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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Mcsars, ChaS. y franklin aud NJ IT,.
Stone have been awarded by John S, King,
Esq a contract for building Twelve more
houses aud three hundred PANEL Of fence
in the new town on KaOawha and adjoin-
ing Point Pleasant. Mr., j, M Cherry
has the contract for building Mr. Kings
residence at same point The building is
very large one auu will contain between
twenty and thirty rooms
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

1t is not best to give up advertising be
cause the FIRST effort fails Give it time
to take root. Advertisements arc like the
potato crOp-the farmer does not see the
fruit until tits ripe. A poor fisherman
bauls IA his line aud leaves the stream
Just about the time the fish begin TO get
hungry The wise man knows that that
stream contains fish. and he is going to
have them. He can wait as long as they
can, aud it is the patient walters in this
world WhO are no losers,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

FINE. The house of Mr. Reuben AL
en-, (just opposite our city, in Fairhavcn,
Ohio caught fire about noon Monday and
burned off very near all of the roof
Some of our citizens started over The river,
but before they reached the fire it had
been mastered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10
w EST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY,
1S71-72.

The last Catalogue shows an attendance Of
Ill Students at this Institution. Five distinct
Departments Of Instruction. with fullcOps
of competent Professors.
The Ancient and Modern Languages; Malhc.
mates, pure and applied Logic, Rhetoric, the
Sciences, &C., &c carefully aud thoroughly
taught. Practical Chemistry, and Physics,
illustrated BY appropriate apparatus. Special
advantages fer The Study OF Geology.
A good Library, Extensive Cabinets OF Min
eralogy Geology and ConchOlogy, together
with many specimens in other departments OF
Na.aral History. Fine buildings; beautiful
aud healthy location, good socety. ~
FALL TEEg begius September 9Th, Winter,
December 9TH Spring, March Doth. Com
mencement. June 2Oth.
Boarding from SO to 81 per week,
Tuition, from SIS to S24 per year.
For further particulars inquire Of
ALEX MARTIN President.
&organtoWn, West Va
aug, Sly,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

ClRCuIT COuRr. The first Circuit Court
under the new Constiluton-EIis Honor
Judge Joseph Smith, presiding-common'
ced last Monday morning. Quite large
number of Attorneys from other counties
are in attendance, also very large num-
Der of people. Among the number We
see a good many who ought to be subscri'
bers to our paper Come in gentlemen
and subscribe for the Rcgis!@-thC only
live local paper 10 the county aud the only
paper published at the county seat Dem
oCratic 10 politics.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

On Monday evening the public debate
came of as announced. A very large aa
dicuce of'ladies and gentlemen we're pres,
ent. The participants, Mossrs. Guthrie,
Sisson, Timms and Adams, defended thai
particular sides Of the question gith .abili-
ty and force. AlIwhO we're rcseut speak
of the debate as the most interesting that
has yet been given by til LITERARY Socic-
stv =
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Charleston is complaining of her innum'
cradle CANNES, aud wants sausage factory
erected to use up the raw material.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

TIE early flowers are beginning to show
themselves; and young lady has Promis-
cd this Office boquet
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Put your finger Oh the paper that fur
.nishes more local news than the Register!
You can't do i, can yoo?s We'll, then,
putypr hand away aoyn iiFrte dark re-
ccssss of your breaches pocket and dra"
forth two dollar bill aud subscribe for it
one year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Our exceedingly good.naturcd friend
b. S. Stevenson, Esq of Clifton, was in
this city few Days ago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Law CARD.-We direct the especial at:
tention of our readers to the card Of out
young friend, George S. Couch, Esq:
u this issue Of the Register He is a can.
'didate for legal patronage, aud we trust
that be will receive his share Of the same.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Col c. A. Shepard, of Pomeroy, died
in that city, Tuesday night, Of typhoid fo
yer. He served With honor as Captain
in the Fourth Virginia for three years;
he also served as Lieutenant Colonel in
the 1871 0hio during tho last year Of the
var,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Senator Caldwell (not of Kansas Of
Writ, spent a few hours in our city last
Sunday, on his way home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Moss green aud violet shades are an
nouucod as becoming cOlOrs for spring
wear.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Why do ourcitiaeus so PersistentIy neg
lect to visit the schools in our city, Their
presence, occasionally, would give encour
agement to the teachers and the pupils. =
Let US hope that, after the present vaoa,
ton is over, change will take place in
that respect, and that every week, at least
a dozen visitors,WilI surprise every school
With their presence.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

We are pleased to inform our readers
that our clever friend, James H Holloway.
has just received and opened full line Of
Groceries and Provisions, We ask all in
want of such goods, (aud everybody does J
TO give Mr.. Holloway call. He keeps
also the celebrated Clifton Nails aud sells
at factory prices. Advertisement will nP-
pear next week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

