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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06
REFINING From nhsINEsg.
a Custom Observed Forty years Ago No.
Prncffred Norv

a Custom Observed Forty Years Ago K0s
PTacttced Now.
The old world custom Of retiring
from business after a competency had
been secured, and which Is yet OBJ
served abroad. was still honored in
the observance here by our own bust
ness men not very long ago When
merchant had acetimulated 500. 600,
more or less, he was rich. and fre-
quently sought relief from the cares
and labors OF active trade IN retire
ment Generally the most trusted and
respected employees of the concern
became, upon easy TERMS, the success
sors OF the retiring members
But men OF active business seldom
retire now, and chiefly, it may be as
sumed. because il is no longer possible
for any one to acquire competency.
In the old and. il seems to many, the
better times, the habits of living were
simpler, and competency was de
terminable thing. which at present i
appears nottobe. Fifty. forty, thirty
years ago the map was accounted rich
who lad aniassed clear SlO0, eco He
could retire upon that at any time and
be assured of an income, represented
by absolutely safe at 8 per cent. secure
lties, or Sc. 900 a year, which enabled
him to live In generous comfort and
even luxury. A 800, GOO now yields
perfectly safe income of not more than
s., 600 or 81, 600 a year Besides that,
it Is the almost universal ambition of
the man who has made q htifdred
thousand to make a million and of that
one who has made million to make
five, ten or a hundred millions.
There is practically no limit to in
dividual fortunes in these times, and
until the man of business who has the
least has made the effort 70 acquire as
much as he who has the most the
question of retirement is not con-
sidered The custom of retiring
from active pursuits with the ac-
qulrement of competency was
was good for his shrewd, faithful, fru-
gal, ambitious employees. who sue.
ceeded to his business and thus Sc
cured chance of winning fortune.
which chance Is now denied them.
The trouble Is that in these days no
one knows when he has enough, and
consequently no one feels that he can
step aside and give opportunity of
fortune TO the young men about him
who are struggling for place. Not
over work, but over anxiety, over
ambition to secure great fortunes. is
breaking down the health and killing
a great many people in these days.
Enjoyment. rest and health are freely
paid by the shrewdest of men for a
foremost place among the winners of
great wealth. Money, even great
deal OF IT is good thing, but it is as
possible to pay too much for it as for
any other thing in the market. t.-Phila-
deiphia Ledger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06
4 Largo Clock.

A new clock. weighing two and a
half tons, has been placed IN the tower
of the Glasgow university, similar to
the great clock at Westminster. The
frame of the clock newly erected is
horizontal and of cast iron planed. Ii
is 64 feet long. feet wide and RI feet
in depth. It is supported on beams
built well into the wall of the tower,
so as to obviate vibration The wheels.
which, are. Of gum metal, can be moved
separately. as the pfvot holes are
screwed to the frame. The main
wheels of the striking and quarter
trains are twenty inches in diameter,
and attached to them are cams to lift
the hammers, which are fixed in iron
frames connected with tho clock by
cranks, and having check spring TO
prevent vibration The weight of the,
hammer that strikes the hour is 120
pounds. and it is lifted ten inches.
There is an automatic apparatus at
tached TO the clock which stops the
quarter peals at night and starts them
IN the morning. Tho escapement of
the going part is known as the double
three legged gravity. invented by Lord
Grimthorpe. The pendulum is of zinc
and iron, to countsract influences of
temperature. Tho tubes are arranged
so that the expansion of one raises the
center of gravity, while that of the
other lowers it. The bob of the pen
dulum is cylindrical, and weighs 300
pounds, and the beat is one and one
half seconds. Tho .'bolt and shutter"
appliance of the nobleman already
named maintains the nn6tion while the
clock is being wound. j. B. Joyce &
Co., Whitechnfch, Shropshire, manu-
factured the clock. New York
GEaphIe.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06

