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Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-28
A scR1MMAeE.-Last night a couple

A SCRIMMAGE.-Last night a couple
OF gentlemen of the coal burning pro-
fession had an alteration in a dive on
the lower level. The subject matter of
the dispute was the affections of a
soiled dove, whose cote was located in
that vicinity. The argument waxed
warmer and warmer, until finally it
eliminated in a collision of the carbon.
ties, which was summary checked by
officer Mckee, who happened to be
perambulating the sidewalk near by.
Honors were about easy between the
belligerents, n having received a dis
colored optic, and the other an nsan-
guined proboscis. Both appeared sat
and as they promised to emulate
the lamb in their future department,
they were permitted to depart in peace.
Eureka daily sentinel. [volume] (Eureka, Nev.) 1871-1887, 1876-04-28
LOCAL INTELLIGENCE.
Arrivals and Departures.
Arrival. Last Night.

4 EUREKA AND rAiisADs RAILROAD.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10
How Alcohol IntOxicatcs.

In Il late number of the Edinburgh
Rcricsg is an exhaustive and carefully
written paper upon "The Physiolog-
zeal influence of Alcohol" 1t is
calm and scientific, not emotional,
but crowded with facts and informa-
ton. According to this article, when
spurious drink is taken into the
body, it does not simply run through
the digestive cavity of that body, but
it runs through the blood before it
can find any escape, and it clings to
that blood for considerable period,
flowing with it, round and round,
through the circling stream of its un-
ccasing progress. ltgoes everywhere
in each fibre, membrane and tissue,
and fills and saturates each vital or.
gan-Aesh, brain, heart, liver, lung,
kidney, skin and secreting apparatus
Wherever there should be blood, un-
der the natural arrangements of life,
there is now blood mingled with the
alcoholic spirit,
Articles OF food arc Complex bod
les, built up from simpler clements
by the effort of vegetable life" AL
cohol isnot such complex substance,
but it is a product of the downward
degradation and decay of such a com
plex principle" The foods which
furnish substance TO tho living
structures are, for the most part,
composed with the aid of nitrogen,
and have therefore an affinity with
the vital parts of the human struct-
urc. "rhc iibrin of the blood, the
muscular flesh, the cartilagcs and
tcndons, the membranes and the
skin, the soft nerve pulp and the
brain, are all so many examples Of
nitrogoni2cd matter" but alcohol is
entirety dccoid J nitrogen in any form,
In the exceptional cases whore alec,
hol has been found useful as Il mcdi'
clue, an unnatural condition OF the
body exists, and physicians should
determine when stimulantS, as a
medicine, are necessary.
The parts of the body which pos.
scss the most energetic vitality, the
brain, the nerves and tho nervous
material Of the spinal cord, are prin'
cipaIly composed Of matter of The
most pulpy consistcncc, 50 soft that
it may almost DO termed melting
This ucrvc.pulp is packed into
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10
Rock of Ages Cleft for Me-"

In the pleasant county Of Devon,
in one of its early scqucstercd passes,
with n fow cottages sprinklcd over it
unused and sang Augustus Toplady.
When a lad of sixteen and on visit
to Ireland, he strolled into barn in
which an illiterete layman was preach
ing reconciliation to God through the
death of his Son. The homcly SER
mon took effect, and from that mo-
ment the gospel yielded all the pow
or of his brilliant and active mind
During his last lines, Augustus Top
lady seem to lie in the very vestibulc
of glory. To a friends inquiry, he
answered with sparkling eye; 80,
my dear sir, | cannot tell, the COM
fort feel in my soul, they are past
expression. The consultations Of God
are so abundant that he leaves me
nothing to pray for. My prayers are
all converted into praise. | enjoy a
Heaven already within my soul"
And within an hour of dying, he call
ed his friends and asked ifthcy could
give him up; and when theyrcplicdin
the affirmative, tears ofjoy ran down
his cheeks as he added, ooh, what a
blessing that you are made willing to
give me over to the hands Of my dear
Rodccmer and part with me; for no
mortal can live after having seen the
glories which God has manifested to
my SOUL" And thus died the writer
of the beautiful hymn, Crock of Ages
cleft for me-"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10
A Beautiful Tribute to II Mother.

Children, look in those eyes listen
to that dear voice, notice the feeling
of even a single touch that is be.
slowed opon you by that gentle handl
Make much of it while you have the
most precious of all gifts, a loving
mother, Read the unbelievable love
of those eyes; the kind anxiety of
that tone and look, however slight
your pain. In after life you may
have friends, fond, dear friends; but
never will you have again the mex.
prossioniblc love and gentloncss lay
ishod upon you which none but n
mother bestows, Often do sigh in
my struggles with tho dark, uncar.
Ing world, for the sweet, deep sccuri.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10
She Meant Business.

