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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07

Burglars in the House.

bnrglafS IN the House.
aJohn, harkl''
Mrs. McMiIlinger sat straight up
in bed and listened to noise she
seemed to hear down stairs.
"What is it Maria2" inquired Mr..
McMillinger, drowsily.
at seemed like somebody talking.
Listenla
Mr.. McMillenger listened. He,
too, thought he heard somethin.
81 will see what it is, speaking
very loudly and moving very leis-
urely. "Don't be. alarmed, Maria;
we are; besides these two revolvers'
he continued in a high pitched voice,
intending to terrify any unauthor-
lied persons that might be in the
house. 81 have a heavy stick and a
large glass paper-weight. Be calm,
Maria.
He crawled out of bed, collected
his arsenal, and the procession NOV
ed down stairs in the following or
der: Mr.. McMfllinger, with a re-
volver in each hand, heavy stick
under one arm, and paper weight
under the other. Mrs. McMillinger
ready to scream, with front hair
in curl papers, lamp in one hand,
and bottle ofcamphor in the other.
AT the landing, half way down,
Mr.. McMilIinger stopped.
"Maria," he observed sternly, "it
will be necessary for you to go in
front. You have the lamp. I'll
protect you"
Mrs. McMillinger, took her place
in front as directed, and the pro
cession moved on again. AT the
foot of the stairs John stopped and
took up commanding position near
the hall rack.
"Now, Maria, go ahead with the
lamp into this room on the left. |
will remain here to see if anybody
rushes out. If anybody does rush
out" he exclaimed grinding his
teeth in a manner horrible to hear,
81 will put fourteen bullets through
him, knock him down with this pa
per-weight, and break every bone
in his body with this stick"
Mrs. McMillinger went into the
room on the left and looked around.
"Do you see anything, Maria?''
asked her husband in tone OF
thunder.
mo, John"
$50 through the other rooms" he
roared, bracing himself against the
wall.
While John remained in the hall,
armed to the teeth, pale with iron
resolution and trembling with un-
governable ferocity, Maria explored
all the rooms and came back.
"Did you see anything" he de-
manded.
mot thing, John"
Give me the lamp"
He handed the weapons to Maria,
took the lamp, and with dauntlcss
bravery went through the rooms
himself.
at wasn't anything, Maria," he
said with supreme digust. "You
didn't hear anything or anybody" !"
The procession moved up the
stairway on the return trip.
"You must try to overcome this
timidity of yours, Maria," said Mr..
McMillinger, as he put down the
lamp and relieved his wife of the
load of deadly weapons. "lf 1 had
not been here to protect you" he
grumbled, crawling back into bed,
"you would have frightened your
self to death"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07
A Song OF Liberty.

A Song OF Liberty.
Across the land from strand to strand
Loud ring the bugle notes,
And Freedoms smile. from isle to Isle,
Like Freedoms banner. floats.
The velvet wales sing "Libertyin
To answering skies serene;
The mountains sloping to the sea
Wave all their flags of green
The rivers dashing to the deep
Still echo loud and long,
And all their waves In glory leap
To one immortal songl
Ono song Of liberty and life
That was and ts to be
Till tyrnnt flags All trampled rags
And all the world is freei
One song-the nations hail the notes
From sounding sea To sea
And answer from their thrilling throRts
That song Of libertyi
They answer, and echo comes
From chained and troubled isles
And ruars like oceans thunder drums
Where glad Columbia smiles
Where. crowned and great she sits in STATE
Beneath her flag Of stals.
Her hero's blood the sacred flood
That crimsoned all its bars!
Hail to our countryI Strong she stands
Nor fears the war drums beat;
The sword of freedom In her hands,
The tyrant at her feetl
Frank l.. Stanton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07
A Tart Reply.

"You sit on your horse like a
butcher" said a pert young officer,
who happened to be of royal blood,
to veteran general who was some
what bent from age.
at is highly probable, f" responded
the old warrior, with a grim smile;
sit is because all my life I've been
leading little calves like you to the
slaughter"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07
Diplomatic Tommy.

