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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-09-09
The diamond stopped IN. Tin.


A few months ago the barber who
has done my tonsorial work for the last
year surprised Inc by flashing before my
eyes n diamond scarfpin which he said
cost $50. Since then every day that
diamond has dazzled my eyes. Yester-
day missed the accustomed scintilla-
ton and noticed that the diamond pin
had been displaced by a modest gold
pin.
Where is your sparklerf' 1 inquired,
pointing to his scarf
'Oh, l left that at home today" " he
replied, land it will stay there here
after too. That pin has cost me twice
what paid for it,
''What made it SO costlyY'
my customers. Nearly one-half of
my earnings is derived from tips. but
since have worn that diamond have
noticed n great falling off in these gra-
tuities. Customers seem to hold that a
barber who can afford to wear diamonds
can get along we'll enough without
tips. have found out that it is not
n wise policy for a barber to dress ex-
travagantly or to display more jewelry
than the average customer wears. 1t
has cost me good round sum to learn
this lesson, but have learned it pretty
thoroughly. The jewelry hereafter will
be worn only after business hours and
when 1 am on dress parade. Chicago
Mail
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A cnrlou. chemIeal Anoma1r.

An astonishing result was reached by
DIR. Richardson, the English expert
physiologist, in some experiments ON
the respiration of animals confined in
pure oxygen In most cases a steady
flow of fresh oxygen rendered the ami
mails confined in it excited and feverish.
and none were quieted or made sleepy.
When, however, the oxygen, after hav.
ing been passed once through the cham
bers containing the animals, was col
lected, purified and again used, all the
warm blooded animals, such as dogs.
cats, guinea pigs. rabbits, etc, became
drowsy and fell quietly asleep; and,
when the gas was again used after an
other publication, the sleep became
deeper and some of the animals soon
died.
The oxygen appeared chemically
pure at each time of using, and the
cause of its remarkable change in eff
feet is as yet a mystery. Whether some
peculiar modification of oxygen takes
place during respiration, or whether
the toxic properties are due to some ac-
tive product of respiration which has
escaped detection in the inhaled gas. is
problem which will doubtless be
studied with much interest.-St. Louis
Republic
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ne PIcnsed tha Comno..-.

a curious story is told as to how the
Rothschilds supported Carafa, the COM
poser. The latter was far from ricIi.
His principal income was derived from
a snuff box. And this was the way OF
it: The snuff box was given to the
author of "La Prison d'Edimbourgh, +"
about thirty years ago, by Baron James
de Rothschild, as token of esteem.
Carafa sold it, twenty-four hours later,
for seventy-five napoleons to the same
jeweler from whom it had been bought.
This became known to Rothschild, who
gave it again to the musician on the fol-
lowing year. The next day it returned
to the jewelers.. This traffic continued
till the death of the banker, and longer
still, for his sons kept up the tradition,
to the great satisfaction of Carafa. San
Francisco Argonaut.
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When you dress a white hen for mar
ket or your table be careful to keep the
wings clean and unbroken. Sprinkle
the joints with little salt, that they
may dry and cure more perfectly, and
then cover the joint end of the wing
with a bright scrap of plush or velvet
to the depth of three inches.
1 made several of these dainty white
busters for Christmas presents, and
they were very pretty as well as useful.
1 feather stitched the blue plush that
covered the handle with old gold en-
broidery silk, making three bars
of stitching down the back of the
plush, finishing the duster with pretty
bow and long loop of blue or old gold
ribbon = Clarissa Potter In Good
Housekeeping.
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due to Near sirhtedne...

my social blunders," said a near
sighted woman recently, would fill a
book Not long ago at an evening re-
ception my hostess presented me to a
lady whom, having heard of before. I
was specially pleased to know. We
talked together some time, and then
drifted apart. Later, in another room.
i saw standing near me a guest whose
features I thought recognized, but
whose identity could not place. As
she was disengaged, approached her
in my blind way and said, Your face
is very familiar to me; where have /
met you beforeF Imagine my conster-
nation when she replied promptly and
with a justifiable curtness, Fifteen min
utes ago in the front drawing room. ,
She was my just acquired acquaint-
ance. Her Point OF View In New York
Times
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The RED NAN N POLITICS.


