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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11

Easter morn celestial visitants de-
scended and at every house where
there were little children left eggs for
them as tokens of their visits. But
Satan, ever on the alert, sometimes
adroitly slipped in an egg of i'll omen.
Many of the old Easter customs
have gone like the wassail bowl and
yule log of Christmas, but colored
eggs, like Santa Claus, have firm hold
on the childish heart.
There is a pretty legend to account
for their origin-that a bird sung a
sorrowful lay over Christs tomb, and
as a reward for its devotion its eggs
were ever after decorated
Another story is that of an exiled
lady who amused herself and children
bv decoratings eggs with Easter mot
toes. One bearing the words, Hope
In God" fell into the hands of SOL
der, who, by chance, gave it to the
captive husband and father. He rec
ognize1 the handwriting, and at last
the fragile train brought about the re-
union of the family.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
Robert Louis stevenson's Prayer

Robert Louis Stevenson, the novel
ist, composed and read to his family
the evening before his death the fol-
lowing prayer We beseech Thee,
Lord, to behold us with favor, folk OF
many families and nations, gathered
together in the peace Of this roof
weak men and women, subsisting under
the covert of Thy patience. Be pa
tient still suffer us yet a while long
er, with our broken promises of good,
with our idle endeavors against evil
suffer us a while longer TO endure, and
(if it may be) help US to do better.
Bless to us our extraordinary mercles
if the day come when these must be
taken, help us play the man under at
Fiction. Be with our friends; be
with ourselves. Go with each Of US
to rest; if any wake, temper to them
the dark hours of watching; and when
the day returns to us, our sun and
comforter, call us with morning faces
and with morning hearts, eager to be
bannv If happiness shall be our por-
ton and if the day be marked to sor-
row, strong to endure it. We thank
Thee and praise Thee; and in the
words of Him to whom this day Il
sacred, close our oblation.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
Legends Of the Passion.

Inc story runs CnaJ AudIn looh VIII
him from Eden as a staff branch of
the tree of knowledge-in fact, the
very branch that bore the fatal apple
During his wanderings he reached Je-
rusalem. He thrust the staff III the
ground, and it grew and became a
tree from which the cross was fashioned.
Thus the same wood bore that which
brought sin into the world and him
who overcame it and redeemed the
world from its sway.
Some say the wood of the cross was
from the aspen tree and since then It's
leaves forever tremble with remorse
and fear The mistletoe, according to
another legend was once a sturdy
tree, but having furnished the material
for the cross it was accursed and be-
came weak parasite.
To many a shrub and plant has
been attributed the dread distinction
of furnishing the crown of thorns. In
Italy it is the barberry, in Germany
the holly, and elsewhere it is given to
the bramble, the buck thorn, the haw-
thorn, the brier rose, the acanthus, the
wild hyssop and the acacia. The
scourge that was laid upon our Saw
lour's back, tradition says, was made
from the weeping willow, for which
reason that tree has ever since main
tained dropping and remorseful atti-
tude.
The passion flower, when found by
the Spaniards in Mexico, was hailed
with alteration, since it displayed with
in itself all the instruments of the pas
sion-the crown, the scourge, the
spear and the nails. There are other
flowers which, fable says, were grow
ing at the foot of the cross and were
stained with drops of the Lords blood.
The Germans tell us that the cross
bill strove hard to draw out the nails
that pierced the sufferers hands. 1t
could not, but it twisted its beak in
the effort and dyed its plumage in
blood. The English robin is the hero
of similar tradition and dyed its
breast from the bloody thorns.
A Danish legend has it that during
the Saviours agony three birds came
flying thither and alighted upon the
cross. "Styrk ham Styrk ham" cried
one. Strengthen him Strengthen
him I" And ever since men have called
the stork bird Of strength and bless
ing. The second cried "Sval ham
Sval ham - or Refresh him ! Refresh
him." And the swallow, too, is bird
of blessing. But the third cried
"Puen ham Puen ham !" or Punish
him Torture himr" And thus the
lapwing is bird accursed forever
more. The same legend prevails
among the Swedes, only they add a
fourth bird-the turtledove-which
cried: "Kyrie Kyrier' or Lord
Lord !" and to this very day has no
voice but that one word of lamentation.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
when the altar lights are gone.

