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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
THE MEwPosT INsAsITAMF.
How the Regular citizen Enjoys HImseI
After the Season.

How the Regular Citizen Enjoys Himself
After the Season.
Once in awhile on Newport street
one meets the winter people-those who
do not let their houses In summer nor
fly away before the invaders, but bar
ricade themselves in their coy homes
as IL the British held the town They
walk out occasionally toget their native
air, and as they walk they glance with
grave interest and subdued curiosity at
the gay gadfIies about them, who turn
old familiar spots into pandemoniuln.
With patient resignation they wait
for the summer to pass, looking for
ward with quiet joy to the bright fall
months when the restless ocean of so
ciety will subside into safety; when the
Hash and dash of strange vehicles shall
have disappeared and the white legged,
top booted creatures who have been
encountered stalking out of stores,
stanging rigid at gateways and hopping
wildly up behind gauzy looking women
on high carts, shall have given place
to quiet looking drivers of steady
horses, and carriages that can be
mounted FROM the curbstone without a
stepladder; when shopkeepers shall
not be crazy and mix up CLAIMS and hot
house grapes and send Washington
street order to Ochre Point
When Sundays shall be indebted by
orgies. and no more red coats, stumpy
When sunny, quiet moons shall sue
coed cool, bright. busy mornings, and
pleasant afternoons of social intercourse
glide swiftly into the respectable New
port evening, that doesn't have to end
in mixed drinks. The summer seems
long to them, but they cannot bring
themselves to the thought OF letting
their house to this percolating popula.
ton, who do not always value the New
port lares ct penates as they are valued
by their owners. neither do they care
to leave for others what IS free to all
the soft air and gentle breezes Of their
own beloved city. The place is large
enough for all. and so they Iinger low
ingIy behind theirvine shaded windows
and doors, listening to the whispering
of their elIns and beeches and the dis
tant roar OF the surf. and shutting out
the hum and hurry of people and the
dreadful whang and whiz Of the hated
eleetric cars--Newport Daily News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
Too eoad Avn on ! sudden.

College Presidential the boys have
attended prayers regularly this week.
Professor-Not one has missed for
two weeks
President Humphi Some internal
mischief is brewing. Good News.
Readily Distfnguished.
Lucy met such an entertaining
Pittsburger Mt the seashore
Jack How do you know he was
from my cityl
Lucy Well, he seemed to be quite
full of natural gas. was ironicaI at
times and at others oily; had steel blue
eyes and CLASSY stare and coal black
hair Pittsburg Bulletin
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
al ExpenaIra DIet.

Mrs Candy Oh. Titus. the baby has
swallowed hairpinl
Mr.. Candy That's It; Just as ex-
pected- Now you'll want money to
buy some more. It's nothing but
money, money. money In this house
the whole blessed time. I'll bet that
baby has swallowed more than fifty
dollars worth Of hairpins In the last
three months Now, madam, this
thing has got to stop right here-either
that baby viii quit eating hairpins and
como down to common grub like the
rest of us OF III know the reason why
-you understand a-New York Epoch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
Got to Have Money.

A Georgia editor who is also a jus
tice of the peace granted a quarreling
couple an absolute divorce. ssMr.
Bailif, " he said, collect three dollars
out of the couple. I" II can't do it, >
said the bailiff mournfuIly; they hain't
got cent" ''Then." said the edi-
toriaI justice, fetch the ordinary before
me and make him issue license, and
I'll marry the woman to the first man
who's got three dollars This court
can't live on air. Step up lively, gen
tlemenl'-Atlanta Constitution.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
How the Treasury Is e;uar,led.

