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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-05-09
Questions Answered.

Yes, August Flower still has the
largest sale of any medicine in the
civilized world. Your mothers and
grandmothers never thought OF using
anything else for Indigestion or Bill.
liousness. Doctors were scarce, and
they seldom heard of Appendicitis.
Nervous Prostration or Heart Fail
ure, &c. They used August Flower
to clean out the system and stop fer
late the action of the liver, stimulate
the nervous and organic action of the
system, and that is all they took
when feeling dull and bad with head
aches and other aches. You only
need few doses of Green's August
Flower, in liquid form, to make you you
matter wiCh you. sample bottles
free ut Geo. NJ. HooT, this city; w. r..
Rutteucutter, Mason; E. s. Bright,
Brighton; @. e. Bettinger, Leon.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-05-09

from Fridays Daily.
Mrs. Laurie Shr.ver, of Otia, is
here visiting her sister, Mrs Sarah
Wallis.
Mrs. Mary Rifle, aged 76 years,
wife of Mr.. Joseph Rifle, is quite
sick, at her home at Old Town.
Mr.. Joe Gaskin has moved his
family from Cincinnati to this
place, occupying Mr.. Jas. Monroe's
property, in Heights.
Conductor r. IT, Sayre, of the
Ohio River Railroad, aud living in
Parkersburg, accompanied by his
wife and two little sons, were in
town yesterday, on their way to
Russell, Ky y, to visit friends.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-05-09
Puxs1cxAMs.
~ R RARnEE, AI. D.,

Northwest Cor. eth and Main sts.0
POINT PLEASANT, WEST VA.
Once hours from 8 a. INTO u. IN. ana
70 1opm. [may 3, 1852.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-05-09
THIRTY EIGHTH YEAR.
Personal Mention.

! From Wednesdays Daily
Mr.. Chas w. Hogsett, of Hog
sett, accompanied by his son, wat
in town yesterday.
DIR. Thos r. Stewart, of Hunt
Iington, was in town yesterday, on
his way up Kanawha.
Mr.. Chas. Capito, one of the
leading business men of Charles
ton, and former Mason county
citizen, was in town yesterday.
Ex, State Senator j. b. Sommer-
Vile, entlawyer of Wheel
ing, was in town yesterday, on le-
gal business. He was accompanied
by Mr.. A. S. Carr, of the same city.
During their stay, they were the
gusts of the Phmnix Hotel.
From Thursdays Daily
Hons. Geo. S. Couch and Geo. E.
Price, Of Charleston, are hers ats
tending court.
Mr.. ii. j. Juhling, Jr, of New
Haven, was a business visitor in
town yesterday.
Mr. q. w, Maupin, of Arbuckle,
was business visitor in town yes
terday.
Mr.. Peter Bettinger, of Mason,
who has been visiting his daughter,
Mrs. John q. Stortz, is now visit
ing his son, Mr.. Chas Bettinger, at
Leon. He will return Saturday.
Mrs VIM. Fogle, of Brookville,
Ind, who has been visiting Mr..
Lon Gardner's family in the Flats,
left Monday morning on the Nir-
ginia for Cincinnati enroute home.
DR.. j. M. Moore has accepted
position as assistant physician in
DR. e j. Mossman's Hospital, and
entered upon his professional du-
ties, May 1st
Miss Ella Gardner, of the Flats,
returned home Sunday on City of
Pittsburg, after three weeks visit
with Miss Lucy Long, who is at
tending school in Cincinnati, and
friends at Hamilton, Ohio.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-05-09

The following marriage license
has been issued by the County
Clerk: May I'd, Robert Oriel Nc
Dermitt and Jessie Ellen Carens;
both of Mason county.
d. Il. Armstrong, lock tender
at look No. II, has been transfer
red to lock No. 8, and Frank Wolf,
from look No. to Look No. IL.
Messrs. w. Fl. Fl Gardner and
Harvey Gibson left this morning
for the Gardner farm, in Pleasant
Flats, whore a gang of men will be
employed to clear way forgetting
out the timber, of which there is
an abundance, to be used at the
Enterprise Marine Docks.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-05-09
ATHoRNuxs.

