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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26
Several Causes of sickness.

By eating too much and too fast;
by swallowing imperfectly mastica.
ted food; by taking too much fluid
during meals; by drinking spirits
and other intoxicating drinks freely;
by keeping late hours at night and
sleeping. too late in the morning; by
wearing clothing too tight, so as to
retard the circulation; by wearing
thin shoes; by neglecting to take suf-
ticient exercise to,koep the hands and
feet warm; by nOgiecting to wash the
body sufficiently to keep the pores
of the skin open; by exchanging the
warm clothing worn in warm room
during the day for light costumes
and exposure incident to evening
parties; by starving the stomach to
crafty a vain and foolish passion for
dress; by keeping up a constant ex-
element; by fretting the mind with
borrowed troubles; BY employing
quack doctors and duack nostrums
for every imaginable'ill; by taking.
meals at irregular intervals.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26
Ayrshires and their Milk.

A good Ayrshire COW will give $40
gallons of milk, 4S0 pounds Of cheese
or 200 pounds Of butter per annum
She herself, weighs about S50pounds
and many instances are known
where the annual milk product
weighed six times the COW which
gave it. Prof. Arnold quotes one
which, weighing ,080 pounds, gave
from 5000 10 5000 pounds of milk
annually, that of 1914 being S,27l
pounds. The milk of the Ayrshire,
when tested with the microscope, is
found well stocked with nitrogenous
matter, and the butter globules are
numerous but very unequal in size.
The defect is, no doubt, prejudicial
to the Ayrshires in butter compari-
sons, for, the butter is not all got, ex-
cept By very skilful churning. A
pound of butter is usually obtained
from p pounds or 2! gallons of milk;
but on old rich pasture, or when we'll
fed, the quantity required will be
reduced by a fifth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26
Curious Deriyations.

The word pamphlet derived from
the name Of a Greek authoress, Pam.
pbylia, who compiled a history of the
world into thirty.fve little books.
"Punch and Judy" lisa contraction
from Pontius and Judas. 1t is a rel
ic of an old miracle play" in which
the actors were Pontius PLATE and
Judas Iscariot.
"Bigot" is from Visigotha, in which
the fierce and intolerant Adrianism
of the Visigoth conquerors Of Spain
had been handed down to infamy.
"Humbug" is from Hamburg; "a
piece of Hamburg news" was in Ger
many a proyerbial expression for
for false political rumors.
"Gauze" derives its name from Ga
20 where it was made.
"Tabby cat" is all unconscious that
her name is derived from Atab, a ia
mousstreet III Bagdad, Inhabited by
the manufacturers of silken stuffs,
called Atab or rafferty,; the wavy
markings Of the watered silk resemb
ling pussy's coat.
"old Scratch" is the demon skrat-
ii, who still survives in the supersti-
tions of Northern Europe.
"OldNick" is none otherthan Nikr,
the dangerous water demon of the
Scandinavian legend.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26

Thospedestrian mania has now
reached the graybesrds. Having
imbued all the young people of both
sexes, it has now attacked the old
gray heads, ofthe cast, and a Brook
lyn map, eighty yeafsof age, propo,
YES to walk seyenty.6ye miles inside
of Observation-Disclosures MIME of these
people seem to fealizesthe fact that
they are only ansteurtfam
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26
Explosives as Fire.Kindlers.


