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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
SUGAR AND eEAuTY.
HOW the Consumption of Sweets Has Ar
fected tn. Forms OF Women.


How the Consumption of Sweets Has Az
fected th- Forms OF Women
The relationship between sugar
and beauty may seem rather remote
at first. but after all the dependence
of beauty ON this sweet is intimate.
People who have no fat show the
projections of their bones through
the muscles and skin. The typical
Uncle Sam" is rawboned, lean
fellow, and in early days this was the
typical Yankee that is, person
without fat. Now, sugar is com
posed of 96.7 per cent. of carbohy-
drates, or the material that goes to
give heat and vital force, and thes sur
plus of this that gets into the body,
above what is required for immedi-
ate use, is stored up as fat.
In the olden time people ate little
sugar; indeed they had little or no
money to pay for it, and their fat
had to come from the meals that
they ate, possibly from salt pork, ad-
mitting that fat is stored up in the
body as such, which Is denied by
good authorizes.
1t can readily be seen what the eff
feet would be when pocSle began
to increase their fat forming food ne
yond the point of its combustion in
the body. Sugar being highly con-
centrated food of this character, it Is
capable of putting many pounds of
fat on the animal body if eaten regu-
larly and not necessarily in large
quantities, being eaten, as it is, in
conjunction with the starchy foods.
The %, 900, 600 of people in the United
States in 1851 ate COZ, 600, 600 pounds
of sugar, or 26 pounds apiece on the
average. In 1884 the So, COO, coo of
people ate nearly 5000, 900, 600
pounds, or 81 pounds apiece on the
average.
The average per capita consump-
ton more than doubled within thir-
ty-three years, and in getting this
average we must include very large
portion of the population that CON
sumes little more sugar per capita
than it ever did on account of power
ty, infancy and other causes, SO that
the heconsumption among these people
MAO are 1S1I W SICSOullG LOT Il6 great
increase in the average must be much
larger than a pound week, which
is now less than than the general av-
erage.
When the water in river is high,
a little addition to it makes a
freshet. So it is with the sugar eat
ers. The starch they cat makes
necessary the storing up of consid-
cradle portion of the sugar they eat
as fat. This is what rounds out the
body and the features, and has made
over the old time lean Yankee into
broader men and women physically.
With this has come the beauty of
gracefully curved lines and the OBJ
liberation of sharpness and angles.
Squalor and wretchedness do not go
with well rounded bodies and fea-
lures of pleasing lines, because not
enough food that makes fat after
enough has been burned as fuel is
eaten. A great deal of the beauty
of fair women is made up of fat, and
to this sugar largely contributes
Good Housekeeping.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

When Edison Was Young.


81 was an operator in the Mem.
phis Office when Thomas a. Edison
applied TO the manager for posi-
ton, said a. G. Rockefeller, a
member of the Reminiscenee Club
that was in session at the Lindell.
"He came walking into the Office
one morning, looking like a veri-
table hayseed.
He wore a hikory shirt, pair of
butternut pants, tucked into the
tops of boots a size too large and
guiltless of backing. Where's the
boss2' was his query as he glanced
around the office. No one replied
at once. and he repeated the ques-
ton. The manager asked him
what he could do for him. The
future great inventor proceeded to
strike him for a job. Business was
rushing and the office was two men
short, and almost any kind of a
lightning singer was welcome.
He was assigned to desk, and
fulsilade of winks went the round
of the Office, for the Jay was put on
the St Louis wire, the hardest in
the Office. At the end of the line
was an operator who was chain
lightning and knew it, Edison
had hardly got seated before st.
Louis called. The new conner re-
sponded, and st. Louis started in
on long report, and he pumped it
in like house a fire.
Edison threw his leg over the
arm of his chair, leisurely transferr-
ed wad of spruce gum from his
pocket to his mouth, picked up
pen, examined it critically and
started in, about 200 words behind.
He didn't stay there long, though
st. Louis let out another link of
speed, still another, and the instru-
ment on Edison's table hummed
like an old-style singer sewing
machine.
Every man in the Office left his
desk and gathered around the Jay
to sec what he was doing with that
electric cyclone. Well, sir, he was
right onthe word, and was putting
it down in the prettiest copper
plate hand you ever saw, even
crossing his It's dotting his is and
punctuating with as much care
man editing telegraph for rat
printers. st. Louise got tired by
and by and began to slow down.
Edison opened the key, and said,
.Here, hereI this is no primmer classl
Get a hustle on youl' Well, sir that
broke st. Louis all up. He had
been 'rawhiding' Memphis for a
long time, and we were terribly
sore, and to have man in our of,
fee that could walk all over him
made US feel like man whose
horse had won the Derby. | saw
the Wizard not long ago. He
doesn't wear q hickory shirt nor
put his pants in his boots, but lie is
very far from being dude yet"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

