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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

A story comes to US, of young
man, who sought better position.
He was engaged in office work at a
meager salary, and after repeated
attempts to get something better,
he came to the conclusion that all
the good positions were ably filled.
The only alternative left was to ere.
ate place for himself He took
the matter under advisement, and
after consultation with the direct
orate of wealthy corporation he
was installed in an office position at
a high salary, and it is said that the
position which he made for himself
saves the corporation thousands of
dollars annually. This only leads
me to believe that other bright
young men could do the same. In
stead of waiting for something TO
turn up" use your wits, create a
position for yourself. Go to any
good firm with logical proposition
which will make them a profit above
your salary and it will be accepted.
Think out place for your self.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

There viii! be mo more hangings
by the shcriifs in this State, the
Legislature having passed bill
which provides for the inhiction of
the death penalty within the walls
of the penitentiary.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01
a NViII Contest.

A suit has been instituted in the
Circuit Court of Mason county by
Augusta Mayes, TO set aside the
will of Isaac NJ. Wallace, late of
this county, Hon. Jas. B. Men
ager is Counsel for contestant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01
John Garland Dead.

John Garland, an aged Citizen Of
Mason, died last Sunday at the adj
vanced age of eighty-six years and
was bnried in the Mason cemetery
the following day, the Odd Fellows
Lodge of that place, of which lie
was member, having charge OF
the ceremonies.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01
THIRTY SEVENTH YEAR
PERSONALS.

from Wednesdays Daily.
! Mr.. Alex ogle, of Wheeling, was
III town last night.
Mr.. ID. g. Lovett, of Charleston,
is here on visit to his parents.
Mr.. w. j. Harper, of Capehart, is
in town to-day, ON business.
Mr.. G.. p. Gardner, of Maggie,
was in town last night.
Mr.. II. G.. Porter, was at Mercer's
Bottom Monday night, on official
business.
DR.. e. McElfresh will move his
Office into the Ish building, one
day this week.
Prosecuting Attorney. John L..
Whitten, went to Mason this morn
ing, on business.
DIR. l.. V. Guthrie and wife, of
Spencer, are visiting relatives in
this place.
Mr.. @. FL. Hayman, of Mercer's
Bottom, was in town yesterday, on
business.
Messrs. s. j. Rector. of Prunty-
town, and G.. w. Anderson, of Char
lcston, are business visitors in
town.
Judge f. A. Guthrie went to
Charleston yesterday afternoon, to
hold a special term of Court there
today.
Messrs. Bowie and Stockton, of
Gallipolis, were in town yesterday,
looking after their respective in
terests in the Bryan & Young as
signment.
Rev. b. F. McElfresh, who has
been here for some time on visit
to his son, DR.. e. McElfresh and
wife, 0l3 Wand street, has return
ed to his home at Chester, Ohio.
Mr.. w. p. Wears, we'll known
newspaper man, and now holding
the position of "War Deputy Col
Iector," for this district, is in town
for this week, looking after the war
revenue business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01
81 years oId.-CharIeston Gazette.
WHO Win CurD the Trusts9

WHO viii Curb the Trusts?
Public sentiment against the
trusts is confined to no party.
Republicans as well as anti Repub-
lican platforms declare for their
suppression. Laws profusedly de-
signed to suppress trusts are al
ready on the federal statute books,
and also in the laws of most of the
States, placed there by Republi-
can votes, in many instances. But
most of this legislation is fraud
ulent and the execution of it is
usually farcical. What else could
be expected2 No State can sup.
press a trust, because the outlaws
find sure refuge in the federal
courts. Since the trusts reared
their heads in this country
every attorney-general of the
United States has been trust
agent. Neither President McKin-
ley nor any member of his Cabinet
will lift finger against the trusts,
and the Republicans all know it.
What are they going to do about
it? The corporation lawyers who
control both branches of Congress
will continue to enact laws previ-
ously drafted by the trusts Next
year you will have n chance to
apply the remedy.-Charleston
Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

To call and see and buy your
Groceries and sell your Produce
at the Store of SNYDER, the
Grocer, 514 Main Street.
Always on hand with the
freshest, best selected and purest
eatabIes. Now see here, we are
about to step out of the old year
and cross the threshold of a new
one. We wish everyone a happy
and prosperous new year.
D. S. SNYDER.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01
OiIs Tells the Tale.

