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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

And then top of with ice cream
DIR. q. B. Waggener, Of Arbnckle.
was in town last night.
Mr.. Hunt Maupin, of Arbuckle,
came down yesterday and will re-
turn to-day.
Mrs Susan Spencer, Miss Fannie
Steenbergen and Miss Rhode
Steenbergen left Thursday for
Olymphian Springs. Kentucky. to
spend several weeks.
Rev. DR.. r. L. Telford, Presi-
dent of the Lewisburg Female In
stitute, one of the best schools for
young ladies in West Virginia, is
in town looking up patrons for the
school.
Rev. a. Z. Grover left yesterday
for the mountains to take vaca-
ton for a month. Five years of
his passionate here has just closed
and he has taken only two weeks
rest since he came here. During
this passionate over 100 members
have been added to the Point
Pleasant church.
The many friends of Mr.. and
Mrs. John G. HesloP will be re-
joiced to learn that their daughter,
Miss Mamie, who for several
weeks. has. been quite i'll with
typhoid fever has so far conva-
1esced as to be able to go among
relatives at Mason, and is gather
ing her health and strength very
rapidly. but sincerely regret that
Master Lemuel who has also been
a severe sufferer with the same
disease for the last several weeks,
is still in quite a precarious condi-
ton, with hopes however of his
ultimate recovery.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

Women say of every pretty girl
that she might be tolerably good
looking, if she didn't know it so
well herself.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

IF an original idea happened to
strike a certain down town editor
we know of, it would simply par
Awe him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

Mr.. Samuel McCausland, of
Grimm's Landing, about month
ago started to Virginia with two
mules, riding one and leading the
other. A few miles above Char
lesion, the animal refused to be led
further, and turned and started
back toward Charleston. Mr.. Nc
Causland in trying to pass it SO as
to head it off, it kicked at the mule
he was riding, striking NIr. Nc
Causland on the right knee, hurt
ing him quite severely and
laying him up in bed several
weeks at Brownstown, before
he was in condition to be
brought home. He has SO far re-
covered as to be able to be in town
Yesterday.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10
Two Enn MOONS.

There will be two full moons in
August, one occurring on the first
day and one on the last. Full
moons occur twice in the same
month only once in about three
years, and there will not be two
full moons in one month again
until 1901. The time which
elapses between the two consecu-
tive full moons or new moons is
termed synodicaI month, and
consists of 90 days, - hours, Al
minutes and 8 seconds. Conse-
quently all the phases proper to
the moon must occur during that
interval. If, therefore, new moon
occurs on the first of a month,
and the month has more than 20
days and II hours, the same phase
of the moon may occur again.
The same rule holds good for the
full moon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

This win be the best fair that was
ever given The latest attractions
and novelties OF the day will be pre-
scented. Fifteen Thousand People
are expected to be on the grounds the
last two days of fair. There are Peo-
pie coming from everywhere. This
viii be fair that win long be rem
embered. Twelve Hundred Dollars
given away TO Trotters Runners and
PAGERS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

There are numerous places along
our sidewalks where low hanging
limbs of shade trees interfere with
persons passing by, especially in
rainy weather, and should be trim
med -Gallipolis Tribune.
The same up here in Point
Pleasant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

From saturdaS's Daily.
Tell rs not in nournful numbers
Life IS buesan empty dream,
When, Mt night. we eat eucumbsrs
And then top or with ice cream
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

There is nothing too good for
our wounded and fever-stricken
soldiers who are returning to this
country to recover from the San
tiago campaign.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

What has become of the wool
buyers? In past years they
abounded in the county, now the
farmer has to hunt up buyer.
We have not heard of any wool be-
ing sold in this county this season.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

The parents of this town viii
petition the Council at its next
meeting to pass a .'Curfew ordi-
nance" Something must be done
to prevent little boys and girls
running the streets at late hours
of nights.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

Our friends who are in the
mountains aud ut tho Springs, are
certainly having very "blue time"
of il, these rainy days.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

