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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07
A Sensible Resolve.

did you ever hear, sir, how it was
that Edwards, the mason. gave up drink
iug?" said a workingman to bis employer
one day, where he was talking to him
about the evils ofiutempcrancc.
"No said dtho latter; how was it?"
"Well one day Edwards was drinking
iu apublic house, when the landlords
wife came to call her husband to din.
ner.
Whats for dinner?" said the man.
Roast goose" replied his wife.
lis there apple sauce9" be asked.
"No."
"Well, 60 and make some; | don't cot
goose without apple sauce"
Edwards was SO impressed with the
scene he had witnessed, when the woman
i
had left to prepare this delicacy, that for
the drst time iu his life, be began to think
what fool he had been.
"Here's this man." said he to himself,
"can't eat his dinner Of roast goose with
out appleIsauce, while my poor wife and
children at home are glad to get herring
for their dinners, and very often can't
have that. Whose money, | should like
to know, goes toprovide this fellow with
good things? Mine, and that of other
fools like me. Well. what's done can't
be undoue. It's no use crying over split
milk, but that fellow shAn't liue off roast
goose at my expense
$50 he paid his reckoning, and walked
out of that public house never to enter it
again"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07
The Contented Man.

A wealthy epicure applied to an Arabian
doctor for prescription that would restore
his body to health and give happiness to
bis mind. The physician advised him to
exchange shirts with man who was per.
fcctly conteuted with his lot, upon which
the patient set out upon his journey in
pursuit Of such a person. After many
months spent without accomplishing his
object, he was told Of a certain cobbler of
whom every one had spoken as model of
coutentment and happiness. Pursuing
the direction given, the traveller was pleas.
cd to with the sight Of the gobcr enjoying
a comfortable nap on board. Without
ceremony he xM aroused from his slum.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07
III D T Il l. = ..
KILN Z HOUSE.

(near the Steamboat Landing,l
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VIRGINIA
Ar DEEM, Proprietor.
THIS well known house having been thor.
l oughly repaired and refurnished through
out, is now open for the accommodation Of The
public.
LIVERY STABLE.
Mzn> There Is connected with this House
IA. first.class livery and feed stable,
whichis well supplied with buggies and hor.
scs.
aug, 26-ly. A.P DEEM.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07

bersr and the important iuterrogatary,
whether be was conteuted with his lot, was
answered in the affirmative.
Then" said the seeker after happiness
II have QUE small boon 10 ask at your
hands. It is that you exchange shirts
with me, that by this means (also may be-
come conlcntcd and happy"
"Most gladly would accede to your ro-
quest, replied tho cobbler, but"
Nay, refuse me not" interrupted the
man Of wealth; "any sum thou mayest
name shall be thine"
Il seek notify wealth." said the cobblcr
"but-but-"
I but what?'
"rhe truth isl have no shirl!n
DANGERS o, LlMnuRsER CHEESE. =
Three children in St. Louis having dis,
played symptoms of poisoning, soon after
eating Limburger cheese, led to an exam
ination. 1t was discovered that tho cheese
did contain poison, but impaired by thi'
rapper in which it is always prepared fol
market The cheese in itself is inuoxious,
but it is evnelopel in ..lead-foil wrappers,
which are harmless until they come in con-
tract with the liquid which will act upon
them as dissolGent. in which case tho Ii
quil becomes poisonous by taking up the
lead. The decomposition Of this cheese
had produced q very strong acid, which
came in contact with the poisonous wrap
per, aud then spread throughout the cheese
thus poisoning the whole cake The dis.
covery Of this fact ought to produce q
change iu the method Of preparing the
cheese fur market.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07

A Richmond woman voted last week =
Her ballot was deposited With this ipdorsc.
ment: "By the Constitution Of the Unit
ed States, I. Mrs. A. Whitehead, BOde.
ker, having right to give my vote at
this election, vindication Of it, drop this
vote in the ballot-bo1."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07

TERRIBLE. "A negro woman is in GUS
tody at Jacmel Saint Domingo, upon the
charge of having killed and eaten twenty.
six children whom she had inveiglcd into
her promises.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07

