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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18
ORIGIN OF a stAne PHRASE.
A Politician Tells How ..ro Eat Grow
Passed Into the Language.


A Politician Tells How .-ro Eat Crow
Passed Into the Language.
The origin of the expression to eat
crow caused some dispute in an up
town clubhouse one evening recently
and one white headed old politician
accounted for it In this way:
Years ago." he said, "a soldier
stationed on Governors island wan
dered up into the city and out upon
the pasture lands just north of Cham
bers street to have some fun. There
he spied a crow hopping about among
the cows. and he instantly aimed his
gun at it and shot it dead. AS he did
so u ragged little boy, who had been
watching him dashed off with wild
yell in the direction of distant
house. The soldier laughed at what
he thought to be the boys terror at
the report of the gun, and laying it
down carefully at the foot of the tree
he went to pick up the crow.
After that something else at
tracted his attention, and he did not
think of his gun again till he heard
an angry voice behind him, and turn
ing around he found himself gazing
straight down the barrel A furious
Dutchman was at the other end of the
gun. The soldier had shot the Dutch
mans pet crow, the boy had borne
testimony to the deed, and now for
the penalty.
"Sparing you the recital of the
heated conversation which followed,
the result was that the Dutchman
spared the soldiers life only on con-
dition that he would straightway eat
the crow he had shot The soldier
argued vehemently, but to no pur-
pose. He finally secured permission
to pluck the crow and cook it little
over fire made with a few chips.
Then he began to eat, but before he
had eaten more than half of the car
rion bird he became so sick that he
swore he would rather be shot than
finish it.
The Dutchman's wrath seemed to
be appeased by this time, however,
and he restored the soldier his gun
and bade him begone. The soldier
took the gun, but instead of begon-
ming he instantly took aim at the
Dutchman's head and vowed to blow
his grains out if he did not at once
eat the other half of the crow. The
Dutchman was compelled by fear of
death toswallow the rest of the loath-
some flesh, and then the soldier de-
parted, leaving the injured Dutch
man ready to burst with rage and
chag1in.
The latter swore vengeance, and
next day appeared on Governors
island and made complaint to the
commandant that one of the soldiers
had wantonly shot his tame crow.
The commandant told the Dutchman
to pick out the offender and heshould
be punished. The Dutchman pointed
to soldier not far away and identi-
fed him.
Calling the soldier to him, the
commandant said sternly, Did you
ever see this man beforeY' pointing to
the Dutchman.
"'Yes, SIR replied the soldier,
with laugh in his eye, I dined with
him yesterday
This answer so amused the Dutch
man, besides reminding him of how
all his friends would laugh at him
should the story get out, that he re-
fused to push the complaint against
the soldier, and to eat crow, mean
ing to suffer anything mortifying or
humiliating, passed into a proverb
from that day. New York Tribune
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18
NEW NEIenRoRs.
a Strange Family which Was No. AfsAs
Up of Suspicious Persons.

