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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-30
Why Insure In the Union
Central Life Insurance Com:
pany?


Why Is the Union Central Of Ohio do
ing more business than SO many Of III
older competitors of the EaStP
Because II is a conservative enterpris
ing company.
Because Il is prohibited by law flon
loaning any Of It's policy holders money
in 4. H. stocks or bonds.
Because lis assets are invested in rea
estate first mortgages on property, the
realty Of which, exclusive OF all build
ing and improvements MUST be worth al
least TWICE the money loaned.
Because 1t realizes a higher rate OF In,
terest.
Because It has lower rate Of death
losses.
Why are thedividends to the dividend
paying policies larger in the Union Cen,
tal than in any Company in the United
States?
Because this Company realizes ! and s
per cent. interest and other Companies
realize from to 8 per cent.
What Is the principal item OF profit In
all life insurance calculations?
Compound interest.
What Is the difference between ar
eastern investment ats rer cent. for ST.
600, at compound interest for so years
and one for same amount, same time ID
the Union Central at s per cent?
Over SS5,OOO!l
What state CoNPEIS an examination
every year TO be made Of It's own life ia,
surance companies by its Insurance Sup
erintendentP
Ohio.
What state has the most stringent
laws governing It's life companies as Il
examinations and the investment o.
their aSsestsp
Ohio.
What state neverh had one Of It's own
companies fail or in the hands Of re-
ceiver, and never had a policy holder in
one Of lis own companies LOSE a dollar
Of his insurance.
The State Of Ohio.
Why should you insure in the Union
CentralH
Because 1t Is an honest Company.
Because it Is a well managed Company
Because 1t has the best and safest in.
vested assets.
Because it receives the highest rate 0.
Because it is most careful in taking
It's risks
Because It has the lowest death losses
Because its profits OIL interest realized
and losses saved ere The largest Of any
company in the United States.
A word TO tho wise Is sufficient, Call
on Col. q. Grant Agent at pomeroy, and
he will answer any additional question,
ant write you up policy inshOrt order
b. FRANKLIN, Agent,
FONT Pleasant, w. Val
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A valuable Medical Treatise

The edition for 1885 Of the sterling
Medical Annual, known as Hostetter's
Almanac, is now ready, and may be OBJ.
tanned, free Of cost, Of druggists and 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 the commencement
Of every year for over one.flth of a cen.
tury. II combines, with the soundest
practical advice for the preservation and
restoration Of health, 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. Theissue Of Hostetter's
Almanac for 1886 will probably he the
largest edition Of a medical work ever
published in any country The pro-
prietors, SIessrs. 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.
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Enferprlsing, ReIIabIe House,

DR.. WIS. Hoy can always be relied
upon, not only TO carry in stock the best
oieyeything, butte secure the Agency
Of such articles as hayewell.known mer.
itand arepopular with the people, there
by sustaining the reputation Of being al.
ways enterprising, and ever reliable
Having secured the Agency for the eele.
btated Dr.. Kings New Discovery Ior
Consumption, viii sellit on a positive
guarantee. It win surely cure any and
every affection Of Throat Lungs, and
Chest, and to show our confidence we
inyiteyou to call and get a Trial Bottle
Free.
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FUN IN THE aAckwoops

