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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-07
The Days Length.

At Stockholm, Sweden, il is 1si
hours in length.
At Spitzbergen the longest day Is
three and a half months.
At London, England and Bremen,
Prussia, the longest day has 16i
hours.
At Hamburg, in Germany, and
Dantzie. in Prussia, the longest day
has II hours.
At Wardbury, the longest day lasts
from May 81 to July q, without in
terruption.
At ST. Petersburg, Russia, and To
bolsk, Siberia, the longest day is 10
hours and the shortest hours.
At Tornea, Finland, June 81 brings
a day nearly % hours long and Christ
mas one less than three hours in
length.
At st. Louis the longest day Ii
somewhat less than IS hours, and al
Montreal, Canada, it is IS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-07

She QaughingIy)-Wby are you
looking so intently into my eyes 7
Are you looking for the motes He
(seriousIy)-No; for the beam. Then
she beamed
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-07

A AswaIlow-taIe-The story Of Jonah
and the whale.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-07
Overcoats and Clothing

For men, youths and boys, at half value.
S275 for Storm Overcoat, covered seam,
double thick breast, long cut, big collar,
weighs 81 pounds, worth So.
1915. $50. 9, 7, 9. 10 and Sl2 for Overcoats and
Suits for which the old plan stores will ask
you double.
Every article people wear-male and fe-
male-of the finest, medium and common
qualities-except ladies' hats-can be found
in our store at reduced prices-Knock down
prices on all winter goods.
UPDEGRAFF'S,
One Price Cash Store,
Hagerstown, Md.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-07

Papa, why do they always call a
railroad train a sheE'
Because it takes three or four men
to manage her, my son, and they
don't always succeed" replied Mr.
Dawdle, glaring toward his wife.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-07

w INDOW GLASS-Just received, q large
w stock of Window Glass ranging In sizes
from Sxl0 TO l5xi0, OF good quality and clear.
The larger sizes are double thick. Putty made
Of flinseed oil and whiting and zinc tacks fUr
glazing. At MCMURRAN'S.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-07
NKXTtDOOR 10 WAlSoN IOC0T'
", have just opened full line of
nrv Goods, Notions, Ladies
and Gents Furnishings,

D.. ogr stock is very large, and we keep
.,..,,., nut the best of goods, at prices such
.,u,v,r were known in Jefferson county
~. keep fine Pushes of all colors' Henrie'-
80 r,5,,s, Cloths, Cashmeres OF all klnds'
t.pnous. all colors and good quality.
Iar.c asso ment of Ginghains' ri"lneis'
yus,tn,. shirtings and Caiicoes' Flhe llne
-, .nav,s skirts, Corsets, Gloves hosiery
,.,..I Linen Goods, such as Table Cloths Nap
,..,,,aud Towels. Good Blankets cheap. BesI
T,,,r, and shelving OIL Cloth, and thousand
- articles TOO numerous TO mention. we
,',.,,.s mil line Of Mems and Boys Pants. IL
vii, nav YOU to visit our store and examine
,rc goods and prices.
PALMBAUM & BRO.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-02-07

The following is an extract from a
real composition written by small
school boy in New jersey. The subject
given by the teacher was the extern
siye one Of Man Here's what the
small boy wrote: Man IL q wonder
ful animal. He has eyes, ears, Douth.
His ears are mostly for catching cold
in and having the earache. The nose
il to get sniffies with. A mans body
is split half way up, and he walks on
the split ends"
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
He Wouldn't Lower His Art.

81 have had a good many experiences
in my time, New York barber said,
"and have done a good many things,
but when | got note from Fifth avenue
on paper with crest at the head of the
page, and was told to come around and
bring my finest shaving implements, /
felt | had a right to kick on finding that
they wanted me to shave a dog. In this
case it was one of those black French
poodles The letter was in a feminine
hand, and, being an unmarried man, I
had allowed a few ideas of carelessly
captivating an heiress to float through
my mind. That is why l waxed the
ends of my moustache before | went
around there. When | arrived the propo-
sition was that | should shave the hind
quarters of the dog, the same having al
ready been closely clipped. They offered
me So for the job, and the old maid who
had the thing in tow agreed to hold the
dog, but | refused to lower my art, and
came back to the shop. Just now l am
engaged in taking the wax out of my
moustache, and | will be ready for you
in about two minutes. y New York Sun.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
A Life Lost Through Red Tape.

