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Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01

@ year now and saved good deal.
| have written to Elsie every time any
one went out to Meckcr, and had letters
pretty often. We were TO have been
married at Easter, and now it is only
n month away, and here am laid up
and showed in, too! What will Elsie
think when she don't hear from me?'
Tho poor fellow turned his head
away with tears in his eyes. BY way
of consolation, said: "You may bo
able to send letter soon,"
"No," he said, "here's ten feet Of
snow in White Canyon"
lie seemed in the depths of misery
and | left him.
Two weeks slipped away, and the
weather was steadily cold, with occa-
bonal light falls of snow, and as Bob
Travcrsly looked out Of his little win
dow at the rounded outl ines of the
peaks could sec that his heart was
far away with The girl he loved, per-
maps thinking that his rival was taking
advantage of his silence to catch a
heart OH the rebound. A week before
Easter the weather suddenly modcr-
aIed. The snow melted rapidly and
began to disappear in our little valley
and on the lower slopes of the noun
tain. Every now and then on some
distant peak we could see a slide come
down, leaving a black trail behind.
A couple of days before Easter Two
Of the men had announced tlcr in
tenton of trying to get to MecEcr.
Mr.. Renfrow warned them to be care
full, and above all things not to get
caught in slide. In the afternoon |
was sitting reading to Bob, who was
lying with his face to the wall and
apparently not paying much attention.
Suddenly he turned over.
"IIave ! been asleep?' he asked.
"No, why?" | asked.
"l've been dreaming awake then. l
thought heard Elsie's voice."
Then sitting straight up in bed
without any regard for broken legs,
he calculated with the greatest aston
ishment and joy: "Elsie!"
l turned to the door, and there was
the living embodiment of the pretty
girl whose picture Bob kept under his
pillow. But only an instant she stood
there, and then had both arms around
Bob crying and laughing by turns.
1t seems she had arrived at Meeker
week before, but could get 10 one
to venture with her through the snow
to tho Tin Cup Mine until the fortu-
nate arrival of the two miners. The
only thing that prevented wedding
on Easter was that there was no min.
lister nearer than Grand Junction.
Tnmobo Roo
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01
DERELICTS.
Fate Of Deserted and Water
Logged Vessels.
They are a Constant Menace
to Navigation.

Many "derelicts"-i. O., deserted
and water-logged vessels-find their
way into The Sargasso Sea, where,
writes Rene Bache in the Boston
Transcript. they float about for a long
time and fina! !y break up or sink.
An important feature of the work Of
OF the photographic Office is the
finding of such dangers to navigation,
tho approximate location of which ure
plotted monthly 81 the pilot charts
distributed to skth thpcrs. Four years
ago great alarm VI felt ,,ou ac count
of a gigantic raft oNogs which went
adrift south of Nantucket. 1t was
composed of $4,000 trunks of trees
from so to 100 feet long, bound with
iron chains into cigar-shapcd mass
800 feet long and weighing IL, 900 tons.
1t twas constructed in Nova Scotia, start
ing from the Bay of Fundy for New
York in tow. The hawscrs parted in
a hurricane, leaving the raft In the
direct track Of commerce. The big
gest of the ocean liners OH striking
such an obstruction would have gone
down at once with all OIL board Two
Government steamers and tug started
at once in pursuit of the raft, which
had luckily been broken up by the
storm, the remnants of it being found
scattered over wide space about 100
miles southeast of the point where it
was lost. For some tlmo it was
imagined that the floating logsl might
do damage, but though many vessels
encountered them, no nalm resulted.
This would have been the most
dangerous derclict ever known, if the
raft had held together. Vessels which
come under this denominations are
most commonly laden with lumber or
some other light cargo, so that they
do not sink, but merely become water
logged, floating about dismastcd with
decks on level with tho water, so
that it is very difficult to see them in
time TO avoid them. Continually
drifting, there is no telling when or
where they will be encountered, and a
collision with such an obstacle is very
apt to mean total wreck. Ships often
sail away and are never heard from
again, though there has been no storm,
and in such cases they are reported
"missing," the likelihood always be-
ing that they have met with some such
accident as this, against which even
the best navigator cannot guard. So
serious is this peril that it has been
proposed that the nations should di.
vide the oceans into districts, each
one keeping its own district clear.
Tho most extraordinary derelict
ever heard of was the barque Marie
Celeste, which was found in the mid.
die of the Atlantic deserted, with
every sail set, dinner half cooked in
galley, and not a soul on board, though
she had every appearance of having
been occupied Immediately before.
The weather was fair, and there was
gentle breeze. She was towed into
port, but no explanation Of the mys-
terry has ever offered self. One of
the uses of studying the surface cur
rents of the seas is for the tracking of
derelicts. Often, when a very danger
ous one is located, steamer is sent
out to blow it sky-high with explo-
siyes
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01
Tired.

