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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
WEST VIRGINIA ITEMS.

Grafton is to have new savings
bank.
The five-year-oldd daughter of Frank
Hagen accidently set fire to her clothes
in Piedmont few days ago and was
burned TO death.
tor A. b. White and Deputy Smith In
the U. S. District Court at Charleston
was dismissed last week.
A woman named Stansbury, living
on Spruce creek, Richie county. hav-
ing been tired of life, soaked II box OF
matches in hot water and drank the
poison. She was still living at last
accounts.
The people of Fairmont have voted
in favor of buying the State sinterest
i'm the Normal School building there
and thus receive an appropriation to
build fine new structure FOR u Nor
NAL School.
VIM. G.. Rife was killed near Raleigh
Court House Monday by log rolling
OH him. He was president of the
Farmers Alliance and chairman OF
| the Democratic executive committee
of Raleigh county. At one time he
represented that county in the Legis-
lature.
Among the exhibits Of coal for the
| Worlds Fair will be one both novel
and striking from West Virginia. 1t
will come from Logan county, and
will consist of cube Of cooking coal,
each face of which will be ten feet
square. Another cube of coal, each
| face feet square, and a cube OF can
mel coal each face feet square. All
these samples will be taken from one
point, and are taken from different
| strata in the same mountain.
Speaking of the will of the late
Judge g. ID, Camden, over which there
| is to be contest, a recent dispatch
from C!arksburg says: The document,
which was drawn during the testator' S
last illness, is said to abrogate an in
strument drawn several years ago by
which the estate was literally divided.
The new will gives only $500 each to
| his two daughters, grandson and
granddaughter and two stepsons-ln
all $4,000. Camden and Hof Sum
mers, his two grandsons, the former
his namesake and presumed favorite,
are not mentioned. The widow re-
ceives 100000 by antenuptial con
tract and the balance of the estate
after the $4,000 otherwise disposed of
is paid. The estate is estimated to
amount to upward of S1,OOO,OOO.
Nothing is left to charitable or educa-
tional institutions. Onaccount of the
real estate being coal, mineral and
gas lands the ultimate value Of the
estate cannot be estimated"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
Sold by Druggists, 75c.
Happy Hoosiers,

VIM. Timmons. Postmaster of Idavlle
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has done more
for me than all other medicines combined
for that bad feeling arising from Kidney and
Liver trouble" John Leslie, farmer and
stockman, of same place. says: Find Elec-
trio Bitters to be the best Kidney and Liver
medicine, made rue feel like new man." j.
w. Gardner, hardware merchant. same town
says: Electric Bitters is just the thing for q
man who Is all run down and don't care
whether he lives or dies; he found new
strength good appetite and felt Just like he
had new lease on life. Only soc. bottle
at any Drug Store.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

When you're languid and dull in the
spring of the year.
When stomach and liver are all out OF
gear,
When you're stupid at morn and fe-
verish at night,
And nothing gives relish and nothing
goes right, -,
Don't try any nostrum, elixir, or pill,
Golden Medical Discovery just fills
the bill.
The surest and best of all remedies
for all disorders of the liver, stomach
and blood, is DR.. Pierce's Golden Med
zeal Discovery.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

JUDGE L. G. HoUK, for twelve
years member OF Congress from Ten
nessee, died suddenly in Knoxville
on Tuesday. He was Republican of
the most pronounced sort, and was
impregnable in his district.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

THE last Congress-the Billion Con
Rress-created one thousand seven
hundred new Offices, and it will take
five millions year additional out Of
the Treasury to pay them. And the
people have got to foot the bill.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

JUST at this time it looks as though
the big guns among the preachers
were resolved to each have a creed Of
his own making. The Bible doesn't
seem to be good enough for them--it
means either too much or two little
for their own enlarged views.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

WHILE the new Peoples Party has
many good points, it also endorses
some very impracticable schemes.
The platform will have to be very
materially altered before sober
minded persons will put their trust in
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

