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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
A Campaign of IGducatfon.

Every sentence of Bryan's great
speech is truth stronger than all
the sophistry of Wall street. The
speech is to be printed by the
million and placed in the hands of
every man, woman and child in
the country. This is to be a cam
paign of education, and the edu-
cation is to be thorough. Silver
ties do not fear the result.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
Foot Hurt.

Mr.. Fritz Flick, the barber at
Steinbach's shop, while scuffiing
yesterday afternoon, in some man
ner sprained his right foot, which
will lnv him un for some time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
ISfcknd hYn Horsc.

Mr.. Max. Rayburn, of Pleasant
Flats, was kicked on the left thigh
Monday by horse, making a pain
full injury that will lay him up for
some time. DIR. A. r. Girard at
tended him. We hope nothing
serious will grow out of the injury.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
Put the DOLLARS on an Equality

Every once in a while man
is found that is in favor of the
coinage of silver, but is opposed
to the free and unlimited coinage.
These men do not seem to stop
to consider that the only way to
make silver dollar as good as Il
gold dollar, is oput them on equal
footing. Silver cannot be expected
to be as good as gold as long as
the law discriminates against it in
favor of gold. We now have the
free and unlimited coinage of gold,
and the only way to keep silver up
to it, is to have free and unlimited
coinage of silver. Let them stand
on an equality before the law and
there will be no trouble.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
DnNT1sTs.
DIR. ID. w. Petty, Dentist,

of this city, has now ono of the best
fitted offices in tho State. Every
apparatus and appliance in office
and Laboratory is now and of the
latest improved. If you want your
teeth Saved go SEQ him. 1t you
have to have an artificial plato, he
can make you tho bcst.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

The "Gold bugs" wings are shining
yellow,
"straddle-bugs" have wings of
flame;
The "Silver bug has no wings at all,
But he'll get there Just the same.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

There is ii most wonderful freak
living in tho mountains of Hamp-
shire county, w. Va. by the name
of Joseph Wigfeld. He lisa young
man nineteen years of age. He is
three feet tall and possessed of
double knee joints which enable
him to use his feet with the same
ease that an ordinary man would
use his hands. One of his knee
joints turn up and the other down
and he can stand on one foot and
bring the other over his back and
lift his hat off or he can place his
foot against the side of his face and
scratch his nose with his toes. He
thinks nothing of kicking himself
in the forehead, but the most re-
markable trick that he does is that
of tying his legs into a knot.
When he walks his legs spread
very wide apart. He can walk
straight but it tires him greatly
He is very ignorant and lives with
widowed mother.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
Henderson,.

Special correspondence, July 18th.
Misses Blanche and Bertha
Swisher, Hattie and Mr.. Courtney
Allis, and Mr.. Boyd Stanley, were
taking in the sights at Lock IL,
Monday
The Misses Swisher have return
ed homo. Mr.. b. Stanley accompa-
MED them to the street car depot
Messrs. g. w. and w. r. Hor-
ton, have returned from visit tc
their mother at Scarey.
Miss Nettie Perry left Monday
on n visit to friends, at Alice, Ohio
PEGGY.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
SIyccDings.
You may buy gold too dear.
Poverty is the teacher of resou

You may buy gold too dear.
Poverty is the teacher of resour-
ces.
Failure is the inevitable penalty
of incidence.
The greatest parts without dis
cretion may be fatal to their owner.
Surely the preaching that comes
from the soul must work on the
soul.
Honour is like the eye, which
cannot suffer the least impurity
without damage; it is a precious
stone, the price of which is lessen
ed by the least flaw.
If you choose to represent the
various parts in life by holes upon
a table of different shapes, and the
persons acting these parts by bits
of wool of similar shape, we shall
generally find that the triangular
person has got into the square hole,
the oblong into the triangular, and
a square person has squeezed him
self into a round hole.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
PRxsxCxAMs.
DIR. L. v. GUTHRIE,
PnxsTCrAHT and SURGEON

= - -
TTTHEN not professionally engaged
w can be found at Office OF residence
Residence on Main ST., between 9@h anC
10Th. Ofic corner Main and 4th SITS.
junel3-1y'
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

A. Ts. BARBEE, Nj. D.,
Northwest Cor. 9th and Main Sts.,)
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA.
Office hours from a. m. to p. m. and
s to 10 p. IN. [may 3, 1882.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
Supports the Ticket.

