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Marks Of Character.

The careful observer of individuals
sees character, not in the contour Of
the head alone. or in the lines and
expressions of the face, but in every
movement of the body, in its every
attitude, whether it is in motion or
at rest. The manner in which the
hand grasps tool or makes a ges-
ture is a revelation Of the soul. The
gait shows what manner Of person
each man is; the shape and expires.
sion of the hand and tho foot are as
indicative OF individuality to those
who can interpret the signs as the
lines Of the head and face. In fact,
summing up the entire character,
these must always be taken into ac.
count. The held and face show
what man ought to be, or what he
might be; and these taken with the
indications furnished by other mem
ber> Of the body, chow what he is in,
Eallibly, =
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II Was Al, Right.

Several people were making pur-
chases in Woodward avenue gro.
Gerry yesterday when an old man
with a cane in one hand and a bun.
die in the other stood in the door
and asked:
"Did any of you drive up here in a
wagon?"
eyes, Idid," replied one.
"Was it an old white hoss?"
"Yes."
sand an old woman in the cutter?"
"Yes."
"And can she manage the hoss?'
81 guess she can"
"Then it's all right" said the man
of the cane and bundle. "Thc old
hoss has run away and the old wo'
man is hanging to the dashboard
and yelling murder! with all he'
might, but if she can manage him
there's no use Of anybody getting ex-
cited over it, Let me inquire what
the price Of cranbe-ties is to-day
Free Press.
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A story About senator Malone.


yirginia,s new senatorslect is ply.
sically manin miniature. Mental
.ly, if his opponents are fit judges, be
weighs something like 8 ton; but on
the platform scale he tips the beam
at less than a hundred pounds. In
appearance he is as lean and thin as
d greyhound; and it is doubtful if
his avoirdupois in gross could be
made to yield adipose sufficient TO
lubricate the wing Of humming
bird, The. following pretty good
story illustrative Of his exceeding
leanness is told Of him: During the
late war, while in command Of q
division Of contsderates, he, like
many others, had the misfortune to
be wounded, but, asit happened on
that Occasion, not seriously, An ac-s
IDQuaintance about visit Richmond.
iS6S Ffd dssstsIl @ oil lIaasf'Ie ian
F|efai.s vile iofsis6e plly pose n siseyssl
ing any anxiety she might feel on,
account Of her absent lord by ex.
planning the nature and extent Of
his injury. Colonel - called at
the lady's residence and, as report
goes, found her in tears, she having
already received the news other hus-
bands wounding by Telegraph. The
officer attempted to reassure her by
the statement that the General would
be on duty again in few days, but
without avail.
"Why, madam" he expostulated,
"you ought not to give yourself SO
much concern. He received only a
flesh wound; no bones were injured
"Ah, Colonel" she sobbed, "you--
don't know th'-the General as we'll
as II do, or you wouldn't tell M
me he could be--be wounded with
out strik-striking bonel"
Ofcourss nothing more could be
said, and the messenger withdrew
from the field, leaving the lady un.
convinced.
Soon aitorward the General him
self visited his home, and, it is to be
hoped, succeeded in relieving the
fears of his better half by proving
that it was only a flesh wound, after
all, which he had received Wash
ing,on National Republican.
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told you before, have invited com.
panyto dinner, andit would be some
what awkward 10 have you absent

