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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19

dreds Of years ago, but the boys dragged
him away before he could give vent to hia
feelings.
"Why didn't you let me larrup him." he
demanded, GROSSLY, as they slackened their
pace at the next block.
1--WE didn't want to finish up our holiday
in police COURT laughed VIII. 81 thought
you were going to swallow the poor old fel.
low whole, you looked so fierce at him.
The day was filled with comical expert
ences, but the evenings performance
capped the climax as Uncle Zeb and his
young companions took seats in theater
He scowled darkly at the orchestra, for
all music was merely noise to him, moro
or less annoying according to size and quail
ity, but the play absorbed him in an inter-
est which was as unaffected as it was
amusing to his young comrades.
The principal characters were an irate
father whose daughter had eloped with the
heavy villain of the play, who in due time
deserts her and her infant children. She
returns and pleads with the father to take
her back to his heart and home, but he OBJ
durately turns away his head and refuses to
listen.
The scene was pathetic one, the chill
dren in their childish beauty and innocence,
the almost frantic mother on her knees
pleading with the stern parent, who re-
CARDS her with averted eyes, and Uncle
Zeb looked on with kndling eyes and heav.
ing chest.
1t was all as real to him as if it were
Transporting in his own bachelor apartments
at home, and when the stern father Kissed
out in his stage voice: "Begone! The I'M
happy and disgraccful past can never be
forgotten. l never" Uncle Zeb arose,
his face working with mingled wrath and
grief as he began tearing off his cherished
swallow-tail coat. Take 'er backl Take
Ter back. say, you inhuman son of gun !"
he roared, "orTll come up there and smash
yer ugly mug inter the middle of next
week." Mrs. F. NJ. HOWARD.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19

time gentleman, and a decided contrast to
the miscellaneous boys in their natty holiday
suits. In fact, they were more properly
young men of eighteen or whereabouts, ex-
cept as we are accustomed to call our
young men boys until they attain their
majority.
Uncle Zeb was evidently very uneasy all
the way to the city, holding to the seat be-
fore him with an idea, probably, of steady
ing the train, and he was much relieved,
apparently, when once more on solid ground.
He was full of "reminiscences as they went
along; the place had grown wonderfully
since the incident of the inauguration, and
the old gentleman's cane was having a
busy time of it pointing Quito the boys GER
tain landmarks which he remembered.
Right over theirs whair the court us
ort tn be-"
"Oh! bless your life, Uncle Zeb, that's
been removed these ten years. You should
come oftener if you expect to keep track Of
Q growing city"
"Weu, here's the very shop wheer
bought my coat, 1 rum eff faint" He
stopped to examine the quality of the
coat-sleeve of gentlemanly dummy which
stood upon the outside of shop window.
A Jew, lying in wait, like the notorious
spider, for fly, darted out.
''Mine friend, I sells you Won goat very
sheep for cash. Come in, come in, und
shows you"
"Come along, Uncle Zeb, you don't want
to buy here" whispered Sam; she's .
Jew"
Uncle Zeb fired up at once. "a Jew.
buy no coat of you, you = you - He had
some indistinct notion of charging the
cringing, bowling old fellow with the crime
which his nation had been guilty of hun.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19
A French View of Amer can Microscope
Detectives.

M. PelIetan, the learned and impartial
editor of the Journal de Mlcrographie, TAX
ing as text the statement of DIR. Detmers,
professor veterinary medicine and surgery
of the Ohio State University, that "the
best German are in no way superior to the
best American objectives," declares the
same to be absolutely true, and adds that
heregarded the late r. B. Tolles, $50 I'M
happy in his all-too-short life, so long mis-
understood in his own country and ignored
in Europe" to have been the greatest OPP.
tician in the world. In the course of the
same article, DR.. Pelletan pays very high
compliment TO the last volume of proceed
ings of the American Society of Microscope
lists, finding it superb, not only in the me.
chanical execution printing, paper and en-
graving-but in the scientific quality of tho
papers. He is especially complimentary,
and justly so, in his notes on the papers OF
DR.. Kellicott and Prof Burrill.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.

