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Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-16

BRIsTow WoN'T PLAY SECOND FIDDLE.
friend OF Secretary Bristow in this city
has received telegram from Cincinnati,
asking whether Secretary Bristow would
take the second place on the ticket This
telegram having been shown to the Secre-
first, he would under no circumstances
accept the second. He said to one of his
friends that as he did not expect 10 be nomI-
mated ne could not be disappointed II any
other gentleman should be selected and he
was grateful TO his friends for their efforts
in his behalf.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-16

MESSAGE FROM THE PRESIDENT-The
President sent, to day, to the Senate mes
sage transmitting q communication from
the Secretary of State, incIosing correspon-
dence with VIM. Penn Clarke, Offering In
behalf Of the holder OF the log book of the
rebel cruiser Shenandoah. to sell the same 10
the government. The log showing the names
OF all the vessels destroyed by the vessel.
The Secretary referred the applicant to the
bama Claims commission. The message and
papers were referred TO the Judiciary Com
mlttee.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-16

PERsoNAL.-Sir Charles Reed, member of
parliament, London, is at the Hamilton
House
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-16

Il 1saeosssor 70 b. y. Loadsp Oe.J
MERCHANT TAILOR,
nssroDoiisan Hotel. dat BrovnSD
U1-H No. Soo Penn'a ayo.s Waah1ngoon.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1876-06-16

SPEAKER KERR-s HEALTH was so far I'm
roved yesterday as 10 permit Of his taking
short drive
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
The Country Store.


Just the place among the hills for
the old-time country store, that, like
Noah's Ark, contains a little Of all
sorts. You look for it at some lazy
four-corners, within hearing Of an
anvil's ring, and the grind of a mill
where the creek plays in the wheel
like a Gagged squirrel. And you find
il, the variety store of q hundred
years ago, where needles and crow
bars, goose-yokes and finger rings,
liquorice-stick and leather, are to be
had for cash or "dicker." In the
corner yonder stands the spindle-leg-
ged desk, behind a breast.work of
barrels, and a bastion of Goldfish criss-
crossed, 4 big blotter spread open up
on the lid, goose quill pens, a sand
box and q pewter ink-stand within
reach. Here is the wooden bench
beside the stove, covered with jack
knife sculpture, awkward HIS like a
pair Of leaning bar posts with one
bar, and BIS like ox-yokes. 1t is here
that on rainy days and winter nights,
the whittlers, smokers, spitters, and
takers gather in, and lay their blue
and white mittens beneath the stove
to dry; perhaps a village doctor with
his saddlo-bags and pink and sem
ma nimbus; perhaps country lawyer
who practices at the country bar in
court time and the tavern bar the
year round, with his dogmatic way
and his tobacco atmosphere. Here
Unions are saved, States constructed,
stories told, and pig.tail gnawed.-
Here "forehanded" farmers talk pig
and potatoes, and buxom country
girls smello of peppermint, and warm
their rosy fingers that match their
ripe cheeks for color. Here clouds of
smoke from clay pipes float up among
the bed cords, and brooms, and tin
lanterns, and cow-hidc boots suspen-
ded overhead. And the stove with
its red mouth close to the hearth,
roars and reddcns in the bowling
nights, and the black nail-heads in
the floor are worn silver bright by
stamping and uneasy feet. A boy,
tipped with red as to his fingers, nose,
ears and toes, stands before a short
row of picked glass jars in brimless
hats of covers, wherein lean Il few
streakcd sticks of childish happiness
at a penny apiece, and gazing with
watering mouth that keeps him
swallowing in blissful expectancy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
Don't Give Up; Bat Try,

A gentleman travelling in the
northern part of Ireland heard the
voice of children and stopped to list
en-. Finding the sound came from a
small building used as sehool-house,
he drew near; as the door was open
he went in, and listened to the words
the boys were spelling. One little
fellow stood apart looking very sad.
why does that boy stand there?'
asked the gentleman,
ooh, he is good for nothing" re,
piled the teacher. "Thcro's nothing
in him; l can make nothing of him.
He is the most stupid boy in school"
The gentleman was surprised at
this answer. He saw the teacher
was SO stern and rough that the
younger and more timid were nearly
crushed. After n few words to them,
placing his hand on the noble brow
of the little fellow who stood apart
he said:
Zone of these days you may be a
fine scholar; don't give up; try, my
boy, try"
The boys soul was aroused. His
sleeping mind awoke. A new pur.
pose was formed; and from that houl
he became anxious to excel; and he
did become a fine scholar, and the
author of a well-known commentary
on the Bible; Il great, good man, be
loved and honored. 1t was DR.. Adam
Clark.
The secret of his success is worth
knowing: Don't give up; but try
my boy, try"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

