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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09
why He Felr Near.

f.lsN N'i alElVtAUte iSShteI'Jf ai
If | ever go into a new locality
again 1 will study up my geogra.
ply better than I did this time,
for my ignorance got me into a
most uncomfortable position. As
the boat neared Sanford l was
standing on the deck, when a very
pretty young lady came up to me,
and with a sweet smile on her face,
looked up into tsfue with a pair Of
lovely eyes and asked: "Are you
going to kiss me. sirle~If some one
had offered tulend me $40 l could
not have been more surprised, and,
hardly knowing what to say, and
in order to gain a little time, !
gasped out: Pardon, miss, what
did you ask7" / felt that she knew
/ heard her, but she said sweetly,
"Are you going to kiss me To-
nightS' There was no ,nisunder.
standing her this time. / heard
her, and so did others, and !, fell
the blood rushing into my face
and / stammered out, II would
like to accommodate youi miss.
would truly, but l have a wife and
thirteen small children on board
with me, and If my wife shOuIdset
me kissing yop-" 'Kissing me
you hateful old thing who asked
you to kiss lneSss "Yon did"
lyflledj i'You asked me twicel'
"You old fool, / asked you il you
we're gOiug to KissimO-Kissim
Ecily 10 night don't you know any,
thing2p aud Olf she went, and i
anybody felt meaner than l did
would like 10 exchange photo,
graphs with him.
| -o-s-'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09
Ills Dead ChlId.
[New Orleans Times. pemocrat. 1

New Orleans Times.D Democrat.
The other day a New Orleans
man had occasion to go over the
lake. On his way back, and when
the train stopped at the bay, he no.
ticed a man getting into The car in
front Of him with a little baby in
his arms. After The train had got
under way the conductor came and
said: "Come with me, / waut to
show you the saddest, strang.sl
sight you ever saw" I" and he led the
way into the next car. There cay
the man whom he had noticed With
the babeAhis precious little bundle
lay on the seatin front ofbim, and
as these other two men watched,
he leaned over and looked long and
earnestly in tho little face, and then
kissed the frail finger tips he held
SO gently in his hand. "Thai
baby's dead" said the conductor
"Itd died this morning at the bay
He couldn't bear to put it in a cof
fn, because then It would have t.
60 without him in obaggage.car
land SO he is just carrying 1t hon'
TO New Orleans in his arms.
Stricken TO the hearts core he sd
There quiet and anheeding, watch
ing over his dead child, kissing th,
fngersitbat would never again soft
lly clasp his, looking down upon
the white lids that had closed ovel
the brighteyes as Che petals Of
sensitive flower close at night ovel
its delicate heart, and the worlc
was nothing to him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09
"EyEIs TIIINE..
[pIilale.phh calll

= [P!alslo!plila CALI a
at is yerY cold, carestfare
your wraps JsutticieRtly wailna
said john Elton, as he placed EhIs
hand caressingly on the shoulders
Of Ella Wardour, who was going
out for a sleigh ride with him that
crisp, cold January morning.
"oh, yes" replied Ella. "Look,
my cloak is furllinedand my heed
is made Of elder.d down. lam weath
er.proof, Think" ON x! 2
The jingling of bells announced
the arrival Of the sleigh dt the
door. Ella went out into the hall,
and returned with a letter in her
hand.
"soe," she cried, as she held up
the missiye. "James found this in
1.-THE sleigh, where you must have
dropped it," ai 'aa'
"Yes, dear, Come let Us be of.
My horse is restless in the cold"
a"But the letter." tia y
"oh, yes the letter. Give it to
me-"
mot until you tell me the name
of your correspondent. The wri.
ting is certainly feminine, and the
dainty seal is Of blue wax, bearing
the motto, Ever Thinc' impressed
upon it Ever thine iadeedl-to
a man whose love has been plight.
ed to me for a yearI Tell me The
name Of the writer and give nc
permission TO read theletter."
eNO," cannot do that" answer.
ed John, laughing misohievously,
"Would you have me betray the
secrets Of one fair lady to apother
when they arc both young ,asl.
Il
unmarried and profess to be equally
fond Of me23 ID .sdoa =
"Then you acknowledge that
your correspondent is a lady and
fond Of you2"
"Ye:, my correspondent is a lady
and ! believe she is fond Of me-"
"Now, John,' cried Ella, ~ will
read the letter aud you cannot pre-
vent me" '-'' ''''''3' (.
AS she attempted TO break tht
seal her lover snatched the missivt
from her hand. Ella still smiled
but there was q bitter tone in bel
voice, and an angry flush deepen
ed the roses on her cheeks. Johr
could not help observing tht
change in her countenanCe, and /
shade Of sternness and determina
tion mingled with The smile upOr
his lips as he answered; 5.
Will, Elh, is not q pleasanl
word for rosy lips" Thus speaking
he tore the letter into fragmeutl
and threw the fragments into tht
FIRE, adding as he did soa YNoV
lare you satisfied The contents are
lost 10 me as we'll as to younelir'
An angry re!ort rose to Ella'i
lips as she witnessed the destruct
ion ofthe letter, and the Request
tba! had only been playfLlly made
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09

