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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17
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The three-month's-old child of
Mr.. and Mrs. John g. Stortz died
Sunday afternoon, and was taken
to Mason City Monday morning
for burial in the Catholic cemetery
at that place. The Register ex-
tends it's sympathy to the parents.
MIR. Joseph Rifle, of Pleasant
Flats made the hands in this Office
glad this morning by sending in a
fifty pound watermelon. Uncle
Joe never forgets this Office. and
whenever he has any good things
he shares with the Register. Here
is to good old Uncle Joe Rifle.
Mey he live to raise many more
abundant crops of the luscious
watermelons.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Sistersville will spend four or
Eve thousand dollars for paving
and about half that much in build
ing a wharf
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17
Porto Rico.


o. B. HARPER, Manager.
Porto Rico.
The island of Porto Rico is one
of the most important of the entire
West India group. 1t has an area
of 8, $50 square miles and supports
100000 inhabitants, two-thirds of
whom are whites. Its people are
enterprising, and the rich soil
yields beautifully, and consequent
ly the people are well to do, and
many of them are rich. Ponce,
the city which welcomed the
American army. has about $1,000
Inhabitants. while San Juan the
capital of the island has $4,000
people. Yellow fever has never
obtained a hold on this island, and
although the climate is hot it is
not siokly. The people have been
allowed to manage their own
affairs largely and have not been
embroiIed with the rebellion in
Cuba. But Notwithstanding her
reasonably fair treatment at the
hands of Spain she seems to prefer
an American master to an Europ-
can.
Hundreds of wagon loads of
watermelons and canteloupes came
into town this morning from the
surrounding hills and bottoms.
The crop is one of the largest, and
also the finest ever grown in this
county. There are none better to
be found anywhere, the Mason
county watermelon having attain
ed a reputation far and wide as
the sweetest and most luscious that
grows. They are being shipped
from here by the car load to dis
tant cities, and the revenue de-
rived from these crops is much
greater than is generally supposed.
Cyrus Leopard, sick with con
sumption for some time, and living
in the First Ward, died Thursday.
Democrats and silver Repnbli-
cans should work together in this
campaign.
There ought to be an electric
railroad from Point Pleasant to
Letart, or rather from the CabelI
county line to that point.
The State Board of Health will
meet at Martinsburg. October 18th,
1898.
Persons who wear good clothes
should receive the penalty of the
law for bad conduct just the same
as the poorest beggar on the street.
Sharpers and swindlers. are
around in the country working the
lgullables:
It is remarkable how women can
make jelly when it is considered
how little they eat of it.
If a woman could retain her
beauty forever she might get
along without any brains.
When man begins to acknow-
ledge that he is lazy you may
know that he is getting old.
We need what money is due us
on snhscrintion. advertising and
other accounts.
Parkersburg's city hospital was
opened to the public Monday.
Often it is a good deal less
trouble to wrap up a bundle than
to explain what you've got
A good painstaking workman
can nearly always find something
to do in this country.
Some of the State papers are
ASKING when Marion county's muir
ders and Monongahela's suicides
viii end.
A squad of what the papers up
there call "strong arm men1 are
taking everything in sight in Park
ersburg. Better lock that valuable
new street railway up over night.
j Hunters Rates.
The Ohio Central Lines are selling
Hunters tickets to points IN Hunting
TERRITORY. For rates, etc, consult
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

In case of war, America would
knock the sauer-kraut out of Ger
many in the first round.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

A special train out of Charleston
win carry hundreds of People to the
fair.
Excursion Rates on an Railroads
and Steamboats,.
Don't forget the date
You cannot afford to miss it.
Write to Secretary for Catalogue.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

The State Board of Health viii
meet at Martinsburg. October 18th
1898.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Mr.. L. o. McMillin, of Heights,
has completed the improvements
on his store room, and is again do
ing business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

