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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-06-05

MARRIED.-Sunday night at the
brides sisters home, Mrs. Eph.
Loomis, by Rev. ]. W. Simpson,
Mr.. Patrick Allen to Miss lola Nut
ter. Only the relatives and close
friends of the family were present
to witness the happy event. They
left this morning for Raymond City,
which place will be their future
home. The best wishes of the REG
lister goes with them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-06-05
Horses Stolen,

Oscar Douglass, who resides in
Union district, this county. reports
two black mares stolen from him
last Friday night. One is a year
old and the other a year old. a
reward is offered for their capture.
We learn this morning that the
horses were recovered in Putnam
county.
1t may not be generally known,
counting from prior to 1884, that
John S. Miller, Esq is the oldest
man now living in this town; and
still he is hale and hearty, and is to
be seen on our streets every day.
1t is interesting to hear him talk OF
the early history of this town, be.
fore the days of towboats, when salt
and coal was transported in coal
fats from Kanawha and Pittsburg,
and foated down the rivers ia fleets
Then hundreds of men were en-
ployed on the river as fiat. boatmen
to whore there is now one employed
on a feet of barges towed by steam
boats; and then the chief industry of
the town was flour and salt barrel
making, and he carried on large
cooper shop in this place, which
afforded a good cash market to the
farmer, who was clearing up lands,
for hoop poles and slaves. He
thinks, if anything, the times were
better then and the farmers more
prosperous, than now. At some
time, soon, Mr.. Miller may give the
Register an article on the early his
tory of this town, when no was a
young man and up to the breaking
out of the war.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-06-05
Just a Moment, Please.

Furniture and Undertaking, Point
Pleasant. may 30 If
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
Notes on Lions.

The tongue Of lion Is so rough tbs.
4 close look at it will almost take the
skin off the locker. 1t Is not safe to
allow lion to lick your hand, for II he
licked the skin off your hand and got a
taste Of the underlying blood, suppos.
ing 1t to be there. he would want the
MInd and everything adjoining thereto
Nothing more perfect In modern ma.
:hinery exists than the mechanism by
which lion works his claws. He has
five toes on each Of his fore feet, and
! four on each Of his hind feet. Each toe
has a claw. Nothing about lion is
without reason. and the reason he has
more toes on his fore than on his hind
feet Is that he has more use for them.
If this we're not so, the majority would
5e the other way.
The lion is nocturnal by choice. H.
has no particular objection to daylight
but likes to spend it in the bosom Of his
family, or at least, adjacent to 1t. It
should not be supposed that because he
roams about at night he neglects his
family. He roams in order to fill the
family larder He kills to eat, not for
amusement. He never bothers small
game so long as there is big game with
in reach. When feeling fit, he can take
an OK in his mouth and jump fences
and bitches like a professional steeDle.
chaser.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
Life In the Colorado Desert,

Salton has one Of the largest salt
gorks on the Pacific coast. All the
9roprietors had to do was to scrape the
salt from the surface Of the soil and
clean 1t. Few white men could do the
work, as the temperature was some
times as high as 125 degrees in the
shade and 145 degrees in the sun. Sayf
man who has been there:
''If q man makes the least exertion,
,erspiration pours from him like water.
You cross the room, and your clothes
will be wringing wet, yet in ten min
ates all this water has evaporated. To
keep yourself alive you are forced to
drink water by the gallon. If you have
40 water, your tongue swells, you suf-
Ter the torments Of the damned, and II
water does not reach you In twelve or
fourteen hours you will perish miser-
ably. The Indians can stand the heat
much longer without water. The Gus
.om Is to keep small pebble IL the
mouth, and only take an occasional
swallow Of water. In this way they
will travel forty or fifty miles in day,
going on a dog trot The Indians are
very extravagant, and those who work
at the salt mill, though they earn good
wages. never have anything. They
spend all on canned fruit and other
costly articles, as we'll as on gaudy
clothing for themselves and theiI
1uaWs."
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
The Independent Sparrow,

The sparrow has several character
stics which are altogether admirable.
Very few Of the creatures who navigate
the air OF walk upon the ground show
greater capacity or willingness to take
care Of themselves. The sparrow, like
the despised rat, has no little merit as
tiny scavenger; and, like the rat,
where man goes he follows. 1t is safe
to say nothing has been made in vain.
Even those creatures which are es-
teemed by man as vermin have their
place and use in the wise order Of Prov
ldence. This Is none the less true be-
cause we cannot penetrate the wisdom
Of creation. Despite the persecution
Of his enemies and the vagaries Of the
weather, it will be observed that the
sparrow fourishes. The merciful men
and women who look after the vagrant
birds and dogs and other creatures who
mutely appeal to human sympathy
these frosty and inclement days will
Tot 60 without their reward.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
Notable by It's Absence.

