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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23

Republican party to strive to break
the solid south" by the justice
and wisdom of its policys but says
the Boston Post, "when they give
sanction 10 a naked and shameful
crime-when Republican Senators
openly endorse it and a Republican
President dismisses the emissaries Of
population with his blessing and
promises Of aid-we would like to
know why the Republicans should
not be held up TO the full measure Of
their responsibility for their share
in the matter"
The Republicans, since their open
alliance with the Malone repudia.
tors of Virginia, don't dare to look a
Greenbacker in the face-much less
hard money disciples, for they them.
selves see that their policy Of not
paying public debts in any kind of
money is vastly more odious than
the proposition to pay them in gov
eminent greenbacks. The "repudia-
tion villainy" has thrown the "green.
back craze" completely intothe shade.
| ~ -s----
The Gazette thinks that aside from
all party issues, there is a work for
the Democratic party to do, which
the country requires should be thor
oughly done-namely, sto clean out
the Augean stable at Washington
from barn floor to ridge pole, and
thereby rid the government Of the
rank corruption, speculation and
thievery which pervade the entire
civil service"
Now that the Malone party in
Virginia has been victorious a vigor.
Gus application of the principles of
REIMBURSEMENT to the national debt
may be expected.-E s
There is no doubt very large par.
ty in favor of repudiating the Ma
tional debt, in this country, and if
they demand it, the Republican par
ty will be to blame, as they have set
the example in Virginia. e
| Two attempts were made to assas
sinate Guiteau, the murderer of Gar
field, at Washington last Saturday.
He was shot twice, once in the arm
and once in the shoulder. While he
deserves death, yet no one but a COW.
ard would take advantage Of a pris-
oner when he was manacled and in
the custody of officers.
There are 81 counties in West vir.
ginia and newspapers are published
in 46 of them leaving s counties in
the State that have no home papers,
viz: Boone, Clay, Logan, Mcdowell,
Pendleton, Pocahontas, Webster, Wy
oming.
In case of a scarcity of government
bonds as a basis of national bank
circulation, republican institutions
(whose managers are enamored Of
Mahoneism) can supply the vacuum
with the state bonds of Virginia.
The New York Sun gives out that
Chester A. Arthur will be a candi-
date for the Presidency in 1884, and
accordingly notifies Ulysses S. Grant
Of that fact. en ,aa r. F
In seeking to destroy the "solid
South" is not republicanism in dan.
ger Of creating a "hollow North2"
Ramblcs Through Mason.
Editor Register: ga friend in need
is friend indeed" isan old and true
saying, the truth of which your cor
respondent felt very forcibly not long
since, when after the weeks work in
the school room was finished, and l
was ready to start on my rambling
tour, to find that my kind and genial
landlord, Mr.. John 7. Hogg, had
placed his horse and buggy at my
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23

Miss Name Gavin, of Gallipolis, is
visiting friends in this place. She is
the guest Of Miss Mary Miller.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23

The population Of the United
States, ms finally determined by the
last census, is 50,155, 7S3.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23

The above sale is adjourned until Mon
day the 18th OF October, 1881.
HENRY J. FISHER, JR.,
sep. 2l-Sw. Special Commissioner.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23

The New York Sun gives out that
Chester A. Arthur will be a candi-
date for the Presidency in 1884, and
accordingly notifies Ulysses S. Grant
of that fact. tn raa r. f
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23

In case of a scarcity Of government
bonds as basis of national bank
circulation, republican institutions
(whose managers are enamorcd Of
Mahoneism) can supply the vacuum
with the state bonds of Virginia.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23
ADDTTIONAL LOCALS.

Ex-Governor Jacobs has been APP
pointed as one of the Judges of the
First Judicial Circuit, by Governor
jackson, rice Judge Thayer Melvin,
resigned.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23

There are 81 counties in West vir.
ginia and newspapers are published
in 46 of them-loaving s counties in
the State that have no home papers,
viz: Boone, Clay, Logan, Mcdowell,
Pendleton, Pocahontas, Webster, Wy,
oming. +Ef1
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1881-11-23

