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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-16

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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-16

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The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

a correspondent writes to The Veto
rian Electrical Te!egraphic Journal IS
follows: Il became aware of !. wrinkle
lately that am confident will be nov
city to many Of your readers. and also
of use. One Of our telegraph inspectors
gave it to me. He came to my station
and found that the battery was not Up
to his idea Of what battery should be
He took it down and renewed it. When
it was put up again he asked me to favor
him with Il little sugar. asked him
what he wanted with sugar He quietly
laughed and said. Get some. and will
show you what it ia for
Il got it, and he began to wash his
hands in the usual way with soap and
water. but after rubbing the soap he
added the sugar. and Immediately a
good lather came. He washed his hands
twice. and told me to DO likewise.
did and to my pleasure my hands came
out Of the wash clean and soft. He
told me always to do so when working
with magnesia or copper solutions, and
the nasty dry feeling that usually is ez.
perienced when working with battery
Is quite done away with"
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

The instruction that nursCmaids are
able TO impart 10 the greedy Young
minds that are given into their charge is
truly fearful and wonderful. As a
Coney Island boat was passing the Ear
tholdi statue Il 5-year-old youngster was
moved TO ask the Milesian lady who at
tended him:
"W'ot'a that, jane
That's Liberty" quoth Jane.
Nv OTIS Liberty he asked again.
wy. just Liberty. Don't you know
w'ot Liberty is?''
"W'ot's Liberty" he insisted.
wy, You goose" instructed his
teacher, Liberty is-w'y it's-Free-
dom. And now YOU know. don't you:'
And Of course he did Just wait until
somebody asks him.
There was more Of the same kind from
the same source.
Nv 'ots those. Jaue?" he asked again.
with significant finger at the life pre-
servers overhead.
"Them's life preservers, said Jane.
.W'ot are they for::'
They're for when you fall in the
water and get drowned" she informed
him, and when you do they make you
float"
After you're drowned" asked the
boy.
oh, yes. l do wish you'd keep still
and not ask SO many questions, you bad
boy"
But he didn't.-New York Evening
Sun.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
Drink Your Soda slowly.

Good soda should be slipped. Quickly
drinking OF the cffervescence. which is
merely foam, al interval Of q minute or
two should be allowed before the last
half of the glass is taken. Clerks should
know this, and give customers time
without warning by looks or actions that
they c-o expected to leave il the shortest
possible order after boiling their soda
and paying for it. \ glass Of soda so
ta-:ea is q refreshing stimulus. better
th.a food in very hot noon. but tossed
OF cs most people take it is q recipe for
cramps or indigestion.
If it is POOR soda, tasting of metal with
the silver worn OF. or standing in silver
too long, c1yo-c1 with strips made from
oranges or lemons whose musty taste is
rl:ia to ali reaned ralates, the less one
t1kco tho better for life and health.
Girls who serve the cheapsoda fountains
a. fancy stores well know this from ex-
perieace, and the old hands rarely touch
soda themselves. The girls behind the
counters WHO depend on soda to keep up
their strength through the close DAYS in
lurc their digestion by it. and perhaps
owe more Of their sudden indispositions
TO it than they imagine.-Shirley Dare
in New York Hcrald
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
One VTomIn's COURAGE.

A story is going tho rounds Of little
woman who was seated behind a gor.
geously dressed beauty at theater in the
metropolis whose balloon c,eeves com.
pletely hid the stage from the victim in
the rear. She sat on first one foot, then
the other. but in vain; NJ glimpse Of the
play could sho get. After a whispered
conversation with her husband came the
tragedy. Without a word Of warning
that wee woman quietly rose. gently but
firmly laid her hands upon the winged
shoulders Of her obtrusive ncighbor and
pressed her green and red ruffles as far
down as they would 60 People who
saw the operation gasped at the trans
formation. The victim wisely accepted
the situation and remained in subjuga
ton until the "Prodigal Daughter" ig
ANONYMOUSLY returned to the fatted calf
New York Recorder.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

