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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-03-08
The Making Of Memories.

4
The present days, which we are in.
clined TO think so vaguely modern,
will be the "good old times" when the
young people whom We daily meet
shall be men and women; it is our
fashions of dress and speech which
they will remember for their quaint.
ness; and ours is not only the posi-
bility but the absolute certainty of
being made the representative, in
years to come, in some ones mind, of
the spirit and chafactef of a time
that is past. We know how unwit-
tingly men and women used 10 im-
press and influence us. Instead,
therefore, of passing these memories
lightly by, or thinking that they arc
wholly thing of private Importance
and concern, we should make them
constant reminder Of our own duty
in the line of influence. We can
never tell the long and cver-multi-
plying mischief which we may work
BY some wickedness or carelcssness
Of speech or action-somcthing for.
gotten by US as soon as done, but
treasured up in little heart as a
possession for life time. And, on
the other hand, we should be far
more anxious TO multiply our wise
words and our kindly acts, If we re-
allied more fully how long they may
survive in places where we never
think of looking for them. The
memory of single kindly deed, or
word, or look, quickly forgotten by
US, may be the one thing by which
some person shall longest remember
US, and by which he shall be chiefly
influenced, 80 far as any act Of ours
is concerned.
The making Of memories is not
thing In which we are responsible to
childhood alone. So long as the
mental faculties endure, of all those
persons with whom we have to do,
they are treasuring up permanent
records of the whole course of our
words and ways. Neither do our
good deeds nor our bad ones die with
their performance, nor does their
effect end with US. What right have
we, in great things or small, to curse
mems years to come by adding to
their burden the memory Of QUE
wicked act or our hateful or improper
word? We are responsible for the
memories which men, women and
children have Of us and our belong.
ings; and this responsibility includes
not only the non.performance Of bad
deeds, but the doing Of good ones.
Day by day and minute by minute
we are making memories which can
never change hereafter. Is there
anything more bitter than the
thought that our own evil memories
of ourselves are, through our fault,
shared by others? And is there any
thing sweeter than the thought that
the treasured remembrance of kind
acts and fit words is a lasting memo.
rial of ourselves, which we can in
crease every day Of our lives? How
we are to be remembered is a ques-
tion whose answer-at least so far as
the rest Of our lives are concerned
is in our own hand.
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A Fragment OF Life.
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UNIVERSITY.
WEST VIRGINIA
U N I'VE R SITY,

Nine departments or study; textbooks furnished a,
cost calendar STranged to suit teachers expenses for
thorough. Fall Term begins september III, ISsi
ATTENDANCE last year from as counties Of West Virginia
and IRON States and Territories; Number of student,
larger than for ten years previous
80 For catalogues and other information. appIv >,
West Virginia. iiune ss@,1, S1Sn" "
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Advertising Rates.

Go Legal advertisements At the rates fixed by law
Local notcests cents per line, first insertion
All advertisements for shorter tine than three
months, considered transient
Transient advertisements must be paid for in ad.
vance, to insure insertion
Yearly Advertisements payable half yearly in advance
Legal publications must be paid for, in all cases, be.
tore the delivery of the certificate Of publication
Personal publications, and those recommending can.
dida,es for Office charged regular advertising rates.
Marriage and Death notices. Published free: but OBJ.
ituarieS and tributes of respect, charged at half the
usual advertising rates.
Announcements for Office. for county Sc m. Stat.
nd District, $40 90; on regular ticket $40 90.
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A TToRNEY AT LAW, Point Pleasant, West vir.
a Eina, will practice in the u s. District Court, in
the State Supreme Court and the Crcu, Courts Of the
mch s5-Iy.
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W. Z. NEALE. NJ. D.

0fFlCE Main street, between I'D and I'd; residence.
" Main street, between 9th and 9TH Attends prompt.
y 10 all calls whether day or night When not pro.
eSsionay engaged can always be fonnd A, his Office
jan 8, is7o-Iy.
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". Il. CHM,

A t0rney Mt Law Point Pleasant, West Virginia.
a Practices in the Courts of Mason countv' The
Court Of Appeals of West Virginia and tho United
states District Court for this State. Prompt attention
gwen to the collection Of claims Office near the Court
House' jan. ss, IsSo-Iy.
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RANKIN WILEY, DR.,

A uorney at Law, Point Pleasant, West Virginia
a Practices in the County of Mason; the United
preme Court of Appeals Of West Virginia BT- Promp,
attention given to the collection Of claims. anI4Iy
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PHYSICIAN and SURGEON, tenders hi, profcs,.
ona services to the citizens Of Point Pleasant and
vicinity Can be found for the present at the Dru
Store Of Z, J. MoSSman. Imeh,,-,w
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a ttorney at Law and Notary Public, Point
a Pleasant West Virginia. viii practice in the
Courts OF Mason and Putnam counties, and attend
promptly to all business entrusted to him.
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JAS. IL. COUCH. JR..

