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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
Giant Worms.

The work of earthworms, in the op-
erations of nature, is very important
one. Darwin has shown us that they
are constantly occupied in making the
soil more mellow by perforating it
with their galleries, and that they en-
rich 1t by collecting in these subterra-
mean passages earth that has been sub
ject TO change in their intestines. and
also leaves, which have fallen to the
ground and are dragged into
their retreats. But if these little
beings can accomplish such won
ders, it would be interesting to
know whether the Megascolides
Australis, an carthworm of Au-
stralia, has like mission. This crea-
ture is of the size of an ordinary adder
and at least six feet long.
A writer in La Nature says that it is
usually to be found on the banks of
small rivers. though it occasionally
seeks the open country. where one NAV
come upon it by pulling up stump
or upturnins the earth. Il is not an
easy matter to drag this worm from
the winding galleries which form its
retreat. 1t giides about the sinuous
passages with great rapidity, initiating
its anterior and posterior extremities
at will, and thus bracing itself against
the walls, which it renders Shiny by a
secretion from its own body. Its moist
substance slips easily through the
iisssaslszN which would retain it and
when once fastened to the adhesive
walls of its home, it can only be re-
moved by breaking its length in two.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23

l-ss ~ i-.s--- - z=z- 49, 49,
you 1iow--the extreme removal from
the ndpole-is the bullfrog. too stiff
10 1fmp. too old and tough 10 eat.
whf.flst sits on the bank and bellows.
Tllf'Iis an editor.
the-old days the editor called a
MAJ chicken thief. nowadays the re-
pofI| nnds the feathers in his back
yalNi- The weapon of the old time edi-
tor zSes the epithet: thatof the modern
repofter IS the evidence. What the
editor used to assert the reporter now
the people who complain of
wiia[ the reporter writes about them
wo1IN only consider what he does not
wi1fe about them, they would shrine
hitn1'l the friendliest corner of their
hear|- The waste baskets in daily
neHf'Aper Office of any town do more
10 ktEp It's citizens in good repute than
any ptner agency, excepting the fear
of tpo Las and the hereafter. Not all
that tue reporter writes is truth. He
Is not mfallible himself. and those
witot|te the sources of his information
are tnuch less so. There are very
mary men who cannot tell straight
stor4 There are others who do not
trY The man who tells the story
% NC interested
party. he has a purpose to serve IN
metamorphosing this or suppressing
that. The reporter has no desire ex-
cept to get the truth accurately and
completely, and to write it quickly and
entertainingly.
All men do not love the reporter,
and am glad of it. The fear and ha-
tired of bad men is as chaplet above
his brow. II is the assurance of his
honesty to his badge of honor as a SER
want of truth. If the time ever comes
when all men love the reporter, twill
be time TO bury him. He will have
forgotten his mission, betrayed his trust
and shamed the noble fellowship of
men who have made the white cross of
the Pittsburg reporter the decoration
of legion of honor. Exchange.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
The Astor.. sevre. ware.

There is a great deal of sevres ware
owned in New York, though little is
now sold. One of the finest sevres
dinner sets in the country belongs to
the Aston family. II contains 200
pieces and was bought by John Jacob
Astor many years ago. II cost g, 600.
but connoisseurs say it would sell for
S25, 600 at the present time The dec
grafton IS simple but very effective. It
has border of the rare turouois blue
shade, edged with gold. Mrs. Hicks
Lord has some very valuable sevres
and so, seldom as he entertains. has
Jay Gould.-New York Letter.
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HIS Residence.

Sentiment and poetry are good in
their place, but the best of things are
sometimes misapplied. Good rhetoric
may be very poor history.
Where did George Washington
live, after he retired from public lffe9'
asked the teacher.
No one seemed to know.
WAS it at Washington or Mount
Vernonfn suggested she.
Still there was no reply.
Come children, She insisted.
Some of you must know
II know, .teacheri' piped up the
smallest scholar HE lived in the
hearts of his countrymen. ~ arper's
Young People.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
Journalist, Reporter, EdItor.

