Shepherdstown register. [volume], January 09, 1891, Image 1

About Shepherdstown register. [volume] (Shepherdstown, Va. [W. Va.]) 1849-1955

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ESTABLISHED 1849.
I, SNYDER, I'Ult
M. D. Uibsok. J. E. ENGISGIRSON
& ENGLE.
ATTORNEYS AT LAW,
Charleutown, Jefferson county, W, V?
FiACTICK in ttie Courts of Jefferson
adjoining counties in the Supreme
sf West Virginia, and In the United S'?,M
District Court at Martiusburg. Notary 1'ublle
In office. *
Offlss in Lawy er a How, on George Street.
DR. J. L. LUK1
dentist.
Graduate of the University of Maryls
located permanently in Sbepherdst< w*
Va., office in front rooms over Die
Mr. Hodges.
Nitrous Oxide Gas Administered.
pit. t. c. stotm r,
RESIDENT 1? i:\IIV],
SHEPHERDSTOWN, WEifl VA.?
Vitalized Air and Kitrcns Ox-3 C-as
Administered.
W Twelve|years experiencThe
Entler Hotel,
SHEUHERDHTOWN, W. V...
Has Been Ue-ojened
Undei a new managernent and a 1 furniinre
throughout. Every e rt for
the comfort of guests v
be made.
I. .V TKI K!?EI.I? |?, prietor.
? I" Y t C IrtAP
Sample Koom on r in .
D. S. RENTCII,
Justice of the Peace. Noiry Public,
and Ajfent for the Mutid l.ife Insurance
Co. of Nev York.
Will give Attention to alH'Uslness connected
wiih the above office*, ielnga bonded
officer, will give special atte Hon to collections
of notes and accounts r>elved with or
wilhout process of Law. Cl.rges Hi<>dcrate
and prompt returns made. |
I), F. iULI/MU,",
M,!*CrACTCRI >r
HIGH GRADE ROL EF. I OUR,
( orn Mciil, Mill I'eed, ? .
Orders promptly filled. Wa.?n in
town Dai y.
Important Notiie!
IINVITK yourattention o a aucee? sub- |
tltute for scraping whle-washeo ?!s. I
will pnt paper on white-vashed wn.with
at scraping the walls If the lime Is ?r *nd
will guarantee It to atay on as long .. will
If scraped. If It comes off. 1 will fur ib paper
and will put it on at my expense can
get reliable parties to vouch to this ?.*re I
have put paper on. AU w ill bang raa
heap as any one. 1 on furnish ss
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n* cheap m you cin gci hujulw
for deeorating ceilings and walls of 8 <1.
Will do any klndof hou*e and sign \ g.
Furnltur? don? up In style.
WM. R. Mil ...
ESTABLISHED IN I8u
JKFFKKSON
Sash, Door and Blind
FACTORY,
CALL FOR YOUR
Framing, Riding, Sheathing, >ring,
Frames, Sash, Blinds, !>
Mantels, Mouldings, Newt - !
Stair Work, Plastering La
Brick Tiles, &c., A'c.,
-ATJohn
McKnigh
CHARLESTOWN, \V. VA
Waring putin new machinery ?
force of skilled workmen, we an pared
to furnish material with eit
tion and satisfaction to all at the i..?;
reasonable terms. Factory oppujte
ft. A 0. Depot.
Successor to C. H. McKnight A 'o. '
HO!FOR
D UF FIELBS
( HA VK returned from theelty and flal* i
J. ot*?lng trie largest ??u u.w ,
top* of goods that ha* been exhibit? m
Duffleldaror many years, and bought a: ,,
lowest cash price* and will be sold *r
ry sbsrtest profit. I will not quote pr ..
? you will ha\?to see to comprehend i! ,j
appreciate. My stock embracesaln ostew
thing called for In a country store.
DRY GOODS!
Wire line of Whlta Goods, Glughaius,
tra. Challles, lawne. Prints, Ac.. dr..
anaagsa. Mntn Drillings. Ac. NOTIONS
umerable?STHA W OOOD8?Men's <
Mays' wsar, nice Hue and cheap.
%?#eiisware, Tin end Woodenwure tul
OCER1F.8, Confectionery, Drugs, p*
Medicines. Tobscco and Clgara. Carn s
ad alee Una of Mattings, bill Cloths. H
gars, Whltewssh Brushes, large stock
sasap. FCRN1TURE. Line of UFA
MADE CLOTHING that will be sold
aheap. SHOES, tor Iaidlea' Misses ,
Children, Men and Boys. flns. medium a
arssrse. which I propose t<- gl es S|?clsl altt .
Hon. and to make It attractlv. and tcy< r
Infersst. AH country produce taken lun.
shanga for gooda. Will purchase Wall
lx>gs. for rush or trade, delieered at my s .
rn ill, or will cut and haul them myself. * lit ?
of Oak Lumber furnished to order. Ooi
and see. Will try and make It to your lnie.
est. Respectfully yours,
J. 8. MEL YIN
Dufflslds, May ?, 1SS0.
