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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
Marrying a widow.

No, son; don't marry widow.
She is too calculating, and loving
by arithmetic is not romantic. Real
love should not have any more sense
than bottle of soda water suddenly
tapped. It should sizz and fuss just
like there wasn't anything else on
earth. Ali the electric spark from
the heart has not been tampered
with.
The widow is all right, and is
pretty but don't marry her. The
idea of a secondhand heart appears
insipid-no foaml No, son.; don't
make a pawnbroker's shop out of
your trusting heartl If you do
marry, teach your wife that you,
who gained her heart under the pale
glitter of the Milky Way, where the
restless young meteor chases its love
across the heavens-I say, convince
her that you were at the barber's
until l A. NJ. There is no memory
SO pleasing as the knowledge that
you would not lie.
But the widow is too fly. She
will kiss her second edition at 7.45
p. m. It will be duty kiss, not
like the gush of the geysers of the
Rockies, but tried and lethargic.
She will not coil about you like the
helpless and enticing ivy, while her
golden tresses wander over your
snow-white collar. She will kiss
you by geometrical measurement,
and say at parting:
HGeorge, dear, it is just 7:45
o'clock. 1t will take you Just five
minutes to get drink, twenty
minutes TO get shaved, and Eve
minutes for a shine. Here is a dol
lar, dear. Bring back sixty-five
cents, and return at S:15 o'clock.
please, as we shall have bridal calls
Tonight
No, boy; don't marry CONNER
cial college. Get hold of a girl who
thinks what you say is true, and it
will take her fifteen years to find
out what a mistake she has made.
Bob Burdette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

Grated about twelve centuries ago
by the ancestors of the present Par
sees in commemoration of the voy-
age they had in their emigration
from Persia to India. The priests
vowed to institute the fire in the
event of their ships landing them
in safety on Indian soil. The fire
is fed at FIVE stated times during
each twenty-four hours with sandal
wood, benzoin and quantities Of
other odorous materials, as we'll as
with very dry fuel. This, however,
cannot be done without previous
compliance with certain religious
formulas
Next in rank to the Beheram fire
is the Adaran the one reinstated
recsaily 10 Bsa1hhy Il is placed
in large silver censer, estimated
to have cost about 1900 rupees.
The hall in which it is placed could
not be entered except by the officia-
ting priest or his immediate assist
ant. While the building was under
construction the Adaran fire was
removed to a place set apart for the
purpose and for the use OF the priests
in charge. All the arrangements
for the removal and reinstatement
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
Our Poor Trensnrr.


ABOUT the miudle oil last month
tne increased receipts irom customs
was no'ea ana tne prooaDllity that
ior .he nrst time IN many months
Tue ireasary "ouiu snow AT ieast q
temporary cessation OF tne dram on
the avaliaOle FUNDS oil the govern
ment.
Inc nope was deceptive. Inter
est payments, oil winch accounts
was not taken IN SAID estimate, have
absorbed the increase In customs
revenue ana mucn more ana Sec
retary roster announces a decrease
o. more .han sS,oVO'VOV IN his cash
balance during the month
Inis brings the bottom oisoncie
sam strong box plainly into view
ror OF the Ssl 'Soe'foS casn balance
winch MI roster reports, there IS
nearly slo'ooO,ooo IN subsidiary sil-
YER MINOR COINS ana irac'lonai cur
nanmant - nah,;o' dah,s ~ aaa 800 s,.s
thon elk ooa 600 ~ danos;,
tional honI,s sshare = y 80 ;n,aa -
d;a,elv ova;,ohIa. slaav;na las t,,an
n;I,;on and : ha,e - ,.S;s,' ,La
oovarnmant : san dram
TIE ran;d;,v r;,h mh;,h tha
Tre.s,rv hos hoon hrono,,,t - ,h;s
condition is noticeable. Five months
ago. September 1891 the cash
balance was reported as $50 PA 3s4
In those five months nearly s29.-
OO0,o has disappeared. But for
Mr.. Fosters original system of
book keeping, a deficit would ap-
pear.
Another significant feature of the
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

There is no flock, however watched and
tended
But one dead lamb is therei
There Is no flrcside. howsoe'er defended,
But has one vacant chairl
The air IS full of farewells to the dying,
And MORNINGS for the dead;
The heart of Rachel. for her children crying,
VIII not be comfortedi
Let us be patient. These severe Affections
Not from the ground arise,
But oftenti nes celestial benedictions
Assume this dark disguise.
We see but dImly through the mists and va
pors;
Amid these earthly damps
What seem 70 be but sad. funereal tapers
May be heavens distant lamps.
tion.
This life Of mortal breath
Is but a suburb OF the life elysian,
Whose portals we call death.
-IonpfelIovv-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

While Baker street car was being
accidentally rolled along at speed
of four miles an hour the other after
noon the connection with the draw
bar broke and the whif1etrees fell
down at the horses heels. The noise
was enough to momentarily alarm
all the passengers and everybody
sprang up. Among them was a
motherly looking woman, with a
dozen eggs in a basket After she
had ascertained what had happened
she sat down and remarked:
''Well, declare if didn't Jest say
to myself when the smash came that
the children had broken another
lamp chimney or pulled the teapot
of the table l''-Detroit Free Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
They Must be Put Away.

