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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24
Words OF wisdom.

Charms strike the sight but wins
the soul.
Deprive the people Of the means
of proper subsistence and you en-.
slave and destroy the nation.
The most delicate, the most sen.
sible Of all pleasures consist in pro.
noting the pleasures Of others.
1t is poor wit who'lives by Dor.
rowing the words, decision, mion,
inventions and actions of others
Every man who cannot run his
own business will be foupd trying
tocon,rOlthe affairs Of his neigh.
Dor,
We should never grnmble at
those things we conId have pre-
vented, nor at those things we
could not have prevented.
Learn the value Of a mans words
and expressions, aud you know
him, Each man has a value of his
own for everything; this he offers
you inadvertently in words. He
who has a superlative for every.
thing, wants measure for the great
or small.
The way to wealth is as plain as
the way to market, 1t depends
chiefly on two word', industry and
frugality; that is, .~aste neither
time nor money, but make best use
of both. Without industry and
frugality, nothing will do, and with
them, everything.
Pain itself is not without its al.
lovialions. 1t may be violent and
frequent, but it is seldom both VIC.
lent and long.continued, and its
pauses and intermissions become
positive pleasures. 1t has the pow.
er Of shedding satisfaction over
intervals of ease which | believe
few enjoymenis exceed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24
The Scholastic year is divided into three
Nnr,ns,

The Scholastic year is divided into three
Terms:
FALL TERM begins September l7th, 1856
WINTER TERM " January 4ta, '86.
SPRING TERM F." March Goth, '88.
Tho course OF instruction embraces the
Academic MS well as the Professional,
thus preparing Students for the Uniyer.
Sity and for the School,
The discipline Of the school will be
mild bul firm.
Every laudahle incentive to study will
be employed, and the utmost care paid
to the moral and intellectual education
OF the parties, while ease grace, aniabil-
ity OF department, habits OF upatness
and economy will receive particular at.
tentiou and culture,
For further information or Catalogue,
apply to the Principal, Huntington, West
Virginia lsep,0-3m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24

Danbury makes one.foutth of all
the hats worn in the United States
II turns out hourly On an average
1913 hats.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24

One of the most melancholy pic,
lures that we see on our travels
through this vale Of sorrows is a
fat dog trying to run home against
the wind across a pond of slippery,
unscratched ice.-Pack.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24

Newark, New Jersey, has an
.anIi'tobacco society composed of
young ladies, That is a good thing,
We hope all the young ladies in
that town will give up smoking
Boston Post,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24

The only leading lady that go.
cie'y recognizes is the one who
conducts a pug with a string.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24

"Wheneyer my wife scolds me, :"
said hen pecked topper, "l gOrighI
stright and liquor"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24

Some statesmen are continually
putting their ears to the ground to
hear what posicriIy will say Of
them,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24

It's the little things that tell
especially the little brothers and
sisters.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24
Marshall College,
THE STATE NORMAL SCHOOL,
HUNTINGToN ". "a.
o.
W.. KENNY, A. M, Principal.

Miss IuLIg KylGuT,.,.mlst Assistant
Miss Eva MilLER,.."......... I'd Assistant
Miss lIoNA GrlNAS,.".Tea Of Music
Miss ANNIE SHGLToN,."...Primary Dept
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-02-24

The Saddest thing about this life
is That the tvOl.killor works slowly.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01

lns having been light, it was consider
ed that there had been good union.
When they were cut loose from the
arm, such was found to be the case.
Two pieces of flesh never united more
perfectly. Being fastened to the arm
and the side at the same time, the life
circuit was kept up and the little lines
of new skin could be seen when the
bandage was removed running in eve
ry direction. The ends of the strips
last severed were placed in position,
and are now united as well as the other
ends. Everything about the wound
now looks healthy. Several more
small graftings will be made, but the
operation is practically over. The side
does not look exactly like new side
yet, but there is every indication that
it will be as good as new in time. The
patients general health has been i'm
proved since the drain upon it was
checked, and his strength is returning,
and when he does leave the hospital he
will be sound all through. though there
will be several nasty scars to tell of
what he has been through.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
Wilkins Proverbs.

