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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

The President IL strictly business.
When he IL not occupied with callers he
Is at work OF matters of public business,
writes great many letters with his own
hand, and does more actual official labor
than any one who has ever occupied the
Executive chair. He goes 10 bed early,
aud Is up betimes In the morning, often
before the rest OF the household, aud II
very free Ia making his wants known.
One Of the servants at'ihe White IlcUse
Is courtlng the cook OF a family know,
aud the cook told her mistress, who re-
peated the gossip 10 me-and IL IL there
fore reliable--that very often the Presi-
dent was out In the corridors, IN his
shirt tail. long before dawn bowling for
some one TO come and build fire la the
crate Of his bedroom, and DO some other
service that he wanted done, and done
at oIce. Ii was also confidently stated,
upon the same reliable authority, that
the President Of the whole United States
not long ago made bis appearance st the
head Of the stairway Of the executive
mansion, with nothing Oh but bis un.
derclothes, aud yelled for Jerry, one Of
the servants, 10 cone up and find bis
colIar-button that had rolled under the
bed.-Ex.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05
A Hint Concerning Profanity.

Don't you find that you swear under
certain conditions, in certain circum-
stances, and that you don't swear under
other certain conditions? You are sit
ting AT your family table. You never
tell an of colored story there. You
never swear there, and this Is not on
the theory that man thinks when he
swea-s either. With that class Of cattle
| am not dealing. A man who inten-
tionally swears, who rejoices Ia dirt and
vulgarity and wickedness, is the kind OF
man am not talking 10. ! am speaking
to ordinary human beings like myself,
who are governed by circumstances,
dominated by surroundings, 20 whom
life Of thought and expression and ac-
tion here il totally differen, from line
of thought and action and expression
there, and absolutely without am In
tention 80 far as my prethought directs.
II you can control your thoughts and
your phrases in your home circle, in
your school. you can control them In
your store. In your Office, on your play
ground.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

Inoculation of rabbits with the bacil-
lus Of tubercu.ar consumption is pro-
posed as a method Of exterminating
them In Australia.
Crockery coffins are proposed by
Philadelphia inventor. His idea is TO
glaze them, thus making tight and i'm.
pe.ishable receptacle, the object being
TO protect underground wafer currents
from pollution.
Mineral wool Is said TO be coming into
use in the construction Of buildings, on
account of its strength, lightness, and
resistance to the conduction Of heat. IL
has also the advantage Of being hre-
proof.
The manufacture Of alcohol from
wood has increased rapidly within few
years. and il Is said to be used largely
for patent bitters, ginger extracts,
and other alcoholic compounds whose
strong flavor makes IL unnecessary to
use better quality of spirits. Wood
alcohol is dangerous product. and
sometimes gives rises to serious disturb
ances of the brain and nervous system.
4 st. Louis doctor is credited with
having cut of the tails Of two lizards
and united the animals by sewing tie
stumps together, thus making a species
of Siamese twins. The object OF the ex-
pertinent was to ascertain II blood could
be transfused by this method; aud one
writer maintains that If, for example, n
weak and bloodless invalid we've at
tached In this manner 10 strong and
healthy animal, the result must be fa-
vurable TO The invalid. nr. Roussel, OF
Paris, Is said to have met with eneour-
aging success In such an experiment.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

Operations have been lately begun for
the purpose Of clearing away the mass
OF sand which has accumulated during
centuries around the famous statue Of
the sphinx. Brngscb Boy, brother Of
the distinguished -Egypfologist, has
charge Of the work, which Is being car
ried out according to plan proposed by
Signor Maspero, and will, It Is expected,
be flushed by Easter. The portion Of
the statue at present shove ground Is
about forty feet. 10 Is supposed that as
much more, at least, 10 buried In the
sand. aud the amount Of sand 10 be
cleared away IL estimated at 20. 900 cubic
metres. A small tramwsy Is being con-
structed TO carry away this mass Of sand
TO a distance, aud l50 Isborefs are en-
ployed on the task. When the statue
has been laid bare TO the leve! OF the
foundations broad circular walk will
be constructed around II, and high
wall will he built TO guard against fu-
tnre encroachments Of the sands Of the
desert.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05
SHEPHERDSTOWN w. VA, FRIDAY, MARCH 5, 1886.
when Shall II Dfef

