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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
Was Tapering on.

1t was nearly midnight when the
young bride heard the front door
softly opened, and as he came up in
his stocking feet she dried her eyes
and determined that the time for
action had come.
"This will never do, George" she
said, with steely glitter in her eye
that sobered him on the instant.
perhaps 1 wouldn't mind it SO
much in years to come, but our
honeymoon is barely over, and here
you stay out nearly all night. Un-
less you promise to stop, I'll go back
to my father"
"Forgive me, my DEAR" he re-
piled, bracing himself for the su-
preme effort of his life, for he knew
the crisis had come, and upon the
result depended whether marriage
was to be a failure or a blooming
success. 81 know my conduct must
seem cruel to you, but that is only
because you know SO little of men
and their ways. All my life 1 have
been accustomed to staying out all
night. 1 can't stop suddenly, for
the doctor has told me have heart
disease, and that any sudden shock
was likely to kill me. That's why,
my dear, L must taper off gradu-
ally"
"Forgive me, George" she sobbed,
throwing herself on his breast, 81
have been very selfish. know you
try to do what is best for you.
Never again will 1 scold you, for it
would drive me crazy if 1 knew
was the cause of you killing your
self"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
From the 1Iaker of AlI rhInrs.

Two tots. whose grandmother has
been teaching them sublime faith
in him who made all things, lived for
n short time recently in boarding
house where home comforts are rare
At breakfast one morning when some
unusually good hot mullins were
placed on the table the grandmother
exclaimed delightedly:
II wonder who could have made
these delicious muffins!"
Even the devout old lady laughed
heartily with the other boarders
when two thin, piping voices were
heard above the din of knives and
forks, answering promptly and in
unison:
"God did datr-New York Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
A mottentot Superstition.

According to the Hottentots, the
moon once sent hare to inform men
that as she died away and rose again
so should men die and again come to
life. But the stupid hare forgot the
purport of the message, and coming
down to earth proclaimed it far and
wide that although the moon was in
variably resuscitated when she died,
mankind, on the other hand, should
die and go to the devil. When the
silly brute returned to the lunar
country and told what he had done,
the moon was so angry that she took
up an ak and aimed blow at its
head to split it. But the ak missed
and only cut his lip open, and that
was the origin of the harelip. Mad
dened by the pain and the insult, the
hare few at the moon and almost
scratched her eyes out, and to this
day she bears on her face the marks
of the hare's claws.-New York Tel
e0ra1la
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
ECONOMY and Labor.
''It would be- we'll for the yol

ut would be we'll Tor the young
men of to-day to take my recipe for
becoming prosperous" said Mr..
John Shepard to a Herald man as
he sat before his little desk in an
upper story of his great dry goods
house on Winter street. 81 began
life at the very bottom rung of the
ladder, but with a determination
that 1 would succeed if such thing
were possible with the talent that I
possessed.
Early in life l came to the con-
elusion that economy was the first
great essential in establishing a for
tune, and that labor was the second.
l banished from my mind all other
considerations when 1 began to
work upon the road that 1 felt sure
would lead to the goal of which 1
was in search. l remember very
distinctly going down Marshal
street one day and having my at
tention attracted by a most tempt
ing display in confectioner's win
dow.
1 had what is known as a very
sweet tooth, and 1 brought up
standing before the sweet collection,
as if suddenly arrested by some ir.
resistible force. My hand immedi-
ately found it's way to the pocket
that carried my meagre hoardings,
and before 1 really knew what 1
was doing 1 had invested two cents
in butter-scotch. When 1 got back
in the street 1 began to have a full
realization of what 1 had done, and
it is safe to say that no candy ever
entered boys mouth that was so
little relished as was my butter
scotch. regretted that investment
for years, and whenever the temp
tation again came upon me while
passing the store l put it away in
stantly.
Keeping close to this line of strict
economy l found myself in a posi-
ton to go into business. Then,
however, commenced to feel that
capital alone was powerless in the
attainment of success unless it was
seconded by untiring labor. Here
also met all the necessary requir-
ments, frequently devoting twenty
hours of the twenty. four to my
business.
Gradually 1 found that 1 was
amassing fortune, and finally l es
tablished the house which now
bears my name. After 1 had ac.
complished what started out to do
there came over me an entire
change. 1 had no aspirations to be-
come abnormalIy wealthy. All that
L wanted was u safe guarantee
against possible disaster in the
future. 1 devoted a portion of my
time to the enjoyment of life, believ-
ing that had earned my right to
do SO. No, sir; there is no use in
filling boys head with all the
new tangled ideas of getting rich,
as they are not practical. Economy
and labor are the only elements
that enter into the great plan of
successful business life." - Boston
Herald.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

