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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
CARING FOR CLOTHES.

II One Is Careful In brushing Them, They
VIII Always Look Neat,
In taking care of clothes think
the all important thing is to brush
them carefully and frequently, says
well dressed man. 'sThey should
be brushed every night without fail
and not with a whisk broom.
'tWhisk brooms simply ruin clothes
You should have a good bristle
brush, not too stiff. Then brush as
often and as much as you like, and
your clothes will look the better and
wear better for it.
Il have passed through the period
of limited means with which to pur
chase clothing and therefore know
what economy in this sense means
Yet always managed to dress well
brushed my clothes every night
hung up the coat on two pegs in
stead of one, folded the trousers in
three, the vest in two, and laid tho
trousers on the chair and the vest or
the trousers
Il do pretty much the same al
present. When / take off a pair OF
trousers, stretch them a bit with
my hands after folding them once
with the crease in front and ther
lay them out full length on the shelf,
or perhaps 1 fold them in three and
lay them on the chair.
Il turn the coats inside out when
lay them away-not the sleeves OF
course; let them han9Gtraight in,
side and fold the coat once.
Goats that / wear frequently ]
keep hanging on wire frame. dc
the same with the dress suit, though
the trousers of the dress suit lay
out full length, with the crease in the
front.
A man can by taking little care
of his clothes dress well, though he
is not in independent circumstances
financially. But after all the great
thing is in wearing clean linen and
having the shoes polished. The finest
clothes in the world won't make a
man look well if his collar or cuffs
are soiled.
"On the other hand, if the linen is
clean and fresh, if the clothes are
well brushed. and if there is flower
in the button hole, one always looks
presentable.
No, 1 don't have my clothes
pressed by the tailor; not often, al
least. think it is the dude that does
that most, or perhaps the man who
only has two suits and wants to ap
pear something that he is not. Such
a man viii be found sending his
clothes TO the presser every other
day.
Whenever a garment gets spotted
have it cleaned. Then of course
it gets a good pressing, but that /.
often enough for the iron. San
Francisco Call
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02

the thirteenth story of the Chamber
of Commerce. Chicago, sees the
movements Of the crowd WALKING be
low thus projected upon a fiat sur.
face, and the .reptilian stride Is
most suggestive. Four legs propel
faster than two. and 1t seems notun.
likely that swinging the arms forthe
aeceleration OF pace is am instructive
tendency toward quadrup and
thus this motion is rightly recog-
nized Ly cultivated society as undig-
nified and vulgar 1t seems to me
that the graphic registering for com
parative study of the self propulsion
by quadrupeds, by young children.
by adults. also Of the movements of
professional pedestrians. might lead
to results of considerable interest and
Importance. Hiram III. Stanley in
Chicago Open Court
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
The Grace was Too Lonr.

There is a little chap up on Price
hill who viii make trouble in religious
circles some of these days if he is not
Systematically trained in tthe way
he should CO." He was over at his
grandfather's for dinner yesterday
and sat buclkled in the old high chair
ready for the onslaught. His grand
father, q reverent old gentleman and
one of the worthiest in the world.
bent his snowy head and began his
usual lengthy grace.
Sammy never relishes those famous
graces at best, and when, just in the
middle of this extra long one for
company, the old gentleman paused
deliberately and yawned several tedi.
GUS times, the infant could stand II
no longer. Leaning over he tapped
him on the arm with his big spoon
and whispered energeticalIy:
'Det a move, dranpa-det a move
for dracious sake-Ts hungry as a
bearI''
Grandpa ,gotamove. ~ Cincinnati
Commercial Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
APropeller For sallIne v..,.l..

David Urch of Portsmouth is the
inventor of what he calls the 'spen.
duluIn propeller" to give auxiliary
power to sailing vessels. 1t is in.
tended to be affixed to the side of any
vessel having on board steam en-.
gine of any description, to give power
in calms or light winds or when en-.
tering or leaving port. A trial OF
the contrivance was made in Ports.
mouth harbor ON the fishing schooner
Comet, an engine of 5-horse power
being placed on her deck. The yes.
sci steamed up and down the river
under perfect command, making
three knots or more an hour. The
invention is simplicity itself. It Is
fastened to vessels side, well up to
the plankshear, with three bolts, and
when not in use the screw can be
swung to the level of the rail, OF
higher, the chain being always al
the same tension. It is lifted by a
small chain fastened to the lower
portion of the pendulum. New
York Telegram.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
piscernment In Tame plceonn.