Where shall die' Shall dear friends gather
round me,
To wipe the death sweat" from my throb-
bing brow?
| Shall those love in sadness then surround
me,
As true, as kind, as loving then as now!
Or shall some stranger hand, when all is
ended,
With careless touch close my failing eye,
Far from my home, unwept and unattended?
Father of Life, oh, say, where shall die9
How shall die9 Shall pain and anguish smite
me,
And rack my frame with sharp, relentless
hand9
Shall slow disease with gentle force Invite me
To leave this world and join the spirit band?
Or shall fall as fell the star of morning,
Suddenly and swift from out the calm, clear
sky,
Without one hint-one gentle, timely warn
ing?
Father of Life, oh, say, how shall die9
When shall l die? Shall age and honors crown
me
Before the summons issues from thy throne?
VI shdll iali Win inluuay ssuh aiO0iiu iie'
When life is sweetest and its use best
known?
Or shall my youth, with all its warm affec-
tions,
Sink in the grave, in darkness there 10 lie,
Blighted in bud and tower-before fruition?
! Father OF Life, oh. say, when shall die?
Hush, oh, my soul, away with this repining,
| With anxious fear about thy stay on earth
Pause, and with heart in calm, meek love re-
clning,
! Submit thy death to Him who gave thee
birth.
He who first called thee to immortal being
Child Of the earth, TO rear thee from the sky,
Walks by thy side, thy every footstep seeing
Knows when and where and how It's best
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

Did IL ever occur TO the reader that
there Is just as much water IN the air
above him on n clear. bright day n on
cloudy OF rainy oney Rain does not
come from somcw here else. or IL II Is
waited over you by the wind from else
where, the water that Was over you Is
simply waited ou 10 some other place.
What is .aid above explains thls. Wafer
is absorbed In the air above US, at cer-
tain temperature, aud IL becomes iusen-
sible. Cool that air by Mind draft of
cooler atmosphere, or by electrical or
chemical influences, and the moment
the air becomes cooler IL gives up some
Of the watcry particles that were i0scn-
sible or invisible at the higher temPera-
ture. These small particles tbus given
out unite, anI wbeG enough of them
coale.ce, Obstruct the light and show as
clouds. when enough Of them unite TO
DC too heavy to h"at In the air, they be-
gin to descend; pair alier pair Of them
come together until rain'Jrop IN
formed. One Of these minute rain drops
is made up of millions OF infinitely small
watcry PARTICLES.
Air passing over the cold tops OF
mountains Is cooled down 80 that IL
gives up good deal Of the concealed
watery vapor, and hence little rain tails
on the lee side OF such mountains. This
IL why 30 little rain falls la Colorado,
and In other places north and south Of
that State. Tie prevailing winds blow
from the west, and the cool tops OF the
Rocky mountains lower their lempera-
ture aud thus take out the moisture that
would otherwise tall la rain.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

nOMINOES, Dice, Checkers, Violin. Banjo
~ and Guitar Strings. at GIBSON'S.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

"Habit" is hard 10 overcome. you
take OF the nrst letter tdoes not change
"s Bit" II you take off another you
still have "bit" Ieft. II you take OF
another the whole OF "it" remaios. II
you take OF another IL b not -" totally
used up. All Of which goa 70 show
that II you wish to be rid Of "habit"
you must throw 1t oG sItogether.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

a number of Philadelphia ladies' aave
formed an association TO do mending for
bachelors. IL is conjectured that they
"sew that tLey may reap."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

In answer to Chicago advertisement
a citizen of Butler, Ca, sent 25 cents to
learn how to make $50 week at home
working on a capital Of 81, AID received
the following printed slip: "Fish for
fools as do"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1886-03-05

THE greatest bargains in KID GLOVES at
i ]. L. Rickard Sons. Go and see them.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-31

took in the cramped features, the heavily
powdered skin. with the sallow color look
ing through; observed the tightly drawn
face veil which pinned down the eye lashes
and shuddered as the eye fell ON the pinch
ed waist and narrow shoulders: and this
passed for good looks? A girl need not he
coarse 10 he vigorous; nor masculine to
have muscles. Her shoulders should be
thrown back ler eyes keen and her color
good. 1t is crime to lose ones teeth at
40, a disgrace to have constant headache at
20, and Indigestion is no more a part other
earthly lot than is smallpox. Go to any
lunch party and watch the delicate wsmen
tax their stomachs; and yet they wonder
why they are not well. True, we may in
herit certain organic troubles from indis-
erect ancestors, such is the Inconvenience
of entailment. but we can stop further
transmission. Bad breath ought to be
looked upon as worse than seiled hands.
and yet yeu would scarcely excuse lady
the latter attachment -Kansas city jour
nal.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-31
GOOD COFFEE EASY TO MAKE.