III. r.. Howard.
A.tterney-at-Law,
po1NT, PHEASANT, WEST VA.
N.FIcE ;-Room No. 8, Court House; House;
Courts.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-05-09
L. f. CAMPBELL.
Physioian and Surgeon,

uOenders his services to the citizens
of Point Pleasant and vicinIty;m
Omce at HooM's Drug store p NJ.
and a p. NJ, to 0P. M. nov Sti
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

late at night. AS he looked forward
to hearty dinner, he requested head
nan, who was with him and who was
al expert drummer, to send word to
tue station, several miles away, that
dinner was not to be served until he
returned. The head man drummed;
straightway another drummer repeat
el his message, and so the news was
flashed from point to point until it
reached the distant station. When
Five reached home at night he found
the table laid and the dinner ready to
be served. This was the message his
servants had received: "The Bula
natori governor or inspector) will be
II )me late in the evening. Don't eat
everything up
Mistakes are sometimes made in tele
g..aphing and te!ephoning, and Peter
de Deken's second story shows that
one may blundcr also in using the
drum language. Inspector Five took
several photographs during his stay
in Basoko, and on the day of his de-
p irture the thought struck him that
it would be we'll to take photograph
o. all those natives who, from time to
time, had acted as his domestic serv-
a,,ts. Accordingly, he ordered a drum
mer to notify them that they were to
appear before him at certain hour,
il their holiday clothes. The drum
ner at once sent a message, but what
was Fiye's surprise to find at the APP
pointed hour, not his servants, but all
tie police of the station, drawn up in
front of his residence. The drummer,
il seems, had either misunderstood
Eve or had blundered in sending the
Message. Instead of summoning do
nestle servants, he had summoned
state ervants.-Cincinnati CONNER
cial TribuDp
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
THE MEADOW MOUSE.
by Using It's Dainty Little FOreDaws
in IA SkillfuI Way 1t Secured
Meal.

One day a naturalist lay motion
less on a fallen log in the forest,
and silently watched an animal at
play on the grass near by. This was
a large, brown-backed mouse, a mead
ow mouse, that had come out from his
home under the log and when tired
of play had sat up to make his toilet.
Using his forepaws as hands, the
mouse combed the white fur on his
breast and licked himself smooth and
sleek. Satisfied at length with his
appearance, he began to search for
food
He did not have far to go, for few
stalks of wheat grew among the
thick weeds near at hand. The mouse
was so large that he could probably
have bent the stalk down and
brought the grains within reach. If
not, he could certainly have climbed
the stalk. He did not try either of
these plans, however, for these were
not his ways. Sitting up very straight,
he bit through the stalk as high as
he could reach.
The weeds were so thick that the
straw could not fall it's full length,
and the freshly cut end settled down
upon the ground with the straw still
erect and the grain out of reach.
The mouse again pit the straw in two,
and again the upper portion settled
down. In this way he bit off five
lengths of straw before he could
bring the grain within reach of his
paws. These forepaws were very
skillful little hands, and he deftly
husked a grain and ate it, sitting
erect and holding it to his mouth as
naturally as a boy would hold an
apple.-Our Animal Friends.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
RUDE TELEGRAPHY.
The Odd But Effective Means south
Africans Have of Sending News
and Messages.

Much surprise has been expressed at
the quickness with which the natives
of South Africa have learned the re-
suits of the recent battles between the
Beers and British. These natives know
nothing of our method of telegraph
ing, and yet, when victory has been de-
clared for either of the contending par
ties, the news has been flashed with
amazing celebrity to remote parts of
the country. The manner in which the
news is carried is novel and most in
teresting. Throughout Africa the ma
tives are expert in the use of what is
known as the drum language, and they
use it as we use the telegraph and the
telephone, namely, for the purpose of
sending a message from one place to
another.
The most important events, as well
as the daily occurrences in every vii
lage, are transmitted in this way. In
the Congo region, near Stanley Falls,
some of the natives are so skilled in
the use of the drums that they can
carry on a conversation with ore an
other at a great distance, just as cas-
lily as though they were standing side
by side. The chiefs or head men of the
various tribes converse daily in this
fashion, and thus each quickly learns
what has occurred in the surrounding
districts during the past "a hours.
The drum used for this purpose is
fashioned, as a rule, out of a hollow
tree trunk, which is covered with the
skin of an antelope.
In regard to the quickness with
which news is transmitted in Africa,
Peter de Deken, the famous traveller,
tells two good stories. While Inspector
Five was in control of the station at
Basoko, he visited one day a distant
outpost and found that it would be
impossible for him to reach home until
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
GAME IN GIPPSLAND.
There Are Many Queer Bird, and
Beasts in the WlIds of
Australia.

