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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

A we'll meaning, communicative
citizen is boon to the newspaper
reporter, and it is notable fact
that many good items are lost to
the newspaper every day by the
the modesty of the people who hesi-
tate to tell the editor matters con-
cerning themselves The right
thing to do is to courteously stop
the newspaper man on the street or
any other place you may see him
and tell him you have been on a
visit, have been entertaining
friends, that your wife entertaining
relatives or anything that is in any
way matter of news. Ifyou have
done anything mean keep that to
yourself, for he already knows that;
there are others who make it their
business to tell that
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
Ills Life Mns Saved.

Mr.. ]. e. Lilly, prominent citizen Of
Hannibal, Mo-, lately had wonderful
telling of it, he says: 81 was taken with
typhoid Fever, that ran into Pneumo-
mia. My lungs became hardened. l
was so weak couldn't even sit up in
bed. Not hing helped me. expected
to soon die OF Consumption, when l
heard of DR.. Kings New Discovery
One bottle gave great relief 1 continu-
ed to use It, and now am we'll and
strong. can't say too much in its
praise" This marvellous medicine is
the surest and quickest cure in the
world for all Throat and Lung Trouble.
Regular sizes so cents and $l.00. Trial
bottles free at G.. w. NJ. HOoff's Drug
Store; every bottle guaranteed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
"The Boers are ON 1he num- 2

"The Beers are on the rum" a
condition usually announced by
the British censor shortly before
they stop running and administer
a sound whipping to the invaders.
Every time that Cronje and Joub-
ert are surrounded and captured it
turns out to be the-other fellows
Sentinel.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
SIclk In a ForeIan LAND.

New York, Feb. 22.-Princess Can
tacuzene, who was Julia Dent Grant,
granddaughter of General U. 8. Grant,
is i'll with typhoid fever in st. Peters
burg, Russia. Her mother, the wife
OF General Frederick Dent Grant, now
in the Philippines, sailed hurriedly on
the American line steamer st. Louis.
She hopes to reach the bedside of her
daughter within 10 days. She took
with her an American trained nurse.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Mr.. Dan Sayre, of Letart, has a
COW that every Fourth of July for
five years past, has presented it's
owner with twins. If any farmer
has COW so patriotic as to beat
that, let him stand up and be
counted.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
Miners Killed.

Monongahela. Pa. Feb. 22.-Two
miners were killed and one fatally in
jured by an explosion of giant powder
at their camp near here. The names
Of the dead are Robert Pezzonl and
Joseph Dorsa Mrs. Pezzoni was also
seriously burned while tearing the
burning" clothing from her husband.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
Volcanic Eruptions

Are grand, but Skin Eruptions rob
life of joy. Bucklen's Arnica salve,
cures them; also Old Running and Fever
Warts, Cuts, Bruises, Burns, Scalds,
Chapped Hands, Chilblains. Best Pile
cure on earth. Drives out Pains and
Aches. Only 25 cts. box. Cure guar
anteed. Sold by G. w. NJ. Hootf, Drug
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Tho administration is denying
the truth of the statement made by
ex-Consul Macrum in relation to
the conduct of the British author
tiles at Pretora. This administra-
ton is firmly of the opinion that
neither the Queen nor any of her
subjects can do wrong.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
Befiections ora Bachelor.

reflections ora Bacnelor'
There ought to be law to make
all artists picture Cupid pushing a
baby carriage.
Allthe world may make believe
it loves lover, but the average
man ia it believes he is chump.
Tha woman who puts paint on
her face fools about as many men
asthe cde that pads out her hips.
A woman always says lot more
than is necessary beforehand, SO if
anything happens she can say she
said it.
The women have an idea that
any man over thirty who isn't
married ought to be ashamed to go
around that way looking as if he
enjoyed it.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
MIR. VaIois Departs.

New York, Feb. 22.-Among the pas
sengers on the steamship La Touraine,
which departed, was Arthur Yalois of
New York, United States commits
sioner to the Paris exposition.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

1t occasionally happens that
when man looses his fortune in
the same way be got it he wants to
send the other fellow to Jail.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

The Marietta Telephone Com
pany, an Independent concern,
which will fight the Bell, has boon
organized at Marietta. The COM
pany already has five hundred and
fifty Subscribers and expects to be-
gin business with more than six
hundred.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Unless a man has an exception
ally good memory he will never
become successful liar.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Dr. Cady's Condition Powders, are
condition, Tonic, blood purifier and
vermifnge. They are not food but
medicine and the best in use to put q
horse in prime condition. Price 25ots.
per package. For sale by Ct. w. ~.
lHoofI, DEuRgfst.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Feed is getting scarce with
many farmers and stock is suffer
ing from cold.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

1t is said that the best Literary
Society in the county, is the one
at Mountain Flower near Hiram
Thornton's, in Cooper District.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
Died.

