Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-07-02
ITEMS OF INTEREST.

Miss waldron, young. lady about
nineteen years old, who resides near
Bufords, Va, has completed her forty
eighth day of fasting. Her only nour-
ishment has been small quantities OF
vinegar and water. Her case puzzles
the medical profession.
Three years ago, after tornado had
devastated the farm of Georgia farmer,
he found two-years-old boy among the
shrubbery of his garden. No one claim
ing the waif, the farmer kept and cared
for him. Last summer the farmer took
the boy with him into Mississippi, and
then another tornado took the child, and
he has never been heard Of since.
The Pocahontas Headlight, weekly
journal of Virginia, has new editor,
and he says i'm his salutatory that he
does not "reenter the theatre of journal
ism rs the trembling debutant, dazzled
by the tinsel glitter of pictured scenes,
nor assume its more sacred functions as
the neophyte, whose swinging censor
but deepens the awful mysteries of the
sanctuary"
A woman belonging to one OF the old
est families of Derby, Conn, promised
her husband before his death that she
would wear his ring as long as she lived.
In the grief that followed his death she
forgot about the ring, and it was on his
finger when he was buried. a few
nights ago, at midnight, the sexton
opened the grave and took of the lid OF
the coffin, and the widow went down into
the grave and removed the ring from the
dead hand. She paid The sexton $50 for
his work.
A statistical expert calculates that II
LOCO, 900 babies started together in the
race of life l50, 900 would drop out in the
first year, % 900 in the second and % 900
in the third year. AT the end of forty
five years about half of them would be
still in the race. Sixty years would see
$40, 200 gray heads still at it. AT the
end of eighty years there would be 81 600
remaining OH the track; fifteen years
later The number would be reduced to 223
and the winner would quit the track for
ever at the age Of los.
One single, potent, tangible fact,
says All exchange, is worth a book full
of theories. Quinine, which, until the
tariff duty OH it was removed, sold for
two or three dollars an ounce, now that
il has been removed, sells for ffty-five
cents an ounce. The removal OF the
duty benefits every poo. man in the
country who has to buy quinine for
himself or his family. Every such man
would receive even greater benefits If
the duty on salt, sugar, coal, iron, wool,
and the other necessaries Of life were
removed.
1t WAS announced that the Thomas
l.
would celebrate the seventy-Seventh
anniversary of Tom Paine's death at the
house of Aaron Davis, near Frederick !;
but not celebrater appeared. Mr.. Davis
himself observed the day by not work.
ing. He said that, while there were
only about a dozen members of the So
ciety, there were three OF four hundred
believers of the Paine doctrines in the
county, but fear of social ostracism or
injury To their business caused them TO
make secret Of their views.
Jessie Crawford, II young woman Of
Tolono, H., has been All invalid for
two years, much of the time being con-
fined to her bed with spinal disease.
The other day she requested y number
of her friends to meet aud pray earn-
estly for her recovery. They did So.
The following morning she arose, dress
ed herself, aud went To breakfast for
the first time in two years; and the day
following she went to picnic. Skep-
teal physicians say that she could have
dore all this at any time during the two
years if she only had thought so.
Lieutenant Frederick Schwatka, in
command of an expedition fitted out by
the New York Times, sailed for Alaska
from Port Townsend, Washington Ter
ritory, on last Monday. The eXpedi-
ton has for its object the exploration
Of the almost wholly unknown st. Eli
rs Alps, which stretch for nearly 300
miles from the upper part of that lane
of water called "the inland passage to
Alaska" to Mount st. Elias, the highest
peak of the North American continent.
Professor william Libbey, Jr., of
Princeton College, will have charge Of
the scientific work of the expedition.
A convention to elect delegates 10 rep
resent Page county in the democratic
congressional convention was held at
Luray on Monday. The twelve dele
gates chosen are supporters Of Mr.. Will
liam r. alexander, of Winchester.
The friends OF Col. O'Ferrall did not
participate in the meeting, on the
ground that the convention had been
improperly called by tire county chair
man, and another convention will be
held at the July court, nc which other
delegates will be chosen. The friends
of Mr.. Alexander claim that Mondays
convention was in all respects regular.
James Oliver Forsythe shot his wife
Ella Saturday morning in the passage
way of Morling,, Myer & Co.'s printing
office OH North street, Baltimore, where
the oman was employed in the book
bindery. Forsy,he had also been EN-
ployed there ~ printer. He was