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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16

Hero Is a curiosity. It Is q case con.
tanning the hair Of all tho presidents,
from the tino gray lock Of George Wash.
ington down to tho semi.blondo mo Of
Garfield. This case shows that tho
color OF q mans hair Is no sign as to his
presidential success. Jefferson had rcd
hair and wo arc told that no was frecklOd.
John Adaius woro o wig, and lis son
John Quincy Adams had tho baldcst
head which ever rested on tho pillows Of
tho White House. Martin Van Buron
was also slightly bald, and his badness
came moro 70 tho front Of his head than
Clcyeland's. Van Burcns hair WINS
beautifully wayy, and no CombOd it well
hack from tho Silc Of his face. Whilo
lle was president 10 wore IL short, and
It had become quito gray. Some Of JET.
fcrson's portraits represent him with his
hair banged in front and coming down
over lt' forehead in tho style ott6e dude
oftO.day,
Every one Knows how Jackson's hair
stood Up all over his head as straight
and still rs the quilts o. q porcupine, but
all arc not aware that ho was as gray a.
o badger during lis presidential term,
anil that his hair was as iine as the thin.
most strands Of Srun silver. John Tyler
was also flno.haired, and he was very
fno looking man. William Horny IIsr.
r:nn combed his hair we'll tho front
Ct lis ears, and no vas gray at tho timo
10 was elected, Frank Pierce had thick,
curly hair, which fsll down upon his
forehead, and James Buchanan k,pt Ills
fray head well trimmed, combing lis
Lair so rs 10 show to tho full LIS hirh,
open brow. Polk patterned after Jack.
con in combing his hair straight back,
with hardly q part, and both Fillmore
and Taylor parted their hair On tho left
sldo Of tho head, whils Franklin Pierce
parted his boldly on tho right.
President Arthur had dark hair,
which was growing fray when no lott
tho White nouuo. 10 Kept II combed
back from his face, and wore it short.
President Lincoln did not ply much at
tcnhon to his hair, and most Of his piCt.
urcs represent IL as rather long. 1t wns
dark md straight, President Glove.
lands hair is brown and thin. llo wears
It short and combs it ~ from his forO.
head us though 10 wished to increase
tho si3o q TINT part q lis face. Ills
head Is bald at tho crown, and tho bald.
ness Is daily increasing, -ICor. Glove.
land Leader.
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A VaIuAbIe NFcLlcaI TreatIse.

A Valuable Medical Treatise.
The edition for 1856 OF the sterling
Medical Annual, known as Hcstctter's
Almanac, isnow ready, and may be OBJ.
tanned, free Of cost, Of druggisssand gen.
eral country dealers in all parts Of the
United States, Mexico, and indeed in
every civilized portion Of the Western
Hemisphere. This Almanac has been
issued regularly at tile commencement
Of eyery year forever one-flth OF a cen.
fury, 1t combines, with the soundest
practical advice for the preservation and
restoration ofhealth, a large amount Of
interesting and amusing light reading,
and the calandar, astronomical calcula.
tions, chronological items, are prepared
with great care, and will be found en-.
tirely accurate. The issue Of Hostetter's
Almanac for 1886 will probably he the
largest edition Of d medical work ever
published in any country The pro.
prietors, AIcssrs. Hostetter & Co., Pitts
burgh, Pa, on receipt Of a two cent
stamp, will forward a copy by mail to
any person who cannot procure one in
his neighborhood.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16
1he Poets Decoration.
ftlatt M o.....!f

b.
A new INLAND anecdote isalre Of q
wide welcome Although the poet de.
lighted to take his subjects from the
knightly and romantic middle ages,
when feudalism was everywhere IN
force, he was essentially q poot Of thl
people. The prussian fins William
Nv, offered hin tie Order Pour Ii
Merits, With tlattering expressions Of
the royal regard. INLAND, however,
declined to accept II.
While no was explaining TO his wife
the reason which moved him 10 refuse
the distinction there was a knock al the
door. A working.class girl from the
neighborhood entered and, presenting
Inland with q bunch Of ylolets, said:
This Is an Offering from my mother. y
"Yonr mother, Childl' replied the poet;
y thought she died last autumn. .
THAT is true, Herr INLAND" said the
girl, and ! begged you at the time 10
make o little verse for her grave and
you sent me a beautiful poem. These
are the first yiolets which have bloomed
on mothers grave; have pluCked
them and like to think that she sends
them to you with her greeting" The
poets eyes moistened as he took the
pOsy, and putting 1t in his button.hole
10 said to his wife: There, dear wo.
man, Is not that an order more valuable
than any king can giVel"
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RutIal d . chIne.o Freemn.on.
IctIc(go Hsrald.l


