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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19
A Grnnn,l Hnc Case

We We're comfortably seated around
the hearth at Porter Lake. in pike
county, Pa. and the spirit of story
telling was strong upon us, because the
fishing had been unusually coed and
the supper bounteous. Tie flash and
sparkle of wit filed the upper air of
the room as with fine aurora. and n
halo of calm bliss encircled the brow
of each entranced listener. But first
the drug and then the antidote. Tic
benevolent colonel drew us down cen
tly from tho giddy heights with story
of a coarse plebeian. locally known rs u
catfish. Thus ran his tale: "A man
and his dog went fishing III the Mis-
sissippi.
In short time the man felt a
mighty pull on the line, and lie know
that catfish had taken hold. The
giant came along peacefully enough
until he happened to change his mind,
and then lie decided to double on his
course and take the man along. The
faithful dog, seeing his masters dam
ger, rushed to the rescue brayely
enough. The willy catfish, when he
found the dog pursuing, turned upon
him and terrified tie dog, who incon-
tlnently turned tail and SWAIN yigors
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19
CRAY hAIR.
The cI:lf:,, That 1t Is Caused by put Four
Thi":s-The PrematureIy Gray.

The Cfii;n That IL Is Caused by But Four
Ti'i''.:+TI,e PrematureIy Gray.
One great question which the men
of the present day ask, which has been
propoundeI frequently. is how can the
hair be prevented from becoming
white. The case is generally urged
that the inquirer is too young TO yet
have gray hair and wishes only to
have hair in accordance with his age
and facial appearance. To quote from
one letter verbatim will give clear
view of the disturbing matter:
There are IL great many men in st.
Louis who note with dismay All album.
dant amount of hair and even the
mlstache or beard becoming gray,
when the face is yet youthful. 4 nat
ural desire, with nothing of vanity in
II, would lead most of tie men TO dye
or color the hair were it not that they
are afraid 10 use the dyes generally
known. because usually they contain
substances of poisonous nature"
Why person turning gray prema-
turely should desire TO change the
hair seems an enigma Silver hair
with a young and fresh face is only
an added beauty, especially if the eyes
are dark. Novelists have chosen their
fayorite heroines and heroes with the
prematurely gray hair as the most
pronounced and distinguished in APP
pearance. '.Vashti' in her first youth
with silver hair was supposed to win
all hearts. and To become very local
and practical some of the very best
looking men in ST. Louis, as we'll as
women, have their faces crowned by
silver hair.
There arc three things which cause
gray hair; they are brains, neuralgia
and old age-olli and fourth. too /;
fear or distress. Onc,of the brightest,
sweetest faces in this city is that of a
gifted woman whose wealth of hair
turned white in one single night She
was TO have been married: the guests,
arrived, the beautiful girl, in her bridal
robes, awaited the coming of the
bridegroom; hours passed by and the
bridegroom came not. The guests de-
parted and the bride shut herself in her
room alone. In the morning her dark
hair had become perfectly white. Such
a strange, strange sight; the beautiful
girlish face with its wealth of spotless
hair. She has never since that night
mentioned Tic subject Whether She
has heard from her delinquent liancc
cannot be ascertIined, al least outside
her relatives, but she is brave and
beautiful and took up her burden OF
life fcarlessly.
There IS no way of interccpting gray
hair except from the absence, as before
said. of brains, neuralgia, fear or old
age. When it does come, only an ar
Glic'al means can change il to the
fo''lIcr hue, and dyes are mostly dan.
gcrous.
Gray hair at least is not tic sign of
decreasing energy, and the gray haired
beaux of society are usually the most
active and often the greatest favorites.
Another feature of gray hair is that
it. is gencr,llyNtinc lair, and silver
head of hair is generally an abundant
one.-St. Louis Post Dispatch.
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aIottoos for Sum nin,.