"Tommy," said Mr.. Fosdick, Sc
verely, .'your mamma says you have
been naughty, and 1 must punish
you. Come with me"
@What are you going to punish
me with, papa2" asked Tommy, as
he accompanied mis- papa to an up
per room.
awith this strap" replied Mr..
Fosdick, producing a gad which
Tommy remembered very distinctly,
having seen and felt on former oc-
casions.
@The strap is made of leather,
isn't it papa?"
ayes
aThey make leather out of the
skins of cows, don't they, papa2"
ayes, and the process is called
tanning, which makes the tanning
I am about, to give you with this
strap particularly appropriate.
saw COW to day, papa. "
"Tbat's strange" Mr.. Fosdick
answered sarcastically.
cit had it's skin on yet, and when
it came down the street a woman
was afraid and came inside our gate
Till the COW went by. 1 don't know
what makes women afraid of cows,
do your"
"No."
"You amt afraid of cows. are you,
papa?"
"No."
"You are. brave man, and amt
afraid of anything, are you, papa?
1 told Rats Robinson yesterday you
could thrash any man on the street,
and Rats said his papa could wallop
daylight out of you. He couldn't,
could he, papa?"
"Well, l should think not"
"of course not, that's what told
him"
at was quite right of you to stand
up for your father
"oh, always do. Do you know
what Rats Robinson's real name is?'
"No. What is it2"
"It's Nicodemus. 1 don't think
much of a papa who would name
his boy Nicodemus, do you2"
mo, 1 don't"
where do names come from,
papa?"
"oh, from different places. Some
are found in the Bible"
"Thomas is Bible name, ism t it?''
ayes"
"Did you hunt it in the Bible to
give it to me when L was born2"
81 knew it was there"
as it in that big Bible in the par
lor?"
eyes"
''Do you eyer read the Bible
papa2"
"Why do you ask me that2"
"Because, my Sunday School
teacher says that everybody ought
to read some in the Bible every day,
and"
"There, that will do. Go and see
if your mamma doesn't want you
And Fosdick hung up the strap
and put on his hat and went down
town.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07
Can't Satisfy Him.

"No,' said the housemaid, 1 don't
apologize to man when L throw a
bucket of water down the front steps
to wash 'em and he comes along and
gets drenched. I've tried apologize
ing. but I've found there's nothing
you can say to a man will satisfy
him."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07

Along tho quiet, dusty way,
Beneath the drowsy apple trees,
1t winds among the roses gay
That lure the booming bees
The Indian carrots round # nod
Among the tiger lilies tall,
And seas Of dreaming goldenrod
About It rise and fall.
In harmonies of gray and blue
II climbs the sumac dotted hill
Beneath the berry vines unto
A woodland cool and still,
Where frtskily squirrel gray,
Through shadows softly DER Il thrown
Goes loping on his merry way
From mossy stone to stone.
-R. K. Munkittrick.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07

To be faithless oft means to be faithful;
To be false often means to be true:
Tho vale that loves clouds that are golden
Forgets them for skies that are blue.
To forget often means to remember
What we had forgotten too long;
The fragrance is not the bright flower,
The echo is not the sweet song.
Father RYAN
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07
Running n Race.

A little tear and a little smile
Set out to run a race;
We watched them closely all the whiIes
Their course WAS baby's face.
The little tear he got the start:
We really feared he'd win;
He ran SO fast and made a dart
Straight for her dimpled chin.
But somehow-it was very queer;
We watched them all the while
The little shining. fretfuI tear
Got beaten by the smile.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07
A SAD STORY.
Twas in an office building
Some teven stories tall,

Twas in an office building
Some teven stories tall,
On the dollar side OF Broadway.
Close to tho city hall,
We met ono morning early;
In business she would start:
And / liked her and she liked me,
And yet We were apart.
She opened up her Office
Just opposite to mine.
Across tho narrow hallway:
And ~ the hour of nine,
Or thereabouts, I'd see her
AS to her work she'd dart,
And liked her and she liked me,
And yet we were apart.
And Mt the close of business,
Each afternoon at five,
We'd take the elevator
To leave the lofty hive;
I'd raise my hat and she would smilos
oh, hi-e was bright and smart!
And liked her and she liked me,
And yet we were apart.
/ wrote some merry jingles
And showed them all to her;
She wrote some soulful poems,
From which one would infer
That size had lost lover;
Mine yelled a stricken heart;
So liked her, and she liked me,
And yet we were apart.
She left this office building,
And went away mp town.
Henceforth the elevator,
In going up or down.
Seemed like n cherries prison
Within a teeming mart,
Dor liked her, and she liked me,
And yet We were apart
wrote her friendly letters,
And she replied with care;
No matter toll or pleasure,
The time we'd gladly spare
To make those letters helpful,
To mako them sweet and tart,
For liked her, and she liked me.
And yet we were apart.
One day went to see her,
To visit her dear home;
Twas on a bright, clear Sunday,
And gayly did we roam
Where field and wood end Lake and
stream
Great happiness impart,
And liked her, and she liked me,
And yet we were apart.
Alas, tits now Blue Monday;
Wen never meet agaiul
She dreaded Mrs. Grundy,
And wrote me to refrain
From calling and from writing,
"'Tis best that we should part"
But love her, and she loves me,
And yet we are apart
enry Thomas Haskell in New York Sun.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07
WE WANT YOU

