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The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12
IN BANKRUPTCY.
PET1FIoN FoR DISCHARGE.

In the District Court of the United States,
For the southern District of West Virginia
In the matter of ID. X. Hood & Sons & J. q,
HOOD, J. X. Hood & Dell X. Il God ,indiVid-
ually, Bankrupts
No. I43 in Bar ktuptcy
To the Honorable Benjamin +. Keller, Judge
Ofthe District Court OF he United States for
tee southern District III West Virginia:
d n Hood Sons, & ]. G. Hood. J. X
Hood & Dell X. Hood, individually, OF Rip
ley, In the county OF jackson, and State OF
West Virginia, In said District, respectfully
represent that on the LIST Y of July, last
past, they were duly adJudged bankrupts
under the Acts OF Congress relating to bank
ruptcy; that they have duly surrendered all
their property, and rights of property. and
have fully conf piled with all the require
ments OF said Acts and of the orders OF the
Court touching their bankruptcy.
Wherefore they pray that they may be de-
creed by the Court to have a full discharge
from AL debts provabie against their estate
under said Bankrupt Acts,eXcept such debts
as ale excepted by law from such discharge.
Dated this 18th day of September, A. d.
ISlgned) d. X Hood & Sons, by ID. X Hood,
j. q, Hood, J. X Heed, Dell X. Hood,
pa
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12
How The New Tax Law Effects The
Merchants.

The new tax law goes after the
merchant in a way he will under.
stand next year when his tax bills
comes out if he does not do so now
If it does not injure his credit and
break him up he can be thank
full.
In chapter 4, section so, of the
new tax law, which is now in full
force and effect every merchant in
this county must make up an &C.
count of his trade or business by
June 1 next. That account must
include the amount and true and
actual value of all of his goods.
Notice the words actual value, f"
which means what it originally
cost you. Next you make a true
and actual value of all goods and
property kept for sale and unsold,
Third. All money derived from
or belonging to your trade or bust
nesss whether in this state or out
OF it Fourth: The amount and
value of all book accounts, notes,
etc., whether due or not. Fifth.
The location, quantity and the true
and actual value of all real estate
you may own. Sixth: A list of
your debts.
Some people who hold party
above self-interest and everything
else tell us, "But this law can be
easily avoided"
Here is the oath you have to
subscribe to and swear is correct
and it explains what is meant by
law. You have to take this oath:
Il (name) do solemnly swear that
the foregoing list is a true and
correct ode to the best of my knowl
edge; that the value affixed to the
property therein listed believe to
be the true and actual value
thereof; by which 1 mean the
price at which said property,
would sell if voluntarily sold on
such terms as are usually employed
in the sale of such property, and
not the price which might be OBJ.
tanned if sold at forced sale or
auction sale; that none of the as
sets belonging to me have since
the first of April of last year, been
converted into non taxable securi.
ties for the purpose of evading the
taxes thereon; 80 help me God"
LIE any of our merchants have
any doubt about the above being
the substance of the new law thew
can easily get copy of the new
act and read themselves. 1t is GO. |
ing to make the merchants tax
bills something they won't forget
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12
Several hundred life nresarvers

Several hundred life preservers.
sold to the o S government by a
firm in Camden. N j.. have been
found to contain an iron bolt six
inches long in each. concealed
within the compressed cork block.
THE, of course, because iron is a
good deal cheaper than cork by
the pound. Avarioe seems to have
touched bottom in such tampering
with human life and there ought
to be law providing that such
miscreants should be hanged.
How many loaded life preservers
are on our steamboats,?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

The Democratic nominee for
Vice President. Hon. Henry G..
Davis, will speak at the Opera
House in this city, October 15,
Several other prominent orators
will address the voters, and most
cordial invitation is extended to
all. Mr.. Davis is a most brilliant
orator, and none should fail to hear
him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12
Wright And Peoples

Judge 0 w III. Wright of Logan.
and Attorney Q. E Peoples of this
city. were nominated for Judges of
the Common Pleas Court of the
second sub division of the seventh
judicial district, at the Democratic
Convention held at Macarthur,
Tuesday. The subdivision COM
prises the counties of Meigs, Gallia
Vinton. Hooking and Fairfield and
the normal Republican majority is
a little more than eleven hundred,
but the prospects are believed to
be bright for Democratic success
this fall.-Pomeroy Democrat.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

