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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-16
sMAeLPox pEcREAslNa.
Nevertheless chicagoans WIN Have
Undergo Vaccination.

CHICAGO, May 15.-It was decided
Monday by Mayor Hopkins and Hea' til
Commissioner Reynolds that vaccina-
ton should be compulsory. Seventy
five additional vaccinators were put to
work Monday by the commissioner of
health. Only six cases of the disease
Mere reported to the department.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-16
RaYenswoOd August soth,

ilafelsNOUu AlIgilst EJtn,
is the place and time fixed for the
holding of the Democratic Congress.
sional Convention for the Fourth
Congressional District.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-16

Hogs-Select butchers, s. 1905 20; pack
ing, s. -00@5 Is. Cattle = Prime steers.
q 40@4 so: Others, 8 2594 10; cows and
bulls, 81 1903 GO. Sheep = 81 50@4 60;
lambs, s. 2o@5 so
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-16
BANK REPORT.
M LOG

No. 15O4.
DEPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF
IL The Merchants National Bank of
West Virginia at Point Pleasant, in the
State OF West Virginia, at the close of
business, May 4th, 1894.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-05-16
may 9, 1894.
WANTED.

CORRESPONDING Agent in every
" town, to report on parties regarding
opening or re fitting Saloons, by the lar
gest Saloon manufacturers in the world.
R0THSCHILDS SONS CO., 73a, Broad
way, New York. l1w.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
Witches and Plants.

In all countries in which the
witchcraft delusion now exists, or in
which it prevailed in former times,
we find folklore stories connecting
those mysterious bogies with the
plants of those particular regions.
Even the great Shakespeare causes
his witches to discourse learnedly on
the diabolical properties of hem
lock digg'd i dark and of slips of
yew silvered in the moons eclipse. "
They are supposed to have had their
favorite flowers as we'll as plants,
and in England at the present time
foxglove is spoken of as witch
BELLS and harebells as witches
thimbles." The common ragwort
is we'll known as the witches
horse" the tradition being that they
mounted rank growths of that spe-
cies of weed and rode the skies, y
just as the dame with the pointed
hat rides the broom in the familiar
picture. In Germany and through
out northern Europe it is the belief
that witches float from place to place
on beds of hay, composed largely of
witches blossoms and''devil spikes, y
this last being a species of dwarfed
slough grass. st. Johns wort, which
is now so popular for shoulder and
buttonhole bouquets OF st. Johns
eve, was formerly worn for the ex.
press purpose of averting the crafts
and subtleties of the witches, DO
gies, ghosts and spirits which the
European peasantry believed walked
abroad on that night of witchine
mysteries. st. Louis Republic.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
A Cooking Episode.

The people who know it all Ire so
tiresome that the verdant simplicity
of the novice in everyday affairs is
absolutely refreshing, Here is an in
cident about a young woman who
vas making her first essay at house
keeping.
A friend had sent her by mail a
recipe for some new kind of bread.
giving her directions to take a por-
ton of the dough at a time and
make it into the requisite form for
baking. This seemed explicit enough,
but what was the surprise of the
friend to receive a telegram from
the young housekeeper to this effect
What shall l do with the rest OF
the dough? Please answer. DE
troit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

Hat doffing, as it appears to Mr.
Yam Ping, q Chinese gentleman in
terviewed by a correspondent of The
Woman's Signal:
I cal appreciate and even admire
some of the usages of this rich coun-
try, but to take off my hat on being
introduced to a gentleman implies
such forwardness and familiarity as
if to say: Il have no respect for
your presence. l shall disrobe my
self as though III my w house.
cannot admire this rude custom.
Even in England the ladies will not
do it. l do not see them throw of
their head covering as soon as they
are introduced or go to visit. They
have natural refinement which with.
holds them from yielding to such Il
custom.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

Some time ago an English manu-
facturer made a number of expert
ments to determine the best method
of Illuminating his cloth mills. Gas
jets, incandescent lamps and arc
lights were all tried and found want
ing, as they either failed to give light
enough, gave too much light or cast
heavy shadows. Finally a CONT
mental idea was adopted. The walls
of a room We're painted white, and
under each of a number of arc lights
was suspended a reflector, which
threw all the light up to the white
ceiling, from which it was reflected
to the room below. This system was
successful from the outset and has
attracted considerable attention
among English weavers.-Philadel
phia Ledger.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
The Royal Snub.

