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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
Courtlng A widow.


There Is any amount Of fun in
courting young girl who has not
become used to it. She swallows
all the soft things a fellow says,
but when IL comes to popping the
question Or something of that kind.
she gets frightened, more or less,
and wants time TO consider until
there are loopholes enough for her
lover to slip out through without
the least bit Of trouble, if he hap.
pens to see some one he thinks be
could love a shade or two better.
Young girls are timid and shy in
earnest, and if a fellow is not pret.
ty certain he has found precisely
the angel he is looking for, be can
manage so as to have the refusal
Of her for a year or more, and at
the same time manage to keep his
neck out Of a breach Of promise
suit when he happens to meet
some other sweet.faced angel that
seems TO him TO be better suited to
his tastes.
It is different with a widow. She
gets rid Of all her shyness at the
earliest convenient opportunity,
and finds out the principal things
she desires to know Of him before
she allows him to get acquainted.
The school girl of 16 trusts herself
to a fine young fellow on sixty or
ninety days sight, without securi.
ty, but the widow, like a thrifty
wholesale house, goes and exam.
ines the mercantile reports con.
cerning him and then sells him on
her own terms for cash. She has
him sized up before be comes to
market, and when she looks as if
she were a very artless creature
and fights shy Of him whenever he
happens TO sit q little closer 10 her
on the sofa, there are ten chances
to one that he will never look any
further, but will buckle right up
to her and put the question fairly
aud squarely, and when he has
done so she is not going to tremble
all over and blush and ask for a
week or a month in which to make
up her mind. She will just wind
her arms around his neck and look
up into his face with one Of Ella
Whceler's fiery yearns, aud before
be has had time to catch his breath
he will find himself nailed to the
cross with a Eyes" that pierces him
10 the very soul.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
Professiona Gard.

10 Whom il Concerns; All parties, IRE.
Bpective Of race, color, previous OF pres.
ent condition, who are indebted, wlieth-
or BY note, account or otherwise, 10 the
undersigned, or to the late firms Of Drs.
Barbee 4 Neale, Drs. Barbee & McCune,
Drs. Barbee & Frayel, and Drs. Barhee
& Stone, are once more respectfully and
earnestly called upon to come forward
on or before the first day Of June, 1884,
aud pay amounts respectively due mo,
as II is now positively my Intention to
close up my long outstanding business.
Stern necessity, pecuniary pressure and
embarrassment impelS me thus to call
upon old friends whom II has been my
free of.hand will and pleasure TO serve
In the past, and to whom my profess
ional services are now as freely tender.
ed, and my readiness ever TO serve them
in the future as in the past, Just a. this
accepted time" to give evidence OF
proper appreciation of past fayors and
services rendered, by all coming forward
and paying me by the time above pre-.
scribed. Sincerely,
ANDREW r. BARBEE, NJ. D.,
Point Pleasant, W, Va, April %.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

The mouth of the Mississippi has
cost millions from first to last. #
is a greedy mouth and will swallow
greenbacks about as rapidly as they
can be printed: With all the mon
ey spent on this great stream it ap.
pears that there is now imminent
danger of the DETECTION Of the riv.
er into Bayou Atchafalaya, by
whichit would reach the Gulf very
much sooner than at present. This
would ruin New Orleans, leaving
her high and dry as an inland town,
and some Of the richest territory Of
Louisiana would alsob be permanent.
ly submerged.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
ACongresslnan,s stor1.
Congressman Blackburn, Of Ken.
lucky, tells the following story of
his experience in the army:

Congressman Blackburn, OF Ken.
lucky, tells the following story Of
his experience in the army;
Four days before l went to the
front with my regiment we had a
girl baby. She is now grown up
and you always see her with me at
any social gathering, Well, in our
army the furloughs came very rare.
ly. When we got into line there
was no great chance for a man to
get home. 1t was about three
years afterward that a few Of us
were going down the Mississippi
on q river steamer. l had been
sick, and was returning to my com.
mand, but pretty well broke up,
even then. AS for money, we did
not have any, and the night was
hot, as l laid down on the deck, my
throat almost parched with thirst.
Pretty soon a little girl came along
with a big glass Of lemonade. 1
tell you it looked good to me. She
saw me eying it, stopped a minute,
looked doubtfully at me and finally
came slowly up to my side.
"You look as though you wanted
something to drink" she said and
offered me the glass.
1t wasn't quite the fair thing to
do, but l took it and handed it
back to her empty. 1t was like
nectar to me. Then | thanked the
little creature and sent her away.
Soon after, just like every child,
she came back, leading her mother
to see the poor soldier. ByJupiter
it was my wife, and the girl was
the baby whom I had last seen
when first born. You can imagine
imagine the reunion. They were
with my brothers. family and hap.
pened to be going down the river.
That was the only time during the
four years Fighting that l saw my
wife and baby, and under these cir.
cumstauceS what man would for.
get itR
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
Knew Hlnl.

Agitated man to Acquaintance;
"By gracious, did you see me rush
up just then and akehands with
that fellowP"
"Yes."
"Well, ! did it under miappre.
hension. / wouldn't have shaken
hands ! de With him for anything"
why, don't you know himT'
/, Yves, | know him, but / owe
him ten dollars.n
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
Unres
Herei IN the years wherein i stand
il ease arroa| tb. f.tl,,,. Il "a,

Herein The years wherein ! stand
Igaze across iheiailow land;
Across sthe conquest and its cost
Beyond the soughtIor and thelost
sAndlock into thyeyes Of Joy
Thou brovn-iaced, tunicked countr,
boyl
Just thou and thine, with naught be
tween
Make uplhal sweetest oIden scene.
oiendeFsceae and sight and soundl-
The farmhouse with It's lilacs round;
Tie pcppy-bedi the locust trees;
The stillieidIt hum ofbeesi
The well With sturdy oaken sweep
The mcrniu glorIes bslt asleep;
The heswallovs gossipingj the Groom
otdoyes about the barn; theaooh
iWhen klhu pfeast.deep, stand in tht
stfeumi
And thy wolldpausesin q dreaml
Beyond. tie uplands; then, the hills,
Where, ihteflacing, creep the rills
Here, forests, sentinels Of peace;
o. L
There, fields with Opulent increase;
Below, the valley, stretching far
And dim TO the horizon's,bar.
Ny brown-faccd lad, i look again
From out the lairs and lives Of men.
! see the longing in thy face
To grow beyond the commonplace;
/ know the hurts that tween us lie,
And pity tllsel For thou wert-I.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

The houses and stores in Santa.
go dc Cuba are so built that the
walls can be almost entirely thrown
open, while the interiors have
courts that are unrooied aud unob.
structed TO The sky.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

"What occupation has the de-
fendant folloyed2" asked the attor.
ney for the defense in a case Of
petition for the appointment Of a
conseryator. "He carried a hod
for s1.5O per day." replied the wit.
ness. "Had he succeeded in saving
any money!" "He had saved
$1,000" "Well," said the lawyer,
pointing his index finger at th
nose Of the witness, "do you swear
that you believe the defendant to
be crasy2" ~ do;" said the wit.
ness, firmly "Whas did he do to
make you think him insane2'
"He threw down his hod and start.
ed a country newspaperl' "That
will do" said the Court, "put him
in the asylum, and the conseryatol
will be appointed"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
W. H, ToNLlSsoS. RASLIS WILEY, JR
ToAELINTso1T q WILEY,
IItn.na.,a "a r....
AStVtHGUo W AUtVl
pNTNn DTEAoL MN Hty 5

POINT PHEASANT, w, VA,
WILL practice in the County Of Ma.
w son; the United States District
Court for West Virginia, and in the Sup.
rene Court Of Appeals. Prompt atten.
ton given to the collection Of claims en-.
trusted to them. B4- Also Real Estate
Agents, Lands bought aud sold.
Address, Point Pleasant, W. Va.
apr20-ly,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