The first Chinese Frecmason who ever
died In New York city-Cho Luong-.
wasburiod witbimpresSive Chinese rites.
When the joss sticks had been stuck in
the earth and kindled after the burial
the members OF the lodge formed in a
full circle around the mount, and bowed
their heads solemnly and repeatedly,
while Leo Thong uncorked a dagou Of
liquor aud spilled tho contents over the
grave. Then, in a soft, purring intoua.
tion, Lee Thong made a funeral grafton.
II lasted ten minutes, Bits Of rcd paper
with eulogiCs Of tho dead man on them
were scattered to the winds, while he
talked. lie held his teeth tightly
clenyhod as he talked, after tho manner
OF Chinese orators.
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Growth Of the nnnAn n.nrL

chronological Journal
The greatest and most rapid growth
Of the heart takes place during the first
and second yearsot human lie. By the
end Of the second year It's bulk Is said
to DO exactly double what 1t originally
was. Between the second and seventh
years 1t Is again almost doubled. A
slower rate Of growth now sets in until
abont the fifteenth year, the augmOnta.
ton Of volume during the intervening
seyen or eight years being only about
two.thirds. In the period Of maturity
which now approaches the growth Of
the heart now makes progress, the in.
crease keeping pace with the advance
toward maturity Of tho other portions
OF the system.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16

John G. Fremont, the first Re.
publican candidate fol the Presi.
dency, is now seyenty.two years
old and Is said TO be In d state Of
extreme poverty. lie has 90 long
passed out Of public sight that
many have belieyedhim 70 be dead
las dead 40 the Mugwnnp branch
ofhis party. But he siillsuryives,
is sick as well as suffering from
want, and would seem 70 Be an OBJ.
ject Of sympathy and substantial
aid. Apart from his temporary
political prominence, Fremont
achieved distinction and rendered
important service as a soldier aud
explorer He has made more than
one large fortune and has had OPP
portunities TO become rich ebei
yond the dreams Of ayarice, but
nobody seems 20 knowfaliat lie has
done With3his money 4
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An IniportaIlt Dlltcoyerv.

The most important Discovery f thal
which bring the most good To- ihegfeat.
estnamber pf. King View Discovery
for Consumption Coughs, and Colds,
willpreserye the health aud save life,
and Is priceless boon TO the afflicted.
Not only does 1t positively cure Con.
sumption, bht Coughs, Colds, Brohchit-
is, Asthma. Hoarseness, and all affect.
,ionso the Throat Chest and Lungs,
yield at once to its wonderful curative
powers. 1tyou doubt this, get a Trial
Bottle Free, at Dr. W. S. Hoy's Drug
Store.
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Nat. in tina East.
nhIeaso : ma.l

Flats arc increasing in unpopnlarity
in New York. 1t is said that thore arc
nearly two thousand Of them for rent in
the city. Une objection Is that 1t is
difficult to learn who arc the iellow.oO.
cupants OF tho building, and the latter
may haze dangerous diseases without
onO's knowing It, Another Is tho mum.
Der OF unwelcomO parties who live In
them. In Boston, saws Tho Journal,
the popularity Of the houses seems IN.
diminished, and they are increasing at a
rapid rate. ...,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16
savlne . numaa IN.


