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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04
Discorery OF q lake ofOiI.

A letter from the Greenbrier White
Sulphur Springs to the Richmond
Dispatch says:
The visitors and people of the
neighborhood have been consider
ably stirred,up for the past few days
tatFthe tliscpyefy OF a cave Immediate
| lyunder "Lovers' Leap" II seems
that a party Of gentlemen concluded
to go overtheolif. Fastening a rope
to a tree one ofthem descended; about
half way down lie endeavored TO stop
his course by placing his feet upon a
rock. slipped, however, and he
called halt to investigate the phe-
nomena. Examining carefully he
found a cavity in the rock, which
proved TO be the entrance to a cave.
Procuring torches the party entered,
and about S00feet from the mouth
discovered a lake, half mile long
and 200 yards wide, Of pure coal oil.
No bottom could be found. Some
persons are nov making wooden
troughs for size purpose Of conduct
ing the oil TO the mouth Of the cav
ern, and it is confidently hoped that
in few days an immense amount Of
this lubricator will be shipped East.
Nearly all the Western railroads
are reporting increased earnings for
the present month over the same
time last year5which is a good indi-
cation Of returning business prosper
ity. The newspapers generally are
mentioning this and many other
favorable signs. Apropos there are
some people who claim that times
would be much better, if the news
papers would join in making things
appear bright. If there is anything
in this argument the good times
must certainly be at hand, as the
newspapers are now at work putting
a bright appearance on everything.
Further, they have the best Of mate
rial to work on, as they have solid
fact instead Of fiction or Imagination
to deal with, asc I.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04

Senator H. G. Davis, of this State,
intends to renew his effort this win
ter to get a committee Of the Senate
appointed to investigate the Treas,
ury Department, Webelieve he will
get a respectful hearing this time
and also get his committee. If he
does he will be the means of un-
earthing the greatest fraud of the
century. X
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04

GalIia county has q colored candi.
date for Sheriff, in the person Of Rev.
Geo. w. Mason, and now the Ropubli.
can papers in Gallipolis, call him a
odd niger
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04

General Hancock writes to the War
Office that affairs in the mining dis
iricts of Pennsylvania are gradually
assuming better shape, but that
they have not reached that condition
of quietude which would justify the
concentration of the United States
forces at Carlisle barracks and AL
legheny arsenal, where it isproposed
to. establish them in winter quarters.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04
q. s. Patent once Partially De.
alrnYall. "A

The upper story Of the Ninth and
g street wingsof the Patent Office
building, at Washington, together
with about 10000 patented andpend.
ing models, and about eighty tons OF
photo ithograpic copies and speciii-
cations Of drawings all Of the latter
can be easily duplicated -were total
ly destroyed. The + street or South
wing, in which were kept the old
Benjamin Franklin printing press,
the coat and sabreof Andrew Jack
SON, worn by him in the battle Of
New Orleans. and the relics Of George
and Martha Washington, Lincoln,
Lafayette, and many others, were
not injured, owing to the fact that
the wind was from the South. The
losses are estimated tower $780, 600,
The valuable records Of the Land,
Patent, and Indian Bureaus are kept
secure from danger, in the lower
stories Of the building, which are
perfectly fire-proof.
From the information at hand il
appears a mystery how the fire origi-
mated. Butas the propagating gar
den of the Interior Department, is on
the top Of the building, on the Ninth
street wing, between the ceiling Of
the model room and the outer roof.
and in tho irnrHediatv ivcuftty OF the
breaking out Of the fire, it is more
than probable that upon inyestiga-
ton, 1t will be shown to have been
the result of carelessness with fire in
and around this garden, whichshou
never have been placed there by Mr.
Delano, who, if this theory be true,
is.alone responsible for the partial
destruction of the most beautiful
building in Washington, with the
exception Of the Capitol.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04

Cannonsburg, c, W. Cook.
Mt. Zion and Liberty, Hiram
S, S. Agent, ]. F. Medley.
Agent for Millersburg Female Col.
leg, ]. c. Vaught.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1877-10-04
ITeal YirglnIa ConIerencea,

From .'sInilIiis Index Of the 25th inst
The West Virginia Conference
which met at Parkersburg, Wednes-
day the 18th inst, adjourned to day
making Che following appointments;
, 1877-06-30
GuroYaiCdje Mad)ri1tfn.

