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, 1876-04-01

overly any barrier that po1EitTsans can set
up, and nothing can keep her acser keep
her down but the question 6~incapacity-
There are women, I knew, Of ,aost llnde,i
rable nature, who wander up md down the
country. having no homes oftilcir own or
forsaking their own homes, tdking about
their rights, and We know Wy well that
they themselves are fit neisbGA vetc nor
to keep house. Their missio@gcl@ =
to hunilate the two sexes at d thought Of
what any one OF US might beSme. No one
would want to live under the ! Ews that such
women would enact, or to haze east upon
society, the childrenihat Yuch women
would raise. The rights stlbat women can
have they already ha7einthe possession.
Her position in this country not one Of
c0mmiserat!on, but OF .e~ongraIdation. She
sits today OF a throneso higahat all the
throncson earth piled on top Of each other
would not make for hera foo95ooI. Away
down below this platform OF which she
stands are the ballot box, congregational
assemblages and legislative halls. Women
always have voted and alwas viii vote.
How many men there have teen in high
political station who wouloYhave been
insufficient to stand the test tc{NWhich their
moral principle was put had not been for
a witeis voice that encouraged them to do
right aud q wife's prayer hat sounded
louder than the clamor Of part4nship. The
grand absorbing right that
WOMAN uAs IS TO MAKE Hd AE HAPPY.
That realm no ore has ever 5ssuted with
her. Oh woman! thank God hat youhave
a home, and Chat You may bdhappy IN it.
Better be there than wear ViforiaNs eoro-
net. What right does woman ian: than to
bequeen in such a realms! 4~eeagles Of
heaven cannot fly across nt dominion,
Compare with this worko:: tanning kings
and queens for God and eternity how insig-
nifcant seems all this work voting for
Aldermen, Common Councillor. SherifEs,
Mayors, constablcs and Prdidents. 10
make y true and noble won3s-such.asI
1a75 1seSffSeeU m rr5 57F19f1
HON HlaNS tlOuSauU "ouAu 3oo
those people who go in the rclnd OF god
~lc>sness, fashion and dissipation, d!storting
their body un;il in their monstrosity they
seem to Guido the dromedary aau hipopot-
anus! going 50 far toward dlsgraceful appa
rel as they dare go SO as mott be arrested
BY the police; their behavior a sorrow to
the good and a caricaturefo of the vicious, and
an insult TO that God who made taem
women and not gorgons, and tramplingo on
down through the goddess lie aad q trlvo,
lous life to temporal and eternal damnation:
Oh, woman with the lightings OF your soul
strike dead at your feet all these allure
nents to dissipation and to fashion. Your
Immortal soul cannot be fed Oil such gar
basc. God calls you up to an empire aud a
dominion. VIII you have it,? Oh, give to
Cod your heart, your best energies, your
culture, your refinement; give yourself TO
Him for this world andthc next.
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In France it is likely the state Of siege
will be raised. The government is no
longer opposed to it and the Republic ap-
perantly is sufficiently we'll established to
allow the widest liberty.
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Nothing Lost.
81 Va. Y. BICENELL.

The sea and a acv we're out one day,
EacI, in his own mood Of thought or play; -
The boy looking of: from the long, long shore,
The sea stretching ont there grandly before.
, 1876-04-01

Pebbles and such bits grasped in his hand.
He,t culled and gather Oh the bright strand;
They were treasures choice for pets at home,-
For Jane and johnny, TOO young to roam, 49,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21
The True Code Of Honor.

A man can not afford to be unfith
full under any circumstances; man
cannot afford to be mean at any time
a man can not afford to do less than
his best at all times, and under all
circumstances. No matter how un,
justly you are treated, you can not
for your own sake, afford to use any,
thing but your better self, norrcnder
anything but your better services
You can not afford tolic toa liar; you
can not afford to be mean to a mean
man; you cannot afford to do other
than uprightly with any man nc
matter what exigcncioS may exist be,
tween him and you, No man can af
ford to be any but true man, living
in his higher nature and actingwith
the highest consideration.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21
Troops in the south.

