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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
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tue sketch ana ~ Elaeoretion'
as early as December, 1888, the Gilt.
ors Of The Century magazine had in.
qutfed Of me whether Con. Grant could
not be iudlced 10 write about one or two
q his battl ls tor their series Of papers au
tlie war, mentioning sliilph enl.tlle WI:
lffnessl ] lald me matter heiorc linn
out he was disinelinea 70 as'ealni q.
unfamiliar task IhceditoEs, however
renewed their solicitations. After the
failure 81 Grant 4 Ward they addressed
me q letter, saying: 4The country looks
with 50 much regret and sympathy upon
Gen. Chants miStortune that II would
gladly welcome the announcement
and especially the publication Of mate
riai relating to him, concerning q part
OF his honored career In which every
one takes pride. ltwonld be glad, they
said, to have It's attention diverted
from his present trouble, and no doubt
such diversion Of bis own mind would be
welcome to him.
de was touched by the tone OF the
communication, but shrank at frst
from presenting himself to the public al
this 1uncture, preferring absolute with
drawal and retirement. When ! con
yeyed his reply | spoke OF the complete
financial ruin.that had oyertaken him.
The editors at once inquired whether
q peguniary indueement might not have
weight, and made an offer to him
for two articles on any Of his bat
ties which ho might select. His neceSsi'
ties decided him. The modern Belisa.
nus did not mean to beg.
In June he went to Long Branch fol
the summer, and soon aftcrward sent fol
me and Showed me q few pages be had
written, and called an article. The
fragment was terse and clear, Of course,
IKE almost everything he wrote, but toe
lneonio and compact, | knew, TO suit the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

The hard point for inscriblns and I'd,
craving rare stones is doubtless older
than the lnthey and was certainly used
in engraving glass during classical and
medinyal times. The Flemish. Dutch,
and Germans, within the last three cen,
turies, used it with great success, as tes.
titled by examples OF their work still res
naming. Diamond or other hard stons
points-or steel points similar to those
used by some glass carvcrs OF the present
maybe employed in cnnaying glass
and handled in tlie same way as Crdins
arg grayors for metal or wood, This
glass shOnld be coated with q mixture
Of gum and milk, on which, when dry,
. pattern may be drawn OF transferred
previous to engraving. Very fne line
and hatehiug aud stjpple effeCts can bs
produced BY this method.
Some ofthe specimens Ia the SlAd1
collection Of the British museum are *.
quisitely done, The great drawback 10
such engraving, when ielicately fInished,
Is that II cannot be well seen unless Il Il
held close to the eye and Id a good light,
--[Art Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

The Railway Ago contains an interest.
ngartiCle showing tllnt there Is anime
metlsc mileage Of new roads called for and
certnlnto be built within a short time
Railroad building, which had reached
extraordinary proportions In 1881, fell
of suddenly, untilat tho commencement
of the present season il almost ceased.
Nevertheless, In spite Of tho difficulty of
obtaining money Tor railway ihyestmeull
the need Of more roads in some sections
was 50 great that several sfdall lihVswert
pushed along In spite Of the tight money
market. II Is shown that there are 9Df
lines In progress, with total mileage ot
o,24s, while 419 roads arc proposed NTH
an aggregate mileage Of 35,t45.
A marked feature is the awakening ID
the southern states, where i7s lines with
an aggregate Of over 5000 miles arc TO.
ported. The year opened with gloom
and depression in business circles, btl
now confidence has been so far restored
that capitalists arc becoming cnger to Ia.
vest in railway building, and the remain
ing three months Of 1885 arc likely to
witness a still greater movement in that
direction. Exchange.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
IOin ., nseaaa 81 ths % q rosa,eo.

