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The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-23

tended. The following acted as pail
bearers: Michael Dougherty, Barney
McKeig. Patrick Lynch, Owen Daily,
Patrick Dougherty and Peter Martin.
Tho deceased was born in Kinmore,
county of Kerry, Ireland, in 1883. Her
maiden name was O'Shea, and she was
married in her native country in 1872,
to Patrick O'Shea, man some fifteen
years her junior. They emigrated to
America in 1912. Mr.. OShea died
about 1861 at the age Of GO years, and
his widow never remarked. She was
the mother of eight children. only three
of whom are now living, John O'Shea,
Of Albion, the eldest, with whom de.
ceased had always made her home,
Mrs. Joseph Archambault, of Albion,
and Mrs. James Whalen, of Chatham.
One daughter, Mary, died at the age of
80 in the Good Shepherd convent, hav-
ing consccrated her life to the service of
God. Forty-two grand children and "a
gr e grandchildren survive Mrs.
O'Shea. Deceased was remarkable
woman, not only on account Of her great
age. She Was we'll educated in the Ian
guase of her native country, and is said
to have possessed great natural talent in
the composition of verse. She enjoyed
perfect health, was sprightly, vigorous
and In possession of all faculties until
tho last, and to the ordinary observer
appeared to be not over 20 or possibly
20 years of age.
Spokane, Wash. - Richard O'Shea,
son Of Mr.. Michael OShea of this city,
has returned home from his years work
at Harvard medical school. He was
accompanied by his sister, Miss Julia
O'Shea, who has been spending two
years at the New England Conservatory
of Music. Miss O'Shea is gifted mu-
stefan. Her speciality is the violin, and
i she is destined to make her mark in the
world Of music.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-23
The Honest Working Girl,
For ages past the poets pens have

FOR ages past the poets pens have sung
OF womans grace,
They've praised her figure and her
charms and angel-modeled face,
But all their sweet, inspiring song has
been inscribed to those
Who dwelt within palatial walls and
dressed in queenly clothes.
No inspiration swels their souls for
those in lower life,
Who nobly battle with their hands in
earth's unceasing strife;
No sonnets ever are addressed to that
Industrious pearl
We see about lis every day, the honest
working girl.
No matter where her toll may be, in Of
flee or in store,
Or in the busy factory where wheels un-
ceasing roar,
Or in the unassumng garb within the
restaurant,
Or in the hospital mid men PROSTATE
and pale and gaunt,
Her spirit is undaun:ed, and with
hcroism rare
She battles nobly with the world to her
so full of care;
And always faithful at her post in life's
mad busy whirl
We find that paragon of worth, the hon
| est working girl.
In feature, form, and modest grace she
surely Is the peer
OF pampered flowers of idlepess who
move in higher sphere;
Though in her brain may not be sown
the high-priced knowledge seeds,
Ills stocked with common sense enough
to answer all her needs.
No sparkling jewels deck her form, no
gown of storied worth,
She boasts not of her ancestry MOI
mourns her humble birth,
She dreams not of a union with count O,
duke or earl
A Yankee boy is good enough for the
honest working girl.
Then here's to all the working girls who
labor for their bread
Who shrink not from the thorny pats
they're called upon to tread,
But bravely struggle on through life IL
sunshine or in gloom,
Debarred from fashions gilded halls
but princesses at home.
BE her attire Of fabric rough, or be !
neat and smart
Within the breast beneath it beats tho
same undaunted heart,
And though her toll be light or hard. i,
life she is pearl
That labOr-fettered heroine tho bonoc
working girl.
Denver Post
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-23
BOOKS!
OUR READERS.

You may find just what you want by looking
over this list Any book mentioned herein will be
sent by mail postage paid, to any address upon re-
ceipt of the price.
Liberal discount made if several books are wanted.
Write us for terms if YOU want number of these.
The Irish standard. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn. ;) 1886-1920, 1898-07-23
YELLOWSTONE