Year after year warnings are pub.
lished in the newspapers against the
practice in which some house serv-
ants and fewer house wives indulge,
of kindling fresn with coal OIL
Sometimes the warning is a simple
account of q fatal accident, some
times it is in comments thereon
The warnings, however, do not seem
to be needed, and now. comes the sto-
ry of a woman who:s used blasting
powder with which to kindle a fire,
and caused an explosion fatally in
juring herself and two Children
The use of powder for kindling fires
was not unusual in the army during
the war but the fires were IN the
opeleaifsaud thg powder was used.
lslailiar:Rith i.fSs !
They aeFeSiadeed; 80 veil I l,assslisihtts;1
ed with the danger 'dttchdipg its1
use, that, they ,nsser.tried The ezpe..!
.phtir all ether means had
;failed toqlicken a. fire, and then
caution. It's scaros.
UNNECESSARY to say that alfsxplosfSs.
compounds and all burning fluids
be kept away from the, stoge; aud
that under no circumstances shsuId
an,attempt bemade to add powder
oil to q fire, Itlisbad'e enough to sat;.|
lfrate wood with oil before ,ligbin&I
it, which b,a practice very apt tG|
leadto carelessness and danger, butl
the attempted pouring of'oiE on, q
flame. isan act suicide, Hpaadcl.I
Etia ledger. II
y. VI B.. b y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26
Wheat in Rows.

Ihave been growing wheat IN
rows and cultivating the same in the
spring for the last six years. | have
cultivated the space between the
same between the rows as often as
three times, and have found no trou-
Bile in regard to the ripening of the
wheat. sow in scores, twelve inch.
es wide, perfectly fiat on bottom,
leaving a space of ten inches be-
tween the wheat rows for. cultiva,
ton, and also for free circulation of
air and sunlight. My yield has
been from forty-eight to seventy.one
bushels to The acre since l have de-
vised this plan-never less than for,
ty.eight bushels Last season my
yield was fifty-seven bushels to tile
acre; G Coy, q y ths e9qatfa
'GetEllaa.@ .:.sls;.s.' 4, IA
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26
The Kitcheu..

..
We will give. to intellect, to inns
mortality, to,feligian, and to all viz!
tues, The honor thatbelongs 10 them
aud still it,may ye boldly affirmed
that economy, taste, skill aud neat
ness have a great deal 70 doin max;
ing life happy and prosperous tits
not Indispensable necessary that d
house should be filed with, .luxuries.
All the qualifications for good house
keeping can be displayed as well on
a small scale as on q large one. "a
small house can:more easily be kept
clean than a palace. Economy is
most needsdin'the absence Of abun.
dance. skilful cooking is as READILY
discovered in a nicely baked potato
or.asrsspcotable Johpny.cake, as il
9 nlt-brown sirEoin Or a brace ,of
4cqnvas-backs.n a dirty kitchen
and bad cooking have driven many
9 one from home to seek for comfort
and happine elsewhere. Dqniestit
economy il q Science Theory Of
life which all sensible Honeit ought
10 study and practice. None bpf
eScellsns;giEls afe ftsso 1865 massfisd
however much ymas be- accom- !;
.plished in other respects, untiE,,theS
are thoroughly educated in the deep
and profound mysteries of the kitch.
m ~,
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BLANK BOOKS 8.
COUNTING-HOUSE STATIONERY.

:
Special care has been taken 10 make this
department one Of themost complete and
attractive in the country. In addition to
the usual staple articles required in,ths
Counting-room, constant additions are be-
ing made Of Novelties and Fancy Articles,
that will be found Of great utility and con-
venience. In this department will be
found full lines Of
Copying Books, Presses, Stands,
Brushes, Post Office, Bill-llead,
Envelope, and Cash Boxes, Fluid,
Copying, & Golored Inks, Pencils
Inkstands, Rulers, Paper Weigts,
Note Cases, Bill and Collection
Books, Card Cases, Paper Cutters,
Foolscap, Letter, Commercial and
Packet Note Papers, Letter, Official
Pay and Foreign Envelopes, Pin
Cushions, Office Shears, & Desk
Pads, Knives, Portfolios, Etc, Etc.
SCHOOL BOOKS. /.
We would call the special attention Of
Teachers and others to our stock OF School
Books which will be found to embrace eve.
ny work used in the public schools Of this
State, and also to our exceedingly large
and varied stock OF stationery, and other
articles required in the school room, EN-.
bracing, in part,
Chalk CraVons. white or c0lOred,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26
WIG DespIatIon 81 RabrIon.