TO act rs our agent. We furnish an expensive
outfit and all you need free. II costs nothing to
try the business. We will treat you well, and
help you TO earn ten times ordinary wages. Both
sexes of all ages can live at home and work in
spare time, or all the time. Any one any where
can earn Il great deal of money. Many have made
Two Hundred Dollars Month. No class of
people in the world making much money
without capital rs those nj work for us. Business
pleasant, strictly honorable, and pays better than
field, with no competition. We equip you with
everything, and supply printed directions for
beginners which, If obeyed faithfully, will bring
more money than will any other business I'm.
prove your prOspectsl Why not? You can do so
easily and surely at work for ms. Reasonable
industry only necessary for absolute success
Pamphlet circular giving every particular Is sent
free to all. Delay not in sending for IL.
GEORGE STINSON & CO..
BOX No. 4SS, Portland, Ne.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07

When the accepted lover saws
"Mine own" he feels a good deal
richer than many other mine
owners.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07
GEMS IN VERSE.
Two Men.

Two Men.
When all the world. TO him Is bright
And he's from trouble free.
In everything he takes delight:
An optimist is he
: But let a cloud bedim his sky
And thorns beset his way.
The ready tear comes to his eye;
To Voc he is prey.
Tho world is dark that erst looked bright
And everything's atwist
In human life; there's nothing right
He is pessimist-
When there is sunshine in his sky J.
And fortunes smiles are bland,
he meets you with u beaming eyess
With kindness grasps your hand.
When fortune turns on him her frown
And shows him her i'll will,
He seems not to the world cast down:
His mIen Is cheerful still.
He meets life's ills with courage strong,
And with a heart to fight
Rolls up his sleeves when things GO wrong
And works to set them right.
Cape Cod Item
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07

A terrible dreuth is reported in
Lower CALIFORNIA.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07

No one can be made rich with
money who would notrich withoutit.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-02-07

The Mississippi river is shalIower
than it has been since 1856.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-07
Stufy:n- Taxation.

BERLIN, Iuly st is understood here
that the United States legations in
Europe have been told to study and re-
port on existing systems OF taxation in
order that the Washington government
may select the least oppressive and of
fensive to cover the deficit which will
result from the reform OF the tariff. \
member of the Berlin legation was eX-
amining the Prussian, and is inclined
to favor the adoption in the United
States of tax similar to the direct
property tax. recently approved by the
landtag. The wealthier classes in
Prussia. he says. do not complain Bit
terly of the nevv tax and the poorer
people consider it equitable. The rich
men in America, however. he thinks,
would resist stubbornly the introduc-
ton of the tax.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-07
THE WORLD AT LARGE.
Summary of the Daily News
WASHINGTON NOTES.

