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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
About SIeepIng.

Beware of a dusty, musty carpet;
better sweetness and a bare floor.
Do not fail to provide some means
of ventilation during the night.
Keep the head cool while sleeping,
but not by a draught of cold air
falling upon it.
If folding bed must be used con-
trive some way to keep it aired and
wholesome.
Let the pillow be high enough to
bring the head in a natural position
mo more nor less.
Thoroughly air the sleeping room
every day, air the beds and bedding
as often as possible.
a dark, out-ofthe-way, unwhole-
some corner is no more fitted for a
sleeping room than for a parlor.
A feather bed that has done SER
vice for a generation or Two is hard
ly desirable thing upon which to
sleep.
Sunlight is good for everything
but feathers. The best number of
persons to each bed is-one. Away
with heavy hangings, either above
or below the bed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

Swinging around the Circle

Swinging AEOuuu luc O1ECA
OF the diseases to which it is adapted
with the best results. Hostetter's stom-
ach Bitters, a family medicine, compre-
hensive in it's scope, has never been
thrust upon public attention in the
guise of universal panacea for bodily
ills. This claim daily arrogated in the
columns ofthe daily press by the pro
prietors of medicines far inferior to il as
specifics. has in a thousand instances
disguslsd the public ia advance Dy It's
ahsurdity, and the prospects OF other
remedies ofsuperior qualities have been
handicapped by the pretentions OF their
worthless predecessors. Butthe Amer
ican people know, because they have
verified the fact by the most trying tests,
that the Bitters possesses the virtues OF a
real specific in cases of malarial and liver
disorder, constipation, nervous, rheu-
matte, stomach and kidney trouble.
What it does it does thoroughly, and
mainly for this reason it is indorsed and
recommended by hosts OF respectable
medical men
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
She'd a Corpse to Sell.

a day or two ago physician OF
this city was sitting in his office
when respectfully dressed woman
entered and desired to speak
with him privately. He granted
the request and asked her to make
known her errand. The woman
after some hesitation abruptly in
quired:
doctor, what would you give
for a cofpse2"
The question was such an unusual
ono that it nonplused the physician,
and for the space of a minute he was
unable to make reply. Finally
he yentured to inquire whose corpse
she wished to dispose of
"Oh, l havn't the corpse yet"
replied she, "but my husband, who
is much older than I AMI expect
him to die very soon, and 1 thought
perhaps you might wish to pur-
chase subject
"Why do you wish to dispose of
his body2" asked the physician.
"Well," replied the woman, ave
are not in very good circumstances,
and 1 thought we might as well
make something that way as to
bury him."
The physician informed her that
he was not in the corpse buying
business and politely bowed her out
of the Office. 1t has since transpired
that tho family are not in destitute
circumstances, but are of miserly
instincts and that it was this char
acteristic that prompted the woman
to make her visit to the physician.
Cedar Rapids Republican.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
He Was Out.

A singular adventure befell a
Buffalo woman at large hotel in
Berlin. She was making the tour
of Europe with her two small chill
dren and could speak no language
but English. One night, having
retired early with the little ones.
she was awakened by a peculiar
noise, which she soon became con-
WINGED was made by some one try
ing to open the door between her
room and the one adjoining.
She wasn't bit scared"-people
never are under such circumstances
but she got up quickly, turned
on the electric light and rang the
bell. The sound at the door ceased
suddenly, and pretty soon a Dutch
man. as she called him, appeared
in answer to the bell.
HSpeak English21 asked the wo-
mantle usual first question.
snPeaAs heetn leeties WAS
the reply.
"There is some one in the ncxt
room trying to open my door"
"No. He is out" said the man.
But there is some one there-a
robber-a burgIar-don't you un-
derstand2n
"He is out. He will be cen at
halluf past zwelf."
"No-a robberl burglarl thief
IA thief. tell you-a thief in the
next rooml"
"vell." meditatively. al do not
tink he ees t'ief, but he ees oudt.
He will be cen at halluf past zwelf,
and I-vill-telI-heem-zat-you L
-see-heem."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
Don Camerll,s Sneeoh.

