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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

Valley Forge has for generations
been a name TO conjure with when
it is desired to FIRE the soul of the
patriot The privations and suffer
ings endured by the Continental
army in their winter quarters there
have been held up to us as the no.
blest example of the sacrifices which
brave men will cheerfnlly make in
their devotion to the cause ofliber-
~. The hope of military renown,
the fierce excitement Of the contest,
will move all bnt the most abject
coward to deeds of valer in.tbe day
of battle Loftiness of purpose. no-
biiity Of soul and sublime faith in
the justice of their cause are neces-
sary to enable men to endure such
hunger and cold and general misery
under an enforced suspension Of ef
fort, as we have always been told
our ancestors calmly accepted at
Valley Forge.
With what shock. then, do we
read in the daily papers that the
heirs of Colonel Nicholas Lott, of
Reading. Pa, claim that he furnish
ed supplies to the army at Valley
Forge, for which he was never paid
in full; and that they propose to
present to Congress a demand for
s4.OOO,OOO, the balance due forthose
suppliesl
of course the claim is just one;
such thing as an army contractor
or his heirs-making a claim for
supplies that were not furnished, or
being paid for them at an oxorbi-
tant rate, has never been heard of
in this countryl But whom are we
to pity most, the American people,
who are thus deprived of a lofty
ideal and made to realize that their
revered ancestors were a parcel of
impostors, lolling in the lap oflux-
ury and conniving with historians
to suppress the fact, or the "heirs of
Colonel Nicholas Lotz," who, for
the sake of a paltry s4,OOO,OOO, can
consent to shatter one of the bright
est illusions preserved in the arch
ives of tradition?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
Mnnt,s 10 Tax the Bachelors.

The Baltimore Sun suggests the
taxing of bachelors in the United
States at $40 a head, as the simplest
method of supplying Uncle Sans
deficiency. 1t estimates that the
crop of bachelors at six million,
from which number it knocks off
one-third which should not be taxed.
from various causes Allowance is.
made for those who have mothers or
sisters dependent on them for sup
port themselves, and for those
whose incomes are so small that the
starvation of two would take the
place of partial starvation ofone.
This with all due allowance, would
bring in a revenue of s 400 ,O00, 600 q
year and would go far to supply
the deficiency created by the pro-
posed tariff bill. No allowance.
however, seems to be made for those
who have tried their best to change
their condition. and have met only
discouragement and failare. Ger
tainly these should not be taxed for
that which is clearly no fault of
their own; and were this exemption
to prevail they might take advan-
tage of such loop-hole and show
their readiness to "prove an alibi.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
MISSING Word Contast.

Supply the missing word in the follow
ing sentence:
''Ir society the all absorbing topic in Eng
land during The quarter ,ras the Prince of
Wales and he...... $500. ...... affair."
One-fourth of the net subscription re-
ceipts of those entering this contest will
be divided among those who supply the
correct word in the blank in the above
sentence. Thus, if there are SIS 600, one
fourth would be 81 ,25O If ten supply
the correct word ch would receive
Sl25, if 100, each SI2.5O, &c.
Both of the above contests free and
in addition to Two Papers for the price
of one.
THE WEEKLY CONSTITUTION has a cir
culation OF l55, 900, and is THE PEoILE's
PAPER. 1t favors Tariff Reform, an In
dividual Income Tax, and the Expan-
sion of the Currency to a degree suffi-
cient to meet the legitimate business
demands of the country.
1t covers the news of the world every
week, having news correspondents in
all the news centres of the world.
Take the REGISTER and the Constitu-
ton.
TWO FoR oNE-
Both for $1.75.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
Death and DYING.