The New York Journal, edited
by the son of the millionaire ex-
Senator Hurst, will give enthusi-
astic support to the Democratic
National ticket. Tammany Hall
will endorse the ticket and Hill.
Murphy, Gorman, Brice and Smith,
of New Jersey, will also support
the ticket.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

Is confidently believed that
8 been found in Rayburn No.
Old Town. Visitors are not
al about the we'll,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
FRO dnesday's Daily.
Oil Notes.
Z daylight yesterday morning,
boi was commenced ON Dan
aSa1 No. 2, at Letart.

has been struck in the Cot
tag lie we'll, and we are told ar
ran nents are now being made to
ere tanks, before pumping is
con enced.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
Personal Mention.

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mr.. Jas. IL. Holloway spent yester-
day with relatives in Gallipolis.
Mrs. ii. II. Feiger, of Pomeroy, is
here ona visit to Mr.. and Mrs. III. II
Davis.
Mrs. Oscar Barrows, of Middleport,
is here on visit to Mr.. Wesley Bar
rows and wife.
Mrs. Chas. f. McCulloch and baby,
from up ON Kanawha, are here on a
visit to Mrs. Mary MooreH
DIR. John Hodge and Mr.. Harry
Hodge, came down from Middleport
Yesterday, on their wheels, and spent
the day with their sister, Miss Mable
A couple of young men from Char
don, Ohio, Messrs. Ernest III. Moore
and w. r. Ames, passed through here
yesterday morning on their wheels.
They "wheeled" from home to Mari
eta, thence by boat to Hartford City,
where they visited relatives, the
Sehon family, and were going to Fay
cite county, this state.
From Thursdays Daily.
Born, to Mr. and Mrs. JAS. Har-
man and wife, the 18th, daught-
er.
Mr.. Matthew jacques, of Rollins,
was business visitor i'll this city,
yesterday.
j. A. Dunn, Esq, President of
the County Court, was in town yes
terday.
Mr.. f. p. Miller, of Union dis
trict, and Republican candidate for
Assessor, was in town yesterday,
and made the Register call.
Mr.. e. L. Neale, of Ben Lomond,
and candidate for the Democratic
nomination for Sheriff, is in the
city.
Capt. John X. Thompson, of
Raymond City, was in town last
night. He went up home this
morning.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Mute
Lowe, this morning, 18th, a daught-
er. The Register extends its con-
gratulntions
Mrs. Ben Stevenson who accom-
panied her sister Mrs. Wiley to
Baltimore, returned yesterday, and
reports that Mrs. Wiley is some
little improved.
Mrs. w. Fl. Tomlinson has gone
to Wellston, Ohio, to keep house
for Doctor and Mrs. Hoy, who have
gone to Hot Springs, Michigan, for
the Doctors health, as he has been
suffering with rheumatism for some
time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22
pIeose TcIi the Truth,

Before silver was demonetized,
it was worth S1.29 an ounce. But
that fact is not mentioned now by
the gold men, they always quote
the Erice it is now worth after be-
ing demonetized. Remonetize sill
YER and the price will advance at
once, SO a silver dollar will be much
more valuable than itnow is. Lets
tell the truth SO the IL, pie can
honestly form an opinion on this
great question and vote intelli-
gently this fall.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

Among the list of prizes given
by the Star Soap Company for the
solution of REFUSES we notice the
name of Miss NJ. S. Jarrett, OF Ma
son. w. Va. who received one dol
lar.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

tied in the valley of the great
Oh is the busy little town of Le-
,ta,s 3hbse by the Falls, and near
by two of the most beauti-
full islands on the river, were sent
up yesterday at the break-of-day,
to the top of a derrick so feet high
the workmen's tools, that breaks
the earth, that taps the vein, that
brings the greasy product to the
surface, that brings Mason county
wealth. Messrs. Henning and Ew-
ing are the contractors on this we'll,
and the drillers are Messrs Henry
Donahue, Thos, Chew, Jack Nc
Gee and Jas. Dawson.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

