davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22

Samuel Carter, IL farmer of Athens
county, was sick and thought he
was about to die He sent for a
son, who was living in the West,
decided his farm to him and then
got we'll lie then tried to get his
farm back again by legal process,
but Judge De Steiguer confirmed
the sons title to the farm, and the
cid man is-left out in the cold.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22
A Fine Legal Poinl.

New York Sun.
John Harkins, of Boston, ordered
a $50 suit of clothes to be delivered
C. o. d. When the clothes were
delivered Harkins gave the boy a
$50 bill in payment. As the boy
was going Harkins suggested that
the bill be put into an envelope for
greater safety. The boy handed
the bill to him and he apparently
put it into n envelope. When the
envelope was opened by the tailor
it contained 81 bill. Harkins was
arrested, charged with having Sub
stituted the 81 for the $50 bill and
was convicted of larceny, of the
clothes. When he was brought up
to be sentenced his counsel moved
for new trial on the ground that
the prisoner was not guilty of lar
ceny, us he did not steal the clothes;
it was not larceny of the money, as
he did not steal it; it could hardly
be false pretenses, as he actually
paid the money to the tailor's agent,
who gave it back to him. Sentence
was suspended.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22
Ma1eriaItn "A steamer.

The amount of material necessa-
ry in the construction of Il ,200-ton
steamer is simply astonishing. 1t
takes 10000 lineal feet of lumber,
twenty-five tons for hog chains, and
In all fifty tons of iron, 100 bales OF
oakum to cauik the seams, and fully
$4,000 worth of paint. The cost OF
such boat at the yards runs about
$4,000, to which an additional
S25,OOO may be added for furnish
ing. 1t takes generally about five
months to put up a 1,60Oton boat,
and it should last ten years with
ordinary care. When the hull OF a
boat is finished, every nook and
corner is filed with salt, about 10O
barrels being used for a 1,2OO-ton
boat. This is done to prevent the
rotting of the timber, and strangely
enough, the capins and upper works
usually decay much sooner than
the buII.-G Globe Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22
Home Ltfe tn tI,e Country.

Loo many OF our farmers homes
are merely so in name. They are
homes-only places to stay. Do
not think we are insinuating that
you must rush right off and spend
$1,000 in buying furniture, car
pets and organ. Not at all. One
of the 'homeycst" palaces we ever
saw was one that was almost en-
tirely innocent of any extravaganza
in that line. Three hundred dol
lars would have covered the cost of
all the furniture in the house; but
it was place we always enjoyed
visiting. The head of the family
was always jolly and ready to take
a hand in a game and his nine
children always hearty and full of
fun, and did not care to be out in the
evenings.
The girls did sewing and knitting
as they grew old enough, and the
boys were often found making
{
something" but no evening passed
that some one did not have some
thing to read to the others-an
anecdote or a story-something
either to amuse or instruct. But
the main secret of their happiness
if it was a secret, lay in the fact
that worrying or fretting were
banished. One growler or fretter
will spoil whole family. Fathers
mothers, don't allow fauIt-fnding
spirit to spoil the pleasure of your
family circle. Don't indulge in it
yourselves. Have as cosy and COM
Portable home as you can Afford
but don't mourn over what you
have not. But rejoice in what you
have and be thankful.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22

