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The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20
GROWTH OF SMUGGLING.

WASHINGTON, Feb. 49,. G. A.
Hodenpyl and H. H. Treadwen of New
York, representing the Diamond I'm
porters and Cutters Protective Asso-
citation of the United States, are here
TO call on the secretary of the treasury,
and appeared before the ways and
means committee to confer regarding
the recent growth of smuggling.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20
SALT LAKE
AND OGDEN
Senator Brown Wants Public
Buildings in Both
Cities.
A BILL TO THAT EFFECT.
The Difference in the Cost of the
Two.

Ours 10 De Worth 100000, While
ogden's is to Show an Outlay of
$500, OOO-SaIt Lake Buildings
Site to Be Acquired By Purchase
or Condemnatfon-BuiI to Be
EireproOf and to Have All Mod
ern Improvements.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20
BILL NYE ILL.
Quite Probable He VIII Live Only
Few Honrs

AsHEv1LLE, N. G., Feb. 19.-Edgar
Nye, the Bill Nye" of the world of
hun1or, whose writings have made the
world laugh. is seriously i'll at his home
at Buck Shoals, eight miles south of
Asheville. About two weeks ago. Mr.. Nye
was taken i'll, and since that time the
now his condition is very Serious He is
suffering from stroke of apoplexy,
Misses Winnie and Bessie Nye. his
daughters, arrived at AsheviIIe today and
took train to Arden. the nearest sta
ton to the Nye residence. Tonight Mr.
Nye is much worse and it is thought he
can live only a few hours
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20

THE SAME OLD STORY.
Scenes of a rIost Heart-Rending
Nature.

Explosion Doubtless Caused In the
Same Manner as the One at the
Same Mine Eight or Nine Years
AgO-ItaIian Miners Careless, and
Probably Violated the ReguIa-
tons Imposed Upon Them.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20

WASHINGTON, Feb. 19.-In the SEN
ate today Mr.. Carter of Montana Of
fered a resolution to recommit the
tariff bill to the finance committee for
further consideration This move by
one of the four Republican senators
who voted against taking up the tariff
bill caused much interesting comment.
Mr.. Carter did not press the resolu-
ton, but said he would ask to take it
up next Monday, when he would ad-
dress the senate on it's adoption The
announcement was accepted as fore
shadowing a statement of the attitude
and purposes of the silver senators
who voted against considering the tar
if bill.
1t was definitely arranged that
THE CUBAN QUESTION
would be taken UP at 2 o'clock to-
morrow all appropriation bills thus
far reported to the senate being clear
ed from the calendar.
The diplomatic and consular appro-
priation bill was passed during the
day.
The close of the day was marked by
an amusing controversy between Mr..
Allen (Pop., Neb.) and Mr.. Call (Dem,
fla. which kept the senators and
spectators in roarS of laughter for half
an hour.
About sixty private pension bills
were passed during the day.
The bill pensioning the widow of the
late Secretary Gresham as brigadier
general at 5000 monthly, with an
amendment making the amount $100
monthly, went over without action in
order to permit Mr.. VOORHEES, to sneak
against the amendment.
Soon after the senate session opened
MI. Hill (Dem., n. " spoke concern
ing the hundreds of petitions he has
received from all parts of the country
as to the prohibition of the sale of beer
at Ellis island, where immigrants ar
rive
why
THE SALE OF BEER
to immigrants was a serious matter.
I am inclined to believe" said Mr..
Hill, that a glass of beer would be
very welcome to these immigrants
when landing in this country. This
vast pedtoning effort by we'll meaning
but misguided people was evidence Of
the extreme puritanism, the extreme
RooseVeltlsm, in progress in New York
1t was part of the crusade now going
on" ~" soiiis
MI. Lodge presented a resolution d.
recting the finance committee to fnves-
tlgate and report on the circumstances
attending the sale of United States
bonds during 1S94-5-6 and the DISPOSE
ton OF the proceeds of such sales. The
resolution went over. 1t is substan- |
tlally the same as the resolution which |
lost its parliamentary status yesterday |
%, MI. Hllfs speech carrying the de |
directs the finance committee, instead I
of a special committee, to. make the /
investigation.
AT sos p. m. the senate adjourned.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20
RECOGNIZE FERD.

CoNsTANTINoPLE. Feb. 19.-All
the powers, it was announced today,
have recognized Prince Ferdinand as
ruler over Bulgaria in accordance with
the request of the sultan.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20
BRO. BROWNS CASE.
The Council Ready to Church the
Reverend.

SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19.-The
Congregational council, which is in
vestigating the charges of immortality
and unminiseerial conduct against Rev
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20
MR.. CARTER,
OF MONTANA
He Offers a Resolution to Re-
commit the Tariff
Bill.
CAUSED MUCH COMMENT.
Will Ask That it Be Taken Up
on Monday.

Cuban Question Will Hold the
Boards Today, Commencing at 2
O'CIock-Sixty Private Pension
Bills Passed-Beer at Ellis Island
-Htm Speaks of WeII-Meanins
But Misguided PeOpIe-Proceed-
fngs in the House.
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-02-20
MAP COUPON.

Sc AT THE OFFICE I
1Oc BY MAIL
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
THE SIN EATER.
A Curious Funeral Rite Which Formerly
Obtained In Wales

The principally of Wales has within
living memory possessed an Official
known as the "sin eater. " says Lon
don journal. II was the practice for
reIative-usually woman-to put on
the breast Of a deceased person a guam
tity of bread and cheese and beer, and
the sin eater was sent for to consume
them and to pronounce the verlastln9
rest of the departed. 1t was believed
that in doing this he absolutely ate and
appropriated to himself the sins symbol
lied bv the viands, and thereby pre-
vented their disturbing the repose OF
the sinner who had copnmitted them.
Such an arrangement would obviously
leave nothing to be desired on the one
side, but how it worked on the other
we are not told. What was supposed TO
be the condition of this r,iritual under
taker after the ceremony was concluded:
Did his appropriation" of the dead
man IS sins imply sort of moral asslml-
lation of them, answering to his phys
ical assimilation of the bread and
cheese? The question would obviously
be one of some importance to a sin eat
er in large practice If the responsible
ties of his profession were as great as
they would appear to have been on this
hypothesis, he would need to retire
from it early and TO devote a consider
able portion of his closing years to re-
pentance and good works.
Again, it is natural to ask what hap
pened at the decease of a popular or
fashionable" sin eater. Would any one
among his professional brethren under
take to eat his SINS even in the first
flush of satisfaction produced by step
ping into his shoes? If so, then, indeed,
has the epithet of gallant" been right
" bestowed upon little Wales. 1t is as
though one doctor succeeding to anoth-
er's practice should consent to assume
the moral responsibility for his late COD
leagues treatment Of all his deceased
patients in addition TO his own similar
burdens.
We yield to none in admiration of the
quiet and homely heroism of the med
zeal profession, but we douoI NHetnel ~
would enable them TO face such an or
deal as this. AS to the Welsh practition-
ers to whom we have compared them,
we shrink from pursuing the analysis
further. 1t is evident that, as III the
schoolboy game of "conquerors, p" where
a stone which can smash the smasher,
Of, say, 43 other stones takes over all
It's conquests, and becomes itself a
"forty fourier" so the responsibilities
of these unhappy men might accumulate
at an alarming rate. One hardly dares
to contemplate the internal condition
of the sin eater Of sin eater who had
in life attended long series of other
sin eaters. The cheese would be almost
converted into Welsh rabbit before he
had got it down.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
The Registers Clubbing List.

The REGISTER has made clubbing
arrangements with a number of other
journals by which it is enabled to Of
fer them in connection with this paper
at a low rate. To our subscribers,
either old ones or new ones, we will
furnish the REGISTER with the papers
named at the rates printed below. All
subscriptions must be paid IN cash.
The Register and the Washington
Weekly Post for one year at Sl.l5.
The Register and the Philadelphia
Weekly Times at Sl.25.
The Register and the twice-a-week
New YORK World at SLIGO.
The Register and the twice-a-week st.
Louis Republic at Sl.65.
The Register and the weekly Wheel
ing Intelligencer at $l.65.
The Register and the weekly Wheel
ing Register at Sl.65.
The Register and the American Agri-
culturist and the American Agricultur-
list Almanac at Sl.75. This is a bargain.)
The Register and the Century Maya
zine at 1926.
The Register and the st. Nicholas
Magazine at 1926.
The Register and the twice-a-week
Baltimore American at Sl.15.
The Register and the Baltimore week
ly Sun at Sl.65.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
General Miles.