IA UlUNAk Inc reputation of this
PARK, wonderful region, prob
ably the most unique and
certainly the only one of it's kind in the
world, becomes more extended yearly.
Mankind never tires of seeing or read
ing of it's grand esyssr Fountains, it's
superb Canyon, the beautiful Yellowstone
Lake more than 1000 feet above the
ocean, the high Mountains, the Cascades
and cataracts, the Bear, elk, Deer and Ante.
iops, the unequalcd Trout fishing and
other interesting features found there.
The Park is free to the World and is I'M
der the control of the United States
Government. Large hotels, electric
lighted and steam heated, are found at
convenient points and first class, spec
tally constructed four horse stage
coaches, transport tourists from place
to place.
Wonderland '9s has chapter which
contains a fund of information about
the Park that makes it perhaps, pecul-
iarly valuable for Seheels and Teachers,
The features of the Park are described
and there is besides, a large amount of
practical information about the region
and the ride through it. The Park tour
can be made either in the coaches, or on
horseback or bicycles. The book will
be sent to any address upon receipt OF
six cents by CHAS. 3. FEE, General
Passenger Agent, Northern Pacific
Railway, st. Paul, MINI.
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PERSONALLY CONDUCTED.
Excursions to CALIFORNIA;, via "Ths
North-Wcstern Lfne.v

North-Wcstern Line"
Tourist sleeping car through to Los
Angeles, via. the Northwestern liue,
leaves Minneapolis 7:40 p. NJ, st. Paul,
8:15 p. IN. every Thursday night in
charge of competent representative
whose duty it is TO look after the COM
fort of passengers. Hundreds of the
best people nave partonized these cars
during the past two years. and appreci-
ate being accompanied by one of our
own employees, as it relieves them Of
many petty cares of long trip.
For tickets and information call ut
city ticket Office. 4l3 Nicollet avenue.
Minneapolis: ss5 Robert street. S. Paul.
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or address T. w. Teasdale, general pas
senger agent, st. Paul. MINI.

Ball and party invitations and pro.
grams can be had at the lowest prices
in the city at the Irish Standard Office.
81 Fourth street south. Call and see
samples and get prices
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The best steam dyeing, cleaning, re-
fitting, pressing, and repairing done at
lowest prices by Anthony The Tailor,
ll9 Wash,ngton Avenue north
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
Barbed Wire in War.

One Of the curious developments Of
warfare in Cuba has been tile use of
barbed wire by the Spaniards on an
extensive scale.
Weyler's famous trocha consisted Of
barbed wire fences commanded by
blockhouses. 1t was Intellectual IN
checking the Cubaus, for the Spanish
commander did not have troops enough
to man it completely. But there is
no doubt that, as cbevaux de frise
in front of intrenchments held by an
adequate force of infantry and artil-
lery, these lines Of tough, almost in.
visible wire, with their ugly barbs
pointing in all directions, are capable
Of giving an assaulting army a good
deal Of trouble.
Anyone who has ever tried TO climb
or crawl through a barbed wire fence
in the country, even in the most leIs-
urely manner, will have lively recol-
lection Of the difficulty Of the proceed
ing. When there are three or four
successive lines Of wire, with the muz.
zles Of row Of Mauser rifles grinning
behind them over earthworks, the OBJ
stacle becomes formidable.
In recognition Of this fact the troops
about Santiago have been furnished
with large number of implements es-
pecially designed for cutting the
strands. The men who performed
this function answer 10 the old-time
pioneers, who went ahead Of the charg-
ing column with axes 10 clear away
impediments. They will need TO have
plenty Of nerve and quickness. Their
work will be perilous in high degree,
but it may be taken for granted that
there will be no lack Of yolunteers-
PhtladeiPhia Bulletin.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
NEW VOL. 33.--NO. 81.
"He Just Knowed."

A twelve-year-old boy was on the
stand and testified that he had spent
ten minutes in getting bucket of
water for his mother.
The question Of time was a vital
one, and the opposing attorneys tried
to confuse the boy. Finally one of
them pulled out his watch and pro-
posed to test whether or not the boy
knew when ten minutes had elapsed.
The opposing attorney on the boys
side of the case strenuously objected
to this test, for it is well known that
nothing is harder than to sit still and
gauge the passing Of time.
The Judge ordered the test to be
made, however, and after the court
room clock had been stopped, the trial
commenced The stiffness in the room
became oppressive. Every watch was
drawn and the eyes of the multitude
rested upon the youngster, who swung
his foot against the round of his chair
and gazed placidly out over the
benches, AS though the proceedings
had little interest for him.
Two, four, SIX minutes passed, and
still he made no sign. Then the at
torneys commenced to worry him.
"Isu't time about up2' asked one Of
them. Nope, sententiously responded
the boy, as he changed the cross IN
his knees. Seven and eight minutes
passed. Haven't you got the water
pumped yeti" said the attorney, in a
tone which was intended to convey
the belief that ten minutes had more
than elapsed. Reckon not, again
replied the boy, and his own attorney
began to chuckle. Nine minutes
passed, and tick, tick, tick, went the
seconds toward the ten minute mark,
up to exactly three seconds before the
limit when the boy drawlei out, Il
think We got the water drawed." "
The people burst into applause
and after the trial, when the boy WAS
asked to explain how he hit of the
time so correctly, he replied, "Oh, |
lust sorter knowed, that's all.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
A Lovers Note.