Miss Carson, in lecture, says sit is one
OF the simplest things in the world to make
a cup of good coffee, and this can easily be
accomplished by applying little common
sense. If you put boiling water Oh coffee
and do not let it boil, you have all the good
qualities preserved. One reason dyspeptics
cannot drink coffee is because it is boiled
The style of csflee-pot is just matter of
fancy | have made as good coffee in an old
tomato can as have ever supped from the
finest French coffee urn We should take
lessons in this matter from the Turks and
Arabians. who grind their coffee TO fine
powder. When the coffee is ground as
fine as possible put 1t in bag ofunbleach-
ed muslin, which should be tied tightly
enough to prevent the escape OF the
grounds. If you use cupful of unground
coffee you can make S quart Of very strong
black coffee In making coffee many
people sacrifice flavor for strength. Bitter
ness comes from boiling. When boiling
water is placed on the bag Of ground coffee
it should stand at least three minutes be-
fore serving. Remember, the longer 1t
stands the stronger it becomes.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-31
HOUSEHOLD HINTS.

| 1t may not be generally known that cold
stomach that hot; so in eases where it is
rejected in the ordinary warm or hot form,
| it had better be tried as nearly frozen as
can be taken In many ieyers this would
be a decided advantage. The prejudice
against cold food, is perhaps, natural, but
we carry it too far Milk NAV be admins
| tered in a frozen state, often with positive
| advantage.
| 1t may not generally he known that il
the saucepan in which milk is to be boiled
| be first mostened with water, it will pre-
vent the milk from burning.
For polish to clean up and brighten old
| furniture, pianos. etc, dissolve four ounces
| orange shelac in one quart of 30 per cent
alcohol; to this add one quart of linseed
oil. and one pint turpentine; hen mixed
add four ounces of sulphuric ether, and
| four ounces aqua ammonia; mix thoroughly
and well before using. Apply with cloth
| or sponge and rub the surface TO which it
is applied until the polish appears.
A few oyster shells. mixed with the coal
| used for furnace or large stow, will eff
fectually prevent the accumulation OF
| clinkers.
The human system consists OF fifteen
elements, all Of which are found in COM
mon wheat. But the -four of commerce is
deprived in a large degree Of twelve OF
| these elements. An Improvement in max
ing Hour is evidently needed.
Put camphor-gum with your new silver
ware and it will never tarnish as long as
| the gum is there. Never wash silver in
soapsuds. as that gives it white appear
| ance.
Fer Men Only-A Christmas present
| which your wife will appreciate is good
knife. We have known women actually
driven TO sharpen their leadpeneil with
| a pair of scissors. Old seams are much
more quickly ripped with knife than with
scissors. Sharpen it before You give it
| to her, and keep it sharp afterward. You
need not be afraid of its ''cutting friend
ship.
Always hang broom up when not in
| use. Put an ordinary, small sized screw
eve in the end of the handle if no better
way suggests itself.
A few drops of ammonia in hard water
| will not only soften it but it will remove
| dirt better than soap. 1t is always good
article to use when bathing the person and
the water IN which it is diluted makes an
excellent stimulant to house and other
plants.
Small families often complain that they
cannot have good roast beef because they
are obliged to buy such small pieces, and il
comes upon the table dry and overdone
To prevent this the smaller the piece to be
roasted the higher the temperature to which
its surface should be exposed. IL should
be crnsted, or Drowned, as quickly as
possible, so that the inices within snail pt
held there under high pressure, anu Only
he allowed to escape by bursts and sputter'
rather than by steady evaporation. Nc
more fuel need be consumed, since 1t wonie
| IA Ike a shorter time to cook.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-31
IMPORTANCE OF PHYSICAL CCE..
TTRE AND GOOD HEALTH.