The treasury watch is composed of
seventy veteran soldiers, who are cut
into three squads, dividing every TWEEN
ty-four hours into three. equal watches
of eight hours each. The men wear no
uniforms, and would not impress the
casual visitor to the treasury during the
hours when the public is admitted.
The guards go unarmed during the day,
but at night carry a large 42-caliber six
chambered revolver. which is too large
to be concealed in pocket and must
be carried in the hands all the time.
Every one who passes the treasury at
night may see pacing to and fro in the
lofty area between the granite pillars
and the wall of the building solitary
figures.
A person cannot approach within a
hundred feet of the building without
seeing a guard Such watchman.
silent and martial in bearing, guards
each of the four entrances to the treas
ury. The guards who traverse the cor
ridors at stated intervals touch electric
buttons to announce their presence in
certain parts of the building. All this
system of interior watchfuIness was the
work of Secretary Folger, who during
his term in Office lived in constant dread
of an attack on the treasury. -Indian-
apolis Journal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

Dr. E. Klein, the bacteriologist of
London, states that he inocuIated two
COWS upon the shoulders with the diph-
theritie virus. The incubation was fol-
lowed by the occurrence of vesicles and
pustules upon their udders, and mi
crobes were found in their milk Two
calves were fnocuIated with the matter
taken from the vesicles and pustules,
and similar eruptions were produced
in them, followed by broneho-pneumo-
MIA and fatty kidneys such as occurred
in the cows Two cats fed with the
milk from the COWS sickened with feline
diphtheria. and this was followed By
an epidemic among the cats kept for
experimental purposes in the laboratory.
Fourteen sickened with It, some Of
them dying DIR. J. Lewis Smith in
Babyhood-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
she WAS DIPLOMATIC.


Selfish and Annoying Traveller InvoI-
UNFAIRLY Gives Up His Seat
The east bound Jersey Central train
on Which l was coming to town the
other day was crowded, and several
ladies were standing in the aisle Being
as young as ] look. unlike my neigh
Dor, l gave up my seat
A garrulous. middle aged man who
occupied the outside seat next TO me,
seemingly stung by rernorse and may
hap shame, but too selfish to give up
his seat. said to the lady who was stand
ing near linn:
Madam. l would gladly offer You
this seat. but really am much older
man than ] look"
Pause for a polite refusal Of that
which was not profered. But the lady
took no notice OF him.
Under ordinary circumstances 1 con-
tend that no man should retain his seat
and allow lady to stand. But you
would hardly believe that l am we'll
nigh on to sixty-one, would your Yet
such is the fact. People, particularly
passengers. often take me to be no
more than forty at the most. and con-
seouently think ought to give my seat
9ipl ladies; but that 5 ny ,nisf0r.
tune
No response.
II presume that you yourself are at
present the victim of your youthful
appearance just now
He thought he noticed faint smile.
but OF this history makes no record.
II feel confident that / am old
enough to be your grandfather. . CON
tinued the willy tallxer, s.and besides !
had one foot cut off and was shot in
the other in our late unpleasantness.
and have contracted rheumatism, so
that ] can hardly stand, and it takes
me half a day to walk mile, and /
know that under such circumstances
you will pardon my seeming impolite-
ness"
Still no recognition.
II fear lest I appear rude and bold
in thus addressing you. stranger, but
owing to my extremely youthful APP
pearance and the fact that retained
my seat while you, madam, We're
standing, felt that some explanation
was due you, and hasten to make it. y
The lady turned her head away.
believe me, assure you, that If 1
were not so heavily and unfortunately
handicapped
just then the conductor passed by.
The lady whom that human hog had
had the audacity to try to engage in
conversation in attempted excuse for
his hoggishness without the slightest
indication that she had noticed or
heard him, said to the conductor:
Please, sir, eject that man. He has
been annoying and insulting me. as
these people will prove"
THAT is true" said another lady
who was q victim of this species of BIZ
peds.
So the garrulous hog was hustled
into the smoking car at rate which
showed that his battle SCARED feet
were well heeled, to the satisfaction of
all eyewitnesses
He had no sooner been lifted out of
his seat than the lady whom he had
been addressing ensconced herself in it.
And thus the human hog had after
all involuntarily given her his seat.
Diplomacy sometimes pays. New York
Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

