davidaulloa/AmericanStories huggingface dataset:
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11


The Concert for the benefit of the
brass band, of this place, who wish
to raise funds with which to pur.
chase new instruments, promises to
be the best entertainment ever Civ
en- in town. Don't forget tho date,
Tuesday night, April 18th, 1894, at
Hooff's Opera House. 1t will con-
sist of a minstrel first part, with
song and dance by Sgd Croniger.
Misses Lula Selbe and Rebecca Bar
bee will recite on that occasion.
Mrs. Hattie Congrove Hemmings,
Miss Tot Bowyer and Miss Mary
Simpson will render vocal solos.
Mrs. Hemmings and sister, Miss
Matte Congrove, will render a
piano and violin Duet, o. w. Eagle
and wife will take part, which of
itself is enough to assure full
house. The concluding part will be
a musical act by Geo. Simpson and
Joe Yarian, introducing IA differ
ent musical instruments. Don't
fail tosee them all. The price of adj
mission will be Is, 25 and 35 cents.
Seats on sale Friday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11
Po1xr Pleasant LODGE No. SO. LOOT.
March so, 1894.

To Bro wM. McGuFr1S AND FAMILY:
DEAR SIR AND BRo:-At a meeting
held ON the above date the following
resolutions were unanimously adopted:
ResOlred, That this Lodge tender to
deepest sympathy and coincidence in
the sudden death of a beloved and duti-
full son.
Resolred, That copy Of this resolution
be spread upon record, and that Bro.
VIM. McGufin be furnished with copy
of same.
FraternaIly submitted in FL. ct,
VIM. NJ. FRY, Sec'y.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Hicks says on and about the 18th
and 18th look for regular reaction
airy changes to warm and stormy,
with cool to cold days and nights
passing eastward from west and
north, behind the storms. The 18th
to the 21st is the next storm period.
Frost in the north after the storms.
Warm about 24th and 18th, with
showers followed by cooler. The
18th to end of month is a regular
storm period. Watch it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Messrs. Greenlee & Mclaughlin
have opened first class Restaurant
and Boarding House, in the rooms
lately occupied by Mr.. Park. All
the furniture and bedding in the
house is entirely new, and travellers
will find it a nice place to stop, or
to call and get a meal. We wish
our young friends success.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Miss Hattie Congrove was mar
ried Wednesday to Mr. Hemmings,
of Raymond City, conductor on the
K. &. NJ. Railroad. We tender
them our congratulations.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

For a good, clean, neat shave, or
artistic hair cut, go to VIM. Stein
bach, the champion barber.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

For good, clean, neat shave, or
artistic hair cut, go to VIM. Stein
bach, the champion barber.
Miss Hattie Congrove was mar
ried Wednesday to Mr. Hemmings,
of Raymond City, conductor on the
K. &. NJ. Railroad. We tender
them our congratulations.
81. G. Bailey & Co. have received
their stock of Ladies' Walking
Shoes.
A young boy was found sealed
up in a K & NJ. freight car when it
arrived at the yard in this place
Friday evening. He came from
Athens, and had been in the car
about thirty-six hours. He was al
most famished when found. The
road officials shipped him to his
home Friday night.
Il. c. Bailey & Co. are receiving
fresh spring goods, every day. Call
and examine them.
Thursday night thieves raided
Mr.. G. c. Mfller's meat house and
carried off about a dozen hams and
few shoulders. Phieving and
pilfering is getting to be Alto
gether too common in this part
of the country.
Ladies, call and see h. c. Bailey
& Co.'s new line of Walking Shoes.
The ladies of the lower Presby-
terian church will give a social in
B. Gilmore's store room, Thursday
evening, April 18th, 1894. Fifteen
cents for admission and lunch. All
are cordially invited. Ice Cream
and Sher bert will also be served.
Steinbach-the neatest barber in
town-good work guaranteed.
The Phenix Hotel has added new
furniture to its Office. The popular
proprietors, Messrs. Bryan & Smith.
are always making some improve
ments for the benefit of their guests.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Il. G. Bailey & Co. have received
their stock of Ladies' Walking
Shoes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Ladies, call and see q. G. Bailey
& Co.'S new line of Walking Shoes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Steinbach-the neatest barber in
town-good work guaranteed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-04-11

