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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

The WuARF.-If we are to have u
new wharf built it is about time
something was being done toward it,
There is certainly no improvement
more badly needed than a wharf of
good proportions and light grade.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23
RICHMOND TO HUNTINGTON.

The $50 train does not leave Richmond
on Sunday. And on Saturday does not run
West OF Covington. The train arriving at
Huntington at $50 o'clock p. m. makes
close connections daily at Huntington
with the Big Sandy Packet Company's
steamersfor Cincinnati. The Steamer Fleet
wood or Bostona, leaves Cincinnati, daily
at p M, and makes connection with the
10 a. m. train at Huntington.
R9~For Tickets, information Of Routes
and Rates, apply to sS
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

Every deed should be recorded in
the county where the land lies. If
not recorded, it is good only against
the grantor and his heirs, and void
against subsequent attaching credi-
tors and purchasers without notice.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

The announcement Of Mr.. r. o.
Kincadc, for the Office of County Su-
perintendent of Free Schools, APP
pears in the paper to-day. He is a
young man eminently qualified for
the performance Of the duties of the
Office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

Be careful how you bite at the
tempting bait, offered to emigrants
to go West.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

The horse stolen from Mr.. John
Morgan, Of Raymond City, on the
l4thinst., was recovered near Buffalo,
West Virginia, Friday last. The
thief was so holly pursued that he had
to abandon the horse ut the above
point to make his escape.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

Every person who desires to keep
posted in his county affairs, should
subscribe for the Register.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

The charter and laws of this town,
made great many years ago, do not
accord very well with modern prac-
tice.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

The case of Machir VS.. sehon,
ct ais, from Mason county in the
Supreme Court of Appeals, was re-.
versed and remanded back for a new
hearing
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-04-23

The next Circuit Court will have
to appoint a Mine inspector for this
coanty
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31
THE ARKANSAS STORM.

| The Fort Smith (Arkansas) Independ-
ent says Mr.. Barr, who received rough
| treatment from recent cyclone, makes
| this report:
was about 200 yards from my house
when ] saw it coming. IT was in the prai-
ric when | saw it, and it looked like black
smoke from a large furnace. Its shape
was like a funnel, inside it was red as fire,
and around this was the black, foggy mist
In looking at it saw large and small TIM
Der carried along with it. My attention
was attracted by the roaring. and, as it
was coming in the direction of my house,
| ran 20 it for the purpose of protecting
my family. Iput my three little chileren
in side room, among some corn, and with
Sylvester Bull. was holding the door. and
all at once the whole building was crushed
to the very ground by large trees being
blown against it.
| 1t blew me about 60 feet, and when |
became conscious found myself among a
lot of timber and logs, and Sylvester was
lying by my side dead his head and whole
body were crushed, As was on my way
to the house looked again at the cyclone,
when it was about 100 yards away, and saw
| it lift and carry away a lot of hogs
and COW. The children when found
were not more than 13 feet feet from
where had placed them, but none hurt.
My wife was considerably bruised. being
blown about 60 yards. among lot OF lum-
Der. My sister-in-law was carried about
80 feet and thrown to the ground, her arm
and shoulders badly bruised. NV black
smith shop was also blown to the ground,
my bellows entirely destroyed, all my
planes, augers, saws and chisels were car
ried off and have not yet been found, with
the exception of one saw found a mile
from the shop, broken in two pieces. MY
wagon was torn up badly, the front wheels
being about 60 yards from where the wag-
on stood, lodged against stump; the
hind wheels were both smashed up; the
wagon bed has not yet been found except
ing few splnters. All my bedding and
wearing apparel was carried off and en-
tirely destroyed. lost all my provisions.
Directly in the rear of the wind came
flood of water just like a water spout, ap-
pearing to pour as if from funnel.
After the storm | found part of a rubber
overcoat and in the pocket of
it pair of lady's gloves. in my yard.
Garden seed tied up in bags, was also
dropped into my yard by the storm. Where
they came from do not know.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31
TONTINE PLAN,

upon the primo pie of accumuang profits for defi-
mite periods which first introduced by this Socie
ty, and has been recommended and endorsed by emil
nent experts in Life Insurance. and by leading busi
Forty Four per cent. has bee earned and
accumulated on the premiums paid onits Iontine Life
Policies, and forty per cent. on its Tohtine Endow-
ment Policies, issued within the last five years.
The Directors of the Equitable Life Assurance So
cety represent exclusively the interests of the Policy
holders and in presenting the Society TO notice. they
feel that 1t has strong claims upon public confidence.
becf Of the strict ana conservative principles by
which its various departments are governed In the
assets and In the administration of the Society per-
feet security is given for the future which Of great
importance TO those depending upon their insurance
policies for the ultimate support of their families.
No Life Insurance Company has such large annual
transactions the Equitable; none Is more promI
and just in its dealings.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31
Weekly Kennebec Journal,