The kangaroo, wallaroo and walla.
by are to be found in every district.
Bears are in all cool regions fhe wild
boar is common on the Murray, and
on most of the other large rivers Of
New South Wales. Deer are plen-
tiful in South GipPsland in Birre-
gurra and Cooks river. The opos-
sum is as ubiquitous as he is funny,
and the dingo, pure or mongrel which
is found on the confines of all settled
districts, will repay the hunter for
any pains endured while chasing him.
In the steppe country of South and
West Australia wild horses afford
some fast work to the sportsman who
drives them into snarcs, while the
slowcoach can take his fill of pleas
ant musings waiting at some drink
ing-hole for his big game to come in.
Buffalo are now to be met with in
large numbers in West Australia.
Wombats give excellent night sport;
and flying foxes squirrels and bats
of immense size afford interest to
those who are able to bring them
down by the light of the moon. Pad
dymelons, kangaroo rats, bandcoots,
tiger-cats, rabbits and hares abound
in all the southern colonies, and stalk
ing them affords easy, pleasant sport
for those who do not care for the
rough labor which bigger game en-.
tails
Wild fowl abound in splendid vari.
ETY.. Pclicans, spoonblls, hcrons,
cranes, ducks and black swans are
scattered over well-nigh every sheet
OF water or river. In New South
Wales South Australia, and Queens
'ond, native companions and emus
afford splendid rides. Cassowaries are
found IN Queensland and on the is
lands near the mainland. The lowan
is interesting to the sportsman who
has taste for subtleties in nest
building and doesn't mind being
fooled occasionally by bird smart.
or than himself. The lyre.bird is
another pretty Nscal-given to tricks
which cannot fail to exasperatc.--Na.
tional Review.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
FUNNY YOUNG BULLDOG.
and Is Very Properly Named
"ArtfuI StOckbroker."

A writer in London Sketch says: 1
was looking round the charming
grounds of the Dayton Court hotel a
little time ago, when a strange object
appeared before my astonished vision
a handsome young bulldog wearing a
most unmistakable pair of spectacles
and holding short pipe between his
teeth. / had heard of such aids to the
sight of aged dogs, and at different
shows had seen one with set of false
teeth and another with an artificial
knee joint and lower portion of left
foreleg. l soon discovered that this
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

Writes Mrs Archie che Young, lsl7 Oaks Ave,
free from that terrible Neuralgia pain had
been suffering with over five years. am 50
thankful, and pleased to say your IS DROPS
is the best medicine ever got in my life.
received it last November, used it right away;
the first dose helped me. Many day l
thought l would die before my husband re-
pain many of my friends are surprised, and
say they will sendforsome of the IS DROPS.
Sample bottles will be sent to anyone on re-
cept of Csc. Large bottles, containing 300
doses: $l00 For information write, Swan
son Rheumatic Cure Co., l64 4. Lake St.,
Chicago, Ill.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

was no aged dog, and inquired of his
mistress, Mrs. j. Leggatt, of Church
house, Southall, the reason of these
unusual decorations for show dog
and not a performing one. She told
me that "Artful Stockbroker"-for
that is this most eXcitable young bull
dogs name-is one who is always spoil
ing for fight whenever he sees an
other canine, no matter of what breed
or size, but that when he has his spec
tacles on his nose and his pipe in his
mouth he is too much interested in
them to risk an encounter which might
cause the loss of his cherished posses
sions. Certainly, when bereft of them
in the show ring, he was breathing out
slaughterings on all sides, and Mrs.
Leggattt had no easy task to prevent
a deadly battle with some brother bull
dog.
'Artful Stockbroker" is brindle,
who was two years old on November
%. He is by Stockton ex Merit Only,
and was bred by Mrs. Benham. He
fully lives up to his name, and his mis-
tress says of him: HE is so artful
that he knows everything we are talk
ing about"
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
THE WEB WE ARE WEAVING.

o God, what Is the pattern must weave?
Is this a pattern drawn, dear LORD, by
Thee?
What will do with broken threads leave?
Can ever they again be tied by me?
How can the tangled, tangled web Of lie
BE made a pleasing, lovely thing fo7
Thee?
Can there come good to US through worldly
strife?
Can we make warp and wool from tangles
free?
How swiftly flies the shuttle to and fro,
with careless hands we speed 1t on It's
way,
Shy pattern marrIng by the sudden throw;
The ahIttle. then, on loom We sadly lay.
Amazed to gee how poor our work for Thee
Could we our web Of life but weave
again,
with clearer vision we our work might
see.
Dear Lord, we feel we weave almost in
vain.
o God! this tangled, tangled web Of ours,
Except Thou take and mend 1t through
and through,
we cannot weave 1t through the earthly
hours;
Except Thou mend the threads It Will
not do.
--Emmallne Peckham. In Christian Work
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

