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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-06-22

The 'languid curiosity in the bri.
berry investigation displayed by the
Republican members at Albany
would appear to indicate that buy.
ing votes is nothing new to them.
Familiarity with corruption has bred
contempt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-06-22

The New York Herald, in a long
leading editorial, again advises
Conkiing to leave the Republican
party and lead an independent par.
ty. 1t advises him to begin opera
tons by hurling some bombshells
into the regular Republican camp.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-06-22


The colored independent move
-ment gainsin force. Thecolored yo-
tiers are getting tired Of doing all the
voting while the white Republicans
gets the offices and laugh among
themselves at the way they @fool the
niggers." The, colored Independent
movement does good in another way.
II is,most important for voters and
citizens to have political ideas Of their
own, to do their own thinking, and
not take their opinions ready made
from the Republican central commit
tee and campaign speakers. Until
they think for themselves they will
never have the respect either of their
antagonists or their allies, The more
they think for themselves the more
they will find tina. their true inter.
ests lie with the Democratic party
In this State they certainly do. But
for the present their attitude as an
independent party will strengthen
their position. When the members
Of the Republican State central com.
mittee come to the colored indepen.
dents hat in hand the latter will &C
quire their proper influence in the
party.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
Clover Hay for Horses.

Clover hay is very nutritious food
for horses, and when well cured and
put up can be fed with entire safety.
The principal objection to its use
lies in the great difficulty which at
tends its curing and preservation
Another objection is found in the
fact that sometimes the second crop
excites in horses an unusual and ex.
hausting flow of saliva. When eli.
Their of these objections are present,
it is better to dispense with its use
entirely, SO far as the horses are con-
cerncd; but otherwise it lisa good and
safe food.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
FARM ITEMS.


rust lFOttinB vs.. FaSt Walking.
Why, asks the Vermont PGni1,
are not premiums offered by agricul-
tural societies for fast walking horses?
For all the purposes of farm or for
general usefulness, a fast walking
horse is more TO be desired than a
fast trotter; not that fast trotting,
within reasonable limit, should not
be encouraged, but the speed that
wins on the turf would be worse than
useless on the farm or for ordinary
driving on the road. A horse that
can trot with carriage a mile in
four or five minutes on q common
road, has speed that is just as good
for any useful purpose-we might al.
most say for any respectable purpose
AS the speed that wins on the race
course. The fastest trottersare main
ly valuable for trotting purposes. II
Us much attention was given to in
creasing the speed of the walking
gait, as has been devoted to breeding
and training fast trotters, we should
have race of horses improved in a
direction to be of more real service
on the farm or for ordinary driving
on the road. With rough roads or
hills, it is often necessary towalk the
best of horses for a considerable part
of a journey. A horse that can walk
four or five miles an hour will travel
forty or fifty miles in a day without
going faster than a walk, nearly as
far as an average horse will trot in q
day without fatigue.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

We knew Of this debt Of gratitude,
as in after years he used to talk about
it. But we-my sister and I-were
80 young at the time Of his death
TUT the name Of his benofactress
escaped our memories So we have
never Cancelled the debt"
"And we can never, never repay
IT," said the soft voice of Blanche
Montague; "for money alone would
he powerless to do SO. All we have
in the world is indirectly owing to
your grandinother's assistance"
AS Vincent met the frank gaze Of
the soft blue eyes he thought how
pleasant it would be to cancel any
debt in that direction by asking for
u very precious gift-herself. Butas
he did not put his ideas into words
Blanche was none the wiser, although
if eyes could have spoken his ardent
look would have soon told his secret.
This discovery at once placed the
young people on the sure footing of
friendship, and they were thrown to,
gether very often, as a matter Of
course; and need I tell my discerning
reader that at last the heirs of Mrs.
Graham and Of B. V. bennington be-
came joint possessors of both estates
by entering into that mystic alliance
which is for better or for worse?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
{ utiCura
Scrotalous, Itching and Scaly Hut
m0rS of the Skin, Scalp and
Blood Cured.
MIRACULOUS CURE.

