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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
FOR SALE.

DESIRABLE DWELLING HOUSE
on New street. For particulars inquire
of B. +. HARRISON.
October z, lS97-tf.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
I Daily except Sunday.

Daily. Daily except Sunday.
Nos. and run daily between Harrisburg
and Hagerstown.
Connections for all stations on Cumber-
land Valley Railroad and Pennsylvania Rail-
road system.
J.F. BOYD, Superintendent.
IA. RIDDLE. Gen1Pass. Agent.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18

1t is said on reliable authority that,
Senator German spent $4,000 in the.
recent campaign, 1t was his personal
fight and he had to bear the expense
of the fight almost entirely himself.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1897-11-18
II. 6. Marten,
Shepherdstown, W. Va,

DEALER IN
Hardware, Stoves, Pumps, Tin
ware, Woodenware, Stamped
and Japanned Ware, Glass,
Oils, Paints, Leather Rims,
Hubs and Spokes, all kinds of
Galvanized Fencing Wire, etc.
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letter, salt-Rhcum and Eczema.

letter, Salt-l,hcum and Eczema.
The intense itching and smarting, Incl
dent to these diseases, isinstantly allayed
by applying Chamberlain S Eye and
Skin Ointment. Many very bad cases
have been permanently cured by it. 1t
is equally efficient for itching piles and
favorite remedy for sore nipples,
chapped hands, chilblains, frost bites
and chronic sore eyes. 25 cts. per box.
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Linen Collars and Cuffs.

Sept. &c. lSg7-iw.
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represent all the above companies and
will furnish good insurance nj the lowest
rates. All business promptly attendedto.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
fresh Figs For Northern Markets.

Fresh figs are not known or appreci-
ated in northern markets, and conse-
quently the demand is too limited to
encourage shipments. 1t seems doubt
full if the distant shipment Of fresh figs
will ever become profitable business.
The fruit is more perishable than any
other that is generally marketed. Itcan
be handled only by the most careful
and experienced persons, and even then
it is not in condition to show its best
quality. Ripening in midsummer, when
the northern markets are crowded with
many we'll known fruits and not being
especially attractive to the eye, fresh
figs would at best gain favor slowly.
The fact that many people dc not care
for them at the first would be another
obstacle in the way Of their popularity.
Moreover, the fig is tedious crop to
handle when in proper condition for tho
market. 1t is necessary to pick the trees
over carefully every day during the sea-
son or much fruit will be overripe
With large trees this involves much la
Dor. The acrid juice of the immature
fig eats into the fingers Of the pickers
and packers, while rainy weather oc-
casions heavy loss by the cracking Of
the fruit, which renders it unfit for
market. Southern States.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
Home Duties of Indian Children.

There are home duties as well as
pleasures for the children. Boys are re-
quired to look after the ponies, to lend
hand in planting, to help in the har-
vest, and they are often made to do ac-
tive duty rs scarecrows in the newly
planted field, where, like little Bopeep,
they fall fast asleep. The girls help to
gather wood, bring water and look after
the younger ones. AS they grow older
they are taught to cut, sew and make
garments. In former days, the old Oma-
has say, no girl was considered mar
riageable until she had learned to tan
skins, make tents and clothing, prepare
meat for drying and could cultivate
corn and beans, while a young man who
had not learned to make his own wea-
pons and to be skillful hunter was not
considered fitted to take upon himself
the responsibilities Of the provider Of a
family. -'"Home Life Among the In
Lians," by Alice O. Fletcher. in Cen
Lury.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
The Champion Boy Runaway.

