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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
A New year proposal.

"whnt resolutions have vowed to keep the
coming year?
Como, sit beside me, maiden fair, and
straightway you shall heart
I've pledge myself to choose one girl nom
out the throng SO gay,
and love her With AN honest love forever
and for aye.
I'll work for her with brain and Drawn, with
all my might and main,
Until I've won her everything that honesty
can gain;
IN MI her life with all that's good, TIL life
itself is done
And while we train our mind and hearts wen
not neglect the fun.
Now tell me, won't you, maiden fair, what
you have vowed to do
For I've laid bare my Utmost soul to no one
but to- you?"
"1'ye made no pledges" she replied in so
demure tone,
"But IL you don't object, I'll try to help you
keep your own"
Wallace Dunbar Vincent, in Frank Les
lies Popular Monthly for January.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
The Holidays.

The Christmas holidays passed
off in Mason county, in all quar-
ters, comparatively quiet to what
these festivities brought the year
before. There was very little law
lessness reported from the country,
and no fights or drunken scrapes
at all. Last year in these same
localities there were drunken rowe,
shooting and cutting, and almost
murders. But all this is passed
by, and our people are to be con-
graduated on the good behavior
during the holiday season just
closed
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
pEpor BURNED.

A Bad Fire at Raymond City.
The K. & NJ. depot at Raymond
City, was totally destroyed by fire
Tuesday night together with all it's
contents, office fixtures, freight,
&c. Mr.. Harmon, the operator,
was at his desk receiving message
when lamp he was using sudden
ly exploded throwing the oil in
every direction, catching Mr.. Har-
mons clothes on fire and burning
all the hair off of his head and also
his mustaohe from his face, besides
his body was somewhat burned.
He lost all of his clothing and val
uables. Could not ascertain the
loss, but it will run up into the
thousands.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
WIN. q. miner Dead.

Gallipolis Tribune.
Mr.. VIM. Clendenin Miller, for a
lifetime citizen and for many long
years prominent and wealthy oit-
izen of Gallipolis, died at 2:l5
Wednesday morning, December
9th, 1899.
The illness of Mr. Miller had
been of two weeks duration. and
was more the breaking down and
wearing out of his system by the
in6rmities of age than anything
else, though he had been sufferer
from rheumatism for many years,
not to say seriously, however. and
with that exception was remark
ably sound and healthy man.
He was born January Sd, 1920,
and was the only son of the late
late Henry Miller and Anna Glen
denim, daughter of Major Clenden-
in, his father coming to Gallipolis
overland in an early day from East
ern Virginia and on horseback, and
was soldier of the 1912 war.
His career as merchant was
highly successful, and he accumu-
lated what is called in a city ofthis
size, a large fortune, say $125,OOO
to $4,000 He was always count
ed man of the strictest integrity.
1t was his boast that he never bor-
rowed nor owed cent from the
time he was ten years of age. He
was very methodical in all his hab.
it's and to his last illness kept a
record of every expenditure, how
ever small.
In his death our city loses one of
it's prominent landmarks that con
neoted the present with the past,
and while old and full of years, his
death will be regretted by all, for
up to the time of his last illness he
was in possession of fine memory
and every faculty that made him a
genial companion. His end, like
his life, was peaceful ana ne sank
to rest with full consciousness up
to nearly the last moment of his
life, surrounded by those he loved
and who loved him.
His funeral services will take
place to-day, (Friday) from his
late residence on Cedar and Third
streets, at one O'Clock p. m, oity
time. Rev. Frederic j. Walton
and Rev. f. P. Lutz, rector and
former rector of ST. Peters Episco-
pal Church, will officiate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Letart Items.