The above sale is adjourned until We'd
nesday, September 18th, 1881.
HENRY ]. FISHER, JR,
Special Commissioner.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-11

whose property consisted Of number
of small cottages and tenements in an
English county town. He left each of
these houses to its occupant.
England is covered all over with pc
culiar charities, for which there is now
no occasion. and some Of which have
become both injurious and ridiculous.
The oldest church in London. called st.
Bartholomew the Great. has an endow-
ment that seems too absurd for belief.
Every Good Friday the rector is re-
quired to place twenty-one sixpences
in row on a certain grave-stone, from
which they are to be picked up by
twenty-one widows, who shall come
from the church after service. and kneel
by the side of the stone for the purpose.
Another old London church has fund
for giving on every Good Friday
bunch of raisins and new penny to
sixty boys of the Blue Coat School.
Another Good Friday bequest presents
a loaf of bread to n certain number of
the poor of the parish, and bun and
penny or two to the school children.
Hundreds of these eccentric and OBJ
solete endowments could be mentioned,
a large number of which have been in
recent Years abolished or changed by
the court alluded to above. IL is ex-
tremely difficult. and perhaps impossi-
Bile. to leave money for permanent
endowment which will not at least re-
quire modification in one or two GEN.
tcries. Human society is progressive:
no mortal can foresee what men will
need. or think. or do a century hence.
Even in this young country, many en-
dOwments have become useless, if no.
Observation-Disclosures Parton. IN ~ y
Ledger.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-11
Dragging, After All.

People who rebuke paraded goodness
should never tell their own good deeds
unless they are obliged to. One be-
comes ridiculous as reprOver As soon
as he betrays q conceit that he is the
model to be initiated.
They were discussing charity in the
drawing-room, and one Of the gentle
men was inveighing with some sarcasm,
against benevolent folk who make do
nations and have their names published
in the papers.
Nearly all charitable acts.r he says.
eloquently. shave pride and vanity as
their motive. For my part. hate os-
tentation. remember once, when l
was travelling through n section Of the
country where l was not known, came
upon a lonely little way-station where.
in the waiting-rOom, there was fastened
to the wall a contribution-boxf for the
benefit of the sufferers through the re-
cent foundations. There was not soul
there-not person in the neighbor-
hood knew OF my presence or WAS ae-
quainted with my name. and I went and
dropped louis into the box and slipped
away unseen. unknown. Now. sir. what
l contend is that my secret offering was
a more meritorious one. intrinsicaily
considered. than if it had been made on
a public subscription list. with a loud
flourish of trumpets-
You are quite right" says one Of
the by-standers THAT was genuine,
modest charity. and don't wonder that
you brag OF it."-Paris Paper.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-11
PERSONAL AND LITERARY.


"A loan exhibition OF pictures On
Shakespeareau subjects is now open al
Stratford-on-Avon.
With the death Of his son. Sir Perez
Shelley. the poet. will. in common with
Byron. have no descendant of his name
MIR. Gladstone translated .'Roek Of
Ages" into Latin. and it is sung by
monks in many converts on the CONT
nent
MIR. George Bancroft divides his
time pretty equally between his writ
ings. his roses and his horseback exer-
else at Newport. The venerable histo-
rian will be eighty one in October.
1.-THE New Testament for a pep
nv. Is said TO have found already 250.-
900 purchasers in England. The pub
Usher intends to issue French edition
for sou. for circulation in France.
Helen Hunt Mrs. Jackson) left
New England a pale. delicate invalid.
and now in her Colorado home she
weighs POO pounds. She is engaged on
her work concerning the Indians.
-kossuth will finish the third volume
of his memoirs, and will write no more
He has material to extend the works to
twenty volumes. but he will leave it for
his sons to treat as they think hest.
Rose Bonheur. the celebrated artist,
is fifty-eight years old. Not infre-
quently has she been paid for her work
at the rate of $500 a day. Her first
picture was received at the Salon when
she was but nineteen years OF age.
Samuel j. Tilden is said to be the
keenest collector of illustrated books in
America and has collection inferior to
none. 1t includes. to mention one
thing, an Illustrated Milton extended To
six great volumes. with all the plates of
all the great editions from Stothard in
the last century to Dore in this.
President Eliot. of Harvard Col
lege, once said that when he was called
to the head OF that institution he was
neither ID. ID. nor an LII. d., but that
Williams College promptly stepped in
and conferred the latter degree upon
him. President-elect Carter. Of Will
Jams, was in about the same position till
Union College recently gave him tine
longer title.
Carlyle. rs q young man. could not
find n profession. shrinking from the
church. and inclining ratherto the law,
because, as he said, 'no mean COM
pliances are requisite for prospecting in
it." The lack of settled employment
ranked, and in 1921 he wrote to his
brother John: lit is shame and
misery to me at this age to be gliding
about in strenuous idleness. with no
hand in the game of life. where I have
yet SO much to win. no outlet for the
restless faculties. which are up in mu-
tiny and Staying one another for lack Of
fair enemies"
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-11
ECCENTRIC WILLS.

