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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24
Religious Affairs.

Religious Affairs.
At the Frederick Fair last week an
immense crowd of people witnessed
the marriage, on a stand In the
grounds, of Jacob Knode, a young
farm laborer. and Ella Grazer, the
daughter of a farmer of Frederick
county, the ceremony being perform
ed by Rev. DR.. Eshbaugh, of the Re-
formed Church. The Rev. JAS
Stephenson, rector of the Protestant
Episcopal Church, Linganore parish,
Frederick county, filed a protest
against "caricature Of one of the
most sacred institutions Of Christian
ty," and claimed that the directors OF
the agricultural society, who author
lied the proceeding, had not only hui
inflated all pious and goodly people
but had degraded the idea OF the
family and lowered the moral tone OF
the community. The protest was
however, not needed, and the we'd
ding ceremony was accompanied by
all the din and noise that could be
produced by twenty bands OF music
and the jests of the crowd.
The Synod of the Potomac, Reform
ed Church, in session at Hanover, Pa
adjourned on Monday to meet at
Cham bersburg, Pa, next October.
During the session Of Synod Rev. }.
c. Bowman, of Hanover, formerly pas
tor of the Reformed Church Of Shop
herdstown, was chosen as the pro-
fessor to fill the chair of the New Tes-
lament exegesis in the Theological
Seminary at Lancaster, for which an
endowment Of $4,000 has just been
raised. A committee was appointed
by Synod to confer in regard to the
erection of a new seminary building
at Lancaster. During the past year
$40, 900 more than in any previous year
was contributed for benevole mt pur-
poses.
October is missionary month in the
Lutheran and Southern Methodist
Sunday Schools, and the children are
busily engaged in gathering money
for the cause.
Rev. ID. NJ. Moser and Rev. Edward
l.. Folk, of this place, have been at
tending a Lutheran Conference at
Forestville, Va, this week.
The Sunday School of the Nj. f.
Church South will hold missionary
services Sunday evening at o'clock,
to which the public is invited. Good
music and short addresses.
There will be no services in the
Presbyterian Church on Sunday, as
the pastor, Rev. Charles Ghiselin, is
attending Synod at Stanton. Mr..
Ghiselin will go to Rockbridge coun-
ty for ten days after the Synod ad-
journs.
There will be services in the M. h.
Church South in Shepherdstown on
Sunday at IL a. H., and missionary
meeting at p. IN. Services at Mar
vim Chapel at 2.3O p. III.
Communion services in the Reform
ed church in Shepherdstown Sunday
morning at II o'clock. Preparatory
services Saturday afternoon at 2
o'clock.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24

Potomac Assembly No. 2Oi2, knights oi Ia:
Dor. meets every Monday night IN tire old
REGISTER office, over MIR. Martens ware
room.
Forest Grange No. ~. L. OF IA. viii mcrtFho
second SATURDAY IN each month al l.So y. M
aud the last SATURDAY al y. m.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24

CCHOOL sTATGONEnY.--A new line
- and new supply Of writing Papers Tab
lets, Exercise Books, Memorandum Books,
Blank Books and seratchers. Gail Bells. very
cheap. Inks, Pens. Pencils. Chalk Canyons,
blackboard brasers. Pencil Erssers. Drawing
Pens. Automatic Pencils with purple. blue
and red leads, Eoapstone Pencils, WDDdeD
Slate Pencils. &c, dc. Call at
McMURRAN's DRUG STORE.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24
BEACHILEY n co.

say IL would take ten years 60 retail their
s{j. 90 stock OF Dry Goods, Shoes, Groceries,
Carpets, &c, at cost and even at less than
cost. They Intend 10 reduce II very much
aud then sell IT TO parties To go on Win the
business again.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24
LADIES' JACKS Ts AVID CAPEs
J. II. BEACHLEY,
HAGERsTowN, MARYLAND.
Fall and Winter Goods.

Beachley & Co. have just unpacked their
Blankets, Heavy Dress Goods, Flnnnels, La
dies and Misses Goats. &c. Unless you BUY
now, you will pay more later
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24
LIFE Is MISERY

To thousands OF people who have the faint OF
scrofula I'm their blood. The agonies caused
10y the dreadful running sores and other man
itestations of this disease are beyond descrlp-
ton. There is no other remedy equal to
Hoods Sarsaparilla for scrofula. salt rheum
and every form of blood disease. IL Is reason
ably sure to benefit all who give IL fair
trial. BE sure to get Hoods.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24

The magnificent Leland Hotel, in
Syracuse, \. Y. was burned to the
ground one night last week, and
eight persons were burned to death
or killed by leaping' from the windows.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24

Christina Williams, n colored WON
an, cut her husbands head of in Bal
timore one highs last week with II
razor. She was jealous OF him.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24
For the Edifcaton of Parents.