He Knows An the Tricks the White Man
Knows, and Possibly n Few More.
j. ID. Bradford is connected Will, the
Choctar Railway company, of the In
dian Territory. He was chatting with
a group of local politicians, and Colonel
Babcock remarked that Mr.. Bradford
was in a land blessed with no politics.
"You are wrong" exclaimed Mr..
Bradford. .'The cleyerest politicians
in the United States are in our terri
tory"
"Who are theyYr
ssThe Choctaw Indians have no EQUALS
in practical politics in any land in the
world, and j won't debar the state OF
Indiana either. You know the Choc-
taws have a governor elected by the
people, and a legislative body called
the Choctaw national Legislature. This
house holds regular sessions. and they
make laws, roll logs, establish rings.
and do everything else that politicians
can think of. When Governor Jones.
a young halfbreed, was elected gov
ernor we witnessed one of the greatest
campaigns ever fought When our
railroad pierced the coal mines of the
Choctaw nation several of the old red
men attempted to get possession OF
most of the mines and make us pay
dearly for the coal. They failed, and
have cried corporation ever since.
so when the gubernatorial candi.
dates began to show their hands Jones
took the high moral ground that he was
against our railroad and all those who
favored it. He went in the fight with
this sentiment as a watchword. and was
elected. But it was an exciting fight.
During the campaign If Jones wanted
to communicate with man fifty miles
away he would send man with verbal
messages. The other candidates fol.
lowed this example, and no written let
ters figured in the campaign. The day
before the voting Messiah story was
turned loose in the sections of the ma
ton where Jones was not popular. and
the people left to see the Messiah, thus
losing their votes.
''On this same day a number of lend.
ing Indians who were working against
the election of Jones were summoned
to Washington by bogus kilograms to
talk with the great father. And so II
went. Every conceivable trick was re.
sorted to. After Jones had been de
clared duly elected and had taken his
seat it was discovered that one precinct,
which gave him 125 majority, was in
habited by less than seventy-five peo-
pie. When it comes to counting votes
and political scheming the Choctaw In
dians will certainly get a place. will
back them against the world. Chi
cago Herald.
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Not n Musician.

One of Chicago's young men had
been calling on one of Chicago's young
ladies for a time. The young lady has
"a little brother. and few Sundays ago
the little brother and the admirer OF
the sister were left In each others 80
ciety. why don't you bring your vio-
lin with you some timer asked the
brother. Il have no violin. my little
man." said the admirer of the sister
"Pa thinks you have. 4" added the boy
what did ie sayr' asked the lover,
that shows lie thinks have a violin r.
Why" said the ever innocent youth,
II heard him tell ma that he guessed
you were tiddling around after some
money" The foregoing is true story.
the sequel to which is the lover has
ceased to fiddle. = Chicago Herald.
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SOCIAL DIFFERENCES INEVITABLE.
Or. j. N. BucIsIey Explains the Impossl-
MA 81 II......... I.......1I..-