sYes,' remarked a stranger to the
editor, as the two sat on the veranda
slipping lemonade and looking out
upon the rolling sea; yes, head work
is very trying, and the man who
earns a living by it needs vacation
now and then"
Yes, +" said the editor, ''head work
is very trying. find it so, especially
when the hours are long"
How many hours a day do you
work2" asked the stranger.
-Four, y said the editor.
Heavens! I work ten"
Head work2"
Yes, every bit of it"
Newspaper or general literatureY'
Neither. I'm barber"
Then the editor-for editors are not
all wise-shut himself up as close as
the sun umbrella which he carried
New York Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
The Man Who Watches The Clock

lHt uIuH W uO HhlCuCS tuC OlOChs
al attribute my success in life, -
said Mr.. G. P. Huntington, "to the
fact that l never formed the habit
of watching clocks. As boy on a
farm 1 can remember that the
men were always on the lookout to
see if it was not time to quit. The
man who works with his eye on the
clock to make sure that he will not
work over time will never attain
success. l have never paid any
attention to clocks. If l had any
thing to do did it. Show me the
man who watches clocks and L will
show you a failure; show me the
man who ignores them and 1 will
bet that he has been successful.
have sometimes thought it would
be good thing to abolish clocks
altogether.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
A,confiIent.Pr

1t was a case of chicken stealing,
and the prints of bare feet were
found in the gravel around the hen
house. The lawyer for the prose
cution was one who if he had been
Napoleon Bonaparte never would
have crossed the Alps; he would
simply have pulled them up by the
roots and thrown them over the
fence. The prisoner was an un-
known tramp, and lame at that.
"You say you don't know any
thing about this theft?" queried the
lawyer fercely.
"That's what 1 swore to, SIR"
said the tramp meekly.
You were in the backyard of
slamtipp's house about supper
timer"
"Yes, sir"
"You know the location of the
shenhouse2"
\ es, sir.
"You were seen on the road in
front of the house some time after
dark, eh?'
81 was there, sir"
"You were in the yard after dark2"
Eyes, sir, and after supper also,
sir" replied the prisoner, with a
wan smile at his innocent little joke
in such a place.
"And you were seen by the cook
sitting on the doorstep with your
shoe Off"
"Yes, sir. There was a pebble in
it that was too big to get out of the
same hole it got in at"
"Now, sir, propose to prove that
you made those tracks with your
bare feet while you were stealing
the chickens of tho plaintiff
"You can't do it, sir" said the
prisoner mildly, but firmly.
"And why not, pray?" asked the
lawyer, with fine sarcasm.
because, sir, I've one wooden
leg, sir" and he gave kick that
sent it clean across the courtroom
and almost knocked constable
senseless.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

Professor Horsford tells of his eff
forts to secure tobacco for the arrny
during the civil war. Upon visiting
the camps at Fredericksburg and
elsewhere and asking the soldiers
what they most wished to complete
their happiness, he received the re-
ply, Tobacco" why tobacco7" he
asked. Because if we sit down ON a
march and can have little smoke it
makes US think of home, and Iulls
our minds and cures the homesick-
ness" The measure encountered
much opposition In congress and
faxed at first. But just after the
war closed provision was made for
a tobacco ration in the army sup
plies, and the soldiers still receive it.
Newport News.
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Mocoy,s Encore ON tho oallows.

