The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1895-03-13

MARCH Is, 1895.
Congressman Capohart of this dis
trict appointed Robert S. Brown, of
Ravenswood, as a naval academy ca
det-
Tom Reed would not vote 10
thank Speaker Crisp-he and only
one other refused to rise.
1t took two marriage ceremonies
to make Miss Gould a countess
One divorce court can leave her
her without count.
Are you mouo-metalIist. BIZ
metallist or a tricylisi? These pom
derous questions must now be an
WeizeI Democrat
Politicians are like rattIesnakes.
-T'hey rattle their tale before they
strike with their faDgs. No refer
ence to Point Pleasant politicians.
American millionaires go to
Europe and are capturedby Parish
an skirt dancers. Foreign Counts
come TO America and are captured
by rich American heiresses. In the
exchange we get nothing but titles.
1t is now estimated that 300, 1000
people will pay the income tax
They are all thrifty and able to pay
it, and it lightens the taxes of So
100000 of people who are poorer
and less able to pay This smacks
ofjustiee.
There are fears of small pox
epidemic at Cincinnati. A number
of cases have been discovered among
the colored people, and the state
board of health has taken precau-
tions to prevent the spread of the
seourge.
To France, England, Germany,
Spain, Hindoostan or Turkey:-If|
you have any more broken down or
broken up Counts left in stock over
there among your curios, send them
to America. The fools are not all
dead yet, and some of them have
money.
A sample of the careIessness that
is manifest in the phraseology of
some of the bills that pass Congress
is to be found in the act to provide
for a Government building at Chi
cago, wherein the Secretary of the
Treasury is directed to sell the old
building to the lowest bidder.
The average duration of human
life Is thirty three years. 1t is said
that one quarter of the people born
on earth die before they are six
years of age, one half before they
are sixteen, and that only one per-
son out of 100 lives to the age of
sixty FIVE.
The country has tried the single
gold standard, now let us have BIZ
metallism, international or other
wise, just as in the days of our faith
ers. Congress has created none
tary commission, which wet rust
will result in a conference that will
settle the money question
Mrs. Willie X. Vanderbilt has
prosecuted the most successful di
vorce suit of the age. She not only
gets rid of Willie, but she gets
marble palace at Newport and
100000 year She may marry
again, but Willie must not. Per
hap5 he don't want to-
The labor lien law was bush
whacked to death in the late Legis-
lature, AT the demand ofthe corpora
tons, though its passage meant
many thousands of dollars of hard,
honestly earned wages saved every
year by the laboring people of the
State.
The sweetest harmony does not
come from the bass drum, neither
does the best intentions come from
the promising politician. Tie to
that man that attends closely to his
own knitting and does not have his
ears, eyes and mouth open to at
tend to the business ofothers. Such
a man only will, make good mum.
cipal legislator.
Building and Loan Associations
are exempt from the Income Tax
as long as they lend money exclu-
siyely to their members. If they
lend money outside of their men,
bersbip, they must make returns
the same as any other corporation.
Ali corporations must make return
OF their net income whether they