There has not been a marriage
Incense issued by the County
CLERK. since the let day of July.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

q ere are several oil wells going
n in the upper end of this
u y. The eyes of the oil world
8 d Mason county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

1t is the most momentous ques-
ton woman is called upon to de-
cido-whether the faults of the
man she loves are beyond remedy
and will drag her down, or whether
she is competent to be his earthly
redeemer and lift him to her own
level.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

George Elkins, of Kanawha
county, while in an epileptic fit,
fell face downward into mortar
box at the Spencer asylum Satur-
day and when discovered was dead.
He was % Yenrs old.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

The hog-pen is getting in it's work
these hot days, and tho result,
the town is SO highly perfumed,
that people cannot set out in their
yards to get the cool air from un-
der their shade trees.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

The best women are necessarily
the most difficult to know. They
are recognized chiefly in the hap
piness of their husbands and the
nobleness of their children. They
are only to be divided, not discern
ed by the stranger
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

Judge ,McGinness, of the Cabell
Criminal Court has decided that
a physician could not be compelled
to give testimony as an expert un-
less he was paid for it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

less he was paid for it.
The earnings of the Ohio River
Railroad for the second week in
June were $3.50 greater than in
the same week of last year The
earnings from january L to June
IA were S112,OOO more than the
earnings for the same period last
year. Several new coaches are
being built for the company by
the Pullman Car Co., and will be
put in use in few weeks.
Herr Most, the leader of the
Anarchists in this country, repu-
diates the Chicago platform, and
declares his intention Of voting for
Mckinley and sound money"
The Anarchists are against the
Democratic,party.
Wonder if the Cincinnati Com
mercial- Gazette, remembers when
it bolted the nomination of Gen.
Grant, and supported Horace
Greedy, who vas endorsed by the
Democrats. 1t must recollect the
result of that election? History
will repeat itself.
The Republican leaders want
gold because it pleases England.
Let us do some financiering for
Americans.
After the election Mckinley can
say, as do all who don't know any
better: 81 didn't know my platform
was loaded"
The fight the millionaries are
making against Bryan and free
silver, will drive every poor man
into the Democratic party.
Some of the wealthiest men in
this county, have declared for free
silver, and will support Bryan for
President.
This is camp-meeting weather.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1896-07-22

From Wednesdays Daily.
Mr.. Jas. IL. Holloway spent yester-
day with relatives in Gallipolis.
Mrs. II. II. Feiger, of Pomeroy, is
here ON n visit to Mr.. and Mrs. III. II
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21

Weather and Other Predictions fol
the Coming Week.


Sunday. Nov. 22.Twenty-ffth aftel
Trinity. Mercury l5O degrees from Mars
Weather unsettled. \ child born on thi'
day will be rash. headstronE and DIFF
ticult to manage. Avoid Quarreling.
Monday, Nov. 23.-MOon In opposition
to Venus. Weather unsettled. A child
born on this day will be careless and un.
tidy. will have good and Ill fortune dis
tributed about even during its life. Dc
not buy or speculate until after noon.
Tuesday. Nov. 2.--Venus semi-square tC
Saturn. Weather unsettled. A child born
on this day will have to work hard for a
fairs.
Wednesday. Nov. 25.-Mercury time ia
Jupiter Weather fair. A child born on
this day will be fortunate and rise In life
female will marry an active man. Seek
work, sign writings and push business.
Thursday, Nov. 2G-Venus semi-square
to Herschal Weather unsettled. A child
born on this day will probably have q
quiet career, but much will depend upon
the hour Of birth.
Friday. Nov. N.-Moon in evil aspect to
Herschal and Saturn. Weather stormy. A
child born on this day will be unfor.
tunate, restless and often in trouble. Sell
In the morning.
Saturday, Nov. 2S-Sun In conjunction
with Mercury Weather unsettled. A
child born on this day will succeed bes,
In business for himself; female will
probably be unhappy In wedlock, Ask
favOrS and deal
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
Plugging q Big Leak.

