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The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-01-24
Hot Lakes in New Zealand.

After a substantial colonial breakfast,
consisting of mutton in various forms,
re went down winding path to the
lake, and found that the chief to whom
we had applied had supplied us with q
substantial English-built boat and a
crew of six men, who did no injustice to
the Maori fame for stature and strength.
We at once embarked, but it was q good
half-hour before we could prevail on our
escort to do the same. Whenever Moari
meets Moari they must have talk, and
for the next twenty minutes these fell
lows kept up such a furious jabber that
we expected to see knives and toma-
hawks out at every instant. At last they
all took their seats at the oars end away
we started at great pace, ar in less
than two hours we landed on the other
side. The warm stream that flowed
from the hot lake above was too rapid
to contend against in any thing but
light canoes; and having laden two of
the crew with our luncheon and rugs
we proceeded to walk the remaining
mile to the White Terraces. The scenery
already was pretty enough, but we were
quite unprepared for the wonderfully
beautiful sight which suddenly burst up
on us as we turned the last corner. A
vast marble staircase rose above us
streaming with water. At the summit
q cloud of steam came rolling slowly
up from some gigantic boiling pool and
aoated away among the hills. We were
soon at the foot of the hill, and a
nearer inspection only enhanced the
beauty. The broad, fiat steps were
worn by the action of sulphuretted wa
ter into an exact imitation of white
coral, and on every platform rested a
basin of the bluest, clearest water. As
each of these was filed from the basin
above it overlooked into the basin below,
and from being at boiling point at the
top the water became almost cold at the
bottom. As we assembled the steam be-
came more and more dense; VIC stood
on the brink of the topmost boiling pool,
wet to the skin and unable to see yard
in front of US until some friendly gust of
wind carried the vapor away. All these
occasional glimpses revealed the most
curious sight of all. The pool was al
most regularly circular and hollow by
nature 50 exactly that its sides might
compare favorably with the best paved
bath in London. A mass of clear blue
water writhed and tumbled within, now
rising with burst to the height of some
twenty feet, now sinking into q furious
whirlpool. The sight was beautiful and
and one could no longer doubt
that the Maories had here chosen q fit
ting habitation for their gods; indeed,
who but gods could dwell in the spot
80 unnatural, so unearthly?-G Good
Words.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-01-24

TROUGH plants sleep at night, they
may be disturbed arti6cially. A French
chemist tried the experiment on sensi.
tive plant, keeping it in a bright light
st night and dark room during the
dsy. The plant didn't take kindly to it
at first, but soon got used to the change,
and at last turned day into night and
Eight into day as easily as . Newspaper
telegraph editor.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-01-24

"TAKINa the ugliness out of q woman
Is an expensive business" said M.
Reynolds, OF Eaton County, Mich, as he
paid $3.50 for whipping Mrs. r.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-01-24

while having . fsV Republican names
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-01-24

there's going to b lots Of that Kind OF
work. -
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1879-01-24

Justice blanks of all kinds printed
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
Speak Well of Others.


Don't call one of your school
ugly, another stingy, another cross,
behind their backs. 1t is the mean
est kind of sin. Even if they are
very ugly, stingy or cross, it does
you no good to repeat it. 1t only
serves to make you love to tell Of
faults-it makes you uncharitable-
your soul grows smaller-your heart
loses its generous blood, when you
tattle about your friends. Tell all
the good you know about them and
carry their sins in your own heart;
Or else tell them to God, and ask Him
to pardon them. That will be
Christ-like. If anybody says to yeu,
"Oh! that Mary Willis did such a
naughty thing" call to mind some
virtue that Mary possesses, and hold
it up to their praise. For your own
sake, learn to make this q habit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
A Living Wonder.