I p'lowing extract from a SER
mon Rev. Henry Ward Beeeher
conc Ing death and dying, gives
a dill ent view to that which most
1peop look forward to with fear
and mbIing:
aLlh is the swelling of the
seed at has lived here, that has
dried up, and that is waiting it's
plan g Death is the bursting Of
the in April. that all winter
long lain tightbound within it
sell, aiEing for its life of refiores-
cenc Death is entering on sum
mer rom the frigid zone. When
you 'ek at it in the light of this
gran disclosure, this prophetic
thou Of the apostle, the wonder
is tha man wants to liye-that they
do nc hunger for dying, for death
is coranaton; it is blossoming; tits
stepping from bondage into liberty;
from r'Eness into light; it is going
Olft !osil PRISON house into the glory
ofthe Fathers community. Iknow
that nature calls for a good deal. 1
cry wien my children die; for a
long time cannot bear their names
mentioned without sobs or crying,
but my higher reasons condemn my
lower weakness all the time. One
thing / cannot bear. / do not re-
buke anybody; but 1 must tell of
my own feelings. When the hero
goes do not cover him with black,
nor with any of the circumstances
that related to him here.
aChristianity after few thous-
and years ought to have taught
men that the going out of life is
honor and glory and Immortality.
If there be some poor wretch that
has defiIed life, and made many
people unhappy, and you want to
put on black, put it on for him; but
for your mother, your father, your
babe, your dearest one, do not de-
file the atmosphere of Heaven,
which is light, and whose garments
are salvation and beauty, with
which all the world understands for
the symbol of defeat or sorrow, or
trouble. You say Il feel better to
do it Well you ought not to feel
better to do it. For if there be one
thing which should be called the
Gate Beautiful, it is that gate which
opens and let's your child, your
mother, your sister, your brother
into the heavenly light of liberty.
"Oh, that the angels would send
down some of their habiliments
with which we might robe ourselves,
and; come on this side as near as we
cansto them-if not without tears
that are themselves lenses through
which heaven comes nearer and its
joys beam upon our earthly sorrows
and take away their anguish"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

The New York Horld hits the
nail square on the head when it says
that if there is any basis for the as
sertion that an income tex would
cause the Democrats to lose every
northern State, then it must be adj
mitted that money counts for more
than men, and that we are already
living under plutocracy
Our contemporary goes on to say.
that a fractional tax on incomes of
from s5,OOOto $4,000, aid a great
IL increasing. graded tax on incomes
above that amount, would be not
only just, but exceedingly popular,
It would oppose nobody and wrong.
nobody
TO say that the imposition of this
equitable tax would cause the dem
ocrats to be defeated in every nor
thern state, is equivalent to saying
that the wealthy men Of that sect,
ion will band together aud control
votes enough to defeat the purity
that compels them to pay their just
and proportionate share of the Ma
tion's taxes.
Altogether, some of the northern
newspapers have given their rich
men very bad certificate of char,
acter. They first intimated that
the northern millionairs would per-
jure themselves to escape the income
tax, and now it is said they would
corrupt the ballot in order to secure
the repeal of the tax.
All of this talk is absurd nonsense.
Give US the income tax. and the
rich men of America will follow the
example of their class in England.
They will pay their tax and say
nothing about it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
Forninhtheria.

The following recipe we take from
the Scientific American: SAT the first
indication of diphtheria in the
throat of child, make the room
close, then take a tin cup and pour
into it a quantity of tar and turpen-
tine equal parts. Then hold the
cup over fire SO as to fill the room
with fumes. The little patient, on
inhaling the fumes, will cough up
and spit out the membraneous mat
ter, and the diptheria viii pass out.
The fumes of the tar and turpentine
loosen the matter in the throat and
thus afford the relief that has bafled
the skill of physicians.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
YalIer crick Fishin.

Yaller Crick Fishin.
I've saw er feller fishin with er forty dollar
Er rakin NV is flies crost whut he called q trout
hole,
But give me fisliin wums fur bait an a ole
hick'ry stick
An turn me loose fur mud cats on the banks
1 know it amt SO tony. so distangy. ez dudes
Ez thar fishin ally mody. with thar bamboo rod
But when yer good an hongry an wants yer
vittles quick,
Jest grab yer wums an hick'ry pole an scoot
fur Yaller crick.
Yer rolls yer wum around yer hook an pins i'm
though and though,
An draps it in an eddy whnr the waters bile
an stew
Putty soon ther cork goes sailin out er sight SO
smooth an quick;
Thar's no foolin, he's all bizness, the mud cat
in Yaller crick.
1 know at many er fellern iist turn up lis
snoot an say,
AT ther mud cat amt no beauty-but then no
mo- is theyl
But he's juicy ez er apple an tender ez er chick
An Us meat is like ther lilies whut,s er-bloom
in Yaller crick.
I've ct ther down east" Goldfish on ther ole
Newfunlan banks,
Likewise ther mounting brook trout with ther
Colorndy cranks,
An red colqniby samming killed with or spear
in stick
They's fine. but give me mud cat whut's been
ketch'd in Yaller crick.
You may say I've got no gooster an amt no
bong veevaw-
1t may be so, but I'll tell yer thars no one whut
I've saw,
No matter whar his country, but whut tuck
orful quick
Ter ther lushis, juicy mud cat whut inhabits
Yaller crick.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
GEMS IN vERsE.
Iiue Plnintinr Were pefendant,