No Democrat, North or South, com
plains of the presence Of United
States troops. They are welcomed
by all true Americans wherever the
flag floats, whether they march to
sustain the laws at home, or to pun
ish our enemies abroad, nowhere will
they be more welcome than in the
South, where it may happen that
their presence may check internal
strife. All that the people ask is
that the United States forces act ey-
crywhere as the conseryators of
peace-not as the promoters Of war.
We believe that, in spite of false
constructions of law and department
orders, designed to incite violence,
the peace will be preserved through
out the whole South during this
canvass, and always thereafter, and
that the demeanor of the Southern
people will be such as to compel the
respect of the gentlemen who bear
the authority and commissions of
the United States, and secure their
protection against the real violatorS
of law and enemies of the suffrage,
as was the case in Charleston on the
7th inst, when Democrats found their
protection against Republican riot
ers within the ranks of the United
States forces.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

To this from the Times of the Goth;
"Ex.Governor Curtin, of Pennsylva.
MIA, and General Banks, Of Massachu.
sets, have ceased TO wander among
theunwashed, ndwill throw all their
strength for Hayes and Wheeler"
The Bellcfontc lIatchmdn, printed
whore Mr.. Curtin resides, replies.
ale explicitly declares himself for
Tilden and Hendricks, and intends
to stump the State of Indiana for the
Democracy. Thiswoknow tobc true,
for we have it from his own mouth.
That is where he stands" Next
" Y. World,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21
BRICK MASON!

VIlE undersigned respectfully informs
| the citizens OF Point Pleasant and vi.
entity that no Is prepared to do all kinds
Of brick work on short notice, Those who
want work Of this kind done would do well
to call and sec me. A. H. FULLER
Residence corner OF Wand lth Streets,
april g0-2W
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

Here comes letter alleged to have
been written by General Fitzpatrick
to Governor Hayes, from the Grand
Hotel, indianapolis, on the 18th ult.,
in which he says;
"a bloody shirt campaign, with
money, and Indiana is safe; a fnan.
cial campaign and no money, and We
are beaten"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21
Way to Get the Girls on.

A thriving trader in Wisconsin,
claiming the paternity of eleven
daughters, greatly to the astonish-
ment of his neighbors, succeeded in
marrying them all off in six months
A neighbor of his, who had likewise
several single daughters, called upon
him to obtain the secret Of his hus-
band making success, when the ira
der informed him he had made it a
rule after a young man had paid his
attentions to one of his girls fort
night, to call upon him with a revolt
yer, and request him to choose be-
tween death and matrimony. "You
can imagine" continued he, (which
of the two they prefer"
The other day minister offered a
prayer at the layingof cornerstone,
a brisk young reporter hustled up
and said; 81 wish you would give
me the manuscript of that prayer"
81 never write out my prayers" said
the preacher. 'Well," said the re-
porter, II couldn't heara word you
said" 81 wasn't praying to, yorii1'
quickly responded the parson,
The country storekeeper said
Here, my friend those balls Of butter
| | bought of you last week all proved
to be Just three ounces short of a
poundn And the farmer innoccntly
answered: "Wcll, | don't see how
that could be, for | used one of your
pound bars of soap for weight"
There are a good many illustra-
tions nowadays of the story about
that man who went through bank
ruptcy. He had owned a fine horse
and buggy, and the team disappear
ed for time but by and by it was
doing service for the same owner
again. On being asked what this
meant, the mans reply was, ~ went
through bankruptcy, but the team
went round"
When a young lady and gentle
man have 4 controversy about kiss
ing, they generally put their heads
together.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

One of the most glorious reforms
that will be accomplished through
the election of our Uncle Samuel
will be the Kidding of the navy de-
partment of that abominable incu-
bus, Robson, He is perhaps the
moanest and foulest representative
Of Grantism extant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

There is not one Republican mem
Der of Congress who is free from OBJ
legation to Grant for favors of patro-
mage. He has perfect roster of
their applications and of their re-
wards, and he deiies them to oppose
him or assail his acts. Hence the
extraordinary silence and submiss-
ion in the presence of excuses that
demand the stcrnest reprobatiOn.
Grant is no worse than the party,
He is the outgrowth of venal sys-
TEN which Congress created partly
in the interest Of those who shaped
the legislation, and partly to appease
the avarice and the ambition of the
President. They made common
cause together, and opened the doors
wide to extravaganza, corruption,
waste and speculation, until the col
lapse came and the whole thing en-
ploded. Now they are fighting to
save all that is possible from the
wreck, by resisting economy in eve.
ry form and threatening the peoples
representatives. Grant is master of
the situation, and the party dare
not offend him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