In front of the altar row of nuns
kneel with their arms out like a cross.
Some of the larger girls are allowed
to kneel there, too, and many of them
are sobbing. One of them stays so
long that she is borne out fainting, 10
the younger children the gentle SIS
tiers tell the old, old story of the dread
full day when Christ was cruciied.
1t is so quiet and so dark in the chap
ell and the face of the pictured Christ
is so sad that the little ones are fright
ened.
When the evening prayers are sand,
the girlish voices pour in the gloomy
grandeur of the "Stabat Mater.
Long after the lights in the dorml-
tory are out the nuns kneel before the
altar with outstretched arms, and the
little children dream that night of
tears.
The next day there are prayers aud
vespers again. The children hope.
Their sins begin to seem less hopeless.
1t the evening there is confession.
Then comes the glad Easter morn
ing. The girls put on snowy wells
The chapel is blossom with flowers.
There is burst of ecstatic music.
"Kyrie Eleison-Christi Elelson.
The nuns faces are ahght with a
glorious radiance. The lilac tree
swings her purple and white branches
like a censer.
Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
Christ is risen.
He is risen indeed.
Curious Russian obsevances.

Easter is the greatest national re-
ligious festival of Russia Holy week
ushers in a constant season OF prayer
and somberness. The clubs are closed
and street musicians forbidden to ply
their trade. Easter is the time for
giving presents, just as Christmas is
with us, and every one puts on new
suit of clothes on Easter morning.
The sbopkeepers fever only RACES dur
ing the latter half Of the week, for on
Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday OF
Holy Week all commerce is suspended.
Another great feature of Russian
Eastertide is the housecleaning The
floors of the principal apartments are
turned into what a stranger might
suppose was a skating rink, but is act
ually the effect produced by two or
three men skimming over the boards
with brushes fastened to the soles OF
their feet and sometimes accompany
ing the motion with song At Easter
time in Russia cleanliness, instead OF
being the next thing to, actually is,
oodliness. and in observance of this
maxim there ensues one great unlver-
sal Muscovite wash The public baths
are crowded, and he who neglects to
bathe "early and often" is regarded
as pariah.
A celebration which takes place
about once in three years is the making
of the holy chrism, ceremony per-
formed invariably either at Moscow or
Kiev. The chrism oil is used for bap-
tismal purposes, for the conservation
of the metropolitan and the coronation
of the car. The making Of the myro,
as the oil is called, begins on the Mon
day morning of Passion week. The
metropolitan attends at the sacrlsty
Of the patriarchs in Moscow, lights a
fire, pours in gallon and reads the
gospel, and after this the oil is kept
boiling for three days and nights, while
monks stand over and stir it with Sill
yer ladies.
The final ceremony takes place when
the oil is put into two silver caldrons
upon a porcelain stove and stirred
with silver ladies by six deacons IN
vestments of black and silver. In the
center Of the room is large silver
vase, the gift Of Empress Catherine II,
and into this the chrism is poured to
receive the benediction. At the side
are placed number Of smaller silver
vases in which the oil is eventually
sent away. People attend in crowds
to dip bits Of cotton wool in the holy
mixture. On Holy Thursday there is
a procession from the sacristy to the
Cathedral Of the Assumption with the
oil vases, and mass is said by the met
ropolitan. In the Intervening years,
when there is no making Of the myrO,
that ceremony is sreplacel by the wash
ing Of the feet Of the poor
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
EASTER LILIES.

dearest bloom the seasons know.
Flowers OF the resurrection blow,
Our hope and faith restore,
And through the bitterness OF death
And loss and sorrow breathe breath
Oflife forevermore!
The thought OF love immortal blends
With fond remembrances of friends;
In you. o sacred flowers.
BY human love made douoiy sweet.
The heavenly and the earthly meet
The heart of Christ and ours.
Whittier.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
Mems and Boys Clothing
AND
GENTS FURNISHING GOODS.

This stock has been selected with the grea:-
est care and each article has been marked at
a price every one can afford 10 pay. Mems
suits as low as S3. so and up, Youths Suits So
and up. Cbildren's Knee suits 80 cents and
from sl.OO up and the Imported Cashmere
and Worsted Pants from $500 up to S5.O0,
same pants sold last year from 81 w TO 5000.
Chi.dren's Knee Pants as low as ~ cents q
pair Waterproof Collars 10 cents or for p
cents, Waterproof Cuffs ~ and % cents pair,
Laundried White Shirts from Is cents to 81 VI
and everything else has been markei down
in proportion. Just TO think Double Knee
overall for 50 cents. My lire OF
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
How to Eteh Eggs.