They have some queer girls over
in Colorado. One of them, who re-
sides in the Cache la Poudre valley,
had been receiving the attentions of
a young man for about year, but,
becoming impatient at his failure to
bring matters to a crisis, she resolved
to ascertain his intentions. When
he next called she took him gently
by the car, and said: "Nobby, you've
been foolin' round this claim fur
mighty near a year, and hcv never
yit shotof yer mouth on the marryin'
biz, I've cottoned to yer on the
square clean through, and hev stood
off every other galoot tibet has tried
ter chip in; and now | want yer tn
come down tn business or leave the
rancho. Ef yer on the marry, an
want pard thctll stick rite tn you
till ye pass in yer checks an the
good Lord calls yo over the range,
jist squcal an we'll hitch; but Of thot
amt yer game, draw out an give
some other Teller show fur his pile,
Now sing yer song, or skip out"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10

ty | felt when, ofan evening nesting
in her bosom, l listened to somOauiot
tale, suitable 70 my age, read in her
tender and uatiring voice. Never
can forget her sweet gIances cast
upon me when l appeared asleep ne
yer her kiss Of peace at night. Years
have passed away since we laid her
beside my father in the old church
yard; and still her voice whispers nom
the grave, and her eye watches over
me, as l visit spots long since haE-
lowed to the memory of my mother.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10

The Morgan Mercury gives the fol-
lowing as the pororation ofan argu-
mcnt of demurrer lately delivered by
young lawyer of that county. 1t
is evident that he will some day or
other make his mark:
"May it please your Honor this is
Il stupcndous question. Its decision
by you this day, will live in judicial
history long after you and | shall
have passed from this scene of earth
ly glory and suLlunary vanity; when
the tower of Pisa shall be forgotten;
Waterloo and Borodino shall grow
dim in the distant cycles of receding
centuries when the names of Eugene
Marlborough and Napoleon are no
longer remembered; when the Pyra-
mids of the Pharaohs shall have
crumbled into dust; when the hippo
tamus shall cease to inhabit its ma
tive Nile; even then your ruling up
on this demurrer will still survive in
the volumes of legal lore, MS fresh,
green and impcrishahlc as an Anti
que Thompson grasshoppcr or Col
orado potato bug
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10
missionary Muscle.

Saturday morning a sandy-haired
young man, six feet three inches
high, and looking like a walking
shadow, came at the Central Station,
and after solemnly blowing his nose
he remarked;
"This is an awful wicked town.
"Well, there are some wicked peO-
pie here" replied the captain.
Vice and malice walk hand in
hand up and down every street and
avenue" continued the stranger, as
he doubled up and sat down.
"Well, I'm sorry" replied the cap
tain, Il wish everybody would be
good enough to melt away and dis
solve in a blaze of glory"
"But the wicked shall be rebuk-
ed, " said the stranger as he put his
foot down, "and the minions of Satan
shall be put to fight"
~ want ticket to that entertain
ment when it comes off," smiled the
captain.
81 have walked far to meet Satan
and conquer him" said the stranger,
"Point me out the wickedest and vii
est corner of the city, and there l
will take my stand and do battle"
"You had better husk your own
corn andlet wickedness alonc," re-
piled the captain. "What brought
you here and where are you going?"
"My friend, the Lord sent me here
to battle against wickedncss, and I'll
fight till l die, l want to go right
out and find the strong,holds of Sa-
tan, and deal them sturdy blows I'M
til they cry for quarter, and victory
ismine!"
After borrowing a chew of tobacco,
the stranger left the station and soon
made his appearance in at Il saloon
on Beabien street.
"Here doth Satan reign" he said
to the bullet-headed man behind the
bar.
"No whisky without the cash." re-
piled the bartender,
"Whiskyl whisky, you degraded
minion of Satan!" exclaimed the tall
man. "Know ye that l have come to
canter Satan out of this place and let
in the light of knowledge and good
ness"
"Glide," growled the bar-kcepcr,
pointing to the door.
"Thricc-dyed in wickedness, pledge
me that you will at once turn from
the evil of your ways!" shouted the
tall man as he danced around.
"Hcre you go" answered the bar
tender, making a rush for him.
But he didn't go, He knocked the
man of drinks in a corner and kick
ed him after he was down, and when
a crowd gathered he stood on the
steps and said;
"Yc wicked and malicious, | have
come among you to knock Satan off
feet, and I'll purify this town if l
perish in the attempt"
The police took him to the station,
and on Monday morning he will be
judged according to the deeds done
in the body.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10
THE WAsmINGTONIANs.
How the Temperance Reform OF
the Last Century OrIginnted.

