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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11
4 USEFUL HINT.

One truth man is sure to learn
Before he gets to be
So gray and bent that every one
His age can plainly see.
He gets it beatensinto him
BY oft repeated shocks
You cannot always judge cigars
By the pictures on the box
The pictures may impress you as
The best you ever saw,
And yet You can't smoke the cigars
because they will not draw;
Or else their rankness fills the air
And your enjoyment blocks.
Oh, no, you cannot judge cigars
BY the picture, on the box.
And SO it is with people whom
You meet from day to day;
The ones who wear the finest clothes
Are sometimes common clay.
So think of this and save yourself
From most unpleasant knocks;
And never try to judge cigars
By the pictures on the box.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

An Eastern fable says that Noah,
after leaving the Ark, when the
floods subsidized, planted a vine and
moistened the roots with the blood
of three animals-the lion, the mon
key and the pig-symbolical of the
idea that the first drink made a
man courageous as a lion, the sec
ond making him talk with the
senseless chatter of the monkey and
the third to wallow in the depths of
degradation as the pig.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Maine used to boast of it's hard
names of rivers, lakes and towns,
but Alaska's simplest names are
longer and harder than most of
those for which Maine is famous.
A few of the longest and hardest OF
Alaskan names of villages are these:
Ahgomekhelanaghamute, Ahgulak-
paghamute, Choktoktoleghamute,
Kahlukhtughamute, Kennachana-
ghamute, Kyktoltowtin, Quiechoga-
mute, Teeuahotozna and AkguIuri-
giglak.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

The town treasurer of Middle.
boro, Mass, has discovered $500 ,O0O
in the treasury which he cannot ac-
count for. 1t will be necessary to
coin new word for his case. II
the money had been missing
from the treasury it would have
been a shortage. The present dis.
crepancy must then be longage
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Frederick Gebhard, who is spend
ing his honeymoon at Eatontown,
n. J., is at pains to enter a public
denial to reports that a silver bath
tub was among his presents to the
bride. He needs nothing of that
kind to enable him to keep in the
swim.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Blonde hair is to be fashionable
again this spring and bangs are GO
ing out. On evry high foreheads a
tiny golden curl will take the place
of the bang. For obvious reasons
there will not be very many of those
curIs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

At Salisbury, Austria, a man was
recently liberated who had been
kept a prisoner for fifteen years,
during which he never saw hu-
man face.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

1t has been observed that young
people engaged in cigarette and
tobacco factories suffer from nico-
tine poising. Their skin is yellow,
and they suffer from various mala-
dies caused by the absorption of
the poison.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

One reason why there are not
more good boys, is because good
fathers are SO scarce.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11
An Easy Job at Good PAY.

Indianapolis Journal: "sammer-
son tells me that he eourted his
wife I've years before she would ac-
cept him" @Well, he has nothing
to complain ofat that. She brought
him 100000. It looks to me as if
$4,000 a year for courting good
looking girl is big pay for a mighty
easy job. "
"Trust'' is the oil that makes the
machinery of a Christian life run
smooth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11
Orders Promptly Filled and
Goods Delivered Free.

lam also prepared to furnish Coal in
any quantities, and respectfully solicit
your orders. G. E. WRAY.
ian1 S9-3m.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17

There is popular, though mistaken no
ton that rife bullet in travelling leaves
! vacuum behind il. If this We're true it
1 would obviously diminish the speed of
the projectile. To overcome the imag-
| mary difficulty man has invented per-
1orated gun barrel. Another new idea is
10 provide soldiers with aluminium chains
70 hang from the helmet to the shoulders.
IhIs would afford protection against sa-
Der strokes. Yet another idea is a chain
armor of aluminium.
HINTS FOR GUNS AND PRoJECTILEs.
Inventors often offer to the ordnance
BOARD OF the army ideas for new guns.
pro ectlles, etc. Reply is made always
with a circular asking them for complete
drawings In three cases out of four
nothing more is heard from them, for the
reason that their conceptions have never
got beyond the first stage OF development
and the production of drawings and spec
lhcatlons is too much for them. Invent
orS are very apt to become abusive when
the government fails to accept taeir sug-
gestions.
One of the oldest letters received at
the war department was from a pious
young man of military tastes. He desired
70 have put in modern military terms the
Bible description of the Exodus, showing
now many fighting men were among the
lsraelites, the proper formation for the
army of chosen people on the march, the
quantity of food required for forty days
travelling in the wilderness, number of
wagons needed, etc. 1t should not be for
gotten to mention the crank who has de-
vised a method of drilling soldiers four
times faster than by the process now en-
ployed In this day of rapid-fring
weapons, he considers, there should be
corresponding quickness in evoluJions on
the field
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17
How Brown Got His monumant.

