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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12
TheNcxt House.

1t now seems to be definitely set
tied that an extra session ofCongress
will be called to meet about the first
of June. The Clerk of the last House
Mr.. Adams, is engaged in making up
q list of those entitled to seats in the
new House, There are fourteen con
tests; we believe, aud two or three
other seats in dispute in the courts,
but enough is known tomake it pref.
ty certain, first, that the Democratic
majority in the House will be some
place between seven and twenty, and
second, that the scheme of the hucks-
teriRg Hayes to capture the organi-
zation of the House cannot be conSum-
mated. Adams will pretty certainly
ly be elected Clerk, and the Speaker
ship seems to be between Randall
and Cox, Of the East, and Sayler and
Morrison, of tho West. Morrison is
remarkably cool, clcar-headed, long
headed man. Hc monopolizes as
much common sense, sound judgment
and cool discretion as any man in
Congress. He represents Illinois,
and is popular with the great valley
of the Mississippi. He refused to go
into the base intrigue to count
Hayes in, on n dirty bargain, and
will be supported by the. clcan-hand-
ed and straightforward Democratic
members who always sincerely desire
to do right, The Chicago Times
makes a classification Of the Demo
cratic members of the House, on the
opening ballot for the Speakership,
aud concludes that Morrison will
start off with So votes; Randall, 81;
C6x, 25; Blackburn, 20, and Saylor,
1l;that Randall can in no event get
beyond 40 votes, and that Morrison
or Blackburn, of Kentucky, will f.
nally win tho prize. The Times is
firm in the belief that in no event
can any man whose hands were soil
ed with the corrupt intrigue of the
counting in of Hayes be elected
Speaker and so we fervently hope
Rcgistcr.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

A lazy fellow, falling a distance of
fifty feet and escaping with only a
few scratches, n by-stander remarked
that he was "too slow 10 fall fast
enough to hurt himself"
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BENEVOLENT SOCIETIES.

MAsoNIc-Niinturn Lodge No. 10, meets
on the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month
ODD FElrOwS.-Point Pleasant Lodge No.
%,, !. o. o. f., meets every Thursday
night. Hall in StOrtzS block.
Court Point Pleasant, No. >, !, 0. F.,
meets every Friday evening "A O'Clock, ut
CapthartS Hail.
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The cobblcr's words; 81 feel chat I
wax weaker each succeeding day, and
that am fast approaching ny end;
a few moro stitches and all will be
over; and | shall go whore thOrc is
rest for.the weary sole, and every sor-
row will bo hOClod," Having said
awl hO wished ho calmly, breothcd
his last.
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CITY DIRECTORY.

Mayor--D. W. PolsLry.
Rccorder-M. II. HALE
Gouncirncn-C. i. Wuggcncr, John W
English, G. NJ. Cole, W. Z. NcaIc, Henry
Fry.
City Scrgcant-J. +. llulya.
.lssesSur-A. Hess.
Ovcrseer Poor-,I. l.. Charles.
Street Superintendent. l.. Gibbs,
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The faith that does not throw 10
warmth rs Of Summer around tho
sympathios and charities Of tho
heart, and drop inyigomtions like
showers upon the conscience and tho
will, is as false as unsatisfying
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PHYSICIANS.
w p MEAIE MD.

OlHcc $. l.. Cor ain and md SITS; resi-
drnce on Main ST., between 9th and 9TH.
Attends promptly to all calls, whether day
ornight, When not professionally engaged
can always be found in his office.
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StftNghSApt ~ - - Nit Nl.sf =. -Htffa
He bowed, and said he did, as he
would have said if. he didn't. know
his ABC,
"And you can,o said she, with
some hesitation and a fine color, "say
with flowers anything you want TOP"
Madam" he answered, with a low
bow, a can express in the arrange
mcnt color and fragrance of flowers,
the whole gamut of passion, from
timid love to jealousy, hatred and
revenge"
"Then," she said, "give nc. a bou-
quot to mean, you are chuckle-
headed, swallow-tailed, slim-waisted
clam;' l don't care how much it
costs"
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, l know not why we should delay
our tokens of respect to those who
deserve them until the heart, that
our sympathy could have gladdcnod,
has ceased to beat. As mon cannot
read the opitaphs inscribed upon the
marble that covers them, so the tombs
that VIC erect TO virtue often prove
only our repentance that wo neglect
ed II when with u.s. BuIDcr Lyttoa.
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P0TNT RTEAsA7NE. MASON INIA


