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Pa Broke the Black Bottle.

The Macon, (Gal Telegraph tells the fol-
lowing true story, that "would ftly adorn q
temperance lectures"
Happening into a millinery store, the re-
porter noticed lady who was buying hat
Tor her little girl. The child made herself
artlessly:-"We dot lots o. money now.n
''Where did you get it my little girla' \
"Papa broke the bottle"
This called for an explanation on the
~2other's part, and she finally related how
fier intemperate husband had been reformed
five years before, at the time their Oldest boy
died. This is the tale she told, beginning.
as many a reform has begun-at loved
ones death-bed:
sThe little fellow slowly turned his eyes
towards his father and said: I'm going to
die, papa, for see the angels beckoning me to
come. This is Christmas morning, papa;
please let me see what Santa Claus put in my
stocking
"My husband went to the mantel and took
down the little stocking. 1t was empty. de
stood still and glared at it moment, and
God only knows the agony of his heart IN
that short time. He turned to speak. but
our boy would not have heard him, had the
poor mans breaking heart allowed him
utterance Our boy was dead
'The day before New Years my husbarf
called for the whisky bottle. May God
forgive my feelings at that time, for wished
that he, too, was dead I obeyed him
mechanically. :.
'To my surprise he took the bottle in his
hands, and pouring the whisky on the
ground said:
4 will drink no more; and the money I
would spend for whisky we will put In this
bottle, and all enjoy the contents
"You can imagine how happy l was! he
had sworn off many times before, but knew
he was in earnest this time. We made cal
culation, and estimated that whisky coss
him five dollars week.
''Well it was decided to put five dollars
week in the bottle, for five years, come what
would.
"rhe time was out last New Years day, and
the big blacl. bottle was broken and it con-
tanned one thousand dollars. But this was
not all. We saved enough in that time out
side of the bottle to buy a little homo.
"But are you not afraid, in breaking the
bottle, your husband will break his resolu-
ton alsos"
"No, because we have started another bot
tle-bankn said the lady with happy smile.
The husband is Macon mechanic, well
known, and enjoys the respect and esteem OF
all. He says he never knew how much gen
uine pleasure there was at home with his
loved ones until he got sober enough to ap-
preciate it, and fill instead OF empty ths
tat black bottle.
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Temperance News and Notss.


Every member Of the Sparta, Wis, High
School graduating class-seven girls anu
two boys-wears the white ribbon.
OF the 21OO inmates Of the New ork
Christian Home for Incorporate Men, during
the past ten years, only five have died.
James Mewbert, of Oakland, Cal, when
locked up for an uproarious drunk, made
pyre of his clothes, and laying himself upon
ft set it on fire Ito roast the devils out OF
him.
q, Young man, the next time you raise the
poison bowl to your lips, reflect that drunk
enness begins with moderate drinking, tha''
ir is the father of nearly all crime done In the
world.
In each minute in the United States, night
and day, all the year round, twentysIoonirr our
barrels Of beer have to 60 down l2,03o
throats, and 4S30 bushels of grain have come
to bin.
Children Of the Methodist Sabbath-schools
of New Brunswick pledge themselves to alb
stain from the use Of intoxicating liquors,
the reading Of bad books aud the use OF pro-
fame language.
Twelve years ago an English farmer de-
termined to abolish the practice OF giving
beer to hands in hay and harvest time, and
he tells, the London Agricultural CaSette,
he "would not revert to it II IL cost aouole 10
money payment" neither, he ventures 10
think, would any one else, ''the benefit Is so
| great"
Whisky and its attendant evils, the
Drorers Journal observes, bring muc9
money loss to stockmsn, (which Is charged
to bad markets, etc. :" and our contemporary
expresses the safe opinion that atter 1ne
mothers, wives and sisters are perm!tted 70
express their views at the ballot box, it won .
be long before the people will cease paying
nine hundred million dollars into the liquor
Golfers.
The amount of liquors consumed for eleven
years in the United States, from 1860 to 1S7I lsy
inclusive, was 1000, ,762, 900 gallons So me
put in wagons-ten barrels to the wagon
they would extend 45, $50 miles, nearly twice
around the earth, or half way to the moon.
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q healthful church life than by aggressive
ness in missionary work Differences OF
opinion will not ALLEVIATE men who are in
earnest to carry the gospel as saving power
to those who have-it not. We believe that
we have an important mission as q church
to plant the institutions Of the gospel as we
have received them in all parts Of this land
and among all classes Of people. The great
est danger and difficulty in the way Of the
church are in the indifference and deadness
of the people toward the work Of church ex-
tension.-lSpirit Of Missions. .
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and huge pieces of flesh we're taken out
one of the dead sharks having the bone
exposed from his head to the tail, it
being racked as clean as if knife had
cut off the flesh. The largest gator
measured IS feet inches long, the head
alone measuring feet, with width and
openness of jaw in proportion.
The Abbeville press and banner. [volume] (Abbeville, S.C.) 1869-1924, 1888-07-11
Alcohol No Respecrer Of Persons.