will now state that made miraculous
cure Of one OF the worst cases OF skin dis
ease known. The patient is man forty
years old; had suffered fifteen years. His
eyes, scalp and nearly his whole body pre-
sented frightfnl appearance. Had the
attention OF twelve different physicians,
who prescribed the best remedies known
to the profession, such as iodide potassium,
arsenic, corrosive sublimate, sarsaparilla,
etc. Had paid $500 for medical treatment
with but little relief | prevailed upon
him to use the CUTIcuRA REsoLvEHT inter
nally, and the CUTIcuRA and CuTlcuRA
SOAR externally. He did SO, and was com
pleiety cured The skin on his head, face,
and many other parts of his body, which
presented u most loathsome appearance, is
now as soft and smooth as an infants,
with no scar or trace OF the disease left be-
hind. He has now been cured twelve
months. Reported by
/. III. BROWN, ESQ, Barnwell, S. C.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
Almost Young Again.

My mother was afflicted q long
time with Neuralgia and a dull,
heavy inactive condition of the whole
system; headache, nervous prostra
ton, and was almost helpless. No
physicians or medicines did her any
good. Three months ago she began
to use Hop Bitters, with such good
effect that she seems and feels young
again, although over 70 years old
We think there is no other medicine
fit to use in the family" A lady in
Providence, R. I,-Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
Farmers Clubs.

A farmer in spending one even.
ing in a week during winter with
his brother-farmers in the discussion
of matters appertaining to his vel.
fare on the farm-learning how this
one and that one plows, sows, har.
vests, and a thousand other useful
and instructive facts about the farm
and farming, gathers information
that is worth more to him than sill,
yer and gold.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

Connections made at Gallipolis with
Steamboats, and Stage Line for Middleport,
Pomeroy, and Ohio River points; at Nc
Arthur junction, for all points on NJ. & G..
K. R.; at Logan, for Athens, Parkersburg,
and Marietta; at Lancaster, for GAINESVILLE
and Circleyille; and at Union Depot, Col
umbus, for all points North, East and West.
0RLAND SMITH, Gen'l Superintendent.
9. D. NORRIS, Superintendent.
w. II. HARRISON, Gent Ticket Agent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

On the great Kansas ranges there
exists considerable apprehension Of
severe losses during the coming win.
ter. There is Il vast extent of terri
tory from which the grass has been
burned off, and this, coupled with a
great scarcity of water, renders the
outlook for the cattle.men anything
but a promising one. Many of these
ranges are already crowded to their
utmost capacity, which, of course,
renders the situation more compiled.
ted and serious.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
How a quaker unislled a Thief.

A Quaker, having been disturbed
by footsteps around his dwelling one
night, arose from his bed and eau
tiously opened the back door to re-
connoiter. Close by was an out
house, and under it a cellar, near a
window of which was a man busily
engaged in receiving the contents of
his pork barrel from another in the
cellar.
The Quaker approached, and the
man on the outside fed. He stepped
up to the cellar window and received
the pork from the thief within, who,
after a little time, asked his supposed
accomplice in whisper:
"Shall We take itall?" The owner
of the pork said softly.
"Yes, take it all" and the thief
handed up the balance through the
window and then came up himself.
Imagine his CONSERVATION when, in.
stead of greeting his companion in
crime, he confronted the Quaker.
Both were astonished, for the thief
proved to be a near neighbor, Of
whom none would have suspected
such conduct. He pleaded for mercy,
begged him not to expose him, spoke
Of the necessities of poverty, and
promised faithfully not to steal
again.
"1f thou hadst asked me for meat,
it would have been given thee. l
pity thy povertyand thy weakness,
and esteem thy family. Thou art
forgiven"
The thief was grealy rejoiced, and
was about to depart, when the Qua.
ker said
"Take the pork, neighbor."
''No, no." said the thief, ~ don't
want the pork"
"Thy necessity was so great that it
led thee to steal. One half of the
pork thou must take with thee"
The thief insisted that he could
never eata morsel of it. The thought
of the crime would make it choke
him. He begged the privilege Of
letting it alone. But the Quaker
was inhexible, and furnished the
man with bag, put half the pork
therein and laying it upon his back,
sent him home with it.
He met his neighbor daily for sew.
eral years afterward, their families
visited together, but the matter was
kept a secret, and though in after
years the circumstance was mention.
ed, the name of the delinquent was
never made known. The punish.
ment was severe and effectual. Ii
probably was his 6rst--it certainly
was his last-attempt to steal.
Had the man been arranged before
a court Of justice and imprisoned for
the petty theft, how different might
have been the result. His family
disgraced, their peace destroyed, the
mans character ruined and his spirit
broken.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
Floors for gEorse SlnhIcs.

