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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-08-19
OLD AGE AND YOUTH.

In tho course of his after dinner speech
at the late commencement Of Williams
College, the venerable poet, William
Cullen Bryant drew this beautiful, YET
sad, contrast between old ago and youth
os typfed in himself ond tho young
men about him;
1t has occurred to mo. since |, in the
decline of life, came to visit once more
this scat OF learning in which our youths
are trained 10 succeed us on the stage Of
the world, that | am 10 the situation Of
one who. standing on a spot drsolatc
with winter and dim with twilight, should
be permitted by a sort of miracle 10 look
upon q neighboring region glorious with
the bloom Of spring and bright with the
beams of morning, On The side where
| stand are herbless fields and leahess
woods. pools sheoicd with ice, iroz'n
soil, and the shadows of approaching
night On The side to which | look are
emerald meadows, fields Of springing
wheat, orchards in bloom, transparent
streams and genial sunshine. With me,
it is too lj,e for any further hopeful Ill
lage, and illhe plough were put into the
ground lis coulter would be obsiruclod by
The ice-bound sods. 0u the side 10
iEhirh l'losA Isse lhstokOos Of fjudiciuus
cultivation end careful attendance, recs
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WEAKNESS.


o little fectl that such long years
Must wander on through hopes and fears,
Must ache and bleed beneath your load, 4,
Inosrar to lie wsyside inn
Where toll shall cease aud rest begin,
Am weary, thinking of your roadl
Olittlc haudsl that, weak or strong,
Have still to serve or rule 50 long,
Have still so long to give or ask
| who so much with book and pen
Have toilcd among my fellow mon,
Am weary, thinking Of your task
o little healtsl that throb and beat
With such impatient, fevorsh heat,
Such limitless and strong desires;
Mine that SO long has glowed and burned
With passions into ashes turned.
Now covers and conceals its fires.
Olittlo soulsl as pure and whito
And crystalline rays flight
Direct from Heaven, their source diyinci
Refracted through the mist of years,
How red my setting sun appearsl
How lurid looks this soul of minel
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A CHINESE IDEA or CHRISTIAN
CUSTOMS.


CUSTOMS.
The Mandarin 10 Buringame's troupe
who writes up the manners and customs
Of the various countries for the Chinese
archives, has given tho Pnris corr9spon"
deut OF the London Post translation Of
his lest letter. it he spsaks Of the
table habits of the Psris barbariaus.-
we have diued. he says, 'ot their ia.
bles, where the stomach is expected to
receive with pleasure some thirty differ.
ent objects of food, and perhaps ten df.
ferenL liquids. The French and other
foreigners cat until they feel very IN,
comfortable, md require much medicine
drugs, ss may be seen BY the chemists
shops of this city. They have the same
capacity as our pigs Had you been
here the other night, and observed how
these people rudely scrambled for food
at the suppcttablo when we gave our
fae! They put their hands violently on
the dishes and disputed with each other
most roughly In telling about Bur.
ingama's ball he writes: oh! If you
had seen the women OF our BALL They
csmo half un6ressed; that is 10 say, the
upper part Of their body WAS wholly cx.
posed, but they were jealous Of showing
their ieot aud seemed to desire to hide
the floor also, as each woman irags about
with her a long robe, on which it is not
etiquette 10 place your shoe. Their eyes
fare painted round (uot all Of them) and
they use coIoriDg for the lips and q
pearl powder for the various exposed
sections of The frame, They purchase
the hair Of the dead. and artists work il
into vorioua designs, then the women
pu. il on their heads with flowers, and
ye, they are not n dirty people. The
high.casle women are allowed every H.
ccnse. At our relc they wcro cIasped
round the waist by men they knew not
and danced with painful vigot for il
was hot.
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OPTICAL,
Proceedings Board of Supervisors

