II the great philosopher was a
man OF fine manners. Yes, indeed b"
was the answer. Whenever he enters
house he makes even the cat and the
dog feel more at ease" Could ANYTHING
be more suggestive than this description
Ot the genial kindness of nature which
shed its sunlight on every one? And
was not his faculty of making each one
feel at his ease the best Of manners?
There Is tendency to underrate ami
ability-to consider it mark of weak
ness. "a rather weak, amiable person, -
we sometimes hear said. But no quality
sOttens the roughness of life 50 much A
sweet tempered person is almost always
sure to have good household manners.
Consideration Of the feelings as well as
the rights OF others, nature kindly dis
posed and not easily irritated these are
essentials to good manners in the house
hold. Polish of manner is easily gained
by "a little contact with the world, a
little noting of its customs. But there
are so many persons who have what are
called Nine manners" who la their own
households are so ungracious and 50
regardless OF those who are most closely
allied TO them in life, that we are
disposed to regard their manners only
as thin veneering which covers very
poor stutf-not the real thing, only a
base and cheap imitation-whIch brings
us to the trite saying that fine eharac
ter is the foundation of fine manners,
and that really good manners will begin
at home.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
Cut, w orms IN Corn Fields.

Mr.. Joseph f. Case reports to the
Michigan Farmer that during a five
years test he has found salt and wood
ashes, barrel per acre, mixed half and
half, a specific against eutwormsin corn
fields, and this IN region where the
pests are very destructive:
"One of my neighbors planted twice,
and the worms took all the first plant.
ing, and were so bad the second that he
dragged part of his field and sowed
rulabagas. Two more have given up
and have no corn. | SOW the
mixture just ahead of the plow; don +
SOW more than | can plow under in halt
day, or a day at most; then | get II
under with the green scd, which the
worms have to feed on before the corn
comes up. Two years ago
planted two ten-acre fields to corn on
one sowed salt and ashes before plowing
planted both the same time. When the
corn came up, the field | sowed with
salt and ashes had no worms; on The
other, as soon rs the corn came up, the
worms commenced their work. 1 then
applied equal parts of salt, ashes and
plaster, mixed well together; for toe
much salt, think, viii kill the young
plants. The worms stopped their work
and my corn came on and was good
crop.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
Miss M,CleIIan,s Mice.

Miss May Mcclellan. daughter Of the
late Gen. Mcclellan, has very peculiar
pets, two white mice, which at times she
would take to the opera. They ran
around the box at the acadef often
perched on her bare shoulders kept
the audience quite amused or
verse. They were only permittee
about during intermissions, but one
night. just as the prima donna was il
the midst of pathetic solo. the mice
came out as if to hear too, and the eye:
of the audience followed them. Mis-,
Mcclellan tried to secure them, but they
became excited and ran away over the
cushioned rail of the balcony until
caught by an usher and returned Il
their mistress. Probably the prinnm;
donna to this day does not understand
why her solo received so little applaus.
on that particular ight-Hartfort
Courier.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20
Sweetheart. Farewell.
Beneath the whispering trees We nngel

Beneath the whispering trees we fingered
late.
Hand claspcd in hand, my dearest love and |.
And he spake wor,is never can forget
Of tender trust and love. uutil die.
Aud with his eyes what hps would fail TO tell
He spoke, what time ne said: Sweetheart.
farewell. .
With sweet careSs be ciaspod me to his breast,
And looked upon me as with angels eyes
And kissed my brow. and kissed nay lips, and
kissed
The tears away that now began 70 rise:
And ever the same tale of love would tel.
What time he sadly spoke: Sweetheart, fare
we'll"
And 50 he went away. and am weary
OF natures smIles-n5y heart is ru1 of
strife
The long, long days without hirn sre So dreary.
And All the brieht has fadcd oylt OF iife.
Come back. my love, tlfe old sweet rale 70
tell.
But neyeruorC IN say. Sweetheart fare
we'll
William Coysan IN Chambers Journal.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20

An Old Time superstition.

Farmers are not without their super
sIltiens, aud one is that "woif teeth
aneet the sight Of a horse. This is an
snclent belief aud one entirely without
foundation, but is so firmly believed by
many that nothing will convince them
q their error. The name is given TO
small supernumerary teeth which occur
occasionally in the mouth of horses just
n front of the first molar or grinding
"oth, usually in the upper jaw, but oc-
casionally in the lower. In colts these
are often crowded out by the permanent
leetn, but are occasionally curved IN
ward. To be sure they may cause the
morse considerable trouble in masticat
ing his food on account of biting hl:
tongue, but il is absurd to attribute any
ulsease Of the eye to their preseace. II
sney Interfere with the horse eating Il
= peter to remove them. but for any
innuence on the eye they might just q
well remain. They can easily be re
moved by extracting with forceps or p.
hoaing a wcodea pin against the tootl
ana striking it smart blow.
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20

A Russian medical journal makes
public a system of treatment for acute
articular rheumatism. which is repre-
senfed as having been employed with
the greatest success for twenty years
past by DIR. L. Grinevitske, of Rostof-
on-the-Don. He administers two
drachms daily of nitrate of potash in
raspberry syrup. distributed in doses
given every two hours. At the same
time, for external use morning and
evening. he prescribes an ointment COM
posed Of olel hyosc. o.; ung hydrarg.
cinerei. 2 dr.; extacon, dr. This
treatment is said to cure, in almost all
cases. in from one to two weeks. and is
generally successful in the most severe
cases. where solicylates are ineffective
Rheumatic persons should be glad of
this information, if only as direction
for new line Of personal experiment
The clarion. [volume] (Jackson, Miss.) 1883-1888, 1886-10-20

There have been many humorous
preachers One of this class was Faith.
er Andre, Roman Catholic preacher
who often used his humor to satirize
the faults of his brethren. Preachinp
once In monastery which had been
struck BY lightning, he expatiated on
the goodness OF God. who took special
care Of his children. Said he: s.Con-
slider. among other evidences, what has
happened to this holy house. IN which
am preaching. The lightning struck
the library and consumed it. but injured
not single monk. If. however, it had
unfortunately fallen upon the dining
room or larder. how many brethren
would have been killed