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Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-07-12
GROCERIES!
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In good times people buy
what they wish; in bad
times they buy what they
must. When money comes
most easily it goes most
readily; but when a silver
dollar looks as large as a
Kansas Jimmi-cane and is
fearfully lonesome its own
er clings to it until he finds
a bargain. He has a big
dollar and wants a big dol
lars worth, and he is right.
We have endeavored at all
times to sell Groceries and
Provisions at prices that
satisfied the most eXacting.
And now with ? fdir pros
pect of good CROP together
with the Strip money float
ING around, we are still IN
the front. We want your
trade, and if low prices and
fair dealing be any induce
ment we are bound to have
| it. You will find everything
that may be had at a first
class Grocery Establish
ment. Call and see what
the purchasing power of a
dollar will do for you.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-07-12

THIS country is infested with
peddlers. The Strip payment has
doubtless brought them here, and
they are reaping a harvest off
people who are foolish enough to
purchase their wares. The cases
are indeed rare in which the
peddler can do better than the
home merchant. Spend your
money with home people and you
may get hold of 1T again but With
the strolling peddler and it is gone
out of the country and you gen.
orally get very little for it.
Indian chieftain. [volume] (Vinita, Indian Territory [Okla.]) 1882-1902, 1894-07-12

The sooner allotnisnt comes the
larger will be each ones share.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
SHEPHERI)S1OWN W. VA, THURSDAY, MARCH ]. 1894.

with the floor of the clearinghouse,
while each furnace has separate fue
fed by powerful force draught. When
the steel is thoroughly melted, the
pots are withdrawn from the furnace,
and their contents emptied into moulds.
The lifting of the crucibles is pict-
uresque sight. The workmen are
swathed in masses of woolen rags sat-
urated with water from head to foot,
with wet sponges held in the teeth
and masking the nostrils. As they
grapple the incandescent pots they are
enveloped in walls of white fame,
which shoot from the furnace twenty
feet in height in enormous volume.
The rapidity of the operation insures
safety to the workmen.
The case-hardening of wrought-iron
(Which is merely a transformation of
the surface into steeD depends on a
law allied to that of cementation. The
iron is heated in charcoal, or some or
ganic matter like leather, for brief
period, thus receivinga surface charge
of carbon. The Harvey process for
hardening a superficial depth of a
mild steel armor-plate, of which the
world has heard much during the last
two years, is based on closely anal
ogous principle.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
A Deadly Weapon.

In an experiment with the new and
terrible rife with which the European
armies are to be equipped, a man was
recently shot accidentally He was
nearly half mile from the gun, and
one ofthe new explosive bullets passed
into his body. One of his ribs was
struck by the bullet and the missile
exploded When the post mortem ex-
animation was held it was found that
the bullet had split into fourteen pieces,
which had penetrated the mans body
in as many different directions. 1t
would have been impossible for surgi-
cal skill to have accomplished any re-
lief if the man had not died instantly,
as the different parts of the bullet
could not have been probed for from
the exterior of the body. This was
the rife which can kill a man at a
distance of mile and a quarter, and
bullet from which went through the
bodies of three men, one placed be-
hind the other, the shot being fired
from a distane of quarter Of a mile.
Just now the European authorities,
having become satisfied as to the muir
derous execution of the new rifle, have
fallen into a consideration of the dan
ger to the hospital corps 1t is gen.
orally understood that the new Ger
man rifle will have a range of nearly
two miles. In previous wars the hos
pital corps has moved perhaps an
eighth of mile in the rear of the line,
and at times much nearer than this
As the men We're wounded they were
carried back and placed in the hands
of the surgeons, where their suttenngs
were relieved. and all that humanity
could do was done in their behalf.
The hospital corps in this instance
was out of range of the enemy, and
could work successfully. The ques-
ton now is where can the surgeons be
placed safely from danger of the new
rifles having a range of two miles.
1t is impracticable to carry the
wounded mile and half back Of
the line, and if the forces approach
within half mile of one another, and
the whole question resolves itself into
discussion upon the terrible results
which must attend the next meeting
of hostile forces in Europe, armed with
the rifles.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
How He Chose a Clerk.

