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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
Min Times Get Refter,

On every hand We hear the above
question asked. and nine times out
of ten the reply is yes. We can
see nothing to prevent our country
from returning to prosperous times,
but at the same time our law max
ers must not be relied upon to bring
about the change. The people must
help in the matter We often hear
men grumbling about the scarcity
of money and hard times, and at the
same time be so full of whiskey that
they could hardly stand straight
Again there is set of men who do
not pretend to work, sitting down
waiting for something to ''turn up,
and grumbling because coal and
iron have been put on the tree list,
and if you were to ask them what
effect it would have upon the coun=
try they would be dumb as oysters.
In every community there is a
sprinkling of such men, who have
used that old stereotyped phrase
"hard times" SO often, that it is inn
possible when you ask them the
news to receive for reply anything
but about hard times, and at the
same time they are doing nothing
to get hard times out of the way.
If you were to go to them and ssk
them for help that they were able
to render towards benefitting the
country or their town. you would
be frowned down, and if you would
tell them that SO and SO wants to
move in their midst, and that such
and such an industry wants to start
up, these same fellows will say that
they can't succeed. and they can't
see what they want to come here for,
&c. If one wanted to buy a piece
of land from them to build on or to
use in a beneficial way; the price
would be placed SO high that none
but millionaire would be able to
buy. Will times get better2 Yes,
when the people get better, stop
their grumbling and dead beating,
and go TO work. Better times will
then dawn upon us, and not till
then.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
Living Beyond One,s Means.

An American capitalist, who is a
keen observer, is reported to have
said that there was not an Americ-
an citizen whose income represent
ed salary who was not living be-
yond his means. And he added that,
if the man had a family, he was
bringing up that family to standards
and wants that he could not honest
ly crafty. Our own observation
does not bear witness to this asser.
tion. But if the alleged fact be true
to any considerable extent, it may
be regarded as among the causes of
the many embezzlements and other
pecunrary delinquncies which have
become SO common of late years.
"Playing the races" has been the
ruin of a multitude; but living be-
yond ones means must bear part of
the blame. And it is more serious
than is commonly imagined. 1t in
wolves false pretenses and fraud.
1t is a mean spieces of crime, and
yet often committed without any
compunction. Men are afraid or
shamed to say "I can't afford it, I"
and yet are not afraid or ashamed to
contract debts which they cannot
honestly pay.-Gtristian Inteltigen-
Ger.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
The Right Talk.

The Wilson bill languishes in the
Senate. In view of the fact that a
new Congress will be elected this
fall it is quite time the senate was
up and doing. The country will
not take kindly to the apparent eff
fort now going on in the Senate to
smother the bill into nothingness
by pretended kindness. The peo-
pie want the bill. The protected
manufacturers do not want it. Over
ninety per cent of our population
are unprotected consumers of pro-
tected products, and they clamor
for the Wilson bill, knowing it will
relieve them from the expressions
of trusts, combinations and corpor-
ations. A small part of the remain
ing ten per cent want prohibitive
protection, that their profits may
be increased and their private cof-
fers filed. Congress must deal
with the question as it is.
The Senate can heed the requests
of the sixty million consumers, or it
can heed the demands of the few
thousand protected manufacturers,
but the party will succeed or fail
according to the determination of
this Notwithstanding Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
IN AZ Hnma firela.

