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Year: 1868

It is useless to tell me that there is


anything in Planchette, or that by


its aid every man may become his


own medium; Pve been there. When


you can pat a terrapin on the back


and get him to respond in Coptic


with his tail, twill be time to per-
suade me that block OF wood can be


charged" sufficiently to write SEN
tences. Mine was charged, but it


would only write when L moved it,


and then it wrote precisely what 1


dictated. That persons write ''un-
consciously" 1 do not believe. As


well tell me man might pick pockets


without knowing it. Nor am 1 at all


prepared to believe the assertions of
those who declare that "they do not
move the board" 1 know what ope-
rators will do in such cases; 1 know
the distortion, the disregard of truth,
which association lwith this immoral
board produces. l have seen charm
ing young ladies, whose word 1 would
take on anything else in life (even if
they protested they were not eRgag-
ed) who would not fb if you asked
them iftheir curls were false or if the
red of their lips was natural, sit up
with both hands on Planchette-fol-
tilted in falsebood by the contact Il
and lie like lawyers. Bring me any
two professors Of the art-young la
dies, for men are not to be believed
under any circumstances-nOt too far
gene to be sensible to some moral
compunctiOn, who will put one hand
on Planchette and the other on the
Bible-establishing a sort of galvanic
connection between the negative and
positive poles of truth, so to speak
and swear Gas Ella says, the custom
of resorting to an oath in extreme
cases has introduced into the laxer
sort of minds the notion of two kinds
of TRUTH that they do not write the
they promulgate, and will
discuss whether they do or not serious
ly.-JCharles H. Webb, in Harper's
Year: 1868

Work with a WILL and also with
your hands and head. 1t is such that
achieve the great things of the world.
Nothing is easy that has value. Laz-
iness and slOth never raised a man
above the grade of Il monkey. Work
does the thing, the right thing, and
the whole thing.
Year: 1868

The San Francisco Bulletin says
that the cash appraisement of damag-
.es in those portions of the city most
affected By. the recent earthquake,
does not exceed s271,0OO in round
numbers; while the most liberal esti-
mate that can reasonably be made for
miscellaneous minor damages, not
especially reported, will not make
the grand total for the whole city and
county exceed S35O,0O0.
Year: 1868

In an advertisement for a young
gentleman who left his parents, it is
stated that "if Master Jacky will re-
turn to his disconsOlate parents, he
shall not be sent back to school, and
he shall sweeten his~own tea"
Year: 1868

The internal revenue concern is really
run by W. E. Chandler, late Assistant
Secretary of the Treasury, who it is un-
derstOOd declares he will not consent to
any substitute for Mr.. Rollins except an
approved Radical, who will run the ma
chine in the Radical interest,
Year: 1868

Hair Restorative pedders should avoid
windy days. A veteran in the business, who
always pointed to his magnificent hair as a
proof of the virtues of his Restorative,
got his hat blown off day or two ago, and
with it went wig, comprising the ''magnifi-
cent hair that he had so often extoiled,
leaving his pate as bare and shiny as warm
ing-pan He didn't stop to close any more
bargains in that locality.
Year: 1868

SCIENTIFIC RASCAIITY IN COMMERCE.
It's no longer secret of the chemis t lab
oratory, that clear, golden syrup can be
made from starch aud sulphuric acid that
delicious wines and brandies can be made
from beet root with ethers for flavor; that a
barrel OF peanuts can be transformed into
exceIlen. coffee; that lard can absorb an e.
normous quantity OF water In certain c2pdI-
tions that in fact there seems no limit to
the authorizations that an Intelligent and dis
honest chemist cannot practice upon his
fellow men, All these marvels of chemical
science have in these latter days become de-
graded into mere tricks of trade, and their
chief beauty Is in their capacity to enable
uncrupulous dealers to tighten the pockets
and destroy the stomachs of the confiding
and consuming public. Concerning the ar
ticle of champagne, writer in the Port
land Star tells US that it is made from a
thousand different substanees-even refined
petroleum. Yes, from the fiery benzoles a
sparkling, bubling, foaming champagne can
be produced which will delight the eye, tick
lie the palate, gladden. our PAGES toward the
graveyard This is a new use for petrole-
um, which those who have been expert
mentlng with it as an agency for genera
ting steam have little dreamed of Who can
say that the Pennsylvania oil territory, now
considered mostly worthless, may not some
day he resenera ed into the great cham
pagnc producing country of the world
Year: 1868

