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The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

RENO. New, Aug. 2s.-W. L. Wicker.
contracting freight agent for the Mil
waukee 4 St Paul Co. with head.
quarters in San Francisco, died sud
denly in his room here yesterday norm.
ing Of heart disease.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

The grand lodge Knights of Honor
met ut jackson last week and adopted
"A resolution appropriating $50 TO the
Natchc2 Protestant Orphan Asylum,
So to the Methodist Orphan Asylum at
Water Valley and S25 to the Baptist
Orphan Asylum Mt jackson.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

A young white mar named Sam
Lloyd, while outcoon hunting one night
last week was killed by a falling tree
near Okolona. He was a deputy United
States marshal aud a sober. industrious
Young man.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

FORTY FIVE thousand veterans.
marched in the Grand Army pa
rade at Buffalo. n. u, on the .5th.
President Mckinley, who led the parad,
10 the reviewing standard then review
ed the host, declared it an imposiu,
sight. 1t was the first time in the
history OF the tirand Army Of the Re
public that it's annual parade wa,
headed by the p~resident Of the United
States
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

MANUEL P~LASNS, the supposed Span
ish anarchist, who arrived at New
York on the Umbria. On the 2ist,
proved to the satisfaction of the
federal authorities that he is not an
anarchist but "a much-pcrsecutcd
Cuban patriot. He visited the barge
office and presented proof, of his state
ment which satisfied the officials, and
he Will not be molested.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

DlsrkrcuE, from Salvador sa} that
the slump IN silver caused such en-
barra>SinrHt that congress was called
in extraordinary session. President
Guticrrrl sent IN a message advising
the adoption Of thc gold basis, to take
effect ~ o AZ possible, aud congress
passed the necessary measures.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

SENIOR SAG>SrA the Spanish liberal
leader, made a fresh declaration ON the
political situation on the 9Th. lie
says it is daily growing worse in Cuba
aud continues serious in the Philippine
islands. senior Sagasta Is ready 10 up.
ply autonomy to Cuba. and Expresses
the belief that the liberals will assume
power caller than expected.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

TnE steamer Resale. which arrived
at Seattle, Wash, ON the Esd, from
Dyea and SNuguay, reported tina, there
were abou, t,oo0 people at ~knguav
aud that the trail was still impas,ablc.
About 800 miners were working upon
II, and Il wa, expected that it would b'
ready III a few weeks. Not more than
20 men hal crossed over IN the last
three weeks,
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02

THERE are 1000 Spanish soldiers in
the hospitals in Havana and at other
principal points in Cuba. About 1000
are sent back monthly to Spain inca.
paeitat"d. sickness is increasing.
The health of the city is bad. The
official reports show hat for the wcrh
ended August T. the death rate Wa 20
per 1000. business is at a staudstill.
The commonwealth. (Greenwood, Miss.) 1896-1923, 1897-09-02
pUN'S COMMERCIAL REVIEW.

Speculative Markets Have Their Turns Of
Reaction. But business Has None This
Season Wheat fiuctustes bat Advances.
Cotton Keeping Pace, and the Wool Mar
ket Reflects Greater strength-failur-s
for the Week.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
KIondike Housekeeping.

A woman writes from Ramiport
City, on the Yukon river, about house
keeping in the Klondike. at is i'm
possible to escape the dirt, she says.
Every pore of the skin is filed with
it and all clothing is ruined. There is
some sort of mineral deposit-gold,
perhaps-which acts upon the skin
and clothing and grinds into them.
Washing does not remove it, but pro-
duces a gummy substance, which the
strongest soap will not cut. This dirt
is the hardest thing have to endure.
| like the country The air is fine
and clear, with glorious sunsets on
mountain and river. We have an
$500 log cabin; just hut, with one
room, one window, bunk and a place
for stovepipe. There are no beds;
in the whole town there is but one cot
and mattress, and that is ours. Our
cabin is situated on a hill command
ing fine views of both bends of the
river. There are about 400 inhabi-
tants here. The newcomers, like our
selves, are well proyisioned; those
who have been here all summer have
but little and poor prospects of more.
The situation is alarming. We were
aroused night before last after mid
night by asummOns to 80 down to the
store and attend a meeting for the
purpose of preventing steamer,
which had just come in, from taking
its provisions any farther. Dried
fruits, butter, evaporated potatoes,
kerosene oil, ETC., are 81 a pound. a
stove which sells in Seattle for So
brings $40 here and is not to be had
except occasionally. We have every
thing almost, in one form or another,
except fresh meats. Eggs and milk
we have desiccated and condensed,
likewise potatoes and onions, and we
have excellent appetites. There are
three other women in the town. In
fact, we are the most unique crowd
that ever came to a mining camp
lawyers, doctors, brokers, teachers,
society men-all are here.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
The Virtues Of Obedience.

