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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-08-03

To The Editor Of The Eagle:
W T.. Woodward will be candidate for
superintendent Of public instruction before
the Republican county convention.
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-08-03
SUPPLEMENT.

So many of our subscribers were unable
10 get extra copies OF the last issue Of the
tASd.E containing valuable statistics OF our
county and crops. that We make up sup
plement TO all our subscribers. Aside from
the value Of this statistical supplement as a
paper Of reference it will he found a splen-
did emigration document. We hope every
subscriber who does not desire 10 keep his
copy win mail it TO some friend in the east.
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Please announce that am a candidate fol
the Office of superintendent of public in
struction, subject to the decision of the Re
publican county convention.
Il. L. VANswEAIINGEN.
To tie Editor Of tie Eagle:
Please announce that | will present my
name to the Republican county convention
as candidate for superintendent Of public
instruction. CHESTER Z. KING.
To The Editor of The Eagle:
w. T.. Woodward will be candidate for
superintendent OF public instruction before
the Republican county convention.
| offer myself as candidate for county at
torney of Sedgwick county, subject to the
Republican nominating convention. Ii elect.
ed promise to guard carefully the public in
terests, prosecute with yigor all violations OF
law, and discharge faithfully every official
duty. Respectfully,
w. p. CAMPBELL.
WICHITA, July 4, 1882.
W. +. Walker is a candidate for Probate
III SetS WIN Souhhs, ouDJest W :" nv
publican nomination.
| hereby announce myself as candidate
for the Office OF Probate Judge, subject TO
the decision OF the Republican nominating
convention. ID. A. MITCHELL.
| announce 10 the Republicans of Sedg-
wick county that am candidate for the
Office of county attorney, subject to the de-
cision of the Republican county convention.
r. b. WALL.
The Fdrm.r Candidate.
Please announce me as a candidate for
Probate Judge, subject to the Republican
county convention. THOMAS o. Hoss.
/ am a candidate for probate judge, sub
jcct to the decision of the Republican comfy
convention. +. b. JEwETT.
10 the Editor eff tie Eagle.
Please announce that will be candidate
tor representative of the 9tth district, for
merry known as the SD district.
+. NJ. DoFFLEMYRE.
1 announce myself as candidate for the
Office Of Superintendent OF Public Instriio-
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Hay Land.

Wanted to buy, sell, rent or exchange.
1S-tf RoDoLPH HATFIELD Il Co
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For parts TO the genuine Singer Sewing
Machine, needles aud best oil 20 to the office
Of The SINGER MING COMPANY,
Temple Block.
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Farms and City Property.
S6ad Rive

Wanted TO buy, sell, rent or exchange.
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The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-08-03

The sermon of Rev. Harper at the Baptist
church last sabbath morning is spoken of as
q very scholarly effort, replete in beauty of
diction and granduer Of thought. Ii was
the theme of much favorable comment dur
lug the week. being, .wslk in the spirit, or
the worlds in which we live.r
The Wichita city eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1872-1883, 1882-08-03

The American Farm and Home Cyclopadia
just what the farmer. stock raiser, garden
err and fruit raiser need-can be seen and eX-
amined at my Office and, if desired, pur-
cha: ed. NJ. C. MCLAIN.
State Agent.
tia, Kansas. 43-tf
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ELIAS 81 K ATZ.
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copy win mail it to some friend in the east
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Immense Reductions on Stock in Store,

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NO UNREASONABLE OFFER WILL BE REFUSED.
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The entertainment given by the Ladies'
Guild, Of the Episcopal church at the home
of Capt. Fred G. smythe last Thursday
evening was a delightful indoor and out
door affair, one of the most enjoyable social
occasions ever occurring in the city. The
music. refreshments and pastimes were all
exceptionally pleasant Mrs. Moore, sis
ter of Mrs. q. u. Bently, one OF Chicago's
professional songstresses, delighted every
body with her splendid voice.
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l am a candidate for probate judge, sub
jet to the decision of the Republican comfy
convention. +. b. JEwETT.
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To secure this bonanza,
In case the circulation of
cards, they can be had ON
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MARRIED.