A ttorncy Mt Law and Notary Public, Poin,
a Pleasant, West VrgRia, will practice in the coun
ties ofAiason and Putnam All business will receive
prompt attention. fully ,I-Iv
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ATTORNEYS.


ttornoy ut Law, Winfield, West Virginia: will
practice regularly in the Circuit and County Courts
OF Painam and Mason counties. Business entrusted
to him will receive his personal attention. H45"Ad.
dress, Winfield Putnam County, ". Va.
ln0V2-sI-Iy".
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JOHN w. ENGLISH,

A ttorney Mt Law. will practice in the Courts of a.
n son. Putnam and Jackson, and in the Court Of Ap.
Peals Of West Virginia Address Point Pleasant Mason
county, west virginia. tjan 8, I879-Iy
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A ttorneys ut Law, Point Pleasant West Virginia,
n Once in the Court House. Practice IN the coun.
tes OF Mason Putnam, Cabell Roane and Jackson; in
the Supreme Court OF Appeals and in the U. S. Dis.
trct and Circuit Courts, for West Virginia.
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EDITORIAL CORRESPONDENCE,
Continuance Of Personal Sketch.
es Of Prominent West virginii,
Legislators.
"The play is not yet ended,
Let the curtain rise"
An Old Pdy,

| lHt pluy 10 Hut gct eHueu,
Let the curtain rise"
An Old Play
In commencing these sketches, th,
intention was to confne them !,
such Senators and members as mos
frequently participated in debate.- =
But the favorabl reception giyer
them by the public, induced theil
author to extend them. He hopes Il
have an opportunity of making then
complete.
Since men never see themselves a.
others bee them, it rarely occurs thai
any one is satisfied with his oRt
photograph. Believing public mel
to be proper subjects offair criticism
We hays. not hesitated to point out
now and then, defect where it ex
listed. In doing this, we have sough
to be accurate without being unkind
That one, who does not like the pic
ture drawn Of him, should attribut,
unfairness, prejudice, or incapacity
to the artist, is but natural. And
yet, how absolutely worthless would
be sketches ebounding only in nau
seous hattery.
No man is faultless, even in hi
public life and bearing. And he il
wanting in good judgment, wht
takes ofense at having his public
faults, natural or acquired, faithfully
delineated, provided his public mer
its have not been overlooked, or dis
regarded in the same sketch.
Let it be understood, once and 70,
all, that these sketches have been ant
will be, in every instance, writer
without malice, prejudice or selfish
purpose.
HON. JOHN II. RILEY.
1t may seem somewhat contrary u
the eternal fitness of things that any
one but a Democrat should represenl
county named after Old Hickory
especially when that county forms {
part of the Democratic State of Wes
Virginia. But it is, nevertheless
true, that Mr.. John II. Riley, the
delegate from Jackson, is a Republi
can, and that too, of the most decided
partisan proclivitics. Lacking the
shrewdness of Mr.. Hubbard, or else
unable to restrain his impulsive ma
ture, he drags party politics into de
bate more frequently than any Other
member, and, thereby weakens, tc
some extent, his influence on general
legislation.
He has indefatigable energy, but
his discretion does not at all times
keep pace with it. And yet ho is
q very useful member of the House
attentive to his duties, and sincere
in his efforts to promote the general
welfare of the State.
In patriarchal length of beard, he
is without rival; whilst in intel.
lectual abilities, he is a fair average
member.
His speeches, though wanting in
systematic arrangement and logical
condensation, are still worth listen.
ing to.
HON. BEVERLEY H. LURTY.
We come now to u remarkable per
sonage. One looking at his face and
figure, and observing his active move.
ments, can scarcely be made to be.
liaua fbot f1o -, L.. -
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PHYSICIANS.

