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Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-08-31

1nVugnb ol VetllEo pfoNohcu ~. 4 Hc
board lying on the ground suggests
no thought of a TALL when you walk
bver it; but when it is over a preci-
bice and the eye takes the measure
6f the distance to the bottom, the
representation of falling motion
becomes intense, and the impulse to
fall correspondingly so. Even If you
are safe, there may still be what is
called the attraction of the abyss
The vision of the gulf as a fixed idea,
having produced an exhibition" on
all your ideas or forces, nothing is
left but the figure of the great hole,
with the INVESTIGATION of the rapid
movement that begins in your brain
and tends to turn the scales OF the
mental balance. Temptation, which
is continual in children because
everything is new to them, is nothing
else than the force of an idea and the
motive impulse that accompanies it
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-08-31
ATTRACTION OF THE ABYSS
why People Long to Throw I'll 'msolves
Erom High Plnoes.

From High Places.
Chevreul's well-known experiments
with the exploratory pendulum and
the divining rod show that II We
represent to ourselves a motion in
any direction the hand will uncon-
sciously realize it and communicate
it to the pendulum, says II WI ter in
the Popular Science Monthly. The
Tipping table realizes movement
1--WE are anticipating, through the in
tervention of real movement OF the
hands, of which we are not conscious
Mind reading, by those who divine
by taking your hand where you have
hidden anything, is Il reading of i'm
perceptible motions by which your
thought is translated without your
being c5nsciUus OF them. In cases
of fascination and vertigo, which are
more visible amongN children than
among adults, Il movement is begun
The suspension of whi4h is prevented
Ey paralysis of the n i'll, and it car
Yes us to suffering AND death. Wher
y hild l was navigating plank OF
n river without thought that
@ 1t fall. All at once the idet
N like u diverging force, project
rs itself across the rectilineal
ts Eht which had alone previously
tied my action. 1t was ;.H,if al
- ~.
Shiner gazette. [volume] (Shiner, Tex.) 1893-current, 1893-08-31

noIFTns, Eneadod bread vlth theft feet
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
THE WORLDS FAIR.
Final Arrangements for the Sale ofTfck-
cts via the b. 20. r.. r..

lHdl aEEduSeHtuls lOI luc ESdIe Vi lIch-
cts VIA the B. & o. r. r.
For the benefit of those desiring to
attend the Worlds Fair the Baltimore
& Ohio Railroad will sell excursion tick
cts TO Chicago and return, at all stations
on it's line at low rates. Tickets will be
on sale until November 1st, and will be
valid for return journey until November
10th, 1898. They provide for reduc-
ton of 20 per cent below regular rates.
These tickets will be valid only for con-
tinuous journey. Tickets at higher rates
will be sold that will permit holders one
stop over privilege going and returning.
Pullman accommodations may be re-
served in advance OF journey. For rates
and information apply TO nearest B. & o.
Ticket Agent, or Chas. o. SculI, Gen'l
Pass. Agent, Baltimore, Md. may9t4
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
REMEMRER-That from tn

REMEMBER-That from this
on the REGISTER is One Dollar per
year. when paid in advance; other,
wise, One Dollar and Fifty Gents
will be charged in all cases. All
subscriptions will be stopped at the
expiration of time paid for. all
subscriptions now due must be set
tied at once, or we will bring suit
for amounts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

The horse belonging to Mr.. Tai
bolt, of Middleport, which was
drowned at Mason City some time
ago, was found by the crew of the
C. A. Hill just below Cheshire a
few days ago, with the harness and
buggy still attached to him though
the hind wheels of the buggy were
missing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

An oversight in putting down our
sewers was the failure to put in
traps at the different "man holes"
to keep down any stencil that might
escape. 1t can be done now at very
little expense, and we advise the
town council to lose no time in put
ting traps in the sewers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

