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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Our merchants should guard
against the oily tongued man wit h
his fake advertising schemes. To
invest in them is no better than
throwing your money into the fire,
Better place your advertising mat
ter in your town papers, and get
good returns.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Sam Greenlee who recently sold
his lunoh room to John Walker of
Huntington, has re-purohased it,
and will conduct the business at
the same stand
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27
New School Law.

Following is a section of the
amendments of the West Virginia
school law as adopted by the last
session of the Legislature:
GAS further means of improve
ment among teachers, the county
superintendent shall arrange for
and conduct district institutes, or
teachers round tables, one or moro
to be held in each district of his
county within the school year, and
at such place as is most convenient
for teachers. Boards of education
shall allow the teachers of their re-
speotiye districts at least one days
pay in each school year for their
actual attendance upon said dis
triot institute, suoh day to be
counted as if spent in teaching,
and as part of the sohtol term.
The county superintendent shall
certify to the secretary of each
board of education the attendance
of teachers at the different district
institutes, and credit shall be allow
ed for the one days attendance
herein provided for, in the school
month in which said institute is
held. Provided, that no teacher
shall be allowed suoh pay unless he
has been regularly employed by
the trnatees or board of education. !"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Prof. e. N. Thompson, practical
Optician, from Middleport, Ohio,
is in town to fit you out with pair
of guaranteed speotaoles. He un-
derstands his business, and gives
nothing but the best goods We
have tried him, and know whereof
we speak.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27
About 100000 bushels of GOAL

About 100000 bushels of GOAL
from Kenawha, is now on it's way
to Cincinnati, the boats leaving
here Monday and Tuesday with
their tows. The tripping of the
dams added about two feet to the
stage of water, thus enabling the
shipment of this large amount of
coal.
The following towboats left for
Cincinnati Tuesday: Mount Glare,
12 barges 3 flats; Florence Mar
met, Is barges 8 fats; Otto Mar
met, III barges fat; John Mackey,
8 barges 1 fiat; Val P. Collins, 10
barges 8 flats; d, II. Lane, IL bar
pes / fiat; 3. r. Andrews, 16 bar
ges L fiat; w. b. Calderwood s
barges / fat; Annie l.. 16 bargest
Convoy 9 barges 2 fate.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27
Burned,

a little five.year-old daughter of
Mr.. and Mrs. Morgan Long, of
Heights, was badly burned yester-
day, by it's clothes catching fire
from coming in contact with the
CRATE. While she is seriously
burned about the face and arms,
her condition is not considered
dangerous. Mr.. Long is section
hand on the b. & o., and was lately
transferred from Gallipolis Ferry to
this place.
Under cover of the night some
people are raiding the corn-felds
near town, shuoking corn and car.
rying it away. Mr.. Chas. White
says he has lost good deal of corn
the past few nights. Hogs have
to be fattened even if the owners
have to steal the corn to fatten
them with.
In Manitoba there is a grain
crop for the year of nearly 66.0O0,.
600 bushels, of which 48,857,25t
are wheat, 8O,266.775 oats and
6,438,919 barley.
DIR. b. MoElfresh his having
water pipsd into his residence,
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Point Pleasant has as two good
hotels, as can be found in any town
in the State, or along the Ohio
Valley.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Wall Paper 8 cents per roll at
Furniture Store.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Good roads are things that the
people of the county imperatively
demand. Some way must be fixed
SO that they can get them. The
movement will continue until the
plan is put into operation.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

The only excuse some married
people have for quarreling is to
break the monotony of happiness.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

from Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. John w. Beohtel has moved
from Elwell to Arlee.
Mr.. j. Bob Brown, of South
Side, is in town.
Miss Efie Brown is visiting
friends and relatives at Flat Rock.
Mr. Thos. Windon returned yes
terday from business trip to Cin-
oinnati.
Mr.. Geo. w. Wallis, of Apple
Grove, was business visitor in
town yesterday.
Mr.. j. e. Frazier, of Putnam
county, was here last night on
business.
Mr.. Robt. L. Hutchinson went
down to Elwell, yesterday, to be
the guest of Mr.. and Mrs. S. w,
Moore, until Friday morning.
Mr.. L. S. English, of Parkers-
burg, who has been here for the
past several days, bird hunting,
will return home to-day.
Mr.. Wiley w. Smith, of School
House, jackson county, is here
visiting friends. He will stay here
for some time and go on the river
at his trade.
Capt. VIM. Parsons and daugh-
ter, Mrs b. Ell. Armstrong, are Wis
iting Mr.. John Parsons and family
at Crown City, Ohio. Capt. Par
sons while there, will take few
days hunt.
Rev. DR.. d. S. Hammond, Pre-.
siding Elder of the M. e. Church
Charleston District, was in town
last night, guest of the Phoenix
Hotel. The Doctor is one of the
oldest and most popular Minister
in West Virginia.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Chaunoey NJ. Depew is to be
married on December 25th, to Miss
May Palmer, who will, therefore
be given away at the altar as a
Christmas Gift.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

/ Il uo OO6J VI Lh0oO OhSAA0o ohA SNAS
will amount to about $7,OOO,OOO,
while the entire value of the rail
contracts is understood to be about
81 100000 additional.
Murder at a Dance.
Charleston, w. Vao Nov. 49,
at dance at Henry Peters house
near Boomer. % miles above here,
Saturday night, John Mooney shot
and instantly killed Peters and
then escaped, but later was appre-
hended at Farm, below Charleston,
and taken back and lodged in Jail.
Alex. Shearer got into trouble at
Flats, Hardy, county, and was ar
rested and jailed because he lacked
bondsmau. Shearer was dissat-
isfied with this state of things, how
ever, so he scaled the Jail wall,
found the bondsman, returned and
executed the papers necessary to
to gain his liberty.
Mr.. Andrew Carnegie. in addi-
tion to his other gifts to the city
of Pittsburg, has given two mil
lion dollars this week to that city
for the purpose of establishing a
polytechnic school. He might es-
tablish library in Point Pleasant,
if the request was made of him by
our Board of Trade.
The Pittsburg Gazette will here
after have Sunday edition. Will
be on sale at Van Gilder's Drug
Store on Sunday evening after ar
rival of B. g. o. train. Sells at s
cents, and will be "big thing" for
Sunday night reading.
The council has ordered three or
four brick crossings put down
along Main street. The crossings
will take in all four corners, max
ing square block at the intersect-
ion of streets.
The Equity Milling Co, has
been shut down for Leveral days
repairing and putting in new ma
ohinery. Will start up again in
about ten days.
Sam Greenlee who recently sold
his lunoh room to John Walker of
Huntington, has re-purohased it.,
and will conduct the business at
the same stand
Point Pleasant has as two good
hotels, as can be found in any town
in the State, or along the Ohio
Valley.
Chaunoey M. Depew is to be
married on December 25th, to Miss
May Palmer, who will, therefore
be given away at the altar as a
Christmas gift.
There are some oolored people
Quite honest and true.
The worst colored people
/ Are those who are blue.
The church aisle is the straight
and narrow path that Ieadeth unto
matrimony.
"Lovomaking is lost ear" "
says the Englishman who drops
his his.
Business must have been better
in Biblical times. AT least the
prophets were greater.
This abduction business is really
going too far. Here are conviots
out West stealing sheriffs.
Loves young dream, when you
marry cooking school girl, is apt
to develop into nightmare.
The merchant should plant his
holiday advertisement in the Reg
ister
Now it is "Hot SCOTCH" with
the boys.
Christmas toys have begun tc
: arrive at the stores in town.
The landscape photographs
isn't always liberal with his views
Even the LATEST of us wouldn't
mind running through fortune
People who marry in haste some.
tir,os ra,,ant i'm Dakota.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

The church aisle is the straight
and narrow path that leadeth unto
matrimony.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

There are some colored people
Quite honest and true.
The worst colored people
Are those who are blue.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

"Lovomaking is a lost 'eart," "
says the Englishman who dropa
his his.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

The merchant should plant his
holiday advertisement in the Reg
ister.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

The landscape PHOTOGRAPHER
isn't always liberal with his views.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

