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The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-02
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Co-r OF THE GREAT lsrHMrs CANAL
John G.. Trautwinc, an engineer OF
great experience, who was connected
with the construction of the Panama
railroad and who made an exploration
for canal by what is known as the At
tratro route, says that no canal can he
constructed across the lsthmus, which
will be satisfactory for less than $780,
900, 600. lie holds that it would not he
pa.sible to construct canal on the most
favorable route without having tide.
locks at either end. The rise of the tides
along the Pacific shores of the I-thmuS
range from sixteen to twenty feet, while
the rise on the Atlantic side averages
only about two feet. He thinks that at
least two tidelocks will he necessary IN
order to check the current, which would
materially impede navigation.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-02

SANKET means to keep right on sing
ing "The Ninety and Nine" lie pre-
faced it in Chicago with the following
story: "Thrce weeks ago we were hold
ing some meetings at Northfeld, Mass,
and after the service a gentleman said
with deep emotion: 'When you were
here last year did not believe in re-
ligion, and would not 20 to your meet
ings. But one evening, when the church
was too small to hold the people, the
meeting was held in the open air. was
sitting under the porch of my home, and
line Of that song was waited to me on
the still air Of the evening: "Rejoice!
for the Lord brings back his own" !
began to feel the force Of the truth that
the Good Shepherd was looking after me,
and now |, with my family, belong to
this chnrch. }"
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-02
TIMELY TOPICS.

A PROMINENT New York woman clair
voyant, who tells call Secrets" and
"reveals the abiding place OF absent
friends" for 81, invariably in advance,
lost her own daughter few days since,
and Immediately went weeping and beg
ging to the police department, asking
that she might be found.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-02

The leading citizens of Philadelphia
are very much cnragcd over the refusal
OF the board Of Park commissioners to
allow the main exhibition building to be
retained permanently upon the centen-
NAL grounds as was projected by the
PhiladeIphians who were in fair way
to raise half a million dollars to purchase
the building, The reasons controlling
the commissioners in this decision arc
not known.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-02

HITTER il very high just now, and
Spilkin's landlady remarked to that gen
tIeman with emphasis, this morning, a.
he was preparing a piece ofbrcad: " Mr..
,;piIkins, that air is Goshing butter, and
will make you sick if YOU spread it too
thick. IL cost forty cents . pound.
Spikins says that many is the time she
has .natchcd him from the tomb by he.
carerulncss-- San iniORi9 Hf0H.
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-02

Eymy love, how much owe.
WuEN Seth got home from mackereI'
ing he sought hi, Sarah Ann, and found
that she, the hcartlc-s one, had found
another man. And then most awful
tight he got, and so he went away, and
bound himself to cut live oak all down
in Florida. He pincd upon the live oak
land. he mummcd in the shades; his
AK grcw heavy in his hand, all in the
wildwood glades. Mosquitoes bit him
everywhere, no comfort did he get, and
how terribly he'd swear whenever he
got bit. Al last, despairing Of rcIiet
and wishing himself dead, he went into
the woods Il piece and chopped oil his
own head.
DowN in the southeastern part OF Viz
cinia nourishcs breed of ,emi'wlId hogs,
called in the country vcrnacular " wind
splittcrs,n or ralor.backS.' " They greatly
resemble greyhound in shape, and IN
speed would successfully compete WIN
one. At one of the county fairs, sever
al wears ago, an cntcrprising Pennsylva
| man placed on tNllIllibH :" W
fat Rerkshircs, which presented marked
cnntra.t TO the lcancr native specimens
nv which they were surrounded. Their
ownef one day encountered one OF his
competitors in swine culture, and ven,
tured comparison between his own and
the silent occupant, of the ncighborlng
pen.. Wa'Hl, stranger replied the
rurali,t, "thcymay he right smart for you
uuS. hut down in this var country YOU
couldn give EN- way" Why not
asked the a,tonishrd Pennsylvania.
Why, We see stranger, down var hog
that can't outrun 4 Niger ain wuth
cuss." This anccdote was ;oId by sena'
| tor Wilhcrs. Of Virginia, in a stump
speech delivered in Chesterfield county
When he descended from the platform ne
vas arcosted by a venerable darky, who
blJ been an attentive listener, with the
omery ~ .ay, Mars Withers, whar can
I cit some dem hogs. Fo' God, dey'S
les, de breed for dis var kentry.'
The home journal. (Winchester, Tenn.) 1858-188?, 1876-11-02
THE OPPOSITION RECORD SOUND.