A young gentleman whose gallantry
and pecuniary means were by no means
commensurate, arranged with gar
dener to let him have a boquet from
time to time in return for his cast-of
clothes. One day he received bunch
of beautiful roses, which he at once
sent off to his fancee. In sure antic-
ipation ola friendly welcome, he called
at the house Of the lady the same even
ing, and was not a little surprised at
the frosty reception which he met
"You sent me note today ?" the
young lady remarked after a pause,
in the most frigid tones. ia note2'
he inquired, in blank astonishment
"Certainly-along with a nosegay. ~
ITO be sure, sent you nosegay." ="
"And there was this note inside-do
you still mean to deny it?" With
these words she handel the dumb
founded swain scrap Of paper, on
which the following words were writ
ten-"Don't forget the old trousers
you promised me the other day r.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

and kissing her crimson cheek. 81 tell
you, Harry, there is no such other In
the world. Don't you think she looks
very much like her mother used to 2
Very much" I faltered.
Halo :" cried Frank, with a sud-
denness that made me start violently,
Il have forgotten to introduce you to
my wife; l believe you and she used
to be playmates in your younger days
yes, Harry" and he slapped me on
the back-"for the sake of old times,
and because you were not at the we'd
ding, I will give you leave to kiss her
once, but mind, old fellow, you are
never to repeat the ceremony. Come,
here she is; I for one want to know
how you will manage those ferocious
moustaches Of yours in the operation.
He pushed Lizzie, laughing and
blushing, toward me. A CLEAN Of light
and hope almost too dazzling to bear
came over me, and I cried out before
I thought, Not Mary ("
I must have betrayed my secret to
every one in the room. But nothing
was said even Frank, in general 50
obtuse, was this time silent. l kissed
the fair cheek of the young wife, and
hurried to the silent figure looking out
Of the window.
"Mary-Mary Moore, I said in a
low, eager tone, "haye you no welcome
to give the wanderer?"
She turned and laid her hand in
mine and said hurriedly:
q am glad to see you here, Harry.
Simple words and yet how blessed
they made me. | would not have
Welded her mp at the moment for an
Emperor's crown. For there was the
happy group and dear home hreside,
with sweet Mary Moore. The eyes |
had dreamed of day and night, were
falling beneath the ardent gaze of
mine, and the sweet face | had go long
prayed to see was there beside me. |
never knew the meaning Of happiness
until that moment.
Many years have passed since the
happy night, and the hair that was
dark and glossy is fast turning grey.
I am now grown to be an old man,
and can look back to happy, and as
l hope a well-spent life. And yet
sweet as it has been | would not re-
call a single day, for the love that
made my manhood SO bright, shines
also upon my white hairs.
An old man Can this be so? At
heart l am as young as ever. And
Mary, with her bright hair parted
smoothly from brow that has slight
turrow upon it, is still the Mary Of
other days. To me she can never
grow old or changed. The heart that
held her in infancy and sheltered her
in the flush and beauty of womanhood
can never cast her out till life shall
cease to warm it.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

He was a man Of simple habit, and
evidently from far distance, and he
had wandered into a large city muse
um. The attendant found him look
ing with interest at a meteorite, and
he asked the attendant what it was.
That, said the attendant, rs a
meteorite.
Hum Where did it come from"
1T fell from the sky"
Fall near here?"
"No. It fell on farm out in the
country
anybody hurt?"
"No; there was nobody about when
it fell.
Might have been, thought"
"Yes."
Hum" The man of the simple hsb-
it thought moment.
"Well," he said finally, "the
Lords kind, but it does seems if
sometimes He was mighty keerless."
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
A PRAYER.

o Father! Take my hand-the night is wild.
Watch Ger the footsteps Of thine erring child.
o Pilot! Guide my bark-the tempest raves
Thou only knowest the way across the waves
o Shepherd Lead me where green pastures grow
With Thine own flock. where stillest waters flow.
And when Thou countest DER Thy sheep at night
Shut me with them within Thy fold Of light!
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
The War Tax.