John .. ueenan on thS use of Tobacco.
Interested for forty years 10 physical
training, / have bctn arqrainlcdwi,hall
classes OF muscle men | haye known
The pugilists, bsranen, pedestrians aud
hiliafdisis and would say IN passing
that have found many n them inter.
bsiiug persons With fafe exceptions
they had been dbSbts d Tobacco.
Entering the lists i was hard, with their
social enyiunment 70 riuse iho
weed, but they were an compelled
to abandon. Il. Daring the time
John y, Hccnan Was ii training fuf ono
Of his historic fights l had a long con.
yesation with him and bis fnnohs
trainer about tohatpc While AZ Beui
eta, as some u bis fellow wnrkneli
tlcre have since told me- iolmw
deyotOa a the nine IhmS frst pnnyer.
sutton with him We had been n lkinH
over some Of his California experiences,
particularly the discovery Of that Ntlil
derfelleit fst when one ot his eronics.
with tlgar IN hand; cane Ia Crying out.
STE got a gotd one for you, Jack, mons
Of yulr tive for AGENT ] gave a quar-
tct fur II or I'm an ininnl
allauk, you know emit touch tlAt
iiiiasuov A fellow caht smoke Wills
DO Is training
-Wh,ls lliemnyler, old feli You ncref
said dieiu Beniciap
see herai Haiiki slid lIoenar -l'ys
got to get this muscle as hard Al
brick folding Ills loft arm and feciihg
Of tho biceps), Aand tobacco won't work
Charlie would hill me II | we're 10 smoke
that cigar. He's Just made up his mind
thnt ! shall win; and he won't let htBl
look at a cigar. He won't even let tho
boys smoke inmy room.
The traines Of priEe;hghtcrs, pedrss
trianS, oarsmen and billiard champions
cherish no moral convictions about 70,
barco, bnt thoy all hayo one axed and
inaexiblc rule in regard to its dsg BY
their candidates. Aud that rule Is abs5.
Lutte abstinence. [Dio Lewis Nuggets.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
md Return Of ths Fnnernl rroe.,,Ion,

My observation on life is that it /,
not much concerned with death. II you
notice how fast the carriages come away
from the funerals, even with the chicl
mournes In them, you will infer that
life starts afresh with the first hunger
after deprivation. These cemeteries
which surround our cities are the high,
est proofs Of our plety, for although We
seldom visit them after we have laid The
dead there, We do devote some art and
good deal Of money TO the worship Of
ollr ancestors, like the Chinese.
But our ancestors set US the example
they never had aJCwish wailing place,
never regretted tho fall Of Jerusalem OF
any other spot, but went on wor
Shipping the future with all their might,
-I(iAth's Letter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
me E1ptnlivs Yiour iiarrel,

Flour barrels are source Of great ex-
pensc to The pcOple oi this country. Say
there are $4,000, 900 of'barrels Of flour
consumed in this country each year, and
say thai there are 1900, 900 Of people
who buy Il by tho barrel, there might be
SYed 10 the people nf this country g..
100000, saying that 90 cents per barrel
is saved by purchasing -four in sacl;s.
Really Il may be little moro than this,
especially so In tho muslin sucks. the
muslin being valuable for further use.
There Is more llour than this sold in bar
fels, but in the larger cities the bakcrs
sell the barrels for 20and s5ceuts npeice,
which represents loss Of from 10 to 20
cents a barrOl.-tThe Milestone,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

We know Of q tortoise, which, wbcu
called aloud by is name, ''Iaideroi.
would ruin toward the voice. Another
learned 70 come when called byahIss.
ing sound, followed its master Ike N.
lie dog telished earesses bestowtd on 10
head and neck, gayo gentlA hit0s 10 shhw
its affection, and would climb no 0hils
masters boot, or pull al Dis cl6tiies 10
draw his attention. -iReyue Sciehti6die.
tks fowa ofwineht..ef
Winchester, Va, was captured and
fecapinted more tlan any other city
dnflrg The war n changed lands
twenty-five VINES Iu lhs ioaI lean-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
m, palc.,lne cnnnl.

The italian consul at Jerusalem, in an
official report, calculates that tho pro-
jected Palestine canal would provide a
passage to the cast Of four hours less du
ration than tho Suez canal; would he
constructed ut half the cost Of the latter,
and he maintained at much less expense,
so that in consequence the tolls levied on
ships would be about half those Of tho
sucz canal. 1t would afford access to
new countries and provinces among the
most fertile in the world, and travellers
to the Holy Land would arrive there
with facility,
Importation and expectation by means
OF sailing vessels between the east aud
the Adriatic and Mediterranean would
be greatly increased, so that Italy cs-
pecially would gain immensely By the
canal. Itis safe to say that as soon as
1t is completed the Palestine canal will
b. able to reckon on a traffic Of O,OOO,-
900 tons, or 10000, OOf.-[ Edinburgh
Scotsman,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
Veins Of Gold and sIly.,