Dials live over into this age of cheap
clocks and watches not by reason of
their use or convenience. but because
OF their associations. They were for
merly designed with taste and bore
inscriptions suited to their purpose
Many of these arc historic. as the one
that used TO be at Paul's Cross in Lon
don, which said, in Latin, II number
none but sunny hours"
An old fashioned dial in a garden of
Sussex, England, is said TO bear upon
It's plate these four notices, each for
IT'S own season: After Darkness.
Lights" "Alasi how swift = Il warn
- mos i,szsSs ] -
,. ralillllar old notices are some of
our every day proverbs. Some of these
arc, All things do wax and wane >
The longest day must end;" Make
nay while the sun shines"
One OF the most appropriate of those
mottoes used TO be borne by a dial
that stood in the old Temple Gardens.
and 1t is said to have been furnished
by the great lord chancellor Roco,,
His lordship was hard at work one
day. in his chambers, when an idlc
student dropped. in TO ask for a motto
for the new sun dial which was then
being built. Twice the student hum.
bly, made his request, but the grave
chancellor gave no reply or sign OF
having heard it AT last, as the ne.
htioner began for the third time. Ba.
con looked up and said, angrily:
Sirrah, be gone about your bust.
nessr'
"A thousand thanks, my lord, :" re.
piled the sutton. ''Thc very thing for
the dali Nothing could be better. ~
Youths Companion.
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tom of the can drops through a slot
into position. Another series Of gas
jets and solder further on fix one end.
and then. BY. an ingenious movement
OF the traveller. the other end IS pre-
scented to still another series OF gas Jets
and solder. and the can is ready for
use. II was Just forty-iive seconds
from the time the fat sheet OF tin was
placed in the machine until il passed
out, fifty fset-away. finished can.
The machine. it is claimed. is the
only one of the kind ever built. and is
almost entirely automatic in all its
movements II is said that. with ten
men. from &c, 900 to co, 0oe cans can be
turned cut IN day. it requiring 200
hands to turn out that many by hand
IN the same time, One particular vir-
tue is claimed for the cans ln2dc on
this maciiine-..not particle OF
solder enters the interior ~ i.iia.
sleiphia Ledger
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Paris Beds for s.rnnrcr..

The London Morning Advertisers
Paris correspondent includes in re
cent letter some interesting figures as
to the visitors TO the Paris Exhibition.
AT the opening of the exhibit IN there
were 10,015 establishments in Paris re-
turned as furnished premises for let
ting purposes, their accommodation con
sisting of 169, 705 rooms. On the Ist
OF June these establishments rose to
-ssESss-.,.,--S,s.~ Of 10 ,s10, s.i4ts=-1 sS,7ee
rooms; on the LIST of July, 10, 773. With
la, 131 rooms; on the LIST of AUGUST.
10,S25, with III. l54 rooms and on the
LIST of September to 10, $50, with III
1874 rooms. OF course, in addition TO
the duly licensed and authorized
premises, such as the hotels and lodg-
ing houses, large numbers of private
apartments have been sublet by their
tenants, the latter retiring early in the
season to far cheaper premises III the
suburbs, or the country or at the sea-
side.
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A chemist has lately perg5rmed

A chemist has lately performed a
feat of no common order. The ex-
pIosion and fire at Antwerp reduced
TO a charred mass bundle of 81 600
form Austrin obligations. With
out presentation in some identifiable
form there could be no payment.
The imperiled obligations were
given to a chemist and he succeeded
in separating the whole of them and
finding out the numbers, and upon
the money has been paid.
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RRMARKABE RESCUE.

Mrs Michael Curtain. Plainsield, ILL.,,
makes the statement that she caught
cold, which settled ON her lungs; She
was treated for a month by her-family
physician but grew worse. He told her
She Was a hopeless ricti,. Of consumption
and that no medicine could cure her
Her druggist suggested DR.. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption; she bought
DEttle and to her delight found herself
tied IRON the first dose. She cons
is use and after taking ten bot
Nd herself sound and well, now
her own homework and is as Mell
bshe ever was.-Free trial bottles of
This Great Discovery at a. c. VanGild-
er's Drug Store. large bottles. soc. and
$500.
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sIal.inr Cam. bx nrachiner,.

