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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
TIE Truly Great Men.

believe the first test of a truly
great man is humility. l do not
mean by humility doubt of his own
power, or hesitation in speaking his
opinions, but a right understanding
of the relation between what he can
do and say and the rest of the
worlds doing and sayings. All
great men not only know their own
business, but usually know that
they know it; and are only right in
their main opinions, only they do
not think much of themselves ON
that account. They do not expect
their fellow-men to fall down and
worship them; they have a curious
under-sense of powerlessness, feel
ing that the greatness is not in
them, but through them; that they
could not do or be anything else
than God made them. And they SEQ
something divine and God-madc in
every other man they meet. and are
endlessly, foolishly, incredibly mer-
ciful. They do their work, feeling
that they cannot help it; the story
must be told, the effect put down;
if people like it, well and good; and
if not, the world will not be much
the worse.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
The Lnw Explained.

Not long since in the course of a
trial before a certain justice of the
peace, counsel for the defendant re-
quested the court to rule on a certain
point, whereupon the counsel for
plaintiff, whose name was Charley
-, insisted that the court had al
ready passed ON that point. After
considerable argument and due de
liberation on the part of the court,
the justice, who was Irish, said:
"Chaarley, this court has niver
passed on that pint"
"Well,' said Charley, Twill your
honor pass on it now2"
Il do pass on it now" responded
the court with infinite dignity.
We'll, how does your honor
pass on it2" inquired the perplexed
counsel. The court Strengthened him
self up, cleared his throat and re-
heved himself by delivering the fol.
lowing in his most impressive man
ner: ''Chaarley, ye must abide by the
law, whatever it Is. Green Bag.
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That spelling is not the necessary
attribute of cleverness or inability to
spell the necessary mark of fool Is
plain enough. No one who thinks
for minute or two on the matter
will fail to remember that he knows
one or two men who cannot write
the simplest note without misspell
ings, and that these are by no means
the most stupid of his acquaintances
but often the cleverest.
The Duke of Wellington, it is noto
rious, could not spell and there have
been plenty of other men of his men
tai caliber quite as iIliterate. Some
one has lately collected list of dis
tinguished Frenchmen who could not
spell, and heads it with Theirs, who.
though not a genius, was certainly
one of the cleverest men that ever
lived. Theirs never could manage
to spell his native language, though
as a writer he was correct enough
London Spectator.
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a Zip That WAS a rim.

Our brilliant and well informed
contemporary, The Pail Mall. has for
once failed to get hold of the latest
edition of a good story. 1t is true
that modest gentleman" who was
shooting over the moors of a certain
millionaire offered the keeper three
sovereigns, and it is true that the
gift was rejected by the keeper on
the ground that he accepted paper
alone, but it is not true that the
guest thereupon complained to his
host, who said, If you can't tip like
a gentleman, you should not tip at
ALL" The sequel was not thus. The
modest gentleman" was in fact a
well known London journalist, and
when the keeper returned the golden
sovereigns and expressed (in broad
ScotcN his preference for paper-the
editor said, Here's paper for you,
then, and handed him a Scotch note
for e1.-Black and White.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
Tho Sensitive Oyster.

a man who has made the oyster a
life study finds many curious and in
teresting things about this mollusk.
The anatomy of an oyster shows as
complete an equipment of the vital
features as does the human body.
Seen under the microscope it is a
wonder to examine. A connoisseur
will tell us that it is a sin to cook an
oyster, that it should be eaten with
deliberation in its native liquid, out
of its own shell, unspoiled by any
method of cooking. But there are
many people who are fond of the
oyster cooked, who cannot touch it
in the raw, and for these are the in
veutions of stewed, steamed, panned,
fancy roasts and other designs, which
are produced at the restaurants with
much painstaking on the part of
cooks. While the oyster is believed
to be the lowest form of animal life,
it is also known to be acutely sensi-
tive to noise, light and intrusion of
any kind 1t is not fighter, nor has
any exhibitor ever succeeded in
showing to the world a tanned oyster.
1t is vigilant but silent. Mum as
an oyster" is well known phrase.
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NO. 81.
whom to Marry.

