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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-11-12
or Course She Regretted 1t.

On one of our suburban streets re-
sides lady who has passionate fond
ness for plants and flowers, and many
of these can be seen In the windows,
which almost pverhang the sidewalk
Sunday evening happened to be STROLL
Ing along the street in question, and
noticed that the gentleman preceding
me wore an almost supernaturally brill
liant tile. AS he passed Mrs. F-'s
house one of the windows happened to
be up and present plant was dis
lodged. The flower pot was attracted
by the shiny tile, and Lit on It with a
resounding thump, that sounds SO fun
ny when it's some other fellows hat
and so sad when it's your own. The
gentleman under the crushed stove
pipe calculated some words certainly
not rom the book under his arm, and
passed on. Soon Mrs. E. rushed
out and said: TITS too bad-the only
double geranium I had" Bangor
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rhe ..Potato cure."

The removal of foreign bodies from
the stomach by the so called potato
cure consists In requiring the patient TO
eat large quantities of potatoes, which
have the effect OF proportionately dilat-
ing the whole intestinal canal, SO that
the foreign body Is enveloped and can
not cling to any part during its passage.
DIR. Salzer showed at the clinic Of Pro
lessor Billroth several foreign bodies
which In this way had been removed
one of these being a weight of five and
a half drains, which had been swal-
lowed by a child; the second set Of
artificial teeth upward of five cent?
meters long and three centimeters
broad, and the third was q needle,
Many gastrotomies could be obviated
by this method in the case of swallowed
foreign bodies. -Exchange.
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a CHEYENNE INCIDENT.
Hemmed In by Indians Man Rush
to- an Clubhouse for Irood

Hemmed In by Indians Man Rushe,
to- an Clubhouse for Food.
A writer in The Forest and Stream
relates the experience of a family be-
sieged by Cheyennes, in the course of
which this incident occurred.
At last the Indians stopped firing ana
We could not get glimpse of them.
Caveniss said: 'sWell. old woman.
that was close CALI but am hungry,
so get us something to eat.
AN the meat Is in the milk house
except that piece on the table, and that
belongs to Dick. He has had nothing
to eat since yesterday, and he fights as
well ON an empty stomach as YOU uns
do on afuIl one, . replied Mrs. Caveniss.
smoking. s.rn get you some coffee
and biscuit though
Marion said: I'm go and get meat.
guess the Injuns is gone"
Tige took of his big white hat and
put it before the open door on a stick
for reply, and dozen bullets hit
around it in second DO We want
to 60 out there. Budan he asked with a
wolfish grin.
I amt afraid to. responded Ma
rion, land can fix it so 1 won't get hit
neither
IAN right. get the meat then. said
Mrs. c., but I'm afraid you'l Get
shot, and we can't afford to lose a man =
Marion, without reply, proceeded to
make up man with shirt. pair of
overalls and hat Then he unfolded
his plans to us. Tige was to shove out
the dummy and draw the enemies' fire.
Caveniss and We're to return II. and
Marion was to run to the milk house.
When he wanted TO come back he was
to put his hand out so that we could
see it, and we were to go to. firing while
he ran for the house He took only
butcher knife. We drew their fire by
exposing the dummy, and then we
went to cracking away at the smoke Of
the guns while he ran for the milk
house.
He got there without scratch; but
when his hand came up and we showed
the doll again Lo wouldn't shoot. and
when Marion started they made IL very
interesting for him. He had a steak in
one hand and a can of peaches in the
other, and when he got into the house
he said, with a Mortified expression on
his face, Il am shot in the hand" He
held up the peach can hand, and then
looked silly. One of the gentle red
men had put a bali through the can,
not touching him at all, and when the
juice ran into his hand he thought it
was blood We joked him a little, but
saw he was mortified, and Mrs. Cave
Miss proceeded to- get dinner.
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81 want something, p said a farmer
as he entered Michigan avenue drug
store the other day.
e'Well, what is TT"
81 didn't tie string around my
finger, but I guess. can get around to
1t all the same. What's the name Of
the lake below us7p
Lake Erie,D
Exactly. What's the name of the
bay which the boats run tor
hPut in Bay
Correct. Now. then. who put in
Perry"
Straight as string. want ten
cents worth of perygoric. My old
woman said I'd be sure to forget ii, but
here's the proof that / didn't D-Detroit
Free Press.
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h,,n IL Z. -. s s M uylng 70 IAN
-. 49,. - -..,i "Ai,ae iils lace .
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A Curious sepuicher.

