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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01
He Sought the Battle.

Among the first confederate
troops that went out from Arkan.
aas was Pason Geesmore, who en-.
listed as chaplain.
Ho was a devoted Christian and
his prayers we're regarded by the
men as utterances from a higher
power. Just before the battle Of
Jenkins Ferry the old man, in a
sermon, said:
"My dear boys, 1 have decided to
go into the next fight with you.
don't think a man can properly
preach about the evils and sensa,
tions Of war unless he has expert.
enced the feeling of going into bat.
tie. Now, the next fighting We
engage in shall have me numbered
among its participants"
The old gentleman rode a large
gray horse, and when preparations
for the battle of Jenkins Ferry
were being made, he appeared on
the snowy charger, Some of The
officers begged him to keep out Of
danger, but with an expression Of
heroism he replied that he would
engage in the battle.
The first artillery fire from the
enemy shot the horse from under
the old gentleman, and by the time
he settled himself on his feet a bull
let came along and carried of one
of his fingers. He attempted to be
calm, but just then a bullet carried
away the right thumb, and, wheel
ing around, the old man struck a
determined trot for the rear.
"Hold on, parsOnI' called some
one,
"Hold on h-lP~ he rerl;od
TASK a man to hold on when the
whole id universe is shooting at
himl Take care Of your body, and
tho Lord will take care Of your
soul"
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vailed. The rich thrive andthe
poor barely live. Ahalt Is necss-
sary,
Tie farmers Of New York know
Grover Cleveland and they know
he Is The man to bring back the
governmental Washington to sim.
pier methods.
A poor man himself his sympa
thies and bis belieflead him to en-.
force stric! economy in public ad.
ministration.
With him every dollar Of taxa.
ton Is weighed az so much from
the proceeds Of the toll Of The peo.
pie.
The farmers Of New York know
that when its third city was suffer.
ing from the results Of exlraya-
ganco in its affairs, Grover Cleye-
land was called by his fellow.clti-
zens, irrespective Of party, to cor
rect Che abuse, That so marked
was P'fdelity to that charge that
the people Of The State at the next
election made him It's executive by
l94,0 900 majority and the ,Republi.
can paper at his home said; 'Buffa.
10 loses the best mayor it ever had
They know that with general sc.
cord before he was nominated for
President that the people Of this
and the newspapers Of all parties
said; Cleveland lisa good Govern
or They know that his appoint.
ments and his veioes have received
the praise Of all men. They know
that he has had the courage Of his
convictions and his convictions
have been right. They know that
every measure promising aid to
the farmer has received his cordial
support. They know that he ap.
proved the bill to prevent the sale
Of bogus butter, and that he is for
cling oleomargarine out Of competi.
ton with dairy interests. They
know that, lin every position he
has been honest and true to the
people, and that under his guild.
ance tho management Of affairs Of
the city Of Buffalo was transformed
from corruption and extravaganza
to honesty and economy and his
administration Of the great State
Of New York has won the praise
Of all the people.
They know that if elected in
November be will make a good
President. Albany Argus.
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"Is this seat engagcdP" asked a
small, thin woman Of a fat man in
the New Haven train the other
day. No reply. "Will you please
take your feet down and lot mo sit
on this seata" she repeated in a
louder tone Of voice. Again no re.
ply 81 read to day." she continu.
ed, still louder, "that a Chicago
man has cOrnerod all the pork in
the world. How did you manage
to cscapoR" Az the next station
she had the whole seat to herself.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01
Trials Of u Candidate.

NOV, my DEAR" said the candi.
dates wife, 81 don't wish to throw
the slightest obstacle in the way Of
your election, and if you choose to
turn the house into a beer garden,
aud have all the loafers in town
tramping on my carpets and filling
my curtains with pipe smoke and
drinking whisky out Of my best
tea cups, l shan't say u word. But
| want you distinctly to under.
stand that il another Of those wo.
mems rights delegations comes to
know if you are going to take a
Inanly stand for dow n.trodden wo.
manhood-well, that delegation has
got to be twenty years older and
keep its veil down, or I'll inter.
view IL myself. That's all dear. y
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To Farmers.
Fur many years your votes have
kept the Republican party in pow.