An exhibition was given the other
day at the works, Otsego and Dickin-
son streets, of the operation of a ma.
chime for rapidly making tin fruit.
vegetable aud fish cans.
The machine is about fifty feet long.
Inc Hat tim of a proper size for the can
Is placed on an endless chain at one
end II then passes into machine
where the tin IS roNed into the shape
of can and the &lees fastened
series of gas jets next heat the partly
made can, and pot of solder distri-
butes its metal along the edge. The
can then passes by sharp turn to a
traveller, where fingers grasp it and
hold It IN position rs the top and bot
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ousIy toward Inc dry lana, me carnsn
holly following. Presently the dog
gained the land and ran hastily, the
catfish madly surging after him. The
dog sorcly pressed and fearing a ps:in-
full death, III his extremity climbed q
tree, the catfish still pursuing"
Hold on hold on we cried in a
chorus; dogs cannot climb trees.
Can't climb a tree responded the
colonel But the catfish was close
upon linn, and this dog lad to climb. .
Forest and Stream.
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Regulation OF Temperatures.

Another most useful system con-
trolls the automatic regulation of tenn
peraturc. How much discomfort and
iIidisposition would be saved in many
u household if the temperature were
constantly maintained in every apart
mental the desired point, both in sum
mer and winter, Independent of ir-
Irregularities of the seasonl So far as
this concerns our winters this is quite
within practicable limits, while in
summer the temperature can always
be moderated If not actually kept uni
form. by utilizing the controlling pow
er of electricity
Thus IN winter time, whether a
house be warmed by water, hot air or
steam. it is only necessary to place in
each room an automatic thermometer
which makes q contact as soon as the
temperature reaches tic desired point.
and to arrange that the contact SO
made shall electro-magneticalfy cut
OFT the supply of heat from that cham
Der. The subsequent COOLING of the
room below the limiting temperature
causes the Thermometer to break the
circuit and readmit the heat, and it is
only. necessary to keep an abundant
supply in reserve in order to obtain
practically equable temperature. Such
a thermometer, generally called
thermostat, is made. by riveting side
by side two strips of different mate
rials- generally brass aud rubber
which expand differently at the same
degree of heat. "A. L. Kennedy in
Scribner's
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Grand Rapids, says: After months of
suffering with very stubborn. ease OF
Eczema, or fever sore ON my leg, and
consulting and taking treatment from
asscore or more physicians all over the
country, DIR. Leinoreux, of Lake View.
Mich, told me of Loose's Extract Red
Clover. 1 only used two pounds solid
extract and taking four bottles of fnid
extract internally, am entirely we'll.
IT was the only thing that tie sore
yielded to and / had tried every ard
anything that had been recommend, d
to me. DIR. Lemoreux considers it one
0of the very best remedies as a bio. d
purifier in existence.
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60 TO
S. III. GREGORY,
DENTIST,
POINT pleasant. ". "a,

A ND get teeth that will bite. He
n makes teeth by new process OF
his own discovery and invention by
which he can fit any mouth, we don't
care how badly ab,orbed, as tight as the
bark fits tree. He has made more
than fifty sets of teeth, by h new pro-
cess, in the pas; two years, Tor persons
who have had several sets of teeth made
by the old method by some of the best
dentists in the country. None of which
they could wear, and not in a single in
stance has he failed to give .ntire salts
faction. If you must wear artificial
teeth, wear the best, and II you have a
clumsy, illfeeling set of teeth that rocks
and falls down in the mouth when chew
ing. throw them away and get set
made by the new process, and II they
don't please you, they will cost you
nothing All other operations pertain
ing To the profession performed in a sci
entific and satisfactory manner.
Office over Laidley & 0'Roark's Cloth
ing Store.
may 29-1y.
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'resPassing in any manner, either by
nunting. shooting, ranging, trapping.
nshing, berrying, nutting or cutting tim,
Der, IS hereby strictly forbidden on nav
premises, 1.-THE old Tiios. Ball place
IN Robinson District, without my CON.
sent, as am determined to prosecute
All wlth9ut regard to who they may be.
who violate this notice.
JAS. R. RAYBURN.
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Rucklen.s Arnlca Salre.