HOW the temperance RgelOfm Oh
the Last Century Originated.
Hon. Frank w. Miller, a son of
one Of the earliest and most consist
ent members of the Washington To-
tai Abstinence Society, has contrib
uted to the Portsmouth On. H. Chron-
icle brief history of that organiza-
ton. He says: On the second day of
April, 1910, six men sat drinking in
tavern on Liberty street, Baltimore.
Notices had been published in the
papers Of that city that distinguish
ed clergyman-Matthew Hale Smith
would lecture on temperance that
evening in one of the churches. This
subject was mentioned by one Of the
six, and, after some talk, it was ag-
reed that two OF their number should
attend the meeting, and report. This
was done, and, after the report had
been listened to, and the subject dis
cussed, one Of them exclaimed; "Let
us form n temperance society, and
make Bill Mitchell president" With
this understanding, and after taking
another drink, they separated On
the next evening they met at the
same-the matter was again talked
over, and they resolved to form, and
did form, a society, naming it after
the father of their country, as it was
quite common at that time to name
most organizations after Washington.
The names of those six individuals
were William Mitchell, David Hess,
Charles Anderson, George Steer Bill
McCurdy and Tom Campbell. They
then voted to meet the next night in
a carpenters shop, and each agreed
to bring a new member. These
meetings were held almost nightly,
and for remarks each related his own
experience at the court of death. AS
might be expected, these meetings
began to attract public attention.
John Hawkins early became mem
Der, but was not one of the original
six. These reformed men were soon
invited to visit other cities and
towns, and who of our old citizens
has not listened to the thrilling and
simple experience of John Hawkins
as he has portrayed the misery of the
drunkard and told the touching story
of his little daughter Hannah per-
suading him to gait the drunkard's
drink. This new movement spread
from city to city, and from town to
town, until there was scarcely a
place in the United States that did
not have its Washingtonian Total
Abstinence Society, Men who had
been drunkard's for years burst the
bands that had so long bound them,
and became temperance rcformcrs.-
The name being quite long, it soon
became shortened by daily use, and
these organizations became known
throughout the country as washing
tonians.' The Washingtonian So
eiety was originated in Portsmouth
in 1871, and has been instrumental
in retaining moro than three hun
bred incorporate men, many Of
whom kept the pledge till their dy-
ing day, Others still live blessing
to their families and an honor to So
cicty, They demonstrated the great
fact that the drunkard could be saved.
While nearly all the societies Of this
class in the country have ceased to
exist, the Portsmouth Washingto-
mans have always maintained their
nr0o ni1otion
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10
LECTURE.
MANHOOD:
HOW LOST. HOW RESTORED!

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self-indulgence OF sexual extravaganza, &c.
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The celebrated author in this admirable
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OF Internal medicine or the application OF
the knife; pointing out mode OF cure at
once certain and cilcctual, by means Of
which every sufferer no matter what
his condition may be, may cure himself
cheaply, privately and radically.
HER. This Lecture should be in the hands
of every youth and every man in the land
Sent under seal, in plain envelope, tc
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Address the Publishers,
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10

minute pllill sdthh dI4u bu"S@ VIC
cernable only by microscopic aid
Through these tiny and almost inyis-
ible films the blood is filtered. y
The nerve-pulp appropriates such
qualities of the blood as nourish life
and build up the structure, and at
the same time reject and throw back
into the stream their own waste par
ticles. Large quantities of water
enter into the composition of this
pulpy matter, and the first evil eff
fects of alcohol is to withdraw this
water. For alcohol is an ''uncon-
trollable impulse" to draw water in.
to itself. Excessive use Of alcohol
hardens and dries up the nerve-pulp
in such way as to impair if not
spoil it for its proper office. When
excessive drinking does not produce
intoxication it is because the nerve
pulp has become insensible as an
''oiled sponge"
The flushed face upon the approach
Of inebriation is among the earliest
signs of the disturbers of these deli
cate "filters" in their work, the face
being among the parts of the body
exceptionally supplied with blood
The restraining or filtering work Of
the pulpy substance is impaired, and
hence the unnatural reception OF
blood into the pulp cells. If this I'M
NATURAL process isy repeated or be-
comes habitual, the blotched, red,
swoolen and pimpled face is the re-
suit of keeping the nerve pulp satu-
rated with alcohol, and the delicate
membranes, thickened, dried, and
dyed red, show through the skin.
The first stages of intoxication are
shown in the want of command over
the lower lip and lower limbs. The
nerve pulp of the spinal cord is
touched. The muscles feels the tor
por. Trembling and shuddering fol-
low. Next the nerve pulp of the
brain comes under the evil influence,
and the control of the judgment and
the will disappear. When q man is
what is termed "dcad drunk" the
paralysis of the higher nerve centres
and Of the brain is carried to its full
end. All inlets of the senses are
closed; all consciousness and sensa-
ton are destroyed, and all power of
voluntary movement is effaced. The
heart-the seat Of life-toils on. If
an enormous quantity of alcohol is
swallowed at once, as in the case of
foolish wagers, the toll of the heart
soon ceases and the man is dead in
deed. But in ordinary instances the
torpor saves life, as it stops the
drinkor just at the point when far
Their drinking would kill him out
right.
With this general view of the eff
fects of alcohol, and the manner in
which they are produced, it is easy
to understand why headache, sleepli-
ness, nausea, palpitation of the heart
and the "trembling delirium" ac-
and follow the excessive
use of alcohol. A poison in the
stomach can be pumped out or voided.
A poison in the blood must wait re-
till the efforts Of nature effect
it: But when nature itself is abused
and impaired its recupcrative pow
ers soon become destroyed, The eff
feet of continued Adjudication upon
the liver, kidneys and stomach it is
unnecessary to describe, as they are
well understood. But where the mis-
chicvous process begins and how it is
are points new to most
non-medical readers.
The Morgan Mercury gives the fol-
I II r a.,..,,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-02-10

