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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08
THE CITY OF eUAYAoUlLA

A Fiithy Piaoe-No Ffesh water-p pon.
keys with Pants-T -Tamens Pinsappiei.
iEcuadoe Correspondents Intr ocoan,l
But although the rest 6f the country
is still In the middle ages, Quay fnil Is
a modern town. It has gas, street cars,
fee factories, and other modern i'm
ptpyemenls, all introduced By citizens
Of the United States. The custom.
house Is built Of pine from Maine, and
corrugated iron from Fennsyltahia, and
Q citizen Of New York built Il. An
American company have q line Of pad.
dle.wheel steamers, built In Baltimore,
on the river, and the only gunboat tho
government owns Is q discarded mer.
chant ship which once piled be.
tween New York and Norfolk. Some
Of the houses, although built Of split
bamboo and plaster, are very elegantly
furnished, and the stores show fine
stocks Of goods: but the rear portion Of
the city Is 50 filthy that one has to hold
bis nose as he passes through It. The
people live in miserable dirt novels, and
the btz ard is the only industrious citi-
zen to be seen.
There Is no fresh water In town, but
all the people use Is brought on RATS
from a place twenty miles up the river,
and is peddled about the place in casks
carried upon the backs Of donkeys or
men. The donkcys all wear pantalettes
not however, from motives Of
modesty, as the native children all 60
entirely naked, and the men and women
nearly 50 but to protect their legs and
bellies from the gaday, which bites
ferCely here. Bread as we'll as water
is peddled about the town in the same
way, but vegetables are brought down
the river on RATS andin dugouts, which
are hauled upon the beach In long rows
and present q busy and interesting
scetie.
Guayaquil Is famous for the finest
pine apples in the world, great juicy
fruits, as white as snow and as sweet as
honey. 1t Is also famous for It's hats
and hammoCks, made Of the pita fiber, a
sort Of palm. The well.known Panama
hats are all made in Guayaquil, but got
their name because Panama merchants
formerly controlled tho trade. They
are braided under water by native
women, Of strands often twelve and
fifteen feet long, and fno ones are very
expensive A woman often takes two
and three weeks to braid q single hat,
which sells for 81 or SO, aud wears for.
ever. saw a hat in Guayaquil which
Is said to 10 worth $3.50. 1t was made
of a single straw or fiber, as flne as
thread and as soft as silk, and the
woman who made 1t was engaged four
months in the work.
The quinine trade has almost died
out, as the forests Of Ecuador has been
stripped Of tho bark, and the trees have
thus been destroyed. In the meantime,
the trees have been introduced into the
East Indies by the British government,
where they have been cultivated with
great success, thus securing q better
quantity Of quinine with less trouble.
Quinine or Peruvian bark, was dis.
covered by the Jesuits in Ecuador in
1880, and was named "ChinChona, "
after the countess Of Chinchona, the
wife OF the Yiceroy.
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AprAratu, for CoolInr HALL.
LPhIladelphIs Reeord.l

" ltMAuelpluh ItpcSgusl
The apparatus used for cooling some
Of tho large theatres and halls Is simple
and effective. A large wheel, very
much resembling the paddlo.Wheels Of 4
steamer, is set IN motion from an on.
gine. Its revolutions drive currents Of
air successfully through q cylinder into
an leo chest, and thence through an.
other pipc into an air.tank. This tank
reaches under the whole expanso OF the
auditorium. Under each seat Is a little
slit in the floor about two inches long
and an eighth Of an inch wide. Through
these the cold air Is forced up without
creating any draft and cools the
house very thoroughly. Tho dampneSs
that may accumulate in the air while
passing through tho leo settles To the
bottom Of the tank by It's weight, and
docs not carry colds and rheumatism Il
tho unsuSpecting audience,
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Extent Of salmon FI,hlur,


1t does not seem probable that TO-.
600, 900 pounds Of salmon can bo an.
nually taken from the Columbia river
fisheries in Oregon without ultimately
diScouraging that noble fish aud caus.
ing him to etnigrate. Yet that has been
done for the last two years, and there
seems 10 10 neither local nor general
statutes adequate TO his prote. tion.
Meantime now salmon fields are being
discovered in the Salvador waters, 90
that when the Oregon aus have allowed
the greed Of these fishermen to exhaust
their rivers We shall hate a 1ielghbor.
ing supply % fall back on, which Il Is to
be hoped will not be so rnthlesSly ex.
hausted.
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M1sCnL1A.Mnous.
A CARD.