The wind Is just far-ofI voice
Beyond the pale-blue bound OF sky:
Too weak to murmur or rejoice
watch the moments drifting by,
So large the world, and ah, so chill
The great pale sky, the drifting snow;
The lonely wind is calling still
With voice of human woe.
Now all my high ambitions fade;
The things hoped for seem so far;
From work once loved | shrink, afraid
Lest some mistake that work should mar
And all my longings turn to this;
To hold one well-oved hand, to know
The rest Of home, the smile, the kiss,
And let the great world go.
~. Z. Roberts, in Churchman
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01
Prevalence OF Blindness In Russia.

The people of Russia are more Ter.
ribly afflicted with the intirmity Of
blindness than any other race, sect or
nation on the globe, the proportion
being twcnty.onc to every 10000 of
population. In 1886 there was an
official census taken Of the blind of
Europe. These statistics show re-
markabls state Of affairs, especially
in European Russia, the Caucasus and
Poland. In the countries named
there was total of 1882 persons
who were entirely blind The whole
of the remainder of Europe (and
mind this includes the lhckly popu-
lated countries of Germany, France,
Spain, Holland Belgium, Great Britain,
etc. oaly has blind population num-
bering lSS,Sl2, while the three Am
cricas, North, Central and South,
with their l.lands, have less than 23,-
600 persons who are totally bereft Of
their sight. In the Caucasus the
women, especially those of country
districts, are more liable TO cecity
than men, the proportion being about
twCntv-scyen TO nineteen. In Poland
there are twenty-five blind men for
every fourteen blind women, the
same percentage holding good over
the most of Russia.in. Europe. The
authority from which these facts are
CLEANED states that they are actually
many small villages in the akali dis
ricts near the Asiatic frontier where
the blind predominant! In this
region the alkali dust constantly fills
the air, and those not actually blind
have their eyes more or less diseased.
Il TSr. Louis Republic.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01
MOOnrIse.

MOOnrIse.
I see stretch of shining sky
Like some fair ocean sunset-lit;
Peaceful and wide its spaces lie,
And purple shores encompass it.
A little slender silver boat
Upon its bosom is ahoat.
This craft, unstayed by winds or tides,
Slips ont across the twilight bar;
Through rosy ripples soft she gldes,
Led by single pilot star;
With shadowy sails and fairy crew,
She drifts along the summer blue.
She's filled from stem to stern with flowers,
And Love, and Hope, and Happiness
VIII aught OF what she brings be ours2
All, me! five could only guess!
She rides elusive and remote,
This little slender silver boat.
1.-THE Spectator.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01
Getting Even,

Little Johnny--l got e> en- with tne
teacher today.
Little Dick How?
Little Johnny-It was my turn to
speak piece, au' so got up an spoke,
"Don't kill tn birds, tn pretty BIRDS"
an | pretended to cry an made ii
real affectin'-an' there she sat with
one in her hai.-[Good News.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01
The Girl [ Left Behind Me. "

One rainy day in the late winter of
1882 | found myself bag and baggage
-. 'h~ ."H""y tsi-sr~.... ur""u
Junction, Colorado. As the train les
sened in the distance | took n survey
of my surroundings. Not tree, not
spear of grass mud which looked
as If it might ingulf one to be some
time dug up as an unknown fossil
not a sidewalk visibe-cxcept now
and then the uneven remains OF a
brick pavement fast resolving itself
into its original clay.
had been travelling through the
West, and now ommy way here | had
stopped to see one who was my oldest
and dearest friend, the wife of the
superintendent of a mine on the head
waters of the White river. She had
tried TO prepare me for the discOm-
forts of the journey after | should
leave the railroad, but | found no
words could describe it rs wildly AS |
afterwards felt it, and | heartily
wished myself safe in the luxury of q
Pullman and speeding eastward. How
over Ipullod myself together and went
to the agent TO ask when the stage
would leave for Mccker, and found |
could not 60 till morning; SO giving a
small boy quarter to carry my grip,
| gingerly picked my way from brick
to brick along the causcwa y that led
to the town proper.
The next morning was clear and
pleasant and the air bracing Us we
dragged laboriously out north through
the almost bottomless clay road.
There were no other passengers, but
two men and myself, so turned my
attention TO the scenery.
The two men had eyed me curiously
at first and then began talking of mines
and the various arts and tricks of the
inscriptions to outwit the guillible
tcndcrfoot. But gradually they over
came their apparent diffidcnco in adj
dressing q woman and began after
true American style TO want to know
all about my antccedcnts, and above
all my reason for taking such an I'M
usual journey. When told them |
expected to visit Mrs. Renfrow at the
Tin Cup Mine one whistlcd express
sivcly and said: "You be likely to
stay all winter"
"WhyT / asked.
"Bccausc, if signs 60 for anything
there is going TO be All everlasting
snowfall before long"
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01

