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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-02-23
Hints for Hard Time, aud all Times.

Credit never permits man to know
the real vslue Of money, nor TO have
full control over his own affairs. Ev.
cry one has more or less of the miser'S
love ofmoney-of he actual gold pie
cos aud the crisp bank notes. Now, il
you have these in your pocket, yOg see
them as you make your purchaseb Wis
IDLY diminisbing under your eye.
The lessening heap cries to you to
stop. You would like to buy this, that
and the other, but you know exactly
how much money you have left, and if
you go on buying your purse will soon
be empty. You do not see this when
you take credit, You give your order
freely, without lhOughtOr calculation,
and when the dOy of payment comes
you find you have overrun the cOns'a:
ble
On every hand we see people living
on credit putting ofpsy day to the last,
making in the end some desperate effort,
either borrowing or begging, to scrApe
together the money, Ond then slruggle
OF again to the inevitable goal Of bank
ruptcy. If people would make rush
at the begiaiug, Instead Of The end, they
would save all this misery. The great
secret of being solvent is to get ahead Of
your expenses, Eat and drink this
month that you have earned last month
NOT what you are going to earn next
month. There are, no doubt, many
persons SO unfortunately situated that
lhey never can accomplish this
No man can guard against illheallh;
no man con insure himself Well-con.
Quoted, helpful temily. or permanent
income There viii always be people
who cannO! help lheir misfortune
But, as rule the unfortunate srsifar
less troable 10 society than lhosa u 4
better position who bling their fisros-
tune upon themselves BY sdelbevate
recklessnoss and sexHsvsgsneb, You
may help apoOr, honest sesglia6
man 10 some purpose. BIT t|ie atalosL
you can doloF qhllgile thrown
away You en- igs ia M of
Gained
n in nlensnrA wliirh con have harer
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1865-02-23
Dr s. q @IslVY,
DR., James Il, Hoof,

rDENDERS his professional services TO The
l. citizens Of Point Pleasant and vicinity.
lie keeps constantly on hand large supply
Of drugs, oil paints. dystuffs, yarhisl, Essences
xtracts, pcrfumery aud soaps Of all kinds and
patent medicines aud very superior article Of
sSrsaparilla.
lie also has large stationery tobacco cigars
aud IN exesllent ,ricle Of pure cider vinegar
Feb. 81. lS62..ly'
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
WeiRhtOfPeOpIe.

The average returns show that citizen of
the world, on the first appearance in public,
weighs about six pounds and half; boy
baby little more, girl baby little less.
Some very modest babies hardly turn the
scale with two pounds and half while
other pretentiOus youngers boast of ten and
eleven pounds. When Shylock asked for
his "pound OF flesh, he asked for an equiv
alent to less than one-sixth ofa baby. How
the tiny ones grow during childhood we
need not trace here; but it may be interest
ing to know that boys and girls of twelve
years of age are nearly equal in weight; af-
ter which limit males are heavier than fe-
males of the same age. Young men of
twenty average hundred and forty three
pounds each, while the young women OF
twenty average hundred and twenty
pounds, ,,.y .aoH
Men reach their heaviest bulk at about
thirty-fve, when their average weight is a
hundred and fifty-two pounds; but the
women slowly fatten until fifty, when their
average Is hundred and twenty-nine
pounds. Men and women together, their
weight at full growth averages about twen-
ty times as heavy as they were on the first
day of their existence. OF course, averages
are here only meant. The averages were
formed from men ranging from hundred
and eight to two hundred and twenty
pounds. The actual weight of human ma
ture, taking all ages and conditions, mobiles
clergy, tinkers, tailors, wives, maidens
boys, girls, and babies, all included-tht
average weight Is exactly one hundred
English pounds avordupois for each human
being, quantity easy to remember at tany
rate.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
A Case of Trance.

