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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24
Charleston Letter.
corrounondence REGISTER.
CHARLEsroN. Feb l9. 1857.

CHARLESTON. Feb 10, 1897.
The military bill, as amended
and with the objectionable features
obhberated. passed the House
Thursday, by a bare majority of
three.
A bill has passed the House pro-
hibiting kidnapping and inficts
penalties of death or confinement
IN the penitentiary according to
the nature of the offense.
A bill that viii become law
viii make hunters more careful In
the future. 1t prohibits the shoot
ing, hunting, ranging, fishing or
fowling within the enclosed land
of another person without permits
sion from the owner was passed in
the House Thursday The offend
or is compelled to forfeit three dols
lars for each offense committed.
The provision shall apply to the
unenclosed lands of any district of
any county The purpose Of the
bill is to prevent the ruthless
destruction of game in the wild
lands of the State.
The Girls Industrial School bill
passed the House Thursday even
ing. with an appropriation of s15.-
eco as a starter, which viii be
added to at the next session of the
Legislature. A committee will be
selected to select the site for this
school.
The bill establishing Home for
the Incurables, has also passed both
Houses and is now a law. Theap-
preparation for the Home is not
extrayagant, but it is good start
er, and will lead to better and more
liberal appropriations in the future.
Representative Hill, of your
county, offered a joint resolution in
the House yesterday, providing for
the appointment of three trustees
TO take charge of and collect the
$500 appropriated to the monu-
ment at Point Pleasant in com
memoration of the great Indian
battle fought there in 1774, and
authorizing the trustees to collect
the money with its accrued inter
est from 1875, to expend it for the
purpose for which it was appropri-
ated. The trustees Will have the
power to select the site for the
monument. Under the rules it
went over until to-day. There
seems to be no doubt but that the
resolution viii receive a big ma
jority in both Houses.
The appropriation bill now near
" ready to be reported to the two
Houses by the Committee on FL
nance, crrriea with it an appropria-
ton of over $4,000. 1t is claim
ed this large sum viii not be suf-
fcient to meet the current cxpen-
SEES of this and next year, and a
large deficiency will be the result.
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Stop-over Privilege at Washing
ton.

"A ten day stop-oyer at WASH
ington, ID. c., is now granted on
all through tickets between east
and west, via Baltimore & Ohio r.
R. Stop-over will also be granted
on the return journey made on
round trip tickets, within the final
limit of such tickets, but NOT exz
.ceeding ten days Passengers viii
deposit their ticket with the Ticket
Agent ait the b. q @. R. r Station.
in Washing ton, who viii retain
them until the journey is to be.
resumed when they viii be made
good for continuous passage to-
destination by extension or ex-
This arrangement viii
doubtless be greatly appreciated
by the travelling public because it
viii permit the holders Of through
tickets to make a brief visit to the:
National Capitol without additions
al outlay for railroad fare.
One good way to make yourself
useful toa community is to mind
your own business
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.The Pfesident's InangIratioI
Gent. Pass. Ag't., Cincinnati, o:

Senator Elkins is watchfuI of
the interests of this State, and is
an indefatigable worker Thurs
day he had incorporated IN the.
River and Harbor bill CLAUSE APP
45ropriating S273, eco for continuing
the improvement Of the Great Ea-i
nawha river, and 500. 600 for the
improvement of the Monongahela
system Of locks and dams.
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state Convention y. NJ. q. A.,
at Springfield, Ohio.

For the above occasion, agents
of Ohio Central Lines will sell
tickets at one-fare for the round
trip February 10 and 20, good
until February %, 1897. Solid
trains Toledo to Springfield No
change. febs2O.
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Low Rates to Washington for
the In

The b. & o. r. r.. win sell round
trip tickets to Washington, ID. g.,
from all stations on It's lines east
of the Ohio River, for all trains
March L, 2, 8, and all trains on the
morning Of the 18th that reach
Washington not later than noon,
at the rate of two cents per mile in.
each direction, valid for return.
journey until March the 9Th in
elusive. Fare from Parkersburg
$40. 90 for the round trip.
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All persons are hereby forbidden
from trespassing upon my lands IN Glen
denim District, IN any manner whatever,
as 1 will prosecute all who do 30
AVON J. II. CALHOUN.
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For 23 cents
MEMS BOSTON CLOGS