Z = q
II is usual fortrayelers 70 dwsll
upon the utter esOlation Of Babylon,
and 70 paint It's sight Jas a strip of
esertespecially yde-begone andul-I
fertile Butsthe elegant gentlemen
who dwell upon ibis aspect Of the
place could not have seen it in the
middle Of April. The date groves
and gardens alongthe banks 81 the
HEuphrates afeStfien things ofbeadty'
in, their fresh spring verdure, and
the plain itself is laid down. with
crops. Irrigation canals crossit here
and there and give trouble to The
horsemen. No grass grows upon the
mounds, and there are patches Of the
level white with nitre which is to.be
found here as in other parts of Meso-
pctamfa; but he,surface Of the soil
is on the whnle.gteen aud pleasant
!. to the eye The glad waters Of the
riyerfog on inthe bright morning.
sunshine, with palm and mulberry
hanging soveriits banks drinking IN
sap andslife The great e;tv which
coupteaits population BY Millions
/: and u .flledths world with rtaswi isaot'
s.yst. fetgotten appesfed under
the dust'of twenty centuries but ns;
ture is as fresh and. jocund as when
Babylon was still unbuilt Birds
sing overhead in the pleasant spring
air butterflies autterabout in search
Of flowers; balmy odors regale the
sense. 1t isdifficult under the cir
cumstances to feel as one perhaps
ought to feel for the great Capital
which was numbered this ground
Nature does not mourn for it, and it
is hard to be sad at the budding of
sentiment when the bright spring
hides its Gcarey8 Travels.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-02-26
WALL PAPERS,

Wehaye the largest stock o. wall papers,
in Mason County, which will be sold lower
than ever before offered in this market,
and we are prepared to duplicate any bill.
no matter where purchased. To parties
purchasing large qnantaties We will give
extra inducements,
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speak In iinletatetones2 Tiis IS an
that is required. The horse, il notg
deaf can. hsaS the command and
gill obey as;readily as ifit we're Civ
en- IN thundeiiug tones One Of the
.bestsnanaged teams ever seen was
controlled blythe driver without the
indulgence 81, this 9nhbsteal yellsl
ing: The dtivit rarely spoke above
hiisDrainary tone Of voice, and Yeti
his horses Iaid'into. their work With
as nsch willingness and apparently
greater earnestness thanif they hsH
been driven to it by fearful blows
and shouts. The horse, is AN intelts
gent'animal. None ofths'bralg ,sfe-
alton more readily. dppFsfiate, kind
words and, kind. treqtuisnt Such
facts should be considefedtal ways Dye
Ithese Yhofhave Che cafeof these ani-I
e taal \ 4Sci1a..lfc, .44 b Il.
A Scholar and His Rocks: gsI
i,.'s.ts 49, J, ,.,c,ss,.
/, a scholar should mot be ina hurry
TO pert; with his books. They que.
probably more valuable t9;hia hatS
they can 10 to:sany otAf pessgh
||.siIlst Redenbbfg gyns8
denee has gblishad itselfhSt#Ssb:I
Ehis intelligence and the volumes
which wall him within their sacred
enclosure. Napoleon said that his
mind was as if furnished with draw.
ers-he drew out each as he wanted
its contents, and closed it at will
when done with them, The schol-
airs mind, to use a similar compar-
ison, is furnished with shelves, like
his library. Each book knows its
place in the brain, as well as against
the wall or in the alcove. His cons
ciousness is doubled by the books
which encircle him, as the trees ar
ound q lake repeat themselves in its.
unruffled waters. Men talk of the
nerve that runs to the pocket; but
one who loves his books, and has liv
ed long with them, has a nervous
filament which runs from his sensor.
ium to every one of them. Or, if L
may still let my fancy draw its pict.
ures, a scholars library is to him
what temple is to the worshipper
who frequents it. There is the altar
sacred to his boliest experiences
There is thefont where his newborn
thought was baptized and first had a
name in his consciousness. There
is the monumental tablet of dead
belief, sacred still in the memory Of
what it was while it was yet alive.
No visitor can read all this in the
lettered backs Of the books that have
gathered around the scholar; but for
him, from the Aldus on the lowest
shelf to the Elzeyir on the highest,
every volume has a language, which
none but he can interpret. Be pa
tent with the book.collector who
loves his companions too well to let
them go. Books are not buried with
their owners, and the veriest book
miser that ever lived was probably
doing far more for hissucccssors than
his more liberal neighbor who despi
sed his learned or unlearned avarice.
Let the fruit fall with the leaves
still clinging round it. Who would
have stripped southey's walls of the
books that filed them, when, his
mind no longer capable Of taking in
their meaning, he would still pat
and fondle them with the vague, low
ing sense of what they had once
been to him,-the great scholar, now
like aiittle child among his play
thfngs?-Dr. Holmes,
----s----
Explosives as Firc.Kindlers.
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4 Temperance Lodge Gets on a
sgs..ja-,- M QrllpIk .i 1: !.
From the Reno, lNeya Gazette,