One of the most notable days Of Feb
uary is the Goth, generally remarkable
~ It's absence. The question Is often
asked, What Is the use Of a 10th OF
February!" The reason all the years
are not 365 days long Is that the earth
makes the year by travelling round the
sun, and it takes 365 days, five hours,
'orty-eight minutes and forty-nine and
,eyen-tenths seconds to make the jour
1ey. We let the odd fractions Of day
.un on till they make whole day,
which We tack OH to the end Of Feb
.uary. But even this makes the year
/ few minutes too long, and so Febru-
ary must renounce all claim to its 29tl
lay In the years 1900, 21OO and in every
>ther hundredth year which cannot be
iiyided by 400 without remainder. This
,riugs the almanac year so nearly to
he real year that it will take some
thousands Of years before people find
,ut the difference, and then, If poster
ty be wise as we are, it may correct
he time to suit itself.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28

original plentifulness In districts MOI
too fully occupied by man and his do
mestic creatures. =
Note the Indian ~ Aunting. as be
searches out and steals upon the deer
or wild turkeys with his soft tread Of
moccasined feet. In the twang Of his
bow string and the fight Of his whis.
Ting arrow there is no explosive sound
to alarm the creatures near the one he
has struck. He, like themselves, Is IN
sympathetic accord with the tints and
tones of plain and mountain and for
est and while endeavoring to match
their craft against his, they are salts
fed with trying to avoid him without
abandoning the region where he abides'
It is when white hunters OF the
sportsmen variety invade itc hauntst
their presence heralded by the read
of their booted feet, their clothes alieE
in appearance to the hues and contours
Of the creatures of the wilds, and theiI
purpose shown by the crack and hasE
Of firearms, that game begins to MI
crate to other feeding grounds Add
to this the increasing and indiscrimt
nate slaughter for slaughter's sake that
characterizes the white mans hunting
and 1t is easy to see why the depopula'
ton Of the forest and plain, when un
restricted by law, is speedy and sure
Ever since the adoption by Indians Of
firearms for their hunting, it has moi
been found that large game has dimin'
ished materially in regions In which thu
white man is an infrequent visitor, al
though Sir Samuel Baker, the explorer
asserts Of African game and predatory
creatures that animals can endure
traps, pitfalls, fire, and every savage
method Of hunting, but firearms viii
speedily clear them out from the exter
sive districta"!
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
"A Dramatic Future.

II hiay be that 1t Is better for man
% read anything than nothing, as the
raintest halo Of belief may be some
thing higher than no faith at all. But
we are inclined to be Of Enersons
mind and shun the reading Of any
book that Is not at the least Il year old
Time will choose for us, and the muddy
stream Of periodical literature Will not
be worth our drinking until filtered BY
his agency. If this be true with books
# will even more assuredly be true With
stage plays, which are but subsidiary
mode Of education and by no meana
necessary for right appreciation o
iife.
So we may be content to sit apart fo'
a time, watching for what may come
forth from the present theatrical chaos,
that we may note judiciously the ulti
mate survivors. For though IN sense
we may be merely players upon the
stage Of the earth, yet our whole con-
Germ Is not with mummeries, and there
are other things worthy mems not!ce
besides masks and long speeches.
Macmillan's Magazine
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
sary warmth for the Matching Of their
arus In some cases several pairs Of

sary warmth for the Matching Of their
eggs. In some cases several pairs Of
oae species collect an enormous heap
of decaying vegetable matter and there
deposit their eggs, usually at e depth
IF two or more feet The heaps are
oyramidal in form and are so large as
to contain several carloads Of mate
rial. The heat in the center Of this
mass often reaches as high as IS de-
grees. Another species constructs large
mounds Of earth, often Of an immense
size, varying from 20 to 90 feet In cir
cumference and from to Is feet In
height. In these the eggs are carefully
buried to the depth Of six feet An
other bird Of this group deposits her
eggs In mounds Of sand alternating
with layers Of dried leaves and grasses.
The suns heat added to that engen-
iered by vegeta BILE decomposition sup
plies the necessary warmth for hatch
ng them. These mounds are nine feet
In diameter and three in height
The weaving birds construct peculiar
aests. The grossbeak Of Africa sus-
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
The Mutations Of Fortune.