One who knows says that it is about as
wise to get mad at an editor and stop
your paper as it is to refuse to get your
mail because you don't like the postmas'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Capt. N. B. Coleman, of Maiden has
purchased one third interest 10 the ston-
mcr Active. Our genial friend, Charley
Coleman, will preside in the Office, while
Capt Hicks still retains command The
Active is now one of the swiltcst aud best
boats on the Kanawha
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Misses LrsIoy & Sisson have ju't open
ed out their spring stock Of Millinery
goods, consisting Of bounets, hats, ribbons,
flowers, laces, g.. They have all the va
rious styles of bonnets aud hats, aud a
very large stock from which to select
Let our LADY readers call and SEQ them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

The boys are trading tops for fishing
liues.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Oar lady readers may be interested in
learning that the large number Of deaths
from small poz has materially increased
til. supply Of false hair
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

II. R. Howard, Esq has returned
home from Charleston, aud will now have
a rest from bis arduous duties as Clerk Of
the Judiciary Committee of the House of
Delegates until next October. Senator
Eastman is also at home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Over in Ohio a shoemaker elOped, day
or two since, with the wife Of a sash and
blind dealer. The husband being sash
and blind man couldn't see what was go.
ing on.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

The SOuta Branch Iutelligencer reports
that tho South Branch Railroad will Ger
taiuIy soon be built, that the contract for
grading has been let, aud the work is 10
be done by the first or January next.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

The Grand Lodge of Odd Fellows will
meet in Wheeling on the 4,h Tuesday in
April.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Several of our manufacturing establish
ments are working their full compliment
Of bsnds, with orders ahead of their cap.
acitY.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Some chap near our Office is trying to
play on an old key bugle. From the noise
be makes he must be pretty windy If
he'd only blow bis brains out with theco
founded ding it would be all hight.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Lent is making it dull for the butch
ers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

We have had some very hot weather
since Friday, and many were sorcly alllic-
ted With the Spring fever.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

grOp GRUMBLISG. Some our merch-
ants who do not advertise are grumbIing
and growing about hard times, Whose
fault is it but their own? They don't
know, or don't want or know, the virtue
Of advertising. Come, gentlemen, don't
scowl and twist your pretty" faces out of
shape. The secret in business is found in
judicious advertising Try it and be con-
WINGED You complain Of citizens going
to GAllipoIiS for goods and wonder why it
is so. Examine tho columns of your local
paper and you will find positive and a
ready answer. The live business men of
that city advertise; they invite the atten.
ton Of the people to their goods, Let our
merchants take warning,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10
The question Of shortening the hours Of

The question Of shortening the hours of
studyiu the common schools is being ex-
tersivoIy sgitated in the Eastern States =
Sooner OF later the discussion will reach
our own doors. People everywhere are
beginning to reject that there is such a
ching as oVertaxing the tender mind of
childhood. Our present school system is
quite faulty in this regard Mnny an am.
bilious scholar, who is weaker than his or
her companions, has been permanently in,
jured by overstudy, out ola determination
not to be distauced by others,nud not to be
put back into an inferior class
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Look out for tue new goods that will ar.
rive during this week at Sotszcr, SebGa
& McCuIloch's Save your money aud
wait for these goods.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

FASHION. collars are now hardly seen
except upon elderly ladies' Young girls
wears ruches of crepe Ii,se or tulIc, aud
young, slender matrons Francis II,
fraiso for the throat and ruAles for the wrist
Of every fine organdy or crepe lisso
Straw, it is understood, is to be the
principal material for spring and summer
bounCls, with but slight change or modi.
fcation of shape; the crowns are little
more raised, but the coronet shape is re.
tanned and the sailor hat, set jauntily on
the back of the head, still promises to
hold its own.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

Easter comes on the 18th Of April.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

j. W Bryan, the gcntIemaoIy propri-
etor Of the cheap cash grocery" has just
received choice stock of groceries, can.
dies, &c. Our readers cannot do better
than to buy from him. Give him a call.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10

The residence Of Colonel Cunningham,
at St. Adams one of the finest mansions
in the Kanawha Valley, was destroyed by
fire last Wednesday night, April ID.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1873-04-10
Setszer, Sehou & MoCulloch,

NAKE Pleasure in informing their old Gus,
| toners and the public generally, that they
have moved into their new and commodious
store house on the corner Of Main and First
Streets, and they have just received from the
Eastern Cities, the moslcomplcte stock Of
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
A TaIk Abo,,t Tonscs.