Dr. j. II BueIsIey Explains the ImpossI-
bfIfty OF Human Equality.
Were a single family to be cast upon
the shore of a fertile but uninllabited
island. the struggle between man and
nature would begin at once They
might live TO the fun limit of human
life without once having the problems
of civil and social inequalities thrust
upon them Such terms as sseivil gov
ernment. rights of property" laws
of Inheritance private property,
capital and labor higher and lower
classes. y and the ideas FOR which they
stand. might never be known to them.
But rs the population increased, re-
strictions on the use of property and
government in some form would be
required. After few generations.
among the multitude varying degrees
of ability. physical and mental, would
be found. Social differences would
arise, and be perpetuated by dissimilar
environments.
That which would inevitably occur
on such an island manifests itself in
all parts Of the world. Customs and
laws difTer but wherever society exists
several general distinctions appear.
The poor, including not only paupers
and the INDECENT. but those who earn
barely enough 70 support them, and
whom the sickness of two or three DAYS
would TRANSFORMS into objects of char
ity, constitute in most countries an i'm
mense majority.
In the United States, owing to extent
of territory, fertility of soil, mineral re-
sources. timber, navigable rivers, sea
coast, variety of climate, isolation and
the need of development, the poor
have been less numerous than in the
Old World. but they are now increas-
ing more rapidly than heretofore.
At the other extreme are the rich.
the nero income of whose possessions
at current interest, with only the care
necessary TO snperintend their invest
ments, is sufficient to support them in
luxury, though many of them may CON
tinue in business for its pleasure and
power, or III the hope of adding to their
wealth Between these is the great
middle class, having ''neither riches
nor poverty" subdivided into those
who are hopefully pressing upward to
the envied station of the rich. and those
who, from inflrinity, losses, the rise of
new modes of transacting business to
which they cannot adapt themselves,
and misfortunes. are declining toward
poverty.
Intellectual gifts and acquisitions
make other distinctions In all ma
tions the number of the ignorant is far
greater than that of the learned, while
in the first powers of the globe a large
number are well informed.-Dr. ]. III.
Buckley in Harper's.
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der performed a feat that was simply
marvellous aud almost unparalleled.
The banks of the stream were high
and projecting. and scarcely eighty rods
below the river fell over a mass of lag
ged rocks that no one could hope to
pass over alive. while il would be i'm
possible to effect a lsndina when once
In the turbulent current
With that horde of raging beasts
close behind him, and the dangerous
river below. and fully twenty five feet
between its banks. the brave pioneer
was truly In most desperate situa-
tion. But. scarcely realizing his dan
ger, in his desperation and frenzy. he
galloped down the slope. and. putting
every effort Of his horses fast falling
strength In one mighty leap. landed
squareIy npon the other bank of the
river
The wolves were unable to check
their headlong speed. and many of
their number went over the bank and
were swept away, while the exhausted
steed sank trembling upon the ground.
Three hours later however, he
reached hls cabin In safety. and in a
few days had fully recovered from the
effects of that terrible ride for life
about the most extraordinary one in
the entire record of the west
Orders life was one of remarkable
adventures. and now. a man of superior
endurance. although nearly sixty years
Of age. he resides at Moose lake, Mimi,
where his life is still stirring and
eventful one. - Yankee Blade.
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srodssty a Question OF Georra,,v,

I walk along the stream and amuse
myself by taking note of the bathers.
They see nothing wrong In their ac-
tions, and note there is nothing really
immodest, bold or indecent about them.
They think nothing wrong in families
and friends bathing together, and,
after all, have again forced upon me
the feeling that modesty and immodesty
are matters of custom and fashion. and
am reminded of a little maiden in
Egypt who, upon seeing me approach.
covered her face with her skirt that she
might modestly hide it from the eyes of
a man The Japanese are in many
ways more modest than we are They
are in most things more polite and re-
lined. Still, until lately, the sexes
bathed there together in the very capt.
tai itself.-Mexican Cor. st. Louis
Globe Democrat.
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climate ANA veraeitr.

1t never occurs to us to expect verac-
ity in Egypt nor in any part of Africa.
We should never think of saying that
an inhabitant of Malta was untruthful:
we should simply say that he was a
Maltese. The name Levantine carries
with it the same idea The Levantine.
the African, the Oriental habit of indi-
rection is sometimes explained by the
amiability of the people, their desire to
say that which will be agreeable.
Whereas the Engiishman prides him
self on his blunt honesty and on speak
ing the truth, especially If it is disagree
able.
But plant the Epglishmans or any
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-09-09
cape cod 1. pI.anpearinr.

There isn't the least doubt but that
Cape Ced is gradually being eaten up
by the greedy ocean Less than 100
years ago a lighthouse was placed on
the headland by the government. The
original deed calls for plat OF ten
acres in extent. At the present time
the inclosure embraces hardly six acres.
On point just north Of the marine
stations at Highland light the face of
the bluff has moved In nearly $50 feet
in the last seven years. At this rate il
is only question Of time when Cape
Cod will be a thing of the past. st
Louis Republic
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When Fruit. Grow.