Some years ago my father had g
pair of common white pigeons. They
were very tame and became very
much attached to him, SO much sc
that they were almost his constant
companions, accompanying him in
his walks or when out driving. They
would answer his whistle like dog
and would alight ON his proffered
hand or enter his pocket if opened fo1
them. A skeptical friend thought
they would show the same familiari-
ty to any other person, and to give
them fair trial he procured a suit
of clothes of the same color as that
which my father wore.
Arrayed in his disguise, our skep-
teal friend, initiating my fathers
whistle as nearly possible, whistled
to the pigeons. Immediately they
left their perch on the housetop and
flew down to the hand held out to re-
ceive them, but when they came
within few yards of it they sudden.
ly checked themselves, f1uttered per.
plexedly for a few moments around
our friend and then few back to the
housetop. This was conclusive evi.
dence.-Cor. London Spectator.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
Inal,lauall.r ~ verstn,lon.


The vegetation covering the slopes
of European mountains, as well as
that on the great snowy peaks of the
American Cordilleras and other
ranges. has an individuality, a char
acter.s of IL own siking even the
most Indifferent Of tourists. In this
flora all is dwarfed and ON a small
scale The flowers alone. of relative.
ly exaggerated size and generally
brilliant i'll color, seem to be abnor-
mally developed. Tho manner of
growth of these plants is surprise
to those ignorant of their history and
the cause of their peculiar appear
ance. While in the lowlands large
plants, with spreading branches and
well developed foliage, generally
have flowers smaller than the leaves,
the reverse is true in the higher re-
gions.
Another easily noticed popularity
is that while the Alpine fora in sun
shine shows flowers of great size and
vivid colorin.. as the gentians, auri-
culas, anemAles and violets, in the
shade, ON the other hand, we find
them small and weak in color. Thus
the action of the suns rays on vege-
tation at great elevations seems to be
more intense than on the plains
Chicago Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
No words For .he yyomeu,

The librarian in one of the great
New England colleges lately showed
to a well known clergyman a list oi
its alumni, boasting that he had OBJ
tanned an account o6 their present
occupation and homes. The great
majority had been poor boys, but
were now successful and prosperous
having emigrated to the western and
middle states.
Very good, said the clergyman
dryly. Now I should like to have
an account of the homes and lives OF
the women-the mothers and un
married sisters-who worked and
saved, starving themselves some
times, to send many of these men tc
college.
Very few poor men in New Eng
land have been educated or started
in the world without the long sacri
fee of some such woman's life, and
some of them to my knowledge have
never repaid the sacrifice with love
and gratitude. In the villages OF
New England, I'm sorry to say, are
occasionally found aged women
whose only happiness is in the far
away success of some ungrateful
brother or son. Youths Compan
ion
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
ne Movement of the Arms In waking.

Ido not know that attention has
been called toswinging armsin walk
ing as a survival of the quadrupedal
motion, but some evidence for this
view is that young children, Ibelieve
are as a rule more vigorous thar
adults in these movements, which
are instructive, and, further, the ma
ture of the action is quadrupedaI, the
arm on one side being thrown for
ward as the leg on the Same side L
thrown backward, and vice versa, al
ternately,
As has been remarked to me by 8
friend. the visitor looking down from
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02

That's fine. solid baby of yours,
Newpah, said friend who was ad.
miring the first baby.
DO You think he's solid7n asked
Newpah rather disconsolately. III
seems to me as If he was all holIer.
Detroit Free Pres
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02

Electric Street Cars running
from Gallipolis to Point Pleasant
deposit passengers at the gates OF
the Fair.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
Prof. A. L. ToIbert's
Running Combination,

which includes Tony Mullane, the
Famous Riderless Horse; Running
Race with Lady Riders; Roman
Standing Races; Skeleton Wagon
Races; Hurdle Races; Two Lady
and Two Gentlemen Riders with
the combination.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02

Choice Lunch Stands, ready for
occupancy. Buyers have uni
formly realized handsomely on
their investments. Apply at once.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
Premiums for Speed Horsesl
OUR FAIR is GROWING FAST,
and has been
a Big Success