NANTIcoKE, Pa. July 90, 1882.
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Please announce me as candidate for
Probate Judge, subject to the Republican
county convention. THOMAS o. Hoss.
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PROFESSIONAL PIANO TUNER AND
REPAIRER.
Leave orders at Thompson & Pattee's
music store. 45-tf
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Une depeche de Montreal an.
nonce que mardi matin le pere
Petitot, missionnaire catholique
bien connu dams lie nord-ouest, a
saute dun train du chemin de fer
du Grand Tronc marchant 4 raj.
son de 80 miles a pheure. II
await resprit derange depuis quel.
que temps, ct il await etc place
dams le train, sous la garde dun
autre pretre ct dun Indien, pour
etre meme dams l'asile de Tongue
Pointe a Montreal. LIE train We.
matt de depasser Bellcville qqand
lie pere Petitot s'est Glance soudain
en- dehors du wagon, ct CONNIE
une tempete de neige sevissait en-
ce moment on ma pu voir ce quill
est devenu. Les recherches sont
restees jusqu'a present sans resul-
tat.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

A son retour a New York, le
general Hancock, qui venait d'as-
sister aux scenes terribles de Tin
ondation caus&e par l'6levation
des eaux du Mississippi, a raconte
au reporter du World. ce quill await
WI. II a fait le tableau le plus
desolant du desastre qui atteint
les parties les plus fertiles de la
vallee ct a peint, en- termes tou-
chants, l'infortune des habitants
submerges. "Ce que lie telegraphe
raconte, a-t-il dit, est gratifier au-
dessous de la v6rite. Nous de.
vons nous empresser d'envoyer des
secours au victimes du feau. In
terroge par lie reporter sur la ques.
ton de savoir sill n'etait pas pos
sible d'empecher le retour de ces
desastres, le general a repondu
affirmativement. "Une loi, a-t-il
dit, devrait etre votee par lie Con.
gres, ct cette loi devrait pouvoir a
pendiguement du Mississippi, du
Missouri, de l'Ohio ct des princi-
paux tributaries. LIE systeme des
levees est le seul qui puisse don
ner des garanties de protection,
mais les levees devraient etre|
faites de maniere a dominer les
plus hautes eaux ct a rGsister aux
plus fortes pressions. Pour arri-
YER a ce r9sultat, il iaut lie con-
cours du gouvernement ct des ri
verains du feuve."
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
Forest and Stream
AND
Rod and Gun.

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tainment, instruction and informa
ton between American sportsmen
Communications upon the subjects
to which its pages are devoted are
respectfully invited.
Subscriptions
may begin at any time, subscrip.
ton price 81 per year !; 50 for six
To a club of 3 annual
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Remit by registered letter mon
ey order or draft payable to
Forest and Stream Publishing Co.,
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City, N. Y.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

La note funebre des frais,
qu'aura coute a PEtat la maladie
du defunt president, Went d'etre
presentee au Congress. LIE comite
charge de regler les depenses oc-
casionnees par la maladie ct les
funerailles du general Garfield, q
conc6de les honoraires suivants :
aux docteurs Agnev ct Hamilton,
Is mile dollars chacun au doc
teur Bliss, 10 mile dollars aux
docteurs Boynton ct Reyburn,
chacun 5 mile dollars. Deux in.
firmiere recevront, Mrs. Edison, 5
mile dollars ct Mrs. Cramp 8
mile. Un fabricant d'appareils
r6frigerants de Boston, NJ. Jen-
nings, recevra 5 mile dollars.
C'est une veritable saignee de
dollars que ces disciples d'Escu-
lape pratiquent au coffre de IEtat.
Soixante- -treize mile dollars pour
le resultat que l'on conna7t! !
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

State OF Louislana,-25th District
Court-Parish of Vermilion-No.
643.
Succession of Richmond Perry.
Application of Dennis D. Byse
and Caroline Perry to be ap.
pointed co-administrators of said
succession.
Notice is hereby given to all
parties interested in the said
succession, or having any opposi-
ton to make to the application of
said applicants to file the same
in writing, in the Office of the
Clerk Of Court within ten days
from the date hereof.
Given under my hand and seal
Of court this 18th day Of Febru-
ary 1882.
LAsrIE BRoussARD, clerk.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
L'INONDATION.