Here are some of the things that
must be done under the provisions Of
the new war tax law
Put a two-cent revenue stamp on
every check or sight draft. Cancel
the stamp by writing on it with ink
your initials and date.
Put two-cent stamp on every IN
land bill of exchange, time draft,
promissory note or money order for
each 500.
Pay one cent extra on each tele-
graph message sent.
Pay eight cents per 500 on each
life insurance policy, unless taken on
the industrial weekly payment plan,
when the charge is 10 Per cent OF the
first weekly payment.
Pay p cents on each one-year lease,
so cents on a lease between one and
three years, and 81 on lease exceed
ing three years.
Pay % cents on each mortgage be-
tween 81 900 and 1900, and % cents
on each $500 additional.
Pay 10 cents extra every time you
occupy a seat or berth in parlor or
sleeping car.
Pay a tax ranging from 70 cents to
$l5 per 500 on legacies above $l0,-
GOO, according to the total value.
Pay so cents tax on a surety bond.
Pay one cent a pint on wines.
Pay % cents on each protested note.
The stamp tax falls heaviest upon
druggists and merchants who handle
medicines. Everything offered IN the
drug line must have a stamp placed
upon it, such as patent medicines, pills
troches or lozenges, toothpowders, tom
les, plasters, liniments, salyes, ONT
ments, pastes, waters, essences, spirits
oils oranything put up and offered for
sale as a special remedy. Colognes,
face powders, pomatums, cosmetics,
chewing gums, hair oils and perfume
res of all sorts. Our merchants that
carry in their stock patent medicines,
cough syrups, liniments, pills, castor
oil, sweet oil and sewing machine oil,
havoring essences, horsepowders, vase
line, &c, must bear IN mind that they
will have to put on their goods stamps
ranging from cent on five cent bot
tie mp to four cents on a dollar bottle.
They are permitted to DO this with the
stock on hand when they sell it, but a
failure to do so incurs a heavy penalty.
The cost Of the stamps falls entirely on
the retailer on all articles on which the
price is fixed by the manufacturers.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

the result The large red splotches on my
chest began to grow paler and smaller. and
before long disappeared entirely. l regained
my lost weight became stronger, and my ap-
petite greatly improved. was soon entirely
well, and my skin a. clear as piece of glass.
II. l.. MYERS, 100 Mulberry St., Newark, n. ].
Don't destroy all possible chance of
cure by taking the doctors treatment
of fmercury and potash. These minerals
cause the hair to fall out, and will
wreck the entire system.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

Mr. Green-Now I'm going to tell
you something, Ethel. Do you know
that last night, at your party, your
sister promised to marry me? IhOpe
you'll forgive me for taking her away
Ethel-Forgive you, Mr., Green !
Of course will. Why, that's what
the party was fOrl
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
SChley
Has
Bottled Up
.CERVERA.

Gen. Miles will move today
with 10000 troops and will move
on the Spanish like old Jack,
by taking them on the flank and
in the rear.
So We must all keep cool and wait
for results. We have 900 Fans to
sell for 1000 cents, we have Ladies
Gauze Vests at s, 10 and - cents,
we have Straw Hats very cheap, we
have the cheapest Lawns in town, we
have a nice line Of Madras, we have a
nice line of India Linen; in fact We
have everything you want to keep
cool during these hot times. Our
trade is still increasing. We want to
double our sales of last year by giving
the people the best goods as the very
lowest prices. Keep cool. Respect
fully,
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
Many eicYcIists Rejected.

