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The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
MIsCxIEArEoUs.
FOR SALE.
BUILDING LOTS.


Very desirable building lots, owned by
the city, situated on Payson, Roberts
and adjoining streets, at cents per
square foot for any lot not including the
cornor lots. This low price is liable to
advance within a short time. For
further information address the under
signed:
RUFUS LAMSON,
JOHN J. FRYE. Committee on
HERBERT S. DYER Sale of Unim-
ELBRIDGEL. COBB, proved Real
J.E F. CONNOLLY, Estate.
mylseod1wnr
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COLONEL FUNSTON OF KANSAS.

Oh, Funston, Colonel Funston, here q
your country's health to you;
There isn't anything on earth, 1t seems,
you cannot do!
You've invented ways of fighting that can
discount shot and shell,
As, for Instance, your great metnoo OF
assault by Kansas yell
You are little, but the measure OF your
fighting force is great,
And for fording streams. We wager
you re without q duplicate.
When you learned the art of swimmin'
in that "old time swimmin' hole.
Where the sunshine dripped and tingled
through your very heart and soul,
You were storing up a handy art to have
in other days
And it's brought you, Colonel Funston.
to the hero's wreath OF bays
For your swlmmin' with purpose, with
the old flag Ger your head,
AS your pistol picked a.pathway for the
Twin through the dead.
When the Tagals heard your war whoop
and your ringin' chorus swell,
As you leaped upon the trenches with
your raef-upliftin' yell.
Your country also heard IL, anu tney We
heard it round the world
eaerever Valor's flag of glorious purpose
Is unfurled.
You We won the nations plaudits in your
own peculiar way,
And you've won it like soldier, in tie
forefront of the fray.
You're mighty good example of the
men from out the West,
With heart of dauntless courage bat
toned up within your breast.
There are others who are daring, but to
make the foeman run
Seems to strike your understanding as
dandy piece of fun.
You're credit, sir, to Kansas-to the
Red and White and Blue;
Oh! Funston, Colonel Funston, here's
your country's health to you
IF. Mex. in the Baltimore News.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
FUNSTON OF KANSAS.

Gee whiz,
What q fighter that Funston isl
Funston OF Kansas; he
Who, over yonder across the sea,
Out Philippine way,
Three times % day
Grabs a gun
And starts the rebs on run;
And he'll fight
AT night,
Or morning or evening or noon,
Or December or June,
Or any old time; he
Lives On lighting. see?
Eats it, sleeps with 1t, drinks 1t,
Thinks 1t,
But never talks it; just does it, Whoop
A nd hos got scoop
On the los.
he ,tOg Su t know
What it IS Iot to so
.ft,ra reb when ones in sight
bay or night
i al he ii swim river
oitEout IA shiver,
IGr3uah u yoley of shot
Imt will make the water hot
Ee's ALWAYS in front, where
tie cireunambient air
Is CT uck full of lead,
Eu. he keeps his head,
And in IL minute or two
he s beating IA hullabaloo
On the rers' coattaiis.
He never fails
And he doesn't know
What it is to go Slow
OF all the fighters, trained or raw,
Funston's the fghtin' est they ever saw
Out in the Philippines and
he's keeping right at it, hand over hand
Kansas has her weaknesses; she may
Want to make currency out OF hay,
Aud may think a gold dollar or two
Is a regular 16 TO hoodoo,
f.nd she may grow whiskers on Populist
chins,
But Funston covers q multitude of sins,
Funston of Kansas; him
That's dandy Jim
In all kinds of scraps
With the Malay yaps;
Funston of Kansas; let the cheers
OF the present and all of the future years
be given for him; let his name lt
Be high in the soldiers temple of fame;
Funston of Kan sas; he Is great.
The glory and pride of the Suuflowei
State.
w. J. L., in New York Sun.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
ANNUAL MEETING.
TuTh&Snrm

i holders Of the Portland, Saeo, and Ports
mouth Railroad Company, for the choice of
Directors for the ensuing year aud for the
transaction of such other business as Tay
legally be presented, will be held on the first
Monday, the fifth day of June, $780, at Eleven
O'Clock In the forenoon, in the Company's hall
in kittery, Maine.
BY order of the Directors.
i. X. BARRETT
Clerk OF the Company.
Portland, Me-, May II 1899.
may l7dtd
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RHYMES FOR FUNSTON.
KANSAS TO THE FRONT.