Inc sultan never Uses plate. He takes
all his food direct from the little kettles
anu never Uses u table and rarely a knife
or fork-a spoon. his bread. pancake
or fingers are found far handler. It re-
quires just twice ~ many slaves rs there
are courses 10 serve dinner to him.
The whole household IL at liberty 20
take meals where it suits him or her best
and tins every one Is served with a small
tray, with spoon, great chunk Of
bread, and the higher ones only get the
pancakes.
Nearly one ton Of rice per day is re-
quired for the inevitable pillafe. COO
pounds Of sugar, IA much coffee, 10 SAY
nothing Of the other groceries. fruit,
vegetables and meat Rice and mutton
anl ATe.4l form the greater part Of the
food for the majority Of Turks. together
with fish, sweetmeats, confectionery.
nuts aal dried and fresh fruits.
mat there IA enormous waste and ex
travaSancr in the kitchens is obvious
and 1t Il sail that enough is thrown away
daily to maintain 100 families: but such
waste Is perhaps not confined to n Turk.
t5h royal household. and might also be
found IN kitchens nearer home.
The surplus IS gathered up by the beg
gar7' IN whom Constartiuople abountls,
and what still remains ia eaten by the
sayenger dogs.
All tho water for the sultan's use and
the drinking water for the household ia
brought in barrels from two pretty
streams at different places in the Bos
phoroEs toward the Black sea- Ex-
change.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

Ny first impressions Of the exhibition.
are still maintained. TIE place i. alto
gether too big aud will assure,Ily be-Guan
eiaiiy-a gigantic failure. The charge 10
exhibitors and their assistants Of g. l2s
d apiece for their entrance tickets il very
unpopular There are something like q
go OF these, 40 that about El5 600 il ulade
by the transaction Tsue it Is that the
promise ia thrown out that two-thir,ls of
the money will be returned at the close of
the exhibition II the passes IRE handed il,
again. but this assurance Is generally taken
with an unusually large grain Of sal, a,
this is not u country for returning anv
thing in the shape Of that almighty dol
lar" it loves so we'll
The most frightful thing in the entireex
hltition-perbaps in the whole worlds
che gigantic gI!ded statue Of libertv. |,
stands at one end OF ii lagoon and faces an
equally wretched figure mounted In what
is known here as the electrical car. For
grotesque renderings Of classical subject.
these two figures, situated rs they arc in
the most prominent part Of the grounds
TO use an Americani-m-take til. Cake
London Building News
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

"The-c has been great deal written
about the wonderful memories of hotel
clcr-is, but let me tell you it's all bosh :"
SAID u well known member Of the craft.
''Of course clerk has to have a good
memory, but 50 has any man in bust.
ness. And 1t Is quite true that training
ones memory In u certain line makes it
more agile in that direction than the
memory Of man Of different vocation
l. likely To BE-. But what refer to is
tle talk about the memory OF the hotel
CLERK being phenomenal. and. to prove
i. citing Instances how seeing a stranger
occe the CLERK recognizes and calls him
by name ten years later, though not hav-
Ing seen him in the interval. It's non.
sense. And though the guest in ques-
ton may answer It's fact. he is but de-
c2iyel by the regulation trick. You
tie sharp notice some time and YOU
WAL SEQ taan approach the counter
If that man has ever stopped at the
hotel before he win recognize the clerk
And the clerk, seeing tho spark Of recog
milton IL the eye Of the guest whose
name he doesn't remember from Adam,
holds out hls hand and grabs that OF the
guest, shakes II heartily az with the
other hand he shoves the register to-
warl him aal gives him pen. at the
same time firing at him lot Of aues-
tons such As Well. where did YOU
spring from this time? Where have YOU
been all this time? You are looking
well; family ditto? How's business
Want room with bath' and so on until
the guest has registered. Then the clerk
rings in the guest name before the own
or has time TO see II it is spelled right.
It's simple trick, bat its performance
not only causes the one upon whom it is
played to feel moro at home. but to mar.
vel ever afterwarl at the wonderful
memory Of the hotel clerk. Chicago
Post
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