Il. G. Bailey & Co. are receiving
fresh spring goods, every day. Call
and examine them.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

Types for tho Greek alphabet Wero
fist cast by Aldus III 1876.
The first Bible printed with a date
was finished by Faust IN 1862
Tpyesetting machines We're suggested
for book work as early as 1912.
vellum first came into use as a ma
terial for bookbinding about 1910.
The library Of Gottingen has Bible
written on palm leaves There are 5, 373
pages. each made Of a single leaf.
Earthenware bricks or tiles with
characters engraved or stamped on them
were undoubtedly the first books.
The first known example of boozbind-
ing in boards in the modern style was
a Latin psalter in the ninth century.
Some of the early printed books, in
order to initiate manuscripts, had the
initials and borders painted by hand
Roman books We're often composed of
a number Of pages Of wood strung TOT
gether with cord passed through hole
in the corner of each block
Parchment was in occasional use from
the earliest times, came into general
use about 200 r. O., and continued I'M
til the invention Of printing
All the English kings, from Horny I
to Edward VI, took the coronation oath
on manuscript copy of the four evan
gelists bound in oak boards an inch
thick. This book was made in 100.
Book sewing machines, to do the work
Of fastening together the sheets of which
a book is composed, were introduced in
1872 Before that time all books wero
sewed by hand The book sewing ma
chine reduced the cost about one-half. -
st. Louis Globe Democrat.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
WAS ! rRuLY P.ous IAN.

Parson GoodfrIend's wrestIe with and rrI-
umph over Satan and Sunday Sap.
She was from the country, but she
didn't intend to take back water on
anything on that account if she could
help it Piety was the subject of discus
sion, and Sister Jane, who lived IN a
town that made some pretensions to be-
ing considered a city, had been expatiat-
ing On the immaculate righteousness Of
Parson jenkins. Sister Melinda bided
her time until her innings came round,
and then she took the floor.
Il don't mind allowin, she said,
ssthat Parson Jenkins is a powerful re-
ligious man, but when it comes TO
downright wrestlin with satan an re-
sistin his wiles an temptations why, 1
stan right up in meetin an say that
our Parson Goodfriend can't be beat by
no man. He don't run a soup kitchen,
Gus we don't have no use for such
things down our why, an he don't go
slummin, Gus we amt got no slums,
but he's always ready for a tussle with
the adversary, no matter how many
snares an pitfalls he sets for his feet.
You know, he keeps q maple grove onto
his little place, an he sets a powerful
store by 'em. Well, it hadn't been very
good sugarin weather at the time I IN
speakin of it. 1t had been freezin con
siderable nighttilnes, but it hadn t
thaWed out amy daytimes, an the sap
hadn't a good chance to run. But Par
son Goodfrieud WIZ alters a great han
fer talzin time by the forelock, so he got
his holes bored, an his spouts druv in,
an his buckets set SO as to have every
thing ready to take advantage of the
ri r,~f of i, 1pvn d
along Well, he done that on Wednes-
day, an them trees Of his never dripped
a drop on Thursday, nor on Friday, nor
on Saturday, but Oh Sunday the sun
shone out powerful warm, an every
thing was thawin. An when he went
to look at his trees on Monday mornin
Gus, of course, he wouldn't let him
self think Of them even on Sunday-he
found that his sap troughs and buckets
wuz just brimfuL Then what do you
think he dones'
'sWhy, 1 suppose he did what any
other man would have done. - replied
Sister Jane. He took the sap away to
make maple sugar out Of it. :"
Eyes, that's what Parson jenkins
would "a done, no doubt, - said Sister
Melinda triunaphantly, IAN it just
proves what Pm tellin these facts for
there amt no more pious man Twin
than our Parson Goodfriend. No, he
didn't shout for joy an take that sap
away, but he just Topped down on his
knees right then an there, an he says
it was my own cousin what heard him
Get thee behind me, satan; you can't
tempt me with any Lord's day sap. An
then he riz up an emptied every drop Of
the stuff onto the ground, an next Sun
day he preached the most convincin ser
mon 1 ever heard on the wiles of the
evil one. New York Advertiser
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
GOOD PAY FOR 4 SMALL JOB.

