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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26
The Title Nuisance In germany.

And then the way mans titles are
piled on when addressing him is very
amusing. remember how this both
cred my memory IN Altenberg years
ago, when my family was there. AT
semi-literary dinner was doctor who
WIS assistant professor of rhetoric. He
was always addressed as Herr DIR.
Assistant Professor of Rhetoric
Schpeider, all the titles being eotds
pounded into one word; or Herr Coli
onel Master of the Dukes Stables Won
Reuter-. Woo to the guest who failed
to compound into one word all of these
positions when addressing MIR. Reuter-
or who left out the "yonr' made
many mistakes and finally settled the
matter by telling them frankly that I
was an unlcttered Yankee. They LET
me get through with one title In adj
dressing any one, but / think they
very much pitied my lack OF, good
form. do not wonder that kings,
princes and mobiles think themselves
made of finer material than that of
common men. The people by their
adulations teach them soto think. So
cialists in Germany and France rail at
the privileged classes; Nihilists in
Russia slay them, but the great bulk
of the people show that they worship
them, and when one master is gotten
rid of they each pick up lamp and
grope about IN the dark, Diogenea-
like, trying to find, not an honest
man, but another master under whose
feet they may lay their necks. Cor.
CHICAGO Mil
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26
faIien mir sara an envIOus


nave faIlen mir sara an enyIous
minded fellow
Damian was gloomy, trembling,
covered with 4 cold sweat. So one
seine weighs iieaNy as the other, he
muttered; oh but 1t cannot be he
stepped up out of the water and slowly
took his way to the cabin.
By this time the first seine was conf
ing up to the bank. and in it appeared,
truly enough the bridge of walnut
wood. Not 81 of it, but the half. 1t
was not to be doubted that during the
night the bridge had been sawed across
the middle. The men who dragged it
out were stirring with surprise and
terror; they started back with horror
stricken faces shrieking.
At the same moment, Damian ap-
peared In the door of his cabin, with
his hair on end, his eyes fixed and
starting, and b look of utter stupidity,
yet screaming with laughter a laugh-
ter like Voice from Bedlam. He
had found his home deserted and the
couch of CaIanelita untouched by her
since the day before. And the Usher
men had seeI in the net with the wal
nut timber the pallid face of Don
Jaime.
A moment after, their frightened
mates drew oEst the second seine, with
the other ll,lif of the bridge and the
body of Carmelita.
"She, also2" Damian shouted; ''ohl
I did not look for that, thought
thought she would wait for him in the
housel / never dreamed she would
run to meet hint But she did, you
seei She was impatient to meet her
lover, and she went on the bridge to
meet him. But had been there be
fore them. l sawed It'll sawed it,
sawed It'll Oil what fine haul we
have made today boys! good catch
of fish is this we have made, boysI
And, shrieking, he ran and shut him
self in the cabin.
When the officers of the law came
to arrest him they found him still
g1asping a saw and the cabin drenched
with blood The eel fisher had sawed
off his left hand and with the right he
still drew his isweapon across gaping
wound in his throat, while he gasped,
with dying voice: "a grand catch OF
fish we have made today, boysI'-
From the Spanish of Don Pedro de
Alarcon by Y. III. Adds for The Ar
erOn:lIlt
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festti, al the Foot.