1t used to be considered fashionable TO
take no exercise. and the prevailing GUS
tom of little, cramping shoes. too short for
the foot and further incumbered with
French heel set in the centre Of the sole,
helped out the fancy. Very delicate Young
women who could not walk mile without
greaning were typical beauties. Now
girls learn to row with their brothers,
tramp with their fathers and are quite as
fond of the gymnasium as their masculine
admirers. Eighteen inches about tho belt
is no longer desirable, nor is pallor indicat-
i've of good breeding. 1t is certainly true
that we owe our children culture Of the
body as well as that of the brain. A little
fellcw with spindling limbs may have his
muscles judiciously developed; little maid
with crooked shoulders may become as
straight and symmetrical as her neigibor
if her parents will attend to her in time.
If mother should permit girl to reach
the age of maturity without learning to
read we would blame her excessively, yet
we condone the offense which permits bad
teeth. bent shoulders and sallow skin. In
all eases there is a pure tablet upon which
to write the record of care.
There is no doubt about the Importance
of physical culture. The hair, the teeth,
the eyes and the skin are subject to the in
fiuences of digestion, and is not the latter
to be almost controlled 10y diet. bathing
and fresh air? People go all the year with
the pores of their skin clegged and they
rave over the benefit to be obtained at the
water cure, simply because they do there
what they neglect at home-bathe regular
ly, systematically and particularly 1t is,
| of course, absurd to prescribe certain baths
as infallible cure-alls What will do for .
robust person will kin frail one; bat tht
| general rule ei frequent and judicious bath
ing may be laid down. Then comes the
| fresh air craze. The windows of a hous,
should be numerous and opposite, ant
there should be patches of Gods sunligh
on the floor instead of the csihetic gloon
SO depressing to the young, who are to b.
carefully trained. The writer weuld urg'
/ cymnastic exercises ahead of Greek an'
Latin first, and romp in the green field
before any number of volumes Of lore. lie
the young people drink in the blessings o
health all round us and about us am
within reach.
Last week the writer overheard YER
much dressed damsel conversing ON til
street corner with youth. Il scarcei
know what it is to walk, " she said. sand
do so dislike exercise The close observe
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-31
FORBIDDEN WORDS.
Lists which Every Writer should Cuf
Out and Keep Before Him.

The forbidden list OF the New York Eoen-
ing Post, made up while William Cullen
Bryant was its editor is the best known.
1t is as follows:
Above and over, for more than; artistic,
for artist; aspirant: authoress; beat. for
defeat; bagging for capturing; balance,
for remainder; banquet, for dinner or sup.
per; bogus; casket, for coffin; claimed. for
asserted; cellided; commenced. for begin:
compete; coftege, for procession; cotem-
darkey, for negro; day before yesterday,
for the day before yesterday; debut: de
cease, as verb; Democracy, applied to a
political party; develop, fer expose: de-
vouring element, for fire; donate; en-
ploye; enacted; inderse. for approve: en-
route; esq; graduate, for is graduated; gents,
for gentlemen: Hon.; House, for Honse of
Representatives; humbng; inaugurate, for
begin; in our midst; item, for particle; ex-
tract, for paragraph; is being done and all
passiges of this form; .ieoparlize; jubilant,
for rejoicing: juvenile, Tor boy; lady, for
wife; last, for latest; length, for long :;
leniency, for lenity: loafer loan or loaned
for lend or lent; located; majority, relating
to places or circumstances, for most; Mrs
President. Mrs. Governor. Mrs. General.
and ali similar titles: mutual, for common;
official, for officer; ovation; on yesterday:
over his signature; pants, for pantaloons;
parties, for persons; partially, for partly;
past two weeks, for last tive weeks, and all
similar expressions relating to definite
time; poetess; portion. for part; posted.
for informed; progress, for advance; quite,
prefxed to COED, large, etc; raid, Tor at
tack; realized. for obtained; reliable, for
trustworthy: rendition. for performance;
repudiate, for reject or disown; retire, as
an active verb; Rev, for the Rev; role,
for part; roughs; rowdies: seeesli, sensa-
ton, for noteworthy event; standpoint, for
point OF view; start, in the sense Of setting
out; state, for say; taboo; talent. for tai
ents or ability; talented; the deceased;
war, for dispute or disagreement.
The New York Examiner prints the fol-
lowing additional words from its own list:
Anent; apprehend, for think; auditorium;
caption, meaning the heading of an article;
casualty. fer accident: couple, for two; diff
ferent to: enthuse; else's, in compound
phrases like anybody else's female, for
woman; helpmeet: initiate, for begin; jeop-
ardize, forjeopard; lady, for wife or woman;
are mistaken, for mistake: the nonce; of all
others: own, iorccnfess; parties, for persons
Except in legal phraseelogy); post-gradu-
ate, for graduate or post graduation; pre-
tentative, for preventive: retire for with
draw or go to bed; FESTIVE, for restless;
resurrect; Sabbath, when Sunday or Lord S
day is meant: sanctuary. for church; sense,
as verb; such, for 50; transpire, for oc-
cur: taboo; vicinity, for neighberhood.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-31
HoMELY HINTS.

