Shepherdstown register. [volume], September 20, 1889, Image 1

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ESTABLISHED 1849.
lT7 I* SNYDER, PUBLISHER
MONTANI SEMPER LIBERI.
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. VA., FRIDAY, SEPTEMBER 20, 1889.
TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
NEW VOL. 24? NO. 52.
DANIEL B. LUCAS,
attorney at law,
niARLKSTOVJT W. VA.
? ??il i. practice In aLC i\# Court* of Jeffer
l\ Un*ni1??yolnl"8 ountles.
Vov. 1. l??-?
GEORGE W. GRAHAM,
REAL estate agent,
HakkbI Ferry, W. Va.
, t.Lri vL attention given to Pensions, Houn
S'. Claims against the United States, and
hnWtnl titles of Western Lauds, before the
if
The Entler Hotel,
sH FPH ERD8T0 W N, W. VA..
jliis Jk'en lie-opened
I ' lcra ?fW management and with new fur
ulture throughout. Every eflort for
the comfort of guests will
be tuade.
j, V | KI SSELL, I'roprletor.
Sample Room on First Floor.
At Miss Ellen's.
If you want a ulce Kan, black or colored, in
japeroi satin. call at MISS ELLEN'S.
;f you want a pair of the prettiest Pillow
i tiui. maniped with the newest designs
, ? Mottoes, and cheaper than you can buy
tie material and have them stamped, go see
t;.,-*- at MISS ELLEN *8, where you will also
2o.l for working them different kinds of rna
i#r.*l*. such as "Rope Silk," Linen Floss," of
rVrent colors, and Red, Black and Blue cot
t? us. in fast colors. Can be found at
MISS ELLEN S,
leather Belts, silk finish, and Cotton Belts,
Itraiiu Rubber l>rawers. In assorted sizes,
to be had at MISS ELLEN'S.
-.. rue of those nice Black Silk Jersey Suits,
;*rsf *Urs, at MISS ELLEN'S.
UUlfS Uauze Vests. 'short sleeves, long
tier vrs, ind no sleeves, from 25 to 85cts. can
t* bought at MISS ELLEN'S.
A . Itiulsof Ladles' I'nderwearand Corsets
/or LadU'S mnl Misses at the little store of
ELLEN WELSH A if 8.
Birthday day cards at MISS ELLEN'S.
WANTED
Everybody to know I have received
iliy Spring Stock of
WALL PAPER.
LA1KST STYLES, FIRST-CLASS, RICH
AND ELEGANT.
Good paper at 8c per piece of 8 yards.
Better still at 10c " " " " "
Gold Paper 12 1-2, 15, 16, 18, 22, 25 and
30c per piece of 8 yards.
seud for orcall and examine them.
Fstimates for palutlng solicited.
T. H. MILLER.
MLN >
AN
BOV
LAM
(iL.NTS
BUYS
Spring 1889 Summer
The TEMPLE OF FASHION is
again filled with NEW
(JOODS !
Is CLOTHING!
Boots, Shoes I
^ Hats and Caps.
AM' Neckwear aid Slows.
Furnishings I
Trunks, Satchels, I'mbrellas and
Canes. Two Doors full of goods.
Easy stairway and plenty of light.
Geo. H. Hagley,
CHARLESTOWN, W. VA.
NOTICE
TO THE PUBLICI
We the undersigned having pur
chased the Undertaking Business of j
H. .M. Billraver have removed to the
?tune Store Room, up stairs, where
*e are prepared to furnish at short I
notice
Burial Cases, Caskets, Robes,
Crepes, Gloves, &c.f
aii'l all goods kept in a well furnished ;
ludertakiug Establishment. We .
by strict attention to business to
merit a share of public patronage.
^ will continue the Painting and
Papering business as usual.
Kespectfully,
J. FEKRELL & SON.
tor All orders left with Mr. Bill- i
m}'tr will receive prompt attention, j
FODDER TWINE.
Drill Tubes,
l>rill Shovels,
Corn Hooks,
Corn knives,
Husking Pegs,
Husking (Hoves,
Grain Bags.
'"w Points and Mould Hoards for
"liver Chilled and Universal Plows.
Machine Belting,
Machine Oils,
l'iekle and Kraut Tubs,
Apple and Peach Parers,
feeeh and Muzzle-loading shot guns.
Powder,
Shot,
Shells,
Caps and Wads.
McKee Brothers,
HAGERSTOWN, MD.,
^Betw*en tlie Square and Market House.
KORJSALE.
\\ ,iave for sale about 7% acres of good
?iii? 1 1 Land on which there Is a
?? orchard, goiMl dwelling and kitchen at- i
Ium! , RI,d out-bulldiifB. The property In In
ImrT f bounty, about 7 miles trom Martius- i
?:?,!, J?ud miles iroiu Scrabble. Fosses- I
i, "J**1* April 1st, 189U. Terms reasonable.
r further Information apply to
FLEMING A SNYDER,
Heal Estate Agents,
Shepherdstown, W. Va.