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Stained gestihsopS
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enough flahliaa
speaking hpFFisaly d1d
fort. st va
section which sIdli
mad hraus down III a
.GatssI HospifaI T1ls
pfieIl before they eoll|
Ark wright Court
sd,ts hide itqs
trani lie mon
salfhon
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

$50 there's another rupture of
Mount Vociferous," said Mrs. Parting
ton, as she put down the paper and
put up her specs. "Thc paper tells
us about the burning lathorrunning
down the mountain, but it don't tell
how it got on fire."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

&bill has been reported in the
MASSACHUSETTS, Legislature authori2-
ing an Appropriation Of $4,000 to
secure the. historic Old South church
of Boston from destruction, and to
preserve it as u relic Of revolutionary
limos.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-04-12

81 never can enjoy poetry when
I'm cookip',"'said an old lady; "but
when / stop out to feed the the hogs,
and hist myself on the fence and
throw my soul into few lines Of
'Cap'n Jinks, it does seem as If this
airth was made to live on after ALL"
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The High Sense Of Honor.

The Duke Of Wellington had u
sense Of honor in all money dealings,
and would suffer mono of his agents
to do mean thing hisname. His
steward once bought some land adj
joining his country estate, and was
boasting Of having made very fine
bargain, from the seller being in
straitencd circumstances.
"What did you pay for it?" asked
the Duke.
eight hundred pounds" was tho
answer.
"And how much was It worth?"
eleven hundred pounds, said the
steward, rubbing his hands in glOe
at the thought of the good bargain.
"Thcn take three hundred pounds
and carry them TO The seller, with
my compliment, and don't ever ven.
ture TO talk to me Of cheap land
again"
The steward was confounded and
could scarcely credit his own ears
The idea that any one could refuse to
profit by sharp bargain, and throw
money away in paying more than
was agreed on, was hard for him to
comprehend. y
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17
ANTIQUITY QE MAN.

4 correspondent writes to the Lon
don Times: Mr.. Sydney b. l..
Skertchly, of her maiesty's geological
survey, who is stationed at Brandon,
Suffolk. has recently discovered some
flint instruments in that neighbor-
hood, in beds formed before the close
Of the glacial period. One was picked
out of the beds i'll a pit at Clifford
Suffolk, and two others were dug out
of like beds in pit at Botany Bay on
the Norfolk side of Brandon. 1t was
not till Mr.. >kertchly himself found
another implement at Clifford. and
saw the boulder-clay above the bed
from which he extracted. it. that the
Importance of the discovery dawned
upon him. Alongside the Clifford i'm
plement he found deposit of broken
and scraped mammalian bones and
some fresh-wateT shells. These bones
were all in a circumscribed area. a
lawbone containing teeth had been for
warded to London TO he examined
Underneath the bones the clay wa:
| found to he burned. Mr. Skertchly'
explanation is that we have here pre-
served the one solitary instance in thu
whole world of camping-ground o.
paleolithic men. and this camping
ground occurred below the boulder
clay which belonged to the earliest
part Of the glacial period. These re
mains were thus far older than any
thing previously discovered. Tracing
the boulder-clay and the beds beneath
across the country. he saw that tn
implements found at Botany Bay were
Of the same age. The men who llyet
before the boulder-clay appeared e
him to be more intimately connected
in time with the enofthe paleollthl
gravels lying under the boulder-cia,
than were the latter with the men Q
the neolithic age, who scooped gu
these ancient flint mines near Brandol
called Grimes Graves
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at different values according as an
affected comprador pretends TO have
found more or less bronze III their
composition-this is the ridiculous
sscoinage'' of the coast. In Hong
Kong itself. when | took my letters to
the post and gave dollar to the clerk
to pay for stamps, had to wait Whlle
he bit it. tried it with acid, weighed
it and gave me change. not as though
nv dollars was adollar, but according
to it's weight, which was 9B-lOO OF
what it should have been. This was
no exceptional case, but was the prac-
tice gone through in every instance.
Such IS the repute of English coin,
that the Hong Kong mint would IN q
few wears have introduced the use OF
it's dollars by the Chinese people
throughout the trading portions or the
Empire, without continuing to impose
any charge whatever on the English
taxpayers. The history of dollars
would be very curious one. The
Chinese look doubtfully upon all that
do not bear the name OF some well
known Chinese firm stamped upon
| them, as we write names across the
back Of bank-note, except they are
of one kind: Mexican pillar dollars, the
two pillars of which are described In
their Chinese name, ''two-plecy-can
neltick' dollars 4 note i'll the history
Of dollars that propose would have tc
record the fact that our eNpeditionary
force to Abyssinia had to be supplied
with Maria Theresa dollars. OF which
none were to be obtained in the market
these being the only coins received
by the natives of that country. The
Austrian Government had to be ap
piled to by the British Government
and the coins had to be specially strucl
for us at the Vienna Mint.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17
The BRAINS OF CRIMINALS.