The Germantown Telegraph advo-
Gates the use of plank floors to horse
stalls, instead of clay hoors-built so
as to incline little from front to
rear, where gutter should be made
to carry off the liquid vodings. In
clay floors, holes are soon made by
the horses feet, and these will be
filled with moisture, which will oc-
casion scratches and other ailments.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

Most men gamble with fortune and
gain all or lose all, as her wheels
rolls. But do thou leave as unlawful
these winnings, and deal with cause
and effect, the chancellors of Cod
In the will, work and acquire, and
thou hast chained the wheel Of
chance, and shalt always drag her
after thee. A political victory, a
rise of rents, the recovery of your sick
or the return of your absent friend,
or some other quite external event,
raises your spirits, and you think
good days are preparing for you. Do
not believe it. 1t can never be so.-
Nothing can bring you peace but
yourself. Nothing can bring you
peace but the triumph of principles.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
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CUTICURA.

The Cuticura treatment for the cure OF
Skin, Scalp and Blood Diseases, consists in
the internal use OF CUTIcUM REsoLvENT,
the new Blood Purifier, and the external
use OF CuncuRA and CuTIcURA SOAP, the
Great Skin Cures.
Price OF CrrIcuRA, small boxes, SOC; large
boxes 81. CCrIcURA REsoLvENr, 81 per
bottle, CuTIcuRA SOAP, 25c. CurIcuRA
SHAVING Soar, l5c.
Depot, WEEKS & POTTER, Boston, Mass.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
ECZEMA.

Sixteen months since an eruption broke
out on my leg and both feet, which turned
out to be Eczema, and caused me great
pain and annoyance. tried various rem
edies with no good results, until | used the
CUTIcURA RESONANT internally and CuTT-
cuRA and CUrIoURA SOAP externally, which
entirely cured me so that my skin is as
smooth and natural as ever.
LEN. NJ. FRAILEY, 81 South st.,
Baltimore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

WOMEN Everywhere use Parker's
Ginger Tonic, because they have
learned from experience that it over
comes despondency, indigestion, and
weakness in the back and kidneys,
and other troubles Of the sex.-Home
Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
MADISON, LAKE Co., Ono.

Gendemen: Your buggies in this section
of the country are giving perfect satis:ac-
ton for durability and finish. As for style
they cannot be surpassed. l took first
premium at two Fairs last fall with one l
had used for four months, and had been
washed, presume, twenty times, and still
the painting held its gloss. They are pro-
nounced here as the finest buggy going.
Very Truly, I. NJ BLOOD.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
SCROFUL1 SORE.

Rev. DR.. Davis, in detailing his expert
ence with the CUTicuRA REMEDIES, said
that through Divine Providence one OF his
parishioners was cured Of scrofulous sore,
which was slowly draining away his life,
by the CurGcURA REsoLyESTinternally; and
CuTIcURA and CrTIcURA SOAR externally.
The poison that had fed the disease was
completely driven out.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

The "utterly utter" kind of talk
has infected the street gamins, one
of whom, after picking up a more
than usually fragrant cigar-stump,
exclaimed to his friend Jack: "Jack,
this is quite too positively bullyn
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
OwENspoRo, Ky.