ACCORDING to the Washington
Post, the recent school elections in
West Virginia have shown that the
Farmers Alliance is quite active and
growing rapidly. and that in most
cases it is drawing its strength from
the Republicans.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

IT is to be hoped that the third par
ty will escape the tornadoes this sea
son.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

MR.. BLAINE is able to walk once
more, but he is likely to be in poor
condition to run in 1892.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

THE great strike among the coke
workers in Pennsylvania is practical
ly over, and the strikers have not
gained single point for which they
fought. Both sides lost millions of
dollars, and nothing at all was gained.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

HON. WIN. l.. WILSON is in Indiana
this week doing missionary duty for
the Democracy. The Hoosiers are
getting some entertaining as well as
instructive tariff reform arguments.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

QUEEN VICTORIA is 70 years old.
The Prince of Wales thinks she is old
enough to resign and give him a
chance at the business of reigning.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

PRESIDENT HARRISON is using his
son as a stilletto to give Secretary
Blaine a stab now and then.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

THE cruiser Charleston has not yet
caught up with the Itata-though she
Is still a-sailing.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

AN Indiana man, DR.. Pagin, figures
it out that the end Of the world will
come in 2O62. This is giving us plenty
of time.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

A Boston man was arrested the
other day for kissing his wife at his
own front door. Who wants to live
In BostOnl
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

THE Rhode Island Legislature met
on Tuesday-which reminds us that
up in that State the Democrats elect
the officers and the Republicans fill
the Offices.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

TIKI third party starts out with a
grand hurrah. which creates suspi-
cion that it is not as solid as it might
be. The more noise, generally, the
less business
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

A PORTRAIT of ex-President Cleve-
land has just been placed in the
White House. In couple OF years
more he'll be there in the flesh.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

AND now they are laying cable to
Terra del Fuego. Just think of get
ting news from that benighted land
by electricity
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

It's hard work making tin-plate in
this country, but still harder making
the people believe the business is a
success.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

Mr.. TANNER, ex-Commissioner Of
Pensions, says 1.-The Pension Office
needs thorough overhaulinga and re-
organization" Tanner ought to
know
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

THE dynamite gunboat Vesuvius
was given a thorough trial last week
The result was a great failure, for
only one OF her missiles came within
a quarter Of mile of the target.
However, if only one Of those dyna-
mite shells would get in its work it
would be sufficient.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
LATEST NOVELTIES
IN
Mems Wear!
FOR SPRING OF 1891.
Ii is a mistake to wait until the hot
weather before ordering your
SPRING CLOTHING!
j. ID. SWARTX,
The Popular Merchant Tailor,


has received his full line of ELEGANT
Spring Woolens, which he will make
up promptly, upon most reasonable
terms. Whether you want complete
suit, perfect in fit and workmanship
or a pair Of Pantaloons that will bca
real delight, he can meet your wi'he
10 the letter in every respect His
stock is choice, large, and selected
with the EXTREMIST care. Price. are
the lowest, and the value given for
the money cannot be equaled any
where. Come early and make your
selections. Also a large line OF Gent
Furnishing Goods.
q WEST WASHINGTON 81,
HAGERSTOWN. MARYLAND
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

SENATOR CALL was reelected to the
United States by the Legislature Of
Florida on Tuesday after long and
bitter struggle in the Democratic eau
Gus. He deserved to be elected from
the first, as from the first he had a
majority Of the votes of his party.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

The Peoples Party ship has its
sails set to catch the breeze from all
points.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

THE Mckinley bill was to have
done great things for the farmers who
had wool to sell. The real truth Of
the matter is, however, that wool is
actually lower in price than it was
last year. The Mckinley bill is a
fraud and delusion, and the only
difference it makes in the farmers
condition is for the worse.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

