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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
THAI charge 1!
Judge Jackson Says Corporations
Arc Liable
If They Undertake to COerce En-
pIOyeeS.

A special to the st. Louis Re-
public from Washington, says:
Judge jackson of the United
States District for West Virginia
has created sensation by charge
delivered to the grand jury at Par
kersburg few days ago. Judge
jackson is an old-fashioned Dem
ocrat. He is first cousin of the
immortal "Stonewall," but was an
ardent Union man during the war.
He was appointed to the Federal
bench by President Lincoln, and
is now the oldest Judge in contin-
uous service in the United States
Court.
Judge Jackson, in charging the
jury, read that part of the code re-
lating to employers, especially cor
porations, seeking by direct or in
direct threats to control the vote of
their employees. He said that ref
erence to this law, which made
such action on the part of employ
ers a misdemeanor, punishable by
fine of not less than $50 nor
more than 5000, was timely, in view
of current reports. He said that
the railroad companies were pro-
tected by the law and they we're
amenable to the law. The putting
up of posters in the railway yards
and shops, by authority of the
managers of the corporation, re-
questing employees to support GER
tain policy or sign such and such
papers, or directly or indirectly to
say to them that IF you do not
vote so and SO you will lose your
Job was blow at their independ-
ence and liberty and should not be
tolerated.
The Judge instructed tho Grand
Jury to inquire into reports preva-
lent in West Virginia that the rail
road companies are seeking to con-
troll the votes of their employees. 1t
is a matter of common report in
that State that some of the roads
are bulldozing their employees and
trying to force them to join the So
called sound money clubs and to
sign papers pledging themselves to
vote for Mckinley for President
According to reports received
here, Judge jackson is very much
in earnest and declares that he will
protect the workingmen of West
Virginia and make it hot for the
railroads or other corporations if
they Interfere with the rights of
their employees.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
trustees Sale of Real Estate.

The undersigned trustee, by virtue of
the authority vested in him, will sell at
public auction at the front door OF the
court house of Mason county, w. Va,
al eleven O'Clock A. Nj.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
GEN. WATTs sICIN.
Will be Unable to Again Take
tile Stump for Ten Days.

Will be Unable to Again Take
tile Stump for Ten Days.
Special to Register.
CHARLESTON, w. VA, Sept, 81.
q. @. Watts is quite sick,
and his physician has ordered that
he remain at home for week or
ten days. The Generals condition
is not alarming, but it is. such that
we're he to attempt to fill his en-
gagements which tho State Com
mittee has made for him, the effort
might result very seriously. He
will accordingly be compelled to
keep his room for week, and pos
sibly ten days.
While this is very disappointing
to General Watts and those who
had promised themselves the pleas
ure of hearing the next Governor,
his place will be well filed by Hon.
John o. Pendleton, of Wheeling.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
What is Worrying the Farmer

Whnt is WOrrying TIC FNfnlcf'
Just now the farmer almost ev-
erywhere is asking: "What is the
use of raising crops if the people
have no money with which to pur-
chnse them -Philadelphia Item.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

Watch out for the tricky, wiry,
sneaking politician. His purpose
is to deceive you. Listen not to
his deceptive words. He will de-
ceive you.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

The price of wheat and silver
arc both fixed by England; if de-
mand is created for them in Ameri-
ca tho price of both will rise. AS
producers of wheat and silver we
want both to go up. We want
more money in active circulation,
less unemployed labor and moro
happiness-a vote for Bryan means
all this.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
The Novelty suitings.

We are showing now are by
far the hnndsomest collection
ever seen in this city, as to
variety and style. The extra
ordinary values we are giving
makes this an interesting de
partnent, when style, quality
and low price are combined.
we have, also, n SPLENDID
STOCK OF
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

The Gazette is engaged in an
other falsohood, and to treat it
right, would say lie. 1t charges
this paper with containing abusive
articles of people who live on
shanty boats. We deny the charge.
When the Legislature passed the
"Shanty boat law," we condemned
the measure in the strongest Eng
lish we knew how to use. If the
gazette is in possession of any ar
ticles that have been published i'll
tho REGISTER, it is requested to
produce them. The Republican
party must be in hard straits for
votes when it, through its organ
uses such disreputablo means to
catch votes. The abusive ar
ticles complained of appeared in
the Gazette and not in tho REGIS
TER.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