Saws the British Medical Journal:
In our last issue we published a very
interesting letter from our Vienna
correspondent, in which a brief sum-
mary was given of Prof. Benedict $
researches on the brains and skulls of
criminals. The subject is an lmpor-
tant one both from physiological and
psychological point of view. 1t Is TO
be hoped that more extended and
more precise inquiry will be male
upon it. for the results which Dr.
Benedict has obtained, though very
important, are not sufficiently nnmer-
Gus to warrant any large induction.
Up to the present time DR.. Benedict
has examined the brains OF sixteen
criminals, on comparison with the
healthy brain. he finds to be abnor-
NAL. Not only has he found that
these brains deyiate from the normal
type, and approach toward that OF
lower animals, but he has been able to
classify them, and with them the
skulls in which they are contained, III
three categories. These consist in
First. absence of symmetry between
the two halves of the brain : second
an obliquity Of the interior part of the
brain or skull--in fact; a continuation
upward of what we term a slipping
forehead; third. distinct lessenine
of the posterior cerebral lobes,so that
as i'm the lower animals, they are mol
large enough to hide the cerebullum
In all these peculiarities the crimi
nal $ brain and skull are distinctly O
lower type than those of norma
men, and the interesting question
arises. how far are the evil acts Of tn
criminal to be attributed to this rel
rograde developments! DR.. Watt
can pardon the vicious propensities Q
.'bears and lions,' on the ground tina
..God had made them So If he ha
foreseen these new inquiries he Nigh
have felt less hopeful when he bad
his little readers not to let 'stheir al
CRY passions rise The results {
Dr. tBenedict i researches, il confirm
ed BY further examinations, will d
much to shake many beliefs now firm
ly fixed.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17
POCKET MICROSCOPE.

An ingenious English optical in
strument maker has just invented a
wonderful pocket microscope, upon
which scientific writer's are confer
ring much praise. The new lens con-
sist of three lenses, the interior
grooves Of which are almost transpar-
ent; they are lined by transparent
cement, which has refracting index
corresponding very nearly with the
glass. In this way no light is lost by
refraction from the surfaces Of the
curves. The pecuIarities OF this re-
markable invention are that it focuses
three times. as far from the object
under examination as either the Stan
hope or Codrington lenses. BY this
means scientists and others using the
microscope can examine Opaque OBJ
iects as well as transparent ones, as
the light can be conveniently allowed
to fall upon them at any required an
gle. As the definition is exceedingly
sharp
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17

