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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-20

is flied up i'm readiness for Christmas
trade with nice, fresh, ,Scasonablc goods.
Standard goods i'm Tobacco and Cigars.
| invite the patronage of the public, and
Will cndeavor to please all customers.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
Couldn't Keen Her out.

Newspaper women Will rejoice IN the
news that Il woman has mt last been ad-
nitted to the press gallery in Washing
ton D. C. Under the rigid rules that gov
erns the granting of bat privilege long
contr oversy has gone on. On some prcteXr
or another the standing committee found a
weak point IN Il applications OF women
correspondents, and was thus Justified in
rejecting them. II rtnia ned for Il Western
woman to send in application that was
prcof. and the committees own words
I'VE had TO grant it. The Rubicon, so to
speak, has been crossed" But if the com
mittee ooCldn't Keep, Ter cut. just cause
she was Il woman, they could vent their
malice by putting her down i'll the Congress
sionai Directory as /. W. Ball, and not
Isabel Wcrrcll Bali. They have a faint
hope that in this wway it will bc kept fr ON
the public.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
ExTERMISATING THE CARP.
Oregon People Not Pleased With the
Fish Commissioners Gift.
PORT la nd Oreynninn.

:, Since the carp which the Fish Cumu.is-
sioner turned looSc in this regi@n have
become a plague, compared to which ali
the plagues uf Egypt were as flea bites,
owners of ponds, lakes, and other hadnis OF
wild fowl have been studying up all man
ncr Of schemes tu rid themselves Of tins
bnll-headed. leather-Sided. all-jlevyurinE
incubus. Draining lakes and putting lime
in them has been talked Of, bIt 'he trouble
is that all such lakes and ponds are liable
To be flooded in the hgh-water season,
and even if the carp were all killed out,
they would soon he back in the lakes again
as numerous as ever.
The latest scheme for the dcSt truCtiun
of carp is to introduce pickercl ana wall
eyed pike into the waters Of this section
II is claimed that This has proved ef-
fectual in Nebraska. While the carp
mania was raging these fish were intro
duced into the waters Of that State. and
soon became a pest. The pickerel and
wall-eyed pike were introduced, and in
four years. il is claimed, the carp had
completely disappeared.
The pickerel and wall-eyed pike are well
known Ia be destructive aud voracious fish.
They might safely be intrOdu ced into waters
where there were no better fish, but the
question is, would II be safe 10 Introduce
them into the streams of Oregon, where
there are salmon and trout? Some claim
that they do not go into the swift streams,
which the trout inhabit, and where the
salmon GO TO spawn. but prefer To live in
the sluggish waters Of lakes, ponds, and
sloughs, where the carp have their abiding
places. 1t would be a good thing TO get
rid Of the carp, but n bad thing to intro
ducc worse fish, more active and voraCious.
which it would be impossible 10 extermi-
nate in their turn, and which might do
great damage to the trout and salmon.
The carp only eats wapatnes and weeds
of all kinds, while the others live on Il fish
diet.
Many Of the carp here are now OF large;
size, weighing fifteen to twenty pounds
or more, and these the pickerel or pike
cnld hardly swallow. Some say tn"
pickerel or pike would not trouble III"
trout or salmon; others say they would
The persons who are interested in duck
shooting alone would, OF course. vote
10 try them, but all interested in fishing
will favor giving the matter due Con-
sideration before introducing any more
strange and undesirable fish into the
waters of the Northwest.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
HOTELS.
VANDERBILT BRONZE DOORS.
Patterned After Gates of IA Famous
Church in Florence.
u Now Nnrk World

