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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-03-03
1t4E Sex MAN 81 guhopg

blesonne Turkey.
It was the first Emperor Nicholas
of Russia who described Turkey as.
the sick man.
On the night of the 9Th of Janu-
ary, 1853, Sm Hamilton Seymour
minister of Great Britain at St. Pc.
tersburg. was at a party in the pail
aceof the Arch uchess Helen There
Nicholas said to him The affairs
of Turkey are IN very disorganized
condition. The country itself seems
TO be falling to pieces The fall VIII
be a great misfortune, and It IS very
important that England and Russia
should come TO a perfectly good IN
derstanding upon these affairs. and
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POINT PLEASANT MASON COUNTY WEST VI gINLA, WEDNESD

SATIN nounce rouna the bottom o.
the coat ornamented with silver
laurel and silver gauze, trimmed
with silver laurel and roses. The
dress was much admired. Silver
laurel seems to have been much in
fashion at that time Most OF the
ladies mentioned In the list wore
trimmings of silver laurel on their
dresses.
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that neither siiouid taSo any decisive

that neither should take any decisive
step."
The English minister answered
that this was certainly his view of
the way in which the Turkish ques-
tion should be treated. Nicholas
then said, as if continuing his previ-
Gus remarks
Stay We have ON our hands
sick man, q very siclS man It viii
be, tell you frankly, q great mia
fortune if one of these days he
should slip away from MS especially
before all necessary arransenaents
are made =
This is the origin of the phrase
that became extended into the sick
man of Europe ON a later occasion
the emperor. speaking to the Same.
minister, said Turkey has by de-
grees fallen into such state of de-
crepitude that, as I told You theoth-
er night. eager as we all are for the
prolonged existence of the man
and that ] am as desirous as you can
be for the continuance of his life !
beg you to believes -he may sudden
3iy die upon our hands. -
Nicholas went on to inform Sir
Hamilton Seymour that he would
never permit England to establish
herself at Constantinople. AS for
himself, he was disposed to engage
not to establish himself there, but
he added It might happen that.
circumstances, if no previous provi-
sion were made, if every thing
should be left to chance, might place
me in the position of occupying Com
stantinople.
a month later at q party given by
the hereditary grand duchess the
emperor said to Sir Hamilton Sey-
mour If your government has
been led to believe that Turkey re-
tains any elements of existence,
your government must have receiv-
ed incorrect information ] repeat
to you that the sick man is dying,
and we can never allow such an
event to take us by surprise. We
must come to an understanding
Nicholas demanded of the sicls
man the right to protect all Turk
fsh subjects who professed the Greek
religion, and this right he claimed
90 have procured by treaty but, the
sultan refusing to recognize that in
terpretation of the compact. France
and England united in supporting
Turkey against Russia The allied
armies landed in the Crimea in Sep
tember, 1854. The decisive victories
ut Alma and Inkernan, the Siege of
Sevastopol, the victories of the Eng
lish fleet In the Baltic. proved too
much for Nicholas, who died March
Q, 1856. Chicago Times -Hearld.
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DaMT1srs.
Dr.D. ". petty. Dentist,

DEs y y =
of this city, has now one of the bes
fitted offices in the State. Every
apparatus and appliance in Office
aud BaboflIory~ is new and of the
latest Improved. IF you want you,
teeth sdved go see him. If Jon
have to have an artificial plate, h,
can make you the best.
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the atmosphere of the ordinary social
club quite unendurable There Is
strong contingent Of good chess players
in the German quarter. They frequent
q locally famous club. lodged IN an old
house down Second avenue, but known
to chess experts tho country over.
There are some oddly placed chess ex-
.perts IN remote yillages who come te
New York perhaps once year. as to
the chess headquarters of the country.
One such man is bank officer and gem
eral factotnm in a small border state
city Although occupied with Q thou-
sand business details he finds time to-
conduct games by correspondence with
European experts. 10 arrange chess tour;
naments and to write upon chess. When
he comes to New York, he busies him
self among chess players to the neglect
gof all his friends not equally devoted to
the ralne York. Sun.
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Alexandra Dumas wrote q good
many aphorisms Among those
which he has recently published the
following may serve as specimens:
ssI find comfort at times In the OBJ
gervation that, although limits are
eet to genius. there is no limit to
stupidity :, Never argue; you VIII
never convince any body; opinions
arc like nails-the harder you ham,
mer at them the deeper you drive
tsse1n IN. How does it happen
tilat nearly an little children are so
prudent and nearly all great men
nec 50 stupidf can only attribute
IL 10 education. La Roohefoucau1d
says that we have all of as strength
ezorgh to bear the misfortune Of
otbers He ought to have added
tlint fcw of rs have strength enough
TO bear the good fortune of others. .
-kyeatnlinster Gazette.
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1.na ONO 81 orIaans.

