Shepherdstown register. [volume], December 05, 1890, Image 1

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ESTABLISHED 1849.
li. L SNYDER, PUBLISHER
MONTANI SEMPER LIBERI.
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. VA., FRIDAY, DECEMBER 5. 1890.
TWO DOLLARS PER YEAR IN ADVANCE
NEW VOL. 2(5 ? NO. 10.
H p. ?JIKSO!?. J* r' EnqLK.
(illiSON &ENGLE.
attorneys at law,
i -imrlestown, Jefferson county, W. Va.
ilKM'l'lt'E In tba Uourtsof Jefferson and
I !t.iotnlng counties In the Supreme Court
A V , ?; Virginia, and hi the United sihich
I'ourt at Martlusburg. Notary Pub
Uc'ln ortice.
In Lawyer s Row, on George Street.
GEORGE W.GR AH AM,
HK.AL ESTATE AGENT,
llARPXK's Fcrry, W. Va.
> ppt'IAL attention Riven to Pensions. Koun
S t'laims against the United States, and
unit I ties of Western Lauds, before the
i.encrai lJ?nd "thee.
y.x.l 1SS2. tf
SURVEYING.
I3KRS0NS wishing old lines sur
veyed, lost corners restored, land
divided up, etc., can have the sutue
j, in- by calling on me.
CfVharges Moderate.
GEO. W. BANKS,
Principal Graded School.
Shepherdstown, W. Va.
I ) 1 {. J. L. LUK E
?>K*TIKT,
tJraduato of the University of Maryland, hits
? ?ate.i permanently In Shepherdstown, W. ,
Vs.. - Aloe in frout rooms over the store of
Mr. Hodges.
Nitrous Oxide Gas Administered.
PR. t. c. stotlerJ
SH KPH ERDSTOWN, WEST VA.
l-i"" Twelve Years experieuce.
The Entler Hotel,
SHEPHERDSTOWN, W. VA.,
Has Been Re-opened
l cder a new management and with new fur
niture throughout. Every effort for
the comfort of guests will
be made.
J. V TKU8NELL, Proprietor.
Sample Room on First Floor.
dTsTrentchT
Justice of the Peace, Notarv Public,
hiiJ Agent for the Mutual Life In
surance Co. of New York.
\r give attention to all business con
nected with the above offices. Belnga bouded
off.? ? r. will give special attention to collec
ts .us of notes and accounts received, with or
?:.iK<ut process of Law. Charges moderate
tiid i'tompt returns made.
i >. eTbIllmyerT
MANUFACTURER OK
HIGH GRADE ROLLER FLOUR,
Corn Meal, Jlill Feed, Ac.
Orders promptly tilled. Wagon in
town Daily.
PRIVATE SALE.
I WILL sell at private sale my farm. In Jef
ferson county. W. Va.. containing one
iiuuc'rcd acres. Said farm is at the junction
of the H. A (>. K. It. and the turnpike leading ,
fh>rn Shepherdatowu to Halltown, "J*'?
from I n.onvllle, 1>4 milt^H from Duffiekis
Ifr<>t; nvc miles from Sbeplierdstowii ; four
fr< :n H irper'a Kerry and neve n from Iharles
u?un. <io?d dwelling-house and all ?>*<-'???;
r\ f.ii ldings, also small tenant house. About
twenty acres good timber. Never-falling
* e1 . of t xcellent WRt0r, several nprinigs anu
utream of running water. This \h h rare
chance to get one of Jetterson county h wplen
did farms. GOOD OKCHAHU on Uiejgace.
For particulars address David W. Kein
liAKr, l.tlV W. Main Street. Hlchmond, \ a.
July If. 1S90? 3ra
CARPETS.
The largest and finest stock o Body,
Tapestrv and Velvet Brussels, Mo
quets, ingrain and pood Home
made Carpetst his side of Phil
adelphia can be seen at
A. YINGLING'S
CARPET STORE,
HAGERSTOWN, MARYLAND. \
HU prices are on an average of ten percent
? mi than city houses. He will make ittothe
nterest of the Housekeepers of Jeflerson and
ierkHey counties to call and see Ills stock
when In want of Carpeting. He takes grea
pleasure In showing goods and making every
one feel at home at his place of business.
CHARLES W.BROWN,
THE
Charlestown Jeweler,
< >fTt*rs to every one the choice of
many gifts included in his im
mense assortment of
Ladies' and Gents' Gold
W atches.
Breastpins, Earrings, Scarf
pins, Cliff Buttons, etc.,
Diamond Rings, Breastpins,
Scarf Pins,
Gold-lieaded Canes,
Gold Eye Glasses and Spec
tacles.
A COMPLETE LINE OF
SILVERWARE,
direct from the manufacturers
for Birthday and Wedding
Presents. An early call is re
spectfully requested.
