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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
About Slate Pencils.

In the north western part OF tho town
of Castleton, Rutland county. W., Is
the only mandatory of slate prncils
i'm the United States. The slate rock,
as it comes from the quarry, i tir>t
sawed Into blocks MS wide NJ ;he slate
is long. These blocks are easily
s,lit into slab. "A little thicker than The
finished pencil, which il about i've six
te.uths of Nh inch. These blocks are
na>sel through planning machine an
ovar an emory belt. which makes Them
even and smooth. Next they are
pusned into the jaws of machine
called a .'cr0cocdile," which consists OF
q pair of steel plates. In the under Que
of which are six rows OF curved KNIVES
s,ch being set So a. TO cut II little deeper
than the preceding one. These pio"
out parallel grooves half way 'hr""t"
the slab which j. then turned aid lam
ora steel plate having ridges which
inst tit thesr grooves. This slide backs
uudcr the six rows Of teeth OF another
"..rocodile" which cuts the grooves on
the other side and leaves the squire
pencils side 10y side.
Tnry are then ronn led and p"'hteH
by holding them on an emory belt. an
one man can thus sharpen about SUN u
day.
This factory makes 10000 pencils
daily and employs twenty-five hands.
We might wonder where so many
pencils go, bit when we consider that
there are one or Two million school
boys AID girls, and many OF them
rather careless. and that slate pencils
are easily broken, we have no doubt
the factory will have its "hands fnlP' to
supply the demand.
The old way of making pencils was TO
saw them out square from the slab one
by one. They were then boxed ana
distributed among poor families, who
whitfield them round by hand for about
fifty cents u thousand.
Pencils are made from slate much
softer than the slate upon which they
are used. and very nice pencils are
made from sOapstone.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
To Be Buried Alive.

DIR. Tanner, the famous faster, has
a new scheme on hand, which, II car
ried out, Twill astonish the natives, "
so to speak. A writer, who was told
by a prominent mesmerist that Tan
ner did shis memorable fasting act
while hypnotized, called on the doctor
at his Chicago home last week to as
certain the truth of the statement
After a denial of the assertion, Dr.
Tanner told the writer of a scheme
which he proposed carrying out,
which is startling, to say the least.
In the course o. the conversation, he
said:
Il propose to SO discipline my body
and mind that can take upon my
self at volition a trance state and
while in the grave four weeks, then
be disinterred and, believe, resusci-
tated. Impossible? No! The East
Indian priests have successfully dem
onstrated flor centuries that it can be
done. The study / have given this
subject has revealed much to me.
Many of the secrets of this perform
ance have revealed themselves to me.
One of the principal acts is to throw
the tongue back into the gullet and
cause change of the circulation OF
the blood, so that it resumes the con-
ditions of the prenatal state. In that
state there is no respiration; the oody
thus becomes air-tight; it is as If her
medically sealed and the valves OF the
heart are changed to condition siih-
liar to the position occupied in the
unborn child. This is but one OF the
secrets | have learned; but to ascer-
tain them l have studied every book
upon the subject, although none con-
tanned many rays of light. l have
killed scores of raccoons, o'possulns,
bears and other alternating animals
when in their winters sleep, and dis
sected them to learn the changes OF
the organs while in this lethargic
state For years | have dieted TO gain
all the strength possible for this great
achievement. ain now prepared to
say that but a comparatively snort
time will elapse before will announce
that | am ready for the undertaking
This | will do in the interest OF
science, and to protect those subject
to catalepsy from the terrible fate OF
being buried alive. William Crane,
of Illiopolis, ILL.,, narrowly escaped
such fate but a few days ago, and
DR.. Jockett, still a practicing physlc-
ian at Elgin, had many narrow es-
capes during the IA days he was APP
parently dead. There is not doctor
alive who can tell whether one is dead
or in a trance until decomposition be-
comes pronounced. Certificates OF
death are constantly given for persons
who regain their natural powers be-
fore the ink of the physician sigma
ture is dry. That hundreds are placed
in the grave while yet alive each year
no one can doubt.
THE mental suffering one under
goes while in the state of catalepsy
cannot be described The body Is in
active, but the activity of the brain
increases many fold. There is full
realization of the condition, yet not
the power to raise IL finger or to speak.
Realizing that every one believes
death has come, the brain evolves its
terrible thoughts on living inhuma-
ton. This is the opiate age of medi-
cation and burial alive one of its at
tendant evils"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
cHAsTENED.