BY conferring the order of the.
Golden Fleece ON the duke of
Orleans on the occasion of his
marriage, Emperor Francis Joseph
has caused much commotfon In
Vienna and Madrid, as the appoint
Inent is contrary to the statutes of
the order. A knight of the Golden
Fleece must prove that he IS the
legitimate offspring of eight genera
tions of ancestors, all noble and all
Catholics. The dukes grandmother,
the mother OF Compte de Paris, was
Princess Helene OF MecklenburR-
Schwerin, who was born and died Q
Protestant, while three Of his ances-
tors, Regent Orleans, PHILIPPE
Egalite's father, and Egalite himself
married illegitimate descendants of
Louis XIV.
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HIeii HatS.


Men inyeigh against the folly of
women's s dress and point out with
what they deem justifiable sarcasm
that when by chance the gentle sex
strikes sensible fashion it soon ex-
aggerates it to absurdity or drops it
utterly. Apropos OF all this a writer
in London paper asks if there is
anything that can be said in favor
of mans tall hat And yet It has
almost entirely superseded the fold
ing hat for evening wear Conyen-
lent as it was, the chapeau bras is
quite cut of date. The chimney pot
has withstoo the sharpest sarcasm
of our best writer's 1t is hot in sum
.mer and neither warm nor protect
i've In winter, neither q shelter from
the sun nor rain. and singu1arly
costly Out of town men gladly casp
it aside, but nothing has as yet been
discovered to take its place IN Lon
don. Tho ugly chimney pot is out of
keeping with every line and form Of
the human figure and IS only rival
ed by the headgear of the Parsee
fire worshiper. Did it come thence
to us western Europeansa How has
it emanated from the early hood2 It
was originally made OF cloth or
leather, and In order that it should
fis the head some stiffening matter
was introduced, and cord fastened
round TO keep ii IN place, which has
survived IN the common buckled
band of the black hat that now hides
the seam OF the brim and the crown
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Talent and Purpose.

tits better to have a little talent
and noble purpose. than much
talent and no purpose. Rams
Horn.
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tits . growing evil that tho cloth
ing 0'ilI not grow with the growing
boy Boston Transcript.
The Progress., 1897-06-05

turned their weapons Oh oe1amauon
against the church none of them has
been ever found base enough to violate
his solemn vows in this regard
Next to the treasure OF the Divine
Presence within her which the church
holds, there is nothing, we reiterate,
held In such sanctity as the inviolability
Of the confessional. For no reason what
soever under heaven is a priest suffered
TO disclose whatever Of sorrow or anxiety
or sin is laid before him in order that
the saving grace Of penance and absolu.
ton be laid upon the restless brow OF
uuouiet conscience Standard
| and Times,
The Progress., 1897-06-05

ma.D After the war General Meigs' father OF
he lieutenant. sought to have e, A mnrds4 But
ana ~ Sscts as here stated were certified 10
ne wne1 Nv Captain Payne the natter va. drop
a19 a. lieutenant Meigs had been slain In
legitimate warfare
At Appomateox the Black Horse CON- a,s
many was cut of from Lees army anu o, ~
E ~. Carolina and join Johnston's forces
~ news came Of the last surrender.
~,hen the cavaliers dispersed and hung w
Une' GEORGE L. KlLMKR-
The Progress., 1897-06-05
BEN HOLM AN,