Correspondence 27th.
Mrs. Victor Polsley is quite sick.
Rev. Owens is out again after a
severe bilious attack.
The schools gavo but one holiday
this year.
L. o. o. f. lodge meets every
Thursday night.
Not many country teachers gave
their scholars week off this year
The country roads are exceed
ingly good for the senson [ f the
year.
j. w. Harris, of Parkersburg, is
on his way down the Ohio buying
junk.
s. S. McDermit is busy getting
out locust posts for Tom Windon,
for use in Indiana.
People complain of not getting
mail often enough and will ask for
pouch mail on morning trains.
Prof. Seth Thomas, principal of
Mason City schools, is home on a
vacation.
Claude Sayre, the tie inspector,
has gone to Paskersburg to meet
with his company on annual pleas
ure.
b. f. Jones, employed in the
manufacture of gas at Wheeling
the last year, is home for the holt
days; also, Johu Jones, the carpen-
ter, from Allegheny City.
John Blessing, Esq, is seriously
ill and not expected to survive
many days. He is the father of
the present deputy sheriff, u. t.
Blessing
A. f. Burlington has sold 200
acres off the front of his Morgan
tract of land to George Click for
81 400. Mr.. Click is buying it for
his son,in. law, Mr.. Gerloch, of
Willow Tree.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
CASTORIA
For Infants and Children.
The Kind You Have Always Bought
s assss sss Of Gu1Hzzz3<
Isalph Woodyard Dies.

Spencer, w. Va, Dec. 26 Sen
ator FL. @. woodward has received
dispatch from Gen. E. G. Rath-
bone, at Havana, announcing the
death of his brother, r. Il. Wood,
yard, on Friday, from yellow fever
Mr.. woodward has been in Havana
four months as government en-
ploye at the city postoffice, and as
they had not been appraised of his
illness, his death came as great
shook to his family and many
friends. He was one of the most
popular young men in the county.
and his sad death will be source
of sorrow to all who knew him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
A Fine Banquet.

The Point Pleasant Royal Arch
Chapter conferred the Royal Arch
degree upon DIR. FL. A. Barbee and
Mr.. Nat Bloom last night at their
temple on the corner of 9th and
Main streets. After the Chapter
had finished it's work in the lodge
room they, with their new brothers,
adjourned to the Phoenix Hotel
where they sat down to most
elaborate spread of everything that
is good. The tables were very
artistioally arranged and nicely
decorated, together with the fine
service the Phoenix can give, made
the banquet very enjoyable affair.
The tables that were so Hastily
arranged was planned and fixed by
Mrs. Smith and Miss Tully.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Kenections oil n BachelOr.

The more sensible a woman is
the more she hates TO have man
give her sensible presents.
a woman may keep from telling
man secret, but she can never
keep from telling him that she has
got one that she won't tell him.
a man is said to make a woman
good husband when he gives her
for Christmas a lot of things that
she has told him she needs around
the house.
A woman can carry around more
things in one muf that she has to
put her hands in, too, than man
can in all his fourteen pockets,
counting his hip pockets and both
coat tails.
Every Christmas a lot of mon
have to explain to their little child
rem that Santa Claus is always SC
busy earning money to buy folkf
presents that he can't afford to
have wife.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
The Mny OF tIle World.

Calhoun Chronicle.
A man who spends hours and
hours, solitary and alone, while his
wife visits the sick and cares for
the wants of the poor and needy,
and then again while this self same
wife is scorched with fever or racked
with pain, he sits by her bedside at
the dead hour of night, and not a
football or the sound of a human
voice cheers and comforts him in
the hours of trial, he thinks-thinks
and again he thinks-oh God,
where are now thy servants?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
An AfriIkander Lexicon.
"Dorp" is a village.
"Yeld" means prairie.