I
a TATTLING ToNGUE.-ln all the
black catalogue of vices, which un-
happily debase the character of the
sons and daughters of Adam, tat
ting well nigh holds the pre.emince
! Il is the meanest, the most detes
table of all habits, and when once
contracted, clings as it were, With
the tendency of demon and of the
many and fearful vices following in
its trail, the Lord commanded
Moses to speak unto all the congre-
cation of Israel and say unto them:
Thou shall not go up and down, as
tale bearcr to our people" and in
the sacred psalms it is written,
whatsoever privily slandereth his
neighbor, him will 1 cut off. The
rabid dog, let loose in a community
to bite whatever man or beast he
meets, is not as dangerous as the
tattIer. Tho dog kills only tho in
diyidual bitten while the tattler's
venom poisons madly and fatally,
the whole community. lie goes to
a neighbours, and listening atten-
lively, hears, perhaps, something
said that may be used to the dis
arrangement, possibly, the ruin of
another, which he drinks down
with the avidity with which the
thirsty topper does the fiery fluid,
and then goes forth with venom
GUS tongue to disseminate suspicion,
distrust and ranking hate where be-
fore was the abode of neighborly
love and confding trust. Thus the
peace of society is married, often
disrupted; confidence destroyed,
friends made foes, discord and strife
created, and all the diaboical
schemes of the father of lies, used
to destroy all that is lovely and of
good report fathered by the tattler,
who may well be compared with
the viper in fable, that warmed and
brought to life by II too kind hearted
benefactor, turned and stung him
to the heart.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Presbyterian Services: Y. P. S.
G. E. meeting next Friday evening
in the lower Presbyterian Church;
and, on Lordsday evening next, at
7:3O, Divine service, preaching,
Cd. W by Rev. w. E. 1. d'Aargent,
the subject of discourse being
"Glorying in the Gross of Christ"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
Birds of Passage

Between this and the other side of the
broad Atlantic, in the shape of tourists,
commercial travellers and mariners,
agents "on the road" steamboat cap
tains. ships surgeons and ''all sorts and
conditions" of travellers, emigrant and
new settlers appreciate and testify to the
preventive and remedial properties OF
Hostetter's Stomach Bitters in sea sick
ness. nausea, malarial and rheumatic
trouble, and all disorders of the stomach,
liver and bowels. Against the prejudi-
cial influences of climate, crudely cook
ed or unaccustomec diet and impure
water, it is sovereign safeguard, and
has been so regarded by the travelling
public for over third of a century. No
form of malarial fever, from the calen-
tura OF the Pacific and the broken bone
fever OF the Mississippi. to its milder
types, can resist the curative action of
this benignant preserver and restorer OF
health, veritable boon to persons in
feeble health or liable to incur disease.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

MAGGIE IrEMs.-Miss Anna Mus
grave has just returned home from
a visit at Logan, Ohio.
The young folks of Maggie will
give a grand ball at Browns Hall,
Wednesday evening, May 18th. =.
Miss Leta Long has two lady
friends visiting her from Wheeling.
Messrs. Sam Windon and Frank
Ray burn are in jackson on business.
Miss Ella Windon is visiting in
Pittsburg
Miss Katherine Long left last
Friday for lengthy visit in Miss
ouri.
Miss Mamie Richardson is seri-
ously i'll at Gallipolis.
Miss Inez Hogg is the guest OF
Julie Hawkins.
Sp1LMAN ITEMS. = Mrs. j. Il.
Johnson is reported some better at
this writing.
Okey Roush is quite sick with
fever.
Rev. Hanna and Rev. Trippett of
Point Pleasant, will hold quarter
ly meeting at the NJ. E. Church
Saturday and Sunday; there will be
services Saturday night, Sunday
morning and night.
MIR. and Mrs. Thomas WheatIy, of
Pomeroy, were the guests of Henry
Roush and wife Sunday.
Mr. Ed. Spilman and wife and
two sisters and Mr.. Gibson were
visiting the family of II. E. Spill
man, Esq last week.
Jacob Cover returned Saturday
from Ccredo where he had been
working.
Allow me through your paper to
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

80 cents buys constant blooming
two-year old rose, potted, in all col
ors, ut Mrs. G. P. Simpsons.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

BE ON Your GUARD.-The Pome
roy Democrat contains the following:
"a churn swindle has been work
ed on some of the farmers as fol-
lows: The "agent" gives the farmer
the sole agency for few townships,
and agrees for three dollars churn
to supply him with churns which
he can sell for So apiece and SO en-
tiers into a contract to that effect.
In lieu of contract he delivers %
churns at Sd apiece, obtaining farm
er's note for SIS, and cautions
farmer to hold on to contract, which
he does with a death grip. A
sample churn is left with the farmer.
The swindler takes the note and
disposes of it, farmer gets the con-
tract and holds same and one churn.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
FARM FOR SALE.

