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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
Post ONCE Stamp PnzzIe.

Here is a mathematical problem
for the Point Pleasant High School
scholars to puzzle their brains over:
She is a bright mathematical
scholar and pretty, and when she
ratified at the stamp window and
laid down dollar bill, the hand
some young clerk in blue necktie
on the inside was all attention.
"There's a dollar" she said; "give
me four times as many twos as ones
and the rest in threes."
81 beg your pardon he stammer-
ed.
She repeated her request.
aCertainly," he said, and began
to lay out the stamps.
He worked at it ten minutes with.
out success, she waiting patiently
the meanwhile.
He wasn't busy with any one
else and she didn't seem to mind
watching him calculate, so she gave
him another FIVE minutes.
Then a customer came in.
"Just keep the dollar" she said
sweetly, "and I'll como around in
the morning and get the stamps in
the proper proportions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09

Not unto every heart is Gods good gift
OF simple tenderness allowed. We meet
With love In many fashions when we lift
First to our lips life,s waters bitter sweet.
Love comes upon us with resistless power
Ofcurbless passion and With headstrong will.
1t plays around like Apfil's breeze and shower.
Or calmly flows, a rapid stream, and still.
1t comes with blessedness unto the heart
That welcomes it Alright, or-bitter fate
1t wrings the bosom with so fierce smart
That love, we cry, is crueler than hate.
And then. ah, mel when love ha ceased TO bless,
Our broken hearts cry out for tendernessi
We long for tenderness like that which hung
About us. lying on our mothers breast
selfish feeling. that no pen or tongue
Can praise Alright, since silence sings its best
A love as far remoyed from passions heat
As from the chillness of its dying fire.
A love to lean on when the failing feet
Begin to totter and the eyes to tire.
In youths brief heyday hottest love We seek
The reddest rose We grasp. but when L dies.
God grant later blossoms, violets meek,
May spring for us beneath life's autumn skies
God grant that some loving one be near to bless
Our weary way with simple tendernessi
All the Year Round.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
To our Baby.

Sweet, blue eyed stranger. who has found thy
way
Which separates that world OF endless day
From this of shades and unreality,
Dost wall because thou art thyself shade
And hast the shadows portion for thy lot
To live, to chase pllantasms till they fade,
And then to die, percirance. and be forgot5
We know, we old ones who have tried this
cline
And proved the basOlessness of earthly
things,
That only birth and death are real. What can
time
Yield to us but the solemn bell that rings
The spirits passing7 All, but thou dost smile,
And heaven is in thine eyes and on thy face.
Stainless anil pure. without deceit or guflei
Thou hast not, then, forgot thy native placei
Thou bring'st US back to faith. to love, to hope;
Thou gfrest us new strength to do, TO dare;
Thy little feeble hands that aimless grope
Have power to lead earth s strongest here and
there,
But always upward. Hail, then, blue eyed oneI
Wen care for, toll for, hope for. pray for
thee.
And, as flower unfolds beneath the sun,
LIES mystery unfolding we shall see.
-Somerville Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
The Calf on, the Lawn.


FIN goin to bitch this 'ere young caR out here
In my front lawn;
He'll stay right here an ehaw the grass till the
hull thing is clIiwn;
He'll chaw that cornor OF today Until he's ct II
romorrer win move his sta. :, an he'H chaw
over there.
Looks bad. yer say, to see a cat out In a mans
An blattin like n barnyard on this stylish boole-
But that air can shall eat that grass antii get
An If he feels IKE blattlrl, wy. reckon he VIM
blat
Wen fust took my farm out here. this wuz
country road;
Across the way wuz parstchure Ian, where
huckleberries growed.
My cat wuz then hitched in my yard for the
hull towns Inspection,
An no darn enterprisin dood cum round to
make objection.
Wen this road growed a village street, my can
wuz In the yard,
An now the street II swells nth style-a city
boulevard.
But will hitch this 'ere young can out here in
my front lawn;
He'll stay right here an chaw the grass till the
hull thing is chawn.
You say the way carry on makes the hull city
laff.
WAL, let ,em laugh; this 'ere's my lawn. an this
ERE Is my can,
An things hcz reached the purtiest pass the
worl' hez ever sawn
Ef an ole duff can't let his caff chaw grass on
his own lawn.
waal, let em Ian; this ere youngcaff shall stay
here anyhow,
An if hear 'em Ian too hnrd IN trot out the
old cow.
III hitch EN- both to the same stake right here
in my front lawn
An let 'em stay an chaw the grass till the hull
thing is ehawnl
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
M Imnorfal SonI.