Frolnthe Reno, tNe7) Gazette. 4
A dreadful story. comes. from sier-
ra Valley. Previous to Christmas
last there was furnishing temper.
perdnce society there. During Che
holidays certain melancholy things
occurred rand ats subsequent meet,
ing Of the cOld.water lodge a good
young man moved chat those who
had broken their VOWS be expelled.
The motion was lost, Then the mo.
ton wasmade that all those who had
failed TO get drunk during Tie holi,
days be fred out. Carried. A melton
to. dissolve the lodge was also carried
amid wild enthusiasm. and the tenn,
peFance meeting adjourned with
three cheers for ,J0hh BaFieycorn.
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Solid attainments-a brick in the
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SIN ruta.bagai and here's where
] plant myself," said a tramp as he
entered farmhouse near Ffeeport,
Illinois, and seated himself at the
table. "Weallers bile ours, @%-said the
farmers wife, and sonsed him witha
dish Of boiling water.
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NO. 54.e


ment The vote was 10 to is; the same as .
recorded above. b+iraus9 s1Gam
So the Senate concurred with the House in
making the salary of the Judge of Probate in
Cumberland county $1,000. ~ "fANt
Mr.. HARRIS Of Washington, moved to
amend sec. IL of the bill so that the Superin-
tendent of the Insane Hospital should be the
treasurer.
Messrs. Morrison Of Franklin, Rogers Of
Sagadahoc, and Patten Of Penobscot opposed
this change in the bill.
The Senate refused to adopt the amend %
ment. WN t1lhj aaf ,Tiif&
On motion of Mr.. FEReusox of York the d
bill was amended in sec. by making the sal a,
ary of the County Attorney in York county
$3.50, instead of $500 7i'l'' - its'
The bill as amended then passed to be en- q
crossed. ss u. ..,.,-Fs
The Senate having resumed consideration
Of the matter Of State valuation Mr.. THoxAs
of Cumberland completed his argument in N
favor the smaller number. & sass ,ff=.,s.f a..
The question being on concurring with the
House in substituting the minority for the
majority report, the Senate refnsed to concur,al
by the following vote; dt fIssis "a sliw
YEAs-Messrs. Barker, Ellis, Hawes, Pat
ten, Roberts, Rogers (Penobscot), Rogers
(Sagadahoc), Thomas, Thompson, vinton--11
10. es -.srW NJ t,aAs
NAYS Bradford, Chase, Cobb, Coombs,
Duran, Ferguson, Harris, Linn. Madigan,
Mayhew, Moody, Morrison, Parlin, Prince,o
Redlon Waffle. s faf .ss ssftay adj
The majority report was then accepted,
and, on motion of Mr.. MooDY of York, the
rules were suspended and the bilt was en-aa
crossed, and also the resolve upon the mat-'T
ter. 4g L.
On motion of Mr.. MoRRIsox Of Franklin,
bill an act to amend chap. 93 of the privHte
and special laws of 1873, relating to the mu-sx
nicipal court in Pennington was taken from
the table, and, on the same Senator's motion,
the rules were suspended and the bill en-f
crossed. ue l a. eeaafa sdT
Mr.. ROGERS of Sagadahoc presented re-
solve in favor of +. +. Pillsbury & Co., and also
one for Sprague Owen & Nash, the same be-'a
ing for papers and advertising. 4ad1ia0 nj
On motion of Mr.. RoGERs, these were re-
ferred to the Committee on Financial Affairs
On motion of Mr.. REDLoS of Oxford, the
time was extended to 3 O'clock in the gafter-T
noon for considering the vote ON the question.
of allowing the State Librarian 800 for clerk
hire. gn leHas12 sHd
READ AND ASSIGNED. 3sf al a@oas
Bill an act relating to prosecutions for EN-.
bezzlement; bill an act relating to grantees
defending in suits against grantors; bill an
act to amend sec. 10 Of chap. 40 Of the re-
vised statutes, relating to life insurance billai
an act to amend section 5, of chap II Of the
revised statutes relating to the per capita tar;
bill an act allowing an ex-State Treasures to
amend his record; an act to amend sec. Sl,zi
chap. 46 of the revised statutes relating to re-
turns of banks and corporation stockholders.
On motion of Mr.. THOMAS of Cumberland,
Adjourned. a9Val1 svaa saal1
1See second page. ssfs e7ra4. -
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Weekly Kennebec Journal,