AT the recent annual dinner of the
Pittsburg Press club, George S. We'll
shons (St. Geo., one of the best known
and wittiest newspaper men of the
state, got off the following in response
to the toast .'The Reporters"
There are three grand divisions, 8
DIR. Welshons said, I'm newspaper
worlS--journaEsts, reporters and edi-
tors Speaking more accurately, there
are three stages of development. A
journalist is a calf reporter. He is a
reporter in the miniature tadpole
stage, when his head is so big that il
takes all the rest of his person to shove
1t around If he is lucky, by and by
he becomes areporter. Aftera report
ers legs wear out they make an editor
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
Ner.paprr. In .Innan.

Probably nothing better illustrates
the great progress which Japan has
made IN the last quarter of century
than the AIS newspapers which are
now published in the empire. Sixteen
of these are now issued daily in Toxic.
Each officer of the government is
obliged to be a subscriber TO the gov
eminent organ ''Kwampo.n In 1885
the 403 newspapers consisted Of e2 po-
litical, 2 military, 116 scientific. IS
trade. 3S governmental, 81 court, 25
religious, 26 medical and 5 literary
journals.--New York Tribune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23

While workmen were engaged in
telling a huge old hickory tree on the
property of Mrs. j. H Ogden. in
Springfield, Pa, they came upon a
lock of hair deeply imbedded in its
trunk. An auger hole had been bored
into the heart of the gigantic hickory
and the curly lock placed therein. The
hole had then been plugged up. This
strange find is considered a relic of SUI
perstition. Old residents take it 10 be
the last remnant of one of BLACK
Jake'sn spells, who employed this Gu
rious remedy to cure fits. The old ne
gro lived in Darby about seventy years
ago, and his numerous queer whims
have been often told. A series Of
poems by Halliday Jackson some years
hgo pictured his mysterious healings.
Washington Star
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
The Larrest IloehInr stone.

Buenos Ayres seems TO have the
largest rocking stonen yet discovered.
1t is situated on the slope of the noun
tain of Tandil, in the southern part of
the province, and measures 90 feet
long by is feet broad and "a feet high.
Its bulk is 5000 cubic feet, and Il
weighs at least 25 tons. Nevertheless.
it is so touchily poised that a single
person can set it rocking. When the
stone, which is pyramidal in form,
sr1,nrrzz-tn and fro ON its forindatis,n
- the branches of a tree.-New
Yatk Telegram.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23

where the tree would fail. 80. TOO. IN
shoyeling pile of dirt, two persons
can work together until the last show
elful is taken up if they use the shovel
IN different hands; otherwise they
cannot
This training belongs to the home.
1t IS most successfully given IN the
early years of the chid; but as each
tool and Implement IS first put into
fully practiced in the different WAYS OF
handling it, Youths COMPANION.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
A rrIturator for crIpaInr p,,..

The Electrical Engineer states that
arbitrator for grinding drugs has been
ingeniously fitted up to work by an
electric motor, TO save labor in chem
lists shops or for drug grinders. Tho
mortar or mortars TO the number re-
CURED are made to revolve by the
electric motor, and very heavy por-
celain pestle hangs inside, the neces-
sary grinding being assured by the re-
yolviDg of the heavy pestle by friction
against the inside OF the mortar.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
A weather Prophet.

Scientist-So You have followed the
seas all your lief ] presume you are
a thorough meteorological prognosti-
Gator by this time.
Jack Tarre-A which7
Al mean you can easily foretelI
a gale, can't your
Easy 'nough, sir. When YOU see
the captain dancin' around an yellin'
out forty orders at onct, you kin lest
make mp y'r mind thet It's going ter
blow. New York Weekly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
Not the same Partv.

Pastae Ito hired boy)-So / have
caught you stealing apples out Of the
Hired Boy-Yes, parson, own up.
Don't You know. Thomas, that when
you steal you commit a heinous sin1
Moreover, there Is being who sees all
we do, before whom even ] bow nv
head with fear and trembling. Do YOU
know who meanfs 49,
Your wife, l suppose" Texas Sift-
ings.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
A FLORAL chaneleon

A novel flower has been found at
the Isthmus of Tehauntepec. This
noral chameleon has faculty 81
changing Its color during the dav. In
the morning 1t IS white, when the sun
Is at its zenith It IS red and at night it
Is blue The red, white and blue
hover grows on tree about the size
OF guaya tree, and only at noon
does IL give out any perfume.-C bica-
go Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
clerk, at the window.