Yankees used to sort o. sneer
When they spoke o. Kansas.
Thought the state was out o. gear
Something wrong with Kansas.
People spent their time, they thought.
Raisiu' hi an whiskers; not
Runnin' things jest as they ought
In the State o. Kansas.
Home of cyclones, so they said.
Out In bleedin' Kansas,
Place where. hopper pests were bred
On the plains o. Kansas.
Got so dry at times gust
OF a breeze ID raise the dust
From the bed o. streams; that's just
How they talked o. Kansas.
Said the most prolific crops
That they raised in Kansas
Was the hayseed breed O. Pops,
An they said that Kansas
Sent her freaks to Washington.
Queorest things beneath the sun,
just to have a lot o fun
Credited to Kansas
But the god o. plenty smiled
ON that same OIL Kansas.
Got hustle on an piled
Grain all over Kansas,
Started Populistic oranks
Jipglin' money in their TANKS,
DOM business at the banks
Scattered over Kansas.
Then the folks that used to swear
An revile at Kansas
Weakened, an begun to stare
In surprise at Kansas.
Whooped fur her till you'd a thought
They was wild, then made swat
AT divvy from the pot
Antied up by Kansas.
Now they we got another cause
Fur to cheer OIL Kansas,
Just whoopin' the applause
Up in stacks for Kansas.
Sent q regiment away
To the Philippines, an they
Are raisin' Ned. they say,
Winnin' fame fur Kansas.
Show'rs o. lightnin' couldn't stop
Them wild boys O. Kansas
When they hear hear the rifles pop
Hear 'em holler "Kansasl"
Then away they go pell-mell
With q wild jayhawker yell
Make the rebels think that hell
Is part O. Kansas
Now she swells the roll O. fame
Pride-infiated kansas
With another hero name,
"Fightip' Fred" o. Kansas.
People everywhere let fly
That same Oh conundrum cry,
With the usual reply:
"What's the mat. with kansasp'
Denver Evening Post.
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
HINTS TO HoUsEKEEPERs.

servo all the purposes for which a glass
stopper is used.
1t should be remembered that eggs
should be beaten in different ways for
different uses. For meringues. sponge
cake, angel food, or any use in which
the cells are to be coarse, wire egg
beaten that beats the air in Is the proper
one to use. For other cake and compound
requiring q fine grain, the whole egg
beaten is better. Similarly, to whip
cream for charlotte russo Syllabus. the
former is preferable, while that which Is
served with chocolate OF coffee or used
as a sauce for jellies may be more solid,
and s produced best by the wheel beaters.
In bakin cake or mullins in gem pans,
It should be remembered that If there Is
not quite enough batter to fill all the set.
little water should be put in each one
Of the empty ones before they are put
into the ovens.
1T is worth remembering that when
brassss have been rubbed to a high state
Of polish they may be brushed over with
little brass lacquer or shellac that can
way their fine condition will be preserved
indefinitely, and much toilsome work OBJ
waited.
The parasol covers for baby carriages
are now sold separately, so that the cover
may be as simple or elaborate as desired.
Mothers think that white parasols are
pretty. and SO they buy them, without
&AxcI1cc, ~ tho Olaro on tho hahies' avac
The outside of a parasol may be of any,
col or desired, but the lining should al :,
ways be rather dark, preferably green.
Chiffon IL best cleaned by washing
with mild soap. 1t must be shaken
spread out immediately, land ironed wet,
If left to dry before pressing it will
shrink and wrinkle, and the threads will
separate in pressing. The iron will not
hurt the surface of the chiffon. When
1t is washed, rinsed. stretched over the
board and ironed promptly it has all the
appear ance of being perfectly new.
Black gloves make the hands look most
symmetrical, but there are occasions
when they are quite inappropriate.
Choose then, gloves of either pale tan,
gray, masslc or prown' very HgntIy
stitched on the back. Parisians, the best
gloved women in the world, continus to
esohsw glace kid gloves. claiming that
no matter how fine their quality, they
ave tendency to make the hands look
broader, thicker and longer. According.
", Paris feminity with shapely hands
and taperine digits and Paris femininity
han w aJ<
gloves in pale tintings
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20