toiu you before, nave invited com.
panyt todinner, andit would be some
what awkward to have you absent"
Tom, pushing back his scarcely
tasted breakfast, rose from the table
in grim silence and marched off,
without even giving her his usual
goodbye kiss.
apSor Motherlo he said to himself,
and, though he had intended to write
Eatsonce, he put it of. until the last
hing before leaving the Office, hop.
ing for some message from Lita that
might change the tenor Of the an
swer;, but none came, and when at
last be took up his pen he was
sttonglytempted to say that he and
slItfIe Phil would come, but in doing
tEfth he would necessarily make Lila
sesuS at fatIlt 81. using as ah en-
cise the fact sthat his VI hat. made
F6thsf aFrahs sealsifts hen ibsi:
tation was received, he expressed his
hearty regret and promised to drop
in 10 see her as soon as practicable.
"Poor Motherl" he said again, as
he dropped the letter into the lamp
post. "she will be SO disappointed!''
And could Lita have peeped into
the old home the next day, perhaps
she too would have said "Poor Moth
er!" for Toms letter, owing 10 his
having, in his preoccupied state Of
mind, directed it to the wrong mum.
Der, did not come to hand until din
ner was ready to be served, and sit.
ting down alone, with those empty
seats staring.at her-Tom's own high
chair, that he had used when baby,
waiting for little ~Phil-the Widow
could not keep back the tears. She
had so longed to see them all, and
especially "her boy"
"Just for one look from his dear,
brave eyesl" she sighed that evening,
as she stood gazing at Toms portrait.
From the little easal beside it Lita's
girlish face smiled up at her.
"0h! Tom! Tom! did not think
she could be so cruel!" she said, sor.
rowfully, "to rob poor old mother
of her only boy"
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Ioally and declaring that little Phil

lOdiJ anu ueClHtiuS that lltlle IHll
had been "stole."
"Shure an he was stsndin' fornint
me, lookin' in at the windy at the
wee Christmases; an whin l turned
meself to speake to him, he was
nowheres to be sane. An, sez /, the
saints bless the darlintl He's wint
inside SO walks in meself, think.
in loike as not he was at some o the
counters, but niYer sight could |
catch of the charub, though | went
! from one end Of the store 10 the other.
And whin / comes out, there was an
ould Teddy, (shure, an she had the
look Of a Teddy, Nom, bad as she isl,
jest alightin, into her kerridge, wild
II-the,darlent in her arms. May The
RIsSsea Margin save himl An safore
Ic9dld spake, the driver was off like
I ssssher anint the wind; m ghin i
Isssseslslai thn uh pm
fora thais, liS, js dang ! 90 i1e
face, Och! shure, an / wish I was
dead, Nom, ruther than have the
bad tidin's.for yeas. Yeas kin bate
me to a jilly, if ye loikes, an, III not
say niver word"
But her mistress sat looking at her
with afrightened face, tooverwhelm.
ed to speak or act. Tom had disap.
peared before the girl had half.fnish.
ed her stery,and was already telegrph-
ing in every direction that saddest
of messages, GA child lost" Instinc,
lively his heart turned to his moth,
er. "But why trouble her?' he said
to himself. 1t would be time enough
to tell her when the suspense was at
an end, in whatever way the end
might come. II
Late in the evening, Lita, watch.
ing for him in state bordering on
frenzy, was startled by sharp peal
of the bell.
"shure an its telegraph, Nom.
praps you'k tell bv the writin'
who its from" said Maggie, hurrying
in with the inevitable yellow wrap
per. The mistress tore it open with
quaking hands. "Qnick, Maggie!
Put on your shawl and come with
me-" she cried. And tell Bridget to
tell Mr.. Raymond that we have gone
to Mothers" And half an hour Ia
ter they were at Mrs. Raymond's
door.
What words of reconciliation pass,
ed between his mother and his wife
Tom never knew; but when at mid
night he walked in, wan and hag-
gard, he found them sitting hand in
hand, watching with troubled faces,
little Pills uneasy slumbers. He
was too overweight to trust himself
to speak; but, going down on his
knees, he put his arms about them
both and the three wept together.
During the anxious days that fol-
lowed, while Nature was knitting to.
gether the poor little broken bones
in the baby arm, a knitting together
of hearts was also in progress, and
by the time the child was pronounc.
ed "out Of danger" Mrs. Raymond
had found daughter and Lita a
mother.
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Local notices IS cents per line, first insertion.
All advertisements for shorter time than three
months, considered transient.
Transient advertisements must bs paid for in ad.
vance. to insure insertion.
Yearly adyersemensp payable half yearly in advance
Legal publications must'be paid for, in all cases, be-
fore the delivery Of the certificate Of publication
Personal publications. and those recommending can.
didateS for ONCE charged regular advertising rates
Marriage and Death notices. published free; but OBJ.
i;uaries and tributes Of respect, charged half the
usual advertising rates
Announcements for Office, for county, S. 90; State
nd District, $40 90; on regular ticket, $40 90.
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Goodbye.

