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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1879-01-08
She Dldn'.

AT 10 o'clock yesterday forenoon a
young man with very white eyes,
and girl of Is, with very longcurls
stood together on the City Hall tower
to gaze upon the beautiful panorama
below, In a minute or two the girl
began to feel giddy, and as the sen.
sation increased she cried out:
"oh, Will I'm going tofaintawayr
whats upH' he shouted, as he put
an arm around her.
"oh, I'm so-so-I'm so"-she
gasped as she began settling down.
"Here, nowl don't you do i'll" he
bluntly exclaimed as he held her up
81 love you like all jewhittaker, and
you know it, but couldn't pick you
up and carry you down them winding
stairs il | was engaged to the whole
family Brace up, now! If you faint
I'll run!"
She didn't faint, but it was neces.
sary for him to keep his arm around
her for the next fifteen minutes
Free Press.
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sA Husband Love-.

A pretty, dark-eyed girl -a6oul
twenty years Of age, was arraigned
in the Fifty-seventh street Court yes
terday, having been found the even.
ing before hopelessly drunk in the
street.
"lt is a pity to send SO young and
pretty woman to the Island" said
the Magistrate. as there no one in
the Court who knows herr"
No response was given for a few
moments, when q handsome, we'll
knit young fellow came quickly for,
ward to the Judges bench and said
with u voice hoarse with emotion:
"she is my wife, sir. 1t is not hel
first oAense, and God forgive me, !
had determined toilet her suffer this
time. | find my love for her will
not allow Of my quietly seeing hel
punished, however much she may
deserve it. Forgive her, Your Hon
or, as ! now do. She has been, and
will perhaps be again as good a wife
as ever man was blessed with"
The tears were .trinkling down his
face, and while yet his cheeks were
wet, his erring wife was free to go
m Y. Herald.
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Legal Advertising.

1t is obvious that the advocacy of
of a law to provide for legal advertis-
ing in the columns Of a newspaper by
the Democrat, cannot be wholly dis
interested--as such laws provide that
the advertising must be done in a pa
per having the largest circulation,
which will give it to the Democrat
without competition. But the neces-
sity and utility Of such q law must
be apparent to every citizen and leg.
islator, and should require no argS,
ment to secure its passage. The
amount lost to the people every year,
would pay for the publication for ten
years. In nine case out Of ton the
loss fall upon the poorer classes who
can lily afford it, and the benefits ac.
crue to the spectators and sharks,
who lie around to pick up such fat
takes, Port Worth Democrat.
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Ltre Thoughts.

If you would be strong, conquer
yourself.
He dimes sumptnously who dimes
out Of debt. g q
Children are the strongest pillars
of the temple Of welded love.
The worst and most unendurable
ofal our ills are the imaginary ones
Study books to know how things
ought to be; study men to know how
things are.
Our happiness does not consist in
being without passions, but in hay
ing control Of them.
Law is like prussic acid-a dan,
gerous remedy, and the smallest dose
is generally sufficient.
I A handsome woman pleases the
eye, but a good woman pleases the
heart. The one is a jewel, the other
a treasure. NJ
Never retire at night without be.
ing wiser than when you rose in the
morning, by having learned some
thing useful during the day.
The earth is,a greakfactory wheel,
which, at every revolution on its ak
is, receives fifty thousand raw souls,
and turns off nearly, the same num-
Der worked,up more orless complete.
W 4.
] Agood book an a good women are
excellent things for those who know
how justlssto appreciate. their value,
There are. men, however, who judge
Of both from the beauty Of the cover.
inc ~, i.ft..
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Anecdote Of Victoria.

Queen Victoria was not twenty
years Of age when she assembled the
throne. Coming in possession Of
power with a heart fresh, tender and
pure, with all her instincts inclined
to mercy, we may be sure that she
found many things that tried her
strength and resolution to the ut
most. On a bright, beautiful morn
ing the young Queen was waited
upon at her palace Of Windsor by the
Duke Of Wellington, who had brought
from London various papers requir-
ing her signature to render them
operative. One of them was a SEN
tence Of a court martial, pronounced
against a soldier Of the line-that
sentence that he be shot deadl
The Queen looked upon the paper,
and then looked upon the wondrous
beauties that nature had spread to
her view.
"What has this man done2" she
asked.
The Duke looked at the paper and
replied:
SAY, my royal mistress, that man
/ fear is incorrigible. He has desert
ed three times"
"And can you not say nothing in
his behalf, my lord9"
Wellington shook his head.
"0l think again; pray you!n
Seeing that her Majesty was SO
deeply moved, and feeling sure she
would not have the man shot in any
event, he finally confessed that the
man was brave, and gallant, and real.
ly a good soldier.
"But," he added, ethink Of the in
auence."
@Inauencel" cried Victoria, her
eyes flashing, and her bosom heaving
with strong emotion.
"Let it be ours to WELD influence.
/ will try mercy in this mans case,
and | charge you, your Grace, to let
me know the result. A good soldier,
you said. OH thank YOU for that
And you may tell him that yourgood
word saved him. ..,
Then she took the paper and wrote
with g g bold, firm hand across the
dark page the bright, saving word,
Pardonedl' 4a
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One of Judge BlaeK,s asgries.

