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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16

a HasnIfal Rnilt br Verdi.

The Gazzetta Musicale of Milan gave
an interesting account of the hospital.
at lllanoya. entirely built and sup
ported by Verdi the composer Nil-
lanova issituated about twenty miles
from Piaceilza and in close vicinity to-
the Villa di SAINT Agata, the country
seat which Verdi has made his home
and where he lives In the manner of a
farnler, abandoning all music from his
thought and without so much as q
pinno In his house The new hospi-
tai, an unpretentions but large build
ing, lies IN a commanding situation
overlooking the Po and with d distant
view OF tie Apennines. There are two
wlllgs-q qlie for women, the other for
men, and u separate ward IS set aside for
contagious cases; there is also u hydro
patliic establishment, and most elabors
ate arrangements have been riado for
the dislnfection of linen and other
sanitary purposes. An efficient staff
ofinlIses and attendants is also pro-
vided, and Signori Verdi has made the
housekeeping department her special
cafe. The large sums required have
beSn contributed by Verdi. who has
aka deposited sufficient funds for the
Iis;ifilte 9anee of the hospital The
muniiicence of the great composer is
only equaled by his modesty. The
opening ceremony, which took place
on the 9th inst, was of the simplest
kind, only Verdi and his family, the
physician, and the Sindaco of Villa
nova being present. No speechifying
was allowed, Verdi renarking that
the only Inauguration necessary WIS
the admission of the sick and ailing;
twelve of whom were received then
and there The Sindaco proposed that
the new building should be called
Verdi hospital, " but to this also the
donor objected; and The name Hospital
of Vi1lanova was finally adopted.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16
Nc Put Then, in Irons.

a reporter overheard an old sea cap
tain relate how he served the crow
when they got too full. The old salt
ehucllled as lie related the story. He
said: Yes, you can just bet crew
that got drunk OH me never tried it
again. When them fellcls d come
aboard ship arttnlSs why I'd just clap
'em in irons an throw 'eln in u heap
ON the deck. If we had rainy weather
during the night. they couldn't get
away; they'd have to stay right there
Yes, and to see them fellers in the
morning you'd think they was going
to die right off. No, sir; no crew ever
got drunk on me txict," and he and
his companion made for South street
saloon to smile. New York Sun.
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q New AzIe BOX.

Scmc Prussian railways are expert
mcrting with axle boxes fitted with
bearings of vegetable parchment IN
place of ErGss. The parchment is
strongly compressed before being used,
and it Is thoroughly dried to prevent
subsequent shrinlzage. An emulsion
of water and oil. any of the mineral
oils, is used as lubricant. The pai,ch-
Mcnt soon becomes impTegnGted with
oil and is able TO go long time witli-
out renewal of lubrication Superi-
oIity to si...te~l IS claimed for it.-Chi=
csoC Herald
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striklng a Ligllt.

In the days before the invention Of
friction matches the difficulty of pro-
curing fire was SO great that all pains
were taken to prevent the fire on the
hearth from going out. Al winter
long it was kept by covering She coal
and brands with ashes at night This
was one of the domestic cares of Cur
forcf;thers. and Homer alludes to the
practice as common in his day, 5000
years AGO.
But fire could not be kept with com
fort III the summer, and there would
be times in the winter when the hearth
would become cold. Then some Goals
r1uSt be brought from neighbor's, or
q new fire must be kindled in the
house.
This latter process was usually ac-
complislle;l by means of flint and steel.
Most readers have no doubt seen al
spark of fire struck out from q horses
shoe hitting a stone i'll the road, or
from the shoes of n sleigh runner
grinding over rocks
To obtain fire by this method piece
of steel, such as file or rasp. was
struck with a flint, or bit of white,
quartz from granite ledge. and the
spark was caught iii tindcr-charred
cotton rags. The old flint lock mus
kct, with a few grains of powder and
some tinder III the pan. was looked
upon by our grandmothers' as q do
mestic utcnsil Sometimes, on a clear
day, burning glass-a lens for col
Letting at one point the rays of the
un-was used.
The method of producing fire by
rubbing together. two dry sticks is
known to most boys but It has not
been often adopted by civilized people.
It belongs TO the ruder conditions of
life. :
In Tllil,et Capt. William Gill found
pract:ccd more scientific methctl
than any of these Tie natives strike
a light by compressed air. The APP
parntus used consists of G Woodeil'
cylinder. two and half inches long
by three-quarters of an inch diameter.
This is closed at one end. the base bc-
ing about the size of quill pen; an
air hight piston fits into this with a
large. flat knob ut the top. The other
end of the piston is slightly followed
out and a very small piece of tiuder is
placed m the cup thus formed.
To use tllis the cylinder is held M
one hand. the piston inserted and
pushed about half way down A very
sharp Blow is then givcnwith the palm
OF the hand ON the top of the knob.
The hand must at the same time close
on the knob and instantly withdraw
tie piston, when the tindcr will be
found alight. II requires skill TO use
tho apparGsus as.wen as science to in
vc+-r ii: 1oaih s Companion.
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q So