GcoIogists aro far from agreed as to
whether metallic veins are filled from
above, by slow deposition from solutions,
or from below, by volcanic action, which
forces metallic ores, either melted or dis.
solved in water or gOs, into the available
crcyiccs and leaves them there to So
lidity,
The fact that the interior substance
Of the earth is far heavier than the solid
crust and must apparently consist al,
nnSt entirely Of melted metal, give.
some support 70 the latter theory, but
many otller circumstances oppose L, and
as sea watCr is found to contain al the
metals in small quantities, tho theory
that most metallic veins have originated
in come way from the separation Of thC
metals from water Is pcrilMs tbc mos
popular, OF htc, however, q new theory
has hcCn put forward, Which scemS Z
combine tho plausible features Of thC
other twosx American, Arrliiicrt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
F1DlNd LEAF AN0F5lLla lEaf.

Eaia Fading I.caf % Fkiisu Isasi
y toss alone % sfotsaken tipt.
ittockl add efagla Sith every rtli that Faen
IL llfAinhg baik say h5V sli Nith thstih
Sad Failsn Ieaf . Fsalng Isaf.
',Ahesyy foot kent by aiih5df an;
Crushed viii eiay, / Si6ln2 vayt
s The lont wlnd calls ne ana I rAn not gO.r
s1d fddins Isafto Failsn ffHt.
'pcnh lssons LIE, = ghost IS ever Wise;
Teach ne . NAy 10 lire tn Nay
Laughs tair with fragrant lips and loving
syes!' .
SAID Fallen Leaf 10 Faalhg leaf
HHAit ioyed faiF e. aud llrs q sehtie hFseihi
Fads then and ialli Thea hast hal all
Thai Life can give; ask somewhat now bi
DeAthir .-.iIluhAFd GaFneit,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
oueer Rolle. of ! controrer,,

Running across the churchyari Of 1
little town In AndOsOOggin, Me-, ar,
tho ruins Of a fence, the relics Of a fierce
theological controversy which was wagOt
nearly half q century ago. II gave risr
to ieldS between old friends and neigh,
toH, and stirred up strife in families,
The bitterness invaded not only the
home, the shop, the lawyers Office, the
church, and the parsonage, but Il finally
attacked tie cemetery, and a fence
WAS built acreSs il to separate tho grave,
Of ono denomination from those Of the
members Of the other SeAs.-IChi'
CagO Times.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

Practically, we arc all human, and
humanity Is not philosophical. With by
far tile vast majority Of mankind a Just
and discriminate estimate Of our fellow.
men Is wholly out Of the question. With
the mass Of people friendship to exist at
all, must be stimulated by more or less
ideallsing Of the friend The day when
the average man realizes that his chosen
companion Is not to some extent an ex'
COpticnal being marks the beginning Oi
tho decay Of lis affection. II Boston
Courier.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

The Chinese have Just completed an
immense bridge over Ill arm ot the
Chinese sea at I.ugang. II was con.
strtibted entirely By Chinese engineers,
aud Is FIVE miles long, entirely Of stone,
has 800 arches, oOch seventy feet high,
and a roadway. Il Is the greatest struct.
ure Of the kind in the world. -lChicago
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
Button, froIn Hogs, Blood.

Hogs blood Is said to be now. manu-.
lactlred into buttons and similar arti-
cles, ind tho hard she'll that covers tho
cartilage ofthe foot Is now sold 10 par.
ties who manufacture springs for rail.
road cars.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

Tho fftieth year of victoria's reign is
drawing near, andyct shc has only spent
twelve days out Of that vast time
amongst the people she 4loyes, and the
capital Of whose country is not twelve
hours Journey from London. -tLondon
Truth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

A man may lose things out n hfs
pocket, but be mover loScs the pocket,
Awoman loses hs handbag more often
than she loses anything out otik-lCld.
oago Inter Ocean.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
ATlny Loeomollvnl

4 gold dollaris a tiny coin, but man
Of ingenuity and Ono fngcB At Water.
bury has Just built 4 railway locomotive
g small Is 70 sand upcu tlie dollars
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

Recent analysis shows that the fatty
tabstance Of the brain Is not, as was
Supposed, composed Of glyperine, but Of
palnatin, an element Of which oatmeal
contains a large percentage, and which
istllrefOr0 abcl(er cerebral nutriment
than wheat incal. Chicago Times
English physicians arc Of opinion thai
apoplexn
IN Eve yeals tho sndth has increased
Us plcducliOiS 30o,cOO,oo
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04
Mormon Forelrn sil,.lon.,