Sweet visions, happy visions Of youth!
Ye leave that behind
That all must bear, though none desire
Cares that cling to the mind
0 charming visions! ye have snatched away,
The pleasures once did see.
0 return, and bring them back
Bring them back to mel
But no! these cannot see again,
Only in those dreams
Which come to me like cloud shadows,
On lone starlight stream"
But why do muse upon your flight,
Upon it'with sorrOw?
III not, III sail from you on the sea Of
coming years"
And launch my boat ON Tie morrow,
So u long farewell, sweet visions,
And may we say in glec-
The student who thus addressed you sor-
rowing
For you, he drank deep, the waters Of
Lethc.
All hail, New Year, don't know where
to turn
For funds-shell out!-dat bis ii clio dat
You won't? Ny strong entreaty you but
spurn-
There's nothing new in that!
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
No Chance.

An Atlanta youth, gotten up in
the latest style, left a West End car
and tf;ppcd across to house where
a little boy was sitting on the front
steps, whiting with new Barlow
knife. The boy looked up and SAID,
~ say, young man, yer don't want
ter be coming around here any more,
yer don't"
"Why, Charley, what's the mat.
teri"
cause there's a Teller what wears
a diamond brcast-pin and rides in
his own horse and buggy n comm
here to see Sis now, aud a fellow like
you, what has ter ride round in a
bob tail street kyr haint got no show,
'cept to take front seat on the back
fence and watch EN- fxin' things fur
the weddinm
The young man turned away look
like Il sweet potato vine after a black
frost.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
To . Departed Friend.

| saw thee in my night-dreams,
l saw thy form so fair,
That thescenc couldn't have been more ea
Hads't thou thyself been there.
Raptures were thus in me excited;
Rapturcs, certain OF pure delight;
So pure, it momentary crazed me
On seeing only the darkness Of night.
Then there came to me solacc,
a thought that all our joys bright,
Are as pearly dew in summers sun
Asa pleasant dream in the night.
The dew sparklcs for moment,
The dream, it does not last;
So we barely taste the nectar
Joy-and it is passed.
Then ii thy joys be transient
Waste not therefore, one sigh;
But remember, however heavenly
They must surely die.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
Something has brought out the 70

Something has brought out the fol-
lowing interesting Renaissance:
"When Benjamin Franklin was a
lad he began to study philosophy,
and soon became fond of applying
technical names to common objects,
One evening, when he mentioned to
his father that he had swallowed
some acephalous mollusks, the old
man was much alarmed, and sudden.
ly selling him, called loudly for help,
Mrs. Franklin came with warm wa
ter an the hired man rushed in with
the garden pump. They forced half
n gallon down Benjamin's throat,
then held him by the heels over the
edge Of the porch, and shook him,
while the old man said "If we don't
gctthemt things out of Benny he will
be pi2encd sure. When they were out
and Benjamian explained that the
alluded to were oysters, his
father fondlod him for an hour with
a trunk strap for soaring the family.
Ever afterward Franklin's language
was marvelously simple and cx-
plicit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

No matter what comes upon you
don't give up to i'll Look it square
in the eye. Don't let it see you
finch, If sorrow has entered upon
your life, and rendered ii bleak and
choerless, don't bow down before it
like a reed shaken in the wind, but
swallow it, shake it out of your OK
istenco; cut it up root and branch;
don't let it put you down under its
feet.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
The News.BOys' Musings.

lne SNcWb@AbOyb sAWSihBHs
Another year has passed away
Like the anihesis Of the rose;
And taken in its hasty fight
Many things; like wind that that's scerose'
Yet the newsboy is surely left,
His annual salutation to make;
And wish his patronsa Happy New-Year,'
And about his paper to crakc.
Has the news.boy his welcomo
From your hearts us Of yore,
To make him glad and happy
AZ he leaves the paper at your door,
lie enters upon the weekly task
That duty him to do does compel,
OF delivering the Weekly Register
To its patrons, the news another year to
tell
lie asks for his weekly paper
Your hearty support, from men, women
and all.
Notthat he may subsist upon your charities;
But that the paper may live and give
news TO all.
He asks your support for this
That you may have paper in yourto
To give you the interesting locals,
Which its editor can jot down.
Why do you not well know,
How you for the paner run,
In order to read its spicy locals,
And over them laugh and hayeyour fun?
And then it would not do
For the Point to be without her paper,
For she'd be behind the times,
And iogy-isn would take her
Point Pleasant you know, it il said
Is not noted for her enterprise;
SO il her paper should go down
Against this remark; you'd lose payisc.
Everybody thinks that people
Living down here in this place,
Want to dispense all the justice,
And run every political race.
But you see you know, patrons,
A thing or too, that's pretty good,
That ii you support your paper
1t can do that which you never could.
When you wish contest TO enter,
Ii it be OF laudable kind
Your name appears in the Register
And you never come out behind,
Now know this to be true,
For have seen it done,
And he that stuck to the Register
Was he that generally won,
So shell out your subscription,
Never mind the small cost,
But just take the paper
:. And then you'll not be lost.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
MEDICINES.
DIR. RICE,
No. ~ Court Place,