Why have executions In England
and this country been made private
instead OF being performed in thepres-
ence of crowds of witnessesi The
change was not made without great
opposition, and opposition on the part
Of many Of the religious leaders Of the
community. The change was made
because the wisest publicists saw
clearly that the death of criminals,
instead of being a fearful lesson which
fell most wholesomely upon the
hushed and awed hearts of the silent
multitude, was simply fearful enter
tainment, the fierce fascination of
which stirred mems blood like. fiery
brandy. woke all their besfiI pas.
sions, made them heartlessIy famiIiar
with the struggles and aq0hies of
death and brutalized every instinct of
kindness and mercy. H.Ras the mod
ern substitute for the gladiatorial
fights of the Roman arena. Rev.
John SNYDER in Globe-Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06

q 49, Z !
There arc q good many men IN
Brooklyn who make living nt catch.
ing meal worms and selling hem 10 our
trade. -. said the proprietor Of a Fulton
street bird store to an Eagle reporter
There Is a man who has furnished
me with these worms for the past Eve
years. Step this way and will show
you how they come TO ps@
The reporter followed the bird dealer
into a back room, where on A shelf
stood a row of small tin boxes The
dealer took down one and opened the,
lid The can was half fulf Of small
crustaceous worms of yellow and
brown color. They measured about
an eighth of an inch in thickness and
an inch and a half in length.
These boxes, said the proprietors
sshold about thousand worms and
cost at this time of the year 81 per box.
Most of the meal worms are caught IN
the big grain warehouses on the river
front. In -four mills and old feed
stores"
"How much does a worm cateliisl
earn in his peculiar vocation p
"A good man at. the bushes can
make from s. TO $40 per week. They
catch them with their hands or use q
seive. A great many worms are con-
eumed IN the course Of q year. Mock
ing birds and nearly all birds with
aft Ellis are very partial to them. Be
Gides. they are healthy. It is said that
meal Hyornis are good eating and taste
ike shrimp. -Brooklyn Eagle
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06
Ben Holladay.s ItohinR Nose.

The San Francisco Alta recalls a
comical incident, which. once fell to
the fortune. or, rather, misfortune Of
Ben. Holladay. II was in the early
days, long before railroads, and when
staging across the plains was in Its
prime. Holladay. had occasion to
make the trip overland, and was ac-
companied by his wife. He was not
anxious 20 have il knoYg that be was
making the trip, because the road
agents, aware of the fact that Holla-
day was a rich man, might take Il
into their heads TO capture him and
hold him for ransom. :, -. .,a.
The journey continued for several
days without incident, but. one night,
the stage stopped, and Holladay was
startled by the curtains being pushed
aside and an ugly carbine thrust into
his face, with the command, Put up
them handsl" As the situation did
not admit of argument, them hands''
went up with alacrity., Mrs. Holla-
day was sound asleep. blissfulIy un-
conscious of the fact that a band Of
road agents had possession of the
stage.
Suddenly it occurred to Ben that
Mrs. Holladay might wake up and ac-
SoSk AA4It D1sis 4tAlnts t4lu 30 Iudke INC
robbers aware of his identity. He be-
gan to get nervous at the thought, and
to still further increase his discomfort,
a stray hair of his mustache gradually
curled backward and began to tickle
his nose: Then he wanted to ,stiseze
the worst kind, but did not dare 70,
lest he should awake his wiz. That
depraved hair continued to tickle,
until in desperation: Holladay thus ac-
coSted the holder Of the carbine:
say, mister, hair of my. mus
taehe is tickling my nose, and want
to scratch 1t; please may / put my
hand down to do so7"
''Oh, don't mention II, replied the
polite road agent, 81 wilIscratch it for
you, and so saying, to the horror OF
Holladay, he deliberately rubbed the
mqzzle of that carbine back and forth
on the end OF Holladay's nose until
the tickling hair was utterly forgotten
in the terror of, the. consequence
should the carbfne, loaded with q
double handful of buckshot, explode
before the scratching process was com
DleNeQ.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06
Chinese &imre.E.ien.