A lawyer advertised for a clerk.
The next morning the Office was
crowded with applicants-all bright,
and many suitable. He babe them
wait until all should arrive, and then
arranged them all in row, and said
he would tell them story, note their
comments and Judge from that whom
he would choose.
"a certain farmer" began the law
yer, "was troubled with a red squirrel
that got in through hole in his barn
and stole his seed corn. He resolved
to kill the squirrel at the first oPpor-
tunity. Seeing it go in at the hole
one noon, he took his shotgun and
fired away The first shot set the
barn on fire. "
Did the barn burn?" said one of
the boys.
The lawyer, without answer, con-
tinued:
"And seeing the barn on fire, the
farmer seized a pail of water and ran
to put it out. y
did he put it out?" said another
"As he passed inside, the door shut
to. and the barn was soon in flames,
when the hired girl rushed out with
more water
did they all burn up?' said anoth-
er boy.
The lawyer went on without an
swer: Then the old lady came out,
and all was noise and confusion, and
everybody was trying to put out the
fire. Did anyone burn uP?' said
another.
The lawyer said; There, that will
do; you have all shown great interest
in the story"
But observing one little bright
eyed fellow IN deep silence, he said;
Now, my little man, what have you
to say?'
The little fellow blushed, grew un-
easy, and stammered out: Il want to
know what became of that squirrel
that G what want to know.
You'll do, said the lawyer you
are my man; you have not been switch
ed of by confusion and barn burn
ing, and the hired girls and water
pals. You have kept your eye Oh
the squirrel. "
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
NEW VOL. 29--NO. 20.
Lion Tanning.

There are tanners and trainers. A
tanner is simply man of unlimited
nerve. A trainer has nerve and Judg-
ment Ny friend tells me that a
trainer can teach lion about as many
tricks as can be taught dog. Some
times the lion himself will unconscious
" suggest new trick. Il had to
train four lions to jump a gate. One
of them was so stubborn that | deter
mined TO leave him for the last. When
l came to him he was lying in corner.
I began striking him, He sprang up
and came toward me- He had a
a wicked look, so hit him sharp
blow from below on the end OF the
nose with a cane, the only weapon |
ever take into the den. The blow
stung him so it turned him around
and, as if to escape another, he jumped
up to the bars and remained standing
with his fore feet upon one of them.
He gave me look which said plainly,
I'll stop here if you won't do it again.
He looked superb standing there
drawn up to his full height. So / sat
down on the gate, lit cigarette and
kept him in that position till had
finished. trained the other lions IN
the act and fine appearance the four
made standing against the bars
Another friend of mine was in the
audience when lioness killed a train
er at the Paris Hippodrome She had
been trained to approach him from
behind, rise on her hind legs, and
place her front paws upon his shoul-
ders. She did so this time Then
quietly thrusting her head over his
shoulder, she seized him by the throat
and literally tossed him over her back
The other lions in the den fell upon
him, and though he was rescued from
the den. he died within an hour.
asked the trainer why he never
armed himself with more than a cane.
Tanners rarely did, he said. There
was no use. A lions attack was like
a thunderbolt. Cne bite, one blow
with the claw was deadly. The men
stationed outside with carbines and
red-hot irons are there only to drive
the lion off the body of his victim, 80
that he can be got out of the den alive,
and the spectators saved the horror OF
seeing him devoured-Harper' Young
PeODLe.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
UNcoNQUEREo.

However strong and skilled art thou, my
foe.
However fierce is thy relentless hate;
Though firm thy hand. and sure thy aim
and straight
rhy poisoned arrows leave the bended how
70 pierce The target OF my heart,-ah! know
| am the master yet Of my own fate.
Thou canst not rob me OF my chief estate.
Though fortune. fame. and friends, yea, love
shall go.
Not to the dust shall my true self be hurled,
Nor shall meet try worst assault disinayed.
" hen all things In the balance are well
weigh ID
There is but one great danger in the world.
Thou cdnSt not force my soul TO Ufsh thee Ut
There only lies the evil that can Kill.
Ella Wheeler WitcoI, IN Hdrper'S Weekly
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
What one Boy Did in One Year.

He begged the Office Of sexton IN
the little Western church, and earned
seventy-fve cents a week.
He picked one hundred quarts OF
fruit for a neighbOr.
He bought and sold eleven dozen
chickens and cleared FIVE dollars on
them.
When he could get no other work,
neighbor's wood-pile was always
ready, at a dollar a cord for saving
and splittiog He earned $l375 on
his wood-piles.
For doing chores, cleaning yards,
doing errands, etc, he received ten
dollars.
For milking cows, taking care Of
horses, etc, for neighbors, twenty
dollars.
At the end of the year this fourteen
year-old boy had earned little more
than one hundred dollars and never
missed day at school. 1t was busy
year, yet play hours were scattered
all along-swimming, fishing, hunting,
skating and coasting each found its
place. The oh adage proved true IN
his case: Where there's will there .
a way" He never missed a job when
other boys were idle he was busy, and
the best of all that can tell you
about him is this. he was King $
Son.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
An ideally Bad Baby.