Gendcmmp have no hesitancy in saying
that the bnggies manufactured by the
Columbus Buggy Company are the best
work for the price have any knowledge
Of. In not single instance has there
been any dissatisfaction on the part OF any
one Of my customers, FRANK l.. HALL.
Aug.3l-3m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

Although early in the season, we
announce, at the request of Mr.. Ven.
nor, that during the coming winter
water will as usual freeze with its
slippery side up.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

Hon. VIM. Taylor, Boston, is well
again. Completely cured of scrof.
ulous humor which poisoned his
blood, covering his face and head
with sores, by Cuticura Resolvent in
ternally and Cuticura and Cuticura
Soap externally,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

In some States the evidence of a
man who habitually goes fishing
twice year will not be received in
the courts, The reason for this bit
Of Judicial wisdom is obvious.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
RAILROADS..
MAY 18th, 1881.
CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY
PAssESoER TRAINS Ruv AS Fellows:

No. / -Runsdaily Sunday
from Richmondto Huntington; daily, vii.
liamson's to Huntington.
No.3 Exprcss-Runs daily from Rich.
mond to Huntington.
No. 5 Accom-. leaves Richmond daily
except Sunday, ut > 80 p. M. and arrives at
Gordonsville at z COP. m.
No. 81 Mixed leaves Charlottesville
daily, except Sunday, at 4 80 p. IN. and
arrives at Staunton at Z sop. m.
No. 25 Mixed leaves Cannelton daily
except Sunday at 90 u, IN. and arrives at
Huntington 80 a. III.
E., l.. a ID. s. IL. Il. Trains run
daily.
Huntington daily.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

SPRINGFIELD, Ills.

Gentlemen: We have been handling your
work for two seasons, and have in every
instance found your buggies first-class. We
never have had one OF your jobs returned
to us for repairs; neither have we had
single complaint on account Of work not
being perfectly satisfactory.
Very Resp'y, II. 2. BUCKLEY & Co.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
DANvILLE. VIRGINIA,

Dear Si% As an evidence OF my appre-
citation of your buggies, which l have been
using for some time in my livery, enclose
orders for more. Very Resp'y,
W. W. New.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

Probably the largest hog in the
United States was lately exhibited at
junction City, Kansas. His length
is 7 feet, girth of neck g. feet, girth
of chest y, gir,h of center s feet,
width across the hips so inches, and
weight 1882 pounds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09
CATARRH
|Sanford's Radical Cure,
Complete Treatment
For $r.oo.

SANFoRD's RADICAL CURE, CATARRHAL|
SOLVENT and IMPROVED INHALER, wrapp-
led in one package, with full directions,
land sold by all druggists for one dollar.
Ask for Saniord's Radical Cure.
From simple cold or influenza to the
rotting, sloughing and death of the
5senses OF smell, taste and hearing, thisj
sgreat remedy is supreme. Poisonous
mucous accumulations are removed, the
5entire membrane cleansed, disiniected,
asoothed and healed, head and voice
Acleared, smell, taste and hearing resi- or
sed and constitutional ravages checked.
sIhus, externally and internally, does
sthis great economical remedy work, in.
istantly relieving and permanently cur.
fling the most aggravated and dangerous
sfOrms OF Catarrh.
General Agents, WEEKS & POTTER,
B Boston, Mass
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

c., ID. s. a p. p. Steamer leaves
ei j., L. & NIB b. S. r.. II Trains run
daily.
No. . Mail runs daily except Saturday
from Huntington to Richmond; daily, Hun.
tington to Williamsons.
No. 4 Express, runs daily from Hun.
tington to Richmond.
No. 9 Accom-. leaves Charlottesville
daily, except Sunday, at 1 45 n. III. and ar
rives ut Richmond at 8 90 a. IN.
No. 81 Mixed leaves Staunton daily,
except Sunday, at 6 90 a. IN. andarrivcsat
Richmond . 80 p. m.
CONWAY Il. HOWARD, VIII. $. DUNN,
G.P. Eng'r &supt.
junrl-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-09

Improvements of the right kind do
not cost any more than those of a
wrong kind,
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nov. 2-lu.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-03-29
How the Late Gear Looked.