A banans peel and rOller.skate
resemble each other in one respect.
They both cause the fall of the just
and unjust without any discrimi.
nation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

1t doesn't tire a man half 60
much to saw a cord Of wood, as Il
does to amuse ababy for an hour
when its mother isaway. :.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
W. R. GUM,
ATTORNEY AT LAW,

Point Pleasant, W. Va,
WILL practice in the Courts Of Mason
w County, the Supreme Court OF Ap-
peals Of West Virginia, and the United
States District Court for this State
Prompt attention given to the collection
OF claims. Office opposite Court House.
uan 8, 1882
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
Amer ihe Lodges secret

d.
GcSdeyening, sit said d wo.
man whose facelooked like boil.
ed salmon; with a pick.axe nose
and . yoicelthal sounded likeAiat
away echo from The bouselops, Is
she addressed a young man who
ttemblvd as be sieHtdlhpr tedhait
and stern yisage ewhal i want
70 zee you for, Is 70 ask you il YOU
are an Odd Fellow that Ii, do
you belong up yondsrep and she
nodded her head toward a building
from which he had just emerged
He meekly replied, II do, mad.
am" "Well,' said she, "ny man
says he is one Of you, and / want
you to tell me il be is au inside
watchmRn, and has he bean ap.
pointed for 800 nights to watch
Che ieWelsS And do you have six
meetings q weekly And does hu
have tocrawl through some Of them
in the daytime, and lose a days
work trying tObea noddle grand,
or q past grand bugler, or sum
such name he tells me OFF"
The young man said that she
must have been misinformed, that
there was something wrong, but
she interrupted him with, @T'hsre,
you needn't try'to play smarts. /
understand allabout tliisgripbusi.
ness, and silent secrecy and mum
and you cant fool mel
You wouldn't tell me anything for
. farm in seekonk, would your /
don't suppose you would tell me
when my husband comes homs
with a hairpin in his boots and a
lady's collar on instead Of his own,
he'd been taking q Re,
Oekah degree or been at a surprise
patlyf Oh, mol you're innocent,
you arel"
The young Odd Fellow yentured
TO remark that he did not really
lnt understand the drift ofthe inquiry,
'oh, :, no. ! see itis no use, you're
al in fof each other and sworn to
secrecy, and you'd say the broken
ltoundin his pocketbelons
% 70 you, wouldn't you2 And i'll
should ask who Araminta is that
Oaushs MN salklhg 70 himself
about you'd say II was the goat
you pretended to ridej and If !
should ask you about this mutter.
ing ! her OIL pass'-'order itup'
set EN- up and give me another
II y L 4 a a
not one' and all that sort Of thing
suppose you'd say itwas all con.
nec'ea with your hifaluIin degrees
ana q. necessary so.'he order"
Ihe young man meekly replied,
as he tried to move away, that he
v was In . hurry that perhaps
= Buckup would give her
al the necessary informatlonj that
no could not really understand
out she caught him up before he
could finish the sentence with "No,
you don't understand, oh, mol You
wouldn't tell me for q pan Of
what kind Of laws you
ma ke that saysa woman shan't be
q daughter Of Becky, merely be-
ca cause she's got q wart on her nose.
. That's what be tells me, and then
he says l should have to have u
medical examination, and that the
last woman in always has to wash
the dishes when they have those
stutting jubilees. Oh, yes, It's all
very fine to leave your poor wife AZ
home on account Of wartor asore
heel, but I'm going 70 know wheth-
er one man can hold all,the Offices
n;.h,s !; ~. w.. nu s' ~ u'ns
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

from the work and worry, or the
fashionable idleness Of your daily
life, and examine the training
your daughters are receiving at
your hands. Remember you are
stamping upon their white souls
impressions which will but in.
crease their beauty, or leave a stain
which neither time nor eternity
can efIace. Girls, ifthe experience
Of early womanhood has shower
you grave defects in your child.
hoods training, earnest, persistent
efforts will do much to remedy the
evil. Be strong in thought aud
deed; dare to follow right and your
own good sense, whether fashion
thus DEGREES or nOt.-Pi!adelpHia
Call.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