CIIAS. W. BROWN,
12 Washington St., Charlestown.
Important Notice !
I INVITE your attention to a successful sub
stitute for scraping white-washed walls. 1
*111 put paper on white-washed walls with
out scraping the walls If the lime Is tight and
will guarantee it to stay on as long as it will
If scraped. If it comes off. 1 will furnish pa
per and will put it on at my expense. I can
ft reliable parties to vouch to this where I
have put paper on. Also will hang paper aa
cheap *s any one. I can furnish paper as
** cheap as you can get It any where, suitable
for decorating ceilings and walls of any kind.
Will do any kind of house and sign painting.
? urnlture done up In style.
WM. R. MILLEK.
UiiUTrn I .Salesmen to sell our Choice
"nlllLUi Nursery stock. All goods guar
anteed Aral-class. <-iood salaries and expenses
or a liberal commission paid. No experience
nece?*ary. Write for terms, giving age, and
secure your choice ol Territory.
G. L. KNIGHT & CO.,
100 Park Avenue, Rochester, N. Y.
1 FLAVORING EXTRACTS.? Good and very
. cheap, at McMURRAN S.
NEW GOODS
-AT
M. B.Baker's!
Dry Goods,
Notions,
Shoes,
Hats,
Groceries,
Provisions,
Tobacco,
Cigars.
A splendid line of Fine Shoes
for ladies, men and children.
A full assortment of Hats
for men and boys for
summer wear.
ALL DEPARTMENTS FULL UP
M. B. BAKER.
OUR FALL GOODS
Have arrived, and we assert, without
hesitancy, that we have beyond doubt
one of the finest and most complete
assortments of Suitings, Pantaloon
ings, Overcoatings and Vestings,
which will give us much pleasure to
display to a customer whether he
makes a purchase or not.
We will furnish you Clothing, cut
in the latest style, on terms that can
not be improved upon, as we have no
hired Cutter to demand his wages;
therefore, in doing our own cutting
we can give this benefit derived to
the customer with Fit, Finish and
Fashion. . .
Our Superior Workmanship and
Quality of Goods cannot be surpass
ed, and we guarantee Perfect Satis
faction in every respect.
We also have in stock a large line
of Gents, Furnishing Goods, ^ and
always in receipt of the latest Novel
ties. " Call and see us.
Respectfully,
J. I). SWARTZ,
24 W. Wash. St.,
Hagerstown, Md.
Scribner's Magazine
the coming vear will be note
ers believe are of very an
usual interest, ami
among them the
following may
be mention
ed :
Sir Edwin Arnold
contributes to the December number the first
of h series of tour Articles upou Japan, lis
people. Its ways, anil Its thoughts. Mr. Kob
ert Blum, who was commissioned to go to
Japan for Scribner's Magazine, has prepared
a very remarkable series of drawintcs to illus
trate Sir Edwin's papers. Articles upon the
recent Japanese Festival Will follow, Illus
trated by Mr. Hlum.
Henry M. Stanley
has prepared for the January number an im
portant article upon "The Pigmies of the
Great Alrioan Forest." Another contribu
tion In this field will be Mr. J. .Scott Keltle's
account of the recent African Fxhlbition held
in London, Both papers will be amply Illus
trated.
The Wrecker,
a Serial Novel by ICobert Louis Stevenson
and Lloyd Osbourne, will run through a large
part of the year. Illustrated by Hole. A two
part story by Frank It. Stookton will also ap
pear.
Prof. James Bryce, M. P.,
author of "The American Commonwealth,"
will write a series of Four Articles upon In
dia, embodying the results of his recent jour
ney and studies ou this land of never-ending
Interest.
Ocean Steamships
will be the subject of an Important series
somewhat upon the lines of the successful
Kailroad Articles. "Passenger Travel," "The
Life of Officers and Men," "Speed and Safety
Devices." and "Management," are some of
the subjects touched upon and illustrated.
Great Streets of the World
is the title of a novel collection of articles on
which the author and artist will collaborate
to give the characteristics of famous thor
oughfares. The first, on Broadway, will be
written by Ktchard Harding Davis, and illus
trated by "Arthur B. Frost, others will fol
low on 1'lccadilly, London; Boulevard, Paris;
The Corso, Koine.
The price of Scribner's Magazine ad
mits of adding a subscription to one's
other reading at very small cost, tin
ders should be sent at once.
S3 a Year, 2a g a PkUFFibei?.
CHARLES SCRIBNER'S SONS, Publishers,
743-745 Broadway, New York.
M. Palmbauin & Bro.,
CH ARLESTOWN, W. VA.,
Are receiving the largest assortment
of
FALL AND WINTER
Dress Goods,
ALSO
Dry Goods,
Ac., ever brought to Charlestown.