The large number Of Mormon immi.
grants Is partly explained by the pros.
perity Of the foreign missions. At pies,
ent there arc branches in all the princi,
pal towns In England, Walss and Ireland.
London has rs many as six meeting
houses, and Scandinavia has many mis-.
sionAries. This year four companies,
averaging 800 each, have left Liverpool
ior the land Of the saiuts. Chicago
Times.
NagnanlmilN which Is 50 hlghly
praised, usually consists Of q good dea
of pity, and q little contempt TeSai
SiitineS, ,..... Z. .........,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1885-11-04

Ha, what means thisl Her place Is
empty; Right Is going on alonel And
why does he seem 50 sorrOwful howl
His head has fallen upon his handl
What means this moisture in. his Cyesl
ToaSl
Music agalnl And tho rosy light and
=tlie gate Is ajatl
But this time tho music seems tohe
out Of tune. The gay laughter and tho
voices within seem. to bear q malicious
ring not heard before; aud the light
burns what 4 touches.
Aud what Is that form gathered thoye
on the soft li00ri The bands crossed on
VOC used llsle bosom, ne lastrcus eycs
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04
AFFAIRS AT THE CAPITAL.
A Movement to Make Hon. William II.
English Secretary of the Treasury.
The Proposed appointment Said TO Be
Favored by Prominent Indiana Demo-
Gratis, Including Mr.. Hendricks.
q Movement Urging Cleveland to Appoint
Him Secretary of the Treasury.


a Movement Urging Cleveland to Appoint
Him Secretary of the Treasury.
Special to the indianapolis Journal.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3-It is stated, upon APP
parently good authority tonight. that very act
i've steps are being taken in behalf of William
Fl. English for Secretary of the Treasury. A
paper is being circulated among the bankers of
New York. it is said, asking Governor Cleveland
to cali Mr. English TO this place. and that it is
being freely signed Two or three prominent
indianapolis Democrats, among them Mr.. Hen
bricks, it is alleged are encouraging this move
ment, hoping to have English who cannot be
their rival in any bat Cabinet place, rewarded
instead of Mcdonald. By having the movement
come from New York bankers, the real source
viii, it is hoped, be covered. The Journal cor
respondent is informed that this move in behalf
of MIR. English has been on foot for two Oh three
weeks and has gathered some strength. Mr..
English has good financial standing all through
the East and would be Endorsed for his fitness
and individual merits for the place.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04
Brief Mention.

Frank May, a ditcher. while intoxicated, was
run over by the cars three miles north Of Carmi.
and instantly killed.
The jury at Rockford in the case of the med
ical students for grave robbng. at Rochelle,
brought in verdict Of not guilty.
Mrs j. w. Wray. of Vandalia, committed sui
eide by swallowing a quantity of diamond dye.
She leaves a husband and several children.
Edward N. Root a farmer living near Hills
boro. was kicked in the head by horse. His
skull was fractured, and it is likely he will die
from the injury
Being unable to agree between themselves as
to price, the miners in the employof the Ellis
worth Coal Company, at Danville, will go to
work at the reduced price, from so to 70 cents
per ton
The internal revenue collections for the Peoria
district in january were $l,060,870, against
81, 032, 50 for the same month last year. 81 de-
crease of $2S,279. The export shipments were
$3.50 packages. containing 500, 626 gallons.
The golden wedding of William Blood and wife
was celebrated at their residence a few miles
north of Kansas, on. Monday. They have lived
in the county forty two years. and have numer
GUS progeny. Mr.. and Mrs. Blood are two of the
original members who organized the Harmony
NJ e. Church, their home being a retreat for the
itinerant ministers of that denomination, as well
as many others.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04
INDIANA AND ILLINOIS NEWS.
The Daily Chronicle Of Happenings Of
All Kinds in the Two States.
An Alleged Professor Meets with Exception
ally Hard Luck in RichmOnd-Fire at
GreenfAd-AOtes and Gleanings.
Disleartening Adventures of an Alleged Pro-
fessor in Richmond.