1t has been reported that the famous
bronze doors made in France for the W II.
vanderbilt mansion some fourteen years
ago have turned out to bc a fraud. Ac-
cordlng 10 the story. the doors We're sent
down to the Bonnard Bronze Company to
have the gilt removed. and there the dis
Covery was made that the doors instead
of being solid bronze, were composed OF a
thick bronze covering over a framework
OF wood weighted with iron spikes to make
the same weight rs If they Were solid. The
report adds that the fraudulent doors were
TO be presented to the Metropolitan Museum
of Art and new ones of solid bronze cast
for Mr.. George Vanderbilt.
A World reporter went down to the Bon
nard bronze foundry and discovered that
the report was entirely without foundation.
The doors were sent down to have the guilt
removed, and II was done. and the doors are
now in their place in the W. H. Vanderbilt
house on Fifth avenue.
1t is true that the doors are hollow. but
all bronze doors are made hollow. The AS
tor doors at Trinity Church are hollow. and
so are the original baptistry doors of which
the Vanderbilt doors are an exact copy.
Bronze doors are always built in panels. and
If made solid, would be needlessly clumsy
and heavy. As matter of fact. there is
not a solid bronze door of any size in the
world.
1Hc OTlRlllal uOprS III tHe VI
st. John the Baptist, in Florence. There
are three sets of doors in the church, two
OF them by Lorenzo Ghiberti. and the other
by A. Pissano. The second door was de-
signed by Lorenzo Ghiberti in 1928. He
won the prize offered by the city of Flor
ence for the best design, and from that date
until 14A2 he was occupied i'll producing
the door. Ten scenes from the Bible are
represented in the panels. The first is the
Creation and Expulsion from Paradise, and
the second Cain Staying his brother. The
others are: Noah After the Flood. Abra.
ham and the Angels and the Sacrifice of
Isaac, Esau and Jacob. PRONUNCIATION of
the Law on Mount Sinai, the Walls of Jeri
cho. the Battle against the Ammonites a nd
the Queen OF Sheba.
The dignity and harmony of the group
ing is a revival of the old Greek school, of
which Ghiberti was an enthusiastic follower.
OF these gates Michael Angelo said that
they were fit to be the gates of Paradise.
The other doors, though very fine, do not
compare with the second floor.
When Mr.. Vanderbilt was travelling in
Italy he was much struck with the beauty
of the baptistry doors, and gave an order
TO Barbedienne & Co., of Paris. 10 make
him an exact copy. This was done, and
Christian Herter, of this city, imported
them, and they were put up. The price
paid by Mr.. Vanderbilt was 81 900. The
gliding wore off after some time, and re-
Gently the order was given to remove it
and restore the natural color of the bronze.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
OPENING The ice PALACE
Great Winter Event Drew Thou
sands to Convention hall.
Brilliant Scene Present ed by file Skat-
ers and tile Crowds Or
OnlOOkers.

The ice palace at Convention Hall was
opened last night and thousands of the
gayest OF Washington merry-makers were
! there to see.
| Under the magic hand OF Mr.. d. !. Towers
| the interior OF The great hall had been
matle scene OF brlifiancy and beaaty
unlike anything ever seen in this city before.
The great floor of ice, hair an acre in ex-
| tent, reflected n thousand stars in the eiec-
| tric lights ablaze above. On the forty arches
| that support the roof Avere incandescent
| bulbs alternately red and blue, while
around the hall and through and over were
:! globes OF Flashing white.
| At the south end lose the marvellous
VISION OF tie Land OF the Midnight Sun
| with Ice caves and glaciers, spires and tow
ers of huge fccbergs glittering with frost,
the whole covered over with gisteniDS
snow. lie lights were skiliully adjusted
TO give the whole the appearance OF Arctic
! winter.
| Into this unique pleasure ground the
crowd began TO pour soon after O'Clock,
and an hour later nearly five thousand were
swinging, gliding, giancng TO and fro, In
ana out in close threading mazcs that made
the gayest ball room seem tame.
| In the center of the fun, with crowds
gathered around, ten members OF the Quecns
hockey Cub, oI Kingston, Canada, gave an
exhibition of fancy skating. These experts
are: X. Hissock, ID. X. McLennan, j. s. Ray
side, u. +. Featherhcad, George Mckay,
J. j. Harty, W. Merrill, X. Brock c. Is.
Cunningham and Guy Curtis.
On FRIDAY evening these gentlemen will
play a game OF hockey at the rink with
the club OF Johns Hopkins University.
But these Interfered not in the least with
the gay amateur skaters who performed
every Imaginable feat in other parts OF the
room.
Through and over all were sweet strains
of music; the temperature was kept uptO
comfortable figure, and when any were
weary OF the sport there were cozy, warm
refreshment rooms to which they with
drew.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
5000 Reward Offered by the Shade
Chloridum Co., Washington, ID. c.,
to the Person who VIII Prove That
the Cures In the Cases Whose Names
Are Given Below Are False.
Dr.. Shades Ch|oridum Discovery