The Best Salre in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fee
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, COrns, and all Skin Ernptions.
AMI positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quIred- 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price.
p cts. per box. For sale by A. C. NAN
GLIDER. Druggist FAMILY.
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1t is estimated by the War De-
partment that should any Of the
foreign powers tackle us that they
could in a short time be confronted
with fighting force of 1000, 600
men,.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

The family OF c. S. Laren, Green
brier county, has remarkable his
tory. The couple have been mar
ried for fifty years, and have lived
in Grccnbrier for forty-eisht
years. They have eleven living
children. and there has never been
death in the family orin the house
in which they have lived for forty.
four years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

a so9lfce of unaIloyed
ments ihave been receiv-
och hearty commcndation.
S of Dae State are unanim-
approving his selections. is
not tpat the gentlemen who aspired
to these Positions unsuccessfuIly
wsFe not IN every way fit and capa-
BE, but in every appointment is
Seen am earnest effort on the part of
the Exxecutive to do Justices ali
elai96s and make wise I'D judi,ious
ch9fee. Gov. Fler..ing has done we'll
bE his par..; and State. His friends
have not been disappointed.
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HAPPY HOLSTERS.

Nm. Timnons, Postmaster of I9aville,
Ind, writes: Electric Bitters has done
more for me than all other medicines
combined, for that bad feeling ari ing
from Kidneyand Liver trouble" John
Leslie, farmer and stocI<man, OF same
place, says: Find Electric Bitters to
be the best Kidney and Liver medicine,
made me feel like a new man." J. w.
Gardner, hardware merchant, same
town, says: Electric Bitters is just ;lie
thing for man who is all run down and
don't care whether he Tires or dies; lie
found new strength, good appetite and
felt just Ike he had new lease On life.
Cnly SOC. bottle; at A. C. vanGilder's
Drug Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Through Tickets and Baggage Checked to
all points For rates or Information, address
w. J. ROBINSON, @. p. A., Parkersburg.
FRED HUSEMAN. T. p. A., Wheeling.
w. III. OSBORN, ;. T. a. POinsroy, Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Col. ]. L. Mclean leased recently
to u wealthy oil company $4,000
acres of land in Union district.
The company will begin developing
the territory as soon as spring opens,
and is very sangnine of striking oil.
This makes the third good oil COM
pany that will develop Putnam oil
lands next spring.-Pmnam Demo
crat.
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FORTUNE

BY hard work, but neither
Tor enjoyed without healtI
Sfract of Red Glover blossoms
si.s.lu.htes the liver, purifics the blood,
and is the best remedy for any
disease arising from impure blood
For sale by all druggist.
cheerfnlly furnish, the following for
publication.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Charles Bonapartc, of Baltimore,
is the grandson of king and the
granddaughter of an emperor. He
millionaire, but lives the life of a
plain american lawyer.
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West Virginia University.
no Trespaasars.

"A Llspersons are hereby warned not
"a totrespass upon our lands. in Az
buckle District. Mason county. by hunt
ing, towing, shooting, ranging. fishing.
t,raPping, nutting, berrying, cutting tim
permission Is first Obtained, as we will
enforce the law against all persons yio-
lating this notice, without regard to per
sons. JAS w ToNE
octi5-l yr-pd. 6. L SEBRELL.
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The WetzeI Democrat. saws. aThe

The wetzeI Democrat, says: "The
West Virginia Democratic picnic in
politics is declared off this year
The Virginny niger, the Welsh
miner, the Republican heeler and
Ithe coke oven will fill in the time
of the party on all working days of
the week, and may encroach on
some several Sundays"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

One of the largest land deals ever
made in this county was made
Monday of last week. Mr.. NJ. b
Mullins sold all his land on Spruce.
over 1900 acres, to Col. Alex. Nc
Clintock. The price paid was a
fair one. Land in Logan is boom
ing.-Logdn Banner.
Losses Red Corey I'ius Cure
Headache, Dyspepsia, Indigestion,
dissipation, Pc per Box; Boxes loi
For sale by a. G. Van Glider
oston woman has had her
pade at a cost of $4,000.
certainly be a case where
fpt up in her wealth.
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The Weston Democrat says that
the only serious objection to Lewis
iounty is the lack of factories and
is pod roads. This suggests the re-
mark of old Ben Wade, that all the
Internal regions lack is good water
I'd gcpd society.
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RHxszCrAMs.