a Strange Family which Was Not AfSds
Up Of Suspicious Persons.
Noone in GRANVILLE seemed to know
anything about the family that had
just moved into the brick house.
Whence came theyl What was their
business; their namei Nobody knew.
1t was known only that the strange
family consisted of a man and his
wife. both of whom staid quietly at
home and did not speak to the neigh
bors. Mr.. Dixie. on passing the house
and seeing the man at work in the
garden, said. Good morning. neigh
bor."
The man smiled. bowed, but said
nothing.
My wife" continued Mr.. Dixie.
will soon call on your wife"
The man shook his head, then re-
suMed work without word.
Lots o. manners you've got, hain't
your shouted Mr.. Dixie. and he
walked off with scowl. By night
all the neighbors knew that callers
were not wanted at the brick house.
But why this fear of callers2
The neighbors watched the house.
The man, while in the garden, called
his dog, but did not say, Come.
Fido, nor did he whistle. He called
with low, discreet sounds, evidently
in a voice disguised. Soon he looked
toward the house, making with his
hands queer gestures
His wife ran out at once and fed
the chickens. And she, too, in call
ing the chickens, said not a word
She just stood there, her blue dress
bathed in sunshine, and threw from
her white apron the handfuls of corn
silently.
''They are afraid their voices may
recognized, whispered a neighbor.
and Mr.. Dixie hastened down town
to investigate further. He saw in
the railway station a printed notice
offering $500 reward for information
that would lead to the arrest of 81
band of counterfeiters. one woman
and two men.
1.-THE other man is perhaps dead
or concealed III the house" said Mr..
Dixie And he hurried home with a
smile.
"Ah! of course they want no call
ers," thought he. 'sOf course they
dare not allow their true voice to be
heard speaking even to dog or a
chick. It's wonder they don't wear
masks.
That night 10 men and is women
went in silent procession to the brick
house, and Mr. Dixie knocked on the
door. No answer. He knocked again,
loud and long. No answer. Then he
shouted: open the doorl You can
no longer deceived"
A fearful barking was then heard
within, as if the dog were running
from room to room to give the alarm.
A light soon cleaned through the
windows, the door opened. and the
procession marched in. The man and
woman bowed politely, but did not
betray themselves by speaking. Not
single word did they say.
"Who on earth are you7" demand
ed Mr.. Dixie.
The woman smiled, bowed, seemed
alarmed, but said nothing. The man.
as silent as she and blushing deeply.
went quickly into the next room, but
10 men followed him. He went to a
table and wrote ON slate which he
then handed to Mr.. Dixie, who read:
My poor little wife and are deaf
and dumb"
When the 2s callers left the house.
the moon, shining on the grass.
seemed to tinge them all with green.
Youths Companion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18
Science a. a Factor In Agriculture.

You all know the importance of
hygiene in society for securing the
health of men and then of animals
and even of plants. It's function, long
misconceived, is conspicuous now in
all eyes, and it is one of the triumphs
of science that it has been able to
prolong the duration of human life.
to secure immunity of our domestic
animals against epidemics and to ex
tend its protection against the dis.
eases which are destroying our field
products and are threatening the an
nihilation of agricultural crops.
But the preservation of the products
is not all. Weneed also to learn how
to multiply productive beings, and in
this field, too, science has, by the ap-
plication of methods of selection,
realized most marvellous progress In
agriculture.-P. E. NJ. Berthelot in
Popular Science Monthly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18
.tapape,. wor1, In Am.-,o.

In the far north the Indian totem
poles are in some cases of japanese
workmanship and design, with here
and there japanese letter, and
many are of japanese national col
ors. The images show the same
leaning, all pointing either to Chinese
or Japanese. st. Paul Pioneer Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18

The disappearance of affinity at a
low temperature can be utalized to.
fiet absolutely pure substances; and
NJ Pictet has thus obtained alcohol,
chloroform, ether and gsYcerin.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18

Railroads within the United
States carried $4,000, GOO passen-
gers last year and killed only 293
of them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18
Foreign.

Over 10000 miners are now out of EN-
ployment in England owing to the depres
sion in the coal trade Several hundred
have received notice this week. and ,
urther reduction in wages is threatened
There are 20 cases of cholera at Lorient
near Brest, France
Severe fighting has been reported alonf
the Tamiang river in east Sumatra. Fort,
Dutchmen were killed or wounded. TIL,
Dutch claim a victory, but little exact
information can be gained. as the Chi
nese have cut of all lines of communities
tion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18
Deaths.

Miss Nellie Villas, daughter of Senator
Villas of Wisconsin, died of quinzy.
Ex-Congressman Wadsworth of Mays
vile. KY. died from the effects of grip
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-18

Bring yonr job work to this Office.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01
ICONTINUED,l
p III.

