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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
No Supnosine.

A woman at least fifty years old
was selling popcorn and candy on a
ferEyboat the other day, when a
man who had invested nickel in
her goods, bluntly inquired:
Aunty, are you widow?
| am sir, was the reply.
Perfectly free to marry again, are
your
Yes, sir.
In case the right man came along,
1 supPose-I suppose
What dye mean, sir2 she de-
manded, as he hesitated. If you
intend to make a proposal, go right
ahead; if it's another cake of sugar
ed popcorn yer want, here's the
sameI Tn business woman, sir,
and 1 have no time for supposi1'
cases.-Detrou Free Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
EERsFITIoNs ABOuT BARIEs.
Us Ideas Held by Mothers AIl Orer
fIae IYn-.Id

d rs IDEAS tyol,i ~. aShfI,o,.s a n flva,
the World.
Ireland q belt made Of ofwoman'.
bal 3 placed about a child to keep
be away.
fIic, salt, bread and steak arc
pu the cradle of a new born ba-
by Holland.
3manian mothers tic red rib
boz around the ankles of their
chi ZEN to preserve them from
ha while Esthonian mothers at,
tue 9its of assafoetida to the neckf
|of eir off springs
|ch mothers put pair Of tongs
or nife in the cradle to insure
the safstY Of their children; the
knife is also used for the same pur-
pose IN some parts Of England.
Among Vosges peasants children
born at a new moon are supposed
to have their tongues better hung
than others, while those born at the
last quarter are supposed to have
less tongue, but better reasoning
powers. A daughter born during
the waning moon is always preco
cious.
AT the birth of a child in Lower
Brittany the neighboring women
take it in charge, wash it, crack its
joints and rub its head with oil to
solder the Uranium bones. 1t is
then wrapped in tight bundle, and
it's lips are annointed with brandy
to make it a full Briton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
Drlren Ont br Ghosts.

Driven Out BY Ghosts.
There is a house in Lee, Mass.
where people see strange figures o.
beautiful women, which come every
night at II o'clock. There are also
groans and sounds of clanking
chains.
The house was occupied by Wm
Dowley until Saturday night, when
he and his wife were so frightened
by the ghostly visitations that they
moved out.
The house stands in a lonely spot
on the road leading from the Col
nmbia Mill in Lee to Bradley street.
Mrs. Dowley was the first 10 see
a ghost First, there were strange
noises in tie cellar and attic and
then ote night about II o'clock.
Mrs. Dowley was awakened BY
what she thought was the clanking
of chains.
She says the noise appeared to
come from the second story, and as
she looked out of her room she saw
the figure of a girl in white coming
down the stairs.
There is also man whose ghost
" presence appears leaning over
the bed at night and disappears
when the Dowleys awaken and
scream.
The Dowleys thought that per-
haps they were the victims of night
mares. and SO they resolved to test
the ghosts genuineness. Accord
ingly a young man who was igno-
rant of what had been going on,
was invited to come over and spend
the night. He retired in good
health md spirits at about 1890
o'clock.
An hour later he came rushing
down stairs to the apartment of the
Dowleys with pale face and bulg-
ing eyes. He said he was very
sorry, but he thought he would go
home.
About IL o'clock he said that he
was awakened by noises in the attic
above his room. There was a jing-
ling sound of chains, which seemed
to come down the stairway. Then
there was sort of ghostly light in
his room, and woman was leaning
over his bedside. She had long
hair hanging down her back. All
at once she vanished in sort of
mist.
This corroborated Mrs. Dowley's
vision, and she thought she had
stopped in the house long enough.
The family moved in about two
years ago. Previous to this time
the place had been empty for some
months.
During the time the former occu-
pants lived there, their daughter, "a
beautiful young woman, with long,
flowing, golden hair, died. She was
buried inthe yard Just back of the
house.
I. Some spiritualists, who live near,
declare that the spirit of the young
woman has come back to communi-
cate with some one.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
My PhIIosophy.

