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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06
Cleaning Horses by steam.

A curious machine, which cleans
horses by steam, is in daily use at
the Third Avenue Railroad stables,
in New York, replacing the curry
comb. It's standard rate is one hun.
dred horses in ten hours, but a few
days ago it cleaned one hundred and
twenty-five between 7:30 A. NJ. and
$40 P. NJ, with an hours intermiss.
ion for dinner. To test it extra
speed was put on, and one horse was
actuallycleaned in one minute and
fifteen seconds, and more thoroughly
than by the ordinary process.
The horse is led under a bar, from
which depend on each side of him
arms with universal joints. Turn
ing on the arms are brushes a foot in
circumference. These are revolved
by steam through the arms and cross
bars at an ordinary rate Of eight
hundred revolutions minute, which
can be increased to one thousand
A man on each side takes hold Of the
arm close to the brush and applies
the brush to the horse. The steam
that whirls the brush makes noise
a good deal like the kissing Of a host
Ter. The universal joints allow the
arms and brushes TO be moved in any
direction.
Beginning at the head, the men
move the brush along the sides, back
and belley, and down the legs of the
horse to the feet. A cloud Of dust
arises in the air, and in two minutes
the horse looks like a different crea
ture. The horses were little ner.
vous at first, but after few second:
all appeared to be pleased with the
operation.
At the Third Avenue Railroad Sta
bles it takes six men thirteen and
one-half hours to clean, or half clean
1913 horses by the ordinary process
If the steam.brush is passed over the
horse at moderate speed once, each
square inch is actually brushed more
than if an ordinary brush had been
passed over it four hundred times
The dust settles on the floor, accum.
ulates rapidly, and is shovelled into
a wheelbarrow and carted away.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06
Paid u Bill.

A lawyer took in new boy the
other day, and as he had suffered tc
some extent from the depredations
of the former one, he decided to try
the new lads honesty at once. He
therefore placed SIS in bills under a
weight on his desk and walked out
without a word. Upon his return,
half an hour later, the bills were
gone and rs cents in silver had tax.
en- their place.
"Boyl when I stepped out to get a
draft on London / left SIS under this
weight"
"Yes."
"And now ! find only rs cents"
"Yes, sir, but you see you hadn't
been gone FIVE minutes when a man
came in with a bill against you Of
SLABS, and l paid it,. l guess the
change is correct"
"You paid bill2"
ayes, sir-there it is all receipted.
The man said it had slipped your
mind for the last four years, and"
He didn't get any further before he
was rushed for the stair, and now
that boy isn't in the law business
any more.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

"What is the transit of Venus, and
why is the Government sending out
parties to make observation of it?"
is question asked by a correspon-
dent who signs himself "Sol"-wheth.
er Sol the Sun, or Sol, the short for
the wise man of the Scriptures, does
not appear from his cpistle. Well,
the transit" is the passage of the
planet Venus across the face Of the
sun as viewed from tho earth, an
event OF rare occurrence, although
the transist this year is the second in
eight years. The phenomenon will
not occur again for one hundred and
thirty years. The last, prior to 1874,
was in the year 1863. The Govern,
ment Is at some expense in. making
these observations, because their re.
suits are valuable in correcting all
astronomical data based on the dis.
lance Of the earth from the sun, and
they aid in correcting the nautical
navigators.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06
Up Salt River.

The Cincinnati Commercial gives
the following information to a cor
respondent who asks, "What is the
meaning of the term Salt River'?-
"The answer to your question opens
up q very interesting bit of Ohio
River pioneer history. Prof. Schele
De We're gives the origin of the
phrase in his book called American
ism, the English of the New World"
Before the day of steam all naviga,
ton of the Ohio river was carried on
by hatboats and keelboats up stream.
The labor was painful and exhaust
ing. There were slaves along the
Kentucky side of the river in those
days. When negro had been re.
fractory or sassy, it was the custom
to hire him out to row keclboats up
the river. This punishment was
called "rowing up" In time it be-
came the popular slave term for a
scolding or punishment of any sort,
all over the country, much as the
term to elbow up" is applied nova
days. Professor DeVero quotes this
sentence from the New York Herald
of May 7th, 1855; awe hope the
President gave his secetary a good
rowing up for his imbccility." Salt
River was and is a little tributary
OF the Ohio, in Kentucky. 1t was so
crooked and dangerous that rowing
a keclboat up its waters was about
the hardest labor man could Under
take. Hence to row a man up Salt
River was as severe punishment as
could be imposed on him. The ex.
preston became proverbial. One
day on the floor of Congress, a mem
Der from Kentucky made use of the
phrase in a happy allusion. The
expression was thence crystalized in
the popular speech of the country
From that day to this, the person or
party that has been badly defeated
in an election is sent up Salt Riv.
err"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06
A Boys leisure Hours.