A writer of Public Opinion"
discussing tie question of man g
place in the universe suggests that
If the earth is the only inhabited
globe in the universe when the
earth is destroyed, as it must be
ultimately, We would have a uni.
verse without living creature to
behold it, which seems an absurd
ity. How could we consider it
possible for the Creator to preside
over the universe composed of
millions of suns, planets and worlds
with no living creature in existence.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

"Over the Hills to the Poor
House" promises to become popu.
lar song in West Virgins, unless
the Democrats elect Legislature
ard repeal the ubiquitous measures
enacted by the extraordinary SEES.
sion
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

When the first dressmaker's bill
came in Adam doubtless regretted
that he had not chopped down the
fig tree before they took his rib
away.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

Everything seems to be going
Democratic in West Virginia. The
people won't stand for the iniqui
tous tax legislation that hes been
fastened upon them.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

You cannot get water ont of
frozen pipes nor enthusiasm in re-
ligion out of one whose very
thoughts are oongealed by the
secularities of life.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

For the first Sunday dinner
served in The Spencer hotel there
were over seventy FIVE registered.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

When the wedding presents be-
gin to come in girl does not see
how marriage can possibly be 8
failure.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12
Speaking at Hooff's Opera House.

for long time. The only remedy
is to elect Democratic governor
and legislature who are pledged to
repeal these infamous and unequal
tax measures.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

AT Wichits, Kansas. Mrs. Carrie
Nation has just been fined $3.50
and sentenced to six months in
Jail for throwing stones through
the window of a wholesale liquor
house.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

Nebraska man wants to marry
bis stepmother. This is one way
to eliminate the stepmother.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

From all over the State comes
indignant disapproval of the new
tax laws for West Virginia. What
will it be when the people are call.
ed upon to respond to the inquisi-
torial assessments and pay the in
creased taxes?
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

When women kiss each other it
is only a practice game, and not in
the championship series.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

When a married man stops to
listen to phonograph it is a sign
that the change of voice is break.
ing the monotony for him.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

Women doctors are on the same
footing rs men doctors in Russia
by ne Y law.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

Democratic Ticket
National.
For President,
ALTON BROOKS PARKER,
of New York.
For-viee President,
HENRY GASSAwAY DAVIS,
ofwest Virginia.
For Presidential Electors at Large,
LEWIS BENNETT,
of Lewis.
R. p. CHEW,
OF Jefferson.
COngressiOnaI-5th District.
For Congress,
SIMON s. ALTIZER,
of Caben County.
State.
~ For Governor.
JOHN ]. CORNwELL,
OF Hampshire.
For Secretary OF State,
w. g. PETERKIN,
of Wood.
For Auditor.
w. L. MANSFIELD,
OF Wayne.
For superintendent OF Free Schools,
NJ. D. HELMICR,
OF Peasants
For Attorney General,
LAWRENCE REYMAN,
of Ohio.
For Treasurer,
ROBERT s. CARR,
of Kanawha.
For Judge Supreme Court of Appeals,
MARMADUKE n. DENT,
ofTRylor.
HENRY GILMER,
of Greenbrier.
Judicial.
For Judge 9Th Judicial Circuit,
JOHN NJ HAMILTON,
of Calhoun.
County.
For House of Delegates,
J NORRIS CHAPMAN.
c. X BLAcKwooD.
For sheriff,
JAMES B. TIPPETr.
For Prosecuting Attorney,
WIN. DUFFY.
For County Commissioner,
WIN. IL. VAUGHT.
For Assessors,
d. NJ. DICKENS.
CHARLES NJ. WOLFE.
For County Surveyor,
JOHN A. WAGGENER.
Lewis District.
For Justices of the Peace,
JOHN NJ. BURDETT.
ORVILLE LEMASTERS.
For COnstables,
J. G. HELMS.
'''-.'-'---'-..------
Board of Education. 1. S. D., Point Pleasant
W.P. NEALE, PRESIDENT.
j FRIEDMAN.
JOHN II. WELLS.
The weekly register. [volume] (Point Pleasant, Va. [W. Va.]) 1862-1909, 1904-10-12