"Did you ever hear how General
Butler lost his favorite horse p asked
one soldier of another while they were
eating dinner in the big restaurant at
camp Jewe,t during the encampment.
"No, how was it?'
well, you know Butler had a horse
that he thought a great deal of. The
name Of the horse was Almond Eye,
and he rode him all through the first
two years of the war. One day while
Butler was in front Of Petersburg one
of his orderlies came 10 the headquar-
ters tent and told him that Almond
Eye had fallen into a ravine and
broken his neck. Butler felt pretty
bad and he thought that he wOull
have the horse skinned and stuffed.
He called one of the soldiers, an Irish
man, and told him TO so and skin the
horse.
What? Is Almond Eye dead?'
asked the Inshman.
What business of yours is it2' re-
piled General Butler. Don't ask
questions, but DO as tell you.
Pat went about his business, aud
in a couple of hours returned to the
Generals headquarters.
Where have you been all this
time ? asked General Butler.
SHINING the horse, replied tie
Irishman.
Does it take you two hours to
skin a horse2' asked the General
Sure General it took me an hour
to catch him, said the Irlshman.
"Catch him ? echoed General But
Ter. You don mean that the horse
was alve?'
"'Yis, Gineral, and couldn't skin
him alive very well, replied Pat,
You don't mean to say you killed
my horse2' said Genernl Butler.
Sure and did, said Pat. You
know you told me ! was to obey or
ders without asking questions
General Butler was the maddest
man in the army when he found that
the Irishman had really killed AL
mond Eye, but he couldn't say any
thing, for the poor fellow was simply
orders
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
How Worry Affects the Brain.

1t is believed by many scientists
who have followed most carefully the
growth fthe science of brain diseases,
that scores of the deaths set down to
other causes are due to worry and that
alone. The theory is simple one.
Briefly put it amounts to this: Worry
Injuries beyond repair certain cells of
the brain; and the brain being the
nutritive centre of the body, the other
organs become gradually injured, and
when some disease of these organs, or
combination of them, arises, death
finally ensues.
Worry is an irritant at certain
points which produces little harm if
it comes at intervals or irregularitY.
Occasional worrying of the system
the brain can cope with, but the itera-
ton and reiteration Of one idea Of
disquieting sort the cells of the brain
are not proof against. 1t is as if the
skull were laid bare and the surface Of
the brain struck lightly with a ham
mer every few seconds, with nechan-
ical precision, with never a sign Of
let-up or the failure of stroke
Just in this way does the annoying
idea, the maddening thought strike or
fall upon certain nerve cells, never
ceasing, and week by week diminish
the vitality of these delicate organisms
that are so minute that they can be
seen only under a microscope.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
The End Of Life.

