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Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-22

Some men have difficulty In collecting
their accounts. Others N unable to
COLLECT their thoughts. In many
instances both might ss we'll be left out.
standing. It costs more than they are
worth to collect them.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-22
FATAL RAILROAD ACCIDENT.

TIVE Looemesives and . Train
thrown Prem the Trsck Near
the Msrrimso Mtil, Carsen Biver
-0ns Man Killed and sewers
Injured.
Gold Hill daily news. [volume] (Gold Hill, N.T. [Nev.]) 1863-1882, 1880-04-22
1860. 1880.
PIONEER LAUNDRY,
NORTH OF VIRGINIA.
G. ". HALL. Proprietor.

mHIs oLD-FsrABLlsHK AND nKLh
1 able Laundry is prepered 70 t9,n ous ~
cst being DAMAGED ~ manipulation % y
Psciasss punetuailyi e'lisd fr and ~
OFPicHs-Thsodors Molrs Clothing etoss.
gEhia. and vsssy Houss. Gold Hnl. In
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
PHYSICIANS.
pR. j. =. CAMPBELL.

Dh. u. #. CAMBBELL'
PHYSICIAN AND SURGEON. tenders his pro-
A. leSSIona services to the people Of Mason county
~ ~ eaISpIompuy attended to whether day OF. night
'0nee IN Hess building, next door TO Arlington House
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
RANKIN WHEY, Jr.,

4, ttorney ut Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
a Pra,iices N the County Of Mason; the United
STATE, District Court for West Virginia and in the St
attention given to the collection Of claims. jan i4iy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
JOHN ". ENGLISH,

ttorney at Law, will practice in the Courts Of Ma.
a son, Putnam and Jackson, and in the Court Of Ap
peali Of West Virginia. Address Point Pleasant Mason
county, West Virginia. Lan 8, is79-iy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
CHAS. E. HOGG.

ttorney at'Law, office in ccur. House, Poin,
q Pleasant, West Virginia. Practices in the coun.
Court Of Appeals Of West vrsnia and in I'll the Fedsrsi
Courts (nov. 1910
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
.aTTORNEYS.
". ~. roMLINsoN. Nv. roisLrY

WA. rontissos. DIV. roLsLEY.
~ !, TOsLINs0N & PoLsLEY,
kttdfn6ysand Counseiors at Law, Point Plea.
tsaas West Virginia, practice in the County Of Ma.
aorths United States District Court for West Virginia
S-Prompt attention given to the collection Of claims
eh,rusIedto to them. Address, Point Pleasant, W. Va
lan.s, is7s-Iy:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
JOHN e. TIMNIS.

"A ttorney at Law and Notary Public, Poin,
q Pleasant West Virginia. viii practice in the
Courts of Mason and Putnam counties, and attend
promptly to all business entrusted to him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
Nv. n. GUM.

A ttprncy at Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
n Practices ii the Courts Of Mason county, the
Court Of Appeals of West Virginia aud the United
States District Court for this State Prompt attention
given to the collection of claims Office near the Court
House. jan. a3, IsSo-Iy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
KNIGHT 8 COUCH,

httorneys ut Law, will practice in the counties Of
q Mason and Putnam. Address E. B. Knight at
SSs:atlsSs;on, West Virginia or James Couch J a,
a'y Public for Mason county. Gjan 8, is79-Iy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31

