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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
Gambling.

The passion for gambling, when IL
has once established a grip upon
man, holds him with a force second
only to alcohol. Like the habit of
intoxication, that of gambling is fos-
ter nurse of crime. 1t destroys self
respect and produces DESPERATION
Instances of the dominance it has
achieved over the strongest wills are
not wanting. An incident is rela-.
tedof a Belgian lady which may show
the power Of the fascination. She
was a queen in society, and private
gambling in her house was carried to
a wild excess. During the absence
of her husband, three armed and
masked men demanded the key Of
her treasure closet. She handed it to
Them, but they were unable to open
it. They therefore forced her FROM her
bed, refusing to give her time to coy
er herself, and made her open the
vault. As the rouIeaux of gold
caught their eyes, the robbers ran
toward to FIJI their pockets, whent the
lady shut the door and locked them
in. Their insolcnce gave way TO en-
treaty, but the lady remembering
their coarse jokes upon her halfnak-
ed condition, would grant nothing
They implored her to save their rep
utations, but she would not. The
burgulars were three noblemen who
had lost immense sums on that par
ticular everingt tand sought this man.
ner of getting their money back
Even after this the lady refused TO
reIent, and but for the Intervention
of an eminent archbishop, the three
noblcs would have shared the fate of
common fefons, for French justice is
no respecter of persons, rs The Amer
ican goddess is.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

Ml>oxrc-Mintun Lodge No. 10, meets
on the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. C. SHE2wsBURY. Secretary.
Odd Fc!lows-point Pleasant Lodge No
81. |. 0. 0. F., meets every Thursday
night, in Fishers Hall. s. J. SMNDLE
Secretary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

| turned 10 MS SUCK ol pllio ailu Was
counting them, when there was q
short exclamation, the sound of a
brief struggle, and the little woman
with blue eyes and chestnut curls
entered the cabin. She vas half un-
dressed, a shawl thrown over her
shoulder, and she had a revolver in
her hand,
No one had seen heI leave her
stateroom and cross the cabin. No
one knew that her husband had the
revolver in his hand as she softly
came upon him. $50 back" he
whispered.
a am coming in moment"
With swift motion she seized the
weapon, wrenched it from his grasp,
and as she came down the cabin to
the table at which the gambler sat,
and around which half adozen men
yet fingered, her blue EYES were full
of fire.
The gambler looked up.
The hammer of the revolver came
up with a double click.
. A white arm stretchcdout, and the
muzzlc of the revolver looked straight
into the gamblers face.
He turned pale; the men fell back.
For halfa minute the deep silence
was broken only by the faint splash
of the paddle-wheels.
Sop she said.
He looked into her flaming eyes as
# he could bluff her .s-s...,,,
lGoFs
he rose up and reached Tor the
money.
"Lcavc it." she Whispered, making
a threatening motion with the rcvol-
yer.
He rctrcated back.
She followed.
Foot by foot he backed across the
cabin, the muzzle of the revolver al
ways on 4 line with his face. He
backed through. the door, on the
promenade deck, and the railing was
there.
Jump" she whispered.
The boat was running along with
in three hundred feet Of the shore
Over the rail to the water was 4 ter
riblc leap.
aYou can have the money" he
said.
Jump she repeated.
q will notm
The arm came up alittlc, and the
light from the cabin showed him q
cool, strange, determined look on her
face. He turned about, shivcrcd and
was over the rail, leaping far out and
unable to suppress a cry Of alarm as
he felt himself going down.
The boat swept along, the arm fell,
and, rc-cntering the cabin, she sat
down, leaned her head on the table.
and wept bitterly.
The passengers said she was a
:.brick."
Il
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
y. II. ToMIiHSoH. D. ". rotSLEY
Tomlinson G. solsley.
htt9raeyS and COunSel!OrS ii Law,

POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
WILL practice in the county OF Mason,
w the United States District Court for
West Virginia, and in the Supreme Court
OF Appeals of West Virginia. Prompt at
tcnt;on given TO the collection OF all claims
entrusted 10 them. Address, Point Pleas
ant, West Va. oct l6, 1S73-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
G. P. SIMPSON,
4 ttOrnev at Law,

