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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14
Can One Escape.
Sentinel, Indianapolfs.


One of the most disheartening
things for one who would be an
optimist; one of the most inexpli-
cable problems of modern ciyiliza-
ton, is met by the reader of the
daily papers in the seemingly in
creasing number of suicides in all
parts of the country. Almost every
day within the borders of our own
state some persons decides to make
his own quietus rather than any
longer to grunt and sweat under
this weary life. Temporarily in
sane" is the verdict oftenest heard,
bu' it does not satisfy. We know
better than that. as suicidal mania
is easy to recognize. And we see
in the great majority of cases
merely the desire to escape trouble
that seems unbearable
Somehow it does not seem fair
to the rest CT us that these persons
should escape their part of the ill-
and responsibilities of life. We
whose fingers are bleeding from
trying to uutangle the coil see an
injustice in this slashing of the
Gordian knot 1t is too easy. Sup
pose We should ell be Alexanders
and solve the problem with the
sword-answer the question by
evading it? Every man has duties
and responsibilities and sorrows
laid upon him. Gan he escape
them?
If he can, then the whole system
of things is wrong. 1t is not poss-
ible-it is not in accord with any
idea of eternal justice that a man
can eat, drink and be merry, ride
roughshod over every law of God
and man, pander to the flesh and
defy his appetite and then evade
the consequences BY the speedy
mercy of bullet.
There is in nature an inexorable
law, which has gone by many
names. It is sometimes called
cause and effect" sometimes "aot-
ion and resction;" the old Greek
called it Nemesis" and the ancient
Hindu called it "Karma." And the
Prophet of Gslilee put the whole
truth into one short sentence
Whatsoever a man soweth that
shall he also reap" Every deed
must react; that is the Justice of
nature.
There are few who would deny
this law, being confronted with it.
But there are fewer who have any
realization of its significance. We
know that it must be true that it
always works; we know that with.
out it's working society would be a
lawless mob, man would be an ir-
responsible brute, nature herself
would be -hnPeloss tumble and
the very atoms that make up the
universe would not hold together.
How it works we cannot always
see. But if there is any rule to
which we can cling it must be
this one of justice. And if it
never fails, nobody can escape it
not even by death. That this is a
profound mystery does not alter
the fact. Theologians of all ages
have invented more or less crude
and faulty bells to meet the diff
Guilty of the case. No man can
say with authority that he knows
about these things But there it
is-it is coming to you, and you
had better stand it and get it over
with. 1t will confront you again
and again until you have satisfied
it. You cannot escape it, SO you
had better take your medicine
when it comes.
You cannot escape the oonse-
quences of your own actions.
1t wouldn't be fair.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

One of the Registers Republican
friends writes: "Send the Register
to my wife for the eensuing year.
This comes from marrying a
Democrat" We salute Mrs. T.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

Old men Hensel. who lived all
alone at Logan. Ohio, is dead. No
one supposed he possessed any
wealth. but they found $4,000 hid
in an old paint pot.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

George B. Mcclellan, SON of the
hero Antietam, will give Seth Low
the race of his life for Mayor of
New York.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

Work on the foundation for the
new bank building, corner of 9Th
and Main streets, is progressing
nicely. and the promoters will push
the structure rapidly to compile.
ton.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14
CoLLFeF Fill.

The "taffy" social given by Jas
Canifax Saturday night was quite
a success. all reported good time,
and among them was Peter Elkins,
of Columbus.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

A Point Pleasant woman has dis.
covered new use for the tele-
phone. Wishing to visit neigh
Dor, she pulled the baby's buggy
up in front of the telephone, open.
ed the receiver, and told central if
the baby began to CRY to call her
up at the neighbours.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

Here is an obituary printed in a
Kansas paper: "She reared nine
children She darned 10000 socks.
She cooked 100000 meals. She
washed l. 0OO.0 600 dishes. She died
and went to Heaven"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

Former soldiers are causing 9
g 'od deal of discomfort in Russia.
The Car should start pension
role
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