From Saturday. Daily.
Miss Pole 10th. of Cincinnati
is here on a visit to Messrs- Joe
and Marcus Friedman and families
Miss Ella Gardner. who has been
the guest Of friends here, returns
TO her home at Maggie, today.
Mr.. Ed. Somerville. of Hunting
ton. was in town yesterday and
last night.
Master Douglas Sehon, returned
) esterday to his home, at Hunting
ton.
Mr.. LIS. English. of Parkers-
burg. is here visiting his parents
for few days.
Mr.. Ira Saunders and Mr.. Thos.
Finn, of Middleton, Ohio, are
visiting relatives on Five-mile.
They rode through on their wheels.
Misses Rebecca Barbee, Ida
Armstrong and Alice Neale were
Iu6 SuS5IS OIL 01I. dl1I n1ISs w. L.
Hogg, of Pleasant Flats yesterday.
Miss Jessie Fadley has returned
after few weeks visit to her aunt,
at Sloan. She was accompanied
home by her two cousins Name
and Sarah Priddy.
from Mondays Daily.
Mr.. G. q. Baker. of Baden. was
in town Saturday and Sunday.
Miss Agnes Young. one of Ma
sons brightest school teachers, is
visiting friends in this city.
Mr.. John S. Roush. of New
Haven, was here Saturday and re-
newed his subscription to the
Weekly Register.
Mr.. w. e. Ruttencutter, of Ma
son, who will be the next Demo
cratic candidate for Sheriff, of Ma
son county, was pleasant caller
at this Office Saturday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17
Dronned Dead.

Fannie Harris, colored, employ
ed as a servant in the home of Mr..
S. P. Capehart, while ironing,
dropped dead vest srday afternoon.
Heart disease is given as the cause.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

There ought to be an electric
railroad from Point Pleasant to
Letart, or rather from the CabelI
county line to that point.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Sharpers and swindlers. are
around in the country working the
gullables.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

600, 600 Shingles, Red Cedar, White
Pine, Hemlock and Poplar,
b. f. BIGGS, Pomeroy, Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

It is remarkable how women can
make jelly when it is considered
how little they eat of it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17
A Bicycle Race
For Championship of County VIII be
an Exciting Feature
A BLESS Band

OF Twenty Pieces viii Enliven the
the Occasion.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Democrats and silver Repnbli-
cans should work together in this
campaign.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

A squad of what the papers up
there call STRONG arm men1 are
taking everything in sight in Park
ersburg. Better lock that valuable
new street railway up over night.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Some of the State papers are
ASKING when Marion county's muir
ders and Monongahela's suicides
viii end.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

A good painstaking workman
can nearly always find something
to do in this country.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Mr.. A.C. Wolfe, of Dundee, Mo,
who travels for Mansur & Tibbetts,
Implement Co., of st. Louis, gives
travelling men and travellers in
general, some good advice. being
a knight of the Grip" he says, Il
have for the past three years. made
it rule to keep myself supplied
with Chamberlain Colo Cholera
and Diarrhea Remedy, and have
found numerous occasions to test
it's merits, not only on myself, but
on others as we'll. / can truly
say that I never, in a single in
stance, have known it to fail. /
consider it one of the best remedies
travellers can carry and could re-
late many instances where I have
used the remedy on skeptics, much
to their surprise and relief I hope
every travelling man in the U. s.,
will carry bottle of this remedy
in his grip" For sale by Ct. w.
NJ. Hooff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Cyrus Leopard, sick with con
sumption for some time, and living
in the First Ward, died Thursday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

When man begins to acknow-
ledge that he is lazy you may
know that he is getting old.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Some time ago, little bottle Of
Chamberlain's Collie, Cholera and
Diarrhma Remedy fell into my
hands, Just at time when my two
year-oId boy was terribly afflicted.
His bowels were beyond control.
We had tried many remedies, 10 no
purpose. but the little bottle OF
Collie, Cholera and Diarrhpa Rene
dy speedily cured William
E. Jones, Oglesby, Ga. For sale
by Ct. w. M. Hooff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Often it is a good deal less
trouble to wrap up a bundle than
to explain what you've got.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

If woman could retain hel
beauty forever she might gel
along without any brains.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

Parkersburg's city hospital wa
opened to the public Monday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

We need what money is due us
on subscription. advertising and
other accounts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17
COMMISSIONED Notice.

