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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-06
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Spring goods Mineral waters.
1t 10 hoped something may be
foundto make cholera lose is grip.
Agreat fnancier isa thief who
succeeds a thief Is a great fnan.
cier who fails.
a man sayshis wife Is only half
like 4 telescope. He can draw her
out but be can't shut her up.
The idlst'slazy pun: | would
ratherhnye one day Of vacation
than a thousand years Of vocation.
"smiles ain no sign o a good
dIsserpossishun, says opie Read.
@Deredspple aiu'allusde sweetes. |"
All singers ofthe Declaration Of
Independence signed their names
with a quill pen except one-he
signed his With.erspoon.
Ali,tle girlspending the Sum.
mer in the country wrote to her
father 'Please bring me a new
tooth brush. Mineis melting"
What is the difference between
photography and the whooping
cough2 One makes fac.similes, and
the other sick families.
An illiterate soldier contriyed 10
spell the word "usage' without
using a letter properly belonging
TO It. He wrote it 'yowzi,ch."
@Iphall fight it out on this lynn
fit takes all Summer" remarked
the political stump speaker as he
sent to headquarters for more
"doClored facts"
The man who is obliged to wan.
der about a kbesprinkled floor
at three o'clock in the morning in
search Of a light is invariably the
one who can't find his match.
"How do you pronounce s.t.i.n-
g.y.P" asks the teacher Of the Ounce
Of the class. The boy replied: at
depends a good deal on whether the
word refers to . person or a bee."
ACincinnati editor intends to
build a handsome hotel in Wash.
ington, to be eight stories high.
Cincinnati editors, as their pa.
pers show, have a penchant for
tall stories.
A bachelor, upon reading that
1.-TWO lovers would sit up all night
with one chair in the ROOM" said
it could no. be done unless one Of
them sat on the floor. Such ignor.
Once is painful.
AS two pall.bearers were walk.
ing away from the grave in which
they had deposited a neighbor, one
said to the other: "Wsll, Mr.. Morse,
here's where we've all got to come,
If we live"
A Harlem man who recently
joined the church was heard to
mutter, as his shiny new beaver
fell in a mud hole: Wouldn't you
hear some tall swearing II l hadn't
been converted last week."
The bread Of life is love, The salt
Of life is work, the sweetness oflife
is poesY, and the water Of life
faith. A true woman is a com.
pound Of them all. Isn't that a
pretty dish to set before your
wife3
Anold lady gave this as her idea
Of a great man: zone who is
keerful of his clothes, don't drink
sperets, kin read without spelling
the words and eat q cold dinner on
wash day without grumbling."
Bigsby was telling Blodson about
a friend who was injured in rail.
road accident. "He ought to have
a,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-06
BuckIen's ArnIca SaIVe

The Best Sale in the v. rid for Cuts,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rl,eun, fe.
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re.
quired. I'll is guaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price,
rs cts. per box, For sale by E. ]. Moss.
man. [jan %, silly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-06

An Ohio newspaper speaks of a
man being bruised by the lem.
phatiC gesture Of u mule"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-06

The yellow feverhas made It's zap.
psatance in New Orleans, one
: case being reported.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-06

A shoemaker may not be able 10
breath his last, although he often
eats his awl.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-06

H:!;;;.' I: If e; 81 !; E:;:; !: I; Is:
IN this world. All, Of either sex, succeed from hFst
hour. The broad road to fortune opens before the
workers, absolutely sure. Al once address, TEUE
q Co., Augusta, Maine, laprsoyI.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-08-06

NEHa week at home. SEQ outfit free. Pay
nJll lab.olutely sure. No risk, Capital not rs.
W SquiFed. Reader, II YOU want business a.
which persons Of either sex young OF Old, can make
laiHty, write iof particulars 70 II. HAtIEFT 4 Co.
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Suicide to avoid Death.