Washington. Feb. 2s.-General Otis
cabled the war department as follows
from Manila: Determined endeavors
to burn city during the night. Build
ings fred in three different sections of
the rity. Fires controlled by the
troops after severe labor. A consider
able number of incendiaries shot and a
few soldiers wounded. Early this
morning large body of insurgents
made demonstration of MacArthur's
front, near caloocan, and were re-
pulsed. Loss of property by fire proba-
bly, 100000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

What objection can there be to
having Congress pass resolution
stating that this country does not
intend to take full and complete
control over the Philippines max
ing them our subjects?
The money that is now spent on
what we call roads is annually
thrown in tho old mud holes, and
this thing is repeated year after
year until it actually looks like
child's play. The moneY-is squan-
dered and no return for it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01
IS OlTIzEN.s DEATH.
Na onteI English, One of the
q nest Residents Died Yes

Re nnieI English, One of the
EST Residents Died Yes
teFdRy.
haniel English died yester-
lay ofning at the home of Mrs.
.A Donnally, 428 Bullitt street,
pf shmonia, after an illness of
abou Two weeks. He was son of
dob English, one of the early salt
ma in the Kanawha Valley,
The deceased was born near Maid
enn the year 1885, and spent his
life the Kanawha Valley, where
his nial, friendly disposition won
Cor IA hosts of friends who will
be prised and grieved to learn of
his cath, He was a brother of
Jud D w. English, of the Su-
prem Court, and a brother of Mrs.
a. Donnally and Miss Ann p,
Enp lisb, both of this CITY. He
was unmarried. Had he lived un-
I'll ez March. hewould have been
64 years -Oharleston Gazette.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01
SN Y DER,
The Grocer.

From all the mighty Nations from
the East or the West,
This glorious Yankee Nation is the
Irandest and the best;
We have room for all Creation and
our banner is unfurled,
Here's n ageneralinvitation to the peo-
pie of the world
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

When the destroying angel shall
stand with one foot upon the land
and the other upon the sea and de-
clare that "timo shall be no more" j"
men. will quit buying and selling
votes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01
Good ROntls.

Is it not about time that people
should at least begin to discuss the
question of better roads for this
county2 We never can have good
roads by soraping dirt into mud
hole and thus making a bigger mud
hole. This mud. hole-making pro-
cess has been going on in this
county entirely too long, and we
should begin to try for something
better. OF course, it would not do
to attempt to make a great many
miles of pike in one year, but we
could use most of the money we
now spend in working and trying
to improve our mud roads, in max
ing few miles of good road or
pike each year. If this method
had been adopted twenty years ago
Mason county would now be enjoy
ing good roads instead of travelling
through mud hub deep, and the
taxes would have been no higher.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

Alex AIeshire, of Rome, Ohio, is
dead at the age of 80. He was
probably the oldest soldier of the
Civil War, being 81 years old when
he enlisted. He belonged to the
9TH w. Va. Volunteers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

The many friends of Hon. @.
Wood Daley, of Elkins, will re-
gret to learn of his misfortune.
Last Saturday evening on his re-
turn home, when he stepped on
his porch, whore some snow had
fallen, he slipped and fell, break
ing the large bone in one of his
legs just below the knee.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

The navy department has issued
an order prohibiting the sale of
beer on war vessels. Secretary
Long says the order was issued
principally for the protection of
apprentice boys in the navy and at
the solicitation of naval officers.
That was a right step, for which
those who are responsible for it
should receive due credit. The
cause of temperance advances
steadily.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

Burglars are infesting many of
our neighboring towns. Keep
your doors and windows fastened
and doubled barrelled shotgun
handy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

The inventor of angel food cake
died in Now York Friday, at the
advanced age of Sc. The inventor
of the cake walk, however, is still
at large.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

Congressman next year will have
5000 census clerksips and all free
of the civil service law.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

The man who feels rich may be
standing on his head. -. s-:.se
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

The smallpox is worrying Colum-
bus, fifty-nine cases having devel-
oped there.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

Marriage license issued We'd
nesday, February 22d: Charles
N. Long and Rhua McNealy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

The Senate has passed tho bill
creating the office of admiral of the
uavy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-01

Five passenger engines have
broken down on the Ohio River
Railroad, within the past week.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05

'wcr part OF bow
Is, also suffered
with dizziness,
headache, and
could not sleep.
l wrote you n
/ letter describ-
ing my case and
asking your
y advice. You
y replied tell
. ing me just
what to do. /
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05
DECLARED CONTAGIOUS.
Nev Work Board OF Health NnEcs
importrnt Decision regard
tn; Grip.