CURES Pulmonary Tuberculosis
tCOnsumptiOD), I.aryngeal Phthisis
Consumption of the ThrOatD, Nasal
Catarrh, Catarrh of the Throat and
All Diseases of the Lungs, Throat,
Nose and Air Passages.
The following persons were cured Of Pull
monary Tuberculosis tconsumptiunl by DIR.
Shades Chloridum discovery:
Dr. T. B. Patterson, 81 B St. " F.: Dr
j. C. Mcconnell, 500 Sd st. n. W: Miss Mary
E. Mckim, daughter of DR.. S. A. H. MoKini.
% 5tii st. S. E.; Mrs. Holland, daughter OF
Ma iOr Drummo3d. 601 9Th st. x. E: W. San.
ford Brown. 1909 st. n. w: Mrs. W. F.
Bender, 1882 9th st. n. W; Mrs. Chas H
Hughes, 400 7th st. S. W.: aiiof Wa ashipgt on
ID. c.; G. n. Wells, Lanham, Maryland; Mef
chor Leidy, Cearfoss, Maryland. Office
hours 8 to II a. IN. and ! to p. m
Consultation free; 1882 18th st.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
Signs of an Open Winter.

Poughkeepsie, Jan. 5.-Aiany per sons have
witnessed, dur ing the~past few days,
sever al flocks OF wild ducks and wild
geese going nor tn. Some of the flocks were
unusually large. Weather sharps say that
this is a sure sign of an open winter.
About twenty or twenty-One years ago
the winter set in with severity, and early
in December navigation closed suddenly.
By the holidays the liver was again open.
On New Years Day there was summer
weather, with the thermometer up in the
eighties, and mud was knee deep OH the
country roads. In Poughkeepsic on that
day the thermometer stood at eighty in the
shade.-New York Sun.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
NEW POET LAUREATE.
His Old Manor House and Method
of Writing.


VI "
New York Press.
He lives in the depths of Kent, so far out
in thecountry as to be completely away from
all the noise of the city. From the railway
station, il is three miles to SwinfOrd Old
Manor, half of the distance through n
private park which Swinford shares with
another house more pretentious and far less
attractive than Swnford. Swinford is not
Austin's: buthe has long since ina de it a part
OF himself, and he will always live there.
He is a spiritualized English country gen.
tleInan. To look at him. you would say that
he had ira yeled studied hard, had one thou
sand pounds a year and was most charm
ing companion. Quite likely he painted, or
wrote poetry-but a poet laureate. never!
Poet Iaureates are not SO well groOmcd or so
eccentric.
No one has ever, as yet. found anything
eccentric about Mr.. Austin, unless it is
sleeping ont ofs,loors in summer time. As
he partly rcclincd on divan and talked
could compare his charm of manner with
that of no one except Mr.. Howells as Amer
lean as AUSTIN is English when Mr.. Howclls
chooses to talk.
William Watson. one of the most welcome
guests at Swinford, has often sat on the
other divan. and all of the good things
that ha We passed back and forth have been
lost to all save their own ears.
81 have not many books. as you see"
he said. But there are quite enough to
please me- SomctimesI think. in following
my own bent, ] read too little. But
whatever 1 get and whatever l give, it
it seems must come 3Iom nature?''
Poets are generally believed TO write
rapidly. to gailop when they feel the spur
of inspiration. Almost invariably they do
Then am thcttexSption. The verse is
complete when sit down. / only have TO
TRANSCRIPTS it. Lf,tlc-cvcr comes to me
when a.n here. I. dust be out of doors.
walking or driving or delving in my rtien.
Then the lines come in flashes and l rarely
ever change them atterward. Nor DO
drive myself to write. 81 l make poetry only
when feel like .at"a;
The evening times., 1896-01-07
QUEER BREACH OF PRoMIsEsuIr
Miss Smith Brings Action Against Her
Divorced Husband.