Recently in Spain man was executed
for murder twenty-four hours after IA re-
prieve had been actually signed by the
queen and forwarded. Tie affair has
occasioncd so much excitement in Spain
that the government has drawn up Il bill
to give to a telegraph message, in such
cases, the force of a formal written
order. In this case the authorities
charged with the execution We're noti-
fled by telegraph that the reprieve had
been signed and then on its way, but
they insisted that they were rowcrless
to delay the execution in the absence OF
formal documents. : Frank Leslie's.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
HOW TO THIN orr.


Reduced Weight by starvation is Never
Permanent in results.
$50 many fat women write and ask
me what l would do if | were fat. In
the first place | wouldn't be fat | would
reduce, not by starvation, for | never
knew woman who starved off fifteen
pounds that she didn't take on thirty
but by dieting. There IS no royal road
to reduction. Dry hot baths, not Russia
baths, and vigorous massage rubbing
SO vigorous that your flesh shall fairly be
squeezed dry, proper exercise and the
use of plain, wholesome, nourishing food
and no water 1t is the water that you
want to get rid Of After the bath oil
and salt should be rubbed into the skin.
A thin person takes exactly the opposite
treatment. The Russian bath first, the
rubbing with nourishing oil, like cocoa
nut oil, especially on the lungs. Some
women suffer from NAL assimilation of
food and some from lazineSs. You must
study into your condition, into the chem
ical properties of different foods and their
effect upon the your bodies.
Scientific hygienic exercise must do
the rest Not simply walking. / don't
think much of walking Eas an exercise,
but exercise that develops abdominal
strength, for that is where women are
weakest. 50 many forlorn women come
to me with their hands on their promi-
nent abdomen, and say: What would
you do with thatF an. my answer al
ways is l would take off my corsets,
loosen my dress at the waist line, raise
my chest, and put that where it be-
longs. y Mrs. Jenness Miller.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
Grave of an African Queen.

Hester Cora Mitchell, as she was known
here after becoming the slave of ex-Gov-
ernor Mitchell, is buried in the cemetery
in this city. She was queen of some
African tribe, and came to this country
voluntarily, bringing with her all her
insignia of royalty-crown and robes
and jewels, etc. She was pleased with
this country and resolved to lay down
her robes of royalty and become slave,
as above stated Every Christmas until
her death she would appear before the
negroes in all the gorgeousness of her
queenly paraphernalia. After this exhi.
bition she would retire, lay aside her
queenly attire, and go into the kitchen
as humbly as any of the other servants Of
Governor Mitchell. When Hester Cora
died Governor Mitchell had her buried
in her regalia. - [Milledgeville (Ga.)
Chronicle.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
What Man is Made of.

DR.. Lancaster, London physician and
surgeon, recently analysed man and
gave the results to his class in chemistry.
The body operated upon weighed 1884,
pounds. The lecturer exhibited upon
the platform 23.1 pounds of carbon, 90
pounds of lime, 1913 ounces of phos-
phorus and about one ounce each of So
dunn, iron, potassium, magnesium and
silicon. Besides this solid residue Dr.
Lancaster estimated that there were
5,495 cubic feet of oxygen, weighing 121
pounds 104, 900 cubic feet of hydrogen,
weighing 1914 pounds ; and 81 cubic feet
of nitrogen in the mans body. All of
these elements combined in the follow
ing: One hundred and twenty-one
pounds of water, 1865 pounds gelatine,
132 pounds fat, 8.S pounds fbrin and al
bumen and ~ pounds of phosphate of
lime and other minerals. Louis
Republic.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

Whitley, the former chief of the United
States secret service, had most invalu-
able gift. lie was long-sighted, and
could accurately read a written letter at
Assistance of thirty feet, ] have recently
heard of a man who has cultivated an
equally valuable accomplishment He
can sit in room at some distance from
person writing at desk and tell by
the motion of the hand and pen what
the person is writing, Most any hotel
clerk of experience can read writing up
side down. This will explain the readi-
ness of the greeting you receive at the
hands of the hotel clerk, whom you have
never seen before, Il Exchange.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