While Postmaster Genera
Payne's last serious attack was o.
brief duration, his health had Ions
been psecarious and his death there
fore was not entirely unexpected
He apparently made a mistake il
remaining in his position after hil
health had broken down, but it il
said that he did not wish to retire
until he had finished up the inves.
tigation of the scandals which de.
yeloped in his department and had
vindicated his course. Public life
probably, however, had great at.
fractions for him, and this induced
him to remain in it long after his
physical condition admonished
him to take complete rest from
its worries. His successor, it is
said, will be George B. Cortelyou,
who will not assume the duties of
the Office until after the cleo.
ton.
Luke, Wright, Governor Gener.
al of the Philippines, who was in
his better days Democrat, says,
in protesting against any talk
about Philippine independence
"The less man is equipped with
intelligence and those qualities
which make good citizenship, the
more easily can he be persuaded
that he is the possessor of all those
qualities" All, then the more IN
telligent man is, the more diff
Quilt it is to persuade him that he
is fit for citizenship-does the
Viceroy really mean to sffirm this?
Governor Wright is intelligent;
does he therefore think he is not
fit to govern himself? According
to this our Revolutionary fore.
fathers must have been a lot con-
celted idiots.
Now an up.to.date genius to
have invented telephone eppli.
ance by which one may converse
with friend at some distance and
sse him almost as plainly as though
talking face to face What a boon
this will be to the counting youths
who linger and live on each others
tender glances-but how about the
man who is trying to make plaus-
IDLE excuse to his wife why he can.
not come home to dinner to- nightP
The japanese soldier would
rather die on the battle field than
i've away from it. Over in Mir
pom the parents of young man
killed in battle are promptly ten.
Tered the warmest congratulations
If all the neighbors. Let us re.
1ioe that 1t is only organism that |
considers it glorious privilege to
De butchered on a battlefield. |
Will man ever become civilized? P
'ver learn restraint and wisdomP
From all sections of the Fifth
congressional district some reports
avorable to the election of Hon.
}. S Altizer to the lower house of
congress. The people of this dis.
riot are determined that they shall
'e represented by man represen-
alive of the district, a business
nan, who will represent with honor
md credit this rapidly developing
cotton of the state.-Huntingt, n
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
Sport on the Kafue River.

A trader in ivory and rubber writes
as follows of sport on the Kafue river,
in Africa: every morning Mt daybreak
we got up and scanned the plains with
u glasses for game. Often our boys
called us first to say that a herd of wa
ter buck or hartbeest was grazing in
sight, especially If the camp was out
OF meat. The river was full of fish
barbel, Dream, pike and tiger fish. The
Dream were by far the best eating, but
the tiger fish and big barbel gave the
best sport. Spoon bait, with strong
pike tackle and a stiff bamboo rod,
was all that was required, and, trolling
behind a dugout padded by natives,
we could soon make a bag. The tiger
fish fight gamely and, breaking water
repeatedly, very often succeed in shak.
ing the hook from their mouths. Bar
bel run up to eighty pounds weight,
and a heavy one can tow Q canoe along
the surface at some speed.-
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
SEX In Eating.

A woman enjoys we'll cooked, we'll
served food, but her happiness does not
depend upon it so completely as does
a mans. Without regular. abundant
meals Il man is disturbed in spirit and
considers himself abused. When a
nan loses his appetite it is because Of
some physical ailmcnt, never n mental
one. a great blow may make the
touching of food an actual impossible
ity for his sister for hours, OF even
Of the earth We're shaken, the ordinary
man can eat. lie can eat ut my time
or all the time. l know n man who is
living on the street" during his wife's
absence, and he confesses to averaging
five meals n day.
Food so often is not more than raj
ment With q girl. Investigate the light
housekeeping arrangements Of sky par
lors, or ever first class rooms, and
consider the well gowned girl therein
and see If it Is. | know a girl. and a
college girl, who existed on 81 cents
for one week in order to buy an ex-
pensive trltle her mothers good sense
had denied her. Shopgirls, they say,
sacrifice their lunches to buy a Laura
Jean Libbey novel, but where is the
man that ever goes without a reason
able amoun of good food for any need
he may have?-Brown Book.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
In spain.