Proceedings Board of Supervisors
WEST VIRGINIA: Alta regular meet
ing Of the Board of Supervisors Of Ma
son county, held at the Court House
thereof on the 4th day OF August, 1863
Present-Charlcs b. Waggoner, Pres,
ideut, Wm. II. Powell, George Cooper
Samuel NJ, Smith, Edward Hill, John B
Stevens, james W, Long, W, D, SomOr
vile, and D. w. Parsons, gentlemen Su'
porvisOrs of said county.
D. W. Polsloy, clerk of the board, be-
ing absent on business, f. W. sisson
was appointed clerk pro tam,
The proceedings of May 18th, 1860,
we're read and corrected, and being up-
proved by the board were signed by tho
Preaidentand coun!cgsignod by the clerk
pro ten,
Robert L, Barnett, who obtained H..
conso to sell at retail ale, beer, &c., at
the last meeting of tho board is, upon
motion of Edward Grconleo his surety,
ordered to appear bcfor6 the board at a
special meeting thereof, on the oath day
Of August, 1869, to show cause why he
shall not give a new bond, and why said
Greonlee shall not be released.
VIM. II. Whitohurst was granted
license to sell at retail wnOs, porter, alo;
beer, &C., at his house in the town of
Clifton.
1t appearing to the board that A. n.
Archbold desires to obtain license to
practice law in the courts of this State,
the board doth certify that said A. 7,
Archbold is person of honesty, probi-
ty and good demOanOr; that he is over
the age of twenty one years, and has re-
sided for the space of twelve months
next preceding tho date of this cGrtif-
cate in the said county of Mason
Robert Woodrum this day rendered
his resignation as Ovcrsoor of thc1Poor
of Waggonor township, which, upon
motion, was accepted.
7. G. Hill this day rendered his res
lguation as Justice of Cologne township,
which, upon motion, was accepted.
Upon the application Of james Bar
nett for the establishment of n road in
Cologne township, beginning near the
house of sad Barnett on the ridge be-
tween Spring Fork aud Ten Mile creek,
running thence to School House No 6
in CologuO township, to Intercept tho
road from Leon to Mill Greek, on tho
lands Of James Barnett, Adam Keesling,
aud A. W. Rollins, it is ordered that
Morgan Greenloo Phillip Yauger and
Daniel MoCloud do, after being first du.
ly sworn for that purpose, proceed to
view the ground where sad road is pro-
posed to be established, and report their
proceedings according to law in such
case nado and provided to the next
meeting of this board,
Upon motion the following pcr'eas
were appointed Road Surveyors of Coop
er township, viz:
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of tho taxes charged as aforesaid, or if
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of tho tnxSs charged as aforesaid, or if
paid that tho Sheriff refund the samc.
Upon the petition Of George Wallace,
alleging that bo is orroniously charged
on the land book of Assessment District
No, | in the town of Mason City Wng.
gonor township, for the year 1868, with
lot No. 4, Horton street, the tax for
State purposes on which amounts to
81 80 and for free schools to 500 69,
when in truth he does not own snid 10.
of land; aud the board being satisfied
from the evidence adduced that tho said
wallace is crrOniously assessed as al
logod it is ordered that he bo released
from the payment Of the taxes charged
as aforesaid, or if paid that the Sheriff
refund the same,
Upon the petition Of Moses Michael
alleging that he il orrouiously charged
on the land book of Assessment District
No. |, in the town of West Columbia,
Waggonor township, for the year 1868,
with lot No. lIS, the tax on which for
State purposes amounts to 500 &C. for
free schools to 500 As and for county
purposos to SO Is. when in truth ho
docs not own said lot Of land; and tho
board being satisfied from the evidence
o1dncca int tbo said Michael is erropi.
ously assessed ao alleged, it ia ordered
that he be released from the payment Of
The taxes CHARGED as aforesaid or if mid
that tho sheriff refund the same.
IInon tho neti,ion of Georco Swillind
opd Loyoll & PAYNE alloring that thoS
aro crropiously Tasscssoi on tho land
book of Assessment District No. /, in
the town Of Mason Ciw. Woguener tn.
for The wear 1868. with lot No. 40 tho
tax on which for State purposes amounts
10 500 A and for free schools to 500 90
when IN truth they do not own puid lot
Of land. and tho bonrd being satisfied
from tho evidence ndduccd that tho said
Cieorgo swillipp and Lowell & Payno oro
crropiouslv assessed as ALLEGED il ia or.
dered hat thew be released from tho
nnyment Of Tho toxes CHARGED as arorc.
said or if Maid TIM the Sheriff. refund
tho Same
IJnon tho netition Of John A Herp,
olleGipo that he is erroniouslv CHARGED
on tbS nronorlv book of Assessment
Dis,rict M I IN Robipson lownsbin
far tbo wear 1898 with n poll tax of sl
when in trnth bo is under thu ore Of oi
yoors and mt suhisct 10 said tar, and
iho boord heinz sotiS God from the evi.
Jonco aJanco5 that aid Horn l. orroni.
onslv- ,rgsgsSd M olloge5 it-is-urderod
hotbo bo reIo,sol fr6m The pnvmont of
Tho tay CHARGED os ororosaid or If Maid
tho, tho Sheriff rornnd Tho same /,
Unor tbc nctitjon of VIM n ed.
wards olloribe thot bo Is erropiouslv
cbargsd nm ibc land hook Of Assessment
District No . in ,jnion township far
thc vcnr 1903 with tract of land con.
toiniog 1919 ocrcs tho tayes ON which
for Steto r,rnoso, omnnnt IN 50 S6. for
rroc scbonls to 81 ~ and for county
nrr,osco n $40 ~ when In truth he
fo' ,t acI.,. In
Iooo - w" 9H'S ~ 80, a.. o,,;s.oo
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A young lady who was robukcd by
her mother Tor kissing her intended juSli-
fed the net by quoting the passago:-
Whatsoever yo would that men should
do unto you, do you even so 10 them,
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An Iowa editor takes pains 10 tell bis
renders that he has had an introduction
to young lady from Ohio, and sOys
she Is all sort Of lovely girl, shnp as o
frosty morning, rs full Of tricks as a deer
and happy asa flock Of snow birds,
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Woman arO said to have stronger nt.
lnohments than men. ltiseyinced in lit
tie things, A man is often attached to
an old bat; but did you ever know of a
woman hoving On attachment for m old
bonDot.
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John Neal once said; Il used TO
drink: but ono dsy took glass Of
brandy md found | liked the taste of it.
I said to myself, John Neal, when you
have srowum h<o the taste of liquor it
is time to stop. and stop | did Not
another drop Of liquor passed his
lips. and il is believed rothing con|d
have induced him to drink after that
even to the slipping Of a glass Of wine.
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In the Island Of Hawaii there are two
lakes, side. by side, ono Of ffcah water
and the other of salt Bolh ats far above
tho level of the sea,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1869-08-19