The royal snub is of ..all snubs the
most brutal and at the same time
the most effective unless it be the
papal snub. That Henry of Germa-
ny who stood three days barefoot
in the snow at Gregory's castle gate
after seeking him as Il suppliant on
foot over the dangerous snowy
mountain route doubtless felt the
force of a snub more fully than any
unless it we're some of Henry Wits
victims. The Tudor dynasty espe-
cially excellcd in the art of snub-
bling, and it is difficult to determine
whether bluff Hal OF his accomplish
ed, intellectual, but withal some
what coarse daughter excelled in
snubbing those who, DESTROYS of sun
ming themselves in the royal favor,
We're forced to accept all royal in
suits as excellent jests.-Kate M.
Rabb in Lippincott's.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

OF the town.
Burns, passing the house one
night, was attracted by the sounds
of mirth and revelry issuing from
the interior, and on entering was
cordially welcomed by the motley
tavern crew to their hilarious orgies.
These he happily depicted, or rather
idealized, in verse in 1.-The Jolly
Beggars." The songs of his poem,
especially that known as 1.-THE
Drum" which popularity derived its
name from the concluding words of
the last line of each stanza, were at
once caught up by the people and
chanted everywhere. The air to
which the words of 1.-The Drum"
we're adapted by the poet vas that
of an old marching song long a ia
vorite with the British soldiers.
General Hamilton must have often
read and heard this ballad, and hence
in a measure made the lines his own.
-Lippincott's.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
Narrow Escape.

Mr.. Wilson had read so much
about the danger of a certain much
talked about disease that he had
done his best to make Mrs. Wilson
and their little daughter Maud chew
their grapes and eject the seeds, in
stead of swallowing them, according
to the usual custom.
Maud found the new method little
to her taste, and her father had fire.
quent occasion to reprove her for
not minding his instructions.
One day the little girl was under
the weather, and her mother thought
it necessary to administer a dose of
medicine in the shape of two small
pellets. These, after the manner OF
thoughtful parents, she concealed in
a spoonful of marmalade, which she
then offered to the unsuspicious pa.
tient.
A moment later she was startled
to hear Maud exclaim:
Here, mamma, here are the seeds.
Wasn't it lucky? I came awful neal
swallowing them. youths Com.
paniOn.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

A woman who lives near Boston
was showing M who lives far away
the historic attractions of the city.
The two were on a Reservoir car. As
the car turned the corner of Massa-
chusetts ven the cicerone pointed
to the new bridge. This, she said,
lis Harvard bridge. You remember
Longfellow's poem beginning, !
stood on the bridge at midnight?
Well, this is the bridget And no.
body offered to tell her how long aft
or Longfellow's death that bridge
was opened to the public. -Bostor
Transcript.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

One of the most striking features
of recent scientific congresses has
been the freedom with which the alb
solute truth of Darwinism has been
questioned. The very young men
are all for it, and the older ones have
already committed themselves for
good and all. But a generation is ar
irving at the years of discretion who
are by no means certain that Oar
win was quite on the right track.
Professor Huxley was a trife bitter
at the president of the British asso-
citation declaring himself on the side
Of angels. But when a young Scotch
professor read a paper pointing out
the DIFFICULTIES of Darwinismh
there was none of that noisy con-
tempt which would have been his
fate a few years ago. And at the in
ternational geological congress at
Zurich Professor Won Zittel spoke
freely of the slender assistance which
geology gives to the theory of de-
scent. He wen went so far as to
affirm that in spite of all that had
been done paleontology afforded bui
slender support to Darwinism. The
eagerness to reconcile fact and by
pothesis had produced an increasing
state of chaos. We are told by some
of those present that the effect OF
this bold descent into the enemy's
camp was neutrality-suspicious. Chron.
icle.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
THE OLD MANS STORY.
II Was So Affecting That Several Ladies'
Left the Car.