I hold it true that thoughts are things
Endowed with bodies, breath and wings,
And that we send them forth to fill
The world with good rcsults-or i'll.
That which we call our secret thought
Speeds to the earth's remotest spot
And leaves its blessings or its woes
Like tracks behind 1t rs It goes.
It is Gods law. Remember It
In your still chamber as you sit
With thoughts you would not dare have
known
And yet make comrades when alone.
These thoughts have life. and they will fy
And leave their impress by and by,
Like some marsh breeze, whose poisoned
breath
Breathes into homes its fevered breath.
And after you have quite forgot
Or all outgrown some vanished thought,
Back to your mind to make its home,
dove or raven, it will come.
Then let your secret thoughts be fair.
They have a vital part and share
In sh aping worlds and molding fate-
Gods system is SO intricate.
Ella Wheeler Wilcox.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

There is disposition in some
quarters to find fault because Mr..
Cleveland is President in fact as
we'll as in name. 1t seems to a man
up tree that's just what is want
ed; too many occupants of the
White House have in the past al
lowed others to exercise the pre-
rogativcs constitutionally given to
the President. We have had
enough and to spare of figure heads.
The change is good one.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
Tho Convict. Dream.

The moon looked in on his lonely cell,
The barren floor, and the untouched fare,
And its holy veil on his wan face fell
And covered the pain and sin marks there,
And smile, the first for many a day,
The first for many q weary year.
Crept over his lips as he sleeping lay
And banished the look OF haunted fear.
&c dreamed that, a boy again. he strayed
Afar in the glowing. dying wood:
The golden sunlight around him played.
And the ripe nuts fell with q pleasant thud.
Again a squirrel in fearsomc fright
Sought shelter up in a whispering tree,
And rabbit, wild in its eager flight,
Dashed into the bushes trcmblingly.
And again, grown weary of wand'ring play,
He turns bis steps to his welcome home,
Where face as sweet as q sweet June day
Is smiling greeting to her son.
my boy! My bOy!' and the lips close meet,
And she listens with earnest, loyelit eyes,
While he tells OF the days work. sad and sweet
And his wonderful hope that in future lies.
But the moonlight fades-and he wakes.
For moment blank-and then a sob
From the white, drawn lips in anguish breaks
And tears his heart with n mighty throb.
His boyhOOd is past-the mother sleeps
Where his sob no answering love can wake
And he thinks of his life and weeps and weep.
Till 1t IL the bursting heart mus
Ercak.
God pity him there! And pity the men
Who languish behind the prison wall,
Who Look on tho pnst through the eyes of sin,
And long for the love beyond recall.
Let thy love. like the moonlight. sweet and
still.
Steal over them-bid their anguish coase-
And speak that word with II holy thrill:
"BehC Id, l forgive thee. brother. Peacem
-Philadelphia Ledger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