= -I11-II .gHaI II13 Of otrIWD1FFIe1-
All herbalists agree In pronouncin0
Strawberries as wholesome and bene-
fetal beyond every other English fruit
Their smell IS refreshing to the spirits,
they abate fever and are diuretic and
gently laxative The leaves may be
used IN gargles for quinsies and sore
mouths The chemical constituents Of
the strawberry are peculiar volatile
aroma, sugar, mucilage. pectine. citric
and maIie acids in equal parts, woody
fiber and water. The fruit Is niuci-
Iaginous. somewhat tart and saccha-
rine. It is especially suitable In in
hammatory and putrid fevers, and for
catarrhal sore throats- -London Tit
Bits.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

The men who empty drains and
gather offal are learning to do it in a
highly clean intelligent way, using i'm
plements that make the work almost
agreeable, and rendering their trade an
important part of the system by which
the fertility of the earth is kept up.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

John London Macadam, the inyen-
tor Of the road that bears his name,
labored for years to perfect his ideas
and although the English parliament
voted him $50. 900 It hardly covered his
outlay His monument is the roads Of
England.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
when the Drum rallied to scare,

The cicada, by using a drum at the
base of the abdomen, produces re-
markable sound, sufficient to even
frighten off an enemy, yet l once saw a
big wasp bearing of big cicada larger
than itself, despite the sszeeing" and
drumming of the victim. st. Paul Dis
patch.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
PLANS FOR A CASINO ANDPIER.
Venice to be Reproduced on Small Scale
in Lake Michigan.

One OF the novel buildings at the expo
sition will be the Casino and pier The
Casino which will stand out in the lake
| 900 feet from the shore, is intended to
reproduce Venice On small scale In Lake
Michigan. Burlin gton & Whiuehouse of
Chicago have completed the design for this
structure, and the architecture is of course
of Venetian order.
The Casino will be built on piles and
connected with the shore by pier 50 feet
wide. The base dimentions of the Casino
will be 190x400 feet. The buildings will
consist of nine pavilions, two stories In
height, and, with the exception of the
central one, 50 feet above the surface of
the water. The center pavilion will be $50
feet high. There will be communication
between the nine pavilions both by gon-
dolas and bridges. Completely surround
ed By water this struCtu re, with It's its
feet of boats and numerous waterways. is
expected to have a decidedly Venetian ia
vor. Surrounding the center pavilion
will run a gallery 6ftf-six feet wide. The
pier connecting the Casino with the shore
will form a broad promen ade. At the
west end of the pier viii stand thirteen
columns designed by Sculptor st. Gaudens
to represent the thirteen original states
In front of the Casino will be a harbor for
small pleasure craft At night this bar
Dor will be lighted by incadeseent lamps
sunk beneath the surface of the water on
floats. The material Of the Casino viii be
of wosd and the wall win be covered with
staff striking combination of high
calorinys viii be effected. The contract
for the construction of the pier and
Casino has been let.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Money ana Matrimopy.

The commercial spirit of the times has
introduced considerations of money into
marriage, and has intensified that condi-
ton abroad. Worthy considerations as
these are, when kept within bounds. they
have new reached a point where they are
often too influential in determining choice.
Despite all interests, however, romantic
love sometimes seizes two creatures in a
whirlwind of passion and raises them to
the skies. In addition to the signal and
undeniable fact of the change mentioned,
is the other more potent, overruling and
perennial fact, which more largely than
any other influence determines marriage
and the increasing beauty of the female
sex. through the selection by men of those
most agreeable In person, to the neglect Of
others.
The love of beauy of the female sex by
the opposite sex is proved not only by
choice being more largely determined by
that than by any other element; it it
proved also by the sedulous care with which
men of civilized races guard their women
against the hardsEips which are prejudical
to beauty.
The men of the higher races have, from
the earliest times, followed beauty in the
other sex, and that sex has complacently
accepted the tribute of It's charms, as why
should it not Mems preference, there
fore, having n ways been for those indi-
viduals of the opposite sex whose beauty
was greatest, the result has manifested it
self not only in wooing and wedding, but
in the inheritance, in ever increasingly
greater degree, by female offspring of
those physical attributes which made the
mother attractive.
The dissonance produced by absence of
beauty-producing conditions, when the
forces just described are in allegiance, is
exhibited by the chara oteristics of strong
minded women. Sexual selection has
generally stood them aside from relation to
r1nStaritv
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
Timely Suggestions,