Published every Wednesday morning,is the largest
folio paper In the state containing news political ar
tices agricultural and scientific matter tales poetry
anecdotes, household matter, markers, &C., &c
Terms az pe1 aanum IL. ddrdRce.
Transient Advertisements $500 per inch for rst
week SO cents per week for each subsequent insertion
Special Notices, $3.50 per inch for frst week. ~
cents per week for each subsequent week
business Notices, in reading columns ~ cents per
line for first insertion 10 cents per line for each SUD-
seoueut insertion.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31
Tbe Ne' nebet yournal.
Published at AUGUSTA, MAINE Water Street loot
of Court, by SPEAGUE son.
Daily Kennebec Journal,

Issued every morning, except sundays 1t contains
he latest news by telegraph and mail, givss reports
of Markets and has carefully prepared political and
ocal articles and generous amount OF iarihing'
home and miscer-cc"s reading with "a full compila-
tion of state news"
Terms AZ p,r aanaia ia adranee. IS If payment
ia moi made tbin the year. Single copies cents, 10
he had at the bookstores and at this ofhHe
Advertjs, meuts inserted on reasonable terms. Rates
NAV be had on application at this Office
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31
advertising Agents
FOR THE
Kennebec Journal,
DAILY md WEEKLY.

tlThe following Advertising Agents are authorized
10 receive subscriptions and advertisements for the
KENNEBEC JOURNAL:
RosrON ::S. VI. PErTENGIL. Co. 10 State
Street
S.R. NILES, 10. Il fremont st.
TC EVANS, 252 Washington St
HORACE DoUD, 252 Washington
Street.
KEW WORK .:D,rcuy & Co., 1ol Fulton st.
tiEo T. RowEiI. & Co, 40 Park
Row. .
JAMES H. BATES Al Pmk Row.
W. W. SHARPE & Go.
=, VI. PErrENGIi-I& x Co.,31 Park
Row. 49,
puIJADEJPHIA n w AVER & son, Times Bldg,
Chestnut and sth streets.
NJ PETrENGILL x Co., 1Ol
Chestnut Street.
NEW HAVEN CONN, II. Il. HUBBARD, City Bank
Building.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31
SALEM LEAD COMPANY.

Warranted PURE WHITE LEAD.-wel
known throughout New England as the WHITEST,
FINEST and BEST.
LEAD TAPE, 5-s in. wide. on reels for Curtain
Sticks.
LEAD RIBBON, from 1-2 to inches wide on
reels for Builders.
LEAD PIPE, Of any size or thickness.
At the Lowest Market Prices for goods Of eqsal
quality. FRANCIS BROWN,
mari5tW W&S&w1y Treasurer. Salem. MAss.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31

gINHE Stockholders of the GRANITE NATIONAL
i BANK, of Augusta, Maine, will hold their an.
nual meeting for the election of Directors, and for
the transaction Of any other legitimate business ut
their Banking Room in Augusta, Tuessiay, the
thirteenth day of January 1850 at ten O'Clock In the
forenoon.
VIM. r. JOHNSON. Cashier.
Augusta. Dec Is. lS-q
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31
An old Lady's Gratitude.

A lady 20 years of age expresses great
gratitude for the benefit she has derived from
Warmers Safe Bitters, and declares her he
lief that the remedy is certain specific for
dyspepsia
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31
NO. 312.
Miseellaneous.
COLORADO AND SWITZERLAND CON.
PARED.