StraaDara. Gle 9errcn Nooocas,
luUalt Sd(aes9aa5. Jlej08ta08abaes
PROMOTER V~ergmana, @antoircctor Wort4
NpOt4cser 9Hliu5 5elein ulo einiqe oil.
,srs teroorragetoe M}itetgoer Ser .
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1cN partronlidl Experimentation
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osslelbea nod m:br olS bl89er in cen
au9tn tbrtr IranaoIl1 Nelimten. mttts
otr9'r bcrnntes9eIset weloeu luiir0ea".
extraordinarily 1T uOa cineG mirf4
liden ucbertrasnn9 Der 6u9e9ad)ten
AnS5elhnun9en Nbtano 9enOmImcn wors
ocu. Dem Stobtbaumeii t3r Gonratb,
Der obiser Partei nidt ar0e15r!> uns
bon .osldlsm sesleruaJsieitls Q~.aasgonz
men wurbe, oaB CT III Mieiner Gisenldais
rIaeS fiji ltilden 8eamtea bic Aunabma
zines DsoenS ni1t qn5lAlsWn f0nne.
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Punfte nid)t bic qteid)e JreiAs tgeHbfjey
lois Die Glagans5 aelMnatsa, fein Nrec.
les amt bttlsioeBasa NntonOmlten.
Daraufbiu reiAtc ST.. &oaretb i:im
&ntialiApgsDeiud ol5 Staotbaam.l ter
Tin, iseo4 IL e5 cen Ocmtpau9en ot8
Sar9ermeil tersiuermaltsrS Sac g~clulas
en-, ibn anr 3aradaaBGls otlc.5sa gu Be-
lpegeH.
Gaea. Die ,WorSo. aag. 3to."
sutlals i%olssnOs M,tt9situag ooil bet,
Don mslGer lis allsroin95 ieltft bcmertt,
oaB lis fir Die Ginslnbsitsp Der Oar.
fsuua9 niht siu,ufebcn oerm6ge :
rSwei Officicre uoa Der bielissn Hes
Iatan9 waren AM sweiten Piinsiisisr.
tass in GIoil mad, Dem bena@barttn
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es 9efomnsn, 0aB Die beibsn Ssrrca
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THE Daily SUN, SO A YEAR.

A preGminently readable newspaper with tho
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14sjd6ri9cn Gna6en, @aWsns Wm Mcz
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tuuGnen. Die WaIie entIuo iiN pl5bli0,
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itarb in wenigen Qlgenbliden.
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mentiren niht3fiir 8ier ober @dnapps,
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ieiner 3artDeit unb leines Gsi0matfes
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psrloren. 9e9angsn 1T. Spqte FOLDER
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The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-06
Fighting Quality of the Turks.

Although Russia has two million armed
men she will not find her road to- Con
stantinople strewn with roses. Every
stream Of water will be thorn and every
hamlet, a thicket. The Turk may be
cruel and vicious and uncivilized, but it
cannot in truth be said that he is coward.
During the famous Crimean war, the
bravery and dash and brilliant fighting Of
the turbaned intidels challenged the adj
miration of the world. All through the
insurrectionary struggles Of the past two
years the fighting material Of the Turks
has been thorouhly tested, and has been
proven to be d superior and remarkable
quality. The religion of Mohammedan
makes him a warrior. From infancy he
is taught to hate bitterly the Christian
and fight to the death for the Crescent
The Mussulman faith. opens wide the
gates of eternal joy to those who die in
defense of its cause. This wonderful
system of sensual fatalisn led the Turk
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-06

ACROSS the Bosph III attempt s, u make
the Mohammedan faith of universal
sovereignty.
1t has steeled the heart in war, and made
him for nearly hundred years resistless
against armies whose hosts outnumbered
his five to one, and his sword conquered
in his westward march until Eugene of
Savoy checked his onward career at Zen
ia.
The Moslem has gradually deteriorated
since the Crimean struggle until 1t has
become not only etfeminated but con-
ceited and brutal. Still this decline in
the elements of its greatness has not made
it by any means a nation of towards.
The Turks will fight the Russians; they
will fight them with all the glory of their
mornings They realize that it is verita-
BILE struggle for the existence of the en-
Epire and their religion, and as they are
Fdevotedst to the former, and love the latter
as they love life, the conflict will roll its
bloody surges through every province in
the empire before they will submit to their
COnOuerOrS.
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-06
LITTLE GIRLS OF LONG AGO.
BY MARY RUSSELL.

