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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-16


The imperial troops have reached
Wenchow, China, and after several
skirmishes have driven the bandits
into the mountain recesses at last.
Many prisoners have suffered capi-
tai punishment, but the leaders are
still at large. Notwithstanding the
large rewards offered, no one seemed
to possess the requisite courage to
beard the lions in their dens- A
master of arms, however, voluu-
teercd to undertake the dangerod
task, and obtained a guard, OF sol
diers to assist him. Hiding by day
and moving at night, they steadily
moved on toward the robber
chiefs place of concealment. One
very dark and rainy night they
came to the cavern of the terrible
Yeh ST Lung, 4 redoubtable chief
tain stepped in crime and well known
70 be dead shot with rife and
revolver. The darkness surround
ing the entrance of the cavern was
favorable to the bold band, who lay
low and beat the ground with their
feet and hands, so as to tempt the
robber chief to fire at them. The
strategy was successful. The be-
sieged robber aimed at the spot
from which the sound proceeded
and loud walls followed, but they
were uttered only to delude him
into the belief that he sent one of
his foes into eternity. This device
was kept up until the robber, em-
boldened by his own imagined sue
cess, erept softly out of the rocky
hole. The moment he showed him.
self his rifle was knocked out Of his
hand aud the soldiers closed on him.
He attempted to draw his sword,
but the master of arms got him by
the waist and threw him down. He
has since been tried and will soon
be dceapitated. During the trial
he denied nothing, but boasted of
his exploits, only regretting that he
could not get chance before he
died of wreaking vengeance on his
captors.
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netecting chanees on Paper.

Some interesting researches on a
method of detecting changes ON written
documents have been communicated
to the Paris Academy of Medicine by
NJ. g. Bruylants 1t is shown that
when paper sized and calendered is
partially Inoistened. then, after drying,
subjected to the action of iodine yapor,
the parts which have been wet assume
a violet tint. while those which have
escaped water grow yellow OF brown.
The intensity of the coloration varies
with the time of exposure to the iodine.
Places where water has previously
fallen and dried may still be detected
after the paper is completely saturated
with water. the parts which were first
wet being turned an intense violet blue
by the iodine. while the other parts be-
come blue. Even rubbings, such as
those which are made by bread crumbs
and elude discovery by other methods,
are clearly brought out by iodine vaper,
and erased tracings of soft pencil are
made Iegible
The certainty of the results depends
much upon the quality OF the paper
and the elapse of time. irregular wet
ting or rubbing giving fainter differ
ence after three months or more than
when the Inanipulations are recent,
and the indications being less clear on
thinly sized paper. Boston Transcript.
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.painr. Paie.,ln..

A woman who has been to Europe
says an opportunity is never lost to
gibe the meteoric fight of the tour
ist-" She heard story of two young
men doing Palestine. They drove to
the pool of Bethesda They descended
from the carriage This said the
guide. .'is the pool of Bethesda"
.'Ah, commented one OF them. .'pool
of Bethesda Chalk 1t down. Gus.
we've seen the pool of Bethesda By
the way, guide. as he turned and
dived into the carriage. who was Be
thesda G. New York Times.
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This Is a FIoridn storr-

A farmer while COW hunting near
Sampson Lake saw a big flock of
buzzards, among which, judging
from the birds strange behavior,
something of interest must be going
on. The buzzards were gathered
around a large alligator, and one Of
them had got its foot fastened in
the carcass in some way and was
unable to free himself Finally bis
comrades bit the foot off, which
caused its ownert to scream piteously,
but released him. Upon examina
ton the farmer found that the
stomach of the carcass contained a
huge alligator turtle, which mad
been swallowed while the saurian
bad been alive. A hole just big
enough for the turtles head had
been made in the gators hide by
the birds, by which the turtle bad
been able to catch its unsuspecting
victim. Although crushed ont of
all shape by the gators teeth, the
turtle had lost nothing of the pug
nacity peculiar to its kind.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-16

Styling public dinner ssbanquet''
is something of mistake; that is, If
the use of the word banquet" is to add
more dignity to the occasion, or even
to be more uppish or bumptious or
"toplofty.D Banquet" from the
French and Spanish, means small
bench, little seat, and when spelled
banqueta means three legged stool
1t has reference to sitting while eating,
instead of taking refreshment in stand
up" fashion, as at one of our Wistar
parties or at free lunch counter The
truth is that banquet" is simply a
grandiose ambitious and
somewhat affected. " = PHILADELPHIA
Ledger.
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TerribIe rirht WIN ! Rear.

