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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02

There is II great differences between
military engagements. In one there
is a great deal OF falling in, and in
the other there is a great deal Of fall
ing out.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02
Special inducements.

DEING overstocked, will offer special in,
Is ducsments in Cottonades. Have full
line and good line. Great bargains 10 De
had. Also. Readyma de Clothing very cheap
TO close it out. Mems, Boys and Misses
Straw Goods cheaper than was ever known.
]. S. MELVIN,
Duffields, w. Va.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02

sters and pistols to the gro2nd, and
sitting well down in his saddle, rode
straight for the yawning chasm.
Tom Ross had gained the hither-
side Of the gulch, and the guide was
hurryins back to join him; but we
now that the crisis had come, were
50 fascinated by the sight Of Carson ;
sublime daring that we involuntarily
came to a full stop, breathleSsly
awaiting the result
On. with short, springy bounds,
came the black stallion, and Ross, as
he afterward told us, was close enough
to mark how his mighty muscles
seemed TO bunch aud gather into
hardened knots rs he caught sight of
the awful leap before him.
/ Calmly reso.ute, his unblinkinS gaze
fixed upon the spot selected for his
desperate venture, sat the rider.
With frightened rein, he holds the no
bic horse to hi- course until within
fifty feet of the ravine's sharp brink,
then -;y.s him = free head and. for
the first time. lets the cruel Mexican
spurs touch his gIoSsy hanks, while
fro,, lis own Inns rings ont defiant
cry of triumph, a. if victory were al
ready assured.
Sror-.,f,.. ,at more his stride and
crou.bfpoass roiherabout 70 spring.
+ a., t,.,,,.;,,,l animal mrs tho seDiu,
void and We see him shoot. rocket
like. high in the air. while the In
diaus. still a hundred yards distant,
are stricken dumb and motionless by
sheer wonder. one half-second of
suspense; then we break once more
into wild cheers. for the powerful
stallion has cleared the chusm and
reached the opposite bank All, no,
| Something is wrong. From where
we stand We can see the head and
shoulders Of rider and horse; but both
are stationary. Neither shows out III
full, and instantly We understand
that although the latter may nave
Jumped lar more ina" '"e"'! .s'''
ne has been o0dSra TO '"Ne on 700
far back from the cruno'uS euHe %
the raVihe ana mas '"''eI' SHOT '' PEI
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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02
GOD ONLY KNOWS.

Thou alone
Keepest judgment for thine own.
only unto thee IS known
What to pity, what TO blame,
How the fierce temptation came,
WHAT'S honor, what IS shame.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02
AT MCMURRAN'S

You will find cheap Pencil and Ink Tablets,
Scratch Pads. Papers, Envelopes, Pens, Pen
holders, Rulers, Sponges, Pencil Erasers,
Blackboard Erasers. Enameled Crayons,
Dustless Crayons, stesl.te Crayons Exercise
Books. Composition Books, Day Books, Led
gers Record Books. Memorandum Books,
Composition Paper, Examination Paper, Le-
gal Cap. Foolscap, Congress Note, Bill Cap.
Drawing Pads. Thumb Tacks, Fine Drawing
Pencils Indelible Pencils and extra Leads.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02

80 you have got a wife, said
Chatter to a newly married man. Il
don't know" replied the man with
evident hesitation. Sometimes |
think I've got her, and sometimes /
think she's got me. You see, I've on
ly been married few months, and |
can't tell just yet how the combina-
tion il going 10 turn out"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02
NEW
FURNITURE STORE !
In Shepherdstown.

The undersigned desires to inform
the public that he has opened a new
store in the building Of j. c. Lam
bert, on Main street, near the Entler
Hotel, where he will keep on hand a
full line of
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-11-02
Words Of Wisdom.