Z NOW ye; that by the payment Of
N $927.40 | am permitted to sell in
tOxicating liquors at my house. To the
wife who has a drunkard for a husband,
or friend who is unfortunately dissipa-
ted, l say emphatically, give me notice
in such cases in which you are interest
ed, and all such persons shall be exclu.
ded from my place. Letmothcrs, fathers,
sisters and brothers do likewise, and the
request shall be regarded. pay q hea-
Wy tax for the privilege OF selling whisky
and other liquors, and l want II distinct
ly understood that have no desire to
sell to minors, or drunkards, or TO the
poor and destitute. l much prefer that
they save their money and put II where
It will do the most good. There arc gen.
tlemen OF honor and men Of money, who
can afford II, and it is with those / desire
to trade. Iwould l say to those who wish
to trade with me, and can afford It,
come, and ! will treat you gentlemanly
and courteOusly.
Respectfully,
may27-lm, JOS. HEN.
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a Hou.s si coIor.d .1:no.Iouai~ wor.


U
The colored population Of Philadel.
adelphia 4 incfeaSing every year and
this town has now the largest colored
population Of any northern city. Della.
ware, Maryland, Virginia, and North
cafolina contribute the most, while
South Carolina and Georgia send many.
While q great many improve the opp6rs
tunities here Afforded and seek material
and mental betterment, q large number
still cling toltheir old superstitions, Gus.
toms aud ltadltions Conipring aud the
attainment Of ends BY the aid Of
charms ind tetisheS are still firmly
believed ina during ante.bellum tines
"a down town herb doctor or "gupherer"
does ayef lucrative business in com.
.bining the Offices Of lcech and medium
and retailing eharmS" at prices within
The reach Of the most humble OF his
callers,
in this city there Z a colony Of
southern coloted poOpls who clan
together and look with suspicion upon
their reighbors Of like hue who are
Yankee Their worship in 4 little
mission room, q characterized by all
the emotional demonstration that mari i
such gatherings south Of Mason and
Dixon's line
Minister and congregation arc always
in close sympathy and whenever ihe
former demonstrates the presence Of the
spirit by unusual feryor L Is not an un.
common 6ccurrehce for the aisles to be
thronged With shouting woshipers-a
swaying, singing, half.frenlied mass Of
humanity. Then some whlte.haired
prototype Of Uncle Tom begins a low
chat, that could be scarcely called a
hymn, while the shouting members beat
time with their feet and Join sobbingly
In the refrain. And so far into the night
the fantastic worship Is continued, The
sounds from within the close little room
ringing out strangely on the still night
air.
Their games differ but little from their
mode Of worship. Both are intensely
emotional, and tho songs Of the games
seem to have the same physical effect
on the participants as the wild spirit Of
worship on O congregation,
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08

b"HhMu ANNAu AeNttWtl
Tho color and figure Of mahogany ate
distinctive, and hardly any two logs arc
alike. Yet tho purchaser who enters a
Furniture ware room Of to-day ilnds all
the mahogany chamber.sets AMI many
OF tho parlUr suits, the tables, the bonE.
case and EriC'a brac Of house furnishing
very much Of the same shade. II Is
simply red paint or red stains, and the
wood used Is sometimes cherry, often.
times birch and gumwood. a short
expeElehcc reveals tie deception.
Some years ago piano manufacturers
bought the baudsolnest figured 70 .ewood
they could for piano cases, but, 4 villa.
ted public tastC demanding darker wood
than rosewood; staining came into use,
50 that many Of tho cheaper piano cases
Of today Arv nothing Gut maple stained.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08