Nature makes woman-art the lady
Some rise before the lark, others fall
after the swallow.
Time, the silent barber, is moving
away mans top hair.
1t is the newspaper puffs that help
merchants ''raise the wind.'
A republic may be founded on virtue,
but it's corner stone is an honest ballot.
The man who is continually cursing
himself, growls at very silly individ-
ual.
Many who are the custodianS of their
own honor prove themselves inefficient
watch dogs.
Earnest appeals send an echo to
Gods heart, while eloquent prayers
may not even cause the steepel to
tremble.
Youth is brave because the dangers
of the future, are hid from it. Age is
timid because it has passed the Ambus-
cade of danger.
Youth is ready to pay heavy dis
count on the future and age would will
ingly pay heavy premium on the re-
turn of the past. Yet both would
quickly sicken of their trade. White
hall Times.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
4.Standing Room Only"

Medical officers of health seldom
speculate as to the statistics of the
future, but DR.. Tidy, OF Islington, has
enlivened his report on the reduction
OF the death rate in the largest parish
in the United Kingdom by some start
ling speculations as to what we are
coming to if we go on multiplying and
replenishing the earth at the present
rate. At present in England each man
and woman and child has an average
elbow room OF one and one-quarter
acres. That allowance decreases
annually, for in place of 10000 per-
sons ON January ]. there will be lO,-
$50 on December 81. If this rate OF
increase is main tained, in seven genera
tions our population will exceed that
of the entire world at thepresent time,
and in twenty generations we shall be
27,22O,0OO,0OO strong; that is to say,
we shall fill about twenty worlds as
large as the planet in one corner OF
which we are now crowded. DR.. Tidy
wants to know where our posterity
is to find standing room, and we fear
there is no one competent to solve
his riddle. It is one consolation to
think that that problem will have to
be solved not by us, but by our de
scendants.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
Gen. M'Cartney's Scars.

As Gen. w. H. Mccartney, of Will
keSbarre, Was walking along Chestnut
street yesterday, he was accosted by
three men, all of them wearing badges
of the Grand Army of the Republic.
He did not know any of them. One of
them, addressing him in hesitating
way, said:
Pardon me, general. for stopping
you, but have made bet Of $50 with
my friend here, and no one but your
self can decide it."
The general, naturally somewhat puz-
zled by being thus addressed, said:
Gentlemen, l have no interest in your
bets, and | fail to understand why you
should call upon me to decide"
''Well, you see, general" continued
the spokesman of the trio, 'you are the
only one who can decide it. It is mat
ter that is personal to you. 1 hesitate
to tell you about it, but we mean all
right, general. Now you.won't get an
cry when tell you, will you?'
What is. it? what is it?'' said the
Luzerne county lawyer, somewhat i'm
patiently.
"Well, general spoke the veteran
again, 'I'm afraid you'll get angry.
But we don't mean any harm. The bet
was made with the fullest respect for
you, and, general, as it is pretty big
wager. we want it decided by the
only man who can decide it reliably"
"Well, what is it?" asked Gen. Nc
Cartney again.
"Well, general, now mind, you
mustn't get angry. made bet as to
the reason why you part your hair in
the middle. Now, just tell my friend
here the reason why, and that II decide
the bet.''
II must decline to discuss such per-
sonal matters with you," replied the
general tride stitf1y, as he started to
walk away.
''Just wait minute, friend,'' said
the veteran eagerly, eve didn't mean
any harm. bet my friend $50 that
you parted your hair in the middle
to hide the scars of two wounds, and
that you couldn't part on either side on
account of those wounds. Now, ain
l right?"
YOU'RE perfectly right" was the
brief reply. Philadelphia News.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
A Scorcher by Burns.