ON Kanawha River, near Buffalo, Put
" nam county, containing 1909 acres of
bottom land 1343 acres hill; bottom in
fine state of cultivation; farm in good
repair, with stable.room for all stock in
winter; wheat sheds, grainery, tool and
tenant houses; good dwelling, ice house,
other necessary outbuildings and chick
en- yards.
For further particulars apply to
Z. A. BRONAUGH,
Buffalo, Putnam County. w. Va.
aprIs-2m
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
Kannwha { Michigan Railway.

Kaunwha & Michigan Railway.
LOCAL TINE cARD-Central Stand. Time.
Trains; Trains pass Point Pleasant Station as
NORTH BOUND.
No ! due 8 40 a. m.-MaiI.
4 81 p m.-Express.
SOUTH BOUND.
no & due 6 26 p. m.-Express.
z IA a. m.-Mail.
For rates, maps, etc, apply to
H. B. ASBURY, AGENT.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16


To BE CoNDEMNED.-A healthy
public sentiment is being created
against persons who have and are
contemplating bringing suits against
the town for every imaginary dam
age done them by sewer drainage
&c. Every man who brings such a
suit against the town should be de,
nounced and disconntenanced. II
this thing goes on and juries are
found who will encourage these
people with verdicts for damages,
the people might as well surrender
the town to them, and pay to them
the damages they may claim on de-
mand. A half dozen men are now
getting ready to fleece the town by
damage suits since the verdict OF
the jury in the Wade case. If the
town does not provide means for
carrying off the the water and filth
that accumulates in the town, dam
age suits will be entered against it;
and if it does provide such means to
keep the town in good sanitary con-
dition, it is sued for damages, any
how. Then what are the town au-
thorities going to do? That's the
question. Why, make it so hot for
such people that they will be de-
TERED from bringing such suits.
Some of these people have been
paupers upon the town and have
received aid from it from time to
time. Now cut off these supplies
when again demands are made for
them, as they will be this winter.
The people of this town must pro-
tect themselves against this class of
people who are trying to olive by
their wits "
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Gladiolus, in all colors, so cents
per dozen; tube roses 60 and 75cts.
per dozen, at Mrs. G. P. Simpsons.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Go to VIM. steinbach for a good,
clean shave and fashionable haircut
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Tor SALE. = Buggy and Harness,
cheap, or will exchange tor good COW.
Apply at Adams Express Office.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

A Morgantown boy a few days
ago called his big sister into the
wash house, to see her pug kill a
mouse which he had in box The
lid was removed PIGGY made dash
for mousey and mOusey took refuge
NO matter where, but people who
were attracted by the high and
lofty tumbling INDUCED in for the
next five minutes are willing to be
qualified that the gymnasium is a
suceess.-Nelc Dominion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Biggs & Rappold, Embalmers,
Undertakers and Manufacturers OF
Collins, Pomeroy, o. jan. 246-m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

a new paper will soon be started
in Racine, Ohio, by Messrs. Harpcld
& Smith, they having bought the
material of the defunct Mountain
Messenger, of this place.
1 certify, gladly, to the efficacy
and thoroughncss ofDr, G. W. Jam
ison's treatment of nasal catarrh
and its frequent companion, head
ache. By DR.. Jamison's method OF
treatment the remedy is applied
directly to the seat of disease, as
we'll as to the general system by
way of the blood. ENos SMITH.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
Respectfully,
A. L. BoGGEss.

Presbyterian Services: Public
Worship in the Upper Presbyterian
Church will, Cd. VI be conducted
next Sabbath morning by Rev. w.
Z. 1. d'Argent. Sermon on Rem.
s, 81.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
Lnnk Hero.

