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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Labor will rid us of a great
triumvirate of evils, irksomeness,
vice and poverty.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

A child carries its new found
happiness to the one it loves best,
a woman to the one she hates most.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Bring your job printing to the
Register Office if you want work
that reflects credit upon your es-
Enlistment.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28
"a co1nplilnent.

We find the following compli-
mentary notice of one Of our citi-
zens, in the Pnrkersburg State
journal:
''Dr. L. v. Guthrie, of Point
Pleasant, is one of the coming lead
ers In the medical profession in this
State if, indeed, he has not already
arrived" He is very likely to be
the Superintendent of the Second
Hospital for the Insane at Spen-
Ger, and we predict that, If he is
elected to this responsible position
he will prove worthy of the trust
imposed and fully equal to every
demand made upon him. He has
the ability, the education, the ex-
perience and rare executive force.
The force of the N. & w. was.
reduced fully one-third at Kenova
last week. The men laid off were
principally engine men and labor
ers. Reductions in the numbers
of employees viii be made at other
points along the line, as it is the
evident intention of the present
management to make the road pay
dividend at all hazards and put
it out of debt. Prosperity, with
big, big P.
If it is possible to get enough
money together, the council should
take some steps towards putting
the public wharf in good shape.
There are only two ways to do it,
either to pave it with boulders, or
else to clean the dirt off and even
it up with crushed limestone. The
latter would be the best and the
cheapest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28
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The man who gets the fewest
letters complains the most of the
postofice; the man who complains
of the preaching pays the preacher
the least; the man who complains
the most of his neighbor has the
least sense-is the most conceited.
1t may also be added that the man
who borrows his neighbours paper
has the most fault to find with the
way it is run.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

GalIipolis has acurfew ordinance
which prohibits girls under Is from
being out after 9 o'clock at night.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28
NOTICE.

All persons are hereby forbidden
from trespassing upon my lands in Glen
denim District, in any manner whatever
as will prosecute all who do 80.
Avon ]. NJ. CALHOUN.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

The Texas Legislature has passed
a bill taxing life, fire and fidelity
insurance companies on their gross
earnings, and also taxing dining
cars, sleeping cars and the fran
chises of all foreign corporations.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

John M. Good. who was elected
Mayor, of Springfield, o., on the
Democratic ticket, was formerly a
citizen of Huntington, this State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

This week a large purchase of
coal lands was made at Kanawha.
The Lowe Moore Iron and Coke
Company bought $500 acres near
Winifrede Junction for the sum of
.ss1, 615.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

1t is entirely superfuous to tell
people you are getting old; you
show it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

The Senate Committee on civil
service will investigate the extent
to which the civil service law is en-
forced and the effect of its enforce
ment in each department of the
government.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Out of 60 arbitration treaties
among the nations of the world
since 1915 the United States has
borne a part in 80, far more than
any other nation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

The are some women who are re-
minded that they are superior
creatures everytime man takes off
his hat to them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

The English war office is about
to test the deadliest known man
slayer, a machine gun capable of
discharging 1000 shots in 123
seconds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

It is now pretty certain that
Messrs. j. Friedman & Co., our
popular merchants, will erect their
proposed modern new store build
ing, this season. This will add
another magnificent structure to
Main street.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Criminality is increasing at a
sad rate in this State. Eleven
hundred indictments have been re-
turned by the grand jury of Tyler
county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

There is an effort being made to
have the next annual meeting of
the Daughters of the Confederacy
of West Virginia held in Martins
burg in July.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

The Letart oil well is down 1000
feet and every indication is promis-
ing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Always in season, Hopkins Steamed
Hominy (Hulled Corn. Elegant lunch
in Milk. ct. cam 1oc.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Now that the fast season is over,
things ought to move faster.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Born on the 10Th inst, to Rev.
E. Borgus and wife, colored, son.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Congressman Seth L. Milliken,
of Maine, died in Washington, on
the 10Th inst.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Arbor Day comes this year on
the seventh of May.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

The grand jury in the Hunting
ton Criminal Court has returned
one hundred and twenty-five in
dictments. Business must be pref
ty brisk among the crooks there.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28
Now Postmasters.

