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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
sEn HIS MONEY AWAY.


The ',< . a PhyzIeian Who Was the
'te ooetors. IN jov;ai MOOD
8e' f' per- they Invariably tell stories
Il rave any time on their hands.
lag ''ezen Rochester physicians were
lee. .-'f'.epiariy happy and exultant
nays ago. They had passed
oe' nour ia making an exanina-
Ton g. '''e oouy OF man killed in an
A'''.|| ana were well pleased with
eie' '.'ef and the gentlemen who had
i''fH''''eA tneln with their scientific
a. a'i'.'.' '''enf' When they were through
ti.e'' a.'' .3tf tney adjourned to the office
o. 3+@ q tneir number and began tell
ine '''1'. experiences and "reminiscences
i1s| '3't o. exciting anputations and
exii' i1'''f'''iiig operations until it came
the 't'n q the oldest man present to
spe'. ineii such tale was unfolded
as 2''''sp1 'e''Fs to the eyes OF many
p'
1sr l Was young man. said
tne ''' pl'ys'c,an: II practiced IN a
Ve'' p CITY: Ihis was about thirty
yer ' ir was not great while
az mao my urss case that was
e. ''e any fp attend young man
s '''''T shared
neto- y,'pef my care the ieiio" soon'
ept "eii' Due cultivated ms acquaint-
anee TO serve certain ends that had
IN view
when came to know the young
mnn pretty well told him frankly that
! wanted His head You all know that
have always made brain disease
specially, and thought that the mans
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

The gentleman who was conductor
on the first car that ran over the Fifth
and Sixth street lines in the antebeIlum
days tells how the old time conductors
dad a Nonderfn' ctonhs 30 ''no1Ir
down. untramlneled as they were by
registers or bell punches. Finally n
new superintendent called all the con-
ductors before him, beginning with the
conductor of car No. l. Out of the
sixty odd conductors on the line about
one-fourth of them admitted that they
had been in the habit of taking the
company's money These honest rogues
were not discharged. but the three
fourths who never took a penny"
were not allowed to remain on the cars
another trip. PHILADELPHIA Record.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

DIR. E. Klein, the bacteriologist of
London. states that he inoculated two
cows upon the shoulders with the diph-
theritic virus The incubation was fol-
lowed by the occurrence of yesieles and
pustuIes upon their udders, and mi
crobes were found In their milk. Two
calves were inoculated with the matter
taken from the yesicIes and pustuIes,
and similar eruptions were produced
in them, followed by broncho- -pneumo-
MIA and fatty kidneys such as occurred
in the COWS. Two cats fed with the
milk from the cows sickened with feline
diphtEeria. 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
How starlisi Arc IlIlled.

1t has been stated that the oysters
deadly enemy. the starfish. has been
most successfully subdued in the Long
Island beds by putting down within its
reach an instrument very much like a
long handled house mop. AS soon as
touched by it the starfish invariably
grasps the strands. and can be cap
tured and destroyed by the thousand,
for it viii not let go until it has been
held out of water long enough to Sc
cure the impossibility of its RETURN
Joel Benton in brakes Magazine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
How n Sandwich MAN. Lived.

As touching instance of the suffer
ings of the poor. and the small sum on
which life can be supported when the
wages admit of nothing more luxurious,
make no apology for giving the diet
sheet of sandwich man, 1t was
published in the record of the London
City mission. He only earned seven
shillings week. and, acting on Mr.
Micawber's excellent advice and keep
ing well within his income, spent Gs
10d. His weeks food cost 2s 1-2d:
six days lodging, 2s; soap, 1 I'D;
washing. 4d; medicine, I'd; shaving,
Id, and. pair of boots or some other
article of clothing, 2s. His daily food
allowance OF lid was thus distrib-
uted; Dinner. Id; supper and break
fast, bread. lid; butter, Id; tea and
sugar, Id. Soon after the production
or this curious balance sheet he died
in Guys hospital He once earned ten
pounds National Review.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
70 ELEVATE THE MONKEYS.
A scheme for Producing an Arfstocracy
OF Intellect Among s1mians.

