Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1892-12-23
MISCELLANEOUS.

a Dakota prairie the other day. He
had told friend he was taking home
some Indian war paint as Sioux
veneer.-Crypt.
eve went bang into the iceberg and
slid off to one side. The ship fairly
shivered" ''That was natural think
I'd SILVER so close to an iceberg. "-Har-
per's Bazaar.
in Wall Street.-"All is lost, save
honor" groaned the lamb, feeced in
Wall street. Sand that is not worth a
continental here" growled his partner.
Detroit Free Press.
-Patient-"Doctor, I have trouble
about swallowing. Does that amount
to anything?" Doctor Cooking down
his throat)-"Yes, amounts to five dol
lars Fliegende Batter.
First '94 Man Tin logic class)-"Say,
what does I. o. U. mean?" Second '94
Man (who has been there, with sigh)
at generally means nothing at an."-
Princeton Tiger.
The barber is is sort Of bellicose
Individual. He has his little brushes
right along; he fathers people, and he
occasionally smashes their mugs.-Na-
tional Barber.
-Tommy-"Paw, what is political
economy" Mr.. Fight is the cut
ting down of national expenses by a
member of congress to make up for his
own special appropriations. Indian
apolis Journal.
1,,{ int arnStinr wpd-
ding present is that bestowed by MIR.
George NJ. Pullman on his daughter,
who is to marry young Californian.
1t consists of Pullman car of her own,
handsomely made and decorated, in
which she may run home and see her
friends as often as she pleases.
Americans take an interest in a
number of islands of the Pacific ocean.
We arc interested in Japan, from which
a largo number of the natives are now
emigrating to California, and in Samoa,
of which our government Is one OF the
three protecting powers, and in the
Hawaiian kingdom, many OF whose
people are anxious for annexation to
the United States.
The American dress reformers are
preparing to renew their crusade at
Chautauqua this year. They declare
that their reformatory idea. are making
rapid progress all over the country, but
especially In the cool-headed city OF
Boston and the hot-headed city OF
Chicago. They have not much hope OF
undermining the prejudices Of the fair
sex in New York City.
Charles G. Leland traces the origin
Of the saying in reference to a small
place, "there Is not room enough to
swing a cat" to superstition current
in Pennsylvania In this. country, it Is
said, If cat runs away, when recovered
she must be swung three times around
to attach her to the dwelling. The
Same is done with stolen cat by
thief If he would retain 1t.
Among collection Of curious
plants recently received at the Kew
gardens, England, Is n specimen Of a
curious tree from the Solomon islands.
1t is believed to be new genus OF the
order Of Sapotace, to which the sapo-
diller Of Florida belongs. The tree Is
known to the natives of Solomon islands
as the "turtle seed tree" on account OF
the close resemblance which the seeds
bear to the turtle.
Marriage may be a failure in San
Francisco, and it may not, but 1t is in
teresting to note that comparatively
few people are making the experiment.
During last year there were only 1886
marriages in the city, less than eleven
to the thousand Of the city's population.
The rate In London is more than eigh-
teen per thousand. What It is in the
various cities and states of the Union Is
notrecorded accurately.
BY a novel legal technicality mig
Scoring, of Crawfordville, Ind, has es-
capped term in the northern peniten-
tiary, and now poses before the COM
munity as martyr. He was indicted
for stealing box Of cigars from a
grocery store, but IN the trial it was
proved conclusively that he left the box
and only took the cigars. On this
ground he was discharged.
"A fine specimen Of the sea fox, or
thrasher, was washed ashore at Nassa-
wadox, Va, few days ago, and created
something Of a sensation, as nothing at
all like the uncanny thing had ever
been seen there before. The fish was
fourteen feet long and about half of
this was It's tail, its weapon, with one
of its edges as sharp as knife.
t. ,f~o1
Park, New York, one day recently, a
Boston naturalist was surprised by
some Of the trees, shrubs and flowers he
saw there. He said he found even sugar
naples, Nor. ay naples and swamp MAJ
pies. He found moss pinks, Asiastic
magnolias, lilacs, the forsythia, the cor
nelian cherry and other charming
things that are familiar to New York
ers who stroll though the park.
From Holland an offer has been
made to the Holland society of New
York and the st. Nicholas society Of
Brooklyn to construct and present to
them an exact reproduction of the Half
Moon, the ship in which Henry Hudson
discovered and explored the river which
bears his name. The societies named
have accepted the offer and are plan
ming to fit up the ship as a club house
and to take it to Chicago both to be ex-
hibited and to be occupied by their
members during the Columbian exposi-
ton.
"A cup of coffee and lump of sugar
are said to be very acceptable substi-
tute for the official and not wholly ac-
curatc weather forecasts. Having
dropped the Jumps of sugar into the cup
of coffee carefully, watch the air-bub-
bles that rise to the surface. II they
suddenly rush from the center to the
side Of the cup, be sure that it is going
to rain very hard. If the air bubbles
assemble in the center and then pass to
the side OF the cup in a deliberate way
you must still be prepared for what the
weather forecasts would call 'some
showers" But If the bubbles refuse to
stir FROM the center Of the cup you may