SEEDS.? Aa the season la ad
??!, 1 offer the remnant of my gar
UitnT, ,. ,Very cl'?ap- All fresh and many of
a* U#eJ next y ear wlthont any risk.
McMURRAN'8 DRUGSTORE.
8tE&r ure ground and grain spices of all j
^ea,,atPk;knu? Rnd preaervlug. Good
McMURRAN'8 DRUG STORE.
THE
HAS
STRUCK US
And We are Ready to Meet It
with an Immense Line of
Dry Goods, Millinery,
Ribbons, Carpets,
Notions.
Oil-Cloths, Mattings,
Fine Shoes and
Jewelry.
F you want Corsets from 20c up to
_ 81.25, call ou
M. S. HITESHEW.
I
F you want Silk Ribbons cheaper
than vou ever saw them, call on
M. S. HITESHEW.
F you want Challies from 6c to 20
cents, call on
M. S. HITESHEW.
IF you want Dress Goods from 5c
to $1.00 per yard, call on
M. S. HITESHEW.
IF you want White Goods of any
description from 8c to 25c, call on
M. S. HITESHEW.
IF you want a nice Bonnet or Hat
at prices that will surprise you,
call on M. S. HITESHEW.
If vou want any Jewelry, such as
Breast Pins, Ear Kings or Cuff But
tons, call on
M. S. HITESHEW.
If you want any Ladies', Misses or
Children's Shoes at Bottom Prices, call
on M. S. HITESHEW.
If you want Mattings at 12^,15,
16, 18 or 20c, call on
M. S. HITESHEW.
If you want 30-cent Rag Carpets
or a nice English Hemp Carpet, call
OI1 M. S. HITESHEW.
Call and see us. We discount ev
ery dollar's worth of goods we buy and
give our customers the benefit oi it.
We can't be undersold. Our motto :
Quick Sales, Small Profits. For
Cheap Good, iu our lino, ^aUon^
M. B. BAKER
?IS NOW RECEIVING DA1LA ?
Dry Goods,
Fancy Goods,
Notions,
Hats,
Shoes,
Straw Goods,
Carpets,
Rugs,
Oilcloths,
Groceries,
Provisions,
&e., &e.
Call anil see what a complete stock
of coods he has. Learn the low
prices at which he sells. Observe for
yourself the good ??$'<JfBAKER
Mrs. M. L. Herrington,
At J. F. Welshans* Old Stand, has
now a Fine Stock of
Summer Millinery,
White Dress Goods,
FANCY ARTICLES
?AND ?
NOTIONS,
Which can be bought C H EAPER than
elsewhere. HATS received
every week.
CALL AND SEE FOR YOURSELF.
Important Notice!
I INVITE yourattent;on to a successful sub
stitute for scraping white-washed walls. 1
will put paper ou while- washed walls with
out scraplug the walls if the lime is tight anil
will guarantee it to stay ou as long as it will
ifscraped. If it comes off. 1 will furnish pa
per and will put it on at my expense. I can
get reliable parties to vouch to this where I
nave put paper on. Also will hang paper as
cheap as auy one. I can furnish paper as
hm cheap as you can get it anywhere, suitable
for decorating ceUlngs and walls ot any ktnd.
Will do any kind of house and sign painting.
Furniture done up In style.
WM. R. MILLER.
Notice to Trespassers.
A 1 1 oersons are hereby warned from
iff* Jawing upon the tends or the under
^The tew will be strictly enforced
"lg^?,?t Uiose caught (without permission)
" unth.g. ??hlng or In anyway Intruding upon
the premises of ^
HAMILTON DAVIS,
W. T. LKMKN,
W. H. BILLMYER,
DAVID BILLMYER.
March ?th,188fr-6?n.
THE BEST PLACE
ON EARTH
?To Bay Men's, Boys' and Children's?
CLOTHING
And Gents' Furnishing Goods
is AT
Jacob Wintermoyer's,
The Boss Clothing Man, Shepherdstown.
HIS first word Is Bargains. He Is now ready
with one of the Finest Lines of SPRING
CLOTHING that has ever been brought to
this market, and he defies Hagerstowu or
Martlnsburg to compete with him In Prices,
(Quality and style, as he contends that there
never nave been better goods shown and
greater varieties ollered and prices never
have been so low. There is no room for im
provement in the Bargains he otters this sea
son in Men's, Boys' and Children's Clothing
and Gents' Furnishing Goods. His line of
NECKWEAR
Is something nice and large ; so much so that
every man can have plenty of styles to make
a selection from. Remember, he curries a
large line of SHIRTS, dress and overshirts,
also WORKING SHIRTS of all descriptions.
HOSIERY and UNDERWEAR. Remember,
we can save you money on all of these things.
TRUNKS and VALISES. He has a large line
ot them. COLLARS and CUFFS, all the lat
est shapes and styles, and, in fact, everything
that man needs in (. lothlng and Furnishing
GoodB, he can find at the Boss Clothing House
of Jacob Wintermoyer. Now all I ask of my
friends and customers is tocoineandsee these
goods and their prices and be convinced that
you can do better in buying your goods at
home than elsewhere. 1 wish to return my
thanks to all of my friends and customers for
their past kindness und hope a continuance
of the same In the future. I shall try my best
to please you. Remember the old stand, Col
lege Square.