Riding in cab down Oxford street
London, one can hardly fail to notice
a curious object on the top of a very
handsome residence some few hundred
yards to the right after passing the
Marble Arch. As seen from the street
Ii appears to be framework of glass.
some ~ feet long by broad and 4
high Through the glass can plainly
be seen a large oblong box, painted
black, which looks for all the sorId
like a coffin. This house. ALTHOUGH.
under ordinary circumstances II would
bring an enormous rental, has remained
untenanted for more than a quarter of
a century.
The story goes that the last tenant.
who was the owner of the property.
was an eccentric and very wealthy old
gentleman When he died, away back
in the sixties, he left provision in his
win that his body should not be buried.
but should be placed In coffin inside
the structure referred to above. which
he had built during his lifetime. Every
Londoner in the vicinity of the Marble
Arch firmly believes that the old mans
bones are to this day lying Ia the
strange glass receptacle ON the house
top.
The agent for the property, although
he processes to disbelieve the story of
the old mans odd burial place, SAYS
that the curious box, whatever It NAV
contain, viii never be removed. even
though the house stands tenantIess. till
1t crumbies with decay. st. Louis Re
public-
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naiIroa.i I.t,o..,..-

A peculiar sort of politeness toward
women is frequently seen In street and
elevated cars. A man will keen his
seat for blocks while a woman hangs by
a strap then he win rise and. lifting
his hat, motion her TO the seat as IL he
were very gallant gentleman indeed.
AT the next corner or station he leaves
the car. One of these men fell into N
trap the other day. He was In bridge
car, and all the way over a woman
stood directly in front of him. AS the
train slid down the grade into the New
York station he got up. touched his hat.
and pointed toward the seat he had
left vacant. When the woman, instead
OF thanking him as he had been thanked
before for giving up what he had no
further use for, stared coIdly and
walked toward the door, while the other
occupants of the ear laughed at his dis
comfiture, he suddenly realized the mis-
take he had made through absent mind.
edness and rushed for the platform COM
pletely put to rout.-New York Times.
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a ROMANCE OF orHEa PAYS.
How Two Friends Who Were schoorboys
Together stood by Each Other.

How Two Friends Who Were schooIboys
Together Stood by Each Other.
See thatred granite house over there7
Wen, the man who lives in 1t was a
substitute in the army. He was not a
purchased soldier. but went in for
love. He and man named Bent
had been schoolfellows and friends In
the east, and they came west together.
Neither enlisted, but Bent was drafted.
Just n few months Before that affair
he had married a beautiful young wom-
an, and one whom my neighbor here
had himself loved Bent and his wife
We're about crazy with fright at the idea
of his going into the army, when they
received a letter from the draft com
missioner saying Bent's substitute was
accepted.
They didn't know who the substitute
could be, and as the name my neigh
Dor gave-for it was he who had vol
unteered-was an assumed one, they
could not find out. My neighbor went
to the front, was badly wounded at
Petersburg, made a good soldier and
was finally discharged Then he let
them know who the substitute was.
Bent had made a heap of money in the
meantime and he wanted to pay his
friend something, but nothing would
be accepted. Finally. however, my
neighbor, who had turned board of
trade man, got into corner where he
stood to lose all he had, including his
credit He went to Bent and told him
all about it.
Draw ON me for all you need, up to
the very limit of my bank account, >
said Bent, and my neighbor took him
at his word. He put in IS, 600 and it
Yent)with i've rest. Then $40, 600, and
that went. Then another $40, 600, and
yet. the other fellows were squeezing
him. Ii he could hold on a e5tle while
he could carpet the board of trade with
bills. but the opposition seemed deter
mined to ruin HIM. He drew for
whole S25, 900 in n lump. and said that
IL it banlSrupted Bent and him too they
would be no worse of, barring age.
than when they quit school. His last
haul saved him. though il the corner
had not collapsed the very day it did
both lie and his friend would have gone
down together.
As it was, the tumble made him n
very rich man, and he could pay back
all he had borrowed and still have
fortune. But he has never risked a
dollar from that day to this, although
he has done business constantly for
other men.
He has built that house, and lives
there in elegant style, although he has
never married, ami 1 wouldn.t wonder
II he were keeping the place in the
hope that he may some day make mis-
trsss of it the woman whom he has
loved since long before the war.-In-
teryiew in Chicago Herald.
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A Few sugEe.tion. Anan. s,