"Pcars to me you've got a putty
slim fire, Mirandy," said a spindling
youth the other night, as he sat in
front of the fireplace by the side of Il
buxom young girlwhohadno earthly
use for him, "Yes," she said, as she
wickcdly looked at the floor behind
him, "it is about all you and the fire
can do between you to get up a re.
speclablc shadow"
The New York herald., 1876-07-26
Lord Derby's speech.

Lord Derby is facetious statesman.
Whenever he touches upon the extradition
question especially he bubbles over with
fun. On many occasions when the subject
was referred to in Parliament he showed his
humorous vein to great advantage but his
reply to Earl Granville on Monday evening
was his greatest effort by all odds. 1t re-
quires great wit to put a question as Lord
Derby puts it, as for instance when he says
that negotiations are now going on with the
hopes OF speedy success, only to add that he
will Immediately renew the negotiations for
merly interrupted. If they are now going
on what is the use Of renewing them? A
conundrum like this is worthy of Josh Bill
ings, and if Lord Derby could only be per-
entertain hopes Of equalIing any of our great
American humorists both in wit and
wisdom. But he has given US even
finer example of his humor than
this admirable conundrum. II think"
he says, ''if the negotiations are likely to
last some time we ought to endeavor to
establish provisional arrangement which
will prevent rascals from benefting by the
falling out of honest men," This is ex-
quisite. All the falling out has been be-
cause rascals were benefited by Lord Derby
The noble Earl has been the friend of forgers
even to the extent of abrogating treaty,
and now, when his work is complete, when
England is the resort of American rogues
and America the refuge of English rascals,
he has the temerity to grow funny over his
own work. Lord Derby ought to know, how
ever, that humor. however fine, will not re-
habilitate treaty which obtuseness has
destroyed. Whenever he sends us Winslow
and the others we will talk about new
treaty; but until then, or until another Min
lister not so funny in his official speeches nor
so obtuse in his official acts takes his place,
we will make England welcome to all the
rascals we can send her and make the best
of those she sends to us.
The New York herald., 1876-07-26
Custer,s Last Battle.

We print this morning singularly inter-
esting letter from an officer attached TO the
forces operating against the Indians, which
gives some new and important details of
Clusters last battle and of the places where
the brave commander and his men fought
and fell. The description which is given
through the Crow survivor, Curly,
of the battle itself and of Clusters
part in it is singularly graphic and
will be especially welcome as something
like an authentic narrative of the last scene
in his life. The courage and zeal with
which the brave soldier is depicted fighting
that last fight, the unfinching determina-
tion with which he resisted superior num-
bers and refused to yield to wounds or loss
of blood until the shot in the breast allowed
the proud spirit which had SO long
upheld the man to escape, will be
especially grateful to oil who respected
the man and the soldier. Interesting
as these details are in themselves, they
are especially welcome as worthy trib-
ute to the memory of q soldier as brave as
he was beloved. They reach us late it is
true, but not too late to stir the hearts of the
people with reverence for a noble deed nobly
done. Such an account of Clusters battle.
meagre as it is, is an enduring monument to
his fame which will outlast even the marble
pillar which the American people purpose
erecting to his memory. When this story of the
courage and devotion Of his death-struggle,
so completely confirming everything that
has been claimed for him and silencing his
traducers, goes forth, it cannot fail to be a
proud satisfaction to those who have already
contributed to the Custer Monument Fund,
and we cannot but believe it will give new
impetus to the desire to do honor to his
memory and that of his companions who fell
with him in his last desperate battle.