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Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
A Story About Lincoln.

Senator Mills has a new story about
Lincoln. 1t was told to him by son
of John l.. Helm, of Kentucky, who
lives in Corsicana.
"Old John L. Helm, said the Sem
ator, was famous character in Ken
tucky. He was, if remember right
", a Governor of the State, but at any
rate his position was most prominent
one. When the Civil War came on
Helm was a rabid secessionist. He
could not praise the South too highly,
and could not heap enough of abuse
upon the North. He wa. too old to
90 into war with his sous, and re-
NAMED at home, doing all he could to
help the Confederate cause and harass
the Yankees who invaded the State.
Finally he became so obstreperous that
the Federal General who was in COM
mand near Helms home put him in
prison. The old mans age, the high
position which he occupied IN the
State, his wide connection, and espec-
ially his inability to DO any harm,
were all pleaded in his extenuation
and he was released Instead Of pro-
fitting by the warning, the old man be-
came more persistent than ever in his
course. Once more he was clapped
into JAIL This happened two or three
times, and finally, while he was still
locked up, the matter was brought to
the attention of the Federal authori-
ties Even President Lincoln was ap-
pealed to, and asked to commit the ar
dent Southernor to an indefinite con-
fnement in order that he might be
curbed
Lincoln listened for the statement
Of the case with more than usual IN
terest. Then he leaned back and be-
gan to speak with smile upon his
face You are talking about old man
John Helm? Well, did you know that
used to live, when was boy, in
Helms town He was kind to me.
He seemed to like me as a boy, and he
never lost an opportunity to help me.
He seemed TO think, said Lincoln, with
another of his pathetic smiles, that |
would probably make something Of a
man. Why, when ! went out to Hi
nois, poor and unknown, that man gave
me the money to pay my way and
keep me until got start. John
Helm? 0, yes, know him. And I
know what | owe to him. | think |
can fix his case.
"And then, said Senator Mills,
Lincoln went to a desk and wrote a
few words. The bit Of writing is treas
ured in the Helm household to this
day. This is what the President wrote:
u hereby pardon John L. Helm, Of
Kentucky, for all that he has ever
done against the United States, and all
that he ever will do.
ABRAHAM LINCOLN.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
Surgery For Crime.

Prof. Elmer Gates, of the Smithson-
ian Institution, after years Of scientific
investigation, declares that science will
put an end to all crime, say. the Pitts
burg Dispatch. This is the calm judg-
ment of a deeply learned man, who
has devoted his life to research. Prof.
Gates announces. not as a possibility,
but as a fact, that the murder in a
mans brain can be removed by the
surgeons knife.
If a man is naturally thief his
brain can be cut and treated so that
all desire to steal shall disappear. No
matter what criminal tendency Is de-
veloped, it can be cured.
1t is not a question of building up
will-power, of fortifying moral sense.
1t is simply question Of surgical and
medical science. The only difficulty
and it is one that exists il all diseases
lis in tracing the trouble to It's seat.
Prof. Gates explains the process
scientifically with the employment of
many technical words that are more or
less confusing to laymen, but the prin-
ciple is simple enough.
The brain is the directing power Of
the body. 1t does not act as whole,
because if it did man could not do
two things at once. He could not walk
and think at the same time.
If it were divided up into compart-
ments, for instance, cell No. might
rule the arm, cell No. , the eve, and
so on.
If the relation between the eyes and
cell No. 8 be established, and a means
of keeping it under observation be
found, it would be possible to deter
mine the influence Of sight uron cell
No. 3. 1t is very much the same with
regard to the muscular system. If the
parts of the brain which direct the
eyes are diseased they will not act
naturally. If the seat of disorder is
found and the disorder cured there
will be no more trouble.
1t Is the same with thoughts and
impressions, so Prof. Gates says. If a
man is inclined to murder or steal,
there is something wrong with his
brain. If the diseased part can be
definitely placed, it can be either cut
out altogether or treated so as to be-
come healthy, when the victim becomes
normal man.
The results flowing IRON TINS are ol
supreme Importance 10 the race. 1t
will mean the doing away with all
punitive measures. Capital punish
ment, prisons and penltentiaries will
be banished from the world. There
will be places of detention only, and
hospitals.
When person has committed
crime he will be placed in a jail until
he can be examined by experts, who
will determine the form Of his disease
and the cause, and trace 1t to the part
of the brain which is affected. The
brain will be laid bare, and the NAL
growth cut away or, if it is discov-
cred that the trouble is the result Of
decay of that part Of the brain, it
will be built up and made normal.
Instead of sending murderer to the
hangmau or the electric chair, he IS
made we'll and normal. Instead Of
blotting out his life, he is made a good
and useful citizen.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
SI.00 A YEAR.
NEW VOL. 33.---NO. 15.
Trephining For ApopIesy.