"a stitch in time saves nine." and II you
take Hoods Sarsaparilla now 1t may save
months OF future possible sickness.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
THROUGH the Weary Hours

or many night, made doubly long by its
protracted agony, the rheumatic sufferer
losses to and fro on his sleepless couch, vain
Nv PRAYING for that rest which only comes by
fits and starts. His malady is one which or
binary medicines too often fail to relieve,
but there is an ample evidence to prove that
the efficient blood depurent, Hostetter S
stomach Bitters, affords the rheumatic re-
liable means of relief. Check the malady in
its incipient stages, when the first Fremont
tory twinges come on, with this agreeable
medicine, and avoid years oftorture. What
ever be the rationable OF the active influence
of the Bitters upon this malady, certain it is
that no evidence relating to its effect is more
direct and positive than that which relates
TO its action in cases of rheumatism. Like
all sterling remedies. however, ii deserves a
protracted systematic trial, and should lot
be abandoned because not at once remedial.
II is equally efiicacious in dyspepsia, indiges-
ton and kindred diseases.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
MARKED DOWN |

T'O prevent carrying any stock over ! have
L marked way down" some few remain
ing varieties of Peas. Bunch Beans and Corn
or Pole Beans still on hand.
First i'm the market, Scarlet. Red Speck led
Valentine, Golden, White and Black Wax
Bunch Beans. can be had for a mere song.
Corn or Pole Beans now on hand are the
Crease-Back or Fat Horse and the Southern
Prolihc-the first extremely early and pro-
life and the latter tile greatest b-arer have
ever seen. IL is not too late for these seeds.
The price. quality. and the fact that they are
fresh. are the inducements we offer.
Respectfully.
J. @. GIBSON.
Druggist.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

CORPORAL TANNER criticising Com
missioner Raum is an edifying specta-
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
MEN, 30 S and CHILDREN.
SPRING AND SUMMER SHIRTS!

ever brought TO this town. In fact every.
thing you need for your toilet can oe found
at the Boss Clothing Store.
With many thanks foryour kind patronage
In the past, solicit continuance of ms
same In the future. Remember the old stand
college square.
JACOB WINrERMuN
The Boss Clothing Man.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
.CLINCHERS.

Our stock of Straw Hats was Big
and Nobby this year, and we supplied
many person with the latest and
best; but the assortment is still in
good shape, and we can give you the
biggest value for the least money we
have ever offered in either Mems,
Bows or Children's. Other clinchers
are
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29
FOX DISTRICT SCHOOL rURPosEs.

The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad-Har-
per's Ferry District, ~ miles. Shepherds
town District "a miles. Cbarlestown District
II, miles Middleway District 1 miles. total
l2l4 miles.
The Winchester Potomac Railroad-Har-
pers Ferry District miles, Chariestown
District ~ miles, Kabletown District ~
miles, Middlewsy District, ~ miles, total 20
miles.
The shenandoah Valley Railroad-shep-
herdstOwn District, 81 miles. Charlestown
District, 81 miles. kabietown District 81
miles. total % miles.
FOR DISTRICT ROAD AND MUNICIPAL PUR-
POSES.
The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad-Harpers
Ferry District, 3 miles, Shepherdstown Dis
trict, ~ miles. Chariestown District. IA
miles, Middleway District miles. Harper's
Ferry Cooperation IL mile. Total 1914 miles.
TIE Winchester & Potomac Railroad-Har-
per- F~rry District: miles, Charlestown
District. ~ miles, Kabletown district, ~
nail. :. Mih1ieway District, Ia miles, Har-
pcT's Ferry Corporation. / mile, Charles;own
Corporation. y mile. Total % miles.
The Shenandoah Valley Railroad-Shep-
herdstown District, 81 miles, Charlestown
District. So miles, Kabletown District. 81
miles, Shepnerdstown Corporation y mile.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

THE officials Of the Interior De
partment who are still working on the
case Of young Raum, of the Pension
Office, are uncovering some very scan
dalous doings. Major Barker, chief
OF the record division, and a chuin OF
Raum's, has been bounced for
crookedness, and others Of the fast
set Of which he was the center will
have to 90, too.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