PoNT Pleasant, WEST Va.
.TAvING PROCURED THE USE OF II.
nJ. Fishers l.aw Library, l viii OF all
times be found at his office ready 70 attend
to any and all business entrusted 10 my
care; and will practice hereafter in the
counties oi Mason, Putnam, Jackson and
Roanc. apr.lSIy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

The Philadelphia man who wasar-
rested in Delaware for horse stealing
wrote home to his friends thathe was
temporarily detained there by a .
heavy pressure of stocks.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

There is aSillage in New Hamp-
shire which has producedtwenty-six
editors, and it was in allusion to this
circumstance that pious old deacon
there remarked: ''les, there were
twenty-six on 'em, but as they've all
left town, ] reckon the Lord won't
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

4 merchant who does not adver-
tise can no more succeed in draw
ing custom, than can a young lady,
without a hustle and a few pounds Of
false hair, succeed in drawing beaux.
Whitehall Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

When you hear good story from
the lips Of a stupid man, and sec a
silk umbrella in the hands ola man
who docs not pay for a newspaper,
you may know that both have been
borrowed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

There are forty-two churches in
Troy, n. Y, and yet there are more
cock fights there on Sunday than in
any other city in the State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
JoEN W. AMalZsE,

Attorney at Law,
WILL practice in the Courts Of Mason,
w putEam and jackson eoantics, ,s..G=;n
the Court of Appc=IIS OF West Virginia.
Address. Pom; Pleasant, Mason county,
West Va. Office il the Court House.
dec, -, lSI2-lv.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

announcements for County Officers, s.
for State Senate, and State officers, $40; ior
Congress, $50.
Legal publications must be Paid Tor, in
all cases, before the delivery Of the certiii'
cate OF publication.
Personal communications, ard those rec
ommending persons Tor Office, will be charS
ed at regular advertising rates.
Marriage and Death notices, not over
five lines, published gratis; all over that
amount at hall advertising rates.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
DR. 8. a. SHAW,
puYgcIAy Ayp.suRGEON,

TENDERS his professional services TO the
/ public. Calls ro:uthc country prompt.
Is attended to. Office. corner OF Main ard
Third streets, opposite the old Presbyterian
Church. tapril 5. ls7S-iy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

The Boston editor said ke wrote as
plain could be, E'The sacred heavens
around him shine" when the blarst-
ed printer went and made it, "Thc
scared hyenas around him shinc!''
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
DwAED l.. KNIGHT. JAMES II. COUCH, J
ENTGET & COUCH,
,iifnrHe.iS 81 LIin.

WILL PRACTICE in the counties Of
" Mason and Putnam. Address T. B.
Knight Charleston, West Va, or James II.
Couch, Jr.. Point Pleasant, West Va.
Mr. Couch is No;ary Public Tor Mason
County. dec.l3, lSI2-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
!. W. NoGE. J. T.. TIMES. L. S2lIoT
Eoge, Ti1nzns & Sshon,
Attorneys and COanScllCrS at Law,

POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA,
lOfi;cc in the Court House, first door on the
right-Main Entrancc.)
WILL practice in the Counties OF Jack
Wy son, Mason and PutHam, in the Su.
preme Court OF Appeals; and the United
States District Court at Charleston. Col
lectionS solicited.
John Z. Timms having procured an off
cial seal is prepared to do any business
OF Notary Public.
Address, Jas. W Hoge, Winfield, West
Virginia, or John E. Timn,s and E. Sehon,
Point Pleasant, Vets Va. licb. iS-ly.
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NKeetTine.


Sweet time e Epple 6IoeRl -
{ When winds Erd ne " elr =.
And aIl tReIearth .nslsss.sSz--
y q IN sweet and bifSSful dreams
The pulse beat softly, lesta throb
The vision might dispei.
Sweet time OF apple bloom!
When through the perfumed air
The birds fit lightly, 10 and fro,.'
Sing softly, chirp, and twitter low;
As If the brooding wings OF peace
Hover'd the new born spring.
Sweet time OF apple bloom!
When boughs, fresh garlanded,
Distant WOO the bee with rosy lip,
From golden hearts the sweet to sip,
And Ger the sparkled nectar sing,
Their song Of full content.
Sweet time OF apple bloom!
When life It's love renewS,
And, clasping memory's faithful hand,
Goes through the shadow-hauntcd land,
Adown that sacred Applan Way
No alien feet may tread.
Sweet time oil apple bloom!
When haunting beauty fills
The eager eye, the longing heart,
That's worn with storms and sorrows snar
Sees in the bloom fair prototype
OF an immortal spring.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
z. VI. SISSoN,
Attorney at Law and Notary Pablo

