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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21
Wac Awake BUSINESS Men.

Wide Awake business BIen.
The following from the Wash
iagton Post, should be read by
every wide awake business man in
Point Pleasant:
advertising is not an expense;
it is an investment. and, if judfoi-
ously made, no outlay will yield go
large and sure return This is
the testimony of wide.awAke bust
ness men everywhere"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21

We are showing an elegant line
of popular and staple hats for early
fall street wear. Our prices will
please you.
Mrs. L. j. WILLIAMSON.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21

More turnips are being sown in
this county than WAS ever sown be-
fore. Bryan, Fry g. Co., have sold
10 pounds of turnip seed, and have
orders for 200 pounds more.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21

The mosquito biteth alike the
Just and unjust
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21

A town cannot grow and become
a city by reason of her natural adj
vantages alone. It all depends up
on the enterprise of her citizens.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21

The town is getting full of polls
They dom add much to the beauty
of the streets, but then all progress
sive towns have them. and Point
Pleasant won't be behind any other
town.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21
VIA ONO CENTRAL LINEs.-
L. f. CAMPBELL.

Physician and Surgeon,
blenders his services to the citizens
of Point Pleasant and vicinity
ONCE at HooT's Drug Store. Hours
o a. NJ, to 10 NJ, p. NJ, to 8 P. Nj.
and p. NJ, to 0P. M. nov8tf.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21

We publish an Interesting sketoh
of Hon. I'll. r Howard, this oity,
this morning, taken by permission
f.om THE Mystic Tie" published
at Elkins, w. Va, 1t is a splendid
compliment to our honored and
popular townsman,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-08-21

A bad accident narrowly averted
this morning, by the falling of a
large telephone pole that was be-
ing raised to its place. Luckily
no one was hurt, but nevertheless
it WAS narrow escape for some Of
the men, and gave them good
fright.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09
BIundGrS Of John CarSter.
BY CASTOR HARVEY.

Copyright. 1900, by Daily Story Pub. Coz
We'll, | suppose this is the end Of
1t" John Carsten heaved a heavy
sigh, and strobe along moodily. Helen
looked at him curiously and then
asked:
THE end Of what?"
you know as well as I do what I
refer to. To be perfectly plain, hear
1t reported on very good authority
that you are to marry this Monte
Cristo. And that is what l mean
when say that l suppose we will not
take many more walks together" He
looked at her keenly.
Il suppose it is but further ex-
emplification of the doctrine an
nounced by the Bible, where it says
80 him who hath, it shall be given,
and to him who hath not it shall be
taken away and l want to add to
that, even that which he may seem
to have l suppose that if l was on
the upward tide, everything would be
coming my way, but as 1 seem to be
stationary, Notwithstanding my fran
tic efforts to swim, everything appears
to pass me, just out of reach" There
was silence for a few moments.
Helen reached in a fence corner and
pulled a great glittering spray of
golden rod. She did not look at him.
After few moments she said in a
low voice:
You are getting bitter, Jonn. Don't
do it. 1t does not help you"
7 &f
be bitter? A man can smile and stand
great deal; he can stand a great
deal more without giving evidence of
his suffering, and there is still another
degree of pain, which turns every
thing to gall. l have suffered that"
You are very wrong to look at
things that way" replied the woman.
What have you to be bitter over?
You possess youth, and health, and
strength, and ability-all those are
priceless gifts. You are well thought
of by everyone, and 1 see no cause for
you to think your lot is hard.
Eyes, what you say is true, but
have not the great ssential-money.
/ might be paralytic, and just have
enough sense to keep out of lunatic
asylum, and enough morals to keep
from being locked up as a menace to
society, but if l had money, all that
would be overlooked, and l would be
better thought of than l am now. AS
it is, am not considered at ALL"
mot considered by whom?"
Everybody. And someone in par
ticular whom l wish to consider me,
and who has refused. l have tried
everything else; 1 have placed myself
at her feet. Love does not count"
Her face was crimson. She looked
far away over the sere, brown fields,
and at last said:
Then what am l to deduce from
that assertion-it isn't clear"
"You are not to deduce anything
I state it as my positive conviction
that, given on the one hand man
with everything to make him desir-
able In the eyes of woman, but with
no money, and on the other hand a
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