Alta dinner given to Victor Hugo
in Paris some years ago he delivered
an impromptu address, in which he
gave expression to his faith in the
infinite and in the souls immortali-
| ty. His friend. Houssaye, who was
present, says:
"Hugo at that time was man Of
steel. with no sign of old age about
him but with all agility, the sup
pleness, the ease and grace of his
best years. He was eontradicting
the atheists, and his friend says i.his
face was bright with the heaven
1y halo, and his eyes shone like
burning Goals.
"There are no occult forces" be
said: "thers are only luminous
forces. Occult forces is chaos; the
luminous force is God. Man is an
infinite little copy of God. This is
glory enough for man. am man,
an invisible atom, a drop in the
ocean, a grain of sand on the shore.
Little as am, 1 feel the God in me.
because / can also bring forth out
of my chaos. make books, which
are creations. 1 feel in myself that
future life. am like forest which
has been more than once cut down;
the new shoots are stronger and
livelier than ever.
1 am rising, know, toward the
sky.
The sunshine is on my head. The
earth gives me its generous sap, but
heaven lights me with the reflection
of unknown worlds. You say the
soul is nothing but the result of
bodily powers. Why, then, is my
Soul more luminous when my body
powers begin to fail2 Winter is on
my head, and eternal spring is in
my heart. There 1 breath at this
hour the fragrance of the lilacs, the
violets and the roses as at 20 years
ago. The nearer L approach the
end the palmer / hear around me
the immortal symphonies of the
words which invite me.
1t is marvellous, yet simple. 1t is
a fairy tale, and it is historic. For
half century l have been writing
my thoughts in prose and verse, his
tory, philosophy, drama, romance,
tradition. satire, ode and song. l
have tried all, but feel l have not
said a thousandth part of what is in
me. When / go down to the grave,
1 can say, like many others, 1 have
finished my days work, but 1 can
not say L have finished my life. My
days will begin again the next morn
ing. The tomb is not a blind alley;
it is thoroughfare. 1t closes on
the twilight to open on the dawn.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
A BADGE OF once.

Sylvanus Cobb, Jr., the author Of
countless tales of romance and adj
venture, was a printer by trade, and
on one occasion especially, his prin:
ter's rule served him a good turn.
at 10 years of age he had entered
the navy, where his duties we're ar
duous and monotonous. He was
serving on the sloop of war Fair
field when it was cruising along the
African coast, and one day, desper-
ately tired of his duties, he stood
leaning against a gun, his old COM
posing rule in his hand.
"What,s that9" asked an abrupt
voice, and turning with a start
young Cobb saw that the Captain
was watching him.
"It's a printers rule, sir. . was the
reply.
care you a printer"
aThat's my profession, sir"
sDo you know anything about
proof.reading2 Could you take a
manuscript and punctnate and ar
range it SO that a printer would
know just how to put it in type2"
81 could once, sir, and think 1
have not forgotten"
"What are you doing now2"
81 am on duty here. in charge of
your cabin, sir, and of the ships
time"
"Yes, 1 know. Mr.. Dodd," he
called to the officer of the deck,
"will you have this man relieved?
AS soon as you are at liberty" he
added, addressing the young man,
"report to me in my cabin"
The youth did SO and was given a
mass of notes referring to various
voyages and travels in foreign lands
TO be sorted and arranged for the
printer. This work occupied him
during the entire voyage. Thus he
had found, thanks to the printers
rule, the easiest berth on board the
ship Youths Companion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
A scHooLRooM loYL.

