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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-06-01
Finding a Thief.

A poor musician had an ebony
flute with silver keys, Tho flute,
| however, like many other things
had more beauty than use, for there
was a defect in one Of theuppcr keys,
and SO that note had 10 be skipped;
The masicians had for a friend a tail
or, who, having some taste for music,
would often'come to the musicians
room to sing; and when he came he ;
liked to try his skill on the ilgto
with silver keys, One night when
the musician was out the flute was
stolen, The tailor seemed sorry in-s
deed for his friends loss, and'tri6dFt6
help to ferret out tho thief They
suspected an old Yoman tIlllt was
round the house, butds there was mo-
proof againsthe she wasl aud
the real thief, whoever he was, es-
capped detection.
In few months the tailor went
to live in another town, After Il
year or so the musician paid him u
visit, and he found his friend had for
company u beautiful bird, a bullfnch
who could whistle several fine tunes
very correctly, This, of course, de-
lighted the musician, and lie liked
to hear it; but what was curious, he
soon found that the bullfnch, when
ever he came to Il certain high note,
always skipped it and went on to othc
next. He was greatly surprised to
make out how this could be, but as
he pondered over the matterit struck
him at last, the note the bird skipp-
ed was the note which had ceased to
sound on his old flute, and so became
to the conclusion in his own mind
that the bullfnch must have been
taught in some way from his stolem
flute. He charged the tailor with
having stolen the flute, and the mis-
cradle man, pale and trembling, cont
fessed the theft.
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showing d difference or increase Of
over S2lS,0oO,OOol On page 5 of the
4 finance report for 1873 the Secretary
says the decrease for that year was
S43, ,667, ,63005, making a difference Of
.s24, ,S99,324,47,
In the finance report for
1874 the public debtor
| 1874 is stated at,.,... S2,25l,69Oi i2lS,4S
In the same report the
public debt for 1855
stated at,,s.,,....,,.,,a- .2,e34, ,4s9 1890
Increase, according TO
these figures, in 1914
over 1S7S.,..,,..,,....,@- Slfi2OI HOES
These figures are from the Regis
ter's report Of 1874, page 496. The
Secretary's table on page 8 differs
very little from this, which destroys
Mr.. Boptwelrs claimthat these dis
crepancies arc the nero differences
between the Secretafy's and Regis.
ter's office, or between the new table
of the public debt which he origina.
ted in lS71 and the regular bRlapcos
In the Registers otiiAe. But Cons
gress and the country took theldttqr's
official figures, until 1870, of the pub
lie debt. By what authority did the
Secretary of the Treasury, in his ta-
bic of 1870, go back and change the
Registers report for that year, and
which for years had been accepted as
true? Secretary Chase and the Reg
lister agreed as to the public debt in
1862, and it was deemed accurate;
but eight years afterwards the figures
are changed to show an increase of
ten millionsl These alterations APP
pear in all branches of the service
internal revenue, the Pension Fund,
loans and notes, &c. 1t is idle to
charge these to an irregularsystem Of
bookkeeping, which in 1870 changed
the official figures running for thirty
or forty years back in the Registers
Office of the Treasury. If this plea
be sustained, of what value are the
figures in the finance report3-differ-
ing as they do in details for twelve
ycars-which have been sent to Con-
grcss? One may take the report of
1868 and find that ten years after
wards the public debt in the report of
1870 for the year 1868 is millions
more than stated at the time it was
contracted. Let the Senate Finance
Committee turn on the light and ex-
plain, if it can, these startling reyc-
lations.
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The Worlds Opinions.

To watch closely, and criticise
sharply, your conduct on such and
such occasions attributing to your
actions every motive excepting the
right one-to call you hyopcrite if
you wear a sad face, and shallow,
heartlcss fool if smiles are native to
your countcnance, and leave their
impress there-thcse are little ways
of the world. If home cares (hidden
skeletons that peep from many u
closet have proved too much for your
tightly.tensioned soul to bear, and
sickness follows as the inevitable re-
suit, why, Of course, you are giving
up weakly to your troubles;-if rest
and change seem to be absolutely es-
Sential to recovery, and rides and
drives in the sunlight and free air
are the order of the day, you are both
indolcnt and oxtravagant and prefer
your own enjoyment to the comfort
of others! Between friends, there's
not much the matter with you, any
way-other folks work on, sick OR
well, summer and winter and why
shouldn't you?
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Long and Short Hair.

