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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
LanInnaY

MAN, /" shesaid, with an air of con
viction, SIS the most jealous creature
on earth"
why is it, he asked, not answer
ing the question directly, that if g
woman offends a man in any way
and he shows it ever so slightly she
at once attributes it to jealousy
Why is it that if she puts slight
upon him and he resents it she jump.
at the conclusion that he is jealousG'
She doesn't. She is never mis
taken, y she retorted.
Does she realize" he went on,
''that jealousy, when it is justified
and it is never really justified unless
a man has a claim on a woman,
either as wife or fiancee-is a proof
of one of two things either the man
is the worst kind of fool or the
woman is beaeath contempt2 Does
she realize the light in which her
conclusion makes her pose, which
ever explanation may be correcti
Why do they do itf"
Possibly you know" she said
haughtiIy
Yes" he said softly as he looked
around for his hat. tiIt is because OF
their innate self love and self con.
ceit."
The engagement was broken, but
he felt that he had squared accounts
anyway Chicago Record.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
You Are The Man.

One cheerless, rainy night some
years ago the venerable Simon
Cameron was sitting in the Office OF
the Ebbitt House, gazing out of the
window into the fog and darkness
He was lost in thought and his face
was the picture of melancholy. Pre-
sently Colonel 1ngersoll entered.
"what has happened, General?''
he asked. "You look as if you had
lost your last friend"
"Ah, Bob, }" said theold man, with
a sigh, 81 have seen cruel, pitiable
sight. An aged and crippled soldier
was painfully toiIing up the street
yonder and was making some pro
gress, when along came big, doub.
led listed, broad shouldered fellow
and kicked the crutches out from
under the old cripple, leaving him
feeble and helpless, to pick himself
up as best he could.1
would to God had been
therel' cried Ingersoll, angrily.
sd have trounced himI l never
heard ofso brutal an outraged What,
abuse an old crippled man like that
III make quick work of the brutel''
"Wait a moment, Bob," inter-
osed old Simon Cameron, gently.
81 was the aged and crippled veter-
an, and 1 was toiling along to my
grave. And it was you, Bob, who
came across my path and kicked
from under me the crutches that
supported me in that last journey
Colonel Ingersoll made no ans
wer; the old man continued to look
mourninlly out into the night.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06

A company Of poor children, who
had been gathered out of the alleys
and garrets of the city, were pre-
pairing for their departure to new
and distant homes in the West.
Just before the time for the starting
of the cars. one of the boys was
noticed aside from the others, and
apparently very busy with 4 cast
off garment
The superintendent stepped upto
him, and found he was cutting a
small piece out of the patched lin
ing. Ii proved to be his old jacket.
which having been replaced by a
new one, had been thrown away.
There was no time TO be lost
ssCome, John, comel said the SUI
perintendent ewhat are You going
to do with That old piece Of calico7
please, sir, said Jol.n, a am
emitting it out to take with me. Ny
dear dead mother put the lining in
to this old jacket for me- This was
a piece of.her dress, and it is all
shall have to remember her by. q
And as the poor boy thought ofthat
mothers love, aud of the sad death
scene in the old garret whore she
died, he covered his face with his
hands, and sobbed as if his heart
would break.
But the train was about leaving,
and John thrust the little piece of
calico into his bosom, Hto remember
his mother by" hurried into car,
and wassoon far away from the
place where he had seen so much
sorrow.
Many an eye has moistened as the
story of this orphan boy has been
told; and many heart has prayed
that the God of the fstherless and
motherless would be his friend. He
loved his mother, and we cannot
but believe that he obeyed her and
was faithful child. Will our little
readers, whose parents are yet
spared to them, always show their
love by cheerful obedience, know
ing that this is pleasing to the Iord9
Will the boys, especially, always be
affectionate and kind to their moth
err Will you keep in mind that if
you should some day have to look
upon the face of ga dear dead
mother" no thought would be so
bitter as to remember that you had
given her pain by your willfulness
or disobedience2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
How to Succeed.