lclerk, at the window.
.'Ah, you seem to be having pleas
ant time IN here. Please let me have
81 worth of twos and skies, 81 worth
of each. And just weigh that little
bundle. Going to Honduras. Needs
two more stamps, i think. Should
think you would have good time in
here. Not much to do but TO stand up
and sell stamps and give back the
right change, hey2 You must enjoy
your place here. OF course, it will be
little busy early in the morning or
at Christmas or Easter times. Most
people could do it with little prac-
tice. United States Mail.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23

composed M -. y 60,
like appendages of the pitcher plant,
sundews, venus fly traps and various
insect eating plant, than they are in
open air, there is a body of scientists
who deny that the plants themselves
have any agency in the matter, or ex-
crcise any vital power in capturing the
stedt is one of these skeptics. He ia
vors the idea that the decomposition
of the imprisoned insect is owing to
chemical action simply, and that the
effect is produced IN almost exactly
the same way that a person is poisoned
by coming in contact with a poisonous
plant. Louis Republic.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23

The wife of W. E. Curtis, of Wash
mgton, Is the possessor of a most un-
canny ornament IN the shape Of a
necklace made of human eyes. The
eyes We're taken from PERUVIAN mum
mics. polished and placed in their
sn..esent settinoz Chicago Herr
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23
PRIVATE RESIDENCES,
FARM PROPERTY,
The Homes of the Nation,
Are Largely Insured in
The Agricultural Insurance Company,
OF WATERToWM, N. Y.
ASSErTS.

ASST 10,
January /, 1868, .S95, 572 90
January 1, 1890, ............... s., 0s3, 90
THE AGRICULTURAL INSURANCE CoMPA-
NY il limited by its charter To risks not more
hazardous than private residences than farm
property. II was organized In 1853, by farm
ers and owners OF dwellings, to obtain for
themselves and others the security offered by
a company doing n home insurance business.
During these thirty seven years, their wisd-
ON in treating this class of property, for in
surance purposes, as different from all other
kinds, has been proved by the popularity of
the company, by its steady and rapid growth
in assets and in the confidence of the citizens
OF every state in which its policies are issued.
The world affords no other Insurance COM
pany that holds two million dollars in trust
to protect just one class of property-and that
nearest the heart of every man-his home
stead. The world affords no other insurance
company which has so little liability to loss
by sweeping conliagrations, and which af-
for,ls to Its policy holders that absolute Sc
curity which even the largest companies eN-
posed to such CONGREGATIONS, cannot give
During its thirty-seven years of steady and
triumphant growth, scores OF companies with
greater capital and larger pretensions, have
been organized, have fourished for time,
and have finally gone down in disasters such
as those OF Boston and Chicago.
pc ITPPETT BROS, agents,
POINT PLEASANT, w. VA.
may 2S-lm.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-07-23

please. TacKage posraI carus.
Dollar worth stamps, quick How
mnch'll that takel Coin TO Canady.n
sNuH stamps on that, heylr aGimme
two twos and three ones, will your I
ann IN a hurry
The young man nervously counted
out stamps, weighed packages, con-
suited the printed shcedule for rates
IN foreign countries and perspired
freely. Cold chills ran down his back.
for he had 4 vague idea of giving
stamps for fifty cents. and of selling a
package of postal cards for half price.
The crow q at the window did not di-
minish, but grew.
A man finally came up in a great
hurry and threw down handful of
loose silver and nickels and coppers
and asked for
'Twenty-seven ones, sixteen cents
worth of twos, two and half pack
ages of postal cards, and the rest IN
twos and one cent wrappers.
The new clerk choked down a big
word or two, mopped his brow nerv-
ously with a sheet of stamps, and be-
gan counting out a package of stamp
ed envelopes, government official size.
How many did you say n
low many what E,
"Envelopesa / don't want any en-
velopes. Twenty-seven ones, sixteen
cents worth of twos, two and one-half
packages of postal cards and the rest
in twos and one cent wrappers. That's
what want and in big hurry, too.
Got TO catch a train.n
Sixteen cents worth of twos2''
Yes, / said so.
"Oh, well, all-all right There you
are. And-and how many ones9"
Twenty seven. Come, hurry up. -
'STwenty-seven; twenty-seven. Five
times five is twenty-five and two is
seven-twenty-sev Twenty-seven.
And now, the rest in envelopes, did
you sayG"
''Envelopesa I don't want any en-
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POINT PLEASANT, w. VA.