Prudence is the muzzIe forzeaI
Truth is truth. come whence it may.
Conservatism is mild form OF COW
ardice.
Society is no comfort to one not
sociabe.
A woman vino can love once can
love twice
We shape our own fate quite n
much as fate shapes US.
Whatever is worth doing st all is
worth doing well.
As soon as twopeople begin to othink
alike they disagree.
Avarice il so close that he who las
it denies its possession.
Pretense may not be OF long contin-
uance but it goes while it lasts.
In all human action those faculties
will be strong which are used.
The vain man makes n merit Of mis-
fortune. and triumphs in his disgrace
Wisdom is everlasting; early or late,
We apprehend her just the same.
Life is short The sooner that a
man begins to enjoy his wealth, the
better.
4 woman may be no more vain
than a man is, but she will do more
for vanity's sake than a man will.
-- - --
During the financial striDgency just
passed the editor painted his feet with
printers ink to fool the people into
the idea that ne was wearing shoes,
and the devil has been starved until
/ he il a thin as a shadow. Our sub
scribsrs will confer favor by bring
ing il thier subscription money, as
TIE ink is nearly out, and ths devil
has received an offer from the mana
gers Of the Worlds Fair. They want
him to pose as q living skeleton.
Bring your money, quick; we are in
trouble. Crapfordeilte Ga Democrat.
so you have got a wife" said
The morning call., 1893-04-09

bully. Hal ha! They knows how to keep
10 wlnd'ard, scrape and go as it often is.
whats the coYies made up OFF," said the
second speaker.
Il asked Bob that All Sorts says he.
Ones paTson.'" Here both sailors
laughed loudly. "A harbor missionary.
Jagged for fishing through the slit in the
missI0n-bex." Both men laughed loudly
again. ~ QUILL know him, matey, by sing
ling out the cove as carries his hands as
though he wore long thread gloves Bob
told me To twig him by that"
Only one sea captain ?" said the second
speaker 1T must be the next ship that's
a-hringlng Of them out. l allow"
Eight bells at this moment were struck; ;
the boalswain sent some thrilling message
through the ship with his pire; ana unwll-
ing that the two speakers should know that
l had been a listener, l went softly round
the galley and made my way aft.
Tie reference TO Tom in this conversation
had strnck me as strange. The men undoubt-
ed!y meant Tom when they spoke of one Of
the conyicts MS the only sea captain among
the prisoners. How should that he known?
The doctor was doubtless acquainted with the
ieions' antccedenis, but he never talked and
rarely answered questions. The convictS then
had made the discovery among them
selves; this thought extraordinary. Tom
might have admitted his calling to the fell
lows who shared his sleeping berth, 10 the
prisoners who formed the mess he was In !;
but Row should it be known to 22g conyictS
that the two hundred ana thirtieih was the
only sea captain among them Perhaps |
mtstOok-a few had learned Toms calling
and one of those few had talked with the
sailor whose conversation with his mate l
had listened to.
did not give the matter much thought.
The morning call., 1893-04-09
THE CITY OF QUEBEC.
WRITTEN FoR THE MORNING CALL.

There is only this one other city on the
continent besides the storicd and restful
capital of the Montezumas that has some
sentiment and tradition a oove dry goods aud
groceries. Mr.. George Stewart, cnce tie
PROF. rietor of a New York magazine, but
now an editor in Qaebec. has explained TO
us that TennysOE bad in contemplation
when death arrested his work a long poem
with the scene laid in this romantic old
fortress that blocks the St. Lawrence. l
Know the story we'll 1t is of the oae-eyed
sailor hero of Copenhagen and the Nile
Lord Nelson was only lad when his war
ship lay under the battlements Of Quebec;
put 1t seems the great admiral was lover
long before his entanglements with Lady
Hamilton, and here in Quebec he fell des-
perately in love with the daughter of "mine
host" the master of the Golden Dog How
the name reminds US Of our own Pug or
Poodle Dog" aud so on. Yet the Golden
Dog of Quebec must have kept watch
above the door of the inn where Lord
Nelson loved, generations before our
city Of the Golden Gate was born,
The Story runs that the ardent young
lover resigned from his ship, threw his
commission in the teeth of his protesting
commanding officer, escaped to shore and
TOOK shelter In IN attic room of the Golden
Dog. But be was followed. his place of con-
cealment betrayed, and he was dragged
forth and forced back 10 the service of his
country. The fair girl remained faithful,
lived and died maiden, surviving the great
naval hero MANY years, and gIorying to the
end in his renown. She lies buried in
Quebec. and he in the great city beyond the
sea- The Golden Dog still keeps n watch
above the door of the old stone n Ha
is not much of dog 10 look at, ariistically
speaking, but he is always very bright,
being regiided every recurring birthday OF
the devoted girl. Such, in brief substance,
is the story which Lord TennysOn proposed
laying hand upon in order TO fifty celebrate
the stately Saint Lawrence and the sterling
old Dominion of Canada How much the
larger half of the New World has lost We
may never know.
Now, don't like TO take the response
hiltty of advising any one. but l will say
that If / were going TO the Worlds Fair
from California would 60 through Canada
The morning call., 1893-04-09

