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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Control Your Temper.


Control your temper while you can,
Don't let 1t ruin your being a man;
For II your temper has its way
Tou viii wrong things do and say.
Atsomething a you VIII get very mad
Then in your passion do something bad;
Perhaps then you will see your loss
Bal, alas, your temper has become your loss.
You've let IL control you till at last
II apparently has you entirely fast
Beneath It's chains OF ternaI woe
Dragging You down the realm below.
So, at last, you inwardly rave and tare
And In your mind there is nothing fair
Good thoughts have gone from you away,
They have gone and gone 10 stay
Good and bad thoughts can never agree
10 I've in the same house you plainly see:
Nov II good ones won't stay with you
The bad ones then will have to do.
They'll come right out onto your face
To show the world you're falling from grace.
For on your countenance there1l be a look
That people can read as well as a book.
Il tells to your friends as well as your foes
Tisatt sti have on ynnr mind fearful woes;
In a depiorable condition YOUR life is eb-
bing away
Simply because you've been mad every day.
Could it be so. that you could wear a smile
And be at your self again just for awhile;
oh, do change from your wickedness once
more
II you don't you shall never reach the ever
green shore.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

AS business proposition the
coal miners should consider what
an assessment for aid to the an
thracite men means. Unquestion-
ably it will cost them a great deal
less than strike would, but still it
will require a great deal of money
many thousands of dollars-ta
ken from the slender earnings of
the members of the union. And
for what? To make the coal oper-
ators recognize the anthracite
union and adjust conditions fairly
Now suppose that the operators
could be summoned to appear be-
fore court or tribunal and submit
to an impartial trial of the case.
How much less burdensome that
would be. Why should working
men be called upoa to tax them
selves specially to get justice for
fellow workmen, when there are
courts to settle all other controver-
sizes, maintained at public EXPENSE
LIS it not an absurdity? Have we
not palpable defect in our sys.
tenn of government.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
e.NIournine sunday." {"

A curious custom obtains among
the peasantry of the Isle of Man
The Sunday following the funeral
of relative is called Mourning
Sunday" and as many of the dead
persons relations as are avails BILE
meet together and go to church
So far we'll and good, but the ex.
traordinary part of it is that throu-
ghout the entire time they remain
seated and do not enter at all into
any outward participation in the
service.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Tbe Comparison Odio,,s,

OF certain bishop. famous as
about the plainest man in England,
the Liverpool Post tells this pleas.
ing tale: One day, as this homely
parson sat in an omnibus, he was
amazed by the persistent staring
of fellow passenger, who present.
ly unburdened himself as follows
you're a parson, amt your"
"Well. yes; that is So"
Look ere, parson, would you
mind comm 'ome with me to sec
my wifeP"
Imagining the wife was sick and
needed assistance, the clergyman
at great inconvenience to himself
went with the man. On arriving
at the house the man shouted tC
his wife to come downstairs, and
pointing to the astonished parson
said, with a grin of delight:
"Look e ERE Sairry. Yer sale
this mornin' as 1 wur the hughes
chap in England. Now, just ye'
look at this blokeY
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

Maryland, our sister state to the
east, has of late years been paying
much attention to the production
of alfalfa grass. and her expert
ments along that line could in all
probabilfty be practiced in parts OF
West Virginia in profitable man.
ner. President Sylvester, of the
Maryland Agricultural College
spent all of last week in Kent coun.
ty investigating alfalfa Hun
dreds of acres of this grass are be.
ing planted and it is a most re-
markable feed One leading farm.
er of that county planted five acres
and has cut it twice. The first
time he got 16 large wagon loads
and the second time 15 extra big
loads. He will be able to cut the
grass twice more. The feed from
this grass is a boon to farmers, as
ton of it is equal to a ton of bran
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Books Closed.

The CITY tax books which nave
been in the hands of the city treas
urer for several weeks, were closed
july 31st, and all taxes not paid to
the above officer are now in the
hands of the city marshal who will
collect the same. By paying your
corporation taxes to the city treas.
urer during the months of June
and July, at which time the taz
books are in his hands, property
owners save the 10 per cent. penal.
ty which is added to the tickets
when placed in the hands of the
marshal.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