of political intelligence and the re-
vivarl of unselfish and patriotic in
terestin public affairs. Ill-natured
complaints of popular incompetency
and sclf-righteons assertion of supe-
riorit5 over the body of the people
are impotent and useless.
But there is a danger, fear, that
the scope of the words aour Peo-
pie and all that they impart arc
not always fully apprehended. 1t
is only natural that those in the va
1ious walks of life should see "Our
People within the range of their
own vision and find just about them
the interests most important and
most worthy the care of the govern
ment. The rich merchant or capi-
taIist ii the centre of wealth and
enterprise hardly has a glimpse of
the country blacksmith at his forge
or ie.saraer ii MS hstd, ard these
in their turn know but little of the
laborcrs who crowd our manufacto-
ries and inhabit their own world of
toll, r.of the thousands who labor
in our mines. If representatives of
every element of our population and
industries should be gathered to-
gether they would find but little of
purely selfish and personal interest
in. common; and upon a superficial
glance but little would be seen to
denote that only one people was
represented. Yet in the spirit of
our institutions all these, so separl-
ted in station and personal interest,
are common brotherhood and are
zone people" all of equal value be-
fore the law, all having by their
suffrage the same voice i'll govern
mental affairs, all demanding with
equal force protection and defense,
and all in their persons and prop
erty equally entitled to their gov
ernment's INSCRIPTIONS care.
The diversity of our interests,
though the source of boundIess
wealth and prosperity, has ten
dency to press our people apart
This condition demands of us a
counter force OF liberality and toll
Grafton toward each other, and am
enlightened regard for the condition
of every individual who contributes
to the aggregate of our national
greatness. This aggregate, fostered
and increased by united, earnest
and unsclish effort, will yield a full
return for individual enterprise and
labor without drying up the foun-
tains of brotherly kindness and for
bearance upon which the political
health of our people depends.
This centennial time, which stirs
our pride by leading us TO the con-
temptation of our tremendous strides
in wealth and greatness, also recalls
to our minds the virtues and the un-
selfish devotion to principle of those
who saw the first days of the Re-
public. Let there now be a revival
of our love for the principles which
our country represents; let there be
at this time new consecration to
the cause of mans freedom and
equality, and quickened sense OF
the solemn responsibility assumed
before the world by every man who
wears the badge of "our People"
The future bcckons us on. Let
us follow with an exalted and emo
bling love of country and with un-
daunted courage. Though clouds
may sometimes darken the heavens
they shall be dispellcd, and we shall
see the bow of Gods promise set
clearly in the sky, and shall read be-
meath it, blazing in radiant charac-
ters the words wOur Pconle"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22

Rev. Charles Mclean. of the Pres
byterian Church, Pernbina, Dakota,
has been suspended from his office
for having indulgod in one glass
of beer in two years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22
4 Reason for lIle sllrieIe.

"And Freedom shrieked wle1
koscinsko fell" read travelling
man aIonds from u volume of poems,
as he was journeying toward BID
next commercial goal.
q No wonder she shrieked,' . said &
friend who was cecapying the same
seat with him.
"Wby7"
Think of she wrestls that was i
store for pesterity viii, that n.fnls.
Freedom is essentially asyi,i,stbe
ic goddess, and the Thought l,ai ~,
ally wrenched her heart sirislgs.
Merchant 1raesler.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22
T,ro nonlI,s 81 RoodIe RnIe.

Two Months OF Doodle BuIe.
Two months have elapsed since
the President whose election was,
purchased from Indiana and New
York ssfioaters' was inaugurated,
and no act of the administration
can be pointed to that has been de-
signed to elevate the standard of
goverpment, to promote the gencr-
al welfare or to redeem any of
the high-sounding promises made
by the party in convention last
June and reiterated by its candi-
dates and the organs generally
throughout the campaign. On the
contrary, so far as it is possible for
the country to observe, not a single
move has been made that has not
involved the question of the distri-
button of the spoils. We're the sole
object of good government mat
stolaof turning gzout the ropresentas
tives of one party to make room
for the heelers of another, then
might the Harrison administration
go down to history as the ideal that
it is possible to attain in human
government
In reviewing the course of the
administration to this date, Dem
ocratic exchange thus pointedly
touches upon the spectacle presen-
ted:
We hear no further assurances
concerning Republican devotion to
the laboring man and no more re-
marks upon the miserable situation,
political and otherwise, of the
Southern negro. The executive
functions of the government are
mainly operated upon the lines laid
down by President Cleaveland and
his associates, while President Har-
rison passes sleeplcss nights in his
vain endeavor to provide places for
all the "boys"
The humbug and chicanery of Il
political campaign were never set
forth more completely than in the
post-inaugural attitude of the new
administration Two months have
been devoted to the grand, glorious
and prc-eminently patriotic work of
providing places for the spoiIsmen
and political hacks of the Republi-
can party, stopping the mouths of
Republican editors by putting their
names on the government payroll
and devising schemes to keep the
party solid in the future.
But the distribution of the spoils
is not u real benefit to a party
Not a postmaster is appointed, how
ever remote may be his location,
but that some other fellow sets up
wall of discomfort. Not Il chair
warmer is named for any depart
mcnt, hut that the rival claimant
goes out and swcars at his fate.
These be the delights of Mr.. Harri-
son and his conductors and the end
is not yet.
The election of Harrison was
distinctly reactionary. 1t was ac-
compIished through methods that
no honest man openly avows and
has been celebrated by turmoil
for office the like of which the coun-
try has never known. OF course, it
is early in the administration career
and there is hope for better things,
but at this point the Republican
party. reinstated as the dispencer
of official patronage, looks like san
organized appetite and nothing
more.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22
a Horse .,l,d Harness Story.