A German man of science CDR.
Krauss, of Halle) has been making
some studies among fruit trees. He
says that they sleep during the day and
do their growing by night The fruit
of the cherry, for example, increased
nine times as fast in size during the
night as in the day. Apples, however,
are not quite so lazy during the day, for
their rate of growth was found to be
so per cent. during the night and 20
per cent. by day-that is to say, they
grow four times as much by night as
by day.-St. Louis Republic.
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an AcRoeATIc FAILURE.
he Dtved Backward to show on Besor,
his Fellows. but Does So No More.

He Dtved backward TO Show on Before
HIS Fellows. but Docs So No More
One afternoon Lou Preston was in
the middle of story when we reached
the swimming hole. He was always
telling stories in the slow, drawing tone
natural to him, and as the boys listened
eagerly you may be sure they were in
terested. Boys are no fiatterers in word
or deed, and if they pay attention it is
certain that your story is liked
What he was telling that day was a
little above me, as we say, and while
the older boys delayed to hear the last
of it got ready. wet my head first ito
prevent rush of blood, . according TO
tradition, and then jumped in.
As was unnoticed took the chance
to learn to dive backward This did
successfully several times, and when
LOUIS story was finished had a new
feat to execute for my own glory and
the delectation of my friends
Look here, boysi" cried Look
here Charliei look herel Awi wait a
minute and watch me-" 1 got their at
tention at last. and braced myself for
a triumphant exhibition of my great
act
have described the swimming hole
as a place at one side of the stream,
worn deep by the current Above and
below and at the further side the wa
ter was shallow. The near side of this
hole was perpendicular, and the hole
was said to be twenty feet deep. This
was just the place to dive.
That day, as the stream was high, its
ripping surface overfiowed the bank,
the top of which formed a ledge sew
eral inches wide under water before the
true rim of the hole was reached.
In my successful attempts to dive
backward had stood on this ledge,
with my feet under water and my heels
at the rim of the hole, and turned a
back somersault. But now, having
drawn all eyes to me, in my haste to
act before their notice was distracted
and in the furry of public perform
ance, 1 set my heels at the margin of
the overfiowing water, my feet be-
ing on dry land, and forget the ledge
hidden by the water between me and
the rim of the hole.
Over / went and down came head
first on the ledse.4 1 heard my neck
bones crunch under the weight of my
body, and Topped over sidewise, limp
and for a moment helpless, into the
stream.
AS rose and the water gushed out
of my ears, heard from the bank a
shout of wild laughter from the specta-
tors of my great diving feat. The boys
said afterward that had they known
my neck was broken they could not
have helped laughing. AS they did not
know it was not broken and had every
reason to think it was, believed them.
1 had enough sense left to strike out
feebly for the next shore. My neck
was bent over to one side and could
not straighted it. I swan till my hands
touched the gravel bottom, and drag
ging myself into three inches of water
lay like piece of driftwood on the
beach.
My strength began to return after a
little, and as the other boys kept up
their laughter my recovery was has
tened by indignation.
After that, when 1 dived, it was in
the good, old fashioned way, face fore
most.-St. Nicholas.
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A bible Legend of the Panther.

One of the oldest tales in the ''Bes-
tiaries," or stories of Bible animals
written by the monks, is the legend of
the panther. ''The panther" so the
homily runs, sis the most beautiful of
all beasts. More than this, when it
goes abroad it diffuses a marvellous
sweet perfume. This odor Is SO sweet
that all the other beasts and birds fol-
low the panther wherever it goes.
Wherefore the panther is type of vir-
tue" Perhaps the old monks who
borrowed and embellished this story
had heard of and misunderstood the
strong love of sweet scents which the
panther and its relations, the lions and
leopards. often show.-Spectator.
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ReaIIsm In cine Pulpit.

Barlette, the celebrated preacher of
the Fifteenth century, employed a
peculiar means of effect for enriching
the church. You ask of me, dearest
brothers," he said, show you may at
tain to heaven; this the very bells of
the monastery will tell you, by giving,
dando, dando. dando," in uttering
which he initiated the sound of bells
st. Louis Globe-Democrat.
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barley Rree.

