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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
One of the vagaries of Memory

a child Of American parents was
born in Spain, and, although the LAM
guage Of the family was English, sbe
learned to speak Spanish Auently. She
then returned to America and went
into a boarding school where French
was the only language spoken. OF
course, hearing 10 Spanish, the child
gradually seemed to forget it. Her
knowledge Of French was perfect, and
that she used as well as English. When
she became an elderly lady her health
failed her, and she sank into a con-
dition Of physical and mental weak
ness. After a time her attendants OBJ
served that she seemed not to under
stand anything that was spoken IN
English, but conyersed in French with
ease, and comprehended whatever was
said to her in that tongue At last
she lapsed into a long interval OF semi
consciousness, during which she un-
derstood nothing. During the last
days Of her life she suddenly rallied,
and her command of Spanish came
back to her, 50 that she talked fluent
| " in ii and thoroughly understood it.
I As a case Of mental lapse and Peculi.
arity of memory, this is considered
quite worthy Of note
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
How Fast the Earth Moves.

Everybody knows that the earth
makes one complete revolution on Its
axis once in each twenty-four hours.
But few. however, have any idea Of
the high rate Of speed at which such
an immense ball must turn in order to
accomplish the feat Of making one
revolution in day and night. a
graphic idea Of the terrific pace which
the old earth keeps up year after year
may be had by comparing it's speed to
that of cannon ball fred from a
modern bigh-pressure gun. The high
est velocity ever attained by such a
missile has been estimated at 1926
feet per second, which Is equal to a
mile in three and two-tenths - 2-lO)
seconds. The earth, IN making one
complete revolution IN the short space
of twenty-four hours, must turn with
velocity almost exactly equal to that
of the cannon ball. In short, the rate
of speed at the equator Is exactly 1907
feet per second. This is equal 70 a
mile every thrseand six-tenths seconds
seventeen miles minute.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13

spring Nv 1887. His life wuz a-ebbin
powerful fast. The minister wuz there,
n me, n Dock Wilson, n Jedge Baker,
n most Nv the family Lovin hands
smoothed the wrinkled forehead n
brushed back the long, scant, white
hair, but the eyes Nv the dyin man
WIZ sot on that piece nv road down
which the cyclopsedy man allus come.
All to oncet a bright n joyful look
come into them eyes, n ole Leander
riz up in bel n sez, Its come -
What Is it, father ?" asked his
daughter Sarey, sobbin like
Hush - sen the minister solemnly.
He sees the shinin gates Nv the Moo
Jerusalum.
"No, no cried the aged man. 1T
is the cyclopeedy-the letter Its
comm ~
n, sue enough, the door opened,
n in walked Higgins. He tottered
rather than walked, fer he had growed
ole u feeble in his wicked perfession.
Here's the Z cyclopeedy, Mr.. Ho-
bart, " sez Higgins.
Leander cIutchedit He hugged it
to his pantn bosom; then, stealth one
pale hand under the piller, he drew
out a faded bank note n gave it to
Higgins.
a thank thee fer this boon, sez
Leander, rollin his eyes up devoutly.
Then be gave a deep sigh.
Hold on, cried Higgins eXcitedly,
you've made mistake. 1t ism the
last
But Leander didn't hear him. HIS
soul had fled from its mortal tenement
n had scared, reioicin, to realms NV
eyerlastin bliss
"He is no more, sen Dock Wilson,
metaphoricaIly.
Then who are ms he.fs . asked
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
Where They Should Go.