The outbreak In Portland shows that
in other places besides San Francisco
there exists between gangs of rutfians
a never ending contest for supremacy
over fhe Chinese population The
power of the highbinder is the only
one which the average Chinaman
understands and fears, and his conduct
is regulated BY it to greater extent
than by the laws of the country In
which he lives. In whatever city thcFe
is found considerable number of
Cinnamon, there the Chinese high
binder will find material for his call
ing, and there he will exist. exercising
an Influence which extends even TO the
white employers of Chinese labor.
In San Francisco the number of
these lawless Cinnamon is very large,
and they are the virtual rulers of Chi
nntoWii. Were the Motgolian popu-
lation larger the gangs of murderers
would be greater, and the subiection
of the coolie would be moro complete.
The well being of the Clfiiintian now
in this country, as we'll as of tho white
peoplo among whom hc lives, has been
subserved by the exclusion act Those
Cinnamon nre most prosperous and
happy who have fewest of their own
race surrounding them. They are
benefited by isolation from their Mon
golian brothers. The greater the mum
Der of Chinese that congregate to-
gether the lower their condition, the
more degraded their habits. the more
abiect their slavery and the greater
tho danger to which they expose, the
country. The total cessation Of Chi
lese immigration will prevent the
formation in other cities of colonies
of aliens governed by thieves and cut.
threats, whose battles for supremacy
endanger the lives of law abiding citi.
zens as well as of Mongoliais. San
Francisco Bulletin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06
4 BORDER Drama I'm Earnest. NJ.

During the presentation of border
drama at sandnsky. o., by a travel:
ing company. three Indians engaged
in quarrel in the dressing room.
John Ungerer. the stage manager, in
terfercd lie was stlzlck with toma-
hawk and shot at. and he fired in turn
at the Indians Ungerer was forced
to retreat, and his wife grabbed his
pistol, discharging a blank cartridge
IN the face OF ono Indian. who fired at
her three times, inflictine a slie6t
wound By this time the audience
had begun to stampede, and four
policemen carried the three redslsins
to the city prison, where they wee
locked up.Ichicago Tribune
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06
ImHolenk ii,


Seventy years ago, more or less, 4
wen known citizen of Richmond, N,
H, named Nahum Grout, was reputed
to be a Federalist, peShapS the only
one In town. Political feeling ran
high in those days, as il has often done
since. and naturally the, minority of
ono" was looked upon with small
favor. 49,
The majority. in order to show their
disrespcct for the. man or fheif detesta7
ton, Of his political principles, elected
him hog reeve, an officer whose duty,
it was to ring all swine found running
at largo in the highway, or else 70 put
them into the town pound. >,
Grout assumed the Office with much
complacency and great dignity .wfthal,.
and shortly began operations IN earn,
est, as was soon found out by many OF.
his opponents, who had been acctis-
toned TO turn their hogs into the pub
Securing efhe:iient help he hhs. gathered, if ere
quite u respectable droye-respectable'
in point of numbers, at all events
belonging mostly TO such of his ncighT
bolaApd townsmen, as had been fore.
most in promoting him, 20 office; Ha
lodged the animals in the pound, and
waited for his fees; but, as luck would.
have 1t. the Enclosure wns not strong
enough to hold this kind of cattle, and
tho pigs all got out, and, with a few.
exceptions, made their way home
Grout was equal to the emergency;
he sued the town for damages. By the
towns neglect he had lost his lawful
fees. Tho court decided in his favor,
and the. town was mulcted In the sum
of nearly 81, GOO. ..,,
After this the solitary Federalist of
the village was allowed TO remain a
private citizen.-Youth's Companion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06
Mr.. Proctor I'm STAYS.

Considering himself somewhat too
feshy and having been advised that cor
sets would reduce corpulency the late
r. A. Proctor tried them. And this is
what he writes: Il was foolish enough
to try the thing for matter of four
weeks. Then T laughed at myself as
a helpless idiot and determined to give
up the attempt TO reduce, BY artificial
means, the superabundance of fat. on
which only starvation and much ex-
ercise or the air of America has ever
had any real reducing influence. But
l was reckoning without my host
AS the Chinese lady suffers. 1 am told.
when her feet bindings are taken off
and as the Flathead baby howls when
his head boards are removed. so for a
while was it with me. 1 found my
self manifestly better in stays, For
one month Of folly 1 had to endure
three months of discomfort At the
end of that time was my own man
again. Dry Goods Reporter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06

II we did but half we are able to do,
We would be surprised az the SUN a.
our diligence.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06

rThs following charming fairy tale. Shicli tie
author has consented 20 have published. was writ
ten for tho Amusement Of the great grandchildren
bf Sir Walter Scott while the author wns Sislting
the family at Abbotsford yeafago The 6year-
old Kaiser the hero Of tho story sdravn from the
eldest child Walter who on coming OF age WIN be
knghted and thus revive the name and title Of his
great graudsire The touches OF description IN the
story are suggestions Of Abbotsfcfd and its
Erounds.-Ed. Home Journall
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-06

a doughnut received by Josiah
Tillotson of Vermont. in his Christ
mas stocking. sixty-four years ago, is
nos on exhibition in Bennington.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20

