davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
How 10 observe Sunday.

The question Of the proper observ-
ance of Sunday has been a much dis
puted one, and is one Of much inter
est. A certain amount of religious
services should indeed be itscentral
idea, but it should not infringe upon
the demands Of overworked nature
for rest. But what is rest? Clearly
what would be rest to one would not
be to another. What would increase
vitality and strength to the day la
horer would make the weary student,
book-keeper or editor more weary.
The work Of the six week days,
whatever it is, should not be put en-
tirely out of sight from Sunday un-
til Monday. Mental labor-reading,
writing or other employment that
requires mental effort. Physical Ia
borers must cease physical labor, and
can obtain the desired rest in men
talimprovement. Those whose week
days are spent within the four walls
of a store or an Office, should be in
the open air, in the broad fields,
where they can breathe natures
purest arial draughts, as much as
possible. Those who labor out of
doors will find their. greatest rest and
snis,rsisp pa lpn,es,
The business man and The banker
should cease all thoughts of his bus
iness, take complete respite from
all thoughts Of shop" and Sunday
for all classes should be made as
widely different from other days in
week as possible. 1t should be made
enjoyable, especially for the children,
that they may grow up with love
of the day, instead of an aversion for
it, as too common even in the best
of Christian families. The observ.
ance Of the day in each household
should be made a study, that the
most profitable and rest-giving en-
joyments to suit each case may be
found, and then let the observance
of the day, once settled, be lived up
to as strictly as business transac.
tion. The day should have its dis
tinctive features; religious culture;
freedom from toll for servant as well
as master rest in its true sense, and
enjoyment, of the higher order,
which relaxes the nervous system,
and is one of natures greatest res
toratives. All have their place, and
none Of them should be neglected.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
Fishing.

aThe older 1 grow" writes Ned
Buntline,' "the more l love fishing,
for / can wade streams easier than /
can tramp in season ofgame.' Ang-
ling is the gentle craft; par excel
lence the employment ofaq quietday.
Men may angle when they may not
shoot. The tramp over the fields
and through the woods with gun and
accountrements presupposes a GER
tain superabundance Of vigor. 1t is
the fit sport of the young man whose
glory is in his strength, and Of those
who are in the prime Of life. AS
men grow older they forego the tramp
after game and go out more often
with rod and reel. The anglers
passion never ceases. An old man
finds in the solitude Of the streams o
fit scene for living over his life again
in the memories which there gather
about him, playing in and out with
the shadow of the leaves and the
flashing Of the stream.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
II Was The Cut,

a rather curious thing happened
in New Haven recently. A largo
black cat managing to get into the
cellar in some mysterious way, and
finding it impossible to get out, and
feeling rather despondent at the out
look Of affairs, resorted TO craft.
Jumping on the window.sill, with
her front paws she kept the wire con-
nected with the front door-bell work
ing, the bell pealing forth incessant-
ly. The head of the family becom-
ing alarmed at the steady and inses-
SAINT ringing went to the door, found
no one, and returned to hisarm, chair
to ponder. The ringing continued,
and thinking perhaps that a band Of
robbers were in the house, he started
in search Of d policeman, who should
search the cellar and arrest the Of
fender, if offender it should prove,
The policeman and the prominent
citizen entered the cellar, armed
with clubs and pistols and a dark
lantern, The flash of the lantern
lit on the cat working away in dead
earnest. Goodness mel why, what
is that9" asked the proprietor. "By
hoky poky It's the cat" readily re-
sponded the officer. The cat in the
meanwhile, seeing way of escape,
ran out the door, and order was once
more restored in the house.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
The way to Health.

The only true way to health is
that which common sense dictates to
man. Live within the bounds Of
reason. Eat moderately, drink tenn
perately, sleep regularly, avoid ex-
cess in anything, and preserve con-
science "void Of ofFense," Some men
eat themselves to death, some wear
out their lives by Incidence, and
some by over.exertion, while not
few sink into the grave under the Of.
fects of vicious practices, Allth med
icines in creation are not worttIa
farthing to u man who is constantly
violating the laws Of hiso own nature.
All the medical science in the world
cannot save him from premature
grave. With a suicidal course of
conduct he is planting the seeds Of
decay in his own constitution, aud
aceclerating the destruction Of his
own life,
The world is full Of colnpensations,
The more prices go up the-. more We
Ia, ,Yn a., z.,...e Il & Al 4
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
The Secret.

