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Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
Rheumatism.

PEING due to the presence of uric
- acid in the blood, is most effectually
cured by the use of Ayers Sarsapa-
rilla. Be sure you get Ayers and no
other, and take it till the poisonous
acid is thoroughly expelled from the
system. We challenge attention to this
testimony
"About two years ago, after suffering
for nearly two years from rheumatic
gout, being able to walk only with great
discomfort, and having tried various
remedies, including mineral waters,
without relief, saw by an advertise
nent in Chicago paper that man had
been relieved of this distressing COM
plant, after long suffering, by taking
Ayers Sarsaparilla. / then decided to
make a trial of this medicine, and took
it regularly for eight months, and am
pleased to state that it has effected a
complete cure. have since had no re-
turn of the disease. Mrs. R. Irving
Dodge, ITO West 125th ST., New York.
"One year ago 1 was taken ill with
inf1ammatory rheumatism, being con-
fined to my house six months. came
out of the sickness very much debili-
tated, with no appetite, and my system
disordered in every way. 1 commenced
using Ayers Sarsaparilla and began to
improve at once, gaining in strength
and soon recovering my usual health.
/ cannot say too much in praise of this
well-known medicine" - Mrs. L. A.
Stark, Nashua, N. II.
Ayers SarsapariIIa,
PREPARED By
Or. !. G. Aver & Co., Lowell, Mass.
Price 81; six bottles, S.. Worth ss a b0ttlee
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20

Thousands Coats Thin Men, Stout Men,
Tall Men and Short Men, with for Big Men, No matter
how u the weather keep cool and comfortable by sim
ply wearing Zephyr-lke Clothing.
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
Ladies' Pure silk Underwear,

Old STYLE in the finest quality of silk, in gauze
as we'll as heavier weights. Wehave not in our
advertisement called your attention to the
novelty in our Ladies' Muslin Underwear De-
partment, consisting of line of Gowns or
Wrappers, Cherhise, Drawers made of Surah
Silk, trimmed with pat. val. lace. You want to
take look at them, even if you do not wish to
purchase.
Infants Silk Shirts, n. N. l. S., n. N. S. s.
and L. N. short sleeves.
Ladies 81. N. rib arm Balbriggan Vests. We
have placed on our counter a lot OF Ladies' real
French Balbriggan Vests at 40c. This is Toe
garment, and of course is a big bargain at 4Oc
Pittsburg dispatch. [volume] (Pittsburg [Pa.]) 1880-1923, 1889-06-20
FUTURE WORK OUTLINED.
A TALK FROM THE GOVERNOR.

''I had no idea that the damage was SO
great until made personal inspection of
the whole place. Upon my other visit
here, / did not see enough of the ruins, and
then the worst of the desolation escaped my
observation. The situation since then has
greatly improved, and the work of giving
relief has progressed nicely. The work Of
cleaning up the streets and opening the
rivers has been carried on more rapidly
than anyone could expect. 1 thought Il
hardly possible that so much could be done
in two weeks, and the place does not look
like the same town visited ten DAYS ago.
The situation has been mastered by General
Hastings, and it is only question of few
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30
Chinese FIog-Ir-.


This punishment Is as peculiar as
most Chinese punishmcnts are The
Inan is seized by four or five stalwart
attendants, thrown on his face, his
loose pyiamas rolled up so as to ex-
pose the ileshy part of the back of his
thighs. He IS firmly held outstretched
III this position by men at his head
and feet. Two operators then squat
down opposite one another on each
side of the victim. One takes q strip
of seasoned bamboo about three feet
long and one inch wide, and begins
lightly spanking the backs of the
thighs. He gives twenty of these ap-
parently harmless spaIllxs, and then
hands the bamboo to his vis-a-vis, who
gives his twenty, and then hands II
back and so on, turn about. until the
two hundred blows are administered
At first the punishment looks ridicu-
lously light; but by the time tn
first fifty blows ofe reached tho sisi.
of the parts beaten begins to GssrtEl.
the appearance of thick y-ssII leather.
and before the hundTedth blow the
skin begins to fly off IN loose white
flakes; by the tine tvFo hundred blows
back of both thighs looks like a
mass OF swollen raw diver, though
not a drop of blood flows from the
parts. It is said that a man would
expire under the excruciating torture
of two 1tandred and fifty OF these
blows. I have never seen enythin
like the exquisite agony depicted Ia
that mans hvld- auIyering features
when he was carried into tlte prison to
recover.-Boston Commercial Bulle-
tin
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30
Plans for Plumbing.