The View York board OF health hns de
c!dcd that grip i u contagious disease.
The heads of the department met to
discuss the prevalent trouble and they
agreed unanimously that il could be
communicated from one person TO an
other.
They pronounced it both coutlS ious
and infectious. and Medical Commits
siouer Cosby said that, in his opinion, it
was as contagious as scarlet fever. al
though 10y no means SO dangerous.
The following bulletin was issued by
the health board in relation to the sub
sect:
"Iunueuza is an infectious and con
tagiOus disease, due to the iunueuZl
bacillus. In cases Of influenza or ;,rip
this organism is present IN all the Sc
crrtious of the nose, throat ard bron-
chial tubes. The disease is transmit
ted from person to person through the
taking in Of these organisms, either
from direct contact or after the >ccrs
tions have been dried and pulverized
and inhaled in the form OF dus,.
The disease cannot be produced by
any other causes than the innuoHzG
bacillus.
There are many catarrhal affection,
of the respiratory tract which are i'm
properly called grip. and the distinc
tiun between these and true grip /,
sometimes difficult and often impossi
bic in the milder forms. Grip. however
is much more serious aiHiCtion, pro
duces much greater depression. and i
| valeSCPnce"
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05

followed your direc-
tions, and cannot praise your medicine
enough for what it has done for me.
Many thanks to you for your advice.
Lydia +. Pinkham's Vegetable Com
pound has cured me, ard will recon-
mend it to my fricnds.-Mrs. FLORENCE
r. HOFFMAN, Sic Roland St, Canton, o.
The condition described by Mrs. Hoff
man will appeal to many women, yet
lots of sick women struggle on with
their daily tasks disregarding the
urgent warnings until overtaken by
actual collapse
The present Mrs. Pinkham's expert
encc in treating female ills is unparal-
leled, for years she worked side by side
with Mrs. Lydia Z. Pinkham, and for
sometimes past has had sole charge
of the correspondence department of
her great business, treating by letter
as many as hundred thousand ailing
women during a single year.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05
TELEGRAPHS WITHOUT WIRES.
Experiments Made by Prof. Na7 De
Nailien, of san Fran
cisco,

Prof. Albert Van de Naillen and his
son. wellknown local electrical in
,cstigators, gave some remarkable ex-
hibitions Of wireless telegraphy in San
Francisco. Van de Naillen, the der,
returned from Europe about two
months ago with information obtained
from Lieut.. Della Riccia and Sig.
Maiconi. of the Italian engineering
corps, and since then he has been pre-
pairing apparatus for the tests.
One part of the instrument was set
mp on the roof of building near the
| corner of Mason and Eddy streets and
| the other part in Market street. several
hundred feet away. The results were
startling. Message after message was
rntt.ed off, each dash and do; being
sharply enunciated by q diminutive
sounder.
| Once during previous experiment a
striking occurrence was noted. When
several tests had been applied. and the
days work ended suddenly the receiv-
ing sounder began clicking rapidly as
IL an experienced hand was manipulate
ing the sending key. But there was no
one at the sending key. A telegraphic
expert present made out plainly the
word repeat at the end of the mes
sage, then the sounder became mute
Several solutions have been offered. bu,
Van de Naillen believes others are ex-
| perimenting in the same lines as he,
and that his receiver happened TO be
placed just in the right position 10
catch the message as it flew through
space.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05

STATE ODDS AND ENDS.
THE BLIND INSTITUTE.
united to Gov. bradley By rres!-
dent Andrew t,win.

