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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06
Antlnnitr of the Annle.

Even the 2.nn0 kinds of apples now
recognized make n tritiing list compared
to the apples OF the past No one
knows where the apple was originally
Indigenous II is. common with garden
authors TO write that sby the skill of
the pomoiogist the delicious apple has
been developed from tile wild crab. :"
1t is just as likely. teom American ex
perience. that thc.atid crab of the Old
World Is the degenerate escape from
cultivated trees We know that tile
ancient Greeks cultivated it, but as the
root Of the word is the same in all, even
the most barbaric tongues. there is lit
tie doubt Of II being cultivated long
before the dawn of modern civiliza
ton.
Remains OF what must have been
very fine specimens OF apples are found
in the Innd under spots where the lake
dwellers of Switzerland had their cab
ins long before it was safe for human
beings TO fonnd towns and villages on
land That it Travelled with the white
man from his early Asiatic home is
much nore IilSely. than that nature.
unaided by man. spread il all over the
woods and wilds of Northern Europe.
-Thomas Meehan in Philadelphia
Ledger
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06
Men who Have travelled.

In the matter of mere distance GOV
cred the records Of the worlds famous
travellers do not make much of show
beside those of some railroad men An
OLD railroad man named Layton. now a
sleeping car superintendent at Indian
apolis. has kept record OF his jour
neyings since 1868. and the total is g.
3SS, 24G miles Conductor s. G. Boone,
late OF the Reading, has covered 2.647,-
600 miles. and another Reading con-
ductor has ridden something over l, 597,-
200 miles Even these figures would
probably be far surpassed by the records
of some of the old captains of the ocean
steamships. New York Sun.
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just the Same.

An old negro who describes himself
as mos er hundred, = is devotedly at
tached to the people who once owned
him. and with whom lie still lives. He
declares that he may be free, but that
nothing can shake his belief that. in
some way. he does belong to his be-
loved mistress Though she has mar
ried and brought up children of lier
own. she ia still Miss Carrie in his
eyes, and one of lis pet theories is that
she looks exactly as she did years ago,
when size and her little bondman were
children together
One day he was looking on at a
dance. and declared proudly to one of
the younger members of the family:
Miss Carrie could dance better than
that when she was young. -
DO you remember how she looked
at a ballf some one asked.
soh. yes. honey" he said. Miss
Carrie looked ies' as pretty as rose;
she WIS jes beautiful"
We'll. isn't she beautiful now7'
',Go long. honey. can 20 see how
20 mar loolSsG She looks jes' lax she
always did ~ New Orleans Picayune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06

How fenels Go Through ,l.e Suck Canal.
The average time Of transit OF the
1qez canal BY day IS twenty four hours:
BY night with electric lights it is nine
teen hours. and has been done in if
teen hours. In order to navigate by
night a vessel must light the way by
carrying an electric protector at her
bow as close to the water as possible.
and pay the closest attention to the
orders from the passing stations or
cares Three white lights shown YER
tically Indicate slow down. then the
display OF two white lights is the order
to Stop and haul into the care. The
Steamer presently lauls in. makes fast.
puts out al lights and lies snug in her
berth alongside the desert. while the
oneoming vessel. looking like loco
motive at aight. passes by. One white
light Rom the care and lines are let 20.
apd the Journey continued until Suez
Is reached. Lieutenant Ridgeiy Hunt
in Scribners.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06
The romato Net very old.

The tomato got no such early start
in the world rs did its homespun cousin.
the potato To be sure. it was carried
to England in 1896. but never thought
of as being eatable then. and was Guilt.
waited only for its ornamental appear
ance and / ,ssibly for medicinal pur
poses Both there and on the Cont.
nent it was known as the love apple.
the name which it still bears in France
and Italy Old John Parkinson tells
us in his quaint way. as early as 1929.
In hot countries. where they natural
Iy grove. they are much eaten of the
people to cool and quench the heate
and thirst OF their hot stomaches. y
Yet it is only within fifty years that
they have come into general use.-Bos-
ton Transcript.
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The Judgment OF solomon.