l., M AI6CI1 0lS IO0U.
II,eastwavs. xostbe .voune 'su,iiEs 't6ra
rs t'otber dav. His p,other ,,,;Favs
lbelieged in him he Vent On Altar \
l6oment's 1auss. sItwilI' come 5iobt
ss6ii1e oav y sheofte6 said 20 ma. ..Ms
lstisted. Il viii come r;sht Il some dap.
iii is a laiscarfisvinr of /. ;nst;ce.p His
lfather diedAcould not lift nm his
shead again; B6t,bis mother has ava
Iwaited,' :. 49,
SometHine like ! s6b burst ftom
Ibis cennani6n, and afaier Ssisted
.Elooksdnpin surprise. 3. 2
81 have, heard something Of iris. /,
Ehe said, In a stamrnerina fashlS1. in
answer to the look. 81 kndA. this
llman4-ttat is, I have met him =
& eIs tk9tso, sitss slid the fi3ndf. .
4 with fresh intar65 A Z r5b6eh'
Fber yod;said YOU had been ssne out
of England. Well, Isshall be elad to
see him back, and shafe him ~ the
hand, and bid him forget the past
If there is little else, there isstill his
mother to come back to. What was
he doing when you saw him, sir9o
"He had heard he was'free." . !.
sAnd whatwas.he like2 and washa
minded to forget the past, and return
to England9o
"He was a saddened, sobered man
when I knew him, with only Spe
hope left, out of the many life had
once offered; and he was going home .
"And what was the hope, if / may
make so bold as to ask9 Perhaps he
knew his mother had never believed
the evil, and was waiting for him?n
sMaybe; but he did not speak. of
her. perhaps because he was so sure
Of her. He told me that the last
night before he left Englana-you
know?-"-the farmer nodded
that he had an interview With
eyes, YES, interrupted Mr.. Stisted,
sagely; 1--WE heard all about it, though
it was kept so dark. 1t was Miss
Helen, bless YOU. the little yellow
haired Miss Churchill. Sixteen wears
ago nearly, SO no harm in speaking
of it now-and all so changed since!
Well, she saw him to say 'Good.by.'"
eyes, so this man told me; and that
they parted, she saving that, let her
people say or do what they might.
she would await his return in perfect
trust and patience.o $500
"ArpitSs he did not give his.love to
4tlesutisersister,'' remarked MrsStiss
ted, "if all stories are to be belieyedt"
:aWhy?n -
because she was in love with him
always; and plain though she was,
Miss Jane was good, true woman,
and has never lifted her head or
looked at another man since those
sad days.n
SIS that really trueYo
"No call to misdoubt it, sir; anyone
in the village will'tell you the same
story, and, as 1 said before, twas a
pity. seeing as everything has worked
round right, that it was not on Miss
Jane as he set his affections; for be.
ing SO plain, as you might say, may
hap there would not have been such
a great objection to his having herr
The stranger made no reply, ap-
parently being lost in thought over
Farmer stisteds last words. And he
continued.
"He would not have been such a
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31

abtA sFeu know hea place, you
say; then psfhaps you can tell me "a
whom belong yondeR house, point
ing aloward the. distant towers Of BY,
thospe Manor sRntit may be / ap
'detaininelyolse
aNo, no. repIisds Mr. Sisted
couttecaSls & AIN not pressed 'fol
time, Yonde shouse belongs 10
Squire Ghlrchill r he young Squire
We calls him mostly about here, soc
ing thSthis father iaslsad not so long
'sinces s.es.is. !.
s u Is dsad9p
siifeIy and young Mr. Ed
lTpfd hasGsmssinto the place and
married aihathyswife, he hasE
'sThe oIdasquire had d dad aer'
had be lots ( s (, 81 s 8; n
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
II. r. HOWARD.
y. P. SIMPSON.
sIMPsON & HOWARD,
JAMES w. HoGE. JAMES B. MENAGER.
HOGE a. MENAGER.

A ttorneys and Counsclors Mt Law, practice in
q the Circuit and County Courts Of Mason county,
west virginia. Address James w. Hoge, Winfield,
painam county, West Virginia, or James b Menager,
Feiht Pleasant. Mason county, West Virginia.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
DIR. S. g. SHAW,

'NpHYS!clAN AND SURGEON, tenders his pro
sSo1a services to the public. Calls prompy'a,..
&o11 Y Oaiee,, cor. Main and sd streets opposite
"'otPfe'byt'rin church. Eapril rsTo-ry.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1880-03-31
wM. A. DENNIS.

"A ttorney at Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia,
a will practice in the Courts Of Mason and adjoining
0unties. June it-Iy.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-02
~ n Z .. = II : 70 IT 4 n
=. TOads III Trees aud Stones.

4 large toad was found few days
ago in an old apple tree at Wonham
Manor; it came to light when the tree
was blown down. The, Memories of
the French Academic sles, Sciences y
contain description OF q living toad
found in the heart of an old elm-tree.
Near Nantes, when an old oak was cleft
open, u toad was fo1na. in the very
heart-wood. although no crevice or
other channel OF, entrance could be de-.
tected; there were about ninety rings
in the trunk of the oak, leading to the
Inference (according to one theory
that the animal must have been In his
prisonhouse ninety years. Mr.. Jesse,
in reference to frog found in the
trunk of a mulberry'tree.i expressed a
belief that the annual rings had been
gradually but surely inclosing the rep
tile. Toads in clay have been more
frequently met with than in trees;
sometimes a whole family have been
thus ferreted out at once. In 1856 a
toad was found at considerable depth
at Benthall, near Brosely, Shropshire.
Mr.. Bathurst, earthenware. manufac-
turcr at Benthall, ascertained that the
creature was met with about six feet
beneath the surface, in u layer OF
tough clay customarily used for making
coarse brown ware. Above this layer,
IN successive strata, were ferruginous
coal of poor quality. clay, loan of
clay and gravel. and meadow turf at
the top. The toad was found filling a
cavity as wax does seal. A minute
examination OF the superintendent
strata failed to detect any assure
through which the animal could have
entered. The light OF day seemed at
first to distress it, but this it soon be-
came accustomed to; the eyes were
brilliant, the skin moist, the mouth
quite closed Chambers JoaMSl.,
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-02
Misunderstood.