News reaches us just as we go to
press of a terrible fight to finish
last Saturday between a man and a
bear at the timber camp of Stetson
& Co, on Dugbone creek, this coun-
ty. Arnold Moore was cook at the
shanty and for some time had notic-
ed pilfering in the pantry but sup
posed tito be dogs. Saturday even
ing last he returned to the camp
after an absence of some hours, and
imagine his CONSERVATION to be met
right on the threshold by hugo
black bear. There was no time for
parley, or to dispute possession but
the fight began in earnest. Moore
had nothing for defense but long
keen bladed clasp knife, which he
opened and began what proved a
desperate fight, lasting over half an
hour, first the man and then the bear
on top. After a fearful struggle in
which Moore was literally torn and
bleeding from head to foot, be pierc-
ed the heart of the ugly brute with
his knife and the monster fell over
at his feet dead Moore was patch
ed mp, part of a finger and an ear
gone and deep wounds all over him.
The bear weighed 400 pounds when
dressed, and had over fifty knife
thrusts in his hide.-Lincol,. Citizen.
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That lovely brook. sec It
{ SlIil flashing the snn.
And she and arc children
Oqce more in Ellington.
A ud lfargio on the bank there.
I sce ~ she uscrl. to look
Those summer days when she played Will
me
& On tho borders Of the brook
What wonderful ships and shaiIops
tmafe for Margie then.
With leaves and grass for cargoes.
tnd sticks and straws for men
8 And what brave names we gave them
~Drlando," -tieorse-a-Creen."
s sir Gainhal. king pcllemoreu
Tie cid and ''sir caulinei''
we cared not much for trafic.
1ti our captains and our mates
Erought often the honeys OF IIybla.
.lnr Iunis figs and dates.
lsot when love called. or honor.
We sent our vessels out
IN aid Of all who needed fhcm
Hith many cheer and shout.
Ve wrote TO Robinson Crusoe.
7 hat we hoped. now Friday was gone.
He wnnld come straight over and see US.
With all his goat skins on:
And bring the poll parrot with him.
80 when they stepped on shore.
We should know them both and take then
home.
.>>'sftr 70 ,Faader more.
As the seslsoas changed. so We did
In spring we dreamed OF fame.
And ii summer OF autumn's riches.
And when October came
Ne stripped the yellow gold trees
And sent our illgot gain
IN caravcls to Andaluce.
Across the Spanish main
That lovely bronk. I know not
Just where IL comes from now,
But In those days II wandered
As MarEie could avow--
Right out from far Cipango.
And merrily ran on
Tiil it came to the fairy fields this side
The valley Of Avalon
IL heard In Sherwood forest
Brave Robins buglc calls,
And carried of the music
To dash il on the walls
OF the cily OF llanoa.
And could be seen afar
In cicarest air from Samarcand.
Ard near to canslahar.
Sometimes see the windings
OF that brook, as in dream.
while Il Eows away to the sunset:
Aud here and there the stream
Is touched with a light,so tender
That II seems TO my loving eyes
The course of beautiful human life
Ending in Paradise.
And plans and schemes are the vessels.
And hope Is the wind that blows.
And all good aims are the harbors,
And time Is the tide that flows.
And then again all changes.
And / see ourselves once more
Dear Margie and little boy
Playing along the shore
Henry Ames Blood in Youths Companion
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-AnElquIty of &c umbrella.