1t takes a man. in the strongest
sense Of the word, to be farmer
Farm, Field and Stockman.
If you hire extra help for corn cut
ting and do not know their morals see
that the boys work with father"
Good boys are worth more than good
crops.
Seed wheat and seed corn should
be thoroughly dry and kept in dry
place. Seed corn that is thoroughly
dry seldom freezes unless exposed to
very severe cold,
-Scalloped Onions.-Boil and if
largo cut into quarters. Put into a
shallow dish, cover with white sauce
and buttered crumbs, and bake until
the onions are brown.
The many and various wants Of
fowls are synonymous with necessi-
ties, and no better word can be used
in expressing them, nor better mean
ing understood in supplying them.
Any one want left unsupplied will be
sure to be heard from unfavorably in
one way or another.
Yeast Waffles.-Two cups each of
sweet milk and -four. three tablespoon
fuls of yeast. two eggs, one tablespoon
full of melted butter, and one salt
spoonful OF salt. Set the sponge over
night. In the morning beat and stir
in the eggs and butter. and bake in
waffle irons. Household.
Sponge Biscuit for Dessert. Take
half pound of -four, three-quarters
of pound of sifted sugar. Beat the
white of six eggs. and add to them the
beaten yelks; flavor with lemon, then
add the sugar; mix well, add the flour
last; bake in patty pans, with sugar
sprinkled over the top to glaze while
cooking. Serve with a rich liquid
sauce.
The application Of potash salts to
fruit trees and vines seems to give bet
ter results than ashes. The question
to be considered in this connection is
whether the potash of the ashes first
forms salt with the acid of the soil
before being utilized by plants. The
potash salts usually give Immediate
results, which is not always the case
with ashes.
The Farm and Homo says when
farmers learn to look upon COW as d
wonderful and delicate piece of mech
anism. they may expect a revolution
in dairying. A manufacturer can not
feed shoddy into machine and get
broadcloth; no moro can dairymen
feed poor food or swill and get good
butter Never build silo near the
COW stable. The odor will faint the
milk by being breathed by the COW.
Fish Salad. - Cold boiled or
steamed fish Of any description may
be used for this. and after removing
the bones and breaking the meat fine
pour over it a little vinegar, pepper
and salt. Let the fish stand at least
an hour before adding an equal amount
of celery. Arrange in your salad bowl
upon bed of lettuce leaves and pour
over the whole liberal allowance Of
mayonnaise dressing. Good House.
keeping.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19

When a barber talks too much his
stories are generally illustrated viii
cuts. Boston Gazette.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19
CASH FOR CATS SKINS.
Eoor Pussy Assumes the Role of q
Fur-Bearlng Animal.


Fur Hearing Animal.
cash paid for cats skins" the sign
reau IN the window of Washington
iurrier, who astonished the newspaper
man oy telling him that there was al
ways good market for pussies' pelts.
rive cents apiece" he said, sis what
We pay Tor common skins, ten cents
ior maltese pure, and twenty-five cents
LOT black. Of course they must be in
gooo condition. Some male cats are so
gwen to back-fence warfare that their
nioes become considerably damaged.
Inc iur of the sleek and well-fed do
mesnc pussy is what we find most
aVaaable for our purposes. Street
GAYS are usually too ragged and coarse
haired to be useful"
and what are the purposes Of whic h
youspeak?"
The imitation of more expensive
iurs' chiefly. The French dye them
very skillfully, and in that way trans
form the humble tabby after death into
the regal ermine or other beast of rare
andeostly skin. The pure black and
maltese and the tortoise shell are not
DYED but made to serve in the natural
colos. Rugs of selected tortoise-shell
ara maltese are already becoming quite
pr&N bile, and the best ones are far
nor cheap. The only use made OF
catsp,lts in this country is in the
manufacture of carriage robes, but
vast nnbers of them are sent from
the lifted States to Europe, where
they as made into coats, hats, rugs,
dressig- gown Innings and other gar
ments.
"Tadermists, too. in other parts OF
the coutry are advertising for kittens
by thethousand for stutfing. In the
process they employ the skin is first
removd. leaving..only the scraped top OF
the skill within it. Both head and body
are TIM built up with pipe clay and
tow, apiece of wire being so adjusted
that oe end comes out through the
forehead and the other at the tip of the
tail. TO this four other wires running
down.he legs are fixed. The skin is
then swn up and the animal formed
into y desired position. The tinal
operation is putting in the eyes. Fast.
ened pon scrap OF red flannel in this
mannr, small black kitten makes 6
very retty pen-wiper."
'Bu where do all the skins come
from?'
May are brought in the city es
adjustments that advertise for then
by small boys who are glad to carr
pocket money by the comparatively
easy mthod of assassinating few un
fortunate cats; but the main supply is
contributed by professional fur col
lectSrs in different parts of the coun
try, wlo shoot them. The ravinC
woods Of New England are full of then
running wild. They breed wonderfully
fast unler such seemingly adverse con
ditions and can be popped off the fences
and walls with ease by an exper
,starksman. This is an idle season jus
now, and we are advertising for then
az carriage-robe material to make VI
for the fall trade. A tirstrate lap-robt
Of catskin is worth forty or fifty dol
lars. Yes, indeed, pussy is beginning
to be recognized as a fur-bearing ami
NAL, and instead of drowning the kit
tens, people will before long be propa
eating them for their pelts. Wash
ington Star.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19
Treatment of Patients Under Chlorosorn