1t was race for life. Following
hard upon the fleet skater were q
troop of wolves as fleet. Charley
Vance heard their breathing, the
short impatient shifts, the regular
patter of sharp feet upon the ice like
a click. The moon sailed through
the drifting clouds, now partially
obscured, then bursting forth in a
food of silvery light, At one side
the dense pine forest, broken BY
clumps of leafess oak or hickory,
and winding in and out as it follow
ed the course of the river, on the
other the wide snow covered plain.
Miles vet before house would be
reached, and in that time


Brave as he was, Charley Vance
shuddered. At twenty eight there
was so much of life yet before him.
Then he had reached point where
fortune began to smile upon him.
For the past six months his leisure
hours had been bright with glowing
Year: 1868

A terrible murder was committed
recently in Platte County, Missouri
A man named VIM. Marshall muir
dered in cold blood his own mother
and brother in order to get posses
sion of some property of which
they were possessed, and which
would revert to him on their death
A reward of $1,000, of which the
guilty wretch himself cunningly
offered 1000, put detectives to
work who traced the deed to him,
and few days ago he was arrested
and lodged in the Platte County
Iail
Year: 1868

lfyou wish to know what the wealth
er is to be, go out and select the small
est cloud you see; and keep your eye
upon it, and if it decreases and disap-
pears, it shows state of the air that
will be sure to follow by fair weather
if it increases in size, take your great
coat with you if you are going away
from home. for falling weather will not
be far off. The reason is this when
the air is becoming charged with cleo
tricity, you will see every cloud attrac-
ting all less ones towards it until it gath
ers to shower, and on the contrary,
when,the fluid is passing otfor difiusing
itself, even large clond will be seen
breaking to pieces and dIssolving.
Year: 1868

By MOINA-REF. a. j. RYAN.
Out of the shadows OF Sadness
Into the sunshine of gladness,


Into the light of the Blest-
Out of q land very dreary,
Out of the world very weary,


Into the Rapture Of Rest.
Out OF to-dsy's sin and sorrow,
Into bussful tomorrow,


Into day without gloom =
Out of land filled with signing
Land of the dead and the dying


Into a land without tomb.
Out OF q life of conamotion.
Tempest-swept oft as the ocean,


Dark with the wreck drifting DER
Into q land calm and quiet;
Never storm cometh nigh it


Never a wreck on its shore.
Out of the land in whose bowers
Perish and fade all its flowers


Out of the land of decay
Into the Eden where fairest
OF fiowrets-and sweetest and rarest-


Never shall wither away.
Out of the world of the wailing,
Thronged with the anguished and ailing.


Out Of the world of the sad
Into the world that rejoices-
World of bright visions and voices


Into the world of the glad.
Out of life ever lornful,
Out of land very mournful,


Where In bleak exile we roam
Into a joyland above US,
Where there's Father to love us


Into "Our Home-Sweet Home"
Year: 1868

are the only people | ever heard of whU
we're (for doubtnot, by this time, that
they have been) extermlnated by a
gang of anthropoid apes. The tact are
precisely as state them. You may
rely upon them as strictly true. Hav-
ing a great deal OF leisure and fond
ness for writing, thought | would put
them on paper, not as warning, but as
a subject of interest and entertainment
for the readers of your valuable paper.
If desired can give further particulars
to any person who will address


Your obedient Servant,


RICHARD SHA ADDLES, Mariner.
Year: 1868

eUP "Men can linger over the rel
les OF departed glory, and acknowledge
that ruins, even in their very desolation
possess an attraction and potent charm.
Such feelings were not given for nought
The ruined temple of even a heathen
city can win tear ! Twill not refuse
to weep over fallen temple of the Ho-
ly Ghost. The inspiration may be fled.
and the shrine polluted, but once conse-
Grated, it is to memory and to hope a
thing set apart for ever From the
very depths of my brothers misery,
voice reaches my heart that proclaims
him my brother--my lost, degraded,
ruined, miserable brother, if you will,
but to the last tremendous day of sepa-
ration, my brother still. = Help +!
for the sake of him who when on earth,
proclaimed it his highest, noblest, work
to seek and to save that which was
lost .
Year: 1868

We congratulate the House of Dele
gates upon its resolution of yesterday
calling OH the Governor to make a re-
port OF his disposition of the "Ctvil
Contingent Fund" This recognition of
the right of the people to know where
their money goes, is at once unexpected
and gratifying. The House has dis
charged duty, which has been TOO long
ignored.