Recently, while on visit to Loeb
maben, in Dumfriesshire, was privil-
eged,' writes correspondent, ''to
copy from the fy-leaf of volume of
Burns an epitaph composed by the poet
which does not appear to have been
published hitherto. Burns had one
evening been present at dinner party.
at which one of the other guests, named
Dixon Qaird of Elsie-Shields), had acci-
dently or otherwise, caused him great
offense. Next day, meeting Mr.. Walter
Scott, of Merrylow, with whom he was
intimately acquainted. Burns told that
gentleman of the insult he had received,
but added that he would avenge himself
by composing a suitable epitaph for his
enemy, whereupon he repeated the fol-
lowing.lines:
Here lies the laird of Elsie-Shields,
Wha's left Lochmaben's bonnie fields,
And a. her bonnie lochs and eels,
And game to dwell among the deils.
How he fends and how he fares,
There's few kens and as few cares.
- Pail AaH Gazette.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
A Good Horse.
From the Rural New Yorker.

From the Rural New Yorker.
We examined horse recently that
came as near our ideal of a perfect farm
horse as we have seen. Broad and
strong, gentle and kind, of good color,
willing worker, fair roadster and
with far more than the usual equine
intelligence. The rstreason her owner
gave for her excellence was: It cost
$50 to sire her" THERE'S a good deal
in that remark. If you will think it
over you will find thatevery frst-class
horse that you know of cost more
money than the common horse. 4
$50 colt is q $50 colt, and a $5 colt
is SIS colt, every time. Back in the
pedigree Of every frst-class animal
will be found good-sized service fee.
We do not wish to be understood as
saying that by simply paying a large
service fee q farmer may consider
himself sure to secure agood colt. we
do mean that the service Of first.
class, shapely, well.bred animal is
worth ten times as much as that of q
scrub. There is no law OF nature that
can enablescrubs to produce anything
but scrubs.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
A Street Conversation.
Two of them meet on the street.

Two of them meet on the street.
''Oh, Nellie! I'm so glad to see you?
What have you been doing all week?"
..I've been reading just the loveliest
novel. It's too sweet for anything
''Oh, do tell me about it.
''Why, there is young girl, and
villain, who is just perfectly lovely, and
the young girl is one of those creatures
who is just too angelic for anything,
and she says 'Avaunt. villain, avaunt;
tempt me not. to the villain. But the
villain, he does just the same. Aud
that's as far as pv got.''
ut must be Just lovely.''
"Oh, it is. Well, good-by, I must go
and finish that book. I'm just on
needles to see now it comes out. You
must come and see me-
Il will, for I'm awfully anxious to
hear the rest Of it, too. Good-by.''
.Good-by. Come soon.''
II will. Good-by.'
''Good-by.' Merchant Traveller.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
Gospel Truth of Newspaperdom

oAA W
The newspaper of to-day must stand
or fall solely on its own merits. Its
circulation and its value to business as
an advertising medium, like the quality
of its contents, are practically visible to
the whole intelligent reading public,
and it is judged by other considerations
than regulation figures of copies print
ed or boastful references to it's
literature. Whether many or few read
public journal of any popular preten-
sions is as we'll known to the public as
it is to the publisher, and whether intel
ligent and thrifty people are its readers
or whether the idle worshipers Of licen-
tiousness most welcome it, is always
justly Judged by all whose favor is of
value to leg innate journalism. The
successful newspaper Of to-day and of
the future is the public journal that
trusts the intelligence of newspaper
readers; that avoids foolish controver-
sy; that gives all the news in the fresh
est and most reliable shape; that stamps
integrity in every column of it's pages,
and that advances with the matchless
progress of the best civilization and the
best government of the earth. .-Philo-
delphia Times.
New Ulm weekly review., 1886-12-01
POISONED WHISKY.
\ Wholesale Dealer Dfscloses Some
Secrets OF the Trade.