treatment OF Patients Under Chloroform.
In France, when patient is under chic
reform, on the slightest symptom of appar-
emit failure of the heart, theyturn him near
ly upside down, that is, with his head down.
ward and his heels in the air. This, they
say, always restores him; aud such is their
faith in the efficacy of this method that he
operating tables in the Paris hospitals are
made so that in an instant they can be ele-
waited with one end In the air, so as to bring
the patient into position resembling IT, at
Of standing on his Notwithstanding Amer
lean.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19
GERMAN CAVE-OWELLERS.
Dwellings Hewr In the Rocks of the Hartz
Mountains.

Cave-dwellers in civilized Europe?
Itseems incredible; and yet, just above
the thriving village Of Langenstein, in
the Hartz Mountains, and forming
part of it, are about ten dwellings
hewn in the rocks. They are called
the Burg" or castle" and here
some forty persons have their home.
In the face Of the solid rock is to be
seen row OF regular-shaped doors and
windows, one door and one window
belonging to each dwelling. The most
ancient of these dwellings is the work
of u young married couple whose ex-
IRENE poverty gave them no other
choice than to seek a home in the
rugged mountain-side. Their work
must be held deserving of respect, for
it was no light task to pick away the
rock bit by bit, as one workman must,
with no tool but his picIl-aXe. Through
the doorway one enters d narrow,
straight hallway, at the right of which
another doorway leads into a good
sized room with window, the only
one in the dwelling. Opposite this
doorway, at the left of the entry, is a
shell-shaped hollow which serves as a
r.ssping- in which. however.
straw supplies the place of a bed. Back
of this. at the left. is a storeroom; OPP
posite it, adjoining the living or sit
ting room, is the kitchen. with fire.
place and chimney; and back of tho
kitchen is another sleeping-room. The
latter has no opening for light, yet, as
the house-door is usually open the
greater part of the year, there is light
enough to see by. The walls are of the
natural rock. and the apartments are
perfectly dry, and not bad y ventilated
with the door, window and chimney.
which create slight draft through
the dwelling at all times. The place
is warm in winter and cool in summer.
and the inmates are rosy and healthy.
Some OF the cave-dwellers have white
washed their houses. and made little
gardens outside. so that the exterior
does not display forbidding appear
ance. At any rate, these cave-dwellings
are quite as comfortable (and certainly
more sanitary habitat.ons than the Co.
lars of our cities which are leased to
wretched inmates, and are only caves
OF masonry. -Demorest's Monthly.
p
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19
UNCLE ZEB'S HOLIDAY.

SAY, Will, what shall
we dol Pops given
me a weeks holiday,
and it's such a rarity
l don't know what to
do with it."
"Go fishing" re-
sponded VIII War
ner, briefly.
Bother fishing. 1t
isn't ex It'll n g
enough"
Then let's 60
down to the city"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19

"A little thing that feels big in ;
tight place is = corn.-Troy Press
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1889-10-19
Didn't Know His Own son-in-1aw.