JACOB WINTERMOYEP., j
The Boss Clolhlng Man.
A Business Notice.;
ACHANGEof times causes a change In the
way of conducting busl uess. Hence, some
merchants are adopting the cash system. \V'e
have not yet, strictly speaking, but continue
to hell ou short or reasonable time to g(H?l
and tried customers, and sell as low as those
who claim to be selling strictly for cash. For
a few quotations we submit to your consider
ation: Yard- Wide Straw Matting from lOcts.
up; Home-Alade New Rag Carpet, pretty
styles, 10 and 50c; Table and Floor Oil Cloths,
1-1, 5-4 and tt-l wide, at prices from 30 to 50 cts.
Beautiful Dress Ginghams, 0 to 10c per yard. ;
Sat lues (nice, new goods), 10c ; calico, 5 to He; I
Lawns, 4 to 10c ; India Linens, 10 to "25c; La- ;
dies' Corsets, S55c to 81.; Handkerchiefs and i
Hosiery ranging from 5 to 25c ; Hats, 5c to 82. '
Sugars, Syrups and Collee at as low prices as j
competitors are selling. Shoes, Queensware, '
Tinware und Hardware to suit all. at ROCK I
BOTTOM l'RICES. Tobacco to suit most all
who use the weed in prices ranglug from :>5e j
per pound up to 00c. lu fact, my stock is full,
and 1 am constantly in receipt of New Goods.
My aim is to do a lair and square business |
and to treat all alike. And don't you forget j
It, If you want a first-class Flour, second to
none, come right along with your wheat or
cash and call for the Mlllvllle Sunlight Flour,
aud when you take it home your wife or
daughter will be pleased and furnish you
with nice bread. My Motto is QUICK SALES
AM D SMALL PROFITS. We want to live
and see our fellow men do likewise. Our
aim will be to tiy to accommodate ourselves
to suit all who may call upon us, aud It any
mistakes occur please give us an opportunity
to correct them. We hope by fair and honest
dealing, in connection with the fact of selling
goods as low as any other firm, to merit a
share of tiie trade. So come rigiit along and
take away one dollar's worth ot goods for ev
ery hundred cents you leave with us.
Very Respectfully,
N. S. J. STR1DER.
ESTABLISHED IN 18687"
JEFFERSON
Sash, Door and Blind
FACTORY.
CALL FOR YOUR
Framing, Siding, Sheathing, Floor- j
ing, Frames, Sash, Blinds, Doors,
Mantels, Mouldings, Newels and
Stair Work, Plastering Lath,
Brick Tiles, &c., tV'c.,
-AT
John McKnight's,
CHARLESTOWN, W. VA.
Having put in new machinery and a
force of skilled workmen, we are pre
pared to furnish material with expedi
tion and satisfaction to all at the most
reasonable terms. Factory opposite
B. & O. Depot.
Successor to C. H. McKuight & Co.
HASEBSTOWN STEAM
GRANITE AND MARBLE WORKS!
Stouffer& Darner,
MANUFACTURERS OF
Granite and Marble Monuments. Sarcopha
gus, Headstones, Tombs, .Statues, Vases,
Urns. 4c., of Every Description, from
Oulney. iiarre. Concord, Westeily, Oak
lllll, Clark's Island, Woodstock and all
the Principal Eastern Granites; also
Red Scotch Granite.
Particular Attention Given to lettering in
all its Forms, original l>esigus Fur
nished on Application.
Also, Slate Mantels and Building Work of i
Every Description In Marble, GrHnite and
Maud Stone. Cemetery Coping, Ac.
Workscorner Jonathan and Antletam Sts?
opp. B. & O. Depot, Hagerstown, Md,
H. L.HOUT,
Agent at Shepherdstown, W. Va.,
Has a full line of Designs and will
show them upon application.
FARMS FOR SALE. j
IOO acres of land In Clark County, Kansas,
ti miles from Ashland, the county seat, and
railroad depot, and in sight of the Cimarron
River. Good soil, line gniss. Mr. Robert N.
Eugle, tormerly of this county, lives on the
adjolulug quarter section, and pastured 50
head of cattle on the two farms last year.
Land, rolling prairie; wire fence all around
farm. Price S1.20U? oue-balf cash, balance in
1 and 2 years.
FLEMING Jt SNYDER,
Real Estate Agents.
Shepherdstown, W. Va.
COAL! COAL! COAL!
HAVE reduced prices on all grades of Coal
and I have beeu especlallly careful in
fiurchaslugouly the very t*est quality, entire
y free from slate. Don't .fall to examine my
stock and prices before purchasing.
G.T. HODQE8.
Mendenall Nurseries!
KEARSEYSVILLE, W. VA.
