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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-22

Capt John On, Pesfliny ton, Miss, has
bsen most intense sufferer from facial
neuralgia ior over twenty years. flehai
had seventeen operations performed on
Ire nerves-that 4, had them divided, cut
or close 70 tie bone from which they
emerge. Butths heverdid him any good;
Tie most excrueiaiing pain continued
without the least Interruption. He often
wished ior death 10 relieve him Of the IN.
tolerable pain. The best physicians failed
TO relieye him. They finally advised him
to consult DIS. Hartman y Miller, at the
ST. Charles Hotel, New Orleans, which
he did. They prescribed PERUSA, and
Ia less than a month was enllrcly relieved
oflhe pain. Before consulting these doc.
tors tlie least touch to any part Of HE face
OF move would cause thu most fearful pain,
while nav he can blow Ills nose and wipe
his face without the least fear Of pain,
Tae captain Is grateful beyond measure
furihisuncxpccted and uuhoped forresult
Mrs. Elizabeth Kenner,9S LiurelStrret,
New Orleans, has b.cn one Of the great.
ct sufferers from Neuralgia Of the faee
during The past year that we have ever
heard OF From morning 10 night, and
from night 10 morning, there was one
constant, raek;ng, tearing, burning pain,
extrndingclear around h T head mud deep
down through every muscle, tooth aud
bone in her face. No rest and no sleep.
Al physicians fallrd 10 relieve her, ai
well as all remedies. She was constantly
in the mast agonizing d,Spair. She called
on Dr.. Hartman, who said the cause w,
chronic ca.arrh. He prescribed pRRuSA
fur her and now every pain has lcIlhcr.
She feels like another person aud can eat
heartily and sleep sonndly.
Mr.. c. ]. Miles, Gall,polis, o., writes.
" DR.. $. Il. HARTMAN & Co., Columbus,
o. Ny affection has been rheumatism, 10.
ca'cdin the right arm and shoulder, Of
mare than two years standing, aud alter
irving great many remedies without any
relief, | commenced the use OF rIRUNA,
which, after using three bottles, found a
decided change for the better, ! eontiu.
uel tou,e il and now feel entirely well,o
IIulAah Ward, Wellsion, o., writes; II
have been afflicted for years with that
dreaded disease, catarrh. tried a great
m,ny different kinds Of medicine, but TO
no effect. ! commenced taking your Pr
RUXA about nine months ago; have tax.
en- about ten bottles. It Is doingme much
good. BY lis continued use hopeto b
entirely cured"
Dr.. A. B. Loyejoy. Dadevillc, Ala,
writes: "lhaye fine run on your Pc.
RUSA and MASALlN Please send me 4
lot Of books, "The Ills Of Life"
nov. 8, lsSl-ly.
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AlChat About c.r.WhetlL
lRiarlnrr bisnsted