II noticed" said DR.. Franklin, "a
mechanic among others, at work on
a house erecting but a little way from
my office, who always appeared to be
in merry humor, who had kind
word and cheerful smile for every
one be met Let the day be ever SO
cold, gloomy or sunless, happy
smile danced like a sunbeam on his
cheerful countenance. Meeting him,
one morning, / asked him to tell the
secret Of his happy flow Of spirits
"My secret, DOCTOR" he replied, sis
that ! have got one Of the best of
wives, and when | go to work she al
ways has kind word of encourage
ment for me, and when I 60 home
she meets me with smile and kiss,
and then tea is sure to be ready, and
she has done SO many little things
through the day to please me, that I
cannot find it in my heart to speak
an unkind word to anybody" What
an influence, then, hath woman ov-
er the heart Of man, to soften it and
make it the fountain of cheerful and
pure emotions! Speak gently, then;
a happy smile and kind word Of
greeting, after the tolls Of the day
are over, cost nothing, and 60 far
toward making a.shome happy and
peaceful" s,n.e
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14

AT a festal party Of old and young,
the'question was asked, (which sea-
son Of life is the most happyP' AT
ter being freely discussed by the
guests, it was referred for answer to
the host, upon whom was the burden
Of fourscoure years. He asked if they
had noticed q grove Of trees before
the dwelling, and said: "When the
spring comes, and in the soft air the
buds are breaking on the trees, and
they are covered with blossoms, 1
think Hon. beautiful is Spring. And
when the summer comes and covers
the trees with its heaviest foliage,
and singing birds are among the
branches, / think, Hon beautiful IS
summer When autumn loads them
with golden fruit, and their leaves
bear the gorgeous tint Of frost, |
think, Hoao beautiful is autunni And
when it is sere winter, and there is
neither foliage nor fruit, then | look
through the leafess branches, as l
never could till now, and see the
stars shine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14

Two gushing Boston girls were
walking on day in the suburbs Of the
Hub, when they stumbled on a little
old fashioned milestone, forgotten in
the march of improvement. One of
them stopped, and parting the grass
discovered the half-cffaced inscrip-
tion: Il. m. from Boston," upon
which she exclaimed ecstatically:-
Here is a grave, perhaps of some
young girl who wishe.l it written on
her tombstone, I'm from Boston -
How touching! so simple and 50 suf-
licientl'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
CITAs. E. HOGG,

A t.orney at Law, office in Court House, Point
u Pleasant, West Virginia. Practices in the coun-
20 Of Mason, Jackson and Roane, in the Supreme
o4Et of Appeals Of West Virginia and in the Federal
.JurtS. fnoy 100
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
W. p. NEALE. M. ID.

t)fElCE Main street, between I'D and 3d. residence,
u Mn M street, between 9th and 9TH. Attends promPi
f'Hioaay engaged can I always Be found at his Office.
jan 9, i673-ty'' p" : ''''''' -
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
Beauty Of Women.

Is there not a beauty and charm
in that venerable and venerated wo-
man.. who sits in the majesty of
age" besides the fireside Of her son;
she who nursed him in his infancy,
tended him in youth, counseled him
in manhood, and who now dwells as
the tutelary goddess Of hishousebold?
What a host of blessed memories are
linked with that mother, even in her
"reverental and armchair daysp-
what a multitude Of sanctifying as
sociations surround her and make
her lovely, even on the verge Of the
grave. Is there not beauty and a
charm in that matronly woman who
sits looking fondly on the child in her
lap? Is there not q holy influence
around her, and does not the obsery-
er at once pronounce her lovely?
What though the lines and Inca
ments Of youth are fed; Time has
given far more than he has taken
away. And is there not a beauty
and a charm in fair girl who is
kneeling before that matron-her
own womanly sympathies just open
ing into active life, as she folds that
youthful infant to her bosom? All
are beautiful-the opening blossoms
the mature flower, and the ripened
fruit; and the callous heart and the
sensual mind that regards lovliness
as q stimulant for u passion, only
shows that it has no correct sense Of
beauty or refined taste.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
JOHN j.. TisI,Is.

A ttorney at Law and Notary Public, Poin,
a Pleasant, West Virginia. viii practice in the
Courts OF Mason and Phtnam counties, and attend
promptly to all business entrusted to him.
dec. 1''7o-Iy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
DIR. s. @. SHAW,

EHYSiclAN AND SURGEON, tenders his pro
rlnaI services the public. Calls promptly at
.Ig 70 Office, cor Main and I'D streets opposite
Wv w FFS'bytsrlan Chureh fapril 5, is79-ly
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
RANKrN Wiley liz.