Has been of the features of the town over
years During this tme the Proprietor has gone steadily
adding little by te till he has of the
complete stocks of
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-14
RoIlln nd Carhunclea

It seems strange that any one viii suffer
with boils, carbuncle5, etc, when DR.. Bull q
Sarsapari1a will certainly prevent all such
eruptive tendencies. 1t is a sure and safe
antidote for blood poison arising from what
ever source, and its use when needed should
not be unnecessarily delayed Thousands
who found extensively advertised blood
medicines to have no efficacy whatever, are
rejoicing in the fact that Bulls Sarsaparilla
is an exception, and that good health invari-
lous symptoms disappear, the skin becomes
clear and free from pimples, the digestion
is improved, aches and pains cease, the
weight of the body becomes greater, the
flesh more solid, lucrative and consump-
tive tendencies disappear, the power of en-
durance is increased, weakness, dizzy spells
and unnatural fatigue vanish, in a word the
user of 3ufs Sarsaparilla becomes pict-
ure of good health and strength. Try it.
Use no other.-Dayton Enquirer.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-14
CARE OF FINE BOOKS.
Valuable Suggestions Obtained Tfom
Well-Known Bibliopole.

WelI-Known Bibliopole.
A representative of the American An
alyst called upon a well-known bibiio-
pole of New York City for information
respecting the care of fine books. "a
book" said the expert. sis delicate
organization, whose foes are perpetu-
ally endeavoring to destroy it, and its
foes are legion. Water, moisture or damp
ness, on the one hand, and excessive dry
ness on the other, are both extremely
injurious. A high temperature dries
paper, parchment and leather, and rem
derS them very brittle. In the opposite
direction great cold affects books in the
same manner, but to a much smaller ex-
tent. For this reason a Swede or Can
adam has harder time with his library
than Frenchman, an Englishman or
an American. But the hardest time
of all is experienced by the resi-
dents of hot climates like South
ern India, Egypt, Brazil and Co
lombia. Another dangerous enemy to
all books is what is usually termed
mold. This is not a simple veg
etable growth, as is popularity believed.
Microscopists have discovered over a
hundred species of mold with which
libraries are afflicted. Some attack
paper; others parchment; some fatten
on sheepskin, while others prefer mo-
rocco for diet. There is hardly sub
stance of any sort used in bookmaking
but what has anywhere from two to
ten different molds which find in it a
home or a source of nourishment. In
sects are the cause of endless trouble.
Flies and spiders merely soil books;
moths and butterflies lay eggs which
hatch into voracious and destructive
larvae. These do any amount of dam
age. / have seen rare and valuable
volumes which had been bored through
and through by these minute pests.
Ants do little or no harm in temperate
latitudes, but are scourge in the trop-
les. A colony of white ants has fire.
queptly been known to devour not only
library, but also the book cases in
which the books were kept. In pro-
viding against these dangers a lit
tie common sense will suggest
all requisite remedies. A library
should be kept clean, well-dust-
cd and thoroughly ventilated. A
hardwood. marble or mosaic floor with
rugs is far better than a carpeted
one. For the same reason wooden or
leather furniture is superior to the
handsomest products in silk and wool
of the upholsterer's art. In respect to
heating, CRATE fire either of coal or
the old-fashioned one of wood is the
best. Dry hot-air from registers or fur
naces, is too desiccating, while a gas
stove or oil stove is ruinous. For fight
ing mold and insect life there are a
number of good methods. Pieces OF
camphor, menthol and tobacco are of
great value. They should be placed in
bookcases on every shelf. Pulverized
salicylic acid sprinkled over the books
and shelves is probably the best. 1t is
colorless, tasteless and odorless, and
has no action either chemical or me-
chanical upon the books. Spraying a
bookcase with weak solution of zorro
sive sublimate has been recommended,
but do not like the idea of playing
with so powerful poison. Last of all,
in using fine books put on a tempo
rary cover before you begin reading"
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-14
The CAPITAL of Brazil.