, Ohristmas toye have begun to
arrive at the stores in town.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Loves young dream, when you
marry cooking school girl, is apt
to develop into nightmare.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

People who marry in haste some
times repent in Dakota.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-11-27

Business must have been better
in Biblical times. AT least the
prophets were greater.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
nd silent street on her way to see the

and silent street ON her way to see the
world.
"Our daughter did not answer when
called her name," said Madam Wong
Che foo, returning. Doubtless she Is
asleep. did not enter the chamber, for
it seemed unwise to disturb her slum-
beers. Tomorrow will be time"
Tomorrow, then, let it be-" said
Wong Che Foo, and having babe his wife
goodnight he sat down again at his desk
and thought with pleasure how he should
do that for which itwes already too late.
Thus we lay plans and gaze along
smooth highways of the future, which
our feet shall never tread.
Meanwhile Sho Mai pursued her way,
Woodworking whittier she was going. She
had made no plans, which was perhaps
the wisest course, since her inexperi-
ence would have prepared for contingent
cies which could never arise and have
overlooked the most natural obstacles.
She had taken nothing with her but a
little handbag, in which were articles
of the commonest necessity, and her saw
ings during the past four or five years,
amounting to about two thousand taels.
The novelty Of the new, free life buoyed
her up, and she walked steadily though
aimlessly until the increasing bright
ness of the east told her that day was
near. AS the dawn approached she
found herself near the river bank, and
before her lay great junk, on board OF
which the sailors were carrying the last
Of the cargo.
1t was lonely place in the outskirts
of the city, and she wondered that the
ship should be there, far away from the
ordinary place of lading. The river it
self, she perceived, was not the large
stream which flowed past the city, but a
creek which extended like an arm about
the eastern border of Paoting. She saw
by the hurry and hustle that the junk
would sail in few minutes, and great
longing came over her to go with the
vessel down the river and out upon the
wonderful sea. JShe wondered whether
the captain would let her sail with him
If she agreed to pay her passage to what
ever port he had in view. What an easy
way, she thought, to escape utterly from
the reach of those who would pursue
her. She scarcely dared hope that sc
fortunate a thing could be accomplished
Meanwhile, she was surprised to learn
from snatches of the sailors converse
ton, that her approach had been viewed
with suspicion and even with alarm
"But it is only boy" said one of the
men, and that appeared to satisfy the
others.
just then four men rolled great DO,
upon the plank. 1t was heavy and they
put forth their utmost efforts to move it
When they had reached the middle o
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
CHAPTER II.


The little cabin in which Sho Mai
found herself was very far from being a
luxurious apartment. 1t was dark, mar
row and bare; but had her accommoda-
lions been much worse, there would still
have been but one thing possible to Sho
Mai, namely, to lie down upon the hard
floor and fall fast asleep. She had
walked many miles during the night,
and neither. anxiety nor physical dis
comfort could keep her from the slumber
which exhausted nature demanded. She
slept IS calmly as if in her own bed at
home, and when, as evening drew on,
the sound Of the unbarring OF the door
awoke her, it was some minutes before
she could realize how great change
had come over her Re from sun to sun.
The bronzed face Of . ga or appeared
in the doorway.
Come on Deck" he said; "the captain
wants to see you"
Sho MAJ obeyed with alacrity. AS
she stepped upon the deck she saw that
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
CHAPTER I.
sHO MAI's FLIGHT.