THOST L. KICKARIi.
?WITH?
R. L. SPANGLER,
Dealer in Drv Goods, Notions, <fc ,
HAGER?ftOWN,|MD.
Special attention paid to orders?Sa n
pies on application
J, S, FLEMING. Notary Public.
TirILL take acknowledgments of Dee
If Power of Attorney. Affidavits, Dep<?.
lions, and attend to all business connect
wltk the office.
1)OROIR PLA#TEn?.-A Urge sU-k
1 of Belladonna. Kidney, Rheumatic, Ot:j.
ears, Capeitie, Hop, Strengfhening, Frank.- i
cense, Thapsla, Arnica, Blistering. Knh r
Adhesive, Mustard, Surgeon's Silk Ising*,,
Arnica Court Plaster. Silk Court Flask,?' J
Allcoek's, Kelt Corn Plasters, Mitchell s Corn i
and Hunlon Plasters, Just received and very
eheap. at
McMURRAV-S DRUG STORE.
SEAAOXIXCGft. -Black and Red Peppr-*,
Sage, Sweet Marjoram.Coriander,Grotnd i
* Mum ?j, (Granulated Salt Petre, fresh bad
rhuipAt
T Mi'MURKAN S DRUGSTORE.
H R A a llcin ha iimd at oar WW Uoaa'a
I/I I II _ W rapidly lid hoaorafclr. ky !ko?
nffi I I 111 P* 'At mi, yaang or aid, ami
I ( 11 j| I I J?c*litl?..wh?r??ar Ifcay lira....
" w I 1 I oaa eaa da tfca wark. Eaay (a
' far?l.k a.iniSiajr. Wa atari yaa. Sa riak. Tan raa d?cia
>Mr apar* a n.aaia, or all rout itma la tka work. Thfa , ?
-Jra y ?? .?d.?oJ brlnira w?aderflil auccaaa loarary wark.,.
a (iai.rra art aaroiny from Hi to SkV parwrak and opwar^.,
I Sd avra aftrra Hula ainarianaa. Wa aan Itoslab yaa tha.m. I
1 aiayaaiM sad taarb r,u rKUL Ha apara lo rxplain kara. lull I
A ulwaalua ritk TJg (JJg ?fc CO., aUKMS, MAU*. <
&!)c
USHER.
NEW GOODS
-ATM.B.
Baker's!
l>ry 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.
AIL 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, l'antaloon- .
iligs, Overcoatings and Yestings,
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; 1
therefore, in doing our own cutting
we can give this benefit derived to
the customer with Fit, Finish and
Fashion. 1
Our Superior Workmanship and <
Quality of Goods cannot be surpassed,
and we guarantee Ft rfect 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- ,
tics. Call and sce us.
Respectfully,
J. 1).' SWAUTZ,
24 W. Wash. St.,
Hagerstown, Mil.
ENTERPRISE
Meat Cutters, Stuffers.
Mors# Blankets, Lap Spreads and
Robes, Meat Hogsheads and Crout
Tubs, Butcher Knives and Steels,
Wire Corn Scoops, Corn Bas- .
kets, Coal Scuttles, Shovels, i
and Sifters, Sheet Zinc,
Guns and Ammunition,
Loaded Shells, I
Hunting Coats, Loggings,
Cartridge Belts and
Loading Implements, Bird
Cages, Shelf Brackets and Flower
Pot Brackets, all to be found at ,
McKee Brothers,
ltetween the Square and the Market-House
HAOERSTOWN, MI).
M. Pnlnibauin & Pro.,
CH ARLESTOWN, W. VA.,
Are receiving the largest assortment
of
FALL AND WINTER
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Dress Goods,
ALSO
Dry Goods,
&e.t ever brought to Charlestown. (
Now is the time for bargains io Dry ,
Goods, Notions, etc.
People's Bargain Store,
NKXT DOOR TO WATSON HOUSE.
Mrs. M. L. Herrlngton |
-has JUST RECEIVED THE?
MOST STiLiSH Lim
-OFMillinery,
Dress Fabrics, Fancy
Articles, Notions, (
That ha.* ever been brought to this
town. Prices to suit all.
Hiliitc Executed W;t: L:\rn Effect!
>"o trouble to show goods. All are invited
to call early.
"11"" E h**e just received a new lot of Bath ,
W and Carriage Sponges, from 10 cents to <
S1.73, ail of a perfect form, Juet as torn from <
the roefcs. Hud ate not cut. for by sodoiug the ?
quality ot a sponge Is luined and theysoou l
tear. Oill *t _ >
GIBSON S DRUG STORK. t
AAAAAatearI I and?rt?k. to bri*?r c
1J" 1111 ? SI >**eh ??? fhir ?ititellljrnt p*r?on ofaitbtr
% II g I jj I **. " bo 1-40 rmd and writ*, and wbo,
afs a III ll I l*rt*r tti-trueL >n,will work induatrionaly,
Hr ^0 w w Whow to Mrs Tkraa TkataMd l>*IUr? a
Taar in thWr own looalui**.ws.r??-r th*r Bra I will alao fsratab
tka attaatiaa or?m|>InTin*nt.at which job can ?arn that amount.