Chester Bailey Fernald, author of "Vhe
Cat and the Cherub," has completed a
japanese play which the eminent English
actor, Forbes Robertson, Will purchase
The Portland daily press., 1899-05-20
"FI,iHTI'N FUNSTON"

He's little chap abontl Joe Whseler's
size,
With a pair o. inherent an childiike
An. a manner that's retirin', 'ceptin'
Nhen they starts the firm;
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
An Unjust Attack .

a correspondent, in the Gallipolis
Journal of recent date, makes q
very unjust and untruthful attac k
upon DIR. Hugh a. Barbee, because
as a member of the State Board OF
Health, he went to Gallipolis and
investigated the smallpox cases.
and returned and ordered quaran.
tine of the town against Gallipolis
He did only his duty as a sworn
officer of the State Board of Health,
and just what the authorities of
Gallipolis would have done, had
Point Pleasant had the small pox.
The cause for quarantine is to be
regretted, but the safety of our
people is more than dollars and
cents. 1t is such attacks as these
in the journal that causes bad feel
ings between towns. We are salts
fed tho sensible people and the
business people of Gallipolis do
not endorse the article of Oh" in
the Journal, and if the Journals
correspondent is a man or honor
he will retract his scurrilous article.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
THE LOCAL OROEsUs.
The Advertiser is the One WhC
Makes the Money.

The Advertiser is the One Who
Makes the Money.
Go into any thriving, bustling
town and watch the tides of
trade as they ebb and flow, and
you will discover that the man
who is in the swim for the time
being is there because he has
made the people believe that he
has what they need. He adver-
tises the wares on his shelves, the
bargains he has to offer, the skill
he has to exercise, or the grand
chance his neighbors are all look
ing for. He knows we'll that the
paper published in his town goes
into it's homes and will be read
there; that through it's columns he
can talk to the inmates of those
homes; and he gives it his story to
repeat at every Preside. The re-
suit is, his store is crowded, his
trade hourishes, he is forced to en-
large his promises to meet the
growing wants, and fortune smiles
above his Threshold; he becomes
the local CrDsus. There is not a
busy, active, prosperous, growing
community on this continent to
which this picture will not apply.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
Thc Bows puzzlcd Him.

Two farmer boys came into town
tho other day with sixty chickens.
Whom they we're in town they Zach
took thirty chickens apiece. One
sold his at two for one dollar and
got $l5. Tho other sold his at
three for dollar and got $40.
When they got home their father
figured il out at the ratio of five
for 50 and found that the boys bad
given him 81 too much. Where
does the 81 como from.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
DAILY PAPEI,s
In Small Towns are Not UOndu-
Give to Wealth,


Give to Wealth.
The history of the daily paper in
the smaller towns of West Virgin
ia has not been one of glittering
success. It is only in towns from
1900 up that they have prosper
ed. Clarksburg, Fairmont, Mar
tinsburg, Sistersville, Point Pleas
ant, Bluefeld, Morgantown, Wells
burg, MoundsvilIe, Warrington
and other points have tried the dali
ly and in only a few cases have
they paid their way. Sistersville
has in the "Oil Review" and Nor
gantown in the DAILY New Do
minion" most excellent papers
exceptions to the general rule, for
they seem to be making money.
The Point Pleasant Register and
the Moundsyille Echo are dailies of
long life and evident prosperity
Warrington Advocate.
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a BrntC.

a school teacher of Roane coun-
ty recently paid fine of $25 and
costs for whipping one of his pu-
pils.-Charleston Gazette.
That is the proper way to treat
brutal teacher, who being cloth
ed with little brief authority and
power, believes he has the right to
club, kick and keep in" any mans
child as his inclinations may die
tate. Teachers should be taught
to understand that because they are
at the head of school, they lave
no right to strike another mans
child. We have no sympathy or
patience with the big, burly, COW
ardly over-grown brute, who would
strike or unnecessarily punish n
child attending his school. The
law does not giyehi the right to
do so, and when he does he should
be punished like the Roano county
teacher.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
Death ola Young Lady

Miss Lille B. Sayre, young
woman aged 30 years, and danght-
or of the late Joshua Sayre, died
at her home in Letart, this county,
Monday, March 9th, 1899 She
was most estimeblo young wo-
man and her death is deeply de-
plored by all her friends and &C
quaintances. Tho deceased had
been sick for long time with con-
sumption Her funeral took place
Wednesday morning.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
Accidents.

