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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26
A BIG VENTURE.
In the Way OF Railroad Binding. and
the Development of the Interior
or Our Mountain Stale.

VI Oitr iAOuntiih STATE.
The Cumberland Nd, Times in
speaking of the development of
West Virginia has the following TO
say of the future of the West yir-
ginia Centeral railroad;
The Davis Elkins syndicate,
which by the way, includes some of
the wealthiest men in the United
States having finished their survey
have turned their attention to the
interior of the State. The plan is
now formulated, and embraces one
of the biggest ventures in the way
of railway building and coal de-
velopment ever undertaken in that
region. The Southern terminus of
tho Davis Elllins system is now at
the town OF. Elkkins,. in Randolph
county. From Elkins the road will
be extended to Philippi, Barbour
county, in the line almost due North:
thence it will follow the Tygart's
Valley river down to Grafton, either
paralleling the Grafton and Green
brier or purchasing it; thence along
the West bank of the Tygart's Val
ley river to Fairmont, short distance
above which place the West Fork
river will be bridged.
From Pairmont the road will be
built along the west bank of the
Monongahelaand across the country
to a point in the neighborhood of
Fairchance, where it will connect
with the Pennsylvania system and
obtain direct outlet to Pittsburg.
All along this line the syndicate has
made extensive purchases of coal
lands, with the evident view of
reaping whatever benefit there is to
be derived by the railroad's develop
ment- Some time since a syndicate
including Messrs. Davis and Elk
ms and other prominent men, pur-
chased large bodies of coal
land in Monongahela county, w. Va.
These purchases amount TO about
1900 acres and in this one county
Immediately upon the the line. In
Marion, Harrison, Barbour and
Taylor counties other big purchases
of coal land have been made by the
same people.
But this is only one end of the
enterprise. From the town of Elk
ms three corps of engineers are
pushing their way almost directly
South through the counties of Web
ster, Pocahontas, Greebrier and
Monroe, making a route through
the Allegheny mountains to the
coal and iron fields of Eastern West
Virginia and Old Virginia. 1t is
hoped to intersect the Chesapeake
and Ohio near Goshen, Va, and the
roadway DO driven even further.
With the tide-water outlet at the
East and Pittsburg as a commercial
center at the west, the roads will
have loads for its cars both ways;
coal East and merchandise West,
with iron and from the South to
carry in both directions. One of
the beauties of the entire plan is the
fact that the people who build the
roads will own the most of the land
to be developed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26
Farmers shouId read up on the

Farmers should read up on the
tariff question and should think.
Nails, glass aud tin are protected.
So, too, are wheat, potatoes and APP
pies.
The first three are manufactured
products. The others are all the
output of the farm.
Every speaker tells you that the
agricultural interests are the life,
the prosperity of the country, and
upon the farmer and the results of
the farmers labor depends every
element of business for its success.
But note the result of the increas-
ed tariff on the farmers products,
and likewise on the products of the
protected factories.
The tariff on wool was increased,
and at once every article of dress
goods, clothing, or carpets, ofwhich
wool is a component part, advanced
in price. Every storekeeper and
housewife knows this to be true.
Instantly, however, the wool which
the farmer had to sell dropped in
price. Every wool raiser knows
this also to be true.
The tariff on tin was increased
and instantly the price of tin and
tinware advanced about 80 per cent.
and it is still up, firm and stationary.
The tariff on apples was increased
and the farmers are now offered 70
cents barrel for first-class, picked
winter apples.
And SO it goes throughout the list.
There is a pretended tariff on farm
products, but but when the farmer
goes to market with his stuff he
sells it for just what he can get for
it, and the tariff helps him just
about as much as the prayers of
Siberian exile. And when he goes
to buy manufactured product he
pays the price asked him.
The farmer has no say as to the
price of the article he wishes to sell,
nor buy. A protective tariff has
attended to all that for him.-.Sen-
tinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

away up. They know that pota.
toes are not worth half as much
now as they were ono year ago.
They also know that there is no
such fluctuation in the price of the
goods they buy. The protected
manufactured products do not go
way up one season and down TO
nothing another. Why is this9
Because the tariff is a fraud. A
tariff is put on farm articles merely
to fool the farmers Sentinel. g
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