1t is usually argued that i. will not he
safe to trust the democratic party in office,
even for the briei term of four years, in
view of the possible mischief it might
accomplish in that time. The depriya
ton Of the blacks of all civil rights, the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
CmIrRCII DIRECTORY.

r,Rsr snYTExIAN-Services on the ID
and Ith Sabbatls OF each month, morning
and evening. Rev. Dr. Lane, Pastor. Slp-
bath School every Sunday morning at Oo-
clock. B. Gilmore, Superintendent
PorxT PLEASANT PREsBITERlAN CilUECli; i;
w. Il. Hill, Pastor. Preaching lst anu
81 Sabbaths, morning and night. biole
Glass at the Parsonage on "Wednesday eV-
ening. Sabbath School, Sunday morning.
Nj. II. Hale, Superintendent ~
PRnrrSrANT EPISCOPAL CuuRCll-keV' i,
II. Lncy. Rector. Services as follows Al
Christ Church, Point Pleasant every, sun,
day morning at l04 o'clock, except me "a "a
Sunday in each month, and every sunday
evening, at 81 o'clock, except the 81 sun,
day in each month. Sunday School at v
O'Clock. I. Stribling, Sup't. Nestry meet
inp ON the evening OF the 2d Monday in cV-
ev month. Services at Bruces Chapel on
the 2d Sunday at lOl A, NJ. Mason Cltf
on the Sd Sunday at % p, NJ, West COL
umbia the 81 Sunday at B4 7. VI.
VI. T.. CuURCH-Scrvices ON the ISL anu
81 Sabbnths of each month, at lO4 A. NJ,
and "A p. NJ, during Summer, prayer
meeting every Wednesday evening IT, h'
Stewart, Pastor. Sabbath schooIevery sun
day morning at o'clock. d. 3 shyuer'
Superintendent. n,a
NJ. l.. CHuRcH, SouTn-SerylGes on 'he
4th Sabbath OF each month, Key y. L,
Crooks, Pastor. Sabbath School every
Sabbath morning at . o'clock. Robert .
Bickcl, Superintendent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
Funcrai's in l776.

Funerals touched weddings at the
point Of fcasting, and were often
very expensive, snowy and pompous
occasions. In some parts of the
country, especially among,th the Dutch
of Long Island and New York, it
was the custom for a young man to
lay by his earnings after coming Of
age, until q sufficient sum had aceu-
mulated to provide for him a respec-
table funeral when he should come
to die. Oftentimes the young burgh-
.er would reserve half of the portion
d wine which he had Hbeallg laid
in for hismarriage, to be nsedat the
funeral Of himself OF his wife. Spe-
cial Invitations were sentout for fu-
hegals as for parties. The clergymen,
-pGit1eaTers and pllysiciansattending
were proIledBith scarfs and gloves
all sSinei ies each Nth a lp9lrn,,
ing ring, while the ieast which ioi~
lowed the interment at the house of
the relatives of the deceased, elabor-
ate with cold roast meats, wines,
liquors and pipes, was not unfre-
quently an occasion of coarse excess
es, sometimes descending into hilar-
ious and noisy demonstrations. A
respectable fune al of this descrip-
tion might cost perhaps $1,000, while
the funeral of the first wife of The
Hon, Stephen Van Rensselaer, is said
to have cost not less than $4,000
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
The Floating Island.