IL n PlnintIff Were Defendant.
dreamed twelve owls in the jury box
And n bear with silken gown and wig
Were trying a most unhappy fox,
Watched by n dog who was fierce and big.
Three monkeys grave. with pen and ink
And papers spread upon the table,
%rinkled their brows and tried to think:
For they were lawyers, grave and able.
Then straightway it occurred to me
How matters might be changed around,
II the case about honey or mice should be,
And the jury or judge in the dock were
found.
The bees could tell tales of old Judge Bear.
And the mice and frogs of those pompous
owls,
TIL neither one would ever dare
To speak of foxes or of fowlsl
ST Nicholas
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
SmaIl-p K at Lewisburg.

a dispatch from Lewisburg, says,
Although strenuous efforts have
been made by the authorities to
suppress the spread of smallpox,
the number of cases increases daily.
There are now fifteen cases in the
town; of these five are new Ones
While the council and citizens have
been very vigilant and energetic in
the matter of quarantine. it is the
opinion of many thatit is not rigid
enough, and that the spread of the
disease cannot now be prevented
Among the colored people it is al
most impossible to prevent them
from visiting one another, especial
ly after dark. Great precaution is
exercised in regard to country peo-
pie, who are allowed to come in at
one end of the town and then only
to certain line. Business is com
pletely paralyzed and it will be a
long time before Lewisburg can re-
cover from the effects already suf-
fered because of the disease.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
wearying For You.

eaEylhS Il OF lou.
Jes' G-wearyin for you,
All the time a-feelin blue:
Wishin for you-wonderin when
You'll be comm home agen.
Restless, don't know what to do
Jes' a-wearyin for you'll
Rooms so lonesome with your chair
Empty by the fireplace there;
Jes' can't stand the sight of It'll
Go outdoors an roam bit.
But the woods is lonesome, too
Jes' a-wearyin for you'll
Comes the wind, with soft caress,
Like the rustlin of your dress;
Blossoms fallin to the ground,
Softly, like your fOotstep sound;
Violets like your eyes SO blue
Jes' a-wearyfn for you'll
Nornin comes; the birds awake:
Use to sing SO for your sakel
But there's sadness in the notes
That come thrillin through from
throats;
Seem to feel your absence, too
Jes' a-wearyin for you'll
Evenin comes; miss you more
When the dark glooms in the door;
Seems jes' like you Orter be
There to open it for mel
Latch goes tinklin, thrills me through
Sets me wearyin for you'll
Frank L. Stanton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
A Pure Home.

There is nothing on earth for
which one ought to be more thank
full than for having been brought
up in the atmosphere of pure
home. Such home may be mar
row and even hard. II may be de.
ficient in material comforts, and ut
terly lack the graceful amenities
that lend charm to human life;
but it has in it the forces on which
great characters are nurtured. One
of our best friends man as sturdy
as a forest oak-once said to me, al
was the son of poor parents, and
from my youth up was Injured to
self-denial and hardship; but l do
not remember ever to have heard a
word from the lips of either my
father or my mother that was not as
chaste as the driven snow" Better
such a recollection as that than an
inheritance of millions of money.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
Presidents Rights in Congress.

