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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-27

did you ever go to Bins, the
tailor?'' ayes. Got two suits from
him. One dress suit. One lawsuit
Very expensive man."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-27
ReIiefin Six Hours.

Distressing Kidney and Bladder dis
eases relieved in six hours by the NEW
GREAT SOUTH AMERICAN KIDNEY CURE"
This new remedy is a great surprise on
account of IFS exceeding promptness in
relieving pain in the bladder, kidneys,
sages in male or female. 1t relieves re-
tentiOn of water and pain in passing il
almost Immediately. you want quick
relief and cure this is your remedy.
Sold by A. c. Van Glider, druggist,
Point Pleasant. [nov. % ly
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-27

1t costs in the neighborhOod of
slT5,OOO annually to lock the coal
output of the MonongaheIa river to
Pittsburg.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-27

Itch on human, mango on horses, dogs
and all stock, cured in 20 minutes by
Woolford's Sanitary Lotion. This never
fails. Sold by A. c. Van Glider. Drug
gist, Point Pleasant Cnov. 29-ly
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-27

No matter what the pedigree may
be, horses require good care and
careful training to produce really
good results.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-27
Marshall College.
The State Normal School.
HUNTINGTON, W. va.
Fall Term Opens Sept. 13. 1893.
Winter Term Opens Dec. 4, 1898.
Spring Term Opens March 5, 1894
Free Tuition to State Students.
DEPARTMENTS:
NORMAL.
ACADEMIC AND CLASSICAL.
MUSIC.
BUSINESS.
NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS..

There is no school in this section Of
the State offering equal advantages at
such a low cost.
For catalogue or further information,
address the Principal.
THos. E. HODGES,
aug3Otf Huntington, w. Va.
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TTains marked q daily, all other trains daiiy
Writ. nearest agent Clio en,rai fiu-. s,.r
fol er. which contains genera Rnd vAiuHl,ie in-
formation
Before decidlug upou Ioute cun'er
Agent of these lines OF address
J. NJ FERRIS, EoUIIoN Ho-
csn1AsraS-r- G--tr--
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-27
Ohio River Railroad Co.
Bound lcentF'i Time North Bound.

On and after Monday, June Is, Passenger
Trains VIII run as follows
Daily fDaily Except Sunday.
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b. o. r.. b.

-1e - - H. NJ
On and after Nov. 18Th, 1895, trains viii
arrive at and depart from Psarkersburr -
folloWss
ARRIVE. EASTERN TINE. DFpkRT
u IS amISt Louis & NY Limited. 70 50 am
? s. am n. Y. & st. Louis Isflfffed.s 3 90 an
! 0J pm Grafton Accommodation : 10 am
5 3 IS pm Gin. 4 PsirI<erShtrr 40 : 81 am
10 10 am Grafton & PslrlSss,isr. A = - n nm,
IL IS am Chi licothe q Parks'f Ac- 4 40 pm
5 pmiN Y. 4 St Louis FastIine.. , - pm
S5pm st. Louis & n Y. Fast Line . IS pm
S 10 IAN Marietta & Pnrkers,b'g Ac.i 50 am
> % pm Marietta & ParRerstsE Ac,3 ? 3 nm
IS pm Marietta & Parksbfg Ac Il s 90 prr
u 5 PM Marietta 8 Parkers6'g Ae.i s 10 am,
tx Daily Except Sunday.)
@. b. DUNLAP.
deeH Ticket Agent.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15
CRANKs AT HE FAIR.
Some Queer Samples of Human Nature
Now on View In Cuicago.