What a boy does with his leisure
is most important; what he gets in
school is mainly drill or exercise; it
is a gymnasium to him; he must eat
elsewhere. What be does with his
leisure hours determines his destiny.
Suppose he reads history every day,
or scientific books; ia the course Of u
few years he becomes learned. 1t
matters but very little what he un'
dertakes, Latin, Greek, Hebrew San
scrit, all disappear if he uses his
spare time on them.
A boy was employed in a lawyers
Office, and had the daily papers tc
amuse himself with. He commenced
to study French, and at that little
desk became q fluent reader and
writer of the French language. He
accomplished this by laying aside
the newspaper, and taking up some
thing not SO amusing, but far more
profitable.
A coachman was often obliged tc
wait long hours while his mistres;
made calls. He determined to i'm
prove the time; he found small vol
ume of the Ecologues Of Virgil but
could not read it, and SO he purchas'
ed Latin grammar. Day by day he
studied this, and finally mastered all
its intricacies. His mistress came
behind him one day as he stood by
the horse waiting for her, and asked
him what lie was so intently reading
"Only a bit Of Virgil, my Lady,
"What! do you read Latino" "a lit
tic my lady" She mentioned this
fact to her husband, who insistet
that David should have u teacher t
instruct him. In few years he be
came a learned man and was useful
and loved.
A boy was hired to open and shu'
the gates to let the teams out of al
iron mine. He sat on log all day
by the side Of q gate. Sometimes ar
hour would pass before the team'
came, and this he employed so wei
that there was scarcely any fact il
history that escaped his attention.
He began with little book on Eng
lish history that he found on thu
road; having learned that thorough
| ly, he borrowed of a friend Gold
smiths Historyof Greece. This gen
tleman became greatly interested il
him, and loaned him books, and wa!
often seen sitting by him on a lol
conversing with him about the peo
pie of ancient times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06
A Confused Memory.

There are scores of respectable and
reputable heads of families who take
regular lessons in the manly art of
self-defence, and who spend an hour
every evening in swinging clubs and
otherwise developing and hardening
the muscle. One of The most enthus-
iastic of the lot had finished his box
ing lesson the other night, when the
trainer saidI
II am sorry to lose your money and
your company, but feel it my duty
to say that | can learn you nothing
further. You have got the science
and muscle to clean out crowd, and
heaven help the man who stands be,
fore you"
The citizen went home with con-
sciousness that only towards carry
revolvers, and he wondered how a
man would look after he had given
him a sock dolager straight from the
shoulder. The next morning as he
was leaving his house along came a
strawberry man who was yelling his
wares at the top of his voice.
"Do you sell any more berries for
yelling in that manner" asked the
citizen, as the peddler drew rein.
"Oh, take in your nosc?" was the
reply.
"some one will take your whole
body in some dayW
"But it won't be a man with a
wart on his chinl"
mo impudence, STRIP
"And none from you, eitherl"
"You deserve a good thrashing!"
"And perhaps you can give it to
mel"
There was a golden opportunity.
The one had science-the other i'm
pudence. The one had received
thirty-eight lessons in boxing-the
other fairly ached to be pounded.
Don't talk that way to me or I'll
knock you down." said the finished
pupil as he gently threw himself in
position to mash u brick wall.
ooh, you will, ch2' "Then let's
see you do itp'
Even the graduate could not tell
exactly what took place. He remcm,
bered of being kicked on the shins,
struck on the chin and twisted over
a horse block after he fell, but when
consciousness returned his wife and
children were crying over him and
the peddler was two blocks down the
street shouting:
"Straw-bu.rics-great big ones
red as blood-perfect daisies-only
two shillings for heaping big quart
without any thumb in it,"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

Goods at half price," said the sign.
GLOW much is that teapot" asked
an old lady, "Fifty cents, num-"
was the response. "Guess III take
it," she said, throwing down quar-
ter, The sign was taken in.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

Cotton seed sol is beginning to
take the place Of lard for cooking
purposes, in the east. II is said to
be much cheaper and very superior to
lard for all ordinary purposes in the
kitchen.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