The President of the United
States has no personal rights in the
House of Representatives. BE can
send it messages, but it is not
obliged to extend any courtesies in
the way of quarters on the floor.
No doubt he would be courteously
treated if he should come, but he
never has during the regular ses-
sion, and probably never will. But
in the Senate it is different. The re-
lations between the President and
the upper chamber are close and
confidential. 1t passes upon his
nominations and can be very
agreeable or disagreeable if it
chooses. There is Presidents
room there and he has right~to
come into the chamber and deliver
his message if he sees fit.
President Madison appeared in
the Senate, frequently. During ex
ecutive sessions there is chair for
the president beside the vice presi-
dents, though it does not get warm
ed with any frequency. 1t is one
of the traditions of the senate that
the president has a right to take
possession of the vice presidents
chair while he is delivering mess
age, but no president has ever yet
availed himself of the right, and
that small boon is still left to the
second officer of the government,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

Children, in their unconscious
frankness, sometimes say things
that are revelation to their elders.
A little boy was sent to his room to
pray for pardon for display oftem-
per, and to ask God to give him a
good temper. AS he was leaving he
whispered, "And make mothers
temper good, too"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
Woman ofLOye.

A Rebekah with loving heart is
sure to look upon the bright side of
life, and by her example induce
others to do SO. She sees reason
for all the unwelcome events, which
others call bad luck. She believes
in silver Innings, and likes to point
them out to others. A week of rain
or fog, an avalanche of expected
guests, dishonest servant, an un-
becoming bonnet, or any of the
thousand minor Affections of every
day life have no power to
disturb the deep calm of her soul.
The love light is still in her eyes,
whether the day be dark or bright.
1t is she who conquers the grim old
uncle and dyspeptic aunt The
crossest baby reaches out its arms
to her and is comforted. Old people
and strangers always ask the way
for her in crowded streets. She has
a good word to say for the man or
woman under the worlds ban ofre
proach. Gossip pains her, and she
never voluntarily listens to it. Her
gentle heart helps her to see the
reason for every poor sinners mis-.
step and condones every fault. She
might not serve with acceptance on
a Judges bench, but she is very
agreeable person to Nation
al odd Fellow.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
The Suwanee River.

The Suwanee river rises in south
ern Georgia and flows through Flor
ida in series of sweeping curves,
and empties into the Gulf of Mexi-
CO, few miles north of Cedar Keys.
The name is not wholly aboriginal.
The pious Spanish pioneer christep-
ed it the San Juan, which the Indi-
ans softened to Suwanee, adding the
musical termination which marks
all their geographical names. The
banks of the Suwanee have wit
messed many a fierce struggle OF
these dark warriors with their pale
faced foes. The march of improve
ment has supplanted the Indian and
his pony.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

Tho little scrimmage in the harbor
at Rio, taken in connection with
what has happened recently at other
places, indicates special fondness
on the part of our country to get
mixed up in the internal broils of
other nations. Some of these days
we will, perhaps, find that it is mon
ey in our pockets to attend to our
own business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

The most original writer's borrow
ed one from another. The ihstruc-
ton we find in books is like fire.
We fetch it from our neighbors,
kindle it at home, communicate it
to others, and it becomes the prop
erty of all.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

A new printer on a Georgia pa
per recently in making up the forms
for the first time last week, got a
marriage and a grocer's notice mix
ed up so as TO read as follows:
"John Smith and Ida oney were
united in the holy bonds of sauer
kraut, which will be sold by the
quart or barrel. Mr.. Smith is an
esteemed Goldfish at ten cents, while
the bride has many hams at. "a shil-
ling a pound.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
Iarge crops.

Nine years ago P. D. Hamrick,
infant SON of "Tigger" Ben and
Polly Hamrick, became suddenly
deaf in one ear and continued SO
until the past summer. While in
the water bathing the deaf ear be-
came filed with water, which gave
him much pain. His mother ex-
amined his ear, and with the use of
a pin extracted % calibre pistol
ball, since which time his hearing
in that ear has been perfect. The
mystery is, how did the pistol ball
get in his ear Webster Echo.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
Pretty wall Said.