The floating Island continues to
attract mariners who pass it in cross
ing Lake St. Clair, and also from
the residents of this city large num-
bers of whom have taken passage in
one of the Star line steamers for The
express purpose of viewing the phc-
nomenon. The island remainsintact,
with the exception of one section
about fifty feet square, which follows
after the main body as it floats with
The current or is driven by the wind,
Yesterday it was reported that it
had been shifted by the wind to
within five miles of the canal, and
a short distance out of the rout Of
passing vessels. Masters of vessels
who have not been informed in re-
gard to the island, on viewing it for
the first time mistake it for the
mainland, and are momcntarily
startled at their supposed variance
from the proper course. The Amer.
lean flag was placed on the island
on Saturday last by Emery Wen
dell, and it has been named "Jew-
ellis Island" in honor of the eS-
Postmaster-Gcneral, who was among
the first to visit it,-Dct;OH Fee
Pes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Frcn2icd appeals are now being
made to the colored men to vote
against the democracy, and not with
out cause. We have been informed
by reliable parties, and some of them
colorcd men, that there are three or
four times us many colored men go.
ing to vote the Democratic ticket
this year, as voted it two years ago
They are beginning to find out the
"shams aud Illusions Of the Rcpub'
lican party
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

The following item entitled
"Swindling in West Virginia." is
obtaining general circulation among
our exchanges:
"a curious state of affairs exist in
some of the counties of West Virgin
in. Take Webster county as an cX-
ample. There are in that county
100000 acres of land, but 100000
acres are on the tax duplicate, and
taxes actually paid on that amount,
One individual pays taxeson 100000
acres, or nearly double the entire
acreage of The county. The lands
have been sold and rcsold in New
York for speculative purposes until
the acreage has been multiplied to
nearly eight times its actual amount,
As the lands are nominally apprais-
ed, and arc not of great present val
uc, the holders of titles pay the tax
os without grumbling.'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
l.RlaReeoG.I IREIealn0ss.

If you see man going about per-
sistently untidy-neglectIul of such
matters as his boots, his hands and
his linen-you may be certain that
sooner or later he will become a
slouchcr, and chat his affairs will be
always more orlcas muddled. Thus
it will be unsatisfactory to have deal
ings with him either in his business
or domestic capacity, He will be
continually forgetting, he will be
cverlastingly putting of, what he
ought TO do, and ending often by not
doing it at all until it is too late
Thus it is a perfectly correct and re-
liable instinct which leads people to
judge men by their appearance,
We are not advocates of unosten-
tatious splendor, but we would have
men remember that they often allow
those who are really their interiors
in capacity to pass Them in the race
Of lie, and solely because they are
careless and Indifferent in the ways
in which we have indicated, Lei
conspicuous offenders against good
taste realize that the Struggle for eS-
istence is now peculiarly keen, and
that, other things being equal, he
who takes pains about himself in
small matters is certain to outstfip
the individual who does not, The
former will often be favorably lccei-
veG where The latter is hardly recei-
we'd with courtesy. OF course it is
possible to run from one extreme %
another, 1t must however be obv-
Gus, that neatness does not involve
splendor, ror enhanced expenditure,
both of which things should be dis
carGed, by individuals of modara.J
means 1t is quite possible tn ;
care and frugality can go hand in
hand-indced many meanly dressed
peoplc demonstrate this beyond {
doubt. In a word, sloyenlincss i'll.
wolves extravaganza and discredit,
neatness, economy and credit. Were
the people of the world not foolish,
it would be unnecessary to state such
sclf-eviGent fact.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
A wonderfully Honest Man.

While in Buffalo / visited one of
the banks, the cashier of which |
had known when he was a residen.
of Liverpool. As was talking with
him, small, thin man passed out of
the bank. Said the cashier: "Did
YOU notice that slim little man that
Just went outY No! Well, let me
tell you about him. That man about
this time every week, comes to de-
posit few dollars, which are pl&ceG
to The credit of the - lnsuran
Company. Last year he had an 6.
fee in q building that was insured
for fifteen thousand dollars, about TO
leave his Office, he happened to drop
some fire from his cigar intoa basket
of waste papers nears his desk
Half an hour after he had gone the
building was ablazc, a somehow
the origin of the fire was taced to
the room he left. Now, what do you
think? Why that man is saving
every cent he can get and putting 1T
here to reimburse the insurance com
pany, because it was through his ab.
renee of mind that they had to pay
1g the burned building. lie may
never got enough TO cover the whole
amount but he is doing what he can.
Now that's what some of us would
call Internal foolishnoss. ] call it
honesty
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Judge Circuit Court-IToS. JOS. SMITH,
Residence Rlvenswood, Jackson County.
Clerk Circuit COurt-C. b. WAGGENER.
Deputy-JAMEs II. HoMOwAY.
CLERK County Court-E. KMGERLING.
Depnty-JoSEpH IL. Holloway.
President County Court--B. j. REDMOND
Prosecuting Attoney-D. W. PoiSLEf'
shGriiI-CoLUMBUs SEn0N.
Jaior-J. JEwErr.
Surveyor oi Lantls-GEo. W. PuLLiN,
Assessor Dist. No. 1-JACoD RousIT.
Deputy Assessor--D. 5. NANMArRE'
Assessor Dist. No. 2-JonN {, BucHLEf'
Sup't Public Schools-CnAs +, HoGG'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
Horrors of the shampoo In ia
pan.

