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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Tn. kInr OF surmal, In 1880.

A Gernlan traveller, DR.. ". Joest, in
1850. when on tour through Buuuah,
had an audience with Theebaw. DR..
Joest related at the time his experiences
in the columns OF The Kolnische Zei-
tung, from which is taken the following
account of the personal appearance Of
the king: "Quel ioli garcon!- wcr the
first words whispered to my interpreter
mot for translation Of courSe--and in
decd Thecbaw was handsome youth.
According to the custom Of the country
his hair was. arranged in u big knot on
the top os his head, surrounded by n
narrow baud Of white muslin; his round
face, which WINS almost white, made a
very pleasant impression; his eyes are
small and slightly almond-slaped, and
with his full lips and small lnustache he
makes the impression Of al mlolent,
blasc, perhaps rather sensual young
man, Cruelty is stamped on his features,
but not intcmperncc.
Aitcrward, when through m opening
in hiS jacket ! saw his bare chest, per.
ceived by the bronze color Of his bodl
that his face was very much painbd
and powdered. He wore u close-Htting
Jacket Of white satin, with long tight
sleeves, two rows Of diamond bottoms,
and his insignia, also in diamonds, In
his ears and on his hands | perceived
the glitter Of precious stones, A dlken
puthO, in green and yellow stripes, cOn
pleted, completed his apparel; his feet
and lrgs were hare. Now and then H.
played with yak lmir fan without,
however, altering his position 1T I'll
Ho neither smoked nor chGwed to
bacco, and | must repeat Tint hc I'M
pressed me sympaihetically; he Is pniC.
What stout for his age, being 81 Year.
old, hut otherwise he is the heSt.lookinE
Burmese have seen. Chicago TTib'
Jne.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
rAs sragaT pspplgas Of PANS.
Eager ioFa targaln-on The Lockout
fora poileemnn-BAyrninL

Lager fnrh HArgain-On the Lockout
fota PollssmAn-BarEaina
Many sallers keep their table carefully
covered sothat nothing Is visible, and
hon beeinto talk about the discovery
Il Aiueiea. Of Napoleon the Great and
the oiiiles 9f the day. OF course, you
haze mo- tie yeniotest conception what
hemeansby al this or what he has for
sale II list be raists the cover and pro-
duce either a new backing paste or a
sniall Instrument 10 be used at once as
a tootlipclS. penholder, inkstand and
eraser md only costing 8 cents, or ~
ON still none Of the crowd are really
are ready 70 buy tile thing; but this
dos noi confuse our hero; he distributes
0nAll ides the facon, or Whatever il
may be and s1ys, you can pay me to-
morrow oraslien you are passing At
length ihere Is a purchaser, and ,li-
rectly afterten, as noSure wished to bt
first Atilmes It lnppets that the i'm.
pr1yisel leaIer suddenly breaks OF in
his suoeh. .,iss his table and boIs
with 1t. to De ereai surprise OF his
8htpen 9holook after him and ofl
whom oily ilieipitiateti afe aware Il
the true reason Of his hasty fight. A
sergeant de vile has shown himself at
thenext corner, for whom all the street
sellers, who have no cards Of license,
entertain great respect, as he simply
takes them by the collar and leads them
to the prefecture, a proceeding which
always ends badly. We see that the
daily bread Of the poor fellows Is not
lightly gained in Paris.
Further on stands another man. also
at small table, but he has no cause 10
fear the police, He is an artist, MS he
says, recognized by the government,
and stands under the srecial protection
Of the minister. His excellency he in.
forms us, has repeatedly Offered him a
situation in the writing and reckoning
schools, but he declined It In order to
serve the public. Al the ss,ne time he
il a perfect artist with the pen. with
rapid. sure and graceful lines he draws
in a few instants an eagle viii, out.
stretched wings or well executed like
ness of some well known public chornc.
ter. He then offers them to the snec.
tators gratis and merely for the honor
OF having his talent recognized BY an
amateur, AZ the same time he sells
steel pens, which are good md cbeap,
and honestly declares that his ort "a
based on the pens, which persons need
only buy in order TO draw nnd write like
him. sItonly rpouires n little prn.tice =
he adds with knowing smile
A colleague on tl,c other eide Of tbe
boulevard loudly Offers $40 to tile man
who can mend broken china better than
he Twenty dollars-heovpn knows.
where hc got thom from ar 4 tbpy nrn
real.-lle on his table before him and Mt
trnct not a few ramips VI could y ho
relates have long ago have been n rich
man II i would have sold the secret Of
INV eompo,ition tn tbe c,,vern,nsnt
The director Of the great norreIain fac.
tory nj seyres wonld give half HE
fortune for 4: but then nv discovery
would onlv benpfit the fey whilo rnty
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Must everything be taught in schools
or never be learned at all. Is tho pub.
lie school to become a sort Of public
family Aro parental carcand authority
10 give place in most matters to those
c ercisOd by school oncials all these
questions are receiving aglmative an.
swers in the various countries WhOrO the
common school system has been intro.
dnred. Parents have no longer any.
thing to say about tho branches OF
study in which their children shall re.
ceivo instruction. A prescribed course
is Ggrcod upon by u national. state,
county, or local board, and all children
attending school must take it in its en-.
tirety or receive no instruction in any.
thing.
The advanced educator insists that the
school Is the place for teaching every.
thing. He is seconded in his pans BY
the publishers OF boo S oil all sorts Of
subjects and the makers OF apparatus Of
various kinds Every year something
is added to the course Of instruction,
In some eastern cities instruction is
given in knitting, sewing, and the art
Of cookery. In the west an effort is
being made to introduce manual train
ing into the common schools Many
arc recommending the establishment Of
workshops in connection with every
school. They would have all tho oys
instructed in the uSs OF different kinds
Of tools at tho same time they arc learn.
ing to read, write, and make mathemat.
ical calculations In I o meantime,
Others, chicily actuatei by soIRsh mo.
tives, are urging the Introduction Of
various accomplishments. The effect Of
the introduction Of all those things Is to
shorten tho time given to the study OF
what arc known as the practical or Us
sential branches Of education.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
N. pa.leur,. rheorv or HpDnIp..,.