Reading, Pa, Jan. Miss Mary n.
| Smith OF Philadelphia has employed coun-
sci to bring suit for damages against Jesse
Davies Of this city for refusing To keep
his promise to marry her.
The circumstances OF the case are unusua l..
Miss Smith and Davies We're formerly man
and wife. After marriage she discovered
that he had a wooden leg and for that
reason left him. They were subsequently
divorced. After remaining apart for sew
eral years new courtship was gone through
with, an enGa cement entered Into and last
Saturday was fixed for the marriage. They
started together for the cIergyman's. but
We're met on the way by Mr.. Davies
brother, who objected violently and to
pacify him they pretended that the ccre-
mony was off.
Later they made another attempt to
20 To the clergyman and We're again met
by the brother, and upon the third at
tempt he took the groom away, leaving
the bride deserted. She subsequently saw
Davies and cndeavored 10 have him carry
out his agreement, bu, he said he had been
persuaded by his brother not 10 marry.
Under these circumstances she will bring
suit for breach of promise and against the
brother for abducting her intcRsted husband.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
LOVE WAS BLIND, INDEED.
Miss Lnscomb Gone 10 Marry Man
She Never Saw.


Lebanon, Pa, Jan. Miss Caroline Mar
garct LasCotnb, aged twcnty years. daugh-
ter of u. Franklin Lascomb. 1G2 North
Firth street, left this city yesterday for
st. Louis No. where she will be married.
after a courtship Of four months, to Robert
FeatherstOne, a hotel keeper OF Palestine.
Tex.
Miss Lascoinb has never seen her intended
husband, with whom she became acquainted
in romantic manner. The young woman
was employed in the packing department
of the American Safety Head Match Com
plny's plant in this city. and, like many OF
The girls emp:oyci there. inCloSed her name
and address in seTeral boxes of matches
abo At four months ago. One OF these boxes
was purchased by Featherstone, the pros
pective bridegroom. who wrote TO Miss
Lascomb. She replied to his letter and
Il correspondence enSued, which resulted
in the enga cement a few weeks since.
The marriag ge ceremony will be celebrated
Immediately upon Miss Lascombs arrival
at st. Louis. and they viii then leave for
the groom home in Texas.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
Ihe Jewish Fur.

The decoration committee of the Jewish
fair will meet tonight at o'clock at the
AL. Writer'S Club, i'm The Times building.
The following compose the committees. K.
Harris, chairInan; L. Abraham, Julius La MS
burgh. IL. Kronhcner, A. M. Frobcl. /.
Grossncr. W. Blum. L. Baum. l.. BroLie.
n. Coleman. jr.. ID. Engel. j. s. Fishel,
H. Friedlandcr. l. Jackson, Abe Benjamin.
NJ. s. Snyder. Kings Palace: F. Hohoff,
s. Hart, AL. Goodman. Sid. Heller and ].
Lustig.
The evening times., 1896-01-07

the torpe,ioes are Inspected and tested for
keeping qualities. The diving Apparatus
and ammunition ROOMS are inspected quar-
terly.
1t may he readily seen. from this account
OF what man-of-war drills and duties are.
that the life of Officers nj meu is not one OF
rioIous idleness. ard that a great deal Of
work is done to keep the ships IN constant
state of preparedness for war.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
CHARGED wITH HRIBE-TAkISG.
District Attorney Accused at the Close
of His Term

