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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-22
NORTH CAROLINA WOMEN foLKs.'
Typical Housewife of the Old North
stato-FamIIy Life,

Typical Housewife of the Old North
slate-FamlIy Life,
The North Carolina 4women folks"
lead very different lives from those in
the New England or middle states. A
recent visitor gives the following account
Of the typical housewife in the old
North State, which Is Of interest: Tho
old lady and sler daughters, with their
own hands, make nearly all.the clothes
the family has. There was a time when
the old woman spun the thread and
wOye the cloth, and she maintains now
that there is no other thread SO good to
darn with as Tire thread Of horown spin.
ming. SO she keeps her old spinning
wheel for occasional use and for spiritual
comfort and last year she gathered cot
ton from the field, which she followed
with her own fingers on It's long journey
from tie stalk to tho stocking,
The Homework and the gardening
are the only employment Of tho women,
but they seems always to DO busy. Once
week they boil the clothes m a pot sus-
pended from the tops OF three poles,
which are placed in the front yard near
the well. The monotony Of wash.day is
often relieved by fishing for the bucket
with the pot hooks. Cooking isa very
simple thing, for the frying-pan and the
pot DO their whole duty. Indeed, the
frying-pan is the origin Of all their all
ments, certainly of the old laIy's dys.
pepsin, Of the children's thin, gristly
faces and the Oldest boys necessity for
grog. Fried baCon for early breakfast
will postpone the millennium anywhere;
add to TINT fried sweet potatoes, and an
active outdoor life and a perfect atmos-
pherO must do their best 10 keep natur-
ally robust people from groans.
Tho frying-lan is u worse enemy Of
man in all this country than whisky or
politics, When all the ground is vel.
low with mellow apples, and the odor Of
peaches and grapes is blown over every
breakiasl.table, nobody eats fruit except
"between meals;' and the very chickens
have the pleasure Of life taken because
neither boiler nor oven awaits one OF
them, but always the frying-pan. In the
evening after supper and before early
bedtime the boys sometimes play on
their fi,Idles, their feet accompanying
the three tunes they know, 1.-THE Arkan.
saw Traveller" FISHERS Hornpipc," and
@The Old North State" while the rest Of
the family hold their hands in silence,
and many M evening these fine intelli.
gent adults sit the livolong hours hold.
Ing their hands, saying now and then
word, as il by accident and pretending
to do nothing; yet they are happy. The
art Of resting has not been SO well cult.
waited anywhere else. True, the old
woman does ply her knitting needles,
stopping now and then to remark, while
she rubs snuff, that her old bones feel
NstrOaks" Of rheumatism, but that It is
hard to wear out an old leather string.
Tho girls sometimes have cuttings, and
there are the parties" OF country soci-
ety.-Ben; PerIey PoOre.
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cItI,, d N. Arr,n,Ia. nepabII..

NteaNa ~ ttAN 1NHNNttuN AsNHANtNt
How does Baenos Ayres compare
withother Ciiiesg
sits HE New York Of that continent.
There Is no city IN die world 70 equal Il
In enterprise and wealth according to its
stze. ~ has ppopnlation d $50. 900, and
supports tYenty-eight daily newspapers.
Everybody reads. The papers cost two
and . half cents per copy. The ma
jority are printed in Spanish, but nearly
every language Is represented. Buenos
Ayres has more miles Of Street railroads
than any other city IN the world. The
houses are generally one. story high. OF
late, however, bank and public build.
ings have been erected three and four
stories high. The only building material
Is brick. Telephones arc everywhere,
aud tho city Is lit mp with electricity.
There arc twelve theatres as finely APP
pointed in every way as any in Europe
or tho United States"
4But the city Is shut of from the
worldr
sNo, only shut off from the United
States. From thirty to sixty mail
steamers arrive monthly and ride in one
Of the finest ports Of Ontryin the world.
n One steamer departs monthlyfor tho
United States. There are several lines
Of steamers carrying frozen cattle to
Europe. The bulk Of the cattle imported
70 Europe that way goes from the Ar
gentine Republic. One beef extract
company at Eray Bentos kill over 1900
head Of cattle per day. Immigration Is
pouring in from Italy, Spain, France,
Greece and Ireland. The Americans do
not come to any extent although they
would be gladly welcomed. The new
city Of Ia Plata, capital Of the province
Of Buenos AyreS, twelve miles from the
city Of Buenos AyreS, Is considered the
most wonderful place Of its size that has
ever been built. It contains $4,000 In
habitants. The city was constructed at
q great expense by Governor Rccha,
within a period of five years. The pub
lie buildings are comparable only to
some Of tho finest In tile United States.
ELECTRICITY, telephones and all the mod
ern improvements are in use. Millions
upon millions have been spent in beauti-
flying the city and erecting handsome
buildings, New York Mail and Elk.
.,.nn..
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-22