Twenty clerksin a store, twenty
hands in a printing Office, twenty
apprentices in sbipyard, twenty
young men in village-all want
TO get along in the world and ex-
pect TO do so. One of the clerks
win become partner, and make a
fortune; one of the compositors will
own a newspaper, aud become an
influential citizen; one of the ap-
prentices will become master
builder one of the young villagers
will get handsome farm, and live
like patriarch-but which ono is
the lucky indiyldual9 Lucky9 There
is no luck about it. The thing is
almost as certain as the rule of three.
The young fellow who will distance
his competitors is he who masters
his business. who preserves his in
tegritys who lives cleanly and pure
ly, who devotes his leisure to the
acquisition of knowledges who
gains friends by deserving them,
and who saves spare money. There
are some ways to fortune shorter
than this old dusty highway; but
the staunch man of tho community,
the man who achieves something
really worth having-good fortune,
good name, serene old age-goes
in this hard, dusty road.
Keep a strict account of both
profits and expenses; be careful to
keep the first in advance of tho last
until the point of independence is
reached, and you will certainly
avoid the dreadful fate her. tofore
SO common to nine tenths of the
foolish voYagers upon the uncertain
sea of business.
Let your industry never grow
weary; keep your faithful servant,
economy, even on guard, and should
no unforeseen disaster overwhelm
you, your voyage will most surely
be successful one.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
The Hunrarian cronn.

The Hungarian crown worn at their
accession by the emperors of Austria
as kings of Hungary is the identical
one made for Stephen and used at his
coronation over 500 years ago. The
whole is of pure gold except the set
tings) and weighs marks ounces
(almost exactly Ia pounds). The set.
tings above alluded to consist of 5s
sapphires, 90 rubies, 1 emerald and
SSS pearls. It viii be noticed that
there are no diamonds among these
precious adornments. This is ac-
counted for by the oft quoted story Of
Stephens aversion to such gems be
cause considered them unlucky.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
How Ag wRorg sPARTAcus.
DR.. kellogg Tells How the Famous speee
was composed.

Dr.. Kellogg Tells How the Famous speech
Was composed.
Talking with correspondent of
the Boston Herald, the Rev Elijah
Kellogg Of Harpswell, Me., thus de
scribed how he wrote that favorite
defamation of schoolboys, Sparta
Gus TO the Glatliators
1t was while was at Andoyer, .
said he, smiling as the remembrance
of the event came back to him.
I'VE were required to prepare
speeches for our rhetorical exercises,
and after each man had spoken he
was subject to criticism by his fel-
lows-and their comments weren't
always so complimentary as they
were pointed. Then the professor
would follow with serious criticism,
and he always found faults thatn need
ed correcting.
So these speeches came to be
looked upon with dread, and at last
made up my mind that I'd try to get
something so different from any thing
we had had and so interesting that
it would hold their attention too
closely for them to think about
points on which to criticise me, and
SO would get of free.
We'll, 1 wrote .Spartacus' When
began, it worked just as had ex-
pected. They were so taken by sur
prise that they never thought of any
thing but the speech You could
have heard pin drop at any time
while I was speaking, and they did
not recover until I had finished and
had come down to ask for criticism
'.Then when Professor Payne
turned to the students and inquired,
What criticism have you to offer,
young gentlemen there wasn't
one of them had a word to say, for
they were all thinking of the piece
and hadn't noticed anything else.
Gentlemen, said the professor,
we are not here for theological dis
QUESTIONS nor for learned argu-
ments, but these exercises are purely
rhetorical, and, gentlemen, that is
rhetoric
Then turning to me he remarked,
I could criticise you, Kellogg, but i
don't know whether it would do you
more good or harm, and SO ON the
whole think will say nothing
"So," added the old gentleman,
with chuckle, Il escaped criti-
cism."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
The Edge ofawindstorn

a curious example of how sharply
the edge of windstorm may be de
fined is reported by the captain of
the bark Peter Tredell. When OF
Valparaiso recently, the captainsays,
a whirlwind came along and passed
over the stern of the vessel A great
sea accompanied thewind, and every
sail and movable thing ON the after
part of the ship were carried away.
The forward part Of the vessel was
untouched by the storm, which
passed away In the distance. leaving
q train Of foala In its wake. New
York Tribune
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
A solomonic Decision.