LOUISVILLE, Ky.
A REGULARLY educated and legally
"A qualified physician, and the most sue
cessiul as his practice will prove. Cures
all forms OF Private, Chronic and Sexual
Diseases, Spermatorrhoea and lmpotency,
as the result OF self-abuse in youth or sex
ual excuses in maturcr years or other eau
Sos, and producing some OF the following
effects Nervousness, Seminal Emissions,
Dimness OF Sight, Defective Memory, Phys
ical Decay, Pimplcs on Face Aversion to
Society Of Females, Confusion OF Ideas,
Loss OF Sexual Power, &c, rendering mar
riagc unhappy or improper, are thorough
" and permanently cured, Syphilis posi-
tlyeiy cured and entirely crodic0tcd from
the system, Goni2rhoco, elect, Structure,
Piles, and other Private G'2coscs quickly
cured. Patients treated by mail or express
Consultation free and invited, charges reOs.
enable and correspondence strictly conf.
dental.
A Private Counselor
of 100 pages sent to any address tsccurely
sealed for thirty (S0) cents Should be
read by ALL Address as above,
sept TO-, lS75-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

The Board of Public Education of
Philadelphia, at its last meeting, re-
ceived a communication from the
of an organization styled
the "Liberal League with resolu.
ton adopted by the League" petit
tioning the board to prohibit the use
of the Bible in the public schools
The reading of the communication
and resolution created considerable
stir, and after remarks by several
members the subject was tabled, the
vote being almost unanimous.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
Visions of Youth.

Visions Of youth! Oh visions Of youth
Have ye gone for aye2
Win We ever return with those smiles
So like q vornal day.
Why have yc lett me in LIES early morn
So abruptly gone away?
Was there naught in froc-mindcd youth,
10 induce a longer stay?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
An AstOnlshed Brakeman.

He hadn't seen him, but somebody
had told him that there was a lady
with dog aboard the train.
"Aha! he must be removed. Palace
car no place for dogs. Ladies hort to
know better'n to bring nasty, sore
eyed poodles into n sleepin' coach"
He gave another twist at the brake,
slammed the door behind him, cock
ed his hat over his left eye, and wad.
died down the aisle, hating in front
of the mistress of the dog
Madame, that dogll have to come
out o here. Baggage cars the place
for dogs"
"BUt, sir, he does not disturb any
one in here, he lies very quiet under
the seat. You will let him stay,
won't you2"
Cant do it, ma'am; he'll have to
come out; them's my orders; no dogs
aboard the slecpcrs;' here, you little
brute, here"
A low growl from under the seat
was the only response. The brake
man opened his eyes; the voice was
pitched in rather u low key, Il little
too deep bass for a small dog; but
he must be removed-perquisites
fifty cents on every dog brought to
the baggage car, half and half for
brakeman and baggage-smasher.-
"Come out of that, you cur" He
reached under the seat, grasped his
dog-ship by the off ear, and he came
out. In fact, you never saw a dog
come out so lively, and he must have
grown some in coming, for instead of
an Insignificant poodle, a great, black
Newfoundland, as big as COW, was
brought to light. Things looked in
teresting. The brakeman had him
by the ear, and he had the brakeman
by the part that in the fowl race gen
orally gets over the fencelast. There
was a struggle; a brakeman was seen
to perform sundry antics over the
tops of the car seats; then there was
a wiping of floors by brakeman, as
sisted by the dog. Ladies screamed,
men flourished umbrellas and travel
ing sacks, Only one unfeeling ur-
chin, the peanut boy, halloocd, "sick
him, Tige!" and quickly disappeared.
Some one in the confusion pulled the
bell-rope. The engine whistled down
brakes, and the conductor and all
handsrushedto the rescue. A switch
man pried open the dogs teeth,
poor mans plaster was placed whore
it would do the most good, and the
brakeman, not the dog, was taken to
the baggage car,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