For the first time in the history Of
surgery, so far as known, has trephin-
ing for apOPlexy been attempted, and
that, too, successfully. The operation
was performed al the New York POST
Graduate Hospital, and so satisfactory
were the results that the operation,
physicians say, will so on the records
as one of the most remarkable in the
history OF surgery.
The operation may furnish pre-
cedent for the treatment of apoplectic
cases, in which the pressure of clOt
of blood on the brain can be locsiized.
making possible the cutting of hole
in the skull, thus furnishing an easy
means of escape for the eiiused bloo'l
resulting from an apoplectic stroke.
The operation in question was per-
formed by one OF the Post Graduate
Hospitals visiting staff OF surgeons,
who lectures and operates at this and
other hospitals.
Doctors from long distances and
many clinical students were present at
the successful operation on Henri
Chevalier, dress-maker, ffty-eight
years old.
The patient was well-bullt man
and seemed to have been in good gen
eral health at the time he was stricken.
Thursday, December 10th. Chevalier
was in dying condition when his
family physician was called in. Asa
result Of the operation he is on high
road to recovery and is Improving
daily in the care of the nurses at the
hospital where he now is.
The operation was performed late in
the afternoon before a number OF stu
dents aud physicians Very little
ether was required, as the efused blood
had spread over the brain, pamlyziug
the nerve centres The skull was tire.
pinned and the clot Of blood formed
by the bursting of some Of the smaller
arteries on the left side of the head
was allowed to escape. The pulse anl
respiration approached the normal less
than thirty seconds after the operation.
Tue operating surgeon has made this
explanation of the case.
Il have long been looking for case
in which | could localize the brain
pressure. In this case tho paralysis
Of the left arm led me to locate the
clot Of blood at the left side Of the
brain.
"Tho skull was trephined just at the
point where the brain pressure was the
greatest, and in this way the clot Of
blood wa. easily allowed to escape.
In ordinary treatment Of apopleIy this
clot is disposed Of in two ways A
portion is reabsorbed in the blood and
another portion goes to create new
brain tissue.
Even if any untovard symptoms
should develop, the operation will still
not have been in vain. We have
proved that it is possible to cure apo
plexy by trephining, as the patient
would have died in a short time If the
step had not been taken. As it is,
this matter will be drawn 10 the at
tention Of surgical men all over the
world.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

A Frenchman was convicted ofkill-
ing his Inother.in-law. When asked
If he had anything to say for himself
before taking sentence. he said: Moth
ing, excepting l lived with her twen-
ty-one years and never did it before.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

II don't see what's the US. Of my
being yaccinated again, said Tommy,
bariLg his arm reluctantly for the doc
tor.
The human body changes every
ssren years, Tommy" replied bi'
mother. "You are II years old nov.
You we're in your fourth year when
you were vaccinated fret, and it has
run out.
"Well, / was bAPtised when ] wss.
/. baby. Has that run out tooy
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

Lady interviewing housemaid)--
why did you leave your last place
Housemaid-'Because the master
kissed me, mum.
Lady-"And You didn'tliksit it, ebY''
Housemaid-"0b, didn't mind it,
mum, but the mistress didn't ike it !"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
SCIOfllla

Is deep-seated blood disease which
all the mineral mixtures in the world
cannot cure. S.S.S. guaranteed purely
vegetable is a real blood remedy for
blood diseases and has no equal.
Mrs. Y. 7. Buck, OF Delaney, Ark, had
Scrofula for twenty-five years and most
of the time was under the care of the
doctors who could not relieve her. A
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

specialist said he
could cure her, but
he filled her with
arsenic and potash
which almost ruined
her constitution. She
then took nearly
every so-called blood
medicine and drank
them by the wholesale,
but they did not reach
her trouble. Some
one advised her to try
& < & and che very
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
AuCtioneering! !