"Dorp" is village.
weld" means prairie.
"Spruit' is a small stream.
"Riem" is leather thong.
"yoortrekkers" means pioneers.
"Kloof" is a hollow between two
hills.
"Dissel,boom' is the pole of an
OK wagon.
"Kraal" means a collection of
huts, not one hut. The word origi-
nally came from the Spanish.
"Sjambock," thick strip of rhi-
noceros hide, used as whip, came
from the Malays, who were brought
as slaves to Cape Colony in the
seventeenth century,
"Boer" means a Cape Colonist of
French or Dutch decent. Itmeans
literally boor and naturally is not
acceptable to the people it desig-
mates, who perfer to call themselves
Afrikanders
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Conch Pronerty Sold.

f. b. Tippett, as agent for Hon
James 81. Couch, Jr.. of Charles
ton, sold his former residence in
this place, last Saturday, to Mr.
George p. Gardner The property
is located at SOB Main street, and
is among the handsomest houses in
the town, and is situated in one OF
the most pleasant parts of the oity,
The sale WAS for cash. Mr., Couch
came down from Charleston and
transferred the property by deed
of general warranty to Mr. Gard
ner. The sale was quick trans
action, not taking over twenty
minutes to make the deal
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Vcrdict For Damage.

In Judge Doolittle's court the
Jury has found a verdict for the
plaintiff in the case of e. e. Sam.
pie, administrator against the Con
solidated Light and Railway Com
pany for $4,000.
The case grew out of the killing
of little Charley Lyons, the 2 year
old child of Mr.. and Mrs. @. j
Lyons, of upper Third avenue. =
Huntington Herald.
Hon. Rankin Wiley, of this city
was one of the attorneys for the
plaintiff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

The man who wants to do bust
ness at all seasons should remember
that it is necessary to advertise in.
cessantly. 1t is not enough that
he should get share of patronage
when everybody is buying; he
should endeavor to attract ousto.
mers at other times as we'll. Per-
sistent advertisingis necessary tc
the continued success of any bust.
ness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Married.

Mr.. Charles johnson, of Upland
w. Va, and Miss Minnie Dabney,
of Five Mile, w. Va, we're united
in marriage at the office of the Pro
bate Judge this morning by Jus
tice T. e Bradbury. They we're a
nice looking couple and received
the good wishes of all present
through smiles, and departing APP
parently very happy.-Gallipolie
Tribune, Dec. 9th.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Farms For Sale.

/ have a number Of farms, both
buckle and Union Districts for sale.
Some of them are we'll timbered, and
all we'll watered, located in good neigh.
borhoods and close to schools and
churches. These farms will be sold on
easy terms ana in quantities to suit
purchaser. For further information
call on or address
O, w. MAUPIN,
apr7tf Arbuckle p. o., w. Va
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
A Compliment.

The Calhoun Chronicle pays the
following compliment to our fell
low townsman, Hon. Chas. q.
Hogg:
"Hon. Chas. Edgar Hogg is
gaining quite reputation as law
writer and is now a candidate for
Supreme Judge"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

To whisper wart away-put
your mouth close to the wart and
tell it in whisper to go away or
you will burn it with caustio. If
it does not go away, then burn it
with caustio. The wart will then
go but it will leave bad sore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
West Virginia is taking the lea

West Virginia is taking the lead
in other things besides the produc-
tion of coal, coax and oil Eduoa-
tionelly she is close to the front
rank, In the figures given by the
national commissioner of ednca-
ton of the percentage of school,
enrolment of the public schools
West Virginia is only few deoi-
mails behind the state at the head
of the list, Kansas. The percent.
age is, Kansas, 81 Sc; West Yir-
ginia 27.27.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

Neal, little son of Capt w r..
Gum, yesterday, got tangled up in
the wheels of delivery wagon, in
juring one of his legs quite severe
ly, and which will make him limp
for several days. 1t was narrow
escape from having broken leg.
DIR. Neale was called, and soon had
the little sufferer relieved from
pain.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
To Make War on Trusts.