ST. Thomas tOnt.D Journal.
Some years ago, while drawing
wood to town on rainy day, he
got stuck with heavy load at tic
foot of Blackwood's hill, aud the
team lac had being daisics to draw,
he put them down TO business. Tie
horses pulled and the traces COM
menced to stretch, and the horses
walked up the hill with ease. Tic
traces continued 10 stretch until
they got to the Lisgar House corner,
where the driver nnharncssed the
horses aud threw the harness over
a post, fed the horses and had din.
ner. The sun came ont IN the meaus
time and shrnnk the traces, and
when the former went ont he was
surprised to find the load of wood at
the door.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22

The grave air of patronage and
superiority with which little chill
dren often regard babies is some
thing delicious. q child whose age
is to be counted in months seems
very small to one who has reached
the dignity of years. Said a visitor
to certain little girl;
'.And how is the baby to-day,
Flossie2"
"M.lmma thinks he is a little
better"
"Then he is not much better"
NO ma'am. lie couldn't be very
much metters you know, because
hes such y little bit OF baby
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22
A Railroad Train sinks in the
Earth.

A remarkable freight wreck oc-
Cured on the Cairo Short Line, two
miles from BelleviIlc, ILL.,, Sunday
morning of last week. A freight
train was running toward BelIeville.
The track was clear ahead, when
suddenly, without any warning, the
road-bed began to sink, and the en-
gineer and fireman felt themselves
rapidly dropping below the surface
of the surrounding country. They
jumped for their lives, and both es-
capped with a few bruises. The en-
gine and train went down a distance
of ten feet, and a terrific wreck oc-
Cured. The cars, engine and
freight were smashed and destroyed
in the earth. AS soon as the fright
ened trainmen could recover their
wits they learned that the train was
over Marsh's coal mine. and that
the mine had cayed in. Along the
track for distance of 100 feet the
road had sunk from eight to ten
feet. Two brakemen went down
with the wreck and were seriously
hurt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22

Most people have experienced the
curious fear which comes upon mcu
at the edge of a steep. Probably
nine out of ten mortals recoil with ii
certain terror from the depths of
space before them when on house
roof or at the edge of a natural preci
picc. In some cases this fear
amounts, indeed, to horror, tho
keencst which can be experienced
outside Of the nightmare state. Ia
any other danger the disposition is
to seek safety, but on the steep
the motive is to plunge at once into
the gulf 1t is probably this unreu-
sonablc impulse which gives the pc
culiar sense of horror to the situaS
ton. With most people the meas
ure of the fear probably depends, in
good part, ON the general state OF
the nervous system. On first going
to a mountain country, find it ius
possible to face difficult passes which
abound with precipices, but, after Il
month, the effect of the tonic air and
out door life remove in good part
the irritation which such situations
at first produce. The general oc-
currence of this peculiar fear is Il
matter of great scientific Interest,"
All other fcar may be explained, AZ
1t commonly is, by the Darwiniai
hypothesis. Animals which have
feared most for their lives have most
effectively fed, and have naturally
propagated their kind, while thosG
destitute of the sense Of fesr have
fallen prey to their enemies But
this peculiar fear of the steep can
not be explained by the hypothesis
of selection; it remains for the skill
ful devisers of explanations to End
some other account for tn s.
ISltaler tn Boston Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22