A ttorney ut Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
a Practices in the County Of Mason; the United
States District Court for West Virginia, and in the Su.
attention given to the collection Of claims. Jan 14.iy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14


PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON, tenders his pro
an eS,ona services to the people Of Mason county,
az H ea!S promptly attended to whether day or night
0Is IN hesS building. next door Arlington House
oct % rS79-iy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
WIN. A. DENNIS,
KNIGHT 4 COUCH.

A ttorney ut Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
q will practice in the Courts Of Mason and adjoining
sunteS. [iune ti-ty,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14

'iorneys Mt Law, will practice in the counties Of
q Mason and Putnam. address L. B. Knight at
Point Pleasant, West Virginia. p6-Nir Couch Is No
taty Public foF Mason county. jan 8, tS7o-ty
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
PHviSLCLlNS.
"pSEw R, BARRIER Rp. u, PRAvEL.
DRS. nARBEE q ERAyEL.
DR. Z. =. CAMpnELL,

Northwest cor 9th and Main Streets, Point Pleasant,
!, west Virginia. Office hours from to 10 q. m. and
10 10 pm. fjune II 7o-iy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
RIGHTED n.

1t was almost darl
tie parlpEswhera vii
and / were sitting il
twilight. ] was on \
side, and for i long
silently gazing up ai
lar face. At last my
question which / b
ask, and / broke thl
room BY my abrup
Claire, why is it you
The dusky eyes ga'
into the FIRE were fill
pain and a look o.
spread her beautiful
ed her head to answs
not speak for a nom.
a broken voice, and
remembrance Of som
she said: \
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
JOIN w. ENGLISH

s.orney at Law, will practice in the Courts of Ma.
Il hon, Putuam and Jackson, and in the Court Of Ap
psals q Vest Virginia Address Point Pleasant Mason
county, West Virginia. [jan 8, I87o-Iy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14

The world is full Of compensations,
The more prices go up the, more We
have to come down for everything
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-04-14
ATTORNEYS.


W. II. GUM,
A tterney at Law, Point Pleasant, wes, Virginia.
a Practices in the Courts of Mason county, the
States District Court for this State Prompt attention
given to the collection Of claims Office near the Court
House, jan. as ISso-ty.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

An important contest has sprung
up in the British Parliament over the
refusal of atheist Bradlaugh to take
the usual oath. 1t ultimately touches
the relations between church and
state which have been a factor of
British government from time 'imme-
mortal. The announcement that Pre-
mier Gladstone has gone to the sup
port Of Bradlaugh and made the
question one Of confidence or hack Of
confidence IN the ministry indicates
the belief that the church, a. q polit-
ical institution, has loat much Of its
old importance in the estimation Of
the country. In America church and
state have fortunately been kept sep
arate from the very foundation Of tbs
government, greatly to the advantage
of both.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01


"Old men for counsel, young men
for action is time honored axiom.
1t Is founded on the consideration
that the aged who have seen much
OF the world may be presumed to
have protited by their observation,
and to have grown cautious and wise,
while to the hot blood of youth. action
Is natural. - ....s. ~. ...
But in very many of the affairs of
life the young are called TO act with
out convenient opportunity, III refer
ence TO matters of much moment. q 1t
is desirable that in. such cases they
, should act wisely. How can they do
it? We answer in a single word
think -.-.
Think--not attcrward; not when If
is too late; not when the action is
past; but think beforehand. "Look
before you leap as Franklin quaint
ly expressed it, having derived the
lesson from an unsuccessful attempt
to leap over a ditch which to look at
its with beforehand would have pre-
vented.
The exhibit of reflection must be
rigidly enforced on ones self at first
but it is soon acquired, and the mis-.
takes in life which it will avoid, the
loss Of money, of time, and Of
many other things, the regrets, the
sorrow, the remorse-no one can ex.
travagantly estimate them.
Reflect. Reflect for few moments
and that Of itself, will lead to farthel
reflection. This is not inconsistent
with the most vigorous, the most res
olute and determined, action. A
whole volume of wisdom was sum
med up in the motto of the ecccntri,
bat sagacious David Crockett: "B,
:. sure you are right and then g
ahead 1t avails little to be sur,
you are right if you sit still and d,
nothing under that conviction but II
first being sure you are right, 20,
then 90 ahead, you will not only pla,
but you will accomplish good works
Think first, then act.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