At tho recent festive gathering Of the
Stub called "odd Volumes one OF the
members gave a curious account Of mas.
Iage as mode OF treatment. 1t Ia Ger.
Iainly very popular at the present mo
nent, and people want to hear some.
thing clear and definite about it. Tie
gentleman assured his listeners that
!hero was reason to think that massage
iad been known to tho Chinese from
lime immemorial, and It was stated that
the process was fully described in MSS.
sailed "KonS Fou," the date Of which
vas 5000 B. G. The word itself was de-
lived, according to some authorities,
from the Greek "massein, to rub; while
others referred 1t to tho Arabic word
mass, to press softly. In a primitive
Iorm twas known both to the Greeks
md the Romans, who resorted to It after
bath, custom which prevails among
The orientals to tho present day. After
the struggles Of tho circus 1t was Elm.
ployed to dissipate the resulting contu.
lions and evhavasatiOns, and to restore
Pllability to the bruised and stiifened
joints.
Among the Sandwich islanders It Is
frequently practIced under the namo Of
'lOmi.lOmi, and the process was fully
lbgCribod In tho works NJ EmerSOn md
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IInmHertnen..

Bookkeepar Shameful how
the laboringmen beat The city,
Proprietor 10 what wary,
eln loafne. Those six men
paying The street haven't done an
bdpr,s work allthe morning"
NHaw do you knowP'
give been looking ont Of the
window al them a1 fhe morning"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-22

Believing CHEAP Carbon Oil to be
DANGEROUS, have for some years
kept only the BEST procurable, the
"Water White Head Light" which those
who have used know to be unsurpassed
in quality;to which Thave lately added
the famous "EIaine OH.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-22
A. 70 thn Tow,r Of nnhnl.

The great Tower Of Babel Is being
guttod by tile Arabs, who dig is brick
for building purposes, 1t is the quarry
Of llillnh, hut Is not fruitful Of antlqui,
asS.-Librsry Magazine,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-22

eoh. Sarah Jane, !. do Won know
that Miss Smith was saying to, me
Yesterday yeu resemble me very
"Well, Won may resemble me, but
] look like you-neyerlp
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RuckIen's Arnica SaIye.

The Best Sale 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.
qnircd. II is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded Price,
g Cts. per box, For sale by W. S. Hoy,
Druggist. tdec.l0-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-22
"A Very RemarIxohIe Recovo,v