Victor Laughlin, 10-year-old lad,
who has won the title of the champion
runaway boy of Brooklyn by persistent
truancy, was returned to his parents by
the police recently after he had left
home for the fifteenth time to make his
fortune.
He was picked up and taken to the
East Fifth Street station, where he was
detained by Sergeant Place. He told
the sergeant that he had no home and
that his father and mother were dead,
but the sergeant recognized the boy and
the story, as Victor had fallen into his
hands once before in similar way.
Then he admitted that he had run
away from home and intended to start
in business peddling.
In all his wanderings, the police say,
Victor never seeks lodgings, but sleeps
in doorways or ON the street cars. He
has been caught peddling flowers in
theater lobbies and selling soap. On
nearly every occasion he has left home
penniless, and when recaptured has had
money in his pockets. New Yorh
Times
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
Too Fat to Win.

Until recently Mrs. Hannah f. Nc
Kenzie believed that her weight was
her fortune She has travelled over the
country as Barnum's fat woman" and
when In ordinary condition weighed
over 500 pounds. An accident and con.
sequent anxiety dragged her down to
402 pounds.
At the close of her season two years
ago she went out to Jamaica, N. Y,
for country board. A country board"
that was laid across disused cistern
gave way under her weight She sued
tho owner Of the property, John Die
rcher of Jamaica, for $40. 900, alleging
that her injuries had incapacitated her
for exhibiting in shows
The case was tried i'm tho Queens
county supreme court, and tho defend
ants counsel advanced m argument Of
weight--namely, that IL the fat woman
had not been SO unnaturally heavy the
board would not have broken. The jury
decided against her on that account
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
The Last of the Rebel Colony.

Judge w. Cleary, who died at Gov
ington, KY, recently, was the last sur
vivor of the colony Of Confederates who
went over to Canada and carried OH
operations there, greatly to the annoy
ance of the federal government. 1t will
be remembered that they represented
the Confederate government, and from
their headquarters ut Montreal carried
on an active agitation in behalf Of the
southern cause The other members Of
the committee were Jacob Thompson,
O. g. Clay and Professor Holcomb. Now
they are all dead. President Andrew
Johnson offered reward Of SIC, 900 for
the head of Judge Cleary, but no one
claimed the prize money. Judge Cleary
was an honorable and distinguished cit
izen Of Kentucky and held many posts
Of honor and trust After the war was
over he had his disabilities removed,
and no man devoted himself more as
Diduously than he to the task of rebuild
ing the Union and restoring amity be-
tween tho sections. Washington Post
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19

you In any way can. Permit me also
20 commend your suggestion as to nR-
.tional celebration of the Fourth Of July
and your purpose to furnish materials
for sermons and addresses.
Bishop Ninde, President Of the Ep.
worth League. am heartily In favcr
Of urging tho clergy Of the country TO
preach strongly on tho anniversary Of
our national independence upon the sub
Sect of civic reform. We need to empha-
size the Importance of good government
In the cities, and In order to do this we
must reiterate on all proper occasions
the grave responsibilities of the Chris
tian citizen.
Archbishop Ireland. The greatness
Of America IL her democracy. America,
as no other nation, honors manhood,
consecrates its rights and gives IL the
freedom to develop its powers and sat
isfy its ambitions America IL tho ma
tion OF the people. The peril OF Amer
lea ia her democracy. have my
self fullest faith In the democracy OF
America, because I have faith In the
people of America and because the
democracy Of this country has. amid
terrific trials, proved its right and
power to live. / have faith. too, in the
future democracy of the world. because
the manifest evolution of humanity Ia
toward it, and tho Being who moves
humanity makes no mistake Chicago
Record.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
His Queer Career.

William Greiffenstein, who died at
Burnet, l. T., recently, was known
throughout the west as tho father" Of
Wichita. He was one of the German
forty-niners who came to America after
the abortive revolution of that year,
and penetrating to the western frontier
Of Kansas territory entered into friend
ly relations with the Shawnees. Della
wares, Pottawatomies and Comanches.
Through his marriage with the beauti-
full daughter Of the chief of tho Chey
onnes, a college graduate, Greiffonstein
acquired the present town site Of WIGHT
ia, whore this German pioneer was des
tined to servo four terms as mayor. In
1879 ho was elected to the state legisla-
ture, but upon his return to Wichita he
lost so much money after the collapse
of its latest boom that he emigrated to
Indian Territory, where no began all
over again. --Exchange.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19