Prof. Cook recommends the following as
an effective wash for fruit treess. { pre-
vents egg laying and kills the new hatch
ed caterpillers as they begin to tunnel the
| trees. Take 100 pounds of caustlc potash,
one barrel of lime, one gallon OF crude
carbolic acid, two pounds of white arsenic
or London purple, which Is perhaps bet
ter and certainly. cheaper, and water
enough to mix 200 gallons of the wash.
This will be sufficient for 5000 trees.
Smaller quantities may be made In like
proportion. Apply the wash with a stiff
brush during summer, preferably early In
July.
Any one who has seen how greedly cows
will eat wheat chat from a ack should
know that i. contains much more nutrltlye
value than the common straw. The COW S
instinct is not deceived, and chemical an
lysis shows Ter to be right every time, The
chaff of wheat con ain. about ] per cent.
of nitrogen, and it is worth for feeding
nearly twice as mt IN as straw. towards
the time of matu ring the seed the plant
contracts all it ha' to psrfeetng the gram.
The chaff inclosi4g ii falls heir to more Oh
less of the food nat the seed cannot use.
In different Sc sons undoubtedly the value
of the chaff j .fers greatly. IL the plant
dries up So idenly as the seed natures,
more of the value is left in the chat.
When acoE's milk becomes thin and
blue, her es become unusually bright
and glass but sunken, and the muzzie
dry, it is me to suspect the presence of
tuburcules 5, disease which Is to b
feared is nore prevalent than is suspect
cd.
To pay 800 for good dairy bull is
very cheap investment. If any mac doubts
it let HIM go out and try to bay some good
half-bred heifers or COWS. He will find
them held at twice the size Of the native
stock. Twenty dollars each for Eve half
An OK or COW with soft. pliable skin and
with fine, silky hair viii feed much better
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
WHY HE KEPT QUIET.
He Wanted to be Saved From His Friend

He Wanted to be Saved From His Friends
why do l keep my proposed trip to
Europe so secret?' repeated a man whose
circle of friends is larger than common to
person who had asked him the question.
well, to tell the truth, because want
to escape being made d purchasing agent
for a dozen or two of people whom |
know. Whenever they learn that | am
about to go abroad they overwheIm me
with commissions of all kinds. One man
wants photograph of certain to yer of
the castle at Heidelberg; another wants a
peculiar kind of matchsafe which may be
bought at certain shop in Paris, still a
third is .nxious to have a few London
neckties. and others want umbrellas.
sticks, opera glasses, cigar holders, Jewels
or something else. It's a nuisance in
the first place to buy these thing, especially
as you are likely to be in hurry at times.
Then when you arrive back in New York
you are likely to have tronble with customs
officials, because your friends always ex-
pect you to get their articles duty free
Besides no one ever pays you in advance,
and yet you have to go around dunning
the people. To cap the climax, often buy
things that do not suit the people who
have asked the favor of you, and their dis
appointed looks or words make you feel
unpleasant, to say the least. Consequent
ly, having been through these experiences
several times, | now keep my departure as
secret as possible"
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

