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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-12
Chllll,h and slmple.aflnded AItees.


AThe Aztec Indians down in Mexico,
Of whose antiquity andtraditions wehear
so much, ore very peculiar people, y
said General Eastern Agent Keller, OF
the Mexican Central road. uThey arc
something like the Chinese in their In
ventvc genius and their habit OF keeping
to themselves, but they arc very childish
and simpleminded. We had a curious
and lamentablo illustration Of this when
our first locomotive began running
through their territory. The Aztecs re-
garded our engines as n species Of their
horses or mustangs and believed they
could jump and Tomp around just as
those animals do.
~Thce Of them were by the track one
day when a locomotive was coming, and
thought they would like 10 see Il II could
jump higher in the air than either Of
their mustangs could. So they placed
several logs Of wood on the track and
made a hurdle Of them for tho locomo-
tive to vault. OF course there was o
wreck, One OF the train hands thought
the train was surrounded By Indians and
shot one OF the trio. Thoother two weru
captured and brought to trial, but It was
so evident that their action was cntirely
fires from mallos and prompted solely bJ
curiosity that they were allowed 10 Il,
fFee H.-Noy Yori 4 ottar
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slnLlnr rnder pccp sen pre.,urr.

1t may seem a little surprising to q
careless observer, but it is nevertheless
true, that piece Of iron or any heavy
substance will rapidly sink to the bottom
Of the sea even in the deepest places.
However great may bo the pressure pro
duced ut great depths by the superincum-
bent mass, the specific gravity Of the
water is but little greater than at the sur
face. Hence, such substances US stone,
and, mud, clay, shells, ETC., exist at
great depths with little variation, except
from the effects Of decreased light-Ar-
kansaw TrnyeleE.
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Origin 6f Tho Name "LIvcrpooi.I

recent meeting Of the Philologs
al society Professor Skeat called attens
ionio tteuse OF the word lither in mid.
lle-English in the sense OF stagnant Of
hilarious, Docs not this account fof
ne name of Liverpool formerly Lither.
ole) Perhaps this suggestion will not
every acceptable to the local pride Of
ne citizens Of TINT famous town, but il
;ould not, think, be easy to disprove
possibility.
There is curious analogy 10 this
.ymology on the other side Of the
land, A suburb Of Hull bcars the
anne Of Drypool, which docs not mean
Try pool, btt Is, Us the Doomsday Book
2elling shows, a corruption Of tho old
orse drit-pollr, Hdirt-pool." It Is by
le merest chance that this did not bel
.me the name Of the town itself. II
,cli had been the case the two great
ortheri sea ports would have been
lrioilsly alike in the unsayory signif.
ance Of their nhines.-The Academy.
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aAtHgaINa s. 4AE sLAVEs.
me Negroes Of CoiopiAi noelslana ms
VIVA rrosr. q. Fisia HaAaa.

""a .tsSP - tss.y p-na'
The negro Of colonial Louisiana was d
most groscsque hgure' he vas nearly
naked. otten his neck and arms,
thighs, shanks and splay teet We're
shrlinken, tough, sinewy lite amonkey
Somettmesit II was scant diet and cruel
labor that had made them 90, Even
the requirement 81 law was only that
he should have no le4s than g barrel Of
commenting else-a month, nor get
more than thirty iashes % the twenty
four hours The whole world was cruelef
those times than now we must not
Judge them oy qnr own 81
Often the slaves attire was only q cot
ton SHIRT ora pair ct pantaloons hang.
ing in indecent tattes TO his naked
whist The BOND woman was vel clad
VINO had on as much as q coarse cheiniso
and petticcat, 10 ada a tignon--a
Madras hanaEerohlei twisted INTO q
turb9n--was inglt gent,lily and the NUM-
Der OF kerchiefs beyond tllat one was the
measure q absolute wealth. Some were
rich m ngnons epeclally those VINO
served within the house, and pleased
the mistress OF even the master-1here
were hagaS N tiose Gays However,
Congo Plains did not gather the house
servants 50 much as the lield hands.
These came IN troops. see themi
wilder than 9'psiesi wilder than tho
Aoors and Arabs whose strong blood and
features one sees at q glance In 50 many
OF them; gangs-as they were called
gangs and gangs Of them, from this and
that and yonder directions tall well knit
Senegalese from Cape Verde, black Us
ebony, with Intelligent kindly eyes and
long, straight, shapely noses; Mandin.
goes, from the Gambia river, lighter OF
color Of cruder form and cunning
that shows in the countenancei whose
enslavement seems specially a aliaine;
their nation "the merchants Of Africa,
dwelling in towns, Industrious, thrifty,
skilled in commerce and husbandry and
expert in the working OF metals, even to
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-12
The En'sots Of sudden Abstinence.