No one should make sport Of love !.
The chap who can't love for all he's
worth when young, is the man whom
grocers compel to pay cash down
when he's old and bald-headed.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

Jim Currie, tue Texas desperate,
who made himself notorious by the
cold-blooded assassination Of the &C
tor, Ben. Porter, was acquitted Sat
urday at Marshall, on the ground Of
insanity.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

"As the Intelligencer Prophesyed."
We believe it was the Mexico In
telligencer that predicted nearly four
years ago that Grant would be nomi-
mated by reclamation in 1885,
Sturgeon Leader.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

and revised. Even the minority Of
the Committee Oh Ways and Means,
Ill their report adverse to the Tucker
blt!. profess to be favorable to re-
forming It's nonstrous abuses and
m'-n&rbarous restrictions They
propose q commission OF experts, TO
he appointed by the President, to
make report to Congress. / do not
heiieve that the reforms recommend
ed hv 4 commission appointed Ly the
ilc"d ot the party that is responsible
for our vicious tariff Legislation would
gtte satisfaction TO the country, and
l cannot glve my vote for the joint
resolution that has been sent to US
from the Senate. Il commission thus
appointcd, beside being beyond the
control Of this House, would delay
acttoli on this vital question for years
To come, and recommended as 1t has
been by the manufacturers of the
country and their representatives OH
this iioor, confess that / distrUst the
sincerity OF their professions. "Tjnseo
7tfIoS, Ct tIy4tu feyeutes. -
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

The chief use of sea captain in
these days is to explain how it all
happened after most Of the passengers
have been drowned.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

Chsisten your boy baby Winfield
Scott Hancock, if you want to make
a George Washington of him.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01
--~A-~~S .
Sunrise

The best part OF a summer day is
one hour and fo1ty-fve minutes be-
fore sunrise. The dews Of the night
have cooled the atmosphere, the gray
tint OF tie morning casts 10 burning
/: :~ticction on Tie paI aIolaents, the per
iume Of roses aud syringa, makes tie
Ia "n" -c9- sweet Inspiration that
anE .u2e d.1aG ii with swelling glc,,
IL oHia SIN -, Lacy never a!ug ri
80 r.j.ei ,,lAe, t,s,i ,.st cts ana creep
ing things ar% still Il. the:t hitting
p''a-rz. W. sat ~ al nigl.s waiting
ia ron.cntina i-u"s, Aiia found this
-. ou: Oh tne "ay hcmg III TIL nora
iu.c.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

A, murderer waA hanged in, Texas
the other day, butS was by . mis-.
take-the worthy ciEzens thought he
had stolen = herse,, uoitnzsae llsa . Il
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01
MEXICO, MO, THURSDAY, JULY /, 1880.

have been far more distinctive TO
American bottoms than the cruisers
scnt ont b. EagIish connivance s;.;..-
lag ,,ns;er confederate coioGS.
i; lie three great nations cf the
itastecn continent should become III
viewed il war, as they were in the
ca:ly part Ct the century, and the
merchant ships of each bo driven from
ocean by the naval agmaments Of the
other, The six or seven hundred miii-
Ions 4 2gr. auitura. productions, an
nuaily exported t)y the United States
to th@ nations al the earth, would not
TO worth The COS: Of transportation To-
the acahoalG:. Ne h2.'e not Slips of
oul own &c transport ~ foreign mar
Hots The corn and wheat ot tlaif
dozen oca1ti@e IL he great West
i2c cottoD-ticids Of the South aud Tie
corn aad wheat tields Of the North
would be abandoned. The OH wells
OF pennsylvania would cease to Aow,
the totocco-groWer would he cugtaii
cd ot' his foreign market, and Tic
trade III livt. animals, with its bright
promise ofluture growth, would cease
entirely. The manufacturer alone,
TO whom protection has surrendered
the exclusive control Of the home
market, and hes built up Chinese
wall, not only against toreig0 compc-
tl:,oll, h'tt ag"it.s, American eo,Dpc-
ton H. tt;g;l.', tnlri,t .:--i1c .i,,l, t.rti
reap profits ;,cfa Ci"> .~enc:s:a. ,.nd
seii-,}esirol IL :a:!!cy
Ny tiCr. vii! -6} :,rfu', II" ia ~
;er iltD ::-any II he ',@,..a- of tHg
@!*,autie wlss''gs and ,au;,strour ia.aMi-
ties O; tic !'r"sen. 'ari': system Let
inc CA! .sttCn;i)n IT, . lew o! ir7 eA>r-
gniti.s
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