Here is an essay written by one OF
the pupils of the Graded School. 1t
is not offered for publication because
OF its possessing any superior quail
ties in composition, but merely to
convey TO the public little girls idea
of the cause of the non-progress oil
many of our boys II our little chill
dren can notice the causes of our fail
ures, it is time our parents were do
ing the same.
GOING TO SCHOOL.
The object in going TO school Is to
get an education, TO improve our
mind, and TO learn those things which
we cannot learn elsewhere. Some
bows and girls behave very bad in
school. and some jhardly ever know
their lessons, because at night they
run around the streets and play, when
they ought 10 be at home studying.
1t is the parents fault as well as the
children's, because their parents ought
not allow them 10 run around at
night.
There are some scholars in school
who always know their lessons. Those
scholars are the right kind OF scholars
TO have in your school.
| like TO go TO school when | know
my lessons. but when | don't know
nv lessons | don't care much about
going. But | have 10 go. In the
summer time it is not very pleasant to
20 to school.
There are four rooms in our school.
| am in the highest room in the school:
| will now name the books that l
study: Maury's Manual Geography,
Holmes History Of the United States,
Spelling Book, Guide to Health, Ray :
Arithmetic, Harvey's English Gram
mar.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24
A HIGH GRADE
BID FOR BUSINESS.
AII-Around Satisfaction

To any man with judgment enough 10 ks
real good thing when he sees II. Come
aud get the best.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1890-10-24

| v.
gentlemen of the town gave Il splen-
did rendition OF the oratorio Queen
Esther to further the cause, and a
| handsome sum was realized.
A very enthusiastic Democratic
meeting was held at Sharpsburg last
Saturday night, when addresses We're
made by Gen. VIM. NJ. McKaig, Col.
Buchanan Schley, Mr.. Henry Win
CERT and Mr.. Adam CARTS. The speak
ers delivered their addresses from a
bower of flags aud flowers that had
been arranged by the ladies. The
Shepherdstown Band and about thir-
ty-five members of our Democratic
Club were present.
Miss Bessie Wood gave quite de-
lightful entertainment TO her friends
at her home, South Queen street, Mar
tinsburg, Monday evening Of last
week. Among those present were
Miss Nota Weaver, Miss Stacey of
Richmond, Miss Lizzie Leigh, Miss
Jennie Crane, Miss Eta Fraser of
Washington, Miss Edna Leaver, Misses
Fannie and Edna Trice, Miss Bette
Wiltshire, Messrs. Cecil Baker, Willie
Uhler of Alexandria, NJ. Capper, Lee
Fout, Harry Baker, Frank Eichel-
berger, S. Eichelberger and James
Strider.
The Financial Chronicle of Satur-
day had an Interesting article on the
present years cereal crops, which &C
counts very fully for the present
price of grain. The crop Of 1890. ac-
cording to the Chronicle, is phenom-
enally short, and but for the grain
left over from last year prices would
long ago have been way up" The
Weld of wheat in 1890 it places at 402
million bushels, against 400 million
bushels in 1889, falling off of So mil
lion bushels. OF oats the yield this
wear is $50 million bushels, against
751 million bushels last year, a falling
off of els million bushels. The
Weld of corn is estimated at 1888
million bushels against 2,112 mil
lion bushels in 1889, falling off of
Ala million bushels.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
Russian Military Discipline.

A German was boasting in the presence
of some Russians about the obedience
and discipline of the German army, cit
ing numerous instances from the war be-
tween France and Germany.
'Gentlemen," replied one of the Rus
SLAMS, "what you say about the discipline
in the German army amounts to nothing
at all when compared with what occurs
continually in the Russian army. But 1
will merely recite one instance of what
occurred at the beginning of the reign of
Gar Nicholas, when the discipline in the
Russian army was comparatively lax.
At that time, before the telegraph was
discovered, the Russians used signal sta
tions, which were few miles apart
The soldier made signal which was re-
peated by the soldier at the next station,
and thus the news was conveyed thous-
ands of miles.
''One day soldier at a station near st.
Petersburg did not see the signal in time,
and dreading the punishment that awaited
him for negligence, deliberately hanged
himself on the signal tower The soldier
at the next post mistook this for signal
so he deliberately but promptly hanged
himself also. In consequence of the dis
cipline which prevails in the Russian
army, next day it was discovered that all
the soldiers at the signal towers
from St. Petersburg to Warsaw had
hanged themselves on their signal towers.
OF course, a much stricter discipline pre-
walls at present, and"
"That will do" replied the German
81 give it up."- Texas Siftings.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
Gigantic Plants from Sumatra.