The Grocer, 5I4 Main Street
June Isasn
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-17

A cloudburst at Clarksburg last
week flooded the city, until water
ran four feet in the streets, and did
immense damage.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
THE WORLD OVER.

Only one man In 203 10 over six feet
In height.
Many Of the elephants Of Abyssinia
are without tusks.
In Portugal married women retain
their maiden names.
The people Of London are computed
10 spend $4,000, 900 daily.
The oldest iron vessel in tho world 70
the Michigan. built in 1874.
The flower trade Of London exceeds
In value s10,000,000 per annum.
The population Of Russia is increas-
Ing at the rate of over 1000, 900 a year.
England carries about So per cent. of
the sea borne merchandise Of the
world.
1t Is estimated that two-thirds of tho
male population Of the world use to-
bacco.
The coast line of Spain extends 1877
miles, 712 on the Mediterranean and
sos on the Atlantic.
Every German soldier carries four
ounce religious book with the rest Of
personal equipment
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
FOR RABBITS FOOT WEARERS

It is an i'll omen to stumble when
crossing a track in front of an express
train.
Trying to stop a descending pile
driver with the hands Is a portent OF
mutilation.
Arsenic, taken in large quantities, 10
believed to have a marked effect on the
takers future life.
To meet bull In the middle Of lot
while wearing red signifies that you
will soon rise in the world.
To walk out of fourth-story window
In ones sleep is an almost unfailing
sign of approaching death.
Falling against an active buzz-saw ID
the worst possible luck. It frequently
precedes an accident Of some sort.
No man with an atom Of superstition
In his makeup should go to sleep at
the juncture of two railroad lines.
Wearing a crash suit during blis-
card, unless accompanied by rabbits
foot, is apt to cast a malign spell on
the lungs.
It is unlucky to sleep out of doors in
such position that the full moon will
strike the face when the Thermometer
ID below zero.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23

Her general health, her future happiness,
her good looks, her physical strength, her
capability as a wife and mother, and the
health and strength of generations to come
are dependent upon this.
Nothing in the world will destroy the
good looks, wholesomeness, the amiability,
and the usefulness of a woman quicker
than disorders of the delicate and important
organs that bear the burdens of maternity.
DR.. Pierce's Favorite Prescription is the
best of all medicines for women who are
ailing in this way. 1t makes a woman
strong and healthy where a woman most
needs health and strength. It relieves
pain, soothes inflammation, heals ulcera-
ton and gives rest and tone to the tortured
nerves. 1t cures all the ills and pains too
commonly considered an uncomfortable in
heritance of womankind. 1t has been used
for over thirty years with an unbroken
record of success. More of it has been sold
than of all the other medicines for women
Pierce, for thirty years chief consulting
physician to the Invalids' Hotel and Sur
pical Institute, at Buffalo, N. Y. He will
cheerfully answer, without charge, all let
tiers from ailing women.
"Three years ago." writes Mrs. ]. N. Messler,
of I7oa Vanderbilt Avenue New York N. Y, 1.-THE
best physicians in this city said there was no
cure for me-unless would go to hospital and
have an operation performed. 1 could not walk
across the room. took DR.. Pierce's Favorite
Prescription and after three bottles could
work, walk and ride"
Torpid liver and constipation are surely
ard speedily cured by DR.. Fierce's Pleasant
Pellets. They never grippe. They regulate,
tone up and invigorate the liver, stomach
and bowels. No substitute urged by mer-
cenary dealers is as good.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
FOR BICYCLE RIDERS.