A tired friend, who had walked far,
sent his Japanese servant to fetch a
celebrated operator, Two old wo-
men came. One practitioner took tho
patient, the other unaskel, took me.
Both were wrinkled, plain headed,
brown female persons, with carefully
blackenod teethandshaycd eyebrows,
to-proye their entire rospectability.
Isaw my PROSTATE comrsdc on tho
fiat Of his back, andt terrible old
black-toothed being claying. his
throat and tho plde0 where his heart
ought to be and hig dinnog was, l
bied'to sketch, ,thenn when my own
Deg Rss grasped and down Jwept
down tho' ~, ii liiiis'l silu cOil3ls (
travelled the talons of'that terrible
old anatomical witch with all the
skill of q surgeon bent on vivisecLion.
Every muscle seemed to be familiar
to her fingers as strings to harper.
Each in turn was pulled and rolled
and stretched and replaced exactly
where it ought to go, The kneepan
was rolled about and eased: the soles
of the feet were slapped and the ank-
les arranged. Every bit of the body
that would have suffered from hard
work was treated with the skill of n
dressmaker folding crumpled clothes.
"Arigato," said I, when properly
smoothed out. "Thank YOU" ""Ari-
gato," said my comradc, who was a
private secretary in the Gladstone
MiniStry;and then we presented coins
in paper to the operators and COM
pared notes" "Do you like it?"-
"Well, not much" "How do you feel
after it?" "Much as | felt before,"-
$50 do l." Some thirty and odd
years ago l was tired and dusty,
and took Turkish bath at
Napoli dfRamagna, in sunny Grece.
A very muscular old Greek sham
pooed me, and l never shall forget
him. I can see him now in a haze
of steam. He cracked every joint in
my body. Thelast thing he did was to
cross my arms on my chest, kncel on
them put a hand under my back and
give a sudden wrench, which made
something about my shouldcr-blades
crack like u whip. Since then [
have read the Water Poets descrip-
tion of breaking man on the Wheel
The japanese proceeding is the least
of these three; but don't
seem to care much about being sham
pooed again. CdmpbclpS Trauels.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
MISCELLANEOUS.
GUNSNIITH SHOP.

Mr.. C. NJ. DAsuNEn, ot his old stand, hcs
recently put his shop in fine working oloe'
and is now prepared to do all kinds oil re-
pairing, ON the shortest notice and most
rcpsonrtilc terms. Satisfaction guaranteed,
All we asl, is fair trial and let the woS
speak for itself. ,, ,-,
Point Pleasant, W. Va, Feb 9, 20
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