There are many ways Of colorIng
and ornamenting Easter eggs. A SIM
pie way Is to sew them up in highly
colored prints before boiling. There
is one way to engave eggshells. Take
an egg that has been blown and stop
up the ends with wax. Then write or
draw any design desired with yarnisb
or tallow. Then drop the egg into a
weak acid like vinegar. In Little
while the acid viii decompose the lime
in the shell, except where the lines are
marked by the varuish or tallow, and
the latter will stand out in bold relief.
He-I am in love. Will you be my
con6dante2
she-Certainly. / am at your SER
vice.
He-well. would you advise me to
propose to you?
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
How is this?

Russian Duck at II cents.
OR THIS!
Normandie Gingham at &c.
OR THIS?
Calico from DC to &c.
OR THISg
Teazle Down at lie.
OR THIS?
Outing Cloth from &c to lie.
OR THIS?
Gingbams from &c to Sc.
OR THIS?
Bleached and Brown Cotton from
&c to &c.
OR THIS?
The best Shirting from &c to lOc.
OR THIS?
Turkish Damask from 25c to 45c.
These goods are all new Spring
Goods and at prices to suit the times.
Call and see us. 1t gives us pleasure
to show goods, especially when we
have so many bargains. They are up
and must go, so first come first served.
Respectfully yours,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
NOW AS TO PRICES.

Ihaye always tried to make the prices rs
low as they could be made. But this season
know that you are getting better quality
and bette styles. better goods In everything
for less money than you ever bought the
same quality OF goods for before. have a
large and we'll sci cied stock OF everything
that pertains to II mans wardrobe, and TO be
on the safe side have put prices down so
close that il will carry the cheapness TO every
man. woman or child who sees the goods.
Now my stock is ready waiting for you To
get ready To- come and sre me.
Thankins all my friends and customers Tor
their past kindness and asking lor your pa
tronage in the future, | subscribe myself as
ever your friend, "
JACOB WINTEkMO1ER,
The Boss Clothing Man of fShepherdstowii.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11

Dinah (serubbipg the aoor)-You
must glib me present tomorrow,
missus. It's my birthday.
Mistress-And 70 your birthday
comes on Easter this year, Dinsh.
Dinah-Yesim, ! has birthday
ebery Easter.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11
N ECK WI A r

Is far superior TO the display of any preced-
ING wear and as a suitable Scarf or Tie very
often adds ten per cent To a mans looks and
every Necktie is stylish and high grade, neat
and nobby and becoming. and my prices
speak for themselves.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11

Is now receiving his new stock OF Spring
Goods, which ranks first in Importance and
In Low Prices. In no previous season have
ever been able 10 collect an assortment so
well ada pied to the wants and requirements
of this community as now offer in our sea-
cfonly NJ
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11

Willie. do you know what the
Easter season is especially noted for ?"
"Yes'In it is the only season Of the
year when the hens lay colored eggs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1895-04-11

AS the holidays are over and the ladies are
preparing for the spring outfits for tue chill
dren as well as their own, before the days OF
house cleaning comes and host of OF. er
things. They may find something to suit
their taste, fancy and purses, To employ theli
time In getting all things ready. Io. VIII
find the incest line of Hamburgs, lnsertinSs
White. Rel and Blue; Linen Edgings, laces,
Pillow Cas- Lace, Black SILK Lace and IN
sertings for trimming dresses. Feather Stltch
Braids. Linen Bobbings, Tuckings, all KINDS
of Trimmings for ladies' and children s
dresses and underwear, a lot OF remnants OF
Hamburgs al less than cost, To- make room
for new. new lot of Stamped Goocs; Doy-
lies, TRAY S. Tidies Chidren'S Corded waists
for girls or boys. Corsets OF many KINDS OF
ladies and misses. ladies "perfect httlnS
waists for those who cannot wear corse's:
Hose supporters for children, nice ilne OF
Hose for girls and boys from 1 To va In size,
India Linens Coraline Whale Bones Tor
dresses, a few pairs OF those nice woisteu
Leggings just received, Tu' kish Towels 10
make the flesh glow with warmth yust tie W
thing for this weather. What you don't see
ask for of
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-29
Came High, but They Had Them.