Many Customs have prevailed
amongthe fairsex respecting the mode
ofarranging the hair,and they havea
right to adopt a variety of changes
but cutting the hair short and wear.
ing it like boys is not commendable
Men have, at different times, worn
the hair long. This has eYer-been
condemned as an unscriptural Gus,
tom. In the days of Charles the First
of England, the cavaliers, who de
spised close religious forms, wore long
hair, while the Puritans cut theirs
short, and were called Ground heads" "
1t has been calculated that, by CON
tinual cutting and shaving of the
hair, about seven feet in length is
removed from a man in twenty-five
years, Some writers assert that the
practice of close cutting and shaving
tends to weaken The body. Such
writer's draw powerful argument
from Samson, who when all unshorn,
slew several thousand Philistines
with the jawbone of an ass.
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PREslDENT-B. j. REpMoSb.
FIRST CLASs-Jubcl Beard, Lewis Bum
garner.
SECOND Class John Cavct, Geo. Daug-
hcrty.
'rlilnp CLAss-IIugh NJ, Donnclly, VIM
French.
FOURTH CLNss-samuel L. Carroll, James
II. Higgins.
FlrTI CLAss-w. II. Hogs, Samuel c.
lloESSrtt.
SIXTH CLAss-Jamcs II. Miller a. c.
Nilsson.
SEyEN4n ClAss-Thomas Huthinson, j.
EldnTm cLAss-George W. Rece, Geo,
W Morcdock.
NlSrn CLAss-Durwel s. Smith and o.
II. I. Van Matrc.
TExrn CLASs-Wm. II. Wallis, Jabcz
Beard. \ Copy-Tcstc:
jan. G-ly. Il; klMDERLlNG, Clerk.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Judge Circuit Court-IToS. Jos. SMITH,
Residence Ravenswood, Jackson County.
Clerk Circuit Court-C. B. WAGGENEH.
Clerk County Court-E. KIMpERLING.
President County Court-B. j. REDMOND,
Prosecuting AttOrney--D. W, PoLsLEr.
ShcriH-CoLuMBuS SEuoN.
jailor-J. JEwErr.
Surveyor Of Lands-GEo. W. PuILIS.
Assessor Dist. No. l-IAcop RorSu,
Deputy Asscssor-D. S. NASMNRE.
Assessor Dist. No. 2-,IOrS T. BUCKLEY.
Sup't Public Sch0Ols.-CnNs +. iioGG.
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MLSCELLlNEONS
GUNSMITII SHOP.

Mr.. c. NJ. DAalNrR, at his old stand, has
recently put his shop in fine working order
and h now prepared to do Hll kinds OF re-
pairing. on the shortest notice and most
reasonable terms. Satisfaction guaranteed,
All wo ask Is inirtria and let the work
speak for itself,
Point Pleasant, w, Va, Feb, ., 'IG'
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TIlues of LoIdinn Mc Caunls.

Cmcrrr Counr-First Monday in April,
Gnd 1rst Monday in October,
County C0uitT-Third Monday in Janu-
hry; Third Monday in March; Third Mon.
Hay in May; Third Monday in July; Third
Monday in November; Third Monday in
December.
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BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

MAsoHIc-NIinturn Lodge No. 10, meets
on the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month. c. Shrewsbury, Secretary;
Odd Fcllows-Point Pleasant Lodge No,
30, l., o. 0. f., meets every Thursday
night, in Fishers Hall. G. Il. Thomas,
Secretary.
Court Point Pleasant, No, 8, !. o. #,
meets every Friday evening u o'clock, ut
Capehart's Hall. a, Hess, Sec'y'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-06-01
CITY DIMIideTOIsY.

Mayor-IAMEs II. CorCm, JE.
Rccordcr-M. II. HALE.
Srrgcmt-J! II, Grover,
Councilmen-John ". English, I. Strib-
linz c. Il. Waggcncr, j. W. Bryan, John
l.. Charles.
Street COMMISSIONER l.. Gibbs.
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DR., 9. q. sEEAW,

PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON,
TENDERS his professional services to the
public. Calls from the country prompt.
" attended to- Office, corner OF Main and
Third streets, opposite tho old Presbyterian
Church. [upri 3, lS73-ly.
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POINT PHEASANT, MASON COUNTY " 4HHT

bed, and soon his soy had 50
honestly and earnB ought 20
know truth, passed iie who're
he has learned of cd 6f inihot-
tality what in this hc md no
way olearn.
This great and ee rillif 1ised
more than four hune ears before
Jesus Christ came to ing Spiritual
light and knowledge the world.
He knew little Of tgusIod, but
kept his soul from gae d6fkeiiing
poBaref evil, and Cd sought all
the light which was lign given to
men, and hoped for elaaler life be-
yond the-graye,
Only the good are3Iucl greqts
Hewwise was thatHesp lse Of Soc
rates 70 the lament, sep not de-
serve srI g fate, YOU RI fig
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-06-01