Every year since coming under present man.
agement. We are a private firm, financially
responsible, conducting the Fair for a reason
able profit, and have found individual man.
agement best for us and better for the public.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02

Engagement of Special Costly
Attractions and Continuous Ad-
vertisement of them, gives us
every year
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
Special n Office:

Special trains have been provided
on the g. I'll. V. & T. Ry., Ohio
River Railroad and K. & NJ. Ry.
at reduced rates. Trains stop at
rear gate on on the grounds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02

Constantly Increasing Attendance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02

The wetzel Democrat says: when
you hear fellow complaining of
the low price of wool, be is a Re-
publican. When you hear one com
planning of the low price of wheat,
be is a Democrat. The Republican
says that the low price of wool Is
becuse the Mckinley tariff is about
to be taken of. The Democrat
says that the tariff isn't worth AZ
continental; for wheat is IoweFi
with it than it was without It. NoWl
who talks with the most sense
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
Wheat and TariR.

Here is one of the Republican or
gans attributing the low price Of
whest to the Democratic admins
tration. By the way, did the late
Republican administration, when it
increased the tariff on wheat, in
tend that this particular tariff
should raise or lower prices2 Some
times the Republicans tell MS that
the Mckinley bill was passed to in
crease prices, and sometimes they
tell us it was passed to decrease
them. Now, what has such a COM
prehensive tariff as this done to
wheat?- Louisville Courier journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02

Notice this seasons Special Attractions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-08-02
Heart Throbs of the People!

Cctto faire promet etre une des
plus intersessantes du sud de 'etat
de L Ohio-et ne pourra manquer
d'avoir un grand nombre de visi-
teurs. J. e. PITRAT.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30

both shaving succeeded, Jane climbed
triumphant to her eyrie Arthur sank
victorious into his chasm.
But why docs Jane gasp and grow so
pale; why does Arthur mutter and flush
so wildly? Why are the pictures held
close to the light and examined narrowly,
and then simultaneously torn into frae-
ments Why does Arthur hoist himself
from the well and Jane come of the crag2
All, kindly fate that sent the wheel a-rol-
ling and damned the door and restricted
the window frames has made Georges
treaChCry manifest. For i'm their haste
Arthur had captured the photograph
which Jane had treasured as proof of his
dupliCity, and Jane the one which Arthur
had preserved as evidence of her tickle
ness.
There was a sudden movement forward
and a hurrah from the crowd; for the
lovers gazing into each others eyes, saw
doubt change into faith and aversion into
devotion.
ut must have been that COMPOUNDED
George Percy exclaimed Arthur
Forgive me. darling sobbed Jane
And they were embodied in fond and
ingenious embrace.
No wonder the crowd surgcd and
shouted. The streets of the metropolis
are prolific of dramas, indeed, but idNls
are as scarce as DAISIES between lle
granite blocks. Cheer succeeded cheer,
and when the messenger boy piped his in
tention of running for the parson the
grew more enthusiastic and no incredul-
GUS laughter opposed.
'pll retaliate on that Percy" said Ar
thur, ''if it takes lifetime"
mo, dear; revenge pays its own debts.
What has George accomplished except to
make our faith in each other more as
sured!"
You are right. You are always right.
He will find it impossible to counterfeit
the home pictures which can foresee,
Let him have the past of trickery the
future is ours, darling for veal or woe
From wheel and whoa " replied Jane
roguishly, with a suggestion of their acct
dent
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30
WILL HUNT AMBERGRIs.
Thinks There are Fortunes Floating
by the New Guinea Coast.
From the San Francisco Examiner.