The interesting announcement Is
made that Auditor General Mylin has
discovered a leak by which the state
has been losing 5000 year through
evasions of the collateral inheritance
tax. To illustrate: A man dies leaH-
ing personal property worth $1,000 and
real estate valued at $10O,0 There Is
no will; he has no family, and MS
brother inherits his estate. The brother
applies for letters of administration
He Is only required to state TO the
register the amount of the personal
property in order that the amount Oh
his bond as administrator may be fixed
The brother makes no mention OF the
real estate and there is no way for the
register to find out about 1t. The only
account he files Is as to the personal
property That is the end of 1t. the
property passes to him at once ana ne
is Sc. 1000 ahead of the state on the tax.
This has been the way of doing Things
heretofore and under 1t great evasion
of just obligation is possible. Under
the new system which Auditor General
Mylin has devised and which will I'M
mediately go in force, person taking
out letters either as an administrator
or an executor must do SO by first peti-
tioning the register. Blanks have been
prepared, and on them he must set forth
the name, residence, date and place OF
death of the deceased; full list of all
the heirs and next of kin, with their re-
lationship and place Of residence, and
a complete schedule of all the personal
and real estate left by the deceased. and
the amount of membranes. This
statement must be sworn to. All OF the
information contained in this schedule
10 to be at once recorded by the register
in a docket for the purpose, which has
been prepared. That is the basis for
future operations. In this are to be
kept record of all appraisements or
real estate. inventories. etc. When the
application for letters shows a collat-
erar inheritance tax is due, blank for
q full return is furnished. II a return
is not made within six months notice
is to be sent the administrator or eX-
ecutor, calling attention to the law. II
at the end of the year the tax has not
been paid, final notice will be sent,
demanding immediate payment, and If
that Is not forthcoming suit will be en-
tered. Under the law the suit may be
brought at the end of the year, and the
tax collected with twelve per cent. per
annum added.
The plugging of this leak will materi-
ally improve the states financial con-
dition and to General Mylin for his
vigilance the state owes much.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
To Contest Ksntucky,s Vote.

Just what the Democratic party
hopes to gain by contesting the elec'
toral vote of Kentucky is not clear
Suppose the- were enabled to prove
enough irregularities to unseat the
eleven Mckinley electors whom they
claim have been unfairly returned as
elected, that would still leave to the
Republican party 26l votes in the elec'
toral college. or Il majority of Is. Moth
ing whatever would have been gained
by the contest save perhaps the chang
ing of a few election het stakes. But
there is hardly the remotest probability
of a contest proving successful. Any
one acquainted with the different for
Kentucky must understand that an
overwhelming percentage of the proba
bilities of fraudulent returning lay with
the Bryan side. We do not say this was
true in every instance throughout the
nation, but 1t certainly was true In
Kentucky as it was in most other
Southern states.
There the sound-money strength lay
mainly among the business and pro-
fessional men in the cities and among
the better educated wage-earners and
farmers. men not given to the practice
of frauds at elections nor at the conniv-
ing at frauds. On the other hand. the
free silver strength lay principally In
the interior counties. away from the
railroads, the telegraphs and the public
schools; in localities where not only
is fraudulent voting possible but where
in such campaign it Is rendered prob
able by the general character of the
voters. 1t was in these districts that the
returns were held back, for days and In
some Instances for weeks; 1t was here
if anywhere. that the crooked work
was DONE A contest by the Democrats
can hardly fail to do the plaintiffs
more harm than good, and therefore
might for partisan reasons be encour-
aged were it not that 1t would estab-
lish a vicious precedent and give false
encouragement to minority discomfort.
We will confess. now that the cleo
tion is all over. that we had no expec-
tation Mckinley would capture Ken
tucky, that his victory there was sur
prise and that 1t took us until the COM
pletion of the official count to become
assured of its genuneness. We did not
credit the people of Kentucky with as
high an average of intelligence as the
sequel proved that they possess. But
now that the official count has been
announced, let it stand. contest
would only intensity the division be-
tween the two parties and make for
disorder. 1t could not in any way
change any material result.
Cornelius n. Bliss says he is not a
candidate for secretary of the treasury.
That position should he given to the
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
AjocChus' Advice.
SEASONABLE RHYMES.