How plainly 1 remember ALI
The desks, deep scored and blackened,
The row OF blackboards round the wall.
Tho hum that never slackened.
And framed about my map and chart
And casts of dusty plaster,
That wisest head and warmest heart,
The kindly old schoolmasteri
see tho sunny corner nook
His blue eyed daughter sat in
A rosy, fair haired girl. who took
With US her French and Latin
How iongingly ! watched the hours
For Ollendorf and Cesari
And how fought with Tony Powers
The day he tried to tease herl
And when ono day 1t took the .-Nexti"
To stay some GaAic slaughter,
Because quite forgot the text
In smiling at his daughter.
And she and were kept till four
To study after closing"
We stopped the clock an hour or more
While he, poor man, was DOING.
And there he sits. with Bonded head,
Ger some old volume porting
DOR 90 he thinks; n truth be said
He's fast asleep and snoring1,
And whore the shaded lamplight plays
Across the cradles rocking
Ny schOolmate Of the olden days
Sits, mendin;s baby's stocking.
Charles b. Going in Ladies' Home Journal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09

Business man.-'1'Il buy nothing
more from you. The last suit of
clothes you sold me shrank terribly
after single shower of rain. The
coat now doesn't reach as far as the
waist and the trousers are up to my
knees"
Travelling SaIesman.-tsThen you
have frst-class bicycle snit, and
the best thing you can do is to buy
a wheel
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
weapons or a KINDLY Woman.

A regard for others feelings and
a gentle though not fuIsome fattery
that stimulates rather than initiates,
are the weapons which, when used
by cleye-, kindly woman, make
her power among any set in which
she chooses to move, though never
for one moment does she give any
evidence that she is aware of the
influence she Yields through the all
conquering scepter of her own gra-
cious womanhood.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
GEMS In VERSE.
A afai.Ien.s Prayer.

Propitious heaven al tend my humble prayer
May the dear man I'm destined TO obey
6till kindly govern with gentle sway.
May his good sense irispeose my best OF thoughts
And with good nature smile ON all my faults.
May every virtue his best friendship kew
And all vice shun hin, rs his m 5rtal zoe;
May j. too. find possessed ~ the dear youth
The strictest Planners an sinesrcst truth
Unblemished by itis charae ser and fame,
May his good actiftls MORT a good narnes
I'd have his fortune easy. bat not great,
For troubles often on She wealthy wait.
Nor life so short that could never spare
a trifing part TO tliro~ away on care.
Be this my fate II e,cr Isi.; made q wife.
Or keep me happy In q single life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
Trapped.


The burglar stepped lightly into
the room.
He moved forward in the dark
with pistol in one hand and bot
tie of chloroform in the other. He
was desperate and ready for any
thing.
Especially anything to eat.
Suddenly his foot struck some
thing, and the next second an indie
Enable body hurled itself upon him.
With muftied shrek of fear he
dropped his weapons and grappled
with the monster. He fought and
tore, he struck savagely at it in the
dense darkness, but to no purpose.
he was as a child in the awful
grasp of a giant. Only for a mo-
mentthe unequal battle waged; then
he sank upon the floor conquered.
They found him the next morn
ing cold and stiff, but they were too
late. And as the head of the house
disentangled the wires of his wifc's
hoopskirt from about the unfortun-
ate burglars neck. he said softly:
poor felIowl Set it again, Marial''
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
A Poor Jurylnan.

Although judges and lawyers are
often capital story tellers on social
occasions, in court it seems to be
generally out of keeping to mingle
fun with grave Judicial matters.
Now and then, however, a staid
joke will pop out in the COURTROOM
and cause merriment.
Some years ago in Lockport, in
the supreme court, one day when
Judge Barker was presiding, one
juryman was absent from his seat,
but the others chairs were occupied.
A dog who strayed into the court
room looking for his master, quietly
jumped into the vacant place, and
made himself comfortable there.
Upon which the judge, addressing
Hon. A. P. tanning, of-Buffalo, said
gravely:
"You see, Mr., tanning, that the
jurymen's seats are now all occupied.
Are you ready to proceed?g
The distinguished pIeader raised
his glasses to his eyes, and after n
brief but comprehensive survey of
the jury box, he replied as gravely
as he had been addressed:
"Your honor. that fellow might
do for a judge, but 1 should hate to
trust him for a juryman."
The good-natured judge joined
heartily in the merry laugh that fol-
lowed this sally, and proved that he
could take as well as give a joke.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09