A genllcmon who takes q common
sonsn view Of !hngs, being recently
asked his opinion ola poetic individual,
replied oh be Is one Of those men who
have soorings after The infioite, and di-
wings after tho unhihomable, but Who
ncver plys cash,
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Near the depot we're several Irish dtay
men. Thinking to quiz them, gentle,
mou shouted to one, Has the rsilrOad
got mp Ono ini has. sir. was tho
prompt response.
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The man who has not anything to
boast OF but his illustrious ancestors is
like 4 potato; the only good belonging to
him is under ground,
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JOB WORK.

We are prepared 20 do Job Work Of every
de,cription in as good style as any Office in
this part Of the State, and nt lower prices.
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er township, viz:

Upon motion the account Of YOuath-
less Pullin, amounting to three hundred
dollars, for building bridge across Rock
Castle creek, was allowed and ordered
to be paid,
c. G. Miller upon application for
change Of road. The viewers appointed
at former term, this day rendered their
report, which bsiug seen and inspected
by the board, and unexceptcd to, is re-
ceivcd aud ordered to be filed. And it
appearing that c. G. Miller is the sole
owner of the land where said change is
proposed to be made, and valves all
damages, and all the circumstances be
ing weighed, the board is of opinion
and doth accordingly order that said
road be changed agreCably to the report
of the viewers, and that Surveyor, Rob.
ert Scbrill, proceed to open said road.
Upon the application Of Susan Hill
who desires to obtain license to keep n
hotel at her house 10 the 4ogp of leon,
certificate is granted her that she is n
woman Of good moral character
Clinon-Changc Of Road Il. Har.
pold and A. Edwards, who were appoint
Cd viewers, at the last term, to examine
and report upon change Of road from
CoIupbia street to Clifton street, also
upon the erection of bridges or culvorts
over Mason Creek and Saltwcll or Black.
smith shop branch, iu Woggcncr town
ship, this day rendered their report
which being seen and inspected by the
board and unexceptod to, is received
and ordered to be illod; and il appearing
from said report that tho proposed
changes would bo of material advantage
to tho public, and that tho land owners
claim no damages, and all tho Circum-
stances being weighed, the board is OIL
opinion and doth accordingly order that
said road bc changed agrccably to the
report of the viewers, aud that cuIVcrts
bo built at the points indicated 10 said
report. It'll further ordered that John
S. King, H. IIarpold and A. Edwards
bc and they arc hereby appointed as
commissioners to lot the contracts FOL
building said culyOrts.
' Thomas Hart and Joseph Ryan OBJ
tanned license to scll atrotail winc5, ale
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Six or cight hundred Chinoso have
been engaged to work on tho branch Of
the Ohio and Mississippi railroad 30.
tween Jet1rsonylle AMI Mount Yeraon.
lalIana.
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ASONT,.
NOTICE.