W P. NEALE. NJ D.
Office at residence, ON Main Street. lust
above the Court House. Will attend
promptly to all calls, whether day or
night. When not professionally en-
gagged, can always be found at his Of.
dice llan. 3. lsss.
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QUE PRICES ARE LoW.
OUR YORK THE BEST

II yon want Bill Heads, Letter Heads
Envelopes. Wedding Invitations. RaIi
Invitations II Visiting Cards, Programme.
Posters, Horse Bills, or any other kind
OF PRINTING, send your orders 70 this Of
both in prices and quality of work-
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Loose's Red Cyoce1. PIE Remedy.
is q positive specific for all forms of the
disease Blind, Bleeding, Itching, VI
cernaied, and PrOtruding Piles. Price
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JOB PRINTING.
HEREGISTER

IsNow BETTER EQUIPPED THAN
i ever before, to execute good printing.
We have just added new lot Of lob IA
ees 70 our already large stock, and with
the aid of two job presses, can turn out
large quantities of work in a very short
tr:e; We never disappoint our custom
the time promised.
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-10-29

The woodcock makes a very shabby at
tempt at nest-building; a slight depres-
con In the fallen leaves Of some shadowy
wood or thicket serves as a receptacle for
the eggs, generally two in number, says a
writer in Outing. The young are at first
quecr-looking. totterinR, helpless things
enough, but the mother bird takes rare
good care Of them. II surprised when the
young are helpless. she will simulate
lameness fairly well In her efforts TO draw
oil the attention OF the intruder from her
precious charges. AT times, too, she will
utter hollow, blcating note totally un-
like the cry Of any other bird that know.
Surprise her and pretend 10 he misled by
her feigncd lameness for awhile, and then
conceal yourself, keeping a sharp watch
on the spot where the young are erouched,
and you may see very touching illustra-
tion Of bird love. She will return eau
tiously 10 her little family, and presently
take wing again, tiuttcring heavily away
10 more secluded nook, and il your eyes
are keen you may see one OF the young
sters held closely between her legs, for 30
she will surely bear them from the place
where you discovered them.
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Iondon's Fire Service,

Eugene Field, in the Chicago Ncrs,
comments unfavorably upon some fca-
lures Of the London fire service. lie says
"The Tattersall sale stables are located
in the busiest part OF London. Last week
one Of the barns caught fire and was
wholly consumed. Forty minutes elapsed
before the fire department they call il a
brigade hore) arrived, and the engines
kept comming until o'clock the next
morning-fl -flfteen hours after every spark
Of fire was extinguished. There seems
10 be no system Of communication in tho
fire department here. When house
once gets aflre II is pretty sure 10 burn up
the flremen are so urdy that when they
do arrive their efforts are directed mainly
TO saving adjoining property. But the
buildings here are constructed 80 care
fully and 30 well that fires are uncom-
nOu.N
The Anaconda standard. [volume] (Anaconda, Mont.) 1889-1970, 1890-10-29
OTHERS DON'T THINK 50
Yics-Prtsltsnt Lane Says The UlioI
Pacific Is Not in Bad Shape.
THIS WILL INTEREST IDAHO
He Says the Stories About Accidents
on the Line Are Exaggerated
for the Purpose of In
iurinR the Road.

BOsToN, Oct. o. - Vice president
Lane Of the Union Pacific railway,
was seen to-day with regard &c
the stories with which the "street" of late
hastcemod derogatory 10 the Union Paeliic
i.s management, etc. With regard 10 The
boycott and ths effect thereof, Lane said
"The west bound through business is
really all that is affected and even this
can suffer but little.n
He also remarked that the Union Pacific
Northwestern alliance really concerns no
body but the two roads in interest; what
they do is their own business. The Union
Pacific people are not at all disturbed by
the so-callrd ''boycottn and they Ind in
the causes Lending to il and in the III feel.
ing of It's competitors an inspiration foi
all the recent Wild reports concerning
tie road. The stories of accidents. Lane
says, have been greatly exaggerated,
Thcir system Is getting an enormous traf.
flc at tho present time, more indeed than
It can comfortably handle and its equip
ment Is getting severe usage. A few ac.
cidents have naturally occurred under
these circumstances but none Of them
involved any serious damage.
As regards the latest story from Chicago
published to-day to the eifect that the
management was working tacitlyto wreck
the road with view TO ultimately turn
ing il over To the vanderbilis, Lane says
the yarn is too absurd To deny, and It's
animus is clearly apparent 10 any one
who understands the present condition Of
affairs.