NJ. Pasteur has a theory of happiness.
-Tue happiness, he ays, appears to
to me in the form Of q man Of science
dnvoting his days and nights to pcne.
trating the secrets OF nature and dis.
covering new truths. Inter Ocean.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
MARTHA

YeS Ioni, YGt Dme must swye;
Not all with tranquil heart,
Rvsnat thy dear feet,
WmppCl IN devotion sweet,
Nay ~ aiarii
Yes, T.ondl Yet some must bear
Tue l,drisn Of the day,
It's lAl0r anaits heat.
VIII utbtg1 at thy feet
May aiuse and prsyl
Julia c. r. Dor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

1t is commonly asserted tliat rabid
dogs viii not face water, yet one haa
been known TO swim aeTUs Ito acssry
and bite oihcs dogi after doing 80,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

The highest mountain on the globe
Mt. Bickmore considers arc two vol
csnool Of the Sandwich islands whose
peaks arc 1900 feet above the water,
and Whose bases arc at the bottom Of
5000 fatlioms Of the sea, making them
more than $1,000 feet in hsight,-Nsw
York Tribune,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

Mr. William Henry Parker. principal
Of a Philadelphia grammar school,
claims to have coined the woni "tcle.
gram as lcug ago as 1851, two ypau
before lIs use by ti,c newspapers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
FOR NAlE,

HOUSE and LOT, situatcdnncornc Of
Ill Filth aud Wand Street house con.
tAins rooms 10, ! Of an arrr. For par.
ticnlaR call in or address Mss. Cl ARA
GUTHRIE Point Pleasant, West Va.
may 2i;u.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
The Scholastic year is divided into three
Terms

The Scholastic year is divided into three
Terms
FALL TERM begins September l7th, 80
WINTER TERM " January 4th, '86
SPRING TERN " March goth, '8B
The course Of instruction embraces the
Academic as well as the Professional
thus preparing Students for the Univer,
slty and for the School,
The discipline Of the school will be
mild but firm.
Every laudable incentive to study will
he employed, and the utmost care paid
TO the moral and intellectual education
Of the parties, while ease grace amiabil
lty OF department, habits Of neatncs,
and economy will receive particular at
tention and culture.
For further information or Catalogue
apply to the Principal, Huntington, Wcst
virginia sep.0-;im.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
Marshall College
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
HUNTINGTON, W. "a.
". j. KENNY, A, Mp Principal.