Dr. S. c. Stanton, who has charge
of the examination of recruits for the
United States regular army in Chicago,
has caused sensation among medical
men by declaring that an habitual
fast rider Of bicycles, or "scorcher,
is unfit, physically, to serve as a SOL
der in the army.
He has made this matter the subject
of his severest tests in his eEamIna-
tions of applicants for enlistment, and
many men have been rejected because
of bicycle heart, as the practition-
er terms it, caused by excessive eEer'
else in riding a wheel. The doctor
says:
Persistent scorching or fast riding
has tendency to enlarge the heart
and thus interfere with its proper ac-
ton. Few enthusiastic cyclists can
resist the temptation to '.corch, and
as a consequence the physician believes
the hearts Of large proportion of this
class Of riders are more or less affected.
This being the case, they would be
unable to endure the hardships that
army life imposes and should not be
permitted to enter the service. The
excitement attendant upon war is ex-
ceedingly deleterious to those whose
hearts are in any degree affected.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14


spread all over my body.
These soon broke out into
sores, and IL is easy 10
imagine the suffering I
endured. Before | be-
came convinced that the
doctors could do no good,
! had spent a hundred
dollars, which was really
thrown away. / tn en-
tried various patent
medicines, but they did
not reach the disease.
When | had finished my
first bottle OF 5. S. S. |
was greatly improved
and was delighted with
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

she-How are things in Manila,
anyway?
He-what do you mean?
She-0h, excuse me. You sat there
silent for 90 long that / got to think
ing you were with Dewey and that the
cable was still cut.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

At Camp Alger among the twenty
thousand white troops there is one bat
talon Of colored troops attached 10 an
Ohio regiment. The officers are all col
ored men, the major commanding the
regiment being Young, who is the COL
ored West Pointer in the army. a
few days ago an officer Of the colored
troops stood by the side Of a private in
Tennessee regiment in one Of the
booths that have been erected for the
sale Of all sorts Of things. The PRIV.
ate made no move 10 salute the colored
officer:
Don't you salute officers in your
regiment7' asked the officer, sharply.
The Tennesseean looked at the off,
Ger for a moment. Then be drawled
out
IAN eoons look alike 70 me"
He has been under arrest ever since
awaiting court-martisl.
Tommy-Did you do much lighting
during the war, pa?
Pal did my share Of it, Tommy.
Tommy-Did you make the enemy
rum
Pa-You're right, ! did. Tommy.
Tommy-Did they catch you, pa?
Lawyer-Is it possible. Rastus. that
you would swear TO what you know Is
not true for fifty cents?
'Rastus-No, sab. De gsmman gave
me dollar, sab.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
Copper Colored
Splotches.

There is only one cure for Contagious
Blood Poison-the disease which has
completely baffled the doctors. They
are totally unable to cure it, and direct
their efforts toward bottling the poison
up in the blood and concealing it from
view. S. s. S. cures the disease posi-
lively and permanently by forcing out
every trace of the taint.
was afflicted with a terrible blood disease,
which WAS In snnts ut first hut afterNHa I'd 4
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

"Well, Uncle RasbuFiy, how did
you like the sermon
1T war a powerful sermon, Marse
John"
What was it about ?"
1T war bout de mi'cle OBJ seven
thousand loaves and FIVE thousand
fshes bein fed to de twelve postles. "
"Seyen thousand losves and FIVE
thousand fishes being fed to the twelve
apostles? But where does the miracle
come in?"
Uncle Rasburry scratched his
head meditatiyely. Then be replied:
"Well, Marse John, de mir Gle, cord
in to my PERCEPTION Of de circum-
stances, is dat dey all didn't bust.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

"Me an the old woman, said the
Kentucky mountaineer, had little
rebate tother day bout how long We
wuz married. l says bit wuz II year,
an she stuck out 70 eleb'm.
"An which one was right" asked
the grocer.
"She wuz. I'd forgot bout Buck
an Bill bein' twins"
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14

is PURELY VEGETABLE, and is the only
blood remedy guaranteed to contain no
potash, mercury, or other mineral.
Books on the disease and its treat
ment mailed free by Swift Specific Com
pany, Atlanta, Georgia.
Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955, 1898-07-14
B. s. PendletOn S
n. 7. BARGAIN STORE.
WATCHES,
CLOCKS and
JEWELRY
REPAIRED.

The undersigned desires to inform the
public that he has opened a Watch,
Clock and Jcwclry Repair shop next to
Mrs. Herrington's store on Main street
Shepherdstown. Having had more than
23 years experience in the Jewelry bust
ness, am prepared to do anything in
hat line
Watches Cleaned, so Cents.
Watch handspring, so Cents.
All Work Warranted for one year.
Please to give me call.
A. l.. BEAUMONT,
Shepherdstown, w. Va.