Reading, Pa, Jan. Frank II. Flood
completed his three years term as district
attorney yesterday, and last evening just
after ne had left the office. information as
sworn out before Alderman Brownwell
charging him with taking Il bribe.
The particular charge is that of receiving
a bribe from Jacob Water, u well-known
restaurant and hotel keeper. Of $3.50 for
causing an indictment against him for viO-
alton of the liquor laws to be ignored. The
prosecutor in the case is George ii. Good
man. II is said that other prosecutions W i'll
be brought.
Mr.. Flood denies the charge. He has
been prominent in Democratic politics for
many years and has always been a stanch
adherent of the ErneDtrout wing of the
Democracy,
The evening times., 1896-01-07
willing TO Stop.

Ethel-But II you love me so much you
certainly should be willing to give up your
cigars after marriage.
Aigcrnon-Not much. I've been giving
up my igars to your papa and brother Bob
for the last six months. After maria ge
III swear off Cd that.-Judge.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
SAW HER CHILD. BURN.
Shocking Death of II Five-Year-Old
Girl At HarwOOd

VIII db hdTWoou.
HazletoD, Pa, Jan. T.-Maggie, the five
year-old daughter of Peter Melkin of Har-
wood, met n horrible death while pla wing
in her home at Harwood yesterday. The
mother was busy upstairs and the tot was
alone in the kitchen. She approached the
stove and her clothing ignited.
Startled by the child's screams the moth
er rushed to her aid, but the flames had
already enveloped her and Mrs. Melkin ran
to a neiehbor's house for assistance. When
she returned the child was writhing in
the agonies OF death. The flesh peeled
from her bones and she died a few minutes
after.
The evening times., 1896-01-07
Daily Bargains.
Reupholstering.
Daily Bargains.

We are obliged to keep a
staff of competent uphol-
sterers on the premises all
the time = whether we have
much or little for them to
do. Consequently we make
our charges extremely low
for recovering or reuphol-
stering.
We mention some special bar
gains in Tapestries suitable for
draperics or for covering furni-
ture:
75c Jute Tapestry...... 35c
All S1.25 Cotton Tapes
tries. ............-.. /SC
All S. IS Cotton Tapes
tries. 49,. $l.5O
Heavy Silk-face Tapes
tries. ..............-.. ~
Corduroys. ys............. 7SC
The evening times., 1896-01-07
.NA/ ASHIN GTON

ENA/IASHIN GTON
housekeepers
may be thankful that
they are so we'll pro-
vided with coal. The
perfect facilities of
the Lehigh and Cum
berland Coal Dumps
enables any one to
buy first quality coal
at the very lowest
price. Any one-ev-
cry one can buy
coal at these dumps
It h e proprietors
make no distinction
of purchasers. You
may haul your own
coal, if you wish; or
they will haul it for
you.
Notwithstanding
the coal weather, the
cash price at the
Dump is as follows:
Free burning white ash Furnace
$3.50.
Free burning white ash Stove,
$4.
Free burning white ash Nut,
$4.6O.
Free burning white ash Egg,
$3.50.
Cumberland Coal, $3.50
2,24O pounds to the ton.
Usual rate of carriage,
about 90 cents per ton.
DaiSh &Son,
I'd ST. and .....
Fla. Ave. N. e.
Phone 32S.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-16