At little settlement on the Indian River.
before the railroad was built. lived PENN.
less. good-hearted fellow Of the name OF John
Brown, says the Jacksonville lines. Union
When Brown got any money lie would divide
II TO the last cent with his friends among the
boys, and of course the boys liked him One
day the boys found Brown dead in the woods
They dug him grave. rolled him IN a horse
blanket ana let him down in H. ana then
drank several bottles of East Coast bitters TO
his health and expressed the hope that what
ever new climate he was IN would be healthy
Some time later than that stranger came
among them He died. and. as the weather
was too warm TO ship his body of he was
buried next to Brown. A week or two passed.
and the relatives OF the stranger sent down
money to erect a monument over the grave of
the stranger.
he loys took the thing in hand and dis.
cussed it pro ana con They came to the con
cluston that Brown was a burned" sight
better fellow IN every way than the stranger
ana more entitled to a monument so one
night they went out and snapped the men
from one grave to the other. AS a result
Brown the ne er do.well Bohemian and ali.
round good fellow, sleeps beneath handsome
marble monument, and the rich stranger lies
in an unmarked grave.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17
WERE THE CATTLE MADP
All That Died Were Bitten by Dog
Presumed to Have Hydrophobia.s
From the Nam N1rl. g..

FROM the new I rk Sun.
Northampton, Mass, June 9.-Prof.
Paige, of the Amherst Agricultural Col
lege, investigated to-day the disease of
which eleven cattle have died in Ware.
and thinks it is hydrophobia, but he will
submit the brains of the cattle to the
Pasteur method of treatment before de-
Gliding. He says all the animals that died
were of herd which was chased bv a
dog presumed to be mad three weeks ago
and no animal has shown signs of disease
which was not bitten. All the trouble
appears in adjoining pastures, with one
exception, and in that case -four or five
miles disUant), as well as in others. alI
the cattle were driven and frequently
bitten by the shepherd dog of Perry
Cheever, which disappeared about three
weeks ago, after acting strangely.
The local doctors, who examined the
cattle, said they found diseased in
testines. and laid it to some strange zvmo-
tic disease, but Prof. Paige found no sucb
malady. Before he made his examination
nc one thought of hydrophobia, thoupb
the cows had run about as if crazy and
died in agony
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17

The young King Of Spain, Alfonso XIII
who recently entered upon his ninth year
impresses those who have come into contact
WIN MIN as being bright, intelligent and
high-spirited boy.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17

Primus-Your theory about moral suasion
with children is pretty enough, but have Won
ever known 10 TO work.
Secundus-Why, yes; I've never had To
strike child Of mine save in self-defense. -
Judge.
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17