At the same time, it has done no
more than its duty, and this only under
the pressure of necessity. The mem-
hers of this Legislature dared not TO go
home without making, at least show
of investigating some of the causes Of
complaint that have been so often al
legged against our State Government.
When the REGISTER made the first call
for this report, there was little pros
pect of its being needed. But that call
has been repeated from time to
time, echoed from mouth To mouth,
until it has become the expression of
public opinion, aud the House of Dele
gates has nov not only confessed the
authority of that opinion, but it has
virtually admitted the accuracy .f a So
called "Coppcrhead" journal in inter
preting the sentiments of the people.
Had the compliment been voluntary,
We should have made the grateful ac-
Acknowledgements which We here omit.


The implication of the resolution con-
cerning Governor FOREMAN is apparent
and awkward. His report is respect
fully requested" as if the subject were
so delicate as to need PREDATORY apOl-
Ogy, or his conduct in the matter of a
character TO warrant any other than a
respectful request" His side of the
case we do not propose to argue. The
Housed seems. to have prejudged him
on abundant suspicioa, and unless some
whitewashing transpires We shall not
obtrusively interfere between them.
Year: 1868

road yet to be built. One thug
is certain; Enterprise and cap
ital will no more deviate from
natural routes to build railroads for
the especial accommodation of the West
Virginia Legislature, than they would
make similar deviation to reach an &C.
clcsiastical conference or a political
convention. On the other hand, if any
point now isolated, lies upon the natu-
raj course of future and necessary line
Of communication, its friends lose moth
ing by deferring action. Their theories
OF to day, if true, will be facts in ten
years, and their railroad argument will
lose no force by being transferred from
paper to take the shape of line actual
ly constructed.


Again, it is clear that the people are
utterly opposed to any location, any
where, if accomplished by the bargain,
barter, log rolling process. We have
now in course of completion, two large
public enterprises, the Penitentiary aud
the Asylum, both of the highest impor-
tance. appropriations for these in
situations are 10 be defeated unless their
friends vote to locate the Capital at
this OF that point, the people can
not sanction any such legislation.
If Delegates are to be approached with
promises of personal preferment, such
as Congressional nominations and the
like, the people will be glad to hear that
such bids caR't buy votes. And in gen.
eral,, any argument, in the shape OF
bride or threat, to induce men 10 vote
contrary to their convictions is certain
to be condemned by tho popular voice


To avoid all possible errors, we urge
that the Legislature accept at once the
proposition of the city of Wheeling
Such acceptance will enable o future
Legislature to make a selection of un-
doubted propriety, when the entire re-
sources of West Virginia shall have
been developed. 1t will be justifable
as a measure of economy, now so i'm
portant, and it will defeat all possible
schemes and combinations for sacri-
fcing or jeoparding public interests
for individual or local advantage.
Year: 1868

The dead lock i'll the House Of Dele
gates in regard to the location of the
State Capital can be readily ended by
the acceptance of the proposition, made
by Mr.. PARKER, of Ohio county, on be-
half of the citizens of Wheeling. AS
Wheeling is aet one of the competing
points for permanent locatioi, she of
fers fair and reasonable ground for COM
promise. That a compromise will be
ultimately necessary, can hardly be
doubted. We do not think that the
friends of any point now named for per
mauent location can succeed. They
cannot command the required majority
TO pass bill.