A German friend Of mine (he is some
what of hurnoristl was bantering me
about the notorious aversion Of Aneri-
cans to walking. and he remarked that
he had heard il said that the average
American did not walk more than mile
day. OF course resented this gross
libel. and | asserted that the average
American thought nothing of starting
out for walk Of five miles, | cited
with good deal Of pride the habitual
practice of Julian Hawthorne Of taking
mere stroll of twenty or thirty miles
whenever he has few moments to de-
vote To exercise. spoke. too, of your
towuSInan. Mr.. SlcSol Thompson. editor
Of The America, who i in the habit of
walking ten miles a day and running IF
teen or twenty more.
Ny friend tlereupoa became personal.
and yeuturei TO Intimate that could
not walk I've miles OF corrse accept
ed the ch9llelye implied, and. peacefu.iy
d-lier!uy i.nDec;l TINS | was, actual
,v;Llaei for four consecutive hours befr-,
l learned upon demonstrating with NY
humorous friend that a German mile
WAS equal - four anl half English
miles, and that III order TO gtcomplsh
the feat had undertaken should have
TO cover twenty-five and half miles.
Germany would be verirnhle para
disc, methinkS. for Julian Hawthorne
and Slasoa Thompson. They would be
elected to the reichstag at the first con-
greSsional election. - Eugene Field in
Chicago News.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

Can mutton be more cheaply produced
than beer As bearing upon this subject
Stewart calls attention to the fact that
the sheep Is source of double income
meat and wool. He refers, too, to the
experiments Of Sir j. 3, Lawes in refer,
ence to the percentage Of food utilized or
stored up by different animals, and these
experiments presented the sheep in a
very favorable light. OF the dry food
consumed he found that sheep stored up
increased weight ~ per cent. while cat
tie only laid up in Increased weight 8 per
cent.-that is, eight and one-half pounds
OF dry food increased the live weight of
cattle.
SO that, relying upon these expert
ments. sheep must be considered a. ex-
cellent utilizers of food. as producing a
many pounds Of mutton, besides the
wool, from given quantity Of food. ~
can be produced Of beef: and as the
best mutton brings as high a price as the
beef. 1t would appear ON this basis the
sheep would give the fleece as extra
profit over cattle. II this is not too ia
vorable view. the sheep on suitable
lands must be considered among the
most profitable Of farm stock. It is true
the dairy cow brings her profitable flow
Of milk TO offset that of wool: but the
dairy COW does not lay on flesh while
producing milk. rs does the sheep while
producing wool. A fleece Of five pounds
OF wool grown in year requires only
daily growth of one-tifth of an ounce,
which can take but small portion OF
food to produce. The mineral matter
taken from the soil by the fleece is only
10 ounces per year. and il six half NUT
ton sheep represent u COW. the whole
mineral constituents taken by the six
tieeces would only be 90 ounces, and
about 10 pounds Of nitrogen. while the
ordinary COW. yielding 1000 pounds OF
milk. would take twenty six pounds Of
mineral matter or ash and twenty. FIVE
Of nitrogen. OF forty-three times as much
mineral matter and thirteen tiues as
much nitrogen as the fleeces Of the sheep
-Stoc&man.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
When to Water Plants,

The other day gentleman saw a pro-
fessional florist watering his plants in
the hot sun, and in a surprised way in.
CURED II that wouldn't injure the plants.
Why. no." was the answer. Why no,
now" Il supposed they had TO be wa
tered only at night" said the amateur
DO you drink only at night asked the
florist. Are you only thirsty after the
sun goes down: That id.a helps our
business. for under it the flowers Of the
ignorant would-be growers die. and we
get the opportunity Of selling more Of
our stock. water my flowers when
they are thirsty. just AZ stock grower
waters his stock. "-Exchanye.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
A Terribly Mixed Tn Par.,n-

There was once an absentmi nded preach
er in Maine Of whom a gossiping lady tells
One Sunday he said excited.y at the close
OF solemn discourse, The choir will now
pronounce the benediction and will sing
the Doxology." The choir failed TO re-
spond beyond faint soprano giggle. and
the minister hastily exclaimed: No. moi /
should have said. | will now sing the ben
ediction and the choir will please pro
aounce the DOxology." Before he could
hazard another attempt the quartet came
70 the re-crie with odd Hundred" and the
paryon sat down tn recover bis wits behind
the friendly shelter of the old fashion.
pulpit. Lewiston journal
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
The Proper Function of Nevxn.nsr