A proper set of working drawings
for the plumbing of a house, upon
which bids arc to be made and the re
sponsibility for plan and workmanship
IS to rest, and which Is to be preserved
as guide for future work in changes
and repairs, should be almost as
minute In details as the working draw
ings for starways or carved work.
Theseplans and sections should show
every pipe, fixture, joint, stop cock
and trap, in their relations to walls,
tmbers, floors. gas and steam pipes
and ventilating fines, and give their
dimensions. From these plans and
specifications a competent plumber
should be able, not only to make out a
list of every length and size of pipe,
trap, hanger and fitting that he viii
need, but to do considerable part of
the work IN his shop and deliver It
ready to put In place. It must be
admitted that such plans and spcci-
ficationS are rarely prepared, and that
when they are furnished they are
rarely made In the office of the archi-
tect. do not think, however. that
this fact Is due so much to the ina5iI
ity of architects to make such draw
ings and specifications. as to the fact
that they are unwilling TO take the
time and trouble to prepare them un-
less they are specifically demanded by
their clients; thinking that any good
plumber will be able to settle all the
details of the work if the general
scheme Is only indicated, and that de
tailed working drawings are an un-
Necessary expense Certainly the
course of instruction IN our schools
for the systematic education of archi-
tects includes enough to enable the
graduates of such schools to do this
kind of work, although 1t may be
doubted whether actual practice in the
preparation OF such drawings and
specifications is sufficiently insisted on
rs compared with that required in the
designing of facades and ornamental
carying-John S. Billings, N. D., In
Popular Science MONTHLY.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30


A gentleman from Tucson, AZ T., IN
the lobby Of the National hotel, spolzs
of one Of the desperadoes Of his town
i want toten you thai the frst and
greatest lone higaSraylnan IN this
country lived N Tucson and his name
was Bill Brazelton Il has now been
seven or eight years since he was
killed While he lived be was the
terror of southern Arizona, and he did
al Of his work single handed. he
SON Be was a young fellow who did
not say much but uas all the time
practieing with his reFoI yer when be
Iyas not 4 his work He Was the
most active, powerful young man 1
ever saw
sohecouId turn q asomersanlt
with his pistol m his hand and as he
came up hit s half dollar every time,
Twenty-Five yards away he could
shoot N every position. hether stand
ing. running or riding. and every time
he .plunpef the hstlFs eye Sud-
denly ha left Town, and 4 vas not long
TIL We heard Of his robhfng stages al
alone He had nerves of steel and
did not seem 70 be afraid OF nEbody
or ANYTHING The greatest efforts
were rnstde TO capture Hmm, but he
eluded all Of his pursuels. he seemed
to be here, there and everywhere at
the same time
Finally It was suspected that a
hostfer working in the stable whers
Brazeltol had been employed knew
something of him He was taken out
on the edge of town and hung up TIL
he was almost dead, when he agreed
TO confess on condition that RFzlzFaltoFi
should be shot outright, as he would
XIII any man who betrayed his secret
at the first opportunity. The hostler
said he was TO goout to meet Brnzelton
that very night and take him some
thing to eat He was to wait behind .
log IN a certain piece Of woods.
= A party of six well armed men took
the hostler and went with him td the
place Of rendezvous. They all lay
down behind the log and waited for
Brazelton. By and by he rode out of
tIaicket into an open space and ezune
slowly toward the unsupported am
bush. he carried his pistol In his
hand, as II suspeeting that things were
not nh right When In thirty yards
of the log the whole party rose and
fired, killing both horse and rider IA
an Instant 1t was one of the most
dramatic incidents that ever occurred
about Tucson In those troublesome
days Brazelton.S body was riddled
with balls. He was brought TO town
and the next morning ite was propped
up against an adobe wall and had his
photograph taken, and the local pho
tographer has today IN his showcase q
ghastly illustration of the triumph of
his uFt. w Washington Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30
German Arrnr pt.rtn1rnc.