As we expected, the fair has at
tracted the indigenous and numerous
American cranss as well as foreign
persons with mental and moral
crotchets. These. and also youthful
geniuses, have besieged. personally
and by letter, the ways and means
committee.
A few examples, as cited by the
Century Magazine. will indicate how
much of human nature as it really is
will not be on exhibition at the fair.
An American was early in the field with
a divine revelation of the site which
had been foreordained for the fair
when the foundations of the world
were laid, and an Englishman has de-
sired to be put on exhibition as the
Messiah.
Two boys of respectable parentage"
in western New York have offered to
walk to Chicago, and 70 camp on the
exposition grounds with the purpose of
illustrating the life of tramps, and of
lecturing on its vicissitudes. Another
boy of sixteen recommended that
number of nickel-in-the-slot photo
graphs fixed to repeat amusing fish
stories might be placed in the Fish
cries building and about the grounds;
he urged that a royalty on the sugges-
ton would help his widowed mother.
An enterprising dealer in cosmetics
asked for space to exhibit an old
woman. one-half of whose face was to
be smoothed out with his preparation
and the remainder left with its mortal
II Al. . Co..
when he would smooth out the other
half in the presence of the multitude
The parents Of ''favorite orator" of
six years offered his services as intro
Queer of the chief orator at the dedica-
tory ceremonies, which would, they
thought, lend emphasis to the porten-
tous Importance of the occasion.
mathematician asked for standing room
where he might show the world how to
square the circle.
Out of Indiana came a solver of per-
petual motion; he was informed that
space could not be allotted for the ex-
hibition of an idea. so he would have to
bring on his machine; later he informed
the committee that his self-feeding
engine. which had been running a sew
ing machine, had unfortunately broken
down, but the principal re na.ined the
same"
A Georgian asked for concession to
conduct a cockpit, and another son of
the south knew of colored child which
was an anatomical wonder, and could
be had by stealing il from its mother;
for reasonable sum he was willing to
fill the office of a kidnaper. 1nnumera-
BILE freaks of nature have been ten
dered, and the pretty English barmaid
has in several instances inelosed her
photograph with an offer of assistance
TO the fair.
A very serious offer came from
Spaniard, who had been Disguised with
the weak attempts to give bull fights
in Paris during the recent exposition.
He offered TO fill the brutal void at the
Columbian fair if he could be assured
the privilege of producing the spectacle
with all his real and genuine cireum-
stances"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15

entrance of this building stands flag
staff the like of which does not exist in
this country. 1t is a single tree, spliced
once in the middle, and is nearly three
hundred feet high and as straight as an
arrow.
These are. but few of the many
wonders of the great fair belonging to
the state exhibits, each building pos
sessing many rare relics and curios of
its own state, and after viewing the
wonders of the greater buildings one
may find many surprises awaiting him
here.
An institution of the fair that is crea-
tive of some trouble and much amuse-
ment TO the visitors is the folding chair
which has recently been introduced. 1t
is diininutive affair of very frail con-
struction and about as conducive to
bodily comfort as would be an up
turned strawberry box. To witness a
two-hundred pound man trying to
perch his bulging anatomy on one of
these inauisitorial contrivances is equal
TO seeing slack-wire performance by
a novice in the business. Such a sight
was witnessed the other day near the
Administration building where crowd
had gathered TO listen TO the music of
the band. A big man had one of the
little chairs and tried to sit on 1t. but
the little chair was not equal to the
task and collapsed. The chairs are let
for ten cents and are to be returned by
the user, but that little chair was not
returned. 1t got kick that reduced it
to toothpicks and scattered it over half
an acre of territory.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15
BURNING UP THE GARBAGE.
All of the Refuse at the Worlds Fair
Grounds Destroyed by Fire.

All of the Refuse at the Worlds Fair
Grounds Destroyed by Fire.
Fifty barrels of sewage sludge and
twelve loads of garbage We're burned
to four barrels of ashes by the Engle
crematory at the worlds fair grounds
the other night. Not Whit of smoke
came from the fifty-foot smokestack
and person with the most delicate
olfactory nerves would never have
known what was going on inside the
building even if within five feet of it.
This was the first practical test of
the crematory A preliminary bonfire
was made when eight loads of garbage
and twelve barrels of sludge from the
cleansing plant were consumed by one
furnace in an hour and half.
The combustion is accomplished by
spraying fuel oil through a new form
of hydrocarbon burner. An electric
motor Is used, power being furnished
by the exposition company. The motor
is of twelve kilowatt force, driving a
blower giving an air pressure of from
twelve TO eight ounces per square inch
of pipe opening. The air takes up the
stream of oil and atomizes it, carrying
il from six to ten feet over the pile of
garbage. The air for the combustion
of the sludge is brought througRa sep
arate line from a coil of pipes placed in
the stack through which all the heat of
the furnace passes. This heats the air
driven through the coil to a tempera
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15
Prosperity in Jerusalem.