pastor of an M. E. Church in Baltimore, and
still reported to be large owner OF properly
in that city, is mentioned by a Western
naper 1.-THE Woonsocket (Dak.) 1imesl as hav-
Ing become victim of the alcoholic appetite,
and that not long ago he staggered into the
Office of Rockford I'LL hotel, and created
and afterward took refuge in a neighboring
butchers shop and lay down upon the saw
dust
This incident, if correctly reported, is an
other striking illustration Of the peril OF
tampering with strong drink in any station
of life. The moderation" theory is as dam
gerous for q minister as for all who under
take to practice it.-NationaI Temperance
Advocate. r
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60. knoT not; but my text suggests veloc-
ity. AYspace open before you, with moth.
ing to hinder you in mission Of light and
love and Joy, you shall shine in swiftness Of
motion as the stars forever and ever.
Again: Christian workers, like the stars,
shall shine in magnitude The most illiterate
man knows that these things in the sky,
matter. To weigh them, one would think that
it would require scales with pillar hun
dreds Of thousands Of miles high, and chains
hundreds of thousands Of miles long, and at
the bottom of the chains basins on either side
hundreds Of thousands of miles wide, and
that then omnipotence alone could put the
mountains into the scales and the hills into the
balance But puny man has been equal to the
undertaking, and has set a little balance on
his geometry, and weighed world against
world. Yea, he has pulled out his measur-
ing line, and announced that Herschel is
thirty.six thousand miles in diameter. Saturn
seventy-nine thousand miles in diameter
and Jupiter eighty-nine thousand miles in
diameter, and that the smallest pearl on the
beach Of heaven is immense beyond all inn
agination. So all they who have toiled for
Christ on earth shall rise up to q magnitude
of privilege, and magnitude Of strength.
and a magnitude OF holiness, and a mag
nitude Of Joy: and the weakest saint in
glory becomes greater than all that we can
now imagine OF an archangeL
Brethren. it doth not yet appear what we
shall be. Wisdom that shall know every-
thing; wealth that shall possess everything;
strength that shall do everything; glory that
shall circumscribe everything! We shall
not be like a taper set In a sick mans win
dow, or bundle Of sticks kindied on the
beach to warm shivering crew; but you
must take the diameter and the circumfer-
ence of the world if you will get any idea
of the greatness OF our estate when we shall
shine as the stars forever and ever.
Lastly-and coming to this point my mind
almost breaks down under the contemplation
like the stars, all Christian workers shall
shine in duration. The same stars that look
down upon US looked down upon the Chal
dean shepherds. The meteor that saw flash
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raising columns OF water high IN the air.
The gator held on with bulldog grip,
his fiery eyes cleaning as i he enjoyed
the fun, while every now and then he
would savagely shake his victim as q cat
would huge rat. In another case both
would be seen to have secured good
holds, each engaged in tearing huge
mouthfuls of flesh from his antagonist,
their fury and anger seemingly in
creased by the pain from their wounds.
Still another shark had forced his way
under q huge old gator, and had man
aged to get good hold on his tail
in his massive jaws: the other
had seized the sharks tail
in his own capacous jaws, while his
sharp claws were ripping up the man
eater in the most approved style. Both
were threshing their tails furiously in
the vain endeavor to get rid OF their
antagonist, but it seemed a case like unto
the historic Kilkenny cats.
For fully half an hour this sanguinary
contest continued, and then only two
'entors and one shark were left OF the
fighters. Both the former had lost both
forepaws each and one of them the
greater portion of his tail, while the rover
of the ocean seemed to be we'll satisfied
with his share of the fight, having lost a
good portion of his big under jaw; his
sides aud back also showed the deep fur
rows made by the gators claws. The
three survivors of the conflict remained
still for several minutes cycling one an
other, but none seemed to have any
stomach for another round. Finally,
after short interval, the shark turned
tail and moved off into deep water,
while the two saurians struck out for the
flats. The hunters rowed to the spot
afterward, and they say the bodies of the
dead reptiles showed the fury of the en-.
counter. Paws and tails were bitten off
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12
Why We Arc Pleased.

