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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-10
Use for an old Insurance Policy.

WV A0F Isl 0Aa ANtuEhNCN EWuNNN
doubt Il any one ever heard a an
old fire insurance policy having any
value. Yet almost any business man
can produce a dozen for inspection on a
moments notice. happened to drop
in at the office Of Col. W. p. Pogg the
other day, when he was sorting over his
old policies. He gave me description
Of how a fellow traveller with himself in
the Orient had used an expired FIRE in.
surance policy to good advantage.
His name WIS Murray. he was on
board the sane ship with Col. Fogg,
when the came 70 Jaffa, where they had
to make the usual landing by boats to
50 to Jenulen. At the landing place
stood a military officer, gorgeous in
eastern garb, with magnificent silver
mounted Cimeter in his sash. Murray
went ahead. AS lie presented his pass.
port Col. Fogg noticed that L had a
queer look. Rut the officer turned It
round and round, upside down and over
and over, as he gaaed blankly at its
pages and then grayely returned it with
low Salaam and u wave OF his hand
that indicated his satisfaction in the cor.
rectness Of Il. When they we've out OF
hearing and sight Of the officer, Col.
Fogg asked to we the passport and Muir
ray handed out an old fire insurance
policy, ut looks just the same, said
Murray, -and It has signatures and zeal;
and here Is the American eagle, What
more do these heather wanty they can't
read anyhow. Why, ] never think Of
travelling on anything else, New York
Tribune.
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A PArERNAL GOVERNMENT.
A Remarkable E1psrIment-CompuI.ory
In.nranee Of MnrkInrmrn.

A Remarkable EIperlment-Co Compulsory
Insurance Of workinEnen.
Perhaps the most remarkable works OF
Legislation are the laws for the compul-
sorry insurance Of workmen, passed by
the German parliament in 1888 and 1884.
The earlier Of these laws-tliat pruvid.
ing for Insurance against sicLncss-came
into force Dec. l, 1884. Since that time
there has been a sufficient experience to
form the basis Of a preliminary survey
Of its working value.
A German publicist who has carefully
Analysed the accessible figures comes to
the conclusion that the expectations
cherished by the trainers Of the law have
been justified. principle upon which
the German government proceeds is that
Of obliging every workman to pay
small periodical contribution to an in.
surance fund, which Is managed either
by guild, by an organization existing
in the factory in which he works, by
local committee having no other special
function, or, in default Of any OF these,
by the commune.
It is curious to note that in north
Germany the commune Of local govern.
ment appears to provide the least salts
factory management Of the insurance
fund, while in Bavaria It is the favorite
agency for the purpose. Again, the
trades unions which have no special To-
cal connection appear to be less success
full than the local guilds and trade com.
mittees.
In some Of the large towns-Berlin,
Breslau, LeipSic, and Frankiort-on.thc
Main-the management has found it
possible to admit to the benefits Of the
fund a number Of voluntary subscribers
not contemplated by the compulsory
clauses Of the act. Many of the local
special committees, moreover, have
found themselves able to grant better
terms than those contemplated by the
law.
Detailed statistics OF the number Of
persons insured are not as yet forth.
coming, but one or twogener;l totals Of
interest may be quoted. About 4,OOO,-
600 industrial employees arr subject to
the compulsory clauses requiring guild
insurance, while nearly 10000, 600 per-
sons are subject to the clauses requiring
them to insure themselves under the
communal administration. The class
which has benefited least from the law
Is that Of warellOusemen and clerks.
The provisions of the law have actually
increased the number Of insured per.
sons in the city Of Berlin alone from
l0O,OOO to 10000.
No doubt few years will elapse he
fore q trustworthy Judgment can Ike
formed Of the working Of theacs as a
whole; but US the greatest experiment
ever tried in state socialism their effects
deserve to be closely watched.-Man.
chester Guardian.
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THE PHILOSOPHY OF DRINKING.
About Two Quarts of SOLVENTS" and nj.
luents" Needed Each Day.