scheme Tor Producing Aristocr1cy
OF Intellect Among sfmians-
A man of large means. who resides in
Washington. has declared his intention.
privately. to devote 500. 600 to a very
original purpose. The idea is that no
satisfactory opportunity has ever been
afforded for the development of the in
tellect OF the brute Intelligence. like
bodily qualities, is susceptible of i'm
provement through breeding, as every
one knows who has thought about the
evolution OF the dog from the wolf by
artificial selection This rich man pro
poses that monkeys or apes shall be
taken assubiects for experiment. simply
because man understands those animals
better than he does others.
Let fifty OF them. half males and
half females. be placed in paddock
suitably provided with separate quar-
tiers for the sexes. Then have them
breed pair by pair. rs shall be directed
by those who superlntend. Some Of
them will develop certain abilities more
conspicuousIy than others For exam
pie. certain individuals viii exhibit n
superior understanding of the com
inands addressed to them or will show
'1.',li1, "a i''f handii,lf Of
objects. These Which appear stupid
are to be expelled from the colony.
their places being filed by fresh re-
cruits When n male and u female are
found who exhibit the same sort of
aptitude is any direction they are to be
mated. Tliis process. carried on for
generations would necessarily result in
the development of superior characters
until finally after the lapse or twenty
five years perhaps. there would almost
certainly be apes or monkeys far higher
in the scale Of reason than any known
up to the present time
These putative cousins Of the human
race have already exhibited n mental
and even mechanical capacity sufficient
to give ground for great hopes OF pos
sible development in point of intellect.
Chinpanzees have been Taught to bring
things TO The table. and the big Langur
baboon of India is commonly used in
that country today as a servant for
working the punkah fans, with which
flies are kept away from dinner tables.
Explorer Stanley las given an account
of apes which carry torches at night.
This is believed by scientists to be an
absurdity. because all the anthropoid
and simian tribes are too afraid of fire
to render such thing possible 1t is a
fact well known that gorillas, while
they will gather about a deserted camp
fire for the sake of warmth, will never
think of keeping the einbers alight by
a(ldirlp fual Navarfbafacr.. e,-e,,-x, I.,,<,l-a
on natural history relates many an in
stance Illustrative OF these creatures
thinking powers, and there is no ques-
tion that it could be greatly improved
by the process of judfcious breeding.
Even a pig can be taught to count up
to ten. Washington Evening Star.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
THE NEWPORT IlSsAs!TAAr.
How the Regular Citizen Enjoys Himself
After the season.

After the Season.
Once in awhile ON Newport street
one meets the winter people-those who
do not let their houses in summer nor
Hy away before the invaders. but bar
ricade themselves in their cory homes
as if the British held the town. They
walk out occasionally to get their native
air. and as they walk they glance with
grave interest and subdued curiosity at
the gay gadiiies about them. who turn
old familiar spots into a pandernoniu1n.
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
flash 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 eateways 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
stepIadder; when shopkeepers shall
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
How the treasury Il. t;uar.,.a.

The treasury watch is composed of
seventy veteran soldiers, who are cut
into three squads, dividing every twen-
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 unarIned during the day,
but at night carry 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 a 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 watchfulness was the
work of Secretary FoIger, who during
his term in Office lived in constant dread
of an attack ON the treasury.-Indian-
aDolis IorrnaI
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

A Georgia editor who is also jus.
tice of the peace granted quarreling
couple am absolute divorce. s'Mr.
Bailiff, he said, collect three dollars
out of the COUPLE 81 can't do it, ("
said the baIlif mournfuIly; they hain't
got cent" Then" said the edi-
torial Justice, fetch the ordinary before
me and make him issue a license, and
Ill marry the woman to the first man
who's got three dollars. This court
can't live on air. Step up lively, gem
tlemen nlp-Atlanta Constitution.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

Mrs. Candy Oh, Titus the baby has
swallowed "a hairpinl
Mr.. Canby-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. III 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 wiz quit eating hairpins and
come down to common grub like the
rest Of rs OF III know the reason why
you understand New York Epoch.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
she WAS DIPLOMATIC.
A Selfish and AnpoyinE Traveller InvoI-
UNFAIRLY Gives Up His Seat

n 1oAn>" ana annoying traveller lnvol-
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 we're standing in the aisle. Being
as young as ! look. unlike my neigh
Dor, gave up my seat
A garrulous. middle aged man who
occupied the outside seat next TO me,
seemingly stung by remorse and may
hap shame. but too selfish to give up
his seat. said to the lady who was stand
ing near him.
Madam. would gladly offer you
this seat. but ] really am much older
man than look "
Pause for a polite refusal Of that
which was not profTered But the lady
took no notice OF him.
Under ordinary circumstances / con-
tend that no man should retain his seat
and allow a lady to stand But you
would hardly believe that l am well
nigh on to sixty-one. would your Yet
such is the fact. People, particularly
passengers. otter take me to be no
more than forty at the most. and con
sequently think ought to give my seat
% 'ne 'nd'e' but fhat = ,eT misfor-
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.
Il feel confident that am old
enough to be your grandfather CON
tinued the willy talker, land 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 day to walk a mile, and /
know that under such circumstances
you will pardon my seeming impolite-
ness"
Still no recognition.
II fear lest 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. L felt that some explanation
was due you, and hasten to make it. .
The lady turned her head away.
believe me, assure you, that if
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
'sThat is true" said another lady
who was 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 heeIed, 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

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
aIedIelnaI ouaIltIs. OF strawbsrrls..

