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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21
BE Not Co..tent.

Sc not content; contentment means inaction;
The growing soul aches on it's upward quest;
Safety is twin to satisfaction;
All great achievements spring from lihe's
unrest.
The tiny roots, deep In the dark mold hiding,
Would never bless the earth with leaf and
flower
Were IT not an Unborn restlessness abiding
In seed and germ to stir them with its power.
Were man contented with his lot forever,
He had not sought strange seas with sails
unfurled,
And the vast wonder of our shores had never
Dawned on the gaze Of an admiring world.
Prize what is yours, but be not quite contented:
There is healthful restlessness of soul,
By which a mighty purpose is augmented.
In urging men to reach higher goal.
SO when the restless impulse rises, driving
Your calm content before it, do not grieye:
II is the upward reaching and the striving
OF the God in you to achieve, achieve.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21
who Is to Braunea

Shall raise the broken vessel
Emblem of my light, my love
Now despoiled by mans mad passion
Like soiled and wounded doYe?
Shall touch the hand polluted
BY the libertine,s foul shame7
Shall hurl my curses on her
Crush her with the guilt and blame2
Shall join the rnob's wild fury
And her faults the louder swelR
Shall blast the flickering hope
Trembling on the verge Of helR
oh. what conflicts rage within me-
Fires that tears cannot abate;
Wounds that cry revenge, revenge;
Wrongs that know no law but hatei
Phantoms damned and Jealous furies
Rack my brain while Justice sleeps;
Reason now is slave to passion:
Manhood groans, and pity weeps.
know not how she was tempted,
How she struggled to maintain
All her sacred vows and honor
From the tempter's gilded stain.
Twas blind to her entreaties;
was dumb to sighs and tears;
Twas cold and proud and haughty-
Filled her heart with doubts and fears.
Lean SEQ how she has hungered
Eor tho love OF FORMER days,
How she tried to draw me 10 her
By thousand winsome ways.
Have been as kind and gentle
AS q husband ought to be?
Have been as true and faithful
As my wife has been to me?
Have shielded her from danger
Guarded her from honeyed sin2
Did not unbar the gateway
Where the wolf found entrance in?
Is my record free from SHINING?
Is the guilt on her alone?
Shall play the righteous judge
And cast forth the killing stone7
See her crouching, kneeling, weeping,
From the curse that should sparei
Hear her pleading and beseeching
For the love that she should shared
Dry thine eyes. The scales have fallen
And revealed our sinful lifel
Pardon grant The fault was minei
Rise and be my trusted wife.
j. NJ. Munyon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21
Got His Fifty Dollars.

was travelling in Kansas in the
early part of seventies and was at
Topeka night or two after the big
Chicago fire. Among the boys at
the hotel was fellow who had lived
in the district on the North Side
that had been completely swept
away by the flames. He was wait
ing for money to get home when he
got the news and was SO excited
that he could not eat or sleep. The
money hadn't come, and he was
worked up to the highest pitch. l
had just got a remittance from my
house, and while was counting it
he came up and told me his "tale of
woe" 1 had never seen the man
before, but let him have fifty dol
lars, which was half L had.
Time passed, and as l never heard
from him L concluded my money
was gone, and after time L forgot
it and also the mans name. When
in Minneapolis about three years ago
some one came to me in the hotel
and asked ifmy name was Wetmorc.
Said he, 81 owe you fifty dollars" "
and recalled the Topeka incident.
1t might have been the same man
and it might not, for all 1 remem-
Der, but 1 took the fifty dollars just
tho same.-is. Louis Globe Demo
crat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21
Getting Even With Him.

