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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15
saving the Train.


The usual crowd Of autumn liars
were gathered together in the store,
occupying all the grocery seats-..the
only gross receipts that the proprie-
tor took no pride in-wheu little
bleareyed, weazen.fated individual
sneaked in by the back door, and
SUNK into dark corner.
"That's him" said the ungramati.
cal hummer with greet patch over
his left eye. a
."Who is itH" asked several at once.
"Why, the chap who saved train
from being wrecked" was the reply.
"Come, tell us about It," they de-
manded, as the small man crouched
in the darkness, us If unwilling that
his heroic deed should be brought out
under the glare of the blazing kero-
sene lamp.
After much persuasion he began:
ut was just such night as this
bright and clear-and / was going
home down the track when, right
before me, across the rails, lay agreat
beam. There it was. Pale and gbast-
ly as a lifeless body, and light as it
appeared, l had not the power To
move it. A sudden rumble and roar
told me that the night express was
laundering down and soon would
reach the fatal spot. Nearer and
nearer it approached till, just as the
cow.catcher was about lifting me,
sprang aside, placed myself between
the obstruction and the track, and the
train few On unharmed."
The silence was so dense for d ttios
ment that one might have heard q
dew drop. Presently somebody said:
What did you do with the beam7"
81 didn't touch it," he replied;
''but it touched me-"
"Well, persisted the ques,ioner,
"if you couldn't lift it, and didn't
touch it, how in the dickens did the
train get over it?"
"Why, don't you see?" said the sad
faced man, as he arose fron his seat
and sidled toward the door. qThe
obstruction was d moonbeam, and 1
jumped so that the shadow of my
body took its place, and"
Bangl flew a ham against the door;
and if it had struck the body of the
retreating hero there would have
been q, much bigger grease.spot fres-
coed on the panel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15
Words of Wisdom.

Friendship is a cadence of divine
melody melting through the heart.
Nothing from mans hands, nor law
nor constitution, can be final. Truth
alone is final.
The best society and conversation
is that in which the heart has
greater share than the headi
To be able to bear provocation is
an argument Of great wisdom; and to
forgive it, of great mind.
When men are friends there Is no
need of justice; but when they are
just, they still need friendship.
If a man have love in his heart, he
may talk in broken language, but it
will be eloquence to those who listen.
We see farthest into The future
and that is not far-when we most
carefully consider the facts Of the
present. rs
The conqueror is regarded with
awe, the wise man commands our es-
teen, but it is the benevolent man
who wins our affection.
Those with whom we can appar.
emily become we'll acquainted in u
few moments are generally the most
difficult to rightly know and under.
stand.
1t is one Of the severest tests Of
friendship to tell your friend of his
faults. Ifyou are angry with man
or hate him it is not hard to go to
him and stab him with words; but so
to love man that you cannot bear
to see the stain of sin upon him, and
to speak painful truth, through loy-
ing words, that is friendship. But
few have such friends. Our enemies
usually teach US what we are at the
point Of the sword.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15
ROsA's REVENGE.