The steady objection urged against
the Wheeling proposal, is that the peo-
pie OF the State desire a final settle
ment of the Capital question. We
think this objection is not we'll taken.
So far as We can learn, the taxpayers of
the State are now less clamerOus than
ever before, for location and the con-
sequent appropriations for building pur-
poses. Such a Capitol as this State
ought to have, especially if it cores
pond in cost with other State buildings
cannot be erected for less than 81 ,000,-
600. 1t is folly to suppose that the peo-
pie would sanction any snch outlay at
this time. 1t is far more reasonable to
conclude, that they wonld agree to al
low the city of Wheeling to retain the
seat of Government for ten years, upon
the liberal terms she offers.


At the expiration of that time, the State
will be in far better condition to sus-
tain large outlays for public purposes
The Asylum and Peniteutiary will prob
ably be completed; the school system
will be managed upon an economical
basis; our portion of the Virginia debt
will be assumed, and the tax it will
levy upon our resources may be esti-
mated. The undeveloped regions of the
State will by that time be made pro-
ductive, and the sources Of State reve-
nue. consequently multiplied.


While such considerations as these
dispose the people to desire postpone
ment of the Capital question, other re-
Elections heighten that desire to posi-.
tive demand. A location near the unds-
yeloped center of the State must, in the
nature of the case, be venturous Sc,
lection of point, which may OF may
not I've upon liHe of future public
trade and travel. Such a point ter
years hence, may be as now cut of from
communication with the outside world
or it may be touched by some rail
Year: 1868

No DOUBT CORRECT.-It is said to be
satisfactorily demonstrated that every
time wife scolds her husband she adds
wrinkle to her face! 1t is thought the
announcement of this fact will have the
most salutary effect, especially as 1t is
understood that every time a wife
smiles on her husband it will remove
one of the old wrinkles.
Year: 1868

ECLIPSE OF rHs Sus.-Among the inter.
sstlng announcements for the present
month is one to the effect that there will b
= total eclipse Of the sun at nine o'clock on
tho morning of the 22d. tho precise ami
yersary of the day on which Washington
was born. 10 order 10 prevent any misap-
prebension on the part of the Gasens edi-
tors and other superstitious persons whs
are afraid in The dark, it may not be wholly
improper to state that this amusing celestial
,h.oomsnon will only be visible in Africa
and the middle Of the South Atlantic Ocean.
Year: 1868

IHs oRaAr FAMILY MEDICINE OF rna AGE -
Pain Killer taken internally. should be adul-
terated with milk or water. and swestened
with sugar IL desired. or made into syrup
with molssses. For Cough, few drops
on sugar eaten will be moro effective than
anything else. For Sore Throat. gargls
the throat with mixture Of fPain Killer and
water and relief is immediate and the cure
positive. 1t should not be forgotten that
the Pam Killer is equally as good to take
internally. as to use externally. Each bot
tie is wrapped with full directions for its
use.
Year: 1868

"TuE SWEETEST TniSG IN LIFE" is good
health and good spirits. and if you have
them not, the next best thing 10 what will
restore bloom to the faded cheek and hap
pinsss TO the dropping heart. The great
and sure remedy is Plantation Bittcrs.
which our physicians recommend to both
male and female patients A. . safe, reliable,
agreeable, and cordial stimulant. They
contain nothing to disagree with the most
delicate constitution, and have won golden
opinions from all who have tried them and
probably no article was ever tried by so
many persons They elevate the depressed
and give strength to the weak
Year: 1868

MORE TROUBLE WITH THE NEGRo.-The
colored man is making trouble with the
temperance organization known as Good
Templars. The people of the neighbor-
ing village of Spencerville are in state
Of excitement in consequence of colored
individual who has been admitted to the
lodge there. At meeting held there last
Monday night this colored man, with thir-
ty-fve whites Of both sexes, was elected.
His full name was not recognized when
proposed as the one that he bore. he was
supposed to be white man. When the
candidates appeared the darkey was among
the number, and was taken in.