A mothet.in.law said to her sou.
in.Iaw; $50, monsieur, you were al
the ball last evening, and II has
not been d month since you lost
your wite!" "That's true, mamma, "
answered the culprit with a con,
trite air, "but.I beg to remind you
that | danced very sadly"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09

A Brooklyn man claims to have
a paperof pins which be purchas.
ed when he was married, twenty.
ive years ago. He found them in
an old Oyercoat the other day, along
with an uumalled letter Of his
wife's.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09
BIZ Nye'A lood Fortune.

Bill Nyoi is a lucky and an un.
lucky dog. He picked upa bit Of
paper in the street on which was
inscribed 1854. He bought atick.
etin a lottery Of the same number
and drew $4,000. This he invest.
ed in a gold mine, and at the end
Of elk tnonths he took the poor
debtors oath. He then went to
Cape May, and while walking on
the beach he discovered a young
lady sinking for the third time.
He rescued her andrecsiyed 81 900
from her rich father. That night
he fought tho tiger and had to bor-
row a quarterlto get a breakfast.
He then took a jobto putup a tele.
phone wire, and while doingso hit
upon an idea which hesold To the
campany for 5000. He spent sS,-
600 in solving the worthlessness Of
a new electric light, He conclud.
ed for the first time in his life that
be would salt the balance down in
good real estate, and SO he bought
a farm and went TO work. He re.
solved to dig awell, and the third
day be struck a vein Of coal and
has been offered $4,000 for one.
half az his farm. Such Ia life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09

A lady reader writes to say that
she has been losing her hair n.
Gently, and wants to know what
she shall do to prevent it. Either
keep your bureau drawer locked or
else discharge tho hired girl and
get another Of a complexion difer
ing from yours.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09

81 hateto drink alone,P said a
Western man, and be passed over
a.nevly filled half pint bottle. ~
dOut,a garglcd his companion
returning ITO him empty.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09

In California young ladies who
are engaged are pointed out as he.
roines, The Calilotnians don't
stop TO think Of the reckless bravo.
do Of the men who become engaged.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09

Hatred stitreIh up strites, but
love coyOrsth all sins,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09

"This Is the way 10 make none (
fast" said tlie misor as he naile
down Tie lid Of his oaken chest. !
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09
REpAIRING.

Boots, Shoes, Saddles and Harness,
neatly and promptly repaired. Red sole
Leather cut to order. EaS" Remember,
we mean Just what We say, We will
sell you goods and do your worklor less
money than ever done before in this
city. "a Don't forget the place, Sny-
Acr's Old Stand, one door above the
Register" 0gice, Main Street, Point
Pleasant, where wo will be pleased 10
show you goods even il you are not pre-
pNred to buy at present. GIVE us A
u s. OR0ARK & co.
nov.A-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-04-09

The sunshine Of life is made VI,
Of very little beams, that are
bright vi the tia.e.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
$4,000 GONE!

SAN FRANCISCO, CAL.-The Chronicle
publishes in substance the following mar.
vel: Captain w. T. Swasey,. the oldest
pioneer of the coast, makes statement of
the intense suffering of his friend Colonel
ID. j. Williamson, an Army officer of dis
tinction, and an ex-U. S. Consul, who was
attacked in the winter of 1862 with vio-
lent rheumatism. So great was his agony
in after years, he became helpless Grip
pie, and after trying numberless remedies,
the baths of other countries and spending
a fortune of $50, 600, the disease seemed to
assume more yirulent type. Finally, he
was persuaded to try ST. Jacobs Oil, the
great conqueror of pain. It worked a
miracle of cure. In letter to the Clron-
icLe he confirms Captain Swasey's state
ment and adds 81 cheerfully give my un-
qualified attestation to the truthfulness of
the statement, because l feel perfectly GER
tain that knowledge of my cure by st.
Jacobs Oil, will prove the means of re-
ieving hundreds of sufferers
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
SAN FRANCISCO MARKETS.