There is a land that stretches far away
Through candors Of unviolated Dreams
A land that TO the vagrant fancy seems
A paradise OF sempiternal May,
And II Is called Arcadia, they say.
Within its flower fields are quiet streams
And green and cool retreats, and beauty beams
On every side, while pleasure lords the day.
o lovely land, thou lest far away,
Too far indeed for Jagged steps like mine,
Yet have heard returning travellers say
That on thy frontiers they had marked sign,
Telling to each that happiness was his.
Where pain Is not. and not where pleasure Is.
Edgar Saltus.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09

Live as you ought to live-not in secIusIon.
Hiding yourself from your friend and your foe,
Shutting your doors against kindly intrusion.
Shutting your eyes to the evils beloyy.
Live as you ought to liye-not in derision,
Scorning your fellows and sighting YOU
kind,
Only for self making generous provision, =
Only to selfish Indulgence inclined.
Live as you ought to Iive-helping your brothel
With kindness or charity, as he has need
Even the smile that's bestowed on another
In value the whole Of your wealth may sx.
To,live like Christian-not worshiping pelf
Nor sighting its uses, remembering ever
That he Is the hero who conquers himself
New York Ledger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09

A bushel of corn will make four
gallons of whiskey. Government
tax on four gallons Of whiskey $500.
The whiskey made ripe and old by
the new Strong Boy rapid process
sells rapidly for 81 per gallon, maxi
ing SI6 for four gallons. oftbis SIG
the farmer gets 25 cents; the gov
eminent gets $500; the railroad gets
50; the manufacturer gets "a; the
vender gets s6.15; the user gets the
devil; while the producer and tax
payer foots the bill.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09

It was Jonah who first remarked
al am not in II, !" as he surveyed the
whale that had deposited him on
dry land.-Lge.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-09
GUITAR LESSONS.

T AM now prepaied to give lessons on the
i Guitar. Persons desiring to receive in
struction, can have the lessons given them at
their homes, or at my residence. Taught by
note or ear, as desired. Apply to
MISS AMANDA RISK.
Point Pleasant. lfeb1S-tf.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-10

ship, to leave Mission Pier at noon or
Sunday, on trip outside the heads, fol
The benefit of the Midwinter Fair fund. IL
proving to be one Of the most popular
features Of the season thus far.
The vessel which is to make this trip IL
the Eclipse, owned by Louis Anderson &
Co.. who have donated the ship for
the occasion. She is 240 feet long. 43 feet
beam and has tonnage OF 1850 tons.
The Eclipse will be fully manned, as II
Tor long voyage, and will be handled in
truly seamanship fashion. A tug will &C.
company the vessel as cOnsort, to gulrd
against the possibility of accident. A
band of music will be ON board, and doubt
less many will take advantage of the
chance to make an ocean trip under safe
auspices. The excursiOnists will be landed
on the wharf, after the return trip. at
8 p. NJ.
Passed Assistant Engineer Hunt, q. S.
N, has been detailed by the Navy Depart
ment. at the request of the executive COM
mttee. to act as mechanical engineer for
the Mldwlnter Exposition. Mr.. Hunt has
been granted leave of absence from the
olympia Trial Board. of which he was a
mem Der, and has reported for duty at Sun
set City. lie will have charge OF the ma
chlnery department and will proceed to
place the engines, boilers and other me-
chanlcal appliances in position as rapidly
as possible.
Representatives of the northern citrus
belt held a meeting at the Grand Hotel
yesterday to arrange about the construc-
sion of building for that section of the
State. The following delegates were
present:
Placer. A. Flcher. W. B. Gester.
San Joaquin. D. Huffman.
Tehama-General n. p. Chi pman, DR..
Mathews.
Colusa-Colonel L. F. Moulton. Oscar
Robinson.
Solano-Frank Fl. Buck.
Shasta. NJ. Gleaves.
Yuba-R. W. Skinner, James K. O'Brien.
Sacrameuto-ThOmas 3. Hall.
apa-Leonard Coates.
Butte-R. NJ. Green, General j. W. B.
Montgomery.
The proposed plan of the building. pro-
vldlDg space for the ten counties that are
expected to take part in it, was explained
1t VIII have ground space Of 1900
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-10

A Mother Has Her Daugh-
ter Arrested.
She Charges Her With Insanity,
but Friends of the Accused Say
That She Is Sane.