Miss LILLE KNIGHT, .....lst Assistant
Miss Eva MILLER,.............2 ID Assistant
Miss ROMA GILNAS,-".T Teacher OF Music
Miss ANNIE SlIgLToN,......Primary Dept
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03
POINTPLEAsAYTBUSINESS
DIRECTORY.

a DliINs, J. M.,--Dralefin Hardware,
x Stoves, Iron, Nails, Doors. saslI,
~ Blinds, Glass, de-, Tin and Sheet
Inn Ware. House lIoO6ng and Spout
ing o Speciality.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-03

q TTORNEY and Notary Public
4 Collections solicited and remittance
~ promptly made.
JOHN L. BELLER.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05
PROBATE JUDGE FEES.

We do not think the law allowing
probate judges the filing fee on state
men,s ought to be changed in any
respect unless it is to make it more
definite and certain. 1t is entirely I'M
necessary to have it turned over to the
school fund. That fund has enough
sources of revenue now. The fee does
not amount to anywhere near what II
has been estimated at. The probate
Judges, when we consider the respon-
sibility of their Office. are the poorest
p,id of all our officials. This county
has always paid salary of five hum
ired dollars to that officer. With
this fee he will not get il the coming
year. This is saving 20 the county,
and il is all that ought to be asked.
The fees paid in this county do not
amount TO much over $75 per month,
and the probate judge earns every
cant Of /.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05
OPPOSED CONSOLIDATION.

Quite vigorous movement has
lately been made looking to the con-
so!idation of some half dozen towns
and villages about the mouth of the
Kaw and adjoining Kansas City, Mis-
souri,, into one city and under one
name, viz: Kansas City, Kansas. The
new city would include the Planken-
ton & Armour packing houses, some
elevators, ETC., and the new stock
yards of the A, r. & Santa Fe, and
would loom up with population of
twenty-odd thousand. The move
scares the Missouri town, whose lead
ing inhabitants are vehemently oppos-
ing it, even to sending delegations to
defeat the bill or enabling act intro
duced defining how the consolidation
might be made. A fellow named
Morse, formerly general superintend-
ent of the Santa Fe, now superintend-
ent of the Kansas City stock
Yards, and the Armours, par
tlcularly, are fighting the scheme.
Old Phil Armor said to the editor of
this paper, and others, not three
months ago, that he was for Kansas
City, Kansas, as against Kansas City,
Missouri. His racket was deemed
thin, and the subsequent action of his
company at Kansas City proves that
he was insincere. The truth is there is
aquaking among the property holders
of the Missouri town. If the CONSOLE
dation takes place real estate values in
Kansas City, Missouri, will not only
cease to advance but will inevitably
drop just in proportion to the adj
vancernent made by the consolidated
city. And the thing is bound to oc-
cur. 1t may no. this year or next but
it will, and in ten years or such mat
ter, Kansas City, Missouri, will be to
Kansas City, Kansas, just what Kan
sas City, Kansas, is to Kansas City,
Missouri, to-day.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05
A HARD CASE.

Some three years ago a representa-
tive OF the Champion had a converse
ton at the Upton house, at Osborne,
with United States pension agent,
about q man in Rocks county, who
said he had been left for dead on the
field of Bull Run; had been reported
dead and dropped from The rolls, and
was trying TO convince the pension
department that he was alive. The
man was described as being frightfully
manned and disfigured, the result.as he
said, of the wounds he received. The
Champion has kept the run OF the case
from time TO time, and now has 10 re-
cord that the crippled man is now III
arrest at Topeka on charge of at
tempting TO secure a pension under
false pretenses. The pension author
titles claim that the real Charles L.
Brewer, an American, was killed, as
reported, at Bull Run, and that his re-
mains were sent to Michigan and
buried, and that the claimant is a
German by birth, or descent. and that
his name is Fred Brewny. The claim
ant has certainly been badly shot to
pieces somewhere, and the case Is very
MISREPRESENTATION Champion.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05
RY ARBITRATION.
The New Way of Settling Strikes
and Differences