About Two Quarts Of "Solvsnts" and nj.
luents" Needed Each bay.
What we have now to say relates to
the wisdom and reason OF drinking
fluids which are in the first place and
principally solvents and diluents. Not
very long ago those unhappy folk who
go YEARLY and sadly, because fOrsooth
they are waxing fat, were warned to
leave off drinking largely and minimize
the quantity Of liquid they consumed.
Never before, perhaps, was there more
mischievous "fad' imposed on too
Credulous public than this reduction Of
the amount Of fluid taken. Now the
obese are, by the rotary madness OF the
crazy in physic, counseled to drink
deeply, This, at least, is safe policy,
and whether or not 1t does anything in
aid Of the removal Of fat, it will Ger.
tainly not produce the evilconseQuences
which have in too many cases been
brought about by the abstinence from
solvents and diluents.
Our concern is not with the Aanti.fatr
movement: with this we have no sort Of
sympathy, except in so far as an accu.
mutation Of adipose tissue may chance
to be morbid. Meanwhile there are
physiological facts in relation to drinking
which ought to be recalled by those who
know them, and brought to the knowl.
edge Of the unskillei in medicine, be-
cause they concern the promotion of
Of health. Thus II is essential that there
should be constantly passing through
the organism flushing, as It were, Of
fluid, to hold in solution and wash away
the products Of dissemination and
waste. Those who do not recognize
the fact that thrCe-quarters by weight Of
the entire organism is normally com.
POSed NJ fluid cannot fully realize the
great need which exists for u copious
supply.
II there be not q sufficient
endOsmoSe, the exosmose must BE- re-
Stricted, and Gillette matten, soluble in
themselves, but not dissolved because Of
the deficiency OF fluid available, will be
retained. Take, for example. the uric
acid; this excementitiOus product re-
quircs not less than some 5000 times It's
bulk Of water at the temperature Of the
blood to hold II in solution; and Il Il
be not dissolvedit rapidly crystallizes,
with more or less disastrous conss
quences, MS in govt, gravel, and probs
bly, many other less well.recognized
troubles, We only mention this par.
ticular excrement by way Of illustration.
In oil, it may be fairly concluded that
not less tlan three and half pinia
should be consumed by any person IN
twcnty.four hours, and when the toiy
is bulky, four or even Ave pints shOIld
be the average.
tits, moreover. desirable that tho
fluid thus taken should Ie In the main
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rHErhoINIEEaof AsrEAnER
Relates Some Experiences Connssisk
WIN HI ne rlnAer IYater.

Relates Some Experiences Connsetsk
win Ills LIE Under Water.
@tife under water nonotoucus, ehr
Well, Igle@ not. At least ! don't find
itso. I've been there fourteen years of
and on, and have always managed 70
end enough to occupy my time and at
tentOn.T The speaker was an engineer
on one Of the great ocean steamers, and
rs he made the remark to a reporter,
while standing on the pier, before his
vessel, he readjusted. his loose blouse
with an awkward jerk, and gave his
head a confident twitch.
"A fellow needn't let time lag on him
anywhere II he had only his eyes
opened, " be added. Nov, TO some Il
would seem almost unbeamble to watch
the continuous throb Of the machinery
Of large steamer and hear nothing but
the everlasting click, click, Of the
piston rods and levers, but to me they
all sound like music. I've become
partly dulled and insensible 10 them.
but even now / often st still and watch
and listen to their never varying beats
with tint sort Of satisfaction which a
musician feels whqn he runs
his fingers mechanically yet skillfuIly
over the keys Of his instrument. His
satisfaction arises from the fact that he
has the instrument entirely under his
control, and mine comes from a similar
cause. With touch Of nv finger |
could propel thousands OF ions at almost
apy speed through the water. or send a
hundred lives into eternity, Indeed I
EeeI that / am the sole responsible nary
on board for the lives Of the passengers.
a. It remains with me TO keep my ma.
chinery in such perfect condition az to
Withstand any ordinary sea or rough
storm.
GAnd oo,;,, 7 .oLo ,.;do q, Loor;r,,
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How BIg Hotel. Arr serubb.d.

Each of the extensive Hobbies Is
cleaned in less than thirty minutes. and
by persons who make It their business,
They are stout Scandinavian rrub.
women, and they are controlled by a
clever, quiet little woman, who is the
only one who speaks a word Of Eng.
lish. A certain hour Is fixed for Ger.
tain hotel when they are least busy,
usually between 3 and 5 O'Clock in the
morning.
At the time fixed a gang Of about
thirty Of these women conc into the
main corridor with steamisE pals and
ready brushes, bare arms, and short,
short, thick skirts. They have Just come
from some other hotel. No time Is
wasted in arranging their clothing, no
matter what the weather. The moisture
on their bony, brawny arms becomes Ice
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a AlNpoo VILLAaE lN LoNpoN.