X* mom'? r m? unlaa* *vrrtufki!a* aSur*. Eaailvaad Bbp-klJ
l?ara*d. I d*? r? hat una worker bom *ach diatriri or co-a*. I
ha?a alr-adf taufht and pro-fd-d with amplormaot ?'*? 1
aambar. ?" makiii* over S<M>M| a lanraarh. Il'tWW
tad ?OW|?. roll particular- FRfeK. dddrifl*"". :
K V, AM tX. box 4*4>, AbiHatV*'
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Sljq.
SHEP
CORRECT DRESSERS
WILL FIND IT TO Til Kilt INTEREST TO
BUY THEIR
FALL AND WINTER CLOTHING
?AND?
Furnishing Goods
?FROM?
S. P. Humrickhouse & Son.
We have received our stock of Clothing
Outs' Furnishings and Piece Ooods for 'il!
and Winter. Our clothing is the nicest v c
have ever had, consisting of Worsted, Ch 'r
ot and Cass I mere .Suits I'ants and Overcoats
for men, boys and children. The nicest line
of Gents' Furnishing Goods in town, such as
Scarfs of every description, Hosiery for men,
boys and children, Overshirts, Undershirts
and Drawers for men, boys and children.
Handkerchiefs, all styles; Suspenders.
Valises, Umbrellas, Gloves!
Collar and Cufr Buttons, and intact, all the
accessories to a gentleman's wnrdrobe.
Fine Line of PIECE GOODS,
which we sell by the yard or make to order.
NO CHARGE for cutting when we sell the
goods. Customcuttlugaspecially. .Satisfaction
guaranteed. Thankful for past favors,
we hope to merit a continuance of same.
Respectfully,
S. P. Hl'AI RICK HOUSE & SON,
Fashionable Clothiers.
THE
BossClothingMan
OF SH EPHERDSTOWN,
Jacob Wintcrmoyer,
wishes us to say to his friends and customers
that lilsstock of
Readymadc Clothing*!
?AND?
GENTS' FURNISHING GOOD'S
for fulland winter formenj Leys atfin Pnn?...i,|
hasnowarrived, and tie has beyond doubt one
1>I me JlIlfM SOU XIMWI Will pi trie? nanvt ium ma
that has ever been brought to this market.
Clothing of the best quality and workmanship
that cannot be surpassed. All of the
latest styles and best finished goods in the
market. My line of Hoys' and Children's
Clothing In *
SUITS AND OVERCOATS
is full and all at the lowest pi Ice. I also have
the largest and latest styles of Overcoats that
I have ever handled. Fly fronts, silk facing
and lining, l.igbt and heavy weight; single
and double-breasted. Also the Storm Overcoat.
My line of
Neckwear, Gents' Furnishings,
Is the finest and host 1 have ever handled. 1
have. In fact .everything that a man or boy
needs to make nim nappy. They are all very
cheap and direct from tlie manufacturer. I
have a nice line of Trunks and Valises. Anything
you need for your comfort you can find
at the Boss Clothing Man's Store.
With many thanks to all of my friends and
customers for their past favors, I ask a continuance
of tiie same in the future. Keep us
In mind when you want a genuine bargain,
ttcmeinber the old stand?College Square.
JACOB WINTEHMOYER,
The Boss Clothing Man.
Grove Bros.,
1IAGERST0WN.
The largest stock we have ever
handled now loads our shelves; to
-ell it we must do the largest business
we have ever done. This wc expect
to accomplish by our low prices. The
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lowest, mind you, on as good goods,
us are offered4for sale anywhere. We
lire exceptionally strong this season
011 shirts, all the popular grades, at
right prices, fromfcan elegant shirt for
50 cents, to the finest all silk shirt
We are handling this season a Negli.
gee shirt'that has the collars and cutffe
starched while the bosom remains
soft, and making the garment both
comfortable and sligh'ly. Come in
and see them.
Our line of piece goods both Foreign
and Domestic are very handsome
and price as low as they can be
sold. No trouble to show goods.
(j],UV Jli 15UWO.,
Tail"fs Hud Furnishers,
Hagerstown, Md.
Orders hy mail solicited.
EmBLISIIEU 1HM5
WEHL & BRO.'S
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OLD RELIABLE CHARLESTON'N
MARBLE & GRANITE
WORKS.
Manufaclurersof Monument 8, Tombstones
s'Htuesand all kinds of Marble and Granite '
sork In thelrline. All orders promptly filled
ind satisfaction guaranteed.
DIEHL A BRO.,
3pt. 5-8t-ly Cliarlestowu. W. Va
ALEX. PARKS,
Manufacturer of
FLOUR AND SHIPPER OF GRAIN.