Some people are too trusting for
this world. At n recent trial, the
prisoner entered a plea of "Not
guilty" when one Of the jurymen put
on his hat and started for the door
The judge called him back, and in.
formed him that he couldn't leaveun.
til the case was tried. "Tricd?' quor.
ried the juror "why, he acknowcdg-
os that he is not guilty"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

A wife will hardly ever notice
whether her husband has had his
hair cut or not, but let him 60 HON c
with q strange hairpin in his over.
coal, and she will see it before he
reaches the gate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

Night is the time for rest, and both
body and brain, especially as to stu
dents, requires all the sleep the sys-
TEN will take; they ought never to be
walked up; Nature will infallibly do
that when she has had her fill, and
to shorten sleep is to shorten life;
half the time Of daylight is as long
as any man ought to spend in hard
study.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

A reward of So 900 (gold), has been
offered by the managers Of the Direct
Atlantic Cable for information lead
ing to the discovery of the vessel
which broke their cable.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
Gem.


We have in the Point,
\ gem Of purcst ray serene;
y flower OF beauty rare,
Not born to blush unseen,
1t blossoms like the Palm tree
In Zealand lar away,
That the burst OF the blossoms sheath
Is like the Jacks dcaicning bray.
II blossoms in the Winter;
1t blossoms in the Fall;
1t blossoms for scli.glory;
And in the seasons all
1t bears the fruit OF poesy,
And never needs q thackCr
And bears the name in botany
Oiold Jack Nappcr
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

You will notice that when a boy
steps on Canada thistle, or sticks a
splinter in his foot, it is invariablya
few minutes before school.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
The Fashions,

1t should not be with tell-tale lips revealed
What fashions here obtain;
And how among the elite they're concealed,
And too, how display they dcign.
Fashion will have Il think its dcvotccs,
Though cost what it may,
And wives and daughters spend husbands
VS.,
Merely for vain display.
Some fashions here passing strange do seem;
One is the lumbar process;
Commonly called the Grecian bend, which
you've seen
And the other, the pin-back dress.
When first these fashions met our view,
We looked in mute surprise.
And when asked how thought they'd do,
l just shut my eyes,
There is a novelty now in the hose line
OF quality good and rare,
Worn by all the ladies that would cntwine
Their affections round the fair
The color I'm told is OF varied hue
In stripes OF red and green,
Andnow and then, It's said thread Of bluc
BY the keen observer is seen.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

The receipts of the Hebrew Charity
Fair in New York Hast week were
over $4,000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

Josh Billings says;-You can't
change date by cussing after an
edition has been worked of.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
BARBER STIOP,
NEW BARBER SHOP! !.
A n TTTCK.

~. II, I UOh,
Respectfully informs the citizens OF Point
Pleasant that ho has opened shop
MAIN STREET,
near the Court House, where he is pre-.
pared to do shaving, hair.dressing and
Shampooning in the highest style of the
art Ladies hair cutting, hair dressing and
shamrooTns speciality, July l5-6m,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

A minister's wife had an impedi.
ment in her speech. At a ministe-
rial dinner young sprlg offered the
lady some tongue, saying, Every
part helps a part, YOU know" "ln-
deed; then let me help you to some
brains" holding out adish that stood
near calls head.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

II estimated that about two-thirds
of the surface of the globe is covered
with water. Althoughmillions of liv-
ing creatures slake their thirst daily,
the quantity of water has not been
materially diminished for centuries,
at least not since the introduction of
drinking saloons, which prove a great
saving Of water, and are thereby of
immense benefit to navigation,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

The look a man gives his wife as
he suddenly wakes in the morning
and finds her going through his vest
pockets, is not a studied expression,
but it is excellent in its way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

An unusual number Of people are
marrying now. Next year is leap
year, and no woman wants it presu-
med that she popped the question
herself.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

The Duke of Wellington, it is said
replied to every letter, nomattcr from
how humble a source. A clergyman
who lived in n distant part Of the
kingdom once wrote to his Grace, on
whom neither he nor his parish had
a shadow of claim, to beg for sub
scription to rebuild a church. By
return of mail came back a letter from
the Duke to the effect that he really
could not see why in the world he
should have been applied to for such
an object; but the parson sold the let
ter as an autograph for five pounds
sterling, and put the Duke down for
that amount among the subscribers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

Columbus discovered America, but
when a boy he had as much difficult
ty in seeing an empty wood-box or
water-pail as any other boy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

A noble Omaha mastiff has saved
the lives Of three children within q
month past, and bitten fourteen men
who called to sell pa:y--. clothes
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06

Seeing is not believing. There.
are many men you can see and yet
cannot believe
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-01-06
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