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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22
The Cure for Gossip.

Everybody must talk about some
thing. The poor fellow who was told
not to talk for fear that the people
would find out that he was a fool,
made nothing by the experiment.
He was considered a fool because he
did not talk. On some subject or an
other, everybody must have some
thing to say, or give up society. OF
course, the topics Of conversation will
relate to the subject of knowledge.
If a man is interested in science he
will talk about science. l he is an
enthusiast on art, he will talk about
art. If he is familiar with litera-
turo, and an intelligent and persis-
tent reader, he will naturally put
forward literary topics in his con-
vorsation. So with social questions
or religious. Out of the abundance
of the heart the mouth speaketh.-
That of which the mind is full-that
with which it is furnished-will
come out in expression.
The very simple reason why the
world is full of gossip is, that those
who indulge in it have nothing else
in them. They must interest them.
selves in something, They know
nothing but what they learn from
day to day in intercourse with, and
observation of, their ncighbors.-
What those noighbors do-what they
Say-what happens to them in their
social and business atfairs-what
they wear-these become the Ques-
tions of supreme interest. The per-
sonal and social life around-this is
the book under constant persual, and
out OF this comes that pestiierous
conversation which we call gossip
The world is full of it; and in u mil
lion houses, all over the country,
nothing is talked Of but the personal
affairs of neighbors. Gossip is al.
ways personal confession, either Of
malice or imbecility, and tho young
should rot only shun it, but by the
most thorough culture relieve them
selves from all temptation to indulge
in it. 1t is low, frivolous, and too
often u dirty business. There arc
country neighborhoods in which il
RACES like u pest. Churches are split
in pieces with it, Neighbors are
made enemies by it for life, In
many persons it dogonorates into d
chronic disease, which is practically
inCurablo, Let the young cure il
while they may.
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COUNTY DIRECTORY.

Judge Circuit Court-HoN. Jos. SMrlI.
Residence Ravenswood, Jackson County.
Clerk Circuit Court-C. B. WAGGENER.
Deputy-JASfRs IL. Holloway.
Clerk County Court-E. KMDERLlSG.
Dcputy-JosEPH II. HoLLowAY.
President County Court-D. S. Van Ma
TIRE.
Prosecuting Attorney-G. P. SIMPSON.
SherifI-DAWD S. STEVENSON.
Dcputies-J. p. r. b. SMITH, ]. JEwErT,
S. ". SoMERyILLE, HESEY Fry, JOSEPH n.
DAIdH, w. d. SoMERvILLE.
Jalor-J. JEwETT.
Surveyor OF Lands-THos. ]. RoBERTs
Assessor Dist. No. JAS. w. WINDoN.
Assessor Dist. No. 2-E. L. BAKER.
Sup't Public Schools-CHAs. H. uOGG.
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head. This movement was prompt
ed by the purest of motives, but it
had an unhappy effect onlthe horse.
1t danced around more frantically
than before, whipping Mr.. covillo
about in an exceedingly active man
ner.
"Whoa, whoa, horsey,7 cried Mr.,
Coville, in a soothing voice and a
very red face, willie his unhappy
wife added to the excitement By her
cries.
The rumble of the coming train
could be heard. The horse pranced
up and down, and swung his head
in an alarming manner Mir. Covile
was in an agony Of fear and drip
ping with porspiration.
"Whoal whoap he shouted, as he
folt himself. being whippea through
the dust.
"Hold him, hold him!1 cried the
frightened woman.
Mr.. Coville was to frightened and
too much engaged to framea suitable
response to this senscless appeal.
A happy thought struck him. Mr..
Coviile caught his breath at the
shock. He would direct the animals
attention from the cause Of its fright.
For this purpose he took out his
pocket knife-a very neat looking
article with four blades-apd held it
up SO the horse could see it, and
think on its qualities, To Mr.. CO.
ville'ssarprise the dreadful beast
paid n6attention to it at all. He
shook the article in its face, but it
had no appeasing effect. Then he
took out his cigar-case with Ger
man silver band all around it, and
held it up to the animal'sigaze, and
even said, in a winning voice, "See
horsoyl Pretty horsey, seel
But it was not a pretty. horsey.-
On the contrary, it was a low, de-
PRAYED beast, and it pranced so high
and pulled SO hard that Mrs, coyille
jumped out of tho.!carriage as a means
of self-presorvation, and struck. on
her back, to the detriment of her
breath.
AT this critical juncture q stout
farmer came along and reached the
animal as the train camein sight,
and to this fortunate arriysl me safe
.ty of.all parties was due ss q
But Mrs. Coville would notgot in
the carriage again, determination
which she most vigoropslSexptes
with the first instalment Of her re-
turning breath. And SO the farmer
hitched up his own team and took
them both into town, with the liv-
cry establishment in tow behind, to
the great scandal of the unhappy
Mr.. Covillc.
He AYERS he shall never give her
but one more ride, and shakes his
head darkly as he contemplatos that
occasion.
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TERMS OF COURT.

