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MIR. and Mrs. Ffouke have dinner invi-
tations out for January "a Mr. and Mrs
MacVeagh will entertain dinner guests the
same evening
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the royal appropriateness were sad and
gloomy, except the Jolly One himself.
Finally but a week of freedom remained
to keo, and his mother. the Queen, became
30 nervous and worried that another meet
ing of the tribe was called. By this time
the laughing hippopotamus had grown to
| enormous hize, and measured nearly fifteen
feet long and six feet high. while his sharp
tusks were whittier and harder than those
Of an elephant.
UNLESS something is lone to save my
| child" said the mother. II shall die of
grief"
Then some of her relations began to make
| foolish suggestions: but presently Uncle
| Nep, a wise and very big hippopotamus,
said:
I've must go to Glinkomok and implore
his aid"
Then all were silent. for it was a bold
thing to face the mighty Glinkomok. But
! the mothers love was equal 70 any hero
ism.s @ m ,
IT will myself go to him, II Uncle Ncp
| will me-" she said quickly.
Uncle Nep thorghtfully patted the soft
mud with his ~forefoot and wagged his short
| tail leisurely from side to side.
I'VE have always been obcdient 20 Gli:k-
| omok, and shown him great respect" said
he. Therefore. / fear no danger In fa-
cling him. 1 will go with you"
All the others ,snorted approval. being
very glad they were not called UPON to
20 themselves. 81
So the Queen and Uncle Nep, with Keo
swimming between them, set out .ton their
Journey. They swan up the river all that
day and all the next. until they came at
shutdown to a high. rocky wall. beneath
which wa the cave where the mighty
Glinkomok dwelt. .
This fearful creature was part beast. part
man, part fowl and part fish. 1t has lived
since the world began. Through years OF
wisdom 1t had become part sorcerer. part
wizard. part magician and part fairy. Man
kind knew It not. but the ancient beasts
knew and feared It.
The three appropriateness passed before
the cave. with their front feet upon the
bank and their bodies in the water. and
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. The youthful hippopotamus paused to
think. for he knew it was a solemn thing to
swear by the tusks of his grandfather = but
he was exceedingly hungry, and a year and
a day seemed a long way off; so he said,
with another careless Taught.
VERY well; If you let me go.sI swear by
the. tusks of my grandfather to return to
yon in a year and a day and become your
prisoner"
Gouie was much pleased, for he knew
that In a year and a day keo would be
almost full grown. So he began digging
away one end of the pit and filing it up
with the earth until he had made an in
cline which would allow the hippopotamus
to climb out.
Keo was so pleased when lie found him
self upon the surface Of the earth again
that he INDUCED in a merry fit OF laughter,
after which he said:
"Good-by, Gouie; in a year and a Cay you
VII see me again."
Then re waddled away toward the river
to see his mother and get his breakfast,
and Gouie returned to his village.
During the months that followed. as the
black man lay in his hut or hunted in the
forest. he heard at times the farawav
misunderstanding" Of the laughing hippo
potamus. But he only smiled to himself
and thought: "a year and a day" will soon
pass away!'
cafe and well every member of his tribe
vas filed with joy. for the Jolly Ono was
a general f%avorite. But when he told them
that In a year and a day he must again
become the slave Of the black man, they
began to wall and weep. Ind so many were
their tears that tho river rosa several
inches.
OF course. Kee only laughed at their sor-
row: but a great meeting Of the tribe was
called and the matter discussed seriously.
Having sworn by the tusks Of his grand
father" said Uncle Nikki. "he mi keep
his promise. But It Is our duty to try in
some way to rescue him from death or a
life Of slavery"
To this all agreed. but no one could think
Of any method Of saving Keo from his fate.
80 months passed away. during which all
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called In chorus a greeting to Glinkomok.
Instantly thereafter the mouth of the cave
darkened. and the creature glided silently
toward them.
The appropriateness were afraid to look
upon. 1t, and bowed their heads between
their les.
eve come, o Glinkomok. to implore your
mercy and friendly assistance" began Uncle
Nep; and then he told the story Of Keo's
capture. and how he had promised to re-
turn to the black man.