The tariff law in existence now is
precisely the same as that in exis-
tence one year ago.
To-day Dudley is only paying rs
cents for barrel of perfect winter
apples, and they must be subject to
his inspection.
One year ago he was glad to pay
$500 barrel for them and take
them without inspection.
He says the tariff protects the
farmer.
One year ago he was willing to
pay 75 cents to dollar busheI for
potatoes; now he is in no hurry to
pay even 80 cents for them. The
tariff has not changed.
Let the farmers study this ques-
ton little and look at it in a SEN
sible way If the tariff is reguIa-
tor of prices why does it not regu-
late them?
If the tariff is intended to bring
about protection to the farmers it
ought to cut some figure in the mat
ter of prices. The farmer will find.
tariff or no tariff, that when the crops
are big and heavy and they have
plenty to sell the price sinks to
nothing, and when there are no
crops, when drouth, or floods, or
insects have ruined them, and they
have nothing to sell the price goes
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26
Senator Faulkner.
Monroe Watchnlan.

Monroe Waterman.
Il We, canisee no reason why Senator
Faulkner should not be his own sue.
cessor. We could give quite a mum
Der of good reasons why he should.
He is such an Improvement upon the
usual order of West Virginia Sena-
tors that we owe il. TO ourselves to
return him for Interpolation it gives
us He has been faithful and ell
cient, and ranks we'll both as /. work
er and talker. Heretofore, the men
we have honored with that position
have endeayored to accomplish moth
ing save their own return. Senator
Faulkner has devoted himself entire
~ TO the promotion of the interests
of his people, and to allseeming has
considered himself of secondary i'm
portance. Weowe'him reward for
his faithful and Jealous fight against
the infamous Force Bill. His work
in the campaign of 1890, gave us
control of the State.
These things deserve our graft
tude, and we can evince it in no
better way than by returning him
to the position he has so creditably
filed. True, the election is some
time ahead, but it will do no harm to
think about this matter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26
Some Tariff Notes.

The following are some tariff notes
from the Farmers Alliance Herald
of Cardington, Ohio:
Wool at Cardington, is % cents
and % cents. Last year it was 80
cents and 30 cents. Mckinley is
invited to explain.
Twenty four pounds of granulated
sugar can now be bought for one
dollar. Last year at this time it
was S1.44. The tariff is off surgar.
The tariff tin plate factories, upon
being investigated, prove to be run
by Welsh workmen, working Welsh
tin. High tariff always leads to
high prices and the importation of
foreign labor.
The capitalists are protected,
while the laborer has competition in
the shape of five thousand Italians
every week who come in free for
nothing and live on c:rrion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

Farmers are selling their wool for
less money and paying higherprices
for wooden clothing than before the
passage of the infamous Mckinley
bill. And the Republicans will find
it impossible to pull the wool over
the eyes of the voters at the next
election. 44ai
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

Some of our Republican eontem-
poraries are savagely attacking the
Alliance. Goslow brethren. 1t was
the abuses of the Republican party
that called the Alliance into exis-
tenee, and it will flourish until long
after the former has passed away.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

The Republican enthusiasm for the
denomination of Uncle Benny
Harrison, does not seem 10
be very spontaneous. lie is a dead
duck, and Blaine killed him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

Many leading Republicansin Ohio
are deserving their party and joining
the Peoples Party. One ofthem pre-
diets a majority of 100000 against
Major Mckinley.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

Virginia Republicans have about
decided not to put State ticket in
the field. 1t will save them lots of
trouble and good drubbing at the
polls.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

Republican stumpers are having a
hard time in Ohio trying to explain
why wool is lower now than it was
before the tariff was raised. Their
explanations don't explain. The
people will give their opinions on
this matter in November.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