The golden beams Of truth and the
silken cords oflove, twisted together,
will draw men on with a sweet vic.
lence, whether they will or not
Cud8uorh..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

An inebriate was coming down an
avenue Of trees by moonlight, and
tumbled against one of them. Being
polite, though drunk, he raised his
hat, and stumbled against another
tree, begged pardon, muttered some.
thing about his own side of the road,
which he couldn't keep, and stag.
gered forward. Then he stumbled
against another tree, and apologized
again. This won't dc" he murmur-
ed, "too many people coming this
way. will just sit down till this
procession has passed away"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

Joking at death, When Dumas
was on his death.bed and his end
rapidly approaching, his faithful ser.
want, who adored his MASTER, was
sobbing audibly in a corner of tho
chamber, Turning towards the spot,
his eyes dimmed in the death strug.
gle, Dumas family uttered, "Don't
weep, my friend; if want anything
up there, I'll ring for you"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

There is many thing which the
world calls disappointment; but there
is no such thing in the dictionary of
faith. What to others are disap-
pointments are to believers intima-
tions of the will of God.-Ne,Uton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

The frmest friendships have been
formed in mutual adversely; as iron
is most strongly united by the fer.
cest aame.--Coi.on.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06
From His Wife's Head.

A few days since a party of gentle.
men were together. One man, a jok-
er,stepped up to a member of the par
ty, and holding long hair before his
eyes, said,-
"See here, old fellow, this looks
suspicious. Where did this long hair
come from"
"Why, that's from my wife's
head!"
care you sure of it,"
"Sure Of it2 OF course / am. You
don't suppose you would find no 9th,
er woman's hair about me, do you?"
"No, probably not; am sorry you
are SO sure it is your wife's hair, for
l picked it of the coat of this gentle
man." pointing to a friend near by.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

The Jardin d'Acclamation in Paris
is about adding to its treasures con.
signment of natives of French Gui.
ana, including four men, four women
and six children. They are said to
be of exceedingly gentle habits, and
in their own country are fond only
of hunting and fishing. As IN in
stance Of their idleness it is mention
ed that they are often two years in
knitting their own hammocks, the
only sort Of handiwork they usually
undertake.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

". DE-. IL. q ID. .. IL runs Dy SOlunl-
bus time-24 minutes slower than G. 0:
R'y time. -
Division Trains do not run on Sunday.
No. Mail-Connects at Lynchburg
Junction South and Southwest; at Ashland.
KY, with Scioto Valley Railroad for tho
Northwest; at Lexington, KY, with Ken;
lucky Central Railway for Cincinnati and
the West; and with Z: & N. Railway for
the Southwest.
No. 2 MALL. & N. and Kentucky
Central Railways connect at Lexington,
Ky, and Scioto Valley Railroad at Ash
land, KY, with No. 2. No 2 connects at
Lynchburg Junction for the South and
Southwest; and at Richmondfor the Sonth.
No. 8 Unprecedented at Hunt
ington with steamers for Cincinnati and
the West.
No. 4 Unprecedented at Lynch.
burg Junction for the North and South; ut
Richmond for the South; and ON Tuesdays
and Fridays with o. D. s. S. for New York.
Pullman Sleeping Coaches daily on Nos.
J and 2 between Huntington and Clifton
Forge.
Sleeping Coaches daily on Nos. 8 and a
between Richmond and Anderson.
Special Notice.
New Coaches through between Cincin.'
natl and Richmond on Nos. and with.
out change.
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage. Checks, ap.
ply toany Office Of C. 60. R'y or Depot
or Ticket Office Of connecting lines.
G. W. SMITH, Ii. W. FULLER,
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass'r Ag't.'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06

No. 13, Freight and Passenger.
Leaves Richmond daily except Sunday at
$50 p. M. and arrives Charlottesville 1850
p. m,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-09-06
The Waste OF II Bucketful.

