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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-02
The Snencer AsEInm.

Where there is SO much smoke,
there must necessarily be some
fire.
The newspapers are making all
kinds of charges against the man
agement of the Spencer Insane
Asylum, and if half what they are
saying be true, the conditions at
that institution is bad indeed, and
needs to be thoroughly investigat-
ed, and the incompetent persons re-
moved at once, which would take
in the whole management.
The people of this State pay their
taxes without grumbling for the
support of the Insane Asylums, but
they do not want them inhumanly,
run nor will they permit them to be
run in that way.
A man who will resort to cruel
means in treating these unfortu-
mates, does not deserve the position
he holds or the respect of his fellow
men.
These charges may have been
prompted by personal spite, but we
cannot make up our mind to believe
that they were. The Spencer
Asylum has been source of trouble
ever since it has been opened for
the reception of patients.
Let the officers and the manage
ment be Investigated. Nothing
less will satisfy the people.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-02

Saturday morning, the people re-
siding in the quite village of Smith
vile, which is on Indian creek,
Richie county, had mad dog
scare. A canine was seized with
madness and ran about frothing at
the mouth and biting other dogs.
The whole male population of the
place turned out with guns and
clubs to slaughter mad dogs and in
a short time there were enough
dead ours lying about in that vi
cinity to fill good sized hole in
the ground -Parkersburg Journal.
Sam Bechtle, son of Carlyle Bech,
tie, on Kanawha Five mile, who
had his leg and foot mashed some
time ago, of which we made men
ton at the time, is able to be up
and in about a week will be going
about.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-02
Commissioners Sale of Real
Estate.

DY virtue of the decree rendered by the
D Circuit Court of Mason County, West
Virginia, on the 81 day of September, 1895, in
the chancery cause of b. j. Lerner and
others, plaintiffs, against Jacob Gibbs and
others, defendants, the undersigned Special
Commissioner, appointed for that purpose,
will sell Mt public auction, at the front door
of the Court House of said county, on the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-10-02

Jasper Lemaster, Cynthia Lemaster, Perme-
liza Lemuster, y. X. Barbee, j. B. Menager,
Trustee, j. ID. McCuIloch, Livia Simpson
POnenbaTger' j. Scheivley, Jr., Arthur
Edwards, and Isaac w. Eckard, Defend
ants.
The herald., 1895-10-23
LOS ANGELES COUNTY AND NEAR BY TOWNS

which though not very :all, could cas-
lily accommodate as large an oak log as
an OK team could draw along winding
road.
The fireplace has great iron chains in
front to keep the children from falling
in ard the logs from falling out, and its
Ere dogs have names given by the chill
dren. Kingdom and Jay, while the great
cushioned settle in front of which they
sit is named Tor the different quarters OF
the globe at which they spend their year.
"Cowes" is the eastern corner, with
"N!gilant' next to it. The far western
comfortable end of the settle, and Idle.
Wild" the private car. is the long seat
along which they slide.
In the home nursery in the magnificent
city house there are legendary subjects
everywhere. Around the fireplace yachts
sail. The floor is in wood. placed In
chrysanthemum pattern, the flower of the
autumn, when they are IN town and the
walls are covered with interesting OBJ
jects. like cars shrieking their ways
through valleys and children driving elks
harnessed to country carts. All OF these
call for thought and instructive story.
thess young ananciers are true to thelr
training they will go to their work well
equipped With plelty of ready knowledge.
In preparing a nursery like this mil
der for $1,000 worth of frescoes and next
year all redone in new subjects. But IL
is due to the comfort of the average small
pursed mother to state that instructive
results can be obtained from inexpensive
m aterial and the small Inhabitants of the
nursery will be equally content.-uphoi-
Sterer.
The herald., 1895-10-23
WHERE CASTS FOR MODELS ARE MADE