So long as all hands and the cook
are having say about getting mar
ried We may as we'll be heard, for
we congratulate ourselves in pos.
sessing whole chunks of wisdom in
this particular especially. The spir-
it of the age is that of hesitancy-
that is on the part of the men.
This is wrong, and causes many dis
appointments and not few wither-
ed flowers. Young men, jump inl
Getting married is just as easy as
rolling off log, but don't bother
your head about finding an angel.
Only think how men as a general
thing would match with angelsI
But the angels have all been taken
long ago; no more in the market
now. Don't marry for beauty ex-
clusively; it don't wear worth a
cent; that is, if you build exclusive
~ on it. Don't marry for love al
together. either. 1t is too much
like lamp-not worth much with
out oil, and money stands for oil.
Marry betwixt and between.
Never saw one of that kind?
Why, there are lots of them in
the market In fact, there are moro
of this kind than any other. She
is worth more for wife, as a gener-
al thing. than an angel is-she
knows more about cooking and the
rough side of life. Angels make
better heroines for novels than they
do wives. Don't marry for a family
name, unless it is backed up with
bank notes. Go for a girl with lots
of common sense, some beauty, a
good constitution Cnever mind the
by-laws-you can arrange them be-
tween you) light stopper, a big,
warm heart, and you will get some
thing that will keep. Young men,
just look out for this kind of a wife
and don't go signing around be-
cause you can't find novel-angel.
They would be the death and
botheratiOn of you if you got one
of 'em.
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4 sPIRITUALIsTIc suRPRlsE.
An AIIegei Remarkable Case of srateria
zatIon and DemateriaIization.


An AiIegei Remarkable Case of Materials
zatIor and Decentralization.
Talking about wonderful expert
ences IN Investigating spirit phenom-
eta said DR. Bell of Allegheny,
'.the most extraordinary 1 ever saw
occurred to me a short time ago. 1t
is something that is unexplanable.
I've tried to reason it, but without
success. The incident I refer to oc-
CURED at a seance given for me by a
celebrated medium. Several forms
had come out of the cabinet. but
there was nothing extraordinary
about them AT last the form of a
girl about 10 years of age came out.
She was dressed in white and had ex-
tren1ely short hair.
noticed the hair as soon as she
appeared and suggested to her in a
kindly manner that it would improve
her appearance if it Nyas longer.
She looked at me minute, then
turning her back said, III make it
grow longer for you, so that you can
see how look. I was surprised at
this reply and watched her closely.
Shortly the hair got longer and long
er until it reached nearly to the
floor. 1t seemed impossible that
such thing could be, and 1 stood
gazing at her puzzled. She then said:
"'You look as though you do not
believe what you see It's all true.
To make sure, won't you cut off
piece of my hair?' hadn't anything
but a small pocketlnife with me, SO
took this out, and taking hold of
the lower part of the hair sawed
away until had nice lock cut off.
There had the hair in my hand.
1t was soft, silky and of a beautiful
color. looked at it awhile and
then thought it would bea convincing
thing to show to my skeptic friends.
took small piece of paper lying on
the table by me and wrapped up tho
lock carefully. then put it in my
vest pocket.
1.-THE figure was still there and
asked me to take hold of her hand.
did this, and the form seemed to
dissolve, sinking down into the floor
until nothing but the head was left.
It remained there looking up at me,
smiling, when suddenly it was trans
formed into the face of an old man.
and the hand which 1 still held was
changed from the soft small hand of
the girl into the large hard hand of
the man. The figure then rose out
of the floor until it stood before me
fully feet high. / conyersed with
the old man until he disappeared in
the same manner.
when came home, was anx-
ious to tell my friends of my wonder
full experience. still had the little
package which 1 thought contained
the hair in my pocket. On taking it
out to assure some of my doubling
friends found the paper empty
no hair or sign of hair being there
at all. The hair had dematerialized
as soon as l had gone from the
seance. Pittsburg Dispatch.
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COLLAR In the common.

An observant parliamentary re-
porter has been noting the styles of
collars affected by the English states
men in the house of commons. c..
R. Spencer wears the highest collar.
1t is 4 inches deep and looks like
a cuff. John Morley wears narrow
'fturnovers joey Chamberlain uses
the white wings" pattern and
changes his collars three times day.
Bloody" Balfour wears ''turnovers
which e&aggerate the length of his
neck Sir William Harcourt affects
the fat mems pattern, size Is, with
f1aring points. Mr. Gladstone's col
lars, familiar to every one through
cartoons, are bigger and higher than
ever and threaten in time to reach
quite to the tops of his ears.-Lon-
don CORRESPONDENT.
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Cnrding Cotton.