POINT PLEASANT, ". VA,
EzS"otlicc il Sllrcwsbnry's Block. "ESg
WILL plact;cc in the Courts OF Mason
w and adjoining counties, West Virgin
il, and in Gaiiia county, Ohio. Special At,
tcntion gwen 10 the collection oi claims ard
rcmittancca promptly made.
june |. lS1i-lv.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

True love is Ike a silyer shower. a..
riiat alls with light the Summer honr
But passion like tempest sweeps :, -
All loneliness to darksome deeps, = .
Bright heart Of boyhood, ponderslong .
The meaning of this simple song. -..sss
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
LAW CARDS.
J. NJ. c. A1RlsTRoMa.

a ttorney alta ",
POINT PLEASANT WA
WILL practiceif the Courts. Of Mason
wv ard Putnam Counties,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09

rnNHf. ?.
hand greI asgs
the Geor y ge
dollars Aos
| finally
roll Of bis y non
apd coz jtes cSt
lars his;yg1a ax
ten MINI e
had . beeir g. asass
heap
Nenttela
ed the ganab1-
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You can't speak in a balloon with,
=, 50 ( a J,
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Eeast pecket
Adndred dol-
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1875-09-09
The Rose and the Rain.

A rosebud In the garden gay
Hid all is sweetness from'the day;
It's crimson leaves swere folded FAST.
Though sunbeams q 'ef It softly cast
Their golden glory, and the breeze
Sang of thousand sights that please,
But ripping rain at length apart
Drew tie green yestures from its heart,
And left Il smiling IN the sun
To life, and love, and beauty worts
Trembled the trees, the wiDdAraxed l,ist
Swept fierce storm across the sky, s;s.
The Tightening Ike Z sword -biade gleamed
From the black clonds q torrent stseA1led
And soon the radiant leaves impegrled,
We're scattered Ger the weeping world
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witkpity. We sad come, Heean
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YOU sec.
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]. ". !IOGE.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26
Street Car Mail Boxes.

Not long ago the postmaster of Chica-
go, in order to test a suggestion started
by some practical men in that city,
placed boxes for the collection Of mail
matter upon a few cars which run
through the business and residence parts
of the city. The distance traversed by
these cars in their trips is about six
miles. The plan succeeded so we'll that
it is now proposed to extend the boxes
to all the railway lines Of the city that
will accept them. To the rear end of
each car is attached, in such manner
as can be readily removed, sheet-iron
box, fastened with postofice lock. At
certain points these boxes are removed
by agents of the postoffice, and empty
ones put IN their places. In this man
ner letters can be sent to the postofice
at any time during the day or night by
persons residing not more than three
miles from that location. How the let
tiers are deposited in the boxes, or wheth-
er the cars stop each time person wish
es to drop letter into the travelling re-
ceptacle, is not stated; but as the Chi
cago plan is pronounced success by
those who are familiar with it's operation,
it may be taken for granted that it works
In such manner as to accommodate all
classes of people. No doubt the post
masters of other cities having railways
open in the streets will look into this
matter
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26
The Harry Eagle of the Isthmus.
From the Panama Star


Two passengers lodging at the Rail
road Hotel, kept by Mr.. Mansfield,
started out to take walk on the 9Th ult
along the sandy beach which leads on
the coast to the east of the railroad
station. One of them went into
the thick woods which skirt the sea.
shore, and there saw large bird sitting
on low branch of tree looking very
much like large owl. He went up and
hit it on the head with stick, wher
the bird flew at him, sunk it's claws il
his breast and arm, and extending its
wings dragged him some feet over the
ground. His screams brought his com
panion to his assistance, and seeing
what was the matter, he stunned the
bird with repeated blows on the head
and set free it's captive. They Their
tied the bird and brought it with them
to the hotel, where it has been seen by
several people. The bird is evidently
the harry eagle (harpya destructor)
having a strong black beak, yellow
tarsi, rounded wings, which neverthe-
less stretch some six feet. The head
is grayish white, with crown, which
gave to it an owl-like aspect. It is
found in Guiana and other parts OF
South America, but it is exceedingly
rare on this isthmus. It is about two
and half feet in length and six feet
stretch of wings.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26
You Got Him, " Boss -
Richmond (Va.) ENQUIRER.

