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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
"You're a Dandy"

"Does he really love me, or does
he not?" were the secret thought.
of q young girl as she stood by the
side Of her ITALIAN handsome lover
"Did l immagine otherwise, il
would make me wretched for all
time to come," thought she.
Looking down into the fair face
of the girl, and while smoothing
back the golden ringlots from her
beautiful forehead, he read hel
thoughts. There was a momentary
pause. Afterward drawing her tc
his breast, he exclaimed fervently
"HOw dearly Hove you" Then all
the woman spoke within her. She
lifted her eyes, bright with soften,
ing tears, and passionately ex.
claimed: 20, Jim, you're q dandy
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
First Duel In the U. s.

The first duel was fought be.
tween Edward Doty and Edward
Leister, two serving men who Ian.
ded from the Mayaower with the
Puritans. Little is heard for a
long time of duels among the New
Englanders, but a tradition EXISTS
that Castle Island (now Fort indie.
pendence), in Boston harbor, was
q favorite resort for the hot-headed
sons Of old England when they
had affairs of honor to settle. Lit.
tie was heard of dueling during
the revolutionary period, but the
close Of the war and the establish.
ment Of American independence
was o season Of such frequent
meetings between American Of.
ficers and erstwhile Tories that
the general second in command of
our army made a public statement
that the practice was "carried to
an extreme in every point of view
reprehensible and injurious" Du.
ring the war with Tripoli Ameri
can and British officers were con.
stantly engaged. In 1919 so fire..
quont were the troubles at Gibral.
tar between officers under our flag
and British officers at the garrison
that the governor forbade our YES.
sells the port. The matter was
made the subject Of international
adjustment.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
Fading Memory.

One of the diseases familiar 10
medical scientists is known as "se-
nile domentia," and is more preva.
lent than is thought Of. 1t is DIES.
cribed as a disease in which there
is q deprivation and not an aborra.
ton Of the functions Of the brain,
it is shown by a forgetfulness of re.
cent events, as we'll as of remote
events, the fault being in the per.
ceptive faculties. A person suffer.
ing from senile demontia might
play certain games, even chess,
perhaps, and yet be unable to tell
where he lived. As the disease ad
vances the memory gradually fades
out. The effects are noticeable in
the composition and writing of the
person suffering from it, his senten.
ces being often incomplete, and he
has no persistency of will.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
No Place Like Home.

"YOu seem in bad fix" said O
philanthropist to a man sitting on
the curbstone looking much dc
pressed in spirits.
mot so awful bad as might be-
was the reply.
"Have you no homer"
"oh, yes, I've got one"
"Why don't you go :hero !hen2'
because l don't want TO-"
"But you should, for tho poet
says, "bc it ever so humble, there's
no place like home.'"
"And the poet was right, too.
was at home not an hour ago. and
the house was turned upside down
all the beds out Of the windows
and the furniture in the corners
and my wife with a dish.rag around
her head, and the children SO dusty
you couldn't clean EN- with a fea.
Their brush, and the hired girls rails.
ing Sam Hill, and four men beat.
ing carpets, and the papor.hangerl
atwork, and q window cleaner with
tho hose turned on, and no dinner
and no prospect of any, and the
deuce to pay gonerally--oh, you
and tho poet are shoutin', and your
mighty right, too, there's no place
like home"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
Domestic GreetIng.

As homeward comes the married man,
He's met by wife at door,
With fond embrace and loving kiss
"Baby's throat Is sore.
"And did you thinkto stop al Browns
And get that marabout
] ordered yesterday and dear,
Fred'sboots are all worn out
"1'm glad you afeso early, John,
20 much ] miss you, dear
I've o letter from mamma;
She's eomingto live here,
"Howyery glad you look, dear John;
KNEW that you would be-
The flour's out, the butter, and
You must send home some tea.
"That plumber has been here again;
II you don't pay he'll sue;
And Mr.. Pr0ndergrast called In
To say your rent was due.
"Fred's trousers arc half cotton, John,
You thought they were all WOOL.
Oh that reminds me that your son
Was whipped to-day at school.
"lyhat makesyou look 50 grave, my love
Take of your things and wipe
Your fect-and think, to-day
Jane broke your meershanm pipe.
"oh, John! that lorrid wordl
You do n0tlove me, dear;
wish that boo.hoo-were dead
You're cross as any bear"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
BuCklCn's Arnica SnIye.