Mrs. B. K. Bell, of Leon, he's a
cotton patch in her garden, which
is in fine condition for this eli
mate. She also has banana plant,
2 years old which will no doubt
bear next year.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

Mr.. Shaw has discovered that
the Secretary of the Treasury pos,
sesses powers which the country
has for long time supposed were
vested only in Congress.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

Don't be without the Register
during the winter months. We
will send it to any address six
months for fifty cents.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

1t is said that the President will
discuss the divorce question in
his annual message to Congress.
Will his ideas on this question be-
come as popular as his opinions
on race suicide3
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14
W. M. Duffy. HI. Robey.
DUFFY & ROBEY,
Real Estate and
Insurance Agents.

Have you a farm or town prop
erty you would like to sell2 If
you have, list it with us and we
viii find a purchaser.
We also represent frst-class
Fire, Life. Accident and Health
Insurance Companies and we speak
for "a share of your business in
this line.
Respectfully,
DUFFY & ROBEY.
Office: Poffenbarger Bid.
West Side Main st.
Point Pleasant, West Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

1t is said that five sixths of the
negroes of Virginia are disfran-
chised. They are still better off
than the residents of the District
of Columbia where six sixths, white
and oolored. are disfranchised, with
the result of the best government
in the world.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

There are $4,000 voters in this
State who do not pay even their
poll tax. Republican counties like
Kanawha, Fayette and Mcdowell
have the most of these honorable
citizens, and their delinquent lists
published from year to year are
something frightful. The Tax
Commission proposes a plan by
which the $4,000 due from these
soabs upon the body politic can be
collected and turned into the school
fund. 1t proposes, too, that the
Constitution be amended SO as to
deprive all such delinquents of the
right to vote. Who will say that
this would not be rightp-Green-
brier Independent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14
Crops Short.

The monthly crop report issued
by the State Board of Agriculture
estimates the wheat product of the
State of Ohio at %, 297 .40s bushels
or 100000 bushels less than was
harvested in 1902 from about the
same aoreage-2.OOOOOO aores-in
round numbers. Oats this year
yielded 10 bushels to the acre less
than last year, making a total de
crease of 10000, 900 bushels in the
State. Thirty-six and half mill
ion bushels were harvested from
l 1886, 633 acres. Indications are
that the corn crop in the state will
be about 100000 bushels short
OF last year, when the total product
was 122,0OO,OOO bushels. The po-
tato yield is only 70 per oent of an
average crop, and apples drop to
4S per cent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-10-14

Senator Harms wants Sir ThosI
Upton made ambassador to the
United States. IF King Edward
follows his suggestion there viii
be some splendid teas given at the
British embassy at Washington.
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27

describe takes a slightly downward
instead Of upward curve. Swing for
the heart with the right. for the wind
with the left. When swinging for
the kidneys, across the small of the
back Ca blow that should never be
employed in a friendly bout between
beginners), use your right, as the
left side slightly forward, and the
small Of the back will be more ex-
posed and more easily reached from
that side.
A swing for the face is guarded by
raising the right or left hand (accOrd-
ing to which side the swing comes
from), SO that the arm from fist to
elbow is perpendicular (hand upper
most, of course), the glove to one side
Of the hand being at about the height
of the ear. Or. If you prefer, you can
usually guard swing that Is not too
swift or too heavy by the same means
with which you would guard a straight
blow Guard a body swing by CATCH
ing it CHANGING on the forearm and
throwing the blow forward, or by
catching it on the palm of your glove
and knocking 1t outward. If posi-
BILE, when you see a swing coming,
step back out of reach and be ready
to attack your antagonist before he
can recover his balance. Or else step
iii too close for the blow to harm you.
This last move, however, l can make
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27
TYSON T,ERHUNE, Athletic Expert Neau York Eveuiao
Vorld; Aathor of '1A4tscle Buldinq.' Etc.
Copyright. 1908, by Joseph B. Bowles.