IL ~ Y 1900 4. ~ - ifii r ~
Judge Black, Of Pennsylvania, tells
a comicalstory Of a trial in which q
German doctor appeared for the dc.
fense ina case for damages brought
against a client of his by the object
of his assault. The eminent jurist
soon recognized in his witness, who
was produced as a medical expert, d
iaboring man who some years before,
and in another part Of the country,
had been engaged by him as a builder
of post and rail fences, With this
cue he opened his cross-examination.
"You say, doctor" he began with
great Difference and suavity, "that
you operated upon Mr.. IS head
after il was cut by Mr.. ?o
"oh, yaw," replied the ex-fence-
builder; "lne do dat; yaw, yaw."
"Was the wound a very severe one,
doctor?"
Enough to kill him, if | not save
his life"
swell, doctor, what didyou do for
him9"
Everything"
"Did you perform the Cusarian op.
eration?"
"oh yaw, yawj if me not do dat he
die
"Did you decapitate him2"
"Yaw, yaw; me do dat too"
"Did you hold a post.mortem ex-
amination?'
"oh, to be sure, schudge; me al
ways do dat"
"Well, now, DOCTOR here the
judge bent over in friendly, fanil-
lar way-"tell us whether you sub
mitted your patient to the process
known among medical men as a post
rail-fenciorum?"
The mock doctor drew himself up
Indignantly: "scherry Plack, y says
he, II always know'd you vas a tam
jayhawk lawyer, an now know are
a tam mean man."
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Drealas and Realltles.

When we dream II is often against
our expectations and wish. Things
which we would see are. not seen;
those not desired forcibly intrude. =
Insight, invention, origination, even
creative genius, bearing the we'll
marked stamp Of our individuality,
yet transcending ordinary power, are
possessed in dreams. The imagina>
tion is sometimes constructive, a.
Others lucky guesses are made; ;and,a
dullard, when awake, will pass, in
sleep, through rapid thought and
years of experience in the twink.
ling Of an eye, The mind not only
feeds upon the store Of past ideas,
but works them up into never,cnd.
ing combinations; and those who
have become deaf, as in the we'll
known case of Beethoven, will COM
pose music involving new combina-
tions of sound; and men who have
lost their sight rejoice in the imag-
ined beauties Of glorious landscape
or a visionary picture Condorcet,
in his dream, found the last step ola
difficult calculation which no power
Of his waking thought could discoy.
or. Tartina, in his dream, heard, as
he thought, the archfend play, but
when awake could not satisfaction lily
produce visional music; and Coler-
idge's "Kubla Khan" is notable as u
dream poem. So true are dreams to
us while they last, and work in such
new shapes and unaccountable direc.
tions, that intended crimes have been
prevented and past crimes have been
discovered not by mere coincidence,
but by some occult action of the
mind. Some impression, or success
sion of impressions, in waking mo-
ments has given to the dreamer all
almost revelatory power. The wife
of General Sleeman slept within a
tent which had been pitched in II
lovely opening of jungle. Her
dreams were baunted all night by
the sight Of dead men. The Gencr-
al, because of information which he
had received, caused the ground to
be opened and fourteen corpses, vie.
Tins of the Thugs, were discovered.
1t is easily conceivable that the foul
odor Of these dead suggested to the
lady, in the unconscious cerebration
lof 'the.dFeap,, the horrible vision. !
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County Directory,

