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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19
suppose You s'ome NoI BACK,

suppose You Come Not Back.
Editor Register.
DEAR SIR:-I have seen some sad
things OF late. and although do not
intend to write about them in par
ticular. l feel like saying word on
an Imaginary case which is enough
like those I have known of to teach
thesame great lesson. Ifyou should
see fit to print what say in the
REnIsrER, it is possible that some
body might be prompted by it to
take action before it is too late.
4 man of % years Of age has re-
moved from his Eastern home, and
settled on farm in the great West.
He has no neighbors within dis
tan . Of ten miles. and he has to
travel twice that number Of miles
whenever it becomes necessary 10
visit the little country store. As.he
is about to start in the morning, his
wife holds up their only baby for a
parting k;ss, and says @Take gpod
care of yourself, Charlie, for what
would become of US if you shouldn't
returng,'
s All through the day, as he goes
and comes, this question rings in
his ears, ard this man will face the
perils of the plain and fight The fury
of the storm with the courage of a
warrior and the patience of n saint,
rather than leave his dear ones in
in the world alone. And all honor
to him, for he simply does his duty,
and no man can do more.
But the perils which beset him
are nothing when compared with
those which crowd the pathway of
many another man who leaves his
family for a day of business in one
of our great cities. How fearfully
true it is that the head of the family
may not come back--that many who
leave homo full of health and hope
do not come back And what Ian
guage can picture the grief which
must come to such man, if in his
last hours, he has time to reflect that
by a little economy and forethought,
he might have provided for just
such an emergency, and have pre-
vented some part of the suffering
consequent upon the sudden. loss of
husband and father. Those burn
ing words OF the poet will live for
ever:
''of all sad words of tongue or pen,
The saddest are these: dHtightLdre been. -
oh, men, going forth to your Ia
bors, ,on the train, in the factory, on
the wharves, in the city, anywhere
in this busy world, You are strong
now, and full of lusty life; but do
you stop to think what might be
the condition of things ut home if
you should not come back Do you
think of those who watch and wait
for your homecoming as the un-
sleeping invalid watches for the
break of the new day? Loneliness
is terrible anyway, but it is guest
of sadder mien when, accompanied
by its grim companion. Want, it
takes up its abode in the home
where father comes no more. By
the strength of his affection for
those he loves; by the sacredness of
his pledge that he would protect
them now and hereafter, by the un-
certainty of his being with them for
the future; by all these things, is
every honorable man bound to make
provision for the future of his family
in the event OF his own untimely
taking-off?
MoRAL.-Insurc in the Connect
cut Indemnity Association. Tippctt
Bros, Agents, Point Pleasant, w.
Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

The farmers of Tennessee are to
meet in State convention to consider
the question of better roads. This
question is one of the most impor-
tant that now engages the attention
of the people West Virginia ought
to have improved roads and have
them IN some parts of the State be-
fore next winter. But will she?
Not if the farmers, who are most
directly interested, are content
with the mud they now have. The
way to make good roads is to
make them. If some road super
wiser in this county would build a
few rods of good road to show the
people what a really good thing a
really good road is, he would be
doing much toward the establish
ment of solid roads finally through
out the county.-;Sate Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

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70 inc people next November ior u
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19
Winter don't get a chance to In

Winter don't get chance to lin
ger in the lap of spring this year.
Winter is altogether back number,
or, as John James Ingalls, said of
Robert Lincoln when the Republi-
cans talked of runni1g him for
President, nothing but a reminis-
eence.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19
call.nE a Bay Up ,n the Msru-