Attempts during the last few years have
been made upon the lives of kaisers, kings and
other potentates repeatedly. But hitherto
they have failed. The conspirators have pro-
duced wholesale massacre, but the sovereign
who was the object of the plot has, by mira
Gle, escaped. The bullet from the pistol
swerved aside by the fraction of an inch; the
stab was dealt moment too soon or a mo-
ment too late; the bomb was thrown with a
rash and unsteady hand; the subterranean
mine exploded when the wrong train was pass
ing over the iron way. The Gar had, there.
ifore seemed to carry charmed existence
All that was terrible in death he had indeed
experienced. The agony of heart, the sickness
of soul, and every symptom of impending dis
solution had been with him Throughout the
greater part of his reign. He wore the ex-
his contemporary sovereigns in the absolute
ness of his power, he surpassed them also In the
supremeness of his misery. He knew that, some
day or other, perhaps when he least expected
it, the end would come-that tie air would be
lit up by sudden flash, that the elements
would seem to be convulsed, that great pang
would shoot through his system, that an inter-
val of moaning insensibility would follow, and
that then darkness would be over all. But the
world in general was so habituated to periodi-
cal shocks at the tidings of Ineffective assassi-
nation that it believed the Gar would die in
his bed after the peaceful fashion Of constitu-
tional kings Only tho Gar himself-only he,
with that certain foreknowledge which is
sometimes born of terror, and the men who had
sworn that he should die-knew that this
would not be so.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-03-29
Herbert Spencer in Fortnightly Review.l
Political Form.

Unusual sagacity, skill or strength, habitu-
ally regarded by primitive men as supernatur-
al, may give to some member of the tribe an
influence which, transmitted to successor
supposed to inherit his supernatural character,
may generate chiefly authority subordinating
both that of the other leading men and that of
the mass Or division of labor, such that while
some of the tribe remain exclusively warriors,
the rest are in measure otherwise occupied,
may give to the two superior components of
the political agency an ability to override
the third. Or the members of the third,
keeping up habits which make Co
ercion of them difficult or impossi-
BILE, may maintain general predominance
over the other two. And then the relations
of these three governing elements to the entire
comm unity may, and ordinarily do, undergo
change by the formation of a passive class, ex-
cluded from their deliberations-ac class at first
composed of the women and afterward con-
tanning also the slaves or other dependents.
War successfully carried en-, not only estab-
fishes the passive or non-political class but
also, implying, as it does, subordination,
changes more of less decidedly the relative
powers of these three parts of the political
agency. AS, other things equal, groups in
which there is little or no subordination are
subiugated by groups in which subordination is
greater, there is q tendency to the survival and
spread of groups in which the controlling pow
er of the dominant few becomes relatively
great. In like manner, since success in war
largely depends ON that promptitude and con-
sistency of action which singleness of will
gives, there must, where warfare is chronic, be
a tendency for members of the ruling group to
become more and more obedient to its head,
disappearance in the struggle for existence
among tribes otherwise equal being ordinarily
a consequence of inadequate obedience. And
of societies one by another, repeated and re-re-
peated as they often are, have the effect of OBJ
securing and even obliterating the traces of the
original political form.
The Portland daily press. [volume] (Portland, Me.) 1862-1921, 1881-03-29

Two Boston idols get severe knocks in the
Literary World for March 26, and we rather
wonder at the hardihood which deals them.
One is Thoreau, whose last journal is made
to yield up "a portrait of himself which is
far from attractive. This is perhaps the
first discordant note in the general cho-
rus of admiration which the singular
character and life of the hermit of Concord
have elected. The second idol is The Con-
tributor's Club in the Atlantic Monthly The
article in this case is an unsigned commu-
cation, the writer of which, with ideas as
vigorous as his language, offers to Mr.. Aid
rich, the new editor, some frank advice on
several points, one of which is the scholar
ship Of Mr.. John Fiske. Together these pa
pers are refreshing pieces of independent
criticism