Ine readers of English novels (and il
is from novels that most of us now-a-
days derive our knowledge of other
Repository of wills has been called for
ages Doctors Commons. 1t ha; ceased
to exist. Some time ago. the huge col
lection of wills which it contained was
transported to a newer and larger re.
ceptacle at Somerset House, where am
pie room had been provided for them.
Doctors Commons had been outgrown,
and its precious contents were trans
ferred with as little ceremony as the
carmen Of Wall street convey cart loads
of gold.
This collection of wills. probably the
largest in the world, occupies a range
of rooms two hundred feet in length.
containing several miles of shelves filled
with folio volumes of wills which have
been proved and executed. Wills un-
proved are kept in iire-proof vaults
The business has grown to wonderful
proportions. During the reign of Eliz-
abeth, one very small volume sufliced
for the wills of five or six years; but at
present wills accumulate at the rate of
nine thousand year for London alone;
and, for the whole kingdom, about
twenty-siN thousand.
In this repository are preserved and
shown to visitors the wills of DIR. John
son, Nelson, Pitt. Burke, Wellington,
Milton and Shakespeare That of
Shakespeare, which consists of three
folio pages, is placed under an air tight
frame OF oak and plate glass. have
had the pleasure of looking upon this
interesting relic. The writing looked
small, dim and Grabbed in the not bril-
hantly-lighted room where it was for
merly kept. 1t was drawn, however,
with the greatest care. as if by a tesla.
tor who knew the value of property,
and had maturely considered its distri-
button.
II IS strange thing that some of the
wills which have given rise to the great
est amount of litigation are those which
distinguished lawy ers and Judges have
drawn for themselves. This NAV have
been from carelessness, but, more prob
aDly, from excessive caution. Ii has be-
come so common of late years for i'm
portant wills to be DISPUTED, and to
Deneht no one so much as the LAWYERS,
that men OF large possessions seem dis
posed to avoid making a will, and to let
Their property go as the law directs in
such cases.
An English author has published
rare collection lately of testamentarv
curiosities, most OF which he discovered
in the Search Room of Doctors Com
mons. We find from his work that it is
As difficult to be original in folly as in
wisdom, for there can scarcely be found
an eccentric or ridiculous will which is
unique of its kind. A few years ago,
the gas man of the Walnut street
Theater in Philadelphia. which he had
served for forty-four years. bequeathed
his head TO the theater to be converted
INTO skull, and to be used to represent
the skull of Yorick in the fifth act of
Hamlet, Many other persons have dis
posed OF their heads in similar profess |
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-11
No HAMS LAND"

Who called il so. What acciien:
The wary phrase deVisedf
What wandering fancy thither went,
And fingered there, surprised:
Alb. no mans land. oh. sweet estate,
lllmitably fair
No measure. wall or bar or gate,
Secure ~ sky or air,
No greed. no gain: not sold or bought.
Unmarried by name or brand:
Not d canned OF. nor desired, nor sought
Nor visioned. no mans land.
Suns set and rise. and rise and set.
Whole summers come and go:
And winters pay the summer debt,
And years of west wind blow:
And tarvests of wild seed-times It'll,
And seed and fill again:
And blossoms bloom at blossoms will.
By blossoms overlain:
And day and night, and night and day,
tncounted suns and moons.
BY silent shadows mark and stay
Cnreckoncd nights and Moons:
An, mo mans land" hast thou a lover.
Thy wild sweet charm who sees:
The stars look down: the birds iiy over,
Art thou alone with these?
All. "no mans land" when died thy lover,
Who left no trace TO tell.
Thy secret we shall not discover,
The centuries keep it well,
-ScIribner's Monthly.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-11

If you want to study the immense
variety of the human face in expression
YOU should bend your gaze upon the
mobile counfenance of deaf and dumb
man when he reaches under the plank
walk for lost nickel and picks up 4
humble bee by the stem.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-11