'Is Colorado as beautiful anil grand as
Switzerland?' / often hear the question
and have often asked it of myself while
iourneying through these mountains. AZ
ter first mountain trip of about 400 miles
was ready to answer, no /; it was only az
ter seeing Estes park that my opinion wa
vered. for that. at least, was as beautiful
rs anything that had seen in rather linn
tied Swiss tour. Yet there are certain
elements OF beauty among the Swiss
mountains that are wanting in Colorado.
The difference is chiefly due to the very
much smaller precipitation of moisture in
the centre of our continent. As cOnse-
quence the lakes are few and small as
compared with the Swiss, though often OF
exceeding beauty. Mountain streams and
high waterfalls are comparatively rare.
Though the winters are longer and more
severe, the snowfall is so much less that
no peaks are wholly covered with snow
through the summer as are some OF the
highest Alps; nor is there glacier to be
found in the State. The number of very
lofty mountains is far greater in Colorado
thru in Switzerland, but none are as high
as either Mont Blanc or Monte Rosa;
yet much of the impression of height is,
of coarse, lost on account of the great
altitude from which they are usually
viewed. The plains at the base of the
foothills are from 5000 to 5000 feet above
the sea. and the mountain parks vary IN
altitude from 1000 to l0,000feet, while the
highest peak in the Stale hardly exceeds
II, 800 feet.
Yet in spite of these points of inferiority
which traveller fresh from Switzerland
would notice, there are certain great
charms about the Rocky Mountains pecu-
liarly their own. In some parts there is
display of stupendous1 perpendicular
grandeur, of wild, Jagged and fantastic
rocks, of strange towers and needles Of
stone that is not found in other mountain
Gus regions. The deep. dark canyons have
gloomy beauty OF their own. The noun
tain parks. smooth with grass and pictur-
esquely studded with trees, are usually
feature in Rocky Mountain views; and al
ways there are in sight the vast undulat-
ing plains. on which the eye suffers no
arrest till it meets the arch of heaven
touching the blue level in the distance,
filling the mind with that impression Of
infinty which no other natural object but
the ocean ever gives.-Good Company.
Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1879-12-31

Premiums are received and Losses are paid in cash
only. Policies issued payable at the death of the
Insured, also payable at the end of certain number
of years. Policies also issued on the{|
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
TIE gapIre Of Fashion.

Fashion is not feeble goddess, and
rarely Yields 10 the attacks Of satire, by
which she Ia 30 frequently hssailed.
Occasionally she seems to do so; but IL
is only in seeming, for when n fashion
Is abandoned il is not in Difference 60 it's
assailants, but because it's wearers de-
mand n change. But in all ages, either
with the pen or the brush. satirisis have
assailed fashion. In q manuscript of
the eleventh century an illuminator in
troduces the father OF oil evil dressed in
the prevailing style. He wears the long
sleeves Of the period, which had 20 be
knotte1 TO keep them from touching the
ground, the enormously Heightened train
and the dress laced up in 'front.' Trains,
however, did not grow any shooter be-
cause Of the "paper bullets of he
brain" fred ct them, for in the thir-
teenth century q satirist thus discourses
of the ladies of the period: "They are
like peacocks and mhgpiea; for the pies
naturally bear feathers of various colora.
30 the ladies' delight in strange habits
and Diversity of ornaments. The Iies
have not long tails that trail in the dirt,
30 that the ladies make their trains q
thousand times longer than those of
peacocks and pies."
Among other hits at tho fashion IL
found the following announcement,
which In called the petition Of Zone
William Gingle, coacbmaher and chair.
maker Of the liberty of Westminster.
He states "ihat for the service Of ladies
wearing hoop petticoats he has built a
round chair in the form Of n lantern,
ak yards and half in circumference
with a stool in the center Of IT.; the said
vehicle being 30 contriyed a. to receive
the passenger by opening in two In the
middle and closing mathematically when
she ia seated" And further. that he
has also invented a coach for the recep.
ton of one lady only, who is TO be "let
in It tho top" And "that the said
coach has been tried by lady's woman,
In one of these full petticosts, who was
let down from balcony and drawn up
again by pulleys, 10 the great satisiao
her," IL Is 10 DO hoped that such ex.
tremea Of fashion will not be revived in
this century. A few years ago many of
our ladies wore hoop skirts measuring
four and half yards around the lower
edge, but when they had reached that
aizc Dame Fashion kindly declared Ehey
should be laid aside altogether.
An old poot tunes his Tyre TO the fol-
lowing song:
New dressed In a cap, noe naked in none;
Nov louse In = mob, noW cloee IN Jean:
without handkerchief nov. aud nos buried in rua
Wow plain - = Qua1er, nov all IN pHn.
Nov : shape IN neat stare. now : sztlefn in numps
Nov high in French heels. now low IN your rumTa
Row monstrous IN hoop nos tfapiah, aud walking
with your pcttcosts chung 20 your heels like man.
Kin:
Like The cOck on he tower. that shows you The
weather,
You sFs hardly the same for two days together.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
A New Order.

