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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
AlMEAsUnE.
ro ProhiDit the Carrying or
Guns.

Should success Grown the efforts
of the Hon. Ralph Mccoy. one OF
Ohio oounty's Delegates to the
Legislature, it will soon be felony
to sell OF trade to a minor any
revolver or pistol of whatsoever
description. Delegate Mccoy will
offer bill that will strike terror to
the heart of the man who carries a
large and varied assortment of
pistols for sale, besides doing away
with the pistol as in an article of
Indispensable utility in the country
Districts. One of the supporters
of the bill is the Hon. w. 81. @.
Curtis, who says:
people who live in town have
no idea of the extent to which the
pistol carrying habit is carried on
10 the country. Boys as young as
Ia years go to prayer meeting,
singing society and other gather
ings with pistols in their pockets
What is the result? A little trouble
occurs and the youngster kills
some one."
1t is intended to have the new
bill impose penalty by fning
not less than $500 nor more than
81 600 any dealer who sells weapons
to minors, one. half the fine to be
paid the informer. In the dis
,retion of the court punishment
may be made by confinement in
the State prison for not more than
TWO years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

Sick women are invited to consult DIR.
Pierce by letter free. All correspondence
held as strictly private and sacredly
confidential. Address DR.. r. v. Pierce,
Buffalo, N. Y.
NJ have taken six bottles of Dr. Pierce's Favor
tte Prescription" ;" writes Miss NJ. Fyfe of OrilIa
Simcoe Co. Ontario. sand two bottles of the
Pleasant Pellets as you advised for congestion
OF uterus, ovaries, and weakness, and can safely
say that your medicine has been the means Of
restoring me to good health again which had
not had for over three years, until taking your
medicine. thank you very much for your Kind
and prompt attention to my letter asking advice.D
"Favorite Prescription " has the testi-
mony of thousands of women to its COM
Plete cure of womanly diseases. Do not
accept an unknown and improved substi-
tute in its place.
DIR. Pierce's Pleasant Pellets clear the
complexion and sweeten the breath.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
T'yree Promoted.

Frank Tyree, former chief of
police in Huntington and well
known in this place who for long
time has been in the secret service
department at Washington ac-
comparing President Roosevelt on
on his trips, has been promoted to
the highest grade in the service as
an operative with an increased
salary of nearly S400 year. Tyree
will now be stationed permanently
at the White House with the Presi-
dent.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
A Big Bargain.

1 have for sale farm containing
about 325 acres, of which there are
about 200 acres river bottom. Coal
underlies all of the land; one OF
the best river landings that can be
found. Net a better fare. in the
Ohio valley. Close to two good
towns. Ii sold at once can be
bought for $4,000. Address
F. B. TIPPErr,
Real Estate Agent,
Point Pleasant, w Va.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
Unreasonable woman.

"This thermometer" complained
the customer, sis no good. 1 can
never tell by it how cold it is"
Consider, my dear woman" re-
piled the Boston shopkeeper," the
word thermometer is derived from
two Greek words meaning m msasure
of heat. The instrument is designed
to measure heat, madam, not cold"
Philadelphia Press.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
Burned to Death,

Mrs. Murphy. widow. living at
Hartford, met with fatal accident
at o'clock Tuesday. She was
building a fire in the cook stove,
when her clothes caught fire, and
before assistance arrived, she was
so badly burned, that death resulted
Wednesday at 9 a. m. She leaves
four sons ns-Tribune- Telegraph,
Pomeroy.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

Do not pile all the bedcIothes on
top of you these cold nights. Put
some of them under the lower sheet
and put newspapers between the
springs and the mattress. Sleep
ing between comforts all night
is almost as bad for one as wear
ing rubber boots all day. Both
prevent the escape of pelspiration
and keep the air from the skin
The skin needs fresh air just as
much as the lungs do. Take an air
bath often, by going through some
physical culture exercise with the
windows open, before dressing or
after undressing.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
AN oRDINANCE