The undersigned desires to thank
the public for their favors in the past
and to ask them again for their pa
tronage. Will cry sales in the most
satisfactory manner and on liberal
terms. Address me at Martinsburg,
where | may be found on Saturdays.
JOHN W. DODD.
Ian 49, lSlS-tf.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

If all the devils were cast out Of
some people there would be mighty
little left.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
NOT ICE.
CHARLES Town. w. Va.
December IL. lS9I

am very much in need of money to
meet the obligations of State and county.
| have no resource for raising money
other than that of collecting the taxes
which are now overdue. | therefore ask
that you put forth an extraordinary effort
and help relieve me from the situation.
Nothing would give me more pain than
to have to collect the taxes by law, which
| will have to do if not paid promptly.
EUGENE BAKER, Sheriff.
Dec I6 lSgT--tf
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

SOON found that she had a real blood
remedy at last. She says: "After TAX
ing one dozen bottles of S,S.S. l am
perfectly we'll, my skin is clear
and healthy and l would not be in
my former condition for two thousand
dollars. Instead of drying upthe poison
in my system, like the potash and
arsenic, S.S.S. drove the disease out
through the skin, and I was perma-
uently rid of il.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10
FOR SALE.

offer for sale my farm of 1881 acres
of good Limestone Land, situated one
half mile from Engle's Station, Jefferson
county, w Va, with good House and
Barn and other Buildings. Running
Water through the farm. Also a large
Peach Orchard of 1850 Trees. Good
signs of Oil on the farm.
NJ. NJ. MOLER.
Keller'S, w. Va.
Ia,, on 1909
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

Having remodeled and enlarged our
place of business, we can now lay claim
to the finest Jewelry Store in the city.
Have bought large stock of elegant
goods for the Christmas trade. Per-
sons in search of frst-class article in
Watches, Diamonds, Jewelry, Cut
Glass, Bric-a-Brac, Silver Novelties
and Clocks are respectfully invited to
call and examine our stock. Repair
ing neatly executed.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

HARPERs FERRY, April 9Th. 1865.
Mosby surprised camp Of Loudoun
Rangers near Keyes Ford and cleaned
them out. Made the attack about 10
o'clock. have sent out some infantry.
When get report will send you par
ticulars.
JoHN d. STEVENSON, Brig Gen.
A fine grey horse, captured on this
occasion, aud the war steed OF our late
friend Capt. Grubb, of Harper Ferry,
was presented by the Company to Col.
Mosby, and the residue Of the horses
and equipments divided among the
men, and the prisoners sent South,
where they arrived in time to be set
free by Gen. Lees surrender. In June,
after the close of the war, had occasion
to visit Harpers Ferry on business.
Gen. Egan was then in command at
that post. Was accosted on the street
by a big burly Yankee soldier, asking
me if my name was not Baylor. Could
not deny my name, though unarmed
and anticipating threshing. Looked
around for familiar face, but could
see none. Replied that was my name.
Then you captured me at Keyes'
Switch. Probably that was so" I
replied. "Yes," said he, 81 know it is
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

Jan. lS. lS9S-tf.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-02-10

passing Roper's hill the pursuit seems
to have been abandoned, and we took
Mason into Mr.. Milburn's house on
the Frame now Burns farm, and
dressed and bound up his wounds. We
then moved back into Clarke and War
ren counties, and sent prisoners to
Gordonsville. The enemy report Of
this affair is very meager, and Is con-
tanned in the following dispatches;
The times., 1898-10-16

