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Smyrna times., 1876-02-09
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To remove paint splashed upon window
panes, use hot solution of soda, and a soft
flannel.
To clean Drowned porcelain kettle,
boil peeled potatoes in it. The porcelain
will be rendered nearly as white as when
new.
Avoid wearing heavy overcoats or furs
for hours in succession the tendency is to
weaken the powers of resistance of the
wearer, leaving him liable to inflammation
of the throat and lungs.
FooD DURING FEvER.-It has been found
to be successful method to freeze beef tea
and to administer it in Jumps to children
or patients to suck. They will take it in
this form rather than any other kind of
food.
New rope may be made pliable by boil
ing it in water for couple of hours. Its
strength is not diminished but its stiffness
is gone. 1t must hang in warm room
until thoroughly dried, and must not be
allowed to kink.
Mode of cleaning glass which gives it a
great brilliancy: Take finely powdered
indigo, dip into it moistened linen rag,
smear over the glass with it, and then wipe
it off with a perfectly dry cloth. As a
substitute for this, fine sifted ashes, applied
by rag dipped in spirits, will answer as
well. Spanish white is apt to make the
glass rough and injure it.
TO withstand mud and water two or
three inches deep, for ten hours day for a
week, without feeling any dampness OIL
having any difficulty in getting your boots
on or off, give the bottoms good coating
of tallow and tar, and dry it in: then oil
the uppers with castor oil-about one
tablespoonful will be sufficient. The eff
feet of castor oil is to soften the leather
while it fills the pores and prevents the
water from entering.
New CURE FOR PALPITATION.-A cure fo
the arrest of palpitation of the heart ha
been given to the world by medical cor
respondence, an account of which we TAX
/ from the Medical Times of London. As
e great many people are subject to thi
: disease, it would be well for them to take
f note of what the correspondent advises
= Palpitation, when not depending upo
S organic disease, may be almost immediatel
e arrested by bending the head downward,
n and allowing the arms to hang pendant.
s. The correspondent further adds that " tn
e effect is even still more rapidly produce
e by holding the breath for a few second
p while the body is in this bent position"
G To DESTROY RATS AND MIcE.-Mix som
c ground plaster of Paris with brown suga
. and Indian meal. Set it about on oil
y plates, and leave beside each plate
e saucer or pan of water. When the ra
g have eaten the mixture, they will drin
i the water and die. To attract them towar
! it, you may sprinkle on the edges of I'll
plates little of the oil of rhodiun
!. Another method of getting rid of rats is
strew pounded potash in their holes. I'll
potash gets into their coats and irritat
, their skin, and the rats desert the plac
To prevent rats dying in their holes an
:, becoming offensive, poison them by mi
:. ing half a pound of carbonate of baryt
with a quarter of pound of lard. 1t pr
duces great thirst, the rats leave their hol
to drink, and are unable to return.
=
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

A witness in Catskill, New York, law
office describes the poverty of field of
corn as follows: The crop was so stuntsd
and short that the toads could sit on their
launches and pick bugs off the tassels.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

At Saratoga, the other day, bridegroom
stepped off the cars for z moment and the
train went off with his bride. He followed
by the next train down, and she on the
other hand returned by the next train up,
and they passed each other on the road.
This operation was repeated, each trip
leaving them at different ends of the route,
until peremptory telegram kept the bride
stationary until her husband reached her.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

When man wants plug of tobacco the
grocery three-fourts of mile off is only
step, but if his wife wants a drink of cool
water from a neighbor's well opposite, by
some mysterious agency that we'll suddenly
becomes removed more than mile away.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

Twelve hacks went over to the 4.45 train
yesterday afternoon and brought back one
passenger, which is an average of four cents
hack. And yet people wonder why hack.
men are profane.-Norchich Bulletin.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

The London Rothschild is dead, and
every poor devil of an editor remarks with
satisfied complacency that money could
not save him." Poverty don't save a man
either Cincinnati Saturday Niqkt.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