science 10 which they were both de-
voted several professors OF anatomy
have lett their heads or their whole
SKELETONS 10 museums. Inc INDUSTRIOUS
Jeremy nentham pequeatned ms oody
10 De dissected' ana the skeleton may
now De seen IN inc Museum OF Uni
Versity Cohese, LONDON; :,
Quaker physician OF LONDON tired
10 a.ssr,o"se MS oody oy MS WILL Ieav-
ing MS heart 10 one MS lungs 10 an.
otner' ana MS praihS 10 ,niru' all OF
which were 10 De preserved from de-
composition Anu ne auueu:
IN ,hese Gentlemen shall iaii faithfully to
will come. If il should be by any means nos
sibie, and torment them until they shall COM
ply ,;,,o, ,,,. ,h -
70 Jaol;,.. 80. -. rh;s $50,
49, ~, 80 L. oaan,,.;a as $500 "us'
,ha ha,tar 81 NIaaforI NJ IL hn
om re ~" toJ..,n J a,i ' 1T w u
y, f"r J;ssao,;on h. M ~ W Wo,,na,
~, " -. ~ ,oi,cS
anu roi. Ag''>siz' anu oruereu that MS
SKIN saouid DE tanned INTO leather, and
MADE INTO Two drum heads. ms Pc
GUITAR druin ne iet 70 one Oh MS towns-
men drummer Oh hote' on eoh1ition
that' on every anniversary OF the battle
OF bunker Hill, he should ascend that
neiSht at sunrise and beat the tune OF
lanKee Doodle. on one OF the heads
OF the drum was 10 be written ropes
universal PRAYER and on the other the
Declaration OF independence: A great
number OF these bodily wills have been
made, but not So many have been exc
cuted.
Some gentlemen appear to have taken
pride IN leaving extremely short wills.
Inc English millionaire, Cots, wrote
ms Will on hall a sheet o. paper; and,
among other curiOSitieS of this kind in
the London Will Office. there is n will
drawn by merchant who left two mill
ions of dollars IN his wife and children
nv a few lines written on The inside Of a
common enveIone' TIE shortest vii,
perbans- in tbe whole collection wa.
nroved "a late 40 Novemhar Is7s II
consisted of eight words.
.Mrs. smith 10 have all when I die.
This will was found sufficient. An
other testatOr, upon being informed
that it was no matter whether he wrote
his will on paper. parchment, canvas or
wood, chose to write it upon his door;
and after his death his executors were
obliged to have the door taken off its
hinges. and brought into court. 1t is
thing of frequent occurrence for zealots.
whether political or sectarian, to seize
the opportunity which writing their
will presents to give emphatic utterance
to their most cherished opinions. A
Baptist clergyman of ENGLAND. whose
will was proved in 1879, after disposing
of his property, which was considerable, /
INDUCED in most energetic declara-
ton OF his religious belief:
~ desire all posterity to know that william /
i hii was c9nscientious TrinItarian Baptist |
ling 10 he f1nn mn sa,spi Wi .n,an, ~ prn
stone of Popery,, therefore the parent of un.
Dodge City times. [volume] (Dodge City, Kan.) 1876-1892, 1881-08-11
The Lost Boys Brother.


The other day boy about ten years
of age entered the Twelfth Street Police
Station and informed the Sergeant in
charge that his little brother was lost.
How old is he?" asked the officer,
as he prepared to write out a descrip-
ton
"How old? Why, l never asked him
how old he was" was the .stopiska.i
reply.
"Well. what do you think?''
I" guess he's more n half as big as I
am. and ma says she'll tan his jacket
good and stout for getting lost"
"Whats the color of his hair?
"Hair! Less see? l don't believe |
ever took notice. but I've heard the
boys call him 'red-head go to bed >"
I'm put it down red. then. How are
his eyes?''
lone Of 'em squinrs. but 'tother one
is all right"
"Are they blue?''
IL don't know; this is The irst time
he ever lost himself"
ibid he wear q hat or cap?''
~ don't know. He generally goes
around bare headed. and ma SAYS he'll
get sun-struck vet"
'.How was he dressed?"
"Iknow he had on some Clothes"
was the hesitating reply.
docs he wear coats?"
Sometimes"
And pants?'
yes"
"Was he barefOOtedg'
guess So"
"And what is his name?'
"He's got lots of names. but l guess
ma calls him Jimmy most of anything"
''Well. guess well know him."
said the Sergeant, as he laid down his
pen
''Oh, you'll have to know him if he
gets in here. He calls names and
bowls and makes up faces and-you'n
know him fast enough. I'd let him get
lost all he wanted to if l owned him.
but ma seems to kinder want him back
and so ! came TO tell you. Ii YOU have
to lick him while he's here YOU must
bend him over chair and whack him
with horse-radish CRATER. Ma has
tried every other way. and this is the
only one that gives satisfaction. "-Dt-
troit Free Press.
A sailor named Beauvais, twenty
two years Of age, has been convicted
in Paris of Stimulating railway ac-
cidents for the purpose of extorting
money. Ills system was to lean on the
door OF compartment, not properly
closed or partially opened by himself.
and to pretend that his leg was sprained
by falling, or by being pulled IN by mis-
fellow passengers. He would undergo
an examination by the company's doc
tor, simulate great pain. and be awarded
perhaps GO or 100 francs compensation,
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-03-31