Richard Woodrum has been APP
pointed Postmaster at Clifton, in
place of James Smith removed.
Moses Wears at Pliney, Putnam
county, in place of j. A Lanham
removed. The ak is being welded
and the heads of the Democratic
Postmasters are falling into the
basket.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Enthusiasm is the intoxication
of earnestness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

An investment in knowledge al
ways pays the best interest.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Every mans success is within
himself. and must come ont of
himself. No true, abiding and
inst success comes to any man in
any other way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

oAsToREA.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

Aaipose rIns Acanmulated ON a nIa1nInoth
Tens of Thousands of Years Ago.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1897-04-28

any other nation.
The sun., 1897-02-28

How many OF the tricks lost In these hands
were due 70 bad play II would be difficult TO say
without opening up the question Of the right OF
private Judgment. but the record shows that
many Of the advantages gained by New York In
the openings were thrown away by carelessness
in the end game The interesting part OF the
foregoing record is that Il shows that Short-suit
openings. even Of tho most radical character.
arc not the terrible trick.losers that their op-
ponents claim they are.
When the socall-d shortsuit game nrst cans
into vogue many persons were very N uch mis!ed
as to It's principles and practice. q result which
was brought about by the extensive circulation
ard credit given TO articles written by persons
who knew nothing whatever OF the subject, and
by poetesses who bad no use for any game that
contained such terms as strengthener,
which are not given in rhyming dictionaries
These nnisinforned writers rushod into print
with q rehAah Of the arguments presented by
Or. Pole on page 80 OF his Theory OF Whist"
the chief point OF which 10 that II you
did not open every hand with your long
est suit there would be no uniformity In
your opening It would be always equivocal.
and would consequently give your partner no
Information, a complexity which would effect
besides, your plan would be so easily overthrown
by your adversaries' leading trumps, which. II
sesy Would 1u. them in dSns 10 yoss
utter discontinue. The longs opening Is
free from all these objections, sc.
such OF our whist editors as have taken the
time and trouble 20 investigate the common
sense game and have given 1t an impartial trial
at the whist table, have turned completely
round, and are now engaged IN advocating It as
not only the better whist, but q much more
Intellectual and enjoyable game
The game that Dr. Pole wrote against was not
the short-suit nor the common-sense game; he
never played either of them. never heard Of
them, perhaps, and certainly never understood
or investig Ated their manner OF carrying out his
own fundamental principle, which is the com bi-
nation Of the two hands OF the partners As ona
The game DR.. Pole had in mind was the ruifinx
game, such lodges as Howell's 9 7 g leads
sneaks, and sub-sneaks. The iudicious manage
ment OF suits containing single honors. the pres
eryation Of tenace. the advantage OF position the
principles of nesse, the enormous possibilities Of
negative inferences, and the importance OF play
ing waiting game with long suit, are things Or.
Pole never reached His philosophy stopped
at the preliminary stage, and the test OF com
parative methods never seems to have entered
his head. No better proof Of his blindness TO tho
value OF methods OF which he did not approve,
or OF his total ignorance that such icommon.
own illustrative hands. Take No. for example.
The play he gives is as follows: Alb are part
ners against ". dealt and turned the heart
y. The underlined card wins the trick, and the
card under IL is the next one led. The game u
supposed 10 be English nye-point whist, count
ing honors:
The sun., 1897-02-28

ae-. Lee. es-A seA,-ss.. s.a NJ. D.v,s.
To m. KDrroa oy frs sus-ssr, In TIM sur's
notes snA queries column q Feb ~. IN ecmr.sntins
upon Mr. Brysns letter snsnt The oonfsdsrsse Gen
er.ls you s.y Gen Johnston protested ssstnst
being rsnksd by 0en- Lee, and sh.s "his protss, h
supposed have been ths csuss Of pavisS di.ks 70
him. shsvr rsp>.ssdiy during ths wu." To gss .
eorrsss dee sbout TN matter. hss 70 70 much
furthsr bsck b tros shsf oen Johnston protested.
claiming shss hs ousr.nked Gen Il. In thu old army
s.fer. NE yss z. hs vss snssdisro osnssa,. whils
ne fsss . 70 sh.s Irm nov rel... While M.
Dsvis VS. Secretary Sf Was sne question came Of
Appointing J. Z. Johnsfon ouarterm aster General,
with rank Of Brissdier M Davis declined 20 do 90
upon the express ground that Lee outranksd John
sfou IN the ssrvice and hs vould nos promote John
over Lees head. and only consented 70 do %
upon the undersssn1ins and o. opinion that
Johustons appofntmsnt - ouartermaster General
would not and could not entits him 70 preesdencs
vouid th:..tors 80 for nothing Josn.s9n ". r.
ias hin. ssd bad . yieM Prom ths. si9s he-,-s..
Of the war comes 70 b written wn Be- oonciup
Sfvely shown that M Davis noe 70 blans for ~
ifsvtng Johnsfcn as Atlanta Jyh
NEW YonK Feb "a
The sun., 1897-02-28
AROUEDTHE wHISTTABLE.
rHB WHIST LEAGUE rRoPHY CoMEs
EAST AGAIN TO ALBLNT.