Wife to a Republican Husband
John, this Wilson bill that I see so
much about in the Republican pa
pers must be a terrible thing if
what they say IS true. What is it
anyhow
Husband oh, it's a law gotten
up by the confounded Democrats to
bust up the country.
"But, John how can it do that2s
9WeIl, 1 don't Just exactly know,
but that's what it's going to do, be-
cause the Republican paperssay so.
81 suppose that settles it, but I
read the other day that ii would be
a good thing for nearly everybody
but the rich, and that everybody
would get clothing and ever so ma
ny other things a great deal cheap
er.
@oh, that's a black Democratic
lie.
eBut Tread it in an Independent
paper, believe they call it.
81 don't care. It's a lie. They're
going to bust mp everything, and I
know it,
John, aren't there moro Demo-
Gratis than Republicans in the coun-
try2"
"WelI, aheml yes, 1 believe so.
@Well, it hardly seems likely
they would ruin themselves, does
it2"
mo. But hang it all, Maria, do
not ask foolish questions"
"Aren't Democrats interested in
the prosperity of the country9-
Don't they own property, and hav-
emit they wives and children to care
for2 Tell me, which side are Mr.
Carnegie and all rich people on2"
"oh, they're all against the bill. "
"Well, then, 1 believe it will be
pretty safe to say that it will be a
good thing for plain, common peo-
pie like us. 1t can't make things
worse, anyhow. We've struggled
for years, and we are just about
where we were when we started.
Your wages have been reduced
since the Mckinley bill was passed
and we can't live as cheaply as we
did 10 years ago. and"
"Hush mp, Maria, and go to bed.
You women make me tired"
Little Johnny (striking in)-Pa.
did the Wilson bill make the small
pox break out here2
"No, you little monkey. If you
ask another fool question like that
I'll paddle you"
Johnny-welI, Tommy Smith,
whose father is a Republican, told
me it did. Did
Pa-Not another word. Go to
bed both of you.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
PoIiteuess Paws.

"I have often heard my uncle, :"
said the nephew of noted lawyer
who died lateley, adwell upon the
fact that he owed much of his sue
cess in life to a habit of invariable
politeness, without any element of
toadyism which had been instilIed
into his nature by the teachings ofa
wise mother. His first start in his
profession came through an old
scrubwoman who was employed a.
bout the house where he boarded
when a young man. One morning
he passed out as she was scrubbing
the front steps, and he salutei her
politely, as usual. She stopped him.
They tell me ye are a lawyer,
she said. 'Yes.' Well, 1 know a
poor wildly woman that wants a
lawyer, and if you will give me your
address I'll tell her. The poor
wildly proved to be the chief heir
to a large estate in Delaware county.
My uncle became her attorney and
trustee of her children, recovered
her interest in the estateand derived
a good income from its management
for many years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
PUI|lM COUNTY POLITIes.

Hon. y ". Thomas Talks OF Cong
ssional Candidates.
Wheelin Register.
Hon w. Thomas, Of Putnam
county ho is doing an extensive
busines n railroad ties at Camden
on-the huley. was in the city last
night Q bis way back from Pitts
Ibnrg. is name having been men
TONED connection with the nomi-
nation Congress in the Fourth
districI % was questioned by the
Register to bis aspirations in that
directio
Il an not sure yet" said Mr..
Thomas that shall enter the race
for the omination, but if lido, it.
will be my own interest and not
in that anyone else. l see that it
has bee given ont that Putnam
county saLs is to be given for me
on the first ballot and that ] am TO
Withdraw in favor of Judge Harvey
on the second. / Iscarcely feel able
to spend the money a Congressional
campaign would require, but L can
say this, and say it emphatically,
that if my name goes before the
next convention it goes there to
stay. Illlbe nominated or go down
fighting"
Mr.. Thomas was of the opinion
that next to Putnam county man
Capehart would secure the most
votes in Putnam county and he con-
sidered Capehart a very strong
man, both before the convention
and the people. Speaking of the
chances of Democratic success, he
said:
"lf there ever was a time when
the Democratic party needed to put
forward its strongest man and to
avoid all personal differences, it is
now. Everybody should go into
the convention with the determina-
tion to make any personal sacrifice
necessary to nominate winner
We must make mighty effort this
time to retain control of the House
of Representatives, in order that a
fair trial may be given our tariff
laws, and for my own part 1 am
willing to make any personal sacri-
fee in order to see Democrat cleo
ted in our district. Personal quest
ions must not enter into race, but
the strongest man should be ma
med"
Mr.. Thomas denied the rumor
that Prosecuting Attorney Andrew
Alexander is to be run as a Chiffon
candidate for member of the Legis.
lature. "Mr. Alexander has TOO
much sense to do that said he,
"and besides his term of office as
Prosecuting Attorney will not have
expired, and as young lawyer he
cannot afford to give that up just
yet" He was of the opinion that
DIR. Nash. of Buffalo, would be the
candidate for the Legislature.
There is no man in Putnam who
knows its politics better than Mr..
Thomas, or who can accomplish
more among its voters in a cam
paign, as shown by the fact that he
has twice overcome good Republi-
can majority against great odds and
been each time elected with votes
to spare, to represent his county in
the House of Delegates. His opin-
ions are, therefore, of interest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
Men Die Young.