EVERY DAIRYMAE SHOULD IMPROVE
HIS STOCK The prudent merchant
Goes not -vrz1+t- to tGl<o- account of
stock, aud strike balance between
cost and sale price of his goods. He
KNOWS that this facts are necessary tor
him 10 determine the proper conduct
OF his business. But IL is not more ur-
gent for his safety than tor the safety
Of the dairymans profits, that he should
know the Individual character of his
COWS. Let every dairy man begin al
once practically TO consider this mat
Ter, and determine upon his plan tor
ImproN ing his dairy. He should first
fix his standard, below which he would
keep no COW. This will require him
70 study the produ ct of his dairy, as he
has not before. He must &c erminc
what amC unit of mi K is required TO
produce a profit, and when hat is de
termined, he will see that 1t is folly 10
keep q COW below that yield OF milk.
lie VIII then strive 20 have all his
COWS reach that standard, and as many
Of them 10 surpass 1t as possible. He
is now on the road to success; let him
steadily pursue IL, anu he VIII soon
possess dairy of cows whose profits
wll be visible TO all beholders
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-03-31

4 compound, by J. NJ. levin,
Paris, said TO possess more explosive
force than all other explosive mater
lals, and which viii not explode when
flame is applied TO IL, or in cOnse-
quence OF an ordinary blow, AuC only
oy means OF u cartridge or capsule,
Consists OF the ingredients given below
III or about the proportions spe citied /;
i. G., nltro-glyceriue, 60 parts; nitrate
of potassium, sodium or ammonia, 10
parts; paluItic acldulated oxide OF
.cetyl (ceGoceum), l part; carbonate OF
lime, / part; hgulne, | past; aud woo d
or animal charcoal Or peat moss
(sphagnum), Ii paris.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-03-31

STARCH PoLIsH.-The old receipt OF
stirring the srarCh with bit OF
candle is not nearly so good, IN the
opinion of an experienced laundress,
is much cheaper plan. She uses
mutton suet instead of wax; it makes
the starch firmer. Before roasting or
boiling your joint OF mutton, cut of
whatever suet you want from it.
Render" 1t in tin cup and set ii
aside In a jar; it Will keep six months
or longer. The fat about the kidney
in hind quarter is the frmest and
best. When you want thick starch for
collars and shirt blossoms, take four
tablespoOnfuls of starch to one quart
Of water, and piece of the clear suet
about the size Of a walnut. This
makes a good quart of starch.
Millheim Journal. [volume] (Millheim, Pa.) 1876-1984, 1881-03-31

WASTE OF MANURE.-It >hnuld be
cardinal principle with every farmer
10 ecouomiEe his manure. Upon 1t de-
De n6s his success, and without it his
lator must, TO very great extent, be
without profit, If not attended with
absolute loss. If 1t Is necessary TO have
lie barn yNrd on hill side, Ii Is
equally nec' airy TO have the lower
aide Of it plo ected by wall or some
o er arrangement by which the escape
IF ! quid mani re may be preVen'ed. 1t
is aim 81 equally important 10 have
spout 10 convey rain wattr II ON the
Icof Of the barn in some other direc-
ton than in MED a'ely through the
barn Y, I'd. Ii is b, d enough that the
heap Should be exposed 10 The rains
Whit faI directly upon it without ad-
diIg TO il the drOppings from the oot
Of the ham. IL such lmprovident
farmers were 10 behold the actual val
ue of the fertiliZing material t'us lost,
rolling from thGlr purse In the shape
OF 6o,lsrs and Ct nts, how energetical-
ly would they labor 10 prevent this
wts.el Tie loss OF single little gold
dollar would stir them up 10 gre ater
activity than the direct waste of
hundred times that of the little gold dol
IAr's value in he foIm Of liquid man.
ure. Year sf er year, silently but
steadily, the golden streams are fow-
lag from tn, ir purses. Tell them OF
their error and they acknowledge, it
Lut rarely does it happen that, being
rtminded Of In = frlt ndly manner, they
make a single etfCrt 10 corIt CT 1t. How
n any are there who, after life ol
steady, uni emitting toll, find them
selves no richer in lal DIS or money than
when they began. They cannot ex-
plain The reason. Other causes may
lave led 10 such disc sIouraging results,
tut n the Grain CT liquid mai ures from
their barnyarGs had been hecktd wheC
they began farming very many Of the Sc
uns uccessful ones would have been as
prosperous as their more prOvident