An otirinl Of tie Pennsylvania rail.
road company statedthat thproaro fully
lO,O0g,O0j iron tar Eheels 10 use on
American railroads, That figure docs
not include the wheels on palace caches
and the better class Of passenger
coaches.
How much iron dos II take TO make
awheel, be was asked
About 5s5 pounds Of plg.iron, he
replied, and about /, 900. 900 Rhedls arc
worn out every year. But do not con-
Clude from that that tho iron men are
called upon 10 supply the 81 100 ton
oil material re .uired TO make the new
wheels, lecause the worn oct wheels
themselves supply about 40, 900 toni
"ilow long will a good car.Eheel
lastr
Formerly ii would would last eight
years. Rut nOw'the reduction OF rail.
roads to a standard gauge aud the i'm.
provement III loading and unloading
facilities keep the lenfth OF service
down. This Is because the uniformity
in the gauge keeps the ears Id more con.
liuuous use, and the improvement in
loading and unloading facilities enables
the cars 70 be put to more active service.
The wheels on palace coaches and on
tirst-class passenger coaches are known
as paper wheels. They arc made with
a steel rim or flange, and iron hub, but
the web is composed Of sheets Of paper
,emented together. They combine
lightness with strength"
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no Is called on 70 keep up core.
sp0ndences WlthunknoWn admirers uho
begin By saying they have no claim
upon bis time, and then. appropriate II
by writing page after pags. Il OF tho
male sex; and sheet after Jicet, 4 Of the
olheE
lfa poet II u taken for granted that
DO can sit down anymomenl andspinof
any number If verses OF any subject
Shieh may be suggested u him; saeh 40
congratulations to / 0 writer's great
grandmother on her reaching her 10th
year, M olegy on an infant agei g
weeks, and o % for th fourth OF ! Is
10 n western township not 10 lie foun (.
IN i,ippieo,t's last Edit on, p9fhaps o
valentine for 80 DC Lueolis lover who
believes that wooing in rhyme is the
way TO win tho OF. Get Of his ale. tons
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lrcmomber photographic feat vi Ich
would still bo considered very rcuark.
able indeed, ! do not think Il has ever
been repeated or parhIcIed. The late
Theron Leland announced a lecture
Mt Clinton hall, on thcnoyclly Of phonog.
raphy, aud during his address Mr.. G.
Gwards ester whose figure was IA.
miliar, appeared on tho pl4lform and
sa d " It is well enough known that |
am tho New ORR correspondent " The
l.onlOn Times. Ar Gland is nv
amanuonsis. will now dictate 10 lin.
in your presence, my regular weekly
letter He will take il down as fast rs
! utter it, p his phono.ra hic notes in
an envelope without reading over, and
seal It in your presence, post it tonight
and il will go abroad Ly the morning
steamer tnd c sot up by Compositor
IN The London Times o co who under.
stands photography, and il will 10
printed ai you hear It spoken. -
TIE programme WIS cIaCtly followed
out, and Testers letters Hppearcdin The
"IhlndOrer' wit. out being revised or
read over either by the author or re.
porter This extraordinary triumph Of
the mysterious ART gave ! elaud great
prestige, AMI his classcs were GI,cd with
pupils who caught his own enthusiasm
Tie was one of the most industrious,
faithful, sincere, humahO, brave and
earnest Of men.
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cotoRs OF THg A8,YalANs.
Not Inferior to Those Of tho Ancient
EEyPtiam-wh Luyatd says.
William Linton In Tho ArchI,cclI