Little boys who are foolish enough
to steal pears that are unripe win do
well tie avoid orchards that are under
the magisteriul jurisdiction of the West
London police court. Probably by
this time George Webbing and John
Sullivan have rued the day when they
trespassed on the grounds of Mr. Rich
ard Hyde. Hammersmith solicitor.
for the purpose OF robbing the proprie
tor of his immature fruit, for, instead
of ordering them to be whipped, Mr.
Partridge inflicted upon them the Sc
verer punishment of requiring each of
the Juvenile offenders to eat that which
he had plucked. II hope they will
make your stomachs ache" observed
the magistrate. whereupon the boys de
molishcd the stolen pears with self
abnegation that was positively heroic.
Whether the result justified the exper;
ment time alone can show. Meanwhile.
the lads have been rernanded to the
workliouse. london Telegraph.
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rhe usefal coeeanut shell.

The cocoanut shell. after being dried
and scraped. forms the Indian hookah,
which is used by all classes for smoking
tobacco. In Malaysia. the shell, under
the name OF parut, is used for chill
dren's games 1t is taken between the
two feet and sent as far backward as
possible by a twist of the foot. The
cocoanut shell also furnishes drinking
goblets, which carved exteriorly and
mounted in silver are great orna-
ment. Small articles. as baskets.
ladies. spoons and other such domestic
articles, are made of it. Beads for
rcsarles are also turned from the shell.
: C,nnrnhers' Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06

Louisiana and Ohio are noted local.
ties for petrified trees. In the former
state. several years ago. in turning up
the ground an ancient forest was un
earthed, and in succession two Others
below the first. Scientists, judging
from the state of the trees, say that at
least 90, 600 years elapsed between the
growth of the first and the last forest.
In some parts Of the island Of ANTIGUA,
one Of the British leeward group, there
are some remarkable examples Of stone
forests. In Van Dieman's Land similar
forests are known to exist. Some OF
these are only partly silicified, while
others are changed to chalcedony hard
enough to cut glass. st Louis Re
public.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06
Heavy RainfalIs.

In England the discharge of water in
sheets from the clouds is not unknown,
though much more seldom seen than
on the Continent, During storm at
Odessa one June some twenty-five
years ago three inches of rain fell in
less than an hour Many of the sew
ers were burst. the streets converted
into glens. and in the suburbs eighty
seven houses totally destroyed This
was mild. however, compared with the
thirty inches which fell in Genoa with
in twentyfour hours, or the twenty
nine inches which flooded Joyeuse. in
France within twenty four hours. On
the other hand, we hear of AmbukoI.
in Nubia, where rain fell only five
times in the years 1923 and 1924, and
of Talta, on the Indus, which had not
a drop for three ears.-London Tit
Bits.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06
Character in a chance Phrase.

You see. my friends. what immense
conclusions touching our lives, our
fortunes and our sacred honor may be
reached by means of very Insignificant
premises. This is eminently true of
manners and forms of speech. A move
ment or a phrase often tells you all you
want to know about a person. Thus
'How's your healthT' commonly pro
nounced ''haaltli"l instead of How do
you dor" or .How are your Or call
ing your little dark entry ,,halI- and
your old. rickety one horse wagon a
"kerridge." Or telling person who
has been trying to please you that he
has given you pretty good ''sahtisfahc
ton Or saying that you remember
of" such thing. or that you have been
''stoppinr at Deacon Somebody's-and
other such expressions.
One of my friends had a little marble
statuette of Cupid in the parlor of his
country house-bow, arrows, wings and
all complete. A visitor, indigenous to
the region. looking pensively at the
figure, asked the lady of the house iii
that was a statoo OF her deceased in
fanta' What delicious, though some
what voluminous. biography, social.
educational and aesthetic, is that brief
questionl-Oliver Wendell Holmes.
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a waterloo Hero.