A Ill persons desiring to obtain authority
II certificate to teach school in Mason county,
win hereby take notice that my public exam
mation Of Teachers. will from this date. be
held ut Mason City, on the THIRD SATUR-
DAY of each month Noprivate examinations
will be given, except in cases of emergency.
JACOB BIRD.
sqpt Pub. Schools Mason County.
oct 2g-F
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BOUTWEtL'S I0LIcY.

A financial policy has at last been de.
cided on, Secretary Boutwell, has deter
mined to abandon the no. policy Of hoard.
ing the gold accumuations in the
Treasury and to use the surplus for the
purpose Of buying up Government bonds,
at the rate for the present of million per
week He announces that be will cons
tinue to do this as long as the state of the
Treasury will warrant him in so doing.
This is what Horace Greeley has SO
strenuously advocated for years, and is in
deed the true policy. Every bond bought
in diminishes the interest on the national
debt, and consequently lightens the burdens
Of the people. This policy, however, should
be coupled with diminution of taxes by
the next Congress. The amount of bonds
Boutwell, shall be able to buy in should be
the measure of the diminution. For true
policy dictates that our surplus revenue
should be applied not to the reduction of
the principle of our debt, but to the light.
ening of the peoples burden.
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IMPURE WATER - Few of us are av

IMPURE WATER - Few of us are aware
OF the deletrious effects of impure water,
or how prone water is to imbibe impurities
of the air. Many Of us think if the water
is clear and cold it must be perfectly pure,
though it had stood in close jedl oom
twenty four hours but this is far from
true. If q pitcher of water is set in a
room, for only few hours, it will absorb
nearly all the respired and perspred gases
in the room, the air of which will have
become purer, but the writer utterly filthy.
The colder the water is, the greater the
capacityto to contain the gasses. At ordinary
temperatures pail of water can contain a
great amount of ammonia and carbcnic
acid gas and its capacity to absorb these
gases is nearly doubled by reducing the
water to the temperature of ice. This
plainly shows us that water kept in a room
over night is totally unfit for drinking pur
poses, and should not be used to garele IN
the throat also that large pail of water
standing in room would hel o to purify
the atmosphere, but should be thrown
away the nekt morning. 1t also teaches
US the reason that the water from pump
should always be pumped out in the morn
iug before any of i. is used. We are la,
mentally ignorant Of many of the proper
ties OF air and water, two of the most i'm.
portant elements of our nature.
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Old Rome,