The best equipped store to I'LL country oioe's
in the city of Shreveport. A complete line 0,
drv GOODS. clothing boots and shoes, hats ana
cent? furnishing goods; new goods arriving
d,;,>, and sold at rock bottom prices. Our
weekly advertised special bargains are at the
1;erosa1 Of our country friends, and ORDERS
fa~ +hern will be filled strictly as advertised:
We have sent quite a large lot OF samples ana
would be pleased to send more on 'Ppr~'s u1ai
All orders carefully filled and forwaroe'
promptly. A cordial invitation TO WISH o''
establishment when in the city
Respectfully,
!, Ben HoL<man.
The Progress., 1897-06-05
THEDEADSLANDERED
,.ee ATTEMPT TO BLACkEN A MAR
1TR'S MEMORY.

TiR'S MEMORY.
NJ the Sanc.ity of the COMES I
,o,al Charged The Htstofy VI
cn,rc., Proves How Groundless ID tho
Shocking Calumny.
p,co,,,lv we have had served up anew
l., tho Kew York Journal the story OF the
Confessional and the Philippine lslanos
resurrection which has appeared In Inc
Tr;bnne and been denounced not only
~, ourselves, but also by our vag1lans
contemporary, the Boston Pilot, as an
Infamous falsehood" 1t Is dlsneo up
most deliberately for this occasion anu
at the same time with some skill. fHs''
the general charge is made that the
,overnor of the Philippines got tne
PRIESTS of Cavite monastery to tell MN
the secrets of the insurgents, procured
in confession from the wife OF the 1eaoe1'
a man named Venezuela Later on the
renort then goes on to say, the pr1ess
there the charge changes from the plural
10 the singular number) OF Cavi'e WIZ
wormed the secret from the woman was
captured by the insurgents and put ~
death after being numerically eoftu1eo-
Here we get into clear grouno 70 some
extent, and the story begins to snape
itself into the one horrad 1act tna' 'i.o
priests Of Cavite monastery were Nv
lacked in their retreat by these saSaso
insurgents and one OF their numoef
ely martyred. The priest Is IN nus
grave, and there Is NO one to DENY ,ne
shocking story put forth to olacken n,s
memory after his life had been pisaAeesl9
taken. Base and inhuman were tne sa'-
ages who perpetrated the oeeo' o'' -
tbev are savaeesL or little removed IN
.nv wav from the savage state Base!
thousand degrees is the eouca.eo
wb;te man who reiterates this horrible
SANDER on such grounds as we ma heis
set forth.
Again and again has 1t been demon
strated before the whole world tina
there is nothing SO sacred In the Ca.h
olic church as the seal OF the conhes
sional. Over and over again priests nav
suffered outrage, Imprisonment ana eve
martyrdom rather than reveal VIVA
they are bound by such solemn oohss
tons to guard to the death.
I'm the church's martyrology there
one name especially high, that OF
John Nepomucene, the Bohemian pre-
who. as a COMPRESSOR to the queen, WI
drowned in the Moldau by the KING
minions because he would not renoer
the sacred trust confded to him by
royal penitent. Only short slme .
In France an aged pastor was noeras :
from prison, where he was conhneo !
several years ON false charge OF ms
der and from which he could have IRE
himself If he would but disclose W
had been revealed to him In confesslo
the real murderer being an OLD ooinee
of his own.
instances Of this kind could easily
mnltnlied. nor are they to be sous
for only in the countries OF the
world. In Canada only few mon
ago we had case in point wheiel
priest was sent to Jail for refusing
give up the secrets of the conIe esoo1
Even in the case of the many unrroc'
and excc.s.ss ta1al;;oa Gated priests tha' L.
The Progress., 1897-06-05

When it comes to oysters, the
Little Gem is strictly In .lie ii''' NV
lOpposite the union depot.
The Progress., 1897-06-05
john v. qABER,
~ Insurance.
SHREVEPORT,

AGENT for the REMING +ON TYPE
upITERS. The best Writing Ma
chine nude.
I respectfully solicit my 1rle'us -
the public generally for snisu % them
Ins,rance patronage, prothlsinE
Inc ams" nrom pt!and careful attention.
NY JDHN W, TABER.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13
Plant Culture by Amateurs.