Elsie's wee boy cousin is as mis-
chievous baby as ever trotted about
the house with ruin in his wake. The
whole family is kept on the alert to
protect the household Lares and Pc
mates. A day or two ago Elsie's moth
er took up the paper and commenced
upon bold burglary in the neigh
borhood.
Whats a burg-er-larf" Miss Elsie
inquired, and mamma answered: /:
why, somebody that takes what
doesn't belong to him, dear. Seer"
"Oh, YES, the little lady answered,
nodding her head wisely. Il see,
and Dick sa burg-er-lar, mamma"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
esWhat's de News From de Scar,

ssWhat's de News From de Seal's
The aIdle Reporter" in recent
issue of the Richmond Dispatch,
gave one of the latest stories of
Polk Miller, the popular Richmond
druggist.
''If see Polk Miller when I am
busy 1 always take the precaution
to cross over on the other side of
the streets, as that is the only way
1 can resist the temptation of talk
ing to him. He has new yarn for
every hour in the day, and when
once he sets his mind to entertain
ing you there is. no getting away
from him. In fact, you don't want
to; and if you did you couldn't.
Here is one of his latest stories, re-
peated verbatim and spelt in his
original style:
a short time ago an old negro
was passing through the market
when his attention was drawn
toward several piles of sea trout, as
they lay on the nice marble table of
a fish-monger. Walking up to the
counter, the darky placed his nose
within an inch of the 'speckled
Beauties as though testing their
soundness through the medium of
his olfactories.
The keeper of the stand eyed him
with considerable interest and con-
tempt for his impertinence for a
half minute, and in tone of anger
said:
what in the al are you
a-smellin' o them fish for, you
black ape2'
4 ain smellin' o. de fee-sh boss;
| was jes' er akin um a question:
What did you ask 'em, sir9'
lies AK 'um what's de news fom
de sea"
what did they say?'
'Dey say dey doan know, sub;
dey ain bin dar for more'n a
mont, suhl"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
GINS IN VERSE.
Tl,e rIIh.lcn Hnnr,l.

There is not a word thou hast ever said,
There is not glance OF thine,
There is not a tear thou has CHANGED to shed.
That have not by stealth male mine
And hoarded away for the wintry day
When thy love shall have ceased to shinel
Now that bask in thy smiles galore.
And song in thy least breath find,
never need gaze on that furtive store
Deep down in my heart enshrined.
But summers delight will one day take flight.
And then. for the bleak. bleak wfndl
In the season Of sorrow and waste and wreck.
When all shall seem doomed TO wane,
That long cherished hoard shall my heart NOT
lack.
Though naught beside Il remain.
Eut with glamour Lit eyes, poring over each
prize.
shall dream that thou lov'st againl
William Toynbee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

Georgie's mother had company
in the parlor one evening when tho
nurse was away. Mamma put him
to bed and told him to go to sleep
like good boy. He was very un-
willing ana was hardly persuaded
even when she told him that he
would not be by himself, for God
was with him and would take care
of him AT last he consented, and
she went down stairs to her visitors.
After an hours pleasant chat she
congratulated herself that the baby
was fast asleep, when what should
she SEQ at the door but her little boy
in his white nightgown, looking as
if he had just stepped down from
picture, and saying pathetically:
"Mamma, dear, you tum up and
stay wifi bod vile and let me tum
in here.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

There, in the merciless morn's first glow,
Grim, defiant, faced my foe,
He who had wronged me with savage hate,
Face to face on the field of fate,
And said. He must die: he hath played his
part;
My sword shall cleave through his hateful
heart!"
Then to the battle. with one true thrust
He stood defenseless. his sword In dust,
I marked the spot where his false heart lay,
lifted my glittering blade to slay,
When 10! in my fury seemed to feel
A hand that Ciutched at tho lifted steel
A hand that warded the blow dealt,
And wild before me a woman knelt.
could not strike my hated foe.
In wrath and mercy 1 bade him go.
Fool! forgetting the wrongs OF years,
To drown revenge in o woman's tears.
Frank L. Stanton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
1ntroluclng a Lecturer.

One of those English customs which
would be more honored in the breach
than in the observance is that of
presenting a lecturer to the audience
by a chairman. This unnecessary
presiding officer having read up on
the subject, ''rises to say a few
words of introduction" and some
times anticipates some of the lee
turer's best points.-Youth's Com
panion
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
a Long Word.