fKANkFoKr ny, Dee. 80. The an
nual reports of the state charitable in
stitutinnS for the past year are being
received at the executive department.
The reports of the Eastern and West
crn lunatic aSylumS, and Of the lnsti-
the hands of the governor, and the re
ports of the others are being printed
10y the public printer.
The annual report nf the commits
sioncrS of the institute for the blind il
made by Col. Andrew Cnwan. Of Louis
Vile. president Of the hoard. II shows
total of I:G pupils enrolled for the
year ending November last. IL of
whom are white and - c,lorcd. The
board reports that during the year
S2o,0a0 was spent in repairs. In ">-
planning what this money was used
for the commissioners say:
The OUTLAY has been large, but it
| has all been expended for the comfort,
convenience and safety of the pupils:
considerations that are of the utmost
importance. and to which the board of
visitors, as in duty bound, have given
their earnest attention.
"By these additions 81 satisfactorily
completed, the crowded condition of
the school has been relieved. and its
entire efficiency has been largely inn
proved. Hospital rooms have been
provided, where eases of contagious
diseases may be isolated; additional
sleeping rooms for the little children
have been secured; piano practice
rooms. remote from the class rooms.
have been gained; the entire water
closet system has been renewed. accord
ing tn the he I sanitary improvements
known. and removed To the rcmotcsi
corners of the building, where they are
separated from the rest of the build
ing by "A vestibulc with communication
with the open air: additional bath
rooms have been added. and new exits
from the bedrooms secured. 81 a,
largely tn reduce the danger incident
to an alarm of fire."
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05
COULDN'T FOOL HIM.
How n CoIorcd hoy Knew Joseph
Jefferson Was Not a Cir
Gus Rider.

Joseph jefferson and his son Tom were
walking home from a duck hunt on hi plan
tatIon IN Louisiana one evening, when one
OF the colOred boys asked Tom what he did
in the show. Tom said:
Go up, John, and ask him. he'll tell
you"
The colored boy went up to Mr. Jefferson
and said:
Mr.. Joe, viii you be mad ii | axed you
somethin':'
mo, John, wha, it is" said Mr.. JelTer-
son.
What do you do in Dc show
Mr.. Jefferson replied that it would be
rather difficult for him to explain to him
what his particular line of business was.
Well, said John, ''dus yer swallow
knives"
Dir. jefferson told him he had no talent
whatever IN that direction.
We'll, yer son told me yed swallowed
knives and forks amt tire, and de Lor' knows
what all, and ! believe he was jest foolIn'
me.
Mr.. Jefferson agreed with him, saving
that his son was quite capable of it,
We'll, dere's one thing certain" said
John, yer don act in de circus
Mr.. jefferson asked him how he could be
sure OF that. John burst into an immOd
crate tit OF laughter
20. no; NJ sir, Yer can't fool me on dat
I've seen Yer get on a horse-yer amt nc
circus actor. Boston Globe.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05
RuefuI "Reminiscences of That Heat
life Period Which All of Us
Have known.

The following essay on childhood was
recently read AT the Turniptown Lit
erary society 10y Mr.. Randolph IIogg.
one of the society's star members:
Childhood is cool thing. II is
something all of MS have had more or
less experience with. 1t is pretty diff
calf matter TO get along in the world
without being child nj some period ip
our careers. Childhood is the flush bud
ding of life'S young spring. 1t is the
season of fairy dreams and golden am
billions, and cramp, collie and seed ticks.
And, as we grow old, as the ghostly
shadows of the great afternoon steal
athwart our pathways, we love TO sit
down and recount the joys of the van
ished past. We love TO recall the eN-
hilarating thrill which filed our breast
when we stuck our thumb in our mouth
and looked in At the dining-room door
Just III time to see the fat chicken leg
we longed for vanish down the throat
of the local preacher. How cold and
Lesolate the world looked! How we
longed to hear a motion to adjourn.
How we yearned TO hand in a long let
ter OF regrets In fact, we threatened
TO go exclusively into the yearning
business. Another pleasant memory
that comes back to us mixed up with
rose mist is that of pushing a wheel
barro1 along the margin OF a stony
brook for the purpose of gathering up
job lot OF stonebruises. Then what no.
be aspirations thrilled our soul whep
WI stole into the pantry and lassoed tI<
fruit Jar with bowstring and Will 6
manly pull landed it on the floor viii
such violence that the cranky old odt
tom followed the example OF South
Carolina and seeded from the ',nion.
And with what rapture do we re. all the
tidal wave of joy that swept over us
when mother came softly in and
wrapped us in the downy folds of the
broom handle!
Then there was the old schoolhousc
The memory OF It comes back to us like
the delicious pleasure which hovers
around the presence of a bill collector,
and over the may vision Of our dreams
floats the sublime utterances of Shake.
speare:
"Tiow utterly tough were the days OF oui
kidhood.
| In the schooihouse that stood over there
by the slough:
We toted the water ard cut all the FIRE.
And swept up the floor. for VIC had It to
do"
! Atlanta Journal.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05
LYNCHING IS FEARED.
E'rr bir T.ascdy At Turkey - onting
Match Al Niche Andrew Combs
Shot ~ Frank Gorn!tI>on.