Enterprise Mills,
On Martiasburg and Shepberdstown road.
Full Roller Pi 'ocess.
Office and Grain Elevators,
Cor. Spring and Commerce Sts.,
Martiusburg, W. Va.
HEADQUARTERS
For Sporting1 Goods!
\\7 E can order nt| abort notice anything a
TT cnatomer may deal re in tbts line, auch
is Breech loadlug Ouna, Rifles. Hunting
Joats, Peggings. Game Bags, Cartridge Helta,
>r anything else you may want. We keep a
itoek of Brass and Caper Shells, tbe beat qualty
of Powder, !?hot, chilled and soft. Wads.
?ulh In felt and paper (Ely's red and black
dgei. Primers, and a large assortment of
,'artridgea for pistol or rifle. Place your orler?
quirk, as tbe sporting season soon opens.
aried Line of Fishing Tackle.
J. G. OIBSON.
PALNTS? Ready-mixed?Blue, Brown, Red,
L Drab, Pawn. Green. Lavender, Just revived
Ly MfiMURRA*.
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MONTANI S
HERDSTOWN, W. VA.,
Be Sure
If yon hare made up your mind to buy
Hood's Sarsaparilla do not be induced to take
any otber. Hood'a Saraaparllla is a peculiar
medicine, possessing, by Tirtue of its peculiar
combination, proportion, and preparation,
curative power superior to any other article.
A Boston lady wbo knew what she wanted,
and whose example is worthy imitation, tells
her experience b?V)w:
To Cet
" In one store where I went to buy Hood's
Sarsaparilla the clerk tried to Induce me buy
their own instead of Hood's; hetoldmethelr'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 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 Hood's Sarsaparilla
I was feeling real miserable, suffering
a great deal with dyspepsia, and so weak
that at times I could hardly stand. 1 looked,
and had for some time, lik e a person in consumption.
Hood's Sarsaparilla did me so
much goo?i that I wonder at myself sometimes,
and my friends frequently speak of it." Mrs.
Ella A. Gorr, CI Torrace Street, Boston.
Sarsaparilla
Soldby all druggists. Jl;stxforSS. Prepared 011I7
by C. I. HOOD A CO., Apothecaries, Lowell, Mass.
100 Doses One Dollar
M.&Hitesliew
Has returned from tlie city with an
IMMENSE T.I^sTTi
-OF- j
a- Jt
Dry tJbo<kv Notions,
Millinery, &c.,
i
?AND CAN?
OFFER BARGAINS!
to every purchaser. We quote you ,
46-inch Henrietta at 50c; yd. wide
Broad Cloth, all wool, 00c ; Ladies ?
Vests, 25e, 35c, 4()c, 50c, 75, $1 and 1
81.25. Ladies' and Children's
i
CLOAKS!.
1
JERSEYS ALL PRICES.
i
i Miiil MRMIlin AMAFfl 1
LAUIto ANU UhlLUntN o briuto ! ,
i
Miss Etta Heisner has charge of my ?
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Millinery Department! '
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and would he pleased to have you call
and look over the
HATS, :
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and will show you with pleasure. Everything
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 1
two and three t
times a I1
week.
Our Goods arc always FRESH aud
NEW. |
Respectfully, I
M. S. HITESHEW.
ONE DOLLAR A YEAR.
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SCHOOL ITiTlOXEHY-A new line
and new supply of W riling Papers. Tablets,
Exercise Book*.. Memorandum Books,
Blank Books and Scutchers. Call Bells, very ]
cheap. Inks, Pens. Pencils. Chalk Crayons,
Blackboard Erasers, Pencil Erasers, Drawing '
Pens, Automatic Peuclls with purple, blue
and red leads, Soapstotie Pencils, Wooden 1
Slat? Pencils, Ac., Ac. Call at - 1
McMURRAN'8 DRUG STORE. ]
FLAVORING EXTRACT*.?Good and very . 1
aheap, at McMUKKAN tL ,
MCSTARD LEAVES, mild aDd atroog, I
teady for use, hs ,
Gf DRUG STORE '
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SEMPER LIBER I.
, FRIDAY, JANUARY
TELLIN' WHAT THE BABY DID.
In the cosy twilight hid,
Tellin' what the baby did
Bits Matilda ever/ night.
'Twlxt the darkness an' th: light,
Tells me In her catest way
All the blst'ry of the daj,
Gives une all; leaves uotl u hid,
Tallin' what the baby did.
Beats the whole decline an' ft,'!
Of the Roman Empire. Ool 1
William Hhakeepeare never hed
Cuter thoughts than baby r>ld,
An' he hex, to sing his thoughts,
Hweeter words than Isaac .Vatts,
Tlldy, she leaves nolhln' bid,
Tellin' what the baby did.
Pooty hard schooltnartn Is fate
To her scholars, Rmall an' great:
I hev felt upon my ban'
Tingle of her sharp rattan ;
Bui she pities our distress.
An' she gives a glad recess
When Matilda sits, half-hid,
Tellin' what the baby did.