The Old Way Of Catching Whales.
The whale being we'll harnessed to
the boat by means of the tow-line,
which is fastened to the flesh.imbed.
ded harpoon, it may either turn
6ukes and sound or. believing at
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01
She Couldn't Re.

Miss Peart-Did you ever look at
yourself in the glass when you were
angry3
Rival Belle-No, Pm mover angry
when look in the glass.--[New
York Weekly.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01

All the discomfort of my journey
was forgotten in the overtlowing en-
thusiasm of my welcome. Over and
over again did "My Margaret" as
had called her in oldtime school days,
rush in from her little log kitchen to
ask NE if there was anything she could
do to ease my aching bones. AS
looked around the little rooms, I'm.
plastered save with grout dug from
neighbo"ing hills, | began to appre-
ciate the decorative possibilities OF
dotted Swiss and red ribbons, but then
Margaret could find beauty to utilize
on the bleakest of desert isles. From
my seat by the same window | could
see the log mine buildings on the
opposite slope of the gulch and the
day shift coming out like bees from a
hive and scattering TO the various
shantics dotted along the side of the
stream.
AS looked Margaret came and
looked over my shoulder and ex.
claimed: "There's john" and then,
"Why, what can be the matter" fol-
just behind him on an improvised
stretcher of pine boughs four men
were carrying another, so stiff and
still it did not seem as if he could be
living.
Margaret said; "llelp me get q
bed ready" and by the time the men
reached the doorway with their bur.
den bed was stripped TO mattress
and sheets, and they had laid him
upon it, while John said, briefly
"An accident to the machinery. lie
is not dead, but | don't know how
badly hurt"
We soon found one arm and one
leg broken, but no evidence of othcl
injury. Mr. Renfrow, with the as
sislance of two of the men, who
through many years Of Western life
had learned rough sort of surgery,
set the limbs, while the women waited
the result in suspense. Through tho
long night we watched beside the
poor fellow for some signs of con-
sciousness, and towards morning
were rewarded by seeing him open
his eye and recognize Mr. Rcn.
frow.
During the weeks of nursing whicl
followed we women had not mucl
time to think of weather, but my
friend at Mecker had been a true
prophet, and the fcathery flakes began
to fall during the first night after my
arrival and kept 1t up steadily for 6
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01

In 1892 Van Estin invented a hol.
low sphere and tube several hundred
feet In length, the motor power being
air.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01

Renan was one of the most popular
authors in France and his books sold
by the hundred thousand.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01

Fox, the orator, found his greatest
pleasure in gambling.
Spirit of the age. [volume] (Woodstock, Vt.) 1845-1913, 1893-03-01
IF YOU
own
CHICKENS

TarM You rWMAfTooPAY VIZ EHiR
even II you merely keep them as n diversion. In or
der to handle Fowls Judicously, you must know
something about thcm. To meet this want we ara
Sns "sGs fyos Ios,fy SS 4sss1 y &c.
twenty-five years. 1t was written by aman who put
all his mind, and tlrae, and money TO making sue
busIness-and IL you will pront by his twenty-five
ysars' work. YOU can save many Chicks annually
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-09
Biggest Man or C1-i1.