Rathera serio-comic incident occurred
at station on the Richmond and Dan
vile Railroad few days ago. An en-
gineer having occasion to back his train
on to siding to take on an extra car,
"a negro who was to do the coupling got
caught In between the bumpers OF the
of-ca and the train, and, though not
seriously hurt, had the breath pretty
we'll knocked out of him, and was un-
able to move. Another negro, who saw
his predicament, crept up to the engine
and drawing the engineer aside, said to
him in confidential whisper: I" Boss,
you got him. -
What ?"
"You got him, Boss, sure enuf dis
time. He can't move nor ollerneeder.
Still puzzled, the Enquirer reporter
again demanded an explanation, when
the negro sank his voice lower, and,
giving knowing leer, said:
Boss, l specs you better run; no.
body seed you, and then disappeared.
About this time the fireman, who had
gone back, came forward and explained
matters, but it is evident that negro No.
2 thought the squeeze was done on pur-
pose.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26
FARM AND HOUSEHOLD.
Practical Suggestions.

A cord of stone, three bushels of lime,
and a cubic yard of sand will lay 100
cubic feet of wall.
One-ffth more siding and flooring is
needed than the number of square feet
of surface to be covered, because of the
lap In the siding, and matching of the
floor.
To test the quality of wool, take a
lock from the sleeps back, and place it
on a measured inch. If the spirals
count from 80 to 80 in the space of an
inch, it equals the finest Electoral or
Saxony wool grown. The diminution
of the number of folds to the inch shows
the inferiority.
The following is good cure for
scurvy legs among fowls: Take sulphur,
two ounces; charcoal, pulverized, one
fourth ounce; train oil, enough to form
paste. Apply with the hand, by rub
bing well in. Allow it to remain for
three days; then wash off in mild wealth
er with good soapsuds, and repeat the
dressing as often as it is necessary.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26
Sugar Beets for Fattening Swine.

Jonathan Talcott gives statement in
the Boston Cultivator of an experiment.
performed on a Suffolk pig where sugar
beets were largely employed for fatten-
ing. The animal was about year old.
and the feeding on boiled sugar beets,
tops and roots, began on the 10th of
August, and was continued three times
day until the LIST of October, after
which ground feed was given, consist
ing OF two parts of corn and one of oats,
three times a day till the animal was
slaughtered, the meal being mixed with
cold water. The result was, on the
10th of August, when the sugar-beet
feeding was begun, that the weight was
$50 lbs; Sept 1, 800 lbs; Oct. 1, $50 TBS;
Nov. l, $40 Tbs. This is the substance
OF the statement given, by which we
perceive that the increase the last OF
August, when fed on boiled sugar beets.
was at the rate of two pounds per day;
the rate of increase on the same food
continued through September. When
fed on ground corn and oats, made into
cold slop, the gain for the next fifty
days was less than pound and a half
per day.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26
Death of an Old Stage Driver.

There died in Stroudsburg, Pa, last
week, stage-driver named David Star
ner. He drove the stage for forty
years between Easton and Port Jervis.
and missed his first trip six years ago,
when he was stricken with paralysis on
his stage nine miles below the latter
place. He had driven 432, ZOO miles up
to that time. Starner could neither
read nor write, but never came to Port
Jervis with less than a dozen letters to
deliver to different persons, and he
never was known to make wrong de-
livery. No matter how many errands
Or verbal messages he had for people
along his route, and they were always
numerous, he never forgot one, nor got
one wrong. He was about 60 years oil
age and died pauper,
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26