A farmhouse with an orchard sur
rounded by a thick hedge, formed a
most important point in the British
position at Waterloo. and was ordered
to be held against the enemy at any
sacrifice. The hottest of the battle
ragged around this point. but tie Eng
lisll behaved well and beat back the
French again and again.
AT last the formers powder and ball
were found to be running short; at the
same time the hedges surrounding the
orchard took fire A messenger was
sent to the rear for more powder and
ball. and in a short time two loaded
wagons came galloping down to the
farmhouse. the gallant defenders of
which were keeping up scanty fire
through the flames which surrounded
the post.
The driver of the first wagon spurred
his struggling horses through the burn
ing heat, but the flames rose fiercely
around and caught the powder, which
exploded, sending rider. horses and
wagon in fragments through the air.
For one instant the driver of the second
wagon paused, appalled, by his com
rade's fate; the next, observing that
the flames. beaten back for moment
by the explosion, afforded him one
desperate chance. he sent his horses at
the smoldering breach, and amid the
cheers of the garrison landed his cargo
safely within New York Recorder.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06

The local Inflammation from which
the ez- emperor Of brazil has been sui
leilng was A.,t aefuaIIy eaIiesenoiIS.
but Threatened TO becotue so. This
chronic m;.lady is one that generally
leads TO death from some such accident.
Queen Charlotte. that most prim and
exacting of royal l;rlies ON Insignificant
and irkSoIne points of etiquette. was
carried away al ripe old age by
gangrene arising from clunisiIy darned
stocking wonnding her heel when she
was staying nj Bath Lonis XVIII
died from gsngrene foot. tile direct
consequence of its having been bitten
by a Norfolk Howard. but Indirectly
brought ON by his not having walked
for years and continuing to indulge. as
when young man. in the pleasures OF
the table lie used to hold his levees
and drawing rooms seated in bath
chair
Louis XIV. who also played a good
knife and fork until his last illness, was
carried of by gangrenous affection.
and SO was Henry Will Cliarcot twice
before pulled Dom Pedro through dan
gerous illnesses When he was attacked
with pneumonia he allowed no food to
the august patient, and prevented waste
of tissue by subcutaneous injections OF
caffeine. The late empress of Brazil
had almost killed him by insisting on
feeding = London Truth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06

The patient joke of the doctors win
never, never go out of use.
A young Detroit physician who
opened an Office a year or so ago, was
up in the northern part of the state on
a fishing trip. One day young lady.
who had watched him for an hour or
more waiting for bite, laid down her
hook and softly crept up near him.
What lots of patience you have, /"
she said to him in little whisper that
the fish couldn't catch.
ssYes. +" he answered promptly and
with tinge of sadness. s'up here.p
She didn't understand for a minute.
and when she did she lirnped slowly
back to her hook--De Detroit Free Press,
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nIIsea RACE. IN south Afrlea.

There is probably not civilized roof
In South Africa which covers people of
only one nationality; as rule, they
are of three or four. We take a typical
Cape household before us at the mo
ment; the father is English, the mother
half Dutch and half French Huguenot
with French name, the children sharing
three nationalities; the goyerness is a
Scotchwonan, the cook a Zulu, the
housemaid half Hottentot and half
Dutch, the kitchen girl half Dutch and
half slave, the stable boy Kafir, and
the little girl who waits at table Ba
suto.
This household is a type of thou
sands of others to be found everywhere
throughout Africa If a homely and
crude illustration may be allowed, the
people of South Africa resemble the in.
gradients of pudding when they are
in the process of being stirred together
in basin-plums, eggs, wine, Hour
and water To hope to resort them Is
vain; for good or for evil, the mixture
is made; they have so permeated each
others substance that again to resort
them is impossible, however much we
may wish It. -Fortnightly Review.
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OVER 1000 YEARS OLD.