Many years ago a certain magnate "a
The West Of England-doctor Of divin-
itv and Chairman Of the Quarter Ses-
sions-was also an enthusiastic geolo-
gist. One day farmer, who bad seen
him presiding on the bench, was riding
along a quiet road, when he discovered
the magistrate seated by the roadsidt
on a heap of stones, which he was en-
gagged in breaking with a small ham
n1er in the course of hunt for fossils.
The farmer reined up his horse and fos
O minute gazed open-mouthed; then,
shaking his head over the changeable'
ness Of all things human, exclaimed
in tones Of the deepest comrlseration;
What, doctor! be you come to this
already ?"-The Cornhill Magazine
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
Printing on Envelopes.

Postmaster Sahm, Of Indianapolis,
nas received construction from thu
department at Washington that he re
cards as novel. The American Collect
Ing and Reporting Association asked
to have stamped envelopes mailed OF
which the words collecting and re
porting" appeared. On the small en-
Eelope the type was proportioEately
smaller than on a large one. The de
partment holds that the largest envel
ope is Objectionable and unFnailable
because the words are too conspicuous
The smaller one is mailable- the dc
aartmeDt says
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
Indians as Huntera.

It is a remark often made by old-tim.
ars who knew the Western country
when the red man was as common there
as the tenderfoot is now, said sports
man from the Rockies, that Indians
never scare away game from region
In which they hunt. But they say,
wherever the white man comes with
his firearms game is bound to be killed
off or driven away. These sayings are
true, with the qualifying statement
that BY reasonable game laws game
can be preserved, and even when near
IL exterminated restored to almost its
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
TRI-WEEKLY EDITION

I'D we 60, passing under threatening
ICE peaks, skirting dark crevasses, and
seeming, with our spiked slaves work
ing oarlike along the snow, and our
line of march bending and winding
with the ropes that link US together,
very much like a gigantic centipede.
The student, feeling himself put
upon his mett!e by what the guide had
said, bore up bravely for time, but
the labor of wading through knee-deep
snow up steep incline is too exhaust
ing to be long sustained by any but a
practised mountaineer. and by two IN
the morning-jnst as We were halt
way along the Petite Plateau-a deep,
well-like gorge between the main sum-
NIT and the Dome du Coulter, he be-
gan to fail so utterly that we were
forced to make a short halt lest he
should faint outright.
eff one of those avalanches we're to
catch us right here, it would be very
bad for US ALL" said one of my conf
rades, stalwart young American from
the hills of Vermont.
At that very moment, as If IN an
swer to his ominous words, there was
heard far overhead, amid the ghastly
silence, a strange, earthly whisper
somewhat like the passage of gust Of
wind through the rustling leaves OF a
great forest. At the same instant one
of our guides shouted, or rather
screamed:
"Take care! To the left-quick!'
He darted toward the frozen ridge
that lowered on our left, just as the
ghostly walsperings above changed to a
louder and sharper sound, not unlike
the whirring of an enormous wheel.
Then the awful truth flashed upon me
we were.in the track of an avail,
anche!
Quick as a flash Simond and l
caught up the be pless student between
us and literally tore our way through
the waist-deep snowdrifts to the shelter
of the overhanging ice-wall on the
LETT.
We were not moment too soon, fol
scarcely had we reached it when there
came Geafening roar and crash as
if the eartn we're split asunder-the
whole mountain side above us seemed
to break loose at once and to whirl it.
self into indistinct and bewildering
motion-and then everything vanished
in storm of flying snow; and when
the air cleared again we saw that the
spot where we had been standing a few
seconds before was buried fathoms deep
under mighty mass of loose snow,
uptorn rocks and huge blocks Of
ice
s.Close thing that; but miss is IS
good as mile, I reckon. SAID the Yer
mon:er cooliy.
None of us, however, felt inclined to
laugh when we learned that evening
on getting back to the little town below
that three men had been crushed to
death at that very spot only a few
months before: and I inwardly vowed
never again to scale a mountain in
company with an untrled climber.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28