Miss Mural Wood, of New Ha-
ven, died on Monday, Feb. 10th,
1900, of scarlet fever. She was 13
years old and very bright young
girl.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

a stranger reading the town
newspapers, would conclude but
one railroad runs into Point Pleas
ant, and that is the K. & Nj. Rail
way.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Uncle Ben Biggs received two
car loads of shingles from Seattle,
Washington. last week upon which
the freight was $3.50. There were
348 600 shingles in tho lot and
cost $1,11283 loaded on cars at
Seattle.-Pomeroy Democrat
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

When one girl admits another
is pretty, she always spoils it by
saying she lacks intellect.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

The twelfth census is expected
to show population for the United
States of 100000.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
Hon. q. E. Hogg.

PonnsDOrOI n eWs.
Wsunderstand that Hon. Charles
Edgar Hogg is candidate for the
Democratic nomination for Judge
of tho Appellate Court. So far as
Ritcliie county is concerned Charles
Edgar Hogg can have anything in
politics that he wants and many
friends here are ready to help him
get &C. He is all right and better
qualified for the position to which
he aspires than two-thirds of the
candidates in all parties.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Messrs. r. S. Lewis, proprietors
of Beechwood Stock Farm, shipped
to Georgia today, four heifors and
one bull from their herd of fine
short horns.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

If you want every daddy" and
all the boys to know you are good
man and want Office, place your an.
nouncement with us.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

There are seven hundred and
fourteen prisoners in the West
Virginia Penitentiary at Mounds
villo
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

The X. & NJ. Railway is of great
benefit to this town, as most of the
employees of this division reside
here. Very few of the Ohio River
Railroad employ es reside in Point
Pleasant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
IIiI1ed and Wounded.

In a battle February Nth, at
Santa Cruz, Philippine Islands,
John T. Larkin and William
Shultz, of the 42d regiment, Co.
G, were killed. Wounded-Febru-
ary 9Th, at Paquil, Edmund Du-
bois, Captain, shoulder, severe;
Company b, Milton Lane, arm,
slight; February 4th, at Pagsijan,
Company e, John Seeberger, Cor
poral, face.
Lieut. Chas. L. Beale, is mem-
Der of the AID Regiment.
The acme of perfection would
soon be reached if people would
only follow the advice they give
to others.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

The Republican State Commit
tee has selected Charleston as the
place for holding their State Con-
and July 11th fixed as the
date
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

1t is now claimed that what was
considered and believed to be
smallpox, and which alarmed the
people of the upper counties of
this State, after all is only Philip
pine itch. However, it is as bad
and as fatal as smallpox.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

1t depends on the salary min
lister draws whether he preaches or
oficiatc5.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Let all the railroads that want to
como in this direction. We can
use all that want to get into this
section.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Two deaths from smallpox, have
occurred at. Ceredo.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

There are fifty-six cases of small
pox at Camden on Gauley.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
From Fridays Daily

Srom Fridays Daily
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs John
Rock, No. Is Main street, son,
February, 22l, 1900.
Mr.. john Hanly, of Apple Grove,
is confined to his homo by sick
ness.
Mrs. j. NJ. FL. Beale, left yester-
day on an extended visit to rela-
tives in Charleston.
Judge b. j. Redmond, of Ma
son, Deputy Revenue Collector,
was in town yesterday, on official
business.
Mr.. r. f. Chambers returned
yesterday from Cincinnati, whore
he has been in hospital for few
days.
Everyone will be rejoiced TO
to learn that Mr.. John McCulloch,
who has been so seriously i'll, is
much improved this morning.
Mr.. Robert Brown, of Apple
Grove, ono of the best citizens of
the county, was in town yesterday,
and removed his subscription TO
the Weekly Register.
Mr.. Chas e Rayburn, who has
been visiting relatives in Pleasant
Flats and here, left thie morning
for Mound City, Mo whore he has
been located for the past few years.
Ex-Stato Senator James NJ.
Hensley, of Hartford, was in town
yesterday. He is candidate in
dead earnest" for the Republican
nomination for Sheriff, and was
down here getting his fences in
shape.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Says an old bachelor: "No one
ever heard married man boasting
that he had never made a mistake"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
Personal Mention.