Not Inferior to Those Of tho Anels.t
EGyptians-what Laynrd says
William Linton 10 Tho Architect
The colors which haze revealed tbem.
selves during Layard's excavations nj
Nineyeh, display 81 iicicnt evidence that
they are not interior to those OF the an
rient gyptinuS, either in number, Va.
ricty, or trilIb,ncy. Instead OF tho
common earthly bOle or rcddlo Of the
latter people, tho Assyrians have left us
a color almost equal to yermllion
itself, The monochrome pictures
which represented tho lhaldeans ON
the wall zekiel xiii, ~ arc
said by GCScnius, The ieptuagint, and
the ulgaio, TO have been painted with
sinoper or ruLrica, II native earthly OK.
idC, like Indian red, while 10th the
great ngllsh versions OF tho Eiilo now
in use, "a well as the rabbis, translate
the word at issue shashar,n jeremiah
xxi, ~ ycrmillion.
At T. horSabad 1t appears that tho red
approached in hue to that brilliant
coor while tho sculptures at Nimproud
exhibited u bright crimson or lake tint
layard thinks there Is no oubt of their
having made great use OF yege.
table coIors, the materials for
which are so plenteous IN the
vicinity of Nineyeh. The rapid
evRnescencc Of some specimens Of blue
and red on plaster, which were bright
and perfect in color when first exposed,
would appear to favor vegetable
origin, rs no susceptibility Of the kind
known to characterize any mineral reds
or blues with which we ae at present
&C TAINTED. La ard claims for the older
AsSyriau period the same Colors which
have been attributed TO the early times
OF the Egyptians, viz, blue, red, yellow,
black aud white lie also speaks of n
green ON the earlier monuments of i'm
roud, aud of green, purple, violet,
brown, etc., enameled in paintings Of
figures on bricksat the northwest palace.
In alluSon TO the analysis Of sir
Gardner Wilkinsons specimens of the
AloxNndrlan blue, by in. IRE, Iayard
eoniecturcs that tho co,oring principle
may be the same, but aarms that The
ASsyrian blue is much brighter. He
concludes that the color was derived
from copper as lie .ound an old m No
of that orc in the neighbornood Of
einOyCh. layard considers the green's
OF AsSyria TO 10 similar to those of
lg pit, which are in many instances
composed OF iron o her and copper blue
Tht yelows and blacks, he conceivcs 10
rcsemblc tlo'e from lgpyt; aud MS
spec mems Of the latter class Of pigments
10 mentions calcined bone and black
iron osher. The whites are Of alabaster
and gypsum, AZ khorsnLad, tho rcnch
antiquarian, N. Otta, found green
rcd, black, white, yellow AMI Lluo-the
latter very lively in color.
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lpl''r Nrih'l ~. 1'S1 The VI li.l
lie is supposed 10 be mill onlrc, In
virtue Of the immense sales Of his boo s
all the money from which, it is ts,cn
for granted, goyS into his pocket Con
Selunt'y, all 81, scription papers nre
handed TO him Tor his signature, and
every needy Stgan ,cr who has heard his
name comics To lin Tor as islancc.
lie is pccird TO subscribe for all
periodicals, an is goadcd BY rrccyin,
blank formpl which, with their prom
iSes TO pay, h. is expected to IN up.
lie receives two or thrca Looks daily.
with re Il SIS 10 read and give his opin
ions about each o them, which opinion
IL il his'R word which can bO use AZ an
advertisement, ho will ind quoted in all
the newspapers,
lie receives thick masses OF manu-.
script, prose, aud verse, which he /,
called upon to exam NO and prOnounc
on their merits these manuscripts ha
ing ALMOST invlria " been 70 octcd by
The editor, to WHOM they hayo bcol
sent, and having as u rule no literary
Waluc wlatcycr,
lilo is expected TO sign petitions. to
tontributc to journals to write for fairs.
to attend celebrations, to make after.
dinner spcechcs, to send money for OBJ,
ects he does not believe in 10 places b.
,Asyer heard of
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BEAR Az HAND