She replied II cannot marry"
To his earnest pleading low,
For I'm going to be a lawyer
And plead myself you know.
"And marriage Is a lottery,
And something you may rue,
It's venturing on unknown ground
a risky thing to do"
Then bravely he did answer:
I'D venture anywhere e..
With an angel for comrade:
There's nothing I'd not dare"
''No doubt" said Portia, calmly.
but have you never read
That FOOLS will rush in boldly
Where angels fear to tread?'
Chicago Evening Post.
Il Il Il
BREAKING OFF.
you're suffering from tobacco habit
The doctor told the dude;
You'll have to give tobacco up
Or cult the world for good"
"Pll do it," said the invalid,
'And voice no vain regrets.
Cigars and pipe 60 by the board;
I'll stick to cigarettes"
-Times-Herald
Il II Il
HARD AT WORK.
The college man now ponders,
But the thought which he thus sQuan.
ders
Is not wasted on his hope of gaining ever.
lasting fame.
He strives with great precision
10 reach IL fair decision
On the chances Of the foot ball team In
that Thanksgiving game.
philadelphia North American.
Il Il Il
A TRADITION.
1t happened that my love and I
Were riding meath the larches,
Whose waving boughs. all interlaced,
O'erspread the road with arches.
And. growing bold. claimed a kiss
For each one we passed under,
According to tradition
Her eyes grew round with wonder.
What could she but heekly yield
Unto my hard condition?
(But, faith, she never knew that
Invented the traditionD
New York Truth.
LIKE CHARITY.
apparel Oft prociaims the man.
So Hamlet said. It's true.
And yet it's dangerous to Judge
A man from outward view.
The dude who wears the biggest tie
Looks Swell" Be not too sure
Perhaps he wears that scarf to keep
His washerwoman poor.
Times Herald.
Il II II
A CONTINUOUS PERFORMANCE.
In June. July and August hot
He moved the lawn and swore,
But now he shovels Off the walk
And swears r. good deal more.
-Times-Herald,
II Il Il
UNHAPPlNESS.
Another dark sorrow Is Joined to the sum
or woes that embitter life's dream;
The longer the nights that are chilly be-
come,
The shorter the bed-covers seem.
washington Star.
The Scranton tribune. [volume] (Scranton, Pa.) 1891-1910, 1896-11-21
Canada's Manifest Destiny.

The letter of Mr. Richmond elsewhere
those which have preceded it, gives one
new idea both of the immensity Of the
resources Of what we term the Canadian
Northwest and also a clearer cOncep-
tion than most of us have had of the
extent to which those resources have
been brought within the range of mod
ern civilization. We dare say that
many of our readers, until the perusal
of this interesting series of letters de-
scriptive of the queens American do
minions. have shared our own past
thought that the British Northwest
Territories were in the main dreary and
worthless stretches of uninhabited
land, fit only to figure in statistical
totals. This general American ignor-
ance is in some degree excusable on the
plea that we have had a northwest ter
ritory Of our own, the development Of
which has quite sufficed to monopolize
our spare moments.
Then. again, 1t is probable that many
Of us have been too hasty in our gener-
alizatiohs with reference to Canadian
thrift and enterprise. The American
crossing over into Ontario at Niagara
or again at Windsor, opposite Detroit
the two points Of greatest American
contact with Canada) is swift to note
the inferiority of the Canadian to the
American side. and to comment upon
the general appearance of stagnation
and Incidence on the one hand as con-
trasted with the very evident Yankee
push and hustle and hustle on the other
The deduction most frequently made
from these inadequate premises is that
all Canada is down at the heel Mr..
RichmOnd's letters, with their compact
statements of facts and figures CLEANED
In the course of personal inquiry and
investigation, disclose the utter fallacy
of such a deduction in application to the
great grain-g growing province of Mani
toba and leave one impressed with the
idea that here, at least, Is a portion Of
American territory which by every rule
Of reason ought one day to become a
part Of the United States.
There are good reasons for doubling
the wisdom Of an annexation move
ment at this time. Canada. II left alone
will herself make the first overture for
closer relations with the United States
Her $50 per capita debt, her dwindling
population and her excessive and grow
ing governmental expenses are sure in
the long run to outweigh a sentimental
and largely artificial attachment to
Great Britain. The fact that she Is
spontaneously affected by every trade
movement which affects us, and is in
an increasing degree dependent on us
for her markets and her wares points
only to one ultimate conclusion. In the
meantime. the development Of her great
and promising northwestern territory
will simply add to the value Of the al
lance which destiny is slowly but sure
ly formulating.