The action of Governor Martin in
preventing the general strike of rail-
way employees threatened last summer
in Missouri and Kansas, has not been
forgotten, nor his strong advocacy of
arbitration as being the only true and
equitable basis for the settlement of
misunderstanding between the en-
pIoyer and employee. The governor in
his message to the extra session again
takes up the matter and urges his con-
victions.
Hon. Rodolph Hatfield, of this
county, sends US a bill drawn by HIM
self and introduced in the lower house,
numbered house bill 233, and entitled
an act to establish boards of arbifra-
ton and defining their powers and
duties. The bill provides that the
district judge shall have power
to issue authority for the
formation of board of arbitration,
and that il shall be done on petition of
employees and employers; that said
board shall hold for one year, and shall
have jurisdiction in any mechanical,
manufacturing or mining industry or
business. the persons connected with
such having petitioned or submitted
their differences. The tribunal shall
consist of not less than two workmen
andtwo employees and an umpire, who
shall be chosen by the members of the
tribune, and the umpire shall settle
all points where the tribune fails.
Mr.. Hatfield's bill seems fair to all
parties concerned, and is very partic-
ular in all points as to how the board
of arbitration shall be constructed,
how they shall proceed and how finally
determine. as also the form of the
petition to the court asking the licens-
ing of such board. The parties in
interest, if they so desire, can carry
their case to the board of any other
county or its umpire
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05

There is a strong sentiment in the
house and senate in favor of the legis-
lation asked for at the mouth of the
Kansas river which will permit Wyan-
dotte, Kansas City, Kas. and Armour
dale to consolidate. The hired lobby
lists of Kansas City, Mo-, are on the
ground doing all they can to prevent
consolidation. If this law, permitting
q majority of the people composing
these cities to unite under one city
government, most wonderful city
will grow up on Kansas soil that will
in ten years rival in popula-
ton and wealth and business
the city on the Missouri side of the
line. This question is more than a To-
cal one. 1t means not only building
up millions of dollars worth of tax
able property on Kansas soil, but it
means for the producer the grading
of Kansas grain, under Kansas laws.
Every effort will he made by the
wealthy firms living in Kansas City.
Mo-, whose elevators and packing
houses are situated over the line in
Kansas City, Kan, TO defeat this pro-
ject of consolidation. Kansas legisla-
tors should stand by Kansas interests,
which are all favorable to this plan of
consolidating the towns at the mouth
of the Kansas river.-Capital.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05

Col. T. j. Breckenridge, one of the
Texas members of the joint boundary
commission to fix the disputed bound
airy line between Texas and the Indian
Territory, embracing the district
known "a "Greer county," has made
singular discovery in his researches
among old maps and documents. The
original treaty fixing the boundary
line adopted Melish's map as its
standard, and the present line is alsO
to be arranged on the authority of
this map. Colonel Breckeniidg e
discovers Melish's outlines of what
is now known as Washits river, to be
thc,porih fork of the Red river. instead
of the stream now bearing that name,
which bounds Greer county on the
north and east. The only question
for the present commission to deter
mine is, which of the various streams
is the North Red River. If Colonel
Breckenridge's discovery can be au-
thenticated. Texas may not only claim
Greer county, but one fifth of the en-
tire river, embracing the richest graz
ing lands in the territory. Washita
river empties into Red river a few
miles west of Denison, and runs dag
onally across the territory to the CEN
ter of the western boundary line
Emporia Republican.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05

We had the pleasure during the late
"cold snap" of witnessing consider
able herd OF cattle. mostly mich cows,
take water as drink from which ''the
chip had been removed by steam
conveyed TO the trough by pipe.
Instead of standing over the trough
hesitating and shivering by the half
hour, las cattle do in very cold weather,
dreading the shock which the freez-
ing water gives the system, and after
the drinking shiyering and shaking
as if in an ague these cattle drank
promptly in full draughts, and then
stretched themselves with as much
apparent comfort and satisfaction as
they would have shown had the mer-
curry been among the nineties. The
owner of the herd, a thoroughly prac-
teal man, assured us of his perfect
satisfaction with the plan of warming
stock water, he having demonstrated
that the yield of milk was increased
thereby fully two cans.-Industrialist.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05
FOR DEPARTMENT COMMANDERS
OF THE G. A. r.