The speech of Senator Don Cam
eron in favor OF the free coinage of
silver and State banks of issue. viii
probably come as surprise to those
who have thought that the Penn
sylvanian inherited his fathers
prejudices with his name.
Simon Cameron was very able
man, but he was prominent at a
time when radical Republicanism
had made sectionalism rampant,
and he was one of the leaders of
the radical element.
Don Cameron, his son, is of
a different pattern altogether. He
is much broader man than his
father was. He first made himself
conspicuous as man of large views
when he refused to support the force
bin in the Senate in 1890, and con-
stributed largely to the failure Of
that measure.
Since that time Senator Cameron
has leaned more and more to the
views held by the great body of
Democrats of this country, and his
speech in the Senate shows that he
will act with those Democrats who,
standing squarely on the Democratic
platform, refuse to commit them
selves blindly to legislation that will
restore the Sherman law of 1873.
Senator Cameron's speech shows
that he understands and sympa-
thizes with the necessities of the
people rather than with the
demands of the eastern banks and
bondholders. He has cut loose
entirely from the financial policy of
the Republican party, and has repu-
dated the fraudulent "bimetalism"
of John Sherman.-Atdnta COnsti-
tuition.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
ssTHR OLD MAN.n
Bob Bixby Lectures Few Lines TO The
Too Fresh Boy.

Y lOo \ EGSu BOY
Ichabod, my boy, me thought
! heard you speak this morning Of
! your sire as the sold man. You
are 20 years of age. arc your ,not2 Just
sol Thatis the ago when callow
youth has its first attack of the big
head. You imagine at this moment
that you know it all 1 observe by
the cut of your trousers and the
angle of your hat, and the flavor OF
your breath, and the style of your
toothpick shoes, and the swagger of
your walk, that you are badly gone
on yourself. This is an error OF
youth which your uncle can over
look, but it pains sorely to hear you
speak in terms of disres ect of one
you should never mention save by
the sacred name of father. he
may not be up to your style in the
modern art of making fool OF
himself, but, ten 10 one, he forgets
more in week than you will ever
know. He may not enjoy smoking
gpttersnipes, chopped fine and in
closed in a delicate tissue paper, but
he has borne a good many hard
knocks for yolr sake, and is enti-
tied to all the reverence your shall
low brain can muster. By and by,
after you are through knowing it
all and begin to- learn something,
you will be ashamed to. look in the
glass, and will wonder where the
foolkiller kept himself when you
were ripe for the sacrifice. And
then when the old man grows tired
of the journey and stops to rest,
and you fold his hands across his
bosom and take last look at
face that has grown beautiful in
death, you will feel a sting of re-
gret that you ever spoke of him in
SO grossly disrespectful a manner,
and when yon hear other sprouts
of imbeciIity using the language
that SO delighted you in the ger
minal period of manhood, you will
feel like chasing them with a sled
stake and crushing their skull to
see if there is any brain tissue on
the inside. Lincoln Journal.
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what Women Cap,t Do.

The Chicago Interior has been of
fering, prizes for the best paragraphs
on topics of interest 10 women.
Here is one that drew a prize:
"The old question, "What can a
woman dor" should now give way
to the question, "What cannot wo-
men do?" In this country more
than twenty-five hundred women
are practicing medicine. Over two
hundred and seventy-fve are now
preaching the gospel from pulpits.
Over six thousand are postmistresses.
Over three million women in the
United States work for money. In
New York City twenty-seven thou,
sand women support their husbands.
The United States patent Office has
granted over twenty-five hundred
patents to women since 1900. Six
ty.one foreign missionary societies
are conducted by women. New
York City has three women archi-
tects, and Buffalo the same number.
The first newspaper in the Congo
Free State is published by two ne
gro women"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
A Million Friends.