TT 11--11I1 u III1II7 p IlITTIII1
All herbzlists agree IN pronouncing
Strawberries as wholesome and bene-
fetal beyond every other English fruit.
Their smell IS refreshing to the spirits,
they abate fever and are diuretfc and
gently laxative. The leaves may be
used IN gargles for quinsies and sore
mouths The chemical constituents Of
the strawberry are a peculiar volatile
aroma, sugar, mucilage, pectine, citric
and maIie acids In equal parts, woody
fiber and water The fruit Is nluci-
Iaginous. somewhat tart and saccha-
rine- 1t is especially suitable In in
dammatory and putrid fevers, and for
catarrhal sore throats. s.-Lordon Tit
Bits.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23

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 ironical at
times and at others oily, had steel blue
eyes and a CLASSY stare and coal black
hair = Pittsburg Bulletin.
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 S3o. 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 drum at the
base of the abdomen, produces re-
markable sound, sufficient to even
frighten off an enemy. yet I once saw a
big wasp bearing off big cicada larger
than itself, despite the sszeeing" and
drumming of the victim. st. Paul Dis
patch
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-23
Too Good An or a sudden.

College PRESIDENTIAL the boys have
attended prayers regularly this week.
Professor-Not one has missed for
two weeks
President Humphl Some internal
mischief Is brewing. -Efood News.
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-24

Fractions OF less than 100 pounds must be
charged for at the rate per pound fixed for
100 pounds
No additional charge allowed where cot
ton passes over more than one road
On account of water competition roads
are authorized 10 charge q rate not less than
10 cents per 100 pounds on cotton from
Houston to Galveston
At all points where railroads intersect
or meet at the same town OF city from
which freight shall be carried to the same
point OF destination the longer line or lines
OF road may charge rates Of freight not
lower than that fixed for through freight on
the shortest line between Such points. with
out affecting the rates to be charged at in
termediate points on said longest line or
lines of road.
For the purpose Of COMPRISING. cotton
may be concentrated at any compress in the
direction in which it is 10 be shipped. but
where 1t IS shipped back out of the direc-
ton OF its destination for the purpose of
being compressed it must be compressed at
the nearest compress; provided, that it
shall not be lUCaIed away from any COM
press station where il is marketed to a com
press at another station for COMPRISING
In all cases cotton SO concentrated at L com
press for the purpose of COMPRISING must
pay the local rate from the point of ship
nlent TO the compress. When such cotton IS
compressed and reshipped the rate from the
point from which il was originally shipped
through to the point of destination shall ne
paid thereon, and the local rate from such
original point to the compress refunded to
the shipper: provided, that when cotton is
concentrated in an opposite direction from
its final destination only so much of the
local charge shall be refunded as is neces-
sary to make the rate from the point of con-
centration apply.
hereby certify that the above is true
4
with the rules governing the same. this day
adopted by the railroad commission of
Texas. Given under my hand and the seal
of the railroad commission of Texas at the
city of Austin tins the 22d day of August,
1891. j. j. ARTHUR, Secretary
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-24
FIRE AT CORSiCANA.
Good Work of the Fire Lads Saves the City
from Disastrous Confiagration.