Cmcurr Covr7-First Monday in April,
and first Monday in October.
County CoUEr-Third Monday in Janu-
ary; Third Monday in March; Third Mon.
day in May; Third Monday in July; Third
Monday in November Third Monday in
December.
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cITY DIRECTORY.

! Mayor-H. j. FISHER, JR.
.Recorder-M. H. HALE.
Councilmen-T. Stribling, G. Shrewsbury
L, +. Campbell, A. r. Darst, John W
sergeant-S.-C C. -DlAKE.s .-.4.
Assessor ]. KENNY.
Street Commissioned. Il. DARsr.
Overscers OF Poor-Drs. S. e. Shaw and
L. I. Cnmpbell.
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The Weekly Register,
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Personal communications, and those rec
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Marriage and Death notices, not over
five lines, published gratis; all over that
amount ut half advertising rates.
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BENEyoLENT SOCIETIES.

MAsoMc-AIinturn Lodge No 10, meets
on the first and third Tuesdays OF each
month.
OpD FELLows.-Point Pleasant Lodge No.
80, |. 0. o. F., meets every Thursday
night, Hall in Stortz's block.
Court Point Pleasant, No. 5, !. D, f.
meets every Friday evening I! o'clock, at
Capehart's Hall.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

1t is human to doubt. Display q
sign with the inscription Beware Of
paiht, ,"and nine out of ten will draw
their forefngor across the newly
painted surface to soc II the sign is
not merely "an invention of the en-.
cmy." The tOnth man never learn
cd to read.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

An India rubber baby, that squcals
like a human infant has been invent.
ed We don't know whether this
fills long felt want or not, but when
II comes to falling out of the third
story window ii certainly possesses
one great advantage over the flesh
and blood article.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

A Sunday school teacher was tell.
ing her scholars the other Sunday
about a bad boy who stole a hundred
dollars, when she was interrupted by
one of her auditors with the quorryi
"And how the dickens did ho got
such u bully chance9o
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

Correct aud rofuto prevailing or.
rors of religious opinion, not by con.
tending with them, but by illumi.
uOting the region whore they reside
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ED. St, JOHN,
Ioruc Young Jack,

I1lve wears old, dark color, large size and
goGd Iisposition. VIII bo sold cheal
for eash, Call on or address, rnr
i"' ''' o, II. =. VANMATRE,
ALachirylllo, W. va,
orapply to D. S. NANMtATnEIll a. a. ih'
Book Store, up"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

A Texas man got mad because the
waiter handed him a napkin, the
other day. He said he "roconod he
know'd when to use a han'korcher,
without havin' no hint thrownout."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22
A New Sd Of RuIes for courllng.