t'I want to go to bsd, 50 give me
a room as soon as you can. ought
to have reached the city early this
afternoon, and hero it Is II O'Clock
.What made you SO late2 asked
a Girard house clerk, as he threw e
rough-edged brass tag about the
size of buclSwheat cake.
"ohl slow trafnsi Slow tIainsl
They seemed to stop everywhere
and all tho little cross roads between
those places
''That's queer.
al should say it was. Why, at
one place they stopped about seven
minutes while half dozen people
came out of the only house to be
seen in the neighborhood and board
ed the train. Did yoa ever hear
anything like iti''
s.sSexer.' $
sI have" said little man, with
long, shaggy hair. Who had over
heard the conversation while search
ing the Philadelphia directory for
the name of Boston firm.
"You have2''
"Ycsi" you may not believe it,
but it is fact. Some years ago I
used to travel good deal on the Old
Colony railroad up in Massachusetts,.
There was place called White
Sheaf Lane, where the train stopped
nearly every day for an old woman
who was always there to send some
eggs into town. Now, would you
believe it? One day the train
stopped as usual for Aunt Betseys
who was here with her eggs, but she
had only eleven. She said that tho
old hen was still on the nest, and
she wanted the train to wait until
she could make up the dozen"
"Yes."
@welI, I'll be darnod if that train
didn't wait while the hen laid tho
extra egg"
The late arrival said he guessed
he would go to bed, the bcdiamont
hotel clerk swooned, and the little
old man walked down the corridor
and dropped wearily into a chair.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22
asase BAH den as ArIllerymen.

Pittsburgh Dispatch.
Said an artillery officer to me re-
Gently: a think the popular craze
for base ball is likely to show good
results in case this country should
be involved in war again, The
players learn to calculate with in
finite nicety the striking point of
the sphere. The artilIeryman at
his pieces is required to do work
of much the same sort with his
eyes. So when the artillery arm OF
the army has to be recruited, in
in case of war, l have no doubt that
the base ball player will show
special aptitude and eye training
for the service of artillery.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1889-05-22

IF execution by electricity viii
prevent the recurrance Of such h0r-
rible scenes as were enacted at the
hanging OF the Bald Knobbers the
other day, by all means let US have
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13

Ocean Encampment, No. 13, /. .. OF.
DEGULA MEETINGS OF OCEAN EN-
IA campment No. 13. I. o. O. F., at the
Lodge, In the Odd Fellows Building, at
seven p 81, on the second and fourth
Mondays OF each month. SOiOurnng breth-
rem cordially invited.
BY order e. p
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13
BEAL Ro1AScE AND $4,000.
QGeeT Facts RTealei By The PrOsaIc Records
In the Linn County Court House

There has been going the rounds Of
the coast papers, q romantic story OF
how a young man, engaged IN the
marble monument business had Wis
tied the residence of q wealthy widow
lady somewhere iii the Willamette
valley, with the ostensible purpose of
obtaining Il few weeks board and
recreation, but with the real motive
of procuring IN order for a monument
for the departed husband OF the lady.
The story goes on TO relate that the
young man lnade himself 50 useful
and pleasing that he won the good
graces of the lady TO the extent that
she finally announced her intention Of
making him her heir, thus nominally
placing in his hands property valued
at nearly $4,000. At first the young
man objected, but finally acquiesced,
and remained upon the farm, taking
the best care of everything, and treat
ing the old lady with the greatest
respect, care and attention, even with
affection.
The query has been, where are the
real actors in this romantic episode
located, and IS there really any truth
in the story:
In answer to this query, says the
Albany Herald, it may be said that
the location is in Linn county, on the
Willamette river a mile below Harris
burg, and the fact as far as the lady
endOwing the young man with her
wealth is concerned is true. A few
years ago, an aged and highly respec-
ted German citizen, Charles Roth, died
leaving the bulk of his property to
his esteemed and true wife, Martha
Roth. Left alone at the old home
stead, where for years the generous
hospitality Of Mr.. and Mrs. Roth has
been well known and remembered,
especially by the steamboat men, who
used to ply upon the river much more
than at present, and frequently made
the Roth landing a stopping place.
Mrs. Roth found her lot very lonely
indeed What wonder then, that when
a young man asked for hospitality at
her house, which she had always been
accustomed 10 laYishly bestow, and
treated her with such tender regard,
that she should wish to retain his
careful attention, ana having neither
kith ROT kin Of her own on whom she
could bestow her property, that she
should give It to him in considera-
ton Of his care during her lifetime.
The proof Of this somewhat remark
able state OF facts is found upon the
prOsaic records of Linn county, in
July last, wherein Martha Roth
decided. to Egbert G. Lake her landed
property, retaining a life dover in it.
II the young man has the stamina of
true manhood he will faithfully
cherish and care for her as long IS
she lives, which, up to date, he seems
to have been doing. If he has any
compunctions Of conscience arising
from the fact that he fell heir to q
fortune through trying to cultivate
the generous old lady's acquaintance
for the mercenary purpose Of selling
a tombstone for her departed husband,
he should make amends for it by tax
ing good care of the farm and his ben
efactTeSs.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13