Judge Circuit court-Joseph Smith, Rayenswood.
Clerk Circuit Ccurt-c b. Waggener.
County Clerk. P. X. B. Smith.
Prosecuting Attorney-Geo. p. Simpson
Sherif-Dayid S. Stevenson. DeputieS-J. Jewet,
JaiorJ Samuel W. Someryille, Henry Fry, Joseph N
Daigh and W. d, Someryie.
Surveyor Of Lands-Ihomas ]. Roberts
Assessors Janles W. Windon, District No. Il; E. E
Baker, District No. a.
Z Superintendent ofFree schOOls-charles E. Hogg.
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At the present time there seem to
be about thirty-fve hundred differ.
ent styles of arranging the hair
Any and every style Is fashionable
q fact very consoling to the rural
maidens who still wear the fax
braids Of ten years ago.
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Mayor Henry J. Fisher, Jr.
Recordet-M H. Hale
coanrilmen- =. stribling, c. Shrewsbury, John w
English, L. !, Campbell, Andrew K. Darst.
sargeant-S. !. Blake. AsSesor-Wm ]. Kenny.
Street Commissioners R. Darst. Oyerseers O
the Poor-Drs Shaw and Campbell
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An Expensive Habit.

TAAA AAaAWAs
The Boonsboro Odd Fello,c Of last
week, contains the following sensible
article, which is applicable to- all
who indulge in the use of tobacco,
and especially do we call the atten-
tion Of young men to it, and we hope
they will read it, and carefully
The editor says, ''few persons stop
to think what it costs them to chew
and smoke tobacco. Five cents or
Eten cents q day is spent, and the
sum is SO small (when we have plen-
Ity Of loose change. in our pocket),
that it is spent and the loss not felt.
|.Atten cents each day.it will amount
! 1ppfI
In fifty years it would run up TO
81, ,o25.O0-a very snug little sum to
have laid up for a "rainy day" Ii
that sum had been put out on inter
est it would have accumulated sever
al hundred dollars more. What an
expensive, what a wasteful habit the
use of tobacco is.
We were lead to these reflections
by hearing of q prominent gentle
man of Sharpsburg, who is now try
ing to quit the use Of tobacco. In
conversation with a friend '(from
whom we learn these facts recently,
he stated that he had been chewing
tobacco for fifty-four years. During
that time he had not averaged less
than one pound Of tobacco a week;
this would make 81 pounds year,
and in 6fty-four years would be 2,S0S
pounds Of tobacco-nearly two tons,
which has passed through his mouth,
and under his jaws, grinding it up
into !old soldiers" What an amount
Of force expended in chewing, and
what a quantity of juice must have
been expectorated in that time
more than enough to float small
ship in.
But as to the cost of this luxury"
The average cost Of a pound of tobac-
co would be S1.20. In one year this
would amount to s62.40, and in fifty
four years it would reach the aston
ishing sum of S9,34960. That is a
handsome fortune in itself. Now
suppose that instead Of using tobac-
co he would have laid away $1.20 a
week for IS years, and put that an.
nually on interest at 6 per cent. In
81 years it would have amounted to
perhaps five or six thousand dollars
more, and the whole if properly in
vested, would have accumulated to
perhaps $4,000 in ffty-four years
a sum sufficient to have enabled the
gentleman to retire from business,
and live at ease the balance Of his
life. Allthis, to say nothing Of the
waste of physical energy and life.
And how many Of our young men
young clerks and apprentices, and
"boys of leisure" who have small sal,
aries and cannot afford this foolish
expense. are contracting the habit,
and wasting their substance in smok.
ing and chewing tobacco. If some
one would only stop and count the
cost, and then quit the habit, this
article will not have been written in
vain"
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So said lady recently to a mer-
chant, your pretty daughter has mar.
ried a rich husband2 WELL slowly
replied the father, 4 believe she mar.
ried a rich man; but | under stand
he is q very poor husband
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why don't men swear when they
are alone2' asks DR.. Talmags. Did
Dr.. Talmage ever lay around in the
fence corners and see a lone farmer
pick up q humble beef What did
the farmer say2
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Circuit court-First Monday in April and October.
County Third Monday in January, Marci
May, July, November and December.
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|
ing canoes werea hund yards be-
hind, the Indians yelliI like dem.
ons as they saw the e men ne al;
most within their grasp Rip Ford
shook his head as ne 10 = over his
shoulder, when sudden his canoe
was seized by nigb force and
hurled downward like bullet from
a rifle. They had stENrk another
rapid more powerful taea the first,
the rocks absolutely q ned 70 fly
past them. ..
lhls ls'somethlng y s ", cried
the daring Buckskin Il1.S "How
we DO move.
i should say We did boy re-
pied ZIP. Y am only |ald .EEe.are
moving TOO last
Don't you believe y ose fellows
seem TO be standing stll said Sam.
"Ihey VIII get IN the |Irrent IN a
moment, gasped Rip sLook at
that
The foremost. canoe q le Indians
appeared upon the crest Of the rap
ids, ana came hying 90 aftenstthem
at furious speed Ths indians 20 ?
longer used their padd with the I
exception Of the man y sat, at the /
stern, and by a touch q the Water,
now on one side, now the othef,
regulated the canoe. second cas- ca
noe followed in 9 mon. q u little g
further IN shore. AstI sazed, the,
bow Of the last canoe suddenly
lifted into the air asitst |cka q brown
rock in the channel, wh 'h the occu-
pants tried in vain to Foid. Z The
free current caught the ern, and in
an instant there was rly lpg left Of
the craft save broke pigments,
while with loud tshfle g terror,
they were borne swiftly sy the re-.
sistless tide.
"Ihat ends them, So Hip Ford.
"Be careful, Sam, for yo lifel
on' on, borne BY the ger which
they could not resist, Y Two canoes
were hurried. There Z Y sense Of
wild exultation N tlle srss sstheSI
two white men, for scoula laseeI
that their enemy would I've gladly,l,
escaped if they could II slis pprilsI,
surrounding them III fprll
scalps and plander had led themintot
atrap, and they no longer thought Of
the canoe ahead-of them!
They knew, as the whites did not,
the terrible danger before them for
they had explored the banks of the
stream on foot many times.
The river suddenly narrowed, and
FIN tronnars rrshod into oo,
twenty feet wide and nearly rooted
over hv the cliffs IN oocb s;Jo Tbo
current was not ou;te 50 r,nid bora
and thew guidpd tb. canoe ea.ily
uTb;s cots - to,o..;na p;.D
Sam os tbor Mont 81 .b,n,ch ~
,>o..o, 49,. u,va
41S" aTn opr rss do,th w i,e intsrrg gtod p;n
Ford in ! solomn voioa aDo vop
boor tho fous9u
Through the splash of water and
the dip Of the paddles thew heard n
low, dead, tremulous roar; which was
the sound of falling water. For d
moment the bronzed face of Sam
blanched, and then he drew his fig
ure up proudly, saving: 4Better than
the scalping.knife or stake, old friend.
As the Frenchman once said "Hce Ia
mort! Long live deathp
II was, indeed, before them, for as
they shot out of the narrow pass they
saw the lalls-how high they could
not tell. but the smoke that arose
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DIR. 1. F. CAMPBELL,
MISCELLANEOUS.
MISCELLANEOUS.
STEAM 'TANNERY!
POINT PLEASANT, W. Va.
d. s. SNYDER,