Expert Locksmith's Time Is Valuable,
as This Manufacturer Learned
Every safe manufacturer has at
tached to his force expert locksmiths,
whose duties consist in opening safes
which have gotten out Of order. Many
of the accidents to safes occur from
the gross carelessness of their owners
and at times the hon est safe crackers
enjoy quiet laugh at the expense Of
a group of bank officers or the pro-
prietor of some important establish
ment- Not long since a large manu-
facturer telegraphed to a New York
SHOEMAKER, requesting that man be
sent at once to his place of
business. town about fifty miles
from the city. Upon reaching his
destination the expert, with his kit
of tools, repaired to the establish
ment, and was informed that the
vault, an old-fashioned affair which
locked with a key and which con
tanned the safe and books of the con-
Germ, could not be opened The man
examined the lock and then the key,
opened his kit, took out bit of wire
and began to dig a mass of dirt, dust
and lint out of the key. Then he in
serted it in the lock. while the pro-
prietor with siclxly smile looked on
whats your charger" asked the
manufacturer.
Fifty dollars" replied the expert.
Does anyone know you are in
town?''
NO"
well, then, here's $780," remarked
the manufacturer I'll give you $40
extra if you'll take the first train
back to New York without telling
anyone the price I've paid to have
man dig dirt out of key for me-"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
she Swim. In Her sIeep.

A young woman of Crab Creek. Ore
gon, INDUCES in frequent freaks OF
somnambulism- One of her recent ex-
PLOTS was as follows: She arose from
her bed about 3 o'clock in the morn
ing and was seen to approach Crab
creek in her night robe Upon reach
ing the stream the young woman
v AIDED in for a short distance, as If
feeling her way, and swan safely
across. Upon reaching the opposite
bank she awOl1e, half frightened to
death. dripping wet and shivering
from the cold, and made her way to
the house of = neighbor, where she
was cared for and taken to her home.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
al Rutferflv storv.

A cocoon taken into a suburban
library some weeks ago gave forth the
other day an exquisite great butter
fly. The de1ica te- feathered creature
was kept in the room a day or two
and then in pity set free just at night
fall. There were some misgivings
lest this should prove other than an
act of mercy. but all was felt to be
well when next morning the butterfly
was discovered where it had been
placed, but this time in company
with mate. 1t happened that the
temperature indoors and out had been
SO nearly alike that the butterfly in
the library had burst its bonds almost
at the same moment with the one out
side destined to become its mate.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

CHICAGO, July CIV Weather forecast:
A low pressure area covers the upper
Mississippi valley and lower Missouri
valley, except few thunder showers in
northern Minnesota, upper Michigan and
the DakOtas IL has developed no precipi-
tation, but has resulted in a remarkable
manifestation of heat, the temperatures
varying from 100 to 1O8 degrees in Kan
sas, Nebraska, South Dakota. Iowa,
southern and extreme western Wisconsin
and Illinois The center of greatest
heat is this morning resting over Iowa.
Wisconsin and northern Illinois In
Montana, Wyoming and the DakOtas. the
hot wave is breaking and the tempera-
ture is about 10 degrees cooler than yes
terday. Southwest winds are probable
today and tonight in northern Illinois
which will result in probably the hottest
day of the season today and tonight 1t
is probable that relief will not come be-
fore Saturday OF Saturday evening, when
thunder showers are probable.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
WRITTEN IN HALF AN HOUR
1.-THE Sweet By-and- BY the Work OF
But Few Minutes.

1.-THE Sweet By-and- By the Work Of
But q Few Minutes.
Mr.. Bennett, a music writer, and
Mr. Webster were intimate friends,
says HarrisOn's Magazine. The latter
was subject to melancholy. He came
in to where his friend Bennett was at
business one day in a depression Of
spirits.
What is the matter now2" said
Bennett, noticing his sad countenance.
NO matter" said Webster. 1T
will be right by-and- by
Yes, that sweet by-and- by" said
Bennett Would not that sentiment
make good hymn. Webster"
MAY be it would, - replied Webster,
indifferently.
the three verses Of the hymn and
handed them to Webster. When he
read them his whole demeanor
changed Stepping to his desk he
began to write the notes Having
finished them he requested his violin
and played the melody. In a few
minutes more he had the four parts OF
the chorus jotted down. 1t was not
over thirty minutes from the first
thought of the hymn before the two
friends, and two others who had come
in the meantime, were singing all the
parts together A bystander, who
had been attracted by the music. and
had listened in silence, remarked:
That hymn is immortal. 1t is now
sung IN every land under the sun.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