1t is not safe for a man who has been
IN the habit for six, eight or ten years to
take eight or ten drinks a day to suddenly
abandon the habit. Any man who does
will, rs a rule, die within six months. 1
have found that tob be my own experience
with patients, and / have questioned
other physicians, and they have all
found the same result. You see man
wins drinks daily accustoms his system
to a certain amount Of stimulation, and
when that stimulation is withdrawn at
once the weakest part Of the system
gives way, 1t may be the liver that is
weak, or tho kidneys, or some other
organ-wbatever one it is, it gives way
and breaks down for want of the accus.
toned stimulation, and it Is rarely a
patient in such q case survives six
months-Dr. William F. Kier in Globe.
Democrat.
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Relative sl,c Of sou,, Am.rIca,

South America is more than double the
size of the United States. Theempire Of
Brazil seems on the map quite as large as
Australia, 1t is twenty.four times the
size Of England. The Argentine Republic
Is nearly us large as Europe, taking
Russia out Bolivia and Venezuela are
each twice the size of England and Scot.
land, Ecuador something less, Paraguay
equal to Great Britain, Uruguay and
Chill about the same, and the little
known regions Of Patagonia and Terra
del Fuego at least double the dimensions
Of Great Britain; British, French and
Dutch Guiana are nearly as large a.
Great Britain.-Philadelphia Call.
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Simple Cure for Sore Throat.

Everyone has cure for sore throat,
but simple remedies appear TO bO most
efrectual Salt and water Is used by
many as a gnrgle, but a little alum and
honey dissolved in sage tea Is better,
An npplicationof cloths wrlng out Of
hot water and applied to the neck,
changing as often as they begin to cool,
has the most potency for removing in.
iiammation Of anything we ever tried.
1t should DO kept up for 4 number Of
hours; during tho evening Is usually the
most convenient time for applying this
roinedy.-stientiilc american.
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nc Falnon, Aernlll. nf nnnl...

Interesting stories about the explosion
Of meteOrites are usually followed BY the
explosion Of the stories themselves, Tho
famous aerulite which fell in the strads
Fiorentino, Naples, not long ago, has
Just been examined by Professor john
ston-Layis, the eminent seIsmoloeist,
reports that IL is nothing but 4 common
cobblers lapst0re made Of Fesdsian laya
from La Scala quarries, aud tie wonder
ful 4pattnaT Is merely q coating Of war
and dirt accumulated and polisied by
long use.-Fank Leslies Illustrated.
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Something Ilsitor Than GymnaslutnI.

Sometihhk bettoF Ahhn tymnuslutnts
l was talking with George Hanlon
about the exercise such athletes as he
recommend for the ordinary man to
pursue in order to keep the muscles
properly developed, BE said: u am
down on gymnasiums for ordinary pur
poses. They overdo the thing Toe
often they are presided over by men who
only care for the members subscription
and take but little heed as to his course
of exercise. Heavyweight lifting won't
tolerate. 1t ismost pernicious in It's Of.
fects on the body, and improves ono sell
of muscles at the expense Of another.
"Wlat | recommend is the plain, old.
fashioned rubber bands or tubes, Fnsten
them to the wall, about breast high, and
then begin. There is no particular for.
mula to go through. Motions will suggest
themselves. Another set of rubbers can
be fastened lower down and the legs OK.
ercised by them. Ihave peculiar notions,
too, about bathing. l don't believe in
comfortable room. Wet a towel, wiring
it out thoroughly, and wipe the surface
of the entire body Wet 1t again, but
leave a little moro moisture in 1t, an6
rub the body again. Once more, with
still more water on the towel, and tller
rub of dry. Our family has found that
by all odds the best method, Chicago
News Interview.
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Tic alanufnCturo Of Glyoerlno.