DAYS cash for Hides, Skins, Pelts and
Bark. He sells cheap for CASH, Oak
Harness, Skirting, Upper, Kip and Cali;
also keeps an assortment OF French Goods,
Kin, Cali, and Morocco's, and q general
assortment Of Shoe Findings. Red sole
cut to order.
Nav 22tf.
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llTT0RNEYS.
RsyKtS WILEY, Jk.
HESRS J. FISHER, JR. cHAs, F., Hooc.
FISHER s. HOGG,

A ttorncys and Counselors Mt Law, Point Plea
a sant, West Virginia, Practice in the Circuit and
County Courts Of Mason, Putnam and jackson coun.
ties; in the State Supreme Court Of Appeals and in the
United States District Court for the District Of West
Virginia, Eb'0ice with Henry ], Fisher, Sr., retred
jan 8, I87o-Iy
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G. p. SIMPSON. II. II. HOWARD.
SIMPSON & HOWARD,
A ttorneys at Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
Il Practice in the United States District Court, Su.
preme Court Of Appeals and circuit courts Of the 9TH
Judicial District Office in court house, tjan 8, 79
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KNIGHT 4 COUCH.
JOIN Nv. ENGLIsH,

A ttorncy Mt Law, will practice in the Courts of Ma
Il son, Putnam and Jackson, and in the Court Of Ap
peaS Of West Virginia. Address Point Pleasant NIasor
county, West Virginia. Gjan q, is79-ty
, 1879-01-19