Providing for the Collection of
Taxes.
Be it ordained by the Council of
the town of Point Pleasant, that:
Sec. ]. AS to all taxes heretofore or
hereafter assessed on real estate with
in said town for municipal purposes,
the council of said town after the eX-
piration of two years from the time
fixed for the payment of such taxes in
to the town treasury may as to any
such taxes remaining unpaid institute
suits in equity in the Circuit Court of
Mason County, West Virginia, in the
corporate name of said town for the
enforcement of lien of such taxes
Sec. 2. This ordinance shall take
effect from and after the date of its
passage. JAN Il.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

Inc woman who
neglects herhealth
Is neglecting the
very foundation of
all good fortune.
For without health
love loses its lustre
and gold is but
dross.
Wonaniy health
may be retained or
regained by the
use ofDr. Pierce's
Favorite Prescrip-
ton. 1t establishes
regularity, drie s
the drains which
weaken WON c n,
h ea1s inhanna-
ton and ulcera-
ton and cures fe-
male weakness. It
makes weak wom-
en- strong, sick
Wonien well
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
Write a Letter to the Dear Old
Parents at Home.

Write a Letter to the Dear Old
Parents at Home.
Write letter home. The old
folks are there. Send them your
self in good letter straight from
the heart. 1t will alleviate the
heartache that your absence and
negligence has caused. Write
them letter. Tell them what you
are doing and thinking and feeling.
What you're worth and what you
owe. Tell them that every cent
you're making is theirs to share if
they need it, just as their all was
yours while you we're with them.
Tell them you think of them, and
pray for them, and love them
Break the crust on your heart and
be child again, their child. Ask
their advice and their prayers.
Knuckle down to your lettler till
it starts the tears. They'll treas
ure your letter, they will efface it's
letters with tears, they will think
they're mot forgotten and it will
make them hsppy-far happier
than any bought gift you can send.
Write them a letter. Don't fail to
do Sex.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
Fortune TeIIInQ

does not take into consideration the one
essential to woman's happiness woui-
anly health. There is many woman
whose future seems absolutely unclouded
who is marked by her own condition for
future disappointment and distress.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
Reversed.

"a horse ran away with my
brother, and he hasn't been out of
doors for three weeks"
That's nothing. My brother
ran away with horse, and he
hasn't been out of doors for three
years"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

address of welcome and very elo-
quent speeches followed. The
formal exercises closed with the
playing Of AmeEc. by the band,
which was gr4nl.
An elaborate collation. was SER
we'd on the lawn sb 1ut one o'clock,
by Philadelphia caterer, and the
afternoon was spent in social inter-
course.
Among the Sons of the Revolu-
ton there were several veterAns-o
two or three American wars who
gathered in kuots and exchanged
reminiscencee, About 3 O'Clock
the procession was reformed for
the march back to Jersey, as the
people here say, where the train
was in waiting to convey the mem.
bers to their homes
There is talk otmaking nation.
al park here at the crossing of the
Delaware. as the place is rich
with historical associations They
would have 500 acres on Jersey
side and 500 on Pennsylvania side.
A more ideal place could hardly be
found anywhere than along the.
beautiful DeIawa re. The scenery
is perfect in summer.
With best wishes for the pros.
perity of the Register during 1908,
l remain it's old friend,
FRANCES VENABLE GROVER
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

Only two of the officers saved
from the wreck of the British trooy-
ship, Birkonhead in 1852 are now
living.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

This world is full of farewells,
sad farewells, from the cradl= to the
grave. We walk over the pit of
death from the earliest morning of
our life and We know not at what
moment it may swallow US from
the light of this world forever.
Bodily pains and heartsches and
sad disappointents are in store for
every one.
Stop and think a moment what
human life would be in q
world where we did not fear any of
these things. Have you become
so absorbed in the affairs of this
life that you half way doubt the
existsnce of such a world. Wake
up to the true meaning of life and
"lsy up for yourselves treasures in
heaven, where moth and rust doth
not corrapt aud thieves do not
break through steel"
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

In ScuIcoates workhouse, Hull,
England, there are sixteen inmates
whose united ages amount to 1918
years.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

THE partnership heretofore exist
i ing between L. b. Moore and K. T.
Mckinstry, is this day dissolved by
al of said L. B. Moore, from the con
Germ
The business viii hereafter be con-
Quoted at the old stand, 1.-The Bon
Ton" in the name of K. T. McKin-
L.B. MOORE,
X. T. McKINSTRY.
Point Pleasant, w. Va Jan Il sw.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