7NNNNNNNNN-N-~~sN~N~'
ANDREW 4. BkHsrz. ED. n. rsAyEr.
DRs. BARBEE & FRAyEL,
NorthweSt cor 9th and Main Streets Point Pleasant,
N West Virginia. Office hours from to 10 A. M and
8 70 70 2. IN. Juno IL '7o-IY
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straight and plain path through the
tangled scenes of q public life.
HON. JOHN W. GRANTHAM.
Christian dignity, always admira,
BILE, when found adorning public life,
becomes exalted. In a legislative
body, necessarily made up in large
part of veterans in party trickery and
wire pulling, it is impressive, not to
say refreshing, to find a genuine
Christian gentleman, imbued with
those solid and practical virtues that
can only be acquired in the course Of
u consistent religious life.
Such person is the senior mem.
Der from Jefferson, or such, at least,
he appears to the world at large,
What he may really be, is known
only to his God, and, perhaps, him,
self.
A tall gentleman, slightly, very
slightly stoop-shouldered, with gray
hair and heavy mustach of same
color; hands nearly always in his
pantaloon pockets; given at times to
the old Virginia habit of put
ting his feet on the desk in front
of his seat, and yet with a grave face
that never looses its dignity of fea-
lures, the Hon. John w. Grantham
presents a venerable, sternly pre-
possessing, and, on his feet, even a
distinguished appearance.
Born in 1920, in the county now
represented by him and his youthful
but talented colleague, Mr.. Frank
Beckwith, and on the fine estate now
owned by him, he spent his early
life in mercantile pursuits. His sue
cess as business man is evidenced
by the fact that he is now the Presi-
dent Of the Bank of Charlestown-a
position he has held since its organi-
zation.
More than forty years ago he con-
nected himself with the Methodist
e. Church; of the Southern branch Of
which, he has long been a prominent
member. He is, also, one of the lead.
ing Masons of the State, being a past
Grand High Priest of the Grand
Royal Arch Chapter of West Virginia
In ante JcIlum days, up to the period
of Know Nothing madness, he was q
Wing, and even now, in converse.
tion, manifests d pride in and fond
recollection of the great Kentucky
statesmen-the founder Of the Amer.
ican System and father OF the Whip
party.
In 1872 he was almost unanimous
ly elected a member of the House Of
Delegates-being at the time, the
regular nominee Of the Democratic
party; receiving twenty.three hun
dred votes out Of a total Of twenty
four hundred. In 1873 he was Q
member Of the State Senate, and il
1880 was again elected to the House
of Delegates.
He puts on no pretensions to ora
tory, yet when interested in matter
before the House, says what he want!
to say in aquiet, conversational style
He is sometimes a little petulant anc
when bored by debate, persists il
demanding the previous question.
This habit of his was the origin of {
rich scene the other day between Mr.
J Grantham and Judge Ferguson.
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by the Independent, or Fusion candi,
datd, Mr.. Carter. 1t became, there
fore, party necessity in the canvass
Of 1880, to select a standard bearer OF
such recognized personal strength as
to insure victory over combined
opposition.
The choice fell upon Mr.. Isaac j.
Settle, a young civil engineer, whose
fine social qualities made him uni
versally popular, and whose strong,
practical mind directed by discreet
judgment rendered him in every way
capable. The wisdom of the choice
was evidenced at the polls, by a
handsome majority for the Democrat
ic nominee of 200, over both the In
dependent and Fusion tickets.
Mr.. Settle is thirty.eight yearsold.
During the late war, he served on the
Union side with gallantry, as men,
ber of the Second West Virginia Cav
airy, Of sheridan's famous command.
He has no taste for politics, pre-
ferriug the compass and theodolite,
to Jefferson's Manual and Cooley's
Institutes. He has for some time
past been the efficient chief engineer
of the Winifrede Railway Company,
the line Of which, when completed,
is intended to be a feeder of the Ches.
apeake and Ohio Railroad.
Like all men Of mechanical or
mathematical bent of mind, he be-
slows his favor and time upon de.
monstrated facts rather than philo-
sophical distractions.
A brief acquaintance furnishes us
with key to his popularity. Unas.
suming, kind and civil, with bear
ing aflable to the high and low alike;
firmly holding his views upon all
matters with which he is acquainted,
but never arrogantly thrusting them
upon others, he quietly, but with
mathematical precision, blas@ a
straight and plain path through the
tangled scenes of q public life.
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Terms of Subscription.
One copy one year, in advance. Isl 80
One copy five years, in advance....... 5 90
hs-Al papers discontinued as soon as time paid for
expires aud no subscriptions taken unless paid for in
advance. -aa
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HON. BEVERLEY H. LURTY.