The present Congress win be
much more than billion dollar
Congress- The appropriations al
ready amount to 81 Oh 4eS, 600,
and the end is not yet. That will
the next Congress be. when every
thing is to be wide open. The aps
proportions at present made repre-
sent SIS for every man, woman and
child in the United States: f it
were In pennies, allowing that a
man could count LOO of them every
minute, It would take him more
than 4 500 years, of 312 days each,
working II hours day, to count
that sum.
Some people cannot understand.
why the sugar trust and the coffee
trust should be at logger heads. It
is not remarkable TO us, for we re-
member that both coffee and sugar
are continually getting into hot
water. And while on this subject
we notice that while Havemeyer
controls the sugar and is after the
coffee, he seems in some strange
way to have overlooked the cream.
a Chicago editorial writer says
that it is an easy thing TO get
money He must be either a bank
cashier or on friendly terms with
his father-inslaw.
Don't express a positive opinion
unless you perfectly understand
what you are talking about. How
very few there are who could be
positive under those conditions.
At present writing both rivers
and the moon are full.
One. cold fact is worth more Than
dozen hot words.
If this is prosperity. give us
something else.
March d viii continue to be.
moving day at Washington.
tits one step towards knowing
to know that we do not know
CITIZENS TICKET.
EIecttonslIarch goth.
Mayor,
JOHN e. BEE14ER.
City Clerk
WARREN @. WHAEEY.
City Marshal,
VIM. FOGI1ESONG.
Assessor,
JAMES H. HOLLOWAY.
Councilmen,
First Ward-J. a. Armstrong, Jr.,
to be supplied
Second Ward-Geo. w Tippett,
Jas. l.. Neighbors.
Third ward-John q. stortz, DIR.
w. p. Neale.
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Presidential INCARCERATION.

For the Inauguration of Presi-
dent-eIect Mckinley, at Washing
ton, ID. e., March 18th, agents of
Ohio Central Lines viii sell tickets
March 1. 2 and 8, good returning
until March at one fare for
round trip.
sFhe Presidents inauguration.
The nauguration 81 President Nc
Kinley viii attract many prominent
individuals to Wishing ton. on can
attend very cheaply, and enjoy q most
satisfactory trip, by going via the B.. Z
10. s.. w. Ky Tickets good going March
L. 2 and 8, and good returning fnclu=
ding March at spe ial low rates for
this occasion, with Splendid Train
Service
Make up your parties, and for further
information, consult any agent u. q
10. s.. w. Ry. Write for Guide 10
Washington; to
q Cure = fSfTf4
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New Through Line to Indianapolis and
Chicago.

Direct connections are made for
GreencastIe, Terre Haute, Lafayette,
Charlottesville and principal points.
in the West and Northwest
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

Everyone wants TO see this a
happy and prosperous nation and
the way to secure this is to pay
a little closer attention to the boys
who are to make the Americans of
the future
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Yours Respectfully
wv. STEENBERGEN Secretry

Shakespeare's allegation: gln-
easy lies the head that wears a
crown, receives no more perfect
verification than that afforded by
French history OF 81 queens of
France eleven were divorced; two
executed; three treated with cru
city; three exiled nine died young;
seven were soon widowed, and all
but thirteen of the others were.
either poisoned or died broken
hearted.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