Juage Holt ON .he Pontleal sltu-

Judge Holt on the Political Sftu-
alton.
The Cincinnati Enquirer of a
recent date says:
Judge John 81. Holt. the distin-
guished Democrat of Huntington,
w. Va. who two years ago led his
state ticket and Bryan, as the can
didate for Governor. by 500 votes
is at the Grand. He is now the at
torney for the Seaboard Air Line
and is here to confer with with the
representatives of the Anderson
family in relation to a large and
valuable area of land they own in
West Virginia into which the rail-
road company is extending its sys-
tenn. OF the political lay of the
land in his state, Judge Holt said:
what we Democrats of West
Virginia desire now, as above all
things else. is harmony. for We
realize that without it our chance
to carry the country is hopeless.
AS long as we continue to abuse
one another we cannot expect to
have harmony. What we want to
do now is to go back to bed rock
Democracy without surrendering
any of our cardinal principals,
pledging ourselves not to disturb
the Legitimate business Interests of
the country. and fight the republi-
cans on their own vulnerable
ground-their high tariff; their
trusts; their imperialistic tenden-
cies; their Philippine war; their
corruption and wanton waste of
the peoples money. We must
recognize that free silver is dead
issue. With such platform and
an acceptable ticket we will win.
AS to the most available candidate
for the Presidency a great many of
the leading Democrats of our state
favor Senator German, of Mary
land, and I believe that it would
afford the mass of our Democracy
pleasure to have the vote of our
delegation cast for him in our next
national convention.
"The Republicans of West Vir-
ginia are in a serious wrangle over
the next United States Senator, to
be selected next winter, and they
will lose some Senatorial districts
by reason of it, but hardly enough
1 must admit, to give us the Legis.
lature. The bitter fight between
Scott and Caldwell will, 1 believe
be at both of them, and Judge Ma.
than Goff will probably be the
beneficiary of the feud and suc
ceed Scott. 1t looks that way now.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
NO. so
a High Diver.
The following is from the GalIia
Times. of last week.


The following is from the GalIia
Times. of last week:
Chris Karnes is the second son
of the late james HA Karnes. and
is now at his mothers home in this
city. Several years ago he enlist.
ed in the U. S. Navy and after
short period of service was dis
chered on account of ill health.
He afterwards went to New Mexi-
% for his health and it was during
his sojourn in the southwest that
he undertook the daring feat men
toned above. The distance will
be better understood when it is
stated that the distance from the
extreme top of the Cross ON the
Methodist church steeple in this
city to the pavement is I40 feet.
It is said that Chris will do 4
high dive at the Ohio State Fair
and later will attempt to rival
Steve Brodie's famous leap from
Brooklyn bridge by diving from
the top of the Point Pleasant rail-
way bridge into the Ohio River.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

The people of the Fifth CON-
gressional district will have the op-
portunity cf voting for thorough
ly qualified man for congress, now
that the democrats have made their
nomination. Hon. David E Johns
ton holds the highest rank in all
the lines. He is good lawyer.
He is splendid citizen, command
ing the respect of all who know
him. He would make a splendid
representative in congress. and
would reflect credit on the state
Have the people of the Fifth sense
enough to lay aside party prejudice
and elect congressman
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Quite warm.

A Missouri editor speaks of the
weather in that country as follows:
"It has been SO hot and dry down
here in Missouri that the wagons 90
around with their tongues out, and
ice has to be soaked all night in
water before it will make Lemonade.
The catfish kick up so much dust
in the beds of the creeks that the
water melons ON the bottoms look
like big chunks of dirt. A spark
from an engine set FIRE to farmers
pond and half a carload of bull
frogs were burned before the
flames could be extinguished and
the ground was so hard and dry
that the orawfish holes in the low
places were pulled up and sold for
gas pipes; even the horns were
melted off the cattle. Ohlit's SIM
ly hot"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Representative Baboook tries I,

Representative Babcock tries to
excuse his party for its failure to
adopt a plank condemning the con-
tinued protection of the trusts by
saying that the state party did not
wished to get mixed up with ma
tional politics" But Mr.. Babcock
knows that his psrty is kept in
power only by the trusts and that
it dares not make any move mimi
cal to their interests.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
The Way 1t often Goes.

"Some men are born poor" said
the man who tries to be different;
"some achieve pc verty, and others
buy furniture on the installment
plan. Again, one man is born rich
and manages to hold his own,
another achieves riches and ability
to hold other peoples own as well
as his own own, and still another
promotes an elongated and arid oil
we'll in Texas and then goes away
and leaves the stockholders in the
hole"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

Henry Walters, of Baltimore,
who recently purchased the Mass
erenti art collection in Rome and
brought it to this country, thus ad.
ding a valuable collection to Amer.
lean art treasures. was compelled
to pay $4,000 duty by provision
of the Dingley law against which
American artists have long pro-
tested.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
When the Republicans tell you

When the Republicans tell you
in their platforms or on the sEump
that thoy favor this, that or the
other law if lheS aie elected, tell
them taey lie aad they know 1hey
lie. And to prove it, show them
they have had for six years the
President, the Senate, and the
House, and could have enacted any
law the people demanded and
their nation al platforms proclaim
ed. They do not want any lelgisla-
tion that will benefit the people.
ALI they want is the votes of the
dupes so they can continue to
skin the public. The Republican
party has passed in the last six
years every law the trusts, the mo-
nopolists. and protected interests
have desired. 1t has never passed
a single act that made it easier for
the working man TO make living.
But its legislation has resulted in
enabling the specie.l few to tax the
clothes off his back, deny his wife
and children the necessary food fol
their proper suste;narlce. and put
beyond the reach ,,f any wage
Garner the possibili ty of an educa-
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
To NV Friends.