Practlcod on a French Farmer Much
Against Hfs Will
NJ de la Reynie, travelling one day
incognito, met a man of enormous
obesity at the inn where they change
the horses on the road to Paris. He
was q farmer and he had with him
two letters Of recommendation from
the governor Of his province-one TO
the kings physician and the other to
a celebrated lawyer. When they ar
rived in Paris, La Reypie took the
man to his own hotel, and assured
him that he was in position to help
him IN his quest He at once led him
to a dungeon where there were a jug
of water and a piece of bread sus-
pended by a string from the ceiling
Rage, screams. and cries of the der
spairing prisoner were in vain. In the
nature of things, the man was
presently compelled to attempt to
get the only food he had, and, after
numerous jumps and as many tun-
bles, he succeeded at length in gain
ing possession of the bread. After
two months of this diet and these
gymnastics. La Reynie gave him his
liberty. But his Protege, beside him
self with rage, threatened to lodge q
complaint with the project of police.
Nothing could be more simple" said
La Reynie to him; '.you are at this
very moment before him But let Us
think d moment You came to Paris
to cure yonr obesity. You now stand
be fore me as thin and slender as q
young man. What have you, there
fore. to gain? Besides that, here are
documents to show that you have won
the lawsuit you came about and
which you told me on the journey
you were so anxious to win" Amazed
and stupefed, and with his breath
taken away, the poor man was only
able to stammer: ..Ohi monseigneurt'
Depart" said La Reynie to him;
''retarn to the country and propagate
my treatment for obesity"
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
Personal GOSsIP.

Frank Harvey. the author Of numerous
plays, has 1ast produced a new one call
ed Shall We Forgive Her?'' The story
is not very original. but the treatment
is def. dramatic and effective.
Lady Violet Grevi1le's adaptation of
'tLe Gendre de NJ Porrier'' under the
title of An Aristocratic Alliance, Y l.
poor stuff In changing the characters
to English people tie original sadly suf
fers.
Alice Pierce, the remarkable child
actress, was not permitted to appear in
the title role of 'Hannele.'' the vision
play which the Rosenfeld brothers pro
duced at the Fifth Avenue theater. New
York
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
THE BUSY WASP.
Ho HAS Many Trades and Always works
Hard.

40 HAS Many Trades mnd Always Works
Hard.
Wasps act as architects, builders.
carpenters and paper makers They
go abroad into the fields and gardens
in search Of provisions; with exem-
plarv care for the public welfare they
eat ont the sunny side of your peaches
and carry away meat from the lamb
chops in your larder. Man, base man.
who robs the busy bee OF its hard
earned honey and Stays the gentle
calf for the prod uction of veal outlets,
ususally speaks of the socialist in
sects as robbers and depredators- But
he forzets that the generous and pub
hc-spirited wasp does not levy tribute
on his apricots for itself alone. It IS
the commissary Of the republic Each
worker hurries back to the nest the
results of his fruit hunting or his
marauding expeditions, and shares
them among his fellow subjects with
that distributive justice which Aris-
totle preached and which nobody in
our human communities practices. He
carries out the principles of the Fabi-
an society.
Division of labor, believe, goes q
long way in the nest. Some of ths
workers seem to be specially en-
ployed as foragers and soldiers; others
appear to be told off as nurses and
guardians while yet others are en-
gagged as paper makers and masons-
1t is even said that these last work by
shifts q know not by what authority
and that they each have a space Of
about square inch allotted to them
to fill the cells. on which no neighbor-
ing worker is permitted to eneroach
with impunity. But these are per-
haps tx e fictions of Imaginative OBJ
servers. At any rate the eight hours
act is not yet in operation; wasps
work early and late Of their own mere
notion
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