The case of Charles Ford is very
curious one. 1t was he who killed Jesse
James, the great Western robber. Ford
belonged to James gang of thieves, and
be was induced to murder his chief be-
cause of the large reward offered by
Governor Crittenden, of Missouri. Ford
was given the money and free pardon.
He was then engaged by theatrical
speculator, who exhibited him through
out the country; but the enterprise was
not pccuniary success. Robbers and
murderers do not make good amuse'
ment attraction. Ford subsequently,
lived miserable life. He was tortured
by the fear that some of his former as
sociates were on his track. Day and
night the spectre of the avenger haunted
him, and life became so great burden
to him that he finally killed himself to
avoid being killed. Verify, the way of
the transgressor is ard.-Demorest Month
W for july.
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Is the Moon Inhabited?

At the astronomical observatory of
Berlin, says translation from Nya Pres
sen Helsingfor, discovery has lately
been made which, without doubt, will
cause the greatest sensation, not only
among the adopts in science, but even
among the most learned. Prof. Blend.
mann, in that city, has found, beyond a
doubt, that our old friend, the moon, is
not mere lantern which kindly furn-
ishes light for the loving youth and gas
companies of our planet, but the aoode
of living, intelligent beings, for which
be is prepared to furnish proofs most
convincing.
The question has agitated humanity
from time immemorial, and has been the
object of the greatest interest. But the
opinions have always differed very wide
ly, and no two minds held one and the
same? Already in ancient times the
belief prevailed that the moon was in.
habited by some lighter organized, intel
ligent beings, somewhat resembling man,
and in order to communicate with them
the earthly enthusiasts planted rows Of
trees several miles in length so as to
form the figure of the Pythagorean the
oren. The celebrated astronomer
Schroeder, in the beginning of the pres
ent century, fancied that he could detect
places on the surface of the moon which
periodically grew lighter and darker, and
from this fact he derived the conclusion
that the phenomenon was proof of exist
ing vegetation. During the last few
decades, however, the idea of life on the
moon has been held up to ridicule, and
totally scorned by men of learning. But,
nevertheless, it has now been proved to
be correct.
By accident DR.. Blendman found that
the observations Of the moon gave but
very unsatisfactory results, owing to the
intensity of the light power of the moons
atmosphere, which is that strong that it
effects the correctness of the observations
in very high degree. He then con-
ceived the idea to make the object-glass
of the refractor less sensitive to the rays
of the light, and for that purpose he
darkened it with the smoke of camphor.
It took months of experimenting before
he succeeded in finding his right degree
of obscurity of the glass, and when
finally found he then with the refractor
took an accurate photo of the moons
surface. This he placed in sun micro
scope, which gave the picture diameter
of 554 feet. The revelation was most
startling. 1t perfectly overturned all
hitherto entertained ideas of the moons
surface. Those level plains which for
merly were held to be oceans of water
proved to be verdant fields, and what
formerly were considered mountains
turned out as deserts of sand and oceans
of water. Towns and habilations of all
kinds were plainly discernible, as we'll as
signs of industry and traffic. The
learned professors study and observations
of old Luna will be repeated every full
moon when the sky is clear, and we ven
ture to predict that the time is not far
off when We shall know more about the
man in the moon than as being an agent
in English politics.
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ments were all made with a small.sized
horse. Assertions concerning other por'
tions of the machine were made which
were equally positive and equally ridicu-
lous. I was surprised to find how much
better informed the public was about the
machine than I was myself"
The Harvester Company has been
notified by the agricultural departments
of several States that gold medals wonld
be offered for the best cotton harvester at
the State Fairs this fall, and that patch
es of cotton had been secured for expert
mental purposes. The company will
doubtless have machines at these fairs,
and will do everything in its power to
demonstrate their practical utility in
every one of the Cotton States.
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There are an unusual number of
house flies this year, and various means
are resorted to for their determination.
The safest, surest and quickest way that
we know to rid room of these pests is to
close the doors and windows and burn
sulphur in the room. Every fly will soon
be dead on the floor, when they can be
swept up and burned.
SIS your sister at home?" asked a
St. Louis young gentleman of the little
brother who answered the bell. eyes,
she's home," said the boy "we're going
to have cocoanut pies for dinner to-mor.
row, and she's out in the kitchen helpin'
mother make 'em." Indeed" replied
the young man, evidently very much
pleased, "and what part of the pie does
your sister make 2" "She cracks the
cocoanuts with her teeth"
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The Nations Drink Bill.