Meyer try to wear shoe that il too
o sl1aa a. .or you, nor one that is not a
49, ,oaant ~ .or your foot. BY good fit Is
No. - one one that fits suficiently snug
!. 70 wrinkle, nor to allow yonr foa5
- sup around in the shoe VET 49,
e e 70 allow plenty of easa and
S So with square toes. Low b,oad
neels, and particularly from H.. .o ,a.s
we, n o NE, inch longer than you could
=, Ss tba - you allowed your big toe to 90
sf,a : .o - 81 snoe gives a more eracef,,
s e,,5 ,. = tne foot, Is more comsortshla
-" '''S's LONGER. Be careful not - , ,..s
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A SELF rnnatlns Life Saving Belt.

In nautical circles a newly patented
life saving belt is attracting much at
tention. ! This new apparatus clasps
around the body at the waist line, and
in its empty condition is easily carried.
To this girdle is attached a little iron
flask, which contains carbonic acid or
,carburetted hydrogen gas, the former
mixed with from 10 to 20 per cent. of
pure alcohol in order to prevent the
chilling of the gases when filling the
flask. The hollow space In the belt
has a capacity of little less than 100
English quarts. Two hundred grains
of fluid carbonic acid gas and twenty
grains of alcohol are required to fill it.
When the belt Is to be used conven-
iently placed valve is opened and fills
at once with light gases. According to
scientific principles 100 liters of gas will
displace the same amount of water;
that is to say. viii support in the water
a weight corresponding to 100 quarts,
or, in other words, about goo pounds,
Any human being equipped with the
girdle has every prospect of success in
a combat with the wayes.-New York
Journal
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DipIornacy.

Papa, said the young mother, '.rve
decided ON a name for baby; we win
call her Imogen."
Papa was lost in thought for few
minutes; he did not like the name. but
II he opposed it his wife would have
her own way.
That's nice" said he presently.
My first sweetheart was named limo
gen, and she win take it as compIi-
ment."
We viii call her Mary, after my
mother" was the stern reply.-Har-
per's Bazaar.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-11-12
reIeeraphlne In Africa.

That the conduct of a cable station
Is not always monotonous Is shown by
a letter recently received from an of
ficer of the West African Telegraph
company. This gentleman is in charge
OF the kotonou station, In the territory
OF the notorious King of Dahomey.
The king, It seems, had for some time
been spelling for fight, and had at
last become so ugly and aggressive that
it was deemed advisable to arm the
station, and have some soldiers handy.
Early ono morning the station was
surrounded by the natives, . the super
intendent writes, Hand we were under
the painful necessity of sending q few
of them across the Styx. The station
was for time in imminent danger;
Orsini and 1 fired more than $50 rounds
each, and the thirty-fiye Senegalese
sharpshooters who helped in the de-
Tense fired some 100 rounds apiece. An
artillery sergeant who worked our two
guns was killed, and the white gunners
were so hard pressed that they had to
club their rifles. This racket began at
in the morning.
AT a. IN. we left the soldiers still
firing and went to the instruments, and
you may imagine what a dance the
mirror led us. BY 10 o'clock, however,
all was quiet in our neighborhood and
the messages had all been sent through.
l must not forget to tell you that we
had to do with the famous Amazons.
They were very fine creatures, fought
wild beasts, and were worth ten
men r-New York SIR.
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stanIsy's Austrian AdnIrss.

One day an Austrian enthusIast cali
ed and sent in a polite note asking
Stanley to ok a time when he might
bring forty of his eornpatriots with him
an anxious for the Opportunity Of Slialx-
ing him by the hand This astute ren-
tieinan accompanied his request by q
very Handsomely mounted cigar case az
souvenir. This elegant little present
Obtained for the persevering stranger a
brief Interview for himself but the
hand shaking of his forty friends could
not possibly be entertained. Edward
Marston In Scribner's. 7di
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The Dog I'm Humane IItera,,r.