w "'J JN"'S J WI VIVID lNNO
kept the Republican party in pow.
err
The policy dsthat party has en-.
riched and protected the monopo.
lies Of tho country but has it i'm
proved your condition.
While the Goulds, Blainos, Dor.
scyg, Elkins, Millers, Bradys, Cor
nells and the other monopolists
have become millionaires by the
use they have Of your votes, have
you, too, been growing richR
While your votes have brought
princely incomes Of hundreds and
thousands Of dollars a day to them
how has your daily income in.
creased9
-Four years ago you were appeal.
ed to, by these monopolists who
have captured the Republican par.
ty, on the tariff scare, and you were
told that ruin and devastation
would follow Democratic success,
and that prosperity and plenty
" would result from Republican
victory.
You voted for the policy Of the
sharks who run tho Republican
party and how have you been ben.
eftled2
Gould and Blaine and Elkins
Warner Miller and the monopolists
in your own vicinity have grown
rich, but how is it with you.
Is your farm worth more today
than it was then?
Do you get more for your butter,
cheese, grain, pork and other pro.
duCo than then?
Do you get your clothing, grocer.
les, tools and what you have to
buy, cheaper than then?
Have your taxes been reduced
and expenses lightened2
Does your daily toll do much
more than barely support you aud
your family2
Are the times good with your
If not, is it not time for YOU I,
think Of your own interests and
vote for your own benefit nLhe,
than that Of Mr.. Gould and Mr.
Elkins and Mr.. Millionaire jaime,
G. BlaineY
Your own experience ought t,
prove to you that somvthing i
wrong ut Washington, The poll
cy Of the past is at fault. Ex
trayuganco and rrotligacy an,
careless methods have tOolong pre-
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Painful Reading.
aLon Herald. Rennhliran.

DosV'u neIAlui hepuDlCAu.
The explanation which Mr..
Blaine gives is painful reading
II does not tit in at all we'll with
the positive and comprehensive
declaration which he made in his
telegram Of the 14th rlt, to Mr..
Holloway, the editor of the Indian.
apolis Times. In that dispatch he
said: Il have just now received The
atrocious libel Of the Indianapolis
Sentinel. The story is utterly and
abomuiably false in every state
lnent and implication" But he
now admits that in tho evil reports
which have been circulated about
him simple thread of truth was
concealed in an "endloss tissue Of
faIShood." MI. Blaino's story fully
Justify those doubts to The wisdom
and prudence Of making such a
story public, we cannot but think
that he would have displayed a
sOunder judgment than ho has done
in giving an explanation Of the in.
discretion into which he was led
by the ardOr and tho inexperience
Of youth
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BIArSEs WHITE SLAVES.
IIIs PosllIon CIeafIy DelIned.

HIS POSITION GieisfAy Dellheu.
There Il much excitement am,
ong the miners Of the Hooking
Valley, in Ohio, over the discovery
that JamesG Blaine is Che lead.
ing spirit Of the coal syndicates
Tia! Is just now engaged in starry.
ing It's men into revolt and i'm,
porting pauper laborsw to take
their places. The Democrats are
making the most Of their oppor.u.
nifty and are sowing documents on
al sides, The disclosures we're
made through the discovery Of q
copy Of The Cleveland Herald, i
Republican newspaper, dated De-
cember 10Th, 1863, which contains
aspscial dispatch from New York,
snying; Inquiries abou. the Stand
ard Coal aud oil Company have
aet on footihete by the dispatch
from Columbus saying that the
company had made an assignment
there. According to Bradstteet's
reports the company was incorpor.
ated eighteen months ago, with an
organized capital Of s25,O 100000.
Thirty thousand acres Of mineral
landin The Hooking Valley were
purchased, and 100000 spent in
opening up and oquipping a small
partof the property. Several iron
companies were bought up, and it
was the evident design to absorb
tho various companies Of the Val.
10y and control the business Of W.
D. Lee, Of Norwalk, Ohio, who was
the original promoter Of the great
schemes. Among the directors and
largest stockholders were James
G. Blaine and Eugene Hale, Of
Maine, and Gov. Charles Foster, Of
Ohio. The company was organi.
zed under the name Of the Ohio
and Western Coal and Iron Com.
pany. The capital stock was fixed
at 100000 and oil the old stock
wiped out. Specials from these
points have already described how
these syndicates Of the Hooking
Valley deal with their miners.
How much concerning the inter.
est Of Blaine and Foster In these
syndicates Governor Hoadly knew
when called to the scenes of the
late riots is unknown, but it is al
legged that his hssitating to order
out troops was due to his belief
that Blaine and Foster could set.
tie, and ought to settle their trou.
bles with their men, without the
aid of State troops, and hence he
declined to furnish them TO shoot
down miners to crafty Blaine and
Foster. The Hooking and other
mining regions will soon be food.
ed with the proof showing up Mr..
Blaine's connection with these
syndicates. The political effect is
not 10 be underestimated for the
outraged and enraged miners are
ready to oternally blast any one
interested as u capitals! in the
Syndicates which have given them
the alternative of working at pau.
per wages or going with their fan
lilies into The streets.
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Tile gWIss landlord.