4 Frankfort, Ind, dispatch says:
Citizens of the vicinity recently had
an opportunity to behold the great
est living man in avolrdupois. John
Hanson Craig, with his wife and
three-vear-old child, was visiting
James Anderson and James McPher-
son. relatives. Craigs home Is in
Dauville. Hendricks county, but he
has been in the show business since
his babyhood. In answer to ques-
tiOns he said:
Il now weigh 9O1 pounds and am
- wears old. At birth ! weighed
eleven pounds: at eleven months |
weighed seventy-seven pounds, and
at two years. 2O6 pounds. AT that
time | took the $1,000 premium at
Barnum's baby show in New York
city. in 1893. At five years | weighed
BOP pounds; at thirteen years, 400
pounds: at twenty GOl pounds; at
TWENTY-FIVE, 72J pounds; at twenty
seven rs pounds; at Twenty-Five,
T0l pounds at thirty, SOC pounds; at
thirtv-one, $50. and my present
weight i just 9O7 pounds. | am six
feet and five inches high, and meas
IRE eight feet and four inches around
the hips. eighteen inches around the
ankle, Twenty-Five inches around the
thigh next to the body. | require
forty one yards for n suit of clothes,
and three pounds Of yarn for stock
iugS.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-09
KNOWLEDGE

Brings comfort and improvement and
tends 70 personal enjoyment when
rightly used. The many, who live bet
ter than others and enjoy life more, with
less expenditure, by more promptly
adapting the worlds best products to
the needs of physical being, will attest
the value to health Of the pure liquid
laxative principles embraced in the
remedy, syrup of Figs.
It, excellence Is due to its presenting
in the form most acceptable and pleas
ant to the taste, the refreshing and truly
beneficial properties Of a perfect Lax
alive: efIectually cleansing the system,
dispelling colds, headaches and feycrs
and permanently curing constipation.
Il has given satisfaction TO millions and
met with the approval Of the medical
profession, because it acts on the Kid
news. Liver and Bowels without weak
eniug them and it j. perfectly free from
every Objectionable substance.
syrup Of Figs Is for sale by all drug
gi,t, in SOC and 81 bottles, but it is man
ufactured. by the California Fig Syrup
Co. only, whose name Is printed on every
package, also the name, Syrup Of Fig.
and being well informed, you will not
accept any substitute if offered.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-09
CHURCH AFFAIRS.
Religious Notes and News Concerning Various
Denominations.

Children's day services were held in
the Southern Methodist Church in
Shepherdstown last Sunday. The eX-
ercises by the Sunday school in the
afternoon were quite interesting.
Mr.. w p. LickIider, the superintend-
ent, presided There was good music
by the school. recitations by schol
arS, and an address by the pastor.
Rev. Mr.. Strothe-. A large audience
enjoyed the service. The collection
amounted TO 500 20.
Rev c. H. Hockey, pastor-elect of
the Lutheran Church OF this place,
who was expected 10 arrive ana as
sumo his pastoral duties this week,
has asked. and been granted a weeks
extension, 10 enable him 10 attend a
special Worlds Congress- of Churches,
now in session at the Worlds Fair in
Chicago. Rev. Hockey will arrive
next week.
There will be service for the NJ. f.
Church South on Sunday "a follows:
Preaching at Uvilla at Il. m; at
Bethesda, children's day services, ed-
dress by the pastor at II a m, exer-
cises by the Sunday school at 2.3O p.
m; preaching in Shepherdstown at
p. III.
There will be communion services
in the Presbyterian Church at Kear
neysville Sunday at 1879 a. m, if
Providence permits. with preparatory
service Saturday at 1870 a. III. Ser
vice in the Presbyterian Church in
Shepherdstown at 5 p. III.
Rev. George q. Everhart is atten d
ing the Virginia Chassis of the Re
formed Church. in session at Win
ch ester this week. disappointment
for service on Sunday will not be
filled on account of his absence
Services in the Catholic church will
be "a follows: Mass mex. Sunday
morning at II o'clock. sermon and
benediction in the evening at half
past o'clock, and mass the following
morning at o clock.
There will be children's day service
in the NJ. L. Church at Mt Wesley
on Sunday at 10 Il. IN, and preaching
in Shepherdstown at $ p. III. The
Christian Eadeavor Society will meet
at p. N.
Rev. J. |. Miller d. d., of Luray,
Va, will preach in the Lutheran
Church in Shepherd>town on Sunday
next. 18th inst, AT O30 IL III.
The general synod Of the Lutheran
Church, in session at Canton, Ohio
ha, decided to meet at Haserstown
two years hence.
The Genera. Synod Of Che Reformed
Church in America convened at As
bury Park, y. j., on Wednesday.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-09
Whent Down to Sc Gems