Les divers bulletins que nou!
recevons journellement ne son
guere rassurants. LIE feuve monte
ct monte toujours. Une partie d.
la Louisiana est aJourd'hui sous
peau apres avoir lete dernier etc
trop a sec. Plusieurs paroisses rive
raines des cours du Mississippi Ell
Rivi6re Rouge, Bayou Lafourche
Ouachita ct autres aff1ucnts ne
sont Qu'une waste mer. Les habi.
tants sont dams la CONSERVATION et
dams lie denument le plus complet.
Aurions.nous a subir les conse.
quences de pabbe Raynal qui ecri.
vait il y un steele LA Loui-
siane, trop tot decouverte, sera un
jour submergec." Cette fois ce
nest point en- Louisiana que lie
aeuve Sc monte lie plus courrouce.
II a fait d'abord ses premieres
armes dams lArkansas, POhio,
le Tennessee, dams le Mississippi,
semant la mort ct la desolation
partout.
Les larmes aux yeux, nous ap-
prendrons a nos lecteurs que plus
de v;ngt mile personnes sont dams
lie deD1ment le plus complet, Sc
tant vues privees de leur habita.
tons ct de leurs animaux. II ne
leur reste pour tout bien, 4 ces
pauvres heres, que la generosite
du Congress ct c'est peu 81 pon
compte que les subsidies votes par
Get honorable corps sont deja epui.
s6s par les affames ct que lie secre-
taire de la guerre ne peut rien
faire avant une nouvelle alloca.
ton. Plusieurs heures d'angoisse
Sc passeront pour ces pauvres NAL.
heureux avant que les legislators
repus daignent faire quelque chose
pour leurs freres. LIE fait est que
Uncle Sam va avoir plus de trente
mile orphelins a rationner pen
dant deux GU trois mois. Qui peut
nous dire 81 la seconde crue du
deuve qui a lieu ordinairement en-
mai GU JUN epargnera quelque
chose ?
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
Crevasse.

Samedi dernier, les eaux du
Bayou avaient atteient une telle
hauteur que tout lie monde, sur les
deux rives, etaient dams la plus
grande anxiete. Dams la perspec
tive dun d6sastre imminent, les
habitents riverains ont redouble
de vigilance, ct malgre tout &C
qu'ls ont pu faire pour eviter que
cette masse d'eau Sc fraye un pas
sage a travers les levees, deux
breches Sc sont declarees diman.
che vers onze heures du matin,
Pune sur la rive droite, a deux
miles en- haut de Thibodaux ct
rautre, sur la rive gauche a huit
miles plus bas. La premiere de
ces breches, situee sur la ligne
sup6rieure de Phabitation de j.
Lagarde, menacant d'inonder l'ha.
bitation Acadia: ainsi que lie che
min de fer, NM. Gay ct Pandely,
ont immediatement expedite sur
les lieux les materiaux, ct les gems
des environs Sc sont aussitot mis- a
l@uvre, ct tout porte a croire,
d'apres les travaux deja executes
que cette breche sera bouchee ce
soir. QUAINT a la seconde, situ6e
sur l'habitation Pittman, ct don't
pouverture depasse, dit-on, soix-
ante-quinze pleds, il est a presu-
mer qu'on ne fera aucune tenta.
tive pour Ia boucher, a moins que
peau qui en- decoule vienne gener
le chemin de fer. L'effet produit
par ces deux crevasses a etc tres
sensible. Dams dix hut heures,
les eaux du Bayou, en- face de Thi.
bodaux, avaient baisse de deux
pieds, ct cette baisse a produit un
grand soulagement dams lappre-
hension des planteurs.-Sentinelle
de Thibodaux.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
TEsTATEUR EXcENTRIQUE.-M

TEsTATEUR EXCENTRIQUE.-M.
Charles Albert Read, decide ces
dernier jours a Newton, Mass,
laisse un testament attribuant un
un legs de $500 a son m9decin a
condition quill lui separa Ia tete
du corps avant l'inhumation, at
tendu quill redoute d'etre enterre
vif. Une somme de $4,000 est
leguee au tresor des Etats Unis,
pour etre employee a la reduction
dc la dette de guerre.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Nous avons Gu une semaine sans
pluie, mais non sans images, car,
matin ct soir dcs prophecies nous
annoncaient Forage. Tout lie
monde est sur pied. On travallle
achievement dams les champs. La
came est plantee ct pousse. LIE
maIs poind, lie cotton va egalement
faire son apparition. LIE pacanier
germe ct fleurit, c'est bon signe.
Lhirondelle gazouille, le moqueur
fait des roulades, lie lilas est en-
fleur. Nous VOLTA au printemps.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
Livery Stable.
"a