: Potatoes are eighteen cents bushel in
Iowa. 5@
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07

What sort Of an ascent a descent? A
trip up for it brings you down,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1871-12-07
WM. IL. TOAILINSON,

Attorney and Counselor at Law,
WILL practice in the Courts of Mason
w Cabel and Lincoln; and in the county
of Gallia. Ohio. Ase in the Court Of Ap, eals
of Vest Virginia. Prompt attention given to
The collection Of claims Liam. l2, '7l-ly.
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WILL practice in the Courts Of Jackson
w Roane, and adjoining counties.
All business entrusted to their care will be
promptly attended to.
Address G B. Grow. Jackson C H., W. Va,
or D, W Polsley, Point Pleasant, West Va.
inch 81, '7O-ly.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08
Clippings.

COAL is retailing in New York at 30
cts per bushel-about S2S per ton.
ABRA1r sHAFFER was sentenced to
the Penitentiary for seven years, for
passing counterfeit money, in the Unit
ed States Court at Pittsburg.
BY a collision on the New Orleans and
jackson Railroad, on Wednesday night,
two engines and tenders were smashed,
but it is reported that nobody was hurt.
F. NJ. WEBER, about As years, old,
went into the cemetery in the lower
part Of st. Louis, on Thursday after
noon, and blew his brains out on the
grave Of his recently-buried wife.
OFFICER Jacb Weat, Collector of the
Fifth New jersey District, was robbed
Of. $1,000 worth Of beer and tobacco
stamps. The stamps are worthless "a
the robber.
THE Grands Jury at New York in
view Of the recent disaster at New Ham.
burg, urges the enacting of some such d
law as the one now in force in Conneti
cut, requiring all trains to come to a full
stop before passing any bridge
HORACE GREELEY and some othe.
gentlemen have purchased the Nortl
Carolina Warm Springs property fo
$4,000.
zCoLFAN is ready to name his next ba
by after the man who shall first nomi
nate him as a candidate for Vice Piesi
dent in 1872.
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science and Imagination

WHAT are scientific experiments but
brilliant efforts of the imagination 4
imagine that, under such circumstanc-
es, such and such will be the case.
don't know it; but / viii try By no
one is this fact more prOfusely and more
conyincingly illustrated than by DR.:
Tyndall, both in his published books and
his lectures. He ampliies the expert
ments Of other philosophers, besides m
venting experiments of his own. De
wishes to know whether pure water be,
as most people suppose Il, absolutely col
orless. It is 50, as we usually see Y, IN
small quantities; but very thin stratum
of pale ale is almost as cOlOrless as q
stretum Of water. He pOurs distilled
water into q drinking-glsss it exhibits
no trace whatever Of color 50 be imag-
ines an experiment 70 show US that pei
lucid liquid, in sufficient thickness, has
a very decided color. -.
Here, he says, triumphantly, rs a
tube fifteen feet long, placed horizontal
ly, its ends being stopped by pieces OF
plateglass. At one end Of the tube stands
an electric lamp, from which cylinder
Of light viii be sent through the tube
It is now haif filled with Watef, the ups
per surface of which cuts the tube in two
equal parts horizontally. Thus, I send
half Of my beam through air, and hall
through water, and with this lens / in
tend 70 project a magniied image of the
adjacent end Of the tube upon this
screen. You now see the image COM
posed of two semicircles, one 81 which
is due to the Hight which has passed
through the air. Side by side thus, you
can compare them; and you notice that
while the air semicircle is q pure white
the water ssmicircle is a bright and del
icate blue-green. The real color Of dis
titled water was ascertained and prov
ed beyond a dOubt.-AH the Year Round.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08
How TO Load a wagon