A friend in need is a friend indeed,
and not less than one million people,
have found just such n friend in DIR.
Kings New Discovery for Consumption
Coughs. and Colds. II you have never
used this Great Cough Medicine, one
derful curative powers in all diseases of
Throat, Chest and Lungs. Each bottle
is guaranteed to do all that is claimed
or money will be refunded. Trial hot
ties free at A. G. VanGilder's Drug
Store. Large bottles SOC. and S10O.
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Saving Crnns.

The man that has never had a
days sickness has no just apprecia-
ton of the blessing of health, and
the man with the best constitution
in the world is a pi.l.ble object
when troubled with the toothache.
at sucha Time he ignores the fact
that he is in perfect health in every
other respect, and rails at provi-
dence and the world. BE is, in
fact, utterly unreasonable, and all
because he has pain in his jaw
bone or thereabouts.
While the people of the United
States are excited over the finan-
cial furry, an excitement that is
absolutely uncalled for. they over
look the glorious truth that the
country is teeming with the great
est production of grain and fruits
that has ever been known. Better
crops were never seen before, and
there is enough coming from the
ground to feed the world. Yet
with all this real wealth at our dis
posal, we are worrying over cur
rency, spielmarks, tokens of wealth,
and persuading ourselves that we
have not enough of them to enable
us to live comfortably.
The trouble is all over the i'm
aginary, while the real is neglected.
There is no question about parity
between wheat and flour, or peaches
and pIums. They are Offering
themselves to us in millions ol
acres of broad fields and on billions
of branches. Yet the people are
neglecting these, and giving them
selves up to petty complaints about
a circulating medium that would
be useless if there were no food tc
be purchased with it.
The United States is self. sustain,
ing. We have wheat, vegetables
meat, iron, wool, cotton and every
other product that is needed tc
make men strong and healthy. We
can trade one for the other among
ourselves just as, not SO many
years ago, in Pittsburgh peltriel
were accepted by the merchants
without discount, for the necessa
ries of life. We could get alont
without any money at all, if it wer,
necessary, just as we did in the ole
times, and we should find that W.
had everything needful to make III
prosperous and happy.
So let us be thankful for tn,
bounteous crops that will bring
good times no matter what may b,
done in the money market, an(
leave Congress to repeal the Sher
man act without persuading our
selves that our lives depend upor
that action. Let us forget oul
financial toothache, and we shaI
find that the farmers are keeping
us in a sound state of health
Good times are forcing themselver
upon us on the great farms anc
orchards of the country, and w
cannot stop them by worrying owe
finances Pittsburgh Press.
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AUI rs FAMOUs RIDE.


"A PACT Has Few Parallels in
PhysIc ENDURANCE and Bravery.
The alest physical achieve
ment e accomplished in this
country lid John F. Graham to
ia Denve 'rs reporter, twas the
ride Of aubrey from the plaza
of Santa N. NJ, to the public
square dependence, Mo-, dis
tanee Of rly 500 miles, through
a eountr nhabited by warlike In
dians, go part of which was
then a 8 y desert.
:tIt We bout the year 1851 that
Aubrey his wonderful test of
human aranee before which all
other al pts of the kind pale into
insignif s He was short,
heavy 3s years of age, in
the priu manhood aud strength.
His iot ten years as a
Santa Fe trader had made him per-
fectIy familiar with the trail and all
the stopping places. He was per-
feet horseman, and although there
were great riders in those days none
of them cared to dispute the palm
with Aubrey. On a wager of 81 900
he undertook to ride alone from
Santa Fe to Independence inside of
six days 1t was 40 years ago that
he undertook the terrible feat. 1t
was the supreme effort of his life,
and he sent half dozen of the
swiftest horses ahead TO be stationed
at different points for nse in the
ride. He left Santa Fe in a sweep
ing gaIlop, and that was the pace
he kept up during nearly every
hour of the time until he fell faint
ing from the foam covered horse in
the square at Independence. No
man could keep up with the rider,
and he would have killed every
horse in the West rather than to
have failed in the undertaking. 1t
took him just five days and nine
teen hours to perform the feat, and
it cost the lives of several of his best
horses. After being carried into
room at the old Independence. Au.
brey lay for 4s hours in dead stu
por before he came to his senses.
He would never have recovered
from the shock had it not been for
his wonderful constitution. The
feat was unanimously regarded by
Western men as the greatest exhi-
bition of strength and endurance
ever known on the plains"
What became of Aubrey after
wprd2',
"After his ride he became the lion
of the West and was dined and
feted at st. Louis as though he had
been a conquering hero. He finally
met his death at the hand of
friend. One day in 1854, in an al
tercation with Major Richard Ii.
Weightman, the great rider was
stabbed to the heart and dropped
dead in Santa Fe saloon. He was
buried in an unknown grave, and
all that is remembered of Aubrey is
his remarkable ride. Weightman
was tried upon charge of murder
but was acquitted, and joining the
Confederate army was shot at Will
sons Creek while leading his bri-
gade into battle"
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His Mind is Conc.