Don't sit erect; It Is too good for your
health.
Don't try to knock a street car over
with your bicycle until you've prac-
tced well on pedestrians.
Don't take the other mans bike whom
leaving. 1t may be better make than
yours; but it's safer to take your own.
II in a race q rider falls in front Of
you, don't stop to be graceful in dis
mounting. Get off the best way you
can without losing time.
Don't use cyclometers II you want to
preserve your temper and integrity.
Don't come down a steep hill without
q brake; you may break your head
Don't be nervous when you meet q
young lady acquaintance. Smile conf
IDENTIFY, take of your cap with either
hand, or both, and choose soft place
to fall.
Don't ride at less than thirty miles
IN hour II you are passing a horse and
carriage. It is SO refreshing to the
nerves Of the horse, IL the animal is
. little high-spirited.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23

The selecting of the eggs is the first
and most important matter in the
Matching of chicks. Very large eggs.
small eggs, eggs sharp at both ends,
eggs that have protuberances, thin
shelled eggs, and such, should be dis
carded, as it is waste of time using
them. Eggs should be of normal size,
perfect in shape, smooth and fresh.
When the chicks are Matched out, do
not feed them much wet foods, but
keep them at work scratching for
seeds, and you will have fewer cases
of leg weakness and bowel diseases.
The matter Of raising chicks, however,
depends on the eggs from which they
are Matched.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23


The Bermudas export over 1900. ooe
pounds of onions every year.
Waffle IL from wafel, word Of Tee
tonic origin, meaning honeycomb.
Marigolds and camomiles In North
Africa reach height Of four or I'VE
feet.
Switzerland has 1893 hotels for tour
lists, with $4,000 beds and $4,000 en-
ployes.
A doctor states that tight, unventi-
lated hats are one of the chief causes
Of badness.
Hominy Is from anhuminea, the
North American Indian word for
parched corn.
Succotash Is a dish borrowed from
the Narragansett Indians and called by
them m'sickquatash.
More than 100000 sewing machines
are made in this country annually,
which is 80 per cent. OF the production
of the world.
Charlotte is a corruption OF the old
English word charlyt, which means a
dish of custard, and charlotte russo 10
Russian charlotte.
Gumbo is simply okra soup, gumbo
being the name by which okra is often
known in the south. Chicken gumbo
Is soup of okra and chicken.
Elephants have only eight teeth-two
below and two above on each side. All
elephants baby teeth fall out when
the animal is about IA years old, and q
new set grows.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
A FEW DONT'S,

Don't Judge the contents Of a mans
head by the size of his hat.
Don't think a man looks the right
way every time his head is turned.
Don't impair your happiness by Dor
rowing trouble or lending money.
Don't refuse to let your wife have
her own way-she'll have It anyway.
Don't go without things you need In
order to get things you don't want.
Don't blame the upright piano IL it's
. downright nuisance; blame the
player.
Don't ask won an questions. Give
her time and she'll tell you all you
want to know.
Don't marry a girl who isn't afraid
OF a mouse or you'll be kept busy re-
GREETING 1t.
Don't get the idea into your head
that a baby cuts teeth; It's the teeth
that cut the baby.
Don't think because a girl loves you
from the bottom of her heart that there
isn't plenty Of room at the top.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
THE TURKEY HOUSE.

winter, while in the northern regions,
even, such building will be found
most useful as a roosting place for
both chickens and poults during the
late SUMMER and fall, since they need
protection from rain and prowling ami
mails, but plenty Of pure air to secure
the finest growth. This need of pure
air at night is not properly appreciat-
ed by most persons who attempt to
raise chickens.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
A Turkey House.