A Stroll Through tie Novel Hamlet
Experimenting for Postsrlty.
Can any one call by the serious name
Of work tlleyawny occupations in which
these modest and smiling HindoOs pass
their timer Not a bit Of II. What's work
to tllemT A mere abstraction. I'm
finished piecesof work are handed down
from generation 70 generation. They
get 10 an end at last, but they leave
their dead in their tracks all through the
extinct centuries. For instance, say You
would buy an Indian rug Of ono Of these
carpet.weayca. You order it Of an In
dian yillagcr, and twenty-five years,
seven months and ten days afterward
you come back for II and, II Bills
spesWar Ganu Ina been right peart all
tic time, he hands you your rug.
You look 1t over to see II il Is up to
the sample, and you find some serious
delhQuencies in the upper left-hand
corner You demonstrate. Bhissesswar
bows to You by patting the front Of his
turban with the palm Of his hand.
"Great sahib, y he replies, my ancestor
Of century and 4 half ago did that bit.
Go kick him You wend your way
down 10 the middle and find by inquiry
that you are still several generations re-
moved, All this particular man Is re-
sponsible for Is about the final inch.
You pay himRor the whole rug and that
Is his Inheritance Then he starts an.
other rug for thebeneftof his postcrity.
Certainly there are q good many
stitches in these Oriental rugs which we
tread 80 carelessly under foot. In one
handsome carpet shown ut the Indian
museum tile needle was Changed 400
times to the square inch The carpet is
small and took ten years tomRke. There
are some carpets that are made without
any needles. watched the villagers
sticking the wool into the Irvine in rug
manufacture of this kind. Tho twino
threads are strung up in front and then
the weaver plays on the strings
langiidly, us you would pick the strings
of a harp After he has exhausted him
self over the performance you find he
has left some tufts OF wool sticking in
front OF the strings
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-03-10
M.THE MOONLIGHT,

Gray tlrongh to lattlce crops ths Hght,
Fietted To quilt besids he bed;
1beinoon Is out Upon The night, )
Aildall the city oyeIpreAd
Them Fiya.wanls the fnlEta arise
Pale from tb5 Water, Nhailom cIoao
The lltg n rO1fs; now Ceased tba cries
That Howly from Tie pavement rOR. !
Thou brihgnst weary beads thsir sight
Too soon; too Doon b wisdoin borne,
Or esnss i flashed by visions bright
And hurried trembling TO the dawn.
1T dall-cared Letbs sin the woes
Ofepiply SD1l whence thought has fed,
A world quito huhhel; and all II know
a single Hence a The dead
osoIOtnn dix Of hoary Skiesl
Mihglo hhlfplty with the scorn;
Not only 1S tloso earnest eyes
Which Mirror to tho greater Morn.
Temple Bar.
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rhIsIclans Mare FonnI olIl

Physicians Have Found out
That communicating and iOiei.n ele.
ment in the blood, Jeyeloned BY indi
se-don, is the cnrse OF heunatism.
This settles Upon Inc sensi i've sub.cr ia.
neors covering Of the mrsCler and liza.
mems Of the joints, causing consiant
aud shifting pain, and ass tega;ing ps a
calc'neOrs, chaI.y dcoos't which pro.
drces stiffness pnd distortion of the
jOinIs. No iaci, whirh eSperiencc hos
demonstrated in regard 10 Hosicttefs
stomach Bitte~, bas s onser evidence
10 support iSan ihiS, npmel', that this
medicine OF comprehensive uses checks
the io,midabIe aud ai;ocious disca g,
nor IS 1t loss positively established that
II is p,eierable 10 Tue oOisons olten used
10 arrest il, since the medicine contsirs
only salrtalr Ingredients. Ii it also a
signal remedy for mplp i'll ieve,s, con.
slipation, GysneD.ia, .'t ,e sad bladdrr
ail.nenls, debility end 0hc. disorders.
Set that you set the gruoine.
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Bucklen,s Arnlca Snlre.