Sho Mai, daughter of the ex-Prefect
Wong Che foo, went out alone from her
fathers splendid mansion in the city of
Paoting to see the world She fled from
home where every luxury surrounded
her and from the care of loving parents.
No childish grief nor petty disappoint-
ment such as will sometimes weigh down
the mind of the young with unreason-
able sorrow urged her to this course.
She fed from the common lot Of her sex,
from marriage and the thousand re-
straints which the customs Of the EN-
pire throw around all women. There
fore it was in the guise of youth, in
the garb appropriate to student, that
she left her fathers house and sought
for knowledge and adventure.
Sho Mails remarkable determination
was not suddenly formed; it grew up
steadily in her mind through many
years. To her had been given that edu
cation which is ordinarily denied to
women. She had been trained from
childhood under the best instructors,
and she had seized upon knowledge with
mind of wonderful brilliancy and dis
elimination. At sixteen she had bet
| ter command of mathematics, of sciences
and of the classics than most young men
attain during collegiate course, and
she had the wisdom to see that sho had
only tasted of the spring which forever
| flows out under the frowning rock of the
truth as it is in nature. Her ambition
was fixed upon delving nearer to the
mysterious sources of this spring with
an ardor which is gift from on high
and can not be frozen in the heart. She
knew that if her life was nodded after
the fashion of the time her pursuit of
1 knowledge must cease, and she resolved
4 that this should never be.
4 Thus it happened that while the ex-
| Project Wong Che foo sat in his library
one night discussing with his wife the
future of their child, the object of their
solicitude was at that very moment
taking her future into her own hands.
81 have at last found young man
worthy to be the husband of our child"
\ said Wong Che foo; and in the chamber
above Sho Mai shut her white teeth
/ together, and, as if the words she did
not hear were still impressed upon her
heart, she muttered: 81 will have no
II nuSDdnQ, L Will DC ITO HAL . SLAVE.
''He is poor in fortune" continued the
ex-Prefect in the library, 'but what
does that matter? We have no son.
This young man is of exemplary char
acter and of distinguished mental en-.
dowme1ft. will adopt him, and when
he has married our child the estates
which possess will be so disposed that
I they shall descend upon him and She
Mai, his wife, when we are gathered
with the dead"
81 care not for wealth." said Sho Ma
10 herself, as she paced her chamber
81 want freedom and the power to pur
sue knowledge wherever it may be hid
den in the great world"
" "Sho Mai should be wife of whom
any man may be proud" the ex-Prefec
said. 81 have caused her to be in
structed in the knowledge of books, ant
you, my wife, have trained her in tn
gentle accomplishments OF women"
And while he spoke Sho Mai was, a
ons may say, dinging her womanhoo
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

the plank they called out loudly for help,
saying that the box was beyond their
strength; but the other sailors were
busy loosening the sails, and none came
to the assistance of those who struggled
with the load upon the plank. Sho Mai
was about to put forth her feeble strength
in aid when the box broke from the
hands of the men and fell with crash
upon the rude pier. So violent was the
fall'that one side was broken open and
the astonished Sho Mai saw strange 8rti-
Giles of gold and silver within.
Alarmed at the great crash, the sailors
from the Junk rushed to the spot and,
surrounding the box attempted to re-
place the contents and to bear 1T on
board the ship. Atlength he whom Sho
Mai took to be the captain noticed her,
and as he did so he uttered cry as II
enraged.
'He has seen the contents Of the box, u
shouted the captain; she will betray
us!''
He laid his hand upon sword which
hung at his side and seemed about tc
slay the affrighted Sho Mai, when, sud
denly changing his purpose, he made q
sign to two of the men, who seized the
girl in their arms and bore her hurriedly
aboard the junk. She was locked in 6
little room in the lower portion Of the
ship, when presently she heard sounds
which indicated that the ropes had beer
cast off and that the junk was proceed
ing down the creek.
"Truly," thought Sho Mai, 81 am nov
beyond pursuit. Whittier these mel
will take me in their mysterious ship
know not, but believe that wonderful
sights await me if, indeed, my life i
spared to see them"
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

ward. She rose slowly at first, and then
with sudden buoyancy that brought
her head above the surface. and she
breathed again. A swirling current
bore her along. and stretching out her
arm she caught upon the point OF rock,
upon which she was able to climb,
though the waters which were retreat
ing after the influx Of the wave
which had cast her into the pool
strove to draw her away to death. She
hung there trembling for an instant till
the rush of an oncoming breaker warned
her to climb hurriedly upward. Fortu'
nately the Jagged rocks were like stairs
under her feet. and before the next wave
broke into the cave she was beyond Its
reach
She saw it pourin below her. cleaning
with phosphorescence and lighting w
the place with dim and CHASTITY gloom
On dashed the wave into the recesses oi
the cavern, shrieking as it went; bu1
loud above the noise OF the water arose
q great voice as of giant within
who roared in anger at the invasion o
his dwelling And second voic'
mightier even than the first mingled IL
the tumult. The cave rang with tn
terrible shouting and laughter and tn
walls shook to their foundations. Thes
are the voices of the demons, though
Sho Mai, and she fell fainting with ter
ror upon the rocks.
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07