The Christian Union gives diagram
showing the relative amounts paid for
several of the leading articles in general
use. The sums of money paid out are
represented by black columns, and the
one that represents the drinks of the
country towers far above any of the
others. 1t is about seven inches, while
the one representing public education is
about three .fourths of an inch. The
money paid for drink is nearly twice that
paid for bread and more than three times
the meat bill, and it is greater than the
aggregate amount paid for woolen goods,
sawed lumber, cotton goods. boots and
shoes, and Christian missions. he fig
ures are taken from the census of 1880.
Liquor is put down at S900,G00,000; 4;
bread, S505, 100000; meat, 1903 ,000, 900;
iron and steel 1920, ,0O0, 900; woolen goods,
s2s7 900, 900; sawed lumber s2s3, ,oOo, 900;
cotton goods, S210,OOO,O00; boots and
shoes, s196, 100000; sugar and molasses,
s155, 100000; public education, sS5, ,0O0,-
900; Christian missions, home and
foreign, $5,5OO,O00. The National Tenn.
perence Alliance places the amount now
paid out for drinks of al sorts at 81 ,0O0-
100000. This amount is beyond the COM
prehension of any man. When we take
women and children into consideration,
fully one. half of our population does not
taste liquors of any sort. This then will
allow forty dollars year for each of the
drinking people to spend. This seems to
be enormous, when we consider that
twenty-five millions of people are spend
ing on an average forty dollars year for
drink of soma sort. This is not the
greatest expense. Add to this money
that is worse than wasted, the ruined
homes, the broken hearts of wives, the
expense of policemen and courts to look
after drunkards, the paupers and insane
made so by d:ink. the thousands of idiots
and diseased children, born of intemper.
ate parents, and you have some idea of
the vast ruin wrought by intoxicating
drinks.
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- True politeness is the last touch of
a noble character. "It is the gold on
the spire, the sunlight on the corn6eld." !"
"A fashion item says that ladies are
giving up the "bang," but we notice that
a great many of them still hang on to
the powder"
= Grace: II am going to see Clara
to-day. Have you any message"
Dora II wonder how you can visit that
dreadful girl Give her my love-"
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"A remedy for balky horses, which
works well, is TO put a small stone or
sand in the horses ear. Generally the
horse will start off at once at a lively
gait, unless lie balks from fatigue.
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= Where cause is good, an appeal
should be directed to the heart rather
than the head.
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amount of stock which this would repre-.
sent, he said, would be SAFE, 900, and the
number of acres ofland "nearly 275,O00."
"The chance" he said, "was 9 very rare
one; he couldn't touch it," but he offer
ed it to Mr.. Fisher for S25 900; that Mr..
Fisher accepted it and paid the money,
but for some unexplained reason the stock
was never delivered, and Mr.. Blaine
subsequently returned the amount. This
transaction was very peculiar one, Cor
the following reasons:
1t appears from Acts of Congress re.
Iating to the road, none of which are of
older date than July 2, 1864, that the
authorized stock was s100,000,000, with
land grant estimated by the commits
sioners of public lands at 100000
acres, or "A, 423 square miles. The line
OF the road was 1000 miles long, and at
the time of Blaine's letter to Fisher it
was, he says, being built on bonds at
$4,000 mile, which would have made
q bonded debt of s50,000,000. Mr..
Blaine, as member of Congress and
Speaker of the House, must be taken to
have known about the circumstances Of
the road, and there therefore seems no
escape from the conclusion that his offer
was based on the expectation that he
would receive almost as gift share in
an enterprise dependent for its value on