The price of land about Jerusalem is
something surprising when we consider
that the place has almost no manufac-
lures. very little foreign commerce.,
and that the city contains a multitude
of poor people. Two acres that were
sold in 1890 for $3.50 per acre sold in
1891 for $50; twelve acres sold in 1890
s435 per acre sold in 1892 for s2,17S;
seven acres sold in 1886 for 1868 per
acre sold in 1892 for s6.5S4; two acres
sold in 1856 for 81 200 per acre sold in
1892 for $4,000; half an acre sold in
1881 for 5000 sold in 1892 for So. 200. tina.
is for the half acre; one acre sold in
1879 for $40 sold in 1899 for $4,000;
two-thirds of an acre sold in 1856 for
500 sold in 1891 for $4,000: one acre
sold in 1863 for 81 900 sold in 1891 for
$4,000. These are not in one section
or locality, but in different directions
about the city, varying from one
fourth of a mile TO one mile distant
from the town.-Scribner's
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DRIVING OUT THE CROOKS.
The Secret Service Soaring the Bad Men
Away from the Fair.

Away from the Fair.
The very small number of arrests of
crooks at the fair has been frequently
commented ON, and some people have
wondered whether Chief Bonfield's
force of astute detectives has been
earning its pay. The truth of the mat
ter is, the crooks are keeping away
from jackson park. Now and then
one more bold than the rest enters the
fair gates and is soon discovered by
Bonfield's men.
As a result. no complaints of persons
being robbed at the fair are being
made One woman did report that she
had had her watch stolen, but it was
found next day.
Talking of crooks in general and the
possible figure they may cut at the
worlds fair, Chief Il )nfield said:
so far as the fair grounds are con-
cerned we have seen very few profess
SIGNALS around. and those whom our
men have spotted are usually men who
have served time for their offenses and
against whom there is nothing except
suspicion on account of previous rec
ords. We have men who have had OPP
1 " btCOuiC WIN
nearly all the prominent crooks-of the
country. and when any of these crooks
come around the grounds they find they
are recognized at once and usually do
not stay long. Even if they had any
idea of going into the crooked bust
ness again they would not be likely to
carry on operations at the grounds as
they are shrewd enough TO know that
they would be the first upon whom sus-
piciou would fall.
There was man in the grounds the
other day who five years ago had an in
ternational reputation as crook, but
he has served time for his offense and
now claims 10 have reformed and to be
engaged in legitimate business. 1t
would, of course. be an injustice to such
man to order him off the grounds or
even to give his name to the press. All
we can do under the circumstances is 20
let such men understand that they are
known, and that precautionary interest
is being taken in their behalf. This
usually has the desired effect of getting
rid of them IL they come with the intent
of doing mischief.
s'My men outside the grounds advise
me that they have noticed a good many
foreign crooks about the city-cOn-
fidence and bunl1o men-but as yet we
have had no intimation that they have
commenced operation. They are being
Swallowed, and If they make any moves
in the wrong direction they will quickly
be taken in.
Most of the complaints which have
reached us so far are of the loss of tools
and other articles belonging to the
workmen about the grounds, and in the
majority of eases these losses have
turned out TO be cases of misplacing the
articles in question, and they have gen
orally been recovered. 1t is rather
early, anyhow. to expect much trouble
from professional crooks inside the
grounds"
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15
worlds Fair statistics.

jackson park. in which the Columbian
exposition is held, has a frontage on
Lake Michigan of one and one-half
miles, and contains 5S3 acres, seventy
seven of which are water. The Mid
way Plaisance is mile long and 600
feet wide, and contains eighty acres
more. There are thIrty-nine exposition
buildings proper, and floor space of
$50 acres. Adding the galleries, there
are 1897 acres. Grouped around there
are forty-four state and territorial
buildings, eighteen buildings erected
by foreign governments. and forty
others for the minor purposes of the
management, restaurants and adver-
Using wares and enterprises. In the
Midway Plaisance are the foreign vii
lagos, shops, etc. The visitor who
would merely take passing look at
each of the vast array of exhibits must
prepare to walk along 1874 miles of
aisles. Add to this the distance from
one building to another, which must OF
necessity be travelled many times, and
the distance TO be covered win reach
fully $50 miles.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15
THE STRANGER UNDREssEo.
But He Criticised the Place as Rather
Chilly for the Purpose.