Fat people are generally misunder-
stood class. Almost everybody de-
clines to think them industrious, aud
they ara legitimate objects of ridicule.
If fat young man enters into an ath-
letic competition of any kind, and is
not successful, the multitude will,
probably, console him by jeering at
his efforts and by advising him to eat
less pudding. If fat woman essays
to dance, and dances we'll and lightly,
onlpp4ers Of tho 3uaer sort will, proba-
bly,, draw .tnhattefing 'opabgies be-
tween her and certain animals, and
suggest that she would be all the bet
ter if she we're made to stir about
little more and. to devote less time to
her sofa and her couch. Yet, generally,
fat young people are not very ditterbnt
from other young people, except that
theytfreqhently DO with an effort. what
the latter can DO with comparative
ease. But every lot has its compensa-
tons, and so fat people are favored in
another direction. 1t is popular hal
lucination. that obesity and good humor
keapeac AiotheI cbmbkpfL AAs pers6n
who believes that his fat neighbor is
lazy and tlabby of mind, also believes
that his fat neighbor is amiable to the
last degree. He may never have spoken
to'the' nan ihthiA life, but this doas-no
affect his faith in the slightest. He
will feel inolineh to tell you 70 your
face That johnson could not AAvd got fat
ii he had been nervous or an irritable
individual. He will inform you that
on the beaming countenance of that
parsonage you may read that he does
notqll0V himself to be-, put out 7 alE
friAes: lHhihB ten, You'd dmpphe Is
to Inreservedly accept all that you are
told about the corpulent johnson. You
cannot imagine him in a passion. But,
Tor all that, he may be peculiarly
bid! tempered individual He is M,
as many suppose, Jolly even when lie
is in comparatively good humOr. Ae
! docs not TEEN over with philanthropy.
He is not perpetually tacking his mind
a. to how. he can do you or some one
else good turn" Nothing is more
deceptive than his uhctuous laugh, the
righteousness of which has nothing
whatever to do with his, disposition,
and is due probably to the influence of
the aepl,matatiop1 Of fat ,saf tie muscles
of his throat. Stifl, many misguided
creatures have been led away by it.
1t gives him a reputation for generosity
which he by no means deserves. We
have no desire to rail at fat people, or
to defend them. What we protest
agsinst.are Tie absutl notiops Of which
the y Ars thsoa uses $50 ni& tiaaS1S 81 sk.ss
civilized community ceased to directly
or indirectly gauge the merits of men
and women according. to the Quantity
OF flesh which they carry on their bones.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-02
American Manufactures.

The combined results of scientific
research and patented inventions have
led the United States to take front
position, in. the manufactures ,& the
world. pc American Itia~bre is
sold in Birmingham, although the tin
comes from, Cornwall, and pays freight
here and back, besides the duties on it.
American baby -rattles, too, are shipped
to Eugland; and little brass and iron
wheels; pinons, and such things are
SAINT to thesol townsof Nurembur9Yin
Germany, the center Of the toy trade of
theworldY to be made up into toys, to
20 Put together by the women and
ebndrenr0f Germany. who have not yet
been able to make inn and steam
and, steel do the work of human
hands,, as have the inventors ~ .fhe
United States. Sir Robeft Ped once
said it ,aas ...the destiny Of tie DAited
States to feed Great Britain, and the
destiny Of Great Bsitain to clothe the
United States" Even if that was true
then, it is not SO now. English opinion
has chahged in this respect. - II
Again, people generally have but a
flint idea ofNthe amount Of labor and
money that is expended in producing
and perfecting inventions. Mr.. Holden
spent sixteen years and $250,000, and
his partner, Mr.. Lester, as much more,
on their wool-combing machine, and
altogether there was expended on the
invention before final success not less
than SIC. 100000 .uo.,.o. s... g,
Bessemer made on outlay of 500 600
| bafore he realiZed ultimate success wit n
his invention; and his success has re-
suited in a saving of S25, 000, 900 to the
public during the past twenty i've
years. Mr.. Singer, man who knew
nothing in the world about sewing ma
chimes, sitting by his fireside realing a
paper, when in five minutes, as quick
as thought, by mere accident, comes
to him the idea that he subsequently,
patented. He was paid $l3, 900, 900 as
his reward Boston Bulletin. tf'y-'
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-02
Discovery of q Colossal God Of the
~ PhfliStineS at GAIA.