Ex-senator II. G. Davis seems
tohave gone entirely over into the
Bryan camp. Ho claims that his
position now is wholly consistent
with what it was as far back as
INSTRUMENTATION.
Senator Davis, unlike the man
who becomes wealthy through
questionable methods, remembers
the days when he toiled in sun.
shine and in storm for the money
with which he made n start in life.
He is "of tho people and for the
people. "-TYgart Valley News.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

The editor of the Gazette has
been engaged in "mud Singing"
all along through this campain,
and when it gets dose of its own
medicine it holds up its hands in
holy horror and squeals. If the
gazette don't want to take its
medicine, let it be decent hereaf-
ter, and the REGISTER will let it
alone.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
Makes Home Happy and Con
tented.

The Denver News says: "When
a farmer has toiled like slave for
year, only to find that his pro
duce will not pay his expenses of
living, it sooths his feelings and
makes him happy and contented
to be told he is an anarchist and a
Iunatic. And he is particularly
happy when he reflects that the
persons calling him an anarchist
are those who profit by the laws
that rob him"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

The Democrats of this place are
going to Point Pleasant on the
morning of October I'd, to sec their
standard bearer, who will be there
for an hour enroute to Charl-
eston. A street car will leave here
at 5 o'clock OH the morning of the
End to take those desiring to see
the champion of free silver at
Point Observation-Disclosures Jour
nal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
DECLARES FOR SILVER.
The Masses Should Vote in Their
Own Interests and NOtin Ea-
VOr of the Money Power.

The Masses Should Vote in Their
Own Interests and NOtin Fa-
VOr of the Money Power.
Tho Kanawha News, published
at Elizabeth, Writ county, says:
"Mr. e. S. Butcher, of Lockharts
Run, Wood county, one of the larg-
est owners of real estate in the Lit
tie Kanawha Valley, lifelong Re-
publican, and farmer and bust
ness man of great influence, has
thoroughly studied the money ques-
ton; has read both sides of the
contest between the farmers and
laborers, composing the masses,
or common people, and Wall
street and Lombard street and
the money lenders compos-
ing the classes and has declared
unqualifiedly in favor of the free
silver ticket this fall, and says that
party prejudices should be laid
aside on this question, and that the
masses should vote in their own
interests, and not in favor of the
money powor."
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
TOO LITTLE SILVER.

"The time will come when the
silver in the treasury will perform
the functions of money as of gold,
and the trouble will be that there
is not too much of it, but too lit
tie"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30
DRESS GOODS,

All of the very Latest styles
and Designs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

The;Kingwood Argus says: Gao
oording to the map published by
the weekly National Intelligencer,
of Washington City, Bryan will re-
coive $50 electoral votes out of the
447, or 1O6 more than he needs.
The most conservative estimate
that can be made gives Bryan 226
electoral votes, or two more than
necessary"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

Hon. j. B. Menager, of Mason
county, made three speeches in this
county last week. Mr.. Menager is
an able speaker-th thoroughly post
ed and well equipped for the fray.
Mountaineer.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-09-30

You tell us that the great cities
are in favor of the gold standard.
1 tell you that the great cities. rest
upon these broad and fertile
prairies. Burn your cities and
save our farms and your cities will
spring up again as if by magic.
But destroy our farms and the
grass will grow in the streets of
every city in this country. From
Brvan's Chicago Address.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
CRACKER ENGLISH.