The largest plaster cast establishment
in the city Is cwned by an Itali1n wo-
man. Louise Castelrecchi is her name,
but she is only carrying on the business
left by her husband.
The business in plaster casts is con-
stantly increasing. The casts go largely
into educational institutions for pur-
poses OF adornment and into art schools
assmodels. ...
eight years. the pretty young girl in
charge of all the plaster goddesses SAID,
that there has been much appreciatio IL
for artistic Casts among private individ-
uals In this country, but now there is a
large demand for them, as well as for
various decorative pieces in bas-relief. "
The Venus of Milo always comes first
in the scale of popularity. Mercury and
Narcissus are also great favorltes. The
gladiators ara popular also, and Mercier' S
David, which made its first appearance
modern work. There is norse's head in
the collection made from a death mask
taken in this city some fifteen years ago,
and horses legs in various positions.
These all go to the art schools.
q The people who come to have their
hands moulded are not the people you
would expect to see interested in such
-" omen come here who would not be
expected to be intereste ed in a fad-not
young women. and they do not always
have pretty hands, either. Most OF the
models We keep in stock come from
abroad"
The hand, particularly that of wo-
man, is usually modeied with part OF the
arm from below the elbow.
There is not SO much interest taken in
modelling the foot, even since Trilby has
been so much in vogue. The foot mod els
as well as those for the hand. come chiefly
from abroad. Properly shaped feet are not
common in this country. There has been
quite a call foi ready-made casts of foot
TINS year and few of the applicants were
satisfied with the models presented for
their inspection. There has been one
Irilby foot cast this year, but that was
rather professional affair and went i'm
mediately on duty as a ''Trilby foot" in
ar uptown shoe store. Casts are some
times made for the bsnefit of the shoe
maker who forms his lasts from them.
1t is not an expensive luxury to indulge
in cast OF ones hama or foot for they
only cost So each. When one wants a
cast of hand or foot made he or she
goes down to the basement of the esta b.
lish: h:ent where there are barrels of plas-
ter, convenient stream of ,unning wa
ter and around the room what appca rs
to be rough looking Jumps of plaster
marked "Brutus, Venus" or Juno. +"
molds for large casts.
When the plaster batter is of the proper
consistency 1T Is poured Garrett llv
around this hand-if that is the moneI
10 be taken-from a small white earthe n
ware bowl. The hand rests gently upon
the table. and before the plaster is dry a
string is drawn around the hand and
well INTO the plaster, so as to break it
away when the impression is made.
There is a cast or the hand of Mcnael
Angelo at this establish ment and also one
OF Lincoln and one Of Walt Whitman
New York Times.
The herald., 1895-10-23
VENTURES HATERNORKS
Will Continue to Be Run by
Private Parties
ORDINANCES ARE REPEALED
Rev. Anna Shaw Lectures to a Pleased
Audience
A Town Election Imminent-A Cooperative
Meat Harket Propossd-Shipments
OF Agricultural Products

VENTURA, Oct. 22.-At the meeting
CT the town board of trustees last evening
E. NJ. Jones was appointed to act as pres
ident of the board during the absence of
Mr.. J. S. Collins. The clerk reported
S3l.2o personal property tax paid to the
treasurer. The town attorney was di
rected to draw an ordinance repeating all
ordinances pertaining to the purchase of
the water and light plants. The matter
of the officers salaries was taken up and
after due consideration the board decided
to reduce the salary of the marshal from
Sl00 to $75 per month, and allow him $3.50
per year for collecting taxes. The other
salaries were left as they were.
Rev. Anna Shaw delivered the bnest
address last night in the Methodist
church entura people have listened to
in long while. Her subject was The
Fate of the Republic, and her discourse
was humorous, pathetic, eloquent and
logical. The building was crowded to
the doors and her remarks we're frequent
ly interrupted by prolonged applause.
The people enjoyed rare treat and will
be ready to greet Miss Shaw with enthu-
siasm should she ever appear here again.
The town election will occur on Decem-
ber ID. All political parties are notified
that II they wish to nominate party
ticket it must be done thirty days before
the election. This will give very short
time in which to aold conventions. 1t is
not likely there will BIZ any party fights,
however.
Milton Fessler of the enterprsing firm
of Bracken & Fessler is in Los Angeles
this week looking foi the best bicycle
made. He intends TO have the agency for
it next year.
Station Agent Shillingsburg and wife
went to San francisco yesterday to be
absent several days.
J.L. Argobrith, our worthy postmaster,
now writes his letters and reports on
typewriter. He says it will seat his
writing all hollow.
new peoples meat market is one of
the possibilities of the future An effort
is being made to organizs a company for
the purpose of establishing one. The
stock is to be divided into 100 shares at
$40 per share. When $4,000 is subscribed
the company will incorporate and begin
business.
On Sunday the steamer Eureka took on
board a. our wharf. bound for San Fran
cisco, sixty-nine boxes OF lemons, twenty
six cases of honey, 1lS sacks of dried
prunes. $50 sacks of beans and 1S4 sacks
of walnuts besides other mel chandise.
Mr.. D. Edward Collins OF Oakland is
taking his brothers. place while Mr.. J. S.
Collins is absent at the Atlanta. Ga, ex-
potion. Mr.. Collins is an orator and in
the absence OF Rev. c. b. Rogers he &C.
cupied the Presbyterian pulpit last Sun
day, delivering an eloquent address. He
also spoke at the Y. NJ. C. A. meeting in
the afternoon.
Mrs. J. H. Rippey and Mrs. Edward
Grannis of Los Angeles are visiting with
MIS-. DR.. Bard this week.
Contra Costa county. are in Ventura.
Mr. J. B. Beardsley, general secretary
of the Y. NJ. c. A., has been under the
weather the past few days.
The herald., 1895-10-23
PICTURES IN THE NURSERY