Two debasing physical habits
drag down to the earth the captive
souls of men shere in the body pent,
and form two-fold cord with
which to bind them to the chariot
wheels of self-induIgence, that hid
eous Caliban. These are intemper-
ance and impurfty, both of them
s.feshly lusts that war against the
soul" Each of these habits is a
relentless foe to manhood's purity
and woman's peace. Each is a sep
arate fury, the sworn enemy of
home, the Nemesis of every little
child, saddling it from birth with a
load of deterioration, or singing It
with the lash of depravity. These
two must all be put away before
men and women can live in one
world, Christ's text book of the New
Testament be the law of the realm,
and His kingdom come on earth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
Three Sacred Fires.


The Bombay (Endia) papers con-
tain accounts of the consecration
there recently of a new temple erect
ed for the reinstatement of the sa-
cred Adaran fire. The fire was in
stalled in 1873 by Manockjec Now
rowjec Shett. The old building
showing signs of decay it was re-
placed by a new one at the cost of
about a lakh of rupees by Mr.. JaIb-
hoy Ardeseer, the eighth lineal de-
scendant of the founder. It is built
in the ancient Persian style of arch
itecture. A flame before it falls into
one of the three recognized classes
of Parsee sacred fires in India, has
to undergo certain ceremonials cor
responding to the dignity of the or
der to which it is destined to belong.
Thus, only a thirtieth part roughly
of the expenditure and religious
recitation would be required to con-
secrate Dadgan fire than when a
Beheram FIRE is to be installed.
The most ancient fire at present
in India is at the secluded village
of oowade. near BuIsar, and the
Parsees make it point to repair to
the Beheram FIRE there in large
numbers during the months which
are specially allotted to the presid-
ing genius of fire. 1t was conse-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

A well known Wheeling lawyer
tells this story which happened to a
Probate Judge in that city not long
ago. The Judge was sitting at his
desk one day when a woman enter
ed and asked:
@Are you the judge of repro
bates2''
Il am the jadge Of probate, mad
am, what can 1 do for your
We'll, guess that is the right
name for it, but my father died de-
tested and he left lot Of young in
fidels and I want to be their exeeu-
TONER"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
no Take Care Or Men,s oIothea.


A man should never hang up his
coat by the loop made for that pur-
pose if he can avoid it; if hung in
that way it will sooner or later sag
out of shape. It is almost impossi-
bic to fold coat so smoothly and
loosely that it will not crease; it is
certain to do so if it should be left
for few days, especially in damp
weather. There is just one proper
thing to do with a coat when It is
not in use, and that is to hang it up
carefully on a coat hanger. OF
course, the best thing to do with
trousers is to hang them up on a
hanger, but, the next best thing is
to fold them at full length. They
must be folded true and smooth, SO
that the creases viii come exactly
right. Thisis sIigt ineonvenience,
but it is far better to take that
trouble than to hang your trousers
up by the straps, which should
never be done.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
STRONG BOY 2:l2.
The Champion Ayr. Old Pacing Stallion,

WILL make the season OF 1892 at the
Wv farm OF Rankin Wiley, Jr., on the
Kanawha river, one mile above Point Pleas
amt, w. Va, at $4,000 the season, service
of return in 1898 III the mare proves not with
foal. The service fee OF STRONG BOY is
less by from fifty to one hundred dollars than
any other stallion in the country, consider
ing his speed and breeding.
Mares from distance received at the
river or railroad upon notice of shipment.
Pasturage soc. per week. Grain feed when IL
is desired Best of attention given to stock
or escapes.
a few outside horses taken to train at $25 90
per month. good half mile track adjoins
the stable
HIGHLAND CHIEF s227, and ED. DAVIS
210s, Will make the season in the same stable
to insure.
For extended pedigree or further partIcu
lars, address, J-J. BRIGHT,
febl6 Point Pleasant. W. Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

The play Is done-the curtain falls
Hero and villain trade their parts;
The rich scenes change 10 smoky walls;
The lovers cen forget their hearts.
And SO Il is with life-a play
Made Tragedy or Farce at will:
Who knows but as the mourners pray
The dead dnds changes greater still7
Winthrop Church
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