+ Now let us try a right swing. When
your opponent leads for your face,
move your head to the left, and at the
same time swing the right arm in the
same way have taught you to swing
the left, keeping the palm turned out
and the back OF the hand toward your
opponent.
The swing, carrying as it does, the
cumula tive weight and force of arm
and body and gathering extra momen-
tum from the long distance it travels,
Is far more powerful than the straight
arm blow, but Con the same principle
of straight line being the shortest
distance between two points,, it is
also a much slower blow. If your
sparring partner led a straight blow
for your face at precisely the same
instant that you swung for his face,
ana if neither of you moved the head,
his blow would land before yours. For
that reason the swing should always
be used as counter and not as a lead.
Your antagonist leads for you with a
straight blow. You block or duck his
blow and counter with q swing. In
such case your swing stands good
chance Of landing on him. But If you
swing for him before, he leads, he will
have time to send in a straight blow,
and to block or avoid your swing.
There is another and still more CO.
gent reason why you should only use
the swing as a counter. When you
swing you leave one side OF your body
and face practically unsuarded. Hence
1t Is necessary to refrain from swing
ing until your opponent has other
work to attend to. which will render
him unable to take advantage of the
opening Let him lead therefore, be-
fore you swing. This is worth remem-
bering.
To swing for the body, use the same
method as In swinging for the head,
except, Of course, that the "circle" you
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27

upper arm about at right angles to
each other. The arm thus in shape
and motion is not unlike a grass hook
or sickle.
Bring shoulder and weight of body
around when "hooking,' is in a
swing. Guard q hook as swing is
guarded. The hook, like the swing,
may be delivered with either hand and
for the face or for the body.
You are not nearly as much ex-
posed, however, when you send in a
hook, as at least part of the arm you
are employing is always in front of
your body. The blow, too, travelling a
much shorter distance than does the
swing, is much quicker. 1t is of use
only at comparatively close quarters,
not having the reach does the
swing, nor requiring in every cir
cumstance to be used merely as a
counter. In both hooks and swings
everything depends on the speed and
accuracy of the blow and on the power
Of putting the force and weight of the
body into it. Remember, when I
speak Of putting the force and weight
Of the body into a blow, I do not
mean that, in friendly bout, you
shall strike with all that strength. But
the power should be there, used in
moderation, and capable of far greater
use if necessary. In the hook the
body movement is given more promi-
nence than in the swing, and in the
Jolt most of the force of the blow
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WEATHER PREDICTIONS
FOR THE NORTHWEST



2sss
The cold weather has eastward with twenty
about thirty the Gulf and northern
and middle Rocky mountains with this thirty
sin
region past
II S. Director
Saturday; rising temperature;
south winds. ~
Upper Saturday;
temperatures b
North
we
tonight and southwest winds
The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-11-27

issue, nor, indeed, Of the wisdom Of
conducting the suit. If they did con-
duct it. it would be with eyes wide
open to probable defeat, and the
rather questionable honor Of being
widely known and noticed in the trial
as the losers Of a famous case. On the
other hand, they might possibly win
the suit. That would be great tri-
umph. No men stood better at the
bar than Morley & Stevens, but, like
all ambitious men, they were far from
being satisfied, and longed for oppor-
tunities to display their legal knowl-
edge, and to mount higher in the
esteem Of the public.
The claimant had thus far failed to
touch their sympathies; whether he
would succeed in doing so remained
to be seen. But he had excited their
interest and curiosity thoroly, and
they plunged into consideration of
the case that very day. The writ was
issued, the advertisement engaged the
possibilities and probabilities were
weighed in the balance of common
sense and equity, and when the next
day arrived they were we'll equipped
to meet the claimant and to converse
with him further.
The writ of ejectment was served.
Seven days interviewed, and a
WIFI OF summons followed. MT.
Hamilton agreed to recognize
at the first term Of the supreme
court, and he engaged the counsel Of
Stone & Ferguson, whose reputation
by many was considered to equal that
Of Morley & Stevens.
Mr.. Carter, as it can easilysbe imag-
ined. was greatly excited by these pro-
ceedings. To be continually borne on
the wave of one exciting event to an
other, without any act of his own, was
very hard, he considered. Why people
could not be content with the estab-
lished order of events he could not
conceive This Edes would never. he
reasoned. have dared to put in his alb
surd claim without the encouragement
of his niece. Nothing would come of
it but scandal and cost, and they had
had enough of that already. Here were
Constance and the children at the Es-
sex house, he and Vane doing their
best to put up with Tilly's housekeep-
ing, and now this suit! It was enough
to make a quiet, peaceable man groan,
and Mr.. Carter groaned and COM
planned accordingly.
Mr.. Hamilton did neither. Tho it
was plain to- see that he was greatly
moved by these measures. he kept
quietly at his usual duties, except
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my HUSBANDS
SECOND WIFE"
The Two Wives of Bigamist Harry
Blinks to Write a Play.