"Pa," said young sevenOff, "what
is a whisky straightP "Whisky's
ttaitR" repeated old sevenodj
"crookedness, my son, crooked.
ness"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

No man envies the merit Of
another who has enough ofhis own.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

Practice flows from principle, for
as a man thinks so will he act.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

What ship carries more passen.
gers than the Great EasternG-
CouEtship.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

THERE'S nothing terrible in death
without life ha, made it so.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

Aglrl may be q good violin play.
er and yet not be able to draw q
beau.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

Tho man who swears is not q
good talker,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06
ATToRNnYs.
q. p. SIMPSON.
JOHN W. ENGLISH,
ATTORNEY AT Law,

Point Pleasant, W. Va,
WILL practice in the County of Ma.
w son; the United States District Court
for West Virginia, and in the Supreme
Courtof Appeals Of this State. Office in
Court House. jan 3, 1883.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-05-06

Aword fitly spoken is like ap-
plesof gold in pictures Of silver.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-24
Why the Opera Was Unfinished.

The prizes which the operatic stage
offers to successful artists are more
than balanced by the misery to be met
with in the lower ranks of the profes-
sion, as the account given in an AL
gerian paper of a recent performance
of Hermann in the province by an
itinerant Italian company suffices to
show. The delay between the second
and third acts Of the piece proving ex-
ceedingly long and wearisome, the au-
dience, after a half hour had passed,
lost all patience and INDUCED in a
formidable demonstration of dissatis-
faction. To calm the tumult, one OF
the actors appeared before the curtain
and informed the public that the
manager had "absorbed" all the re-
ceipts, that the artists had not eaten
since morning, and that they felt quite
unequal to continuing the representa-
ton. The manager, hesaid, had promis-
ed them an advance after the second
act, but hehad not kept his word. The
only one of the company, he added,
who had tasted food that day was the
prima DONNA, and she had break
tasted on slice of bread and an onion.
This statement provoked a storm of
indignation among the audience, sew
eral of whom jumped onto the stage
bent upon finding the manager and
administering a lesson to him which
he would not soon have forgotten;
but that Individual had prudently de-
camped-with the caisse, of course.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-24
Women on the Stage.

A woman as play actor was evil
IDENTIFY a rarity in Elizabeth's time.
Tom Coryat, in his "Crudities" (1611,
p. 247), speaking Of his experience at
Venice, writes: 81 was at one of their
play-hOuses where | saw a Coincide
acted. Here | observed GER
taine things that / never saw before,
for saw women acte, thing that |
never saw before, though | have heard
that it hath beene sometimes used in
London, and they performed it with
as good a grace, action, gesture, and
whatsoever convenient for a Player,
as ever saw any masculine Actor"
John Chamberlain, writing to Dudley
Carston under date November 10,
1902, says: "And now we are in mirth,
| must not forget to tellyou of a cous-
ening prancke of one Vennor, of Lin
coins lime, that gave out bills of q
famous play on Saturday was Seven
night on the Banckeside, to be acted
only by certain gentlemen and gentle
women OF account. The price at COM
ming it was shillings or 18 pence at
least"
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-24
Friend Of NOlHeRn.

This title is often applied to Mrs. Lydia e.
Plnkham, of Lynn, Mass, by happy wives
and mothers who have been cured of dis
tressing disorders and relieved Of pain and
suffering by Mrs Pinkhams Vegetable Com
pound. Mrs. L. H, of Strother, S. c.,
says, in a recent letter: "Your medicine
has done me SO much good that l don't think
can stop taking it until am entirely well.
owe ell my good feelings to yoa The doc
cor can't get any credit for curing me; it is
your medicine that has done me more good
than anything have ever taken" A Dress
maker in Findlay, Ohio, says: 81 have
derived so great benefit from the use Of
your Vegetable Compound that recommend
IL IN the strongest terms, with the utmost
coincidence, and am sure it will cure the
most stubborn cases. / consider it gerry much
better than any other preparation made for
all Female Complaints.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-24
England's Great Guns.