Erom Wednesdays Daily
Mr.. Chas. w. Young, of Charles
ton, was in town yesterday the
guest of his brother-in.law, Hon.
Rankin Wiley.
We are glad to learn this morn
ing that Mr.. VIM. Fry, of Hender-
son, who has been suffering from a
badly bealed hand, is better.
Mr.. E. p. Miller, of Capehart,
came out on the Greenwood yester-
day, with big lot of produce for
Pittsburg He went on to Pitts
burg.
Messrs. Ed. Greenlee and B. H.
Blagg, of Union District, passed
through here yesterday with the
formers daughter, who they were
taking to the Second Hospital for
the Insane at Spencer Miss
Greenlee was there once before but
got SO much better that she was
brought back home.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
The School Of Music

established two years ago. 1thas a faculty Z
of seven instructors, trained under the
best teachers in this country and RuroPe.
1t occupies a separate building fitted up
especially for its needs. Instruction on
all stringed instruments, including violin,
viola, mandolin, guitar, etc, is free. For
voice and piano the fees are very low. !
magnificent pipe organ for Commence
ment Hall is being constructed and 1t will
be for the use of students of the School of
Music. If you are interested i'll the study
OF music, write for full information.
other departments the University are
developing with equal rapidity. The Pre-
medical Department, with its four new
instructors, deserves special mention.
Write for special pamphlet abouti 1t
The University has a faculty of sixty
five instructors, graduates ofthe foremost
schools in the world.
The Winter Quarter begins January I,
and the Spring Quarter April 1.
Jerome II. Raymond, President.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
ATToRNHxs.
gurat a1trgtutu 9tutueraitp,
noReAHTowH W. VA,

The growth ofthe University Is quite as
notable in its equipment, its faculty, and
its new departments as in its attendance.
Isor eSatnDic look at
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Some people haven't pepper
enough in them TO mako them
worth their salt.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

From Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. Chas. Bettinger, of Icon,
was in town yesterday.
Mr.. II. r Wilkinson, of Graham
Station, was here yesterday.
Messrs q. II. Lusk and @. w.
Ferguson, of Leon, were in town
this morning
Miss Effie Gibson, of Henderson,
is visiting her brother, Mr.. Harvey
Gibson and family, on 7th street.
+ Miss Name Porter went down to
Ben Lomond last night, to visit
relatives.
Mrs. John w. Love, who has
been visiting relatives in Cincin-
natl, has returned home.
Miss Janotte McCulloch, attend
ing school in Cincinnati, arrived
homo yesterday on few days va
cation.
Miss Hattie Brown, of Hartford
City, is the guest of the Misses
Hogg, corner 18th and Wand
streets.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Joe Fried
man, Jr., Wednesday night, Febru-
ary 21st, 1900, a son. The Regis
ter extends its congratulations,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Whenever man is browbeaten
it is usually by the gray matter be-
hind some other follows brow.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
Married..

CHARLESTON, w. Va, February
21.-Miss Ida Pemberton, daught-
er of the late Hon. j. B. Pember-
ton, of this city, and niece of Gov
ornor Atkinson, was married here
last night to DIR. }. f. Butts, a
prominent dentist Of this city.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

If the country had an honest,
patriotic American like Dan Man
ming for Secretary of the Treasury
it would not be necessary to change
one word of the present coinage
laws. We need somebody other
than bondholders to oonstrue the
laws the people make for paying
their bonds.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

The tweIve-year-oId son OF oqulTe
Martin, living on house boat, in
the Kanawha, who accidentally
scalded both of his legs several
days ago, by upsetting a kettle of
hot water on himself, is very much
improved
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Patience is tho drudge of the
other graces 1t is very hard to lie
still and cough.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

Every community needs a man
whose chief duty, self-imposed is
to attend to tho business of all his
neighbors. He shouldn't have very
much business Of his own and what
he has should be neglected, while
he fools away his time attending to
other peoples business.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28
No Right TO UgIlncss.

The woman who is lovely in face,
form and temper will always have
friends, but one who would be attractive
must Keep her health. If she is weak,
sickly and all run down, she will be
nervous and irritable If she has con
stipation or kidney trouble, h"r impure
blood will cause pimples, blotchcs, skin
Electric Bitters is the best medicine in
the world to regulate stomach, liver and
kidneys and to purify the blood. 1t
gives strong nerves, bright eyes, smooth
Vclvcty skin, rich complexion. 1t will
make good looking, charming woman
of a rundown invalid. Only 80 cents at
G. w. NJ. HooH's Drug Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

The report comes from Florida
that it is believed that tho present
cold snap has greatly injured the
orange crop.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-02-28

The small pox is abating in the
upper counties, and in some cases
the rigid quarantine has been
roiGe6
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-14
pose
Would L ke to Fight 1t Out