IL.
John Percival was sitting on a stone, in
the old quarry, making holes in the
soaked ground with the ferule of his
stick, and waiting for Edith Helson All
the glory of August and September had
faded from the world, washed away by
long days of steady, constant rain.
Now, at the sun-setting, the rain had
ceased, but pail of gray cloud dropped
above the distant hills. The sky over
head, the ground underfoot, everything
green, the very rocks themselves seemed
soaked through and through.
A chill wind was rising, and the
ground was dank and slippery, but
Percival's face was brighter, serener
than il had been on that golden August
afternoon when he met Edith Helston for
the first time in that place. He turned
as her footstep announced her, and went
to meet her up the narrow path.
i asked you to meet me-" she said
hurriedly because l have got a lot of
things to say TO you"
Let's sit down." he said "See. 1
brought this plaid to wrap round YOU
The wind is rising, and these October
evenings"
She shivered acquiescently, and he
wrapped the plaid round her, took his
seat on the rock at her side, and said a.,
Now"
lIduC up NY luluu 4dSb week when 1
asked you to meet me, " she said, that
this comedy of ours ought not to go on
any longer. 1t was piece of folly, but |
meant it to end well. l was wrong. l
hoped that it would move her-and so it
has" she added, half TO herself
you have something more to tell
me-"
Yes, have. have this to tell YOU,
that l have played our comedy as well as
/ could. Have played it well2"
You have played it wonderfully" he
answered
Until last night" she went on. II
hoped it would succeed. Last night 1
saw Lola's real heat, and l am glad that
ithas failed"
1T has failed then2' he asked, gloom
lily.
1T succeeded and have made it fail l
will tell you how, if you like. if 1t is not
enough for you to know that Lola never
cared for you, that she is incapable of
caring for any one"
mo, he said, quickly, "that is not
enough for me-"
The rising wind drove a few belated
raindrops against their faces, and the for
Torn cry Of the plover rang drearily over
the moor behind them
Last night she said. Lola came into
my room. She came to ask my advice.
she said. She was in a difficulty. and
this was what the difficulty came to.
Young Rogers had offered to marry her.
and she liked his mills, and she liked his
fortune, and she liked his horses, but she
The morning news. [volume] (Savannah, Ga.) 1887-1900, 1894-06-17

The people OF Finland have shown their ad
miration for Alexander II. by erecting a mon.
upent 20 hts memory IN Helsingfors Thew
do not feel so well disposed toward the pres
emit ruler, under whom many Of their priv.
leges have been Withdrawn
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
The Pope Joan Legend.

In spite of the learned historian by
whom the story has been refuted, there
is still a widespread popular belief that
there existed in the middle ages q fe-
male pope. Pope Joan, as she is called,
has even given her name to q game Of
cards, which is mentioned in Sheridan's
School For Scandal"
The tradition with regard to the fe-
male pope has been traced back to the
eleventh century, but she is said to have
lived much earlier, her pontificate hav-
ing taken place in the ninth century and
having lasted for more than two years.
The name she is alleged to have assumed
is John VII. At the last meeting Of the
Academy of Inscriptions in Paris, M.
Muntz dealt another blow at q story
which Gibbon, who cannot be suspected
of Catholic p~rejudices, considered had
been ''annihilated" by two Protestant
critics, Blondel and Bayle.
NJ. Muntz characterizes the legend as
a vulgar fable invented in the middle
ages. Never, he declares, after a care
full study of the question, has a woman
worn the tiara, and moreover there was
no i~nterregnum at the period when the
pretended John VII governed the church.
London News.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
Peculiarities In Massage.

Light friction of q part reduces sur
face temperature. In 10 experiments on
healthy adults, whose armpit tempera-
ture on both sides was equal, and whose
free surface temperature on the sur
face of both forearms was before mas
sage SO degrees F. or more, it was
found, on subjecting the left forearm to
gentle upward friction, that while the
temperature in both armpits and in the
untouched free surface of the opposite
limb remained constant, the tempera-
ture of the left forearm fell in all cases
mor than two degrees and in three
cases nearly four degrees.
After firm friction, rolling, squeezing
and kneading of the skin of the limb in
all cases, the free cutaneous tempera-
ture rose to 95 degrees. but the armpit
temperature remained the same on both
sides, while in seven cases an interest
ing phenomenon was noticed on the op-
posite side-viz, the right limb sensibly
perspired and the free surface tempera-
ture of the untouched forearm fell to "a
degrees during the time that the firm
friction of the left limb was in progress.
In regard to light friction it has been
impossible to detect any effect ON the
patients sense of locality or on the tenn
perature sense, After firm friction of a
part for five minutes comes a decided in
crease of the sense of touch, and the
sense of locality has in most instances
been apparently improved.-Nsw York
Ledger.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
Gives His Home to the Poor,