A discussion concerning the long
est words used in the English Ian
guage has recalled to one of the par
ticipants that Observation-Disclosures
ism" was used by many English and
Irish newspapers at the time of the
disestablshment of the Irish church
about 1S71-and found its way into
the house of Chicago Her
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

CHEAP PRrNrrNo.-we have just
made big cut in job printing, as
follows: Letter heads from $500
per 1000 up; Note heads from s1.75
per 1000 up; Statements from $500
per 1000 up; Bill heads from s1.5O
per 1000 mp; Envelopes 80 per 1000
mp to s5. Send in your orders
The paper is of good quality. Call
and examine it,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

The man who invented" steam
multiplied many times the forces of
the world. In the manufactures of
Great Britain alone the power which
steam exerts is estimated to be equal
to the manual labor of 1000, 600, 600
men, or more than double the num-
Der of males supposed to inhabit the
globe.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

The captain of the missing White
Star steamer Naronic is VIM. Rob-
erts. He was formerly the captin
of the Adriatic, of the same line, and
was transferred from her to the
slower freight steamer Naronic as a
punishment for refusing to tow the
steamer City of Paris into Queens
town harbor when he met the dis
abled steamer $50 miles off shore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
A New Porcelain.

A new porcelain has been obtained
by grin ling asbestos to a fine powder,
dissolving out all soluble matters
with hydrochloric acid, making the
powder into a paste with water and
baking it in a porcelain furnace for
Is hours at !, 200 degrees. Exchange.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
Rathnr AmhIrnnn.

She-How was your speech at the
Iub received the other night3
He-When I eat down, they said it
Ras the best thing I ever did.=Lifa
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

Let her rest: the weary night
Never brought her dreams like this.
Let her sleep: the morning light
Shall not wake her from her bliss.
Glad was she to end the fight;
Death had conquered with kiss.
Tired eyes need watch no more;
Flagging feet, the race is run;
Hands that heavy burdens bore,
Set them down, the day is done;
Heart, be still-through anguish sore,
Everlasting peace is won.
Chambers Journal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

1t is said that mail matter drop
ped in the postoffice at Paris is de-
livered in Berlin in an hour and a
half and sometimes in thirty-fv
minutes. The distance between the
cities is $50 miles, and the mail is
sent by means of pneumatic tubes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
Tho Keenest Grief.

The miser who finds his wealth Is gone like .
shaken rose,
is dead,
darkly knows
AS the welded hand that finds the heart Is
still unwed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

Patient.-aWhat would you think
of a warmer climate for.me, doctor?"
Doctor-"Good Lord. mani that's
just what 1 am trying to save you
from"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

Justice, when equal scales she holds, is blind;
Not cruelty nor mercy change her mind.
When some escape for that which others die
Mercy to those, to these is cruelty.
Sir J. Denhana.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25

AS snowdEifts melt one may perceive
Much buried history:
Somebody's sad neglect betrayed,
A rake, hoe, . garden spade,
A missing az, q much sought pail,
A scrubbing brush, a card, "For Sale"
A wilted doll, its color gone,
That baby" left out on the lawn,
The kitchen broom, old Bowser's chain;
All! yes, the melting drifts explain
The awful mystery
And treasures sadly mourned retrieve.
Let fortune empty her whole quiver on me;
have a soul that, like an ample shield,
Can take in all and verge enough for more;
Fate was not mine, noram fate's;
Dryden.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-04-25
A Winter Day.

The sky is ashen gray, and Ger its face
As eye can picIce the trembling snowfla
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-24
A Good Report.

Editor Floral Department:
[ was very much pleased with the
seeds you sent me year ago this month
(ApriD, and am happy to say had bet
ter luck with them than with the first
ones you sent. I planted them all in
one large, shallow box, mixing leaf
mold with the earth. I wrote the name
of each flower on stick and set in it's
place so I could distinguish each kind.
Some of every kind came up. After they
grew about three inches high [ trans
planted them, some in boxes and the
rest in the flower garden. Nearly all OF
them grew and "xaxed strong" The
vines grew the best. l have saved some
seeds for this year, but mother will have
to take care of them as I shall be up
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-24

very strengthening. 1t is said to contain
q greater amount of nutriment than any
other vegetable substance in the same
bulk, and for this reason it is much en-
ployed bv travellers who have to carry
supplies with them into deserts and
heruninhabited countries. One ounce
of 'salep boiled with an equal quantity
OF the animal jelly known as pDrtabl)
soup, in two quarts of water, will suffice
for the daily nourishment of an able
bodied man. Some of the South Amer"
lean species yield, by boiling, sort Of
glue, utilized by the Brazilians for fasten-
ing leather together. These are tie
only orchids that are of utility to man
kind. "-Washington Star.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-24
For TIE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Grating Cacti.