allus arRy that man
Who does about the best he can
Is plenty good enough to suit
This lower mundane institute:
No matter ef his daily walk
Is subject fer his neighbours talk,
And critic minds of eV'ry whim
Jest all get mp and go fer him.
It's nachural enough. guess, q
When some gets moro and some gets les
Fer them that's on the slimmest side
To claim 1t amt fair divide;
And I've knowed some TO lay in wait
And get up soon and set up late
To ketch some fellow they would hate
Fer goin at a faster gait.
The signs Is bad when folks commence
A-andin fault with Providence
And balkin cause the world don't shake
At ev'ry prancin step they take.
No man is great till he can see
How less than little he would be
Ef stripped to self, and stark and bare
He hung his sign out everywhere.
Ny docterin Is to lay aside
Contentious and be satisfied.
Jest do your best, and praise or blama
That follers that count Jest the same.
I've Rllus noticed great success
Is mixed with trouble, more or less,
And it's the man who does the best
That gifts more kicks than all the rest.
James Whitcomb Riley.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
Can't TEN How ItWnITurn on.

$50 you have got a. wife, said
Chatter to newly married man. IT
don't know don't know" replied
the man with evident hesitation.
Sometimes I think I've got her,
and sometimes think she's got me.
You see, I've only been married q
few months, and I can't tell just yet
how the combination is going TO
turn out
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
when a Feller Tal.es n Day on.

When n Feller Takes Day on.
When feller takes day Offsets his soul I,
loafin round
Who're the hills climb mp to heaven. an tn,
rapid rivers sound,
Pears like the world Il newer with fts lowell
ness and light,
An his eyes are seein truer. an his hearta
a-beatin right
When ,s,,Is ssllss takes day OF. there q lots0
l kin hear the winds away on. 5es' a-weiconir
An the viOlets peep SO purity. an the rose I use
ter miss
climbin fer kissi
When feller takes q day ofr-oh. he learns
lot u things
From the very doves a-hyin. with the music i,
their wings:
From the hills an from the valleys. where tn,
streams an dews is found
When feller takes a day off. an his soul q
Frank L. stanton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
MS IN VERSE.
Motherhoo.l.

Motherhood.
She ats and dreams no more.
The weary waiting time Is passed.
The night : dark pain Is o,er.
And with the morn comes peace
Peace. perfect. tranquil. sweet
Such as can never come
To those who have moi sought
Far down IN inGnite's wide dark
The tiny quiyering life that blindly w1if1
Seeking admission at life's mystic gate.
Who will not cease its stirring or be still
TIL the broad light of new world
Shines In its wondering eyes.
Then all the ecstasy OF hope fulfilled
The Joy. the rapture Of creations dawn
Is walked BY that one feeble cry
With which soul bids farewell TO the past
That holds its secret darikly TO the last
And wins its way to hearts that hear.
o blest maternity. D motherhood.
The nights dark shades are well forgot
In this now morn or Lowell
Mrs. II. n schumnn.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

II appeal to higher court, your
honor. said the prisoner to the ru-
raj justice.
"AIl right, replied the Justice.
"Bailiff, higher court here-get the
lynchin' materialsR'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
nrIna Ynnrp1n-.1

Remember. though box in the plural make.
boxes,
The plural of or should be oxen. not oxes.
And. remember. though fleece in the plural /,
heeces,
That the plural for goose ism. eOoses NO,
And, remember. though house in the plural i.
houses,
Tho plural of mouse should be mice. no,
Mouse. it is true. in the plural is mice.
But the plural OF house should be houses, no,
And foot. it is true. in the plural is feet,
But the plural of root should be roots, and no,
rect. Tit Bits.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

All coins minted at Charlotte, n.
G., bear, in addition to all other
marks, the letter C; those at New
Orleans, the letter o; those at Car
SON City, C c; those at San Fran
cisco, s.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

A Presbyterian Church in New
York, of which Rev. DR.. wylie is
now pastor, has had but six minis
ters since the church was organized
1s7 years ago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