The ideal foot o5 modern ladies Is
about a No. g. We hear but little
about the shining goal toward which
the masculine foot is directed. The
length of the averags foot IS a difficult
matter TO decide. Perhaps there was
a time when its status was more reli-
ably fixed than at present. For in
stance. the common Unit 6f lineaE
measure, a foot, was derived from the
length OF the human foot. Human
feet differ In length all over the tvorldSS
SO does the standard of lineai measure
ment. There was a time when not
only each country, but each town had
foot measure of its own, indicating
different averages of the different feet
in various localities Taking th6
ard, we find the French foot 10 be
1875, the Rhenish foot 12.S5:
As these comparative lengths were
derived from the average human foot
of these nationalities, we may take
comfort in the fact that we are IN the
happy minority of inches at the base.
The Rhenish foot of measure equals
the English, and the German or Rhen-
ish foot varies IN the different states.
The longest foot of measure is that of
old Turin, which is equal to twenty
inches of English measure. This lat
ter. founded upon the length of tho
Turin pedal, might, IN the persifiage
of our time, be said to have descended
by heredity to certain section of our
great country, famous, In fable at
least, for its breadth and length of un-
derstanding. In order to get am idea
of the length of shoe sizes IN inches it
may be stated that a foot measuring
ten inches with the weight of the body
! resting upon it may wear, comfort
ably; a No. 6 shoe. The reader can
figure from this up to the Turin foot
I of twenty inches by allowing three
full sizes to the inch.
Following are some measurements
| from life that show the comparative
| length of the human foot in different
| people. These measurements are we'll
c-oportioned to the height of the pers
sons: In a man feet IL inches tall
the foot measured I01 inches and the
middle toe q inches. In Chinese SUBJ
! jects, the ordinary height being feet.
the length of foot was inches and 5
lines. Among tribe of low stature
Indians, whose height varied from
feet / inch to feet 3 inches, tho
length of the feet was fouild to be
from inches lines TO q inches 6
lines. a youth in the South Sea.
Islands, feet inches in height, had
foot 124 inches long; his lower ex-
treInitics measured 3S inches in length,
circumference of calf of leg III inches
and his ankle 10 inches.@Shoe and
Leather Reporter.
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How IT Fee1s to Re Ricii.

I was talking with friend of mine
who for many years has struggled
with pecuniary difficulties, never
being quite free from anxiety on this
score until lately, when he came into
possession of large fortune. in
quired of him what his impressions
were m the novel condition, and he
said: The fact is find my chief
pleasure not in doing anything new,
but IN doing the old things with new
feeling. 1 can take a glass of wine
now" he continued, without count
ing the cost; and I find that enjoy
going to the theatre or taking my wife
about in a carriage twice as much as
did before. The queer part of it is, :"
he went on to say, that / used to
pride myself on being ext1avagant
and reckless once in awhile, as a mat
ter of principle, and l have only Just
discovered that, when least sus-
pected it, was really conscious in the
depths of my mind that was paying
out mona - Boston Post
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PUTTING ON LADIES, SHOES.



and Female Clerks.
The Introduction of women as clerks
in shoe stores was begun as an expert
ment few years ago, and considerable
interest in the success of the scheme
has been manifested by the shoe trade.
The experiment may now be regarded
as a success within certain limits, but
it appears to be equally sure that the
female clerks viii never entirely drive
out the men, even, from the depart
mentS for women's and children's s
shoes.
An experienced clerk iIt a well
known uptown establishment said re-
Gently to Tribune reporter that the
tendency among large dealers now is
to employ both men and women, and
then let the customer choose for her
self between the two. 1t Is purely q
matter of taste, said the clerk, ssand
should say even that it depended on
the customers mere whim. Some
wome1i profess to be shocked at the
inmodesty of having man put on
their shoes for them, but on the other
hand many of the most refined ladies
in the city always insist on having a
man serve them, and there viii al
ways be this same demand
sAnd what is the cause of this pref
erence7" asked the reporter.
Simply that man can fit shoe to
the foot better than woniafi can:
The majority of women wear tight
shoes, even those who have no claim
to a place in the world of fashion, and
it takes strong hand and arm to get a
tight shoe on customers foot easily.
Most women are too weak in the wrist
frNy. kl,sr Is Il
toll and struggle so over the task that
many customers become completely
disguised, and learn to avoid store
on them. A man by superior strength
and dexterity will force shoe two
sizes too small on a woman'S foot with
comparative ease, and she Will leave
the store conscious of having secured
small shoe that is perfect fit.
And how about the question OF
modesty7'
"Well, q shoe store is good place
to study the vagar.ies of prudes. I'm
duly sensitive women do find it an
ordeal to have men wait on them, and
for such cases the female clerk is a
business necessity. Most women; how
ever, are not SO sensitive, and as for
the male clerks themselves, they would
always rather wait on a man than on
a woman, any time. a very young
clerk sometimes feels that he has got
pretty near heaven when he is directed
to assist handsome young woman in
getting satisfactory foot gear. but the
novelty soon wears off. Women are
SO much more particular than men,
especially in the matter of shoes. that
it is by no means coveted privilege
to wait on them. One annoyance to
which ladies arc not now subjected in
the larger establishments is the inn
pudent staring of dudes and other cal
low youth who used always TO spend
half an hour trying on shoes them
selves, whenever they went to shoe
store, just to get glimpse of a pretty
ankle now and then. Now separate
rooms are provided for the ladies, but
the male clerks will never be entirely
ba1lislicd from these sacred precincts y
New York Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26
Color and ra,te