"old man Clamwhooper has mar,
ried again"
"You don't tell me so"
"Yes, and he has married a right
young girl, forty years ) yopnger than
he is"
"WeIl, 1 declare. His other wife
only died six months age, and he
went on SO at the grave, that 1 ex-
pected he would lose his mind"
"Wcll, you see your prediction
has come to pass
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

In the United States there are
80, 100000 men and 100000
women. Men are in the majority
in all the States and territories ex-
cept in the District of Columbia,
Massachusetts. Rhode Island, North
Carolina, Maryland, Connecticut,
New Hampshire, New York, South
Carolina, Virginia and New Jersey,
in which there are more women
than men. The District of CoIum-
bia has the largest proportionate
excess of female population and
Montana contains the largest per-
centage of men. In New Jersey
the two sexes are most nearly
equally represented.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
Deserving Praise.

We desire to say to our citizens, that
for years we have been selling DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, DIR.
Kings New Life Pills, Bucklen's Arnica
Salve and Electric Bitters, and have
never handled remedies that sell as
well, or that have given such universal
satisfaction. We do lot hesitate to
guarantee them every time, and we are
ready to refund the purchase price, il
satisfactory results do not follow their
use. These remedies have won their
great popularity purely on their merits.
A. e. VanCiilder, Druggist
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
somethIng Picturesque.

Courier Journal: "There is some
thing picturesque in the candida
ture of Gov. Mckinley. The seren-
ity with which he bobs up with the
most delightful unconsciousness of
the fact that he has wrecked his
party is without a parallel in his
tory or fiction. Perhaps the young
gentleman mentioned in "Great
Expectations" who fought Pip in
Mrs. Haversham's back garden,
without the faintest suspicion that
he wss outclassed, in spite of a dozen
knock outs, may afford something
like suggestion of Maj. McKinley's
state of mind; but the guileless
youngster involved nobody but him
self in defeat, while Mckinley call
ed downsthe dispIeasure of the great
est nation on earth, not only on
himself, but on his party also. That
he dares again to r!se his head high
enough to be shot at shows curl
GUS nconsciousness of the mischief
he has done, or else a wonderful
confidence in the ignorance of the
Ohio electorate. Perhaps both these
reasons cooperate to make possible
the candidature of the putative au.
thor of the most foolish and abomin-
able tariff law that ever encumbered
the statute book of any enlightened
nation"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
Nn Mnre Fnrne RilIs.

The consideration of Congress-
man Harry fuckers bill to repeal
all laws in existence authorizing
Federal interference with elections
created quite little furry of excite
ment in the House of Representa-
tives last week. The Republicans
opposed the Tucker bill and sue
cessfuIly fillibustered against it, for
that day at least. The same tactics
were again resorted TO on Friday
and Saturday by Reed and the force
bill forces. The matter was then
deferred. Tho bill simply provides
for the repeal of all laws under
which the United States may un-
dertake to control elections, and
leaves them solely in the hands Of
State governments. That is exactly
where they belong. The enactment
of this measure will serve notice on
tho country that under Democratic
rule there are to be no more force
bills.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
Look Here.