The manner in which the moral and
artistic sense is being encouraged by Mrs.
Cleveland in the rearing of her young
sters is well worthy the EN- mulation of
every parent in the country.
From the earliest minute the little
Cleveland girls were born their eyes were
allowed to rest upon the choicest works
of art, and as soon a they could point,
their tiny fingers were directed toward
Madonnas and shapely angels and the
soitest of cloud heavens.
The nursery OF the White House is nec-
essarily circumscribed one. Its cold
frescoes cannot be altered without d)ing
vandalism to tradition. and its wood
work must be left in straight lines and
stately curves. Nevertheless a small row
of Bible texts, with oherubic pictures, has
been tackled around the walls of the
White House nursery and long. twisted
Bible verses like the scrolls at a country
meeting house, are loopeu along for them
to decipher as they learn their letters.
But at the Gray Gables home the nur-
sery has been Ilanted full of all things
beautiful for children to learn. One side
of the room has e broad fireplace, in
which, however, a fire never burns, but
which is filled with a marble image of
two children and shapely lam b. This
symbJllzes the text. who SO giveth so
much as cup of cold water in my
name And to the lamb hangs child s
tale of the Lamb of the Bible.
AT this fireplace Mrs. Cleaveland seats
herself at night for the bedtime stories.
Upon one end of the mantel there stands
a vase of exquisite Dresden, filled
always with flowers, which the children
must gather for themselves. End upon the
other end is a clock by which they learn
to tell the time. They are allowed to
trace the han is with their fingers, and 50
they pick up the art of tiIne-telling
quickly. In the middle Is set of build
ing blocks, each one a church, Noah S
ark or steeple.
Above this mantel is a Madonna, with
a child. This work of art is in relief and
is of exquisite workmanship. 1t is set IN
pale buff brick, which forms the entire
fireplace.
This nursery is artistic. It's five win.
dows are planned so that one overlooks
the bay, another the flower garden q
third lawn,a fourth picturesque wind
ing road and u fifth is flower clad.
The nursery of the Gould children is a
remarkable affair The one at Furlougll
lodge IN the Catsklll mountains is
thirty feet square, with a fireplace
The herald., 1895-10-23
Her VIII Made on Envelopes

Annie J. Owens will consisted OF four
large envelopes bearing superscriptions
and constituting one of the most unique
documents on file. The endorsement on
the face of each envelope showed the de
sire of the testatrix as clearly as a form
ally drawn up paper could have done.
AS they were found. envelope A con-
tanned $4,000 in per cent bonds. and was
indorsed, bessie, Minnie, Carrie. one
each when / am goae.'' Envelope B had
contained $4,000 Pennsylvania and New
York Canal anysponds, and the same
Endorsement Envelope q had contained
100 shares of Pennsylvania railroad stock,
and was endorsed: "For the three girls
when l am gone"
Envelope d had contained 10000 Cen
tral Trust bonds, max: ed: "One for each
of the girls
The entire estate consisted of personal
property valued at $50, 600 and real estate
amounting to $40, 0.-Philadelphia Pub
lie Ledger.
The herald., 1895-10-23
AN ANAHEIM SNEAKTHIEF
i.cts the Old Tale of Short Coat and
Long Fish
He Loses His PIulier, but Gets Away-Fel
From a Train and Was Not
Killed