rhs Ain..y Cl.b wee ~ ~ Gesa Pi.y-Ther-
eurh Team werh Preves rts vsius Q. the
match with ~. Fssi-Our Rrebier.-seses-
The Albany Club team has covered itself with
glory By bringing the challenge trophy Of the
American Whist League back TO the East, and
all the whist players in the State Of New York
are congratulatins LeRoy Smith on his success.
The benefits Of steady practice, good discipline.
and thorough team work were never shown 10
better advantage than In the play Of the Albany
four, and teams made up OF individual brilliancy
would do well to take lesson from them. To
defeat the 81. Paul team Is glory enough for
most people, but to beat them two TO one II
something unheard Of. Even without Judge
Bum upon the team st. Paul was very strong.
Briggs, Bronson. Metcalfe, and Gordon being all
stars- Albany gained on every section Of eight
hands but the last, and got the cup BY the anal
score Of twenty four tricks to twelve.
As both teams are supposed to play the same
system, strict long-suit openings and American
leads, the result must be set down to better play
on the part Of Albany. Some persons think
Albany may have mixed little commonsense
whist with the long suits, but an examina-
ton Of their openings In recent matches would
indicate that they stick pretty closely to the
regulation game. Now and then they take
little cling at . common-eense opening, II
| II true, but never systematically. Persons who
think they depart from tho long-suit game are
mislod by q few hands that have been published
| In which the opening was certainly not accord
| ing to the philosophical theory Of the game a.
laid down By DR.. Pole. This one for instance,
| In the match with New Jersey. hearts trumpsi
H-A. Q. 10, 9; CA. 10. 4; Do. 8, q, $50 g.
| Any person who has read page % OF "Csven-
dish" American edition. or page So Of Or. Poles
"Theory Of whist" viii bc surprised at Q long
T.. 49, Il. ~ fx---
The sun., 1897-02-28
CANE FISH PROrECTIoy.
Ihs Ras.. rreat, and Other Game Fishes In the
waters OF New Terk.

To THE EDITOR OF THE sus.-Str In an arti-
Gle In TEE Sun q few DAYS since regarding the
proposed new laws intended 70 be passed With
reference 20 the greater protection OF the
game fishes Of New York State" notice one
section which says that tho "open season for
bass shall DO from Oct Is to June 3o." Now.
he fact II that in BrNnt Lake, Warren county.
New York-Aad speak Maud tnerpeTtus. as ].
myself. stocked that lake In 1878 with bass
sent me by Seth Green-ths bass do not spawn
until July. Therefore. this propo ,ed enact
concerned, b entirely nlgatory. Indeed,
know OF two sportsInen ~ from New York
city who. knowing OF this fact. come 40 regu-
tities OF that rsh often hundreds OF pounds
directly from on the spawning beds. ard for
this sw5 1 mother Ta.nS, be
for that matter. while on their sDa wuing bed 3
and engaged In projecting their young fry. in
bait that appears Hence. The anxiety Of the
nothsr nah 70 procure all the food possible for
their young just hAtched out; rendering the
les In procuring their food. would suggest.
therefore, that the open season be from Oct
Again. there is another point which this
Game Commission does not, apparently, take
any account Of. viz. that they cannot make
For tnrtAnce. near the confluence OF the Bo-
reas River with the II Hudron there are two large
lAkss- ponos. the nunters cAu them-Within
one-quarter Of mile from each other, and
er" Beaver and filled with trout. Now. In tho
Lower Beaver" the trout spawn In septem-
Der. while In the Upper Beaver" the latter
part Of October. II Is thus SON how futile it
IL for the com mission TO make n universal Ia
on this subject which shall cover each case.
-, Ths remedy for thi;; It seems 70 me. is for
the commission carefully to investigate these
fA,ta and make q law which shall cover all
cases. even II IL doee curtsll the "open season,
for it will at once he seen. that In the case Of
thess two lakes pot fisherman" may obey
the law In regard TO one POND, while lie sX-
within the law.
II. BY giving publicity to this idea. thruugh
the columns OF your influential journal. Atten-
tion may be called 70 these rs. the Oh ieci OF
this letter shall have been accomn!ishrd.
WILLIAM l.. STOUT.
Mt. vHRxoA. Feb. ga. 1897.
The sun., 1897-02-28