MckEE, Ky. Dee AT turkey
shoot. at lsaacs' store. this county.
Thursday, Andrew Combs and Frank
CornielNon engaged in u fight, which
resulted in the death of Combs. Cor
nelson struck Combs on the head with
gun and the latter shot at C"rncliSun
after he had fallen To the ground. but
missed him. Ioruclison then took
deliberate aim at Combs aud
shot him through the breast with Il
- calibcr Winchester rifle. Combs
died instantly. Ioruclisnn was arrest
eel. Ii is feared that he will lie
lyuchcd. as il is claimed his assault on
Combs was unprnvnk"d. Corncli,nn is
a cousin of lack and Zion Curnclison,
VIII" are serving life sentences for the
murder of farmer here more than d
wear ago.
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05

In a day or 50, perhaps" he went on
with horrible smile. but not tonight
Come" and he stepped up 10 her.
Como. taste the d'ArboiS it is from
your friends learn 10 love The poor
soldiers of the Holy league"
Saving this he attempted Ia pass his
arm round her waist, but, slipping from
his grasp. and her checks aflamr.
madame struck him across the face
with the back of her hand.
The rest WAS done in a flash, and de
Gomcron rrclrd back with bleeding
lips. Ii was in me 10 follow up my
| blow 10y passing my sword through the
man. 81 mad MAS I in my fury; hut
luckily for him Nicholas hung on my
arm and saved the villains life. lie
ichttl himself AT once. and passing his
hand across his mouth, spoke to me
quite roolly and collcctcdly. but with
] ,iyid features:
We finish this outside, sir; follow
me-" and picking up his rapier, which
1 lay on the table, where he had thrown il
on the entrance of the prisoners, de
1
the excitement of the moment the men
! poured after him, and was the last Ia
I follow. Ii came Ia me like lightning
. that the prisoners were unguar.le,l, aud
slipping my dagger from its sheath, rs
! went out. | thrust its haft into
madamc's hand. and SAW that she UNI
d,rs;ood from the thanks in her eyes.
/ II WAS hut stone throw To the
stretch of green, which extended rs
level as a tennis court for a hundred
PAGES or SO. and then slopcd gently
downward towards the junction of the
Scrrc aud the Disc. beyond rose the
walls OF La Fere, whose gray outlines,
lii up here and there by the flare Of a
lamp or fire. were clearly visible i'm the
bright moonlight. 80 clear was this
| light. that l could distinctly make out
the blue flowers of the patch of borage,
beyond which de Gomeran was await
ing me. When | came up found him
| standing with his back tn the moon.
lie had thrown off his dcublet and WAS
in his shirt sleeves. which were rolled
up To his elbows, and Nicholas and the
men stood little on one side, utterly
forgctful of the prisoners, and eager as
hloolhounds to witness the coming
fight. Ii took but half a minute
10 make myself ready, and borrowing
a poniard from Nicholas TO help me 10
parry. | took my position. Then there
was an Angry little clash and our blades
Owingsville outlook. [volume] (Owingsville, Ky.) 1879-192?, 1899-01-05
moved for Ssfrkeepin=.

FRANKFORT. ny. Dee. 81. sheriff
Moore. of Owen county, brought here
Friday for safckccping Will Fields and
Tom Neal. cnlorcd, who il is said were
in danger of being lynchcd AT Owen
ton for alleged murder The officers
concerning the murder charged
against the men. and their captivity in
the Jail here leaked out by accident.
They were confined at Carrollton Fri
day, but their presence there became
known in Owen county. it is said, and
they were brought here To escape pos
sibilitics of mob vengeance