The object of a tonic is to increase the elasticity
and strength of the muscular fiber, and to invig
crate the general system. As a means Of accom-
plishing these ends, 1t is expected to improve the
appetite and the digestive power of the stomach.
These are certainly important considerations but
to cure dyspepsia, bilious affections, chronic de-
bility, intermittent fever, and other complaints
involving arrangements of the liver, the bowels,
the nerves, and the secretive organs generally,
something more than q mere tonic is required
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters may be safely pro-
nounced the best and most wholesome invigorant
extant, but the other special medical properties
which belong to this remarkable vegetable restora-
tive have as much to do with the wonderful results
has certain Alternative qualities which literally
change the habit or constitution, re-estabhshing
the healthy functions of the body without causing
any undue evacuation by Precipitation, vomiting
or purging. Its entire effect is to put the whole
machinery of life in perfect order, to purify all the
fluids, including the blood and the bile, and not
only to operate as an antidote to disease, where it
exists, but SO to strengthen, regulate and other
wise improve the condition of the system as to
render it proof against vicissitudes OF tempera-
ture, change of water, infected air, and other pre-
ana epidemic disorders. Hence 1T Is a medicine
for all seasons and cHmes-uBeful alike to the
traveller and the resident in an unhealthy region,
and an invaluable safeguard against the physical
disturbances which accrue from cold, damp, In
clement weather, as well as against the mental
ana nervous at this somewhat gloomy period OF
the year,
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION IN China

COMPETITIVE EXAMINATION IN CHINA
DIR. Hitchcock, now on a visit to China,
writes to the amherst Student an &C
count of the Chinese fashion of conduct
ing competitive examination for literary
degrees. The trial occurs once in three
years, and it is held in an immense yard,
containing about 5000 cells, each of
them about six by four. Into one of
these brick cells, with whatever food or
light he may choose to furnish, each
candidate takes himself to write his
essay, going on one evening and staying
until the second morning, at which time
the essay must be finished. During
these thirty-six hours he remains en-
tirely by himself. The essay is exam
med first with reference to chirography
and photography. If there is any defect
here, it is mercilessly consigned to the
waste basket. 1t is then sent to the
copyist, and afterward sealed up for the
examiners. All the essays are given to
two assistant examiners, who examine
them, each one alone, and under the
watch of a monitor. The papers by this
time are thinned out, and those that
have borne the trial are handed to the
two imperial examiners, who decide the
successful competitors. How would our
American college boys like it if they had
to take their degrees through such
thorny ways?
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

WHERE ARE THEY?eWhere is the rail
way passenger who, when he leaves the
train, is so uncommonly polite rs to shut
the door after him?
Where is the public orator who can
ever keep his promise to "say a few
words only?"
Where is the builder who never lets his
bill exceed his given estimate?
Where are they born, the people who
say cowcumber, hospittable, nayther,
and advertisement?
Where is the organ-fend who viii
move off from your door without your
fetching q policeman?
Where is the barber who can manage
to content himself by butting your hair
servation on its scantiness?
And lastly-where is the young lady
who can pack up her own boxes and not
leave half her "things behind her?"
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

PROPAGATION OF SoUND.-A locust may
be heard one-sixteenth of a mile; a wren,
weighing half al ounce-and a middling-
them-could be heard about as far. But,
if the voice of either bore n proportion
to the mass of matter employed in its
production, a man could be heard 1000
miles, favored by a brisk wind.
A vessel at sea a few years since, 160
milesfromland, heard distinctly the thrill
ing music of a band playing on shore.
There must have been a peculiar condi-
ton of the atmosphere at the time,
while the broad surface of the sails were
equivalent to a great external ear to ar
rest and converge the aerial undula-
tions.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

ALL Eastern and Middle State papers
of the 9th and 2Sth are filled with rec
ords of the great Chris tmas storm, which
almost entirely suspended travel on the
Atlantic seaboard. On all of the rail
roads the trains were laid up at way sta
tions, for hours being able to proceed
but slowly. Ferry boats between New
York and Jersey City stuck in the ice,
the street cars did not run, and on the
whole the East suffered far more than
the West by the storm.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

THE mesquite gum of Texas possesses
all the qualities of gum arabic, and is
beginning to become a commodity of ex-
port. Large quantities have been gath
cred and shipped this season.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
THE WEEKLY SUN.
ONLY o1 m Year.