Tho consumption of glycerine fol
medicinal purposes, arts and manufact
ures has greatly increased In the past few
years, said Liberty square merchant,
@As you are probably aware, he con.
tinued, -crude glycerine Is the by-prOduct
of the manufacture of candles. Tallow
or other animal or vegetable fats are
saponified, with the addition Of water
under heat and high steam pressure, in
closed tanks. The neutral fats separate
into fatty acids and glycerine, which lat.
ter remains dissolved in the wator. The
solution Of glycerine thus formed is con
centrated and sold to reRnes. Some Of
the latter, in order to cheaper the pro.
cess of refining, bleach their half.rufined
product by means of vegetable or animal
charcoal. This absorbs the color and
also some of the acids still in the glycer.
inc, rendering it for a short time inolor.
Gus and almost colorless; but tlieseeds Of
further decomposition are not removed,
and in time the acids still contained in
the glycerine oxydize aud the glyCerint
becomes of color. 1t should properly
be distilled until the last trace Of ilnpuri.
ties Is removed, when the glycerine be.
comes chemically pure, inodOrous and
cillOrless. Boston Globe.
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stsreoplIcon rlcu Of cholsrn nnOIl,l.

sisreoptlcOn View Of CholSra Bacllil,
There was exhibited at the university
In Rome, a short time since, n greatly
enlarged Stcrcopticon view OF a plant,
or fungus, which was claimed TO be the
cholera bacillus. Tho enlargement was
made bya sOries OF photographs taken
through solar microscopes until the ba.
cillus was shown about the size Of an or.
dinary catcis plant, 1t was covered
with spines and presented very unin'
viting appearance. The exhibition was
unique, as II is tho hrt time that the bac-
illus has ever been presented in a way in
which lis peculiaritics can be studied
fully and easlly,-Boston Transcript.
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The CULTURE Of OPIUM.
The Industry in zraIwa ana Beasai-s
GahsrIak ne Poppy,a jalee.

Iho lndngiF1 In AlAlWA and behgA1-
Gathsrins tiie poppy's Juice,
It's probable that very few owners Of
flower-gardens are aware that the pop
pies cultivated merely for ornament viii
produce opium. When the flower pc
tails have fallen, leaving the seed capsule
bare Il an incision be made in that body,
d asticky juice will exude. This Juice Is
opium. It varies in certain chemical
qualities according to the country in
which II Is cultivated, and the variety Of
plant from which 1t Is produced.
Although the plant will grow In almost
any climate, tits in India that 1t Is most
satisfactorily cultivated, the opium rev
enue Of that country being derived from
two sources, those Of Malwa and those
OF Bengal. The Malwa opium Is pro-
duced in the native states Of the interior,
and Is not controlled by the British gov.
eminent, except by tax. Bengal opium
on the contrary, Is under the direct super
fntendence Of English officials,
When flie land has been plowed and
narrowed, the poppy seed Is sown at the
end Of October, or the beginning Of No.
vembcr. Six pounds Of seed are suffi-
cient for the third Of on acre.
As soon as II begins to germinate, as It
does in a week after sowing, the land is
divided by furrows into rectangular beds,
about eight feet in length by four in
breadth. These channels ara used for
irrigation, as the plants need frequent
watering, sometimes requiring It until
the crop Is matured. About seyenty-fivb
days after termination, the flower ap.
pears, and its four petals arc gently 70.
moved, on the third day after their ex-
pansion, to be pasted together with the
leaves destined TO form the outer shell
Of the opium cake,
In the coune Of eight or ten days, the
capsules are lanced at night, and tie
juice which has exuded from the incisiohs
is scraped OF in the morning, with a
small scoop, and transferred to a metal
or earthen vessel. This process is three
or four times repeated, ut intervals Of
two or three days, and the result is
crude opium. The flower petals and the
plant-leaves and stalks have also a con-
siderable value for packing purposes,
and the thicker portions Of the stalks are
used by the peasants for fire.wood. The
crude opium, having been gathered, is
stored by the culivator, and watched,
that it may remain free from mould or
taint.
AT the end Of March, or the beginning
Of April, when the weather is furiously
hot in Bengal, tile cultivatos, carrying
their opium, obey summons calling
them TO meet the deputy agent of their
village. There the opium is tested, paid
for, and taken into the possession Of the
government,
Finally the opium paste is made into
cakes, dried, packed in boxes, and re-
moved to Calcutta, for sale by auction
Youths Companion.
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A Novel Method Of orna,n,n,a,lou.