Did you know that Harper Bros.
are selling Furniture right down at
manufacturer prices? Only think
of it! feet Extension Tables for
1915; Oak Cupboards, feet high,
Is inches deep, s498; solid oak
Bedsteads, Sligo; hard wood Dress
ers, 18x22, German Plate Glass,
s49S; solid oak High Back Dining
Chairs, &c; large size High Arm
Rockers, 81 IS; Double Woven Wire
Spring Mattresses, s1.4O; Full size
Baby Carriages, Reed Body, Steel
Wheels, So 81; Refrigerators from
IS up; Curtain Poles, trimmed com
plete, 1Sc.; Lace Curtains soc per
pair; Window Blinds Zoe; Parlor
Suits upholstered in imported crush
ed plush, s225O. Everything in
the furniture line; all new stock
and latest designs to select from, at
lowest prices ever offered. We
positively will not be undersold.
No matter what others offer you,
we will always make our prices the
lowest
Very respectfully,
HARPER Bros.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

MOTHERS AS SwEETHEARTs.-We
find the following in one of our ex-
changes, which we commend to the
careful perusal of every young man
who reads this paper. How many
of you can say "Mother is my
sweetheart" Cut it out and paste
it in your hat, and everytime you
feel disposed to be cross with
Mother read it over and over, and
you will soon learn to make Mother
your sweeatheart:
"There is nothing that so pleases
the fond mother as the gentle ways
of a sweetheart in her son. If he
greets her with smile, throws his
arms about her and pats her cheek
and caresses her in the fond ways
of an atfectionate nature, she may
chide him as simple boy or laugh
ingly question the sincerity of his
demonstration, but they bring a
glow of pleasure to her heart that
sweeps away the shadows of care
and makes her the happiest among
Gods creatures. Sons may make
friends here and there as they go
through life as the creatures of des-
tiny, but the one who never deserts
them, never loses faith or abandons
hope is the mother whose yearning
for love he so often repels or
neglects.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Raymond, four year old grand
son of Mr.. Y. Pullin, of RockcastIe.
had a finger cut off, Monday, while
playing around saw in his grand
fathers mill
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
The Low Priced Furniture Dealers.
Point Pleasant, w. Va.

Point Pleasant will be what its
people make it. There is no time
to quarrel over disputed questions
We want to join hands for the future
The individuals who, from selfish
motives, look no further than their
own interests extend, are not safe
leaders. The people control, and
once they are awake to the true in
forests of the community, right will
win.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Allow me through your paper to
return my sincere thanks to ali the
many kind friends who assisted and
sympathized with me in, the death
and burial of my wife.
Respectfully,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Go to Biggs & BIattner for Buggies
and Carriages, Pomeroy, Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Messrs. VIM. Morley, ThOs. Hogg
ana Charley Fowler, of the Flats,
have purchased from Mr.. Geo E,
w. Fowler, a Peerless Tbresher
and Traction Engine, manufactured
by the Geiser Mfg. Co., Waynes-
boro. Pa. He also sold the same
style of machine to Sayre & Brinker,
of Letart. Both machines arrived
last Tuesday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
Sweethearts ana Wives,
Bachelors and Benedicts,
All agree that tile popular
OHIO CENTRAL LINES

Offer the best routes and lowest rates TO
To MONTREAL, Que, July 4th to Sth
account Young Peoples Society, Chris
tian Endeavor, good returning until
September 18th.
To MUNCIE, Ind, Mayd5th to 23rd
inclusive. account of Conference Ger
man Baptist Brethren, good returning
until June Goth.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

MARRIED.-On May Z, 1893, by
Rev. Sebert Warden, at the resi-
dence of Mr.. ]. ii. Ball, Mr.. Frank
B. Risk, of this city, and Miss Eliz-
abeth NJ. Cobb, of below Kanawha.
Success to you, Frank. May you,
in all your undertakings in future,
have little risks to run.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

: Don't forget that "The Tyson
Cure" for the drink habit is more
certain and less injurious than the
so called "gold cures" Call on DIR.
Jamison for particulars.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

Steinbach, the white barber. is
the place to have your barbering
done in neat style.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