by eight o'clock you viii be obliged
TO commence operating on him by
six. A boy never begins to sleep in
earnest until it is time to get up.
Over night. You must tell him that
it is absolutely essential to life,
liberty, and the pursuit of happiness
that he should get up by eight
O'Clock, and make him understand
that his honor is at stake.
Then Sc; the alarm clock right by
his head, and wind it clear up, so
that when it goes OFF at seven, next
morning, the whole neighborhood
will hear it, and think there is
fire somewhere.
In the morning, after you have
cleared your throat, you can begin
to call your boy. The earlier you
start out at it the more vocal exer-
else you will get.
When you have yelled up the
stairway all that you feel that you
can. go up stairs, and fire away at
him from the hall Then, cheered
and inspired to fresh efforts by his
resounding snore, open his chamber
door and shake him, and poke him
up, as the keeper docs the animals
at the menagcrie. If you work
with a will, and yYar hands are
moderately cold, you will probably
at the end of half an hours hard
work, elicit the sleepy inquiry:
Whats. wantedl Who's--a-
wanting-me-to-ge get up this time
of night.
And your boy will sit up in bed
and rub his fists into his sleepy eyes,
and it would take an hours hard
work to make him understand that
he is the same boy who was warned
over night to be on hand at eight
this morning.
He will give up the attempt to
rub open his eyes in despair, and
sink back again among the pillows,
and if you mean to conquer, you
have got the whole business to go
over again.
There are some very curious facts
about boys who cannot wake up in
the morning-facts which go to-
show that science has not yet sue
ceeded in explaining everything.
This same boy of whom we have
been writing, will get up on the
morning of July 4th at one o'clock,
and nobody to call lshim! Itis just
as easy as sliding down hill. He
will get up to go fishing with Bill
Jones at any hour Bill may name.
He is always up in season to see his
big sisters beau take his departure.
on Monday morning about cock
crow.
He can get up and get ready to
90 on the train which leaves at
seven a. M, when there is circus
in prospect.
He is an early riser when he so
wills it, but on other occasions you
might as well try to wake up the
sentinel on the soldiers monument
on your village common.
And his mother will excuse him,
and tell hep next door neighbor
whose boys are all girls, that poor
Willie works so hard at school, and
grows so fast, that he needs all the
sleep he can get, and it seems TO be.
a shame to wake him up to cat.
breakfast with the family.
And so Willie is lcft.in bed till
he sees fit to get out of it, and the
break fast table stands, and the
kitchen girls temper is spoiled, and
so are the mullins and the baked
potatoes; and when Willie grows up
and gets family of his own, he
will try his wife's temper and he
will set the bad example of un-
.punctuality to his children.
So, therefore, we say to him:
eWillie, get up the first time you.
are called" ."-Kate Thorn. IN Neac
York Weekly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

hat You can get in the new habit
in a day; then the other society fell
lows Of ST. Louis will quickly fall in
line. "-S Lpuis Star Sayings.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

The appearance of Blocks OF Five
Dudley before congressional com
mittee in contested election case
and arguing in favor of an honest
ballot and the right Of a voter to
cast an untrammeIed vote, goes TO
prove that the devil is masquerad-
ing good deal in the garb Of a
preacher.-Seaffnel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

When Gilbert wrote: .sThe flow
ers that bloom in the Spring, ira la.
have nothing to do with the case. {.
he neglected to add that; tsThe ar
tificial posies that bloom in the case
have nothing to do wit.
the SPRING.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

a plan Of building for the World 5
Fair at Chicago is talked Of that
will cover 1913 acres. Mind, we say
talked Of, for when it comes TO wind
Chicago beats the world.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

A machine for cutting and butter
ing bread has been devised. Now,
if some one will devise a machine
for getting the bread and butter, it
will be godsend to many in these
times of Harrison and high tariff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Western Republicans arc seeing
light on the tariff question with both
eyes. Judge Baldwin, a prominent
Republican. recently presided at a
meeting of the Indiana Tariff Re-
form League, and now Governor
Merriam, of Minnesota, comes out
and talks radical tariff reform to the
Farmers Alliance of his State
Western Republicans are now en-
gagged in doing a graceful tar;H
somersault.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Every ablame fool in the United
States who hasn't sense enough to
attend to his own business we'll
enough to keep his effects from be-
ing sold by the sheriff knows just
exactly howa newspaper ought to
be conducted. Perhaps if be didn't
know so much about it and didn't
spend 50 much time telling others
about it, he would be better able to
attend to his own affairs in such
manner as to enable him to pay for
his paper in money instead Of adj
vice Charleston STIR.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

The Supreme Court Of Mississippi
has decided that the local option
laws of that State do not apply to
wine manufactured in Che State. A
man may lawfully get drunk there
if he fill up on the right kind Of
stuff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Wholesale sugar dealers, in imita-
tionsof the Sugar Trust, are about
to form a combination against the
retail dealers and consumers, whiq
will raise tho price to the retail
about 70 cents a bart toI
American consnmer@nminsdweil
year.-Register Il III 4ebis LAB; taD;
~ ~. ihe iot1
The Pittsburgh ~ ts,a.ee ! ,i,a san =. sns os
canal built across t three cor
mountains, extending ~ and ,. the re-
apeake & Ohio canal to 20 soEed ed
river, at a cost Of s25, ,00O,,S5S;;'o1e. CO.
We will build the canal, now where
is the man with the money!
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