The gun that every wheelman has
been looking for has at last come into
existence. 1t Is made of rubber aud
shoots ammonia, but in so deadly "a
fashion that u man would quite as soon
be hit with bullet, provided the
charge struck his eyes. 1t is the inven-
tion of J. j. Bailey, Jr., Of Colorado.
The pneumatic ammonia pistol, which
IL its full name, il nicely constructed
Of hard rubber and requires no tools TO
keep IL In perfect form, save an ordinary
bicycle wrench and pump Inside is q
subbcr bag which will hold several
ounces Of ammonia. With the aid of
compressed air enough ammonia TO form
what is called single shot In forcibly
elected from this pistol distance of
100 feet. provided so long q shot In de-
sired. This indicates with what terrific
force the ammonia must dart forth from
the muzzle Of the pistol.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
THE ELLIS ISLAND FIRE.


Loss Of the Immigration Station ut New
York Costs Uncle Sam Half Million.
The recent confagration at Ellis Is
land, New York, destroyed one of the
largest immigration stations in the
world. The big blaze left the island a
desolatc waste. A large amount Of
money, railroad tickets and valuables
were at the mercy Of the flames. The
specie was found intact. The paper
money in some instances was scorched
and shriveled up in a heap. in other
cases it was uninjured, and Of some all
that was left was ashes. A good many
thousand dollars was taken out of these
safes during the day. Tho railroad tick
cts were nearly all destroyed.
Aside from the money and these tick
cts, the most valuable things on the is
land were the records of the department
Of emigration going back to 1910.
These records were formerly the prop
erty Of the state of New York, and they
were turned over by the state to the ma
tional government when the immigra.
tion bureau was established on Ellis Is
land. They were nearly all of them
stored in brick house known as the
powder house, which had been used fol
the storage Of powder before Ellis Is-
land became the receiving station TO,
immigrants. From half to thirds
of these records were destroyed. The
building cost the government $3.50, 600.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
THE LARGEST SAPPHIRE.
It Is tho First OF the Kind Found In
Idaho.

It Is tho First OF the Kind Found In
idaho.
An Idaho miner recently brought q
stone to the miners bureau, Denver,
which was pronounced sapphire Of
the purest water and the largest ever
seen. The gem was nearly cube, being
about ! u inches thick, ! q inches wide
and inches long. It was much water
worn, showing plainly the pebbly con-
formation gradually assumed by gems
found in the beds of mountain torrents,
the edges being very much rounded.
This is the first sapphire of any size dis
covered in Idaho. They are frequently
found in Montana, and some fine stones
have come from there. The owner of
this stone is operating placer mines in
Idaho, and the stone was found in the
tailings and preserved Oh account Of its
bright blue color. News of the find
reached New York, and an agent of
Tiffany, after examining the stone,
offered SO, 500 for it. The owner decided
that if it was worth that in the rough
it was probably worth much more and
is now OH his way to London, where ha
expects to realize it's full value.
The stone is almost perfect, the only
blemish being fracture on one side ex-
tending less than one-eighth Of an inch
into the stone. Denver Republican.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
PAST LOST AND RECLAIMED.


An Accident Leaves tho Mind Of Preach
er Blank.
Recently there has been singular
series Of psychological phenomena in
the case Of Rev. Il. O. Hanna, pastor OF
the church at Plantsville, Conn. While
driving Mr.. Hanna had occasion to ad-
just the harness. As he stepped upon
the shaft his foot caught in the carriage
robe, and he fsll, striking his head.
He lost consciousness for time. When
he came to himself, his body was found
to be totally uninjured, but his memory
had become obliterated. Ho could not
speak q single word in his native tongue
until he had heard the word used and
applied. He did not recognize his par
ents and did not know the meaning OF
the word father or mother. He could
pronounce words in common use after
hearing them once, and he remembered
their meaning.
He did not recollect what the Bible
was, but he commits TO memory verses
and passages with great ease. He was a
skillful wheeler and would ride 20 OF
30 miles day, but now all his skill is
lost. He tried to mount horse, but
fell and narrowly escaped fatal injury.
The use Of the typewriter he had tc
learn over again, as also the use OF
musical instruments. Curiously enough,
the banjo he cannot learn again. He
was a finished Latin and Greek scholar,
but these attainments have entirely left
him and require to be regained.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
WILL WEAR UNIFORMS.
White House Employees No Longer e
Dress a. Fancy Dictates.