NN w ySa iSeAiJ AhSuu ~; hi
Brabazon?"
Rosa Dale was standing in the il.
Illuminated archway of the autumn
woods, her bright braids of hair pier.
ced by one or two wandering sun.
beams, her dimpled child-face framed
in, as it were, by sprays Of red.vein.
ed autumn leaves, while her apron
was full of the glistening brown
chestnuts which she had picked up
John Brabazon leaned against the
tall, smooth trunk of the birch tree
and looked at her with 4 lazy, lux
urious sense of artistic beauty enter,
ing into his mind as he gazed.
"Of course | mean it," said he.
'But | am only twelve years DID,"
cried'Rosa, flinging back the sunny
tendrils of hair that hung over her
forehead.
"You are exactly twelve times as
lovely as any of the city bellies that
congregate hereabouts, said Mr.. Bra.
bacon, striving to conceal Il yawn.-
"Aud if they think | am engaged
don't you see2-lhere will be some
probability of their leaving of perse-
cutting me-"
"Well!" said Rosa, every dimple
coming shyly out on lip and cheek
as she stood there.
'lt is to be Il compact, eh?" said
Mr.. Brabazon.
Rosa nodded her fair little head.
"But," she questioned rather dubi-
ously, "where is the ring?"
"The-wh&l"
"The engagement ring, Mr.. Braba
zon," exclaimed Rosa, reproachfully.
Don't you know there's always Il
ring in the novels? And most gen
orally it's Il diamond"
"1f you'll believe me-" said Mr..
Brabazon, tragically, 81 never
thought Of the ring. But here's a little
opal that used to be my mothers,
hangi ng ON my watch chain. Won't
that dU?"
Rosa held out her brown finger
while he fitted it on.
"Iou-you haven't kissed me YETI"
she said, when this ceremony was
complete. "Lovers always kiss their
fancesl"
Mr.. Brabazon laughed.
Come" said he, this is getting
serious. But here's the kiss, before
the rest of the chestnut party get
back. And, mind, this is to be a
profound secret between you and me"
Rosa ran back home with vague
sensation Of mysterious delight, and
thought how nice Mr.. Brabazon look.
ed, all the time she was munching
her roasted chestnuts; and Mr.. Brab
azon himself took advantage of the
little joke to proclaim himself an en-
gagged man. Nor is it an exaggera-
tion to say that the young ladies
were genuinely disappointed.
sit must be recent thing said
Kate Kennedy, tossing her head,
"Oh, quite recent" acknowledged
Mr., Brabazon.
Glove at sight2" asked Miss Day.
"N.no, not exactly" said Brabazon
"ln fact, | may say that | have ad
mlred the young lady since her In
fancy"
"What a delightful enigmal" said
Belle Vernon, looking anything but
delighted. "But of course, Mr.. Brab,
azon, you'll tell US her name?"
81 am pledged to secrecy" said the
engaged man, solemnly.
And when he left the mountain
notch in the late autumn, and forgot
all about the wild little woodland
sprite who climbed the trees and
pelted him with chestnuts, waded
with brown, dimpled feet in the
toamy waters of the glen torrent, and
conducted him so mysteriously to the
barn chambers to show him her emp
ty birds nests, butterfly wings and
diamond bright pebbles, how was he
to know that she remembered thu
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

They say if you hold your thumb
tightly over the muzzlc of a gun you
may fire the gun and the bullet won't
be made to hit your thumb. We ac.
ceptthe truth Of this statement at
once. We don't propose to try the
experiment just to gratifyan ephe-
neral curiosity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

The little boy of Ashland, Ncbras
ka, who tied cows halter about his
waist while he was leading the ami
NAL to water will not do SO any more.
His name was Hinchley.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

A lawyer recently lost a bride in a
peculiar way. He appeared at the
wedding, but on being called to the
ceremony, from sheer force Of habit
protested that he was not ready to
proceed and demanded delay. And
so the bride got mad and shipped
him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

Excess of ceremony shows want of
breeding. That civility is best which
excludes all superAuous lormality.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

The virtue of man ought to be
measured, not by his extraordinary
exertions, but by his everyday con.
duct.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15
"she WAS yery lovely,o said the

in q newly summoned gondola, whose
picturesque oarsmen were more to be
relied upon than their predecessors
Mr.. Brabazon asked permission to
call at the consulate, to inquire how
she was, in the course of day or two
and Miss Barony accorded the per.
mission as a young queen might
have done.
Miss Barony wis young, beautiful
and piquant; Mr.. Brabason, whose
life had been nearly badgered out oi
him by the caprices, exactions and
varying temper of the late Lady Hell
en-, was charmed by her sunny bril-
lance; and at a months end he came
to Mr.. Barony the United States con.
sui, to ak permission To press his suit
with his niece.
Mr., Barony looked curious.
"Didn't you know2" said he. "She
is engaged
Engaged" repeated Mr.. Braba.
zon, his heart seeming to turn to q
lump'o ice within him.
"Quite IN old affair | believe" said
the consul. "But perhaps You had
better see my niece herself about it.
I'll give her ybur message, She can
decide to suit herself"
Miss Barony was prettier than ev
er, in her cool muslin dress and pale
blue ribbons, as she sat among the
jassamines and pomegranates Of the
consulate reception-room the next
day to receive Mr.. Brabazon. He had
speech carefully prepared, wherein
all the nominatives and subjects
were carefully balanced and the ex.
act words stationed in their exact
places, but he forgot it all &t the fair
vision Of her perfect lovelinoss, and
could only stand helpleSsly before her
and say:
"Nliss Barony, love you!"
$50 you have been driven to con,
fess it at last" said Mss Barony, "af.
ter all these yea'sW
al don't understand you," said Mr..
Brabazon.
"You have forgotten me-" said
Rosa.
"rhat would be impossible" assev,
Grated Mr.. Brabazon, earnestly.
"But it's the fact" said she. 81
am little Rosa Dale who was engaged
to you under the chestnut trees at
Amber Hill nearly nine years ago,
and here is the engagement ring
holding up slender golden hoop
with an opal glimmering in its CEN
ter "No, I'm not at all surprised
you didn't recognize me. | was a
child then-I am woman now.-
And after my parents death, When
Uncle Barony adopted me, | took
his name instead of my own. But
never have quite gotten over the
pang of bitter jealously that pierced
my baby heart when you were mar
ried to Lady Helen Hartford"
"But dare | hope" began Mr.. Bra
bacon, "that you still care u little for
meP know it seems like presump.
ton, but"
"Yes, you may hope," whispered
Rosa, halflaughing, half-cryIhg. 81
do care for you-more than little" "
The consul gave them his blessing.
at was she herself that told me to
say she was engaged" said he, pat,
ting Rosa's head. Little puss! she
is always full Of her mischief"
81 wanted to be revehgcd," said
Rosa. "But | have quite forgiven
my false lover at last"
"Have you no love for the beauti'
ful, then?" queried she in winsome
tones. "N-n.o, but l think l should
have if | only dared" "Have cour-
age, young man." "Oh! l wasn't
thinking Of you, at all, l." But
she hustled out Of the room, hating
herself for having sprung the trar
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