Singers to Alto, Ga.
Bakers to Cakes, Pa.
Jewellers to Gem, Ind.
Smokers to Weed, Cal
The sleepy to Gap, Pa.
The idle to Rust, MINI.
Deadheads to Gratis, O.
Poets to Parnassus, Pa.
Printers to Agate, Col.
Cranks to Peculiar, Mo.
Actors to Star City, Ark.
Perfumers to Aroma, III.
Ariarists to Beeville, Ind.
Small men to Bigger, Ind.
Bankers to Deposit, y. Y.
Widowers to Widows, Ala.
Tramps to Grubtown, Pa.
Brokers to StockyIlLe, New.
Hunters to Deer Trail, Col.
Young ladies to Bangs, Va.
Hucksters to Yellyille, Ark.
Old maids to Antiquity, Ohio.
Lovers to Spoonville, Mich.
The "boys" to Midway,S. c.
Cobblers to Shoe Heel, y. C.
Theosophists to Mystic, Conn.
Politicians to Buncombe, y. c.
Topers to Brandy Station, Va.
Physicians to Doctoltown, Ga.
Puzzle fends to Riddleville, Ga.
Bicyclers to Wheeling, W. Va.
Prohibitionists to Drystown, Cal.
Druggists to Balsam Lake, Wis.
The gum brigade to Chewtown, ?
Political orators to Stumptown, 2
Newlv-married couples to Bliss, Mic
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
Pearls Of Thought.

Whatever Is pure is also simple
Wilmot.
Truth is everlasting. but our IDEAS
Of truth are not.-Beecher.
A heavy purse in fools pocket ia
heavy curse.--Cumberland.
Almost always the most indignant
are the most generous.-Stanislaus.
No violent extremes endure; sober
moderation stands secure.-Aleyn.
A w0rnan's lot is made for her by
the love she accepts-George Eliot.
Good company and good discourse
are the very sineRs Of yirtue.--Izsak
Walton.
The sun does not shine for few
trees and flowers, but the wide world.
-Simms.
A wise neuter joins with neither.
but uses both as his honest interest
leads him.-Penn.
He VINO brings rIdiculs 70 bear
against truth finds in his hand blade
without hilt.-Laudor.
There is nothing 50 agonizlpg 70 the
fine skin Of vanity as the application
Of rough uth.-Bulwer.
1t is easy Cor a man TO write and
tslk like philosophers, but 70 act with
wisdom, there Is the rub.-RivarOl.
No persons are more frequently
wrong than those who will not admit
that they are wrong. -Rochefouiauld'
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
The Cheapest and. Best.

The cheapest IS not atlcays the best,
bit the Register is the cheapest and
best ne,cspaper IN this section, THE
price is but rs cents for 1896. NoO
is the time to subscribe.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
LITTLE AlL-AlONEY.

Little All-Aloney's feet
Pitter-patter in the hall,
And his mother runs to meet
And 10 kiss her toddling sweet
Ere perchance he fall.
He Is, oh, so weak and small!
Yet what danger shall he fear
When his mother hovereth near
And he hears her cheering call,
"All-A!oney
Little All-Aloney's face
1t is all aglow with glee,
AS around the romping place
At terrifying pace
Lungeth, plungeth he!
And that hero seems TO be
All unconscious OF our cheers
only one dear voice he hears
Calling reassuringly:
"All-Aloney
Though his legs bend with their load,
Though his feet they seem so small
That you cannot help forebode
Some disastrous epis ode
In that noisy hall,
Neither threatening bump nor fall
Little All.Alouey fears,
But with small bravarO steers
whittier comes that CHEEKY cali:
"AIl- Il-Aloney"
An, that in the years To come,
When he shares Of sorrOw's store
When his feet are chill and numb,
When his cross is burdersome,
And his heart is sore;
Would that he could hear once more
The gentle voice he use 10 hear
Divine with mother love and checr-
Calling from yonder spirit shore
"All, all alone
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
Heber Donaldson.

II. S.-We sell the Miller Lamp, the
best center draft lamp in the world.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
CROCKERY
AND
CHINAWARE.

Donaldson is sole agent for Laughlin
China, the ware that took first prize at
the Worlds Fair. 1t looks like French
China, is as cheap as Stone China and
never cracks or craZeS. Sample Plates,
THREE CENTS EACH. We sold %
casks of this ware in 1895. Our line of
Chamber or Toilet Sets cannot be eX-
celled Ten-piece Decorated Sets, $500,
twelve-pieCe Sets, beautiful decorated
with Jar, $500 Our line of Banquet
Lamps is complete They range in price
from one dollar and half to fifteen dol
lars. We have Haviland' S French China
Decorated Dinner Sets ranging in price
from SO. 90 to 5000
Our second floor is full of Chinaware.
We have five decorated lines that we
will sell you, any piece you may select,
and you can make up your own dinner
set
Please call and see us when you come
to Hagerstown. third door from the
square, on West Washington Street.
Respectfully,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
and Wood
FOR SALE.