It Was So Affecting That Several Ladies'
Left the Car.
There were an even 20 people
men, women and children-on a JEFF
ferson avenue car the other after
noon when an oldish man, who was
sitting cross legged about the middle
of the car, suddenly leaned forward
and said to the man opposite:
"Why she bleached her hair no
one could say, but an investigation
showed that it was bleached."
There were eight women in the
car. Five of them started in surprise
as they heard the mans words, and
of the nine men at least six winked
at each other and smiled.
Yes, continued the man, with a
touch of pathos in his voice, "her
soul had passed from earth away,
but the body was still there. The
coroner could not understand why a
woman with black eyes and dark
complexion should want to bleach
her hair and come out as a blond,
and no one came forward to enlight-
en- him.
The same five women gave five
more starts, and the same six wicked
men winked and smiled some more.
but there she was" said the
GROSS legged man, "the seal of death
upon her brow, her heart stilled for
ever and her wealth of strawberry
blond hair still wet with the waters
of the mcrciless river. 1t was a sight
to touch the hardest heart"
The five women did more than
start in surprise this time. Each one
looked to the rear of the car, as if tC
signal the conductor. Of the six mel
who had winked and smiled two ha6
to 60 out on the platform to see {
man.
HAD she a husband?" asked the
man in a lonesome voice. "Was sh'
a mother? Was her home a happy
one? Then why did she bleach hel
hair and become a strawberry blond
Was it to enhance her beauty? Wa:
it to make her husband love her tn
more? Asa strawberry blond, woult
her dear children cling
At that instant fivedifferent WON
en- signaled the conductor to sto]
both ends of the car at once, and a
he rang the bell five women rose u
and made for the platform and step
ped off. Each one of them was
strawberry blond. The iron hal
struck home.
"What about the clinging chi
dren?" was asked Of the old ma.
after the car moved on.
"Nuthin,' he replied, "nuthi
about the children tall"
but there must be-"
"No, nuthin tall. That's all tn
story. detroit Free Press.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
ballad of the Drum.

Where will the reader find this sol,
diers' song once brawly chorused by
the laddies of the highland regi-
ments during the Peninsular and
Waterloo campaigns? The answe is
plain. In the year 1885 Robert Burns
composed his dramatic poem, con-
sisting of a series of songs and reci-
tations, entitled 1.-The Jolly Beg
CARS" It will be recalled that one
Possie Nansie kept a public house in
Mauchline, which was nightly fire.
quented by all the vagrant fraternity
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

Miss Jinks-I have tried my bes1
to get my father to exchange oul
square piano for an upright, but he
won't. I told him the upright pianos
were the best and most stylish, were
most fashionable and all the society
folks had them, but he only got mad.
Miss Binks-My father consented
the moment l spoke to him.
"Of all things! What did you say
to him?"
II told him the uprights made less
noise. Every Saturday.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

II can do very well with absent
minded people," said Kunz to his
mate. SIN my younger days l was
errand boy to a gentleman, who was
so discontinued that he dismissed
me three times in one week and paid
me my full weeks wages each time"
National Zeitung.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
Sure Sign.

A little Buffalo girl was not feel
ing well, and her parent suggested
that she might be about to have the
chicken pox, then prevalent. She
went to bed laughing at the idea,
but early next morning she went
into her parents room looking very
serious and said: Yes, it's chicken
pox, papa. l found a feather in che
bed. '-Progressive Age.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
His Smile Analvzed.

At the examination: Professor
Sir, how is it you are perpetually
smiling?
.Candidate-You ask such ticklish
questions, Herr Professor Illus
triete Welt.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
Humor.