A member Of various social organiza-
tions, General Miles yet takes much
more pleasure in home than i'll club life.
He has the happy art Of making strong
and loyal friends. He has always enjoy
ed outdoor sports and athletic exercises
and did not miss, you may be sure, be-
ing at the Americas cup races IN Sep
TENDER. He is fond Of horseback riding
and appears to great advantage mount
ed, but has come to prefer the bicycle,
and in his daily spins on the wheel his
daughter or his son, lad about to enter
his teens, is often his companion. He
likes to have pet animals about him, es-
pecially good dogs, land his pets, as
o friend once said, care the pets OF the
whole family.
In manner the general is quiet and
self controlled, but none the less atfa5le
and courteous, and it has been remarked
that he never refuses TO see anybody who
calls upon him. Perhaps 1t is system
attic method in routine work, with a
habit of beginning as soon as possible
whatever has to be done, that gives him
this abundant leisure for visitors. The
members of his family have access to his
library i'll his working hours and never
seem to disturb him. He is free from
Alterations and presents no eccentrlcl-
ties or angularities with which TO point
character sketch. George L. Pond
in McClure's Magazine.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
4 NOVEL INDUSTRY.
How One Man Makes a Living by Buying
Canadian Money.

Canadian Money.
All through that part of the country
northern Ohio) there is discount OF 70
cents ON every Canadian dollar. OF
course Canadian money is not as much
in circulation as is the legal tender OF
the United States, but there was enough
for his purpose. A man advertised IN all
surrounding country towns that he
would redeem Canadian money for 30
cents on the dollar. 1t was some time
before he had any results from this adj
vertising. 1t was like the man who
stood on London bridge at midnight and
offered to give away soverelgns. People
laughed at him. The farmers were shy.
They thought it was sTindling game
of some kind and left him severely
alone. One day man came III with SlO
Canadian money. 1t was Of all shapes
and sizes from the cent piece that
looks like a dime to dollar bill drawn
on the Bank of Montreal. II he had
spent it, he could have secured IS worth
of goods for it. My man gave him nine
big silver dollars in United States mon
ey for it. Before the week was out he
had exchanged United States dollars for
$3.50 worth of Canadian money. This
would give him a profit of $50 wherever
Canada money is as good as our own.
From that time on the business grad
ually increased, until today he averages
about $3.50 a week. Instead of having
the farmers come to him he goes to
them and buys their accumulated saw
ings of Canada coin. They are all his
customers and know him well in the five
years they have done business together.
care you not afraid Of competition IN
your business in case it becomes gener-
ally known!" asked. mo-" said he,
"you see, it requires comparatively
large amount of money as starting
capital. Then have TO have men III the
frontier cities who will give me United
States money for my Canada currency.
1 generally take a trip twice year to
Detroit, Cleveland, Chicago and Buffalo,
where make these exchanges. All this
requires years Of preparation, and no
outsider could step in and make ex-
changes with my patrons, as they have
all the money they can handle now,
even at a per cent commission on the
dollar. buffalo Express.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
Keep Well Informed

Ii every progressive young man
would write out or paint the above
legend on d board aud nail it up
where his eve could fall on it contin
ually, it would remind him of duty
that he owes TO himself aud those de-
pendent on him There is nothing
that better fits Il man for the position
that he holds, or insurpS his promo
ton faster than the fact that he is
well informed and thoroughly posted,
Will always be pleased TO keep you
posted on prices of any goods in my
line not enumerated below Patent
Hamps zoe per pair, common Hame,
soc per pair. long handle Shovels Soc,
long handle solid socket Shovels 45c,
four-prong Forks 30 TO Soc, Breast
Chains 4Oc per pair, Butt Traces 40c
per pair. Plow Traces Ace per pair.
Halter Chains zoe, Rope HalterS Sc,
Mattocks 45c, Coffee Mills 25c. Garden
Rakes 20 to 35c. Whitpwash Brushes
5 to 25c, copper-bottom Teakettles
25c. solid copper Teakettles 99c, Tin
Sifters Sc, Coffee Pots to 15c, Oil
Cans lot Sc. POT 12c, 4qt 18c; Red
Warrior Axes Csc, Horse Shoes $3.50
per keg of 100 lbs, shingle and fence
Nails 50 90 per key, % lbs. bag of shot
$40. No. / Steel Traps with chains
81. 25 per doz. Straw Knives 75c, Single
tree Clips zoe, per set. Double tree
Clips 20c per set, Barb Wire 2tc per
To-, Door Locks Is to Soc, Currycombs
5 70 zoe. Superior Clothes Wringers
S1.75, Black Hawk Corn Shelters 50 %,
Gate Bolts soc per hundred, Double
action British Bulldog Revolvers 40
Powder 25c per III. Princess Curling
Irons &c, Little Duke Mustache Curl
ers Sc, pieces hands omely painted
Chamber Sets 81 %. Tin Roofing 50
per square. Steel Roofing 81 per
square, House Spouting Sc per f.
Large Barn Spouting 10c per #, Cook
Stoves from IS TO $50, CiStern Pumps
81. Corresponding low prices on Oils,
White Lead, Tar, Turpentine, Rims
and Spokes, &c, &c.
Returning thanks for the liberal
patronage of the past, | hope to merit
a continuance.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
The Banana Tree.