A New York palmist told ]. Pier
pont Morgan he possessed no bust
ness ability. 1t is marvellous how
Mr. Morgan has managed to de
ceive the financial world so long.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

Did it ever occur to you that
our children study too many
"branches?" Just watch a little
fellow toddling to school with an
arm load of books whose combined
height exceeds his OVID! Aud in
the school room are some dozens
more, assorted sizes. of as many
grades of intellect, inherited and
acquired tendencies. ct cetera.
Herod must turn over in his grave
and weep with envy for his slaugh-
ter of the innocents isn't in it with
the ''curricuIa :" Aud likewise are
the teachers blessed martyrs.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21
rh| ouse In Which washing-
[| 1nd His Troops Break
|4Ted the Morning Be-
fore the Battle of
Trenton.

Al tty, myself included. visit
ed 81 old house last summer
We met ct the door by very
plees ohatty woman. who SEEM
ed q ke great pride in showing
us ts| rgh the house.
u originally the home of
Wm IoKonkey, who ferried
Wa toms army across the Del
aver pa that memorable night,
and ed as the Generals head
quef the night before the bat
tie snton.
I0. bose is situated ON the
ban'' the Delaware a few miles
aoo|. .nton, and was probably
4. I -~un.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21


McKonkey was the keeper of the
ferry at that point and he was q
very warm friend of Gen. Wash.
ington. 1t was due to his knowl.
edge of the current of the river
that Washington had him 10 assist
in getting the Continental troops
over from the Pennsylvania shore
Mary McKonkey, daughter OF
VIM. McKonkey, lived to be 81
years of age She never tired of
telling the story of that eventful
night. She was then a girl of
eleven years of age, and she waited
on Gen. Washington the morning
of the battle when he ate his
breakfast. She said that roaring
fire was kept all night and the fam
lily had kettles boiling with tea on
the morning of Dec. 26th, 1776.
The Continental soldiers ate as
though they were famished, and
Gen. Washington was very solicit
tious for their comfort.
The woman who now has charge
showed us the place where the tea
was made, also the place where the
table was set.
A feeling of reverence and awe
came over me as L thought this
great man, the father of our gIor-
ious country. had once walked
through those very rooms.
The old house is exactly as it
was a century and more ago, with
the exception of tin roof, which
had to be put on recently. tits in
a splendid state of preservation.
On the New Jersey side of the
river. near the old house, there
stands a large boulder, which
marks the site of the crossing. 1t
bears this inscription: This tab
let is erected by the Society of the
Cinclnnati in the State of New
Jersey, to commemorate the Cross
ing of the Delaware river by Gen.
Washington and the Continental
Army on Christmas night of 1776"
A similar tablet marks the spot on
the Pennsylvania side of the river
about so yards from my uncle's
home, familiarly known as Taylor
Mansion, which is very large, old
colonial mansion with II rooms,
large wide porohes, and halls and
an immense large lawn, in which
THE Sons of the Revolution" met
last June and had big banquet.
They had several bands from Phil
adelphia, caterers and a grand time
generally. This was their tenth
annual celebration of Evacuation
Day.
A party of nearly 100 members
of the organization journeyed by
chartered train from Philadelphia
to Washington's Crossing Station
opposite Taylorsville. They were
met by a reception committee ap-
pointed for the purpose by the
Bucks County Historical Society,
and escorted over the long, ancient
looking, covered bridge to the
Pennsylvania shore. The process
sion was headed by the Spring
Band of % pieces; following the
band came about Is of the younger
members of the society, bearing
aloft about that number of beauti-
full silken flags, the collection be-
ing fac-similes of the flags of Rev
olutionsry times. On the lawn
sloping from the fine old Taylor
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

Althorpe, the smallest parish in
Norfolk, England, has but one
house and FIVE inhabitants.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1903-01-21

1RoR SALE-A Church o. gan. Call on or
address Rev. ]. H Gibbons, Rector OF
Christ Church, Point Pleasant, w. Va.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24
RUTH BRYAN'S CAREER
She Has Decided to Enlist Tn
der Jane Adams.