The dowager Duchess of Hamilton.
who died at Baden Baden, was left a
widow about thirty years ago in con-
sequence Of her husband having fallen.
down stairs after a supper at the
Maison d Or and brplSe1 his neck. The
real reason why ne and his wife fe- ffs-
sided so much on the continent was
the queens refusal to allow her prece-
dence at the drawing rooms of the
Duchess of Norfolk, as a member of a
sovereign German family, from Ger
man point of view slis was Just as
high and mighty as no matter what
Mecklenburg Hesse or Sake Coburgs
There was no valid excuse for the
refusal. which seems inexplieable,i
when it is remembered how the NOR
ganatic SON of younger Hessinn
princeiet is being foisted as high roy
atty on the. British people. Her
majesty could not have believed the
story current at Manheinl about the
Princess Marie of Baden duchess of
HaniiltonJ. beings supposititiousc child,
and substituted for a prince with u
malformed liesld, denotiug the idIocy
from time TO time appeared in the
gransl dpcal Tor before Nap elcon, s time
hEargTsfy1nel family. III there had
been substitution a boy would have
haeD slinned into the nince 1f the al
Iooa,l ;l;nt Tl,a Nori,a;;,,,o,.. ,,,ar
whose city the Grand DIeI,ess StenI,- i,.
s,,;e , 1,s,ed 10 ,es;eI.. had some ,SI.uS;f,l,,
exnIan.tsoi3 10 eiye. for The sigbstitf,t;nn
of q giriNor 1t anv rate. one that
satisfied them.
The true heir was never a com
pIainant He was, the story went.
found one day1full grown. hcIpless.
undressetl. hairy as an Orson and un.
able TO Quit a. crouchinn ,,osture-near
the Grand DucaI mark. Altorether
he was moro like m animal than a
human being. How he not to tho
place where he was discovered nobody
could ever guess. His vocabulary
contained but two words, ...Caspar
unvaIyiug answer to every question.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16
To- Use tho r;l,cen Plant.

A Belfast mGcllinist has discovered
a process by which the fiEers of the
plant rheea can be readily separated
from their woody and giinlny cover
ing. thus producing 6bcr At Il low
price which will admit of being used
for the manufacture of rope, cortlnrc
and woven goods. Rheea is a plant
grown very widely III southern and
eastern Asia. and one capable of culti-
vation in the temperate parts of Eu-
rope and America 1t is the strongest
vegetable fiber that has yet been dis
covered, and is. besides. the smoothcst
and most lustrous. Cincinnati Com
f4anrcinI
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on on the Mntcrs.

a new method of osing oil for re-
ducing waves in a storm is mentioned
by The Liverpool Journal of Com
mercc, Which consists of firing oil
rockets to windward This is Ger!
man patent, and, in recent expert
ment between Bremen and New York,
the explosion of five rockets at dis
tances of 1,20O to 1, 500 feet from the
vessel, covered space of /, 500 to 2, 600
square feet with oil, and Gained the
waves Immediately A rocket has
been thrown 900 feet against strong
wind The patent is said to lavo been
bought by the North German Lloyds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16
PUTTING ON AIRS.