THEY WENT OUT TO NOVA GER
tain church in Detroit stands in the
center of a large lot, and grass grows
more or less thriftily all around it,
At meeting of some of the church
men few days ago contribution
was taken up to purchase u scythe.
The janitor procured one, but he
couldn't use it, and he hungi it where
it could be found by any member
anxious to try his muscle and skill.
The other evening one came along,
saw the scytho and the need of its
use, and pulling of his coat he took
it downand began to NOV. In about
a minute he discovered that six or
seven inches of the point had drop
ped off, and he hung the scythe where
he found it and whispered to himself:
"How hath this aged man forgot
ten the dexterity of bis boyhood
daysl'
Early next morning another men,
Der went and took down the scythe.
lie had heard the janitor say that
there was no one to NOV, and he
arose and hour earlier to cut the
sparkling grass. He was just get
ting his back usedto the scroOching"
motion when he suddenly decided to
quit moving. The scythc was only
half n scythe now. A hidden stone
had taken foot or more at one crack.
The good man wipedoff all evidences
that it had been used that morning,
hung it up, and went away saying
"If it were not broken when first
took it down, then my eyes cannot
seep
About ten o'clock the janitor reach
ed the church. He realized that he
didn't knowanything about moving,
but he felt that he must learn. He
had made up his mind to cut the
grass if it took a week. He tqok
down the scythc without obsorHag
its condition, struck it against the
fence at the first blow, and behold!
only about six inchesof blade remain
ed fast to the snath. He looked
around to sec if he had been obsorv-
ed, hung up the scythe, and as he
slid around the corner he observed;
"Tho next man will break the
snaLh, and he shall purchase u new
outfit or | win pursue him with the
lawln-Ddroh Free Press.
-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
rilnes of Loldinn lhe CoNris.

CmcuIr CovRr-First Monday in April,
and first Monday in October.
CorxrY CouET-Third Monday IN Jahu-
ary; Third Monday in March; Tlnrd M Mon,
day in May; Third Monday in July; lhiiu
Monday in November; Third Monday III
December.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
CITY DIRECTORY.

Mavor--JAMEs IL. CouCH, JE.
Rccorder-M. II. HALE.
Sergeant. L. Grover. - :,
Councihnen-John W, English, I. Strib-
ling, c. i. Waggener, j. W. Bryan, John
l.. Charles 90,
Street Commissioner, l.. Gibbs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Human opinion hassomany shades
that it is rare to find two people who
agree. But two people may agree
wonderfully, If they would but let a
third think for both,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

While California boasts of her inn
monsc whoatcrop, her gold and silver
her grapes and pears, she actually
imports her eggs from abroad
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
nENEyOLENT SOCIETIES.

M,soyIc-NIinturn Lodge No. 10, meets
on tbe first nnd third Tuesdays OF each
month @. SHREWSBURY, Secretary; :.
Odd Fellows-Point Pleasant Lodge NO,
50, |. o. o. f., meets every thursday
night, in Fishers Hall. q. B. THOMAS
Secretary. -
Court Point Pleasant, No, 8, |. 0, f.,
meets every Friday evening Z! oGiock, w
Capchart's Hall. A, HESS sec Y,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14

Boston R5st (Dem.j-Garfeld is to
be Commandor-in. .Chiefofthe boysin
blue, aud Gen. Woo6ford, is to be his
Chiefof staff. Garfield won his spurs
in the credit mobilier business of his
own party as n soldier who never saw
a battle, and lawyer who never won
n roee
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
Classification of Justices.

PRFslDRST-B. j. REDMOND.
Flpsr CLAss-Jabez Beard, Lewis Bum
SECOND CLAss-John Cavct, Geo. Daus'
,i Tamp cIAss-Hugh NJ. Donncly, VIM
Fornru cuAss-samuclL. L. Carroll, james
II. Higgins, ,, r.
TS7 SnTH Grass--Jamcs II. Miller, A. G.
Mason.
NJ. Phelps, -. re-.
". MorrlOck. e, n
II. 7. Van Matrc. - -,
TrNrn CLAss-Wm. II. Wallis, Jabca
Beard. \ Copy-Icste: =,
jan. Oily. +. KlNlBEILlNG, Clerk
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.enriY adveltlselnenls payabIe hall
-NearIy 10 aIIyanc9

''ff2 Transient advertisements must be paid
for in advance. =, ;.
ali eases, before the delivery OF the certili-
cate Of publication.
Personal communications, pnd those rec
ommending persons for Office, willbe eliars-
ed at regular advertising rates.
Marriage and Death notices, not over
five lines, published gratis; all over that
amount at half advertising rates.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1876-09-14
DIR. S. q. SHAW,

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 the old Presbyterian
Church, laprll o, lSi5-ly'