Toledo. Ohio. Nov. 27.-Harry
Blinks, formerly of Wheeling, w. Va,
is furnishing the plot for comedy
which his accusers declare they will
write for presentation on the mimic
stage, and which will be known as
my Husbands Second Wife, They
are actresses and therefore ought to
know a god play when they see it,
but at the present time they are play
ing the leading parts in real earnest.
Blinksy Is the heavy villain and is
alleged to have married both the
actresses before he came tos Toledo
Isabelle Kesterton says he married her
in Wheeling and Grace Debroe de-
clares he plighted his troth to her be-
fore the altar of Hymen in Columbus,
Ohio. They came here and, becoming
acquainted, started out to have Blinks
arrested and his proper allegiance de-
termined. The officers found their
prisoner in the city clerks office MAX
ing application for a license to marry
a Toledo girl.
~.
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CHAPTER XIII.
The Claimant.

go to Morley & Stevens. / think
they will listen to you,' was all the
note contained, but to the recipient it
brought great joy, proving as 1t did that
Constance had been quietly working,
IL not in his behalf, to give him an
opportunity to prosecute his claims
and prove their title to be either true
or false.
Immediately after the receipt Of the
line from Constance, Edes repaired to
the office of Morley & Stevens. They
received him with seeming respect and
listened to his story with attention.
It is we'll known to my readers by this
time, and + will not repeat it. When
he finished, both lawyers observed
that he said nothing about Constance's
recognition thru the OlfactOry sense,
and they judged rightly that he was
unaware of it. They saw, therefore.
that it bore no part in his determine
ton to prosecute his claims. After the
matter had been discussed at some
length, Mr.. Morley said:
ACTIONS against tenants will apply
to your case, Mr.. Hamilton calling
him so for the first time), for they
provide for any case where one person
is in possession Of any land or tene-.
nent belonging to another. and wrong
fully withheld from the owner, wheth-
er the relation of landlord and tenant
ever existed between the parties or
not. Giving the tenant, or occupant, a
notice in writing to quit at a day
named therein is the first step. If
after seven days the tenant neglectS
the notice to quit, a writ of summons
may be issued. The writ must be set
forth in substance that the plaintiff is
entitled to the possession of the de-
handed premises, and that the de-
PENDANT is in possession of the same
without right, after notice in writ
Ing to quit the same. If the defend
ant makes a default. that is. fails to
appear, or if the court decides that
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experiences