the gravel, the base Of the semi-circle
being formed by the earth and fOunda-
tions of the adjoining building. This
large pit has adjoining it a much small
Ter one, which probably served as the
entrance, and ia the poin of junction
between the two there is dence or
narrow platform. The opinion has
been expressed that these excavations
are merely old gravel-pits, but against
this suppOsitiOn must be adduced the
facts that they cover a large extent Of
ground, and they are all at about six
feet below the surface; that each one
of the caves or pits, although circular
in shape. has level bottom, that the
walls in some cases are not more than
six inches in thickness; that the gravel
on top of the walls bears undoubted
| traces Of having been turned up from
a lower level, and that in two of the
| pits have been found concrete floors
| these being the only two that have
been at present carefully examined).
of what composed is not at present
known, but of such tenacity that 1t
was possible to remove the half OF one
of them without fracture. At the
bottom Of another of these primitive
dwellings were found some pieces Of
decayed wood, which may or may not
have been portions of the original
roof. The remains have at present a
most remarkable appearance. especial
| ly when viewed from height. as then
the circular form of each is more APP
parent, and the regularity of construc-
ton, and all being upon the same level.
affords conclusive evidence to some
antiquarians that there has been found
some incontrovertible evidence that
Oxford can carry her antiquity back to
Il far earlier date than the classic days
when King Alfred founded University
College. In removing the rubbish
terest have been found, including
portion Of Runic cross, a SAXON knife
and arrowhead. ETC.. and also a very
large number of bones, but these pos
sess no particular interest, as they are
principally of domestic animals in
general use. The discovery has caus-
ed considerable interest i'll University
circle. Profs. Rolleston, WestWOOd,
Prestwich, and others, having examin-
ed the spot, but of course there is at
present conflict Of opinion as to the
real nature Of the discovery which has
been made by the clerk of the works,
whose antiquarian knowledge is con-
siderable, and to whom great credit is
: is due for the careful manner in which
he has Weseryed every possible evil
dence that can lead to a proper deter
mination of the question.
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CURIOUS FACTS.

Fishes have no eyelids and neces-
sarily sleep with their eyes open; they
swallow their food whole, having no
dental machinery furnished them.
Frogs. toads and serpents never take
food but that which they are satisfied
is a live. When a bee, wasp or hornet
stings it is nearly always at the eX-
pense of it's life. Serpents are SO
tenacious of life that they Will live
for six months or longer without food.
Seals can be trained to perform many
curious tricks. 1t is believed that
crocodiles live to be hundreds Of years
old. The Egyptians embalmed them.
In South America there is prolific
honey bee which has not been fur
nished with sting. The head OF the
rattlesnake has been known to lnfilct
fatal wound after being severed
from the body.
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17

YOU as an obseryant trayeler-as a
writer for the presto record the
sentiments Of at least one American.
who knows his countrymen, that come
when that day willard it will come
in Heaven appointed time, and not
earlier-the United states both OF the
North and Of the South, will set a
glorious example to the world Of the
value of free Institutions. They VIII
prove to the corrupt. rotten, eHele Olu
monarchies and empires OF Europe how
vastly superior the republican system
of government is to theirs; and that
two such brothers as the North and
south will act as brothers and not as
foes: that they will shake hands peacea-
bly, and part without bloodshed. The
Union compelled by force may suit
European ideas. It will never suit
the ideas of America. Mr.. Breckin-
ridge, | noticed, smiled as obviously
and said. If such be the wish OF the
North. am sure it win he the wish OF
the south. The continent is big
enough for both of us, and though
separated from each other as 1t Is
certain we must be we shall still be
able to stand against Europe as one
power. in holy and defensive ALL
ance.
Concerning this notable narrative,
most readers Will make an obvious re-
mark on the advantages of relating an
incident after all the persons present
are dead except the relator. have
not the slightest doubt that Dr.. Mac.
| KAY tells the conversation rs he
remembers It, buff. indeed. he and
/ the British minister were not victims
Of CHASTITY conspiracy 10 poke fun on
| the part of two men who foutd them
selves coerced into an unnatural com.
partnership, it would he pleasant II
seward and Breckenridge could man
age to materialize long enough to give
their versions. There is evidence III
This book that Mackay was at one time
on intimate terms with Seward, and
ne was his guide about London; but il
is equally plain that he harbors spite
against Stewards memory, else he
would never put it in print that II
WAS by the Americans request, anc
III order to help him to the presiden
cy, that he IMackayl had Seward Z
portrait and memoir inserted III thu
illustrated London News.
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SCIENCE.
THE WEB OF LIFE.