Love thy neighbor as thyself.,
When et dawn meet her.
A. BY the garden wall she stands.
And gives mo flowers across the wall.
n s 1fart goes out 70 kiss her hands
Arc hands or flowers the swceter7-
EnI ready at her feet 10 fall.
Or like a clown to labor
Better than love myself
Do love my nciKhbor-r
Love thy neighbor rs thyself'
When at dawn meet him.
A. By the garden wall he stands.
And takes my flowers across the wall.
ny souls already In his hands
II leU 50 fast 10 greet himl
And oh. grow 50 proud and tall.
and my heart beats like tabori
Better fbnn I love myself
Do love my neighbor-u
-Rlchard Henry Stoddard-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

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As stars shine most In deeper tinfs OF bluei
ana we snail see no" All Gods plans are right;
And no" what seemed reproof was love most
true
anu We snAn $50 no"' "hlie we Iro"n and
clslll,. slsn.
L. a.'s - ,, III ~ 49, 10, you anu me-
Because his wisdom to the end could see
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

A Boston maiden died one day
And mounted up on high.
She knocked upon the pearly gates
And murmured. ut is I.
I've just got In from Boston town"
ST. Peter cried In glee:
Il know you have. or else you'd stand
And halo. 1t Is me-"
New York Truth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

and a sixth man had seat with the
driver. There was a second lieu
tenant, civil engineer and the rest
ofus were only common folks who
had been out in the hills prospect
ing and were returning broken in
hopes and "busted' in pocket. Tne
engineer was little man of feminine
appearances, and VIC hadn't. been to-
gether an hour when he confessed
that the bare thoughts OF the stage
being held mp made him tremble all
over. The officer was quiet sort
of chap, who seemed to have plenty
OF nerve, and though none of us had
much 70 lose, we by and By agreed
'a |a'e + |s stage vas h5'II 7e would
make q ight FOR Il. All wore new
to hold up, but we decided if we
had any show at all we could make
it hot for the road agents.
The little man at first agreed with
our plan as formed, but later on he
oroached one of his own. The
driver told us that the point most
likely to be selected by the high
waymen would be at a rough spot
In the road, just before it reached a
certain bill, and we were about FIVE
miles from the spot, and darkness
had fully descended when the little
man unfolded his plan. When.
within mile of the spot he was to
follow the stage on foot In case it
was stopped he would be in a po-
sltion to sight the robbers and open
fire at once.
We jumped on him at once for
funk. 1t was simply a scheme on
his part to bolt aud save his dollars
in case the road agents appeared,
and each one gave him his opinion
of such conduct in very vigorous
English. In his soft, gentle way
he replied:
"Gentlemen, you do me injustice:
Please suspend Judgment until you
see how my plan works. / do as
sure you that firmly expect to XIII.
a robber and save the stage.
We were too disgusted to argue
with him, and when he finally got
out in accordance with his plan the
army officer was fain to make kick
at him. We couldn't tell whether
he had. bolted back down the road
or was following on, but we got all
ready for hold up. Every one of
us had revolver in hand and every
one was on the watch, and yet it
came about before we knew it. The
horses were still at walk, when a
man appeared at either door of the
stage and covered us AT tho same
moment third stopped the leaders
and covered the driver and passen-
gers with shot gun. Itwas simp-
ly dead cinch on us, and we were
not over ten seconds realizing it.
We had just got the order to hand
up our guns and step out, when
there was a popl pop! popl from
the outside. The brigand at the
right hand window cried out and
fell the one at the left hand window
disappeared without a sound. There
were three shots more from the
later, and before any of us had
moved, we heard the little man say
ing:
"Gentleman, it is all over and you
can come out"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08
Had the Desired ERecfi II.

LNu0 lUc DCslEeA u.AACCIb IL
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Thousand thanks to your remedy.
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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1892-03-08

The world goes up and the world goes down
And the sunshine follows the rain;
And yesterdays sneer and yesterdays frown
Can never come over again.
Sweet wife,
No. never come over again.
Charles Kingsley.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-01-21

royal family were uttered from
many pulpits. In addition to the
firing OF guns in so many places the
bells from nearly every church
steeple in England were tolled dur
ing the whole tine the body was on
its way to Windsor.
The train bearing the body and
the mourners slowly drew away
from the depot en- route for
Windsor. In London the
stores are nearly all partly closed.
All the cabmen and bus drivers
have bows of black Grape upo their
whips and the majority of the male
portion of the population seen on
the streets wear Grape bands on
their left arms. Every flag is at
half-mast and number of Them are
draped with Grape, or have Grape
streamers floating above them. In
the neighborhood of Windsor the
sky was overcast and threatening
rain, while the atmosphere was
damp and chilly.
From the moment that the news
was telegraphed to Windsor tha,
the funeral ceremonies had com
menced at Sandringham, the church
bells Of Windsor began to toll and
kept up their doleful ringing unit
the last rites had been performed
Thousands upon thousands 0
people went from London and else
where to Windsor in order to pa,
the last tribute of respect to tn
dead. The leading members of tn
government were carried to
Windsor by special trim.
There were also present deputa
tions from the House of Common
and from the House of Lords. Th
ceremonies at the grave were yer
impressive and the vast crowd a:
sembled at Windsor were deepl
affected. Thus ends the career {
England's Prince, the heir pr
sumptive to the throne. Primo
!. George, tae Sailor Prince" II
:. present heir presumptive, is in del
cate health and many are talking
the probable break in the direct su
cession to the English throne.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-01-21