Va AA+'sAA AASNA @@AN W ~ '
man nature.
A New Set of Rules for COurting.
The attention of the fathers of
marriagoablo daughters is, called to
the following set of rules which n
Dispatch reporter saw hanging in u
front parlor, few days ago. They
are evidently formulated with great
care, and seem to cover the whole
ground,
l. Gentlemen, whose heads are an
ointed with bears oil, must not lean
against the wall, as it soils the paper
and renders frequent and expensive
repairs necessary.
2. The piano stool is dedicated to
music, and gentlemen who put their
feet upon it will not be tolerated.
"a, kissing, except on the, front
steps is strictly prohibited.
4. No proposals will be entertain
ed except upon ten days notice in
writing, accompanied by satisfactory
references of good moral character
The applicant to be subject to an ex-
animation in the rudiments of f.
nance at the option of parents.
5. Gentlemen remaining later
than II o'clock will be charged ex-
ira for gas.
6. Talking ip loud tones and bois-
terous laughing after 8 o'clock must
not be INDUCED in, under pain of i'm
mediate dismissal.
Z. No liquors furnished to minors.
Silk stockings should be washed
in cold water with whith soap, rims
ed in cold water, laid fiat on a fine
towel, lledup tightly until dry, and
rubbed with piece of flannel to re-
store the gloss, We gave her this
"Household Hint" and she present
ly said; "Ah, yes, I've got the soap
and flannel, and-cold water; but
where's the fine towel and-silk
stockings?"
A Georgia paper claims that "thorc
is man living in that State who is
sixty years old, and has never smok-
ed a pipe, drank glass of whisky or
courtcd woman" We don't qucs-
tion that such a party exists down
there, but he isn't living; that sort of
oxistenccis merely waiting for death.
A lady whose cook went to a wake
was given notice a fortnight after
ward that she was going to be mar.
ricd. "To whom?" asked her mis-.
tress. "Pleasc ma'am, to the hus.
band of the corpse" "Why, does he
love you?" was the next question:
ooh, yes, lam; he said l was the
light of the funeral"
A man who lost his good character
some time ago was severely hauled
over by some of his former friends
"I know it, boys, l know my char.
actor is gone, lost entirely" And,
he added, rather pointedly, its too
confounded bad, for it was the only
one in the town worth saving"
Not a complete existenco-Tho fat
girl of Iowa is dead. She measured
seven feet around the waist, and was
never completely Rugged.
-
Tho Burlington HawkoyO gives
this recipe for the consolation of poor
lone females Of Iowa. "Just pour u
gallon Of whiskey on the sitting room
carpet, and it smells US though there
was a man around all tho time"
Idlencss is emptiness; the troo in
which sap is stagnant remains fruit.
less.
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Juvenile smokers.

it to you for your fathers trust"
Juvenile Smokers.
A British physician, observing the
large number of boys under Is years
of age on the street with cigars and
pipes in their months, was prompt
ed to examine the breath ofthisclass
of smokers, and for that purpose So
lccted SS boys between the age of 8
and 10. In22of these cases he found
various disorders of the circulation
and. digestion ;palpitation Of tho
heart and more or less marked taste
for strong drink. In 12 there was
frequent bleeding of the nose, and12
had slight liberation of the mouth
caused by tobacco. The doctor treat
ed them for their ailments, but with
little effect until tho habit of smok-
ing was discontinued, when health
and strength were soon restored
The effect Of tobacco in creating q
taste for strong drink is unquestion-
ably great. If the testimony of some
tobacco users and medical men is Of
any weight, one Of the most radical
methods of keeping young men from
being led to Incorporate drinking is
is to deny them tobacco.
What we need in this country says
the Philadelphia Times, is a kind of
weather that won't ruin the peach
crop-a kind that, with all our in-
finite variety, we do not now seem to
have. Very soon after Christians
the peach crop begins to be ruined,
and it continues to be ruined with
monotonouS persistence until thelast
peach has been landed in the market.
1t is useless to talk about repeating
the resumption act while the peach
crop is being ruined every few min
utes.
Thomas Dunn, of Pittsburg, was
arrested for simply attempting tocut
his wifo's throat because "she would
not patch his pants" A man in this
enlightened nineteenth century can't
be expected to go around with un.
patched pants. But there may have
been some cxtenuating circumstan-
ces in the case of the Pittsburg wo-
man. Her husbands trousers may
have been black, and she had no red
or blue stuff with which to patch 'em.
The fashion reporter who wrote
with reference to a belle, "Her feet
were oncascd in shoes that might be
taken for fairy boots" tied his ward
robe up in handkerchief and left
for parts unknown when il appear
ed the next morning; "Her feet were
encaSed in shoes that might be taken
for ferry.boats."
-.--4-
1t is human to doubt. Display q
sign with the inscription Beware Of
paint, ,"and nine out of ten will draw
their forefnger across the newly
painted surface to soc II the sign is
not merely "an invention Of the en-.
cmy," The tOnth man never learn
cd to read,
An India rubber baby, that squcals
like a human infant has been invent.
ed. We don't know whether this
fills q long felt want or not, but when
II comes to falling out of the third
story window Ii certainly possesses
one great advantage over the flesh
and blood nrticlu,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22
What Have You for Dinner?