The Sacred 10 Tree Found In the Cifv
Of Anurutlhapura. Ceylon-
we reash the upperInost of three
successive terraces of masonry. which
is crowned by the multiple trunk Of d
venerable tree The several divisions
of this tree are feeble. gnarled and
bent. The leaves lack the fresh yer
dancy of a vigorous growth and plainly
show the yeIlowish paIlor Of decrep-
itude- The soil that noarishes its roots
is well nigh saturated with the oil of its
anointment; yet, bent with age. this
patriarch spreads its protecting arms
over the jaded devotees while they de.
post beneath it and around il their
offerings of cocoanut oil. palm blossom,
chainpac flowers and the bloom of the
temple tree (frangipanD
Then their eager gaze is turned up
ward to the branches, they crave a
single leaf. but none would dare pluck
it from the tree; it must fi,n in full
maturity to yield its maximum Of merit.
a passing breeze sways the branches.
the leaves rlsIIet the watchers gaze
llIol1 ~ s.e1LrIl|| y. = ,fiII .rtA |.I.'1tI
is separated from its branch and comes
sailing down
There is no whoop of exultation, no
tritiing smile, but instead, deter
mined sally. a pious scramble. a col.
lision of jealous hands and heads. aud
the solitary leaf is borne away in the
happy bosom of the successful compe-
titor The prizes Were few and the
competitors We're many, so could only
hope to secure one by remaining till
the pilgrims, at nightfall. had turned
their steps holneward; but even then
robed priests remained TO guard this
holy of HOLES
As II. however, to reward my pa
thence, two leaves fell at my feet. where
upon, well satisfied, turned away from
n tree that is enshrined in the hearts of
four hundred millions of the human
family, and which is, in all probability.
the oldest historical tree in the world
and when | tell the reader that IT has
been dropping its consecrated leaves
into the outstretched hands OF pilgrims
for 2.130 years. he will, trust, pardon
a desire on my part to carry away a
memorial James Ricalton in Serb
ner's.
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1Iodern conrenI.nce..

Hotel Guest Sunday morning. -rd
like Sunday paper, but I'm stranger
here and don't know which paper is the
best.
Newsstand Man-Had your breakfast
mo-
Ordered itr'
sNo.n
'tWelI, you'd better take this paper;
three supplements, twenty four pages.
II the waiter is spry he'll get your order
flled before you're through reading
Good News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06

The Red seed of the Abrus PrecatorIus.
The small shining red seeds of Abrus
precatorius are largely used by the In
dian goldsIniths as weights, each weigh
ing about LIS grains. 1t Is stated that
the famous Koh-i-nur diamond was
first weighed By the rati, word which
by some authors is supposed to have
given origin to the Jewellers carat.
from the Arabic kirat. The carat Is
the twenty fourth part of an ounce, or
3 f-6 troy grains; this approximately
would be equal to two Of these seeds.
They are sometimes called crabs
eyes, from a fancied resemblance to
those objects: and in the West Indies
are known as iequfrfty seeds, being ex-
tensiyely used for necklaces, ornaments
for the ears, and to decorate small
boxes, baskets, etc. Strung as neck
laees, they are considered teethine
remedies for young children. The fact
OF these being used as rosaries doubt
less suggested the specific name Of
.'precatorius. &c Chambers journal.
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NO. 81