THE tranquil cityof Philadelphia is
in a great turmoil just now over the
discovery that the city treasurer,
John Bardsley, is short about half a
million dollars in his accounts. Mr..
Bardsley has been both unfortunate
and dishonest, and as a consequence
he is now under arrest aud at the
same time extremely ill from worry.
He placed the city's money in shaky
banks 80 as to mske for himself the
margins these concerns were willing
to pay for the use of the money. The
banks broke, the facts came out, and
Bardsley is ruined man and the city
heavy loser. Stockspeculation was
ut the bottom Of the trouble.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

GERARD ID. MOORE,
Clerk Of said Court.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1891-05-29

DARGAIN IN FISH HOOKS wishing TO
ID close out remnant OF Fishing Tackle,
will sell hooks, lines, tips, floats, &C.. at
great sacrifice. Cali at -
MCMURRAN'S DRUG STORE.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-24
The Ways Of .Camels.

Ifany other animal gives out 1T
is still possible to make it travel q
few miles by a judicious use of pa
tience and a club; but not SO with
camel. When he lies down he
will get up only when he feels like
doing so; you may drag at the
string which is fastened to the stick
through his nostrils till you tear it
out; he will only groan and spit.
1t was my first experience with CAM
els, and vowed that it should be
my last; for, taking them altogeth-
er, they are the most tiresome and
troublesome animals / have ever
seen, and are suited only to Asiat-
les, the most patient and long-suf-
fering of human beings.
Besides their infrmaties of tenn
per, resulting, I believe, from he
reditary dyspepsia, as evidenced by
such coated tongues, offensive
breaths, and gurgling stomachs as
| have seen with no other ,rumin-
ants, they are delicate in the 'ex-
treme. They can work only in the
winter months, for as soon as their
wool begins to fall, Samson like,
their strength abandons them.
They can travel only overs a coun-
try where there are no stones, for
the pads of their feet wear out, and
then they have to be patched, q
most troublesome ePeration. Ehe
camel is thrown and q piece @
leather stitched on over the de0t,
the stitches being taken through
the soft part of it. In this condi-
ton it may travel till the skin has
thickened again; or, what is more
likely, until it refuses to take =
step.-Century.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-24
KETCHUM ATURAs COUNTY, IDAHO SATURDAY. JANUARY o. 1891

penitentiary coal mines, which reach
far out beneath the swift flowing
tide of the muddy Missouri. The
mother is now a raving maniac.
Such is the story of a new-found
fortune. It is but fair to say that
many Atchison people, notably Sen
ator Ingalls,, believe the young man
guiltless of the crime of which he
was convicted. But surely among
the money which brought violent
death to a young girl, wrecked the
reason of a widowed mother, and
condemned a youth to spend his life
in'the darksome galleries of prison
coal mine, there must have been
some of the accursed pieces of silver
which Judas received, and which.
according to an old superstition,
have come down the ages, bringing
dire sorrow to all into whose hands
they fell.-Chicago Mail.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-24
Counterfeit Currency.

"More counterfeit money is in
actual circulation than people in
general believe remarked teller
in one of Chicago's leading banks
recently. "Of course, only the bet
ter class of counterfeits remain In
circulation, and even then do not
pass undetected long. The detec-
ton of a counterfeit bill, however,
does not retire it from circulation
by any means. A grocer, for in
stance, who finds a SIS counterfeit
bill in his money-drawer at night is
liable to argue that he cannot we'll
afford to lose the amount, and also
that a counterfeit which was good
enough to deceive him is good
enough to deceive some one else.
The next day some customer gets it
in change, and ten to one it is passed
through dozen hands before the
discovery is again made that it is
bogus. But its mission does not
end here. Perhaps the last holder
of the bill can tell who paid it to
him. If so the counterfeit starts to
retrace it's course, but it rarely goes
very far before it stops and the
whole scheme is worked over again.
We frequently have counterfeit
money offered for deposit. A mer:
chant may bring in several hum
dred dollars and among the bills is
single counterfeit. Of course it
is thrown out as soon as it is dis
covered. But where does itgo? Into
the hands of the man that brought
it in. Does he destroy it? Perhaps
if he is scrupulously honest man.
Chicago Mail.
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-24
: Confucius.