Now is the time for bargains in Dry
Goods, Notions, etc.
People's Bargain Store,
NKXT DOOR TO WATSON HOUSE.
\IrE have Just received a new lot of Bath
Tf and Carriage Sponges, from 10 cents to
$1.73, all of a perfect form. Just as torn from
the rocks, and aie not cut. for by so doing the
quality of a sponge Is mined and they soon
tear. Oall at
GIBSON S DRUG STORE.
CORRECT DRESSERS
WILL FIND IT TO THEIR INTEREST TO
BUY THEIR
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING
?AND?
Furnishing Goods
-FROM?
s. P. Humrickhou8e & Son.
We have received our stock of Clothing
Gents' Furnishings anil Piece Goods for Fall
and W Inter. Our clothing is the nicest we
have ever had, consisting of Worsted, Chevi
ot and Cassimere Suits Pants and Overcoats
for men, boys and children. The nicest line
of (lents' 1- urnlshlng Goods In town, such as
Scarfs of every description, Hosiery for men,
hoys and children, Overshlrts, Undershirts
and Drawers for men, boys and children.
Handkerchief?, all styles ; Suspeuders.
Valises, Umbrellas, Gloves !
(. ollar and Cuff Muttons, and In fact, all the
accessories to a gentleman's wardrobe.
Fine Line of PIECE GOODS,
w liich we sell by the yard or make to order.
NO CHARGE for cutting when we sell the
goods. Custom cuttlnga specialty. Satisfac
tion guaranteed. Thankful for past favors,
we hope to merit a continuance of same.
Respectfully,
S. P. HUM RICK HOUSE A* SON,
Fashionable Clothiers.
THE
Boss Clothing Man
OF SHEPHERDSTOWN,
Jacob Win term oyer,
wishes us to say to his friends anil customers
that his stock of
Reatlymade Clothing* !
-AND
GENTS' FURNISHING GOODS
for fall and winter for men, boys and children
lias now arrived, and he has beyond doubt one
of the finest and most complete assortments
that has ever been brought to tbls market.
Clothing of the best qualltv and workman
ship that cannot be surpassed. All of the
latest styles and best finished goods in the
market. .My line of Bo>s' and Children's
Clothing In
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
is full and all at the lowest price. I also have
the largest and latest styles of Overcoats that
I have ever bandied. Fly fronts, silk facing
and lining. Light and heavy weight ; single
and double-breasted. Also the Storm Over
coat. .My line oi
Neckwear, Gents' Furnishings,
is the finest and best 1 have ever handled. I
have, in fact .everything that a Man or bov
needs to make him happy. They are all very
cheap and direct from the manufacturer. *1
have a nice llneof Trunksand Valises. Any
thing you need for your comfort you can tlnd
at the Boss Clot ill tig Man's Store.
With many thanks to all of my friends and
customers for their past favors, I ask a con
tinuance of the same in the future. Keep us
In mind when you want a genuine bargain.
Remember the old stand? College Square.
JACOB WINTKKMOYER,
The Boss Clothing Man.
1867 23 YEARS" 1890
WITHOUT A CHANGE OF NAME
-SO STANDS
Hagley's Temple of Fashion
?WITH?
$30,000 Worth of Clothing !
Boots and Allots, Underwear, Neck
wear, Trunks, etc., for the
season's trade.
The largest and best stock in Jef
ferson county, including a lovely line
of Gent's, Boys' ami Children's Suits.
A large stock of Light, Medium
and Heavy Overcoats in Sack and
Ulsters.
1>2 Cases of Rubber Boots and Shoes.
123 Dozen Hats and Caps.
87 Dozen Pairs of Gloves.
43 Dozen Overalls.
1 Ton of Tobacco.
117 Dozen Shirts.
Trunks by the Wagon Load.
1,200 Pairs of Boots.
Corn and Potatoes taken in ex
change.
Agents for STEAM LAUNDRY ?
send every week.
GEO. H. HAGLEY,
CHARLESTOWN, WEST VA.
"ESTABLISHED IN 1 868.
JEFFERSON
Sash, Door and Blind
FACTORY.
CALL FOR YOUR
Framing, Siding, Sheathing, Floor
ing, Frames, Sash, Bliuds, Doors,
Mantels, Mouldings, Newels and
Stair Work, PlastcringLath,
Brick Tiles, &c., <fcc.,
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. McKnight A; Co.
SCHOOL SUPPLIES.
Such as Chalk Crayons, Pens, Ink, Penhold
era. Paper, Copy Hooks, from No. 1 to No. 10 i
Tablets from ic to 30c. Indelible Ink and j
Pencils. Slate Pencils, School Sponges from
lc up. A superior and cheap line of Memo
randum Books, Day Books and Ledgers? the ;
cheapest lot I ever bought. Also Stationery !
lu large quantities.