The Wytheville Enterprise says:
"In the town of Marion there Is, per-
haps, the only living specimen of a
person with broken neck. The
wonderful subject Of this sketch is a
little boy, the son of Southern par
ents, who are visitors to the town
mentioned. Several years since, by
an accident, the particulars of which
we have not been able to obtain, the
child's neck was broken, and the ge-
MUS Of a surgeon was called dInto
requisition to supply some means by
which the little fellow could live in
his unfortunate condition. Iron or
steel bars were arranged, running up
the spine and clasping on either side
of the face, thus holding the head in
its wonted position, and thus lives
on the little boy, now ten or twelve
years of age. Sometime since the
frame work used to sustain the posi-
tion of the head was broken, and the
head fell to one side, cutting off the
power Of speech. The mother took
the little one in her lap, and held its
head in natural position until the
clasp was mended, when all went
we'll as previously. We had never
imagined such a thing as a person
living with a broken neck, and pre-
sumo that there was never, at least
in this country, an instance such as
the one just related. We get our in
formation direct from Marion and
can vouch for the yeracity of our in.
formant, TO whom such particulars as
We have related were given"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
A CrOaker.

There are croakers in every coun-
try, always brooding its ruin. Such
one lived in Philadelphia, a person
Of note, an elderly man, with q wise
and a very grave manner of speaking;
his name was Samuel Mickle. This
gentleman, stranger to me, stopped
one day at my door, and asked me If
! was the young man who had lately
opened a new printing,house. Be-
ing answered in The affirmative, he
said he was sorry for me, because it
was on expensive undertaking, and
the expense would be lost; for Phila.
desphia was sinking place, the pco.
pie already half bankrupt, or near
being so; all appearances to the con-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
The End ofa Divorce Suit.

We recall q story Of Mayor Waller'st
which he used to tell with an unlim.
tied relishfor the humorofit, although
it fell upon himself. He had been
retained by female petitioner in o
divorce suit, had prepared the case,
and had it especially set down for
trial. Just before the case was called
the woman interviewed him and
said:
"I want you TO stop that case"
"Cannot do it, ma'am," replied the
Mayor, urbanely, "the Witnesses are
all here and the court in readiness"
81 want you to stop it." repeated
the woman.
81 cannot do it," again replied the
Mayor.
"But you must" declared the wo.
man.
"But shall not" said the Mayor.
Yes, you WILL" said the woman.
"Why?" inquired the Mayor.
Because" answered the woman
"my husband has just been drowned
in the Metis."
The case was stopped .-Me@ ton-
don telegram
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
NosinE AroannI,d.

aetne Of those chan #lIo wear
their elbows down thin leaning on
saloon counters have an artificial iiy
'Kith g; fine threfd attached TO the
back, and sometimes these toys can
Ibe DaudledSto the anussmsnt Of a
|suaiE crowd when AN unknown
p1lIn yesterday fell asleep IN q saloon
IOn Michigan avenue, the spang man
with an artificial fy was there. He
took position: bshird his victim, who
was lying back IN his chair and
presently the as alighted on THE
stranger nose, walked dptthe bridge
and dow, and settled for q moment
on the. tip end. The sleeper never
NO he fly went over
the ola road, dove into the corner Of
the left eye, gallopcd over to the
right, and came down to the grand
stand on the dead run, but the sleep
er slept on. 1t began to appear that
he was used to flies, and so the game
was changed. BY sticking a pin
through one of these toys you can
make quite a bee of it, the pin being
the stihger,
when the "bce" descended on the
strangers nose everybody expected
to see sudden start, but it did not
come. After jab at the tip end the
"bce" crawled along up, waiting for
developments and getting in an oc.
casional sting, but not even sigh
escaped the sleeper. The young man
with the insect was getting tired
when the stranger lazily opened his
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
InterIopers.

How many quarrels would be made
up were it not for interlopers? 1t
sometimes happens that men who
have cut each other in society, are
on the point of swallowing their
pride and shaking hands, when an
idle fellow begins a conversation
with one of them, and the opportu-
nifty isgone, perhaps never to return.
Again, how many marriages are pre-
vented by interlopers? An interrupt.
ed proposal is not always continued.
An innocent persons entering room
in order to write note may spoil all
by appearing at the critical moment;
and even a servant with coal box
has been known to put to flight a
nervous suiter. Indeed, servants are
much given to interloping. Ifa wife
is to be consulted, a child scolded, or
an awkward question broached, an
over-zealous domestic is. sure to be.
come interested in the condition of
the drawing:room fire or commence
preparations for afternoon tea. But
on what trifes important matters de-
pend. We remember boy losing
a fne estate by walkin govera flower
bed of relative.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
Two Voices.