lhullAo NoHlHe1o1al'AlVeftter.
Do you chew your oatmcali WO think
We hear you smile and say "Ot courst
not" Well, The Journal OF Chemistry
says you ought to, and for these rcs,
sons; The Journal maintains that oat,
meal, cracked wheat and similar boiled
breakfast dishes become more or less in,
diyestible from being "bolted" in the
usIial Yankee style. They are soft and
go down easily, and are shoyelOd OF
spooned into tho stomach with no delay
in the mouth en- route. They need
mastication aS really as beefstoak DOES,
not 10 save one from choking (which
many people SeOm to suppose Is the sole
reason for Chewingl but to mix then
thoroughly with saliva, which is q digos
tive agent and not more lubricant tc
expedite tho passage Of dry food down
the Gsophagus.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08
EnEll.h and Itu..lan c..ortIA

During tho last $50 years PuSia and
England have enlarged their posses
sions as follows; English annexations,
2,G6O,OO0 Square miles; population,
2SO,OJ0,OOoS Russian annexations,
f,6i2, 900 square miles; population, H.
$4,000, with shows that Ehgland's
anneSations exceed those Of Russia by
1,OOS,OCO square miles and 2S2, ,sS5, ,OOJ
in population.
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4ko People o. Ire Word,

An eastern mathematical genius has
ascertalnOd that if all the people Of the
world were brought together at Boston
and stretched along the railroad track
they would only extend as far as New
York. To accomplish this 10 lunches
them together ut tho rate Of three to q
square yard, and allows them To extend
q half mile on either side Of the track
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08
AcoaNER N As1.

wspainssd a picture down by tho 80,
AnnIe and 1;
some waves and some rocks and a Akneoling
Gray beach, blno tlsy,
A boat with white sails and iisherEnAn throo,
THREE gulls keeping high.
That's .k..ching from naturs lwuas sOsx
Such pains Itookl
Il might b Mr. Murilln's, IN Spain,
FOrlorl or dnka,
Our work brings happy vacation again,
When uiiit No look.
What part did / dol ia mon tall aSnos.
Artist5aren't shy;
II yoa can't bpliavs me ask Annie what
She won't deny.
| bold her 'brslla lthe sun was bot, .,
30 that's what and why.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08
Saving Trouble.
Iphllntlnlnhln Calll

sax-Thoso new rails you put in thi.
porch are not half planOd.
Pax "a carpenterD-That's all right.
They'll get smooth pretty soon.
But they're allnailed In"
"l@; never miud about that, Pass.
ers by will smooth en-"
"PasseS byf'
''Yes; II stick on 'en q piece Of 20,
per with the word Paint on It, and
everybody will give the rails a rub to
see Il its dry
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08
IBostOn Tran'crIpt,l

"Why aro they called pyramids, par
asked George, who was looking at a
picture Of those wonders Of Egypt.
They are called pyramids, my son, "
replied his father, without hesitating,
because, You soc, thoy appear amid the
general desolAtlen Of The desert.n
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Dultonholo ROususia

It Is said that since New York men
have taken to wearing boutonnieres
aower.Stands have sprung up from one
end Of tho city 10 tho other. Every
other man wears a buttonhole, even
during business hours, and al night
even, larger proportion are seen with
sprlg Of riignonOttO, q few lilies Of tho
valley, or a rose.
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Tho Wind on PIko's poa,..

Tho signal otirer on tho summit Of
Pixies peak says the highest velocity Of
ahe wind ever recorded there was ITO
miles rer hour, when tho instrument
broke and cord wood began flying down
tue mountain,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08
conte.l. q sInElnr nIrI..