The youngest son of Mr.. and
Mrs, Allen Hartly, had ono of its
arms badly sculded yesterday. The
next to the youngest son foil from
a chair Tuesday, but did not seem
to be hurt much, but on Wednes-
day it was found that the little
fellow had broken his collar bone,
in the fall. He was gritty little
fellow not to disclose his injuries
for twepty-four hours,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
DcntIl Rntc.

It is noticeable fact that the
old people of Mason county are
rapidly Crossing the river. Dur
ing this winter the death rate
among our older people has been
greater than ever known. The
winter has been SO bad, cold, and
ohangeable that scarcely any ofthe
old people has escaped an attack of
the grip There has also been
many deaths am ong the younger
people, but as rule it has proved
moro fatal to those advanced in
years. There is scarcely a day pass
es but what we hear of the death
of some Of the old pioneers.
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JcrIcO.
Correspondence 18th.

Correspondence 9TH.
Mrs. Ed. King, we regret to say,
is no better.
Edward Powers, of Three-mile,
has purchased part of the Nc
Daniel farm and moved on to it
last Monday.
VIM. Mulford, who has been
quito sick, is now some better.
Mrs. Emma Love is visiting her
sister, Mrs. Emma Doolittle.
Mrs. Mcdaniel, sick for some
time, is no better.
John Eads is numbered among
the sick.
Mrs. j. w. Icenhour was visit
ing Mrpnd Mrs. j w. Folden, of
this place, Sunday.
David Doolittle has purchased
another horse. JIM.
Some peoples noses would drop
off if they were deprived of the ex-
treme pleasure of sticking them in.
to other peoples business.
Is it not about time the qunran-
tine against Gallipolis was raised
The papers down there say that
the small pox patients are praoti.
cally recovered from the disease.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
Sweepings.

Too much cordial will destoy.
We are bound to be honest, but
not to be rich.
To bad character, good doctrine
avails nothing,
To promise, and give nothing, is
to comfort fool.
Wholesome and poisonous herbs
grow in the same garden.
We can live without our friends,
but not without our neighbors.
You may row your heart out, if
the wind and tide set against you.
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down into the side ditches. Main
tain this shape by frequently drag
ging over its surface wagon, "rut
filler" This is a very simple con-
trivanoe which, when intelligently
driven over the road, gathers up
the loose dirt and chips of the
high bumps, depositing the whole
in the wagon ruts and other de-
pressions- Eventually filling all
completely up, and giving q con.
tinuously smooth and even road
surface. A road surface which
though made of dirt, the more it
it is travelled the harder and tirmer
it becomes. Even the most casual
observer knows that no matter how
we'll and scientifically dirt road
is made, heavy teaming over it in
wet weather, will cut it up unless
the wagon ruts are constantly kept
filled. And ogain that these neg
lected ruts hold water, which will,
after awhile develop into impass
able mud holes. Hence to accom-
plish our purpose of keeping the
roads good, "rut filler" of some
kind must be at hand and always
ready for service. Wide wagon
tires. ESQ much advocated by road
novices) will not fill the bill.
True they do not cut SO deep as
the narrow tires, nevertheless they
do cut up a road fearfully at times,
as anyone knows who has seen a
log camp.
Second Give your side ditches
good outlets; and sec that they are
properly graded from their highest
points to their outlets, SO that no
water will remain standing in the
side bitches, after a rain is over.
Third-Put in plenty of proper
ly placed and properly constructed
culverts. This is very important
The bitches on the upper side of
rond must always determine the
location of the culvert. And of
course the head of the culvert
should be placed SO as to drain
from the lowest place in that
ditch. In construction it should
not only be substantially built, but
it should also be builta little long
or than the road is wide, and have
ajoint- broken, double floor, so as
to prevent dust and dirt from
working through the cracks and
choking it up.
Fourth-Keep tho road clear of
all brush, sticks. stones, cord wood,
barrel hoops and all jolt-causing
impediments. Jolted wheels pound
mud holes.
Fifth-Do not let the side ditch
es on steep grades carry any more
water, (that is drain greater area
of the road and entertainments,
than the nature of the location alb
solutely necessitates.
Sixth-After such a road is
once built, ono man can keep in
efficient repair section of it sew
eral miles in length. And if a
main thoroughfare, he should
therefore be required to give it an
overhauling once or twice each
month of fair weather, and in very
bad weather at least once or twice
a week.
Do this and you will he blessed
with good roads, year around.
ITEMIZER
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15
DIDN'T MEAN 1T.
Wife Wasn't to Consider What
lie Said in His Sleep.