We come now to remarkable per-
sonage. One looking at his face and
figure, and observing hiss active move
ments, can scarcely be made to be-
lieve that the member from Harrison
county has already passed his three
score and ten years. And yet, Mr..
Lurty is the Nestor of the West Vir-
glnia House of Delegates, being now
in his seventy-third year.
In a former sketch, we pronounced
Speaker Wilson the most eloquent
popular orator in the House. On
more mature reflection, we are dis
posed to render that tribute to the
"old man eloquent" His voice is
sweet and mellow, mis- enunciation
clearly distinct, his gesticulation the
very embodiment of grace and his
Language marked with classical elo-
quence.
lie is farmer and has, when we
consider the many years Of his life,
had but little to do with public Office.
AT one time he served as a deputy in
the Clerks Office of Harrison county,
and afterwards, as commissioner in
chancery. His first appearance in
representative body, was as mem.
ber of the Constitutional Convention
OF 1928, al which time he first i'm.
pressed himself upon general notice
as an orator. At the last election fol
State officers, he was chosen by the
people of Harrison, torepresent them
In the present Legislature.
The profuse richness of his Ian
guage is such as to almost blind one
to his really good ideas. He can bt
eloquent on any subject. A few day.
since, when Mr.. Lowry's amendmen
preventing the owners Of portable
steam saw mills from dumping saw
dust into unnavigable streams, cam,
up, Mr.. Lurty, in opposing it, mad,
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HON. ISAAC J. SETTLE,

One of the most graceful compli-
ments that can be given a public Of
fetal, is to declare with truth, that
the office was originally forced upon
him, by the exigencies of his party
taking advantage of his individual
and personal popularity to heal all
internal dissensions, This compli-
ment is due to the present member
from Fayette county. At the pre-.
ceding election for State officers, the
regular nominee of the Democratic
party Of Fayette, had been defeated
The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1882-09-17
The Tariff Commission.

Des Noines. 16.-The tariff commits
sion, this afternoon and evening heard q
communication from NsshaI Suffer re
commenting that books be placed on the
free list, the duty on paper reduced and
only q low tariff be imposed on all
articles used in the manufacture of things
the people use and wear.
~ Henry P. PbiIpot, Of DesMCines, read
an argument for free trade. He is q
Enem Der Of the Iowa league. 1t con-
t5mplated~>a gradual advance TO free
trade till some time between 1887 aUd,
1890 The point was to be reached~f0r
absolute fres trade. Sfest-gse6s the
western people bought were much deareT
here than in other countries. What
!hey sold WIS worth much more
abroad thsn here, They psid S23 for g
sixteen dollar carpet, $17 for ten dollar
dress. got ter pounds of sugar instead Of
sixteen for d0ilsr. as they should and q
wagon load worth $50 In Iowa was worth
E45 in Liverpool; ten bushels of wheat
would in many kinds OF goods buy as
much IN Liverpool as forty-fVe bushels
would in Iowa, such legislation was
evident folly. Leading business men of
DesMOiHes had requested him toEsay that
they opposed paying anybody TO engage
in losing business. He also read q
paper by Charles &. Russell, Of Dsven-
port, to show that under high protection
the number OF Iowa Woelen mills de-
creased from eighty-fVe to forty in the
ten years ending in 1880, and the wages
of most men have been reduced in the
same period. Witness did not agree that
protection had reduced the price of steel
rails; it was new Inventions and I'M
proved machinery.
Oliver questioned him TO bring out the
fact that England was less prosperous
under free trade than France with g
high tariff, that France paid her great
indemnity and England paid none Of
her debt. He answered the question
whether he would abolish the duty of
zoe. on wheat unhesitatingly, "Yes."
and also the duty OF wool after 1890, and
farmers Of Iowa were of the same mind.
The pottery and steel rail arguments
would tend to show if the duty were
taken of wheat it wosld increase in
price. The internal revenue should sup
port government. He would favor q
small tea and coffee tax. Witness
claims with free trade and the removal
Of unnatural obstacles the shipping trade
would be restored.
J. B. GinDell Congressman s from
Iowa. held exactly opposite ground
from the last witness, and claimed that
Iowa farmers knew nothing Of the great
burdens that Philpot spoke of. He did
not know progressive, intelligent far
mer who was free trader. he asked an
increase of ibe duty on fax from SIS to
$50 Per ion, and 80 per cent. on fax
seed.
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Houses go Rent.