TILE NORTH AMERICAN REVIEW,
291 Fifth Avenue, New York.
subscrfption Price. $500 a Year.
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The following letter was adj
dressed to His Honor, John e.
Beller, Mayor of this city, by the
Secretary, MIR. Vim. Steenbergen.
of the West Virginia Society of
Civil Engineers and Architects:
Point Pleasant, w. Va
Feb. I'D, 1897.
Hon. JoHN q. BELlER. Mayor
DEAR SIR:=In compliance with
the unanimous wish of the MEM
bers of the West Virginia Society
of Civil Engineers and Architects.
as expressed at the recent meeting,
held in this place on the 10th and
1lth inst, instructing the secretary
to forward to you a letter embodyz
ing the resolution of thanks passed
thereat to the citizens of Point
Pleasant, of whom You are the
official Representative have the
honor to send you the appended
extract from the minutes OF our
proceedings WIS
sRes0LUed. That we, the mem
beers of the West Virginia Society
of Civil Eng and Architects,
accord a hearty vote of thanks to
the citizens of Point Pleasant for
the courteous hospitality they
have so generously extended to
the society during their sojourn IN
your city
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24
sHOE DEPARTNTENT.

nice ladies, Shoe styles and Sizes for
ongoa Shoe, s125 reguar price 81
smallest possible good
solid $500 We have reduced all of our 81
Shoes to SIPS.
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THE SALE FOR BARGAINS!
TILE SALE FOR RECORD!
SALE FOR YOU
DRY GOODS DEPARTMENT.

Irocadee yorsted all ooors SO
Worsteds 30 and 30 20 and
All
Caahmeres 45c IGs and
JACKETS At HALE VAL ID.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

Don't express a positive opinion
unless you perfectly understand
what you are talking about How
very few there are who could be
positive under those conditions.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

At present writing both rivers
and the moon are full
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

Col. Ingersoll says that the de-
sire tolacquire great wealth is in
sanity. IfBob is right, then tap
pears that he is not altogethersane
himself, which explains a good
deal of what he thinks and says.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

The merchant who does not adj
vertise has plenty of time upon
his hands which he can spend sit
ting on his counter and whistling.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

a Chicago editorial writer says.
that it is an easy thing to get
money. He must be either a bank
cashier or on friendly terms with
his father-inslaw.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

Having regard to the immense
number of unemployed people in
the United Statesit seems that it
would be wise course for the
government to stop further imigra-
ton except under the strictest
restriction, until ever citizen shall
have obtained something approx
imating steady employment.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

The Curfew notion has struck
Wheeling, and petition is now in
course of signature asking for the
passage of city ordinance to keep
young people of both sexes off the
streets after nine p. m.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

Easter will be with us in three
weeks, and our lady friends will
know where to get the loveliest
things in bonnets by consulting
the Register advertising columns.
There were 23,o50,O 600 bnaeels
of coal shipped out Of Kanawha
river by boat last year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

Two articles by the well known
statesman
NJ. GEORGES CLEMENCEAU
THE FRENCH NAVY.
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One. cold fact is worth more than
a dozen hot words.
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BradIey's Fertilizers

1sss'ss :. 57.s''.. z RANFSIN WILEY. JR.
Feb 24-ftF. Trustee.
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Oil land in Logan. Caben, Min
go and Wayne counties to theex-
tent of PAT, GOO acres has been leass
ed by the Guyandotte Coal and
Gas CO., of Philadelphia.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

1t is one step towards knowing
to know that we do not know.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

The unspeakable Turk is fast
catching on to the ways of modern
civilization. The Turkish Consul
in New York has been arrested on
a charge of embezzling $4,000.
He went in big licks as a starter.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

That man in California who has
discovered the art of living with
out eating has evidently been pre-
pairing himself for the prosper
GUS times" under the Republican.
administration. Wish he would
give us a pointer in that direction.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

No Chinaman is allowed to take
part in New Year celebrations
unless he has paid his debts. IF
that rule were applied in America
there would be few to celebrate the
occasion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

Texas having made the attempt
to legislate the pistol out of the
State we are justified in the pre-
sumption that she means to teach
the young idea how to shoot some
other way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

An address ON Business Man
agement and Cooperation was
delivered before the National Edi-
torial Association at Galveston,
Tex, by. the Hon. As. b. White,
editor of the Parkersburg State
Journal, this week and excited
c0nSSdarahIe inferasf
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

The new immigration bill just
passed by Congress. cuts off all.the
hard working, honest, but illiterate
foreigners from coming into this
country, but permits all the edu-
Gated revolutionists and anarchists
to come into the country unmo-
Tested.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