lie Said in His Sleep.
john" said Main street wife
tho other morning at breakfast, "if
you do not really want auntie to
come here on a visit, I'll cancel the
invitation. I want to please you
more than anyone else, you know"
Don't want your aunt to Gomez"
said he, looking up from his coffee
with mystifed expression. GLOW
on earth did you ever get hold of
such an idea as that? Who said any
thing about not wanting your aunt
to Gomez"
well, of course, you didn't say
so in SO many words, and you were
asleep and didn't know you were
saying it too" she replied, "but
last night you said in your sleep
four or five times, and in the most
reproachful way in the world. tits
your auntie." Now, if she even
disturbs your sleep, then surely
you can't really like her when you
are awake, and you only let me in
wife her to please me, and"
And then John, who knows the
difference between a bob flush and
a pat full, and who, when he is
dealing, is very particular about
having the man on his left skate
his ante to the centre of the table
and smile before the cards are
dished out, squared it by saying
that what man does in his sleep
doesn't count, and the aunt will be
along on schedule time.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

A politician says: "Whon a man
leaves our side and goes to the
other side he is q traitor, and we al
ways felt that there was subtle
something wrong about him. But
when n man leaves the other side
and comes over to us, then he is q
man of great moral courage, and
we always felt that he had sterling
stuff in him"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

And now Rnvenswood is to be
lighted with electric light. A
company has been given the fran.
chiso to put in and operate an
electric plant there.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

A Point Pleasant young lady
sent 81 to Chicago advertiser for
recipe to Wilton AMI keep the
hands soft, and received the follow
ing reply: "Soak them regularly
three times day in dishwater,
while your mother rests" Won
der if she will try it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

The mails are SO out q i,!er
that we can not make tho Registo.
as interesting as usual, but we be
lieve we have improved on it thiI
morning, to some extent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

The adroit old drinker of whisk-
ey, who complains of the whiskey
trust will continue TO hide his glass
in his left hand and pour out 40
cents worth of liquor for which he
will put down 10 cents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

A free bridge across the Great
Kauawha river, at this place, would
be worth a hundred thousand doll
ars year to the business interests
of this town.
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TO Change the Road.

The Ohio River Railroad wants
to change its road TO the approach
to the bridge, to avoid or reduce
the heavy curve and grade now ex-
listing, and to do this they will have
to go further into the hill and high
or upon the Clarksburg roud. They
will apply to the County Court for
for this permission, and will offer
we understand, a new road bed or
outlet to the County Court, Now
f'they will give the right of way
through the railroad lands and the
right to cross over or under the
railroad with the road, the change
will be desirable to both the rail
road and the county.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

Tho practice of tacking adver
tisements to telephone, telegraph
and electric light poles along the
streets of the town, should be pro
hibited by ordinance.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

The following marriage license
was issued from tho County Clerks
office, March 9Th, 1899; A. Chap
man nd ENTITY Conrad.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

Where is our Board of Trade?
If still in existence, let it wake up
and do something to advance the
interests of the town.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1899-03-15

at Charleston the K. & NJ. Shops
had 4 #. 8 inches of water in them.
If the shops had been at Point
Pleasant, where they should be,
there would have been no water in
them, as the lands owned by the
Company at Waggener, were out
of the flood.