Some three or four weeks ago the
question was asked through the columns
ofthe Rural Nelg Yorker whether a
wagon should be loaded heavier on the
hind than on the front wheels. Your
reply, though not asserted to be conclu-
sive, implied that the load should be
equally distributed. I Ipropose a scien-
tific elucidation of the subject, which
will prove that the load should be heav-
ier on the hind wheels, in the proper
ton of their diameter to the diameter
of the front wheels.
A wheel is a lever, whose long arm,
theoretically, is the distance from the
ground to the center of the axle; the
short arm is a pivot; but, practically,
| il is i'm mpossible to construct a lever of
such proportions. Hence, in calcula-
/ ting the advantage Of the lever, a wheel
| or a lever, allowance must be made for
| the size of the axle. and for friction de-
pendent on size; other things being
equal. Without going into too elabOr-
ate discussion, 1t will be sufficient to
say in general terms that the power
gained by a wagon wheel is in proper
tion to its semi-diameter, and hence that
the load on a wagon should be placed
propOrtiOnally to the diameters of the
/ front and hind wheels.
Suppose the front wheels are four feet
and the hind wheels five feet in diane.
ter-then hve-ninths of the load should
rest on the hind wheels and four-ninths
on the front wheels.-COr. R1trGJ NetS
Yorker.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08
To Make Farm Life Attractive.

l. By less hard work. Farmers Of
ten undertake more than they can do
well, and consequently work too early
and too late.
.. By more system. The farmers
should have a time to begin and stop la
Dor. They should put more mind and
machinery into their work. They should
theorize IS we'll as practice, and let both
go together. Farming is healthy, NOR
al and respectable; and, in the long run,
may be made profitable. The farmer
should keep good stock, and out of
debt.
3. By taking care of health. Farm
ers have q healthy variety of exercise,
but too often neglect cleanliness, eat
irregularly and hurriedly, sleep in ill
ventilated apartments, and expose
themselves needlessly to cold.
4. By adOrning the home. Books,
papers, pictures, music, and reading
should all be brought to bear upon the
indoor family entertainments; and neat
ness, and comfort, order, shIubbery,
flowers, and fruit should harmonize all
without. There would be fewer deser-
tions of old hOmesteads If pains were
taken to make them more agreeable.
Ease, order, health, and beauty, are
compatible with farm life, and were Or
dained to 60 with it.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08

COUNTING IN CHURCH.-A young gem
tleman hapning to sit in church, in q
pew adjoining one in which sat young
lady for whom he conceived a sudden
and violent attachment, was desirOus Of
entering into a courtship on the spot,
but the place not being suitable for a
formal declaration, the case suggested
,the following plan. HepOlitely handed
his fair neighbor a Bible opened, with a
pin stuck in the following text: Second
Epistle Of John, verse 5-tAnd now I
beseeeh thee, not as though I wrote
new commandment unto thee, but that
which we had from the beginning, that
we love one another
She returned itpointing to the second
chapter Of Ruth, tenth verse. Then she
fell on her face, and bowed herself to the
ground, and said to him: Why have ]
found grace in thine eyes, seeing / am
3 stranger2
He returned the book, pointing to the
thirteenth chapter of the Thirl Apistle
of John: Having many things t0 write
unto you, would not write with pen
and ink, bat I trust shortly to come IN
to you and speak face to face that OUI
Joy may be full
From the above Interview q marriage
took place the ensuing week.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08
champaign epuptg Farmer.
Hest Manner Of Preparing soil for Corn
Crops

Ata meeting Of the Union Farmers
Club, Of Fulton county, H., a discussion
was held on the above subject, and the
following facts elected:
The greatest yield is produced by deep
blowing in the Fall, and ifsub-sOiled and
exposed to the Winters freeze, so much
the better. Land plOwed in the Fall,
Is cultivated with much less cost, as the
ground is comparatively free from
weeds.
From corn ground sub-soiled the sea-
son previous, in comparison with ground
in the same field where it was Ommitted
all other circumstances being the same,
the produce was ten bushels in favor Of
the ground which was subsoiled. That
which was not, suffered from the dFOuth
last season, while it did not affect the
subsoiled ground.
The manner of subsOiling alluded to is
one plow following another, making the
whole depth ploWed from twelve to
fourteen inches.
From the experience Of several MEM
bers, the result obtained by subsoiling
in the same manner in the Spring was
such that it was not recommended, ord
mary blowing producing as good, if not
better, results, though one Of our largest
producers recommended deep plOW-
ing both Fall and Spring.
All were unanimous in recommend
ing the use Of the harrow and roller,
particularly during dry season.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08
Iron Around Peach Trees.