suryiyal. of the Standard English Of
Bygone Generations.
From the canutauqu1a.
From negro English to cracker English
is but q step. In fact barring a few Diff
ferences in accent and intonation. their
speech, except where it shades on into the
salt water lingo. or Africanized English
Of the seacoast on the enc hand and the
Quaint dialect of the mountaineer on the
other IL, practically the same throughout
the cotton belt Of the South Atlantic states.
and its vocabulary Is largely made up of
suryiyals from the standard English Of by
gone generations. In the classic pages OF
Burke and Goldsmith, OF Swift. Fielding.
Sterne and Addison, to say nothing OF the
cider writers, I am constantly running
upon old acquaintances that I have known
all my life as part and parcel OF our
Georgia plantation Vernacular. Fielding.
for instance, makes a very near approach
to the crackerism, HE allowed he'd do II. :"
in such passage as this: The audience
allowed dld your part 51stes ana A. ,, when
nished Of is forces. sc he is using almost the
exact. phraseology of my cracker neighbor
who has come to borrow a peck Of meal
and politely hopes that t., am NO. d,stnr
Ill is still occasionally heard, even among
the better class of rustics, in the piney
woods of Georgia and Alabama in its
Shakespearean sense of dangerous or wick
ed, as The copperhead is an i'll snake"
or Johnny is very ill.' that is. naughty.
hoy this morning" am told by friend
from Kentucky that the same usage,
though rare, is not unknown among the
same class in that state. To favor"
meaning to resemble. as He favors hts
father" was good English in the days OF
Addison and Shakespeare. and its deriva-
tive, ill-favored, is still current.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
PLtME HUNTERS IN FLORIDA.
Handsome Birds Extermlnated to
Ornament the Heads Of Women.

Handsome Birds Extermlnated to
Ornament the Heads of Women.
The Forest and Stream some time ago
called attention to the plume hunters, who
were killing off FIorida's handsome birds
in spite of laws. Commenting on this the
Indian River Advocate, published OF Titus
willie, Fla. says that the statements made
gone Florida would lose half it's charm
done the Advocate says:
Indian river ahounded with all kinds of
water birds, which might be seen lazily
Topping along the margin or resting on the
trees which line the banks. Where for
merly there were a hundred 1t Is now a
rare Occurrences to see one, and this Is oc-
casioned partly by all-shooting fun seek
ers and mostly by the plume hunters
The trouble of It is with the plumers
that they must necessarily kin at the most
harmful time. It Is in the spring Of the
year that the birds assume their most
lovely colors and plumage. the males being
the more gorgeous. This is because the
females choose the most attractive ones
for husbands, and it Is because Of their
beauty that the hunters kill them off
These beauty feathers last till after the
nesting. and 1t is on the nesting grounds
that the gorgeous birds are killed, leaving,
the starving neStlings to die miserably
This work has been going on for years,
and it is safe to say that the most hand
some of Florida birds have been practically
exterminated to ornament the heads Of
women
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
WHERE WOMEN RULE,



Baby II TeethIng.
From the Chicago Post
The messenger came in haste.
Madam" he said to the president Of the
beard Of county commissioners, your pres
ence Is urgently requested-'
Il can't come" she replied, promptly.
Il was told to impress upon you," per-
sisted the messenger. that it was matter
of the greatest Importance"
Il can't come" she repeated, sharply.
THE affairs Of the county are in q most
perilous condition."
Let EN- stay in that condition." she in
terrupted.
Your signature is needed to various docu-
n.eEtS that"
Send 'em up here and I'll sign them If 1
get time"
You have not been to your office for near
~ a week, and ,,,--.
''And probably won't be there Y orrn another
week., she said, with asperity.
There are at least a dozen men and wo-
men who have been there every day to see
you on pressing official business that will no
longer brook delay
1T will have to-
In despair the messenger made his last ap-
peal:
Madam" he said. lowing to your alb
SERGE the business OF the coiifity il nracti-
cally at standStul. We will have to close
up the building unless some provision is
made IN
Close it," she exclaimed, ansrlly. do
anything you please with it, but don't bother
me when have more important matters to
attend to. The baby is teething, and shall
remain here until the poor little thing feels
better"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
HOW HARD A GUN KICKS.
Results of Tests Under Different Con
ditions Carried On In England.