The drummer was toasting his
shihs by the hotel stove, when one
of the boys came in.
GLOW d'y?" he said; "what's going
on2"
"Nothing," replied the drummer.
81 only got in about two hours ago."
"Anything new on the roadP"
"Yes."
"What?'
"The year"
"Come off. Any new storiesP"
mo; but saw a travelling man
turned down ON train to-day in a
way that pleased me out of sight"
"Let mo have it."
"Well this morning about 10
o'clock, good-looking young wo-
man came into the sleeper bound
for Detroit, and in about fifteen
minutes fellow from New York 1
don't like began to size her up for a
mash and / was sorry, to see she
didn't object. Anyhow, within an
honr he was sitting beside her and
talking as fast as he could. Pretty
soon she asked him to raise the win
dow. 1t was hard to do, but he
managed to get it up and in two
minutes she wanted it down again
and he put it down He was too
polite for anything, too. Then she
asked him to bring her a glass of
water; in two minutes she wanted a
paper across the car; in a minute
more she asked him to take il back
and give her book she sew there;
in two minutes she asked him to
put the window up again; right
away she wanted it, down. He
wasn't quite so polite this time.
1t made him turn red in the face
and ripped his gloves, but he fixed
it for her. Next she wanted her
wrap, which the porter had left in
the other end of the car, and he had
to get it; then she insisted on him
bringing her annother glass of
water; in minute more she wanted
pillow and he had to get that.
By this time he was growing rest
less. The train stopped, and she
made him go outside and buy her
something boy had in a basket;
then she wanted something ont of
her satchel two seats in front and
he had to get it. She sent him on
two or three more errands, and
finally he excused himself and went
over to his own seat; but she pur-
sued him with more errands until
in sheer desperation he got up and
rushed out of the car and stayed
there. When he had disappeared
she looked over at me with a smile
that was about as triumphant lit
tie thing in its way as 1 ever saw,
and when she got out of the car
here 1 heard her telling handsome
young fellow how she had smashed
the masher."
"What became of him?'
"oh, he is all rigt. He sneaked
back and got his stuff out after she
left"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21

A SwINDLE.-At several towns in
kentucky and West Virginia an old
time fraud has been successfully
worked during the past two weeks.
The plan is for a dapper young fell
low to approach the lady of the
house with the request that he be
allowed to take silverware, ETC., to
be cleaned free of charge, as an ad-
vertisement in that particular sec
ton for new preparation that he
will soon place on market. 1t is
represented as the greatest inven-
tion of the age, and a thing that
sells like wildfire on sight. He is
very solicitous and ready to
make the party addressed or any
one she chooses TO recommend an
agent, avowing thatlike the schemes
of the famous Col. Sellers, there's
millions in it" He uses good taste
in selecting his victims from the
best walks of life, and usually peo-
pie who are calculated to own a
good article, and by much persuas-
ion and adroit fattery seldom fails
in catching several in a city. OF
course neither he nor the silver are
ever seen again, and housewives
will do well to be on the lookout for
operators of similar tricks and
-schemes.-AShLdnd NetrS.
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And he Went AWAY Sadly.

"How do you sound the 'g' in the
word 'gerrymander2'" inquired the
man who had climbed three flights
of stairs to see the answer-to-queries
editor.
"Hard," answered the editor, Gas
in get"
"There goes every cent 1 won on
New York;" rejoined the caller,
turning away with a heavy sigh.
And a moment later the melan-
choIy pIick plack of his weary feet
was heard on the stairway, growing
fainter and fainter as he went down
and out to face cold and unfriend-
ly world again.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21

The Ministry of Woman.
How beautiful the ministry
or woman's gentle handI
How soft loves attributes that spring
At her divine command.
For veal or woe, for good or Ill,
About mans careless life
She weaves the blossoms of her heart
As mother, maid or wife.
She leads his feet up from the pit;
She bids his spirit rise;
Sometimes by her superior will.
Sometimes by pleading eyes.
Or else she lures him from the heights
To darkest depths below;
From peace and Joy and love and heaven
To bitterness and woe
oh. woman. lovely womankindi
Be careful how you play
The role of queen, In this your realm,
To him whom you may sway.
New York Ledger
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A Pusher.

Passenger (arising)-Has any one
in here piece of court plaster9
All the passengers-Nol
Passenger-No2 Well, 1 have
here the finest court plaster only
ten cents package, and you can't
say you are fully supplied.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21
Until Death.

Make me no vows of constancy, my friend,
To love me, though 1 die, the whole lifelong,
And love no other till thy days shall end
Nay, 1t were rash and wrong.
It would not make me sleep more peacefully
That thou were wasting all thy life in woe
For my poor sake. What love thou hast for me
Bestow It ere go!
Carve not upon stone when am dead
The praises which remorseful mourners give
To women's graves-a tardy recompelse-
But speak them while live.
Heap not the heavy marble on my. head
To shut away the sunshine and the dew;
Let small blooms grow there. and let grasses
And raindrOps flter through.
Thou wilt meet many fairer and more gay
Than I; but, trust me, thou canst never find
One who will love and serve thee night and day
With more single mind.
Forget me when diei The violets
Above my rest will blossom just as blue,
Nor miss thy tears-e'en Natures self forgets-
But while live, be truel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21

II is the chime-the cadence heavenly sweet
Heard on the loftiest tablelands of thought
The melody of large minds when they meet
The vast perfections that their souls have
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21
He'll should ask you to marr,

me, what would you say2
She-Guess.
He-well-er-what would it
rhyme with2
She-Guess.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21

The kind of religion that warns
and cheers is the kind that is full of
sunshine.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21
A souI's Value.