Chicago, Aug 24.-Mrs. w J. Bryan
and daughter, Miss Ruth Bryan, left
list night for their home at Lincoln,
Neb, after having spent several days
in this city. One of the objects of the
trip was a visit to the Hull House set
Element at Halstead and Polk streets,
an institution supported by charities for
the benefit of the poorer classes and con-
Quoted by Miss Jane Adams, the noted
sociologist.
1t is the intention of Miss Bryan to
take up the settlement work. becoming
a member of the Hull House staff, early
in the fall.
Miss Bryan, who is 10 years of age,
is the eldest daughter of William Jen-
nings Bryan. She has been student at
the University of Nebraska during the
past two years She is a young woman
of unlimited energy, and with an ambi-
ton to accomplish something in the
way of assisting the class of children
fostered by Miss Adams and others in
terested in such work
The Hull House was founded in
small way through the efforts of Miss
Adams about ten years ago, and, with
the assistance of wealthy and philan-
thropic people, has extended in scope
until it has become one of the leading
factors in sociological work in the coun-
try. Miss Bryan and her mother have
been deeply interested in the settlement
for a long time and, while the position
will involve somewhat of sacrifice to
Miss Bryan. she feels that she Will be
engaged in pleasant and meritorious
work.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24
Upton ATTENDS CHURCH
Party Also Visits Grants Tomb Sun
day EVENING

New York. Aug 24-Shamrock III was
lowed sunday from her moorings inside
Sandy Hook to the Erie basin. where
she was at once placed in drydock.
When the water had been pmped out it
was found that the straining to which
she had been subjected in the heavy
windward thresh Saturday had appar-
emily started some rivets, for gang of
dock yard hands were set to work tight
ening them up The damage however
appeared to be but trif1ing. Her bottom
was found to need only little polishing
and when she was relocated she was
ready for the remeasurement which
will be taken early today, after which
she will return to her mornings.
1t is unlikely that the remeasurement
will alter the time allowance in any
appreciate degree. as Sir Thomas Lip
ton said that, should the additional
weight of anchor and chain, which will
be aboard when tbs tape is passed over
her, increase her sailing length, the or
iginal figure win be restored by the re-
moval of other weights.
Shamrock l also was towed to the
basin, where she will await her owners
disposition.
After seeing the challenger drydocked.
Sir Thomas took party of guests in
the Erin to Sea Gate, where they at
tended divine service on board Commo-
dore TOd'S steam yacht Thistle after
which the Erin went up the North river
to afford the Earl and Countess of
Shaftesbury and the other foreign visi-
tors an opportunity to visit Grants
tomb Sunday evening Sir Thomas and
his guests attended a dinner at the ORR
entail hotel, Manhattan beach, at which
General J. c. Bates and General Corbin
were present.
The next race on Tuesday will be over
a triangular course.
The Reliance took a short spin outside
Sandy Hook Sunday and then returned
to her mornings.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24
GIGANTIC RAILROAD PLANNED
A Trunk Line Connecting Hudson
Bav With Buenos Ayres.

Guthrie. Ok. Aug. 24-Articles of incor-
poration will be fled here today disclosing
plans for one of the most gigantic rail-
road enterprises in the history of the con-
tinent-a trunk line connecting Hudson
Bay with Buenos Ayres, South America,
and having a network Of branches in
either direction throughout British Amer
lea, United States, Mexico and Central ard
South America The estimated length of
the road is 10000 miles and the company
is capitalized at $3.50, 600. 900. The parent
company will be known as the Pan
american Railroad company. Charles Z.
Wells OF Lincoln, Neb., being one of the
principal directors, along with a few Ok
lahoma men. Within this will be several
construction companies. The largest of
these Will be the Canadian-American Con-
Strucuon company, naming Guthrie and
shawnee as principal places of business in
Oklahoma, and other headquarters as
New York, st. Louis Chicago, Pierre. s.
D., Grand Island, and Wichita, Kan. and
Dallas and Galveston, Tex. The directors
Of this are Charles +. Beach, jr., London
England NJ. l. Muhleman New York:
Charles NJ. Rawlings, New York: Charles
r. Williams. City of Mexico. and a mum.
Der of local men. These directors will hold
in a general way for the other companies
At the same time the American Townsite
company Will file articles as an adjunct
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24
Great Western Improvements.