1t Was close upon IL when at length
ne quilted the house. The mood Of the
night had changed. A light driZzle
hlled the air. A red vapor rolled across
the sky, broken In places and giving
RHmpses Of deeper murkiness beyond.
Fog horns believing from the river.
Freight trains like dingy serpents crawl
led past the western boundary OF the
college campus and went Kissing into
the fog. he paused irresOlute for a
moment after the gats changed behind
him, then crossed the street and enter
ed the college grounds.
An unQuist spirit possessed him - be
strobe along the familiar paths. He
was only a trespasser 10 this place
where hitherto be had rOamed at Will,
but whether he was seen or not was or
little consequence. He had escaped
from his quiet room into the wet massey
darkness 50 question himself. The
vapor that CARRIED every tree In ghostly
robes, the light sweep Of the wind pas
sing his ear like q woman's Sigh, the
peace here and the reminders or life on
the river and market places beyond
all old and dear to him. They had
helped him before.
II WA not OF his rejected play he was
thinking. Somehow she ksenness of
the sting left by failure had subsidized.
IN fancy he saw 3 Woman's face-Nir-
ginia's isce. 1t seemed 10 hOat before
him, sometimes the eyes hidden as with
q veil, sometimes the sweet proud
mouth.
He was filed with this new feeling
that IN the tWinklinE Of an eye had
rushed over him. Was it love? Love-
Oh, the ecstasy ringing 10 the soft vow
els as be murmured them in a tender
semitOne!
Hitherto he had written Of love, had
believed that be understood It. But
tonight IN every fiber be felt the illimi-
table, untranslataole difference. lie
had been like a blind man dwelling on
the beauty Of the light he had never
sesn-a stay at home describing the
marvels Of lands never ]jOurneyed
through. His heart had been sleeping
while in his writings he had prated OF
passion.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

When the curt ain fell, the excited
audience rose and cheered. They want
ed the leading actors, the manager and
lastly the author. Virginia gave a lit
tie excited sob In her muff as she listen
cd to the hoarse, irregular cry. They
wanted Tom. Oh, TO think OF 1t! They
were calling for him as a victor. Her
heart throbbed eXultantly under q pres
sure OF happy pain, and when he came,
an expectant hush awaiting his words 5;
when she heard his rich toned, familiar
voice across the footlights, a tear did
fall on the new pearl colered gloves,
As he retreated amid more ''bravos"
and hand clapping be sent her q glow
ing glance, and she waved her hand TO
him. II was worth having lived for
that moment.
He was waiting outside the theater,
but only TO say be could not return
with her. aud he introduced D%elAtole,
who stood by, his chin luIuriously
buried In q great fur collar.
Before turning away he managed TO
say in a low voice:
Have l justified your belief In me,
Virginia? Tell me that"
"You iced not ask. The public has
answered, but in case you have any
doubt let me tell you l want 70 hug the
audience enmasse, snd-just look at
my gloves"
He left her laughing and half looking
| back. and she was glad-Yes, glsd-of
this chance that made him the guest Of
a brilliant man on this happy night.
| But something cold fell on her heart as
in crossing the street she turned her
head and saw Tom strlding away in the
shower Of moonlight By his new friends
side.
II was q foolish, womanly a%pprehen-
! sion without root or reason, such as
born in the darkness, die 10 the morn
ing. Fight it IS she would, however,
it came back ard chung 10 her as the
dampness clings to the walls Of a sun
/ less room until every semolance Of cheer
died under the depressing chill.
1T will be different tomorrow" she
said. with 3 heavy sigh, ss she fell
asleep that night.
[To BE coSTINUED.Jt
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

scarcely time so stand up befo re he
father came In, followed by a boy with
3 package.
The old man was aglow with pleasur-
able excitement. He closed the 0
after the messenger crossed the room In
his graceful, stately way and SHOOK
hands with Tom. -,
II have had q pleasant day." he said.
briskly. "Such a~delightful coincidence!
What would life be without the une1-
pected? Have you ever thought OF that,
TomP"
II am thinking Of 1t now, sir" and ne
exchanged q fleetinR glance OF arch
meaning with Virgins. "But l differ
with you slightly. The unexpected can
prove-well, at some moments-an out
! and out nuisance"
"When it's Of an unpleasant nature,
yes, OF course-my slippers, VirEinla-
thank you, my dear-but when 1t car
ries you back to a pleasant time ana
surrounds you with happy memories
an. then!"
s'Tell me about It, dad" said Virginia
as she leaned over him.
Her face was glorifed. She looked
with naive tenderness straight at Tom
as she spoke-looked until her eyes fell
under the fire in his.
at happened this way, and Mr.. Kent
ambled drowsily on, ignorant that the
splendor OF youth and love was eddyine
10 warm chances around his frosty
head. 81 had just cashed my check
and vas walking up Broadway. IS
came near Bond street l CHANGED tc
look up and saw an auctloneer's flag
over q dim shop in q basement. l We n
down. The place was packed, the
bidding was brisk. Pieces OF quailt
pottery went for a song, old miniatures
shawls and rugs. 1 went nearer. An
how l longed for money, money
money !"
he paused, and Virginia gave an IN
easy glance at the package.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