A dispatch from Newport News,
Va, says: Two COWS recently went
astray. One belonged to colored
man and the other to a white man
named Shields. A COW answering
the description of both of the ami
mails was purchased by farmer
not.long since. The bereaved men
heard of the purchase and each
claimed the animal and produced
proof equally convincing.
The case came up before Judge
George NJ. Peck. The jury heard
the evidence, but as the witnesses
for each party described the same
cow, the jurors gave it up. Then
Judge Peck said he would turn the
COW out on the green surrounding
the Court House; ifshe went toward
the colored mans farm she should
be his; if she went toward Shields
farm she should be his. The COW
was turned out, but she found the
grass SO satisfying that she went
neither way. Nobody has yet hit
upon a plan that will settle the
question of ownership.
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His Source ef1rpornnes.

B. NJ. Williams in the Educational
News presents the following letter
from a parent to a teacher in the
public schools:
DEAR Ma: hope as to my SON John, you
will iog him just as ohin as you kin. Heas a
bad boy-John Is. Altho I've been in the habit
of teachin him myself, 1t seems to me he never
will larn anithfng-his spelling is ottragously
defshent. wallop him well. ser, and you win
receive my thanks.
P. s. What accounts for John bein sich q
bad scholar Is that he is my sun by my wife'e
fust husband
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
The Best Thing.

Bob Burdette bids us remember
that the good things in the world
are always cheapest. Spring water
costs less than whiskey; a box OF
cigars will buy two or three Bibles;
a State election costs more than a
revival of religion; you can sleep in
church every Sabbath morning for
nothing, but a nap in a Pullman car
costs you 50 every time; the circus
takes so cents, the theater 81, but
the missionary box is grateful for a
penny; the horse race scoops in
$4,000 the first day, while the
church bazaar lasts weeks, works
twenty-five or thirty of the best
women in America nearly to death,
and comes out $40 in debt
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
PoIItIcal Eeonomy.

Tramping Tom-There goes one of
the fellers that's responsible for half
our troubles.
wayfaring What's he
doneG
Tramping Tom-He works every
day in the year 'cept Sundays an
earns peoples money. away from
them. If it wasn't for such feIlers
as him, folks 'ud have more money
to give us.-New York Weekly.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
R - POINT PTEASANE MASON COUNTY " 50 VIRGINIA.
GEMS IN VEL RISE.


seams waves. in steadfast restiesshess
silA the unyanauished. unretreating
shore.
know where they SHAH fall=-nor hearthe
OF f own music-but with sreep and stress
cn the sands which feel not their I'M pres
break IN baffied sprays foreyernlore
rocks which heed no hap-no dole de-
lore
n fe insensate, dumb and passionIess.
N ant, Infinite without intent
ebbs the ocean, thus the ocean flows
nzied striving for unknown repose.
q Ing toll. wit no Accomplishment.
waves are souls: the tide Is destiny:
lcean life; the shore eternity.
Robert Burns Wilson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
..see here" said die man Nho hl

esee here, said the man who had
married a widow, @hasn't your hair
turned gray rather suddenly since
we were wed2" "oh," said she,
athats from fright. 1 was so scared
when you proposed to me, don't
you know"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06


You have written my lesson OF duty out.
Manlike have you questioned me.
Now stand at the bar of my woman,s soul
Until have questioned thee.
You require your mutton shall always be hot,
Your socks and your shirts be whole.
4 require your heart to be true as Gods stars
And as pure as his heaven your soul.
You require a cook for your mutton and beef:
require far greater thing.
A seanistress you'r re wanting for socks and fc
shirts;
Hook for a man and a king.
A king for the beautiful world called home.
And q man that the maker, God,
Shall look upon rs he did ON the first
And say. at is very good"
4 am fair and young. but the roses will fade
From my soft young cheek one day
VIII you love them mid the falling leaves
AS you did ,mong the bloom of May2
is your heart an ocean so strong and deep
/ may launch my all on its tide2
A loving woman finds heaven or he'll
On the day she is made bride.
require all things that are grand and true.
All this that man should be;
II you give this all. would stake my life
To be all you demand of me.
II sou cannot be this, a laundress and cook
You can hire. and little to pay;
But woman's heart and woman's life
Are never won in that way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
Four Things to Lenrn.