Gibson, the Druggist 1
J. S. FLEMINGJiotary Public.
VI r ILL take acknowledgments of Deeds,
T \ Power of Attorney, Affidavits, Deposi
tions, and attend to all busluess connecte,
wltb the office.
PDCPUI LOCAL agents wanted In your
OrLUlHLi county at once, part or full time.
A reliable and energetic man can secure a
permanent and paying position with us.
Stock warranted tir6t-elass, and any failing
to lire, replaced fraa Write for letters
terms at once. llGGi All letters promptly
answered.
R. D. LUETCHFORD CO..
N ursery men , Rochester, N. V.
Be Sure
If you have made up your mind to bny
Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced to take
any other. Hood's Sarsaparilla Is a peculiar
medicine, possessing, by virtue of its peculiar
combination, proportion, and preparation,
curative power superior to any other article.
A Boston lady who knew what she wanted
and whose example is worthy Imitation, tel.s
her experience b<V>w:
To Get
" In one store where I went to buy Hood's
Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to induce me buy
their own instead of Hood's; he told me their s
would last longer; that I might take it on ten
days' trial; that if I did not like it I need not
pay anything, etc. But he could not prevail
on me to change. I told him I knew what
Hood's Sarsaparilla was. I had taken it, was
satisfied with it, and did not want any other.
Hood's
When I began taking nood's Sarsaparilla
I was feeling real miserable, suffering
a great deal with dyspepsia, and so weak
that at times I could hardly stand. I looked,
and had for some time, Ilk e a person in con
sumption. nood's Sarsaparilla did me so
much goo?ithat I wonder at myself sometimes,
and my friends frequently speak of it." Mrs.
Ella A. Gorr, Cl Terrace Street, Boston.
Sarsaparilla
Sold by all druggists. 01; six for p5. Prepared only
by C. I. IIOOU & CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Maas.
100 Doses One Dollar
M.&Hitesliew
Has returned from the city with an
IMMENSE LINE
-OK
Dry Goods, Notions,
Millinery, &c.,
AND CAX
OFFER BARGAINS!
to every purchaser. We <juotc you
46-inch Henrietta at .r)0c; 1A yd. wide
Broad Cloth, all wool, 00c : Ladies
V?sts, 25c, 35c, 40c, 50c, 75, ?1 and
81.25. Ladies' and Children's
CLOAKS I
JERSEYS ALL PRICES.
LADIES' AND CHILDREN'S SHOES!
Miss Etta Heisner has charge of my
Millinery Department !
and would l>e pleased to have you call
and look over the
Jl T S7
and will show you with pleasure. Ev
erything is PRETTY, STYLISH
and CHEAP. We have a Big Line
to select from. Don't fail to come,
even if you do not buy.
We Receive Goods
two and three
times a
week.
Our Goods are always FRESH and
NEW.
Respectfully,
M. S. HITESIIEW.
CALL TO SEE US.
HEAR! HEAR!
.The Little Store 'Round The Comer
In still alive, and full of a nice stock of New
Goods. We want all? both great Knd small ?
to Rive us a call, and see for themselves Just
what we have at Miss Ellen's. We have a
very nice and cheap lot of Linen Table Nap
kin's and Cloths, Turkey Ked Table Cloths j
and Napkins. Table and Stand Covers, silk
and chenille. Bed Spreads, white and color
ed. Pillow Sham Haiders to fasten to the
Bedstead. Towels from '*? up to to 50c. Kleece
llned Hose, cream and black, very good. New
Style Children's Hose In folors. Children's
Underwear, Tests and Drawers. Ladles' and
Children's Hose .supporters, something new.
Indies' Vests and Drawers, something nice.
Children's Handkerchiefs from 3c up to 50c.
Black and Colored Silk Handkerchiefs. Cor
sets of many kinds. It we don't have to suit,
will order at auy time. Worsteds, Saxony
Shetland Floss, Uermantowu Yarns, Ball
Yarn. Lunch Baskets, and many other pood
and useful articles can be found low for CASH
at the Little Stoie 'Hound the Corner, of
ELLEN W ELS HANS.
Mrs. M. L. Herrington
-HAS J l* ST RECEIVED THE
MOST STYLISH LINE
-OK
Millinery, Dress Fabrics, Fan
cy Articles, Notions,
That has ever been brought to this
town. Prices to suit all.
XilliaerT Executed With Artistic Effect!
No trouble to show goods. All are
invited to call earlv.
SCHOOL NTATIO.VERl'.-A new line
aud new supply of Writing Papers. Tab
lets, Exercise Books, Memorandum Books,
Blank Books and Scratchers, Call Bells, very
cheap. Inks, Pens, Pencils. Chalk Crayons,
Blackboard Erasers, Pencil Krasers. Drawing
Pens, Automatic Pencils with purple, blue
and red leads, Soapstone Pencils, Wooden
Slate Pencils. dc? Ac. Call at
McMCRRAN'8 DRUG STORE.