Results of Tests Under Different Ton
ditions Carried On In England.
The London Field prints the results or
tests with a 12-sauge gun weighing nse
pounds thirteen ounces and having S-inci1
barrels. One ounce Of shot Cg70 peilets)
and th:rty-eight grains of No. 4 black
powder made up the charge used for bots
barrels
At forty yards the right barrel put an
average of 123 shot into a 30-inch circle
the number varying from IS 20 14D. The
average velocity of the shot was /, 152 feet
q second over the first ten yards, a varia-
ton from .1:;2 to 1.172 being noted.
The left barrel averaged nine feet more
q second, and put eight shot less into The
circle.
Both barrels registered the same gas
PRESSURE, 1913 tons to the square inch, but
the kick, or recoil. was 418 of a pound
greater from the left barrel, which also
gave the gres test speed The recoil from
the right was 27.3 foot pounds.
-Thirty-SeYen1 grains of powder behind
2;5 pellets or fve-eighths of an ounce Of
shot put 119 of them into 39-inch circle
at forty yards, showing a velocity of 1,l52
feet a second and recoil of 22-5 foot
pounds 4 gas pressure Of LIZ tons was
developed
The kick of a gun is always of interest
to a sportsman. On it depends much OF
duck hunters sport. IF his gun kicks like
a mule. il gives him violent headache.
every shot increasing it till at last he feels
as if eve-y heart beat was a cannon shot
batte:ing his head to pieces Many a days
sport is lost by the users of excessive
charges in guns of too big bore.
In England there are two classes of
spcrtsmen-the big-gun and the small-sun
users. The big-gun users go out to kill, the
other to enjoy themselves and to kill a
little. The big guns are from ten gauge up
to one gauge. A big small gun is a twelve
gauge while an American firm makes a
gun with A-ca1iher shot-barrels. The 70
gauge gun is considered the best all-around
small bore gun by most EngiiShmen.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
BALLAST FOR DUCKS.
A Novel Contribution to the Fund OF
Scientific Knowledge.

II
Scientific Knowledge.
From the New Orleans Times-Democrat.
Few people credit a duck with the sense
he really possesses" said Fred. Ozenne,
disciple Of Nimrod. For years have been
wondering what had caused the presence
of a good-sized pebble bank on the shore
of the lake in the Grandivola section OF
the Louisiana marsh. Had it been SAND
bank could have understood 1t, but 1t was
composed of pebbles. all very much alike.
rounded and smooth almost to size, anu
apparently differing from the small stones
found in the gravel beds Of the south. Sew
eral of the hunters IN that section nad
seen the pebble beach, and, IKE myseH.
they could not understand II. All WINTER
long It seemed fresher than at other times.
and during the summer the grass Wouid
kinder cover its upper portion and the muo
from the fresh water dim the luster OF the
stones near the edge There was not an
other beach like it in the marsh.
'One winter, il fact it was just when
the first cold spell had struck us, 1 was
hunting with friend In the lake spoke
of int i asor a shey had
gun to make glue from the eggs in CANADA.
When We reached the lake there was not
duck to be seen. The next morning was
hiding in the grass near the penotd oedcl.
when Hheafd a sound of wings, ana a
large flock Of mallard settled near me. be
fore l could raise my gun the entire LOT
walked out on the pebble bank, ard, 10
my establishment. began TO disgorge Iot
of snnall,stones like the ones already there
This occupied but a short time. and the
flock began uuaeking and sailed into the
lake: and shot several This settled the
mystery of the pebble beach; IN the sprins
T was again hunting in the lake, and when
the first warm weather came the ducks be-
gan to go home. They would come to the
beach. and after few prelimiha1es
around for a few minutes in order to see
If their balance was all right II they
were too heavy they would disgorge Few
stones, or il too light swallow a half dozen
more.
II found by observation that in order Tor
the ducks to make long fights It was neces-
sary for them to fill up with certain
number Of stones to secure a proper equi,
Ubrium for the return trip. After l found
this out l always had plenty OF game to
show my friends"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
THE NINBLE kLIPsPRINGER
sort Of Mountain AnteIopc VIII
Hips Like nm American H.r.