Some years ago the State Ga
zette was successful in driving a
business firm in this town.into adj
vertising in its columns by a sys-
tematio abuse of the firm.
Encouraged by that it still
seeks to drive patronage to its
paper by insinuations like that
made against the Mason County
Fair, and commented on in another
column
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

Merchants should do more adj
vertising, and thereby do more
business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

The Grocer, 5I4 Main Street.
Jnne Isas II
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1898-08-10

If you want printed stationery
bring your work to the Register
office.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

VIII Morrisey and Henry Jones re-
turned TO Harper Springs, Fla, re-
Gently from trip down the bay, hav-
ing been imprisoned on sand key for
nearly three dayn by sharks. They
left here nearly week ago on n hunt
ing and fishing trip. The second day
they succeeded In happening a big
shark and aftes half an hours work
got him close 10 the boat. One of the
boys hit him with an ax and his blood
dyed the water, calling up score of
sharks from all directions.
The men saw they were in trouble
and they Immediately set sail and tried
. get away. The sharks followed
them and began attacking the boat
One Of them leaped out Of the water
and fell acrons il, crushing IT, BY this
time the boat was within few rods
OF Mud Island, a small snndbed of
about m acre in extent. The men
finally got ON the key, narrowly escap-
ing the erocious sharks. Their boat
driited near the land and they were
enabled u secure their provisions
/ from the water.
/ During The night mosquitoes made
+ life miserable for them. An inspection
4 early in the morning showed that they
were besieged. as they were surround
ell by scores of sharks. They swan
around on all sides. The men set mp
an oar with shirt tied TO il rs a dis
tress signal. but il was not until the
second day that the crew of fishing
schooner cav them and came 90 their
rescue. AS the schooner came 10 the
land the sharks made an attack on the
boat. bat the sailors had several Win
ckesters and they piled n merry war
COR few moments, shooting eight of
the big sharks. the others being fright
ened away.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22
WORKED ALL ENDS.
How senator PETER Made a Liftlc Tortun-
-CrediiahIe View OF His once.

How senator PETER Made Liftlc Fortune
-CredisahIe View OF His once.
II is said that PETER made money IN
the Senate. He lived in a very fru-
gal style. For the term his salary
was $50. 900; he received S2l00 mile
age and $3.50 son stationery account.
His wife OF daughter was his private
secretary, for which he received dur
ing the term S72OO Another member
of the family was borne ON the pay
roll OF the Senate. and as $1,000 per
annum Is a moderate salary fov Sen
ate employe, let II GO at that $4,000.
Thus the PETER family received from
1891 10 1897 the sum OF $40, Oj0 Add
20 this the amount the senator received
for contributions TO newspapers and
YOU have a snug little fortune 1t Is
not 10 his discyedit that he saved
his money. II l. 10 his credit, on tie
other hand, that he looked on senate
rial life as a serious business, and not
as a continuous iunket He was never
seen about the ticker that recorded
the stock prices on the Wall street ex-
change. He attended no swell recep-
tiOns. He was not known in places
haunted by the diplomatic corps. II
be went TO the seashore il was 10 re-
store his health, not for a good time.
F All his life he had labored. He was a
farmer, and 50 painstaking, You may
( be sure that when he shocked an cal
Of corn he left not one silk on the
I grain. He was school teacher. and
you may he sure he kept the lazy pa
pills on the move. de was soldier
and did his duty. He studied law II
the camp, was admitted TO the bar il
1865, and for long timspracticed hit
profession and edited two newspapers
the while The greatest calamity tina
ever befell letters was that Thackeray
did not have the cease.ess industr,
Of PETER. intellectually it Is Ions
step down stairs from Jim Lane o
John J. Ingalls, 10 William A. PETER
but there were many worse senator
than PETER in the Fifty Fifty
third aud Fifty-fourth Congresses. r
Louisville Courier Journal.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22
ACnrious Lawsuit.