Legal publications must be paid for, In
all eases, before the delivery OF the ceSih-
cate Of publication.
Personal communications, and those rec
Onimending persons for Office, will be Uharg-
ed regular advertising rates.
Marriage and Death notices, not over
live lines, published gratis; all over that
amount at hall advertising rates,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-06-01
COUNTRY GIRLs.

Up early in the morning,
Just at the peep ofday,
Straining the milk in the dairy,
Turning the cows away
Sweeping the floor in the kitchen,
Making the bed up stairs,
Washing the breakfast dishes,
busting the parlor chairs.
Brushing the crumbs from the pantry,
Hunting for eggs in the barn,
Cleaning the turnips for dinner,
Spinning the stocking yarn
Spreading the whitening linen,
Down on the bushes below,
Ransacking every meadow,
Where the red strawberries grow
starching the ''fixingsp for Sunday,
Churning the snowy cream,
Rinsing the pals and strainer
Down in the running stream-
Feeding the geese and turkeys,
Making the pumpkin pies,
Jogging the little ones cradle,
Driving away the flies,
n Grace in every mi ion, -. ssssssas--1
IL I ~ 1llb, - 80 :.
Beauty in form and feature,
Thousands might Coyet to own
Cheeks that rival Spring roses,
Teeth the whitest OF pearls;
One Of these country maids is worth
A score OF your city girls,
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serve sHel fatey W. YOU pI n
Az tIeeefye m "a ~
When condemnations falls upor
the good, let us not mounfully com
plain that it is undeserved. No, ler
US rejoice that it is sol When shamr
and scorn are heaped upon an limo
cent man; when even thick prison
walls shut out from him the light d
the day and the eye of love; when ey.
en- forced.by his fellows to death, let
him be brave and calm as Socrates
and triumph in the truth that he is
innocent of the crime of which he is
accused. Human hatred cannot de,
stroy him, nor even death, if only he
can declare with clear conscience,
God and my mother know that lam
innocentp
Alas for the shame which cannot
be endured; the sorrow which cannot
be comfortcd because condemnation
is just
Many q father and mother have
suffered for a son or daughter this
pain which has no cure.
Boys and girls who may read this
little sketch, if ever blame falls upon
you, you may be calm and happy as
was Socrates, if, like him, you have a
conscience clear.
Set u watch at the door of your
heart, and ask Divine help that evil
enter not. No matter what reproach
may come upon you in childhood,
youth or age, you need never fear,
but may always rejoice if only you
can say, That lam innocent, God and
my mother know.
I-.f
The T5v0Idtioh in Mexico has be.
gun to affect Protestant missionary
work there. The Presbyterian mis-
sionaries have formed several congre-
cations in the valleys of Mexico and
Toluca. In the City of Mexico they
have three churches, three schools,
one night school, one theological
class, one orphanago for boys, and
expect shortly to have printing
press, In the valley of Mexico there
are in Lizipan and C0lhuacan large
school, and a church in San Lorenzo;
in Halpam worship is held in the
prison, and in Tacubaya there is a
congregation, but worship is just
now suspended. In the valley of
Toluca there is u church, a school,
and a press in the village of that
name, also three other churches in
different towns in the valley, and as
many more in the State of Vera Cruz.
In Southwestern Mexico may be
found at Acapulco, a church; in San
ia Barbara, u church and school; and
u church both in Platanillo and Pi-
piluco; while at about twenty-five
other places there are nucles of con-
gregations, The whole number OF
profosscd converts is about fifteen
hundred. This is exclusive of the
mission in Northern Mexico.
As the third district has been gen.
orally conceded the choice of govern,
or but for what substantial reason
does not seem clear, the least that
the democracy of that district can dc
is to present an entirely unoxcep
tionablc candidate to the democracy
of the other two districts of the State
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Saturday Night.