A-B win ave by cards and the game. against two
by honor.
Tricks l. 2. In those days American leads were
unknown, and the king was led from X re.
gardless OF number In suit. Il, with dyc trumps
70 an honor ana caru OF reentry IN CLUBS, calls.
Trick 8. According to the principles OF the
long-suit game, OF course starts In to establish
his club suit, and II nvails himself of the oppor.
tunity to get out another round OF trumps at
once, AS discard incidentally showing thai his
reentry suit Is clubs.
Trick 7. One more round must establish the
cluhs and the diamond ace i skill good 10 bring
them in; at least that Is the theory OF the long
suit game.
Trick 10 This is what l-comes OF the estab
lished club suit and the resntry diamond ace,
This hand was given by DR.. Pole : the lrst
and most striking OF his four examples OF the
beauties Of the lony'sult theory OF whist. Al
win We by cards and the game against two by
honors; an accomplished BY bringing ia a long
suit assisted by trump signal. Nothing il said
about the long suit OF club, that Is not brought
In. Let us see What happened when common
sense player got hold Of Us cards, and afterward
The sun., 1897-02-28

One OF the hr.t-class players, whose name al
ways stood AT the top until this season, is now
studying the gnmb!t openings. and win probably
Mrs. Breckenridge and Mrs. Ton Eyck continue
70 make high scores at the Nomens Club In
Brooklyn. The ladies In Philadelphia have not
only held on TO the wonen's, trophies by defeat.
ing Washington By one trick, but won match
from very strong Baltimore team by aine
tricks.
The Knlckerbocker Field Club played the first
mixed double match OF the season with the
lryings on Tuesday last, and won by iurty-one
tricks There were eighteen couples On each
side. playing eighteen deals. This wiped out the
Irvtnls previous scores ~ twenty izht and nine
match for The flathush perpetual trophy was
postponed, and will not be played UHtil this
week.
The American Whist Club OF Boston now per
manrntly holds the President = trophy OF the "
F. W. A., and Albany holds the Eastern New
York Whist Association trophy.
They are having nEc4y time IN Philadelphia
with the lltCrClub tournament, but no gIGb has
obtained commanding lead ~ tar.
In the interc. III tournament IN Brooklyn there
are Onl' two more rounds to play, and the finish
Is likely to he very close, H. The seventh round
playsd at the Hamilton club last "Wednesday
and Thursday, there We're only two changes in
position. tn!on League and Lincoln exchanged
places sUr third auG fourth rank, Hanover and
Hamilton exchanging 'or NTH and sixth, the
tirsg NAMED IN each pair going up. The Union
a game score Ot d, but are tricks minus; while
the llncons, with trick score OF 81 plus. are
only gaines To the good. The lTy.ngs still
lead ia the matter OF tricks, 3S plus, and are in
sccuud place Tor games with wins. The score
OF the tarlCtUus, :. wins out OF a possible :, II
looked upon as too gOod TO be kept, and the opin-
ion is that or bL will win at the end, the trick
score very probably being necessary TO decide a
tie There has never been so much interest in
the tournament as this year, anu the quality Of
play Is better all round.
The sun., 1897-02-28
ONE OF THE OLDEST SHIPS.
In American Barh Iss Years Old sriii DsiAs
Duty In English Waters-
From the Phaadsiphsa Pres


Tho bark True Love, built In Philadelphia
IN 1894, has been found upon search 70
be yet anoat in the capacity Of a coal huh; 4
years. This discovery was made Through a
casualty recorded In the Maritime Exchange as
follows Tue Loye SsTsf was In o collision With
and had port quarter damaged to such an
extent that, It was found nece.sary to tow
In charge OF the tug Commerce. The True Love
has not only outliyed her builders and their sue
Ses:9r: but has also ousIyed Et I've every ssa that
ward, and this fact, coupled with the report that
the historie e5stt L still engaged In active PUT
suits, places philadelphia at the very top notch
In l764, when this famous old craft was
the largest vessel Of commerce that the Della.
ware mad ever foated. Contrast this with the
Packet Company's steamship Pennssylvan!a, tho
latest addition 10 commerce, whose length Is os7
.et ohs nsw AND oaS w be hsI amSaed
the magnitude OF the, modern ship OF
The The True nom hoTsS PS.Spns,. being
This city until Aug. 2a, 1873. when at the age Of
andy %th sSso Of in Of
Capt Thomas Nathaniel, consigned 10 b. Crow.
ley. she was diseh4rsed here and surveyed BY
arrival shortly atterward In London she WAS
sold and turned into coal hulk. In which
capacity she still serves,
tho dimensions OF this famous True Love are:
Length. 90 feet $ inches beam, 26 feet inches; !;
depth OF hold, II feet. She measured 296 tons
register and like all old craft, carried very little
more cargo.
The discovery that there was still Afoat a
Phi!adep phiA- built vessel OF such an age has
caused much comment on the floors OF the Mari.
time Exchange, and some shipping men are OF
the opinion that this old craft should possible,
be- purchased az relic Records show that the
True Love was for a time owned in Hull Eng
land, b. o. Dahl, previous to her purchase by
John :. Ward OF London, and during that time
she was engaged in the Baltic trade,