Like blind spinner, in the sun
tread my DAYS;
I know that all the threads will run
Appointed ways,
know each day will bring its task,
And, being blind, no more ask.
I do not know the use of name
OF that | spin:
| only know that some one came
And laid within
Nv hand the thread, and said ''since you
Are blind, but one thing you can do.
Sometimes the threads, so rough and fast
And tangled fly,
know wild storms are sweeping past
And fear that |
Shall fall; but dare not try TO find
A safe place, since am blind.
know not W hv, but am sure
That tint and place,
In some great fabric to endure
Past time and race,
NV threads will have; so from the first,
Though blind | never felt accursed.
| think. perhaps, this trust has sprung
From one short word,
Said over me W hen | was young
So young | heard
It knowing not that Gods name signet
NV brow and sealed me His, though blind
But whether this I've seal or sign,
Within, without,
If matters not, the Lord divine
never doubt.
know He sent me here. and still,
And glad, and blind wait His will,
But listen, listen, day by day,
To hear their tread
Who bear the finished Heb away
And clr the thread,
And bring Gods message III the sun,
Thou poor, blind spinner, work is done
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17
ANCIENT BRITISH VILLAGE.
A Reported Discovery of Considerable In
feYast

fereSf.
A most remarkable discovery has
been made during the last few days in
the course of preparing the ground for
the new University schools in the
High street. Oxford, which are about
to be erected from the designs Of Mr..
Graham Jackson. NJ. a. LII proceeding
with the excavations there has been
laid bare the site of what is considered
by some an undoubted British village
or settlement dating back perhaps for
more lhan 1000 years. The site chosen
for the erection Of the schools. ana on
which this discovery has been made,
was occupied, as Is we'll known, by the
Angel Hotel, and lies between High
street on the north. Merton street on
the south. University College OH the
west. and King street OH the east. and
embraces an are of about two acres.
nearly the whole Of which, or ut all
events all that has been already clear
ed abounds in evidence that on this
spot originally existed British set
Element. The excavations have now
| been made to a depth Of about fifteen
feet. and the earth having been cleared
away mas lbII oldHnlIl5 HuHiDtI vi
mounds of gravel, or at least 50 they
| appear to the uninitiated. but on closer
examination these mounds resolve
themselves into the wall which divide
the pits in which our pregenitors
| dWelt. In some cases the wall il not
more than six inches thick, while in
others again the division il of greater
| thickness, but all the spaces are Of tie
same shape--namely circular, although
of course. they differ in size. One
very perfect specimen. situated on the
west side, il Of remarkable character
1T is much larger than the others. and
being on the extreme edge of the site
only one-half has been exposed. The
appearance presented, therefore, il
that of semi-circular excavation in
The anti-monopolist. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1874-1878, 1877-05-17
LITERARY
SEWARD AND BREckiNR,ooE IN 1853.

DIR. Nachey's account of his two
visits to America are unusually full,
and some of his disclosures curious:
lie relates the conNe rsation alta am
ner given BY the British ambassador
in Washington QS5I, OF early III
lS5S).
The persons present were but tour
the ambassador. MI, Seward, Mr..
Breekinridge. the then Nice-President
ana myself. Mr.. Breckenridge was
strongly Southern. Mr.. seward was as
strongly Northern; but their political
opinions did not make any difference
in the cordially of their intercourse.
During the whole evening the CONVEX
sation. led hy the two Americans. turn
ed npon the approaching disruption OF
the United States. the main difference
between the two senators being as to
the time when the great event could
no longer be either postponed or pre-.
vented. Mr.. Seward was Ell the opinion
that the Union would break up into
lit Least three sectlons-the Northern
the Southern. and the states 70 the
west al the Rocky mountains. AIR
Breekinridce inclined to the belief
that tie sections would amount &c
four. inclusive Of the three already
mentioned. and the six little New Eng
land states. which would. he thought
separated themselves from the North
and either seek incorporation Wit
Canada or endearor to extend thel
union at Canadian expenee. Mr.Sew
md thought. III default Of the abolltlel
e aiox-arv az which no Saw no lmme
late prospect, that the Union Woul'
lot last five years longer. Mr.. Breckln
idge thought that the disruption
would he more speedy. The tw'
,nglishmen eidnot venture TO expires
N opinion. However that may be,
aid Mr.. Seward, turning tome, i as