It is related of the mother of the
poet Goethe that she happened to re-
ceive an invitation to a party when
on her deathbed from some one who
did not know that she was i'll. She
thus replied to it.:
"Mme. Goethe is sorry that she
cannot accept your invitation, as she
10 engaged dying"
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

The first book published in Amer
lea "a Catholic "devotional' for the
guidance of the faithfully made it's
appearance in the City of Mexico in
1885, los years before the first colo
NAL work, the Bay Psalm Book
was printed at Cambridge.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

Lake Erie was named by the lro-
quois Erike, from a fierce tribe liv-
ing on its shores. The French call
it Raccoon lake, and OF various old
maps it appears as Lac de Comfy,
Lac Herrie, LAX Erie, Lao Erocoise,
or Eriez.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08
Could Not Get Near q Policeman.

Nursemaid-Oi'm a-going to leave
me place, mum.
Mistress-Why? Don't you like
the child?
Nursemaid--Yes, but he's that
afeard of a policeman that Oh can't
get him neal wan.-Reading (Pa..l
Telegram.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

Cape Ann, in Massachusetts,, was
so called from Anne of Denmark,
queen of James l.. Captain John
Smith originally named the cape
Tragabizanda, from a Turkish lady
to whom he had been greatly attach
ed,
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

A law has gone into force i'll Wash
ington prohibiting any building over
40 feet high on a business street
aud 80 feet high on other streets.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

IS


Has one of the finest water plants
in the United States.
The water is pure, limpid noun
tain spring water, and its supply is
inexhaustible at all seasons of the
year.
The reservoir is located on O'Brien
creek and covers an area of three
acres. 1t contains water to a depth
Of fifteen feet, firmly held by a
powerful dam sixteen feet high.
The mains are all of cast iron,
twelve inch, and ninety pounds to
foot.
The pressure in the town of Mel
hart is 14O pounds to the square inch.
Use its water in your houses. 1t
is cheap, convenient and healthful.
The Neihart herald. [volume] (Neihart, Mont.) 1890-1901, 1894-12-08

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Buildtne Edition, monthly: H5os yssf: 9insle
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-29
The New Tariff Bill

The country will approve the ac-
ton taken by the House of Rep
resentatives in passing the Tariff
bill as amended by the Senate rath-
er than to run the risk of entire
failure to modify the exasperating
and inefficient Mckinley act twice
condemened by the votes OF the peo-
pie. The Senate bill is objectiona-
BILE in many particulars; but in no
particular is it SO Objectionable as
the law it supersedes. Because the
new act will provide the necessary
revenue for covering present def
cheney and meeting future expendi-
ture, and because, bad as the bill is,
it is a long step in the right direc-
ton. In politics the measure of ad-
vantage to be reaped by the people
is established by the measure of in
telligenee and honesty required by
the people in making choice of their
representatives. Considered from
the standpoint the citizens of the
United States are fortunate in get
tingso much as they have obtained
at the hands of the Senate. The
REGISTER congratulates the friends
of Tariff Reform on the first fruits
of victory after a quarter of CEN
tury of conflict.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-29
Do Your Dnty.

Mr.. Editor: Now that our ticket
is nominated it behooves every
Democrat in the district and county
to enter into the canvass with a
determination to win royal victory.
Our candidates are all efficient
and worthy men and will make a
grand fight for success, but the peo-
pie must rid themselves of the idea
that the candidates, unaided, can
carry the full weight of the battle.
The farmer, the mechanic and the
laborer must add his work and his
influence, be it great or small, in
order to achieve an overwhelming
victory. One man in small com
munity can often do more good than
the most eloquent candidate on the
ticket. The humble man, as rule,
underestimate his power and in
fiuence to do good, therefore pursues
the ever tenor of his way, taking no
active part in the great battle his
party is waging for him. Let us
all be up and doing and add our
mite to the cause for which our can
didates are SO nobly fighting. If
we do this Democratic success is
assured. HUMBLE.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-29
Tha Governor haa ~.