Amatsur Minstrel Shows Before the va,
--soensry. stsss and Audience.
lgep YORK aua.l
One trouble With amateur theatricals,
y that they do not run 70 burnt cork.
Nothing Is likelier 70 make q hit than a
minstrel show, even when the actors ara
amAteurG When Twas q boy amateur
theatrical entertainments IN my section
otthe country always included the per,
formances'ot The negro minstrel, and
mot unfre3ueptly the entire entertain.
fnent was . minstrel show. In the big
woods Of northwestern Ohio and north.
eastern Indiana entertainments By pro.
fesslonal troupOs Of any kind were AZ
rare as good crops Of wheat, and 70 70.
lieye the tedlun Of the long winter even.
ings tho young men organized negro
ininStrel troupes from the home talent
Two good iig dancers, half q dozen men
with good voices 70 sing aud two rival
witsfor end men completed tho com,
pany.
No scenery was needed. The theatre
was the old log school. house, or II IN
town the hall Of Justice in the big frame
county court house, The stage was
made Of big plank from the nearest
naw-mill laid on wooden horses Dor.
rowed from village carpenters And
the horses were placed very close To-
gether down by the footllghts where
the jig dancers Of ponderous frame and
muscle were wont TO show their skill.
The footlights wore candles, for that
was before the war and the days OF ker.
osene, and the eyes Of the audience
were shielded from tho footlight, glare,
on one occasion that I remember, by
the old fashioned square tin oyster cans
that had beon imported full Of oysters
from Baltimore and emptled by hungry
villagers The curtain was Away,
made Of fancy calico and was looped
back by q 'puckering string"
Admission was freq The actor
played for love Of the fnn, and there
was no expense in presenting the play
The owner OF the saw.mill loaned The
boards for the stage, boys borrowed
teams or took their own TO transport
the lumber 10 the court house, grocer,
contributed the candles, and other mer
chants the calico. The donors occupied
the only reserved seats. The house WA
always crowded, and more enthusiastic
audiences never greeted q troupe Of any
merit,
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Tho Jarson of tho Northwest.
Por. PIonNef Pfasl,l

Aquoer argon Is this Chinook. Once
upon q time, when there were very few
people Of worry many nations in that
vast region dominated by the fur com.
panieS, embracing Oregon and Washing.
ton territories and all the country lying
to the ncrthward THE French, perhaps,
being numerically the STRONGEST, a sort
Of congress OF national representatives,
formulated this universal language TO
facilitate intercourse.
The words in most common use wore
adopted, q fOw Of them purely native
dialect, but o very. large proportion
bastard French. The remainder are
simply phonetic, expressing, when pro.
nounced the ideas conveyed by the
sounds; for instance, a steam engine s
putf.puf, and ha.ha Is laughter. There
are about $50 words in all, and With
this limited vocabulary and the uso Of
signs, a man can travel the whole
northwest over. In fact, Chinook has
almost superseded tho native dialects,
Of which there are no less than ton
upon the coast, and perhaps as many
more in the interior. The different
tribes seldom attempt TO converse in
each others language.
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A Hungarian County House.


An English sportsman, having been
invited 70 q Hungarian country house
for q months shooting, gave this very
frank description Of Il to a London
newspaper; II Is an enormous building
OF whitewaShed brick, standing in q
moat, and strongly resembling an old.
fashioned work.house or county Jail.
Occupying three sides Of a square, TIE
central court is OF loose sandy shingle;
nor, for some acres round the no ;se, Is
atree higher than furio bush to be
seen. For protection against the ferp
nature Of OF the counts vast hunting
grounds tho enyirons OF the houses are
CLEARED in a style which an American
pioneer would have applauded. A
walled garden, with single small and
ul.built forcing house, constitutes tho
grounds Beyond, oil isplain and forest,
forest aud plain, interspersed with ham.
lets, inhabited principally by the keep.
ers and crackers Of the court.
Within oil Is as bSrrick.like as with.
out. lll.painted wainscot and III.
Whitewashod walls ornamented here
and there with ill,proportioned has.
rellof, whitewashed, or rather yellow.
washed, like tho rest, pCrvade the vast
mansion, with tho exception Of the
state rooms, which arc hung with faded
dAmask and sCantily filled with the
meager furniture Of the last century.
An enormous hall, on whose walls
trophies Of antlsrS aud boars' heads arc
divided by gun.racks and stacks Of
arms, occupies the central ground floor,
and admits the winds OF heaven to the
vast staircase and roomy corridors
above, Except in the state apartments
and in the countess bOudoir not a car.
pet is to be seen, and Of the forty bed.
chambers there are only eight In which
freplaces arc to DO found.
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&c socNL raAruagsIoF ALssKa.
Manner q chsssinS : lmfs-Ths chiidtsa
obedisat and d.rsmpsrsd- Games.
M I.snll dIhb, nhnnn.rail 4.