Mrs. Charlotte Haxe was arrested yes
terday evening on a charge of insanity,
preferred by her mother. Mrs. Charlotte
NJ. Wall of 40 Hyde street. where both
reside. During the afternoon Mrs. Haxe
was down town, engaged with her attor-
ney, A. Heynemann. Returning home
about o'clock, she was preparing to 60 to
the tn eater, when an officer Came after her
with a warrant charging her with insan-
ity. She was taken to the Receiving hos
ptal pending her examination before the
Superior Court this morning.
Mrs. HaXe was seen last night, and In
answering queries was apparently per-
fpctly rational. Her story was as follows {:
81 was downtown yesterday afternoon
and returned home about 5 o'clock to pre-
pare to go and see Cleopatra | was
singing and chatting gayly with my friends
Mrs. Carroll and Mrs. CTull when an off
Ger came after me and l was taken here
charged with insanity. There is a skeleton
in the family closet. and my mother thinks
by charging me with insanity that she can
prevent my talking. | am divorced from
my husband and have two children.
have been living with my mother off and
on for some time and have done all the
homework for months. taking care of
twenty-three rooms"
Mrs. Carr0l, VINO was visiting Mrs.
HaXe during the evening, said: This
arrest has been threatened for some time.
A certain individual and his wife have
been strenuously urging Mrs. Wall to take
this step. There will be the mischief to
play if the story comes out"
Inquiry at the residence of Mrs. Wal!
for that lady was unproductive of results.
1t was first stated she had gone to a
lecture, the young man answering the
bell saying she was inclined TO delve into
the occult sciences. To a second and
later inquiry it was stated that she had
gone out to spend the evening with some
friends and would not return.
The rOOmers in the house were not in
clined to speak of the matter pleading
ignorance, but all maintained that they
had never observed anything peculiar In
Mrs. Haxe's actions.
Mrs. HaXe is a woman of about 80 years
of age. She is brunette of very pleasant
cast OF features and prompt and intelligent
in her answers to questions. Mrs. Wall
was formerly matron of the old nursery
for homeless children at 1913 Bryant street.
She is at present supporting heself by
keeping the r0OmiDg- house at ITO Hyde
street.
Mrs. HaXe was visited by her attorney,
A. Heynemann, at a late hour last night
Mr.. Heynemann says the arrest is an out
rage.
DR.. DeaDe. the physician in charge OF
Receiving Hospital. adds the weight of hi:
testimony TO the sanity of Mrs. Haxe.
The morning call. [volume] (San Francisco [Calif.]) 1878-1895, 1893-11-10

landing unregistered Chinese laborers, i'm
misrant copvicts or contract iaborerS.
When these are brought here L DO not
allow them ~ leave the vessel which
transported them, but require the ship to
return them whence they came.
sz"There is nothing in the law, however.
TO cover this particular instance. The
Saghalien fugi,ives in question were not
brought by the whaler from any foreign
port, but were picked up in the ocean. L
cannot we'll send them back on board the
vessel, for il is not bound for any foreign
destination, and the captain could hardly
be expected to deposit them In the spot on
the high seas where he picked them up.
1.-The precedent of the immigration Office
seems to provide that If it should be found
that the men have committed felony or
Infamous crimes they must be excluded,
but should they have been eXiled to ST.
IBERIA merely for political offenses they
should be allowed to land. The law in
general cases of this character is explicit.
the recent act provides that nothing
therein shall be construed to apply to or
exclude persons convicted oil political
offense, Notwithstanding said political
offense may be designated as felony or
Infamous crime. or misdemeanor involving
turpitude' by laws of lands whence per-
sons came or courts convicting.
ut seems to me that the case OF these
escaped exies is one for the State Depart
ment al Washington to take what action
may be necessary. In my opinion the
action necessary should be taken by the
Secretary of State after communication
with the Russian Government. and in the
nature of extradition proceedings.
81 cannot we'll arrest these men. l have
no police force at my command, nor have
l any place to confne them il they were
arrested. True, might secure accommo-
datiOn for them in some lodging-house, but
l have no means of providing guard for
their detention there. The law under
which [ act only cOntemplates my return
ing illegal immigrants to their ship, and in
this instance, as | have stated, such an
action appears impracticable."