The other day, after a htrspping
young man had sold load Of corn and
potatoes on the market, and bad taken
his team 10 n hotel barn 10 feed, il
became known to the men around the
barn that he was very dcsirous Of join
ing some secret society in town. When
questioned be admitted that such was
the case, and the boys at once offered TO
initiate him into a new order, called
"The Cavaliers of Coveo." he was told
that il was twice az ecTct as Free Mason
~, much nicer than Odd Fellowship,
and the cost was only two dollars. In
case be had the toothache be could draw
five dollars per week from the relief
fund, and hc was entitled to receive ten
dollars for every headache. and twenty
FIVE dollars for a core throat
The young man thought he had struck
a big thing, and. after eating a hearty
dinner, he vhs taken into a storeToom
above the barn to be initiated. The boys
pured cold water down his back. put
-four on his hair. swore him 10 kill his
mother, il commanded, and rushed him
around for an hour without n single
complaint from bis lips. When they
had finished he inquired
"Sow I'm one of'the Cavaliers of
Coveo, am / =
"You are, F" they answered.
Nothing more TO learn, is there 2"
Nothing"
"Well, then, I'm going 10 lick the
whole crowd I" continued the candidate,
and be went a. IL, and before he got
through be had his tvo dollars initiation
fee back, and three more TO boot, and
had knocked everybody down two or
three times apiece. He didn't seem
greatly disturbed in mind as he drove
out OF the barn. On the contrary, his
hat was slsntsd over, he had fresh fve-
cent cigar in his teeth, and he mildly
said to one Of the barn boys:
''Say, boy, IL you hear of any Cavaliers
asking for a Coveo about my size, tell
'em I'll be in on the full of tho moon to
take the royal skyfugle degrees. DE
troit Free Press.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
Men Who Lace.

In this country few men wear cor
sets, and seem to like them. Gottschalk,
me pianist, and equally celebrated AZ
Deau, always had on corHct. The male
coTset-wearerB are those who take their
coats 70 the up town tailor, whose adver..
bsement may be found almost any morn
ing in the Ledger (Philadelpbin) This
ingenious fellow has an arrangement
which hc puts into coats, by which
ones shoulders are made TO look a.
broad as a prize-fghter's. With one Of
his Inventions, and a perfectly-con
strdcted corset, the figure Of man be
comes irresistible. II is a secret that
the ladies know as well az ourselves.
that the shoulders OF all our coats are
more or less padded, that freque ntIy our
vests are ditto. 20 that with the excep
tion Of the hair Of our heads, which is
usually our own, there in about the full
dressed man, almost az much sham az
surrounds the full dressed woman,
But our male corget-wearers will not
talk. They hide their corgets fguratiye
ly as well as actually, and would DENY
the whole thing, II they were asked
about il. A daily newspaper reporter
il the authority for saying that the
tailor who makes heavy shoulders out
OF slim ones, keeps quiet On the subject.
Many attempts have been made, but all
in vain, TO interview him. One must turn
TO England TO discover how q man feels
TO be tightly laced. Here iA q gentle
man who wears ladies' shoes because he
thinks them more comfortable, and goes
for his corgotB 10 a store where there are
lady attendants, as find them much
more obliginR than male assistants use
ually are" He is O connoiEEeur in cor
sets for gentlemen. Listen to him
l strongly advise TO have the corset
made to open up the back only, as / End
il il much more comfortable 10 wear
and lighter, than when made TO open in
front, in the now common mode. can
truly affirm, from my own experience.
to four inches) is not only not preiu
dicial, but, on the contrary, is very
beneficial TO the health My occupa
ton is Of sedentary nature, and used
TO suffer much from pains in my side
and back, and from indigestion but
about n year aud halt ago my sister
persuaded me to try and wear corset,
and she altered one OF her own to suit
me. fornd II rather irksome for the
first few days, but the feeling soon
passed, and on my next visit 10 London
had q corset properly made TO my own
measurement. Since then / have had
another one made, smaller in the waist
and wider in the chest, which am now
wearing. Tho pains have quite left me
and my health is generally much better
than it used TO be. Besides this, the
feeling OF being tolerably well is laced
very comfortable. From my own observ-
alton and Inquiries / find the practice
Of corset wearing by young gentlemen
is becoming much more usual, but We
don't make any display Of the fact"
In France and Germany many more
gentlemen affect corfets than IN Eng
land or America. - F0rney's Progress.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
An Improbable Boarder.