~ fk nnn FIRST CLASS APPLE TREES
now ready for Fall and Spring
planting. Send in your orders. These trees
MUST BE SoLD, hence you will tlnd prices
lower lhau anywhere else in the United
States. 1). W. BORDER, Proprietor.
Sept. 6, 1885)? 8m
BRU8HES.? Just received a supply of Paint
Brushes and Dusters, White wasli Brashes,
Scrubbing Brushes, Kalsomine Brushes, Shoe
Brushes, all very cheap, at
McMl RRAN S DRUG STORE
The Chief Rrnuon for the great BUO
jesj of Hood's Sarsaparllla 13 found In tha
article Itself. It Is merit that wins, and tha
tact that Hood's Sarsapariila actually ao
*>mpllshes what Is claimed for It, Is what
ba> given to this medicine a popularity and
Mle greater than that of any other sarsapa
U/Iha r,lla or b,00d PurI*
Merit Wins fior before the public.
flood's Sarsaparllla cures Scrofula, Salt
Rheum and all Humors, Dyspepsia, Sick
Headache, Biliousness, overcomes That
Tlrcl Feeling, creates an Appetite, strength
ins the Nerves, builds up the \Vhole System.
?food's Mnrwii|>tirillii is sold by all drug
fists. $1; six for $5. Prepared by C. 1. Hood
fc Co., Apothecaries, Lowed, Mass.
GO and SEE
FOR YOURSELF
-THAT
R. S. M. HOFFMAN
has opened rooms opposite the S. V.
Railroad Depot, where you can find
F U 1! N ITURE!
of the Latest Patterns always on hand,
finch as
Parlor and Chamber Suits Complete!
B EDST EADS, WA RDROB ES,
WASHSTA NDS, M ATT R ESSES,
BUREAUS. BUFFETS,
Extension and Marble-Top Tables,
Single and Bed Lounges,
Chairs and Rockers.
Also Agent for the DAVIS SEWING
MACHINES.
All articles sold at prices that wrll
compete with the lowest sold
anywhere. In the
Undertaking
?YOU WILL FIND
CASKETS, FLOWERS,
COFFINS, SLIPPERS,
ROBES, CREPE,
Gloves, and all pertaining to the bus
iness. Personal attention given in
every case. R. S. M. HOFFMAN.
~~ A BAD^PLAN.
AN ASKING PRICE.
A TAKING PRICE.
The plan of store keepers having an asking
price and a taking price for goods, charging
one more than another anil not refusing a
reasonable otier is a bad plan for buyers.
The store keepei alone knows the lowest
price at which lie can sell his goods. Buyers
never get them for less and often pay more.
This plan is justified on the ground that
some people won't buy unless they get some
thing kuocked oft or thrown In, and some
will only buy where they can get credit,
some never pay and that must be made up by
charging more to those who do pay.
our one price cash plan avoids all such
methods, marks in plain figures the lowest
cash price on every article offered and noth
ing less can buy it. On every article the
buyer gets the advantage of the discount* we
make in buying for cash and the expenses
and losses saved in not selling cu credit.
The saving on these two items being a satis
factory profit in a live business and accounts
for some merchauts saying we are selling
goods at cost.
NEW FALL GOODS.
. oc for heavy Ginghams, Shirtings, Calicoes,
nieached and Unbleached Muslins.
8c Best Bleached Muslins.
? to 8c Tickings.
ti to lnc New styles Dress Ginghams.
8 to 12c Colored Canton Flannels.
11 to ;>0c .shirt Flannels.
15 to 50c Flaiu I ted Flannels.
23 to 50c Red 'I willed Flannels.
!1.25 Fine Wool Shirts.
9c Heavy Wool Dress Goods.
lilc Double Widtli Cash meres.
ltic Solid, Fancy, Striped, and Twilled Cash
meres.
25c All Wool Tricots 2S In. wide.
3"Jc Fancy Plaid Cloth for Dresses and Jack
ets.
Fine medium and common qualities of
Silks, Satins, Cashmeres. Henriettas. Serges,
l'lalds, stripes, mourning and White Goods,
Worsteds, 1 h reads and Silks for fancy work
Ladies' and Misses' Coats,
Wraps, Shoes, Hosiery. Umbrellas, Satchels,
and notions of every description.
The largest stock and the lowest cash
prices.
BOYS CLOTHING, Hats, Shoes and Under
wear.
GENT'S CLOTHING, custom and ready
made. Hats, Shoes and Furnishings of all
descriptions, UUHT'S SHOES and;Dl N LAP'S
HATS. Every article people wear of the
tlner, medium and common qualities (except
Ladies' Hats) every article has the lowest
cash down price marked on it In plain figures,
nothing less can buy them.
UPDEGKAFFS,
One Price Cash Store,
Hagerstown, Md.
D. S. RENTCH,
Justice of the Peace, Notary Public,
and Agent for the Mutual Life In
surance Co. of New York.
Will give attention to all business con
nected with the above offices. Beluga bonded
officer, will give special attention to collec
tions of notes and accounts received, with or
without processor Law. Charges moderate
and prompt returns made.