Every now and then we get a letter
from one of those unfortunate people
who would be glad to have all the dogs
exterminated. To such we would say.
you might as well attempt to strike out
the gospel of st. John from the New
Testament as the songs, stories and
pictures of the dog from our humane
literature. The world has settled that
matter long age, and through the ages
the dog will occupy high place in the
regard and affection of millions of hu-
man befngs--Our Dumb Animals.
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A BANDITS TrIfe ana -,

Little Jesse James, the son of the
dead bandit, is making quite an income
out OF the sale Of pebbles from his ia
Tiers grave to tourists who FREQUENT
the old homestead at Kearney. No,
MIS- Jesse james Is a pretty, quiet lit
ne woman, who fully appreciated the
devotion of her husband. She SAYS
that her husband was at an times Kind
and attentive. yet he was a criminal
IN the eyes Of the law, and finally met
an ignominious death by being shot in
the back By the paid assassin Of Gov
ernor Crittenden. - Interview in Den
yer Republican. = -
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Poison I'm Eels.

Eeis contain as much poison as
Yipers according to one studious
Italian scientist After careful investi-
gation ne finds that an eel weighing
,omr pounds Possesses enough venom to
KIN ten men. When the fish is cooked,
61weser' the poison loses its power
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It Made a slIeht pinsr.pe..

Jones-I am opposed to working ON
Sunday. It's wicked.
Tough Citizen-weH, that's not the
way you used to talk.
Jones-I know it, but I'm working
for the government now.-Texas Sfft.
fnoa-
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Not Her ST..

customer from SeedviIle-Do you
a.. sie pest make of shoes herei
Deaier-Yaas; our shoes are all
.ae,. so' from Seedville- Then you
can suit me. I take b No. B.-Aroosv
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An Unmarried r-.,,

chumley-What did your wife say
when you got home last night
Bmnley-Nothing what did yours5
Chumley-oh, she was terribly red
headed
Bumley-What fort 54
chuinley-Bon whiteside Her
aid.
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poetors. mako Marninr.

1t is rather tough on a doctors SON
TO be named William, and have to
sneak through the elysium of youth
under the opprobrious title of ssthe
doctors Bill, Fun,
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Ju., tnaDHc..JyJ

1T all depends upon the point Of
view" an old gentleman was accns.
toned TO say when, forced, to, disagree
with friend. 'fYou can't EXPECT me
to love shoemakers Just when INV owY
shoe pinches." A lady whose cloak
had been stolen at public library WINS
loud in praises of the person who was
with her at the time. 81 was onita
dazed, said she. Il stood there be-
wildered, and she seemed to know en-.
actly what to do. ~ mo wonder. % said
! listener. TT wasn't her cloak P-
Youths Communion
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Head OF tine House len oistsr.

f1ead OF the House ZEN oishAn.i:--::
You william, get right out of herel 1
have no pistol, but shall brain you
with this poker.
Midnight Burglar lcoolly, and with a
glance at the fireplacel-C Come of,
governor, wild yer bluff. This. here's a
Pittsburg job. and dere amt no poker
where dere's natural gas.
Departs leisurely. Pittsburg Bull
letin.
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one of the features of the town for over is
During this tme the Proprietor gone steadily
adding little by little, till he has now one the most
complete stocks of
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-21
Found in a Pitiable Condition.

Two farmers were nearing their home
three miles south of Lansing, Mich, Sun
day evening when they saw a woman lying
on the ground in an orchard. Her gar
ments were mere rags. She was without
underclothing or head covering, her toes
were frozen and her hands badly scratched;
there were cuts on her head and a scent of
chloroform was about her person. The
mystery as to how she reached the orchard
is yet unsolved, but she has been identified
as Mrs. John B. Bouts, aged % years, who
has resided with her husband on a farm
near Okemos, seven miles east of Ian
sing. Her husband says she left home
Saturday properly clothed, and had
with hera valise and 50 after her ticket was
bought to Lansing. The train officers say
that the woman was deranged when she
boarded the train at Okemos, and was
forced by her husband to enter the car.
On reaching this city she started afoot on
the track in the direction from whence she
came. No trace has been found of he,
movement from that time until she was
found in a half frozen condition in the
orchard Sunday evening. 1t is suspected
that Mrs. Bouts was enticed into o house
In Lansing, drugged and turned out during
the night in the partly unclad condition il
which she was found
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-21
U IN HONOR.
The United States Must Not Covet Land
- Belonging to MexicanS. N