ANAHEIM, Oct. 22.-This morning
two tramps went into Rimpau Bros.
store, and while one of them engaged the
attention of the one. proprietor present,
By purchasing a spool of thread, the
other, who had his coat thrown carelessly
over one shoulder, slipped two pairs of
pants from table and chucked tn IN
under his concealed ann. His theft would
not have been noticed but for the buttons
on the garments having struck against
an adjoining cable, which attracted Mr..
Rimpau's attention, who stepped around
to the chap, and lifting his coat exposed
the stolen goois. The fellow begged to
be let off and the two made for the door
with the merchant cluse behind them
There being no one in sight whom he
could call to bis assistance, Mr.. Rimpau
allowed the thieves to go, and they left
town in double-quick time.
j. Arnold, a resident of New Orleans.
while on his way to this place to pay his
or fell from a Santa Fe train Thursday
morning this side of Barstow while it
was running at a speed of about forty
miles an hour He was missed and the
train was backed up some distance, but
as it was about 3 o'clock in the morning
and very dark, he could not be found.
The overland which leaves Los Angeles
Friday morning discovered the unfor-
tunate man and picked him up. He was
brought to Anaheim Sunday morning
and has been cared for ever since by his
sister and her children. Although no
bones were broken, the shock was
severe one, but the injured man is slowly
recovering.
Died. Monday morning, of consump-
tion, Arthur Weisser, aged years and
months, son Of Mr.. ana Mrs. Rowan
Weisser. The funeral took place this
afternoon.
Attorney H. W. Cbynoweth, who had
been a a5sent in San Francisco two weeks,
as a delegate from the local Masonic
lodge, returned Sunday evening
The herald., 1895-10-23
POMONA
An Interesting Croquet Tournament Revival
Services Social Notes


Services Social Notes
POMONA, Oct. 22.-Tne Southern CAL
ifornia Croquet association began a thres-
days tournament on the grounds of E..
Makyse on Alvarado strset today, clubs
of Los Angeles. Santa Ana, Ontario and
Pomona being represented by the follow
Ing players: l. n. Rafferty,. c. R. Smith
and Robert Fluke of Santa Aca: Lang
ford and |. L. Wood of Ontario; F. l..
Baynham, ). s. Strong and Frasier Mes
bit, Pomona.
In the game played today the following
hits were scored: Baynham. Pomona,
1872 hits, % misses; against l. c. Wood OF
Ontario, y3 hits. 81 misses.
Rafferty, and Smith, Santa Ana, against
Strong and Nesbit, Pomona-Nesbit, 35
hits; Strong, 80 hits Rafferty,, hits
Smith, hits.
Baynham, Pomona, against Fluke,
Santa Ana-Baynham, 45 hits; FIuke, "a
hits; won by Fluke.
Rev. e. r. Bennett of this place is
officiating as mpire, and the association
secretary, G. II. Pierce of Los Angeles.
as official scorer
There is large number of interested
spectators present.
Mrs. McCord of Santa Ana and Mrs.
Ella Fryer OF Pomona are booked to
play against eacn other in the opening
game OF the morning.
Sunday evening at the Christian church
Rev. Lowe the pastor, began series oi
revival meetings which will pe continued
through two weeks.
r. A. Belden, a commercial traveller
and former Pomonan, was in town
yeste rdav.
j. S. Rogers, merchant of Bakersfield,
formerly Of Pomona, is visiting friend
IN this city.
The herald., 1895-10-23
SAN BERNARDlNO
Preparations for Extensive Planting of Ca
nRigre-More Land Wantad

Preparations for Extensive Planting Of Ca
naigre-More Land Wanted
SAN BERNARDINO, Oct. 22.-Repre
sentatives of the Chicago Canagrie com
pany, which is putting in 1000 acres O.
land to that plant in Rialto, will be il
this city in a few days. John H. Car.
ruth srs and others left Chicago yesterday
and it is understood the object OF the
trip is to decide on the purchase OF 4OO(
acres of land of the San Francisco Saw
ings Union. A large area of this land
has already bsen plowed, but at present
work has ceased awaiting the arrival Of
the mahaeers of the enterprise.
Today l.. Van Dorm, city marshal,
fled a suit in the superior court of this
county charging the Times-Mirror Pub
fishing company with libel and laying
damages IN $40, 600.
The herald., 1895-10-23
Beecham's pills are for bilious

Beecham's pills are for bilious
ness, bilious headache, dyspep-
sia, heartburn, torpid liver, diz-
ziness, sick headache, bad taste
in the mouth, coated tongue,
loss ofappetite, sallow skin, etc,
when caused by constipation;
and constipation is the most
frequent cause of all of them.
Go by the book. Pills zoe and
a5t box. Book free at your
druggists or write B. +. Allen Co.,
365 Canal Street, New York.
noot-
The herald., 1895-10-23
SANTA BARBARA
Suit for Heavy Damages An AIIege,
EmbeZzIer