A simple method Of ornameuting wood
or sized paper is to brush over It a thin
coating OF a very concentrated cold solu.
ton OF some salt mixed with dextrine,
which gives to the surface a beautiful
mothor-of.pearl appearance. To cause
the adhesion Of the mixture to glass, an
extra coating Of an alcoholic shellac solu.
ton Is necessary. Sulphatc Of magnesia,
acetate Of soda and sulphste Of tin are
among salts which produce the most at
tractiye crystalline Coaings.-Tank
Leslies,
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How Apoplory Arscts a srnn.

@People are in the habit, says DR.. Nc.
Lean, Mr.. yanderbilfs physician, +of as
lociating apoplexy with high living. But
that is not borne out by experience, and
It is entirely erroneous with reference to
lIr. Vanderbilt. Inever knew man
who ate less or more simply. He very
rarely ate meat, never took rich food or
hot breads, and usually partook only Of
farinaceous food and milk. Henever
drank wine or ardent liquors, nor did he
ever use tobacco. He was not, in any
sense, a high liver. Apoplexy is an af-
fection Of the blood channels, Lime So
cretions from the blood are deposited
against them, causing them to lose their
India-rubber.like quality and grow brit
tie. In this condition they snap easily.
Everything may be all right only a mo
ment before the end, but q last straw
will break the cameI's back, and a last
movement will snap the blood-yessol
when in this condition Of brittlenesS. ~
The Argonaut.
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The student of history reading the bill
Of rights sees in every clause the result
Of some successful war fought to wiring
concession of that particular principle
from the dominant class. The musket
has steadily led the way and supported
every extension Of the boundaries oi
freedom. Without SO irresistible 0
weapon within reach of every mant
hand, the world would still be PROSTATE
under the hoofs Of dn equestrian aristoc.
racy, whose despotiHm would only bt
tempted by the tynnny of kingcraft,
Artillery is monarchic, cavalry aristo.
cratic and infantry democratic. Armol
and the horse brought about the rule Of
the few over the many; cannon helped
make one man ruler over all, while the
muskct is the agent Of tho popular will
and the pioneer Of universal suffrage.
+All the government, says an eminent
philosopher, depends upon the power oi
the majority to whip the minority" The
fundamental principle OF democracy Il
that the wishes Of 1000 mon shall pre-
vail over those Of 900 men, and the mus.
ket gives the 1000 men the physical
power to enforce their will upon the 0OC
men."-Popular Science Monthly.
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Tho cOnsumptIon d sAlt "a Enrl,h.

Thequantity Of salt actually consumed
England is said tobe sixteen pounds
. er head Of the popuiatim-consumed
oe II understood not eaten, for chemical
works absorb a large share, and even
hat which comes under household items
5 not all destined to serve as food, but Is
Ised for cleansing washing, brine, and
'ther such purposes, A quantity equal
% that consumed at home Is annually ex.
'orted, the English salt districts being
he chief source Of supply Of fine table
altfor Europe and the United States.
Family Herald.
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a Berlin woman lately aflempb q IA
kin herself BY drinking Ave cdnce IN
kerosanss She became unconscions. o.
was fully restored to health IA three q
iom days. Tho peussche woolietsohrif
ieIls 81 . man who drank hablAalIy a,
ordinary liquor elasotpOroldhm ,cgeni
times weekly without any di.aeteeahI.
oOnaoduen0ea- = MedICal journal,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-12

James Russell Lowell In at the head Of
a Boston committee which Is soliciting
funds with which TO erect a building for
the American school Of classical study at
Athens. The Greek government win
give the site, two acres Of ground, worth
sl8, ,0O0.-FEauk Leslies,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-12

Atchdeacon Farrar Is telling EnklIsk
audiences that during his long journey
Though tho United States he saw ~
drunkenness than in a single wall n
London. He thinks America L az
ahead Of England in Temperance work
mtor Ocean
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Alllralor.I,al,lnr fnr 4 r.lr,ilhnnll.