AT GAIA, on the 9Th ult., an Arab
was quarrying stone at a place about
four and q half miles distant from the
town, and unearthed the marble figure
of a man. The following are the
dimensions given by an Arab eye
witness. namely: "TEree feet from top
OF head to end of beard twenty. seven
inches from ear to ear from top Of
forehead to mouth: thirteen and QUE
half inches from shoulder to shoulder,
fifty four inches from crown of head
to waist, eighty one inches and fifty
four inches the circumference Of the
neck. The total height is fifteen feet.
The hair hangs in long ringlets down
upon the shoulders, and tue beard is
long, indicating man of venerable
age. The right arm is broken in half,
while the left is crossed over the breast
to the right shoulder, where the hand
is hidden by the drapery of cloak
covering the shoulders" presume
the statue is nude, though this fact is
not stated. There is no inscription
either on the figure or ON the pedestal,
and the latter is a huge block, carved
in, one piece with the god. 1t was
found in O. recumbent position, buried
in the sand upon the top OF a hill near
the sea, evidently removed from its
original site, which is unknown. Its
estimated weight il II 900 pounds. The
Pach Of Jerusalem has ordered a guard
to watch this interesting relic Of ancient
art and prevent any injury by the
families of GAIA. Shall endeavor to
procure a, photograph of this probable
god of the Philistines and mail it to
you later and much regret the fore.
going. description is so meager in de-
tails, but il is translated from h brief
account by an. Arab whs possesses
no archaeological knowledge Judging
merely from the long. hair and long
beard" and the position Of the left
hand, should be disposed to assume
that it is IA Assyrian monument com
memoratiye Of their invasion OF. Pales-
tine. But it is premature to conjecture
until further and more precise particu.
lars can he had FIR 'm ,Gazl. - aifa
Letter, in ~ Y. Herul /. ...,.. &c.,.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-02
He had almost taken her life away.

He had almost taken her life away,
and so he gave his own life ulto her,
and they grew to love each other with a
love that was passionate in its great
ness.
When many years had passed, and
the- were left alone, they neither Of
them married, but .lived together till
they grew almost old. She was q little
delicate thing. and he was tall and
strong. He used, even when she was
quite o woman, to carry her about in
! They c.mo 70 hSve the same tho lights
sbout Most things. They werc very
happy, though lie perhaps was little
graver than other people. But she was
as bright always as bird. -..,., .,t,,.
"What have I to be sad abott 2" she
sometimes said to him. 81 might
have had all kinds of trouble if had
been like other women but nov have
none. You never let me bear anything !;
you never let me want anythingt 4 have
only to live and enjoy aud be content"
And so she did live---all her innocent,
quiet life--hardly ever seeming to miss
the tn ngs that she had lost, like a
Gagged bird that does not know the
world, and has no longing to spread its
wings = ATH az
She was the center of all the world
to me-" Norman Foster said once when
death came at last and parted them.
for it was she who went first. -, She was
everything to me--mother and sister
aud wife and friend in one."
He was not thinking Of the bit,erpess
that had mingled With his love for her
once when he spoke SO he had ceased
perhaps then to, dwell On the harm he
hal once done her, and had come only
to remember that they had walked all
through their lives together, like chill
dren, hand in hand.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-02
Metropolitan Murders.

The murders OF New York are not
chiefly recorded in the proceedings of
the criminal courts, nor are their per-
petrators' names often associated with
deeds OF crime. The greater part Of
the murders of the metropolis are the
work of public officers of the city.
During the last six years an average
OF more than $1,000 persons have died
in New York.
This is at the rate of more than 2S
deaths to 1000 citizens annually, esti1
mating the population of the city to %
LOCO, 600. In q healthy community,
the average death rate is 10 to each
900 Inhabitants annually. ...
lnNew York ID out of every 1000
inhabitants are murdered annually.
Who commit these murders? The
public officers who permit filthy streets,
defective sewers, drains, foul. privies,
factories, stables and docks to poison
the atmosphere which our citizens
breathe. We.arraign the Street Clean.
ing Bureau Us murderers. Their neg
lect Of duty is destroying life daily.
Tn 9, blood Of AiyEtim was nev4r upon u
murderer mole truly ,han is the death
of thousands chargeable to them. Were
it mot for the work of the Board OF
Health, which, as DIR. Janeway showed.
in his report last evening, has greatly
reduced the mortality in the tenement
house districts, the number OF deaths
for which municipal officers are re-
.sponsibie would Oe. still more appsh-
ing.
There. ate other public officer, who
share with members of the Street
Cleaning Bureau in the guilt of 1900
murders each year. N. Y. Mail.
f)'f-pbvYVTVIE-b i0,ss
Men who have not time to lie honest
find abundant leisure for dishonesty,
! sometimes.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-02
The Sparrow War.