Were the world one chrysoIIte,
The earth golden ball,
Aud diamonds Rll the stars Of night,
One soul outweights them all,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21

If you stop to debate any ques-
tionable matter with the devil, he
will outwit you.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21

If stinginess is a disease, there
are good many people in the church
who are not healthy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21

Business house sites are becoming
consideration here and command
prices never dreamed of five years
ago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21
Backmard. TURN backward.

Backward, turn backward, oh
time in your fight, feed me on Cruel
again just for tonight; 1 am so
wearied of boarding house steaks,
vitrifed doughnut and vulcanized
steak; oysters that slip in a waterg
bath, butter as strong as Goliah of
Gath; weary of paying for what I
can't eat, chewing up rubber and
calling it meat. Backward, turn
backward, for weary 1 am; Give me
a whack at my grandmother's jam;
let me drink milk that has never
been skinned, let me eat butter
whose hair has been trimmed; let
me once more have an old fashioned
pie, then 1 will be ready to curl up
and die; I've been gnawing old oxen
for many long years, oh, is it won
der I'm melting in tears.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-21

wot'; tina. you're askin' win take hel

Wot's that you're askin2 "will / take her
back?''
You betl An smooth things over II 1 kin.
-ongratefulr an 10 no count" ye say2
Waai, mebbe; i can't jedge another's sin.
But sunshinell como back when she gifts
sence she's been gone there amt been much
in life
The sunshinc'll come back and stay this time.
o. course I'll take her back. Amt she my
wife?
"Wot'll the folks in teown say bout the 'fair2''
COnsarn 'eml Let 'em gabble ef they will.
loved her when she was a kid knee high,
An now she's twenty, an love her still.
You fellers' wives kin gossip all ye please;
Most on 'em safe enough; that must say.
II any chap run of with one at night,
You bet he'd bring her back again next day.
"wronged meY" IS that SO? waal. it's my af-
fair.
Folks at goes wrong amt alters understood
reckon them at amt been tempted much
Kin find it powerful easy ter be good.
When said I'd perfect and cherish her
For life, guess that didn't mean as how
] would perfect when things wuz runnin
smooth,
Bot when she was in trouble, jes' like now.
soft headedH Easy goin7' Yes, 1 know,
But I'm a hullin kind o. chap, ye see,
An Annie was so purity an SO young;
She alters wuz a heap too good for me.
wot's more. she made some 'lowances fer me,
Jes' cause loved her, when she took me, sir:
An jes' because love her, it's my turn:
I'm goin ter make some 'lowances for her.
o. course you are a deakin standin high,
An reg'lar ev'ry meetin time, / know.
I've kinder backslid lately; don't show up
At chapel more'n once a month or so;
But amt there some text bout the Joy above
ThRt erin cusses wot brace up kin bring2
An seems to me, when I've been thar, I've heard
About forgiveness bein a good thing.
I'll take her back, make her fergit It all,
An I'll fergit she ever-went away.
P'raps she will love mo better when she finds
One friend at doesn't care what people say.
Ef folks here think 'emselves too good for us,
Asks us ter stay away from church an such,
Why, Nan and I'll leave teown an go ont west,
Where wot the folks don't know won't hurt
'em much. Harry Smith,
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NEW FLOUR
FEED ST ORE!
c.. 81. -WRAY,
OPPOSITE COURT HOUSE,)

OPPOSITE COURT HOUSED
DESIRES to inform the public that he
~ has opened Flour and Feed Store
in the room adjoining the REGISTER of
fee, where he will keep on hand at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES, the
Best Brands of Flour; also Corn
Meal, Chop Feed, Bran, Shorts,
Corn, Oats, Hay, Straw, &c.
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Orders Promptly Filled and
Goods Delivered Free.

am also prepared to furnish Coal in
any quantities, and respectfully solicit
your orders; ID rs, Q. E. WRAY.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-29
ABBREVIATED TelEGRAMS.