In the year 1873 the well-known Italian
botanist and explorer, Beccari, discov-
cred on the island of Sumatra, gigan-
tic plant belonging to the Arum family,
and which ottains height of about ten
feel there From seeds which Beccari
brought back to Europe, some young
specimens were raised in the Botanical
Garden at Florence, one of which was
sent to Eucla and was cultivated in
the celetiag.~ Botanical Garden at Kew
In the course of the year this exotic
reached q remarkable size, being nearly
six feet high.
On Suuatra, another gigantic plant
also grow the open flower of which
measures fully three feet in diameter.
These plants are parasites growing on
the roots Of wild vines in places where
the ground is enriched by elephant man
ure. When the buds break through the
wood of the vine roots they are no larger
than a walnut, giving no hint of the great
size of the future flower. Gradually, how
ever, these buds attain the appearance
and size of a head of white cabbage.
About this time the outer leaves, which
envelop the flower, turn back, and the
latter appears 1t has five large holes
which surround the middle cup-shaped
part. The Railie7ia described has not
been found outside of Sumatra.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
Curiosities in Birds Eggs.

Ii may be taken as general rule that
the eggs of most birds vary more or less
as regards size, shape and coloring. Gull
lemots' eggs vary in ground color from
grayish white to grass green. The eggs
of the red grouse, the rock and the
plover also vary TO great extent, both
in color and marking. 1t sometimes hap
pens that birds, whose eggs are usually
bright and artistically colored, will lay
pure white ones, and instances of this
in the case of the yellow hammer have
come under the notice of the writer.
House sparrows' eggs have likewise been
taken quite destitute of coloring; while
blackbirds' eggs have been found of a
blackish hue.
The white eggs are probably due to
maternal weakness, anxiety, fright or
other causes; while those of unusual
color may result from food-variety and
climatic influences. When, however,
only one aberrant egg is found in a nest
with several Others of the normal hue it
is not so easy to account for the irregu-
larity
Coupled with this variety in color and
marking there is frequently an abnormal
ity in shape and size. 1t is by no means
unusual to find thrushes' eggs quite des-
titute of spots, globular in form, and no
larger than marble; while others are
taken with all the marks and spots ag-
glomerated into blotch at the larger
end. But by far the most extraordinary
markings to be observed in birds eggs
are due, without doubt, to mimetism.
The writer has a guillemot's egg upon
which are depicted most faithfully, in
black and sepia, the numbers ten and
seven and the word Joe. These are by
no means hieroglyphics, but are as well
executed as many schoolboy's figures
and writing. Upon the same egg are also
to be seen rude sketches of heads of sew
eral grotesque fgures - Hardwicke's
Science Gossip.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
Hunting the Kangaroo.

When brought to bay, the kangaroo
jumps like flash for hunters chest
and tries to crush it in with his fore feet
To prevent this, each man wears across
his breast two or three inch thick mat
ting. Armed with spear, with club
attachment at the other end, they ride
upon swift horses into herd.
With the agility and equipoise of cir
Gus riders, they stand erect upon their
horses and use their spears and clubs.
The kangaroo is able to jump clear over
horse. AS the game is bagged it is
skinned, and the skin is stretched on the
ground and pegged down to prevent
shrinkage. The flesh furnishes meat for
the camp.
Each man places his private mark up
ON his booty, and when they have 100
skins apiece they return back to civiliza-
ton. There are twenty varieties of kan
garoos, among them the blue, red, Wal
laby, black, gray and forester, the latter
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
An Islands Treasure.