loa Hoors "a Inter oeeanl
Oar swpSlat thOn2hti los ha.ft..sir te.idoF.
When ., ysEu'lS gropinFl1 wo give them
Just Is q ,ingls har,h or chilling lou-h
Nay brtlh the biOytn from ID tts faIreis
We aim % do 70 much, and fail at last
BeenuNe va laCA the dbiiC4ts, kosn powsr
10 give Our thoughts Of words Our dfsnmL
Ike grass,
FLOUR at mora and With1F Ii an hour.
91r fair deals crumbl. into du.t
linbtterinE the iurbid springs ot lie,
And, tlfgd Of tho effort, NO OF lat
siuk with a cry Of sorrow In tho strife
We may not iaite the fruit Of parplis
Aud " lie godA But b. WAC, stopping.
a yup Of SWEET rfro,hmmt from tho
atr nm
and lIitiit 70 biz falntlng neighbours llgs
us done a Hob'er dee taan DO wh MUS
10 nsaeh imposing aoisalsr and p!u IL tie
That till recrdes before him. en- ho falls
ana dio'a martyr TO vain pur .uit
Dbl strive not always for what ran not be-
,,Nlr, flirting for nllurIlg waters. die,
While ~ : DO LIE you aow The healing
ftrshm'-
The streams that sooths and bios and
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Telephone business will act mon
language and conlcnse II. Tic caller
will soon omit GIVE me 1905 pleaso .
AMI the girl at tho Office end Will soon
cease to say What namUor do YOU
want" The caller will hear tho words
What number" and will answer;
~OOj'; "ileiloa, '",I YOU please" and
Do sou want are doomed to piss
away, lOlitenoss on tae telephone can
be expressed by the tone the voice
1t seems that at O'Clock the girls 70.
tire anl men aud boys take nm tho
Office work Tor tho night. This brings
in two kinds OF night, parlicu arly tho
night o, barblrisnl. Some men or TOYS
are polite, but generally they seem mad
and scOrn TO own the world and 10 mar.
vel Mt any poor sOul that may dare RIM
them up. The telephone should la
handed over to 6Omen. lis lust their
kind OF art TI,y are fond of talking
they cnunriate better than men. do not
get out OF patience, and never mistake
a eicrkship for an ownership Of tho
whole concern.
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'INulnl LeWe'|
What is called steam scientific fool
meal company has tegun operation in
London. Is prospect 5 sets forth that
Each separate food meal. with its own
appropriate Csh.forming and heat Civ
ing nutri lent qualiiiyely anil quaint.
tatiyrly, is daily prepared, cooked and
delivered in wholesale Quantities to all
the numerous agency district shops OF
the company; each fool meal having its
own special vast food department. Al
the successive prOaeS CS OF the food arc
worked by appropriate and powerful
machinery.
There are separate fool departments
Of beef mutton, veal, with some others.
In the beef department, for example,
the Carcas>es, after beng weighed BY
the ton in ronderoas scales, arc cut up
by powerful steam knives, and when
ready are shuntei to the heat giving
side, where appropriate heat giving MI
,limont is carefully added, blended and
thoroughly MS INFLATED by machinery
after which the whole passes into the
manufacturing ovens Of scientific cook
ing, after which the fool meals are
sorted, PACKED and ready for wholesale
de,iyrrv."
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INV loTk Times
The Prince TrepotkinC, who Is Justly
regarded us one OF the most brilliant
minds in the Russian empire, is The
physical prodigy and monsirosity Of an
intelligent man, with his head nj the
termination of his right arm and a hand
and arm growing out OF his neck AMI
falling down over his breast. Born in
1895, the princehas received a thorough
education, and is known throughout tho
Russian empire as statesman and poet
OF a high order
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SYDNEY SmItlr. Anec,Iotc.


Have You ever observed" wrote
Sydney NTH, what q dislike servants
have 10 anything cheap tiled this
experiment with great SUCCESS the other
day. Finding We consumeda great deal
Of soap, sat down inMy thnking.chair
aud took the soap question into consii.
Grafton, and found reason 10 suspect
that VIC were using very expensive
article when Il much cheaper one would
serve the purpose better. ! ordered
half dozen pounds Of both sorts, but
took the preCaution of changing tho
papers, on which tho prices were
marked, before giving them into the
hands of Betty. We'll, Eetty, which
soap do You find washes best! oh.
please sir, the dearest in the blue m.
paper; It makes a lather as well again
as the o!her, well. felty, yon shall
have it, theu. And thus the unsus.
pecting Betty saved me some pounds a
yea-,"
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Moving Up tho FlaE ship at rooenow.