own room tearing the leaves Of the 70
jected play TO pieces. He flung tho
into the CRATE and touched them with Z"
match.
''Virginia was right" be said, his
voice broken, as II he had run q loug
way. and indeed his inner self had jour
neyed to far, u~Ddreamed OF heights that
night. 'Yo1 are false. Not a word OF
you shall live"
He stood with bowed head watching
the p.pers. They rustled In a swirl OF
wind and fame, subsidized into spasmodlc
chickering's, and nothing was left out a
handful OF charred fragments light as
thistle down.
"God, help mel Give me my dream, -
be murmured, his lips scarcely moving.
A sustained burst OF deep toned SOUND
from the organ hoated to him through
the closed doors. IL thrilled him TO the
heart. lie seemed 10 hear Virginia's
staunch words In their delicate intona-
tionS:
81 believe in you, Tom"
Louder the music rolled, higher,
sWeeter, one keen minor note trans
scending the heavier volume and
browning it like a star. The mans
longing eyes frightened as he listened.
The festival Of harmony augmented his
strength. His love rushed out to meet
IL like food meeting food. Virginia
seemed playing a p9an Of sanctided
victory ft for a crusader who holds his
standard aloft, though a ranking
wound pale his llDs.
He would accept her message.
Until the last vibration had sunk to q
caressing whisper he stood entranced.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01
CHAPTER V.

81 don't know" and Mr., Plunket sat
back thoughtfully crossing his legs,
.,but il seems to me that strong speech
OF Lemaire's coming so closely upon
Mirism's denuncistion takes the ginger
out of Miss Stones illness. Tone that
down, Murray, or hold it back a bit"
The rehearsal Of The Worlds Way"
was on. Raw gaslight flooded the
stage and showed the auditorium be-
yond, a shadowy pit that echoed every
word. Tom stood near the manager,
the prompt-book his hand, Interim
ing it with new Aas Ior stage
business and sOmetfDo~ -s-vahfS ilAe
to be more effective.
He was accustomed TO the theatre by
this time. For two weeks ne hsd been
coming and going, speeding much OF
his time among scene painters ana
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01
STILL AT THE FAIR.
BILL ME MENTIONS IT IN TIE COURSE OF
OTHER RRMARKS
How jim Kelley Raised SiS From q Dsfurst
Bank-A Few Kindly and Well Chosen Rs
marks About Ts1idsrny-Nys Is Justice Of
the Psaea
Copuriaht. ISIS. br Esaar " Ne.

RUE DE PLEAsANcE, Sept. 10, 1898.
Ny DEAR HENRY-It Is . good thing
that Napoleon MuzzY, or Pole, as we
used to call him, came to the Fair. be
is that much ahead. His bank at Eagle
Run, back home, is busted. He has got
his round trip ticket bought aud paid
for and money enough to get back home
all right, but the bank will not even al
low him to use % q new check hook
that he got just before be left there.
he saws that no bank will eve get him
again. He is tolerable hot about it and
saws that all a bank is for is to take
the deposits Of honest men and loan
them to men OF push aud enterprises"
that have 8 good time at other folks
xpense and then take paris green, say
ing, "Adoo, kind friends, I'm going
home"
Pole Muzzy says he's about decided
to 20 on a prolonged debauch when be
goes home, where il won't cost so much.
For 90 years he has sort OF ysarned for
an alcoholic outing, but did not have .
real good excuse. Now he feels like
"letting the tail go with the hide" as
he tersely puts it. You know Pole was
always terse.
He's the man that rides around in the
set down chairs, as he calls them here
at the faIr-meaning sedan chairs.
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