uOOu w OrE OF the IRE iauS saves the city
from Il Disastrous Confiagration.
Suecial to the Gazette.
CoRSICANA. NAVARRO COUNTY, Tx Aug
22.-ThiS morning about , O'Clock the gem
eral alarm of fire was given, calling the de-
partment TO the corner of BcaLiOn and Col
lin streets, whore the building occupied by
K. Freedman Il Co, dry goods, and Stephen
Smith. groceries, was discovered in i'm
minent danger of entire destruction The
flames, however, were confined among the
dry goods stored On the second floor, but
the loss to the entire stock may be reckoned
as heavy on account of the damage sus-
tanned by water. Diligent work of the fire
men prevented j disastrous conhagration.
Il. Freedman & Co. incurred the heaviest
loss on stock, which was insured for $40
600, distributed as follows: German of
FreepOrt, H., $500; Germania of New
York, $500; tiremens fund of San Fran
cisco, 5000; IEtna of Hartford. $500: Lib
erty of New York, $500, and ST Paul,
German, $500.
Stephen Smith carried go, 900 on stock of
groceries in the Royal insurance company.
The building, owned by james Kerr, ST.,
was not damaged very much and is insured
for 5000 in the following companies: Geor-
gia Home. $500; German of F'reeport, $1,000:
Springfield, $3.50; North British and Mer-
ci.yiiie $1,000: Niagara. $1,000, and the Nor
wich Union, $1,000, on building and fixtures
The origin of the fire is unknown
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-24
Searching the Ruins Of New
York's Latest Calamity.
VICTIM AFTER VICTIM FOUND.
No Telling How Many Bodies Are in the Debris.
It MUS All be Moved.
Firemen Exploring the Ceilar-List of
Killed and Wounded as far as l,scer-
tained-Only Cause Assienable.
The Other Incidents


New YORK. Aug. 23.-At O'Clock when
the ruins OF the iiye-stOry building il Park
, Place had been cooled of and the flames
deadeued. Assistant Foreman VI. II. S.ayiu
and William Gerigcn. taking TWO lanterns
with them. managed To effect an entrance
through L small opening into the cellar
Working along with difficulty and in five
feet Of water, they made Is thorough an
exploration in the cellar and vaults under
the sidewalk As the chris would permit.
Among the overhanging timhars and iron
pipes they discovered ,wo boGIcs a few feet
from the Inc OF the buildings front The
bodies were those of mc,, and were more or
less burned. The made an effort 10 ger Al
them. but in then. attempt to tear away
some OF The Instructions they found that
such a course would result Ia briugiu" down
upon their own heads an immense amount
Of brick above, and possibly result in their
death
At O'Clock an observance Of the ruins
proved thai the fire WAS still burning IN the
rear part of the cellar. Michael Slaviu made
Il second descent into the cellar IN the
building al $50. When he rcdppeared he
reported seeing three bodies. bu. their po-
sitlon made il 4 dangerous thing TO remove
them.
Again, third time. with two 10 accom-
pauy him, Slaviu went down. The party
was gone ten minutes before rcappcariug
Then Slavin came up the ladder struggling
with d mangled body in his arms Upon
bricks and debris II was laid, and revealed
horrible sight In life the victim
had been man of thirtytive or forty
years. heavily built and standing probably
six feet. His features were fcarfuliy
maugled, one side OF the face being crushed
i'll by beam. His general appearance iudi-
Gated that he was German. His hair was
singed off and only an iron-gray mustache
remained. A considerable sum of money
was found on the body. \ tag with number
one on 1t WAS attached 20 the body by
Coroner Hanley, who proposes to number
each victim taken from the ruins from this
time out.
This body had hardly been disposed of
when strange sounds OF some one moaning
were heard coming from the ruins. Again
there was time of suspense while the fire
men again entered The cellar.
They again came up with big. black cat,
found lying on plank in the cellar.
TIP to i late hour nine bodies had been
dug out of the ruins
The list of killed are as follows:
Patrick SlatteTy, subway labOrcr
Annie Heagenry, three years old.
john Gibbs, seven years OLD.
An unknown woman chalred beyond rec
ignition.
William Berry, forty-tive years old, 4
carpenter. He had been married only five
months.
-Four other bodies. males, have not been
identified.
The list of injured, so far as known from
the hospital records, is as follows:
NJ T. Barnett. johnson City. Tenn.
William Smith. Brooklyn, thirty years,
wounded in the cheek and head.
John w. Wykoff, thirty-one years, wound
Fort Worth gazette. [volume] (Fort Worth, Tex.) 1891-1898, 1891-08-24
COTTON TARIFF.
Commodity Tariff No. 2 is
Promulgated.
A Is PER CENT. REDUCTION.
Which Amounts to an Average of Fifty Cents
on Zach Bale of Cotton Handled.
The Tariff More Favorable to the Rail
roads Than that at First Proposed,
and stu Higher Than in
other states.
Special 10 the Gazette.

AUSTIN, Ten, Aug. 23.--F'ollowing is
commodity tariff No. , on cotton, promul-
gated to-day by the railroad commission.
This tariff goes into effect September IA,
and effects an average reduction OF 80 cents
a bale on cotton, or about 10 per cent
from present rates. Owing to the vigorous
protests made by the traffic men when
cotton rate was proposed some weeks ago
making ii reduction of about - per cent.
this tariff is made more favorable TO them,
and is still higher than the cotton tariff IN
other states.