Follow company of German sol
diers in the fighting line at maneuveH
and mark the way In which every
sight is carefully adjusted to any
named distance and changed at each
rush forward, even when the men are
excited by rapid advance. The
present writer was witness of a scene
at the maneuvers where a company
officer, who had noticed q man fail to
change the sight Of his rifle at fresh
distance. at once told him off for extra
guard duty, this indeed being no light
punishment after the men have been
marching and lighting pretty well the
whole day Compare such fire dis
cipline as this with. what one but too
commonly sees and hears at Aldershot
field day@words of command for
troops to fire and no distance named.
or Unnamed not attended to.-Macmil-
lan's Magazine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30
safor rhan she stalr..

THE elevators of this town carry
nearly a million people up and down
every day but Sunday said n. P.
Otis, the elevator manufactures, yes
terClay.
Yes; he added, Everybody takes
the elevator now, because It Is EfeP to
ride than climb thestairs Hsstrange
to say, but. nevef4heless, II IS n fact;
that the number OF accidents IN eieva-
tors Is very small in comparison with
those that nrc caused by falling down
stairs This Is because the I1odern
passenger elevator has almost reached
perfection now
Speed and simplicity of structure are
the most desirable qualities of the pas
senger elevator, and these arc both
found in the hosting Eaachifies IN COM
mon use In the big ofIiee buildings
down town and in the high apartments
houses near Central park They are
nearly ell run by water power, or what
Is termed hydraulic pressure; as that
Is less complicated than steam.
A water tank Is located either on
tho roof or IN tho cellar, and supplies
the power to run the elevator In the
Potter building the tank IS on the roof
and holds G, coo gallons of water, which
furnishes power enough to run the
elevators Mr.. Frank r. Gailaher ex-
planned to star reporter yesterday the
various improvements made in hoists
ing machines during tho last ten
years. The speed had been increased,
he said. from 100 TO 500 feet peF Tniil-
ute, and instead of the big, i1In,priag
vehicle that used to lie called :. sleep
ing car. there was now q small apart
ment, handy ard well equipped for
- - I
system Of hoisting by horse power wcJ
dangerous, becn1sel 4 YVES not possible
TO always kesP the ropes ard IIuIIeys
In perfect order He Thought thai
people did not fully appreciate what a.
boon the improved elere4or vas, With
ITS rapid movement and perfect safctys
New York Star.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30
A High Rate Of Interest.

A novel system of money lending is
being practiced in r:lany large down
town business houses. and, though
done on mutual benefit" plan, the
interest levied would put the ordinary
pawnbrol5er to the blush. The en-
ptoyes of a large establishment, en-
pIoying perhaps twenty-five or fifty
clerks, form a mutual benefit asso-
chiffon Fortwo months each employe
pays to the treasurer 1 cent day, and
( this forms the lending fund on which
the whole system Is founded.
In the larger houses, where the
salaries are paid monthly, the clerks
often find themselves In tie middle of
the month without the necessary funds
to carry them through Then they
borrow from thetre2sureF, say So, and
until the loan Is paid they are expected
to hand to the treasurer 1 cent for every
dollar borrowed, and at the same time
to give to the treasurer an order onthe
cashier for tl,e amount of money they
have borrowed
The clerk who boProws the money
does not, of course, feel the payment
of the small amount of interest which
Is collected dailyy~antleeve when he
returns the loan at tile end of the
month he does not realize that he has
paid interest at the rate of S65 per
cent OF course each month the
amount of money In the hands of the
treasurer increases until, at the end of
the year, he has much raors than
enough to cover the demands of the
clerks for loans.
Then he sets aside certain amount
as fund, and the balance he divides
into equal parts. to be paid to the
clerks US dividends. This IS done once
year. The result is obvious. The
clerk who Is saving and apportions his
salary to his necessities has no need of
becoming borrower; that Is, IN the
year he only pays to the association
his dues, amounting to S.. 65, or cent
day, end yet he draws as dividend
his share of the exorbitant interest
that his impecunious fellow cierSs
have paid monthly York Her
y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30
pitlng &c Fln-er NaIls.