March 4 will continue to bel
moving day at Washington.
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The total profits of the sugar
trust for the past ten years have
amounted to the enormous sum of
S236, 100000. That's sweet thing
in robberies.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-02-24

The pertinent enquiry present.
ing itself to the minds of most
people is how many of the forty
two ships composing our navy, and
which have cost SO many millions,
are worth the powder it would take
to blow them out of the water?
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If this is prosperity, give us
something else.
Evening star., 1897-05-29

be successful ultimately. he is q pretty
good sort Of fellow; gentle. well-behaved
and Of great service In destroying cater
pillars. Our counterpart to the European
cuckoo is found In the cowbird. This re-
pulsive creature knows nothing of the finer
instincts that animates the bird kind dur
Ing the mating season. There are no mar
rage vows among the cowbirds, no pairing
and building of homes and rearing Of
young. The females Of this free-love COM
munity lay their eggs in the nests Of
smaller birds during their absence from
home, and then abandon the Offspring to
the mercies OF the foster parents. These,
Usually. to the credit Of their kindness of
heart, but to the discredit of their tudg-
ment, hatch out and rear the youngster
who, after booming his foster brothers and
sisters to starvation by securing most of
the food brought by the parent birds, un-
gratefully sneaks out of the nest at the
earliest opportunity and joins his own peo-
pie. Some of the birds have resorted to in
genious methods of frustrating the plans of
the unnatural mother who thus saddles
the care Of her young upon others; but
most of the victims accept the visitation in
spirit of Christian resignation or Mahom-
etan fatalism, whichever you choose, and
give the youngster as much care and atten-
tfon as though he were an adopted member
of the family.
Evening star., 1897-05-29
Woodland Birds and Flowers in
June.
OF GREAT VARIETY AND BEAUTY
The Charms of Walk in the Open
Meadows.
FOLIAGE AND BLOSSOMS S

Written Exclusively for The Evening Star.
AS the season begins to grow warmer
and the shade which the trees have kindly
provided for us daily gains In attractive
ness the flowers, which, more than man,
appreciate the life and health-giving quail
tiles II honest sunshine, evince a growing
pre- ference for the open fields and mead
ows. More and mere meager do the re-
turns become which are yielded to the
wood rambler, and fuller and fuller the
variety of beauty anG interest which are
offered to the courageous one who fears
not tan or freckles. But the June woods,
though not so fruitful to the devoted wor-
shipper at atures shrine as sunny places,
are by no means bare or empty Of floral
charm. The laurel Is in full bloom as the
month opens, with its mounds and banks
of pink and y hite reflected in the quiet
water of the woodland stream, beside
which it loves to dwell; the rich yellow of
the wild coreopsis CLEANS like golden stars
in the shadowy realms; purple skullcaps,
gathered here and there into little col
Evening star., 1897-05-29

Another uncanny occupant of the wood
land shades Is the Indian pipe or corpse
plant parasitic growth upon underground
roots of trees. Its flowers, its thick stem,
its scaly foliage, are all cold. clammy and
of a grayish white that turns black wher-
ever touched by human hand. In its growth
it resembles pipe. or more often bunch
of pipes, with the stem stuck in the ground
and the bowl at various angles from the
stem; but such pipes as might be smoked
not 50 appropriately by Indians as by the
crew of the Flying Dutchman 1t is a
representation of life in the garb of DEATH
created by nature in a moment of whimsi-
cal fancy. White also, but without grue-
some suggestion, are the feathery plumes
embalmed the historical record Of the sub
stitute used by the people Of New Jersey
during the revolution for the tea of which
they were deprived by the embargoes of the
war Nor is there the slightest touch of
urwho esomeness in the wealth of yellow
pea-like blossoms which the false indigo
unfolds- upon dry wooded hills. Bright.
blinking flowers they tell of the sunshine
which they have caught and stored.
While watching the woods Of June let
us not forget to keep an eye upon the
chestnuts; for about the middle Of the
month. or perhaps little earlier, we shall
see them beginning to change in aspect.
A lighter, yellowish coverlet seems to over
spread their tops, bringing them into con-
spicuous contrast with the rest OF the
goodly company with which they touch ell
DOWS. II is tnelr perlou OF pioom 1uey
are taking the first step in the preparation
of that rich harvest for boy and squirrel
which the frost will bring.
June Meadows.
II now We turn from the woods to the
fields we shall find much that will reward
walk in the open. Here we may enjoy
the charms of the brier-rose, whose petals
with their pink, which they have borrowed
from the dawn, have a simple beauty and
delicacy which the choicest productions Of
the conservatory cannot surpass: while
the yellow stamens and the stigmas. which
on the cultivated roses have been changed
to additional petals, tell us that their sym
Evening star., 1897-05-29