A recent improvement consists of
the driving of the taker in and doffer
of carding engines for carding cot
ton or other fibrous material by one
continuous band. This is accom-
plished by placing ON the cylinder
band pulley, which gives motion
to a band of rope, this band then
passing around pulley on the taker
in shaft and from thence around
the pulley that drives the doffer.
Returning from this pulley it again
passes around the pulley on the taker
in shaft, which has two grooves
placed in it in order to keep the
bands of ropes separate, and returns
again to the cylinder By putting a
double grooved pulley on the cyIin-
der and three grooves ON the taker
in pulley additional power may be
obtained to drive the various parts.
But evenwith the single groove upon
the cylinder pulley the band passes
twice around the pulley on the taker
in, thus obtaining more effectual
result than is practicable with a
crossed belt between the cylinder
and taker in.-New York Sun.
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working the Judge.

When the judge looked over the
collection of pick ups and other vi
cious bric-a-brac spread before him in
the police courtroom and saw a man
under the sword of justice whom he
had seen there before, he was wrathy.
Didn't I tell You" he inquired
sternly, 1.-The last time you were here
if you came again I'd send you up
for 60 daysT"
Yes. your honor, " confessed the
culprit
Then what did you come here
fora"
ITO git the 60 days, your honor.
It's cheaper'n payin board
It wouldn't do for the court to go
back on its word, and the prisoner
became a guest of the city for the
time stated. Detroit Free Press.
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One tfthe LAWYERS.

In the incident related below a
boy II years old conquered a smart
and shrewd lawyer fighting for a
bad cause.
Walter was the important witnes,
and one of the lawyers after cross
questioning him severely, said:
eYour father has been talking to
you and telling you how to testify,
hasn't hep
eyes" said the boy.
Now" said the lawyer. Gust tell
us how your father told you to tes-
tify."
"well," said the boy, modestly,
"tather told me that the lawyers
would try and tangle me, but if
would just be careful and tell the
truth l could tell the same thing
every time"
The lawyers didn't try to tangle
up the boy any more.
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Slow to Sneak.

Scarcely do you hear the ungrac-
ious word before your more ungrac-
ious answer rushes to your lips.
And does it pause there? Do the
faithful lips keep the door shut and
prevent its egress2 Probably not.
You must "answer again" And
your answer provokes a rejoinder.
Every word on either side is a fresh
fagot for the flames. And present
ly, where there were only a few
embers, not enough to light a
candle, there is now confagration.
Peradventure it may die down as
suddenly as it sprang up; but it is
more likely to last, and as it burns
on it may spread into huge prairie
fire. And all this because you
would not heed the caution-be
"slow to speak" This is one of the
various rules the Scripture give us
for avoiding anger and strife, none
of which can be of any radical and
permanent efficacy unless the grand
motor, the heart, be brought under
the power of Divine love.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10
A japanese wedding.

A Japanese wedding has a most
mournful tone.
Itis not good form for the bride
in that country to admit that she is
glad to get married. When she is
told of the prospect she is expected
to howl loudly and long. Also she
must keep it up by day and night
until the ceremony takes place.
After she has been richly dressed
for the event she must renew her
shrieks and hang back until one of
the attendants throws a veil over
her face. Then somebody carries
her to second chair. When she
arrives at the bridegroom's house
she is a wife, the simple ride in the
fiowery chair being the only legal
ceremony required, though profuse
entertainment and congratulations
from assembled guests follow her
arrival.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

1t is reported that a movement is
on foot, with it's headquarters at
Pittsburg, to gridle the earth with
series of religious conventions on
the 19O0tb anniversary year of the
Christian era. a great. expedition
will start out, numbering, it is
thought, some 900 persons, will go
entirely around the world holding
rousing religious services at every
important stopping place. The first
service will be held in San Fran
cisco and the last in New York.
Bombay, Jerusalem, Rome and
London will be taken in on the way.
The services are to be entirely nom
sectarian. Several weeks will elapse
between each service, and it is cal
culated that the expedition will
take a year in making its rounds,
and that it will cost each of the
crusaders about $1,000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

schumann, the famous musician, is
the principal character of an amusing
story told by a Vienna critic: 1.-THE
composer once accompanied his wife,
who was even then a celebrated pi-
anist, to the palace when she went
to play before the king of Holland
and was gratified by the monarch's
compliments of her performance.
The composer was somewhat sur
prised, however, when the king
turned to him and courteously in
quired. Are you also musicale"
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The Root of the Evil.