How many a kiss has been given
how many a curse, how many u Gu
ress, how many a kind word, how
many u promise has been broken,
how many a heart has been wrecked,
how many u loved one has been low
cred into the narrow chamber, how
many babe has gone from earth to
heaven, how many a crib or cradle
Stands aileAt-new5 @hiuhlast satuFs.
day night held the rareS of all treas
ures of The heart. 49,.
A week is a life. A week is a his.
tory. A week marks events Of sor-
row or gladnoss, of which people
never have heard Go home to the
family, man of business. Go home,
you hcart-erring wanderer. Go home
to cheer what awaits you, wronged
waif of life's breakers. Go home to
those you love, man OF toll, and give
one night to the joys and comforts
fast flying by! Leave your book with
complex figures, your dirty workshop,
your busy store. Rest with those
you love; for God only knows what
the next Saturday night may bring
you. Forget the world Of care and
the battle of life which have furrow-
ed the week. Draw chose around the
family hearth. Saturday night has
awaited your coming in bittercst
tears and silence. Go home to those
you love, and as you bask in the
loved presence and meet to return
the loved embrace of your hearts pets,
strive to be a better man, and to bless
God for giving his weary children so
dear stepping stone IN the river to
the Eternal, as Saturday night.
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Cure FOR Love OF LQUoR.-At Il
festival at a reformatory institution,
recently, a gentleman said of the cure
of the use of intoxicating drinks;
al overcame the appetite by re-
ccipt given to me by old DR.. Hatfield,
The prescription is simply an orange
oyory morning n half hour before
breakfast. Take that, said the doc
tor, and you will neither want liq-
uor nor medicine have done so
regularly, and find that Liquor has
become rcpulsivo. The taste of the
orange is in the saliva of my tongue,
and il would be as well to mix water
and oil as rum with my taste"
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JoEM w. nNaLIsE,

Attorney at Law,
WILL practice i'll the Courts OF Mason,
w Putnam and Jackson counties, and in
the Court Of Appeals Of West Virginia.
Address, Point Pleasant, Mason county,
West Va. Office in the Court House.
dee. 80, lST2-ly.
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AS the third district has been gem
orally conceded the choice of govern
or, but for what substantial reason
does not seem clear, the least that
the democracy of that district can do
is to present an entirely unoxcep-
tionablc candidate to the democracy
of the other two districts of theState,
If the third district cannot agree let
them take the candidate from some
other portion of the State. Anybody
but Mathews, We couldn't elect him
if we would and we oughn't to if we
could,-S'a,csmaR.
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Showing nm increase OF the
report of 1874 over 1870 OF So

INllNlN Va zoe = NNNA A''" Na N""'N'-''N'
In the War Department expenses
the finance report of 1871 shows that
for the year 1868 there is difference
of Sl,015,S0000 as compared with
the statement for the same year in
the finance report of 1869. Between
the figures of The report of 1870 and
that Of 1868 there is a difference in
the Indian expenses for 1868 of only
s2,075, 7O6.35l The report Of 1868,
1864 and 1870 vary widely US to the
loans and Treasury notes issued in
1868 though these are explained part
ly afterwards by u mischievous and
irregular system of bookkeeping.
In the public debt statements the
most extraordinary alterations are
found In the Registers report fol
1871 the public debt for the years Of
1862 to 1870, inclusive, foots up s10,.
272, 500, ,5Gl,57. In the report fol-
1870, for the same years, the public
debt is stated 10 bc sl0023, ,50j, POS 6E
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"And you think, darling, you could
be content to share my humble lot,
and live in a quiet way with love and
mc?" qucried the blissful lover as he
looked fondly into her translucent
blue eyes. "Why, yes, precious, you
have no idea how economical am
Pa gave me a hundred dollars last
week to buy a new silk, and 1 saved
enough out of it to purchase four
pairs of six-buttoned kidsp The
last heard of that young man the
doctor had ordered him to the Black
Hills for his health. Chicago Journal.
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Aunt (in alarm)- Surely you have
eaten enough, haven't you, Tom
my2" Tommy Gn doub0-"F.f.fcel
moM
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II sleap year, and the piece of adj
vice is just as good us ever "Looic
before you leap"
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A singular instance of female pre-
cocity in Juveniles came before tho
Warrington magistrates in England
Il few days ago. A girl, only eleven
years old, was charged with stealing
6s, from the person of woman. A
bag containing 60 was found in her
possession, and when questioned shc
admitted that she had been syste1
matically engaged in picking pockets
for three years. Proud of her Skill,
the childillustrated it in thoprcsenco
of the police by emptying tho pocket
ofa woman without attracting her
attention. The bench ordered tho
delinquent to be imprisoned for one
month and detained int roformatory
for thrco years.
II isleap year, and the piece of adj
-! 81. = !,..l a. ...1 .. ,,,,,., al nnin
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"My dear sir" is the way to com
menco to tell man that his bill is
too high,
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From the gentlemen whoaro select
cd to represent our county in the
State convention, we believe our del
cgation will support Mr.. Eastman
for governor, Mr., Blakemore for at
tornoy general, Mr., j, V, Cunning
ham for treasurer, and Prof, Pcndle-
ton for State superintendent of
schools. s.-Pcldictoa NcCS, May 10.
Somebody gave Paddy McGrath u
picklcd-cgg yesterday. Paddy bit it
in two, opened Aismouth, made Al face
and said; "Be me sowl, I'll go before
ony jcdgc or jury in the wurrcld an
take me oath that the hin that led
that egg had tho dyspipsy or heart
burn"
"My dear sir" is the way to com
menco to tell man that his bill is
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showing d difference or increase Of
over S2lS,0oO,OOol On page of the
finance report for 1878 the Secretary
SAYS the decrease for that year was
S4S, ,667, ,63005, making a difference Of
sl4 500 924 AZ
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In the report OF 1870 the ex-
penditures for pensions
are stated for the year OF
1S6i-5 at......,...........,". SlG,3li
In thereport Of 1869 the same
expenditures for the same
year are stated at".."..." 800
The Morning herald., 1876-06-16
THE WESLEYAN CONN EN- EI' NJ EN7
Closing Exercises at the College last niDl,
Il Pleasant Occasi0n.