J. S. FLEMING Jotarj Public.
TITILL take acknowledgments of Deeds
Tf Power of Attorney, Affidavits, Deposi 1
tions, and attend to all business oonnecled
with tbe office.
""ready-made clothing. I
I HAVE several hundred dollars' worth of
Keatly-Made Clothing on band. Am anx
ious to close them out and quit tbe business.
Will sell them without regard to cost or pro
fit. This is the opportunity for bargains.
J. S. MELVIN.
TANGLE FOOT.-A sticky fly paper that
attracts, catches and holds the flies, at
McMURRAN'8 DRUG STORE.
OF SUCH IS THE KINGDOM.
O fold the little arms across
The pulseless heart ;
Her ransomed soul baa passed beyond
Earth's busy mart ;
lias lifted high her wings of trust
Beyond the sky ;
Naught of her with sluggish dust
We know shall lie
But that which sinks with earth away
And fades before us day by day.
As bud from blossom, unlo fruit.
Grows doubly dear,
Shall her sweet soul of iufant grace
Improve each year.
Upon the brighter side of life
'Mid God's pure air.
Surrounded by celestial joys?
Her mot her '8 care ;
Thy fair, frail flower will exjiand,
Transplanted to a fairer land.
The light has faded from her sight
To scenes of earth,
But dawns again In glad surprise
In happier birth,
As brightest flowers of earthly life
Reach for the sun,
And bend beneath the pressing dew
When day is goue ;
So shall thy pure immortal flower
Bend to Thy Life 't the evening hour.
O aching, lonely heart, forget
Thy ceaseless loss ;
Thy little one has never more
The stream to cross.
Whose restless waves are full of pain
And woeful wall,
That roughly drives the trembling boat
In which we vail :
Iier trustiug heart can never fear
The wrecking perils of each year.
She kuows no sorrow ; that is eartn's,
And pain is death ;
Her yearning spirit will be tilled
With truth s sweet breath.
O sutler suoh in Christ's deur name
To enter there,
Anu hold the wide "Gate Beautiful"
With hands so fair;
Unstained by one frail tho't of sin.
All such as these shall enter in.
HER PROPOSAL.
The late March snows were dissolv
ing in delicate wreaths over the hills
?the maple buds were already swell
ing against the sky like crimson dots,
aud the song of the blue bird heralded
the advent of Spring over the bleak
Berkshire hills.
"O, Billy, isn't it nice?" said little
Kebecca Hale, as she skipped alpug
the roads. "O, look, there's a dear
little striped squirrel, with a bushy
tail and such bright eyes, like black
beads. O, don't you wish we lived
out of doors always?"'
"Becky don't jump about so," cliided
the boy, an ancient philosopher of
ten years or so. "There, 1 knew it,
you've burst out that hole in your
shoe that 1 sewed up carefully and
one of your mittens is gone.''
'"But it isn't cold."
"No, but that's no sign that we
never shall have any cold weather
again. Besides, Aunt Keziuh is
dead."
"Well, I don't care for that," said
the little one, recklessly. "Aunt Ke
ziah was old and cross, and boxed
our ears, and said we were the plagues
of her life."
"Yes," said Billy slowly, "but there
is no one to take care of us now that
Aunt Keziah is dead. You should
consider tliat, Becky."
"No one to take care of us," echoed
Becky standing still. "O, Billy, I
didn't think of that."
Mrs. Harewood was frying dough
nuts over the great cooking stove in
the back kitchen. An immense blue
and white checked apron enshrouded
her spare form, and a pocket hand
kerchief concealed her hair. Mrs.
Harewood was not pretty at her best;
in this uniform she was hideous.
"Seventeen ? eighteen ?nineteen,"
said Mrs. Harewood, fishing the
brown curls of paste out of the boil
ing liquid. "Twenty and four makes
two dozen. Now, Michael, who is it
and what on earth do they want?"
"It's the two little children from
Aunt Keziah l'roudfoot's'said Michael
Harewood, a tall, browned-faced man
of thirty or thereabouts. "The old
woman died last night.'
"Well, what of that?" said Mrs.
Harewood, who had gone back to the
table and was cutting long strips of
dough and twisting them into spirals
ready for the pot of frizzing iard.
"They'll bury her, 1 suppose. And
after her long sickness, the dear
knows nobody'll be very sorry."
"But the little children. What is
to become of them," said Michael,
softly.
"Why, send 'em to the poor house,
of course. There's nothing else to be
done, as 1 know of," snapped the
dame.
"To the poor house, Maria? Those
pretty, delicate little children? Kate
Hale's brother? to the ppor house?''
"Well, I don't see why not," said
Mrs. Harewood. "Thirty-four, thirty
five. Three dozen ought to be enough.
If Kate had cared so much about her
relations, she might a stayed to hum
an' looked after em, instead of run- |
ning away with a ship's captain and
going to China or India, or Kaui
schatka, or the Lord knows where,
after she was engaged to you, too.
And?"