Manner q chso,inS : lnfs-1hs chiidtsn
obedisat and d.rsmpsrsd- Games.
ne Leph GiebS Donoorali
A writer relates biz experiences in
The snoW:eoYered region Of Alaska.
fpeaklng Of tho people aud their domes.
To habits he says: There Is no mar
tiage ceremony among them, but chill.
dren are often bettothed BY thyir par.
ents ~ an early age, and this promise
is very faithfully kept. and they enter
upon their marriage relation at the ago
Of ~ 70 10 years Whore There hal
been no childhood engagement the
mother makes selection for her son,
and the GIL selected Is invited 70
the house, where she takes the place
ota servant for q short time, doing thu
houseEork and cooking, generally 70.
turning 10 her fathers iglee TO sleep.
They often have family dlslgreementa,
the husband reSorting 10 blows when
the wife Is sulky and. disobedient, some.
times with the result Of her RAINING
away. WekneWof ono instance where,
owing to 0 slight mistake the husband
had made in bis estimate Of bis wife {
character, he obtained results not an.
ticipated. While out on . deer hunt be
attempted to cbBtise her. She retail.
ated and gave him . severe thrashing,
Ind then God 10 q village seyenty.aYt
miles away. Attic time we landed al
lglaamie this same woman carried OF
her back q boz Of lead Weighing 2SC
pounds q distance Of over 200 yards,
When aman Of natured years loses
his wife eitllsrby death or incompatl.
bility Of temper he selects another, and
sometimes uses force. A native from q
village to the westward, whose wife had
left him, came 70 Uglaamie to replace
her. One day we were attracted b.
loud outcries from q woman who had
been waiting around the station fol
food. We found our friend from Sidaru
vigorously cutting her ears, and II was
some time before we could make him
desiSt HeexplalnOd that be wanted
her for o wife and was persuadin her.
A more obediont or q better t OIL
children eau not DO found in all Chris.
tentom. never saw one Of any age d.
o vicious or mean act, and, while theJ
were always around the station during
the fall and winter, they did no mis-
chief, but on the contrary, would busy
themselves In sh0Veling the snow out
Of the tunnels, and running on errands,
and doing any work they could for Z
little food each day. The children
would wait around the door for mem,
bers Of the party to come out to taxi
their daily exercise, and would accom-
pany each member and every few mo
ments they would say "nanmitanity'
now let me see); they would scan tht
travellers face for frost bites, aud vert
ever ready with a handful Of snow to b
applied should they detect the slightest
sign Of freezing. Their games were very
like what we zee played among children
OF our race, and, in imitation Of tht
pursuits Of the elders, we often saw
them with play-houses cut into the hare
snow, with snow images set up and thu
little fur.ClAd mites Of humanity bus
ting around, playing keeping housC
and making calls, with the thermometer
at 20 degrees below zero.
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A AnsWer wanted.

Can anyone bring Us q case q Kidney
orIiyer Complaint that Electric Bilters
win not speedily cureg We ssy they
cannot as thousands o. cases already
permanently cured and who are daily
recommending Electric Bitters, win
prove. Brishes Disease Diabetes, Weak
Back, or any urinary complaint quickly
cured. They purify The blood, regulate
the Bowels, and net directly on the dis.
sased parts. Every bottle guaranteed.
For sale at5Oc q bottle BY DE- W. s
Hoy. Druggist.
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The WhOls.onO Formsl TALON.

Slang Is the wholesome fermentation
or eructation Of those processes Oter-
nally active in language, by which froth
and spccks are thrown up, mostly IA
pass away, though o, CasionAlly to settle
aud permanently crystalline. To make
II palmer, II is certain that many Of the
Oldest and solldest words wo use were
originally generated from tho daring
and license OF slang.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-30
Causes uI Cancer.
IErrha.Rnl

Tho Danish government has created
medical commission to Investigate anC
report upon the causes OF cancer, ant
particularly the supposed association
between the disease and the use Of Ger
tain sorts OF food, the in uence o
worry, anxiety, and a depressed stat
ofheAlth in giving rise to tho malady
and the extent 10 WhiChit Is hereditary
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-30
mo ''D4o3los'' RopI Greeting,


Some men while fishing in Whit
river, Indiana, one night recently, bull
FIRE, using for backlog what they
thought was a section OF a large elm
tree As the Gre grew hotter one O.
the men noticed that the backlog
kept cracking, and finally burst open, Of
rather tansverSely across, InEcstiga
ton revealed the fact that the back
log was boue-a huge Iemur Of q mas
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-30

Paper Of proper thickness Is rendered
transparent by soaking In Copal varniSh.
When dry II Is polished, rubbed with
pnmlte stone, and q layer Of soluble
glass Is applied and rubbed with salt
ltis stated that tho surface g As perfect
o glass.
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There are thousands and thoas.
ands young men in this country
admirably adapted for sheriffs.
Their propensity for changing up
their creditors amply attest thi'
BuclIen's Arnica SaIve.