The nomination of Gen. Golf fol
Governor draws the party lines as
rigidly as stone wall.
He represents to the Democracy
of West Virginia all that is undem-
ocratie in politics.
He represents all that is radical
Republican in partisanship.
Every Democrat in West Virginia
will go to the polls, if he can get
there, and cast his vote against him.
Almost any other candidate that
could have been named might have
invited some scratching, or at least
some indifference or Iethargy.
But with General Golf as the Re-
publican candidate the whole DEM
ocratic host will be in the field; the
whole Democratic strength will be
brought into service; the whole
Democratic vote will be polled; and
the whole Democratic majority will
be rolled up against him.
No other nomination could have
secured this result better than Gen.
COTS.
And that is why we smile.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12
SiartIing Discorerr.

The discovery by the inhabitants of a
lacality hitherto unvisited by the pesti-
lent scourge of fever and ague, that It
exists in their very midst. is decidedly
startling Such discoveries are made at
every season, in every part OF the Union.
Subsequently, when it is ascertained,
as b invariably is at such times, through
the valuable experience of some one
who has been benefited ana cured,
that Hostetter's stomach Bitters is a
thoroughly effieacious eradicator of the
malarial poison, and means of fortify-
ing the system against it., q feeling OF
more security and tranquility reigns
throughout the whole neighborhood.
Besides the febrile forms of malarial
disease, dumb ague and ague cake are
removed by the potent action of the
Bittsrs, TO (Which science also gives its
sanction as a remedy for rheumatism,
dyspepsia, constipation, liver complaint,
debility. kidney troubles, andall diseases
impairing the organs of digestion and
assimilation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12
Note on Runnina Trims
RENTON's HAIR GROWER.

All who are BALD, all who are be-
coming BALD, all who do not want to
be BALD, all who are troubled with
DANDRUFF, or ITCHING of the scalp,
should use Benton's Hair Grower. Eigh-
ty per cent. of those using it have grown
hair. 1t never fails to stop the hair
from falling. Through sickness and fe-
vers the hair sometimes falls off in
short time. amt although the person NAV
have remained bald for years, if YOU use
BentOn's Hair Grower according to di-
'Teetious- you are sure of a growth of
hair. In hundreds of cases we have
produced a good growth of hair on those
WHO have been bald and glazed for
years. We have fully substantiated the
following facts:
We grow Hair in every ease no matter
how long bald.
gnlike other preparations, it contains
no sugar of lead, or vegetable or
mineral poisuns.
1t b aspecific for falling hair, dandruff,
and itching of the scalp.
The Hair Grower is a hair food, and
its composition is almost exactly. like
the oil which supplies the hair viii.
its vitality.
II your druggists have-not got it we
will send it prepaid on receipt of price.
BENTON HAIR GROWER co.
oct. 19-1y. Cleveland. Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12

.THIS celebrated stallion will make the
L season of 1888 at his stable near the
mouth OF crooked creek, upon the fol-
lowing terms: Ten dollars for each ser
vice; twenty dollars for the season with
no privilege of return, or thirty dollars
ito insure. Persons Wishing to avail
themselves of the service of this horse
should signify their intention to breed
at an early date, as he will be limited
this season tn a less number of mares
than he has heretofore served in any sea-
son for the last three years. During the
season OF 1887, Highland Chief became
standard, through the performance of
his colts, and is now registered as a
standard Horse No. 1927, in Wallace
Trotting Register. Upon information
derived from the same source it can be
asserted of Highland Chief that he is
the first Horse III West Virginia to make
himself standard through his colts
This fact alone wal be sufficient recon-
mendation to horsemen, and is an ac-
complishment which does not require
any comment 10 establish the reputa-
ton of any Horse who performs it.
Mares kept at $500 per week. Accidents
and escapes at owners risk. Address
all communications to
j. j. BRIGHT,
Feb. % Point Pleasant. w. Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12