Only 81 n Year. 8 Pages.
THE BEST FAMILY PAPER.-TheW Weekly n. Y.
Sun. SPACES. 81 year. Send your Dollar
The BEST AGRICULTURAL PAPER.-The Weekly
N. Y. Sun. SPACES. 81 a year. Send YOU
Dollar.
The BEST POLITICAL PAPER.-The Weekly
N. Y. Sun. Independent and Faithful
Against Public Plumber. 8 pages. 81 a year
Send your Dollar. e.
The BEST NEwsPAPER.-The Weekly N. Y
Sun. 8 pages. 81 a year. Send your Dollar
Has ALL THE NEws.-The Weekly New Yorl
Sun. 8 pages. 81 a year. Send your Dollar
The BEST STORY PAPER.-The Weekly N. Y
Sun. 8 pages. 81 a year. Send your Dollar
THE BEST FASHION REPORTS in the Weekly NY
Sun. SPACES. 81 a year. Send your Dollar
THE BEST MARKET REPORTS in the Weekly NY.
Sun. pages. 81 a year. Send your Dollar
The BEST CATTLE REPORTS in the Weekly N. Y
Sun. SPACES. 81 a year. Send your Dollar
TIE BEST PAPER in Every Respect.-The Week.,
N.Y.Sun 8 SPACES. 81 a year. Send your Dollar
Address THE SUN, New York City.
II -
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

PINTs AND QUARTS of filthy catarrhal
discharges. Where does it all come from? The
mucous membrane lining of the chambers of
the nose and its little glands are diseased, SO
posture to the air changes it to corruption. This
ife-liquid was to build up the system, but it is
extracted and the system is weakened by the
loss. To cure, gain flesh and strength by using
DIR. Pierce's Golden Medical Discovery, which
also acts directly upon these glands, correcting
them. Also apply DR.. Sage's Catarrh Remedy
with DIR. Pierce's Nasal Douche, the only
method of reaching the upper cavities where
the discharge ~accumulates and comes from.
The instrument and two medicines sold for SO
by all druggists.-TCom.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

Loss OF LIFE ON THE LAKEs.-From
the statistics of the loss of life upon the
great lakes during the present season, it
appears that 189 persons were drowned,
and of this number 113 were lost with
the vessels upon which they were en-
gagged. The other 76 cases were those
washed off by heavy seas. This loss of
life seems sufficiently large, but the
total number of such casualties is 81
less than during the previous year.. AS
we stated the other day, there were 1858
disasters to vessels upon the lakes dur
ing the year, and this fact, taken in con-
nection with the loss of life, shows that
the navigation of the lakes is not less
hazardous han that of the ocean. When
the warnings of the Signal Service Blu
reau come to be more generally estab-
lished and needed at the lake ports, we
may hope for a large reduction in this
annual destruction of life and property.
Y. Times.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

EDITORIAL OPINIoNS.-An advertise
ment is, as a general rule, an elaborate
eulogium on the merits of something
which the advertiser desires to sell. The
editors and publishers of the paper in
which it aspears are not responsible for
its statements. Sometimes, however,
highly important discoveries or inven-
tions, announced to the world through
the business department of the press,
seem to demand a few words of editorial
commentator. We have no hesitation
in saying that the excellent medicine
introduced by DIR. Joseph Walker, of
California, under the name of VINEGAR
BrrTERs, belongs to this category, and
has a just claim to a favorable notice.
There can be no doubt as to its utility
as q tonic, stomachic and alternative.
We are cognizant of many instances in
which it has cured cases of chronic dys-
pepsia, supposed to be incurable, and
know that the estimation in which it is
held as a remedy for bilious and nervous
disorders, intermittent and remittent
fevers, rheumatism and general debility,
is founded on experience and well de-
served. The testimony of ga cloud of
witnesses" goes to show that it is emil
nently useful in a large majority of the
disorders to which the human family are
subject. The fact that it contains no
alcohol commends it to the confidence of
that large and increasing class of the
community who insist that all spirituous
stimulants are active poisons.ICom.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

The members of Congress from Wis
consin are movingin the important matter
of returning the rowing bands of Win
nebago Indians to their reservations.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16
WE were pleased to see,

WE were PIchSeu W ooo, hoU IonS
since, in one of our exchanges, some pretty
severe remarks addressed to several persons
who, during an interesting lecture by Rev. Jno.
s. c.. Abbott, kept a continuous coughing,
which prevented many from hearing. People
who cannot refrain from coughing had better
stay away from such places, or else take a
bottle of Johnson's Anodyne Lininlent with
them -TCOm
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

THERE are thirteen newspapers in the
country edited and published by ne
groes in the interests of their race.
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

WHAT NEXT? The January num-
Der of this sprightly juvenile magazine is
crowded with excellent things that the young
folks will like, and parents will approve. 80
cents a year, with a beautiful $1.00 chrome to
each subscriber. A boy or girl is wanted in
every neighborhood to raise a club. Specimen
8 cents. John B. Alden, Publisher, Chicago,
m-1Enm-
Eaton weekly Democrat. [volume] (Eaton, Ohio) 1866-1875, 1873-01-16

THERE are 900 Jewish synagogues in
the United States, of which 40 are in
New York.