Tervently, faltcringly, tearfully,
how many times it has been said,
since they went out of Egypt, of old.
There is tone in the word, like the
tone Of an evening bell a great way
of, very sweet but very sad. "Fare-
we'll" may do as a harmony for "knell"
and ",ell;;" there may be something
Il little grander about it but then
goodbye" is dear, homely word,
that we must all keep in the holne-
stead, for 50 it is ordained but only
used in its full significance three or
four times in the course Of life.
And all it meuus is good going,
single Saxon wish; but what more
cnn we say, what matter if we could;
Were "adieu' only our tongue; if
ouly we had heard it when we we'e
Young; if our dear old mothers had
said il, and knew precisely what it
meant, "adiea' would be the word,
for in its to God is comprised Every,
thing we can do, whose arms Of love
cannot encircle the world
Az a wedding the other day, one Of
the guests, who is often a little ab.
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A ttorncy Mt Law, Poin, Pleasant, West Virginia
Il Practices in the Courts Of Mason county, the
Court Of Appeals Of West Virginia and the United
States District Court for this State Prompt attention
given to the collection Of claims. Office near the Court
House jan, as ISSo-Iy.
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| |

One black afternoon, some two
weeks after the dinner, Mrs. Ray,
mond, Senior, had just stepped from
shop, with her arms full Of
bundles, when she heard glad little
voice shouting, Gamma G'an'mam
"Why, Phil, you darling" she
cried, springing toward the boy, but
before she could reach him q horse,
Of which the driver had lost control,
dashed upon the sidewalk, and the
next instant the childish figure lay
bruised and senseless on the pave.
ment.
"Give him to mel" cried Mrs. Ray.
mond, dropping her bundles and
snatching the little fellow from the
stranger who had taken him up.
The crowd pressed about her, some
full of solicitude, others simply curl
Gus.
"What could they do for her?'
"Was tho child seriously injured?'
"Would she have Garage ordered?"
But she did not seem to hear them.
"Permit me, Madam, said a tall,
elderly man, who was. evidently a
physician; and, bending down, he
passed his hands carefully over the
inanimate form.
"Not fatally hurt, / think" be said,
"but his arm is broken. Take him
home and have it set as quickly as
possible. v"
Her own carriage was in waiting
on the opposite side Of the street, and
the stranger having summoned it
and lifted her, in with the boy still
in her arms, she directed the driver
to lose no time in reaching home.
at would take SO much longer to
carry him to Toms" she said to
herself, and then for the first time
she wondered how it happened that
the child should have been on the
street alone.
Where was Lita? Where was the
nurse? She must telegraph to Tom
at once.
Fortunately, her physician was
her next,door neighbour, and fortu
nately, too her, they found him in
Once or twice the child had opened
his eyes; but only to close them with
a moan.
"Poor little man! He has beer
pretty badly shaken!" said the doc
tor. "And am afraid he won't b,
able to hold up his head again very
soon. He must be kept quiet as pos
sible." And Mrs, Raymond, hearing
it, could not help feeling in spite o
her sorrow and anxiety, thoroughly
glad that since the accident had hap
pcned, she had the darling under he
own roof, where no one could hindei
her from caring for him.
At Toms meanwhile, the house
was in sstatc of woful alarm, Maggie
the nurse, having made her appear
ance some two hours after tho timc
~. L.. 49,.
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j. A. GIBBONS,

A TToRNEY AT LAW, Point Pleasant, Yves, v,r.
a eina, will practice in the u S. District Court, in
the State Supreme Court and the Circuit Courts Of the
9Th Judicial District. Office in the Cour, House.
mCh 25-Iy.
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KNIGHT s. COUCH,