The Bea Salrt in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe.
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill.
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re.
qnired. ltisguaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price,
% cts. per box. For sale by W. S. Hoy,
Druggist. tdec.lO-ly.
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Are the offspring Of short parents
short, and do the children Of tall per.
sous grow to he unusually talli Such
question Scotch scientist recently
asked himself, and he set to work to
gather some statistics Of stature. His
data consists of the height of $50 adults,
and of their respective parents 2Oj Of
each sex in number, or altOgt ther / $40
observations. 1t was shown that differ.
ence between the height Of the two pa.
rents might Ike disregarded, having
on the whole an inconidera.
BILE effect on the height of the offspring.
1t was also shown that marriage selec.
ton takes little or no account Of short.
ness or tallness. The general result was
that where the mean height Of the two
parents was greater than mediocrity
their children tend 10 he shorter than
they.-Chicago Herald.
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either pure water Or water IN which the
simplest extracts are held IN solution.
When fluid taken -as drink i itself
heavily charged with solid matter, i
cannot fairly be expected 10 20 entirely
nd itOelt d this burden IN the process d
digestion and absorption as TO be avail.
able for solvent purposes generally, al
though the separation between solid and
fluid ingredients Of the food Is doubtless
fairly complete in the processes prepaI.
story 10 assimilation. -Loudon Lancet.
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The greatest thickness Of ground ice
ever actually measured in America wis
by Sir ]. II. LEROY, who in June, 1874,
on the banks Of the Mackenzie river, in
lntitude o. degrees north, saw pcrpen-
dicular cliff broken off by a landslip, in
which the earth was solidly frozen for
n distance Of forty.Rye feet below the
surface. Half a century ago, n Russian
merchant at Yakutsk, in Siberia, which
Is situated in latitude o. degrees north,
had to dig $50 feet before he could get
through the ground ice. The average
temperature ut Yalutsk is only II de-
grees Fahrenheit, and the town is very
near the Siberian pole cf greatest cold.
SirJ. II. LEROY thinks there is good
reason to believe that 'he ground leo
within the arctic circle in America is
much thicker than the maximum in 81.
IBERIA, and even SlgseseA that it may ex-
tend to 1000 feet.-Chicqgo Herald,
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Fortunate % Dlseov.

Capt. Coleman, schr. Weymouth, ply.
ing between Atlantic City and N. Y,
bad been troubled with a cough 50 that
he was unabledto sleep, and was Undue.
ed to Try DR.. Kings New Discovery for
Consumption. Ii not only gave him in.
slant relief but allayed the extreme
soreness in his breast His children
were similarly affected and single does
had the same happy effect. DR.. King S
New Discovery Is now the standard rem.
edy in the Coleman household and on
board the schooner. Free Trial Bottles
Oithls Standard lIeniedy at W. S. Hoy's
Drug Store.
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It Is quite wonderful to think how
strangely forgotten and lost the small
arts are in England. In some countries
the very children can carve in wood, in
Others they can make artistic pottery; in
Egypt they embroider, inlay, and work
in jewelry; but in this country our peo-
pie can do nothing, and have learned
nothing, outside their trade. The az.
ricultural laborer, it is true, possesses o
very considerable and varied amount Of
knowledge-he is skilled in many ways;
but the mechanic, the factory hand,
the shopman, knows nothing and can
do nothing outside his trade, and, which
is worse, he considers every kind Of
handiwork as a trade in itself, to learn
which would be learning another craft,
after taking all the trouble in the world
to acquire one.
Shall he who has learned to make
shoes also learn to make cabinets? And
shall the goldsmith also become a stone.
cutter2 And is the evening as well as
the solid day to be given up to laborf
And is 1t right to invade another man's
trade territory?-Art journal.
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Mr.. f. Ymg has been asccrtaining the
nature Of the influence Of salt water on
the development Of the larve Of the
frog, The tadpole perishes in from
three to twenty minutes in the water Of
the Mediterranean containing 4pcr cent.
Of salts, and in u f1vhous in solution
Of marine gs''s in t.,1proportion of per
cent. Bu' it lay be adapted to an cx-
istence in aalt v'lter by a gradual prep
nration through n series Of solutions OF
from 9 to Sper |, OOO.-New York Times.
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When Is a nail driven fast into a
stick Of timber like a decrepit old
mani Because IL is in firm.
These are Solid Facts.

The best blood purifer and system
regulator within the reach OF suffering
humanity, Truly is Eleci,ic BiIleIs. In.
activity OF the Live, LiIl'op ae..s, Jaun-
dice, Constipation, Weak kidneys, OF
any disease OF tine Urinary Organs, OF
wGOeve. eGuires an appetizer. tonic or
mild siinulanl, will always find Electric
Biiies tie best and only ce|ain Gu. q
known. They act surely aud quickly,
every bOnle guaranteed to give eniile
satisfaction or money ie,rndel. Sold at
tin% Cenis boile, by Hoy. 4
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1nhIDn R.rtr,no. a. ,haco..