"The sweetest voice | ever 11eard,''
said Bishop, ''was woman's. II
was soft and low, but penetrating
musical and measured in its accents,
but not precise. We were on a stea.
mcr, and she murmured something
commonplace about the scenery. |
do not remember what she said, but
| can never forget the exquisitely
tender, musical voice." "The sweet.
est voice | ever heard" replied the
professor, "was mans. ! had been
out fishing nearly all day, and got
back TO the hotel about 3 O'clock
The man came out on the front stoop
opened his mouth like u sea.cavern
and roared "DIN-NUR wtill it sour
ed the milk in the cellar. / have
heard other voices since" But
Bishop, with a look of intense dis
gust all over his face, had already
walked away out Of hearing, and
was lightinga q fresh cigar by him.
self.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
Getting Money.

The most unfortunate day in the
career of any young man is the day
on which he fancies there is some
better way to make money than to
earn it; for from that feeling springs
the many extravagant and visionary
schemes which are INDUCED in for
the purpose of gaining livelihood
without labor. When young man
becomes thoroughly infected with
this feeling he is ready to adopt any
means for the accomplishment of his
object; and if his plans are frustra.
ted and he is foiled in his efforts,
upon the very crest of the wave
which he has already mounted, and
in full view, is the temptation to
crime to shield him from the dis.
grace which he thinks must inevita.
bly, follow in the wake of defeat. To
those he yields, and the first thing he
realizes is to find himself the viola
tor of the law, criminal in the eyes
of the community, and an inmate ol
the prison, waiting trial, all brought
about for the want of a little manly
firmness in the outset of life tc
prompt him to choose an avocation
in life where the penny earned
would bring with it its sure reward
Then let our young men spurn the
idea of obtaining money without
rendering an equivalent; let them be
ready and willing to occupy positions
in life which will give them the
best possible opportunity to develop
their natural salient, and do good tc
others while helping themselves. In
this way We may have n nation Of
noblemen and women, which shall
be source OF profit and pleasure tc
us and an object of wonder and ad'
miration to the world.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24

A friend and neighbor has q son
who is quick at repartee that il is a
little dangerous to cross swords with
him. He was out riding with his
father the other day, when, noting
the name of a street, he asked if it
was not named for Mira we'll
known but not altogether a popular
citizen. "By no MEANS" said the
father, "it was not named for him,
but for his father, who was very pop
ular and very much esteemed."-
The boy said nothing; so his father,
who thought he saw a chance to
preach a little sermon, continued,
"lt's very apt to.be SO. A boy has a
father whom everybody loves and
respects for his good qualities and
abilities, but in too many cases the
boy don't amount to anything" Said
the boy after pause, "Your father
was very much esteemed, wasn't he,
sir?"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
AenI1e DodI
There is 4 man with

There lisa man with ske dang
"a thriving business i Michigan.
The papers tEifoughout are
exposing him and in 4 slmesBo
doubt he 5tallbe compel to seek
pastutes s new. He GOMEZ A5towa 10
start a bakeryiana brings sample of
his work along in the sha of a large
and elegantly frosted 8 ~ Some
hitch takes place about t6es lease Of
the bake.shop, and he concludes to
rafiel of the cake. The 6ffle takes
place the splendid cake u won and
Hpethaps kept on exhibitieh Tor a day
or two Then isis eiilsn a par.
Ity Is arranged To- aasi- Hts c6Hs
sumption: When Is
cut up the CAKE shen comes the fnn.
They find it is made of wood, taste.
fully frosted. In olden times they
asked for bread and were given a
stone, but in this State they asked
for cake and were given wood. This
cake dodge has been successfully play
ed in many of the Michigan towns
and will probably be tried in Others,
but now that the papers have taken
up the swindle, our cake man will
no doubt strike for some other State.
Look out for him. Fix it so that his
cake will be dough instead of wood.
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24