1 see that some .of our brother
correspondents are disposed to
complain of hard times and
would like to suggest remedy.
Now Bro. Farmers let us have a
better road system and thereby
reduce the cost of marketing our
produce, raise a few more lambs.
and a couple of shoats instead of a
worthless dog, see that our tools are
in the dry, when not in use, cease
patronizing scrub stations and bulls
more after the odds and
ends, such as the manure pile, bro
ken gates, &c. Plant and SOW a
better variety of seed, cultivate
more thoroughly, give politics to
the dogs, live within our income,
and we will have better times
Letcis Peters in Farm Reporter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

God puts our prayers, like rose
leaves, between the pages of His
book of remembrance, and when
the volume is opened at last there
shall be precious fragrance spring
ing mp therefrom.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

"The man who believes in ghosts
may be better citizen than one
who does not believe in his fellow
creatures"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

When the enemy wants to dis
suade a man from joining the church
he represents Christianity as wear
ing black clothes aud long face.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

Every Farmer Should Put in n Big Crop.
Every farmer should prepare to
plant as large crop as possible the
coming Spring. Prepare to raise
every busheI of corn, oats and pota-
toes, and prepare to raise all the
garden vegetables you can. Farm.
ers are expected to raise enough on
their farms to feed their families
and stock, poultry, etc., without
buying, and have enough surplus
left to sell to buy articles that have
to be bought. Times are hard, and
people must economic and nothing
will help the farming class SO much
as to raise everything they possibly
can. Farmers prepare to put out
large crops.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

Society may bedivrded into three
classes-the producers, the beggars
and the robbers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
MY Creed.


Ihold that Christian grace abounds
Where charity is seen; that when
We climb to heaven 'tis on the rounds
OF love to men.
Ihold all else named piety
A selfish scheme, a vain pretense;
Where center is not, can there be
circumference?
This 1. moreover, hold, and dare
Affirm where'er my rhyme may go,
Whatever things be sweet or fair,
Love makes them so.
Whether 1t be lullabies
That charm to rest the nursing bird,
Or that sweet confidence of sighs
And blushes made without word.
Whether the dazzling and the flush
Ofsoftly sumptuous garden bowers
Or by some cabin door a bush
or ragged flowers.
'Tis not the wide phylactery,
Nor stubborn fast. nor stated prayers,
That make us saints; we judge the tree
BY what it bears.
For when a man can't live apart
From works on theoloGic trust,
know the blood about the heart
-Phube Cary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

To my thinking charity is the
New Testament told in a word.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
NEW FLOUR
FEED STORE!
c.. 81. WRAY,

OPPOSITE COURT HoUsE0
DESIRES to inform the public that he
~ has opened Flour and Feed Store
in the room adjoining the REGISTER of
fee. where he will keep on hand at the
LOWEST CASH PRICES, the
Best Brands of Flour; also Corn
Meal, Chop Feed, Bran, Shorts,
Corn, Oats, Hay, Straw, &c.
Orders Promptly Filled and
Goods Delivered Free.
am also prepared to furnish Coal in
any quantities, and respectfully solicit
your orders. G. E. WRAY.
jan1 S9-3m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

There were 200 lynchings in the
United States last year-a decrease
of &c from the year before.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07

For Bargains. A full line
of all sorts of Groceries,
and Canned Goods at low
prices. Candies, Bananas
and Sweet, Juicy Oranges
a speciality. Flour by the
Barrel OF Sack. Produce
always on hand. Goods
delivered free, in any part
of the city. ,.n,o.,y
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1894-02-07
Marshall College.
The State Normal School,
HUNTINGTON, W. VA.
Fall Term Opens Sept. l3. 1898.
Winter Term Opens Dec. A, 1898.
Spring Term Opens March 5, 1894
Free Tuition to State Students.
DEPARTMENTS:
NORMAL.
ACADEMIC AND CLASSICAL.
MUSIC.
BUSINESS.
SPECIALIZE FEATURES.

SPECIAL FEATURES:
Healthful and Pleasant Location
Lowest Expenses-Free Library and
Reading Room-Abundant Supply of
Modern Helpful Apparatus-Buildings
Supplied With Pure Water-Heated by
the Best Hot Air Ventilating system
and Lighted Throughout by Gas-Bath
Rooms and all Toilet Conveniences in
the Buildings.
There is no school in this section of
the State offering equal advantages at
such a low cost.
For catalogue or further information,
address the Principal.
THoS. E. HODGES,
aug3Otf Huntington, w. Va.