Closing Exercises at the College last night
Il Pleasant Occasion.
The commencement exercises Of the Wes-
leyan Female College took place last even
ing and as usual the Oratory was densely
crowded with the parents and friends of the
students.
The floral display was very fine, and the
exercises of high order. The following is
the programme of'esaays as read last even
ing, and names of the essayists receiving
their graduating degrees
Prayer by Rev. Mr. Buckingham.
Salutatory, with Essay ,-Judcious Blind
less. Mary Grace Quigg, Wilmington, Del
Essay-Genus, its Character and Influ-
ence. Mary Virginia Manship, Philadel-
phia, Pa.
Essay.-Not Possession, but Use. Sall!t
Massey Warner, Millington, Nd.
Essay.-Sir Thomas More. Addie Mary
Coulbourn, Marion, Md.
Essay.--It Will Last My Time. Lids
Pleasanton Merritt, Odessa, Del.
| Glee Glass.
| Essay ay.-Compcusations of Life. Emms
Slater Kirkham, Battle Greek, Mich.
| Essay Womanhood and Chiyaryl in tn.
Centennial Year. Elizabeth Duncan Buck
ingham, Bloomsbury, Pa
Essay.-Tapestried Glories. Florene,
Nightingale Eastlake, Washington, D. c
Essay Success in Life az End-Mar,
Florence Rurris, Middletown, Del.
Essay" Bel ond the Alps leth thin,
Italy'-Georgie McGowan Winner, Pen
nington, n. J.
Essay Hcrosm Of Modern Liie-Jessi
Hannah Clark, Washington, d. c.
Essay The Age in which We Liye-Pris
Parker Cottingbam, Snow Hill, Md
Essay Saved ty hops, with Valedictor,
Addrcss-sarah X. bccca Wcldn, Whining
ton, Del.
The essays were thoughtfully and con
cisely written, and leave unmistakabe eyi
dence Of study. They were intersperset
with excellent renditiQps Of vocal and in
strumental music, At the conclusion o
the Naledictory, each Of the young ladie
] received their diplomas from the President
who also addressed to them his parting atl
. monitions aud farewell.
After the exercises the usual scenes wer
) gone over in the parlor and drawing rooms
and till an early hour this morn ing tb
college presented the appearance of gsyet
and festivities. Many otthe Young ]adie
Will leave for their homes to-day.
The Morning herald., 1876-06-16
WinslOW Liberated.

LONDON, June 15.-Winslow looks well,
and is well dressed. He says he has been
kindly treated in the House of Detention.
His family was allowed to supply him with
food and to see him daily through the gra-
ting, two persons being SO admitted for
twenty minntes each, which exceeds the
time ordinarily permitted to visitors.
He however contradicts the sensational
stories about himself, and purported inter
views with him published in some papers
in America. Among others the statement
that his family were allowed TO remain with
him for three hours at time. lie seems
10 contemplate remaining in London for
-Ome time.