According to the Chinese, this
was the greatest man that ever lived,
but as the Chinese knowledge OF
great men has been strictly confined
to China for several thousand years,
it is apt to be prejudicial, though it
cannot be gainsaid that his writings,
such as have been translated into
English, entitle him to rank as a
fair sort of iourneyman philosopher.
Confucius' writing were all written
by himself, in that delicate running
hand peculiar to the Chinese pen
man, and as he neglected to dot his
is and cross his t's it was long
time before English scholars could
understand what he was driving at.
Confucius was married at the
age of nineteen, and that, no doubt,
influenced him in his choice of phi
losophy as trade. 1t is also said
that he studied music when he was
twelve years old-that is, Chinese
music. Those who have heard Chi
nese music agree that that alone
was sufficient to set him thinking
about being a philosopher the bal
ance of his life, even though he was
a heather. By keeping good office
hours and attending to business
Confucius became one of the Min
listers of the King of Loo; but the
King finding the precepts Of his
Minister to be too good for every
day use, permitted him to retire
from Office and take his head with
him. This was a mark of especial
favor, for it is the custom in China
when an officer of the Government
retires from Office for him to leave
his head as an evidence of good
faith. That this custom works adj
mirably is proven by the fact that
there has not been National Bank
failure in China for 1000 years. On
the occasion of the last failure the
bank officers heads were thrown in
with the assets. Subsequent bank
ers took the hint.
Some of Confucius' proverbs anc
maxims are very pertinent aQo
truthful, even at the present. A
literal translation of some of then
is as follows:
ga miss is as good as mile"
"There is sucker born every
minute" )"
"What are we here for but TO
the Offices"
''Fool and his money soon parted
"The hair Of the dog will cur
the bite"
Many other popular sayings ar
deservedly attributed to Confucius
The Ketchum keystone. [volume] (Ketchum, Idaho) 1885-1899, 1891-01-24
VOL. 10.
The Remainder of the Year.

I remember New Years morning hearing
dear old grandma say,
you'll be doing all the year just whai
you're doing New Years day"
When my face lit up with bushes at the
happiness in store
AS q certain handsome fellow tied his
horses at my door,
For he took me out a sleighing on that
happy New Year time.
And my heart kept beating faster than the
merry sleighbells' chime;
Then he tucked the furs in closer till
thought I'd have to scold,
When he, blushing, softly Il. uttered, Dear
| hope you are not cold. =
Then l said, Look here,
Don't you call me Dear
Or else you'll keep on calling the remainder
Of the year!"
You have seen the barren branches fresh
baptised with evening rain,
Decked with diamonds in the morning with
white velvet robes en- train;
Myriad crystal in the branches, dazzling
prisms in the snow,
Just the day of all the season nature most
delights in SNOW;
And it seemed this glorious morning, az
we rode out in the sleigh,
The Almighty had robbed heaven in the
making of the day.
Then he kissed me, as | happened to bt
gazing at the sky,
Saying, Nature wears her jewels when the
queen is riding by!"
Yes, he kissed me here,
Till had to interfere,
Or he'd have kept on kissing the remainder
of the year.
Have you never been so happy that you
felt your being thrill,
Longing for the power of Joshua to bid the
sun stand still,
Just to make the day eternal, lest before
another dawn,
In the dreary hours of slumber all your
happiness be gone?
Thus we rode meath arching branches
while the sleighbells' music rare
Echoed through that crystal palace Goo
had builded in the air,
When this Joshua the younger bade his
handsome horses stay
While he asked me If I'd wed and coaxeo
me not to answer nay.
AS he drew ME near
/ answered Eyes" for fear
The rascal would keep coaxing the remain
der of the year.
FRED EMERSON BROOKS.