The Hagerstown Spoke and Bend,
ing Co. has on hand and will sell
cheap:
10000 #. 1-inch Oak Boards.
10000 #, Il, 2, ,! and 3-inch Oak
Plank.
10000 #. 1-inch Oak Fencing Boards,
5000 Oak Palings.
500 Cords Oak and Hickory wood.
The same can be seen at our saw
mill in the tract of timber purchased
of Mr.. Geo. Licklider, located about
8 miles from Shepherdstown along
the Halltown pike. VIII also saw
bills to order. We pay the highest
cash price for Hickory and Oak Rim
Logs and Spokes. Address all COM
munications to
M. V. A. NORRIS, Manager,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.
April II, lS95-2m
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1896-02-13
J. S.FLEMING, Notary Public.

WILLtak acknowledgements OF Deeds
w Power of Attorney, Affidavits, Deposi-
aons, and attend to all b usi mess connected
with the office.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13

Hon. George L. Wellington,
chairman of the State Republican
Committee, closed a contract Fri
day for the rent Of rooms IN the
News budding southwest corner of
Baltimore and Calvert streets,
Baltimore, for headquarters during
the campaign. The rooms are on
the second floor, and they will be
occupied by Mr.. Wellington, Capt.
H. Clay Nall, for the States
Committee, while one will be the
headquarters of Mr.. VIM. F. Stone
chairman Of the City Committee,
with Mr.. Benjamin Hiss secretary
and Capt. Noble H. Creager treas
urer. To Mr.. Stone will be en-
trusted the general management
of the congressional campaign IN
the Third and Fourth districts, be-
sides looking after the details of
the contest for additional judge
and city councilmen.
On the fourth floor Mr.. Charles
N. Linville and corps of compe-
tent assistants will conduct a lit
erarY bureau, and much good is
expected therefrom.
Mr.. Wellington believes that the
campaign should be conducted
upon the sound money lines, and
speakers of the Republican party
IN the State will be expected to
confne their arguments largely to
that point. Help is also expected
in non partisan meetings from the
Honest Money Democratic League.
During the day Mr.. Wellington
saw Speaker Sidney E. Mudd. He
expects to open headquarters or
next Monday.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13

for me. | have followed it for
many years, in defeat and il VIC
tory, IN storm and SUNSHINE, and
l propose to follow it to II end OF
my days.
This is not only honest, but
plain, common sense. Men who
have worked for the Democratic
party in order to carry out certain
principles cannot work for candi-
dates who reject and oppose those
principles. Mr.. Bryan himself
admits this and declares that gar-
ties are but instruments. 1lnce
his party is to be an instruf ent
to debase the currency, dishener
the public credit, confuse the
finance and commerce of the coyp-
try, weaken the authority of Iw
and encourage disorder, he cannot
ask Democrats who letest these
ends to aid him in accomplishing
them.
Moreover the Democrats who re-
pudiate the lepudiators are, bound
by duty higher than all pae fIlty,
There are certain principles nich
all Governments must oLshxt
These are not acknowledged, but
are openly opposed by Mr.. Bryan
and his party. We do not accuse Mr..
Bryan of knowing this but men
who do know it are required to act
on their knowledge. Mr., Bryan
may be merely a sincere but igno-
rant and wrong headed person. But
those who see what his ideas must
lead to would if they supported
him, be traitors to their country.
In this case Democrats who are
true to real Democracy are true also
to the fundamental duty of citizens.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13
Silver and Prices.