The people of the land Dreyfus Anna Gould
husband have no love for their neghbor little
isle would have had though been no
battle Of Waterloo La Belle making mouths at
Johnny Bull and there growing evidences un-
comfortable feeling between the Following the Nile
incident the Russian following victory
In South Africa may something disagreeable.
fact is that France has forgotten Fashoda dispute
and has taken all precautions caught
at disadvantage should England become aggressive
There 10000 white troops in Tonquin $4,000
ger France has 10000 troops Madagascar and is send
ing
Should England be triumphant in Africa it will
doubtless to increase possible
that the tension might then unbearable war
precipitated
But the great worlds billed for next month
is strong bulwark of 1t is difficult
anything awkward a declaration of midst
of project designed of peace War
however is contagious and he is indeed prophet
figure the European chess board day
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-14

The most effective organization employment Of
armies in active warfare at period always
been determined by the of the the
time The laboratory and workshops of science recent
years have in fact produced and forced change
methods Of fighting which is
by any one Of the inventors whose skill made
This dctum of Colonel Frederick Maurice, Royal
tlery to be accepted by military
and its truth is borne out by the CONSERVATION in
Europe when letters from the seat
effect which the breechloader having in determining
the contest Later it learned that the perfect organi
cation of Germany had much to do securing extra
ordinary victory but the fact
loading constituted the in warfare
which makes the nineteenth century notable.
The effectiveness Of fire, both of artillery
destructive of life
massed in dense columns had to be abandoned and
ormshng or open order formations to be adopted
led eventually to the radical
modified IN some particulars the interpretations
truth or strategy These in turn brought about
OF organization and their substitution
Of battle action Harng back the initial of these
developments reach the weapon, arm the rad
zeal change in this substitution
for the involved methods OF muzzle loading.
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-14
Let Them Come to Kansas.

The big end of the many millions money invested in
the palatal homes of Denver in plantations of
South California, by eastern people of
pulmonary troubles. The climate Denver in being too
changeabe California in the rainy season too
humid people with lung troubles have not only
not found the relief expected Colorado and California
publicly bewaing that pulmonary troubles are
developing among citizens from continual con-
tact with the disease drastic for the keeping
Of the thus afflicted away being threatened People
generally just beginning scientists have
all along known that such as are troubled
with tuberculosis Kansas western Oklahoma
northwestern Texas and the valleys Arizona are more
favorable than either regions of southern
California With altitude running from two to three
thousand feet above sea-eve and rare not too rare
however atmosphere with constant sunshine
winter and summer the upper valley Arkansas in
Kansas is the ideal location for people with weak or dis
eased lungs As for constant winds and dr
air eliminates such a possibility
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-14
1t Was LincoIn's Private Car.

"For years. remarked a railroad man to repre-
sentative of the New York Commercial stood in
isolated section Of the at Omaha
dlapidated Of the vintage many years it
has been exposed to the wind Its windows are
nailed up not glass remains show its grandeur
The steps have been knocked junk workers have
robbed it Of much of its running gear over
quarter of century this old thing in
the country and the center of all eyes the
vate car Of President Lincoln. 1t those
days, and between its inserted haIfncb
boiler iron to the life of president from the
bullets of the Confederates near the front
Today the old is small thing compared moving
palaces turned out by the Pullman shops but
the receptacle Of the president
and route Springfield many station platforms
along the road had be away permit car to
pass This relic Of the Lincoln period with its
SCARED Sides has been protected by she'd
dent Burt of the Union Pacific expressed willingness
to have the preserved The colored
people Of Omaha, led by Dr. NJ O. ricketts,, asking the
city council to appropriate money the
placed permanent home Omaha President Burt
viii induce his company that pur
The Wichita daily eagle. [volume] (Wichita, Kan.) 1890-1906, 1900-03-14
He Engaged the Bow

Dr. McTavish of Edinburg was some
thing of a ventriloquist, and it befel taht
he wanted q lad to assist in surgery who
must necessarily be of strong nerves.
He received several applications, and
when telling the lad what the duties were
in order to test his nerves would say,
while pointing to a grinning skeleton
standing upright in the corner:
Part of your work will be to feed the
skeleton there, and while you are here
you may as well have try to do So
A few lads would consent to a trial.
and received basin of hot Cruel and a
soon.
into the skull the doctor would throw
his voice so as to make it appear to
come from the jaws Of the bony custo-
mer, and gurgle out:
G-r-r-gh-gh-uh! That's hoti"
This was to much, and without excep-
ton the lads would drop the basin and
bolt
The doctor began to despair of ever
getting a suitable helpmate until a small
boy came along and was given the basin
and spoon.
After the first mouthful the skeleton
appeared to say:
"Gr-r-r-r-uh-r-hri That's hotr'
Shovellng in the scalding Cruel as fast
as ever, the boy raped the skull and
impatiently retorted:
well, jist blow ont ye aud bony!'
The doctor sat down on his chair and
fairl yroared. but when the laugh was
over he engaged the lad on the spot
London Tid-Bits.