from her. At least the garments appro-
Or: ate to her sex had been laid aside and
in the.- pace Sho Mai had donned the
attire of a young male student; and as
SO stood before her mirror she gazed in
wonder ct the beautiful, strange youth
who looked out at her.
"Orr daughter has been tractable in
al th.nCs," said Wong Che foo. ''She
viii GEE that we have planned wisely
,or ,.e- future. lou have already told
her lat 9 husband would be chosen for
her. Gu now 10 her chamber, and If she
be not vt asleep tell herthat our choice
has been made and bring me word what
she rel I-Gl."
AID While the wife of the ex-Prefect
won't to do his bidding Sho Ma passed
rom the house and stole down the dark
The Weiser signal. [volume] (Weiser, Idaho) 1890-1904, 1901-02-07
Continued next week. }

DYSPEPSIA CAN BE CURED BY
using Acker's Dyspepsia Tablets. One
little tablet will give immediate relief or
money refunded. Sold in handsome tin
boxes at 25cts. c. T, Williams, druggist
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-14
Many Home seekera.

Chicago, Feb 12.-Within the next
three months, according to railroad Of
ficials, the number of fasteners who
will seek homes west of the MISSISSIPPI
pi river will exceed that of any similar
period in the last ten years. The Inn
migration agent of every railroad d.
rectly interested in the home-seekers'
business has his force in the field
rounding up prospective settlers. The
forces are at work in all moving ter
ritory," which includes Pennsylvania,
Ohio, New York and all other states
east of the Mississippi and north of the
Ohio. Already arrangements have
been made to carry large parties of
home-seekers from points in Ohio to
fertile sections of North dakota.
Cheap settlers rates are to be plac-
ed in effect by the lines out of st.
Paul and Minneapolis tomorrow, and
Wild be obtainable every Tuesday
thereafter until the last of April or
the middle of May. Last year between
10000 and $4,000 persons east of the
Mississippi took up lands in the north
western states. Judging by the pres
ent outlook. immigration agents say
that tha number viii be doubled, IL
not tripled, this year.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-14

country school near Bridgetown, Cum
berland county, Conn, after which he
went to Philadelphia, where he took
a commercial course in the Philadel-
phia Business college. One of his
first positions was in the jewelry
house of John Wannamaker at Phila-
delphia, in which capacity he remain
ed until 1874, when he entered the
service of the Philadelphia railroad,
as brakeman, with run from Phila-
delphia to Harrisburg. In 1874 he
left that city for Ottumwa and in July
1876, he entered the employ of the
Burlington as brakeman running
from this city to Creston for eighteen
months, when he was promoted to
conductor, in which he gave universal
satisfaction for four years. Mr..
Boggs was then promoted to the re-
sponsible position of yardmaster of
the Burlington yards in this city,
which position he has since occupied.
Mr.. Bogg's nomination last evening
was his second one and at the last
city election his majority was p
votes.
Ottumwa semi-weekly courier. [volume] (Ottumwa, Iowa) 1899-1903, 1901-02-14
A. B. Williams.

A. B. Williams, who was last even
ing nominated for alderman at large,
is member of the firm of Williams
& Williams, attorneys at law in this
city. He is the son of the late Judge
Morris j. Williams, who for several
years occupied prominent place in
the legal fraternity in Wapello county
and vicinity. Mr.. Williams has lived
at the edge of the city, on the family
homestead, nearly all his life, and
was engaged in farming and stock
raising pursuits until recenaly when
he graduated from the law depart
ment of the Iowa State University
in the class of 1899. and has since
that time been engaged in the prac-
tice of law in Ottumwa.
He has always been public splr-
tied man and has done much to help
the city and give employment to la
bor
Mr.. Williams has large property in
terests in various parts of the city
and is consequently greatly interested
in good municipal government for OF
tumwa. If elected to the position for
which he is a candidate he will care
we'll for the interests of the people
and will serve the city we'll.