The Ba SalR in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheuru, Fe.
yer Sores, letter, chapped Hands, Chill.
blainS, corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. Itisguaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price,
Is ctp. per box. For sale by W. s. Hoy,
Druggist. decidedly.
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An English paper reports that
during the recent explorations at
Ninevah q petriied umbrella was
found in one ofthe temples. Near
by was the petrifed man who was
Just about 70 make Of with il.
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STANDARD TINs.-East Of Huntington
18th meridian, or Eastern time; West Of
Huntington, Goth meridian, or Central
tune, which Is one hour slower than
Eastern time.
No. l, daily, except Sunday; leaves
Clifton Forge daily, except Saturday, ar.
riyes Cincinnati and Louisyille daily,
except Sunday. Sleeping Cars from
Clifton Forge to Huntingdon.
Nos. 2 and 5, daily, between Hunting.
ton and Clifton Forge, Noe. daily, ex.
cept Sunday from Richmond TO Neport
News, Old Point Comfort and Norfolk.
Nos. Sand 4, Solid Trains daily with
Pullman Sleeping Cars, between Wash
ington, Richmond, Louisville and Gin.
cinnat. Do not stop for local business.
No. Q, daily, except Sunday, from Gin
cinnati and Lexington, arrives Clifton
Forge daily, except Monday; leaves CHI.
ton Forge for Old Point daily, except
Sunday: Sleeping Cars Huntington 10
Clifton Forge.
R., +. & p. JUNCTION ACCOMMODATION,
NO. aleayes Richmond, except Sunday
400P. Nj arrive r, F. & P. Junction,
5 10 P. NJ,
No. s, daily, except Sunday, leaves R.,
F. 4 P. Junction Z IS A. NJ; arrives al
Richmond s IS A; bf'
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A l'rstty mig Contract,

What do tho sins, foilies and weak.
nesses Of my neighbors have to do with
my llEei ind that I've got q pretty
BIZ contract In keeping myself In The
straight and narrow path Of rectitude,
and Il leaves me no time 70 watch my
ndghbofS. assure you.
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lie Foseiss LAND.


Au1nan ila fofaigh lad,
0fNhich. though taefe 10 rsttls young,
"A man will ne'er qnits understana
Too custom, politics and t6nzuA
mo fooliih hie than poSthaStl through, a
30 fashions o., and pfpitscis fair, Z
Lam Of The langu4go, aHowd,yo do.
And 70 On brSg ~ i th3y'y6 bon there
The most Tor igayD % trade apply
Ffonee o. Enpfe's seat, hof heart.
Then cot Wiiat kgoNloigo ear and eye
Gloani chsuSsui 10 ths liis.long mart
nleeftain otisrS fbW ani Ht,
Attach them tfthg Court and 80
Tue Country bpst, jtlaecent hit
And partly souni IL pollty.
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A aronnd.ns,t. Making Rat.

In Santa Clara county California,
there Is rat allied to the ground.nest
making species, which cl!mbs small
trees and makes q compact nest Of
twlgs among the branches, something
after the manner Of q gray squirrel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-12-30
New material tor CUTLERY.

A new material for table cutlery has
come into vogue in England. II 4
called pyrosllvsr, looks like silver, ant
docs not stain or retain haYors. Knives
made Of It are easily Sharpened and Dc
not wear rapidly,
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Russian CatNrrh Cure.