How softly tread the spectres OF our sorrow
About our sunniest way
How gently rests The shadows of tomorrow
Upon our path to-day!
Beneath the laugh of pleasures svanescent
The heart remembers pain,
And catches from the hillto p or the present
The sound of coming rain.
Yet not the skies In which no clouds are drift
ing
Reveal the beauty rare
ofthose whose yelled smiles are ever shifting
Their half-llghts everywhere.
We tprn unblessed from faces fresh with
beauty,
Unsettled yet by fears,
To those whose lines are chased by pain and
duty,
And know the touch of tears.
The heart whose chords the gentle hand OF
sadness,
Now touched in minor strain,
Is filled with gracious joys and knows glad
ness
All others seek in vain.
How poor life. whore pathos tells no story,
Whose pathway reach no shrine,
Which free from suffering. misses. too, the
glory
Ofsympathies divine (!
some day our souls may face the sun uncloud-
And bear It's wonders near;
lis well awhile 10 gaze on visions shronded
In earthly atmosphere.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
A Canning Factory.

A number of cities over the country
are establishing canning factories,
and in each instance, the result has
been profitable. Why should not
Shepherdstown turn its attention in
this direction? This is one of the en-
terprises, for which we are well
vautages necessary to success. We
adapted, possessing all the natural adj
give below some facts and figures on
tomatoes, taken from the Fulton Co.,
KY, Boomerang, which appear to be
correct. The outlay is small, but the
amount of good that would be done
for this town and neighborhood by
the establishment of a canning facto-
nv would be in the distribution of
ready cash among our people who
would be employed in the enterprise.
Get your slate and pencil: Seven
thousand cans of tomatoes divided by
12 is 5S34 dozen-sold at 81 dozen
brings $585.33 a day. The average
cost of putting up pound cans of to-
matoes is 20 cts. per dozen. If sold at
one dollar per dozen there is clear
profit of 30 cents above all expenses
on every dozen. Five hundred and
eighty-three and third multiplied
by 80 equals S175 day, clear. A can
ming plant that will put up 1000 cans
aday will cost $500, set up complete,
with the latest improved machinery,
and guaranteed to put up goods sec
ond to none in America. One hun
dred and seventy-tive per day for 80
days is $l5, $50, on an investment of
$500, with the building added. AL
lowing 81, 500 for the building and you
have $4,000. S15, $50 less 50, 900 equals
$4,000 for dividend for the company
in ninety days and your factory and
building paid for. a factory of 1908
capacity will employ 200 women and
girls, besides other help. Three hun
dred bushels per acre of tomatoes at
25 cents per bushel is SO per acre for
the farmer. At Republic, Missouri,
last season tomatoes averaged 500 to
700 bushels per acre; evergreen sweet
corn yielding five tons to the acre sold
at the factory at 81 per ton, or $50
per acre; with marrowfat peas, 100
bushels to the acre, brought so cents
per bushel or $50 per acre. The de-
mand for canned goods is increasing
faster than the supply. Baltimore
has so canning factories and employs
$4,000 operatives. A big lot of their
goods go to Europe and South Amer
lea. 1t is surprising how England,
France and Russia are coming to
America for canned goods"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
English as She is Spoke.

The murderers have discovered
some astonishingly vulnerable parts
of the anatomy of late. From pa
per this morning we learn that a
Georgia colonel was shot in the
ticket Office" the other day a man
was fatally shot through his door, "
and not long ago another received a
fatal wound lin his window" -Neto
York CONNIE, cial Advertiser.
He was shot in the suburbs. Chicago
Daily NeTs.
He kissed her passionately upon
her temperance Jefferson Souuenir.
She whipped him upon his return
Haiokeye.
He kissed her back.-Constitmion.
Mr.. Jones walked in upon her
invitation. Electric Light.
She seated herself upon his en-
tering. -Albia Democrat.
We thought she sat down on her
being asked.-Saturddy Gossip.
She tainted upon his departure
LINN Union
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
loads and Snakes.