Did you know that Harper Bros
are selling Furniture right down at
manufacturers prices? Only think
of It'll feet Extension Tables for
S2.75; Oak Cupboards, z feet high,
Is inches deep, S4.9s; solid oak
Bedsteads, s1.65; hard wood Dress
ers, 1892, German Plate Glass,
s4.99; solid oak High Back Dining
Chairs, &c; large size High Arm
Rockers, s1.28; Double Woven Wire
Spring Mattresses, S1.40; Full size
Baby Carriages, Reed Body, Steel
Wheels, So 81; Refrigerators from
SO up; Curtain Poles, trimmed com
plete, 1sc.; Lace Curtains Soc. per
pair; Window Blinds 10c.; ParIor
Suits upholstered in imported crush
ed plush, S22.50. Everything in
the furniture line; all new stock
and latest designs to select from, at
lowest prices ever offered. We
positively will not be undersold.
No matter what others offer you,
we will always make our prices the
lowest.
Very respectfully.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
The Size of IT

Do you take this woman whose
hand you're a-squeezin' to be your
lawful wife in flush times and skim2
l reckon that's about the size OF
it Squire.
Do you take this man you've
jined fists with to be your pard
through thick and thinP
Well, you're about right for once,
old man.
all right, then. Kiss in court,
an l reckon you're married about
as tight as the law can jine you.
guess four bits will do, Bill, if
don't have TO kiss the bride.
That just fills the bill, said the
robin as he seized a big fat worm,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

What makes the charm Of Rfley's verse;
cannot tell.
We city poets rhyme no worse.
But ours won't SELL
I'm told that dialects the thing
To help verse out.
I'm sure that his would dueats bring
Without
lie lives SO near TO Natures heart
And IN accord.
We dwell from her 50 Wide apart
And untoward.
Our songs are like the rich perfume
or hothouse flowers;
Els breathe Of clover brought to bloom
By showerz-
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aPa, how is the world dividedf"
swell, my son, I have forgotten
how it used to be, but at present its
three. .fourths ocean and the balance
summer hotel"
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The silver agitation appears to
have given gold mining boom on
the Pacific coast. "Tis an ill wind"
etc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
struek Honey in n Church.

For long time the congregation
ofthe Firstchurch, near Five Points,
six miles north of Oakland, Ill, has
been bothered with honey bees.
They had become such pest that it
was determined to get rid of them.
Monday dozen or more farmers
assembled at the church and tore
off the siding on one side, discover
ing an immense bed of honey. Over
seven tubs of honey was taken out
and the bees successfully hived.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

The girl who had a falling out
with her friend will not try the
hammock again.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

Wife Cpassionately) Darling,
are you going to leave me for the
whole long day without kissing me
good-bye2"
Husband (who knows the symp-
toms)I swear, ON my honor, 1
haven't a twenty about me, love.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

If Senator Faulkner'samendment
to the vorhees bill is carried he win
at once be one of the most famous
statesmen of the United States. AIS
it lis, he stands high. West Virginia
is proud of her Q. S. Senator's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04
Bucklen,s ArnIcn SaIve-

The Best SdEre in the world for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe-
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
and positively cures cure Piles, or no paw re.
Yuired. 1t is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price,
25 cts. per box. For sale by A. G. VAN.
GLIDER. Druggist [ian4-1y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

"Crimp" is already gazing about
to see who has prepared for him
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

The lead mines of Spain have
been worked ever since the begin
ming of history.
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YerY resnectfnlIv.

The Low Priced Furniture Dealers.
Point Pleasant, w. Va.
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Notice NO Tresnassers.

a LII persons are hereby warned not TO tres
- pass upon my lands in Lewis and Rob-
inson districts, either by hunting, fishing,
nutting or In any other way. All violafers
law enforced against them. @. SEHON,
sept 28-4W.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-04

Mrs. Askem-awhy didn't your"
Mrs. Morales-"They were al
ready too much exposed"
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Mrs. Askem-aYou went to see
the dances in Midway Plainsancea"
Mrs. Morales-aYes 1 went there
with the intention of exposing
them"