A dispatch from Waverly, Ia, says:
To the INDECENT people of Bremen county
the prospects of a journey cover the
hills to the poorhouse" will henceforth
be robbed of many of its terrors, for,
through the generosity of Mr.. Abraham
Simmer, those who are SO unfortunate
as to become public charges viii dwell
in marble halls. Mr.. Simmer today
dropped into the county auditors Office
while the board of supervisors was in
session and pleasantly surprised that
body by presenting it with a deed Of
his palatial mansion that overlooks the
city from the west, and which, with the
beautiful park surrounding it, is valued
at 10000. The only condition of the
transfer is that the dwelling should be
used exclusively as q home for poor per-
sons. and the donor takes it upon him
self to pay the expenses Of the establish
ment till his death.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05

Itls the Largest Ever Known and IL Worth
5000, OOO-How nc Was Found.

Itls theE Largest Ever Known and IL WORTH
8 5000, OOO--How ne Was Found.
Captain Jonas Anderson of the firm
Of Westergaard & Co.. shipbrokers OF
this city, was the center OF q group OF
curious ones recently as he carefully
opened a box which had been mailed to
him all the way from Cape Town. As
he unfolded layers of paper wrappings
everybody vas IN the qui vive, and at
last he triumphantly displayed q plaster
cast of the newly discovered Excelsior
diamonG the largest known in the world.
The discovery Of the monster diamond
in the J~agersfontein mine was made on
the evening of June 80 last. Captain Ed
ward Jorgansonn, the superintendent OF
the mine, who is q son-in-law of Captain
Anderson, was just quitting work after
seeing the men out of the diggings when
suddenly a bright lump attracted him,
and he stopped topick 1t mp. At the same
time o native Basut truck driver saw it
andgrabbed it. Captain Jorgansonn told
the native to take it to Manager Clifford.
That gentleman pronounced it diamond
of the first water and worth about $5,-
0O0, 900. 1t was a curious fact and much
commented on that a firm, Messrs. Brett
meyer g. Bernheimer, had just contracted
with the company to take over all its
finds for one month at a certain price,
and the very first find on their contract
was the Excelsior.
Extraordinary precautions were taken
in transporting it to the coach. A troop
Of the Sixteenth lancers escorted it to
Cape Town, where it was transferred to
the gunboat Antelope, and is now de-
posted in the Bank of England. The
British government has offered G500, 900
for it, which has been declined. The
Chicago Worlds fair commissioners
were very anxious to get the giant bit
of costly carbon, and offered to insure
It to the extent Of %, 500, 900, but the
proprietors were obdurate and would
not let the stone cross the ocean. The
stone is white, with @ BLUSH tinge, and
reflects all the colors Of the rainbow.
1t measures 8 inches in length, 81
inches in its broadcast part, and weighs
971a carats. or It unces avoirdupois,
The only flaw is a small black spot RICH.
in the centre. This, however. can easily
be cut out. The Emperor Of Germany
is said to be negotiating for its purchase
-Philadelphia Times.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05

Half a kola nut will, says Mi. G. f.
Scott Elliott, in his report on the botany
of Sierra Leone, enable a man to 60 with
out food and support great fatigue for
"a hours or more. It is an excellent
nerve tonic, and is especially good for
keeping the brain clear and active at
night. 1t prevents sleep, however, almost
too thoroughly, and should not be taken
less than four hours before bedtime.
1t is said to remove Immediately and
thoroughly the unsteadiness and stupid
ity due to drunkenness. 1t grows freely
everywhere, thrives wherever planted,
seems to require no special condition Of
soil and yields at the rate of eS00 per
acre. Another property attributed to
this nut is that of rapidly clearing foul
water and improving beer.-Invention.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
TOLD HIM HOW TO FREE HER.
Remarkable Plot to Liberate u Priscnel
,q Revealed I'm Court,