No one knows whether the umbrella
was originally used as defense against
rain or a screen from the sun, but Il
seems probable that the first umbrellas
were sunshades. In countries where
very little clothing is worn rain does
not make much difference. but the sun
is a power Why shouldn't the palm
leaf be the first sunshade, with its ribs
and handles to order7 1t hints at the
umbrella as well as the fan
Travellers among the Amos of Japan
often make temporary sunshades Of
gigantic dock leaves. which are some
times six feet high, large enough for an
account of Gulliver. The umbrella
has a very great antiquity. The word
itself means a little shadow" showing
that it was named for its protection
from the sun in this case. Horace says,
Among the military standards the sun
beholds an Egyptian canopy. Irish
Times
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-16

Pity never mends shattered por-
celain. Pity comes too late for
those who are awise in their own
conceit; for no spot on earth affords
such poor market for a good sug-
gestion as seIt-eoneeited head. If
young people will not listen to pa
rents or superiorss they must learn
wisdom from that hard hearted old
teaeher-stern experience. In the
management Of Gods great earthly
school there is always a rod in store
for the fools back, as well as a crown
for those who seek the wisdom that
cometh from above.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-16

When iron or steel is used in con-
structing ship the metal causes serious
arrangement of the compasses on
board Let the iron or steel be united
with little manganese and its mag
netic influence will be reduced to al
most nothing. although the metal has
gained strength rather than lost it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-16

One of the spryest old men In New
England is Nathaniel Dame, of Boston,
who was three years old when the cen
tury came in Singularly enough he
was In very poor health in his youth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-16

General Bfaury is the third distin-
guished Confederate officer to have a
desk In the war records Office in Wash
ington- The other two are General
Marcus Wright and General George
Field.
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A lie always carries a dagger in
its hand.
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Deep rivers run with silent
majesty
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-12-16
WEST VIRGINIA
UN SITY.

ONlVEnSI
THE HIEFLITERARY INSTITUTION
OF THE STATE.
NtneGeen Professors
And Teachers.
a Preparatory Department, A Classical
Course, 4 Scientific Course, A Law
School, 4 Civil and Mining En-
gineering School.
Agricultural and Mechanical Courses TO
be organized during the year 1S9l-2.
The Collegiate Departments Open to
Both Sexes.
Tuition Free to West Virginia
students. except that ice OF SS per
term IS charged in the Law School, The
average total expenses per year are from
Sl4e 70 500 exclusive of clothing and
travel Eight State Cadets are appoint
ed by ihe Regents Tor each Senatorial
Districl, who are furnished books and
stationery free. Send TO. Catalogue to
NJ TURNER, L. L. D.. Pres,
Jnnefo Morgantown. W. Va
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-08-11
An Island Belonging to No state.

Island No. "A. on the Mississippi, has
an owner, but belongs to no State, coun-
ty or township 1t appears that accord.
ing to the enactment whereby the States
of Arkansas and NJ ssissippi were Gre
hted, the river boundary of the former
extended to midstream, that of the lat
ter to midchanneL Herein is the diff
Guilty. A disspated freshet turned the
current against the Mississippi bank
and shifted the former place OF mid
channel many rods to the eastward, so
that the fortunate or unfortunate owner
found his possessions lying beyond both
the midriver point of Arkansas and the
midchannel line of VI IS s.ppi. Why
is not this an Eldorado for pr.ze-fght-
ers? Here no Lowry from Mississippi
nor Eagle from Arkansas could interfere.
But probably this fact would not be
pleasing to the average prize-fghter.
The interference of the police is often
times very acceptable incident Ii
aGves some thumps and bruises and
adds to the advertisement of the con-
templated sparring exhibition tour
Cincinnati Commercial Gazstte.
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Horace Greeley's simplicity,