One day in the winter Of 1884,
when the mercury was down somewhere
in tho fortics below, an open sleigh.
stage was making ita way along i noun.
tain road between two Montana towns,
The only passengers were a woman and
her young child. They were scantily
clad for the rigorous weather, and tho
woman removed one Of her wraps to
protect the child. The driver discerned
that she was growing drowsy, and
warned her Of the deadly peril Of fall.
ing asleep. 1t was Of no uso, nor did
the vigorous shaking he gave her serve
10 keep her awake. Finally the driver
seized her, threw her out into tho road,
and drove of with the child alta rapid
pace.
This last eypedieut was successful.
Awakened by the shock Of the fall, the
woman saw the stage disappearing with
her child. Her maternal instincts were
aroused. She ran after the stage as fast
as shO could; the driver sIackenod up a
little, but did not stop till he saw that
tue poor mother was thoroughly warmed
by tho exercise. Her life was saved.
An hour later tho stage reached q sta.
ton, where buffalo robes vert obtained
to protect her against the deadly cold
Tor the remainder Of tue journey,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16
Too Many Strokes.
lChlcago Herakl,l

The proposed universal day mCCts
with no encouragement from astropo.
mOrs Upon the proposition to count
the hours OF the day from 0 to q 10
cisil Life ono Of them says that Il will
scarcely ever DO adopted, tor nobody
except, perhaps, sick people living IN
bed will have patience 70 count the
strokes Of tho clock up to twsaty.tour.
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rLAlliss.
q Hscraril

a slender form 10 quaint eu.br5ldsr,a gown,
With little hands lone claspod, and lender
oyet
Hiding ID thsir clear DEPTHS a sorpw desp,
LlnE,d With largo faith and childlika,
grave surpriss,
Paces alone within tbs realms Of SHADE,
And ever gaEiI toward o distant DIOR
10 so him eoma-tor mot stern death him
SELF
Can sdrsak tho passion In her
She nurPas slovIy. They were FLANDERS
AMI yet again; 81 have hi, ahisIa stll
50 comforting beFselt she PAGES on
Tne Wills Sir lAneslot roanI with GUN.
oEnfa
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16

A Washington belle has create
something Of a sensation in social
circles by marrying a policeman
A policeman may make quite as
good q husband as q congressman,
but his wife won't be able TO find
him when she wantshim. Nobody
can,
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Tho Originator Of Interviewing.
IrhtrA.o Herald

Whom tho present capitol at Washing.
ton was opened, in 1913, tho old one
was lot to business tenants. One OF
them, Anne koyAl, ran two weekly
newspapers Tho Paul Pry aud The
Huntress-on the premises, and wis
tho originator Of the American system
otinter, lowing, she was indicted as
0 common sC0ld in 1890. she lived to
the ago Of o.
Josh Billings; The man who has q
fair brain, undoubted courage, fearless
truth, and honesty. can got all no should
have II this world. :.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16

Medical and opened the city Galpoi
Tor tho treatment Of all forms Of CHRONIC DISEASES both MEDICAL and
SURGICAL The staff this Institute will consist Of the following Physicians
and Surgeons g r. REED JAS JOHNSTON, E. g. ALCORN
diseases will be received for treatment carefully examined and believed
durable be benefited by treatment Wilt the patient desires
ed with the Institute The patient
outdoor patient
While we do not claim boast miraculous believe give
tS % W % u. M i1s C n w; M " sIcn
modern appliances relief defom and accidents
Operations all kinds will be performed with modern
legitimate Surgery.
Believing will be skly treated respectfully solicit the patron.
age Of the sick and afflicted. For particulars address
July 226m. DR. Z. G. ALCoRN, secy C1alpolis Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16
Our SO'bOaFl Cltr PropNrtn

A government engineer points out
that In nine Of our soaUoard cities alone
property valued at : i,3.2, 100000 is OK.
posed to destruction in case Of war, b..
cause Of our lack Of seacoaSt defonsos
adequate to cope with tho naYies OF tho
lighting powers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-16

NnTnlor the working class. Send 10 cents for
GUILD; i,s as Y &. y ss ySs ;s .fti .I
VIII put you In the way Of making more
money in few days than you ever thought possible
u any business. i,apltal not required, We will
start you, You can work al the time OF IN spare
time only. The work q universally adapted to both
sexes, young ahd old. You can easily earn from %
eeati % S 6ypTY evening, That al who want work
may test The business, We make this unparalleled oasF
10 al who an not well satisfied We WIN send s. 70
pay fut the ttOube Of writing Us. Full plEtleulaIS
directions, etc., sent free Fortunes will b. made
BY those who givs their whole time 70 the work.
Great success absolutely sure. Doa't delhy. Start
now, AddfsM snRsoA s Cp,, Putllaad Maine,
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AnIEnd % BONG EtrnnInr.