The National Observer Qondon) tells
of French wine manufacturer who
has discovered that the vinous bouquet
Is a matter not of original constituents,
but of fermenting agents, and who has
succeeded in making delicious vintages,
both red and white, to say nothing of
irresistible brandies, out of barley. with
out so much as a suspicion of grape
juice in them The consumers of these
beverages keep up bygone traditions
by still speaking knowingly of vintages
and bouquets and Gromas and styles
and so on
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-09-09

ss.an whose inorai noer IS naroeneu oy
a frigid climate, in Egypt. and how
long will he continue TO speak the
TRUTH How is it about the northern
travellers in Africa, WHO never agree
with each other about anything. and
habitually accuse each other of inisrep-
resentationf Is this due to climate or
to the contagion of bad moral exam
pie in an atmosphere of dupIicityl-
Charles Dudley Warner In Hsrper's.
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Mrs. De style-The expressman has
come with my box of Worth dresses.
Tell pa to go down and pay him.
Little Son-Pa can't go down now.
He's sewing a patch on his pants.
Good News.
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Both for scientific and for industrial
purposes standard of color has long
been desired, and in order to attempt
a solution of the question the Society
of Arts is investigating the subject
through committee.
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Dancing Master-I understand you
want this young gentleman here taught
how to enter drawing room, eh7
Paterfarnilias Gather of two popular
debutantes)-Yes-and when to leave
it.-HaFper's Bazar.
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Trespass Notice.

A LII persons are hereby warned not to en-
"a ter upon or trespass upon my lands in
Clendenin District, by passing over, hunting,
fishing, nutting, berrying, OF In other man
ner whatever. under penalty of the law un-
less nrst obtaining my permission.
april ls,-l-y,-Pd $. w. Moore.
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THE WEST VIRGINIA
Real Estate Agency,
POINT PLEASANT, W. VA.

DUYs AND SELLS REAL ESTATE
ID in Mason and other Counties in
West Virginia. Has on hand large and
small tracts in good locality, in quantity
and upon terms to suit buyer. All per-
sons desiring homes in West Virginia
are invited to call and see us, or cores
pond with MS by letter addressed to the
General Manager. 6-Timber, Coal,
and Farm Lands for sale. We also So
licit correspondence from all persons de-
string to make sale of lands.
CHAS. E. HOGG,
General Manager and Agency's Atty.
Point Pleasant, w. Va. Gjune 26-w.
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NOTICE.

a Ill persons are hereby warned against
n trespaSsing upon my lands In Hannah
District, in any manner whatever, under the
penalty of the law, will prosecute any
one who enters upon my lands, without my
Inne ion EMILY MOORE.
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Wood worms CAME stand nenz,ne.

Wood worms can be destroyed in
books and woodwork by benzine.
Books are locked up in cupboard
with saucer of benzine. The insects,
as well as their Iarye and eggs, soon
die off Furniture and carvings are
similarly placed in room with dish
of benzine and kept closed up for sew
eral weeks, the time required for the
complete destruction of the insects va
rying according 10 the thickness of the
wood. New woodwork can be protect
ed against their entry by a coating of
glue, as, living on vegetable substances,
they do not touch animal products
New York Journal
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A DruerIst.s custom.r..

Retail druggists have two classes Of
patrons whose patronage does not help
swell the profits of the business, and
yet these patrons are very numerous.
They are the people who ask, May 1
look at your city directoryl' and .sWnI
you please sell me a postage stampT'
All drug store proprietors are slaves to
the custom of keeping city directory
for public use, and but few of them
can give any good reason why they
should do so any more than retail
groceB or the keepers of cigar shops.
But the relentless slot machine has IN
terposed between the apothecary's
profitless good nature and the postage
stamp and city directory patrons. An
automatic clasp is now attached to the
city directory, with this businesslike in
scription across its face, Drop one
cent in the slot and It will open, ~ and
in many drug stores will be found
neat little case inscribed, Drop In
nickel for two two-centpostaee stamna.n