RECEIPTS-Wheat. $500 ctls.: flour,
7,0OOqr. SKIS: oats, !, 800 ctls.; potatoes, A.,
GOO SKIS: eggs, 5000 doz.
FLOURISH Francisco extra, best, at
So. 5.2595.40; medium, $425@4.75; shipping
supertine, $3.00@4.50.
WHEAT Spot delivery was not
wanted, while the demand for futures
was anything out brisk Sales in No.
white were as follows:
Buyer 1S94-200 tons, $1.55@1.75a.
Seller 1S84-100 tons, $l.39. 100, $1.392 v
etl.
Closing prices were:
No. l white Bid. Asked.
Buyer season. 81 90 81 524
Buyer 1884 ........... l 10
BARLEY-Holders arc not forcing busi-
ness, but meet the wants of the trade
quietly at a range of S110S2c t8 ctl. for the
better grains of feed Nearly 5000 tons of
No. feed changed hands as follows;
Buyer season-40O tons, 791c; 400, 79Ic;
200, 793c; 900, 70c; 400, 785c; 500, 784c; 100,
1890; 100, 783
Seller season-3OO tens, s5c; 700. s5c.
Buyer 188E100 tons. 90c; 100, Size; 100,
873c: 100 size.
OATS-Black, $1.35@1. 40; white. $l.5O@
1.65; for common, $1.70@1,0o for fair to
good, and $1.70@1.75 for extra choice
CORN-Choice ory yellow, Tl.6O; white,
choice dry, S1.50@1.50; common, $1.373
@1.45; Nebraska, $1.35@1.40.
BRAN-Quiet and unchanged at $14.00
MIDDLINGS-Active at $l7.0O@19.oO y
ton.
HAY-Wheat, S11.OO@13.eO: wild oat,
$11.00@13.00; barley, $8.0O@11.0O: stable,
$l3.00@l4.00; COW, $10.00912.eO; alfalfa
$6.OO@10.00 u ton.
STRAW AW-Quotable at 45@571c q bale.
BUCK WHEAT-Quotablea at $3.25(0a ::
TALLow-Good to choice rem cred, I
| (97Ac; refined, 84@8ac Il fb.
HOPS-Quotable at 16t@18c, y ID. for fail
to medium. nd21@22ac for good to choice
| APPLES-Oregon, u bx., 81. 80, $2.25.
HIDES-Dry, q H., usual selection. Zoe
dry kip. 203c; dry calf, 19@203c; prime hail
| goatskins, 60@7Oc.
| LARD-Eastern refined, 8 to lob. tins
| 12f@13c. Other provisions unchanged. !
| SALMON-Oregon, LIB cans, u doz.
| f. O. b., $1.2O, $1.2244.
| EGGS-J doz.. 20l021c.
| MILLSTUFFS-Grou barley. $A.0
| @25.00 u ton; oil cake meal, old process
$1,000, new process, $26.50: rye -four. So.
| y bbl.; rye meal, $3.50; buck-wheat flour
| y H., SC; pearl barley, 4@5c; graham flour
3ac; oat meal, 53c; Eastern oat meal, q bbl.
| 3d. 75 net cash; cracked wheat, u fb., DC.
POTATOES-New sell. according te
quality, as follows: Small, &c; medium
| 24c; large choice, SIC T. ID. Sweets. $2.75@
800: Cuffey Coves. 75e; Jersey blues
75c: Humboldts, $1.40; Petalumas, $l.35a
l.373; Tomales, s.. .35@1 .373; early goodrich
81 .25; early rose, 81 L12a@1. .25;river reds Soc
peerless. $1.6091. 1.65.
HONEY &c, SC, q b.; extrs
white comb, 18c, Zoe; white, 13c, 16c: dark
&c. 12c.
ONIONS to choice, y sk., S1.5OQ
$40
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
SUMMING UP THE RESULTS OF A YEARS
TREATMENT.