ony, await the coming of the flower lover.
well knowing the delight which their dis
covery will yield to him as he penetrates
the leafy dell in which they abide; the deli
cate little pale blue blossoms of the spiked
lobelia, Lplifted on a wand-like stalk which
springs from a rosette of large leaves, add
grace and airiness to the moss-grown road
and the arbutus of the early spring is re-
called to mind by the partridge vine, which
in some spots carpets the pines with
creamy blossoms suggestive both in ap-
pearance and fragrance of that harder
friend Of ours who trod hard upon the
heels Of winter.
Other Wood Flowers.
Then as the month advances come the
pyrolas, which scatter their lily-of-the-val-
ley-like clusters of dropping bells about
among the sturdy trunks of the trees, and
the closely allied princes pine and spotted
pipsissswa, somewhat similar in general
aspect, but more beautiful upon closer in
spection, and with the added charm OF
delicious perfume, while the tall ghostly
spires of the black cohash begin to appear
in the dusky glades standing like myster-
ious spectral Sentinels amid the gloom.
Evening star., 1897-05-29
Cow Bird.

metry and perfection have not been sacri-
feed for the sake of show. Near by Is the
clear canary yellow Of the sundrop. q true
drop Of bright sunshine, whose large petals
are as pure in their tint as are those Of the
brier-rose In its own chosen pink. Along
the sides of the gently gliding meadow
brook rise the feathery cream-colored
sprays of the tall meadow-rue. Daisies are
everywhere; and however discouraging and
Irritating to the thrifty farmer a field may
be which Is overrun with these importa-
tons from Europe, to the poet and lover Of
the beautiful 1t gives bounteous enjoyment
and delight. Similar IL the double senti-
nicious and. when considered from q purely
utilitarian standpoint. 1t becomes a thing
OF beauty and q source OF keen gratifica-
tton when under the gaze Of one whose
athletic nature IL paramount A few Of
these weeds" with their delicate foliage
and gracefully dropping heads. clustered
In . fence corner, with perhaps the shorter
Evening star., 1897-05-29

daisies and grasses for . groundwork. pre-
sent q picture rs deMghtfhl to the artistic
eye OF some loiteHer among natures
haunts as 1t Is dist&tef0 to that Of the
thrifty but Observation-Disclosures Of the
soil. The red and wllite eiovers are diplo-
matte enough to please bOth parties to the
dissension; but theiE cuusins, the yellow
hop clover and the fnxx,kf little rabbit foot
clover, are not SO afortrnate. Still they
Evening star., 1897-05-29

The Women's Vegetarian Union in Lon
don demand vegetarian dress. They have
concluded that It Is as wrong to kill nni-
mails for clothes as for food. They want
vegetable boots, vegetable gloves, vegsta-
ble gowns and vegetable note paper They
have decided that the kid, the calf and
the sheep shall be spared. If their infiu-
ence can do 1t.
l.. r. Bostick Of San Saba, Tex, who
captured Santa Ana sixty-one years ago.
Is now seventy-eight In company with
two other young men, he was scouting
over the country about eight miles fro n
camp. when he saw a Mexican standing
but they took him prisoner, and he proysd
10 be Santa Ana. sa
II you want anything. try an ad- In The
Star. II anybody has what you wish, you
win get an answer.