-Four things a man must learn to do
II he would make his record true:
To think without confusion-clearly.
To love his fellow men sincerely,
To act from honest motives purely.
To trust In God and heaven securely.
Henry Van Dyke.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06

According to Commissioner Mil
Ier's report there are 80 persons and
firms in New York engaged in
gathering tobacco scraps and refuse
which they sell principally to cigar
cite makers. Now, we know why
cigarettes are the only things that
make poIecat hang it's head in dis
grace.-Parkersburg Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06

West Virginia is the fifth State in
coal, eighth in buck wheat and iron.
She has 10000 square miles of coal
fields, an area greater than the coal
region of Great Britain, and pro-
duces annually 5,OOO,0OO tons. West
Virginia exports every year to
China, 100000 pounds of ginseng.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06

We call him strong who stands unmoyed-
Calm as some tempest beaten rock
When some great trouble hurls its shock:
We say of him, his strength is proved:
But when the spent storm folds its wings,
How bears he then Life,s little things?
ELLEN p. Allerton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
a Rnmnnfie RnndIe.

"Do you love me2" said the paper
bag to the sugar.
T'm just wrapped up in you, re-
piled the sugar.
@You sweet thingi,' murmured
the paper bag
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06

Capt. ". W. Wiekham, one Of the
best known of the Ohio River con-
ductors, has SO far recovered from q
long and serious illness as to be
able to go on duty again.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06

George May 1 hope dearest,
that at some future time may
have the happiness of making you
my wife2' Mamie-aWell, / hope
SO, I'm sure. I'm just about tired
suing fellows for breach ofpromise. .
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
cencernInr weather.

When the atmospheric forces and all that sort
of thing
Bring the cold and cutting winter season
here,
And the iridescent snowhnkes of which the
poets sing
Chase themselves. in chilly frolic. through
the air:
When the winds are penetrating. and the
frost is on the ground,
And pedestrian locomotion's rather slow;
When the cars are half an hour late whenever
homeward bound
Because the horses can't get through the
snow:
Then the voice of man arises. and he tells a
funny tale
As to how he loves the gentle summer days.
When the flowers mod and whisper in the love
And he basks beneath the smiling suns
bright rays.
But when the whirllEig of time brings ..gentle
And he wits and AM melts beneath the scorch-
ing disk,
The Inconsistent mortal sings another kind of
As to how he loves the winter cold and brisk.
-Philadelphia Public Ledger.
An Unconscious Memory.
have lived before. where2 That cannot
Norhow. nor when. OF those forgotten years
Only vague echoes from the darkness swell,
Bringing familiar murmurs to my ears.
The ghostly image of that misty past
Enfolds me like q shadow, and my sense
Strives all in vain to grasp and hold 1t fast.
Only in me is memory's evidence.
All human language feeble is and cold,
To paint the feetipg visions that arise.
Beguiling me with memories of old,
or other lives passed under other skies.
And still the echoes ring; the voices call
In wild confusion. like a crowd of dreams
Then twilight shadows. dark and darker, fall,
Till not ray through the dense blackness
CLEANS.
But stin again a vague. melodious song,
With scattered. broken measures fills the
air,
And shaduwy forms. in shadowy distance.
throLg,
wrapt IL the sable mantle of despair.
My soul mounts upward into loftier spheres,
Where, beyond boundaries of time and
lived and loved before these earthly years
Chained me, in exile. in my present place.
see, In heeting rays of heavenly light.
The glory OF n distant paradise.
Then all is overwhelmed by starless night:
My anxious questionings meet no replies.
Heavy my heart with memories of old.
Myspower to live and strive is overcast
BY wild desire the mystery to unfold
Which binds my present to that vanished
past.
This IS my heritage of sorrow now.
That veiIed and unknown form which once
| wore.
Icannot fathom when nor where nor how.
/ only know that have lived before.
III
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06

Al B. & o. train ran over and
killed a catamount west of island
Park, last week.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
This Is my heritage of sorrow now,
That yelled and unknown form which OF

Icannot fathom when nor where nor how,
only know that have lived before.
-ualar H01n,t
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
Costly Gin.

DC know you have asked for the ccstliest
Ing
made BY the Hand above?
ms heart and a woman's life
omans wondrous love.
Do Know You hive asked for this priceless
ing
1hild might ask for 3 toy.
Den ling whnt others have died 70 win
- & lie tce,zless dash ol q BOZ
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-12-06
An Unconsclous memory.