AliEstor-Ralslng for a livelihood.
Young alligators are raised and taI6el
'or northern visitors BY q Sanford (Fla,)
nan, who finds It quite lucrative busi.
ness. Ho has now 100 Of the ami.
.aals under training, and reports that his
tAlcs last season would have been Ave
mes that number could he have pro.
ured the alligston.
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llottrr man rett.Dook stuoy.

Professor William F. NJ. Goss, gradu.
ate Of tho Massachusetts, Institute Of
Technology, writes; u believe tlInt a
well-deviscd practice in any Of the con.
strTctive arts, involving not more than
ons-third Of the students time, will yield
as much mental improvement rs will TO.
suit II the whole time bedevotod to study
from text books. ."-Exchange.
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In st. Petersburg there are men who
take about hot tea in large metal pots
covered with felt, and sell Il TO hack
drivers and coachmon, who haveto wait
for long hours In tho cold when there Is
a party.-Forolgn Letter.
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Tic Stability Of Tic Ocean.

Professor H. L, Fairchild, in a scim.
tific lecture in New York, stated that
while We always think of the dry land
rs the true place Of stability, as a matter
OF fact it is tho ocean which forever
maintains ia place and the land which
Is continually oscillating. BE informed
his auditors that Manhattan island is
gradually sinking, and that II they lived
long enough they could iind Che sea GOV.
ering the place. With great considera-
ton he relieved their minds by saying
that there was time enough to finish the
lecture before the island sank.-Ex.
change.
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Dr. Pliny Earle, the retiring superb,
tendont Of tho MassaciRtSttt STAT
Lanatic Hospital, preseresas a nemeaio
q bis incumbency 200 envelopes IN.
dreaed 70 him on which his nunc
ipgehioualy spelled in 900 diGeSuht Rars.
IntOr Ocean.
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Opening of the Eleventh PmlIament
Tho opening by Queen Victoria Of the
eleventh parliament Of hor reign Is a
Circumstance a parallel to which cannot
be found sInce the time Of HnnrY VI.
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Death List Of College Gradaat,-.

OF the O7a Yale graduates who diedin
the ten yean between 1876 and iss5.
there were 97l who were past Oyeau Of
age And thesg men received choir
education when candle.lights were ,ises
at morning payom.-Yale courant
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why puro Cilycsrino Is Injurious.

It Is said that gIycerine in itspure state
should not be used for chNpped hands, aa
It absorbs moisture from the skin, thus
leaving 1t dry and liable to crack. When
moderately diluted with water, however,
,lycerinc Is an excellent APPLICATION
Chirapo HeiAld.
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lionsteT AouRYlum To m npl,,

Mtsutro, Of California, Is abcutto bnild
an aquarium 100 feet in diameter ID ~
bay Of San Francisco 1t will coilt.ir,
every sort of sea anelnone, moses a.
shell fish, ~
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Silence Is sbSolutely necessary to the
wise man. Greatspeeohes, elaborate dis.
COURSES, pieces Of eloquenoo, ought 70 be
a language unknown tohimi HE actions
ought 10 be bis lalguager-cOntuOiuS,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-05-12

The newest thing In newspapers Is IAN
organ Of brass bands,n
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We only ash you 10 compare our goods nth our
competitors, IN regard to quality and price, Ne
1e l0elJ GVare that it is q 1OelL bnowp tact that
oUer-pyOductiop in general, throughout the world,
has caused the times wjt most all to be depressed
41d it is not onJy the farmers produce and grain
that is depressed, but 1t is also the manufacturers
Ne for that reason have bought Lpte as the early
buyer had to pay the manufacturer and jobber the
prices at Which they held their goods; JWtby vait-
ing, the manufacturer and jobb@ uere more G,r-
ioltS to sell, and