The most thrilling quality OF life
lies in the fact that it must soon end.
You are strangely fashioned If YOU
have never been suddenly filled with
the thought that 81 too must die.
All hope of escaping death is taken
away by the whole history Of man aud
Of the animal kingdom, for in the long
record Of thousands Of years no one
has escaped the icy messenger All
the millions who once peopled old
Egypt and Greece, and old Syria and
Arabia, and even old England, are
gone from this existence. N law is
more universal than that Of death. II
omits no bird or beast, or insect or
man. When an ancient tyrant con-
demned a certain philosopher and SAID,
II sentence you to death, the doomed
man smiled and replied, Mature has
said the same 10 thee" 1t isa strange
feature Of this earth that we must all
leave it. All hope is cut oil, for be
man rich or poor, high or low, great
or humble, he must lay his life and
give his body to the dust. Society ia
perpetual, but each member Of it is
temporary and perishable Man is
river which goes on forever, but you
and are the creatures Of day, and
are crowded aside by the new inflow
ing crowd. Individual souls are only
the leaves with which the forest clothes
itself for only one summer time. When
one Of the sacred writers says: 1--WE
do all fade as a leaf" be offers US a
close smile, for what are we all but
leaves which humanity puts forth TO
do duty and be the decoration ola
single season. In the autumn man
falls, but behold the great forest stands
with it's youth, its buds-for another
revelation Of its inner genius. What
a sublime world will that be where the
individual shall be as deathles as the
society Of which he shall be part
All of its joys and wisdom and years
shall be his.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
Be Willing to Learn.

4 man progresses Just as long as he
is willing to learn, but progression
ceases whenever he reaches that point
where he places his knowledge in the
balance against that of all other men.
Strange as it may appear, there are a
good many just such men as this in the
world. Some cannot be taught any
thing, no matter to what branch of
human knowledge it belongs. Others
are perfect in only one thing, and that
relates to the business they follow. 1t
is here that this egotistical Importance
works the most mischief, for it always
cripples mans usefulness in life.
There is another class of persons
who will accept knowledge only from
those whom they acknowledge as SUI
periors. They must know the source
of every item of information, and 1t is
rejected as error, or accepted as truth,
accordingly. They never think, rea-
son or experiment for Themselves, and
hence their belief and practice exhibit
a strange mixture Of the practicable
and impro cticable, of truth and error.
The truly progressive class accept
truth wherever they find it, and reject
nothing because of its source. A hint
dropped from the beggars lips Is Just
as valuable as though it came from
royalty itself These are the men who
do think, reason and experiment for
themselves. Like the miner, it is the
gold they are after, and like him they
never reject it because it is associated
with dross and dirt, but 60 resolutely
to work to separate the pure from the
impure, retaining only the former
We heard a prominent agriculturst
say in an address that no class Of peo-
pie were so unwilling to learn of 9TH
ers as farmers. We don't believe it.
Farmers are like other men in this re.
spect-no better or no worse. There
is a large class Of men, however, who
have too much confidence in their own
methods, drawn from their own expe-
rience alone, and can see little merit
in other mems methods. Experience
is a good school, but man cheats HIM
self most outrageously when he I'M
agines that his own experience alone
is all he needs on the farm. Emplr-
icism is as applicable to the farmer as
to the doctor, and one who practices
it is Just as much Of quack as the
other
A farmer with broad, liberal views
Of his occupation, whose eyes and ears
are always open, willing to accept and |
use every fact that comes to him, no
matter from what source, is a man to
be respected and admired wherever
you find him. He stands in delight
full contrast to the man who blindly |
and obstinately refuses all aid, and
SCOTS at all authority which conflicts
with his methods or contradicts his !
opinions.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
A Very Clever Joke.

Louisville dispatch to the Chicago
Record: Charles Redwood alias Red
dy the Sport, and his wife, who have
headquarters in Chicago, were here to-
day, and as result crowd Of COM
mercial travelling men are being
laughed at by their acquaintance.
At the Tenth street depot demure-
looking young woman was sitting IN
the station. A number Of travelling
men were there, when a well-dressed
stranger walked into the crowd and
offered to bet $50 that be could start
up an acquaintance with the girl and
kiss her. A pool was formed by the
drummers and the money posted. The
stranger began conversation with
the young woman, and in a few mo-
ments held her hand. She smiled coy
ly, and in a moment the men were
surprised to see the man kiss her. They
paid the money, and moment later
the woman joined the stranger and en-
tering a carriage drove of. Chief
Haager investigated the case and
found that the man was Redwood and
the woman his wife.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
NEW VOL. 33.--NO. S.
out grease !

out grease
Prophets and statesmen Of old not
only filed themselves with grease, but
they poured it over them and when
the father of Esau wanted to die he
called for a venison potpie, so that he
could die greasy and happy.
Remove the grease from woman s
lips and you destroy the microbe Of
love and abolish kissing. There can
be no sentiment Of love without grease.
There is nothing in this world so neces-
sary as grease, and the more Of it you
absorb inside and out, the longer you
will live, the swester your disposition,
the more loving and lovable you will
be.
Life isa battle. To fight the battle,
and to successfully conquer the world,
the flesh and the devil, We must have
grease. Give US grease.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16

Howl gyroscope.