cone night. drummer is reported
as saying. Il was on the New York
Central not far from Buffalo. The
sleeping car was nearly full. We
stopped at some place and an old man
with map of ~. Lawrence county on
his face got on board and was shown
to his seat by the porter. He piled up
a lot of baggage and then asked wheth-
er he could not 60 to bed.
IF You will go away for few min
utes." said the porter, III make up your
berth
The old fellow took a little hand
bag and walked up and down the ear.
apparently looking for something.
Then he disappeared through the door
The porter made up the berth and ar
ranged the curtains. II was the first
berth Ia Ice made up.
Presently old St Lawrence. as we
called him. appeared at the end of
the ear with pile of clothes hanging
over one arm, his boots i'm one hand, his
collar and socks in the other. He had
nothing ON but a gray flannel night
shirt that just covered his knees. He
rush for his berth.
Every body roared. His feet were
bare and we could see the snow melt
ing on his calves and ankles. He drew
his curtains and remained silent for a
few seconds. Then his head appeared
between the curtains:
Hey. young man. he cried to the
porter, IN be gosh burned if this com
pany hain't the meanest ever struck.
Well. what's the matter?" asked
the porter.
q" Well, by thunder. they ought'er
give US a deeenter place to undress
than them cold steps out there be-
twiNt the cars
I'VE found ont that the old duffer
had undressed on the platform, which
was covered with six inches of snow"
Fort Worth Gazette
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The Heart of Robert Bruce.

When Robert Bruce, king of Scot
land. lay upon his death-bed in the
year 1929 he remembered he had regis
tered a vow to help wrest the holy land
from the heather Turks. 1t was clear
that the time for fulfilling that vow
had passed; but new thought pre-
scented. Why not have his heart re-
moved and sent to Jerusalem for burial?
To make the story short: This was de-
eided upon, and Sir James Douglas was
commissioned to carry il in a silver urn
''to place as near as possible to where
the Saviour was crucifed," and there
bury it. Arriving in Spain. Sir James,
with the precious relic strung to his
neck by chain, was killed in battle
with the Moors. Sir Simeon Locard
returned with the heart to Scotland
and deposited it under the altar of Mel
rose Abbey, where it now is.-St. Louis
Republic.
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QUEER RELIGIOUS sEcTs.
FIfleen Millions of the Russian People Be
Iour 10 Them.

long to Them.
NJ. Tsaini, Russian writer. has pub
lished an interesting work entitled
Queer Religious Sects of Russia" from
which 1t appears that there are not less
than Is. 900. 900 followers of insane and
cranky religions in the empire of the
car. These communities of devout
and deludcd beings are constantly be-
ing enlarged in spite of all efforts
made to the contrary by the govern
ment.
One of these sects is known as the
"Runaways." As soon as they embrace
the new faith they fly from their viii
lagos and towns. destroy their identity
as much as possible, and henceforth
live as savages. THE Christs" are an
other curious sect. They worship each
other! The chief ceremonies are a
crazy species of dancing, yelling as
loudly as possible, and pounding stones
with sticks.
The ''Skoptsys" believe in self-muti-
latiou but will not submit to amputa-
ton. even though it would save life.
Like the ''Christs," they dance and yell
for hours without intermission.
Still another of these deluded sects
is the"Dumb Boys" Why they are call
ed the Dumb Boys no one seems to know,
but il is curious fact that the sect is
composed of both sexes, old men being
in the majority. 1t is claimed that
some of these aged patriarchs have not
spoken in fifty years, although perfectly
able to do so did they so desire.
1.-The suicides" are a sect led by NJ.
Souckeliff, who breaches self-destruc-
ton as an absolute necessity to saliva
ton. He is very eloquent, and it is
said that he often leaves a church with
a dozen suicide remains strewn about
the fioor.-Philadelphia Press.
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15
WORLDS FAIR GOSSIP.
Fresh Notes of Interest from the
Columbian Exposition.
The Number of visitors Daily Increasing
"A Mistake That some People Are
Making beauties of the
State Exhibits.
Ispeelal chicago Correspondenee. !