BY MARY RUSSELL.
20, grandma, tell me about the funny
little girls of long ago.
Four dainty bits Of maidenhood hung
around the chair of a pleasant-faced old
lady, and filled her ears with the coaxing
chorus: 80, please do"
Grandma smiled.
Il don't know as the little girls of long
ago were very different from the little
girls of to-day" she said, as she smoothed
one of the bright heads at her knee
"They had the same dimpled faces and
laughing eyes, and heads full of michel
and chatter, as the little folks see about
me. Perhaps, though, they might be
called funny little girls nowadays, mas
much as they were taught an unquestion-
ing obedience to parents and teachers, and
respect for their elders. am quite sure
that never heard one of those little lasses
answer her mother impatiently, Il don't
want to! or, wait minute!' when told
to do something.''
Cora, somewhat girlful little miss,
hung her head and edged into the shadow
of her grandma's chair as the old lady
looked quizzlcally over her spectacles.
She knew little girl who often answered
her gentle mamma in that way. 81 q, 70
Now, grandma, you know what we
mean" cried May. Their dress was so
funny, homemade lnsey-woolsey with a
little, short waist, and just one great skirt!
no! how plain and odd they must have
looked! I'm glad I wasn't little girl
then;' and Miss May glanced compla-
Gently at her own pretty cashmere with
its basque and overskirt, trimmed with
elaborate puffs and ruff1es.
: "Well," spoke up romping little Nell,
II think it would be just splendid if that
was the fashion now, I never can turn
round but some of these things are Just
sure to get all torn or crooked
Nell looked ruefully down at hang
ing ruffle on her new frock, and thought
how her mamma would 81 gh over her
needless girl. .- --~v.ss rr-s -s..-g
"It's cause you're SO careless said
May, looking superior, and adjusting her
faultless attire with the precision Of a
little Miss Prim.
! But grandma, seeing the shadow on the
merry face Of her favorite, said .cheerily !:
Run, bring my work-box, Nellie, and
with those bright eyes find some thread
to match your dress, and grandma will
put stitch in that ruffle."
"There, there, child" cried the old
lady, as the eager fingers began to work
disorder among the spools in the work
box; That will do nicely. Now, thread
this needle, while I try to think OF an in
cident that happened while I was a lass
like little jamie, here"
ooh, good! what's 'bout?" exclaimed
four glad voices.
= about justiwhat we have been talk
ing of-dress!' returned grandma, as she
relaid the pleats in Nell's displaced ruffle.
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1t has been said that unmilitary men
imagine that soldiers are always fighting.
One of the Dude of Marlborough's gen
erals dining with the lord mayor, an al
derman who sat next him said: 'Sir,
yours must be a very laborious profes.
sion.'' "'No," replied the general, Eve
fight about four hours in the morning,
and two or three after dinner, and then
we have all the rest of the day to our
Selves
The Grange advance. [volume] (Red Wing, Minn.) 1873-1877, 1877-06-06

was sitting in my study 81 g. r : -
Writing letters when l heard,
PLEASE, dear mamma, Mary told me
Mamma mustn't be disturbed.
But Use tired of the kitty, - ~,
Want some ozzer fling to do,
Whiting letters, is 'ou, mamma?
Tan't write letter, tOo?'
"Not now, darling, mammals busy.
Run and play with kitty now"
mo, no, mamma, me wife letter
Tan if 'Ou will show me how.
l would paint my darling's portrait
As his sweet eyes searched my face
Hair of gold and eyes Of azure, 80
Form Of childish, witching grace.
But the eager face was clouded,
As l slowly shook my head,
Till said, "Ill make letter
OF you, darling boy, instead"
So parted back the tresses
From his forehead high and white,
And stamp in sport pasted
Mid its waves of golden light.
Then said, Now, little letter,
Go away, and bear good news"
And smiled as down the staircase
Gathered loud the little Shoes
Leaving me, the darling hurried
Down to Mary in his glee,
"Mamma's witinS lots of letters;
Use letter, Mary-scc!"
No one heard the little prattler,
As once more he climbed the stair,
Reached his little cap and tippet,
Standing on the entry stair.
No one heard the front door open,
No one saw the golden hair,
As it hoated DER his shoulders
In the crisp October air.
Down the street the baby fastened,
Till he reached the Office door,
"Pse letter, Mr.. Postman;
Is there room for any more:
Cause dis letters doin to papa;
Papa lives with God 'ou know,
Mamma sent nae for a letter,
Does 'ou fink at I tan go?'
But the clerk in wonder answered,
Not to-day, my little man."
Den I'll find anOZZer office,
Cause must do if I TAM"
Fain the clerk would have detained him,
But the pleading face was gone,
And the little feet were Fastening
By the busy crowd swept on.
Suddenly the crowd was parted,
People fed from left to right,
As a pair of maddened horses
At the moment dashed in sight.
No one saw the baby figure
No one saw the golden hair,
Till voice of frightened sweetness
Rang out on the autumn air.
Twas too late-a moment only
Stood the beauteous vision there,
Then the little face lay lifeless,
Covered DER with golden hair.
Reverently they raised my darling,
Brushed away the curls of gold,
Saw the stamp upon the forehead,
Growing now so icy cold.
Not mark the face disfgured,
Showing where hoof had trod;
But the little life was ended
"Papa's letter" was with God.
Liverpool Weekly lKerc,oy.