a curioas aud novel civil case has
recently come up for trial at Mid
naporc lor Mdnapur il you prefer it),
Bengal. AMussulmau built mosque
on his own land, and on the occasion
of the Bakr-Id festival desired 20
sacrifice the customary COW. This his
Hind0o noighbors, 10 whom the COW
is. of course, sacred beast, refused
20 permit. The BakrTd, Indeed, is a
familiar source of tl,5ui~~rto the Gov
eminent Of India 10y reason Of the fire.
qucnt riots which occur atthatfestival
between the rival crecds. Usually
number OF heads are broken on either
side. and the result Is settled in
criminal court, but on this occasion
the Mussulmnn seems 20 have pre-
ferred 20 submit his grievance 70 n
civil tribunal. lie. therefore, pro-
ceeded 10 sue oil his Hindoo neigh
+ bors, 10 the number Of four hundred,
praying for decree declaring his
rights In his matter of cow-killing and
other matters whatsoever. Further
more, he asked for perpetual iniunc-
ton against the defendant Hindoos.
f The case had not been decided when
the last mail came in. but the mere
fact that IL was commenced is sufi-
GENTLY humorous 10 Western ideas. -
Pail Mall Gazette.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

There is a fox terrier of remarkable
intelligence installed as ruling factor
in very happy and harmonious
household uptown, says the New Or
leans Times Democrat. One of the
favorite amusements of the terrier Is
playing with a soft rubber ball. The
other day a member OF the family
filed the soft ball with water. The
terrier pounced upon the ball, chewed
down on it, squirted the water down
his throat and dropped the ball. After
repeated efforts he emptied the ball Of
water and enjoyed his play. The next
day he again found the bali full Of
water, and for q while seemed very
disconsolate as he gazed sadly at the
toy. He left it for few minutes, aud
then, rushing at the ball, deliberately
stepped upon it with one of his front
feet and stood upon it until the water
] was all squeezed out
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

August. lie died &C. less than ten
hours after be was stricken. Atdawn
Of the morning he died the sea for .
hundred yusds around the ship was
literally covered with sharks. and we
killed many Of them from the poop
with rifles hitting some of them half
dozen times. There had been only
occasional sharks around the ship be-
fore that. The incident convinced
the men that, II sharks didn't know
when death impended on a ship,
they had a way Of finding out about it
after the death occurred"
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

The grca. Wisconsin monolith, l15
feet long, ten feet sqrare at the base
and four feet at the top, may be set up
on the lake front of Milwaukee 20 mark
the coming semi-centennial OF state
hood. This stone was taken from the
red sandstone quarries OF T. Prentice,
at Houghton Point, Wis, and it was
originally proposed To send it 10 the
Chicago Exposition as "A Wisconsin
exhibit But engineering aud financial
reasons prevented. and it has been left
at the quarry until the present time.
a movement Is now on foot 20 ship 1t
by water 70 Milwaukee, and there
erect it, Plans aud estimates have
been made, and it is estimated that
$40, 600 to $780, 900 will do the work.
The claim is made that the stone Is
ten feet longer than any recorded
single stone quarried in the world.
/ The granite obelisk at Karnac, men
toned by NJ Mariette as the Hottest
known, is los feet high.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