Russian physicians cure catarrh BY
the application Of ice-cold water to the
extremities, which are then rubbed
vigorously with a coarse towel.
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Medical SugCansutc has opened the city Of Gapo
M the treatment Of all inms Of CHRONIC DISEASES both MEDICAL and
SURGICAL The staff this Institute will Of the following PHYSICIANS
and Surgeons g r. REED, JAS JOHNSTON, E. g. ALCORN
and w. w. MILLS Persons Of all suffering
diseases win be received for treatment carefully examined and believed
e9rab be benefited by treatment will the patient desires be furnish.
ed with in the Institute the patient chooses he board
outdoor patient
While not claim boast miraculous believe give
patient all advantages that be obtained Institutions
in the large cities OF the country The Institute will be furnished with
modern and appliances relief Of deome acctn
Operations all kinds viii performed accordance with the modern
legitimate Surgery
Believing he skl treated respectfully solicit the patron.
age Of the sick and afflicted. For particulars address
July s2en. DR. Il G. AIeoRN, secy GaIlpolls, Ohio.
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mi Oior the working class, ssnd 70 eet. for
IUn IPostags, and We win mall you gRaI,
utI4l yFcysl valuable box q iampls gsodi that
VII put you IN the way Of making mere
noney ia lev days than you ever thought possible
a any butheSl. isapital not required. We WI
start you, You can .EoFk Ill ths tine o. II spare
tine only, The work q uniyefsally adapted 70 holh
cents 10 IS every evening That al who yant N0fk
may test the business We make this unparalleled ollet
TO all who are not well tailihed W VII iend 81 10
pay for the trouble Of writing Us, Full particulars.
direetoni, ete., sent free. Fortunes WI b uad6
BY these who give their whole tine 70 tki work.
now. AddFss snssoN & Co., Portland Mana
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.WkEa, week A home. SEQ ouiht ifet, Pay
OlJl laptolntelI sure. No risk, Capital not re-
T., CURED. Reader, u you want bathttf A.
salsh pefsens Or either sea, young etold, eah mike
49, Ply Az the tine they work, We absolull Ger.
Portland, bAine.
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lnNNTnOynhis Tor HE Live, q al the
IENllNP rsIidsAt, Il lie g. s ne isr.
1UfVlVI lSeit, handtomsIl, bs,t book ever
-, sold iot les tlil twice OUT prize.
Tbs fastest selling book n Ahisrita. ImatnIe
profits 70 agents All Intelligent people want L.
Any one can beeome, sueetiIul' 6Ftnt. TEXAS
nee hAtlErr Book Co, Portland, Aaihs.
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For Rates, Tickets, Baggage, Checks,ap.
ply " any Office Of o. & D. R'y; or Depot
or Ticket Office Of connecting lines.
@. W. SMITH, II. W. FULLER
Gen'l Manager. Gen'l Pass'r Ag't.
dec 9-tf.
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"Dodge Brothers & Pray is the
name Of a San Francisco firm
They seem to have queer ideas Of
the devotional posture out in Cali.
fornia.
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Ths Ohio River Rail Road Tim,
Fable.

Ths Ohio River Rail Road Time
Fable.
IN EFFECT MAY 10Th, 1885.
Central tine one hour ,losr dan Pa,k
rtburg time,
Leaves Petersburg. 6 liam 8 SOpm
Arrives Wheeling-,....lO 46am s OOpm
Leaves Wheeling,.,.... Q l6am 8 SOpm
Arrives Parkersburg 10 45am SOOpm
p4-Conneetions at Wheeling for ali
points with the Pennsylvania system,
EAST. BOUND.
(Via P. @. &stL. Ry.)
Wheeling, Lys...,....l2 45pm s 45am
lMellSburg, Arrys..... 46pm 8 2Sam
Stue6enville /" ...,... 2 OSpm \ 0Sam
T1iIts6lrgh ..,.. 3 26pm 9 25am
Harrisburg, via P.R.R. / loan II l5nn
Philadelphia, 4 25am 4 G5bm
New York, I" 0Ssm a i Sps,
Boston, {" s 2Opm .'... vp.'
ACCOMMODATION. ''e
Leaves parkersburg-............ s 4Oam
Leaves Wheeling ,....,..-........ 4 i0pm
GLo. W. THoKrsoS, viee.pres't
9, L. WILLIAMS, Asst Sup't
June 70, lSs5-ti.
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Ohio WESLEYAN UNIVERSITY 5 3ILEl A 9 IlI

Ess
ss aatA cilII
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or n. A. DAupHIN,
WaShlngton, d. O..
Make 7. 0. Money 0drers payable
and address Registered Letters to
NEW ORLEANS NATIONAL BANK
New Orleans, Ia,