A writer in the American Stationer
tells this characteristic anecdote Of
Horace Greeley: His keen intellect
rugged honesty, intense patriotism and
pure unselfish morality made him pow.
erful and influential leader, qualities
which were joined to nature 90 simple
and condding that the union seemed in.
congruous and led many to believe it an
affectation- This was unjust An ex.
ample of this characteristic came under
my notice during the fall of 1879 at .
private dinner in which Mr. Greeley
was also guest The talk turned upon
the issues of the campaign. and the
company sat charmed listeners to his
mastery arguments in defense Of his
course Presently the hostess passed
him plate of pineapple which, upon
perceiving what it was, he turned to
her, remarking, parenthetically: I can't
eat 'em, they give me the collie and at
once proceeded with his argument all
unconscious Of the smile his frank and
child-like avowal provoked. 1t was
this side Of his nature which furnished
an inexhaust.bl resource for the para
grapher and cartoonist and through
which his kindly nature was deeply
wounded, for he was really not aware Of
his own simplicity"
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NO END OF MARBLE.
Parts OF New England Overlooking With
the Valuable stone.

| Parts OF New England Overflowine With
| the Valuable stone.
| A poet dreamed he dwelt in marble
halls. but that isn't much of an aspira-
lion in this country. Here one walks
much of the me over marble pave
nents; of marble are the crosswalks IN
.he streets; the gutter streams after a
'ain, ripple over marble pebbles; if you
rink from the village street fountains
The water gurgles out of the gaping lips
Of an iron baby that is pinned TO a mar
BILE slab: the public hitching posts are
of marble; so also are the fences, gate
posts, curbings and foundation walls of
many dwellings,: and there is a white
CLEAN Of marble in the cloven lodges in
the distant blue mountains.
Marble is almost as cheap as dirt.
quite as cheap as any other stone, in
the Berkshire hills. From Southern
Berkshire at Great harrington north
ward to P.ttsfield the underpinning OF
the whole country is of marble, but all
Of it is not OF the best quality. for there
Is grain of iron in much of it, but in
some quarries 1t is as fine and pure as
any in the world
To very queer uses marble is applied
In this country. and a stranger in the
land, in whose preconceived opinion
marble is almost a precious stone, has
surprises continually 49,.
Trudging along the country roads he
sees ragged old barns supported on
walls Of marble that is almost fit for
pillars in palace or temple; hogs root
over acres Of marble lodges that here
and there crop out Of the surface earth;
fowls go to roost on marble percheS
and before five hundred ramshackle old
farm-houses are walls OF square marble
blocks almost as white as snow.
In the hotels the guest helps himself
TO matches out of a followed marble
safe. and to toothpicks out of marble
holder. Boys sling marble pebbles at
cattle in the fields and stray dogs in the
streets
Not many quarries have been opened
In the region as yet because the best
marble lies deep; but, since city wealth
and business enterprise have drifted
hither, 1t is matter of only few years
now before workmen will be burrowing
into the heart Of the towering hills in
search OF the white stone.-New England |
Magazine
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ADMINISTRATORS NOTICE.

Notice is hereby given. that letters OF
administration Of the estate of Martha E.
Steelman, deceased, were granted the un.
dersigned on the 9th day Of July, 1891, by
the probate court Of Pet,is county, Mis-
souri,. tt-
All persons having claims against said
estate are required to exhibit them for
allowance to the administrator, within one
year after the date OF said letters, or they
may be precluded from any benefit Of such
estate and if such claims be not exhib ted
within two years from the date of this
publication, they shall be forever barred.
This 18th day Of July, 1891.
JAMES 8. FORBES,
.-2Sw1t. Administrator.
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-08-11
THE CHERRY LAUGH.
70 Ceases to Be Melodious When 1t Issues
From Middie-Aged Larynx.