Twenty years ago the swiss
monster hotel was justly consider.
ed the best Of It's kind. Nowhere.
else we're the accommodation and
theatlehdance 50 good. TherenasH
scrtoflArcadiane simplicity such
as yet found in old inns Of The or.
berland, about the people. They
we're cordial aud polite, and the
bill that snhke.in.the grass which
often embitlers the feeling between
host and gues.-was reasona-
bly, moderate. All that has been
changed. A younger generation
Of hotel, keepers has grown up to
inherit the patefnal keys, and il
has occurred 10 young switzer.
lana that the oest way TO squeeze
a profit out Of travellers is 10 bully
them. All individuality is to be
strictly repressed as ii was in Ger.
man hostels when Erasmus was a
young student. Pilgrims may
s.f -
scramble for rooms, be- thankful
when they,get what they want,
and meek and mute when they do
not, or ~ will b the worse for
them, THERE'S food in plenty al
the gigantic table d'hote; otherwise
let The laggard wait for the next
meal. Vim ordinaife, called BY
eight different names, a4d,at yari.
Gus prices onIthe wine list, should
content the thirstiest. There must
be no complaints, no whims and
no fancies.
Not every Swiss landlord has the
spirit To summon his resainers aud
hurl recalcitrant visitors down q
flight of stone steps, as happened
two or three years since at the
Righi. But IL is not for nothing
that the inukeeper is a magistrate,
Judge, and landamman perhaps,
the grandest parsonage in his com
mune, perhaps in canton. He is
more secure in his hotel than was
Front.de Bauf in his robber castle.
1t would take a combined crusade
to get at him. and it is fortunate
that he is merciful, if morose, for
he is virtually above the law.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01
Wear ana Tear Of shIps.

If a vessel is strictly first class,
and is we'll cared for, she will hold
her rating twelve years. Then she
must be carefully examined, and if
found in good condition her rating
may be continued four years lon
ger. But you will notice before
the end Of the twelve years that
the captain don't carry on sail as
he did the first trip. Even with a
fair gale the topgallant.sails come
in, and the main.sail will possibly
be clewed up. If the shiphas aged
pretty fast, as she will under cap.
tain disposed to drive her, the
chances are that the ambitious
captain gets out Of her into a new
snip again. A new man takes the
old ship, and she drops out Of the
trade to Frisco or China, and car.
ries guano or coal. When a ship
has carried cargo for fifteen years,
even under favorable cirCum.
stances, she is an old ship. She is
like an oyerworkcd man, she tot.
tiers on her way. In a heavy sea
she is longer rising on the swells,
for she has somehow lost her buoy.
ancy. Last Of all she goes into the
lumber trade, and there wallows
her way from port to port, until
some day her bones are laid upon
a lec'shore, or she fails to rise when
a heavy wave strikes her.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01
AZ End 10 llnlle acrnnlnr.