In Great Britain there is a sheep
on every acre and one.third of cult.
waited land. In this country there
is an average of but one sheep on
thirty.four acres.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

The young man who wants to look
tony this winter will have to get
something different from an ulster.
A red and white blanket, buttoned
under the chin, would attract atten-
Lion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

"Have you no love for the beauti-
full, then?" queried she in winsome
tones. Nm 0, but | think l should
have if | only dared" "Have cour-
age, young man." "Oh! l wasn't
thinking Of you, at all, l." But
she hustled out Of the room, hating
herself for having sprung the trap
too soon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-11-15

There is a rumor that fashionable
ladies are now tinting the tips of
their ears with pink, and fash
ion paper takes occasion to conde mn
it. Why shouldn't they do it as long
as the men tint the tips Of their noses?
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-27
Troeless Regions.

The steppes Of Asia are the grand
est Of all in extent and perhaps thl
most varied in character; for not onli
are the vast areas of that nearly leve
and treeless country which lie alonl
the northern and northwestern side d
all the great central elevated mass Of
that continent usually designated a
steppe, but large part Of that centrg
region itself is described under tha,
name by recent eminent biographies
authorities, so that we may include In
the various forms of steppe existing ii
Russia and Central Asia the grass
covered plains of the lower regions
and the almost entirely barren valley
lying between the various mountain
ranges which are piled up over so large
a portion of high Asia. Absence Of
trees is the essential feature in both
the "steppe" and the "high steppe,'
as these regions have been and may
perhaps with propriety be designatedI
but the lower regions are in large part
well covered with grass, and suitable
for occupation by pastoral people, de-
pendent chiefly for the means of suste-
nance on their flocks and herds,
while the higher valleys are almost
uninhabitable, very sparsely covered
with a scrubby vegetation, and both
too cold and too dry to offer any at
fractions except to the adventurous
geographical explorer, who has still
much to accomplish on the great
plateau Of high Asia before its topog-
raphy and natural history will have
been anything like satisfactorily made
out, even in their most general fea-
lures. The vastness of the area which
may be designated as a steppe on the
Asiatic continent is almost overwhelm-
ing. Nearly half of the 100000
square miles which Asia covers is es-
sentially treeless region, and perhaps
a half of that half belongs to the high
steppe division, in which cold and
dryness are the predominant character
istics. From the fact that the steppes
Of Russian Asia have been longer
known and more written about
than any others in the
world, the term steppe has been
most ordinarily applied to similar
UA CcNo III OOllSl NOll1lbl1COs Lll1o 10 Co-
pecially the case because such a use of
the word has been sanctioned by Hum
boldt, who was the first to draw popu-
lar attention to this variety of surface
as feature of Importance in physical
geography. In North America, where
the treeless regions occupy so large an
area, and where many of the physical
conditions so closely resemble those
prevailing on the Asiatic continent, the
use of the term steppe has never been
among the people. Here, in
fact, the character of the surface and
of vegetation over it, as
well as its Genealogical peculiarities,
have all been more satisfactorily and
fully made out than in Asia, in spite of
the fact that the latter country has
been so much longer an object Of sci
entific study.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-27
HEALTH HINTS.