that | was n very fine faure of n woman (;
in none of the points which are admirable
In the equipment of the best shaped Of my
/ sex was l lacking. Yet it is certain that my
lmpersonatlon was perfect. and that if l
except the three men l have named there
was not man in the ship WHO. by looks or
speech, caused me the least anxiety.
However. to provide against the reasons
OF my being on board becoming known,
shonld detection of nv sex happen uuex-
pectediy. / sought ont VIII one evening and
had long earnest chat with him. l put it
to him thus:
"E on are supposed to know me: that is
10 say, you are supposed TO know that l am
the son OF man who was client of your
father. Suddenly I am discovered to be a
gliL The captain SENDS for you. and you
are challenged in the presence of The doctor
! What will You say?'
That's where it is,'' said he. Make one
false step, and ten to enc If you're not
presently up to your neck"
lie scratched his head and unused, staring
at me- / would not EelD him; ! wished to
test the quality of his wits in case he should
be challenged as | have said. After Bit,
he eXclamed
Il should dIsown all knowledge Of you"
"Ihats good" said |.
I'D say YOU told me your name was
Simon Marowe, and that your father was
a client Of my fathers. | should tell no lie
by owning | believed the story. because van
see uncle was a client Of the dads Well. -
lie went on. Il should tell them that now
you proven To be gil you weren't the
young fellow | took you for. and I should
call YOU liar and disown all knowledge Of
YOU"
And in saying so you'd be strictly speak
ing the truth, so far as Simon Marlnwe is
concerned" said !, rejoicing TO fluid him so
ready. you'll disOwn me-you'll call me
liar-you'll know nothing whatever about
me. Thatll be the programme, WIN.
should you be called upon.''
We stood discussing the matter some time
and then separated. but vas nightly glad
TO have had this talk with him.
The morning call., 1893-04-09
ABOUT BALDNEs;S.
A Maze of Doubt About Its Cause and
Cure.

Philadelphia Record.
a correspondent writing from Altoona,
Pa, finds himself in maze of doubt as to
the cause and cure for badness. He says
that one authority has declared that pre-
mature badness results from too close and
frequent hair-clOppng. According to this
authority the hair bleeds 10 death, Just as
90 sugar naples. Sage palm and Crapeviues
"hen eNhaustiyely tapped This theory is
Ieluted by The fact that frequent shaving
dneS not c0nduce 10 barrennesS After loss
ol iii'f Itom fever or other illness cropping
Is frequently resOr,ed 10 successfully as a
means CT restoration Per contra. it is
ur@ed that women who seldom have tliejc
mar cut close do not often become bald. 4
pa.G-headed woman is comparative rarfEg-
-. me haIr lalls out" says vegetarian,
because t0n much beef is eaten" To This
4 oeel-eller responds that too much starchy
loou IS The root Of the trouble" A shoe
MAKER insisted that the badness On the toil
OF ms head was the result of wearing ms
nat constantly during his indoor work. Bis
Uellel was Strengthened BIZ the experiences
OF man IN Indiana, whose hair uDderh his
haI turned gray, while the hair that the hat
ala not cover retained its original color.
IN Denmark the wiseacres insist that
staying out late at night or undue ex-
p0Sure 10 TIE moon makes the hair fail out.
ms theory Is In measure sustained I,V
the method adopted by n PEiladelpift1
editor tn arrest the approach Of Dalduess.
lie was advised TO have his hair cut only
Outing the waxing Of tho moon. He fai-
lowed the advice and now proudly sports All
unmolted tOpknOt
Unlee,lng and libelous writer's have in
sisted that badness In mainly confined To
married men. thus seeking to create tile ia
ference that either their hair is pulled cut
in the course of some heated matrimonial
argument or mat badness is proydenSiaf
The morning call., 1893-04-09