It appears, according to the reg
istration report of Massachusetts,,
that nearly twice as many women
as men in that State live to be over
so years of age. This is accounted
for by the great exposure of men to
accidents, to weather agencies. to
the constant strain of business life,
to the anxiety of providing for the
family, all of which tend to shorten
the life of men. The deaths by ac-
cident among men are more than,
three-fold greater than among wo-
men, and men commit suicide in
about a threefold ration as compar-
ed with women,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
Hrrocrltes.

Every manufacturing establish :
ment of the North is trying to max Q
its agents missionaries of the doct-
rine of protection. These concerns
have lived SO long on government
bounty, that the prospect of giving
up any portion of it is anything but
pleasing, and hence the howl that
is raised against the reduction of
the tariff. The travelling men of
these firms, under instructions from
the home Office, are systematic cir
cuIators of protectionist doctrines
and charge every ill to threatened
tariff legislation. This is done in
dustriously and with such uanimity
that the people are deceived and
many have really come to think the
Democratic's party's proposed tariff
changes responsible for the depres-
sion of business. The manufactu-
rers are to be blamed for even wish
ing to have the advantage of spe-
cial laws, but when they deliberate
ly practice deception to retain those
which they have succeeded in hav-
ing placed on our statute books,
their course becomes inexpressibly
contemptible.-GhaTleston Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
A Rip Woman.

Sallie McAllister, a colored wo-
man, died recently at her home in
Springfield, Ohio. She was doubt
less, the largest woman in the world,
and in early woman hood soon out
grew the position of cook. A show
man who had an eye for making
money, hearing of her avoirdupois,
made an engagement with Fat Sal
ly, and together they travelled from
land to land. He dressed her we'll;
in fact did everything for her COM
fort and enjoyment, except to di-
vide profits. At one time Sallie
weighed 75O lbs. She was convey
ed from depot to depot while on her
tours in an arm chair of huge di,
mensions, which was placed in a
wagon, and as she was entirely toe
large to get through the door of any
passenger coach, she was taken in
at the sliding door of the baggage
car, aud rode there in her own arm
chair. She was a kind, amiable
and good woman. The coffin in
which she was buried could not be
got into the body of big two-horse
farm wagon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
Optimism.

The times are not degeneratel Mans faith
Mounts higher than of old. No crumblIng
Can take from the immortal soul its need
OF something greater than itself. The wrath
OF dead beliefs we cherished in our yornh
Fades but to let US welcome newborn truth.
Man may not worship at the ancient shrine,
Prone on his face in self accusing storm.
That night is passed; he halls q finer morn,
And knows himself n something half divine;
No humble worm whose heritage is sin,
But part of God, he feels the Christ within.
No fierce Jehovah with a frowning mien
He worships. Nay. through love and not
through fear
He seeks the truth and finds its source is
near,
And fears and owns the power of things unseea
Where once he scoffed. Gods great priIneval
Is fast unfolding in the soul of man.
ELLA Wheeler Wilcox.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
Men and Flowers.

In our country we associate flow
ers essentially with women, and re-
gard the arrangement of Flora's
tributes as a feminine rather than
masculine accomplishment. In
Japan this idea is curiously enough
reversed, and an authority tells us
that men of culture, priests and
philosophers, who, on account of de-
clining years or from political eau
ses, have retired from a more act
i've life, have been the most ardent
patrons and devotees of the art. 1t
is true that ladies of rank are taught
something about the grouping of
flowers, but more as a superficial
accomplishment than a real study.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
Possibly True.