The commercial travellers and
hotel men have formed an anti
trust league and incorporated it
under the laws of New York. The
league has vice. president in every
state of the union, and proposes to
make war upon the trusts. Its de-
olared purpose is to "bring about
more thorough cooperation in
agitating widespread antitrust
sentiment, aud to support with
our votes men who make a deter
mined effort to assist commercial
travellers from Maine to California
in legislative way" The drum
mers do not intend to be driven
out of business for want of hard
fight to stay in. Petitions to Con-
gress demanding strong antitrust
Legislation are being circulated.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

A boiler exploded at pumping
station near West Union, bod
bridge county, Thursday after
noon, resulting in the death of a
workman named Fred a. Holmes.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
FiducinrY Settlement.

The following fiduciary account
is before me for settlement, viz:
l.. G. Somerville, administrator OF
Mary @. Love, deceased.
Given under my hand this, NoVem-
Der Goth, 1899.
JOHN e. BELLER,
Commissioner of accounts for Mason
County, w. Va
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

Two remedies have been sug-
gested for sweat on display win
dows, one of which is to have the
window open to the store, and the
other to have the window alright.
Paradoxical, isn't it? And yet we
are not prepared to say that either
remedy might not prove effective.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Dead.

Samuel Stewart, one of Wood
county's best citizens, formerly
Sheriff of his county, and father
of Mr.. Benz. Stewart, the present
County Clerk, died at his home in
Parkersburg, Wednesday morning,
Dec. 81, 1899
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

Yes, young man, it is the work
er who gets there. Look around
you and see the fellow who is wait
ing for something to turn up and
you will see one who is of no use
to himself or any one else.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

Every time that Gage goes to the
relief of Wall street the gamblers
return the kindness by relieving
the treasury.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

B. f. Hall, postmaster at Mead
ow Creek, fell dead Sunday even
ing in the postoffice at that place.
He was we'll known over the State.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

French caricaturists must be very
bitter or John Bull must be very
thin-skinned to make so much fuss
over trihe. He ought to take a
course in American politics.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Hunters' Rates via Ohio Central
TinRS.

The sale of tickets for the hunting
season has been authorized, and
agents of the Ohio Central Lines VIII
in hunting territory ofNIichigan,. Wis
consin, Missouri, Arkansas, Louisiana,
Alabama, kentucky, Mississippi and
Tennessee. For full particulars, rates
etc. etc, call on Agents of Ohio Cen
trial Lines.
The Point Pleasant Water and
Light Company is now engaged in
wiring the town with new and
heavier wire.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

There is something truly touch
ing in the tender watchfulness of
the Government over the interests
of Wall street 1t suggests the So
licitude of an old hen for her
chickens.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

Marriage license issued Wednes-
day, December 9th, 1899: George
q. Fisher and Lille B. Rollins.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

The youngsters are out with their
sleds coasting on the sidewalks, and
making it dangerous for the pedes-
trian.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

We may or we may not be right,
but one thing is certain, and that
is, the Beers, lighting for their
homes, freedom and Independence,
have the admiration and sympathy
of the great bulk of the American
people.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

Some words on the end of your
tongue should be allowed to remain
there.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
Save Your Money!.

Save Your Money.
One box of TUFTS Pills willsave
many dollars in doctors bills
Theywillsurely cureall diseases
ofthe stomach, liver or bowels.
No Reckless Assertion
For sick headache, dyspepsia,
malaria, constipation and bilio"
usness, amillionpeople endorse
TUFTS Liver PILLS
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

Don't seek to know too much.
That was where Mother Eve made
her great mistake.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03
q "A ToR ia.
Bears the The Kind You Have Always Bought
Signature Of Iel1ANZZI