Demonstrating Adventures of an Alleged Pro-
fessor in richmond.
Special to the Indianapolis Journal.
RICHMOND, Feb. Bone e. r. Hendricks,
whose cards show him to be "a professor just
now, but whose gold headed cane shows him to
have been Rev. T. Il. Hendricks while at Deca-
tur. H., has come to grief in this city. Flo
came here as tfe defendant in civil suit
brought to enforce the cancellation of a large
mortgage ON a fine'peeeof property near theeity,
which, ct is alleged, he obtained by misrepresen-
tation and wrongfully holds. Such charges were
made IN the Independent last Saturday with con-
siderable force andembellishment, sohe straight
way instructed Judge Bickle to bring a $4,000
libel suit against the Independent. But the
Jadge did not propose fling the complaint until
yesterday, and yesterday Hendricks was too
drunk for business. and by evening the indie
pendent had another dose in type for Ken
bricks, lin the shape of an extract from
the Police Gazette concerning his escapades
elsewhere. That ended the libel suit. Judge
Bickle thought such client could not be much
injured, and abandoned the case. To-day he
is still better satisfied of the fact, the police
arrested Hendricks for drunkenness about IL
o'clock last night, found a slung shot in his
pocket and this morning he was sent to the
county Jail, in default Of ready money to pay a
fine of So 80 for being drunk, and $l3 80 for car
rying concealed weapons.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04
MINOR MENTION.

Action on the Resolution Concerning Amer
lean Citizens and the London Explosions.
WASHINGTON, Feb. 3.-Representatives Eaton
Lamb and Rice, subcommittee of the committee
on foreign affairs, made report to the full COM
mittee on the resolution recently referred to
them, calling upon the Secretary of State for
such information as he might have relative to
the connection of any American citizen or citi-
zens with the explosions in London. The sub
committee, while it viewed the use of dynamite
with adherence. held that to adopt resolution
of the character referred TO would be an ac-
that citizens of the United States
were parties to conspiracy against England
and connected with the recent explosions in
London. It is believed that Congress ought not
to assume such a position The report was
tabled. The subject in another form will be
considered again at a meeting Of the committee
next Thursday.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04
jeff Davis Can stand.

New Orleans Correspondent Pittsburg Times.
The other evening when Mr.. jefferson Davis
came into the street car accompanied by two
gentlemen. sthe ear being much crowded. one Of
the gentlemen said to man who proved to have
been Union soldier: will you give your seat
to Mr.. Davisso He replied: II stood on picket
many long hour; now let him stand one hour. ?
Perhaps that was not respectful to old age, but
as to the man. who is denied citizenship as Mr.
Davis is because OF his effort to dissolve the
Union with all that attended those efforts, we sus.
pect that all efforts to honor him, especially on
public occasions, will not be very mechy re-
ceived by loyal patriots North or South. And,
furthermore. for the most brotherly outcome of
this exposition we hear it often expressed that
such attempts at honor would be better in the
breach than in the observance.
This management will do we'll if it does not
widen the breach between the North and the
South as many able editors and writers have
expressed to me their fears that it will do so.
The result ought to be, and every truly loyal
man earnestly desires it, that the issue of this
wonderful exposition shall be to make us one
family more firmly bound together in the bonds
of common union than ever before. So we
shall ever pray
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1885-02-04
BLAINE'S EXPLANATION.
why He Can Speak Well of Political 0ppon-
,ents in His Book.

Why He Can Speak Well of Political Oppon-
ents in His Book.
Washington Special.
One of Mr.. Blaine's personal friends, who de-
sired some information on the subject, recently
addressed to him this assertion: why do you
speak so we'll in your book of men who were
your opponents. You are too kind to them
in your book and too severe in your denun-
citation of them and their successors in polit-
ical combats." Mr.. Blaines answer it is
said, was framed in this language: I'm writ
ing history a man must see that all men
are very much alike. They thrive prodigiously
together. Their aims, their objects are practi-
cally the same. 1t is only in their methods that
.hey differ So, in writing about Them it is use
less to show the spites and heat of the time in
which they lived They may be treated of calm
ly, judcially, and unless they were vicious, or
worse-and there are few wicked men in history
they may be disposed of without indignation.
In politics, it is different. That is an affair of
war. You seek to defeat your opponent; de-
nounce him from the outset In that contest ali
means are to be employed to beat him down
that you may triumph over him. Whatever of
good is to be said of him must be left to his
friends and to the historian"