The swallows all spend the winter
in Central America and the south part
of Mexico. They appear in the south
ern states as early as the middle of
February, but seldom get as far north
as New England until the month of
May. The robins winter in the south
ern states and in northern Mexico
They are to be seen in flocks the
winter through in the gulf states, and
are often killed in great numbers
there, as they are in very good condi-
ton in the winter season. The migra-
tory instinct is not SO strong in this
bird as in some others, and as far
north as Ohio it often remains in
sheltered places all winter. Its at
tachment to familiar spots is very
strOuN.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
Il Purifies
the Blood.
Cures
All Eruptions.
Eradicates
Scrofula.


We offer One Hundred Dollars Reward
for any case of Catarrh that cannot be cured
by Halls Catarrh Cure
F, j. Cheney & Co.. Props, Toledo, O.
We, the undersigned, have known f. J.
Cheney for the last Is years, and believe him
perfectly honorable in all business transac-
tons and financially able to carry out any
obligations made by their firm
West & Truax. Wholesale Druggists, To-
ledo, o.
Walding, Kinnan & Marvin, Wholesale
Druggists, Toledo, 0.
Halls Catarrh Cure is taken internally,
acting directly upon the blood and mucous
surfaces of the system Price 75c per bot.
tie. Sold by all Druggists. Testimonials
free.
Halls Family Pills are the best.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

The John A. Salzer Seed Co., La Crosse,
Wis, received 6,434 orders Feb. 26, which IS
a monster day, but they expect to double
this number by the middle OF March. The
firm is having great trade in its specialties,
potatoes, speltz Bromus lnermis, Rape, Big
Four Oats, Three cared Corn and earliest
vegetables. There is a wonderful demand for
year. Early Bird Radish and Lightning Cab
bage, the earliest of this kind in the wide,
wide world, are having tremendous sale.
The firm above mentioned is a large adver-
tiser and use weekly newspapers-thatt tells
the story
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

A Baptist and n Methodist minister
were by accident dining at the same
house. The hostess was embarrassed,
not knowing how to ask one minister
to say grace without OFFENDING the
other. The small son quickly grasped
the situation, and, half rising in his
chair, moved his finger rapidly around
the table, reciting:
"Eny meme miny mo,
Catch niger By he toe"
He ended by pointing his finger at
the Baptist minister and shouting:
you're it," The .eyereno gentle
man accepted the decision.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
The CrOwniDg Slight.

An Atchison man has been henpecked dur.
ing the greater part of his life by wife and
five daughters. Against his will he has been
obliged to take little homeopathic pills when
he would have preferred quinine, to attend
the Episcopal church when he preferred the
Baptist, md recently his women folks COM
PEELED him to be vaccnated by woman doc.
tor.-Atchison Globe.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
You Cnn Get Aliens Foot Ease hREE.

Write today to Allen S. Olmsted, Leroy,
N. Y, for FREE sample OF Aliens Foot
Ease, powder to shake into your shoes. 1t
aching feet. 1t makes New or tight shoes
easy. A certain cure for Corns and Bun
ions. All druggists and shoe stores sell il. 25c.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

In recent number of the ZoologiSt
is to be found an interesting paper on
the method used by bats in capturing
Insects. This animal when walking car
ries it's curved tail downward and in
ward, so that the membrane joining
il to the hind legs forms pouch or
bag into which large insect can be
pushed after il Is snatched. This is done
~ slightly spreading the folded wings,
bringing the feet forward to increase
the capacity of the tail pouch, and then
bending the neck and thrusting the
head beneath the body. In spite OF
violent struggles, the insect rarely es-
capcs. and u somewhat similar method
is employed by the bat when on the
wing, as il has been noticed to always
bend up us tail SO IS to form a recep-
.ncle for It's prey.
Education is the apprenticeship of
tfa NJillsnnt
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

The proposition of the T. NJ. Roberts Sup.
ply House, Minneapolis, MINI, found else.
where in this issue, should be accepted at
once, by everyone. 81 big packets of garden
seeds for a few cents, and fine knife free.
When you write them mention this paper.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