"When your State tax rs levied ii
is levied on property. it is paid by
property. The man of much prop
erty pays much more than the man
of little property, and the man OF
no property pays none at all; but a
tariff is a tax that is paid by the
consumer of the so-called projected
articles. He pays it, not to the tax
gatherer, not to any officer of the
government, but he pays it in the
price whisb he gives for every pro-
tected article that he buys. Thur
mans speech at Toledo.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12
AImrs.tllae1st TO the Constitution.
July p, ISSS-3nl

Amendment to the Constitution.
JOINT RESOLUTION NO. 81 PROP0S-
ING AN AMENDMENT TO THE
CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.
Rs>oireI By the Legislature of Hest Virginia,
tir0-tHirfs'of all the members elected TO each
Inns agreeing thereto.
/. That the following amendment to
Article VI OF the Constitution of this
Stase, be, and the same Is hereby pro-
posed, tO-wit:
,. That section twenty-five of Article
VI. As It row is, be stricken ont, and the
following inserted in lien thereof:
- W session Of the Legislature shall
continue longer than sixty days, without
the concurrence of two-thirdS of the
members elected to each House.
Agreed to February "a, 1887.
Publication of the foregoing proposed
IInemfiTaent TO the Constitution of the
State OF West Virginia is made pursuant
s" the requirements OF section Is of chap
Ter 90 Acts 1887.
E. W. WILSON.
By the Governor.
Henry S WALKER,
Secretary of State.
July %. ISSS-3m
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Electric Bitters.

This remedy is becoming so well known
and so popular as tn need no special
mention. AL who have used Electric
Bitters sing the song OF praise.-A purer
medicine does not exist and it is guar
anterd to do all that is claimed Elect
ric Bitters will cure all diseases of the
J Liver and Kidneys, will remove Pin
pies. Boils. Salt Khenm and other affect
ions caused by impure blood.-Will
drive Malaria from the system and pre-
vent as well as cure all Malarial fevers.
For cure Headache, Constipation and
Indigestion try Electric Bitters-Entire
satisfaction guaranteed, or money re-
funded.-Price 0 cts. and S1.O0 per
bottle at A. c. Vangilder's Drug Store.
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Is Consmmpttom Imcurablee

Read the following: Mr.. C. H. Morris,
Newark. Ark, says: ''Was down with
Abscess of Lungs, and frienGs and ply
sicians pronounced me an Incurable
Consump tise. Began taking DIR. Kings
New Discovery for Consumption, am
cow on my third bottle, and able to over
see the work on my farm. 1t is the
finesS NJ ecficine ever made"
Jesse Middlewart, Decatur, Ohio, says:
Had it not been for DIR. Kings New
Discovery for Consumption l would
have died OF Lung Troubles. Was given
up by doctors. Am now in the best OF
health" Try it. Sample bottles free al
a. G. NanGiIder's Drug Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12

Wetzel Democrats

Wetzei Democrats
Andrew Carnegie has subsidized
a number Of English newspapers
into feigned support of Clcve,a I'd.
Extracts from these Journals are 10
be found in Republican newspapers.
In New York the Republican fakirs
have started a newspapers called the
Democrat. 1t processes to advocate
Free Trade and support Cleveland.
a boy ten years old would not be
deceived byit But the day is past
when these fine Italian hands can
be PLAYED with success.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12

Upon Mr.. Blaine's arrival in Bos-
ton he was introduced by State
Chairman Burden as "the Moses
who is TO lead the party ON to vic
tory. Moses led his people into
the wilderness, but never out of it.
and he never reached the promised
land of Canaan, even after forty
years of fioundering in the thicket
So it was with Blaine four years
ago, and so it will be this year
Exchange.
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Hard ware and.
Furniture Sale!