The undersigned would respect
fully inform the public that he
has opened Livery Stable in the
Town Of Abbeville, where he is
prepared to hire horses, car.
riages. hacks etc. and receive the
same at very moderate prices.
OPHILIAs BoURQUE.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Une certaine activite regne
dams notre village, on n'entend
que le marteau des ouvriers. Plu-
sieurs balisses sont en- construc.
ton, d'autres sont achevees, entr'.
autres le magasin de notre intelli.
gent marchand NJ. O. Bourque.
Des que lie Papa Dutel aura passe
So main eur ce nouvel ediGce nous
sommes persuades quill pourra re-
aliser de blancheur ct de beaute
avec scs compagnons du village.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

De nouvelles elections, (corpo.
ration) wont avoir lieu au mois
d'avriI proclaim. N'ayant guere
acces nj vote au chapitre nous ne
pouvons que prier les votants
d'etre circonspects dams lie choix
des membres du conseil. II faut
des gems capables, integres ct
amis des ameliorotions ct refor.
mes.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

.e'al qai q de l'instruction ct
= esprit peut faciIement aujour.
w selever au-dessus de sa for.
n W. se meier dams le monde, ct
: '' oe pair avec les hommes les
'''' eonsiderables.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

La fortune, pour rordinaire,
nest point favorable aux honnetes
gems =; Pecume des mers s'eleve sur
Ia surface, ct les perles restent au
fond.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

L'ami Caldwell, va nous assure.
ton devenir citadin, car sa maison
situee a l'ancien etablissement aui
fut consumee il y a trois ans, sera
bientot achevee, grace a OIong
architecte charpenlier ct menui.
sier.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Nous ne sommes pas assez surs
de notre destinee pour remettre
quelque chose au lendemain.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Ne regardez pas CONNIE votre
ami celui qui approuve tout ce que
vous dites.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Etre instruit produit deux avan.
tages on decide moins, on decide
mieux.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Notre ami ct correspondent, NJ.
C. A. Mouisset. Went de faire une
perte cruelle en- Ia personne de sa
mere decedee a Liege dams la
82me aimee de son age. .perte
irreparable, car on ma qu'une
mere! Que ccux qui nous lisent
nous comprennent.
De Profundis, S. V. P.
N. B.-Priere a P.4beilye ct a
rEtoile d'Iberie de reproduire.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

La fermete unie a Ia douceur
est une barre de fer entouree de
Eelours.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Ne croyez pas a Ia sincerite de
celui qui applaudit a tout ce que
vous faites.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

IL est bon de louer ceux qui
neurt afo d'encourager ceux qui
sivcnt.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Nous ne nous louerons pas 81
souvent, 81 nous pensions que les
autres nous louent assez.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

lie magistrat est une loi par
laule, ct Ia loi un magistrat muet.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Avaut de condamner les autres,
examine 81 tu es exempt de repro
che ct de blame.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Eavoyons an secours de ceux
y " o0ffrent, ct quand nous souf-
a''0ns Dieu enverra ouelqu'un qui
aoos assiste.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

II = a des gems avec qui on ma
acraindre que la malice du silence.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Nous ne vivons qu'une minute,
= cans cette minute que de secon-
yes pour Ia douleur.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

II est facheux quill faille etre
nalheureux pour connaItre ses
amis.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Tn nest point innocent parce
quon nest pas convaincu dune
faute.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

lie feu de l'amitie echauffe lie
ceur sans lie consumer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
pensees De .. Dopanee.

A cote de grands vices, on
trouve aussi de grandes vertus,
quelquefois de mobiles vertus.
II ne faut jamais mepriser un
malheureux, qui peut de son sort
le predire.
Celui qui ma point senti sa fai-
blesse comparee a Ia violence de
ses actions, nest pas encore sage.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Dieu absout bien souvent ceux
que les hommes condamnent.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Les peines que tn feras au au-
tres retomberont sur toi.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

On ne flatte guere ceux don't
ont peut se passer.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Un oisif fait pleuvoir l'ennui
partout OH il sc trouve.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Acquiers des vertus, ct tn ne
mourras pas tout entier.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
JURY LIST.