"Never mind aliout that now,
Maria," said the brother, with a slight
elevation of his eyebrows. "It is all
a thing of the past, and Kate could
not see, when she left her native
country, that her brother's little ones
would soon be alone in the world,
orphaned and without resources. So
it has chanced, at all events. The
poor little things are in the sitting
room now."
"And I s'pose they've come here be- 1
cause luy husband is a poor-master," '
said Mrs. Harewood, dropping in her
fresh batch of doughnuts, one by one.
"Well, he won't be home afore noon."
"I was not thinking of that. Maria,''
said Michael Harewood, gently. "It
occurred to me that, perhaps, since
you have no children of your own?"
"That I'd fill my house with all the
pauper children of the neighbor
hood,*' said Mrs. Harewood. "No,
Michael Harewood, yoa're mistaken
there. 1 wouldn't have Jim Hale's
children in my house after the way
Kate treated you, not if I was to be
paid a dollar a day. And besides, I
ain't the matron of the poor house."
"Then what are they to do?'
Mrs. Harewood shrugged her bony
shoulders.
"It's no business of mine," she said
indifferently. '"Nor I ain't going to
concern myself in it."
Michael Harewood went back to
the room where the two little orphans
were admiring a gaudy, stuffed parrot,
that swung from the ceiling.
"Children," said he, "get on your
things."
"Ain't us to stay here?" piteously
demanded Becky. "I'm so tired and
hungry. We didn't have any break
fast this morning."
"Please. Mr. Harewood." said Billy,
"where are we to go? Nobody wants
us."
"I want you," said Michael Hare
wood, his heart giving a great jump
as he saw Kate's old look shining out
of the wistful, upturned face of the
child. "You shall be my little ones
henceforth."
There was no lack of talk and gos
sip in the neighborhood when Michael
Harewood left his brother's house and
set up house keeping for himself in a
little unoccupied cabin just on the
verge of the woods, with the Hale
children as proteges and companions.
Michael Harewood was mi artist by
profession? one of these erratic geni
uses who do not make much money,
yet possess natures of genuine gold.
He paid little attention to the buzz of
the neighbors, the sarcasm of his sis
ter-in-law, and the criticisms of the
world in general, but painted serenely
on, disposing of his pictures at ludi
crously low prices as fast as they were
laid off his easel.
"For it isn't as if 1 could wait for a
good chance," said he. "They must
sell at any figure: the little people
can't starve."
So the three led a strange, eccentric
life.
Little Becky swept and dusted.
Billy brought water, weeded the onion
beds and made himself generally use
ful, and Michael Harewood did all the
rest. When there chanced to be meat
enough for three he ate and was
thankful. When there was not he
made a meal off vegetables and told
the children it was for his health s
sake.
"Don't you love Uncle Michael,
Becky," said the little boy one night
when Michael had tucked them safely
in bed and heard their simple pray
ers.
"Yes," said Becky, rearing up in
her little nest. "And when I grow up
1 mean to marry him."
Michael Harewood, smoking his
pipe under the window below, heard
the little voices, and his heart grew
soft within him.
"God bless the little ones!" he mur
mured. "And God bless Kate where
ever she may be!"
Kate was nearer than he thought.
"Have you heard the news?" said
the widow Oastleberry to Mrs. Hare
wood. "Kate Hale's come back."
"Humph!" was Mrs. Harewood's
comment. "A bad penny always re
turns. Who does she suppose is going )
to run after her now!"
"Ah, but," t*aid Widow Castleberry,
wagging her head, "\ou didn t hear
me through. She's a widow, and
she's rich as Cro?sus.'
"No!" said Mrs. Harewood. "It
ain't possible."
"But it is though," said the widow.
"Wears diamonds as big as dew-drops
and a black silk dress as will stand
alone in richness, and has her uiaid as
genteel as the Queen of the Cannibal
Islands."
"Ah, dear, dear!" said Mrs. Hare
wood. "Wonders will never cease.
Them children will be brought up
like a princess, now, I suppose. I
most wish I'd taken them myself, as
Michael wanted me to do."
For once the tongue of rumor was
correct. Kate Hale, now Mrs. Alden
Armitage, had been, in very truth,
left a wealthy widow, and she had re
turned to her native land to adopt
her brother's orphaned children.
Kate had been pretty as a girl? as a
woman set off by the accessions of
wealth, she was royally beautiful.
Nor was she devoid of feeling. When
she first came into the presence of the
artist whose magnanimity had saved
her brother's children frbm the poor
house, she knelt down and kissed his ^
brown hands with tears.
"Kate! Kate!" he cried, "what are
you doing?"
"I can't help it," sobbed Kate. "You
are so kind, so noble. What would
my little ones have done but for you?
And when I remember how I treated
you?"
"We won't recall that, Kate, said
the artist quietly. "But I have grown
to love the little ones dearly. I do
not wish to part with them, although
1 feel that you have the best right to
them."
He was standing with one h&ad on
Beckie's golden bead. The child
glanced eagerly from one to the
other.
"Couldn't Annt Kate come and live
with us. Uncle Michaelf said she,
with a sudden brightening up of
every feature.