Mighty onser Thinrs NJ rIins.-
The ostrich is not n bird TINT can h,
easily brought M in the ,rar that =
should go. It has no mowers 81 5;--
elimination. because God l,ath de-
prived her of wisdom. neither b,d he
Impaired to her underzfandinos-ss
runs the description of the ostrich in
the book Of Job. It cannot discrirn-
mate between wire fence and the
open camp. between friends and foe.
or between what is helnfnl and what
is hurtfal to the digestion, n was o,g-
inc to its want of understanding II, fl,;s
last respect. and TO an eounl unnf of
discrimination on the mart Of he P,,t-
ish public. that it has been found inn
possible to keep ostriches alive in the
geological gardens in London.
A public accustomed to slip its PEN
MES into automatic machines could not
refrain from the temptation offered bv
the omniverous throat Of al, ostrich.
and dlIed them no with noiso|.ots con.
per AZ Il IntI were 50 many ,,iIs..|..I...''.
boxes Ir It's tfIic1n |ife. hovever.
the chief danger that besets it IS not the
reeklessness of its appetite. but its reck-
less disregard of its own limbs. It will
take fright at shadow and hurl itself
blindiy into the nearest fence. from
which it will be extricated with a
broken leg. or fight savagely with a
brother ostrich and break its leg. or
dance. Waiting with swift and graceful
precision, affording a most beautiful
sight to the spectator and the greatest
satisfaction to himself. until giddiness
comes upon it and brings It to the
ground-again with a broken leg. It
is true that its dangerously powerful
legs are also very brittle. but It must be
confessed that it does not use them
well.
OF the danger that the owner some
times runs from those powerful limbs.
a writer tells some very amusing sto-
ries. A sturdy newcomer, some SIX
feet in height, laughed at the warnings
that were given him when lie set ont
for a walk and disdainfully refused the
protection of taclxy-a thorny branch,
the dexterous use of which will keep
the ostrich at bay--averring that he
WAS not afraid of a dicky bfrdp He
was missed and discovered some hours
afterward by search party most UNI
comfortably perched on the top of an
ironstone bowlder and slowly grilling
under the African sun. while the s'dicky
bird: did sentry up and down, watch
ing him with an evil eye.
Another gentleman had a theory that
any creature, however savage, could be
subdued- "queIled. as he said-by
the human eye. One day he tried to
quell one of his own ostriches, with the
result that he was presently found in a
very pitiable predicament. lying fiat ON
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Gifts |@ often made na a duty.
not n DAD preston Of any genuine
feeling q An amusing exam
pie OF f'i's .pehed on the occasion 81
faslsi4'. city wedding Young
Mr. Jer'fI efloh hid bee5 Invited
TO be ua'I' the marriage Of ar He'll
and Mis- ett Is soon as the IN
vitation c'|> his mot bier said. Now
you inn<' 81 Miss Everett a present
at once i.'' 81 % call on her
You ri 1ie ont something for her.
will yo1 'Hamn1 sud young Mr.
Vernon
His ie0 '.' did SO that very morn.
ing Sue fred a rare vase sent to
Miss I.>e' apd PM her sons card %
it Nle| .|',iied N 5 o'clock lie WIS
shown Is already sent to Miss
Everett W directly began especially
admitting ' vase. not observing bis
own csi',| ||s IL
Agaii ta'a ne returned to this
vase. rt|. rs color aud Outlines.
and stI| ~ las, tliaI be thought il
When he met his mother at the din
ner table he described to her this vase,
and said lie hoped she would get Miss
Everett something as handsome as that
for his gift to her.
Why. sent her THAR exclaimed
Mrs. Vernon. and the laughter that FOL
lowed Jeronle's exclamation and expla
nation ws.a lively for an hour
What can dot ! can't do any
thing can't tell her didn't know il
was my present = said Jerome. his face
red with Inerrinent and modification.
There was nothing to be done but to
let Miss Everett think one of her ushers
either great Joker or a stupid boaster,
aud Jerome Vernon has always hoped
that she took his praise as piece of
modest, airy cliaff intended to prevent
her from expressing her gratitude
Youths Companion.
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The ralue ID III oath.

The growth of perjury in law courts
has become scandal The value of
a witness word, in comparison with
his interest, seems to be paraneled By a
wen known example of schooIboy
honor, 'Win you take your dying
oath to it7p ssYes.n ssWnl Won bet six
pence about it71 No. San Fran
cisco Arnonaut.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06

EmpIoyer-Jerry, you ought to know
better than to put that box on that
shell, where no one can reach It.
Jerry-Do you wish to get it down9
Employer-Yes.
Jerry (who is slightly impertfnent)-
Advertise. Circular.
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whIttIer,s PETS.

John 6. Whittier petn three dogs In
his old age-a Newfoundland named
Roger Williams, a Scotch terrier dubbed
Charles Dickens, and Carl, a grey
hound,-sprngheld Republican.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-01-06

A French amateur photographer has
mounted camera on a kite, and gets
remarkably clear views from height
Of 100 to $50 feet.