A sun-bath is ready remedy for
rheumatism.
Health should be the rule, and sick
ness the exception, in human life.
No sick person ever gets wen until
the weakest organ in the body is made.
healthy.
Air is food. To have good health
human beings should live more in the
open air.
Those who are sick have added to
their sickness by the poisons they have
taken incidentally.
To treat sprains give the affected
part rest and apply warm fermenta
tions. If Inflammation has set in put
on leeches and cooling applications,
which may be removed at intervals
when necessary. When the inhamma-
tion subsidies use friction and stimu-
lating liniments or pOultices made Of
bread, vinegar and water.
An excellent medicine is sunshine.
The world requires more of it, morally
and physically. 1t is more soothing
than morphine, more potent Than pop
pies. 1t is good for liver complaint,
for neuralgia, for rheumatism, for
melanchOly-fOr everything. Make
your rooms sunny and cheerful; build
your house so as TO command the san
light all day long.
Low vitality may result from anx-
iety, watching, over-work, intemper-
ance, vice or from a lack of adequate
nourishment. High health offers little
lodging-place to the germs Of disease,
somewhat as the seeds of weeds find no
room in a well-cultiyated grass field.
Low health opens a chance at almost
every point. Few things, however, so
let down the system as insufficient or
improper food and want of Sleep
DR., Foote'S Health Monthly.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-27
JefrersOn's Monument.

The new monument granted by
Congress to mark the grave of Thomas
Jefferson, at Monticello, Va, will be
shaped in accordance with memo
randum found among the papers of
the deceased. 1t will consist of a Gu
bical die of granite four feet square,
on which is set a granite obelisk about
eleven feet in height, the whole stand
ing on granite platform, composed of
two stone steps, each nine inches in
height. The height of the monument
will be eighteen feet. The following
inscription, in sunken letters, will be
put upon the obelisk:
ssssssss.sss..s-. -sssssss......
(: Here was buried Thomas Jefferson, author Of:
the Declaration Of American independence, Of.
the statute of Virginia for religious freedom:
and father Of the University of Virginia.
s.ssssssss.sss sssss.s.ss..
On the die will be inscribed:
Born April 2, 174s, o. S. Died July 4, 1926
These words were penned by the
great statesman for his epitaph.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-27
How the Chinese Make Dwarf Trees.

We have all known from childhood
how the Chinese cramp their women's
feet and so manage to make them
keepers-at-home; but how they grow
miniature pines and oaks in flower
pots for half century has always
been much of a secret. They aim
first and last at the seat of vigorous
growth, endeavoring to weaken it as
much as may be consistent with the
preservation of life. Take a young
plant-say Seeding or cutting Of
cedar-when only two or three inches
high, cut off its tap-root as soon as it
has other rootlets to live upon, and re-
plant it in an earthen pot or pan. The
end of the tap-root is generally made
to rest on a stone within it. AlluYial
clay then put into the pot, much of
it in bits the size of beans, and Just
enough in kind and quantity to furnish
scanty nourishment to the plant.
Water enough is given to keep it in
growth, but not enough to excite a
vigorous habit. So, likewise, in the
application of light and heat. AS the
Chinese pride themselves on the shape
of their miniature trees, they use
strings, wires and pegs and various
other mechanical contrivances to pro-
mote symmetry Of habit o. to fashion
their pets into odd, fancy figures
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-27
A Remarkable Cow.

A Kentucky cow, raised on the farm
If Erastus Ellsworthgof East Wind
sor Hill, has a remarkable record. On
April 16, 1877, she gave birth to twins,
one male and one female; and March,
l6, 1873, she gave birth to triplets, two
males and one female, making five
calves in eleven months and three days;
on July 9, 1879, she gave birth to twins,
both males; on October 2, 1880, she
gave birth to triplets, two males and
pne female, making ten calves in three
years, five months and twenty-one days.
The calves have all been of good size,
healthy and handsome, and have all
been raised on the farm.
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-27
I" CHIPS"