Now all the derk horses have gone
home to their stables TO, get curry
comted for the next race. VI 'iiiStia
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

Why not, From the fact that at
lala College al investigation has Just
been made into the influence of to
h:.cco Oh the scholarship and standing
Of scholars who use it. The results
are as follows:
Zach class is graded into divisions
according 10 scholarship, the best
scholars being in the first, and SO on
down TO the fourth. where they are,
n he slang OF the campus, mo too
good" scholars, hut ''iust good
enough" to keep hansing by the eye
hls.
In the Junior Glass it was found
that only zen out ot forty in the first
division were addicted to smoking
eighteen OF thirty seven in the sec
ond twenty of twcnty-scven in the
third and twenty-five out OF twenty
six III the fourth. .-.4. -.
The proportion OF smokers, it will
be observed, increase in regular ratio
with the falling oil i'll scholarship.
These figures are exceedingly sug-
| gestive, but no one who has paid at
tcntion to the scientific evidence OF
recent years which establishes the
/ deict2rous influence OF the weed, will
| be surprised ut it,
The aggregate loss Of mental power
and of itr precious fruits in nation
like our own which consumes annual
ly two hundred and fifty millions o
dollars worth of tobacco, must bt
enormous. OF course, VIC shall heal
the usual twaddle about the Germans
the finest scholars and the creates
smokers in the world, just as we have
heard the strengthening properties o
beer demonstrated by the incessan
use of it by the same people.
But careful observation and scien
tific study of the question has proved
to the satisfaction of all who hay'
carefully weighed the evidence tina
the German people are great not be
cause of but in spite of their tobacco
and beer, and that immeasurabl
progress awaits them and every othe
nation which can be persuaded t
give them up.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

II The Emperor of Germany is always
going over to Ems. He should bc
looked after. So, 10 gal}stagg y1pas sdl
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

The ide,;i husband IL a kind heart
eu, noble man. with the figure of an
Apollo and the beauty Of an. Adonls,
WHO pays the same delicate attention
10 bis wife that hc did before their
troth was p.ightcd the real husband
Is round-shonlderca, grizzly-lookin@
fellow, who buys the second quality
of butter for the table, eat his meals
at a down town restaurant, and only
remembers that he is married when
he is obliged 10 pay the household
expenses.
The ideal housewife Is woman
who keeps her home in the most de-
l9httul order, who cooks the most
deiiciovs dinners and prcsides ut the
table with the grace of II queen; the
real housewife is woman whose face
IS Ecd and blazcd with cooking over a
hot stove, whose voice is sharp and
earnest and who Just "slats" things
around anywhere. no matter where.
III order to get her work done in sea-
aoa for q buzz over the back yard
fence with the neighbors.
Ihe IDEAL politician IS a man whose
breast IS iie"ring full of patriotism
and whose interest in the welfare OF
tue country IS second only to his al
Ieglance TO Divine power; the real
politician is a man with his hands full
OF "ircs, pulling in ali directions,
from the dram shop to the pulpit, to
worm himself into an official position
with big pay and lots of nothing to do.
The ideal baby is little fellow with
the daintiest tinted checks, curliest
hair, sweetest little COO and with
angels wings lust sprouting from his
shoulders the real baby is Young
wa,i of humanity with open valves,
screaming all the time, fuzz on his
bald mead like thistle down, and rs
for angels wlnas-wcll, they don't
tastcu them on with safety pins
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

When big trees begin to sheet its
about time for little bushes to Leave
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01
REM ARkS

~, non. y. III. RucEncr, of Missouri, in hs
f'o"S" "i ,rprrsertati Efss. sat II rti..v INV.
-, in"o, nn The ;:iii tn Er., itie for t..s
Is:'fi !ta.cni of t'Gssn1JiiSA :ar, tte inys.
St"'ate Til" tenestina t,ftiss, iarin.
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

When a man draws an inference he
should draw il mild. lsaases,1za.-g
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

Speaking across garden fence nd
mits Of q good deA Being isaid ioh
both sides. Il 3s bod 81 hlBoas 1aiEit
Mexico weekly ledger., 1880-07-01

Only four months until the election
of Hancock and English. . " ma ~