The schooner Laura has sailed from
San Francisco, Cal, with party which
expects to recover a treasure buried more
than thirty years on Cocoa Island, one of
the Galapagos group, off the South Amer
lean coast. Coin and jewels were buried
on the island, it is popularity believed,
by pirates, who plundered the monasteries
and churches of the Central American
coast.
The pirates were captured by cruiser,
and all were hanged except woman, who
is now Mrs. Welch. She has guided sew
eral parties to the island, but after months
of digging they found nothing Some of
the parties proposed hanging the woman,
but finally she was landed at her home in
Costa Rica.
Three men have gone crazy over the
treasure and were taken from the island
to California insane asylum. The
party that has just sailed is said to have
chart made by the Spanish woman,
and is confident of securing the long
buried wealth.-[New York Telegram.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
Gray-haired Young Men.

81 am struck by one fact" solilo-
quized Tom O'Neill, Mayer Cregiers pri-
vate secretary, in short talk with the
Saunterer. " And that is the number of
gray-haired young men to be seen on
the streets of Chicago. One may visit
any other large city in the country and
the gray-haired young man will be con
spicuous by his absence. But here in
Chicago they abound almost in droves.
To what do / attribute this2 Undoubt
edly to the great expenditure of nervous
force in the pursuit of commercial sue
cess. A man may soon become gray
haired in Chicago if he is in active bust
ness life. Worry is what kills, and
there is plenty of it in business life. 1
look at the subject philosophically. There
is such intense competition nowadays
that man ought to be satisfied if he
does reasonably well."-[Chicago Post.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
Had Not Been Introduced.


Dumas often laughed at English stiff
ness and reserve. One of his stories was
this:
"One day Victor Hugo and l were in
vited to dine with the Duke of Ducazes.
Among the guests were Lord and Lady
Palmerston-o course this happened be-
fore the February revolution. At mid
might tea was handed round. Victor
Hugo and were sitting side by side
chatting merrily. Lord and Lady Palmer
ston had arrived very late, and there had
consequently been no opportunity to in
troduce us before dinner. After dinner
it seems it was forgotten. English Gus
tom, consequently, did not allow us to
be addressed by the illustrious couple
All at once young Ducazes came up to us
and said:
"'My dear Dumas, Lord Palmerston
begs you will leave chair free between
you and Victor Hugo.
~ hastened to do as he wished. We
moved away from each other and placed
a chair between US. Thereupon Lord
Palmerston entered, holding the hand of
his wife, led her up to us, and invited
her to sit down ON the empty chair-all
this without saying a word.
"My lady, he said to his wife, what
time have your
"She looked at her watch and an
swered:
" 'Thirty-five past twelve
"Well, then, said the great minister,
remember well that this day at thirty
five minutes past twelve you were sitting
1.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
The Largest Stone Ever uu,n11eu.

No traveller to Egypt returns with
out words of praise and astonishment
for the ancient Egyptians as builders.
How they handled such enormous
blocks of stone has always been mys-
terry, and probably always will be.
But now it appears that we have sur
passed the Egyptians.
At Vinalhaven. Maine, there now
lies in a quarry the largest piece of
stone ever quarried anywhere, and if
erected it will be the highest largest
and heaviest single piece of stone
standing, or that ever stood, so far as
there is any record.
1t considerably exceeds in height any
of the Egyptian obelisks. The tallest
of these, which was brought from He'll
opolis to Alexandria by Emperor Con-
stantine, and subsequently taken to
Rome, where it now stands. is 105 feet
7 inches high. The Vinalhaven shaft
is l15 feet long, 10 feet square at the
base and weighs $50 tons.
This enormous monolith was quar-
ried "iust for fun," as the boys say, or
perhaps to show what the granite COM
pany could do when they tried; at any
rate, it was not quarried to order.
What splendid monument it will
make to somebody.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
He Drew the Line at Elephants Eggs.