He must keep his promise" said the
creature in a voice that sounded like a
sigh.
The mother hippopotamus groaned aloud.
But 1 will prepare him to overcome the
black man and to regain his liberty" con-
tinued Glinkomok.
Keo laughed.
Lift your right paw" commanded Gin
komok. Keo obeyed. and the creature
touched 1t with its long. hairy tongue.
Then 1t held four skinny hands over Keo's
bowed head and mumbled some words in a
language unknown to man or beast. or fowl
or fish. After this it spoke again in hippo
potamese:
Your skin has now become so tough
that no man can hurt you. Your strength
Is greater than that Of ten elephants. Your
foot is SO swift that you can distance the
wind. Your wit is sharper than the built
horn. Let the man fear. but drive fear from
your own breast forever; for Of all your
race you are the mightiest!'
Then the terrible Glinkomok leaned over.
and Keo felt its fiery breath scorch him as
it whispered some further instructions in
his ear. The next moment It glided back
into its cave, followed by the loud thanks
of the three appropriateness. who slid into
the water and Immediately began their
journey home.
The mothers heart was full Of Joy; Uncle
Nep shivered once or twice as he remem-
bered a glimpse he had caught of Glinko-
mok, but Keo was as jolly as possible. and.
not content to swim with his dignifed eld-
ers, he dived under their bodies. raced all
around them and laughed merrily every
inch of the way home.
Then all the tribe held high links and
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-rTrN FOR THE suNpAY,REPUBLIc.
ON one Of the upper branches OF the Con-
no River lived an ancient and aristocratic
family Of APPROPRIATENESS. which boosted
q pedigree dating back beyond the days, OF
Noah-beyond the existence of mankind
Ear into the dim ages when the world was
new.
They had always lived upon the banks of
this same river. so that every curve and
sweep Of its waters. every pit and shallow
Of its bed, every rock and stump and wal
low upon its bank was as familiar to them
a their own mothers. And they are living
there yet, I suppose.
Not long ago the Queen Of this tribe OK
Appropriateness had a child which she
named Keo, because 1t was, so TAT ana
round. Still. that YOU may not be misied.
I will say that IN the hippopofamus lam
guage "Keo," properly translated. means
.fat and lazy instead Of fat and round.
However. no one called the Queens atten-
lion to this error, because her tusks were
monstrous long and sharp. and she thought
Keo the sweetest baby in the world.
he was, indeed, all right for a hippopot-
amus. He rolled n played in the SOFT
mud of the river bank. and waddled inland
% nibble the leaves OF the wild cabbage
Shat grew there. and was happy and con-
tented from morning till night. And he was
che jolliest hippopotamus that ancient FAM
ny had ever known. His little red eyes
were forever tw1nkling with fun. and he
laughed his merry laugh on all occasions.
whether there was anything to laugh at or
not
Therefore the black people who dwelt in
that region called him ''Ippi"-the jolly one.
although they dared not come anigh him
On account OF his fierce mother and his
equally fierce uncles and aunts and cousins.
VINO lived in a vast colony upon the river
hank.
And while these black people. who lived
IN little villages scattered among the trees.
dared not openly attack the royal family OF
Appropriateness. they were amazingly fond
Of eating -hippopotamus meat whenever they
could get ii. This was no secret to the
Appropriateness. And. again. when the
blacks managed to catch these animals
alive. they had a trick of riding them
through the Jungles as IL they were horses.
thu reducing them to a condition Of
slavery.
Therefore. having these things in mind,
whenever the tribe Of hippopotamuses
smelled the oily odor Of black people they
were acc ustomed to charge upon them furi-
cusly, and II by chance they overlook one
OF the enemy they would rip him with their
sharp tusks or stamp him into the earth
with their huge feet
Il was continual warfare between the hip
popotamuses and the black people.
0ouie lived IN one OF the little villages Of
the blacks. He was the son of the chiefs
brother and grandson OF the village sor-
---- A. V~AA>- ~s> Y----
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praised the mighty Glinkomok for befriend-
Ing their Queens son.. And when the day
came for the Jolly Ore to give himself No
to the black man they all kissed him good
by without a single fear for his safety.