The Democrats of this county
ought to begin-thc work of organi-
zing now for '92. Gentlemen, please
make a note of this.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

Louisiana's State Treasurer re-
ports balance on hand OF s7O9, 73Oin
cash, over and above all liabilities.
Louisiana is Democratic State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

. West Virginia is fortunately free
from the turmoil of a political cam
paign this year. But she will be
boiling hot in 1892.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26

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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-08-26
MAR SHALI COLLEGE, 40

the Normal privileges all
Inc Huntington and Big Sandy Railroad
an,n
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11
And SATAN Annearil AIso.

The good folk of Ephesus, KY,
are just at present discussing satan.
A great many people thereabouts
are thoroughly convinced that
"spooks do walk" The believers
are mainly found in the member
ship of the local Baptist Church.
1t seems that about ten days ago,
during a revival meeting at which
the Rev. w. L. Reynolds preached,
and at the height of one of his fervid
rhapsodies, suddenly turning and
throwing his arm out, he exclaimed:
"Behold the Lamb of God that talk
eth away the sin of the worldI'' At
that instant tall. pale-visaged fig
ure, robed in white, and with eyes
of flashing brilIiancy, passed around
behind the preacher and, advancing
to the altar, leaned on one corner of
it. But it uttered not a word. The
congregation and the minister got
sight of the strange and unearthly
apparition about the same time.
The preacher paused, as if medit-
ating what to say to the ghostly in
truder, while panic seized the hor-
rified spectators who sprang from
their seats and made mad rush for
the door and windows.
The old minister himself thor
oughly frightened, dared not look
at the figure, but followed his flock,
leaving the supernatural visitant in
possession of the church and pulpit.
Fortunately none of the terrified
worshippers were lamed or MANNED
in the precipitate fight, but not a
single man or woman would venture
back into the deserted church,
where the lamps were left burning
before an empty altar until next day.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11
TMo Great Trnths.

No other individual exerts as
great an influence in the world as a
good woman. Ifthe women in any
community resolutely determine to
crush out any evil or inaugurate
needed reforms they can accomplish
more than all other factors combined.
Good women serve as a preservative
power in the moral world and pre-
vent it from being engulfed in the
maelstrom of destruction.
The man who endeavors to build
himself up by trying to pull others
down will never make an honorable
success of life. He may gain some
momentary advantages, but truth
crushed to earth shall rise again
and what he has gained by decep-
tion and at the expense ofhis fellow
man, will ever be 4thorn in the
flesh" This world is a field of com
petition, and all true, lasting, noble
and enjoyable victories are gained
by merit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11
No. %.
Moments Love Letters.

The f-st thing a woman does
when she falls in love is to begin to
write love letters, regardless of
grammar and spelling. She is in
such haste. saysthe Chicago Herald,
TO tell him how she loves him that
she hasn't time to consult a diction-
airy; hence her heart ..yearns, her
soul "palpertates, her whole being
is Hdrownded' in a sweet sorrow, etc.
The fact ofthe matter is, according
to our expert, whether they spell
their language correctly or not,
women cannot write sucn good love
letters as the men, and when l say
love letters l mean love poems,
too. True, a woman wrote aCor-
inne, but no woman could have
written s.Werther." When the
lovers hand does the writing he
makes us believe that the music
#of his sweethearts voice is the
most deIizious of melody, that her
face is the most beautiful of pic
lures, her body the fairest of
statues, the roof that shelters her
the most glorious of castles and the
ungrammatical scrawl which she
sends him the most exquisite COM
position in the language. Yes, all
the world loves lover, but it does
not seem to care much for woman
who pours her soul out in platitudi-
nous phrases, possibly passionate,
butevidently painful. When nature
gave the male bird the power of
song it was done for purpose, and
l advise most women to let the boys
write the love letters.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11