Tho peculiar associataon Of a color
with sound by which certain sound
cofor, Is quite normal and has of re-
cent years been frequently described.
The association of color with smells is
much rarer phenomenon, and of
color with tastes perhaps rarer still.
DR. FePe gives an account of a woman,
who, after taking vinegar, saw every
thing red for few minutes, and then
everything as bright green for more
than an hour. DR. Fere explains this
as due to a similarity in the subsidiary
: emotional effects accompanying the;
sensation.-Science.
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d On not contnrian.1 z

There appears to be such thing as
9 diagnosis of disease In wood, and the
botanical physicians, according to The
Northwestern Lumberman, profess to-
know that it may be contagious or
sporadic. Dry rot is called eonta:
gious, and it is said that the germ of
that disease may be communicated to-
sound wood by tools which have been
at work in diseased wood 1t IL
thought possible that this theory &c
counts for many incomprehensible
breakages of timbers The suggestion
is that sound lumber should not be cut
witlI the same, saw that has passcd
through stuff affected by dry rot with
out cleaning:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26
hoNcE WHEN a s4lLD.p

Once. when child, / passed d sunny Geld;
An frank and clear the morn before me lay:
broad blue sky and waving grass revealed
Afy childish heart was like happy bird
That gently sways within her wen known nest.
A sudden tiirn.-the cheerful lndscape blurred
Into dream Of mystery and unrest
The shadow Of a sornber rock and pine,
The silence deep that dwells with shade Away,
Entered my soul There stirred up a sudden
breath
Through the tree tops. It whispered: Wings are
thine.
SO the bird fiuttered from her nest that day
Up toward the mysteries of life and DEATH
Mary Murdoch Mason in the Century.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26
Ho wIn Think He Met nm Angel.

A newsboy tc,k the Sixth avenue
elevated at Park place at noon yester-
day, and Hiding into one of the cross
seats fSll asleep. At Grand street two
yoi:ng women got on and took the
Eeats opposite the lad His feet were
bare and his hat had fallen off. Pres
emily the younger girl leaned over and
placed her muff under the little fell
lows dirty. cheek. An old gentleman
IN the next seat smiled at the act and
without saying anything held out a
quarter with a nod towards the boy.
The girl hesitated moment aud then
reached for It. The next man jlIEt as
silently offered a dime, a woman
across the aisle held out somo pennies.
and before she knew it the girl with
flaming checks had taken money from
every passenger in that end of Tie car.
She quietly slid the AMOUNT into the
sleeping lads pocket, removed her
muif gently from under his hcod
without rousing him and got off AZ
Twenty third street, including all the
passengers in pretty little incIina-
ton of the head that seened fun Of
thanks and a common secret.-New
York World.
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London,a 80 nhral

London has long had it's home for lost
and stolen dogs, and as a commercial
affair it pays It's way. All dogs brought
there are received and are left for sew
eral days If not claimed, the monerels
and aged are killed by am ingenious ar
rangement, which gives them. many at 3
time, painless death by sufocation. A
small charge Is made for the keep of
dogs that are claimed, and the unclaimed
ones are soldSat good pdces.-cor. Globe
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26
EBB TIDE.

The tide slips from the harbor's mouth,
The rugged reefs stretch far away,
The tangled grasses lightly sway.
And faint otior of the south
Comes stealing In across the bay.
The ships, like phantoms, lie asleepi
They wait the turning Of the tide,
And ere the dawn viii safely glide
To the broad bosom of the deep,
Beyond the surf's unceasing chide.
When In our hearts the tide is low,
When blackened reefs OF old despair
Rise to our view, we need not care;
The tide returns; at morn we go
To Sunlit seas and skies more fair.
s.. Z. Potter
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-12-26

Partisan cabmen have to pass an ex-
animation before they are allowed to
hire themselves out to public service.
The pfefect of police has bought a
wooden horse, harnessed, and all can
ditlates for cabmen must show that
tl'ey know low to harness and unhar-
nees him, ard pass an examination on
whatever o..icr tests the project may
propose.
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JOHN w. ENGLISH,