are said to have pronounced this TO be
one of the most thrilling and sensational
productions OF present times. while the
scenes depicted certainly give plenty OF
opportunity for the playwright to make
this claim good The story deals with the
love tale of Basil Nordeff. young officer
of the imperial army. and Sophie kuton,
the daughter of an exiled prince. Gen
Mehilovitch, commanding at Odessa, is
also victim of Sophie's charms, and find
ing himself repellant to her forces the
Identity of her father. who has escaped
from exile and is living under an assumed
name, from a servant of the family. To
avoid a second trip TO Siberia this man
attempts tc escape and is killed by the
generals orders, Sophie. in turn. attempts
to stab Mehiiovitch in her despair, and IS
taken and sent to Tobolsk. where Mehil-
ovitch is 10 assume command. He at
tempts her dishonor and on being frus-
trated she is condemned to the knout.
Nordeff reseues her from this. but is. in
turn. condemned to the mines of Kara.
Through the aid of Nihilist friends he es-
capes and takes the place OF guard IN
Mehiovitch's $ suite. where he finds Sophie
in the same Disguise. Through the efforts
OF Harper Gustis- an American agent for
paper utensils, the grand duke. who is
present at the great fair of Novgorod
when the convict train arrives. learns of
the generals dishonest use of his position,
and the exiles are finally granted justice.
The scenic investiture of the production
Is said to be Of surprising grandeur. The
company engaged for the play is said to be
a notable one and includes NJ. ]. Jordan.
William Mitchell Scott Marble. Lloyd
Bingham, Duncan Preston. John Martin.
Robert McWade, Thomas Garrick. Helena
Collier. Frances Ring. Celia Alsberg and
Miss Weffing.
The times., 1898-10-16
Passion Play Pictures.

The Passion Play. which will offer re-
turn enga cement tonight at the Lafay-
cite Theater, is the only religious presen-
tation in existence 1t gives an exact re-
production of the peasants of Oberam-
mergrau in performance of their sacred
drama. they having been photographed
during a presentation the Summer he
fore last. Nothing in the history of the
Christian world is said to have succeed
ed in bringing man and God closer to-
gether than the STORY of the Cross as
told by means of moving pictures. Prof
Cloward. the attractions manager, will
again sing his favorite songs before his
Washington friends this evening. Ac-
cording to the Richmond papers the Pas.
sion Play" has caught the entire com
munity there and the street cars car
hardly accommodate the crowds that
flock to the great auditorium, where it is
exhibited in the fair grounds.
The times., 1898-10-16
NationaI-"rhe Conquerors.,

Charles Frohman's Empire Theater
Stock Company will pay a visit to Wash
ington tomorrow evening, when it will
begin an engagement of six nights and
two matinees at the National This or
ganization is said to have had its most
triumphant season at home last Winter
and Spring, when Its entire time, extend
ing from December to May, was devoted
to the presentation of a single play-Paul
NJ Potter's remarkable drama. THE
Conquerors'-which utilizes the closing
scenes of the Franco-Prussian war for its
pictorial background and tells a story of
hate turned to love that is supposed to
be as remarkable as any to be found in
the annals of the human heart or the
pages of fiction. The novel style of the
narration, its gorgeous coloring, its lit
erary dash, and utterly daring method
of treatment, coupled with the enigmat-
icaI episode of the second act, caused
THE Conquerors'' to be as much talked
about as any play ever produced in New
York
The wrong intended when Eric Won
Roderick, .The Babe" has Yvonne at his
mercy in the Silver Trout tavern, and
the frank boldness of the Babes declara-
ton of his intention, coupled with the
doubt that fills the young woman's mind
when the terrible ordeal is passed, has
been mentioned as having made this
scene the most extraordinary of its kind
ever seen behind the footlights. 1t was
played magniiicently by the Empire
Stock Company's principals, and, al
though It proceeded amid a hushedness
that was tomblfke In its oppressiveness.
the supreme merit Of the acting never
failed on the falling Of the curtain to earn
several recalls for the people concerned
The entire piece called for the fullest
revelation OF tho histrionic capacity OF
The times., 1898-10-16

reads, please allow me to congratulate
your dramatic critic on his excellent
work. especially that which appears in
the Sunday paper. The reader feels GER
tain that this gentleman's reviews are
not mere reading notices bought by the
atrical managers for so much a line The
dramatic corner of The Times will always
be interesting as long the editor be-
slows praise only upon those who de-
serve II and condemns the rest"
The communication is not printed as a
matter of boastfulness. but with the OBJ
ject OF assisting theater-goers TO under
stand that criticisms appearing in this
paper may. at least always be relied uron
for their honesty. They will invariably
be endeayors to set before the public re-
views OF current attractions for what
they are and not for what they net the
advertising department The remarks
upon honest criticism recently published
in these pages were written in good faith
and have been consistently adhered to.
under the belief that a policy os the
truth. the whole truth, and nothing but
the truth Is advantageous alike TO man
ayers. public and the journal itself. Il Is
particularly gratifying to note that such
policy is understood and appreciated
The times., 1898-10-16
Kcrnan's - "Black CrOok- BurIes-
querS.