A cadet resigned from West Point
recently, out Of the class of 'S6, be.
cause he couldn't stand the hazing
He was a "PIebe," one of the fourth
class men, who are kept to the grind
stone of servitudo to the fellows
ahead of them, as implicitly as any
flag" in an English public school
The particular cause of his leaving
was not that he was tossed in blank
ct, or kept in his room sewing bell
buttons on ribbon, or making out
dance cards for the admired fair ones
OF his superior cadets, all of which
useful military discipline is required
of the Pe5e. 1t was the piling up OF
ono small offence that he couldn't
bear. His local boss ordered him to
fetch pail of water; that beinga part
Of soldiers duty he meekly compli-
ed. The cadet officer ordered him
then to empty it on the ground, and
fetch the bucket full again. The Sec
ond one brought, the same order fol-
lowed, to throw it away. This was
repeated three times. The Plebe car.
ried out instructions every time and
then fled TO quarters, when his tor.
mentor was through with him, and
sent in his letter of resignation
That Rebe made one little mistake.
The first time he naturally was tn.
ken by surprise, but the second time
he was ordered to pour the water out
again he should have emptied the
bucket over his tormentor. A good
dash of cold water over such preening
dignity as that, clad in little brief
authority, would have compelled the
officer to change his clothes at least,
and perhaps his habits. 1t ought to
be understood that two Cadets can
play at that game.
Daily Republican., 1882-04-22
AvEEGINGJESSE JAMES.
A Gang Of Despersd res with Muir.
dcrOus LATENT

a special despatch from Atchison
ktnsas, to the Chicago rri oune says:
Your correspondent has come into the
knowledge of facts which positively es,
tabish the theory that Frank James Is
at the head OF movement which has
for iCs aim the determination of all
whose names are associated with the
death of his brother jesse. Frank passed
through Atchson on Friday, going
south west, having four people with
him. Ga the same day Mrs. jesse James
went to Kansas City.
Yesterday Frank returned from a
mystee.ons visit, followed by the same
pals. My informant states that the gang
Of which Frank James will now take
the lead is taken from that section of
the country in the Missouri bottoms op-
posite here which produced Polk Wells,
Bill Norris, Jim Dougherty, John Pom.
frey, and many others, composed of the
same class and material, having for its
purpose the avengiDg Of the death of
jesse James and other lawless deeds.
To this gang will be added few tried
outlaws whom Frank James
picked M during residence for some
time in New Mexico on small sheep
ranch.
Robert and Charles Ford are never to
enjoy moments peace no matter what
the advice or assurance from Governor
Crittenden. These brothers begin where
esse James left oft. They will be hunt.
sd and bounded as persistsntly as he
was. Were the reward they are sup
Dosed TO obtain twenty times $50, 900, it
would not purchase one days rest, one
meal or blessed night. These
boys are not alone to be removed, bu.
III informants and witnesses In Cracker
I Seck.
Daily Republican., 1882-04-22
Attempted Outraga.

An outrage, which was prevented by
dog, was recently attem pied upon the
wife of Mr.. Lewis, farmer residing
near Dover. Mrs. Lewis VI absent
from the house for short time, during
which an unknown white man entered,
and hid himself in q bed room which
adjoins the kitchen. After she had
returned to the house, and while en-.
gagged at her work, the man came up
behind and seizing the woman in his
SINS attempted to drag her into the
ID chamber. The woman although
tlddle aged, struggled hard to release
orself, but his grip on her was no tight
nat in her efforts she tore the skin and
II ssh from her wrists; In the mean time
a large dog bearing the screams came
TO her assistance, and soon compelled
the man to release her and make his
escape. Mrs. Lewis describes him az
. man about 45 years OF age and every
'tf1rt is being made for his apprehen-
SION.
Daily Republican., 1882-04-22

The Neptune social Club gave its
first annual ball last evening In Ipsti.
tute Hall, large audience being pres.
ent. The music was furnished bv
Ritchie's orchestra and at the usual
hour tue grand march took place, with
Master OF Ceremonies, Robert E. Fran.
cls and Emma Babcock on the lead, fol.
10 we'd by Frank Hyland aud Annie
kershaw, Harry Alsentzer and Lena
Spoerl, Charles Higgins and Ssllie Far
~, William Vandegrift aud Minnie
barr, who were followed by 1866 couple.
Fancy programmes were distributed
to the ladies on the march, but the do
mand far exceeded the supply and'
checks had to be substituted. Those
holding checks will receive their pro-
grammes in ten or fifteen DAYS. Re-
treshments were served during the
evening and tbs ball was a success in
every particular.
Daily Republican., 1882-04-22
South Carolina,