There is possibly no Republican
paper, except the New York Trib-
une, that has SO little regard for
truth and honor, as to charge that
the deficit in the treasury, which
has forced Secretary Carlisle to is
sue bonds, is the result of the f.
nanciering of the Democratic party.
Not single law or policy of the
Republican administration has yet
been changed. When the Demo
cratic administration went ont in
1889, there was a large surplus in
the treasury which was accumula-
ting every month. Four years of
Republican extravaganza and mis-
rule turned that surplus into de-
felt and tho treasury was not only
empty when the key was given
back to the Democrats but was very
largely in debt. Tomeet demands,
Secretary Foster, few weeks be-
fore the inauguration of President
Cleveland, prepared to do just what
Secretary Carlisle has done. To
avoid advertising the depleted con-
dition of the treasury SO near the
end of his term President Harrison
would not allow the bonds to issue,
aud threw the responsibility for
them upon the Democratic admin
istration.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28

Not he who rides through conquered eisy,s
AT the head of blasoned hosts and to the
OF victor's trumpets. In full pomp and state
OF war, the utmost pitch has dreamed or
found
Nor he who by y nations vast acclaim
Is sudden sought and singled out alone,
And while the people madly shout his name,
Without conscious purpose of his own,
Is swung and lifted TO the nations throna.
But he who has all single handed stood
With foes invisible on every side,
And, unsuspScted OF the multitude,
The force of fate itself has dared, defied
And conquered silently.
And that soul knows
In what white heat the blood of triumph flows
Helen Hunt.
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Judge Not.

Judge notI Thou canst not tell
Why he. thy brother, fell.
Wilt. too, thy flowers might,
Exposed unto the blight;
Thy singing birds quite dumb,
Meath darkened skies, become.
Judge noti Thou dost not know
Why he has acted so.
Be not so sure thy grain
Could long resist such rain;
Thy bark, thus tempest tossed,
Might not the bar have crossed.
Judge notI Thou canst not say
just where the blame to lay.
From strings long snapped In twain
Comes out the sweet refrain;
From streamlets frozen deep
Not soon the waters leap.
Bid not from that poor heart
The one last hope depart;
But, judging, questioning not
The past all. all forgot,
Let silence be the gem
OF mercy's diadem.
New Orleans Picayune.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28

An editor sat in his easy chair,
With an uncut beard and frizzly hair;
There was nothing to do, nothing to write;
The copy had all gone in for tho night:
His thoughts far away from subjects deep.
His head fell back. and he went to sleep.
He dreamed that he dropped far down in q well
Till he came to the gates that opened in he'll.
din
That thousands were suffering tortures therein.
As louder and louder their voices ascended,
he recognized many whom oft he'd befriended
He knocked at the door of the devils own
home,
But the devil was out, his imps were alone.
The rules are explicit" they went on to ex-
plain;
.No editor can ever pass in here again."
Then they bolted the door and took out the key.
While the editorpeered through the bars to see
The frightful sight which greeted his eyes
Was, of all that he saw, the greatest surprise.
The devil came home with n terrible shout:
II don't want you here; come, now. get outrr
Then he opened the gate with secret springs,
While thousand poor souls clung to his
wings.
The editor stole into that dismal room
And heard each soul consigned to its doom;
Some were compelled forever to sit
In the fiery depths OF the bottomless pit,
While others were doomed forever to gaze
Through redhot glass in the fiery blaze.
Then the devil said, with terrible curse:
II am sorry, my friends, have nothing worse
For you who have come to the realms of shade
And left your subscription bills unpaid.
But I'll send you down to the sulphur sea
Where through all the ages OF eternity
The only thoughts which can enter your mind
Are of newspaper bills you left behind"
Phil Dean.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28

Better it were for che world. say.
Better indeed for a mans own good,
That he should sit still where he was born,
Be It land of sand or of oil and corn,
White sea border or great black wood.
Bleak white winter or bland sweet May,
Than to wander the world, as have done,
For the one dear woman that is under the
sun
Better abide, though the skies be dun.
And the rivers espoused OF the ice and snow;
Better abide. though the thistles grow.
And the city ofsmoke be obscured of the sun,
Than to seek red poppies and the sweet
drcamlaud-
Than to wander the world, as today,
Breaking the heart into bits like clay,
And leaving It scattered upon every hand.
-Jaanuin Miller.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28