Trudge off with my dinner pall
Every mornln' without fall;
Work, with hardly time for breath;
Come home, tired half to death ;
But I feel a perfect rest
Settle down upon ray breast,
Settln' by the twilight hid,
Ilearin' what the baby did.
Sometimes I cannot resist.
Ad' I shake my doubled fist
In the face of fate, and swear,
"You dou't treat a fellow fair!"
Then, when I go home at night,
My whole system full of tight,
Tlldy, she sits there, half-hid,
Tellin' what the baby did.
Then I jest make up with fate
Atr my iiuppincsK m urem ,
Hut if fate should lay Its han'
Ou that haby, understan',
Through the worl' I'd sulk apart
With red murder In my heart;
If she tat no more half-hid,
Tallin' what the baby did.
MRS. BRIGGS' CLERK.
lie was a tall, thin, starved-looking
boy, with a little jacket, the sleeves
of which crept half way up his arms,
and a hat that was uothiug but a
brim, and when she saw him he was
eating a orust out of the gutter. She
was only a poor old woman who kept
a little shop for candy and trimmings,
and poor enough itself, heaven knew;
but, she said, he looked a little like
what her Tom might if he had grown
up and been neglected, and she could
not stand it. She railed to him :
"Come here, sunny," she said, and
the boy obeyed.
Before she could speak again he
said :
"I didn't do it. I'll take my oath
on anything. I didn't doit. 1 ain't
?o mean."
"Didn't do what?" asked the pleas
ant old woman.
"Break your winder," said the boy,
nodding his head toward a shattered
pane.
"Why, I broke that myself, with
ny shutter, last night," said the old
woman. "I ain't strong enough to
ift them, that's the fact. I'm getling
old."
"If I'm rouiul here when you shut
ip, I'll do it for you," said the boy.
'I'd just as soon. What was that you
wanted me for?"
"I want to know what you was eatng
that, dry crust out of the gutter
'or?" was the reply.
"Hungry," he said. "I've tried to
jet a job all day. I'm going to sleep
n an area over there, after it's too
lark for a policeman to see, and you
an't have a good night's sleep without
some supper, if it is a little dirty."
"I'll give you some that's clean,"
>aid the old woman.
"That will be begging," he said.
"No," she said, "you can sweep the
itore and pavement, ami put up the
ihutters for it."
"Very well," he said. "Thankee,
hen. If I sweep up first I'll feel beter."
Accordingly she brought him a
iroom, and lie did the work well.
Vfterward he ate his supper with a
elish. That night he slept, not in
be art-a. but under the old woman's
:ounter.
lie had told her hit* story. His
name was Dick; he was 12 years old,
ind his father, whom he had never
seen sober, was in prison for life.
The antecedents were not elevating*
t)ut the boy seemed good. The next
morning the old woman engaged a
:lerk for her small establishment.
The terms were simple?his livingand
x bed under the counter.
When the neighbors heard of it
they were shocked. A street boy,
whom no one knew. Did Mrs. Briggs
ready want to be murdered in her
bed? But Mrs. Hriggg felt quite safe.
She had so much time now that she
intended to take in sewing. Dick attended
to the shop altogether. He
kept it in tine order, and increased
the business by introducing candies
and chewing gum. Pennies came in
is they never came in before, since he
had painted signs in red and blue ink
to the effect that the real old molasses
candy was to be got there, and
that this was the place for peanuts.
And in the evening after.the shop
was shut up. she began to take hiin
into her confidence.
Her great dream was to buy herself
into the home of the aged. It would
cost her $100. flie was raving for it.
She had been saving for three years,
and had $15 of it. But it cost so much
to live, with tea 25 cents per quarter,
and loaves so small; and die had been
<irk and there was the doctor and
Mrs. Jones' Maria Jane to be paid for
minding her and the shop.
After this Dick took great interest
in the savings, and the winter months
incrt-a-ed them: as though he had
brought a blessing. One night in the
pring she took the bag from under
the pillow and counted what it bad.
it was $80.
"And I'll begin to make kite* tomorrow.
Mrs. Brigge," said the boy,
'and you'll see the custom it will
bring. If a little shaver sees the kite*
be ll spend ail he ha.- for 'em, and
then he'll coax Ua Mother for adtfe to
buy the stick dtrbswftfMirtitiiil^
[ know bovs.*1
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f 9. 1891.
"You're a clever bov yourself." said
the old woman, and patted his hand.
It was a plumper hand than it had
beeu when it picked the crust out of
the gutter, aud he wore clean, whole
clothes, though they were made of
very coarse cloth.
"How wrong all the neighbors
were!" she said. ' That boy is the
comfort of my life."
So she went to bed with the treasure
under her pillow, and slept. Far
on in the night she awoke. The room
was utterly dark: there was uot a ray
of light: but she heard a step upon
the floor.
"Who is that?" she cried.