IAO"4 ~ 4OSNOPC'
The United States Government re-
Gently let contracts for the building
of twenty torpedo-boats, and the four
seen at Richmond were the first in
commission of that order. They were
built by the Herreschotfs, from designs
made by Captain Converse, the general
inspector. They are all to be named
after famous admirals, just as the bat
tleships are named after States, and
the gunboats after cities.
The Cushing, then, serves to cher
ish the valorous deeds of Lieutenant
Cushing, who blew up the Albemarle.
The Ericsson commentaries the in
ventor Of the monitor, while the names
of Admiral Porter and Admiral Du-
pont are household words.
The object of their present cruise is
to find harbors of refuge to run into
after making these attacks in time of
war. In this connection the statement
Of one of the officers of the hotilla
that the James would not be availa-
bleis interesting. 1t is too far to come
up the river, and the mouth is 50 open
that it would not be a refuge to tor
pedo-boat, as large boats could follow
it in, and the mission of the torpedo
boat is to take few chances and give
no quarter.-Richmond Dispatch.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
The Silent Roller.

We only know he walks with noiseless
tread,
Unresting ever-voiceless as the dead.
We only know he brings US loss or gain,
The rose of pleasure, or the rule OF pain
All changes manifold of life or death,
From a leafs promise to dying breath.
We only know, when this old earth and
sky
Pass into notningness, he cannot die
The silent ruler with his scythe and
glass,
Our Father Time, who sees the nations
pass.
Yet gives no token over land or sea
OF his new reign-the yelled eternity
-HfLliam II. Hayes.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16

Father Hugh Lagan, Of San Rafael.
is a pious priest and an excellent re-
contour. His reverence relates that
be was called in recently 10 admins.
ter the last rites Of the mother church
to a dying sinner, who. ike himself,
was native Of the Emerald Isle.
II have but one request TO make,
father" gasped the dying penitent
"What is it, my son r inquired the
priest.
THAT when am dead, father, you
will put me TO rest in the Hebrew
cemetery"
"And what for ?" asked Father La
gan.
Because, your reverence moaned
the sick man, "it is the last place on
the face Of the earth where the devil
would look for an Irishman."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16

An Irishman, who had jumped IN
to the water TO save a man from
drowning, on receiving a Eixpence
from the rescued man, looked frzt at
the si1pence and then at the donor,
saying:
"Be jabers, am Overpaid for that
job"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16

WlIie-Ms. can people leave parts
Of themselves in different placesf
Ma-No; don't be 20 ridiculous.
Willie-Well. Mr.. Jiggs said be
was going to Arizona for his luDgs.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
My wife says she saw the lights

Any wife says she saw the lights
all burning in your house as she came
home from the ball at 8 o'clock in the
morning. She thought it a little
strange.
B-A little strange? 1t was a lit
tie stranger.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
Cancer
OF The Face.

Mrs Laura E. Minis, of Smithville Ga,
says: ca small pimple Of strawberry
color appeared on my cheek; 1t soon
began to grow rapidly, notwithstand-
ing all efforts 10 check i. NV
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16

It is married man who declares 1t
is much easier to win a woman than
live with her.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16
REGISTERED DRUGGIST ONLY.