EDWARD shepherd, Of Harrisburg, III,
says Having received so much bene.
'fttscm Eleelriet Biiters, 1 feel Il my
duty toletsufering humanity knowif.
Have had running sore on my legic
eight years my doctors told me Ivould
have .ohaye the bone scraped 81 lsg
amputasated / used instead; three
bottles Of Electric Bitter and seven
boxes Bucklen's Atnica salte, and my
leg Is now sound and ven
Electric Bitters afe sold At fifty cents
abotiIe, and Bdcklen's Arnica saIye al
25c. per box By Dr.. WIS. Hoy.
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q CO, week a. home, $500 ou,l,. i,e.. psv
WUUasiol1.slE sure, No DISK, Capital moi y.
wb,ch :. allIsai ksadet, u you want business a.
great pay all the time they work Vim Sb,oin,s ~
ps i., 3rlIs ieI particulars 70 Il, HALLsfT CO.
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A nor,s rrieIs.in Nuttlnr.

wo noticed, day after day, two boyr
going TO tho woods, carrying q bag and o
clotlcs.lino, and saw them return in o
short timo with tho bag well filled. Wo
followed, TO SEQ whether their good luck
was duo 10 accident, activity, or their
Wits. They used tho line i'll this way
selecting a treo in tho open, OH which
tho nuts were ri,e and tho shucks
opened tho frost; they shock Tho trec
~ climbing into it, and shaking and
iarring tho branches in tho usual way,
ly stamping and clubbing. Still tho
finest nuts seems to stick to outcrnlost
branches.
To get these was q stroke Of genius,
and the Clothcs-lino AMI u little mother.
Wit wcro brought into play. Tho boy
in tho tree threw tho limo over
. promising branch, so that both
tnds reached tho grounds. Tho boy Oil
tho ground mado ono end fast to a SAP.
oling at q suitable distance, and then
drawing tho other end rs t,lut as posi-.
tic, mado II also fast around tho trunk
Il q small tree.
lie tuggcd at the limo after fastening
Il, and then took UP tho slack. The
Dough, Of course, was swayed down.
Then no tuggod and tu"yCd, aud took u
tho slack again, unl,l tho limo was al.
most as taut asa bOw-string. Then ho
beat tho lins with a club, as
hard rs no could strike, and with each
Zip down camo tho nuts. Finally houn.
fastened ono end, and drew 1t CT with
samc difficulty, ID DO sure, over tho ends
q tho branch, sweeping OH a lot Of nuts
that still hold on. Thus tho principal
branches wcro stripped. They wcro
lively boys AMI did very little loaGng,
but their energy was pretty well repaid,
--LAncrican AgriCulturist.
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An Ola Ship.

A ship called the Eliza, $50 years old,
recently took on a cargo OF provisions
OF Quebec, destined for Newfoundland.
she Is perfectly sound aud In good con.
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phIlnaelphIA,. Home Onnet..

Philadelphia contains more dwelling.
houses owned by their occupants than
any other city In the country, beating
New York by more than 10000,
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AHleh.RrL0sa ylaloaoelIo.


TE14Il4UU IITITa
The famous yiolonccllo by stradi.
vasius, which belonged to the two Scr.
yaises, father and son, the yiolonCallists,
Is offered for sale. It Is reported that
tho highest bid, 6O,0Ob francs, has been
made by Herr Won Mendelssohn, Of Der.
lin, but that Nine, SOrvais has fixed tho
price at 1901 francs
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Keepinr Tho World lnrormsa.

A Paris letter writer says Mrs
MaOkoy has a literary agent regularly
In her employ, whose duty II Is 10 keep
the world Informed Of her movements
From Single Typs
In the year 1853 q white rose was
planted in England and It produced q
Seeding, In twenty years sixty va
riOties had sprung from that Seeding
and in fifty years there were 100 yarie.
ties-all developed from one type
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For Rates, Tickets, Baggage, Checks,ap.
ply tU any Office Of q. 4 y. 'y;or Depot
or Ticket Office Of connecting lines.
@. W. SMITH, II. w. FULLER
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass'r Agt,
dec 9-tf.
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AGENTS Wanted Al. ;E,. 40. s'' s,ssss
y. y .s.,iattl, gtt,i Ilegi SOCKS y blplee
wa ~; i:isS ts .s.!,s
ihlYbyl
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Two womsn in Florence, Kansas,
ate arsenic lately under The i'm.
preston that ii would improve
their complexion. 1t didn't, and
it was ouly by prompt medical aid
that their lives were saved.
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-28
AN ARTSIST'S LIFE.
Characteristic ofthc Painter L;9nta-
ra---A Description of the WO-
man He Loved.
June Magazine of Art.