Point Pleasant, w. Va,
WILL practice in the County of Ma
w son; the United States District Court
;or West Virginia, and in the Supreme
Court of Appeals of this State. Office in
Court House. jan 3, 1888.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
CITY COURT CASES.
Judge Harden Gets Away With
Bench Full OF Prisoners,

Judge Harden Gets Away With a
Bench Full Of Prisoners.
1t was heavy docket that Judge Harden
had before him yesterday when Sheriff
Goodwin raped for order, and the criminal
term of the City Court began. The sub
Joined is full report of tho days proceed
lngs, the court concluding the heavy days
work by adjourning the monthly criminal
term to Tuesday, April "A.
James Cahill. Vagrancy. One month
Thomas StubbS. Vagrancy. Two
months
Sam Duncan. Larceny of bolt of cloth
from j. P. Germaine, April 16 Four
months.
Jane Gaillard and Alex Blizzard. Larceny
from Altmayer's store Saturday night.
Blizzard given three months and the woman
discharged.
shoes from Isadore Cohen Saturday night.
Six months.
Loomis Lewis. Larceny of pocketbook
and $50 from employer at No. 176 Brough-
ton street Six months.
Sarah Green. Msdemeanor. Permitting
gambling IN her house with cards at game
called skin" Six months.
Amos Denslow. Larceny Of forty pounds
of meat from Hugh Logan Six months.
vi u StCOAA CAAaA VI ldAGCilN vi S6NtIbl-
five pounds of meat from Scott Smith he
was given an additional six months.
Katie Timmons, alias Brawley, Susan
Young alias Jones. and Emma Garrett.
Vagrancy. These are the soiled doves of
Coopershop lane who went through Patrick
Broderick's vest. They were each given
tw, I've months on the chain-gang and the
case continued on the larceny charge, owing
to Broderick's absence.
Dan Homes Assault on Ella Reid. Two
months.
Ashville Alexander. Larceny of overcoat
from Mark Adams. Three months.
Ralph Babbitt. Wife beating Three
months.
Afford Richmond. Abandonment of in
FAINT. Dismissed on promise TO live with
and provide for his family.
Robert Howard. Assault upon wife
Nollied on refusal of wife to prosecute.
Benjamin Henzss Vagrancy. Continued
for relative TO disprove the charge.
CapiaS issued for Corinne Washington,
prosecuting witness against Lila johnson
and Lucy Pellet, and cases continued.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
THEY STOPPED THE PARADE.
A Street Car Conductor and Driver
Being Tried For 1t.


Amos Goodwin and Edward Howard,
conductor and driver on the Liberty street
line of the City and Suburban Railway,
are being tried in the Superior Court for
stopping a car on Liberty street, near Dray-
ton, SO that it necessitated the hating of
the Georgia HussarS on their parade on
February %, the day that the Jasper Menu
ment was unveiled. The trial is going on
before struck jury.
Capt. Gordon was called for the State
yesterday, and he testified to the fact of
the car being stopped so that the Hussars
had to be halted for two minutes or else
detected in their march. He halted
the column and to ok the number
or the car in order to prosecute the conduc-
tor and driver. When the court adjourned
Capt Gordon was undergoinga cross-exam-
ipation at the hands of r. r. Richards,
ESQ, who was vainly trying to get the wit
ness TO estimate the width of Drayton
street. The efforts of the witness to hedge
on the question were amusing, and he had
just declined to estimate the width of the
street when the court interposed for an
adjournment until this morning.
An amusing episode occurred in the court
room during the progress of the trial. John
W. Thompson, negro SO black that carbon
would have shown white on his face, was
brought before the court for throwing a
lighted match on the floor of the lobby out
side. The negro said that he wasn't in the
habit of coming to court and wouldn't have
been there if he had not been summoned. He
had noticed other "gemmen" smoking out
side, and didn't know any better He didn't
have time to put the match out before Off
Ger Sullivan grabbed him and brought him
in. The court cautioned him and let him
go, and he didn't stand upon the order of
going
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
THE SPRING FLOWER SHOW.
To Open at the Chatham's Armory To-
Night-The Exhibits