AS the train containing the annual
picnic of the Universal Association Of
Chicago Dru1nmers rolled into the rail
road station the man at the cigar counter
coolly took Sll the 1.-TWO for a quarter"
signs off his stock and replaced them
with ones reading $50 cents each. - He
put so cent signs also on his cent
cigars and likewise on his 10 cent
cigars. With look of innocence on his
face he awaited the rush.
''Holy smolzer' exclaimed the Chica-
go drummers. Haven't you got any
lower priced cigars than that?''
''Not one, - replied the cigar man.
tThe New York drummers' convention
passed up the road an hour ago. They
knew you were coming, and they said
they'd play a joke on you and leave you
without anything to smoke, and they
bought every cigar had except the SO
cent ones. I told them that there wasn't
much Of joke in it if they left those,
because you'd buy 'em, and then they
all looked at each other and burst out
laughing One of them said, Not much
they won Another said, L guess not,
and the rest swore that a Chicago drum
mer would drop dead if he smoked 80
cent cigar.
Certainly, gentlemen, ''spoke up the
dealer. Easy, please. I can't serve you
all at once. Yes, sir; how many? Take
box? Yes, sir. And you? One dozen?
Never mind the change, did you say?
All right. Don't push SO, please. I'll
serve you al. -
When they had departed, the cigar
dealer looked complacently at his depict
ed case and observed: ''I ought to know
how to play on a Chicago mans feel
ings, oughtn't I? I am a Chicago man
myself New York Herald
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-29
MAKING WILLS.
Fypewrieten Testaments Are Not Held In
High Esteem by LAWYERS.

High Esteem by Lawyers.
Some comment has been caused in
legal circles by the fact that the will of
the late j. Hood Wright, disposing of
all estate Of over So, 900, 600, is tyne
written. The will occupies more than
ten pages OF typewriter matter and is
loosely bound together by a silk cord.
1t appears that the highest form Of
legal practice In the matter of wills is
that these documents, no matter how
long, should all be written by hand
This is not merely the survival of an old
form still adhered to in spite Of the
greater legibility of typewriting. The
opinion Of lawyers who practice in the
surrOgate's court and have to do with
the disposition of great estates is that
the writing of a will affords added pro-
lection against fraud
1t is said that while it would be
comparatively easy matter to initiate
typewriting and introduce bogus sheet
somewhere in the body of the document
if it ran over several pages, yet that this
could not SO easily be done when all tho
matter was written by hand. In the lat
ter case not only would the handwriting
Of the genuine document have to be imi-
tated, which imitation would in itself
be forgery and crime, but the ink and
paper would also have to be initiated.
There are only a few varieties of type
writer paper, and tho inks used on type
writers do not number more than a dOz-
en-.
J. Hood Wright YVES an active mem.
Der Of the firm of Drexel, Morgan & Co
and accustomed to large business trans
actions. His counsel was one of the
best known firms of lawyers in this city,
under whose advice, it is presumed, no
acted when drawing his will. At the
same time the files of the surrogate's
office show that the will of William II.
Vanderbilt, disposing of an estate of
over $500, 600, 900, was typewritten, &C.
cupying many sheets of paper.
1t would undoubtedly be an added
protection against frauds in wills if
these documents, when on separate
sheets, could be bound together and
sealed in such way that one sheet could
not be removed and another substituted.
The law does not make such provision.
however, and wills of all kinds have
been probated in this county. One will,
which was long a curiosity in the sur
rogate's office, was written in pencil on
the inside of a German primer. Another
will, which was probated recently in
this county, was between two sheets of
glass, while many wills disposing of
large fortunes have been accepted, al
though written altogether in pencil.
1t is matter of frequent occurrence
for wills to be offered for probate, many
of them leaving immense sums of
money, where the testator did not know
how to sign his or her name and made
q mark. - or Gross. That goes be-
fore the surrogate just as we'll as the sig
nature which is signed with flourish,
providing the document is properly wit
messed and otherwise complies with the
requirements of the law.--New York
World.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-29
Li!acS In California.