Edward Shepherd, Of Harrisburg, III,
says Having received 50 much bene-
III from Electrict Bitters, | feel it my
duty to let suffering humanity know II
Have had running sore on my leg for
eight years my doctors told me l would
have to have The bone scraped OF leg
amputatated. | used, instead, three
bottles Of Electric Bltlers aud seven
boxes Bucklpn's Arnica salye, and my
leg Is now sound and WE'LL"
Electric Bit.ers are sold at fifty cents
a bottle, and Bucklen's Arnica salye. at
pc. per box by L. j. Mossman.
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Was she 4 FIlra

T. +
~ wonder il that pretty girl over
there Is not q fIift, = said one drum
tner to another on an incoming III.
inois Central train the other day.
ssbelooks like. it, = said his com.
panion, land what is more, she and
1 have passed good many happy
hours together I've staid many i
night al her fathers house, but i
don't do that 10Y more, and If yon
can make q mash on her goahead. !"
The other drummer went over to
where she sat and said: i
@Pernit me, madame"
Certainly she replied.
"My friend over there says he
has known you for some time" he
continued as he sat down. She
blushed and smiled very sweetly
as she acknowledged the acquaint-
ance.
"Yery nice fellow" sugges!edthe
drummer
T-1think he is ever so NICE
said the woman modestly.
"Bully fellow, but he amt very
popular with the girls. Don't seem
TO care much about EN-"
"Don't he2" che atchly inquired,
"No! very much"
~ like hin ever 60 much. j
have thought thesorldof him ior
a long time"
sHappy old boyl Say, you
couldn't love me a little as bis
proxy, could you2"
Goodness mol"
"Well, that's pretty hard on me,
but if you think much of him, I'll
getup andlet him come over and sit
by you"
"ohl / wish you would" The
masher looked red and blue BY
turns, and got up and went over
and told his companion what she
said, and added:
"say, old fellow, you're got her
dead. She's mashed on you the
worst way, and she wants you tic
come over and sit beside her,"
as that sO2" queried the other
with satisfied smile, arising and
bowling to the lady, who beckOned
him over to the seat with her,
And then be went over and put his
arms around her, and when the
conductor came along, the second
drummer pointed them out to him
and began to tell him what a mash
the other fellow had made, when
the conductor smiled blandly, and
told him to go soak his head, that
that was the other drummer's wife
and he had known her ever since
she was a baby. The masher got
off the first time they came up to
a freight train, and went the resi-
Of the way as live beef.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

A dissolute youth called pawn.
broker out Of bed at 8 o'cIock in the
morning. When the worthy man
put his head out Of the window,
tho young fellow yelled, II say uu.
Gle, tell US the time; you've got my
watchp
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01
BIalne,s Unfortunate Letter.

AVN Auh NuIlu'
Mr.. Blaine's letter to William
Walter Phelps detailing the unfor.
tunate blunders in the early sta,
ges Of his domestic life bears the
date Of September 9Th. At that
time Mr.. Phelps was an inmate Of
Mr.. Blaine's household. He was
stopping with Mr.. Blaine at Bar
Harbor and Augusta. When Mr..
Blaine takes the American people
into his confidence he should be
more sincere, not to say cautious.
Why did he write this long, humili
ating letter to Mr.. Phelps, when he
could have stepped into the ad.
joining room and told him the sad,
sad storyF And why did he not
write TO the editor Of the Indianap.
oils Sentinel month ago, instead
Of bringing that dramatic libel
suit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

A chap from the country stop
ping at one Of the hotels, sat down
to dinner Upon the bill Of fare
being handed him by the waiter,
he remarked that he didn't care
about readin' now-he'd wait till
after dinner"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

An exchange shyly remarks that
the voice Of the American hog is
heard in Congress grunting for re,
taliation. Anything for q change.
Tho voice of the American hog is
usually heard in Congress grunt.
ing for the old flag and an appro.
priation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

Capt. Gibson, in his tour over
the Fourth District has been max.
ing most effective campaign
He has addressed the largest pOlit.
ical gathering ever held in Rit,hio
county What is Boss Atkinson
doing that this fire eating" Cong.
Fessman should be allowed to make
such Conqussts. Register
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

A number Of southerners are
trying to get a bill through
Congress for a new bar at the mouth
of the Mississippi river 1t won't
do, gentleman. The idea Of ask.
ing our Congressman to pass a bar
at the mouth Of the Mississippi
river or anywhere else is prepos.
ferrous.
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These are SOLD Facts.