Speaking of bravado on the scat
fold reminds me of a one legged
man saw turned off in western Penn
sylvania when was a boy" said
Roger Blakeslee He was known
to have killed five men. He had lost
a leg while trying to add sixth to
his string, but finally recovered, was
tried and sentenced to hang. The
execution took place in the court
house yard, and several thousand
people gathered to witnessit. Mccoy,
for that was the criminals name,
assembled the scaffold with no other
assistance than that afforded by his
crutch. When asked if he had any
thing to say he replied that he
would like to say goodby to his fid-
die. 1t was brought, and standing
on the deathtrap he played a lively
air, handed the violin to the sheriff,
and with the aid of his crutch danced
jig on the trap. He then an
nounced that he was ready.
His arms We're pinioned, the black
cap drawn over his head, and the
trap sprung. The rope broke, and
after being carried back on the scat
fold more dead than alive he asked
how long it would take to procure
another one. He was told about ten
minutes. Well, give me my old i'd
die while I'm waiting, he said. He
was unpinioned, the cap removed,
and he made his best bow to the au-
dience, saying he had not expected
an encore. st. Louis Globe Demo-
crat.
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Great God. when look round me and survey
The shoeless shivering mites that crouch and
cover
In open doorways, suffering by the hour
The bitterest terrors of this wfntry day.
My heart swells full OF anger, and pray
With ceaselcsa, longing yearning for the power
To raise the standard of revolt and slay
The sins that work such I'LL. The lowliest flower
That nestles in the lap of Mother Earth
Is tended with kindlier, gentler care
Than these rank offshoots OF n luckless birth.
Dread victims, from their cradle of despair
Eurslings of crime whom rigorous laws con-
denim.
But leave untouched the ills that bear ON them.
But turn ye from such sights to that blest place
Where nestles all that's holiest; turn to where
Thy young eyed cherubs wait thee ON the stair,
Counting each flying moment till thy face
Burst in upon them and thy fond embrace
Rewards their loving vigfls. Gaunt despair
Finds here no habitation: love keeps pace
With jocund mirth and glndness, making fair
The little world around thee. And when sleep
Enfolds thy darlfngs in his sheltering arms,
Haply thy grateful heart asks him TO keep
Their pure young souls from sins alluring
charms,
And whilst thy dear ones press their warm.
snug couches
Some homeless waif upon thy doorstep
crouches. Liverpool Mercury.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
Her Name.

''Tm lostedi Could you find me, please7''
Poor little frightened baby!
The wind had tossed her golden fleece;
The estone had scratched her dimplcd knees.
] stopped and lifted her with ease
And softly whispered, Maybe"
'Tell me your name, my little maid:
can't find you without IT."
My name is Shiny Eyes" she said.
"Yes, but your last2'' She shook her head.
"Up to my house 'ey never said
A single fing about it."
''But. dear" said. '.what is your names''
why. didn't you hear mo tell your
Dust Shiny Eyes" A bright thought came.
ayes. when you're good. but when they
You. little one-it's just the same
When mamma has to scold you2''
My mamma neber scolds. she means.
A little blushing ensuing,
"'Cept when I've been a-t'rowing stones.
And then she says" the culprit owns,
"Mehetable Sapphira Jones,
What has you been a-doing?"
Anna F. Burnham.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
Three Strikes and Out.

"I was struck by the handsome
shop window, and went in. AL
though 1 had no money thought
1 could make some satisfactory ar
rangement as to payment. Iselect-
ed some nice things, when, looking
up the sign No trust struck me. y
"And then?"
"And then the salesman struck
me for the cash."
"And then2'
"And then 1 went out"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
chInese pnni.I,ment for nrnra.r.

In China, according to Mr.. Jesse
Herbert, late legal adviser to the
government of south China, and pro-
fessor of law in the University of
Canton, officials are held responsible
for the conduct of the community.
If a son has murdered his father, not
only is the murderer cut in pieces,
but the house is pulled down and the
ground dug up to depth of about
six feet. Allthe neighbors, moreover,
are punished, the boys head master
Is beheaded, the magistrate loses his
place and the higher officials are re-
duced three degrees in rank.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
Faith.