Ex-senator Camden, of West Virginia,
used to tell the following story upon him.
self. He was absent-minded, but not SO
much so as a certain Methodist Bishop who
used to forget his own name. Senator
Camden said: II was summoned from
Washington to my home in Parkersburg to
attend the wedding of my daughter to
Lieutenant Spellman, gentleman whom /
very highly esteemed. 1 had forgotten
about the wedding, and might not have gone
but for telegram which reminded me Of
it. After reaching Petersburg walked
down town and stood talking with polit-
ical friend when young man came along
and, referring to a recent excursion OF
mine, said: "What luck did you have as a
fisherman, SENATOR" I gave the evasive
reply: "Only tolerable," and the young man
passed on. Turning to my friend inquired
who that young man was, and he astounded
neby saying: "Thatis Lieutenant Spellman,
who is to marry your daughter" OF course
fastened to overtake him and apologize
tcr my abrupt manner towards him."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-07
Decoration Day at Antietam.

Memorial Day was appropriately
observed last Thursday at the Ma
tional Cemetery on the battlefield of
Antietam. Notwithstanding the
threatening condition of the weather,
there was large attendance.
The exercises were opened with
prayer by Rev. William G. Edwards.
Representative McComas then an
nounced that there would be no reg
ular speeches, but that some of the
gentlemen present would deliver five
minute talks. He then introduced
in succession Representative Butter
worth, Representative Bayne, Gen
Golf, ex-Representative Thomas, SUI
perintendent Porter, Ex-Governor
Gear Representative Hermann, Rep
resentative Reed, Mr.. b. H. Warner
and Representative Cheadle. The
speakers all made short and appro-
pirate addresses. The benediction
was pronounced by Rev. Almond
Stapleton.
Shortly after the speaking heavy
rain fell, dispensing the crowds and
interfering with a proposed drive
over the battlefield The distin-
guished guests were entertained at
dinner by Mr.. Chas. w. Adams. and
left for Washington the same after
noon.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-07
Z
Per Cent
Lower Than The Lowest.

Do you want to know how we doit?
We will tell you; We give you dis
count Of 4 per cent on all purchases
from us and will sell you goods at the
same prices you have to pay for them
elsewhere. This is not statement
without fact. We give each Gus
toner discount card which shows
every cent you spend with us, and al
low you to deduct per cent off Of the
bill Call and get one of our Bill
cards, and secure your goods cheaper
from us than anywhere else. Re-
member our motto, we.will not be UNI
dersold. Another one of our notices
is to give our friends satisfaction, if
we don't please you we do not ask you
to buy. Come and see our low fig
ureS on
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-07

if they had never been erected. Main
street. from end to end, is piled fifteen
to twenty feet high with debris, and
i'm some instances it is as high as the
roofs of the houses. This great mass
of wreckage fills the street from curb
to curb. and frequently has crushed
the buildings in and filed the space
of the remainder of the terrible calam-
ity.
During all this solemn Sunday
Johnstown has been drenched with
the tears of stricken mortals. and the
air is filed with sobs and signs that
come from breaking hearts. There
are scenes enacted here, every hour
and every minute that affect all be
holders profoundly. When homes
are thus torn asunder in an instant,
and the loved ones hurled from the
arius of loving and devoted mothers,
there is an element of sadness in the
tragedy that overwhelms every heart.
An utterly wretchedwoInan named
Mrs. Fem stood by a muddy pool OF
water trying to find some trace of a
once happy home. She was half
crazed with grief, and her eyes were
red and swollen. AS the writer step
ned TO her side, she raised her pale
and haggard face and remarked:
"Thev are all gone. Oh, God, be
merciful to them. My husband and
nv seven dear little children have
been swept down with the flood, and
| am left alone We were driven by
the awful flood into the garnet, but
the water followed Us there. Inch by
inch it kept rising until our heads
were crushing against the roof 1t
was death to remain. So | raised Il
window and one by one placed my
darlings on some driftwood, trusting
to the great Creator. As liberated
the last one, my sweet little boy, he
looked at me and said: Mamma, you
ALWAYS told me that the Lord would
care for me: will He look after me
now? | saw him drift away, with his
loving face turned toward me, and,
with a prayer on my lips for his de-
liverance, he passed from sight forev-
err. The next moment the roof crashed
in. and | floated outside, TO be rescued
fifteen hours later from the roof of a
house in Kernvile. If | could only
find one of my darlings | could bow
to the will of God, but they are all
gone. have lost everything on earth
now but my life, and | will return to
my old Virginia home and lay me
down for my last great sleep.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-07
LOCAL NEWS.
A Disastrous cycIone.