No. 2 wheat sold on Change in Bal
t;more on Tuesday at 90 cents, the
lowest price within the range Of rec
objection of the Oldest members.
When wheat touched - cent, last
fall it was thought that The rock bot
tom had been reached and everybody
was talking about it. Never since
long before the war had wheat sold at
such n price.
The causes contributing to Il de
cline then are present nOw-the ac=
emulation of immense stocks Of
wheat in the interior aud the absence
of foreign demand Added to those
are the depressing factors of the ii
nqncial conditions and the proximity
OF the new crop.
What is the cause of the decline in
wheat" was asked Of Harry \. Parr,
OF |. NJ. Tarr & Son. The people
who have been buliing it for year
or more was Mr.. PARIS reply; The
Cudahy crowd in Chicago and farmers
who would raise nothing but wheat.
An! Row they've gotit" he concluded
emphatically Geo. T. GambriIl said
the causes were, too much wheat
and too little export demand.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-09
Dog Gore the Dogs.

DOg-G0re the D0gS.
1t has been noted heretofore that
there has been an epidemic OF mad
dogs over in Washington county. 1t
looks as if there was danger of it eX-
tending on this side Of the river, for
last Saturday mad dog was seen on
Mr.. +. Rush Turner's place, a couple
of miles northwest of ShepherdStown.
The dog, which was a strange one,
did not attack any person or cattle,
as far as known. 1t snapped and
tore at posts aud fences, though, and
was foaming at the mouth when Mr..
Turner's men saw it and killed it.
During the past week or two Shep-
herdstown has been annoyed more
than usual by dogs, and on Monday,
bv order of the mayor, two were shot
upon the streets of the town, having
become worse than nuisances. The
people are also Kidding the place Of
the CANNES by giving them poison,
and several ours have died within the
mast week. There seem to be more
dogs than usual about town just now
certainly they are more Of nui-
sonce than ever, with their bowling
at night and proving by day. There
really ought to be an abatement OF
this nuisance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-09
w. P. LlCKLIDER.
SUMMER

We are preparing to sell YOU what
YOU need in our line at Rock Bottom
prices. Our Stock is large and goods
being received daily. We carry the
largest Stock OF China, Glassware,
Lamps &c, and are having large
sales in town and out of town. Have
some beautiful STYLES in Toilet, Din-
ner and Tea Sets. We will sell YOU
any piece of China YOU want or can
get YOU any thing YOU wish in this
line. \ look at our Stock of Shoes
will convince YOU that we sell n good,
honest Shoe at very small profit. Our
aim will he to continue to supply your
wants with Fresh Groceries, keeping
every thing in season. Canned Meats,
Herring, Mackerel, Cheese, Cakes,
Candy, DE. Fruit will be plentiful,
so we will have plenty Of Sugar,
Fruit Jars, jelly Tumblcrs, Stone
Jars, Gum Rings, Spices, dc. We
want your trade. Come with your
Cash, Bacon. Lard, Eggs, Butter,
Potatoes, &c, and get good goods
where they are sold cheap.
Respectfully,
W. =. LICKLIDER.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-09
Thrice She saw a Man Hanging.

\ dispatch from Sweet Home, Tex
as, says: \ mothers dread present.
mcnt was terribly and literally full
flied in the death by hanging of her
wandering son. one day Mrs. Har-
rington, the mother of n Tell-to-do
planter. alarmed the family by faint
Ing away at n window. On coming to
She declared that she had seen a
mans corpse hanging from an oak
near. and she described his dress mi
nuteIy. She twice tainted atterward
on seeing the same vision.
\ few days ago tramp applied to
Mr.. Harrington for work. but was
harShly repulsed. The old lady no
ticpd that he was dressed IA she had
seen the figure swaying in the tree
branches. Much disturbed, she Of
frred the fellow money 10 leave, but
he went TO town, got frenzied drunk
and then hanged himself on the Hur-
riugtou tree. When cut down he was
identified as an elder son and broth
er who was renounced during the
war for entering the federal army.
aud was supposed to be dead.
Mrs. Harrington has been prostrat-
ed ever since and is dying broken
hpartpl
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1893-06-09

In memory of JAMES FLOOD, who
deparrad this life June ,. 1893, aged
IS years. II months and p days.
Oh. my darling son, can il be
That from thee must part
Yes, OH yes. l must give thee up
And Law ihee beneath the sod.
INV soul in peace Will rest in the presence
OF thy Goa.
No, nv own. but saved by Jesus,
VINO 10 me was but loaned.
on Holy Spirit, some and comfort mn
WbiIe nv da ling travels home.
On. how we miss thee!
Miss thee everywhere
Thy manly pride, thy truthful words
INV ever ready helping nanus'
In the no" - - HIS MOTHER.