Once upon time q certain King OF
Prussia found fault with the sparrow.
long before it was brought over here
and subjected to the prevailing storm
of unfriendly criticism that is now
beating upon its hardy head and ener-
getic struggle for existence. This mag
nate aforesaid war fond of currants, big
red Dutch currants, and row OF richly
laden bushes, which his gardener was
cultivating in confident pride for the
ultimate delectation of the royal palate,
was the subject of more attention from
bis. Majesty than the gorgeous flower
parterres or the clumps of semi'trop-
Ical foliage, trunsplanted to please his
eye, here and there throughout the
princely gardens. When the berries
were almost blushing IN full crimson
beauty of ripeness, his ,Royal High
ness made the unpleasant discovery
that multitudes Of sparrows not only
coveted the fruit as much as he. but
that they had eaten them all before he
could muster an alarm, mount guard,
and pick the clusters for himself.
@ A quaint chronicler tells us, there.
apon, that the wrath of his Highpess
was not confined to single or repeated
explosions of disgust on the garden
walks, but that an edict was published
at once ordering tho determination OF
the Pargihl domeStica; and so thorough
ly did the vassals Of the crown carry
out this law, that the unhappy SPAR
rows were literally eliminated from the
Prussian realms. Then this old histo-
rian goes on to say that to the great
surprise of /" his Majestic " the currant
bushes were not permitted, after the
expulsion Of these birds, to render ser
vice after their kind, for strange fly
next year followed, and "did eat ye
leaves" so extensively that the shrubs
again failed in bearing and SO on sea-
son after season, until the king, weary
of seeing the ravage, revoked the de-
cree of death to the sparrow, and actu.
ally paid out Of the royal treasury
some eight hundred thousand dollars
in the form Of rewards to his people
for their zeal in bringing the exiled
birds back. g., '''
Thus the sparrow, which We have
brough. over from tue Continent, Is no
stranger to persecution, and the success
with which he fights for II living here
augers we'll for his future; but like all
other people Of pronounced character,
he has decided phases Of good commin'
Rled with much that is as decidedly
evil; hence his friends and his foes
have arisen, aud the overburdened re-
frain of their angry tiisavowals aad re-
ordinations is spread out within the
columns Of the press wherever men can
read in this country .--PRoF. II w Ell
Lott, in Hatper's Magazine.
A young lsdy OF Mouitrie County
sends in communication on some pre-
sumably interesting topic, with the re-
quest to please print IL not too fuiI.
1t is hardly necessary to say that we
hurl back the base insinuation Win
scorn-also the communication.-IC CHI
cago Tribune.
Washington standard. [volume] (Olympia, Wash. Territory) 1860-1921, 1880-01-02
The Island Queen.

On an island 10 the ocean
That ships but seldom near,
On rock without motion,
Without sigh or tear,
She looked DER the highest crest,
As at some far-of scene:
The Mona Lisa Of the Wes.,
The Ocean Island Queen.
The falling sunbeams kiss her face,
The proudes. waves her feet,
And man himself could in her trace
Each lofty grace complete,
& lRpcs by the grandeur IN esca curve,
And by the space between,
That beauty's highest art must serve,
The Ocean Island Queen.
Eat what is this the winds adoie:
An angel made a stone,
That back to bliss it could not soar,
And then from.hssven thrown;
Perhaps some kingdom in the sea,
To mortals yet unseen.
Has sent its fsirest nymph to be
The Ocean Island Queen.
- But whether of angelic birth, q" %
Or of some royal line,
Or only just child Of earth .... -,
.,.. Tie image is divine;
And nymphs and fays OF highest place,
Envy the lofty mein; "
of this, tie heiress Of each Grace,
y The Ocean Island Queen. .. ...
DONALD II. Nc iREGoR