Mrs. Van Alst is respectable widow la
dy, residing at Greenport, l.. /. She lived
by herself, occupying two rooms. In her
habits of life she was rather reserved, and
her coming and going excited but little in
terest in the other occupants. Last Christ
mas night she said she was going to visit
her brother in New York. 1t was natural
ly presumed that she had gone there. On
Thursday 19th inst) her sister came to the
house and inquired very anxiously for her.
On being told she had gone to her brothers,
she expressed wish to 60 up stairs. On
trying the door of the front room, they were
surprised to find it open and on examining
the door of the room of it, where Mrs. Van
Alst slept, they were alarmed to find lock-
ed from the inside. The lady of the house
was very much alarmed, and on searching
about and finding the old lady's spectacles
and hair-pins, apprehensions were excited
to the higest pitch. The woman's sister
wished to have the door opened, but the
landlady very properly demanded it should
be done by the police. As the door opened
it struck the bed inside, and the yeritable
Mrs. Van Alst herself aw0ke and remonstra-
ted. She said that she had been making
preparations for New Years calls. Sheap-
peared to be stiff and benumbed. Her self
consciousness appeared TO be very feeble.
Indeed. she appears only nowto be regain
ing her recollection. She realizes, however,
that long time has elapsed since she has
seen her neighbors. Shetalks, too, OF hay-
ing had such dreams, and that she has been
in trouble. She says that her head troubles
her that there is something on her mind
which she is going to tell by and by. In
mode Of life she is strictly temperate. Her
age is about forty-nine; temperament biz
lIous complexion rather high; eyes brown /;
figure tall and slender; very neat about her
person. and her apartment.-Br Brooklyn
Times.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
How to Dres. for a Photo-raph

An exchange has the following valuable
suggestions as to how one should dress
when about to sit for photograph. Our
lady readers will do well to famiIiarize
themselves with the rules laid down:
A lady or gentleman, having made up her
or his mind 10 be photographed, naturally
considers, in the first place, how TO be dress
ed so as TO show off to the best advantage.
This is by no means such an unimportant
matter as many might imagine. Let me
offer few words of advice touching dress.
Orange color, for certain optical reasons, is,
geographically, black; blue is white /;
other shades or tone of color, are propor-
tionally darker or lighter, as they contain
more or less Of these colOrs. The progress
i've scale of Photographic color commences
with the lightest. The other stands thus |:
white, light blue, violet, pink, mauye, dark
blue, lemon, blue-green. leather-brown.
drab. cerise. Magenta, yellow-green, dark
brown. purple, red, amber, marone, orange.
dead-black. Complexion has to be much
considered in connection with dress.
Blondes, can wear much lighter colors than
brunettes; the latter always present better
pictures in dark, but neither look well in
positive white. Violent contrasts of color
should be especially guarded against.
In photography, brunettes possess a great
advantage over their fairer sisters. The
lovely golden tresses lose all their transpa-
rent brilliance, and are represented black;
whilst the "bonny blue e'e," them of rap
ture to the poet, is misery to the photo
grapher, for it is put entirely out. The
simplest and most effective way Of remov-
ing the yellow color from the hair, is to
powder it nearly white. 1t is thus brought
to about the same Photographic tint as in
nature. The same rule, of course, applies
to compilations. A freckle, quite invisible
at short distance, Is, on account Of its.yeiD
low color, most painfully distinct when
photographed. The puff-box must be call
ed In TO the assistance of art. Here let me
intrude one word Of advice. Blue, as we
have seen, is the most readily affected by
light, and yellow the least; II, therefore,
you would keep your complexion clear and
free from tan and freckles, whilst taking
your delightful rambles at the seaside, dis
card, by all means, the blue veil, and sub
stitute dark green or yellow one in its
stead, Blue tulle offers no more obstruc-
tion to the rays Of the sun than white.
Half a yard of yellow net though perhaps
not very becoming, will be found more
efficacious and considerably cheaper than a
quarter Of kalydor. q, ..-n ..ISrabo
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18

ALL FOR LovE.--A young man named
George Pritchard, and who had served out
his time in the army, has for some time past
been paying marked attention to a young
widow who resides on Thirteenth street, be-
tween G and H. On Friday night he vis-
tied her and proposed. The lady rejected
him, and Pritchsrd endeavored to persuade
her to alter her decision, which she refused
to do. Pritchard then put his hand In his
pocket and drawing forth a pistol remark
ed, "Then will show you how man can
die for love-" and deliberately putting the
pistol to his left breast, fired. The ball did
not however, reach the heart, but striking
a rib, glanced off. The would-be suicide
was placed under medical treatment. He
is in a fair way Of recovery.-National In
telli0encer. -msob
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
MIR. seward i'm a New Character.