Nobody seems to be above free tickets.
In the Fifth Avenue theater one of the
lower proscenium boxes is always either
empty or occupied by pale little old
lady and her guests The pale little old
lady is Mrs. Gilsey, whose husband, long
dead, and once a newsboy or something
of the sort, owned a large area of land
in the region of Broadway and Twenty
eighth street. Mrs. Gilsey herself lives
in great big house next door to the
theater and is the owner of the latter
and the ground it stands on. According
to the lease she is entitled to free en-
trance to one proscenium box at every
performance. and she exercises her rights
in this regard, often sitting patiently
through the dulest plays. In the same
way Judge Hilton retains free admission
to a box at Niblo's, once occupied in the
same way by A. T. Stewards family. In
this case, the box includes large room,
which is always vacant when not oocu-
pied by Hilton or his guests. i Pittsburg
Post,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
She DoRs a Fire Escape.

What funny creatures some girls are
heard the other day of ayoung woman
who lives in one of the SWEETEST parts of
Philadelphia, who calmly and deliber-
ately practices before looking glass
what she would do in case of fire. Her
robe de mutt is very charming con-
lection, and beside her bed is placed a
delightful gown of softest and thickest
wool, lined with quilted satin, with
pretty pair of high, fur-lined boots to
match. With these dainty garments
she has hood, also fur lined for perish
the thought, she wears curl-papers, and
must therefore shield her lovely head.
The operations of quickly hopping out
of her bed into her shoes, and at the
same time drawing on the wrapper and
hood is accomplished in an incredibly
short space of time, and then she rushes
frantically to the window and allows
her imagination to run riot in the way
of Kissing engines, frantic, rubber-in-
cased firemen, and excited crowds; after
this mental exercise she takes caramel
perhaps, gets out of her becoming fire.
escape and retires to her nest with the
proud consciousness of duty accomp-
lished = Time.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

Many of the cheap derby hats that
will be worn this season will be made Of
a new material of which the matters
have just got hold. The stuff is called
linters 1t is the short cotton left on the
seed after the cotton has been ginned by
the cotton raiser. He sells his cotton to
the merchant, and the seed to a mill that
makes cotton seed oil. The miller puts
the seed through another gin, especially
made to clean short cotton from the seed.
In oilmill of small capacity several
bales Of cotton are ginned from the seed
in this way. The fibre is broken and
very short, and up to a few months ago
the mills sold it to stuff bedding with.
Its price was about half that of average
cotton. The negroes in the South were
the buyers generally, but occasionally
the mills would get a good, big order
from concerns that made pillows and
mattresses. Suddenly somebody found
out that it could be made to initiate felt
for cheap hats. The experiment then of
making hats of linters was tried on a
lage scale this winter by New York
factory, and the hats were sold to retail
ers for introduction very cheaply.
The test showed that the hats stood
wear, and the oil-mills were at once
called on by manufacturers to make
contracts for all the linters they could
get off the cottonseed. Now linters has
gone away up in price, and is only few
cents a pound cheaper than cotton. The
discovery is likely to have lowering
effect upon the kind of derbies which
have sold for SO, and in fact some mer-
chants are already using the linters der
bies as leaders" for their other goods,
selling them at half the cost of the felt
hat
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

"They cut their food with their dag
gers, and they eat with ptchforks !"
cried the Mortified Japanese who first
saw Europeans eating in such barbaric
and revolving manner with knife and
fork.
Light-tingered, deft and initiative as
the japanese and Chinese are, it takes
them as long to learn the proper and
graceful use of the knife and fork as it
requires for us to master the evolutions
and etiquette Of the chopsticks.
1t is pretty sight, at the beginning of
a japanese or Chinese feast, to see the
host help his guests to sweets, as then is
displayed the best and most graceful
display of the chopsticks. One can take
a lesson, as the master of the feast
daintily lifts cakes or confections and
each guest. The Chinese chopsticks are
longer than the japanese, often metal
tipped and decorated, and are used again
and again. Mandarins carry their own
silver-tipped ivory chopsticks to feast,
wipe them clean, and carry them home
again when it is over. In the common
restaurants in Chinese cities the chop
sticks constitute a lottery for the pat
rons. All the sticks are kept together in
a deep, round box, and certain ones are
marked on the lower end with Chi
nese character OF number. The ones
who select those chopsticks from the
box are entitled to an extra dish or por
ton without charge. In the old city
of Tien-Tsin, particularly, one is halt
deafened when he passes restaurant by
the rafting of the boxes of chopsticks
and the shrill voices of the proprietors
screeching the merits of their establish.
ments at the top of their lungs.
In Japan, where exquisite neatness
and daintiness mark every part of house.
hold living, the same chopsticks are
used only once. At feast, or at an or.
binary tea-house, a long paper envelope
laid beside ones bowl contains pair OF
twelve-inch sticks no thicker than lead
pencils, whitfield from clean white pine
TO show that they have never been used
the two sticks are whitfield in one piece
and split apart only half their length
Eliza Ruhamah Scidmore, in st. Nicho.
las
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
Wedding Rings do not Change.