loads i'm the presence of snakes usu-
allv remain perfectly still; In this Is
their only safety, fer did they make
the least movement they woulc im
mediately be caught have known
a hungry snake lie in waiting over an
hour for frog TO move, and even push
with the nose TO stir him up. This has
been called "snake charming" and in
deed it looks like it, but the toad Is the
charmer, the snake the charmee.
remember one day dropped toad
in the midst of pit of snakes had In
my back yard. He at once became
perfectly still, though surrounded by
more than a dozen hungry snakes.
There was circle of fierce heads and
glaring eyes around him. but he would
not move. The circle narrowed, until
the protru'ling tongues almost touched
him, yet he was immovable. Just then
was called away for over half all hour,
bur on returning found the toad, in
grave dignity, still holding the fort by
most mastery inactivity.
The senses of seeing, hearing aud
smelling are very defective in carriers;
they can see but few yards at most,
and even at short distance of but few
inches they are often at fault.
A snake was seen pursuing frog In
a saw mill yard. The sawdust and
open space were greatly in favor of the
snake ami against the frog. The frog
made long jumps and the snake made
direct line To the spot where he alight-
ed, but before reaching it the frog had
again jumped in another direction, and
so the hunt went on for about half Il
minute; the snake quite unable To trace
the frog in his aerini progress, was dl-
rected only by the disturbance made in
alighting.
AT last the frog, more by accident
than design, alighted on the fiat sur
face of rough board, which stood Lean
ing against pile of lumber at an angle
of about so dogs, and sat perfectly still
about ten inches from the ground.
The snake was quite puzzled; he looked,
listened, shifted aud poked about for
several minutes. passing close 10 the
end of the board several times, but the
hunt was an utter failure, and he SUNK
away toward tie EASTWOOD, very
mad and Disguised specimen.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
The Little High Chair.

There was an auction at one Of the
down town auction houses recently.
A pale, sad-faced woman, in plain
calico grown, stood in a crowd. The
loud voiced auctioneer finally came
to lot Of plain and somewhat worn
lot of furniture. 1t had belonged to
the pale woman and was being sold
to satisfy the mortgage on it. One
by one the articles were sold, the old
burea to one, the easy rocker to an
other, and the bedstead to a third
Finally, the auctioneer hauled out
child's high chair. 1t was old and
ricksty, and as the auctioneer held
it up everybody laughed-every-
body except the pale-faced woman.
A tear trickled down her cheek. The
auctioneer saw it and somehow a
lump seemed to come up in his throat,
and his gruff voice grew soft. He re-
membered little high chair at home
and how it once filled his life with
sunshine. 1t was empty now. The
baby laugh, the two little hands that
were once held out to greet papa
from that high chair, are gone for
ever. He saw the palefaced woman's
piteous look and knew what it meant;
knew that in her eye the little rickety
high chair was more precious than if
it had been made of gold and studded
with diamonds. In imagination he
could see the little dimpled cherub
which it once held; could see the
chubby little fist grasping the tin rat
tie box and pounding the chair full
of hicks; could see the little feet
which had rubbed the paint off of the
legs; could hear the growing and laugh
ing in glee-and now the little high
chair was empty. He knew there
was an aching void in the palefaced
woman's heart; there was in his own.
Somehow the days may come and go,
but you may never get over it. There
is no one to dress in the morning, no
one to put to bed at night. Don't
laugh ~ said the auctioneer sofly, as
somebody facetiously offered ten
cents; many of you may have empty
high chairs at home which money
would not tempt you to part with.
Then he handed the clerk a bill out
of his pocket, and remarked: Sold
to the lady over there" and as the
pale-faced woman walked out with
the little high chair clasped in her
arms and tears streaming down her
cheeks, the crowd stood back respect
fully, and there was suspicious
moisture in the eyes of the man who
had bid ten cents.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