VIM. Fl. Seward demands our admiration
His 'God bless you, Hunter" and "Remem-
ber me to my old friends in the South" are
exquisite. We had not supposed that Mr
Chester, in Barnaby Rudge, was carica-
ture, but we must acquit Mr.. Dickens of all
exaggeration. His polished masterpiece
of courteous craft and malignity must hide
its diminished head by the side of VIM. Ii.
Seward.
1t were worth years of ordinary sight
seeing to have witnessed that interview.
We should like to see Mr.. Hunter after that
benediction. We should consider it priv
ilege to look UPON the head honored by
Stewards blessing. We fancy that halo
surrounds it; that a luminous shadow at
tends it; that troops of good angels sur
round the beatified man. ''God bless you,
Hunter" dam in hopes Of hanging you some
day, old gentleman. but, in the meantime,
receive my apostolical benediction.) Re
member me to my old friends in the South.n
Let the ''old friends" call upon Mr.. Hunter
and receive the affectiOnate souvenir. Mr..
Seward could hardly suppose that his
friends here would ever forget him. There
are monuments to his genius in hundred
thousand mounds scattered everywhere
over the surface of this broad land. The
flames of burning houses and cities are
nightly Illuminating the skies in his honor.
Every breeze is laden with plaintive music
called forth by his master hand. The sheet
ed dead start from their bloody shrouds and
wander through their old loved homes,
whispering the name of Seward.
Not even Lincoln has such claims upon
Confederate admiration. He has not even
the heart nor the face OF Seward. Born
upon Southern soil, Ire cannot alto
gether eradicate all impulses of humanity
IRON his visage. Mr.. Hunter has our SYM
pathies. We would rather be cursed by
any other man than blessed by Seward
Richmond Dispatch, Feb. s.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
HOUSE OF REPRESENTATIVES.
MORNING SESSION.

Prayer by the Rev. Mr.. Brooks. ~,
The following House bills were passed: j
BY the Judiciary committee-To amend
section % of an act entitled ian act to
further provide for the better regulation of
the receipts, disbursement and safe-keep-
ing Of the public revenue" passed April II,
1858. -t.
BY Mr.. McIntyre-Authorizin and en-
powering the council of the incorporated
village of Fremont, Sandusky county, to
purchase a steam fire engine and all neces-
sary appurtenances thereto, for the use Of
said village.
By Mr.. Cochran-To authorize the trus-
tees of Pultney township, Belmont county,
Ohio, to levy tax to refund $500 money,
stolen by soldiers.
BY Mr.. Dawson-To amend the act defin-
ing the jurisdiction and regulating the
practice of probate courts, passed March
H. 1853.
BY Mr.. Kneeland-To amend section sew
enteen of the act providing for the punish
ment of crimes, passed March 7, 1885.
BY Mr.. Hibbs-To provide for the change
of the location of railroads, turnpikes and
plank roads in certain cases.
House bill to authorize the county COM
missioners of counties having a less popu-
lation than fifteen thousand to levy an adj
ditional road and bridge tax, was read the
third time. Mr.. Bloom moved to refer the
bill to select committee of one, with in
structons to strike out the word ''fifteen,"
and insert "forty." The motion was agreed
to, and the bill referred to Mr.. Bloom.
Mr.. Reber introduced a bill regulating
the publication of legal advertisements.-
Recess.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
The Presidents Pence Conference
NIessage mot Satisfactory.

The Philadelphia (Pa.) Public Ledger, a
journal that is independent In politics, but,
nevertheless, has been recognized as ajour-
nal of unquestionable "loyalty,ni Is not sat
isfied with the Presidents Peace Confer
ence Message, and this dissatisfaction 1t
thus expresses:
The message of the President upon the
subject of the peace conference fails TO give
satisfaction. In both this and the rebel ver-
sion there is lacking of detail and clear
ness that Is certainly most remarkable.
What can 1t mean? What, pray, was done
and said In all that five hours and half
that should not be told either TO the North
ern or Southern public? MIR. Seward says
'the several points at issue ,cere distinctly raised
and discussed fully and inteiiigentlgp yet the
Secretary is almost as blind in his narrative,
as to actual facts-the conversation between
the parties-as is Mr.. Lincoln or Mr.. Davis.
IL has been stoutly denied by The Tribune,
World, Herald and Express, that there was
no point raised by the Confederate repre-
sentatives except an 'armistice," leading
the public to suppose that when this was
refused there was an end of the conference.
But Mr.. Seward tells us that the ioh0le ground
Of difference ,cds gone ouer. What pity 1t is
tnat something Snoulu noI De Known VI
what was said on both sides. And what
harm could there be, If the result really was
failure" in advising the public officially
of the fact? .
There is a disposition to blame Mr.. Lin
coin tor notexhibiting little more leniency
at the commencement of the interview, or
indeed, before it commenced, and withheld
those ultra instructions to his Secretary of
State. General Grant telegraphed the Pres
ident that he was satisfied the commission
ers were sincere in their desires for peace
but the indispensable requisites" of Mr..
Lincoln, which were at the very start pour
cd into the ears of the commissioners, ap-
pears to have chilled the blossom of peace
leaving only withered stem behind. 1t
is common remark, that had the interview
been confded to Grant, avery different result
than "tailuren would have been reached.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
SelE.Deception.