legislation in which he had taken part.
MI. Blaine's defence in the case of this
transaction consisted at first of denial
that he had ever had any transaction
with the road at all, but he afterward
rested on the fact that he had no pecuni-
ary interest in the transfer, and that it
was never actually made; but though
this might be defence to suit against
him for conspiracy to defraud purchas.
ers Of the stock, it does not affect in any
way the nature of the offer. His rela-
tions with Warren Fisher we're in 1870,
as appeared from the evidence, such that
any favor done tho latter, or gift present.
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privileged ones, but to all the people.
The tendency to take the type for the
reality is sternly repressed. 1t is only
when re think of the divine cats, the
sacred ichneumons of Egypt, that we
realize the full depth and breadth of the
commando "Thou shalt not make to
thyself any craven image" Its God is
one who is the God of the living as well
as of the dead God of the market
place as well as of the temple one whose
immutable DEGREES will bring happiness
to The people in this life who obey them,
and misery to the people who ignore
them. A social order, in which the Di.
vine justice seemed to speak in the word
II am" dawned upon Moses. II am"
was the message which fell upon his ear.
We may miss any reference to a future
life in the Mosaic books, but that he be-
lieved in it there is no doubt.
The Go.trine of Immortality, appealing
rs it does to the strongest human feelings,
may become so incrusted with degrading
superstition, may be 80 turned by craft
and sel6shness into an instrument Tor the
enslaving of human lives, that it may
become an agent of human oppression.
But the belief in the Immortality of the
soul must have existed in the minds of
the Hebrew people of that day, and
Moses also held it; but the truth he
brought prominently forward is the truth,
that the actions of men bear fruit in this
world, that though wickedness may seem
to go unpunished aud wrong to be re-
warded, there is yet Nemesis that fol-
lows every national crime and Furnishes
the children for the fathers transgress-
ion; the truth that each individual must
act upon and be acted upon, and that the
life of each must be dominated by the
conditions imposed upon all. But | can
not think that sucha soul, living such an
unselfish life as his, feeling the burden of
great care, the bitterness of great care,
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Meals are served, at acy time when
ordered, but the regular hours are break
FAST, from 500 to $50 a. M, lunch, 1890
to l:S0 p. m. and; dinner from $50 to7:OO
p. m. The food is of good quality and
we'll prepared and the service excellent,
the menu comparing favorably with first
class hotels on shore.
2 Our voyage was in the main an unin-
teresting though pleasant one. For the
first few days the surface of the ocean
was almost unbroken and the great ship
sped on its way with scarcely any per-
ceptible motion. In spite of the good
weather, however, q large number sue
cumbed to either fears or their imagina-
tions, and one after another dreamy,
thoughtful look would creep over their
faces and they would silently steal away
to render involuntary tribute to Neptune:
For sea-sickness no cure has as yet been
discovered, but though incurable it is not
fatal; although 1t is common remafK
that the victims of it would be better sat.
is6ed If it were Some medical writers
affirm that it is disease of the brain,
others of the eye, but so far as we can
judge FROM observation and q few pre-
monitory symptoms in our personal ex-
perience, it is most decidedly disease
5of the stomach, and the best and most
available remedies are plenty of fresh air
and strong will.
On our second night out an event
occurred which threw q gloom over all
the ship. a young man about twenty
four years Of age committed suicide by
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-07
LATEST NEWS.
CITY AND COUNTY.
LOCAL JOTTINGS.