- ViStJ 4eelAAhTAAWDle Recovery
Mr.. Geo. V. Willing, Of Manchester,
Mich, writes "Mywife has been almost
helpless for five years, 50 helpless that
she eouldrnot turn oyerin bed alone.-
She used two Bottles Of Electric Bitters,
and Is much so improved, that she Is
.ablenow to do her own work"
Electric Bitters will doall THAT'S clai-
med for them. Hundreds Of testimon.
ials attest their great curative powers
Only fifty cents a bottle at Dr. W. s.
HOy's.
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Now that the Holiday season is over,
anil everybody going to work again, l
will try to keep such goods as the people
need, and sell them at rs REAs0NA.
BILE PRICES as POSSIBLE. Have no
sort OF complaint to make as to success
in the past, but want to do better in fu.
ture, and no effort will be spared to
make it pleasant Tor customers to do
business withthe House. tits Of course
out Of the question to keep all that
might be called for in Drug Store, but
If anything wanted is not in stock it will
DO procured as soon as it can be.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1886-09-22
FIRE, LIE LIE AND Az cIDENT
]. RANGE Agaey
GUS JORDAN j Agent.
POND PIeasant, wv. Va.

Seeing the necessity for scas Insurance Agency in this
town take e6suen Announcing to the publicthatG hayeestab
sbed such one aad take this method presenting hetzep
Of Mason aud adjoining counties the following strongest and most
reliable old Companies the world mediums of indemnity
surpassed in the elements Of safety and reliability aud commercial
honor Inhese Companies the highest grade ofnsuance may
secured at atang cost and in Of loss you have your
claim adjusted at my Office without extra expense ater Of
considerable financial importance ou Notice by letter
postal will receyeprompt attention. by cangon you inperson
The Companies represent tra, Wheeling Providence
Washington r. L. Clinton on " Agricultural, n LancanshFe
Insurance Co.. England In Life Insurance. represent only the
best in the land follows The Standard Accident Insurance Cos
Detroit Mich and The Mutual Reserve Fund Life Association Of
New York Hoping to receive liberal share Of your patronage
aprl14-tf GUS JORDAN.
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Weekly commercial herald., 1886-04-30

Hon. J. B. Morgan, Of Miss ssippi--
His Speech in the House of Rep
resentatlves on the Labor Trou-
bles.
During the recent debate in Con.
gress on the resolutions to appoint a
committee to investigate the labor
troubles, Hon. j. B. Morgan, who rep
resents the Second Mississippi District,
said: Mr.. Speaker, l desire to say a
word on this subject. l believe the
time has arrived when it is the duty
of this House to speak words of wis
dom to the men who are now out and
who say that they are suffering on ac-
count of this labor question. It Is the
duty OF this House to dispel from the
minds of the Knights of Labor the de-
luslons that have seized upon them,
the chief of those delusions being the
Idea that relief for them lies in Con-
gress' Relief cannot be found here,
nor can it be had from any legislative
enactment with regard to the wrongs
they complain of, and it is the duty of
this House now to speak at once, in
order that they may pause and con.
slider and see where their action is
tending. How do we stand, sir? Mr..
PoWderly stands at the head of a
powerful organization and he has
spoken and endeavored to act with
wisdom; but he has shown his ina.
ollity to control the organization be.
cause his subordinates utterly refuse
to obey his orders. They say, 1--WE
wish to arbitrate." Should not this
House tell them that there is nothing
that can be brought forward, from
their standpoint, that admits of legal
arbitratiOnp What is there to be ar
bitratedE They say to the railroad
companies, 1--WE wish employment.
The railroad companies reply, 1--WE do
not need your services" Then the
men say, 1--WE will arbitrate :" and the
railroad companies say, eve have
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-04-30
NORTHERN AND SOUTHERN
BORERS

Southerners cannot understand why
Northern men fall to and beat almost
to death, a poor man working for
clothing and food for his family.
Frequently they kill each other in
Northern work shops and railways for
working. Down in this section of the
Union every man, white and black is
encouraged to do all the work he
can. We will say, that the black
est man down here, will be
promptly protected if any one
attempt to prevent his working all
day and all night if he wishes. Col.
ored men work right along with the
painters, carpenters, bricklayers and
farm laborers, and it never enters any,
body's head to get mad about it. If
they should go North and attempt it,
they would soon find out how
much more kindly disposed South
erners are, in that respect than North
erners.
Why, they won't even let negroes
work in Northern minesl If citi-
zen is denied the glorious privilege of
going down in the earth and working
in cramped and uneasy positions at the
risk of his life from caves, explosions
and so forth, what is his citizenship
worth? Let the railroads in Chicago
and st. Louis employ colored laborers,
if they dare. 1t wouldn't be twenty
four hours before the laborers
would be killed. Down here
if white laborer quits work,
and a colored man is employed
in his place, no trouble results. Let
the North pick the beam out of her
own eye, before she digs so ill-temper-
edly at the mote in the eye of the
South.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-04-30
A REPUBLICAN JOURNAL ON
AFRICAN EMIGRATION.