Sheriff Miller to-day received a
telegram from Washington territory,
saying that Miss Sarah Murphy,
who went to that territory few
months since for her health, was not
expected to live more than few
days at the most, and to notify Mrs.
Murphy, her mother, to come at
once, and the sheriff at once sent
Deputy Pelham out to the home
stead, near the keystone farm, for
the old lady, who we presume will
soon be ON the way to her daughter.
Clark Comstock has leased the
Louis Darbellay property, now
owned by j. A. Smith, and will soon
remove his stock of paints, wall
paper. sewing machines and organs
into the same, where he will have
an abundance Of room and be splen-
didly located. And not only this
but Mr.. Comstock owning the build
ing he is now in, will remove the
same on to the vacant lot adjoining
the new location where he will lease
the same, having already an oppor-
tunity or two. This places Mr..
Comstock on a superb footing to do
business and as no one can better
deserve the confidence of the public,
we bespeak for him even greater
success than he has made in the
past, as he deserves.
Mrs. DR.. Baldwin writes from
Hankinson that she has Just re-
turned from Joliet, Illinois, having
accompanied the doctor down there
a few weeks ago to attend DR.. VIM.
II. Alexander, an uncle of DR..
Baldwin, in his dying hours, having,
in fact. reached the bedside of the
deceased but six hours prior to his
death. And Mrs. Baldwin says
that the doctor having been made
administrator of his uncle's estate
as we'll as principal heir, they will
make Joliet their home in the future,
she returning there, where the doc
tor now Is, as soon as she can
straighten up their business affairs
at Hankinson,-one Doctor Spots
wood now of Minneapolis to take
DR.. Baldwin's field at IIankinson.
DIR. Baldwin had just completed a
pleasant home at IIahkinson and he
and his estimable wife were planning
for comfortable and happy days
among their Dakota friends, when
these unlocked for Developments
come along and interrupts it all.
And since the family must go, their
many Richland county friends wish
for them the greatest of prosperity
and happiness in their Illinois
home
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20

I AuDER s VOORHEES,
ATTORNEYS AND COUNSEL.O .ORs AT LAW
W. 8, LAUDER, H. NJ. VOORHEES,,
District Attorney. Notary Public
Office over Peoples Savings Bank.
WAHPETON. DAKOTA.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20

VIZ A. FRANKLIN, Phi. B., NJ. d.
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
(Success0r to DR.. Rockwell.)
Office in Bee Hive Block. Residence.
Eighth ST., Dr. Rcno's house,. Telephone
G1. Office hours-9 to II n m. and 2 to 4 p. IN.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20
A DoRCAs SOCIETY.

The ladies of the w. G. T. U. of
Wahpeton have formed a Dorcas
Society for the purpose of aiding
the poor Of the city and vicinity.
Any lady or gentleman having cast
off garments or any waste material
which can be made over and utilized,
will confer favor by sending the
same to any member of the execu-
tive committee; or upon notification
seme one will call for them. The
aid Of all ladies and gentlemen will
be most welcome at any time, as this
society, though under the auspices
of the Union is in no way exclusive
but open to any one in sympathy
with so worthy cause.
Mrs. A. M. WILCOX, Pres.
Mrs. Barber, Mrs. Damerel,
Mrs. Mexican, Mrs. House,
Mrs. Hill, Nettie Mexican,
Mrs. Franklin, Mrs. Wood,
Executive Committee.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20
Yankee Gang PIow,
The Lightest Draught Plow in the Market. 1a
RETURN THEM.

The gentleman who, while taking
a beef to my slaughter house, broke
his double.trees and employed one
of my sons to borrow others for
him, will please deliver the same at
my shop in Wahpeton, it being I'M.
necessary to mention name.
WIN. NoRTHEY.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20
COW sTRAYED.