CONTENT.
Everything pleased my neighbor Jim,
When it rained
He never complained,
But said wet weather suited him.
? There's never too mn'h rain for me.
And this is something like," said he.
When earth was dry as a powder mill.
He did not sigh
Because it was dry.
But said if he could have bis will
It would be his chief, supreme delight
I To live where the sun shone day and night.
Wheu winter came with its snow and ice,
He did not scold
Because it was cold.
But said : "Now this is r?-al nice:
If ever from home I'm forced ?.o go,
I'll move up north with the Esquimau."
A cyclone whirled along its (rack,
And did him harm
It broke his arm.
And stripped the coat from off his back ;
"And I would give another limb
| To see such a blow again," said Jim.
And when at length his years were told.
And his body bent,
And his strength all spent,
And Jim was very weak and old,
"I long have wanted t'? knew," he said,
i "How it feels to die," and Jim wasdt-ad.
The angel of death had summoned him
To heaven, or? well,
I cannot tell ;
But I know that the climate suited Jim ;
And, cold 01 hot, it mattered not?
It was to him the long-sought spot.
TO WIN SUCCESS.
The voting man who does just as
little a* possible for an employer some
times wonders why he is not given a
higher position in the business house
in which he is employed, when a less
brilliant companion, who works for
another establishment, is advanced
very rapidly. The reason probably
is that the less brilliant companion is
more faithful and works conscien
tiously, always seeking to do more
than enough barely to secure his sal
ary. Somebody sees and appreciates
his work, and when the opportunity
comes a better place is given him.
which he fills with equal faithfulness, j
An illustration of this may be found j
in the following true anecdote :
A boy about sixteen years of age 1
was seeking employment in one of
the large cities. He looked vainly for
two weeks and was well nigh hope- ;
less of getting any work to do, when
one afternoon he entered a store kept
by a gentleman whom we will call Mr.
Stone.
The lad asked the usual question,
"('an you give tue anything to do?"
Mr. Stone, to whom he appealed,
answered, "No, full now." Then hap
pening to notice an expression of de
spondency on the youth's face, he
said, "If you want to work half an
hour or so, go down stairs and pile
up that kindling wood. I)o it well,
and I'll give you twenty-five cents."
"All right, and thank you, sir," an
swered the young man, and went be
low. As the store was about closing
for the afternoon he came up stairs
and went to Mr. Stone.
"Ah, yes," said the gentleman,
somewhat hastily. "Piled the wood?
Well, here's your money.
"No, sir: I'm not quite through, and
I should like to come and finish in the '
morning," paid the young fellow, re
fusing the silver piece.
"All right," said Mr. Stone, and he I
thought no more of the affair till the
next morning, when he chanced to be ;
in the basement, ami recollecting the
wood pile, glanced into the coal and
wood. The wood was arranged in or
derly tiers, the room was cleanly
swept, and the young man was at
that moment busy repairing the coal
bin.
"Hullo." said Mr. Stone. "I didn't
engage you to do anything but pile
up the wood."
"Yes, sir, I know it,'' answered the
lad, "but I saw this needed to be |
done, and I had rather work than
not, but I don't expect any pay but
my quarter."
"Humph!" muttered Mr. Stone, and
went up to his office without any i
further comment. Half an hour later ?
the lad presented himself, clean and
well brushed, for hit pay.
Mr. Stone passed him his quarter.
"Thank you," said the youth, and
turntd away.
"Stop a minute," said Mr. Stone.
'Have you a place in view where you
can find work?"
"No, sir."
"Well, I want you to work for me.
Here," writing something on a slip of
paper, "take this to that gentleman
standing by the counter there, he
will tell you what to do. I will give
you six dollars a week to begin with.
Do your work as well as you did that
down stairs and ? that's all," and Mr.
Stone turned away before the young
man recovered from his surprise suf
ficiently to speak.
This happened fifteen years ago.
Mr. Stone's store is more than twice j
as big as it was then, and its superin
tendent to day is the young man who
began by piling kindling wood for a
quarter. Faithfulness has been his
motto. By it he ha- been advanced
step by 6tep, and hag not by any
means reached the topmost round of
success. He is sure to become a part
nfr someday, either with his employ
er or in some other business house. ? 1
Youth's Companion.
"Papa," said the young mother.
"I've decided on a name for baby; we
will call her Imogen." Papa wa? lost
in thought for a few minutes; he did
not like the name, but if he opposed
it his wife would have her own wav.
"That's nice,'' said he, presently. "My
first sweetheart was named Imogen,
and she %*ill take it as a compliment.''
