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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

The war strength of Germany IL
2,52O,0ot men, FrSnce. $50, 600
Russia, 2,4S5, 900. italy, f,016,ooo;
austria, 1.145,OOO; Turkey $40, 600
Balkan States, 2go, 900 total 10, ,4SO,-
600, for the seven Continental ma
tions of Europe. To this Vast
European army are added the
"second reserves" numbering g.
1876, 1000, and the final reserves
numbering 9,195,OoO, making a
grand aggregate of twenty eight
million men ready for service.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13
In Massachusetts thto,irse tlt,iss' is a I NOV,

In MASSACHUSETTS there is move
mont to pension school teachers who
have served fifty consecutive years.
In Commenting upon the project the
Pittsburgh Post says that would in
elude but a very small number. The
female teachers generally marry be-
fore that time, and the male teach
ers go into politics, the law or jour
nalism. 1t would be safe pension
biti
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

The man who wants the earth
has enough to Pgt up with a soiled
specimen like ours. ought to be ac-
commodated while his desires are
modest. Next thing we know hen
be asking for new. one.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

At the expiration of his term,
President Cleveland will take up
his residence in New York City, re-
suming the practice. of: law as
member of the firm of Bangs, Stei-
son, Tracy & MacYeigh.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

A terrible punishment was in
fiicted on two Mormon elders in
Blount County, Alabama, last week.
The elders had been busy prosely-
ting among women in the rural
districts.e Men warned them to
leave, but they needed not. Sun
day crowd of twenty men located
the elders 1T the house of Thomas
Owney, few miles from Ogre.
The men, whose names are Winters
and Miller, were called out, stripped
to the waist, and tied to tree and
whipped on their bare backs till the
blood ran. The men begged for
mercy. After they were whipped
sufficiently the elders were coated
on the breast and lower limbs with
tar and feathers. and ordered to
leave the county on pain of death.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

A fine vein of coal has been de.
veloped on the farm of Mr.. Charles
Burkhardt, who lives just below the
corporation line. 1t was found by
Mr.. Dennis Dugon, an experienced
coal miner, and he claims it to be
the best coal in Gallipolis Township.
Mr.. Dugo says he thinks there is
coal on several of the adjoining
farms, and he, is willing to prospect
for it, making no charge for his
services unless successful.-Bullktin
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

A dispatch from Harrisburg, Pa,
says the most remarkable case that
has come under the observation of
the medical fraternity in that city
for long time is that of Mary
Yountz, aged twelve years, who is
suffering from facial paralysis,
This affiiction is due to chewing
gum, she having employed the use
of her jaws SO constantly during the
last three months that the muscles
of her face are powerless, and her
nerves are in a dilapidated condi-
ton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

Mrs. Mary Mcdowell of steubep-
vile, at the age of ninety five, and
after forty years in the connubial
yoke, has decided that marriage is
a failure, aud last week brought
suit for divorce.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

Do not treat a man coldly because
he happens to be down in the world.
Always keep kettle of hot water
ready for tramps.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

The NsW. York Herald says
'BotR political parties, WITH viii the con.
hdenee OF perfect wisdom, agree
that Salt river is wide enough and
deep enough and needs no Congress
sional appropriation for It's irnrrov.sy
Hsntss
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

When a man greatly admires. a
beautiful woman makes her a pro-
found bow is he as one might say,
counting her on the stoop.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

Alife insurance company has re-
jected the application for a policy
of a Virginia man who was bitten
by spitz dog about three months
ago. He has shown no signs of be
ing mad, however, except at the in
surance company.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13


A fatal accident occurred about
II o'clock to-day, in which a lad
lost his life through his carelessness.
Fred Whiteman. aged about eleven
years, was trying to get on a B. &
O. freight engine as it was moving
down the switch near the Rowland
House, East End, when he fell un-
der the wheels and was almost in
stantly crushed to death, both legs
being mashed off. He was the son
of Mr., James Whiteman, resident
of the East End. The relatives
have general sympathy in their
trouble. Parkers6drg J6urnat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