There was no answer, but she felt
that there was some one leaning over
the bed: then a hand clasped her
throat and held her down, and then
dragged out the bag. and she was re
leased. Half suffocated, she for a moment
found herself motionless and bewildered.
conscious only of a draught
of air from the open door and some
confused noises. Then she sprang to
?!-- -3 - Knrriul ilitil till' little
kilt' hutu, aim iiuiiivu
shop.
"Dick! Dick!" she cried. "Dick!
Dick! help?wake up! I'm robbed!"
There was no answer; the door into
the street was wide open, and by the
m/Kmlight that poured through if she
quickly saw, as she peeped under the
counter, that Dick's bed was empty.
The boy was gone.
Gone! gone! Oh, that was worse to
Granny Briggs than even the loss of
her money, for she had trusted him.
and he had deceived her. She had
loved him, and he had abused her
love. The neighbors were right; she
was a fool to trust a strange street
boy, and had been served rightly
when he robbed her.
When the dawn had broken the
wise neighbors came into granny's
hop to find her crying ami rocking
to and fro, and said they had told her
so; she only shook her head. Life had
lost its interest for her. Ileroccupa
tion was gone, but not with her savings.
Money was but money, after
all; he ha 1 come to he the only thing
she loved, and Dick had robbed her.
It was 10 o'clock. Granny sat
mourning by the kitahen hearth.
Good uatured Mrs. Junes, from upstairs,
was "seeing to tilings." and
trying to cheer her, when suuneniy
there came a rap on the door, and a
policeman looked in.
"Mm. Briggs?" lie said.
"Here she is," said Mrs. Jones.
"Yes, I'm the wretched crittur,"
said Mrs. Briggs.
"Some one w ants to see yon at head,
quarters," said the officer. "There's
a boy there, and some money."
"DickI" cried Mrs. Briggs. "Oh, I
can't hear to look at him!"
But Mrs. Jones had already tied on
her bonnet and wrapped her in a
shawl, and taken her on her arm.
"The wretch!" she cried. 'Till so
glad he's caught; you'll get your
money back."
And she led Mrs. Briggs along?
poor Mrs. Briggs, who cried all the
way and cared nothing for tlie money.
And soon they were at their destination.
Then, not- before, the policeman
turned to the two women.
"It's pretty bad," he said. "They
will take him to the hospital in an
hour. I suppose you are prepared
for that. He's nearly beaten to
death!"
"Did you beat him, you cruel
wretch?" cried Mrs. Briggs. "I
wouldn't have had it done for half
the money. Let him go w ith it. if it's
any comfort to him."
"I beat him!" said the man. "Well
women have the stupidest heads.
Why, if I hadn't got up when I did
he'd have been dead. He held the
bag of money tight, and the thief
was pummeling him with a loaded
stick: and the pluck he had for a lit
tie uhnv?r I tell vou. 1 never saw the
like.
" 'You sha'ut take granny's uioney
from her,' says lie, ami he fought like
a tiger. If it's your money, old lady
he's given his life for it, for all I
know."
"Oh, Dick, Dick! I know you were
good. I must have been crazy to
doubt you," and then she wrung her
hnuds and cried: "Oh, Dick, for just
a paltry bit of money?"
And so she knelt beside the still,
pale face upon the pillow, and kissed
it and called it tender names.
And Dick, never guessiug her suspicions
of him, whispered:
"I was so afraid he'd get off with it
granny, if he killed me, and you in
j such high hope la.?t night."
lie did not know what she meant
by begging hiiu to forgive her. It
would ha\% killed him if lie had. for
he was very near to death.
Dick did not die. He got well at
last, and went hack to the little shop.
And. though Granny Higgs had her
savings, she never went to the old
ladies' home; for long before she died
Dick was one of the most prosperous
merchants in the city, and his handsome
house was hers, and she was
happy*
Office Boy?Please, sir. my cold'i
dat had I can't hardly stand it, an'
iny bead ar-hes like blazes, an? an
I've got a terrible sore 1 ami. an' my
neck's stiff, an' 1 got a sty couiin'
, over one eve, an' de udder ooe'i
weak, an'?an' ?
Employer?That will do. James.
The >kating must be pretty good to
make you have as many ailments athat!
A man i.? obliged to die before hi*
will amounts to anything, but that ol
a woman is always in force.
He?Darling, I just want one kiss.
She 'indignantly, ?If that's ail job
j want, you shan't have it.
p A IBan never
j that h> is not handsome V6 the wo
hmaa he is good U>. /
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TWO D(
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I | A Great Race.
"Did you ever hear of the moft re,
markable race ever run in Wisconsin,
or anywhere else, for that inati
| ter f asked an old timer the other
day. "No? Well, I will tell you about
| it, for I saw it myself. Iu the sutuof
1844. with my uncle. I was niacin*;
a business trip to what is now the
Oneida Reservation. A St. Louis
sportsman, Henry Stanton, wti stopping
there at the time, having been
taken sick while on a hunting trip,
and the Indians were taking care of
him. Stanton one day witnessed a
I foot rare by some of the young bucks,
and an idea struck liim. It after
ward struck others to their sorrow.