When Dudley cries out for an
honest election It is time for the
common rogue to hunt his hole, 20
into it and pull 1t in after him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

The Piedmont Pulp and Paper
Company are about to erect several
additional buildings and put in new
machinery for the manutactvre Of
paper.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Reports from New York say the
money market is in a condition Of
severe stringency, and the warning
has been given that prudence is
necessary
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

4 the ancient predictions are Of
any value the vicious incoming Of
March will assume an outgoing as
gentle as gentleness itself
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

Very few realize The extent
the postal business of the United
States. The annual sale of stamps
reaches nearly 2,OOO,0a0, 600, and Of
postal cards 3s6,ooO,ooO The post
master general, in bis annual report
comedies that one cent postage nnul
come, but says it would be innop
portnne to attempt it at present, As!
il would reduce the annual revenue
from letter postage by probably
sl5,O00.0oO. He advises that the
postotiire department first be put o
a self sustaining basis BY accelerat
ing and extending its facilities ii
all directions. 50 as to increase
revenue The nearest approa
one cent postage will be-
shape Of a larger postal "a
called a letter postal card.
abundant room upon it to wrifs
ordinary letter. Frank Leslie >
Newspaper.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1890-03-19

In 1869, after IA years of a ''free
trade tariff, corn sold in the New
York market for 64 to 95 cents. In
1887, after % years of high protec-
tions corn in the same market rang
ed from 30 to So cents. Oats
brought 80 to ~ cents 1860; in 1887
only 80 to 80 cents. Wheat fetched
sl,35 10 81 40 in 1860; in 1887 the
lowest quotation was rs cents and
the highest 81 cents. These figures
arc from the American Almanac
for 1889, and are absolutely accu-
rate. They give very correct idea
of the "home market for the far
mer, aud which he is heavily taxed
TO obtain.
, 1890-09-24

A strange fatality sometimes over
takes men who have earned a good
reputation for skill, faithfulness and
the greatest caution. There have been
instances where engineers have run
trains for twenty years without an &C
cident. Then one would occur which
seemed to be the result of gross care
lccs2ass. Steamships have been run
ashore or on to reefs in starlight nights.
Men who have handled machinery for
years without an accident have finally
been caught in it and have lost their
lives.
There are whole classes of casualties
for which it is difficult to find any ra-
tional explanation. Do such accidents
occur from some sudden mental %failure2
Why, for instance, does one who has
rendered faithful and accurate service
for ten or twenty years fail suddenly in
some succeeding year and neglect the
performance of some duty which has
always been familiar to hint There
are instances when competent ship cap
tains, who had been to sea for the
greater part of their lives, failed in ca
paeity on the very last voyage which
they proposed TO make. BY some mis-
calculation, which seemed to be moth
ing less than gross carelessness, they
lost the ship and their own lives. San
Francisco Bulletin.
, 1890-09-24

In the account prepared by DIR.
Bright, of Kentucky, of his treatment
of various cases of hydrophobia he ex-
presses the opinion that II the blood of
a person bitten is kept in an alkaline
condition for several weeks the virus of
rabies is by this means destroyed or
rendered inert. 1t has long been known
that ammonium alkali is an antidote to
the virus of venomous reptiles If inject
ed into the circulation Immediately at
ter the infliction of the bite.
1t is remarked, however, that in the
cases of children it would be more SON
venient to administer the chloride or
acetate of ammonia, owing to the pun
gency of the carbonate, some care being
also required in keeping the latter with
out a loss of any of its virtues ON ac-
count of its great volatility. 1t is
thought that after the first day or two
IT. would not be necessary to exhibit the
remedy at shorter intervals than, say,
every six hours for three or four weeks.
This would, it is believed, sufficiently
alkalize the blood TO neutralize or de
stroy the rabic poison.-New York Trib-
unn
, 1890-09-24