ga novel incident resulting from a
habit Of very common prcva1eSed
among nervous people was brDught
to my notice receutly. said leading
physician, Of PfiladeIplIia. to 4 re-
porter A young lady presented
herself at my Office and complained of
q constant Irritation N her throat
Two weeks previously size had beetf
taken with a very severe atfneis Of sDrc
throat, which WIS treated 5y the FAM
said, the inflammation quickly stiij-
sided, bat there still rezsi1fr,etl a aensss=
ton OF irritation Examination re-
veaIeII small heShy looking object
about the size Of kernel Of wheat
cdherent 70 the tissues poSter5or 70 the
left tonsii by the one end The other
parts of the throat Were normal. The
little mass could not be detached by o
cotton covered probe. but By the use
Of foTceps It was easily removed and
on examination proved 20 be biecs
of Guger nal which had become i1nl-
bedtied IN cheesy deposit. A broken
piece Of the nai Was also removed
from under tie nueod5 melnBr.llie st
the same spot % sharp pointed
.sThe lady then confessed to tho
hnbt Of biting hcr finger nails. and
moreover could remember that d tlsy
or two previous TO her throat trsfbfe
q ilieee a nail she had bitten OF had
become lost m her mouth, but after Il
lad c1aseti Ct Of coughing she had
forgotten ali about Il until reminded
~ the discovery. =
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30

Dr.. Scott Of Greenoek. used to ten
of sailor who came to be married,
but when asked If he would take the
woman to be his wife, looked blank
and said j would like to know first
what you are gong 70 say to SIZE. z At
another time, when the Uoman was
asked # she would obey, but did not
answer, the man aalso a sailor ex-
claimed, Leave that to me, SIR
IN those days people that felt sleepy
duFIng the sermon used as nn5Tfin
Germany. to shake off droyTsfness by
standing up5 but poor human nature
play At Old MonlklaI1d man who
had on a rather gaIIdy vest stood mp
more than once. and threw back his
coat. apparently to let his vest be seem
Mr.. Bower the minister, at length
said lSoo, john, ye had better sit
doom. We have q seen your Draw,
! yvslistcoat = ~
It was to Mr. Bower that the grave
: digger once said : = - Trade very duh.
the roo. / haen d buried a leeviin'
cfatur for three weeks Z s sf5ssss
The pepple seem to have had a dis
like . sermons being read They
used % say Hoo can we mind the
ministers sermon If he Gamma mind It
hInSet z zS tss = 49,
What are we to think of the lady
who sent to her minister, Mr. Risk, of
DaIserf, a polite message that sfhe
should clean his teeth, and received
the answer that ''she should scrape
her tongue7"
When his people sent deputafion
requesting him to tell them more In
his sermons about renouncing their
own Righteousness, he tartly replied
1T is the first time / heard that you
had any righteousness to renounce.
Mr.. Thorn, of Govan, maintained a
great warfare against the Glasgow
magistrates. One day, while he was
standing with the provost In the street,
ragged urcllin came up begging,
and was sternly driven away BY the
provost, who had himself risen from
nothing. Mr.. Thorn interposed, and
said: Hey, Iaddie, there's penny for
you Yen maybe provost of GlaS-
gov yourself yet
One of the magistrates saw him one
day riding a good horse, and said.
You're better than your Master, Mr..
Thorn, for he rode on an ass" Mr.
Thorn retorted: I'VE would be will
ing enough to ride on asses, too, but
they're not to be got nowadays.
They've made them all magistrates
Scottish World
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30
A submerged city.

Lough Neagh. Antrim, enjoys a
celebrity for a marvel that both his
torian and poet have commemorated
that of flowing over a submerged
city Caxton thus records the fact, If
such it be, though to the Judgment of
sober reason It VIII seem but legend.
which we give, merely undermining
the photography There IS 4 lake in
Ulster and much fish therein. The
river Bann runneth out of the lake
into the North ocean, and men say
that this lake began IN this manner:
There were men IN this country that
were of evil living. And there was a
well in the land of great reverence
of old time and always covered: and
If 1t were left uncovered the whole
would rise and drown all the land.
And SO 1t happened that q woman
went to the well for to fetch water
and hied her fast to her child that
wept IN the cradle, and left the well
uncovered; then the we'll springed so
fastly 1t drowned the woman and her
child and made all the country a lake
and fish pond. For to prove this It IS
. great argument that when the
weather Is clear fishers of the water
see In the ground under the water
round towers and hllrlI shapen steepIes
and churches of tie land y This ira
dition IS mentioned Ey GiraIdus Cam
brensis Who kn0v not with what
exquisite pathos AMI :, letic skill Moore
has used this les...1 IN one of his
sweetest songs, "a Lough Eecrh
Banks as the Fisherman Strays- Our
Own Country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30
s pheasant. MASON COUNTY WEST VIRGINIA We