The murmurings still continue,
"why don't Annapolis improve and
prosper?n The answer has been given
time and again, especially through
the press of our city. There are
some, however, who have no time to
stop and bother about such queries,
which are generally made by the
idle, the very Micaubers who are
continually complaining. There are,
nevertheless, evidences of thrift and
enterprise in our midst which should
serve to stimulate our young men,
Take for an illustration the enterpris-
ing go-a.head spirit of Mr. John b
Flood. lie was young man who,
when he started out in business, had
nothing to depend upon but the
wise guidance and good advice
of his mother and bis own indomitable
perseverance, self-will and energy.
He commenced with small begin
ings," and to day is one of our recog-
nized stable merchants and citizens.
He is to-day competing fairly, indus
triously and honorably with another
firm, the head of which started out in
life in precisely the same manner, and
who has deservedly met with success.
Mr.. Flood is to day acting the part of
a worthy citizen by ministering to the
needs and wants of city of over
seven thousand people he is bene-
factor in the true sense of the word,
and if Annapolis could but boast of a
few more Mr. John b. Floods, and
Jos S. M. BasiPs this long, hackneyed
and e6ete query of "why don't Anna
polls improve and prosper" would
soon be practically answered and
solved.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-07
Docking Naval Academy LabOrers.

A system of docking the laborers
of the Naval Academy has been
adopted of late, we learn, for all time
they may loose on account of sick
ness or rainy weather, when pre-
vented from working outside. If this
be true, it must be pretty close cor
poration that would resort to such
picayune economy. When Admiral
Porter was in command of that in
stitution, be forbade Paymaster Jack.
son to deduct any of the laborers in
the yard, on account of sickness, say.
ing at the same time, "When does a
working man need his money the
most-when he is sick or when he is
well?" We believe that Congress
appropriates a definite sum per year
for so many laborers, and if such is
the case they should receive the full
amount of hear pay.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-07
BRIEF NIENTEONINGs,

"A gentleman's own good breed
ing is his best security against other
peoples rudeness.
The coal cart that broke down
on Church Circle on Monday last,
still remains in its original position.
"A man can go along without ad-
vertising-and SO can a wagon with
out greasing, but it goes hard
Jones landlady is great taker.
Jones says it was not in the contract
that he should have rooms and bored.
Labor is the genius that changes
the world from ugliness to beauty,
and the greatest curse to a great
blessing.
"A marriage license, issued by
the magistrate in the city of Wash
ington, has been returned endorsed,
"She won't have me-"
In the moral as in the physical
world, the violent is never lasting;
the tree forced to unnatural luxuri-
ance of bloom, bears it and dies.
About one hundred persons from
this city visited Mount Vernon yes
terday-many for the first time in
their lives.
1t takes agood man to be brave
man, and the reverse of this is equal
ly true. A cowardly sneak can be
neither good man nor brave man.
Put this in your pipe and smoke it.
Men are so fearful of wounding
woman's vanity that they rarely re-
member that she may by some possi-
bility possess a grain of common
sense.
There is nothing more universal
ly commended than fine day; the rea-
son is that people can commend it
without envy.
Never give your friends away.
True friends are scarce article and
hard to find Always hide their faults
and weaknesses and praise thier vir-
tues. This is always generous and
commendable characteristic in a true
hearted friend
A young lady remarked the 9th.
er day: 81 am disgusted with the
world !" Poor thing, she knew as
much about the two hemispheres as a
cat knows about jumbo. The extreme
nebulosity fthat young lady is void
of all limitations. She ought to be
fed on bon bonS.
Some young ladies in Annapolis
don't know it, but it is nevertheless
fact, that their natures are so exceed
ingly and unpleasantly quarrelsome
and chiding that they not only drive
their gentleman friends away on ac-
count of such temperament, but they
keep them away. All such young
ladies should read this and study its
,,,o3.0l
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-07

A number of naval candidates are
here pursuing their studies for the
examination on September lst, for ad.
mission to the Naval Academy as
naval cadets. At st. Johns College,
Profs. w. H. Hopkins and j. Grattan
Hagner are preparing a number of
candidates, and Capt. John Wilkin-
son, at his naval preparatory school,
has also large class. The candi-
dates have generally acted on the
theory that the ancient city belongs
to them, but this years set is very
quiet and orderly.
Evening capital. (Annapolis, Md.) 1884-1910, 1884-08-07
General Herbert,s Successor.

The vacancy in the Police Commits.
sionership of Baltimore city, caused
by the sudden demise of General Her.
bert, is now being considered by Gov.
McLane. Messrs. JohnlT. Ford, w.
IL. Bians, Marshall Grey and Robert
Morrison, are being energetically push
ed for the position by their respec.
tive friends. 1t is said that Colonel
Bians has denied the use of his name
for the commissionership. We regret
to learn this and hope it is not true,
for it is the opinion of the CAPITAL
that no better selection could be made
than that Of Col. Bians for such a
responsible position. He was
prominent candidate for Police Com
missioner before the last session of
the Legislature, but the gods of fate
had already decreed against him. He
is a gentleman full of energy and push
and is man "self-made" in every
respect, and deserves well of his
State.