Secrets of the Trade.
There is not one saloon in fifty in
this city where you can get drink Of
pure whisky. l will make it stronger
Forty-nine out of every fifty liquor
dealers are selling whisky which is
neither more nor less than poison. 1
would not drink it, sir. l would not
allow dog to drink it.
This remark, says The Pittsburgh
Press, was made by reputable whole
sale liquor man to a reporter. He is
ready, he says, to substantiate his
statement by proof that can not be de-
MED.
''You do not mean to say that 1 can
not get good whisky in fine saloon
where I am charged 25 cents CLASP"
inquired a bystander in amazement
II will make no distinction between
fine saloons and the 'holes in the wall.
They all handle the same kind of
goods. The cheap saloons may use
little more water in their whisky, but
it contains no more poison than that
which you purchase in saloon where
Oil paintings adorn the walls and high
priced mirrors set off to an advantage
fancy bar-fxings. 1t is all the same.
Fancy saloons must make plenty Of
money in order to meet their expenses.
"a law should be passed prohibiting
the certitication that makes five bar
rels out of one. Some whisky is put
through a certain process whereby q
large quantity of fusel oil is taken out.
This whisky is purchased by rectifers,
who will draw, perhaps, all out of a bar
rel but five gallons, till.up with cologne
spirits. large percentage of which is
fusel oil, and then add drugs to give it
the proper color and taste. l was in
the rectifying room of a wholesale
house few days ago. I saw the COM
FOUNDER put several ounces of carbolic
acid in q barrel of stuff he had COM
pounded and called whisky. This was,
he said. for the purpose of giving it
head, make it sparkle, sharp, biting.
A barrel of this whisky contains
enough fusel oil to kill half a dozen
men. l would just as willingly take
small dose of poison as drink glass of
it. Step into a saloon and take glass
Of this vile stuff and you will feel the
evil results before you cross the thres-
hold. 1t acts directly upon the brain,
and is keenly felt throughout the sys-
tenn. Men who drink any amount of it
become wild, lost to their better judg-
ment and reason, and are scarcely re-
sponsible for what they do. Besides,
they are being slowly poisoned to
death. Young men are stunted in their
vigorous growth, and the energies of
older men are wasted. A law which
allows men to mix up poison and sell
it simply for the purpose of making
money should be repealed. This
whisky often finds its way into sick
chambers, and the results can be mag
ined.
IAN old liquor man stated to me
short time ago that he could not hold
his trade and handle pure goods. and
in order to meet the demand for cheap
whisky he had been compelled to
adulterate. These statements l am
ready to prove. Show me man who
adulterates his whisky, and l will show
you one that will not drink what he
sells to others
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
Educated Spiders.

The locust, who comes with his soft
signs in summer time and his Wv"
predicting war, must now take back
seat.
From North Carolina contemporary
we learn of breed of educated spiders
who are in the prophecy business, and
who scorn the initial letters. When
they have anything to communicate they
write it out, and they don't misspell
words, either.
One spider ran out web, and then
wrote across in bright, silvery letters,
"War."
Another spun web and began to
write. He embroidered across his silk
en- home the word India" Next day
he proceeded and finished the sentence,
"Indian-A War"
These educated spiders are bad look
ing citizens, in size as large as honey
bee, have eight legs, and when dis
turbed show anger, shoot out their
tongues, and swing their cobweb tackle
rs If they meant to Jump and sting.
The educated spider should be sup
pressed. His literary labors can do no
good. Besides that, the country has too
many prophets already.-Atlanta Con-
efif7LfioN
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
Swedish Manners.

One great peculiarly of travelling in
Sweden is the extreme quiet and lack
of furry. The Swedish are taciturn
and noiseless people. They do much
by signs, and never shout; Swedish
crowd makes singularly little sound.
Swedes, even of the lowest class,
never push or jostle. 1t is the custom
to do so much bowling and hat-lifting
that one is obliged TO move more slow
ly than in England to give time for all
courtesy. When train leaves plat
form, or a steamboat pier all the
lockers on lift their hats to the depart
ing passengers and bow to them, q
compliment returned by the travellers.
If you address the poorest person in
the street you must lift your hat. A
gentleman passing lady on the stairs
of an hotel must do the same. To
enter a shop or bark with ones hat
on is terrible breach of good manners.
If you enter or leave a coffee room you
must bow to all the occupants. Pas
sengers on board the little steamers
which ply about Stockholm invariably
raise their hats to occupants of any
other boat which passes near them.
The very men in charge of locks on the
canal bow politely to the sailors as the
boats go through. Imagine English
bargees indulging in such amenities.
London Society.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
Martha Washington rs She Was.