The east end of Paris. like that of
London, is at present overrun with
rufiians of the Hooligan type, who are
known as les centuries bleues," be-
cause each wears a blue belt as the
sign of his villainous associations.
Last week opened with the arrest of
several gangs, which consist of youths
aged from 10 to II years, who are evil
IDENTIFY a continuation of the masked
robbers of Montreuil. at present await
ang trial. They employ women as de-
coys, and their practice is to make
midnight attacks on villas and shops.
using considerable violence when OPP
position is offered to their depreda-
tions. Scores of extra police have
been drafted into the district, and IT Is
hoped the end of Partisan Hooliganism
Is nigh.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

But of all the wrongs In regard to
natives and their labor in the Trans
vaal none come near to the scandals
of the liquor trade. The laws restrict
ing it are excellent on paper, but their
administration is infamous. They pro-
hibit the sale to natives; but they are
broken wholesale. The profits are
enormous; to the inexperienced Kafir
the sensation of getting drunk is a nov
,elty-something too grand to be re-
sisted. The government sells drink IL
censes, and all nationalities are more
,or less engaged in the Illicit traffic
There have been some 10000 natives
in the mines, earning, say. e40 or ESQ
IA year in wages. Their one tempta-
Ition to expenditure Is drink. Vile
spirits are sold to them on wage days
manufactured in johannesburg itself
underground. or imported from the
least coast, and worth perhaps I'd per
lbottle, but charged at IS, los, 15s. A
native, when he is paid, will buy
bottle of this poison, drink 1t In an
hour or two. and go mad for a week.
They go mad with drink, jump about.
and are beside themselves, ready for
murder or anything else. Under the
drink influence. natives employed In
different mines frequently have regu-
lar battles, especially on Sunday when
work is stopped, and many have been
killed. Now, the mine owners have
made every effort to get this trade
stopped. 1t is exceedingly injurious to
their business; they have to allow for
average, being drunk and absent from
work, all the time. In numbers of
mines the Whole difference between
profit and loss depends upon passing
the average quantity of rock through
the mill every week If the average
is not reached-that is. If the men are
not there to keep the mill constantly
Igoing-it is ss.-Contemporary Re-
view
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09
ENGAGEMENT RINGS.
Actress Used One from Finger of an
Egyptian Mummy.

In choosing engagement rings for
their fiancees lovers at times discard
the conventional jeweled circlet in IA
vor of the bizarre, fantastic and even
grewsome. Not long since, says Tit
Bits, out of a portion of a horseshoe
that he had found, a young man had
ring made, which he gave to the lady
OF his choice on the day of their be-
trothal. The remainder of the horse
shoe was utilized in the manufacture
of brooch and earrings. Another iron
ring, which a short while since was
accepted by young girl as a token of
her lovers constancy, was section cut
from the barrel of pistol which many
years back had played an unenviable
part in a family tragedy. The scion of
a wealthy family, whose fortunes owed
their existence to extensive tobacco
plantations, had ring made out of
the fragrant weed, hardened by some
process to the consistency of metal.
with which to encircle the finger of his
inamorata. A single diamond gave re-
lief to the amulet's sombre hue. Opals,
lormerly considered so ill-omened, are
now not infrequently employed in the
setting of engagement rings. One gen.
tleman, native of Manchester, went,
indeed, to an almost extreme length in
his reprobation of superstition, the
ring which he gave to the lady he has
now married being hoop Of thirteen
opals. the former possessor of each
of which had met with some serious
misfortune. The engagement ring
chosen by we'll known actress had
once decked the finger of an Egyptian
mummy. Disdaining the everyday
gewgaw with its vulgar CLINT of gems,
she set her fancy upon this strangely
discolored stone, which had nothing to
recommend it but its unconventional
ity and age.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09
yalnnhie Almanac Elna.