"Amateur florists should study the
habits Of the plants in their collections In
order to give the special care needed by
each variety" writes Eben B. Rexford in
The Ladies' Home Journal. "Not only
does this advice apply pertinently to wa
tering, but TO the position In the window.
Your plant window may be southern ono
which will admit a great deal of sunshine.
This will exactly suit gcraniums, hello
tropes roses and plants of that class, but
begonias, primroses and many other plants
adapted to house culture are not particu-
larly fond of strong sunshine-in fact, are
often injured by full exposure to II. IL is
possible to find out exactly what course to
pursue and to effects compromise between
these two GLASSES Of plants without a
change Of windows. Find out what plants
like partial shade and give them positions
In the rear OF the sun loving plants. In
this way the plants which require sunshine
will not be robbed Of 1t, and those which
do not require sunshine will not be harmed
by having an excess Of It..
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13
Barbed Wire Burdock.

The rivalry between the different League
baseball teams is nothing compared to the
bitter feeling which used to exist between
the Boston and Providence teams in 1883
and 1884. The players were at swords
points. particularly the rival second base
men, Burdock and Jack Farrell. The lat
ter resorted to all sorts of tricks when he
was on his own grounds in Providence,
such as spreading pieces Of broken glass
near second tase and preventing the Bos-
tons from sliding by telling them that the
glass was there. Farrell also was In the
habit of sharpening his spikes to a razor
edge, and whenever he reached first base
he never failed to show his spikes to Bur
dook, with the warning remark:
"Tm coming down there, and you'll
lose leg II you get in the way!''
Burdook was at loss to know how to
stop Farrell until one day happy thought
struck him. He bought coil Of barbcd
wire, and after he had put on his stock
ings he wound the wire around the calves
of his legs. Then he went out on the field
and said TO Farrell:
"When you slide today. look out for me,
or I'll tear you into ribbons Jack saw
tho wire and became as meek as lam b.
New York Sun.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13

Jack Fish. Ont. Aug Ex-senator M.
A. Hanna and the party Of pleasure
seekers accompanying him on cruise
of the Great Lakes had q thrilling ex-
perience yesterday on the wild northern
coast OF Lake Superior. Their yacht,
the Comanche. staunch steel vessel,
went aground In Nipigon straits. and for
16 hours stuck fast In the rocks thu {
abound In that region. The acciden. oc :
CURED at midnight. when the senator
and his guests were comfortably stowe i
away In their berths. There was con-
siderable confusion for time. but the
captain soon found that the yacht was
not I'm a serious position. and all settled
down TO await the arrival of tugs. which.
were ordered from Nipigon. 10 miles
distant The Comanche was hauled into
deep water at 4 o'clock yesterday after
noon and resumed her journey with oil
on board well. Beyond n slight leak the
yacht was not harmed. The mIshap was
caused by the pilot getting the yacht out
OF the channel. .4.... ...--.. ........ 80.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13
The Antiquity Of the Thimble.

Somebody wrote: "To the Dutch the
ladies of all nations are indebted for the in
vention Of the thimblo. The Dutch
achieved this great invention about the
year $780,"
How can this stupid error have arisenp
The thimble is probably prehistoric. Thin
bles In some form or other must have been
used by the women who executed the rich
embroideries Of the medieval time. The
late Professor j. X. Thorold Rogers, in his
"History of Agriculture and Prices In Eng
land, mentions, under the year 1494, one
dozen thimbles which cost shillings
What Is, however, more to the purpose,
they are frequently alluded to by our old
dramatists. Here are two examples from
the greatest Of them.
In "The Tanning Of the Shrew" Grumio
says:
~ commanded the sleeves should be
out out and sewed up again, and that I'll
prove upon thee, though thy little finger
be armed In q thimble. "-IV, 8, 149.
In the early days of the civil war between
Charles and the parliament, when the
citizens of London were called on to send
In their plate to be coined into money, the
royalist testers made fun Of the puritan
danes who were said to have given even
their silver thimbles to the cause.-Notes
and Queries.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13