Is u rooms, opposite Valley House
lts ~ lyle house Of ten rooms, on car
a,.. ara. $50 per month.
lie5 M, 5So use Of twelve rooms, nesIy in
49, 'iose to business. S45.
s,ss. ITsOOsraph Gallery or Commercial
~ lLre ~ nv nalnn
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FELEGRAPHIC NEWS
The BOatRace.

London, I5.-Besides the slipping OF
the slide in the Hillsdsle boat the rudders
vera snapped IS they approached Tho1ny-
croft. at the time OF the accident the
Hillsdsles were four lengths ahead and
rowing EASILY. but the Thames four were
coming I'D rapidly owing to the pad
steering Of the Americans. When the
slide broke the Americans stopped
rowing and the Thames boat shot ahead
The Americans followed leisurely. 4
correspondent on bosrd the umDire's boat
asserts that the Hillsdale's twice fouled
! the Thames badly, ard daliberstfly
crossed the bows oftheir boat. Another
account says the Thames crew won the
toss and selected the middle Of the river
| The crews were cheered as they took
| position. They got away well together.
The Hlllsdales Immediately began boring
out, but soon took the lead, rowing fifty
strokes 70 the minute. Half mile from
the start the Hillsdales forced the Thames
crew towards the barge, and bad foul
occurred, the oars of both crews being
locked. After getting clear bJth crews
steered very wildly, but the Hillsdales
had good lead. At Hammersmith
they we're four lengths ahead. A quarter
OF mile further had been rowed when
the slide Of the boat broke and thew
stopped rowing, allowing the Thames
boat to get we'll 10 the front. This
order was maintained to the finish. The
time was very good, 20.40. The umpire
awarded the race TO the Thames crew.
Captain Terwilliger, of the Hillsdsle,
telegraphs as follows: "The guide on
nay seat broke, and al accident was una
voidsble. We had the race in hand az
the time and were leading by three
lengths. l threw the seat out and roWed
the balance Of the course without it. The
foul with the Thames boat was caused by
barge obstructing my view"
The standard, in its -eRening edition,
says the time of-the Hillsdals's for the
Grst mile was 4.23, Ard they had the lead
of esrlength. Their time to Ham
mersmith bridge was 753, and thst Of
the Thames. Sol. Tae Hl,lsdale,Arriyed
opposite Cheswick Church al 1885;
Captain TerWilliger's slide then broke.
He held il up in his hand, and threw it !
overheard. Notwithstanding the acct |
dent to the Hillsdale's, the time at the |
finish was only Il seconds behind that of |
the Thames crew. The standard never
theless thinks the race has indicated the
English style of rowing, aud that the |
americans were firing rapidly when the
mishap occurred. Gulstcn, who was to
have been the umpire, was absent, snd
chamber, acted Is umpire
Captain TeFRilliger thanked the Lou
don club for It's Courtesy, and the Thames
club for the gentlemsnly manuer~in.l
which they had nat the Hulsdale's He
deeply regretted the collision. It was
uuintentional, and he could not let .bs
opportunity pAss by OF apolog'zing to
the Thames four, who cried mo, no,
not needed" Terwilliger continuing,
said the Thames were the fastest four he
ever met. At home be had been brought
TO look upon the English SIS an elite
nation, as regards athletes, bat he had
found to his cost that Britannia was mis-
tress of the waves, no; only on the seas,
but on rivers also.
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ocde Ordered BY Telephone and Js ersd with Prompines
Charge
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no Cause for Alarm, .

Lincoln, Neb., I5.-The Indian scare
has died out. The alarm arose from g
small band of Cheyennes hunting in
Western Kansas. Governor Nance. to-
day, received fall assurance that there
were no hostiles and no depredstions.
Indignation is felt that the authorities
should allow Indians to wander through
settled portions of the country, so
recently raided. The fright WAS natural
snd excussb!e.