The Democrats of Mississippi are
reducing politics down to a practi
cal basis. Before they elect a man
to an Office they want TO know just
how he stands on the living issues
and how he will vote on them. In
the election of United States Sem
ator, last week, all the candidates
were summoned before the caucus
of the Democrat members, and re-
quired to make full and open con-
fession of political faith. They had
to stand an examination on the lead
ing issues and the man who got the
highest grade on tariff reform, an
income tax and the free coinage Of
silver was chosen. This plan should
be adopted by all the states. The
halls of congress would then be fill-
ed by men who reflect the senti-
ment of the people. Itis of no prac-
tical benefit to a party to have
man in congress voting against the
leading sentiments of the party.
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nInsfc.

Music soft. divineiy sweet,
All with harmony repletel
Music low and sweetly thrilling.
All the soul with rapture hllingi
Soothing fall thy strains below
On the sad hearts crushed with woe-
How the spirit sinks to rest
Meath thy tones divinely blest.
Feeling dull despair no longer,
With each heart throb growing stronger,
Gains new powers for LIES hard fight,
Striving still for truth and right.
Stirring music. rich and strong,
How IL bears the soul alongi
Leading upward. reaching higher.
With q rapturous desire
Grander heights in life to gain,
Triumphs over grief and pain.
Music slow, with sadness fraught,
How IL stirs each tender thought
Mournful music, sadly stealing
Der the soul, brings chastened feeling,
Wakens love and pity kind,
Chides and melts with grace refined.
Blessed musici Everywhere,
1t is rich with hope and prayerl
Soft or sad or grandly swelling
Or of joyous impulse telling;
Sweet its strains to mortal ear,
Ever welcome. always dear.
MI. Hickok.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28

A few days ago an editor attend
ed church, 50 says an exchange, and
created sensation while singing a
song, By singing: aLet every kind
red, every tribe, on this terrestrials
ball, put down a dollar and sub.
scribe and we'll receipt for all.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
GINS IN vERsE
nIr.. 1Yaap and 70. Iiee.

1Ira. wasp and sirs. Iieo.
Said Mrs. Wasp TO Mrs. Bee.
-Wfll you q favor do me7
There's something can't understand;
Please, ma'am. explain Il TO me.
..yyhy do men build for you house.
And coax you TO go In IL.
While me. your cousin, they'il not let
Stay near them for n minute7
n have sting. do confess,
And should not like to lose II,
But so have you. and when you're vexed
I'm very sure you use IT."
'swell, y said the bee, ..to you no doubt
II does seem rather funny;
But people soon forget hestings
or those who give them honey.r
American Bee Journal
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aIs it true that your wife is of a
rather skeptical turn of mindg'.
"she used to be, but 1 got her a
fur-trimmed cloak, and she goes to
church every Sunday now"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28

Samuel Larkin of susquehanna,.
Pa, kissed his grandchield. a hair
from her head got into his throat.
In the coughing it caused BY It he
ruptured a blood vessel and died.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28

Bill Nye says: "Go where you
will in this country and you will
hear men talking about tariff and
tax on raw material, while there
was none of that or any other kinds
in their houses for weeks, except as
their wives earned it and brought
it to them. The country is full of
men who have thought SO hard for
the common veal that the seats of
their trousers shine like the dome
of the Massachusetts State house. .
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
who would Not CO..

Could we but know
The land that ends our dark. uncertain travel,
Where lie those happier hills and meadows
All, II beyond the spirits inmost cavil.
Aught of that country could we surely know.
Who would not Go2
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28

This would be much better
world if more people would take
their own advice, says the Dallas
News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28
Mieht we lint hear

The hoyer1ng angels high imagined chorus,
Or catch betimes, with wakeful eyes and
clear,
One radiant vista Of the realm before us,
With one rapt moment given to see and
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-28

But the devil was out, his fmps were alone.
'-The rules are explicit, !" they went on to ex-