We are informed that Past Senior
Vice Department Commander G. j..
McDivitt, of Abilene, is spoken of for
the Office of department commander
of the g. A. r., and as MAC" is one
of the very best workers in the order
and being favorably located, We think
it but Justice TO elect him. COmrade
McDivitt is one of those quiet, unas-
suming "o.d vets" yet one whose
whole soul is wrapped up in matters
pertaining to Grand Army affairs and
would so well and faithfully perform
the duties of commander, as to meet
with the hearty approval of the COM
rades all over the state. The honor
has always been conferred upon COM
rades in the eastern portion of the
state, until last year, when it was Civ
en- to our worthy and efficient present
commander, Stewart, of Wichita.
Let it now come up on the U. p. rail-
road to Abilene.-Elsworth Reporter
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05
CORN Frs.

A "corner" in wheat is reported be-
ing worked up from Chicago all over
the northwestern states. The policy
is to bring down the Chicago price TO
below eighty cents for purchasing, aud
to sell none till the crcp is pretty well
bought up-then to raise the price
twenty or thirty cents. The corner is
based on the idea that the national
supply of winter wheat is pretty much
confined TO the northwest. Raising
the price thus, even if it can be
done, would chiefly affect America,
seeing that Europe can get supplies
from Russia, India and other countries.
rhe blocking of the wheels of COM
merce by corners is successful when
the supply is really short, but any
merely artificial dearth is injurious TO
all concerned. If railroads haye to
lay by their cars and ships to be un-
loaded until the corner breaks, there
is much injury TO The business all
round, and the result is usually bank
ruptcy of the SPECTATORS who got it
up -Emporia News.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05

Emporia is just now laboring in the
throes of terrific railway agitation,
in which The conflicting interests OF
the Jones' Line, the Santa Fe Texas
Cutoff and the Missouri Pacific Rich
Hill extension. are putting forth hercu-
lean efforts to come out on top. We
should Judge that Emporia had not to
date fully determined her status in the
fight, whether she is to be the cham
pion or the victim, but she seems con-
siderably rent. all the same.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05

There is a strong current at Wash
ington in favor of repeating ali our
presumption and timber laws, leaving
only the homestead act in force. There
are good reasons. we may presume,
for this movement, but there are two
sides to it. There ought not to be an
utter abandonment of the doctrine
underlying the timber culture act.
Nothing is needed on the plains more
than trees, and if the government will
undertake the work of supplying
homesteaders with trees, they ought to
raise them e.nselves. Aside from all
climatic questions, trees would prove
to be a source of very great protection
to the people and their crops and
herds. If the government would es-
tablish forest plantations in cOnven-
lent localities so as to test varieties
and furnish trees to the people free of
cost on condition only that they be
planted and cared for, that perhaps
would be the best and most certain
way of getting the country set TO
trees. A quarter section of land is
enough to give away to any one set
tier, and if that were done outright
without any ifs and ands except set
Element and cultivation, not one set
tier in thousand but would be glad
to get trees and take care of them.
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05
FRISCO EXTENSION.

a special dispatch to the st. Lonis
Globe-Democrat, dated Vinita, Indian
Territory, February LIST. says that
track LAYING on the ten mile extension
of the ST. Louis aud San Francisco
railway, west from Red Fork, was be-
gun to-day. 4 depot is being built at
the end of the line, and the station
will be called Sapulpa. The grading
crews and teams have been shipped
out of the Territory, from which it
would appear that for a time at least
operations in this direction are to
cnSSp
Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1884-1886, 1886-02-05

more per 100 pounds for the reason
that dairy products are worth more in
the winter than in the summer. 1t has
always been found by the most intelli-
gent dairy men that the calf born in
the fall, fairly well wintered and given
the vigorous growth that grasj food
gives the following summer, makes q
better COW than the spring-raised one,
and she is two years old the right time
for the birth of her first calf, besides.
The gain all round is found by those
who try it and adhere to it to be as
much as twenty dollars per cow per
annum. But for all this, the general
purpose" farmer will not practice win
ter dairying, but will continue to work
cheap by making the bulk of his pro-
duction when it is the least. Nearly
all of those who arc now noted as
highly successful dairymen make their
business a speciality and are winter
dairymen.-U. S. Dairyman.