81 believe there is less change in we'd
ding rings than anything in the line of
goods we keep" said prominent Madi-
son Lane jeweler to me day or two ago.
81 have been in this business for about
half century, and the wedding ring is
about the same to-day, as when l served
my apprenticeship The marriage token
has hardly been improved upon, 1t is a
ring of pure virgin gold. 1t is softly
rounded, and if you hang it on piece
of string and strike it gently it will ring
out an indescriably soft and sweet sound.
Ladies nowadays wear numerous rings
which carry no significance, except, per-
haps, in some instances the possession Of
wealth. Twenty five years ago it was a
rarity to see woman wearing moro
than one ring on either hand, but now,
the more they can crowd on their dainty
digits the better they seem pleased; and,
what is more, while they are almost in
sanely mindful of the harmony in their
dress, they tumble diamonds, rubies,
pearls, garnets and the other precious
stones together in ridiculous confusion.
To display diamond properly, it should
be worn alone. Few seem to understand
this, If solitaire is pure, it is obvious
that if worn next to ruby, it will re-
fleet the hues of the latter, and thus its
value will be obscured. ~ New York
Star
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
Coal Mining Extraordinary.

Walter Calveoley, Of the Alliquippa
mines, Camden, mined ninety-two cars
of coal in the last eleven days, aggregat-
ing 2,310 bushels. The scale price of
three cents per bushel Melted him 500. 30
for eleven days work. Four cars Of
twenty FIVE bushels each is considered a
good days work. The output is an I'M
usual one Mr.. Calverley is young
Englishman, not weighing over 1856
pounds, and says that had he known that
there would have been so much fuss
made about his output, he certainly
could have made it 100 cars instead. The
Camden boys say they would like to
hear from the diggers up and down the
Monongahela River.-IPittsbprg Dis
patch.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
A FATEFUL LETTER.
Curious Significance of tho Letter IN"
to the NapOleons.

Curious Significance of the Letter "M'
to the Napoleons.
The first one who discovered Napol-
cons genius was Narboeuf in the col
lege Militaire The battle of Marengo was
the first won by General Bonaparte
upon this Melas yielded his palace in
Italy to him. Later, one of his best gen.
erals was Monitor, whose opposite Napol-
cons betrayer, was Moreau. Murat was
the first victim of his political strategy.
Maria Louisa shared the time of his
highest fortune ; Moscow became the
scene of his fall, and Metternich van
pushed him on the battle field of dip
lomacy. Six of his generals (Massena, Nor
tier, Marmont, Macdonald, Murat, and
Money!, and twehty-six division gem
erals had the initial IN" to their names
Marat, Duke of Bassano, was his truest
adhearent. Montalivet was his minister,
and his first chancellor was Monies
uuieu His last residence in France was
Malmaison. The captains name who
took him to st. Helena was Maitland,
and his companions there were Mon
tholon and his servant, Marchand.
The wife of Napoleon Ill was Mon
tito, and his most intimate friend was
Morny. The greatest triumph for him
and his army during the Crimean war
was the taking of Malekof and Malelon
The names Montebello and Magenta APP
pear in the foreground in Italian war
Later it is Mcmahon, who played one of
the most important roles during the
Franco German war, and who was ap-
pointed duke of Magenta by Napoleon
Then we come to the epoch when Napol-
con entered Maitland, and shortly after
drove the Austrians out of Mariana. His
greatest enemy was Mazzini. After the
battle of Solferino, on the Mincio, Napol
con closed the gates of Mantua. Then
followed the sad affair of Mexico and
Emperor Maximilian. In the year 1870
Metz was one of the aims of the French
operations. but being driven back over
the Moselle, the destiny of Napoleon
found fatal conclusion at Sedan on the
Moselle. Then followed the capitulation
of Metz, but all his disaster was brought
about by the wisdom of one of the great
est strategists of our time, and the Ger
man fatherland, Moltke. - From the
German.
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14
Fgyptian Book of the Dead.