L1nC3nHQ4f t0H9E0cFC7Ht
The American lnebriate Asylum. system ap-
pears to he gradually taking dimensions as d
magnificent failure. The lending, if not the
oldest, establishment Of the kind is the one at
Bnehamton, n. Y. Its progress has been
watched with interest, both in this country and
in Europe. 4 noble farm OF some 400 acres was
given up to its purposes, and magnificent gray
limestone building was thrown in. The Asylum
was luxuriousy furnished, and large aDpropria-
tlons we're made by the Legislature for its sup
port. Vast SUMS Of money have been sunk in it
during tile years in which tt has existed. 1t has
lad every advantage in its favor, and yet has
run out at last to melancholy nothngncss
Gov Robinson, of New York. In his late mes
saec to the Legislature, recommends that no
more appropriations be made for the Bingham
ton Inebriatc Asylum. He calls 1t hotel for
the entertainment Of wealthy incbriates," aud
declares that it has ''wholly failed to accom-
p!ish the laudablc purposes for which it was un-
dcrtaken." The Governor further recommends
that the inebriate business be closed out aud
the farm and buildings be changed into 3 luna
tic asylum.
The moral-suasion plan was the only one made
use OF at Binghamton, and the Governor is just
ly Of opinion that moral suason is too expcusiye
to be paid for any longer by the State. So
yanshes in smoke one Of the dreams OF rose-leaf
philauthropsts.
, 1879-01-19
TIE soUp-HoUsE PROJECT.

THE SOUp-HOUSE PkOJECl.
The movement to establish soup-house, re-
Gently inaugurated blythe Young Mems Christian
Association, has sofar progressed toward rca1iza-
ton that it is safe to announce formal open
ing on MONDAY. The laundry building in tue
alley Of the square, bounded BY Grand avenue
and Sycamore, street, and Third aud Fourth
streets, has been rendered for the purpose,
rent free, by George j. Rogers. Esq It con-
tains steam boiler, which can be used to ad~
vantage for cooking IS well as heating purposes,
and is in every other way we'll suited for the
purpose. The rooms have been thoroughly
renovated and repaired, and are now in excellent
shape for Immediate occupation. The collcc-
tions to cover the expense OF the project have
reached, up to the present time, fully $500.
While the design of the Young Mems Christian
Association is to conduct a charitable enter
prise, ret in order not to encourage the presence
in the city Of an army OF idle, lazy, and generally
good-fo1 nothing tramps, it has been decided to
charge all male applicants five CENTS Tor each
meal. 10 those without means an opportunity
will be given TO earn sufficient money for the
purpose, by saving wood or performing other
manual labor at 3 fixed price Of fire cents Der
hour. Thus for one hours work hungry man
will secure good. square meal. With this OBJ
iect in riew-, arrangements have been mace with
q number of prominent businessmen looking
to the employment Of needy men who desire to
be fed. The plan promises to work successfully
and serve to preyentan invasion from the tramp
horde, such as was witnessed last winter. Be-
sides, it will go far toward making the soup
house 6elfsustain!ug.
, 1879-01-19

"I should think they had. The first c;aSa st9cA
subscription he got, believe, be got n u;ouv om,
from Mr. Saver practical assaycI ana m,nIg amd Is
expert, who knows every foot OF mlnlne au ~ IN, n
the central part of Arizona: He inyeste4 sSoso
ali the cash means he had-in NJ: Heslnes SINGS
company. am really glad that Mr; cties Hesfng
came out to us. He VII interest t So-
velop it. It will be bigger thing even tor Cnl,
than it viii be for tel you seneral eake
our country in hand than San Francisco; we
have got the mines, and want them workea'rf
not speculated on and made the ooject u
gambling"
"Aro YOU going to return soona"
"As soon US can. I am homesick already,
and tell you whoever comes out to live with
us will never rue it; that is, If he wants to WORK.
hope s1r. HcsinR will not only bring us Chtca-
go money, but Chicago brains and muscle also'
We have plenty of use for it,"
The man of news soon after left the man
from Arizona, who had impressed him as an
earnest, sincere business man. who carefully
weighs every word before he utters it, and only
expresses as fact that which is such in his own
conviction.
, 1879-01-19
4 Warning to Cat-Keepers.

NilNfrUf0H (lS. C. SMH.
Yesterday morning, as two ladies were pre-
pairing their toilet, an accident of perhaps Sc
rious nature occurred. The elder lady was sit
ting with u large cat at her feet. Suddenly,
without warning, the animal seized one Of the
legs Of the lady, aud tore the flesh with its teeth
and claws. Before the younger lady, her
daughter, could come to her assistance, the
wounds inflicted by the cat were many and
painful. The young lady TOOK hold of the little
cnragcd beast, and pulled it quickly away. The
cat, infuriateu to tigcrish anger, then sprang at
her, it's tail swollen as large as human arm,
and scratched her, besides badly tearing her
dress. 4 neichboring gentleman was appealed
to for help, anu BY the aid Of the young lady's
tight grip On the cats neck, and dumbell in
the hands Of the gentleman, the furious Great
ure was killed. a physician Was called to dress
the wounds OF the elder lady, who is afflicted
with erysipclas in the 1accvated limb. and whose
safety is matter of anxiety.