In using soft coal remember that a poke
in time saves nine-pieces of kindling
wood
One pair of ruhbers costs less than three
porous plastors and are a great deal more
comfortable.
In hnndling up fora cold walk consult
the thermometer, not the mirror. An UNI
becoming horse-blanket is better than a
wooden overcoat.
1t is waste of thought to envy richer
neighbor. You cannot know her inner
life, and her lot is no more enviable than
yours unless she is loved move.
Don't be too sure that You know more
about the natural traits Of your boys than
ter than you door ever will.
Never forget that you and your servant
are made Of the same clay, though you
may have been cast in different moulds
You have home, husband and children:
she nothing.
Scan the clothing of persons sent to your
house on errands, and wonder if yon could
battle with the elements in their garb. Il
may call TO mind a forgotten dark closet.
We cannot choose our neighbours on this
earth, bnt it is we'll to cultivate assimila
| ton or at least forbearance. Perhaps WI
will not be able to choose our neighbour
above the Garth either.
Men are commonplace enough. as rule
and it does no good to meet them on thei
own level. The old Adam or the orans
outang. whichever 1t is. can be shamed
ont. not driven ont.
Ii it comes to question OF a costume
which will be ''ft to he seen, or CRANE
| Christmas for the children, choose the lat
ter \ happy Christmas has its efiec
through a lifetime, costume ,ioesn T.
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-31
GOOD ADVICE.

My son, says Robert ]. Burdette, in
the Brooklyn Eagle, Il observe that you
are pleased to be little bit sarcastic on
the subject OF the modern evangelist.
Now, do let the evangelist have his way
as we'll as the Performers" Let him go
where the crowd is. He won't hurt the
crowd. He doesn't teach the multitude to do
anything wrong. Herr Most didn't get into
Jail for listening to Sam Jones. The Chi
cago anarchists were not the outgrswth of
revival meeting. No Presbyterian elder,
no Methodist class-le leader, no Baptist dea-
con. has Deen indicted for throwing bombs
at the police There may have been An in
fidel or two, free-thinker, may be; an
atheist, perhaps, mixed up i'll that crowd
of anarchists; dc not positively know, but
there may have been; you can easily ascer-
tain. But do know that the deacon and
the elder weren't there. The evangelist may
have some odd, rough, funny ways OF
teaching, but he doesn't teach evil. "
The Monitor. [volume] (Woodstown, N.J.) 1884-1892, 1886-12-31
GYMNAsTIC EXERCISES.

First. an Introductory course of postum
ing, and light exercises with dumb bells
and bar balls; second, leaping, the hori-
zontal beam, yaulting (bar and horse);
third, parallel bars, trapeze, swinging
rings, ladders, horizontal bar, the plank,
escalading; fourth, climbing the pole (fixed,
slanting and turning), the pair of poles,
the rope, the rosary and mast. by one
hours daily exercise for eight months
twelve men, from 10 to 20 years OF age,
gained under this system an average OF
fhree-eiehts Of an inch in height, ten
pounds in weight. two and seven-eighths
inches in chest, three-fourths inch of fore
arm and one ard ree-iourths inches OF
upper arm.
Horseback riding is an excellent sxer-
else, too much fallen into disuse, and lawn
tennis is one Of the best and most graceful
Of all - Optsiag Srssnes Meas.