Scientific Ame'clnl
In this action the French had only
two torpedo boats and ct ut the yery
beginning Of the engagement one o
these succeeded in blowing M tho hi
nese flag ship. When 10 got Ills orders.
the commander of this torpedo tolt
singled out the Hag ship, aud without
the precaution Of manouyrrns for poSi.
ton made straight for his pro II
would seem that the officers Of the chi,
neso Tag ship were aware OF the nature
OF the Grand the Frenclman was lent
upon when lie was ct some distance,
and opened play upon him with their
mac Inc guns, from 10th allow and
alOtt. But the smoke from the big guns
Was so thick that they soon lost him,
and did not again mako him out unit
no was close abroad, and it was too late
for use ul gun practice.
no crew Of the torpedo boat, shcl.
tered 10y the protecting shields, ara said
to have otcytd orders with an alacrity
and precision that showed them to have
great confidence in tho sue ess of the
work that was being tut out for them
There was no hitch, no hesitation. The
proper position was reached, the tor
Pelo was sent on It's crranl. 1t touched
the hu,l, and tremendous report fol.
lowed. The great ship rose for a mo.
mcnt as il about to leap into tho air,
and settling back, she Iii appeared al.
most instantly into the sea. Cnly A
few Of her crew Of 200 men were saved
Tho commander Of the torpedo boat was
hurt in the head, and another officer
was shot in the arm. There wero no
other casualties.
The grcat clouds Of smoke which re-.
snItel from the heavy gun practice
made the work OF the torpc 10 boat at
once sure and safe. This Is a point in
torpedo loaf warfare that Should never
be lost sight ofin any discussion on thi,
subject. A battery OF big guns con.
sIantly fired will, in n short while,
especially il there is little wind, gone.
rate veritablc fog, and shut out Whole
ships from view; and hence il follows
thai the more ship tries 10 defend her.
self from an advancing iorp, boat.
tho more facilo becomes tho work Of the
latter to reach the prey. The com.
manier OF torpedo loat need only see
That he has the true co upaSs bearings Of
the enemy, anl ticn wien this enemy
is lost in the smoke from his own guns
the ,orp'do boats tartel in tho already
ascertain3d course.
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OrrositO Fatent OIlice. Mashg'ton, D. Q.

mi Nor the working class Send 10 cents for
hIiI postage, and We will mail you VKEE,
luvIlI IEoyal, valuable box Of sample goods thai
~ Will put you in the way Of making more
money 10 few days than you ever thought po,,ibie
at any business. ',aptal not required. We viii
start you. You can work all the time or IN ,nsTs
time only The work Is universally adapted 10 botb
sexes young ard old. You can easily earn from g
may iestthe business, We make this unparalleled offer
to all who arc not well atBeed we will send q 10
pay Tor the trouble Of vrii,ag US Full particulars
directions, etc, sent free. Fortunes will be- made
BY those who give their whole time to the Work.
Great success absolutely sure. Don't delay. Starr
now. Address STiHsos & Co.. Portland Maine
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An End 10 Bono ScrnnInr.

Edward Shepherd, Of Harrisburg, ILL.,,
says Having received so much bene.
ct from Elcctrict Bittcrs, feel it my
duty to let suffering humanity know Il.
Have had running sore on my leg for
eight years; my doctors told me l would
have to have the bone scraped or leg
amputatated. l used, instead, three
bottles of Electric Bittcrs and seven
boxes Bucklen's Arnica salyQ, and my
leg is now sound and we'll"
Electric Biiters are sold at fifty cents
bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica Salye at
25e. per box by Dr. W. S. Hoy.
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An Artists Suggestion,


Neissonicr suggests the foundation Of
q chemical lal ora.ory for cOlOrs, to
which arti is can take the pigments aud
>Gther materials which they use in their
work in order to have them tested for
durability and general excellence. At
present artists are helpless, aud, without
wishing to be dishonest TO their clients,
are liable to use colOrs which will fade
in4ime or even infect other COlors Of the
picture. iuture buyers ought TO 10
protected in some way from the changes
that take place in paintings Of great
value, Int artists arc even more inter.
cstol in being certain Of tn pOrmanenCe
Of tints because their fame in the years
to cone must rest thereon.
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In loring the artcsian well at White
Plains, ont in the eastern part of Ne.
yada, under the auspices of tho central
Pacific Railroad company large log
or Scyera' logs Of wood were ored
through at the depth Of LOIS feet be.
low the surface. This has been sub.
lcct for discussion by scientists since
and a lew evening ago, in an Francisco
hr arkness made it the subject for n
very interesting lecture. cutie large
quantity Of this wood was brought 10
the surface, and it was good, sound
wood in an almost perfect state of pre-.
seryation, although L. great dtp.h and
the character Of the superintendent
strata showed that it was ut least
100000 years old. Microscopic cxami.
nation SLOWS that the ancient tree WIS
similar TO the present nutpine.
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An important DIscoyery.