The Governor has ap6ointed the
following delegates to the Farmers
National Congress which convenes
at Parkersburg, Oct Bird, 1884,
Hon. w G. Bennett, Weston. re.
presenting first Congressional dist.
DR. John a. Myers, Morgantown,
representing Second Congressional
district
Hon. J. NJ. Sydenstricker, Lewis.
burg, representing Third Congress.
ional district.
Gen. J. A. ccausIand, Grimm's
Landing, Mason Co, representing
Fourth Congressional district.
Hon. p @. Eastman, Point Pleas.
ant, representing State at large.
Hon. VIM. g. Clements, Charles
Town, representing State at large.
Hon. T. c. Atkinson, Buffalo. re-
presenting State Agricultural Blu
reau.
Peter Couch, Esq of South Side
this county, is also appointed an
honorary delegate for Mason county
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-29
The Republicans held a primary

The Republicans held a primary
meeting Saturday, over which Hon.
Lon T. Pilchard presided, and Rich
ard Chambers, elected as Secretary,
John L Written, Esq, was the
temporary Chairman. A motion OF
Menager's to have the chair select a
committee to name the delegates to
the County Convention, brought
Mr.. Pofenbarger to his feet in a
second, Hwith blood in his eye" and
he waded into Managers motion in
great shape; and Menager respond
ed in cutting terms, and it looked
for a while as if "blood'' would be
split, but this was ayerted by Me-
nager's motion being amended by
Pofenbarger, and the amendment
prevailing So peace was restored.
Mr.. Menager wanted to "bust" the
ring, and he did so far as organiza-
ton was concerned, but at every
other point tho ring was too strong
for him. Fifteen delegates were Sc
lected from town, and five from the
country. For the Independent
School District of Point Pleasant,
the following gentlemen were NOM
mated as a Board of Education: ].
B. Smith, President, John Heslop
and A. E Craig, for Commissioners.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-29

To-day, at RavenswoOd, the Dem
ocrats. in Convention, will name the
winner for Congress in the Fourth
District. No matter who is nomin-
ated, there will be no kicking from
Democrats, but every one will go to
work to elect the nominee. Demo
Gratis will see to it that the Fourth
District is represented by Demo
erat. At the same place, and to-
day, the State Senator will also be
named by the Democrats, who will
represent the Fifth District in the
State Senate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-29
Better Than MeKinIeyisul.

Every true Democrat regrets the
unfortunate defeat of genuine tariff
reform but there is some consola.
ton in the following extract from
Chairman Wilson's speech:
"But whatever the measure Of
shortening of this bill in its pres.
ent form-whatever be its dement's
in mere schedules-thisI do know
that it is better than the Mckinley
bill. This L do know, that in part
of it, it does afford relief to the tax.
payers of this country and does clip
the wings of the gigantic monopo-
lies that are now depressing them
and blocking legislation.
"Take even those portions of the
bill over which this contest between
the two houses has been waged,
take iron ore and coal, upon which
we have confronted, and to GER
tain extent unsuccessfully confront
ed, the great railroad syndicates of
the country, yet we have reduced
them both nearly so per cent below
the Mckinley bill. Take the sugar
schedule. over which the greatest
of all contests between the two
houses has been waged. Vicious as
it may be, burdensome to the peo-
pie as it may be, favorable to the
trust as it may be, it is less vicious,
less favorable to the trust and less
burdensome to the people than is
the Mckinley law under which this
trust has grown SO great as to over
shadow with its power the Ameri-
can people"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-08-29
g. a. R. ANNUAL ENcAMPaIENr.
Low Rates TO Pittsburg.

Interest in the annual reunions
of the Grand Army of the Republic
and Naval Veterans Association
grows with each succeeding year,
not only among the veterans Eem:
selves, but among all patriotic citi-
zens of the republic.
The encampment this year at
Pittsburg, from present Indications,
promises TO be as interesting and
enthusiastic as any reunion since
the war. Thousands kof veterans
from all parts of the country will be
present, and Pittsburg will surpass
herself in showing them her hospi-
tally.
The Baltimore and Ohio Railroad
will sell excursion tickets from all
ticket stations on its line east of the
Ohio River, for all trains September
9th to 10th, valid for return pass
age on all trains until September
10Th, inclusive, at one fare for the
round trip.
For more detailed information,
write to Chas. o. Scull, Gen'l Pass.
Agent, B. & o. r. R., Baltimore
Md.