The bank note has a larger cir
culation than any other paper in
the United States.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

Slavery still exists in Morocco
In fact, there are a great many peo.
pie bound in Morocco.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

A comic paper says that 4 tom. t6,.
cat is yawl-rigged.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

The ancient Peruiviii.aliniIss a g had 15.3 wbis.
ting jugs. The modern jugs simp-
" gurgIe.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

The cable cars are killing and
wounding SO many people nowadays
that the Traction managers should
attach hospital car to each passen-
ger car running their lines. Such
a car fitted out with cots and man
ned by corps of official surgeons is
rapidly becoming a public necessity
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

Will President Harrison reward
men openly accused of violating
the very laws-relating. to the pur-
ity of the ballot-which he, as an
honest man, should see enforced2
Will he reward moral fraudsG Will
he approve of any political move
which brings success, mo matter
how immoral OF criminal it may beP
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

Two hundred and thirteen con
tract laborers landed at Castle Gar
den, New York, on Saturday of last
week. Thus does the blessings of
protection get in its work.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13
JOHN w. ENGLISH,
ATTORNEY at LAW,

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. Uan 3, 1883.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

Have you hammered brass2 In
qiiired lady in st. Paul art store:
Yes'm, remarked the clerk briskly.
1 pounded Chicago drummer once
until he didn't know whether he
was in Minnotsota or three miles be-
low Memphis.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

Last Saturday evening, while in
front Of Tom Holmes place. In SYRIA
cuss, Ab Capehart and Straud
Grimm, who are bcth said to- be
courting the same maiden, got into
q public aItereatioii kboat her. Ac
cordihg to. the version that las
reached this oifiee, Capshart, who
is the larger man Of the two, invit-
ed Grimm. to fight, but whom Grimm
accepted the proposal, and started
in, pulled his revolver and SHOT at
his opponent, the ball grazing his
neck. At this point the parties
were separated by the bystanders,
and no atrests had been made
Monday morning. Racine Tribune.
There was at the car-shed last
night probably the only pretty
woman of her odd style in this
country. She was about twenty;
five years of age, medium size, and
graceful figure. Her complexion
was fair, he features regular, almost
classic. The dominant color OF. her
hair was brown, but her bangs were
perfectly white, and a large patch
just above her left ear was white.
The brow and lashes of her left eye
were white, while those of herright
eye were dark brown. Her eyes
was large, a beautiful dark blue,
full Of tenderness. Her voice was
soft, gentle and low, and she carried
herself like a queen.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

E. D. Lewis, a swindler playing
the old soldier game, getting people
to trust him BECAUSE of his alleged
service to the Union, beat the Ra-
venswood House out of his Board
bill last week. He wore o full
beard, and was selling cards to help
in the detection Of spurious money.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-02-13

A most IN hlmself-The cannib:
thai 6evoured mis- entertainer.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-12-12
The Science of Popcorn.

In what condition is the starchy in
terror of the grain before it explodes?
The common experience of the kitchen
and laundry will help us here. In
making up the mixture for stiffening
clothes, the laundress puts starch into
water and boils it, and we all know
that in this process the starch loses its
powdery character and becomes blend
ed with the water into a pasty, trans
lucent mass. The effect upon the in.
dividual starch-granule is softening
and considerable increase of its bulk
and, finally, its rupture and diffusion
through the water. While we can not
see the inside of the grain at the critical
moment when it has all but burst, we
may, in view of what we now know
probably surmise the truth. 1t is not
very likely that, as the grain gets
hotter and hotter, the moisture present
in the cells, or in the starch-granules
themselves, softens them first, and then
when the heat becomes too great to per-
NIT its remaining in the fluid state, it
suddenly turns to steam, and the now
plastic starch expands IL every
direction, forming the little vesicles
shown in the figure losing at the same
time, of course, the moisture and thus
becoming firm and brittle again? This
is the conclusion to which | have been
brought, and Ithink of the wonderful
physics of popped corn with great salts
faction whenever shake my popper
over the glowing coals.-H. Nich0tas
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-12-12
The Fi~pping of a FIy's Wing.