To Open at the Chatham's Armory To-
Night-The Exhibits
The spring exhibition of the Savannah
Floral and Art Association will open to-
night at Armory Hall. The arrangement
of the exhibition hall is the same as it was
last year. The space west of the armory
has been entirely rooted over and made into
an immense floral hall. A handsome foun-
tain has been built ia the center, and the
exhibits will be arranged around the sides
of the hall
The building is IS feet deep and is 25 feet
from the floor to the roof The exhibits of
art and fancy work will be displayed in the
armory building. The exhibition will open
tonight and will continue until Friday.
closing Thursday night.
The committees we're busy yester-
day arranging for the exhibits which
will be received to-day. The pros
poets are for a larger display than has
ever been given yet. Competition for the
coveted prizes has aroused an interest
among both amateur and professional flor
lists and will add TO the success of the exhi-
bition.
The display of roses will be the largest
that has ever been seen here, and the array
of potted plants from the private conserve
tories in the city will be attractive beyond
description
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
R. G. CONNELL DEAD.
His Demise the Result of an Old Bullet
Wound.

MS O6ull5S bue fbSsulC Oh Ola bullet
Wound.
Richard C. Cornell, residing at No. ~
Liberty street, and proprietor of notion
store at No. 154 Bryan street, died early
yesterday morning of atrophy of the left
hemisphere of the brain, superinduced by
an accident
1t is a cdSttS celebre. About eleven years
ago Mr. Connell was engaged in friendly
scuthe with friend for the possession of a
parlor rifle in a Broughton street gallery
when the weapon was discharged, the ball
entering the top of the head to the left of
the median line, and traversing the brain,
found Judgment in the skull. having
passed through the left lobe of the brain
DIR. Duncan, who was called in consulta-
ton with DR. BUM at the time of the acct
dent, was seen by a MORNING NEWS re-
porter last night, and the doctor stated
that he enlarged the opening yesterday
making post mortem examination of the
wound, and found that the left hemisphere
of the brain, as much as the size of an
orange, had atrOphied, or withered away,
and that evidently the man had lived wholly
by the action of the right hemisphere, the
overtaxing of which had resulted in
nervous exhaustion and death. 1t was.
he said, remarkable case. if Indeed,
it has parallel. The right side was affected
with nervous twitchIng from TIE atrophy
of the left brain hemisphere the right
hemisphere Of the brain being normal. The
examination was permitted by the relatives
OF the deceased in the interest of science.
The result of the examination, Dr. Duncan
said, will be brought to the attentio of the
Georgia Medical Society and will very
likely be reported in the medical journals.
Mr.. Council, who has suffered more or
less ever since the time of the accident
with nervous twitchings of the right side
and impaired speech, three weeks ago be-
gan 10 show more pronounced loss of mental
faculty, attended with fever, and he con-
tinued to grow worse until two days ago,
when he sank into a comatose state, from
which he never rallied.
He was quiet, unobtrusive gentleman,
true in his friendships, and was for many
years member of the Savannah Volunteer
Guards, until his continued illness compelled
him to retire. Mr.. Connell was the pro-
prietor of the well known l0c. store, which
he has conducted for several years very
successfully. He leaves aged parents, a
brother and many friends 10 mourn his loss.
The funeral will take place at the resi-
dence of Lawrence Council, No. n Liberty
street. at 9 O'Clock this morning.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1888-04-17
A CHANCE TO SEE FLORIDA.
The Annual Excursion of the Railroad
Employees Relief Association.

The Annual Excursion of the Railroad
Employees Relief Association.
The Employees Mutual Relief Associa-
ton of the Savannah, Florida and Western
and the Charleston and Savannah railway
companies will give their annual excursion
to Florida on April 2S. The excursion train
will be made up of special cars, and will be
run on a special schedule. Care will be
taken to provide for the comfort aud safety
of all the passengers, and TO this end one
and possibly two sleepers will be attached to
the excursion train. IL is expected that
there will be large number Of excursion
lists. The money derived from the sale Of
tickets will all 60 into the treasury OF the
Association, so that the excursionists will
be killing two birds with one stone--they
will have all the pleasure Of trip TO Flor
ida at delightful time of the year, and at
the same time will be aiding most deserv-
ing charity.