The best blood purifier and system
regulator within the reach Of suffering
humanity, truly is Electric Bitters. In
activity Of the Liver, Billiousness, Jaun.
dice, Constipation, Weak Kidneys, or
any disease of the Urinary Organs, or
whoever requires an appetizer, tonic or
mild stimuIant, will always find Electric
Bitters the best and only certain cure
known. They act surely and quickly,
every bottle guaranteed to give en,ire
satisfaction or money refunded, Sold at
fifty cents a bottle by Mossman. 4
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

Scene: An Irish cabin. PAT is
i'll. Doctor has just called; "Well,
Pat, have you taken the box Of pills
| sent youH" ayes, sir, DO jabers,
| have, but l don't feel any better
yet; maybe the lid hasn't come Of
yeti"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

Lord Chesterfield, hearing that a
man of low family had married the
daughter Of a lady not renowned
for her morality, remarked that
"nobody's son had married every.
bOdy's daughter"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

Some say to themselves; II do
this Or that, therefore am amused;
| have paid so many pieces Of gold,
hence l feel so much pleasure" and
they wear away their lives on that
griudstone.
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A young widow was asked why
she was going to wed so soon after
the death Of her husband. "oh,
la" said she, 81 do it to prevent
fretting myself to death on account
Of dear Tom"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

A gentleman at a dinner was
asked to carve a turkey but in do.
ing so the bird was preCipitated in.
TO the lap ofa young lady sitting
at the gentleman's elbow, complete
ly running her dress. Instead
however of creating a connection,
the carver merely remarked: "Miss
may l trouble you for that turkeyR"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

The passions are the celestial FIRE
that WHITES tho moral world 1t
istothem that the arts and sciences
owe their discoveries, and man the
elevation Of his position.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

An Irishmau looking at a Their.
mOmeter remarked that il is
strange 80 small a thing could feel
the heat so much.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

There are few souls who are so
vigorously organized as 70 DO able
To maintain themselves in the calm
ola strong resolve; all homes! con-
sciences are capable of the gener-
osity Of day, but almost succumb
the next7morning under this effort
Of the sacrifice.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

A Philadelphia man compels his
daughter to eat onions every night
for supper, and thus assures him.
self that he can shut the house at
10 o'clock without locking in u
strange young man.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

Butler, Blaine and 81. John are
brustling about the country at a
lively rate. They seem to be wor.
ricd,
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Dumley had accompanied

Dumlsy had accompanied a
friend home 10 dinuer aud, as
they edthsnselyes atths table,
the hostess remarked: u trust
that you will make allowances, Mr..
Dumley. Ny girl LEFT me this
morning very Unexpectedly, and |
was compelled to cook the dinner
myself "oh, certainly, my dear
madam, certainly responded
Dnmley, with much manner; II
can putup with anything
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

Tho youth who gets shaved by a
barber for the first time doesn't
know whether to feel tickled or
ashamed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1884-10-01

d Goa week at home. $500 outfit free. Pay
SN(lt absolutely sure. No risk, Capital not re.
SquiTed. Reader, Il you want business at
which persons Of either SEX young OF old, can make
great pay all the time they work with absolute Ger.
tainty write for particulars TO II. HALLRTr & Co.,
Portland Maine,
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NO LONGER A QUESTION Of opin-
ion, we guarantee every box Of Acker's
Dyspepsia Tablets, Price ?5C. aud 6Oc.
NnnGilder. [3l
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[nlarChl9-ly.I

nnTUNSen SIX cents for postage, and re.
Al Yk1YN eeiye free. a costly box Of goods
n n!Ui (which, will help you to more mon.
- ASA 4ey right away than anything else
In this world. All, Of either sex, succeed from first
hour. The broad road TO fortune opens before the
workers, absolutely sure. At once address, TRuE
4 Co., Augusta, Maine. lapr13yI.
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BncRlen's Arnica salye.

The Bea Sale in the world for Cats,
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fee.
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill.
blains, Corns, and all Skin Eruptions,
and positively cures Piles, or no pay re-
quired. Itisguaranteed to give perfect
satisfaction, or money refunded. Price,
% cts. per box. For sale by E. ], Moss
man. [jan %, silly.
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"Don't you think your new
schoolmaster is a great boOn2" said
a lady to sharp little boy. He
scratched his head a moment, and
then frightening up, he said: "a
boou2 0, yes, u ba boom