We print this morning striking
piece on African emigration from the
st. Louis Globe-Democrat, the leading
Republican paper of the West. The
world moves and the Republican party
moves. This piece from this author
itative source, admits three important
facts, never before admitted by the
Republican party; that the negroes
are worse off in Liberia than in Kan
saS; that negroes who went to Kansas
are so dissatisfied they want the Gov
ernment to send them to Africa and
that they are in better condition in the
Southern States than anywhere else.
What we have claimed all the while,
that the Southern whites understand
and treat the negroes better than any
other people,is accepted by that power
full Republican paper. We do not say
other intelligent races would not treat
them with the same tact, patience, and
kindness, if they had lived among
them as long and had the same expe-
rience with them, that the South
ern whites have had. And what the
Globe Democrat says about the feeling
of the negroes towards the movement
is correct, but not wholly for the
reasons given by that paper. The
negroes have dread of so long an
ocean journey, hut their greatest
OBJECTION is to leaving the Southern
white people. We have often heard
them say they would never 60 to any
place, where "no white folks lived"
They acknowledge that their race, as
yet, Eis not equal to self-govern-
ment, and it is rare excep.
tion that any of them want
to test the experiment of being gov
erned solely by colored people. One
intelligent old woman, well to do, and
on excellent terms with both races, de
clared no one could tell what would
become of them, If they were forced
to go to Africa or anywhere, and leave
all the white people behind.
But what the Globe-Democrat says
would result to the whites, If all the
colored people should emigrate, is
nonsense. 1t thinks the whites would
be left in a worse condition than the
blacks would be in Africa.
1t would be temporary inconve-
nience, but that is all. In the end, it
would prove the greatest of blessings
{ the South. The places left by the
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-04-30

Of tbe law abiding citizens Of Louis
lana, to demand all their rights and &C.
cept nothing less, from political
bosses, their tools, and officials of every
grade. This evidence that perjury can
be punished will prove as valuable in
this State as in Louisiana. There is
the same sort of material here, in
every respect as that handled in New
Orleans. We have the cheeky, un-
scrupulous bosses, the tools in Office
and out of Office, and the plausible by.
pocrites with blunted consciences ready
to resort to perjury at the
nod of their masters. The degrading
influences have so corrupted some,
that they have no conception of the
crime, and like the painted wretch,
who degrades her sex by Haunting the
profits of her shame in the face of vir-
tue, they ape the brazen effrontery of
official thieves. How powerful they
are but only until the mighty pub.
lie" is thoroughly aroused.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-04-30

nothing to arbitrate we do not need
yous services" That is the whole case
Then why not speak to these men
now and tell them that this is like the
case of every other contract known TO
the laws of the land; that they are at
liberty to say to the railroad compa-
MES, 1--WE will work for you," or ave
will not work for you," and that the
railroad companies are at liberty to
say to them, 1--WE will employ you"
or owe will not employ you" and that
is the end Of the transaction. Why
should not the representatives OF
the people here assembled tell these
men, "We have no power and can
make no law that will make contracts
for you against the will Of tie par
ties" Let that be understood. Let
these men understand it, and let them
understand that they are at liberty
either to work or to refuse to work, or
to go and take farms and be good citi-
zens. We can give them homesteads
out of the public domain; this is all
we can do.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-04-30
5000 FOR WHAT2