The slow tapping of butterhy's s
wing produces no sound, but when the
movements are rapid noise is pro-
duced which increases in shrillness
with the number of vibrations. Thus
the house fly, which produces the sound
f, vibrates its wings 21120 times a
minutes, or $50 times second; and
the bee, which makes a sound of A, as
many as 26, 400 times, or 44O times in a
second. On the contrary, tired bee
huns on E, and therefore, according
to theory, vibrates its wings only $50
times in a second Marcy, the natural
ist, after many attempts has succeeded,
by delicate mechanism, in confirming
these numbers graphically He fixed
fly SC that the tip of the wing just
touched cylinder which was moved
by clockwork. Each stroke of the
wing caused a mark, of course very
slight, but still quite perceptible, and
thus showed that there were actually
$50 strokes in second, agreeing al
most exactly with the number of vibra-
tions inferred from the note produced.
-Curresat Literature.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-12-12
ROCKS IN THE ATLANTIC
Recent Discovery of a Subm
Of the Newfoundland

The discovery which was announced
yesterday of a new rock in the Atlantic
is the latest information which the adj
miralty has thought proper to issue for
the warning and instruction of mari
ners, says the London Daily Neacs. In
year when great preparations are be-
ing made to celebrate the fourth CEN
tenary of the famous adventure by
which the American continent was
brought to the knowledge of Europe a
few square feet of gneiss five and a half
fathoms under water may seem but a
scanty addition to the new world. But
rock covered by the sea is to the sail
or often of infinitely greater import
ance than an island above it. For,
while it is not easy to run against the
+ .ana, even in the dark, it requires a
great deal of caution to avoid splitting
vessel on a bank over which it cannot
float. Considering that ships have been
blowing almost every inch of the At
lantic for the last three or four hum
dred years, it forms curious problem
in the mathematical theory of chance
that up to date not one has grazed the
| rock in question. Nevertheless it lies
| only twenty-five miles off Cape ST.
Mary's on the southern coast of New
foundland, and, though covered by
| thirty-three feet of water, is right in
the track of vessels making for the
| mouth of the ST. Lawrence, and when
heavy sea breaks might form seri-
GUS danger to navigation. Up to two
wears ago its existence was not sus-
| pected in official circles, but there is
| reason to believe that for long time
past one of the fishermen of Ut. Johns
| has been well acquainted with its posi-
| ton. But as it was favorite haunt
| for cod, this prudent person kept his
knowledge to himself, only revealing
it when its discovery was inevitable by
the surveying ship sent to search for it.
As anticipated, the spot was soon
crowded with fishing boats, so that the
| original discoverer will lose the profits
he has hither reaped from his monopo-
| ly, and must remain content with the
modest reward he has received and the
| barren glory of having the rock named
after him. But what will strike a great
many seafaring men is that with all
our charts, which are understood to
be continually revised, navigation
along even the best-known shores is
still by no means free from preyentable
| risks.
Only two years ago the Avocet rock
in the Red sea was revealed, less fortu-
nately than in the case of Lambs rock,
| by a disaster And it is not many
months since that a costly iron-clad
was sunk in one of the most familiar
of the Maltese bays, on a rock of the
existence of when the photographic
department was entirely ignorant. 1t
was not laid down on the charts, and
the ingenious suggestion that it was a
volcanic mass of recent date was diff
cult of acceptation, even by those most
anxious to find an excuse for its pres
ence at a moment so untimely for her
majesty's ship Sultan.
The question suggests itself at once
whether it is likely that we know every
existing danger to navigation in the
Atlantic or whether any others are
likely to arise?
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"Inelegant IdiOms.