Mine host is not usually. like Ar
mado, i'll at reckoning, bnt be does
sometimes meet his master. A soft
looking stranger inquired ct . Portland
hotel what they charged for board, and
wat told that be would be lodged and
boarded for sl0 . week. That's rea-
sonable enough. said he. "Bnt Iwill
be away bit; what deduction will you
make for that o Fifty cents a meal,
fifty cents q lodging" replied the lend
lord; and Jonathan concluded TO stay.
Sometimes he was at the hotel, some
times be was not. AZ the end Of three
weeks the landlord presented his bin
for $50, which VISA met By another 10
this tune meals eaten, three 81. 80;
lodgings, seven--s3. 50. Meals n Used,
sixty $50; lodgings missed. fourteen
81. Balance against landlord, s."
Jopathan's arithmetic was peculiar; but
the landlord was too asiunished d 10 crit
else it: and seeing his perplexiiy, bis
boarder considerably remarked that he
need not mind about the 81. he would
take them ont in board; an observation
that 20 complicated matters that The
puzzled hotel keeper cut the Gordian
knot by insisting on Jonathans depars
ture then and there, as he felt ID va
impossible 10 keep even with such
customer"
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24

The members OF the New York Acade-
my OF Sciences met recently 10 hear
Prof. w. +. Trowbridge lecture on
animal Meohanica." A reference was
made TO microscopic fish which the
lecturer once Uncovered swimming
about in n drop OF water. It's method
OF propulsion was by the motion OF the
tail in the manner peculiar to the whale.
and, 20 far as the observer could dis.
cern, the little flsh was very like an in
nniteaimal whale. The lecturer had
calculated that at tho rate II was swim
ming II could have crossed Long Island
sonnd In twenty years, and its fnll sized
prototype wou,d have made the same
voyage in an hour. In one hour II
might have reached tho further coast of
q soup plate.
Centre Democrat. [volume] (Bellefonte, Pa.) 1848-1989, 1879-04-24
From MY Armchair.
no THE CHILDREN OF CAMBRIDGE.

TO THE CHILDREN OF CAMBRIDGE,
who presented TO me, on my seventy
birthday, February az 1879 this chair made
from the wood Of the village blacksmith o
chestnut treo.
Am l king, that should call my own
This splendid ebon thronep
OF by what reason, or what right divine.
Can proclaim Il miner
Only. perhaps, by right divine OF song
II may to mo belong;
Only because the spreading chestnut tree
or old was sung by mo.
Well remember II In all It's prime,
Whom in the summer time,
The affiuent foliage OF its branches made
A cavern of cool shade.
There by tho blacksmiths forge, beside the
street,
It's blossoms white and sweet
Enticed the bees, until It seemed alive,
And murmured like hive.
And when tho winds OF autumn. with shout,
Tossed its great arms about,
The shining chestnuts, bursting from tho
sheath,
Dropped to the ground beneath.
And now some fragments of its branches bare
Shaped as q stately chair,
Have by my hoarthstone found home ct last,
And whisper of the past
The Danish king could not, in all his pride,
Repel tho ocean tide,
But, seated in this chair, can in rhyme
Roll back the tide OF time.
see again, as one in vision sees,
The blossoms and the bees,
And hear the childrens voices shout aud call,
And tho brown chestnuts fall.
see the smithy with its fires Aglow,
hear the bellows blow;
And the shrill hammers on the anvil beat
The iron white with heat
And thus, dear children, have ye made for me
This day a jubilee,
And to my more than threescore years and ten
Brought back my youth again.
The heart hath its own memory, like the mind
And In 1t are enshrined
The precious keepsAkes, into which are wrought
The giver's loving thought.
Only your love and your remembrance could
Give life to this dead weod,
And mako these branches, lesfess now 60 long, f,
Blossom again in song.
Henry W. Lonqfelloto.