What is earthly happiness? That phan-
tom of which we hear SO much and see so
little; whose promises are constantly given
and constantly broken, but as constantly
believed; that cheats us with the sound
instead of the substance, and with the
blossom instead of the fruit.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

A widOwer married near Montgomery,
Ala. One of his servants was asked, " Will
he take bridal tour?' and received as
answer: 81 dunno, sab, he take paddle
to his fust one-dunno if he take a bridal
to de new one or not"
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

A Mrs. Edwards, of Streator, ILL.,, cut her
baby's nose off while slicing bread with the
little chap in her lap. A physician was
called, who pasted the nose on again, and
thinks he will be able to make it stick.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

A lady remarked to a popular divine that
his sermons were little too long. "Don't
you think SOP" said she-"just little?'
All! dear madam" replied the divine,
" | am afraid you don't like 'the sincere
milk of the Word.' " 3" Yes, do,'' said she
"but you know the fashion nowadays is
condensed milk"
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

A good book and good woman are ex-
cellent things for those who know justly
how to appreciate their value. There are
men, however, who judge of both from the
beauty of the covering.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

A Chinaman in California, whose life was
insured for large amount, was seriously
hurt by falling from a wagon. There was
some doubt of his ever getting better, and
at length one of his friends wrote to the
insurance company, Charley half dead
like half money"
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

You should consider well, execute with
vigor, and stick to your purpose, putting
off nothing till the morrow. Resolves not
carried out at the right moments, are like
clouds without rain in sore drought.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

The chairman of a vigilance committee,
who was instructed to duck an obnoxious
citizen, thus reported to his constituents:
"We took the thief down to the river
made hole in the ice, and proceeded to
duck him, but he slipped out of our hands
and hid under the ice All our efforts to
entice him to come out failed.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

An old lady, hearing some one reading
about Congressman at large, rushed into
the kitchen door shouting, "Sarah Jane
don't you leave the clothes out all night :;
mind what l tell you, for there's a Congress
man at large"
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

HURRAH.-Who can tell the meaning of
"hurrah?" 1t originated among Eastern
nations, where it was used as a war-cry,
from the belief that all who died in battle
went to heaven. "To Paradisem (hmrah!)
men shouted to one another, by way of
the fight; and so, in time, came our word
"hurrah n which means almost anything
you choose, so that it be of good cheer.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

CoUGHING--The best method of easing a
cough is TO resist it with all the force of
will possible, until the accumulation of
phlegm become greater; then there is
something to cough against, and it comes
up very much easier and with half the
coughing. A great deal of hacking and
hemming, and coughing in invalids, is
purely nervous, or the result of mere habit,
as is shown by the frequency with which it
occurs while the patient is thinking about
it, and its comparative rarity when he is so
much engaged that there is no time to
think, or when the attention is impelled in
another direction.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

Man" Do you think it would be safe
for me to cross this pasture?" Maid"
Well, the old bull don't like red very
much, but if you will chalk your nose 1
guess he won't attack YOU"
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

Harmless mirth is the best cordial against
the consumption of the spirits; wherefore.
jesting is not unlawful if it trespasseth not
in quality, quantity or season..
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

An ILLUSTRATION OF MORMON LIFE
An illustration of Norman life is found
in the history of young girl who had
engaged herself to marry a young man
named Robinson. She saw Mr.. Stagner,
who had one wife already, and soon she
had vision that she was intended for
Stagner's wife. She was sealed to him
accordingly, but after some years she once
more saw Robinson, experienced another
vision, was unsealed from Stagner, and
married Robinson. Then Robinson had a
vision and took to himself an additional
wife, but she died soon afterward. In the
meantime Stagner's original wife also died,
and MRS. Robinson had final vision which
she made known to Stagnsr. But this
appears to have gone beyond the latter's
faith, and inclination also, for he refuses to
enter the matrimonial relation again for her
or anybody else. BY the rules Of Mormon
belief she is shut out Of heaven If she re-
mains as she is, and her condition is thus
more unfortunate than that Of any widow
mentioned in history or romance.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