White House employees NO Longer 70
Dress Fancy Dictates.
For the first time in the history OF
the United States employees at the ex-
ecutive mansion are to be uniformed.
The suggestion is said to have origi-
mated with Private Secretary Porter,
who desired to do away with the con-
fusion resulting from the present Gus
tom. The police have been wearing full
uniforms, and the special officers reg
ulation blue cloth suits, while the mes
sengers have been clothed according to
their fancy. Visitors have thus been
unable to distinguish between those IL
authority and mere spectators
When Arthur Simmons, the veteran
guardian at the door leading to the pri-
vate secretary's office, who assumed his
duties during Johnson's administration,
appeared the other day in neat uni
form of dark blue with narrow white
stripe outlining the seams. the conclu
sion to introduce uniforms was reached,
and the style adopted by Simmons will
be prescribed for the other employees. -
New York World.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19

Professor Il. g. Robinson and Pro-
fessor @. &. Hutchins of Bowdoin col.
lege, Maine. are perfecting apparatus
for the X ray experiments they are con-
Quoting. They have just finished an in
duction electric coil on which has been
wound 20 miles Of wire. BY means Of
this coil spark 10 inches long has been
produced, and some Of the x ray photo
graphs recently taken by their process
arc remarkable for their distinctDess.
They have also just completed nm i'm
proyement on the Crookes tube.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19

n Position as BarebsscIs Rider.
After six days Of continuous search
Ing man who gave his name as Fred
erick Simmonds and refused to say
where he lived, other than that bis
home was In New Jersey, found his
young wife with Forcpaugh's circus
while IL was ut Mount Vernon, N. Y.
The woman followed the show through
various jersey towns and finally to
Mount Vernon. pleading earnestly TO
be given position AZ bareback rider.
The showmen rejected all her applica-
tions.
When the woman saw her husband,
she gave shrek and exclaimed:
"Wbat, Fred, you here? How did you
flnd mc?"
"I'll teach you to desert me and your
children" Simmonds said, and an he
spoke he drew heavy riding whip from
his coat pocket.
Don't strike me, DEAR" the woman
begged. "I'll go back home. am tired
Of travelling and want to go to my
babies
Later Simmonds said the circus had
been In his native town, and his wife
had attended the performances.
"She Is a great horseback rider, said
he, "and 1 suppose she became fascinat-
ed with the women who rode the fine
horses about the ring. She has never
been away from home like this before.
cannot disgrace my children by telling
where am from. am glad, however,
that her dream of circus life Ia over. T"
New York journal.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
NIGHT MARRIAGES RISKY.
Thought He Married the Daughter, When
He Got the Mother.

Thought He Married the Daughter, When
He Got the Mother.
In the White Oak neighborhood in
the eastern end Of Greenup county,
KY, Mrs. Martha Berry, aged about 40,
and her pretty daughter, Matilda, who
has just entered her eighteenth year,
have lived for several years. In the
same neighborhood lived Johnson Whit
ley. a prosperous farmer of 30 and a
widower. Whitley has been paying at
tention to Mrs. Berry's daughter, but
the mother would not give her consent
to their marriage. He pleaded with the
widow for the hand Of her daughter, to
no purpose, and the young people de-
cided ON an elopement.
All the arrangements were made for
the elopement, but the watchful mother
discovered what was ON foot, and on
the night set for the elopement she
went to her daughters room and bound
her hand and foot She also tied a gag
In her mouth and took her to her own
room and tied her to the bed. She then
returned to the daughters room, and
when Whitley came to steal away his
love the widow answered the summons.
and without speaking word joined the
young man in his buggy. They drove
to Grayson, where they were married
by Judge Morris.
1t was not until after the ceremony
was performed on the judges front
porch and they had repaired to hotel
that the bridegroom saw that he had
married the widow. He decided at once
to make the best of tho situation.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
A Plea For the bicycle.