Kemps Balsam will stop the Cough at
once. Go to your druggist to-day and get a
sample bottle free. Large bottles % and SO
cents. Go at once; delays are dangerous.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

Charged to Account. -Father-"You re al.
together too extravagant, sir. Now, what
did you pay for that suit you've on you"
Son-"Oh, say, pop, you must think I'm
chump. detroit Free Press
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08
Blood HunOrs
Are Cured by
SarsapariIIa

II always take
Hoods Sarsaparilla in
the Spring and it is
the best blood puri fer
/ know Of" MISS
PEARLE GRIFFIN, Bald
win, Mich.
a." Eruptions TIL a t
came on my face have
all disappeared since I
began taking Hoods
Sarsaparilla. 1t cured
my father of catarrh."
ALPHA Fl TON,
Bloomington. Ind.
81 had scrofula sores
all over my back and
face. | began taking
Hoods Sarsaparilla
and in a few weeks |
could not see any sign
of the sores :" OHIO b.
MOORE, Mount Hope,
Wis.
The Manitowoc pilot. [volume] (Manitowoc, Wis.) 1859-1932, 1900-03-08

Education is the apprenticeship of
Nfe.-Willnot.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-26
Trust Absorbs Gugeenhein SmeIters.

A New York press dispatch, dated the
10Th instant, says: Announcement was
made today Of the proposed absorption OF
the Guggenheim silver smelling plants by
the American Smelling and Refining com.
pany. To accomplish this the stock.
holders Of the latter company will be
asked to assent to the proposition that the
capital be increased from Sss,ooo.ooo to
fioo. 900 900. OF this amount SIs, ,ooo, 900
will be added to the working capital Of the
company. Officials Of the smelling com.
pany decline to make known how much
It has been agreed to pay for the Guggen.
helm property, but the inference permitted
to be drawn was that the Guggenheims
received something like the difference he.
tween Sss.ooo,ooo and $Ioo, 900 900, less
the SIS ,ooo, 900. which II Is proposed to
utilize for extra working capital. II was
also stated that none Of the new stock
would be offered for sale. II Is expected
that the stockholders Of the smelling
company will hold special meeting
within the next two weeks to ratify the
action Of the directors.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-26
Ten Feet Average $I4.40 In Gold.

Manager r. W. McMitchell,o of the Gold
King company. returned from the mines
this morning and has splendid reoort to
make. The property Of the company con-
sists Of two claims on Quartz creek, near
the Van Anda and two claims on Mil
creek, near the Red Boy. All Of the claims
make good showing. Mr.. McMitchell,
who has just completed this years assess.
ment work on the Golden Chariot claims,
on Quartz creek, said to a reporter this
morning: eyes, our work for this year
Is all done and am more than satisfied.
We have opened 6ofoot ledge which
contain veins Of rich ore. The whole
ledge to depth Of ten feet averages across
Its face better than $I4.4o to the ton In
gold. Next year we will work the prop.
erty for all there is in it," The officers
and directors Of the company are as fol-.
lows: President, DR.. +. b. McDaniels;
secretary and treasurer, DIR. r. Meyers;
directors, J. Goodwin, V. Bildner, N.
Wright, Chas. Condon.-Republican.
The Sumpter miner. [volume] (Sumpter, Or.) 1899-1905, 1900-12-26
amalgamation, but the methods Of wash.
ing are subject to wide variation. Gas.
sier's Magazine.
Good Copper Ore Around Burkemons.

Good Copper Ore Around Burkemont.
Mr.. John W. Cliff, mining man Of Des
Moines, Iowa, who Is spending a few
days In Baker City, said to reporter this
morning: 81 have just come through the
mineral belt Of Nevada, your neighboring
state, where ! found many rich properties
and indications Of many more both in
gold and copper. find here the same
general belt Of minerals and believe It ex.
tends on through to the north. lconsider
this the richest mineral country In the
world and with a great future before it.,
little dreamed Of even by the residents
here. Just think, the entire population Of
Nevada does not equal one.half the popu.
lation Of single county In Iowa that !
can name, and one.half our people know
nothing Of this great country out here.
Yesterday ! visited the mines In the vi
cinity Of Burkemont to the northeast Of
Baker. | was surprised and delighted
with what found there. Rich copper
and gold properties abound. am con.
WINGED that you do not yet know your own
wealth In copper, and before many years
expire you will have at the door Of Baker
City as great copper producing mines as
the world has ever seen. ! am coming
back to this country before long, as my.
self and friends are already interested
here. ."-Republican