dringham church were confined
to members Of the royal family and
few close connections. Victoria
May, of Teck, also attended the
services at Sandringham. Many
noticed the traces which sickness
had left upon the face of the "Sailor
Prince and many were the words
of sympathy uttered for Princess
May. The Princess Of Wales to-day,
and in fact, since the hour Of the
Princes death, has watched over
and consoled Princeses May like a
mother cheering a well-loved child.
At the conclusion of the cere-
monies at Sardringham the coffin
was conveyed to Woolforton station
where a special train was in wait
ing to convey the body to Windsor.
The route from Sandringham church
to Woolforton depot was lined with
crowds of people from the neighbor-
hood and from London. The body
was taken to the station upon a
gun carriage, and the Prince OF
Wales, accompanied by the Duke
Of Fife, walked the whole distance,
two miles, between the little church
and the railroad depot directly
behind the coffin. The other
mourners followed the funeral cor
tege in carriages.
The funeral cars passed the out.
skirts of London at z o'clock p. m.
the request for privacy made by the
royal family being everywhere re
spected in the most praiseworthy
degree. While the train was con
veying the body Of the Duke tt
Windsor, minute guns were free
from the warships aud fort
throughout Great Britain and Ire
land, their dull, constant booming
announcing far and wide tha
the remains Of the youn
2 prince were on the wa
r to their last resting place
r La many churches, while this stag
j, Of the funeral was in progress sp'
/ cial services for the dead were hel
and words Of sympathy with th
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-01-21
A PRIEST RUINS 4 GIRL.
She Confesses to Her Lover and He
Makes Haste to Shoot the Priest.
BF Uni ed Pres


By United Pres
SANTA ANA. San Salvador, Jan.
~. The scandalous conduct OF
priest i'll the little village Of reaca-
loo has resulted in two murders.
and the people there are so excited
that more bloodshed may be ex-
pected. In the village Jail are
thirty Prisoners awaiting trial for
one oi the crimes. The prettiest
girl in the village was recently be-
trothedto Adrian Garcia, and, pend
ing the arrangements Cor their mar
rlage, the young man commended
his fancee to the care of the priest
at the village church. The girl
was betrayed by the priest. She
confessed to her lover, and on
Thursday Garcia shot the priest.
Immediately afterward he surren-
dered himself to the village authori-
ties, and was locked up in the Jail.
All the religious fanatics of the
town were aroused by the shooting
of the priest. They refused to be-
lieve the girls story, and demanded
that Garcia be turned over to them
for summary punishment for mur.
dering the priest. On Friday night
a mob surroun dea the Jail for the
purpose OF securing Garcia and
wreaking vengeance upon him. The
officer at the Jail refused to surren
der his prisoner, wllereupon ths
mob attacked the jail, and literall,
tore the officer in pieces Garcis
escaped during the confusion, an'
is now i'll hi ling. Thirty person
In the mob have been arrested
They are III jail awaiting trial.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-01-21
surry County Ahead Of Wake.

Special Cor. STATE CHRoNIoLE.
MOUNT AIRY, n. c., Jan. 19.
Some few days back we noticed the
statement in your paper of a man
living in your county who had been
married sixty-four years. In speak
ing Of it here we learn that w. B.
Shelton, one of our citizens, has a
father and mother living and in
good health who have been married
sixty-fve years and three months
Two other couples, living in this
place, respectively sixty-three ano
sixty-four years; and six miles from
here a Methodist preacher ninety
two years old who walks six miles
to fill regular monthly appoint
ment. Respectfully,
R. T. JORGE.
The state chronicle. [volume] (Raleigh, N.C.) 1891-1893, 1892-01-21
Raleigh, N. c., Thursday Morning, January 21 1902

will meet at the Arlington hotel at
noon tomorrow and will probably
be IN session two days. Great in
terest is felt in it's proceedings. The
headquarters of the various cities
asking for the national convention
are crowded tonight. Cincinnati,
Milwaukee and New York, in the
order named, seem to be in the lead,
The delegations from the several
cities seeking the convention mum.
Der upwards Of 1000 people.