zone meets with queer opposites In
Spain" said n man who has Travelled
In that country. I'm the Basque prov
tnces the people are alert, up to date,
thrifty and Industrious. In Barcelona
l was agreeably surprised at the evil
dences of modern progress, and it's prin-
cipal street, the Rambla, is undeniably
finer than any boulevard in Paris. In
some other sections the natives are
about the limit of sloth and evince a
don't care spirit in everything that con
Germs their temporal welfare. They tell
q story of a Spanish shoemaker who
was approached by a customer with
wornout shoes with a request that
they be repaired Immediately. The cob
bier called to his wife to know how
much money there was in the house.
She answered enough to supply the
family wants for another day. where
upon the customer was told that If he
was in such a great hurry he had bet
ter try some other shop. This is the
spirit that prevails in some parts of
the kingdom, but must not be taken as
q national Observation-Disclosures
Post.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
The Word "cnd.v

"Cad," it is pointed out by a writer.
is a word furnishing "a pathetic in
stance Of verbal degeneration" He
says: Its grandfather cadet and its
father 'caddie' are still alive in the
language, though the relationship is
recognized by few. Cadet s~ignifytng
by derivation from the Latin a little
head or little chief was a sufficiently
honorable word for the younger son of
a noble family, and acquired its mod
ern army sense from the fact that the
army was often the destiny of younger
sons. But it also begat 'cadie' or cad
de- q Junior or subordinate in general,
such as a bricklayer's assistant or the
familiar golf caddie. Then 'caddie' or
cad came to mean an odd job man,
and from calling the men who hung
about to pick up jobs by this name,
Oxford undergraduates presently ap.
piled 1t to town in general, as con
trasted with gown AS no compliment
was thereby intended, its final deg
radiation is obvious"
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
Powerful odor of Amberx-i..

The druggist held in his hand a lump
of gray substance like putty. 1t was
smaller than a baseball and as light as
cork. Through it, here and there, ran
streaks of yellow and black.
"This is a lump Of ambergris," the
druggist said. ut is worth about $500,
l Judge. Smell it,
The patron put his nose to the am.
bergris. Then he said, surprised:
why, 1T has M smell"
The druggist. smiling, rubbed it with
his sleeve, and Immediately a powerful,
musklike odor filled the air.
"Crude ambergris." he said, never
smells until you warm 1t or rub 1t.
"This chunk of nmbergris here smells
like musk. That is because it is crude.
The odor OF prepared ambergris has
not the least resemblance to musk"
He rubbed his hand over his sleeve.
"From handling this" he said, my
coat will smell for months. My hands.
no matter how l wash them, will smell
for several days."-Seattle Post-Intel-
liRencer.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
Roured by

Toward the c.ose of the reign of
Elizabeth, when the Spaniards were
frequently lowering about the south
west coast Of England, a party from
their ships landed in the ~neigllborhood
of where Falmouth stands today, with
the%i intention of burning the borough of
Penryn. 1t CHANGED. however, hat that
same evening some strollers had set
up in Penryn market place a repre-
s%entation by puppets OF certain Incl
dents in the life Of Samson, including
his victory owe the Philistines.
AT the point of Samson's onset upon
these with the jawbone of the ass the
strollers beat drums and sounded trum-
pets indicative Of an alarm, and the
Spaniards, who were at that moment
about to rush the town. believing it to
be full Of soldiers, bolted for their
boats.
THIS probably occurred in 1896, whep
there was a Spanish squadron on the
coast. which landed troops and burned
Penzance.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
A Penitent Rent Payer.

Michael Davitt in his Fall Of Feu-
dalism In Ireland gives the following
as a sample Of the letters that used to
reach the Land league Offices in the
good old days: "Ballinrobe, Mayo. Jan.
|R, 1881. To the Honorable Land Lague
-Gintlemin, in a moment Of wakeness
1 pade me rint. l did not no ther was
a law ag1nst it or 1 wud not do it. the
people pass by me dure as If the small
pox was in the hous, 1 heer ye do be
givin pardons to min that do rong,
and II ye will sind me a pardon to put
in the windy for every one to rede 1t 1
will never komit the crime again. Mis-
Their Scrab Naly will give me II Karac-
thur If ye write to him at Bal"
PEG Tankards.
The pegging or marking of drinking
CUBS was introduced by st. Dunstan to
check the Incorporate habits Of the
times by preventing n man from
taking a larger draft than his COM
papions. But the device proved the
means Of increasing the evil 1t was
intended to remedy, for. refining upon
St Dunstan's plan. the most abste-
mious were required to drink precisely
to a peg OF pin. whether they could
soberly take such q quantity Of liquor
q not
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29