AT recent meeting of the American
Institute Farmers Club, Mr.. Wagner,
who lives on Long Island Sound, about
fifty miles east of New York, exhibited
some prunings from his orchard to illus
trate the effect of putting iron around
trees. He took an old place with twen-
ty trees in the orchard, full of dead Imds,
with yellow leaves, and the cro5ches
oozing thick gum. He gave the earth a
good top dressing of iron, breaking up
old plows and scattering the fragments.
The effect has been marvellous. The
trees have renewed their youth, and now
look strong and thrifty. The bark is
tight and leaves are green, and the bor-
or has disappeared. He thinks the Stag
of iron furnaces, ground up and spread
on orchards will prove very valuable
fertilizer for fruit trees Of all kinds.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08
EFFECT OF sun AND ARTIFICIAL
LIGHT ON THE EYES.

v. ALeunier states in the CosB1uS that
the great difference between sun and
artificial light is due to the fact, that Of
the light emitted from the former about
half the quantity of rays are luminous
and calorific at the same time; but as
regards our artificial light-fOr the light
ofthe alcohol flame the amount of nom
luminous vet calorific rays is 90 per cent;
for white hot platinum, 98 per cent; for
petroleum and parafine oils, "a per cent.
for ordinary oil, 80 per per cent; while
for eclectric light the amount is only
so per cent. It is this large quantity Of
caloric rays in artificial light which
causes the fatigue to the eyes. But this
inconvenience may, according 70 the
auther, be almost entirely Obviated by
intercepting the thermic rays by glass,
or better yet, by mica. The. use of these
renders the light soft and agreeable to
the eyes.
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08
Fhe Poor Customer.

How much butter?'
'One half pound if you please
And sugar?'
Half q pOund;'
And those oranges2
Half a dozen sir
You go by the halves to-day; well,
what else? Be speedily, ma'am, you're
keeping better customers waiting
Half peck OfIndian meal and one
fine French Foll,' said the woman; but
her lips quiYered, and she turned to
wipe away triekling tear.
/ looked at her straw bonnet, all bro
ken, at her faded shawl, her thin stOop-
ing form, her coarse garments and
read on them all extreme poverty
And the pallii pinehed features, the
mournful, but once beautiful face told
me that the luxuTies were not for her.
An invalid looked out from his mar
row window whose pale lips lOnged for
the cool fresh orange, for whose COM
fort the tea aud the butter ard the fine
French roll were bought, with much
sacrifice. And saw him sip the tea,
and taste the dainty bread, and praise
the flavor Of the sweet butter, and turn
with Frightening eye to the golden
fruit. And ] heard him ask, her kneel-
ing at the smoky hearth, to taste them
with him. And as she sat the broken
pan on the edge to brake her course loaf
I heard her say: iBy-and-by, when I am
hungry. And by and-by,' when the
white lids Of the sufferer were closed in
sleep, saw her head over him with a
blessing In her heart. And she laid the
remnant Of the feast carefully away,
and ate her bread unmoistened.
started from my reveTies, the grocer :
bare eye was upon me.
You are keeping better customers
waiting $50
Oh, how I longed to tell him how pow
erty and persecution, contempt and
scorn could not dim the hearts fine
gold, purified by many a trial, and that
woman with her little sacrifice, was
better in the sight of God than many q
trumpet-tongued Dives, who gave that
be might be known Of men.
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roAsTs AND sENTIMENTs.

MAY the honestheart nsverknow as
May care be a stranger where virtue
resides.
May hemp bind those whom honor
cannot
May our prudence secure US friends,
but enable us to live without their as
sistance. wt 1915
May sentiment never be sacrificed by
the lounge Of deceit.
May our happiness be sincere, aud
our joys lasting.
May the smiles of cOnjugal felieic
compensate the frOwns of fortune.
May the tear of sensibility never
cease to flow.
Nay the road of preferment be found
by none but those who deserve it.
Nay the liberal hand find free access
to the purse of plenty.
May the impulse of generosity never
be checked by the power Of necessity.
May we always forget when we for
give an injury.
May the feeling heart possess the for
tune the miser abuses.
Nav we draw upon content for the
deficiencies of fortune.
May hope be thy physician when ca
lamity is the disease.
Afay the single be married, and mar
~ happy.
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LEND HAND