The eyes of the elders met? Mi
chael's sad and kindly? Kate's full of
sudden tears.
"Ah. my child,'1 said the former, "I
asked her that question once, a long
while ago? and she said, >"0!"
"But if you were to ask me again, I
should answer you very differently,"
cried out Kate.
And then she hid ber burning face
in her hands,
"I shall never ask it again.*' said
Michael, gravely.
"Then I will," said Mrs. Armitage.
going up to hint and putting her hand
in his. "Dear Michael, I have learned
I now the priceless value of what I
once rejected ? your true, noble heart.
I love yon? will you repulse me nowf'
"I was going to marry Uncle Mi
chael myself," said Becky, thought
I fully. "But maybe it's best that Aunt
should have him.
"I think so," said Billy.
A Wolf Foster Mother.
A dispatch from Sandy Point, Tex.,
says stories have been told from time
immemorial of animals suckling chil
dren and endowing them with a beast
like natnre through the nutriment
thus furnished. These stories have
been looked upon more or less as fan
ciful creations, but a geuuiue instance
of such an occurrence has been re
cently proven in this county. Some
twenty months ago a uegro woman
living on the banks of the Brazos !
missed her three months-old baby
from the pallet where she had left it
lyiug during an alienee of a few min
utes. Search was made for the infaut
but no trace of it could be discovered
and the whole affair was wrapped in
profound mystery until a few days
ago. A party of gentlemen were rid
ing through a somewhat unfrequented
portion of the thick woods that bor
der the river, when they were startled
by seeing a strange object ruu across
the road. Thinking at first sight that
it was a wild animal, several of the
party were about to fire on it, when
the one who had been the nearest to
it called to them not to shoot, but to
ride it down instead. This was done
with difficulty, for the underbrush
was thick, but at last the creature
was overtaken in a dense copse. It
was half running, half leaping, first
; on all fours and then nearly upright.
The gentlemen dismounted and at
tempted to lay hands upon it, but
| chattering frightfully and savagely
biting and scratching it broke away
from them. They could see that it
j had a human face, though the brown
, body was covered with long, tangled
hair, and the nails of the feet and
hands so long and curved as to be
claws. It rau with incredible swift
ness, getting over fallen trees and
dense masses of creepers at a rate
that obliged its pursuers to exert them
selves to the utmost to keep it in view.
It finally ran into an immense oak
tree that lay uprooted in the ground
and the hollow trunk of which formed
a yawning cavern. By the dint of
poking in the tree with sticks the
party succeeded in driving out an old
wolf, which immediately took to its
heels. It was not pursued, as it was
not the object sought. This, too, was
finally dislodged and lassoed with a
, lariat made of hides. It bit and
scratched so fiercely that it was
thought advisable not to approach it,
so it was half dragged half led home
with the lariat about its neck, howl
ing and yelping like a wolf. The fact
of the negro woman's child having
disappeared was well-known to all
and it was decided that this must be
the child. The old wolf had evidently
stolen it and for some reason adopted
it as its own. The mother declared
that this conjecture was correct,
claiming that her child had a malfor
mation of one ear, which peculiar
ity was found in the monster.
It is kept tied up in her cabin, suffer
ing 110 one to lay hands u(>on it, and is
fed on raw meat, as it refuses to touch
any other food. The woman has
hopes that she may yet reawaken the
human in it, but in the meantime she
is reaping a harvest from the crowds
who came daily from all parts of the
country to inspect the strange erea
' ture.
Expectation and Realization
Whene'er the day is wet and cold,
This piece of ice you will behold
But when the weather's warm and
hot,
You'll find this much is what you've
got
The berries which the buyer sees
On top are v?ry much like these?
o o o o o
Bat all the rest of them below
Are represented by this row?
ooooooooo
These are the flashing circus bills
Which trusting boyhood grandly
thrill*?
? f ? t
? ? ? ?
But when the victim's once inside
He finds the posters sadly lied?
j ; ; ; |
A case of feminine daring is related
of a Virginia belle, who rode to the ;
edge of a precipice and defied any on*
of the party with whom she was rid
ing to follow her. Not a man accepted
the challenge; but a tantalizing youth
stood on his kead in the saddle and
dared the lady to do that.
Edith? No, Herbert. I can never be
your wife, but I will be? Herbert?
Don't say a sister to me. 80 many
girls have said that Edith? 1 wasn't
going to say that. I was going to say
that I shall be delighted to be your
aunt I accepted your uncle George
last night.
Dr. Joker? Your dolly appears to be
oat sf sorts to-day, doesn't she?
Dolly's Mother (4 years old>-Well.
I guess you'd feel oat of sorts, too, if
you had all the sawdast spilled out
i of yoa.
ITEMS OF INTEREST.
There is a giant rose-tree in Rooe
toen. Holland, which has held 6,000
roses at the same time. The owner,
Mme. Regneiu, considers it one of the
great wonders of the world.