"You amt afraid to die ?" said the
clergyman, tenderly. "No," replied the
sufferer, "rm only afraid if / do that the
old woman will go shooting among my
private papers the first thing."-BrOOkbn
Afys@.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

Peace is the flowing of brook, but joy
is the dashing Of cataract when the brook
is filed, bursts its banks and rushes down
the rocks.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

Counter-claims--Y Your wife's shopping
bills.
Smyrna times., 1876-02-09

To remove paint splashed upon window
panes, use hot solution of soda, and a soft
flannel.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-15
.ubusiness letters and COM
munica'ions, INTENDED ''F
,n,s paper, should be address
1.-THE REGIsTER,W wheel
Ing. W. Va
o,mocratic and Conservative State
Convention.

,uoCRATIC AND CONSERNA A
f'hn a,vr Marty of West Virginia, are re-
80 appoint delegates TO meet In
@" ,%s c,,~ OF Charleston. on In"s"a"y' 'ns ,ns
the GU. ot June, at 10 o'clock A. NJ for
SIN u .Hose OF no minating candidates ior
the epu,p of Governor, Auditor, Treas
the o o,,,orpey.General, State supsrinten.
uis'' ,p", of Free schools, and three Judges OF
ae"I corrt ot Appeals. Also for the pur-
'"s ~. Of appointing two Delegates from
congressional district OF the state
~ four Delegates from the state al
TO represent West Virginia In
n.mocratic National Convention, to
,,,d in st. Louis on the 9th day Oh
,or the nomination of candidates for
n...,asnt and Vice President of the United
',,.,s. the selection ofan Electoral IioKet'
,.,, transaction of such other proper
S's,nsss 'n As may come before the said Con-
yention .,.o.s
,,he state, without regard to past poiitl-
20 .ar di,erences. who are opposed 10 poiitl-
y, ,orruption in high places, are cerdlaiiJ
,,v,,.d 10 participate In the meetings
.a,lai 10 appoint said Delegates.
ALEX. CAMPBELL, Chairman.
w. GALLAHER, Sec'y.
nemoeratic papers OF the State please
copy. ur,I
p,pyrRsBuRG, March 9, 1876. lhrli
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-15
From Mexico.

A Galveston Ne,cs special, dated Rio
Grande City. May 18th, says: "At day
light this morning, Escobedo left the
river with his forces, and it is reported
there has been hard fighting near Cam:
argo. |. is not known which side has
gained the day. 1t Is reported that SOo
were killed and 1000 wounded. A shell
struck church in Camargc, killing
priest Al four women ut prayers. Four
large boats are landing infantry opposite
Csmarpo, on the San Juan river.
MArAMoRAs, May l4.-General Esco-
bedo reached Csmargo, 300 miles distant
Yesterday with 5000 government troops
and is advancing rapidly on this city.
Generals Tuero and Querago are coming
ON another road with 1900 men to unite
With Escobedo in attacking
This place. Great excitement
nreysils here among the revolutionists
Several hundred men are repairing the
for,ifica,ious and every preparation Tor =
stubborn defence is being made. Yes
,erdav the staff officers o. Gen. Gonzales
ior,ibly took lot OF lumber belonging
80 c;t;zens of the United States
co, the Notifications. The American
counsel il Iterfered to protect the interests
Of American citizens, when the otncers
declared they would shoot the German
.nJ American consuls if they interfered
with General Gonzales. The American
snd German consuls with the command
a. of the United States vessel of war
oa,lad ON Gonzales, who d,ssvowed the
a., q, his officers and assured the consuls
,hst M foreigners should be respected.
Msnv families are leavirg z the city OF all
n,ticnsiities in anticipation OF lombard
ment
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-15
@r1rJ 1u115 WHEELING W. VA MONDAY MORNING.