If you have occasion to mention the
capital of Brazil and wish to be exact
you must say Rio de Janeiro and pro-
nounce it Reeo day Hay-nay-ray-oh.
That is pan-American. 1t means river
of January. Tradition says that when
the Portuguese mariners who discovered
the Brazilian coast passed through the
narrow gateway to the harbor, and saw
the beautiful bay in the amphitheater
of mountains surrounded by eternal
verdure, they thought they were enter
ing the mouth of river that would lead
them to the enchanted land. When
they discovered their mistake they were
so disguised that instead of naming the
river after our Saviour or one of the
saints, they simply christened it the
river discovered in January. However
the city has street called "Street of
Good Jesus" and others called ST. John
the Baptist, st. John the Evangelist
etc.-Indianapolis Journal.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-14
GONE DOWN WITH ALL HANDS

thrill
which sacrificed
Statistics all
fearful fact there remedy But there is Dr. PeTcss Golden Med
have up to die Il seeing beyns then the thousands Tng %
skephca According all medical authorities Consumption Serona an
Scrofula in all its
found equal the Golden Medical Hence has
Consumption Ii afflicted on
all lingering coughs the Golden Medical Discovery
a remedy
Blood Short Breath Consumpve
medicines guaranteed
and fair trial. all diseases for which
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The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-14
TWO GOOD RECIPES.
How to Make Nice Crisp Cookies and Cot
tage Pudding.

How to Make Nice Crisp Cookies and Cot
tage Pudding.
The children in our home are very
partial to crisp cookies. So when
make them especially for their palate l
use this excellent recipe: Sift into a
mixing bowl one heaping quart of flour.
Make hole in the middle of the flour,
into which put two cupfuls of sugar, one
cupful of lard, one beaten egg, the half
of a nutmeg, grated, one cupful of sweet
milk into which has been stirred one
half teaspoonful of soda. Mix this
with the hands, and roll out very thin.
1 forgot to say that the lard must not be
melted. If it is too cold to be mixed
with the hands, it should be set in a
warm place for an hour or two previous
to using.
For a quickly made, simple dessert, a
cottage pudding, with sauce, ranks
among the best 1t can be prepared in a
very short time, and should be highly
valued by every housekeeper as an
emergency dessert Mix thoroughly to-
gether half cupful each of butter and
sugar. To this add two well-beaten
eggs, one cupful of sweet milk. and two
and half cupfuls of -four into which
has been stirred two teaspoonfuls of
baking powder. Bake this in a thin
loaf. While the pudding is baking,
make the following sauce: Beat together
well one egg, one cupful of sugar, half
a oupful of butter (melted), and one tea
spoonful of flour. When this is thor
oughly beaten, place on the stove in a
saucepan, and stir into it slowly one
cupful of boiling water. Let it boil
slowly ten minutes; in the meantime
i'd such flavoring as may be desired.
serve the pudding warm with this
sauce.-Nellie Burns, in Country Gen
tlemau
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-14
A middle-aped colo

"A middle-aged colored man boarded
a horse-car in Brooklyn the other day,
and when the conductor came around
for his fare didn't bother about his
pockets, but simply put his hand to one
of his capacious ears and drew forth a
nickel. The conductor and passengers
were astonished at the maneuver, and
the conductor asked: why do you car
~ your money there, captain?" '''Cause
rs handy, sir, replied the son of Ham,
and the passengers all laughed at the
new wrinkle in money pouches 1t was
bserved that he also carried nickel in
he other ear.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-14

Sufferers are not generally aware that
these diseases are contagious, or that they
in the lining membrane of the nose and
eustachian tubes. Microscopic research,
however, has proved this to be fact, and
the result of this discovery is that a simple
remedy has been formulated whereby
Catarrh, Hay Fever and Catarrhal Deafness
are permanently cured in from one to three
simple applications made at home by the
patient once in two weeks.
N B.-This treatment is not snun or an
ointment; both have been discarded by
reputable physicians as injurious. A pamph-
let explaining this new treatment is sent on
receipt of three cents in stamps to pay
postage by A 81. Dixon & Son, cor. of John
and King Street, Toronto, Canada--Chrfs-
tidn Advocate.
The Bolivar bulletin. (Bolivar, Tenn.) 1888-1946, 1890-02-14

Ii you are suffering from Malaria, ask
your druggist for Shallenbergerfs Antfdote
for Malaria. If he don't have it, and tells
you he has something just as good, don't be-
heoe him, but send one dollar to DIR. A. t.
Shallenb berger, Rochester, Penn'a, and get
store you to perfect health The Medicine
Is in the form of pills, but is not purga-
tive. 1t not only destroys Malaria, but is
an excellent tonic.