The period of ageneration" has
been heightened; it used to be thirty
years, and later increased to thirty
four; now a scientist says the aver
age term of human life has increased
in the last fifty years from thirty
four to forty-two years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

Joseph Samuels, of Page county,
Virginia, who is 81 and his wife s5,
are proud, happy and thankful to
say that they have never yet had
use for a doctor. They live on the
farm where Mr.. Samuels was born.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

1t is said that it was a Texas edi-
tor who in writing an obituary of a
delinquent subscriber said he had
been consigned to his last roasting
place.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

rhere is no prettier sight than
that of two butterflies courting. The
aerial flights and evolutions are a
mere beginning sort of prelimi-
nary Irritation. The serious part Of
the business begins when the but
terfies are at rest. The male, which
is usually the more brilliantly coll
ored of the two, takes up his posi-
ton on stone or the trunk of a
tree, and expands his wings in tho
sunshine SO as TO show them to tho
greatest advantage. The lady, at
first, after the manner of her sex,
disdains to notice them, or to seem
to notice them. Gradually, howev-
er, their charm prevails over her,
she comes nearer and nearer, walks
round and round her lover, loses
her heart to him, hesitates, and is
lost.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

A white squirrel was killed few
days ago by John Bedinger, of
Hampshire county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

Ex President Garfeld's s farm, in
Mentor, Ohio, is to be cut up into
building lots, the intention being to
make it a nucleus of the town to be
called Garfield, and to be the sum-
mer home of wealthy citizens of
Cleveland.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

Heart Growth.
In early days we passing fancies take,
Our love is changing and our hearts untrue
As butterflies that fit from flower to flower,
For ickle childhood ever seeks the new.
But as the years go by we come to feel
That scenes and faces strange and all the rest
Can never be the same us those we've known,
And that "old tunes are sweetest, old friends
best" -cornell. Redmond.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

Gardner-This is a brave watch
of mine.
skidmore-Wh brave about itl
Gardner-1t never runs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

The Republican goIdbug organs
are crying outagainst compromise.
and a few democratic papers are
joining IN.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
A Sure Cure.

Wife-My husband smokes too
much, doctor, and 1 don't know
what to do.
Doctor-There is only one way,
madam. Humor him.
Wife-But how2
Doctor-Buy him some cigars
yourself and insist upon his smok-
ing them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
Wanted Columbus with Whiskers.

A young woman ina Pennsylva-
mia village the other day asked the
postmaster for some stamps.
(which kind2" he inquired.
"The ones with the whiskers, .
she replied, and he at once gave her
some 2-cent stamps on which is the
picture of Columbus with his twelve
hours growth of whiskers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

Convince the world you are devout and true
Be just in all you say. in all you do:
Whatever be your birth then you shall b
- -Juysaal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

81 will now get into my coat Of
mail, remarked the letter when it
saw the stamped envelope.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

The proprietors of the Ferris
wheel have agreed to pay $50 900
for takingit down and putting II
up on another site. Some idea NAV
be formed of what it is by what Il
costs to move It.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

HCome, Annette, what time you
are talxingl Can you not find the
ribbon for my hair yet2'
AnnetteOh, yes; but / have
mislaid the hairl'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

aormade clothing
'front.' pushed Dollar We bought them less than
We advantage
purchased stock would
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

A trunk differs from a man in that
it can be completely strapped with.
out becoming broke.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
NO. 90


A woman ofmy acquaintance had
occasion to call on DIR. Nary Walk
er at the Crawford House the day
after the little doctor arrived at
that hostelry. and before one little
bellboy had altogether settled in his
mind the precise gender of this
veteran dress reformer in trousers.
els DR.. Mary Walker stopping
here2 inquired she, and the bell
boy answered eagerly: Yes'um, /
seen him. He came last night.
e VIII you take her my cardg she
asked gravely, holding out the bit
OF pasteboard.
The boy looked at her donbtfully,
and then went down the corridor.
In a few moments Ire came hack,
deeply injured expression on his
face.
I" He wasn't in his room. saidthe
boy. bewilderedly, nand the clerk
says she's gone outi Boston Post.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25

a man so yearsold has, according
to French statiscian, worked
$500 days. slept 600, amused him
self 1000, walked Il, 900 miles, been
ill 5OO.days. has partaken of 46, 900
meals. eaten 10000 pounds of meat
and 1000 pounds of fish, eggs and
vegetables, and drank 1000 gallons
of fluid, which would make a lake
of 800 feet surface if 3 feet deep.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
God Only Knows.