Some one writes TO the n Y. Trt-
61tae asking: Are the expressions to
better serve, to correctly understand, ,
to carefully protect etc., grammati-
cally correct, or, if not ungrammati-
cal, are they elegant?" The Tribune
answers that 1.-The expressions cited,
and all others of similar construction,
are utterly ungramatical and inelegant,
and should be scrupulously summed
by all writers and speakers of the En-
giish language" This is altogether
too sweeping-it is the utterance of a
martinez of language. The genius of
the English tongue is its freedom from
rigid grammatical fetters, and it is now
fortunately escaping from the artificial
restraints the grammarians, borrowing
from the classical languages, have i'm
posed upon it. The order of the ad-
verb and the particle which is the sign
OF the infinitiye is a matter for the
writer to decide. 1t is as allowable to
place the adverb between the sign and
the verb in this case as it is to put it
between the auxiliary and the verb in
such d phrase as Il could have better
spared better man" Later another
paper presumed to pronounce the end
ing of a sentence with proposition in-
elegant-whereas it depends entirely
on the skill of the writer of the sem
tence-the usage is excellent idiomatic
English.
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The Little GnOme.

| Once there lived a little Qnome,
| Who had made his little home
Right down in the middle of the earth, earth,
4 earth
| He was full of fun and frolic,
| But his wife was melancholic,
| And he never could divert her into mirth.
| mirth, miTth.
l He had tried her with monkey.
/ And a parrot and donkey,
And a pig that squealed whene'er he pulled it's
tail, tail. tail.
But though he laughed himself
| Into fits. the jolly elf,
Still his wifey's melancholy did not fail, fail,
| fail
''I will HE me-" said the gnome,
From my worthy earthly home,
| / will go among the dwellings of the men. men,
| Something funny there must be, that will
make her say 'Hei he!
1 will find it, and will bring it here again.
gain, gain
So he Travelled here and there
and he saw the Blinking Bear.
And the Pattypol whose eyes are in his tail,
tail. tail.
And he saw the Linking Gloon,
Who was playing the bassOon,
And the Octopus a-waltZing with the whale,
whale, whale.
| He saw the Chingo Chee
| And lovely sight was he.
With a ringlet, and ribbon on his nose, nose,
nose.
| And the Baggle and the wogg,
And the Cantilunar Dog
Who was throwing cotton flannel at his foes,
foes, foes.
And these the little gnome
Transported to his home,
And set them down before his weeping, wife,
wife, wife;
| But she only cried and cried
And she sobbywobbed and sighed,
Till she really was in danger of her life, life,
life.
| Then the gnome was in despair
And he tore his purple hair
And he set him down in sorrow ON stone,
stone, stone.
Il too. he said will cry,
| TIL ! tumble down and die,
For We had enough of laughing all alone,
lone, lone"
His tears they flowed away
Like rivulet at play,
With a bubble, gubble, o'er the ground,
ground. ground
But when this his wiley saw
She loudly cried, 'Hawi hawl
Here at last, is something funny you have
found, found, found"
She laughed. ''Hoi ho he! her,
And she chuckled loud with glee
And she wiped away her little husbands tears
tears, tears.
And since then. through wind and weather
They have said He! he!" together.
For several hundred thousand merry wears
years, years.
Laura E. Richards, in ST. Nicholas
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''SSEtS.H

AS to the word gents" that is q
good word inasmuch as i: describes a
class that no other word describes.
There are persons who are not quite
gentlemen and Yet WHO are not alto
gether Doors; who dress as gentlemen
dress, though they are not of gentle
breeding, and Yet who do not belong
to the hearty, natural, genuine, and
unpretentious sons of horny-handed
toll. They have money, and they are
loud. presuming and offensive to gentle
souls. and they claim to be gentlemen.
In respect of some things the,y show iu-
dications of gentlemanliness. in respect
of others they are vulgar. The term
gents" falling short OF tie term
gentlemen, y is very good term to
apply to them. .n-N7ieauLee Sentinel.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1889-12-12
Studying the Stars.