ny ING NbW Sulnbd OOubbs
From the san Francisco Examiner
J. McCaulay, a tall, bronzed man, with
bushy brown side whiskers, and wearing
broad-rimmed, drab-colored hat, is at the
American exchange, from New Guinea,
fromwhich country he has Just arrived.
Mr.. McCaulay is attaching attention,
not only by his striking appear
which he brings, as well as
by queer box, the contents of which he
discloses when attention is called to it.
He has penetrated regions of New Guinea,
during several years in that country,
never before reached by white men, and
has also sailed along its shores in places
unvisited by other English-spealling tray
elers.
The box he has contains ambergrs, and
Mr.. McCaulay states that there was
large amount of it in the places he visited
along the New Guinea coast He says
there were many sperm whales there,
from which the ambeTgris comes. Lumps
and chunks of it are found in the water
and washed ashore, varying in weight
from few ounces to 100 pounds
and more 1t is very high, and few
pounds of il makes very comfortable
stake to the finder when he gets where he
ttll lldl htb IL. MI NlNAyduldN IL preparing
to go ambergris hunting. He will cruise
along the coast in a whale boat, with ma
tives to pull the oars, and collect what he
can and forward to San Francisco and
London
Il know one man." he said, ''who
found a lot of ambergris not long ago,
took it to England and got $4,000 for it.
Other men have made from -, 600 up, and
others have made less. Most men don't
1
liable to push it away with the
foot as do anything else with it.
| am satisfied there is big money
| in going into the business of hunting for it,
and that is one of the things | am going
| TO do when get back"
Ambergris is used in perfumeries. for
certain kinds of cooking and in pharmacy.
| Fabulous stories are told of its being
worth from 81 80 to 81 a grain. This seems
| TO be an error, however, for at the San
Francisco drug stores the price is said to
be 80 % an ounce forblack ambergris, and
| s. Is for the gray. 1t is the latter which
| the New Guinea explorer has brought with
| him, and he says that is the kind gener-
ally found there.
There is a curious thing about il,
said he. "You can put little of it on a
| bunch of flowers and it will preserve them
| perfectly for hundred years. If there
are several different kinds it will pre-
serve them equally, and each will retain
its odor, too, no matter how long it may
be- When it is picked up out of the
water the air causes it to crumble TO a
pOwder-that is, if it is exposed to it
and, on the other hand, il it is placed in
| the sun it will turn to oil
II shall be here several weeks, and
when T. go back it will be with a full
equipment for gathering all the ambergris
can find. AS there are yet no regular
hunters, the new fields for ambergris
being as yet hardly known, I expect to
make considerable of fortune"
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30
ELECTRIC LIGHTS FROM AxLEs.
satisfactory Trial of the Young Mus
kowitz System on the Jersey Central.
~ From the New York Herald

hOW1LZ On Bue JeTBby NGuITdls
- From the New York Herald.
A highly satisfactory trial trip Of the
car lighted by the new Young Muskowitz
railway electric lighting system was
made last night over the Central Railroad
of Jersey from Newark to Roselle and re-
turn, with the car which was equipped
with the necessary lights and machinery
and has already been run over
5000 miles of track as test II is
an ordinary railroad passenger coach, in
which there are twenty-five eight candle
power incandescant lamps, one of which
is in the dynamo room, the small apart
ment ordinarily used for toilet purposes.
During the trip the lights were clear,
white an ! steady and the motion of the
car in no way affected them, sufficient
light being given to fully illuminate
at least two such coaches.
The one horse power dynamo on which
the electricity is generated gets its power
from the axle by a series Of sproket wheels
and chain belts and two shafts between
the axle and the direct connecting shafts
of the dynamo. One of the intermediate
shafts is movable or swinging and makes
the chain belts conform to every move
ment of the car at whatever speed. The
power taken from the car axle has here
bOIOTe gone 10 WdSJe, anu INC PROCESS Dy
which IL is being used to make electricity
Is called equalizing of power and by the
mechanical contrivances the i'll effects of
oscillation and vibration have been over
come.
While the train is in motion the lights
are made directly from the electricity
generated. up to a certain limit of speed,
which is fixed When higher speed is at
tanned the superfuous electricity gener-
ated is stored in batteries under
the car so that at any given time
there is sufficient electricity on hand
to supply the lights four hours
without the train moving. The
machinery complete weighs about
900 pounds, but no power is taken from
the axle until the train has attained the
fixed degree Of speed. 1t is expected that
in a short time improvements will lessen
the weight and reduce the cost to less
than that Of any Of the present systems,
besides giving better light
The system is the invention Of Samuel
Young and Morris MuGkowitz. two New
arkers, each about 25 years old. Leon d.
Adler and Joseph LeOnberg are as
ISOLATED with them. II Is the outcome
Of nearly four years Of work.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30

search of, and one of the women asked
rather hesitatingly:
Does a miliner live here,"
There was IA moments hesitation on the
part of the dOOr-opener. middle-aged
woman, before she replied slowly, "Well,
he's pretty rich man, but l don't know
as you'd call him amillioner",
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30