thank you In the name Of the lady be-
fore all these gentlemen. Goodrich.
get mp and out of here as quickly as
YOU can" Then turning 20 Harry
again, he said. pleasantly, ss if moth
ing had happened:
.sMr. Briarwood, there are lady
and gentleman waiting outside who
would like 70 look Mt this room. il you
are prepared 10 receive visitors now"
We all stood mute and awkward
while the proctor. after receiving a
puzzled, but gracious assent from
Harry. turned and spoke TO some one
outside The door.
Mr.. Briarwood." he said. re-enter-
ing, followed by the two strangers,
Il think Won have met Mr.. ThOrne
before. He wished his sister 90 see
his old college room. It Is the first
time she has ever been TO the college.
1 assure You. Miss Thorne, II Is not
usually SO noisy here. The boys were
having little frolic tonight.
One by one We skunk silently out
OF the room. fixing our dazed eyes to
the last upon the feminine counter
part Of the unlucky Photograph
sweeter, far lovelier version Of the
handsome brother. by whose side she
shood chatting graciously with Harry
and looking coldly at as from under
half disdainful eyelids.
We said little more TO one another
that night. but We all wondered, and
wonder still. how much of that rack Fl
she ever heard. She had come Z,
/ c. early for her first class day
for she had been studying abroad ion
the last three years aud SO had misse.
her brothers spread. But she haC
wanted go see his old room, now Rriar
woods and had stumbled upon oul
Joke.
No. IL didn't get around the college
don't know whether Harry himsel
ever quite understood 10. You see
we naturally did not care 90 have /
noised around much. for even Good
rich agreed that the joke wasn't ey
actly on Brentwood
Oh. yes. her name really was Rose
Thorne had written IL on the pilot
because its resern blance 10 her was s.
perfect. We saw il scill more plainl
on class dav. when she wore bi
leghorn hat as she walked about In
yard with Harry. the lucky dogl W
hung around them anxIously, th
whole crowd Of rs. hoping for an in
PRODUCTION. but neither OF them pal
any attention TO us. That was oni
Harry's freshman year. You shoul
have seen him az his own class day.
Whats thats OF course, he iii,
Harry always got whatever be trie
for, in college aud out. Besides. hadn
Thorne himself agreed that "hndin
was having?" I rather think thi
Harry found something worth hayiu
on class day evening. Ii looked s.
-Woms Home Companion.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

Gullible farmers OF Allen county,
Ohio, have been buncoed by n swind-
Ter who went through the country ex-
hibiting an enormous ear of corn, from
which he sold choice kernels at choice
prices for seed. The ear was made
from several smaller ears carefully cut
up and ingeniously glued together in
the natural form OF big ear.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

A sscel birds nest is one of the
curiosities lately added TO the museum
Of Solaire, Switzerland. 1t was made
by wagtail Of parts of watchsprings.
which il had found behind a factory.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

III the worlds . "vHle OF tears"
Smile till rainbows span IL.
Breathe the love that life cndears-
Clear rom clouds 10 fan a.
or your gleiness lend CLEAN
Unto souls that shiver;
Show them how dark sorrow's stream
Blends with hopes bright river.
Virginia gazette. [volume] (Williamsburg, Va.) 1893-192?, 1898-01-22

n the world seems cold 70 you.
kindle fires 10 wsfu H.
Let sheir comfort Ide from you
Winters that deform It.
Hearts rs frozen as your own
To that radiance gather
You win soon forget to moan
s-Ah the cherries weather.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-24
SERIOUS RIOT IN CHINA.
Details of the Slaughter of Chinese
Mob by Frenchmen.

SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 23-Serious riot
ing has occurred over French concessions
in Shanghai's suburbs, attended by serious
loss of life. According to advices brought
by the steamer Belgic, the trouble grew out
of the failure of the negotiations by the
French municipality to secure the Ningpo
josshouse and an unused building on the
French concession for a proposed school,
hospital and abbattoir. After lengthy par
leying with unfruitful results at the Tao
Tai, they seized the cemetery on July II
and pulled down the walls. The force en-
ployed in the work included landing par
ties from the French gunboat Eclaireur
and the steamer Oceanien. together with
police and French volunteers numbering al
together 200. The Ning-Po population was
greatly wrought up. and after all the shops
lad been shut up attack was made on
the police station and the south end of the
French quarter. The Frenchmen opened
fire on the mob killing fifteen and wound
ing twenty-nine Others who were taken to
the hospital one of them in dying condi-
ton. The situation is serious. All the
Ning-Po servants have been ordered to
leave foreign employ
Following the attack on the police station
$50 men were landed from the Italian man
corps was also called out as a demonstra-
ton and ordered to hold themselves in
readiness for another outbreak. The Sikh
police, fully armed, are holding the bridges
between the English and French conces-
SiOnS.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-24
HOBSON AND HIS AIR BAGS.
The Merrimac Hero Starts for Sam
tiagO to Raise the Colon.