=
Refuse the ciyn .sYes,: or ..Nc,..
Decline 70 see me when you 70
Along the street with bulls and 'bearsi's
Whatever else you choose to do.
Abstain from patronizing air.
Cut me direct upon the street;
Look down upon me when we meet;
Let others see who proudly stares
DiscroWn me not. while suaye and sweet
With soft and patfbnizing airs
There may be times when all may need
The friendship of the friends indeed,
To help US lift life's load Of cares:
But hearts had better break and bleed,
Than pulse with patrunIzing airg
He does not act the role of friend
Who thinks that he must condescend,
And st6op to aid In my affairs;
He mocks me with the bow aud bend
That come OF patronizing airs.
The social status one attains,
With well earned or III gotten gains
OF gold. and lands. and bonds, and share
VIII be defiled with vulgar stains
When he shows patronizing airs.
They have been th0ss sh6 helped the poor,
Who brought light about the door:
They aided angels unawares
God blessed their basket and their store
They had no patTontziug airs.
Are we not an on earth aIxin9
: The best and wtitest touched with sfnY
For with the wheat viii grow the tares.
OH. proud and vain. just look within,
And cease all patroni.iny airs
George ". Bungay in chronological Journal
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ffen Jonsoti on Human Nature.

What a wretchedness is this, to
thrust all our riches outward and be
beggars within: to contemplate moth
ing but the little. vile and sordid
things of the world; not the great,
noble and precious2 We serve our
ayarice; and not content with the good
of the earth that is offered us, we
search for tho evil that is hidden.
Sod offered us those things, and
placed them at hand and near us that
he knew were profitable for us: but
the hurfful he laid deep and hid Yet
do we covet only the things whereby
we may perish; and bring them forth,
when God and nature had buried
them. We covet superfuous things,
when II Mf.rt4 moro honor. fni. rs if we
Gould eontemn necessary.
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Knew When to crt.

:. The following remark came from the
lips of little Pearl Menneiley, "a 5-ycar-
old girl, whose father was getting in
readiness for three months trip.
Alice, her older sister, was feeling
badly over her papa's prospective long
absence. and Pearl, seeing her cry. APP
preached her father, saying: What
day IS today. papa?" Why, Friday,
my dear Why do you ask.' Then
tomorrow is Saturday, and the next
day Sunday, and then comes Monday,
and you are going away ON, Monday,
papa papar Yes my little darling darling am
papa. amt going to cry till Mon
day. Omaha Bee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16
FIshinE Pr.sidspt..'

The one indispensable Requirement.
Of president In these later years Is
that he be an enthusiastic fisherman.
ArthYP and Cleveland and Harrison
all furnish notable examples Of the
plscatorial instinct. Arthur caugh
Florida taFpon and YelIowstohs trout.
Cleveland angIed for Adifofidack'
trout and deep sea blnefsh, and Hare,
risotf goes 20. Middle Bass island and
TO Broad Ripple after bass and redeyeAs
Fish and craftsmanship In these days
walk hand IN hand. as It were. -G Chr
cago News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16
relephsne Ml.lspcrlnr..

The following is said to be a simple
method by which tclcphoning. can be
carried on in whisper: Take sheet
of thick MANILA brown paper, fold and
paste it into the form of d Conc OF.
funnel, some fifteen inches IN length,
the small end Being just tllc size 70 fft
into the transmitter orifice, without
coming in contact with. flIe diaphragm,
and the large end being about six
inches III diameter. With this mes
s5ges can be sent in whisper. New
York Telegram.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16

The people of New South Wales and
New Zealand are of tho same mind
with the people of Queensland as to
the right of a colony to be consulted
regarding the choice of a governor.
They cordially approve the stand
taken by Queensland in protesting
against the appointment by the home
government of man who is held by
the colonists to be untitled for the Of.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16
no. nunting as. she !. uunIea.

Fox hunting is the rage among local
sportsmen now. Party after party have
been securing Mount Gile after an old
mother fox and her brood that have
been seen there. They have fired at
the old one eighteen times, but have
failed to hit her. She seems to be too
much for them all Lewiston journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16
ono Mnr tn net = M,sa..