A lady patient in Lockport, NJ Y, thus
sums up the results of years Compound
Oxygen Treatment:
''It is now year since commenced
using the Oxygen, and can readily sum
up the good results of the Treatment. Tt
IS hardly too much to say that am IN
f1sitely better. am stronger IN every
aoay and rasely suffer sao,C from the utter
exhaustion fclsich ioas my usual condition
before. ] cannot remember the time when
| have been so free from headache as dur
ing the past year. My physician rejoices
in my Improvement and assures me that
am going to get well.
Our Treatise on Compound Ocyge9a,
containing history of the discovery and
mode of action of this remarkable eura-
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All orders for the Compound Oxygen
Home Treatment directed to III. II. Ma.
thews, 606 Montgomery street, San Fran
cisco, will be filed on the same terms as il
sent directly to us in Philadelphia.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

Nervousness, Nervous Debility, Neural
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
A REMEDY FOR LUNG DISEASES.

DIR. Robert Newton, late President of the
Eclectic College, of the city of New York, and
formerly of Cincinnati Ohio, used DR.. VIM.
HALLS BALsAM very extensively in his prac-
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that SO good remedy ought to be prescribed
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in all cases of lung diseases. 1t cures Consump-
ton, and has no equal for all pectoral com
plants.
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

"RoUGH ON COUGHS" 15c., 25c., &c., at
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

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monary Complaints Browns Bronchial
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

Piso's Remedy for Catarrh is certain
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

No kind of lick-her is ever good for q
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

SKINNY MEN. ''Wells' Health Renewer"
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24

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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
"REMINISCENCES OF ROCHESTER,.

General Kalzbre, Ex-Governor of Poland
is dead
The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
Mu2IYYYYIySslSsEsSIllIIIIEzIII
CAUTION.


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The Douglas independent. [volume] (Roseburg, Or.) 187?-1885, 1884-05-24
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The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-12-11

araJlons for the expedition were promptly
maze Dv the secretary of the navy, with TIT
active cooperation Of the hecretary of war
Commander George W. Coffin was placed in
command of the Alert, and Lieut. W. H. EN-
cry IN command Of tho Bear. The Thes,s
was Entrusted to Commander Winfield s
Scn!ey, to whom also was assigned the su-
perintendenca of the entire expedition. I'm
mediately upon i:5 trivial At Vpernavik,
the fleet began the dangerous navigation Of
Melville bay, ana IN rp..cc Of every obstacle,
reached Iittleton island On juno %,
fore attaiaed that point On the same day it
Lieut. Greeley and other survivors of
his party were discovered After takink on
board the living and the bodies of the dead,
the relief ships sailed for St Johns. where
they arrived on July II. They were appro-
Aug: I, and at New York on Aug s. One Of
the bodies was landed At the former place.
The others were put on shore at Governors
island, and with the exception of One.
which WaS Inferred In the national cemetery,
were f9fxalaed tfietlgEs te. the destination in;
e esafe ~ 81 a he f .xega e ena
great credit upon all who c6Htrithted TO its
success In this, the last Of the state lies
sages that shall have the honor to transmit
to the congress of the United States can
not tUt strongly urge on its attention the
duty OF restoring our navy ~ RAPIDLY % pos
formerly characterized it Az the long peace
that has lulled us into q sense of fancied &C.
curity may at any time be disturbed. 1t is
plain that the policy of strengthening
this arm OF the service is dictated by consid-
eratio1s OF use, economy, of Just regard for
tod IT the dignity and homer Of this repub.
The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1884-12-11

The line officers of the army are pre-.
e'ar'ng to make strong push for legis-
alton by congress to accelerate promo
tons, which is now almost stagnant. A
bill IS to be introduced fixing the age
for compulsory retirement at a much
lower figure than sixty -four, as now,
and providing that captains shall 90 on
the retired list at the age of fifty. L.
is thought the passage of such bill as
this is the only possible method of
keeping up the promotion of aged off.
GERS into position of usefulness in the
army in time of peace. It Is not men
toned, and therefore deemed out of the
question. to remedy the evil by reduc-
ing the humber of cadets of West Point,
which is the nursery of army officers.
A comparatively slight reduction would
keep the chances of promotion, and
really the number of officers now IN the
army i vastly out of proportion to the
number of soldiers. The same evil
prevails in the Navy, and to a greater
extent.