1t was at Spirit Lake, sat the very
limit of the pier, says a descriptive
writer in the Omaha Republican, They
were all alone. There was no moon,
but the stars were big and bright and
so full of sef-conceit that they looked
at themselves in the water and winked.
Far out beat slid noiselessly along.
In a nearer boat a fair tenor voice care
lessly half hummed, half sang COM
mon love song. From the hotel came
now and then the twangs of the strings
of the orchestra of mandolins. On
such night as this did Dido stand
upon the wild sea bank and wave her
love to come back to Carthage. On
such night as this did Jessica-but a
truce to the bard.
1t was the sort of night on which
man could make love to his own wife
and those two. Edouard and Alicia,
had not yet bespoken their tender
vows.
DO you know anything about the
stors?' inquired Edouard in voice
like the murmur of the wind in sum-
mer trees.
"a little" answered Alicia tenderly.
81 know some of the great constella-
tions-the great bear-the-"
Yes, " interrupted Edouard, Il know
all about the big bear and can find
the north star, but right over here is a
group. Do you know the name of
that?' and Edouard threw his arm
across Alicia's shoulder and pointed to
cluster of shining worlds in the east.
Alicia leaned toward him. Il don't
know what that is" she breathed as
one who did not care.
''And there is another constellation
just over our heads!' Edouard passed
his arm around her neck, and placing
his hand under her chin so tilted it
that it would be easy for her to see.
And then to Alicia's eyes the heavens
became one grand carnival of constel-
lations. Shooting stars chased each
other athwart the armament, comets
played riotous games among the plan
cts, and finally there came a soft and
radiant blur which hid them all.
Edouard had kissed Alicia.
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lF rst publication Nov. y 1897 No. S3
STATE OF FWISCONSIN-CoUNTY COURT FoR
~ MANITowoC COUNTY. In Proba-e.
In the matter of the estate of Patrick Bolea,
deceased,
To all whom it may concern: Letters teeta-
mentary on said estate OF Patrick Bolen late of
the city of Manitowoc in the county and state
aforesa;G. deceased, testate having been ssued to
John B0len, of said city, on the 18th day OF Nov
ember. A: D.. l58a. and six months from and after
said day being allowed and limited for creditors
to present their claims for examination and al
lowance, notice is hereby given that the court
aforesaid will at regular terms thereof to be held
on the first Tuesdays in each of the months of
January, March and June, 1893. at the probate
office in the city of Manitowoc. in said county
receive, examine. and adju st all claims, and de-
mands of allpersons against said deceased
Dated November d, 1889.
EMIL BAENSCH, County Judge.
SCHnrz KIRwAS, A-+ys. 25dec
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Farms for Sale in Door Go

4 fine farm of 50 acres near Stokes post office,
having - acres cleared, balance hard wood TIM
Der. and having frame house, log barn, ard an
orchard on it. and distant One-half mile from a
post Office. store and saloon, wlll be sold cheap
Terms: One half down, balance on time.
Have several other farms for sale. Apply
Il. p. Cody, Sturgeon Bay, Door Co, Wis
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! u MARKHAM,
VIM. RAHR'S SONS,

TTOENEY AND COUNSEL AT LAW
Oti.e, in ForsIsOn's Brick BLOCK, EIShth
ttreet. Man tov -. Wisconsin.
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TTORNEYs ASDEDUNSELORSA AT LAW
a 0 ice over First National Bank, Elgbth -
Collections promptly attended TO.
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G.. q, SEDGWICK

/. TFoRNEYAND CUUSsELOR At LAW
n once in F1rrisou's brick block, north ent
"a street oridyg, 1anitoyoc, Wisconsin -ollec
J4s JsJ apEIy attended TO.
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DREWER AND MASTER, CORN Err SIXTH
ID and Washington streets. South side. The
highest cash price pg for Barley.
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TroRNEY AND COUNSELLOR At LAW
Oldce ia garaz' BiocN, Eist nsOr, ! Ii dool
a1dine, ro County judges office. south kIghIi
ret Elnit...o NIs Collections ProinptIj
,tTenied "a JAZZ
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Il s LuHMANN NJ D.

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. OFFICE AT
7 Residence Of Or. r. simon, Hancock street
lear the court house, NanitowOc, Wis. del5