The silver miners want free coin
age to put up the price of their pro-
duct. The farmers want it to
cheaper dollars.
1t cannot do both. If, as the
silver miners contend, free silver
would so advance 1t as to make the
bullion in silver dollar worth 100
cents, then the silver dollar would
be as hard to get and as costly TO
the farmer as the gold dollar is now
alleged to be. One or the other
class Of free silver advocates would
be disappointed in the result of free
coinage.
Again, tho most numerous class
of free coinage advocates consists of
men who think that the so-called
demonstration of silver depressed
the price of farm products, and
therefore that free coinage would
enhance such prices.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13

climate affords them much comp pen
sation for the harshness and
iniquity of debased system of cur
rency by which they are defrauded
of a large share of their earnings.
They need little coal or wood for
fuel, and their ordinary dwellings
are without hearths or windows,
while the furniture is of the simplest
but by no means the cheapest char
acter. AS for clothing it consists,
for the most part, of cotton stuffs,
for which, as we have seen, the con-
sumers must pay dearly in silver
coinage. American workingmen
have been told in loose and false
generalities of the blessings which
this system of currency has bestowed
upon Mexico; and if they like such
system they have only to give
their votes in November to the
Presidential candidate Of the Demo
Populists, who stands on platform
Of Depre ciated Currency.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13
RaSneCtfulIY Referred.

To the Editor of The Republican.
A few weeks ago | noticed IN your
paper an article referring to the
fact that Mr.. Gilmor S. Hamill, an
attorney of Oakland, and also one
of the leaders of the silver moYe-
ment in our community. writes a
clause IN all mortgages binding the
mortgagor to pay the interest and
principal in gold. Mr.. Hamill,
beinga free silverite, he is supposed
to have faith in his doctrine, but
this inconsistency on his part
needs explanation and | hope
that he will explain through the
columns of your paper just how he
stands on this great financial ques-
ton. Nor A POPOCRAT.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13

of something with Republican
stamp on it that could be twisted
to serve their purpose. BY 1892
they had discovered that Abraham
Lincoln was good and great man
who said things worth hearing and
worth preserving.
Well, they found something from
Lincoln to suit them. 1t was
uttered by the first martyr Presl-
dent as the war was drawing to
a close. Lincoln said: 81 see in
the near future crisis approaching
that unnerves me and causes me
to tremble for the safety Of my
country" Lincoln thought the
money power would get too strong a
hold.
In 1892 it was made to appear
that protection built up the great
money power feared by Lincoln.
This year it is the gold standard.
We hear no more hot orations
against protection. Free trade is
given a rear and restful seat. But
Lincoln is revived again and the
prophecy AIMED at the gold stan
dard.
Four years from now the Popo-
cratic party will have another fad,
and then the old Lincoln prophecy
will be made to serve for that. 1t
is noticeable that a great Repub-
can has to be dead, and dead long
time, before our friends on the other
side think him of sufficient lmpor-
tarce to quote from him.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13
Itinerating Vapidity.

The most ardent friend Of Bryan
must feel sorely dissatisfied, not to
say troubled at the exhibition he
has made since he started for the
East. His opponents must be cor
respondlngly pleased and hopeful.
The very tame demonstrations
along the route are a serious dis
appointment to the popocrats, for
they contrast most painfully with
the outpourings which greeted
Mckinley at every station long
before he was a Presidential nOmi-
nee. There has been absolutely
none of that wild-fre enthusiasm
which the Popocrats predicted, and
which they must have to carry the
country. The crowds have been
only fair in numbers, and scarcely
any more than might have been
expected from mere curiosity to see
and hear a man who is the candi-
date of a great party for the Presi-
dencY.
A still more severe disappoint-
ment has been the character of
Bryan's speeches. He has no repu-
tation for anything but oratory, and
yet his speeches have been vapid
and pointless in the extreme. A
very ordinary orator, travelling from
one station to another, can find
something suggestive and fresh as
he journeys along, so that at each
stopping place he can say little at
least that is apropos, pointed, and
applicable. All will remember with
what wonderful skill President Har-
rison did this. At every place he
said something new and vivid
something suggested by the town OF
country; something particularly
suited to the locality, and yet which
echoed to the remotest part Of the
country. Harrison's bitterest enc
mics could not restrain their APP
plause at the happiness with which
he acquitted himself when speaking
from the rear of Pullman car tt
hastily gathered crowd. Whethe
it was in Texas or Indiana, he neve
failed to capture his audience, an(
say something that his whole coun
try read with approval. Bryan, OF
the other hand, seems as intellec
tually barren as Harrison was fer
file
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13
TWO-DOIlar Dollars.