SENOR WHITE, the vlOllnist, who was
ordered by the Cuban government to
leave the island, sailed for Mexico Tues,
day.
81 LOVED Charles" said size, wiping
her eyes with the hem of her overskirt,
81 loved Charles as much as any woman
could love man; but when he COM
menced wearing spit-curls, / dropped
him.
TIGHT, very p said a wag when a
young lady he knew passed him on the
street. "What do you mean 2" asked
his astonished companion. "Only the
dress, my boy"
The two largest individual tax payers
In New Haven, Ct, are Joseph E. Shelf
field, founder of the Yale Scientific
School, who is assessed for 1864, 900,
and Ex-Governor James e. English, who
is assessed for $444, 900.
A "cULLUD CHAP" was hugging q
salmon colored maid on the levee last
night, when she whispered sweetly in
his ear, 81 don't mind your huggin
me, Jim, but, TO de Lords sake, don't
touch that bile on de back O my neck. u
|-Courier-JOou7aol.
GOVERNOR KELLOGG was in tailor
shop few days ago, being fitted for a
coat Some one said to him: 'Gover.
nor, are you getting ready to go away q
ono" replied Mr.. Kellogg, facetiously
II am only getting ready to stay"
That was very sensible sort of
Christianity which the Rev. Mr.. vii.
Ill 81
Mass, is said to have taught. It is re-
lated OF him that when midway in his
sermon on sultry Sunday he heard the
sound of distant thunder, he glanced
out Of the window once or twice, stopped
preaching, and remarked: Brethren,
[ observe that our Brother Crosby is
not prepared for the rain. I think il
our duty to help our Brother Crosby
get in his hay before the shower" Step
ping down from the pulpit, he went
with several of the brethren to the hay
field, and worked there for half an hour,
when the hay was housed. Then, re-
turning to the church, he took up the
thread of his sermon where he had left
it, and preached straight through to his
" ffteenthly" and "fnally," without
an commission.
The Rev. DIR. Bartol, of Boston, gave
expression to these emphatic views on
Sunday last, when referring to the case
OF Jesse Pomeroy: eff we would have
no monsters about us in the community
let not idiots or insane pair, or scrofu-
lous or consumptives, those soaked in
alcohol Or conceived in lust, entering
the world diseased in boly or mind, or
overweighted with any propensity or
passion, be allowed to marry, any more
than we would have a nursery for wolves
and bears, or cultivate poisonous ivy,
deadly night-shade, or apple-fern in the
Inc losures Of our houses, our yards and
fields. Society, by righteous custom,
If not by statute law, has right to pre-
vent, to forbid the multiplication OF
monstrous specimens of humanity.
That mewing, puking, drooling baby
ought not to exist; it is no blessing, but
a curse of nature and God on the mis-
doing of men and women"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1875-05-26

SEED CAKEs.-One cup of butter, 3
cups of sugar, 3 eggs; handful of
carraway seeds, A. cups of flour (per
haps little more.) Beat the eggs
thoroughly; rub the butter and sugar
together; add the eggs and salt; roll
the carraway seed in a little of the flour
before they are added, then put them
in, and add the remainder of the -four
Roll, and cut into small thin cakes. Of
this mixture does not roll out we'll, a
little more flour is needed.) us
BATTER PUDDING WITH SAUCE.-Eight
eggs, 8 tablespoonful of -four, 1 quart
of milk; salt. Sauce.-One cup of SUI
gar, l cup of wine, 1 cup of water. For
the pudding beat the whites and yo,ks
| OF the eggs separately; make them as
light as possible: add milk and flour;
butter dish and bake; send it to the
table the moment it is taken from the
oven. For the sauce, mix the sugar,
wine and water thoroughly, but do not
cook them. CThis pudding can be
boiled; put it in a cloth we'll Toured,
and boil for half an hour.)
A GOOD CAKE WHEN EGGS ARE SCARCE.
One pint of cream, one pint of sugar,
yolks of three eggs, soda, if the cream
is sour, and soda and cream of tartar if
the cream is sweet; flavor to taste, -four
enough to form moderately stiff bat
ter; bake in a loaf if you want plain
cake, or in layers if you want a jelly
cake or cocoanut cake; make sitter,
and put in two cups of fresh, best cur
rants, and you have a nice plain fruit
cake. This cake recipe should be NAM
ed g hard times cake" as it is valuable
to person whose supply Of butter, SUI
gar, and eggs is limited.