YWVHF FIRST PAPER IN KANSAS To- Sc
H. cure the leased wire service of tho Associated
Press: conrrois exclusively for Topeka the Fun
Day Service of this grea- organization Tor tie
collection OF news. A telegraph operator ID Lns
STATE JOURSAT. Office IS employed for the SOLE
purpose of taxing this report. when comes con
tnuOusly from 1880 a. IN till 400 p IN. (Wlrn
bulletins Of Important news up 70 9 p. m. over
d wire running INTO this once and used only for
the day Associated Press business between the
hours above named.
EW-fhe STATE JOURNAL IS the only paper in
Kansas receiving the Full Day Associated Press
Report.
s1D-Th6 STATE JOURNAL has a regular aver
age Daily LOca Circulation in Topeka Of more
than all other Capital City D@1ltes Com
binsd. and Double that OF fta prlnOi y fl
paper.
E-e-ATember OF the American Newspaper
Publishers Association.
eD-Ths STATE JOURNAL Press Room Is
equipped with a Lightning Web PerfecEing
Printing Pr0ss-the handsOmesE and fastest
piece Of printing machinery in the state
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

Manuel e de Costa. who resides six
miles south of Sacramento on the
Riverside road, has built an ingenious
machine for irrigating his flower
garden and his orange and lemon
trees 1t consists of a wooden wheel
ten feet in diameter and with rim,
or tire, about two feet wide A dog
is placed inside the wheel. which is
turned By his weight as he gallops in
treadmill fashion The revolution OF
the axle tut ms a crank which operates
the handle of q pump set in dug
well. After half an hours exercise
the dog Is taken out and fresh dog
put in for another half hour.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
PROBLEMS IN ANIMAL LIFE.
Some OF the UnaccOuntabIe Things Done
by Fowls. Beasts and Insects.

Some OF the UnaccOuntabIe Things Done
by Fowls. Beasts and Insects.
The greyhound runs by sight only.
This is a fact The carrier pigeon
flies his hundreds Of miles homeward
by eyesight noting from point to
point objects that he has marked.
This IS only conjecture The dragon
fly, with IL, O0O lenses in his eye. darts
from angle to angle with the rapidity
of flashing sword, and as rapidly
darts back, not turning in the air, but
with a clash reversing the action of
his four wings and instantaneously
calculating the distance of the OBJ
jects, or he would dash himself to
pieces. But in what conformation OF
the eye does this power consist? No
one can answer.
Ten thousand mosquitoes dance up
and down in the sun, with the minut-
est interval between them, yet no one
knocks another headlong on the grass
or breaks leg or a wing, long and
delicate as they are. Sudd -nly a
peculiar. igh-shOuldered. vicious
creature, with long and pendant nosa,
darts out of the rising and falling
cloud and, settling on your cheek. in
serts n poisonous sting What pos
sessed the little wretch to do this?
Did he smell your blood while he was
dancing? No one knows.
A carriage comes suddenly upon
some geese in narrow road and
drives straight through the flock. A
goose was never yet fairly run over,
nor duck. They are under the very
wheels and hoofs. and yet they con-
trive to flap and waddle safely off.
Habitually stupid and indolent. they
are, nevertheless, equal to any emer-
gency.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

The flthiness of the printing office
towel is traditional. and the joke
a bout the country editor who slew his
devil by striking him blow with
the office towel has lost its force. The
other day 1 saw suspended on the wall
of a printing Office q black object.
which was labeled: 'sArmor plate,
tested on the Indian Head proving
ground and found to be inpene ira
BILE" Upon close inspection the ar
ticle was found to be that same old
towel
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

TEE first suit for damages against the
city Of Chicago on account Of the strike
has been brought for IS as a test case.
This modest amount, however, is hardly
calculated to raise any great hopes.
Pittsburg has only lately recovered from
she strike of 1877.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27
The hetorf Canatiqua.

Thirty years ago Horace Greeley
said to Susan B. Anthony: The bal
lot and the bullet 60 together. You
women say you want TO vote; are you
ready to fight, too2" Yes. Mr..
Greeley said Miss Anthony. ''we are
ready to fight at the point Of the
goose quill the way you always have. ="
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

THE country has been blighted enough
by Democracy without the hot winds
coming on. But if the winds will kindly
stay OF until the crops are made it may
be able to recover from Democracy in
time
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

THE management OF every state insti-
tuition except two has been found either
incompetent, or corrupt. or both The
governor appoints the boards. the boards
appoint such officials and the people
elect the governor. There's a suggestion
20 voters in this.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1894-07-27

Ex-Governor WILLIAM PTrr KEEL
LOGG says he can throw no light on the
sugar scandal, and so will not give up
his vacation to go to Washington. He
doesn't seem to understand the situation,
he is just the kind Of witness the sena-
tors want