II is not beloved that there is an
artist in the world who can catch the
expression of a woman's face as she
puts her nose in the milking and
finds that the thunder has sourCd the
contents,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

In electing Prosecuting Attor-
ney, we suppose the people of Ma
son desire the services of a lawyer
of experience at the bar, and Of
ability before a jury. Then vote for
Simpson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

There is a class who are just now
waving the bloody shirt, but there is
another and much larger class who
are quite as vigorously waving an
empty pocket.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

A little DOnbury girl was trying to
make her doll sit up straight at the
table, but she was meeting with diff,
ficulty, Finally she gave it a slap
alongside of its head, and cxcitcdly
exclaimed, "You situp there, young
lady or not u single step shall you 60
with me to the Ccntcnnial.n
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----.,.----..lss,.-l-.z.1.as...a.a..lza.s1s....1
Its been my object to teach you that
a natural death is not a thing to de-
spise in these times Of rush, crash
and splitter, an if you have learned
the lesson, my mission is accomplish
ed, and 60 my way. | don't want
to intrude, of course, on the privacy
of q deep grief, but if the deceased
was about my build, and left behind
vest, not too guady in pattern, |
should be pleased to take it along
with me as 4 Souvenir of departed
worth" He paused an instant, and
then added, with touching solemn
ty. "Theso were his yictuals,
and it would seem appropriate, as
well as beautiful, to have them held
in by his yesturcs."
When he went away he had as a
souvenir of departed worth some
thing he could pull down if required
so to do,-DanJury Nepa.
An Analysis Of the Merits Of thC
Two Parties by an Acute Old Ne
gro.
f. Old 81, says the Atlanta Constitu-
tioa, stopped with gangof darkics
at Grants new building last even,
ing
"What you niggcrs all standin'
aroun'hyar fur doin'nullin' andliyin,
often de money dat yer mudders gets
from de white folks for washin'?" he
qucried.
ewes just tawkin' about this pub.
lican meetin' at de City Hall las
night, an l was sayin' dat l didn't
see much Offence twixt dem publ
cans an de Dimmycrats, fur as we
niggers am consumed" replied Amos.
"Does you want ter heah dat dar
Offence 'splained, jess like it am
bound ter stan on de dockit?"
"Dat we does, Uncle 81, said 4 sol
emn and emphatic darkcy.
"Well, yer see, de 'publicans dcy is
always up for de roconstrucshun-
dats derc platform cher scncc de war
'kase yer all hear dat all the timer
COB course it isl"
can de Dimmycrats dcy done come
out on dcro platform fur rcform-ycr
see dat?'
$50 dey is" obviously spoken,
"Well, de reconstrucshun hit am
like Dustin up de boss power to a
con mill an tryin' fur to put hit to-
gcdder again in annuder way from de
man whar made itI''
"Yer hear dat now?" said one of the
others.
can de reform, dat means dat yer
takes the ricketv ole boss power to
pieces, fixes all de parts inter dc same
shapes dat dey wuz at de fust, tight.
ems up de braces and de sockits, and
den puts dat whole boss power W
jess 'zactly de same, but a heap more
substantial dan hit wuz when yer
fust got it from de factry."
"Hi! jess lisscn at doolc mani" said
the enthusiastic auditor.
"Now, yer puts dis an dat togcddcr
and dar yersees de Offence twixt dc
publican party an de Dimmycrat
party. De 'publicans dcy done got
de whole Nunitcd States busted all
ter smash an dey can't git hit sot "
dc right way agin' but de Dimmy
Gratis dcy is cumin' long wild dert
hammer and draw.knife an dey
gwinc ter put her up jess de same
like she nebbcrwuz broke up by den
smart Alcck' 'publicans-yer minC
old 81, now!'
The other negroes looked at cacl
other as though they had found I
hens nest full of eggs, and then told
the old man:
"You's up wild de race, you isl"
"Dat | am, niggcrs; an when den
publicans reconstrucks dat derc
freedman bank den I'm gwine tcl
b'lieve dat dcy kno's dere bizincss-
but not bcfo', yer hcah mol"
Tho Truc Code of Honor.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