I'm sorry for tho senator's who iingcr DER
their work,
And likewise for the others who are not nj.
lowed 10 shirk.
It's hard To wear toea and to stand around
and pose
When nothing suits the weather like your old
bicycle clothcsi
For who can think on tariffs
And on Legislative codes
When the trees are cool and shady
O'eS the long and level roadsS
Consider, mon Of mighty minds. 10 10 would
not bc wise
To hurry through your present toll and take
some exercise.
Your country nocds you You must not run
NIL these risks Of health.
Remember that contentment's more 90 be do
sired than wealth.
The tire IL full Of atmosphere.
The bearings, neat and clean.
rider In the only lack
About the whole mschinei
Washington Post.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
A Peculiar Dutch Custom.

A popularity among Dutch farmers
who live at distance from town il
to have coffin in readiness for their
burial. II Is by 10 means uncommon to
see still sturdy old patriarch going to
an outhouse and gravely contemplating
that which is to hold his body when no
shufiles of this mortal coil. This char
acteristic has also appeared in President
Kruger. who has recently imported a
coffin, and at cost, too, of el00.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-06-19
WANTS HANG, NOT ARTISTS.
"A sIusic Hall Managers Complaint of Ao-
tors ~lsO Are Above Their business

"A Musie iInit Managers Complaint at Ao-
tors WHO Are Above Their business
~ don't want apy more artists, said
tho music hall manager who gave the
burlcsquc. '"The people / wars arc
hams and nothing but hams. Whenever
get an application from nn actor who
calls himself an artist, I'm going To
tear up the letter for fear might lose
my presence of mind and engage him.
II the plays a success, the artist did IL.
* it's failure, II was the author.
sometimes I wonder, when hear these
artists talk, what is the use Of their ever
having plays written for them ut all.
They're independent Of the dramatists,
and should think they would Just step
on the stage and talk their plays. But
they don't do that. They merely oon-
tent themselves with refusing to speak
this or that line because it's rotten.
substituting something Of their own,
and then saying it's the fault Of tho nu-
thor that nobody laughs ut their stupid
gags. / happened to have bunch OF
'em here, and that lasted me for tho
rest Of my life. Hereafter I'm ont OF
it."
"What are artists?" asked the limo
cent
They're chiefly actors who're con-
demned to come and act in the music
halls for three times as much as they
ever got in their lives before. What
they do is to call everything rotten, de-
cido that they know more about the
play than the man who wrote it and
walk around as though it were beneath
them to do anything moro like acting
than that when 1t came to the question
of acting in q music hall"
"And hams, what are they-the sort
Of hams you mcan?"
They're chiefly variety actors accus-
toned to hard work, rough maybe, with
a quality OF get there that makes tho
audience interested. They've como up,
and the artists think they We gone down.
The difference is between trying to do
something well, because it's the best
opportunity you've had, and taking no
interest at all In it because you've been
in the habit Of doing what you think is
better"
''But isn't it better, as Sam Bernard
says, to be hos been than never was
it?'
maybe it is, but it's rough on the
manager who pays his money out for
them. I had one of them here, and he
was going to be so original that he
would not use the lines the author
wrote, but promised to tickle the audi
ence to death by some entirely original
grinds of his own. When the test came,
he went on the stage and did the same
things he had done II years before. He
was never able to do anything else dur
ing the rest Of the time. I had some
others like him, and that is why say
now that only want hams, not artists
hams that work hard and know how
to make an audience enjoy itself, not
artists too fine for anything. New
York Sun.