Published every Wednesday morning, Is the largest
folio paper IN the state, containing news, political ar
ticei agricultural and scensiic matter, tales poetry
anecdotes. household matter markets, &c, &c.
Ierius, 81 per aaaam sa d'iraace.
Transient Advertise 500 per inch for first
week 50cents per week for each subsequent Insertion
Special Notices, 500 per inch for first week; 90
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business Notices, In reading columns 20 cents per
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Gbe Aennebet Journal.

Published at AUGUSTA. MAINE. Water Street foot
Of Court, by SPRAGuE, OWEN NASH.
Daily Republican., 1879-11-18
EXCITEMENT IN MAINE.
A Revolutionary sche"e
which the Legislature
,os,e s.tyeu TO the Dem Ocrats.

BANGOR, Nov. 16.-The reports from
Augusta of th3 intention OF the uoVef-
nor and Council to count out the ne
publicau maiorities in the Legislature
and thus seize control OF the ota'e
Government for the coming year were
fully credited by leading Democrats
here on Saturday, and Republicans VINO
have been inclined to doubt the alleged
revolutionary designs have come 10 re-
gard the threatenings as serious. me
perpetration of an act of this character
would undoubtedly cause the most IN
tense excitement ever known in the
State. Many leading Republicans OF
this section go to Augusta ON Monday.
BosToy. November 16.-Telegrams
from Maine confirm fully the previous
dispatches of great excitement In tna'
State regarding the probable counting
out of the Republican House and pen
ate and the election in January OF a
Democratic Governor and fusion Coun-
eillors and State officers. some dls-
patches state it is probable Governor
iiarcelon will havea second term. inere
will bs a me. ting of exit publican
Governors in Augusta to-ilcrrn".
AUGUSTA, November 16.--There ls
great apprehension concerning the "a, ao,
tion OF the Governor and Council. The
formal count will begin tomorrow. Ihe
Repu blican State committee OF 1917 ana
the new State committee OF 1881 Will
meet here tomorrow evening. =.
Daily Republican., 1879-11-18
Al,areeuy Case.