pends q very curious basket, woven
of straw and reeds, from the end Of
branch, usually over river. This is
in shape like an oblong bag, with the
entrance from below. Within and on
one side Of this Is the real nest.
Another species Of the weaving gros-
beaks, social weaver, build an enor-
nous structure in shape resembling an
umbrella. The grass is so woven as to
be impervious to rain. Under the shell
ter Of this canopy each pair Of birds
build their own particular nest, placed
under the caves. Each nest IS three or
four inches IN diameter and has its owr
opening.
The yellow -throated warbler Of the
Southern States builds a peculiar nest
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
CHEAP INSURANCE.
Why the Rates Are So Low ON Swedish
Risks.

While Mr.. W. W. Thomas, Jr., was
United States Minister to Sweden and
Sodway he had occasion to insure his
household goods in Stockholm. The
amount Of the policy was ten thousand
crowns, and he was aston1shed to lind
the premium-for one year-only five
crowns. That was but one-twentieth
of one per cent. There must be some
mistake, he thought, as he had been ac-
:ustomed to pay twenty times as much
IN the United States, although his fur
aiture there was in "frst-rate brick
building" On inquiry, however, he
,ound that there was no mistake, but
hatthe agent was charging him the uni
..orm Swedish rate for such risk.
Furthermore, Mr.. Thomas found that
or seventeen dollars and fifty cents q
thousand he could insure a frst-cass
house forever-the house then standing
and any that might be built on the
same site to replace It. In other words,
4 premium Of one and three-quarters
per cent. once paid, will insure a Stock.
holm house to the end Of time.
Why is this? Mr.. Thomas asks. Stock
Iolm has an excellent fire department,
out SO have New York, Chicago, Bos-
ton, and all respectable American cities.
American fremen are the best in the
world. They ought to be, Mr.. Thomas
remarks; they have the most practice.
Stockholm has q good system OF
Sater-works, and is situated near great
bodies of water. But the same Is true
Of Chicago and Boston and Portland,
three cities that have been swept by
,wful confagrations.
Stockholm owes its exemption from
destructive fires to its building regula-
lions and the stricmess with which
they ere carried out Some OF the prin-
.ipal Of these regulations are as fol-
lows:
1. First-class houses must be built OF
ttone or brick.
2. The stairs Of every house must b.
# stone OF iron, laid in stone walls at
least one foot thick from cellar to attic.
8. The cellar must be built Of massive
riches Of stone laid In mortar or &C.
uent, and supporting the ground floor.
This floor generally has beams OF iron,
With the spaces between filed with
broken brick, gravel, clay, and mortar,
md Is thus practically f1re-proof.
4. The attic floor must be Of fre-proo1
masonry, not only filed in between the
beams but the upper surface must be
built Of brick or tiles laid IN mortar OF
cement, and form one continuous solid
aoor on top Of the beams.
s. Iron doors set in stone doorway
hall be used to close both attic and cell
lar, and these doors are locked at night
Ind whenever not In use.
g. Where elevators are permitted, the
ilevator shaft shall be Of solid masonry,
and all doors opening out Of it shall be
ron.
Z. The roof must be covered With
iles, slate, or sheets Of metal.
S. There must be fre-proof walls
loot or more in thickness on each side
,f the house.
9. The height Of no dwelling-houss
yhall much exceed the width of the
street. In no event shall 1t exceed
sixty eight feet
10. Only two-thirds Of g lot may be
quilt upon, except In the case Of cor
aer lots, on which the house may cover
Of the area.
II. All f1ues and chimneys must be OF
ample size, and must be regularly
Iwept and officially inspected.
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28
FUN WITH THE DOCTOR. :
The Doctor Also Had Some Fun With
the Joker.