But this sweeping forgetiulness Of
self even IN a bitterly critical moment;
this reaching out TO and flooding i'm
mersiOn in the personality Of another;
this madness that shook him, trailing
seductive sweetness over his soul and
making him light headed, this insistent
burning 10 his blood; this yearning new
" born-this was love.
He flung himself into a restiul posi-
tiou against a tree and looked over at
the windows where at times Nirginia's
shadow touched the shade. His face
grown baggard; his eyes were alight.
Oh he loved her! It seemed now he had
always loved her.
40 tell her-oh, to tell her." was
his unuttered cry. oh, II / had some
thing to offer worth her taking-nOt
my beggar's portion, not the ashes OF
nv dreams. Virgiuia-dear, tender,
sweet voiced, strong hearted Virginia,
am not ft to love YOU"
And now a state OF feeling beyond ex-
preston or definition sSsailed him and
held him as In a coil. It was strange,
subtle, exquisitely sad. The mist
and rain were part OF 90, the bluStery
darkness, the troubled breath 10 the
trees, the longing aud indecision 10 his
soul. the ache Of passion, the ambition
so limitless and unayailing, tae dull
acuuiescenCe OF the conquered.
How meaciless destiny seemed in that
moment! How empty the world! The
race 80 long, so firing, eudtnR-eVen at
the best-in what?
He was stirred to an ecStat.c sadness.
Something vital %Quickened In his con-
sciOusn0ss.
The serenity Of his fair, interrupted
years sank from sight, and be seemed
10 look down an Illuminated depth into
the very heart Of life. Love and death
were there; agony and sin; JOY, de-
rislon, temptation, despair, the curse
OF the suicide, the laughter Of young
Urls, the sorrow that cries In the
night. II was all so terribly clear. 1t
racked him, inundated him. knitted
itself 10 him.
one after another faces arose, young
and old; hands seemed outStretched.
He heard words that contained the
glory and fire of diamonds, so real they
we're. so t~renchant. Oh, n he could
but write them as they thronged into
MS mlUQ-A 10 N04AA NNl NAN WNA1C@
full story that unfOided itself before
him like 8 scroll upon the darkness
might not some stand and llstenP
he shiVered and looked around,
emerging from his waking dream as
from q trance. and almost startled TO
fnd himself alone.
What was this marvellous changer
He seemed on the threshold Of a secret,
she door open 20 mis- hand. DE was as
one born again under new conditions,
with ksener. faculties for reasoning and
feeling. A FIRE had touched bim-a ire
OF love. II lightened the dark places
OF his nature, melted the crust that
held the currents Of knowledge i'm
9r,soned, and be felt stimulated to
walk victorious where before be had
stumbled.
He shought OF the play that but q
short while since had been so dear q
thing to him. Crude, false and sterile
e seemed now
And yet to venture again-dare be do
It?
Even while be questioned ID knew be
mist. His fingers tingled 10 grasp a
Den. The delight OF the aftist, the
creator, ~Quivered through himN lt was
tempered by a sicksnlng edge Of dread,
M still Il was delight
In q little while he was Az
Wheeling register. [volume] (Wheeling, W. Va.) 1878-1935, 1893-10-01

paperweIghk lying across a docsored
statement.
Black Jim has realized twice since on
certificates OF deposit. In one case Il
teok what ssilver the bank had left to
keep the presidents brains fromNgetting
tanned.
The Goodland republic. [volume] (Goodland, Kan.) 1891-1907, 1893-04-21
Mack.

DESCRIPTION-M is dark dapple
gray, weight !, 800 pounds. = He lis years
Old, and a horse of fine style and action,
heavy muscled, and.the best draft stalli on
in the county.
PEDIGREE-He is a full blood Perch
eron-N Orman, bred by Mcdowell & An
from of Black H soH Ia sired by V q an
Tie dam of Mack registered No. 5,S71, by
Bruno, registered No: 484. D; he by Black U;I
Prince, registered No. 1.7S4; he by Bril-
liant, registered No. 1899; he by Pirate,
registered No 17,122; bred by Graham &
Roberts of Bows, La.
TERMS-To insure colt to stand and
suck $40. Money due at foaling time.
Parties parting with or removing mares
from county forfeit insurance, Care VIII
be taken to prevent accidents, but we will
not be responsible should any occur.
STAND-Mack will stand the season OF
1898 at the farm of John j. Phillips on the
southeast quarter of 22-7-4. Mondays,
Tuesdays and Wednesdays, and Thurs
days, Fridays and Saturdays at the farm
of Dock Phillips on the northwest quarter
of 1910.