"We will call her Mary, after my
mother." was the stern reply.
Mr. B.? "What are you laughing
about, Jennie?" #
Mrs. B.? "I wag just thinking what
a fool you looked when you proposed
to me."
Mr. B. (sighing)? "Tes; and I was
as big a fool as I looked.
Depew Led in Prayer.
There is a pretty story concerning
Chauncev M. Depew which, though
two vears old now. has never seen
the light of print. One afternoon a
special train rolled out of the Grand
Central Depot for Boston.
The party consisted for the mos
part of railroad magnates. Among
them, besides Mr. Depew. were
Pierpont Morgan. President Green, of
the Erie road: John King. <?eorp,e
TWdoin and ex-Secretary Whitney.
The afternoon was lowering am t >e
air was chill. Soon after sunset it
eot very dark, and the night set in
stormily, with a high wind abroad
1 1, fide everything was warmth,
light and Cheer: outside ^erything
was darkness cold and night The
car. like the special cars of rich and
influential men. was all that skill am
money could devise. You may be
gure there was very sunny wine in
the lockers and there were cards and
books and plenty of good tobacco to
make the journey as much like a lazj
afternoon at the club as possible.
On through the night the train
went shrieking, and it reached the
town of Greenfield. There it slowed
up a little till the town was passed,
and then out again it pushed into ie
night once more. Two miles out,
and a shiver ran through the whole
length of the train. And then slowly,
slowly it began to slacken the speed
with which it had been plunging for
ward, and finally came to a dead stop.
What was the matter! A man which
the train had caught in its mouth
and hurled to one side as some
monster in the jungle catches a hum ?
ter and flings him to the winds for
8IThe train stopped. The men inside
the car rushed to the door and
peered out into the night. To them |
rushed up the engineer and told th
awful thing that had just happened. ,
He had seen the unfortunate man
only when within about sixty feet of
him, and had put on the brakes.
But it was too late. The engine had
Btruck him and hurled him aside h
a projectile. The train had made a
long distance before it had come to a
standstill. And back somewhere ...
the shadows lay the dead man
Mr. Depew ordered the train put
back at once to Greenfield, and so
back to Greenfield it felt its way.
The merriment of the part> was lom.
pletelv subdued. At the station " |
(Jreenfield the ftrrt man to p" ?
foot on the platform was Cl.auncej
Depew. He quickly notified the au- ,
thorities of the accident which had
occurred, and then busied himself ...
making arrangements for bringing ,
back the dead. j
Four men and a stretcher were pro
cured. Mr. Depew invited the men
into his car, and the train rushed off
again to the npot where the unknown
unfortunate had been run over
There the searchers with their lan.
terns were put off. The search was a
very brief one, ami what wa? l?-ft or 1
the dead man was carefully placed
upon the cot. Mr. Depew had also
made arrangements at Greenfield for
the conveyance of the party with
their burden back to the town.
When everything possible had been
done the engineer fired up again, the
pleasure partv started off for Boston,
and the searching party with the
dead man went back to Greenfield.
It had been h arned that the man
who had been run down in the dark
was a poor printer, S-T years of age
He left behind him a widow and two
children, who had nothing to depend
upon except what lie hud earned for
them from clay to day. He had lived
about the tracks a good many years, !
and knew thoroughly the comings
and goings of the trains and their
regular time of passing At the hour
when he was killed no train was due j
along the road.
The pleasure party had suddenly
become very quiet. Iu one corner
sat Mr. Da pew, looking out into the
darkness. In another sat Pierpont
Morgan, puffing silently away at a
ci^ar. And outside the rain contin
ued to pour in torrents, and the glass
of the car windows was as opaque as
onyx. Mr. Depew rose from his cor
ner and approached his comrades,
who were grouped at the other end
of the coach.
"How true it is,** said Mr. Depew
solemnly, with a sad smile on his
face, "that in the midst of life we are
iu death. Do you know, I can't help
thinking about that poor fellow lying
out there dead, crushed like a worm?
They say he was a poor man and that
he had a wife and some little oues,
who have no one to care for them
now. What a terrible thin# to be
cut down like that without a mo
ment's warning? and such a horrible
death at it was. too. Not a moment
given to prepare to meet his God.
Think of it! Had we not better
knee! and plead to the Almighty for
his soul?'1
Every man in the car bowed his
head. "Let us pra>," said Chauncey
Depew in a low voice. And there,
standing with his hand* folded across
his breast, he closed his eyes and ap
pealed to heaven in intercession for
the dead man's soul. Lawrence
Richards and George Barr, the
porters, bad knelt down near the
door. When the prayer was ended a
chorus of aniens came from every
man's lips there. Then there was an
other siierice, which was disturbed
only by the lashing of the water
against the window panes Only a
handful of persons heard the prayer,
yet who shall say that this appeal to
the Father of Mercy for a dead man
and his orphaned children was not
the most beautiful speech that was
ever uttered by Chauncey Depew.