Trom Mid0ie-Ag ed LarynX.
There is no laughter so musical, meme
% innocent none so evidently spontane
Ces IS mat OF little children. Tine
grimmest misanthrope must admit II:
charm. As we grow older, though we
be still of hilarious tendencies, there is
no longer any music, or only of the
tongs and tin-kettle kind, in our cachin-
nations. Some of u.s.. and they, per.
haps, not the least genial, having real
lied how literally true is Schiller's
Ernst list das Leben," find difficulty
In getting out any vocal hilarity at all.
We may be laugh ing inwardly, but the
sound we are capable of eu itting is the
mere ghost of what we could compass in
earlier years Others, again, carry their
visibility with them into extreme old
age. lettering on the verge of their
final exit they yet laugh with the loud
est 1t is partly hereditary, this patri-
archal gdffaw, for laugh is sometimes
handed down from father to son, like
nose or sneeze. Carlyle mentions that
he himself enjoyed an Inheritance of
this nature, and this no doubt accounts
In great measure for his intolerance of
those to whom an audible expression of
Hhirth had been denied. Had he been
one whose utterances, cachinnatory and
other, were not habitually made with all
pedals down and all stops out, we should
belize have heard nothing of the moral
depravity and hopeless prospects of the
man who can not laugh. And the
laughter OF maturity, is it. after all, so
very lovable and grateful to the ear?
Mark attentiveiy the notes of merri-
ment as they issue from a middle-aged
|iarynx. Is it possible that this success
sion Of short barks, this alienation of
|gasps and wheezings really connotes an
|irrepressible gayety within? Are these
horrible distortions OF a responsible
|householder's features, in sober truth,
p sure sign that he is vastly amused? II |
20 1t be, then they, the fountain Of |
whose mirth is Theoretically sealed, are |
not wholly without consolation.
Nevertheless, it can not be denied |
that for getting on in the world, a
l9heery laugh is valuable ally. We are
pit to think well of. and to befriend, il
necessary, the man who never fails to
see the point of our witticisms, and
gives loud and hearty evidence of his
appreciation. A grave man is a bore; to
be tao turn and uniformly serious one
should have no need of the worlds good
opinion or assistance. To sit in a gay
company dumb dog, unable to say
good things ones self or to cackle, melo-
tiousiy or otherwise. at the good things
Of ones neighbors, is considered crime,
which no moral or intellectual virtues
an expiate -Gentleman's Magazine
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Who is there in this great metropo-
lis that isn't acquainted with some ono
named Smith? asks the New York
Times And yet there are not 30 many
q them as is generally believed. II
one were asked to guess the mum Der Of
Smiths in the city it would be quite
natural to place the figure as high as
10000 To be sure, the new directory
devotes thirty-five columns to the dis.
tinguished family, but there is only 9, :
s24 OF them. OF these lis are plain
John Smiths and Ice are John-with-an-
initial Smiths The Browns number l..
6Sa. and there are eighty Brownies
This is decrease of seven compared
with last year, when there we're eighty.
seven The decrease may be taken Is
an indication that the final Q Is going
cut Of fashion
The Sedalia weekly bazoo. [volume] (Sedalia, Mo.) 187?-1904, 1891-08-11
THE CRUCIFIxiON NAILS.
They Are Said to BE Part Of Very Ancient
Lombard Crown.

Hhey Are said to he Part Of a Very Ancieoe
Lombard Crown.
One of the most curious relics pre-
served in the Ashmolean Museum, at
Oxford, England, is a crown having Q
framework said to have been made Of
the nails that were driven through the
hands and feet of Jesus at Calvary.
The crown itself is embossed with
Jewels and gold, exhibiting close re-
sem blance to the enamelled work Of the
present day, Notwithstanding the fact
that its history can be traced back to
the time of the coronation of Agilufus,
King of Normandy. in the year SCI. As
noted in the foregoing. the portion Of
the crown which is of greatest tradi-
tional interest is the framework of iron,
about q of an inch broad and lilo of an
inch in thickness, attached to the inner
circumference of the jeweled super
structure. This iron band was made
from the identical nails, according to
Legendary report, used at the Crucifix-
ion; given By the Empress Helena
who, history says, was the discoverer of
the cross-to her son, Constantine the
Great, as miraculous protection from
the dangers of the battlefield
The priest who exh bits the crown to
curious visitors points out as perman-
emit miracle. the fact that there is not a
single speck Of rust upon the iron. al.
though it has now been exposed to the
dampness Of the atmosphere for more
than fifteen centuries The crown was
originally made for Asilulfus, King OF
the Lombards. under the supervision
of Thendelin his wife. who had
ALLEN heir to the sacred nails-St
Louis Republican.