A ttofncys at Law, will practice in the counties Of
a Mason and Putnam, Address Z. b. Knight a,
Charleston, West Virginia. or James H. Couch, Jr at
Point Pleasant, West Virginia EO-Mr. Couch is a No.
,ary Public for Mason county
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JOHN W. ENGLISH,

VVEIN w fs.TVIsIoIII
ttorney Mt Law, will practice in the Courts Of Ma.
Il son, Putnam and Jackson and in the Court Of Ap.
peals of West Virginia Address Point Pleasant, Mason
county, West Virginia Ijan 3, iS70-iy
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AT wedding the other day, oneof
the guests, who is often a little ab.
sent, observed grayely, u have re-
marked that there are more women
than men ulsrtied this wear
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The Weekly Register,
Published Every Wednesday Morning, by
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New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-01
A MEMQRARLE YER.

The wear 1880 has been one of enormous
business, of great advancement in industry
and the arts, of remarkable general prosperity,
and of signal triumph, both here and in
Europe, of those political principles which
promote the prosperity of nations. In this
country the crops have been extraordinary /;
in Europe, generally good, excepting in Russia
and in Ireland. Thru1ghOut the Western
World there has been an increase in commerce
and expansion of industry, in comparison with
the year 1879; but America has enjoyed q
larger share of the Improvement than Europe,
and the United States O larger share than
any other part OF America.
The splendid triumph Of public virtue and
of free institutions, in the late Presidential
election, was in part due TO the prosperity
which the country has enjoyed nnce resump.
ton of specie payments. That triumph makes
the year 1880 memorable in the history Of
this country. It will prove, let us hope on
the threshold of new year, the beginning OF
O new era In the politics OF the United States,
With 1880, the controversies and the sectional
divisions which the civil war has left behind
ought to be forever terminated. There ought
heneeforthTto be no question as to the main
teDance of equal rights for oil, or public faith,
or sound currency, nor any question as to
the supremacy Of the National Government.
In other words, there ought henceforth to be
no Solid South, united in resistance to just
National laws, in opposition to equality Of
civil and political rights, and in hostility to
the stTictest maintenance of public faith.
When the people of the South turn their at
tenti0u To their own true interests, and gov
ern their political action, not by the passions
and rrejudices inherited from o dead past,
but by On intelligent desire for their own
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-01

We noted in yesterdays TRIBUNE the fact that
Mr. Roswell Smith. who, with DR.. Holland and
Charles Scribner. sr 1870, established the joint
stock company of Scribner Sc Co.. has by purchase
of shares from DR.. Holland now become the owner
of controlling interest In the concern. We learn
that Dr. Holland has since parted with nearly all OF
his remaining shares. and. while retaining the cdr
torsp of Scri5Rer's and nominal amount OF stock,
with the old year will virtually retire from the
ownership in favor Of Mr.. Roswell Smith twho has
always been the business manager Of the company,
Mr.. R. w. Glider, associate editor Mr. A. w. Drake
manager of the art department. and others OF the
younger men who have been active in building up
the business of the company. Messrs. Charles
Scrlbners Sons still retain their minority interest
The leading publications of the firm which thus
receives an infusion of fresh blood are Scrto"eTs
Monthly 81. Nicholas, the magazine for girls and
BOYS. Songs Tor the Sanctuary" Spiritual Songs
for Church and Choir" and Spiritual Songs for
the Sunday School,"
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-01
OFFER NO TENPTA TrOv