Soaps, Cologne, Sponges, Chamois,
Tooth Brushes, Hair Brushes, Combs,
Nail Brushes, Tooth Powders, Tooth
Washes, Toilet Powder, Sachet Pow
der, Shaving Brushes, Shaving Soaps,
etc, 81 Emulsion Cod Liver Oil for
80 cents, 25-cent Cough Syrup for is
cents, 8 cakes Of Soap for ) cents We
sell
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16

mp the case as hopeless. When IN
formed that my father had died from
the same disease, they said I must die,
as hereditary Cancer was incurable.
"At this crisis, was advised to try
S.S.S., and in a short while the Cancer
began to discharge and continued to do
so for three months, then it began to
heal. continued the medicine while
longer until the Cancer disappeared en-
tirely. This was several years ago and
there has been no return Of the disease"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-12-16

10 Cneck II. My
eye became terribly
inAamed, and was so
swollen that for quite
a while I could not
see. The doctors
said I had Cancer of
the most malignant
type, and after ex-
hausting their efforts
without doing me
any good, they gave
The times., 1897-11-27
MARKET CONTINUES QUIET
Lassitnde and Lack of Energy Pre-
dominating Features.
Foreign Selling Caused an Unset
tied Opening, But Local Trad
ing Was Fairly Steady.

New York, Nov. 26. Business was re
sumed on the Stock Exchange this morn.
ing with no considerable increase OF inter
est apparent in the specula tion. Apart
from few securities affected by sps .dal
circumstances, actual or rumored, the prices
were sluggish and reflected little more
than the Insignificant quantities OF sup
ply and demand, resulting from tae oper-
ations of the room traders A large num-
ber of statements of railway earnings for
the tmrd week Of November and FOR the
month OF October We're published. They
were OF an almost uniformly favorable bear
ing, but they carried no appreciable effect
in the trading.
Foreign arbitrage houses dealt on both
sides OF the local market, but their sales
exceeded their purchases by a considerable
amount. with the relapse Of the market
into professionalism, much greater atten
ton is paid 10 the foreign quotations and
transactions, and they often give the
tone 20 tile daily local markets. Ii ma
be recalled, however, that the almost
unbrokeu Nav and September advance IN
prices too: places in the face of constanf
liquidation for foreign account.
The foreign selling noted was effective
in causing an unsettled opening to tn
local market, but throughout the apauheti'
trading fairly steady tone was evi
dent and the bottom tendency of th'
market was toward recovery. In sespec
OF activity today, Sugar, Peoples Gas
Manhattan Jersey c entral andtflp granger
! were conspicuous. The foreign selling was
largest in st. Paul, and served TO depres
ttat stock In the forenoon, but it .e
covered in later dealings.
The small increase III net earnings fol
| October presumably accounted for the sell
ing of ST. Paul A generally firtner tone
developed in the later dealings, which was
accompanied by rather more animation
but the total dealings were still on a small
| scale, and the market closed dull but firm
The times., 1897-11-27

teresting and important feature or the
week 'sevents. The cotton exports also have
become very heavy, and the OutgU Of corn
falls little below last year $ Unprecedented
record, while in manufacturing products.
especially machinery, all records for the
season have been surpassed While the g
gregate for November last year was over
$IO9,0O0,ooO, shipments from New YORK
for three weeks have been but slightly
smaller, with Il fair prospect that the
known increase IN cotton and other pTod
ucts from ether ports make up the def
cheney. Meanwhile imports are running be
hind last year II New York nearly 81, ,0Oo,-
600 this month, 50 that another excess or
exports over imports, amounting to atOIt
100000 900 for the month, is probable.
But this would make an excess OF about
1925, 900 900 in four months
Cotton declined To 5.S1, the lowest poiu,
for r.any years, with scarcely any indi-
cation Of speculative effort. The iron
industry shows no decrease in productiun
OF consumption OF pig. but with much
reduced orders for products excess OF PRO-
ductioD is expected.
The wooden manufacture is still con
suning heavily in execution of past ord rs
and nlany agents are sold so far ahead
that they seek 10 further business, 'T;liie
others are beginning TO question whether
| the demand FOR the next season VIII sUfri. .
| IL prices are made tu correspond with
present quotations of WOOL Failures for
the week have been 236 in the United
States against 800 last year ana - in
Canada against 2S last year.