And returning to bis corner again
the pleader sat for a few minute8
without speaking. Then once more
he approached his companions, with
a paper in his hands. "Now, gentle
men," he began. by way of explana
tion. as he held out the paper and
tapped it with his spectacles. "I wish
to make a collection for the poor
fellow's family, and I move you that
we each put down here something
that will tend to make smooth the
rough way his hapless widow and
children will have to tread. I wilj
head the list with $100.''
"Then I will follow your lead with
another ylOO," spoke up Pierpont
Morgan.
"Good." answered Mr. I)ej>ew, "and
1 appoint you forthwith secretary
and treasurer of the fund."
"Then I'll have to double my sub
scription. that's all," replied Mr.
Morgan.
"Let me have the honor of coming
in next." here chimed in President i
Green.
And so the good work went on.
Kvery man in the party put down his
signature for a generous amount, and
the paper was handed over to Mr.
Morgan, who agreed to forward the
money by draft through his banking- >
house the next day and call after- j
wards upon each of the subscribers
for the sum set opposite his name.
Wise Thoughts for Wise Women.
With time and patience the mul- .
berry leaf becomes satin.
One cannot imagine how much 1
cleverness is necessary not to be ri. !
diculous.
A woman would be in despair if na
ture hail formed her as fashion,,
makes her appear.
The change of fashion is the tax
that the industry of the poor levies
upon the vanity of the rich.
There are three thing that women
throw away? their time, their money
and their health.
The wealthiest one is the one who
is most economical ; the poorest, the
one w ho is most miserly.
The greatest evidence of demorali
zation is the respect paid to wealth.
Woman is loveliest in womanly at.
tire.
The error of certain women is to
imagine that to acquire distinction
they must imitate the manners of
men.
The knowledge of the charms one
possesses prompts one to utilize them.
I cannot see why women are so de- 1
sirous of imitating men.
A woman whose ruling passion is
not vanity is superior to any man of
equal capacity.
Men make laws, women make man
ners.
There is something of woman In
everything that pleases.
Taste in the fact or uie mina.
Taste i? the microscope of the
judgment.
Modesty is the consciseness of the
body.
Discomfort destroys grare.
Dress changes the manners.
Vanity ruins more women than
love.
We always find wit and merit in
these who look at us with admira
tion.
A fool always finds some one more
foolish than himself to aduiire him.
Folly always deserves its misfor
tunes.
Beauty is the first gift nature give*
to woman and the first she takes
from her.
Women dress less to be clothed
than to be adored.
With women the denire to bedeck
themselves is the desire to please.
In condemning the vanity of !
women, men complain of the fire
that they themselves have kindled.
What render! the vanity of others
unbearable to us is the wound it in
flicts on ours.
Vanity is the only intellectual en
joyment of many people.
One sneers at curls when one has
no more; one slanders apples when ,
one has no more teeth.
He who first iu vented raiment per- I
haps invented love.
It is beauty that begins to please
and tenderness that completes the
charms.
The profession of women is very
hard.
Society would be a charming thin# f
?if we were only interested in one
another.
Enjoy and give enjoyment with
out injury to thyself or others. This
is morality.
The surest way to please is to for
Ketone's self and to think only of
others.
The only way to ph ase <iod is to
follow the good inclinations of our
nature.
The best lesson is that of example.
An Intelligent Pointer.
We were sitting around a stove in
Pamlico lighthouse spinning yarns.
Dogs were the subject of conversa
tion and each sportsman exercised
his imagination in telling of the won
derful intelligence of bis respective
dog. When they all got through but
one. Bill Wagner, of Washington,
arose. " You see that dog lying there,
gentlemen? Well, be hasn't the hu.
man intellect of your dogs, but stilj
he is smart for an animal. Just be
fore I came on this trip I had to go
to the Webster Law building to see
my attorney and Urso there followed
nie. The passage is a hundred yards
long in that building, with lawyers
shingles hung over the doors on both
sides. All at once I taw Ursocome
to a dead stand, as if he bad run on a
big covy. There he stood like he was
carved out of marble. I looked around
thinking there was k tame bird in
the building'- but no, there was noth
ing of the kind. In my bewilderment
I happened to look up, and there,
painted in big letters on a sign, was;
A. Partridge, At toruey-at-Law."
Xo man is as good at home as his
I picture look.- in a neighbor's album.
She Got Even.
"Now, madam." said the attorney
for the defendant to a little, wiry,
black eyed fidgety woman who had
been summoned as a witness in a
breach of the peace case, "you will
please give in your testimony in as
few word* as possible. You know the
defendant?"
"Know who?"