Twill not learn TO doubt my kind.
II bread Is poison, what is food2
II man is evil, what is good?
I'll cultivate friendly mind.
see not far. but this see
II man is false, then naught is true,
II faith is not the golden cIew
To life, then all is mystery.
know not much, but this know
That not in hermit's calm retreat,
But In the thronged and busy street,
The angels most do como and go.
Who to the Infinite would rise
Should know this one thing ere he
starts
That all its steps are human hearts:
To love mankind is to be wise.
will not learn to doubt my kind.
II man is false, then false am 1:
II on myself can't rely,
Then where shall faith a foothold find2
Christian Register.
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The Irony Of Greatness.

"A plain, grave man once grew quite celebrated.
Dame Grundy met him with her blandest
smile,
And Mrs. shoddy. finding him much feted,
Gave him dinner in her swellest style.
Her dining table was blaze of glory;
Soft light from many colored candles fell
On young, the middle aged and hoary-
On beauty and on those who made up'' well
The flowers were wonderfully think that
maybe
Only another world had flowers more fair.
Each rose was big enough to brain q baby,
And there were several bushels OF them
there.
The serving was the acme of perfection;
Walters were many, silent, deft and fleet;
Their manner seemed a reverent affection,
And. oh. what stacks OF things there were
to eatl
And yet the me- n for all this honor singled
Would have exchanged it with the greatest
For one 1, plain meal of pork and cabbage min
Cooked by his mother when he wa. a boy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
Friendship.

One day my bookish zeal led me to look
Through the rough pages OF u dogs cared book
That lay with many others on n stand
Where musty volumes posed as secondhand.
A friend, a fellow OF the incest taste,
Was with me and entFeated me to haste.
Yet ere he snatched me from the tome caught
From its stained leaves the kernel of a thought.
That thought took away, and when night
came
mused: How small is friendship and how
tamei
I've known my friend for years, and yet wis
He never gave me such a thought as this.''
Next day once more passed the bookstall by.
Again the musty volume caught my eye
Ny friend was not In sight. With furtive Joy
took It up as children clutch u toy,
And then saw, half stricken out with age,
His name engraved upon the title page.
Tom Mason.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
Big rrees nfRnrmn.a

Formosa is trying to compete with
California. It claims to have trees
which rival In size and beauty the
famous redwoods of our own country.
Ten men joining their outstretched
arms were unable to surround the
trunk of one of the newly discovered
trees Another one Is said to have
been covered with huge red and
white flowers of variety hitherto
unlnown.-Kate Fields Washington.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
A Dress Bargain.

Wife Oh, such bargain! I
reached Big, Drive & Co.'S ahead of
the crowd this morning, and got
enough stuff for a perfectly elegant
dress for $1.9O.
Husband-Hoopla! You're an an
gell What will it cost to get it
made upl
Wife-'Bout thirty dollars.-New
York Weekly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

CHEAP PRrNT1NG.-We have just
made big cut in job printing, as
follows: Letter heads from $500
per 1000 up; Note heads from s1.75
per 1000 up; Statements from $500
per 1000 up; Bill heads from s15O
per 1000 up; Envelopes 81 per 1000
up to So. Send in your orders
The paper is of good quality. Call
and examine it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
When Love Goes BY.

When love goes by what can woman dor
Is there no prayer to pray, no suit to sue7
Though he be fed beyond the wintry sea,
Will not his errant steps come back to me7
Will he not answer TO my hearts low cry,
Though he goes by2
Nay. sweet, upon thy yearning lips command
The seal of silence. Reach no asking hand
To love once flown. Go on thy lonely ways;
Turn thee a face of smiles to the worlds gaze
Or else sink down upon life's thorns and die
When love goes by.
Kate Fields Washington
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FIies May Spread Disease.

Scientists have advanced the the
ory that smallpox is sometimes con-
veyed by flies which bite stricken
one first, and next alighting On a
healthy body inoculate it with the
disease. e.-Stockton Mail.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

The hoop-skirt is knocking for
admission to fashions realm. 1t
will require 80 yards of material for
a dress and only young men who
are backed by a gold mine dream of
marriage.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

He's truly valiant that can suffer
The worst that man breathe. and make HIS
wrongs
carelessly,
And ne'er prefer his injuries to his heart,
To bring it into danger. Shakespeare.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
The Song of Work.