Yvas maghet az n Dubl1s town,
And ~ boyD and giy1s were Golng down
With thsjS wares 70 sslt-hns duehs end ensssI
Lambs snd mutton without thsis hssos,
Onions, oabbssss, bss<s, what not,
Culled from many garden spot,
And there, on top of hsr mAsk<t cart,
~ Aaesis Moran, ths pride ef my lsast.
esys 70 hsr, "It IL tims. 1 gusss,
1hst Jon wore buying your wedding dressy
ycr my heart you sro using rather rough
Ara i.S.:.h' ssss s:ps on string quito long
She laughed, and. shaking nor fvowsy heed,
"Vm mot quito ready 10 marry" shs ssA.
"And u you're In haste tho bstter plan
y TO turn your back ON Maggie Moran"
maggie Moran II thu girl I'll we'd,
And nobody oiso In this world" said.
And jumped In her cert ~ she turned about
And held her fast 10 she wouldn't fall out,
FOR she drove us homo Mt rattling pace.
With roguish smile on lser blushfng fsoe,
And tho nimble pony soon cot us down
Far and away from Dublin town.
Said MAggis's mother. my girl, what luck
Did you have In selling your garden truck?'
And Maggie said, with hearty laugh,
~ sold my geese and brought home calf''
Oh, the very next morn we both went down
To the parish priest In Dublin town,
And hc made w one with little delay,
And it's out Of tho market wc are today
Josephine Pollard In Now York Ledger.
The evening tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 189?-190?, 1897-08-13

Ths ysnous uighwsymsn "Stxtssn str1nos
Sssk" snd Dick TuSpin.
Az the Rose tavern, noted gaming
boose standing In MaryIeb0De gardens
osrIy In the eighteenth century, 6bef1sId,
duke Of Bucking ghnm, used % tosst his com
pepions at their farewell dinner, when tho
season ended, In tho omin0us words. May
~ Snnny Of IN az rcmoin unhAngyd pext
spring meet here agninp' John Ram,
the higbwnymAp, otherwise "Sixteen
STRINGS Jack" Of evil fame, liked TO swag-
ser about Ut BaRnigee Wells In the inter-
walls Of carrying out his Befari0us deeds o.
undergoing punishment for tho same. He
II described as appearing there In July,
l774, "Attired In scarlet coat, tambour
waistcoat, white silk stockings and Iaoed
hat. On each knee he wore tho bunch Of
eight ribbons which had gained him his
s0briquet 0f sSixtecn Strings jack. I"
There were lively doings under the infIu-
ence OF this sprightly gentleman, and on
the occasion referred to no was pitched out
Of window for offending honest com
pany. Only few months Inter bo met
tho reward Of bis ypisdeeds ON the gaIlows
at Tyburn for yenturing TO rob tho Prin-
cess Amelia's chaplain.
Dick Turpin was another "gentlemsn
OF the road" who amused himself In the
intervals Of business" by frcquentiDg
pleasure gardens. He was once moved to
kiss o fair Indy In public at MaryIebone,
assuring her, when she protested, that she
might ever after boast Of the favor she had
received. Whether Turpin and gentlemen
OF similar occupation came to pleasure
gardens solely for their diversion may rca
sonably be doubted when we reinembcI
how frequent robberics were In the paths
and field ways leading TO these sylvan re
treats. Watchmen were set ito guard
those who go over the fields late at night. =
yet even 80 visitors were often attacked
and robbed, sometimes In the gardens
themselves and sometimes on the road II
or from them.
In early days at Marylebone IL wal
deemed necessary to provide the company
with guard of soldiers to conduct then
home at nighte, curious winding up to Z
jovial evening Pickpockets were Of cours'
plentiful at all the gardens despite ever,
precaution, and one night at Cuper's, II
l748, thief, caught In the act Of tokinf
. lady's purse, was rescued from the hand
Of the police by o band Of his comrades o,
bis way through st. Georges fields ant
enabled TO escape justice for that tina
Temple Bsr.