Paris seems to have got ahead of us
in the matter of motor watering carts.
This municipal automobile carries
LOO gallons The maximum speed is
nine and a half miles an hour. The
sprinkler can be filled in six minutes
and covers a space twenty-five feet
wide with its spray. The motor Is
worked by steam at thirty-five horse
power, and a connection between the
wheels and the water jets regulates au-
tomatically the output Of the latter,
according to the pace Of the cart, and
closes them altogether at Il stoppage Of
the vehicle. obviously the motor wa
tering cart is the coming street sprin-
kler.-Bostou. Herald
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
A sen.ltlve Con.cienc..

Carie-Goodness, it's that horrid old
bore. Wilkins. Tell him l have gone,
out. Belle-No, l won't tell a story.
but l will say that you have not come
back yet.
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29

AMOUNTS
county AUDITOR ..........- .......... $500 90
Sounty Treasurer. NEUTRALITY-SUSPICIOUS.. 375 90
Register OF Deeds. Observation-Disclosures. 200 20
Gounty Nl 66
Sherlfff, Deputy and Bailltts. 80. 49,. 567 GO
superintendent OF Schools............ 443 At
commissioners OF Insanity ......... 1 SO
county commissioner, LIST District. j.. A 80
county commissioner. end District. % 40
county commissioner, Sd District. % SO
County Commissioner, 4th District. AZ 95
County Commissioner Sth DISTRICT. So 10
DiStr1ct. Attorney. 2sS %
Clerk o~fcireuit and countycourt -. 30 20
Stenographer lU7 90
Petlt Jurors Fees 33l 20
WltneSS fees, circuit and county court &c co
Justice otthe Is 40
Carried Forward. S3,l2l a
The Mitchell capital. (Mitchell, Dakota [S.D.]) 1879-1918, 1904-07-29
Her Secrets.

Her S~ecrets.
Never tell a secret, dear. II Womb
be a great breach Of confidence"
"What must l do with it, mammar
"Well-bring 1t to nel"
The Providence news. (Providence [R.I.]) 1891-1906, 1904-03-07
1O4 CASES
BEFORE The
GRAND JURY

The grand jury for March was en-
Sixteen persons were examined and ac-
cepted as Jurors. Judge Wilbur explained
the law In relation TO the l04 cases the
jury will have to consider.
There are two mansiaughter cases. One
Is that against Patrick Fitzgerald, who
so badly wounded the woman with whom
he lived by cutting her with a razor that
she died shortly afterwards at a hospital.
Louis SENEGAL OF Woonsocket was charged
by the coroner with being responsible
for the death Of Pierre Ostiguy. Jr. Sem
ecal. IL Is alleged. struck Ostiguy, who
was a brother In law. on the head. Os-
tiguy had insulted his sister before the
blow was given and he lived and was
about drinking for a week after. The
doctors called believed Ostiguys death
10 be due to an injury to the brain.
The other cases to be considered are
thus divided:
Assault and battery. 4: assault with
dangerous weapons. 10; larceny, IA; break
ing and entering shop day and larceny.
is; breaking and entering night and
larceny, IA; receiving stolen goods. !.
robbery, 2: larceny from person. q: falsely
representing self to be an agent. l. false
pretences, 2; embezzlement. 2; obtaining
money under false pretences. 2; forging
and uttering. 2; nuisance. s: policy lot
tery, 4: defacing building. 3: bigamy, /:
crime against nature. l. keeping lodging
house without license. 1; unlawfully
engaging in insurance business. l.
The members OF the grand jury are:
CHARLES II. Charnley of Providence. fore
man; Fred w Shibley OF Providence.
delet OF Providence, David Colquhoun OF
Central Falls, Jacob Landry OF East
providence, Isaac II. Rogers OF North
Providence. John f.. Wood OF Johnston.
Vernon A. Sayles OF Smithneld, George A.
Kennedy of Scituate. Job u. Place OF Fos-
ter. Preston A. Chace Of Pawtucket,
Louis NJ. Mercier OF Central Falls. Martin
keefe OF Cumberland, George Birchel OF
Lincoln and Marriott Blackmar OF Burrill-
Vile.
The members at the conclusion OF the
justices charge retired 10 their room with
the attorney general.