Between careless servants and the gen
eral similarity of city houses, says the
New York Times, it is wonderful that
more mistakes like the following told by
a woman, are not made: Last week ("
she saws, "a friend from Boston wrote
asking if | would be at home on a certain
day, and at what hour, as he wonld be in
the city and would call. l replied, nam
ing 4 o'clock.
"Ie duly presented himself about that
hour, but through some lapse of memory,
at 20 East, instead of 20 West, - street,
and asking if l were at home, giving my
name, was told by the servant that l was
not, but would be back in an hour. He
went away, returned about 5 to be told by
the same servant, after again asking for
me that l was still out. After
dinner he made a third trial, and
this time a man followed him up the
steps Just as he rang the bell. AS the
man looked at him somewhat author
itatively, and stated his errand to him,
and was told no Miss B. lived in the
house, and the servant, who opened the
door in time to hear this, added, Why,
no, she doesn't live here l didn't notice
the name before A moments investiga-
ton showed him his error, and walk Of
barely a minute brought him to my door.
This shows how very simply mistakes are
made, and yet we are apt TO regard events
as infallible"
Which story suggests a funny reply
made by a servant to two women who I'M
dertook only last week to hunt up fash
iSnable bonnetmaker whose address they
had lost.
The house they fancied they had found,
though its appearance seemed almost TOO
fine even for the artist they were In
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1893-04-30

Sal nney were jolly lot of travelling men,
SSags the New York World, and they had
In I'm out on lark, and returning to their
h Inns n found their friend Dolliver sitting
asleep. -4 anu 90U''0
M ne ald not even hear them come in. He
Coz COS dreaming, and smile disturbed the
N''uefs OF his bearded mouth, and his
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-08-22
CROCKETT SPRINGS AT 1 rs BEST.
The Hotel at This Picturesque Resort
Filled With Visitors,

CROCKETT SPRINGS, MONTGOMERY
COUNTY, Va, Aug. 21.-This popular
watering place, situated, on the head
waters Of the Roanoke river, in lovely
and picturesque spot, nestled between
the spurs of the Alleghanies under
meath lofty and rugged Mt. Koiner
Gnamed in honor of the late Dr. A. H.
koiner, OF Roanoke,), is now in the
height of it's season. Every room in
the large new hotel is filled, and as
some Of the guests leave for their homes
others take their places.
Among the Roanoke people now pres
emit are: c. c. I aliaferro, John Fl. Nor
rlss, w. ii. Thomas, Charles |. Stewart,
r. Is. Thomas. James s. Atkinson, w.
f. Winch, a. b. Hammond and family,
De Los Thomas. w. Il. Stevenson, Jas.
V. Mclntire, Hon. M. G. Thomas and
family, j. H McClaugherty, G.. b.
Thomas, p q. Turner and w. Ii. Ruth
ruaff, OF Salem. This resort is, indeed,
fortunate in the number of beautiful
and accomplished queens OF Virginia
society who are reigning supreme here
this season.
Among the late arrivals at the Springs
ara: Mrs. John Stevenson, Petersburg:
b b. Vaughan, Miss Vaughan, Miss l.
Ellen Vaughan, Miss j. McIlwaine
Vaughan and Miss M. G. Vaughan, Nor
folk; Miss Perle Sternes, Newport New S;
Miss Mimic Blair, H. X. Ellison, Jr !,
MISS Puryear, Mrs. j. R Langhorne,
Alec. Rogers, the Misses Ellison, Rich
mond; Miss Minnie Walden, Manchester;
Miss Parker, Newport News; Miss Essie
Hall, Capt. W. 81. Chapman, Norfolk
There is always scrapping match
p M 1,r thf.r1 h..
over the eagerness of every one to get
THE TINES. Perhaps the gayest and
most festive young man here is C. c.
Talliaferro of your city.
Hay rides to di iferent points along the
Roanoke Valley are very popular.
This is the paradise of the summer
girl, she is in her glory here.