Martha Washington was very pretty
girl, but not very good-looklng old
woman. As she matured she grew
stout, and, though her pictures repre-
sent her as beauty, the current his
tory of the times says she was plainly
dressed, robust old woman, who looked
older than her husband. She was not
noted for her social nor her intellectual
qualities. She could not spell, and
probably did not read a book from one
end of the year to the other. She was
a sort of goody-goody woman, who al
most always had knitting-needles in
her hands, and who thought she did
great thing when she saved the ravel-
ings of lot of old black silk stockings
and WORKOUT chair covers, and wove
them into dress for herself She was
very proud of her husband, and they
show the little room in the second story
of the home at Mount Vernon, in which
she secluded herself after his death,
seeing no one for months, and allow
ing only q cat to enter the room
through hole which was cut under the
door. Frank q. Carpenter, i,1 Lip
11iDcOt
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
A rool,.h and stubborn Relief

In the efficacy OF certain remedies OF yiJleut
action, is the besetting foible Of the ignorant
and prejudicod. The indiscriminate use OF pur-
gatives IL a very common phase Of the faulty
OF such people. Aloes, podyphillin. disguised
in sugar coating castor oil, mercury. and other
old-fashioned drugs, still hold their own among
this Glass; and although the success of Hos
letters Stomach Differs sufficiently disproves
the necessity for violence in medication, the
adherents Of an exploded fallacy still persist in
giving and taking inordinate purgative doses.
Dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint are as
certainly and thoroughly subdued by the Bit
ters as they invariably aggravated by an
indscrminate use of medicines, ofiicinal or
proprietary, belonging TO tho class which We
have coDdeJnned Fever and ague, nervou ness,
rheumatism and inactivity OF the kidneys yield
to the Bitters.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
To Measure the Height Of a Tree.

All the apparatus that is necessary
is straight stick, OF any length. Draw
circle with radius half the dame
ter or little less than the length of
the stick. This will be done by hold
ing one end of the stick. say two inches
from its end, and moving the other end
around, making the circle with knife
or chip. Then place the stick in the
ground exactly in the center of the cir
Gle, perfectly upright, and press it
down until the height of the stick is
exactly the same as the radius of the
circle. When the end of the shadow
of the stick exactly touches the circle,
then also the shadow of the tree will be
exactly in length the same measure
ment as its height. OF course, in such
case, the sun will be at an exact angle
of 40 degrees.
The true northerner. [volume] (Paw Paw, Mich.) 1855-1920, 1886-12-02
"President for q Day."

When Gen. Atchison died few
months ago it was alleged that he had
been President for one day. He was
President pro tenn. OF the Senate March
4, 1853, when Franklin Pierce succeed
ed Willard Fillmore as President of the
United States. In that year March 4
came on Sunday, SO that Fillmore's
term expired at II o'clock noon OF that
day, while Pierce was not inaugurated
till II o'clock the next day. 1t is
claimed that during this interval of one
day Atchison was acting President of
the United States.
The same claim is now put forward
in relation to ex-senator Thomas w.
Ferry, of Michigan. He was President
pro tenn. of the Senate March 4, 1877
Sunday, when Hayes succeeded Grant
as / resident.
Nobody was ever President Of the
United States for day only. A Sena-
tor elected to the Office of President
pro tenn. of tho Senate does not become
acting President of the United States
for twenty-four hours when, III conse-
quence of the 4th of March falling on
Sunday, that hiatus exists between the
close of a Presidential term and the
time when the newly elected President
takes the oath of Office. The Federal
Constitution makes no such provision,
and its language will bear no such con-
struction. When Inauguration day
happens to fall ON Sunday, there is
simply an interregnum of twenty-four
hours, during which the country has
no President. Chicago Tribune.