The boys arrested by the police
last Saturday, and who put up 80
apiece for their appearance before
the Mayor on Monday last, have
not yet been seen. Probably they
thought it cheaper to forfeit the
81 than to put in an appearance,
where they might get more. 1t
will, however, have the effect of
keeping them out of town for some
time.
A Philadelphia wife shook the
bedcIothes out the window and
spilled over a thousand dollars
worth of diamonds that she had
forgotten to remove from their
place. A couple of boys found
them, and received 30 cents for
their honesty, but her husband
threatens divorce proceedings on
account of her extravaganza
The Lincoln News says: "Messrs,
Profit and Harvey came over
from Huntington last week to ar
range the preliminaries for start
ing bank, They waited on our
business men, and we learn, met
with considerable success We
understand the subscription papers
are in the hands of @. w. May,
who will wait upon those who de-
sire to subscribe to the stock of
the new bank. We hope sufficient
interest will be shown to justify
the immediate establishment of a
first-cless banking establishment
here. 1t is needed"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

A Maine minister announced he
would preach one Sunday to pretty
girls only, and tho next to homely
maidens. He had an immense
crowd of maidens the first time,
but his second sermon is yet I'M
preached. Empty benches COM
posed his congregation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

a man must feel awfully upset
when he finds himself head over
heels in love.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

The price which WAS paid by the
Baltimore & Ohio Railroad Co., for
the Monongahela River road is said
to have been $6,OOO,OOO, while the
cost of the road was only 50, 100000,
and it has been splendid money
maker from the start and has paid
large dividends. The B. & O., it is
said, will not take possession of the
property until April.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

1t looks as if the President was
mistaken when he told Congress
that the Philippine instruction
was about ended. Even if our
army of 10000 did succeed in cap
turing that poor uncivilized dwarf
Aguinaldo, who, it is claimed, is
alone. And he hasn't been cap
tured yet.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

The Widows mite is used too
often as an excuse for small contri-
buttons.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

The new depot at the Gravelton
junction, on the Ohio side of the
river, is nearing completion. 1t
was built jointly by the Hooking
Valley and the K. & M. Railways.
Beauty may be only skin deep,
but it is nearly always effective.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

No matter how careful woman
may be she invariably loses her
name at the marriage altar.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

When tall man finds himself
short he is naturally embarrassed.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

Learn to do with diligence what
you would do with ease.
In silence danger is concealed.
Women are seldom dangerous
When tall man finds himself
short he is naturally embarrassed.
Now the plumber INDUCES in
frozen pipe dreamsi
The tough goose bone and the
thick corn husk prophets are begin
ming to tell us that they told us SO.
1t is rumored that the X. & M.
Railway has been sold to the Bel.
nt-Morgan Syndicate.
No matter how careful woman
may be she invariably loses her
name at the marriage altar.
Don't seek to know too much.
That was where Mother Eve made
her great mistake.
The Widows mite is used too
often as an excuse for small contri-
buttons.
a man must feel awfully upset
when he finds himself head over
heels in love.
Some words on the end of your
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1900-01-03

1t is rumored that the X. & M.
Railway has been sold to the Bel.
mont Morgan Syndicate.
The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08

She never learned to speak English and
has never entirely lost her native dis
like and distrust for the white man. For
her childrens sake she voluntarily gave
up the freedom of her wandering life in
a buffalo hide tepee, and now lives In a.
neat cottage on the agency.
Until the Zitkala-Sa was eight years old
she ran wild over the prairies, with no
aspirations toward civilized life Then
some missionaries visited the agency to
collect children for their school in In
diana, and the little girl beseeched her
mother to be allowed to go with them
She at first refused, but at last she yield
ed, saying: go. Tell them that they may
take my little daughter and that the
Great Spirit shall not fail to reward them
according to their hearts"
To the child's Imagination the East was
1.-The red apple country" and that mys.
terious thing called education seemed to
be perpetual picnic in beautiful orch
ard. When she arrived at the school the
snow lay thick on the ground and apples
were as scarce as in Dakota MANY other
disenchantlnents awaited her, and her
three years stay at the Quaker institute
was full of unhappiness. She returned 10
the agency and remained four years
alienated from the old, wild life and as
yet untitled for amy other. At last came
an opportunity to, complete her education
and much against her mothers wishes
she again went East and entered Earl
ham college, Indiana Here she distin-