InCentral Africa a large number of
Jewish negroes have been discovered.
Nearly every family possesses the law
Of Moses on parchment, They trace
theirorigin to the first captivity,when
some of the Hebrews fled to the desert,
and intetmarried with the natives.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24

You'll hardly ever see man for
get u friend that owes him though
he's no akin; you'll hardly ever see a
woman bet and pay the wager should
the other win; you'll hardly ever see
pensive goat that cannot eat a
wooden cellar-door; you'll hardly ever
hear an urchin quote the @hardly
ever" from the Pinafore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24

A clergyman at camp meeting
at Bucyrus, ohiot prayed that God
would kill one member of every anti.
Christian family in the county
This excited the wrath of the sinners
in the congregation, and they tore
down the tent, whipped the minis.
ter and would have tarred and feath.
cred him if he had not fed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
Newspapers as Detective Agents.

Crime cannot stand publicity. The
more light there Is and the keener
the public is aroused to a study of
the circumstances of any crime and
to its own pursuits Of clews, the
greater the chance of detection. In
that way the newspaper is a great
agent for good, and SO help 10 undo
the harm it undoubtedly does by its
sensational treatment of criminal
events. But besides that, when the
newspaper turns its own detective
talent to work upon obscure cases, it
also lets in light and often assists
the professionals very much as a
horse assists cart, as steam assists
a locomotire.-Hantord Coprant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24

An Irish editor says, "that in the
absence of both editors, the. publish.
ers have succeeded in securing the .
services of a gentleman to edit the pa.
per This week"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
W. K. GuSs


a ,torneys ut Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
NJ Eraetee IN the County Of Mason; the United States
Eon'l Of Appeals Of Wcs, Virginia No Prsmpt atten.
Hon gwen to the collection Of claims jaa IS7o-ry
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
1sidli,r q MuIic


1sidii,e q Mule.
4 have spoken Of Judge lirsat.
His aucestyrs Owned tho land near
Dutch Gap, and his wiic was q Miss
Bulloch, Of Ilynchburg NEARLY cs-
cry soptherner Imeet QUE hele is
more orless related to Nirginia. Tbs
Judge IDS / have intimatsd yiscbafnIs
Ing company Among the good /;
things,hetoid us was a story of. "
friend d his who. attempted one
might 70 drive stray nsulsppt Of his
yard. Arrayedin that elongated gars
ment whichihoys abhor and men de.
light in, he arose from his bed, des
gscended oths yard, opened wide:the
front eate. and begun ii i.sbgp tosE
mule i:his.ssifs III
chamber window. Mr.. Mule declin-
ed to be "shooed." His wife began
to laugh.
vexed by the mules thuieishness
and his wife's laughter, the good
man crept softly up to the animal
and With sudden leap mounted
him, expecting to ride him prompt +.
ly out Of the yard. But the astoil-
ished mule took off around the house,
the night shirt Tapping aud crack.
ing in the cold air. f'he faster the
mule went the louder the shirt crack.
ed, and the louder it cracked the
faster he went. Arouhd arH around
they lwent, the shirt Tapping and
cracking and splitting, the man
clinging for dear life with his legs
and vainly trying to hold him back
by the main-his wife screaming
with laughter and pestering him
with questions like these:
Light, my dear, light and spend
the evening-how do"
OF he went. Here he comes again.
Glow would you like cup of
tea7"
Round the house he went like
lightning-then he hove in sight
again.
"Maybe you would like a book to
read; here is 'Baxter's Saints Rest
for you"
He was gone again, but the next
moment he was back.
"Think you could open q bottle Of
porter with your teeth il l would
throw il to yoq2" ! s.. !.
HE vanistedlike a meteor: = r
SCOT a cold goose in tile sideboard;
couldn't. YOU carve it with one hand
and hold on with the other2''
"Mafy," cried out the exasperated
man, "you are the most internal, une
feeling fool on the earth, and if you
don't come down and stop this accurs-
ed mule III be dead in five minutes.
I'm raw as beafsteak now.". She
might as we'll have tried to stop a
whirlwind, for by this time the shirt
was split up to the neck in ribbons
about three inches wide, and the
mule mad with fright and the crack
ing Of the ribbons going at the rats
OF a tornado. Finally the mule faint
ed and the man fell to one side, help.
less as little child and sore all over
as boil. His wife with difficulty
lugged him into the house where he
lay for weeks. A circle Of lint re-
sembling small milky way describ-
ed the race course around the house.
At intervals during the remainder of
his natural life the mule was subject
to fits of vertigo, and could neither
be ridden or driven until they put
goggles Of darkened glass upon him;
for the sight of anything white threw
him into convulsions and set him
madly racing again.-G. W. Bagby.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
HENRY j. USHER.