way of talking was gen,raiiy ifrect and
candid. or lad those familiar inilec-
tons which were alien 20 him.
Was she girl? Sometimes she
seemed woman-when her face so
bered moment--then again she
seemed a child. IT was this cnange of
expression that bewildered and fasci-
mated him.
Then her lips were so scarlet and her
level brown eyebrows wavered about
so beautifully. Sometimes one would
arch and the other remain quiet: this
gave a wonderful look of brightness and
rogulshnes' to her face.
He came at last to the strangest
thing of all; she had looked at him
every time he spoke. as If she We're sur
prised at finding herself unable to un-
derstard him.
He worked it all out at last. They
all looked upon him as belonging to the
American peasantry: he belonged to a
lower world. a world of service.
Salisbury and Mrs. Thayer We're
perfectly frank about 1t: they spoke
from the English standpoint. The ma
jor and Mrs. Salisbury had been
touched by the western spirit and were
trying to be just to him. with more or
less patrOnization.
back and he hammered and groaned
and cursed as he tossed to and fro OH
his bed, determined to go back where
the American ideas still held.
These spring days We're days of
growth to the young man. He grew
older and more thoughtful and seldom
1oked with the other men.
There came to the surface moods
which he had not known before There
came times when his teeth set together
like the clutch of a wolf. as some ele-
mental passion rose from the depths of
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-16
WALL STREET REVIEW

New York. Jan. l5.--The great topic of
discussion In financial circles today was
the dissolution of the Morgan bond syn
dicate. The dissolution of the syndicate
would have had an important bearing on
the market for securities had 1t not been
for the manner in which the head OF the
handled the matter. Mr.. Morgan's explain
atory circular, which accompanied the
official notice of the retirement of the syn
dicate from the field set at rest any doubts
that may have been entertained that the
New York bankers We're not heartily in
favor of making the new loan success
This much being settled, Wall street re-
turned to Its usual routine and Is now con-
cerned only In knowing how the payments
for the new bonds are to be made without
disturbance to the money market. 1t Is
be provided for but no notifications of
the original circular Is likely until after
the closing of the subscription books on
Feb. next The closing of the market
was strong, especially for the interna-
tional issues. A period of hesitancy fol-
lowed traders being unable for the mo-
ment to judge the effect of the disruption
of the bond syndicate. London then
came in a moderate buyer Of its fam
cies and an admance of l4a11a per cent.
followed In the active issues. Illinois Gen.
tral, Rubber. preferred, and Northwest,
preferred, however, which are rarely dealt
in, gained 2a3ia per cent Speculation then
dragged and prices yielded slightly all
along the line until near the close of
business, when the lndustrials, especially
Leather, preferred. and Chicago Gas. were
marked up rapidly. Leather, preferred,
which had sold at 577s, rose to 60ia while
Chicago Gas advanced from 64ts to IS.
Sugar also recovered to 102as after de-
clning from 1O3ss to 1O1ss. The sharp rise
in Leather and Chicago Gas. which was
due principally to covering of short con-
tracts, exerted favorable influence on
the general market. which losed firm to
strong. Business, however. was extreme
ly light. the sales amounting to only l4s ISL
shares.
Furnished by WILLIAM LINN. AL
LEN a. Co.. correspondents for A. i.
CAMPBELL. stock Broker. il2 Spruce
streef
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-01-16
ONE ON THE PRINCE.

did you ever hear how the Prince Oi
Wales asked the sultan to go and see tn.
Derby rum" asked Orlando Jones at the
AragOn last evening. We'll. it was this
wise: The race for the Derby was about
to be run, and as the sultan WAS then visit
ing England and the prince sent one of his
lords-in-waiting to inquire of the eastern
potentate would like to 20 and witness the
classic contest. The son Of the moon and
stars was seated propped UP by cushions
smoking placidly when the royal emissary
was ushered into his presence.
His Royal Highness bids me ask your
Majesty If II would please you to witness
the race for the Derby" said he, bowins
low.
Does his Royal Highness mean that
should go and see a horse race?" inquired
the sultan blandly.
He does, your highness.'
Tell the prince that cannot do So re.
piled the ruler Of the faithful. Why should
! want to go? All men who are not fools
know that some horses are swifter than
others. '"-Atlanta Journal.