NEW YORK, Aug. 23-The transport
Seguranca sailed for Santiago at $3.50
o'clock this afternoon. Among her passen-
gers is Lieut.. Richmond P. Hobson, who is
going to try his rubber-bag scheme for rails
ing two of the sunken vessels of Cervera's
squadron. The lieutenant is accompanied by
his private secretary, Roland S. Gielow, of
the Naval Reserve, and A. Gill, representa-
tive of the Merritt Wrecking Company
Thirty-nne members of the Third Volun-
teer Signal Corps, in charge of Col G. o.
Squier, Capts. F. Leigh and L. W. Jarvie
and H. c. Baldwin are also on the trans
port. There were sixty members In the
corps when it left Brooklyn for the South
ern camps. Three of the men are now sick
and the remaining eighteen. having tired of
army life declined to go to Santiago now
that peace reigns in Cuba. Eighteen mem
bers of the Eighth Illinois Volunteer In
fantry (colored), who were left behind when
the auxiliary cruiser Yale started for San
their regiment on the Seguranca. Other pas
sengers are Lieut.. A. G. Thompson, of the
Twelfth Iowa Signal Corps, and several
privates of one of the Tennessee Signal
Corps. The Seguranca carries many tons of
supplies and the Signal Corps wagons and
horses.
The transport Vigiancia will leave this
port Wednesday for Santiago. She Is at
present at Brooklyn taking on supplies and
received word that the Twenty-third Kan
sas Infantry will arrive in this city to-mor-
row from Topeka. The regiment is to go to
Santiago on the Vigilancia.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-24
GERMAN CATHOLICS
Commended by the Pope for Ignoring
American Public Schools.

MILWAUKEE,, Wis, Aug. 23.-It was II
O'Clock when the German Roman Catholic
Society's convention met to-day. Five
bishops, one of them an archbishop, at
tended the convention. two of whom made
addresses, one of them delivering an adj
monition that came from Rome directly,
instructing the members of the society,
when they return to their homes, to spread
broadcast the words which may be said to
come almost directly from the Pope him
self. These utterances were made by Bish-
op Messmer, who has just returned from
his pilgrimage to Rome. and he spoke con-
corning the school question. Not only did
Bishop Messmer take q radically opposite
stand to Archbishop Ireland with reference
to the schools. but he told the members of
the societies this morning that the Prop
uganda viewed with regret the attitude of
many of the English-speaking Catholics in
this country on the school question while
the position of German Catholics met with
approval The words of the Pope, as they
were delivered to Bishop Messmer as he
presented them this morning were TO the
effect that it was to be regretted that so
many Catholics were sending their children
to public schools in place of the parochial
schools. Bishop Schwebach. who followed
Bishop Messmer, said he fully Endorsed all
that Bishop Messmer said. Referring to
the money that had been contributed for
the establishment of a German chair in the
Washington University Bishop Messmer
recommended that the fund be turned over
to the Catholic seminary at st. Francis.
The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-08-24
SCHLEY'S CONDITION.
The Admiral Not Seriously III, but
Cannot Visit Washington To-Day.

WESTPORT, Conn.,. Aug. 23.-Rear Adj
miral w. S. Schley, who has been indis-
posed at the Saugatuck residence of R. s.
Wortley, his son-in-law, was feeling much
improved when a representative of the AS
ISOLATED Press called this morning. The dis
tinguished officer could not be seen. His
physician had given strict orders for his
patients seclusion. Mr.. Wortley, however,
announced that the admiral had passed a
comfortable night and this morning was so
far improved as to render it possible for
him to leave his room and breakfast with
the family. The report that the patient is
suffering from an Santiago-contracted fever
is announced to be erroneous. DIR. ]. d.
Gregory stated this morning that no symp-
toms of fever had been discovered. He char
acterizes it as nervous exhaustion and the
reaction incident on the sudden relief from
the exciting events of the past few months
AS the day progressed 1t became evident
that the admiral'S condition was such that
1t would be unwse for him to undertake a
proposed carriage drive. Immediately after
breakfast the patient returned to his room
and when Dr. Gregory called at noon the
admiral was advised to remain in his room
and in bed most of the day. The physician
| this afternoon stated that 1t was hardly pos
sible Admiral Schley could make the trip
to Washington this week. He will certainly
not be in a conuition to go tomorrow, as
he had hoped.