The bottle of brandy found in the
cornerstone of the college building
at New Haven last week was put
there fifty years ago, so it is known
that they had theological students
there ut that time
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

ta1aa day at home. Agents wanted
OIL 4 Outiitand terms free. TRUE& CO.,
Augusta, Maine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

a lad from the Ridge was in town
Saturday to inquire when tho Fail
term opened at the cemetery.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

After a majority had been elected
to the House Of Representatives
which was pledged to investigate the
corruption of Grants cabinet in dead
earnest, Sccor Robcson's department
was set on fire four times, and each
time at points close to masses of ma,
val records. The last time the fire
broke out close to his accounts with
Jay Cooke, McCulloch & Co.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-21

"a better Government can be Sc
cured under proper economy, with
all unnecessary and improper leaka-
ges stopped, than undera system of
extravaganza which tends to make
all public officers Indifferent and
reckless. This is the true secret of
administrative Reform. In New
York we are running the Govern
ment for little more than half what
it cost two years ago, and the work
is at least as efficiently done."-TR-
denis conversation al Albany Sept. 4.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-18
Queen Isabel in Youth.

Madrid Correspondence Of the New York Herald.
Isabel was so very pretty and attractive
at that time that she could have had NO
need to go begging for wooers. She was
plump to a point of voluptuousness, grace
full in her movements, full of animation
Her dark eyes were very bright with intel.
lIgence, high spirit and tender fire. Her
black hair was abundant, her mouth sensu-
GUS, but we'll shaped and osculatorily seduc-
tive. She talked well, and her manners
we're engaging. Moreover, she had a de-
gree of impudence, not to say audacity,
which il captivating to men in any young
and comely woman to whom they are not
related by blood or marriage. No one who
sees her now, or who had made her ac-
quaintauce after she was thirty, would be-
Ii eve this portraiture correct. The beauty
of Isabel, like that of 90 many Spanish
women, passed with her youth. A home
lier, less reginal woman than she has been
for the last ten years, it would be hard to
find. She is more than uninyiting. She
is positively repulsive. Her face is ex-
tremely coarse her figure very gross. She
looks more like one of the rude washer
women who make a laundry of the Man.
zanares-when there chances to be any
water in its bed-than a princess of royal
blood. Her blood, however illustrlous,
must be extremely disordered, for her COM
plexion is usually covered with purple
blotche,, and her whole appearance and
demeanor convey the impression of the
gross epithet the Madrilenians were wont
to apply TO her in order to distinguish her
from Isabel the Catholic,
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-18
br.;,o., E.e Pafare HIS fight with the

business life. Before his fight with the
Erie Board, he could have retired with
seven mill DDS OF money. He Is now aDso-
lu;ely poor, with an oLornous cebt III lg-
iny over him. sicF unto d.ati, and with the
pro=p..t Of les-.sg ne family, rs tnous-
ands OF specula:ors have eft their, to the
cold charity Of the world.
Notwithstanding all tina; is said, Commo-
dore Vanderbilt is a very sick man. he
has a complication Of disorders, some OF
which are very serious. He has lost that
erect pose which has distinguished him for
50 long time. His robust look has de-
parted, AID he has a shriTeled-up appear
ance. His step is slow and measured, and
his friends would not be surprised should
he follow the eminent men who have, since
this year opened, gone 10 the tomb. His
retirement from business has already been
discounted on the street. The stocks he
controls lave a substantial value, and 1t
will be only question whether there Is q
man with money enough and grip enough
to seize the helm when the Commodore re-
signs it, or whether his great power will be
divided among q dozen lesser lights.
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-18
Force Of Habit.