fare to him IN to the time of his most
ond only to that Of his wife and chill
dren. Your conclusions must be
reached without fear or without favor,
as no doubt they will be, your con-
science alone being your judge of the
meditations of your hearts in this
great case, which like many at the
outset appears to be shrouded in mys-
terry.
The great burden of responsibility
thrust upon you deserves, yea, de-
mands, the devotion of every faculty
of your minds and the most scrupu-
lous attention to every point of the
case. If yous vision be keen enough
and I think it is, you will see that
each event is inevitably linked with
| other acts which tend to elucidate
each other. You will see the mystery
vanish, and plain, unvarnished tale
arise in its place.
"You all know the plaintiff as we'll
as | do. 1t was this man who lived
among you more than a dozen years,
and all that time held a responsible
place in the community
Mr.. Morley then preached the SUBJ
ject of the plaintiffs mysterious year
! ly absence as the result of his prom
Use to dying mother to seek for his
| twin brother, supposed by all but her
to have died soon after he was stolen.
The child, like Charlie Ross of Phil
adelphia, was snatched from his cra-
die by unknown hands, hidden away
where no search could find him. Two
years of anxious seeking, and the poor
mother nearly frantic all this time!
Then an anonymous letter was re-
ceived, stating that the child had died
a month after it was stolen. AS time
wore on and no trace Of the chiuld
could be found, all but the mother
gave up. Meanwhile, Mr.. Hamilton,
the father, lost the greater part of his
property, and after a time, as have
said the search for the child was
given UP as unaVailing. And the
mother at last acquiesced. But on her
deathbed she solemnly charged her
son to seek for his brother. Take two
| weeks of every year said she; you
will then have fifty left for yourself
He promised. She gave him a ring
with the words in trust" engraved
inside. Many people have seen the
ring. 1t is now worn by the defend
ant, whom we claim is Victor Hamil-
ton. If SO, the ring belongs to him.
| To be continued tomorrow.
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come will be a suit for perjury and
forgery. Then there is the bank mys-
terry still unsettled. One matter fol-
lows the other. You have, no doubt,
considered all this
II have said the claimant, firmly.
well, call in tomorrow. By that
time we shall have arranged the mat
ter somewhat in our minds, prepared
the writ, and so forth. You must
study the matter yourself, and not
forget to mention any point that bears
on it. It will be a hard fight. The
defendant has possession in his IA
and the recognition of his friends, as
he alleges them to be. He has passed
thru the ordeal Of reinstatement. He
has paid the money to the bank. He
has been examined by brain special
lists, and, as I happen to know, pro-
nounced not accountable. All this,
you perceive, is in his favor. Then,
too, he resembles the Vane Hamilton
we knew perfectly; that is, ordinary
people would say so, while your re-
semblance is much less marked, to
say nothing of your. changed hair"
II know myself, Mr.. Morley. I
know that L am Vane Hamilton, and
am determined to regain my family
and my estate
I'VE will do the best we can for
you," said Mr.. Morley, shaking hands
with him. Mr.. Stevens did likewise,
and he left the office.
We'll" said Morley, after a long
silence, it will be a hard fight, as
you said.''
You do not believe his story, I
see; fully, that is"
81 see points in it difficult to prove.
In fact, I have been thinking of our
oath, to do no falsehoodsnor consent
that any be done and how far this
suit would call it in question. On
the other hand, Mrs! Hamilton in
cines to believe his story An attor-
ney, of all people, should consider a
man innocent until found guilty.
What do you think of this man 2"
ct is too soon to say. There are
some things in his favor. We are to
present the evidence or4 our side of
claimant trial. That is the way /
mean to look at it for the present If
we see reason afterwards for not con-
tinuing the charge of it, we can give
it up"
| suppose So
tt will be. seen by this converse
ton that. however encouragingly the
lawyers had spoken to the principal,
they were by no means sure of the
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PETRIFIED BODY APPEARS TO BE ALIVE

The doctor who issued the permit to
open the grave, declared it a remark
able case of petrification.
'"The preservation was as nearly
perfect it was posi- le for it to be-"
he said. Every vein, noticeable in
life, could be seen. The finger nails
were perfect. The most peculiar fea-
ture was the eyes. They looked pre-
cise1y like those of a, living person.
The body was Of about the hard
mes of chalk, but few years more
would have made it as hard as flint.
I presume the petrification is due to
some peculiar quality of SOIL
Residents believe that all the bodies
inferred in the cemetery have UNDER
gone a like process