The Woolwich correspondent of the
London News writes: The new guns
which have been designed to maintain
the naval supremacy Of Great Britain
are In an advanced state, but they
have to undergo q course OF expert
ments to settle the range tables and
other particulars, andit will probably
be the beginning of next year before
they are ready for sea-. This will,
however, be earlier than the ships
which are to carry them can be COM
pleted, and there will be ample time
available for a full and leisurely study
OF their requirements and capabilities.
The first of the four 63-ton steel
breech-loaders for her majesty's ship
Rodney will be shortly finished, and
Will be used as an experimental gun,
care being taken not to damage it in
the process by any Of the surgical OPP
erations to which experimental guns
are occasionally subjected. Although
seventeen tons lighter than the 80
ton muzzle-loaders on board the In
flexible, the 63-ton gun is expected to
surpass the older weapon IN it's de-
structive power. 1t will probably
throw a 14Ai-inch shot of 1, 25Opounds
weight, with q powder charge of about
$50 pounds, and the estimated veloc-
ity at the muzzle is to be 2,1OO feet
per second The SO-ton projectile
weighs 1,7OO pounds, but the cart
ridge is but $50 pounds, and the muz-
zle velocity recorded is 1 600 foot sec
onds. Should the new gun realize ex-
pectations it will penetrate twenty
nine inches of wrought iron armor at
close quarters, and prove too much
for twenty-seven inches even at the
liberal lighting range Of thousand
yards. Still more powerful, but not
IN the same ratio of increase, will be
the 11O-ton guns now being manufact-
ured for III. NJ. S. BenboW. There
are three of these guns ordered, one of
which will be surrendered for the pur-
pose of scientific experiment, while the
other two are sent on board ship,
where, however, they will not be wanted
until the midsummer of 1886. The
projectile will be 16H-inch diameter,
and weigh 1,8OO or 1000 pounds.
The powder charge will be the enor-
nous one of 900 pounds, on which
supposition the velocity may be reck-
oned at 1850 feet seconds, and it's
power of penetrating armor at 31R
inches near the muzzle, or 2 inches
less at 1000 yards. The new guns
will be vastly superior to the Italian
1OO-ton guns, which are at present at
the head of all the naval artillery in
the world, and they are to the like ex-
tent in advance of the 1OO.ton guns
which are doing duty for England on
the Notifications of Malta and Gibral-
tar, although these are larger in the
bore by 1 = inches. The substitution
OF steel for wrought iron admits of
heavier charges of powder, and this
fact makes all the difference.
Watertown republican. [volume] (Watertown, Wis.) 1860-1906, 1885-06-24
Striving for Topographic Accuracy

Painstaking people who know next
to nothing Of printing find special de
light In searching ouc topographic er
rors in newspapers, periodicals, and
books, the detection of a blunder in
their own estimation, putting a pre-
MUM on individual intelligence-con-
ferrlng a privilege of disparaging
printers. Men of intelligence, who
write well but not legibly, never tire
OF pointing out mistakes of printers
and the oversights of proof-readers.
These self-constituted censors of ty-
biography may find food for wholesome
reflection in the fact that just about
one hundred years ago a number of
professors in the Edinburgh Universe
ty undertook the publication of a
book which should be q perfect speci-
men OF topographic accuracy. Every
conceivable precaution was taken to
prevent errors of the types. Six ex-
perienced proof-readers were employed,
who devoted hours to the reading Of
each page. After their careful task
was completed, each page was posted
IN the hall of the university, with a
notification that $50 would be paid
to any person who should succeed in
discovering an error. Every page re-
manned thus publicly exposed for two
weeks before being returned to the
printing-office. The projectors of the
work felt confident that the object so
diligently strivenf for had been attained.
Great was the discontinue of the
learned men when, on the work being
issued, several errors were found, one
occurring in the first line of the first
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