We have received copy OF the new
almanac for 1901 published by the
Royal Baking Powder Co. 1t is an ar
tistic and useful book and will be OF
interest to housekeepers. A note
worthy feature of the almanac is a pre-
diction of the weather for every day
of the year. by Prof. DeVoe, who cor
rectly prophesied the great Galveston
cyclone and other important meteoro-
logical events. We are authorized to
say that any woman reader of this pa
per can secure copy without cost by
sending a request to the company, at
100 William St., New York.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09
YOU speak

in your career that you speak or
When was it?''
you know very well what / siiuoe
to. You know that have loved you
for all these years, since we were ilttle
more than children. You know tnat
there has not been day that the IN
cense of my soul was not onereu 10
you. have loved you truly laiIn-
fully, unwaveringly. You know tna9
my highest dream of earthly happi-
ness was to some day make home
for you, where 1 could have you Win
me always. You know that my wax
ing thoughts are all of you; that
dream of you at night; that not a
plan have made has not had you lor
it's inspiration, with the hope that ~
would conduce toward the emu
wished. There has not been an ampi-
ton in my brain that was not caused
by my wish to excel and make you
proud of mA.
1.-THE rest of the world can go nang
you are my world, the all In all LOT
me. And now, after all these years.
all that counts for naught. There
comes into your life a great big, peefy
man-you know little about him ex-
cept that he is very wealthy, and In
the course of two months he undoes
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09
ABOUT GRAY HAIR,
No Longer Regarded with Horror by
Aging Persons.

Gray hair is no longer regarded with
horror, even by persons who have
reached the age that entities them to
1t. Such people were always more apt
to be worried over the change than
persons prematurely gray, who might
be expected to mourn the premature
loss of the characteristic of youth. Now
people need give this sign of advanc-
ing years no thought, for it has been
decreed that gray hair is the fashion.
Ada Rehan was the first woman In
public life, 1t is said, to allow her hair
to turn gray without making the
slightest attempt to conceal what Ia
commonly regarded in a stage career
that the end has come, or is at all
events near Other actresses have since
accustomed the public to the idea of
gray-headed heroines. Miss Rehan. OF
course, always wore wig on the stage.
but Eleanora Duse plays Camille with
out the least attempt to conceal the
fact that her hair has grown so gray
as to give her scenes with Armand a
slightly maternal suggestion. .Signora
Duse has carried naturalness on the
stage further than any other actress
ever did, but its last point must be her
refusal to act such role with a wig,
and her course in presenting the rather
curious spectacle Of young lover
driven to such impassioned love-mak-
ing by very obviously gray-haired
woman. Such cases have undoubtedly
happened, but they are exceptional, 80
Signora Duse is probably entitled to
more credit as the creator of new
fashion than as an observer of theatre
cal proprieties.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

A secret society called the Home
Makers has large membership among
the foreigners In the mining districts
OF Pennsylvania. The purpose of the
organization is to provide and main
tain pleasant homes for it's members
and those dependent upon them, and
as gossipy, careless wives ana mothers
are held by them to be the cause of q
majority OF the unhappy, ill-kept homes
and neglected children, the society be-
lieyes the members have a right to use
every possible means to see that their
homes ar not neglected. A member
who corrects his wife by beating her
must do SO only after all other means
to induce her to do her duty have
failed. The society pays for the de-
Tense of it's members when arrested for
wife beating, and in case of conviction
pays the fine.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

aers among your poppy fields.
1dlenass, l pray you.
Let me wander lazy-eyed,
slow of thought and pace;
Empty-handed, light of heart,
Eager to obey you,
10 loaf and make a madrigai
Tuned to fit your face
Sick am I of strife and toll,
4 would seek your daisies
Count the clouds and doze and dream
through drowsy afternoons.
Prithee, take me by the hand
Show me where the way is
Let me change the clink of gold
For your linnets' tunes.
ldleness! Oh, Idleness
Smile welcome for me.
Here's minstrel out of voice,
A weary heart to rest
5oothe me with the pipes of Pan,
Hum his music er me,
Rock me like a tired child
Sleepy on your breast.
-Theodosia Pickering Garrison.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

man with nothing to recommend him
but money, as between the two a
woman will choose the man with the
money ninety-nlne cases out of a
hundred. That's what l mean"
"Why John, why JohnI" There
was an inhnity of reproach in those
words.
Yes, mean it," he added. 81 mean
every word of it Women are essen
TALLY selfish, and they love the soft
side of life. They know that money
will make a soft side to anything, and
therefore. they are on the side of
money"
Il am sorry for you," she said
simply. 81 thought that you had a
higher idea of women"
Haven't right to be bitter?" he
continued. Haven't / every right to
such ideas? II 1t has not been dem
onstrated to me. nothing has. There
is nothing so convincing as personal
experience, and 1t is from that /
speak"
81 have known you a long time.
John, and / know of no such instance
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