The best Salye in the world for
Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Sores, Ulcers,
Salt Rheum, Fever Sores, letter,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains, Corns,
and all Skin Eruptiions, and posi-.
lively cures Piles. 1t is guaran.
tecd to give perfect satisfaction or
money refunded. Price Is cents
per box. For Sale by Il. !. Moss.
man, Druggist. [ian lily,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
ProgreI.ssIre Tar1nlng.


-
The true and progressive farmer
does not stop toinyestigate thecost
Of improvement, fol his reason
prompts him to believe that he
cannot go wrong by endeayoring To-
improve. Every acre Of lis farm
is made available; il wet and UNI
productive, be tile drains Il, there.
by adding to It's fertility and its
producAyeness; ifhilly and rough,
and not susceptible Of cultivation,
he puts it in grass and his soil
never deteriorales in quality. He
rotates his crops with a view to i'm
crease fertility, and he estimates
his profits by the amount Of expen-
ses entailed in securing that profit.
The failure to realize immediate
results does not discourage him, for
he knows that through his judicious
system Of cultivation, the realiza.
ton is but deferred for a little while
longer. He farms for profit. He
knows nothing ofstinted economy,
which saves to-day and robsto.mor.
row. The farm is his bank, his
worship and his occupation, no
stone being left unturned, and no
portion sighted at the cost Of an.
other part. A good farm means
good stock; the squealing hog has
no place on It, but must be super.
coded by the quiet thoroughbreds.
The tangled.aeeccd, small carcass
ed sheep cannot be allowed where
only the Merino, the Cotswold and
the Oxford Down are adapted
The scroggy bovines of the past are
seen no more, for the deep milking
Holstein, the cream giving Jersey
and the beef producing Hereford
have occupied their places. The
thoroughbred and the olydesdale
pillow the fields that formerly yield
ed to the windbroken plugs, and
the wagons and implements are Of
the most approved labor.saving
patterns.
All this means capital and is OK
pensive; but when we consider the
fact that it costs no more to keep
the best than the bad, and that ex.
pense means profit in the end, the
cost is not so formidable as it seems.
But the manure heap is the most
important of all. A good farmer
can be selected by the manner in
which he sees to his manure. The
manure pile is the wealth-the
bank on which the check is drawn
and no good farmer will neglect
it, Drenching rains and scorching
suns carry upward and downward
the soluble and volatile constitu-
ents of the unprotected heap, and
often great bitches are dug to al.
low the black liquid riches to pass
of and away forever. But the good
farmer works differently. He at.
tends personally to the process of
decomposition, protects it from the
weather, and endeavors to make it
ready food for his crops when haul.
ed to the field, Farming pays well
TO good farmers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
Everyday Happiness.

LISA very true sentiment that
great sources Of enjoyment do moi
come to US very often in this life
1--we are TO be happy at all we arc
topick it up as We go along crumb
by crumb just as a happy brood Of
chicks pick up their food. Itisone
Of the great arts Of life to be easily
pleased; to find real happiness in
little successes and acquisitions
rather than TO DO always casting
ahead for some great stroke Of good
luck that shall make US suprenely
happy. The odds are great, that
just what we propose, will never
DO attained, and if tits, circumstan.
ces have so changed that the en-
jOyment it was to bring has all fed
Hardly anything in this world, SC
full Of ups and downs, turns out
just as we expected. How early
we begin to learn the lessonl Who
cannot look back to childish disap.
pointments which left their mark
on us all down the intervening
years.
Those events which give US most
happiness have usually come to us
Unexpectedly and have sprung
from very simple sources. Happy
is that person who can recognize
and appreciate these blessed me.
mentoes before they have flown.
Afretful repiningspiritc turn
any blessing wrong.side out. 1t
makes even the sun itself seem
principally "spots." Such spirit
grows fast, if once you give it a
handful Of good soil, and we know
Of nothing, besides intemperance,
that can so efectually destroy the
peace of a home, as u scolding and
fretting mother
A bright, CHEEKY woman, who
can rejoice in a handful Of sweet
spring flowers her little child
brings in, even if the little feet dc
track the floor; one who calls the
little ones TO the window to sec the
first spring robin or blue.bird; who
is glad over little "prosperities
and successes is the one to make q
good home, and send out all its in
mates to work with q stronger hand
and purpose. She is the woman to
help a man to succeed in life, even
though her frame may DO slight
and her strength unequal to lifo's
hard labors. The moral strength
she inspires is real working capital
Do not wait for happiness tt
come to you. Resolutely pick out
the bright points in your everyday
experiences and dwell upon then
in your thoughts. If you choose
compare yourself with others, with
whom, by no means, you would ex
change. 1t will help you and
make you more contented. DEPEND
upon it, happiness is within anC
not without ourselves.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04