Remarkable Plot to Liberate - Prisoner
E Revealed I'm Court.
A middle aged man calling himself
Henry Bresling went to jefferson Mar
ket court and told Justice Koch that his
sister-in-law, Miss Emma de Fontane,
had been arrested and sent up for two
months. He asserted that she was a
good woman and that a mistake had
been made. When asked for the date OF
the arrest. he produced the following let
ter:
MY DEAR FRIEND-I am sorry to ten you
that I have been arrested and was sentenced
to two months or $500 bail. I was arrested
with other women. The rest got six monthA
I now remind you that you often told me you
would help me. Get some one to go bail for
me. You know my bail is only straw bail, y
and you could get any one to 60 on the bond.
liz you 60 TO Judge Koch and tell him you are
my uncle, and that I am q hard working, de-
cent woman, and give him a good game OF
talk, you win have M trouble. One of the
women who got six months with me la out.
Her friend went 10 the alderman of the ward,
and he fixed IL. Come with the discharges
yourself, and on the spot ! will give you the
price of q suit of clothes.
When the justice had read the letter,
no looked at the man and said indignant
ly, IF you are in this courtroom in 10
seconds, you will go to the island your.
SELF" The fellow made quick time for
the door.-New York Press.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
SWEET PROSPERITY.

Where 1000, 600 Pounds Of Sugar Is Made
Per Week and Everybody Lis Happy.
A Napoleonville correspondent of the
New Orleans Times-D Democrat writes as
follows:
The weather is all that could be de-
sired, and cane cutting and grinding are
further advanced than have ever been
known. The yield is excellent and the
extraction far above anything on record.
Mr.. l.. Godchaux's Elm Hall refinery
barreled up 10000 0 pounds Of sugar
the past week, the production Of seven
days grinding. About 300 tons Of cane
per day passes through the reliefs, 49,
600 pounds of granulated sugar falls
from the vacuum pans every six hours,
and under the ski1lful management OF
Mr.. Eddie Godchaux there is no letup in
this vast aggregation of machinery, not
for a minute. With 500 men under his
supervision not one hesitates, but all
know their duty and do it by some kind
Of instinct, as it were.
During the day 100 wagons feed the
NAV of this monster mill with cane, and
at night 500 cars are pulled in with 900
tons of can to appease the ever crying
call for more cane. About eight miles
of railway are required to handle this
vast crop. A Baldwin locomotive will
take the place of mule propulsion in a
few days. Yet with all this immense
acreage and all this cane to handle the
indomitable enterprise of the manager
has led to the incorporation Of about 300
acres more new land, and ever now can
be heard the terrific blasts of dynamite
operating with fatal effects on the
stumps that block the progress Of the
plow.
If any n were to mention the fact
that this country was now in the throes
Of a great financial p~anic-that is. in this
section-he would be sent to an asylum
for safe keeping. Times were neve bet
ter, and altogether prosperity is on top,
and everybody is happy.
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
Indian Currency oue.tion.

LONDON, Jan. 5.-The Pail Mall Ga
zette publishes an interview with Sir
James Mackay, late president Of the
Indian currency commission, during the
course Of which he said: 81 have not
yet had time to judge il the closing of
the minis is a success. Speculation led
to abnormal importations of silver.
The banks imported largely and
coined in order to be
ready to meet the bills already lodged
by spectators who were hoping for .
rise. In consequence there were fewer
bills than usual on the market, and spsc-
ulators were compelled to buy sterling
and largely the sales. This viii
be entirely stopped shortly, and there ID
no doubt that the measure viii eventu-
ally be a success"
The Madison daily leader. [volume] (Madison, S.D.) 1890-current, 1894-01-05
.selen Virginia.

A good story is told upon a Washing
ton woman -yho now makes her home in
Colorado. With evidently no thought
as TO the curious sound of the combine
ton if spoken quickly, sne has called her
oldest child Helen Virginia. Not long
age upon a visit to this city she proudly
brought her young daughter in to see an
old friend. What have you called your
daughter" queried the visitor. Helen
Virginia" was the complacent reply.
"Ah, and what do you call her in Col
oradoT' was the unexpected but very
natural response. Kate Fields Wash