Charleston, 3 G., April 2o.-In the
United States Circuit Court to-day, be-.
fore Judges Bond and Bryan, theGrand
Jury returned true bill against David
James Winn and Henry j. McLaurin
Commissioners of Election for sumter
county, on an Indictment charging
them with refusing and failing to
count three of the polls in Sumter
county. The trial of the case against
the managers of the Maysville precinct
In Sumter county, which was c)mmen
ced on Tuesday last, was resumed. Mr..
Dallas Sanders opened the argument
for the prosecution, aud was followed
by Mrs. Joseph Hearle, of Sumter, for
the accused. Attorney General l.. +.
foumans had opened his argument for
the accused, when the Court adjourned
to meet at ten o'clock tomorrow morn
ing, when Mr.. Youmans will conclude
his argument, and District Attorney
Milton will CLOSE for the government.
Daily Republican., 1882-04-22

The Secretary of the Delaware State
temperance Alliance, Rev. A. W.
Lighthbourn, has issued the following
circular, which fully explains itself:
To the Friends OF Temperance in the
State Of Delaware: Pursuant to the
instructions of the executive committee,
| hereby notify the friends of temper
ance throughout the State of the ap-
preaching annual meeting of the Della
ware State temperance Alliance. The
alliance will convene in the town of
Dover on the l7Jh Of May next at II
o'clock. All churches, Sabbath schools,
temperance and other moral reform
societies, are respectfully requested to
elect, aud send such delegates as will
work for the best interests of the cause.
1t is now high time that we unite
hearts and hands in one comlnon and
continued effort for the entire banish-
ment of this giant evil from our State
and statutes. A. w. LTGHTBOURK,
Secretary Of the Alliance.
. Milton, Dol., April II, 1882.
Daily Republican., 1882-04-22
until the end Of time. More conld be
raid on the subject but Sufficient for
the day Is the evil thereof"
NEW CASTLES NEW HALL.


The KnlghSs' who will Attend
uhe DedleatiOn-BOne Of tho Ar
ranKemenss.
On Monday, May1st, the new X nights
Of Pythias Hall, will be dedicated
with the usual imposing ceremonies.
Among the visiting knights who will
be present are Wilmington Division
No. 1, Uniform Rank; Lafayette Lodge,
No. 8; Lincoln No 3; Oriental No. Is;
Excelsior, No. 7; clayton, No. 4, Of this
city, and Diamond Lodge, No. lG of
kiamensi. The Newport Cornet band
will accompany the latter. The Uni.
form rank, numbering forty men, will
be accompanied by the Washington
Gray's Band Of Philadelphia. The
rank will take part in the prize drill.
Lafayette, Lincoln, Oriental and Ex.
cslsior lodges will be represented by SO
men each, and will be accompanied by
Brennan's band Of Philadelphia. The
Pennsgrove Cornet band will play for
Clayton Lodge, ~ho will turn out fifty
knights. A special train has been
chartered by the Wilmington lodges,
which will leave this city at 8 80 o clock,
q. IN. The following street parade will
be made previous to departure
Form on Market street, right resting
on Seventh street. CountermarCh up
Market street to Tenth, counternarch
down Market to Fourth, down Fourth
to Walnut, down Walnut to the depot.
The parade at New Castle will take
place at II 30 o'clock and the dedica-
tory exercises will commence at ~ 80
O'Clock. An grafton will be delivered
by the Rev. George K. Bristor. rhe
prize drill will take place in the public
square al o'c,ock. The following off.
GERS have cnarge of the dedication:
Committee on Reception, 1vanhoe Di-
vision No. 2, uniform Rank; Com mittee
Of Arrangements, James l. Rive, Frank
p. Richardson, John NJ. Henson, An
drew j. Brown, Jacob Hermann and
Joha Mcfarland.
Daily Republican., 1882-04-22

An adjourned meeting of the New
Castle Presbytery will be held in Lewes,
Del. on May Sd, az 7.30 o'clock, D. m.
Tnis meeting Is called for the purpose
OF installing the Rev. A. G. HeatJn, ID
d. The Rev. G. L. Moore, will preside
and the Rev. DIR. IL. Marks, d D., will
peach the sermon. The Rev. j. T..
! instead will charge the pastor and
Rev. G. l.. Moore, will charge the
people,
The same Presbytery will meet the
next day at 1O1a o'clock. a. m, at Cool
Spring, Del, Tor the purpose Of ordain.
ing Mr. E A Shook. The Rev. A. C.
lieaton, d. D., will preside; Rev. j. T.
y mstead will charge the pastor ami
Rev. q. l.. Moore will charge the peo-
pie.