Keo went away in good spirits, and they
: could hear his laughing "guk-uk-uk-t lux! r.
] long after he was lost to sight in'the. jun
I gle.
Gouie had counted the days and .knew
when to expect Keo. but he was astonished
at the monstrous size to which his captive
had grown and congratulated himself on
the wise bargain he had made. And keo
was so fat that Gouie determined to eat
him-that is. all of him he possibly gould:
and the remainder of the carcass he would
trade of to his fellow-villagers. :.
So he took a knife and tried to stick II
into the hippopotan1us, but the skin was
20 tough the knife was blunted against 1t.
| Then he tried other means: but keo re-
mained unhurt.
And now. indeed, the Jolly One laughed
his most gleeful laugh. till all the forest
echoed the ''guk-uk-uk-uk-uk!' And Gou'e
decided not to kill him. since that was I'M
| possible. but to use him for a beast of bur-
den. He mounted upon Keo's back and COM
manded him to march. So Keo trotted brisk
ly thro, gh the villaga his little eyes
twinklirs with merriment.
The other blacks were delighted with
Gouie's captive, and begged permission to
| ride upon the Jolly Ones back. So Gouie
bargained with them for bracelets and shell
necklaces, and little gold until
he had acquired quite a heap of trinkets.
! Then d dozen black men climbed upon Keo 3
back to enjoy a ride. and the one nearest
his nose cried out:
Run. mud-dog-run!"
And Keo ran. Swift as the wind he strobe,
away from the village. through the forest
and straight up the river bank. The black
men howled with fear: the jolly One roared
with laughter; and on. on. on they rushed!
| Then before them, on the opposite side OF
the rtver.- appeared the black mouth OF
GHnkomok's cave. keo dashed into the
water. dived to the bottom and left the
black people struggling ito swim out. But
Glinkomok had. heard the laughter of Keo
and knew what to do. When the jolly One
rose to the surface and blew the water
from his throat there was no black man to
be seen. -
Keo returned. alone sto the village. and
Gouie asked. with surprise:
Where aresmy brothers?"
81 do not know" answered Keo. IT took
them far away, and they remained where I
left them" u
Gouie would have asked more questions
then. but another crowd Of black men were
impatieptly waiting TO ride on the back of
the laughing ~hippopotamus. So they paid
the price and climbed to their seats. after
which. the. foremost said:
Run, acknowledgements"
And leo ran as before and carried them
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to tbe mouth o, el,nkomok.. eav. and re.

turned alone.
But now Gouie became anxious to know
the fate of his fellows. for he was the only
black man left in his village. So ne mount
ed the hippopotamus and cried:
Run. river-h0g. rum
Ke6 -lafighed his jolly "guk-uk-uk -ukri
and ran with the speed OF the wind. But
this time he made straight for the river
bank. where his own tribe liked, and when
he. reached 1t he waded into the riveti
dived to the bottom and left Goufe fioatiIt
in the middle OF the stream:
The black man began swimming towA6
the right bank, but there he saw Uncle
Nep and half the royal. tribe waiting to
stanp him into the soft mud. so he turned
toward the left Dank. and there stood the
Queen mother and Uncle FNikki. red-eyed
and angry, waiting to tear him with their
tusks. j
Then Gouie uttered loud screams OF ter7'
ror, and. spying the Jolly One. who swami
near him. he cried:
Save me. Keo! Save me. and ! will re-
lease you from slavery.
"fhat is not enough" laughed Keo.
IT will serve you all my life!' screamed
Gouie: IT will doTeverything you hid mer'
Will you return to me in a year and q
day and become my captive If / allow you
to, e~sespe?' asked Keo.
Il will I will. I willr' cried Goufe.
Swear 1t by the bcnes of your grand
IaIncr.F tON1naNusI NeO. remembering
thai black men have no tusks to swear by.
And Gouie swore 1t by the bones of mis-
grandfather.
Then Keo swan to the black one. who
clambered upon his back again. In this
fashion they came to the bank. where Keo
told his mother and all the tribe OF the
bargain he had made with Gouie. who was
to return In a. year and a day and become
his slave.