An unmarried man recently drew a
crisp. new So bill out of the bank. A
happy though struck him and he wrote
an ardent love letter across the face O..
1t IN blue ink and signed his initials
and address. Then he spent the S..
He received fourteen answers. many
OF them inclosing photographs: He
tpgrapl1s. but the original of one of
themj.-Butfalo Courier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16

Fenelon. who often bothered Richie
lieu for subscriptions to charitable pufe,
poses, was one day telling him that
he had Just seen a capital portrait of
him. And suppose you asked it
for d subscriptionl said Richelieu,
with a snecr. ''Oh. no: saw there
was no chance-it was too l4...c you.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16

A Boston man has invented new
carpenters rule, which can, also be
us'sI as cockscrew. stove handle.
pftInb. bludgeon, a hammer. . nail
pu Ter, a glass cutter and a glazing
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-16

A Michigander drove ali the wav to
Jasper. Ala, in his carriage. and he
says 1T was the longest. incest picnic
he ever had. as roads and weather
were good. Detroit Free Press.
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Nature tho Best Tcael,.r.

Nature will generally be found to be
one of the best teachers of gracefulnes
No artificial rules can teach us the ex-
act amount of force requisite for the
various motions and attitudes we as
sumo. The infant In his innocentrIee
and the child in his bounding slorts.
arc seldom ungracefuL It is When We
contract an excessive self conscious
ness, and think more of the appears
ances we make than of tlle objects we
desire to accomplish, that we become
the most untsaceful. Once a Week.
Robbie's mamma put ON, py mis-
take, a light stocking on one fot:t. and
dark one OH the other, when he re.
minded her that '.they ecie not
twins.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-08
Te|egraphic Tidings
STATEHOOD DOES 1T.
The Boom which Dakota Is Having-Town
Lot Speculation.

PIERRE, S. D., Oct 4.--The election o.
Pierre as the capital OF South Dakota bids
fair to create boom which will outrival
that of Oklahoma last spring. Strangers
are tiocking into the city by thousands.
Over $4,000 worth of property changed
hands to-day. Lots which could be bought
4 week ago for 500 sold to day for 81 900.
People are excited and the town is in a
constant hubbu5 night and day. 1t is i'm
possible to preserve any kind of order.
People have been celebrating incessantly
for forty-eight hours.
Fort Pierre, across the river, is also
crowded with boomers and intended set
tiers. Many Of them have escaped into
the reservation, notwithstanding large
force OF regulars and Indian police sta
toned to prevent encroachments.
A s:heme was unearthed to-day by the
authorities which was on foot 10y gang
of boomers to sneak across the river at
midnight and take possession OF the land |
lround Fort Pierre, and thereby capture
,he town site. Application had been
quietly made to the government for town
ute papers, and if the scheme had not
,een unearthed at an opportune moment
t would probably have been successful.
Few settlers over there were armed, and
he plot would have been attended with
much danger, and as the prime movers
re known to be desperate men there
fould have been much bloodshed.
Military assistance has been telegraphed
or. Every attempt will be made to pre-
erye order.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-08
and 95,057,O00 negroes, making 393 per-
sons to the square mile.
Gen. Meigs draws interesting conclu-
sion from these figures.
Joins the Republican Party,

BALTIMORE, Oct. 8.-The Young Mems
Democratic club, large and influential
political organization in the eastern sec.
ton of this city, has broken away from
the party whose name it bears and cast
| its lot with the Republicans.
The resolutions adopted by the club tell
very clearly the disgust which the opera.
tons of the Democratic managers have
created among the self.respecting men of
the party. They say:
The present management of the party
has ceased to represent the will of tue
party, and by long years OF msrule has
brought it into disfavor with the people,
whose interests they subordinate to their
own selfish schemes. The party primaries
no longer give voice TO the wishes of the
party, but merely record the will of the
undemocratic ring which controls them
by the most unblushing frauds. There
tore, we, members OF the Young Mems |
Democratic club Of Baltimore, will not
support, but will by all legitimate means
endeavor to defeat the ticket now im-
posed upon the Democratic party by the
ing which misrepresents it,"
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-08
THE INDIAN CONFERENCE.
Papers Read and Plans discussed by the
Friends OF LO.