The Boston Euening Courier, one of the
ablest edited papers in the country, devotes
an editorial to the consideration of self-de-
ception, to which our people are much
given. From this editorial we extract the
following, which will address itself to the
reader as eminently just:
M. Surely, if anything is apparent from the
documentary evidence furnished by the
President to Congress, it is that an over
ture was first made to the Confederate au-
q thorities, for conference, with his assent
and by his messenger. The very nature of
such conference necessarily implies the
interchange of propositions by the one par
ty and the other, which may be widely di-
verse in the beginning, but which may ad-
NIT Of reconciliation, in the end. If either
party proceed to the meeting, prepared be-
forehand to insist upon terms to which the
other cannot in reason be expected to agree,
il is obvious that the meeting might as well
not have taken place at all.
Certainly, this was the attitude in which
Mr., Lincoln, as representing his party on
the recent occasion, placed himself The
proposed constitutional amendment to abol-
ish slavery was forced through Congress
simultaneously with the approach of the
anticipated conference. Having thus per-
fected, as far as possible, that scheme which
was the original cause Of quarrel; that is,
having done all which was in our present
power to put agreement out of the question,
he offered peace if the others would own
themselves altogether in the wrong, and
submit Internationally to whatever the fu-
ture might have in store for them. 1t was to
place themselves, itmust be admitted, in po-
sition inexpressibly yhumiliating, ,ifnot NOR
ally and logically absurd. Superior force
might insist on such an admission as this;
but only "iong despair" could grantit. Sure
ly, if actual conference was sought for, it
was at once precluded by the preliminary
stand taken by the President; and we speak
of him in this relation only as the instru-
ment in carrying out the views Of extrem-
lists of his party.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
JOSEPH D0WDALL,
Agent, No. 5Union Block.
Sherih's Sale.

Henry Cope Court Of Common Pleas,
VS.. Franklin County,
Christian May. e,slS Ohio.
IN Pursuance OF AN ORDER OF
i the said Court TO directed, will offer for sale
stpubic auction. at the dOorof the Court House. in
the city Of Columbus, on
Wednesday, the 22d day of March, A. d.
1865,
7o'cloek P. NJ the following described real estate.
situated in Franklin county and State OF Ohio, TO
wit:
Being twenty acres part Of section 2, township 9.
range u, and bounde1 as follows:
Beginning in the center Of Alum crock at the CEN
ter Of the bridge on the county road leading from
Westerville 10 NorthingtOn, and running thence
along the center line Of said road south ~ deg. ~
minutes, west IL 40-l00 poles 10 stake and stone,
thence north IS deg east 81 poles TO the center
Of the west branch Of said Alum creek. thence with
the meanders Of said creek, down the same south AZ
deg, east IL pcles, thence 6li< deg east Is poles
thence - deg. 30 minutes, east lsh poles, thence
south deg 20 minutes, west 20 poles, thence south
10 deg 80 minutes, east IL poles, thence deg west
u poles to the place Of beginning.
Appnisei al eighty dollars per acre.,
Also, tTAct containing tent 10 acres, bounded and
described follows, TO wit: Beginning In the line
OF lots and I, eighty rods east Of the section and
township lines for corner, running thence south as
corner established by J. ". Copeland 10 jesse
Holmes, in deed dated September llth. ls5l thence
east 81 rods 10 the middle OF Alum creek, thence
north following the meanders Of said creek TO tho
northeast corner Of Jesse Holmes mill property $50
caled where it intersects the line0f the lots aore
said thence west on the line Of said lots TO the place
Of beginning, and being part Of section two town
ship two, range seventeen .. military lands con-
tanning ten aeres. appraised at one hundred (sloO
dollars per acre.
Also the west half Of lots No. six and in the
town Of Westeryille. Franklin county, Ohio. ap-
praised at two thousand 5000 dollars.
Also, lotnumbef thirty 800 in said town Of West
erve appraised at seven hundred CS70O dollars.
Terms Of sale-One-third Of the purchase money
paid on the dag Of sale; oDethird in year, and
the balance in two years. with interest at six per
cent. TO be secured by mortgage on the premises.
WM. D0MIGAN, Sheriff
Printers fees, $3.50.
fab Ifxutd
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
4 y.,ot 70 BIeesl tu,e Treasury.