The undersigned has suffered his
COW to stray away from his premises
in Wahpeton, described as follows {:
red color with white spots over the
body and white star in forehead,
three years old. Word may be left
at Anton Miksche's.
Wahpeton, June 18th, 1889.
JAMES TRJJPKA.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20

n O'BRIEN, NJ. D. c. NJ.
PHYSICIAN, SURGEON, ACCOUCHEUR,
AND OCULIST.
Graduate OF McGill University, Montreal
Canada. Office over Bunk Of Wahpcton.
WAHPETON, DAKOTA.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20
FARM HELP WANTED.

Man and wife wanted on farm.
Man to work and woman to cook
for farm hands. Apply to
j. VOORHEES,,
1O WolvertOn, MINI.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20

7 C. PYATT,
ATTORNEY AND COUNSELLOR
AT Law.
Special Attention Given to Collections
Office up stairs i'll Pcirce's Block.
WAHpETON, DAKOTA,
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20

1OHN NJ. RUGGLES,
REGISTER OF DEEDS.
Titles to lands investigated and abstracts
furnished.
WAHPETON. DAKOTA.
The Wahpeton times. [volume] (Wahpeton, Richland County, Dakota [N.D.]) 1879-1919, 1889-06-20

CPALDING s. TEMPLETON,
ATTORNEYS AT LAW.
NegotiatOrs of first mortgage loans OH Red
River valley lands. Corner broadway and
Second avenue.
FARGO, DAKOTA.
The times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1882-1897, 1889-12-20
Agricultural Associa ticn

The annual winter meeting of the Execu-
tive Board of the Shiawassee County Agri-
| cultural Association was held at THE TIMES
Office on Monday
The following members of the board were
present: President Parmenter; vice presi-
dent Hayt; secretary Dewey; treasurer
Gates; directors, Mabin, Brown, Ryan,
Murlin. Jones, Hubbard, Saver, Under
wood.
The finance committee made detailed
report of the receipts and expenditures fol-
the year. The total receipts were shown to
have been $1,64S.54; disbursements; as fol-
lows: bills for material, labor, salaries, etc.,
$5O5.51; premiums, $694.S5; race purses,
S3S2.5 so; orders paid for fair of 1888, $3.50. 81,
making total of $1649.43, leaving a de-
ficiency of 80 cts. There are also few
small bills and small amount of premium
orders yet unpaid, leaving total deficiency
or about 500. or the amount paid out for
lumber and labor, the sum of $152. so was
put into permanent improvements. The
report OF the committee was approved and a
committee consisting of Mabin. Dewey and
Gates was appointed to procure money to
pay all outstanding accounts. The board
then adjourned sine die.
The new board was at once called to
order by President Warren Woodward.
Roll call showed the following officers
present: President Woodward; vice president
VIM. Saver; secretary E. o. Dewey; treas
urer F. III. Gould; directors j. w. Hubbard,
Perry Brown, j. N. Mcbride, ID. Murlin,
Rudolph Colby, Amos Parmenter, S. +.
Parkill S. s. Jones, j. II. Walsh, j. f.
Mabin.
The president made few remarks out
lining the years work, the policy to be
fha M flor,
OF the board in all efforts to make the fair
more successful.
The president then announced the fol-
lowing standing committees for the year:
Rules-President, vice president, secre-
tary and treasurer.
Business-W. Saver, j. N. Mcbride, j.
Il. Walsh.
Races-L. P.Gould, w. uSawer, E. P.
Byerly.
TO revise premium list, classes Isl.
Morrice, w. Saver, Geo. Carpenter; 9-14-
j. w. Hubbard, A. Parmenter, +. ii. Gould;
15-26-D. Murlin, T.. Brown, II. Colby;
$780,. L. Walsh, J. Morrice, II. SchO-
| field; 30-33-J. +. Mabin, s. K. Parkill;
34-3s-S. s. Jones, A, Parmenter, p.
Brown.
Program-President, secretary and treas.
urer.
Printing-Secretary f. f. Kohler, s. Z.
Parkil.
Finance. N. Mcbride, G.. j. Stuart
II. b. Gates.
Youths departmental. F. Mabin, F. II.
Gould, j. N. Mcbride.
The salaries of the secretary and treas
urer were fixed atr$SO and $35 respectively
VIM. Saver was elected general superin.
tendent of the grounds to have full contro
Of the same.
The board adjourned to meet the frs
Monday i'm March.