1t is with joy tell you what Kodol
did for e. / was troubled with my
stomach for several months. Upon be
ing advised t. use Kodol. / did so, and
words cannot tell the good it has done
me. A neighbor had dyspepsia SO that
he had tried most everything. i told
him to use Kodol. Words of gratitude
have come to me from him because ]
recommended it.-Geo. w. Fry, viola,
Iowa. Health and strength, of mind
and body, depend on the stomach, and
ormal activity of the digestive organs
Kodol, the great reconstructive tonic
cures all stomach and bowel troubles
indigestion, dyspepsia. Kodol digestt
any food you eat. Take a dose after
meals. Hooff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

The coronation of King Edward
has been fixed for August 9th. He
is now at Cowes, Isle of Wright,
said to be steadily recovering. But
other reports come from London to
the effect that the King is suffer-
ing from a trouble in his throat
which may necessitate an opera
tion and is regarded as more seri-
GUS than the former trouble.
When he recovers he will sail for
America to visit the Park at Point
Pleasant.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Twenty new national banks have

Twenty new national banks have
organized in West Virginia under
the act of March Ia, 1900. This
includes all up to June 80. this
year. Eleven of them, under $780,
QUO capital, have an aggregate cap
ital of $500. 900, aud nine over $780,
600 capital have an aggregate cap
ital of $560,OO0 capital. The
amount of bonds deposited totals
S279,5O0
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
struck 1t Rich.

The many friends of Samuel W.
Anderson, Esq. of Muddy Creek,
will rejoice to learn that he has
made tenstrike in the cattle busi-
ness this season. Last fall and early
winter, he purchased 2,150 head of
export cattle in Greenbrier and
Monroe counties, paying therefor
from A to 3 cents per pound. A
few weeks ago he sold to Eastern
exporters the entire lot, realizing a
profit of about S14.0O per bead, OF
between $4,000 and S3o,OOO.-
Greenbrier Independent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
His Sight Threatened.

"While picnicking last month my H.
weed or plant" says W. III. Dioble, OF
Sioux City, Ia. "He rubbed the poison
off his hands into his eyes and for a
while we were afraid he would lose his
sight. Finally a neighbor recommend
ed DeWitt's Witch Hazel Salve. The
first application helped him and in few
days he was as well as ever" For skin
diseases, cuts, burns, scalds, wounds,
insect bites. DeWitt's Witch Hazel
Salve is sure cure. Relieves pilos at
once. Beware of counterfeits. Hooff.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
1t Needs A Tonic.

There are times when your liver
that grippe and weaken. Dewitt's Little
Farley Risers expel all poison from the
system and act as tonic to the liver.
w. Scott, 531 Highland ave-, Milton, Pa,
says: Il have carried DeWitt's Little
Ear!y Risers with me for several years
and would not be without them"
Small and easy to take. Purely vegeta-
BILE. They never gripe or distress. G..
w. NJ. Hoof.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Lay Them Right.

If Point Pleasant ever does get
her sewerage system completed, it
is to hoped that it will be success.
Money spent in this way and the
system properly engineered will
never be regretted by the taxpay-
ers. Sewers we must have, and
they must be laid right or the
trouble they give lily laid will never
cease.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
tiou for his posterity. Braxton
Democrat.
Sitting a Waltz.

The young people who indulge
in the giddy mazes of the waltz
will hear with interest that the
heads of Washington and New
York society have declared that
sitting" waltz will be more FASH
ionable from now on than dancing.
The sitting out" embodies the
same position as dancing. the only
difference is that you sit instead of
dance. The mans right arm is
around the girls waist while his
left hand holds her right. Her
right hand is placed upon his
shoulder while her head rests low
ingly upon his bosom. and sll they
have to do is to sit and listen to the
music. Now that is something
like We have always regarded it
as quite nuisance to have to gal
lop mile or two to get a hug or
two. A room full ofpeople sitting
on sofas hugging to music is more
to our notion. This will give the
old rheumatic brethren another
good chance to waltz. Men waltz,
not for the dance, but for the po-
sition. and while many man loses
his appetite for dancing he has to
get powerful old before he loses
his appetite for hugging pretty
girl.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