Tom was a bad baby from the very
beginning of his usurpation. He would
cry for nothing, he would burst into
storm of devilish temper without no.
tice, and let 90 scream after scream
and squall after squall, then climax
the thing with holding his breath =
that frightful speciality of the teeth
ing nursing, in the throes Of which
the creature exhausts its lungs, then
is convulsed with noiseless squirming
and twisting and kicking in the eff
forts to get its breath, while the lips
turn blue and the mouth stands wide
open and rigid, offering for inspection
one wee tooth set in the lower rim of
a hip of red gums, and when the ap-
palling stiffness has endured until one
is sure the lost breath will never re-
turn, a nurse comes flying and dashes
water in the child's face and-prestol
the lungs fill and instantly discharge
a shrek or a yell, or a howl which
bursts the listening ear and surprises
the owner of it into saying words
which would not go well with a halo
if he had one. The baby Tom would
claw anybody who came in reach of
his nails, and pound anybody he could
reach with his rattle. He would
scream for water until he got it, and
then throw cup and all on the floor
and call for more. He was INDUCED
in all his caprices, howsoever trouble
some and exasperating they might be;
he was allowed to eat anything he
wanted, particularly things that would
give him the stomach ache.
When he got old enough to begin
to toddle about and say broken words
and get an idea of what his hands
were for, he was a more consummate
pest than ever Roxy got no rest
while he was awake. He would call
for anything and everything he saw,
simply saying, "Awnt it" (want it)
which was a command. When it was
brought he said in a frenzy and mo-
tioning it away with his hands.
Don't awnt it! don't awnt it, and
the moment it was gone he set up
frantic yells of "Awnt i'll awnt it"
and Roxy had to give wings to her
heels to get that thing back to him
again before he could get time to car
ry out his intention of going into con-
vulsions about it. What he preferred
above all other things was the tongs
| lllS was BECAUSE HIS ldIlIcI udu lOL-
hidden him to have them lest he
break windows and furniture with
them. The moment Roxy's back was
turned he would toddle to the pres
ence of the tongs and say Like it, -
and cock his eye to one side to see if
Roxy was observing, then "Awnt it, -
and cock his eye again; then, "Hab
it, with another furtive glance, and
finally take it''-and the prize was
his.
The next moment the heavy imple-
ment was raised aloft, the next there
was crash and squall, and the cat
was off on three legs to meet an en-
gagement, Roxy would arrive just as
the lamp or window went to irremed-
able smash.-Mark Tloain.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
Furnishing Goods

of every description, We now have
our entire stock arranged and shall
be pleased to have you come in and
inspect it and see for yourselves the
honest and substantial value we give
for very little money, | now have
the most Of my new stock in for the
winter, and would ask you to come in
and buy. Thanking all for their past
favors, | would ask continuance Of
the same in the future.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

When Williamsburgh papa went
home from the city few evenings
ago, he found his fve-year-old daugh-
ter in state of great excitement.
She hustled about, full of a valuable
secret and eager to be questioned; for
an important domestic event had oc-
Cured in the house next door during
the day.
what is the matter, Bessie?'' asked
the father.
"oh, papal she replied, you cant
guess who was born to-day2
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

Has now moved into his new store
across the street, next door to the
Southern Methodist Church and in
front of Shepherd College. He now
extends to all a cordial greeting and
pressing invitation to visit him and
inspect his stock of
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

One of the prominent Odd Fellows
of Kentucky has a beautiful little girl
about FIVE years old. A short time
ago she was sitting on his lap with a
glass before her; she looked at her
father a moment, then looked at her
self and turned to her mother: NAM
ma, she inquired, did God make
me?"
Yes, daughter"
did he make papa, too?
Eyes"
Then she took another look in the
glass at herself. well" she said
thOughtfully, "he is doing great deal
better work lately, isn't he?"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

He-I don't believe in lOrg engage
ments, do you?
She-No; l prefer short ones and
more of them.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

A gentleman who was travelling
through one Of the most insalubrlous
districts If India found living there
an Irishman Of very contented aP-
pearance.
Il don't see how you can live in a
place" said the traveller Where
people die so thick and fast
Tell me the place, sorr, " said the
man. where people never die-tell
me the place, and I'll go there meseli
to end me days."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

His Fatber-What are you crying
about? Tommy (weeping bitterly)-I
lust read in an almanick (sob) where.
it says it's goin to rain (sOb) on the
Fourth Of JulyT
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

Dyed in the wool-a dead flea on a
sleeps back
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

He (sentimentally)- Money isn't
everything
She (practically)-NO; but it gets
everything.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING

for men, boys and children, consist
ing of Overcoats, Suits, Pants, and
Underwear and
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

Husband-"Did you see me kiss my
hand to you this morning after | had
left the house2" Wife-"Why, John,
| wasn't near the window then" Hus-
band-"I wonder who it wasY Wife
Il don't know, but the servant glri
told me this morning she guessed she
would try it another week.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1894-03-01

AT the close Of long prayer BY a
father who had prayed for poor fam
ily, his son said:
Father, if l had as much wheat IN
the barn as you have, would answer
that prayer myself.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