The beautiful weather of the past
few days has done much for the great
fair. People have been able To get out
without umbrellas and wraps, AMI a
trip to Jackson park has become some
thing more like pleasure than it has
been heretofore since the opening. The
effect upon the receipts at the fair gates
has been to nearly double the daily adj
missions, fact which affords the finan-
ciers of the great enterprise much salts
faction.
The tide of traffic may now be said to
have fairly set in. and should the
weather continue favorable the daily
attendance will soon put the exposition
on something like paying footing
To Judge from the number of persons
who are to be seen on the grounds each
day a casual observer would suppose
the gate receipts to be much larger
than they really are, but there is a
force of several thousands of worimen,
and population of several thousands
more who are domiciled permanently
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15
1T MADE A DIFFERENCE.
The TribulstIons of a Man who Liked to
See HIS Name In Print.

The man who loves a joke came into
a lawyers Office smiling quite down TO
his collar aud told of the one he had
scored against his luckless partner,
Jones.
Jones had moved about month ago
from Greenhurg to LOneville, both
small towns on the suburban circuit.
Jones has great fondness for seeing
his name in print and for being a
prominent citizen"
80. when the man who loves a joke
came across a certain little paragra phi in
local paper he cut IL cut and put it on
Jones desk early one morning. 1t read
like this. We are pleased to note that
Mr.. Agememnon Jones has removed
from Greenburg TO LOneville."
THAT was the exact wording" said
the man, and expected To see Jones
mood. hut instead he was so cross all
day that didn't dare say a word to
him. and the typewriter girl put on
gloves with cotton in the fingers and
held her breath to keep the machine
from rafting.
'''Nhen we were getting ready to 60
to the train at night he said he didn't
expect To take that dismal trip many
more times
why, what is the matter" said /, II
thought YOU liked Ioneville?'
blamed II l Ike any beastly new
little country town. No sir, I shan't
stay there a week longer than I can help
it. am coming right into the city. a
fiat in the heart of the city is the only
thing for me.
Now. Jones, compose yourself, !
said. and tell me what Is the matter.
Matter. The people are all hogs.
Don't know how 10 treat a man decent
ly. Suppose want to live in any region
where they openly rejoice in public
print over the departure of a decent
citizen
Then it dawned upon me what was
the matter. aud a. soon as could speak
for laughing told him that the clip
/ ping was not from the Cireenburg Blast
I but from the Loneville Zephyr.
In five minutes he said. with a peace
/ full smiiS. that I need not wait for him,
as he was going around ~ see about
/ getting some young trees to put out in
/ front of his house Nothing aS nice
a. shaded lawn in summer" said he.
Boston Traveller.
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rnld hr = Colored Naturalist.

There is an old negro in Florida who
swears that he has seen flies eating
glass. His name is Milliferous P.Chub-
bins. People who use the electric lights
often find small holes in the glass
globes, which they have to patch up
with putty. This old fellow says he
has seen the ordinary house fly. which
often passess off for a caper with boiled
mutton. alight on one of these globes.
cut ridge with its serrated hind legs.
and then with its saw-lilSe teeth cut
clear through the glass. 1t then goes
inside to see if the light itself is not
lump of extra clarified sugar. He says
that the fly eats the fine glass dust, and
considers il an excellent substitute for
calomel in removing bile from the sys-
tenl.-Toledo Blade.
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within the inclosure, so the size of
the crowd is no guide in estimating the
number Of paid admissions. Besides
there are the press representatives and
favored individuals in other professions
who have passes. Altogether there are
a great many non-paying visitors who,
while they help to swell the crowd, do
not contribute very materially to the
financial success of the enterprise.
There is some danger that people at a
distance who have been influenced by
the newspaper reports of the incom-
pleteness of the fair may make mis-
take in deferring too long their con-
templated visits. 1t may be deemed
wise to remain away until all the ex-
hibits are installed and everything put
River Falls journal. [volume] (River Falls, Pierce County, Wis.) 1872-2019, 1893-06-15
RfffRrsWRaf.

''Mamma, aren't you sleepy?" tender
" inquired the beautiful young maiden.
and the heart of the young man who
was making Sunday evening call
leaped for joy as he thought he de-
tected a covert intention on the part of
the Young woman to rid the little par
lor of the presence of ma" that he
and she might be alone. ''Oh, no, am
not bit sleepy" answered the mother;
and the young mans heart began to
sink from deferred hope. II thought
You would be-" spake the maiden. II
knaw am so sleepy ! can hardly see"
And the young mans heart dropped
with soul-sickening thud. -Indianap-
oils Journal.