A very humorous story is told of
Robin Brown, the singing blacksmith.
He had little musical skill and often
went off the tune altogether. At that
time it was the custom to read out the
line. Brown, who was troubled with
a dimness Of vision, called out, MY
eyes are dim, l cannot see," and the
congregation sang the line under the
notion that it vas n portion of the
hymn. Brown felt annoyed and called
out, II cannot see at ALL" The con-
gregation followed. More Justify he
called out, 81 think the people have
gone mad" which they also sung, and
then he bawled out, THE mischief
take you all" Finding out their mis-
take the singing ceased, but the pre-
centor vas often told he had "set the
hale kirk a-laughing. Exchange.
, 1890-09-24

One of the curious facts which work
ingmen and mechanics detailed to do
work in different towns notice is that
the small country places are frequently
ahead of the metropolitan cities in the
way of scientific improvements. Many
a rural village Of 5, 900 or 10, 900 inhab-
itants quickly avails itself of the oppor-
tunities which the city inventors and
scientists have been discovering for
years. Thus it happens that little
towns Of few thousand population
which have grown up within the last
four or five years have electric lights,
electric railways, cable lines and water
works more perfect than the big cities
',7ve.-Eugene Field Ia Chicago News.
, 1890-09-24
THE NEEDED STIMULUS.
A JudIeIous Selection OF Books Gives n
Young Boy the Right start.

A JudIcIous Selection OF Books Gives n
Young Boy the Right start.
Several years & l was one evening
sitting in my study when a lad entered
my presence and asked IL ] would be
willing to lend him something to read.
l replied in the affirmative, and in
quired what kind Of reading matter he
desired. He expressed a wish for some
thing hat was exciting" and l re-
quested him to be a little moro definite.
Then he gave me n vivid summary of
a work which he had recently read to
his great enjoyment; evidently one of
those trashy of which SO
many are published in boys libraries, -
whose perusal can in no wise be bene-
fcial.
/ went TO my bookcase and took from
it one Of Abbott's histories for young
people, THE History Of Darius the
Great" Opening it, / read the para
graph in which is given an account of
the shooting by Cambyses of his friends
son through the heart with an arrow
before the fathers eyes. Then | asked
II he thought the book would suit him,
and he answered, Yes, sir"
He carried the book away with him,
and two evenings later returned with
il, inquiring II / would lend him an
other similar to it. 1 did so, and let
him have other volumes in succession,
until within three months after receiy-
ing the first he had read the thirty and
odd volumes forming the series-read
them understandingly l learned by
questioning him-and acquired a taste
for substantial literary food.
He has graduated with the highest
honors from one Of the foremost col
leges in the country, having betrayed
the expenses of the preparatory school
and the college by his earnings when
his mates were many of them resting.
He intends eventually to practice at
the bar, where one of his disposition is
likely TO become n shining light" il
neither a Webster nor a Choate.
He is pleased to attribute his desire
for an education to my encouragement
years since; but l can conscientiously
credit myself only with having brought
to his consideration the books to which
l have referred.
Young friends, read these same
books, or books Of n similar character,
instead of the printed STUFF which
greets your vision on every side. You
will find the story of real flesh and
blood heroes and heroines as Eek
citing as is that of fictitious person
ages, and, reading Of them, will be
stimulated to emulate their noblest, to
abhor their worst traits. Best of all,
such books will ineite you to acquire
additional information relative to those
concerning whom you have been read
ing, and eventually to secure an edu-
cation that will fit you to make your
way through the world successfully
Fred F. Foster in Harper's Young PEG
Pile.
, 1890-09-24

A Yankee skipper is supposed to be
equal to most anything, and a recent
experience of Capt. a. L. Howard, of
Rockland, helps TO confirm this idea
BEING unable to obtain a crew in Rock
land, Capt. Howard resolved to alone
take his schooner to a neighboring port,
having obtained the assistance Of two
men to help him put aboard necessary
provisions. When ready for sailing he
sent the men ashore and started the
vessel. Watching for a moment the
boat he had sent shoreward, Capt
Howard saw it capsize and the two
men precipitated into the water. He
ut once leaped from his vessel and
W a TO the rescue of the landsmen,
righted the boat, assisted the men into
il and rowed them safe to terra firma.
He then SWAN back and boarded his
vessel, which vas beginning to make
some Roadway before a stiff breeze
Rockland (Ge.) Free Press.