A COMMODORE of the United States
navy SAYS that if China should send
any war vessels over here they could be
easily captured.
The resignation of James R. Obeirne,
assistant commissioner of immigration
at New York, has been called for.
CONGRESSMAN Jason BROWN, of In
diana. while strongly in favor of the
Sherman laws repeal, declares against
the proposed repeal of the 10 per cent.
bank tax.
For over two hours on the 27th Presi-
: dent Cleveland and the cabinet dis
cussed the silver question, but no def
mite action was decided upon.
CHARLES BYNUM, the nineteen-year-
old son of Representative Bynum, OF
Indiana. was seriously injured in
Washington, while horseback riding.
The animal ran away and young By
mum was thrown to the ground upon
his head.
For the first time since the establish
ment of free coinage headquarters in
Washington its advocates are on the
defensive.
A RUMOR was current in the treasury
at Washington that Mexico coPtem-
plated stopping the free coinage of sill
yer.
SECRETARY CARLISLE announces that
he intends to do all in his power to
carry out the provisions of the Geary
act and deport some of the Chinese.
THE navy department is doing every
thing within its power to stimulate the
development of the naval militia, and
especially in the states along the lake
border.
SUPERINTENDENT WYMAN has re-
ceived a cable message that cholera has
broken out in the island of Cephalonia,
in the Mediterranean.
SOMETHING like 200 names of employees
of the public printing Office at Wash
ington were attached to a telegram to
Gov. Altgeld commenting him for his
course in iberating the three anarch-
lists.
SECRETARY LAMONT has approved the
allotment of arms, ordnance stores,
quartermasters' stores and camp equip
ment to the militia of the states and
territories. The appropriation for this
purpose was 100000 and the allotment
was the same as last year.
The government has learned a lesson
from the Ford theater tragedy, and is
moving clerks out of unsafe buildings.
THE government has made consider
able reductions in land office expenses.
The president has issued proclama-
ton converting congress in special ses-
sion August :.
AMONG recent appointments are the
following: Scott Wike, of Illinois, to
be assistant secretary of the treasury;
James T. Tillman, of Tennessee, to be
register of the treasury; Overton Cade,
of Louisiana, to be superintendent OF
the mint at New Orleans; Theodore S.
Wilkinson, to be collector of customs at
New Orleans; S. b. Ellis,to be surveyor
of customs at New Orleans; George p.
Finley, to be collector of customs at
Galveston, Tex.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-07
THE LATEST.

ROBERT P. PORTER, superintendent
of the census, has resigned.
REV. VI. c. PETERS. of Bloomingdale
church, New York, bitterly scored Gov.
Altgeld for parloning the anarchists.
THE public debt statement for the
month of June shows a decrease of ST.
l95O.O00.
GEN. WARNER, chairman of the BIZ
metallic league, will probably call a
meeting. to be held at Chicago on July
25. to consider the situation.
THE feelings of DIR. Hassler, the COM
missioner from Paraguay to the worlds
fair. have been soothed and he has de-
cided to again uncover the exhibit of
his country.
CHARLES MCCLURE, the train robber
captured at Omaha, has been sent to
the penitentiary for fifteen years. He
turned out to be an old Missouri con-
vict who was once sent up from jack
son county.
AS result of the German elections it
is now assured that the government
has safe majority in the reichstag and
will be able to pass the army bill.
TIE wife of Maurice Barrymore died
at Santa Barbara, Cal, recently.
A FIRE at Park place and Church
street, New York, destroyed property
valued at s1O6,OO0
THE late A. J. Drexel left property
valued at sS0,0O0.OO0. The printers
home and other charities are remem-
bered in the will
HARVARD defeated Yale in the base
ball game at New York. Score, 6 to l.
THE Peary ship Falcon left Brooklyn
on the I'd fer the Arctic regions.
THE Empire Manufacturing Co,
burned out at Keokuk, Ia.
A HOT fight was on between the city
authorities of Austin, Tex, and Joseph
Nalle, president of the Water and Elec-
tric Light Co., and the council refused
to pay his bill in full. Nalle immedi
atelv issued orders to shut off the light
THE eighth annual convention of the
socialist labor party of the United
States opened at Chicago on the I'd.
Mr.. GLADSTONE slipped and fell while
descending a staircase in the Petersham
residence of the earl of Dysart, with
whom he was visiting. Beyond sprain-
ing one of his ankles he was not Sc
riously hurt.
EX-SENATOR JOHN i. HENDERSON has
written a letter to Secretary Carlisle
setting forth at great length his views
for a single gold standard.
REAR ADM MARKHAM has submitted
the official report of the terrible dis
after to the Victoria, showing that the
accident was due 10 the error of Vice
| Adm. Tryon.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-07
FRANCE AND SIAM.
bangkok to BE Bombarded for Son
Rcason.

bangkok to BE Bombarded for Some
Reason.
LONDON. June ga dispatch to the
Times from bangkok says the French
gunboat Lutin has anchored in the
river opposite the center of the city
and has made preparations to fire upon
the city. The topmasts of the gunboat
have been struck and guns have been
mounted in the fighting tops The
French admiral in his flagship is eX-
pected to arrive from Saigon.
The dispatch adds that though Siam
is most anxious to maintain friendship
with the French. it is quietly deter
mined to resist aggression and is pre-
pairing for any contingency that may
arise. Three ships have been sunk at
the entrance of the Nickname river on
which Bangkok is situated "A bout twen-
ty miles from its mouth. This reduces
the channel to the narrowest limits
possible for use and the government is
ready at moments notice to complete
the block to prevent the ingress and
egresS of eesSelS.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-07
THE EAST.