And shaduwy forms. in shadowy distanc.
wrapt il the sable mantle of despair.
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-02
7UsrEHs. SALE.

H>RUSTEE'S SALE OF VALUABLE REAL
estate in tho city OF Roanoke, VAIN pur.
suanco OF an order OF the Board of Directors OF
tho Lynchburg Perpetual Building and Loan
Company, made on the 18th day OF November.
1893, tho undersigned trustees In a deed or trnst
executed by Mrs. Emma +. Hunter and Geo. f..
August. 1892 TO secure the said company, Will
ON FRIDAY, DECEMBER 8, 1893. Al $50
O'CLOCK NJ, on the premises, proceed to
sell by way of public auction house and lot in
the city of Roanoke, Va, and described as
follows:
Beginning at the souihwcs, corner OF Centre
and running thence with Seventh street In a
sOuthcrly direction $50 feet to an alloy thence
with same in a westerly direction so feet to a
point, thence In northerly direction 1870 feet to
so feet to the place of beginning, and being the
simc lot No. In section 49, OF the Rogers, Fairfax
Houston addition. which was conveyed to said
Emma +. Hunter by deedfrom Home Building and
Conveyance Company, dated July 2, 1883, and re.
corded In deed book &C. page 70, in the clerks
office for the corporation court for said city.
arrcars) and sum sufficient to defray the expenses
OF sale and any taxes and premiums for insiir-
ancc on SAID property due and unpaid; as to bal
ancc due said Lynchburg Perpetual Building and
Loan Company, the purchaser is to assume the
obligation OF Emma f. Hunter to the Lynchburg
Perpetual Building and Loan Company to pay
inc sum OF $l671 on the second Monday in De-
cembeI. 1888, and Si61 per. month for next
succeeding eighty months on the second Monday
In each month subject to all the conditions and
stlpulations contained In the bond aud deed of
trust executed by Emma +. Hunter on the 10Th
OF August, 1872, to the trustees of said company,
nnd II there DC any residue 1t shall be upon n
credit OF one and two years in equal instalments
negotiable notes and occurred by deed OF trust
upon the property. The city and State taxes for
the 1ear 1893 are to be paid by the purchaser.
JAS. r. GILLIAN
SAM'L. TYREB, Trustees.
ii % tbs. w. Nice. WAUGU.l
The Roanoke times. [volume] (Roanoke, Va.) 1890-1895, 1893-12-02

TRUSTEES SALE-BY VIRTUE OF A GER
1 tain deed OF trust executed on the first day OF
May, 1881. and recorded in the clerks office of
the city of Roanoke In deed book 49, page 1S2
from w. j. and l.. Blair Dr., to the UNDERSIGNED
trustees Tor the purpose of securing to the Old
dominion Building and Loan Association, of
hichmond, Va., the payment OF the sum of
twenty. five hundred dollars, ($2,50O) to become
due In monthly iDstallments OF $42 so each, and
the payment of the said monthly installments.
and being required SO to do by the board of di.
rectors OF the Old Dominion Building and Loan
Association, we will, on the premises ON TILE
22ND DAY OF DECEMBER, 1893. AT 3P NJ
ofrer for sale at public auction to the highest hid
der the following described real estate situated
lows: "S io'
Beginning at point on the south side of John
street Tor Sixth avenue g. wy 2,5OO feet west of
Park street Tor Fifth street g. W. thence with
John street north 81 degrees west 30 feet TO n
point, thence south degrees west 1870 feet to nm
alley, thence with said alley south 50 degrees east
gu feet to point, thence north degrees east 1870
rect 10 John street, the place OF beginning and
known as lot No. 8, in section 4, as shown bv the
map OF the Lewis addition to the city of Roa-
noke, Va.
TERMS OF SALE: Cash for sum sufficient to
pay the costs and expenses OF this sale and the
sum OF $16O, being the sum in default to SAID as
ments of $i2.5 so each, until such time as the ann
payable 10 said association is paid on under the
terms OF said deed OF trust, and any residue upop
a credit or one and two years from said date the
purchaser to execute deed OF trust upon said
property to secure the deferred payments
LUCIAN II. COOKE,
ii u ha j. w. SHIELDS, JR, trustees