A writer in Putnam's Magazine thus
describes the ruins of Ancient Rome
Ruins to-day mark the seat of old
Rome's wonderful power aud such ruins
Read about them, talk about them much
as one may, they must be seen to be com
pretended indeed, seeing is hardly
enough +; they must be studied, and
gazed upon time after time, till, as in ex-
psriments in chemistry, or discoveries in
astronomy, light breaks upon the gazer
and their immensity is realized, compre
hended, appreciated
Here is the Coliseum. Many of our
New York dwelling houses are twenty feet
wide, and average perhaps forty feet in
depth. Three hundred such houses, with
alleys between, could stand upon the
ground covered by the ruins Of the great
amphitheatre. Place three of your four
story houses on Top of each other, and the
roof OF the topmost one would not be
higher from the ground than is he top OF
the outer wall of this pile, that has been
laughing at Time for eighteen centuries
Close packing and hard squeezing will put
about four thousand persons in the great
hall of Cooper Institute, if all the ases
and lobbies are filed. More than twenty
times four thousand persons could be
seated in the Coliseum Great care is
taken to preserve it as it is; for an old
superstition proclaims the downfall of Rome
with the downfall of it. Our first visit to
it was on bright day and as we roamed
about its six acres of walls and arches, the
birds were singing merrily in the sunshine,
seeming to bid us Of the New World
welcome. Our next visit Was by moon
light and as we passed along the zorro
dors, and under the firm old arches, torch
in hand, the owls whose premises were
thus rudely invaded, hoarsely screeched
their iders for our departure and as the
pale light of the moon shone on the crumo
ling seats, it seemed as if the shadowy
forms of those who once filled them were
again in their places And as we emerged
beyond the onter wall, the far off hooting
OF the angry owls sounded like the dying
groans of gladiator, who had fought his
last battle in the old arena.
The Forum, with its broken columns,
the Fatheon oblisks, Casareau palaces,
baths, Pagan temples, the tomb: liued
Appian Way, are all wonderful. So are
the Catacombs, and the remains of the old
Aqucduct /; and very remarkable are the
great detached masses Of cemented brick.
work seen outside of the walls of the city,
standing all alone, hundreds of yards from
any building or arch or structure of any
kind, looking as if they had been broken
from some great temple wall, Or other huge
building, larger than any now known, re.
sembing, as they loom up from the great
plain, enormous solid towers, grass
wreathed, and bush. crowned.
I" Old Rome, the city Of the children of
the she-wolfs sucklings, contains more OF
these children's s work than can describe
more even than have tine to see."
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ONES MOTHER. the idea Of
ones mother the mind of man cling. with
fond affection. 1t is the first desr thought
stamped upon infant hearts, when yet soft
and capable Of receiving the most profound
impressions, and all the after feelings are
more or less in comparison. Our passions,
aud our willfulness may lead us far from
the object of our flial love we may be.
come Wild and headstrong and angry at
their counsel or opposition but when
death has stilled her monitory voice, and
nothing but calm memory remains to re-
capitulate her virtues and good deeds
affection, like flower beaten to the ground
by rude storm, raises up her head and
smiles amid her tears. Round that idea
as we have said, the mind elings with fond
affection and even when the earliest
period of our loss forces memory to be 81.
lent, fancy takes the place remembrance
and twines the image of our departed
parent with garland of graces and beau,
ties, and virtues, which We doubt not that
she possessed.
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THE WORLDS MADNEss.-When ]
look around upon busy, bustling world.
eagerly pursuing and courtiug disappoint>
ment. neglecting nothing SO much as the
one thing needful and who, in order t.,
have their portion in this life, disregard
the world to come, and only treasure ~
wrath, it makes me think of farmer, whr
should, with vast labor, cultivate his lands.
and gather in his crop and then thrash it
out, and then separate the corn from the
chaff, anG then sweep the corn out upon
the dunghill, and carefully lay by the chat
Such person would be supposed mad
but how faint shadow would this be OF
his madness who la5ors for the meat that
perishes, but neglects that which eniuretl,
unto everlasting life 4? 1t is madness the
whole race of men labor under, unless, and
until, the divine grace works the cure.
4Hos Scott.
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To MAKE HOME HAppY-To make
home truly happy; there should be no
concealments that is the canker worm.
Let woman tell her troubles and folles
freely to her husband, and he will assist
her out OF them. He is her other self,
not her judge and master IF man con.
6de in his wife, her penetration aud quick
wit will often see things that escaped him.
We are in the woild all day-our minds
are occupied by many details but she
safe at home, often alone or with but an
infant companion she thinks over what
you have told her, and sees it in many
lights she has had the time you wanted
The discovery that there has been a
secret excites jealousy, and loosens the
ties of affection, on either side. Without
perfect and entire confidence, married hap
piness isseldom lasting.
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any Fathers CUMMIN."-A young
urchin, before the new act, was employed
to sweep the chimney of a house in
Macclesfeld, and having ascended to the
" summit OF his profession took survey
This completed, he prepared to descend
but, mistaking the fue, he found himself
on his landing, in the Office of limb of the
law, whose meditations weIe put to fight
The sensation of both parties it is impossi,
bic to describe-the boy, terrified lest he
should be punished, stood rivited to the
spot, and the lawyer, struck dumb. started
from his seat the very image of horror, but
spoke not. Sooty, however, soon found q
tongue, and in accents which only increased
the terrors of the nan of law, cried out
Ny fathers cummin' directly"
This was enough, The presence of an
equi-vocal being, so introduced, unuerved
his heart with one bound, the atfrighted
lawyer few down stairs, and sought refuge
in the street from the enemy. Lawyers
take warning