Twenty minutes for dinner u
shouted the brakeman, as we ap'
preached Lathrop.
Arrived there, 1 entered the din.
ing room and inquired of the wait,
or What do you have for dinnerH''
Twenty minutes was the hurried
reply.
l told him l would try halfa,doz'
en- minutes raw on the half.shell,
just to see how they went. Told him
to makoa minute of it on his books.
He scratched his head, trying to COM
prchend the order, but gave it up
and waited upon some one else,
l approached a man who stood
near the door with a lot Of silver in
his hand: "What do you have for
dinner?"
"Half a dollar" says he.
l told him l would take a half u
dollar well done. l asked him if he
couldn't give me, in addition, q boil.
ed pocket-book stuffed with green
backs, and some seven-thirties garn'
ished with postage stamps and ten
cent scrip; also a Confederate bond.
donc brown with lettuce alone, And
l would like to wash my dinnerdown
with national bank notes on "draft.
He said they were out of everything
but the bank notes, and that as soon
as the train left he would order the
waiter to "draw" some,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

The best way to write spring poe
try is to take an axe and chop wood
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

Some men arc like chestnut burrs
you must smooth them the right way
or you will get hurt,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

A man who lost his good character
some time ago was severely hauled
over by some of his former friends
81 know it, boys, l know my char.
actor is gone, lost entirely" And,
he added, rather pointedly, its too
confounded bad, for it was the only
one in the town worth saving"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

A lady whose cook went to a wake
was given notice fortnight after
ward that she was going to be mar
ried. "To whom?" asked her mis-.
trcss. "Pleasc ma'am, to the hus.
band Of the corpse" "Why, does he
love you?" was the next question:
ooh, yes, ma,am; he said 1 was the
light of the funeral"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

Idlonoss is emptiness; the troo in
which sap is stagnant remains fruit.
less.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

A Georgia paper claims that "therc
is man living in that State who is
sixty years old, and has never smok-
ed pipe, drank glass of whisky or
courtcd woman" We don't qucs-
tion that such a party exists down
there, but he isn't living that sort Of
existenccis merely waiting for death,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

Tho Burlington Hawkoyc gives
this recipe for the consolation of poor
lone females Of Iowa. "Just pour u
gallon of whiskey on the sitting room
carpet, and 1t smells us though there
was man around all tho timc,"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1878-05-22

Not a complete existenco-Tho fat
girl of Iowa is dead. She measured
seven feet around the waist, and was
never completely Rugged,
Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-05
Continental Money.

A friend writes Us desiring histo-
ry of Continental currency and the
difference between it and FIAT mon
ey." We do not know of any. but as
such an answer might be considered
as partisan We will endeavor to give a
history of Continental money, as We
CLEAN 1t from history.
First, then, let it be understood.
that when our struggle for independ-
encs commenced, our people in a
strait for money, and what was there
after known as Continental money,
was printed AMI circulated. OF course
il passed. but before the close of the
first year the people manifested de-
cided hostility To paper money. but
this made no difference, for once be-
gun the race must be run down TO the
end. Issue followed Issue until. al
the close of l7T6. $40 O00. 900 of Conti
mental currency was outstanding.
During l777. SI3. 900 .0O0 more was is-
sued. and the issues multiplied until
on New Years day 1850 the total
amounted to S34l SD 80. This was q
fraction over SS5 To each man. woman
and child in the colonies. According
10 the theory Of the Gr-enhackers ev-
erybody should have been prosperous,
since money was so plenty and was
most magnificenly cheap and the vol
ume apparently adequate to the
wants of Susiness.'' Put Tho dsnrA-
citation of the currency had begun
with the second or third issue, and
while the volume increased in arith-
matical progression, its depreciation
went on with more than ge0metrical
velocity. On March lat. I77S, q spe-
Gle dollar was worth SI.75 ia curren-
cy, and the difference grew wider and |
wider until in 1871 the hundred cents
in coin were rated as equivalent to |
$500 IN currency.
Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-05

General Grants latest capture Is
ex-G ivernnr Hoffman, OF N-w York
The Governor. while in Paris. drop
ell his rr+judices and became acquaint-
ed with Grant. and this is lht result:
The General travels with his yes
open. and is particularly well inform
on every State in Europe. / have
condemned some of his public aci> A.
much as any man. hut if his. s.enemies
wish to continue their attacks upon
him they had better leave his person
al habits alone. a. the reports concern
ing those are simply boSh." What a
heavy Democratic gun was spiked
when Governor Hoffman bore lesti-
mony to that effact.-Inter OcedR.
Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-05
L Revival In kissing.