Z. c. Beardsley, well-known oil
and gas expert, of Pittsburg, Pa, was
recently delegated by capitalists to
visit Utah with view to ascertain
ing what truth there was in the re-
port that great fields of asphaltum
containing hundreds OF thousands OF
TONS were to be found in that region.
Mr.. Beardsley has just returned, and
in speaking of his visit said: Seven
hundred thousand tons of asphalt
seems like large amount, yet Held
near Vernial Utah, contains fully
that quantity. The asphalt was for
merly crude petroleum which escaped
from natural openings in the ground
flowed into the plain where it now
lies and there dried. The field Is To-
Gated some little distance from rail-
road, but line is being rapidly bullt
the Colorado and Midland-which
will tap it. Asphalt is worth S2o d
ton. Ex-senator Tabor, of Colorado,
is interested in the company about TO
develop the field, and the capital Is
81 100000.
In Wyoming, near Fort Washita, Is
another big asphalt field. Timothy
Mullen, of Pittsburg, is interested In
the oil-producing fields in this dis
trict. There is actually petroleum
lake in that region. l was there and
saw it. Mullen and George Grail,
two Pennsylvanians, discovered
number of oil springs on Poison Spider
Creek. They turned the course OF
the stream and formed large natur-
al oil tank out of what had once been
the bed of Poison Spider Creek.
They then turned the oil into this
basin, and as it has been flowing at
fair rate for many months, lake OF
petroleum has been formed. They
have thousands of barrels of the fluid
waiting for the railroad to come and
haul it to the ocean. The long-ex-
pected railroad may reach that local
ity this summer"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

Mrs. Chas. Casperdone, living near
Mandan, Oak, heard noise i'll her
hen-house the other night. Her nus
was away, having gone to Mandan to
spend the night, so she seized an axe
and hurried out, very scantily dressed.
When she opened the door of the
hen-house a wildcat jumped at her
and tore her left arm savagely. Push
ing it off, she struck it on the head
and knocked it lifeless. At that IN
slant another cat sprang at her,
grabbed her leg, bit it severely and
then ran off. But there was still a
third wildcat, and this one attacked
her and nearly stripped her clothing
off before she could get in fatal
blow. The cats thus disposed of, Mrs.
Gasperdon tainted, and was carried
into the house by neighbor who
had been summoned by one of her
little boys. She was so severely Dit
ten and clawed that she had to stay
in bed several days.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

The Westinghouse Air Brake Com
pany is about to build Pennsylvania
town on the model Of Pullman near
Chicago. The site is Wilmerding ON
the line of the Pennsylva mia Railroad
near Pittsburg. Six hundred acres
have been purchased, on thirty OF
which the air brake mandatory is
i'm course Of erection. The balance of
the land is to be divided into forty
two plats, containing 742 lots, upon
which dwellings will be erected for
the 1900 workmen in the employ of
the company. One million dollars
will be expended on the mandatory
proper and not less than $4,000, 900 in
building and identifying the minia-
ture city Natural gas will be used
for light and fuel and water will be
supplied from the Monongahela river.
Two hundred houses are already in
course of erection.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

One of the most remarkable engl-
neering feats is reported to have been
achieving in China in the face of ex-
traordinary physical difficulties, name
ly, the successful stretching of steel
wire cable of seven strands across the
river Human, this feat having been
accomplished by the Danish engi-
neer, Delinde, assisted only by I'M
skilled native labor. The cable ex-
tends between two points of a dis
ance of 4, 700 feet apart, the height of
the first support being about 47O feet
above the present level Of the river
and the second about TAO feet. The
cable in question is said to be the
longest in the world, with a single ex-
ception-namely, the cable across the
Kistnah, measuring some 500 feet.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

John Wingfeld, of Washington,
Ga, has two-headed water mecca
sln He captured the snake last sum-
mer, near a wash-hole. The reptile
is ten inches long, and as large around
as pen staff. The snake has two
distinct heads, two mouths and four
eyes. When stirred up at the wash
hole one head started for a boy, but
the other moved to reconsider, and
went back after another boy. After
short scrimmage the snake was
captured and given a dose of alcohol.
He is now in bottle of alcohol, upon
which he subsists altogether.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
Read every page OF
this paper.

The season for rope jumping is at
hanG. and as little girls are very fond OF
that kind of recreatiug and are apt to
indulge in il TO excess, parents should
make it 10 point TO restrain them.
Jumping the rope in moderation sho1ld
be encouraged. but all excuses, being
hurtful to the limbs Of The jumper,
should be peremptoriIy forbidden. In
these competitive days, when oarsmen,
msrksnen. pedestrians. pugilisis and
the other athletes convert everything
into contests, i; is not surprising that
little girls will endeay"r TO test their
powers OF endurance at rope jumping,
and IL is from such innocent contests
that the damage results.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