A good honest laugh at anything
that is thoroughly laughablo is
worth half a bushol of groans over
tho total depravity oftho race, II
is better than doctors proscrip.
ton, and it is an important Gle.
ment in every good mans life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
N YNXcl GlIerrynlnn.

Even the patience of Job would
become exhausted where he a prea.
cher and ondeavoring to interest
his audience while they were keep
ing upan incessant coughing, max.
ingitimpossible for him to be heard
Yet, how very easy can all this be
avoided BY simply using DR.. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption,
Coughs and Colds. Trial Bottles
given away at E. J, Mossman's
Drug Store. ri
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04

The son Of a farmer having grad,
uated as a "dude" on returning
home called forth from Che old man
the remark: "Well, when you take
of your hat and spit three or four
times, how little there is left of ye,
anyhow"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04

A time.latch for garden gates is
the latest invention. That may
work in some sections; but what
is most needed is q patout front
stoop on hinges, that can be let
down as suddenly as a table leaf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04

The difficulty with some people
is that they know too much. Self.
conceit, however, is such u sweet
vice that nothing can persuade US
TO part with IL.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04

A Boston paper gives the follow.
ing wise piece ofadviCo to its bach.
Clor readers "Never marry a girl
unless you have known her three
days and u picnic"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04

De boy what thinks dat his fad
der is fool will arter while com.
plain OBJ de toughness of de fare in
de penitentiary. Dis 'sortiou may
miss it once, but it will hit it three
times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04

The darkest chapter in the ma.
ture Of man is the tendency to pull
down the reputation Of his fellow.
man,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
Files ,lntI BIIps.

Flies, reaches, ants, bed.bugs,
rats, mice, ,gophers, chip.muuks,
loo. Druggists.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
Decline Of Mnu-

Nervous Weakness, Dyspepsia,
Impotence, Sexual Debility, cured
by "Wells' Health Remover" IS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
CnlnrrL of Il,n nIndher

Singing irritation, inflammation,
all Kidney and Urinary Complaints
cured by "Buohu.p0iba." 81.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1883-07-04
$500 REWARD!

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never h 10 give .AiiiAta RuflT coasl lAIgS lose, oh
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JOHN Z. WEST 4 CO, ~ 4 ~ W. MaAl.oa ST., Ch:,Fs
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Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12

STANDARD RAILWAY TnIE.-The effort now
being made to bring about the adoption of a
reduced number of standards by which the
railroads of the country are operated promises
to be successful at no distant day, the man
agement of many of the principal lines hav-
ing already consented to the scheme. At pres
ent there are some 80 different standards in
use by the roads of this country and Canada.
The new system proposes to reduce this num-
ber to five, which are to include the stretch
of country from Nova Scotia to the Pacific
coast. The first standard will include the
country through which the Intercolonal rail-
way of Canada operates, with its central me-
ridan COZ west from Greenwich. The next
will include New England and New York,
with meridian 751 west from Greenwich as
the central point. The third standard will be
arranged to cover the region extending from
Pennsylvania TO the westward, with meridian
30 west from Greenwich for a central point
The other standards would have 1O5 and l20'
west from Greenwich for their central merid-
ians. The advisability of the adoption of the
new standards is so apparent to all railroad
managers who have given the question con-
sideration that there is little doubt of their
coming into general use. II the railroads
adopt the new standard the result would
probably follow that all our watches and
clocks would soon be changed to the same
standard. Otherwise there would be consid-
erable confusion in business and other circles.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12