mother could long endure them, and
in answer to her frenzied appeals,
two men forced the door. The first
object that greeted them was old
Jonathan, gagged and bound fast to
one Of the hall chairs. Hurrying on,
guided by Mans cries, they opened
the door of the room where Mr..
Carpenter spent most of his life.
The master of the house lay on the
floor, senseless, bleeding, and, kneel-
ing by him, Nan was screaming
with terror.
Gentle hands lifted him; a doctor
was hastily summoned, and life came
back, very faint and futtering. But
there was smile for Nan as the in
jured mans eyes rested upon her.
She had clung to him so desperately
that no one had the heart to force
her away, and it was Mrs. Carroll
who deity assisted the doctor, as he
baadaged and patched up the sorcly.
wounded man
Investigation proved that Mr..
Carpenter had been robbed of a large
sum of money drawn from the bank
the day before, and it was in vain
endeavor to fight three men at once
that he was stabbed and feiled by
blow upon the head.
Many long weeks he lay upon his
bed, and Nan perched herself beside
him. Mrs. Carroll had to take her
away to her meals and bed, and
when she came for her how could
she come empty handed2 Jonathan
never could make such jellies and
broths as the widow brought, and
with which Nan fed the invalid.
And if another little hand steadied
the grasp of the spoon, there was no
word of objection spoken. II little
feminine comforts crept in to take
the place of Jonathan's well-meant
but clumsy devices, who could
blame the womanly pity that sug-
gested them.
The doctor said the injuries were
fatal, and no one in Snowville was
inclined to blame Mrs. Carrolfs
ministrations to dying man. But
for once medical judgment was at
fault. June roses were blooming
when the calls were reversed, and
Mr.. Carpenter began to visit Mrs
Carroll, though Nan still crept
through the round window.
There was wedding in October,
eyes being true eyes this time, and
love vows made in heartfelt seren-
ity. But Mrs. Carpenter laughingiy
declares her husband was Mans con-
quest, and only married.her that he
might give Nan a fathers love and
care.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11
The Dog,s Naine.

"What is your dogs name2v asked
a man who was waiting at the post
office, of a young fellow with a par
tienlarly bright dog.
"Ask him." answered the young
fellow cooIIy.
"You don't seem to understand.
sir. ! asked you whist was your
dogs manner"
And l answered sAsIk him..
"You are an impertinent snob, .
said the older man, brandishing his
umbrella.
@My dear sir the dogs name is
"Ask him, explained the youth as
he retreated to a safe distance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11
BOYS VINO Len tle Farm.

Nearly three -fourths of the men
who have been chosen by the people
for the great Office of the nation are
men who were early familiar with
wooden hills and cultivated fields
for example, Lincoln, Grant, Gar
field, Hamlin, Greeley, Tilden,
Cleveland, Harrison, Hayes, Blaine
and many others almost equally
conspicuous in current events or
living memory. Among journalists
Henry Watterson spent his early
life in rural Kentucky, and Murat
Halstead was born and lived on a
farm in Ohio. W. I'll. Vanderbilt was
born in small New Jersey town,
and early engaged in business OF
ship chandlery; Russell Sage was
born in New York village; Jay
Gould spent his early years on his
fathers farm in New York State.
Ingersoll first saw light in country
town in New York; Talmage in a
New Jersey village and David
Swing, though born in Cincinnati,
passed his boyhood on an Ohio
farm. Whittier and Howells spent
their youth in villages, the former
dividing his time between farm en-
ployment and his studies.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11

Summer Boarder-I think, con-
sidering the price 1 pay and the
poor accommodations you have, you
might at least treat me with respect.
Mrs. Hayfork-well, mum, to tell
tn truth, 1 can't feel much respect
for people what pays the big prices
1 charge fer the sort of accommyda-
tions 1 give.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11
A hard-working woman was ask

A hard-working woman was ask
ed: "Madam, are you a woman
suffragist2" '.No, sir" was the an
swer; 81 haven't time to be. -
Haven't time2 Well, if you had
the privilege of voting whom would
you support" @The same man
have supported for the last ten
years" @And who is that?" AMY
husband"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11