The most important Discovery is that
which brings the most good to the great.
est number, Dir. Kings New Discovery
for Consumption, Coughs, and Colds,
will preserve the health and save life,
aud is a priceless boon to the afflicted
Not only does it positively cure Con.
sumption, but Coughs, Colds, Bronchit.
Is, Asthma. Hoarseness, and all affect.
onsoi the Throat, Chest aud Lungs,
yield at once to its wonderful curative
powers. ltyOu doubt this, get Trial
Bottle Free, at DR.. W. S. Hoy's Drug
Store.
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Something for tllo Bnby.

What a terrible aaliction about the
house is a cross, crying babyI a young
man on the very edge OF matrimony
might easily be frightened from his pur.
pose by having too much OF that sort of
music at the homes OF his married
friends. Yet babies cry commonly when
they are sick, One tcaspoonful Of Park
ers' Tonic, given the little one, will bring
rest and sleep to the baby and all in the
house. Only 80 cents, at druggists.
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Whore Egg. Mere lionord.

Hens eggs were in great yencration
with the nncicnis. The Romans OK.
hibitcd them with great reverence In
their festivals OF Ceres. The Greeks
equally houored then. The Japanese
are very fond Of eggs. They eat them
at dessert like ir.it, and very often
with oranges Tho rich Japanese are
very particular concerning them. They
will not eat those Of fowls which have
full liberty and feed on what they can
pl kup. They must be fol on rice, and
they must lay their eggs in rooms pro.
pared Tor that purpose.
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Causes of Inrantllo Mortality.

lthChgO eWs 'terVioW.
"Tell me, doctor, what the reason Is
for tho large percentage Of infantilC
deaths"
well, ii is tho same the world over.
Everywhere onthis earthLetween 10 and
10 per cent Of the Young children die
annually. That is Gods law. Tho
death rate Of children is larger in cities
than in the country, because of insani.
;ary conditions and Overcrowded GUAR.
tiers and improper fec ling There arc
no chldren's diseases peculiar to Chi.
cago, nor do we have an un1ue proper.
tiou of any OF them Scarlet fever, diph.
liberia, cholera morbus, inanition, mea.
sizes, whooping.coggh group, etc, Tie
regulars ourgeSOf childhood, claim thor
Quotum here and no moro Cholera in.
iantnm Is the great death.deller among
children in ,ummer."
"And what is tho cause OF that"
Largely it is faulty nutrition. When.
ever We have had a hot sunday IN SUN.
MGR always look ont for II large in.
crease in childranS deaths on tn es.
daS. Why. Because the mothers
Of the poorer classes have been out on
such sundays, with their babies, under
u broiling sun. hey have been drink.
ing beer; they have been eyertiug them.
Ives. On Monday their milk under
GOES n chAnpp Their Children su.ror
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a i'a'lrond Indicator
tsc,roliO T. ,h,,

A New Yorker has patented a railroad
indicator to be used to indicate the
time al which trains pass q station. The
Indicator is composed OF u clock SIT in a
case ahoat eight feet above tho ground.
The dial looks like an ordinary clock
tho Ian sare stationary except when a
train passes on the track where the in.
dicator Is attached, when the hands sud.
denly move to the hour, minltoand sec.
ond, giving tho core I lime when tho
train passes The hands point ut this
time until another train passes when
they move ahead rs teIorI. The inyen.
ton has leen slLisLaeLOnIy Leslel.