June Magazine of Art.
Like most romantic characters, Lanta-
ra has inspired romance not only in play
wrights, but in poets and talemakers.
The stories told of him are curious. They
might even be true, but there are no
facts to show they are. One says that,
having received a hundred crowns from
that ''most heartless of amateurs" the
COmte de Caylus, for a moonlight, Ian
tara was utterly miserable till he and
the money parted company. All day he
wandered in a passion of suspicion, all
night, in his garret by the Louvre, he
could not sleep for thinking of his gold,
and when he did sleep he was led
through such a dance of dreams as made
him wish himself poor again. To be rid
of it was easy enough in the Paris of
Louis XV.-a very paradise of knaves.
He went to the cabaret and told his
troubles to his roistering friends. There
was plenty of sympathy. 1t took the
form of bumpers and dice, and before
long the money troubled Lantara no
more.
There is, too, a touching story Of
love affair. On the basement of the old
house in whose attic Lantara slept, lived
young fruiterer-a girl from Picardy,
named Jacqueline. Her voice it was
that first attracted him. 1t was sweet
and strong and clear, and it rose like a
skylarks to his open window at dawn
the first and only sound in the humming
city that brought back to him the mem
Dry of woods and fields. He had passed
the fruitshOp daily, needless Of its ten
ant. Now he fingered on the stairs,
hung about the door. Painter and fruit
seller soon became friends, then lovers.
Many a time is she said to have lured
him from the wine-shop home; and, in
his sorest straits, to have shared with
him her poor little earnings. Some of
his best pictures seem to have been paint
ed under the influence of her presence,
and we can well believe it. But these
love passages We're brief. Jacqueline
died, and Lantara, oppressed with grief,
sought solace in his old haunts. 1t is
told that years afterwards he would
weep at the mention of her name. To
get a picture from him produced in the
days of Jacqueline was impossible, and
when asked why he priced certain
canvass more than others he ASKED
''Then you don't hear Jacqueline singing
in the landscape?"
The Palatka daily news. (Palatka, Fla.) 1884-1888, 1885-05-28

The story is told of a Scotch professor,
who has made up his mind never again
on any consideration whatever to tell his
students what high opinion he has of
the Dead March in Saul. Music, it
should be explained, is the delight of his
declining years, and he puts the famous
march before everything. 'If a stu
dent. he explained on one unlucky day
to his attentive class, "were to tell me
that he had absented himself from lee
ture in order to hear the Dead March in
Saul 7 would consider the excuse
valid" The rash assertion was received
with cheers. Next day the class was
very thinly attended, and the lecture in
terrupted by the entrance of the janitors
with notes: Dear Sir, these read, Il
hope you will excuse my absence to-day,
as | am off to hear the Dead March in
Saul" Dear Sir-Havins heard that
the Dead March in Saul is to be played
to-day at the cemetery, 1 find myself
unable to stay away from it. Hoping
YOU will" etc. Dear Sir-You will be
pleased to hear that after your remarks
of yesterday on the subject of the Dead
March in Saul. | have bought a flute, -"
etc. The poor man bore up for a time,
but the notes of absence went from bad
to worse. Dear Sir" they began to
read. Il was yesterday so fascinated by
the Dead March in Saul that l propose
making a careful study of this solemn
measure. In these circumstances IhOPe
you will overlook my necessary absence
from the lectures for the next few days. -
Dear SRI regret that on first hearing
it, the Dead March in Saul made less
impression on me than | had expected
As I would be reluctant, however, to
judge the piece by such slight acquain-
lance l shall. with your permission. at-
tend to morrow's recital" And, worst
of all: Dear Sir-We, the undersign
| ed. have pleasure in informing you that
we have joined a music class for the pur
pose of practicing the Dead March in
Saul Unfortunately the practicing
takes place during the hour of your lee
lures. which will prevent our attendance
at the latter being as regular as we coulC
| have wished