LIFE is made OF ups and downs
Lend a hand
Life is made Of thorns and croWns:
II Won would the latter wear,
Ifft some crushed heart from despair.
Lend a hand!
Crowns are not alone Of gold
Lend a hand
Diadems are bought and sold;
But the crowns that good men hold
Come from noble deeds alone
Lend a hand
Many crowns that many wear
Lend hand
Never i'm the Sunlight glare;
Diamonds in them never shine,
Yet they hold a light divine
Lend a hand.
Hold a light that ne'er shall fade
Lend hand.
Beauty ART hath never made
For these crowns that good men. wear,
Everlasting are, rare-
Lend a hand
Would you own so bright a crOwn:
Lend a hand.
When you see a brother down,
Lead him from the deep. dark night.
And place him in the morning light
Lend a hand
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08
water for Horses.

A veterinary surgeon, writing in the
EJ1OIisb farmers Journal, says that
many owners of horses, grOoms, and
Others who have charge of them, profess
to know how much water a horse ought
TO be allowed to drink; and when a
poor, thirsty, over driven animal ar
rives at his journeys end, he is treated
to a very limited supply. 1t is a mis-
taken notion that cold water produces
collie, as it often cures that disease
When cold water does cause abdominal
pain, it is from long abstinence, and
when the animal drinks to excess.
Horses should have plenty of water at
all times.
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I couch No MORE.

Warmers Cough Balsam is healing, sOfenin, and
expectOrating, The extraordinary power il posses
es IN Immediately relieving, ana eventually curing
lae most obstinate casezoI Cougsf COlds, eUrehroat
BfOnchhis5 lndtenza, UaIarr1, H0arseness Assbn1q
and Consumption is almost Incredible. So prompt 10
the ree ana certain eecIs AL the above cases
or any ahecuoA " she thruaJ ud lungs that Lhous-
ands VI ply sicans are daily prescribing it. and one
ana 81 say that II Is the must healing aud exDectorN
ating medicine known. One dose always affords re-
lei and IL most ctses one oOttle effects cure Sold
Is your own iaulf q 1ou sin cough and suffer The
Balsam will cure. 4 - .lffH- II"
Urbana union. [volume] (Urbana, Ohio) 1862-1872, 1871-03-08

General Grant has dairy farm near
st. Louis, with fine stock of cows. A
choice lot Of AldeTney and Holstein
cattle, ofgreat milking capacities, to-
gether with a select number of Ayrshire
are also on the way to the Presidential
farm, and il is said he viii soon have
the finest dairy IN the country,
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NO MORE
WEAK NERVES

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Ior Dyspepsla and those suHeriug II, weak nerves
with habllual constipation There very few whe
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what TINS prepaIatiOh wdl do in few weeks, b.
restoring dlgesuon, giving strength mentally and
phy slcaLy, enabling those who may have been con-
uned fOI years 10 their as inYads to again re-
sumo their occupations and all the duties Of life
One trial i all we ask TO enable this remedy to re-
conanend ltst y the most szeplicah IA = slight
~ sthuuating tonic AID a sIleiIdid auuetizeF il
strengthens the stomach and restores the geueravc
organs and uigentiOn 10 3 normal healthy state
Warmers Dyspeptc IOnic. For sale BY d1uggists.-
Price One Dollar.
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WARMERS
PILE REMEDY.

Warmers Pile Remedy has never ailed Cnos even
IN one casel 10 cure the very worst cases Of Biud
Itching or Bigeding Piles. Those who are aflicta
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for it wil with the first application Instantly aorl
complete relief aud few following applications are
only required 10 effect permanent curs without any
trouble Ur lncOnvieneuce in It's Use.
Warners Pile Remedy. Il is expressly for the Piles
ana Is not recon mended TO cure any other disease
II mas cured many Cases Of over thirty years standing
Price One Dollar, tsr sale by druggists every
where.
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