The Largest House of the kind this part the country
~ feet running back $50 feetwo story occupied follows
Saesroom 22x80, is filled with goods, follows One side with
shelf hardware cutlery and fence hardMarehe other side with
queensware, glassware willow ware all
kinds of house furnishing goods The back end is filed up with
shove spades akes hoes, forks mixed paints white lead oils
and from the cheapest to the highest other
ceiling with iron, nails Steel glass, SASH DOORS plaster,
fire brick and other goods Elevator 1920 is filed
with pow of kinds Workshop stairs 20x30 where
manufacture all kinds of tinware tin roofing
descriptions which offering very low here give the
public description of house; it full of nice goods and
offer them cheap All ask for and look through
and would be pleased sell suit established
the business 1871 bard work and honest dealing
brought up its present standing Thanking the public
their liberal patronage in the hardware
w b CABLE,
May 2, 1888 POINT PLEASANT, w. VA.
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Rucklen,s Arnlea salve.

The Best !SdIrc in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fe,
yer Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chill
blains, COrns. and ali Skin Eruptions
and positively cures-Piles, OF no pay re.
Quired. 1t is guaranteesi1to give perfect
satisfactEo3i or money refunded. Price
% cts. per box For sale by a. C. VAN,
GLIDER, Druggist. [ian4-ly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12

The initials Of the name of the
man who will redeem the First
Cong district in this year
ofgrace, are John o. Pendleton. He
was nominated at Wheeling Tues
day, of last week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12

The Democrats of the First sena-
torial District have nominated Hon.
John r. Domaine, of Hancock coun-
ty, for State Senator. The man who
has been betting that the Democra-
cy will lose that district had better
beein to hedge
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12

Ex-Iudge Hilton has declared for
Cleveland and free wool. AS Judge
Hilton is one the largest WOODEN
manufacturers in the country, the
Republican papers will probably
not publish the fact with any un-
necessary conspicuosity.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1888-09-12

Chinese are holding weekly meet
iDgs in Now York and contributing
funds to the National Republican
Committee
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PILES.
PILES.
PILES,

PILES. PILES. PILES.
Dir. Williams Indian Pile Ointment is
the only sure cure for Blind, Bleeding or
Itching Piles ever discovered. 1t never
fails to cure old chronic cases of long
standing.
E Judge Cooas, Maysville, KY, says:
''Dr. Williams Indian Pile Ointment
cured me after years OF suffering"
Judge Coffinbury, Cleveland, o., says:
81 have found by experience that Dr.
Williams Indian Pile Ointment gives
immediate and permanent relief"
We have hundreds of such testimoni-
ais. Do not suffer an instant longer.
Sold by druggists Mt 81 per box, or mailed
on receipt of price
DIR. ESiagg's Family Ointment.
Never fails to soothe and heal cuts,
burns, bruises, hesh' wounds, in1anaa-
ton, spraiIis, pimples, chilblains, salt
rheum, chapped lips or hands, frost
bites, cold sores, sore nipples, and all
diseases and eruptions OF the skin.
YoUNG LADIES,
DR.. Flagg's Family Ointment viii re-
move all pimples, hlackheads, freckles
and all other bleInishes from your face,
leaving the skin soft, smooth and beau
tiful. No family will be without it after
testing its Notwithstanding and Heal
ing properties. Sold by Druggists for p
cents, or mailed onsreceipt OF price.
oct. IDLY
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By the Governor:
Henry S. WALKER,
Secretary of State.
July -. ISSS-3nl

ImeHtfntent TO the Constitution.
IOINT RESOLUTION no. 10, PROPOS-
ING AN AMENDMENT To THE
CONSTITUTION OF THIS STATE.
Rested blythe legislature Of Hest TrTrginia,
ilrO thirds Of ali he members elected to zach
AOstss agreeing dbereiO:
L That the following amendment to
!Artisle III. of the constitution of the
state be. and the same is hereby pro
posed. tO-wit-
= That section thirteen, of Article III
as It now is, be stricken out, and the fol-
lowing inserted in lieu thereof:
zee Is. In SI1its at common lay, where
sh~ Vaiue in controversy exceeds twenty
dollars. exclusive of interest and costs,
iii, ght of trial by jury, if required by
either party, shall be preserved, and in
su:-h silt before a justice, a jury may
sist nf six persons.
Agreed to February 81, 1887.
Publication of the foregoing proposed
Amendment to the Constitution of the
State Of West Virgins, is BiStie pursu-
ant 10 the requirements of section of
chapter - Acts 1857.
By the Governor.
HENRY 5. WALKER,
Secretary of State.
July p, ISSS-3nl