In Vienna there is school for watt
ers. The first course is devoted to a
theoretical exposition of the art Of
serving at table. When the pupils
have sufficiently mastered the princi-
pies. of the art, they are allowed to
practice ON two ladies and two gem
flemen in evening dress who dine at
one table. The professor watches the
operation, and sharply calls the waiter
TO account II he uses an ordinary cork
screw instead of an automatic one,
or carelessly puts his finger in the
soup. If ne should be without gloves,
he is shown how to conceal the fact
by means of the serviette, and so
forth. There are 1900 pupils in this
school alone.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09
women's Work.

A recent study of the industrial po-.
sition women now occupy in New York
state discloses some facts of interest.
to women everywhere. The first
thing which attracts attention is the
increase in the number of women who
support themselves and the greatly in.
creased list Of occupations open to-
them. Fifty years ago there were only.
twenty callings in which women were
engaged. Today they compete with
men in almost every known occupa-
zion. In the middle of the century only
one woman worked for every ten men.
The ratio at present is one to four, and
ten years later it will probably be
lower still. Moreover, women are
changing from unskilled to skilled la
borers, thereby increasing their own
Earnings and adding to the wealth of
the community. Only thirty years ago
hwo-thirds of all the self-supporting
women In New York state were domes-
tic servants; that is to say, unskilled
laborers. The relative number has
gradually decreased, until now the
of those who work. In diversity of
Ealing the men have little advantage
over their sisters. Among New York
women there are more than five hum
hred hotelkeepers, five hundred jani-
tors, one thousand journalists one
hundred and fifty preachers. an one
hundred each Of lawyers, dentists, in
MENTORS, designers and physicians,
Even occupations heretofore regarded
his exclusively masculine have their
representatives. There are women
blacksmiths, brickmakers. butchersl
Rlassworkers, gunsmiths, tanners, ma
chinists, marble cutters, sawmili
hands, steam boilermakers, engineers
hnd woodworkers. Feminine ingenuity
has also created new occupations. One
woman has established what she calls
"cattery." where she breeds high
GLASS Angoras. Another is physician
for parrots, mockingbirds and ca 1ries
and Ill another dolls boo ker,
Much of woman's industrial D. gress
Is attributed to the repeal of the law
under which husband was entitled
TO his wife's earnings. Let us hope
that the women, when they obtain full
political power, will refrain from pass
ing any law under which wife will
be entitled to all of her husbands
earnings Youths COMPANION.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

George Benjamin Clemenceau, now a
"struggle-for-lifer" In Paris, earning
a scant living with his pen, was ten
years ago one OF the foremost figures
In French politics. Clemenceau was
thrown UP to the surface of affairs by
the revolution OF 1870 and from that
time until 1891 he was as conspicuous
as any character in Paris. Arising
with the storm of the revolution, he
sank In the excitement of the Panama
affair.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

Search for the casket containing the
remains of Charles Coghlan has been
abandoned at Galveston. The noted
actor died there in November in 1899
and for some unknown reason the me-
tallic casket containing the body was
still In Galveston when the terrible
tidal wave swept over the place Sep
TENDER s last. The casket was swept
from the receiving vault and is now
believed to have been carried out to
sea.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09
Now Bufralo contributes to the di

Now Buffalo contributes to the d.
vorce scandals OF the country. A di-
vorce mill" has been discovered there,
which has secured with secrecy and
celebrity by means of deception, brib-
cry ana intimidation. Scores OF the
cases have been uncontested A search
ing investigation is now being con-
Quoted by the trial justices of the SUI
preme court. but already great harm
has been done.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