A young man entered the shop of 10
cal florist and asked, 'Do you want any
hlacs today?' Eyes; bring me half u
dozen punches of white ones. " When
the young man had gone, the florist said ::
''That young man is born Spectator,
a natural business man. Pretty nearly
all the lilacs in Oakland were failures
this year because they made the mistake
of starting to bloom last fall during a
warm spell and got nipped by the frost.
AS soon as this young man found that
out he slipped down to San Jose, went
to every person who had lilac bush in
his yard. contracted for the blooms, and
now he has corner ON the lilac trade
of San Francisco and Oakland.
''By the way" continued the florist,
"did you ever think what hold on
popular favor that old flower, the lilac,
has? Of course the pretty white lilacs
are popular, but we sell just as many Of
the lavender colored. Everybody buys
them. AS soon as the violets go out
i1acs come in, and the women love
their fragrance About the premature
bloom OF the Oakland ilacs last fall?
That was not strange, as the lilac begins
to set it's buds in June for the blooming
of the following spring, and a spell Of
warm weather in the fall is liable to
hurry them forward in time to be frozen
by the next cold snap Oakland (CaL)
ENQUIRER.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-29

Mr.. Arthur Gilman of Cambridge tells
the following story: ''You know there
was picture Of Mr.. Longfellow's chill
dren that was copied a good deal which
was taken in such way that the arms
of one of the little girls did not show,
and so it was told about good deal that
she had no arms. One day Mr.. Lowell
was in a car going by Mr.. Longfellow's
house, and near him were three women
seeing the sights.
Zone of them was explaining things to
the others, and after pointing out the
house she said, You know one of Long
fellows children had no arms Mr..
Lowell thought that story had gone
about far enough, SO he said, Excuse
me, madam and told her Mr.. Longfel-
lows children all had the usual number
of arms, She turned on him with a sniff
and little toss of her head and said:
'One of them has no arms, sir. had it
from friend of thu family
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-29

regulating the commitment to asylums,
and the care while there. of the insane.
and especially the state care act Of New
York. have been in the main wise and
benefcent.
The weak point in the New York law
is that plan for centralizing In a state
commission power as to details of man
agement of the hospitals, which was
Overwhelmingly defeated in the Massa-
chusetts legislature, has become part of
the New York statute, and that the
lunacy commission, which ought to be
a purely supervising and advisory
board, has executive functions which
are not only needlessly vexatious to the
hospital managers and medical officers
and prejudicial to the interests of their
patients, but also may be destructive Of
good morals. The managers and med
zeal officers Of tho hospitals for the in
sane have taken courage from the polit-
tcal upheaval in their state and are at
tempting reform, IN which we wish
chem every success.-Boston Medical
and Surgl ca Journal.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-29
d Unique Exhibit.

The Mexican village to be constructed
at the Cotton States and International
exposition will cover nearly three acres
of ground and will cost many thousand
dollars It will be characteristic and
picturesque representation of Mexican
life, comprising scenes between Yucatan
and the Rio Grande, representation of
the San Jose mission, the Portales de
MERGED, copied from those on the Coco
co, City of Mexico. The gateway will
be 80 feet high > and will be copied
from the famous ruins of Paleneque and
Axfnel A coffee plantation, on small
scale, will be in operation, and the
methods of gathering and curing the ber-
ries viii be shown. There will be
Mexican tlseater, Mexican acrobats and
all sorts Of Mexican amusements. The
village was planned by gentleman who
spent long time in Mexico studying
special features in the original so as TO
make the village thoroughly character
istic.
Orleans County monitor. [volume] (Barton, Vt.) 1872-1953, 1895-04-29

lnls hAlAnhAAiN anu lN1 -
now the happy portion Of Miss Florence
-- of Beacon Street, Boston.
She often tells of her suffering from
the suppression Of the menses. The pain
was eXcrueiating. The doctors, instead
of removing the cause Of her ailmcnt,
piled her each month with morphine 10
prevent commissions; bat the trouble Ta9
permitted toseXist.
When she could endure 10 moro, ~
prostration was imminent and future
hopeless, her family procured bottle
of India +. PiHkhdm'8 Vegetable Com
pound, which, surprisin,, TO 81, rapidly
and permanently cured her.
In writing 10 Mrs. Pinkham, pouring
forth her gratitude and happiness, cho
says: "Ohl that could make every cuff
fering woman try your valuable medi-
cine! How they would bless you'll"