The silverite orators insist that
the dollars we haYe now, which are
maintained at parity with gold blythe
Government, are too good for the
people of the United States that
they are really two-dollar dollars.
There is food for reflection in this
contention. The wage-earners, the
depositors in savings banks, the
buyers ofinsurance, the pensioners,
and all others persons who are get
ting two dollar dollars for their SER
vices or their dues, are asked to 60
to the polls and help themselves to
money half as good.
They have been aforetime politi-
cal ''fakirs" who have undertaken
to impose upon the public credulity
but meyer before have they had the
audaclty to ask people to cheat
themselves for the pleasure of cheat
ing others.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13
TaImape Day.

Talmage day at Mountain Lake
Park, Md, Friday, August 14th,
will be without question the great
est day eyer enjoyed at that ia,
nous resort. DR.. Talmage will
lecture at $50 p. m. on Big Blum
ders, one of his most famous lee
lures. He is the highest priced
lecturer on the American platform.
At night the Tyrolean Troubadours
from the mountains of Austria,
dressed in the picturesque costume
of their country, will sing the
unique songs of the fatherland.
Mr.. Elmer P. Ransom, the samous
sleight-of-hand man, will preform
many feats Of magic. Mr.. d. W.
Robertson will make very captiya-
ting music on the Russian sleigh
bells. The concert will be the best
ever given at the Park.
Ripans paDulcS relieve headache.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13
Up-To-Date Bank Notes.

A Washington correspondent
writes: The first issue of the new
81 and IS silver certificates will be
made on Monday, August 10. They
bid fair to excite as much attention
and criticism as the 81 note. Like
it, they are ambitious, artistic crea-
tions, and are totally unlike any
thing the people are familiar with
in the way of paper money. Their
fronts are printed in black ink, and
their backs in the more familiar
green. The 81 note was designed
by Mr.. Edwin II. Blashfeld, of
New York. The frontispiece is an
allegorical representation of''science
presenting steam and electricity to
commence and manufacture" and
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13
HTh6 Old Flag"

Senator Gallery, Of Louisiana,
has been asked to resign his seat
because he will not support the
Populist Chicago platform and can
didates. He says that he will do
so when he is asked by "such party
as elected" him, but not till then.
He remains true to his party. He
repUdiates the Populists who haye
seized its machinery.
1.-The old flag of Democracy"
he says, "of sound money, sound
honesty, ridgid enforcement of all
law, maintenance of our admirable
system of Federal Government in
its full integrity, and the widest
liberty of the citizen to contract
for payment in any legal commo.
dltY of commerce is good enough
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13

consists of five partly nude female
figures in graceful poses. The treat
ment is described is almost dlstlnc-
lively American. The general idea
of the main design is carried out on
the back of the note, the main dec
orations of which are yignettes OF
Fulton and Morse.
Walter Shirlaw, Of New York, de-
signed the S. note, which is, if any
thing, more strlkingly original than
either of the other two. The face
is almost entirely taken up with an
allegorical picture representing
America enlightening the World.
America is represented by beau
tiful female, partly nude, holding
in her right hand uplifted, a lighted
incandescent lamp. She stands
upon a representation of the North
American continent, and the rays
of her lamp are shed in all direct
ions. Reclining at her feet is a
female figure Of fame, with the ira
ditional trumpet and few clothes.
Thanking these figures, which oc.
cupY the centre Of the front, is on
one side a representation Of Jupiter
in his aerial chariot in the act OF
hurting a thunderbolt, typifylng
force. On the other side is a rep
resentation of peace, with the dove
etc. There is also a fine view OF
the Capitol.
The general effect is that of
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1896-08-13

WILLIAM NJ. SINGERLY, editor
of the Philadelphia Record whose
name heads the list of electors
nominated at the Allentown Demo-
cratic State Convention, has writ
ten a letter to Democratic State
Chairman Wright announcing his
unwillingness to support the Chi
cago convention platform and cam
dldates, ard asking that his name
be withdrawn from the State Dem
ocratic electoral ticket.