The strong arm Of the law encirclsd
the waist Of Lizzie Stewart, q oolored
dsmseI, - she sat In the dock at Police
Court last evening, and held her there
on the charge Of stealing various a.
ticles from the house Of John Saring.
Sarah saring, an aged lady, testified
that Lizzie came 70 stand In market on
Saturday morning last, and asked per-
mission 10 20 TO her house, which was
refused. Lizzie, however, went, and
informed Mrs. Saring's servant girl
that her mistress had sent her to help
clean house, at the same time asking
the servant for the key to o room
which was used a. sort OF a
store room and which was seldom open
ed. As Mrs. s. had the key In her pos
session the servant could not accommo-
date Lizzie, whereupon the latter burst
open the door with q chisel, and enter
ing the room took from trunk sS In
money, a lot Of under clothing, and a
neck chain and seal worth $40. Mrs
Saring thought the seal could be iden'
titled anywhere as it was shaped like
horses head.
A granddaughter of the witness
os we'll IS the servant girl, testified t
Lizzie's coming to the house and ask
ing for the key, but none Of them haf
seen her in the forbidden room nor hat
thew heard her break the door open.-
5000 for Court was the sentence impos
! nl
Daily Republican., 1879-11-18
ABoisterous UustO mer.

While the court was in session yes
terday afternoon at New Castle and
while Attorney General Gray, was call
ing the names Of witnesses and pre-
pairing to send indictments before the
Grand Inquest, James Frazer, OF the
city, sung out at the top of his voice,
"Here," though his name had not heen
called. "Sheriff arrest that man. said
Attorney General Gray. Sheriff pyie'
quickly showed himself through the
crow d and had Frazer by the cuff OF the
neck and marched him around to an
eight by twelve chamber in the stone
mansion where he will have an oppor-
tunity of rejecting upon his indiscre
tions, during which time he should re-
solve to have nothing more to do VIII
"Jersey Lightning"
Daily Republican., 1879-11-18
a yuau,s Tarrilble Death.

The neighborhood Of Fayette and st:
Paul streets, Baltimore, was excitea
shortly after three o'clock Saturday al
ternoon by a terrible tragedy at the
Mansion House. A large crowd gath.
ersd, and it was found that a man had
committed suicide by leaping from one
of the upper windows. The suicide
was Henry W. Worthington. one OF the
hoarders of the house and well known
c;tizsn. Worthington had been Ill OF
tvnhoid fever and was being attended
Nv his mother and sister, who were In
tIs room when the leap was made. He
was in the fourth story on the st. Paul
street n re side. His head came in contact
Nth The bricks during his fearful de-
sosnt, Ssu 'As and although breathing when !,
taLan mn he only lived few minutes
after be was carried into the house, Hs
was forty years Of age.
Daily Republican., 1879-11-18
u.o,tery Dcalers Resisting.

A lottery dealer in New York has
brought suit against Postmaster James
in the Supreme Court of the state ior
s25OO damages for illegal detention OF
letters. 1t is claimed that the law au-
tborizing the Postmaster General to de,
tain letters concerning lotteries ana
similar schemes, is unconstitutional,
"as it makes the Postmaster Generai
sole and exclusive judge, jury and sher-
if, and deprives the plaintiffs OF their
property without due process Of law,
and in violation of the provisions OF tae
ConstitutiOp."
Daily Republican., 1879-11-18
who would support Bsyard.

Who Would support hnynHu'
From the New York Sun Dem.
The South would go for him solid.
Men in the Northern States Of secession
sympathies, old-time pro-slavery men,
and men who believed cotton was king,
and who worshiped King Cotton; all
such would be for him. Then there is
numerous class who think that re-
spectability is rare, forgetting that in
this country there are forty odd MIL
lions Of highly respectable men, women
and children, and so much has been
said about Mr.. Bayard's respectability
that this large class would all be in his
favor. Mr.. Bayard is very good man;
as good as other people. lie never
picked a pocket or filohed from the
purss of the Nation. He has been,
greatly to his credit, consistently a
hard money man. A very considerable
number of voters would be glad to see
him president. He Is very strong
among those with whom he is in favor,
but when 1t comes to talk about actual
| ly electing him ne is nowhere.