"The defendant. Mr. Joshua Bagg."'
"Josh Bagg! I guess I do know
him. and I knowed his daddy afore
him. and I don't know nothing to the
credit of either of 'em and I don't
think?"
"We don't want to know what you
think, madam. Please say 'yes' or
'no' to my question."
"What question?"
"Do you know Mr. Joshua Bagg?"
"Don't 1 know 'im, though? Well,
I should smile! Von ask Josh Bagg
if he knows me. Ask him if he knows
anything 'bout tryin' to eheat a poor
widder like me out of a two-year-old
steer. Ask him if?"
"Madam, I?"
"Ask him whose land he got his
cord wood off of last spring, and why
he hauled it in the night. Ask his
wife. Betsy Bagg. if she knows any
thing about slippin' into a neighbor's
palter lot and milkin' three cows on
the sly. Ask?"
"See here, madam?"
"Ask Josh Bagg about that uncle of
his that died In the penitentiary out
West. A?k him about lettin' his pore
old mother die in the porehouse. Ask
Betsey Bagg about puttin a big brick
into a lot of butter she sold last fall?"
"Madam. 1 tell you?"
"See if Josh Bagg knows anything
about feeding tin head of cattle all
the salt they would eat and then let
ting them swill down all the water
they could hold just 'fore he drlv
them into town and sold 'tui. Ben
what he's got to say to that!"
"That has nothing to do with case.
I want you to?"
"Then there was old Azrael Bagg,
own uncle to Josh, got rid of his ua
tive town on a rail 'tween two days,
and Betty Bagg's own brother got
ketched in a neighbor's hen house at
midnight. Ask Josh?"
"Madam, what do you know about
this ease?"
"1 don't, know the first livin' thing
'bout it, but I'll bet Josh Bagg in
guilty, whatever it is. The fact is,
I've owed theni Baggses a grudge for
the last fifteen years, and I got my
self nailed up as a witness on purpose
to git even with 'em, and I feel that I
have done it. Oood-by."
a Bitnop ? Johe.
Tbrre of tlii? Kpi?cnpal CongreHK sat
in a corner of the Lafayette writing
room yesterday afternoon talking
nvi r hoiiih important subject. All
were men ranging from fifty to siity
flve years, all were dressed in black,
anil the fare of each wore a I ok of
intense interest. Those who noticed
these gentlemen were aware that
they were discussing some important
church question. and nobody heard
what they ?aid hut one joung man,
who appeared to have fallen asleep in
a chair near by. Ah he half opened
his even the Western Bishop gravely
said:
"Gentlemen, I wish to ask a qui t
tlon." The other* drew nearer an the
Bishcp, carefully adjusting hie spec
tacles, continued, "Gentlemen, why in
Death lik?? a tin can tied to a dog'i
tail?"
A hileiiri* ensued. The two clergy
men thus address mused for a while,
and then shook their head*. "Give
it up," they i-aid.
A smile spread over the Bishop'*
fare ait he added, "Grim Death is like
a tin r an tied to a dog's tail, because
it's bound to a pup." Then he burst
into a roar of laughter, and the oth
ers made feeble efforts to join him and
appreciate the Joke.
I^ate last evening, after the session
of til*- Congress, the three met again
in the I^fayette eorrider, and the
Bishop, a little embarrassed. said :
"Gentlemen. I told that story wrong
this afternoon; what I really meant
was this: Grim Death Is like a tin can
tied to a dog's tail because it's bound
to a cur? not to a pup."
The others laughed this trip Phil
adelphia Prut.
No Place lo Move To.
There lives out in Joe Cannon's dis
trict in Dlii.oi* an old farmer, who Is
a 7.?-alous Republican, one of the red
hot part Iran stripe. Win n he heard
of Cannon's defeat he said to his wife,
who is one of tho*e women who obey
their lord and master blindly :
"Mary, pack up every tiling. I ui
going to move."
"WhyT" aeked Mary.
"Because Joe Cannon is beat and I
won't live in a Democratic district.
"Very well," said Mary, with a lit
tle resigned sigh.
Then the old man went to town to
sell his farm. There he heard all the
election news. He returned bowe,
and entering the houae. said :
"Mary, yoo can quit packing up. I
ain't a going to move."
"Wbyf inquired Mary.
"Because," he replied, tadly,
"there's no place to move to."
Superintendent.? "Who led the
children of Israel into Canaan? Will
one of the smaller boys answer?"
(No reply.)
Superintendent (somewhat sternly
? "Can no one tell? Little boy on
that seat next to the aisle, who led
tbe children of Israel into Canaanf '
Little Boy (badly frigbtened>?"H
wasn't me. I-I ji?t moved in yere
las1 week fum Mizxoury."
A close reader? One who always
borrows his neighbor's paper, being
too close to buy one.