List of jurors drawn to serve at
the term of the District Court to
be held and begun on the 10th Of
April next. ward.
l Dupr9 Blanchet 3rd
2 Joseph W. Dooley 3rd
3 Antoine Br0ussard 1st
4 Nicholas Broussard lst
S Hebrard Perry 9th
Emile A. Mazerolle 3-d
7 John Stroud 7th
8 John Fletcher 7th
81. T. Broussard 4ths
10 G. H. Remick 1st
IL Henry Sarver 5th
IL Isaac Matthew 7th
13 Alonzo Vanslyke 3rd
IA VIM. Lee 2nd
l certify the foregoing to be a
true and correct list of the jury
drawn, pursuant to an order from
the Judge of the District Court,
for said parish.
Given under my hand and seal
of Office, this 18th of February
1882.
LAsTIE BRoUssARD,
Clerk of Court.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Tel qui rit vendredi dimanche
pkara.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Que dc sectes naquirent dune
neur.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

LIE mechant Sc mutt a lui.meme
ayant de nuire aux autres.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
Job work neatly
and expeditiously
executed at this Of
flee
C.. A. MOuisset,
NOTAIRE PUBLIC.

En- ct pour Ia psroisse Vermillon--
Bureau q So residence dams la Prairie
Gfeig,
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

C'est en- ob6issant qu'on peut Sc
rendre digne dc commander.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

Abstenez.vOus de tout blame Sc.
we're a regard des autres.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18
MERIDIONAL.
Journal Ofaciel de Ia Paroisse
Vermillon.
Public par ---E. 1. ADDISON.

Ne prenez pas vos amis au ha'
ard.
The Meridional. (Abbeville, La.) 1856-1906, 1882-03-18

siycnt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-01-11
Earthquakes.

AS q rule-not without exceptions
perhaps-their greatest power, and
most destructive effects are exercised
upon the more recent, superficial and
incoherent formations-clays, tertia.
ry marls and the like, SO that build.
ings upon alluvial plains, river del
tas, and so forth, are more thoroughly
shattered than those on rock or solid
strata, The Calabrian convulsions
had its full swing upon deep marls,
clays, and sand beds Of slight cons
sistency; that of Ischia was upon deep
clays. Independent of the site, the
power Of resistance in buildings de-
pends, Of course, on the strength,
goodness and massiveness Of the ma
sonry to resist overthrow. The Quay
at Lisbon, which was swallowed up,
together with thousands who had
sought refuge upon it, in a ehastn
that opened in the bed Of the Tagus,
leaving no trace behind it, was built
upon alluvial soil, while tie upper
parts of the town, standing upon ba.
salt and limestone, remained unin.
jured.-We Quarterly Rerie,C.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-01-11
Talmage on the pistol.

Talmage has said many good
things, but few more applicable to
an existing evil than the following.
Another practical use of this great
national calamity is that it has dis.
gusted more than ever, people with
this free use of firearms. On the
frontier, or if it is your business as
an officer of the law to make the ar.
rest of a desperate, you h&d better
be armed, bnt it is high time that all
respectable citizens snap in two their
swords and unload their deadly
weapons. 1fyou move in respecta-
BILE society in Brooklyn or New York,
or Washington or London, you have
no need of any more than the two
God gave you-two honest fists, and
they are easily loaded. If you feel
the need of having a pistol in your
pocket, you are a miserable coward.
If you are afreid 8 to go down the
street unarmed, you had better get
your grandmother with her knitting
needles to go with you. A pistol is
the meanest and most, internal wea-
ponseyer invented. It is the woa.
pom of a sneak. j would as Soon
carry a,toad-in my vest pocket,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1882-01-11

Irsd s and eighty feet and q depth ofs
eighty.fve feet, The vestibule with
in the front door is fifty feet long by
forty wide. The famous East room,
which was finished fifty years ago, is
eighty feet long, forty feet wide and
twenty feet high.
Eight large mirrors and three chan.
deliers adorn the room. The walls
are covered with gray paper, and the
furniture is covered with gray rep
and maroon velvet With the cx-
.ceptions Of our public halls it is the
largest in the country and, for its
size, is certainly the handsomest.
The Presidents Office, which is on
the second story, and which. is the.
Cabinet room also, is not very large.
i isthirty-fve or forty feet long and
thirty or thirty.five feet wide, with
ceiling about twenty feet high. In
the middle Of the floor is a long table,
surrounded by leather seated chairs;
long lambrequin curtains Of a dark,
blush gray color adorn the windows,
and the carpet is Of q red tint, and a
large map Of The United States is on