and most expeditions remedy have ever
found was 10 catch the old ones when
they made their appearance on the vines.
This will be as soon as the tops of the
potato vines are out of the ground. Last
season caught fifty four from patch
two rods square, some of the hills
not being up yet. They are in
the earth and come to the sur
f.ce as soon as the spring opens.
One of those bugs, l should think, will
lay from 500 to ] 900 eggs. and the young
from that deposi. will destroy a large
patch of potatoes. In looking for bugs
keep your eye out also, for the eggs on
the underside of the leaves. By a little
attention to the catching of the old bugs
at the start a man can save vast amount
of trouble, tor rs soon rs the bugs hatch
they are hard to get rid Of"
The insects have ceased to cause much
fear from them at the West, where
they originated, the use of the Paris
green, and prompt attention to its use,
haAng been found the surest, and We
may add the only remedy to counteract
their operations. Apply the Pa,is
green mixed with plaster or -four in
the proportion of one part of the pure
green to forty or fifty Of the plaster, and
dust il over the vines by means of u tin
box with a perforated top, and with a
long handle attached, so that the appli-
cation may be made without danger of
inhaling the dust. Another plan is to
mix the Paris green with water, and
apply with a watering can or similar
vessel. The powder is not soluble, and
the mixture has 10 be kept agilsted. This
is probably the most convenient and safe
plan to apply the poison.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-15
DR.. Taylor Declines 10 Hear

DR.. Taylor Declines 10 Hear Bowen.
NEW YORK, May 13.-The following
Is DR.. Taylors letter 10 the clerk of Ply
mouth Church:
Il regret to say that / most respect
fully decline to be present at any such
interview between Mr.. Beecher and Mr.
Bowen. as that which is proposed in the
resolutions which you have sent me. l
cannot see ahy good object that is to be
gaineo by making me "safe," in which
the secrets there to be disclosed are TO be
looked up, while if the expectation was
that l should express some opinion
about the statement which might be
made there. 1t seems to be unressona.
Bile TO ask that l should accept such re.
sponsibility. 1t is my earnest desire
thatlthe Plymouth Church may soon see
the end of its trials; but Il responsibility
which may be probably and constitu-
tionaliy assumed by a mutual council,
should not be laid upon any one mar,
and therefore l am constrained to de-
cline the request which has been made
of me.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-15
FOR STATE SUPERINTENDENT OF
SCHOOLS.
MooREF1ELD, w. Va, May 1lth.
Editors of the Register,

Editors of the Register.
The Democrats oil this section OF the
State have concluded to present the name
OF john johnson, Esq, of Grant county,
to the State Convention, on the 9Th OF
June, for the nomination OF State Super.
intendent OF Free Schools. We concede
to the Kanawha district the leading po-
sition on the State ticket, and we think
our section should be represented through
MIR. Johnston for this office.
This IS all we shall ask of the conven-
ton on the State ticket. Mr.. johnson Is
thoroughly educated and highly accom-
plshed gentleman, eminently qualified
for the position of State Superintendent
of Free Schools. There is no man in the
State better qualified to discharge the
duties of tins position than he is. He
has the cause OF education in our State
greatly at heart. and would exert all his
energies toward making our free school
system what it should be. Mr. Johnston
is man of high character and integrity.
There is nothing Of the later day polltl-
clan and office seeker about the man
He has never held an Office in his life.
He was an applicant for a position, some
time since, IN the University, and ought
to have been elected but was not He is
now and has always been true and
faithful Democrat, standing by the or
ganization of the party through thick
and thin.
The people of this section of the State
would greatly rejoice to see him nomi-
mated and elected to this position. They
believe he would be instrumental in ele-
waiting and making useful and beneficial
the school system of the State. MIR.
johnson is II thorough scholar in all the
higher branches.
BE good enough to give this place in
your columns and obhgc. Yours, &c,
DEMOCRAT
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-15
Indtsputable Evidence.
ST.. ELMO, IL, July y, 1874.