1t would seem as If there is more
teetotalism and less temperance today
than fifty years ago. This is the con-
Iclusion arrived at by those who have
Hooked into the statistics of the sub
pect. They say there are more people
sustaining from alcoholic drinks alto
Igether than in our grandfather's day,
but that the persons who do drink ex-
sercise less moderation than was usual
ihalf a century back. There Is more
drunkenness than ever and greater
total consumption of liquor than for
merly. in spite of the fact that great
army of total abstainers has arisen.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

Italy's parliament has just voted at
the request of the government an an
nuity of 100000 francs to Queen Mar
guerite. as owing to the fact that her
husbands will has never been found
she remains unprovided for. The
money thus voted, however, will be a
source of no expense whatever to the
national treasury. For with much
good feeling and sagacity her son, the
new king, has arranged to surrender
to the national treasury a million
francs a year from his civil list as
long as his mother lives.
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

what 1 have done, or rather in that
time accomplishes what could not ac-
complish in six times as many years.
Is not that evidence enough? What Is
to be deduced from that except what
have stated?"
Il ought to be very angry with you,
John. You have accused me of a
wretched thing-that l would sell my
life, my love, my soul, merely to pro-
vide myself with creature comforts. /
don't know why l don't make you
leave me, and never permit you to
speak to me again, except that I'd
realize that your anger has carried
you off your feet. l realize what you
say, that such a state of things is an
awful blow to man. But l do not
grant that any such state exists-that
isl mean"
You mean what, that you are not
going to marry him?" There was light
and life and hope in the questioner's
eyes now.
Yes, mean that; and that l have
not intended to do so. And now let
me do a little preaching to you-you
have had your say, and you have said
things you ought not to have said. l
will say what you left unsaid, and
what you should know. 1t is, that
with a true woman, and with true
love, all the gold in the universe
could not outweigh her love. If on
the one side is man woman loves,
who is as poor as poverty itself, and
on the other a man Offering himself.
millionaire, the man and his money
would not for an instant be considered
as a possibility.
1t is mistaken notion men have.
that woman wants to receive all and
give nothing. True love is self efface-
ment, and bearing the burdens of
those whom we do love. and nothing
gives a woman SO much pleasure as to.
suffer for the man she really cares
for"
DO you really mean that?" There
was wonderment upon the face of the
Questioner
Yes. And there would be moro
women who would be glad to accent
even the little in the way of wealth
their sweethearts possess, if they were
given the chance. Instead of going
bEavely to her and saying 4 have little
or nothing, but love you. I can nro-
vide enough to keep us from starving
and enough to furnish us with clothes
More than that do not care for with
you at my side. Will you accent that9,
the men stand off and SWIVEL about
woman wanting wealth. 1t makes me
weary. It's weakness"
There was a long pause. The SIM
had sunk below the horizon. and the
west was gorgeous with the onsA'no
tints OF the dying day. In the dviro
grasses the crickets chirped a reoui.
EN- for the sweet summer e.
dead leaves foated throupb A..
branches and rustled gently 70 +ba;s
last resting place. The air had . +inna
of the coming chill of winter ana ns
ture seemed saddened and drearv
The couple stood moment LOOKING a.
the sunset. Perhaps it was the oior.s
OF the rudy rays upon her face mr. 49,
rejection from the golden gates ~
the west that shone in her ewes IT.
paused, for moment irresolnte ons
then taxing her hand, looked her f,,u
In the eyes. She looked down ana III
face flushed ner
Helen" he said very gently "r
nave almost nothing in the way -,
goods or wealth, but 1 have love son
you that the wealth of Midas could ~.
buy. Will you accept what | haye9"
she looked up and smiled softlv
why didn't you say that q vaS.
SO ago? Yes, | will ''"t OF
When q rninirto..
The silver messenger. (Challis, Idaho) 1890-1912, 1901-04-09

Now would l give a thousand fur
longs of sea for an acre Of barren
ground" says Shakespeare's character
on the storm-smitten vessel. The win
ter's tale of wrecks on our coasts has
begun, and in the agony of great peril
how precious must seem single foot
of American soil beyond the waiting
reefs and treacherous sands!