Pat Maher, the wild Irishman of
Vine street hill, has long borne the
reputation Of being the champion egg
eater of this city, and boasts that he
once ate six dozen raw eggs, shells and
all, at one sitting. But the boys got
the best of Pat one evening recently.
As usual, they offered to give him all
the liquor he could drink if he would
swallow a certain number of eggs.
Eat dozen eggs, sh lis and all, in
our presence, and you can get drunk at
our expense" said the spokesman of
the FOUNDERS.
IVAN dozen hin eggsl" exclaimed
Pat, with contemptuous laugh. "Why,
that will be uothin' but lunch. Ho,
"We didn't say hen eggs. You are to
eat one dozen eggs of whatever kind are
furnished you"
"All roight, boys, I'm wild yez. Ohm
just as equal t. goose er turkey eggs uz
Oi am t the fruit O. tn hin. O'm ready,
lads. Trot out yer banket."
The "boys" did. They went over to
the bar and procured q monstrous os-
trich egg that had long ornamented
the sideboard. 1t was fully seven inch
es long and four inches in its smallest
diameter. The contents of the shell
had of course loag been removed, but
this fact was not apparent on casual
inspection. The egg was carefully
carried to the table by which sat Mr.
Maher, beaming and smiling over the
free drunk which was soon to be his.
Heres the first egg, Pat" said the
spokesman, quietly; "the walters vii
be along with the other eleven pres
emily"
Mr.. Maher gazed with bulging eyes
at the giant egg, then at the gang
each of whom preserved an impassive
face. Solemnly he pushed his chair
back from the table, buttoned his coat,
and fixed his battered plug firmly on
his head Then, with one reproachful
finger directed at the shell upon the
table, he said:
"Boys, it's not roight, it's not roight.
OF didn't ask that thin eggs be all hin
eggs. Oh would a'been satisfied wild
dook eggs or goose eggs-onything in
rason. But whin ye bring tn progeny
NV tn Elephant before me it is tonne
foor me to renounce me bargain wild ye.
OF wudn't eat wan O them illyphant
eggs if Oh cud."
Pat got no free liquor that evening.
-Cincin1laH Enquirer.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
Feline Psychology.

A London scientist has come to the
conclusion that the real sybarites in this
world are the cats. Puss has an oriental
philosophy of life. She is quite satisfied
that the world and everything in it were
made and exist solely for cats. This ap-
pears in all that well-bred cats do, in
every accent and tone of their voice.
Puss possesses herself with the air of a
proprietor of the best place and the best
food, expects to be waited ON indefatiga-
bly,, and regards her owners as her SER
wants. Chicago News.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
How to Ride a Long Distance.

Frank James, the former great Mis-
souri, outlaw, says of horseback riding. in
which he is very expert: 'Ihave no doubt
that the English seat is all right for park
purposes, but should you ever desire 60
put forty miles between yourself and a
given point before sun-up mex morning
you will find it best to push your feet
into the stirrups as far as they will go,
sit back into the saddle in snch a way
that your feet are braced against the stir
rups, which will be pushed forward, and
then let her go.n
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
A Costly Palace.

The largest and costliest private man
sion in the world is said to be that be-
longing to Lord Butte, called Mont
stuart" and situated near Rothesay, Eng
land. 1t covers nearly two acres, and is
built in Gothic style, the walls, turrets
and balconies being of stone. The i'm
mense tower in the center of the build
ing is 100 feet high, with balcony
around the top.
The halls are constructed entirely of
marble and alabaster, all the rooms are
finished in mahogany, rosewood and wal
nut; the fireplaces are all carved marbles
of antique designs.
The exact cost of this palace is not
known, but it has never been estimated
at less than so, 600, 900.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
Queer Bird.

In the London Geological Gardens is a
queer-looking bird which has been christ
ened the screamer, from its tremendous
lung power. 1t lives in friendly way
with few other birds in one of the com
partments of the Eastern Aviary, and
may be known by its gouty- looking legs.
These are full of air cavities. The
screamer can claim kindred with the
duck, stork and ostrich.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12
A Human Burglar Alarm.

A lady whose husband was the cham
pion snorer of the community in which
they resided confided to female friend
the following painful intelligence: "My
life has been one of unalloyed delight, /
have had the measles, the chickenpox,
the cholera, the typhoid fever and infiam.
matory rheumatism, but never knew
what real misfortune was until married
burglar alarm. "-[New York Mercury.
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12

furnishing the best leather, as it lives
mainly in wooded sections.
When the shipping ports are reached the
hunters dispose ofthe skins by auction to
the highest bidders, the skins being now
in constant demand. kangaroo hunters
make large profits. One man is known
to have cleared $4, 500, free of living ex-
penses,, in single year.-[New York
Journal
Freeland tribune. (Freeland, Pa.) 1888-1921, 1890-06-12

The annual catch of fish on the
European and North American coasts is
computed by German statistician to
amount to 150, 900 tons. A ton of fish
corresponds with twenty-five sheep in
weight and with twenty sheep in nonr-
ishing power. Therefore the total
European and North American catch
equals in number AZ, 600, 900 sheep and in
nourishing power 80, 600, 900.