The Indians regard the coca with *.
IRENE reverence. Van Tschpdi, quoted
by DR.. JolEistm, in his Chemistry Of
Common LIE says During divine
worship the priests chewed coca leaves,
and unless they were supplied with them
1t was believed that the favor Of the
gods could not be propitiated. It was
also deemed necessary that the suppl.
Gator for divine grace should anproach
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In,portnnec Of sIlkn,, Steamer pn1.

At Sitka steamer day is an important
institution. The government contract
with the mail steamer STIMULATES that
she shall remnin at least tweuty-fouT
hours after arrival, in order that CORE
spondencc, official and otherwise, mas
bc answered. Business transactions
eliminate and notes Of hand mature on
steamer day. In order to serve the
convenience Of attorneys, clients, and
witnesses, courts ad journ to convene on
steamer day. The latest is u wedding
card recently issued by one of the Rrst
families:
-You are respectfully invited to at.
tend the marriage ceremony Of our
daughter to Mr.. -, at our resi-.
donce IN Sitkn, on next steamer day.
On her next arrival the ships gun
should be donbly charged. II will be il
Capt. Carroll is aware that such an i'm.
portmt event awaits his coining.-Sitka
Alaskan.
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a RemInl.ocnce Of Josh DnIInr.."

a "Reminiscences Of Josh billings"
R. W. Hanscon, of this city, says that
he happened to be in skowhegan in
1869, when the late Josh Billings lecttlred
there. The morning after the lecture
was rainy, and mud was ankle-deep in
the streets.
Josh glanced obviously out Of doors
and then asked Hanscom, Have you
any rubbers?7
"No,r said Hanscom.
u tell you what I'll do said Josh.
an flip cent to see whether you or I
shall take the other on his shoulders and
wade across the street from the hotel to
that shoe store and buy a pair for both"
Hanscom agreed, The cent was tossed
and he won. Josh took him "pig.backH
through the mud to the shoe store and
bought rubbes for bOth.-Lewiston
ne Inurral
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Since 1919, less than ten yean ago,
there has been an increase Of lS9,54s
acres Of forest in Germany, result
brought about by replanting common
and waste land.--Frank LOslisS.
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STANDARD TMR-East OF Huntington
18th meridian, or Eastern time; West OF
Huntington, Goth meridian, or Central
time, which is one hour slower than
Eastern time.
No. !, daily, except Sunday leaves
Clifton Forge daily, except Saturday, ar
rives Cincinnati and Louisville daily,
except Sunday. Sleeping Cars from
Clifton Forge 10 Huntington.
Nos. 9 and 8, daily, between Hunting.
ton and Clifton Forge. No.2, daily, ex.
cept Sunday from Richmond 10 Neport
News, Old Point Comfort aud Norfolk.
Nos, Sand 4, Solid Trains daily, with
Pullman Sleeping Cars, between Wash.
ington, Richmond, Louisville and Gin.
cinnati. Do not stop for local business.
No. 0, daily, except Sunday, from Gin
clnnati and Lexington, arrives Clifton
Forge daily, except Monday; leaves CHI.
ton Forge for Old Point daily, except
Sunday. Sleeping Cars Huntington to
Clifton Forge
R., F.& PsJUNCTioS ACCOMMODATION.
No 0leave Richmond, except Sunday
% 7. NJ; arrive X. +. 4 p. Junction,
) 10 z. II.
No. s, daily, except Sunday, leaves r.,
F: 4 p Junction 7 IS A. NJ; arrives at
Richmond s 10 A; NJ
For Rates, Tickets, Baggage, CheCks,ap.
ply ~ any Office Of G. go. R'y;or Depot
or Ticket Office Of connecting lines.
H. W. FULLER, Gen. PAS. Ag'L
IHMS. c. IPICKHAM,
Second Vtce,Praident.
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a correspondent writes that al cast
em dogs have a mAniacal hatred Of
white men, and that the Burmese dogs
are in advance Of all Others IN this 70.
spect.
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The story Of The meanest man In
the world comes from the West. It
seems a manufacturer in iron hn, E
himself in the work rom. Sever.
al of the hands left their work aud
spent several huurs IN resuscitat.
ing him. What was their surprise
the next pay day to find that their
mits'ly employer had docked them
for the time wasted in saving his
lifel
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When the mistress va surprised
that the guests left the pate de fuie
gtas untouched, Bridget explained;
"shure, an Oh axed them would
they have some Patsy Fogarity, an
they all sed no."