Chips was hungry. Well, there was
nothing remarkable in this, at least to
Chips, as he was often hungry. His
bill of fare for the day ran thus: For
breakfast, one bone, with crusts; din
ner, nothing; supper, ditto; dessert,
moralizing reflections. You see, the
remarkable fact would have chaneed
had he not been hungry.
When Chips was thus carnivorously
disposed he became exalted in rank,
the height of his position depending
upon the keenness of his appetite. If
he was moderately hungry, he was a
lord; if hungrier, he became duke; at
the very hungriest-a prince.
At this epoch he was a prince.
When in this state Prince Chips
often held imaginary conversations
with invisible individuals, wherein he
was expected to be answering such
questions as "Will your lordship deign
to partake Of this salad2" or, "Win
your royal highness condescend to ac-
cept this mutton?" with the general
answer, spoken in all complaisance,
"No, thank you, my good fellow, 1
have sufficiently dined."
Chips palace overlooked the sea-
being at the foot of Liberty street.
1t was large-for Chips; moreover, it
was well ventilated. "Well," solilo-
quized Chips, "folks needs fresh air in
winter as well as summer, an when
they wants things to keep they allus
put 'em in the cold" And again: "a
Teller might growl, but Old Jack
wouldn't let up on his toes all the
same" In addition to being prince
Chips was also philosopher. Every
morning his royal highness emerged
from his palace with his implements Cf
trade-his box and brushes. "a primo Q
blacldng boots p you exclaim, in won
der. Well, why mott When it pleases
our noble lords of the present day TO
metamorphose themselves into stage
drivers cannot a prince, with equal
right, be bootblackP Every evening
he returned to his palace and bed of
straw. "Strawl" you cry. Well, why
not again? A few centuries ago royal
personages received visitors of state
sitting upon rushes 1t was merely a
revival of ancient customs. Chips was
not "to the manor born," that is, he
had not always rejoiced in a title
HaSncould remember a time once
he had slept under q
id washed his face
al off? Oh, very far OF; down
dong the shadows Of that strange
distant past he could dimly trace I
The Forest Republican. [volume] (Tionesta, Pa.) 1869-1952, 1882-09-27
In the Wheat Field.


When the lids Of the virgin Dawn upclose,
When the earth is fair and the heavens al
calm,
And the early breath Of the wakening rose
Floats on the air in balm,
stand breast-high in the pearly wheat
That ripples and thrills to sportive breeze
Borne over the field with its Hermes feet,
And its subtle odor of southern seas
While out of the infinite azure deep
The flashing wings Of the yallow sweep,
Buoyant and beautiful, wild and feet.
Over the waves Of the whispering wheat
Aurora faints in the fulgent FIRE
OF the Monarch Of Mornings bright EN-
brace,
And esummer day climbs higher and higher
Upon the cerulean space;
The pearl-tints fade from the radiant grain,
And the sportive breeze of the ocean dies,
And soon in the noontide's soundless rain
The field seems graced with million eyes ;
Each grain with glance from its lidded fold,
AS bright as gnome's in his mine of gold,
While the slumbrous glamour of beam and
heat
Glides over and under the windless wheat.
Yet the languid spirit of lazy Noon,
With its minor and Morphean music rife,
Is pulsing in low, voluptuous tune
With summers lust of life.
Hark to the droning of drowsy wings,
To the honey-bees as they go and come,
Io the "boomer"* scarce rounding his sultry
rings,
The gnat's small horn and The beetles hum :;
And bark to the locust--noon's one shrill
song
Like the tingling steel Of an elfin gong
Grows lower through quavers of long retreat
To swoon on the dazzled and distant wheat.
Now Day declines and his shafts of might
Are sheathed in quiver of opal haze;
Still thro' the chastened, but magic light,
What sunset grandeurs blaze
For the sky, in its mellow luster, seems
Like the realm of master poets mind
shifting kingdom of splendid dreams
With fuller and fairer truths behind;
And the changeful colors that blend or part,
Ebb like the tides Of living heart,
As the splendor melts and the shadows meet
And the tresses of Twilight trail over the
wheat.
Thus Eve creeps slowly and shyly down,
And the gurgling notes of the swallows
cease,
They flicker aloft through the foliage brown
In the ancient vesper peace;
Bat step like the step of conscious fawn
Is stealing-with many pauses-this way,
Till the hand ofmy Love thro' mine is drawn,
Her heart on mine, in thetender ray;
Oh, hand of the lily, Oh, heart of truth,
Oh, Love, thou art faithful and fond as Ruth |
But am the gleaner-of kisses-Sweet,
While the starlight dawns on the dimpling
wheat
'The humble or aS commonly called 'bumble-bee."
Paul Hamilton Hayne