RECRUITING FOR THE UNITED STATES ARMY.
Five hundred men wanted for the United
States army an advertisement reads in a
Chicago paper.
What is the meaning of this sudden de-
mand for men, asked a reporter of that city
of one of the recruiting officers.
There is nothing unusual in it. We want
men to enlist to take the places of those who
have been discharged during the year"
DO you have many applications ?" was
asked
Eyes, we have from 90 to % men of all
kinds and from almost every class in life
come here every day. Unfortunately, how
ever it is much easier to get men than to get
good ones and, though the placard outside,
Men wanted for the United States army
reads so generously catholic, there are vari-
Gus small formalities to be gone through be-
fore a recruit can be accepted, which result
at the best of times in the rejection of four
candidates ou. Of every fve"
What are the qualifications for recruit?"
at is essential for man to speak the Eng
lish language. He must be between the ages
OF 2l and 50 above 3 feet and inches in
height, and must weigh no less than 120
pounds to be fit for service"
Almost every superhuous incumbrance,
from a wife to bad teeth, sufices to disquali.
fy candidate. Besides, moreover, passing
through searching medical examination, he
must have had, so far as is ascertainable,
respectable past. Many queer characters,
however, pass through and succeed in keeping
their past a mystery. Each, Of course, as
signs profession, trade or employment to
himself with great show of candor Some
times young men of unmistakably good
breeding turn up who have run away from
home. The officers generally give them
some wholesome advice and send them home
to their mammas. Again, there are many
who have tried most ways Of living and find
they all involve too much hard work. As a
last recourse they enlist, laboring under the
de!usion that soldiers life is ono of idleness.
To this may be ascribed the otherwise ineX-
plicable number of desertions. Not few
disappear the day after applying, and do not
even wait to see what the life is like-so fore
ing upon the officers the melancholy convic-
ton that they have been hoaxed, and the
whole process of application and medical ex-
animation was gone through merely with a
view to securing the one nights lodging and
a meal. A large number of the appli cants,
however, take up the service from deliberate
choice, and have an honest intention of do
ing their duty in it.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
Lu.her rasaPreacher.

In the October Century Professor George
p. Fisher, of Yale, says: For moving elo-
quence in the pulpit no one excelled Luther
He not only knew how to preach, but he
could tell the secret to others. One defect,
he observes, may eclipse numerous gifts in a
preacher. DIR. Justus Jonas has all the good
virtues and qualities a man may have; yet
merely because he huns and spits, the people
cannot bear that good and honest man. Let
a preacher stick to his text, and not ramble !:
"A preacher that will speak everything that
comes in his mind is like maid that goes to
market, and, meeting another maid, makes a
stand, and they hold a goose-market.' He
despsed the hunger for applause: 'Ambi-
tion is the rankest poison to the church.
when it possesses preachers Cursed are all
preachers that in the church aim at high and
loud things, aud, negleeting the saving health
of the poor, unlearned people, seek their own
honor and praise, and Herewith to please
one or two ambitious persons. When l
preach, sink myself deep down. regard
neither doctors nor magistrates, Of whom are
here in this church above forty but l have
an eye to the multitude of young people,
children and servants, Of whom are more
than two thousand. l preach to these, di-
recting myself TO them that have need there
of. Win not the rest hear meP The door
stands open unto them they may begone.
An upright, godly, and true preacher should
J direct his preaching to the poor simple sor'
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12
A brilliant wedding-The marriage of {