A SENSATION was created in a New
York Catholic church by the priest de-
nouncing member of the congrega-
ton from the pulpit for deceiving him
by getting him to wed her to a Protest
ant
WHEN the case of Frank Ellison,
Broker Henriques' assistant. was con-
tinued to Friday in a New York court,
he objected on account of superstition,
and it was set for Thursday.
The New York papers criticise Sc
verely Gov. Altgeld's act in pardoning
the Chicago anarchists.
The annual meeting of the Society of
the Army of the Potomac was held on
the 9th in Fanueil hall, Boston. The
attendance was large.
The schooner Thomas W. Haven went
ashore at Long Branch. Two of the
crew were drowned while trying to get
ashore.
The New York Central railroad has
Just compromised q $3.50, 200 damage
suit brought by woman who was ter
ribly disfgured in d wreck for $50, 900.
A CORRESPONDENT of the New York
Herald says that the end of the pro-
visional government is near and that
Queen Liliuokalani will be reinstated.
YALE defeated Harvard and Column
bia in the boat race at New London,
Conn. 1t was Yale's third consecutive
victory.
PREsIDENT-ELECT WILLIAM JEWELL
TUCKER, of Dartmouth college, was in.
augurated on the 2Sth. Hon. Melvin
o. Adams, president of the alumni as
sociation, delivered an address.
ANOTHER movement is on foot at New
York for Reading reorganization.
The 2Sth was commencement at Am.
herst college. Degrees were conferred
upon seventy-seven graduates The
honorary degree of Ii. d. was con.
ferred upon Prof. William F. Slocum
Colorado Springs
RUMoR has it that Miss Helen Gould,
the oldest daughter of the late Jay
Gould, is engaged to young, unknown
millionaire whom she met at the recep-
ton given at her fathers house when
she made her debut into society.
THE statue of Adm. Farragut was un-
veiled in the Marine park, South Bos.
tor. The Grafton was delivered by ex
Gov. A. II. Rice.
NEW YORK bankers on the 29th took
concerted action for the relief of the
money market, which at once had the
desired effect.
YALE defeated Harvard by four
lengths in the boat race at New London,
Conn, on the S0th.
THE bullion value OF a silver dollar
went down to AS cents at New York.
The Iola register. [volume] (Iola, Allen County, Kansas) 1875-1902, 1893-07-07
THE PENSION LIST.
Commissioner Lochren Examining Them
for the Detection of Alleged Frauds.

Commissioner Lochren Examining Them
for the Detection of Alleged Frauds.
WASHINGTON, June 29.-They are
after alleged fraudulent pensioners.
A list comprising the names of num-
ber of pensioners recommended by
Commissioner Lochren to be dropped
from the pension roll has been handed
to Secretary Smith and he has ap-
proved the recommendations.
y 1t has been found upon investigation
by the pension bureau that the persons
named in the list are not entitled to
draw pensions. Among them are the
names of eleven men now draw
ing pensions. while the records of
the war department show conclus-
lively that they were deserters from
the army and are still deserters at
large. One pensioner, it has been
discovered, was never in the military
service at all, but has been drawing his
pension with regularity and dispatch
just the same. A number are dropped
from the rolls for not having served
ninety days, as the law requires; others
because the disability for which they
are drawing pensions is the result of
their own vicious habits. Several wom-
en- who drew pensions as soldiers
widows are dropped because they have
remarked.
The work of examining the rolls
with view to the detection of fraud
will be prosecuted with vigor and at
the same time current issues will be
carefully scrutinized with the same OBJ
ject Secretary Smith and Commis-
sioner Lochren, while prosecuting this
work, renew the assurances previously
given that just as much care'will be
exercised to secure pensions for those
who are entitled to them under the