Sott 81 Mountain AnteIoue With
hips Like nm American Hare.
From the London Field
Inc kapspringer Is a kind of antelops
found In Africa, being abundant I'm the
mountainous regions as far north as Abys-
sinia' and II South African sportsmen are
70 De believed. he furnishes the finest kind
VI Venison. These animals are about a.
inches long and p inches high, and the
males nave sharp spike horns sometimes
n'e ihches long. These animal. are re-
,narkaoie Climbers. running on tie tips OF
noois' and going up rock faces appar-
my - steep as the side of a house. The
,fooIs are made on the pneumatic princinIe
nelng nearly cylindrical, and cup shaped
uiiueiheatn. Ia order to break the fall by
ccnpressdng the air. This same plan riyas
an extra hrm bold on the rocks.
ihcy are the most remarkably built an
SeIopes' with q hip DEVELOPMENT eouaJed
py no animal In America save the "a t,bir
mn,cn tney resemble SO very much that a
ssporsman seeing them going I'd a hill or
IN rapid loeomotion might easily think tbey
we're the biggest rabbits he had ever heard
yen OF, let alone seen. 1t is not Asserted
ras.h,t .ney sit upon their hind legs like the
.s il OF mares, although it is possible that
.ney 90. judging from the hind legs. which.
II tne ANIMALS were to straighten them out.
Mouio give them the appearance of a kan.
CARGO on all fours.
amiIhais, the proper weapon being a 3s-55
rue OF larger weapon. The hunting is
OF course. among the rocky hills. and a
I man VINO has hunted the mountain sheep
successfully would find little trouble in kill
ing them. The shots are taken when the
animai stands on some lookout rock. IL
ntssed. ne bounds from ledge to ledge on
Mnch the human eye can mark no footing.
paIanclng at one moment upon the giddy
verge OF prec:pice where barely suffiefent
space exists for the hoof to rest-au four
LOOT points would go on an English penny
ptece' according to one writer-and at the
neAt moment casting himself recklessIy
INTO the botiomless chasm, and pitcniog.
as II by miracle upon some projectine
Eeak' All OF which would make the sports.
man think he was having lots of fan. in
sp,te OF his efforts to keep from sliding into
one OF the bottomless canors
The animals fur, or hair varies some.
Mnat with the regions. being coarse. al.
what finer in other parts. So''e
me mounted heads would make excellent
trophies, while the yellow skin would make
a neat wall ornament. as q background for.
say bow and arrow. model canoe. or
elephants tusk. The hair is too brittle for
rug. 1t Is much sought in TransyaaI.
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
Sh0e Cabinets.

From the New York Sain.
The furniture makers are showing a beau
tifuf article Of mahogany and glass; which
reminds one Of the cabinets for bric-a -brac.
but it is more substantial and it's legs are
shorter. 1t Is made to hold a woman's
shoes and to stand across the corner OF her
dressing room. One Easter bride has such
a cabinet well filled, and 1t is an import
ant feature Of the trousseau. Her cabinet
has three plate glass shelves, and a drawer
which holds the polish and small articles
for repairs. On the top shelf is a row of
slippers for evening wear. The next shelf
holds the patent leather ties, the cloth top
boots with big buttons. and the stout little
calf ones for street wear. On tho bottom
shelf Is rather motley group-cycle shoes
riding boots. tennis shoes, tan boots. hunt
ing boots, and soft Indian moccasins of
tiger skin, beaver trimmed
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
Live Craterss Mt, Auction.

From the Chicago Tribune.
A curious piece Of real estate soon to be
arctioned of at the exchange In London
comprises the freehold of the Island Vol
caro-. in the Mediterranean, with numerous
mountains ard two live craters. The is
land is one Of the Aeolian group, off the
north coast of Sicily. and is five miles
long by two and half broad Vines and
fig trees ffou' ish on it, and the opportunity
is a fine one for some rich man who loves
Theocritus and would like to have an
island home al to himself-'.Heclining on
below and the blue Sicilian sea in the dis
lance"
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04
The Oldest British Trees.

The oldest tree in this country is the yew-
tree at Braburn. in Kent, which is said to
be 5000 years old; while at Portugal, in
Perthshlre, IS one nearly as old At Anker-
wyke House, near Staines, Is a yew-tree
which was famous at the date of the sign
ing OF Magma Charta. LIS, and later was
the trysting place of Henry VIII and Annie
Boieyn- The three yews at Fount aims Abb
tey are at least ], 200 years old, and be-
meath them the founders of the abbey sat
in 1872. There are no famous oaks that
rival any yew in age, 1000 years being the
greatest age attained. Damorey's oak, in
Devonshire, which was blown down in
1903, had this distinction. Cowthorpe Oak.
near Wetherby. Yorkshire, il said to be
ECO years old
Evening star. [volume] (Washington, D.C.) 1854-1972, 1896-04-04

1r0m the Texas Sitter.
The minister. Parson Downcouch. was at
einner with the Chaffie family. Johnnie
spoke I'D and said:
Can church whistler
why do you ask Johnnic?' asked the
Clergyman. kindly.
Because pa owes So back pew rent, and
he says he is going to let the church whis-
tie
Earture there was vocal sclo by Johnnie