The Egyptian Book of the Dead" or
funeral ritual contains, probably, the
oldest existing record of the faith of man
in the Immortality of the soul. Its chap
ters are found inscribed on mummy cases
or Written on rolls of papyrus within
them. The Book recounts the supposed
experience of the soul after death its
passage across the land of darkness into
the blessed fields, to it's final judgment
and final admission into the presence Of
its Father in "the eternal dwelling-place
of the cleansed spirit" The following
passage from one of these mummy cases
recently exhumed shows its expressed
declaration of future life: The osiris
(souD lives after death. Every god re-
ioices with life the osiris rejoices as the
god rejoice.
1t is supposed the "BoolS of the Dead"
originated with the Egyptians between
2, 900 and 5000 years before Christ A
mummy case from the great pyramid in
scribed 1,700 years before the time Of
Jesus has the following beautiful inscrip-
ton: 80 God, the protector of him who
cries to Thee, he is Thine let him have
no harm let him be as one of Thy fly.
ing servants. Thou art he, he is Thou.
Make is well for him in the land Of spir.
it's " Exchange
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

PATHS NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS. her beauty
recipe, has just been made public, and
for this, as well as many other useful
things, she has earned the worlds
thanks. Patti says: "Now be sure and
talks plenty Of exercise. Take it IN the
open air; take it alone and breathe with
the mouth closed. Keep regular hours
for work, meals, rest and recreation,
and never under any circumstances in
dulge in the fashionable habit of eating
late suppers. If you want to preserve
the beauty of face and the priceless
beauty of youth, keep well, keep clean,
keep erect and keep cool. - New York
Press,
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

THE BREATH OF SONG.

From the minister's organ loft,
Floating down the shadowed nave,
Comes a strain of music soft,
Falling as weary wave
Falls upon the beach of sand,
Murmurous and sweet and bland.
Bearing from the mighty sea
Messages of melody.
There. alone, the organis&
Let his listless fingers go
Lost In a melodious mist
DER the keyboard to and fro;
There, half dreaming, in the gloom
Sits the weaver at his loom,
Weaving with the threads of sound
Music-woof the warp.around.
All unconsciously he hides
trains familiar in his theme,
When a master spirit glides
Through the doorway Of his dream;
Mozart, Handel, Chopin, or
Harmony's great cOnjuror-
Rapt Beethoven each is part
OF the dreaming players heart
So the poet dreams, nor heeds
Who may listen, who may hear;
Following where fancy leads,
She alone to him is dear;
Omar, Keats, Theocrttus,
In his voice may speak to US
From the realm of ages dim
These are in the heart of him!
Poets in the fields of time,
Since the world began, have sown
" ide the precious seeds of rhyme,
And to us to-day are blown
Odors from the e poem fowers-
Seedlings of the later hours
Poisoning tue fields along,
Breathing the sweet breath of song.
-LFrank Dempster Sherman
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

Var over field, beyond the gradual rise
OF the green meadow, bosomed deep In
boughs
The little church lies folded IN browse
OF sound and scent beneath the pale Juno
skies.
Only its slender stceple greets my eyes,
Lifted towards heaven like the hearts whose
VOWS
Finds voice beneath it, the thick grove al
lows
No further vision save Of vague surmiSc,
And | beneath the naples by the brook,
Listening to hear the cuCkoo's falling note,
Or the wood-robin huting in the deli,
Forget the scene; forget my open book,
And bark no longer the sOft-tuned throat,
Hearing the distant music of n bell.
LI,hurlus II,.rnr.,- | -llIDra
Frostburg mining journal. [volume] (Frostburg, Md.) 1871-1913, 1890-06-14

A letter from Buffalo Bill, dated at
Milan, Italy. says that the skies have
been bright for the Wild Westerners
since reaching the land of the Caesars.
At Milan the show played to 1000 in
one day-something wonderful for Italy.
Col Cody says that he will soon astonish
the Viennese with his racket. After
which Berlin will be visited.
A Chicago man in repairing an old
sofa found, among other articles that had
slipped between the back and seat, TWEEN
ty-eight matches. This discovery is not
a very important one, but it points a
moral to housewives.