In its ambition TO be everything and
to have everything the newspaper has
Travelled far beyond its legitimate bounds.
The complaint OF the magazines iadi-
Gates the OutGrowth on one side of those
bounds; the more excited protests Of an
invaded privacy point to another over
TOW. and other burstings of limits are
heard from in other directions. The
original functions Of a daily newspaper
appear to have been forgotten. Keen
competition among themselves has final
ly brought newspaper people to condi-
ton OF teTerish anxiety in which every
thing within reach must be theirs.
Everything printable is printed. Moth
Ing is so snail that it cannot be STORED
to; rothinS too remote and abstruse for
reaching Gtte-.-Noah Brooks in Forum
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
Where Mr.. CARTS Learned to Write.


Whatever my style of writing may be,
1t Is the result of natural selection and
not Of special design. The first author
who interested me deeply after Robin
son Crpsoe" and the usua, children's
books of fifty or sixty years ago was
Washington Irving. Then came Walter
Scott and Charles Lamb. Keats, Shelley
and Wordsworth, then Bacon and Ener-
son, Barks and Carlyle, Thackeray and
Hawthorne. But rhetoric or compost
ton have never studied Ny long con-
nectioa with the press has been of the
utmost service to me as writer. For
many years l have been the chief editor
ial writer upon Harper's Weekly, u
paper which takes part in political dis
cussioa, and the necessity of making my
self Ineligible to the rapid reader in
comparatively short space has been prob
ably the best training l could have had.
Fortunately have no taste for what
seems 70 ne the frequent eztravayance
OF newspaper writing, and therefore
have easily avoided it. Every Young
writer shoail remember that bigness is
rot greatness, nor fury force. George
William Curtis.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

About 40 3. c. tho Ionians first In.
troduced the present system Of writing
from left TO right. Previous 10 the
above date from right to left prevailed.
although the method called boustrophe-
don that IL, alternately from right to
lett and from left to right was some
what extensively practiced. The an
cisat Hebrew and Greek languages were
written from right to left until about
20 IL. G.. when the form Of tho Greek
letters was changed from the unical to
To cur.ivo. and tho manner Of writing
changed from right to left to left TO
riSht.-ot. Louis Renublic.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

Thirty-eight million carats Of dia.
monds, weighing over nine tons, have
been found here. In the rough their
aggregate value was $3.50. 900, 900. and
after cutting nearly $500. 600 600, which
is more than the worlds yield during
the preceding two centuries Of the
whole production not more than 8 Der
cent. can be said to be Of the first water
IL per cent. Of the second water and 81
per cent. Of the third. while the remaining
45 per cent is called bort. a substance
which. when crushed to powder. is Of
use in the arts.-COr. Pittsburg Press.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

II have been afflicted with bilious.
ness and constipation for fifteen years
and nrst one and then another prep
aratlon was suggested 10 me and
tired, but to no purpose A friend
recommended August Flower and
words cannot describe the adrnlra.
ton IN which hold II. Il has given
me a new lease Of life, which before
was a burden. Its good qualities
and wonderful merit, should be made
known TO everyone suffering with
dyspepsia and bilgousness. IEssE
BARKER. Printer. Humboldt. KasS
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

a solution Of india rubber in benzine
mas been used for many years as a coat
ing Tor steel, iron and lead, and has been
lonhd simple means Of keeping them
from 'Xidlzlng. 1t can be easily applied
with brush and as easily rubbed of.
Of cream
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

With the increased facilities for travel
and the great number of travellers, there
has been naturally a great increase in the
risk of accidents.
Every one, who for any reason is COM
PEELED to incur these risks, should keep by
him u supply Of ALLcock's PosoUs PLAs-
TIERS, for they are wonderful specific in
strains of the back or limbs, such as are
almost inevitable in case OF accident.
Any one starting ON long journey
should have one as part Of his equipment.
Commuters on suburban trains huuld keep
them both at home and III the office.
ALLcocK's PoRoUs PLASTER have repeat
.dly proved their great value in time OF
need.
BkANpRErH's Pills remove all i'm puritIes.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