The Moslem University at Cairo,
Egypt, is said to be the largest uni
versity in the world. 1t has 10, 600
students and 37O professors. The
Koran is the only book used for
grammar, law physiology and theol-
ogy, and the students study and re-
peat it continually,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11

A Berlin physician writes that
different species of bacteria find a
lodgment in the human mouth.
Kissing he pronounees to be habit
of untold danger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11

Smythe-@I hear that simpkins
has just got a pension. He never
saw any service did he?" Tomp-
kins-"No; but he lost his voice
urging his neighbors to go to the
'front.'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11

Friends are as companions on a
journey, who ought to aid each other
to persevere in the road TO happy
life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1891-11-11

A man who knows how to wait
knows how to get even.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-20
THE BROOK.

Little sweetheart, you've forgotten
How you played for me one night.
Twas the sweet old Brook of Tennyson-your
eyes were shining bright,
And the lampight softly fell upon the splendor
of your hair
Your cheeks aglow-the sunset clouds
Were not so passing fair
heard the sweet, low, pebbly
Sound of waters ripping free;
The murmuring trees, the whispering grass
and drone of drowsy bee.
1t was softly singing summer in some shady
woodland nook
And my soul began to pulsate
With the rhythm of the Brook.
] seemed to see your laughing face
At the bottom of the stream
A wav'ring. ileeting water nymph from some
Greek poets dream,
And your blue eyes seemed to beckon and then
laugh in elfish glee
On that dear old winter evening
When you played the Brook for me.
Little sweetheart, you've forgotten,
But the tinklc of that tune
Is still ringing in my mem'ry like soft bird
songs heard in June.
And the love that came that evening with that
ripping little river,
Though years may come and years may go,
Will still ''go on forever."
Thomas l.. Wood in Detroit Free Press.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-20
Enormous strength of Spider silk.

The strength of the spider silk is incred
IDLE. Size for size it is considerably tough
er than a bar of steel. An ordinary spiders
thread is capable of bearing a weight of
three grains, while steel thread of the
same thickness would support less than
two. a bar of steel one inch in diameter
will bear weight of fifty tons, but it is
calculated that If spiders thread Of the
same size could exist, it would he capable
of supporting weight of seventy-four
tons-that is to say, its strength would be
half as great again as that of steel, or near
ly three times that of wrought iron.
hill Magazine.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-20
A Sure Passport to Fame.

1t almost seems as if every man and
every woman had the power of insuring
Immortality on earth. not by one good
novel, as was once cleverly suggested, but
by IA good diary.
Successful literary men, aside from mere
professional SKILL have exceptional posi-
bilities of making the passport valid.
Sooner or later they come in contact with
all the choice spirits of their day. Good
things are said and DONE good anecdotes
pass from mouth TO mouth, to be remem-
bered awhile and forgotten unless set
down in black and white. Clearly, this
simple task, so easily performed, is duty
the skillful writer owes to his descend
ants, since the authors note books, which
remain do but stimulate our appetite for
more, and his impressions of his time,
however slight, will have their value some
day.-Scribner's
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-20
Crooks Councils of War.

Crooks councils of war differed from
those of any other general, living or dead.
He never asked any one for an opinion,
never gave one of his own, but, taking his
rifle in hand, strolled short distance away
from camp, sat down under a rock, crossed
one knee over the other, clasped his arms
about his shins, and occasionally rubbed
the tip of his nose with the back of his
right hand This was the last infallible
sign by which the troops afterward learned
to know that one of Crooks councils OF
war was in progress. He communed with
himself, canvassed all the pros and cons of
his misunderstanding.
Middlebury register. (Middlebury, Vt.) 1886-1937, 1891-03-20
An Important Parsonage.

Tom-You are extremely polite to thai
old fellow. Who is he, anyway
Jsck-Sh! That's her father.-Epoch.