Kansas City. Aug. 24.-The Chicago
Great Western has begun a great
amount of bridge rebuilding work.
Twenty steel bridges on the Southwest
ern division are to be reconstructed in
order to sustain the weight of extra
heavy locomotives and rolling stock to
be placed in service.
The track between st. Joseph and Des
Moines is being relaid with eighty-five
pound steel for the same reason
The company anticipates heavy traf-
fic as soon as the extensions 10 Omaha
and Sioux City are completed. Reduc-
ton in freight and passenger rates
probably will be made then by the Great
Western, and a rate war is feared.
The Great Western will formally open
three new towns on its new Omaha line
next month, and will sell lots at auction.
These towns are thriving and there is a
demand for the property.
The Santa Fe is arranging to inaugu-
rate the storage car system in use on
Eastern roads. 1t is experimental with
the Santa Fe and will at first be tried
on the Chicago division.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24
SALISBURY Is DEAD.
Distinguished British States
man Passes Peacefully Away.

London, Aug. 24.-Lord Salisbury,
ex-premier of England, died Saturday
night at 9:05 o'clock at Hatfield house.
Hatfield The end of the di~tinguished
statesmtn was a peaceful one, without
the slightest evidence of pain When
death became imminent the attending
physician summoned the waiting MEM
bers of the family who gathered at the
bedside and said farewell to the dying
man who, however, was unconscious OF
their presence.
Within few minutes after the death
a brief announcement was handed to
the newspaper men and simultaneously
the tolling of the death knell from the
tower Of the church of which the
Rev. Lord William Cecil, a nephew of
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24

of the enterprise The smaller railroad
companies within the general organization
Will be the Canadian Southern and the
Guthrie, Shawnee and Gulf. The general
route win have it's northernmost terminus
at Port Nelson, or some equally feasible
point Hudson Bay. 1t will extend
southwark to the northern boundary of
Dakota, crossing the Canadian Pacific
near Winnipeg, Manitoba, thence south
through North Dakota, South Dakota, Ne
braska, Kansas, Oklahoma and Indian
Territory. Texas to the Gulf of Mexico, at
or near Galveston. thence through Mex
leo, Central America, United States of Co.
lombia, Ecuador. Peru, Argentina Re
public to the coast of Buenos Ayres The
line will enter Kansas near Warwick,
penetrating the towns of Concordia, Min
neapolis, Salina. Newton and Wichita, and
in Oklahoma il will pass through the
counties of Grant Kay, Garfield Noble
Logan. Payne, Lincoln. Oklahoma, Cleve-
land and Pottawatomie. This project has
been under consideration for several years
but not until recently were antagonistic
interests merged.
The Topeka state journal. [volume] (Topeka, Kansas) 1892-1980, 1903-08-24
ANOTHER GANG STOLEN.
Employment Agent Loses Men from
Depot Waiting Room.

Chicago. Aug. 24-One hundred men
have been stolen or kidnapped in a body
from a crowded railroad station during
the rush hours. The owner of these
men is angered beyond measure and will
pay 800 to know how it was done. He
advertised as follows yesterday:
WANTED-$1.0 900 reward for infor-
nation leading to apprehension of par
ties that stole 100 men at depot from
Spearbeck. % West Madison street, -
Yes, 1 am the victim" said j. H
Spearbeck, who conducts an employment
agency at 2S West Madison street L
have been in the business for sixty
years and this is the first time 1 ever
had a man stolen. The boys made the
amount of the reward too large, for they
added one cipher
Railroad officials assert that ]. H.
Hanson, 100 East Van Buren, street, saw
the men there and induced them to go
to Oelwein, Ia. to do concrete work for
the Great Western. promising them
~ per day, an advance of 75 cents
over that which they would have re-
ceived from the other company.
The practice of stealing" gangs of
men is said to have been resorted to
more than once this season.