In the West Indies the dried leaves
and prepared portion of the stem are
used as packing materials. Fresh
leaves are used to shade young coffee
or cocoa seedlings in nursery beds and
to cover cocoa beans during fermenta-'
ton. The young unopened leaves are
so smooth and soft that they are used
as dressing for blisters. In India the
dried stalk of the plantain leaf is used
as a rough kind oftwine, and the larg-
er parts are made into small boxes
for holding snuff, drugs, etc.
In the Malay peninsula the ash Of
the leaf and leaf stalk is used instead
of soap or fullers earth in washing
clothes, and solution of the ash is
often used as salt in cooking. In the
Dutch Indies the skin of the plantain
is used for backing shoes The juice
which flows from all cut parts of the
banana is rich in tannin and of SO
blackening a nature that it may be
used as an indelible marking ink.
In Java the leaves Of the wax ba-
mana" are covered on the under side
with a white powder, which yields
valuable wax, clear, hard and whitish,
forming an important article Of trade.
The ashes Of the leaves. stem and fruit
rind are employed in Bengal in many
dyeing processes. In Siam cigar
cite wrapper is made from the leaves.
Fiber is got from the stems of many
kinds of bananas. The most valuable
is the Manila hemp" of commerce,
which holds the chief place for max
ing white ropes and cordage, Old
ropes made OF 1t form an excellent
paper making material, much used IN
the United States for stout packing
papers. The Manila hemp industry
is a large one. About $4,000 tons Of
fiber, valued at $l5,O 100000, are annu-
ally exported from the Philippine Isl
ands. The Manila hemp plant is
grown exclusively in the southern part
of the Philippines, and all attempt"
to grow it elsewhere have failed.
Many articles are made from Manila
hemp-mats, cords, hats, plated work.
lace handkerchiefs Of the finest text
ure and various qualities of paper. AT
Wohlau, in Switzerland, an industry
has been started for making lace and
materials for ladies hats from it. By
a simple process it is made into straw
exactly resembling the finest wheat
straw for plating.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
THE SHIP WAS AGROUND.
But the Passengers Discovered That Fact
In a Roundabout Way.

Unjust be about ten years since l was
returning to this country from New
York on board one of the Anchor line
boats. We left quite early in the morn
ing. and were steaming down the bay
in high hopes Of pleasant trip. We
soon got into a thick fog, and after
passing Sandy Hook at about quarter
speed the ship ran aground. The ma
jority Of the passengers, however, knew
nothing of our plight, for the propeller
kept on churning up the water IN fran
tic efforts to get the vessel off the mud,
and the fog was so dense that very few
people noticed we were not making
Roadway.
The captain dispatched his first officer
to Sandy Hook to telegraph the position
of affairs to the agents, but as the en-
gines were still kept going no one sus-
pected that anything unusual had &C.
CURED.
Presently the boat returned, but no
questions were asked, and no one SEEM
ed to have the idea that there was any
need to ask them.
Two or three hours passed, and an
ocean tug came alongside out Of the fog.
Newsboys came on board to sell their
papers, and did a good business. "Ex-
trar Extrarr' was their cry, and these
"extrars" contained on the front page
a full and graphic account Of the strand
ing of the very liner on which they
were disposing Of them %
Great Scott" exclaimed one man
who had invested in paper, don t
these papers know how to lie? Here's
one saying now that our ship has run
aground
$50 we are, and likely to remain,
answered an officer, upon which the
passenger ran to the side Of the vessel
and looked over in order to convince
himself.
The news now, Of course, began to
spread all over the ship, but it was too
much for everybody when a quarter OF
an hour later a stout old gentleman
sprang up from his seat and yelled,
Jerusalem we're aground, " and then
ran full tilt along the deck in fearful
state of terror. London Telegraph.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
Salt is like good humor-almost eV-
erything is better for pinch of it.

President Andrews, Brown Uni
versity, Rhode Island, historian VIII o
has made valuable contributions to the
literature of this country, in a recent
lecture on General Robert Z. Lee, at
Meridian, Mississippi, closed as follows:
considering everything, l believe that
Lees masterful campaigns of 1862,
1868, and 1864 not only constitute
him the foremost military virtuoso of
his land, but write his name high on
the scroll of the greatest captains in
history, besides AdOlphus and lilly ;
Luxembourg and William of Orange ;
Frederick the Great, Marlborough
and Prince Eugene; Napoleon and
Wellington, Won Motlke and Prince
Frederick Charles. .
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
SLEEP, BABY, SLEEP.