The Song of Work.
Work. Work. Work.
With brain. with heart and hand.
Work. Work. Work.
Till plenty fills the land,
For every stroke which labor gives
Increases that whereon II lives.
All wealth is made by labor's power.
Labor's tho root and wealth the flower.
Work. Work. Work.
And be a nobleman.
Work. Work. Work.
As long as e'er you can.
The man who works enjoys his food;
And that he eats, II does him good.
With plenty food and little toll
Muscles will rot and brain will spoil.
Work. Work. Work.
On that which yields return.
Work. Workl Work.
No honest labor spurn.
It matters not what you may do
To make a nation or shoe
For he who works an honest thing
In Gods pure sight ranks as king.
Work. Work. Work.
The planets in their spheres
Work. Work. Work.
Through days and months and years.
They never stop, but onward go
A lesson of steady work they show.
The hand that made them never tire8
Replenishing their inward fires.
Work. Work. Work.
And never idle stand.
Work. Work. Work.
Be one of Natures band.
She always works that things may grow,
Sometimes fast and sometimes slow.
Her work is never done in haste.
She WORKS all up and leaves no waste.
John Parnell.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

This is a good time of the year
to, stock up on stationery and
printed matter. The REGISTER of
fee is the place to get supplies of
this sort.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

No persons are more empty than
they who are full of themselves.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14

Promises may get friends, but ii
is performance that keeps them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
NEW FLOUR
STORE!
c.. 81. WRAY,
OPPOSITE COURT HoUsE,)

OPPOSITE COURT HOUSED
DEsIREs to inform the public that he
~ has opened Flour and Feed Store
in the room adjoining the REGISTER of
fee. where he will keep on hand at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES, the
Best Brands of Flour; also Corn
Meal, Chop Feed, Bran, Shorts,
Corn, Oats, Hay, Straw, &c.
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Orders Promptly Filled and
Goods Delivered Free.

am also prepared to furnish Coal in
any quantities, and respectfully solicit
your ,rf orders; sSs Ssg,, c. E. WRAY.
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A plain, grave man once grew quite celebrated.
Dame Grundy met him with her blandest
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-14
GEMS IN VERSE
Two Pictures from Lie.

Great God. when look round me and survey
The shoeless shivering mites that crouch and
Orange County observer. [volume] (Hillsborough, N.C.) 1880-1918, 1893-06-03
OLD MEXICO" At RALEIGH.

After dinner Miss Davis held a
quiet aud Iuformal reception in the
Marlboro House parlors, aud q num-
Der of ladies and gentlemen called
aud warmly grasped the hand OF
the Daughter of tho Confederscv.
Many broaght flowers and one offer
log was the occasion OF a pleasing
incident. An old Confederate ve,e-
ran came in and pre-, en:ed a simple
floral tribute 10 Miss Davis, and
when she was leaving 1t was noticed
that the other offerings were carried
by her friends, but the gilt OF the
old veteran che carried herself.
The old veteran was William
Hobbs, of the Fi,st Mississippi Reg,-
ment, Co. l, Monterey Guards, and
during the late war he was in COM
pany +. OF Fishers Sixth North Caro-
lima Regiment. He was with Mr..
Davis in the Mexican war. Miss
Davis gave the old soldier q tender
reception, which be greatly appre-
GATED"
The above from the Raleigh
News and Observer refers TO Uncle
Bill Hobbs. or "Mexico," as be is
called here. This old veteran went
TO Raleigh to pay his last respects
TO his old commander Of nearly a
nalt century ago. aud was very much
touched with the reception given
him bv the Daughter OF the Confed.
eracy, Miss Winnie Davis. Next to
Miss Davis, he was the attraction in
Raleigh Tuesday. Sheriff Hughes
who carried the old veteran to Raj
eigh, says be enjoyed that part of i,
more than all the rest. Uncle Bill
is 10 years old.