In the Floral Depa1 tment March 1st
| noticed an articlt on grating Cacti. In
describing the process. think the writer
has neglected one important requisite. 1t
is to skin the graft before inserting it in
the stock, so as to bring a raw surface in
contact with the raw cut OF the stock.
I pre- er Cereus Grandiforus for graft
ing stock. TO Cereus Columbrinus. have
q Crab Claw Cactus fOdr years old,
grated into c. GrandifOrus. The growth
is so rampant | have to trim it out Sc
verely every year, or it would become too
top heavy.
10 the tropical region of our State
many fine Cacti are found in native lux
uriance. I saw Cereus Triangularis in
Key West several years since, which
climbed over large Banyan tree, on
which hundreds of fine flowers could
be seen every evening during the
blooming season. The odor was de-
lightful. Amore magnificent sight could
scarcely be imagined. | have never tried
this variety as a budding stock, but from
it's vigorous habit Of growth, think it
would be good stock. | would like to
hear from some one who has expert
mented with this class of plants.
ind some roses are greatly improved
by being budded on a strong stock. Per-
haps the same may be true OF Cacti. A
wide field is open for experimental research
in this direction. 1t ought to be gener-
ally known that the PereskiH or Barba-
does Gooseberry makes a good grating
stock for other Cacti, especially for Epi-
phyllum or Crab Claw Cactus.
MRS q. W. AVERY.
Evnston, Fla.
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-24
For THE FLORAL DEPARTMENT.
Around the Lake.
Evinston, Fla.

How the lake has gone down. We be-
gin to feel that the traditional saying,
which we had formerly somewhat doubted.
that at a certain point people had walked
across dry shod will be realized again in
our day. Yonder is a post four feet and
more out OF water, when only three years
ago it was covered, and certain man
and his larger half got stranded upon it
and had to call for help. Then all around
the lake in shallow water were the beau
tiful Limnanthemum Trackyspermum.
We sent hundred and fifty of the plants
to Sturtevant at his rare water lily gar
dens in New Jersey and California, and
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-24
THEM FLOWERS.

Take Teller at sick and laid up on the shelf,
All shaky. and ga'nted, and pore
Jes all SO knocked out he can't handle hisself
With stiff upper lip any more;
Shet him up all alone in the gloom of a room
AS dark as the tomb, and as grim,
And then take and send him some roses in
bloom.
And you can have fun out O. him.
You've ketched him fore now-when his liver
was sound
And his appetite notched like q saw
A-mockin' you maybe, fer romancin round
With big posy bunch in yer paw;
But you ketch him. say, when his health is
away,
And he's fiat on his back in distress,
And then you can trot out your little bokay
And not be insulted, guess!
You see, it like this, what his weaknesses is
Them flowers makes him think of the days
OF his innocent youth, and that mother o. his,
And the roses that she us't to raise;
SO here. all alone with the roses you send,
Bein sick and all trimbly and faint
My eyes is-my eyes is-my eyes is-old friend
Is a-leakin-I I'm blamed eff they amt!
James Whitc0mb Riley
The Florida agriculturist. [volume] (DeLand, Fla.) 1878-1911, 1893-05-24

North. hope this report will be more
satisfactory than the former one.
f. M. Archibald.
Centre Hill, Fla.
THE above report is from little girl.
-one of several children t. whom we
sent flower seeds for the purpose of en-
couraging in them a love for gardening.
It is evident that OR little friend worked
not only faithfully but in very intelli-
gent manner 10 secure such satisfactory
results. Ed. FLORAL DEPT