Over the sea lady came,
Sleep. sleep, sweetly sleep.
Night was the beautiful lady's name,
Sleep sleep, sleep.
Her eyes like two stars shone soft and bright
Her voice like the breeze's murmur light,
Kind and gentle and lovely night:
Sleep baby sleep.
How tender her love for each little one,
Sleep, sleep, sweetly sleep.
She softly called when the day was done,
"Sleep. sleep, sleep.
"Dear little children" / heard her say,
ssYou must be tired now. Stop your play
And come with me TO dreamland away
Sleep, baby, sleep.
"shut your eyes if you want to 60
Sleep, sleep, swectly sleep.
Safe in my arms I'll carry you SO,
Sleep, sleep, sleep
Over the ocean fyir fast
Earth with its cloud and storm Is past.
Here is the beautiful land at last;
Sleep, baby, sleep
'sSuch wonderful, happy land,
Sleep, sleep, sweetly sleep.
Children laughing ON every hand,
Sleep, sleep, sleep.
Flowers more gay than our beauties OF spring.
Music more full than our birds can sing,
Sunshine and fairies and-every bright thing.
Sleep, baby, sleep"
Josephine Parkman in Youth Companion
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
Treasurer upton,s Keauest.

Mrs. Harriet Taylor Upton, as treas
urer, has sent out her annual letter, re-
minding the members Of the n. A. W.
S. A. that their contributions are now
due. Accompanying this letter, Mrs.
Upton has sent out a printed slip which
reads as follows: "Do you not know
some believer i'll woman's political ad-
vancement who may not care to take an
active part in local, state or national
work, and yet who could become a mem
Der of the National American society If
you asked her personally or sent her the
Enclosed article of the constitution?
Will you not try TO get one contributing
member? Will not every member act on
this SUGGESTION
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
Kneu How II Would BE.

The simplicity Of children is some
times hard to fathom. In the following
case, for instance, reported by an ex-
change, was the boys innocence real or
affected?
He had brought home biz monthly
school report, which made poor show
ing. -,
''This is very unsatisfactory" said
his father as he looked it over. Il am
not at all pleased with it. -
Il knew you wouldn't be, s" answered
the little boy. ~ told the teacher so,
but she said she couldn't change it. =
Youths Companion.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
Mann rnnrchants ore wall avg

Many merchants are well aware
that their customers are their best
friends and take pleasure in supplying
them with the best goods obtainable.
As an instance we mention Perry &
Cameron, prominent druggists Of
Flushing, Michigan. They say: I'VE
have no hesitation in recommending
Chamberlain Cough Remedy to our
customers, as it is the best cough med
icine we have ever sold, and always
gives satisfaction. For sale at %
and 90 cents per bottle by ]. G. Gibson.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-01-23
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad

The following Is the time OF train stopping
at Shenandoah junction, in effect May ~.
1895:
EAST-BoUND.
No. 4f-25O A. NJ. Memphis To New York
Connection with \. & w. north.
No. S0--6.23 A. NJ. Martinsburg and Bruins
wick Accommodation.
No. S-lOl6 A. NJ. ST. Louis and New York
Limited Express.
No. I6-l2.O9 +. NJ. Keyser and Baltimore Ac-
commodation. via Washin ton.
No. 6-256 z. NJ. Express. Stops on signal
No. l4--5.59 p NJ Keyser and Baltimore Ac
commoda lion.
No. 46-9.l9P. NJ. Washington Express daily
except Monday.
wEsT-BouND.
No. 43-l.2O A. NJ. Leaves Baltimore 1929 p.
NJ and Washington II % =. NJ. con-
Meeting with n. & w. going south.
No. 1879 A. NJ. Baltimore and Cumber-
land Accommodation.
No. l7-l2.S6 p. NJ. Baltimore AMI Keyser Ac-
commodation. Daily except sun
day.
No. ISL P. NJ. New Yo-k and st. Louis
Limited Express. Connects with
n. d w. south.
No. 79-6.4S p. NJ. Brunswick and Martins
burg Accom- mediation.
No. lob Z. NJ. Baltimore and Wheeling,
PittsbuTg Express.
G. o. SCULL,
Gen1 Passenger Agent.
J.T. ODELL,
General Manager.