The latest reports from Rio Janeiro cay
that PeiXoto is losing public favor In
Brazil and Mello gaining.
A memorial tablet to the memory lof
James Russell Lowell has been unveiled
in the chapter house in Westminster
Abbey.
A head-end collision on the Lake Shore
railway At Conneaut, O., killed Joel
Gaines, engineer. and W. A. Kirk. fireman,
and injured NJ. Mehxn. fireman Of the
other engine.
John Gum has brought suit In ST. Louis
against the estate Of William Black for
an accounting OF q business partnership
for twenty years, on the claim that bsinG
himself unable to read and write his part
ner Black lad taken advantage Of his u
literacy. The claim is for $500, ,o00, and
the petition. the longest ever fled0 In St.
Louis. cost q, 400 for printing.
The same anarchist. probably. who ssnt
an internal machine from Orleans, France.
to Chancellor Caprivi also sent one to Kai-
Ger Wilhelm. The kaiser never saw it, -
its nature was discovered Immediately.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-29
FOUR DIE IN THE FLAMES.
a Mother Goes Rack for Her Children and
All are Lost.

a Mother Goes Rack for Her Children and
All are Lost.
= OIL CITY. Pa, Nov. 29.wScores of men
searched all day in the ruins OF Shields
restaurant for the bodies of Mrs. Shields
and her three children who were believed
TO have rerished in the fire. The mother
was seen on the streets after the flames
broke ont with her youngest child, but
disappeared and, it was supposed went
back for the other little ones The fact
that the missing have not appeared makes
il certain that they were burned
Not piece of charred bone even has been
found. and it looks as though the unfortu-
mates were completely incinerated. The
heat was intense, and the building burned
fiercely. Those who lost their lives were:
Mrs. Hugh Shields. aged SO; Fannie
Shields, aged ID: Charles Shields, aged 5;
Myrtle Shields. aged months. The losses
will foot up over $50, 600 with insurance of
81 SOC. The origin OF the fire is unknown
Forty minutes from the discovery OF the
fire the block was mass of glowing ruins
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-29
R.nk Omcera Inaie,.a.

JACKSONVILLE. Ills. Nov. 2a-Tbe grand
jury has indicted the officers Of the Gen.
trai Illinois Banking and Savings associa-
tion. which closed its doors Aug. 25. The
action Of the grand jury has caused . sem
sation. because the managers have de-
clared all along that every effort would be
made to pay the creditors in full. They
have recently added to the funds in the
hands Of the receivers Co.. coo. and stand
ready to do more If this will not be enough
TO pay out. The bank Was . private con.
cern and the assets of the tockho!ders are
all liable for the debts.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-29
HELP IMPOSSIBLE.
Ten Persons 9erishing IN Sight
Of Life Savers.
oHE OF THE DOOMED A WOMAN.

An IN the Rigging Of . Schooner on
s0tth's Potat. n. Y.-Life Liaes Re-
Pessediy Shot ~ vais aaa Rockets
Equally Observation-Disclosures - Boats
Prevented by the rrenesdeus sea-A
Mother and Children Barned.
BAYPoET. n. Y. Nov. 29.-Patrolman
Harry Corw;n, of the life.saving station at
Smith's Point. Great South Bay. on COM
ing west on his sunrise patrol at day
break saw a forr-masted schooner. stern
down. in four fathoms OF water. about .
quarter OF a mile OF shore. Only small
portion of her forward bulwarks was
above water. Ten persons were in the
rigging. One woman and three men were
In the fore rigging. four men at the fore
masthead. one In the main shrouds
and one at the. mainmasthead. Word
was Immediately telephoned to all the
stations along the line. The lite-saving
crews from Fargo station, Smiths Point
ard Bellport FASTENED TO the beach at .
point opposite where the wrecked vessel
lay.
Could Not Launch the Lifeboat.
The breakers were solid and dashed like
fury on the beach and It was impossible
to launch lifeboat. The lifesavng
crews shot out their lifelines. but. al
though they were wei! aimed. the lines
either burned or fell short The attempts
to send them across the rigging OF the
wreck were all unsuccessful but thetria!,
were continued until every cartridge had
been used. Captain Frank Rourke ar
rived on the scene in the afternoon with
two rockets, but these were Just a. in.
efectual as the other shots.
Rockets Were Also Useless.
The wind was blowing from the west,
and although the rockets were fired across
the wind the lines were blown wide of the
wreck. Mrs. Samuel Newey. the wife of .
life-saving patrolman, picked up bundle
of letters which had been washed ashore
during the forenoon They were all ad.
dressed to Captain W. II. Randall. schoon.
er Louise H. Randall. Portsmouth. Bcs.
ton. and New York. From these letters
the identity of the schooner was learned.
Rescue is impossible.
still in the Rigging At NirhtfaiL
AT nightfal! the unfortunate people
were al. at the fore and main masthea
The wind is pierc;ngly cold and there is
no doubt that some OF those in the rigging
will succumb to hunger and exposure.
The breakers were dashing over the wreck
when nigh. set in and the people In the
rigging were dreuched When DAYLIGHT
faded the wreck was hardly discernible
and darkness coming on swiftly hid the
unfortunate beings who cIung tenaciously
TO the rigging in plain sight of those on
shore. who were willing, but helpless. to
render them any assistance.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-29