t.ateof Fisher. & Hogg]
a torney and C0unselor Mt Law, Point Pleas
q ant, Wea Virginia, Practices in the Counties Of
Mason and ackSon in the State Supreme cour, Of Ap-
psa' and IN the United States District Court for the
District Of West Virginia. Liam s. fS7o-iya
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
KNIGHT Il COUCH.

'torneys at Law, will practice in the counties Of
II II Mason and Putnam. Address +. D. Knight, al
FONT Pleasant, West Virginia. No Mr., Couch Is No.
'''y rnDic Tor Mason county. jan s, IS7o-Iy
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~ = - - ' =
Story Of,tIle Confidence Man
and His Victim. 7
teeen the hours Of six and sew
lock yesterday morning, jj1skas
busy hustle Of the city was be.
zine. at the Central Depot. Jona-
eopeman, Of Perry's Cross
hiawassee County, was enjoy
tgdsh air in. a morning walk
e dock where the brightblue
we're dancing in,athe April
lE Gepemah had just return.
The East, where be had col.
Fsiderable money from the
q. his old homestead, which
don his removal to Michigan,
hott time ago He felt at-speacs
with all mankind and in the good.
6ess ii biaksaEl s kEEas ready 6 lI5.
sist' any fellow-traveler. He was
presently interrupted in his walk by
a agentlemanly-appcaring fellow with:
Good morningl Going out on the
train2"
Eyes, | take the next train for
II
home," was the reply.
"Ah, then we shall be fellow.pas-
sengers."
And the two were soon well ac-
quainted.
81 WISH" said the stranger, "you
would give me little lift with my
baggage"
Certainly" said Mr.. Copeman.
"It is up here on a back street, and
want to get some one to help me
set it into the express wagon"
The stranger led the Shiawassee
County farmer up Congress street.
They had walked but block or two
when they were met by a man run
ming at full speed. The breathless
newcomer stopped the stranger and
said:
II have sent your baggage to the
depot; you'll find it there all right,
and now, if you will just settle this
bill will be much obliged as l am
in great hurry"
"Well, now," said the stranger, ~
am sorry, but you will have to ac.
company me back to the depot, as
my wife has nearly all my money
with her."
"But," said the newcomer, 81 have
just received news of my fathers
death, and if don't get to the other
depot in fifteen minutes, III shall miss
his funeral"
OF course the stranger felt very
badly, and Mr.. Copeman sympathi-
zed with both. So much did he SYM
pathize that when his new.found
friend asked him for loan of s35
lust till We &c: back to the depot" :"
he counted it out right away, and the
man who had lost his father hurried
thence.
The fellow-travelers started to re-
turn to the depot, but on the way
back the stranger excused himself
for moment while he entered a no.
tel-and Mr.. Copeman never saw
him more.
The facts were reported to the po-
lice, and at noon Mr.. Copeman left
for his home in Shiawassee somewhat
wiser for having met the man who
was going out on the same train
Detroit Free Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
WNI. A. DENNIS.

a ttorney at Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
''"n'eS' June iI-Iy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-09-24
JOHN W. ENGLISH,

A"orhsS Mt Law, will practice in the Courts of Ma
- - son. putnam and Jackson, and in the Court OF Ap
r raS oi Wel Virginia Address Point Pleasant, Mason
>Ou"'y west Virginia. jan 8, IS7o-Iy