In many of the best houses of this city Philadel-
phia and Washington we understand that no intox-
icatng drink of any kind will be offered to callers TO-
day. The time has beea that woman, 10 matter
how high her social rank would not have dared with
hold liquor from her guests New Years Day at the
risk of being considered inhospitablc or mean. But
the example having been set by certain leaders
of fashion here, and Mrs Hayes and the ladies Of
the Cabinet in Washington. any hostess can Get her
table with only coffee and lemonade, with the pleas
ant consciousness that she Is doing tho fashionable
az we'll as the right thing The surprise only lie that
refined women who. if not Christians, were at least
wives and mothers, so long persisted In yearly set
ting before miscellaneous crowd Of mon the worst
of temptations.
A woman can probably plead sometimes that she
can place wine and brandy on her dinner
table confident, as she knows them person
ally that 1t will do no harm to any Of her guests
But In the throng that pass In and out OF her doors
to-day, many Of them nero boys making their first
venture into society, what does she know of their
habits or temptationsf To many, from purely phys
ical reasons the iJuor she Offers Is a. Irresistible
and fatal IN Ia effects as cold to tho weak lungs
OF q consumptive. What does abe know Of the
mother who has seen her boy set out th.s morning
with sick heart and almost hopeless prayersa We
set aside the smaller though no less cogent obiec
ton of the real vulgsrtty Of the practice, The
spectacle in tho close of tho day Of hilarious gronpi
of drunken men staRSeTina under the effect Of
New-York tribune. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1866-1924, 1881-01-01

PERSONAL.

service in memory of DR.. Chaplin is 10 be held In
the Independent Christian Church, at Gloucester to.
morrow.
Mr. Eugene Schuyler. American representative al
Bucharest has had private audience with Prince
Charles at which he presented letter from Presi.
dent Hayes congratulating the Prince upon the In.
dependence of Roumania.
Mr. Reuben Springer, of Cincinnati, indulged 10
Christmas gifts of unusual size he gave United
States bond for thousand dollars to each of eight
charitable institutions in his city each OF the faith
full servants IN his household also received Sl,OOO
Count Harry Won Arnim who is now at Nice. is
very feeble and nearly blind. 1t has been at last
decided by the Court of First Instance at Berlin to
grant him suspension of punishment for six months.
The poor old man will probably therefore see his
native land again before he dies.
NJ. Emile de Grardin is about to retire at the age
of seventy eight from public life, and has written
letter of farewell TO his constituents. He EXPORTS
them to make the best of the Constitution, which
could not be changed Tor many years Wltn0ut RISK
OF revolution.
President Hayes was so pleased with the
White House china, made by the Haviiands that
he ordered large number of extra dishes, and the
set now includes nearly thousand pieces. The
President is bout to give dinner to the Inter-
national Sanitary Conference, and the entire ses
will be nsed for the first time.
The marriage of the Car to his second wife took
place at the Chateau of TsarskoeSelo, in the pres
ence of Count Alexander Ad;erberg General Ryteef.
Che most intimate friend OF the Car. Count MIlin-
tine. Minister of War, aud General Loris Melikof
The bride now wears the title of Princess Yourev--
which is one of the titles belonging to the RomaDof
family.
Mr. Froude has been giving in curious words soma
idea of his position in regard to religion. He has
not apparently much love for DIR. Newman.
cannot" says Mr.. Froude, like the sow that was
washed return to waow in repudiated superstition.
If | am to be edited, on the other hand. must
know what is true III religion; and do not care
about negatlOns."
When Colonel Prejevalsky the Russian explorer
who has Just returned to Onsk after two years of
dangerous exploration in Chinese Mongolia, asked
permission of the Grand Lama of Lhassa to enter
his territory the whole population became panic
stricken The people believed that his only object
was the abduction of the Grand Lama aud the de-
struction of Buddhism " 1t is very droll, but 1t is
true" tho explorer afterward wrote, " that twelve
Europeans had been able to strike terror to the
hearts of those before whom the populations of two
hemlspheres bow themselves! 1t is Impossible Tor
me to give expression to the regret with which L
fetraced my steps. May other traveller, more
happy than |, pursue nv discove ries in ASIA"
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calendars through each term, there would be a
sensible relief of their duty from the single
fact that temptation to litigate for time would
be stopped.
The committees report adduces facts to
show that the accumulation of business ID
really attributable to the inadequacy OF the
system established in 1916 to meet the in
creased demands of 1880. The amendment
which Is proposed will, if adopted, authorize
the Legislature to provide for two additional
Supreme Court Judges in each of the Districts
numbered one, five, seven and eight, add OF
one additional Judge in each of the other
four Districts, making an addition OF twelve
Judges in all. These Judges will be elected
by tie people substantially as are those now
in ofirn