ID Normandy bird dealers arrange
singing contests between iayolite chat.
fnches which are sometimes compelled
TO sing alternately as many rs 800 times,
Occasionally thS cruel practice Of do.
priying them Of sight Is indulged in, az
blind birds are often the best singers.
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Tho Luck u Beers Daughter brought.
iRrfotlrn Ea,ial

lbHoayn bAie.
Isaw q few days since in tho posses.
sion Of an American gentleman, recently
returned from south Africa, a cluster
Of diamonds from tho Kimberley mines,
some Of which were almost as large as
tllterts, constituting a portion OF the
spoil he had brought back from q four
years residence in the vaal river region
among the Boers and Basutos who
inhabft there. From him | derive
many interesting facts concerning this
wonder region, the wealth Of which Is
BY no means exhausted, although IN che
last ilftee1 years diamonds to The value
Of 5000, 900, 900 in their rough state have
been taken from the mines.
They were disco cred In 1857. The
young daughter Of a Boer settler found
a bright stone amid the roots Of q tree,
which sho kept for q while as a play.
thing, nobody having the slightest sur.
mise Of It's value. In few months
its value became known, and
prospUctors began TO swarm into
tho Vsal valley. Private individ.
uals, previous proprietors and govern.
ments fought for the claim To- these now
mineral riches. The diamond bearing
space was soon dotted over with miners
claims, which have gradually been
amalgamated, until now the work IS
mainly done by large and wealthy com
panieS employing costly machinery and
all the devices which can aid thoiI
work.
The secret Of tho diamond deposits IL
now so far fathontei rs to prove that
they are strange circular patches Of 20.
Culiar earth isolated from one another
and few in number, In ten years time
each Of the lNrgcr ofthese circular areas
had BEEN dug into vast webs 6OO OF
600 feet across and almost aS many
deep. Early In the digging the geOloi
giststeppOl IN with tho explanation that
these circular spaces wore the crLtors
Of extinct volcanoes followed out in the
surface rock by subterraneaii action and
iillCd up 10 the surface with the LhC
diam0ndlfetoua mud.
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Loeasts Of tho I.aeIile Cont.

California and Oregon arc liable t.
occasional gayages Of three species o.
losustS, lie most dangerous OF which
the great .oOsy mountain locust, who,
tIyagcs several years ago came nChr
starVing out tho people ot two or three
western states,
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A waning 10 1rrnlDN I,l.,...

A medical writer in Tho Lancet warns
all "cycle" riders TO beware Of large
wheels which are accompanied BY small
saddles. HO Eays that unless a good.
slycd scat Is provided, serious evils may
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-07-08
Beggary asa Trade.
EIOe Howarl,s New York Later.

WV AA""ett " AWN iNtA lAHtNhTsl
have often thought that q study OF
the habits and customs connected with
beggary as a traile would DO most profit.
able. II stands toreason that there must
bc some understanding between the beg.
gars Of a town like this or else they
would be everlastingly travorsing each
others paths or getting In each other S
way. Such We know ism the fact. We
know that the man who, under pretense
OF selling matches, comes into your Of,
fee to'day, comes into your Office to.mor
row and will come in there next year.
The girl who wants to sell her apples OF
her bananas in this or that part Of tho
city will como with the regularity Of tho
sun unless she is ordered away and com.
PEELED TO keep away.
The boOtblauEs 10 front Of tho postot.
fee have right to the front OF tie post,
Office. No other vender of ice cream
would be permitted to stand where nv
humpback friend stands and eyery
Italian whose banauas are tottfng III
sun underneath my window knows per.
fectly wOll that he Is protected there BY
the police o.licer who has given him
permission to stay, aud who upuuos.
tionably Is rewarded in turn. There Il
peanut roaster out here who feels as
secure in his place as tho postmaster
does In his, perhaps more so This
great thOroughfare seeml TO be marked
out as settlers stake their claims in the
western wildA
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Sit Henry Thompson, the eminent
English physician says that Ssh l. par
tirularly suitable for persons who arc
unable 10 take lnuUI exercise.
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Even Edison Can't Toll

The worlds slowly Cdging along to.
ward the timo when everything In na.
turo Will DO as well understood as a
mules disposition, but We are still q
long way from knowing how It comes
that o thunderstorm will 20 twenty
miles out Of It's way to get q chance a
Q asunday.school picnic.
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ruUnus cyrus; ono ungFRLOrui man
does injury 70 all who stand In need Of
aid.
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IN Boston tdoy cali & bathroom IN
"Rblutionary studio"
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Joseph Baer,
DRAPER & TAILOR.
POMEROY. O.