The United States Must Not Covet Land
Belonging to Mexicans.
The committee on foreign relations has
reported to the senate the petition of the
Fifteenth Legislative assembly of Arizona
asking the government to take steps for
the acquisition of such Mexican land adj
joining that territory as may be necessary
to give the territory a deep water harbor on
the Gulf of California. The committee
recommended that the matter be in
definitely postponed and no action was
taken. The reason for this adverse de-.
cision is found in a letter of Secretary
Blaine accompanying in which he re-
plies to a verbal inquiry of the chair
manr-1of the committee as to the
possibility Of complying with the request
of the legislative assembly. The secretary
says that the acquisition of Mexican terri
tory is directly opposed to the spirit Of the
Mexican constitution and the sentiment of
the Mexican people; that any Legislative or
executive effort to bring it about would re-
suit in the inevitable overthrow of the rul-
ing power of the country. He says that
the United States is bound in honor not to
attempt to obtain the cession of Mexican
territory. He instances as a proof of the
feelings that exist in Mexico concerning
this question, the attitude of the Mexican
government on the proposition of certain
persons to acquire possession of a portion
of lower Mexico, and he encloses notes of
o conversation which he had with the Mex.
lean minister On the subject.
Wessington Springs herald. (Wessington Springs, Aurora County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1891, 1890-03-21
SPARKS FROM THE WIRES.

BROWN & W1NGRovE, meters and re-
iners and dealers in bullion in London
have failed. Liabilities, $500, 900.
A MINISTERIAL crisis is imminent in
Italy. Signor Brancheri, president of the
chamber of deputies, has resigned.
The losses by Sunday nights fire at
Detroit, Mich, amount to $3.50, 0OO-over
800, 900 less than was at first estimated.
AT Hamilton, o., the jury in the case of
Elmer Sharkey, the boy matricide, re-
turned a verdict of murder in the first de-
gree.
HERR VoHsEN, German consul at Fan
zibar, acting for the East Africa company,
has concluded q new treaty favorable to the
Germans.
GEORGE P. TJADEN, the treasurer and
general manager of Charter Oak camp,
Modern Woodmen, Of Peoria, ILL.,, has left
with about 81, 900 of the lodge funds.
AT Bristol, England, Canon Baynes
pleaded guilty to stealing a trunk from the
railway station and was sentenced to four
months imprisonment at hard labor.
In an encounter at Elassona between
Turks and a band of brigards over twenty
of the former were killed and six OF the
latter. The hrigands were dispersed.
NEVILLE II. P%IcKTHALL, who was sup
posed TO have been murdered by Burchel],
under arrest charged with the murder OF
Bennell, has been heard from in Arizona.
BY a rear end collision on the Burling-
ton d Missouri River road near Harvard
Neb., Conductor Norton and Brakeman
Miller were instantly killed. A number Of
cars were wrecked.
THE Clinton foundry OF Troy, N. Y,
the largest stove mandatory in the coun.
try, will soon be removed to Joliet, III.
The company employs 1,2O0men, and thei1
pay roll amounts to more than 81, OOO, Oo(
a year.
A. A. COURIER, cashier Of the Equita.
bic Bank of New York. has heen charged
with forgery and with having received dc.
posts after he knew that his bank was in.
solvent. He pleaded not guilty to the
charges.
PHILIP SELLERS, of ~Londonyille, O..
has confessed that he was the accomplish
of George M. Daviney, tho burglar, who
was shot and killed by Farmer Justin F
Frengle near Crestline, Feb. 16.
In the Musicians National league con.
vention now being held in Cincinnati thu
Baltimore league was suspended for EN-.
ploying a musician who had been dis.
missed from the Pittsburg league.
The directors of the Western Unior
Telegraph company have declared q quar-.
terly dividend of II per cent. William
Waldorf Astor was elected a director to fill
the vacancy caused by the death of bis
father.