LAKE MoGoNK, n. Y, Oct. AT tht
session of the Indian conference, ]. "
Davis, of Boston, reported for the speca
committee on giving aid to the mission
Indians Of California. Philip GarrctI
said the results accomplished far exceed
ed the outlay, and the committee was con.
tinued for another year.
Painter of the Indian Rights associa-
ton read a long paper, pointing out the
grave defects of recent legislation. He
said in substance:
The allotment Of lands in severalty was
a step in the right direction, but under
limitations of authority was not sufficient
to take the Indian out OF his old condi.
tion."
An interesting paper was also read by
ex-Justice Strong, OF the United States
supreme court, in which, referring to the
question of education OF Indians, he
thought congress should provide funds 10,
The purpose by paying to the states sum
equal to the amount which would be raised
i the lands allotted in severalty were tax.
able by the states.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-08
LAND DECISION.
Comr' Grof's First Deci.ion Favorable to
Poor NAM

WASHINGTON, Oct. S.--Comr. Croft, OF
the general land office, las rendered his
first decision. 1t was in the case OF
Johannes Frederick versus Fred Hon.
selln, on appeal from the decision of the
local land Office at Benson, MINI.
The decision appealed from holds that
Honselin failed to comply with the letter
of the homestead law, in that he did not
establish actual residence upon the land
within six months after entry, only dig.
eing cellar and building a foundation.
The entry was accordingly Cancelled.
Commissioner Croft overrules this de-
cision, and in his review of the case finds
that Honselin, who was poor man. was
getting along as rapidly with the improve.
ment of the land and the construction of
a house as possible. The commissioner
adds that the six months rule is not to
be insisted upon where the entryman's
good faith toward the government is suf-
ticiently shown, or where his acts are not
inconsistent with an honest purpose to
comply with the law. He sees no bad
faith in this case.
The decision is regarded as mportant
as indicating the policy of the general
land office with respect to this class OF
claim,
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-08
A Sound Legal Opinion,

L. Bainbridge Munday, esq.,, county at
torney Clay county, Texas, says: "Have
used Electric Bitters with most happy re.
suits. My brother also was very low
with malarial fever and jaundice. but was
cured by timely use of this medicine. Am
satisfied Electric Bitters saved his llie."
Mr.. D. |. Wilcoxson, of Horse Cave,
KY, adds little testimony, saying: He
positively believes he would have died,
had it not been for Electric Bitters.
This great remedy will ward off as well
as cure all malarial diseases, and for all
kidney, liver and stomach disorders
stands unequaled. Price 5Oc and 81, at
G. N. Creamer's.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-08
CONDENSED NEWS,

Admiral Porter is dangerously ill at
jamestown, N. Y.
No trouble in the international Amer.
lean congress as reported.
The Bates house, Indianapolis, Ind,
was damaged by fire yesterday; loss,
$4,000.
Bracket and Russell, opposing candi-
dates for governor OF Massachusetts, want
series OF joint debates.
DR.. Kane, grand master of the Orange
men of the district OF Belfast, in a pub
lished card, warns Balfour, chief secretary
for Ireland, that he will ALLEVIATE the Or
angemen If he proposes any further en-
dowment OF Catholic institutions in Ire
land.
"The dispatch dated Mexico, October
l, sent out by the Associated Press, to the
effect that the state of chihuahua, Mex.
leo, was financially embarrassed, is alb
solutely without foundation. The f.
nances OF the state were never more pros
porous and revenues are increasing in
surprisingly encouraging proportion"
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-08
Another Setback.

NEW YoHK, Oct. S.-The worlds fair
committee has met with another OBJ
stacle. The difficulty in the way of OBJ
tanning the desired land in the neighbor.
hood of Morningside and Riverside parks
now seems to be so great as to make final
success very doubtful.
Many OF the owners of these lands are
unwilling to give them up for the purpose,
and unless their unwillingness can be
overcome by pursuasion, the committee
will be forced to go somewhere else for a
site. 1t is useless to think about getting
possession of the land by legislative or
judicial proceedings. That would require
so much time and be so doubtful in result
as to defeat the fair.
Santa Fe daily New Mexican. [volume] (Santa Fe, N.M.) 1885-1897, 1889-10-08
Grand Jury on Nagfe.

STOCKTON, CAL, Oct. 7.-The grand jury
OF San Juan county presented final re-
port Saturday concerning the case of Dep
uty Marshal Nagle. The report says the
facts show thatthe killing o. the late Judge
Terry was intentional and deliberate that
while constitution and laws of the state
require that crimes against itslaws should
be tried hereunder, the accused was taken
from the power of the state by process
emanating from the United states circuit
court. The report continues The United
States circuit court has decided that Nagal
can not be tried by the state courts essen
TALLY for the lack of jurisdiction, for the
lack OF want of jurisdiction, which it is
fair to conclude he can not be tried in any
court.