nAyING come to the conclusion that
III Fine Custom Tailoring would be
appreciated in this section Of the Coun-
try, | have recently opened out an es.
tablishment in POmeroy, o., where am
prepared to do FIRST GLASS WORK,
at popular prices. To my friends in
Point Pleasant aud the Kanawha Valley
l will say that | will appreciate their
patronage, All the Latest Novelties in
Imported Goods constantly on hand.
may20-Gm.
Delta chief., 1885-03-18
Coal Miners Strike.

PITrsBUKs, Pennsylvania, March o.
The coal mir ers strike which was inaugurated
TO- ay pI onis,s 10 be the grestest war for
wages tn at wss ever fought by the colliers in
this District. OF twelve thousand miners In
the Pittsburg District 1t is estimated that sew
en-eighths are out to-day fer the three cent
rate The river and railroad miners have
Joined hands and It is confidently asserted by
the leaders in the movement that the demand
will be almost unanimous by tomorrow. Sew
eral works are running to-day, but the dggers
have promised to come out just as sooA as
tn ey can put their rooms In roper shape and
ollect their tools. President Costello, with q
number of agitators, are holding meetings
along the river to-day urging all to make q
united stand, and q similar committee Is work
ing along the railroads. The operators seem
determined not to accede to the demands, be-
cause they say thsre is no demand for coal In
the lower markets. A bitter contest is pre-
dicted.
Delta chief., 1885-03-18
General Grants Health.

NEW YORK, March 11.-Dr. Douglas
said tonight that while General Grant had
slept but little on Tuesday night he had rest
ed comfortably, and he arose just before noon
feeling better than he had for several days.
He partook generously Of nourishment In a
liquid form, and his pulse was lower than yes
terday. His temperature was little above
fmal. This afternoon he wrote for over an
hour on his "reminiscences. General Grant
was never hearty eater, and since his illness
he has eaten more than when in perfect health.
He retired early tonight In an excellent con-
dition, comparatively speaking. Mr.. 8. b.
Elkins, whose father was relic we'd Of = cancer
on his lips two years ago, writes that he has
tried for i've weeks to get DR.. Fordyce Barker
and pr. Douglas to consent to let a cancer
specialist see General Grant, and they have
not agreed to it. Mr.. Elkins wrote yesterday: :
"Come here anyway. Colonel Fred Grant says
you may see the General, although they may
not let you operate" Mr.. Elkins also writes
~ know his case is not as bad as father's, and
think you can cure It,"
Delta chief., 1885-03-18
Foreign News.

LONDON, March 11-Rumors of a
war with Russia, and the expectation of large
deliveries Of stock at the conclusion Of the set
tlement tomorrow, together with general
to buy stocks Of any sort under
the present circumstances, completely demor-
allied the market to-day, and except In the
cases Of American and Canadian railway se-
curities, prices have fallen heavily on all Sides
Prices on all the continental bourses have
fallen in sympathy with the feelings on the
London Stock Exchange. The principal de-
clines were among the Russian and Egyptian
securities. Mr.. Childers. Chancellor OF the
Exchequer, stated in the House Of Commons
this evening that the Government had not
been informed Of any further advance Of the
Russians or the Afghanistans, nor did he be-
lieve that such an advance would be made.
The officials of the Russian Embassy deny
the statements that any preparations for war
are being made by Russia on the Afghan from
tier. There is only the usual number Of troops
in Southern Turkestan, and no movement is
being made toward sending more there. The
Standard afirms thst General Lumsden has
occupied Robat Pass, and expresses the belief
that It is only timely movement to prevent
the Russians from occupying IT, Large guam
titles of provisions n being stored at Herst.
Recruiting is in active progress in India to
supply the reserves and make up for the drain
on the reserve force which was drafted for ac-
tive service. The native press is unanimously
clamorous for a war with Russia.