A few months since lady who is very
we'll known in the French fashionable world
happened to see in the streets of London q
monkey begging pence from the public in
the prettiest manner for the benefit of his
master, an organ-grinder. The marquise
took fancy to it, bought it, dressed it in
the gaudiest Of raiment and made it . pet.
The lady, the other day, had in Paris, a
fashionable reception, and, of course, her
pet was the wonder of the room. In the
course of the evening young lady sat down
at the piano, and accompanying herself,
sung with exquisite taste little drawing.
room song. As soon as the lady had finish
ed, the monkey, who. though now partially
civilized, had not forgotten his former du-
ties, seeing something near him that re-
minded him of his old occupation, seized it
and transferred it into temporary hat and
commenced q collection. The vocalist
laughed, the marquise looked vexed but
to the amusement of everybody, the animal
went the rounds and collected large sum.
His task ended, he jumped upnn the knee
of the singer, amid shouts of laughter, and
deposited the contents of his hat in the
lady's lap
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-18
A Marrow Escape.


Tuesday last at about 5o'clock p NJ, Mr..
Muetze, in his one horse wagon, with a
friend, and his little child, started for ride
by the river bank. They attempted to cross
Spring Branch, Just above its mouth, for
getting that it was much too deep for ford
ing. When in deep wafer the horse began
swimming, and Mr.. NJ. and his friend rose
to their feet, Mr.. NJ. holding his child up
above the water, expecting the korse to
swim across. Unfortunately, however, by
some means the horse became entangled
and sank. This left the two men standing
in the wagon in the middle of the stream,
with the water up TO their waists and dead
hor-e harnessed in the shafts under water.
Some colored men saw their predicament
and FASTENED to Mr. Zelleken and told him
the circumstances. He came up town for
assistance. Mr.. Koontz and Mr. Rakestraw
Immediately repaired to the river, and
taking skiff in Mr.. RS wagon, launched
il in the creek and rescued the "Enoch Ar
dens," who were impatien,ly looking for a
sail.
The funny part of it came in where Mr..
koontz, in attempting to seat himself on
the stern of the boat, mistook its position,
and took seat in the creek-a situation
bordering on the ridiculous as we'll as the
shore
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-18
Our Silver in Canada.

The Toronto Globe, of Wednesday, saws
"Up to the LIST of October last, American
silver circulated in Essex at par. When
the intention of the American Government
TO issue the new silver fractional currenc
became known, the Windsor merchants felt
that it was time TO take action. They ac-
cordingly met and entered into bond,
formally executed, by which they bound
themselves, under penalty of $50, 10 take
no American silver, except at the following
rates:
The three-cent silver coin at two cents.
The Gve-cent silver coin at four cents
The ten-cent silver coin at eight cents.
The twenty-cent silver coin at sixteen
cents.
The twenty-five-cent silver coin at twenty
cents.
The fifty-cent silver coin at forty cents.
The silver dollar coin at eighty cents.
The result of their energetic action has
been the all but entire Withdrawal from
circulation of the obnoxious currency. A
correspondent, writing from Windsor on
the subject, says: "The discount had
reached 6 per cent, ard that Just represent
ell our loss on all transactions, because peo-
pie will always use the cheapest money.
Any Canadian bills taken over our own
counters We had to give the premium for.
In few days American silver went down
at the brokers to ten for large and fifteen
for small, and in the stores there may have
been 81 taken per day, but not more. The
means adopted by the Windsor merchants
would be just as effectual wherever it was
found possible to effect such combination
for its expulsion"
The Leavenworth weekly times. [volume] (Leavenworth, Kan.) 1870-1880, 1876-05-18
The Local Humbug.

udZtttc-
Every two years We hear the cry that
such a man must not be nominated for some
certain Office, for witch it is admitted that
he is we'll qualified, because his location il
wrong. No matter how superior his quail
fcatlons. if the county or the part of the
State he lives in has happened to furnish
more officials than the same number OF
square miles in some other portion of the
commonwealth, though these square miles
may have been recently, and are now
sparsely settled, there are noodles enough
who will make the welkln ring with the
cry that he must not be nominated on &C
count of his location, and so We have al
ready had governors, members of Congress
and L. 5. Senator'S forced upon US in this
State, who didn't know enough to last them
over night, if it happened TO be very cold,
or were 20 corrupt that they would steal
when they could make more by acting hon.
es;ly, as a result Of this idiotic idea that a
certain locality must have an office wheth-
er it presents fit candidate or not, and an
other locality must not have it, though it
presents candidate of peerless qualifica-
tions.
Out upon such nonsense and tomfoolery,
say We. Let us select our best men for high
official positions, let them be found where
they NAV