ST. ELMO, ILL, July D, 1874.
X. Y. Pierce. NJ. ID, BuGato, ~ y:
/ wish 10 acd my testimony 10 the
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I have taken great interest in this mcdi-
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and an almost perfect prostrstion OF the
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did the Discovery effect = perfect cure
that il seemed more like magic and per-
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We have never been without bottle Of
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70 day hsskin u perfectly smooth, and the
sealy erupiions are gone. be has taken
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The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-15
iSOn Pedro.

ANNAPOLIS, May 13.-Dom Pedro did
it again. The Emperor of Brazil was tn
visit the naval Academy to day, and
every ybody, including Gov. Carroll and
mis- carriage, were at the railroad depot.
Just before the train was due, the Gov.
ernor received telegram that the impe
rial party would arrive by steamer. He
Immediately drove to the Academy, and
soon after the people rushed to the
gates, which were closed, except to n few
prominent citizens, and to the disap
pointment of the crowd. The Emperor
and party were by received Admiral
Rodgers nd officers, together with the
Governor and staff. After inspecting
the Academy and witnessing the how
itzer drill of the midshipmen, the En-
pcror accompanied the Governor to the
Executive Mansion.
The Wheeling daily register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1864-1878, 1876-05-15
STATE ITEMS.

AN OLD HoRsE-A horse belonging
to Mr.. William Parker, on Sinking
Creek, in this county, died few days
ago, aged thirty-Hve yesrs.-Green6rier
independent.
TUE Greenbrier county Oranges are
going to have a grand Centennial dinner
on the 4th of July. Capital idea.
Fort SPRING Grange No. 24S has
adopted the following resolutions;
Resoired, That we ask the aid oil all
Patrons and citizens throughout the
state of West Virginia, to tax all rail-
roads and cooperative companies, and
to use their influence in carrying out
these principles.
Resoired, That we will not knowing
ly) vote for any man to represent us In
the Legislature and in the Senate OF this
State who is not in favor OF carrying
out the same.
WHEAT.-The crop in this section
Is looking unusually we'll, and promises
a fine yield. IN our recent trip to Mer-
cer we were struck with the flourlshing
appearance OF the wheat and large acre
age sown.- Hinton Herald.
WE learn that Mr.. w. j. Stolnaker
proposes soon to establish chair factory
at Rock Point, in this county. Success 70
the enterprise.
WITH the woolen factory and tobacco
factory on Second Creek. and chair lac
tory at Rocky Point, the busy hum ol
machinery will make things livery IN
that section of our couLty.-Monroe TO-
Vat hnsan.
Ir i. reported that Republican news
naper will soon be started at Keyser City
and that Hon. J. T. Hoke will mount the
editorial tripod.
The West Virginia Editorial Associa'
lion meets at Charlestown, Jefferson
county, Thursday, June lst
HAS Col. Hanaway struck "bonanzaF
1t would seem that the Colonel has his
to "a pile" il there is any truth in the
following item which We clip from th'
Pendleton county West Va-) Ne'es of
recent date. II says: I'VE are glao u
learn that Jade's copper mine is at las
to be tested and its quantity and ricanes'
developed. Mr.. Hanaway, of Baltimore e
has arrived and will shortly proceed u
erect furnace and other necessary ap
pai stus to fully settle the question for
veal or woe forever"
THx Fayetteville Enterprise says 'ha
the wheat in that section was very
severely injured BY the last freeze. L,
some places nearly one-third was ruined
THE fruit crop, with the exception o
peaches and some varieties Of cherries
yet in . very promising condition, an AM
not materially injured, III not at all Tn
ind cations are for an unusually aoun
dant crop Of apples.-Wetisbar0 Herald