and leaves would suffice for its nOurish
ment, he accorded the newcomer a gra
cious reception. AS for the children, it
afforded them great enjoyment to watch
the stranger after she waA securely tied,
and when they heard that Service intend
ed to train her for race-hOrse, they
made him promise to let them ride be-
hind him
Yes, yes, if you are good children" re-
piled Service, who was already beginning
to consider himself quite hero. but
won't you be afraid 10 mount this strange
steed, Costar?"
Not ii l sit behind you and hold on
tight"
But remember how frightened you
We're when you rode the turtle"
But this is very different" replied Cos
tar. This animal won't take me into the
water
NO, but she might take you up into the
air" interposeu Dole.
After that both children remained silent
and thoughtful for some time.
As soon as they became comfortably es-
tablished in their new quarters Gordon
proposed that the duties Of each member
of the little party should be definitely
marked out, and above all, that the young
er children should not he left so much to
themselves. There was no doubt that each
one would be perfectly willing to labor fot
the common good in proportion to his
strength, but why could they not all con
tinue the course of study begun at the
Chairman School?
I'VE have some books which will enable
us to go on with our studies" remarked
Gordon, land it is only right that ouI
younger comrades should profit by all we
have learned or may learn"
Yes. " replied Brian, "if we should ever
succeed in getting away from this island
and making our way back to our friends,
let us show them that all our time has not
been wasted"
So il was agreed that course of study
should be marked out and scrupulOusly
followed, for when winter really set in
there would be many days when it would
be well-nigh impossible for the lads To set
foot out Of doors, and these might be
spent both pleasantly and protitably in
the way indicated. In the meantime,
that which caused the inmates of the
French Cave most annoyance was the
very limited dimensions of their one apart
ment, so means of supplying more ade
quate accommodations must be devised
without delay.
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24

Syrup" !

there IS something from Mr.. Frank
A. Hale, proprietor of the De VIA
House, Lewiston, and the Tontine
Hotel, Brunswick, Me. Hotel men
meet the world as it comes and goes,
and are not slow in sizing people
and things up for what they are
worth. He says that he has lost
father and several brothers and sis
sers from Pulmonary Consumption,
and is himself frequently troubled
with colds. and he
hereditary often coughs enough
to make him sick at
Consumptionhis stomach. When
ever he has taken a
cold of this kind he uses Boschee's
German Syrup, and it cures him
every tire. Here is a man who
knows the full danger of lung trou-
bleS, and would therefore be most
particular as to the medicine he used.
What is his opinion? Listen -
use nothing but Boschee's German
Syrup, and have advised, presume,
more than hundred different per
sons to take it. They agree with
me that 1t is the best cough syrup
III the market" %
Iowa County democrat. [volume] (Mineral Point, Wis.) 1877-1938, 1891-07-24
A FINE DOG STORY
He Acts as the Body Guard of Child he
saved from Drowning.
UarDer-s Young PeOule

in The year 1e7- the steamship SwAL
Low left the Cape Of Good Hope, bound
Tor England. 'for home'' the passengers,
all English. called it. Among them was
lady with child of two years and 4
nurse. The lady had also brought with her
a huge, handsome Newfoundland dog.
The voyage had lasted about sir days.
No land was visible, and the island Of St.
Helena would be the nearest point. The
day was beautiful one, with a soft breeze
blowing, and the sun shining down bright
~ on the sparkling waters. A large and
gay company of the passengers were as
sembled on the deck; merry groups Of young
men and girls had clustered together;
now and then laugh rang out, or some one
sang a gay little snatch CT song, when
suddenly the mirth Of all was silenced by
the loud and piercing scream of woman.
4 nurse who had been holding child in
her arms at the side of the vessel had lost
her hold Of the learning, restless little one,
and il lad fallen overheard into the sea-in-
to the great wide Atlantic Ocean. The
poor woman, IN her despair vauld have
flung herself after her charge mad not
strong arms held her back, But sooner
than can be written down, something
rushed past her; there was a leap over the
vessel side, splash into the waters, ano
then Nero's black bead appeared above