Agriculture is expanding with
the other pursuits and will contin-
ue to occupy growing field until
radical changes have taken place
in providing for the larders of the
world. But beyond all of that the
farm is the base of subsistence for
the human race, and it cannot be
ignored. No matter what straits
agriculture may find itself falling
into, it cannot permanently decline
because the race gets its living
from the farm.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

In support of the contention that
Lord Salisbury was the most con
servative, man in England, it is
told of him that temperance ad-
vocate. urging him to support a
movement to reduce the number
of saloons, said, "At least, my lord,
you will admit that a great increase
in the number of drinking places is
an additional temptation to over
indulgence" "Not at ALL" replied
Salisbury, "If 1 visit home with
forty bedrooms 1 feel no greater in
clination to sleep"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Special Low Rates on Sundays,
Baltimore II Ohio Railroad.

The Baltimore & Ohio Railroad
will sell excursion tickets at very
low rates, good going and return
ing same day. every Sunday during
summer season, on regular trains
to and from all stations between
Point Pleasant and Mason City,
between Point Pleasant and Ken
ova inclusive No higher rate than
81 80. Call on ticket agent for rates
and time of trains. til sep l
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
Church Notice.

Beginning Monday, August 18th,
the Rev. W. "a. Burkhardt will
hold services at Bruce Chapel, this
county, as follows:
Monday 7:50 p. m Tuesday 7:3O
p. IN, Wednesday 10 a M. 200 p.
m. 7:30 p. m.. Thursday, Friday
and Saturday 1880 p. m, Sunday
IL a. N. and 1880 p. m.
The service on Wednesday at2:OO
p m will be CEildrens' Service.
Everyone cordially invited to these
services. Let all come.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

A British army officer, to whom
was submitted mass of testimony
relative to the respective advanta-
ges of long coats and short jackets
for wear at "mess, with a request
for his opinion, saw the Iudicrous
side of the red tape and replied,
81 beg to report (l) that 1 approve
the adoption of tail-coat for mess
and (2) 1 consider one tail should
be red and the other blue"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
B. of Il. E. Meeting.

A very interesting meeting of
the Brotherhood Locomotive En-
gineers of the B. & o. Railroad
was held at Wheeling last week.
Several prominent state officials
were in attendance and addressed
the meeting.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

The advertisements of enterpris-
ing merchants in their home paper
not only brings success, but they
help to make the town prosperous
Merchants cannot hope to do bust.
ness without advertising, and a
town that gives its newspaper nc
support cannot hope to increase its
number of industries. Next to the
selection of place to do business
the preparation of an advertisement
for the home newspaper is the
most important.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

The semi-oficial announcement
that General Wood is to be placed
in charge of the construction of the
Panama canal leads to the question
does physicians s education and the
friendship of the President qualify
a man to direct a great engineer
ing enterprizeP
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

President Roosevelt makes the
mistake of believing that he has an
insight in the War Department af-
fairs when he has gone to the Root
of them. He made the same error
in regard to Navy Department af-
fairs. he mistook Long investi-
cation for thorough one.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

The autocratic methods of Score
tary Root, and his policy which is
regarded as preparatory to the Sc
lection of General Corbin to sue
ceed General Miles, are making
trouble in the War Department
1t is rumored that those officers
who are obliged to serve under
General Garter, acting adjutant
general, will file an emphatic pro-
test when the Secretary returns &c
Washington.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06
RemarkabIe RECORD.

The month just passed has been
one of the most remarkable months
ever known in the history of steam.
boating on the Ohio river. For
almost the first time in the mem.
ory of river veterans there has been
a good boating stage throughout
the month of July.
In past years packets drawing
less than three feet of water have
been compelled to go the bank.
The Pittsburg and Cincinnati pack
cts have not run in the month of
July for many years, but they have
been running throughout that
month. For almost the first time
in the history of the river coal
trade. there has been a shipment
out of iPittsburg in the month of
July, and during this month there
have been three shipments. River
men are confident that there will
be but little low wates this season.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

The Republicans are wise in
their decision to use oratory rather
than literature in the coming cam
paign. Buncombe is far less easily
detected when couched in fam
boyant oratory than when express
ed in print.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

The Republicans say that they
are going to fight the trusts. But
if you will just keep your eyes
open you will see that they are bed
fellows.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1902-08-06

When every American carpen-
ter and contractor realizes that he
has to pay 81 25 for the same keg
of nails for which the foreigner
pays $1.30 there is likely to be a
serious depletion ofthe Republican
ranks.