In the course OF human events q
girl is certain to get kissed more or
less-prnhably more-hut. it isn't al
ways that the fact gets befoIe court
and into the newspapers, for a 4 that.
Such things do happen sometimes,
| however, TO the everlasting disgrace
of men who go about kissing the
wrong girl. More than q year ago
Thomas Epply, of Lycoming county,
kissed Delilah BOswel Delilah was
bending over the wash-tub at the
time duIng tie Boswell family wash,
ami didn't think much about the
| matter. 1t was an exceedingly lucky
thing for Thomas. because it would
be very much like any girl infui lated
by kiss to pour sOapsuds over the Of
fender or duck him in the tub. AT
ter year, however, Delilah suddenly
revived the memory OF the kiss in ali
its dreadful details, suddenly blushed.
sudd 'nly grtw awfuily indignant.
and in an iInpetuOus sort OF way
concluded to prosecute the man who
had taken the kiss for damages. The
case came before the Court OF Quarter
Sessions at Williansport IA few days
ago. and the jury - having been
around n wash-tub Itself some in its
time. MISUNDERSTANDING that Thomas
was not guilty. and that Delilah
should pay the costs. This is decis-
ion that decides, and ii is not only a
warming To precipitate young ~ omen
who get indignant at nothing a year
after it happens. but it gives kissing a
fair chance To revive along with the !
threatened revival of general business. |
The LycOming county jury has done !
the civilization of the age priceless |
rervice in asserting mah's rights to a |
fat kiss. and plenty of It.-PhiiadeE- |
phia Times.
Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-05

To MAKE JET BLACK.-Au ex.
change says: For seven pounds of
wool or WOODEN cloth, take three and
half pounds of logwoOd, three-quar-
tiers Of pound of sumach, three-quar-
ters of pound of fustic. Boil these
drugs In sufficient water for about
twenty minutes. Cool it down. put
in your goods. bring to boil half an
hour, then take out. Cool your liquor
again, add copperas dissolved in wa
ter. one and One-quarter pounds. blue
stone vitriol, two ounces. Again en-
ter your goods. bring to a boil fifteen
minutes; take out. wash we'll In cold
water and finish.
Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-05

GOLDEN COFFEE.-A cotemporary
gives the following: Far two per
sons. take four heuping teaspoons o
ground coffee, tie up in a piece o.
Swiss muslin (leave room for expan
sion), pour on one pint boiling water
cover close, and set on back of stove
ten minutes. Beat one egg thorough
ly, divide it into two coffee cups, add
the usual quantity OF sugar for each
Hold the coffee urn high up, pour the
boiling coffe on the egg, add the warm
milk, and with the golden foam
standing above the rim Of the cup
you have pretty picture to look at
and will think you never knew how
good coffee could taste before.
Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-05

Astronomers tell us that if there
was telegraphic wire from the earth
tn the nebela in Andromeda. il would
take .250. 900 years for dispatch
from here 10 reach its destination.
Aud suppose the rate was 10 cents
and you sent the message TO be paid
st the end Of the line, how like all
eternity the interest would pile NJ on
the other fellow by the time the boy
handed him the message. Figure it
up, some OF you.-BurlingtOn Hawk-
cue.
Nebraska advertiser., 1878-12-05

John IT. Henderson,, of Fulton
Arkansas. writes TO the ST. Louis Re
publican to say that he has discovered
a certain cure for hog cholera. He
gets an ounce of strychnine. divides
it into eight equal parts and adds ia
each part one half teaspoonfuI of caIo
mel. and puts the mixture into sweet
milk, or anything that hogs will eat.
One part will serve for twenty hogs.
and viii cure them, Mr.. Henderson
says. in any stage of the disease.