A company said to be unusually good Is
Jermon's BLACK Crook" which plays
this week at kernan's Theater. The COM
bination of brain and money is known
to be irresistible and the management
claims to have spared neither, In an eff
fort to make this attraction the strong
est of its class on the road. Electrical
effects, special scenery, catchy music. and
pretty girls are the condiments necessary
for that delightful. mind-resting form
of entertainment known as burIesque.
and the BLACK Crook boasts of having
more snap and ''up-to-date'' ideas than
any of its predecessors. Its entertainment
begins with an offering of the -Four
O'Clock Club farce in which the en-
tire company participates. During the
action of the extravaganza a number of
high class specialties are introduced, in
Guiding those of such well known people
as Grace Vaughn, the queen of buries-
que: Ben Harney. originator of rag
time music, assisted by Edith Murray
and Strap Hill; Weston and Beasley,
comedy sketch team; Murray and Ever
ett, the "up-to-date" girls; Hughes and
Hughes. comedy sketch artists: Joseph
Mitchell, and others. The costumes are
said to be from original designs and are
elaborate andscostly. The chorus inc 'udes
twenty shapely maidens. With this at
traction the Lyceum Theater should be
packed to the doors all the week.
The times., 1898-10-16
STAR COMPANY PRESENTING
COLUMBIA. =

thor as a comic play of modern man
ners. In it Mr.. Thomas treats of Ameri-
can contemporary life; the personages
who people the authors cast are those
one meets every day. A partial synopsis
of the plot reveals that Francis Eli,
assumed by the star, has a proclivity
for prying into the affairs of his acquaint-
ances. In pursuing this favorite but dan
gerous pastime, he imaglnes that he has
discovered an intrigue between the wife
of one of his friends, a Mrs. Bancroft,
and a Mr.. Chandler, another, of their set
He feels called upon to put a stop to this.
but, as Is usually the case with folk of
that stamp. does not dare to tell the hus-
band of his suspicious. Instead, he has
an interview with the wife, who, OF
course, is mortally offended. During a
stormy talk which ensues, the "worser
half" appears upon the scsneland, finding
his spouse and 'the meddler'' in high
words. demands an explanation. This is
not forthcoming, and Ell is ordered from
the house. The husband then insists upon
being acquainted with the facts. The
woman in the case complies but in such
way that he is led to. believe that the
meddler himself has been paying court
to his wife, and, in this belief, starts for
the house of Eli to demand satisfaction.
To save himself from the irate gentle
man the gossip engulfs himself in a Iaby-
rinth of prevarications, placing the
blame of his accusation first upon one
and then another of their select circle of
acquaintances, and in the scenes which
follow succeeds in mixing the whole
cast up in series of complications
from which there would seem to be no
escape.
Mr. Thomas is said to have handled his
subject in mastery manner. His plot
is well defined throughout, and the role
with which he has furnished Mr. Rob-
son is particularly well suited to that
players acknowledged gifts of voice and
action. The star will be assisted in his
presentation of ''The Meddler" by all of
the original people who contributed their
artistic work during the New York run
at Wallacks. The majority of these
players need no Introduction to Washing
ton theater-goers. They are given at the
head of this article. The regular Thurs
day matinee at the Columbia will be
| eliminated during Mr.. Robson's engage
The times., 1898-10-16

mezzos, Eleanore Broadfoot, Louise En-
gel and Amelia Fields: tenors, Salvo
Panbfanchi, George Mitchell, Thomas
Mcqueen and Henry Gunson; baritones,
Virgilio Bellati, II. Winfred Goff and
Quinto Zani bassos, Augusta Dado, For
rest D. Carr and Earl p. Parks, and
musical director, Signor R. Sapio.
Aside from casts of which the mana
gers may well be proud, every opera
will, it is said, be mounted with new
scenery, costumes accouterments and
properties. The chorus numbers forty.
and there will be complete orchestra.
1t is safe to promise that these presenta-
tions will afford operate entertainment
which will be fully appreciated by the
public.