Three school boys of Sornpoe, Cal.,
thought they'd have fun this vaca
tion playing gold-mining. So they
began on a worn-out claim on the
beach near Point Sal, aud In twenty
four days, working not more than
eight hours a day, made #340.
A crowd of Winchester (Kansas)
bovs on mischief bent thought to
frighten Willie Ray, one of their com
paniotis, by putting a "tick tack
on his window Sunday night- Willie
thought the boys were burglars sure
enough and fired a load of buckshot
into the crowd. Daniel Lowe received
a bullet iu the head and will die. Tom
Gardiner received four wounds and
his recovery is doubtful. Ed Lucas
received a painful wound iu the arm.
The Staunton Spectator l*authorit>
for the statement that Messrs. E. W.
(Mark A; Co., leading Philadelphia
bankers, closely identified with the
Norfolk and Western Railroad, will,
iu September, have $5,000,000 of Eng
lish capital placed in their hands for
investment in the South. It is prob
able the bulk of it will be placed in
Virginia. The new town of Rucna
Vista, in Rockbridge county, has
already l?een promised a share o?
It.
In comparing the literary merits of
Dickens and Thackeray, an after-din
ner orator iu London said: "It s in the
wonderful insight into uman nature
that Dickens gets the pull orer Thack
eray; but, on t'other hand, it's in the
brilliant idmftsof satire, t'gether with
a keen sense o' humor, that Dlckery
gi't s the pull over Thaekeua. It's just
this: Thickery is a humorist, and
Darkens is a satirist. But, after all.
it s bsurd to instoot any couiparisou
between Dackery and Thickens.
A wad of chewing gum and three
trouser buttons in the collection bas
ket at the Saturday meeting of the
Sunday School Assembly at Ocean
(irove. N. J-, aroused the ire of Pres
ident E. H. Stokes, of the (Irove As so
ciation. He made an analysis of the
collection for that day, and found
that of the 3,500 persons present 815
gave 1 cent, 17 gave 3 cents. WO gave 5
cents, 170 gave 10 cents, and only 12
gave as much as 25 oents each. The
other 1,100 contributed the chewing
gum and buttons.
E. M. Cuihlng sold at pnblic auction
the McPheeters farm near Mint Spring
Augusta county, Va., to W. A. Mc
Pheeters for *30 per acre. This farm
was sold and conveyed to Alei. Mo
Pheeters by Win. Hevely.fAugust 12,
1747, the4consideration for the entire
tract being five shillings and one
grain of pepper corn on a lady's day. '
It has thus been In the McPheeter?
family 142 years, and the reoord iu the
clerk'sloflice shows that it has never
been sold nor offered for sale during
that time. It still remains in the
McPheeters family.
James E. Wilson, a conductor on
the New York, New Haven and
Hartford Railroad, has received
notice that he had falleu heir to |10,
000. The bequest Is a reward for
bravery shown twenty years ago at
Cape May in saving from drowulng
Henry Van Scott, a retired sea cap
taiu, of Hempstead. Van Scott died
at Danville a few days ago leaving a
fortune of ? 260.000. At the time of
the rescue Mr. Wilson received a 1100
bill. He bad almost forgotten the
incident and to day *10,000 to him is
a big consideration.
The blackbirds have organized a
camp, roost or oonclave of some kind
in the eastern part of the town of
Washington, III., which is something
remarkable. They have assembled In
countless numbers, and the nbiseaud
racket which they keep up and whir
ring of their wings have become very
troublesome. The mayor has given
permission to shoot the bird*, and
thousands are slaughtered every even
ing, the time when they congregate.
Strange to say, the shooting doe# not
?eem to frighten or disturb them the
least, nor do their numbers seem to
diminish. These blackbird cam|? are
quite common in IlllnoU, but one of
such magnitude as thU Is very rarely
seen.
< me of the engineers on the Sahara
Railroad, now being constructed by
France, reports a dlcovery of great
archsologicai value. Coining upon
a mound of sand he had It dug into
and found a dome, which proved to
be the top of a tower; and digging j
deeper, the tower proved to belong to
a mosque entirely embedded in sand.
Continuing bis researches he baa un
covered nine houses and a watercourse.
The water will be need for irrigation.
This discovery couftnna the iinpree
uou that the Sahara is another In
stance of the modification which cli
matic changes will effect, and that
It Was once a populous land Irstead of
the waste of deeert we see It tcnlay.gi
A telegram from Tazewell Court
Hook, Va states that H. W. Leonard,
missionary Baptist minister stationed
at Pocabontas, bu deserted his wife
and family and skipped for psdi un
known in company with a young
lady? Mi ** Maxey. Leonard wrote a
very affectionate letter bidding bis
wife good by. He gare her half hi*
possessions and stated in his letter of
fareweil to her that she "would prob
ably bear from bim, bat would never
see bim again." It is reported that
his wife wrote him a letter in reply
forgiving him for his criminal misdeed
She (his wifeX it is said, was in a
precarious condition at the time of
hearing from him, being rery ill with
fever. Leonard had alwajf hereto
fore borne a most estimable eharac
i ter.
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