Therefore, the black man was permitted
to depart In peace. and once more the Jolly
One lived with his own people and was
happy.
When a year and a day had passed Kso
began watching. for the return Of Gouie;
but he did not come, then or ever after.
wards.
For the black man had made a bundle Of
his bracelets and shell necklaces and little
gold m and had Travelled many
miles into another country. where the
ancient and royal tribe of APPROPRIATENESS
was unknown. And he set up for q great
chief. because of his riches, and people
bowed down before him.
By day. he was proud and staggering.
But at night he tumbled and tossed p
his bed ard could not sleep. His conscience
troubled him.
For he had sworn by the bones Of his
grandfather; and his grandfather had no
bones.
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followed rather surprised him. a. he was
unconscious of his blunder. He proceeded
to explain: "Sir. by posterity ! do not mean
our ancestors. but those who come imms-
diately after them"
Sir Boyle also once sent an amusing equiv
ocal invitation to an Irish nobleman Of his
acquaintance: q" hope. my lord. II ever
you com within a mile Of my house.. that
you'll stay there all night"
10y. -
Irish Dennition Of . Yankee.
He'd kiss a Queen till he'd raise a biister.5
With his arms round her; neck, and his old
felt hat on: ;-.i .snas
Address a King, by the title Of Mister.
And ask him the price Of the throne be
-. tsat on. is4t ~
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An Editors Excuse for . BlundeP.
An Irish editor, apologizing for a rather
serious blunder in his paper. said: II never
saw the manuscript till 1t was in print"
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Once. when 1t was stated. on the occasion.
Of . debate Oh some money grant. that 1t
was unjust to saddle posterity with a debt
incurred to benefit the. present. Sir Boyle
arose and said: Why should we beggar
ourselves to benefit posterity? What has
posterity done for us?" The laugh which
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sharp Retort.

A Q RetOrt.
A Yankee and an Irishman happening to
be riding together passed a gallows.
"where would you be-" said Jonathan.
III the gallows had itssdue?"
..Riding alone. 1 guess" said the Irish
man.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-22

Ben Stribling, oolorod, was ar
rested yesterday by Constable j.
P. Monroo and Policeman Q. B.
Smith, upon warrant charging
him with stealing a pooketbook
containing $1,000 from Mrs. Q. e.
Aumiller, yesterday morning. He
denied having taken the money at
all, but the officers finding several
dollars on his person, swore out a
search warrant and went to his
house where they found the bal
anoe of the money, He then con
fessed having taken the money,
Mrs, Aumiller secured all of the
money and Ben was released on a
$500 90 bail. The case was tried
before Squire j. e, johnson as
Squire Rayburn was out of town
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-22

The individual who gets the f9w-
est letters makes the most complaint
to the postmaster; the man who
never had a good meal at home
growls at the hotel aooommoda-
tons; the person who complains
most of his neighbors is the mean
est of the lot; the church member
who pays the least to the preachers
salary finds the most fault with his
preaching, and always complains
of the bad management of the
church; and the subscriber who is
the slowest to pay his subscription
finds the most fault with the local
papers.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-22

To look out on our streets and
see the number of worthless ours,
running around, one could not
avoid coming to the conclusion
that our town is monster kennel.
There are ordinances against dogs,
regulating there ownership, requir-
ing their taxation and providing in
certain contingencies for their sum-
mary departure hence. The CITY Of
fioiuls could not do more meritor-
ious act than to euforce the dog or,
dinances without fear, favor or af-
fcction. Digs without owners and
untnxed dogs should be turned in
to canlish bait ut the earliest mo-
ment. We hope our CITY officials
will clear tue streets of dogs.
Morgantown News; Ask your
Republican farmer friend what
about his wool this year. What
has swept away his high Mckinley
and Dingley prioes2 How does il
come that right in the zenith Of
MIR McKinIey's reign, when trust
manufactured goods are enjoy
ing greut boom, along with rail
road stocks, the farmers wool ii
down to 10 and Zoo per pound, in
stead of bringing 400 as Mr.