The cntigui;y Of the fan in the east.
particularly II Asia, extends far back
beyond tie possibility of ascertaiuing
iis date. In China and India the orig.
nal mold II the fan was the wing of a
6.rd and II oae time was part IF the en-
b!ems of imperial tathority. Washing
ton S.lc
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

The thickest octave volume in the
world known is the latest edition Of
Whitaker's Reference Catalogue Of En-
glish Literature" This book weighs
twelve pounds and is eleven inches in
thickness.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

Pieces OF tin cHt and bent mako false
back for pigeon holes where short en-
veiopes and papers sometimes slip in too
far.
have one pigeon hole always empty,
except as 1t contains such papers as must
be attended to before ono or two suns
set.-Cor. Writer.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
FAR AND WIDE.

Not on this broad eontinent alone, but In ma
larial breeding tropical regions, in Guatemala
Mexico, South America, the lsthmus OF fanama
and elsewh Hostetter's stomach Bitters al
fords TO inhabitants and sojourners protection
against malaria. The miner, the freshly arrived
Immigrant, the tiller of the virgin soil newly
robbed OF its forests by the axe of the pioneer
server against the poisonous miasma which In
vast districts rich In natural resources IL YET
fertile in disease, Ii annihilaies disorders oi
the stomach, liver and bowels, fortihes those
who use 1t against rheumatic ailments bred
and fostered by outdoor exercise, intuses genital
warmth into frame chilled by rigorous TEN
perature, and tobs Of their power to harm morn
lug and evening mists and vapors laden with
hurtfuluess; strengthens the weak, and con
quers incipient kidney trouble,
A man who stutters said Yesterday that he
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

The young man who has an idea that
his father Is an old fogy and don't know
much makes q mistake that will some
day cause him bitter regret
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

Attacks. ami AT d-Tln-HWFnt, u Tie Nv
er. stomach, and bowels arr prevented,
relieved. and permanently cured.
They're the smallest, easiest 10 take,
cheapest, and best. They're guaranteed
to give satisfaction, or money |, returned
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
Hts Strong Point.

She-Why, you couldn't even buy my
dresses"
Ee-But | could borrow the money
from your fath.r-Epoch.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
STATE on ONO, CITY ~ TOLEDO =,

STATE on oHIo. CRY oF TOLEDO q,
Lucas COUNTY
FRANK J. CHENEY makes oath that he Is the
senior partner OF the firm OF T. J. CHESEr 4 Co. ,
doing business Ia the city OF Toledo, county Il
State afure,aid, and that said hrIn viii pay the
sum of ONE hit NDkED DOLLARS tor each and
every case of tArAhEH that cannot lie cured b,
the use OF HALL tArAkAH CURE
FRANK J. CHENEY.
Sworn to fore me and sHbacribri IA my
preseucc this 9th ia! OF December, 4 H. l>no
SEAL \. ". GLEASON,
Notary Fabstc
Halls catarrh cure Is taken internally. and
acts directly on the blood and III rOtt, surface,
OF the system. send tor testimonials. tee.
h, J, CHENEY 4 GO,
Toledo, o.
~ sold by druggl.ts 70 cents.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18

:" passed your door last evening. Miss Glider
sleeve, remarked young Mir Gllley " How
kind OF your replied the grateful slrI.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
TRs GxsAEA for breakfast.

e, EnAmeline stove POLISH TO dust, 10 .ue
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
TRAVELLING Risks.

man who shutters said yesterday that h,
hopes the Y ce-fre ideut W II never be made
the subject OF any more assassinlne rumors.
The Coeur d'Alene press. (Coeur d'Alene, Idaho) 1892-1907, 1893-11-18
A FTLL SI'O HIcH

4 Full STOMACH
ought to cause you no dt'coni-
! fort whatever. III IL does,
thou h--it there's any trouble
after eating Lake DR.. flcrces
Pleasant Pellets. They're a
4 perfect and convenient vest
pocket remedy. onc OF these
tiny. sugar-cuated. auti-bi.ious
grauulrs at a dose regulates
aud correct1 the entire : stem.
Sick or Billions Headache, { on
stipa'ion. Indigestion, BiI,ou,