On Tuesday night the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen voted six thou.
sand dollars of the peoples money to
three lawyers, as a fee in a case, in
which there was nothing to be gained
by the city to start Oh, and which the
city itself compromised for nothing.
Some time ago the suit was gotten up
on an old claim against the old Mem.
phis and Vicksburg Railroad Company.
and the city agreed to give a fee in
case anything was gained, and pro.
pOrtional to what was gained. 1t was
well understood at the time. that
the city would not risk a
cent in the matter and vast majority
of the citizens did not think it lust. or
good policy to sue the L., n. O. & T.
r. h. on the old matter, which
was not to stand against any
company that would build the
road to Memphis. Indeed the city
voted 100000 to the L., N. O. & t. R.
R. on the completion of the road to
the northern boundary of Sharkey
county, and it would be folly to sup.
pose the city would revive a claim
against the old bankrupt CON-
pany, and hold the new com.
pany for it. The city merely
agreed to the contingent fee contract,
as an aid to securing the shops here.
When the shops were secured, the old
suit was compromised Oy the city, and
the lawyers claimed and the Board of
Mayor and Aldermen paid $4,000, al
though the lawyers had in the first in.
stance taken the case for a conti1agent
fee. If the city owed them cent, we
cannot see on what grounds, but if it
dlo, IL was nothing like what was
paid, for the claim if sold, would not
have brought third of the fee paid the
lawyers. If We apply to the transac-
tion the very mildest language, it was
an outrageous squandering of public
funds.
For this case (and if any of them
did anything, except, perhaps Mr..
Dedrick, who took trip to Jackson)
they got about as much as District
Attorney receives for three years ser.
vices, as much as the Mayor gets in
five years, and more than the Cover
nor'S salary for one year.
Yet is it said, lit was well under-
stood they were to get that much"
1t is in crder now for them to print
the names Of those who understood it
SO well, and who assumed to speak for
the city of Vicksburgs We denouncl
it as shameful transaction.
Weekly commercial herald., 1886-04-30
JACKSON.

The State Medical Association,
Special to Commercial Herald.
JACKSON, April 22.-The State Med
ical Association reassembled last night
at 8 o'clock. The following papers
were read: On the use of anticipates
in absteterics, by E. P. Sales, of Aber.
deem. On the benefits of cocoine, by
B. F. Kittrell, of Black Hawk.
The association convened this morn
ing at 9 o'clock. A resolution perma-
nently fixing the meeting of the asso-
citation at Jackson was adopted. Me-
mortal resolutions to the memory of j.
r. Douglas, Henry Clay Mcclure and
e. J. Mitchell, were adopted. The ac-
tion of the American Medical Associa.
tioD, at New Orleans, relative to the
International Medical Congress, was
endorsed.
The following papers were read: On
tranmatic tetatus, by J R. Phillips, Of
Meridian; History of Surgery in Mis-V
sissippi," by NJ. S. S. Craft, of Jackson; /;
ulcerative tonsillities, by B. F. Duke,
of Lake Como; on "malarial flux," by
E. L. McGehee, of Woodville; on pla-
Gently praevia, by T. Belkins, of Aber-
deem, and by W. W. Hamilton, of
Brooksville; DR.. Z. T. Beall, of Vicks-
burg, read the history of case of
poisoning treated with atropia, hypo-
dermically administered. An instance
of the successful extraction of FIVE
cataracts, under unfavorable circum-
stances, was reported.
The following delegates to the next
meeting of the American Medical AS
socation were appointed E. P. Sale,
S. V. D. Hill, L. Sexton, G. G. Stock
ard, ]. M. Taylor, P. W. Rowland, W.
NJ. Paine, W. T. Hyer, H. P. Brisbane,
B. j. Pate. w. Aills, E. A. Rowan, A.
G. Sinclair, R. L. Buck, J. H. Blanks,
J. G. Hall, R. L. Hutchins and w. B.
Sanford.