The Ne,o York Commercial Aduertiser
speaks plainly about the proposition to es-
tablish "Freedman's Bureau" 1t says
1.-THE scheme is an insult to the entire col
/ ored population, and bitter reflection up
on the American citizens of African de-
= scent who are fighting battles under the
flag, and showing everywhere that'they
are men and not infants. The Bureau is
simply plot to bleed the Treasury and TO
eefasten a lot of needy office-seekers upon the
country. This will prove its best claim to
adoption by Congress. The only way to
kill the bill Is for Mr.. Sumner to introduce
apreamble and resolutions, declaring that
the head of the new Bureau must belong
to the 'colored element" a'N
40, The Commercial Advertiser is an Admins
ittration journal. Leading Administration
journals are beginning, in view of the fact
% that the Treasury is staggering under an
almostinsupportable debt to clamor against
: any further pillaging Of the Treasury by
"needy off1ce-seekers," and the great
8. shoddy" family, through whose schemes
the Government has already been detraud-
ed out of a sum that would have been suf-
ficient to pay the expenses of the Revolu-
tionary War. The only way to stop this
outrageous plundering is to bring the War
to a close quickly. 1t is impossible to car
ry on War of the mammoth proportions
of the War we now have on hand, without
having the Government ,plundered by
set Of graceless scoundrels. While they are
doing this bad work, they affect the purest
and most disinterested patriotism. The
great laboring mass of the people are re-
quired to give their lives and the larger
share of their earnings in order that these
creatures may fare sumptuously every day
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18

Heavy RoBBERY.-The residence Of
Abraham p. Leist, at East Ringgold, this
county, was entered on Friday night, 10th
inst, between seven and eight o'clock, dur
ing brief absence of the family, and rob-
bed of small box, containing $1,000 in
money, certificates of deposit for $4,000,
several promissory notes on various persons,
and other papers. The box was ona bureau.
The bureau drawers and chest were open
ed and rumaged, but nothing else was
taken. n.%- Circleuille Democrat. 4eeF
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
COMPLIMENTARY.

The Neu York Times processes not to be in
favor of giving to the negroes the privi-
lege Of voting. 1t asserts that sin eonse-
'quence of the degradation entailed by
slavery, they are hardly more competent
to vote upon public questions than the
beasts of the field" The radicals think
differently.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18
al CARD 10 -INYALIDs.

A Clergyman. while residing in South America as
missionary. discovered o safe and simple remedy
for the Cure of Nervous Weakness. Early Decay.
Diseases Of the Urinary and Seminal Organs. and
the whole train Of disorders brought on by banelul
and vicious habits Great numbers have been al
ready cured by this noble remedy. Prompted BY .
desire TO benefit the afflicted and unfortunate. III
send the recipe for preparing and using this me :
cine. in sealed envelope to any one who need
Free of Charge. t"
Please inclose stamped envelope. addresss
yourself. Addrsss sTS5 --. A-L
JOSEPH T. INMAN,
STATION ID, BIBLE HoUsE
Z gept9el-d1y 1f ' NaM York Citt.
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18

THE Democratic Press Of Ohio, with uni
ted voice, have protested against the passage
of the Constitutional Amendment, and they
applaud those Democratic members in Con-
gress and the Senators and Representatives
in the Ohio Legislature who voted against
The Ameudment. rv,H E~as
Daily Ohio statesman. [volume] (Columbus, Ohio) 1855-1870, 1865-02-18

SAD ACCIDENT AND DEATH.--A sad acci-
dent occurred in this city on Sunday last.
A little son Of Mr.. Adam Edinger, residing
on Mulberry street. died suddenly from
having inhaled steam from the spout of q
coffee pot containing boiling Coffee The
child was only three years old.
ANorHRR. "A little son Of Milton Cramer,
on Paint street, was burned to death, few
days ago BY his clothes taking fire. Chilli
c0fha Adrertiser. 20