PITTsBURG. Nov. Coca. operators
and river men are happy over the pros
poets of the shipment Of a large part or all
of the ~, coo, coz bushels Of coal now lying
in the Pittsburg harbor. Piver men had
almost given up hopes OF rise in the riv-
ers before February. but the recent rains
give promise Of enough water for u gooG
shipment. the first in many months. At
present there Is more coal tied up here
than has ever accumulated in one place
before The shipment of this coal to the
south would mean the placing in circula-
tion of many thousands of dollars in this
city and the employment Of thousands Of
idle men
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-29

ATLANTA, Nov. 29.-Secretary Hoke
Smiths paper contained the formal no.
tice of the fact that he has decided to re-
tire from the practice OF law. This is made
in connection with an announcement made
OF new 6rm in which his brother is senior
partner. This is taken here as meaning
that Hoke Smith will either settle in New
York after the expiration Of his term of
Office, or will return here and enter the
senatorial race. The story is that Smith
and Gordon have split and Smith will be .
candidate to succeed Gordon. That comes
from people very close to the secretary.
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-29
cRoN.N JURY SCANDAL

fwe - the Nee Selected Win Nes - ~.
lowed % seeve.
CHICAGO. Nov. ao-Jurors Gates aud
Wilson will not be allowed to pass upon
the fate Of Dan Coughlin. The vague bat
damaging rumors which have Aoated
around these two men have been sufRcieas
TO warrant their discharge from the Jury.
States Attorney Kern had . consultation
with Attorneys Wing and Dcnohue for
the defense. Mr.. kern talked straight
from the shoulder
THE trial cannot 60 on with those two
men on the jury" said Mr.. Kern. ssThe
talk about them forms q public scandal
and while have no definite proof Of their
culpability. to continue the case with
these men on the jury. would be cousid-
cred farce by the people. They must
CO."
Attorneys Wing and Donohue sensibly
recognized that it would be impossible to
retain the suspected jurors and agreed to
their dismissal. After the consultation
Mr.. Kern said: ''Gates and Wilson must
60. We have no direct evidence against
them and il would cost bushel Of money
to get it. I haven't got the money. These
men will quietly drop out. There will be
no prosecutions"
Rock Island daily Argus. (Rock Island, Ill.) 1886-1893, 1893-11-29
DISASTER ON THE DEEP.
An Unknown Vessel Founders and Seve raj
Lives Are Lost.

An Unknown Vessel Founders aud Seve raj
Lives Are Lost.
SWAMP SCOTT, Mass, Nov. 29.-An un-
known two-masted schooner foundered in
deep water two miles and a half off here.
The wind was blowing a gale inshore xt
the time and the vessel completely disap-
peared from sight. No trace of the YES
sel could be discovered. A lifeboat which
rut out to the scene returned and reports
having found a small boat, bottom up,
near the spot containing q coat and hat.
In the pocket of the coat was a card upon
which was printed the name of &C. Hines,
Bangor. Me-" This was the only trace of
the ill-fated schooner that could be found.
The men who watched her as she went
down report having seen some four or five
people on board moment before she was
engulfed, and among the number there
appeared TO be a fluttering Of the skirts of
q woman