Mrs. Nancy Clark Marshall Wrinkle
Smith Frisbee McGregor Rawlins Is
the full name of rich and somewhat
masculine woman, who has lately
reached the extreme scriptural limit
of marrying chronicled of her sex by
taking unto herself her seventh nus
band. She went to San Francisco
over the plains i'll 1849, and the I'M
certainties OF border life have ena-
bled her to crafty her taste for mari
tai change without resort to divorce.
Every one of husbands was dead be-
fore another took his place. One was
lost in a mountain snow-storm, an
other was killed by Indians, and a
bucking horse assisted another out OF
the world. Husband No. is twenty
eight years old. He was raised by the
much. widowed woman, and calls her
Mamma. n-Harper's Weekly.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

The following is the time OF trains stopping
at Shenandoah Junction:
EAsT-BoUND.
No. 4.-Cincinnatti and Wheeling Express
4.2l a. m.
No. s.-Chicago. Wheeling and Pittsburg Ex-
press. 6.3l a. m.
No. liS-Martinsburg and Harper's Ferry ac-
commodation, 6S5 n. m.
Nc. B6-Baltmore and Piedmont accommo-
dalton, 1882 a. m.
No. 2-Ciuciuuatti Limited 1910 p. m.
No. SS.-Grafton accommodation and Pitts
burg. Washington and Baltimore
Express, 502 p. IN.
No. s6.-Chicago aud Pittsburg Limited. 1.is
p. IN.
.stops ONLY to let of passengers holding
tickets from Cumberland and other points
west.
wEsT-BoUSD.
No. 6S.-Baltimore and Keyser accommoda-
ton, 7.2l n. IN.
No. 65.-Baltimore and Grafton accommoda-
ton l2.lS p. IN.
No. l.-Cincinnatti Limited, 40 p. IN.
No li7-Harper's Ferry and Martinsburg ac-
commodation, sos p. IN.
No. 3-Cincinnatti and Wheeling Express
l0i n. m.
For Information, tickets &c, call on j. =.
FLEMING Shepherdstown, Agent for u. NO
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

James Clark, negro hoy of Albany
Ga, is one of the wonders of the place,
because, though never having been
taught, he is well educated, a good
mathematician. and writes pretty
hand" He buys many books, and
says that when he studies text book
and tries to master a lesson he can't
understand anything about it; but at
night in his dreams the entire lesson
is impressed upon his mind, and he
never forgets it. He is described as
being exceedingly absent minded
and Tightly in his manner, and his far
away look gives him the appearance
of one who has visions"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
j. S. FLEMING, Agent
The Jefferson County 0lulaiI
FIRE INSURANCE coggAy!,
ESTABLISHED ls5s.-


OFFERS To the people Of Jefferson lpl,y
" Insurance Ia a safe company Al igN
cost OF Insurance, which Ii much ogi,f
than the rates usually charged. aho b'slsF
money at home. Good risks from fe'P''
BILE parties are invited. -.
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port, Jas. Garland Hurst, John v. h,si.
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T.. Chew, =. W. Washington. . al.
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ley: KearneysyiIle. J. q. Bltner; bhfs
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Fleming; Du1ields, q. l.. Barnhahi ''
town, Washington * Alexander. 90,
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pany's Office, Gibson Building' O"''F'
yard, In CharlestowD. .,,vy .,.t
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12
Jefferson Savings
Bank is an old and re-
liable institution that
rttends to fnrncial af-
fairs i'm it's line.

Tramp Ito partner>-'Did the old
man give up anything, Billy'' Part
ner--'Naw. Tramp-'sWhat did
you say to himy' Partner-"I asked
him if he could help a poor man who
was out of work, and he said he could
give ME some work. Times seem TO
be gettin' wus every day"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

what if were one of those hus-
bands, my dear, who got up cross in
the morning and bang things around
and kick every thing just because the
coffee is coldg' John" responded his
wife, Il would make it hot for you"
AS her words admitted Of more than
one Interpretation, John said nothing
more about the coffee.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-04-12

Many years ago old Henry Merton
sent his two sons 10 New Orleans with
u boat load OF corn. On arriving they
found The corn market duil, and to- aid
to that misfortune one OF the boys dird.
The surviving brother wrote home
thus:
DEAR DAD: Bizni,> dull. corn's
mighty low aud Bill, cad. Yours,
JOHN"