He had the buck* try their speed,
and soon was sending letters to his
friends East and South. They were
confidential letter*, but the answers
promised him all the money he
needed. He then sent out notices to
the sporting fraternity that on n certain
day of that summer (1 ?*44 ? lie
would wager his pile that a foot-race
of ten miles could be made in ten
minutes. It seemed preposterous
, But few locomotives have ever made
' such time.
"Stanton, however, knew what he
was about. With a trusted buck.
'Peep o Day,' he engaged ten Indians
and put them on the trial, on a
half mile straight stretch and return,
( the Indians to relieve each other at
| the end of each mile. He had them
practice in secret at nigbt. One day
| 'Peep o day' informed Stanton that a
stranger had offered him a bribe to
let him see a trial race. 'All right,'
said Stanton, 'take his money and
let him see it.' Hut Staunton had
his men make poor time, and thus
deceived the briber.
"The day of the raee arrived, and
with it about fifty of the sports of St.
1/ouis, New York and other cities.
The betting ran high, with odds
against the f?-at being accomplished.
Among the party was a young ninn
named Desnoyers. from Detroit, on
i liiw ivav (/> liruuii U? v u ifh StUl INN) ill
1 money and accepted paper to pay
debt* and eon tract a for furr 'Horace
was duly opened, i:lie ft rat young
( buck making hi# mile in 04 seconds,
| just four second# abort. Tbe next
young busk was about to start when
a chief?'One Kye Gone,?grasped
him in Ilia arms, ami anid be was his
son and the 'run would kill him.
Stanton hastily explained that in
thsir attire, with clouts like circus
riders and a belt tightly strapped
i over their stomashs, no harm could
be done them. Hut tiuie was wasted
in the controversy, atid the young
buck reached the stand with Stanton
thirty seconds behind
"The bettors against Stanton and
hi# crowd now began to laugh and
jeer, and freely offered 10 to 1. Stan
ton and his friends looked sad and
I dejected enough. Hut they took all
the bet# offered just th? same, ami
rights here young Desnoyers lost ilia
i heed ami put up #40,000 of his money
against the making of the race on
time. It is said some #'JOO,(IOO changed
hands there and then, but I don't
know about that. The sum is probably
exaggerated, but it was large
i enough. The race went on. The
third buck mode bis mile in fifty seconds.
This was kept about the same
| until the ninth buck stepped to the
front with a total gain of live seconds.
The last buck must make up the fifteen
seconds now lacking, lie was a
tall, gaunt, wiry Indian, and seemed
to be uil legs. The bettors against
Stanton began to waver, and now
calls for even odds by Stanton and
bis friends failed to bring response.
The buck started on time. And such
strides ! From six to eight feet each,
and he went like a whirlwind let
loose. He must make his mile in forty-five
seconds or all was lost: It
wa? an exciting moment, but the
buck got there with both feet, and
had just two seconds to spare. There
was no great excitement over the
result. The gamblers present were
accustomed to winning and losing
large amounts. One St. J^ouis man,
however, did make a remark almut
'a put up job' atid even drew a Der.
inger and demanded his money returned.
Stanton raised hia arm, and
tbe fifty or more bucks who stood
Ar' ind to witness the race dropped
their long blankets and stood calmly
leaning ou ugly looking gun*
That settled it. The race was over.
The young racing bucks spent money
freely for a while, as did also the
chief who Interfered with the race.
"Young Desnoyers wa* never seen
I again. either in (ireen Hay or Detroit.
It wan f-aid he went South to redeem
his lost thousands. It was the most
remarkable foot race ever heid in the
I world, and were the newspapers of
that day what they are now, columns
upon columns of its report would
have followed. As it is. this is. I beI
lieve, the first time it has been in
print."
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Street-Car Courtesy.
A sallow-faced woman, with a
i wealth of freckles on her nose, entered
an Austin street car. There
were eight or ten well dress?-d gentlemen
in the car. but none of tbeui
showed any inclination to give tier a
i. seat. After she waited a reasonble
time, she remarked with asperity:
"Ef any of your galoots air waiten
> ! for me to squat in your laps, you are
11 a sucked in crowd, fot I want you to
understand I am a lady from the
ground up."
A dread that the ?u not in earn.
nt about not sitting in their lap*
caut>ed tiz of the gentleai&n to leave
the ear. ?
cj |j colored boy wbo went to rtureb
j last Sunday * a a?k-d by1it? mother
?hen be got home vhgttbe text was.
' lie replitd: l'I -dijrfetueinber de fust
- part, but $a laa^Vtts, 'waiir is cold,
I but few is frc#4n.'
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EW A OL. 2<{?NO. 14. |
Stories Told of Famovs Man.
Some of the great generals, whose
rallies are familiar to us, had a won*
dcrful power of sleeping for a few
momenta, even on the battlefield.
The Duke of Wellington, just before
the attack on St. Sebastian, in Spain,
found tbat the breaching batteries
would not be ready to open the attack
for two hour*.