A correspondent sends to The AUX
a pleasing story of motherly devotion
on the part Of a least hycatcher.
This bird, one Of the smaller mem
bers Of the numerous dycatcher fam
ily, is common in apple orchards, and
from it's cry is sometimes known as
Che bee.
A least hycatoher built its nest in q
half-dead apple tree in our dooryard-
When the young ones were only a fe W
days old there came a very hot day,
and having no leaves to shelter them,
they suffered greatly from the heat,
SO that their heads hung over the rim
Of the nest.
The mother took a position just
above them, and with on is ire ched
wings did her best to shield them
from the sun. For more than two
hours she kept her place, not leaving
it even to bring them food.
When we noticed that she, too, was
painting with the heat we thought it
time to go to her rescue. With a rake
we hoisted a grain bag over the nest
to serve as an awning.
The male bird appeared at once,
and the mother, finding the nest
shaded, joined him in catching insects
for the little ones. who quickly re-
vived.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

! there, I have worshiped the ground
/ you walk on. / meant to have asked
You to be my wife; but now
Il know what you would say, John.
Listen Almost since can rememb Der,
you have been my champion, my adj
wiser, my hero. revere your strong,
pure nature have watched with
pride your success in the busy world.
l shall feel honored. John, to become
the wife Of so good and true a man. =
s'Rose." calculated the young fell
low. selling her hands. and looking
at her in mingled doubt and delight;
you do not mean it. dear You do
not comprehend what you are say
ing"
1T is you who fail to comprehend,
John. God looks at the heart, not the
outward appe arance, and a good wo-
mans love is akin to God. I learned
long ago to love the sweet, unselfish
soul within you And do you sup
pose that this sblemish' of the face
will change one iota of that affec-
tion2
'sOh. John. how little you under
stand 3 woman's heartl Waitr' she
cried. as he attempted to draw her
into his arms.
& 81 am going to say something that
win hurt you You were a very
handsome man, and you were very
vain. Do you know that personal
vanity IS one of the weakest of weak
things in a man? | deplored it in
you. for it was the one flaw in your
character.
Forgive me, John. Your beauty
of face is gone forever, but your
beauty of character is untouched, and
may be enhanced if you VIII but bear
your affiiction in manly, patient
spirit Where is your faith, John2
You taught me long ago to trust in
Gods wisdom and goodness. DO you
not see that he is dealing with you in
love. and that all these things will
work together for your good?"
Rose, my love, my little comforti'
cried the man. in broken tones
Yes, l see, I seel God is good.
He has given me youth and health,
and your best love. I will never
have fallen from my eyes, and my
duty seems clear. How weak I have
beenI I will not give up my beloved
profession, but will rise superior to
this morbid sensitiveness. which is
but species of the vanity you have
spoken Of and with Gods help I will
yet make an honored name for US
both
''Oh, Rose!" he cried, stretching out
his hands to her in pathetic tender
ness; do you know what you have
done? You have given me back faith
and hope, and life is once more worth
the living. What may / not yet ac-
complish with you at my side? Never.
until now. did / thoroughly under
stand the wealth of affection that
abides in true woman's heart
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

and could have cried aloud in her an
guish for him
Rose. he con tinued. II had some
thing I intended TO tell you soon, but
it will never be told now. God bless
you, little friend; the thought Of you
will always be my sweetest pleasure
and safeguard"
He wrung her hand in farewell and
turned to go.
..Johna"
He wheeled and came back a step.
What was it you had meant 70 tell
me?r
II cannot tell you now, he said,
desperately. 1T would not be right;
you do not understand
But I want to know, John" per-
sisted the girl, staring at the violet
bed with glowing cheeks
Don't torture me, Rose. You must
have known thata ever since you
were little girl and 7 carried yonr
S1Qks 10 tie Little school house 0vsx
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

For twenty-five years Mrs Louise
J. Tilly, of Atlanta, loved her hus-
band through thick and thin. Though
she was wealthy when he married
her. she worked in the field like a
common laborer, and when he went
to keeping hotel she was clerk, cook
cham bernaid and 1aundress. It was
not, as she afirms, till he had got
nearly all her property and began to
treat her coldly that she rebelled,
and not only sued for divorce but
asked to have him return part Of
her realty.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03
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The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

Brass ~bedsteads are no longer the
most fashionable variety They have
grown too common for the ultra-ex-
elusive taste. and silver and white
metal and plain silver now to a great
extent supersede them. The new
bedsteads are canopied with pale blue
or pink. and the same other furnish
inrs- Silver curtain poles and
andirons and draperies to ma tch the
bed canopies are the correct thing.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-12-03

In the man of average stature the
height of the body is ten times he
length Of the face; the face from the
chin to the hair is as long as the hand :
the arm Is four times the length of
the face, the sole of the foot is one
sixth the length Of the body, and 81
times the thickness of the hand ia the
thiekest place equals the thickness of
the body.