TAX THEM.-If the town council
would tax the telegraph and tele-
phone poles along our streets and
within the boundaries of the town
at, say, from 50 to So per pole, as
they do in other cities and towns,
it would put good deal of money
into our town treasury. That they
are a proper source of taxation has
been held by the courts in every
State where the matter has been
tested We tax our teamsters for
hauling in the city, on the assessed
value of their property and make
them pay a license tax besides.
Why, then, should not telegraph
and telephone companies pay tax
for occupying our streets with their
unsightly poles and wires? If the
council is not afraid of these cor
preparations, place them on a level
with other people who have to pay
a license for using our streets. Have
the courage to do your duty gentle
men. Don't be towards.
Throughout tie country econom-
ical road improvement would save
$3.50, 600, 900 per year in the trans
portation of farm products alone.
There would be great many other
financial gains. By permitting the
farmer to market a good part of his
surplus during the winter and early
spring, instead OF his being COMPEL
ed to market it nearly all while
field work is possible, two million
of the twenty million draft animals
in the country could be dispensed
with, and these two million animals
are worth s17O,OOO,OOO, while tc
feed them for one year costs $780,,
GOO, 900.
Among other advantages of good
roads over poor ones are that heav.
Ter loads can be draw, and drawn
faster, and the difference in the sell,
ing price of produce, if carried in q
wagon over a smooth road for one
hour and the same produce carried
over a rough road for three hours
is the difference, oftentimes, between
nrofit and loss.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
BANK REPORT.
No. 1901.

DEPoRT OF THE CONDITION OF
u The Merchants National Bank of
West Virginia at Point Pleasant, in the
State of West Virginia, at the close of
business, May 4, 1898.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16

STOP IT.-We don't KNOW VINO
has control or jurisdiction to keep
down the outrageous conduct of the
white and colored boys who gather
in the court house yardon Sundays,
and SO conduct themselves by yell
ing, cursing, disappearing, quarrel
ing and fighting, as to annoy all the
neighbors within two squares of the
court house. The conduct of the
molly crowd of boys on Sunday
afternoon last, was disgrace to our
civilization. A mob of wild Cam
manche Indians could not have
behaved worse than they did.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1893-05-16
"Oh my, what a fall
In the street called Wall,
When those men of gall,
Saw theY Weren't SIN IL at all

ION my, what a TALL
In the street called Wall,
When those men of gall,
Saw they weren't lin it at all.
Let the farmers look out for chap
going about with patent plough-sh are.
He does business on the note plan and
makes a fat catch wherever he is dealt
with.
An exchange says that the new style
of spring hat, with artificial shrubbery
and vegetables, makes a woman look
like mud turtle sliding down a willow
shaded bank.
Lucky man, that fellow JONES'" OBJ
served the editor. whats happened
now?" Dropped dead in front of a
coffin factory. If it had been me, I'd
have died lingerin' death six miles
from civilization"
'It's Jolly up in Washington
But loud the colonies roar,
When the eye is on the office
And the lock is on the door,"
Next Friday about 300 youngsters
who have been cooped up in school since
September LIST. will be let loose on q
defenseless public. What mischief they
do not think of and get into could be
recorded on postage stamp.
"When Laura smiles, it's summer time,
A poet doth express;
Would she could smile this way awhile
And make our coal bill less!
The Kimball graphic. (Kimball, Brule County, Dakota [S.D.]) 1883-1905, 1893-12-02
AIouch1ng Farewell,

George 7. Strudel. in retiring from the
editorial responsibility Of the Bitter Root
Times, at Hamilton, Montana, says:
"For fourteen months past we have
been making an effort at e%ndeavoring to
attempt to try a bluff on running a
newspaper. A physical collapse some six
months ago prevented an exposure OF
mental disability later on.
eve have been taught three great and
important truths, the very quintessence
OF wisdom, viz: LIST. 1t takes something
other than indigestion and an o'erween-
ing ambition to successfully operate a
Washington hand press. End. 1t is con-
venlent to have a head on each end Of
your hobby-horse-if you must ride one.
Sd. That the author of that trite
aphorism, Man proposes, God %disposes,'
had his eve teeth cut.
eve desist with no ill-will towards the
paper or its patrons, neither a great
amount Of collectable notes. We could
have eked out an existence with some
pleasure, had health permitted, but that
is neither here nor there. Now, since
we'un and You'uns must part, lis sad
that you'uns have stole we'uns heart, bu,
it will be sadder If you'uns don't bring
in your bill before we'ans depart. Ant
to OUT debtors; Expect the vengence o.
a just Bohemian's wrath to over take yol
for every penny escaped.
eve trusted in God and we have no
been fo~rsaken-for we found as great
chump as ourself to continue this desper
ate struggle. With tears and prayers W,
bid him God-spctd."