"The beat thing we can do," he
said, "in to sleep," and slipping off
bie horse into a trench, he was asleep
' in an instant
Napoleon, at the vary crisis of the
important battle of Wagratn, ordered
up hie reserve, which he never did,
except in great eiuergenoies. Confl
dent that the movement would be
carried out and would insure the
victory, he ordered his bear-akin to
be ppread on the gionnd. and in a i
moment he was in deep sleep. He
slept for twenty minutes and hia staff
began to be alarmed, but wakiug he
issued further orders without asking
any questions, as if he had not slept.
Lord Chesterfield was universally
regarded as one of the most polished
gentlemen in the Kuglish court in the
last century. Ilis manners were
iniiiu?'??. ami me grace or ill* Hearing
was inimitable. Hilt he give* a "iff'
couiioal account of the flret party he
attended. He ?*? thoroughly uncomfortable,
knowing neither what
| to tlo or say. At length, growing
desperate atul feeling that something
must be done, he add related a beautiful
lady near hr. and added force to
the question by energetieally Hasp,
ing both hand: i jj
".Madam, don't you find it very j
1 warm tonight?"
It watt not a promising beginning
for the man who beeame the flrat wit
of Ilia age.
A curious iuaideut is handed down
froiu the hoyiah life of Hchiller. One -? jflFj
day, in a treineudoua thunder-storm, "J a
the family gathered together iu ill- ,
disguised terror. Hut Fritr. was miss- f
1 ing, ami the father, alarmed for hit
safety, sought him in vain in all tlia
rooms of the house. i i
He went outdoors to aearch for the t
tiie truant, and, t?> Ida surprise,
fikiiiul I a I a tiAPdlluil nil M lirakliatll aif A. V
Solitary tree, eagerly watching the ~B
heavens and the flashes wlil-h lighted >
up the glooiu. He km wholly lndifTerent
to the rain, which had wet rv
him the skin, and to the he
incurred. To the sharp r* VfooU of
hie father the boy rept&j with a / J
glowing face:
' The lightning if *? beautiful I
wished to see wlny? it came from."'
Historians ^aays stop to describe i
the dying Wolfe and Montcalm, M,
the t ""apposing coinujanders in the f
hattl* of Quebec. Hut their deaths a
k'*'* imply heroic com|>ared with the
Christ)^ death of 8i<>aawall Jaekson.
Ab-^ j jq OI, the day of his dHttl??
he was to?i that he had two hours to
lire, aud h< answered feebly, but
tirmly: "Very<0?d; it is ail right."
A few uioiueiu before he died hs
cried out in his teliriu..,; "Order A.
1'. Hill to prepare for ae*-,0 .
tiie infantry to the apjdly.
Tell Major Hawks?M then etopii|(|
leaving the sentence at finished.
i'resetilly a smile of ineffable
sweetness spread iteelf over Ills pale
fare, and then he said quietly am!
with an expression of relief, "I>et us
crossover the river and rest under
the shade of the trees." And then,
without pain or the least struggle
his spirit passed.
I'robably Moiart was the greate
musical genius the world ??rr saw
ij< 1 some of the stories (old of hl?
| precocity imiu almost supernatural.
At four he cuul<l retain in memory
the brilliant aoloa in the concerto*
which tie heard, and hie father began
half hi aport It reeina to give him leeeon*.
The murical faculty seems to
liave been intuitive In hlin; for in
learning to play he learned to compore
at the same time, bin own nature
discovering to hltn ayuiuietrj and
the art of rotting a bare.
To learn a minuet he required half
an hour, for a longer piece an hour,
and having once uiaetered them he
played tlieiu with perfect rare.
That Settled the Oieputa. /
He wa? the color of an old armf^T
raddle and a great advocate of III*'
Baptist religion?constantly preach'
ing that doctrine and nevar letting an
opportunity escape where he could
get iu a few link* on ether creedsaud
especially the Methodist bdUiC.
'Hie other night be struck a member
of the Methodist persuasion,
whom he found as valiant to tba
cause as himself, and consequently
the war of words and arguments vai
red iiot.
After an hoar's dispuUr the Baptist
imemoer lurueu 10 ill* loe, anu Willi a
look of triumph said:
"Brudder Branau, you'se er white
man an' hah got mo' seuse dau mr, ar
enny udder nigger, hut dar's one /
ting io <lat bible dat had 'scaped >o'
teution, but ieimue tell jo' wA, die
nigger line bit."
"What is it? asked Mr. branan.
"in dat good bowk." began the
darky, with the air of ona whose
weapon is invincible, "I read* er
heap erbout John de llaptls', don't
I r JP
"fee,' was the reply.
i "Kin yo' den," almost shouted the
' < darky, while a joyful light overspread
his features, "tell tue Whir I
kin fine ennyt'ing erbout John de
Mef disf'
That settled the argument.
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Whafs the majler wlfji j
day ,
easy."
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