Captain Barrett burst into ona of his
great laughs. Tor which he apdlogiz'd Ivy
saying that he WAS thinking Of a st"ry he
mad heard of Blfney; it was not fit to repeat.
however.
Then. SIR" said the doctor, sternly,
well not trouble you for it,"
whisper" said the subaitern. sidelOrg,
to his brother officer.
Have you given the nr ze-fghter any scrt
OF appointment, doctor?" said Captain Suth-
erland.
Not yet. l have my eve on him. Ills
immense strength will make him useful.
lie may end a my first captain. Had he
$1,000 near The madman, the Door fellow
would now be alive. Aaron is, perhaps,
Tue only man in the ship who could have
gr4Sped aud-lIeld him."
lie then talked of his schools; his head
was full OF the thing. / learned. through
listening, that lie admiralty Instructions
provided for the establishment Of schools
and religious teaching.
Alter the doctor had made all his ar
rhngements on this Monday. nothing
happened of any consequence that l
can recall. for some time We carried
strong northeast trade wind, and
We drdve along by day and by night
win loan sometimes lifting to the cathead !;
mere was scarcely need 10 handle rope, so
iresh and steady was the trade wind with its
WOOL white clouds altering like sheep down
me sky aud the horizon bright and hard and
blue in the windy distance. At times caught
sight of Tom; the intervals were wide
ana lever found an opportunity to
breath so much as n syllable of love
to him. And this was very well; it was
enough that he knew [ was on board
ana that we were able sometimes
10 see each other. l never attempted to
write second letter; the risk of delivering
1t was too great, and I was resolved TO run
no risks lest some act that would add moth
Ing 10 Toms happiness nor mine should be-
tray me and eXlingush my hopes, nay,
STAY my chances CT reaching Tasmania with
III The same shin
Sometimes l feared my sex was dimly
suspected, but mainly my mind was at rest
on that score. The persons l was afraid of
we're the two Hillary men ana the German
steward; The idea of my being woman, l
am sure, never entered the DOCTORS mind {;
hao he entertained The least suspicion he
was just the man 10 settle it out
of hand by sending me down among
the soldiers wives to be examined And
yet when | peeped at myself in one of
the long cuddy mirrors, I'd wonder a the
success of my masquerade. repeat here
The morning call., 1893-04-09
TALLER THAN THE EIFFEL.
Sir Edward Watkins Great Tower in
London Has the Foundation Laid.


The foundations of Sir Edward Watkins
new Tower of London have been completed
They occupy four acres in pleasure park
Of 100 acres between Willesden and Har-
row. They consist of immense blocks of
concrete. The nature of the ground where
the tower is to be constructed is so slOping
and uneven that while one set of footings
appears about five feet above the surface
another is seven feet below, third five feet
below and the fourth at least twenty feet
below the surface.
These foundations 60 down nearly twenty
feet, and should be capable of bearing any
weight that could be placed upon Them
They have cost between S25 600 and $50. OOo
Some idea OF the magnitude of the whole
undertaking may be gathered from the
statement thnt the Eiffel Tower, which is to
be so far surpassed in size by the English
tower, was made Of 1000 tons of steel and
IRON. consisting Of 1900 specially designed
pieces, fastened together with $500 900
rivets.
The English tower Is to be $50 feet higher
:han the French wonder. ana the latter can
be seen at distance OF seventy-fve miles
The English structure will also be on higher
ground. On the top Of the English tower
there will be an observatory aud rooms for
scientific experiments, which are likely to
be of great value.
The plan provides for large landing
stage that will accommodate 10000 people
This landtng-stage will contain q large
danclng-roGm and several shops and have
refreshment-bars all round. Underneath
will be rooms for etOres and other purposes,
while at the top there will be number of
small rooms which might be used as private
| dlDing-IoOms.
The morning call., 1893-04-09