Most people who have had experience
with turkeys know that these birds
prefer to roost on the ridge-pole of
building rather than under it and that,
too, in exceptionally cold weather. The
turkey does not like close quarters, and
thrives best where it is given plenty Of
air.
In many sections of the country
where the winters are not too severe,
the house shown in the cut will be
found an excellent one for turkeys In
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
PEOPLE WE KNOW.
They are Owosso People and what they
say Is of Local Interest


say is of Local Interest.
When an accident like the following
occurs right here at home 1t Is bound to
carry weight with our readers. When SO
many strange occurrences go the rounds of
the press; are published as facts; when the
intelligent reader Knows they cannot be
true, there is no wonder that people become
skeptical. On one subject skepticsm is
gradually disappearing This is due to the
actual personal experience of our citizens
and their public utterances regarding them.
The doubter must doubt no more in the act
of such as this. The public statement of a
reputable citizen living right here at home,
one whom you can see every day, leaves no
ground for the skeptic to stand on.
Mrs. j. w. Smith, of 527 Mason street,
says: "For a number of years past my
kidneys have been a source of great annoy
ance to me. had constant pain and sore
ness through the small of my back and in
my kidneys. If attempted to lift aDyth-
ing of my weight it hurt me severely and
when stopped and tried to straighten up |
could scarcely do so on account of the in
creased pain. The kidney secretions pre-.
sented an unnatural appearance and were
disordered, and felt generally run down
in health. Some days l seemed fairly well,
others | was miserable. l was advised to
try Doan's Kidneyd Pills and procured a
box from Johnson d Henderson's drng
store. They suited my case exactly and re-
lieved me in a very short time. l have no
hesitation in recommending this preparation
to others for have every confidence in its
merits"
Doan's Kidney Pills for sale by all deal
ers. Price so cents, Mailed by Forster
Milburn Co. Buffalo, n. Y. Sole agents
for the u. s. Remember the name DOan's
and take no substitute.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
Probate Order.

state of Michigan, County OF Shiawassee, S.
AT q session of the Probate Court for the
county OF Shiawassee, held at the Probate or
November. in the year one thousand eight hun
dred and ninety eight
Present Matthew Bush Judge of Probate.
deceased.
Elmer ID. Colby as administrator of said es-
tate, having rendered to this court his final
account.
1t is ordered, that the 27th day OF December
next at ten o'clock In the forenoon, at said
Probate ONCE, be appointed for examining and
allowing said account.
And 1t is further ordereds that copy OF this
order he published three successive weeks
previous to said day of hearing, in THE
lating In said county Of Shiawassee.
MATTHEW BUSH,
Judge of Probate.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
Keep Nest Boxes Clean.

All nest boxes and roosts should be
arranged so that they are easily moved,
and the boxes should be set on or near
the floor, so that there will be no temp
tation for the hens to use them az
roosts. Nest boxes should be cleaned
out every week and the hay or other
material in them burned. Kerosene
or whitewash should be freely used in
nest boxes and around roosts, winter
and summer, to destroy vermin.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
Eggs of Pigeons.

The two eggs laid by pigeon almost
invariably produce male and female.
Some curious experiments as to which
of the eggs produces the male and
which the female, have resulted In
showing that the frst egg laid Is the
female and the second the male.
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
Smallest Queen in the World.

Probably the smallest monarch In
the world reigns over the Hindoo vas
sal state Of Bophal, and governs a peo-
pie Of more than a million souls. This
dwarf is woman, Djihan-Begum by
name; but although she is about 80
years old, she does not appear larger
than a child Of ten. Her diminutive size
does not prevent her, however, from
holding the reins of government with
a firm hand, and in her realm quiet
and order are supreme
The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1898-12-23
The Popular Girl

The popular girl is not necessarily
pretty.
She has tact and good sense.
She is self-possessed.
She Is modest.
She Is gentle.
She has dignity and self-poise.
She Is never fussy or ill-tempered.
She is not always thinking of herself.
She is industrious.
She Is pure minded and sweet and
wholesome.
She Is never loud or noisy or rude.
She Is considerate.
She cultivates a soft low voice.