You have all heard the story of Adam and
Who lived in the garden of Eden,
With nothing TO wear but the leaves of the
And nothing but apples to feed on.
How this poor foolish pair with the curious
minds
The parents OF everything human,
Fell into disgrace and were bnnished the place,
And OF course it was blamed on the woman.
And ever since then. when mortal ha.
sinned-
No matter what form is his SHINING
The people who criticise utter the plea
That was used at The very beginning.
And cynical men, who a motive might seek,
Don't make any effort to find it,
But turn up their noses and ask with a sneer,
We'll! who was the woman behind itf''
Helen Combes
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

A multiple filament lamp, which
has been used for some time in Ger
many, is thus described: 1t contains
a number of filaments united in COM
mon at the upper part Each half
can, therefore, be used with any of
the others, thus enabling all but one
half of a flament to be used up or
broken before the lamp must be re-
newed. The extra expense of this
arrangement, it is said, is much less
than the equivalent in new lamps.
Furthermore, several of the fla
ments can be used at once, thus in
creasing the candle power. Boston
Herald.
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Won by Waiting.

Possibly you remember me-"
1t was bright sunshiny day, and
the large dry goods store in which
our story opens was crowded. A
mild-mannered aud pleasant.fa faced
lady in the prime of womanhood
had made her way through the
throng, and stood facing the sales
lady at the notion counter, a wo-
man grown old in the service of her
employers, who now looked search,
ingly into the face of the visitor as
the words quoted above were
spoken.
MADAM" she said hesitatingly
as faint gleam of ofrecognition camo
into her face, 81 certainly have seen
you before, but for the moment
cannot place you.
Don't you remember" said her
questioner gently, cone morning
several years ago young girl came
in here and bought two dozen pin
hooks, for which she gave you so
cents?"
Then it wss that the salesIady
knew her. Madam she said as
she reached under tho counter for a
small envelope, 81 remember Won
very well now, although the years
have altered you," and she passed
out the envelope. "Here, madam,
is your change"
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Notice to Trespassers.

All persons are hereby warned not to
trespass upon my lands (either enclosed
or unenclosed) in Union District, by
hunting, nutting, cutting hoop poles,
lumber, or removing rocks, logs or bark,
under penalty of the law, as will arrest
all violators of this notice.
dec 20. 1ses-4w pd.
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A Distant Relative.

Gideon, speaking of brother of
his, began, My distant relative"
WHAT distant, you say?n inter
rupted friend.
81 should think so. He holds an
appointment in the Philippine is
ilnds. Madrid Cornico.
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Maps for the use of farmers. de-
'scr1bing the chemical qualities of the
land in various parts of the country,
and naming the best manures for
each section, have been proposed in
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

Don't be niggardly with your
praise. Many person is Emping
over the rough path of duty, when
an appreciative word would send
his feet flying onward, as if there
were no obstacles in the way.
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rhen Id us all give Il full play

An English Journal some time ago
contained the following announce
ment: ITO be sold, 13O lawsuits. the
property of an attorney retiring
from business. n. B.@The clients
are rich and obstinate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-01-10

Whatever you do, don't worry;
If you fret, the wrinkles will grow;
bright cheerful smile will trouble beguile
And dispel even mountains of woe.
There's nothing so catching as laughter;
1t drives death oft back TO its lair;
1t acts on the nerves lit good health preserves
And annihilates loads of despair.
Then letit come out when you feel it;
Don't check it, but give it full play;
1t will drive away grief if there's any around,
And illumine like sunshine your day
eTis like silVery moonlight at evening,
1t lights up life's dark. stormy way
Docs good honest laughter-'tis that that we're
after.
Then let Us all give it full play.
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There is no school in this section of
the State offering equal advantages at
such low cost
For catalogue or further information,
address the Principal.
THoS. E. HODGES,
aug30tf Huntington, w. Va.
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GEMS IN VERSE.
seIfcrit,orsn,.

can unleash my fancy !; you wish
And hunt for phnntoms, shoot an airy guess
And bring down airy likelihood. Some lie
Masked cunn'ngly to look like royal truth
And cheat the shooter, while King Fact goes
Or else some image of reality
That doubt will handle and reject asfalse.
Ask for conjecture, L can thread the sky
Like any swallow, but If you insist
On knowledge that would guide a pair of feet
Right to Bedmar, across the Moorish bounds,
A mule that dreams of stumbling over stones
Is better stored.
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BE that hath a contented spirit
hath riches, and he that addeth
field to field addeth trouble to
trouble. For length of days is, the
increase of sorrow, and wealth pour-
ing in at the door driveth happi-
ness out at the window.
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And not thought remain
To pain my heart or give anothers pain;
Let hearts be true, and let the friendship end
That bears not with the faiIings of n friend.
Hes, let it pass!
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Observe thyseIf as thy greatest
enemy-so shalt thou become thy
greatest friend.
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Narl let it passl

NayI let Il pass!
Twas but hasty word,
Unthinking uttered as unwilling heard.
Although upon my car 1t strangely Jared,
A lifelong friendship shall not thus be marred
Nay! let it passi