God Only Knows.
Thou alone
Keepest Judgment for thine own.
Only unto thee Is known
What to pity, what to blame,
How the fierce temptation came,
What is honor, what is shame.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-10-25
Some Funny ThIngs.

IT som people should Be forced
to eat their words the bad grammer
would certainly kin them, says the
Dallas Ners.
The modern commandment: "Re.
member the Sabbath day to keep ii
wholly to suit YOURSELF" says the
Buffalo Times.
When pretty girl prefers a pug
dog to young man for an escort,
who is the joke on, anyway? asks
the Plain Dealer.
A man in Chicago saw "a grin
ming skull in the clouds" 1t was OF
course says one paper, an old man
looking out of a top story window
The Marion Mirror headliner
sings: "When the hickory nuts are
falling and the farmer cuts his corn,
and the tail end of the summer turns
up frozen in the morn-it is time to
shed your straw hat"
We are reminded that about this
time of year the young husband
boasts ofhis "mother's punkin pies, y
when he doesn't remember whether
they were made of sole leather OF
lap shingles.
A woman in Indiana is executrix
of an estate against which she holds
note for $1,000. She has sued her.
self as executrix for the collection
of the money. A smart woman is
bound to "get there" by some means
suggests the Forum.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
functional Delsartism.

The latest application of Delsartism Il
made by a New York professor" who
teaches young woman of emotional tenn
peraments how to faint gracefully. The
girl who faints has rather gone out of
fashion since the tall and athletic be-
came the ''style in girls" but with the
return of old fashioned winters and
gowns seven yards wide and crinolines
it may be expected that the sensitive,
shrinking creature who faints at the
sight Of spider and shrieks at mouse
viii once more appear. With praise
worthy promptitude, therefore, the dis
ciple of Delsarte announces that for a
consideration he will teach any woman
under 40 how to faint with touching
grace that is warranted to produce an
impression on the hardest masculine
heart.
He also teaches modified agony, il
one may so express it, to those who OBJ.
ject to genuine fainting, but would like
to emphasize a situation by slight sug.
gestion that assistance might be in or.
der. 1t is to be hoped that the professo,
may add a series Of lessons to young
men in coming to the support of the
young women who have learned to faint
SO that they may be enabled to do thei,
part with equal grace.-Boston Adver.
fiSar
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
The Hair Doctor.

The latest speciality is hair doctor
She is woman, the first and thus far
the only doctor Of her kind. The has
studied the hair as other doctors study
the lungs and nerves. Her lecture room
is some up town drawing room. Her
students sit on camp chairs in visiting
costumes Of the latest fashion and hurry
from class to be present at teas. The
doctor has manikin and a microscope,
and the hostess usually lends her own
head for an object lesson. This is anus.
ing and instructive. There is a special
sort of massage for the head which is
intended to stimulate the secretions and
keep down gray hairs. There must be
no hair washes. Twice year only the
hair is to be washed, and then with 8
simple soap and glycerin rubbed gently
around the roots. All the rest is brush
ing and head massage, a light manipula'
ton that may not disturb the tende,
young hair plants which grow on the
garden of the head.-New York Evening
SIM
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
nefrauded of the Franchise.

1t is almost inconceivable, but nearly
$50 women in one little town who want
ed to vote for school committee were
cheated out of the elective franchise and
then We're so quiet and submissive that
their fellow women of the common
wealth have scarcely heard of the out
rage. Old Deerfeld was the scene OF
this insult to womankind. By means of
a technicality some of the registrars OF
voters forbade the women to register for
the town election in March. Deerfield
women are of the highest type OF New
England motherhood and citizenship,
and there ought to be way to get those
men-if they can be so called-punished.
Springfield (Mass.) Homestead.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
Defending the Sex of a City.