The Doctor Also Had Some Fun WITH
the Joker.
The other morning, as helated
member Of the Owl Club was steering
home through the dense fog, which the
writer is reliably Informed hangs over
the city at g. m, he passed the house
Of b well-known physician. The vesa'
bule Of this residence was open, and
on its side the dim rays Of the moon,
struggling through the gloom, produe
ed by tho efforts Of the city gas eom'
pany, disclosed the mouth Of an acou'
stic tube. underneath which was the
inscription, whistle for DR.. Potts"
Not wishing to be disobliging abou>
10 small matter. the Owl stumbled
up the steps, and steadying hi1-self
against the wall. blew into the Pipe
with all the strength Of his lungs.
The physician. who was awakenet
|oy the resulting shrill whistle nec. his
head, arose; and after wondering at the
singular odor Of whisky In the room,
yroped his way to the tube and shout
I'd: "Well?"
"Glad to know you're WE'LL was th-
.eply; "but being a doctor, s'pose
7ou can keep well at cost price, can't
Tou"
What do you wantT' said the MAJ
If pills, not caring to joke In the airy
nothing Of his nIghtgown.
"Well," said the party at the othe.
md Of the tube. after few moments
meditation. "Oh, by the way, are you
young Potts or old Potts?"
II am DR.. Potts. There is no youna
Potts."
"Not dead, hope"
There never was any. l have nu
son."
"Then you are young Potts and oil
Potts, too. Dear, dear, how singular
What do you want?' snapped thu
doctor, who was beginning to feel al
though his legs were a pair OF elongat
ed icicles.
You know old Mrs. Peavine, wht
lives IN the next block?"
Yes Is she sick? What's the mat
terY
"Do you know her nephew, too-Bll
3riggs?"
Eyes. Well?"
"Well, he went up to Bridgeport
shooting, this morning, and"
"And he had an accident2 Hold W
4 minute. III be right down"
mo. he's all right; but ne got sixty
TWO ducks-eighteen Of 'em mallards
I thought you might like to hear it"
And the joker hung on to the nozzle
md laughed like a hyena digging up
O fat missionary. II say" came down
from the e1asperated NJ. D., that's a
Jolly good joke, my friend. Won't yor
take somethingT"
"What?" said the surprised humor
tst, pausing for breath.
"Why, take something. Take this
And before the disgusted funny man
could withdraw his mouth, a hastily
compounded mixture of Ink, ipecac
nd asafetlda squirted from the plp'
and deluged him from head to foot
about a pint monopolizing his shirt
front and collar.
And while he danced frenticallJ
lround, sponging himself off with his
handkerchief, and swearing like a pi-
rate In the last act he could hear al
angel voice from above sweetly muir
muir:
Have some more? No? Well, good
light. Come again soon, you funny
dog, you. By-bye."-Louisvilie Med
Ical News
The news and herald. (Winnsboro, S.C.) 1877-1900, 1895-05-28


The yoke Of Christ will only fit the
willing neck.
When the church is wide awake sln'
ners cannot sleep.
The man who walks with God keeps
the devil on the run.
A sin of any kind Is O demand 10Y
God to leave His throne.
It never makes the day any brighter
10 find fault with the sun.
God has never tried to make a man
who could please everybody.
The father who prays too little Will
sometimes use the rod too much.
The prayer that starts from Gods
promise is sure to move His hand.
If you say "Good morning" to the
devil he will spend the day with you.
When you seek God, go as far as you
tnow the way and he will meet you.
Men see only what we put In the
plate. God knows what we keep back.
Hell will be the hottest to the man
who goes to 1t from heavens doorstep.
When you talk about tho goodness OF
God, don't do 1t with frown on your
face.
God never sees anything big In As
gift that Ia made to win applause FROM
men,
There is no blood in the preaching
against which the devil never lifts 8
club.
Give US more mothers like Mary and
there will be more Christians liks
jhrist.
The religion that sheds no blood may
have good deal Of zeal, but 1t has no
Dhri> =
Some people never think about re-
ngion until they come in sight OF 0
graveyard.
A path may look pleasant and yet ha
alled with footprints made By ths
Aoven hoof.
When some men are baptized they
lrst put their pocketbooks where the!
won't get wet,
There is no promise In the Bible foi
The man who Is not willing to trust IN
God and do right.
"Let your light shine" God expects
That the man who loves him will find 9
way to show It
God has no use for the religion that
bves to have men admire it and tell II
hat 1t looks nice.
The man who expects to outrun lie
will have to travel on something faster
han the limited express.
It will cost US something to walk
with Christ II we would keep close
tnough to behold his face.
Undertake to prove that there is no
he'll, and only those who are on thei1
way there will applaud you.
Every good deed that is done simply
ind only to honor God, will have some
hing to do with making us more likf
Christ.
Don't conclude that you have said
,ood-by to the devil because you have
Ioined the church. You may find him
here on front seat.
The preacher Is on dangerous ground
who Is beginning to be more concerned
lbout what men will say than about
what God will think.