EmbczzIer
SANTA BARBARA, Oct. 22.-Mar.
garet Burch ct al. have brought suit
against the California Petroleum and
Asphalt company, asking $50, 900 dam
ages for the death of Edward Burch,
who received severe burns in an explo-
sion at Los Palos mines last April. and
died from the effects. Burch was one OF
the two miners who received injuries
frum the explosion at La Patera NINE
last April and died. He left family
which had been solely dpendent on his
earnings. The complaint alleges tina,
the shaft was not provided with the
necessary and proper means of Ventilation
or appliances for carrying off gases gen.
Grated.
Thomas Leonard Mack was arrested
last night by Sheriff Hicks, charged with
EN- bzzlement in Los Angeles. The sheriff
started for Los Angeles with him thi,
afternoon, and met deputy sheriff a
Carpenteria, who took the prisoner the
rest of the way.
The herald., 1895-10-23
Tomato Figs

Scald and skin small sized tomatoes
and to eight pounds of them add three
pounds of brown sugar. Cook without
water until the sugar penetrates and thev
have clear appearance, take out, spread
on dishes and dry in the sun, sprinkling
on little syrup while drying. Pack in
jars in layers with po Sdered sugar be-
tween. In this way they will keep for any
length of time and are much like figs.
Peaches may be preserved IN the same
way.-New York World.
The herald., 1895-10-23
Economy Is Wealth

Rehecca, Ito key. who has ordered the
plato of cream and two spoons)-Ven We
we're keeping company, Ikey, you used to
order two plates of cream.
Ikey-Vell, dots aler right, we're Won
now, amt We?
The herald., 1895-10-23

Gold bsaters say that a speck of gold
weighing less than the one-millionth part
of grain can be seen with the naked
eye.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-11-20

struction of the birds in this country
by sportsmen, boys and bounty hunters?
Did not Nature intend that he birds
should live upon the grubs and insects,
as we'll as upon wild seeds, aid do they
not to-day prefer good fat worm to the
choicest seeds? We find them in the
corn field, potato field and vegetable
garden occasionally, and after they have
been there short time the number of
insects will be reduced by one-half. In
Pennsylvania after paying bounties for
killing many birds, the farmers and
scientists have concluded that the birds
so hunoed are almost harmless, and that
they do really more good to the farmers
than harm.-Ame rican Cultivator.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-11-20
Birds and Insects,

There is a senseless destruction of
many Of our common birds in various
parts of the country, and the farmers
either help in the work or lend their
moral assistance by not openly denoun.
cling the outrage. Very few birds have
been found TO do positive injury of any
Importance to the crops, and these few
can be kept under control without offer
ing bounties and employing men and
boys to tramp over the fields to hunt
them up, In the South the rice birds
may be of great harm to planters, and
in the North the English sparrows may
flock little too numerouSly in some Or
chards. A few chicken hawks NAV
steal some choice poultry or a stray owl
may crush the heads of some young
squads. But otherwise the amount of
damage done by birds is so small in COM
parison with the good they do IN keep
ing down insects and grubs that 1t is a
sin to destroy them.
Why is it that insects and grubs are
appearing in such large quantities every
where and new ones apparently coming
into existence? In years gone by the
farmers were never visited by such
plaques of insects and they never knew
what spraying and the use of poisons
meant. The few insects that bothered
their crops were fought by hand and
kept down pretty effectively. But to-
day despite all our efforts to fight these
pests, whole crops Of vegetables are lit
orally eaten to pieces and destroyed.
Every now and then we hear of farmers
abandoning the culture of certain crops,
because the bugs and insects become
too numerous to make the chance of
securing good harvests too small to pay,
Is not all this caused by the general de-
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1895-11-20

which l planted on rather poor pine
land. l gave them less than one pound
of fertilizer per tree, aud they have
made as fine growth, considering
everything, as the first lot. They will
bear some next year.
From the knowledge had of peach
culture before | came here, and my ex-
perience the two years have been here,
believe it can be made a grand success
in most localities in this county.
Success will depend mainly on the fol-
lowing conditions, viz.
1st-Plant only varieties that are
adapted to South Florida.
2d-Plant early, not later than the
10th of January. November or Decem-
Der is much better.
3d-Cult;vate we'll throughout the sea-
son.
4th-Use fertilizers rich in potash and
phosphoric acid. Hard wood ashes are
very good.
There will be large number Of trees
planted in this vicinity this winter, and
in order to get trees at the wholesale
price, several of US have formed club
and will order about November Goth.
| will say for the benefit of any person
planting peach or plum trees, that by
joining this club you can obtain first
class trees from one of the best nurser-
les in the State at So per hundred, or
&c nts each
[ hope to be able to report further sue
cess after another year.-F. P. Ander
son in Inverness Chronicle.