They have started a short skirt league
in London, and scores of humorous par
agraphists have predicted that such a
league could never become popular in
Chicago, because the Chicago girls would
be afraid to show just how big their feet
are. The revival of this old slander has,
it is rumored, so angered public spir-
tied Windy City damsel that she has
gravely proposed to let there be promi-
nently displayed at the fair few thou
sand plaster casts of the feet OF Chicago
pirls selected at random from the pupils
of the public schools, that all the world
NAV know they don't average any larger
than those of maidens elsewhere.-Ne"
York Herald
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
photographs of Boston Girls.

Some years ago the cultured Boston
girl surprised the world at large by
eschewing the regulation style of photo
graph. She made herself quite famous
at that time by posing as nymph, mer-
maid or goddess. That extreme was
abandoned as unworthy the Boston
girls enviable reputation for culture
and good sense, but ever since no photo
has pleased the fashionable belle unless
it was highly artistic. 1t must be for
the sake of ingratiating itself with the
fair sex that certain camera club in
that city has recently expended quite
sum for amateur photograph props in
the way of beautiful eastern stuffs, and
girls invited to pose now consider it quite
compliment and keep the pictures as
valuable keepsake.-Brooklyn Eagle.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13

Hon III. e. c. AStwood returned from
Nv York city last week, whe lie had
baea am business. The business men OF
New York a "a pushing Mr.. Astwood for
the II Ntiau Mission.
Mr.. i Me- ant Stewart was In the city
lrt week and called on the president.
Invitations are out for the marriage OF
Mr.. .lm,s L. Harris to Susie A. Cooke
Thursday Evening May 25th. at lll6 10TH.
N.n.w.
Col p. IL. Carson has moved to Ivy
City
Ms j. f. Anderson having completed
her mission viii return TO the city some
time next week.
The Uaion League Club will give q
dime Oh Monday Evening May p.
Mr.. ". J. johnson brother of Mr.. III. Z.
SIN tn ha> been appointed assistant mes.
Senger in the Post Office Departmt Mt.
Mr.. vii Carson, son of Col. p. I'll. Car.
son Ia, been discharged from tue watch
force orthe Post Office Departm, mt.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
THEODELL
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the SINGLE CASE ODELL warranted to do
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It combines S implicitly with ID rability.
Speed, Ease of Operation wears longer
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the operation. 1t is Neat Substantial,
rickle-plated, and ad,pted to all kinds of
tvpewriting. Like printing press it
produces sharp, clean, lpgible manu-
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at one writing. Any intelligent person
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offer $1,000 to any operator who can
equal the work of the DOUBLE CASE
ODELI.
Reliable Agents and Statesmen wanted.
Special inducements to D-rlors.
] For pamphlet giving Inducements, etc.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
women's Rest Tour Association.

The Women's Rest Tour association
is a society formed to enable women to
spend few months abroad at the lowest
possible cost. For women of quiet tastes
the expense of a summer in England, in
Guiding the voyage, need not exceed
$3.50. The society, Of which Mrs. Julia
Ward Howe is president, publishes list
Of cheap and respectable lodging houses
in different foreign towns.
The society advises women as to the
best means of travelling economically
and independently and exchanges intro
ductions between members who desire
companions for trip abroad. Women
who can in any way make use of the con-
stantly increasing advantages Of the as
sociation or who believe that they can
benefit others through it are cordially
invited to become members.-Boston
Letter.
The Washington bee., 1893-05-13
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The Washington bee., 1893-05-13

Hon. G. II. j, Taylor has been
selected chairman of the colored
national democratic committee anu
is doing excellent work. He has
associated with him some OF the
best and strongest negro democrats
in the county. Such men as Mat
thews OF Albany, T. Nc Cant
Steward, Thompson, Astwood
Wheeler of Chicago, Clark, of ST.
Louis and others have been selec-
ted members of the executive
committee.