dark blue night with the moon shining
higher in tile heavens than ever had seen
her shine, and the stars in multitudes of
brilliants tTem bling in very sheet of silver
down to the vague obscure line of the hori-
zoD, was glorious and wonderful Often
on those fue nights instead of going to
bed I'd creep on to the fOrecastle where
nobody walked but the sentry aud
seaman on the lookout; there l would
oYerhang the headrail and gaze down
at the star-whie foam as it spread
the steady, shearing thrust of the cut
water. The sea was full of fire. and many
strange shapes OF dim, greensh flame swept
past IN the black water as | looked. The
moonlight lay upon the sails and they rose
stirless as carvings in marble, the stars gilt
tered like Jewels in the arches under the
sails and twinkled gem-like along the black
lines OF the yards and danced like the nlys-
tic fire of the corpnsaRt beyong tho trucks
to the swaying Of the fragile points OF mast
head.
Oh, it was at such times as these that I
longed for Tom; what happiness, | would
think, to have his hama in mine. to be
standing here at his side. gazing up
Win him NJ the moon whitenpd can
vas, or watching the sea-fire leaping
In SPARKS amidst the rushing frnth on either
hand! He had talked once OF my gong
voyage with him. He had talked, too. Of
his carry ing me TO sea when we were married
could understand what had lost when /
stood lonely on that dark fofeeastle, watching
the yearulng breasts Of canvas leaning from
the wind and thinking Of the hoEe that was
low down behind the sea. My heart beat
with passion when, IN these lovely moon
light nights, sweet with the strong blowing
Of the trade wind, I'd thiuk Of my dear one
The morning call., 1893-04-09

brought there in a little cart drawn by n
dog his barefoot daughter leading the dog.
rise up and leap into the air like boy. L
fingered at st. AIMS more than month.
having been sent there to write exactly what
| saw, and while | saw many disappointed
out of tile thousands who came there for
help L know that This old man, who had NOT
stood on his feet, to all Appearances, for
years must have had some sort OF sudden
and miraculous help.
Quebec is a very wealthy city. Her peo-
pie, as well MS those of Canada generally,
are exceedingly well bred. They are
not at all provincial. L mean prOyln-
cia in the sense that Boston IS. on
can meet a man from Quebec in London,
Paris OF Rome who does not have Quebec
written all over aud up and down and across
him. He is simply quiet gentleman; that
is all; Christian man VINO Is very wiling
to be very quiet and listen and learn some
thing as lie goes about the world He don't
seem to think himself of any particular i'm
portance 10 you or the world in general,
and you may meet him many times and be
in his company for days before yGu can
possibly find out what part OF the world lie
comes FROM without descending to the I'M
pardOnabie VHlgarIty OF a direct question.
But you catch a Boston man abroad keep
ing any of his light under bushel! He
carries Boston on his back As a snail carries
his house. He is branded Boston all over.
He Is IN q shell of Boston as completely az
now and then and takes narrow. depre-
catory look at things for minute or two,
tells you Of something a good deal better in
Bnston. and so serenely draws back his
little horns into his little she'll and. soul and
body. he is in his Boston shell with Boston
written all up and down and across. He is
simply an Italicized EnGlishman, and he is
entirely, serenely satisfied inside his little
snail shell.
To get back to the beginning let me re-
mot nlp rod ,snFI1 gn for
as the American man is concerned, lying
between US and the Worlds Fair. OF course
l care nothing for the Canadian railroad.
more than that | think it is The best of the
roads that reach this coast. | pay my way
and so keep my hands free TO reach out
where l will, and so say to you if you want
to see world that you have never yet
dreamed Of take in the Pacific Ocean, the
great bays and sounds that knock al the
doors of Alaska and look at Canada, for
Canada is looking al US. Let US learn from
her. Let us learn 10 he as wise. as indus
trious, as useful in "the federation of the
The morning call., 1893-04-09
TeIephotOgraphy.
Youths Companion.


Every one who is Interested in photo
graphs of outdoor sreneS-and who is uot?-
must often have wished for some satisfac-
tory means of obtaining larger pictures of
distant. unattainable objects than can lie
got with an ordinary camera.
Such cameras have been devised, but 1t is
only quite recently that they have assumed
a fairly satisfactory form. The desired re-
suit is brought about by means of pecuI-
iarly constructed lens, consisting of
positive lens in front and a negative lens
of much shorter focal length in the rear.
This gives an image several times as large
as that obtained with an ordinary camera.
With such an instrument photographs OF
birds and other animals which cannot he
approached closely can be made. showing
them in their natural attitudes and of a SUI
ficient size to exhibit their characteristic
features.
1t is also suggested that this method Of
telephotoCaphy will prove useful in as
trpuOmN.