The lodge comprises over 800 members,
and it is said that about one-half have de-
clared that they will not remain if the me-
gro continues his membership. The other
half declared that they will leave with the
negro if he leaves. Some of the latter, il
is said, have declared that if anybody had
objected to the election of the negro they
would have opposed the thirty-ive white
persons who were proposed with him
Rochester N. ~ Union.
Year: 1868

CoNsIGNEEs AND CoNsIGNMENTs.-We
observe by an announcement on the bull
letin. board of the Chamber Of Commerce
that an arrangement has been entered into
between the Chamber and the James River
and Kanawha Canal Company, and the
various railroads terminating in this city,
by which the Chamber will be furnished
every day, as soon after the arrival Of the
boats and trains as possible, with list of
consignees and consignments. The lists
will be found in the rooms for the use of
members of the Chamber only. 1t will 60
into operation this week. This will be OF
great value to commission merchants, and
also advantageous to the canal and rail
roads, for it will furnish the commission
merchants with the earliest information,
save them the trouble Of sending their
clerks to the canal or railroads, and at the
same time relieve the latter of the trouble
of application for information at the
freight Offices.


We trust that the canal and railroads
will carry out this arrangement to the
best of their ability, as it will be recipro.
cally beneficial.
Year: 1868

The Marie Antoinette mantle that we
have before described is the newest style
of wrapping. The redingote or Polonaise
is still very popular. Short loose paletots
have wide flowing sleeves, lined with satin
like the under-skirt. Partisan ladies loop
the velvet skirts of their walking dresses
with sash fastened at the middle of the
back. Very gay colored sashes are worn,
but those of black velvet are in better taste.


Loose, square breakfast jackets are giving
place to bodices with tight-ftting sleeves
and sash worn at the side. Another
style has small basque attached to the
waist instead of sash.
Year: 1868

LOVE FOR THE DEAD.-The love
that survives the tomb, says Irving, is
one of the noblest attributes Of the
soul. If it has its woes, it has like
wise its delights; and when the over
whelming burst of grief is calmed
into the gentle fear of recollection,
then the sudden anguish and con-
vulsed agony over the present ruins
of all that we most loved are soften
cd away into pensive meditation and
all that was in the day of its love-
illness. Who would root sorrow from
the heart, though it may some
times throw a passing cloud over the
bright hour of gaiety, or spread n
deep sadness over the hour of gloom
yet who would exchange it for even
the song of pleasure or the burst of rev.
elry? No, there is voice from the
tomb sweeter than song; there is re-
membrance of the dead to which we
turn even from the charm of the liv-
ing.
Year: 1868

PASS HIM ARoUND.-Maj. j. l..


Wofford, of Tishomingo county, has
accepted the nomination for Congress
from the First Congressional District
on the Radical ticket! He was an
officer i'm Wither's artillery regiment
during the war. He was noted for
his tyranny over the brave soldiers
placed under him, was always n cod
fish aristocrat, n brainless and bigOt-
ed fool, and has turned out just about
rs might have been expected. If he
should be elected, and take the "iron-
clad" oath, we wish to inform our read
ers that he will be perjured scoun-
drel, and fit associate for the leading
Radicals who call themselves the
Congress of the United States. We
are responsible for what we say
There are those of the Wofford stripe
i'm this community who would sell
not only their birth, but even their
souls for mess of Radical pottage.-
They are few, but we intend TO watch
and expose them, let the consequent
ces be what they may.-PdnOtd Star.
Year: 1868

A QUESTION FOR LAWYERS. Sup
pose man owns n skiff; he fastens
the skiff 10 the shore with rope
made Of straw; along comes n cow;
cow gets into the boat; turns around
and eats the rope; the skiff thus let
loose, with the cow on board, starts
down stream, and on its passage Is
upset the cow Il drowned. Now,
has the man that owns the COW To
pay tor the boat, or the man that
owns the boat got TO pay for the COW?
Year: 1868

The effect Of music on the senses


was oddly and wonderfully verified
during the mourning for the Duke Of


Gum berland, uncle Of George III.
A tailor had an order for . great
number of black suits, which we're to
be finished in a very short space Of
time. Among bis workmen there
was fellow who was always singing
Rule Britania, and the rest Of the
journeymcn joined in the chorus.
The tailor made his observations, and
found that the slow time Of tho tune
retarded the work; in consequence
he engaged q blind fiddler and pla-
cling him near the workshop, made
him play constantly the lively tune
Of Nancy Dawson. The design had
the desired effect; the tsilors' el-
bows moved obedient to the melody,
and the clothes were sent hesne
within the prescribed period.