Mckinley once predioted, Seems
like the farmers have been feeced
and this includes those who votec
for Mckinley, as we'll as others
Last year wool brought ESQ.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-22

The sad news of the death of
Mrs. II B. Grow, of Ripley, was
received here last evening. Mrs.
Grow was daughter of the late
Hon. Geo. Walker, of Ripley, and
was beloved by all who know
her. The deceased leaves a hus-
band and little son three months
old, and wide circle of friends
and relatives to mourn her death.
The funeral will take place Friday
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-22


Cashier of the Point Pleasant
National Bank. Mr.. Mccoy has
very severe attack of intiamatory
rheumatism, and was yesterday
seized with pneumonia. Ho is
now very sick and his friends are
alarmed at his condition. His
sisters, Misses Maggie and Anna
Mccoy, arrived here yesterday
from Buffalo.
From Thursdays Daily.
Mr.. r. e. Edwards, of Letart,
was in town yesterday.
Mr.. D. Q. Davis, of Clifton, was
business visitor in town yoster-
day.
Hon. @. E. Hogg, of this city
will deliver and address on Memoir
ial Day May Both at Spencer.
Mr.. Robt. Neale, of Ben LON
and, is hero visiting DIR. w. p.
Neale and family.
Mr.. Robt. Waugh, of Ashton,
has gono to Columbus, whore has
secured lucrative position.
Born to Rev. and Mrs. y. Fl.
Reid ten pound daughter this
m orning. May 10Th, 1901.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. Geo. N.
Oliver, of Hickory Chapel, a son,
Wednesday, May 18th, 1901.
Mr.. Earl Henry, of Clifton, was
in town yesterday Mr. Henry
qualified as Mine Inspector and
entered upon his duties.
Mr.. Andrew Watson, who has
been sick for some weeks, at his
home at Heights, is better this
morning.
Mr.. L. r. Campbell, who has
been confined to his home for the
past few days, we are glad to an
nounce, is able to be out again.
We regret to announce that Mr..
Chas. Cartmill is dangerously i'll,
at his home at Heights, of dropsy.
His family and friends are alarmed
at his condition.
Mr.. f. Nj Whaley has taken
position on the 0. r. r. as opera
tor. and is working at the depot at
this place for short time at nights,
He will be permanently located at
Wildwood.
from Fridays DailP
Mrs. Geo. Pullins and Miss
Gretchen Pullin, of Dolby, were
visitors in our CITY yesterday.
Messrs. f. J. Spencer and Give
O. Handy, of Wanseon, Ohio, are
business visitors here.
Born, to Mr.. and Mrs. VIM.
Mayes, below Henderson, daugh-
tor, Thursday, May 10th, 1901,
Mrs. F. A. Guthrie, who has
been visiting her son DR.. L. V.
Guthrie at Spencer, returned home
yesterday,
Miss Kate Mcdaniel returned
J esterday to her homo at Heights,
after several weeks visit to rela.
tives at Hickory Chapel,
Miss Lucy Long, one of Pleas
ant Flats most charming and
pleasant young ladies, down here
on visit to friends, has returned
to her home.
The youngest son of Rev. and
Mrs. Thos. E. Swan, died Tues
day, May IA, 1901, at Clarksburg,
of pneumonia. Rev. and Mrs
Swan were visiting her sister, Mrs.
a. X Fenton, at the time of the
ohild's death. The Register ex.
tends it's sympathy to the bereaved
parents.
Mrs. B. r. Stephens will leave
today for Springfield, Mass, where
the interment of the remains of
her husband, Mr.. BENZ. r. Steph-
ems, will take place. Mr.. Steph.
ems died last winter at Springfield,
but owing to extremely bad wealth
or, his remains were deposited in
vault.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1901-05-22

The members of the State Board
of Health will meet in Charleston
Juno 18th, for tho purpose of
organizing, eleoting officers and
transaction of suoh business as
may come before them. Applicants
for examination for license to
practice medicine, surgery, etc.,
are notified to meet State Board of
Examiners at State Capital, We'd
nesday, juno 18th