ne sIFurcos
Most Of the hot winds Of the Ola
World are. modified forms Of the
SIMEON The sirocco originates IN the.
Sahara and travels northvals to the
Mediterranean and southern Europe,
but II IS not. so deaellF IS ITS prototype
Itbrings with i great quantities Of the
desert sand and the air becomes so
dense at times that the sun IS otscured
as IL BY a London fog. While Il re-
mans on the a AffiIcan mainland L IS
characterized b q very Llarzed dfyA
ness. as there are no extensive water
surfaces TO supply It with moisture.
As soon. however, as It IS laiInched
over the Mediterranean i begins TO
take up copiorIs dI:aug hts so thai when
ut reaches 1liiita, Sicily and the south
,ern shores Of Europeas a wind from
between southeast and southwest II
dry wind to a hot damp wind 3
The result of itilis q lter-atioh istElst
It Becomes most eneryntIng to the hui
ln1an nstitutieh Indeed, while Il
prevails from one to several days It g
time lie Is scarcely 2 worth living. 50
depressIilg and blirslensofle Is the
wind. IttIsE the plunlbeds Atister of
Horace Human energy IS quite dis
sipated under its fatiguing influence
and with a temperature ranging be
tween 95 degs- and 110 degs-, the
streets of the towns affected BY It are
deserted According to the Italians,
stupid book Is put down as ERA
scritto IN tempo del scirocco. To the
SicIlians the oppressive wind Is 4 per
feet plague, for, although naturally
mdolent, they cannot stand the fur
ther loss OF energy induced by It.
During its prevalence iron rusts,
clothes spoil with nlildew, meat turns
putrid, grapes and green leaves wither,
wine viii not fine, and PAINT viii not
dry. Sicily experiences the sirocco
about a dozen times a year. but it IS
not so frequently NIT with in other
parts of Europe There Is no tnistalz-
ing the origin of the wind, as the red
dish sand Is still present when It an.
rives on the northern shores of the
Mediterranean and causes misty at
mosphere &C CoruhiH Magazine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-01-30

gEEd DuclEz Gestsr< scaree-
Serious danger that threatens
dnck shooting S the rnanufactuTe Of 3
new glue N Canada, which relies for
It's quality upon the albumen con-
tanned IN the ducks eggs The birds
20 north every spring and make their
nests 10 the Canadian rilds. Fors
uierly their nests were not molested,
young Now that the eggs are val
liable the nests are robbed by the hunt
ei.s and thus ah Immense Quantity are
DESTROYED This niafefially reduces
the supply Of young ducks which
should come south for fail shooting.
Many other causes have combined 70
make duck shooting IN the Mississippi
valley seant sport and unless the
states pass the proper legIsl1tlOn CUR
Wild ducks Ike the buffalo, viii be
decim mated. Every sportsman Nil tel
YOU the difference between dl1ck
shooting aovs and i've years ago.
The conn iplaintsis general that dneks
IN this vicinity are scarce. Many pro
fessIonaf duck hunters who used tou
swivel guns on the little lakes over IN
Illinois, find their oeeu patian gone
and have laid away their rnr1T1 her
MALTA There has been too much Wild
duck shooting The pEees asked by
the game dealers would alone prove
that They VIII tell you that where
they used to get more than they could
handle. they now cannot always ill
orders. The wholesale slaughtered the
past few years has diminished the
flight of birds Our supplies IN pass-
ing noTthward or southwark are shot
by the sportsInen of Texas, Mississippi.
Louisiana, Arkansas, Illinois, Missouri,
Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan, and
none of these states seem willing TO
pass prohibitory laws as long as the
citizens Of other states are allowed TO
bang at the ducks while passing
through their territory. II one state
would act now others would follow,
for all sportsmen recognize the dan
ger. Something VIII undoubtedly be
done at the next session of the iegisla-
ture, as the game dealers arc aroused
Why. if the present lax system con-
tinues two years longer precious few
wild ducks viii be seen in this vicin-
Ity.-St Louis Globe Democrat.