lie Ricnau's Golden BaIsayo No
Cures Chancres, first and second STAGES.
Sores en- the Legs and Body; Sore Ears
Eyes, Nose, ETC., Copper-colored BIotches
SyphlIltlc Catarrh, diseased Scalp, and ali
primary forms Of the disease known az
syphilis. Price, S5 90 per Hottie
lie Hichau's Golden RaIsam No. q
Cures-Tertiary. Mercurial SyphiIitic Rheu-
matlsm, Pains IN the Bones, Pains in the
Head, back OF the Neck, liberated Sore
Throat, Syphilitic Rash, Lumps and con-
tracted Cords, Stiffness Of the Limbs and
eradieates all disease from the system.
whether caused by indiscretion or abuse
* Mercury, leaving the blood p1re and
healthy. Price So 90 per Bottle.
Le RiChau's Golden Spanish Anti
dote for the cure Of Gonorrhpa, GIeet,
irritation Gravel, and all Urinary or Geni,
tal disarrangements. Price Sa so per
Bottle.
E-e Richau's Golden Spanish In.
lection, f0r severe cases Of GonorrhGa,
lnti2uElatory elect, Strictures,&c. Price
81 80 per Bottle.
10 BeichHu's Golden Ointment
for tho effcctiys healing of Syphilitic Sores,
and erupticns. Price 81 90 per Box.
&c Hichau's Golden Piiis-Nervs
and Brain treatment; loss Of physical pow.
eF, excess or over-work, Prostration, etc
Rc3ee So 90 per Box.
Tonic ard Eervine,
Sent everywhere, C. o. b., secureIv pacEsd
per express
c. f. RICHARDS & CO.. Acanta
90 < 40 SansolaO street, Corner Ciay.
san francisco, Cal.
CIRCULAR AAITEn EREE
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13
Sfackholders alaafinn

3. OIIcE3S HEREBY GIVEN THAT TIE
!! aGnaal meeting of the stockholders OF
: he Alaska l-k'g 60, viii b. held at the res
iGeEce- OF L. II. Johnson. AiderbFoOk, on
Monday. December 18th, 1889. at Z 80 o'clock
p n. for the purpose ofe.ecJiBg beard of
directors lor The ensuing yen and transact
ins any ether business thar may come be-
fore the meeting.
81 oTdes Of lhe President.
Fl. PLATH,
Secretarys
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13

REGULAR MEETINGS OF SEASIDE
Ia Lodge No. II, A. o. U. ". will be held
in Their Han in Pythian Castle, on
Saturday evening of each week, at Z O'Clock.
Members of the order in good standing, and
visiting Brothers are invited to attend. Ii
brary win be open fifteen minutes before
and after each meeting. BY order NJ. w.
W. B. ROSS, Rec.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13

scandinavian Benevolent Society.
EeEGULAR MEETINGS OF THIS SOCIE-
Ia ty at their rooms in Pythian building
at eight O'Clock Z. NJ. on the second and
fourth Tuesdays OF each month,
AUG. DANIELSON, Secretary.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13
Common Council,

OOMnOQ CCunClI.
ESEGUI4AR MEETINGS., SECOND AND
a. fourth Tuesday evenings of each month
ut "a O'Clock.
GD-PerSOns desiring 10 have matters acted
upon by the Council. at any regular meet
ing must present the same to the Auditor
and Clerk, on or before the Friday evening
p9l0r To the Tuesday on which the Council
holds i,s regular meeting
TH0S. s. JEWETT,
Auditor and Police judge.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13
Elegant New Dining Cars.
70 PORTLAND,
70 SAN FRANCISCO.

The only line of Steamships TO San Fran
cisco.
Steamers leave COmpany'S Dock every
four days
Regular Line Of
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13
astor1odoe No a K of D

DEGULAR MEETINGS EVERY WE'D
IA neSday evening at 80 P. NJ. at Pythian
Castle. SOiOurning Knights in good stand
ing cordially invited TO attend.
by order c. G.
W. j.. R0BB.
X of X, and S.
The daily morning Astorian. [volume] (Astoria, Oregon) 1883-1899, 1889-12-13

c. f. RICHARDS. & co. Aeeats.
90 < 40 SansOnno street. Corner cslav
san Francisco, Cal.
IiRGIIIAR NAITEn EREE