A brilliant wedding-The marriage of a
red headed couple. Philadelphia Herald.
A Georgia woman was recently baptized at
the age of los years. 1t is always best to at
tend to such matters as early in life as posi-
ble.-Free Press.
Said the conductor of slow-going west
ern train to an impatient traveller mo, we
are not much on annihilating space on this
road, but we do manage to kill good deal of
time"
A minister, who had passed around the hat
unsuccessfully at a country church, said
''My good people, hog cholera has broken
out in this neighborhood, and l advise you
all to leave the country. y."-ArkdRSdU ITdU-
eler.
Marriage licenses are issued in Chicago at
the rate of three hundred per week. This
indicates that the divorce crop will not be
failure next season.-NeO York Morning
Journal.
In a certain Arkansas dancehouse and sa-
loon there is a reversible motto hanging
against the wall. At the opening of the fes-
tivities the motto reads God Bless Our
Home" But as the evening wanes, and
knives and pistols flourish in the air, the pro-
pretor fops the motto over, and 1t reads
''Wbat Will the Harvest Be ?"-TeJds Sitt.
ings.
There is talk, in a certain Massachusetts,
town, of lynching the man who evolved this
| toast in connection with late freman's mus
ter "Our fre-engines, may they be like our
old mads-ever ready but never wanted"
Lost the trail A little girl sat on the floor,
crying. After a while she stopped and seem
ed buried in thought; then, looking up sud-
denly, she said: Mamma, what was cry
| in bout ?" because l wouldn't let you go
down town" ''Oh, yes and she set up a
howl. .-ArkaRsd0 TraUeller.
A somewhat inebriated gentleman boarded
| a down car on Yonge street, Toronto. Bal
ancing himself against the door, he asked the
conductor to let him off at Oruikshank street,
When Wilton avenue was reached he recog-
nized his destination, and, stumbling over to
the bell-strap, he gave it tremendous tug.
| The conductor was irritated. "What do you
mean by jerking the bell like that-ringing 1t
at both ends ?" he said, with rising anger.
| "Well-hic-don' wapsh the carsh to stop
-hio-at both ends ?"-1OrORtO Globe.
An English gentleman and his wife, while
travelling in Sicily, fell into conversation one
day with the driver in whose vehicle they were
riding. 81 was not always as you see me,
said the man, sadly; 81 once occupied very
much higher position" The travellers prick
ed up their ears for a romantic story OF nobil
ity in distress. Yes" continued the driver
81 was once a brigand, and all the men OF my
family occupied the same honorable position
but became engaged to girl whom loved
to distraction, and my hance, dsliking the
profession on account of its risks, persuaded
me to throw it up, so now am only car
! riage driver.
Vermont phÅ“nix. [volume] (Brattleboro, Vt.) 1834-1955, 1883-10-12

A CAVE OF BATS From the roof of a cav
ern in Uvalde, Tex, which ranges in places
from 10 to 10 feet in height, huge black
masses were suspended at intervals, reaching
almost to the ground, writes traveller who
had been through the cave. These masses, as
a rule, were pear shaped in appearance
large at the lower extremity and tapering al
most to point where they connected with the
ceiling On brushing against one of these
stalactite masses, the party were astonished to
find that it swung to and fro at touch, like the
pendulum of a clock, while chorus of shrill
squeaks added to their CONSERVATION. Hastily
bringing a torch to bear on the squeaking
black mass, the party discovered that they had
intruded and were disturbing the doze of a
colony of prairie bats Under the light of the
torch the mass seemed to melt away, and for
a time the place was sliterally alive with the bats
flying and piping in every direction. After a
time they gathered like a swarm of bees a
little knot of bats fastened themselves upon
the roof of the cave, and the others gradual
ly settled upon them until all were once more
suspended from the ceiling. What seems
truly wonderful about them when they are
gathered is that the weight of the whole is
supported by the few that settle first and how
those in the center manage to avoid being
smothered is a question an ornithologist may
answer. Several hundred yards further on the
passage gradually broadened into an immense
chamber ? and here the colonies of bats be-
came so numerous that considerable caution
was required to keep from bringing a cluster
of them to the ground. The bats issuing
from the cave at dusk present the appearance
Of an enormous spiral column of smoke ris-
ing out of the ground, and those who have
witnessed the singular sight say that it took
fully an hour for them to complete their noe
turnRl exodus.