A Disastrous Cyclone.
A very disastrous cyclone passed
over a. portion of Jefferson and
Berkeley counties last Thursday
evening. The wind was very fierce
in this locality, but no serious results
came from it. The storm was worst
about Falling Waters, where a new
barn on thefarm owned by John III.
Criswell was blown down and James
E. Powell, the well-known pump
maker, andICharles vogel, known as
Dixie" who had taken shelter in the
barn, were Killed. Powell was caught
under the falling timber of the wagon
shed and was instantly killed,
nearly every bone in his body being
broken. Vogel was found along the
fence, near the barn. PowelPs
remains were Immediately taken to
his home in Martinsbnrg. He was
a Woodworking man, and leaves
wife and fourteen children. Vogel
fingered several hours. He was taken
to Martinsburg on the evening train.
He was placed on the cars and during
the trip sat up awhile. Arriving at
Martinsburg he was placed on
stretcher and carried into the depot,
when he sat up. pulled off his shoes
and again laid down, dying in few
minutes.
The frame barn and wagon shed
belonging to Mr.. Powell were blown
down and part of IL e roof was torn off.
The house of Mr.. Martin Boward
was blown down, and Mrs. Boward
and Miss Alice Bloom were painfully
injured. 1t is rumored that Mrs.
Boward has since died.
The roof of Mr.. Ebersole's house
was blown off, and Mr.. Alex. Hagin's
house, in the same vicinity, was
moved out of its position and his barn
was damaged.
1t is said that the destruction was
wrought by a small cloud that was
not over thirty feet in width. Its
approach was indicated by noise
that resembled the roar of train of
cars, and by some it was thought
special train Twas coming rapidly in
that direction. When it crossed the
river, the water was lifted to great
height, and trees, large and small,
were torn out by the roots and strip
ped of their foliage as though done
with an axe. Fences were scattered
and narrow path was hewn across
fields and through the woods.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-07
Shoes, Hats, Queens
ware.

They will astonish you. just re-
ceived new line of Glass and Queens
ware this week, with 4 per cent de-
duction on these goods you have them
cheaper than any one else will sell
you. We sell them as cheap as they
can be brought from our competitors
and allow you an additional 4 per
cent. We have the cheapest Cling
hams in town at Sc. We have the
Cheapest Challies in town at &c. Cal
icos 6, and the best SC. Ladies
jersey Vests at Doc. A full line of
Shirtings, cheap.
We are constantly adding to our
Grocery Department. All these
goods are fresh and marked down at
bottom prices, and at 4 per cent dis
count. Come early and secure your
bargains.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-07
Disarninn an Unseen Foe.

This was sometime paradox" as Ham
let says. Since, however, the people of
America and other lands have been enabled
TO pit Hostetter's Stomach BHters against
that unseen foe, malaria, II is no longer n
paradox but an easy possibility. Wherever
malaria evolves its misty venom TO poison
tatiou impregnates the water, there, In the
very stronghold OF miasma. is the auxiliary
potent to disarm the foe and assure efficient
protection Fever and ague. bilious remit
tent, dumb ague and ague cake, no matter
how tenacously they have fastened their
clutch on the system, are first forced TO relax
their grasp and eventually TO abandon 1t al
together. But IL is it's preventive force that
should chiefly recommend the Bitters to
persons dwelling in malaria-cursed local.
ties, for IL is a certain buckler OF defence
likewise, dyspepsia, rheumatism, kidney and
bilious ailments.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1889-06-07
Confederate Memorial Day.


Confederate Memorial Day was OBJ
served in Shepherdstown last Satur-
day, Notwithstanding the discourage
ing circumstances in connection with
it's observance The procession was
formed in front of the College and
marched to the cemetery, where me
mortal services were conducted by
Shepherdstown Camp of Confederate
veterans. Hon. WIN. l.. Wilson, of
Charlestown, delivered the address,
which was an eloquent and appropri-
ate one After the address the graves
of the dead were decorated with flow
ers. Music was furnished by the
Shepherdstown Band and the choir
of the NJ. +. Church South. As the
railroads were running no trains, and
several of the roads leading to town
were impossible, the attendance was
much smaller than usual, and the
flood at the Potomac engrossed the
attention Of many who would other
wise have attended. Messrs. Stuart
w. Walker, of Martinsburg, and W.
L. Chiffon, of Charleston, who were
to have delivered addresses, tele-
graphed that they were unable to be
present on account of the floods that
stopped all travel